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Are employees diagnosed with ‘long COVID’ to be classed as disabled for employment law purposes?
An article has been published today by the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) on how more employers are having to assess if a diagnosis of the ‘Long COVID’ condition is to be classed as a disability for legal purposes. There is growing evidence that more people are having to deal with chronic health issues after their initial symptoms have disappeared.
Recent research by King’s College London suggests ‘Long COVID’ is more common among the working age population, with 10% of 18–49-year-olds who were unwell with COVID-19 being affected. Women are 50% more likely to suffer from long COVID than men (14.5% compared with 9.5%). And there are instances of infected people who were asymptomatic getting long COVID too.
Employers need to educate their workforce to recognise early signs of ‘Long COVID’
Michelle Chance, Employment Partner at City Law Firm, Rosenblatt Limited ADVISES: “With the establishment of long COVID clinics throughout the UK and GPs becoming better-trained in recognising this condition, we are likely to see far more clinical diagnoses of long COVID and related Employment Tribunal claims in the future. Employers should therefore educate their workforce and particularly those with managerial responsibilities about recognising the signs and symptoms of long COVID early. These can include breathlessness, heart palpitations or rapid heartbeat, lung damage, joint and muscle pain, fever, fatigue/exhaustion, insomnia, headaches, loss of taste and smell, and a lack of concentration (brain fog), as well as mental health issues including anxiety and depression.”
Under the 2010 Equality Act, disability is classed as a “physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities”. Tom Neil, Acas Senior Adviser states “Long-COVID appears to manifest itself in a range of different conditions in different people, and in some situations, it is possible it could fall under the definition of a disability in the Equality Act 2010. However, whether it amounts to a disability or not, it makes sense for managers to consider what they can do to support a team member carry out their job. Acas would encourage employers and their staff to work together to consider if there are any changes or adjustments to work that may be appropriate and reasonable, which would enable the employee to continue working.”
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Isehime was a woman who lived during the Sengoku period. She was the daughter of Chiba Uneme, the lord of Hirai Castle in Kōzuke Province.
When Uesugi Kenshin deployed to the Kantō, based on the wishes of her father under his command, Isehime was tendered as a hostage to Kenshin. Kenshin took an interest in her and attempted to have her at his side, but, owing to the firm opposition of Kakizaki Kageie, reconsidered, and abandoned the plan. Thereafter, Isehime entered the Seiryū Temple as a nun but, before long, died.
There is a similar story by which Kenshin had fallen in love with Naoeshi (Osen-no-kata, the older sister of the wife of Naoe Kanetsugu, the chief retainer of the Uesugi clan). There are no primary sources by which this can be authenticated, which appears only in military chronicles from later eras.

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A provisional ballot is used to record a vote when there is some question regarding a voter's eligibility. You have the right to vote by provisional ballot if:
- Even though you are properly registered and eligible to vote in the election district, your name does not appear on the district register (poll book) and Election Officials cannot determine your registration status.
- You do not have an approved form of identification the first time you appear to vote in an election district (this is required regardless of whether your name appears on the general register)
- An Election Official asserts that you are not eligible to vote (In a primary election, this includes voters who claim to be registered for a particular political party, but the district register indicates they are registered as a member of another political party.)
You are required to vote by provisional ballot if:
- You are voting as a result of a federal or state court order.
- You are voting as a result of an order extending the time established for closing the polls by state law that is in effect 10 days before an election
County election officials will examine the provisional ballots within seven days after an election to determine whether you were entitled to vote in the election at the election district where you voted.
Provisional Ballot Voting Instructions
If you vote by provisional ballot you will be asked to follow these instructions:
- Complete and sign the provisional ballot affidavit ion the front (back for Spanish) of the provisional ballot affidavit envelope.
- Complete a provisional ballot in an accessible and private area of the polling place.
- Seal the completed provisional ballot in the secrecy envelope.
- Seal the secrecy envelope in the provisional ballot affidavit envelope.
- Sign the front (back for Spanish) of the provisional ballot affidavit envelope.
- Return the sealed provisional ballot affidavit envelope to a polling place election official.
- Receive your provisional ballot identification receipt.
- Voters who forget to bring ID to the polls in the November 2018 General Election can vote by provisional ballot. Their vote will be counted, as long as the voter returns a copy of their accepted ID and affirmation letter to their county within 6 calendar days. Affirmations and copies of ID may be returned to the county in person, by mail, fax or via email.
How Do I Know If My Provisional Ballot Counted?
Within seven days after the election, the County Board of Elections will examine your provisional ballot to determine if it is valid. After this seven-day period, you can find out your provisional ballot was counted, partially counted or not counted. If your provisional ballot was not counted, you will be told why it was not counted. To learn of your provisional ballot's status, you may call 1-877-VOTESPA.
To receive this information you will be asked to provide your provisional ballot identification number, which can be found on your provisional ballot identification receipt.


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Currently Suhana Khan is pursuing film studies at New York University
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MUMBAI: Recently we have seen superstar, Shah Rukh Khan seeing off his daughter Suhana Khan at the Mumbai airport. The superstar was accompanied by his son AbRam and also sported a swanky red car back then. Talking about Suhana, she enrolled in the New York University for higher studies back in 2019. She came back to Mumbai amid the COVID-19 pandemic and was with the family all the while before jetting off for her studies again.
Suhana Khan has recently shared a post on her Instagram handle which is worth a glimpse. She has given a glimpse of the outside view of her window which shows the beautiful New York weather and of course, the city’s skyscrapers. One can also see her neatly organized desk which includes a copy of notes, a pen stand, a few books, and other necessary items. She is frequently active on social media and often keeps sharing whatever is happening in her life.
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Talking about Suhana, she made her social media handle public sometime back post which her fan following increased tremendously. Like her father Shah Rukh Khan, she has a deep interest in films because of which she enrolled herself initially in England’s Ardingly College. Post that, Suhana Khan took admission to New York University for higher studies. Meanwhile, her brother Aryan Khan is also studying filmmaking at the University of Southern California. Shah Rukh Khan had earlier revealed that Aryan wants to be a filmmaker and writer, while Suhana wants to be an actor.
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The gallery is open six days a week from 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.15pm to 5pm.
Sundays by appointment.
Selected members of the NEAC and Gallery Pictures is now on. Do take a look online or pop into the gallery.
Six new works by JACK MORROCCO have gone on the website today 12 December.
Twenty Years of the Ferrari F355
To celebrate the twenty anniversary of the F355 last year, we published a very high quality limited edition print of the F355, each one signed and numbered by DEXTER BROWN. The edition is of only 20 copies and three artists proofs. Each one is printed on 310 gsm fine art paper and measure 18x24 inches (image size) with the piece of paper being 20x26 inches. The prints are priced at £385 and £550 for the proofs. Do call if you would like to order one or would like further information
Island Fine Arts was founded in 1997 and is based in the charming seaside village of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. The gallery is split in to four rooms and deals in works by 20th and 21st Century modern British painters. You will find paintings by artists such as Ken Howard, RA, Fred Cuming, RA, Ann Shrager, Pamela Kay, Paul Robinson, Rod Pearce,Hannah Cole, Janet Ledger, Benjamin Hope, Robert Kelsey, Dexter Brown, Martyn Mackrill, Jo Bemis, George Devlin, and Marion Drummond to name but a few.
With the long winter days and not much in the way of sunshine around, these stunning works should make you smile. Do give us a call if you would like to chat about any of the works you see.
We have a stunning selection of painting by Ken Howard, OBE, RA all available for sale. Please note, a red dot denotes a sold work.
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Please do not hesitate to give us a call if you would like further information on any of these works or any other painting on the website.
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BY: K CuB
The leaves dance all around me surrounding me with an orange, red, and yellow rainbow.
The air sings to me like my mother every night fowled with a kiss good night.
Tonight is the night, the night the big kids are out to get me, but tonight is my night, my night to be the princess of the world and eat as much candy as my small tummy can hold and nothing can stand in my way…
Tonight was my night to play with the ghost, and goblins like a bird playing Russian rolute with a trapped cat stuck in the same tree. Instead I rest here in my pretty little room laying down in my Cinderella bed fighting with an angry chough.
It’s been two weeks of playing with the devil, he like to tease my lungs so it’s hard to breath and sleep on my stomach so I wake late in the night crying with tears of sorrow filling my eyes and dripping all over the bathroom floor. At times I feel my finger tips and feet go as numb as a broken tree limb.
My mother enters my room with a bowl of hot chicken broth. I feel the warm liquid trickle down my throat causing me to choke, my father rushes to my side as he throws his arms around me and runs to the truck. I feel the bitterness of the once singing air nipping ay my unclothed skin.
We arrive at the hospital and check out the next day.
December 8 my father comes home to a weeping mother, at the front door, my father ruses to my room with the stinch of death filling the air,
No more tears filled my eyes just a smile dancing on my lips.
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Each month at Balanced Achievement, we explore various personal qualities that are exhibited by the world’s most successful, happy, and fulfilled individuals. In this on-going series called “The ABCs of Personal Qualities,” we not only highlight individual personal qualities, but also explain why they are so important and provide you with definitive steps that you can take to develop and cultivate the given characteristic. Today, we look at the personal quality of Balance and show you how to create a blueprint for living life in a balanced way.
As the architect of your own life, you have the ability to plan, build, and maintain practically anything that you desire. There are only a few life components that we cannot alter, such as our height, skin color, and upbringing, and these characteristics play a limited role in determining our levels of success, happiness, and fulfillment. If you live in the Western world, you have the ability and right to freely pick your career, your relationships, the food you eat, how you spend your money, and how you utilize your free time.
Unfortunately, many of us don’t take the time to create a life that brings us consistent joy and fulfillment. One of the biggest reasons that Americans’ levels of fulfillment remain so low is that too many of us haven’t created a blueprint for living in a balanced way. And unless we are willing to develop life balance, our existence will continue to be marred with unsatisfactory feelings.
What is Balance:
Here at Balanced Achievement, one of our primary goals is to show you how living with balance across areas of your existence can greatly increase your levels of life satisfaction. There are countless ways that we can balance our lives, and when we take the time to create equilibrium between various life components, happiness naturally results. We believe that there are a variety of life areas that need to be balanced. For example, spirituality and psychology, internal and external success, and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, not to mention the various areas of our lives such as intellectual, relationships, career, and health.
When you are able to balance your time and energy between these things, happiness and success will inevitably come as a by-product. While no two situations are the same, it is important for each of us to find a balanced harmony between our various life roles and responsibilities. With that being said, we like to define the personal quality of balance as:
Living in a way that creates and maintains harmony among an individual’s responsibilities, relationships, health, and personal well-being. A balanced individual gives an appropriate amount of their time, energy, and resources to each area, and makes sure that they do not neglect or abuse any of the things that are important to them (themselves included).
Why Life Balance is Important:
When you take into consideration the various life roles and responsibilities that an individual undertakes, it is easy to see how they can fall out of balance. The clearest example of imbalance comes in the form of an individual becoming so consumed by financial growth and career status that they neglect their relationships with loved ones. All too many spouses, children, and significant others have taken a back seat to a loved one’s drive for external success.
While it isn’t a bad thing to push yourself to succeed externally, the quality of your life and the lives of those around you suffer when you prioritize one component of your life in favor of another.
Consequences are bound to arise when an individual’s life is out of balance. In the previously mentioned example, stress, frustration, and even anger can very well be the byproduct of this unbalanced way of living. While imbalanced individuals may tell themselves that they are doing the best that they can, the truth is that at the deepest levels of their being, they know that they aren’t acting in ways that will bring them the greatest amounts of joy. In a comparable situation, an individual who aggravates their internal harmony by continuously consuming nothing but fatty meats, fried foods, and sugary desserts, has to deal with feelings of lethargy and faces higher levels of disease susceptibility.
The good news is that we can use the negative consequences that we experience from living imbalanced to propel us to find and maintain complete life balance. When we are living in balance and monitoring the amount of time and resources we allocate to our various roles and responsibilities, we can be assured that both others and ourselves will accept and appreciate our actions. This alone will lead to higher levels of life satisfaction.
Creating a Blueprint for Life Balance:
Just as an architect builds a building, we can shape our lives in a way that creates harmonious balance. Your current life situation, which has been constructed by your decisions, beliefs, and values, can be viewed as the foundational footing of our life balance building. This article hasn’t been designed to fix a crack in the foundation but to help you find balance with your current circumstances. If we are to reconstruct our lives in a way that creates more balance, we can similarly take four steps that an architect takes in the building process:
Assessment: Before creating a blueprint for life balance, you need to take an honest assessment of your current life situation. The first step you need to take in order to properly evaluate your life balance is to determine your deepest desires and decide which things are truly important to you. You obviously want to think about your current work-life balance, but there are other areas that should be explored. Within the ‘life’ component you should examine how much balance you have created between your personal ambitions, your relationships, and your health. You also want to find balance on a smaller scale in each of those areas.
For example, look at how you’re balancing your free time (productive vs unproductive), your eating habits, and your exercising/rest habits. In most of these instances, if you go too far in either direction, your levels of life fulfillment with be negatively affected.
It is important to remember that there won’t be any two assessments that look exactly the same (a person with a wife and kids obviously has different roles and responsibilities to balance in comparison to a single university graduate student.) After determining your priorities, you would want to ask yourself a variety of questions to help you find particular life areas that you may not be living in complete balance. Here are a few that can help you get started: Am I living in balance? What are my goals? What are the most important things in my life? Do I neglect anyone or anything for my own personal ambitions? Do I have certain habits or ways of being that are hurting me? Are there any components of my life that aren’t bringing me fulfillment? Do I spend too much time focusing on one area of my life, which causes me to neglect others?
Brainstorming: After you have taken this personal assessment, you can begin the brainstorming process to help you find life-balancing solutions. Ask yourself: How can I create a greater life balance? How can I more evenly disperse my time to generate greater levels of fulfillment? What components of my life should I allocate more (and less) time for? As your brainstorm, you may be faced some difficult decisions. If spending time with your family is an area you want to prioritize greater, but your work schedule won’t allow it, you may be faced with the decision of looking for a new job. It is important to always make your decisions based on the desires of your true self rather than the desires of your ego.
Planning and Implementation: Once you have brainstormed potential balancing solutions, you would then want to create a detailed plan before implementing the changes. For example, if you decide that you want to balance the amount of time you spend watching TV with more life-affirming activities like reading or meditation, you should take the time to map out definitive time frames for your new habits. In the beginning stages of planning and implementation, it is important for you to consciously and consistently focus your attention on creating new habits or else you will likely revert back to old ones. You should also aim to gradually change habits over time rather than making one swift alteration, as this typically doesn’t work.
Continuous Evaluation: As the process of increasing your levels of life balance plays out it is vitally important to continuously evaluate your progress. You should monitor the amount of life balance you have on a weekly, if not daily, basis. When you begin to juggle the various component of life in a harmonious way, it is important to remain flexible and alter any original plans that haven’t created higher levels of happiness over time. It is also important to remember that it takes time to create new habits, so we have to be both patient and forgiving with ourselves.
When you are able to live in a balanced way, success, happiness, and fulfillment become natural byproducts of your actions. For this reason, it is vital to develop and cultivate the personal quality of balance and live your life in a balanced way.

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Marinara poached eggs with sweet potatoes. Poached eggs on spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce issss basically the best thing ever. And I've been eating it all week. Just try to stop that dinner The whole wheat spaghetti with zingy marinara sauce is perfectly-quick-but-still-made-from-scratch *hooray* but the kicker is that soft egg on top.
Bring marinara and crushed red pepper to a simmer in a skillet. Roasted rosemary potatoes are topped with spinach, marinara, eggs, and cheese and baked in the oven. Skip roasting the potatoes and just bake eggs in marinara and spinach. You can have Marinara poached eggs with sweet potatoes using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Marinara poached eggs with sweet potatoes
- It’s 5-6 strips of bacon.
- You need 6 of eggs.
- It’s 2 cups of or marinara.
- It’s of Toast bread (3 slices).
- You need of Mascarpone cheese.
- Prepare 1 of sweet potatoes.
- You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
Add some sausage to the potato layer. Fry sweet potatoes for a minute or two, then add zucchini, chorizo, and garlic. Sauté until sweet potatoes are cooked and zucchini cubes are Transfer cooked chorizo and vegetables to a serving dish. Preparation Break one egg into a mixing bowl and whisk.
Marinara poached eggs with sweet potatoes step by step
- 1. Eggs: Saute bacon in large skillet pan until nicely browned. Add marinara sauce and then eggs. Cook all together for about 15 minutes. Put the skillet pan to broil for about 5 minutes (cooking time may vary depending on the taste, runny vs fully cooked)..
- Sweet potatoes: simply bake olive oil covered sweet potatoes with pinch of salt..
- Serving: serve pouched eggs, potatoes with slice of toasted bread and spoon full of mascarpone cheese.
GUACAMOLE: MASH together avocados, lime juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Peel the sweet potatoes and grate finely with a box grater. Drain the liquid out by placing the grated sweet potato in a kitchen towel and squeezing it. Add garlic and sweet potatoes to a bowl along with olive oil, eggs, ground coriander, ground caraway, salt, and pepper. Black Bean, Arugula + Poached Egg Stuffed Sweet Potatoes.


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For the inspiration for my main project I looked to what my favorite things are. I wanted to really like what I’m creating since I’d be working on it for so long. That’s when I came to the octopus, I have always been fascinated by their tentacles, ability to camouflage, and ability to essentially shape shift so they can fit into tiny crevices.
I then thought how am I going to make this. I settled on using laser cutters instead of 3D printing. I then asked should I slice it to build off each other of make the piece look 3D using 2D laser cut parts. For the dynamic aspect I will use lights to have glowing tentacles that change color like camouflage. The below picture is the same general technique I will use to create the octopus


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Today's Muffin Tin Monday's theme is: Muffin cups and liners only.
My little Butterfly was not well this past weekend, so her diet for Muffin Tin Monday is the "BRAT" diet. Foods that are gentle on her tummy.
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As Feb. 8 is drawing nearer, the date for ether (ETH) futures to be listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), a splash of interest to ETH itself can’t go unnoticed. More and more analytical pieces keep popping up on the internet to prove that the altcoin will surely hit a new all-time high.
Undoubtedly, these rumors are heating up the market and propel the price even more. But we should all keep in mind that the futures listing itself isn’t going to make an immediate impact. Moreover, before Feb. 8, we may even watch the price drop. And here are a few reasons why.
First, I want to remind you that the CME hasn’t received official permission to launch ether futures.
The odds of this happening on the day specified by the CME officials are extremely low. Why? Well, as far as we know, the inauguration of Joe Biden as the US 46th President took place on Jan. 20, 2021. The old team stepped down with the blistering pace, and the Biden administration took over the government.
A new commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been appointed, among all. All the rearrangements and internal alignment among departments may protract the permission issuing.
We also can’t obviate the possibility of the permission not being granted at all. The newly appointed US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, has already suggested a strict regulatory policy for the cryptocurrency market.
Chris Brummer is expected to become the next chair of the CFTC. Now-former chairman Heath Tarbert is known for his loyalty to the crypto industry and particularly to ether. In a mere attempt to dismantle Donald Trump’s policy, the government’s stance on ETH might be revised. That’s the first reason why the price correction is possible.
Those who think this turbulence will be over as soon as Biden’s team has settled obviously forgot that the things had been ambiguous before.
Transition to the proof-of-stake algorithm may change ETH’s status
The CFTC announced their willingness to approve an ether futures contract in May 2019. And after that announcement, they have reminded us about their intention a couple of times.
In October 2019, CFTC chairman Tarbert, in an interview on cryptocurrency regulation at the Yahoo! Finance All Markets Summit in New York, stated that ether was a commodity and would fall under the jurisdiction of the CFTC.
Earlier in 2018, the US SEC also declared that ETH wasn’t a security. Back then, it sparked little to no interest among market players, which seemed natural, given that institutional inflow at that time was scarce. Besides, back then, the ethereum market was much smaller than that of bitcoin.
However, in November 2019, Tarbert admitted that crypto involved in staking based on a proof-of-stake (PoS) algorithm might fit into securities laws. The launch of Ethereum 2.0 and transition to the PoS algorithm as a consensus mechanism may change the altcoin’s status.
In this case, ETH will fall under the SEC’s jurisdiction and face additional legal issues. Uncertainty in ethereum’s status may put on hold the pending decision to permit futures.
Even if the CME is granted permission to launch futures regardless of all the risks mentioned above, it won’t drive an instant price surge. The whole buzz around ether futures on the CME reminded me of the story when the market was waiting for Bakkt to launch.
More interest in bitcoin
Everyone expected it would push the price forward, but instead, the trading volume appeared to be low compared to other existing platforms. Here, we may trace a sort of analogy with ethereum: ether futures were launched on other platforms a while ago, including regulated ones, although in other jurisdictions. Therefore, the market demand for this instrument seems to have been satisfied.
Of course, futures are expected to open access to trading ETH for institutional investors from the US. But for now, institutional players seem to be far more interested in bitcoin. The data from CoinShares shows that even though there is a record-high inflow of investments in funds and crypto-based products, 97% still go to bitcoin.
One more example is the launch of bitcoin futures on the CME in December 2017. From the very beginning, the turnover was extremely low. During the first years, the CME was being beaten by other exchanges, according to many trading indicators. It outperformed others and took the leading position only in 2020.
By the time of ether futures launch, we are not expecting any substantial progress or update of the Ethereum blockchain, although Ethereum developers have suggested a new fee model and now work on its implementation.
But the change pushed transaction fees to quite an uncomfortable level and sparked indignation among miners who had repeatedly postponed its acceptance.
DeFi services remain the driving force behind the ETH ecosystem
To sum up, the increase of exciting sentiments around ETH without any reasonable grounds may cause a price correction. Ethereum’s recovery will depend mainly on the further development of the blockchain and the whole ETH ecosystem.
DeFi services remain the driving force behind its ecosystem, but it’s evident that attention to them grows weaker. The growth that everyone keeps talking about today is tightly linked to the BTC price surge and a significant rise of ETH itself, which has increased the worth of staked funds in dollar terms.
The new fee model is expected to foster further development of the ecosystem and make the work of DeFi platforms more profitable and alluring for users.
It will create an environment for a stable growth of ETH. Even with the current fees, we witness the increase of the transaction volume in the network, reflecting the demand for the whole blockchain. But in the short-term, ETH’s price spike might be correlated with bitcoin, overall positive sentiment on the market, and rising interest in tokenized stocks.


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Ford has revealed the facelifted Figo, known as the Ka+ in markets abroad. The facelifted Figo is similar to the Freestyle in terms of styling, but without the muscular bits such as the roof rails and body cladding. In terms of changes, the facelifted Figo gets a new front bumper, a new grille, bigger headlamps, new alloy wheels and a new rear bumper. In the Indian market, the car will also get mechanical changes. The same set of changes will also make it to the Aspire compact sedan. Both the Figo and Aspire Facelifts will be launched in India later this year.
The mechanical changes on the Figo Facelift will include a new petrol engine and a new 5 speed manual gearbox from transmission specialist Getrag. The engine will be from the Dragon line up and will be a 3 cylinder unit that displaces 1.2 liters and makes classing leading power and torque outputs 95 Bhp-120 Nm.
The diesel engine will be the same 1.5 liter TDCI unit with 100 PS and 205 Nm. The diesel engine will get a 5 speed manual gearbox. Ford is also expected to add an automatic transmission to the petrol variants of the Figo and Aspire. A 6 speed torque converter automatic gearbox – the same unit seen on the facelifted EcoSport is likely.
Coming to changes on the inside, both the facelifted Figo and Aspire will gain a larger infotainment system. It will be a touchscreen unit placed prominently on the dashboard. This unit will run Ford’s SYNC3 infotainment interface. That means features such as smartphone connectivity, voice assist, Ford apps and also the emergency assist feature that automatically calls an emergency number in case of an accident.
Features such as twin airbags and ABS will be standard across variants, and the top-end variant will get an additional 4 curtain airbags to even better safety. The facelifted cars will launch in the second half of 2018. Prices of the new cars are likely to remain similar to the pre-facelift models.


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For my first TP Roll "experiment," I decided to make a Paper Towel/Toilet Paper Roll Mirror:
Materials I used: Paper towel and toilet paper rolls, scissors, glue gun, spray paint, small mirror (I purchased mine at Michaels. Most craft stores have them near the candle section.)
Here's what I did: First, I pressed down and flattened the rolls so they would be easier to cut. I then cut them into approximately 1/2 inch wide circles/strips. The easiest way to do this is to cut each roll in half, then keep cutting each section in half until they are about 1/2 inch wide.
After I had it all assembled and glued, I spray painted it. I used a satin oil-rubbed bronze because it's what I had on-hand, but any color will do. I probably wouldn't go for a glossy finish though just because flaws will be more visible, and since we're working with cardboard, it might not be your best bet.
(Optional: You could skip the mirror part and just leave it as a wall sculpture.)
After the paint dried, I hot-glued my little mirror to the center, and I was done!
Here are some other creative ideas for Paper Towel & TP Roll projects:
Wall Art, perfect for Valentine's Day!
Another Wall Sculpture
And last but not least, some very elaborate, creative art: Tiny scenes carved out of toilet paper rolls.
What are your thoughts? Creative? Awesome? Horrible? Weird? Let me know!

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Manitoba movie theatres can start up their projectors this weekend. But just because cinemas can reopen amid eased COVID-19 pandemic restrictions doesn’t mean they will.
The province has stipulated only those who have been fully vaccinated for two weeks may attend a cinema, at up to 50 per cent capacity. That means if you qualify, you may be able to catch Black Widow or F9 at Winnipeg’s Grant Park Cinemas or Landmark Cinemas 9 in Brandon.
But if you’re waiting to see a movie at Landmark Cinema 5 in Winkler, where the vaccination rate is only 23.7 per cent (compared to the larger Manitoba rate of 59 per cent), you’re out of luck.
That theatre will not be reopening for now, said Landmark Cinemas Canada chief executive officer Bill Walker.
"I’m not passing judgement, right or wrong, but I am saying our business can’t operate on that," Walker told the Free Press in a phone interview Wednesday. "That’s not going to be justifiable for us to open the doors there, with that limited capacity combined with a limited proportion of the population."
The news Manitoba cinemas could reopen to fully vaccinated patrons caught exhibitors by surprise. Walker said the Calgary-based company that operates 45 theatres in Canada had been in talks with the province on Monday.
"It was never signalled to us that it would be for only fully vaccinated Manitobans, which is half the population right now," Walker said. "We’ve had to turn on a dime and figure out how to get open on Saturday," adding, however, it’s better to be partially open than not at all.
"We’ll take that as encouraging. That’s a great start," he said.
"But we felt like our businesses as is being held back, despite no specific health concern... It feels like we’re being used as a carrot as an incentive to get people vaccinated, but I’m not really sure about the government choosing businesses to create incentives."
Manitoba appears to be going it alone with its vaccination requirement. Theatres in Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and — as of Friday — Ontario will be open at either half or full capacities, but no other province is demanding patrons be fully vaccinated, Walker said.
While the patrons of the Manitoba cinemas may be fully vaccinated, there is no guarantee the employees will be.
"It’s another complexity that we can’t mandate vaccinations for our staff," Walker said. "So ironically, our guests may be fully vaccinated but there’s really nothing we can do from a staff perspective to enforce that.
"We can encourage, promote and inform but there’s no ability to demand it."
Some local Cineplex Inc. multiplexes will likely be opening Saturday, but the company would not comment Wednesday.
The downtown art house Cinematheque will be holding off until Aug. 13 for its "grand reopening," said Winnipeg Film Group interim director David Knipe.
In a way, Randall King was born into the entertainment beat.


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“MIND Diet Meal Plan and Shopping List [Free PDF]” was written by Joanna Gorczyca, RD & reviewed/edited by Aly Bouzek, MS, RDN.
Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
As we age, our brain (cognitive) health can decline. Cognitive decline often progresses slowly over many years. It might even go unnoticed until the degenerative disease is in moderate or severe stages.
It is estimated that 6.5 million Americans (aged 65 years and older) live with a diagnosed cognitive disease like Alzheimer’s. By 2060, that number is said to be closer to 13.8 million Americans. (1)
Alzheimer’s and other cognitive diseases take more life than some cancers (like breast cancer and prostate cancer) combined. (1)
MIND Diet Meal Plan Slows Cognitive Decline
In 2015, two research papers, focused on the MIND diet and its cognitive benefits, were published. Researchers followed more than 1,000 older adults (aged 58 to 98 years) for 9 years.
During this time, participants completed food frequency questionnaires and at least 2 neuropsychological assessments to determine if following the MIND diet, Mediterranean diet, or DASH diet had any effect on cognitive decline with aging and Alzheimer’s disease risk. (2,3)
Those who strictly followed the MIND diet had a 53% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease compared to those who did not follow the diet. (3)
Those who followed the MIND diet to a modest degree still had a 35% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease compared to those with low adherence to the diet. (3)
Therefore, following the MIND diet meal plan daily can dramatically decrease the chance of developing cognitive degenerative diseases.
Starting early and being consistent before any signs and symptoms of cognitive decline is the key to potentially avoiding the devastating disease in the elderly population.
Read more 7 Day MIND Diet Meal Plan (Menu & PDF)
Even following the MIND diet plan after receiving a dementia diagnosis can still provide long-term benefits. Additionally, the MIND diet has also shown to protect brain health following a stroke.
We’ve talked about the cognitive benefits of following the MIND diet, but what actually is the diet? Keep reading to learn all about the MIND diet meal plan and to get your free PDF!
What is the MIND Diet Meal Plan?
“MIND” is an acronym:
- Intervention for
This diet actually combines two well-researched food patterns, the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, as an intervention for neurodegenerative diseases.
Researchers combined these two “healthiest” diets as a way to create a diet that is optimal for brain health and preventative toward cognitive decline.
While there are no set guidelines to follow for the MIND diet, there are 10 foods that you are encouraged to eat and 5 foods you should try to avoid. Find out more below!
Core Components of the MIND Diet Meal Plan
Mediterranean and DASH diets increase plant-based meals composed of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, and nuts. Both diets also recommend decreasing processed foods and saturated fats.
10 Foods to Increase on the MIND Diet Meal Plan
- Leafy green vegetables: include kale, spinach, arugula, and other lettuce.
The more, the better with leafy green vegetables; they are nutrient-rich with brain-protective properties and minimal calories.
- Vegetables: all other vegetables are a great addition to the daily diet as they provide vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber which all have brain-boosting powers.
- Berries: consuming fruit, in general, has many health benefits; yet, the MIND diet protocol singles out the antioxidant-rich berries due to the many studies showcasing their brain-protective power. (4)
- Whole grains: include brown rice, barley, oats, quinoa, and whole wheat products like pasta, rice, crackers, and bread. Whole grains are known to help lower your risk of heart disease and help protect your brain.
- Beans: include pinto beans, lentils, chickpeas, and soybeans. Beans are high in fiber and are a great source of energy for our brain.
- Nuts: crunchy goodness loaded with protein and essential fatty acids needed for brain health. Try almonds, walnuts, and other varieties of nuts!
- Poultry: choose skinless chicken breast chicken or lean turkey for a great source of protein without the additional saturated fat.
- Fish: is not only a great source of protein but also of omega-3 fatty acids that are needed for brain development and maintaining brain health. Try salmon, tuna, and other fatty fish.
- Olive oil: “the golden child” of the Mediterranean diet – is packed with anti-inflammatory polyphenols and healthy fats that nourish the brain and the body, especially as we age.
- Wine: limit to one glass (5 ounces) of wine per day.
5 Foods to Decrease on the MIND Diet Meal Plan
- Red meat: pork, beef, lamb, and foods made of these meat products. Due to the high saturated fat content, the MIND diet suggests a limited number of servings each week.
- Cheese: limit or choose healthier options such as hard cheeses (parmesan, asiago, or Gruyere)
- Butter and margarine: contains mainly saturated fat without providing many health benefits, so it is best to skip it
- Fried Foods: are discouraged due to trans fats and saturated fats
- Sweets: such as pastries, candies, and chocolate bars- are ladened with saturated fat and trans fats, which negatively affect your brain and heart health
How to Implement the MIND Diet Meal Plan (5)
|Leafy green vegetables||1 cup raw OR ½ cup cooked||6 times per week|
|Other vegetables||½ cup||1 serving per day|
|Berries||½ cup OR ¼ cup dried||2 servings per week|
|Whole grains||1 slice bread OR ½ cup cooked: pasta, rice, oatmeal||3 servings per day|
|Beans||½ cup||4 servings per week|
|Nuts||1 oz or ⅓ cup OR 2 TBSP nut butter OR 2 TBSP seeds||5 servings per week|
|Poultry||3 oz||2 servings per week|
|Fish||3 oz||2 servings per week|
|Olive oil||1 tsp||2 servings per day|
|Wine||5 oz||1 serving (or less) per day|
The rule of thumb for the higher saturated and trans fats foods is to limit if unable to avoid them altogether.
|Pastries and other sweets||1 oz||Less than 5 servings per week|
|Red meat (and red meat products)||3 oz||4 servings (or less) per week|
|Fried foods and cheese||Fried foods: 3 oz|
Cheese: 1.5 oz
|Less than 1 serving per week|
|Butter or margarine||1 TBSP||Less than 1 serving per day|
7 Day MIND Diet Meal Plan PDF
MIND Diet Shopping List
What’s a helpful meal plan without a shopping list?
Our MIND diet shopping list is sure to be helpful along your brain health journey!
Note that each section has been color coded and divided into the categories specified for the MIND diet:
- leafy green vegetables
- other veggies
- whole grains
- beans & nuts
- poultry & fish
- olive oil and other seasonings
- and a category for misc. food items
Check out your free PDF MIND Diet Shopping List to accompany your MIND diet meal plan.
Additional Notes about the MIND Diet
Before starting or changing your diet, check with your doctor, especially if you are on any medications.
We are all unique in our physiology, needs, and medical history. Therefore your doctor will be able to assess if there are any harms with you starting the MIND diet.
Dietary Restrictions and Food Preferences
Do you have any food allergies? Do you have any severe food aversions?
If you have an allergy to fish, nuts, or gluten, then this diet may not be right for you.
Other considerations would be your oral (mouth) health and swallowing abilities which can impact the textures you can eat. Raw green leafy vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and fresh berries might not be appropriate in their natural state.
Current and Future Health Goals
How ready are you to make dietary lifestyle changes? Consider why you are interested in the MIND diet meal plan – what would living healthier and longer mean to you?
If you are not ready to fully commit to the MIND diet meal plan, are there one or two foods you can swap or add in now?
Small changes add up, so start where you are and choose one or two meals from the sample MIND diet meal plan below to incorporate each week.
Customizing your MIND Diet Meal Plan
Dietitians are nutrition experts knowledgeable about food allergies, medical nutrition therapy, and food and drug interactions. They can help guide you to better food choices and transition to MIND diet meal plans based on your goals and motivation.
Creating a customized MIND diet meal plan and accountability is the best way to make a lasting change in your food patterns to keep your cognition sharp and your brain healthy. Consider speaking with a dietitian or geriatric dietitian when you’re ready.
Don’t forget to snag your free PDF downloads here:
- MIND Diet Meal Plan PDF
- MIND Diet Shopping List PDF
- 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures. Alzheimer’s Association. Published 2022. Accessed September 11, 2022. https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf.
- Morris MC, Tangney CC, Wang Y, Sacks FM, Barnes LL, Bennett DA, et al. MIND diet slows cognitive decline with aging. Alzheimers Dement. 2015;11(9):1015-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.04.011.
- Morris MC, Tangney CC, Wang Y, Sacks FM, Bennett DA, Aggarwal NT. MIND diet associated with reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers & Dement. 2015;11(9):1007-1017. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.11.009.
- Kalt W, Cassidy A, Howard LR, et al. Recent research on health benefits of blueberries and their anthocyanins. Adv Nutr. 2020;11(2):224-236. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmz065.
- Diet Review: MIND Diet. Harvard: The Nutrition Source. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight/diet-reviews/mind-diet/.


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I don’t think so. I hope not. I mean, enduring an impeachment is something that nobody should like. Even the president said he didn’t want that on his resume. I don’t blame him. So, if a call like that gets you an impeachment, I would think he would think twice before he did it again.
Somehow managing to keep his jaw from dropping clear off his face, host Chuck Todd asked the obvious question: “What example in the life of Donald Trump has he been chastened?” In other words, has Trump ever gotten away with something (hiring undocumented workers? cheating on his taxes?) and then decided not to do it again?
To that, Alexander meekly said, “I haven’t studied his life that close.” Trump, did you say? Not that familiar with him.
This is what Republican “moderates” have come to. This is what someone like Alexander does with all the respect and admiration he spent decades accumulating. He slowly descends to the floor, gets on his hands and knees and makes himself a human footstool for the most immoral and corrupt president in American history. Alexander may not do it with the manic desperation of Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) or the berserker rage of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), but he does it all the same.
Of course, Alexander knows full well — as does every other American — that Trump, having been acquitted, will be more likely to cheat in this year’s election, not to mention commit all manner of other misconduct. As Axios’s Jonathan Swan reports, Trump and his advisers have a growing sense of “invincibility” that he can get away with nearly anything.
And it is not merely being acquitted that gives Trump this feeling, but the manner in which it happened. Not only will zero Republicans vote to convict him on the articles of impeachment, but all but two of them — including those who acknowledged that Trump’s coercion of Ukraine was inappropriate such as Sens. Rob Portman (Ohio), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Marco Rubio (Fla.) — voted not to hear further evidence. Even the ones who pretended to take their constitutional responsibilities seriously were in the end active participants in what can only be called a coverup.
We haven’t really acknowledged how extraordinary that is. There are officials with direct knowledge of Trump’s actions and motivations, most notably former national security adviser John Bolton, and even the Republicans who say Trump did something wrong refuse to hear from them.
It isn’t hard to figure out why. They voted against hearing witnesses as much to protect themselves as to protect Trump. The more Trump’s naked corruption is given a full public hearing, the harder it becomes for someone with pretensions to integrity to defend him. Doing so is hard enough already; why make it harder on themselves?
So of course Trump feels invincible. How could he not, when senators such as Alexander, Portman, Murkowski and Rubio showed themselves to be such cowards?
Four years ago — when it was already obvious who Trump was — these Republicans had to explain why they would stand behind him. He’ll grow into the office, some said. He’ll have aides around him who will restrain him. It won’t be that bad.
But in the end, one rationalization stood above all others: Sure, Trump might be a con man and a walking amalgam of every character flaw a human being can possess, but at least he’s not Hillary Clinton. And that will be the Trump enablers’ safe harbor once again.
As soon as the Democrats have a nominee, the right-wing propaganda machine will spin up to turn that person into not merely a politician with whom Republicans have profound policy differences but the embodiment of evil — someone whose personal sins are beyond measure and whose goal is the literal destruction of America.
Then the enablers will breathe a sigh of relief. A few months from now, if anyone bothers asking them why they helped Trump cover up his offenses, they’ll say, “Look, that’s all in the past. What’s important now is that Joe Biden/Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren/whoever not become president, because that would be the end of everything we hold dear.”
So it’s up to all of us not to forget what they did and why. Whatever else they might have done in their careers, this should be what defines them in history: They gave themselves to Donald Trump. What greater shame could there be?

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Anything inserted into a teat has the potential to bring bacteria and other microbes. Hence, proper teat cleaning before infusing is crucial to reduce cases of mastitis.
Cleaning teat and mastitis
A study was done to determine the effect of cleaning on bacterial populations on the skin about the teat ends of milking cows.
Although there were different methods of teat cleaning, the results showed that the number of bacteria isolated were 10 times, on average, compared to teats that were not cleaned.
Mastitis is a multifactorial disease. There are a few management practices that a herd can employ to help decrease the risk of new infections.
Reducing the entry of bacteria into the gland during intramammary therapy from poor infusion technique can help to reduce new infections.
For example, partial insertion of cannulas during dry cow therapy can help to reduce the risk of clinical mastitis during dry period. It will also lower bulk tank somatic cell counts in the next lactation.
From studies, it is showed that 79% of herds reported always cleaning the teats ends before infusion.
It is a simple approach to prevent bacterial entry into the gland.
With that being said, that means around 20% or more of herds do not clean the teats consistently.
There are many reasons for that but education of its importance seems to be high on the list.
Another reason could be the inconvenience of alcohol pads supplied with commercially available mastitis tubes.
Herd managers are advised to facilitate the cleaning of teat ends so that it is done consistently every time before any cannulas are inserted through the teat canal.
Cleaning teats consistently leads to healthy cow, means more productive cows, which translate to higher profitability.


Pro football clubs getting into the fashion scene is nothing new. But a streetwear brand looking to create a pro team? Okito Brand and OKITO FC have created a man-bites-dog situation that certainly has our attention.
Over the past decade, we have seen an undeniable shift in the soccer landscape in terms of the influence of fashion and culture. Clubs like Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, and Real Madrid have found great success through marketing sleek and trendy designs, and as a result they are being worn by the world’s most well known celebrities who most likely don’t even know the starting eleven for the teams they rep.
And this isn’t just something that applies to the footballing giants. Lower league American sides like Forward Madison FC and Oakland Roots have also gained attention and credibility through strong branding and a focus on apparel and design. Overall, soccer teams have had many benefits from focusing on fashion in addition to on-the-pitch efforts.
But what happens when a fashion brand focuses on soccer?
We’ve seen this a handful of times from labels across the globe, which has given us a variety of dope apparel inspired by the beautiful game. However, Salt Lake City-based Okito Brand is looking to take that a step further by creating its own professional club.
That may be an overambitious and unlikely proposition for many, but for Gabriel “Pirlo” Okito, it’s something that he is uniquely positioned to do. Growing up in the Ivory Coast, the African soccer powerhouse home to icons such as Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba, Okito saw how the two worlds could be great together.
“All the celebrities are soccer players there, and they wore Gucci and Louis V — it was always like that,” Okito said. “Now in the modern world with social media you see it more, but soccer player’s been lit since the beginning.”
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Okito took that inspiration and created an eponymous clothing line, and he’s been producing high quality shirts, pants, jackets, shoes and more since 2014. Notable recent drops include a “Cold Shoulder” line that pays tribute to the glory days of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, and the Okapi Letterman Jacket, a leather and chenille design customizable for any fit. Okito was also featured in the Black History Month Gallery Show at FICE, one of the biggest streetwear showcase galleries in the Midwest.
It’s safe to say that Okito Brand has thrived in its short span of existence. But the vision for the future remains the same as it was from the jump — to create a professional men’s soccer team. Okito, who played collegiately at UC Santa Barbara, is insistent on making OKITO FC a place where fashion and the game unite as one with little to no compromise. A club that represents the brand and the rapidly growing culture it has helped spread across Utah and beyond. In Okito’s own words, “We’re going to be the freshest team out there.”
Unfortunately the COVID-19 pandemic wrecked a lot of the investment and effort put into OKITO FC, as it became impossible to play actual games and bring in players (something that wouldn’t be a problem normally, as several notable USL and MLS players have rocked Okito apparel in the past). But for the brand and club, the work still continues — and the first step of that comes with the jersey.
Releasing this spring, the OKITO FC kit has everything you could want out of a jersey. Detailed yet clean, it manages to balance a simple premise with unique touches, such as Okito’s mantra, “From Thought to Finish” repeated inside the gray stripes. Another of said unique touches is an okapi both on the crest and front right of the shirt.
Native to Central Africa, the okapi, or “zebra giraffe” is Okito Brand’s logo and a tribute to Okito’s Congolese heritage. On a previous version of the jersey, OKITO FC collaborated with the Okapi Conservation Project to spread awareness of the habitat destruction and poaching that face the endangered okapis in the Congo.
And we can expect more OKITO FC designs to come in the near future as well.
“I’m gonna do a whole lookbook, a whole team, I’m trying to organize a game for the marketing this spring, because when COVID hit it scared a lot of people away as far as getting it together,” Okito said. “So my goal is to do a capsule of it — the jersey, the tracksuit, scarves, all that stuff, so eventually, I’ll do a release for sure.”
As for the brand, big projects are on the way, and Okito is expecting to announce in the summer. Whatever comes next for Okito Brand and OKITO FC, it will be something to watch for.


Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Tuesday that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in house, claiming that the nation has solely developed house capabilities just like these of the US.
Putin’s assertion follows the White Home affirmation final week that Russia has obtained a troubling anti-satellite weapon functionality, though such a weapon isn’t operational but. White Home nationwide safety spokesman John Kirby stated it will violate the worldwide Outer House Treaty, however declined to touch upon whether or not the weapon is nuclear-capable.
The treaty signed by greater than 130 international locations, together with Russia, prohibits the deployment of nuclear weapons or every other sorts of weapons of mass destruction in orbit or the stationing of weapons in outer house in every other method. The White Home stated it will look to interact the Russians instantly on the considerations.
Our place is sort of clear and clear: we’ve all the time been and stay categorically against the deployment of nuclear weapons in house, Putin stated. Simply the alternative, we’re urging everybody to stick to all of the agreements that exist on this sphere.
Talking throughout a gathering along with his defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, Putin famous that Russia has solely developed house capabilities that different nations, together with the US have.
“And so they comprehend it, he added.
We have not deployed any nuclear weapons in house or any parts of them to make use of in opposition to satellites or to create fields the place satellites cannot work effectively, Shoigu stated.
Shoigu alleged that the White Home might have made the allegations of a brand new Russian house functionality so as to drive Congress to help support for Ukraine and in addition encourage Moscow to reenter nuclear arms management talks that Russia has suspended amid the tensions with the US over Ukraine.
Putin did not rule out attainable future contacts with the US, however reaffirmed his view that Washington’s push for Russia’s defeat in Ukraine makes them not possible for now.
The US and the West, for one factor, are calling for Russia’s strategic defeat, whereas, then again, they want to have a dialogue on strategic stability, pretending that these issues aren’t related,” he stated. It will not work.
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I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
I love my Christmas tree. I just think it is so fun to decorate the Christmas tree as a family every year. Sarah loves helping Dennis put the star on top and both the girls like climbing under the branches and hanging out under there. We started out with the ornaments evenly spaced around the tree, but each day more and more get taken off the bottom to play with. That's why each day, more and more get put on the upper half of the tree!
I love Christmas decorations. We don't have a whole lot of Christmas decorations yet, but I really enjoy the ones I've got. My favorites are the Willow Tree nativity and our stockings. Dennis gave me the nativity piece by piece last year for Christmas. A couple weeks before Christmas, he gave me baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Then, on Christmas morning he surprised me with the rest of the set. Before we got this nativity, our other was the Little People set from Fisher Price. I got it in college before I was married, so everyone thought I was crazy to have a kid's nativity set. But, the girls adore it! It gets played with all day long. Whatever nativity you've got, it's just so nice to see and think of our Savior.
Our stockings are also so fun to me. My 7th grade algebra teacher has this amazing wife and she makes them. I think she uses a machine, but they are marvelous. They are each a little unique in the pattern and they have our names crocheted into them. Aren't they so cute?
I love Christmas cookies. Sugar cookies are just one of the best things in the world! I love making them for different holidays and taking plates full to neighbors. It's hard for me to perfect my method on these because I only make them a few times a year, but I definitely did it on this batch. Sarah helped me pick out the sprinkles and test them today. She approved... (the trees are my favorite).


Prof. Radu Marculescu from Carnegie Mellon University in the USA gave an interesting keynote speech this morning on “Design and Optimization of Thousand-core Systems”.
He presented some of the existing work on intracommunication between a multi-core system. A 24-tile processor from Intel was highlighted and how the communication is performed inside there. Interestingly there are two options of communication and load sharing described: the fully-distributed approach and the fully-centralized. The former included a reference to a French paper where the cores are locally taking decisions on communication and load sharing and in the latter (Intel) the communcation and load sharing is done by a centralized agent.
Prof. Marculescu’s work described how an intermediate solution (use some long-distant links across the whole echilada) proved to be “good enough” in terms of efficiency. The Intel approach is in some sense optimum (as long as top-level agent has all the information it needs) and a minimum number buffers can be used and congestions can be avoided. With the French approach the congestions occur quite ‘early’ with short buffers. Using long-distant links the number of congestions could be significantly reduced and buffer length shortened.
Prof. Marculescu also highlighted some interesting ideas for future work: put the user into perspective. In order to utilize the results from above (long, intermediate links) one could tailor certain architectures to the user. Rather than going for a multi-purpose, fits everyone architecture, one could have a processor for different target groups. In my mind, you might already see some of this today, as different users will tend to buy different types of computers. But, that’s a bit different in some sense …
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Ilvaite on Quartz
Huanggang Mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhead League
Inner Mongolia Region,
7 x 4.9 x 4.5 CM (cabinet)
Late Summer 2018
The Inner Mongolian region finds in the past few years re-defined how we look at Ilvaite, these were huge news in the mineral world. This specimen is sharp and quite lustrous, the Ilvaite is undamaged and sits on greenish quartz needles (likely included by Hedenbergite). Very esthetic (for a black mineral, this is exceptional) the form is textbook and the contrast with the matrix is choice. These better pieces are world class for the specie and still very affordable, a good time to add a good example before these inevitably disappear. .


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Increasing fetal hemoglobin (HbF) provides significant clinical benefit for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and is a critical goal that is being pursued with a variety of pharmacologic strategies. Hydroxyurea (HU) is currently the only FDA-approved drug aimed at raising HbF but is limited in its efficacy. Recent work in our laboratory identified heme-regulated inhibitor (HRI), an erythroid-specific protein kinase, as a novel HbF regulator (Grevet et al., Science 2018). Depleting HRI in primary human erythroid cells significantly raised HbF levels; however, maximal HbF induction by HRI knockdown required at least 80-85% HRI depletion. It is currently unknown whether this degree of HRI inhibition can be achieved pharmacologically. Besides HU, several compounds have been recently identified as in vitro HbF inducers, including pomalidomide, a third-generation imide, and UNC0638, an EHMT 1/2 histone methyltransferase inhibitor. We therefore set out to test whether combining HRI depletion with pharmacologic HbF inducers would cooperatively increase HbF levels and diminish potential adverse effects on erythroid cell maturation and viability.
We performed three-stage in vitro culture of human CD34+ cells treated with select pharmacologic inducers of HbF, including HU, pomalidomide, or UNC0638, in combination with shRNA knockdown of HRI. HbF levels were assessed by RT-qPCR, Western blot, flow cytometry, and HPLC. We found that treatment with HU displayed comparatively little activity and failed to increase effects of HRI knockdown. However, treatment with UNC0638 combined with HRI depletion showed greater than additive effects on HbF with levels reaching 25-30% HbF, while HRI depletion combined with pomalidomide treatment showed the highest levels of cooperativity, reaching 30-40% HbF. Combination of HRI depletion and HbF pharmacologic inducers showed minimal effects on the erythroid transcriptome by RNA-Seq and did not significantly impair erythroid maturation. Intriguingly, dose-titration experiments indicated that HRI knockdown sensitizes erythroid cells to low doses of pomalidomide, maintaining HbF levels of greater than 40% in HRI-depleted samples despite a ten-fold decrease in pomalidomide concentration. Diminished expression of the HbF repressor BCL11A accounted in large part for HbF induction in HRI knockdown samples, particularly when combined with pomalidomide treatment in which BCL11A depletion exceeded 90%, while other HbF repressors such as LRF were unchanged. We will present RNASeq analyses aimed at elucidating mechanisms of HRI cooperativity. Finally, we found that HRI depletion in SCD patient-derived cells showed significant cooperativity with pomalidomide and UNC0638, achieving 45-50% HbF for UNC0638-treated and 50-60% HbF for pomalidomide-treated drug combinations. Importantly, combination of HRI knockdown and HbF pharmacologic treatments markedly reduced in vitro sickling as measured by low-oxygen sickling assays, suggesting significant amelioration of the sickle cell phenotype.
In sum, we find that dual targeting of HbF induction via HRI inhibition and pharmacologic inducers results in successful cooperative upregulation of HbF levels in both normal and SCD primary human cells without impairing red cell maturation. Furthermore, our data suggest that dose titration of HbF inducers combined with HRI depletion could maximize HbF induction while potentially reducing off-target effects. Moreover, HRI is an attractive target for HbF induction as it is expressed in an erythroid-specific manner. While no specific HRI inhibitors are currently available, our work suggests that future small molecule inhibitors of HRI may be combined with other pharmacotherapies to achieve significant, clinically meaningful HbF induction for the treatment of SCD and other hemoglobinopathies.
Abdulmalik:The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Patents & Royalties: Provisional Patent. Blobel:Bioverativ: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding.
Asterisk with author names denotes non-ASH members.


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AS Quick Review
What cusp is more commonly involved with AS?
What cusp is more commonly NOT involved with AS?
What velocity are considered to be stenotic for AV?
Greater than 1.9 to 2.0 m/s
What is the definition for sclerotic?
Same thing as stenosis?
Sclerotic is thickened but can still open normally.
NO, stenosis- thickened and can not open normally.
How can we determine between sclerotic and stenosis?
Put CW through and get velocities.
What is Cardiac Index?
CI is a measure of left cardiac output in relation to patient size. Uses BSA not weight.
What will happen to the LV with chronic AS?
What will happen to the EF?
will become thickened, hypertrophied.
Pumping too hard
What will happen to the LV with longtime AS that is not fixed?
What will happen to the EF?
LV will become dilated.
Decrease the EF
Can't pump as hard because dilated.
What will happen to the pressure in the....
LA pressure = increase
LV pressure = increase
AO ROOT pressure = decrease
Where is AS best heard?
right sternal border
What is the severity of the AS murmur based on?
What is it not based on?
based on the longer duration and later the peak of the murmur.
Not based on the intensity of the murmur.
Who is at risk of Degenerative Senile Aortic Stenosis?
person over 65 years
How can AS cause Arrhythmias?
Calification on annulus that can impact Bundle of His
What arrhythmias can AS cause? (3)
1.) ventricular tachycardia
2.) complete atrio-ventricular block
3.) ventricular fibrillation
What will be seen with chronic AS if longtime and not treated so causes the LV to fail? (3)
1.) Dilated AO Root
2.) Dilated, hypokinetic LV
3.) Dilated LA due to long standing LV pressure
What can be measured using Bernoulli's Equation regarding AS?
Maximum instantaeous pressure gradient
Where will the AV/AS velocities be when using the pedoff probe for each?
5 CH= below
SSN = above
RT. Para = above
What is the normal flow in the AV? (3)
1.) Has an early peak during systole.
2.) starts 100 msec after the Q wave on the EKG
3.) Normal velocities range from 1- 1.9 m/s.
Does overestimation happen during low cardiac outputs or high cardiac outputs?
What are 3 things that can cause overestimation and _____cardiac outputs?
High cardiac outputs
3.) Aortic Insufficiency
Does underestimation happen during low cardiac outputs or high cardiac outputs?
What are 3 things that can cause underestimation and ______ cardiac outputs?
Low cardiac outputs
1.) LV failure
3.) > 20 degrees off of parallel to flow
What do you need to be careful of when assessing AS?
2 Differences between
AS could look like MR
1.) AS more pointed, MS more round
2.) AS= 1.9-2.0m/s, MS >5 m/s
Why does MR have a higher velocity that AS?
There is a bigger pressure difference between LV and LA than the LV and the AO.
What two measurement mistakes cause an underestimation of the severity of AS?
1.) Velocities low but really are higher.
2.) AVA bigger but really are smaller.
What two measurement mistakes cause an overestimation of the severity of AS?
1.) Velocities high but really are low.
2.) AVA smaller but really is bigger.
What are two other types of stenosis but really are not considered AS?
1.) Subvalvular aortic stenosis
2.) Supravalvular aortic stenosis
What type occurs below the valve and what type occurs above the valve?
What is Subvalvular aortic stenosis?
What are 4 causes?
obstruction of the LVOT area.
1.) Sigmond septum- most common
2.) Discrete membranous
3.) Diffuse fibromuscular
4.) Struts from a prosthetic valve
What is Supravalvular aortic stenosis caused from...
1.) Membrane supravalvular
2.) Hourglass deformity
3.) Hypoplasis of aorta
What is considered the gold standard for evaluating AS and getting AVA?
Can get accurate pressures
What is considered the 2nd most accurate way to get AVA?
With TEE and trace/planimetry in SAX.
Does not provide accurate on axis velocity measurements in TEE.
What will they often also do during cath lab when checking pressures for AS?
check the coronary arteries to see if need to be fixed also.
What angle is the TEE probe at for PSAX?
What is VTI a measure of?
is a measure of stroke volume.
How much blood is passing through one area in one beat.
What is extremely important when try to get accurate velocity measurements?
be as parallel as possible
What happens when assessing for AS and patient is in AFib?
Need to take many spectral profiles and average them
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can help the ten physical symptoms of PTSD
The French have an expression — ‘être
bien dans sa peau’ — which literally translates as "to be well in one’s skin"
meaning "to be at ease with oneself." If you suffer from post-traumatic stress
disorder, you will know that you are no longer at ease. Aside from the
flashbacks that torment your waking hours and the nightmares that haunt your
sleep, there is an overriding sense that you are not yourself. It is bad enough
that you feel disconnected from other people, but worse you feel detached from
yourself. Not only is your mind playing tricks on you, but you can no longer
trust your body because now it’s stiff when it used to be supple, it’s tired and
weak when it used to be strong and a lot of the time you just can’t feel it at
Post-traumatic stress disorder is
classified as a mental health diagnosis and the primary methods of treatment
involve anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medication and talking therapies.
Yet, despite its classification, PTSD is a prime example of the body and mind
working as an integrated whole, where changes happen in tandem on a mental,
physical and physiological level. In other words, PTSD exists in the mind
and the body. This means that the current treatment models for PTSD, based
as they are on an outdated separation between the functioning of the mind and
body, overlook the physical symptoms of this disorder. Recovery from PTSD is not
just about minimizing or eradicating the psychological symptoms, it’s also about
feeling yourself again, which means feeling in charge of your body and being
able to trust it again. This article will review the physical symptoms of PTSD
and consider how touch therapy (massage), as a complement to medical and
psychotherapeutic treatment, can help you regain your sense of self.
The Physical Symptoms of PTSD
There are ten physical symptoms
commonly associated with PTSD so let’s look at each of them in turn and consider
how regular massage can help to address them.
Insomnia is itself a symptom of the
hypervigilance experienced with PTSD — it stands to reason that if you’re always
on guard and you never switch off then you’re going to struggle to get to sleep
and stay asleep. The physiological reason you are hypervigilant is that your
sympathetic nervous system is in overdrive. The sympathetic nervous system is
made up of the parts of your brain and body that kick in when you’re in danger
and control whether you fight back, flee or play dead. Positive touch stimulates
the parasympathetic nervous system — the parts of your body and brain that are
activated when you are relaxed and experiencing something that gives you
pleasure. The rhythmic stroking and kneading of the body that takes place during
massage activates the parasympathetic nervous system and induces a feeling of
sleepiness. This feeling normally starts a short while into a massage and is
accompanied by a sense of well-being which should last for several hours after
the massage has finished. In fact, it is not uncommon for a person to feel the
effects of a massage for a few days afterwards so you can see how regular
massage could really help someone with PTSD to overcome insomnia.
Exhaustion as a symptom of PTSD is
partly the knock-on effect of insomnia, but also a result of the body being
stretched to its limits because it is always on alert. Massage deactivates the
parts of the body and mind that are stimulated when under threat and effectively
reverses the effects of hypervigilance. Instead of feeling wide awake and
jittery you feel sleepy and calm; instead of working in overdrive your body
moves into cruise control and eventually slows down into sleep. If this happens
regularly it reminds the body that rest is possible and desirable so over a
period of time you start to wake up feeling refreshed instead of exhausted.
Accelerated Heart Rate & High Blood
In order to maintain the heightened
state of readiness demanded by the sympathetic nervous system in a person with
PTSD, the heart beats faster so it can quickly pump blood to where it is needed
most — the larger muscles to get them ready for fight or flight. One of the
factors in high blood pressure is an accelerated heart rate, which is why
hypertension is commonly found in people with PTSD.
Massage effectively switches off the
sympathetic nervous system and activates the parasympathetic so the heart slows
down, breathing becomes deeper and a feeling of well-being spreads through the
body. There have been several studies showing how regular massage can help to
keep blood pressure at lower levels.
The hormone cortisol is known to be a
factor in hypertension and is also evident in high levels in people with PTSD.
Although it is not yet fully understood how cortisol contributes to either PTSD
or high blood pressure, what is known is that cortisol levels drop following
Chronic muscle tension is caused when
muscles contract and do not return to their natural state. Over time, the muscle
fibers stick together reducing the blood flow to this area and causing pain.
This is usually caused by repetitive patterns of movement and for a person with
PTSD this could either be as a result of the muscles repeatedly tensing in
readiness for fight or flight or as the body re-enacts movements it performed
during the traumatic experience. Although severe or chronic muscle tension can
occur anywhere in the body, it usually occurs in the neck, shoulders, back and
legs. Muscles should have elasticity, but those in the grip of severe tension
feel hard to the touch and are stiff and inflexible; often the tension is
accompanied by a reduced range of movement, a hot burning sensation, but over
time massage can help to reverse these effects.
Massage manipulates soft tissue by
kneading, stretching, tapping, stroking and vibrating. When these techniques are
applied directly to areas of muscle tension the muscle fibers soften, the blood
flow to that area increases and range of movement is improved. Initially, there
may be some discomfort as the muscles are being moved in ways that are not
familiar, that do not necessarily feel natural because they have become so used
to a different pattern of movement, but this passes and the muscles become
supple and move more easily. Regular massage can help the body to forget the
patterns of movement associated with the traumatic experience and over time PTSD
sufferers can experience renewed flexibility, greater ease of movement and a
reduction in pain levels.
While some parts of the body are
working at full tilt when affected by PTSD, others can almost shut down
completely. The digestive system slows significantly when a person is in mortal
danger because digestion isn’t a core function of survival and all the body’s
energies are diverted elsewhere. With PTSD, the body and brain get stuck in
fight or flight mode, which is why digestive transit can be very slow for those
affected. Massage of the abdomen not only feels deeply soothing it is also very
effective at increasing the speed of digestion. This is partly because some of
the strokes used mimic peristalsis (the wave-like pulsing action of the
intestine which breaks down food and allows nutrients to pass into the blood
stream) and partly because stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system
activates the digestive system. During a massage, a person will start to
salivate, will swallow more frequently and may hear their stomach gurgle, all of
which is in sharp contrast to the dry mouth and knotted stomach of a person in
the grip of terror.
Some people may experience areas of
numbness in their body as a result of their traumatic experience, but in some
cases massage can help to re-introduce feeling to those areas affected. For
instance, people with PTSD sometimes find their hands and feet get cold as their
overall circulation becomes less effective because the body is on alert and the
blood supply is diverted to areas most needed. Massage stimulates the
circulation bringing blood and feeling back into the parts of the body affected.
Massage is an instinctive response to
pain – as a child if you fall over we talk of "rubbing it better." How does
something as simple and natural as touch help to alleviate pain? Pleasure and
pain are transmitted to the brain via neural pathways. Pleasure travels more
quickly than pain and this can have the effect of shutting off the pathways that
carry pain. This is known as the Gate Theory of Pain. Positive touch is
experienced as pleasure by the brain so it follows that massage can be used as a
way of relieving some types of pain.
Headaches are prevalent amongst PTSD
sufferers and massage may help to prevent them by easing muscle tension in the
shoulders and neck and may help to shorten their duration because of the effects
of Gate theory of pain. Self-massage can be just as effective in this regard as
seeing a professional. Try gently and slowly circling your temples with your
fingers or the heels of your hands and resting your eye sockets on the heels of
your hand can bring relief to tired eyes.
Any one of the physical symptoms
we’ve looked at so far might become difficult to cope with if experienced
regularly so the debilitating effects of coping with several symptoms at once,
sustained over extended periods of time, is pretty obvious. When added to the
psychological effects of PTSD – nightmares, flashbacks, and dissociation to name
but three – you can see that over time the body’s functioning almost inevitably
becomes strained and compromised. With so much going on in the mind and body of
a person with PTSD, there is the potential of getting sucked into a vicious
cycle of deteriorating health so using massage as part of your armory of
defenses is a smart move. Massage is experienced as pleasure and pleasure makes
the body produce endorphins which is why people feel good after a massage. Much
more research needs to be done in this area, but what seems to be the case is
that feeling good helps to boost immunity.
In conclusion, massage can be very
helpful in managing the physical symptoms of PTSD and in so doing it can help a
person to rebuild trust in their own body which, over time, can help to
re-establish a sense of ease with themselves and those around them.
Kimberley Pledger is a touch
therapist practicing in London. She specializes in mental health and the body
and is the only massage therapist in Great Britain to be a member of the UK
Register of Trauma Specialists.


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For the first time, the government on Monday appointed a woman IPS officer as the chief of a paramilitary force. Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer Archana Ramasundram will take over as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
The 1980-batch officer is the current head of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). She is understood to have sought time to take over her new job, as she is the main organiser of an ongoing biometrics conference in Bhopal.
The SSB chief’s post fell vacant on January 31, after then DG B D Sharma retired.
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Ramasundram has been appointed to the post till the date of her superannuation on September 30, 2017, according to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
Ramasundram was last in news in 2014 over her appointment as Additional Director in the CBI. Her appointment was also challenged in the Supreme Court after which she was moved to the NCRB as its chief.
Some key appointments in the CRPF, BSF, home ministry and NCRB were also made Monday.
The government has appointed Telangana cadre IPS officer K Durga Prasad as Director General of CRPF. As former chief of Greyhounds, Prasad was instrumental in anti-Naxal operations in Andhra Pradesh. He later took over as chief of the Special Protection Group, but was removed from the post during the first few months of the current NDA government. He is currently serving as special director in the CRPF, and will take charge from current DG Prakash Mishra who retires on February 29.
The BSF too will get a new chief at the end of the month. The government Monday appointed 1982-batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer K K Sharma as its DG. Sharma, who is currently Additional DG with the force, will take charge from current DG D K Pathak.
Kerala cadre IPS officer of 1982 batch M K Singla has been appointed as special secretary, internal security, in the home ministry. The post fell vacant after Ashok Prasad retired last month.
Meanwhile, the post vacated by Ramasundram has been filled with the appointment of Bihar cadre 1981-batch IPS officer A R K Kini.
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