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DronaCare, a no-cost platform, has recently been launched by the Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMM) to help people combating the Covid-19. The Covid-19 care platform has been made aiming to create a space that doctors can use at their leisure time to provide advice virtually on how not to fall for misinformation around Covid-19.
Only those doctors who sign up to become a member of AKMG are allowed to access the platform. This has been done to maintain DronaCare’s authenticity and avoid misusage of the platform.
As AKMG aims to help people create awareness around Covid-19, the organisation says that it is solely focused to offer free consultancy provided through DronaCare, so people can be more aware of how to tackle Covid-19 without falling for any rumours. It also made clear that the platform doesn’t offer any medical consultation.
As a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative (CSR), AKMG developed DronaCare, collaborating with Innovation Incubator to assist Indians to combat the ongoing Covid-19.
“Our members have been in the forefront in the battle against Covid-19 and while we collectively continue to use DronaCare in managing the pandemic in North America and Canada, we also want to extend our helping hands to everyone back in India,” Dr Subrahmanya Bhat, MD, a leading pulmonologist based out of USA and President of AKMG, was quoted as elaborating.
Dr Bindu Sudhakaran, MD, stated that as the spread of misinformation on Covid-19 keeps growing, leading to critical conditions, AKMG wanted to introduce such a platform on which doctors volunteer to provide reliable and verified Covid-19 information, making it available to everybody.
Targeting over 80,000 medical doctors of Indian origin in the United States, DronaCare has been introduced, so the community can reach out to the people from their motherland and offer them help. It was not possible without the partnership of Innovation Incubator.
“As during these testing times, technology plays a crucial role in bridging gaps, sharing expertise while offering care across borders, DronaCare aims to do the same by providingon-demandng Covid-19 advice easily accessible on demand from specialists around the globe,” Ajith Kavirajan, Vice President of Innovation Incubator Advisory Pvt Ltd, Kerala, was quoted as stating.
DronaCare is available at https://innovationincubator.com/. iOS users can download the app from the App store. Android users, however, have to wait for a bit as it is not available on the Play Store.


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A writer at the Washington Post took a snippet out of a speech by President Obama's Defense Department general counsel and concluded that he saw an end to the War on Terror. He was wrong.
Washington Post writer Fareed Zakaria characterized the speech by Jeh Johnson (shown on the left in photo) as “thoughtful,” and Zakaria was inordinately hopeful that it signaled the beginning of the end of Washington’s 12-year-old War on Terror. He wrote:
For the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, an administration official has sketched a possible endpoint….
Phasing out or modifying these emergency powers [given to the president by Congress to prosecute the war against al-Qaeda] should be something that would appeal to both left and right.
Zakaria agreed with ending the war — to a point — and he invoked the warning James Madison gave about the dangers of unending eternal warfare:
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes….
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
Zakaria reviewed some of the impact that the war has had on America: bloated military budgets, new unconstitutional agencies (especially the Department of Homeland Security, which now employs a quarter of a million people), the building of 33 new intelligence facilities in the Washington, D.C. area alone (equivalent to three Pentagons), an Afghan war that has cost trillions of dollars, and nearly 60,000 American casualties.
Zakaria was hopeful that Johnson’s speech was a turning point, signaling the end of the War on Terror, and that life in the United States can soon return to normal:
Click here to read the entire article.
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Many people living in developed countries believe supplements are simply hyped up snake oil. Unfortunately, the Standard American diet (SAD) and others like it can result in many deficiencies, leading to feelings of sluggishness, fatigue, digestion issues and in some cases chronic illness and disease. The Standard American Diet is filled with processed and over-processed foods packed with preservatives and added sugars, and severely lacking in nutritional content. The best way to ensure that you are receiving the recommended daily nutrition, vitamins and minerals is by carefully reading labels and keeping track of what you're taking in. If you find it difficult to meet your nutritional needs, supplements are a great way to bolster your body and support your system.
Supplements can act to enhance your health supplement one's diet. Supplements are not considered food. These can be amino acids, enzymes, minerals or anything that's aids the body.
Enzymes can aid in digestion of proteins or gluten and can help the body metabolize food in a more efficient way, or help process foods your body has had issues with in the past.
The amino acids aid in muscle growth and help prevent fatigue and muscle wasting. Of the 20 amino acids that make up the thousands of proteins in the human body, roughly 9 are not made by the human body. These 9 must be obtained through diet.
Minerals are those elements found in the earth and in foods that are vital for proper development and function of the body. Think back to high school chemistry, a lot of the elements and minerals we need to function can be found on the periodic table of elements. Zinc, Flouride, Iodine, Copper, Manganese, Sodium and Potassium and Calcium are just a few.
Whether you are looking to enhance your performance, or just want to feel better, adding supplements can help you reach your health goals.
As with all supplements, vitamins and medications, seek professional guidance and testing to see if supplements are right for you.

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text: Celebrating 90 years of crafting stunning luxury, Gucci opened the shows in Milan with a bang today showcasing more amazing female designs to rock the red carpets in the upcoming seasons. Continuing with amazingly bold tones and colors, the collection was presented with tons of awesome fabrics like patterned leather and the favorite of all, fur. Whether it was animal inspired or floral embellishments, the designs were striking and all took a vintage page out of the 70’s book. I loved every single look that sauntered down the runway as they all possessed a timeless feel and they were of ultimate tailoring and exquisite feminine silhouette. Check out my favorite looks below along with all the pieces from Frida Giannini’s masterpiece!

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The geometry of the Drag Strip Courage is designed by two time US Olympian Jame Carney. Intended to be a *do it all* professional level race bike, Carney designed the geometry to use an up-sloping stem with drop bars (as pictured) for sprint events, and a down-sloping stem with aero bars for time trial events.
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Updated 19 Jun, 2013, 9:20 pm IST
Google, LG may unveil next Nexus phone this month
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Last year, Google and Samsung paired up and announced the Galaxy Nexus. Though the handset was not officially available in India, it is by no means in short supply here. This year, various reports have indicated that Google may team up with LG to launch a Nexus handset based on the recently announced LG Optimus G. There is no word on the date of the unveiling of this handset. According to a report by CNET, LG's first Nexus-branded smartphone may be announced at the end of this month.
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Drop the cops, raise the glass?
The lack of road safety and the ineffectiveness of police officials in terms of enforcement are issues South Africans know well. It’s a fight, and we’re not alone.
I think it’s impossible to find a country where citizens are happy with their officials. In South Africa successive leaders are not much better than their predecessors; legislation worth being called such is often not put in place, corruption and bribery happen in clear sight, training and qualifications are minimal, manpower is overstressed and doing one’s job seems to be a chore. Call a spade a spade – it’s a situation crying out for change, but we have a long way to go.
The United Kingdom (UK) also seems to have a long way to go, having experienced a cut in traffic police numbers of 12 percent in the last five years. Some forces have suffered reductions of up to 40 percent. These statistics are causing outrage, according to recent press releases by the UK’s road safety charities Brake UK and the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).
“Cutting traffic police is a false economy,” warns Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive at Brake. “The crashes and casualties they help prevent inflict devastation and are a huge drain on public services,”
The cuts come in the midst of the UK government’s introduction of a new offence against driving under the influence of illegal drugs, including setting limits for the presence of drugs in the bloodstream and provision for police to use roadside drug screening devices. “These cuts undermine important progress being made by government to tackle driving while high – as much as we need the new law, we also need the officers to enforce it,” adds Townsend.
Research conducted by Brake reveals that 31 percent of UK drivers think there is a less than one-in-ten chance of being caught drinking and driving – despite several highly publicised reports of young people being killed by drivers who are drunk or high over the last few years.
Of course, the problem is not unique. Arrive Alive indicates that drunk driving is one of the biggest threats to road safety in South Africa, stating that half of the people who die on the roads have a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit of 0,05 g per 100 ml (for regular drivers, professional drivers 0,02 g per 100 ml).
It is stated that six out of 10 drivers who die in accidents have “dangerously high” alcohol levels in their blood while it is estimated that 50 percent of truck drivers and 30 percent of taxi drivers on the road had been drinking or smoking marijuana. According to the South African Police Service, incidents involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs increased from 66 697 cases in 2011 to 69 441 cases in 2012.
The IAM shares Brake’s concerns that road safety does not appear to be a high priority for the UK’s new police commissioners, despite high public concern and senior police officers expressing their frustration at the lack of priority given to policing of roads by successive UK governments. It’s a sad state of affairs when there are capable police officials who want to work and members of the public who want them to work, but higher authorities who, for their own reasons, see otherwise.
Sure, South Africans fight the same fight, but the World Health Organisation’s 2013 Global Status Report on Road Safety puts into perspective how much effort is really needed. In the UK there are 3,7 road deaths per 100 000. The South African figure is 31,9 deaths per 100 000.
We can only dream of 3,7 deaths per 100 000. If this was our figure we’d call it a job well done. Yet, in the UK, it’s just not good enough …

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text: After struggling with Schizophrenia and Bipolar all my life I discovered Cannabis at one point and slowly but surely after almost 20 years it took over my entire medicine regime/profile. See I happen to be a Cannabis effective indavidual. I do not get stoned. I do not get wrecked. I just get normal and normal is a high in itself. I been tested for IQ before I was a Cannabis user and after. The scores are eerily the same and I smoke on average 112-170+ grams per month of a wonderful variety of medicinal Cannabis from a legal dispensary. The fact I can smoke 3-4 grams in a sitting and not get "High" is astonishing to most as well. I smoke THC wax in the 90+% range and I find it makes me contempt. But when I smoke leafy bud I do catch a buzz and have some laughs... I am Indica and Sativa sensitive. Sativas could make me "High" but they only work during the day for the various reasons I use them. The indicas I use are quite simple , Kush to make me sleep or helps my sex drive go over board , any Dank Indica for sleep inducing or anxiety attacks works wonders. Sativas are great motivators for me , they also increase my appetite and mood is enhanced to positivity. I am on the right track I use on average 8 strains per month not including Hashish and Oil. All of which I have a deep understanding how they work with my body system and chemistry. This is a milestone for any patient using any medicine but this is my personal milestone and in no way directed to make other assume it is the right path. One thing for sure , genetics from South African Sativas can be potentially dangerous for mental health patients because they can cause increased anxiety. My suggestion for those people is to do some jumping jacks or go for a long walk before they hoot up. Gets your heart pumping and makes you metabolize the chemicals faster and allows you enough relaxation to enjoy your buzz after exerting energy. Sativa trick old school. If Indicas knock you out consider using them solely for sleep and ultimate relaxation. Cheers and much love all!

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Zentralklinikum Hochrhein, Albbruck, Baden-Württemberg Health Clinic, German Hospital, Architecture
Zentralklinikum Hochrhein in Baden-Württemberg
5 June 2023
Design: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
Location: Albbruck, Baden-Württemberg, south west Germany
Zentralklinikum Hochrhein, Germany
Pooling hospital building expertise for a successful outcome: VAMED Germany and its design partners ATP architects engineers and Baumschlager Eberle Architekten have been commissioned by the District of Waldshut with the general planning of the new Zentralklinikum Hochrhein. The exemplary hospital building with around 360 beds should be completed in Albbruck by 2029 – as the centerpiece of the health park of the same name that is being realized simultaneously as a separate project.
Concept: “Healing Environment”
A hospital should be a place with its own identity in which both staff and patients feel at home. The urban concept makes a major contribution to this: located in the Black Forest on the banks of the Rhine and surrounded by fields and wooded hills, the new building, which consists of three higher and three lower volumes, feels like a small town that is gently embedded in the health park. The higher volumes appear to be stronger and more solid, while the lower ones have a more powerful relationship with the landscape, partly due to their green façades; in addition to these different heights, a series of setbacks and projections further enhances this relaxed appearance. The examination and treatment areas are located on the lower levels and the nursing areas on the three higher floors. The staggering of the wards improves privacy and opens up more views into the landscape and, hence, enhances the healing environment. Although the six objects appear independent they are perfectly connected internally and function optimally together. The sophisticated treatment of the solid, stone façades underlines the urban principle. The design of the external spaces also reflects the hospital concept and its complete focus on the needs of people: alongside the urban plaza at the main entrance to the hospital, an intensely natural garden invites patients to linger awhile, relax, and recover.
Forward-looking and environmentally friendly
The building concept, which is forward-looking in terms of both energy and building physics meets the latest climate and sustainability objectives and climate-friendly materials were selected from the very earliest design phase. The highly-efficient and optimally insulated building envelope not only reduces heat loss in winter, but also, thanks to its measured use of areas of glazing, effective shading measures, and green roofs, counters overheating in summer and avoids the creation of the heat islands that could be negative for the surrounding area. A rigorous load management system means that much of the energy required by the hospital for its sophisticated equipment, sterilization processes, hot and cold water, kitchens, heating, and cooling is provided in situ in an environmentally friendly manner by photovoltaic modules and a heat pump. Hence, very little fossil energy is consumed. The building’s extensive use of heat recovery and reuse of the relatively large amount of exhaust heat is equally important. Overall, annual primary energy demand and CO2 emissions are well below the legal limit, as a result of which the new building represents an important milestone on the road to climate neutrality. Last but not least, the flexibility of the complex underlines the basic idea of a forward-looking hospital: The project is laid out in such a way that this successful system can be expanded with ease.
“I’m delighted that the District of Waldshut is trusting us to design and then – as long as the District Parliament agrees – build the new Klinikum Hochrhein. The signature of the contract means that all the requirements have been met for us to start the detailed design. Together, we will fill this partnering process with life.” – Dr. Christian Schneider, Managing Director, VAMED
“The new clinic puts the focus on patients, while its well-thought-out functionality, environmentally-friendly materials, and energy-efficient building services ensure sustainable top-quality health care – a milestone for the health system in the region.” – Tobias Schwarz, Managing Director, ATP Nuremberg
“The hospital is a perfectly functioning system; and the urban planning concept makes a major contribution to an atmosphere in which people will enjoy a sense of well-being.” – Hugo Herrera Pianno, Head of Design, Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
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is, with over 1,200 employees in 13 offices in the DACH + CEE Regions, Europe’s leading integrated design company. And ATP uses this “Corporate Structure” to permanently grow as a learning organization. Rooted in an integrated design culture that has developed over 45 years, ATP’s organization and processes are shaped to create the perfect conditions for a digitalized planning process with BIM. In order to meet the responsibility of the building sector to future generations, the integrated designer has committed itself to climate-neutral and sustainable designing and building through its ATP Green Deal.
As the ATP Group’s “Health Sector Competence Center”, ATP architects engineers Nuremberg specializes in complex building projects in the health and social sectors – https://www.atp.ag/integrale-planung/
Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
is a subsidiary of :be AG. :be AG is a holding company, whose operative focus is its involvement in architecture and real estate companies in Europe and Asia. :be AG enjoys an important USP in the sustainability sector in the shape of its “2226” constructional principle.
Baumschlager Eberle Architekten has been active for over 35 years and is currently represented in 15 locations. Its work embodies high architectural aspirations and clear processes.
It has made a name for itself beyond the confines of the architectural world thanks to its award-winning, economically efficient, and internationally renowned buildings – https://www.baumschlager-eberle.com/
is a leading global full-service provider for hospitals and other facilities in the health sector.
Its portfolio ranges from project development, planning, and turnkey construction, via maintenance and technical, commercial, and infrastructural services, to the overall operational management of health sector facilities – https://www.vamed.de/
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A bulldozer is a continuous tracked tractor equipped with a substantial metal blade used to push large quantities of rock and sand during construction or conversion work and typically equipped at the rear with a ripper to loosen compacted material or rocks.
The current bull dozers on site include:
WD 600 : High productivity is the story of the WD600 wheeled dozer. The operator has two engine power modes, load sensing hydraulics and a modulated clutch system to harness the 527 horsepower to maximize production when moving mass quantities of rock.
CAT D8 : Large track-type tractor designed and manufactured by Caterpillar. It is equipped with a detachable large blade and a rear ripper attachment.
CAT D9 : 354 kW (474 hp) of gross power and an operating weight of 49 tons, is in the upper end of Caterpillar's track-type tractors.
One of the most widely used machines in construction today and is noted for its extreme versatility and payload capacity to perform multiple tasks at a low cost. Wheel loaders are primarily used in feeding the crusher.
The current wheel loaders on site include:
WA500 : Gross Power 234.9 kw. Displacement, 15.2 L. Number of Cylinders, 6. Aspiration, Turbocharged. Operating weight 29470 kg. Fuel Capacity 460 L. Hydraulic System Fluid Capacity, 175 L.
966 H : Length with Bucket on Ground 7.8 m. B. Width Over Tires 2.8 m. C. Height to Top of Cab, 3.5 m. D. Wheelbase 3.4 m. E. Reach at Max Lift and Dump 1.1 m.
980 L : Arriving soon...


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Mental maturity is an essential part of any man's dating life. It is what separates the men from the boys and ensures that you have a healthy relationship.
The importance of a healthy relationship cannot be overemphasized. Sadly, many men are forced to endure unhealthy relationships because they do not have the tools to create a suitable relationship environment.
In this article, we will discuss the meaning of mental maturity, its impact on your dating life, and the signs of maturity in a man. This will help you realize the areas you need to work on to achieve a mature state of mind. So without further ado, let's hop into it!
What is Mental Maturity?
There are four types of maturity that are crucial for personal growth. To become your best self, you must master the different kinds of maturity. Here, we will focus on the mental aspect of maturity, arguably the most important. This article will help you discover what you're doing wrong, which will help you build a stronger emotional connection with your partner.
Maturity itself is the ability to respond to a situation in an appropriate manner. It is a state of being that involves proper behavior and responsibility.
Mental maturity is the stage of adulthood where an individual possesses a high level of sound judgment. The ability to adequately assess a situation and respond sensibly are just a few features that fall under mental maturity.
Maturing mentally is an important stage that all men must pass through. It will take you to another level and unlock a part of yourself that handles situations with wisdom rather than emotion.
Emotional maturity is one of the types of maturity. It focuses on the control of one's emotions. While the mental aspect focuses on controlling one's mind.
When you achieve maturity, you understand that you should not respond to life; instead, life should respond to you. At this stage, you realize that what happens to you matters less than how you react to what happens. That is the true sign of maturity.
Effects of maturing mentally
Maturity is not a quick fix; it is a process. It takes hard work, willingness to learn, and determination. To mature mentally, you need to acknowledge the areas where you are lacking so you can work towards improving these areas.
How mental maturity affects the quality of your romantic relationships
The health of any relationship is dependent on the parties involved. A relationship filled with immature people cannot grow. However, if one party becomes mature, they can lead the relationship to grow. This is why maturity in men is so important. When you mature, you also attract intelligent partners.
Now we will analyze the qualities of a good relationship and how failing to mature mentally can affect these qualities.
Qualities of a good relationship
Here we will look at the different qualities of a good relationship. Doing so will help you understand how crucial mental maturity is for a relationship.
1. Open communication
The truth is that a relationship can only survive with proper communication. Unfortunately, most men struggle to communicate because they find it difficult to open up to people. If you have ever felt this way, you need to know that you are not alone.
Communication can be challenging, but it is essential to a healthy relationship. For a romantic relationship to grow in the right direction, it needs open communication between both parties. Relationships that lack open communication cannot function properly because neither you nor your partner can communicate effectively. This might cause you both to drift apart.
A healthy relationship has open communication as one of its defining characteristics. To ensure proper communication in a relationship, you need to have matured mentally. Without this, you will struggle to communicate effectively. The ability to express yourself properly is one of the signs of maturity.
Relationships are about getting to know each other. They involve intimacy and vulnerability, but too much of anything is never good. While opening up to your partner is essential, lines still need to be drawn. This is where boundaries come in.
You need to establish boundaries for your relationship to be healthy. When a relationship lacks boundaries, it also lacks structure and clarity. Setting boundaries will ensure that you remain independent even as you form a relationship with someone.
It will also improve your self-esteem and allow you to focus on yourself. As you mature mentally, you will realize the importance of boundaries and how to set them. Boundaries also boost your general well-being in many ways.
3. Working through disagreements
People in relationships fight all the time, and couples are not left out. Believe it or not, disagreements are a vital part of any relationship. They establish independence and allow you to learn new things about your partner. More importantly, they will help you to discover something you need to work on.
Some couples ignore or avoid disagreements to keep the peace. This often leads to more significant conflict. You need to understand that the significance of a disagreement does not lie in the disagreement itself but rather in how the couple handles this disagreement.
Any relationship will benefit from healthy conflict resolution techniques involving respectful communication and active listening. The ability to disagree and discuss that disagreement without disrespect shows maturity.
A healthy relationship thrives on respect. Both parties must respect one another and their different views on life. You need to avoid forcing your opinions on your partner. The ability to coexist with someone who shares a different perspective indicates maturity. Mutual respect is the basis of any good relationship. This creates trust and improves relationship quality.
Signs of Maturity in a Man
The signs of maturity in men are easy to spot. We all know a mature man when we see one. Mature men command respect the moment they walk into a room. We all want to be that man who receives respect simply by being who he is.
They often say that respect is earned but let's be honest, some people have respect handed to them because of who they are. Some men buy respect, while others command it. Prepare to learn how to command respect.
For any man to command respect, he must first respect himself, and you can only do that when your mind is healthy. A healthy mind is a mature mind. Remember that your level of maturity will affect the quality of your relationship. Here are the signs of maturity in a man you should aspire to achieve.
And unlike our brothers in the finance world, I am proud to tell you that this is relationship advice. This advice can turn your relationship around or help you find the relationship you’ve been looking for. Your level of maturity dictates the success of all your relationships.
These are the signs of maturity you should aspire to have if you want to improve your dating life;
1. Healthy boundaries
We’ve already discussed the importance of boundaries in your relationship. Now it's time to look at how to set them. A clear sign of maturity is the ability to set healthy boundaries. But setting boundaries is only half the work.
The real work is maintaining your boundaries. This is where most people fumble the ball. When you set a boundary, you become a goalkeeper. You need to guard your net and ensure no one crosses your boundaries by scoring a goal. Establishing and maintaining boundaries requires confidence. Without confidence, people will disrespect you and your boundaries.
When you have created your boundaries, you must calmly and openly let everyone know they exist. You can't have boundaries and not tell anyone about them because if you don't, people might cross them without knowing it.
It takes a high level of maturity to accept responsibility for your actions. Not everyone has this level of maturity, but all men should. Becoming a man with a high level of maturity means letting go of shame and taking responsibility in every way you need to.
This establishes you as a mature person who isn't afraid to admit mistakes. Only true leaders can recognize where they have gone wrong because they know that only then can they work toward improvement. Every man should be able to take responsibility for his actions. When you do this, you can realize your mistakes, plan accordingly, and respond sensibly.
3. Listening more and talking less
Listening more is a sign of maturity. We were created to listen more and speak less, and when you understand this, you will become a more mature man.
When most of us listen, we are only waiting for a chance to respond. It's important to speak your mind, but it's even more important to hear what others say.
Next time you talk to someone, try to listen attentively to what they are saying. This allows you to gain more information before you respond.
When you show people you are listening, you unknowingly command their respect. A true leader listens more than he speaks.
4. Emotional maturity
Emotional maturity shows that you have achieved maturity in mind. Controlling your emotions will allow you to manage your thoughts. These two parts work hand in hand; one cannot exist without the other. If your mind is not emotionally stable, it cannot be mentally stable. To control your emotions, you need to first recognize the emotions that you are feeling.
What age does a man fully emotionally mature?
Studies show that men become emotionally mature at 43. It's often at this age that men are able to communicate better and let go of the thrill-seeking behavior that many young men enjoy. In terms of physiology, this is the age when the prefrontal cortex of the brain fully develops in men. This is the part of the brain responsible for cognitive analysis, abstract thought, and behavior in social situations.
5. Responding to change and unforeseen circumstances
Your response to change is a huge sign of how mature you are. Mature men understand that change is a part of life. They embrace change instead of running from it. When you are faced with a difficult situation, remember to pause, so you respond calmly.
6. A healthy balance of optimism and realism
Life has inevitable ups and downs, which means we will all have good and bad days. You need to accept this and disregard it at the same time. Accept that there will be bad times but always hope for good times. This creates a healthy balance of optimism and realism that ensures you are prepared for the lows of life yet hopeful for the highs.

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i have mentioned this recipe before but i love it so much i thought i'd do a post with the full recipe from Alicia Silverstone's book The Kind Diet. these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are totally vegan and also completely free of cane sugar that can spike your blood sugar. with the maple and grain sweeteners you can indulge your sweet tooth (of which mine is insatiable) but not suffer the spike and crash. try them, they are so easy to make, no baking involved just melting, spooning and cooling and damn goodness!!!!!!
MAKES 12INGREDIENTS 1⁄2 cup Earth Balance butter (vegan butter that is soooo good! get the organic kind in the tub) 3⁄4 cup crunchy peanut butter (preferably unsweetened and unsalted) 3⁄4 cup graham cracker crumbs or 10 graham cracker squares (*i actually think you need more than 10 graham cracker squares, just make sure you have 3/4 cup of crumbs so they are not runny) 1⁄4 cup maple sugar or other granulated sweetener (maple is the best but sometimes hard to find, you can order it on amazon) 1 cup grain-sweetened, nondairy chocolate or carob chips 1⁄4 cup soy, rice, or nut milk (i found that a little more than 1/4 cup helps make the chocolate liquid enough to spoon evenly over the peanut butter) 1⁄4 cup chopped pecans, almonds, or peanuts STEPS Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. (If You Care makes unbleached liners made from recycled paper.) Set aside. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and maple sugar and mix well. Remove the mixture from the heat. Evenly divide the mixture, approximately 2 tablespoons per cup, among the muffin cups. Combine the chocolate and milk in another pan. Stir over medium heat until the chocolate has melted. Spoon the chocolate evenly over the peanut butter mixture. Top with chopped nuts. Place in the refrigerator to set for at least 2 hours before serving.
recipe from The Kind Diet. see Alicia's blog about these goodies here.

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Can I stop Sterilising bottles at 4 months?
For this reason, paediatricians recommend to stop sterilizing the bottles and pacifiers after 4 months-old, when the babies start taking to the mouth everything they grasp with their hands (toys, keys, mobile phones…), which diminish the need of sterilization.
Can I stop Sterilising bottles at 8 months?
It’s best to continue sterilising your baby’s bottles until your little one is at least a year old. Babies are vulnerable to the germs that cause diarrhoea and vomiting. These germs can develop very easily in the nooks and crannies of bottle and teats.
Is it OK not to sterilize baby bottles?
But now, sterilizing bottles, nipples, and water is mostly unnecessary. Unless your water supply is suspected to harbor contaminated bacteria, it is as safe for your baby as it is for you. There is no reason to sterilize what is already safe. … Thorough cleaning with soap and water gets rid of almost all germs.
Do I need to sterilize bottles every time?
Thankfully, and according to Parents, you do not need to sterilize bottles every time you use them. … You should definitely sterilize bottles after your baby has been sick, if only to eradicate any lingering germs. Most experts suggest sanitizing your bottles once a week until your baby turns 1-year-old.
What age can you stop boiling water for formula?
Water used in infant feeding should be sterilized for infants less than four months of age. There is no research supporting a specific infant age at which it is safe to stop boiling water for infant formula preparation.
What age can babies have tap water?
When can my baby drink tap water? Babies under six months should only drink tap water that has been boiled and cooled down. Water straight from the tap is not sterile so is not suitable for younger babies. Once your baby is six months old, you can offer them water straight from the tap in a beaker or cup.
Do I still need to sterilise bottles after 6 months?
It’s important to sterilise all your baby’s feeding equipment, including bottles and teats, until they are at least 12 months old. This will protect your baby against infections, in particular diarrhoea and vomiting.
Can I stop Sterilising bottles at 5 months?
You should sterilise your baby’s bottles and teats until they are at least 12 months old, as it will help to protect your baby against infections, including diarrhoea and vomiting1.
Is boiling water the same as Sterilising?
Boiling. Boiling items is a good way of sterilising if you don’t have a steam or cold-water steriliser. Some parents find this method particularly useful in the very early days.
When can you stop Sterilising baby bottles Australia?
You must sterilise (thoroughly clean and kill all germs) all bottle-feeding equipment until your baby is 12 months old.
How long should you sterilize baby bottles?
Boil the baby bottles for five minutes to sterilize. (Note: The CDC recommends five minutes but the time required may be slightly more or less depending on the material of the bottle—check the packaging insert or manufacturer’s webpage for specific recommendations.)


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I couldn't imagine this Christmas morning without a few twinkly lights and such, so I had to do something to make the place look festive. I bought some baubles at the craft store, had Mike bring down the boxes of decorations from the attic, and set about arranging a little holiday cheer.
I hung the stockings,
(we also have a realistic sculpture of a human skull, now wearing a Santa hat. The photo was creepy, so I'm not posting it)
I'm feeling a lot less bah humbug now.
UPDATE: Mike insists I show my readers the creepy Santa skull since he had to wrangle kittens to get the photo. Also, he likes skulls. We have one (not real!) in our freezer. Long story. Anyway, click here to see my husband's contribution to the Christmas decorations.


1893 – Birth of James Martin, British engineer; he later co-founds a leading manufacturer of aircraft ejection seats.
1911 – Robert Grant Fowler takes off in a Wright biplane from San Francisco, Calif., to Jacksonville, Fla., for a coast-to-coast journey across the U.S.; it will take him four months to complete it.
1962 – A Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8, a Soviet supersonic jet fighter prototype equipped with the Tumansky R-21F-300 engine, also under development, explodes in midair at Mach 2.15. Test pilot Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov is severely injured and ejects at Mach 1.78, but survives.
1972 – Death of Cyril Frank Uwins, a British record-breaking test pilot for Bristol Aircraft where he made the first flights of 58 different types of aircraft.
1996 – First flight of the Boeing Bird of Prey (shown above), an American black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology.
2001 – Four jetliners, two each of American Airlines and United Airlines, are hijacked and crashed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, killing more than 3,000 people. Among the victims was Charles Edward “Chuck” Jones, a U.S. Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut.


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Most public health workers are used to working behind the scenes, and that’s fine with them, because their focus is serving their communities. Most of the time, they are outside the public’s view, not on stage, not in the headlines. But COVID-19 has changed that.
In communities across the country, many people are now meeting their state and local health commissioners for the first time. Concerned citizens are watching these officials’ daily briefings, subscribing to their Twitter accounts, and reading their insights and advice in newspapers and online. And many are giving kudos to these leaders for their straightforward and reassuring approach.
Dr. Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, is not the only official who’s gained attention for her leadership during the COVID-19 outbreak, but she’s the first to have a Facebook fan club and a t-shirt made in her honor. HOMAGE, a clothing company based in Columbus, created its “Not All Heroes Wear Capes” t-shirt “as a tribute to Dr. Acton and all of those working day and night to keep us healthy.” Proceeds from the shirt’s sales benefit Huckleberry House, which supports youth at risk of violence, neglect, poverty, and homelessness.
The company explained: “We’re thinking of the best ways we can all support each other through the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Acton has emerged as a voice of reason and a beacon of light for those of us looking for ways to act.”
Nancy Murphy, MSHC, founder of CSR Communications, who advises a number of health clients on leadership and communications, said, “Every American knows what the doctors and nurses do to treat diseases, but most have no idea what public health is or how public health professionals (including some doctors and nurses) keep us safe and healthy every day. Although public health professionals impact nearly every aspect of our lives, their work often goes unnoticed, underfunded, and uncelebrated.”
Murphy, a native Ohiohan who now lives in the Washington, DC, area, has been fascinated by the star quality Dr. Acton has achieved. “Even my normally skeptical mother tunes in to Dr. Amy’s press conferences every day and quotes her guidance word for word to my sisters and me,” she said. “Her presence, professionalism, and clarity are just what we need in these uncertain times.”
Dr. Amy Acton is absolutely incredible. She speaks like someone who has been public speaking at the highest level for 25 years. Clear, concise, smart, reassuring, and informational all at the same time. We’re very lucky to have someone like her helping lead Ohio right now.
— Terry Lash (@Terry_Lash) March 22, 2020
Dr. Amy Acton is the medical leader/communicator/badass we need and deserve. Ohio is lucky to have her.
— Kevin Necessary (@knecessary) March 15, 2020
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— Katie (@KatiePetZim) March 22, 2020
In case you haven’t noticed, Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine, and his chief medical officer Dr. Amy Acton, are absolutely crushing it. During this crisis they have been the definition of LEADERS. Sources of calm, sanity and truth.
— Bob Verbiak (@bverbiak) March 21, 2020
Is there an Ohio Woman of the Year award? If there is can we all just agree it’s Dr. Amy Acton? If there isn’t, petition to make one and name it The Acton.
— Sara C. Tobias (@SCTobias) March 22, 2020

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Natasha Trethewey was just 19 years old when her mother was shot and killed by her stepfather.
She was born in 1960s Mississippi to Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough, her Black mother, and Eric Trethewey, her white Canadian father — whose mixed race marriage was illegal at the time because of miscegenation laws; they went out of state to be married. They ultimately divorced while Natasha was young; her stepfather, Joel Grimmette, murdered her mother in 1985.
Trethewey went on to become America’s poet laureate, twice, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
Her new book, “Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir,” is the first time she’s written about her childhood years. In a very emotional interview, she spoke with the Star about why she wrote the memoir now, building monuments and discovering her mother’s voice in police files.
It’s such a beautiful memoir and I had to keep putting it down to absorb it all because it’s also painful.
It was very hard to write. It took me seven years. Even as I had given myself the task of doing it I don’t think I really wanted to go into the depths of those difficult places that I had to go to write it, to remember all the things I had been trying for so long to bury.
What made you want to do it now?
I had to find a way to contend with the ways that (my mother) was being erased. And what I mean by that is the more attention that I got after winning the Pulitzer, after being appointed poet laureate, the more my back story became part of what would be written about me in magazines or in newspapers. And when that happened, my mother was often presented as just an afterthought, a footnote, murder victim, or just a murdered woman. And I felt that people weren’t recognizing just how important she was in my life, in making me the person that I became and the writer that I became. I decided that if she was going to be mentioned again and again that I was going to be the one to tell her story, and to place her in the proper context in my life.
You’ve addressed your mother’s death and particularly how it frames your life in your poetry collection “Monument.” How does the act of memoir create a different feeling or healing than the act of poetry?
I was working on them at the same time. I would be working on the memoir and I would have to stop and turn the page over, because something would start to come out as a poem and not prose. I think that I needed more room to move around, rather than the very small spaces of a poem, the density and compression of a poem. I needed somehow to have more space. And writing prose allowed me to do that. I was, of course, still focused on the kind of lyricism that I try to bring to a poem.
As a poet, language is clearly important to you. Which got me to thinking about you calling your last poetry collection “Monument” and this memoir “Memorial Drive,” both homages to your mother. There’s a real play on the two words.
My mother died on Memorial Drive, which is the road leading up to the nation’s largest monument to the Confederacy. Those two things are placed side by side and always have been side by side, I think, in my psyche as my two existential wounds. The trauma and racism of the Confederacy, and its history of slavery and its ongoing message of subjugation to African Americans, and the way that my mother … (she pauses to take a breath)
The figurative that you are thinking about, certainly the thing that I was thinking about as well: What is it that has driven me toward being the kind of poet who is interested in memory and memorialization in creating a lyrical monument to my mother? What is the possibility of something that is more lasting even than stone?
There is a specific incident in the book when you were kind to your stepfather, Joel. He later admitted that, at that moment, he intended to kill you, but your kindness stopped him. But that meant he was free to kill your mother. Was there always a survivor’s guilt?
I think so. And I think it’s in the process of writing that I revealed that even to myself. The first time that I really recognized that is what I was carrying was in a poem called “Genus Narcissus” from my book “Native Guard.” It’s about those … narcissus flowers that I talked about in the book that I had picked for her. But the first time that I kind of understood that I had given her a flower that … suggested an early death, that’s when I kind of understood that I felt guilt somehow, that I was implicated in it.
The police let your mother down — one of them left the job when he was supposed to be guarding her apartment.
We live in a society that does not value some lives as much as others. And we can see that particularly in this story with the case of a woman’s life. This is before the American anti-stalking laws had gone into effect, before the Violence Against Women Act. There are so many ways that the lives of women are undervalued … So I do think that her story does tell us something about lives that are valued less than others.
You’ve referred to your mother’s death as “my greatest wound.” Has writing helped to heal or is the grief what keeps you writing?
Well, I think there is healing from this. What it seems to me that I can do, and what I have done, is give that wound a kind of palliative care so I can live with it. You keep it clean, you keep it from getting infected, but it doesn’t go away — you just live with it. Sometimes certain things make the pain less acute; sometimes it hurts as if it just happened.
I do think that writing about this — and even having difficult conversations about it — is part of that palliative care because it means I get to talk about her with more people who will know something about who she was and participate in the care of the memorial, of the monument I’ve been trying to erect for her.
You serendipitously discovered the police file in 2005 and the transcript of her last phone call, which you published in the book. How important was it to you that we hear or at least read her voice?
It was a hard decision to make. Because I, on one hand, worried that readers would see it as me being lazy because I wasn’t telling the story. But in this case, it felt to me that it would be easy for me to tell you how smart and resilient and calm and patient and thoughtful my mother was, or I could just show you and let you see it for yourself and hear it in her voice.
You write that “To survive trauma, one must be able to write a story about it. And this story evolved over the years to create a narrative of self that could in turn, contain yet another trauma and give it meaning.” This individual story seems to have created an expansive container for the story of Black America.
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Without being able to tell an individual story like this one, or a collective story of a people, you would be reduced to thinking of everything as random and capricious instead of thinking about the value in unearned suffering. I think (Martin Luther) King said something about the way that unearned suffering is part of one’s humanizing and nobility of survival and resilience and transcendence. Better to tell that story than a story of subjugation and oppression … Unearned suffering is redemptive.
It’s also the difference between someone trying to victimize you and being a victim.
Absolutely. My mother was not a victim. I am not a victim. The people that I write about who helped to make this country are not victims. Even as it is a nation that is trying to victimize again and again.
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More than half of the total area of this apartment (74 sqm) in Swedish Goteborg is given to an open bright space of the kitchen and living room. Due to the unique architecture of the building, the room received an unusual layout and broken walls, which adds a twist to this home. By the way, regarding the interiors – they are created in a strict minimalist style and is decorated in monochrome white and gray tones with contrasting black pieces of furniture. It looks elegant and stylish!
About Author:Serge Pufik is the founder and mastermind of pufikhomes.com blog. Sergiy is an economist by profession, he worked in real estate and from childhood was fond of interior magazines. Together with his wife Anna they run design studio PH Studio, managing projects in Ukraine and far beyond.
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Coheed and Cambria are approaching the three year mark since they’ve released what I would consider their opus of a double album, The Afterman. Naturally, the sheer amount of material the band dropped and the fact that two band members had children lent to a longer than usual gap between records. It’s not as if the band have been on hiatus since then, either: they’ve toured rather extensively, going as far as taking their trailblazing record, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth on the road in its entirety. We also know that the band are working on new music and have signed to a new management company (Jay Z‘s Roc Nation, no less), so I’d wager to bet that the band are preparing a new record for release within the next year or so.
In the mean time, the band are still sporadically hitting the road for live shows. Most recently, the band have announced a run of dates for June with emo quintet You Blew It! It’s crazy how Coheed’s sound lends itself to a variety of different touring opportunities. They can tour with prog/tech metal and emo/punk bands alike and just have everything make sense. Unfortunately, I’ve never considered myself a fan of Dashboard Confessional, so…
Get dates after the jump!
June 16 // Bottle & Cork // Dewey Beach, DE
June 17 // State Theatre // Portland, ME
June 19 // Amnesia Rockfest // Montebello, QC (No YBI)
June 20 // Higher Ground Ballroom // South Burlington, VT
June 22 // District Square // Kalamazoo, MI
June 23 // Limelight Eventplex // Peoria, IL
June 25 // Egyptian Room // Indianapolis, IN
June 26 // Summerfest // Milwaukee, WI
June 27 // Headliners // Toledo, OH
Hopefully we get more word from the band on new album plans shortly after these tour dates wrap up. Fingers crossed!


Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign a measure to consolidate the state’s 649 suburban and downstate police and fire pension funds into two funds to maximize investment returns after the legislation passed the Senate on the final day of the fall veto session.
Pritzker pushed for the measure to be a focus during the six days of the fall session. Senate Bill 1300, as amended, passed the House, 96-14, on Wednesday. It passed the Senate, 42-12, on Thursday.
State Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Bloomington, voted against the measure. He said he opposed it because of changes to enhance Tier II benefits, which he said was unrelated to the consolidation proposal.
“It effectively undoes some of the reforms that were put in place in 2011,” Barickman said. “We don’t know how much it’s going to cost. We don’t know if it’s necessary. All that was suggested by the sponsor of the bill is that she thinks this is necessary to do today.”
Gov. J.B. Pritzker praised the consolidation. He said the Tier II enhancements were needed to meet federal requirements.
“But let’s be clear here, the cost of addressing the Tier II problem is relatively small compared to the significant reduction in fees and improved returns that these [consolidated] pension funds will realize,” the governor said.
The consolidation of the pension funds is expected to save up to $500 million across the state, but it doesn’t address the more than $12 billion in unfunded local public safety pension liabilities of the combined funds.
Pritzker said there will be a thorough vetting process to find the right pension fund managers for the consolidated funds. He said the consolidation measure was a win for taxpayers.
“Working together we have put hundreds of cities in Illinois on a path toward alleviating their massive property tax burdens,” Pritzker said.
Cities across the state have reported their share of local property taxes is used entirely to pay for public safety pensions, squeezing out money for other services.
State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, said allowing taxpayers to vote to amend the state constitution’s pension-protection clause would be a win for taxpayers. However, he said he supported the consolidation measure.
“I voted for the consolidation bill yesterday even though I didn’t like the benefit increases,” McSweeney said. “There’ll be a lot of savings for taxpayers from consolidation to increase investment returns, but we need a constitutional amendment on pensions.”
Tier I pensions in the state come with a 3 percent compounded automatic annual increase, something that raises taxpayer costs higher each year. An amendment to allow for the reduction of pension benefits isn’t expected to advance at the statehouse anytime soon. Democrats have veto-proof majorities in both the House and Senate.


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It now appears likely that Maryland will soon ban the use of cell phones while driving. The Senate has passed the measure on a party-line vote, and it's now headed to the House in Annapolis. All of this in the name of highway safety. Ok, fine. The bill would allow drivers to continue to cell-chat by using a hands-free device, so apparently the safety issue is that drivers should have both hands on the wheel, and apparently NOT that phone conversation itself can be a distraction. So follow this line of logic with me... If holding a cell phone while driving is unsafe, how about trying to eat a Whopper while driving? How about reaching to change radio stations? How about applying lipstick in the rear-view mirror? How about reaching in the backseat to give your kid a good whack when he deserves it? Shouldn't all of THOSE things be illegal as well?
Look... we've all been annoyed by seeing other drivers doing asinine things while talking on their cell phones. But choosing one distraction over another is a slippery slope. A lapful of spilled ketchup is every bit as likely to cause an accident as a cell phone call. So how soon will it be before drive thrus are boarded up? Just give it time, people!

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Where is Russian Bay Ruins?
Poros is home to Russian Bay Ruins. Visitors to beachside Poros love the natural attractions this area offers such as the beaches. If you want to find things to see and do in the area, you may want to check out Kanali Beach and Poros Town Clock Tower.
Things to see and do near Russian Bay Ruins
What to see near Russian Bay Ruins
- Kanali Beach
- Poros Town Clock Tower
- Askeli Beach
- Port of Methana
- Poros Ferry Terminal
Things to do near Russian Bay Ruins
- Poros Shell Museum
- Poros Archaeological Museum

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Aporte a la rutina de la trinchera asistencial donde los conocimientos se funden con las demandas de los pacientes, sus necesidades y las esperanzas de permanecer en la gracia de la SALUD.
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BARDA supports development of oral radiation drug
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 2011
Contact: HHS Press Office
BARDA supports development of oral radiation drug
New contract funds drug to treat internal contamination from radioactive elements
A drug that can be taken orally to treat internal contamination from radiation after a radiological attack will be developed under a new contract issued today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
Under the contract, Nanotherapeutics Inc. of Alachua, Fla., will conduct studies to develop an improved formulation of diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (DTPA) and improve manufacturing processes for it. As a chelating agent, DTPA can bind radioactive molecules to help the body remove them. It can be used to treat people who have inhaled or swallowed radioactive particles, or who have radioactive particles that entered the body through wounds.
The improved formulation, known as NanoDTPA, could be given orally and is being developed as a short-term treatment for people exposed to americium, curium, or plutonium. These radioactive elements could be used as components of a radiological dispersion device, also known as a dirty bomb.A dirty bomb combines a conventional explosive, such as dynamite, with radioactive material.
As licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, current forms of DTPA must be administered intravenously or by nebulizer, limiting their usefulness in an emergency.
“This is the first contract BARDA has awarded for the advanced development of an oral chelating agent to treat internal radiation contamination, and represents a milestone for our program,” said BARDA Director Robin Robinson, Ph.D.
The 18-month, $4.8 million contract can be extended for a total of up to five years and up to $31.1 million and is as part of a federal effort to develop drugs to protect health and save lives in a radiological emergency. Recognizing that health care providers will need a variety of effective ways to identify and treat the wide range of illnesses and injuries that can be caused by radiological and nuclear incidents, BARDA maintains a portfolio of advanced development projects focused on treating radiation-induced bone marrow, gastrointestinal, lung and skin injuries.
Since 2007, BARDA has supported the advanced development of, and has purchased, two chelating agents, Ca-DTPA and Zn-DTPA, through Project Bioshield, for the Strategic National Stockpile. BARDA also is supporting development of a liquid formulation of Prussian blue, a non-chelating drug used to treat internal contamination with radiocesium.
Project BioShield provides additional and more flexible authorities and funding to support and expedite the development and acquisition of medical countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.
BARDA is seeking additional proposals for products that potentially could treat illness and injury from high levels of radiation, as well as improved diagnostic tools to measure the radiation dose a person has absorbed after a nuclear detonation or radiation accident. Proposals are accepted through the Broad Agency Announcement BARDA-CBRN-BAA-11-100-SOL-00009 at http://www.fbo.gov/.
BARDA, an agency within the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, provides a comprehensive integrated portfolio approach to the advanced research and development, innovation, acquisition, and manufacturing infrastructure for vaccines, drugs, therapeutics, diagnostic tools, and non-pharmaceutical products for public health emergency threats. These threats include chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, pandemic influenza, and emerging infectious diseases.
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September 28, 2011
Contact: HHS Press Office
BARDA funds development of five drugs to protect against radiation
The development of five new drugs to treat injuries associated with acute radiation syndrome will move forward under contracts awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
Acute radiation syndrome is caused by exposure to high doses of damaging (ionizing) radiation. ARS includes injuries to multiple organs, hemorrhaging, infection, and suppression of the immune system’s ability to fight organisms that cause infection.
Because no products are licensed to treat any aspect of acute radiation syndrome, BARDA is supporting the development of products to treat bone marrow, gastrointestinal, lung, and skin injury caused by radiation. BARDA expects to expand this list to include products to treat the thermal burns that might be caused by a nuclear detonation.
Today’s contracts total $56.3 million for development of products that potentially could treat bone marrow and gastrointestinal injuries from high levels of radiation, such as after denotation of an improvised nuclear device. Bone marrow and gastrointestinal injuries are expected to account for the majority of radiation-related deaths after a nuclear denotation.
The contracts were awarded to Neumedicines Inc. of Pasadena, Calif., RxBio Inc. of Johnson City, Tenn., the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences of Little Rock, Ark., Araim Pharmaceuticals of Ossining, N.Y., and Cellerant Therapeutics of San Carlos, Calif.
“These contracts support development of products that have the potential to address urgent public health requirements for radiation medical countermeasures while also meeting other unmet medical needs,” said BARDA Director Robin Robinson, Ph.D. “For example, they may find day-to-day use in treating the side effects of cancer radiation treatment and chemotherapy. These advanced development contracts demonstrate what can be achieved by repurposing drugs with commercial potential to meet public health emergency requirements, and we would like to encourage other pharmaceutical companies and their collaborators to follow this approach.”
Today’s $17 million contract with Neumedicines Inc. will evaluate the safety and efficacy of a drug known as recombinant human interleukin-12 (rhuIL-12), or HemaMax, and will further develop manufacturing processes for HemaMax. Under a 2008 contract with BARDA, Neumedicines conducted proof-of-concept studies demonstrating that HemaMax mitigates bone marrow damage caused by damaging radiation. Today’s contract builds on that work.
Under a two-year, $15 million contract, RxBio Inc will study the efficacy of its drug Rx100, which may protect against radiation-induced gastrointestinal injury by interrupting programmed cell death, known as apoptosis. Preliminary data suggests that Rx100 can protect or mitigate injury and improve survival if administered up to 72 hours after deadly whole-body radiation exposure. The contract also supports development of manufacturing processes for the drug.
In a two-year, $4.5 million contract, UAMS will evaluate a drug, SOM230, developed by and provided under an agreement with Novartis. Novartis developed SOM230, or pasireotide, to treat a hormone disorder known as Cushing’s disease. Preliminary data suggest that the drug also may be useful in treating radiation injuries to the gastrointestinal system. Under the new contract, investigators at UAMS will generate data Novartis needs to submit a new drug application for possible Food and Drug Administration approval to use SOM230 to treat gastrointestinal injuries from radiation exposure. SOM230 appears to protect the intestine by reducing secretions from the pancreas that cross the damaged intestinal wall and exacerbate inflammation in the intestines.
Araim Pharmaceuticals won a two-year, $3.1 million contract to conduct studies of ARA 290 to evaluate whether the drug improves overall survival when the drug is administered 24 hours or longer after exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation. With anti-inflammatory properties and tissue-protective properties, the drug has shown promise in treating stroke, heart disease, and kidney failure. The studies under this contract are the next step in the drug development process and are needed before proceeding to clinical trials and pivotal efficacy studies.
In addition to these new contracts, BARDA today extended a 2010 contract with Cellerant Therapeutics for a second year and an additional $16.7 million. Under the contract, Cellerant will continue studies and manufacturing activities to further develop a new way to treat the illness known as neutropenia, an abnormally low number of white blood cells caused by exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation. Cellerant’s drug, called CLT-008, uses a kind of cells called myeloid progenitor cells, which can grow into any kind of blood cell the body needs.
CLT-008 is being developed to support and add to the patient’s own progenitor cells, providing protection for patients against life-threatening infections and hemorrhaging while their own bone marrow is recovering.
CLT-008 could be used for other blood disorders and complications of cancer in which blood cells and platelets need to be replenished, so it also has promise as supportive therapy for patients receiving bone marrow or fetal cord blood transplants.
Today’s awards are part of a rapidly growing BARDA program to develop therapeutics and diagnostics for radiation injury. BARDA is seeking additional proposals for products that potentially could treat or illness and injury from acute radiation syndrome, as well as improved diagnostic tools to measure the radiation dose a person has absorbed after a nuclear denotation or radiation accident. Proposals are accepted through the Broad Agency Announcement BARDA-CBRN-BAA-11-100-SOL-00009 at http://www.fbo.gov/.
BARDA, an agency within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides a comprehensive integrated portfolio approach to the advanced research and development, innovation, acquisition, and manufacturing infrastructure for vaccines, drugs, therapeutics, diagnostic tools, and non-pharmaceutical products for public health emergency threats. These threats include chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, pandemic influenza, and emerging infectious diseases.
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The state agency that serves as the official humanities council for Virginia has made its latest round of grants to nonprofit organizations that seek to tell new stories about the people who have lived in the Commonwealth.
“We want Virginians to connect with their history and culture and, in doing that, we hope we’ll all get to know each other a little better,” reads the About section of the website for Virginia Humanities.
In all, Virginia Humanities awarded $153,200 to eighteen organizations including several in this general area.
- The Catticus Corporation of Berkeley, California will get $10,000 for a project to build a website intended to tell the story of Barbara Johns and the 1951 student walk out in Prince Edward County to a larger audience across Virginia and the nation.
- James Madison University will get $5,400 toward a project called A Miserable Revenge: Recovering 19th-Century Black Literature from the Shenandoah Valley. This will transcribe a handwritten novel by George Newman around 1880. Newman was an African American educator from the Winchester area.
- The Louisa County Historical Society will get $7,000 for a project called Representing our Residents: African American History at the Louisa County Historical Society. This will be a series of oral history interviews and public outreach activities.
- The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will get $8,000 for a project called Someone Talked! A Podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. This will include conversations between the prolific WWII historian John McManus and other scholars and is intended and designed to reach and engage new audiences now that the generation that lived through WWII has passed.
- A project to add two Louisa County churches to the National Register of Historic Places received $3,000.
- Piedmont Virginia Community College will receive $10,000 for the PVCC Prison Creative Arts Project. The idea is to collect original writing from incarcerated PVCC students and then create a theatrical production based on the stories.
- The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum will get $8,250 to make three videos to introduce the Monacan Nation as “custodians of the lands and waters in and around Charlottesville” to serve as land acknowledgments
- The Virginia Tech Foundation will receive $20,000 for a podcast to be called Tribal Truths on the histories and cultures of state and federally recognized Tribes in Virginia.
To see the rest, visit the release at Virginia Humanities.
Before you go: The time to write and research of this article is covered by paid subscribers to Charlottesville Community Engagement. In fact, this particular installment comes from the August 3, 2022 edition of the program. To ensure this research can be sustained, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or contributing monthly through Patreon.

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There are differences in the natures of the gods of South American mythology; there may be a comparison between the nature-gods worshipped in the temples of the Incas and those anonymous spirits conjured up in their huts by magicians in the Amazonian or Guiana areas.
Also there existed a difference between the supernatural beings envisaged by the clergy of refined civilization and those whose anger the average tribal people tried to appease. Perhaps a major reason for this difference was fear: the clergy were more protected by civilization than separated tribesmen who felt more at the domination of imagined gods or nature.
The clergy probably were more educated too.
Such reasoning could also apply to the difference between the nature-gods of the Incas and the spirits of the magicians: nature-gods were part of the Inca religion while the spirits served the magicians’ personal interests, an example of high an low magic.
Characteristically the religious beliefs of most Incas might be described as a rather crude animism since they were very concerned with endowing the individual personality with obscure and mysterious forces apparently believed to dwell in certain objects. A.G.H.
Grimal, Pierre, Larousse World Mythology, Secaucus, New Jersey, Chartwell Books, 1965. p. 481


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RedBrick has announced that their DramaScape line is breaking off on their own:
DramaScape is leaving the RedBrick nest. It’s time to spread our wings and fly and we would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our products so far and hope that you will keep following us as we soar to new heights.
We would especially like to thank James and Dawn who helped us to set up the product line and allowed us to hatch in their nest until we could find our wings.
We will be maintaining a presence on the RedBrick forums for a while longer, but have set up a new web site to showcase the DramaScape products at http://www.dramascape.net/
There is also a Facebook group for DramaScape.
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The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center (OTC) is an intriguing blend of the old and the new, long serving as the terminus for some of Chicago’s most celebrated train routes but now connected to the sleek lobby of a modern glass skyscraper.
The OTC station is bounded by Clinton, Canal, Madison and Randolph and has been a rail station since 1911. It was designed by Frost and Grang under the influence of the Renaissance Revival style. When the terminal opened, the head house featured an immense waiting room with a three-story barrel-vaulted skylight, as well as dressing rooms, baths, nurses and matrons rooms, and a doctor’s office. Tracks were on the second level, above a mail substation and other facilities.
The old head house was razed in 1984 to make way for the 42-story Citigroup Center, which was completed in 1987 and now serves as the main station entrance. It also houses a ticketing area as well as a food court and other retail shops, restaurants and amenities.
The passenger platforms and adjoining facilities were renovated starting in 1992, after Metra bought them from Chicago and North Western. The station was renamed the Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center in 1997 after the former governor who championed mass transit and was the major architect of legislation that established the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA).
OTC now serves as the terminus for three Metra routes operated by Union Pacific (UP), which bought the Chicago and North Western in 1995. The UP North, Northwest and West lines bring more than 40,000 commuters to the station each weekday.
The unused area under the tracks has been transformed into MetraMarket, a restaurant and shopping destination featuring a French market, a drug store, a coffee shop and other retail shops, restaurants and amenities.
Besides the main entrance, there are entrances on Clinton, Canal and Washington. This photo was taken near Canal and Washington just South of the Canal Street entrances.

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The ionisation energy of promethium has been determined experimentally for the first time, solving an almost 75-year-old mystery and filling in one of the last gaps in the periodic table.
Promethium, element 61, only exists in trace quantities on Earth and has to be synthesised through nuclear reactions. However, since its discovery at Oak Ridge, US, in 1945, no team has managed to measure its ionisation energy – the minimum amount of energy required to remove its most loosely bound electron – through experiments. This created a gap in the periodic table, making it the only element up to lawrencium, element 103, that didn’t have an accurate value.
Now a European collaboration has filled in this blank space. First, a team at the Laue-Langevin Institute (ILL) in Grenoble, France, bombarded a sample of neodymium-146 with neutrons. This caused some nuclei to capture a neutron and undergo radioactive beta decay into promethium-147. The sample was then separated from the neodymium at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, before being shipped to Mainz University, Germany for detailed atomic spectroscopy.
The analysis proved challenging, explains Ulli Köster, a research scientist at ILL and co-author of the paper. ‘Lanthanides are very difficult to measure because they have rich atomic spectra. You see so many lines you can’t easily attribute them to a given series.’ To overcome this problem, the team performed both spectroscopy and mass separation on the sample, using laser light to excite an electron before applying an electric field to separate it from the atom. ‘By using this second dimension, scanning the electric field, you can get an electron that’s nearly detached then give it the last kick to make the ion,’ Köster says – and in doing so gain a precise measurement of the ionisation energy.
While the new figure for promethium, 5.58eV, is in line with theoretical predictions, it will prove an invaluable benchmark for quantum chemistry and atomic physics calculations. The remainder of the promethium-147 will be used for Köster’s current collaboration with physicists investigating slow neutron capture in stars – the process that creates around half of the elements heavier than iron in the universe.
Future work will also see the investigation of ionisation energies past lawrencium, with experiments already performed using surface ionisation – a less accurate technique – by scientists at Riken in Japan. ‘The next step will be [the ionisation energies] of the transactinides,’ Köster says. ‘But as you get higher, there are so few atoms it will get more challenging.’
D Studer et al, Phys. Rev. A, 2019, 99, 062513 (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.062513)


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The debate over high-cost credit (such as payday financing) has become going on for a long time. It is warmed up because it is, at their base, a debate about ethics and morality. Supporters of constraints on high-cost lending take the view that this type of lending was naturally an abuse or oppression of individuals who become bad, improvident, unlucky, unaware, or some mixture of the foregoing. Restrictive rules try grounded in a public rules dedication that these credit is actually immoral, either within the biblical proscriptions against usury or a humanist assertion of fairness and municipal fairness. Against these effective moral arguments, payday lenders assert the rights of men and women to control their very own physical lives – the self-respect of choice, for a moment – which the effects to borrowers of not taking right out such financing (bounced check costs, overlooked local rental money, defaulted health expenses or unmade vehicle fixes) were bad compared to the price of performing this. Payday loan providers additionally argue that the traditional financial system really does very little or nothing to help the group they provide. No matter what fortune in the Payday guideline can be, payday lending will continue to be with our company for near future. The only real concern is exactly how thoroughly it will be managed by who.
Argument about the Payday guideline obscures a basic problems: how does payday lending are present at all? treating that concern requires an argument about earnings and riches submission, the means to access economic services, and a social milieu that equates existing usage and credit with joy. That argument would raise unpleasant questions regarding The usa as a polity and society, very I’m not holding my breath until it begins.
 and a system of store payday lenders, there can be an internet payday market which has been projected to equal the store marketplace.


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The Douglas P-70 was the United States first radar carrying night fighter, adapted from its highly successful A-20/Boston light bomber. It was not successful in operations but was valuable in as a trainer.
Development of the P-70 began in 1940 as a minimal conversion of the A-20.
The bomb racks and defensive armament were removed and a radar set and gun rack of four 20mm cannon added.
Later versions were more advanced and in all about 280 P-70s were made.
A few squadrons operated P-70s in the Pacific but they were too slow to make effective night interceptions and only two kills were scored.
In other theatres of war the P-70s were replaced before their squadrons began operations.
The most important contribution the P-70s made to the war effort was as trainers and most Northrop P-61 crews gained their early experience flying with P-70s
This model represents an early P-70
Revell 1:72 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in March 2005.


Strategy #3 – Cooperate with the 2030 Winter Olympic Bid Team to make MVX the Legacy Infrastructure Project:
Whether it be the original Expo Skytrain line with Expo ‘86 or the Canada Line for the 2010 Winter Olympics, we have built significant infrastructure in the Lower Mainland due to hosting significant international events.
A preliminary bid effort is underway for Vancouver to be the host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics. While the event may not be directly related to our vision or principles, we feel that contributing our viewpoint to the organizing team will benefit in making our vision a reality.
Based on consent from our supporters on the call, we will reach out to the bid team to help incorporate the MVX vision into any bid that will benefit the citizens of the Lower Mainland in helping realize high-speed rail. We will make every effort to not directly endorsing the actual Olympic and Paralympic events and organizing, but simply promoting high-speed rail as an integral part of any legacy infrastructure project.
We want to be as inclusive and diverse as possible. So, please do not hesitate to get involved. If you would like to get involved or understand our plans, please do not hesitate to reach out by replying to this email.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!


Part 1: The Seeds of Imagination Emily, a young writer, was captivated by the power of science fiction in a bustling city of shining skyscrapers and technological marvels. She had always been awestruck by the genre's capacity to conjure up fantastical worlds and delve into previously unexplored realms of human imagination. Emily set out on a journey to investigate and comprehend the profound influence of science fiction after becoming intrigued by the potential impact that the genre could have on society and technology.
Part 2: Abstract Advancement
Emily dove into the starting points of sci-fi writing, following its foundations back to crafted by writers like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. These visionary authors had envisioned submarines, space travel, and time machines well before such ideas became reality. Their thoughts engaged pursuers as well as ignited the creative mind of designers and researchers who might proceed to rejuvenate these ideas.
Part 3: Realistic Miracles
Moving past the domains of writing, Emily investigated the effect of sci-fi films. She witnessed how these films transported audiences to faraway galaxies, challenged societal norms, and inspired technological advancements, from the iconic "Star Wars" saga to the mind-bending realities of "The Matrix." Engineers and scientists who wanted to make the futuristic gadgets and technologies shown on screen frequently got their hands on them.
Part 4: Television Epics Emily continued her research by looking at science fiction shows. She observed how these thought-provoking series explored the ethical and social implications of technological advancements, from the classic "Twilight Zone" to the modern phenomenon of "Black Mirror." The useful examples and speculative situations introduced in these shows provoked conversations about the expected outcomes of human advancement, eventually molding popular assessment and affecting approach choices.
Part 5: Impact on the Real World Emily discovered that science fiction had a significant impact far beyond entertainment. Handheld diagnostic tools were developed by medical professionals, who were inspired by the fictional tricorder from "Star Trek." Previously only seen in science fiction, autonomous vehicles are about to become a reality. The notable communicator from "Star Trip" advanced into present day cell phones, interfacing individuals across the globe.
Part 6: Imagining the Future Armed with this new information, Emily considered how science fiction would influence the future. She understood that sci-fi went about as an impetus for development, pushing the limits of what was viewed as conceivable. Writers and filmmakers challenged the status quo and inspired individuals to strive for a better world by imagining utopian societies or dystopian futures.
Part 7: Moral Contemplations
Notwithstanding, Emily additionally perceived the moral contemplations inborn in sci-fi's impact. While the class had the ability to rouse progress, it likewise conveyed the obligation of investigating the possible traps of uncontrolled mechanical headways. Science fiction guided humanity toward a balanced and responsible approach to innovation by encouraging society to consider the moral implications of new inventions.
Part 8: A Proceeding with Heritage
As Emily finished up her investigation, she understood that sci-fi would always stay a necessary piece of human culture. It had a significant impact on society and technology, evoking ideas, promoting scientific inquiry, and influencing the collective imagination. As a compass, science fiction pointed humanity toward an awe-inspiring future and emphasized the significance of ethical considerations along the way.
Epilogue: Emily's Heritage
Spurred by her examination, Emily followed her enthusiasm for composing and started making her own sci-fi stories. She trusted that her accounts would proceed with the practice of moving perusers, starting discussions, and affecting the course of society and innovation. Emily's process had uncovered the massive force of sci-fi, and not entirely set in stone to add to its continuous tradition of investigation, creative mind, and change.
Emily finally came to the conclusion that science fiction was more than just a form of entertainment; rather, it was a driving force behind the development of human society. It was a consistent update that the limits of human accomplishment were steadily growing, restricted simply by the profundities of our creative mind. As she set out on her own innovative undertakings, Emily turned into an overseer of the class, embracing its capability to shape the future and encourage an existence where the unfathomable became reality.


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Victoria Beckham has removed her breast implants! After years of speculation, Posh has casually admitted that she had implants and had those DD taken out last year.
During a recent interview with British Vogue,“No torpedo bazookas, either. Gone.” – Beckham admitted she had undergone an operation to get them removed, reports The Mirror.
That’s that, she didn’t elaborate further.
Victoria also talked about her marriage to David Beckham, 35, and how she copes with negativity.
She said: “I’m a positive person.
“I always look at my miserable face and think, ‘Why didn’t I just smile?’ because I’m quite a happy, smiley person. But when I see the paparazzi, I freeze.”
Yeah smile Posh, you are beautiful and married to possibly the most gorgeous looking man around!