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text: Alon Calinao Dy is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing at St. Jude College, Manila. He is one of the top students at the St. Jude College of Nursing and a former clinical instructor at St. Augustine, Quezon City. He was a staff nurse at Fatima University Medical Center, Valenzuela City in 2007 and in Chest Diseases Hospital (formerly known as the Kuwait Heart Center), Sabah Region, Kuwait since 2011 up to 2014. A registered nurse-midwife in the Philippines, a certified CGFNS International Nurse, and a registered nurse in the State of New York, USA, he also functioned as a staff nurse at the International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2010. He now works as a registered nurse at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas, USA. Alon is the author of “Best Love Poems Collection” and “Manny Pacquiao: A True Filipino Pride and A Hero.” These books are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Lulu, Goodreads, etc. He is the author of several poems and quotation marks, one of the contributors in the Filipino nurses, Buzzle, Philboxing, Boxing, Boxinginsider, Boxingnews24, and many more. His hobbies and interests include playing basketball, chess, swimming, and reading.

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The Jane Bradfords Return
Frontman Deci Gallen on new album 100 Miles of Broken Pavement
Who/what/where/when/why are The Jane Bradfords?
We're a Belfast indie band who are not trying to reinvent the wheel, we just want to write good songs.
We haven't heard a lot from you since your debut album wound down, aside from a few singles releases. What have you been up to?
Quite a lot behind the scenes. Paul (bassist) has been doing lights for ASIWYFA and touring all over the place, while Johnny (guitar) has been playing with Yes Cadets and lording it up at Glastonbury and other major festivals.
I've been composing music for TV, the internet and film, while also writing copious amounts of music for the Bradfords. The songwriting on this album is really from 2008 – 10. The upshot of this is that I already have a lot of songs written that will go on to form album three.
The new album is called 100 Miles of Broken Pavement (listen to tracks 'Tonight the World is Always Ending' above and 'About Our Love' below). In the short time I've had to listen to it, I'd say it's a bona fide early contender for Irish album of the year. How would you describe it?
Thank you! It's more organic than the last album. The first album was very much a solo effort and as a result was very synth-laden. This album reflects the live band more. Songs that I'd written on my own took on this different life as we started playing live. I wouldn't call it a 'dark' album, but it's certainly more downbeat than the last one.
Will you change it to 'Sidewalk' for the yanks?
In honour of one of the greatest bands America ever gave us I think I'll stick with Pavement.
The new album sounds very polished. Who produced it, and where did you record it?
It was produced and mixed entirely at home in my studio, with some extra tracking done in our practice room. While this gave much more control over the sound we wanted, it meant that the album took longer to make. I spent well over a year with Rich Lower mixing it. Sometimes I wish we had a producer to just say 'Ok guys, we're done'.
There are hints of Arcade Fire, New Order, Talking Heads. Don't you know that only pop sells these days?
Talking Heads were a major influence on this record, but the biggest influence on me personally was Echo and the Bunnymen. I also love what Arcade Fire are doing. They've showed that if you love what you're doing and write good songs, they will eventually find an audience.
Is it a lack of originality, or simply a lack of good songwriting, that has affected sales of indie and rock albums in recent times?
I honestly wish I knew. There is plenty of great songwriting and originality out there, but pop rules. Our music certainly isn't massively alternative – I never wanted it to be – but it's not pop either.
Will you be touring the album?
Yes. Although we've not gone for a series of launch gigs, we are planning to tour as much as possible to support the record. Hopefully once people live with the album for a while they'll be intrigued to hear it live.
If the doors of rock heaven opened for a day, and all bands, dead and alive, came together for one giant gig, who would you like to see perform?
I would only need one: Nirvana. I never saw them live, but as is the case with so many musicians they were the band that made me want to play guitar. OK, maybe you could throw in 1979 era The Clash and a pre-superstardom REM too.
Where can we see you perform next?
100 Miles of Broken Pavement is released on February 13, and will be officially launched on March 2 at Bunatee Bar, Queen's Student Union, Belfast. Listen to the album in full on Soundcloud.

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The Haunted Mansion (2003) is a English movie. Rob Minkoff has directed this movie. Eddie Murphy,Marsha Thomason,Jennifer Tilly,Terence Stamp are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2003. The Haunted Mansion (2003) is considered one of the best Comedy,Family,Fantasy,Horror,Mystery movie in India and around the world.
Realtor workaholic Jim Evers and his wife and business partner Sara gets a call late one night from mansion owner Edward Gracey, who is looking to sell his property. Smelling the biggest deal of their career, Jim, Sara and their two children pay a visit to the mansion, located on a remote bayou. A torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, Ramsley, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen. At first Jim scoffs at Gracey's stories about ghosts and hauntings, until he unearths the mystery of the mansion and finds that his wife Sara has unexpected connections to its haunted past!
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When this movie came out critics and audiences were saying how rubbish it was and it was a waste of time and money, but as i have a keen interest in the paranormal i still wanted to see it anyway and i glad i did! This is a family film but there are elements of adult horror here such as suicides, murder and even zombies! The story is of a typical workaholic dad who neglects his family and decides to take them away to make up for this, but when he receives a call asking him to sell a mansion he can't refuse so off he and his family go. Once there they meet the creepy butler Ramsley and the owner Mr Gracy who are obviously ghosts, and from then on all the supernatural events follow one-another from zombie reflections to levitating around a psychic in a crystal ball called Madame Leota. And i thought she was the best character in the film, not just because i'm a Jennifer Tilly fan but because she is very funny and has a strong personality for just a head. The effects are as amazing as the sets with the green glow of Madame Leota, the zombies and more even the people who didn't like this film can't deny that the effects are excellent. As i said the sets are also some of the best i've seen the mansion is absolutely breathtaking. The only thing that i think is bad with this movie is the child actors, they just look bored going round the mansion with straight faces even though they follow ghostly orbs into unknown places. But apart from this the rest of the film is great fun for kids and for the adults who aren't afraid to turn their brain off for 90mins. WATCH IT!!!!
First of all, I am a Disney kid that grew up going to Disneyland in CA every year. Since I am a fan of the ride, "The Haunted Mansion", I guess I expected this film to be good. When I heard the mediocre reviews, I backed off from watching it until I just bought it on DVD this past weekend. I was very surprised to find it a lot better than I expected. My kids loved it and have watched it about 3 times. The sets were beautiful and intricate, the costumes and make-up are gorgeous and the special effects are amazing. Rick Baker "Monster Maker" is so talented and has done an impressive (as always) job creating a vision from the Haunted Mansion ride that he also admired. If you are a fan of the ride, I would imagine that you would enjoy this movie as much as me.
'The Haunted Mansion' got a lot of bombs thrown at it by critics, and almost nobody liked it. Well, guess what: I did. It's a faithful homage to the ride, the actors are interesting, and the horror side of the story is appropriately creepy. The plot is partially based on the French version of the ride, and it's decent. Although the movie never answers the question of why Master Gracey (Nathaniel Parker, who's really good here) couldn't marry his sweetheart Elizabeth (who was black), the hints are pretty obvious. And I liked the whole concept of the curse (even though it doesn't make any sense). The little nods to the ride throughout the movie are fun, especially Jennifer Tilly as Madame Leota, a disembodied head inside a crystal ball who speaks in riddles. Tilly can do this husky-voiced role in her sleep, and I liked her (the special effects involving her are pretty neat too). Although Eddie Murphy is miscast, and there are zero laughs in the movie, his mugging for the camera doesn't hurt the movie. The kids are OK, and Marsha Thomason does what she can with a thankless role, but it's Terence Stamp who steals the movie. He is Ramsley, the sinister butler of Master Gracey. With his deep rumbling British accent, Stamp gives a deliciously over-the-top performance, and he does here what Johnny Depp did for 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. Back to Eddie Murphy for a minute: Although he earns no laughs, he plays noncomedic scenes well, and he has some good banter with Stamp. The production design of the mansion and the ghostly special effects are very cool, particularly a zombie attack that pushes the PG rating to it's limits. Is 'The Haunted Mansion' a great movie? Absolutely not; they could have punched up the comedy aspect of the movie. It's not a bad movie, though. I thought it was very entertaining, and it's certainly better than the awful trailers. Not as good as 'Pirates', but a fun ride nonetheless.
This was a very poorly reviewed film, and it didn't deserve such flack. For me, it was a dumb, entertaining movie with some heart. For others, it was a terrible job of emulating the classic Disney ride and just another stupid Eddie Murphy comedy vehicle. Though I'd rather go on the ride as opposed to watching this, it still has it's charm. This movie is about a Realtor (Murphy) and his family traveling to a haunted mansion for a business deal. While in the house they learn some strange things and end up traveling through various rooms found in the ride (the bride, the ballroom, Madame Leota, the graveyard with the singing busts). In the end, this is a fun movie for kids, and amusing for adults, with fun references, and a fun performance by Murphy and the kids. My rating: ** 1/2 out of ****. 85 mins. PG for mild language, violence
Eddie Murphy? What genius thought up this lame script? Sure, they toss in a dozen homages to the original ride, but Disney flubbed a golden opportunity to create a classic film. Don't take one of the most-beloved rides from Disneyland/World, and come up with a sub-par comedy, with smart-mouthed kids, and a jabbering Eddie Murphy. Tech credits are great, though. Don't be fooled by the DVD's claim of a "Virtual Ride of The Haunted Mansion." I was expecting a recap of the actual park attraction, but was instead treated to a tour of the movie set. Also, Disney....why not just AVOID crude jokes and profanity in this type of family film? The scares alone garner the rating you desire. Don't dumb this down when it's not necessary. Have you not learned ANYTHING since "Watcher in the Woods"? (And THAT was definitely creepier.)


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Ford supplier's boardroom drama zeros in on aluminum patentMay 7, 2017
Aluminum supplier Alcoa to split into 2 companiesSept. 28, 2015
Ford, Alcoa plan to replace more steel with aluminum in F-150Sept. 14, 2015
Ford said it would begin using a new type of aluminum from supplier Alcoa to make some parts for the F-150 pickup later this year, in a step toward eventually replacing more steel components with aluminum.
Alcoa plans new r&d center for advanced 3D printing processesSept. 3, 2015
Metals company Alcoa said today it will invest $60 million to expand its r&d center in Pennsylvania to explore ways to make 3D printing viable on an industrial scale to produce parts for the aerospace, automotive and construction sectors.

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On a private sand beach, this resort is connected to the airport in Belek, within easy reach of kayaking and ecotours. Regional attractions also include Aspendos Theatre and Perga.
Catch some rays on Calista Luxury Resort's private sand beach or spend the day relaxing at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the resort's 7 restaurants.
Guestrooms open to balconies with garden, pool or water views and feature beds with Select Comfort mattresses and LCD televisions with satellite channels.
Nearby Points of Interest
The preferred airport for Calista Luxury Resort is Antalya (AYT-Antalya Intl.) - 20.8 km / 12.9 mi.
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Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.
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Belek: Set outside of the larger city of Antalya, Belek is noted for its long string of upscale resorts along the Mediterranean coast. Golf enthusiasts will find six world-class courses within a few kilometers. History buffs can discover the ancient Roman ruins of Perge and Aspendos.

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Latest Lagwagon Setlist
Lagwagon at Slim's
- The Suffering
- After You My Friend
- Falling Apart
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- Surviving California
- Heartbreaking Music
- The Cog in the Machine
- Mr. Coffee
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Lagwagon is an American punk rock/skate punk band originally based in the small town Goleta located just outside Santa Barbara, California. The name “Lagwagon” originally started as the name of a van in which they used to tour. A picture of the Lagwagon can be seen on the backside of the album Trashed. They have released nine albums through Fat Wreck Chords. Lead singer Joey Cape is also in the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the Playing Favorites, and the now defunct Bad Astronaut.
The band went on hiatus around 2000 and reunited in 2002 with a come back album Blaze, which was released in the following year. The group insists that they never broke up, merely taking a brief hiatus with plans to record again. In 2004, Joey released a split acoustic album together with No Use for a Name vocalist Tony Sly, which features acoustic versions of songs by both bands. Their latest album, entitled Resolve, was released on the 1st of November 2005 and is a homage to the life of Derrick Plourde, original drummer for Lagwagon and Bad Astronaut.
Despite earlier reports that Lagwagon would begin work on their next studio album, the band has announced plans to tour Europe in the summer of 2008. Frontman Joey Cape has also been busy working on his first solo album. According to posts on the message board of Lagwagon’s official website, it is unlikely that they will make a new album this year, partly due to Cape’s solo commitments.
On June 5th, 2008, it was reported in a blog on Fat Wreck Chords’ myspace page that Lagwagon were in the studio putting finishing touches on their latest EP release entitled I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon. The announced date of release is August 19th.”
Peter Anspach of Goose added keys to Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s debut cover of “Canned Heat” by Jamiroquai on Thursday in Bend.
Phish began their four-night Phish Riviera Maya 2020 destination event in Mexico on Thursday with a “welcome set” featuring a number of rarities and jam vehicles.
Celebrate the late Walter Becker’s birthday by watching Steely Dan’s 1995 appearance on ‘The Late Show With David Letterman.’
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers expanded their June 2020 tour schedule with the addition of four new concerts.
To celebrate Kurt Cobian’s birthday, check out Nirvana performing their iconic 1991 album ‘Nevermind’ at various venues like Seattle’s Paramount and MTV Unplugged.

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Tonight, lasting 90 minutes and starting at 20:30 CET, the first live auditions of the Cypriot “Project Eurovision” will be broadcasted.
The Cypriot television has created a new show format consisting of 9 televised rounds, a national final set on February 1st and a total of 60 songs. This show will include performances of former Eurovision hits by the participants and new features.
The show will be hosted by Antri and the performances will be judged by a professional jury formed by Elena Patroklou (1991), Alex Panayi (1995 & 2000), Despina Olympiou (2013) and Tasos Trifonos (actor).
You can watch the show tonight by clicking here.
Cyprus’ last appearance in the contest was in 2013, when Despina Olympiou performed the song “An Me Thimasai“. She didn’t reach the final and CYBC decided taking a-year break in 2014.


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Ancient Hungarian life and colorful history come to life, but instead of wars that can be learnt from history books, social gatherings and ancient celebrations are presented. The well of Hungarian past sudely opens up: scenes of urban dance and music from the Middle Ages, splendid military dances of border fortress knights, the atmosphere of nobel ballrooms, wild feasts at the campfires of 18th century insurrectionist armies - these all come alive on stage.
'Dancing Hungarians' is not only about the year of the Hungarian Millennium (2000), and not only for people who are already somewhat familiar with Hungarian history. Dance appears as chronicler of bygone times, welcoming all viewers, foreigners and natives alike. History becomes tangible through folklore.
Dancing Hungarians - Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
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Last week, I had the great fortune of a visit from the jewelry artist Dominique Bereiter. Dominique has been following my work for some time, and invited me last spring to speak at the Society of North American Goldsmiths
(SNAG), where I had a wonderful time.
Dominique and a friend visiting from Baltimore voraciously and joyfully descended upon the studio and wanted to see and know about everything in it. We had a great conversation about the genius of primitive man and my recent experiments with shou sugi ban
, the Japanese wood burning technique I recently blogged about.
Dominique's lively eyes lit upon a newly finished piece: a necklace made with AD IDEM (Norm Sartorius) wood and a piece of cold bent hickory. I was able to get a couple of pictures before she and her friend waltzed off to continue their Chicago artist touring.
I'll be working on this iteration of the collection, and will share as I finish more pieces. I love the marriage of the rough, colorful, hand-worked chunks, to the sleek, cool hickory.
And I'll look forward to seeing Dominique at the next Baltimore American Craft Council show!

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Dr. Caterwaul's and Friends Simpsons Spectacular Rescheduled!
Eclectic world music/folk band Dr. Caterwauls Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps--with special guests--will play music composed by Alf Clausen and Danny Elfman for the animated TV comedy "The Simpsons" at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Wednesday, July 26 at 7 PM. Tickets are $8 in advance.
This show has been rescheduled from this past January due to snow. There will be no snow in July--d'oh!
All tickets are general admission. There is no reserved seating so arrive early to claim your spot!
Dr. Caterwauls Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps--composed of Michael Tepper on upright bass, Adam Matlock on accordion and vocals; Michael Paolucci on percussion; Chris Cretella on electric guitar and Brian Slattery on violin, banjo, trombone and vocals--plays as much music as its able to: blues and murder ballads, Eastern European folk, traditional music from North and South America, tango, swing, classical music, and the songs of contemporary songwriters (including Matlock), using the influences of the music they love to create fluid, improvised arrangements. The group will be joined at this event by special guests Nathan Bontrager on cello and Anne Rhodes on voice.
For this show, the group will be playing music composed by Alf Clausen and Danny Elfman for the long-running hit show. While Elfman is best known for composing the show's iconic theme, Clausen has actually been the driving musical force behind the comedy.
In previous shows at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, Dr. Caterwaul's has played music from "Twin Peaks," film scores of Bernard Herrmann and music by Kurt Weill.
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Cincinnati Ballet will make its 2018-19 Season a celebration of Music Director Carmon DeLeone’s 50th anniversary, and will also more performances than before. There will also be five world premieres. Here is the schedule, announced today:
September 13-23: The Kaplan New Works Series will highlight four world premieres — one by San Francisco Ballet dancer Myles Thatcher, one by Resident Choreographer Jennifer Archibald, and two new works by Cincinnati Ballet dancers.It will be in the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater.
October 25-28: The Company will bring to Music Hall the full-length ballet Peter Pan, with music composed by DeLeone in 1996.
December 13-24: The Nutcracker at Music Hall will expand to 15 performances.
February 14-17: The Sleeping Beauty, like Nutcracker featuring a score by Tchaikovsky, will be at Music Hall for Valentine’s Day weekend.
March 21-24: The Ballet presents at Music Hall Director’s Cut: Firebird + Rite of Spring, works by Adam Hougland set to the music of Stravinsky. This double-bill will be performed alongside the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
March 30-April 7: Cincinnati Ballet Family Series occurs at the Aronoff Center, with Aladdin featuring the Cincinnati Ballet Second Company.
April 25-28: Bold Moves, at the Aronoff Center, will feature Jiří Kylián’s Sechs Tänze, described as “a whimsical take on the aristocratic era” set to the music of Mozart. And there will be a world premiere of Artistic Director Victoria Morgan’s Dancing to Oz, including an original score by DeLeone.
Subscriptions now are on sale. For more information, visit cballet.org.


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Blue Jay Report
Toronto Blue Jays (54-60) vs. Chicago White Sox (62-51)
MONDAY 7:07 p.m.
RHP Carlos Villanueva (6-2, 3.30) vs. RHP Jake Peavy (9-8, 3.08)
TUESDAY 7:07 p.m.
RHP Henderson Alvarez (7-9, 4.58) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (4-2, 2.78)
WEDNESDAY 7:07 p.m.
LHP Ricky Romero (8-9, 5.32) vs. RHP Gavin Floyd (8-9, 4.43)
THURSDAY 7:07 p.m.
LHP Aaron Laffey (3-3, 4.72) vs. LHP Francisco Liriano (3-10, 5.35)
TV: SN RADIO: SN590
Since the all-star break, the Jays are 11-17 and have averaged just four runs scored per game ... So far the Jays have split their season series with the White Sox three games apiece ... Chicago defeated Oakland 7-3 on Sunday to move a game-and-a-half up on Detroit for first place in the AL Central ... Chicago's slugging 1B Paul Konerko will miss the series in Toronto after suffering a concussion in Friday's game when he was elbowed in the temple by Jarrod Dyson, who was trying to beat out an infield ground ball ... Chicago's 3B Kevin Youkilis, acquired by Chicago earlier this year from Boston, sat out Sunday's game against Oakland with a sore knee and forearm. He is listed as day-to-day ... Carlos Villanueva was named the Jays' player of the month for July by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Beat Writers Association of America. Villanueva won all four of his starts in July, while posting a 1.93 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 23 1/3 innings ... LHP Liriano was acquired by the White Sox from Minnesota three days before the trade deadline.


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Apple Shares Fall Below $500 With iPhone Orders Sagging
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Get up to speed with the most popular developments in science, with everything from the tiniest atom to the farthest flung findings of the universe, and every scientific discovery in between. Our selection of books in this category will keep you up to date.
Beautifully presented, packed with puns, and shot-through with an environmental ethos, Heather Buttivant’s Beach Explorer is the perfect companion for days at the beach, with fifty activities and oceans of facts that are sure to inspire and astound children and adults alike. Highlights of the practical projects include finding fossils, starfish bums and mermaid purses (yes, you read that right!), and the step-by-step instructions for pressing seaweed and making your own plankton net. What’s more, alongside all the “how to make and find” activities, Beach Explorer is packed with facts that are sure to enliven even the most dedicated of beach bums, from finding out about the world’s largest poo (which, by the way, is the “bright-orange rancid-smelling poo” of the mighty blue whale), to discovering how fish camouflage themselves. The book ends with an excellent chapter on how to “Be a Wildlife Champion” that highlights how “humans are creating environmental problems”. Importantly, the author shares lots of ways young eco-minded explorers can help combat these problems through the likes of picking litter and planning climate-friendly beach trips.
How to be Sad by Helen Russell is part memoir and part exploration of sadness and grief using expert sources. It is split into three parts – looking after ourselves when we’re sad, how to talk about being sad, and what to do when you’re sad (including the benefits of reading). It isn’t an obvious self-help book, focusing a lot on the science and psychology of how and why we feel sad, and why this emotion shouldn’t be a taboo topic. But it’s written in a chatty style and is well researched, featuring interviews with scientists and journalists and with an extensive list of references at the end. Helen Russell discusses key events in her own life that have led to sadness, including the cot death of her baby sister, and how perfectionism and expectations have led to eating disorders and addictions. Her book is personal, reflective and insightful; following her research into happiness for a previous book, she realised that many people are phobic about being sad (or admitting to being sad). Here, her message is that sadness and tears are an important part of life and shouldn’t be held back.
Perimenopause Power is a straight-talking handbook covering everything you may want to know about getting through the perimenopause (and beyond). There’s a lot of medical information packed into its pages, covering perimenopausal symptoms, HRT, lifestyle changes, bone health, and so much more. Maisie Hill admits that she hasn’t yet reached this stage of life, so is unable to provide personal insights about the menopause. Instead, in her book, she explains how your body changes, physically and emotionally, and the different ways to manage troublesome symptoms. Perimenopause Power is based on science and written in a supportive non-patronising tone. There’s a strong emphasis on diet and lifestyle changes, but medication, alternative therapies and psychological treatments are also covered. She discusses the pros and cons of taking HRT, so that you can make an informed choice (with the help of a healthcare professional). You may find it easiest to dip into the chapters you need when you need them, rather than read the book from beginning to end – otherwise it could feel a little overwhelming. This is a useful reference book to help you find the right management approach for you – and may even help to make the menopause a more-positive experience.
An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine, and technology to ask: whose values are guiding gene-editing experiments, and what are the implications for humanity? At a conference in Hong Kong in November 2018, Dr. Jiankui He announced that he had created the first genetically modified babies-twin girls named Lulu and Nana-sending shockwaves around the world. A year later, a Chinese court sentenced Dr. He to three years in prison for illegal medical practice. As scientists elsewhere start to catch up with China's vast genetic research programme, gene editing is fuelling an innovation economy that threatens to widen racial and economic inequality. Fundamental questions about science, health, and social justice are at stake. Who gets access to gene-editing technologies? As countries loosen regulations around the globe, can we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society? Professor Eben Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet the key scientists, lobbyists, and entrepreneurs who are bringing cutting-edge genetic modification tools like CRISPR to your local clinic. He also ventures beyond the scientific echo chamber, talking to doctors, hackers, chronically ill patients, disabled scholars, and activists and who have alternative visions of a genetically modified future for humanity. The Mutant Project empowers us to ask the right questions, uncover the truth, and navigate this new era of scientific enquiry.
In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions-suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.
Why the F*ck Can’t I Change? is a scientific look at our emotions and why it can be difficult for us to change our mindset, long-standing habits and productivity. While the title is a sweary one, the book’s contents aren’t sweary at all. This is a fairly academic book on behavioural change, focusing on the biology and anatomy of the human brain. It has been well-researched by its neuroscientist author, using scientific studies and reference books. There are some case studies, self-help advice and practical tips, but it’s not a quick read. The book features some medical jargon so it may not work for everyone, but each chapter has a useful summary at the end. If you’re looking for a book that gives you more than the usual self-help ‘change your life’ advice, because you want to understand the root cause of why you feel, think and behave the way you do, then this book may be the answer. Purchase Why the F*ck Can't I Change from: Amazon Apple Kobo Google
The Life in Full Colors: Unlock Your Childlike Curosity to Uncover and Activate the Creative Intelligence is a clear, easy read to read book, the book is written in an informal friendly style, like a conversation with a close friend. It’s like a calming voice telling you what to do. There are 7 steps to creating a life in full colour and she talks about Creative Intelligence which we all have but just need to find and activate. I especially like that Corry has a refresh and review which is a bullet point summary of the main things talked about, at the end of each chapter. I find the book is like a gentle step by step guide with lots hugs and reassurances. Maisie Hoang, A LoveReading Ambassador
Click to read our Q&A with Mark Adlington A book to fall totally and irretrievably in love with, Lion is full of the most gorgeous paintings, drawings, and sketches, and is absolutely stunning. The lion, an apex predator, is surely one of the most beautiful sights you can see. When I was 19 I found myself in Kenya, eyes wide, mouth open as I watched a lioness and three cubs at a water hole. It is something that is as clear to me now as it was then, so, when I saw this book was going to be published, I was first in the LoveReading queue. Here we journey together with Mark Adlington as he studies lions in East and Southern Africa. The foreword by the winner of the Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa and Co-Founder and Director of Operations at the Big Life Foundation, Richard Bonham, is effusive in its praise of Mark Adlington. It comes with a warning, that lions do not make good neighbours, and “where humans and wildlife compete, wildlife will surely lose”. However all is not: “doom and gloom… in the Amboseli ecosystem, by 2003 there were only 25 lions left… today, things have changed and the population has clawed itself back to over 200”. Mark has painted the progeny of the lions this programme has saved, and they appear in this dazzlingly impressive book. Mark describes meeting Richard and his wife Tara as a miracle: “I found myself invited to stay ‘in the most beautiful part of Kenya’ by a total stranger on the strength of a little sketch of a lion cub posted on instagram”. Mark also allows us access to his sketchbook musings (oh, the tortoise!), and finishes by saying that a world without the lion is unimaginable. What then follows is page after page of the most beautiful artwork, and this is where my mouth dropped open. Each piece is so full of character and movement, so vibrantly alive, that it brought tears to my eyes. The art is allowed to shine, no page numbers or captions to distract, you can simply sink into the beauty of the lion. So, Lion is a book to take pride of place on your bookshelves, a book to return to and open with wonder, to sit with eyes wide and heart open, to adore. Undoubtedly one of my personal books of the year, Lion just had to join our LoveReading Star Books and is of course one of my Liz Picks of the Month.
The hilarious first children's book from the UK's bestselling non-fiction author. Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? Like really properly think about it? The human body is extraordinary and fascinating and, well . . . pretty weird. Yours is weird, mine is weird, your maths teacher's is even weirder. This book is going to tell you what's actually going on in there, and answer the really important questions, like: Are bogeys safe to eat? Look, if your nose is going to all that effort of creating a snack, the least we can do is check out its nutritional value. (Yes, they're safe. Chew away!) And . . . How much of your life will you spend on the toilet? About a year - so bring a good book. (I recommend this one.) So sit back, relax, put on some rubber gloves, and let a doctor take you on a poo (and puke) filled tour of your insides. Welcome to Kay's Anatomy*. *a fancy word for your body. See, you're learning already.
See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.
This is a totally unique and breathtaking introduction to what lies beneath us, to the earth below our feet. Let this very special and beautiful book take you by the hand and lead you through the sunlit fields to the place where the underland begins, a place most human thoughts shy from in fear and confusion. This is a sequel to The Old Ways, yet you can begin here without concern, you can trust and join Robert Macfarlane as he explores the underland. I will admit that I am in love with the writing, the words, the vision that allows you to see and feel in darkness. I haven’t ever considered our deep connection to this stunning underworld in the way you are encouraged to here. Robert Macfarlane meets and shares experiences with people who have chosen to explore, to look beyond the obvious. I absolutely adored how much he shares, how accessible Underland is, his words reached out and connected with my thoughts and feelings, altering, reshaping, transforming. While there is plenty to fear for our future, all the time there are humans with this amount of love for our natural world, there is also hope. Underland is one of my picks of the month, and also one of our star books - it is quite simply stunning.
AS HEARD ON THE CHRIS EVANS SHOW A fascinating and revelatory look at how we can unlock the true potential of our five senses and use them to vastly improve every single part of our lives. How can colour prime you for creative thinking? What kind of music helps you run faster? Which scents can help you fall asleep? Our senses have a powerful effect on how we think, feel and behave; yet we don't use them to their full potential. For over a decade, multi-sensory marketing expert Russell Jones has been using the science of the senses to design products, brands and retail environments that tantalise our senses in revolutionary ways. In this incredible new book, Jones takes research from the worlds of neuroscience, experimental and behavioural psychology and beyond, and shows you how to live more multi-sensorially; paying attention to the sounds, scents, colours, objects, shapes and textures that constantly surround you, to profoundly impact and improve every aspect of your life. Whether it's helping you feel energised in the morning, get the most from your work-out, be efficient at the office, avoid getting caught in the traps of savvy retailers or creating the perfect sensory background to enjoy your food with. And, finally, he helps you have the most restful evening and night's sleep you possibly can. Sense is a fascinating and revelatory look at how you can use your senses in a way you never have before.

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That's certainly the case with the ketogenic diet—a very low-carb meal plan—based on the findings of two recently published studies.1,2 Dr. Saslow and her team report that the individuals with type 2 diabetes who followed the keto diet lost significantly more weight than those on the low-fat diet espoused by the American Diabetic Association.1 These dieters also were able to get their hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) below 6.5%, suggesting that some may have reversed their type 2 diabetes.1
Hello Marylin, Yes, the Mediterranean diet has been shown to be effective for weight loss. However, you dip need to consume the right amounts of food (calories) to lose weight as that varies depending on age, gender activity level etc. Here is a link to the Greek Nutrition Guidelines that includes servings https://www.olivetomato.com/eat-like-greek-greek-dietary-guidelines-a-better-choice/
Mike, that’s exactly right! With T2, we no longer have the option of eating carbs, sugar and all the good stuff. Why can’t dieticians and the ADA recognize that and quit trying to shove all those carbs down our throats? I don’t get it… I seriously don’t. And I think the author of this article would do an about face is she actually had diabetes. It’s amazing the amount of people who claim to be experts that seriously don’t get it!! It I had Celiac Disease, I couldn’t eat gluten… at all. Why is the same not recognized for diabetics? Our meters show us when we are eating too many carbs. Its VERY clear as the number goes very high. What do the professionals not get about that? It’s been the most amazing thing about this whole process for me and I just can’t believe how biased people are against a very low carb diet for managing diabetes. You think that because people can’t maintain that kind of diet for long term makes it OK to go ahead and be against it? Did it ever occur to any of the professionals that by recommending a low carb diet it might actually encourage people to maintain it? Instead, you are giving them excuses and reasons to eat way too many carbs!! Last August 2016 I was diagnosed with T2, with an A1C of 12.7. My last blood test showed an A1C of 6.2 (July 2017) and I had reduced some of the meds I was originally on. I am still working on lowering my numbers. The whole process has been a slow progression to keto and I had to stumble on the whole thing myself through my own research. I tried vegan at first and quickly realized that I was eating too many carbs. Then I went low carb but knew I could do better. When I tried the Keto diet, my numbers went much lower. You get over the sweet addictions. You get over the bread addictions and you find suitable substitutions. You do what you have to do. But by not recommending an ultra low carb diet simply because you don’t think people can do it is ridiculous! It is basically telling people that they can’t possibly manage their own lives… they can’t possibly make their own, good choices. And then, because you are the authority, you are giving them reasons to not even try. You defeat them before they even begin. It just amazes me!
On a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run mostly on fat, burning fat 24-7. When insulin levels become very low, fat burning can increase dramatically. It becomes easier to access your fat stores to burn them off. This is great if you’re trying to lose weight, but there are also other less obvious benefits, such as less hunger and a steady supply of energy. This may help keep you alert and focused.


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Suncor Extends Time, But Not Bid, On Canadian Oil Sands Deal
When it became clear their contentious offering to acquire Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. wasn’t passing muster with shareholders Jan. 8, Suncor Energy Inc. decided to give them another couple of weeks to consider the proposition.
Results of the $2.93 billion offering had not be released Monday, and messages to Suncor seeking the results didn’t yield an immediate response.
For now, Canadian Oil Sands has extended its timetable to Jan. 27 for COS shareholders to reconsider the offer, which Suncor management has said will not be amended.
In a statement released Jan. 11, Canadian Oil Sands called on Suncor to release the tender results from shareholders Jan. 8.
"Our Board has heard the message Canadian Oil Sands shareholders have sent loud and clear in overwhelmingly rejecting Suncor's hostile bid and the value you place on the assets you own," said Donald Lowry, chairman of Canadian Oil Sands, in the statement. "We will continue to work hard on your behalf to maximize value in the existing business and to surface opportunities for additional value.”
Canadian Oil Sands continues to implore its shareholders to reject the bid from Suncor, which it describes as “hostile.”
Analysts at Simmons & Company International in Houston said in a Monday note to investors it’s unclear why Canadian Oil shareholders are refusing to play ball, and, “It looks unclear at this point if SU will be able to garner the necessary shareholder support to consummate the acquisition.”
Late Monday morning, Suncor (NYSE: SU) shares were trading at $22.67 each, down almost 4 percent since the market opened. On the Toronto exchange, Canadian Oil Sands was trading up almost 1 percent to $7.54 per share.
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SAN ANTONIO - A local pediatrician said he’s worried about the increasing trend of families choosing not to vaccinate their children, as 21 states, including Texas and the District of Colombia, battle a measles outbreak.
“Measles can spread very quickly, and that can affect even healthy kids and make them sick enough to go to the hospital or have something very serious happen to them,” pediatrician Dr. Ryan Van Ramshorst said.
Van Ramshorst’s concern is for the children who, for medical reasons, cannot be vaccinated and would be exposed to serious diseases.
“We have seen a twentyfold increase in the number of children who are not getting vaccinated because of parents’ decision since 2003,” he said.
The year 2003 is when Texas passed a law allowing exemptions.
Pamela Allen is a parent and grandparent who files vaccine exemptions for her children and grandchildren. It started when her son began getting seizures after getting his shots.
“We're not going to risk them having irreversible damage caused by a vaccine,” she said.
Allen said she’s aware of the risks her children and other children who are not vaccinated face, but she said every parent needs to make the best, most educated choice for their own family.
“You don’t want your child to have a lifelong illness, to have a neurological impairment, to have a disability for the rest of their life,” she said.
Van Ramshorst urges parents to talk to their pediatricians and ask questions.
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My cross stitching blog. I have been cross stitching on and off since 1969. In 1969 I did a stamped cross stitch d'oyley under the supervision of my Grandma. Her home was number 78.
I spent many pleasant hours at that house as I often went there for holidays as a child.
Now I prefer counted cross stitch.
Friday, December 1, 2017
ODW November Challenge
This month's topic was "Travel".
I only returned from an overseas trip in the first week of the month and after recovering from jet lag decided to start on this pattern - "Souvenir de France" by Blackbird Designs 2009.
I am determined to finish it soon


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Increasing contribution of China in modern biomedical research. Statistical data from ISI Web of KnowledgeGregory C. MakrisBCDEF, Alex SpanosBCDEF, Petros I. RafailidisADE, Matthew E. FalagasADE
Med Sci Monit 2009; 15(12): SR15-21 :: ID: 878261
China is one of the most rapidly developing countries with a huge population spreading on a chaotic area. For centuries Chinese medicine was based on tradition, religion and experience. However, the last two decades under the pressure of globalization Chinese medicine is turning gradually to evidence-based medicine, contributing in international biomedical research.
Material and Method
A bibliometric analysis through the ISI Web of Knowledge was performed. We collected data regarding the amount of Chinese publications in different biomedical fields, the presence of Chinese authors in high impact international journals, the contribution of China's universities in research and finally the number and the quality of local Chinese journals, which have entered the ISI database.
According to ISI database a significant increase occurred in both the quantity and quality of the Chinese biomedical publishing activity. This was indicated by the major rise in the amount of published papers, the average augmentation of citations per paper and the constantly increasing presence of Chinese researchers in top medical journals. Chinese institutions appeared also more productive and local journals gained more representation in the ISI database.
China's contribution in biomedical research really blossomed after 1990 and especially after 2000. The extent of this contribution may not be proportional to the total research activity performed in China, but it is this part of knowledge that becomes exported and interacts with the rest of the international research activity, promoting research potential in biomedicine.
Keywords: Internationality, History, 21st Century, History, 20th Century, Evidence-Based Medicine - trends, Developing Countries, Databases, Factual, China, Biomedical Research - trends, Academies and Institutes, Medicine, Chinese Traditional - trends, Publishing - trends
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High-CBD strains tend to deliver very clear-headed, functional effects without the euphoric high associated with high-THC strains. They’re typically preferred by consumers who are extremely sensitive to the side effects of THC (e.g., anxiety, paranoia, dizziness). A high-CBD strain would also be a great choice for someone needing to medicate throughout the day to control pain, inflammation, anxiety, or other chronic conditions.
Although THC is best known for its mind-altering euphoria, it too has important medical benefits. There’s some overlap in what CBD and THC can treat, but THC is particularly effective in relieving nausea, appetite loss, insomnia, among other symptoms. Many patients find that a balance of CBD and THC offers the best symptom relief as the two work together synergistically.
Look, I’m no square. I’m not here to rain on anybody’s parade. But damn, let’s call CBD coffee what it is: a phase that was brought to fruition by a newfound excitement for America turning green. There are plenty of solid CBD and THC-infused products out there (for what it’s worth, I think THC coffee is a total blast), but let’s be reasonable. So next time you’re at a painfully hip coffee shop in Bushwick that specializes in CBD coffee, ask yourself: do I want to feel weird today?
Though unflavored and priced higher than competitors, Green Roads CBD oils are made by a trusted manufacturer and use organically grown hemp. Following the CO2 supercritical fluid extraction process, board-certified pharmacists formulate the tincture by hand. Green Roads only sells CBD isolates, so if you’re looking for broad-spectrum products look to some of our other recommendations.


AID compiled figures reveal that apart from Japan, where Prius-type hybrids are already responsible for one-in-four new car sales, in other major global car markets such as China, Europe and the US, these initially promising looking petrol-electric hybrid cars - a sector dominated by Toyota - have clearly failed to get much traction.
With the notable exception of Japan, today’s public at large isn’t even remotely interested in hybrids and even less so in electric cars, but for Toyota, which developed these petrol-electric hybrids in a near solo-move, hybrids already account for a significant share of its US and West European sales
Japan’s export-driven car makers, who have tried and failed to convince the wider car buying public in America, China and Europe to dump conventional powered combustion cars in favour of petrol-electric hybrids - a segment pioneered and dominated by Toyota’s Prius-type cars - have had no such problem in their tightly guarded home market.
Japan’s car buying public, unlike their cousins in other leading world markets, has continued to pile into home-born petrol-electric hybrids in droves.
At a time when conventional hybrids captured less than two per cent of US and West Europe’s new car market, in Japan underlying demand for these cars already swept over the 20 per cent threshold, the spurt strengthening during this year’s first quarter.
The continuing popularity of these hybrids is such that this March alone petrol-electric hybrids were already responsible for close on one-in-four of the cars sold in
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Introduction: Polymer Clay Bookmarker
This is a simple craft project for all and makes a neat gift for that bookworm in your life! Plus it helps encourage summer time reading.
Step 1: Material Needed
Polymer clay, Paper clips and a razor blade.
Step 2: Polymer Clay
I used 3.4 ounces of brown clay then sliced it right down the center.
Step 3: Insert the Clip
Next insert the paper clip so that it is nice and snug in the clay. Press down and smooth the clay around the clip
Step 4: Adding Features
Now the fun part! There is no wrong or right way use your imagination and make some ears, eyes, pupils, a nose and muzzle (I forgot to include the puppy tongue in this picture)
Step 5: Bake
All that's left to do is bake it. I baked it for an hour at 250 degrees.
Enjoy your one of a kind handmade bookmarker
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Description: This is a potato (Solanum tuberosu) field showing aircraft application of pesticides to control European Corn Borer and possibly late blight in the Tidewater area in eastern North Carolina.
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I can save face by maintaining what I have been from the beginning pointing out the good points that Nick Rowe and Don Boudreaux have been making, and actually suggesting it's not all as conflicting as it's being presented as.
I thought - and I still think - that Krugman's point was not that public debt is a free lunch, but rather that unless we're thinking about weird scenarios (like no-growth consumption-funding debt) the "man on the street" view that "national debt = burden on future" is very naive. Public debt isn't just something we have to pay for. It's also an asset we hold and it's also a source of investment. Big debt = bad debt doesn't follow from that automatically.
That sounds like a #4 position from Nick Rowe to me.
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Markets are driven by fear and greed, and fear tends to be more contagious than a simple pandemic, as you can catch it online as well. Markets often tend to behave irrationally, but it is frequently said that “markets take the elevator down, and the stairs back up” Value investors believe that crypto and blockchain is the future of banking, insurance, technology and financial systems. Seasonal and holidays play a role, particularly in crypto prices. Western investors in Asian nations tend to sell off towards Dec-Jan and then the market slowly recovers into March-April.

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January 7, 2020
Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional statements from Pear Therapeutics.
Pear Therapeutics pulled back the curtain this morning on a number of new deals between the prescription digital therapeutics maker and other tech companies or researchers.
Ranging from virtual reality therapies to voice biomarker tech, the moves appear to be an effort from Pear to add new products to...
December 19, 2019
ECG algorithm picks up Breakthrough Device status. Eko, the maker of tools for monitoring heart function, announced yesterday that a novel ECG-based algorithm for detecting lowered left ventricular ejection fraction has received Breakthrough Device designation from the FDA. By analyzing a 15-second clip of ECG data collected via the company’s other products, the algorithm aims to assist with...
December 18, 2019
OM1, a Boston-based artificial intelligence platform for clinical real-world evidence, has raised $50 million in Series C funding. Scale Venture Partners led the round consisting of support from prior backers General Catalyst, Polaris Partners and 7wire Ventures.
WHAT THEY DO
OM1’s cloud platform employs AI machine learning organize and analyze large datasets for real-world measures of clinical...
November 29, 2019
As pressures on healthcare systems intensify, an increasing number of consumers are turning to the use of symptom checkers in the search for fast answers – or guidance – to any concerns that they may have. But although these tools have become popular, questions around their accuracy, and not only, are plaguing the digital health space.
Last week, at Slush, Ada Health cofounder and chief medical...
November 22, 2019
Swiss pharma giant Novartis has announced this week two collaboration agreements with Finnish startups Popit and Precordior, unveiled at Slush, a startup event taking place in Helsinki.
WHY IT MATTERS
Launched in 2017, Espoo, Finland-based Popit has created a solution to improve patients’ engagement and adherence to medication.
“We have a piece of hardware that we clip onto a medication blister,...
September 26, 2019
Mednition, makers of machine learning-powered solutions for healthcare, announced Wednesday that the company has raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding led by healthcare private equity firm Concord Health Partners. Concord tapped its American Hospital Association Innovation Fund for the financing.
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Burlingame, California-based Mednition was founded in 2014 to help...
July 29, 2019
Last week, Eko Devices announced a new service that matches ECG and heart sound recordings with clinical data to help pinpoint novel drug-data combinations. The Silicon Valley startup is pitching the platform, called Eko Home, as a resource for clinical trials targeting new therapies.
The new platform is already seeing some action. According to the company, an ongoing Mayo Clinic study exploring...
July 10, 2019
Clover Health, an Alphabet-backed insurtech startup serving the Medicare Advantage market, announced this morning the launch of a new subsidiary unit that will be focused on using data from its members to drive drug development.
Much like its parent company uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to generate predictive health insights for its member population, Clover Therapeutics will...
July 4, 2019
Earlier detection and advances in treatment increasingly help to treat chronic diseases and cancer in ambulatory care. While this approach has tremendously improved patients’ quality of life, it also means that they are responsible for administering their own therapy, a situation that doesn’t come free of risks.
New treatment scenarios require new tools
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June 19, 2019
In an effort to tackle in-home cardiac arrest, University of Washington researchers have devised a novel contactless system that uses smartphones or voice-based personal assistants to identify telltale breathing patterns that accompany an attack.
The proof-of-concept strategy, described in an NPJ Digital Medicine paper published this morning, involved a supervised machine learning model called a...


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And now series 11’s penultimate episode It Takes You Away has slipped in a subtle little reference to one of the most popular Doctors of all time – Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor – when the current Time Lord was struggling to close a portal to another dimension.
“What if you do something it hasn’t dealt with before – like you reverse the polarity or something?” offers Mandip Gill’s Yaz, little knowing how appropriate that information is.
“Yasmin Khan – you speak my language,” the Doctor replies – and she’s not wrong. During his time on the series, Jon Pertwee’s Doctor often suggested that he or others “reverse the polarity” of some piece of technology, partly because Pertwee had asked the writers to give him easier technobabble to spout during the episodes.
In time “reverse the polarity of the neutron flow” became something of a catchphrase for the series, entering the popular culture perception of Doctor Who, though Pertwee only actually said that particular version of the line once.
Since Pertwee, a few other Doctors have used the phrase (including Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor, Peter Davison’s Fifth, David Tennant’s Tenth and Matt Smith’s Eleventh), so really the Thirteenth Doctor should have remembered exactly the solution she needed.
And when we combine this callback with all the Venusian aikido we’ve seen Whittaker’s Doctor use this year, it’s looking like a pretty nostalgic time for fans of the Third Doctor still watching Doctor Who.
All we need now is a return for Bessie the Whomobile…
Doctor Who continues on BBC1 on Sundays
This article was originally published on 2 December 2018


We started the second part to this iPad project this week - using GarageBand for composition work.
With the BTEC Extended Diploma 1st years, we are doing a unit called Songwriting and requires lots of different approaches to writing material. As many of our students don't necessarily have musicianship skills, a lot of music that is created - especially hip hop - has excellent production values but not always in songwriting terms, such as chord progressions, harmony and melody etc. The way that I see GarageBand for the iPad helping is by using tools like the smart guitar and keyboard where once a key of the song is chosen, the chords within that key appear on the guitar and the learner can try out and record different chord progressions. Similarly, the keyboard can be restricted to scale and makes it a lot easier to create a melody over those chords.
Cue a debate about the ease of making music these days....!
In short, what I had planned to do over 3 weeks, the learners discovered in the first 3 hours! By the end, many had finished arrangements with 2 or 3 different sections, 3 learners realised that they could record their vocals directly in to the in-built mic and were using it as an audio notepad. I heard, "I've got to get an iPad", 5 or 6 times which I'm taking as a success!


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Still riding high off the release of their joint project, Smokin’ Potnas, Curren$y and Fendi P are back today with a new video for the title track from the tape. The animated visual directed by Shanna Salmon checks in with cartoon depictions of the Jet Life duo, as they turn “as sheet of paper to a million dollars,” on set for a video shoot. The dark tone of the video is extremely fitting for the creeping, noir-esque TraumaTone beat, which sets the stage for the two New Orleans natives to deliver their streetwise, smoked-out bars.
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Spookify your style with this Halloween Cemetery Necklace. With an art image of a gothic cemetery, this necklace is perfect for adding a touch of the macabre to your look. Whether you're dressing up for Halloween or just adding a little edge to your everyday style, this necklace is sure to get you noticed.
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The Indian MiG-21 was the first combat aircraft of non-Western origin in the IAF (Indian Air Force) inventory and its choice marked a watershed in the procurement of aircraft for the IAF. An agreement concluded in August 1962 provided for the Indian purchase of twelve MiG-21 s and Soviet technical assistance in establishing licence production of the type in India. A group of eight IAF pilots arrived at Frunze, the capital of the Kyrghyz SSR (now Bishkek), on 9th October 1962 to take a three- month conversion training course at the nearby Loogovaya AB, transitioning to the MiG-21 via theUTI MiG-15 and MiG-17.
The October-November 1962 frontier war between India and China impacted on the attitudes and consequently training of IAF pilots in the Soviet Union. Keeping their frustration in check, the IAF pilots were given an abysmal four and a half hours of flying time over a five month period, although classroom instruction on aircraft engines, airframe and systems (via interpreters) was very good. Not surprisingly, every IAF pilot was assessed as ‘exceptional’ in flying.
The first six of an eventual 10 MiG-21F-13s (izdeliye 74) left the Ukrainian seaport of Odessa on 15th January 1963 and reached Bombay on 28th January. 28 Squadron at Chandigarh, Punjab, was the first unit to receive them and, to mark the occasion, adopted the sobriquet ‘First Supersonics’. A second batch of four MiG-21 F- 13s reached India in mid-1964. The fighters received the serials BC816-BC825. They differed from other izdeliye 74s in having a vertical VHF blade aerial on the fuselage spine about halfway between the canopy and the vertical tail.
Two MiG-21 PFs (izdeliye 76A) were delivered to India in late 1964 along with the second shipment of MiG-21 F-13s; they, too, served with 28 Sqn. Subsequent events suggest that no more MiG-21 PFs were ever ordered.
It had been planned to procure another 18 aircraft in 1965 but the Second Kashmir War with Pakistan erupted in September that year and the IAF went to war with its MiG-21 trials squadron boasting only eight serviceable aircraft. (Two had been lost in a mid-air collision during a training flight at Ambala AB, Haryana, on 21st December 1963; the pilots, Sqn Ldrs M.S.G. ‘Mally’ Wollen and A. K. Mukherjee. ejected.) The handful of MiG-21 s played a limited role during the three weeks of warfare, being only utilised for combat air patrol duties over two forward airfields in the Punjab but had little occasion to fire their guns or missiles in anger. Moreover, both MiG-21 PFs were reportedly destroyed on the ground when Pakistani F-86s raided Pathankot AB, Punjab, on 6th September 1965.
However, the Mikoyan OKB offered a developed version of the MiG-21 PF with the R11F-300 engine, a fuel capacity increased to 2.900 litres (638 Imp gal), a parabrake repositioned below the rudder, an R-2L radar, underwing pylons capable of carrying fuel tanks and significantly, the capability of carrying a GP- 9 gun pack under the fuselage. It was designated MiG-21 FL (izdeliye 77), FL denoted forsazhl lokator (afterburner/radar). This was the version selected for licence production.
In late 1964 the original production plans had been revised as too ambitious. In mid-1966, the Department of Defence Production announced that the MiG-21 manufacture programme in India was to proceed in four stages, starting with assembly from completely knocked-down (CKD) kits, advancing to sub-assemblies, parts and, finally, raw materials. In order to assist the programme, a batch of 54 MiG-21 FLs purchased from the USSR was test flown there, then dismantled, shipped to India and reassembled at Nasik, Maharashtra, under Russian supervision.
The manufacturing project was handled by the specially created Aeronautics (India) Limited (later MiG-Division of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited). Licence production took place at a new purpose-built Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) airframe plant at Ozar near Nasik between 1966 and 1973. Another new factory was erected near Koraput, Orissa, to build the engines and yet another at Balanagar near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to make the avionics and missiles. 205 MiG-21 FLs were built, the process progressing from the basic assembly of Soviet CKD kits, on to production of most of the airframe and the fitting of imported engines and finally, the manufacture of almost the complete aircraft. The first Indian-assembled MiG-21 FL was handed over to the IAF in early 1967 and the first example entirely built from local components on 19th October 1970. The first HAL-built R11F2S-300 turbojet was delivered on 2nd January 1969. Indian production of the MiG-21 FLs totalled 196.
The MiG-21 represented an entirely new generation of combat aircraft of the Mach 2, missile age and the IAF adapted new technique in operations, maintenance and employment of supporting ground systems. The MiG-21 FL was a superb aircraft for close combat and had excellent handling characteristics and high performance, the technical staff being as enthusiastic about its servicing and maintenance simplicity, but the IAF demanded that the fighter be urgently modified to address its limited armament and range. Consultations with the Russians led to some major improvements, the main heads of modification concerning an increase in internal fuel capacity, more effective brake pressure and the eventual incorporation of larger capacity drop tanks, a cannon pod and a gun sight. The GP-9 pod housing the 23-mm GSh-23 twin-barrel cannon, and the computing gun sight with an electrical ranging system, were imported as kits from the Soviet Union and the fighters were modified by Base Repair Depots of the IAF. The cannon pod became an additional notch in the confidence factor, pilots no longer have to face the uncomfortable prospect of being left unarmed after the two missiles were fired in the first few seconds of combat. In place of the 490-litre central auxiliary fuel tank, the IAF modified is MiG-2ls to carry similar capacity drop tanks under each wing, thus greatly increasing endurance, range and firepower.
MiG-21 FL survivors were withdrawn from active service in 2005.
The last and most advanced variant was the MiG-21 bis (izdeliye 75A), which was designed as an all-round fighter and had a new R25-300 engine to improve low-altitude performance. It was known in the IAF as Vikram (Hero).
The most advanced trainer variant was the MiG-21 UM (izdeliye 69A), which, externally, looked the same as the MiG-21 US except for a sweptback dorsal radio aerial and the angle of attack sensor on the port side of the nose. Reports state that about 70 of this variant were purchased, including some received in the 1990s from Eastern European countries and, in 2000-2003, 19 from Kyrghyzstan, three from the Ukraine and one from Russia.


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By GWBT Contributing Blogger Carly O.
Maybe you or someone you know has experienced this stage in your life… you know, the one you might be too ashamed to talk about with anyone? Still don’t know what I’m talking about huh. I’m talking about puberty. Six letters, one feeling: gross. I’m talking about the sore chest that becomes boobs, the backaches that send your height through the roof, the red bumps we call acne. That kind of puberty. It’s probably the most awkward part of your life physically, I can assure you. Everything is weird at this stage. According to Girls Health, puberty can start anywhere between eight and thirteen years old. That’s not too bad considering these are just a few years of your long and wonderful life.
But then maybe you look around to notice that you’re growing a bit faster than the other girls around you. Or maybe you notice that you’re not growing fast enough. Why you may ask? Well, puberty is all about hormones. You reach puberty when a hormone called gonadotrophin-releasing hormone or GnRH reaches your pituitary gland (that’s the part that looks like a little bean). Once this hormone connects, it releases another hormone called estrogen which is what causes the boobies and acne and everything else you’re going through as a young woman. You may have released more or less estrogen, and this affected the development of your body and those around you.
But more or less estrogen doesn’t make you, or anyone else, more or less of a young woman. Even boys have some level of estrogen! So, don’t sweat the hormones or their external appearances if you feel as though you don’t measure up. Some young women might feel as though they have too much going on during puberty. Those who mature earlier are negatively perceived as being delinquents, associating with older crowds, and having earlier sexual exploration. A lot of young women are misjudged on the inside based on what they look like on the outside.
If that’s you or someone you know then know this: they’re wrong. Your body doesn’t define you, only the inside-you can define you. What makes you laugh and smile? What books do you enjoy reading? It’s what’s on the inside that defines us. You’re not to be considered with whether you got “too much too soon” (or not enough), you need to only be focused on what really makes you who you are and prove others wrong.
(Caspi et al. 1993; Magnusson et al. 1985; Haynie 2003; Compian et al. 2004; Phinney et al. 1990)
Carly O. is a Girls Who Brunch Tour contributing blogger based out of Georgia. Her area of expertise falls underwriting, public speaking, and art. She is most passionate about topics related to women empowerment, ending poverty and hunger, environmental change, self-awareness, self-development, and mental health. Social media to her, allows you to be multiple places at once and connect with others whom you might not have had the opportunity to.

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Top 25 Emerging Leaders
Mike Robertson, 39
CEO, Piedmont Mountainside Hospital
Six years ago, Mike Robertson was running Piedmont Mountainside Hospital's respiratory therapy department, volunteering for new committees and special projects the hospital's new owners were announcing, and raising two young children at home with his wife.
So maybe it didn't sound as if it were the perfect time to start evening classes to get his masters in business administration.
Yet that's what he did, just weeks after a conversation with his new CEO, Ed Lovern, who mentioned that Robertson might have a shot at a new VP of operations job if he could bring his business acumen up to par with his interpersonal skills and clinical experience.
“It was extremely demanding,” Robertson, 39, says. But not unprecedented in the Robertson household. His wife, a special education teacher, had gone back to get her master's while their first child was an infant, and so he says the couple always had an understanding that he might one day do the same.
As it happened, the quick action especially impressed Lovern, who was installed as CEO of the 48-bed hospital in northern Georgia after Atlanta's Piedmont Healthcare acquired it in 2004. Two years later, Lovern made Robertson the hospital's new vice president of operations, and in 2008, he succeeded Lovern as top executive at the hospital. “I'm envious of the numbers that he's been able to achieve up there,” Lovern says. “He's done everything that I envisioned we could do.” Today, the small hospital turns a profit, posts employee-satisfaction scores in the 94th percentile, and records patient mortality rates in the 91st percentile, according to Press Ganey scores. Robertson says his clinical background helps him establish rapport with physicians and hospital staff, who don't see him as a “bean counter” whose concerns for financial needs outweigh the job of serving patients. Lovern says the staff also respects Robertson's roots, growing up in the local community—though Robertson is quick to point out that he grew up in Cherokee County, just south of Pickens County, where Piedmont Mountainside is located. While growing up, Robertson and his family always traveled to the Atlanta area for hospitalizations, he says, because of the popular notion that small hospitals were “OK for lumps and bumps, but you don't want to have surgery there.” Robertson is working to change that notion. The hospital gets high marks from patients for ambulatory surgery care today, and he knows why from personal experience, as he and both of his kids have had surgery there. “There's truly a sense of pride, especially as a CEO, to know that we are delivering that kind of care,” he says. “As cliche as it sounds, if it's not good enough for them, it's not good enough for our patients.”


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Forrnite belong to Epic Games created a wave of excitement (and controversy) in the community shooting game from the very first days of its release. After only a few months, the game achieved huge results thanks to its popularity. In the latest tweet, the developers revealed the number of players Fortnite Battle Royale has exceeded 20 million.
Of course, this number is calculated by Epic Games on the total number of people who have played the game since its opening until now, not the number of people who log in to play at the same time. In fact, the game will be quite difficult to play since about 1 million people are logged in.
But anyway, this is still a respectable number for a new game launched from July this year. Even Overwatch It also took 5 months to reach this number last year. For Fortnite, this game only took 3 months, the growth is really impressive. Currently Fortnite versions are available for multiple platforms, including PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, and Xbox One. The free version is expected to launch next year. If you haven’t played Fortnite yet, you can download it free games directly here:
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Nigerian rapper, Blaqbonez has declared that rap music in Nigeria isn’t dead.
This is coming days after Afrobeats star, Wizkid said that rap is boring and dead to him.
The “Back In Uni” crooner took to his verified Twitter page to reveal that his Young Preacher project did very well on several streaming platforms just after ten weeks of its release.
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He added that rap might not be the most sorted after music genre, but the genre isn’t dead as Wizkid claimed.
He wrote: “of the tons of projects this WHOLE year, Young Preacher was top 10 first week streams on Apple music, Boomplay, Spotify & audiomack, Rap isn’t dead, not the most sort after genre, but dead? NOOOOOOOO.”

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SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (RNS) — After the mass shooting at First Baptist Church, a command center was needed to help investigators, disaster relief teams and families of the dead.
So the town turned to the only other civic institution here capable of handling it all — another Baptist church.
In Sutherland Springs, a crossroads hamlet with one flashing red light, two gas station/convenience stories and a Dollar General store, churches are the bedrock of the community. That’s where life is lived and people are cared for.
Within 24 hours of the shooting that left more than two dozen people dead and many

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National fostering film project launches in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent City Council fostering service and its foster carers are set to run this year’s Hanley Economic Potters ’Arf Marathon next weekend (Sunday, September 26).
Stoke-on-Trent city council urges more people to come forward as foster carers to provide a loving home for local children this Christmas
In Stoke-on-Trent, there are now more than 990 children in care, the most Stoke-on-Trent has ever seen. The city council are currently working with around 300 fostering households, but many more are needed.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been awarded Foster Friendly status, the Fostering Network's programme to encourage employers to support fostering, and in particular, foster carers.
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Ahly wasted a chance to edge closer to the Egyptian league title after Monday's 3-2 loss to bitter rivals Masry on Monday.
Two first-half goals by Moussa Dao and Ahmed Kaboria and a third by Mohamed Mossaad after the break gave the Port Said-based club a comfortable lead.
However, Ahly redeemed themselves to score two late goals while they were denied by the bar three times .
The defeat blew the title race wide open as the Reds are leading the league table with 71 points, five ahead of second-placed and reigning champions Zamalek with three matches to go.
Masry, who boast 52 points, jumped to third place with the title race is still alive for another three matches.
It only took Burkinabe striker Moussa Dao five minutes to give Masry an early lead after a fatal error by Ahly's veteran midfielder Hossam Ghaly.
Ghaly failed to receive a close pass from keeper Ekramy, leaving the ball for Dao who curled the ball past the helpless Ahly goalie.
Ahly players quickly intensified their attacks to restore the balance but seemed to miss the spark and clairvoyant playmaker Abdallah El-Said amid tightened defence from Masry.
Just after the half-hour mark, midfielder Kaboria broke clear after caughting the defenderd napping to double the score for Masry from a powerful shot.
Ahly's active trio Walid Soliman, Moemen Zakareya and Malick Evouna had successive scoring opportunities against Masry goal, but they weren't lucky enough to find the net.
Directly before the break, Ahly were hit by the injury of striker Malick Evouna who made way for John Antwi.
More goals in second half
Ahly started the second half with all guns blazing, seeking to retaliate.
But Ahly defense, who was clearly exposed by the absence of injured centre back Ahmed Hegazy and versatile full back Ahmed Fathi, kept on their howlers allowing forward Mohamed Mossaad to dribble past two defenders and striker in the top corner six minutes from the hour mark.
After 15 minutes, Ahly's in-form youngster Ramadan Sobhi scored from a penalty after Saleh Gomaa's shot was deflected by a Masry defender who handled the ball.
The Cairo side's revival continued in the 87th minute with a second goal by veteran skipper Ghaly who received a clever pass from active teammate Sobhi to strike from inside the box.
Ahly players fought fiercely in the dying minutes searching for the draw but the final whistle came to end their hope for a fifth succesive league win.
(For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.)


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While extremely photogenic, the charming Scala Contarini del Bovolo is not the easiest to capture in its entirety. Being in a small alleyway, you’ll have to remember to bring a wide lens in order to photograph the winding staircase from top to bottom. But the Scala Contarini del Bovolo will be one of the best pictures you’ll come away with from Venice!
- Hidden away in a labyrinth of tight alleyways, just follow the arrows from Campo Manin to arrive at the Scala Contarini del Bovolo. Famous for the exterior spiral staircase named after a snail's shell ("Bovolo" in Venetian dialect), the Contarini complex was built in the 15th century specifically for the twirling stairs. The Scala Contarini del Bovolo is one of the most unique and captivating examples of Venetian architecture transitioning away from the gothic style to the "rebirth" in the Renaissance styles.
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In today’s society, the definition of the word “girlhood” depends greatly on who is asked, while decades ago the role of a woman had strict societal guidelines. Many of these seemingly universal, sexist stereotypes of who a woman was supposed to be, more often than not, originated and were perpetuated by literature, specifically children’s literature. The reading short novels has been a large part of the education process for American children, and as a result, these children learn how typical people like them act. Over the years, the values that the prominent figures in culture display for how girls are “ought to act” have wildly changed. From obedience and respect in the children’s novels we’ve discussed to the loud poster of Billie Eilish on my wall, it is evident that society has undergone an era of women empowerment. Laura Ingalls-Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie depicts a specific illustration of girlhood that is at such a stark contrast to how the same theme is represented by women in the media today.
In Little House on the Prairie, the familial dynamic depicts a clear idolization of men. The children are made to appear confused and unaware of their surroundings while the mother does simple chores. The father, however, is always taking care of an aspect of life imperative to the family’s survival. When tracking the protagonist Laura, there is a clear distinction between the way she acts alone or in her head, verses the way she expresses herself around others. On page 66, Laura indicates that she is meant to be “seen and not heard.” Female children were the personification of politeness and blind obedience, never to create tension. On the contrary, it is impossible to ignore the voices of women in media today. Billie Eilish sticks out as a teenager free to express her deepest emotions. In the song You Should See Me in a crown, Eilish presents her confidence and almost entitlement to power and influence. In the chorus she specifically asserts, “I’m gonna run this nothing town. Watch me make ’em bow.” Billie Eilish is just one the many influential, outspoken female role models for our country’s youth. Sure, many young stars can get wrapped up in the world of drama and tabloid exploits, however it is revolutionary that children can now grow up in an environment that cherishes there voices and extends the boundaries of what is possible to achieve.