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Today, NHS England released their cervical screening statistics for 22-23. The new statistics show over 4.62 million cervical screening invites were sent out, but the number who are up to date with screening is now at 68.7%, down from 69.9% the previous year.
It is incredibly frustrating to see targets missed for the 19th year in a row.
Last week, NHS England’s announced their goal of eliminating cervical cancer by 2040 which is possible with cancer prevention programmes such as cervical screening and HPV vaccinations. But with screening uptake continuing to decline, it is going to be challenging to achieve this goal.
We understand that there are many reasons screening can be difficult to attend, but we are letting women down by making it even harder. We need to be increasing awareness and looking to new solutions like self-sampling to make this life-saving test easier to access for more women and people with a cervix.
We need Government commitments across the UK, so the programmes are appropriately funded, resourced, and staffed. We need to tackle inequalities in cancer prevention and ensure we can innovate for the future. With this political commitment, and cervical cancer elimination recognised as a priority, the UK can join the short list of nations who are only a few years away from saving the lives of tens of thousands of women, improving health outcomes, and reducing the physical, emotional, and financial impact of cervical cancer.
Read the full NHS England press release >


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This study was commissioned by English Heritage and Cadw in 2007 to provide Government and its agencies at all spatial levels with a research programme to enable the socio-economic benefits of heritage in the National Parks to be recognised, measured and evaluated in an academically sound and rigorous way.
In January 2008 the CCRI secured a two-month project to advise the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) about the policy implications of the post-modern countryside.
This project examined the character of application sites, and explored whether the sites were earmarked for development in local development plans or subject to planning applications.
Economic and environmental impacts of changes in support measures for the English uplands – an in-depth forward look from the farmer’s perspective for the Defra Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory
The aim of this project was to provide Defra with a deeper understanding of how hill farmers are likely to respond to changes in economic support from government.
This project condcuted a review of peatland restoration on Exmoor and gave guidance to the Steering Group on how best to proceed with future peatland restoration.
The CCRI was commissioned by the Exmoor National Park Authority and Natural England to develop a delivery framework for ecosystem services within the uplands.
This project estimated the values of woodland and forests in the East of England Region.
This project aimed to assess the impact of the Single Payment Scheme in England on the active graziers of common land.
This project evaluated upland farmers’ attitudes to the Uplands Entry Level Stewardship scheme which was introduced in July 2010.

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The EuroHPC projects DEEP-SEA, IO-SEA and RED-SEA join forces to develop complementary European technologies for future heterogeneous exascale supercomputing architectures.
The SEA projects aim to drive further the vision shared by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), CEA (the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), Atos and ParTec, of the modular supercomputer architecture. The four core partners have gathered around them the best European skills, whether academic or industrial, to strengthen the European technologies that will equip the future European Exascale computers.
The SEA projects build upon the results of past and currently running European projects. They will particularly align their efforts with the hardware-focused projects such as the European Processor Initiative, with the ambition to contribute to a complete and sustainable European High Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem for the exascale architecture.
The three SEA projects have been collaborating since the early preparation stage to align the scope of their proposals to the EuroHPC JU, ensuring complementarity and avoiding overlaps. All three projects have been accepted by the EuroHPC JU, and started on 1st April 2021, for a duration of three years each.
SC22 BoF131: Disaggregated Heterogeneous Architectures
This approach is gaining traction in the HPC landscape, with Perlmutter, Lumi and JUWELS representing just some examples. This BoF discusses the challenges seen by operators, vendors, developers of system software, programming models and tools, as well as application developers when adapting their codes to make use of such machines.
SC22 BoF150: The Storage Tower of Babel? . . . Not! Actually, maybe?
DEEP-SEA aims to improve the manageability and programmability of highly heterogeneous system architectures. DEEP-SEA is the natural continuation of the DEEP project series. It aims for easier programming of the Modular Supercomputer Architecture initiated by the DEEP-EST project – a concept that is already implemented in the JUWELS HPC system at the Forschungszentrum Jülich and in the EuroHPC MeluXina system in Luxembourg.
The DEEP Projects have received funding from the European Commission's FP7, H2020, and EuroHPC Programmes, under Grant Agreements n° 287530, 610476, 754304, and 955606. The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Belgium, Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland.
More information: deep-projects.eu
IO-SEA will cover the Input/Output and data management aspects that will help tackle the increased pressure on storage systems in the context of exascale systems. It aims to design and develop a novel management and storage platform based on object stores, allowing for hierarchical storage management (HSM) and on-demand provisioning of storage services. It leverages the results from the Sage, Sage 2 and Maestro projects.
This project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and from BMBF/DLR under grant agreement No 955811. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and France, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
More information: iosea-project.eu
RED-SEA will look into the network interconnect - a potential bottleneck at the Exascale. It aims to extend and optimize the production-proven European interconnect BXI (BullSequana eXascale Interconnect) to make it capable to power the future European Exascale systems. As HPC systems increasingly need to interact securely with the outside world, including public clouds, edge servers or third party HPC systems, RED-SEA will also add a seamless interface with Ethernet. The project relies on technology developed within previous projects such as ExaNest and Mont-Blanc.
This project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 955776. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and France, Greece, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland.
More information: redsea-project.eu


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Recently I headed off to Paarl with Michael and Insta Eats Cape Town to discover what the Spice Route had to offer. After a beer tasting at the CBC brewery we went next door for lunch at Barley & Biltong. You obviously don’t have to guess what they have a lot of here especially being next to a brewery!
having tasted my fair share of beer just before we got there I opted for a glass of delicious granache while the boys continued with some CBC lager and pilsner. There arent a whole lot of wine options, especially by the glass but then again it is a beer garden not a wine bar. We went on a Saturday and it was packed so I suggest making a booking especially if its a gorgeous day and you want to sit at one of the large outside tables overlooking Table Mountain in the distance.
We had to try out some biltong and decided to share a biltong platter that had assorted venison and beef biltong which was absolutely delicious. They only serve gourmet burgers with sides and we each tried a different one. I had the Drakensburger which has peri peri chicken and coriander and I had a side salad although the chips looked really good as well!
You can also buy biltong and droewors there which is something I am doing next time we stop by before eating because after all that delicious food I just wanted to go sit outside and soak up the sunshine.
This is a great place for friends to meet up, and you can even watch sports on the flat screens they have inside. It has a great vibe and good food and an awesome way to spend a Saturday afternoon!
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For those of you who read Death and a Few Days Off (thank you) and wondered why Chloe ended up in the trunk of a Dodge Intrepid, you'll find the answers in the Flipbook below.
Chloe & Copper is not a short story.
These are new chapters that weren't included in the original novel because Death and a Few Days Off is more Jake's story than Chloe's. Think of them as bonus scenes, like you'd find on a new release Blu-Ray.
If you haven’t read the novel, I encourage you to do so before you read Chloe & Copper as these scenes do contain spoilers.
The following pages pick up a few minutes after the conclusion of the novel.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — A draft White House plan for a new pandemic initiative would “dismember” USAID and “gut” the agency’s international disaster response office, a former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development warned on Tuesday.
“There are a couple proposals before us,” said Andrew Natsios, who led USAID during the George W. Bush administration, during an online event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“The one before the [White House National Security Council] basically would dismember AID and move the largest bureau with the most funding with the most success record … to the State Department,” he said, referring to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health.
Natsios warned that the same proposal “would gut the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance” at USAID by shifting its emergency health programs to the State Department and that separating public health from USAID’s emergency food and nutrition programs would — unintentionally — “kill a lot of children.”
The draft White House proposal was first reported by Devex on May 22 after it was discussed at a National Security Council deputies' committee meeting. The plan, according to documents obtained by Devex, would see the creation of a new initiative called the President’s Response to Outbreaks — or PRO — which would consist of a whole-of-government effort overseen by a coordinator at the State Department, and a new central fund for pandemic preparedness.
“There’s widespread absence of trust in the White House and in executive branch intentions.”— Stephen Morrison, senior vice president, CSIS
“Who should run this? OFDA and the Global Health Bureau — their budgets are controlled by State already. If there’s a problem, I don’t understand why State hasn’t dealt with it,” said Natsios, who is currently an executive professor at Texas A&M University.
“I don’t know what more control you need,” Natsios added.
James Richardson, director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Assistance Resources, participated in the CSIS event but declined to discuss details of the initiative, which is still under discussion. According to Stephen Morrison, senior vice president at CSIS and director of its Global Health Policy Center, President Donald Trump has not yet signed off on the proposal.
“There’s widespread absence of trust in the White House and in executive branch intentions — a fear that any initiative that emanates from the White House or State Department may be used to gut important health programs at USAID and [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], and/or the World Health Organization,” Morrison said.
On May 29, Trump announced that he plans to “terminate” the U.S. government’s relationship with WHO, while offering no additional details about how that would happen or what the White House would do to maintain global health programs that work in coordination with the international body. Some have interpreted the White House proposal as a potential U.S.-led alternative to WHO.
“We need to make sure that we fill strategic gaps in the international system. Let’s just be completely honest. The international system of the WHO and others have failed us when it comes to outbreaks,” Richardson said Tuesday.
“Let’s go ahead and build the system that can fill the strategic gaps of the ... WHO and others, because we need to take this seriously and we need to make sure we are building something that works in the future,” Richardson added.
The Trump administration’s draft proposal has been countered by bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate, which proposes a similar new initiative for global health security, but which supporters say establishes clearer guardrails around USAID’s programs and funding and cedes less authority to the State Department.
That bill — the Global Health Security and Diplomacy Act — was introduced on May 21, the day before the White House draft proposal was first reported.
“It’s not an accident that the bill was introduced before the white paper was leaked,” said Joan Condon, professional staff member with the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and architect of the Senate bill, who also participated in Tuesday’s event.
“As with any initiative, it’s important for Congress to lay a marker and make it clear where we agree and provide guidance in the areas where we might disagree,” she said.
“A serious legislative proposal will always have three elements — It will have bipartisan support in Congress, it will have champions in the executive branch, and it will have community consultation and buy-in,” Condon said.
Condon emphasized that the Senate bill “would not give the coordinator authority over USAID,” “would not fold USAID into the Department of State,” and “would not replace the World Health Organization.”
As efforts to create new or enhance current U.S. global health security efforts move forward, they will do so in a difficult political environment and in the face of competing priorities that have already demanded unprecedented resources from the federal government.
Morrison noted that USAID and CDC “feel that they are insecure and under siege,” and that “it’s a difficult moment to begin engaging those institutions around institutional and organizational changes where they may fear they are going to lose out.”
Sen. James Risch, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, is “serious” about the proposal contained in the bill he has sponsored, despite some political risk, said Condon.
“He understands the risk he has assumed as a fiscally conservative Republican from Idaho, in cycle, leading on a bill that would authorize $3 billion to help other countries prepare for and respond to other disease threats in the midst of a pandemic that has decimated local economies here at home and claimed more than 105,000 American lives,” she said.
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|Reviews for Unspoiled|
| undercelestialstars chapter 1 . 8/13
it's been 10 years & 2 months on the dot since this fic was finished, and this fic remains, through all the years since i first came across it, my favourite. i think ive said this before but this fic is one that inspired me to start writing myself. ill be faithfully rereading this til the end of my days :]
| Guest chapter 100 . 8/6
This is my 8th read through of this over some years and it manages to elicit the same affection each and every time. I love this story so much!
| FatigueMakesMeTired chapter 39 . 7/28
| FatigueMakesMeTired chapter 10 . 7/28
| Crystal heart 255 chapter 100 . 7/28
I love this story! I hope there's a sequel!
| Guest chapter 1 . 7/28
Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaa! 0. Baby Sesshomaru!
| A Little Someone chapter 99 . 7/17
My most favourite story! I never grow tired of this one. The most satisfying part for me, and probably many others, is the way you bring everything full circle. I really, really love this! And for a moment, I began mixing up parts of Lord Charming (near the end), soooo you know we’re I’m heading next!
You are wonderful!
(I guess it’s one review per chapter? Lol)
| A Little Someone chapter 87 . 7/16
Yes, SWAY THEEMMMM!
| Bb34 chapter 39 . 7/15
| A Little Someone chapter 55 . 7/14
GAHHHH! Adorable but at the same time pulling on my heart strings…
| A Little Someone chapter 53 . 7/14
This gave me the feels. Kagome you clever thing!
| A Little Someone chapter 40 . 7/14
I’m getting excited for all these bits coming up!
| A Little Someone chapter 1 . 7/11
I just have to say, this is my favourite story EVER. HANDS DOWN! I never get tired of reading it… I was excited just reading the first chapter again!
| prometheus06 chapter 100 . 6/17
Forthright, as beautiful as always. You capture such heartwarming details, just like your other pieces you create such wonder in the smallest of moments. It truly is beautiful work. You should have been part of the Takahashi writing team for the series. Of course my favourite thus far is Imperceptible, that was a work of beauty, but I look forward to reading your other pieces and hope you continue with these delightful tales of Sesshomaru and Kagome.
| Guest chapter 100 . 6/3
You really deserve the prize for the best OC, Hisoka-sensei is great. You never fail to surprise with the little twists. The whole story is beautiful. Never expected that Inuyasha and Rin will make a pair. Love that!


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We list hundreds of Clinical Trials about "Synapse Biomedical" on BioPortfolio. We draw our references from global clinical trials data listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and refresh our database daily.
We have published hundreds of Synapse Biomedical news stories on BioPortfolio along with dozens of Synapse Biomedical Clinical Trials and PubMed Articles about Synapse Biomedical for you to read. In addition to the medical data, news and clinical trials, BioPortfolio also has a large collection of Synapse Biomedical Companies in our database. You can also find out about relevant Synapse Biomedical Drugs and Medications on this site too.
The primary objective of this study is to determine how biomedical research is perceived by patients already participating in a pulmonology research project.
The trial is designed to assess safety and feasibility of the Bigfoot Biomedical Type 1 Diabetes Management System (T1DMS) in up to 50 participants in a closely monitored Clinical Research Center (CRC) environment.
The aim of this study is the establishment of a warehouse physiological data and biomedical signal in intensive care adult patients in acute situations from particular records from the Philips Intellivue MP70 monitor.
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of community-level behavioral and biomedical interventions, each alone and combined, in reducing sexual risk behavior and HIV/sexually transmitted infections in Peruvian men who have sex with men.
BACKGROUND Shoulder pain is the third most common musculoskeletal disorder observed in primary care consultations after low back and neck pain. In the absence of successful outcome following a conservative intervention, shoulder surgery is the most common procedure conduct for a multitude of surgical indications, including rotator cuff tears, instability and stiffness. However, 22% of patients develop chronic shoulder pain (CSP) following shoulder surgery . The consequences of ...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are associated with high healthcare costs, as well as are a leading cause of mortality and hospitalizations. The main challenge for today's researchers is to develop new technologies, which may help to improve diagnosis of CVD, thereby reducing healthcare costs and quality of patients' lives. Non-invasive wearable electronics offer new capabilities for the diagnosis and management of patients with CVD. Several reports with wearable electronics have...
This is a Phase I, exploratory safety study of the 480 Biomedical Mometasone Furoate Sinus Drug Depot in adult subjects with chronic sinusitis.
To evaluate the procedural safety and filter efficiency of the FiberNet® Embolic Protection System when used in conjunction with the Boston Scientific Express SD Stent System for primary stenting of ostial atherosclerotic renal lesions in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.
This study seeks to decrease methamphetamine use and concomitant high-risk sexual behaviors among methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men (MSM) by combining a biomedical intervention with a behavioral intervention. The behavioral intervention will consist of an 8-week course of contingency management (CM) through which participants will be reinforced for testing negative for methamphetamine metabolites during periodic urine analyses. The biomedical intervention involve...
Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide affecting just under 28 million people in the UK. Chronic pain conditions require a biopsychosocial rather than a biomedical model of care. Biomedical management lacks evidence of effectiveness but also has the potential to exacerbate the condition by raising fears and anxiety about potential pathological abnormalities. Healthcare professionals often hold negative beliefs about people with chronic pain and view th...
This is an exploratory mixed-methods research study that compares an efficacious behavioral HIV-prevention intervention (3MV) alone to the behavioral HIV-prevention intervention combined with a biomedical intervention (PrEP). After completing the 3MV behavioral intervention, participants will be randomly assigned to one of three study arms: 1) daily FTC/TDF as PrEP, 2) placebo pill control, or 3) "no pill" control. Behavioral and biomedical data will be collected at baseline ...
The purpose of this study is to obtain human tissue samples for scientific study.
In addition to fatigue, pain is the most frequent and persistent symptom following breast cancer and breast cancer treatment. Despite the effectiveness of different physical therapy modalities, such as manual techniques, passive mobilizations and exercises, many patients still experience pain and subsequent difficulties in daily functioning at short and long term. Past decades, the awareness on the important role of educational interventions in the management of pain in general...
The purpose of this study placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind study is to assess the safety and efficacy of SYN120 in patients with Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) already treated with a stable dose of a cholinesterase inhibitor.
The SyNAPSe trial will study if giving intravenous (i.v.) progesterone within 8 hours of the injury for a total of 120 hours to severe traumatic brain injury patients improves their recovery.
Biomedical and biotechnology industry is internationally regarded as the most brilliant star performer of the future. The development of biomedical depends on a high quality academic research environment, while innovation and uniqueness should be emphasized for the development of biotechnology industry. The successful development of biotechnology industry will be impossible if the development is not based on extensive and in-depth research work and verification acquired from cl...
This study will collect information on health status and risk behaviors, as well as basic demographic and biomedical information for a group of HIV positive adolescents receiving care at the ATN sites.
A method has been developed to measure in vivo adipose kinetics and turnover rates, which is a substantive departure from previous indirect and in vitro approaches. This technique involves drinking deuterium (2H)-labeled water, with an initial ramp-up to increase body water 2H enrichment, followed by daily intake to maintain enrichment values. The 2H from the heavy water is incorporated into the DNA of the dividing cells, as well as the lipid component, providing measures of ce...
The goals of this study are to leverage principles of spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) via non-invasive stimulation techniques to strengthen corticospinal transmission. Few studies have targeted the cortex after stroke in humans, and none have targeted the corticospinal-motoneuronal synapse in the spinal cord. This study, therefore, is a novel approach to studying neuroplasticity after stroke. Previous work in humans with incomplete spinal cord injury demonstrates that ...
Randomised trials are considered the gold standard in medical research. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement aims to improve the quality of reporting of randomised trials. Without transparent reporting, readers cannot judge the reliability and validity of trial findings, and therefore these findings cannot inform clinical practice. Different stakeholders, including biomedical journals, have taken different actions to try to improve author adherence...
The study hypothesis is that that the deleterious effect of prions on the brain may be mediated (at least partially) by activation of serine proteases involved in the coagulation system. If this is true, then measurement of the activity of the coagulation system may be a marker of disease onset (in at higher risk individuals such as E200K* carriers) and for disease progression or activity in affected individuals. In addition, modulation of the coagulation system activity may be...
More than 10 million Americans have chronic kidney disease and every year, approximately 100,000 new patients develop end stage renal disease (ESRD) resulting in incalculable human suffering, a high rate of premature mortality, catastrophic physical and emotional disability and prohibitive costs to the U.S. health care system. The current medical therapies for chronic kidney disease, which disproportionately affect African Americans and other minority groups and account for 70%...
Sugammadex is a selective antidote to muscle relaxants rocuronium bromide and vecuronium bromide. Sugammadex is a modified gamma-cyclodextrin, a compound that selectively binds rocuronium bromide and vecuronium bromide. It forms a complex with them in the blood plasma, which leads to the decrease in the concentration of muscle relaxant binding to nicotinic receptors in the neuromuscular synapse. The result is the the elimination of neuromuscular blockade caused by rocuronium br...
The primary objective of this study is to determine the variables associated with patient acceptation or refusal to participate in a clinical research protocol when seen in during a pneumology consultation (excluding oncology and tobaccology).
The purpose of this study is to examine how the consent process affects the acceptability of participation in biomedical HIV prevention trials, from the perspective of behaviorally high-risk minors and the parents of minor adolescents.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017
And Don’t Forget To Boycott NFL Advertisers, Too
The Counter on the lower right hand Corner of The Whistleblower Web Page is now clicking off the Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds until this weekend’s VETERANS DAY NFL BOYCOTT when all Patriotic Americans will be showing solidarity with veterans around the country by staying away from or viewing any NFL games during Veterans Day Weekend (Sunday, November 12, and Monday November 13).
The Blower says those poor oppressed tattooed millionaire NFL players whining about President Trump have a right to complain if they want to, but during the National Anthem is NOT the time or place! They show an utter lack of patriotism and total disrespect for our Veterans – living and dead – and everything for which they put their lives on the line!

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Rusty Garrett here with the weekend outlook:
While rain coverage will be MUCH less than the past several days, a few scattered showers remain possible. A weak cool front triggers more rain Monday, but only marginal cooling expected!
AUSTIN (January 18, 2014) The Electric Reliability Council of Texas or ERCOT, which manages most of the state’s power grid, issued a Level 1 energy emergency alert Saturday morning after a sudden power plant outage.
Reserves were deployed and the system quickly recovered, ERCOT said.
Normal operations resumed after additional power generation sources came online, ERCOT said.
“We always keep reserve power available when possible for situations like this,” said Dan Woodfin, director of system operations for ERCOT.
“While additional units were coming on-line, system operating reserves briefly dropped below the level that results in an alert.”


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BS 3690-2 89th Edition, December 31, 1989
Bitumens for building and civil engineering - Part 2: Specification for bitumens for industrial purposes
Includes all amendments and changes through Reaffirmation Notice , April 2007
Additional Comments: W/D NO S/S
Published By:British Standards Institution (BSI)
Grades of bitumen suitable for use in the UK.

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Almost 90% of teenagers have “gender-bending chemicals” from plastic in their bodies, according to a new study.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is found in plastic containers and water bottles, on the inside of food cans, and on receipts.
The chemical, used since the 1960s to make certain types of plastic, mimics the female sex hormone estrogen, and has been linked to low sperm counts and infertility in men, as well as breast and prostate cancer.
A study by the University of Exeter, whose researchers tested urine samples from 94 teenagers, found 86% had traces of BPA in their body.
Experts fear it is all but impossible to avoid the chemical, given the widespread use of plastic packaging for food.
The study’s co-author Professor Lorna Harries, from the university’s medical school, said, ‘Most people are exposed to BPA on a daily basis. In this study, our student researchers have discovered that at the present time, given current labelling laws, it is difficult to avoid exposure by altering our diet. In an ideal world, we would have a choice over what we put into our bodies. At the present time, since it is difficult to identify which foods and packaging contain BPA, it is not possible to make that choice.’
The European Chemicals Agency last year reclassified BPA as a substance of ‘very high concern’ because of its ‘probable serious effects’ on human health.
Used to harden plastics, it has been linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, as well as declining male fertility.
Although it is found in receipts, sunglasses, and CD cases, the main way people are exposed is through plastic packaging whose chemicals leach into food.
As well as giving urine samples, the teenagers filled out food diaries. Even when they were told to avoid BPA in their diet for a week, there was no measurable fall in the chemical within their bodies.
This has been blamed on the widespread use of the chemical in food packaging, which the Daily Mail has highlighted in its Turn The Tide On Plastic campaign – launched in November, and backed by the head of the UN’s environmental program.
Participants told researchers ‘almost everything is packaged in plastic’.
One added, ‘I found it really hard to know what foods I could eat … there is never a guarantee it is BPA-free.’
Foods that appear safe because they are not sold in plastic packaging may still contain ingredients which have been exposed to the dangerous chemical. Highly processed products and fast food are believed to be a particular risk.

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Luis Suarez is a 'phenomenon' who England must stop, warns Jamie Carragher
- Sportsmail columnist Carragher believes Suarez will be at 'full throttle'
- Suarez set to start crunch Group D clash on Thursday
- The striker was the Premier League's standout performer last year
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is a phenomenon who will be at 'full throttle' against England on Thursday, according to his former Liverpool team-mate Jamie Carragher.
The South American forward has been sidelined since a minor knee operation late last month and sat out his nation's surprise defeat to Costa Rica in their opening match of the World Cup.
However, earlier this week Suarez claimed he was fully fit and Carragher warned England of the danger he will pose in Sao Paulo.
Eyes on the prize: Luis Suarez is hoping to start when Uruguay take on England on Thursday night
'You wouldn't expect him to be 100 per cent fit but Luis Suarez is different from others players in world football - he's a phenomenon,' said the former Reds centre-back.
'It is one of the few times I can remember him being injured as he's played the last four summers on the bounce.
'I'm not expecting a 100 per cent fit Luis Suarez, but not far from it.
'He's a winner and I don't think he will be going into the game worrying about his injury.
'Some players go on to the pitch when they're coming back from an injury and they're not the same physically and mentally.
'He won't have that in his head though. I know what type of character he is and he'll be full throttle.
'Whether he's as sharp as he normally is remains to be seen but he will not be worried one iota about his injury.
Looking miserable: Suarez sat out the opening game defeat against Costa Rica on Saturday
'It won't stop him harrying people and trying things. That is what makes him a great player.'
Thursday's game is one neither side can afford to lose after both suffered defeats last week.
England's loss against Italy saw Wayne Rooney, played out of position on the left, come in for significant criticism.
But Carragher does not expect England boss Roy Hodgson to make any knee-jerk reactions.
'I don't think there will be too many changes from the starting XI. I think there'll be a light tweak with Wayne in the middle and Raheem (Sterling) out wide,' he said.
Knows all about him: Jamie Carragher (centre) has warned England they must be wary of the Liverpool man
Hang fire: Carragher chose to stand up for Wayne Rooney, who has been heavily criticised this week
'People criticised him (Rooney) on the left-hand side as it is not his favourite position but as players we all know you have to do a job for the team.
'We know he is better centrally but that is not the argument; he was involved in a good team performance and he created the goal.
'He is not playing at his absolute best but he is not playing poorly. It looks like he has become a scapegoat and his performances don't warrant that.'
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Aharon Modlin was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the 11th inning, forcing in the go-ahead run as Pepperdine, which blew a 5-1 lead in the ninth inning, earned a 6-5 victory over Cal Poly in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday night inside Baggett Stadium.
The loss overshadowed a dramatic four-run ninth-inning Cal Poly rally which forced extra innings. Bradlee Beesley singled in the first run and Tate Samuelson tied the game with a three-run home run to left field.
Samuelson then pitched the 11th inning, entering the game with one out and Pepperdine runners at first and second. He first walked Charlie Welch to load the bases, then struck out Reese Alexiades for the second out before hitting Modlin with a 2-1 pitch.
Samuelson fielder a comebacker and threw out Joe Caparis for the final out, but the Mustangs were retired in order in the bottom of the 11th by Trevor Franklin to end the 4-hour, 4-minute game.
The two teams completed the March 12 suspended game prior to the regularly scheduled contest and Cal Poly came away with a 13-7 victory. The game was halted in Malibu after 7 1/2 innings due to darkness with the Mustangs holding an 11-6 advantage.
The split leaves both squads at the .500 mark with Cal Poly 23-23 and Pepperdine 21-21.
In the completion of the suspended game, Beesley collected four hits while Connor Gurnik, Elijah Greene, Cole Cabrera and Nick DiCarlo each added three as Cal Poly produced a season-high 21-hit offensive attack.
Noah Taylor drove in three runs with a single and triple while Beesley, Samuelson, Cabrera and DiCarlo all knocked in a pair of runs for the Mustangs.
Pepperdine was paced by Matt Kanfer with three hits and three RBIs. Wyatt Young, Quincy McAfee and Mike Malinchak all added two hits.
The win went to Michael Clark (5-3), who pitched two scoreless innings (the sixth and seventh at Malibu). Craig Colen secured the final six outs in San Luis Obispo. Michael Mahoney (0-1), who gave up three runs in the seventh inning as Cal Poly snapped a 6-6 tie, suffered the loss.
In the nightcap, Pepperdine built its 5-1 lead with a run in the first and two in both the sixth and ninth innings.
In the bottom of the ninth, singles by DiCarlo, Cabrera and Beesley plated the first run. After the second out of the inning, Samuelson belted a 1-1 pitch well over the left-field wall to tie the game. It was Samuelson’s third homer of the season and eighth of his two-year Mustang career.
With his 19-game hitting streak on the line, Conagher Sands extended the rally with a single to left-center field, but a grounder ended the threat and sent the game into extra innings. Sands’ 20-game streak is the fourth longest in Cal Poly’s 25-year Division I history.
Both teams produced one base runner in a scoreless 10th inning.
Beesley had two singles and a double to pace Cal Poly’s 10-hit attack. Samuelson, DiCarlo and Cabrera each added two hits.
Pepperdine’s nine hits included two singles and a double by Welch and a single and double by Brandt Belk.
Franklin (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings, striking out three.
The loss went to Thomas Triantos (0-2), the fifth of six pitchers used by Cal Poly. Mustang starter Darren Nelson left the game in the second inning due to illness, freshman Bryan Woo allowed just one earned run over 4 1/3 innings and senior Jarred Zill, in his first appearance on the mound in over four weeks, needed just eight pitches to retire Pepperdine in order in the eighth inning.
Cal Poly, in a first-place tie with UC Santa Barbara with 12-3 marks in Big West play, visits third-place UC Irvine (10-5) for three games Friday through Sunday. The Gauchos host Long Beach State this weekend.
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It has probably been years, a decade even, since you last logged into your Myspace account. The pioneering social network was quickly replaced by Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and has gradually faded into obscurity in recent years.
But those old teenage posts may still come back to haunt you: a security expert has revealed that old Myspace accounts can be hacked into using the most basic information.
Leigh-Anne Galloway found that the password reset protocol for unlocking old accounts requires only the user's name, username and date of birth - information that can often be easily found online.
Myspace was hit by a leak of 360 million passwords and email addresses last year, leading it to invalidate all passwords from accounts before 2013. This means that users have to reset their password if they want to log into their old accounts.
Usually, they would have to find it via their old email address, but since many Myspace users may no longer have access to the email accounts they were using a decade ago, the site offers a way to log in without accessing your email.
Myspace's account recovery page asks users to fill in several bits of information to verify their details. It asks for their full name, username, date of birth, new email address and the email address registered with their Myspace account as a minimum, and says the process will be quicker if they include other information like where they live.
However, Galloway found that the only relevant piece of information to fully reset their password were the user's name, username and date of birth. Names and usernames are easily googled, while date of birth may have been shared on other social media or available on voting records
Hackers could enter any email address into the "email address on account" field because the addresses are not actually verified against the accounts themselves. Once the information is entered, Myspace lets you reset your password and log in.
Galloway said she had emailed Myspace three months ago but had received no response. She suggested that people who still have an old account should delete it.
Myspace, which still gets tens of millions of visits, was sold to Time Inc last year.


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This album has received a lot of stick, both from the Manowar fanbase and the wider metal community. A lot of people have expressed displeasure at the perceived basic songwriting, poor bass sound and less spirited vocal performance from Eric Adams. I personally think these criticisms are invalid.
If there's one thing I'll always love about Manowar it is that they unashamedly embody heavy metal and have done throughout there 32 year history - face it, Manowar are more metal than you. When listening to 'The Lord of Steel' for the first time, I was struck by how it seemed to be an odd term for Manowar who could easily keep much of their fanbase happy by creating another symphonic album designed purely for an epic sense of scale like Gods of War. Instead, we have a raw, aggressive release which resembles much of the more abrasive side of the NWOBHM with the characteristically awesome Manowar lyrics.
That's where I'll start, the lyrics. They will blast you to Valhalla and back! (see, I can write them too) - right from the start:
"In the eyes of the lord you have sinned
Let your punishment begin
Only by death you atone
You shall not die alone
For the glory of battle
I will fight until i die
Live one day as an eagle
Or a lifetime as a fly
Like a candle burning
The wheels of time are turning
The lord of steel commands you
To die by my hand"
Dismiss them as 'cheesy' if you want, but it's a better idea to cheer the fuck up and love them for what they are - awesome heavy metal lyrics. The quality of the lyrics is very high throughout the album.
Of course, as usual these lyrics are brought to life by the outstanding vocal talents of Eric Adams. Some have seen this as a bad performance from him as it doesn't have his usual operatic style, but there are few singers who can create the level of energy and aggression with clean vocals and it definitely displays a side to his voice that has been present throughout their career. Eric sounds absolutely incredible on 'Righteous Glory' - which is a ballad and reminds me of 'Swords in the Wind', prepare yourself for a both powerful and beautiful song coupled with inspired vocal delivery. It is, however, a little disappointing for the big fans that Eric doesn't use many of the high pitched screams which once were so common, but this alone doesn't make the vocal performance a bad one.
The bass guitar sound has been heavily criticised, you either like it or you don't. I think the people who don't haven't turned it up loud enough (yeah, seriously). This album sounds absolutely massive at full volume, the production really comes into its own and it is clearly designed for that. If you listen to this quietly, the bass sound does resemble a wet fart, the solution is to grow a pair and listen to it at a volume which befits a great heavy metal band. Karl Logan's leads are generally quite different to the very precise shred style which he usually employs and in some places sound similar to many old Ross the Boss solos, chaotic and aggressive, which really suits the aggressive tone of the album. A good example of this is on 'Expendable', which clearly is influenced by their classic track 'Kill with Power' in terms of the solo and tone, although with a more modern feel. There is some more of Logan's more trademark style on this record, the solo on 'El Gringo' is characteristically fast paced and precise and is one of the best he's played - up there with 'King of Kings' and 'Outlaw'.
A highlight of this album is definitely Donnie Hamzik's drumming, the man can only be described as animalistic. This is easily the best drumming on any Manowar album and it is perfectly produced.
All in all, a brilliant album with a huge amount of aggression. Highlights include 'Righteous Glory', 'Born in a Grave' and 'El Gringo'. 'Hail, Kill and Die' is also epic and sounds like a marching anthem.


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The most valuable monument of medieval Krakow, the Barbican is also known as the 'Pan' (Rondel, in Polish), and is one of the last few surviving works of the eminent European military architecture of this type. It is located between ul. Basztowa and the Florian Gate and was built in Gothic style in the years 1498-1499, due to a Turkish threat, with financial support from King Jana Olbrachta. It was connected to the so-called 'neck' - a bridge construction - from the Florian Gate, surrounded by a deep moat with running water, bridges and locks. Built on a 6 / 10 circle project, with 3 storeys of shooting ranges, it is crowned by a gallery, over which were placed seven turrets. The building has two gates, from Kleparz and the Floriańskich walls side. The latter was formed in the years 1839-1842 (after the demolition of the neck) by the architect Karol Kremer, in place of the Gothic tower from the year 1422. In front of the western gate (from Kleparz), there used to be a drawbridge over a 26-metre wide moat, supported by four stone-brick pillars.
Undoubtedly one of the most famous streets of the city, starting at the Florian Gate and constituting the beginning of the Drogi Królewskiej (Floriańska - Rynek Główny - Grodzka - Wawel), along which the monarch's processions travelled for centuries. At its beginning, a wonderful view draws attention to the street, with the towers of St Mary's church (kościoł Mariacki) in the background. Of course, modern architecture does not have much in common with that which preceded it. Most of the tenement buildings were rebuilt in the nineteenth century, and today the street is primarily a shopping arcade. Above all it is worth paying attention to the former residence of the Kmita magnate family (No. 13), Pod Różą Hotel which is decorated with a Renaissance portal (No. 14), the Pharmacy Museum (No. 25) and the house of Jan Matejko, which now houses the National Museum (No. 41) . Here, too, is Jama Michalik - a famous pastry shop, besieged by the Bohemian artists of the Młodej Polski movement. Traces of the artists can still be found inside today in the form of original drawings, caricatures, and richly-decorated architectural scenes of Krakow. Floriańska is the quintessential contemporary Krakow, where it so easy to combine sightseeing with shopping, even in exclusive stores. In a ranking prepared in 2007 by the weekly "Wprost" it was in the third place amongst the most prestigious Polish streets.
the main city gate was founded at the end of the thirteenth century, and closes ul Floriańska from midnight. At the end of the fifteenth century, the brick floor of the stone cantilever machicoulis was built and combined with the Barbican gate neck (demolished in the mid-nineteenth century). Since that time, it has become a gateway to the city featuring on the Royal Route leading to Wawel. The baroque roof of the gate was installed in 1660 by councillor Jan Zaleski. In the passageway is a shrine to Our Lady of Piasek, which was moved from the neck connecting the gate of the Barbican. The balcony on the first floor and arcades on the side of the gate were made in 1840, designed by Karol Kremer. The Neo-Gothic openwork railing on the balcony comes from 1845. During the years 1885 to 1886, Wladyslaw Czartoryski erected a chapel upstairs designed by Wandalin Beringer. On the façade of the gate, from the Kleparz side is a Piast eagle sculpture, forged by the sculptor Zygmunt Langmana, and designed by Jan Matejko; from the ul. Florianska side there was an eighteenth-century Rococo relief of St. Florian. Fragments of the medieval city walls adjoin the gate.
an incredibly busy place in Krakow, and one of the most characteristic places in Poland. It has an area of 4 ha and is the largest square in Krakow, as well as one of the largest in Europe. The square's sides are each approximately 200 m long. Almost all the tenement buildings and palaces around the market are centuries-old monuments. Here are located museums and such famous restaurants as Hawełka and Wierzynek. Café Vis-a-Vis at No. 29 was a favourite of Piotr Skrzynecki, the founder of Piwnicy pod Baranami (Cellar Under the Rams). His figure, with his characteristic hat on his head, still sits in the coffee garden. The Square also includes: St. Wojciech's Church, the Town Hall Tower, the Cloth Hall, and the monument of Adam Mickiewicz. The history of the largest square in medieval Europe dates back to the thirteenth century. Krakow was subjected to Magdeburg law on June 5, 1257, implemented by the prince of Krakow Boleslaw the Chaste. The market was created for merchants, locals and those who followed trade routes. Initially, it was owned by the ruler, but in 1358, Kazimierz the Great released the ownership rights to the city. The first cobblestones were laid in the second half of the fourteenth century. In the Renaissance and early Baroque eras, the Market Square hosted the solemn entrance of the monarch, and paid homage to kings, triumphs and parades. It was the site of many grand celebrations and historical events of the First Republic. Here, on April 10, 1525, Duke Albrecht of Prussia Hohenzollern, paid homage to the Polish King Zygmunt I. Here also took place the military oath of allegiance to the Constitution of 3 May (1791). On 24 March 1794, Tadeusz Kosciuszko swore his oath to the nation, beginning the uprising. In 1940, the German occupiers renamed the Rynek as Adolf-Hitler Platz. After the liberation of Krakow on January 18, 1945 the old name was reinstated. Today it is a meeting place, and for summer festivals, concerts, fairs and presentations, and walking. A special attraction, an underground market, was discovered in 2005 during archaeological excavations, and is now open to tourists. It provide an opportunity for an unusual journey into the past of Krakow.
St Mary's Church
Krakow's most famous religious building is situated at the eastern corner of the Market Square. This first Romanesque church was built in the first half of the thirteenth century, and the present Gothic style took shape in the fourteenth century and the first half of the fifteenth century, when the side chapels were added. The impressive, three-nave basilica has two towers of different heights. The higher one, topped with a cupola with a beautiful Baroque Gothic crown, acted as a guardian of the city and from here can be heard the bugle call of St. Mary every hour which is the musical symbol of Krakow. The most valuable artefact is the famous church altar made by Veit Stoss in the years 1477-1489. It is artistically the most perfectly-preserved in Europe, a late-Gothic altar set with sculpture. It presents the life of Mary and Christ - there is a huge selection of scenes with 200 characters, all carved in linden wood, then painted and gilded. The chancel windows are unique, preserved stained glass windows from the fourteenth century. The church interior is decorated with polychrome (1889-1891), undertaken by such individuals as Jozef Mehoffer and Stanisław Wyspiański, and designed by Jan Matejko. Of note are the magnificent stalls (XVII century) with carved scenes from the New Testament in their backs. The richly decorated, mostly Baroque altars in the nave and side chapels are filled with paintings by Giovanni Pittoniego, Szymon Czechowicz and Dominika Estreicher. Among the numerous monuments and epitaphs of Krakow's townspeople which stand out are the brown slabs of Solomon and Boners (XVI century) and the Mannerist tombstones of Montelupich and Cellari.
This historic building is located in the central part of the Market Square. Prince Boleslaw the Chaste, investing in the city in 1257, agreed to build the Cloth Hall - a place for trade fairs. This was the beginning of the street, after which continued market stalls on both sides. At night carts stopped here with commodity traders, and the exits were closed with bars. In this way, foreign merchants and their goods were assured a safe haven. These small stalls gradually formed the Cloth Hall building. Around the year 1300 an avenue of stalls were covered, and in the middle of the fourteenth century, King Kazimierz the Great expanded and modernized the building, creating a large three-aisle structure with a length of 108 metres and a width of 18 metres. This building survived in its Gothic form until 1555, when it burned down. It was restored very quickly, but in the Renaissance style, as only the beautiful Gothic gables and Gothic walls of the oblong were preserved. In the years 1875-1879, the Cloth Market Hall was rebuilt to a design by Tomasz Prylińskiego. The lower hall was converted into a string of wooden trading stalls, all spread along the walls. Gargoyles were placed on the tops of the projections, depicting a caricature of the then presidents of Krakow. Today in the Cloth Hall there are two rows of stalls, with mostly jewellery, souvenirs, handicraft or folklore items. An interesting fact is that during the German occupation, the image of the Cloth Hall was printed on 50zl banknotes issued by the Issuing Bank in Poland.
Adam Mickiewicz monument
popularly known as The Krakow "Adam", it is located in the main Rynek, by the Cloth Hall exit towards ul. Sienna. The monument, by Teodor Rygier, was ceremoniously unveiled on June 16, 1898 - the 100th anniversary of the birth of Adam Mickiewicz. The 10-metre monument represents the poet standing on a plinth at the foot of which there is a multi-stage pedestal, with four allegories: Homeland, Valour, Science and Poetry. A dedication has been placed on the pedestal: "Adam Mickiewicz's nation." On August 17, 1940, the monument was destroyed by the Nazis occupying the city. After the war it was reconstructed from parts found in 1946 in a scrap yard in Hamburg. The stone elements are made from Kośmin syenite, quarried in Piława Górna in Lower Silesia. The unveiling of the reconstruction took place on November 26, 1955, on the 100th anniversary of the bard's death. The statue is a favourite meeting place for Krakow residents and tourists, and is the centre of many celebrations, demonstrations, and other events. On the bard's name-day, December 24, Krakow florists lay flowers at the foot of the poet. Here, too, the annual Krakow nativity competition begins, Krakow fans celebrate the successes of their sports teams, and school leavers during their prom, hop around the pedestal, believing that the number of laps will help to determine their final exam grade.
This is the only street that disturbs the regular grid foundation of the medieval city, leading away from the market not at right angles, but obliquely, being like an extension of its diagonal. This street is special after all, simply because it leads to Wawel Castle as part of the so-called. Royal Route. The first section of Grodzka to pl. Wszystkich Świętych (All Saints Square), where in the Wielopolski Palace is the seat of the Municipality of Krakow, is a paradise for shoppers and patrons of restaurants and bars. The rest of Grodzka, running to Wawel Castle, is located in the area of early medieval settlements, and the so-called 'Okół', primarily attracts visitors. Here you can see, among others: the Collegium Iuridicum - one of the oldest buildings of the Jagiellonian University, pl. św. Marii Magdaleny (St. Mary Magdalene Square) with its statue of Fr. Piotr Skarga, churches: St. Peter and St Paul's (św. Piotra i Pawła) and St. Andrew's (św. Andrzeja). The latter is the best preserved Romanesque church in Krakow, erected during the years 1079-1098. At the end of the street, at Wawel, is the former Archbishop's Palace (No. 65), Wladyslaw IV's arsenal and the small św. Idziego church dating from the fourteenth century.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
Located by the plac Dominikański and ulica Stolarska, its history dates back to the thirteenth century. In 1221, Bishop Iwo Odrowąż brought Dominican Monks from Bologna, and gave them a little Romanesque chapel. In its place stood a Gothic three-nave basilica, completed in the first half of the fifteenth century. The church entrance leads through to a neo-Gothic vestibule (1875), where there is an interesting portal from the end of the fourteenth century, with sculpted plant and animal decoration. In the second half of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the side aisles and chancel, as well as the family and guild chapels were were erected, and they were rebuilt in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. In the seventeenth century the burial chapels were formed for: Myszkowski, Lubomirski, Zbaraski. and St Jack (św. Jacka). The latter, was built on the model on the Wawel Zygmunt Chapel, which is one of the greatest works of art in Poland. It is decorated in Baltazar Fontana stuccowork (from about 1700 onwards), Karol Dankwart of Nyssa polychrome (1701) and paintings by Tommaso Dolabella from the first half of XVII century. There is also the Our Lady of the Rosary chapel (kaplica Matki Bożej Różańcowej) which was built (1685-1688) as an offering for victory in Vienna. Adjacent to the church are the monastery buildings which are clustered around three courtyard patios, erected from the thirteenth century. The Great Fire in 1850 destroyed the church, the tower and part of the cloister, but the basilica was quickly rebuilt and its interior was reconstructed.
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Krakow was the first building to be constructed in Baroque style. Work on the construction of the church, which is dedicated to the Jesuit order, began in 1596, but unfortunately was not problem-free. As a result of construction errors the freshly-erected church walls began to crack. The builders therefore decided to demolish the walls and deepen the foundations. Finally, the church, which was modeled on the Italian Jesuit churches of Il Gesu and Sant'Andrea della Valle, was completed in 1619. The most characteristic elements of the building are the statues of the apostles built into the church wall. At present, sculptures surround the church, which are copies of late seventeenth century sandstone statues. Acid rain destroyed the originals, having washed out the figures' faces. Inside the church, it is worth paying attention to the Baroque Giovanni Battista Falconi stucco decoration, dating from 1633, and the gilded statues of the Evangelists also by the same artist. In the crypt is the tomb of the most famous Polish Jesuit priest - Father Piotr Skarga. In the church, Poland's longest Foucault pendulum can be seen (which is a pendulum that is able to move in any vertical plane). Organised presentations of the pendulum are held every Thursday.
Wawel Royal Castle
Wawel is a limestone hill with a height of 228 m above sea level on the Vistula River, in the centre of Krakow, with a range of exceptional historic monuments and artistic works. It was the seat of Polish kings, the necropolis and the place where Polish history developed from the tenth century, although people had already inhabited the hill from 100 thousand years BC. It was Boleslaus the Brave, who at the end of the tenth century, gained the Wawel settlement and Małopolska joined the Piast state. The oldest seat of the sovereign was established here in the first half of the eleventh century during the reign of Boleslaus the Brave, and Mieszko II. The Pre-Romanesque prince's residence was on the highest, north-eastern part of the hill. Wawel however only became the capital during the reign of Kazimierz the Restorer, in the years 1034-1058. At the turn of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the hill was surrounded by a stone defence wall in the place of wooden and earthen embankments. In the fourteenth century the Romanesque palace was transformed into a Gothic residence, dividing the top of the castle hill, with the royal residence built in the fourteenth century, and the bottom part, being used for service and business facilities. The peak period of architectural and artistic culture development in Wawel falls on the Jagiellon reign, especially that of Zygmunt the Old and Zygmunt Augustus. In the years 1506-1534, the Gothic palace was rebuilt as a Renaissance residence with a magnificent arcaded courtyard. This largely remains today, though not the original building. In the years 1655-1657 the palace was destroyed by the Swedes. The biggest disaster in the history of the castle, however, was caused by a fire in 1702, which consumed the Renaissance décor. This resulted in the complete destruction of the Polish partitions. In 1795, the Prussians stole the crown jewels, which have been irretrievably lost. For much of the nineteenth century, Austrian troops occupied the hill, turning Wawel into a fortress. From 1905, work was undertaken to restore the palace. In the meantime, Wawel Castle served as the residence of the Head of State, and during the Second World War was the seat of the occupying authorities and of Hans Frank's Government. Currently inside the palace are five exhibitions presenting the museum collections of the Wawel Royal Castle, entitled "the Royal Chamber", "Private apartments", "Sunrise in the Wawel Castle collection," "the Crown Treasury", "Armoury" and "Wawel". On the hill outside Wawel palace there is St. Wacław and St. Stanisław's cathedral.
The cave in the limestone rock in the Wawel Hill, according to legend, was once inhabited by a Dragon. The total underground length is 270 m, with a maximum height of 10 m. Today, this tourist attraction has an 81-metre trail to visit, which includes a descent down a former Austrian well to three chambers separated by rock. The interior of the cave was formed between 12 and 1.6 million years ago, as a result of the rock dissolution processes (known as karst topography). The first traces of man come from the seventh century legend of the cave and the Wawel Dragon, first described by master Wincent known as Kadłubek in the Polish Chronicle (in the XII / XIII century). In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in a cave in the southern part, there was a famous inn described by foreign travellers and diplomats. When in the late eighteenth century new fortifications were built, the Dragon's Den was also reconstructed with some openings being bricked up and others being unveiled - among others windows with a staircase. An Overhaul was undertaken in 1918 by the architect Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz. On the wall near the exit of the cave stands a commemorative plaque, installed here in 1871, with the inscription of the Duke of Krakow, who is according to legend the founder of Krakow and the Wawel Dragon slayer. The sculpture commemorates the dragon beast, standing by the entrance to the mouth of the River Vistula - and it is the work of Krakow sculptor Bronislaw Chromy.

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One of the most common causes of amputation injuries is traffic accidents. This includes accidents involving cars, commercial trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles. The speed and force of impact on a victim involved in a traffic accident can easily lead to the traumatic amputation of a body part or extremity. Traumatic amputation in a traffic accident can include arms, fingers, hands, legs, feet, toes, and ears. If the traumatic impact of the crash does not cause an amputation, healthcare professionals might deem it medically necessary to amputate a body part that has been irrevocably destroyed.
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Heading into a vote tomorrow by the White House-sponsored bipartisan commission on its deficit reduction plan, key Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has signed on. It’s a critical move given Coburn’s reputation as a hard-core conservative who is very influential with his party on budget issues. It means a top Republican is dissing his party’s dogmatists, such as the once very influential Grover Norquist at Americans for Tax Reform.
A critical mass appears to be forming around a $4 trillion deficit cutting plan that just months ago would have been DOA in DC, slaughtering as it does entire herds of sacred cows. Incoming House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., said he would incorporate some of the plan into the GOP budget. The White House has promised the same.
Democrats are also showing a willingness to bend, including Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Xavier Beccerra, a Los Angeles Democrat and rising star in his party. Both sit on the commission, and are straying glaringly from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s swift dismissal of the plan as “simply unacceptable.” This could mean that Pelosi may no longer be setting the agenda on spending and taxes.
Here’s an excerpt from Coburn’s statement, joined by GOP Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho:
“History has not been kind to great nations who borrowed and spent beyond their means. Doing nothing will, sooner rather than later, guarantee that this nation becomes a second-rate power with less opportunity and less freedom. The plan developed by the debt commission, while flawed and incomplete, will help America avoid this fate and secure freedom for future generations.”


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“‘Now Coraline,’ said Miss Spink, ‘what’s your name?’
‘Coraline’, said Coraline.”
Most people will know what the story Coraline by Neil Gaiman is about. Our main character, Coraline Jones, moves into a huge mansion with her parents. The mansion is separated and closed off to become different sections like big apartments. She wanders around the house and discovers a door but when she unlocks it, it just shows a brick wall from the closure of that apartment. After weird events take place she finds herself back at the door, but it is no longer closed up by bricks. She learns that this new opening leads to an apartment identical to her own and even includes her other mother and other father, along with a cat who appears every now and then in both worlds.
My rating for this book is a 4/5 stars. The book elaborates more on the characters at play so you can see how sarcastic the cat really is, and how dreadfully creepy the other mother is. My favorite character was the cat and he is even more sarcastic in the book than the movie. The scenes are a little different from book to movie but the movie is almost identical to the book in the dialogue aspect. There is, however, no character named Wybie which disappointed me. Overall, the characters and scenes were very much realistic and flowed smoothly.
The novel is pretty short and is filled with creepy situations and characters. Towards the ending of the book, you see Coraline change from a scared girl to a brave adventurer as she tries to save her family, three lost souls, and herself from danger.


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Review by Derrick Carter
Running Time: 1 hour 26 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for Adventure Action, some mild Sensuality and brief Language
Directed by: Tim Johnson & Patrick Gilmore
Written by: John Logan
Voices of: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert & Adriano Giannini
Throughout the years, DreamWorks has proven itself to be a nice alternative from the familiar animated Disney fare. DreamWorks Animation cut its teeth with films that were slightly edgier humor than many would initially expect in family movies. They are also notable for taking more risks with original properties (SHREK, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, KUNG FU PANDA) that usually turn out well. When all is said and done, DreamWorks Animation has earned a reputation as (mostly) reliable source of solid entertainment. However, they still have their fair share of duds. 2003’s SINBAD isn’t horrible, but definitely winds up on the lower end of their movie catalog. This film didn’t go as planned for anybody really. Though advertising was everywhere (including kid’s meal toys, action figures, and a bombardment of commercials), SINBAD never really seemed to find its audience. The film was largely ignored in 2003’s summer movie season (with stiff competition from the likes of FINDING NEMO and TERMINATOR 3) and received mixed response from critics. This box office fiasco lost the studio about 125 million (resulting in traditional animation being completely abandoned by DreamWorks). LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS is an okay piece cartoon for kids, but that’s about all it is.
Sinbad is a heroic pirate sailing the seas, confronting monsters, and going on many perilous adventures. When he runs afoul of Eris, the goddess of Discord, Sinbad finds himself on his most dangerous quest yet. Eris steals the valuable Book of Peace and frames Sinbad for the crime. In order to save his friend’s life as well as his own skin, Sinbad sets out on the wide ocean on a to retrieve the stolen Book of Peace. Along the way, he confronts many obstacles including freaky CGI monsters, dangerous environments and all of the powers of Eris.
SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS has a pretty basic story that serves as an excuse for a rinse, lather repeat formula. Sinbad sails around, characters bicker amongst themselves and then encounter a monster. This process winds up repeating itself four times before the film is over. This is also a definite instance of traditional animation dying out as CGI has clearly been blended with 2D designs. The effect looks good in some areas, but not so much in others. A giant squid-like monster and a giant bird both have pretty lame designs compared to the rest of the creatures and environments. However, an encounter with sirens is awesome (serving as the best scene of the entire film). Eris is also beautifully animated.
The biggest problem with SINBAD comes in the voices…mainly Brad Pitt. While Sinbad is typically characterized as a legendary strong-headed hero, there’s definitely less of a timeless feel to DreamWork’s interpretation of the character. Brad Pitt plays Sinbad as Brad Pitt. He’s a smart-ass with a lot of one-liners and a strong appeal to the sole female character. It’s very distracting when you’re watching a scene full of mythical creatures and you here a line like “Pretty cool, right!” or “That’s why you don’t let women drive.” Catherine Zeta-Jones is suitable enough as Marina, but doesn’t serve too much of a purpose other than being a love interest for Sinbad. The best casting decision comes in Michelle Pfeiffer as Eris, who serves as a memorable villainess. Oh, and there’s also Spike, a slobbery dog sidekick that becomes downright insufferable.
SINBAD has edgy sensibilities (clever adult humor, more risk-taking, etc.) that DreamWorks is known for, but also falters under a scrambled mishmash of ideas that don’t necessarily work. The traditional animation looks stunning, but the CGI is cheap and doesn’t fit well into the film. A couple of the monster encounters are cool, but its by-the-number gets tired before the credits roll. There are good things to appreciate in SINBAD as it’s a slight step above a lot of mediocre garbage that you see passed off for colorful family entertainment, but that’s about the nicest thing that can be said about this film.


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Today was the last scheduled eye appt before BEG’s cataract surgery next month. No inflammation AND her eye pressures were better. 🙂 Her cataract is still bad. Her vision has gotten worse in the left eye. Right eye is still 20/20, so that’s good. Lord willing, her vision will improve after the surgery. I don’t know how long it will take to determine that, but we have a follow-up the very next morning after surgery. Doc also mentioned today that we would likely still have to do some patching after the surgery. We are currently doing 4 hours a day – patching her good eye to force her weaker eye to work).
Between the eye appointments, rheumatology appointments, patching, numerous daily eye drops, weekly/biweekly injections, constant trips to the pharmacy, time spent on the phone with Doc offices and Insurance companies, and homeschooling 3 kiddos, we have a lot going on. I sometimes feel overwhelmed, but I know not to rely on my own strength alone to get us through this season. I’m always so thankful for the strength and comfort God provides and the many, many prayers He has answered! Praise God!!! I’m also so incredibly thankful for all of our dear friends who are faithful to keep our family in their prayers! We are so abundantly blessed!!!


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I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview to Love, Abbey’s latest single Slow Love; I’m happy to confirm that Indie Pop fans are in for an absolute treat with the conceptually fresh soundscapes which the up and coming artist has cooked up. The verses are solid, the hooks are catchy, and the melodies have an almost irritating way of sticking with you and refusing to be forgotten.
With the same punchy melodies as bands such as M83, Haim and Tame Impala, the 21 year old vocalist and multi-instrumentalist created an anthemic summer-soaked rhythm with radio ready quality. There’s a maturity within Abbey’s vocal style, yet, the digital and acoustic instruments playfully bring the track to life in a slightly 80’s inspired anthemic, sun-soaked style.
Love, Abbey’s latest EP drops late July 2018, you’re not going to want to miss it. To check out her earlier releases head on over to her official website.
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my car is Daewoo 1996
I khnow it is an old car but im happy with
AS long AS the AC working
I checked my car condenser
and some of its fins are damaged can that cause leaking of the AC system ?
also does it safe to straightening/repair fins with a screwdriver ?
will I cause a system leaking ?
Generally, no, bent fins won’t lead to a leak as long as the tube that run through them are not damaged. Straighten the fins gently with your small screwdriver trying not to nick the larger tubes in the middle and you should be good. If you have a plastic tool that can do the same job, use that instead. It would be less likely to nick or gouge the tubes. Good Luck!
If it’s just a few I’d ignore it. If a lot I’d find some plastic tool that would let me do it very gently.
Go to Amazon and search on “fin straightener”, then pick the one that looks best for your purposes. Doing it with pliers is the hard way and more likely to cause damage.
I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a 20 year old vehicle that didn’t have some of the AC fins damaged. If it’s not too many…just leave them be.
I’ll bet the cooking section of the dollar store will have the perfect tool to use to straighten the fins without risking damaging the tubes.
Condenser combs are dirt cheap . . . any auto parts store should have it. No reason to order from autozone, in my opinion
Since OP said “AS long AS the AC working” I’ll assume it’s either not blowing cold air, or is taking a long time to blow cold air
That is probably due to gradually losing the charge, over the span of 19 years. Could be normal, if it took a long time to reach this point. Or it could be a leak, if it happened quite suddenly
Might be time to have a shop do an evacuate, recover and recharge. And add some ultraviolet dye to check for leaks. If there is a very slow and/or minor leak, it might take months for the dye to become visible with the black light and yellow glasses
Every car has bent fins. It is best to stay away from them if you are using anything metal to straighten them. It’s too close to the radiator for you to be dropping anything. It might poke into the radiator and they puncture easily.


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Sunday, 27 December 2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
"What's that? Are you... thinking? Stop it. You're a man. It looks weird."
The Moff ended the series just gone by subverting the Big Epic Season Finale through rejecting all of the epicness in favour of a more human, character-based episode. Here he uses the Christmas episode to give us a perfect little character piece, albeit with plenty of entertainment along the way. This is almost certainly the swansong for River Song, and an extremely fitting one, and rumour has it that it was almost- but not quite- the Moff's last script for the series. Long may he reign, say I.
The plot is a glorious Christmas caper, but we shall say little about it other than to note the nice little nods to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and The Brain of Morbius. There are some splendid comedy turns from Matt Lucas and (in a part that must have been enormous fun to play) Greg Davies. Oh, and I love the way the Doctor defeats Hydroflax's body by using the fact that the stock market is so utterly incomprehensible. But the episode is essentially both a screwball comedy and entirely about the relationship between River and the Doctor. So let's proceed to talk about nothing else, shall we?
The main conceit, of course, is that River spends the whole episode failing, rather amusingly, to notice that the man she's with is the Doctor. In a lesser script this could have made the character look stupid, but not here; it's nicely counterbalanced by River being portrayed as cool and resourceful. Indeed, the Doctor/companion relationship is essentially reversed to the point where River holds the Doctor's hand and runs and, in the episode's funniest scene, the Doctor pretends to be amazed that the TARDIS is bigger on the inside, seizing the chance to do it "properly". Both Kingston and Capaldi are superlative, and so is their chemistry together; the two of them on screen together work wonderfully well as a believable couple. Capaldi's ongoing moments of annoyance at River's other "husbands" are a joy, as is River's casual comment that she's always "borrowing" the TARDIS without the Doctor ever noticing.
And yet.. River is sad. Her diary is running out of pages, and the man who gave it to her would have known how many pages she needed. Silence in the Library beckons, especially as the Doctor here gives her the sonic screwdriver that she uses in that story. A nice touch, although the sonic trowel is cool and perfect for an archaeologist, as my fellow Time Team fans would know.
The scene where the penny finally drops for River ("Hello, sweetie"- more role reversal between them) is wonderful, as is her passionate speech about the Doctor; she loves him with all her heart, but you don't expect a phenomenon as big as the Doctor to love you back as a mere mortal would. And she's fine with that.
Their last ever date before River's death (I love the revelation that River's last night will last 24 years!) is wonderfully written with dialogue that sings like the towers, which are themselves a metaphor for the awesome monolith that is the Doctor. It's the perfect ending to what may well be the finest ever Christmas episode.
But how long will we have to wait for more Doctor Who?


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A true dance music pioneer, Tom Middleton has built up an impressive back catalogue over the past two decades including collaborations with the likes of Aphex Twin, Josh Wink, Adam Freehand, and notably with Mark Pritchard as Global Communication. That along with his solo prowess and memorable remixes for Kerri Chandler, Orbital, Ennio Morricone, Jon Hopkins and more have marked him out as one of the scene’s most respected artists.
2016 sees the return of Tom Middleton to Anjunadeep with a 4 track re-imagining of his 2015 club hit “HEVA”. The package features reworks from two diverse talents, Vincenzo and Geode, plus additional mixes from Tom himself including a stunning ambient production and 2-Step remix.
Both of Tom’s own EP contributions are trademark examples of his deft skill and ingenuity when reworking his own productions. Two diverse takes on an Anjuna anthem.
Next up, we welcome upcoming UK producer and Middleton’s own tipped talent, Geode, with his garage infused club roller, awash with wavering synths and quirky percussive licks.
Anjunadeep legend Vincenzo returns the favour following Tom’s much-loved 2012 remix of ’Sometimes Saturday’, offering up a signature melodic rework, complimenting the spacey atmospherics of the original with a hallmark deep rolling bassline. Debuted by James Grant during his live set at Anjunadeep Miami, Vincenzo’s deep house cut has already begun the rounds, a peak summer gem.


Riding: Mollie now UK No. 1 across two Riding Club levels
Bede's student and Bloomsbury House member Mollie Freeman took part in the British Riding Club Championships last weekend, coming first in the Novice and Elementary dressage classes.
The event was held at Lincoln Showground on the 7th-8th September, and although Mollie was competing as an individual there were 4 other Riding Club members who had qualified for the Show Jumping.
The Elementary test was first (Elementary level is above Novice) and Mollie managed to achieve a score of 68%, winning the class and being crowned National Champion in a mounted prizegiving ceremony, where her horse was presented with a rug and a sash and Mollie was given vouchers courtesy of the sponsors of the event.
The Novice competition came next, but with one victory under her belt Molly felt more comfortable, saying "My relaxation meant that our second test was even better than the first! With the Novice being easier I expected a higher score, but I couldn't believe it when I saw the scoreboard... we'd achieved a massive score of 79%, putting us miles out in front of the rest of the people in my arena!"
Mollie's overall result was then taken, which accounted for her achievements over the course of the entire competition, with all competitors given an overall position.
"We had managed to achieve 2nd out of 150 competitors," explained Molly, "with the winner scoring 2% more than us! I feel absolutely thrilled with the way the weekend panned out. It hasn't quite sunk in yet that I'm the top in the country at Riding Club level across two different levels."
"I hope we can transfer our success over into the inter-school competitions," continued Mollie, "With my next goal being to qualify for the National Schools Championships, which take place in October."