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HPI study looks at environmental impacts of surgical and anesthetic care
The Healthy Populations Institute (HPI) at Dalhousie University is delighted to congratulate the Sustainable Health Systems team on the publication of their research that provides much needed insight into the climate and environmental impacts of surgical and anesthetic care.
“Climate change represents a profound challenge to humanity,” said Gillian Ritcey, Managing Director of HPI. “The purpose of health care is to enhance quality of life through health improvement. However, the provision of health care contributes to almost 5% of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions.”
The study titled “Operating in a Climate Crisis: A State-of-the-Science Review of the Life Cycle Assessment within Surgical and Anesthetic Care,” was led by Jono Drew and published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a high-impact environmental health journal.
“We found that the annual climate impact of surgical suites ranged between 3.2-5.2 million kg CO2e. On this basis, the combined climate impact of operating rooms in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States would be equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of 2 million passenger vehicles,” said Mr. Drew.
The study also found that single-use equipment was generally more harmful to the environment than reusable items.
“Our study provides an indication of the environmental impacts associated with surgical and anesthetic care,” said Dr. Sean Christie, a neurosurgeon and study co-author.
The research team also includes Dr. Peter Tyedmers, an expert in life cycle assessment; Dr. Jenna Smith-Forrester, a neurosurgical resident; and, Dr. Daniel Rainham, an expert in environmental epidemiology.
The study represents the first of several research projects to investigate the climate and environmental impacts of health care. The aim of this work is to provide solutions for the delivery of high-quality, low carbon health care.
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Kerry Parker Sofa Furniture January 26th, 2018 - 10:06:10
With this the readymade slipcover is designed to fit over a large array of different sofas from different manufacturers. The other method is when a sofa slipcover is handsewn by professionals and custom fitted the individual piece. This type of slipcover for a sofa is often called tailormades. The problem with finding the right sofa slipcover is that sofas come in several different styles and designs.
Just mention that you require custom designing. If they are into customizing, they will be glad to help. These days, it is also possible to take a conventional sofa and custom transform it into a sectional. The store normally offers a variety of models to choose from. Customers can call in for a various sizes, shapes, and layouts that match their lifestyle and living requirements. For example, many customers like a deeper seating area in the middle of the sectional sofa that comes in handy when relaxing or watching television.
This is one of the more difficult pieces to find a readymade sofa slipcover that will fit properly. You will have to use padding to fill the cracks and hold the pillows down.Multi Pillow Back This kind of sofa is also called a scatter back since the back cushions outnumber the seat cushions and are scattered around along the back. These sofas are very popular because you can just sink back and relax in their many pillows.
When its not possible to find space for a big enough standardstyle sofa, consider a corner sofa. These usually sit along two walls, with a section which allows it to turn the corner rather than being broken up into two sofas. These typically offer a lot of seating space, and are good for a grand appearance in a large room. Smaller rooms, however, may be able to accommodate a shorter corner sofa. To get double duty out of your furniture, a sofa bed is a good option. Sofa beds serve as beds when someone wants to sleep, but can be folded back up into the sofa configuration for other times.

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From South of Boston:
Follow 93 to Exit 20 (Logan Airport). Go through the Ted Williams tunnel. Upon exiting the tunnel, you will immediately access Route 1A North. Follow Route 1A and continue by following directions below.
From Boston/Logan International Airport:
Take Route 1A North 7.3 miles over the General Edwards Bridge onto The Lynnway. Continue straight ahead, and you will pick up overhead signs for Swampscott/ Nahant. Follow The Lynnway to the end passing the Porthole Restaurant & Sea Port Landing. Continue straight to rotary. At rotary, bear right. You will now be on the Nahant Causeway. Continue straight ahead for 2.6 miles. You will pass St Thomas’ Church. Take your first right after the church on Ocean Street. Follow Ocean Street to end and bear right onto Willow Road. Follow Willow Road to end.
Fom Route 128:
From 128N, take exit 44B. From 128S, take exit 44. These exits will put you on Route 129 East to Lynn/ Swampscott. Follow Route 129 East for 3.1 miles to fork. Bear left at fork on to 129A East. Continue on 129A for 2.5 miles to the ocean. Once you see the ocean in front of you, stop following Route 129 and continue straight ahead to the ocean. Take a right at the ocean (Lynn Shore Drive) and follow straight for 1 mile to the rotary. Ate the rotary, go 1/2 way around and continue straight along the ocean. You will now be on the Nahant Causeway. Continue straight ahead for 2.6 miles. You will pass St Thomas’ Church. Take your first right after the church on Ocean Street. Follow Ocean Street to end and bear right onto Willow Road. Follow Willow Road to end.
To Exit Oceanview:
Follow Willlow Road to 1st stop sign. Bear right @ stop sign continuing on Willow Road. Take 2nd left on to Winter Street. Follow Winter Street to the top of the hill and take a left @ stop sign. Follow straight ahead for 1.2 miles to causeway. At the end of causeway, at rotary, bear left around rotary for Route 1A South to Boston and Route 93. For route 129W to Route 128 North or South, just before “Welcome to Swampscott” sign (on right) take a left and follow straight onto Eastern Avenue. This route will direct you to Rout 128, Route 107 North and South, and Route 1A North.

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Women’s work, the often unseen, unacknowledged but foundational practices of the everyday and ritual. In times of both grief and celebration, women’s work often doubles. During this evening, everyone is welcome to witness creative processes of women’s work in a space held by three artist collaborations through weaving, craft and breadmaking. At sunset we will gather in solidarity and resistance to break the day’s Ramadan fast with a light Iftar together. Everyone is welcome!
5:30-7.15: The labour of love is shown in a multitude of ways. Em and Jess invite the community to join us in a weaving workshop where participants will create wearable jewellery while sharing stories about the women who inspire and shape their lives. Weaving is a cultural practice in many First Nations communities that is about women coming together, storytelling and care. Learn more about Aboriginal cultures and gain a new skill while we weave love, connection and respect through beautiful crafts.
6:00: 7.30pm Ngabuburit is an Indonesian verb that describes the intentional passing of time before the breaking of fast during the holy month of Ramadan. In the spirit of ngabuburit, An.Other Collective invites the community to join us as we pass through the last hours of our fasting day by exploring a constellation of craft activities involving henna, jewellery making and collaging. To ngabuburit means to bring to the forefront the exchange of cultural practices that can be a catalyst to new forms of transcultural coexistence, connection and observation.
7:15-8pm: ‘Anjelo and Butter is an invitation to join us at the Iftar table, breaking the Ramadan fast over a cup of tea and bread, the foundational food of everyday life. Making 'Anjelo is domestic, artistic and ancestral Somali practice. ‘Anjelo and Butter celebrates the essential staple, the sustaining life force that is universally relatable, the smell, the warmth, the taste, the comfort.
We acknowledge the painful reality that we in the diaspora are sharing 'Anjelo, whilst there is severe starvation in the lands of Somalia and Palestine.
Free: All are welcome. Registrations Required. Limited quantities of ‘Anjelo and stuffed dates will be available on the day. Please also note we will only be serving food and eating together after sunset. Prayer rooms will be accessible during the evening.
The Labour of Love: Emily Lienert (Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung) and Jessica Tobin (Darug) are long-time collaborators, pairing up again as a Blak + Deadly duo. Both strong in their feminine energy and empowerment, Em and Jess’ partnership is underpinned by this. They continue to explore their relative connections to Country and dedication to activism through their art, as singular and partnered artists.
An.Other Collective is a community of Muslim female makers, artists, and designers spanning from Sydney and Melbourne. Through the collective’s interdisciplinary blend of curatorial strategies and artistic expression it aims to gather and weave diverse perspectives to dissolve colonial barriers and reductive misconceptions on matters associated with faith, politics, identity, art and culture.
Team 'Anjelo and Butter for this IWD gathering is Idil and Kamil Abdullahi with Alissar Chidiac. They have been closely connected through several generations of community arts activities in Western Sydney, over the years bringing together their practices and passions in major projects in Auburn and Casula, and more recently with Arab Theatre Studio's Open Dar
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It is a place of fine, powder-like sand, paradise beaches, clear blue water, and the scent of cloves and cinnamon in the air. Discover the Island of Zanzibar, also known as Unguja.
A pearl necklace
Beata Lewandowska-Kaftan, a traveller and geographer, in her book titled “Zanzibar – wyspa skarbów. Opowieści ze świata Suahili” (“Zanzibar – a treasure island. Tales from the Swahili world”) describes a local legend about the origins of the Island. Queen Saba, during her voyage across the ocean, made a promise to come back to this place.
To validate her word, she threw a pearl necklace into the waves… an act that the ocean considered too small sacrifice for the kindness of waves and the favour of the wind. That is why the queen decided to give it a chest filled with jewels. The chest opened when hitting the ocean floor, with its treasure turning into the islands of Zanzibar Archipelago…
The warm water of the Indian Ocean in the shades of turquoise, an extremely fine sand on the East coast and undisturbed relaxation in the shade of exotic palms – Zanzibar is surely a true summer paradise. More active travellers may try snorkelling and diving, as the waters surrounding the island are home to lively coral reefs, which present an extraordinary world in the crystal clear ocean with visibility up to 25 meters. The island is also rich in various centres that offer services of exploring reefs for both amateur and professional divers. It is also a great chance to enjoy the sight of a swaying shoal of bigeye trevally and encounter a group of friendly dolphins.
The main holiday resorts are Nungwi and Kendwa in the north-west, Matemwe and Kiwengwa in the northeast, Pingwe, Paje and Jambiani in the southeast and Kizimkazi in the south. The offer of hotels, motels, and guesthouses is quite wide in all price variants. Moreover, travelling around the island is not difficult, as it is possible to choose among such transportation means as taxis, public buses known as dala-dala or simply rent a car. There are large differences between the high and low tides on the eastern shores of the island. In some places, the beach completely disappears, whereas during the low tide the water moves back even by a few hundred meters.
The Island of spices
Zanzibar is home to condiments and a true spice island. It is here that you can learn that black, white and green pepper are seeds of the same plant, cloves are a remedy for a toothache, and ginger is an aphrodisiac. Spices are the main export product of the island and the basis of the local cuisine. The air is saturated with the aromas of cloves and cinnamon, with local bazaars encouraging to discover new flavours.
Tourists can even embark on Spice Tour that is a trip across spice plantations where they can learn about unusual uses for substances that we thought we knew well. It is worth knowing that spices are also used in medicine in Zanzibar.
A stone city
When on Zanzibar, a must-see place is the capital city, especially its oldest part called Stone Town. As its streets are so narrow that even a car cannot drive through, the locals travel by motorbikes and bikes. This district was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Fans of monuments will also not be disappointed, as the ocean shores next to Mizingani Street feature the 19th century sultan’s palace, where currently the museum of the history of Zanzibar is located. Other worth seeing monuments include the Old Fort, erected in 1699, and the House of Wonders from 1883 – both the largest and the highest monument of the Stone Town
It houses a museum dedicated to the culture of Swahili. When in the Stone Town, it is obligatory to visit the Forodhani Gardens, located by the sea in front of the House of Wonders, where a night market is organized. The most popular delicacy is Zanzibar pizza with original topping made of minced meat with chopped vegetables and egg (the dough resembles more Indian paratha than a pizza). Another interesting dish is Zanzibar mix soup – a kind of broth with ingredients to choose from pieces of meat, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, cassava, etc.

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According to Reuters, washing machine usage is on a steady increase (up 23% in the last 15 years), and is up to about 21 liters per household per day in the UK. So what better time to invent a “waterless” washing machine?
A group from the University of Leeds asked themselves the same question, and after inventing the product, spawned Xeros Ltd. for the sole purpose of selling the product.
It actually uses around 1 cup of water through a normal cycle, but mostly uses plastic chips to take out the normal dirt and stains that might have accumulated. Not only does this mean that the amount of water is drastically reduced, but it requires no energy to run a clothes dryer either, because it is essentially a dry-clean process. Pretty smart thinking!
Unfortunately, Xeros’ machine won’t be available until next year in the UK, with no expected release date for North America yet. The good news is that now that the technology’s out there, it can’t be long before we see a whole crop of waterless products popping up soon.
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On one occasion, a former Fort Bragg soldier alleges, a soldier she had been dating raped her and beat her so severely that she suffered skull fractures.
On another occasion, she says, the same soldier tied her to a tree and raped her.
Instead of ensuring that the soldier faced justice, the former soldier says in court documents, her chain of command repeatedly advised her not to "open this can of worms" by pushing for charges.
Sgt. 1st Class Tamika Lane also was raped twice while in the military. The first came at the hands of a stranger at her first duty station, Fort Lewis, Wash. The second came years later, at Fort Bragg.
In both instances, Lane's attackers were never brought to justice, despite the mountain of evidence against them, she said.
Now, both women are among 19 current and former service members who have filed a lawsuit alleging that the military has created a "pervasive threat" to its own troops through years of failed sexual assault policies and directives.
The lawsuit, filed late last month in a federal court in San Francisco, alleges that higher-ranking Army and Air Force personnel prey on young and lower-ranking troops.
It also alleges that recent scandals, including sodomy and other charges filed against a Fort Bragg general, show that a key problem is unjust influence by the chain of command.
"We want to see the structure that exists now . we want to see that changed," said Susan Burke, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit.
Burke, who has filed four other cases related to sexual assaults in the military and has been an advocate on the issue since 2010, said the current system sees complaints funneled through the chain of command.
That leaves victims vulnerable to commanders who may have their own issues or biases, Burke said, citing Fort Bragg Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, who was recently charged with crimes that include forcible sodomy and wrongful sexual conduct.
"That kind of proves the point as to why we need this change," said Burke, who openly wondered how many sexual assault complaints passed by Sinclair's desk during his 27-year career.
"It's very troubling," she said.
'Epidemic in our ranks'
The service members who filed the lawsuit allege that they were harassed, raped or assaulted and then suffered retaliation when they reported the incidents. They are current and former top Department of Defense officials, as well as secretaries for the Army and the Air Force.
The Defense Department has declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Lane and the former soldier appear to be the only service members involved in the lawsuit who have ties to Fort Bragg.
The Observer typically does not identify victims of sexual assaults but is making an exception for Tamika Lane with her permission.
"This brings a little light to the epidemic in our ranks," said Lane, explaining why she chose to come out with her story. "It's not going to get better unless there's attention - unless there's change."
The former soldier, who served in the Army from 1999 to 2004, says in the lawsuit that when she tried to leave the relationship with the soldier who raped her, he "threatened to kill her children in front of her if she did not return home each night."
When her accused rapist continued to stalk her on post, she became depressed and feared for her life and the lives of her two children, according to the lawsuit. When those fears affected her job performance, she was demoted and assigned extra duties.
She has since been hospitalized for suicidal thoughts and suffers from nightmares, according to the lawsuit. A specialist when she left the Army, the former soldier lives in North Carolina and said she is raising a child conceived during one of her rapes.
Lane was a noncommissioned officer at Joint Special Operations Command when she was raped in 2009, according to the lawsuit.
She had allegedly been raped once before, at Fort Lewis in 2001.
After her first rape, the accused attacker received non-judicial punishment with no serious consequences, despite other women stepping forward with allegations that he abused them, too, according to the lawsuit.
At Fort Bragg, Lane's assailant was acquitted of the rape and instead convicted of adultery, according to the lawsuit. He was punished with a letter of reprimand.
In both instances, Lane alleged that she was the victim of open retaliation that included derogatory comments, attempts to have a Bronze Star medal revoked and orders to report to another command.
Lane, who lives in Fayetteville, has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and severe anxiety, according to the lawsuit.
She said she is being medically retired, in part because of issues created by the emotional trauma of her two rapes.
Lane said she hopes the lawsuit brings change in how the Army trains soldiers on sexual assaults.
She called the current training "a joke" that isn't taken seriously by instructors.
Burke said the lawsuit was filed despite recent efforts by the Department of Defense to improve the issues. The Pentagon is creating a system to track reports of sexual assaults and is reviewing how commanders are trained in preventing and responding to rape cases.
But Burke, who said she receives calls nearly every day from rape survivors, said the issues are not new, citing scandals in 1991 and 1996.
"This is a decades' long problem," she said. "Words are not enough. Minor tweaks are not enough."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Muscle cramps are caused by the inadequate ATP (muscle cell fuel) that results from continuous use of muscle at a faster rate than the muscle can generate ATP. Lactic acid builds up in muscle cells causing an inhibitory effect to ATP generation due to increased acidity.
Actin myosin ATP is the more likely cause. A muscle cramp is thus defined as an involuntarily and forcibly contracted muscle that does not relax. This causes a visible or palpable hardening of the involved muscle.
I am having severe muscle cramps-free diet. I have been on for. I am adjusting to gluten 7 months.Muscle cramp I have been sick with ear,throat sinus, respiratory infections.
when lactic acid builds up it causes muscles to hurt! lactic acid occurs during fermentation ! fermentation yields a lot less ATP than aerobic respiration! I would say the answer is ATP! High tide is right in that lack of Oxygen will cause fermentation of lactic acid and lactic acid will build up! However, you did not ask about oxygen! She asked due to actin, myosin, ATP, or ADP, so I gave her the most reasonable answer in that during anaerobic respiration which lactic acid forms(causing the muscles to cramp), only yields 2 ATPs per glucose! Aerobic respiration will give you about 38 ATP per glucose and no lactic acid formation, hence no cramping! So I maintain that a muscle cramp is most likely due to lack of production of ATP!
Due to a lack of electrolytes. Drink some Gatorade and plenty of water. Stay away form high sodium foods. And for a down-home remedy, try taking a tablespoon
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Last weekend, the first race of the FIM's new e-Power electric racing series took place at Le Mans. Five bikes entered, one bike finished. One of the bikes that entered was actually a scooter and the race had to be cut from eight to six laps of the 2.65-mile circuit. A strict interpretation of the rules suggests that all but one of the bikes should have been disqualified. Compare that to the 20 entries and nine finishers at last year's TTXGP race on the Isle of Man or the 13 bikes expected to take part in America's first-ever all-electric motorcycle road race the TTXGP is bringing to Infineon next month. Maybe the the FIM shouldn't have stolen electric motorcycle racing after all. An incredibly boring video of the e-Power Le Mans "action" follows.
Check out the hot scooter action at the 2:40 mark. Now that's a race bike.


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Conor Maynard issues a formidable sequel to his last album, 2016’s Covers, in +11 Hours, a record that not only lives up to its provocative premise but further explores a poetic side of Maynard’s artistry that was only slightly touched on in his 2012 debut Contrast. In lyric-driven ballads like “Storage,” “Dark Side,” and “By Your Side,” we meet a relaxed Conor Maynard for what feels like the first time – gone is the hesitance and the charming but bitter self-analysis, and in their place, we find a swaggering persona that seems completely at ease with vulnerability (something that I had felt was missing from the whole of Contrast). +11 Hours is a turning point for this artist and the movement that he sits at the forefront of.
There’s an immersive feel to “By Your Side,” “If I Ever,” and “I’m Here Forever,” but beneath the cerebral cosmetics that we hear in all three of these songs, there’s a conventional pop framework that is accessible, warm and surprisingly freewheeling. The juxtaposition of the familiar and the flamboyant doesn’t create so much contrast as to repel casual listeners from the more experimental material here ( “How Am I”), but you can tell that Maynard wasn’t intimidated by conceptual elements when he was developing the core blueprint for this album. As previously noted, the confidence that he brought with him into these recording sessions had a really big influence over the elaborate design of the content, and at times it’s so prominent a component that it’s even a little infectious; i.e. the unparalleled “A Different Way” serves as a good example of what I’m talking about.
Instrumentally, I think it’s safe to say that +11 Hours is the most profoundly pushy LP that Conor Maynard has attached his moniker to since first coming onto the scene well over a decade ago. “Dark Side” and “I’m Here Forever” both push his signature sound’s stylistic envelope more than any of the other balladry he’s penned in recent memory has, while the synth parts in “Enemies” and “Storage” tell us stories of their own that are completely separate from those created amidst the lush lyrics Maynard emits so carefully. This is multilayered melodicism on steroids, and that’s putting it mildly.
+11 Hours is the consummate pop singer/songwriter release in this artist’s scene this summer, and if it gets into steady rotation anywhere on the sat radio dial this June, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Conor Maynard burrows his way even deeper into the mainstream spotlight before the year is over. Here, Maynard abandons every preconceived notion of what a modern pop record is supposed to look and sound like whilst melding a basic style of prose with anti-establishment harmonies that don’t fit into any box.
He shows nothing but discontent and resentment for blasé concepts, labels, and traditions in +11 Hours, and in doing so creates something that ironically sounds younger and fresher than almost any other indie pop album I’ve heard in 2023 has. It’s a melting pot of melodies, and simply put, a marvelously evolved incarnation of this player’s one-of-a-kind style.


How fickle that Stella Price is turning out to be. All it takes is Karl whispering a few sweet nothings during a life-threatening inferno and suddenly she’s altered her opinion on the man she recently had pegged as an obsessive stalker. Not that Jason is so easily convinced. Pity there’s no revisionist thinking where Sunita is concerned: unconscious and therefore unable to refute those accusations of arson, will she carry the truth with her to the grave?
Jimmy tries to prevent Thomas from seeing Belle by threatening to send his nephew back to Saudi. But his plans only push the pair closer together — by midweek the teen sweethearts have done a bunk. Back in the village, Brenda’s visit to an alternative therapy clinic annoys Gennie, while Vanessa raises the idea of buying into the veterinary business. Not that Paddy is exactly brimming with gratitude when he hears of the offer.
Roxy brings Jack news of Ronnie’s imminent release from prison. So what does that mean for his relationship with Sharon? One thing’s clear — that’s a heck of a lot of peroxide vying for one man’s attention. Elsewhere, the writers’ seeming mission to make Lola suffer as much as possible continues as baby Lexi gets a nasty dose of gastroenteritis. And there’s worry for Dot, too, when she appears in court: let’s hope she has some medicinal sweet sherry at the ready.


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“Yeah, so I looked you up on LinkedIn.”
I had met this fellow first year the weekend prior, and we had chatted for a few hours before parting ways. This was the second time I was seeing him, and here he was so openly admitting to me that he had looked up the LinkedIn account which I had thrown together this past summer.
It was such a breath of fresh air: I loved it. I remember a time when “stalking” someone on social media was shameful, something only admitted to best friends in whispers and giggles late at night. Now though, it’s become commonplace. Looking up someone’s social media accounts after an interaction with them seems to be the general norm, though I’ve never heard people really talk about it, let alone bring it up so casually to someone they’ve practically just met.
It was nice to hear someone else finally just say it, because it was something true; he wasn’t trying to hide it.
When you put yourself — your true, authentic self — out there and are honest, you set yourself up for the scariest type of rejection: rejection of who you are. Believe me, I know that it’s hard to so brazenly admit to things like the LinkedIn guy did. When all of the other first years are talking about how much fun they’ve had at Yale so far, I don’t want to be the one to speak up and say that I’ve actually been having a difficult time adjusting to the (Zoom) college workload and making (socially distanced) friends. I worry that they’ll think I’m a downer or that I don’t belong here. I feel even worse in comparison knowing that everyone else is doing so much better than me.
Lately, though, I’ve been questioning that feeling. I don’t think it’s ever an easy thing to start college — starting during a pandemic is incomparable. I find it hard to accept that I’m somehow struggling immensely more than all of the other first years. I think we all just tend to not bring it up.
It’s an intimidating thing to put your real feelings out there, because when those get shot down, it hurts so much more than if it had been some puppet version of yourself which was rejected or ridiculed. This makes it easier to act like how you think you should be, as opposed to acting like who you are. I’m tempted to pretend I’m peachy just like my classmates, but that standard of first-year bliss is simply not the truth.
We’ve all been conditioned to believe in some unobtainable concept of perfection. This is instilled in us through the grades we are assigned in school, the stories of success portrayed in television and film and the endless social media feeds projecting the same image of what it means to be happy. Lots of friends, an envy-enticing romantic relationship, a high-paying job that somehow gives you both money and satisfaction without actually taking up too much of your time on Earth — many of us have started to adopt these ideals of perfection as our own.
We pretend we don’t look each other up on social media because we’re supposed to be content with ourselves. Our lives are supposed to be so perfect that we don’t need to care about those around us. We act too cool to be concerned with the lives of others, when in reality we’re just social creatures driven by curiosity, which shouldn’t be something to be ashamed of. But conventionally, social media stalking is somehow still seen as taboo.
Humans are just too diverse for there to be one uniform measure of “perfect.” We all have different thoughts and dreams and backgrounds, and the idea that we’ll face rejection for that seems unfair and simply absurd. That still doesn’t make it any less scary to admit that you don’t meet the socially assigned definition of perfection, though.
That’s why I think authenticity should be valued that much more. It takes courage to not only accept yourself but also to go present who you really are to the world, knowing that you are unique. You have to be brave. You have to tear down every fortress you’ve built within yourself trying to keep your ego safe. You have to be vulnerable. And I know, so often when you stand there as you are, defenses down, you feel weaker than ever before. But, I speak with complete honesty as I say this, any time I’ve ever been lucky enough to bear witness to this triumph of humanity, I’ve only ever found it to be the most beautiful sign of strength.
Getting past that fear and being authentic frees not just you, but those around you as well. When other people know that you sometimes struggle, they’re more inclined to be forgiving towards themselves. When other people learn that you too partake in some typically embarrassing activity, they’ll also feel more comfortable doing it. When you put your real self out there, you allow people to form connections with you — the real you. And those real human connections make us all better off because they’re the basis of love and friendship.
So take that leap; say what you really think; admit when you’re having a hard time; confess to your quirks. Be like the LinkedIn guy, who when asked if he’d be okay with me sharing his story in this piece, said “of course.”
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By Norma Dowless
One Sunday morning during worship Pastor Dan was talking about Christmas Carols. How most people look forward to hearing them every year, but after a couple of weeks they are thinking….when is the New Year?
I grew up in a musical family. We had music going all the time. Saturday nights in my childhood home were filled with my Mama sitting at the piano playing and all of us standing around her singing. She even typed up “Song Books” for us, the old fashion way with carbon paper!
For 10 months of the year we would sing “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” to the “Battle of 1814”! But come November 1st we would pull out the “Christmas Song Books” and we would sing Christmas Songs from November until the end of January. “ Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snow Man, Santa Claus is Coming Tonight” and all the popular songs. After all the “silly” songs were finished we would sing the Christmas Hymns and that is when it was beautiful. My Daddy singing “We Three Kings” in his deep base voice, my Uncle Lenny singing harmony in his light tenor voice, Mama singing and playing the piano and enjoying every minute of it and my aunt, my cousins and friends all singing and laughing. Mama played by “ear”, if she heard a song she could play it. Amazing gift!
To me I could sing Christmas Carols and Hymns all year. They remind me of a simpler time in my life and a time of great joy! I will never forget the first year Jimmie was included in the circle. It was so exciting to have him singing the songs I love with all the people I love.
Times change, friends move away, my parents died and life is not the same anymore. I have a wonderful life and am blessed beyond my wildest dreams…..but every year when I hear the first Christmas Carol I smile and remember signing around the piano. I can hear all of our voices as we sang “Silent Night” and know that Christmas lives in our hearts and in our memories.
So this Christmas join the angels in their heavenly chorus and sing with your family for all the world to hear:
“Silent Night, Holy Night, wondrous star, lend thy light; with the angels let us sing, Alleluia to our King, Christ the Savior in born, Christ the Savior is Born!”


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Have you ever found yourself watching Game of Thrones and longing to experience the majesty of King’s Landing, wander the streets of Meereen or visit Daenerys’ throne room? On a tour of Croatia, you can! You’ll be able to explore some of Croatia’s most magnificent sites under the baking sun, whilst constantly recognising settings from HBO’s most successful ever show. You’ll be able to wander these fascinating towns, castles and scenery, without the risk of murder that you’d most likely encounter if you were in the series itself!
Kings Landing, Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik’s walled old city has played host to a large number of scenes from Game of Thrones, featuring as the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, King’s Landing. St Dominika Street has been the setting for many of the market scenes in King’s Landing, as well as of the murder of Robert Baratheon’s illegitimate sons in series 2. Many of the scenes of disorder which we’ve seen so far in series 5 have also been filmed in St Dominika Street. The Ethnographic Museum is another great site to look out for in Dubrovnik, as the 16th century building doubles for the brothel where Tyrion Lannister meets Oberyn Martell in season four. Don’t worry, though, the place is far less sinister than it appears in the series! Instead, the cool tunnels are a great place to visit some Croatian history, including folk costumes and textiles.
Minceta Tower, Dubrovnik
Another of Dubrovnik’s amazing historical locations, Minceta tower is certainly worth a visit on any Game of Thrones inspired tour. This majestic location is at the highest point in Dubrovnik, and is recognisable as the House of the Undying in Qarth. This is the building where Daenerys struggles to find the entrance, and finally enters to find her dragons chained up, as well as experiencing several tormenting illusions in her visit. As you walk up Minceta Tower, you’ll get a view of King’s Landing from above, and recognise the orange rooftops of the city.
The wonderful but underhand city of Qarth is one of the wonders of the TV show, and functions as an oasis for Daenerys and her Dothraki followers when they enter, having reached the point of desperation in season 2. You’ll find the setting for this amazing city at the protected Lokrum Island, a 72 hectare area off the coast of Dubrovnik. Lokrum Island is home to Fort Royal Castle, a building situated on the island’s highest point, which offers an amazing view of Dubrovnik and Croatia’s coastline. You’ll also find a small lake called Mrtvo More, which is linked with the sea and is an amazing spot for swimming in crystal clear waters. You can also visit the 1023 Benedictine monastery on Lokrum Island – which keen observers will recognise from the city of Qarth – as well as some stunning botanical gardens.
In the old town of Split, Croatia’s second largest city, you’ll find the incredible Diocletian’s Palace, a 1700 year old building of which the ruined higher areas are used as Daenerys’ throne room in Meereen, a setting for many crucial scenes in Game of Thrones most recent series’. The tunnels and basement rooms of the Diocletian palace also feature largely in the series, and are more intact than the upper levels of the palace. The surrounding streets of Split are also immediately recognisable as those from the same city in the TV series.
Klis fortress is an amazing clifftop location around 20 minutes north of Split. The high tower provides the best views over the city and the Valleys beneath, and – even in ruins – is an imposing and majestic setting. The fortress was once key in guarding Croatian Kings and now provides wonderful history, breath-taking views and one of the most recognisable settings from Game of Thrones. It’s at Klis Fortress that Daenerys Targaryen nailed Meereen’s power-hungry leaders to crosses as punishment for enslaving the city’s people.
20 minutes from Dubrovnik, Trsteno Arboretum is a lush 25 hectare garden, which doubles up as the gardens of King’s Landing, where many of the crucial characters, such as Sansa Stark, Margaery Tyrell, Lady Olenna and Lord Varys formulate their plans. The gardens were created in the fifteenth century, and feature fountains, an aqueduct, a mill and various statues. There are also wonderful viewing platforms over the Adriatic Sea at Trsteno, which – when combined with the wonderful gardens surrounding them – create a serene and wonderful experience which is unmissable on a Game of Thrones tour.
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- Macron and Prime Minister May are holding talks at the at Sandhurst military academy
- The UK government announced it is to send helicopters to support French operations in Africa
- Among the leaders' many discussion topics will be the contentious issue of the Calais migrant camp
French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the U.K. Thursday for the first time since taking office, in an attempt to secure defense cooperation post-Brexit.
"I do think this meeting is particularly about quick resolutions," Aarti Shankar, policy analyst at Open Europe, told CNBC Thursday. The meeting "will be setting the roadmap, I think, for what we can expect from the Franco-British relationship in the future," she added.
Macron and Prime Minister Theresa May are holding talks at the at Sandhurst military academy, suggesting that both leaders are putting security cooperation at the heart of their future ties.
"Clearly defense and security cooperation is a very important, fundamental aspect of this bilateral partnership and given that the U.K. will be leaving the EU in the future, both sides, I think, are very keen in this summit to underline their continued commitment to defense cooperation," Shankar added.
Overnight, the U.K. government announced it is to send helicopters to support French operations in Africa as well as providing £50 million ($69 million) of humanitarian aid to some African countries. In return, France is to commit to send troops to the U.K.-led operations in Estonia in 2019.
"Today's Summit will underline that we remain committed to defending our people and upholding our values as liberal democracies in the face of any threat, whether at home or abroad," May said in a statement Wednesday night.
"But our friendship has always gone far beyond defense and security and the scope of today's discussions represents its broad and unique nature," she added.
Also among the leaders' many discussion topics will be the contentious issue of the Calais migrant camp. Back in 2003, both countries agreed to carry out immigration controls in each other's territory at sea ports.
Macron, who visited Calais earlier this week, said that France cannot be Britain's coastguard. As a result, they are due to agree that the U.K. will speed up the process of asylum application for those migrants waiting at the French border and will increase contributions toward transport security.
However, Macron and May are unlikely to talk much about the Brexit process. "When it comes to talking about Brexit (Macron) is a lot more reticent than other EU leaders, he's very willing to say 'this is the area of the EU, this is the area of Michel Barnier as the EU's chief negotiator, I'm not going to say anything about this.' So I don't think there will be formal declarations on that," Shankar told CNBC.


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Teeming with sand dollars and countless Button snails, Wai and I check out a stretch of sandy shore at East Coast Park this evening.
This stretch of sandy shore at the northern end of East Coast Park is quite large even at a not-so-low tide day like today.
Button snails (Umbonium vestiarum). They leave tiny tell-tale depressions on the sand. And when we gently scrape away at the surface, we can immediately see countless snails. In some places, even footprints on the sand reveals the tiny snails just beneath the surface.
Ball moon snails (Polinices didyma). There were also lots of Spiral melongena (Pugilina cochlidium) and a few Drills (Family Muricidae) too! I only found one Olive snail (Family Olividae) today.
Lined whelks (Nassarius teretiusculus?). These are probably scavengers and not predators. There were also many Tidal hermit crabs (Diogenes sp.) and some small Striped hermit crabs (Clibanarius infraspinatus). As well as lots of small to tiny Cake sand dollars (Arachnoides placenta).
tubeworm tubes festooned with debris. It was hard to photograph the animals living in the tubes as they sporadically peeked out now and then.Peachia anemones (Peachia sp.) and Wai pointed out some Acorn worms (Class Enteropneusta). There were also a few signs of Sand bubbler crabs (Scopimera sp.).
oysters (Family Ostreidae). But the rocks were disconcertingly devoid of snails, sea slaters, limpets and crabs. We could hardly find any of these. Oh dear. I wonder why? The shore was not as lively as on our last trip here in Aug 2012.


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Sushi is a well-known delicacy all around the world. Whether it is cooked with the use of seafood, raw fish, or even vegetables, it is enjoyed by many.It can be cut rolled or hand-rolled or even come with tempura or maybe without it. But, we do know that we humans do enjoy eating sushi. What about our pets nibbling on the sushi? Is it safe for the dogs to eat sushi?
Should you pass the sushi roll or share it? Let us find out in this blog whether you can feed sushi to your dog without having to worry about any potential side effects.
What Exactly Is Sushi?
The word sushi comes from Japan which includes brown or white rice that is cooked using sugar, salt, seaweed, & any ingredient that you like, such as raw fish, shrimp, crab, carrots, octopus, avocados, or even cucumbers. Sushi can either be eaten raw or cooked. It is cut up into small pieces & delivered as a rolled edible.
Even though sushi is primarily thought of being a dish from Japan, its origin is actually rather debated from a different region in Southeast Asia. It actually started somewhere around the region surrounding the popular Mekong River. Later on, it gained popularity in China, after which it reached Japan.
However, today people all over accredit Japan for this delicious food. This unique food item can easily be found anywhere globally, including grocery stores, restaurants, & even at gas stations.
Can My Dog Eat Sushi?
If you are wondering whether Sushi is safe for the dog, the answer is rather debatable. It depends on a range of factors, and adhering to these factors would decide whether it is safe for your pooch or not. The safety of sushi for your dog depends on what exactly it is made up of. For that, you need to break down the common ingredients found in sushi. Doing this would provide you a clear idea of whether your pooch can safely eat it or not.
For example, canines can safely eat white and brown rice that is a major part of sushi. In case your dog is dealing with a bad stomach ache, the veterinarian would most likely recommend feeding it boiled rice. Apart from this, dogs can also eat seaweed. But, there is a clause to this. The seaweed shouldn’t be the ones that are dried out and the wild ones found on the beaches.
Raw fishes aren’t inherently health deteriorating for your dogs. However, you do need to ensure that they are free of any harmful parasites that might lodge deep into your pooch’s digestive tract and wreak havoc. In case your dog has been dealing with particularly weak immunity or is struggling with worms, it isn’t ideal for feeding him sushi as it is mostly comprised of raw fish.
Alternatively, you can opt for cooked fish such as tuna, cod, whitefish, or salmon. Your four-legged friend can surely eat shellfish. However, it should only be fed post-cooking. They can consume the meat portion of the same but avoid feeding the shell as it can cause choking hazards.
Apart from this, sushi also contains cucumbers, carrots, and even mangoes. All these are considered safe for your pooch. However, you should avoid feeding them avocados. This particular fruit consists of persin, which can lead to issues such as nasal congestion, vomiting, breathing difficulty, diarrhea, or even fluid accumulation around your dog’s heart.
The tempura present in sushi is a fried food item that should also be avoided completely by your dog.
Is Sushi Healthy for Dogs?
Yes, depending on the ingredients used in sushi, it could actually be very healthy for your dog. White and brown rice tends to be particularly nutritious for your dog. They can also digest it with ease. It packs in fiber and aids in relieving any type of GI issues that your dog might be suffering from.
Apart from this, cooked fishes are also amazing for dogs. They pack in a good amount of fatty acids known as omega-3 that helps keep the skin & coat shiny and healthy. The shrimp added to sushi is also loaded with vitamin B12, B3, & phosphorus. It is as nutritious as they come.
Seaweed is also a healthy choice for dogs as it can easily be digested. It also helps in keeping the coat and skin completely healthy. The amino acids found in seaweed help regulate heart health. Dogs are a fan of cucumbers, and when it’s added to sushi, it becomes an amazing treat for the pooch. The crunchiness is simply unavoidable.
Mangoes are also loaded with fiber & pack in vitamins such as B6, A, C, and E. The carrots present in sushi are also very healthy for your dog’s teeth. The potassium, fiber, & vitamin A helps keep your pooch as healthy as a horse.
What is the right way to feed your dog sushi?
If you do want to feed your pooch some rolls of sushi, you can give them complete pieces or maybe chop them up into small pieces. However, try not to give them a lot because the ingredients are ideal only in moderation. A lot of them can show adverse effects, especially in the long run. While cucumbers in sushi are considered healthy, brown rice or white rice is loaded with calories. So, you might not want your pooch to chomp down a lot of it, especially if he/she is obese or dealing with weight issues.
Is sushi concerning when fed to the dog?
When planning to feed your dog sushi, there are several no-no ingredients that you must avoid to ensure there are no health complications. This list of must-avoid ingredients includes tempura, avocados, & raw fish. But, wait! Isn’t raw fish great for your dog’s health?
Well, it is, but the complications surpass the benefits. As mentioned earlier, raw fish can carry pathogens and contaminants that do not go away unless cooked well. Apart from that, sushi makers do add certain sauces onto the raw fish. This is another ingredient that your pooch must avoid, especially the ones that are spicy such as spicy mayo or, worse yet, wasabi. It can potentially upset your pooch’s stomach requiring immediate veterinarian attention.
What is the right amount of sushi for my dog?
When it comes to feeding sushi to your dog, moderation is important. To start off with, try to give them only a few rolls and observe them. If they don’t show any signs of allergy, digestive issues, or lethargy, you can feed them a couple of additional rolls. However, limit these treats to maybe once a week or even less if possible.
Apart from this, the amount of sushi you feed to your pooch should be proportionate to the dog’s body size. If yours is a small dog below 10 pounds, a few slices would be ideal. However, a larger dog weighing 70 pounds or more might do well with multiple full rolls.
Sickness and Symptoms to Watch Out For
Even if you tried your best to keep that plate of sushi away from your dogs, they managed to eat it anyway. What should you do next? Should you be concerned? Should you immediately take them to a veterinarian? Or should you wait out to see if they show any signs or symptoms of sickness from sushi?
Well, you might not have to worry much unless the sushi contains avocados. Try to give your pooch some time to relax and in a while observe them for any signs of toxicity or GI problems such as:
- Loose stools
- Upset stomach
- Distended abdomen
- Weight loss
Most of the time, dogs tend to experience these symptoms for a very short interval. Most dogs tend to recover in a day or two in case there are signs of GI problems. However, sushi that has gone bad might be something that could bring in serious health concerns.
Helping through Hydration
If you plan to keep your dog in its best health, the idea is not to feed most human food to dogs. Research and prepare a list of items that are deteriorating for your dog’s health and avoid them at all costs. When it comes to sushi, this particular approach is seriously important. Regardless of the cause of sickness, if you feel your pooch is feeling on the downside, do provide them with a good amount of fresh and filtered water in order to ensure they aren’t dehydrated.
In case things aren’t looking good, immediately consult your veterinarian. It could be contamination from raw or rotten fish. Alternatively, any parasite or bacteria present in the fish could overwhelm your pooch’s GI tract.
Although feeding sushi to your dog every now and then is safe, the key is to keep it moderate and avoid the ingredients that could make them sick. Do not include raw fish in sushi. Yes, the roll wouldn’t actually be considered sushi unless the fish isn’t raw, but your dog surely won’t complain. So, keep safety in mind and give it to them as occasional treats.
Dr. Aram Baker has been with Santa Clarita Animal Hospital since 1995 and his special interests include behaviour medicine and dermatology. He graduated from the Cleveland Humanities Magnet Program in Reseda, CA and attended California State University at Northridge where he received a Bachelor’s degree in biology. He went on to pursue his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at the University of California at Davis. He also spent time in the zoological medicine department at U.C. Davis during his Junior and Senior years. He is dedicated to caring for all pets big or small, young or old with compassion, patience, kindness, and love.

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The COVID-19 crisis hit hard the small labor-oriented textile units in India, mostly dependent on the migrant workforce. The pandemic has posed a serious threat to all the sectors of the country’s economy.
So the Indian textile industry faces some severe challenges from maintaining production and addressing the need for protective clothing to cope up with the deficit due to lockdown and retain migrant laborers.
Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, the hubs of textile manufacturing in India, are amongst the worst-hit states by the pandemic. Due to the seriousness of the pandemic, the textile units were shut in March. The absence of wages and imminent risk to life made the migrant laborers go back to their respective native places.
Majority of these textile processing units function on a seasonal basis depending on the availability of raw material and the demand for products. These are some of the issues that may affect the production and economic state of the small textile mills, like the availability of raw material, transportation, cash flow, availability of labor, etc.
Due to longer lockdown, smaller textile units, which are more precarious, less capital combined with low production size may lead to shutting down. For the pandemic and the lockdown, migrant laborers have moved back to their native places and are less likely to return soon to work.
In this crisis situation, the textile industry is also motivated to contribute to the fight against coronavirus. As a result, the focus has shifted from aesthetic clothing to functional clothing that imparts protective function to apparel.
In the last two months, the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, gloves and masks has shot up and is expected to rise further. Due to increased domestic demand, India has not started exporting protective gear. Once the production rate rises and the domestic demand is met, India will soon export such items.


Savannah Composite Squadron hosting storm spotter training class.
On Thursday, January 12th, members from the National Weather Service in Charleston will be in town to present a storm spotter training session. The class will teach everyone from first responders to everyday people about storm development, structure, and how to safely spot and report severe weather.
There will be two classes for Storm Spotter training on Thursday, January 12th. The first class will be at 10am, and the second class will be at 1pm. Both classes will take place at 810 L.P. Owens Drive, Savannah, GA 31408, located on the east side of the airport near Signature Flight Support. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
The classes are free, but there’s limited space. To sign up for the class, go to https://ga075.yapsody.com or call Flight Officer Chance Callahan at 316-847-3192.


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Jenna Dewan took to Instagram on Thursday to share a sweet clip of fiance Steve Kazee planting a kiss on their newborn son Callum’s head.
‘All the kisses,’ captioned the 39-year-old actress who gave birth to Callum earlier in the month.
In the clip, the three-week-old can be seen sleeping in Kazee’s grasp, as the pair rhythmically swayed side-to-side.
Her boys: Jenna Dewan took to Instagram on Thursday to share a sweet clip of fiance Steve Kazee planting a kiss on their newborn son Callum’s head
Callum looked cozy in a pale white onesie, while dad Steve donned a denim button up shirt.
Earlier in the day, Jenna used her Instagram story to post a sweet snapshot of herself and her newborn indulging in a morning cuddle session.
‘Morning cuddles,’ she wrote.
In the picture, baby Callum can be seen resting peacefully on his mother’s chest.
Kazee opted to give fans a clearer image of Callum’s face, when he posted a shot of the tiny being resting in his crib.
Comfortable pair: Callum looked cozy in a pale white onesie, while dad Steve donned a denim button up shirt
All the love: Jenna and Steve welcomed their first child together on March 6; the couple were pictured at the WWE 20th Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles in October
‘Hello my son…welcome to earth,’ wrote the Tony award-winning actor to his 166,000 followers.
He shared a similar shot on Wednesday, where he marveled at his son’s apparent old soul.
‘This kid already has it all figured out. This is definitely not his first go round the cosmic wheel,’ said Kazee.
In the pic, Callum can be seen looking straight on at the camera as he lays among white sheets and a knit blanket.
Dewan spoke exclusively to People on Wednesday about how much she has loved observing her 44-year-old fiance become a father for the first time.
Sweet boy: ‘Hello my son…welcome to earth,’ wrote the Tony award-winning actor who shared this portrait of son Callum on Thursday
Morning cuddles: Earlier in the day, Jenna used her Instagram story to post a sweet snapshot of herself and her newborn indulging in a morning cuddle session
‘It was incredible to watch the awe in his eyes of experiencing birth for the very first time, and the first time he laid eyes on our son.’
According to Jenna, Kazee was ‘crying the whole time’ and was the one to ‘cut the umbilical cord.’
‘Seeing his transformation of becoming a dad was one of the best things I’ve ever witnessed. It was beautiful. Birth is such a bonding experience, you’re transformed at the end of it.’
Though Callum’s birth was Kazee’s introductory to parenthood, Dewan is already mother to her six-year-old daughter Everly who she shares with her actor ex husband Channing Tatum.
First time dad: ‘It was incredible to watch the awe in his eyes of experiencing birth for the very first time, and the first time he laid eyes on our son,’ said Dewan in an interview with People released on Wednesday; Kazee shared this portrait of son Callum to his Instagram on Wednesday
‘I’d heard this from a lot of people, that there’s something that happens with the second baby, that there’s a little bit more calm and peace in knowing what’s happening.’
In order to create a calming atmosphere for Callum’s birth, the Flirty Dancing host played a 20-minute Sanskrit prayer titled The Devi Prayer.
‘It’s a very peaceful song. It always puts me at ease,’ she said. ‘I put that on our playlist and I said to Steve, “If I ever start to look like I’m getting anxious or if I was having a rough time, just please play that.” He was actually born to that song.’
Dewan and Kazee welcomed Callum into the world on March 6, less than one month after they announced their engagement via Instagram.
She posted a black-and-white selfie from the delivery room of the newborn sleeping on her shoulder, announcing the baby news.
Guardian dog: Jenna often posts pictures of the family’s dog keeping a watchful eye on Callum
Since the coronavirus outbreak, Jenna and Steve have made a conscious effort to document the family’s time in quarantine on Instagram – from cuddles with Callum to bonding time with dog Cosmo.
By engaging in a self-imposed quarantine, the couple are forced to limit all visitors, including family members.
A source close to the family told People: ‘They are limiting visitors to try and keep everyone healthy. The pandemic is obviously extra worrisome with a newborn.’
Meanwhile, Dewan and ex-husband Channing Tatum’s daughter Everly, six, is home for two weeks amid school closures.
Surprise: Though Callum was born on March 6, Jenna waited to announce his birth to the world until March 10


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The History of Castres Olympique rugby club
Source : «100 years of Castres Olympique», by Karim Bénaouda, Editions Privat, 2006
«The oval ball first appeared in local sports in 1898 when the head teacher of the local high school Jean Jaures created a "rugby" section within the school. This was the first time that rugby had been played in the area and the team was known as "la Péruvienne", a fabric made locally and known throughout the world. Several other clubs such as l'Étoile Sportive and l'Union Sportive of Castres soon followed in their footsteps and adopted the game.
It was on the 20th February 1906 that the "pioneers" of the history of Castres Olympique (CO) came together under the leadership of their future president Eugène Agert manager of the store Dames de France (today’s Monoprix). It wasn’t until the 16th April 1907 that the creation of the club would be formalised with its appearance in the "official newspaper".
From 1907 the club was in the second division of the Champions of the Pyrenees league. It benefited from the many talented players from some of the best clubs in France who were assigned to duty in the Castres regiment. They allowed the club to make a name for itself and to be able to get into the first division, the most elite in France today.
Between 1945 and 1948 Castres Olympique got into the top eight teams in the final of the French cup and a year later into the quarter final. It was on 30th May 1948 that the "3 Glorious years" of CO began. That was the year they won the French Cup. On the 15th May Castres Olympique got to the final of the French Championship against Mont de Marsan, and won the famous "le Bouclier de Brenus" (The Brenus shield) for the first time in the history of the club, a win which they repeated the following year against Racing club of Paris.
Following these 3 consecutive victories Castres Olympique went through a lull before resurfacing in the 1990s.
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was a butcher originally from Gaillac who started his sporting career as a cyclist and won the regional leg of «le premier Pas Dunlop». He then began his career as a rugby player at Albi and later joined Castres where he was twice named by his peers as the "player of the championship". He was named in 1956 «le Dernier Mohican» (the Last Mohican), the only champion to wear the Castres Olympique shirt. He died the same year in the changing rooms following a match. The stadium is named after him and Jean Pierre-Antoine remains to this day an integral part of the game’s heritage in Castres.
Abbot Pistre, «le Pape du Rugby » (The Pope of Rugby), had a parish : Castres Olympique.
Born in Mazamet in1900, it was during his studies and military service that the future abbot got hooked on rugby.
Following his appointment in the Parish of Saint-Jacques, in Castres, he got involved in the club as manager and also for a short period as the trainer of the first team. He also wrote epic articles in the local sports paper "Le Courrier sportif du Tarn".
It was said of Abbot Pistres that he was "the minister of foreign affairs for rugby". He even brought forward the evening services to be able to arrive on time at his other place of worship, the rugby stadium !
The legendary Abbot Pistre’s famous stories came to a sudden end on 27th January 1981.

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Bottom line - an absolute MUST attraction to enjoy while in Ho Chi Minh.
Despite some noticeable flaws, this show reflected Vietnam's modern culture with quirky and cheerful atmosphere to it.
The show is a unique mix of bamboo circus, acrobatic acts, dance, and theatrical visual art.
The live music echoes Vietnamese Southern work songs.
It came highly recommended by my niece who had watched the show earlier this year (2016). “A O Show - Brilliant Depiction of Vietnamese life” This was an excellent show that depicts Vietnamese life in a most original way. I don't think we completely understood the story line, however the show was very well done!
If we had 1 more night in HCMC, we would definitely have seen the show again. It was organized, well performed and included everything from funny moments, to acrobatics, to dancing.
Farming, building activities, traditional games, lifestyle of Northern villagers are recreated by ancestral bamboo props, breath-taking circus and acrobatics, rhythmic dance, to distinct folk music from more than 20 musical instruments.
A soulful dance carrying Cham spirit and culture, rendered in contemporary stage language.
The show depicts the charming beauty and cultural richness of Vietnamese life in the countryside, in contrast with the nation’s racing urbanization."Truly a cut above the rest" Thank you so much for the experience, the only down fall is it had to end. Truly a cut above the rest My family and i absolutely loved this show was mesmerized and amazad at the tallents these people possess ."Truly a cut above the rest" Thank you so much for the experience, the only down fall is it had to end.I wouldn't call it a must see, but anyone who enjoys performance art will definitely appreciate it and I'm glad we went This exceeded my expectations, which were not low.
Both my 19-year-old daughter and I really enjoyed this 1-hour show. Both my 19-year-old daughter and I really enjoyed this 1-hour show.
Humanity and togetherness are core values embraced in Palao.


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About 15 per cent of commercial skin-whitening creams and 30 per cent of creams from beauty shops that were tested in a new study contained illegal amounts of mercury, according to a report obtained by the Post.
The study, conducted at the University of Health Sciences in the capital, tested the mercury content of 677 skin-whitening creams in Cambodia.
“Since producers never label products having mercury or other toxins … the only way to ensure safety is to not use any skin whitener,” the report reads.
It stated that the “worst products” included Hua Thali, Guoyao, Qian Mei, and Yimei – “all seemingly Chinese-made” – Rojzy Jiali from Taiwan and Vietnam, Eucerin and Enjoy from the United States, and Maly from Thailand. Cambodia, the study found, appeared to produce the “toxic products” Mliz, #74, Britney Beautiful Care and FC.
Tom Murphy, senior scientist at UHS who ran the study, said yesterday that symptoms from using toxic creams could include rashes and discolouration.
“The people that make these creams, they will do it the cheapest way possible,” he said. “[Cambodia] has the regulations, but they don’t have the power to really police it.”
Health Minister Mam Bunheng told the Post that the worst products identified in the study had been banned and the ministry was monitoring products containing toxic chemicals.
Last month, a 21-year-old woman became the second person to die after using a Vietnamese skin-whitening product, which has been banned in Cambodia and Thailand.


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Remote sensing by satellite and airborne (UAV) sensors will complement the ground data collected on the traverse. This will greatly expand the area coverage of comparable data on snow and firn properties in the region visited by the traverse.
Comparison of data from satellite-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar instruments and ground-based Ground Penetrating Radars by the University of Oslo, Norut AS and the University of Maine.
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CINCINNATI (FOX19) -The Bengals lost their Sunday afternoon game against the New York Giants 19-17.
This is the Bengals first game this season without starting quarterback Joe Burrow who left last week’s game against the Washington Football Team with a season-ending knee injury.
In the second half of the game, the Giants lost their starting quarterback, Daniel Jones, to a hamstring injury.
The 3rd quarter started with the teams tied at ten, but in undeniable Cincinnati fashion, the Bengals were not able to turn this into a win.
The Bengals record now sits at 2-8-1.
Coach Zac Taylor says Brandon Allen will be starting for Burrow next week, saying, “I thought he did enough. Guys around him have to step up, too.”
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Exploring the Effectiveness of Homeopathy in Treating Fibroids in Gurgaon
July 31, 2023
Homeopathic treatment for fibroids
Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that develop in the uterus. They can cause a range of symptoms, including heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, and pressure on the bladder or bowel. Traditional treatments for fibroids often involve surgery, such as a hysterectomy, but many people are turning to alternative therapies, such as homeopathy.
Homeopathy is a system of medicine that uses highly diluted substances to stimulate the body’s natural healing processes. Homeopathic treatments are tailored to each individual and aim to address the underlying causes of the condition, rather than just managing the symptoms.
When it comes to fibroids, homeopathic remedies can be used to help shrink the tumors and alleviate associated symptoms. These remedies are derived from natural sources, such as plants and minerals, and are believed to stimulate the body’s own healing mechanisms.
Homeopathic remedies for fibroids in Gurgaon
In Gurgaon, there are several homeopathic remedies that may be prescribed for the treatment of fibroids. These remedies are selected based on the individual’s specific symptoms and overall health. Some commonly used homeopathic remedies for fibroids include:
Calcarea Carbonica: This remedy is often prescribed for women who have large, heavy periods and experience fatigue and coldness.
Sepia: Sepia is a remedy typically given to women who experience a dragging sensation in the pelvis and have a tendency to be emotionally irritable.
Sabina: Sabina is commonly used for women who have heavy bleeding with bright red clots and may experience pain extending from the lower back to the thighs.
Fraxinus Americana: This remedy is often used when fibroids cause a sensation of fullness and pressure in the pelvic region.
It’s important to note that homeopathic remedies for fibroids should only be prescribed by a qualified homeopathwho can take into account the individual’s complete symptom picture.
Natural treatment for fibroids in Gurgaon
In addition to homeopathic remedies, there are several natural treatments that can be used in Gurgaon to help manage fibroids:
– Dietary changes: A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can help support overall reproductive health. Foods that are high in fiber can also help regulate estrogen levels, which may help slow the growth of fibroids.
– Herbal supplements: Certain herbs, such as milk thistle and chasteberry, may help regulate hormone levels and reduce the size of fibroids.
– Stress management: Stress can worsen fibroid symptoms, so techniques such as yoga, meditation, and deep breathing exercises can be beneficial.
– Exercise: Regular physical activity can help improve blood circulation and reduce inflammation, which may help alleviate fibroid symptoms.
It’s important to consult with a healthcare professional before making any significant changes to your diet or starting any new supplements or treatments.
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Alpha Waves - The Science Behind Being 'In The Flow"
Have you ever been working on a project and been really in the flow? Maybe you were able to sit down and work for hours without even noticing the time pass. Deadlines were not a cause of stress, but simply something that gave you a guideline to work by. Maybe as you were working creative ideas on how to improve your work or workflow came easily, and it was easy to integrate them? Or during an activity maybe movements seemed to come naturally? It could also mean a particularly fulfilling meditation session. All these are examples of being in a ‘flow state’. Sometimes people chalk this up to natural talent or ability, but really there is a science behind it. And you guessed it, this famous flow state everybody desires is related to brain wave activity. Specifically, alpha waves.
Now that we have a better understanding of what brain waves are, we can look at how they allow us to move throughout our day, including how we handle different tasks, learning, as well as rest and relaxation. We will also learn how teaching the brain to enter certain states can make our tasks seem less stressful, help us focus, and improve our creativity. If you haven't read last week's blog, A Deeper Dive Into Brain Waves, now is a good time to give it a read. It will help give some foundational knowledge that will be helpful in understanding the rest of this post.
As we learned last week, alpha waves range from 8-12Hz, landing them in the middle range of the frequencies that define brain waves. Alpha wave activity is increased when you are relaxed, but focused. This is the state we often refer to as the ‘flow state’. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to enter this state on demand? While it may seem too good to be true, you actually can train your brain to more readily enter that state of mental clarity, focus, and increased creativity. It doesn’t just apply to work either, you can enter this state while doing your hobbies, like artistic projects, working out, meditating, cooking, or whatever else you are passionate about. In fact, alpha waves are very important in the mind body connection, and training your brain to enter an ‘alpha state’ more easily can make you more aware of your body, improving things like yoga and meditation practices and other activities that involve both mental and physical work.
So, how can you enter this state more easily? Let's go over a few helpful techniques.
Go Move Outside!
Many studies have shown the benefits of exercising, especially outside. Outdoor yoga is a very popular activity shown to reduce stress, improve focus, and you guessed it, trigger the brain to enter an alpha dominant state. But, if you aren't your thing, don’t worry. Outdoor aerobic activity is linked to the same benefits. This could be a run, jog, bike ride, hike, or leisurely walk. Whatever fits best with you. And if none of those things call to you, you can experiment to find something that does! Swimming, climbing, skiing, any activity in which you are moving your body outside in the fresh air will have benefits.
You might be wondering, can’t I just sit outside with a book? While this is also great for your brain, and is something that would be helpful to incorporate into your week, it doesn’t have quite the same effect as exercising outside. When you exercise, your heart rate increases and more blood - and the critical nutrients it carries in it - are delivered to your brain. This helps with memory and attention, as well as releases endorphins, our bodies natural painkillers and mood elevators. As you can see, all these effects of outdoor exercise are related to the flow state, and you guessed it, alpha wave activity.
So why not just go to a gym? Being outside exposes your eyes to light that just isn’t the same as inside. You also get exposed to natural elements which can help regulate the body. Research has even shown that seeing the natural patterns called fractals that occur in nature increase alpha wave activity. Some examples of these fractals, or repeated patterns are the patterns in tree branches/bark/leaves, in clouds, rivers, and mountain ranges, and more. So while the gym is convenient, it's just not the same. Ideally, you could incorporate some outside activities into your fitness routine a few times a week.
Practice Mindfulness Meditation
I know, meditation is hard. I am not suggesting that you suddenly need to be able to sit cross legged under a tree for hours without latching onto any thoughts. It has been shown that mindful meditation is very effective in helping you bring awareness to your thoughts and feelings by slowing down the freight train that our thoughts can sometimes turn into. By practicing slowing down and focusing, we also teach our brain to produce alpha waves more intentionally and easily.
One study has shown that it takes 40 days of practicing this type of meditation to be able to get the brain to produce enough alpha waves for them to become the dominant brain wave frequency. So if you give this a try and don’t notice changes right away, don’t get discouraged. Changing the way your brain is hard work and takes time! If you stick with it it is worth it though. The same study showed that after the 40 days, people's sleep improved, they had lower overall stress, anxiety and depression symptoms declined, and they reported enhanced learning and memory.
There are great resources online for mindful meditation, and in the following blog we will write all about it. If you don’t know where to get started, start by practicing some of the other techniques we describe in this post. You can look around online for mindfulness meditation resources, or keep an eye out on our site for a dedicated post on it coming soon.
Pay Attention to Your Ques
Most of us have heard of Pavlovs dogs. This experiment essentially showed that our environment can shape our behavior. The example he used was dogs salivating when they heard a bell which they had been trained to associate with food.
While we love our furry friends, most of us don’t think we are much like dogs. But, just like them we are also subject to classical conditioning. Let's say you work in an office and have two direct managers who work alternating days. One is kind, nurturing, and supportive. The other is harsh and critical. On days that your kind manager is present, you are more likely to be relaxed, motivated to do well, present new ideas, ect. When your harsh boss is present, it is more likely you will be on edge, not speak up, and not be as effective in your work. This is an example of how your environment shapes your response.
Training your brain to be in an alpha dominant state follows the same idea. By paying attention to what environments, and specifically what it is about those environments, trigger you to be in a flow state you can help determine what your brain needs. When you identify what these triggers are, you can incorporate them into your routine to help your brain enter an alpha dominant state more easily.
And last but not least,
Train Your Brain!
While training your brain is a big undertaking, and multiple strategies should be used to reach the best results, we as humans have made some amazing discoveries and subsequent technologies. This is how neurofeedback came about. And why it is such an effective way to train your brain.
If you've been following our blog for a while, or have read through our website, you know a bit about neurofeedback. If you haven't read any of our other blogs or our website, I would encourage you to do so after finishing this article to get a better idea of just how neurofeedback works.
By doing neurofeedback, you are training your brain to work in more optimal patterns. This includes balancing your brain waves. When your brain is better able to regulate itself, it is better able to enter the states you want it to be in depending on your situation. This means that when you want to be highly conscious, solve hard problems, make decisions, ect your brain will be able to switch to beta dominant, but it will also be able to switch into theta or delta state when you are trying to rest and relax. The same goes for its ability to switch into an alpha state.
Your specific neurofeedback training protocol will help with this, but at Thrive we also utilize a special Alpha-Theta protocol. This is especially helpful for those of you specifically looking to increase your ability to enter flow states. Everybody has their own reason for wanting to do this, from increasing creativity in art or business, helping meditation or yoga practices, or whatever else your passion is. Training the brain to stay in the alpha-theta zones helps you enter and stay in those states outside of neurofeedback training as well.
If you are interested in trying out our alpha-theta protocol, reach out and we will get you set up. The great thing about this protocol is that you don't need to do a qEEG brainmap, so you can get started with training right away. All you have to do is set up an appointment by emailing, calling, or texting us to get scheduled.


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European equities rebound on trade concerns
On Wednesday, European equities headed south because concerns over global trade resumed, with market sentiment towards semiconductor equities souring right after Micron Technology was forbidden to sell chips in China.
The European STOXX 600 index headed south by 0.2%. Meanwhile, Germany's exporter-heavy DAX inched down by 0.3%, while the FTSE 100 lost 0.2%.
Trading has appeared to be choppy before a July 6 deadline, exactly when America is about to put duties on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods.
The information that a Chinese court temporarily forbid Micron Technology to sell chips in China, which appears to be the biggest memory chip market in the world, affected equities in America and also Asian semiconductor shares.
Global semiconductor disruption along with regulation from an escalating trade conflict appear to be the key risks to the technology sector, as some financial analysts point out.
In addition to this, Europe's tech sector SX8P headed south by 0.5%. As for Chipmaker STMicro, it inched down by approximately 2.8%, while Infineon edged down 7%. Besides this, Silicon wafer-maker Siltronic decreased by nearly 5.8%.
Recent guidance reductions from BE Semiconductor as well as Osram Licht have also put pressure on market sentiment around the sector that has slumped over 9% since June's 17-year maximum.
Smaller Swiss stock Comet, whose business has to do with X-ray as well as radio frequency technology, came up with a sales and profit warning for this year and saw its equities dive almost 18%.
Additionally, equities in Danske Bank turned out to be among the biggest STOXX losers, slumped by 3%. A report, which cited fresh data in the bank's Estonian money-laundering case hinted that its extent happened to be greater than reported earlier.
Telecoms gained 1.2%, utilities (SX6P) along with health care (SXDP) each tacked on nearly 0.2%.
The US-China trade war escalates
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PARIS, July 9 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says the basic design for Europe's next generation rocket, the Ariane 6, has been selected and approved.
The performance requirement for the new launch vehicle will be the ability to lift 3-to-6.5 tons to a geostationary transfer orbit to cover both governmental and commercial needs, a release from ESA headquarters in Paris said Tuesday.
The Ariane 6 will be powered by a solid-fuel lower stage and make use of the liquid-fuel upper-stage currently under development as an upgrade for the existing Ariane 5 rocket, officials said.
The new configuration has been chosen in an effort to reduce costs of manufacture and operation over the successful but expensive Ariane 5, they said.
"We will have to make Ariane 6 a very competitive launcher," Alain Charmeau of Astrium Space Transportation, which leads the Ariane industrial consortium, told the BBC. "It's really a complete change in Europe. It's the first time ever that we will try to develop a rocket thinking about production price and not just performance."
European Space Agency member states have said they expect the new rocket to begin launches at ESA's Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at the start of the next decade.


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It is the analysis of the electromagnetic radiation emitted, absorbed, or scattered by molecules. It is used to analyze materials and to monitor changes in concentration in chemical kinetics. Since photons act as messengers from atoms, the atomic spectra can be used to obtain detailed information about electronic structure and molecules.
The energy of a molecule can change because of electronic transitions, and it can make transitions between its rotational and vibrational states. They are more complicated than atomic spectra and can give more information about electronic energy levels and about bonds length, strength, and angels.
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The solutions are mixed very rapidly and forced from syringes into a mixing chamber designed to ensure that the flow is turbulent and that complete mixing occurs very quickly.
Behind the chamber, there is an observation cell fitted with a plunger that moves back as the liquids flood in and comes up against a stop after a certain volume. Filling the chamber corresponds to a sudden creation of an initial sample of the reaction mixture. The reaction then continues in the thoroughly mixed solution and is monitored spectrophotometrically. After a very short time of the flow, the flow is stopped suddenly when the observation cell is filled by an opposing piston which is linked to a sensing switch that triggers the measuring device.
Small volumes of solutions are used, and the kineticequations for modeling the reactions are equivalent to those used inconventional methods in which concentration and time are measured. It is useful to study fast reactions that have half-lives as short as a few milliseconds. It is appropriate for studying biochemical reactions, such as studying enzymes.
Formation of Peroxynitrite
Peroxynitrite, an inorganic molecule of biological interest, is the product of the combination reaction between nitric oxide and superoxide - Increasing sensitivity can potentially allow the reaction to be measured, to be studied by slowing down the reaction rate through the use of lower concentration of reactants. The rate of the isomerization reaction depends little on the pressure 'high pressure slows down the rate of reaction'.
With the stopped-flow technique a value of 6.5 is found at millimolar phosphate concentrations, while at 0.5 M phosphate the value is 7.5. The kinetics of decay do not follow first-order kinetics when the pH is larger than the pKa.The kinetics of the decay of hydrogen peroxynitrite are not very pressure-dependent: from stopped-flow experiments up to 152 MPa the rate of the isomerization reaction depends little on the pressure.
- Deionized water.
- Buffers, which are saturated with argon immediately before use, from salts and acids.
- Freshly prepared peroxynitrite.
Peroxynitrite was prepared by a modification of biomimetic synthesis of nitrogen monoxide with solid potassium superoxide. In Brief, 30% mol nitrogen monoxide was added to 100% mol solid potassium superoxide that was stirred with sand under argon in a 100-mL Erlenmeyer flask. Laser Flash Photolysis: the following reactions could take place:
- Isomerization: cis and trans- peroxynitrite
Reactions 3-6 can be neglected and for spectroscopic reasons reactions 8 and 9 must be abandoned. Under the assumption that we observed the reverse of reaction 7.
The rapid one-step production of superoxide and nitrogen monoxide reported herein has the advantage of allowing measurement of the recombination rate not complicated by other processes. The high rate constant has important consequences for the generation of peroxynitrite in vivo.
Near an activated macrophage the nitrogen monoxide and superoxide concentrations may be 100 times higher, and the ratio of superoxide reacting with nitrogen monoxide to superoxide reacting with superoxide dismutase becomes 3:2. While considerations based on homogeneous solution kinetics do not necessarily apply to the inhomogeneous milieu inside or outside a cell, they do indicate that peroxyitrite formation is likely. In addition to the determining step, a second-order curve was obtained which proves that the overall order of this reaction is 2.
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Apple Foldable iPhone: In the smartphone market, there are many different types of phones in this market. Many people like foldable phones because of their look and their different types. Samsung is the biggest player in making Foldable phones.
But Now Samsung’s competitor Apple has announced that they will make foldable phones. The new generation likes Apple company products too much. A lot of people waiting for the launch of this new foldable phone from Apple Company.
In this article, we will tell You about the Launch date of the Apple foldable phone, Specification, Display, and price of the phone. So read this article till the end.
Apple Foldable iPhone Specification
According to some reports, About this new foldable iPhone specifications. so you will get the feature supporting USB C port, MagSafe, support of face Lock, and ID in Apple foldable iPhone. If we talk about the processor you will get a strong processor same as in the iPhone 15
We have given all the information about the specifications of the Apple Foldable iPhone in the table below, which you can read.
|7.5 inches OLED
|USB C Port, MagSafe support
|Face Lock, Touch ID
|Possibly equipped with iPhone 15 processor
|Around $2000 or approximately
Apple Foldable iPhone Display
A lot of people want to know about the display of Apple Foldable Phone. According to some reports about this Apple Foldable Phone. People can get a display as big as 8 8-inch screens.
Also, Apple will use a silver nanowire touch solution in this phone so that users can get a good experience in using it.
Apple Foldable iPhone Price
If we talk about the price of the Apple Foldable iPhone, no official information has been shared with us by the Apple company but according to some reports, the price of this phone will be approximately around 2000$.
Apple Foldable iPhone Launch Date
There is no information shared by the company about his phone. but according to some reports, this will be launched Apple will launch its first foldable iPhone after the year 2025.
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