By now, most European art-house flicks about children follow the same predictable, Miramax-friendly formula: A doe-eyed, adorably round-headed boy or girl grows up against the backdrop of a nation's unrest; cue lots of nostalgic music and amber-toned shots of the European countryside. But before the template was set, director Victor Erice shattered the very notions of a coming-of-age film with his quiet, impressionistic and often horrifying 1973 tale about two girls growing up in the years immediately following the Spanish Civil War. Precious little actually happens in Spirit of the Beehive, but Erice's painterly sense of joy and dread make it one of the most delicately ominous films in the history of cinema.
With the exception of Terence Malick, few modern directors are as willing to tell a story through mere images as Erice is in Beehive. There's scarcely more dialogue here than in a silent film, and what is said by the characters is usually whispered. After a credit sequence of scrawled children's drawings, we're introduced to two precocious young girls, Ana (Ana Torrent) and Isabel (Isabel Telleria), living in a quiet, sparsely populated village in Castile in the early 1940s. You don't need to know anything about Spain's history to know that something isn't quite right; Erice communicates it almost entirely through mood. As their father (Fernando Fernán Gómez) tends to his swarming beehives, their mother (Teresa Gimpera) scribbles letters to an unnamed, presumably missing acquaintance. "Perhaps our ability to feel life has vanished along with all the rest," she writes.
The movie is given some semblance of a plot or rather, an overriding metaphor when the girls go to see Frankenstein at the town's movie hall. Both are rapt with attention, first at the creature's touching relationship with a young girl, then at the accidental death of the girl and the hunting and killing of the creature. Isabel suggests to Ana that Frankenstein is a ghostly spirit that they can contact if they try hard enough, which prompts Ana to search a deserted farmhouse for a monstrous plaything of her own.
All the girls' encounters are filled with wonder and fear; the movie is a series of languid, tense images of childhood discovery. Freud would have a field day with the scene in which a bored Isabel squeezes her cat's throat until it lashes out at her, after which she uses her bloody finger as lipstick. Ana is the younger and more sensitive of the two, and the young Torrent gives a miraculous performance here, conveying more in a few milky-eyed glances than a Hollywood child actress like Dakota Fanning has in her entire career. Meanwhile, Telleria is perfectly cast at the age where grade-school girls start to exhibit small signs of competitiveness, deception and defiance with their siblings. Through her, Erice subtly suggests the casual evil that lurks in children growing up in an uncertain environment. The gorgeous red, brown and green color scheme combined with the soothing flute-and-guitar sound track may lull you into thinking that Spirit of the Beehive is some sort of poetic travelogue. But make no mistake: Erice's symbolic, death-obsessed imagery will haunt you like no ordinary coming-of-age film could.
Showing at the Detroit Film Theatre (inside the DIA, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit), at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27. Call 313-833-3237.
Michael Hastings writes about film for Metro Times. Send comments to [email protected].


During his speech on criminal justice reform at the NAACP convention on Tuesday, Obama praised the Republicans and conservatives who have been fighting for prison reform--including Rand Paul and the Koch Brothers.
"As Republican Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul has said," Obama began, prompting laughter from the audience, "no, and to his credit, he’s been consistent on this issue -- imprisoning large numbers of nonviolent drug offenders for long periods of time, 'costs the taxpayers money, without making them any safer.'"
Later in the speech, he mentioned other conservative figures working on justice reform, including Newt Gingrich and the Koch brothers:
This is a cause that’s bringing people in both houses of Congress together. It’s created some unlikely bedfellows. You’ve got Van Jones and Newt Gingrich. (Laughter.) You’ve got Americans for Tax Reform and the ACLU. You’ve got the NAACP and the Koch brothers. (Laughter.) No, you’ve got to give them credit. You’ve got to call it like you see it. (Laughter.) There are states from Texas and South Carolina to California and Connecticut who have acted to reduce their prison populations over the last five years and seen their crime rates fall. (Applause.) That’s good news.
The Kochs--not generally the subject of Obama's affection--have long supported prison reform efforts. At the start of this year, Charles Koch singled out the issue as a special priority for 2015.
The NAACP speech was part of a justice reform-focused week for the president. On Monday, he commuted the prison sentences of 46 drug offenders--nearly doubling his total number of commutations since he took office--and on Thursday, he'll become the first sitting president to ever tour a federal prison.


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Release Year: 1999
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Sam Mendes
Writer: Alan Ball
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
If American Beauty is to be believed, life really can change in an instant.
Or at least in the time it takes for a middle-aged man to develop a crush on a teenaged girl.
American Beauty's main character, Lester Burnham, starts out the movie as a sad sack—as he puts it himself, it's like he's "sedated" and has given up on enjoying life. When he spots a girl named Angela at his daughter's dance performance, though, he seems to wake up and remember what it felt like to care, to feel passion…to want to live.
Creepy? Yes. The stuff of great movies? Absolutely.
So, he decides to embark on a full-on life makeover: he starts lifting, he stands up to his boss (and family), he buys his dream car, and he generally just starts feeling good again.
But this isn't How Stella Got Her Groove Back. It's hardly a G-rated, feel-good, inspirational tale. Lester's turnabout stems from his lust for an underaged teen girl (which is more than a tad problematic) and there are lots of other plot twists and turns that give this story some serious edge. There's a psychotically homophobic neighbor with a thing for Nazi memorabilia. A cute boy who likes to stare into the faces of the dead. A woman who is rendered near-catatonic because of her husband's abuse.
In fact, American Beauty is one of the most honest (and bleakest) films about insecurity. It showcases characters who are paralyzed by fear. First-world problems? You bet. But these suburbanites are riddled with the kinds of insecurities that plague many of our lives, making American Beauty a masterful study of something that might just be too close for comfort.
Perhaps it's the movie's blending of the inspirational with the dark and cringe-worthy that made it such a critical darling. The movie largely got rave reviews and racked up lots of Oscars at the 2000 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Sam Mendes), Best Actor (Kevin Spacey), Best Original Screenplay (Alan Ball), and Best Cinematography.
And this isn't just one of those movies that picks up a bunch of golden statuettes and fades from the public imagination. American Beauty changed the landscape of American cinema, turned Sam Mendes and Alan Ball into Hollywood superstars, and forever altered the way moviegoers thought about rose petals and drifting plastic bags.
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth: some days, you're going to feel just like Lester Burnham.
We're sorry to have to break it to you. But thems the breaks: there are going to be a handful of days when you wake up and think, "In some ways, I'm dead already." You're going to be bored. Lonely. Sexually frustrated. Stuck in a rut. The best part of your day might be something as bleak as getting alone time in the shower.
That's an unavoidable part of life. For every Friday night, there's that sinking sensation that is part of every Sunday afternoon. But—and here's the "but" you've been waiting for—you don't have to be exactly like Lester Burnham.
And American Beauty can help you keep your Lester Burnham-itude to the bare minimum. We're not advocating that you go out and develop an unhealthy obsession with a cheerleader, but we are saying that you could take a few hints from this cinematic gem.
In fact, after watching this Academy Award-winning critical darling, you might want to keep a copy on standby to watch when you're feeling a little low. Its life-lessons range from the general (stand up for yourself) to the specific (a remote-control car is an immediate pick-me-up).
But its #1 takeaway has to do with beauty (American or otherwise): beauty is anywhere you choose to see it. And reminding yourself to see beauty anywhere and everywhere you can is just about the most life-affirming thing you can do.
In a commencement speech at Kenyon College, David Foster Wallace once said:
The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over:
"This is water."
"This is water."
Substitute "water" for "life" or "beauty" and you get the gist of DFW's speech: the most important way to stay sane and happy is to remind yourself, day after day, that you're alive. This is also the gist of American Beauty: this is your beautiful life. There are people to be loved. There is music to be listened to. There are cars to drive. There is iron to be pumped. Oh yeah: and there are also Oscar-winning films to be watched.
Originally, Ricky and Jane ended up on trial for Lester's murder. The filmmakers abandoned that plot, though, when it tested badly with audiences. (Source)
Frank Fitts got more of a backstory in the original script—complete with a gay lover from his time in Vietnam. (Source)
Did you know that the original script originally had Lester going "all the way" with Angela? It's true. (Source)
Steve Spielberg asked Mendes to come out to Hollywood and start making movies after he saw his revival of Cabaret. (Source)
DreamWorks Promo Site
Yes, they still have up a studio site promoting the film.
Overrated? Not According to Rotten Tomatoes…
American Beauty has gotten a lot of flack over the years for being overrated, but according to Rotten Tomatoes, people still dig it . . .
Alan Ball's Script, Online for Your Viewing Enjoyment
If you can't get enough of the movie's snappy dialogue, you can read it here.
American Beauty in the Rearview
Check out this piece on the 15th anniversary of the film's release.
Introducing Sam Mendes
This is a great piece on Sam Mendes from just a few days after American Beauty's release, when nobody knew just how big the movie would become.
Lester, Carolyn, and a Very Expensive Couch
This is the scene that basically sums up Carolyn's and Lester's problems.
All About the Advertising
Check out one of the original trailers for the film.
Kevin Spacey on American Beauty
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A World-Class Soundtrack
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Director: Kim Hong-joon
My Korean Cinema is director Kim Hong-joon’s own history of Korean cinema told in short episodes that unfold like a series of personal filmic notes. Assembled and selected from his television presentations, these films cover over forty years of cinema and how film culture in Korea has changed over the years. The filmmaker remembers his first steps working in film, from childhood to his time as an assistant to veteran director Im Kwon-taek in the Chungmuro film studios. He drives through the old neighborhood of Chungmuro looking for the remains of the long gone studios where most classical films in Korea were produced. A restored version of a film from 1975, March of Fools (dir. Ha Kil-jong) brings back the memory of the director’s years as a university student, becoming a reflection about the mechanisms of censorship. Another episode, beautifully edited, looks at what the images of women smoking in classical Korean cinema tell about society, morality and emancipation. Either musing over the consequences of yet another film magazine shutting down, filming the backstage of the reconstruction of a long lost film made by one of Korean’s greatest filmmakers, Yu Hyun-mok, at the cinematic representations of independence hero Kim Ku, or finally, revisiting with emotion La Vie en Rose (1994), one of his earlier films, My Korean Cinema is an ode to cinema, an essay at once personal and unconventional.
Birkbeck Cinema, 07 Nov 2016 7:30 pm
Director: Jang Sun-woo
Cast: Im Kwon-taek, Lee ChJang-ho, Chung Ji-young, Park Kwang-su
The end of the 1980’s witnessed profound transformations in the Korean film industry. Some regulatory restrictions on Korean filmmakers were lifted, opening the way for a new generation of directors to seek other modes of expression, production and exhibition. The relaxation of censorship laws allowed filmmakers to work with more freedom and to address more pressing social issues. On the other side market laws looked towards globalisation, opening the exhibition market to foreign film, especially from Hollywood and Hong Kong. It was against this background that Jang Sun-woo, one of the most singular Korean filmmakers, set this excellent essay film about the situation of Korean cinema in the mid-90s. The film was a commission from the British Film Institute for their 1995 series on the “100 Centenary of Cinema” and it is narrated by Tony Rayns. Jang Sun-woo veers off on a journey through the history of Korea and Korean independent cinema, traveling the country, interviewing people he finds along on their impressions of Korean cinema, and making references to recent relevant political events. He edits selected excerpts of films with conversations with some established and new filmmakers such as Im Kwon-taek, Lee Chang-ho, Park Kwang-su or Chung Ji-young on their impressions of independent film production in Korea. The film makes a strong case for a socially committed cinema in face of the influx of Hollywood imports, a cinema that would be able to keep its independence and push for change, reflecting political and social aspects of Korean life and history.
Birkbeck Cinema, 07 Nov 2016 6:00 pm
Director: Yi Seung-jun
Cast: Kim Ye-ji, Kim Mi-young, Kim Ja-yeop, Kim Ha-neul
Following Yi’s award winning Planet of Snail (2012) and a decade of creating documentaries for TV and the cinema this new film is an observational portrait of the 19 year old Ye-ji. Born deaf and blind Ye-ji struggles to communicate and her path is assisted by her mother whose perspective much of the documentary is presented from. Ye-ji’s mother has enlisted her in a special school for the blind aimed at assisting her assimilation into society. The film lacks any voiceover or commentary from the director, instead Ye-ji’s mother reads from her diary which acts as a structuring device and reveals the fears, experiences and expectations she has for her disabled daughter. The result is a film which covers a difficult subject with a sincerity and calmness displaying a preference for the quotidian and the everyday downplaying overly emotive gestures.
Odeon Camden, 13 Nov 2016 2:00 pm
Director: Im Heung-soon
Cast: Shin Soon-ae, Lee Chong-gak, Lee Ki-bok, Kim Young-mi, Kang Myung-ja
There has within the last few years been an increasing trend in contemporary Korean documentaries for exploring issues of unionisation and using the form to present issues of exploitation and marginalisation within post-war period of industrialisation. Factory Complex is an excellent example of this trend receiving the Silver Lion at the 56th Venice Biennale. The focus of the film in part historical providing an insight into the plight of domestic female workers engaged in the textile industry in the 1960’s. Mixing experimental elements alongside interviews and archival footage the film demonstrates Im’s background as a visual artist as well as his own working-class family background. The arguments of the director come across through the juxtapositioning of images resulting in an essayistic work which attempts to complicate the discourse surrounding labour issues, preferring a multitude of voices over a singular narrator.
Regent Street Cinema, 09 Nov 2016 9:00 pm

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Fairly busy day today, I skipped the gym again this morning to do some work before I head to the uni campus.
Turned out I only had one student in to teach so we had a one-to-one tutorial about their assignment. I know my subjects pretty well from a practitioner point of view, less clued up about the theory and research that underpins my knowledge so it’s been great getting into research again and learning new stuff.
Got home in good time which was good as it’s blowing a hooly out there tonight as a storm is about to hit the UK, batten down the hatches, and all that as they say.
As I didn’t go to the gym this morning, I decided that I’d do a home workout tonight! I’ve got some rubber matting that I bought last year and some dumbbells so moved my body for about 30 minutes, not as hard a workout as I would at the gym but a very good substitute and it felt great. I’d forgotten how much I like working out at home! All through lockdown last year I did workouts most days and loved it, I got up early, did my workout, and then got on with the rest of my day!! The lack of commuting to the gym really suited me. If I had more space I’d probably invest in more kit but might put some rig outside so can use that when the weather allows.
A chilled evening after that chatting to friends online. I am so lucky to have some amazing friends who support me through the high and low times and am eternally grateful for them.

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In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
Run time: 134mTagline: Hello Cruel WorldRelease: 2021-05-26
A child from war-torn Iraq finds himself moving into a new home after his mother passes away. There, he meets a loving old woman who tells him the story of Lady Fatima, the daughter of the prophet Muhammad and the first victim of terrorism. Through the stories, the child learns how the virtue of patience is powerful and important to everyone, as well as how Fatima’s experience has spilled into the 21st century.
Run time: 139mTagline: The Untold StoryRelease: 2021-07-31
Panos, a city doctor, relocates to a remote Greek village to offer his services to the underserved community. It's love at first sight when he sees Danae, who lives in isolation and with a mysterious skin condition. Determined to cure her, Panos will soon discover Danae is not the helpless princess he thought she was, and time is of the essence for both of them.
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Certifications are intended to help you know that what you’re getting meets a certain standard. Usually, this standard implies superiority and high quality. And while you should be able to trust certifications at face value, not all certifications are created equal.
For instance, the mattress you’re thinking of buying might say “organic,” but what is the defenition of "organic"? Organic is not a regulated term when it comes to products like mattresses. Sometimes, companies will claim their products are “organic” or “USDA-certified” when only a handful of the materials used are actually safe for you.
One example of fabricated certifications—where the government stepped in—is the case of EcoBaby, who claimed that their NAOMI organic seal meant their baby products were indeed organic. However, in 2013 the Federal Trade Commission exposed EcoBaby Organics, requiring the company to stop using this fake seal of confidence, which gave the false impression that a third-party, independent certifier approved of their products.
It’s easy to see how a consumer might mistakenly believe in EcoBaby’s greenwashing. Not only did the company have the word “organics” in their very name, but they also labeled their products with a fake organic seal. This is just one example of companies being misleading in their organic related claims.
The Certification That Matters: GOTS
As a consumer, how are you to know which certifications are real and which are fake?
In the mattress industry, the only certification that really matters is GOTS — which stands for Global Organic Textile Standard.
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the world's leading processing standard for organic textiles and fibres, including ecological and social criteria, backed by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain.
The aim of the standard is to define globally recognized requirements that ensure organic status — from harvesting of the raw materials through environmentally and socially-responsible manufacturing all the way to labelling in order to provide credible assurance to the end consumer.
Every Naturepedic mattress is GOTS certified, which means you can rest assured that our mattresses are made with truly top-of-the-line organic materials that are safer, healthier, and more natural.
Our entire factory and manufacturing facility is GOTS certified. Naturepedic only uses certified organic cotton fabric, certified organic cotton fill, certified organic wool, certified organic latex, and other non-toxic materials approved by GOTS.
What Does a Certification Guarantee?
You may be wondering what a GOTS certification actually means, and we’re here to break down the nitty-gritty details for you.
Only organic textile products that contain a minimum of 95% organic fibres can become fully GOTS certified. The choice of accessories is limited in accordance with ecological aspects as well.
Receiving a GOTS certification is an involved process, as the principles of the review and revision procedure are detailed and comprehensive. If a product meets GOTS standards, it meets numerous criteria, including:
-Prohibition of critical inputs such as toxic heavy metals, formaldehyde, aromatic solvents, functional nanoparticles, genetically modified organisms (GMO) and their enzymes
- Azo dyes that release carcinogenic amine compounds are prohibited
- Discharge printing methods using aromatic solvents and plastisol printing methods using phthalates and PVC are prohibited
- All operators must have an environmental policy including target goals and procedures to minimize waste and discharges.
Technical Quality and Human Toxicity Criteria
- Technical quality parameters must be met (s.a. rubbing, perspiration, light and washing fastness and shrinkage values)
- Raw materials, intermediates, final textile products as well as accessories must meet stringent limits regarding unwanted residues
- The key norms of the International Labour Organization (ILO) must be met by all processors and manufacturers, such as safe and hygienic working conditions, employment is freely chosen, etc.
Though more manufacturers are becoming certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard, only about 50 companies in the U.S., representing stages all along the entire organic textile supply chain, have chosen to become GOTS certified. At Naturepedic, we chose to become GOTS certified (and did so over ten years ago) because we care.
As a GOTS certified organic mattress manufacturer, Naturepedic provides this assurance to its customers by meeting the strict GOTS criteria, maintaining chain of custody records for all organic material purchases, and undergoing regular inspections and audit reviews.
Now that you know about GOTS, you can choose Naturepedic knowing that our certifications represent the highest-standards of quality, safety, and organic goodness.


A heart for orphans beats strong in Katy
Jennifer Phillips Lawrence’s desire to help the less fortunate began while watching Compassion International on television when she was just a little girl. Years later, at age 18, footage of Romanian orphanages propelled her into action.
“When I was 18 and communism was falling in Romania, I saw a video of the orphanages and how cruelly the children were treated,” Lawrence said. “I thought, ‘If I can’t do anything else, I can at least go love these children.’ “
Lawrence served as a missionary in Romania before returning home to Katy. Her break from missionary work didn’t last long. After hearing a radio interview with a like-minded missionary who was starting an orphanage outside of Nairobi, Kenya, Lawrence resolved to meet the woman and offer her assistance.
“Within a year I met her and ended up going to volunteer in her orphanage,” she said. “As I was volunteering in her orphanage, I decided that I wanted to move there and work full time.”
In 1996, while working as a missionary in Kenya, Lawrence founded the nonprofit organization International Treasure House Ministries, which raises awareness and funds to help provide food, education and safe housing for orphans in impoverished countries.
“We’ve partnered with a school in the slum area,” Lawrence said. “They feed and educate 350 children every day. Their hope is to get these kids educated in order to help them escape poverty.”
Lawrence recently moved back to Katy, but her missionary work in Kenya continues. International Treasure House Ministries is currently raising funds to build a rescue center at its partner school; the center will provide a safe place for high-risk girls to live while attending the school.
“Twenty-five dollars feeds and educates a kid for a month,” Lawrence said. “People don’t even realize you can forgo a night at the movies and you’ve provided a kid food and education for a whole month.”
For more information on International Treasure House Ministries, or to make a donation, call 281-392-2747 or visit www.treasurehouseministries.org. Visit the organization’s travel blog at www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ITHM. You can also connect with International Treasure House Ministries on Facebook.
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Home decor retailers are funny sometimes. Most places have a certain look, style or trend that they follow and it can be quite frustrating to find what you want if you have to browse several stores or websites. I am not really one who likes a modern look. I guess some modern looks can strike me, but for the most part I am more traditional or vintage. However, I do like to mix and match my tastes in order to create my own unique style. I also have a husband with his own favorite looks and pieces which can throw my home decor desires for a loop.
But a new place just plopped into my lap the other day and I was rather surprised. It’s called Plow and Hearth. The name to me says “Country”, so I was a little put off at first, since my style is not country. But I was pleased with how eclectic their products are! I realized that after visiting the site, “Plow” and “Hearth” are just a fun way of saying “Your Outdoors” and “Your Indoors”. Not only do they sell Outdoor Furnishings for contemporary, traditional and standard styles but they also carry Gardening supplies, Home decor pieces and even footwear! Now the home products are full of personality. You will find country pieces like wreaths, braided rugs and woodsy furnishings, but the site is also filled with items that I could just as easily discover at Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel. Really, everything you need to make your home and garden is right there at Plow & Hearth.
I was so pleased with what I saw that I knew NiceDwells just had to review it. The Company was kind enough to send us a sample to test out. Last week I received my Terra Cotta Cascading Fountain, and it is gorgeous. I really love it! The coolest things about this fountain is the fact that it runs on solar energy. I knew our readers would love this earthy pleasing item – and I hope you do! Basically, the fountain runs whenever the solar panel is met with sunlight. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of direct sunlight in my yard, so my fountain doesn’t run all the time (sadly). But this item is great for the rest of you with very sunlit back or front yards. It’s beautiful and the soothing sounds of water relax me. It also comes in Hammered Aluminum or Terra Cotta.
I sincerely recommend this place to you because it just has so many products to choose from in many styles that I know you will all enjoy. You could spend all day on their site. Happy Shopping!
Thanks to the immensely generous folks at Plow & Hearth, we are giving away a Solar Powered Terra Cotta Cascade Fountain. It is valued at $119.95 (and worth every penny!) and would make a lovely addition to any yard or patio.
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage outcome
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a complex neurovascular syndrome with profound systemic effects, associated with high rates of disability and mortality.
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Several studies have investigated the changes in CSF metabolomics that occur after aSAH. These studies have identified alterations in various metabolites and metabolic pathways, including those involved in energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and lipid metabolism.
One study found that levels of lactate, a marker of anaerobic metabolism, were significantly increased in the CSF of aSAH patients compared to controls. This suggests that there is a shift towards anaerobic metabolism in the brain following aSAH, possibly due to decreased oxygen delivery and increased metabolic demand.
Other studies have reported alterations in amino acid metabolism, particularly involving glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter that can lead to neuronal damage when present in excess, while GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that can protect against excitotoxicity. Studies have shown that CSF levels of glutamate are increased and GABA levels are decreased in aSAH patients, which may contribute to the pathophysiology of the disease.
Alterations in lipid metabolism have also been reported in aSAH patients, with decreased levels of sphingomyelins and phosphatidylcholines in the CSF. These lipids play important roles in cellular membrane structure and function, and their depletion may contribute to neuronal damage and inflammation.
Overall, the findings of metabolomics studies suggest that aSAH leads to widespread metabolic alterations in the brain, involving multiple metabolic pathways. These alterations may contribute to the pathophysiology of the disease and represent potential targets for therapeutic intervention.
NFE2L2 SNP, rs10183914, is significantly associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage outcome. This is consistent with a clinically relevant pathophysiological role for oxidative and inflammatory brain injury due to blood and its breakdown products in aSAH. Furthermore, the findings support NRF2 as a potential therapeutic target following aSAH and other forms of intracranial hemorrhage 2)
In a study by Hammer et al. from the Paracelsus Medical University, complications like pneumonia (β = 5.11; 95% CI = 1.75-8.46; p = 0.0031), sepsis (β = 9.54; 95% CI = 3.27-15.82; p = 0.0031), hydrocephalus (β = 4.63; 95% CI = 1.82-7.45; p = 0.0014), and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) (β = 3.38; 95% CI = 0.19-6.56; p = 0.038) were critical factors depending on the LOS in intensive care as well as decompressive craniectomy (β = 5.02; 95% CI = 1.35-8.70; p = 0.0077). All analyzed comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, hypothyroidism, cholesterolemia, and smoking history had no significant impact on the LOS in intensive care. LOS in intensive care (OR = 1.09; 95% CI = 1.03-1.15; p = 0.0023), as well as World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies grading for subarachnoid hemorrhage (OR = 3.72; 95% CI = 2.23-6.21; p < 0.0001) and age (OR = 1.06; 95% CI = 1.02-1.10; p = 0.0061), were significant factors that had an impact on the outcome after 1 year. Complications in intensive care but not comorbidities are associated with higher LOS in intensive care. LOS in intensive care is a modest but significant predictor of outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage 3).
These two pathological entities seem to have different pathophysiological etiologies and cannot be detected by the same techniques. Vasospasms of the vessels of the circle of Willis can be detected by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD), whereas microcirculation disturbances can be detected by perfusion imaging techniques. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) remains until now the gold standard of imaging vasospasms, but it is invasive, and it is proven to be associated with the risk of mild neurological deficit as well as ischemic insults 6).
As angiographic vasospasm is strongly associated with delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) and clinical outcome, clinical trials in the last few decades focused on prevention of these angiographic spasms. Despite all efforts, no new pharmacological agents have shown to improve patient outcome. As such, it has become clear that our understanding of the pathophysiology of SAH is incomplete and we need to reevaluate our concepts on the complex pathophysiological process following SAH. Angiographic vasospasm is probably important.
One factor that might influence the initial brain damage or subsequent complications is the use of antiplatelet medication before the initial hemorrhage.
Improvements in multidisciciplinary neurocritical care and advancements in medical and surgical treatment have contributed to a decline in the case fatality rate of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage 7).
A greater proportion of patients, therefore, are surviving their initial hemorrhagic event but remain at increased risk of a number of complications.
The case fatality after aneurysmal haemorrhage is 50%; one in eight patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage dies outside hospital. Rebleeding is the most imminent danger; a first aim is therefore occlusion of the aneurysm 8).
Prothrombotic states of early brain injury (EBI) and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after aSAH determine morbidity and mortality.
The outcome depends on their condition on arrival at the hospital. However, a small number of patients recover from an initially poor condition.
Associated with intracerebral hematoma (ICH) typically has a poor outcome. SAH with ICH tends to have a worse prognosis than SAH alone.
It has a high socioeconomic impact as it tends to affect younger patients. The NCEPOD study looking into management of aSAH has recommended that neurovascular units in the United Kingdom should aim to secure cerebral aneurysms within 48 h and that delays because of weekend admissions can increase the mortality and morbidity attributed to aSAH.
A study provides important data showing excess in-Hospital mortality of patients with SAH on weekend admissions served by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service.; However, there were no effects of weekend admission on long-term outcomes 9).
Clinical prediction models were developed with individual patient data from 10 936 patients and validated with data from 3355 patients after development of the model. In the validation cohort, a core model including patient age, premorbid hypertension, and neurological grade on admission to predict risk of functional outcome had good discrimination, with an area under the receiver operator characteristics curve (AUC) of 0.80 (95% confidence interval 0.78 to 0.82). When the core model was extended to a “neuroimaging model,” with inclusion of clot volume, aneurysm size, and location, the AUC improved to 0.81 (0.79 to 0.84). A full model that extended the neuroimaging model by including treatment modality had AUC of 0.81 (0.79 to 0.83). Discrimination was lower for a similar set of models to predict risk of mortality (AUC for full model 0.76, 0.69 to 0.82). All models showed satisfactory calibration in the validation cohort.
The prediction models reliably estimate the outcome of patients who were managed in various settings for ruptured intracranial aneurysms that caused subarachnoid haemorrhage. The predictor items are readily derived at hospital admission. The web based SAHIT prognostic calculator (http://sahitscore.com) and the related app could be adjunctive tools to support management of patients 10).
Systematic reviews for clinical prognostic factors and clinical prediction tools in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) face a number of methodological challenges. These include within and between study patient heterogeneity, regional variations in treatment protocols, patient referral biases, and differences in treatment, and prognosis viewpoints across different cultures 11).
It is critical to determine the neural basis for executive deficits in aSAH, in order to better understand and improve patient outcomes.
In a tertiary care center in India, despite recent advances in the treatment of patients with aSAH, the morbidity and mortality rates have failed to improve significantly in unselected patients and natural cohorts. This may be attributed to the natural history of aSAH, and calls for new strategies to diagnose and treat such patients before the catastrophe 12).
In the series of Nieuwkamp et al., despite an increase in the mean age of patients with SAH, case-fatality rates have decreased by 17% between 1973 and 2002 and show potentially important regional differences. This decrease coincides with the introduction of improved management strategies 13).
The case fatality after aneurysmal haemorrhage is 50%; one in eight patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage dies outside hospital.
Mortality is 10% within first few days
30-day mortality rate was 46% in one series, and in others over half the patients died within 2 weeks of their SAH.
overall mortality is 45% (range: 32—67%)
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about 8% die from progressive deterioration from the initial hemorrhage
of those reaching neurosurgical care, vasospasm kills 7%, and causes severe deﬁcit in another 7%.
about 30% of survivors have moderate to severe disability.
about 66 % of those who hove successful aneurysm clipping never return to the same quality of life as before the SAH.
Quantitative imaging indicators of ventricular hemorrhage (standard deviation of third ventricular hemorrhage density, minimum density of fourth ventricular hemorrhage, and left ventricular sphericity) are helpful to predict the poor prognosis of patients with aSAH with ventricular hemorrhage. The dimensional fusion model has greater value in predicting the poor prognosis of patients 15)
Amount of Bleeding
Quantitative estimation of the hemorrhage volume associated with aneurysm rupture is a tool of assessing prognosis.
A prospective cohort of 206 patients consecutively admitted with the diagnosis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage to Hospital 12 de Octubre were included in the study. Subarachnoid, intraventricular, intracerebral, and total bleeding volumes were calculated using analytic software. For assessing factors related to prognosis, univariate and multivariate analysis (logistic regression) were performed. The relative importance of factors in determining prognosis was established by calculating their proportion of explained variation. Maximum Youden index was calculated to determine the optimal cut point for subarachnoid and total bleeding volume.
Variables independently related to prognosis were clinical grade at admission, age, and the different bleeding volumes. The proportion of variance explained is higher for subarachnoid bleeding. The optimal cut point related to poor prognosis is a volume of 20 mL both for subarachnoid and total bleeding.
Volumetric measurement of subarachnoid or total bleeding volume are both independent prognostic factors in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A volume of more than 20 mL of blood in the initial noncontrast computed tomography is related to a clear increase in poor outcome risk 16).
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) is a common complication after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), and is associated with worse neurologic outcomes and longer hospitalization. However, the effect of ALI/ARDS in SAH has not been well elucidated. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of ALI/ARDS in a cohort of patients with SAH and to determine the risk factors for ALI/ARDS and their impact on patient prognosis. We performed a retrospective analysis of 167 consecutive patients with aSAH enrolled. ALI/ARDS patients were rigorously adjudicated using North American-European Consensus Conference definition. Regression analyses were used to test the risk factors for ALI/ARDS in patients with SAH. A total of 167 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and 27% patients (45 of 167) developed ALI. Among all 45 ALI patients, 33 (20%, 33 of 167) patients met criteria for ARDS. On multivariate analysis, elderly patients, lower glasgow coma scale (GCS), higher Hunt-Hess grade, higher simplified acute physiology score (SAPS) II score, pre-existing pneumonia, gastric aspiration, hypoxemia, and tachypnea were the strongest risk factor for ALI/ARDS. Patients with ALI/ARDS showed worse clinical outcomes measured at 30 days. Development of ALI/ARDS was associated with a statistically significant increasing the odds of tracheostomy and hospital complications, and increasing duration of mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit (ICU) length and hospitalization stay. Development of ALI/ARDS is a severe complication of SAH and is associated with a poor clinical outcome, and further studies should focus on both prevention and management strategies specific to SAH-associated ALI/ARDS 17).
Higher early IL6 serum levels after aSAH are associated with poor outcome at discharge. In addition, involvement of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) in the early inflammatory reaction after aSAH has been demonstrated 18).
The APOΕε4 polymorphism was analysed in 147 patients with aSAH. Allele and genotype frequencies were compared to those found in a gender- and area-matched control group of healthy individuals (n = 211). Early cerebral vasospasm (CVS) was identified and treated according to neurointensive care unit (NICU) guidelines. Neurological deficit(s) at admittance and at 1-year follow-up visit was recorded. Neurological outcome was assessed by the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, Barthel Index and the Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale.
APOEε4 and non-APOEε4 allele frequencies were similar in aSAH patients and healthy individuals. The presence of APOEε4 was not associated with the development of early CVS. We could not find an influence of the APOE polymorphism on 1-year neurological outcome between groups. Subgroup analyses of patients treated with surgical clipping vs endovascular coiling did not reveal any associations.
For Csajbok et al. APOEε4 polymorphism has no major influence on risk of aSAH, the occurrence of CVS or long-term neurological outcome after aSAH 19).
For Cheng et al., Apolipoprotein E (APOEε4) may induce cerebral perfusion impairment in the early phase, contributing to early brain injury (EBI) following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), and assessment of APOE genotypes could serve as a useful tool in the prognostic evaluation and therapeutic management of aSAH 20).
Direct oral anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists
Iatrogenic coagulopathy caused by Direct oral anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists was not associated with more severe radiological or clinical subarachnoid hemorrhage or worse clinical outcomes in hospitalized SAH patients 21).
Brain edema in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Myosteatosis was found to be associated with poor physical condition directly after the onset of aSAH. Skeletal muscle atrophy and myosteatosis were however irrelevant to outcome in the Western-European aSAH patient. Future studies are needed to validate these finding 22).
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage length of stay
Brain Tissue Oxygenation Monitoring
A low PbtO2 value is associated with a worse prognosis, and an increase in the PbtO2 value in response to treatment is a marker of a good outcome 23).
The inverse correlation between mean arterial pressure and mean transit time (MTT) in early perfusion computed tomography, increasing with the severity of aSAH, suggests an increasing disturbance of cerebral autoregulation with the severity of early brain injury. The results emphasize the importance of maintaining physiological blood pressure values in the early phase of aSAH and preventing hypotension, especially in patients with poor-grade aSAH 24)

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The action of this enzyme is inhibited by nerve agents. In extreme cases, membranes swell and lungs become filled with liquid. Biological agents are organisms or toxins that can kill or incapacitate people, livestock and crops. Question 24 An atom is the smallest particle of an element that can exist either alone or in combination with another element. Select one:True CorrectFalseFeedbackThe correct answer is 'True'.
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Because of the delayed onset of symptoms in a biological incident, the area affected may be greater due to the migration of infected individuals. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the. Exposure is through liquid or vapor contact with any exposed tissue eyes, skin, lungs. In the case of biologicals, this is often sufficient to avert contact infection. We will carefully protect all information you provide, including your identity. The primary mental effect is loss of concentration, causing indecisiveness and the inability to act in a sustained, purposeful manner.
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AIDS Action Council offers a range of free peer based workshops for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and sex and gender diverse communities.
Building Positive Attitudes
This workshop will focus on building positive attitudes and self confidence, fostering positive self image, keeping perspective, being proactive and optimistic, letting go of past negative experiences and resentment.
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This workshop will focus on educating Skills and Safe Sex, PrEP and UVL, review and discuss the range of safe sex strategies for HIV and STIs, how to communicate and negotiate these strategies. Also sex skills - where to get decent information and explore new things.
This workshop will focus on negotiating relationships. Discuss different relationship styles: friends with benefits, lovers, and partnerships open and monogamous, and group play. Negotiating sexual needs in relationship, changes over time, keeping things interesting, dealing with breakups.
Wed 12th July 6.00 - 8.30 pm
Focus on Online Dating and Hook-up Apps – how to negotiate the challenges and opportunities of online hook-up aps, including discussing HIV status on apps. Discussion will promote having a healthy relationship with Apps, how to make meaningful connections and use apps for your needs.
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When I bring the Leicaflex SL up to my eye and look through its viewfinder, I get the same feeling of immersion and spaciousness as when riding in the early 1980s Cadillac Coupe DeVille that belonged to one of my buddies back in high school. We endearingly referred to that car as ‘The Boat.’ True to form, it was always the biggest car in the parking lot and drove like a couch on wheels. The SL may have been produced earlier, from 1968-1974, but it shares the excesses (and weight) of a 1980s gas-guzzling luxury sedan. Portability and compactness were not a consideration in its design.
I don’t have much insight into the development of the original Leicaflex (which predated the second-generation Leicaflex SL reviewed here), but it’s safe to say that the engineers (and not the accountants) were in charge. The result is pure Leica; a solidly built camera that does a few things perfectly and without compromise, rather than one which tries to be a camera that does everything for everyone. Though the result is a pure photographer’s camera, the tact was misguided from a business perspective.
Leica’s entry into the SLR market was a decision borne of financial necessity. The rangefinder-oriented brand was facing an existential threat from the SLR camera, and Leica’s market share amongst photo-takers was being eaten up. Even up until the late 1960s the company was still banking on rangefinders, despite photographers moving increasingly toward SLR cameras offered by Japanese competitors Nikon and Canon. The Leicaflex failed to convert Leica’s rangefinder users to the SLR, and it failed to convert users of Japanese SLRs to the much more expensive Leica camera. Leica had simply misread the market.
In another tangentially-related tragic misreading of the market, Leica spent twenty years patenting the first contrast-detect autofocus system, but didn’t see the value in it, selling the patent to Minolta, who developed it further for use in the Maxxum 7000 in 1985. That camera is now credited with ushering in the age of autofocus SLRs. It would seem that after all that R&D, including the development of a working prototype based on the Leicaflex SL2, called the Correfot, Leica concluded that autofocus was not as precise as manual focusing, and that was that (for them). Forget that people might want it (which they did!). The company continued their dedication to manual focus with the Leica R series of SLRs that they produced in collaboration with Minolta, and right to the end of the line with the Leica produced R8 and R9, which ceased production in 2009.
But all of that is Leica history. And thankfully today, none of it has any bearing on whether or not the Leicaflex SL is a nice camera to own and shoot. Let’s get to that.
The Leicaflex SL is a beautiful camera, in my eyes. It has an industrial minimalist aesthetic, typical for its day, with just three elements of aluminum, black plastic, and bright nickel accents. The plastic is unfortunately slippery and feels quite cheap, especially on this camera, but it has maintained its sheen over the decades. The gently sloping camera back, resembling hunched shoulders, are a unique hallmark of the design that is echoed in the R8 and R9 cameras several generations later.
The shutter sound is a silky, but deeply resonant ‘chink’ that sounds, in my imaginings, like a Hattori Hanzo sword reducing the samurai sword of one of the Crazy 88 to a stump. It is a perfectly dampened mirror clap, followed by a satisfying overtone that rings like that Hattori Hanzo freshly unsheathed. Take that, Japanese SLRs! When I walk by the Leicaflex on the shelf, I sometimes pick it up and fire off a few frames just to hear it sing. It’s one of my favourite all-time shutter sounds.
If you’re looking for a durable vintage manual SLR that does only the essentials, but does them well, the SL may fit the bill; it is a robust, but minimally appointed, fully manual SLR with a wide-open aperture, center-weighted through the lens (TTL) light meter, a top shutter speed of 1/2000, and a big, bright viewfinder. Although it is similar, the original Leicaflex is largely passed over due to its external light meter’s small focusing zone, but that shouldn’t deter you. In fact, I think I might prefer that setup to the SL’s TTL meter, as I find it a bit tedious to use.
The viewfinder of all Leicaflex cameras are known for being big and bright, and the same is true for the Leicaflex SL. The camera’s viewfinder is the best part of the whole experience of shooting it. That said, when comparing it directly with the viewfinders of the Canon AE-1 or the Nikon F-801s (to pick two examples at hand), it’s hard to say that the Leicaflex SL viewfinder is any larger or brighter. What I can say is that it feels more immersive than the Canon, and on par with the Nikon, which is a similar sized camera with a much larger prism housing.
This camera is auto-nothing, so shooting can be quite demanding, especially on new photographers. The Leicaflex SL uses ‘full aperture’, strictly center-weighted metering. The exposure needle swings to life whenever the film advance lever is pulled out from the camera. It’s a needle match system, with the motion of the arm tied to shutter speed while the exposure needle dances up and down with the light level coming through the lens (at aperture). Counterintuitively, the exposure needle travels down as the light increases and up as light decreases. No averaging is done, so any light outside of the circle does not register at all. What this means, especially in high contrast lighting, is that you might find yourself moving the central microprism focusing area around a scene to survey the dynamic range while constantly pressing the depth of field preview button for an accurate exposure reading. Conversely, you can try to cram the highs and lows into the circle to force an average reading.
When the mental and emotional toll of being constantly preoccupied by exposure becomes tiresome, I turn to the sunny 16 rule or meter off of a mid tone to get me in the zone, and then adjust by a stop or so as I see fit. This is a much more relaxed experience, but of course it’s not something you should try with an unforgiving film stock. I have put many consumer level color films, and black and white stock (Ilford HP5+ most recently) through the SL with great results, but have been very challenged with over-exposure when using slide film.
I purchased mine in 2001, and with the exception of an initial CLA it has been a zero maintenance camera that has been mechanically flawless. I’m not completely certain of the date, but what I am certain of is that it was the moment just before the film camera bubble burst. It cost $1000 CAD, with the shop owner throwing in a very well-worn Summicron 50mm as a sweetener. Fewer than ten years later, the SL was going for around $150 on eBay. It is, to date, the only camera I’ve ever lost a significant sum of money on. Now that we’ve established that I shouldn’t give investment advice (or perhaps that I have the business sense of Leica in the 1970s), the upshot to all of this is that I still own it because it’s worth more to me as a camera than the paltry sum it would fetch these days. This also means that anyone can own my once-upon-a-time dream camera for a similarly paltry sum!
Oh, and before I left the shop, the owner showed me a trick to lock up the mirror. He cocked the shutter, then with one flick of his finger over the top of the shutter button, almost as if he were skipping a stone, I heard the mirror slap into the ‘up’ position. He handed it to me for a try, and after a little practice I was able to execute the maneuver, the blacked out viewfinder being confirmation of my success. In my experience, after a few tries, it works every time! I still don’t know how this works, but it does.
I highly recommend learning how the film advance feels with and without film loaded – knowing the difference could save you from seeing your exposure counter number climb past 36, as happened to me while (believing I was) putting a roll of HP5+ through the camera for this review. Take note: there is a more dampened feel when film is loaded; a slight resistance. When loading the film I am always careful to confirm that the film is advancing properly before closing the camera back (better to burn a few than lose 36), but in this case the film leader slipped out of the slim plastic tab that holds it on the spindle. Of course the grip of that one small tab makes all the difference in the successful operation of the camera.
This camera may exude the qualities of a vintage Cadillac, but it’s definitely making me feel less comfortable than a plush backseat these days. My confidence is shaken as this is the 2nd time in 2 years this has happened, and the 4th time in the entire time I’ve owned the camera. I can almost describe the individual photos on those rolls because I am haunted by each and every one I’ve lost this way. Despite being mechanically durable, this one flaw makes it seem wholly unreliable. I’m already shopping for a Nikon F100.
Now that I’ve tended to my wounded pride, I can say that once the sting subsides I will make up with the SL. I have already (properly) reloaded it with the traitorous roll of Ilford for when I am able to summon the will to replace those lost frames. When I do pick it up again, I know I will be in for just about as pure a photographic experience as one can have with a single lens reflex camera. The Leicaflex SL, like so many of the brand’s early SLRs, provides only the essentials; a great viewfinder, a beautiful shutter sound, and a solid chassis that can be mounted with some truly legendary Leica R mount glass. In the end, that’s about all that matters in a camera. Meter, shoot, advance, repeat – bliss.
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Can You Put One Thing In A Tumble Dryer?
If using a tumble dryer or washer dryer is new to you, you’ve likely seen the maximum capacity limits that advise you on how much laundry you’re allowed to to put in at one time.
But what if you only need to dry one item? Is there a limit on the minimum load on a tumble dryer or washer dryer?
The short answer is no, there is no minimum load on a tumble dryer or washer dryer – so you’re safe to dry just one item at a time.
With that said, there are a few reasons why you might not want to dry only one item at a time in a tumble dryer…
Why You Shouldn’t Dry A Single Item In A Tumble Dryer/Washer Dryer
It’s not good for the environment
Although the energy efficiency of tumble dryers and washer dryers has improved in recent years, we should still be conscious of the impact wasting electricity is having on the environment.
We’re not trying to shame you here as we’ve all had times when we need that shirt dried immediately, but we feel it’s worth pointing out to avoid making a habit of it.
It costs as much to dry one thing as it does to dry many things
In most tumble dryers (although there are exceptions), it will cost you the same amount to dry just one item of clothing as it would to dry your entire family’s clothes for the week.
This is why it doesn’t really make sense to put one thing in at a time, as there aren’t really any benefits of doing it.
It takes up more time
Again, assuming you have other things to dry, you’d be better off drying it all in one go when it comes to speed and efficiency.
When Would You Only Dry One Item In A Tumble Dryer?
A good example might be if you’re staying in an airbnb and you only have one foot towel that has become drenched due to water coming out over the shower.
If this is the only foot towel you have, it’s raining outside and you do not have any other wet items to dry, it makes total sense to dry it in the tumble dryer ready for the next day.
Frequently Asked Questions
There is no minimum KG you can tumble dry in a tumble dryer or washer dryer. Meaning you’re safe to dry one item at a time.
Yes, you are safe to tumble dry less than 5 items of clothes in a tumble dryer or washer dryer unless the manufacturer states otherwise (which is rare).


New Castle (Del.) County Employees Pension Program is undertaking an asset allocation study of the $270 million pension plan, said Patricia Lutz Dilenno, chief human resources officer. Newly hired consultant Balentine is conducting the study, which will be finished in the next few months, she said. The funds current allocation is 48% fixed income, 22% domestic large-cap equity, 16% domestic midcap equity and 14% international equity.
Balentine replaced EAI, which did not rebid, said Gayle M. Logan, pension and benefits manager.


LISTEN: Travis Denning Talks New EP ‘Beer’s Better Gold’ OUT TODAY
Nashville’s Travis Denning released his much anticipated debut EP on Friday titled Beer’s Better Cold as he taps into his “storytelling skills” (Variety) on the collection as he continues to release more music to meet fan demand. One of those stories you’ve heard as his current single “After A Few,” which is currently making its way up to the top of the charts, and soon to be first Number 1 song.
“Beer’s Better Cold is really just the first snapshot and chapter of the music I want to bring to the table pretty much through my whole career,” says Travis. “It touches on where I come from, obviously the party we bring on stage every night, and of course, love – the good parts and even the heartbreak. So, I hope everybody sees a big side of me when they hear this whole EP.”
Check out the tracklist below and let us know if you’ll be streaming the new project at the New Country 92.3 Facebook page!
BEER’S BETTER COLD EP track list:
1. “Where That Beer’s Been”
(Rhett Akins, Travis Denning, Chris Stevens, Jeremy Stover)
2. “After A Few”
(Kelly Archer, Travis Denning, Justin Weaver)
(Ashley Gorley, Matt Jenkins, Chase McGill)
4. “Tank Of Gas And A Radio Song”
(Travis Denning, Nathan Spicer, Shane Minor)
5. “Beer’s Better Cold”
(Scooter Carusoe, Travis Denning, Cole Taylor)
6. “Sittin’ By A Fire”
(Rhett Akins, Travis Denning, Jeremy Stover)


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CHILE SENATE DOES WHAT U.S. SENATE CAN’T
The U.S. Senate, after a year-long struggle, fell one vote shy of pushing through a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES) which would have required U.S. utilities to obtain 15% of their energy from renewable sources or efficiency measures by 2020.
To the credit of President Bachelet’s government, Chile’s Senate passed such a bill on January 23. Chile’s goals are modest but it clearly sees the wisdom of setting a national standard and schedule of consumption on which producers can depend as they risk their investments in New Energy.
It would be pure speculation to observe that the announcement of new wind energy projects to be built by huge multinational mining interests (See CHILE TO BUILD WIND) could have had something to do with the government’s enthusiasm for New Energy. It is not speculation to observe that the wind build was spurred by newly uncertain supplies of energy from traditional sources: Once dependable Argentinean natural gas supplies have been cut back as that nation struggles with its own energy shortages; Once dependable hydro power has been failing in the face of droughts.
Chile's northern mountainous region has many high potential wind farm sites. (click to enlarge)
Chile Senate OKs Bill To Spur Minimum Renewable Energy Use
Patricia San Juan, January 24, 2008 (Dow Jones Newswires via Nasdaq)
Chile's Senate approved a bill requiring its utilities to obtain a percent of their power from renewable sources by a date certain.
Chile also has good solar resources. (click to enlarge)
- The Chilean plan sets a 5% goal for 2014 and a 10% goal for 2024.
- The plan must be approved by Chile’s lower house in March.
The new law requires utilities to put power from renewable sources onto one of Chile’s 2 main grids, the SIC in the central heartland and the SING in the desert mining hub.
- The government says it expects the RES to spur development and bring New Energy prices into parity with prices for thermal (fossil fuel) plant power and hydro power.
- Chile is thought to have “ample” solar, wind and wave energy resources but gets only 2.4% of its electricity from New Energy sources. The global average is 4%.
Most importantly, Chile has a backbone transmission grid that runs the length of the country. (click to enlarge)
Marcelo Tokman, Minister, National Energy Commission: "We are conducting an analysis that is showing that it is possible to have sources of energy at the same cost as traditional sources but generated through renewable, non-conventional means…"

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MIAMI – Back on September 4th Juandisemo made a splash with his highly anticipated 12 track album release of Live Life Litt. This album includes singles Dope, Fuego, and Do It Big which was well received by fans and trap enthusiasts everywhere. This project was built around the signature hustle hard and party harder energy Juandisemo delivers within his various projects. With only a single feature on the album from LoudPack star Johnny OZ, Juandisemo gives his fans a full album of sonic drip and bass. With over 600,000 accumulated streams after just 2 weeks following its release, Juandisemo has captured the hearts of fans and continues to use 2020 as a year to create and put pen to paper. Whether it is personally hitting every fan back in a dm or promoting his new single with IG Live radio exclusives, the lighthearted mc stays busy connecting with fans and growing his audience.
While the pandemic has put a halt on touring in 2020, it has also allowed the artist to focus on his next upcoming album that is due to hit all streaming platforms sometime in early January. This next album is rumored to be called Live Life Litt 2 and includes several street inspired music videos supporting its lead singles. The rapper has also been working on his first new merch line that is set to launch sometime in 2021.
When asked what he misses most about touring the artist replied, “getting lit with my fans and meeting new fans on the way”. Juandisemo toured select cities with rap star DDG back in the Spring of 2019 and shares a ton of admiration for all the success the 'Moonwalking in Calabasas' rapper has achieved during the quarantine. Juandisemo noted "DDG straight killing s--t this year… hope to do it all over again (tour) in 2021 with the bro.” Whether touring comes back in 2021 or not, he remains full steam ahead releasing new music, launching new products, and in the lab creating the next tune for the culture.
Check out Juandisemo’s latest interview with FirstClass 88 at fristclass88.com/interviews
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Stream Live Life Litt - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2ztrDYtO3VmSjbe2ZIkXr4
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WHEN: January – March, 2017
WHERE: Visual Arts Center, 68 Elm Street, Summit
ADMISSION: Suggested admission $5, students/seniors $3, members and children under 12 accompanied by an adult free.
Beginning this January, the Art Center will host a collaborative residency featuring artist and Art Center Faculty Member Lisa Pressman and mixed-media artist Krista Svalbonas. The artists will take over Studio X.
The exhibition will feature Between Instances: A Collaborative Project by Lisa Pressman and Krista Svalbonas, wherever they were located at that particular moment. They will use these images and other materials to create an immersive installation that speaks to themes of time, place and memory.
Also on view through March 19, 2017: From There to Here: Encaustic Paintings by Students of Lisa Pressman; From the Ground Up: Emerging Ceramicists at the Art Center Part II and Stair-Gazing: Rhia Hurt.
Continuing Exhibitions include: Rachel Beach: Touchstone and Renee Stout: At the Crossroads on view through March 17, 2017.
Gallery Info: Hours: Monday – Wednesday and Friday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Thursday 10:00am – 8pm; and Saturday & Sunday 11am – 4pm. Please call 908-273-9121 to confirm holiday hours. Adult and children’s group tours for the Art Center’s exhibitions are available throughout the year. For more information, call 908-273-9121 or visit www.artcenternj.org.
Major support for the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey is provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the WJS Foundation, the Wilf Family Foundations and Art Center members and donors.
About the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
For more than 80 years, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey has been dedicated to viewing, making and learning about contemporary art. Recognized as a leading non-profit arts organization and accredited by the American Alliance for Museums, the Art Center’s renowned studio school, acclaimed exhibitions, and educational outreach initiatives serve thousands of youth, families, seniors and people with special needs every year.


International Conference on Advancement of Pile Technologies and Case Histories
Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali, Indonesia,
Piling has been used very widely and the rapid rate of development of commercial buildings and infrastructures require intensive use of pilings. Like all new development, there has been considerable time between the development of improved design method and their implementation in practice. This process can be accelerated by sharing ideas and insemination of the knowledge. Pile 2017, in an international conference to response the development by presenting “Advancement of Pile Technology and Pile Case Histories”.
The conference is organized by the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia under the auspices of Indonesian Geotechnical Society (HATTI), International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMGE), Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Government of Indonesia, and The International Information Center for Geoprofessionals (Geo Engineer). You are invited to participate in the conference and contribute papers.
Universitas Katolik Parahyangan


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Timeless Treasures Shop is an antique store in Washington state that caters to antiques & collectors from around the world. Established in 2009, we have now gone online and look forward to serving your needs.
Here are links to our Etsy & eCrater links:
ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TimelessTreasureShop &
These plates were a great find! This is Imperial China fine porcelain that is EXTREMELY rare. The same pattern was shown on Antiques Roadshow in 2006. The plates depict early Presidential First Ladies. The picture shown is of Mrs. Cleveland and two plates of Mrs Lincoln. i have 9 additional plates.
Occupied Japan era hand-painted porcelain plates from Ardalt Occupied Japan factories, Aladdin Occupied Japan factories, and Noritake.
These are beautiful Nippon (1850-1921 Meiji Japanese-era) porcelain that is highly collectable. This can be found in our eBay store (http://www.ebay.com/sch/timelesstreasureshop/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3686)
This is early Morimura Brothers (who became Noritake later) porcelain from the Nippon Meiji-era of Japanese art porcelain. This is all hand painted and can be found at our store at: http://www.ebay.com/sch/timelesstreasureshop/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3686
This is a beautiful Limoges, France porcelain dish from the early from Haviland & Co.