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Or-Fin enables you to quickly plan your personal financial and provision situation, supplies an overview of all financial matters, displays important information about assets/credits/insurance policies/wills, and other contracts, can be kept up-to-date with little effort, is user-friendly and can be learned easily, structures, and organizes all your data, creates a wide range of reports, and your personal finance overview. Version 1.0.7 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in version 1.0.7
ReleaseNovember 7, 2008
Date AddedOctober 29, 2005
Operating SystemsWindows, Windows 2000, Windows XP

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PlotA Lesson by SM Garcia
Picking a plot.
Picking a Plot
Q: How do you pick a plot?
A: For me, I usually base it off something. Say a dream and I go from there. I’ll take a bit of that dream and build on it. Sometimes I even take a short story or a poem and make it work.
Take the dream I had recently. I
was working in a bar. One of my co-workers, Steve, and a friend of my husbands
The one night a group of guys came in and started trouble. They beat up Dave and then Steve (he’s a big guy which only proves it’s a dream) before leaving. The bar got back to normal rather quickly with Steve and Dave talking to police.
After the police left the jerks came back with guns and decided to rob the place. I was working behind the bar and tried to call the police, but I got caught. Right before the head dude came after me I woke up.
I could easily write that up. Telling what happened from each person’s point of view and whatnot.
I guess what I’m trying to say is see what inspires you and go from there. Whether it’s a dream, short story, poem, or something else.
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AlloVir, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALVR), a late-clinical stage allogeneic T cell immunotherapy company, today announced that Diana Brainard, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences:
Morgan Stanley 21st Annual Global Healthcare Conference
Fireside Chat: Monday, September 11, 2023 at 4:55 pm ET
H.C. Wainwright 25th Annual Global Investment Conference
Presentation: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 12:00 pm ET
A live webcast and archived replay of these presentations will be available on the Investors & Press section of the AlloVir website at https://ir.allovir.com.
AlloVir is a leading late-clinical stage cell therapy company focused on restoring natural immunity against life-threatening viral diseases in pediatric and adult patients with weakened immune systems. The company's innovative and proprietary technology platform leverages off-the-shelf, allogeneic, single- and multi-virus-specific T cells for patients with T cell deficiencies who are at risk from the life-threatening consequences of viral diseases. AlloVir's technology and manufacturing process enable the potential for the treatment and prevention of a spectrum of devastating viruses with each single allogeneic cell therapy. The company is advancing multiple mid- and late-stage clinical trials across its product portfolio. For more information, visit www.allovir.com or follow us on Twitter/X or LinkedIn.
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Part of the Berber community
Our partner artisans in the village of Aït Hamza are true masters of high-quality weaving. Aït Hamza is a small town and rural commune located in the heart of the Atlas Mountains. In this community there is a select group of female artisans who are preserving an ancestral technique that is passed on from generation to generation. Hand weaving is a tradtional craft in the Berber community and is carried out exclusively by women. Until this day these artisans still handcraft unique pieces the way their ancestors did, using organic wool shorn from local sheep.
Working towards success
This group of six women is led by Yetto Afkir. Yetto is an experienced artisan who learned hand weaving techniques at a very young age, and has been striving ever since to establish a small structure where other artisans from her neighborhood can get together and weave their way to financial stability and freedom.
Fez Medina Weavers
The ancient Medina
Fez's ancient Medina is not only UNESCO world heritage but also a very lively place which stimulates all of your senses. Inside this fascinating maze you can find the atelier of Yahya: a place where a traditional way of horizontal loom weaving still exists today. Every item is made with close attention to detail and made by hand from start to finish.
The atelier was founded by Yahya himself who left his native town of Taounate more than ten years ago. Alongside three other artisans, including his nephew Mohamed, he creates high quality handwoven textiles out of local sheep wool or cotton. They focus on modern designs while respecting the traditional craftsmanship.
Not just any cooperative
At the head of this cooperative we can find Abdessadek who founded it in 2009. Abdessadek founded the cooperative in hope of offering fellow artisans better and more humane working conditions. The workshop is located in a village right outside of Marrakesh and kept growing at a steady pace. Today it consists out of a group of 160 talented artisans.
All artisans specialize in a traditional way of weaving and use the finest cotton and wool. Abdessadek is from a family of weavers and understands all the ins and outs of using a traditional horizontal loom, a form of ancestral weaving. Besides offering a sustainable income and better working conditions, the cooperative wants to preserve this endangered craft.
Maintaining traditions, men take care of weaving the fabrics while the women are in charge of the meticulous details like embroidering tassels and macramé fringes.


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Discover the explorers who took on our world in My First Heroes: Explorers! Push, pull and slide the scenes to find out about Marco Polo, Jeanne Baret, Matthew Henson and Amelia Earhart, and be inspired by their incredible journeys. With scenes to explore, fun facts to learn and bright, bold illustration by Nila Aye, this is the perfect introduction for inquisitive preschoolers to these amazing explorers. Find out more in this remarkable autobiographical series with Eco Warriors, Artists, Scientists, Space and Inventors.
Author: Aye, Nila, Books, Campbell, Binding: Board Book, Imprint: Campbell Books Ltd, Series: My First Heroes, Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN , Published: 21/01/2021, Pagination: 10 pages, Classification: Children's, young adult & educational, Country of Publication: United Kingdom

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|A unique collection of 90 Anti-proliferation natural compounds for Anti-proliferation drug research|
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1. Piceatannol has antitumor activity.
2. Piceatannol has the potential to control obesity.
3. Piceatannol has antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities.
4. Piceatannol inhibits effector T cell functions by suppressing TcR signaling.
1. 2'-hydroxygenistein shows significant concentration-dependent inhibitory effects on the release of beta-glucuronidase and lysozyme from rat neutrophils in response to formyl-Met-Leu-Phe/cytochalasin B.
1. Gycitein has weak estrogenic activity.
2. Glycitein inhibits glioma cell invasion through down-regulation of MMP-3 and MMP-9 gene expression.
|CFN99161||Salvianolic acid A
1. Salvianolic acid A has anti-oxidative capability.
2. Salvianolic acid A positively regulates PTEN protein level and inhibits growth of A549 lung cancer cells.
3. Salvianolic acid A inhibits proliferation, causes cell cycle arrest at the S phase, and induces apoptosis dose dependently to the two kinds of cancer cells.
4. Salvianolic acid A has inhibitory effect on Cu2+ mediated human LDL oxidation through chelating Cu2+ and scavenging free radicals.
5. Salvianolic acid A could protect hepatic lipid peroxidation, and had marked effects against liver injur y and fibrosis in carbon tetrachloride induced fibrotic rats.
6. Salvianolic acid A has inhibitory effect on Cu2+ mediated human LDL oxidation through chelating Cu2+ and scavenging free radicals.
7. Salvianolic acid A can reverse paclitaxel resistance through suppressing transgelin 2 expression by mechanisms involving attenuation of PI3 K/Akt pathway activation and ABC transporter up-regulation.
1. Fangchinoline has antioxidate activity.
2. Fangchinoline has anti-inflammatory activity.
3. Fangchinoline as a kinase inhibitor targets FAK and suppresses FAK-mediated signaling pathway in A549.
4. Fangchinoline selectively bound to G-quadruplex DNA, inhibit the production of infectious virions in HIV-1 cDNA transfected 293T cells.
5. Fangchinoline is a novel anti-tumour agent, inhibits cell proliferation via Akt/GSK-3beta/ cyclin D1 signaling and induces apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells.

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Maintaining mobility and a freedom in the body is what we all want as we age gracefully. The ability to breathe with ease in every pose (or position) in life.
Drawing on her yoga, dance, and movement background, Courtney invites participants to explore with fresh curiosity how we experience and relate to our spine through movement.
Expect new challenges as we unwind and reimagine new spinal patterns through thoughtful, and subtle investigations into form, shape and rhythm.
Designed for all bodies and all levels this workshop aims to be fun and explorative.


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In another twist involving the public protector’s office‚ the Minister of Co-operative Governance an.
LONDON - Prince William landed a Royal Air Force helicopter in the garden of his girlfriend Kate Middleton's family home but the defence ministry defended his actions, saying he achieved essential training objectives.
The News of the World reported that 25-year-old William, second in line to the British throne, asked Middleton's parents' permission to land at their home in Berkshire, southern England, because of a shortage of landing slots in the neighbouring county Hampshire.
Aviation analyst and RAF-trained pilot Jon Lake told the weekly paper THAT the April 3 flight was "ridiculous and inappropriate", but the ministry said the two-hour training mission was fully authorised as part of William's four-month RAF attachment.
William, the fourth successive generation of the monarchy to become an RAF pilot, received his Royal Air Force wings from his father Prince Charles on April 11 in a ceremony watched by Middleton.
Known as Flying Officer William Wales, he is due to start an attachment to the Royal Navy in June. - Reuters

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Check in and leave the status quo behind. Hotel Emblem in downtown San Francisco, where Nob Hill meets Union Square and the Theater District, is a haven for those that think as boldly as they live.
Inspiring conversation in all the right ways, with plenty of modern provocations, Hotel Emblem will feature 96 vibrant guestrooms. Every corner is designed to spark creativity, from the bar inspired by the Beat Generation, to the book-filled Writer’s Alcove in the lobby, to the eclectic guestrooms, where patterns play and an expressive vibe thrives.
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Hyundai India has added an optional CVT gearbox on two variants of the 2018 Elite i20 to take on Maruti Suzuki’s Baleno CVT. This comes after Hyundai gave their volume-driving a facelift, making its first public debut at the Auto Expo 2018 with an introductory launch price of Rs 5.35 lakh for the base variant with a petrol motor, going all the way to 9.15 lakh for the fully-equipped diesel. This is the first time Hyundai will launch an i20 with a continuously variable transmission with the 1.2 litre petrol motor.
At the Auto Expo 2018, Hyundai had said that the new CVT mated to the 1.2-litre engine would dramatically change the automatics fortunes in India. Saying that the price would drastically reduce making it more competitive with Maruti Suzuki’s Baleno. As the 1.2-litre engine puts the i20 in the lower tax bracket, as well as heavily localised. More so when compared to the imported 1.4-litre engine. As promised the price change has been drastic with the new i20 Magna CVT retailing for as little as 7.04 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) a little more than 2 lakh cheaper than the outgoing car. Even the range-topping Asta CVT trim is now priced as little as 8.16 lakh ex-showroom, Delhi. Still under the 9.15 lakh ex-showroom cost of the 1.4 litre CVT with a Magna trim.
The price drop will allow the i20 which features a long list of first features, to better take on the likes of the Maruti Suzuki Baleno CVT which has been priced at Rs 7.09 lakh for the base Delta variant going all the way up to Rs 8.40 lakh for the range-topping Alpha variant. Now it is important to know that the i20 is only available in two variants whereas the Baleno is available in the Delta, Zeta and Alpha trims (a total of three trims). We give you a quick comparison of which has more features and which is better suited to you.
Engine & Specifications
The 2018 Hyundai Elite i20 CVT has been launched with a 1.2 litre Kappa engine for the first time, matching the Baleno’s 1.2 litre engine almost spec for spec. In terms of output, the 1.2 litre Kappa engine makes 83 hp and 114 Nm of torque where the Baleno also makes an almost identical 82 hp with an additional torque bringing the total to 115 Nm of torque. Now it is important to remember despite identical figures on paper the i20 is still about 100 kilos heavier than the Baleno which tips the scales at 890 kgs in comparison to the 1066 kilos for the petrol i20. This makes the Baleno feel more urgent and engaging to drive when compared to the Elite i20.
Features & Safety
In base variants, neither the i20 nor the Baleno comes with their touchscreen infotainment systems that are both now compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto. However, both the Asta trim Elite i20 and the Maruti Suzuki Baleno in Alpha trim with CVT gearboxes have the full feature set when it comes to infotainment systems, this will include in-built navigation for both cars and the Arkamis sound system in the Hyundai i20. While the Baleno has reversing sensors in all variants with a reversing camera reserved for the range-topping Alpha variant, the 2018 Hyundai i20 has sensors and reversing camera with dynamic gridlines in the top of the range Alpha variant.
In terms of safety, Maruti’s Baleno is offered with ABS, EBD and two front airbags as standard across all variants, the base variant also offers features like anti-theft security system, belt pre-tensioners and force limiters. In its newest iteration, the i20 too has dual front airbags as standard although the range-topping Asta with the Optional package gets up to 6 airbags, including side and curtain bags. ABS and EBD are available as standard on the Hyundai i20 as well.
Now Hyundai is the newest entrant in the market with a CVT gearbox, has been priced very carefully so as to offer a unique value proposition to its customers. The Baleno’s starting price has been set at Rs 7.05 lakh for the Delta, where the base Magna variant of the i20 has been priced at a rather cheeky 7.04 lakh ex-showroom Delhi. The Range-topping price for the Baleno in Alpha trim will cost you Rs.8.40 lakh while the range-topping Elite i20 CVT Asta will cost as little as Rs 8.16 lakh. The Baleno does offer a middle variant with less trim which has been given the skip on the i20, the Zeta automatic will cost about Rs.7.70 lakh ex-showroom Delhi.
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Funnily enough, the ad has now been shared and re-tweeted on soshul meeja sites with articles also appearing on the Guardian, BBC and STV websites. Expect some of those 37 'national' papers to follow suit with a dour denunciation tomorrow. After all, Wings' readership is booming while the readership and sales of pisspoor rags like the Scotsman are in a Hibs-style freefall. In what is becoming a win-win situation for Wings - and balanced reporting of the referendum - all monies have been returned to Mr Campbell at WoS.
Free publicity courtesy of the SPT. Malcolm McLaren will be chuckling in his grave.


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LONDON, 3 May, 2016 – CBRE Global Investment Partners (GIP), in Joint Venture with Portus Retail has acquired BIG Shopping Centre, in Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, from NREP on behalf of the European Co-Investment Fund (ECF).
The 45,705 sqm BIG Shopping Centre is a unique retail concept, combining traditional shopping centre food and fashion anchor tenants, alongside a large leisure offer and big box retailers. The scheme is 98% leased to 26 major retail tenants, including Føtex, H&M, Elgiganten, Jysk, Power and Nike.
The centre is located in an affluent catchment area of 1.7m inhabitants 10km northwest of Copenhagen City Centre. Benefitting from being in Denmark, one of Europe’s best performing economies with a low unemployment rate and strong GDP growth forecast.
Jeremy Plummer, Head of EMEA and CEO, CBRE Global Investment Partners said, “This is the fourth acquisition for the ECF fund and BIG was a great opportunity to buy a well-performing asset with a real differentiation within the retail sector.”
Rasmus Nørgaard, Partner, NREP said, “We have developed BIG together with our partner NPV, and BIG has been a strong investment for our NSF1 fund. We are convinced that BIG also will be a strong investment for CBRE and Portus.”
Peter Todd, Founder, Portus Retail said, “Portus Retail Was established with the objective of creating and managing high performance retail environments and destinations across Europe. The acquisition of BIG is a perfect example of the type of opportunities we will be focusing on.”
GIP and Portus Retail were advised and assisted by Danish law firm, Plesner and Capital Investment; NREP’s advisors being Accura and Sadolin Albaek/JLL.
About CBRE Global Investment Partners
CBRE Global Investment Partners is the division of CBRE Global Investors that delivers investment solutions customised for clients’ individual objectives by constructing portfolios using private funds, secondaries, co-investments and joint ventures, partnering with leading operators and fund managers for each strategy. Investments cover the risk spectrum from core to enhanced, can be global or regional in nature, and use a variety of investment vehicles based on clients’ preferences. GIP has $14.0 billion in assets under management* as of March 31, 2016. CBRE Global Investment Partners’ AUM includes investments in programs managed by the direct side of CBRE Global Investors. CBRE Global Investment Partners Limited is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
About CBRE Global Investors
CBRE Global Investors is a global real estate investment management firm with $89.7 billion in assets under management* as of March 31, 2016. The firm sponsors investment programs across the risk/return spectrum for investors worldwide.
CBRE Global Investors is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG). It harnesses the research, investment sourcing and other resources of the world’s premier, full-service commercial real estate services and investment company for the benefit of its investors. CBRE Group, Inc. has more than 70,000 employees in more than 400 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. For more information about CBRE Global Investors, please visit www.cbreglobalinvestors.com.
*Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real estate-related assets with respect to which CBRE Global Investors provides, on a global basis, oversight, investment management services and other advice, and which generally consist of investments in real estate; equity in funds and joint ventures; securities portfolios; operating companies and real estate-related loans. This AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of CBRE Global Investors’ presence in the global real estate market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers.
NREP is a leading Nordic private equity real estate firm focused on generating superior risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors by working with thematic value-add investment strategies and hands-on active asset management. NREP has to date focused predominantly on modern logistics, necessity driven retail, self-storage and residential. NREP was established in 2005 and has since inception raised 9 funds and executed over 200 property acquisitions and developments in the Nordic region, of which 80 have been exited.
NREP has a track record of success through the economic cycle, consistently outperforming relevant benchmarks every year and achieving an average +20% IRR on its investments since inception, with no single year of losses. The firm currently has total assets under management of €3 billion and was recently named the most consistently outperforming manager in Europe by Preqin. NREP employs more than 70 professionals across four offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki and Oslo and is fully owned by its eleven partners.
About Portus Retail
Portus Retail was founded by Peter Todd, formerly a Partner of Resolution Property, in 2016 as a specialist in the investment and management of retail environments across Europe with an aim of delivering places that truly perform for property owners and developers.www.portus-retail.com

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N, N-Dimethyltryptamine is an indole alkaloid widely found in plants and animals.
It is famously known for producing brief and intense hallucinogenic effects when ingested and may be habit-forming.
Increasing evidence suggests that endogenous DMT drug plays essential roles for
several processes in the periphery and central nervous system and may act as a neurotransmitter.
It is Typically Consumed in the Following Ways:
Vaporized or Smoked in a Pipe
Ingested Orally in Brews Like Ayahuasca
Snorted or Injected on Rare Events
The most adverse effects of hallucinogens are likely mental effects, such as intense fear, paranoia, anxiety, grief, and depression, which can put the user or others in physical harm or danger.
Most hallucinogens such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM) cause sensory distortion, depersonalization at high doses.
At least one (N, N-Diisopropyltryptamine, DiPT) causes auditory distortions,
whereas some compounds such as DMT (found in ayahuasca), psilocybin (mushrooms), or mescaline (peyote) cause episodic visual effects.
Several slang terms refer to DMT:
Drug Effects and Health Risks
The primary effect of DMT is psychological, with intense visual and auditory hallucinations, euphoria, and an altered sense of space, body, and time.
Many users report intense, life-changing encounters such as visiting other worlds,
communicating with alien creatures known as “DMT elves” or “machine elves,” and inclusive shifts in the perception of identity and reality.
When smoked, this drug produces short yet intense visual and auditory hallucinations that have been defined by users as an alternate reality,
metaphysical, or a near-death experience.
Compared to other psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, ketamine, and magic mushrooms,
recreational users of DMT consider it to have the lowest side effects.
Possible Side Effects
Heightened Heart Rate
Increased Blood Pressure
Chest Pain or Tightness
Rapid rhythmic movements of the eye
When taken orally, this drug can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Depending on the individual user, the experience can reach from intensely exciting to overwhelmingly terrifying.
Unfortunately, the experience can be so overpowering that users may have trouble processing and integrating the “trip” into real life.
Mental side effects may remain for many days or weeks after ingestion of the drug.
DMT is structurally linked to the neurotransmitter serotonin and, because of this,
a condition called serotonin syndrome that is potentially lethal is associated with its use.
People taking antidepressants are at the highest risk for this complication.
Serotonin syndrome happens when the body gains an excessive amount of serotonin.
The condition is often harmful or intense by taking a combination of various drugs.
Too Much Serotonin Effects
High Blood Pressure
Loss of Muscle Coordination
At higher doses, DMT can cause seizures, respiratory arrest, and coma.
DMT could have severe unfavorable consequences for users with pre-existing psychological problems or a mental illness, such as schizophrenia.
Due to limited research data, DMT is not known to cause physical dependence or addiction,
although regular recreational users may develop psychological cravings for the drug.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recommends that DMT use does not seem to urge tolerance of the drug, unlike other hallucinogens.
Although it is not acknowledged as an addictive substance,
DMT has several health risks and can produce terrifying hallucinations and psychological dependency.
These experiences can include:
Heightened perceptual experiences can include seeing colors more intense, sounds more acute, and touch more sensitive.
Hallucinations: Seeing, hearing, smelling, or feeling things that are not there.
Synesthesias are mixed sensory experiences, such as believing that one can hear colors, see sounds, etc.
Powerful delusions representing beliefs that are not backed by reality
Cognitive distortions such as feeling that one is invulnerable, that one is leaving one’s body that surrounding things are not fundamental, or that one has shifted to something else (anything from an animal to an inanimate object)
An alteration in one’s sense of the passing of time (e.g., time is moving far more slowly than it is; minutes may seem like hours, hours like days, etc.)
Individuals who have similar DMT experiences but are not under the influence of drugs or do not have some neurological problems,
such as a head injury or stroke, would often be classified as having some psychotic disorder if they constantly have these experiences or beliefs.
On the other hand, hallucinogenic drugs description is often “mind expanding” drugs for individuals who use them but are not without corresponding dangers.
To clarify, using this drug has never been safe to use as it can cause harmful events because of one’s detachment from reality.
Drug Withdrawal Symptoms
Feelings of Fatigue
Lack of Motivation
Cravings to use DMT
Although experts such as SAMHSA report that many individuals who abuse hallucinogens typically discontinue using DMT drugs independently without formal treatment,
the development of any substance use disorder represents a potentially serious mental health disorder.
Typically, individuals who have developed a substance use disorder need rehab assistance
and interventions to help them function normally without using drugs or alcohol.
While DMT does not produce physical dependence,
some individuals may abuse the drug to the point that they experience various complications, may it be physically or mentally.
This may be particularly true in cases of polysubstance abuse, where the user is combining DMT with other psychoactive drugs.
A pattern of problematic hallucinogen use that causes significant problems or distress is “other hallucinogen use disorder.” Symptoms include:
Taking more of the drug than intended
Unsuccessfully attempting to control or stop use
Exhausting a lot of time and energy in obtaining and using or recovering from its effects
Ignoring personal responsibilities in favor of using
Continuing to use despite mounting adverse interpersonal, social, or physical/mental health problems
Discarding previously enjoyed habits or hobbies to use
Signs of Addiction
The signs of DMT addiction are similar to the signs of other hallucinogenic drug use.
Users appear to see and hear things that aren’t there, and they may act inappropriately or irrationally.
They may have dilated pupils and an elevated heart rate and blood pressure.
Other signs of addiction can be the presence of hazardous chemicals and chemistry equipment,
suggesting the user is attempting to manufacture DMT or other illicit substances to either use or sell.
Spending time alone is another sign of abuse or addiction, as DMT is not considered a social drug.
DMT in the brain occurs naturally in humans in small amounts, as well as in plants and some animals. Of course, it can also be artificially manufactured.
DMT is a potent psychedelic drug that can cause violent vomiting, intense hallucinations and other serious physical effects. Fortunately, sobriety and recovery from this drug is feasible.
Recent research has explored the idea that abnormal activity in the brain’s DMT production
could cause DMT hallucinations that lead some people to believe they’ve been the victim of an alien abduction,
or that they have had a near-death experience or similarly otherworldly experience.
DMT use is particularly dangerous among people who have a history of mental illness or
who are susceptible to it due to its ability to amplify the negative feelings they may already be experiencing.
The long-term effects of this drug abuse in humans are currently unknown, according to DrugAbuse.gov.
Drug Addiction Treatment
Currently, there are no FDA-approved medications for the treatment of DMT addiction.
Addiction to DMT can be hard to escape but deals damage to your health & relationships. Get help with DMT addiction from Level Up rehab.
However, those struggling with addiction to DMT can seek effective behavioral therapies to help them manage their drug use and find sobriety.
Some common forms of behavioral therapy and treatment that may help someone fighting with DMT abuse include:
Individual or Group Counseling: One-on-one or group counseling to approach the underlying circumstances contributing to the abuse.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A type of therapy that focuses on teaching individuals techniques to cope with cravings healthily and avoid relapse when the urge arises.
12-Step Programs: Support groups that provide a continuing, step-by-step process to recovery amongst the support of peers facing similar addictions and conflicts.
Motivational Interviewing: A type of counseling that helps facilitate behavioral change by helping the client uncover his intrinsic motivation.
Inpatient Rehabilitation: 24/7 addiction treatment for a specified period, typically ranging from 30-90 days in duration. This treatment program will typically include some combination of the aforementioned therapeutic approaches, dual diagnosis treatment, and holistic treatment.
Aftercare: Your rehabilitation from addiction will not end with treatment. Recovery is an ongoing process that goes beyond your treatment, and your treatment center will put you through an aftercare program once you leave the facility. It would help if you also made a personal effort by joining support groups to help you stay on track with recovery.
If you or someone you love is seeking a safe, secure, and compassionate resource for DMT drug addiction treatment,
Level Up Palm Beach County is here for you. Don’t hesitate to contact us to speak with an addiction counselor today about our levels of care.

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Since the coronavirus has spread to nearly all countries, we are permanently reminded the steps to follow to protect ourselves. No more handshaking, frequent and thorough hand washing, coughing and sneezing in your elbow, keeping distance from each other, and staying at home as much as possible.
These low-cost measures are unhesitatingly all effective ways to tackle the virus. However, there is one piece of advice often overlooked, even completely left out: sleep well and get enough rest. Getting plenty of good sleep is actually one of the few proven strategies to boost our immune system. So, staying up to follow the news or binge watching your favorite show all night during this pandemic is not a good idea.
Why should you prioritize sleep in the time of coronavirus?
Like a mysterious vitamin S, Sleep allows us to regain energy, stimulate cognitive function, organize memories, prevent depression, help lose weight, and strengthen the immune system. Sleep doesn’t stop us from getting sick, but it does help the immune system protect us as well as possible. The less we sleep, the more likely we get sick after being exposed to a virus. Cytokines are proteins involved in physiological sleep regulation. These are molecules secreted by the immune system to fight the viral or bacterial invader. It also explains why we stay in bed in case of illness. We sleep more until our body has regained strength.
A study from the University of Washington Medicine found that chronic short sleep suppresses immune response. “The immune system functions best when it gets enough sleep. Seven or more hours of sleep is recommended for optimal health,” said lead author Dr. Nathaniel Watson, co-director of the UW Medicine Sleep Center. In addition, German researchers discovered how sleep helps fight infection and can sometimes be a great medicine. According to the study, sleep improves the potential ability of some of the body’s immune cells to attach to their targets.
In extreme cases of sleep deprivation, lack of sleep slowly kills us. More than 20 large scale epidemiological studies all report that cause-effect relationship: the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. In an article published by the Guardian, Professor Matthew Walker, director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of Berkeley, sounds the alarm and expresses his conviction that we are in the midst of a “catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic”.
How could a lack of sleep impact your life as a parent?
According to the National Sleep Foundation, the average adult needs seven to nine hours of sleep every night. When you sleep fewer hours a night on an ongoing basis, you build up a sleep debt that can be hard to pay back.
Netherlands, New Zealand and France are the top 3 countries on the podium where people sleep the most, with an average of respectively five, four and three minutes more than eight hours of sleep per night. But not all developed economies rest well. Singapore and Japan are the world’s worst countries when it comes to getting a good night’s sleep, sleeping an average of 36 and 29 minutes less than the eight hours taken as the reference. It is likely that cultural and social factors are to blame for short nights.
The loss of sleep is a common problem in modern society, affecting many individuals at some point in their lives. Sleep deprivation is caused by consistent lack of sleep or reduced quality of sleep. If your sleep debt persists over time, i.e. you get less than 7 hours of sleep on a regular basis, you can suffer severe consequences affecting your entire life. Occasional sleep interruptions can feel like a nuisance. However, ongoing lack of sleep can cause many adverse effects like excessive daytime sleepiness, emotional difficulties, poor job performance, obesity and a lowered perception of quality of life.
As mentioned above, sleeping too little breaks your immunity down, leaving you more likely to get sick. As a parent, you very well know that this is something you wish to avoid at all costs. Being sick is simply inconvenient when you have a child; you cannot take care of your child well, and in the worst-case scenario, your child could also get the bug. Depriving yourself of enough deep sleep weakens our immune response to intruders. So, health care and grocery employees working double or triple shifts are currently so much more vulnerable, and not just because through exposure to the coronavirus.
According to research, sleep deprivation is also linked to a higher mortality risk. An individual sleeping on average less than six hours per night has a 13% higher mortality risk than someone sleeping between seven and nine hours. An individual sleeping between six and seven hours per day still has a 7% higher mortality risk. Unfortunately, tragedies remind us how vital sleep is. In 2015, a man dies in Taiwan after 3-day online gaming binge. In 2018, a western Pennsylvania father fell asleep with his 1-month-old son on his chest. Smothered by dad’s body, the infant had stopped breathing. In Florida, a 9-month-old baby died last year because he left alone in bath and drowned while parents sleep.
Based on a research conducted about the sleeping habits of people from across the UK, it appears that parents are getting just 5.1 hours of sleep per night in the first year of their child’s life. This means that they lose a total of 44 nights during that period. Due to the insufficient proper sleep new parents are usually getting, they could be considered as a vulnerable COVID-19 risk group. The National Sleep Foundation states that, “insomnia in parenthood can come from having to multitask and balance busy lives. Lying down in bed brings spinning thoughts of to-do lists and worries about family matters, both small and large”.
The inability to disconnect is not the only reason for sleep challenges. Research conducted by the University of Berkeley with 2’000 parents, focused on the impact of a child’s sleep on the parental balance. It revealed that parents sleep an average of 6 hours per night and have a hard time managing the lack of sleep.
30% of divorced or separated parents mention that the main reason that triggered their separation is the sleepless nights caused by their baby crying. Beyond an insufficient duration of sleep for the young parents, it is the duration of uninterrupted sleep which is invoked. At least 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep would be needed to properly concentrate and, among other things, prevent postpartum depression.
Of those surveyed, 11% admitted to pretending to sleep when their baby’s crying wakes them up, leaving their partner to care for the child. The same number of parents decide to close the door, to stop hearing the screams. According to psychiatrist Bernard Geberowicz, 100% of parents experience turbulence when their first baby arrives. He also states that 20 to 25% of couples break up after four or five years of cohabitation, which often coincides with the beginnings of parenthood. This is linked to the numerous symptoms of sleep deprivation, such as irritation, depression, and getting defensive more easily when running on little to no sleep.
Postpartum depression, referring to the depression some mothers deal with after giving birth, has now reached a 1/7 women rate. This has also been closely linked to sleep deprivation. More specifically, women who get less than 5 hours of sleep on a constant basis are at a higher rate of suffering from postpartum depression. This perinatal mood disorder can lead to severe marital or relationship problems.
Restricted sleep has also negative effects on our facial appearance and social appeal according to research carried out by the Royal Society Open Science. The results showed that study participants were less inclined to socialize with individuals who had gotten insufficient sleep. Furthermore, sleep-restricted participants were perceived as less attractive and less healthy.
Why is sleep also crucial for your baby?
Science tells us that if we get the appropriate number of hours of sleep, it helps the learning process, increases our ability to concentrate, aids metabolism and weight control, reduces irritability and impatience, decreases the risk of suffering from depression and strengthens our immune system.
Similarly, healthy sleeping habits are essential to promote children’s cognitive, behavioral, emotional and physical development. By providing your child’s brain sufficient sleep, she will learn better by maximizing her concentration capacity, will be less likely to go through mood swings, happier, healthier and successful. From an early age, you can help your child develop a good foundation for peaceful nights. A healthy sleep hygiene starts early in life (Read: What is a healthy sleep hygiene?).
Here are a few reasons, among others, that explain why sleep is essential for little ones:
- Researchers have found that sleep and the circadian system are strong regulators of immunological processes. Insufficient sleep weakens the immune system’s ability to fight off short-term, chronic and acute health problems.
- Babies need sleep to physically grow. It is during the night that growth-related hormone is produced.
- The human brain is developing until around the age of 21. Thanks to sufficient sleep until then, a child will help reach her full potential. Sleep boosts her attention and concentration, helping her learn new skills. According to the medical journal Sleep “short sleep duration in the first three years of life is associated with hyperactivity/impulsivity and lower cognitive performance on neurodevelopmental tests at age 6.”
- Sleep is prime time for the brain to process, transform and store learned material. Dreams allow babies to process daytime emotional experiences and memorize events.
- According to Patrick McNamara, Ph.D., dreams (during the REM stage) help promote attachment. McNamara states that the dreams about family members facilitate the emotional bonding during wake time.
- A study proved that increased sleep is correlated with an easy-tempered baby, who is more approachable and adaptable. Well-rested babies are easier to calm down, less prone to anger, frustration, and temper tantrums than sleep-deprived children. Insufficient sleep impairs emotion stabilization.
Research conducted by Dr. Miller at the University of Warwick has found that children who regularly sleep less than others of the same age gain more weight when they grow older and are overall 58% more likely to become overweight or obese. According to Dr. Miller, “the study reinforces the concept that sleep deprivation is an important risk factor for obesity, detectable very early on in life.”
How can you get more sleep?
“Sleep is the best meditation.” – Dalai Lama
First, think about the reason(s) why you cannot get enough sleep. Perhaps you cannot get 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep because your baby wakes up several times at night. Or, you may be extremely stressed due to work-related issues and the current COVID-19 pandemic. Douglas B. Kirsch, a neurologist and former president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine states that “sleep is hard when anxiety levels are high, such as in the case of a pandemic.”
If this lack of sleep is related to your little one, make sure to discuss this with your partner and your pediatrician. Find a way together to get enough sleep at night in order to function properly during the day. Dealing with your child’s sleep issues can be overwhelming and exhausting. No solution is immediate and there is rarely a quick fix. Creating new sleep habits and routines can take time (read: What is a healthy sleep hygiene?). It can also be invaluable to have a sleep coach that can answer questions, offer advice, and give you needed assurance. You no longer have to wonder if you are making the right choices or taking the correct path. As a certified sleep coach, I give my clients the necessary reassurance and support, I can guide them step by step along the learning process, taking all the guesswork out of solving their child’s sleep problems.
Improving your baby’s sleep has significant advantages that go beyond his/her development. As sleep-deprived parents, take the necessary initiatives as soon as possible to boost your immune system and get your life back on track. Keep in mind that running on too little sleep may seem feasible for a few days, but it has very real consequences in the long run. Even just sleeping an extra hour can do wonders! Sleep is a necessity that we all should love and enjoy. Getting good sleep is more crucial than ever right now.
If your sleep problems are not directly related to your bambini, there are some simple strategies to support your sleep, your well-being, and your immune system during these challenging times. Sleep deprivation is not an unchangeable fate.
- Set a schedule for yourself and your family, with routines, consistent bedtimes, and wake-up times (even during the weekends).
- Find the time to sleep enough during the night.
- Reserve your bed for sleep.
- Find a daily physical activity that reduces your stress level. Go for a walk or a run. If going outside is not an option for you, there are loads of YouTube videos and apps to keep you physically active. Be careful not to exercise too heavily at night as this will boost your metabolism to the point that it can be detrimental to your sleep.
- Get plenty of light during the day to ensure that your body secretes melatonin, known as the sleep hormone. It is a great way to get Vitamin D exposure (also an immune system booster) and to reduce stress and anxiety.
- Slowly dim the lights in the evening and use blackout curtains to keep your room dark.
- Set a hard curfew for all electronics. Make sure to put your touchscreens away at least two hours before you go to sleep.
- Be aware of the temperature in your room. Although you may love sleeping in a boiling hot room, it is not the best for you. In fact, opening your window slightly just to let some air in, and getting rid of the carbon dioxide you produce while sleeping and breathing, is incredibly helpful to staying asleep.
- Watch what you eat and drink because keeping a healthy diet can promote good sleep.
- Avoid alcohol as much as possible. Alcohol may make you sleepy and can help you fall asleep, but it is toxic in high amounts and rarely leads to a good night of uninterrupted sleep.
- Avoid caffeine after 4 PM and reduce your daily intake as much as you can.
- Turn on a white noise machine to block all external nuisance.
- If you’re just lying in bed and not sleeping, don’t force it. Instead, get up and be as active as you can. You can also read a book but avoid using a device emitting blue light. You will most likely feel tired after all, so give in to the temptation to fall asleep.
- Read great books about sleep like “The Sleep Revolution” and “Why we sleep” (also known as the book that puts Bill Gates to sleep).
- If you nap during the day, wake up before 4 PM to avoid interference with your night sleep.
- Invest in virtual social relationships and foster connections. Chatting with your family and friends may provide you less intimacy and closeness than face-to-face gatherings. However, they definitively can make you feel less lonely and less socially isolated.
- Practice kindness.
- Treat anxiety with gratitude, breathing, meditation, and, maybe medication as a last resort.
If none of the above solutions work, find a specialist that can help you with sleep therapy. Sleep therapy is better than sleeping pills because they are just a short-term solution to a most likely long-term problem. They can cause potentially serious side effects. These can vary by medication, but they can include dizziness, headache, gastrointestinal issues, prolonged drowsiness, allergic reactions, memory problems, and performing daily activities while partially asleep, according to the Mayo Clinic.
All in all, try suitable solutions to boost your immunity and maintain your sanity during this unprecedented time. Make sleep a priority for you and your family. If you would like to get more information on how to improve the quality and the quantity of your child’s sleep, schedule your first free consultation now! It is a free and non-binding offer.
- Getting enough restorative sleep on a constant basis could prove to be a lifesaver when it comes to COVID-19, both in staving it off and minimizing symptoms when it hits. Sleep is your best defense.
- It is recommended to sleep between 7 and 9 hours a night.
- Sleep is a key promoter of emotional wellness and mental health, helping to beat back stress, depression, and anxiety.
- Make sleep a family priority. Ensuring proper sleep in childhood offers a lifetime of benefits.
- Babies require enough of the right kind of sleep to grow to their full potential.
- Tiredness and the baby’s screams can precipitate you and your partner in a turbulent zone, putting your couple in danger.
- If you want to be more attractive, get more sleep.
- Being a sleep-deprived parent is not normal and can be a life-threatening condition.
- If you find yourself struggling to sleep, think about the different sources of stress in your life and pinpoint how you can get rid of them. Find the source of the problem before you can start implementing the solutions.


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Perungudi is a wide spread slum mainly displaced underprivileged community from various parts of the city due to various development programs. This urban slum is located nearby Perungudi railway station and it exists for more than 50 years. The local name for this area is “Kallukuttai” which consist of more than 2000 families. This area has no proper basic facilities such as roads, toilets, water, schools, colleges, hospitals and medical shops. This area has 5 tea and snacks shops, 1 electrical and building hardware shops, a mosque and temple. Most of the houses are huts made of recycling materials.
The streets are difficult to be used even during a small rain. Majority of the people are working in an unorganised sector such as construction, domestic maid, housekeeping, security agency etc. Illiteracy, alcohol addiction, unemployment and child marriage are some of the social problems in this area. This area does not have proper streets and water facilities which makes the people to depend on private water suppliers.
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The cause of pericarditis is believed to be most often due to a viral infection. Other causes include bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, uremic pericarditis, following a heart attack, cancer, autoimmune disorders, and chest trauma. The cause often remains unknown.
The cause of pericarditis is often unknown, though viral infections are a common cause. Pericarditis often occurs after a respiratory infection. Chronic, or recurring pericarditis is usually the result of autoimmune disorders such as lupus, scleroderma and rheumatoid arthritis.
Secondly, can pericarditis go away on its own? Pericarditis is often mild and goes away on its own. Some cases, if not treated, can lead to chronic pericarditis and serious problems that affect your heart. It can takes weeks or months to recover from pericarditis.
Regarding this, is pericarditis serious?
Pericarditis causes chest pain and a high temperature (fever). It’s not usually serious, but it can cause complications.
How long does pericarditis last?
You may need to stay in the hospital during treatment for pericarditis so your doctor can check you for complications. The symptoms of acute pericarditis can last from a few days to 3 weeks. Chronic pericarditis may last several months.
Can anxiety cause pericarditis?
Because of this people with pericarditis may often feel isolated, causing them to experience other effects such as anxiety, palpitations and panic attacks.
Can you exercise if you have pericarditis?
Current guidelines recommend that return to physical exercise or sport is permissible if there is no longer evidence of active disease. This includes the absence of fever, absence of pericardial effusion, and normalization of inflammatory markers (ESR and or C-reactive protein).
Where is pericarditis pain located?
Pericarditis can feel like a heart attack, with a sharp or stabbing pain in your chest that comes on suddenly. The pain can be in the middle or left side of your chest, behind the breastbone. Pain may radiate to your shoulders, neck, arms, or jaw. Your symptoms may vary, depending on the type of pericarditis you have.
Where does pericarditis hurt?
A common symptom of acute pericarditis is a sharp, stabbing chest pain, usually coming on quickly. It’s often is in the middle or left side of the chest, and there may be pain in one or both shoulders. Sitting up and leaning forward tends to ease the pain, while lying down and breathing deep worsens it.
Is pericarditis considered heart disease?
Pericardial disease, or pericarditis, is inflammation of any of the layers of the pericardium. The pericardium is a thin tissue sac that surrounds the heart and consists of: Visceral pericardium — an inner layer that envelopes the entire heart.
Is pericarditis an emergency?
BACKGROUND: The most frequent pericardial emergency is cardiac tamponade, but complications of an acute coronary syndrome and aortic dissection may also involve the pericardium. Acute pericarditis can also represent a medical emergency due to chest pain of upsetting intensity.
How do they test for pericarditis?
The diagnosis of pericarditis is made by history and physical examination. Testing usually includes an electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG), chest X-ray, and echocardiogram, or ultrasound of the heart. The inflammation of pericarditis is usually treated with anti-inflammatory medications (such as ibuprofen).
What is the best treatment for pericarditis?
Most pain associated with pericarditis responds well to treatment with pain relievers available without a prescription, such as aspirin or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others). These medications also help lessen inflammation. Prescription-strength pain relievers also may be used. Colchicine (Colcrys, Mitigare).
What does pericarditis sound like?
A pericardial friction rub is a rough scraping sound described as “leather rubbing against leather” that may be heard in systole and/or diastole. It is more pronounced if the patient is supine, and diminishes as the patient sits forward.
Is pericarditis hereditary?
Three of six patients had recurrent pericarditis, and these data suggest a genetic predisposition in some cases of recurrent pericarditis. Autoinflammatory disorders may be responsible for isolated (13–15) and familial cases of recurrent pericarditis (16).
Can I drink with pericarditis?
Although pericarditis doesn’t increase your risk for other types of coronary heart disease, it is still important control your blood pressure, diabetes and blood cholesterol, and lead a healthy lifestyle. Be smoke-free. Eat a healthy balanced diet. Drink less alcohol.
Can fluid around the heart cause coughing?
Chronic coughing or wheezing – Fluid congestion (a buildup of fluid in the lungs) is common with heart failure, and is the reason why doctors often refer to it as “congestive heart failure” (CHF). Or it may trigger an arrhythmia, which can cause palpitations, heart pounding, or other symptoms.
Why is pericarditis worse lying down?
Unlike pain from myocardial ischemia, chest pain caused by pericarditis is most often sharp and pleuritic in nature, with exacerbation by inspiration or coughing. This position (seated, leaning forward) tends to reduce pressure on the parietal pericardium, particularly with inspiration.
What is water on the heart?
A pericardial effusion is excess fluid between the heart and the sac surrounding the heart, known as the pericardium. That fluid helps your heart move easier within the sac. If you have a pericardial effusion, much more fluid sits there.


2nd Test -England Vs India - Chennai - Day 2
India maintained a firm grip on the second Test after spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed his 29th five-wicket haul to help skittle out England for 134 on the second day in Chennai on Sunday.
The hosts were 54 for one at stumps with Rohit Sharma on 25 and Cheteshwar Pujara on seven.
Left arm spinner Jack Leach trapped Shubman Gill leg before for 14, as the opener walked back after an unsuccessful television review.
India built a commanding lead of 249 with Sharma, who made a sparkling 161 on day one till batting at the crease. , surviving a stumping chance on 20 and had a lbw decision overturned when on 22, to end the second day 25 not out.
Although questions were asked about the deteriorating pitch at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, India are in sight of a series levelling victory in the four-match series, after their crushing defeat in the opening Test a few days ago.
Former Australia player and TV commentator Mark Waugh said the Chepauk pitch was "unacceptable", as it started to crumble so early in the game.
India could only add 29 runs to their overnight 300 for 6, as Rishabh Pant hit an unbeaten 58 belting two two straight sixes before their innings ended in the first hour of play.
Ali claimed four wickets, including two in three balls in his first over of the day and bowling just the second over of the morning. Fast bowler Olly Stone took three.
Ashwin ended with 5-43 as England collapsed in reply to India's 329, conceding a lead of 195.
Debutant left-arm spinner Axar Patel and pace bowler Ishant Sharma claimed two wickets apiece.
Ashwin became the second-highest wicket taker in home Tests for India with 268 scalps, surpassing Harbhajan who got 265.
The 34-year-old veteran off-spinner's 29th five-wicket haul in 76 Tests, equalled Australia legend Glenn McGrath's feat.
After Rory Burns was lbw to the third ball of the England innings, playing all around a straight one from Ishant, who got his 301st Test wicket, the spinners got to work.
Ashwin had a sweeping Dom Sibley caught off the back of the bat, Dan Lawrence held at short leg and then went on to bowl out Ben Stokes.
But it was Patel claiming Root for his maiden Test wicket that raised the roof in the stadium, where fans were allowed for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic erupted.
Coming into his 101st Test with scores of 228, 186 and 218 in his previous three matches, Root mistimed a sweep and was caught at short fine leg.
Foakes who made an unbeaten 42 off 107 balls helped England avert the follow-on putting on 35 with Ollie Pope. The pair batted for over 50 minutes before pace bowler Mohammed Siraj struck with his first ball of the Test, removing Pope for 22.
Ben Foakes then found an able partner in Jack leach to put on an invaluable partnership of 25 runs for the 9th wicket, to ensure that India batted next.
Ravichandran Ashwin then wrapped up the innings when he went on to bowl out Stuart Broad.


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COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (WBKO) --- Tony Pena had four hits and Chris Betts hit his second grand slam of the season in the Bowling Green Hot Rods 9-7 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps in the series finale at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI. The Hot Rods improve to 27-20 on the season and will begin a four-game series with the Dayton Dragons with a 6:35 PM CDT first pitch. The series is part of a seven-game home stand at Bowling Green Ballpark.
The Hot Rods took a first-inning lead against Wilkel Hernandez and the Whitecaps in the series finale. Michael Smith led off the game with a pop-up to third, but Johnny Valente dropped the ball while Smith reached. Osmy Gregorio lined a triple off the right-field wall to score Smith and make it a 1-0 Hot Rods lead. Wander Franco followed with a double to left-center to plate Gregorio and give Bowling Green a 2-0 advantage.
Bowling Green added a run against Hernandez in the third inning to extend their lead. With two outs, Jake Palomaki walked and went to third when Pena singled to right. Smith singled to right, driving home Palomaki to give Bowling Green a 3-0 lead.
Betts brought the power in the fourth inning to blow the game open against Hernandez and Whitecaps reliever Carson Lance. Franco led off the inning with a single to right and stole second, moving to third on an errant throw. Kaleo Johnson was hit by a pitch for the second time in the game, which was the final pitch of the day for Hernandez. Larson issued a four-pitch walk to load the bases for Betts, who sent a high fly ball over the fence in right-center field to put the Hot Rods up 7-0. The grand slam was Betts’ seventh homer of the season and second grand slam of the year.
The Whitecaps cut into Bowling Green’s lead, sending nine hitters to the plate in the fourth while chasing Cristopher Sanchez from the game. Sam McMillan led off with a single to center while Jordan Pearce walked. Parker Meadows grounded into a fielder’s choice while an errant throw allowed everyone to be safe and McMillan to score. Jeremiah Burks singled to center to make it a 7-2 game, and Chris Proctor singled to drive in Parker Meadows to cut the Hot Rods lead to 7-3.
Gregorio added to the Bowling Green lead with a boom against Lance in the fifth. Gregorio led off the frame by curling the fifth pitch of his at-bat around the right-field foul pole to make it an 8-3 game. The homer was Gregorio’s fourth of the season and second Hot Rods homer of the game.
The Whitecaps scored four runs in the sixth to come within a run, but Bowling Green improved their lead by a score in the seventh. Gregorio was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and went to second when Franco grounded out. Johnson singled to right, driving Gregorio in to make it a 9-7 game.
Sanchez tossed 3.2 innings while allowing three runs on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts in a no-decision. Miller Hogan entered out of the bullpen and threw two pitches to get the final out of the fourth inning. McClanahan (4-3) allowed four runs (three earned) on three hits with five walks and six strikeouts over five innings of work in a win.

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TIM McGRAW TO JOIN N'SYNC, ROSIE O'DONNELL IN BAHAMAS FOR CONCERT
On the day after Thanksgiving, when most people are usually out shopping for the upcoming Christmas holiday, Tim McGraw will be on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
McGraw, along with talk show diva Rosie O'Donnell, will join pop group N'SYNC at the Atlantis hotel for a concert special called: "N'SYNC Live! The Atlantis Concert."
The concert will feature McGraw and the boys singing songs to commemorate the holiday season, as well as a medley of patriotic songs in tribute to America. McGraw will also perform his new single, "Angel Boy."
N'SYNC member Lance Bass is a big fan of the country music scene. He grew up with newcomer Meredith Edwards and helped her to get a record deal.
"N'SYNC Live! The Atlantis Special" will air on November 23 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS-TV.


Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad goes full circle with Tales
She is one of the Arab world’s best-known and best-loved directors, renowned for her humane and socially conscious storytelling, but for the past eight years Rakhshan Bani-Etemad has not released a fiction feature.
This was partly an artistic choice, as Bani-Etemad, known also as the First Lady of Iranian Cinema, turned in two documentaries in those years. But it was largely circumstance: Tales, the 15th feature of a three-decade career, has been sitting on the shelf since 2011. It was only when there was an easing of regulations at The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, following the election of President Hassan Rouhani last summer, that Bani-Etemad gained approval to put the film on screens.
“Within the last year we saw the people who are now responsible for filmmakers have a different way of thinking,” the director explains, following the movie’s regional premiere at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. “This gives us hope that conditions are now different, and now it’s more [possible] to make the films I want to make.
“The situation is complicated – at the same time there are pressure groups opposing all these liberties, and there is a continuing conflict between all these groups.”
So restricted is filmmaking in Iran that Bani-Etemad told authorities she was shooting short movies to avoid the arduous necessity of getting a feature film approved. This led some to assume Tales’ fabric of interwoven characters was a repurposed compilation of shorter works.
In fact the director always intended to create a feature.
Revisiting seven characters who have appeared in her previous films, Tales is a moving and carefully plotted window into Tehran’s working classes, detailing the gritty realities of abuse, addiction, bureaucracy and love. Winner of the Best Screenplay award at Venice, the script moves between the downtrodden and disenfranchised; a taxi driver kicked out of university for political activism, a retired civil servant financially cheated by the system, a wife fleeing a violent husband, a former addict determined to help others in her place.
“Sometimes when you leave a cinema, you wonder what happens to the characters in their lives,” says the director, explaining her decision to revisit familiar faces years later.
“It was a kind of experiment to go back. These are characters that I have always remembered fondly, and I wanted to pay respect to them, bring them back to the screen and see how their lives have changed.”
It’s clear this work, more than any other, was a labour of love, with four months put aside for rehearsals alone. The script meanwhile, co-authored by the director, took years to gestate.
“I live and breathe the dialogue for a very long time, and then only when I feel I’m ready do I start to write,” Bani-Etemad explains.
“Writing for me is like cutting off a piece of my body onto paper – it takes a lot of time and emotion for me.”
Now midway through a run of 10 festivals, Tales premiered in Venice and moved on to Rio, Hamburg and Vancouver, with Vienna, Thessaloniki and Stockholm to come, and there are plans for a general cinema release in Iran later this year.
All this travel has given the director, now 60, plenty of time to reflect on the state of the region’s cinema. Frequently sitting on festival jury panels, taking a health check of the Middle East’s contributions to global cinema is inevitable.
The greatest problem, Bani-Etemad says, is not a lack of talent, but a lack of collectivism across the Arab world.
“We are so close geographically and so close culturally, but we are so far in cinema,” she says.
“We watch more American and European films than we do from our own region. There are always shocks [at festivals] from time to time that re-energise the people, but we have never formed a movement in the region that has an identity of its own.”
Bani-Etemad’s next contribution to that movement will be another documentary, her fourth and set for release early next year, exploring the environmentalist movement in Iran.
“I feel like I’m making documentaries with all my films,” the director adds.
“I’m dealing with real people and real society all the time. It’s only when I come to the process of filmmaking that it becomes a feature film.”
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The Obama Administration is close to a deal with the auto industry on aggressive fuel efficiency targets, according to a report from the LA Times. Sources close to the negotiations say that auto manufacturers may agree to targets as high as 54 mpg by 2025.
The automobile industry has been fighting the Obama Administration’s efforts to substantially increase fuel efficiency from 21 mpg to 54 mpg by 2025. Last week, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers unleashed a media campaign designed to turn public sentiment against increased fuel efficiency standards. But with 75% of Americans supporting standards that could save them as much as $150 billion in the coming decades, that argument may be a hard sell.
The compromise may give manufacturers more time to meet short-term standards, but would quickly increase efficiency after 2022. The White said today the deal will be announced Friday and that it “will result in significant cost savings for consumers at the pump, dramatically reduce oil consumption, cut pollution and create jobs.”


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Versatile Veggie Tomato Sauce
A veggie-packed, versatile tomato sauce perfect for pizzas, pastas or as a dipping sauce! You will find so many great uses for this sauce throughout the week or freeze extra for another busy week.
Servings: 4 people
Heat oil over medium heat in Dutch oven. Once oil is hot, add onions, carrots and garlic to saute; stirring occasionally until onions are golden and carrots are semi-soft. Add zucchini and saute, stirring occasionally until al dente (approximately 4-5 minutes). Add 1-2 pinches of salt to draw out liquid from zucchini. Add tomatoes and simmer, stirring occasionally. Add 2-3 pinches of sugar while simmering. Once all ingredients simmer thoroughly, blend using immersion blender or transferring to a blender.
Calories: 60kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Sodium: 25mg | Potassium: 667mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 4300IU | Vitamin C: 38.4mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 0.8mg

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332. Thomas Jefferson: An American Patriot
There was a time on this land when
United States of America did not exist. Prior
the 1770s, the region was largely Indian country
the exception of 13 British colonies in the
part of the country. These colonies were known
the American Colonies, and were under British rule.
13 colonies were a loosely connected group of
states that were governed by the Continental Congress.
congress had been at odds against the British
several years, primarily because of the taxes that
being levied by their Parliament.
In 1775, after
year of war between the American colonies and
, the colonists decided it was time to become
. The English Parliament had issued two unpopular taxes,
were imposed to help support the British after
end of the Seven Years War. The colonists
Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence
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Weekly running mileage: 46 miles (planned 66 miles)
Wednesday: 6 miles at 5.5mph (planned 6 miles). Still chugging away at the first season of "Lost". Very motivating and entertaining.
Thursday: 8 miles at 6.7mph + 8x0.06mi at 10mph (planned 8+ miles). Finished up "Lost". Onward to season 2. I'm not going to talk about the possible signs of over training I might be showing, or the slight calf pain.
Friday: 12 miles (planned 12 miles). Slept like crap the night last night, and for that matter, the night previous to that. After the run, is that MORE calf pain? Does my HEEL hurt?
Saturday: 6 miles at 5.5mph (planned 6 miles). At about 4 miles in I should have stopped. Probably should have just skipped it because I hurt most of the run.
Sunday: 11 miles (planned 11 miles). Wasn't sure whether to do it or not, but did. Felt fine the entire time and afterwards. You know what I think part of the problem is? I think my shorter runs are WAY too slow, because those short and slow runs are the worst. I feel fine with longer and faster runs.
Monday: 0 miles (planned 6 miles). Had dinner with a few friends after work and didn't get home until 11:30p. Probably doesn't hurt to take a day off.
Tuesday: 3 miles (planned 17 miles). I had to really convince myself to even start this run, as I just didn't feel like doing it. I really think I could have done this run, but after 3 miles I decided to stop. I kind of regret that decision now (at 10:30p), but it just is the way it is.
The main reason I felt like I was possibly over-training was because I slept like crap all week: tossing, turning, crazy dreams, never waking feeling rested. Felt like I was getting a cold, kind of, but not really. The weird calf-pain is probably mileage induced (too much over too short of time).
Plan for next week will be to step back on miles, run the shorter recovery runs faster to see if that helps.
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Sununu's ethnicity raised in Senate race
PORTSMOUTH — — A political analyst says references to John E. Sununu's Arab ancestry could be perceived as a factor in the U.S. Senate primary race.
"Why does it keep surfacing?" analyst Dick Bennett asked Monday in commenting on an Associated Press article. Bennett said the campaign staff of Sen. Bob Smith may think information about Sununu's heritage could help their candidate. Smith and Sununu will face off in the GOP Senate primary in September.
"They (the Smith campaign) must think it will give them an advantage," said Bennett.
Sununu, currently First District congressman, said the information attributed to sources inside the Smith campaign in the AP story that appeared Monday is just more of the same old stuff.
The information alleges that Sununu, who is of Lebanese-Palestinian descent, is pro-Arab, anti-Israeli and soft on terrorism.
"It's the same stuff we've heard before," said Sununu, who was in town to visit the new senior citizens center on Parrott Avenue and discuss the inclusion of a vision benefit in the Medicare program with officials from the New Hampshire Association for the Blind. "I've supported the President's anti-terrorism package, I've supported the military tribunals for Arab prisoners, and I've supported aid to Israel."
Smith has never been directly quoted as referring to Sununu's ethnic background, and his spokeswoman, Lisa Harrison, has said that Smith would never make an issue out of the congressman's heritage. Smith's campaign manager Cory Lewandowski, who was prominently mentioned in the AP article, said he needed to read the article before he could comment, but failed to get back to the Herald before press time.
The associate editor of the New Republic magazine, however, which ran a story last fall identifying Sununu as the only member of Congress of Palestinian descent, told the Associated Press that the Smith campaign supplied the magazine with a fact sheet titled: "John E. Sununu: A Pattern of Support for Radical Anti-Israel Causes Funded by Radical Islamic Fundamentalists."
Bennett, a pollster who runs the American Research Group, said that if the information was coming from the Smith campaign, the staff must feel Sununu is vulnerable on the issue. He noted that last year Sununu was the only Republican to vote against a bill penalizing the Palestinian Authority if it declares itself an independent state without Israel's consent.
This was not the first time Sununu had taken this stance, the Associated Press reported. In 1999, he was one of six Republicans to vote against a measure opposing the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian free state.
But the AP also reported that Sununu has voted for foreign aid packages that included about $3 billion to boost Israel's military and economy, and opposed a measure that would have reduced aid.
"If the Smith campaign is using (the so-called Arab card), chances are they feel it's an advantage to use it," Bennett said. "If you look at the composition of Republican primary voters, they are mostly older and more patriotic."
The political analyst noted that one approach campaigns sometimes take is to put information like this out, get criticized for it and then backtrack. In the process, the issue remains in the public arena, he said.
However, it is what Bennett called "a risky strategy," which would probably have been much more effective in October than it is today.
As to why any candidate would take such an approach, Bennett conjectured that it has everything to do with the polls that show Sununu well ahead of Smith in the primary race and more likely to defeat the expected Democratic nominee for the seat, Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.
"Smith needs to gain any advantage he can," Bennett said, "but (trying to use Sununu's Palestinian heritage) doesn't seem to have worked so far, and I doubt it will."


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"The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" is either the second movie in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" trilogy or the fifth movie in his "Lord of the Rings" saga and depending on which path you take will help define your feelings about the movie.
Taken on its own, or as a part in the three "Hobbit" films, "Desolation" fits comfortably - enjoyable enough, brisk despite its lengthy runtime with a unique visual flair, but when considering the talent of the filmmaker behind it, and the success he had visiting this world a decade ago, "Desolation" can't help but feel like something of a letdown.
The film's greatest failure, and one that is often overlooked for the more obvious structural problems that come from stretching a single short novel into three films, is it's complete lack of emotional resonance or attachment. "The Lord of the Rings" excelled at emotional involvement. The most memorable scenes from all three pictures - maybe right behind the excellent battle scenes - are all quiet moments of reflection. Moments where the characters take a minute and refer to their place in the larger world and say something not only of Middle Earth, but of our world as well.
Each film had an emotional center that made a straightforward tale of good versus evil into a much broader story about humanity - or Hobittity as it were.
The first "Hobbit" film, despite its flaws, flirted with this idea.
Martin Freeman provided a center to the film, and his growth and acceptance with the dwarf pack he found himself in feels slightly unearned, yet resonant. The movie had something to say, and though it lost its way with Goblin tunnels and flaming pine cones, that central theme was still there and expounded on. "Desolation of Smaug" lacks such a theme.
The characters bounce from place to place, action scene to action scene without a single moment of stillness or reflection.
By the end of the film, there is no lesson learned, there is no moment of growth, there is just "To be continued." The characters are so thin, that they honestly could have replaced at least half of the 12 dwarfs with other actors, and I'm not entirely sure I would have noticed.
The decision to split the book into two films was made early on, and it seems like the first film reflects the original plan for the story.
Late into filming, they decided to split the footage into three films, and it seems like the central theme that was to come into play in the second film is now being shunted off into the finale. That makes "Desolation" less of a film in its own right than a simple arranging of pieces to get to the true end of the tale.
This lack of thematic cohesion is just one symptom of the structural problems of the film. About halfway through the movie, Gandalf takes off to go star in his own "The Lord of the Rings" prequel film that we check in on about every 40 minutes or so. These interludes are not only uninvolving - we know how they end - they kill any momentum the main story, the story we are ostensibly supposed to be following, has built. These ties to the original trilogy hamper the film. Legolas is almost comically superfluous to the entire picture - he could be replaced by any character, or better yet, cut out entirely and no one would ever care. The film is called "The Hobbit" yet the titular Hobbit takes a backseat to pretty much every other character in the film. Martin Freeman was the MVP of the last film, and every time the movie remembers to focus on him, it becomes legitimately engaging again, but then suddenly, he reunites with his companions and the movie loses sight of him once again.
The action scenes struggle from the same lack of cohesion as the rest of the film. It's almost embarrassing to think the director of the battles of the mines of Moria and Helm's Deep - two of the most engaging action scenes of the '00s - is responsible for the flat lifeless action in this film.
The barrel-chase sequence - where the characters float down a river in wine barrels while elves and orcs battle around them - feels more like a ride at Disney World than an engaging battle.
Ever since finishing "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Peter Jackson's action scenes have all modeled themselves after the much-maligned dinosaur stampede from his "King Kong" remake. A bunch of actors positioned in front of a green screen travel through their environment while amazing things happen around them. The characters become passive viewers in their own experience and the audience becomes similarly unengaged. It's rather like watching someone play a video game and refusing to hand over the controller.
Legolas flits about engaging in incredible feat after incredible feat without ever pausing or seeming in danger. He had these grandstanding moments in "The Lord of the Rings," but where those moments were crowd-pleasing, these seem largely tiring, because this time there is no moment of danger or of breath in between his feats. Action scenes are built out of valleys and peaks, but the battles in this films are simply flat high lines.
Things pick up slightly with the final battle with Smaug, because the characters are given a defined goal to accomplish and Smaug has some personality, unlike the interchangeable orcs. But because the climax to the battle is so short lived, and Jackson's digital camera is so weightless, even this impressive battle comes off feeling like a VFX reel instead of an action scene.
"The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" is the very definition of a Teflon film. It slides right off the brain immediately after watching it.
There may be a great Hobbit film buried in the trilogy when all is said and done, but it's going to take a lot of carving to get there.


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Toronto stocks were extending losses for a third session Thursday morning amid sell-offs in commodities and on mixed earnings reports from Canadian companies. Also, weak economic data from the U.S., Canada's largest trading partner, weighed on trader sentiment even as encouraging employment data from the Germany comes in as a silver lining today.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index dived 193.55 points or 1.56 percent to 12,220.31, levels not seen since early January.
The Diversified Materials Index continued to suffer losses, shedding over 2 percent. Teck Resources (TCK_B.TO) and First Quantum Minerals (FM.TO) were down almost 2 percent each, while Inmet Mining (IMN.TO) was slipping close to 1 percent.
The price of crude oil was extending losses for a second session as traders fret over demand growth after a report showed U.S. crude stockpiles increased more than double of what analysts expected. Crude for May lost $2.00 to $103.41 a barrel.
In the oil patch, Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (BIR.TO) dived nearly 18 percent after announcing the termination of its corporate sale process.
Niko Resources (NKO.TO) shed 5 percent, while Baytex Energy Corp. (BTE.TO) and Crescent Point Energy (CPG.TO) were losing over 2 percent.
Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE.TO) eased 0.50 percent after it said it would buy up 140 million common share of Pacific Infrastructure Inc, a Panama-based private company, at $1.00 per share.
The price of gold was moving lower, with gold for June delivery slipping $5.30 to $1,655.20 an ounce.
In the gold space, Royal Gold (RGL.TO) shed close to 2 percent.
Russia focused silver miner Silver Bear Resources (SBR.TO) plummeted nearly 10 percent after reporting a full-year 2011 net loss of C$12.5 million or C$0.30 per share, wider than the net loss of C$2.3 million or C$0.06 per share the previous year.
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Donovan McNabb also had a nice view from the bench, far away from potential danger. Kevin Kolb played the first half, guiding the Eagles to 13 points on their first three possessions.
Nearly all the starters for both teams watched this one, so the backups got extra playing time while bubble players had one final chance to impress coaches.
"We have a lot of tough decisions ahead of us with the back end of the roster, so I wanted to give those guys an opportunity and you can't do that without giving them reps," Jets coach Eric Mangini said.
Jesse Chatman had 180 total yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown for the Jets (3-1). Hank Poteat intercepted A.J. Feeley's pass at the Jets 10 to end an Eagles' drive with 2:52 remaining.
With the score tied at 20, Eagles rookie Quintin Demps fumbled a punt. The Jets took over at Philadelphia's 17 and Ainge hit Marcus Henry for 13 yards. Chatman scored from the 2 to put the Jets ahead 27-20 with 6:26 left.
Chatman ran 29 times for 93 yards and caught six passes for 87 yards. Ainge was 10-of-16 for 131 yards and one touchdown.
A fifth-round pick from Tennessee, Ainge is trying to make the team as the No. 3 quarterback. He's probably headed for the practice squad.
"There's nothing I can do about that," he said. "I think they drafted me for a reason. I'll go watch film and wait."
Final cuts are due Saturday, so plenty of players will have an anxious couple days.
"I saw some good things," Eagles coach Andy Reid said. "Now we'll go back, evaluate the film and make cuts, but there are some guys here that really showed well for themselves, and guys that didn't."
Feeley had rallied the Eagles (2-2) for the tying score in the fourth quarter after throwing an interception the previous possession. Feeley, demoted to third-string behind Kolb and McNabb, completed a 54-yard pass to Michael Gasperson to set up a 3-yard TD pass to Bam Childress that tied it at 20 with 9:30 left.
Feeley finished 13-of-25 for 143 yards, one TD and two interceptions. Kolb was 13-of-21 for 138 yards.
"I'm ready to go," Kolb said. "I think I have progressed every game throughout the preseason. That was my goal. If I can continue to do that, then hopefully I'll have a great career here."
Favre wanted to play, but Mangini wasn't going to risk him getting hurt. The 38-year-old quarterback, who has started 253 consecutive regular-season games, will throw his next pass at Miami on Sept. 7.
Favre played in two preseason games with the Jets after ending his retirement and getting traded from Green Bay following a tumultuous offseason. The three-time MVP was 14-of-18 for 144 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions.
Mangini had dinner with Favre on Wednesday night, but didn't talk much about football.
"I learned about alligators, crocodiles and wild boar," Mangini said.
Favre's backup, Kellen Clemens, alternated series with Brett Ratliff until Ainge took over for the two-minute drill at the end of the second quarter.
Ainge drove the Jets 67 yards for the go-ahead score on their first possession of the third quarter. A 39-yard catch-and-run by Chatman started the drive. Ainge then tossed a 6-yard TD pass to David Ball to give the Jets a 17-13 lead.
Ratliff threw an 11-yard TD pass to Paul Raymond to cut the deficit to 13-10 late in the first half.
The Eagles went ahead 10-0 on Lorenzo Booker's 3-yard TD run. Kolb fired a 25-yard pass to Hank Baskett on third-and-3 to keep the drive going.
McNabb, the five-time Pro Bowl QB, looked sharp in the preseason. He completed 63 percent of his passes (34-of-54) for 375 yards, two TDs and no interceptions.
The Eagles open at home against St. Louis.


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1 kg boneless pork shoulder (aka pork butt)
1 cup yellow onions, cut into big chunks
½ cup ketchup
½ cup Raon Gluten-free Gochujang paste
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp cumin
⅛ cup white vinegar
½ tsp salt an pepper
Korean spicy mayo ( see our recipe) for serving if desired
Hamburger or brioche buns for serving
Raon Green cabbage Kimchi
- Add onions, ketchup, Raon Gochujang paste, smoked paprika, cumin, white vinegar, salt, and pepper to the slow cooker and mix them well.
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