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June 15, 2023
By Călin Boto
Cinema Out of Nothing: The Visual Arts Foundation
Although I cannot precisely quote it, there is a comment by Radu Jude I’m reminded of and, looking back, the unwillingness of our film industry to make films out of nothing during the 1990s seems surprising, mainly when the big studios were barely producing from the little money they were given at will. He wasn’t referring to a particular kind of cinema, but to ways of thinking and making: fast, on the spot, somewhat similar to journalism (or rap music, as the excellent Belarusian filmmaker Nikita Lavretski remarked), without the artistic-industrial complex of making an immutable masterpiece. From the rise until the fall of the communist regime in Romania, cinema was traditionally associated with institutional networks, from studios, television, and universities to amateur film clubs; therefore bureaucratized, even if no institution resembled another. There are exceptions, of course, many more than one would think, and not all of them are as exceptional as the visual artists Ion Grigorescu and Wanda Mihuleac: some have filmed just for the sake of impressing time. The inaccessibility of cameras and cinematic film was largely obscured and exaggerated in the immediate post-communist period, so that now pre-revolution archive films surfaced; and, in theory, they are inexplicable.
Anyway, the regime shift became a well-known trope in the history of Romanian cinema, as this is how the new order begins – Studio Sahia, as well as Studio Animafilm, goes into economic decline, being too unsustainable for the free trade market. The full-length film production is rearranged “based on the Polish model”, namely with directors, most of them prestigious seventies directors (Dan Pița, Mircea Daneliuc, Sergiu Nicolaescu, etc.), all still active in decision-making positions. So as annual budgets shrink and the economy stagnates, the decision will become easier for them – their own films come before all others. Knowing this, Jude is surprised at the lack of a rebellious, DIY alternatives from people who simply wanted to make movies, not some Free Cinematic Masterpiece (which wasn’t even meant to happen in the 90s).
Paradoxically, an exception was made by a filmmaker perfectly integrated into the official industry, cinematographer Vivi Drăgan Vasile (Moromeții, 1987, directed by Stere Gulea; The Secret of the Gun… Secrets, d. Alexandru Tatos, 1988), at the time a new professor at the Academy of Theatre and Film, where he would teach for only one generation. At the same time, Drăgan got involved in protests, first in the filmmakers’ association, then in The Golaniad; on this occasion, he also made a short documentary film of the demonstrations, along with Sorin Ilieșiu and Vlad Păunescu. Te iubesc, Libertate! (“I Love You, Freedom!”) should have been in competition at the 1990 Costinești Film Festival (at the historic edition where no Grand Prize, no Directing Prize and no Screenplay Prize were awarded), but shortly before it was denied the screen, it was finally screened through an old-fashioned deal with Dan Pița, before the feature film The White Lace Dress (1989). Even so, the film received the Audience Award, and Lucian Pintilie motivated the filmmakers to continue the documentation with a feature film that would eventually be produced by Filmex, one of the first private production companies – Piața Universității 1991, known as the film of The Mineriads.
Although he denies any involvement, I continue to believe that the creation of the Visual Arts Foundation was Drăgan’s gesture of desperate optimism: Piața Universității 1991, a bravado against the official image the University Square had on the small screen on TVR; it was possible due to the video artists of the moment, all those people, some journalists, other mere bystanders, who since the Revolution felt that time should belong to them: therefore, they turned on the cameras. Among them were the people from Video-GDS, the documentary film studio of the Group for Social Dialogue, whose coordinator was precisely Drăgan. But, he says, the GDS studio’s subsequent ambition to become profitable led him to leave in 1991. Instead, he was left with the idea of counter-imagination, and a year later he started his utopian project: the Visual Arts Foundation, a small video studio with equipment and premises provided by the Soroș Foundation. At last, it was possible to film freely. As was the intention throughout the 1990s, FaV was open to anything, and word spread around quickly, if only because video equipment cost a lot at the time, and Drăgan and Velvet Moraru, the producer who held it all together, didn’t ask for money for non-commercial projects. Thus, students of all kinds, filmmakers without a studio, visual artists interested in video (Brătescu, Călin Dan, Marilena Preda Sânc), but also alternative musicians (Vali Sterian, Alexandru Andrieș, Sarmale Reci) get involved. All of them are convinced that it was at least worth a try, despite the obvious: distribution happened from time to time, often through exhibitions, festivals, and ephemeral television, without any sustained interest from the official infrastructure, either public or private. Vivi Drăgan’s desperate optimism may well have been enough.
VAF showed part of its exhibition archive during the recent edition of One World Romania: video art, experimental documentaries, videos, games with special effects, etc. From time to time, someone would mention the family atmosphere of the screenings, maintained by Alecu Solomon, the de facto organizer of the retrospective: the filmmakers smiled, had much to say, they were embarrassed by the films they had just seen, and thanked Drăgan like he was a patriarch. Without a doubt, the Foundation preserves small films, many of them worth more as documentaries than artistic videos; a few exceptions are already well-known (Alecu Solomon’s and Radu Igazság’s art documentaries; in contrast, I would say that Geta Brătescu’s and Marilena Preda Sânc’s experiments have become empty with time); some have been quite surprising – Valentin Suciu’s Curtea interioară (“Courtyard”), a one-hit wonder filmmaker, 1996. Finally, some others, the most thrilling, lived their moment to the very end, with dazzling freedom, unimaginable before or after, without any claim to posterity, preserving the traces of speed, the fantasy of the moment, and the journalistic interest in the present instead.
Vivi Drăgan Vasile’s S-a votat codul penal (“Penal Code was voted”) has a bit of everything; and more: it is a stark art film and a miserable documentary about transition, an indifferent B and an angry manifesto made on the barricades, a poor video and some found footage of crying about the passions of communism. Made for the album of the same name by the folk musician Valeriu Sterian, then a spokesman for the anti-FSN resistance, as a compilation of ten clips, the film makes no abstraction from the popular imagery of the 1990s. That’s also because Sterian’s music was meant to be provocative, somewhere between mockery and accountability (“Jumătate și un pic / A vrut Escu bolșevic / Escu-ar vrea și banul / Și secera și ciocanul / Escu a întinat / Escu a emanat / Nu vă fie frică / Orice Escu pică”). As a whole, Drăgan has done his job brilliantly: a homeless man begging outside the Fashion store, cold penitentiary pans, mystical forests, long-haired saints, saint-like long-haired men, bloody special effects, explosions and historical protests, in short, targeted images that we often call naive in the face of their clichéd destiny, but perfectly self-aware at the moment. Giving them back their power, the DIY frenzy, is more difficult than giving them back their meaning, as we have domesticated them. Be that as it may, no amount of time will ever pull a Don Quijote on Drăgan – S-a votat codul penal was something of an impossible-to-perfect project: too much, too sudden and, indeed, too nineties-like, from a period when there was still hope for art from audiences, tall, short and neither, completely alien to the need for the cultural hyper specificity and differentiation that were to come.
Though spectacular as a souvenir, Vali Hotea’s Maya (1995) has none of the nonchalance of other VAF productions. Of course, Gregorian Bivolaru is a spectacle in his own right: seeing him up close, babbling robotically, subdued, downright placid as his eyes dart about, is thrilling and simple, but this is not a matter of Hotea’s direction, but rather one of Bivolaru’s horrification in time. Hotea’s mise-en-scène, on the other hand, is meant to be utilitarian, informative, subtly naughty and sometimes simply impressive, fascinating through the choreography of the masses, of those thousands and thousands of MISA (Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute) members. If nothing of a confrontation, then Bivoleanu’s delirium would have deserved a cinematic delirium to match, at least comparable to the movement’s propaganda films inserted as found footage, hagiographies about himself, combining personal photographs with Christian, Buddhist and space iconography, interviews, Tatar documentary footage, family photos, something that looks like a Disney animation, in short, all under several voices and mystical music. You can’t keep a straight face in front of that. Behind a certain blatant formal buzz of hand-held frames and observational imagery unnoticed by bodies with their minds elsewhere, Hotea seems to have become stuck in what little space of movement he could territorialize.
Two students, Neil Coltofeanu and Csongor Gáspár, would later pour their delirium in the diptych Primăvara (“The Spring”) (1997), based on Caragiale’s two nature poems, one optimistic and the other pessimistic. Specifically, the rain differs between the two visions of spring, which either revives the whole of nature or makes it miserable. The already simple idea was to be simplified even further by Coltofeanu and Gáspár, who animated artificial desktop landscapes with special effects featuring their own light. From the very beginning, cinema has sanctified technology, as has modern culture as a whole. Still accelerating, many of his grand attempts have lagged behind, but the big difference between the new-age CGI and this little student film is that not only did the latter make no lofty claims – and one who asks for nothing can’t be asked for anything – but that, scouring the low end of digital effects, the two found a media landscape that was to become very familiar in its naive form throughout the 2010s, then posthumous in the 2020s, as a playground: the abundance of vulgar and voyeuristic beauty, as found in photoshopped pins with roses, coffee, white doves, hearts, etc. These kinds of pictures are not only unreal but also at odds with reality, born of a desperate need for the unproblematic. It’s just that Primăvara is of a different age: you’d expect young people to find greatness in technology, yet there is something liberating about seeing a sun drawn in Paint and placed over a crooked rainbow.
Coltofeanu is also the director of Curtea interioară (“Courtyard”) (1997), the most well-rounded film VAF seems to have produced in the 1990s, one of only two that Valentin Suciu directed as a publicist. For Vasile Conta 3-5, in the shadow of the Hong Kong block, the student at that time found an unlikely bunch of neighbors sharing the darkness of that self-contained world. A ninety-year-old woman baptized in the belle époque, and therefore an imposter for almost half a century, remembers how, around 1914, she used to play war in the courtyard with the little children of the Iorga family. With this in mind, Suciu, or rather Coltofeanu (who often sweeps into the void until nothing can be seen, but beyond nothing, above, below, to the left and to the right another apartment borders), obscures the space of the block to the point of abstraction, making of it a seemingly endless, yet rather suffocating geography of sorts: the neighbors’ music blends into an incomprehensible mix through the crumbling walls, everyone knows about everyone and they’re all boxed in the same square meters. As a nod to the war game, the realities outside are essentialized on a small scale, an aspect for which Suciu retains a particular sensitivity: for example, he is told in certain words about the drunkard of the neighborhood – he keeps the harsh words to himself, but shows him upright, troubled, with tired gestures, in any way dignified. This is a film about coexistence as existence and existence as injustice, one that avoided the pornographic pleasure of gaudiness (often found in the fiery eastern cinema in the 90s), but also, in anticipation, of the farcical theisms of the social documentary that was to come later.
Also, around this time, in ’97, the VAF youth countdown begins. Since the digital age had already begun, video technology was starting to spread in Romania, so the Foundation began to slowly blend in with other production houses. Drăgan continues, together with Dana Bunescu, to hold the remnants together, but the utopian moment is over; and thankfully, archived.
 Not coincidentally, I had the opportunity to moderate the almost two-hour retrospective discussion organized by One World Romania in April, attended by Vivi Drăgan, Marius Șopterean, Dana Bunescu, Radu Muntean, Valentin Suciu, Alecu Solomon, Marilena Preda Sânc, Velvet Moraru, etc. Much of the information I take for granted comes from here.
 Approximate translation: “Half and a bit / Wanted Escu Bolshevik / Escu would like the money / And the sickle and the hammer / Escu tarnished / Escu emanated / Don’t be afraid / Any Escu falls”.
Translated by Liliana Popescu
Călin Boto is the editor-in-chief of the cinema magazine Film Menu and the coordinator of its weekly film club. As a freelancer, he collaborates with several publications and film festivals, includin...


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Coming in for nature lovers who like living in style and a tent is definitely not an option for them, a limited edition of the Berghaus California has just been unveiled by its automaker, Volkswagen.
According to the German car manufacturer, the California Berghaus Limited Edition can accommodate four people who can enjoy the fully-functioning integrated kitchen in the rear living space, coming with a gas-powered cooker, a fridge, fold-away table and chairs, along with an electrically operated pop-up roof.
Volkswagen says that its California Berghaus Limited Edition is powered by a 2.0 liter BiTDI engine, delivering 180 horsepower, mated to a six-speed manual transmission, which will do 36.2 mpg in an average cycle while emitting 205 g/km of CO2.
Even if it doesn’t sound too much, the California Berghaus Limited Edition can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph or 100 km/h in 12.4 seconds, being in the supercar segment for caravans.
Along with its metallic paint, bi-color 18 inch alloy wheels, bike rack and the Berghaus badging on the inside, the California is coming with safety devices like ABS, traction control (TCS), ESP and EBC (engine braking control), all of these for a price on the road of 47.995 British pounds, including VAT.


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Saint Lucian reggae artist Semi releases his latest invigorating musical album. – Conscious Paradise. The album comprises eleven inspirational and captivating songs – five of which were solely written by the artist.
A talented and contemporary singer, Semi draws from the musical genres of pop and traditional reggae styles to deliver a refreshing repertoire of conscious – sole - searching songs.
Lead by the perception that his local and global societies are at the brink of total moral, spiritual, and social decadence; Semi is on a formidable drive to market his brand of social-spiritual consciousness through inspirational reggae music to fans worldwide.
As a result, his songs inevitably address issues and concerns that affect all people regardless of social status, religion, class or race.
The hit single Love is the key off the album is one such song.
Semi is certainly no novice to the local musical landscape. He remains well known as a member of the RCA Recording group summit and later, as a lead singer for the group – October 4 and his chart-topping single ‘Put yourself in my place’.
Conscious Paradise is produced by Danyl Daniel and features an array of versatile and accomplished supporting artistes including: Linda ‘Chocolate’
Semi is also a member of the Saint Lucia ten thousand (10,000) Man March Committee – a major event slated for Father’s Day 2011.
To confirm his contribution to the March, Semi has composed a jingle, using a clip from one of his new songs – ‘Lets Come Together’ – emphasizing his message to all fathers and people in general, to live with love and unity.
The album Conscious Paradise is available at www.semismusic.com, along with a number of social net working sites and various outlets on the island of St.Lucia.
The album was recorded at Daniel’s Den and is distributed by 4Ya Records.
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4Ya Records An independent record label based on the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia W.I
Semi is an inspirational reggae artist promoted by this record label.

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A biological research team, led by the Fauna & Flora International organization, has conducted an 11 days research expedition into the Mergui Archipelago. The scientists were amazed by the biodiversity, especially the abundance of coral species but admitted that the area is still suffering from overfishing and blast fishing.
The team was joined by eight recently trained burmese divers who were dispatched into the Mergui Archiopelago for several months before joining the 11 day research expedition consisting of members from Fauna & Flora International, the Smithsonian Institute, CORDIO East Africa, IUCN, the Myanmar Forest Department, the Myanmar Environmental Conservation Department and the Mawlamyine University. The results of the survey showed a highly diverse eco system and revealed several unidentified species. On the positive side is the abundance of coral species and their distribution throughout the Mergui Archipelago. Expectedly the abundance of corals should be highest on the outer side of the Archipelago where waters are clear and nutrients are rare which is usually what corals rely on to survive. But the team found an amazing number of places around inshore islands with very murky water where corals (especially hard corals) seemed to thrive and prosper. These places where also amongst the species-rich places the scientists have encountered. This very unusual finding, plus the fact that obviously new unidentified species of coral was found during the expedition could draw a lot of scientific attention to the Mergui Archipelago in the near future.
On the other hand, the research team stated that population of fish species which travel between coral reefs, are still on decline indicating ongoing overfishing activities. Also signs of regular blast fishing were recorded and confirmed by members of the expedition team. Generally the southern part of the Archipelago seems to be in the worst state concerning all criteria – abundunce of reef travelling fish, blast fishing activities and coral coverage are all to be found in better shape in the middle and north of the Mergui Archipelago.
Flora & Fauna International wants to continue surveys and expeditions as well as start projects with the local population and stakeholders to improve the overall situation. The Myanmar Government is looking into an UNESCO World Heritage application for the entire region of the Mergui Archipelago which will require many more expeditions and local community work for a sustainable future of the region.
“With Myeik proposed as a potential World Heritage Site, we wanted to get a clearer picture of what the situation was on the outer reefs, where human impacts were likely to be less severe. What we found was a seascape bursting with life.” – Sophie Benbow, FFI Asia-Pacific


The ODI series of team match between India and Australia continues and the series is
going on at 11. The last match is going to be held in Chennai and may be in Chennai
how will be the pitch report.
How will be the weather report and will Rohit Sharma opt for bench strength by
dropping any player.
The team defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the first ODI, but the Kangaroos bounced
back in the second match and won Visakha by 10 wickets in Patna. Bima’s ODI series
is tied at 1- 1. The last match of the series between India and Australia will be played in
Both the teams would like to win the last match and seal the series. For this, three
changes can also be made. When the time is about to come, any rain can spoil the
game. If Rohit Sharma’s plane is taken, then Virat Kohli, Akshar Patel, Yuzvendra
Ramraj and Mohammed Shami can be given a chance and Australia’s unlikely. Looking
at 11, Pravesh Sharma, Ashish in Manav series and Adam Zampa in Chennai, Rohit can
replace Kuldeep as Kuldeep’s performance has not been much.On the other hand, when
there are laptops like Jhadu and Patel in the team, then faces can be given a chance.
The third and final ODI will be played between India and Australia in Chennai on
Wednesday. But the weather may affect this match as it is currently raining
intermittently in Chennai.
It rained heavily in Chennai on Monday. There is a possibility of rain in Chennai in the
coming days as well. There is a chance of rain in Chennai on Wednesday, the day of the
match. There is a possibility of rain in Chennai but if you look at the page also, then
spin bowlers dominate the ticket.
After a long gap, an ODI match is being played at this ground. In this, the winning team
can decide to bowl first, so that it is known that the winning team has won 15 matches,
while the losing team has won the match. Torch will be PM and if it rains continuously
then 55 grandmother will also be there and petrol will be PM.
It was seen in Visakha Patna how Indian batsmen went on falling one after the other on
a prophetic pitch. Although the record of Team India in Chennai is quite good, but in the
last 5 months there are two matches against Australia in which both the teams have
won one match each.
And in the year 2019, West Indies defeated India by eight wickets at the same ground.
The ODI series is proving to be tougher than Team India’s guess. Defeated in the first
match, but as soon as Roshni’s team had to be embarrassed.
Now it will be that who becomes the champion of civil in Chennai.


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During their press conference, Sony announced a little title called Flower that left more than a few us scratching our heads in confusion. What exactly were we supposed to gather from a bunch of video of swaying grass and flowers? Well, after today I can assure you that there really isn't much to Flower that can be grasped without playing the game for yourself. Which is exactly what I did this afternoon.
I left my demo feeling relaxed, inspired, and anxious to get my hands on the title ASAP. Oh, I should probably mention that this is the next project by That Game Company, the studio that brought us the #1 selling PSN title, Flow. If you loved that game (like I did), then prepare to be blown away, literally.
Hit the jump for the full scoop and trailer.
Flower's controls are identical to Flow's. But where Flow left us in charge of an evolving creature, Flower places the player in control of something much more abstract: the wind. By twisting and turning the Sixaxis controller in my hands, I manipulated the wind's currents to move a bunch of flower petals about. I know, this all sounds very weird. It definitely is, but the whole process of the game is about discovering just what it is that's going on, beyond the game's gorgeous visuals.
"We considered Flow to be a Haiku. Flower is a poem."
Those are the words that Jenova Chen, lead designer and founder of That Game Company, used to explain Flower to me. The game isn't just about collecting a bunch of flower petals in a wind storm, there's an underlying story that Chen hopes gamers will be shocked--and moved--to discover. The first screen players are introduced to contains a gritty grayscale apartment interior with a single yellow flower sitting in front of the window. By tilting the controller and selecting the flower, I was whisked off into a slow zoom-out of an urban cityscape. Car horns were honking, I heard the pounding of a jackhammer, and then it all slowly faded to black.
In the middle of an open field made up of 200,000 individually-rendered blades of grass, there is a yellow flower. A gentle breeze sends ripples of movement out over the field of green while I just stare at the yellow thing in front of me. Chen leans over and goads me to do something. I press a thumbstick in a direction and a petal from the flower in front of me breaks off with a soft bell sound. The flower blooms, the petal flits about, and after a few moments I discover that I'm manipulating the movements of the single flower petal via Sixaxis. Without knowing it, I started to smile.
After only a few minutes, I had sent the single petal to a number of other flowers, springing them into bloom while each added additional petals to the one I had started with. I now controlled a flurry of flower petals, sending them whisking about the grassy plane with ease. Pressing any button on the controller boosts the mass of petals forward while letting go allowed them to travel lethargically over the landscape. The whole act is accompanied by the same kind of meditative music that we heard in Flow, different bells and notes playing as I passed over every patch of flowers. In a very natural process, I started refining my timing and manipulations to create a ballet of sounds and motion in the open air. "This," Chen tells me "is the dream of that flower from the apartment."
It wasn't until I cleared that area that I started to understand what Chen had said. After spreading over the grass plane, I had come into contact with nearly all the flowers, oftentimes with beautiful results. Brown, dry, grass filled with rich green color. It spread over the terrain in waves, making the whole scene sparkle with life. When I returned to my apartment, I discovered that the walls were now clean. I had cleared the grit out of the apartment, and I was left with stark white walls. Oh, and I also had a new flower. This one resembling a red rose.
Just like before, I selected the flower and was left with a number of images of the city, but all the colors were lifeless and muted. When I arrived in the next open plane, I was shocked to discover the same muted palette all around me. In the same manner as I had before, I whisked about the stage, this time spreading great waves of color over the rolling fields. Bright purples and blues of impossible hues filled the landscape. And eventually, much like before, I returned to the apartment. The walls shifted and filled with color. You can start to see where this game is going...
After Chen managed to pull me away from his demo, he explained to me that the game is not entirely serene. His playtesters, he told me, could attest to the variety found in the title. Every flower, and every corresponding stage, presents a new puzzle for players to engage. And after I asked him about the possibility of manipulating things other than petals, he merely posed me with a new question, "What else can the wind move?" Oh ho ho! How open ended!
I can really only make guesses about the narrative in Flower. Since I've played it, I've postulated nearly endlessly about the possible themes to be found in the title. Ones of urbanization and returning to the natural world. Yea, I know we're all caught up in the "green movement" but maybe Flower will end up taking us to unexpected places. I can really only hope that I'll find out where this wind blows sooner than later.
In the meantime, check out the trailer to get an idea of how the game looks. Gorgeous.

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Man, 28, shot on Providence street Tuesday night
PROVIDENCE -- A Providence man was injured in a shooting Tuesday night, police said.
Dean Thompson, 28, was standing outside near 27 Sackett St. around 11 p.m. when he was shot, Commander Thomas Verdi said. Thompson was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with injuries that aren’t considered life threatening. He was listed in stable condition, Verdi said.
A neighbor at 9 Sackett St. told police that a stray bullet went through his front window and hit his TV, Verdi said.
Nobody has been arrested, and detectives are investigating.

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Wonderful food and fantastic service! We had the shrimp and grits, which was one of the best we have had in the area!
We celebrated Valentines Day and took advantage of their 5 course “dinner special”. All four of us said it was one of the best meals and dining experiences we’ve had in a long time. The food was excellent and the service couldn’t have been better. It’s a beautiful “fine dining” restaurant. We would highly recommend WaterScapes and will definitely go back.
The service, food, atmosphere were all excellent. First class operation.
The best thing at this particular restaurant was the service received from our waitress. She was very nice and conversational. The food however was not good. It was way too salty and the pictures on their website did not look the same as a particular dish that are ordered. Very disappointed and have to say I will not down again or recommend this restaurant.
Chef prepared Incredible food for us, especially the scallops! Loved our dining experience & highly recommend this restaurant for great food ambience and service- & our waiter Chris made it perfect!
we loved our lunch!! buttermilk fried chicken on a cobb salad...very delicious...great service and ambience...and view of the waterway...lovely...
We had great service and awesome food. We will return again and again .
This experience was the opposite of prior occasions, including our review given 11/16. Wile the setting and service were as expected, the food gave the impression that Waterscapes was "cutting back". The ala carte caesar salad which we split was a meager serving of anemic -looking lettuce with 3 half grape tomatoes each. The filet was less than the 5 oz which was ordered medium rare and arrived closer to medium. The potatoes under the meat were very liquid ...."runny". The salmon which was described as seared instead was greasy and was lacking kale and with an overabundance of lentils. The menu has been the same for the greater part of this year and after going at least 5 or 6 times this year, it will be some time before we return.
A fantastic culinary experience! Every course (Christmas Dinner) was skillfully prepared and plated. The filet mignon was superior to that which I have eaten at some nationally recognized chains. Quiet and unassuming atmosphere, great service, and nice location. I highly recommend it.
I was very disappointed. When we arrived for Christmas eve it was their regular lunch menu so basically sandwiches it was very disapppointing even the waitress said they should have called clients and told them this. I would have expected better for the occasion we could have gone to Panera for what was served
This restaurant is lovely in food and ambiance, We had a wonderful meal---the lentil salad was so fresh and delicious. We love that the desserts are home made! Makes a huge difference when deciding on ordering a dessert.
We went for dinner to celebrate my Daughters college graduation. The Food was excellent, we had the Duck nachos as an appetizer. My wife had the scallops which were crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, My son had the chicken which he was very pleased.
My daughter and I had the 10oz Filet which we had medium rare and was cooked perfectly.
Only once before did I have a filet so tender that I was able to cut it with my fork.
Our meals were fantastic. Service was OUTSTANDING! Our server Steffani was excellent. She made our evening five stars.
We frequent Waterscapes every couple of months and have always had a good meal and outstanding service.
Excellent dining, food, service-easy access-very enjoyable evening. Would highly recommend

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SKODA reveals details for the revised Fabia lineup
ŠKODA has recently announced some improvements and changes in the Fabia lineup. And finally here we are standing and witnessing all this that was promised. With new all-petrol engine range, boosted equipment goodies and refined engineering solutions, the mighty Fabia is ready to rock the streets!
The revised range will be offered in five well-known trim levels: S, SE, L, Monte Carlo and Color edition. Furthermore, the range features a new three-cylinder power unit that features indirect injection and generates between 60 and 75hp, depending on the model. Also, there are two TSI engines that offer massive power output and agile road behavior – their output varies between 95 and 110hp.
In terms of equipment, every trim level offers something unique and handy and it is expected that the whole lineup would be satisfactory of all customers – the entry level SE comes with fog lights and 15-inch Cygnus alloys, Radio Swing Plus and auto up/down function for the electric windows. SE and L owners would benefit from Amundsen satellite navigation, infotainment online system, special interior lightning and 16-inch Evora alloy wheels.
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On the other hand, Monte Carlo model enhances the sporty vibe and comes with climate control, LED rear lights, rear electric windows and new seat upholstery. And if someone wants to add a touch to the styling, an optional package is always available – it includes black front spoiler, black roof, black floor mats and carbon-effect dashboard trim.
And as you might have expected, the drivetrain system and equipment are not the only revised features of the new Fabia lineup. The vehicles are aesthetically reshaped and proudly showcase new expression and new exterior design concept – building on the distinctive looks, the models showcase new LED daytime running lights, revised bonnet and grille and new narrower headlights. At the rear we see new design for the rear bumper and overall tight and clean rear-end. Sweet!
So, how do you like the new Fabia lineup? Write down in the comment section!


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SEGITTUR and The Spanish Association for Standardisation (UNE) have signed a collaboration agreement to promote standardisation in the tourism sector, especially in the field of smart tourism.
The agreement, signed between SEGITTUR’s President, Enrique Martínez Marín, and the Director General of UNE, Javier García Díaz, will boost the activity of the institutional coordination committee for tourism standards and certifications, UNETUR, which operates under the technical secretariat at UNE, as a driving force for maintaining Spain’s position as a leader in the tourism sector.
The development of technical norms and standards to support sustainability, digital transformation and the competitiveness of the Spanish tourism sector that optimise Spain’s leading position on the international tourism market will also be pursued.
Training is another of the working areas included in the agreement, as training in standardisation for agents in the tourism sector is envisaged.
Spain, a smart destination
In 2022, eight new standards linked to smart tourism will be approved, creating a homogeneous framework for encouraging the digitalisation of destinations.
Two of these have just been published: the UNE 178502 Standard, which establishes indicators and tools for smart destinations, and the UNE 178503 Standard, which describes ways of ensuring semantic interoperability in this type of destination. These are updates to the standards published in 2018 and 2019, which at the time were pioneers on the world stage. The standards are periodically reviewed and updated to meet new needs within organisations, changing contexts, and the evolution of technology.
Six innovative future standards
Moreover, this year six standards will be published, focused on the optimisation of areas such as website creation, and a model for mobile apps and Wi-Fi applications on beaches, all of which are innovative and reflect the transformation of the Spanish tourism model. The following draft standards are currently at the public information stage:
- The update of the UNE 178504 Standard, led by the Hotel Technology Institute (ITH), which contributes to the digitalisation of hotels and increases their connectivity.
- The future UNE 178505 Standard, led by SEGITTUR, which will establish the framework for the creation of websites for tourist destinations.
- The UNE 178506 Standard, coordinated by SEGITTUR, which will establish a methodology for optimising SEO for tourist destination websites.
- The UNE 178507 standard, led by Visit Benidorm and Wiongo, which develops applications for Wi-Fi connections on beaches.
- The new UNE 178508 Standard, coordinated by GVAM, will set out the requirements for the development, design and content of mobile applications for smart destinations.
- The UNE 178509 IN report, coordinated by the Regional Government of Murcia (CARM), will present the current situation with regard to the model for the collection, exploitation and analysis of tourism data.
In addition to these standards, UNE 178501, the backbone of them all, establishes a management system for smart tourist destinations based on the key principles of governance, innovation, technology, accessibility and sustainability. In 2018 it became the first global standard in this field, and was spearheaded by SEGITTUR.


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Exploring obesity within the context of multiple co-occurring health, socioeconomic, environmental and cultural factors, and situating these within policy/jurisdictional structures specific to Indigenous populations (e.g., federal versus provincial health funding), can facilitate emerging opportunities for obesity management. These contexts highlight a tension that providers must navigate, between drivers of obesity embedded in social- and system-level inequities and protective factors that promote healing through relationships and culturally contextualized approaches to care. Healthcare professionals should consider the following contextual factors when providing obesity care for Indigenous peoples:
- Structural inequities (i.e., social and systemic in origin) are embedded in health, education, social services and other systems, and they maintain social disadvantage for a large segment of the Indigenous population. These inequities influence food security, for example, through lower wages perpetuated by inaccessible education and high food costs in urban and remote areas, or through limited access to activity-based resources at individual and community levels. Indigenous people have experienced systemic disadvantage throughout their lifespan and those of their family members, producing a cumulative effect on obesity. In Indigenous contexts, obesity is therefore deeply affected by responses to pervasive stressors, as individuals navigate social and systemic barriers to meeting their goals.
- Overwhelming stress from social (e.g., discrimination) and systemic exclusion (e.g., poor or absent primary healthcare) can disempower Indigenous people in maintaining healthy behaviours. Patients may appear to be resistant to healthcare recommendations, where together with healthcare providers they may come to feel fatalistic toward their capacity to address obesity. Healthcare professionals often interpret such patient incongruity with recommendations in a deficit lens, labeling it as patient non-compliance or non-adherence. This non-concordance, or seeming apathy, may actually be a sense of paralysis in the face of overwhelming stress.
- Exploration of the patient’s social reality can open opportunities for contextualized approaches to obesity management.
- Reflection on assumptions about seeming apathy may contextualize patient motivations, where deep exploration of one’s own perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward Indigenous patients may uncover anti-Indigenous sentiment implicit in healthcare practices or systems.
- Validation of a patient’s experiences of inequity can empower both patients and providers to identify steps to address social factors that influence health behaviours.
- Culture and relationships facilitate learning of complex knowledge. The interaction of obesity with co-occurring structural factors represents complex knowledge that is critical for patients to gain deep understanding of their health. Non-Indigenous healthcare providers may have ways of knowing and doing that are inconsistent with Indigenous patient perspectives on health knowledge and how it should be exchanged. Obesity management in this context requires a longitudinal, relationship-centred approach that engages and explores interactions with co-existing factors to build both knowledge and trust, in a manner aligned with Indigenous principles for communication.
- Connection: When patients connect with healthcare providers around their co-occurring health needs, there are complex linkages between wider structures and their health. The therapeutic relationship may be critically supportive when knowledge is delivered in a relevant way and makes sense to the patient.
- Trust-building: Healing of the therapeutic relationship is itself fundamental to engaging and supporting patients within contexts of multi-generational trauma to explore complex intersections in relation to health and health behaviour change.
- Differing worldviews: Western concepts of healthy behaviours related to obesity management, including preferences for body size, activity and food, may be discordant with Indigenous perspectives. Patients may not identify with provider perspectives, and providers must not assume that patients share provider worldviews or principles around how to communicate health knowledge. Discordant perspectives may involve a distinct sense of locus of control, self-efficacy and modes for speaking about the pathways into and out of obesity. An Indigenous approach to knowledge exchange includes contextualizing knowledge within the world of the patient and employing a narrative-based and indirect approach to sharing knowledge.


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As IPL season 12 is set to take off, Chennai is already in the grip of.
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We do not have vaccines for all the different viral diseases caused by this mosquito.
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Of 35 confirmed cases, 20 were in Sao Paulo state, which includes South America’s largest city, Sao Paulo.
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Pregnant, breastfeeding women who travel to places with high risk of diseases like malaria and yellow fever are less likely to be protected.
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1) United were well beaten
First things first, and stating the obvious, Manchester United were well beaten at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. At the ground that has been notoriously unsuccessful for any United side in the Premier League era, they were once again beaten, and it was resoundingly comprehensive. There are different points to scrutinise, and different reasons to put forward and explain, but right from the 31st second of the game, things started bad and got progressively worse.
The stats don’t reflect the fact that this was a performance deserving of a 4-0 hammering. United had 56% of possession, 16 shots of which 5 were on target, and 7 corners. However, the truth is that Chelsea were by far the better side on the day, and worthy of the winning margin. Chelsea looked cohesive, composed, and were extremely clinical. In contrast, United looked shambolic. It wasn’t just a case of individual errors leading to goals, several players were at fault for each of them.
The key moment in the game was conceding in the opening seconds, allowing Pedro to capitalise on a routine early long pass that should have been easily dealt with. Chris Smalling had a day to forget and was the most culpable for this goal, but he was ably assisted in his charity work by Daley Blind being five yards behind his defensive partners, and David De Gea rushing out of his goal like a maniac. That was the game-plan out the window. The side mourinho selected was demonstrably picked in order to try and repeat the rigid performance of Monday night at Anfield. Forced to chase the game from the first minute, United never regained any composure or control. The first half was just an awful performance from one to eleven, and although the half time changes created a little more attacking impetus, in truth Thibaut Courtois didn’t have to work hard for his clean sheet bonus, and Chelsea were always the more likely side to add to their tally, content to play on the counter with players perfectly suited to quick, incisive attacks launched from their own half.
2) The Mourinho Effect hasn’t kicked in
As with any defeat since the retirement of Sir Alex, social media and fan forums have gone into melt down following this catastrophic result. 14 points from 9 games is a poor return, and once again the popular meme is the fact that the much-derided LVG had 19 points at the same stage last season.
Let’s put that to one side. I think most seasoned fans are mature enough to know that Jose Mourinho is an elite manager who needs time to mould his side and his squad into his image. He has been successful and has won titles with every side he has managed across Europe and in England for the last 15 years. What was clear on Sunday though, is that this is not yet a Mourinho side. His teams are based on structure, organisation, and cohesiveness. That evaporated against Chelsea, and the balance has seemed equally poor in several games this season.
This was the second biggest defeat of his managerial career and I genuinely think he was embarrassed by the performance of his players. It is still early in his reign, but for the side to come apart at the seams like they did is concerning, and illustrates that there is a lot of work to be done on the training pitch to be considered as anything approaching a team that can contest the Premier League title.
It is difficult to understand how the side can put in such a disciplined, albeit pragmatic, performance against a rampant Liverpool, and then collectively fail to carry out the most basic of defensive duties six days later.
This is now an integral point in the season for Mourinho. One point from six in the last two difficult fixtures is not good enough. The general feeling was that a point on Monday night was satisfactory despite the unadventurous nature of the performance. Fans are willing to tolerate a defensive approach in the current climate as long as it delivers results. On a personal level, I’ve been frustrated with the approach to the games against the big teams as the sides have been selected to attempt to counteract and nullify the opponents, rather than seeking to control and dominate games. This is typical Mourinho; he has made a hugely successful career out of it. But when you have an expensively assembled squad including the world’s most expensive player, is it wrong to expect more? The culture of the club is attacking, entertaining football. If it is not being delivered, coupled with a poor return in terms of results, fans will eventually start to be vocal in their opposition to his approach.
3) This team have a weak belly
Apologies if that is a local colloquialism, but let me explain: This team does not thrive in adversity. In the last three seasons, this group of players have consistently folded under pressure, it has become endemic. Like many, I thought that the arrival of Mourinho could immediately eradicate this, but his players have ably demonstrated that the weakness of their collective characters is still very evident.
Since Ferguson left the club, it has become a rarity for a comeback to be mounted having gone behind. That has unfortunately remained the case this season. United have failed to win, or even draw, any game this season in which they have gone behind. This used to be a trademark.
The question is, can this character be built and moulded over the course of the season, or is there a fundamental problem with the mindset of too many of these players? Mourinho talked early this season about the need to ‘re-program’ the squad, and in fairness he did say it would take time and that this was a bigger job than he had realised. It is clear that this re-programming must be mental as well as tactical.
Certain players need to stand up and be counted in the coming weeks or their long-term futures at the club are in jeopardy.
4) The new arrivals are not having the desired impact
This summer’s dealings in the transfer market were widely regarded to be the best recruitments to the club in many years. That may still turn out to be the case, but Sunday was another example of the new additions failing to make the desired impact. Zlatan Ibrahimovic had an electric start to the season, but there is no question his form has hit a rocky patch and the goals have dried up. He was poor against Chelsea on what was a difficult day for the whole side. He consistently dropped deep in search of the ball when what was needed was a focal point to the attack. Questions are certainly there to be answered as to whether this 35-year-old icon should be an automatic pick for every game. He has outstanding attributes, but they are maybe better suited to certain games against particular opponents, and the options of Martial or Rashford playing centrally should not be ignored. Pace is one attribute that Zlatan does not offer, and may have tested Chelsea’s back line more on the day.
Paul Pogba is still not delivering anything like the dominating performances that were alluded to in the hype surrounding his superstar arrival. His role in the side is still not defined and seems to change from game to game, playing as part of a midfield two, or roaming around up front. Despite a good performance against Fenerbahce on Thursday, he has not produced in the big games. Every week I expect him to start to justify his billing, and he continues to drift in and out of games, offering flashes of quality, but also not carrying out the basic duties expected of a supposedly already world class midfielder. It is a concern, and whilst few doubt that he will come good, I would rather that it came sooner rather than later.
Eric Bailly has been the stand out success of the new arrivals and he sustained what has been reported as a significant knee ligament injury and may well be out for a prolonged period. He was sorely missed when he left the field, and his replacement Marcos Rojo can only be described as a liability. It is baffling that he gets anywhere near a match day squad given his inherit gift for presenting chances to the opposition. There are other options to come into the defence, but none of Bailly’s quality and they will now have to cope without him for an important run of fixtures.
Perhaps the biggest disappointment, wrapped in a mystery, has been the minimal involvement of Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Maybe details will emerge in the coming weeks to explain why he is not featuring in match day squads, but he arrived with big expectations and has only started, with disastrous consequences, in the Manchester derby. With him being declared fit again, the hope is that he gets a run in the side and gets a chance to show why he was tipped to be the signing of the summer. To date, he has spent more time sitting with the spectators than getting them off their seats.
5) This was just one of those days
The fact is, this was just one performance. Three points lost. There were circumstances that conspired against United: the early goal, David Luiz not getting a red card, and catching Chelsea in red hot form. You would not have predicted this result as there had been green shoots of improvement ever since the debacle against Watford away.
The important thing from this point is the response. Mourinho does not routinely get beaten like this, and the truth is that this will probably be looked back upon as an ablution. Even Sir Alex suffered the indignity of the 1-6 reverse at home to Man City on the same date five years ago. It can happen and on the day the performance was disastrous.
The crumb of comfort is that it seems to be shaping up to be another unpredictable and competitive year in the Premier League. Although Manchester United have fallen off the pace of the leaders, if they can put together a sequence of results from this point going forward, there is no one side that looks to be setting an unachievable pace. What is concerning though, is that on Sunday, United looked like a side that had significant problems in every area of the pitch. In the past, Mourinho has had an instant impact with the clubs he has managed, showing steady progress from the start. We are still in October, but at this stage Jose seems to have more questions than answers.
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Feature Issue.
Lakin, Charlie, Ed.; And Others
IMPACT, v5 n4 Win 1992-93
This feature issue focuses on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), with articles discussing provisions of the ADA and its impact on people with developmental disabilities. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The ADA: What Does It Mean for People with Developmental Disabilities?" (Deborah L. McFadden and Edward P. Burke); "The ADA: Thoughts on Its Place in History" (Elizabeth M. Boggs); "The Battle Half Won" (Rick Berkobien); "The ADA and Employment: Does It Go Far Enough?" (Robin A. Jones); "Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace" (Susanne M. Bruyere and Connie Ferrell); "Accommodation is Key to ADA Implementation" (Rachel Wobschall); "Title II: Accessible Programs and Services" (Deborah Leuchovius); "Transportation: New Rights, New Challenges" (Kurt Strom);"Customer Service: One City's Vision of Inclusion" (Lorinda Pearson and others); "Title III: Full Inclusion in Public Accommodations" (Charlie Lakin); "Access Goes Beyond Bricks and Mortar" (Robin A. Jones); "Designing for All: Beyond the ADA to Universal Design" (Harold Dean Kiewel); and "Claiming the Promise: Parents and the ADA" (Patricia McGill Smith and Anne M. Lauritzen). A list of nine organizations and nine publications concludes the bulletin. (JDD)
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
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Sponsor: Administration on Developmental Disabilities (DHHS), Washington, DC.; National Inst. on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990

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How To Care For Your Car
We all know that are cars were not specially designed to run for an indefinite period with no need for regular car maintenance. If you will choose to wait until a problem transpires, then, you might end up not only damaging your vehicle but also, you will tend to pay more money than if you only chose to provide your car the maintenance it requires on a regular basis. If you will make sure that these uncomplicated maintenance tasks are done, you can make sure that your car will last much longer.
When changing the oil, it is important that you will follow the car manufacturer’s suggested car maintenance schedule. For nearly types of vehicles, they need to change the oil every three months. By changing the oil, you can make sure that the engine oil is not just clean but also, it is at the proper levels. And because of this, your car’s engine will smoothly run each time you use it.
After checking the oil, the radiator is what you also need to check. Inspect the radiator to help you make certain that it is full and in addition to that, the cooling system must be checked as well specifically its anti-freeze level and you will need the assistance of the car specialist to accomplish this task. If the engine overheats, this will usually cause substantial damage to the car, but this can be successfully avoided if you will perform some basic maintenance to the cooling system.
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It is extremely vital that you can regularly check your car and also, it is vital for you to become skilled at what you have to search for. It is also vital for you to look at the gauges, this way, you will be able to determine if there are certain car issues which your favored mechanic must examine straight away. The windows of your car must be checked as well and repair any chipped window and do not wait until this minor problem becomes a big one. If you will replace the whole window or windshield, this is going to be more expensive, and aside from that, you will probably experience a lot of hassles just replacing them with a new one.
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It is also best for you to work with just one competent mechanic each time that you encounter any engine problems. By doing this, the mechanic will have an easier time noticing any problem with your car that you will not be able to notice and also, this mechanic can provide you with the kind of car maintenance advice you will need.


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C-list celebrity Alyssa Milano has been able to find relevance in pushing far left positions on nearly every topic on social media.
The Georgia, Alabama and Missouri anti-abortion laws have been the latest issue on which Milano has been able to squeeze out few more minutes of attention. In response to these laws, Milano has called on all woman to join her for a “#SexStrike until, as she puts it, women regain bodily autonomy.
To discuss her movement, Milano appeared on CNN’s Cuomo Tonight. During her segment, which she said “no one is not pro-life,” said that these laws actually hurt women of color the most because they don’t actually have the means to travel to another state to have an abortion.
"Nobody wants to get an abortion," says Alyssa Milano. "We are all pro-life. But there are circumstances that we cannot avoid. … Just because there are women that don't believe in abortion, don't take away someone else's right." https://t.co/CXvCGwgpBr pic.twitter.com/1qiJVWHfKR
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2019
If a conservative or a man had said anything even remotely similar they would’ve been branded a racist instantly and there would’ve been calls for their job.
So far, it appears only one person has actually called out the actress for her blatant racism, NFL player and pro-life advocate Benjamin Watson.
.@Alyssa_Milano to claim that giving MORE children of color the right to be born will negatively affect “women of color” reveals IGNORANCE, RACISM or some combination of both. Our children and families are capable of greatness and lies like this harm our future. Dont patronize us https://t.co/ZSHedXRv1C
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Solid Foods That Help Toddlers Gain Weight
Are you worried about your toddler’s weight? A toddler’s growth and development depends on a lot of factors. Feeding her nutritious and safe complementary foods will help a lot.
By Shiny Lizia M
Archita, a mother to a two-year-old boy, was often worried about her baby's low weight. She tried increasing the quantity of food but to no avail. It was only after an appointment with the doctor and the nutritionist that she realised there are specific foods that help gain weight in different age groups. After following this routine, the results started to show and today, Archita is a happy mother with a healthy child.
Archita's case is not a solitary one. Low body weight in your toddler can lead to health problems for her. When your baby becomes a toddler, there is a transition from dependent to independent feeding and she starts to acquire self-feeding skills and develops individual food choices. She might reject certain foods during this period leading to irregular weight gain.
WHO recommends that babies start receiving complementary foods at 6 months of age in addition to breast milk, initially 2-3 times a day between 6-8 months, increasing to 3-4 times daily between 9-11 months and 12-24 months with additional nutritious snacks offered 1-2 times per day, as desired.
Introducing your baby to solid foods is referred to as weaning or complementary feeding, which should ideally start after six months of exclusive breastfeeding. Children cannot eat large quantities of food in one sitting at a given time. So, they should be fed small quantities at frequent intervals (around 4 times a day). The baby may find full solid foods difficult to chew and hence try to swallow it, which may lead to choking and indigestion.
Therefore, the food should be of semi-solid consistency for easy swallowing. When such semi-solid foods are offered initially, your baby tends to spit it out.
According to the National Institute of Nutrition, under the Indian Council of Medical Research, the recommended calorie allowance for 2–4-year-old children ranges from 1060-1350 Kcal per day.
Why don't some children gain weight?
The period of transitional feeding is a very vulnerable period. It is the time when malnutrition starts in many infants, contributing to the high prevalence of malnutrition in children under two years of age. The link between malnutrition and infant feeding has been clearly established. Improper feeding practices in infancy and early childhood results in malnutrition, which leads to impaired cognitive and social development and future health complications.
According to Rapid Survey of Children (2013-2014) data, the high prevalence of stunting (26.7%) and wasting (13%) exists among under-five children belonging to highest wealth index (HWI) communities in India. Running in similar lines, Gupta et al., 2017, found out that inadequate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) being an important determinant of stunting and underweight amongst under-five children, may have resulted in high undernutrition amongst HWI families.
List of solid foods:
Weaning foods are based on cereal-pulse-nut and sugar/jaggery combinations, constituting good quality protein, adequate calories and other protective nutrients. Since babies cannot consume bulky complementary food, in sufficient quantities, energy-rich foods like fats and sugars should be included in such preparations. You can also feed them with green leafy vegetables, which are rich, yet inexpensive sources of vitamins and minerals. However, greens should be well cleaned before cooking, to prevent foodborne infections. Toddlers should be introduced to different vegetables and fruits gradually.
The Food and Nutrition Board under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, India, released a document on Nutritious Recipes for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children. This is a very useful book which offers many nutritious recipe suggestions for your toddler.
Instant Food Mixes utilising different cereals, millets, pulses, nuts and oilseeds are important as the child needs to be fed 5-6 times a day. These can be easily prepared at home and stored in airtight containers for at least a month. These mixes could be reconstituted with boiled water, milk or dal and fed to the child whenever required.
Fresh preparations include dishes such as:
- Laddus using Ragi / Millet / Suji along with a pulse (green gram/Bengal gram) or groundnuts with jaggery. Laddus are ideal snack options for toddlers and are rich sources of energy, protein and fats.
- Cutlets using starchy vegetables/meat/fish which should be shallow-fried. These are interesting snack options rich in energy, vitamins and minerals.
- Traditional dishes like suzhiyam, kozhukattai, etc. can also be included in your toddler’s diet, as these are nutritious snack options.
Porridges made using Suji / Dalia; Pongal / Upma / Khichdi made using rice / Dalia / Suji; rice or millet-based dishes. All of these are good meal options for your toddler. These are mostly cereal-based or cereal and pulse based foods, which are good sources of energy, protein and B vitamins.
Steps to increase energy density in your toddler’s feed:
- By adding a teaspoon of oil or ghee in every feed. As fats and oils are concentrated sources of energy, adding these sources to the feed substantially increases the energy content of foods.
- By adding sugar or jaggery to the feed.
- By malting foods. Malting reduces the viscosity of foods and hence increases the quantity the child may consume. Scientifically, flours of germinated cereals, which are rich in the enzyme alpha-amylase, constitute Amylase- Rich Foods (ARFs). Even small amounts of this type of foods liquefy and reduce the bulk of the cereal-based diet. Thus, ARFs help in increasing the energy density of weaning gruels and in reducing its bulk as well. Mothers can add ARF to increase the digestibility of the low-cost weaning foods prepared at home.
How to prepare ARF?
Take 250 g of Wheat. Add 2-3 volumes of water and soak it for 8 hours. Drain the excess water. Germinate wheat in dark for 24-48 hours and then dry in sunlight for about 5-8 hours. Roast gently in a flat pan to remove water. Grind and powder the grains to make ARF. Store in airtight jars. Add 5 grams (1 teaspoon) of ARF after cooking, to every feed. Source: National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for toddlers. What you feed them will provide the required energy and nutrients to your little one. Read through this article to know some tips that will help you choose a healthy breakfast for your toddler.
Although many initiatives have been carried out in India to promote Infant and Young Child Feeding, the number of undernourished children in India still exists. Equally, with the growing evidence and interest in the role of infant nutrition in the development of overnutrition and non-communicable disease, it is important to plan appropriate complementary feeding interventions that result in optimal growth in your child.
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Written by Shiny Lizia M on 24 October 2017.
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Everybody’s Good at Something: Yoga Tales from the Gym – #RWYK Certified Great Read#Book Review!
We’re Back with our brand NEW Reading with Your Kids Certified Great Read!
Today on the Reading with your kids, we are ELATED to introduce our readers to a very special children’s picture book, Everybody’s Good at Something: Yoga Tales from the Gym. The book addresses a very important message to kids – “Everybody is good at something – you just need to discover your talent.”
Congratulations to Susan Rose for earning this prestigious status for her wonderful little book!
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Building Self-Confidence and Fitness One Yoga Pose at a Time!
Do you want to help children develop self-confidence and improve their fitness levels? The two go hand in hand!
Everybody’s Good at Something is the story of Katie, who can’t do anything in gym class until Miss Bendy, the PE teacher, introduces yoga.
Children and adults will identify with Katie, as she discovers what she IS good at!
So much more than a story, Everybody’s Good at Something includes a fun and effective yoga practice to improve self-confidence, fitness levels, and overall well-being!
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About the Author
Everybody’s Good at Something written by Susan Rose and illustrated by Emily Hercock is a book about self-esteem. It will help your child build his or her self-esteem and find out what he or she is good at. The story follows a young girl named Katie and how she discovered what she was good at. Along the way, she discovers the amazing benefits of practicing yoga, and she learns the powerful message – everybody is good at something!
This beautiful yoga book for kids is a great introduction to yoga for little ones. The fun and calming story incorporate a variety of simple poses while teaching kids how yoga can help them to relax and slow down. The gentle illustrations accompanying the story are relaxing on their own and place emphasis on the calm nature of yoga, as well as how fun it can be to practice with friends. These colorful illustrations place the poses in situations that kids will want to imagine themselves doing. The book offers tips on how to use the book with your kids, as well as a parent guide for more information. This would be a great way to start a discussion with your children about emotions while getting them moving and having fun.
A reading child will enjoy discovering and figuring it out for himself and adults can use the book for a jump-off to many discussions. Susan’s work is outstanding on many levels and we look forward to seeing more of her books.
Everybody’s Good at Something is one of the best self-esteem books for kids that are out there today! Whether your kids are toddlers or teens or somewhere in between, this lovely book is guaranteed to boost the confidence in children of all ages. This book focuses on relaxation and confidence-building. It offers a lot of choices for integrating breathing and poses into everyday life. Adults can get a lot out of this book, too. The story’s fun and the illustrations are simply stunning. It’s a feel-good book that empowers young readers to love themselves, find greatness in themselves, and work hard to achieve their goals. This book is a perfect reminder that each one of us is unique and special in our own way, and it encourages kids to discover their greatness.
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An interview with Professor Dr. Tobias Preckel, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Medical Engineering & Life Sciences, and Professor Dr. Sascha Seifert, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center E-Health-Systems and Medical Informatics
The future of medicine, data protection, and digital solutions – these were just some of the current developments discussed in an interview with TRANSFER magazine by Professor Dr. Tobias Preckel and Professor Dr. Sascha Seifert.
Hello Professor Seifert, hello Professor Preckel – digital technology is changing all areas of our lives at the moment, including science and research. What does this trend mean for life sciences?
Preckel: One of the most important changes is that the insights we’re gaining from life science are increasingly derived by networking data. Previously, the standard approach was to do something like pick an individual gene or single out a protein, examine its individual components and maybe also the interactions within a cell, and then use this to try and work out what is happening. The approach now is completely different, and the big concept in this respect is systems biology. Now it’s about using new methods in research experiments to look at not just one component, but the overall picture involving all genes or a whole protein set in a cell. This generates huge volumes of data. The challenge now is to work out meaningful links emerging from this data. I believe this is the most important aspect of current developments.
Seifert: There are also major things going on in sensory analysis. There are new kinds of sensors, for example for third-generation DNA sequencing, and these are about the size of a memory stick. Computer science and algorithms are getting better and better such that a normal laptop can be used to analyze massive volumes of data. A further important trend is the shift towards mobile devices, which are already being used as sensors or being applied to diagnostics.
A question for Professor Preckel: What trends do you believe will dictate the future of medical technology and, in particular, medical diagnostics? And what challenges will they lead to?
I believe there are three important trends. The first has already been mentioned by Professor Seifert: DNA sequencing. New techniques have now made sequencing the human genome so cheap that the costs can be met by a medical insurance company. This means that genetic information on patients will always be available and this can be used to work out all kinds of things, such as the risk of a certain disease; this will make it possible to take the necessary precautions. But it also creates an issue when it comes to data privacy protection. Another new area opened up by DNA sequencing is that patients can be treated individually. This is about personalized medicine whereby treatment is matched individually to each patient. The second trend relates to the growing importance of bioinformatics. DNA sequencing involves major volumes of data and these have to be stored and analyzed. The third trend I’m observing is cell reprogramming, whereby certain methods can be used relatively easily to exchange genes that affect diseases. Of course, this is a vision of the future – the idea that diseases can be combated by changing genes in body cells – but extensive research is going on in this area. This approach also entails risks. Bio-hackers can use the same method to turn relatively harmless bacteria into extremely dangerous bacteria which could then be used as a bio-weapon or in terrorist attacks. Then of course there are the ethical issues – human characteristics can be changed by using genetic techniques, such as the color of people’s eyes or hair, or maybe even mathematical abilities. Those are the three most important trends. But the new developments are also resulting in companies that were previously not involved in medical areas discovering new markets for their products. In these markets, they face completely unfamiliar challenges, because they involve extremely long-winded approval processes and entirely different customer requirements. To deal with these challenges, they need the right expertise. So they’ll either have to develop this expertise internally or buy it in from outside. This is a trend that’s quite specific to this industry because of the new developments.
Turning now to Professor Seifert: The big crunch with digital transformation in the medical industry is how to protect highly sensitive patient information. What do you believe can be done to meet this challenge?
People keep talking about data protection, but actually it’s not the data we need to protect but personal rights. When the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in May, it had major implications for all branches of industry, including hospitals and medical practices. Everything has to be documented and for doctors’ practices this involves a major amount of work. That’s why I believe that a new sector will be formed in this area to help doctors manage the job in hand. Data privacy is also an extremely tricky issue when it comes to research. Basically people want to generate lots and lots of data for research so the question is, what should be done with it? An example: Researchers may work out that a person has a certain disease. That person ought to be told about it, which goes against the grain of data privacy, but there’s no way to do it anyway because the data that’s available is anonymous. But on the other hand, especially given the fact that we’re in an era of big data, one has to wonder whether data really is anonymous anyway. More often than not, the data can be used to work out who somebody is without even logging their name or address. From 70 SNP upwards – SNP refers to variation at a certain position in the genome – it becomes possible to link data to a specific individual. Given the current trend toward setting up bio-databases, this data could be used to positively identify who that person is. A number of suggestions have already been made, for example by the German Ethics Council, on ways to protect data in biodatabases. Data protection is also an important issue when it comes to the cloud. Most cloud providers are based in the United States, where data protection works differently from Europe. The other example comes from what happened with the Strava fitness app. The routes people were running were logged by GPS, and this unveiled secret military bases used by the USA. So as you can see, protecting data privacy means you have to think about a whole host of different factors. I’m not sure I can say what the right way is to solve this, but there are a number of different trends going on. But one thing’s for certain: The GDPR is an excellent move in the right direction.
What direction do you both think medicine will take us in the future? Will we be treated by computers and looked after by robots?
Preckel: I think the human element is and will remain an important part of the healing process when people are unwell. We could perhaps use robots to cover the technical side of things, medication and device handling – the routine tasks, but this would never replace human interaction with doctors or care workers. One thing I think will get better in the future is the quality of medical treatment. For example, mistakes can be avoided when administering treatments by merging different types of medical data. Another aspect could be that doctors won’t just make decisions by themselves, but several doctors could be given an opportunity to go through data and make decisions together, without physically sitting in the same room as the patient. I see the developments stemming from digital transformation as a largely positive thing. But there are also cost factors, because it’s less expensive to have data looked at abroad. But what about quality? If that does happen, it will need to be ensured that the medical training people undergo abroad corresponds to German standards.
Seifert: I feel quite positive about it, for example with things like the principle of second opinions. This is where computers can be used. For example in imaging diagnostics, software is often used to check if a doctor has noticed everything. We will also have to accept that we’ll have to rely on robots and ultimately this will be necessary because of the shortage of skilled workers and demographic changes. Of course, with medicine it’s a fine balancing act between quality and costs, but the only way to resolve this is to improve the technology. At the end of the day, the key consideration has to be what is best for the patient. Developments are already headed in the right direction such that patients are becoming more and more involved in their own treatment and they’re kept informed so they can be involved in the decision-making.
Professor Dr. Tobias Preckel is director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Medical Engineering & Life Sciences at Pforzheim University, which offers clients technology transfer, market analysis, and technology audits in the fields of medical engineering and life sciences.
Professor Dr. Sascha Seifert is director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center E-Health-Systems and Medical Informatics at Pforzheim University. The projects worked on at the Steinbeis Enterprise include supporting customers with applied research projects in the form of technology consulting, coaching in the fields of information systems, computer-aided detection and treatment, mobile health, and bioinformatics used in life science applications.


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Kobe Bryant may have finally met his match.
The Los Angeles Lakers star did his best to keep an elephant away from a boy dressed as a peanut in a Smart Car commercial, but eventually, the elephant came out on top.
Thanks to to Bryant's driving and a little help, Peanut Boy was not harmed.
Note: In a different YouTube video, the commercial dates back to at least March 2013.
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Passaic River power plant project moves forward
Two months after Governor Phil Murphy temporarily stopped the project, a state agency under his control is still pushing ahead with plans to build a gas-fired power plant along the Passaic River, leaving opponents to question the governor’s commitment to clean energy and environmental justice.
Residents, environmentalists, doctors and others pleaded with the state Department of Environmental Protection in an online hearing Tuesday night to deny a key air permit to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission , saying the power plant she wants to build in Newark is adding more pollution to an already over-stressed community.
“We are already suffering from the effects of pollution in this area, so we don’t need another gasoline generator,” said Iveth Mosquera of Kearny, whose two children suffer from asthma.
In response to criticism, the sewage treatment plant will add more renewable energy sources elsewhere to help offset emissions from the proposed power plant, which would only be used as emergency backup, commission members said on Tuesday. and their consultants. The sewage treatment plant lost power for three days after Super Hurricane Sandy in 2012 spilled 840 million gallons of raw sewage into Newark Bay and surrounding waterways.
Greg Tramontozzi, the commission’s executive director, said Tuesday the plant would only be on one day a month for testing and maintenance outside of emergencies. He said the plant would have advanced emission controls to limit air pollution.
“During the year when no emergency occurs, the power generation facility would be offline for 353 days,” Tramontozzi said.
The hearing, which lasted more than three hours, was designed to consider the impact the facility would have on an environmental justice community – areas that have a disproportionate share of pollution-producing facilities and have a minority population important. The area around the factory is filled with factories, a large incineratormany power stations and Port Newark, and is surrounded by highways.
While air quality has improved in recent years, North Jersey and New York still rank 14th in the United States for smog days, according to a report released last week by the American Lung Association.
Opponents said the plant would pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and exacerbate the intensity and frequency of storms like Sandy by slowly warming the planet.
At the center of this debate is a 2020 Environmental Justice Act signed by Murphy that aims to build fewer polluting projects in communities of color. It allows the DEP to deny a permit if it finds that the cumulative environmental or public health impact of a project would be greater in a crowded community than in other non-blooded communities in New Jersey.
But enforcement rules are still being worked out by the agency, and an interim order does not require the DEP to consider the cumulative historical impacts the pollution has had on communities around the facility. factory, including Newark’s Ironbound.
The project is already well advanced. The commission awarded a $51 million contract to Siemens for equipment including three turbines that have already been built and are “ready to ship to PVSC on notice.” according to to a committee report.
But in January, Murphy blocked the commission from voting on another aspect of the construction, saying it needed further review to ensure “the project meets the administration’s core values of environmental justice”.
In response, the commission’s consultants said on Tuesday that they now plan to run the proposed power plant less often, add more solar power for sewage plant operations and take power plants offline. other fossil fuel turbines by 2030.
These measures “would reduce emissions elsewhere on the site to more than offset actual project emissions,” said Cynthia Hibbard of engineering firm CDM Smith.
Opponents say this does not go far enough and question the commission’s claims that the new power plant as well as these green measures will lead to a reduction in air pollutants.
“He should give Newark these discounts unrelated to the new factory anyway,” said Nicky Sheats, director of the Center for the Urban Environment at Kean University. “The question is, why aren’t they making these cuts now?
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