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Last month both my mother and my daughter pointed out I was snapping my fingers as I talked. I hadn’t noticed.
Finger-snapping is a new addition to my repertoire of compulsive body tics. My right hand can snap pretty well, but because of my deformed thumbs it takes a few snaps to get my feeble left hand going – like a Boy Scout trying to start a fire in the rain.
The snapping started this fall, when lawyers for the State and its investigators began making particularly triggering new arguments. In the past, their lies merely caused me to compulsively leap out of my chair and pace ten or twenty laps around the house, grinding my teeth and rubbing my scalp raw. Now when I pace I sometimes trace circles in the air with my snapping right hand. So far it’s happened in response to gaslighting assertions by four attorneys of widely varying skill but narrowly varying morals. I look like I’m casting a spell to ward off evil.
I recently wrote in “Stereotypos” about how our brains and our motor functions sometimes get their wires crossed. In Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Dr. Oliver Sacks described professional musicians with Tourette’s Syndrome who harness the energy fueling their tics and direct it toward their creativity. The next Sacks book I read was An Anthropologist on Mars, a collection of seven paradoxical tales of neurological disorder and creativity, including various savant artists as well as autistic animal husbandry expert Temple Grandin. One of Sack’s subjects is a successful surgeon with a private pilot’s license and severe Tourette’s Syndrome. Coincidentally, I read this paragraph about Dr. Bennett shortly after I observed my own finger-snapping phenomenon:
Another expression of his Tourette’s – very different from the sudden impulsive or compulsive touching – is a slow, almost sensuous pressing of the foot to mark out a circle in the ground all around him. “It seems to me almost instinctual,” he said when I asked him about it. “Like a dog marking its territory. I feel it in my bones. I think it is something primal, prehuman – maybe something that all of us, without knowing it, have in us. But Tourette's ‘releases’ these primitive behaviors.”
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In November I attended my first post-Covid in-person meeting at school. In the years since the last meeting, the topic “Learning Strategies” had been renamed “Executive Function.” Brain science is everywhere.
According to Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child, “Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Just as an air traffic control system at a busy airport safely manages the arrivals and departures of many aircraft on multiple runways, the brain needs this skill set to filter distractions, prioritize tasks, set and achieve goals, and control impulses.”
Nine months of gestation is not enough time to bake a human brain. Key functions like language and Theory of Mind take a few more years to develop. And as any neuroscientist or parent of teenagers can tell you, Executive Function is the last part of the brain to finish baking, hopefully by your early 20s.
As I explained in “7-Eleven Law School is accredited,” every three years lawyers in Washington have to report they’ve attended 45 hours of Continuing Legal Education. Each month the state bar association offers a free lunchtime webinar. Brain science really is everywhere – in November our topic was “Productivity and ADHD in Law: Actionable strategies for overcoming intense productivity demands and finding balance”:
With billable hours, meeting deadlines, compliance requirements, documentation, and stressful communication, attorneys face intense productivity demands every day. Many attorneys are also struggling with some type of executive function challenge: focusing, staying on task, organizing, managing time effectively, starting and finishing tasks, keeping a schedule, communicating with others, and more. Attorneys with ADHD and other forms of neurodiversity may have additional obstacles related to executive function.
The good news is that there are proven strategies that individuals and teams can use to increase productivity, decrease burnout, and create inclusive workplaces. Paige Porter from The How Skills will be sharing actionable approaches that have been effective for thousands of professionals working in the legal profession and beyond.
The excellent presenter outlined a series of “strategies to help neurodiverse attorneys—or anyone experiencing Executive Function challenges—to improve the way they work.”
I don’t have Attention-Deficient / Hyperactivity Disorder. But as I listened to the presentation, I had an epiphany. The neural networks in our prefrontal cortex that give us our capacity for Executive Function were the last parts of the human brain to evolve. They are the last part of a child’s brain to develop. For the rest of our lives, Executive Function remain vulnerable to all kinds of assaults. In my case, both ordinary stressors and specific PTSD triggers easily impair my Executive Functioning.
Another term for “Executive Function” is “Attention.”
In his classic book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Nobel-laureate Danial Kahneman outlined an influential model of brain function. The “fast” and “slow” thinking in Kahneman’s title refers to the human brain’s revolutionary double processor. What Kahneman calls System 1 is the ultimate in animal brains. It’s programmed to perform tasks like initiating a fight or flight, tying shoelaces, and falling in love. System 1 “operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control.” It can conduct numerous tasks simultaneously, including monitoring events, detecting threats and opportunities, retrieving memories, making associations, and leaping to generally correct conclusions.
According to Kahneman, humanity’s big brain breakthrough occurred when evolution integrated the automatic processes of System 1 with a second mental processor that is capable of Executive Function. System 2 “allocates attention to the effortful activities that demand it, including complex computations. The operations of System 2 are often associated with the subjective experience of agency, choice and concentration.” System 2 is very powerful, but it has limited capacity and rapidly depletes energy.
I’ve learned to reduce the impact of my compulsive tics by distracting my hands with soothing fidget toys. It turns out I get the best results with promotional sample cuttings from the innards of Purple® mattresses. Whenever anyone in our family drives through Lynnwood, they drop by the Purple store in Alderwood Mall to pick up more samples.
After my mother observed me compulsively snapping my fingers, she sighed and went upstairs to her secret stash of purple unfuzzy things. (Some people interpret sighs as “No you can't have another one.” I hear “I love you.
Still, why do I keep losing my purple fidget things? Because I can’t see them.
[Spoiler alert – don’t read any further if you want to be a test subject in the most famous psychology experiment of the last three decades.]
Daniel Simons of the University of Illinois and Christopher Chablis of Harvard received an igNobel award for their study design. I took their test years ago in Scotsdale, Arizona, as part of another legal education presentation. We were asked to watch a short video of two basketball teams and count the number of times a member of the white-shirted team touched the ball.
I correctly counted the number of touches. But, like a majority of test subjects, I didn’t notice the man in a gorilla suit who walked through the players while my attention was focused on counting.
Although evolution gave us uniquely powerful brains, real life often makes demands that exceed the capacity of human hardware or software. Fortunately, human intelligence learns to work around many of our biases and blind spots. For example, because of the location of the optic nerve, the visual data coming to our brains has a literal blind spot right in the middle of our visual field. The punctum caecum should always appear in front of you as a black circle bigger than the moon. But our brain’s visual systems and circuits eventually figured out a way to fill in the missing information without the rest of our brain noticing. That’s how non-Artificial Intelligence works.
I thought about the gorilla and the retinal punctum caecum blind spot last month as I struggled to tie Bear’s poop bag with one hand. Then I remembered Bear was off leash. I wondered why I was trying to tie a one-handed knot with my feeble semi-opposable left thumb.
Suddenly I saw my right hand, right there in the center of my field of vision. It was fiercely squeezing a purple unfuzzy thing.
Cognitive bias is like an optical illusion. With some illusions your vision immediately clears once you learn the secret. The gorilla video doesn’t work on me anymore.
Other kinds of blindness, like my invisible right hand holding an unfuzzy thing, or like Yanni/Laurel and the blue/gold dress, apparently will fool and divide most people forever. For these cognitive challenges we must invent compensations and circumventions, or seek accommodations.
Always remember bias is a feature of the amazing human brain, not a bug. Our “heuristics” or automated cognitive shortcuts work most of the time, from Ockham’s Razor to Hanlon’s Law to gaydar. Heuristics – biases – Kahneman’s System 1 – make it possible for our very human brains to think without blowing circuits all the time. As a consequence, the ongoing challenge for each of us is determining how much of our precious Attention we should devote to dispelling the illusions we inevitably encounter.
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When I was in private practice, I often wished I’d minored in psychology. As a litigator, every client with a legal problem was also dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, or trauma. I would have benefited from a counselor’s skills.
After I was diagnosed with PTSD, I assigned myself a reading and writing list that resembles a graduate degree in psychology and neuroscience. My particular interests include how humans think and make decisions. So I was impressed this summer when the presenter during our lunchtime Continuing Legal Education webinar about effective negotiation skills included a picture of the beautiful “Cognitive Bias Codex,” and a link to its designers’ website. Someone with OCD created a taxonomy from all 182 Wikipedia entries identifying individual cognitive biases. Then a graphic designer made it pretty. The primary quadrants: (1) “Too much information”; (2) “Not enough meaning”; (3) “Need to act fast”; and (4) “What should you remember?”
When I first clicked on the Cognitive Bias Codex link, I was overwhelmed. But when I drilled down to examine the individual descriptions of fallacious reasoning, I realized I’d already figured out effective work-arounds for many common cognitive biases. I’ve written about “Hasty Generalizations” and “Begging the Question,” and faced down Codependency. Sometimes the best response to a preposterous cognitive Boggart is the incantation “Riddikulus!”
However, there’s one technique that has been proven to dispel confirmation bias: “consider the opposite,” i.e., put aside your initial conclusion and methodically list the evidence and arguments supporting the opposite result. According to Dr. Boda-Bahm, asking decision-makers “to imagine that the results pointed in the opposite direction apparently encourages them to think about how they are processing the information, and that works against the bias.”
I had the opportunity to observe the power of both confirmation bias and “considering the opposite” during a recent Zoom oral argument. We had an ice cold bench – the judge didn’t ask a single question to either lawyer. After counsel sat down, the judge announced his ruling. Although our busy trial court judge obviously hadn’t read the briefs closely, he was very prepared to dismiss my mandamus claim against the State bureaucrat who refused to file ethics claims identifying the illegal use of public resources by her own co-workers and supervisors.
The Court didn’t refer to any particular case in its ruling, only to the general rule that mandamus relief doesn’t apply to “discretionary” acts. (My Response Brief cited seven Washington cases holding that it doesn’t take “discretion” for a bureaucrat to check whether a citizen filing includes all the information explicitly required by a statute or rule; both their Motion and Reply instead cited to an inapplicable federal death penalty case).
The only statutory provision the judge mentioned wasn’t cited by either party in their briefs. It appears in a different part of the Ethics in Public Service Act, and involves what happens when the staff accepts an ethics complaint but doesn’t bother to do an investigation. Not coincidentally, in preparing for oral argument the day before I happened to have researched the entire legislative history of the sentence the judge quoted – because I know the best way to determine if you’re only seeing one side of a problem is to assume the other side’s position is correct and identify all the arguments and evidence supporting it. The statutory sentence the judge cited was the best thing I could come up in support of the State’s position, too.
One sign of cognitive bias is when you grasp at increasingly implausible motes, and ignore all the actual beams in your eye. Fortunately, when Executive Function approaches a problem with something like the scientific method – asking yourself how the evidence contradicts rather than supports your initial hypothesis – human Attention can overcome the effects of confirmation bias and other cognitive blind spots.
When I look at the Cognitive Bias Codex now, I see a beautiful flower; and a human brain; and how thinking works. It’s a snap.

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Sarah Geronimo, chosen by Disney to sing a "princess-themed" song
Popstar Royalty Sarah Geronimo was chosen by Disney to perform the theme song of a Disney Princess franchise.Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Popstar Royalty Sarah Geronimo was chosen by Disney to perform the theme song of a Disney "Princess" franchise.
The news came after a teaser of the music video was aired on Disney Channel where Geronimo was seen singing some parts of the song "The Glow" and invited the fans to watch for the music video which will premiere on December 6.
The first version of 'The Glow,' a princess-themed song sang by Shannon Saunders which debuted in 2011 was used with the induction of the character Rapunzel as an official Disney Princess
Watch the teaser of Sarah Geronimo's The Glow music video
Geronimo, whose popularity spans across the Southeast Asian region after winning 2014 MTV EMA's SEA Act, now joins fellow The Voice PH coach Lea Salonga who have rendered their voices for Disney films. Salonga is recognized as Disney Icon for singing Aladdin's "A Whole New World" and "Reflection" from Mulan.


Snapshot: Veena Malik gets injured in Thailand
Veena Malik was apparently shooting for a Kannada film called 'Silk Sakkath Maga' in Thailand.
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Veena Malik got injured in Thailand while shooting for her forthcoming venture. She was apparently shooting for a Kannada film called 'Silk Sakkath Maga'.
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The character of Dawn, as drawn by Joseph Michael Linsner, oozes sex appeal. She’s the goddess of birth and rebirth as seen in various comics since the late ‘80s, but many comic book readers probably recognize her by her sexy clothing and red hair. Almost every cover featuring the character depicts her in assorted lingerie with an emphasis placed on her breasts. Similar to Lady Death, Dawn is probably more recognized from ads in Wizard Magazine than in her actual comic series.
Pretty much every superhero in comic books has a superpower that isn’t really mentioned. Sure, some billionaire genius could, theoretically, learn how to build powerful metal suit and fight crime similar to Iron Man. However, that person still won’t have all the superpowers of Tony Stark. You see, Tony Stark is a ridiculously attractive man. Wonder Woman, in addition to being a badass warrior that could pretty much dominate any foe, is also incredibly beautiful. Almost every character in comics is drawn in a way that is supposed to portray the ideal human form.
Years later, John Byrne revamped the costumes slightly to invert the colors a bit, so that the collars were now white and the blue was tinged with black. It is basically the Kirby design, just with a slight edge to it, so it is our pick for the best Fantastic Four outfits, since the bright blue outfits could sometimes seem to be a bit too bold, color-wise.
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It has been proven in the short-lived “Witchblade” TV series and more recent comics that the character of Sara Pezzini can wield the Witchblade without losing her clothes. Unfortunately, most of the comic book version of the character has never really had this as an option. Eventually, without fail, Sara finds herself in a state of undress. When your main character is almost nude throughout the series, it’s not surprising that readers would associate her with her looks instead of her actions.
Characters like Tony Stark and Diana Prince are more than just good looks, however. When you read the adventures of Captain America, you don’t think about how sexy Steve Rogers is. Well, maybe you do, but that’s not all you care about. Unfortunately, for some characters, their appearance trumps most everything else about them. Let’s take a look at eight male and eight female characters in comics who are viewed as being more “hot” than “hero.”
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Many people claim Megan Fox gets movie roles only because she's hot, a conclusion which might not necessarily be true. We have seen her acting in movies such as Transformers, Jennifer's Body, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and in other franchises, and she is okay. However, we can never have an argument about whether she's hot or not, because she is undoubtedly one of the hottest women in Hollywood today.
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For couples, families or groups of friends, we have many options. Couples can choose Batman and Catwoman, Ace & Gary, or the Joker and Harley Quinn among others. You could do a whole Avengers or Justice League group with friends or a family. Or you could do Batman and his rogues' gallery of villains. The choices are almost endless! We are here to make sure you have the best options of superhero Halloween costumes!
Spider Woman a.k.a. Spider-Gwen might be from an alternate universe, but with her stylish look we think she’d be right at home on any planet. With this costume’s sleek hoodie and dynamic color scheme we’re sure you’re going to love pretending you’re the one who got bit by a radioactive spider. Give this cool costume a try to bring this up-and-coming superhero to life!
Vartox belongs on this list, not because of his sexy nature, but because of how he was created to be sexy and ultimately failed. Unfortunately, over the years, the sexy nature of his design was lost, and the ridiculous costume and silly look defined the character. His look is also lampooned a bit in his appearance in “Power Girl.” There, he tries to woo Power Girl into helping him repopulate his home world. He dons a black leather speedo and see-thru robe, trying to show how sexy he is. Unlike others on this list who are actual sex symbols, Vartox is here because he was created to be a sex symbol, but fans never really bought into it.
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The word superhero is often used for the people with some extraordinary powers and instincts. Superheroes have always been an excitement for the people all around the world as they give hope of justice for all. But, what multiply the excitement are the hot and sexy actresses playing superheroes, kicking some bad-asses wearing sexy-tight-short outfits. Playing a superhero is not an easy thing as it seems, it is a difficult job for the actresses playing. They not only have to look strong and serious for their role but also hot and seductive at the same time!
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Bomb Queen is actually a villain, but she has her own titular comic book series in Image Comics and, given her ridiculously revealing costume, it would be criminal not to include her. She first appeared as recently as 2006 and has eliminated and banned all superheroes from the fictional city she lives in - New Port City. She rules the city as its dictator and is a popular leader amongst the criminals who reside there.
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Sure, critics might say that her barely-there costume was a product of the time. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, comic book fans responded to female characters that were dressed in next to nothing. However, when DC began the “New 52” relaunch, they came under fire from readers with their new version of Starfire. Her already skimpy costume was reduced even more to being almost non-existent. She appeared in a bikini and nude in scenes, and it was almost as if readers were transported back to the mid-‘90s “Marvel Swimsuit Special.” It wasn’t until recently that the character has received a much more appropriate costume.
It’s a good thing Wonder Woman is here to watch the little ones, because we’re not sure The Riddler is going to best the best guardian over the young superheroes in training. Batman, Robin , and Catwoman can team up to hit the neighborhood in search of the best treats, but while The Riddler is busy trying to vex the neighbors with tricks and riddles, Wonder Woman can provide a watchful eye over her superheroes in training. When it comes to taking the yearly photo of the group, just let each member bust out their signature moves. Batman and Robin can look like stoic Gotham City residents, even while Catwoman throws her claws up in anticipation of a brand new heist. The Riddler is sure to be laughing, but as for Wonder Woman? Well, she’s the one that holds the group together. (Be it with her motherly instincts or just by keeping the Golden Lasso of Truth handy!)
The former former fashion model and actress, Rebecca Alie Romijn, best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films, and for her recurring role as Alexis Meade on the television series Ugly Betty. In 2000’s X-Men Romijn had her first major movie role as Mystique; she returned to the role in 2003’s sequel X2: X-Men United, and again for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In these movies her costume consisted of blue wakeup and some strategically placed prosthetics on her otherwise nude body. In X2: X-Men United she shows up in a bar in one scene in her “normal” look, and also in X-Men: The Last Stand, she appears as a dark-haired “de-powered” Mystique.
It is hard to get even one costume on a list like this, but somehow, Spider-Man managed to show up on this list twice! It all started when a fan named Randy Schueller thought it would be a cool idea if Spider-Man had an alternate costume that he could wear. He wrote in to Marvel with the idea and, since this was back in a day when Marvel still accepted submission ideas from the public, Jim Shooter bought the idea from Randy for a little over $200. Tom DeFalco then worked with Randy for a bit on trying to turn the idea into a Spider-Man issue but it never quite came together. A couple of years later, Shooter was trying to think of major changes to be made in Marvel's Secret Wars event and he thought back to the black costume idea.
When the Fantastic Four were introduced, Marvel was unsure if it was really prepared to transition from doing science fiction and horror comics to doing superhero comics, so the Fantastic Four originally wore just normal clothes. Even in their second issue, the team is decked out in normal outdoor wear. When the series received a tremendous response from the fans, though, Marvel knew that it had a superhero hit on their hands and so with the third issue, so creators and execs decided to give them costumes. However, they wanted to stick with the basic idea that these were not ordinary superheroes. These were sort of explorers more than traditional superheroes, and as a result, Jack Kirby came up with an awesome sort of utilitarian design for their jumpsuits. Famously, the costumes originally had masks but they decided to drop them.

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London – Across the digital economy, Europe is absent.
California-based Apple and Samsung in South Korea make the most popular phones in Europe. Facebook owns the most used social networks, Google dominates online search and advertising, and Amazon controls e-commerce. European companies operate their businesses from Amazon and Microsoft to cloud infrastructure. The region’s wireless networks are largely made up of Chinese giant Huawei equipment.
On Wednesday, the European Union outlined efforts to bring officials back to what they call “technological sovereignty” with strict control of the world’s largest technology platforms, new rules for artificial intelligence and more public spending for the European technology sector.
Officials say the effort is a “generational project” and European leaders are echoing growing concerns that countries in the region are over-reliant on the services provided by companies located elsewhere. As the global economy is more centered around technology, European countries will have a harder time generating jobs and earning tax returns for government service funding.
“We are presenting our ambition to build Europe’s digital future,” said Ursula von der Lein, president of the European Commission’s European Commission’s executive branch.
The proposals introduced on Wednesday are more explicit in identifying problems than suggesting specific solutions. The commission says it will begin a consultation period that will take months before any effective legislative preparation can be made. The debate is expected to last for most of the year.
But officials had some broad ideas that would be controversial in the months ahead.
Companies that have become “gatekeepers” for business-driven technologies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will face further scrutiny. Officials said the data they hold will have a special focus that could unfairly benefit them compared to its competitors.
Artificial intelligence technology – where computers are increasingly being trained to perform complex tasks – will lead to more government oversight, especially where automated systems create harmful risks such as health, transportation and policing, the creation commission said. We must prevent prejudice.
Policymakers also outlined criteria for sharing data across industries within the European Union, making it easier for companies to collect data separately to better compete against technology companies controlling the world’s various databases.
The debate over technology policies has caught the attention of technology giants. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, was in Brussels on Monday to meet with officials about the proposals. Top executives from Apple, Google and Microsoft have also visited the European capital for the past few weeks.


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Being the outcome of a two-day workshop program that discusses the extent of substance usage, fundamental problems, preventive work, treatment-rehabilitation processes in Turkey, this book will fill an important gap in the substance addiction issue.
In the preparation stage of the workshop, it was intended to design a work pattern which would make this workshop different from the previous workshops themed narcotic drug addiction. Within this scope, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and doctors who are qualified in narcotic drug addiction, participants such as the police, ex-users, activists, imams and café owners also came together. So, both the sufferers and the experts in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation processes gathered. As a result of the workshop of 8 sessions in total of two days came out an inclusive text of 293 articles that involves the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation processes for narcotic drug addiction. The results were thematically classified and sorted in order of importance and the proposals in which expectations about substance use from Turkish Green Crescent Society were stated at the end.

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Maori ‘need to be heard’ on euthanasia
A GISBORNE priest wants Maori to look at how legalising euthanasia might impact on cultural protocols or tikanga surrounding death.
Reverend Chris Huriwai is calling on Maori members of parliament to speak to their constituents about the End of Life Choice Bill and the issues that will arise if it is made law.
“Personally I don’t agree with the bill, but it looks to be popular so we are expecting the bill to pass and we accept that.
“My concern is that the select committee will not provide enough Maori voice. That is why MPs need to visit Maori communities and speak to their people.
“So if it does pass, we can change the way we perform tangi (funerals) and important protocols when we mourn.”
Rev Huriwai says the cause of death can influence what happens at a tangi and, in some cases, where the body is buried.
“Sometimes, the body is buried within two days of the death and the tangi process runs differently.
“I know of some cases when Maori who die from suicide are buried outside the burial grounds and, in extreme cases, in the gateway so people walk over the body every time they enter.
“These sorts of things need to be adjusted so that is why our Maori MPs should speak with our people.”
Act MP David Seymour’s euthanasia bill passed its first reading last month.
Just before Christmas Rev Huriwai approached Kiri Allan, Meka Whaitiri, Tamati Coffey and other Maori MPs to ask their reason for supporting the bill.
“I had a pretty robust conversation on twitter with a few Maori MPs.”
“I think their side of the argument is there is no singular stock-standard tikanga, which is true.
“But we do need some idea of what our people want, and if they want this to become law, so we can look at the protocols and traditions of tangi.
“It is a discussion MPs need to have with communities.”
Many of the MPs Rev Huriwai interacted with say they support the bill because they want to hear from experts at the select committee.
Maori views need to be heard.Labour MP for Ikaroa Rawhiti and Minister of Customs and Associate Minister of Crown/Maori Relations Meka Whaitiri says she will encourage constituents to have their say.
”I decided to support the euthanasia legislation to the first reading, as I wish to hear from the experts in this field and those who have had first-hand experience with assisted dying cases.”
“The select committee dealing with the End of Life Choice Bill is the Justice Committee, chaired by Labour’s Raymond Huo.
“Maori members from across the House will have their opportunity to have input into the debates on this Bill.
“I will encourage people around my electorate to make submissions to the select committee by the closing date on February 20.
“I will also make sure I seek the views of the people I represent in Ikaroa Rawhiti.”
She says Maori views need to be heard.
“It is critical that Maori views, particularly cultural views, are taken into account. We have strict tikanga or protocols when we deal with our dead.”
Former Green Party for candidate Ikaroa Rawhiti Dr Elizabeth Kerekere supports the bill and says tikanga changes with the times.
“Our tikanga around death and dying has evolved in this changing world and it will continue to do so.
“We already have karakia to help ease our dying as their wairua releases from its physical and pain-ridden restraints. They know when they are ready to go so who are we to stop that from happening?”
“In this case, the important Maori voices that need to be heard are those kaumatua and whanau who do want this — whanau who have watched someone live in agony and could do nothing about it.
“We are not talking about suicide or murder, and politicians often use that rhetoric to hide the real issue,” she says.
“We definitely need to talk to our people about this so we can find those quiet and suffering voices.”


One large live oak, located in the middle of a proposed storm-water pond, had become a favorite hangout for the Roseate Spoonbills. Our original master plan sought to maximize the retention capacity of the community’s storm-water ponds. This is another example of ‘what looks good on paper, sometime isn’t.’ We worked with the consulting engineers who permitted the pond with the SJRWMD (St. Johns River Water Management District) to determine the excess retention capacity in the lake design from our master plan. We prepared a revised design that preserved the tree in the pond. Then we had to convince the developer that the extra cost of the bulkheads was warranted. Now the preserved tree offers a safe refuge for the Roseate Spoonbills during their annual summer migration and a dramatic focal point for the pond. The slide show below shows the progression of construction and the completed pond with the preserved tree. In addition to master planning services, Prospectus offers construction management which in this case took advantage of special circumstances to improve the finished product.


For the first time since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United went to the top of the Premier League courtesy of a 3-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday. It is a far cry from the uncertain days of the end of the transfer window, when the club’s activity was strongly and understandably questioned. After almost £250 million spent in the 15 months since Louis van Gaal took charge, one of the world’s richest clubs is now back in the position their owners will feel they belong.
Still, staying there until the end of the season and going on to compete into the latter stages of the Champions League is another matter entirely. And Van Gaal will be the first to acknowledge that there is still plenty of work to do. Thus it is a real possibility that there could be more money being spent once the transfer window reopens in January.
One of the areas Van Gaal is now reportedly looking to strengthen is at left-back. Luke Shaw had started the season strongly in the role, but will now miss at least six months and quite possibly longer after suffering a broken leg two weeks ago. Already linked with West Ham’s Aaron Cresswell and Leeds United youngster Charlie Taylor, the Daily Mirror now claims that United are pursuing Charlton Athletic’s Morgan Fox.
The Wales Under-21 international was called up to the senior Welsh squad for the first time earlier this month on the back of a strong start to the season in England’s Championship. Fox is also said to be interesting Aston Villa, Newcastle and West Ham, but Charlton are working hard to try and keep the 22-year-old by presenting him with a new deal.
The rest of the rumors surrounding Manchester United in recent days appear considerably more speculative. Citing a story in the Netherlands, Metro has reported that United are ready to make a £29.4 million offer for Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu. It is not the first time that the Turkey international has been linked with a move to Old Trafford, and after scoring four goals in nine appearances, it is not difficult to envisage some of Europe’s top clubs being interested. One of the world’s premier free-kick specialists, the 21-year-old was signed from Hamburg in the summer of 2014. Still, it is not clear where he would currently fit into United’s midfield.
That same doubt exists surrounding Manchester United’s supposed interest in talented Lyon youngster Nabil Fekir. The Daily Express has a story citing reports that United are eager to land to 22-year-old attacking midfielder. Fekir was one of the stars of Ligue 1 last season and started this campaign in similarly impressive fashion, netting four times in as many appearances.
Yet it would take a massive fee to prize him away from Lyon and it is hard to imagine United opting to pay that given that the player is currently out with cruciate ligament injury suffered in his first start for France earlier this month.
Elsewhere, the Daily Star has reported that Manchester United are vying with Chelsea for Dutch teenager Tahith Chong. The 15-year-old winger is currently on the books of Feyenoord, but will be able to leave when he turns 16 at the beginning of December. Liverpool have also been credited with an interest in the past.


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Re: Fresh blanket of corruption, empty venues bleak legacy, Feb. 8
Fresh blanket of corruption, empty venues bleak legacy, Feb. 8
Columnist Bruce Arthur described the International Olympic Committee as a “den of thieves and grifters.” Is this the same IOC whose membership is made up entirely of unpaid volunteers, which redistributed more than 90 per cent of its income to world sport and to the athletes, and that is publically audited and uses more stringent accounting standards than is required simply to be more transparent?
To hurl such insults may make “good copy” and make a “fun” story but they are without substance.
The Sochi Games themselves are expected to make an operational profit. You may remember that those in Vancouver also broke even.
And just a small update on the “ghost town” that Sochi has become. This winter, according to Sochi’s mayor, all hotel rooms in the mountain resort were fully booked in November through January and the authorities had to actually use traffic calming measures to control the number of tourists.
The sporting venues have already been used for a number of world championships and other international sporting events. There is also now a KHL hockey team there, which draws crowds of between 7,000 and 8,000 spectators per match. In addition, a Formula One Grand Prix will return to Sochi again this year.
There isn’t enough room to mention all the events that have already taken place or are already lined up to take place this year in Sochi, but here are just a few examples: ITF Fed Cup Match between Russia and Argentina in 2014; the KHL all-star match 2015; FIL World Cup in 2015; FIL European Championships in 2015; FIBT World Cup in 2015; WCF World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships in 2015; and WCF World Senior Curling Championships in 2015.
Sochi is also scheduled to be a host city for the FIFA Confederations Cup and FIFA World Cup in 2017 AND 2018 respectively.
These are all inconvenient truths if you are trying to build another narrative but they are facts nonetheless.
Mark Adams, Director of Communications, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland

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THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Altech Chemicals (ASX: ATC) has taken the decision to locate the beneficiation plant for the company’s proposed high purity alumina (HPA) project in Malaysia.
The company is currently undertaking detailed design for the project, located near Meckering in Western Australia, which includes consideration of optimisation opportunities for process flow design, plant layout, capital equipment and operating costs.
The company completed a Bankable Feasibility Study for the project in June that contemplated on-site beneficiation of mined kaolin material at Meckering.
However, as a result of the current detailed design and optimisation work, Altech will now locate the kaolin beneficiation plant at the company’s proposed HPA plant site in Johor, Malaysia.
According to Altech, moving the kaolin beneficiation plant to Malaysia will reduce plant capital costs as proposed dryer, bagging unit and supporting infrastructure will no longer be required.
Removing these items will also simplify the beneficiation process.
An added sweetener is that by locating the beneficiation plant in Malaysian means it will also be smaller in size as it will operate 24hrs/day – as opposed to 12 hrs/day in Australia – and construction costs in Malaysia will be much lower.
Operating costs for the Malaysian beneficiation plant will also be lower due to lower power and natural gas charges, lower labour costs and various maintenance and operating synergies.
The company said the revised Meckering operations (post mining) will now consist of loading raw kaolin material directly into sea containers for shipment to Malaysia.
“Identifying the benefits of locating the kaolin beneficiation plant in Malaysia is a credit to the detailed design and optimisation team,” Altech Chemicals managing director Iggy Tan said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.
“The impacts on project NPV will be minimal, however the simplification of the beneficiation flow sheet and the synergies of having all of the major project infrastructure at one site and within one jurisdiction, Malaysia, will deliver both operating and project financing advantages.
“Detailed design and optimisation work is ongoing and will continue into the first quarter of 2016, in parallel with our project financing and associated activities”

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Outdoor hanging lights bulbs absolutely could make the house has stunning look. First time to begin which usually is performed by people if they want to decorate their home is by determining decor ideas which they will use for the house. Theme is such the basic thing in interior decorating. The ideas will determine how the house will look like, the decor also give influence for the appearance of the interior. Therefore in choosing the decoration, people absolutely have to be really selective. To make it useful, adding the hanging lights sets in the right place, also make the right colours and combination for your decoration.

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Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Science
Nutrition and Food Sciences
Objective: To investigate the differences in the frequency and intensity of food cravings between animal- and plant-based consumers as well as the association between habitual intake of dietary fibers, animal and plant protein, and food cravings. Methods: An online cross-sectional study collected data from adult (≥ 18 years) animal- and plant-based consumers from March 2020 to January 2022. Participants completed a Qualtrics eligibility questionnaire self-identifying their dietary pattern and weekly frequency of meat, seafood, dairy, egg, and honey consumption. Eligible participants (non-smoking, not pregnant, no fiber supplementation, no chronic disease) were invited via e-mail to complete a Dietary History Questionnaire, measuring the previous 3 months of dietary intake, and calculating the Healthy Eating Index total score, as well as the Food Craving Questionnaire Trait-reduced, measuring general trait food cravings. Participants were re-categorized into an animal and plant protein group based on the median value for animal and plant protein intake (grams), due to inaccuracies in self-identification. Analysis of covariance was used for the primary analyses, controlling for race, diet quality and total energy intake and multiple linear regression was used for the secondary and tertiary analyses, controlling for race and diet quality. Results: The sample (n=98) was primarily healthy, adult (28.1 ± 11.2 y) white (84.9%), females (82.7%). There were no differences between the animal (37.3 ± 12.4) and plant protein group (35.6 ± 11.3) for total food cravings (p=0.30). There were no associations observed between energy (% kilocalories) from total protein (ß = -0.06, r2=0.10, p=0.52), animal (ß= -0.03, r2=0.10, p=0.72) or plant protein (ß =-0.17, r2=0.11, p<0.19) and food cravings. Dietary fibers (g/1000 kcal) were inversely associated with food cravings (ß = -0.32, r2=0.14, p =0.04) Implications: These hypotheses-generating analyses underscore the relevance of diet quality, race, and intake of dietary fibers to food cravings frequency and intensity.
Thomas, Kate, "FREQUENCY OF FOOD CRAVINGS IN ADULTS CONSUMING ANIMAL- OR PLANT-BASED DIETS" (2022). Open Access Master's Theses. Paper 2135.

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Tlaxcala's most famous site isn't in the town at all. At the nearby archaeological site of Cacaxtla you'll see some of Mexico's most vividly colored murals. Accidentally discovered in 1975, the main temple at Cacaxtla contains breathtaking scenes of a surprisingly vicious battle between two bands of warriors. The nearly life-size figures wearing jaguar skins clearly have the upper hand against their foes in lofty feathered headdresses.
The site, dating from AD 650 to AD 900, is thought to be the work of the Olmeca-Xicalanca people. Other paintings adorn smaller structures. The newly restored Templo Rojo, or Red Temple, is decorated with stalks of corn with cartoonlike human faces. Perhaps the most delightful is in the Templo de Venus, or Temple of Venus, where two figures are dancing in the moonlight, their bodies a striking blue.
On a hill about 1½ km (1 mi) north of Cacaxtla is the site of Xochitécatl, with four Classic Period pyramids. You can see both sites with the same admission ticket. Head south from Mexico City toward Puebla on Carretera Federal 119. Veer off to the right toward the town of Nativitas. Both sites are near the village of San Miguel del Milagro.
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Many people are changing jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus. Some have been unable to earn money from their previous roles due to restrictions, while others have been completely shut down.
If you fall into these categories or want to better control your spending habits, here are some tips to follow.
Read on to discover the best habits people use to regain control of their finances!
- Budget setting
To better manage your finances so you can save for the future, you need to set a budget.
A budget is an overview of your expenses and income. Setting a budget involves knowing how much your salary is each week. Many people recommend getting a list of bills to start with. You can record payment due date and payment amount.
This way you can see how much money you can save compared to your earnings.
- Frequently rate
If you go too long without looking at the numbers, tracking your income and finances can be difficult and overwhelming.
You should spend time each week reviewing your bills and changing your budget as changes occur. You should do this whenever there is a big change in your finances as well.
When talking about finances, the most important thing is to be honest with yourself.
If you know you spend too much money on coffee or fast food every week, write it down. You need to find space in your budget for these habits, or buy them in moderation.
Lying to yourself about your finances will only damage your wallet in the end.
- Keep Some money away
A general rule to follow, which works for many people, is to set aside 10% of your salary.
You should put this money into a savings account that can grow over time. The nice thing about this ratio is that it’s reasonable and won’t leave you without money for food, bills and gas.
- Look at your paystub
If you want to control your finances, you need to look at your pay stubs.
Paystub provides a lot of useful information. They can tell you how much each week goes into your taxes, medical and 401k. You may be wondering, because salaries are very important to budgeting. Can you make fake pay stubs? ?
You can! There are many resources to help you fill out the information.
- Stay organized
The worst part of your financial records is knowing how to track and keep them.
Group items together, such as financial documents, if you organize them. For example, you can put together car insurance files, medical, tax, utility bills, and receipts. Do this with all your bills and expenses so you can easily find what you need in the future!
- Stop pointless spending
Haven’t needed anything lately, but found yourself on Amazon or in stores?
Browsing through items can be fun and exciting, but it’s also an expensive habit that gets added quickly. Do your best not to spend money on useless things you don’t need. This also means that if you drink coffee at home, you have to buy it every day at the coffee shop.
Everyone’s budget is different, but they have a habit of saving a lot of money for work all.
If you want to control your finances, you need to take the time to evaluate your expenses and income. This will prevent you from spending your money on useless items you don’t need.

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MILESTONE: Our 300,000th job was completed and invoiced September 28th!!
After 45 years in business, Enviromatic is proud to announce that our 300,000th job was done September 28th, 2016. It is a huge milestone and with our recent tremendous growth, we project to reach a half million jobs within the next few years!!


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been sounded out as a potential replacement for former England manager Sam Allardyce next summer when his contract at the Emirates Stadium expires.
However, with the England job being such a poison chalice, it’s unlikely the long-serving manager would consider the Three Lions job as a dream opportunity given they’re currently at their lowest ebb.
Still unfinished business with Arsenal
Despite Arsene Wenger’s contract in its final year with Arsenal, there’s still a sense without the camp that the long-serving manager is keen to extend his stay. Wenger has previously stated he would always honour his contract with the club, but he has also said he feels hungrier than ever to win major trophies with Arsenal before he calls time on his long stay in London.
Wenger has spent around £100M on new players this summer, signaling his intent for Arsenal to challenge for the Premier League title, and with so much potential in the side, the 66-year-old wouldn’t want to miss out on their best chance of success in over a decade. Arsenal have fallen short in the title race for many years, but performances in recent seasons suggests they’re getting closer.
Arsenal have finished third and second in the last two seasons, conceding less than a goal a game on average, and only Manchester City have picked up more points in the Premier League since the start of the 2014/15 campaign until Friday, September 30. It’s worth noting no side have lost fewer games than Arsenal in their last 82 matches.
England going backwards without expectations ever changing
The England job is still held in high regard by some, but it’s been a opportunity that has ruined the reputation of the majority of coaches since the turn of the millennium. Arsene Wenger has worked hard to build a legacy at Arsenal, and he will know the scrutiny that comes with being an England manager which is why he’s likely to avoid getting involved.
Wenger may say he’s considered the role, but he’s been offered the job in the past and turned it down so he clearly doesn’t feel international management is his calling. England comes with expectation too, despite the side having failed miserably in recent tournaments. Failure to make the latter stages of a competition sees pressure on the coaching staff to resign, and such lofty and undeserved expectation is sure to put off the veteran manager.
Arsene Wenger is 5/1 to be appointed next England manager, but would the French coach really want such a poison chalice to be his last job?
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Anna Deavere Smith returned to her hometown of Baltimore in the wake of the riots and found herself shaken by the devastation.
A master monologuist who has dedicated her life and work to exploring the fault lines of race and class and politics in American life, she channeled her feelings of grief into her latest solo show “Notes From the Field: Doing Time in Education, the California Chapter,” which runs Saturday through Aug. 2 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Turning headlines into art has long been her stock in trade.
“It was very powerful for me to see the city where I grew up become an archaeological site,” says the always eloquent Smith. “There are blocks and blocks and blocks of broken down buildings in ruins. That was very moving for me. It was hard to see.”
Theater game changer
Smith, who may be best-known for her role as the formidable hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus on Showtime”s hit “Nurse Jackie,” and her spin through “The West Wing,” is a pioneer of documentary theater. Her painstaking methodology involves interviewing countless people and then bringing those characters to life onstage with unerring accuracy, taking pains to re-create every sigh and every shrug.
“Ms. Smith is so meticulous in her attention to the details of voice, language and physical bearing that give people definition — the sentences that trail off, the hiccups of syntax, the heavy or elegant tread — that the ample use of costumes, props and sets is probably superfluous,” as The New York Times put it. “You are always aware of Ms. Smith as a commanding stage presence — she is an expert herself on the use of the body as an aesthetic precision tool — but the personas of her subjects come through with a shining clarity, as easily as light moves through glass.”
Make no mistake, Smith is no snob. She”s a highly intellectual actor and writer, and she relishes the stimulation of university life (she is doing a residency at Stanford in the fall and will be performing there as part of the Stanford Live series), but she”s also a sucker for good television. And she admits that she will miss the “Nurse Jackie” crew terribly now that the Showtime comedy about a troubled nurse (played by Edie Falco) has wrapped.
“I loved working on ”Nurse Jackie,” ” she says. “It was a privilege for me, and I was very sad to see it end.”
Her most lasting legacy remains in the theater, where her groundbreaking and precise blend of journalism and art has inspired performers from Sarah Jones to Echo Brown.
“She”s extraordinary!” says director Amy Glazer. “She is masterful at capturing the essence of a particular character — of transforming herself so totally into whatever gender, race or ethnicity she chooses to capture. She”s also so specific in finding the precise behavior that reveals a particular character, and through character comes destiny.”
From “Fires in the Mirror,” an ode to the Crown Heights riots, to “Let Me Down Easy,” an examination of health care in America, Smith has sought to make the stage a town hall where we might debate the issues of the day.
“Forgive me if this sounds grandiose, but I see theater as a gathering place, a place to come together and look at civic matters,” says the 64-year-old Pulitzer nominee, who studied at San Francisco”s American Conservatory Theater. “I am always trying to be part of the broader conversation. If we say that art can make social change, how do we pull people into it? This is the moment to look at ourselves in the mirror.”
Now she”s taking that stance to the next level by framing “Notes,” which traces the unsettling pipeline between California schools and its prisons. (She also has versions of the play tailored to other regions.) After her performances onstage, the audience will be broken into discussion groups to engage the issues head-on. She will tackle the issue, along with race relations, during her residency at Stanford in October.
“The police are in the streets; the police are in the schools,” says Smith. “We need to take a hard look at criminal justice in this country. We need to look at the rates of mass incarceration. Have we decided that some of the people in our country are disposable?”
Call for action
Framing the discussion isn”t enough for Smith — she also wants to goose people into actually doing something. In each of her works, the point is to get past the bitterness and regret that shrouds a tragedy so that lasting change can be made.
“The challenge is how to move people from outrage to action,” notes Susie Medak, managing director of Berkeley Rep, where Smith has held court many times over the years.
Smith, who has taught everywhere from Stanford to New York University, says the crisis in education is not limited to low-income schools — it”s just that the stress and strain is more keenly felt there.
“Students rich and poor are living in fear today. At NYU, we see it in the suicide rate,” says Smith. “Poor kids are more vulnerable because they have less of a support network at home. It”s a miracle for some of these kids to make it through school.”
Of course, messing with the tropes of the theatrical experience could backfire. Interactivity is a tricky business, especially in a new work, but fans of Smith say fearlessness is her strong suit.
“Anna isn”t afraid of taking a huge risk that this may not work,” Medak says. “Or maybe it”s more honest to say that she finds it very frightening (as do I), but that doesn”t keep her from trying it.”
Indeed, Medak initially advised that the piece be postponed so the Rep could have more time to frame the play and fine-tune the experience. But Smith maintained that now was the time. And she wouldn”t take no for an answer.
“She seems to have an innate capacity to know what is in the zeitgeist. She understands the urgency of an issue,” Medak says. “The other thing about Anna is that she is restless. She is always pushing.”
Contact Karen D”Souza at 408-271-3772. Read her at www.mercurynews.com/karen-dsouza, and follow her at Twitter.com/karendsouza4.
Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith
When: Saturday through Aug.2
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2015 Addison St.
Tickets: $50-$89; 510-647-2949,


Diffusion is the movement of molecules (gas, minerals and particles) from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. Diffusion is an important process that occurs within the cells of plants and animals. One example of diffusion is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during respiration. When we breathe in oxygen there is a higher concentration of oxygen in our lungs than in our circulating red blood cells, so oxygen diffuses across cell membranes from our lungs into our blood vessels and into our red blood cells to be distributed throughout our body. The reverse happens with carbon dioxide that we exhale. The carbon dioxide is more concentrated in our red blood cells (carbon dioxide is a by-product of cellular respiration – which we will study next) and is diffused into the lungs (lower concentration) and then we exhale releasing carbon dioxide into the environment. This carbon dioxide is taken in by plants to be used in photosynthesis.
Another example of diffusion is when nutrients are taken into a plant. Plants utilize nutrients to grow and live and these nutrients are obtained by diffusion. Since nutrients are more concentrated in the soil around the roots, they diffuse into the roots and are carried throughout the plant to the various cells.
1 tube of food coloring (darker colors work best, but any color will do)
1 large, clear drinking glass or similar container
Water (from your faucet)
1. Fill glass container almost to the top with cold water.
2. Drop 3-4 drops of food coloring into the water.
3. Observe for 2-3 minutes – taking photos to record the progress.
4. Record your observations. How do you think diffusion helps nutrients, waste and other molecules move around the cell?


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Katy Perry and Orlando bloom are definitely back on!
The "Swish Swish" singer is currently in Europe for her "Witness World Tour," but she made time in-between her Belgium and Amsterdam tour dates to support boyfriend Orlando Bloom as he stars in the West End play "Killer Joe."
Katy gave fans a peek at her London pit stop on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, sharing a snap of the "Killer Joe" playbill with Orlando's face pictured on the front. And just to prove how smitten she is with Orly, the 33-year-old added hearts all around him.
The pop star slyly confirmed her relationship status just days ago on "American Idol," where she declared herself as "taken" during banter with host Ryan Seacrest. Now it looks like Katy has no problem making it Instagram official!

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Common causes of fecal incontinence include diarrhea, constipation, and muscle or nerve damage. The muscle or nerve damage may be associated with aging or with giving birth. Whatever the cause, fecal incontinence can be embarrassing. But don’t shy away from talking to your doctor about this common problem.Dec 1, 2020
Causes of loose bowel movements in elderly
- Bowel incontinence is the inability to control bowel movements. It’s a common problem, especially among older adults. Accidental bowel leakage is usually not a serious medical problem. But it can seriously interfere with daily life. People with bowel incontinence may avoid social activities for fear of embarrassment.
Bowel incontinence (also called fecal incontinence) is when you’re not able to control your bowel movements. It’s a common problem, especially among older adults, and ranges from irregular stool leaks while passing gas to a total loss of control of your bowels. Accidental bowel leakage isn’t usually a serious medical problem.
When should you worry about loose stools?
One loose stool is not a big deal, but if they recur over several days or are accompanied with other signs – such as weight loss, pain or discoloration of the stool – then it may be time to talk to your doctor.
How do you control bowel incontinence in the elderly?
Treatment and management of fecal incontinence and bowel leakage Diet. Staying hydrated and eating high-fiber fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can regulate defecation and prevent diarrhea and constipation. Kegel exercises. Scheduled toileting. Increased hygiene. Over-the-counter (OTC) medicine.
What is the treatment for bowel incontinence?
Medications . Depending on the cause of fecal incontinence, options include: Anti-diarrheal drugs such as loperamide hydrochloride (Imodium A-D) and diphenoxylate and atropine sulfate (Lomotil) Bulk laxatives such as methylcellulose (Citrucel) and psyllium (Metamucil), if chronic constipation is causing your
What food causes diarrhea in elderly?
Diarrhea triggers Sugar . Sugars stimulate the gut to put out water and electrolytes, which loosen bowel movements. Dairy foods. These contain lactose , which some people have a hard time digesting. FODMAPs. Gluten . Fried or fatty foods . Spicy foods. Caffeine . Image: 5432action/Getty Images.
Is it OK to have loose stools all the time?
Loose stools often occur after eating, but can also happen at other points in the day. When loose stools occur consecutively on multiple occasions throughout a day, this is described as diarrhea . However, loose stools can occur chronically and may require treatment.
What is the difference between loose stool and diarrhea?
The main difference between loose stools and diarrhea is that: Loose stools describes stool consistency of your bowel movement . Diarrhea usually means loose stools and an increased number of loose stools .
What is bowel incontinence a sign of?
Bowel incontinence is a symptom of an underlying problem or medical condition. Many cases are caused by diarrhoea , constipation , or weakening of the muscle that controls the opening of the anus. It can also be caused by long-term conditions such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis and dementia.
Does bowel incontinence go away?
Bowel incontinence is usually treatable. In many cases, it can be cured completely. Recommended treatments vary according to the cause of bowel incontinence . Often, more than one treatment method may be required to control symptoms.
Why do elderly have bowel problems?
Causes include consuming a diet that is too low in fibre and fluid, insufficient physical activity, medication side effect (e.g., opiates, tricyclic anti-depressants, calcium channel blockers), certain supplements (calcium and iron), irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal obstructions or strictures from surgery, diabetes
What causes loss of bowel control in the elderly?
Common causes of fecal incontinence include diarrhea, constipation, and muscle or nerve damage. The muscle or nerve damage may be associated with aging or with giving birth. Whatever the cause , fecal incontinence can be embarrassing.
Why did I suddenly poop my pants?
Nerve or muscle damage: Any damage to the nerves that signals the need for a bowel movement or the muscles that control bowel movements can cause fecal incontinence. Causes of nerve damage include surgery, childbirth, spinal cord injury or other chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis.
What foods help with bowel incontinence?
How can you care for yourself at home? Include fruits , vegetables, beans, and whole grains in your diet each day. Drink plenty of fluids, enough so that your urine is light yellow or clear like water. Get some exercise every day. Take a fibre supplement, such as Benefibre or Metamucil, every day.
Is it normal for elderly to have diarrhea?
Some of the most common causes of diarrhea in older people include: Bacteria or viruses. More serious infections may cause vomiting as well. Medication: Some medications, especially antibiotics, can upset the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and cause diarrhea .
Why do I poop right after eating salad?
The most likely cause of needing to poop right after eating is the gastrocolic reflex. This reflex is a normal involuntary reaction to food entering the stomach.
Can food give you diarrhea immediately?
Food poisoning: The human body does a good job of knowing it has eaten something it shouldn’t. When it detects the bad food , your body will probably try to expel it immediately . That may cause diarrhea or vomiting within a few minutes of eating the contaminated food .

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I made tiered cupcakes last night! I didn’t have multiple sizes of muffin tins available (as suggested by this site) so made modifications to the technique.
In a fit of hunger and indecision, I purchased multiple frostings, candies and cake mixes. I settled for a confetti rainbow cake mix (not pictured) for Norman’s Anniversary Cupcakes. He’s been at Bramble Berry for eight years and deserves much thanks and praise.
The ideal way to make multi-layered cupcakes is to have a cupcake tin sized smaller than the base cupcake. Having no such 2nd cupcake tin, I improvised. I poured a flat sheet cake to cut baby cupcakes out of. When they are frosted, no one will know that they weren’t real cupcakes.

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Given that it’s autumn, you could be mistaken for thinking sun exposure isn’t a problem. In Queensland, UV rates rarely fall below dangerous levels during the day - even in winter. And although you might not feel your skin burn during, extended sun exposure can have unintended consequences such as hyperpigmentation and premature ageing.
Our plastic surgery nurse Deborah and dermal clinician Diane have put together their top 3 tips to protect your skin from sun damage at this time:
As always, seek shade and cover up wherever possible – even if it’s late in the afternoon! Before you head out, check the Bureau of Meteorology for UV levels at different times of day here. Research undertaken by the University of Manchester and the Association for International Cancer Research found that taking a regular dose of omega-3 boosted skin immunity to sunlight. The fatty acids DHA and EPA in omega-3 oil have been associated with the skin’s photoprotection by decreasing the production of proinflammatory eicosanoids and suppressing UV induced keratinocyte damage. I love Opti3 Vegan Omega-3.
Once you have prevention under control, the next step is to add antioxidants to your skincare regime. Antioxidants have been scientifically proven to inhibit the free radical damage that causes the kinds of premature ageing typically seen in Queensland. The face, hands and décolletage and neck commonly show signs of our powerful sunshine!
Pigment inhibitors like vitamin B and products that have peptides and tyrosinase inhibitors, reduce and prevent the transition of melanin, preventing UV induced pigmentation. They’re my multitasking ‘beauty superstars’ at times like these - for many reasons!
A good place to start is with the Synergie Skin Brightening Kit (pictured). It has everything you need for all day prevention and protection. For nutritional vitamin B support, I love Bioceuticals Mega B with Q10.
One of my other beauty weapons to help brighten pigmentation, and help unclog blocked pores is Reveal. I use up to 3 times per week in the morning, and underneath sunscreen for best results.
The serum both prevents and reduces the appearance of hyperpigmentation while tackling photo-ageing at the source. It does this by using CMF Triacid Complex; a synergistic blend of the latest and most stable forms of ascorbic, ferulic and mandelic acids. Apply each morning and always use a daily SPF 50 that is kind to your skin.
Synergie Skin’s UberZinc SPF 50 is a broad spectrum sunscreen that provides the skin with moisture, while absorbing oil to minimise shine. Use it on its own or with your Mineral Whip makeup for ultimate protection (we now have this range in clinic!)
At home exfoliants and masks are also a great way to keep your skin healthy when clinical treatments are unavailable. We have been sending out a customised selection to patients at this time, to help them to maintain best results.
Consults now available via video!
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Lodging, Bed and Breakfast, Guest Accommodation, Holiday Rooms, Pensions and Hotels in Supetar
Apartment EllenProperty number 66937
6 guests in 2 bedrooms
Apartment Ellen is a comfortable 2 bedroom 2nd floor apartment with great views over the sea and the high mountains of the mainland beyond. Tastefully furnished this apartment is a relaxing and tranquil place to stay to be away from it all yet close enough to the town of Supetar to enjoy its many restaurants and cafes and its night life too. The apartment block has a communal pool with small sunbathing terrace set with olive groves and fields around. The nearest beach is 800 m away so we recommend guests have a car. And with a car the many secluded out of town beaches can be explored! These are the best beaches to enjoy!Come in the high season of July and August and you’ll find Supetar vibrant with life with holidaymakers from all over Europe. Eat out at a different restaurant each evening and sample the friendly bars and cafes of the town. Or, just 45 minutes from Supetar by car, you can visit beautiful beach resort named Bol, very famous for its beach phenomenon called Zlatni Rat. Alternatively take a 45-minute ferry ride to Split and wander through the 1700 year old alleyways of the Diocleceans Palace, do some designer brand name shopping, or just promenade along the elegant palm tree lined Riva eating an ice cream! For a quiet holiday come in June or September. If walking is your thing, there’s plenty of lovely coastal and inland walks with many beautiful old stone villages to explore.Supetar Attractions: Supetar offers fun for all the family. There are 2 giant water slides on one beach plus a small fun pool. In the centre of town is a funfair that has rides for the very small up to teenagers. And there are outdoor slot machines, pool tables and table football. There is openair shopping for local crafts and jewellry every evening and numerous sellers of fine icecreams to enjoy as you promenade along the harbour side. 4km out of town is a local zoo with domestic animals and this also has a playing and sports area for children.
LocationSplit-Dalmatia, Supetar, Adriatic Coast, Croatia
Nearest Airport : Split Airport at 45 Kilometres Nearest Ferry : Supetar, island of Brac at 2 Kilometres Nearest Train : Split Railway station at 25 Kilometres Nearest Motorway : Split at 35 Kilometres Nearest Beach : beach at 800 Metres Nearest Restaurant : Supetar at 200 MetresTake the 45 minute car ferry from Split harbour. Split harbour is 20 kilometres from Split airport. The crossing takes about 45 minutes. The cost per person is approx 5 Euro.Getting to the Property: Dalmatian Property Management office in Supetar will supply photo directions on how to get to the property, the keys of the property and all information’s about region, supermarkets, restaurants and cultural events you might visit during your stay. In a case you need anything else DPM personnel will be happy to help and at your service throughout your stay in one of the properties we manage. Getting to Brac: Near Beach, Near Marina, Near Shopping, Near Restaurants, Near Theme Park, Snorkeling, SCUBA, Boating, Paddle Boats, Deep Sea Fishing, Sailing, Jet Skiing, Windsurfing, Swimming, Hiking, Biking, Mountain Biking, Walking Tours, Sightseeing, Tennis


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In New Zealand it has become popular to celebrate Matariki: it’s the time when the Pleidedes are visible in this part of the world and marks what the rest of us have come to call the Maori new year.
It is also the time when we remember the signing of te Tiriti o Waitangi in this area. The time when local iwi, Ngati Toa Rangatira signed the Treaty on a ship off the coast of Mana Island. We used to walk up the local puke (hill) called Whitireia, which means “light of day” – Whiti te ra. We used to get there so that when dawn broke we were ready to welcome it in with karakia and at times haka.
So it was both wonderful, and a relief, yesterday to join staff at Whitireia Polytechnic inside the library and to watch the hill as dawn broke. It was also lovely to hear elder, kaumatua and friend to many of us, Turoa Royal give the speech for the day. He wandered around the history of the Treaty and gave his own impression on how things are: better than they were but with room for improvement.
This week is also the week that our friend Krysia died. Not passed away, on or over. Died.
She went to Malaysia, had her stomach stappled and died. Four years ago. So today we went to her unveiling. Stood on the damp ground and remembered her. Cried when her cousin sang, in te reo Maori “Over the rainbow.”
And it was wonderful to see her daughter last week, taking on the old Krysia style and organising a Matariki festival at Whitireia.
Whiti te ra.

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2016 Ford Mustang Dealer Serving Boston
You will be in awe with the 2016 Ford Mustang driving experience. You'll be blown away by the 2.3L EcoBoost engine's 310 horsepower and 320 lb.-ft. of torque, or amazed by the 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 on the GT, delivering 435 horsepower and 400 lb.-ft. of torque. The Launch Control feature guarantees consistent performance in any condition by integrating brakes, traction control, and powertrain to balance torque and acceleration for a smooth ride. Customize your experience by selecting a driving mode from the center stack of Normal, Snow/wet, or Sport and Track. The vehicle adjusts automatically to optimize control based on your selection.
So if you are shopping for a 2016 Ford Mustang serving Boston, then visit Franklin Ford to test drive one today.
The 2016 Ford Mustang has a sporty and comfortable interior, with 6-way, power-adjustable leather-trimmed driver and front seats that heated and cooled. The driver's seat includes power lumbar support and available driver memory. The voice-activated Navigation System includes a five-year subscription to SiriusXM Traffic and Travel Link 34.
The 2016 Mustang is always a classic, with its recognizable high-intensity discharge headlamps and the famous Mustang sequential turn signals. The vehicle is equipped with dual exhaust pipes on all models and rain-sensing wipers that turn on automatically when rain or snow is detected on the windshield.