Palm Island’s youth are being encouraged to take up sport and follow their Indigenous role models to combat boredom on the Island.
Queensland Maroons legends have visited the Palm Island community where they played touch football and ran sparring sessions at the local PCYC.
The visit came as five former Indigenous players were preparing for the All-Stars fight night in Townsville next month.
The children met local boxing star Patrick Clarke, who made his professional debut last year on the Jeff Horn v Tim Tszyu undercard.
Mentoring from coaches
16-year-old Jahvan Lui said it was motivating to see people in the community making a name for themselves in boxing.
“It’s very inspiring, especially coming from a little place, a little community and Patrick has given me advice a few times,” Lui said.
“It’s a pretty good feeling, just like mingling with them and having a laugh.”
Mr Lui said playing sport was important because of the mentoring role coaches play.
“Some people don’t have mentors or older people to guide them. My Dad’s always had my back with training.”
Scott Prince, Sam Thaiday, Justin Hodges and Neville Costigan were among the Indigenous fighters who made the trip.
Former Bronco Scott Prince said he wants the Palm youth to follow in the footsteps of their Indigenous role models.
“At least they know that it’s here, utilise the facility sink your teeth into boxing, sport, you know, touch footy, whatever it may be — just have some fun.
“It’s been a great way to spend the day and just see some of the local talent in the boxing ring that’s on display.”
Palm Island Mayor Mislam Sam said the visit will have untold positive influences on the youth.
“Our Island’s full of sports people, unfortunately with limited opportunities … to get away,” he said.
“Having these high-profile Indigenous sportsmen coming to our community will have a positive influence on our youth to get out there and challenge themselves, because we’ve got a lot of good sport stars locally in our community.”
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Iran has executed Ruhollah Zam, a dissident who allegedly sought regime change in Tehran and spied for Israel and France, underlining the Islamic republic’s stance to show no mercy towards political opposition.
Zam, who was held in jail since his capture in October last year, was hanged after being charged with a long list of crimes that included “co-operation with the hostile state of the US”, provoking unrest in order to disrupt the country’s security and insulting its top leaders.
Zam made a confession on state television, but the trial was conducted behind closed doors.
Amnesty International called the sentence a shocking escalation in the use of the death penalty as a weapon of repression. “His execution is a deadly blow to freedom of expression in Iran and shows the extent of the Iranian authorities’ brutal tactics to instil fear and deter dissent,” Amnesty said.
The Iranian allegations centre on the Amadnews channel, a popular anti-government forum on the Telegram messaging app that Zam ran. He used it to play a significant role in unrest three years ago which was at the time the most widespread against the Islamic republic and its economic policies.
Zam taught protesters how to make Molotov cocktails and use them against security forces. He also made allegations of high-level corruption and affairs.
He operated the platform from Turkey and later in France, where he had residence, and enjoyed protection from the security forces.
Zam was lured into Iraq by Iran’s intelligence services in October last year, arrested and brought to Iran.
Western diplomats in Tehran say it was not clear how Iranian intelligence services managed to convince him to travel to Iraq when he would have been conscious of the risks posed by Iran’s strong presence in the country.
Zam’s family and friends said he had been offered money in Iraq to launch a television channel and expand his opposition activities.
Iran makes no secret of the fact that it will pursue opposition figures wherever they are in the world.
The Intelligence Ministry said last month that a separatist leader, Farajollah Cha’ab, had been detained and brought back to Iran. He is accused of leading a 2018 terrorist attack in southwestern Iran — home to ethnic Arabs — targeting a military parade in which 25 soldiers and civilians were shot dead.
Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German national is suspected to have been detained in a neighbouring country and brought to Iran earlier this year. He is accused of a deadly attack on a mosque in 2008 that killed 14 people.
The Islamic republic has said it will exercise tolerance towards ordinary people who protest against their economic situation but not those who provoke unrest to overthrow the regime with the help of foreign governments.
Iranian analysts say the Islamic republic is trying to address some international criticism of its human rights record. Iran has one of the world’s highest execution rates.
Around 40,000 prisoners have been released or had their sentences reduced in the past two years, but these were mostly people convicted of crimes such as drug trafficking, not the leaders of anti-regime protests.
Zam was the son of Mohammad Ali Zam, a former reformist cultural official and a cleric. The two met on Friday, hours before the execution, on the condition that his father was not allowed to reveal that the death sentence had been approved.
BANGKOK (NNT) – With more public holidays coming up in November and December, the government is encouraging people to travel to different parts of the country and use the government’s spending stimulus measures.
As of November 8th, the government’s We Travel Together campaign had 2,275,361 accommodation and 1,828,842 air ticket privileges for travelers.
40 percent discount
The campaign offers eligible applicants a 40-percent discount on rooms, limited to a maximum of 3,000 baht per room per night, with the subsidy capped at 10 rooms or 10 nights. They will also receive food and travel coupons worth up to 900 baht per day.
When tourists travel by air, the government will refund 40 percent of the ticket price. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is considering ways to offer more convenience to travelers, while encouraging more people to take part in this campaign.
2000 baht for medical personnel
The government’s Kamlang Jai campaign funds holiday travel for public health volunteers and medical personnel at Subdistrict Health Promotion hospitals. The subsidy is limited to 2,000 baht per tourist for a trip of two days and one night, and travel spending can also be used to claim tax deductions.
The cabinet has endorsed extra public holidays on November 19th and 20th, which are on Thursday and Friday, resulting in a four-day holiday. In December, another four-day holiday will be from the 10th to the 13th.
Thailand has been able to address the COVID-19 situation, thanks to the country’s effective disease-control measures. The government has launched many stimulus campaigns to revive the domestic economy, particularly in the heavily-hit tourism industry.
Former list manager Stephen Silvagni says he isn’t worried about Brisbane recruiting two injury-prone players this off-season.
After Joe Daniher joined the club as a restricted free agent, the Lions were able to add to their haul by recruiting Cats midfielder Nakia Cockatoo on a two-year deal, who has notably struggled with several soft-tissue complaints in recent seasons.
Speaking about their two recent acquisitions, Silvagni said it was obvious the Lions were missing forward support for Eric Hipwood during the recently-completed finals series, where they were beaten by Geelong in the preliminary finals.
He also welcomed the calculated risk Brisbane is taking in recruiting Cockatoo, who hasn’t played senior footy since early 2018.
“My understanding with Nakia Cockatoo is he was close to playing this year,” he said on AFL Trade Radio’s Late Trade.
“They’re backing themselves in and they’re in the window, at some point you need to take the punt.
“The Lions have gone to the last two finals series, they’ve right in their window and brought Joe Daniher in … when you go away from their finals campaign, they did need another quality tall.
“I think Eric Hipwood has enormous talent, but can’t do it on his own and isn’t his own physical presence. To bring in Nakia Cockatoo, he brings a bit of speed in that lineup.
Brisbane recently solved Lincoln McCarthy’s fitness issues, with the former Cat not missing a game through injury since joining the club at the end of 2018.
A young man who lives with Tourette’s syndrome has told the disability royal commission he has been left “ruined” by his experiences at schools in Queensland.
The Royal Commission heard Jack’s teachers punished him when he experienced ticks
Jack’s parents were encouraged to pursue a false diagnosis of autism to be eligible for support funding
Now 19 years old, Jack has agoraphobia and rarely leaves the house
The parents of Jack have given evidence about the school life of their now 19-year-old son, who sent them a text message to read to the inquiry.
“You’re there fighting for me and I’m too unwell to go,” Jack’s text message read.
Alex and Sharon, known to the commission by their first names, have been married for 28 years and Jack is the youngest of their three sons.
In emotional testimony, they detailed his time as a student at schools in Townsville.
“He’s only got grade 4 English and maths skills,” his mother Sharon said. “He can barely write his own name.”
Initially Jack loved going to school but he had good and bad experiences with teachers and other students.
Sharon told the royal commission that initially there was confusion about Jack’s diagnosis and he was seen as “naughty”.
A paediatrician assessed Jack’s behaviour and told his mother to take him home and give him a “good flogging, which clearly we didn’t do”.
In year 3, Jack’s behaviour was “worsening” at school and at home and it was a “really, really tough year”.
When he was nine, Jack was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. His parents say they repeatedly asked the school to apply for funding to support their son but it was refused.
“They dismissed it and said Tourette’s was not a disability, it didn’t fit into the top six of disabilities,” Sharon told the inquiry.
“I didn’t realise there was a top six, I didn’t realise there was a competition going on.”
The commission heard the school “strongly suggested” that Sharon and Alex should have Jack diagnosed as autistic in order to attract funding for support.
Jack was taken for further assessments and while he showed signs of depression, anxiety and traits of Asperger’s, he did not “tick a box” for autism.
“I felt like (they’d) taken away the last chance we had to get Jack help at school,” Sharon said.
“At the same time I was relieved because I didn’t want him to have yet another label.”
The inquiry heard about the financial and emotional impact on the family.
To be able to afford Jack’s medical bills, his father moved to a higher-paying job that took him away from home during the week.
“That was a tough time for the whole family,” Alex said. “The other two boys had to sort of step up and be a dad.”
The inquiry heard teachers showed a lack of understanding about Jack’s disability. He was “dragged” to the principal’s office “by his ear” when during a Tourette’s tic, a teacher heard him say the word “mongrel”.
“They didn’t want to look into that he had a disability,” Jack’s father said.
One teacher suggested Jack “learn how to control his Tourette’s in public”.
“It’s like telling a child not to sneeze,” his mother told the inquiry.
The couple urged the royal commission to consider better disability training for all school staff.
Sharon revealed the family had offered to pay for a teacher’s aide for Jack out of their own money but the school said it “didn’t work like that”.
Jack was prescribed anti-psychotic medication to control his tics but it made him put on weight and he experienced more bullying at school.
Sharon told the inquiry Jack became frightened of the other children and did not want to attend school.
After years of trying to find alternative options for Jack, and with his mental health at crisis point, he was withdrawn from high school and ended formal education at 13 years old.
That was six years ago. Jack has now also been diagnosed with agoraphobia and rarely leaves the house.
He is on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and has carers who come to his home.
His father, Alex, told the commission Jack’s school experiences have stayed with him.
The couple revealed their fears for Jack’s future.
“He’s trapped in our house because of things that happened to him when he was a young boy, ” Sharon said.
The World Health Organization said using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy, following US President Donald Trump approving an emergency authorisation of convalescent plasma for coronavirus patients.
Meanwhile a French nudist resort has seen a sharp rise in infections, leading to nudists being told to cover up… their faces.
This story will be updated throughout Tuesday.
Tuesday’s key moments:
WHO cautious on COVID-19 plasma as US issues emergency authorisation
The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary results showing it may work are still “inconclusive.”
WHO’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan said convalescent plasma therapy has been used in the last century to treat numerous infectious diseases, with varying levels of success.
Dr Swaminathan said the WHO still considers convalescent plasma therapy to be experimental but it should continue to be evaluated as studies have provided “low-quality evidence”.
She added that the treatment is difficult to standardise because people produce different levels of antibodies and plasma must be collected individually from recovered patients.
Dr Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser to WHO’s director-general, said that convalescent plasma therapy can come with numerous side effects, from a mild fever and chills to more severe lung-related injuries.
French nudist resort sees spike in infections
A naturist resort on France’s Mediterranean coast has seen a sharp spike in coronavirus infections and nudists have been ordered to wear masks and practice social distancing, health authorities said.
Tests had shown a 30 per cent infection rate in people who had visited Village Cap d’Agde — which advertises itself as a village for naturists and libertines — a health authority said.
That was more than four times higher than the 7 per cent rate recorded in other people in the area who had not visited the centre, the health authority added.
Cap d’Agde, set in a huge circular modernist building by the beach, is one of France’s oldest and biggest naturist resorts and draws tens of thousands of visitors per day in summer.
Officials at the resort, which is about 60 kilometres down the coast from Montpellier, did not respond to calls seeking comment.
On Sunday, France reported nearly 5,000 new coronavirus infections, a new post-lockdown record.
Italy begins human testing of potential COVID-19 vaccine
Italy kicked off human trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, joining a global effort to develop a response to the virus which has shown signs of a resurgence throughout parts of Europe.
Rome’s Lazzaro Spallanzani institute, a hospital specialising in infectious diseases will conduct trials on 90 volunteers over the coming weeks, with the hope a vaccine may be available by spring of next year.
Francesco Vaia, health director of the Spallanzani hospital, told Reuters the first patient will be monitored for four hours before being allowed to go home where he will be kept under observation for 12 weeks.
The potential vaccine, called GRAd-COV2, was developed by ReiThera, a company based in Rome.
The Lazio region, around the Italian capital, said in a statement early trials, including on animals, had delivered positive results.
Japan defends pandemic tourism campaign
The Japanese Government has defended the nation’s GoTo campaign, which encourages travel within Japan by offering discounts at hotels and inns.
The campaign has come under fire as a risk for spreading the virus.
Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said that the government-backed campaign was a success, having been used by 2 million people in the last month.
He said only 10 cases of COVID-19 were found at hotels and other lodging during the month-long campaign, and just one of those people had used the campaign discount.
The tourism business in Japan supports 9 million jobs, Mr Suga said, adding that “its importance to the economy can’t be emphasised enough”.
Japan, which has already sunk into recession, has confirmed more than 1,100 deaths and 62,000 coronavirus cases so far.
Daily cases are rising gradually to about 1,000 people lately.
Sweden unlikely to see big second wave, chief epidemiologist says
Sweden is likely to see local outbreaks but no big second wave of COVID-19 cases in the autumn, the country’s top epidemiologist and architect of its unorthodox pandemic strategy said.
Sweden has been an outlier in Europe’s fight against the novel coronavirus, keeping businesses, restaurants and most schools open throughout the pandemic, while not recommending the use of face masks, which remain a rare sight on city streets.
New cases, hospitalisations and mortality have fallen sharply over the past couple of months.
With most Swedes having returned from summer vacations and with schools already open for the new semester, there are concerns the country could see a second wave of infections.
“We don’t believe we’ll have a classic second wave, such as those seen in influenza pandemics where you get widespread contagion in the community again,” chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said in an interview with broadcaster TV4.
“This disease appears to work in a different way. The spread is more patchy, so the likelihood is greater that we will see — as one is currently seeing around Europe — outbreaks in certain places, at workplaces and similar environments, during the autumn.”
Gracie, who raced with Simona de Silvestro in an all-female pairing at Bathurst in 2015, has enjoyed an incredible surge in popularity since her career move was first revealed by The Daily Telegraph earlier this year.
It’s brought with it an incredible increase in cash but also negative attention at times, which prompted her to talk to her dad.
“When I first started making serious money I had to tell my dad, I thought ‘oh my god, I’m making so much money, he’s going to start figuring it out (and asking) where are you getting all this money from?’ So I just told him,” Gracie told the Hit Network’s Hughesy and Ed.
The Queenslander said she considered closing her account but was talked out of it by her dad.
“I had a little bit of a rough time on Only Fans, it does get hard to try and be creative all the time, I turned to my dad and said ‘I’m just over it, I don’t think I’m going to do it anymore’,” she said.
“And he actually said ‘don’t stop, you’re making so much money, don’t stop’. He actually encouraged me to keep doing it because it’s been life-changing and if anyone was in the position to make this kind of money everyone would try and do it.
“To actually have that support when times have got tough is really good.
“My family and friends don’t really care or see the content that I make or what I do, they see the implications it has — the money and the things it’s allowing me to do. That’s why they support it.”
Gracie’s Instagram following has also grown to more than 700,000 and she’s reinvested some of her earnings into her body.
She recently spent $15,000 on a Brazilian Butt Lift — the same surgery celebrities like Kim Kardashian have had.
In an interview with fellow OnlyFans star Gina Stewart, Gracie spilt the beans on just how big her earnings were for the month of June.
“I was averaging about $70,000USD a month up until recently when I got a lot of media attention and I had a few stories go viral. I know the figures but let’s just say I made half a million in the month of June!” Gracie said.
Ali Zarghami is a third-year medical student at Monash University in Melbourne, with dreams of specialising in emergency medicine.
But, he admits, he didn’t always want to become a doctor.
“I wanted to become a fireman, like my grandfather, to be that guy who would run into burning buildings and save people,” he told SBS News.
Ali Zarghami as a three-year-old arriving in Australia from Iran
Mr Zarghami was born in Iran, and at the age of three, he and his parents came to Australia seeking asylum.
Shortly after, his mother was diagnosed with a rare heart condition that required long stints in hospital.
He says it was his experiences with Australian doctors and nurses that made him want to join their profession.
“Growing up, I spent a lot of time in the hospital environment. We didn’t have any family here in Australia and the doctors and nurses were a bit like a second family to us in the way they cared for us.”
Ali Zarghami on his first day of primary school in Australia
In high school, Mr Zarghami participated in Monash University’s Hands on Health program, giving him experience in delivering medication, giving needles to mannequins and setting prosthetic broken bones.
He says from that moment on, he was hooked.
“For a lot of people, work experience makes them realise that this is not the career for them. But for me, it really reinforced the idea that this was something I could see myself doing in the future.”
The Hands on Health program is designed to introduce students from refugee, asylum seeker, Indigenous and lower socio-economic backgrounds to a career in health.
Successful applicants are invited to spend two days at the university to get a taste of life as a medical student.
But when COVID-19 threatened to shut down the scheme in its ninth year of operation, Monash launched a virtual equivalent, finding major benefits in who they could reach.
Karen Adams of Monash’s Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Unit
Karen Adams of the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Unit runs the program and says physical distance is no longer a barrier for students who want to try it out.
“We knew when we were putting it online there was potential for kids from interstate and from rural and remote areas to engage with the program,” Professor Adams said.
Phoebe Nelson, a Year 10 student at a school in Melbourne’s east, took the program online this month.
Ruby and Phoebe Nelson
She says it boosted her self-esteem and has given her confidence that she’s on the right path to achieving a career in health.
“I want to definitely do something in paediatrics, or in emergency, like maybe an emergency nurse, or maybe even a paramedic,” she said.
Pheobe’s older sister Ruby, now a first-year nursing student, also completed the Hand on Health program in Year 10.
She says having a little sister also studying in the health sector will be a major benefit.
“It means I can practice on her and she can practice on me, and we can share ideas and help me revise,” Ruby said.
Ruby and Phoebe Nelson study together at home
While not every Hands on Health student will end up in a career in the medical field, Professor Adams says it’s hoped the program will at least spark interest in higher education.
“We know that those with lower socio-economic backgrounds, Indigenous students and students from asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds are less likely to go to university, so it’s just about trying to level the playing field for everybody.”
It’s done just that for 250 students so far.
Though it’s a while yet until Mr Zarghami can begin his career in the emergency department, he says he’s got the motivation to get there.
“When you think about the sacrifices your parents make you don’t want to waste that opportunity – you want to do the best thing you can do. Medicine seemed like a pretty good option in that sense.”
South Australian parents will be urged to send their children to school next week after the state’s Education Department revised its stance on the coronavirus threat.
South Australian parents are being encouraged to send students to school
Previously the focus had been on providing support at school and remotely
The Education Department will continue to respect parent preferences
In a letter sent to principals and pre-school directors on Wednesday, Education Department chief Rick Persse said the position had been rethought in light of low rates of infection in South Australia.
“Advice from SA Health and Australia’s health body, AHPPC, remains unchanged,” he said.
“Schools, preschools and early childhood facilities are low-risk environments for COVID-19 and should remain open.
“We will be encouraging students to return to their classroom for term two.”
The State Government had previously said no student would be turned away from school, but the focus would be on learning both remotely and in the classroom.
Mr Persse’s letter, which will be circulated on Thursday, explained that the need for online learning has now been reconsidered.
He said schools were low-risk environments and the Department would continue with safety measures to reduce the risk of transmission.
Among those will be increased cleaning at all sites and centrally-sourced hygiene products such as hand soap, sanitiser and tissues.
But he said the personal preferences of parents would still be respected, and current remote learning arrangements will continue.
“If [parents] don’t feel comfortable sending their children to school or pre-school for whatever reason, they won’t be obliged to,” he told principals.
“Please continue your remote learning offering for students learning from home.”
Education Minister says Department had to react
At the end of term one, parents were told they should make preparations for online learning, but Education Minister John Gardner said the situation had changed over the school holidays.
“Before the end of term one we had much higher rates of positive diagnosis than we have now, and we made a commitment to parents that we’d put in place online learning platforms,” he told ABC Radio Adelaide.
“But we’re entering term two with somewhat different circumstances, and the advice is that school is the best place for your child.”
Mr Gardner reiterated that the Government’s position on the safety of schools remained the same.
“We’ve always had our schools open,” he said.
“The thing that changed during term one is that if parents made a decision to keep their children home, we would give them support to do so.
“That support remains, but if you’re in doubt, send your kids to school.”


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Baccarat Noel/ Christmas Tree Clear Gstaad Fire
Pure lines and geometric shapes: the branches of the fir remind those of the Sun Clock drawing crystal angles to better reflect the light. Seen from above, the tree forms a star. Welcome to the magic of Christmas!
Inspired by the Sun Clock, an iconic creation of Baccarat, the fir trees in clear, red or green crystal create endless reflections to illuminate the holiday season.

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I have been a leica photographer for at least 15 of the 21 years I have been a full time photographer. Here are some published from this year. It is a difficult thing to be accepted by LFI, so I am and grateful every time it happens.
Here are two links to see a few of my favorites over the years.
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Worked with Model Kaitlyn Sedlacek at NYFW 2022. This Chicago girl is a natural talent. She has such diversity of looks (see her IG portfolio link below). Check out a few of the photographs we made together. A true professional. Let us know what you think in the comments and check out what she wrote below. Credits to CoxLeather.com on the red leather skirt and choker.
Hi, my name is Kaitlyn Sedlacek. I’m from Chicago, Illinois. I’m currently a senior in high school and plan to study Early Childhood Special Education next year. I enjoy working with children and I get to do that now as a tumbling coach for 2-5 year olds.
I’ve been modeling for a little over a year. One of the things I love most is meeting new people and trying new concepts. I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful, creative, and inspiring people through modeling and I hope to meet more. I love being able to go on adventures and try new things and get some awesome pictures on the way! I truly appreciate all the experiences modeling has given me and I’m looking forward to learning and growing more. Her Instagram
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I was so impressed by her maturity and modeling abilities. Her skills are quite impressive. We were able to shoot a few sets in a very short period of time, and all with excellent results. She was professional and a joy to work with!
Look for Gigi on CL (coxleather.com) soon for a feature wearing leather skirts.
Here are some selections from the first look. Let us know what you think of this set and please be sure to follow her and see what she has to say below.

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Chapter 1 The Dark Forest. The Hill of Difficulty. The Panther, the Lion,
and the Wolf. Virgil.
Chapter 2 The Descent. Dante's Protest and Virgil's Appeal. Th_ntercession of the Three Ladies Benedight.
Chapter 3 The Gate of Hell. The Inefficient or Indifferent. Pope Celestin_. The Shores of Acheron. Charon. The Earthquake and the Swoon.
Chapter 4 The First Circle, Limbo: Virtuous Pagans and the Unbaptized. Th_our Poets, Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. The Noble Castle of Philosophy.
Chapter 5 The Second Circle: The Wanton. Minos. The Infernal Hurricane.
Francesca da Rimini.
Chapter 6 The Third Circle: The Gluttonous. Cerberus. The Eternal Rain.
Chapter 7 The Fourth Circle: The Avaricious and the Prodigal. Plutus.
Fortune and her Wheel. The Fifth Circle: The Irascible and the Sullen. Styx.
Chapter 8 Phlegyas. Philippo Argenti. The Gate of the City of Dis.
Chapter 9 The Furies and Medusa. The Angel. The City of Dis. The Sixt_ircle: Heresiarchs.
Chapter 10 Farinata and Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti. Discourse on th_nowledge of the Damned.
Chapter 11 The Broken Rocks. Pope Anastasius. General Description of th_nferno and its Divisions.
Chapter 12 The Minotaur. The Seventh Circle: The Violent. The Rive_hlegethon. The Violent against their Neighbours. The Centaurs. Tyrants.
Chapter 13 The Wood of Thorns. The Harpies. The Violent against themselves.
Suicides. Pier della Vigna. Lano and Jacopo da Sant' Andrea.
Chapter 14 The Sand Waste and the Rain of Fire. The Violent against God.
Capaneus. The Statue of Time, and the Four Infernal Rivers.
Chapter 15 The Violent against Nature. Brunetto Latini.
Chapter 16 Guidoguerra, Aldobrandi, and Rusticucci. Cataract of the Rive_f Blood.
Chapter 17 Geryon. The Violent against Art. Usurers. Descent into the Abys_f Malebolge.
Chapter 18 The Eighth Circle, Malebolge: The Fraudulent and the Malicious.
The First Bolgia: Seducers and Panders. Venedico Caccianimico. Jason. Th_econd Bolgia: Flatterers. Allessio Interminelli. Thais.
Chapter 19 The Third Bolgia: Simoniacs. Pope Nicholas III. Dante's Reproo_f corrupt Prelates.
Chapter 20 The Fourth Bolgia: Soothsayers. Amphiaraus, Tiresias, Aruns,
Manto, Eryphylus, Michael Scott, Guido Bonatti, and Asdente. Virgil reproache_ante's Pity. Mantua's Foundation.
Chapter 21 The Fifth Bolgia: Peculators. The Elder of Santa Zita. Malacod_nd other Devils.
Chapter 22 Ciampolo, Friar Gomita, and Michael Zanche. The Malabranch_uarrel.
Chapter 23 Escape from the Malabranche. The Sixth Bolgia: Hypocrites.
Catalano and Loderingo. Caiaphas.
Chapter 24 The Seventh Bolgia: Thieves. Vanni Fucci. Serpents.
Chapter 25 Vanni Fucci's Punishment. Agnello Brunelleschi, Buoso degl_bati, Puccio Sciancato, Cianfa de' Donati, and Guercio Cavalcanti.
Chapter 26 The Eighth Bolgia: Evil Counsellors. Ulysses and Diomed.
Ulysses' Last Voyage.
Chapter 27 Guido da Montefeltro. His deception by Pope Boniface VIII.
Chapter 28 The Ninth Bolgia: Schismatics. Mahomet and Ali. Pier d_edicina, Curio, Mosca, and Bertrand de Born.
Chapter 29 Geri del Bello. The Tenth Bolgia: Alchemists. Griffolino d'
Arezzo and Capocchino.
Chapter 30 Other Falsifiers or Forgers. Gianni Schicchi, Myrrha, Adam o_rescia, Potiphar's Wife, and Sinon of Troy.
Chapter 31 The Giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, and Antaeus. Descent to Cocytus.
Chapter 32 The Ninth Circle: Traitors. The Frozen Lake of Cocytus. Firs_ivision, Caina: Traitors to their Kindred. Camicion de' Pazzi. Secon_ivision, Antenora: Traitors to their Country. Dante questions Bocca degl_bati. Buoso da Duera.
Chapter 33 Count Ugolino and the Archbishop Ruggieri. The Death of Coun_golino's Sons. Third Division of the Ninth Circle, Ptolomaea: Traitors t_heir Friends. Friar Alberigo, Branco d' Oria.
Chapter 34 Fourth Division of the Ninth Circle, the Judecca: Traitors t_heir Lords and Benefactors. Lucifer, Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius. Th_hasm of Lethe. The Ascent.
Chapter 1 The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica. The Rush.
Chapter 2 The Celestial Pilot. Casella. The Departure.
Chapter 3 Discourse on the Limits of Reason. The Foot of the Mountain.
Those who died in Contumacy of Holy Church. Manfredi.
Chapter 4 Farther Ascent. Nature of the Mountain. The Negligent, wh_ostponed Repentance till the last Hour. Belacqua.
Chapter 5 Those who died by Violence, but repentant. Buonconte d_onfeltro. La Pia.
Chapter 6 Dante's Inquiry on Prayers for the Dead. Sordello. Italy.
Chapter 7 The Valley of Flowers. Negligent Princes.
Chapter 8 The Guardian Angels and the Serpent. Nino di Gallura. The Thre_tars. Currado Malaspina.
Chapter 9 Dante's Dream of the Eagle. The Gate of Purgatory and the Angel.
Seven P's. The Keys.
Chapter 10 The Needle's Eye. The First Circle: The Proud. The Sculptures o_he Wall.
Chapter 11 The Humble Prayer. Omberto di Santafiore. Oderisi d' Agobbio.
Chapter 12 The Sculptures on the Pavement. Ascent to the Second Circle.
Chapter 13 The Second Circle: The Envious. Sapia of Siena.
Chapter 14 Guido del Duca and Renier da Calboli. Cities of the Arno Valley.
Denunciation of Stubbornness.
Chapter 15 The Third Circle: The Irascible. Dante's Visions. The Smoke.
Chapter 16 Marco Lombardo. Lament over the State of the World.
Chapter 17 Dante's Dream of Anger. The Fourth Circle: The Slothful.
Virgil's Discourse of Love.
Chapter 18 Virgil further discourses of Love and Free Will. The Abbot o_an Zeno.
Chapter 19 Dante's Dream of the Siren. The Fifth Circle: The Avaricious an_rodigal. Pope Adrian V.
Chapter 20 Hugh Capet. Corruption of the French Crown. Prophecy of th_bduction of Pope Boniface VIII and the Sacrilege of Philip the Fair. Th_arthquake.
Chapter 21 The Poet Statius. Praise of Virgil.
Chapter 22 Statius' Denunciation of Avarice. The Sixth Circle: Th_luttonous. The Mystic Tree.
Chapter 23 Forese. Reproof of immodest Florentine Women.
Chapter 24 Buonagiunta da Lucca. Pope Martin IV, and others. Inquiry int_he State of Poetry.
Chapter 25 Discourse of Statius on Generation. The Seventh Circle: Th_anton.
Chapter 26 Sodomites. Guido Guinicelli and Arnaldo Daniello.
Chapter 27 The Wall of Fire and the Angel of God. Dante's Sleep upon th_tairway, and his Dream of Leah and Rachel. Arrival at the Terrestria_aradise.
Chapter 28 The River Lethe. Matilda. The Nature of the Terrestria_aradise.
Chapter 29 The Triumph of the Church.
Chapter 30 Virgil's Departure. Beatrice. Dante's Shame.
Chapter 31 Reproaches of Beatrice and Confession of Dante. The Passage o_ethe. The Seven Virtues. The Griffon.
Chapter 32 The Tree of Knowledge. Allegory of the Chariot.
Chapter 33 Lament over the State of the Church. Final Reproaches o_eatrice. The River Eunoe.
Chapter 1 The Ascent to the First Heaven. The Sphere of Fire.
Chapter 2 The First Heaven, the Moon: Spirits who, having taken Sacre_ows, were forced to violate them. The Lunar Spots.
Chapter 3 Piccarda Donati and the Empress Constance.
Chapter 4 Questionings of the Soul and of Broken Vows.
Chapter 5 Discourse of Beatrice on Vows and Compensations. Ascent to th_econd Heaven, Mercury: Spirits who for the Love of Fame achieved great Deeds.
Chapter 6 Justinian. The Roman Eagle. The Empire. Romeo.
Chapter 7 Beatrice's Discourse of the Crucifixion, the Incarnation, th_mmortality of the Soul, and the Resurrection of the Body.
Chapter 8 Ascent to the Third Heaven, Venus: Lovers. Charles Martel.
Discourse on diverse Natures.
Chapter 9 Cunizza da Romano, Folco of Marseilles, and Rahab. Neglect of th_oly Land.
Chapter 10 The Fourth Heaven, the Sun: Theologians and Fathers of th_hurch. The First Circle. St. Thomas of Aquinas.
Chapter 11 St. Thomas recounts the Life of St. Francis. Lament over th_tate of the Dominican Order.
Chapter 12 St. Buonaventura recounts the Life of St. Dominic. Lament ove_he State of the Franciscan Order. The Second Circle.
Chapter 13 Of the Wisdom of Solomon. St. Thomas reproaches Dante'_udgement.
Chapter 14 The Third Circle. Discourse on the Resurrection of the Flesh.
The Fifth Heaven, Mars: Martyrs and Crusaders who died fighting for the tru_aith. The Celestial Cross.
Chapter 15 Cacciaguida. Florence in the Olden Time.
Chapter 16 Dante's Noble Ancestry. Cacciaguida's Discourse of the Grea_lorentines.
Chapter 17 Cacciaguida's Prophecy of Dante's Banishment.
Chapter 18 The Sixth Heaven, Jupiter: Righteous Kings and Rulers. Th_elestial Eagle. Dante's Invectives against ecclesiastical Avarice.
Chapter 19 The Eagle discourses of Salvation, Faith, and Virtue.
Condemnation of the vile Kings of A.D. 1300.
Chapter 20 The Eagle praises the Righteous Kings of old. Benevolence of th_ivine Will.
Chapter 21 The Seventh Heaven, Saturn: The Contemplative. The Celestia_tairway. St. Peter Damiano. His Invectives against the Luxury of th_relates.
Chapter 22 St. Benedict. His Lamentation over the Corruption of Monks. Th_ighth Heaven, the Fixed Stars.
Chapter 23 The Triumph of Christ. The Virgin Mary. The Apostles. Gabriel.
Chapter 24 The Radiant Wheel. St. Peter examines Dante on Faith.
Chapter 25 The Laurel Crown. St. James examines Dante on Hope. Dante'_lindness.
Chapter 26 St. John examines Dante on Charity. Dante's Sight. Adam.
Chapter 27 St. Peter's reproof of bad Popes. The Ascent to the Nint_eaven, the 'Primum Mobile.'
Chapter 28 God and the Angelic Hierarchies.
Chapter 29 Beatrice's Discourse of the Creation of the Angels, and of th_all of Lucifer. Her Reproof of Foolish and Avaricious Preachers.
Chapter 30 The Tenth Heaven, or Empyrean. The River of Light. The Tw_ourts of Heaven. The White Rose of Paradise. The great Throne.
Chapter 31 The Glory of Paradise. Departure of Beatrice. St. Bernard.
Chapter 32 St. Bernard points out the Saints in the White Rose.
Chapter 33 Prayer to the Virgin. The Threefold Circle of the Trinity.
Mystery of the Divine and Human Nature.
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Chapter 33 Lament over the State of the Church. Final Reproaches o_eatrice. The River Eunoe.
- "Deus venerunt gentes," alternating
- Now three, now four, melodious psalmody
- The maidens in the midst of tears began;
- And Beatrice, compassionate and sighing,
- Listened to them with such a countenance,
- That scarce more changed was Mary at the cross.
- But when the other virgins place had given
- For her to speak, uprisen to her feet
- With colour as of fire, she made response:
- "'Modicum, et non videbitis me;
- Et iterum,' my sisters predilect,
- 'Modicum, et vos videbitis me.'"
- Then all the seven in front of her she placed;
- And after her, by beckoning only, moved
- Me and the lady and the sage who stayed.
- So she moved onward; and I do not think
- That her tenth step was placed upon the ground,
- When with her eyes upon mine eyes she smote,
- And with a tranquil aspect, "Come more quickly,"
- To me she said, "that, if I speak with thee,
- To listen to me thou mayst be well placed."
- As soon as I was with her as I should be,
- She said to me: "Why, brother, dost thou not
- Venture to question now, in coming with me?"
- As unto those who are too reverential,
- Speaking in presence of superiors,
- Who drag no living utterance to their teeth,
- It me befell, that without perfect sound
- Began I: "My necessity, Madonna,
- You know, and that which thereunto is good."
- And she to me: "Of fear and bashfulness
- Henceforward I will have thee strip thyself,
- So that thou speak no more as one who dreams.
- Know that the vessel which the serpent broke
- Was, and is not; but let him who is guilty
- Think that God's vengeance does not fear a sop.
- Without an heir shall not for ever be
- The Eagle that left his plumes upon the car,
- Whence it became a monster, then a prey;
- For verily I see, and hence narrate it,
- The stars already near to bring the time,
- From every hindrance safe, and every bar,
- Within which a Five-hundred, Ten, and Five,
- One sent from God, shall slay the thievish woman
- And that same giant who is sinning with her.
- And peradventure my dark utterance,
- Like Themis and the Sphinx, may less persuade thee,
- Since, in their mode, it clouds the intellect;
- But soon the facts shall be the Naiades
- Who shall this difficult enigma solve,
- Without destruction of the flocks and harvests.
- Note thou; and even as by me are uttered
- These words, so teach them unto those who live
- That life which is a running unto death;
- And bear in mind, whene'er thou writest them,
- Not to conceal what thou hast seen the plant,
- That twice already has been pillaged here.
- Whoever pillages or shatters it,
- With blasphemy of deed offendeth God,
- Who made it holy for his use alone.
- For biting that, in pain and in desire
- Five thousand years and more the first-born soul
- Craved Him, who punished in himself the bite.
- Thy genius slumbers, if it deem it not
- For special reason so pre-eminent
- In height, and so inverted in its summit.
- And if thy vain imaginings had not been
- Water of Elsa round about thy mind,
- And Pyramus to the mulberry, their pleasure,
- Thou by so many circumstances only
- The justice of the interdict of God
- Morally in the tree wouldst recognize.
- But since I see thee in thine intellect
- Converted into stone and stained with sin,
- So that the light of my discourse doth daze thee,
- I will too, if not written, at least painted,
- Thou bear it back within thee, for the reason
- That cinct with palm the pilgrim's staff is borne."
- And I: "As by a signet is the wax
- Which does not change the figure stamped upon it,
- My brain is now imprinted by yourself.
- But wherefore so beyond my power of sight
- Soars your desirable discourse, that aye
- The more I strive, so much the more I lose it?"
- "That thou mayst recognize," she said, "the school
- Which thou hast followed, and mayst see how far
- Its doctrine follows after my discourse,
- And mayst behold your path from the divine
- Distant as far as separated is
- From earth the heaven that highest hastens on."
- Whence her I answered: "I do not remember
- That ever I estranged myself from you,
- Nor have I conscience of it that reproves me."
- "And if thou art not able to remember,"
- Smiling she answered, "recollect thee now
- That thou this very day hast drunk of Lethe;
- And if from smoke a fire may be inferred,
- Such an oblivion clearly demonstrates
- Some error in thy will elsewhere intent.
- Truly from this time forward shall my words
- Be naked, so far as it is befitting
- To lay them open unto thy rude gaze."
- And more coruscant and with slower steps
- The sun was holding the meridian circle,
- Which, with the point of view, shifts here and there
- When halted (as he cometh to a halt,
- Who goes before a squadron as its escort,
- If something new he find upon his way)
- The ladies seven at a dark shadow's edge,
- Such as, beneath green leaves and branches black,
- The Alp upon its frigid border wears.
- In front of them the Tigris and Euphrates
- Methought I saw forth issue from one fountain,
- And slowly part, like friends, from one another.
- "O light, O glory of the human race!
- What stream is this which here unfolds itself
- From out one source, and from itself withdraws?"
- For such a prayer, 'twas said unto me, "Pray
- Matilda that she tell thee;" and here answered,
- As one does who doth free himself from blame,
- The beautiful lady: "This and other things
- Were told to him by me; and sure I am
- The water of Lethe has not hid them from him."
- And Beatrice: "Perhaps a greater care,
- Which oftentimes our memory takes away,
- Has made the vision of his mind obscure.
- But Eunoe behold, that yonder rises;
- Lead him to it, and, as thou art accustomed,
- Revive again the half-dead virtue in him."
- Like gentle soul, that maketh no excuse,
- But makes its own will of another's will
- As soon as by a sign it is disclosed,
- Even so, when she had taken hold of me,
- The beautiful lady moved, and unto Statius
- Said, in her womanly manner, "Come with him."
- If, Reader, I possessed a longer space
- For writing it, I yet would sing in part
- Of the sweet draught that ne'er would satiate me;
- But inasmuch as full are all the leaves
- Made ready for this second canticle,
- The curb of art no farther lets me go.
- From the most holy water I returned
- Regenerate, in the manner of new trees
- That are renewed with a new foliage,
- Pure and disposed to mount unto the stars.

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How many major things never get said. How often families live and die with certain facts never explained, certain truths never acknowledged.
It was true in my family and in the culture as a whole in which I grew up. This explains, perhaps, my appreciation of the Tobias Wolff novel
Old School, which takes place at a boys' prep school in the early 1960s. When I put it down, I told myself, the title of this book could be called The Unspoken.
The narrator, a hardly fictionalized version of Wolff himself, comments on the way certain things were taken for granted, never acknowledged, both by the school's culture generally and by his friends in particular. "No acknowledgment of who we really were--of trouble, weakness or doubt--of our worries about the life ahead and the sort of men we were becoming. Never; not a word."
This sums up much of conventional masculine culture in which any admission of fear or the inner life in general is seen as inappropriate (i.e., effeminate or weak). These boys can and do talk about sex, of course, and their teachers' habits, but they rely on a superficial code of masculine behavior that is artificial and coolly detached. Even in the face of tragic news, they are reluctant to confide in one another and would rather be dead than seen weeping.
The novel is set in 1960, in the period of my own education in an all-male college prep school, but not a residential one in New England. As I think now of the boys I remember quite vividly from those days, I realize with a certain sadness that I never really knew them. We had an acquaintance and an intimacy that resembled what went on our families, for the most part, where the Big Things were kept hush-hush.
The culture has changed quite a bit, after a generation of talk shows and tell-all books, yet I wonder how much has really changed in the life of young men as they grow up. The ones I encountered in my course on masculinity (as in other courses) were often surprised at the candor of our discussions of conventional male behavior patterns, especially the stoic façade, the "I don't want to talk about it" attitude. Many were reluctant to say much on any topic.
Some of the smart ones, like Wolff, turned to writing; and it's no wonder so many people, men in particular, are drawn to writing: at last they can express what they truly feel.
In the letters from schoolboys in earlier times, especially in the Victorian era, we can hear the yearning to share affection and other feelings with their mates, which they do in passionately romantic terms, saying things they would not be permitted to say aloud.
I have received, and still receive, written messages that nearly move me to tears--some from students, some from close friends who can only tell me of their admiration and love at a remove since when we are together, the discussion, however emotionally real or intimate, cannot quite express the depth of our bond and the gratitude we have for each other. The written word is safer.
I find this topic of men and friendship filled with sadness since so much of life goes unspoken, buried deep in the heart, covered over, sometimes crushed--adding to the stress that causes cardiovascular problems. We all have known, or seen depicted, fathers estranged from their sons, yearning to express their love or admiration, sometimes waiting until it is almost too late.
When men can't even admit their fears and inner feelings to their wives or girl friends, tragedy invariably follows in the form of violence, alcoholism, or abuse.
I would like to think that Wolff's moving look at his high school days has become dated, but I doubt it. Fear holds men back from discussing fear, and from fear comes anger, hatred and violence. The "real man" of strength has the courage to open his heart to others; he has outgrown the stoic code of repression that leads some boys to go so deep within that the only way they can find to validate their existence is to kill innocent strangers and themselves. No one should be surprised that the killer is almost always male.

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‘FOLLOW TRAFFIC RULES’
Students are the future citizens of our nation. They have to be educated the civic sense as well as duties towards society as well as the nation. Every hour 40 people under the age of 25 die in the road accidents around the globe and Ahmedabad tops in number of road accidents in Gujarat.
Sensing the need to create an awareness about the traffic rules, On 23rd Jan,13 – students of senior section conducted Road Safety Awareness programme . The programme comprised of skit, quiz on traffic rules & signs and pledge taking.
Students and teachers took out a rally in and around Bopal area. Students and staff members not only created awareness by shouting out slogans but they also emulated the traffic police by politely requesting the commuters and the passers by to wear their seat belts and helmets.
We really hope that the efforts of the students will not go in vain and the students and public will follow traffic rules in their everyday lives.


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When I was a kid the family traveled around the U.S. a lot. My father was a nature photographer and where we traveled was mostly dictated by where he had lectures, (for Audubon, more info about him here) and where the animals and landscapes were that he wanted to photograph. It was no trial, my sister, mother and I had some wonderful experiences and sometimes did other touristy stuff while he sat in a hand-painted camouflaged tent for hours.
One thing that always made it on the list of side trips were Covered Bridges. I think there was a nostalgia trend for Covered Bridges in the 1970's. I remember seeing the image on lots of pottery and art of the time. They were all starting to go away and many people began chronicling them.
Our family grew up in Southern California, so I think we were especially entranced with them. It wasn't something you saw in mild climates much. Covered Bridges were so charming looking and they added to the longing I had for real winters.
Covered Bridges were created to protect the wooden bridges, most of which were made before the 20th century. With the elements from the weather, uncovered bridges would only last about 9 years. Once covered they could last about 8o years.
Here are a couple of postcards I have found of Covered Bridges. I still find them very charming.

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text: On Dec. 29, 2022, Rideau Hall announced its latest Honours list and Ted Barris learned he would be appointed Member of the Order of Canada, “for advancing our understanding of Canadian military history as an acclaimed historical author, journalist and broadcaster.” Congratulations Ted! Ted’s writing has regularly appeared in the national press, as well as magazines as diverse as Air Force, esprit de corps and Zoomer. He has also worked as host/contributor for most CBC Radio network programs, PBS in the U.S. and on TV Ontario. And after 18 years teaching, he recently retired as a full-time professor of journalism at Toronto’s Centennial College. He is the author of 20 bestselling, non-fiction books, including Breaking the Silence: Veterans’ Untold Stories from the Great War to Afghanistan. His 17th book, The Great Escape: A Canadian Story, won the 2014 Libris Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award (shared with astronaut Chris Hadfield). In 2018, HarperCollins published Barris’s 18th book – Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid against Nazi Germany – about the famous 1943 attack on the Ruhr River dams that powered Nazi Germany’s industrial war production. The RCAF Association awarded Ted Barris and Dam Busters its 2018 NORAD Trophy for “unequalled contribution to the preservation of Air Force values, traditions, history and heritage.” Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire was Ted’s 19th book and was long-listed for the 2020 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction in Canada. Ted’s 20th book, Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory was published in the fall of 2022 and immediately landed on the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star bestsellers lists. Following the book’s publication, Ted received word that he’d received Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Award, recognizing “extraordinary contributions to our community and Canada.” These are the books that have established Ted as the preeminent historian of Canada’s military.


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Semester of Graduation
Master of Science (MS)
Physics and Astronomy
Purpose: This study assessed the benefits to the heart and lung of using scanned electron beams and continuous energy spacing (ΔR90=0.1 cm) for left-side post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) patients previously treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Such beams offer a sharper distal falloff (R90-10) than do currently available scattered, discrete energy beams, which increases sparing of healthy organs distal to the target.
Methods: Seven left-side PMRT patients previously treated with VMAT at the Mary Bird
Perkins Cancer Center were planned in this study. The patients were divided into two sets; Patient Sets 1 (three patients) and 2 (four patients) used one and two fields, respectively, to plan chest wall irradiation. Four and five intensity modulated bolus electron conformal therapy (IM-BECT) plans, respectively, were created per patient using combinations of scattered/scanned and discrete/continuous energy beam data. For Patient Set 2 the inferior edge of the upper field was feathered to match the penumbra of the superior edge of the lower field. Dose distributions and dose volume histograms (DVHs) were used to evaluate plan quality, to calculate physical dose metrics for the target, heart, and lung, and to calculate the biological metrics, normal tissue complication probability (NTCP), and secondary cancer complication probability (SCCP) for the heart and lung.
Results: Scanned and/or continuous energy electron beams showed patient-dependent, sometimes significant reductions in both physical and biological dose metrics for the heart and lung. For patient CW1, as compared to scattered, discrete energy beams, scanned, continuous energy beams reduced V22.5Gy from 10.4% to 2.3%, V30Gy from 3.1% to 0.1%, Dmean from 8.3 Gy to 4.3 Gy, and NTCP from 0.4% to 0.1% for the heart. The comparison reduced V20Gy from 17.2% to 10.7% and SCCPlin from 14.4% to 8.7% for the lungs. Such reductions tended to increase as R90 increased. Compared to VMAT, IM-BECT plans with scanned beams on average reduced V22.5Gy from 9.4% to 3.4%, Dmean from 9.3 Gy to 4.4 Gy, and NTCP from 1.0% to 0.2% for heart and Dmean from 8.8 Gy to 7.1 Gy, NTCP from 2.8% to 0.2%, and SCCPlin from 15.1% to 10.2% for lung.
Conclusion: Scanned and/or continuous energy electron beam treatment plans showed reduced physical and biological dose metrics for heart and lung compared to scattered, discrete energy beams. These improvements were patient dependent, although patients requiring higher energy beam(s) tended to show the greatest benefits.
Wang, Stephanie Lianglei, "Benefits of Continuously Spaced Energies and Scanned Beams for Electron Bolus Conformal Therapy for Left-Side Post-Mastectomy Chest Wall" (2020). LSU Master's Theses. 5197.

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The very concept of herd immunity has been widely misrepresented in the media. Herd immunity, according to the practice actually established in veterinary medicine, is accomplished by SEGREGATING healthy, uninfected members of the herd and keeping them isolate
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I have been saying for a while that it makes no sense for those claiming that COVID-19 is a hoax to be relying on their politicians for information about infectious diseases rather than talking to their doctor, the person in their life who actually has expertise about infectious diseases.
Donald Trump is absolutely right. Increasing the number of people being tested will make it appear that the Coronavirus is more serious than it really is...and that will adversely affect his chances of being re-elected. However, Donald Trump is not wrong when he claims that testing is useless.
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Yet Another Tragic Pandemic Tale From Right Out of LA
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There are a number of potential extinction level events that scientists worry about. There's nuclear war, of course, and meteors, climate change...and pandemics. The Pandemic Extinction Level Event just because a lot more feasible because it could be happening around us as you read these words.
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Woman Charged with Stealing Toys from an Infant’s Grave
Google News has done it again. The company that used boast that it's motto was, "Don't Be Evil," has posted a link to a questionable article from a questionable source that promotes the idea that cheese causes or worsens breast cancer.
The British may yet get the last laugh on this bad habit that we Americans have adopted because it now appears that you may be drinking microplastics along with your green tea....or any other tea that comes in a tea bag.
Opt-Out is a transplant donation model worthy of a fair trial.
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human thought is randomized…and we spend our entire lives trying to think sequentially with our randomized brains. Therefore, attempting to solve problems one at time is pointless. Visualize all the parts of the problem. The one for which a solution is ready to come forward will light up and attract your attention. That’s the part of the problem you are ready to solve.
The number of lawsuits against Monsanto, the maker of the weed killer Roundup, related to cancer has gone over 8,000 according to a story in Reuters. However, this may only be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the harmful effects that glyphosate, the primary ingredient in the weedkiller, may be causing as one researcher has concluded that 50 percent of all children could show signs of autism by the year 2025.
If you are a man - or are related to one - there is a one-in-nine chance that you will have to deal with prostate cancer during your lifetime because it is the second most common cancer for men and the second most common cause of death among American male cancer patients after skin cancers...
In 2016, opioids killed more Americans than breast cancer. The drug overdose epidemic has become one of the most concerning public health issues of recent time, and in an effort to stem the tide, moreg and more patients and doctors are turning to pot over pills.
If you are taking Oxybutynin (Ditropan), Amitriptyline (Elavil), or paroxetine hydrochloride hemihydrate (Seroxat), you might want to discuss findings reported in The Times of London today because long-term use of some antidepressants, bladder drugs and anti-Parkinson’s medication
Each year the CDC recommends that people receive the current flu vaccination to reduce the risks of the illness, but are there serious risks that come with receiving the shot? Side effects are becoming a growing concern related to the use of the vaccine.
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According to a story in Popular Science, the tasty sweets, sugars, and candies you consume during the holidays will take about six months for you to be able to lose after New Year's.
The sun is that star in the center of our solar system. This star is the most important source of energy for life on Earth.
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One in every eight people who have HIV, do not know that they have it. According to a recently released report from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), an estimated 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV, and that number grows by almost 50,000 every year. … more
Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, died last week from a bile-duct growth, or tumor. He was only 55 years old. Iwata had surgery last year to remove the rare tumor and resumed working for the company even though he was still re-cooperating, according to a previous article in Bindlesnitch.… more
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SAN FRANCISCO – In the latest of a series of ordinances aimed at curbing consumption of high-calorie drinks, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously in favor of a bill that requires a health warning to be placed on advertising and packaging for high calorie sodas and soft drinks.… more
We’ve all heard it said time and time again: A positive outlook is one of the keys to a healthier mind but what we don’t hear very often is precisely how to acquire a more positive outlook than the one you have now, so we went out and researched ten ways to bring more healthy gratitude into your life.… more
Hollywood has examined narcissism quite exhaustively over the years. Some of the best actors in the business have played narcissists in movies such as No Country for Old Men (2007, Anton Chigurh portrayed by Javier Bardem), The Dark Knight (2008, The Joker portrayed by Heath Ledger), and American Psycho (2000, Patrick Bateman portrayed by Christian Bale).… more
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We’re not going to tell you anything new here. We all know these things, but we need constant reminders to stay on track. Let’s Lead a More Healthy Lifestyle is part of our primer series, article designed to read quickly and to remind you of all those things you know about how to improve your life, if only you weren’t forgetting to do them all the time.… more
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How to Wash a Bath Mat
A bath mat used in bathrooms is usually available in two types. Bath mats that you place outside the bathtub are usually made of a soft, plush fabric meant to absorb water and may have a rubber backing underneath, which helps prevent slippage on the bathroom floor. Inside the tub, you can use bath mats that are generally made entirely of rubber. Tub bath mats prevent slips in the tub, thereby preventing minor to serious injuries from a fall. Bath mats can be easily cleaned with a mild laundry detergent, and dried in a dryer or on a clothesline.
Step 1 - Look at the Label
Most bath mats will have labels that will guide you on dos and don’ts for care and maintenance. Read the label before you start cleaning the bath mat. Depending on the type of bath mat you have, the cleaning and drying process may be slightly different.
Step 2 - Floor Bath Mat
Wash bath mats regularly to avoid the buildup of mildew and germs. Lift the bath mat and shake it thoroughly to dislodge any dust buildup. Put the bath mat in the washer with laundry detergent. You can also throw in some bath towels, which will aid in the scrubbing process. For colored bath mats, run the washer on a cold cycle. If all the materials are whites, you can use hot water.
If the bath mat has a rubber back, avoid the dryer, as the heat from the dryer can damage and crack the rubber after repeated washes. Such bath mats can be hung over a clothesline or kept out in the sun for drying. If the bath mat is entirely fabric, you can safely put it in the dryer. After cleaning, if it looks too flat, brush lightly.
Step 3 - Tub Bath Mat
Wash these bath mats when you are cleaning the tub. Scrub the mat thoroughly with a brush and bathroom cleaner. Once you finish one side, flip the mat and repeat on the underside. It is important to clean both sides, because mildew, germs, and dirt can accumulate over time.
After scrubbing, wash the mat and leave it outside to dry, or hang it on a clothesline. You could also wash these bath mats outdoors with a garden hose, or put them in the washer with some thick towels. These bath mats can not be put in the dryer, even on low heat.


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Spending on social media advertising in the U.S. is expected to increase dramatically over the next two years, according to ZenithOptimedia, part of the Publicis Groupe.
- An estimated $4.6 billion will be spent on social media advertising this year in the U.S., a 35% increase over 2012.
- In particular, spending on social media ads shown on mobile devices is expected to increase 170% over last year, reaching nearly $740 million (16% of total social media ad spend for 2013).
- According to ZenithOptimedia's projections, total social media ad spending will reach $8.2 billion in 2015, with mobile accounting for 27% of that market.
The forecast bodes well for social media companies that sell in-stream native ads, which move well across PC and mobile devices. We took a close look at the rise of native and why social media advertising is going in-stream in our most recent report.
ZenithOptimedia also provided us with their projections for spending across different types of digital advertising. They believe social media will grow to eventually attract the same amount of dollars as online video by 2015. Paid search will continue to be the top category with over $18 billion in spend, but social media, online video, and display will combine for over $27 billion.
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European business and consumer confidence bounced back in April for the first time in nearly two years, the European Commission said Wednesday.
The EU executive said its monthly survey of companies and shoppers across the European Union and in the 16 countries that share the euro showed more optimism for the first time since May 2007, rising from record lows.
It said there was "a clear improvement in sentiment in industry and among consumers" in both regions. But EU and euro-zone construction companies were more downbeat than last month and euro retailers were also more pessimistic, not matching optimism from all EU retailers.
A separate survey of industry managers also rose for the first time since May 2008 but is still at a very low level and points to shrinking output for March, it said.
Industry is also warning that it has cut back capacity to the lowest levels since 1990 – to 71 percent in the EU and 70.5 percent in the euro area – and expects to reduce investment by around a fifth this year.
The economic sentiment indicator measuring confidence from consumers and different business sectors rose to 63.9 in April from 60.4 in March for the entire 27-state European Union. For the smaller euro area, the indicator rose to 67.2 this month from 64.7 last month.
Among larger countries, Italy, Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland saw "significant increases in sentiment" with far smaller pickups in France and Germany.
A survey of financial services – not included in the overall figure – also improved markedly, the EU said.
Overall, business managers saw a better situation ahead and said they expected more demand for their services – the first time they saw an improvement since October. Industry said they expected more new orders in the next three months.
The business climate indicator – which focuses on industry managers – also increased in April to minus 3.33 from minus 3.49 in March.
The EU added a note of caution by saying sentiment was still at a very low level and pointed to another year-on-year contraction in industrial output in March, following a record fall in February.
"It also suggests that annual industrial production growth will remain clearly subdued in April," it said.
Managers' expectations of export orders continues to worsen, it said.
A survey of industrial investment showed that managers in most EU nations also expect a sharp decrease in investment this year, saying it could drop 18 percent in the EU and by 20 percent in the euro zone. A fall 2008 survey had predicted only a 5-percent drop for both areas.

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Courtney Thompson is the co-owner and director of Certain Feelings, the new convent and café that just opened in the Bottleworks’ Garage Food Hall. Courtney spoke to Derek this week about her background in the industry, what brings Certain Feelings to an already robust Indy specialty coffee scene, and how even a total novice coffee maker can learn how to identify flavors with the best of them.
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Social Security: By the Numbers
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — More than 1,800 Catholic middle school students and their chaperones from 10 dioceses danced and prayed their way through an interactive retreat event at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nashville, the largest of its kind ever staged in the diocese.
“I’m still in awe,” said Bill Staley, director of youth and young adult ministry for the Diocese of Nashville.
The daylong event Dec. 1, which included a mix of high-energy musicians and inspirational speakers, along with quiet moments for eucharistic adoration and prayer, was well-received by the youth, their parents and chaperones who attended.
Holy Fire, produced by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, is developed in collaboration with host dioceses, like Nashville as well as Chicago recently. Both events have been extremely well attended by thousands of young people.
“We had over 10 dioceses in all, including representatives from across Tennessee and three of four dioceses in Kentucky,” Staley told the Tennessee Register, newspaper of the Nashville Diocese. Groups also traveled from Birmingham, Alabama, north Georgia and Evansville, Indiana.
“I feel really good to grow this event into something great,” said Staley, who is already thinking about hosting a two-day event next year.
“It was a great experience and we can’t wait to go back next year,” said Cindy Sabatino, director of religious education at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee, who brought a group of 30 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to the event.
One of the high points of the day for Sabatino and her group was adoration. “Many of them had never experienced adoration like that” among such a large group of peers, she said. “They can be intimidated to pray in front of their peers,” she said, but here they were encouraged to let their guard down and “just be with the Lord” in the moment.
The entire experience of being with so many Catholic young people for a full day of Catholic musicians, speakers and prayer was new to many Holy Fire participants, young people and their parents alike, Staley said.
“Many parents joined for the whole day,” he said. “A lot of them didn’t have an experience like this (in their own childhood), which is a wonderful benefit of the program.”
Holy Fire is the newest evolutionary step in the Diocese of Nashville’s annual confirmation preparation for middle schoolers, and now reaches beyond the students preparing for the sacrament.
Partnering with the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry enabled Nashville’s youth ministers to stage a much larger-scale event than they could have done alone, complete with professional sound and lighting designs, big screen video and multimedia presentations.
Holy Fire’s mission is “to set young people ablaze with the love of Christ and inspire them to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in the world, to embrace their baptism and engage with the relevant and powerful Gospel of Jesus.”
Speakers and performers from the day included: Joe Melendrez, Noelle Garcia, Dom Quaglia, Sarah Hart, the Cimorelli Sisters and the Sarah Kroger Band. Throughout the day, participants also had the opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation, renew their baptismal promises, and talk with exhibitors, which included the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, among others.
Nashville Bishop J. Mark Spalding, who drove back to Nashville from Cincinnati just in time to make the closing remarks at the Holy Fire Mass, encouraged the young people to be examples pointing towards Christ, “to bring the love of Christ into your home and community.”
“I think the bishop’s message was very meaningful,” said Sabatino, encouraging the youth to go forth and have a positive influence. “He’s young, he’s motivated, he inspires the kids.”
Overall, Sabatino said, her group wasn’t sure what to expect going into the day, but thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Holy Fire “put them in a place where they could open their hearts to Jesus,” she said.
Laurence is a staff writer for the Tennessee Register, newspaper of the Diocese of Nashville.
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Elizabeth McGovern’s career spans theatre, film and television and music. Elizabeth is most well known, at the moment, for her role as Lady Cora in multiple award winning television show ‘Downton Abbey’, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy and has won 3 SAG ensemble awards.
This year Elizabeth starred at The National Theatre in the new Alexi Kaye Campbell play ‘Sunset At The Villa Thalia’. McGovern has also just completed production on ‘The Commuter’ opposite Liam Neeson and Bjorn Runge’s ‘The Wife’.
Elizabeth has also appeared in films such as Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kick Ass’ and Warner Brothers’ ‘Clash of The Titans’ alongside Ralph Fiennes. She received an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for her role in ‘Ragtime’, her second feature film, following her debut in Robert Redford’s ‘Ordinary People’ whilst she was still a student at Julliard. Other major film roles have included starring opposite Robert De Niro in ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ and Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage in ‘Racing with the Moon’. She has worked with the great film directors Steven Soderburgh, Curtis Hanson, Milos Forman, Sergio Leone, Robert Redford, and Simon Curtis (her husband).
Elizabeth has had a great presence on the West End and New York Stage, winning the 2013 Will Award from the Shakespeare Theatre Company for her work in Hamlet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Other notable productions include ‘The Misanthrope’ at the Young Vic, ‘Three Days of Rain’ at the Donmar and David Mamet’s ‘The Shawl’ at the Arcola Theatre, new and old plays on and off Broadway and for Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre.
McGovern also fronts and writes the songs for the band ‘Sadie and the Hotheads’. They have toured USA and the UK and opened for the Mike and the Mechanics tour and for Sting at the Montreux Jazz Festival. They are very happy to be completing their fourth album with Grammy and Emmy award winning producer, Kipper Eldridge. In this album , her collaboration with The Nelson Brothers has widened to include collaborations with a wide range of exciting artists, including Laurent Voulzy, James Walsh, Smokey Hormel, Jake Morrel, and Barry Walsh and, of course, still features the work of Danica Chapman, Terl Bryant, Nick Lacey, Andrew (Wal) Coughlan!


Rema Featured By Spotify On Times Square’s Billboard
Nigerian teen singer, Rema, has once again been featured on a billboard in Times Square in New York, United States of America.
Music producer, Don Jazzy, who owns Rema’s record label, Mavin Records, shared a picture of the billboard on Instagram on Friday.
Don Jazzy captioned his post:
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|Notice of Dismissal Without Prejudice of Scheiner v. Ingram Micro Inc. Putative Class Action and Agreement Upon Attorneys’ Fees|
If you held shares of Ingram Micro Inc. between February 17, 2016 and December 5, 2016, this Notice contains important information regarding the dismissal of a putative class action concerning the acquisition of Ingram Micro Inc., and an agreement to pay attorneys’ fees and expenses to counsel for Plaintiff in that action.
The purpose of this notice is to inform former stockholders of Ingram Micro Inc. (“Ingram Micro”) about developments with respect to the litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery styled Scheiner v. Ingram Micro Inc., et al.,
On February 17, 2016, Ingram Micro announced the proposed acquisition of Ingram Micro by affiliates of HNA Group Co., Ltd. (“HNA Group”) for $38.90 per share in cash, pursuant to a definitive agreement and plan of merger filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 17, 2016 (the “Transaction”).
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John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999), known professionally as Scatman John, was an American music artist who created a fusion of scat singing and dance music, best known for his 1995 hits "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" and 1997 hit "Everybody Jam!"
Scatman John sold millions of recordings worldwide and was named Best New Artist in the Echo Awards in both Japan and Germany. He was a recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Annie Glenn Award for outstanding service to the stuttering community and National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame.
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text: Managed grasslands provide environmental and agronomic services that can be predicted from the botanical and functional composition of the vegetation. These are influenced by management, edaphic and climatic factors. The present report set out to estimate and analyse the relative importance of management, soil and climate factors on botanical and functional characteristics of grassland vegetation. A set of 178 French grasslands having a large pedoclimatic and management gradient was selected, and information collected on botanical composition, pedoclimatic factors and management. Six vegetation characteristics were considered: two botanical (floristic composition and species dominance) and four functional (proportion of entomophilous species, number of oligotrophic species, leaf dry matter content and date of flowering). First, the links between the characteristics of the vegetation were analysed to check for any redundancy among them; all were kept. Second, it was demonstrated that botanical and functional characteristics were not driven by the same factors: functional composition was characterized by management, edaphic and climatic factors, whereas botanical composition was influenced mainly by climatic and edaphic factors plus other factors. Interactions between factors also have to be taken into consideration to predict botanical and functional composition of grasslands. Functional and botanical characteristics of vegetation help to predict ecosystem services delivered by grasslands and may be used in combination.

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(Host) Advocates say the past two years have brought increased recognition of a serious substance abuse problem in Vermont. They say what’s needed now are the resources to deal with the problem. Providers and policymakers met on Monday in a first-ever town meeting to discuss ways to improve the system.
VPR’s Steve Zind reports.
(Zind) According to advocates, Vermont has moved from denial to recognition of the acute substance abuse problem in the state. Many credit Governor Jim Douglas for bringing the need for prevention, treatment and recovery programs to the forefront. Douglas told the group that substance abuse in Vermont is pervasive, growing and classless.
(Douglas) “It’s also taking more lives. Our Department of Public Safety reported just last week that for the first time in the history of our state, the last calendar year resulted in more deaths from drug overdose than from highway fatalities.”
(Zind) While Douglas gets credit for raising awareness about substance abuse, he’s also criticized for not devoting enough money to the problem. The governor says funding can only increase at a rate state revenues can bear.
Chittenden Senator Jim Leddy said it’s essential more money be spent on programs. And Leddy says a proposed restructuring of the Agency of Human Services needs to recognize that every department in the agency, from corrections to child welfare is affected by substance abuse.
(Leddy) “Substance abuse is everywhere in our health and human service system. There’s not a program, there’s not an agency that should not identify substance abuse as a core challenge for them to address. If our plan to reorganize how we deliver services in this state does not emphasize and recognize this reality, then moving around boxes will have failed.”
(Zind) Providers say it’s not uncommon for families to experience abuse for successive generations and the state needs to find ways to break that pattern. Ken Liebertoff of the Vermont Association of Mental Health says in spite of advances, the system is still suffering from years of neglect.
(Liebertoff) “We currently have a system where people are often asked or told to wait. I think there’s a recognition that like some other health problems, being able to intervene immediately is a signal of success.”
(Zind) Vermont has plans to expand addiction treatment and has also earmarked money for a network of recovery centers.
For Vermont Public Radio, I’m Steve Zind.

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