We have another pair of projectiles today: one AP and another looking for a purpose.
The story starts with US Army ordnance engineer Abraham Flatau. One of his earliest experiments with tubular projectiles came about when he was trying to develop an improved grenade launcher projectile. The issue 40x46mm grenades had a high trajectory and poor fragment distribution. Flatau’s Ring Airfoil Grenade (RAG) concept meant to flatten the trajectory without increasing recoil. After playing with 2-inch, 2.5-in, and 2.75-in prototypes, Flatau settled upon the 2.5-in size. You can see the original RAG patent here:
However, the 40x46mm grenade and its launchers were too entrenched to be replaced by the RAG and its dedicated launcher. That didn’t stop Flatau from playing with new variations of the design. These were intended for riot control. The “Soft RAG” dispersed CS irritant compound upon impact. It was standardized as the M742 64 mm CSI Riot Control Projectile.
Its fraternal twin, the “Sting RAG” was meant for direct fire against a protestor. It was standardized as the M734 64 mm Kinetic Energy Riot Control Projectile.
The Sting RAG and Soft RAG were launched using the 64mm M234 Riot Control Projectile Launcher, mounted to the muzzle of an M16A1 rifle. The projectiles were fired using a 5.56mm M755 Blank grenade cartridge.
Flatau’s next ring airfoil application was for small arms cartridges. He envisioned launching multiple ring projectiles from a single cartridge. The experimental loadings focused upon the .45 Auto, first using three 20-grain .40 caliber zinc rings in a sabot. The latter were considered to have insufficient mass, and low/inconsistent velocity. The next attempt used a pair of 35-grain .40 caliber rings in a sabot. These clocked at 1,450 fps, and gave a two foot impact pattern at ~25 yards.
Flatau followed up with a full-caliber, single projectile variant for the .45 Auto. His main goals were to reduce recoil and provide improved penetration, specifically the ability to defeat the Army’s new Kevlar body armor and helmet. Flatau filed his initial patent application in October 1979, a revised application in June 1983, and received US Patent #4,742,774 in May 1988.
During the early days of the full-caliber tubular .45 design, Flatau was working at Edgewood Arsenal. He quit government service in 1980, worked privately for 18 months, and then returned to work at Aberdeen Proving Ground’s Human Engineering Lab in late 1981. Before his hiatus, Flatau had contracted with Guilford Engineering Associates, Inc. (GEA) to produce prototype ammunition. GEA’s David Findley had also worked with multiple ring projectile ammunition in the past, specifically .50-caliber rings in a 12 gauge hull.
Multiple variations of the single projectile/full caliber variant were tried, including 9x19mm, .45 Auto, 9mm Winchester Magnum, and .45 Winchester Magnum. (Later, there were even .38 Special and .357 Magnum variants.) Instead of using a plain copper ring, they also used a sharpened steel insert to help slice through barriers like Kevlar.
The plastic obdurators were later elongated to extend through the center hole, past the tip of the steel insert of the 9mm and .45 variants. This was to prevent damage to the sharpened steel tip as well as the feed ramp of the firearm.
According to some sources, a demonstration was performed for some top brass involving the GEA .45 Auto round and a goat wearing a Kevlar helmet. It went in one side and out the other. Reportedly, some of the officialdom lost their lunch, and that was the end of official US Army interest in the round.
You might notice the ANSB variant in the photos. These were not tubular bullets. ANSB stands for Annular Nose, Solid Base. Effectively, they were hollowpoint bullets with a steel insert. The ANSB was reportedly the brainchild of Edgewater Arsenal personnel skeptical of the tubular projectile.
GEA’s tubular and ANSB variants did reportedly see limited use by the FBI and other federal agencies. It apparently gained the unofficial nickname “Cyclone.” A writer for “Soldier of Fortune” magazine even suggested that the Cyclone bullets were to blame for some of the BATF’s friendly fire casualties during the Koresh compound raid in Waco, TX.
In the mid-1980s, PMC somehow heard of the ring airfoil pistol bullets, and without Flatau’s permission, revised the design to remove the steel cutting insert. The first run of .38 Special Ultramags were labeled as ‘armor-piercing’ because of their use of brass. This delayed the introduction from 1986 to 1987 when the copper variant was released. Circa 1988, PMC added a .44 Special load.
Unfortunately, PMC had no idea of how to market the bullets and they were eventually pulled from production in the early 1990s. Oh yes, Flatau ultimately came to a agreement over royalties with PMC concerning patent infringement.


Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday visited and flood and erosion hit areas in the State. He visited the Jiadhal river site, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, where floods have caused huge damage.
The Chief Minister also visited Bhujgaon in Dhemaji district and distributed relief materials among the affected people.
"The Jiadhal river, a tributary of Brahmaputra has caused huge damage during the present spate of floods. Visited Bhujgaon in Dhemaji district distributed relief materials among the affected people with colleagues," the CM tweeted on Wednesday morning.
According to the report by the Assam government, river Brahmaputra is flowing above danger Level at Neamatighat (Jorhat), Tezpur (Sonitpur); Goalpara (Goalpara), Dhubri (Dhubri); Dhansiri (S) at Numaligarh (Golaghat); Jia Bharali at NT Road Crossing (Sonitpur) and Kopili at Dharamtul (Nagaon).
One person died at Bokakhat in Golaghat district, taking the toll to 104 in the flood till July 28, this year.
A total of 56,71,029 people have been affected from 5,305 villages, according to the flood report.
A total of 22 districts have been affected in the State. These include Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Chirang, Udalguri, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Cachar, West KarbiAnglong and, Karbi Anglong.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed at 8 locations in the State namely---Dhemaji, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Cachar.
SDRF has also been positioned in 40 different locations in Assam.
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The Radiology Information System (RIS) streamlines work flow with the electronic management of radiology operations. The device finds application in hospitals of all sizes and multi-facility university hospitals. The user profile is designed to maximize the workflow and minimize training requirement. The system contains complete integrated features such as result distribution tools to enable complete reporting thus reducing the report turnaround period and automatic billing data transmissions to increase the revenue level. The system contains a full intigration with the hospitals present and future IT infrastructure.


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In this video I’m showing how I decorate my Scandinavian Easter tree.
Tradition is to add coloured feathers but I like to keep my ”påskris” more minimalist. I emptied some eggs, painted the eggshells and hung them on birch twigs.
If you want to see how I blow the eggs to empty them, check out this video of mine https://youtu.be/PNHeGA7qsr4
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Birthright Citizenship (Jus Soli)
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution provides "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
This was adopted after the Civil War because many Southern states sought to disenfranchise their black citizens so they could not vote in state or federal elections. This overturned the Dred Scott case where the Supreme Court held that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States.
Jus Solis was the law of the land in England since at least the early 1600s and the law of the United States, and most of the countries of the Americas, which were settled by immigrants. This is different than the Jus Sanguinis (or law of the blood), which was common in continental Europe and Asia such that to be a Japanese or German or Italian citizen you had to have a Japanese, German or Italian parent as the case may be.
Congress initially excluded Native Americans living on reservations from citizenship and didn’t change that to include them as full US citizens until the 1920’s.
It is guesstimated that about 6% of annual births in the US are to parents who are not citizens, nor permanent legal residents. The President apparently believes he can disenfranchise them with a stroke of his pen and believes that his new Supreme Court majority will uphold this. While most legal scholars disagree with the President, he is apparently intent on trying to do so. Even many conservative scholars think this is a very bad idea, as it will create a permanent underclass of disenfranchised residents with no capacity to vote.
It might be a very good idea for you to vote in this election.
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The Master of Surgery program is a postgraduate training program for medical graduates who have had Doctor Degree of Medicine from good grade or who have had more than two-year working experience. This is a training program for highly qualified surgical doctors. Five to ten doctors are enrolled each year through the examination process organized by Thai Nguyen University.
The program aims to train masters of surgery in solid basic scientific knowledge, specialized knowledge of surgery, good practical skills, professional problem-solving skill, scientific research ability and adaptivity to increasing development of science and medicine. They are also the doctors of medical ethics who can study on their own to become experts in surgery.
After completing the 18-month training program, learners will be awarded the Master Degree of Surgery.
Employment after completing the program
After graduating from the program, learners can work for government health management agencies, research institutes, universities of medicine and pharmacy, medical colleges and schools, and department of surgery in public or private health facilities.
Next levels of study
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I recently posted on social media inquiring about friends’ experience with intermittent fasting. Having chalked the whole concept up to a fad used by celebrities and health gurus, I was floored by the responses I received. Not only had dozens of neighbors, former classmates and coworkers tried intermittent fasting, but many reaped major health benefits in the process. We reached out to Katie Abbott, local registered dietitian nutritionist and integrative nutrition health coach, to learn more about the ins and outs of intermittent fasting.
Abbott explains that intermittent fasting first gained traction in 1945 when scientists discovered the correlation between fasting and the longevity of mice. Fast forward nearly 75 years and the fad is at the center of many weight loss success stories. “Intermittent fasting is a way of eating where a person rotates periods of eating with periods of not eating, or fasting,” explains Abbott. “A main reason this can help with weight loss is that you end up taking in fewer calories than you typically would during the day. This method can also be an effective way to practice listening to your body and better recognize different physical hunger cues.”
Intermittent fasting takes various forms, explains Abbott. The most common method is the 16:8 which involves eating only during an eight-hour window and fasting for the remaining 16 hours. Other versions include eating just one meal a day or utilizing the 5:2 rule which allows for five days of normal eating patterns fractured by two days of a severely restricted calorie intake.
Abbott does, however, warn against these more intensive fasting periods as they are likely not sustainable beyond the short term. “Intermittent fasting may cause health risks for certain individuals. It’s a good idea for anyone considering intermittent fasting to consult with their primary care physician,” advises Abbott. She claims that seeking medical expertise is especially necessary for diabetics, pregnant women, individuals with prescription medications, a history of eating disorders and the like.
A variation of the 16:8 method proved especially beneficial for Virginia Beach native, Crystal Lans. Lans opted for intermittent fasting as a means to help achieve her goals of cleansing her body and losing weight. “I initially started by fasting for three to four days a week while eating regularly for [the remaining] three to four days. Eventually it got to the point where I was no longer starving and would extend the fasting to two to three weeks at a time,” explains Lans. Her weight loss was visible within two weeks and her energy levels skyrocketed. “My energy [was] amazing during the fasting period and I felt pumped to do a workout,” she says.
Active individuals like Lans must be mindful of the foods they consume during eating periods, explains Abbott. Fasting alone will not make you healthy, but rather adopting a fortified diet between fasting windows. “It is imperative that [active individuals] get enough calories, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, etc. so they can reach their peak performance,” she says. “Making smart food choices can help you stay health, manage your weight and be physically active.”


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You may recall that I was on a quilt frenzy at the beginning of this year. I found this pattern that I really liked, made one in a lap size and then made one that ended up being twin size. They are off being quilted now, I think I will get them back next week and just have the binding left to do.
The pieces from the original pattern range from 1" x 3.5" as the smallest to 3.5" x 5" as the largest. a finished 'block' set measures 7" x 8.5" and then each one is joined with a 1" strip between. Each block consists of 9 pieces.
So to make a queen size I think I would need about 190 blocks, which is over 1700 pieces, not including all the sashing pieces to join them. Sounds like a lot doesn't it?
So I decided to do some quilt math and see if I could get it worked out so the pieces were larger (which would mean less of them). Quilt math isn't always just a matter of multiplying. I calculated if the blocks were 1.5 times and also 2 times larger. 2 times was pretty large, so I decided to try it with the 1.5 times. My math was a little off in a couple of places, and to top it off, I cut all the pieces 1/4" wider than I meant to (I can't read my own writing, I guess). Anyway, since it was an experiment, I adjusted where needed and here's the resulting quilt on the design wall (still have to do sashing and join them all).
With the size adjustments I made, each block ends up being about 11" x 13" and I did 1.5" sashing instead of 1". So to make a queen size, I will need about 80 finished blocks - instead of 190 - which sounds a little more manageable.
I'm not sure I will decide for sure until I get this one put all the way together and toss it on a bed to see.
This one will end up close to 50" x 60" I think, depending on what I do for a border, if anything. I was thinking about some geese - been a while since I've done any....
Stay tuned for the next quilt installment, although it may be a while!

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GATE is a story about the pursuit of peace, a brave tale about setting our differences aside and to work for the common good. That common good is the Japanese military and cute girls, which are the greatest pillars of holiness that humanity has to offer. By pitting modern day Japan against a medieval fantasy-setting, GATE manages to contrast two incredibly different worlds with each other, showing how peace can be achieved by ignoring all complex questions. Just relax, turn off your brain, and worship the power of cute girls.
Let’s compare how religion works in the two worlds. The god(s) that we know are usually silent, leaving us with highly complex spiritual lives, inner lives that require us to think about our morals and to question our faith at times. In the fantasy world we have a goth-lolita, a demigod who is immortal and blessed with regeneration that won’t allow her to die. Worshipping war and darkness has given her literal super-powers. If our gods took such physical manifestations, how would our society look today? If these demigods came to our world and saw how our religions impact our lives, how would they react? All of these questions are skillfully evaded by the fact that the goth-lolita is very old yet looks like a child, making her excellent fap-material devoid of any deeper meaning.
Let’s also examine how GATE teaches us to deal with culture-shocks, and how to deal with such a multifaceted subject. Our main character is an otaku, which usually carries a bit of a social stigma. Otakus can however also be considered nerds, people who love to immerse themselves in certain subjects, be it science, history, or fiction. No doubt an otaku who loves fantasy would be ideal to send to a fantasy-world. Their genuine interest in the land’s complex history and customs would be valuable for the sake of embracing our differences. The protagonist however quickly finds his true calling, in the form of a big cast of beautiful girls that he must protect. Truly, when it comes to appreciating other cultures and countries, what else is more important than looking at how beautiful the women are?
Never fear, the other side also encounters culture shocks. A female knight visits Japan, and we learn that she wishes to completely embrace Japanese culture. You might wonder what made it possible for a medieval knight to love our world so much, and the answer is yaoi. When she sees some gay porn, she realizes what true art is. In fact, when she has to go to an ordinary library and see classic Greek sculptures and pieces of our history, she comes back exhausted and bored with life. This illustrates that learning about history and different customs is not the true path to understanding, all we ever needed to find true peace was porn. GATE is in many ways ahead of its time, showing how someone from a medieval European-inspired culture can immediately accept yaoi manga. By never even mentioning how homosexuality is looked upon in her world, we also see how insignificant discussions about sexuality is in this show about contrasting worlds.
The most masterful moment of avoiding conflict is when several of the otherworldly cute girls are about to exit Japan. The story reminds the viewer of the memorial dedicated to everyone who died during the first attack when the portal was opened. Naturally, since the ambassadors of the people that slaughtered so many are cute girls, everyone just cheers for them. Why would anyone be upset over the death of their loved ones? Clearly terrorist-organizations of today could have gained fan-clubs if they simply were more attractive.
In all honesty though, GATE is a harmless show with good animation and sound, but it’s also a series that gets more irritating the more one actually thinks back on it. It likes to meander, stopping to pander to the otakus and prolong things with needless misunderstandings, which is most apparent in the last two episodes when there’s a dragon just around the corner, yet nothing is done to get to the point. If one can see past the tired tropes and slow pacing in the latter half, this show can count as mindless entertainment. A second season is coming, and I can only hope it improves.


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Why the Eaton deal works for American Tower
Why the Eaton deal adds much more value than just growing American Tower’s site count by 3%
TowerXchange draws some insights on what the Eaton Towers acquisition will mean for American Tower from our own research and notes from Nick Del Deo, Senior Analyst at MoffettNathanson LLC; Spencer Kurn, Communications Services: Analyst – Towers & Infrastructure at New Street Research; and Jonathan Atkin, Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets. The deal further increases American Towers’ scale and diversifies its holdings further, gaining further exposure to growth markets in the developing world while developed world prospects slow.
If you would like to know more, Eaton Tower’s CEO, Terry Rhodes will be taking part in TowerXchange Meetup Africa, in Johannesburg, on October 8-9th, click here to register or email Anna Mayhew at email@example.com

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- Date: –
- Venue: The Palestine Center
Friday, November 16, 2018
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
More Details Forthcoming Soon!
Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Riyad H. Mansour
Panel 1: UNRWA, Activism, Legislation, Right of Return
Participants: Zena Agha, Josh Ruebner, Dr. Salman Abusitta
Panel II: Gaza, Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority, American Jewish Solidarity
Participants: Jim Clancy, Osamah Khalil, Ali Abunimah, Miko Peled
Panelists (in alphabetical order by panel)
Zena Agha is the US Policy Fellow of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. Her areas of expertise include Israeli settlement-building in the occupied Palestinian territory with a special focus on Jerusalem, modern Middle Eastern history, and spatial practices. She has previously worked at the Economist, the Iraqi Embassy in Paris, and the Palestinian delegation at UNESCO. In addition to opinion pieces in The Independent, and The Nation, Zena’s media credits include the BBC World Service, BBC Arabic and El Pais. Zena was awarded the Kennedy Scholarship to study at Harvard University, completing her Master’s in Middle Eastern Studies.
Josh Ruebner is Policy Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and author of Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace and Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? Ruebner is a former Analyst in Middle East Affairs with Congressional Research Service. He holds a graduate degree in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Ali Abunimah is executive director of The Electronic Intifada, and author of One Country and The Battle for Justice in Palestine.
Osamah Khalil is an Associate Professor of History at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Khalil is the author of America’s Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State (Harvard University Press, 2016), which was named by Foreign Affairs as a Best Book of 2017. He is a co-founder and board member of Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network. He has been a frequent media commentator and contributor, including for the Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Al Akhbar, The National, and Al Jazeera.

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Ecuador Takes a Stand Against Trump's Immigration Policy
Ecuador has launched a campaign against U.S. Immigration policies. It is providing consular assistance and wants Ecuadorians to know that they are not alone, no matter where they are.
Here are some of the graphics, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Translation isn't really needed but I added some to the less obvious graphics:)
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Trixie the trickster ! - Mar Photo Contest 2013
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Hi there all you moggies.
My name is Trixie and I live on a tiny island in the Mediterranean sea. I am in indoor cat and live in the lap of luxury. My owner loves me to bits and pampers me all the time.
I am 9 years old (human years) and have a very thick calico coat which has to be groomed regularly or I end up with more knots than a wooden plank...I love hiding from my devoted master and teasing him by disappearing every now and then.
He always rebukes me lovingly when he finds me and is always ready with some treats to make up for it. He treats me like a princess.
I don't have many cat friends because I live in an apartment but I love to watch the world go by while I am perched on the window sill.
I think I am leading a very good life which is all thanks to the people who love me....these humans are not all bad after all !!!
I have to leave now because its time to sit down to a meal.
I have had such an exhausting day sitting around and lazing on the cushions that I have developed quite an appetite !!!!
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McGill Appoint New Directors
McGill are delighted to announce that from the 1 January 2018 they have promoted three of their senior managers to the position of Director.
Alastair McLachlan has taken up the position of Commercial Director. Alastair has worked in the M&E industry for over 30 years and has worked for some of the largest M&E contractors in the country. Alastair joined McGill as Managing Surveyor in September 2013. He was promoted to Commercial Manager in July 2015 and now looks after a team of nine Quantity Surveyors.
Chris Ferriday has been promoted from the position of Operations Manager Residential for Dundee to Operations Director Residential. Chris is a joiner to trade and has worked in various sectors within the construction industry. Chris was a Project Manager for Balfour Beatty from 2012 to 2014 before joining McGill in May 2014 as Operations Manager.
Graeme Sutherland, previously Operations Manager M&E for Dundee, is now Operations Director M&E. Graeme is a time served Electrician and spent much of his career with NG Bailey. Graeme joined McGill in 2005 as a Project Engineer and remained in this role until 2012, when he left to work in Shetland until January 2015. Graeme returned to McGill in February 2015 and was promoted to Operations Manager shortly afterwards.
Colin Low, Managing Director, commented
I am delighted that we have promoted three current members of staff to the position of Director. I strongly believe that giving clear career paths and opportunities to existing employees will encourage loyalty and will be vital to the future success of the Company, allowing us to retain key members of staff who work the McGill way.
Alastair, Chris and Graeme have all demonstrated their strengths and capabilities over the last few years in their previous roles. The key attributes I am looking for in anyone we promote, whatever the level; are hard work, commitment, leadership, team work, building good relationships with our customers (both internal and external), successful delivery and ambition for themselves but also the Company as a whole.
In addition they have appointed a fourth new director. Frazer Meiklejohn joined McGill at the tail end of 2017 as Operations Director FM. Frazer has a wealth of experience in Facilities Management having worked for Arthur McKay in Edinburgh for nine years before moving to FES for the last eight years where is held the position of Managing Director for FES Facilities Management. McGill are confident that Frazer will continue their successful trend of diversification so McGill are well positioned to manage changes in the market and bring fresh impetus and opportunities.
These four new appointments put McGill in a strong position and get 2018 off to an exciting start.
Back row L to R: Chris Ferriday, Graeme Sutherland
Front row L to R: Frazer Meiklejohn, Alastair McLachlan


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People who have the Architect (INTJ) character kind approach relationship the means they are doing many challenges: strategically, with clear-cut targets and a strategy for achieving all of all of them. Within a strictly logical globe, this process will be foolproof. Alas, it ignores factors that are important Architects sometimes dismiss вЂ“ including the unpredictability of human instinct and love.
Of these characters, getting a suitable lover may be a specific challenge.
Rarely pleased with things since they are, Architects will always having globe inside their thoughts this is certainly more perfect than truth. Other folks entering their globe have to fit this dream for some reason. But if ArchitectsвЂ™ expectations and beliefs for the lover tend to be impractical, then no genuine person should be able to satisfy all of them in almost every method.
The Rites of Dating
Architects worry about depth and cleverness, and additionally they insist upon truthful, available interaction. For all of them, a commitment that isnвЂ™t founded on these values is scarcely really worth following. (more…)

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The responses from Questionnaire 1 allow for several, numerically supported claims to be made in favor of factors students associate strongly with their wellness, and factors that are conducive to wellness. These supported claims gain necessary, personal context when taken alongside interview responses. The potential for such cross-analysis was the original motivation for performing this mixed methodology study. Key themes present and mutually supported by both the questionnaire and interview responses can be organized into a series of related discussions.
How is wellness enabled and conceived?
The survey format is suited to gather data on the contributing factors for wellness, how wellness (however conceived by the participant) is enabled. As for these enabling factors, on Questionnaire 1, at all three timepoints Family, Academic Performance, and Friends are consistently the highest ranked in their importance to overall wellness. Alone Time and Hobbies are consistently lowly ranked, and Financial Stability remained last in ranking at all three timepoints. These findings are thoroughly reflected in the interview responses, which allowed further exploration into the individual conceptions of wellness that are enabled by these factors. Throughout the interviews, when students are asked to elaborate their idea of wellness, mention of Family and Friends numerous times (70 mentions of family and 91 mentions of friends) and the role of Academic Performance is mentioned in enough detail to warrant separate discussion. Not a single interviewed participant mentioned Financial Stability as a factor contributing to their wellness, and only one person mentioned finances as one of the barriers to wellness. Although this finding may not be generalizable across school, geographic area, and/or year in schooling, the lower relative weight of this factor during preclinical years is supported by prior findings. Of note, while many previous studies outline the various self-care behaviors employed by students, interview data reveals how these behaviors change depending on current stress level, specifically regarding the choice to socialize.
Through conversation, it could be seen that personal definitions of wellness are broad and deep. Nearly all participants included social, physical, emotional wellbeing into their definition, often explicitly citing the “health triangle,” but they also identified several factors that weigh particularly heavily for them as individuals but are not often discussed, like travel and romance. There was frequent conversation around spiritual well-being, and multiple students commented on their search for inner peace, quietude, and purpose. The importance of family featured prominently both for coping and academic success, suggesting that disruptions (e.g., death or illness of family member) could disproportionately negatively impact wellness and therefore warrants further study. Although one may expect that the relative influence of Family might wane as immersion in the medical community and career path deepens, this was shown not to be the case according to the survey data, which as mentioned continue to be highly favored during repeat midterm and final assessments and the interviews in which participants explained the value of Family (e.g., “I'll call up my mom, my dad, my grandma, my brothers, sister, just talk to them and connect with them…I feel that helps keep me grounded. They give me perspective.”). Finally, the pass/fail system and the awareness of school resources (even if not used) were frequently mentioned as comforting. These factors may partly explain why in our previous study we observed decrease in perceived stress and increase in wellbeing over the course of the year, despite no difference between those who did or did not participate in wellness curriculum.
What is the relationship between wellness and academic performance?
Although unsurprising for this academically-minded study population, Academic Performance is second only to Family as an important factor in overall well-being. One student elaborates, “a large part of my identity and how I view myself is in my abilities, my academics, and my desire to become a doctor.” While important for well-being and central to identity, [academic] work is also cited by almost all as an obstacle to wellness. One participant elaborates, “school is often not the stressor, but rather what exacerbates other stressors,” and another refers to school as “the exacerbated environment.” This begins to explain why by the end of the academic year there is a 17.1% decrease in those who highly rank Academic Performance in their well-being.
Furthermore, results show that students begin to bifurcate into two groups. Students who rank Academic Performance highly in well-being are more likely to choose these extrinsic achievements as important to success in medical school while those who lowly rank Academic Performance are less likely. This bifurcation is reflected in the interview, as some students gauge their success by extrinsic measures ( “a very metric ingrained definition of success”), and others gauge it more holistically (“I have some level of mastery of the material [while] not feeling the class taking over my life”). Several students mentioned that being top was not worth forfeiting wellness (“Even if I was getting the top score on an exam, if I was sacrificing sleep or friendships to do that, I wouldn't feel like that was a success. I would feel like that was not worth the price.”). Those who ranked Academic Performance highly for well-being were also less likely to report on Questionnaire 1 that maintaining wellness in medical school is important, as if wellness is contained within academic performance and does not require additional attention. To our knowledge, this dichotomy has not been shown in previous studies. Given that we found a decrease over time in the percentage who ranked academic performance as key to wellness, it may be that students begin to shift priorities toward internal rewards versus external rewards. Better understanding these associations is an area ripe for more research.
How does the atmosphere of medical education relate?
Seeing as academic work is a major factor of overall student wellness, it follows that student wellness is contextualized within the academic environment. Even early in their medical education, participants have clear opinions towards the atmosphere of medical education, commonly labeled “the system,” and regard it as a hindrance to wellness. Students comment that wellness is treated separately from the rest of formal medical education, saying “In an academic setting, it's [wellness] always an adjunct right?” Student wellness is perceived as not only separate, but also inadequately tended to, as this same student continues, “I feel like it’s something that is talked about but not truly addressed.” Students frequently commented on wellness curricula as insufficient and misguided with four students referring to them as a “band-aid.”
When prompted further about the origins of this institutional attitude towards student wellness, students share numerous insights. They articulate the belief that this attitude is inherited, saying “it’s a systematic mentality coming down on us from physicians,” and that it is perpetuated by an incentive structure whereby “the people who value wellness aren’t rewarded by the system.” One student explains this as the result of “a lot of inefficiencies in our system right now.” Another focuses the issue on how “Wellness is often portrayed in only its negative form, burnout, which also has this connotation that it’s a shortcoming on the part of the people experiencing burnout rather than a shortcoming of the construct.” Altogether, a clear theme of skepticism emerges towards wellness efforts that fail to address the predominant medical culture. This sentiment runs alongside a longstanding and well-known aspect of medical training commonly referred to as the “hidden curriculum,” whereby trainees are placed in a predominant medical culture that teaches behaviors in the clinical workplace that are different or antithetical to what is explicitly taught.[10, 36]
What curricular improvements follow from this discussion?
Just as wellness was found to be diversely conceptualized through our in-depth interviews, a wellness curriculum should not be narrowly biased towards conventional and stereotypic conceptions. Students describe this bias for “people who prefer exercise and mindfulness” and for “activities more leisurely in nature,” and as a narrow “subset of ideas and activities like yoga.” Instead, activities that are cerebral, or otherwise less stereotypically associated with wellness may be more inclusive and well-received. As one student summarized, “One thing that I think is not emphasized enough in wellness is self-efficacy and locus of control.”
Given the close and conflicted relationship between wellness and academics as mutually elucidated through the survey and interview data, it follows that wellness curricula ought to be conceived alongside academic curricula and that academic work (cited universally as the obstacle to wellness activities) be made more manageable. One student expresses “Maybe the answer is not necessarily to have more extra things, but maybe to structure the academic part of school in such a way that it's not as taxing.” This is an echo of a prior meta-analysis study showing marked improvement in well-being with a pass/fail grading system, as well as another Australian study which found favorable response to approved “well-being day” absences. In addition to making curricula more manageable, faculty may also integrate wellness in how they present existing coursework, thereby demonstrating wellness as an integral physician competency and building trust between staff and students, which this same Australian study found lacking.
Furthermore, the emphasis placed on family and independent strategies for maintaining wellness advise a student-directed approach to wellness programming. Interviews reveal adamant opposition to mandatory wellness activities, enough to warrant identification as a core theme, with one student saying “Should’s are a really good way to have people turn their backs.” Both this study and our previous report suggests that student-driven, as opposed to faculty-driven, are more likely to enjoy greater participation and increased student wellness. These findings mirror prior literature, which urges caution in further “institutionalizing” wellness initiatives rather than to have them arise organically from the student body itself. A pronounced trend has been noted in the climate of current medical education where students are choosing to learn content individually and through mixed resources as opposed to traditional scheduled classroom didactics. With these prevailing trends in student attitude, optimal engagement can be expected when wellness initiatives are similarly student-driven, as previously found in one prior study in Singapore. In line with this finding, both in their interview and free-text survey response, many students express support for student-initiated wellness grants at MCASOM-AZ that fund activities proposed by students themselves or for programming that is student-led. To the extent that students find some of the interactions stressful with other students, student-led programming might include strategies for discussing academic worries with each other that are geared toward supportive listening and normalizing common worries. Lastly, and consistent with the main direction of this study to focus on individual conceptions of wellness, many students identified a need for more reflection on the attitudes surrounding their personal wellness and see the value of such reflection. This research interview was noted by many participants as a welcomed occasion for such reflection, suggesting a potential role for peer coaching as a strategy to foster reflection and peer support. On the basis of these and other findings, our school eliminated mandatory lectures and adopted additional peer support programming and student-led wellness curricula, which indeed has had high participation rates. We are currently evaluating the impact of the new programming.
The findings of this study are limited by several features. Firstly, results are limited by small sample sizes for questionnaire responses at all three timepoints, as well as many dropouts at the midterm and final timepoints. This may introduce the bias that students who are feeling particularly unwell are excluded from later responses. Furthermore, study findings reflect only the experience of students in the preclinical years 1 and 2, where there is not yet the additional stressor and rewarding experience of hands-on patient care. Additionally, although having a student interviewer may have allowed for greater trust from participants, it could have introduced an element of bias, whereby students may have felt the pressure to echo sentiments that they may have believed the interviewer or the greater student body may have held.


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Author's visit -- A book signing with Jill Pascoe for her new book, "Mississippi's Haunted Mansions," will be from 3-6 p.m. at the Lincoln Home, 714 Third Ave. S. Several of Columbus' historic homes are featured in the book. Enjoy refreshments and tour the Lincoln Home and Amzi Love gardens. For more information, contact Brenda Caradine, 662-328-5413.
Monday, Dec. 3
Columbus Christmas Parade -- This holiday hallmark through downtown Columbus begins at 7 p.m. and incorporates the theme "Going Green: Recycle, Reuse, Renew." For more information, contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
West Point Christmas Parade -- West Point's parade begins at 6:30 p.m., with the theme "A Christmas Story." For more information, contact the Growth Alliance, 662-494-5121.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
Swamp Cabbage -- The Columbus Arts Council welcomes Walter Parks, Richie Havens' longtime lead guitarist, back to Columbus, this time with his Swamp Cabbage bandmates and their "swamp boogie blues." Show time is 7 p.m. in the Rosenzweig Arts Center Omnova Theater, 501 Main St. Tickets are $10 in advance; $12 at the door. For tickets or information, contact the CAC, 662-328-2787.
Criss Christmas concert -- The Starkville/MSU Symphony Orchestra Association presents this free Christmas concert at Starkville's First Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Michael Brown conducts. For more information, visit starkvillemsusymphony.org.
Thursday, Dec. 6
Festival of Trees Open House -- The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, 314 Seventh St. N., hosts an open house from 4-6 p.m. for its Victorian Christmas Festival of Trees. For more information, contact the library at 662-329-5300.
Friday, Dec. 7
Wassail Fest -- Catch the holiday spirit at the ninth annual Wassail Fest in downtown Columbus from 5-9 p.m. Numerous businesses will vie your vote as best wassail. Enjoy musical entertainment, special store presentations and the lighting of the city Christmas tree at 6 p.m., next to the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center. For more information, contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Rufus Ward book signing -- Historian and author Rufus Ward will attend a book signing at The Commercial Dispatch, 516 Main St., from 5-7 p.m. during Wassail Fest, for his just-released book, "Columbus Chronicles."
ARTfordable -- During Wassail Fest, the Columbus Arts Council's ARTfordable exhibit and new Gallery 2 sales space opens at the Rosenzweig Arts Center. The CAC Guild and Link'd Young Professionals also present their wreath auction. The drawing for the New York trip being raffled takes place at 6:30 p.m. And bring your cameras for photos with Santa and Miz Claus. For information, call 662-328-2787.
Friday and Sunday,
Dec. 7 and 9
"Home for Christmas" -- First Baptist Church in Columbus presents "Home for Christmas: A Story of Lost and Found" Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. This musical drama features adult and youth choirs, as well as instrumental teams. Free to the public. To make group reservations, contact the church at 662-328-3915.
Saturday, Dec. 8
Farm to Table Bites & Brews -- This fundraiser for the Gaining Ground Institute of Mississippi features Chef Ty Thames' locally-sourced tapas paired with area craft beers, liquors and coffees. The event begins at 6 p.m. in Zorba's Greek Tavern, above Restaurant Tyler, 100 E. Main St., Starkville. Tickets are $35 in advance, $45 at the door. For tickets or information, contact Mandi Sanders at [email protected]
Saturday and Sunday,
Musical and drama -- East End Baptist Church in Columbus presents "Come See the Lamb," a Christmas musical and drama Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. at the church located at 380 Highway 50 W. The community is also invited to see the church's life nativity Dec. 15-16, from 6- 8 p.m. For information, call 662-328-5915.
Sunday, Dec. 9
Christmas Tour of Homes -- Six homes at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point are open for tours from 2-5 p.m., with refreshments at the Old Waverly Clubhouse from 4-6 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance; $35 on Dec. 9. Get advance tickets at the Growth Alliance, 510 E. Broad St., West Point, or at the Old Waverly Clubhouse and Fore Seasons Shop, Culin-Arts, Petal Pushers and Bits 'n Pieces in downtown West Point. For more information, contact the Growth Alliance, 662-494-5121.
Tuesday, Dec. 11
Columbus Sings "Messiah" -- Singers and orchestra from Columbus and surrounding communities present this treasured Christmas tradition at Annunciation Catholic Church in Columbus, at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The program is free to the public, but tickets to ensure seating are available in Columbus at First United Methodist Church, Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau and Party & Paper. For those wishing to sing in the production, rehearsal is Monday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. at Annunciation. For information, contact First United Methodist Church, 662-328-5252.
Wednesday, Dec. 12
Town and Tower -- The Town and Tower Club's annual Christmas luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. in Mississippi University for Women's Hogarth Dining Center. Campus and community service awards will be presented; Christmas music will be by Dr. Judie Granderson Holmes. Call or email Andrea Stevens at 662-329-7148 or [email protected] to make reservations before Dec. 12.
Friday, Dec. 14
Girlchoir concert -- The Columbus Girlchoir Christmas Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on the campus of Mississippi University for Women. The program is free to the public. For more information, contact director Dr. Cherry Dunn, [email protected]
Saturday, Dec. 15
Mistletales -- The Columbus Arts Council's Mistletales from 9 a.m.-noon at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St., includes storytelling, crafts and entertainment for ages 6-12, while parents go shopping. For information, contact the CAC, 662-328-2787.
Miss Farmstead - open house Homestaed Center. S'ville homemade holiday bazaar and open house. msmodernhomestead.com.
Tuesday, Dec. 18
String trio -- Take a noon-time break with Tuesday Tunes in the Columbus Arts Council's Rosenzweig Arts Center gallery. Live music will be by the Sumic String Trio of Lucy and Laura Sandifer on violin and Scott Sandifer on cello. Lunch by Zachary's will be available ($7). Lunch reservations by Dec. 17 are appreciated. For more information, contact the Columbus Arts Council, 662-328-2787.
Monday, Dec. 31
New Year's Eve ball drop -- Geno and the Mississippi Blues Boys entertain at Columbus' downtown block party and New Year's Eve ball drop at Leadership Plaza, at College Street and Fifth Street South. The party from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. includes a $500 cash giveaway after the ball drop at midnight. Admission is $5. For more information, contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Historic home tours -- Daily tour schedules of some of Columbus' most historic homes are available from the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center at 300 Main St., or by calling 662-328-0222. Tour fees may apply. Homes open for tours year-round include: Amzi Love Home (c. 1848), Lee Home/Museum (c. 1847), Rosedale (c. 1856), Rosewood Manor (c. 1835), Temple Heights (c. 1837), Tennessee Williams Home (c. 1875), Waverley Mansion (c. 1852) and Whitehall (c. 1843).


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September 30th: Kick & Fennick wins Dutch Game Award for Best Entertainment Game Design
We're proud to say we've won the awards for Best Entertainment Game Design at the Dutch Game Awards! The Dutch game awards are the industry awards for the Dutch and Flemish game industry. Thank you to Control Magazine and ImproVive for this great event and congratulations to all award winners and nominees!
See http://dutchgameawards.nl/2015/ for more info.
May 21st: Arizona Sunshine announced!
May 8th: Kick & Fennick adds PSTV support
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Rudolph`s nose isn`t the only red light shining in the night sky this holiday season.
Mars, Earth`s reddish neighbor, last week made its closest approach to the blue planet in two years and will remain a bright point in the night sky until at least mid-December, astronomers say.
``It`s really beautiful,`` said Jim Kaler, professor of astronomy at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. ``It`s a brilliant reddish star-like object-you can`t miss it.``
Mars, which makes a close pass by Earth every 17 years, was at its closest in 1988, when it came within 36 million miles, Kaler said.
This year, the planet`s irregular orbit has taken it a little farther from Earth, to about 48 million miles at its closest point. But viewing is still excellent, Kaler said, and won`t be this good again until 2005.
Backyard viewers can spot Mars on clear evenings in the eastern sky, between two small clusters of stars called the Hyades and the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus. Aldebaran, a reddish star, is just to the south of the planet.
In the morning, before sunrise, Mars is in the west, Kaler said.
This month and next, Mars will be the brightest object in the sky, Kaler said, eclipsing both Venus, which normally is the brightest planet, and Sirius, the brightest star.
As Mars moves across the sky to the west each night, an observer away from city lights who uses a telescope should be able to spot one of the planet`s two white polar ice caps and the mysterious dark spots on the planet that change size through its seasons, Kaler said.
``You can watch them go around,`` he said of the dark spots. ``Over the course of the night you can see the markings appear to rotate, and you should be able to pick out some surface features.``
Amateur viewers probably won`t be able to spot the series of straight lines or channels on the planet that once led some observers to believe it was inhabited. But binoculars can help the casual viewer get a somewhat better look at the overall planet, Kaler said.
Mars` red coloring comes from iron oxides, or rust, in its soil. The planet usually can be distinguished from reddish stars by the way it wanders through the sky, appearing to head east sometimes and west at other times.
The planet is heading west toward the Pleiades in what is called retrograde motion. On Dec. 14, it will reverse itself and again move east, he said.
The planet rises on the Northern Hemisphere`s horizon almost exactly at sunset, and sets below the horizon at almost exactly sunrise, he said. It achieved opposition-perfect alignment with the sun`s rising and setting-on Tuesday.
``It won`t be this good again for 13 years or so,`` Kaler said.


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Hippie Afro Gipsy and musician Wanlov the Kubolor has made a staggering revelation about the absurd names he has given two of his children.
In an interview on Accra FM, Wanlov gave the names if his six children as OB, Mali, Ama, TV, Kwadwo, and Radio.
Host of the show and interview, DJ Premier then asked why he named his two children after media devices; TV and Radio.
Wanlov first revealed that the two children are from the same mother and according to him, “TV was delivered 10 days after his mum was supposed to give birth so we kept looking inside his mum‘s womb like TV for those 10 days while waiting for him. We said most of the time that we are watching the woman’s womb like TV so it automatically, it became his name after he was born.”
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For Radio, Wanlov said, “I told TV’s mother that the next child will be named Radio as soon as she told me that she was pregnant again, so that we get TV and Radio in our family.”
This new revelation may not come as a surprise to many Ghanaians as the musician has on several occasions lived outside the fundamental norms of society.


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28 months later and the FBI still have no idea why a man killed 58 people. If the FBI & DOJ had cared as much about Stephen Paddock as they did about Roger Stone we might have some answers.
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Alexis Olympia, daughter of tennis living legend, Serena Williams seems to have chosen her favorite sport and no, it is not tennis.
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Good dental care is important at any age. When taking care of your teeth, you must do more than just brush them. According to the American Dental Association, you should floss twice daily as well. If you think flossing isn’t important, you couldn’t be more wrong. Here are five reasons you should make flossing part of your daily oral care routine.
1. Avoid Hard-to-Reach Cavities
It’s no fun having a cavity, especially when your dentist has to drill out the decay to make way for a filling. Imagine having a cavity between your teeth; not fun. At least when you floss daily, you’ll reduce bacteria buildup in those hard-to-reach areas and can avoid cavities there.
2. Complete Clean
To practice good dental care, you must completely clean your mouth. According to Facts.net, you’re not cleaning at least 40% of your mouth when you refuse to floss. In other words, when you only brush your teeth, your mouth is still susceptible to developing bacteria and other oral health issues like gum disease.
They say a pregnant mother is eating for two. Well, guess what? She brushes and flosses for two as well. When you practice oral health during your pregnancy, it aids in the health of your growing child. According to Delta Dental, when an expectant mother has gum disease, her fetus is at risk for low birth weight and premature birth.
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In the fight against plaque, flossing is just as important as thorough brushing. When you don’t rid all your teeth of plaque bacteria, it only takes as little as 48 hours to permanently stick to your teeth. If it further hardens, it can turn into tartar and later develop into gum disease. If gum disease worsens or goes untreated, it can result in loose or lost teeth.
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According to research Tuberculosis and HIV remain the top causes of death for men in South Africa, but hot on their heels are cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and lung disease.
Here are the preventative checks that men should have to detect these potentially fatal conditions early, and thus treat them in good time.
This is the leading cause of cancer related death in men, and it is estimated that 1 in 76 South African men will develop it.
If you are over 50 and have a history of smoking, talk to your doctor about screening. The test involves examining the lungs with a fiberoptic telescope, sampling sputum to look for cancer cells, and doing a CT scan.
The other main cancer to watch out for is prostate cancer. Prostate cancer occurs in the prostate gland, the gland that produces the fluid that makes up semen.
At age 50, ask your doctor about having a PSA test, a blood test that measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) - a protein produced by both cancerous and noncancerous tissue in the prostate. Another way to screen for prostate cancer is a digital rectal exam, during which the doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum to examine the prostate for lumps or anything unusual.
If you have a family history of prostate cancer, or are of African or Caribbean descent, ask your doctor about these tests at age 45.
2. Heart diseaseHeart (cardiovascular) disease, which refers to narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke, is the leading cause of death in South Africa among men and women, although men are twice as likely as women to have a heart attack. Every hour in South Africa, five people have heart attacks.
A stroke is caused by a blockage or bleeding in the brain that damages brain cells. Depending on where it happens in the brain, a stroke can affect the body, mobility and speech, as well as how patients think and feel. According to healthcare organisation The Angels Initiative, stroke is the fourth biggest natural cause of death in South Africa, with almost 360 people suffering strokes every year, 110 of them dying and 90 left with a life-changing disability.
High blood pressure is the main risk factor for death from heart disease.
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the main risk factor for death from heart disease. To reduce your risk of high blood pressure, commit to a healthy diet, and limit your salt and fat intake.
High cholesterol levels, which in turn cause the buildup of fatty deposits (plaques) in your arteries, are another significant risk factor for coronary artery disease.
High blood pressure can be easily tested at your local pharmacy clinic or at your GP. Blood pressure is tested with an inflated blood pressure cuff on your arm. A blood pressure reading of lower than 120/80 mmHg is considered normal. You can also buy a blood pressure machine to test at home. Test your blood pressure at least once a year, starting at age 18, especially if you are overweight and have high blood cholesterol.
A cholesterol test is also available at your local pharmacy, clinic or GP, and is best done in the morning since you'll need to fast for the most accurate results.
From age 35, have your cholesterol checked every five years, but if you smoke, have diabetes or heart disease runs in your family, start having it checked from age 20.
3. DiabetesDiabetes is the second most common cause of death in the country, according to the latest (2016) Statistics South Africa report on mortality and causes of death.
Diabetes is a condition that impairs the body's ability to process blood glucose, also known as blood sugar. Without careful management, diabetes can lead to a build-up of sugars in the blood, which can in turn increase the risk of stroke and heart disease.
The most common type of diabetes in men is Diabetes 2, otherwise known as ‘adult onset diabetes’. Among the risk factors for diabetes are being overweight, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and a family history of diabetes. Once diagnosed, self-monitoring blood sugar levels is vital for effective diabetes management, helping to regulate meal scheduling, physical activity, and when to take medication, including insulin.
To test for diabetes, have a simple blood test in the GP’s office or health clinic, which will measure your blood-glucose level (the amount of sugar in your blood).
4. Lung disease (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) means the lung tissue is damaged and loses its ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are two types of COPD, and both are most commonly caused by smoking. Symptoms include coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing, and an increased risk of lung infection including pneumonia.
The disease usually presents itself after the age of 40 years, with a slow progressive onset of symptoms. Damage to the lungs from COPD can't be reversed.
Lung (pulmonary) function tests are conducted at your clinic. These tests measure the amount of air you can inhale and exhale, and if your lungs are delivering enough oxygen to your blood. The best preventative measure, of course, is to stop smoking.
If you have an ongoing chronic cough, shortness of breath and wheezing, ask your doctor about a pulmonary function test.
5. Don’t neglect mental healthAccording to SA Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) says the rate of depression is at an all-time high. Genetics, substance abuse, a traumatic childhood and relationship issues are the most common reasons people can develop a mental illness.
According to SADAG, instead of acknowledging their feelings, asking for help, or seeking appropriate treatment, men with depression may be more likely to turn to alcohol or drugs, or to become frustrated, discouraged, angry or irritable. Some men throw themselves compulsively into their work or hobbies, attempting to hide their depression from themselves, family, and friends.
Depression is a serious medical condition that affects the body, mind and behaviour. Depression can strike anyone regardless of age, ethnic background, social position, or gender.
If you feel you are very stressed, sad or not coping, don’t struggle alone. Get help. The SADAG provides free, confidential telephone counselling by trained counsellors from Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm, and Saturdays, 8am to 5pm. Counsellors can be reached on 011 783 1474.
Take charge of your healthThe best thing you can do for yourself and your family is to take good care of your physical and mental health. Live a healthy lifestyle, have the recommended tests to detect problems early, and get the help and support you need.

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This classic German cake, known as Maulwurfskuchen or Mole Cake, is a delicious dessert filled with fresh bananas, strawberries and fluffy whipped cream, for a delightful combination of flavors and textures. It’s an easy and simple recipe that is perfect for any occasion. Whether you’re an experienced baker or a beginner, this cake is sure to impress!
Do you want to make this recipe in a springform pan? No problem, click here: Maulwurfskuchen (springform pan version).
Mix the butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar to a light yellow mass. Then mix in the eggs step by step. Stir the dry ingredients, add them and the milk to the dough, and mix again. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and put a baking frame on it, adjust it to these measurements: (34 x 34 cm). Pour the prepared batter in the frame and bake the cake at 180 °C top and bottom heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
Fold the chocolate chips into the whipped cream. When the cake has cooled down, horizontally cut down the top of the cake (approx. a third), and crumble it up in an extra bowl.
Now peel the bananas and slice them long once. Lay out half of the cake with the bananas. Then clean the strawberries and cut them once vertically and spread them on the second half of the cake base. Now, the cream is spreaded on top. Cover it evenly with the cake crumbs. The super simple mole cake is ready to be served...

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Comparing the Raspberry Pi and VM2
The Raspberry Pi was developed as a desktop consumer product. Despite packing a lot of computing power in a small low-cost package and having some digital I/O ports, it is not very suitable for many embedded control applications.
This table compares the Raspberry Pi and the VM2 on features considered useful (or essential) to most industrial quality embedded control systems.
|Low current consumption (for hand-held and remote applications)|
|Real time clock/calendar|
|Boot direct from Flash (start up in < 1 second)|
|Continuity of supply measured in decades|
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|Drives industry standard 5.7" and smaller graphic displays|
|Full customer support from manufacturer|


Francesca Mold on National’s ACC announcment: ‘What’s interesting is the way they’ve put this out under the radar, perhaps showing how sensitive they are to how voters might react. And they’ve done that with a number of policies recently. Although, I have to say, it’s not hurting them in the polls’
a) It won’t hurt the Nats in the polls because no-one knows it’s happening (that’s why they’re doing it), but no polls have been released covering the three weeks National has been engaging in this process. So, we can’t yet say that it’s not hurting them.
b) National judges that a few people thinking they are sneaky will cost them fewer votes than people generally being aware of the policies. The intent is to keep voters uninformed. That’s anti-democratic – it can either be enabled or thwarted.
c) The fourth estate has a vital role – informing the voters on the policies and competence of politicians. In particular, the fourth estate exposes information politicians would rather keep hidden. If a party is trying to bury policy, journos should dig it up.


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The Barr Brothers are taking things in a different direction with this song but still incorporating the harp. It makes for an interesting and unexpected listen.
The description for this song is one worth knowing about. The soundcloud description reads:
"This song, Half-Crazy, could be described as the tenacious offspring of the North African desert music of Mali/Morocco and the sweat and electricity of the Chicago and Mississippi Delta blues. That music is like a stem-cell, really open to going in many directions. On this track, we wired the harp through a dirty little amplifier. I played my early 40's Oahu lap-steel. Andrew uses a loping high-hat feel, and the electric bass pushes the whole thing. The lyrics got a nudge from our friend Nathan Moore--we're all half-crazy, half clear as a bell."


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Labour has written to Justice Secretary Michael Gove demanding that the agreement signed between the UK and Saudi Arabian governments over judicial cooperation be published and abolished following the mass execution of 47 people in the Gulf state on Friday.
The ‘memorandum of understanding’ – signed in September 2014 – tied the two countries into cooperating on judicial matters and Downing Street confirmed that the cooperation continues, despite Mr Gove cancelling the Government’s £6m prison training contract with Saudi Arabia last October.
Ministers are reluctant to cut ties with such a powerful ally in the Middle East and the Prime Minister's spokeswoman said maintaining on-going relations with Saudi Arabia was important in order to be able to raise concerns over human rights abuses.
But in an open letter to Mr Gove, Andy Slaughter, shadow human rights minister, said the mass executions on Saturday was proof that cancelling the prisons contract had “no effect” on pressurising Saudi Arabia to reform its hard-line justice system.
He said it would be “inappropriate” for the UK “to be seen to be cooperating with the Saudi justice system” and told him to release the yet-unpublished memorandum of understanding.
“Serious concerns have been raised not only about the sentences and the manner in which the executions were carried out but also whether due process has been followed and whether the defendants received a fair trial,” Mr Slaughter added in the open letter to Mr Gove.
10 examples of Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses
10 examples of Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses
In October 2014, three lawyers, Dr Abdulrahman al-Subaihi, Bander al-Nogaithan and Abdulrahman al-Rumaih , were sentenced to up to eight years in prison for using Twitter to criticize the Ministry of Justice.
In March 2015, Yemen’s Sunni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was forced into exile after a Shia-led insurgency. A Saudi Arabia-led coalition has responded with air strikes in order to reinstate Mr Hadi. It has since been accused of committing war crimes in the country.
Women who supported the Women2Drive campaign, launched in 2011 to challenge the ban on women driving vehicles, faced harassment and intimidation by the authorities. The government warned that women drivers would face arrest.
Members of the Kingdom’s Shia minority, most of whom live in the oil-rich Eastern Province, continue to face discrimination that limits their access to government services and employment. Activists have received death sentences or long prison terms for their alleged participation in protests in 2011 and 2012.
All public gatherings are prohibited under an order issued by the Interior Ministry in 2011. Those defy the ban face arrest, prosecution and imprisonment on charges such as “inciting people against the authorities”.
In March 2014, the Interior Ministry stated that authorities had deported over 370,000 foreign migrants and that 18,000 others were in detention. Thousands of workers were returned to Somalia and other states where they were at risk of human rights abuses, with large numbers also returned to Yemen, in order to open more jobs to Saudi Arabians. Many migrants reported that prior to their deportation they had been packed into overcrowded makeshift detention facilities where they received little food and water and were abused by guards.
The Saudi Arabian authorities continue to deny access to independent human rights organisations like Amnesty International, and they have been known to take punitive action, including through the courts, against activists and family members of victims who contact Amnesty.
Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1000 lashes and 10 years in prison for using his liberal blog to criticise Saudi Arabia’s clerics. He has already received 50 lashes, which have reportedly left him in poor health.
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Dawood al-Marhoon was arrested aged 17 for participating in an anti-government protest. After refusing to spy on his fellow protestors, he was tortured and forced to sign a blank document that would later contain his ‘confession’. At Dawood’s trial, the prosecution requested death by crucifixion while refusing him a lawyer.
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in 2012 aged either 16 or 17 for participating in protests during the Arab spring. His sentence includes beheading and crucifixion. The international community has spoken out against the punishment and has called on Saudi Arabia to stop. He is the nephew of a prominent government dissident.
David Cameron finally broke his silence over the mass executions after being heavily criticised for his "shameful" and "extraordinary" failure to condemn the killings, which included the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Asked for the Prime Minister's reaction, his spokeswoman said: “The Government has set out its position clearly over the weekend and that we’re opposed to the use of the death penalty under any circumstances.”
The spokeswoman added: “We have a range of bilateral cooperation with Saudi Arabia and that continues.
“We have broad areas of cooperation where we would work in line with many governments around the world to look at how we can advance our interests and to help with the development of other countries’ judicial systems."
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “No work has been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding."
Here is the letter in full:
You may be aware of my interest in the Memorandum of Understanding on Judicial Cooperation between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed on 10 September 2014 by your predecessor, Chris Grayling, and the Saudi Minister of Justice.
Thus far your department has declined to publish the Memorandum but, in response to Parliamentary Questions tabled by me in October 2015, Dominic Raab confirmed ‘initial exploratory discussions’ have taken place on judicial cooperation with Saudi Arabia and that these are ‘ongoing’ via the British Embassy in Riyadh. (WPQs 13724 and 12217 refer).
In the light of recent events, in particular the execution on 1 January of 47 Saudi and foreign nationals by beheading at various prison sites in Saudi Arabia, I hope you agree with me that it would be inappropriate at present for the UK to be seen to be cooperating with the Saudi justice system.
Serious concerns have been raised not only about the sentences and the manner in which the executions were carried out but also whether due process has been followed and whether the defendants received a fair trial.
In particular, the execution of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr and three young Shia men whose offences appear to be taking part in political protests and demonstrations against the current government have caused dismay and outrage around the world.
I would be grateful if you could confirm:
• Whether discussions are still taking place between UK and Saudi officials under the terms of the Memorandum, and if so what those discussion entail?
• Whether you think it appropriate now to suspend any cooperation on judicial matters with Saudi Arabia in the light of the recent executions?
• Whether you will now publish the Memorandum so a better-informed discussion of this country’s relationship with Saudi Arabia on judicial matters can take place?
Your measured response to the Urgent Question I tabled on 13 October 2015, and your decision to withdraw from the prison contract with Saudi Arabia and disband the MoJ unit that negotiated it was widely praised and appreciated. It contrasted however with the Foreign Secretary’s statement to Al Arabiya News in Bahrain on 1 November that the status of British-Saudi relations was ‘business as usual’ and that he ‘would have preferred the contract with Saudi Arabia to have been entered into as a sign of good faith’.
To clarify the UK Government’s position I urge you to take the further steps I have suggested, especially given the recent actions of the Saudi justice system.
Finally, you will also be aware that the Leader of the Opposition has requested the Prime Minister on several occasions to seek assurances from the Saudi authorities that sentence of death will not be carried out on Ali Al-Nimr, Dawood Al-Marhoon and Abdallah Al-Zaher, who were minors at the time of their alleged offences. Although this is primarily a matter for the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, I hope that you will also make what representations you can to your opposite number in Riyadh on behalf of these three young men.
Andy Slaughter MP
Shadow Minister for Human Rights
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In the beginning, waiting for the baby to feed or stop feeding or burp or pass wind or yellow liquid shit, I postponed showers, phone calls, bowel movements. With the baby I could spend four days in two rooms, so tired I was half blind. The perimeter of my vision shrank to a bull’s-eye. I ignored correspondence because I had no energy even to write I am so tired, and no one would care that I was tired — who isn’t tired?
I can’t responsibly compare my maternal sleep deprivation with anyone else’s, but I can compare it with the sleep I lost before, back in my original body. I used to lose sleep when I willed myself to finish a piece of work, or when I was kept awake by some particular worry or abstract dread. The will was my will. The fear was my fear. For almost a year I remained in an apartment after a loud bar opened across the street because I wasn’t yet able to part with the marble mantelpiece or the exposed brick. I stayed up then too.
Now I wake up neither because of my will nor because of anyone else’s. I wake up because my body wakes to attend to the child’s body.
I assumed pregnancy would consist of an interruption to my original body, and that after I gave birth my original body would reconstitute, maybe with an interesting new mark or wrinkle to commemorate the occasion.
I believed I’d choose the degree to which I’d attend to the baby. If my health were at risk, I thought primly, I’d care for myself first. Only now do I see that at risk and caring for myself are indefinable categories. I hadn’t considered that the normal demands of early motherhood, which often prevent sleeping or eating or bathing, would put anyone’s health at risk, or that comforting the crying baby might ultimately be a better means of getting some sleep than inserting foam stoppers into my ears.
It wasn’t a desire to comfort the baby that woke me to go to the baby; desire was suddenly incidental, irrelevant. My body was a ship overtaken by pirates, my will the thwarted captain.
If the child calls out from his crib while I sleep in my bed at the other end of the apartment, I feel a prickling in my ears, as if all the little hairs have risen to attention in an instant, pulling themselves taut. With the tautening, my ears tune out the other sounds as I await his next cry. My body rises and moves down the hall, carrying me with it.
Attending to the child in the early days — when he was still a sleepy, vomitous little crumb of flesh, before he was able to express his humanity — was a physiological imperative, like scratching an itch. Now I feel even more fiercely protective of his little body than I did then, especially when he most trusts me with it, toddles over to rest his soft little cheek against me. In the days after he learns a new skill or plays with a new toy, he has trouble getting to sleep, as anyone would. He’s too excited. He is a little person now, and I love him.
To represent maternal love as a softening, weakening force is exactly wrong. In my experience the feeling is closer to a hardening, closer to what traditionally would be called courage: the willingness to sacrifice my body for the child’s body. Maternal love, the love that has prepared me to give my life for his, feels like a new physical ability, a new potential. I might as well have woken up one day knowing I could fly.
I feel more protective of the child’s body than of mine. The feeling resembles no kind of romantic love I recognize. It feels more like violence. As a toddler, each day he exacts an accumulation of small insults on my flesh — most of which, now that he is weaned, consist of needing my attention during the time I would otherwise use to sleep.
Now that the child is no longer a baby, I smile when I remember the day I startled awake, slumped on the sofa, and cried out to my husband, who was standing in the kitchen, holding a mug of coffee, not holding the baby, Where’s the baby?
On your tit, he answered. And so he was.
The first year’s fun-house nightmare over, my child sleeps. I sleep. It isn’t the deep weekend-morning dive into hours of wasted daylight I used to enjoy, but it is sleep. Despite this good fortune, I still feel bewildered in this body, as if someone rearranged its furniture while I was away on a long vacation. Though it resembles my original body, it is not the same. Some of the bones have been pushed askew, the flesh redistributed, pigmented, scarred.
It makes sense that the new body has new tendencies. I no longer lie awake worrying about what will happen in a month or a year or five years; perhaps for the first time I am occupied mainly by the circumstances of the present moment. I believe this constitutes an improvement to my character. I rise each morning sleepy but free of the worries I used to make part of my living thinking and writing about. As I walk to the child’s room I’m already choosing which kind of fruit he’ll have with his morning toast.
I’m growing accustomed to living in this new body, newly capable of briefer, shallower, broken sleep — a mother’s body, a machine designed to wake up.

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Hometown Veterans: Honoring the memory of a Vietnam veteran
Larry Wayne Day served in the United States Army as a recon medic in Vietnam
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Wayne Day’s father Larry recently passed away from medical issues, but his family is keeping his memory alive by sharing his military story. “Too many people don’t realize it takes a special breed of person and character to sacrifice their lives for their country,” explains Day.
Larry was an Army soldier who almost died fighting for his country in Vietnam. Wayne says it is important to keep his memory alive even if his father is no longer here. “Like I told him, as with any vet, if you don’t tell the story, it’s going to be lost.”
Wayne keeps Larry’s story inside boxes full of photo albums.
Inside, you’ll find a picture of Larry when he was 20-years-old and first drafted into the military in 1968. Then, a photo of Larry being shipped to Vietnam.
Larry served as a recon medic in the 25th Infantry Tropic Lightning. Unfortunately, the life expectancy for this job in combat was about three months. Larry was combat-wounded twice. Each time, he was trying to save someone else’s life. Wayne says his father was honorable and brave. “He was a hell of a medic, and he didn’t care who he was treating. He did what he had to do to save a life, but those aren’t the ones that he remembered. He always remembered the ones he couldn’t save.”
As Wayne stares at a photo of his dad, he sobs because he recognizes a familiar facial expression. “It’s referred to as that thousand-yard stare,” explains Day.
In the picture, Larry sits with a blank stare. He is dirty and has not showered in four weeks. He has not slept in 58 hours, and he had just come out of a major battle.
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After serving two years in the Army, he married the love of his life, Patty. Fifty years later, she wears both her wedding ring and his band because in her eyes, even death can’t part.
Who knew a little boy from Giles County would survive and save multiple lives in Vietnam?
Unfortunately, he had to take lives, but Larry also saved lives, lost them, and even delivered three babies while he was in Vietnam.
Larry received six Purple Hearts to honor his bravery.
Wayne is Larry’s first child and though time and death have passed, Wayne still honors his father with his decorated story.
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Getting out of the hole and on plane
My old boat was a 22' Crestliner cuddy aluminum with a 185hp mercruiser. When I gunned it to plane, it would rare up where I couldn't see over the bow then after awhile settle into a nice plane. I couldn't trim it up much or it would cavitate. The helm was behind the cab on this boat.
My new HC Alaskan 260, mid-cab, with twin Honda 135/s, counter rotating, takes maybe 2-3 seconds to be on full plane. It doesn't rare up at all, just seems to rise up maybe a foot in the front and it's planing. I adjust the motor trim to get the fastest speed without cavitating, and we're off. I am just amazed at this quick planning, and I'm not powered all that high. The helm of this boat is in the front area of the cabin, maybe it's just a matter of perspective that it doesn't seem to rise much??
I think my power is fine, cruise 28-30 mph at about 4k rpm, get 3.0-3.5 mpg, maybe a little less with a big load and heavy seas.
Is this typical of you other HC owners, esp the AK series? My boat does seem a bit bow heavy when sitting in the water, even with those big motors hanging on the extended transom. I think that is typical for this boat. My boat seems to perform great in all conditions, but it is weird to be on instant plane, am I missing something or is this just a great setup?
If you're missing something then so am I. Your description is what I experience. I don't have counter rotators and only running twin 115s so your cruise speed is a little higher then mine at that RPM. I'm extremely pleased with my boat. like you said a little bow heavy but overall good all around boat for a decent price.
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Mine does as you suggest however I am reluctant to goose it and use the power tilt-n-trim as well as the trim tabs to provide a smooth take off. I have twin 150 yami`s as I found the 115`s just a little anemic with the gear I carry.
Looks like I got the right setup
OK, looks like we all go to instant plane. I wondered about getting the counter rotating, my dealer was really nice but a bit underinformed on a lot of questions I had. So, I asked for it and it seems fine. I have no idea if it performs better than two same rotating.
I am running 16x17 stainless props on the boat, have a set of 15 1/2 x 17 aluminum props for spares. Some guys have told me to run the aluminum if you EVER might hit a rock, as they will tear up before the lower unit. Hmmm.....how do I already know that is true??
In my old boat, prop pitch was critical to performance, maybe it's the prop pitch that makes you a little slower, Hewey260? I would think with 115's you might be running smaller or lower pitch props?
I run a 13.5 x15 3 blade stainless in the salt and when I ran the Yukon and for heavier loads I run a 13.75 x 15 4 blade Alum. This set up worked great on the Yukon getting me on plane quick with the load of meat, fuel and gear.
Hewey that would explain it...
Your prop setup sounds right for you and would give a little less speed at the same rpm than mine. Lots of motor options keep getting discussed, but the right prop can make different setups perform well.
I did the 4-blade aluminum on my old boat for those same reasons, it really got me out of the hole better with a load than the 3 blade, but didn't have as much bite at the higher speed/rpm. But a nice tradeoff for both of us for what we were trying to do.
I also had a problem cavitating with the old boat and 3-blade when I would get into the Valdez Harbor area with the heavy glacial silt concentration, and the 4-blade never did that. If you were running glacial rivers with your 4-blade that probably made a difference too.


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