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We’ve looked at the figures. Their meaning is clear – and alarming: healthcare is set to increase poverty. On current trends, the proportion of people spending at least 10% of household income on catastrophic out-of-pocket health payments will rise from 12.7% in 2015 to 15% of the global population – or 1.2 billion people – in 2030.
Out-of-pocket spending has a disastrous effect on the lives of the world’s poorest people. For a household on or below the poverty line, unexpected or recurrent healthcare payments can force them into – or deeper into – poverty, to accumulate unpayable debt, or simply not to seek lifesaving services at all.
In 2030, 1.2 billion people will undergo the hardship of spending at least 10% of household income on healthcare; for 282 million of them, healthcare will account for an impoverishing 25% of their income. Income that will inevitably be taken from other necessities, such as food.
Rates of catastrophic payments are greater in lower-middle income countries than low-income countries. In 2015, 7.3% of people in low-income countries experienced catastrophic payments at the 10% threshold, whereas in lower-middle income countries the rate was double at 14.2%. Our research (see methodology below) suggests that while both groups of countries will see increases, they will be greater in lower-middle-income countries.
There are two main reasons. First, in the poorest countries, many who need to access healthcare will not even attempt to do so, due to the cash fees they would have to pay. The second reason is the make-up of spending in health systems. Where government spending on the health sector is low – less than 80% of total health sector spending – catastrophic payments dramatically increase because out-of-pocket spending must fill the gap.
When aid is included, government spending in low-income countries makes up a greater proportion of total health spending than in lower-middle income countries, though the amounts remain inadequate for health outcomes.
As the most regressive form of health sector funding, out-of-pocket spending inevitably hits the poorest hardest. Worryingly, it is set to rise significantly.
“The way we finance global health is broken… If we are serious about achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, we need to completely revamp the global health financing system, starting at the country level.” Dr Jim Kim, World Bank President, UHC Forum 2017
Financing for health and nutrition needs to change dramatically. As Dr Kim stated, this includes changes by heads of states, health and finance ministers, but also international donors. All must work together to improve domestic resource mobilisation, aiming for governments’ health spending to amount to at least 5% of gross domestic product – the minimum needed to provide a basic package of essential services for all. This is the only sustainable way to deliver universal health coverage.
The international community must invest in mechanisms like The Global Financing Facility, which aims to support countries to generate more of their own health finances, pushing to find more catalytic and innovative finance opportunities to fill financing gaps, as well as empowering countries to decide what their health systems need and having subsequent responsibility to deliver. This approach to development aid should be embraced by both aid recipient countries and donors.
Our Senior Research Adviser, Alexis Le Nestour, used data from Wagstaff et al. (2017) to estimate the trends of catastrophic health expenditures, measured as health spending exceeding 10% (or 25%) of household consumption. Using data on GDP per capita; levels of public, pooled and out-of-pocket health expenditures per capita; and Gini coefficients, we fitted a country random-effect model explaining the determinants of catastrophic health expenditures.
The predictions of this model were used to input values for missing years and reconstruct trends of catastrophic health expenditures from 2000 to 2015. Data for missing countries were imputed using the predictions of an ordinary least square model controlling for the same variables and regions of the world. We then used projections of health spending from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and projections of GDP per capita using assumptions from the International Monetary Fund and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to predict future rates of catastrophic health expenditures in all countries up to 2030, using the parameters of our estimated models. UN population figures were used to compute the number of affected people from actual and projected rates, and sensitivity analyses were performed to estimate the contribution of different factors to future trends.


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The impact of Iran's presidential election may have as much to do with the dispute over the result as with who was officially declared the winner. Supporters of reform-minded opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi clearly believe their man was robbed. Counting ballots was the responsibility of the Interior Ministry, led by an ally of the incumbent and announced winner, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose partisans thus had an opportunity to rig the voting if they were so inclined. All of us outside Iran should be cautious in deciding whether the vote count was in fact cooked, especially in the absence of reliable pre-election opinion polls. Mousavi's backers nonetheless see a discrepancy between the momentum their candidate appeared to acquire during the campaign and the announced result of Ahmadinejad winning by an almost two-to-one margin.
The implications of Ahmadinejad remaining in office are far more straightforward. He managed to win a second term, continuing the pattern set by every Iranian president since Ali Khamenei in the 1980s. It also will mean the continuation of most of Ahmadinejad's rhetoric and most of his policies. With the themes he has struck-to such irritating effect in the West-having gotten him this far, there is little to incline him to change direction now, even if this time he might have needed some help from his pals at the Interior Ministry.
Not knowing the true vote makes it hard to interpret the meaning of the election. With or without rigging, it is safe to say both that Ahmadinejad's brand of populism and demagoguery is still relevant to the proletarian elements to which he has always appealed, and that his miserable management of the economy sustained significant opposition to him. There also seemed to be realization among many that-as Mousavi voiced in his campaign speeches-some of Ahmadinejad's rhetorical antics have a marked downside for Iran. Most clear was the excitement and political involvement that the election generated, with vigorous campaigning and an amazing 85 percent voter turnout. And this despite all Iranians realizing that the office in contention is not even the top job in Iran and has less influence than the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.
The disputed outcome adds an extra element of illegitimacy to the Iranian political system. In addition to such undemocratic features as the arbitrary exclusion of political candidates by the Council of Guardians and the equally arbitrary nullification of by the same council of legislation, there is now the suspicion of outright cheating. The responses to this over the long term by reform-minded Iranians could go in either of two directions. There might be more disillusionment with the political process and dropping out from it, as occurred during the latter part of the presidency of Mohammad Khatami. Or the additional illegitimacy could amplify anything that bestirs the reformist opposition into more active opposition to the established political order. Which of these two possibilities materializes is unpredictable, as is the short-term course of the current protests against the announced election result.
U.S. policy toward Iran should not have hinged on the outcome of the election, and there is no indication that the Obama administration's policy hinges on it. Any posture that hinted at interference in internal Iranian politics-as would be true of a policy that said America would do business with Iran only if a person acceptable to the United States was in the presidency-would be counterproductive. The most important decisions on matters of most importance to the United States, including the preoccupying nuclear issue, will be taken elsewhere in the Iranian power structure, and especially by the supreme leader. The absence of a reformist victory may actually reduce the chance that hard-line conservatives will respond as they did during Khatami's presidency and strive to torpedo any engagement initiative for which they fear the reformists would gain credit.
That said, the continued prominence of the hectoring, ranting, Holocaust-questioning Ahmadinejad poses political hurdles for any U.S. administration thinking about engagement with Tehran. And now, on top of that, is the possibility that he was not even legitimately elected. If Mousavi's backers continue to challenge the result of the election, the conservatives will still be especially sensitive about any policy departures that might give the reformists an opening. The fundamental needs and principles underlying a sound policy toward Iran have not changed, but the political milieu for executing such a policy may have gotten at least marginally worse.
A basis for offsetting optimism is the vibrancy of political life that the election campaign demonstrated. The campaign showed receptivity to the very sort of good sense that is most important to the United States; Mousavi said a taboo about talking with America had been broken. The vibrancy and the receptivity were not a response to U.S. saber rattling, because such rattling is not what Iranians are now hearing from the U.S. government. Regardless of what hardliners might prefer, Iranians of other persuasions have not been reduced to political passivity and submission.
Paul R. Pillar is a visiting professor and director of studies of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University.

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Actors among us: Hyattsville residents hit the boards
BY PAULA MINAERT — We all know that Hyattsville is part of the Gateway Arts District. What isn’t as well known is that along with writers, dancers, jewelers and other artists, Hyattsville also has actors. And they practice their craft on the stages of theaters all over the Washington metropolitan area. Here is a look at some of them.
Jennifer Mendenhall and Michael Kramer, husband and wife, are both actors. She is a company member at Woolly Mammoth and has performed at Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Theatre J and the Shakespeare Theater, among others, and won a Helen Hayes Award in her role as Lemon in Aunt Dan & Lemon. Michael Kramer has acted at Ford’s Theatre, African Continuum Theatre, The Roundhouse Theater, Olney Summer Theater, and the Kennedy Center – again, a partial list.
Mendenhall calls acting “a union of geometry and psychology. It’s dedicated to expressing the human condition – that’s psychology – and to the physical manifestation of it. That’s where the geometry comes in.”
Kramer is fascinated with theater’s connection to story and myth (and religion). “Theater explores the deepest issues of life but in a less restrictive way, without an institution around it. The best theater doesn’t make pronouncements but simply says, ‘I’m just showing you what is.’”
They describe themselves as very lucky, because their day job allows them to pay the bills, raise their children and continue to do theater. They are an audiobook narrating team, working from sound studios in their house. They’ve recorded the books of popular fantasy writer Robert Jordan, to take just one example, and their names can be found on the backs of many audiobooks at the Hyattsville library. (Jennifer goes by the name of Kate Reading).
“It’s the best of all possible worlds,” said Mendenhall. Her next show is Clybourne Park at Woolly Mammoth Theater, July 18 to August 14.
Peggy Yates’s parents were a singing team and had a career in the 1940s and 1950s. After their nine children started coming, her father developed a children’s theater company, which still operates. Everyone in the family was part of it.
“We traveled and performed in schools and theaters in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts. We did adaptations of children’s stories that were musicals. So theater is in my blood.”
She came to this area to tour with the National Players, which is affiliated with Catholic University, and got a graduate degree there. She also met her husband in the theater, in Much Ado About Nothing, and, she said, history was made.
Yates divides her time now between doing theater, teaching acting at the University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, directing shows with middle and high school students, and teaching speech at Prince George’s Community College.
“I keep very busy. It’s a constant negotiation between theater work and teaching and getting my kids where they need to go. It’s a balancing act but we all do it.”
She is currently in The Apple Cart, by George Bernard Shaw, at the Washington Stage Guild. It runs Thursdays through Sundays until May 22.
Shawn Perry has been performing since he was five years old, when, as he put it, it was discovered he could carry a tune. He started by singing in church, in a men and boys’ choir at St. Catherine Labouré in Wheaton, and has been singing ever since.
“I guess everyone has that first theatrical experience that gives them that bug that never goes away. When I played Ebenezer Scrooge in eighth grade, it was the first time I’d ever gotten applause. It’s an intoxicating thing.”
He majored in speech and drama at Catholic University and performed there, but stopped being in shows when his children started arriving. As with many actors, he had to take a day job. He did sing in a coffeehouse group called Works in Progress in the 1990s, and has sung in the St. Jerome’s folk group for more than 30 years.
When Perry’s youngest child was 14, Maureen Roult (see below) told him the chorus of the Washington Savoyards needed members. He auditioned and sang in their production of Iolanthe. That’s when he fell in love with performing all over again, and began working in community theaters all over the region: the Victorian Lyric Opera Company in Rockville, the Little Theater of Alexandria, the Prince George’s Little Theater, the U Street Atlas Theater in D.C. and theaters in Laurel and Bowie.
“Some places I get paid a little bit. Most places I don’t. I do it for love of it and enjoy the heck out of it,” he said. “My wife will tell you whenever I’m in a show I’m a much more alive person than when I’m not. I seem to be more alert, attentive to everything, and generally happier and more enthusiastic about life. I think that’s pretty good. I didn’t notice it, but she did.”
Perry played Big Tim Sullivan and other roles in Rags, which just closed at the Theater Lab.
Maureen Roult says she got into performing almost by accident. She hadn’t done any theater in college, focusing more on dancing. Then she saw a local company’s productions of some Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, and ended up auditioning and getting into the chorus. It was the Victorian Lyric Opera Company. Since then, she’s been in all 13 of the G&S operettas and has performed with about 20 community theater companies in the area.
All this is in addition to her day job, which is at the Department of Defense – a very different world, she admits.
“After sitting at a computer all day, it’s nice to get up and do something different. Theater is a nice break. A lot of people I work with have hobbies that have nothing to do with work – quilting or Irish step dancing.”
Roult has a lot of fun with her hobby. She likes meeting new people and making new friends. Some of her favorite roles were Pitti-Sing in The Mikado and Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance. She especially enjoys Gilbert and Sullivan because, she says, she can play dress-up. She also likes working backstage, having moved sets, done costuming and acted as assistant stage manager. She often finds herself between scenes hemming someone’s dress or repairing a rip. It’s a way to learn new skills, she says.
As well as Gilbert and Sullivan, she has acted in Bye, Bye, Birdie (Mae Peterson, a non-singing role) and The Sound of Music and is currently in Burial at Thebes, a modern adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone. It’s her first tragedy.
“It’s all for fun. I don’t see myself making any money from it; I need my day job to support my theater habit.”
Burial at Thebes is playing weekends at the Greenbelt Arts Center until May 21.

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Most of us have heard the saying: The optimist sees the glass half full, while the pessimist sees it half-empty. In its simplest terms, positive thinking is optimism and negative thinking is pessimism. It is an attitude towards life, yourself and particular predicaments and events in life.
Positive thinkers quickly zone in on the positive side of even the darkest moments in their lives, and often see those predicaments as opportunities for growth and learning. Positive thinkers are resilient and able to deal with stressful situations in productive ways.
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”- Anthony J. D’Angelo
Becoming a positive thinker is not necessarily something that will happen overnight. Depending on the severity of the negativity, it can take time to make appropriate changes.
The practice of positive thinking, and making it a character trait rather than a one-time thing, takes effort, patience, and time. If optimism is not natural to you, there are ways to turn it around.
Work towards combating the negativity you identified and maintaining an optimistic nature and use these steps as tools in the process.
7 Steps To A Positive Attitude
1. Say something positive whenever you think something negative. The tricky part about this is catching each negative thought as is happens. As much as possible, stop the negative thought as it happens and say something constructive to yourself, such as “today is going to be great.”
Positive affirmations can be recited daily to reprogram the mind of negative thinking. There is a positive opposite for virtually everything negative…
“The weather is too hot.” versus “The sun feels good on my skin.”
“People at work are annoying.” versus “It’s great to a have a team to help with the workload.”
“I look fat in that dress.” versus “I look awesome in that dress.”
“I screwed up again.” versus “I made a mistake that I will learn from.”
“I should be graduating at the top of my class.” versus “I am so proud that I am graduating.”
“All this snow is a hassle; it makes life harder and creates more work.” versus “The snow left my backyard looking like a scene from a postcard.”
“My husband cooked dinner for me, but it was only pasta.” versus “I so appreciate my husband cooking dinner for me.”
“I worked hard all day but did not get nearly enough done.” versus “Wow, what a productive day I had at work.”
2. Laugh often. Negative thinkers tend to be very uptight, and it’s no wonder considering the heavy burden they often carry and the lack of positivity in their life. Allow yourself to laugh and often. Seek out scenarios where you laugh, like hanging out with funny people or visiting comedy clubs. Learn to see the humor in life, even during painful times. Laughter reduces stress, stops you from taking everything too seriously, and yields a more optimistic outlook.
3. Surround yourself with positive people. Negativity breeds more negativity. A positive attitude is contagious, and the best way to adopt such a thought process is to learn first-hand from a master. Having positive people in your life will allow you to view first-hand what it looks like, and positive people will give you uplifting advice, feed a positive outlook and problem solving suggestions, as opposed to negative people who will only want to sink in the muck with you and feed your negativity.
4. View every experience as a learning opportunity. Consider this scenario. A positive thinker finds out that their significant other has cheated. They break off the relationship, evaluate what went wrong, and attempt to learn from the situation, viewing it as a growing experience and a stepping-stone to a brighter future with someone else. Their process is a positive one that will include pain, and anger, but the way the positive thinker deals with it is constructive. The optimist knows that not everyone is a liar or a cheater, and that they can and will meet someone honest.
A negative thinker founds out that their significant other has been unfaithful and thinks thoughts like, “all men/women are liars and cheats;” I hate them all.” They will dwell in the misery, and pain, and not view the experience as a learning process. They may become consumed by anger and hatred and generalize the entire opposite sex as evil, and eventually they may fall into a state of depression and experience anxiety and other ill health effects. Their next relationship may inevitably suffer, as their general distrust of the opposite sex will surely affect intimacy.
The positive thinker’s resiliency and attitude allows them to grow through the painful experience, come out better for it on the other side, and avoid possible health manifestations that can result from negativity and its stress.
The negative thinker’s own attitude will result in them missing an opportunity to grow, and the stress that attitude puts on their emotional and mental health will only harm them in the long run.
5. Adopt practices such as yoga, meditation, aromatherapy, tai chi and deep relaxation. These practices help you to focus your mind, build self-awareness, and obtain a deep peace. They also help you to maintain awareness about your thoughts and feelings, which helps you to control them so that you can build more positive energy in your mind and body.
6. Use positive affirmations. Our own inner dialogue determines our emotions, this means that we must be deliberate and conscious about what we say to ourselves. Speak positive affirmations to yourself every day, as they can help re-program your mind towards the positive mode and control your inner dialog.
Our mind is a garden and our attitudes are the seeds of its life, so plant healthy and weed regularly! Always repeat positive affirmations phrased in the present and personal tense, for example:
“I like myself!”
“I love today!”
“I love my life!”
“I see the positive in everything!”
“I can deal with anything!”
“I am strong!”
“I am optimistic!”
“I enjoy being around positive people!”
“I am aware of my thoughts”
And my favourite of all – “You are stronger than you seem, braver than you believe and far more capable than you think you are.”
7. Practice Gratitude. There are multiple methods to transform your negative feelings. One of the fastest and highly effective ways is to harvest feelings of thankfulness and appreciation directed towards:
• Other people in your life
• Material things
• Your life circumstances
• And even strangers
Practice starting your day by focusing on being grateful, and bring to mind several specific things. This will help you move your mind towards positive thinking and positive energy vibrations.
There is nothing stopping you from achieving a more positive state of mind other than yourself. Start by acknowledging your negative thoughts, determining their source, and then transforming them into positivity.
You can find more tips, strategies and techniques to help boost your energy and relieve stress with the FREE Boost Your Energy Starting Now Kit at http://www.joseesmith.com
Josee Smith, known as the NO Excuse Health Coach, specializes in helping professional women who are sick and tired of being sick and tired of dealing with stress and overwhelm by empowering them to focus on their health and wellbeing so that they have more energy, stay motivated, feel healthier and happier and achieve what they truly want with grace, power and ease.
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This is one of our all time favorite dressings to use on spinach salad. We like to add some chopped boiled eggs to our fresh spinach along with sliced fresh mushrooms. This is enough dressing for one-half of a small bag of spinach. EDITED: To say this is enough for half a bag of cleaned spinach.
- In skillet fry bacon until crisp then remove bacon and reserve bacon grease.
- Crumble bacon over fresh spinach.
- Add minced onion to bacon grease and saute over medium heat about 3-4 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients and saute for about 1 minute.
- Pour hot dressing over spinach and toss, mixing well.
- Serve immediately.
Yummy - I doubled the vinegars (1 1/2 white vinegar and 1/2 balsamic) as well, and added some olive oil, 1/4 tsp ginger and a pinch of celery salt - then a sprinkle of cornstarch to thicken it up. Even my hubs who's not a fan of sweet dressings loved it!
I doubled the dressing, added tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs and fresh pepper. It was a hit.
Another tasty recipe from Luby! I used slightly less than half a bag of spinach, and the dressing quantity worked out well. Thanks also for the suggestions of including chopped eggs, tomatoes and cracked pepper--all were added and enjoyed.

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In theory, the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is the interest rate charged annually on the outstanding balance of a credit card. For instance, if a particular credit card had an APR of 15%, and there was a $100 outstanding balance on that account for a year, the interest charged would be $15. However, when applied in actuality, it’s not so simply.
See, nearly all credit cards charge interest DAILY based on the DAILY outstanding balance using a Daily Periodic Rate (DPR). This is found by taking the card’s APR and dividing it by 365 days per year, generally round to the nearest 1/100,000th of 1%. So, going back to our example of 15% APR, the DPR would be 15% ÷ 365 = 0.041009589, rounded to the nearest 1/100,000th is 0.04101 interest charged on the daily balance. This may not sound like much, but with the effect of compounding interest added DAILY, it grows to be a big number quickly.
What’s compounding interest? Stay tuned for a future post that defines and illustrates the astonishing effect of compounding interest.
So, at the end of the day, the APR is actually just used to find and calculate the DPR, and actual interest charged on a credit card balance can end up being way more than the stated APR. Buyer (a.k.a. credit card holder) beware!

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“When my heart beats harder…& my thoughts get louder… & my tongue gets tied up…that’s when your love falls over me…making me hot like summer…laughin when I don’t wanna…I don’t know what I’m under…when your love falls over me…(Love Falls Over Me)”
Today Tamia is back with her new album, Love Life. The name says it all. It is a collection of live songs, which Tamia has said was inspired by her husband, Grant Hill. The songs are passionate, sexy & sure to be some couple’s song.
Although Tamia’s been married for years, she is clearly still in love. Each song is a different expression of love & desire. From Stuck With Me to Day One to Special, she is making up for the overall lag in love songs with 11 tracks worth. She even remakes Black Butterfly by Deniece Williams. She could have just named this albums songs for bae. It is a great celebration of love & some great R&B.
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The University of Otago smashed it out of the park at the ASB Otago Sports Awards last Friday with the South Island Brain Injury Research Group (SIBIRG) initiative and cricketing alumna Suzie Bates receiving top awards.
The University of Otago Innovation in Sport award went to the SIBIRG initiative, which looked at links between rugby players’ neck strength and concussion injuries.
During the study, led by the School of Physical Education and Exercise Sciences Dr Hamish Osborne and research fellow Dr Danielle Salmon, Otago representative players in last season’s Mitre 10 Cup had sensors placed behind their ears at five home games.
Dr Salmon says preliminary findings from sensor data suggest players with weaker necks sustained more impacts where the head accelerated at a rate exceeding the 10 g threshold.
“Additionally, those players that had larger neck strength differences between the left and right sides also sustained more impacts, and the impacts that they sustained were of greater severity. These findings suggest neck musculature plays a key role in controlling head movement during collisions in rugby, which from a prevention and minimisation standpoint is exciting.”
Increasing neck strength and improving the strength balance between the left and right side of the neck may reduce the number of impacts the head sustains and the severity of impacts over 10 g.
From an injury prevention perspective, this provides a strong case for the inclusion of neck exercises for all players as part of the normal training routine, she says.
“While there is insufficient evidence to make a link between neck strength, head acceleration forces and concussion, a US study reported that a 1lb increase in neck strength reduced the risk of a concussion in athletes across a wide range of sports. These findings, in combination with our research, present compelling evidence to explore the possible link between neck strength and concussion.”
Cricketer and University of Otago School of Physical Education graduate Suzie Bates doubled up on a win last year to again receive the NZME Sportswoman of the Year award.
Bates, who plays for the Otago Sparks, the Southern Vipers, the Perth Scorchers, the White Ferns, and is now in the UK playing for Hampshire, was quick to acknowledge the part her regional team played in her win.
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The win continues Bates’ run of success on the international stage; in 2016 she was named ICC ODI and Twenty20 International Women’s Player of the Year and in 2015 she was named Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World.


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Dam Evacuation Gridlock Reveals Californians’ Inability to Escape Crises
Nearly 200,000 people remained under evacuation orders Monday as California authorities try to fix erosion of the emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam that could unleash uncontrolled flood waters if it fails.
About 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, Lake Oroville – one of California’s largest man-made lakes – had water levels so high that an emergency spillway was used Saturday for the first time in almost 50 years.
The evacuation was ordered Sunday afternoon after engineers spotted a hole on the concrete lip of the secondary spillway for the 770-foot-tall Oroville Dam and told authorities that it could fail within the hour.
Panicked and angry residents sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic hours after the evacuation order was given.
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Working Paper 11-16 - Commuting subsidies in Belgium - Implementation in the PLANET model
BenoÃ®t Laine and
Alex Van Steenbergen
Working Papers from Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium
This paper seeks to quantify the size and traffic effects of commuting subsidies in Belgium. To this end we implement the most recently available data on both the personal income tax treatment of commuting reimbursement and subsidies to rail commuters in the PLANET model. We find that subsidy rates by tend to differ strongly by mode and by type of reimbursement. Commuting by own car is generally subsidized at low levels, if it enjoys any subsidy at all. Commuting by company car, bike and public transport enjoy relatively high levels of subsidization. Policy simulations show the importance of commuting subsidies in steering the modal split. Both the exemptions for commuting reimbursements as well as subsidies for rail commuters moderately steer traffic away from private transport, while also lengthening the average commute.
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Gadis – Gadis SENJA ( Festival Anak Muda 2019 )
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Can Asthma Be Cured?
Do you know someone with asthma? In fact you probably know several someones, as an astonishing 5.4 million of us Brits have some form of the condition, whether it is classed as mild or severe. A chronic inflammatory condition that affects approximately 10% of the population, our familiarity with asthma doesn't mean we should reduce our efforts in finding a cure.
Struggling for breath is a distressing experience, and not only for the sufferer. If you happen to have 'severe' asthma then you may find the simplest of tasks elude you. From keeping fit and healthy at the gym to running for the bus, those bursts of energetic activity that are usually manageable for the average Joe have you reaching for your inhaler and leaning on some poor passer-by for support. Simply put, asthma can have you feeling like you can't reach your full potential.
However often an attack happens, the condition can interfere with your everyday life. What is most surprising is that asthma is a long-term condition with no cure. Yep, that's right - 5.4 million Britons can manage the symptoms but not be rid of asthma completely.
Working towards a cure
However, there have been strides towards finding a cure for this elusive condition that directly involves the immune cells connected to triggering your symptoms.
Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (or ILC2s), which are responsible for the generation of mucus and sensitised airways, are often to blame for asthma symptoms. Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine have combined two proteins, an inducible T cell co-stimulator molecule (ICOS) and ICOS-ligand (ICOS-L), to create a 'therapeutic' approach, targeting ILC2s to treat asthma. Research associate at the Keck School, Hadi Maazi, explains further:
"In this study, we discovered molecules critical to ILC2 homeostasis, survival and function. We believe that targeting these molecules or related pathways could one day cure a patient with ILC2-dependent asthma."
Researchers are hoping that the molecules will help improve symptoms and could eventually lead to a cure. Until then, here are some easily digestible facts and stats about asthma in the UK:
- One in five households are affected
- 1 in 11 children receive treatment
- 1 in 12 adults receive treatment
- There were 1.1 million sick days taken relating to breathing/lung problems in 2008/09
- There are an average of 3 asthma-related deaths every day in the UK
- There were 1,167 asthma-related deaths in 2011
- 90% of deaths are preventable
- The NHS spends approximately £1 billion a year on treating the condition
- There were an average of 69 emergency children hospital admissions per day in 2008/09
Many people with asthma use preventer or reliever inhalers to manage their symptoms. These treatments work by transporting medication straight to the lungs. For those who struggle with inhalers, using a 'spacer' can make the condition far more manageable, especially for children. Carrying an inhaler around at all times is a requirement for nearly all people with asthma, but avoiding certain triggers can be just as vital, including:
- Food allergies
- Mould or damp
- Chemical fumes
- Dust mites
- Animal fur
- Cold or flu
- Air pollution
- Flour and grain dust
- Wood dust
To find out more about symptoms and treatments relating to this condition, please visit our asthma information page.

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One of the things that used to always irritate me coming into the US was the ridiculous wait to clear immigration before I received a green card. My wife (a US citizen) almost always clears UK customs before our baggage is on the luggage belt.
Seems like things have changed, as the Guardian reports angry travelers waiting hours to pass immigration in the UK:
Passengers flying into the airport at the weekend reported having to wait for up to three hours before clearing passport control. But after leaflets apologising for the problem were handed out by BAA, which owns Heathrow, the UKBA warned that they were "inappropriate" and that ministers would take "a very dim view".Owen also requested that BAA stop passengers from taking pictures of the queues and posting them to Twitter. How typical, faced with a problem the response is to try to hide it. What does Owen want BAA to do, post notices telling passengers not to take pictures of the long queues and upload them to Twitter or Facebook?
The airport operator was also told to prevent passengers taking pictures in the arrivals hall, according to the Daily Telegraph, which obtained correspondence from Marc Owen, director of UKBA operations at Heathrow. Pictures of lengthy queues have been posted on Twitter by frustrated travelers.
Owen said: "The leaflet … is both inflammatory and likely to increase tensions in arrivals halls especially in the current atmosphere. It is inappropriate in that it is not for you to display how to complain on our behalf. Please refrain from handing out [the leaflets] or I will escalate [the matter] with ministers who are likely to take a very dim view. I know there are copies in the hall and your troops are ready with them."
The minister that Owen believes will take a 'dim view' is Damien Green, in charge of immigration. In 2008 Green was arrested on suspicion of "conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office" after a civil servant in the Home Office leaked some rather trivial government secrets to him. Green was arrested and his office and home searched by counter-terrorism officers. The resulting scandal was far more damaging to the government than any of the official secrets that leaked.
There are many reasons that people go into politics. Covering up for incompetent civil servants after a crisis has become a scandal is not one of them. I suspect that in a very short time we will be hearing that the queues at Heathrow are no longer a problem and Mr Owen is seeking employment elsewhere. Now if only something similar could happen in the US to shame the TSA.


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Sudbury Wolves winger from Gananoque commits to Queen’s Gaels
Nolan Hutcheson’s future, both in athletics and academics, has been something of a moving target of late, but the Sudbury Wolves winger was relieved this week to see a clearer path emerging.
The 20-year-old native of Gananoque, Ont., announced his commitment to Queen’s University in nearby Kingston, and his intention to suit up for the Gaels men’s hockey team in 2021-22.
“It’s nice to finally know what’s going to happen in a few months, especially after the past year,” Hutcheson told The Sudbury Star.
“There’s not much point in waiting, especially with the way things are on hold in Ontario right now, so I figured this was a good time to get it out there and to start getting everything settled before September rolls around.”
In the meantime, the fleet-footed, physical 6-foot-4, 195-pounder intends to head west and join the Nanaimo Clippers of the British Columbia Hockey League, who hope to return from a COVID-19 pause in February.
Sudbury’s fourth-round pick in the 2016 OHL Priority Selection and a veteran of three seasons with the local major junior outfit, Hutcheson is still eligible to return for an overage season — indeed, his original plan was to arrive in the city early, in a bid to convince management and staff he was worthy of a coveted OA spot — but with the league on hold indefinitely, he decided to explore his options.
The Wolves placed Hutcheson on waivers in December, allowing him to sign with the Wellington Dukes of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, which was then targeting a January start for its regular season. The post-Christmas provincial lockdown changed those plans, however, and the Dukes freed players up to sign with other junior A squads.
“Wellington and their GM, Todd Reid, they’re really nice folks over there and they let all the 20-year-olds on their roster to see what their options were on the east and west coasts, and they released all of us,” Hutcheson said. “A couple of hours later, I got a call from Nanaimo, telling me they’d love to have me out there. They might be starting in mid-February, if things keep getting better out there in B.C., and the BCHL is a great league, so I figured why not?
“It’s going to be a neat experience, going to British Columbia, because I have never been there before.”
He’s still not ruling out a return to Sudbury, if the OHL gets underway and the Wolves have need of his services.
“I would never rule that out,” he said. “I have been a part of that organization since I was drafted to the OHL back in 2016, so it has been pretty much second nature to go up north every year at the end of August, to go to camp and get on with the season, and I would never shut the door on an organization that has been so helpful and supportive of my junior career.”
While Queen’s University is close to home and its hockey program is among the best in the country, head coach Brett Gibson and company having won the Queen’s Cup as OUA champion in 2019, the school’s academic reputation also encouraged Hutcheson to commit.
Prior to winning Sudbury’s most improved player award for 2018-19, on the strength of a 24-goal, 20-assist sophomore campaign, Hutcheson was the team’s top scholastic player in 2017-18.
He hasn’t decided on a major yet, and plans to enrol in general arts and sciences before choosing a specific course of study.
“I take pride in going to school and getting an education, and I know Queen’s is one of the top schools for that in Canada,” Hutcheson said. “Coach Gibson is also from Gananoque, so he’s a familiar face, he knows what I bring to the table, and I know what he, as a coach, brings to the program there.
“With a great education package and a great team, it’s a great opportunity.”
The Gaels have some Wolves connections, too — former defenceman Patrick Sanvido, who had a brief, but impactful run at Sudbury Community Arena in 2016-17, was among the very first players to congratulate Hutcheson on his commitment. Winger Liam Dunda, who also played for the pack four years ago, is also on the Queen’s roster.
Hutcheson hasn’t given up on a professional hockey career, and has been encouraged by the success of fellow OHL alumni in securing such opportunities after university.
“Everyone has a different hockey career path,” he said. “If it takes five years to reach everyone’s final goal of the NHL, then it takes that many years, but I’m not going to go into any season any different and I’m going to train as much as I can and develop as much as I can as a player. I know I’ll have support of the Queen’s team to do that and of everyone else in my life, to get me to my goals, and if I have to take a different route than the conventional way, I’ll take that different route.
“If you get there in the end, you get there.”

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Feb 19, 2010, 9:59 AM EST
Mark McGwire was criticized for years for not saying anything about his steroid use. Now that he’s talking about it to anyone who asks him, Bill Madden of the Daily News slams him for not doing a one-and-done presser like A-Rod and Pettitte did. Oy:
Perhaps, but as far as rehabilitating his image, mere apologies from
McGwire will not suffice – not as long as he continues to maintain that
all the extra power he displayed after ’94 was merely the result of an
altered batting swing and not the steroids. Andy Pettitte in 2008 and Alex Rodriguez last year sat for over an hour, taking their medicine, in the Yankee
pavilion confessional and, for the most part, came out of it for the
better. If nothing else, they’ve been mostly left alone about their
steroid sins from that day forward.
Yeah, remember how Pettitte talked about how that HGH he took gave him all of those extra strikeouts instead of falling back on that tired old “they just helped me stay healthy” lie. And remember how A-Rod whipped out that chalkboard and drew up that formula which established that he would only have had 437 home runs instead of the 553 he had before last season. That, my friends, was the kind of candor to which McGwire should aspire.
Madden is a Spink Award winner. I would expect him to be better than this.
- Report: Red Sox offer Jon Lester six years, $110-120 million 66
- Report: “There is a 90 percent chance that Pablo Sandoval will sign with the Red Sox” 121
- A’s sign Billy Butler to three-year, $30 million contract 83
- Cardinals reportedly joining pursuit of Jon Lester 65
- Giancarlo Stanton’s contract is backloaded. REALLY backloaded. 148
- Braves and Cardinals swap Jason Heyward and Shelby Miller in blockbuster deal 156
- Blue Jays sign Russell Martin to five-year, $82 million deal 135
- Done Deal: Giancarlo Stanton and the Marlins agree on the biggest contract in baseball history 124
- Biggest deal in baseball history: Giancarlo Stanton close to 13-year, $325 million contract with Marlins (182)
- Braves and Cardinals swap Jason Heyward and Shelby Miller in blockbuster deal (156)
- Giancarlo Stanton’s contract is backloaded. REALLY backloaded. (148)
- Blue Jays sign Russell Martin to five-year, $82 million deal (135)
- Done Deal: Giancarlo Stanton and the Marlins agree on the biggest contract in baseball history (124)


Buhari: My Govt Has Succeeded in Combating Terrorism, Banditry, Kidnapping, Separatist Tendencies, Crude Oil Theft
Legal Battle over Tinubu’s Victory Begins as LP, AA, APM File Petition against Presidential Election Outcome
AFCON 2023 QUALIFIERS: Osimhen Storms Camp to Boost Eagles’ Firing Power against G’Bissau
NTTF Hails Aruna for Excellent Performance in Singapore
Players, Bullet Energy Give Thumbs up to Abuja Tournament
Group Empowers Youths
By Judith Obaze
Digify Africa in partnership with Facebook has graduated participants of its DigifyPro Nigeria Cohort 2.0 program.
The initiative was aimed at producing digital content communication strategist for underprivileged youths in the country.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony held recently in Lagos, the Program
Director, DigifyPro Nigeria, Mrs. Florence Olumodimu, said the training was mind -blowing with success stories recorded from the previous cohort participants as well as the present group.
According to her, 19 participants out of 20 had gotten job placements, without prior experience in an agency.
She further said program afforded the participant the opportunity to have a focused career.
Olumodimu added: “It has been an amazing experience because it was
not a one-off session, over the past five years, I have been training people. What make this difference is because they came into the program and they are going with a job.
“Out of the 20 participants only one had actually stepped into an agency before, where she did a six-month internship without payment, all others are completely without a job.
“One of the criteria for selection is you must be without a job, and
it does not matter your background, because all of the graduates are
from different fields.
“Within two months, they have entered four agencies, with each visited companies giving us their brief to work
- The most important is that they came first and second in an event
for which they pitched for.”
However, with people constantly connected to their phones,
which can shape how they fuse their personality into digital content,
the sponsor expressed satisfaction to have collaborated to add value in
the content value chain of the country.
As the main partner of the event and having funded the program, the
Public Policy Program lead, Sub-Saharan, Africa, Sherry Dzinoreva, Facebook,
said the program was very important to her company as it aims to partner
with local companies to create a bigger pool for digital marketing
experts for the nation up till the next year.
Commenting on if the program would be expanded to those above 30 years
of age, Dzinoreva said: “The company do not have plan for now,” adding that “the program will create pipelines of jobs for
talented digital marketing individual that are job ready and expanding the curriculum for which they are been trained.”
FG to Reform Gemstones Sub-sector
Kasim Sumaina in Abuja
The federal government has attributed the easy prey of its precious stones by smugglers and money launderers both within and outside the country to its quality.
The government, through the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Abubakar Bawa Bwari, revealed that the central point of the country’s gem policy was to ensure due process in gemstone mining and marketing activities in line with international best practices.
Bwari, while speaking at the second edition of the African Gems and Jewelry Exhibition and Seminar, with the theme: “Mines to Market: Collaborating to Improve Industry Linkages,” in Abuja, noted that the federal government also hope to help artisans get good prices for their gemstones while boosting the GDP by ensuring due repatriation of gemstone export proceeds through the CBN.
According to him, “As part of our mandate, the ministry is required to improve the sector’s capacity to create jobs and broaden the range of economic opportunities available to Nigerians.
“This is why we continue to support the initiatives of the organisers in using this event as a platform for creating a viable local market, and access to foreign markets for locally produced gems and jewellery.
“I must begin by commending the hard working team of organisers whose efforts have brought this event to fruition. Their resilience exemplifies the kind of patience required to operate in the mining sector which has such a long gestation period.
“We have since began reforms in the sector with the hope of ensuring proper policing of the gemstone sector across the value chain from prospecting, to exploration, to mining, processing and marketing.”
The minister observed that, in the last three years, in the ministry, “we have managed to de-risk the sector by addressing issues of poor funding, lack of geological data, weak institutional capacity, limited supporting infrastructure, weak ease of doing business, and illegal mining and community challenges.
“As a result, we have seen an increase in mining activities in the country with more companies operating standard mining sites.
“Although perception issues linger, there is no doubt that the future of Nigerian mining is bright indeed.”
Continuing, he added that, the country has one of the best mining regulations in the world, noting that “the quality of our minerals across the board is of the highest grade. It is just a matter of time before the rest of the world realises that Nigeria is now the place to go for mining.”
He said: “Last year when we first collaborated to host this event, we were amazed by their commitment, and the success of that maiden edition encouraged us to support them to host this one.
“Be informed that, according to our laws, the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development is not an operator but a regulator of the sector, “but we realise that we cannot achieve the objectives of this government in the Solid mineral sector without the collaboration of stakeholders like these.”


- Noxious Weed
GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS
Kansas law requires all property owners to control noxious weeds on their property.
The Riley County Noxious Weed Department provides cost-share herbicides for noxious weed control and total vegetation management for Riley County and its residents.
Duties of the department include:
- Enforcing the Kansas Noxious Weed Law
- Providing cost-share chemical to landowners for noxious weed control
- Providing education and recommendations for treating noxious weeds
- Managing a complete vegetation management program on county roads including all spraying operations, roadside mowing, brush and tree removal, and seeding projects
- Contracting with KDOT and numerous townships for noxious weed control on their rights-of-way
- Administering the property management plan for the county consisting of all vacant property owned by the county
- Code enforcement of tall vegetation (over 12 inches) in platted areas of Riley County outside of incorporated cities
- During the winter months, the department is also responsible for snow removal on county parking lots and assists Public Works with snow removal on county roads.
Due to a series of events at the international level many supply chains have been disrupted. Riley County is not immune to these supply issues and as such our chemicals we sell for cost share in the control of noxious weeds has been effected. We continue to do everything possible to minimize the impact however consumers should expect possible price increases or out of stock supply issues.
As you plan this growing season plan accordingly and be patient as these matters get resolved and supply chains level back out.
We are currently stocked and will commence regular sales effective immediately. If you prefer to check availability please call 785-539-3202.
Thank you for the continue effort to control noxious weeds in Riley County and we look forward to seeing you this season.


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Last time you had been warned about the problems connected with the preparation of creams and its possible setbacks.
Now we are going to be more specific: Today we talk about the crème anglaise, its complications and its possible remedies.
The crème anglaise is realized through the controlled coagulation of egg yolks at a maximum temperature of 85°C.
It’s great for many desserts as Bavarian creams, or mousses.
Moreover, it is ideal to be the base of a vanilla ice cream, crème caramel, crème brûlée or as a sauce for a dessert.
In short, it is perfect almost everywhere!
What about its structure?
The crème anglaise is basically composed of: 50% milk, 20% cream, 15% egg yolks, 15% granulated sugar and 1% aromas.
However, the base can be of 3 different types:
1) Milk: in this case the cream is light and soft. Excellent for Bavarois, soft mousse or sauce for dessert.
2) Milk-cream: more solid than the previous. In fact, thanks to a higher level of fat (35% m.g.), the cream makes it more dense. Fantastic for Bavarois with a heavy taste of cream or chocolate desserts.
3) Cream: the most solid one because the cream is the only ingredient for the base. Heavy taste ideal for desserts with fruit puree or butter creams.
Problems and Causes: What to do?
If during the preparation of the crème anglaise you don’t pay maximum attention, especially to the temperature and mixing, the possibility of obtaining a poor result is high.
|1) The cream is separated
2) Too liquid cream
|1) too high temperature (over 85°C)
2) Too low temperature (75°-80°C)
|Thanks to the degree-by-degree temperature control, no more problems. You need only to set the desired temperature and it will be maintained as long as you want, with no errors. (*)|
|3) Small size egg yolks lumps
4) Foam during the cooking
|3) Egg yolks and sugar put together without mixing them
4) Egg yolks and sugar mixed too vigorously and whisk used during cooking
|Continuous and automatic mixing allows you to always get the right creaminess, without lumps or foam. Set the time and relax!|
(*) Thanks to the Wait Temperatures function, the machine will reach the temperature you selected and then it will start to work; for a greater accuracy and a better result.
No more errors or problems with HotmixPRO 🙂
Put the ingredients in the bowl and select the options: the result will leave you speechless every time!


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We are 3 weeks away from meeting this sweet babe. I’m beyond excited to find out if we will welcome another girl or a sweet boy into our family.
I’m honestly a little shocked that we actually waited to find out the gender. I’m a huge planner and the last few weeks have been torture not knowing. Mostly because I want to buy all the fun baby things.
But alas, I’m holding off until we find out who this sweet babe is!
I can’t believe we’re already packing a hospital bag. It seems like this pregnancy completely flew by. We’re soaking up these last few weeks before our world changes and a new season begins.
We will be driving almost 2 hours to the hospital (I know, most of you freak out when you hear this!) so it’s really important that I have everything packed and ready to go.
If you’re new here or haven’t been following my journey, I’m planning to have a VBAC after two C-sections. Unfortunately, our local doctors and hospitals wouldn’t allow this. So we’re driving the distance to make my dream come true of experiencing a natural birth.
I’m beyond grateful to have found a supportive doctor who is willing to help make this dream a reality.
What to put in your hospital bag
If you’re currently pregnant I hope my hospital bag list helps you easily pack your own bag for your hospital stay. I’ve packed two hospital bags and yet I still had to do a little research to see what I truly needed. It’s funny how we can forget what we need.
If you aren’t pregnant yet, you might want to save, bookmark, or pin this list so you can use it when your time comes.
I plan on updating this post after baby arrives so I can let you know what we actually used so you can get an even better picture of what to bring in your own hospital bag.
What to put in your hospital bag for Mama
Nursing Bra & Nursing tank:
I love this nursing bra from Bravado. I’m also bringing a nursing tank from Target that I bought with my second babe.
I ended up just wearing my nursing bra but not the nursing tank!
Snagged some that button up so that I can easily nurse!
I’m glad I brought my own pj’s because I wore them the whole time!
Bringing these for comfort – I tend to run colder.
I definitely wore my own socks (with stickies on the bottom—think pure barre socks) but didn’t wear my slippers. They do have sticky socks at the hospital but they are huge—Noah actually wore them instead.
I remember wearing this a lot in the hospital with my first two so I’m packing it again.
I did wear my robe and I’m glad I brought it.
Obviously, a must so I can be sure to tell everyone the good news!
Yes, used this often!!!
The hospital air is so dry so I’m making sure this is packed to avoid dry lips.
I actually didn’t end up needing chapstick which I’m a little surprised about!
I never brought one with my other babes but honestly, the towels are thin and scratchy so I’m definitely bringing one this time around.
So glad I brought our own towels! Definitely recommend.
I know I’ll want my hair up at some point during labor!
I did end up putting my hair up when I got in the tub to labor.
I plan to labor at some point in the birthing tub so I will bring a two-piece swimsuit in case I want to be a little more modest!
I actually didn’t use my swimsuit for the tub. At that point all modesty had gone out the window and I was just wanting some relief from the brutal contractions. ;)
Okay, for me this is a must! I don’t like the hospital snacks (and not even sure what their gluten-free choices are or if they have any!). So bringing lots of food will be important. Plus, I’m always starving after the baby arrives and nursing hunger is real.
Here are the snacks I’m packing:
Homemade energy bites
Purely Elizabeth granola
Unreal almond butter cups
Wow gluten free chocolate chip cookies
Made in Nature dried mango slices
RXBars peanut butter packets
I’m a little surprised by this but we didn’t end up eating as much of the snacks as I thought we would. Noah ate some while I was laboring but other than that we just ordered food from the hospital. Our hospital didn’t care how much food we ordered (some hospitals do though—the hospital I delivered Iylee in was very strict about how much food I could order) so I ordered food for the both of us each meal.
An outfit to go home in:
I plan on being super comfortable when I head home, especially since we have a 2-hour drive home! I’m bringing these cute sweats from the Loft and a henley tee.
I was so glad I brought comfy clothes for the long ride home.
Just in case I want to watch something!
We did use my laptop while I was in early labor and during our stay in the hospital to watch some Netflix.
Shampoo, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, face wash, lotion, contact solution
Used all of the above! :)
I’m using Cocokind Baby Organic Soothing Salve. This is a new to me product so I will definitely update you with what I think.
I did use this in the hospital but I am now currently using coconut oil as my “nipple cream” and it’s working so well. I went to a lactation consultant to make sure everything was going smoothly with Shepherd and she recommended coconut oil to heal some of my milk blisters that I had and it cleared up within a day!
I remember this coming in handy when I was figuring out nursing Iylee in the hospital!
A must if you’re nursing! Makes it so much easier to get baby in the right position.
What to put in your hospital bag for Dad:
Change of clothes
In case I want him to sit in the birthing tub with me.
Didn’t need…Noah just sat next to the tub while I was in there.
I will obviously share what I’m bringing with Noah but I’m bringing some snacks that I know he’ll love munching on.
Chocolate covered coffee beans: he’ll eat these during labor to keep his energy up!
Homemade trail mix
La Colombe Draft Lattes: bringing these to hopefully keep him awake ;)
Noah was glad that I brought the lattes and chocolate covered coffee beans for him. I wish I would have brought even more of the lattes! Although the floor did have a keurig which he loved. ;)
Book & Laptop:
For any downtime during labor or after the baby arrives and we are just chilling in the hospital.
He did do some writing for work while we had some down time during early labor.
What to put in your hospital bag for Baby:
A going home outfit:
I’m bringing a girl outfit and a boy outfit! I never dressed my girls during the hospital stay. They just wore what the hospital put them in and stayed swaddled the majority of the time.
Just needed the boy outfit for home and kept Shepherd in what the hospital provided.
Diaper & Wipes:
I know the hospital provides this but I’m a bit picky about what diapers we use – especially on that cute newborn booty. So I will be bringing my own diapers and wipes that are free from toxic chemicals and fragrances which have been linked to asthma, hormonal problems, developmental delays, and even cancer.
I was so tired and caught up in just having a baby that I totally forgot that I had my own diapers and wipes. Shep survived. ;)
Just in case we don’t use the hospital’s swaddle blankets. I’ll also want one for the way home if it’s chilly.
We just used his own blanket for the ride home.
Obviously a must! ;)
Yup, definitely used!
I sure hope I’m not missing anything essential but here is my list for what’s in my hospital bag. I feel much more prepared now that I have everything all packed and ready to go for when baby decides to make his/her appearance.
What would you add?! Comment below if you absolutely loved something while you were in the hospital that I’m missing on my list!
P.S. I’ve never had a vaginal birth before so if you have any tips/products I might need for recovery let me know!
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Strawberries With Breakfast? Try These Easy and Yummy Breakfast Ideas
If you are searching for a tasty morning meal, these strawberry breakfast ideas are exactly what you need.
Eating a delicious and healthy breakfast is a good kick start for your day.
Strawberries are luscious, beautiful fruits that can be eaten raw, frozen, or cooked. Nutritionally, strawberries contain low calories, high in fiber and antioxidants.
You get to enjoy more strawberries from the mid-year up to late winter.
Moreover, people love to use strawberries to make sorbets, jams, smoothies, salads, and jello.
1. Granola with strawberries and yogurt
Rolled oats, puffed rice, dried nuts, and honey were combined to make a healthy breakfast cereal called granola.
Granola is calorie-dense, and it contains protein, fiber, vitamins B and E, and magnesium, copper, zinc, and selenium.
Note that its nutritional value varies depending on the ingredients you put in your granola cereal recipe.
To make your granola more exciting and refreshing, you add chopped strawberries and have everything soaked with Greek yogurt.
When serving, top it with more strawberries and a few pieces of mint leaves.
A serving of this breakfast will give you approximately 230 calories, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 8 grams of protein, and 9 grams of fat.
2. Strawberry oatmeal muffins
Breakfast, snack, or dessert, turn your ordinary oatmeal breakfast muffins with a sweet touch of strawberries!
Oats and buttermilk were soaked together at a given time before the rest of the baking ingredients were added.
The strawberries are added and folded once you have a nice, smoothly combined batter mixture.
The batter is scooped out into the muffin tin and baked until it is ready. The best thing about muffins, you can refrigerate or freeze them!
With that, you can have another taste of strawberry oatmeal muffin the next morning. You’ll just have to reheat it in the oven.
A piece of this strawberry breakfast muffin approximately gives you 145 calories, 23g of carbohydrates, 2g of protein, and 5g of fat.
3. Gluten-free skinny strawberry pancakes
Enjoy gluten-free pancakes with a combination of almond and oats powder instead of wheat flour!
If you can find some almond flour oat flour at the grocery store, good for you. If not, you can make almond and oat powder at home!
Just blend almonds, nuts, oats, and sugar into a fine powder.
And then, to finish the batter, you’ll add egg whites, fat-free cottage cheese, honey, salt, vanilla and almond extract, and baking powder.
Pour a small scoop of batter onto the greased and heated griddled and cook it the pancake way until it is done.
Serve them with whipped cream and top it with sliced fresh strawberries.
A piece of this skinny strawberry pancake will give you approximately 317 calories, 23 grams of carbohydrates, 18 grams of protein, and 17 grams of fat.
4. Baked oatmeal with banana and strawberries
Have a heavy and nutritiously packed breakfast by baking oatmeal with fresh nuts, bananas, and strawberries!
This breakfast consists of oats, strawberries, bananas, walnuts, sugar, chocolate, baking powder, salt, and a flavor combination of orange zest and Chinese five-spice.
You can combine all of these ingredients and place them in a baking dish.
And then pour the mixture of milk, butter, egg, and vanilla extract over the oats and fruits before baking to a golden brown.
If you wish for a lighter version of this dish, you can skip the eggs and use low-fat milk.
A serving of this breakfast dish will give you 427 calories, 52 grams of carbohydrates, 13g of protein, and 19g of fat.
5. Strawberry-quinoa bowl
If you’re bored of always having a bowl of oats for breakfast, this is one of the strawberry breakfast ideas you need to try.
Quinoa is known for being a gluten-free, nutrient-dense food containing a high biological value protein.
Hence, it will be a great breakfast bowl for vegans and people with gluten intolerance.
Let’s mix it with strawberry, hemp seed milk, sliced berries, and almonds to make it more interesting.
This breakfast dish needs strawberry milk, cooked quinoa, nuts, and fruit toppings.
You start making the strawberry milk by blending hemp seeds, water, strawberries, and maple syrup.
Once done, the strawberry milk is poured into a bowl of cooked quinoa. Lastly, you add the nuts and fruit toppings before serving it.
A serving of this breakfast bowl will give you approximately 349 calories, 45g of carbohydrates, 14g of protein, and 14g of fat.
6. Strawberry tarts
Looking for a breakfast pastry this time?
Have some pieces of strawberry tarts! If you know about apple tarts, you can use the same pie crust recipe for your strawberry tart.
Or, you can find recipes that do not require chilling the crust at all. Before jumping to make these, make sure you already have some strawberry jam.
This is needed for your tart’s filling. To make this breakfast tart tastier, add some sweet cream cheese and a little squeeze of lemon to the strawberry filling
A serving or a piece of strawberries breakfast tart will give you approximately 140 calories, 29 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of protein, and 3 grams of fat.
Strawberries are irresistible, and they are loved by all ages. It is a nutritious fruit that is packed with fiber and antioxidants. Try these strawberry breakfast ideas and let us know.
Aside from the examples mentioned earlier, there are more strawberry breakfast recipes for you to explore.


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NEW HAVEN — For parents who are a bit thrown by the district’s school choice and enrollment process, the district commissioned a New Orleans video production company to develop a pleasant, colorful cartoon explanation of how the process works.
However, some Board of Education members questioned the $6,394 expense, wondering why magnet school funds were spent on an out-of-state vendor to fill a need they’re not convinced could be answered with a video.
Marquelle Middleton, director of choice and enrollment for New Haven Public Schools, told members of the school board’s Finance and Operations Committee that he did not seek other vendors. He said he saw that FatHappy Media, the video production company, had produced a video for Washington, D.C., schools already.
“Their process mirrors our process very similarly,” he said.
“Parents are often mystified” by the enrollment process, he said, and it is believed the video could help answer questions for those who are concerned.
Yesenia Rivera, chairwoman of the committee, questioned Middleton on how he found the production company.
“We just went with them,” he said. “By looking, we thought it would be good to have a video.”
Among advice on the video: “leave yourself time to do research” and “make a list of schools that might be a good fit for your child.” It also goes over details on information needed for applications.
Middleton said school counselors and principals have offered feedback that parents sometimes don’t know how to apply when it comes to school choice.
However, school board President Darnell Goldson said he doesn’t know if filling out a form needs to be fully explained.
“What are we actually tutoring parents in?” he asked.
Middleton said not all parents understand the district’s ranking system, and the video would help to explain that.
By this week, the video had already appeared on the school choice department’s YouTube page. Although the same cartoons were used as a similar video posted by Washington D.C.’s school choice department, there were distinctions. New Haven promises a four-step process, whereas D.C.’s video said its process is only three steps. Additionally, the DCPS video has fewer than 650 views as of Wednesday, despite that district boasting an enrollment more than twice as large as New Haven.
“My guess is that (NHPS) will probably have similar viewership,” Goldson said in a email.
Sarah Miller, a parent activist who has called for increased accountability in district spending, said she didn’t know why a local video production company couldn’t produce something similar.
“It's unclear how it was established as a low price with no competing bids, and in particular no consideration of local contractors,” she said in an email Wednesday.
According to the district, 7,325 students attend the 20 magnet schools in the city. Further, nearly 3,000 of the students attending those magnet schools are from suburban towns, “which means that NHPS have the highest suburban enrollment in magnet schools in Connecticut,” according to the district, and an additional 7,000 students applied for the magnet program this year.


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Head gardener Steve Whitehead at the picturesque Colby Woodland Garden in Pembrokeshire, shares with us some of the secrets of how he, and his team, help make this tranquil valley, with it's shaded woodland walks, carpets of bluebells and a rich industrial past, such a jewel in the National Trust Wales' crown.
What is the best part of your job?
It’s very fulfilling to plant a tree that should still be there in 200 years.
Top spring gardening tip?
Don’t be too fierce with the spring cleaning, wildlife needs long grass, piles of vegetation dead-wood, and dead leaves. And don’t try to fight nature too much, learn to enjoy the unexpected, interloping native seedling.
What should gardeners be doing now in order to prep for the rest of the year?
Nature abhors bare soil, she’ll bake it dry or wash it away. If you have bare soil, plant something or mulch it thickly to cover it now, before the spring rains or the heat of summer do their worst.
What are the spring 2015 flower trends?
Small is beautiful!
What are your favourite flowers?
Epimediums, Dieramas or anything either small and delicate, or tall and graceful with movement.
What would you consider to be the biggest floral wow at Colby?
Great masses of exotic Rhododendron blooms, set amidst swathes of delicate native bluebells.
Favourite garden in the UK, or internationally?
I’d say Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes near Chepstow, Wales. I love caves, water, and ferns, and it has them all. It also has that extra something, the sense of exploration, discovery and surprise that many truly great gardens possess. I would dearly love to have seen it at its peak.
What would you suggest to a new gardener who would like to get involved in gardening?
Get a compost heap going!
What are the easiest produce to grow in a simple kitchen garden or allotment space?
Garlic and onions. They’re so easy to grow, and always needed in the kitchen.
What tools would you recommend for an amateur gardener looking to establish a basic garden, or possibly an allotment space?
A really comfortable pair of good strong gloves will serve far better than all the complicated hardware in the world!

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From a distance it looked like a fawn-colored puppy, possibly dumped on the shoulder by a passing motorist. It wasn't until I drove past it that I realized it was a half-grown red fox, romping nonchalantly at the noon hour within feet of heavy traffic on the Kennedy Expressway near Wilson. I exited, backtracked, and drove past it again, easing onto the shoulder a couple dozen feet ahead of it. The fox dove like a kitten for something in the weeds. Only when I backed up to within ten feet of it did it finally scamper up the embankment and disappear into the brush.
"Red fox are not uncommon in Cook County, although it's a little unusual to see one in such an urban setting," says David McGinty, a biologist with the Cook County Forest Preserve District. "We get quite a few spottings out in the more open, less developed areas. Gray fox are also fairly common, although they tend to stay in the more wooded areas. Coyotes have become well established in some of the forest preserves, and you can sometimes hear them calling at night."
A live sighting of a red fox in the city was apparently a rare stroke of luck. Much of what McGinty and other area naturalists learn about Cook County's wild mammal population is gleaned from road kills. These crushed corpses probably provide the best clues to what mammals live in a region, which explains why motorists with an interest in animals often display what might seem a ghoulish interest in them.
"Right now the raccoon is the major road kill, but in the spring you'll see a lot of beaver road kills, particularly along the Des Plaines River and the other waterways," says Ed Lace, director of the Sand Ridge Nature Center, which is west of Calumet City. "This is when the young beavers start moving out in search of new water, where they can start colonies."
Long extinct in Cook County, beavers started showing up again in the early 1960s--neither McGinty nor Lace is quite sure whether they were reintroduced or simply came down the river on their own. Beavers are now found throughout the watercourses of the less developed parts of the county, and rank right up with garbage-eating raccoons and garden-browsing white-tailed deer as nuisances. "They like to chew on home owners' ornamental trees," says Lace.
Along the roads where road-kill beavers turn up, road-kill mink are sometimes encountered. The best adapted to developed areas of the Mustelidae, or weasellike mammals, the mink is holding up quite well here, says Lace. Any cattail marsh with muskrat, the mink's principal prey, will likely hold a mink or two. Lace adds that long-tailed and short-tailed weasels, which are also partial to roaming near water, are occasionally spotted.
Unlike the county's reptiles and amphibians, which are victims of overcollecting and loss of habitat, many mammals are doing pretty well. "Urban and suburban areas offer a more protected environment," says Lace. "Fewer dogs and cats run free now, so there are not many predators. People who landscape their homes provide protected habitat. The water-retention basins required for flood control also provide good habitat."
Deer are the most notorious exploiters of this protected suburban habitat. Woodchucks are also common near forest preserves and occasionally do damage to residential gardens. Striped skunks are also well established through most of the county, often denning under porches.
But the continuing destruction of habitat is taking its toll on some mammals. "Bats, of which we have several species, are becoming less common because their roosting sites are disappearing," says Peter Dring, director of the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, in the middle of the Palos and Sag Valley forest preserves. "They like barns, which are being torn down; attics, which are no longer being built into houses; and dead trees. The polluting of ponds and spraying for mosquitoes is also robbing them of much of their food source."
The southern flying squirrel, which dens in standing dead trees, is also becoming more scarce, as is the Franklin's ground squirrel, which requires an open prairie habitat. Dring and Lace have both recorded scattered reports of road-kill badgers. The Mustelidae family's premier burrower, the badger was never common in Cook County, though it's still fairly common in the Indiana Dunes area.
Lace says the 13-lined ground squirrel, which superficially resembles the eastern chipmunk, is still fairly common here, though the fox squirrel is losing ground to the bigger, tawnier, and more aggressive gray squirrel. Harder to track because of their small size and secretiveness are moles and shrews. The eastern mole and the short-tailed shrew are abundant in spots, but several species--including the star-nosed mole and the least shrew--are probably present, although no sightings have been recorded recently.
The forest preserve naturalists I interviewed, a Northwestern University biology professor, and the field guides are unanimous in contending that otters have been extinct in this area since the 19th century. What, then, were the two large, sinuous creatures that I saw swimming, floating, and diving in the Northwestern University lagoon almost daily over several weeks during the summer of 1983? The creatures never came closer than 15 to 20 feet from shore, but seemed otherwise unconcerned with the activity on the banks. "Look, otters," I said to various bicyclists, strollers, and fishermen who happened by. Those who knew otters typically agreed the animals certainly weren't beavers or muskrats. Lace and Dring doubted my report but conceded they might have been released from captivity or escaped some zoo.
Notwithstanding the red fox on the Kennedy and whatever it was I saw in the lagoon, wild mammals do not typically present themselves to the casual observer, though even unobservant city dwellers are aware of the handful of urban mammals that are diurnal and relatively unafraid of people-- gray squirrels, eastern cottontail rabbits, eastern chipmunks. The nocturnal raccoons and opossum are commonly seen waddling away from Dumpsters, freezing in the glare of headlights, or facing down Fido during his nightly walk. During particularly cold winters, deer mice and white-footed mice enter houses if they can, sometimes turning up in traps set for house mice.
Those who want to spot the odder mammals should explore fields and woods just after a light snow. Following tracks in the snow may lead to a den or burrow, or even the animal itself. Lace believes the best time to see them is when the weather is bad. "Unusual weather, be it a rain or a snowstorm, brings out the seldom-seen mammals."
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): photos/Bruce Powell.


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Help welcome beside the sea on a mini farm in Castlegregory, Co Kerry, Ireland.
We are a family of 4 with 2 children aged 9 and 11. We live beside the sea in one of the most beautiful places in Ireland. We have a mini farm with a dog, 2 Pigs, hens, 6 sheep and lambs and a big vegetable garden. We are an active family who do all the water sports available to us on our doorstep and we love the outdoor life. We live close by a water sports centre which is great fun in the summer. You can get everywhere very easily by bicycle if you want to go anywhere. If you like walking, running, photography, sea swimming or cycling this is the place to come to experience rural Ireland by the sea!! We need help in the garden, with the animals from.time to time and with odd chores around the house.
Unfortunately we do not have room for more than one person so we can not take any couples. Also please keep in mind that we live in a very remote area and the closest village to us is 7 kms away. We have many neighbours and lovely things to do on our doorstep but if you want to be near a town well this probably isnt the place for you! Thank you.
Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo
Cuidar de animais
Ajuda em fazenda
Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Anyone travelling to Kerry will learn a huge amount about the culture of rural Ireland. There is an opportunity to learn to surf and windsurf!
Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.
We would like some help with the vegetable garden, children, animals, and general maintenance about the place. There will be some light housework and cooking too and lots of fun in between.
Own double bed with en site bathroom.
On your time off there is walking, surfing, windsurfing, SUPing, fishing, cycling, sea swimming, mountain climbing and beautiful scenery. If you are into photography the area we live in is very beautiful. Tralee and Dingle are 30 mins away and we can organise a lift there if you would like to go. Castlegregory is 7 kms away and easily reached by bicycle or we are back and forth a bit every day.
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Acesso à internet limitado
Pode hospedar famílias
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The Centre has asked the West Bengal government to take stringent measures even in block and village level to curb bird flu in the country.
"We have asked the West Bengal Government to take corrective action in every city and village," Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said.
He, however, said the disease has not affected India's domestic and overseas poultry market much.
"There is no major impact on the market," Pawar said.
The West Bengal government has already begun culling of birds in 105 villages in Birbhum district. Around 35,000 to 40,000 chicken have died in the district.
Similar operations are to be carried out in South Dinajpur district.


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