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Allergic Rhinitis: Non-Drug Treatments
People who suffer from allergic rhinitis have been looking for better alternatives to antihistamines, decongestants, corticosteroids and other drugs, which can cause various side effects if taken frequently.
According to studies, there are alternatives to drugs, such as the following:
In acupuncture, hair-fine needles are used to stimulate certain parts of the lung meridian in order to remove energy blockages. Some studies have found that acupuncture combined with certain herbs are just as effective as antihistamines in relieving allergic rhinitis symptoms.
Certain herbs such as the following are reported to have treatment effects on allergic rhinitis:
Butterbur or Petasites hybridus
Stinging nettle or Urtica dioica
However, caution should be exercised in using herbs because they can worsen symptoms and become toxic if used excessively or improperly.
Homeopathic professionals use certain substances such as Arsenicum album, Allium cepa and Euphrasia to create dilutions that would improve the emotional and physical conditions of someone with allergic rhinitis.
Some dietary supplements such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Spirulina, Quercetin and Vitamin C have also been cited as helpful in relieving allergic rhinitis symptoms.
Use of Light
One natural cure for allergic rhinitis is the use of light, called phototherapy. It can relieve sneezing, stuffed or runny nose, headaches and teary eyes.
BioNase is a revolutionary pocket-sized device that uses light to relieve your allergic rhinitis symptoms. It is easy to use, affordable, not invasive and has no known side effects.
You just insert the ends of the device into your nose for about 4 and-a-half minutes for 3 times a day while reading, watching TV or surfing the Internet.


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As a fan of the Warhammer world of old, I've always being a bit wary of the Age of Sigmar, with its flashy, 40K-lite approach. However, that was all about to change as I dived into Cursed City by CL Werner, a fantasy novel set in the blighted, vampire-run city of Ulfenkarn, a nightmarish place in the Mortal Realms smothered in dark magics.
The city is the by far the main protagonist of the novel, with its menageries of cruelties and wicknesses, and monsters and sanguinary rituals. Werner captures the intricate details of a city at the mercy of vampiric overloards beautifully and overlays it with a mystery that sets a group of vampire hunters on a collision course with the mighty vampire Radukar.
A band of unlikely heroes is formed, comprising a Sigmarite witch hunter, a swordswoman from a long thought lost noble lineage, and a wizard of ambiguous intent. What follows is a game of cat and mouse around the streets of Ulfenkarn, as the vampire hunters race against Radukar to unmask a serial killer who could bring about the end of the vampire's macabre reign.
I now intend to continue my education in the Age of Sigmar by exploring more novels first, but, who knows, I may also be tempted into trying out the tabletop wargame.
I highly recommend this book for Warhammer and fantasy fans alike.

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Wennergren J, Munshi I, Fajardo A, George V. “Implementation of Clinical Video Telemedicine (CVT) within a VA Medical Center Is Cost Effective and Well Received by Veterans.”
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Major Minority: Surgical Health Disparity Among Minorities. Department of General Surgery Grand Rounds. Indiana University School of Medicine. Indianapolis, IN – May 2014.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
In the summer of 2013, dance artist and Digital Research Specialist Barbara Tait initiated a dance and video project with patrons of the Free Library Technology Hot Spot at the Heavenly Hall Annex in East Parkside, Philadelphia. Participants explored creative movement and choreography through sessions led by Tait and guest artists Colleen Hooper and Julie B. Johnson. The sessions were filmed, and participants were able to use the technology at the Hot Spot to learn video editing techniques. The project culminated in a docu-dance entitled “What We Do,” which was presented at Collapse/Intersect, a dance concert in the 2013 FringeArts Festival.
Building on this model, the East Parkside Youth Dance Program with dance artist Julie B. Johnson will include creative skill building sessions in creative movement and dance composition. Drawing from the imaginations and experiences of the participants, the program aims to facilitate creative exploration, self-expression and community building - celebrating the participants relationship to the community of East Parkside through dance.
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This program is a collaboration between Julie B. Johnson, Heavenly Hall, and the community members and leaders of East Parkside. To develop and strengthen this program, we rely on the input and expertise of the community. If you would like to provide feedback, offer your services, or get involved in any way, please contact us.
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His statement comes after a meeting of party leaders, held by Sri Lanka’s parliament speaker, agreed to ask both the president and prime minister to resign per an “overwhelming request,” Sri Lankan lawmaker Rauff Hakeem tweeted on Saturday.
Wickremesinghe would have to first wait until Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns, and a new government is in place. He will remain in office until then.
Anger reached unprecedented levels in the South Asian nation of 22 million on Saturday, as more than 100,000 people amassed outside Rajapaksa’s residence, calling for his resignation.
Video broadcast on Sri Lankan television and on social media showed the protesters enter President’s House — Rajapaksa’s office and residence in the commercial capital — after breaking through security cordons placed by police. Images show demonstrators inside the building and hanging banners from the balcony, as well as swimming in the residence’s pool.
Rajapaksa is not at the site and has been moved elsewhere, security officials told CNN. It is unclear how many security personnel are present at the location.
Protesters then also breached Wickremesinghe’s official residence, known as Temple Trees, according to local media reports, while video of protesters entering the gates to Wickremesinghe’s residence circulated on social media on Saturday.
Wickremesinghe had been earlier moved to a secure location, his office confirmed.
At least 31 people, including two police officers, have been injured in the protests and are receiving treatment, according to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL). Two of the injured are in critical condition, according to police.
Earlier Saturday, Wickremesinghe called an emergency meeting of party leaders to discuss the current situation and come to a resolution, his office said. He also asked the Speaker of Parliament to summon MPs.
Sri Lanka is suffering its worst financial crisis in recent history, leaving millions struggling to buy food, medicine and fuel.
A police curfew that was earlier imposed in several police divisions in the Western Province of Sri Lanka was lifted on Saturday. Several politicians and the Bar Association in Sri Lanka referred to the curfew as being “illegal,” saying there had been no instances of violence to justify imposing the measure.
In a statement Saturday, the Bar Association called on Rajapaksa to “consider whether he can continue” in light of the protesters storming the President’s House. It also urged the government and MPs “to immediately ensure that political stability of the nation is secured forthwith. There should be no delay in ensuring such transition.”
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in recent months, calling for the country’s leaders to resign over accusations of economic mismanagement.
In several major cities, including Colombo, hundreds are forced to queue for hours to buy fuel, sometimes clashing with police and the military as they wait.
Images from Colombo paint a chaotic scene, with pictures showing demonstrators running from tear gas, and clashing with police in body armor.
Schools have been suspended and fuel has been limited to essential services. Patients are unable to travel to hospitals due to the fuel shortage and food prices are soaring.
Trains have reduced in frequency, forcing travelers to squeeze into compartments and even sit precariously on top of them as they commute to work.
Wickremesinghe said the country had entered talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the country’s economy.
On Tuesday, he told parliament that talks with the IMF were “difficult” as they entered the discussion as a “bankrupt” country, rather than a developing one.
CNN’s Irene Nasser contributed reporting.

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Woman falls 15 feet while giving lap dance
(Cleveland, OH) A 22-year-old woman was seriously injured after a bizarre incident inside a Cleveland strip club.
It happened at Christie’s Caberet just after 1 a.m.
According to a report from Cleveland police, a witness said he was getting a lap dance from the woman on the second floor of the club when something went terribly wrong.
The reporting officer said this of the incident: “(The witness) stated that (the dancer) grabbed the rail, as he was facing away from the balcony, and she tried to complete some sort of jump/dance move, and accidentally went head first over the rail.”
The woman reportedly fell 15 feet and suffered “major head trauma.”
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So… I’m part of the ‘BACK IN’ Film Directors Development Programme 2020
Considering 2020 has delivered so many unexpected blows added to by the shocking recent news of the passing of the late Chadwick Boseman. The mass out pouring of love and respect for what he represents to young black boys and black girls around the world, I feel the ever growing deep sense of responsibility to create work and opportunities that not only puts my people at the centre of the narrative but also represents us in the fullness of our complexities.
The overcoming spirit black people have continued to portray throughout our entire history of oppression and the elevated push back on our miss representation in systems that have struggled to reflect us and to a greater or lesser extent failed to represent us needs to continue and I intend to be part of that movement.
I’ve been grafting in the shadows for a long time, I believe now is the time to really making some noise.


Arden, N.C. – Presbyterian College’s Maiken Bing Paulsen and Julie Hillestad both finished inside the top-10 after one round of the French Broad Collegiate Invitational on Monday. The Blue Hose are tied for fourth with a combined score of 310 on the par-71, 5897 yard course at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove.
Paulsen is tied for second place after shooting an opening round of 72 (+1) with a team-high two birdies and 13 pars to go against three bogeys. Hillestad finished her round of 74 (+3) by going -1 over the last five holes of the day and climbing to a sixth place tie.
South Carolina Beaufort’s Blanca Porta went -3 over her last 11 holes, including an eagle on No. 6, to move past Paulsen for first place at 70 (-1) on the day. Wofford combined to shoot 302 and holds a four-stroke lead over second place Appalachian State.
The field of 11 teams will tee-off with a 10:00 am shotgun start on Tuesday for the tournament’s final round. Fans can follow along via Golfstat’s live scoring feature.


Remember is a limited release film that Ben chose from a selection of SEVEN new releases this week. Beau dragged his feet to this feature expecting Hitman, but with 80-something year old men.
With parallels to Memento and Terminator, does Atom Egoyan bring us a deep and surprising movie? Or is Remember a film to be forgotten? Beau and Ben have an animated discussion to get the answers.


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Diary of Madame Egout Pour Sweet: With Mr. Gurdjieff in Paris, 1948-49 (New)
by Hands, Rina
Publisher: Two Rivers Press
Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Book ID: 9780897560177, 0897560175
The word egout is the French word for sewer or drain and refers to the honorary title conferred upon Rina Hands by Mr. Gurdjieff during her stay with him in Paris. This was during the last few months of his life from August, 1948 to October, 1949. It was one of several such titles which Mr. Gurdjieff used during those extraordinary meals. With these titles and the help of a liberal supply of alcohol, he was able to get beyond the facade of those present, expose what was behind the mask, or illustrate some particular aspect of his ideas. Rina wrote this diary primarily for herself, for she was certain even then of the importance of those days. It is only now, over fifty years later, that we have the privilege of looking in on a short chapter of one person's life. ~ From the foreword by Norman Richards. Hardbound and Handbound
The Blazing Dew of Stars
Smith, David Chaim
London: Fulgur Limited, 2013. Limited to 1001 copies only. Square landscape folio. For those who have had the joy of handling and experiencing The Sacrificial Universe
released last year, this new book will continue that fine tradition. The Blazing Dew of Stars
is a complex mystical text which speaks with many voices to introduce the practice of Kabbalistic contemplative alchemy. The volume offers glimpses of a rare view of direct application and immersion into the Real, intertwini...More
The Sworn Book of Honorius: Liber Iuratus Honorii
Honorius of Thebes
Ibis Press / Nicolas-Hayes
As the title testifies, students were sworn to secrecy before being given access to this magic text, and only a few manuscripts have survived. Bits of its teachings, such as the use of the magic whistle for summoning spirits, are alluded to in other texts. Another key element of its ritual, the elaborate Seal of God, has been found in texts and amulets throughout Europe.
Interest in The Sworn Book of Honorius has grown in recent years, yet no modern translations have been attemptedunt...
Beyond the Mauve Zone. Enhanced Edition.
London: Starfire Publishing, 2016. Limited Edition. A new, enhanced edition of BEYOND THE MAUVE ZONE, fully corrected by Michael Staley using Kenneth Grant's personal copy with his annotations. The volume has also been re-set, and includes a new index that should prove most useful. A FINE CLOTH COPY in illustrated dust jacket. Custom end papers. Colored frontispiece, and twenty-four page plate section with the majority of the images being in color. 324 pages, indexed. Octavo. This is the eighth,...More
Tarot of Marseilles - Conver 1760 Restored (Standard Deck)
Jodorowsky & Camoin
Based on years of research with the goal of creating the definitive Tarot de Marseille, this deck is a labor of love that possesses fine details and the passionate workmanship of Phillipe Camoin -- last heir to the centuries-old legacy of Marseillan cardmakers -- and acclaimed artist and tarotist Alejandro Jodorowsky. Influenced most heavily by the deck of Nicolas Conver first printed in 1760, this premium deck is a treasure for readers and collectors.
Keeper of the Tarot of Marseilles Tradi...
Jailbreaking the Goddess: A Radical Revisioning of Feminist Spirituality
Allen, Lasara Firefox
Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
"Jailbreaking the Goddess
is an important contribution to the writings on Goddess tradition and feminist spirituality. . . . I love her political savvy, her sensitivity around issues of diversity and cultural awareness and appropriation, and her unabashed celebration of pleasure, sensuality, and life!" -- Starhawk
Jailbreaking the Goddess is a revolutionary revisioning of the feminine divine. Where the maiden, mother, crone archetypal system is tied to female biology and physic...

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…. Making dreams come true. When Intravision partnered with CESRF back in 2010 to develop advanced high output spectrum variable LED arrays for the institutes biological life support research, we had no idea (well maybe we had an inclination) what a distinct advantage it would provide Intravision in the bio-LED marketplace.
Understanding how to use precise wavelengths to target specific responses in plants represents only a part of the controlled environment plant production puzzle. The interrelationships going on during photosynthesis – nutrient uptake, respiration, transpiration, water stress – are of paramount importance to understand how to develop a vi….

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Port-Mort travel guide
Visit Port-Mort: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau Gaillard at 9 km from Port-Mort
Location: Port-Mort is situated in the Eure department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 25 km from Evreux, the department capital. (General information: Port-Mort is 77 km from Paris and 201 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Port-Mort: these include Chateau Gaillard at 9 km and Giverny Gardens at 14 km. Les jardins du château de Saint-Just is a listed remarkable garden at 7 km and Jardin du musée d’art américain is a listed remarkable garden at 14 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Port-Mort, FranceSome places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Port-Mort
Chateau Gaillard 9km
Giverny Gardens 14km
La Roche-Guyon 19km
La Bouille 40km
Note that all distances from Port-Mort shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Port-Mort holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
Markets near Port-Mort
- Gaillon: market every Tuesday (5km)
- Les Andelys: market every Saturday all day (8km)
- Vernon: market every Wednesday & Saturday all day (10km)
- Pacy-sur-Eure: market every Thursday (17km)
- Louviers: market every Saturday (18km)
- Bonnieres-sur-Seine: market every Sunday (19km)
- Fleury-sur-Andelle: market every Tuesday (22km)
- Pont-de-l'Arche: market every Sunday (23km)
- Evreux: market every Wednesday & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (26km)
- Buchelay: market every Friday (29km)
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Port-Mort and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Port-Mort map below.
Regional Natural Parc Vexin Francais (37km)
Religious Monument Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Gisors (Gisors) (30km); Abbaye Saint Germer de Fly (Saint-Germer-de-Fly) (41km); Abbaye Saint Georges de Boscherville (Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (7km); Jardin du musée d’art américain (14km); Jardin de Claude Monet (14km); Les jardins du château de Miserey (19km); Domaine de Villarceaux (21km); Domaine du château d'Ambleville (21km); Jardins du château de Vandrimare (24km); Jardin Plume (31km); Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (40km); Parc du manoir de Villers (43km); Parc du château de Thoiry (44km); Abbaye Saint-Georges (44km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Rouen (37km)
Town Of Art And History Elbeuf (32km); Rouen (38km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Lyons-la-Foret (26km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Thoiry (44km)
Map of places to visit near Port-Mort & Location Information
Distance to Port-Mort
from Evreux (local prefecture): 25 km
from Paris: 77 km
from Calais: 201 km
from Nice: 755 km
from Bordeaux: 505 km
from Strasbourg: 468 km
* distances are direct not by road!
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Port-Mort): Aubevoye, Bouafles, Courcelles-sur-Seine, Gaillon, Guiseniers, Hennezis, Notre-Dame-de-l'Isle, Pressagny-l'Orgueilleux, Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon, Saint-Etienne-sous-Bailleul, Saint-Pierre-d'Autils, Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul, Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, Tosny and Villers-sur-le-Roule.
Eure is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferry ports at Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here For driving distances to Port-Mort from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Port-Mort

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Presentation of Gender and Sexuality in Any Two Comic Playdocx
By Rita Olowa
Celia latter stands for herself, this is seen in act three when she protests corvine for prostituting her out to volpone in other to gain his riches. She says to corvine, “sir, let me beseech you, affect not these strange trials; if you doubt my chastity, why lock me up forever……” in this situation, Celia only hopes for God to rescue her from this situation. This essay seeks to unravel the reasons as to why masculinity is threatened by female strength and autonomy, not to victimize the female characters within Johnson’s play.
Published: July 19, 2017
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Microsoft isn't alone in trying to find incentives with partners to unseat Apple, but the bluntness of its approach will irk many as classic Microsoft. With a reported budget of $200M to spend in the US alone, and Nokia doubling Microsoft's spend with AT&T, this may be Microsoft's best chance yet to finally convince mobile users to give Windows a try.
Back when people were wedded to their computers, Microsoft paid partners to ensure they were faithful to Windows. This strategy was especially useful during the dark days of Vista, when Microsoft pulled out all the stops to incentivise OEMs and others to ship the ill-fated operating system. Other incentive programmes continued through Windows 7, and extended to other products like Microsoft Dynamics, and will likely continue forever.
At Microsoft, financial incentives to use and distribute its software are eternal.
It's therefore not surprising that Microsoft would spend money convincing partners to distribute and market Windows Phone 7. What is surprising is that it's not spending even more. And that it took so long.
Back in June 2011, Microsoft's Windows Phone product manager, Greg Sullivan, insistedthat the Redmond giant wouldn't be offering financial incentives to retail sales staff to promote Windows Phone 7 devices. Just five months later, Microsoft was advertising Windows Phone Channel Marketing positions that describe "RSP [Retail Salesperson] Sales Incentives".
How much in incentives? According to Paul Thurrott, Microsoft will pay retail employees $10 to $15 per Windows handset sold.
That's a lot of money, and may move the needle in Microsoft's favour.
Not that Microsoft is completely alone in this strategy. Google, after all, bought much of Android's early success by sharing search revenues with partners who agreed to ship Android devices. Open-source Android wasn't free: it was better than free to carriers and device manufacturers who otherwise had to pay Microsoft or Apple hefty fees for each device.
Not just up-front fees per device, either, but in the case of AT&T, it's reportedly paying Apple $18 per subscriber per month. AT&T, in turn, allegedly tries to make up such fees by overcharging its subscribers by as much as 300 per cent for data usage, according to a new lawsuit.
Compared to Apple, free money from Microsoft and Google must look pretty good to the carriers.
That is, if they can sell Windows phones. They've already demonstrated an ability to sell Android devices a'plenty. Microsoft seems to think a little grease with retail salespeople can make Windows pay in mobile, just as it did on the desktop.
Not content to subsidise the lifestyles of retail employees, however, Microsoft is also continuing its slash-and-burn patent strategy against Android. Microsoft has been seeking as much as $15 per Android device sold from Samsung and others, totaling as much as $444m for Microsoft, according to a Goldman Sachs report.
Google calls this "extortion," and it may be right. But $444m goes a long way toward subsidising Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 marketing incentives, and may be just enough to give Microsoft a fighting chance in mobile. It's not pretty, and is a poignant reminder of how ugly Microsoft will sometimes fight to win. But it may succeed, all the same.


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Is Aveeno sunscreen safe?
This broad-spectrum SPF 50 sunscreen features naturally sourced 100% zinc oxide and nourishing oat, so it’s safe on even the most sensitive skin.
Is Aveeno lotion carcinogenic?
Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling five Neutrogena and Aveeno brand aerosol sunscreen products after detecting a cancer-causing chemical in some samples. … Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen, a substance that could potentially cause cancer depending on the level and extent of exposure.
Do Aveeno products have benzene?
Johnson & Johnson announced a voluntary recall of five Aveeno and Neutrogena aerosol sunscreen products after internal testing found low levels of benzene in some product samples. People are regularly exposed to benzene via air pollution, cigarette smoke, and certain products, such as glue and paint.
Which sunscreens have carcinogens in them?
- Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen.
- Neutrogena Beach Defense aerosol sunscreen.
- Neutrogena CoolDry Sport aerosol sunscreen.
- Neutrogena Invisible Daily Defense aerosol sunscreen.
- Neutrogena UltraSheer aerosol sunscreen.
What’s wrong with Aveeno?
Isopropyl Palmitate – binding agent that lubricates the skin. Isopropyl palmitate has been known to cause acne, blackheads, whiteheads and clogged pores if overused. … Based on the ingredients, Aveeno is far from natural and does not qualify as a skin-nourishing product.
Why is Aveeno sunscreen being discontinued?
That’s because we have made the decision to voluntarily recall all lots of this aerosol sunscreen as internal testing identified low levels of benzene in some samples of the product. What is Benzene?
Is Aveeno Natural?
AVEENO® ingredients are derived from nature and uniquely formulated to optimize skin’s health and beauty. … The AVEENO® brand is the leader in restorative natural ingredients today, including oatmeal, soy and feverfew, and is committed to advancing the science of natural ingredients in Dermatology.
Does Aveeno contain parabens?
Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion meets Allure’s clean standards, meaning it doesn’t contain phthalates, parabens, mineral oil, talc, toluene, chemical sunscreens (like oxybenzone, avobenzone, and octinoxate), or petroleum.
Is Aveeno phthalate free?
Careful production of safe ingredients ensures that you can care, wash and comfort your little one every day. Formulated to help protect the purity of your baby’s skin, most of the Aveeno® Baby products are: Hypoallergenic. Paraben- and phthalate-free.
Is Aveeno mineral sunscreen reef safe?
Aveeno Reef-Safe Sunscreen.
Which sunscreens are safe?
8 Clean Sunscreens
- The Organic Pharmacy Cellular Protection Sun Cream SPF 30. …
- UnSun Mineral Tinted Face Sunscreen SPF 30. …
- The Organic Pharmacy Cellular Protection Sun Cream SPF 50. …
- Saie Sunvisor. …
- Beautycounter Countersun Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30. …
- Beautycounter Dew Skin Moisturizing Coverage.
What sunscreen has no benzene?
Three Sunscreens Without Benzene + No White Cast
- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Lotion Sunscreen SPF 50 – $14.
- Supergoop! Play Antioxidant Body Mist Sunscreen Spray SPF 50 – $15.
- Neutrogena Invisible Daily Defense Face Serum SPF 60+ – $16.
What are the worst sunscreens?
Most Toxic Sunscreens to Avoid
- Walgreens Dry Touch Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 100.
- Panama Jack Sunscreen Continuous Spray, SPF 100.
- Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 85+
- Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 100+
- Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Body Mist Sunscreen Spray, SPF 100+
What sunscreens do not contain oxybenzone?
Should you avoid oxybenzone?
- Sheer Zinc Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50. …
- Sensitive Skin Sunscreen SPF 30+ …
- Baby Continuous Protection Sensitive Skin Sunscreen SPF 50. …
- UV Pure Face and Body Physical Sunscreen SPF 47. …
- Eryfotona Actinica Ultralight Emulsion SPF 50+


Ban on photography draws flak, SGPC justifies decision
Amritsar, January 8
The SGPC’s move to ban photography and videography on the premises of the Golden Temple has not gone down well with Sikh scholars and devotees even as the religious body justified it saying that the decision has been taken to maintain serenity and spiritual ambiance of the shrine.
The SGPC clarified that the restriction is not applicable on photojournalists who cover visits by dignitaries and other events of religious or political significance inside the premises. Similarly, professional documentary makers, too, could be allowed to shoot films that are religious in content subject to prior permission from the SGPC.
Nonetheless, warning boards in the parikarma of the shrine, carrying the prohibitory message in three languages, have been put up. The SGPC task force has been told to keep an eye on the violators.
SGPC chief secretary Dr Roop Singh observed that selfies clicked by most of the visitors in various poses and styles with Golden Temple in the backdrop appeared derogatory.
Dr Roop Singh said: “True devotees would seldom focus on clicking pictures as they revere the shrine with utmost devotion. Others consider the shrine as a tourist spot and capture their moments in a picnic mood. We have imposed restriction on the second category of visitors. Also, hoards of visitors gather at the entrance to click pictures with their cameras and phones, thus creating hindrance in the movement of devotees at the parikrama,” he said.


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Technology giants such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft have faced serious scrutiny in recent years.
And arguably it is Facebook that has come under most pressure, from the role of Cambridge Analytica in the UK’s Brexit vote to Netflix series ‘The Social Dilemma’ about the corrosive effects of social media.
The firm has inserted itself in our lives, our phones, and many of the biggest trends – good and bad – facing our world today.
On the positive side, Facebook has been one of the technology companies leading the corporate shift to renewable energy. It unveiled 1GW of solar and wind power purchase agreements in August in four US states and the Republic of Ireland. And the company now plans to wield its influence in storage too.
On 14th October, Facebook AI – the company’s artificial intelligence research arm – unveiled plans to launch the ‘Open Catalyst Project’ to speed up the technology of storing renewable energy.
The company said it is using the project to help to accelerate the growth of energy storage to tackle the intermittency of renewables and combat climate change. It is the latest example of a tech heavyweight moving into storage.
In an analysis piece in Energy Storage Report last month, we wrote about how tech giants Google and Microsoft are shaping their battery storage plans in response to the falling price of battery cells. Specifically, Google and Microsoft are set to direct significant investment into energy storage to help meet their net zero targets.
This isn’t an altruistic move to help a new sector. It is cold hard business.
Google and Microsoft run services that generate huge amounts of data and require huge amounts of electricity to manage it. They are also under pressure to go green, so signing renewable energy PPAs – as Facebook has also done – makes sense. And investing in storage is the next logical step to protect the flow of green electrons into their data centres.
But Facebook AI wants to take this a step further. It doesn’t just simply want to invest in renewables or commit to long-term sustainability targets. It wants to play a central role to unlock new innovations in the industry. The ‘Open Catalyst Project’ is its drive to work with scientists to find new elements that can make batteries more powerful.
Now here’s the science bit. Facebook AI and Carnegie Mellon University plan to use artificial intelligence to “accelerate quantum mechanical simulations by 1,000x in order to discover new electrocatalysts” in battery storage.
Essentially, electrocatalysts are combinations of elements that can produce chemical reactions under the right conditions.
For example, lithium-ion is a combination of two elements – lithium and oxygen – that produce a reaction that creates electricity that can be deployed when required. But while lithium-ion can be effective as a short-duration form of energy storage, it is not suitable as the long-term storage needed to offset the intermittency of wind and solar power. It isn’t the silver bullet that can answer all storage questions.
Therefore, the industry must test combinations of 40 known elements that can be used as electrocatalysts in billions of different ratios and configurations.
Currently, scientists can try three or four possible combinations each year, which is not nearly enough. That’s where Facebook AI’s technology comes in.
By using AI to predict the outcomes of configurations, instead of experimenting by hand, this project hopes to make the project cheaper and faster. It doesn’t yet have the information to accurately predict the results of the configurations, but it’s a start.
That’s why the partners have released a huge data set with information on 1.3million electrocatalyst structures so that researchers can use AI and machine learning to try billions of possible catalysts per year. Each could be tested in “a matter of seconds”.
Larry Zitnick, research scientist at Facebook AI, wrote that the work has “the potential to significantly accelerate the global shift toward renewable energy” as it would “remove the high costs associated with current electrocatalysts”.
“As energy needs continue to climb and the fight against climate change grows more urgent, this problem offers a chance to advance AI in a way that will have a significant real-world impact,” he said.
If this helps to unlock further evolution in energy storage and growth in renewables, then we think it should be good news. Perhaps not enough to mitigate some of the more corrosive impacts of social media, but potentially a big step forward. With great processing power comes great responsibility.


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We facilitate market linkage by bridging the gap between the small holder rural farmers and the market which includes the agro processing companies and the general market.
We provide training to small holder rural farmers in their communities. These training focus on modern farm practices and proper application methods. This helps the farmers reduce cost and increase yield.
98% of the time, rural farmers have low yield due to wrong application of resources. We have come to understand that small holder rural farmers are in need of these capacity building training as much as they need the inputs for their farms.
We provide credit facilities for our member farmers through their cooperatives. The facility gives the farmers opportunity to increase production at cheaper rate. The credit facility also allows for the small holder farmers to repay with farm produce equivalent.
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Anyone who has every struggled with their weight is well aware of the difficult and frustrating work involved that often result in little-to-no real results. When we’re trying hard and yet don’t see any results, it can feel pointless to continue. This article has information that can help you stay focused and not frustrated.
Skip weight loss shakes and bars when making a diet for weight loss. Such items are highly dense in calories and will not satiate your need for actual food. Rather, you’re going to be quite cranky and even hungry after such a “meal.” They also have a lot of sugar that can boost blood sugar and increase unhappiness.
When you want to lose weight, it is extremely helpful to keep a log of the number of calories you take in daily. Look for ways to cut bad foods out of your diet. You can also try and substitute fattier foods for something that has less calories and is less fattening.
When trying to lose weight, you may not want to work out. Exercise should be fun, as that can help increase the level of motivation to be active. The way to get your exercise is by doing other activities that mimic a workout, like dog walking, playing ball, getting on a bike or even hiking in the woods. These activities are rewarding and will probably require less motivation on your part.
Staying active is the best way to shed some pounds. Things like going for a leisurely walk or taking a bike ride can rev up your metabolism. Increasing your activity is easy to do if you swap out some TV time.
Cauliflower makes a great substitute for those who love potatoes. Cook the cauliflower in a pot of water with a little onion. Once it is tender you can puree it with chicken or vegetable bouillon and a bit of black pepper. You will create a yummy side dish for suppers including all the nourishing capacity of the cole varieties (including cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and others) with a small amount of carbs.
Surely everyone loves french fries! The siren call of french fries has derailed many diets. Try baking your french fries to continue with your weight loss. 1/2′ cut potatoes combined with oil, salt and pepper can be baked for half an hour at 400 degrees. Add some rosemary for a touch of flavor. Use a spatula to loosen them, turn them over and let them bake for approximately 10 minutes. They are good eaten with ketchup and are lower in fat, you will not even think about them being not being fried. This “French bake” recipe comes from Laurel’s Kitchen cookbook.
Whole grains are a great addition to any weight loss plan. A dietician can help you learn to make the right choices, or you can do your own research. Opt for foods that have not been enriched or refined. It is quite popular for food processing companies to add whole grains in processed food products. Your mission is to find the products taste good to you and that fit into your lifestyle.
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Pacific Wall by Jean-François Lyotard
Lyotard's only novel - if it is one. Mixing voices and genres, flaunting the fiction at the heart of the fact, this is a dry, violent, highly sexualized recital of power, economies, and paranoia - set at a university on the sands of a warm California beach. Here, academic propriety, feminine flesh, and male castration play out their quasi-theoretical dramatizations. A curious notebook is discovered in a library in California, but no one knows the author, nor can they even make out his name - is it Noushog or Fuckeg or Vachez? Anyway, he called himself a non-resident alien, stumbling around Southern California, trying to piece together what he saw and heard about sex, history, hearsay, and L.A. - the place where America ends. Nasty language and proper academic deliberations combine in several voices to describe the labyrinth of U.S. power and debilitation, race, and authority, art and life. Pacific Wall is truly the paragon of the hybrid text. Illustrated format, with a four-page fold-out of a tableau by artist Ed Kienholz, a central motif in the story. A colorized California nude swims behind a yellow glassine jacket. A dazzling book.
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CARLSBAD >> Carlsbad native Ryan Leon is on a mission. Along with his business partners, Leon is hoping New Mexico residents also buy into his mission.
Leon, a Carlsbad High School graduate, is one of the co-founders of Zia Energia Philanthropic Beverages, a new start-up beverage company. And the company has started a fundraising campaign online to help launch it's soda brand, New MexiCAN.
"It's a really good team here," he said. "This has the potential to be a phenomenon in the state. That's the goal."
According to its Indiegogo website, the company's products are "devoid of harmful ingredients found in most energy drinks," such as high-fructose corn syrup, and genetically modified organisms. The company hopes that at least 10 percent of its profits go to help community projects around the state.
"We don't care to get rich," he said. "We see it as a tool to enrich New Mexico."
The company is asking for $150,000 to start launching this particular product. So far, the company has raised close to $1,900. Leon said it takes $50,000 to launch one variety of the beverage. Ultimately, the company hopes to launch three flavors.
Leon also pointed out that the company received permission from the Zia tribe to use its symbol and said the tribe benefits from every sale of Zia Energia's products.
The three New MexiCAN flavors the company hopes to launch are Sandia, Con Chia and Energize. Sandia blends in watermelon juice and coconut water, while the Con Chia flavor mixes chia seed, pineapple and cherry juice together. Energize is comprised of pineapple juice, coconut water and natural caffeine.
The company is testing its bottled water product called Agua Sagrada, which means sacred water. The product is in about 30 stores in the state and vendors have requested larger orders of the water in their stores, Leon said. "We believe the brand is working because the orders keep coming in," Leon said.
Leon, who has 15 years in the beverage industry, said the company's goals also includes an operations facility for the beverages in Santa Fe. Leon currently lives in Tao.
The company has thought about expanding to Southern New Mexico, which means Leon's products could one day hit the shelves at the local convenience stores.
"Now that we seen the success we looking to go southeast really soon," Leon said.
Zia Energia in whole has been distributing beverages for several months now, Leon said. And the company hopes to continue its current business model in the future.
"It really represent New Mexico very strongly," he said. "And that's a good thing."
For information about the company's products or about its fundraiser, visit indiegogo.com/projects/zia-energia-philanthropic-beverages.
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LNR issue statement backing World Rugby on controversial international window direction change
The League Nationale de Rugby (LNR) have rowed in behind a World Rugby decision to back maintaining twin international windows in July and November.
It appears that the competing idea of a combined October/November window every year has now been binned, and all parties are moving ahead on the principle of July and November windows, with any changes to be made falling within those two time slots.
World Rugby want to give Tier 2 nations the chance to develop while also allowing a calendar that recognizes the need to lower the workload on professional players.
The body have stressed that the management of player welfare is “at the heart of decision-making” on any calendar going forward.
World Rugby issued a statement yesterday saying that they had “determined that competition format change is the key to increasing interest and value, while retaining the existing July and November windows delivers the optimal environment for any new competition to be implemented from a player welfare, union and professional league financial, broadcasters and fans perspective.”
It’s a move that has been backed by the LNR, who along with Premiership Rugby Ltd, have typically locked horns with the sport’s governing body over international windows and push for a global calendar. The release of players for international windows has frequently been a bugbear of privately run England and French clubs who are eager to get the most out of their well-paid employees. As such, the apparent agreement of all parties involved seems like a significant step forward for the arrival of a new global calendar in 2024.
The LNR statement reads: “The National Rugby League takes note of the World Rugby announcements on further evolution discussions the format of international competitions.”
“World Rugby today communicated on the principles guiding further work on the evolution of international competition formats from 2024. This communication indicates that the changes likely to be made will be part of the framework of the current calendar structure which foresees two “international windows” in July and November.
“The National Rugby League welcomes this announcement, and wishes to get involved fully and collaborate constructively in the pursuit of this work, with the shared objective of strengthening the promotion of international competitions while respecting a balance with club competitions.”
The International Rugby Players union have also backed the spirit of collaboration between all parties involved, with CEO Omar Hassanein saying: “With all sides working together, I’m confident that we will find a long-term model that works for players and fans alike, increases broadcast interest, boosts the financial position of the game and strategically grows emerging nations.”
The World Rugby statement emerged on the same day that New Zealand Rugby received a $465million offer from US technology investment giants Silver Lake for a 15 per cent share of commercial rights valued at $3.1billion.
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A new study reported in Science Daily concluded that tart cherry decreases joint pain and sore muscles in some breast cancer patients by reducing the musculoskeletal effects of aramatrase inhibitors. These inhibitors are a standard treatment for hormone receptive-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women and help prevent recurrence by inhibiyting the action of amomatasew that is an enzymew that converts androgens to estrogens. Almopst half of women who use this treatment have joint and muscle pain that can be debilitating and may cause patients to stop treatment.
In the random, double-bind study women were plaqced in a group that received 1 ounce of tart cherry concentrate in 8 ounces of water dailyfor 6 weeks with a group who received a placebo. All had stage 1,2,3 non-metastatic breast cancer. The study continued through May 2016 to August 2018 and 60 patients were enrolled. Patients documented their pain intensity at the start of the study, weekly and at the end of the study. Patients who completed the study reported a 34.7% mean decrease in pain compared to 1.4% in the placebo group. Recearchers say the flavonoids and anthocyanins in the tart cherry have an anti-inflammatory properties that may play a role in reducing the side effects observed. There was a statistical significant difference in the pain levels experienced by patients in the group that received the tart cherry.


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I'm in the process of getting the Middle Atlantic rack together and everything mounted and then comes the dreaded wiring . I don't have the Bryston 10B L-R (in process of mounting rack ears to it) nor the X150 (waiting on heavy duty rack shelf) mounted in the rack yet as you can see but hope to within the next two weeks.I'll decide the final arrangement of the gear later
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Belarusian Potash Company still delivers to China
Belarusian Potash Company announced the signing of a new contract with a consortium of Chinese consumers for the sale of potassium chloride. The consortium includes Sinochem and other companies from the region.
The contract price is 220 dollars per ton. As a comparison, the contract price announced in September 2018 was 290 dollars per ton.
Belaruskali is the producer of potassium chloride for its subsequent deliveries by Belarusian Potash Company. The company makes export supplies to Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America.

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LinkedIn is pushing to drive growth in the Asia Pacific region by focusing on raising the experience of current users in the region, who may then influence peers to join the site. Out of 187 million LinkedIn members worldwide, Asia currently accounts for 37 million. Read Original Content
Supergeo has launched Mobile Cadastral GIS 3.1 for Android. The field survey application is designed for mapping data query and measurement in Taiwan. Read Original Content
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Taiwanese startup iCook.tw has formed a partnership with Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten. iCook will introduce a dedicated Rakuten Taiwan channel to its mobile app for users to purchase goods through promotional deals. Read Original Content
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The China Internet Network Information Center reports China’s Internet population rose 10 percent last year to 564 million, with 75 percent of those users on mobile devices. Read Original Content
SAP is continuing to expand its research and development centers in Asia. In this video featured in BBC News, SAP’s Jason Yotopoulos explains why innovation is important for businesses. Read Original Content
China Mobile’s chief executive plans to attend a local forum on 4G, the Cross-Strait Summit on TDD 4G Technology, and will meet with Taiwan industry representatives to see how they can work together on the mobile technology. Read Original Content
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As enterprises work to take advantage of Big Data technologies, they frequently become distracted by product-level decisions. In most new Big Data builds this approach is completely counter-productive: it presupposes tools that may not be a fit for development teams, forces IT to take on the burden of evaluating and maintaining unfamiliar technology, and represents a major up-front expense. In his session at @BigDataExpo at @ThingsExpo, Andrew Warfield, CTO and Co-Founder of Coho Data, will dis...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Commvault, a global leader in enterprise data protection and information management, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7–9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Commvault is a leading provider of data protection and information management...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Catchpoint Systems, Inc., a provider of innovative web and infrastructure monitoring solutions, has been named “Silver Sponsor” of SYS-CON's DevOps Summit at 18th Cloud Expo New York, which will take place June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Catchpoint is a leading Digital Performance Analytics company that provides unparalleled insight into customer-critical services to help consistently deliver an amazing customer experience. Designed...
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Cognitive Computing is becoming the foundation for a new generation of solutions that have the potential to transform business. Unlike traditional approaches to building solutions, a cognitive computing approach allows the data to help determine the way applications are designed. This contrasts with conventional software development that begins with defining logic based on the current way a business operates. In her session at 18th Cloud Expo, Judith S. Hurwitz, President and CEO of Hurwitz & ...
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The cloud promises new levels of agility and cost-savings for Big Data, data warehousing and analytics. But it’s challenging to understand all the options – from IaaS and PaaS to newer services like HaaS (Hadoop as a Service) and BDaaS (Big Data as a Service). In her session at @BigDataExpo at @ThingsExpo, Hannah Smalltree, a director at Cazena, will provide an educational overview of emerging “as-a-service” options for Big Data in the cloud. This is critical background for IT and data profes...
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With an estimated 50 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020, several industries will begin to expand their capabilities for retaining end point data at the edge to better utilize the range of data types and sheer volume of M2M data generated by the Internet of Things. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Don DeLoach, CEO and President of Infobright, will discuss the infrastructures businesses will need to implement to handle this explosion of data by providing specific use cases for filte...
Feb. 6, 2016 11:00 AM EST
Fortunately, meaningful and tangible business cases for IoT are plentiful in a broad array of industries and vertical markets. These range from simple warranty cost reduction for capital intensive assets, to minimizing downtime for vital business tools, to creating feedback loops improving product design, to improving and enhancing enterprise customer experiences. All of these business cases, which will be briefly explored in this session, hinge on cost effectively extracting relevant data from ...
Feb. 6, 2016 09:00 AM EST
It's easy to assume that your app will run on a fast and reliable network. The reality for your app's users, though, is often a slow, unreliable network with spotty coverage. What happens when the network doesn't work, or when the device is in airplane mode? You get unhappy, frustrated users. An offline-first app is an app that works, without error, when there is no network connection.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Interoute, owner-operator of one of Europe's largest networks and a global cloud services platform, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 18th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2015 at the Javits Center in New York, New York. Interoute is the owner-operator of one of Europe's largest networks and a global cloud services platform which encompasses 12 data centers, 14 virtual data centers and 31 colocation centers, with connections to 195 ad...
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Most people haven’t heard the word, “gamification,” even though they probably, and perhaps unwittingly, participate in it every day. Gamification is “the process of adding games or game-like elements to something (as a task) so as to encourage participation.” Further, gamification is about bringing game mechanics – rules, constructs, processes, and methods – into the real world in an effort to engage people. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robert Endo, owner and engagement manager of Intrepid D...
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With microservices, SOA and distributed architectures becoming more popular, it is becoming increasingly harder to keep track of where time is spent in a distributed application when trying to diagnose performance problems. Distributed tracing systems attempt to address this problem by following application requests across service boundaries, persisting metadata along the way that provide context for fine-grained performance monitoring.
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We all know that data growth is exploding and storage budgets are shrinking. Instead of showing you charts on how much data there is, in his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Scott Cleland, Senior Director of Product Marketing for HGST, will show how to capture all of your data in one place. After you have your data under control, you can then analyze it in one place, saving time and resources. See how HGST has used these solutions to gain more value out of the information we have – and capitalize o...
Feb. 4, 2016 02:30 PM EST Reads: 528
Data-as-a-Service is the complete package for the transformation of raw data into meaningful data assets and the delivery of those data assets. In her session at 18th Cloud Expo, Lakshmi Randall, an industry expert, analyst and strategist, will address: What is DaaS (Data-as-a-Service)? Challenges addressed by DaaS Vendors that are enabling DaaS Architecture options for DaaS
Feb. 3, 2016 01:00 PM EST Reads: 313
Eighty percent of a data scientist’s time is spent gathering and cleaning up data, and 80% of all data is unstructured and almost never analyzed. Cognitive computing, in combination with Big Data, is changing the equation by creating data reservoirs and using natural language processing to enable analysis of unstructured data sources. This is impacting every aspect of the analytics profession from how data is mined (and by whom) to how it is delivered. This is not some futuristic vision: it's ha...
Feb. 2, 2016 02:00 PM EST Reads: 401
The IoT's basic concept of collecting data from as many sources possible to drive better decision making, create process innovation and realize additional revenue has been in use at large enterprises with deep pockets for decades. So what has changed? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Prasanna Sivaramakrishnan, Solutions Architect at Red Hat, discussed the impact commodity hardware, ubiquitous connectivity, and innovations in open source software are having on the connected universe of people, thi...
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Calling all poetry people! Hope at Hand offers different ways to explore poetry. Hope at Hand's community mission is to provide poetry lessons for at-risk youth, but our MeetUps are for anyone in North Florida who has a love of words.
This workshop is a part of Jax Poetry Fest 2017.
Jax Poetry Fest is sponsored by the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation. Special thanks to Cooper's Hawk Wines and Tim's Wine Ponte Vedra for adding a little spice to our closing event!


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Fresh off its nomination for a Golden Globe award, Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the full clip of “How Far I’ll Go” from it’s hit film Moana. Featuring the the beautiful voice of Auli’i Cravalho, “How Far I’ll Go” is full of great visuals and now available to view in its entirety right here:
Such a great song in a spectacular movie, perhaps Disney Animation’s best story yet. So why isn’t it bringing in huge box office numbers like Zootopia or Frozen?
There are a couple reasons Moana’s not dominating in quite the way Frozen did. First, there’s no emotional sister story, something that played very well in the homes of many families with young kids. But just as importantly, there are no incredibly singable songs.
That’s not to fault Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, and Opetaia Foa’i, they created beautiful music that perfectly matches Moana on her adventure across the South Pacific seas. It’s just hasn’t ignited the passions of kids the way it’s required to inspire repeat viewings.
Disney, to its credit, is trying to light a fire under the songs of Moana by sharing video clips with the songs on YouTube. “You’re Welcome” and “We Know The Way” were previously released.
We’re 3 weeks into Moana’s theatrical run and it’s been doing well enough to remain #1 in a week box office market, but it’s not going to make $500 million, let alone the $1.2 billion Frozen did.
If you want to add the Moana Soundtrack to your collection, you can order it on Amazon today where your purchase helps support The Disney Blog. Thank you.


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Polarons and dressed molecules near narrow Feshbach resonances
ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences - 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain, EU
Accepted: 9 March 2012
The properties of impurities immersed in a large Fermi sea are naturally described in terms of dressed quasiparticles: attractive and repulsive polarons, and dressed molecules. Motivated by recent experiments on narrow Feshbach resonances, we analyze here how the quasiparticle properties are affected by a non-zero resonance range. We find two interesting analytic results. For large range, the ground-state energy close to resonance is shown to become perturbative in the inverse range. In the limit of broad resonance instead, we provide a new Tan's relation linking the impurity ground-state energy E↓ to the number of atoms in its dressing cloud ΔN. As a corollary, at unitarity one finds ΔN=−E↓/ϵF, with ϵF the Fermi energy of the bath.
PACS: 03.75.Ss – Degenerate Fermi gases / 05.30.Fk – Fermion systems and electron gas / 71.10.Ca – Electron gas, Fermi gas
© EPLA, 2012


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The city was lucky to avert a disaster last week in the seven-hour standoff that saw six officers wounded, but ended with no one dead and no life-threatening injuries despite the gunman firing over 100 rounds.
The officers who were struck by gunfire were released from hospitals last Wednesday.
Although it could have been far worse, the incident also should have never happened.
Why was a man with a long criminal history armed with a gun he legally purchased?
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the gunman who barricaded himself in a rowhouse in the Tioga section and exchanged gunfire with police for hours had a military-style AR-15 and a handgun.
The suspect, Maurice Hill, has a criminal history that should have prevented him from legally owning the weapons he used to wound Philadelphia police officers.
Authorities say the 36-year-old suspect had at least a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun when he opened fire on officers serving a drug warrant. He had multiple arrests in Philadelphia and Delaware County between 2001 and 2012, according to online records.
He has convictions for an array of crimes that include assault, perjury, fleeing and eluding, escape and weapons offenses.
Hill served two stints in state prisons — three, counting a return for a probation violation. He was also hit with a 55-month federal prison term over a pair of convictions for being a felon in possession of firearms.
Pennsylvania prison officials said Hill served about 2½ years on drug dealing charges and was paroled in 2006, and then did more than a year for aggravated assault before being released in 2013.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Hill’s arrest history also includes burglary, resisting arrest, taunting a police animal and reckless endangerment, although he cautioned not all resulted in convictions.
“I think what it says is that the system had multiple contacts with this man, and the system ... did things that obviously did not stop this incident,” Krasner said.
Authorities are trying to determine whether there is an outstanding warrant pending against Hill, based on a docket reference to a March 2018 probation violation, said Philadelphia-based U.S. Attorney William McSwain.
“He’s an individual who spent most of his adult life sort of bouncing in and out of the criminal justice system,” McSwain said.
Ross said officers “had to escape through windows and doors to get [away] from a barrage of bullets.”
It “could have been far worse,” Ross said Thursday outside the Philadelphia Police Department. “This was a very dynamic situation, one that I hope we never see again.”
Hill came out of the home after police used tear gas.
While the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, captured the national headlines, we should not ignore the violence taking place on a daily basis in our cities, including Philadelphia.
State and local politicians are right to call for new gun control measures.
In response to last week’s shooting in the city, Gov. Tom Wolf directed state police and other agencies under his control last Friday to focus greater efforts on addressing gun violence.
The governor’s office says more than 1,600 people died of gunshot wounds in Pennsylvania in 2017.
Wolf announced on Friday that he was setting up a new Special Council on Gun Violence and gave it six months to recommend how to reduce mass shootings, domestic violence, suicides and accidental shootings. He also established the Office of Gun Violence Prevention at the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and a violence prevention division within the Health Department.
The governor should be commended for the new executive order. But more should be done on the state and federal levels.
Since this is a national problem, Congress should pass new common sense gun control laws that include the U.S. Senate voting on a background check bill and measure to ban assault weapons.
Mayor Jim Kenney is right to call on state and federal lawmakers to “step up or step aside” and let cities deal with the problem themselves if they fail to pass tougher gun control legislation.


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This property was just as advertised---beautiful grounds and comfortable 2BR/2BA with kitchen-sitting area on the 2nd floor surrounded by native trees and exotic plantings. My husband and I, and a couple from Texas spent 3 nights with Jason and Victoria at their Casa Caribaea and found it to be a delightful vacation rental. Victoria thought of everything -- fresh fruit, adequately stocked refrig complete with eggs, milk, etc. and some cold beers to greet us upon arrival. We have lived in Costa Rica for the past 5 years and frequently visit this coastal area because of its charm and scenic beauty. Now that we have located Jason and Victoria's place, we intend to be repeat customers. They were very responsive and professional in handling our rental, instructions to locate the house were spot-on, and everything was as advertised, and more! The accommodations were very comfortable, spotlessly maintained, beautifully decorated, great A/C even though we really didn't need it, and the infinity pool and common lounge area provided a great place to drink a little wine and watch the sunset over the Whale's Tail. We made another rafting trip on the Rio Sevegre and it can be a fun trip in June, July, August when this area is getting good rain. Jason and Victoria are very personable and we really enjoyed Jason's tour of the other rental homes, and his extensive palm, orchid, and bromeliad/heliconia gardens. They have built a fantastic place. Although the rentals and main house are within the same large compound area, the buildings are sufficiently spaced apart so as to afford good privacy for all. And, this location in the hills just above Uvita is very conveniently located --- easy to hit the Playa Ventana, Uvita, or Dominicalito/Hermosa beaches, visit the National Park, and to run down to some very interesting restaurants in Uvita, Ojochal with an easy drive to Dominical. We would highly recommend this rental and plan to return soon.

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For the launch of season 2 of “Emily in Paris” on December 22, Netflix and ViacomCBS have announced the opening of an online store to shop the iconic pieces of the series.
Paris Modes Insider has already spotted a few fashion crushes, including a Carel bag made from 100% recycled plastic fibers and a mini dress covered in a mix of prints by Dolce & Gabbana.
More like this
Check out the video below for more insights:
This article was published via ETX Daily Up.
Main image credit: VALERIE MACON / AFP


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In principle, worldwide (OIML) and EU legislation sets essential requirements for weighing instruments that need to protect users, customers and ensure faire competition. All weighing instruments that meet these requirements on aspects such as safety and accuracy should be allowed to be placed on the European market.
However, this is not the case for all continuous totalising automatic weighing instruments, since Directive 2014/32/EU and OIML Recommendation 50 set construction rules limiting the placing on the market of other instruments than belt weighers meeting the essential requirements.
There are no technical reasons to avoid continuous totalising weighing instruments without a belt weigher to be placed on the market. Actually, these instruments can only provide benefits to end-users. Therefore, CECIP calls on the EU decision makers and OIML to work on the possibilities to allow continuous totalising weighing instruments without a belt weigher for trade applications on the global and EU market as well. Therefore, this point should be considered when revising the essential requirements of Directive 2014/32/EU and OIML R50.
The full position paper can be found here.


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In the spring of 2022, the Hogg Foundation launched the New Voices Showcase. The goal of this project is to highlight talented writers and creatives who are living with or in recovery from mental health challenges. Throughout the coming weeks we will be featuring worthy submissions on this blog.
This blog post was authored by Karen Weaver, and is one of the prize-winning entries of the New Voices Showcase. We thank Ms. Weaver for her submission.
The New Voices Showcase is a feature for voices from the community, whose views do not represent those of the Hogg Foundation.
I sat in my writing room with my headphones on in hopes of drowning out the sounds of everyone’s Zoom meetings. I was miserable from all our family togetherness. We were in quarantine–together ALL the time, my husband, my son Cole (22), our dog Harry, and me. I loved Harry the most. He was the only one who didn’t have Zoom meetings and didn’t talk.
It felt like being married to two men. I barely wanted to be married to one. There was a physical pain in deciding what to have for dinner every night together. I thought about writing a book titled “How the Pandemic Killed Our Family.” My first sentence, “I was breathing when I wrote this…”
We are all still breathing, but none of us are the same. We have the footprints of trauma all over us.
It was too much all at once. COVID had Black people dying at disproportionate rates, while social injustice impacted us too. As a Black family living in Central Texas, we were exhausted by political fatigue with the President consistently stoking the flames of racism.
We were not okay.
My son is a young adult Black man with dark brown skin, kinky-curly well-manicured hair, soulful brown eyes, and strong stature. He has a beautiful heart and warm smile which he seldom shares with strangers. He is autistic–high-functioning, with none of the typical mannerisms of autism –the invisible disability.
During the pandemic, he was laid off from the most long-term job he has ever had. He was able to pivot successfully from work to college at home.
In the first semester, he was taking classes he loved. Philosophy seemed to be his favorite. He would often lead discussions with his peers.
In the second semester, suddenly he dropped all classes. He decided to change the medication he was prescribed for agitation and anxiety.
I was not privy to this decision until after it had been made. He is an adult. He didn’t need my permission.
My first thought was noooo! Not now! Has your psychiatrist lost her mind? Changing medication in the middle of a pandemic is a horrible idea!
He made this change due to a medical side-effect that could have been caused by the medication. His medical doctor agreed that he should try something different. His psychiatrist went along with the idea.
I sat in on the fifteen-minute appointments with his psychiatrist. She rushed him through a series of questions, not stopping long enough to allow him to complete his answers. I knew she wasn’t getting an accurate picture of his experience.
As the person who has always advocated for him, I knew there were better ways and better times to handle this challenge. I am an Autism Parenting Support Group creator. I’ve been doing advocacy work for too long.
Doctors can’t b.s. me.
This isn’t our first time at the rodeo. In Cole’s senior year, facing graduation and the transition to adulthood, his anxiety slowly grew into anger. He had the most epic autistic meltdown ever just months before graduation. Our house was turned upside down, keepsakes broken, glass all over the floor.
When self-injurious behavior began, it could not be ignored or controlled. We had no choice but to call for help. Black people don’t like calling authorities for help unless it’s an absolute last resort. We don’t want the police in our homes.
We hoped to get a crisis team or mental health officer, but you never know what you’re going to get. The 911 dispatch sends whoever can get there the fastest. In our case, it was the local police.
This is Texas. We are Black. It was the most expensive call we have ever made. Cole was not harmed physically, but we were all harmed mentally. Thousands of dollars and a side order of PTSD later, the bogus charges against him were dropped.
During quarantine I would sit on my front porch watching my neighbors walk their dogs, thinking, Who are all these white people walking around the neighborhood? I’ve never seen them before. They look suspicious. (I wrote this sarcastically on Facebook.)
The reality is, Black men have died of “looking suspicious.”
Elijah McClain, an autistic Black man died after an altercation with the police in 2019. He was walking home. “He looked suspicious.”
February through May of 2020, the murders of three innocent Black people were all over the news.
Ahmaud Arbery “looked like a burglar.”
Breonna Taylor was murdered by police while she was sleeping inside her home.
George Floyd was murdered as we watched how callously a policeman treated his life and humanity.
This social injustice added to our trauma. We started to feel like hate was all around us.
Can white people be trusted? Which ones secretly hate us? Who smiles at us but supports and votes for this President whose behavior and policies harm our family?
We used to feel safe in our mixed-race, predominantly white neighborhood. Now, overwhelming fear and anxiety hovered like an ominous cloud. We were demoralized, paranoid, and angry.
My son is intelligent and well-spoken, with excellent grades and a kind heart. What does that matter in the dark of night when he likes to go out for a walk? He has done this for years. I never worried so much until now.
I watched as my son’s relationships with friends began to unravel. When his friendships fell apart, his mental health also unraveled.
For months, nothing in terms of medication worked. Each med seemed to make matters worse. His peaceful soul could not rest. Lack of sleep made him more agitated and volatile. He would go off and give us a verbal lashing at any given moment.
Eventually, he agreed to try an outpatient program at a local hospital where he could be monitored, and medications could be slowly tweaked by a doctor.
Unfortunately, the meds they tried made him so tired he couldn’t wake up to attend the groups. Then the staff blamed him for not being able to wake up. They threatened to kick him out. It all crescendoed when the changes rendered him unable to sleep at all.
I didn’t know how to help him. He ended up an inpatient –voluntary, but he quickly changed his mind once he saw they had no intention of helping him.
Later, he confided this was the most trauma-inducing experience of his life. The psychiatrist was dismissive and inaccurately diagnosed him. My son called him on it. He was adamant about his medical goals and his rights as a patient. Here is this young Black man who is very articulately demanding his rights and they did nothing to help him. He ended up with the right to leave the hospital more mentally unhealthy than when he arrived.
He was traumatized and angry. He completely lost trust in doctors. He even lost trust in me, his biggest supporter. He saw me as a catalyst who conspired against him.
I have been the listener, midnight therapist, and caregiver for his entire life. I have been able to remain calm during his storms (although this later impacted my own mental health).
I was exhausted from years of mothering him and his brother (also on the spectrum). I lost the capacity to play my role. I reached a level of burnout. I had to put on my own oxygen mask or die.
My son didn’t like my new boundaries. He was angry. He needed me, and I wasn’t there the way I had always been.
I felt helpless when he started to hate me. I knew this was a manifestation of autism and mental illness. This was not the Cole I know. There were moments when I felt unsafe with him. I didn’t know if he was safe. We both were experiencing PTSD from so many meltdowns in the past.
Life wasn’t pretty at our house. Again, the last thing we wanted to do was call for help and have the police in our home again.
We survived the storm. I’ve come to realize that this is his journey, whatever the outcome. The time of leaning in to impact the outcome is over.
The thing that kept me going was the hope that someday he might use these experiences to share his lived story.
Today, he is a published writer who has shared his story.
He has a short-term goal of becoming a Mental Health Peer Advocate. Recently he interviewed for an internship with a local mental health agency. He starts next week.
I won’t give up on him ever, but I have to let go—to surrender. I’m not in control anyway.
My mental health has become my priority. I need self-care, and not just bubble baths and spa days. Self-care is having boundaries, getting my own therapy, exercising, reading, and finding joy in social interaction. I work on my own mental health like it’s my job.

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text: Clauzel was born in 1941 in Nimes, France. He studied at the schools of Fine Art in Tourcoing, Montpellier and then Paris, where he gained his National Diploma in painting. He spent some years travelling through Africa using photographs as his medium to capture his new found love of African art. He came back to France in 1976 and once again picked up a paintbrush exploring etching, lithography, screen-printing and aquatinting. Clauzel uses clean ruled lines to construct simple forms without the constraint of being visually recognisable or overly personal. It is this neutral expression that assists the viewer experience, with Clauzel's desired experience being 'silence'. The format of his work is clean and simple, always linear with large monochrome surfaces in shades of black, white or brown.


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If you're mailbox is anything like ours, it is likely bursting full of seed catalogs. Each year we save the seed catalogs until January, sort out our favorites, and set aside a night to select the best for the coming growing season. Despite the excitement of looking through the mouthwatering photos of next years potential crops, choosing the perfect seeds can be a bit overwhelming.
So, besides choosing seeds based on the prettiest picture, what things are important to consider when selecting seeds?
Choose Seeds that Will Grow in Your Area
When selecting seeds that will grow in your area, consider your agricultural zone as well as the length of your growing season. You can determine the length of your growing season, by finding the number of days between the average last frost and average first frost. Use this information to determine whether the seeds you are selecting will grow in your zone, keeping in mind that many yards have small micro climates that will allow you some flexibility in what you can grow. If you have 100 days in your growing season, don't buy melons that take 130 days to ripen.
Choose Seeds that You Will Eat or Like how They Look
This seems obvious, but so often we manage to buy some seed that we don't actually like to eat. If you are willing to invest money, time, and space into growing a crop from seeds start by choosing your favorite foods and make sure to steer clear of those that are so-so.
Choose Things that Taste better Fresh
If you can only grow a limited number of seeds, select crops that taste better fresh. Tomatoes are the perfect example of a mediocre grocery store purchase compared to the mouth watering varieties from the garden.
Consider Heirloom, Organic, and Non-Genetically Engineered Seeds
Look for seed companies that have signed the safe-seed pledge and are selling seeds that have not been genetically engineered. By choosing to grow heirloom, organic, or just non-genetically modified crops, you are supporting green practices and the small companies that are selling open-pollinated vegetables, fruit and flower seeds. If you are looking for a list of seed companies, check out the organic seed finder site from AOSCA.
Create a Seed Sharing Group
So often we are interested in growing just a few of each variety in our garden, yet even the smallest seed packets can have hundreds of seeds. Get together with others in your area, and share your seeds to increase the number of varieties for your own backyard.
Keep a Record of What you Like
This year I am making the pledge to record everything I plant, how it grows and where I put it. Knowing what worked well last year is incredibly important when you sit down to plan your next years garden (as I'm being reminded of right now). Keep in mind that some year crops just fail, so give your seeds at least a few years before you give up, and choose another variety.
What else do you consider when selecting seeds for the coming year?