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Comparison between strike-slip faults in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks around the Bristol Channel Basin
Prosjektbeskrivelse / Project description
The Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks of SW England and south Wales are cut by strike-slip faults that are conjugate about approximately N-S. Those faults that occur in the Palaeozoic rocks have been attributed to Variscan deformation, while those in the Mesozoic rocks have been attributed to Alpine deformation. It is likely that some of the strike-slip faults in the Palaeozoic rocks might have formed or reactivated during Alpine deformation. These faults are of current interest because they may influence fluid flow in the subsurface, with significance for the ongoing geothermal projects in the region.
The geology of the region has been extensively studied, with large amounts of high-quality data available. Datasets include British Geological Survey maps, bathymetry data (Fig. 1) and drone data from coast exposures.
Research question: can remotely-sensed data be used to distinguish sets of strike-slip faults of different ages?
1. Use existing data (BGS maps, bathymetry data, drone data and the literature) to determine the distributions and geometries of strike-slip faults around the Bristol Channel.
2. Determine the orientations and frequencies of strike-slip faults in rocks of different ages to see whether it is possible to distinguish between "Variscan" and "Alpine" strike-slip faults.
3. Ground-truth the interpretations from remotely-sensed data using fieldwork.
1. Create an ArcGIS database of existing data (BGS maps, bathymetry data, drone data and the literature).
2. Analyse the data to determine the geometries, distribution and relative ages of strike-slip faults around the Bristol Channel.
3. Compare the strike-slip faults in Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks to see if it is possible to distinguish between “Variscan” and “Alpine” structures.
4. Ground-truth results with fieldwork and new drone data collection at selected locations. One location will be Peppercombe Beach, Devon, where the Sticklepath Fault juxtaposes Carboniferous and Permian sedimentary rocks.
This MSc project will be carried out in collaboration with staff at Plymouth University. In particular, Joe Connelly has started a PhD on the deformation and fluid flow history of the Bristol Channel Basin in October 2020. Data will be shared and staff from Plymouth will provide assistance and act as guides during fieldwork.
The student will develop the following skills:
• Analysis of the geometries and age relationships of fault systems
• Analysis of remotely-sensed data
• Use of ArcGIS
• Flying a drone to collect data and processing of the data
• Ground-truthing remotely-sensed data
Proposed course plan during the master's degree (60 ECTS):
GEOV231, Marine Geological Field and Laboratory Course (10)
GEOV251, Advanced Structural Geology (10)
* GEOV252, Field Course in Geological Mapping (10)
GEOV300, Selected Topics in Geoscience (5)
* GEOV352, Field Course in Reservoir Geology (5)
GEO215, Geographical Information Systems: Theory and Practice (10)
GEO316, Practical Skills in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (10)
* In case fieldtrips are not possible, these will be replaced by GEOV302, Data Analysis in Earth Science (10) and by
GEOV364, Advanced Basin Analysis (5)
BSc in geology
Field- lab- og analysis
Lab analysis of remotely-sensed data using ArcGIS
Ground-truthing in the UK for two weeks, including collection of new drone data

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New Mexico Fugitive Caught in New York
Jul. 28, 1995
SHERBURNE, N.Y. (AP) _ An ``America's Most Wanted'' viewer led police to a murder suspect who had escaped from a New Mexico jail by sliding down a 65-foot rope made of bedsheets.
Sebastian Eccleston, 19, was unarmed when he was arrested Thursday at the apartment of Amy Custer.
Eccleston, who has relatives in the area, met Custer about five years ago. He had held her hostage for the past two weeks, threatening to kill her if she turned him in, said Chenango County Sheriff Thomas Loughren.
New York authorities said Custer's mother recognized Eccleston from the TV crime show.
Eccleston, a gang member from Albuquerque, N.M., was being held without bail pending extradition proceedings. His public defender said he would fight extradition to avoid a possible death sentence.
Eccleston and convicted murderer Daniel Mitchem escaped March 27 by sliding down braided bedsheets and cutting their way out with tools from a jail maintenance area.
Mitchem, 21, was captured three days later in his ex-girlfriend's refrigerator. His 2-year-old daughter pointed to the appliance and told police: ``Daddy's in there.''

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The internet was in shambles after Deuxmoi broke the news that Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner might be dating.
The gossip site broke the news that Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny are allegedly dating as well through an Instagram Story. Fans have now seen the two riding horses together, so many assume this new tip is credible.
Neither reps for Jenner or Chalamet have responded to any comments on the situation. Neither stars have also confirmed the potential romance. However, one video does exist with the two stars interacting at Paris Fashion Week back in January of 2023.
What The Internet Is Saying
“Kylie jenner and timothee chalamet dating feels the same as when two people from your high school that never interacted start dating like 6 years after graduation,” one person tweeted.
“The streets are saying timothee chalamet and kylie jenner are dating … the jenners are collecting my men like pokemons, signing OFF,” another couldn’t believe the rumor.
Chalamet starred in many films like “Dune” while Jenner known for her fashion forward family and Kylie Cosmetics line.
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This has been a major month for celebrity news with many dating rumors and new couples coming about.
First Kendall and Bad Bunny. Then Selena and Zayn. Don’t forget about Emrata and Harry Styles? Now Kylie Jenner and Timothee CHALAMET? pic.twitter.com/BNDg4TxhCl
— Taylor Banks (@MsTaylorBanks) April 6, 2023
Previous Dating History
Kylie Jenner has been on-off again with Travis Scott, 31, since April 2017. The two share two kids, Stormi and Aire, and took the internet by storm with their pregnancies over the years. The rapper recently made headlines after commenting thirsty emojis on ‘The Kardashians’ profile on Instagram.
Most recently, Chalamet was linked to actress Eiza González back in June of 2022. The star also was inked with nepo baby Lily-Rose Depp and dated from late 2018 until April 2020.

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There's a direct correlation between rest, relaxation and rejuvenation, and a jump in creativity, productivity and better results. We need a chance to rest and focus on activities, emotions and pursuits outside of work. Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being. Obtaining this work-life balance doesn't just benefit our personal life, it benefits our capability at work as well.
“Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls - family, health, friends, integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.” ~ Gary Keller
As Heather Schuck says, "You will never feel truly satisfied by work until you are satisfied by life." Just as personal issues affect your relationships, they equally affect your work life. Personal development is key.
“Most people chase success at work, thinking that will make them happy. The truth is that happiness at work will make you successful.” ~ Alexander Kjerulf
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The best work isn't work at all, it's what you want to do.
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Alec Baldwin has a “robust protection” concerning his involvement within the deadly capturing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, authorized consultants informed Fox Information Digital.
Baldwin shall be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter by the New Mexico First Judicial District Lawyer’s workplace.
Hutchins died Oct. 21, 2021, after a gun that Baldwin was holding on the set of the western “Rust” fired. Director Joel Souza was additionally injured by the bullet. The film’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed may also be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
The assistant director, Dave Halls, selected to plead responsible in an settlement with the district lawyer’s workplace. He shall be given a suspended sentence and 6 months of probation. Halls was charged with negligent use of a lethal weapon.
ALEC BALDWIN HIT WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN DEATH OF HALYNA HUTCHINS, FACING UP TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON
Authorized consultants defined to Fox Information Digital what this implies for Baldwin and what occurs subsequent.
Former Assistant U.S. Lawyer Neama Rahmani referred to as the fees “aggressive.”
“That is an aggressive charging choice by District Lawyer Carmack-Altwies. Involuntary manslaughter requires some form of felony negligence,” Rahmani informed Fox Information Digital. “The prosecution should show that Baldwin had an obligation to examine the gun himself, he knew it had beforehand discharged, he pulled the set off regardless of denying it, his finger should not have been close to the set off, he should not have cocked the hammer or some mixture of those components.”
“Baldwin will argue that he moderately relied on Halls’ illustration that it was a ‘chilly gun,'” he continued. “The truth that Halls has already agreed to plead responsible means he’s possible cooperating with the State in opposition to Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed.”
The previous “30 Rock” star is now going through as much as 18 months in jail, and if he’s additionally discovered responsible of the firearms enhancement, he’s going through a five-year necessary minimal in New Mexico.
“Involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico is a Class D felony punishable by as much as 18 months in jail,” Rahmani stated. “If Baldwin is convicted, I can see him being sentenced at or close to the max.”
“Baldwin has a powerful protection case, and I can see him pushing the case to trial for authorized and public relations causes,” he added. “He has to consider his performing profession along with doing time. But when he rolls the cube and loses at trial, the decide might hammer him for inflicting Hutchins’ demise.”
Rachel Fiset, co-founder and managing companion at Zweiback, Fiset & Zalduendo LLP, claimed that it is “unattainable” to understand how a lot time Baldwin would serve if convicted at this level, and famous that the prosecution has a “heavy burden” on this case.
“He would should be convicted first, and Baldwin has very robust defenses as pertains to his conduct and precautions, as he’ll declare that he was counting on his assistant director’s assertion that the gun was chilly or unloaded,” Fiset defined to Fox Information Digital.
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“The prosecution has a heavy burden to indicate that he criminally disregarded that assertion and acted with a acutely aware disregard for human life. The DA might want to present that Baldwin had motive to imagine that in dealing with a weapon he was consciously disregarding the intense damage that might happen from firing the gun.”
Baldwin’s subsequent step ought to be to put low, one authorized knowledgeable suggested.
“He ought to maintain his mouth shut and cease speaking,” Rahmani emphasised. “The district lawyer clearly needs to make an instance of him, so he ought to cease taking recommendation from his PR workforce, get along with his attorneys and put together for trial.”
Baldwin’s lawyer referred to as the fees a “horrible miscarriage of justice” in a press release to Fox Information Digital on Thursday.
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Earlier than saying the choice, the district lawyer’s workplace hung out reviewing a complete report submitted by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Workplace, which has spent the final yr investigating how reside rounds made it onto the film set. Gutierrez-Reed and Halls have been the one different crew members believed to have dealt with the gun that fired on set.
“By no means in 1,000,000 years did Hannah suppose that reside rounds might have been within the ‘dummy’ spherical field,” one in every of Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys, Jason Bowles, stated in a press release shared with Fox Information shortly after the deadly accident. “Who put these in there and why is the central query.”
Halls allegedly handed Baldwin a .45 revolver, telling him that it was “chilly,” or protected. Previous to that, Gutierrez-Reed spun the cylinder to indicate Halls what was within the gun, her lawyer stated.
Baldwin has maintained that he didn’t pull the set off of the gun — as soon as throughout a primetime interview shortly following the lethal capturing, and once more on a podcast episode. The actor initially stated he had pulled the hammer of the gun again so far as he might and launched it, however didn’t pull the set off.
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Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski was born on June 7th of 1991 in London, England. The sole kid of American parents is Emily. Her mother earned a Ph.D. from the University of California and worked as an English lecturer, while her father is a painter and a teacher of art.
Ratajkowski was raised in the affluent London neighborhoods of West Kensington and Bloomsbury until her family relocated to San Diego when she was five years old. Emily spent the majority of her childhood in Encinitas, California.
When Emily Ratajkowski was a young girl, acting and theater were her obsessions even before she moved to California. She would put on performances for her family starting at a very young age. She studied ballet and played soccer in addition to acting when she was younger.
She was ultimately drawn to acting and modeling, and these two professions quickly became her main professional objectives.
What is Emily Ratajkowski's net worth?
Emily Ratajkowski has a net worth of $8 million. Ratajkowski is well-known for her appearances in numerous sexual and fashion magazines, but she is also hugely popular on social media.
She is one of the first models to embrace "Instagram celebrity" as opposed to the conventional path a model would typically take to become well-known.
Ratajkowski began her acting career as a young age and has since achieved success in that field in addition to modeling. She has made appearances in a variety of films and television shows over the years.
Emily is undoubtedly one of the most well-known models in the world, but she is also somewhat of a contentious figure. Although she endorses feminist theories, her position on sexual expression has drawn criticism from a number of commentators.
She temporarily attended UCLA in 2009, but she soon realized that the other students and the curriculum did not align with her ambitions for painting. Working together with photographer Tony Duran, Emily Ratajkowski continued modeling for a variety of campaigns and editorials over the following few years.
According to Emily, her major break occurred when she posed for the artsy erotica publication "treats!" In 2012, she was featured on the cover of an article, which attracted the attention of several powerful people.
Soon after, other new chances presented themselves, including advertising positions with companies like Carl's Jr. and Nikon. She kept posing in various dressed-up and bare photo shoots. However, Emily didn't start making waves until she made an appearance in the music video for Robin Thicke's song "Blurred Lines."
She gained fame from her appearance in the music video, but it also made her a divisive character. Many detractors said that the music video denigrated women because it featured Emily dancing topless in an explicit version of the video that was distributed.

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Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of stories marking the 25th anniversary of Self-Help.
By Ret Boney
In the 1990’s, hard-won gains by Self-Help, the Durham-based community-development bank that Martin Eakes started 25 years ago to build wealth among minority and poor families, faced a big threat.
The emergence of predatory lending, which strips wealth from low-income people through deceptive practices like charging exorbitant fees for mortgage loans, began to erode the progress Self-Help had achieved.
“This practice, abusing the vulnerable with the effect of stealing the cash value of their homes, made a mockery of everything I’d worked for the last 20 years,” says Eakes.
So in 1999, Self-Help added the mission of maintaining wealth, and in 2002 created the Center for Responsible Lending, an affiliated nonprofit that aims to end to predatory lending through legislation, research, litigation and advocacy.
Today, the center estimates, various abusive lending practices cost Americans $25 billion a year.
In the late-90’s, Self-Help realized large companies were systematically targeting African-American and low-income neighborhoods with deceptive mortgage products, mostly through refinancing, that trick homeowners into giving up part of the hard-earned equity in their homes.
To fight that trend, Self-Help formed a coalition in 1999 that included, among others, the N.C. Mortgage Bankers Association, the N.C. Fair Housing Center, the N.C. Credit Union League, African-American churches and the elderly, and successfully pushed for legislation limiting certain practices, including the fees that could be charged on mortgages.
The center estimates that North Carolinians save some $100 million a year in excessive mortgage fees as a result of that legislation.
A few years later, a California mortgage broker agreed to provide funding if Self-Help would take the fight to other states and, in 2002, the Center for Responsible Lending was born.
Today, the center has more than 50 employees in its Durham and Washington, D.C., and has provided technical assistance to 30 states fighting predatory lending.
Now, the center is taking the fight to the national level, pushing for a bill that sets minimum requirements for states in stemming predatory lending, and opposing another that would preempt states’ efforts to limit predatory mortgage lending.
It also is fighting the burgeoning payday lending industry, which charges annual interest rates of some 400 percent for short-term loans for people living paycheck to paycheck, and recently released research on excessive overdraft fees.
“Industries have fads,” says Eakes. “For the last five to seven years, the fad has been targeting poor people with financial products that are unsuitable. We had no choice but to become an advocacy organization. They had made a mockery out of me.”
Self-Help has come a long way over the last quarter century, says Tom Lambeth, senior fellow at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem, who met with Eakes when Self-Help was just a concept.
“We were impressed with him and his imagination,” says Lambeth, at the time the foundation’s executive director. “But we weren’t certain whether this was not an unrealizable dream.”
Self-Help has come a long way since then and Lambeth, who says the foundation has provided funding for Self-Help off and on over the years, says he finds it hard to separate the institution from the individual.
“Martin is clearly the equal of most traditional bank CEOs, and superior to many of them,” he says.
In the next several years, Eakes says. he wants to continue to establish the center’s lending and advocacy work in Washington, D.C., and if past experience is any indication, Self-Help will likely evolve depending on what the market does.
“I hope we will stay responsive and adaptive to problems we may not even know about right now,” Eakes says. “We’re not afraid of failing. We’d rather test something and terminate it than plan to death and not take a step into a potentially positive new program area.”
Other stories in the series:
Part 1: Durham community development bank works to narrow wealth gap.
Part 2: Building wealth by boosting small business, communities.
Part 3: Protecting hard-earned wealth as important as creating it.


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Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – arranged by Peter Breiner (PB052)
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Pictures at an Exhibition was written in 1874 as a set of piano pieces, a translation into music of paintings, designs, models and drawings by Mussorgsky’s friend Victor Hartmann, who had died the year before. These piano pieces have been orchestrated by various composers, with the version by Maurice Ravel probably the best known. Peter Breiner has here orchestrated the pieces for an orchestra of piccolo, three flutes, alto flute, four oboes, cor anglais, four clarinets, bass clarinet, four bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, four trombones, tuba, timpani, and six percussion players, with bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, tam-tam, anvil, temple blocks, cabassa, tambourine, tubular bells, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone. The orchestra used also has piano, harp and celeste, with a string section of sixty players.
The exhibits are linked by a Promenade, as the visitor to the exhibition goes from exhibit to exhibit. The titles of the works are largely self-explanatory. Gnomus is a design for nutcrackers in the shape of a gnome; The Old Castle shows a troubadour singing outside the castle walls and the Tuileries depicts children at play and quarrelling, while nursemaids gossip, in the famous Paris gardens. Bydlo is a traditional Polish peasant ox-cart, with its creaking wooden wheels slowly turning; Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells shows designs for children’s costumes, as described in the title, and Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle, the names of those portrayed being apparently the invention of the composer, is a picture of two Jews, one rich, one poor, a present by Hartmann to the composer. In Limoges market-place old women gossip, discussing the fate of an escaped cow, and more trivial nonsense, while the Roman Catacombs, subtitled Sepulchrum Romanum, are lit by a flickering lamp, the skulls piled on either side beginning to glow in the light from within. This is linked to the eerie With the Dead in the Language of the Dead. The macabre continues with The Hut on Fowl’s Legs, a clock in the form of the hut of the witch Baba Yaga, who crunches up children’s bones and flies through the night on a pestle. The impressive conclusion offers a design for a triumphal gate in Kiev, to commemorate the escape of Tsar Alexander II from assassination in 1866. The music contrasts the massive structure with the sound of a solemn procession of chanting monks.
Note on the Orchestration:
I was not trying to re-create Mussorgsky’s orchestral sound in this recording, but actually to create a contemporary sound. I wanted to create it without using a lot of unusual sounds and to stay within the limits of the traditional symphony orchestra with a substantial expansion in woodwind and percussion. I tried to create a contemporary sound with unusual combinations and settings.
From the very beginning, the first Promenade combines alto flute, cor anglais and violins divisi in eight parts, with martellato violas. In places the piccolo doubling another solo woodwind at the octave and a fifth above creates an organ-like mixture effect, with the bassoon in Il vecchio castello. The possibility of setting the harmonies within one group of woodwind, thanks to the employment of four instruments in each group, creates also a lot of unusual sounds. Some solo passages were assigned to instruments that would not be really expected in that rôle — a trumpet solo in Tuileries, and a combination of trombones, four flutes and vibraphone in Cum mortuis in lingua morta.
There are a few things added to the score that were not in the piano version, such as horn glissandi in Gnomus and Bydlo, harp/vibraphone figurations in Gnomus, piano/celeste figurations in Il vecchio castello, flute figures in Samuel Goldberg and Schmuyle and La cabane sur des pattes de poule. At the end a body of 104 musicians creates quite a spectacular Great Gate of Kiev.


Cement: S India next war zone
Now that the Holcim-Gujarat Ambuja deal has been consummated, what is the way forward for the various players involved?Updated: Feb 02, 2006 01:38 IST
Now that the Holcim-Gujarat Ambuja deal has been consummated, what is the way forward for the various players involved?
For starters, Holcim, which is now the single largest FDI investor in India with a net investment of $2billion over the last one year in three different tranches (ACC, Ambuja Cement and finally Gujarat Ambuja), will now try and consolidate all its assets under one operational umbrella.
To achieve this end, they will be appointing a country head who in all probability will be the present Gujarat Ambuja managing director Anil Singhvi.
Whether the new entity is branded Holcim remains a matter of conjecture. With a capacity of 35 million tonnes under its belt, Swiss major Holcim is now the largest cement player in the country.
Sources close to developments reveal that of the Rs 2,142 crore which have accrued to the Sekhsaria and Neotia families, Rs 1,540 crore have gone to the Sekhsaria wing and the remaining to the Neotias.
It is believed that with Narottam Sekhsaria wanting to exit the cement business, his son Pulkit wants to enter the new age businesses with the resultant pile of cash.
It is understood that Pulkit will announce his plans in the near term. He reportedly has three focus areas — retailing, entertainment and restaurants.
The Neotia faction of Gujarat Ambuja led by son Harsh, meanwhile, wants to concentrate on its core competence of realty and hotels. It has three realty outfits — Ambuja Housing and Infrastructure, Bengal Ambuja Housing Development and Bengal Ambuja Metro — two of which are joint ventures with the West Bengal Housing Board. It also owns a resort property called Radisson Fort in Raichuk.
With Sekhsaria wanting to exit the cement business since his family was keen on doing something else, the swadeshi brigade in Indian cement is increasingly losing out.
The dynamics of Indian cement will undergo a change now what with other global majors eyeing cement assets in India.
The two top entities — Holcim combine and Aditya Birla Group’s Grasim and Ultratech — now control over half of India’s cement capacity.
Lafarge and Italicement will try and scout for assets in southern India to try and emerge as a counterweight to the two bigger players.
The biggest entity now under Holcim’s control has an annual cash flow in the vicinity of $500 million, revenues of $2 billion and a market capitalisation of nearly $5 billion. South India could well be the next battleground for the global heavies. The biggest players and potential targets being India Cements and Madras Cement.
Many analysts argue that the branded cost of the two big acquisitions by Holcim vary between $100 per tonne for ACC and over $190 per tonne for Gujarat Ambuja, but if one averages the cost then the cost per tonne is not so much.
Moreover, it is obvious that both an entry premium and a non-compete premium have been levied for the Gujarat Ambuja deal.
The GACL deal was in the works for close to two years, with Anil Singhvi acting as the pointman for Ambuja.
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It’s encouraging to see the province – and nation – come together for the thousands affected
When you’re Canadian, you’re Canadian. Period.
It’s been a suspenseful and dramatic couple of months in provincial politics.
Media attention spurs governments and people to action
Wednesday is National Aboriginal Day, join one of the Campbell River celebrations
A consistent model for enforcement will be needed once marijuana is legalized

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Treatment of hair loss depends upon cause and medical condition. Homeopathic treatment of hair loss- Homeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems of medicine. The selection of remedy is based upon the theory of individualization and symptoms similarity by using holistic approach.
Acne:- It is a condition in which the overactive oil glands and dead cells clog the pores resulting into pimples. It mostly occurs in teen age. There are different forms of acne such as blackheads, whiteheads, pustules, papules, nodules or cysts.
Knee joint is the most complicated weight bearing joint of the body which provides movements to us like walking, sitting, standing, running and possesses structures like bones, ligaments, muscles, tendons nerves that supplies the sensation.

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Winter Storm Alerts and Resources
- A Winter Storm Warning, Flood Advisory and Avalanche Watch remains in effect for Mono County and the Town of Mammoth Lakes through Sunday morning (3/12). The forecast is for 2 to 6 feet above 8,500 feet, and 1 to 2 feet between 7,500 and 8,500 feet including Mammoth Lakes and June Lake.
- NWS Reno is reporting that the majority of moisture has pushed through the region with lesser amounts forecast for Mammoth Lakes through Saturday.
- The best way to avoid being in a winter related accident or stuck in the snow is to slow down, carry and use chains, keep a safe distance between vehicles and don’t drive on closed roads.
- Motorists should not try to avoid road closures or take alternate roads. Do not follow Google maps, your GPS or ask Siri for the back way – if Caltrans says the roads are closed – they are closed! Do not put yourself or others at risk by following your GPS off the main routes – use Caltrans online resources.
- Caltrans has closed U.S. HWY 395 from Bridgeport to the 167 Junction at Mono City due to whiteout conditions. In addition, the highway remains closed from Lee Vining to Bridgeport due to avalanches in the burned area above Mono Lake. The highway is open from Bridgeport north. There is no estimated time for opening the section of U.S. HWY 395 north of Lee Vining where a series of avalanches took out transmission facilities and crossed the road, burying sections of the road under 30-40 feet of snow and debris. The best estimate is the road will be closed in that area for at least this week and into next week. S.R. 167 from U.S. HWY 395 to the Nevada state line is closed. U.S. HWY 395 in the Walker Canyon is closed due to avalanche concerns. Benton Crossing Road remains closed.
- NWS Website: https://www.weather.gov/rev/
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Town Opens Warming/Information Center
- The Town has established an Information/Warming Center in Suite Z located above Starbucks in The Minaret Village Mall (Vons) at 437 Old Mammoth Road.
- The facility will be open till 12pm tonight and from 8am-8pm, Saturday, March 11.
- Staff will have information on weather and road conditions, power outages, and more, including lodging information for those people who have been displaced from their homes or are in need of lodging.
Town Council Meeting Items – March 15, 2023
- Public Hearing: 2023/24 Parks and Recreation Department Fee Schedule Amendments.
- Agreement with Emanuels Jones and Associates for State Legislative Advocacy Consulting Services.
- Fiscal Year 2023/24 Budget – General Fund Revenue Projections.
- Letter of Support for Bioenergy Wood Innovations Grant.
- Update and Direction on Response to Extreme Weather Declared Emergency.
- Review the meeting agenda online.
Town Announces New Woodstove Replacement Program
- Mammoth Lakes officials announced a new Woodstove Replacement Program for property owners who want to upgrade from wood-burning stoves and fireplaces to cleaner, more efficient heating systems.
- The program is designed to help households replace an uncertified woodstove, wood insert, or fireplace used as a primary source of heat with a cleaner burning and more efficient device. Town residents using uncertified woodstoves or wood inserts manufactured before July 1, 1988 or fireplaces as a primary source of heat are eligible for this Program.
- The Program will offer incentives towards the purchase and installation of a qualifying device. There are two incentive options for the program.
- All interested Mammoth Lakes property owners are encouraged to apply online with the application on the project website and contact one of the participating retailers serving the area: A Better Fireplace & Stove Company (760) 934-3453 or Manor True Value Hardware (760) 873-3106.
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The morning revision had not yet started, and most students decided to check out Star Exposure’s Weibo.
Lin Wanwan did the same. When she read the latest post, her face sank.
Star Exposure: ”I read about Chu Yang and Hai Lan’s relationship, I almost burst out laughing. I should have blessed them for their year-long relationship. However, I happened to have taken a set of photos last night. Not only will these photos tear Chu Yang’s cover, but they will also set a new image for an actress who’s new to the stage. Let the pictures do the talking!”
Attached below were pictures that appeared to have been taken without consent.
Lin Wanwan immediately recognized herself. They were taken when she was talking to Chu Yang after exiting the washroom.
The pictures were taken at a tricky angle such that it seemed like she was trying to leap into Chu Yang’s arms.
Most pictures only had her face in it. She looked bashful under the dim light, sending the reader into a reverie about her beauty.
The pictures were released at the perfect time. Within an hour, they went viral on the internet.
Lin Wanwan finally understood what was going on. Chu Yang failed to seduce her, so he came up with such a plan to destroy her reputation.
This pair was truly despicable.
Lin Wanwan realized that most of her classmates were staring at her with hatred.
She quickly packed her books, wanting to lie low before the dust settled.
Liu Zilin stood in her way. She questioned while folding her arms, “Lin Wanwan, did you really barge into their relationship? I was wondering how you got such an important role in the movie. Could it be that you used an unspeakable method?”
Lin Wanwan beamed. “Liu Zilin, fans should believe in their idols, right?”
“I’m not your fan! No one knows the outcome of our bet yet!”
“I’m confident about becoming your idol.”
Liu Zilin realized that she had been brought off track. Snorting, she said, “I’ll never be the fan of a third party like you! Right now, you have more to worry about than the bet. Post an apology and get out of the entertainment scene!”
Lin Wanwan looked touched. “I can’t believe you care so much about me.”
Before Liu Zilin could argue, Lin Wanwan shook her hand. “Worry not! I will not disappoint my loyal fan!”
“” Liu Zilin stared at her disappearing figure and stomped her feet. “This fool!”
Although Lin Wanwan had left, the class did not stop discussing about the news.
In fact, the whole internet was talking about it. The netizens split into two groups. One of which was calling Lin Wanwan the third party.
The other argued that Chu Yang was the one who cheated on Hai Lan, and Lin Wanwan wouldn’t even understand such affairs.
Lin Wanwan logged into her personal Weibo, only to find her feed being flooded by criticism.
‘These accounts don’t even have their profile pictures set. How many paid posters did they get?‘ Lin Wanwan snorted.
She decided to visit the pair’s Weibo.
Hai Lan remained silent after the incident. Chu Yang, on the other hand, posted a message right away.
Chu Yang: ”I was shocked by the sudden exposure of the photos. However, I will never admit to something that I have never done. My heart only has my beloved girlfriend. To clear her name, I would like to hold a conference at three o’clock in the afternoon. Also, I wish that Ms. Lin Wanwan can be there at the conference, to clarify the truth about your reason for pestering me!”


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What are they?
Known formally as “benign idiopathic nocturnal limb pains of childhood”, growing pains are a real but non-serious muscular pain that can affect children until they reach adolescence. The peak “growing pain” years span ages 3 – 5 and 8 – 11. It is estimated that growing pains affect approximately 20% of children, with boys and girls equally affected.
The pain generally affects children in the evening and will sometimes wake them from sleep. Rather ironically, there is no evidence that growing pains are caused by growing!
What are the symptoms?
Growing pains often strike in the early evening or during the night and can last from a few minutes to several hours. The pain is typically in the legs (occasionally in the arms) and usually affects both limbs. Whether it is legs or arms, the pain is concentrated in the muscles rather than the joints; the calf, shin and thigh muscles are common sites of the pain.
Growing pains are not associated with a temperature, swelling, redness or tenderness – if any of these symptoms are present you should consult your doctor.
What are the causes?
Medical professionals are unsure of what causes growing pains. It was thought in the past that growing pains were caused by the growth of bones, however bones grow slowly and this slow growth does not cause pain.
Some possible reasons for growing pains are:
Muscular tiredness – Growing pains seem to be more common in active children, and children with hypermobile joints. There is also a link between aching muscles and children doing more physical activity than usual, so activity may play a factor.
Poor posture – Children who have flat feet or whose feet roll in may be more susceptible to growing pains than other children. Poor posture puts greater strain on the supporting muscles of the body and can cause pain by the end of the day.
Stress – Stress or unhappiness can cause muscles to be tense and may trigger aches and pains. This is not common in many children with growing pains, however.
Doctors do know that the pains are not linked to dietary deficiency or growth problems.
What are the treatments?
Growing pains, while distressing for your child, are non-serious and the focus is on easing the pain when they occur. Some treatments which may help your child include:
- Massaging the painful area.
- Heat treatments, such as a warm bath or a heat pack.
- Plenty of cuddles.
- Pain relief, such as paracetamol
If pain is still present in the morning, and if the pain is associated with any swelling, redness, tenderness to the touch or fever you should consult your child’s doctor, to rule out any other conditions.


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While lead based paint, more accurately deteriorated lead based paint, has proven to be a dangerous substance, its truly harmful effects have unfortunately been seen in children. When lead based paint breaks down, it produced lead dust that when ingested causes severe damage to the body. Depending on the extent of time exposed and the amount ingested, the harmful effects can range from relatively mild to severe and life threatening.
Children exposed to lead based paint have been known to suffer from stunted growth, kidney failure, and nervous system damage. A breakdown of the nervous system causes growth and development to cease to function properly and can cause failure to several major organs, such as the kidneys. It is important to have your home, especially if is an older home, inspected by a certified lead based paint containment professional to avoid serious harm to your children.

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FINANCE Secretary John Swinney has asserted in regard to the reduction of the UK's triple-A rating that an independent Scotland would do much better.
It has to be said that ultimately the independence vote will be won or lost on the economic arguments, national and personal.
I am one of the 50% of employed Scots who are state employees, and whose salary is paid by the state from tax receipts. If one assumes that all tax receipts up until the date of independence pass to the Westminster Treasury, from where will a new independent Scottish Treasury get the money to pay my first monthly salary after Independence Day (ID)? If ID falls in March as the SNP hopes, and the present tax payment days continue to be July 31 and January 31, the new Scottish Government will have little income for three to six months, and will have to seek credit from before ID just to pay the salaries of 50% of the working population, together with the welfare payments to another 25%.
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Given the expectation that a residual UK Government will pass £11bn of the present UK national debt on to the new Scotland, that is likely to mean an initial independent Scottish debt of perhaps £13-£14billion, perhaps 40% of Scottish GDP. No fire sale of legacy UK assets in Scotland will match that.
What would an independent Scottish Government credit rating be; AAA or CCC, or junk?
Finally, would I be paid at the end of March 2016? These are the real questions the SNP needs to answer.
Gavin R Tait,
GOVERNMENT borrowing is to rise and Britain's credit rating has been downgraded. I would say the last of the Tory credibility was gone if I thought it had any left before this happened. The point of austerity was supposedly to "sort out the nation's finances". Yet this downgrade combined with the announcement that borrowing is to rise proves this is a failure. Perhaps supporters of austerity should come clean about what they really want and admit that this is just a cover for removing social protection.
The Government has demonstrated that it is not competent and has no ability to improve the economy. Its policies do not work, yet it is refusing to change them. It is time for it to go.
2F Killermont View,
ROSs Martin's article ("Putting the public back at heart of public services" , The Herald, February 23) carried the highlighted phrase "gone are the days of centralised command and control". That may be the case where Mr Martin lives, but it's not a general truth in SNP-controlled Scotland where we have an unheralded centralised police force and fire service answerable to Holyrood Ministers and, in the council tax freeze, the centralisation of economic control over local government budgets in the hands of the Scottish Government.
Furthermore, the Scottish Government's emphasis on Community Planning Partnerships (CPP), which are designed to bring more efficient management to the delivery of public services, does so at the cost of local democratic control and accountability.
Far from centralised control melting away, the Scottish Government controls the budgets of all 33 local authorities and the management structures of our police force, including the numbers of policemen on our streets. It also, fearful that the wrong decisions may be taken locally, dictates the numbers of teachers in our schools. Thanks to the policies of the Nationalists, local authorities across Scotland have just completed budgets with cuts to vital social, housing and education services with no ability to vary their income in compensation.
The return of a few village halls to the control of local committees may be desirable in cementing an appearance, and perhaps even the reality, of a type of localism. But it is no substitute for real local democracy delivering the vital services the public needs with the support of central government. The extreme centralising tendencies of the SNP at Holyrood are a hindrance, not a help, to the realisation of active and effective local democracy and they do not, whatever the opinion of Ross Martin, deliver the death of centralised command and control: quite the opposite.
Labour councillor, North Ayrshire Council,
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Typsey Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 After the mess around with the fuel system, I now have another problem. About 6 months ago I had the P Gasket changed because I noticed a leak there. At the same time I had the Water Pump, Thermostat, and coolant changed. Yesterday after noticing an unusual sound (above the normal squeeling from the fan belt) I had a look under the bonnet and saw that the P Gasket again appears to be leaking and there is a terrible noise coming from the Water Pump. Whilst I have been driving it, I have noticed that the temp guage now sits slightly higher than it had been previously. What do you think may be causing the failure of the P Gasket? Could the Water Pump be knackered? Do I have any recourse against the garage that did the work? Thanks Typsey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chronicles of Khaldun: Bread and Circuses
Warforged are humanoids made rather than born. Composed primarily of iron, stone, and wood, they were made in large numbers by Sorrowfell artificers during the Cackledread War to fight the seemingly limitless armies of the gnolls. Since that time, they have become a notable race in their own right, and many of them are trying to find their way in the world.
The tradition of the warforged goes back to shortly after the Dawn War, when the dwarves were enslaved by the giants. The giants experimented with primitive designs to create golems and summon elementals, but the skilled craftsmen among the dwarves managed to improve the designs to create the first Creation Forges. Only a few warforged were created, although some of the warforged were crafted in secret and aided the dwarves in escaping their durance.
Many years later, during the human empire of Bael Turath, a few of their mystics experimented with ancient dwarven designs they managed to uncover, although the war between Bael Turath and Arkhosia came to a head before the Turathi artificers could make use of their new creation. The Turathi Creation Forges were either destroyed or lost.
It was only in recent days that the ancient dwarven designs were rediscovered and utilized to create additional manpower for the war effort. Although the forges are no longer in use, and supposedly dismantled, the warforged continue to make their way as a people adrift, a people attempting to find purpose.

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With his new EP ‘Smash Hits Vol. 1’ set to land soon, Lynks Afrikka is sharing the video for EP gem ‘How To Be Successful’.
“As a young person it sometimes feels like you’ve been spat onto this conveyor belt and your whole life is set out in front of you: go to uni, get a job, get a wife, get kids,” Lynks explains. “And all that so you can die happy. It feels like you need to make all these decisions and know exactly what you want RIGHT NOW otherwise you’ll end up unemployed, unloved and unsatisfied. This song was my way of dealing with that frustration. It’s about realising that if you spend every day striving for some dictionary definition of ‘success’, you’ll end up missing your whole life in the process.”
Accompanied by a vid shot in self-isolation and seeing Lynks flex his green screen skills, he says of the visuals, “When making the video I was just trying to figure out how to add one layer more of fucked-up-ness to the song. But then I was thinking about the lyrics and how we’re fed these ideas of what a ‘successful life’ is from such a young age, and I just thought, yeah! Why not make it a kids’ TV show? Aesthetically I was very inspired by ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’ as well as The Mighty Boosh. There’s something about that intentionally low-budget style that really speaks to me. And I think the reveal of the kid watching it at the end is just the icing on the fucked-up cake.”
Check out the vid below, and revisit our chat with him for our April 2020 issue here.
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"The environmental community... submitted comments wanting stricter standards and expressed concerns that we were not protective enough.... The Builders wanted weaker standards...I have elected not to adopt groundwater soil standards (sic), but instead develop guidelines that address comments from both sides."
In a stunning retreat, DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson announced that she withdrew proposed standards to protect groundwater from chemical pollution dumped at toxic waste sites or leaking from underground tanks and pipelines. The move is a major concession to high-polluting industries which have vigorously opposed these toxic clean-up rules, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
In May 1, 2008 testimony before the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee, state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Lisa Jackson said she would abandon proposed "impact to groundwater pathway standards" and DEP's proposed groundwater pollution impact assessment methods for all new clean-ups of toxic soil.
Accordingly to DEP, half of New Jersey residents depend on 900 million gallons of groundwater a day for drinking water. DEP has identified more than 6,000 polluted groundwater sites, forcing closure of hundreds of municipal and residential wells across the state. Polluted groundwater can also migrate under buildings, causing "vapor intrusion" from volatile chemicals that poison building inhabitants.
This reversal represents a substantial rollback of protections because -
1) Impact-to-groundwater standards are typically far more stringent (lower) than surface soil cleanup standards. For example, the soil clean-up standard for the carcinogen benzene is 4 mg/kg (parts per million or ppm) based on inhalation risk, but the impact-to-groundwater standard is 0.0008 mg/kg (ppm), 5,000 times more stringent than what will now be required;
2) At sites where contaminated soils exceed the impact-to-groundwater standards, soils must be removed or treated and may not be simply capped and left in place; and
3) When coupled with the DEP plan to privatize toxic site clean-ups, much more discretion is placed in the hands of industry to decide whether public health and drinking water are safeguarded. This combination also will make it extremely difficult for the state to oversee or audit the performance of private contractor clean-ups.
"This is an astonishing abdication of the state's primary responsibility for protecting drinking water," stated New Jersey PEER Director Bill Wolfe, a former DEP analyst, noting that instead of strict absolute standards there are vague, relative guidelines that will be very hard to enforce. "In essence, DEP is ignoring the fact that soil contamination taints groundwater. As a result, we will be seeing many more pave-and-wave clean-ups without regard to public health."
Listen to Jackson's May 1, 2008 testimony to Senate Legislative Oversight Committee
Read the DEP impact- to groundwater rule adoption document
View the PEER comments on the abandoned standards
Examine New Jersey's plan to privatize toxic clean-ups
Look at the toxic waste mess in New Jersey
New Jersey PEER is a state chapter of a national alliance of state and federal agency resource professionals working to ensure environmental ethics and government accountability

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Many celebrities present at the charity dinner at Celebrity Fight Night. Absolute star of the evening to fundraiser for the Andrea Bocelli Foundation and the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center was the Queen Rania of Jordan.
During the gala dinner, the Queen receive the Andrea Bocelli Humanitarian Award. “The world has desperately needs for action and not hesitation for the good of all humanity. The event marked the moments of great emotion with performances by Andrea Bocelli that impressed all guests. Among them, many Stars from Cinema, Tv and Sports world, and in particular the presence of Lonnie, widow of the unforgettable Lonnie Muhammad Ali.
The superb cuisine of the great Euro-Toques Chefs delighted important guests of the evening organized in partnership with Excellence Magazine and Roxana Pansino which has created for Veronica Bocelli (Andrea Bocelli’s wife), the wonderful white dress that she worn.
Enrico Derflingher (Euro-Toques President) exclusively for the event has delighted guests with its very prestigious Risotto Campo dell’ Oste “Queen Victoria” with red Mazzara Franciacorta Montresina Shrimps, thyme and 24 months aged Grana Padano.
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You’ll turn on the news and hear about a farmer from a small town who has grown the worlds largest carrot. Flipping through the dateline specials, you’ll sit through an hour-long program about another superstar who couldn’t keep it in their pants or a mom who gave birth to a goat.
I love those shows where people are randomly quizzed on the street about the name of our current vice president. It both amuses and saddens me when most of them say “Al Gore”. I think the best one I’ve ever heard was the answer to the question “what was the date of the 9/11 attacks” is “Uh, sometime in November?” It’s true. See for yourself. This one is also quite amusing and I’d put money on it actually happening. Though if you’re a Mitch Hedberg fan, you’ll know how to react appropriately.


ICP-ANACOM Advisory Council
Report on Regulation, Supervision and Other Activities 2012
ICP-ANACOM's Report on Regulation, Supervision and Other Activities results, for the third year, from the combination of the former Regulation Report and Activities Report. Although ICP-ANACOM's Statutes, currently the subject of thorough review, point to the existence of two separate documents, the adopted model contributes significantly to a better understanding of the Regulator's activity. Likewise, the inclusion of an executive summary, Section A, provides an immediate comprehensive and integrated view of the tasks of regulation and other associates tasks.
Furthermore, as regards the formal aspects of the Report on Regulation and Other Activities, it is considered that the presentation of a quantified assessment as to the evolution of the sector during the year covered by the document would add value to the Report, enabling an understanding of the scope of the regulatory measures implemented. The Council is also of the view that the organisation of activities undertaken according to the goals set for the same time period, indeed, the structure of the 2011 Report, would also contribute to a better understanding of regulatory activity and to increased interaction between Regulator and those targeted by regulation.
It would be important to know, in the view of the Regulator, the impact of the measures taken in the State of Communications, particularly in the following areas:
- Development of infrastructure
- Innovation of services
- Diversity of offers
- Quality of service
- Pricing levels
- Contestability of markets
It is important that a careful analysis is made with respect to each accomplished and unaccomplished objective. To report only a degree of compliance of 78% does not appear sufficient. In any case, the rate of accomplishment of the strategic actions completed during 2012 was 78% (76% in 2011), which represents a further improvement in this indicator. It is true that 2012 was largely dedicated to the resolution of complex dossiers with accumulated delays of several years in the past; in our view, the results achieved by the Regulator are positively relevant.
Finally, it is recommended that the Report should contain quantified references to resources (human, material and financial) used in the activities undertaken by ANACOM, enabling an assessment of the costs of regulation and supervision and of ANACOM as a whole.
It is also recommended that, since the report is an extensive document with a strong technical focus, the current chapter on ANACOM's Mission and Activity, comprising the framework and executive summary, could be made independent, to enable its separate distribution. This would allow knowledge of the Regulator's activity to be extended over a wider base.
1. Following previous opinion, it is our view that the report should devote more space to the new realities of communications:
- Internet Sustainability/Net Neutrality/ OTT (Over The Top)
- Social Networks
- Cloud computing
- E-health, E-education, E-work
- Digital Single Market
- M2M Communications
2. In the context of DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television), to better promote open and competitive markets, and also to protect the rights of users and citizens, notwithstanding all the effort of regulation, the following aspects warrant the Regulator's careful attention:
- Analysis of the quality of signal distribution on the current Multiplexer A.
- Public identification of radio spectrum available after the switch-off.
- Public consultation on the future use of the radio spectrum that will be available following the switch-off, in particular for the audiovisual sector.
3. The failure to fully accomplish objectives such as analyses of relevant markets 1, 2 and 3 - that were planned for the 1st quarter of 2011 - given the number of years that have passed since the last review (in 2004) and the fact that ICP-ANACOM has already been asked by the EC to repeat these analyses should constitute a source of major concern for the regulator.
4. In this context, ICP-ANACOM also reveals some difficulty in setting priorities, with time and resources taken up by less important aspects of the reference interconnection offer - RIO (as related to Relevant Markets 2 and 3).
These are the aspects that we are bound to emphasise in relation to the 2012 Report, within a general framework of recommendations that seek to raise the profile and enhance the predictability of regulatory activity, as well as ensure its accountability.
21 October 2013


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Did you know that dental diseases like periodontitis and even cavities are the most common diseases – apart from the common cold? It may surprise you, but enough people neglect their oral hygiene enough to make this an extremely common ailment, even though it’s an easily-preventable situation! These numbers are so high because most people who have some form of gum or tooth disease have no knowledge of it – and with 75% of the population having some form of periodontal disease, you must take careful attention when cleaning your mouth.
Dental decay is not much of an issue in modern society (thanks to fluoridated water and toothpaste), but a proper hygiene routine is still necessary to prevent gum disease and/or cavities. Brushing and flossing is essential, as this both cleans the smooth surfaces of the teeth, and also helps break up food particles and plaque in between the teeth and gum line. Gum disease starts in between the teeth, and some toothbrushes can’t reach critical areas necessary to be cleaned to prevent bacteria from growing.
Although gingivitis – the bacterial infection that invades your gums – is reversible, periodontitis is gum and bone disease, and is not irreversible! Because periodontal disease is so serious, and can only be managed under the strict supervision of a dental professional, it is important to understand just how periodontal disease can affect you. This disease has been linked to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other degenerative diseases that can be life threatening! I’ve blogged about periodontitis before, and I can’t stress enough how important and serious it can be to have regular cleanings and check-ups from a dental professional twice yearly. Periodontal disease can disfigure even the most beautiful of smiles. Your gums can be so swollen, receded and bloody that your teeth will look longer, will become loose and eventually will need removal. If you detect gum disease early, you will need a management program that includes regular treatment with your dentist and/or hygienist and solid home care to manage the disease.
Root planing and scaling is the common form of soft tissue management treatment, when a hygienist or dentist uses a precise tool to detoxify the tooth surfaces below the gum line and in between each tooth, and then rinses with antiseptic . With advanced technology, laser energy can also be utilized to remove diseased tissues and eliminate bacteria to allow healing to take place. Your dental professional will discuss the best treatment plan for you – a routine cleaning is not enough by itself to treat periodontal disease! You may need to visit your dental hygienist more often, up to four times per year in order to properly manage the disease. On a daily basis, a solid home care program (which should be designed by you and your dentist) will help you maintain your oral health. Besides brushing and flossing after every meal, other tools like prescription tooth brushes (like Rotadent) and water irrigators (like Hydrofloss) could be helpful for your hygiene routine. Antiseptic rinses like Tooth and Gum Tonic Herbal Rinse, a healthy diet and/or supplements and antioxidants like vitamin C and B can also help to fight and manage gum disease. Healthy gum supports a healthy smile, which supports a healthy body!