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The Club teaches Rutgers students and affiliates the art and technique of ballroom dancing. We cater for all levels, from complete newcomers to champions. Come join us for fun or to compete!
We organize Social dancing nights regularly, where large crowds of dancers of all levels come dance socially.
Every year we run our own Rutgers DanceSport Competition in Spring: dancers of every level and affiliation are welcome!
We take pride in bringing ballroom into our community. We regularly perform at many events, from showcases at retirement houses to fundraisers such as Dancing with the Deans. You may have seen our dancers on Dancing with the Stars!
Our Resources section contains our photos, videos, but also the official syllabi of all dances, and music to dance to!


List of Best Blockchain Development Companies & Firms | Best Blockchain developers
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We at TechImply have made some researches on the top blockchain development companies based on various researches on the quality and the service of the company. Our team of analysts has cauterized those companies depending on the skills of the developer, reputation, and several other most required factors that help in making the right service for you.
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It consists of records that store reference purposes like a land title. There are many cases of ambiguity and in the title ownership. These types of technologies that are stored once will not be altered and changes are time stamped. In case of dispute, the title can be tracked the path of its origin. These can also be used in some other places like patents, research articles, origin ledgers, and food safety.
This is the same as the static registry but this forms a spate case since the identity-linked information is stored. Some segments like identity frauds, civil registry, court cases, police records, and voting.
In this case, it is necessary to keep updating as goods and services are exchanged on the digital platform. This is considered to be the best case in the blockchain type of technology. There are already enough talks about the importance of blockchain in recent technology. This is also a high potential to disrupt the existing models. It is necessary to initiate it with the necessary operational efficiency. If you are implementing the technology with the right company no doubt there are good positive impacts for it.
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For supply chain management, blockchain technology will provide the benefits of traceability and at less cost. This also helps in tracking the goods right from their origin and quantity. This introduces a new level of transparency to the B2B ecosystems.
Some time-consuming bottleneck transactions will engage in a bottleneck in the growth of the business, particularly, for the process of communication on a consistent basis. With the smart contract agreement, it can be automatically validated, signed, and also enforced with the help of the blockchain construct. Further, there is also the elimination of needs of a mediator and it saves huge time for the money and time for the company.
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Brigadier Gen. Scott E. Chambers, Assistant Adjutant General for Army, Delaware National Guard, and a 1984 graduate of the Univ. of Del. with a B.S. in Agriculture Economics/Education, alongside a game referee on Tubby Raymond Field in Delaware Stadium, Newark, Del. on Sept. 10, 2011 during U.D. Service Appreciation Night. Gen. Chambers performed the coin toss to start the Univ. of Del. Fightin' Blue Hens v. the West Chester Univ. Golden Rams college football game. Moments after the coin toss, a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard performed a flyover. (U.D. Sports Marketing office courtesy photo/Mark Campbell)
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Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine.
Along with other members of the Berggruen Institute’s 21st Century Council, I met with President Xi Jinping in Beijing last November on the eve of the Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
At that meeting, President Xi outlined the three features of “a new kind of great power relationship”:
– No confrontational or zero-sum mentality- Mutual respect for other’s path of development and cultural heritage- Seek common ground on issues of common interests in pursuit of win-win progress
He greatly impressed our geopolitically diverse group of statesmen, global intellectuals and high-tech entrepreneurs by assuring us that China would avoid “the Thucydides trap” — the kind of rivalry between rising and established powers that led Athens and Sparta to war in ancient times. These were surely words of wisdom and maturity that were heartily appreciated by our group.
But are China’s deeds matching President Xi’s words?
China’s soft power for the last 30 years has rested on two foundations:
• An admirable system of governance that can forge consensus and unity of purpose to see through the long-term implementation of policies on behalf of the Chinese people. This system has enabled hundreds of millions to escape from poverty. Sprawling megacities are rising across China and being linked together by the world’s most extensive network of high-speed trains. Schools in Shanghai test the best globally. And China has now recognized it must put its considerable governing capacity and competence behind cleaning up corruption and the environment.
To put the Middle Kingdom’s soft power in context, while China is building bullet trains to connect 80 percent of its cities, half of all Indians still lack toilets.
As I have written in my book with Nicolas Berggruen, “Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way Between West and East,” the Western democracies have much to learn from China’s “institutional civilization” and governance model rooted in meritocratic competition from ancient times.
• The “peaceful rise” doctrine first articulated by Zheng Bijian.
In recent months, however, China’s surprise, unilateral declaration of an Air Defense Zone, the oil rig anchored in contested waters off of Vietnam, the dispute with the Philippines, the island dispute with Japan and cyberspying for commercial secrets have raised doubts that China’s words are matching its deeds. Along with these moves, the ever-deepening embrace of Vladimir Putin’s Russia as an ally to counter U.S. presence in the region in the wake of the Crimean annexation suggests a zero-sum and confrontational approach, not the opposite.
None of this is to say that China is singularly at fault or that some of its claims are not legitimate and that others, especially Japan, are not culpable in raising tensions. Everyone now also knows that American NSA cyberspying is globally pervasive.
But it is to say that much of the rest of the world perceives a new confrontational tone in Beijing.
China must be careful not to fall into another more modern trap: letting its hard power undermine the soft power capital it has built up over decades. This is what happened to the U.S. — the pre-emptive attack on Iraq, the Guantanamo prison and the sanctioning of torture undermined America’s universal claims. In short, America’s hard power undermined its soft power. As a result, American might, both hard and soft, was diminished, not strengthened, by its Iraq adventure — and that is still coming back to haunt it.
As an ancient civilization with a 5,000 year continuous history, as President Xi reminded us in our talk, China should be the adult on the global stage. To bolster its soft power might, it should take an initiating, leadership role in fighting climate change — something that is of vital interest to all of humankind. And it coincides with China’s own urgent need to control pollution ruining its environment.
When outlining his new concept of “building on a convergence of interests to create a community of interests,” Zheng Bijian rightly focuses on joint action on climate change as a key focus.
American democracy, in particular, is too divided and afflicted by gridlock to offer global leadership on this front. Precisely because of its effective system of governance, China can do what other nations can’t.
This would show China’s win-win face to the world. Absent this kind of initiative, China risks being identified only with greater assertiveness against its neighbors in East Asia. Acting for the interests of others in a way that coincides with its own would remove mounting doubts that China means what it says about a new kind of great power relationship.
There are many opportunities to work with the United States on climate change even if Washington is paralyzed. As President Obama acknowledged in his own carbon reduction plan announced recently, the U.S. is a federal system with very large states that can determine their own environmental policies. China has provinces that are as large as several European countries.
For example, California and China have already initiated cooperation agreements on pollution reduction in its cities and on climate change, including pilot projects on trading carbon permits with California, the world’s largest market for such permits.
In November, California Governor Jerry Brown is planning to host a meeting at Sunnylands — where Presidents Obama and Xi met — to bring together governors from China and the U.S .to develop a common agenda on climate change and pollution reduction at the sub-national level.
It would be a great boost to China’s soft power and “win-win” approach if it championed such efforts instead of only let others take the lead.
THE PARADOX OF SOFT POWER WITHIN CHINA
I would like to briefly make one other salient observation about China and soft power.
Long before Harvard’s Joe Nye came up with the idea of “soft power,” the Italian Communist Party leader of the early 20th century, Antonio Gramsci, made the distinction between two different kinds of dominant power, or as he put it, hegemony.
For Gramsci, hegemony of the state was based on force, or hard power; the state must establish a monopoly over the means of violence in a society in order to impose and maintain order.
But hegemony in civil society must be based on consent. For Gramsci, the allegiance to a worldview by the public at large must be earned and cannot be enforced. The public must buy into a governing narrative voluntarily or that narrative, by definition, lacks legitimacy.
Please note that neither Gramsci nor I are talking about formal mechanisms of consent, such as elections, but a deeper consent of the rulers and the ruled sharing a common worldview.
In practice, this means the governing power maintains consent through delivering the goods, that is, performance — not just economic, but in terms of overall quality of life. How to organize feedback mechanisms to register consent is a broader issue; one size, for example multi-party elections, does not fit all circumstances and is not always the best form of governance.
For Gramsci, it is soft power, or the consent of civil society, that legitimates hard power, not vice versa. And, for Gramsci, the Communist Party was part of civil society, not the state.
In China the state party has merged these two forms of hegemony, opening the way to blurring force and consent in maintaining power.
From this point of view, the current crackdown on the Internet and bloggers can backfire by undermining, not enhancing, the legitimacy of the governing narrative.
In today’s connected world, everyone knows what is going on and shares it with others. To try to censor what everyone already knows by using the force of the state is to that extent undermining voluntary consent in civil society, and thus the legitimacy of the ruling narrative.
I understand that the Chinese Community Party leaders fear the fate of the Soviet Communist Party and do not want to repeat what they see as the mistakes of Gorbachev’s “glasnost,” or transparency policy.
But this seems to me a misreading of history. The problem in the Soviet Union was not glasnost itself. It was the fact that when you took away the big lies and false fronts through glasnost, there was nothing there. The emperor had no clothes.
China could not be more different. In China, the emperor DOES have clothes. The Party has performed over the last 30 years for the people. And if it continues to do so in an effective way, consent to its rule will continue to be earned.
The paradox is that by trying to avoid the fate of the Soviet party through censorship and a crackdown on the Internet, the Party may well be inviting that very fate, undermining its own legitimacy which must, as Gramsci knew, be based ultimately on consent within civil society.
I was in Moscow often during the years leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union. I know Gorbachev well and knew Aleksandr Yakovlev — the ideology chief who came up with the glasnost policy — even better. It is manifestly clear from my experience that it was the misguided effort to spin reality, not glasnost, that was the death knell for the Soviet party.
In today’s world, legitimacy must come from performance. It is a false belief that consent of the governed can be maintained in our hyper-connected societies by censoring what civil society is supposed to know or not know. The information revolution has consigned that role of the state to the dustbin of history along with the old Soviet party.


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Informed Consent Bill Clears Final Legislative Hurdle
Update: This Bill was signed into law Friday, December 13.
On November 5, AB 139, the Bill that brings significant changes to Wisconsin’s law of informed consent for doctors, cleared its final legislative hurdle. The Bill initially passed the Assembly months ago, and underwent revisions by the Senate. The Assembly conferred in the Senate’s amendment, effectively moving the Bill to Governor’s Walker’s desk for signature.
The Bill makes several changes to Wisconsin’s informed consent statute, section 448.30. That statute governs what information must be disclosed to patients by their physicians in order for the physician to obtain consent to provide treatment and also provides for several exceptions to that duty of disclosure. The Bill effectuates changes to both the duty to disclose and to the list of exceptions to disclosure.
As to the duty to disclose, the law still requires physicians to inform their patients about the availability of all alternate viable modes of treatment and the risks and benefits of those different alternatives. The change is that physicians’ duty will now be measured against what other reasonable physicians facing the same circumstances would disclose to the patient. Under the old law, physicians were required to disclose any information a reasonable patient would consider important. When the law takes effect, physicians will no longer be required to anticipate what a patient may want to know about and can instead rely on their experience and training, as well as the customs of their profession, to provide standardized information.
The second major change in the law appears as the addition of a new exception to the duty to disclose. This change was brought about as a result of the Supreme Court decision in Jandre v. Physicians Insurance Co., 2012 WI 39. In that case, a physician reached a diagnosis that the jury concluded was reasonable. The jury then, however, found that she had violated the informed consent statute by not discussing treatment and diagnostic options relevant to a completely unrelated diagnosis.
The case was decided over dissent and ultimately by one Justice who felt compelled to concur in upholding the jury’s verdict given the state of the law, while recognizing the near impossible burden the holding placed on physicians to second guess themselves. Id. at ¶¶ 251-61. (Prosser, J. concurring.) That Justice recommended a blue ribbon panel be convened to assist the Legislature in forming a remedy. This occurred and AB 139 was a result of that group’s efforts.
The exception thus created relieves physicians of the duty to disclose information not related to their final diagnoses. This saves physicians from having to present a near endless amount of information related to conditions they do not believe the patients has, while preserving a liability claim for patients against the physician if the diagnosis given is incorrect.
As of this writing, no date has been set for the Bill’s signing.
Guy DuBeau is chair of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group and specializes in medical malpractice and other health care related issues. He wrote the amicus brief on behalf of the Wisconsin Medical Society, Wisconsin Hospital Association and Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians quoted in the Jandre decision. He was also a member of the “blue ribbon panel” convened to discuss amendments to Section 448.30.
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Many kids [and adults too] can’t stand the smell and taste of papaya. No matter how sweet or delicious the fruit may be, just the sight of it makes them run a mile away. So how do you get them to eat this fruit that is packed with anti-oxidants and vitamins. These muffins are one way.
These muffins are eggless and do not have any butter. To make them healthier, you can replace all-purpose flour with wholewheat flour as well. They can be eaten as dessert, snack or even a quick breakfast.
Use very ripe papayas and bananas in this recipe for best results. Mash the fruits well with a fork or puree in a blender before using in the recipe.
Makes 12 muffins
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup papaya [very ripe, mashed or pureed]
- ¾ cup banana [very ripe, mashed or pureed]
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup coconut flakes; a little extra for topping
- Pre-heat the oven to 375⁰F or 190⁰C. Line a 12-cup cupcake pan with paper liners. Set aside.
- Take the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Whisk well to combine. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine the mashed papaya, banana, sugar, oil and vanilla extract. Whisk well to combine.
- Tip in the dry ingredients and mix till just combined. Gently fold in ⅓ cup of coconut flakes.
- Scoop batter into the prepared cupcake pan. Top each portion with some coconut flakes. Gently tap the pan on the counter-top to level the batter and get rid of any air bubbles.
- Bake for 20 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in pan for five minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for a day or upto 3 – 4 days in the fridge.
This recipe was first published in the February 2016 issue of Complete Wellbeing.
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Municipalities issued building permits worth $6.6 billion in June, up 2.1% from May, when growth was 20.9%. The increase in June was largely attributable to higher construction intentions for industrial and institutional buildings in Ontario and multi-family dwellings in British Columbia.
The value of permits in the non-residential sector rose 3.0% to $2.8 billion in June, following a 51.1% increase in May. Industrial and institutional buildings in Ontario and Quebec were behind much of the advance in the non-residential sector.
In the residential sector, municipalities issued $3.7 billion worth of permits in June, up 1.5% from May, when intentions had increased 5.2%. The gain in June was primarily the result of higher construction intentions for multi-family dwellings in British Columbia and single-family dwellings in Ontario and Saskatchewan.
The total value of building permits was up in seven provinces, led by Ontario and British Columbia. In contrast, Alberta, New Brunswick and Manitoba posted declines in June.
Non-residential sector: Industrial and institutional components up
In June, construction intentions rose in the industrial and institutional components for a second consecutive month.
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In the industrial component, the value of permits increased 78.7% in June to $615 million, following a 22.8% advance in May. June's gain came from seven provinces, led by Ontario and Quebec. In Ontario, the gain was attributable to higher construction intentions for transportation and utilities buildings. Quebec followed with increases in a range of industrial buildings, such as utilities buildings and manufacturing plants.
Construction intentions in the institutional component rose 23.1% to $647 million in June, following a 7.1% increase in May. The advance in June was primarily the result of higher construction intentions for medical facilities in Ontario and social housing in Quebec.
In contrast, the value of commercial building permits fell 16.5% to $1.6 billion in June, following a significant increase in May. In Ontario, laboratories and retail establishments posted the largest declines. In June, six other provinces, including Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec, also registered decreases in commercial construction intentions.
Residential sector: Higher intentions for single-family dwellings
The value of building permits for single-family dwellings rose 3.4% to $2.2 billion in June, following a 4.8% decline in May. June's increase was attributable to gains in eight provinces, led by Ontario and Saskatchewan.
Construction intentions for multi-family dwellings decreased 1.0% to $1.5 billion in June, following a 22.6% advance in May. Ontario, Quebec and Alberta accounted for much of the decline. Conversely, British Columbia registered the largest gain, followed by Nova Scotia.
Canadian municipalities approved the construction of 17,227 new dwellings in June, up 1.5% from May. The increase came from single-family dwellings, which rose 4.7% to 6,946 units. Multi-family dwellings edged down 0.5% to 10,281 units.
Ontario and British Columbia post the largest gains
The value of building permits was up in seven provinces, led by Ontario and British Columbia.
Ontario posted its second consecutive monthly increase in June. The advance was largely attributable to higher construction intentions for industrial and institutional buildings. British Columbia followed, as a result of an increase in the value of residential permits, particularly permits for multi-family dwellings.
In contrast, Alberta posted the biggest decline, mainly as a result of decreases in permits for commercial and industrial buildings, which had increased in May.
Higher permit values in most census metropolitan areas
The total value of permits was up in 22 of the 34 census metropolitan areas in June.
Vancouver, Calgary and London had the largest increases. In Vancouver, the advance was largely attributable to permits for multi-family dwellings and commercial buildings. In Calgary, the gain came from higher construction intentions in both residential and non-residential sectors. In London, the increase was mainly due to institutional buildings.
By contrast, the largest declines were in Toronto and Edmonton. In Toronto, the decrease was attributable in particular to permits for multi-family dwellings, commercial buildings and institutional facilities. In Edmonton, the decline originated primarily from lower construction intentions for commercial and residential buildings.
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Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ classic cruise ship Marco Polo has paid its first visit to South Africa since the 1990s, visiting five of our cruise ports on her grand voyage around the whole of Africa.
The 78-night ‘Grand Africa & Indian Ocean Voyage’ set off from Cork, Ireland on January 5thand will end there on March 23rd, after visiting 34 ports on the African coast and in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
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She’ll also call in Salalah, Oman and Aqaba, Jordan on her way through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean. The voyage also takes in Morocco, Mauritius, Reunion, Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia, the Seychelles, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Goa, and the Holy Land.
In South Africa, she visited Cape Town on 28 January, Mossel Bay on 29 January, Port Elizabeth on 30 January, Durban on 1 February and Richards Bay on 2 February.
Originally built in 1965 as the Soviet ocean liner Aleksandr Pushkin, Marco Polo is operated under charter by Cruise & Maritime Voyages, according to Engineering News.
At 22,000 gross tonsand 170m, Marco Polo carries just1,260 guests and is a mid-size cruise ship by today’s standards. At the time of her launch, however, she was the largest passenger ship built in either West or East Germany since the end of WWII.
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Following successive refurbishments over the years (the most recent in 2014), heronboard facilities includejacuzzis, a gym, a garden lounge, a theatre, spa, two restaurants, four cafes and bars and two lounges.
While this is the first visit to South Africa for the ship since the 90s, when local cruising was undergoing a resurgence thanks to the entry of MSC Cruises to the market, Cruise & Maritime Voyages is a regular caller to the country.
The line’s other vintage cruise ship Astor cruises annually from Cape Town to the UK or Australia, while in 2021, CMV’s largest ship Columbus (formerly P&O Australia’s Pacific Pearl) will call locally in South Africa.
South Africa has six cruise ports of call which this season will welcome at least 23 luxury cruise ships, operated by 17 international cruise lines.
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Uruguay had been the next nation in Latin America to pass same-sex marriage legislation, a choice that has been fashioned with overwhelming help (Uruguay has transformed into the secular countries in Latin America).
Civil unions have now been allowed in Uruguay since 2008, and couples had been because of the directly to follow in ’09. Uruguay had been the very first Latin US nation to own a national union law that is civil.
Brand brand New Zealand (2013)
brand brand New Zealand had been the country that is first the Asia Pacific to legalise same-sex wedding (civil unions have already been available since 2005). Their parliament comfortably passed what the law states (77-44) in 2013 that also enables couples that are gay adopt.
This legislation is just in regards to New Zealand proper – three other regions getting back together the world of brand brand New Zealand—the Cook isles, Niue and Tokelau—do maybe maybe not perform or recognise same-sex wedding.
England and Wales (2014)
In 2013 Uk parliament passed a legislation which may legalise same-sex wedding in England and Wales the next 12 months, plus in 2014 the Scottish parliament passed a bill that is similar.
Northern Ireland had the chance to pass same-sex wedding legislation, nonetheless it had been voted down and continues to be unlawful. (Scotland and Northern Ireland are semi-autonomous and also split bodies that are legislative determine numerous domestic dilemmas, like the concept of wedding.)
Queen Elizabeth II provided her “royal assent”, although the Church of England continues to be in opposition to same-sex wedding, and therefore are permitted to prohibit same-sex wedding weddings inside the Church. Having said that, there was presently interior debate over the matter.
In 2015 Ireland became the country that is first legalise same-sex wedding by popular vote with a referendum.
Despite being a country that is catholic 62% of Irish voters voted yes, to amend the Constitution of Ireland to state that “marriage can be contracted prior to legislation by two people without difference as for their sex.”
“While some Catholic Church leaders opposed the alteration, Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin composed a commentary when you look at the Irish Times newsprint saying he had “no wish to stuff my spiritual views down other people’s throats. which he will never inform individuals how exactly to vote and”
Luxembourg’s parliament overwhelmingly supported same-sex marriage and use legislation in 2014, that was enacted on January 1, 2015. It was the very first re-write that is major the country’s marriage legislation since 1804.
The yes campaign ended up being championed by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, whom married their partner four months following the legislation arrived into effect.
The United States (2015)
In a divided ruling for the Supreme Court, the United States passed same-sex wedding legislation in 2015, plus it had been immediately legalized across all 50 states.
Ahead of the court ruling, 36 states had currently legislated the matter on their own, with Massachusetts having recognized marriage that is same-sex 11 years.
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A Catholic bulk nation, Colombia’s top court voted to legalize same-sex wedding in 2016. The 6-3 vote ruled that the united states’s constitution guaranteed the right to same intercourse marriage for LGBT+ residents.
Based on a Pew Research Center study, conducted between brightbrides.net/latin-brides November 28, 2013 and March 4, 2014, 28% of Colombians supported marriage that is same-sex and 64% had been compared.
Greenland (2016) & the Faroe Islands (2017)
Two autonomous regions of Denmark, Greenland and also the Faroe islands are self regulating nations and also have systems which legislate their laws that are own. Which means that they certainly were perhaps not susceptible to Denmark’s legislation for same-sex wedding which passed in 2012.
Having said that, Greenland’s parliament unanimously voted to adopt the wedding and use legislation, while the law that is danish into impact for 56,000 Greenlanders in 2016. It’s been legal within the Faroe Islands since 1 2017 july.
With the enactment of same-sex wedding legislation in Finland in 2017, all 5 countries that are nordic recognize the proper of same-sex partners to marry (the Nordic countries are Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
The parliament that is finnish same-sex wedding legislation in belated 2014, though a residents’ petition had been lodged to repeal what the law states, and ended up being just beaten in 2017. The balance for marriage equality itself started off as a citizens’ initiative – a general public petition by having a reported 167,000 signatures.
In Slovenia, civil partnerships are recognised since 2006, nevertheless same-sex wedding has only recently be appropriate in February 2017.
Even though the law will provide partners mainly exactly the same liberties as heterosexual people, it nevertheless bans them from jointly children that are adopting. Partners can follow young ones from the partner’s past relationship but maybe perhaps not unrelated kiddies.
Despite being a nation that is deeply catholic Malta’s parliament very nearly unanimously voted to legalize same-sex wedding in July 2017, plus it became appropriate on September 1.
This arrived 3 years after moving a legislation allowing civil partnerships; just one politician away from 67 within the Maltese parliament voted up against the legislation, signalling its broad help regarding the area country.
Legislation passed away parliament for same sex wedding in Australia on December 7 2017, around 30 days after a lot of Australians (62%) voted in preference of legalising it in a voluntary survey that is postal.
The initial same intercourse marriages had been held in Australia in January 2018 following the legislation became legislation.
In a snap vote by MP’s, same-sex wedding and use had been legalised in Germany on June 30 2017, and certainly will be legislation later on within the 12 months.
This will make Germany the fifteenth European country to enact legislation enabling same-sex couples to wed. It absolutely was a 393-226 vote after “Chancellor Angela Merkel amazed many by stating that people in her ruling Christian Democratic Union must be able to vote their conscience regardless of the celebration being formally in opposition to same-sex wedding.”
In May 2017 Taiwan’s court that is top in support of same-sex wedding, and issued an ultimatum towards the parliament: legislate same-sex marriage within 2 yrs or it will probably be appropriate irrespective.
This landmark ruling means the united states is first in Asia to permit couples that are gay marry, and “cements its reputation as beacon of liberalism”. Also ahead of the ruling, President Tsai Ing-wen promised to legislate for same-sex wedding.
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Acharya Prashant: Among the Indian saints, in the whole galaxy of the saints of the World, Kabir is delightfully special. It is said that he was born a Hindu, but because he was born of a widow, so out of social shame the mother went and kept the baby Kabir by the side of Ganga in Varanasi. A Muslim couple, Neeru and Neema, found the baby by the side of the river and picked him up, raised him. They initiated him into their family profession, which was weaving. Kabir, thus grew up in a Muslim family. Folklore says, he did not study much. He was fortunate to have a Guru, and was initiated by the Guru.
All his life, he lived simply as a weaver. The whole day he would weave, in the evening he would sell his stuff, and even as he would keep weaving, he would keep talking to people. He wrote nothing. All that we have as Kabir’s works, were actually collected after him. In fact it is said that he was illiterate. That may not be true. But what is certain is that he himself was never interested in writing. Kabir was there in the Varanasi of 14th century India, a hotbed of both Hindu and Muslim orthodoxy. And his courage and genius, lies in the fact that he unabashedly attacked both Hindu and Muslim traditions.
Kabir was a victim of malicious propaganda, counter attack, but he stuck to his guns, kept saying what he wanted to say. He dismissed all kinds of religious bigotries, dogmas, superstitions, beliefs, even those that are considered sacred even to this day. If you will go to Kabir you will meet both, a sharp sword that cuts through our prejudices, and a loving heart that embraces you. That is why it is difficult to categorize Kabir, neither can you call him belonging to the Bhakti tradition, nor to the tradition of Gyaan. He belongs to no tradition. He was unique, authentic and original in himself.
He lived in Varanasi, and Hindus have this tradition of going to Varanasi at the time of their death. It is said that if you die by the Ganga, then you receive salvation. And there is another place called Maghar, where if you die, it is said you land up in hell. You know what Kabir did, all his life he lived in Varanasi and at the time of his death, he made it a point to go to Maghar. Even his last breath was a taunt on the way we live.
He said if the Ganga is to give me salvation, then what role does the Truth have? If the city Kashi, Varanasi is to give me salvation, then what would Ram do?
‘Jo Kabira Kashi marai, to Ramhin kaun nihoraa’
(If I have to use Kashi for salvation then why was I devoted to Truth all my life)
That kind of a man, Kabir.
Poem by Kabir (translation in English)
People are often misled by their mind,
If by courting death at kashi, one can gain his salvation,
why should he at all pray for God’s mercy?
Then I was like this, now I am what I am.
This is how people feel boastful on Earth under influence of pride and greed.
Whoever is firm in loving devotion to god, and gains his preceptor’s (Guru’s) grace and keeps company of true saints, nothing is beyond him to achieve.
Says Kabir, listen O wise men, do not be misled by the mind,
For as kashi, so Maghar both are equally infructuous,
only love, devotion to God at heart does his blessings impart.
AP: It says, when you are in the Truth then all your actions are right, but by following predetermined actions you will not get to the Truth. With the Truth in your heart, it does not matter where you live and where you die. But if you live and die in particular places, or go to certain places of pilgrimage, or you perform certain actions with the body, kindly do not think that they will give you peace or Truth. Peace, Truth, God are direct, they simply come by devotion, by surrender. It is those who do not want to surrender, try all kinds of external tricks.
They say, “I will get this and get the truth, I will go there and get the Truth, I will read this and get the Truth.”
First of all, you get the Truth and then you do this or that.
Truth is the first step, not the last. Truth is the beginning, not the end. You begin in Truth, then all the journey is also in truth, and so is the end.
Here is a strong message for those, who believe in the capacity of Mind and its actions to get you that which you so really want. We all really deeply want something. The barrier is that we think that, that which we want will come to us through our planning, our cleverness, through our actions. Whatever you will do to get the Truth, will be the barrier. We are unable to get that because we are trying so hard. Just stop doing whatever you think is necessary to reach there, the truth is immense, you cannot size it up.
Using one’s own intellect one can never determine what needs to be done. When this is seen, it is called surrender. Surrender is nothing but a clear realization of impotency of our ways. Now I clearly see that it is beyond me. It won’t happen as per my planning, my intellect, my reasons, my ways. When you are in that place, then the real action happens through you.
L1: Don’t you need effort to realize this?
AP: The right effort will not happen through you. Your effort is small, misguided and limited, it gets exhausted so easily. It is only when you are committed to that one right thing, that you can have limitless effort. And that does not even look like effort, that is just having fun. Kids are playing and spending so much energy, do they call it an effort?
Whatever you will do as someone who wants the Truth, will ensure that you remain someone who wants the Truth – which implies I do not have the Truth. When you begin with a false premise, you cannot come to the right place. To reach the Truth, you have to begin in Truth and travel in Truth. The false cannot lead you to the true. Only the true leads you to true. And that is surrender.
The ego says, No, the false can lead me to the true. You can keep trying. Just honestly ask yourself, has it helped?
L1: But if you let go of all effort, you get lost…
AP: Do you know of that state where you have let go of that center from which the ego-centric effort comes. Have you known that state?
And if you have not known that state then please do not imagine it. This is a very well-known trick of the ego to block right action – imagine what will happen if I do this, and imagine as per one’s own intellect. And imagine that scenario to be horrible and immediately construct an argument saying – If I drop all effort, then the results can be bad. How do you know?
You are here, you have never been there, but sitting over here you are imagining horrible picture about that place, and using that imagination to block your movement to that place. All of this ensures that you remain here not there
The man who is here, is not the same man who would reach there, how do you know what that man will like and dislike? What do you know about that man? That man is not you. That which is a horror to you right now, may become a delight to that man. But sitting here, as this man, you want to imagine about that. And you have a great belief that your imagination can tell you the truth. And we don’t even see through this mental game.
Whatever you dislike right now may become very likeable and which is a horror to you right now will become delight for you.
One should not bother himself with Truth at all, one should bother himself only with Maya. Let Maya be your consideration. She is all prepared to take you there.
L2: What do you think of psychedelics?
AP: We are already so drunk, you want to be more drunk?
L3: About Maya, it’s not that the world does not exist, it’s just that it’s not what you think it to be. What do you think about it?
AP: A very simple verse explains it
‘Ya ma, sa, maya’
That which is not, is Maya. Maya is that which is not, yet appears to be. You hope of finding happiness in something, but all you get is destitution, you thought there was happiness in that but you didn’t get it that is Maya. That which does not exist, but appears like existing is called Maya.
L4: So, one has to be still for finding Truth?
AP: The stillness, is the Truth, you won’t find the Truth after you are still. The stillness, is the Truth. In stillness, you are already in the Truth, so what’s left to find? Any movement towards the Truth, disturbs that stillness. Just when you think that you are moving towards the Truth, you are actually moving away from the Truth. It is the cessation of all movement that is the Truth.
There can be nothing called the journey towards Truth. All journeys will take you away from the Truth. Truth is the cessation of the journey, not a continuation.
Nothing in the world will take you to God – no city, no river, no practice, no knowledge, no effort.
L5: So we just have to be grateful?
AP: But that gratitude is not something of saying, it is a very silent gratitude. It shows in the way you live. When you are in gratitude, by definition you mean that you are happy that you received. So, in gratitude you should not be asking for more. Which means gratitude expresses itself as, the absence of desire and ambition. If I have already received why would I ask for more? Gratitude is not about saying thank you, it’s about not wanting any more. To Not to want any more is a sure sign of contentment, and that is gratitude. Gratitude is something that you live by. It must show up in your actions. It must show in the quality of your mind. It is not a particular way of talking and speaking, it’s not a smile, it’s not a prayer, it’s in your daily life.
L5: So, how would you define gratitude?
AP: Nothing, it’s alright, that’s it. Gratitude means it’s alright as it is, nothing needs to be corrected or improved.
Watch the session: Acharya Prashant on Saint Kabir: Gratitude and Surrender The transcription has been edited for clarity
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text: A rise in addiction and overdose deaths involving opioids in the United States has spurred a series of initiatives focused on reducing opioid risks, including several related to prescription of opioids in care of pain. Policy analytical scholarship provides a conceptual framework to assist in understanding this response. Prior to 2011, a ‘policy monopoly’ of regulators and pharmaceutical manufacturers allowed and encouraged high levels of opioid prescribing. This permissive policy fell apart in the face of adverse outcomes brought to public attention by an ‘advocacy coalition’ consisting of officials, thought leaders, journalists and interest groups who shared common beliefs. This coalition has generated a more cautious prescribing regimen that has incentivized involuntary termination of opioids in otherwise stable patients, with resultant reports of harm. Its emphasis on dose reduction, regardless of outcomes, mirrors in some ways the prior focus on minimizing pain scores, regardless of outcomes. Central to the present analysis is that policies cannot be comprehensively rational; rather, they emerge from a range of actors and agencies constrained in their ability to assimilate complex data, evaluate the data objectively and to command necessary resources in an iterative, rapid response fashion. The imbalance between strong prescription control and weak pain and addiction treatment expansion exemplifies the policy scholar's notion of ‘bounded rationality’. Results have been suboptimum: opioid prescriptions have fallen, but harms to pain patients and overdose deaths have risen. US policymakers could revise the course through a more thoroughgoing engagement with patients, families and communities now coping with both pain and addiction.

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In the early summer of 2006, then-Senator Rick Santorum was facing a tough reelection challenge, trailing Pennsylvania’s Treasurer Bob Casey by 9 points and struggling to shed his image as a Washington insider. So Santorum launched a statewide, 67-county push, raising twice as much money as Casey, hiring campaign-tested pollsters and ad-makers, and recasting himself an independent-minded fighter.
But when Santorum traveled to the conservative heartland of central Pennsylvania in July to rally supporters, his poll deficit was dropping into the double digits and his larger problem was plain to see: Santorum is a scold. At an Adams County picnic, Santorum delivered the campaign lines crafted to present his independent side, saying he had broken with President Bush on immigration, was critical of Donald Rumsfeld and stood up to the liberal media over welfare and urban policy. But Santorum also spoke to issues he said were a threat to the country: gay rights; embryonic stem cell research; fetal farms. “Scientists,” he said, “Go to people who have fatal diseases and say, ‘Unless you give us this ability to do this research you know all your kids or all your parents are gonna die! And that’s what they tell’m, that’s what these researchers, they lie to’m.’”
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At first Santorum’s moral doom-saying just sounds like a slightly wacky play to the extreme wing of the GOP. “Farms” where human fetuses are raised for their organs? They don’t exist outside the Huxley-esque imaginings of the far right, so maybe the bill he co-sponsored that year to ban them (later signed into law by George W. Bush) amounted to nothing more than a political stunt. But eventually it becomes clear that Santorum believes America’s lax morals are leading to that kind of future. First you teach teenagers about contraception; the next thing you know you are voting in favor of warehouses of fetuses, grown for the benefit of mankind.
In this election cycle, Santorum has tried to shed the image of the former K Street project leader in the Senate who made the move to highly paid consultant after his 18-point loss to Casey in 2006. He’s pitching himself as the principled conservative who can stand up to Barack Obama. But in recent weeks voters have begun to see that he thinks they are part of the moral downfall of the country. And his numbers are starting to turn. It’s one thing to say Obama or the liberal media are helping take the country to Satan and quite another to say anyone who thinks contraception is “OK” or supports civil unions for gays (never mind gay marriage) is complicit in the Satanic embrace.
For example, 59% of moderate Republicans support gay unions; 63% of independents do. Those voters might be sympathetic to a candidate who opposes civil unions, but they will be strongly against someone who tells them their position on the issue makes them part of the country’s moral collapse. I don’t know exactly what Santorum was referring to when he said it, but I think it’s safe to say there are a substantial number of Republicans who would take offense at his assertion that their use of contraception leads to “things in the sexual realm that are counter to how things are supposed to be”.
On paper, Santorum might be a viable alternative to Romney. In a series of difficult Senate terms, Santorum was more successful than most in reaching across the aisle even as he rose in the GOP hierarchy. But Santorum sees a looming moral apocalypse, abetted by what are now mainstream positions in America. That’s not a message that’s going to win, even in a GOP primary.
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Abu Azmi does it again, advices women to take precautions and not give a chance to get molested
Expressing his concern for all the girls of the country Azmi said, �I just want my daughters to be safe and not be available to any molester.�
Amid continuous flak across media on his remarks on Bengaluru's mass molestation case, Abu Azmi on Wednesday again put the onus on girls for their own safety and security, saying the girls should take precautions in order to save themselves from incidents of molestation and sexual exploitation.
Samajwadi Party leader told media agency, “If my money gets robbed, I won’t keep it at the same place again. I won’t leave it on the police to sort it. Similarly, our daughters will have to take precautions of giving no chance to a person to be molested. This is not an insult, but words of respect.”
Earlier, he has said that “short dresses” were the reason behind the mass molestation and that “it had to happen,” and has been at the receiving end of widespread criticism.Justifying this he said, “I am being misquoted. Nothing is above mother and mother is a woman. I can even sacrifice my life for daughters. So how can I insult women? Law is not being followed properly in the country. If a girl goes out at 12 in night, she gets kidnapped. Delhi witnessed such a big case of rape (Nirbhaya) which led to national outrage. The provision of hanging the rapist, what Islam talked about 1500 years ago, also came to being but still there seems to be no decrease in the number of crimes related to rape and molestation.”
“I am addressing all the women of India as my own mothers and daughters then how can I insult them? The guilty in the Bengaluru molestation incident should be caught and strictly punished,” he added.
However, he stood by his point of blaming western culture responsible for heinous crimes such as rape and molestation, and said the movies produced these days show obscenity, nudity and vulgarity.
“The movies which show the kind of fashion and scenes, it would not allow any father to watch it with her daughter. The people following the Indian tradition would not be able to watch such naked movies. I have witnessed it myself. When such movies come on television, either my daughters move out of the room or somebody changes the channel,” he said.
Expressing his concern for all the girls of the country Azmi said, “I just want my daughters to be safe and not be available to any molester.”
“In these modern times, the more skin women show, the more they are considered fashionable. If my sister or daughter stays out beyond sunset celebrating December 31 with a man who isn’t their husband or brother, that’s not right,” he said.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) issued summons against the minister on Tuesday, the reply of which has to be given within his five days of receiving it.


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Journal : Applied Energy, , Volume 90, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 142-147
In a solar thermal power tower system, a molten salt tube receiver is a significant component. However, the tube flow performance is different with other tubes, half the circumference of the tube is heated with a different heat flux and half that circumference is insulated. As the properties of molten salt change with the temperature along the alloy tube wall, the distributions of temperature and heat flux and the heat transfer characteristics are very complex. The present study uses the computational fluid dynamics to reveal these phenomena. The results show that the temperature distribution of molten salt and tube wall are very uneven whether in an axial or radial direction, and the temperature of the inner tube wall is an important parameter for preventing the decomposition of molten salt. The heat flux of the heating surface increases with the increase of velocity; however, the situation is just the opposite for the adiabatic surface. The heat transfer coefficient is higher as compared with the Sieder–Tate equation. The value of the local Nu number is almost unchanged with the change of the cosine angle over all circumferential direction.
Solar thermal power plants generate electric power from sunlight by focusing concentrated solar radiation to heat transfer fluid to produce heat energy, and then change it to electricity in a conventional generator. It is another higher potential solar power technology except photovoltaic system. The types of solar thermal power plants are power tower plants, parabolic troughs and dish engine plants , ,  and . A solar power tower plant uses a field of sun-tracking mirrors, called heliostats, to concentrate sunlight onto a tower-mounted, centrally located receiver, where the thermal energy is collected in a heated fluid and then the high temperature fluid is transferred to the steam generator on the ground through pipes to produce high pressure and super-heated steam to power a conventional, high-efficiency steam turbine to produce electricity . The solar power tower has the advantages of a higher ratio of focusing light, higher working temperature and longer lifetime etc. In the commercial application aspects, the external cylindrical receiver with molten salt as the heat transfer medium has high efficiency, greater power and low technical risk. The system has large heat storage capability and can generate electric power with continuity and stability. At the beginning of the 1980’s, the first power tower system – Solar One was established in Southern California of the US. For Solar One, water-steam was chosen as the heat transport medium, producing 10 megawatts of power. The idea was to pump water up to the receiver to make steam, which was then brought down to the base of the tower to generate electricity or to thermally charge an enormous holding tank containing oil, rock, and sand. In 1996, Solar One was reconstructed to Solar Two after improvement in the storage system in order to demonstrate advanced molten-salt power tower technology . The cylindrical receiver is one of the key components for the solar power system. It consisted of 24 panels arranged in a cylinder in Solar Two . Each panel incorporated 32 thin-walled tubes with end-bends connected to manifolds on each end of the panel. According to the design requirement, the velocity of molten salt was controlled in order to keep the inlet temperature 288 °C and the outlet temperature 565 °C. Although many countries have built stable solar power tower stations , there are few reports about the heat transfer characteristics of the tube receiver that is different with normal situation because of the special heating method with semi-circumference heated and semi-circumference adiabatic. Naphon  investigated the heat transfer and flow characteristics of the horizontal spiral-coil tube by numerical and experimental methods. Hot and cold water were used as working fluids. Reasonable agreement was obtained from the comparison between the results from the experiment and those obtained from the model. Nevertheless, the results was based on the average value of the whole tube, it cannot shows the local heat transfer characteristics. Wu  conducted the experimental study on the heat transfer characteristics of molten salt in a circular tube and found a good agreement between the experimental data of molten salt and the well-known correlations presented by Hausen and Gnielinski respectively. However, the heat transfer performance with uneven heat flux was not analyzed because of some difficulties in experiment. In actual solar thermal power, because of the different concentrated solar radiation and different incident angle, the heat transfer is uneven along the circumference. The local temperature, heat flux and heat transfer coefficient of the tube receiver need to be obtained when the solar plant operates normally. Since the solar receiver is composed of many same single tubes, in this study, the heat transfer characteristics of a single molten salt tube receiver with asymmetric heat flux around the tube is simulated numerically. The numerical simulation results of this paper shows the special distribution of the temperature and heat flux, at the same time the special heat transfer characteristics are obtained whether on a whole or local viewpoint. The results will provide references for the design of the whole tube size, the control of temperature and the heat transfer analysis etc
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(1) The cosine effect of the radiation heat flux and the thermal conductivity effect of the tube wall are considered in the numerical simulation, which accords with the actual operation situation for a solar molten salt tube receiver. (2) The temperature distribution of the tube wall and molten salt is very uneven but the temperature difference between the inner wall and outer wall for the heating face and adiabatic face maintains a fixed value along the Z-axis. When the velocity of the molten salt is 0.5 m/s, density of the heat flux is 400 kW/m2 and the molten salt inlet temperature is 523 K, the temperature gradient of the heating surface is large and the temperature difference is 34 K, but the temperature gradient of the adiabatic surface is small and the temperature difference is only 1 K. (3) With the increase in the velocity, the heat flux will increase and weaken on the heating surface and on the adiabatic surface respectively, but the overall value of the heat flux remains fixed. The reason for that is the convective heat transfer effect will be enhanced and the thermal conductivity effect will weaken. The heat flux distribution pattern is different in a situation that does not consider the tube wall thermal conductivity. (4) The formula of Sieder–Tate is not suitable for the heat transfer performance computation of a solar tube receiver, because the temperature difference between the molten salt and the tube wall is large and the physical properties of the molten salt with the temperature change are also larger. The Nu number through simulation is higher than that through formula the Sieder–Tate formula. (5) Along the circumference direction on a certain axial cross section, the local Nu number basically keeps constant whether on the heating surface or adiabatic surface, instead of changing with a change of the cosine angle.


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What Is The Best Prostate Supplement
Saw palmetto products are among the best prostate supplements because of their gentle action, lack of major side effects and broad suitability for most men. They help improve urinary flow and may slow the progression of prostate enlargement when taken regularly. They can also reduce inflammation and may improve sexual health by supporting testosterone production.
Although a saw palmetto supplement may be enough to manage mild symptoms, there are other options such as beta-sitosterol, stinging nettle extract and zinc. The strongest prostate supplements, such asSuper Beta Prostate, combine several of these ingredients to help give you maximum relief.
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Dr. Daniel Brison
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland vital for proper male reproductive system function and urinary tract health. As a board-certified Urologist, I have helped thousands of men maintain healthy prostate size and hormone levels, thus promoting a healthy lower urinary tract with normal nighttime urination, urgency, and stream, all of which may have an effect on quality of life.
This is why I stand behind 1MD Nutritions ProstateMD®, a scientifically designed formula made with unadulterated USPlus® saw palmetto, the only saw palmetto extract in the United States to receive verified certification from US Pharmacopeia and Consumer Labs, making it one of the highest-quality saw palmetto extracts for normal prostate function, bladder control, and urinary tract health on the market today.*
This formula combines 10 additional ingredients, including pumpkin seed oil and pygeum, all added to help promote prostate and urinary health. In my opinion, 1MD Nutrition® has created the purest and most comprehensive male health supplement on the market, offering men an opportunity to take a more proactive approach to maintaining their overall health and vitality.*
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An enlarged prostate can also be the cause of other problems. If the enlarged prostate is causing symptoms, the best treatment would be a natural remedy. In the meantime, there are treatments for a wide range of conditions that cause a man to experience pain. A common surgical procedure involves an electric loop, laser, or electro-stimulation. The procedure is a safe and effective option for treating enlarged or symptomatic BPH.
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Prostatemd Review Legit Or Just A Scam
CONTENTSDonald Christman, BHSc
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is prostate gland enlargement. BHP causes leakage, nighttime urination, difficulty to empty the bladder completely, and frequent urination.
About 90% of men in the US start suffering from BHP by the age of 85.
Enter ProstateMD. This is an organic supplement intended for men who suffer from an enlarged prostate.
ProstateMD claims it improves the health of the prostate and that it can decrease enlarged prostate effects in three months.
So, I decided to do my own research. I tried the product myself, consulted with a health professional, and checked other peoples reviews.
Heres my ProstateMD review.
Supplements That Show Promise
Other supplements show hopeful signs of helping in studies so far, but thereâs less research on these than the more common options.
Pumpkin seeds: These and pumpkin seed oil extract seem to help with BPH symptoms and may shrink the size of the prostate. It may also be helpful when used along with other supplements such as saw palmetto.
Stinging nettle: This is a type of herb, and its root may help with urine flow and waking up a lot at night to pee. Itâs sometimes used along with other supplements to treat BPH symptoms.
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How Does Prostate Md Work
Saw palmetto, the active ingredient, can potentially help with frequent urination. However, further research is needed to see if it is actually more effective than a placebo.
1MD suggests tracking your results with this item over a 3-month period. That way you can see how the medication affects you and whether you need to modify your dosage levels.
Finding The Best Dosage In Prostate Health Supplements
Determining the right dosage in the prostate health supplement is important, though many formulas offer different things. Always follow the instructions provided with the supplement to get the optimal benefits. Not following the directions could lead to complications or may render the supplement useless.
Even though it is difficult to say the proper dose of this specific prostate supplement, there are many details that the scientific community has learned about the ingredients involved. For example, users only need a dose of 320 mg each day for saw palmetto extract. However, 300 mg to 500 mg of plant sterols is recommended. When using pumpkin seed extract, the clinical studies have used about 500 mg in their doses, but most prostate supplements dont include this high of a concentration.
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Promotes Normal Urination Schedule During The Day & Nighttime Hours*
- USPlus® is the only saw palmetto extract in the United States to receive verified certification from US Pharmacopeia and Consumer Labs, making it the highest quality saw palmetto oil on the market. Independent, 3rd-party testing shows USPlus® consistently achieves 8595% total fatty acids, and contains three times the beta carotene, ten times the amount of lutein, and 30 times the zeaxanthin of typical saw palmetto extracts.*
- Pumpkin seed oil and saw palmetto oil, both alone and in combination, help promote quality of life by maintaining healthy prostate function.*
- Pygeum is an herbal extract from the bark of the African cherry tree that is used to support urinary function.*
- ProstateMD® contains a potent sterol lipid blend of pine bark extract, stinging nettle, sunflower lecithin, and safflower oil, which promotes prostate health.*
Prostatemd Reviews Final Verdict
ProstateMD supplement is a proven solution for mens prostate-related issues or urinary problems. It helps better your prostate health and overall life quality through a patented formula of proprietary natural herbs. This formula is completely vegan as well as gluten allergen and GMO-free.
It guarantees you results with consistent use and claims to give you results that improve your life in the long run. Looking at the raving reviews and positive feedback this supplement gets, I believe this is a safe, legitimate, and proven formula that you can benefit from.
I suggest you give it a try if you too are looking to improve your prostate health. This is a worry-free investment you can make today to bid farewell to painful, uncomfortable urination and disrupted sleep.
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What Users Have To Say About 1md Prostatemd Saw Palmetto Prostate Support Supplement
I have suffered with chronic pain from bladder and kidney cancer, the results of which damaged my urinary system and caused me to have a cyst in my prostrate, but I finally found some relief with 1MD Prostate MD.
I have been using this product for less than a month and it has made a huge difference in the amount of urine I can take off at any one time of the day or night.
I liked that it was only one capsule per day, but I have only been using it for 6 bottles, and I don’t feel any change in my health.
I gave it a 2 stars instead of a 1 because I was aware of a hidden benefit that I didn’t know about.
The improvement was noticed in less than one bottle.
Cost And Where To Buy
You can buy ProstateMD directly through the 1MD.org website, or you can purchase it through Amazon.
If buying the product directly through 1MD, you will have several purchasing options available:
- 1 Bottle: $49.99 + $5.95 Shipping
- 3 Bottles: $137.97 + Free Shipping
- 6 Bottles: $257.94 + Free Shipping
1MD also offers a subscribe and save option on their website. If you choose this option, youll receive the following discounts:
- 1 Bottle: $42.99
- 3 Bottles: $38.99 each
- 6 Bottles: $35.99 each
ProstateMD comes with a 90-day refund policy.
You can also purchase ProstateMD through Amazon for $49.99 for one bottle.
ProstateMD compared to other high-quality prostate supplements, is higher priced but may be worth the cost if it can help alleviate the symptoms associated with BPH.
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How Long Will Prostatemd Take To See The Result
It takes a minimum of 2-3 months for you to see measurable results with the use of the ProstateMD supplement. This gives the formula sufficient time to enrich and enhance the body with necessary nutrients.
Step by step, these will improve the health of your prostate, reducing its size, other urinary tract issues, and hormonal levels.
Your Underlying Medical Issue
The clinical diagnosis for an enlarged prostate gland is benign prostatic hyperplasia , and it’s the most common cause of frequent urination or urinary pain in men.
But these symptoms don’t always mean that your prostate is enlarged. It could be inflamed or infecteda condition known as prostatitis that requires antibiotics. Your urinary troubles could also be a side effect from another medication.
Taking an over-the-counter supplement without having a doctor find and address the true source of your symptoms is dangerous, even if it provides temporary relief.
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What Are The Benefits Of Prostate Md
This item hosts a buffet of benefits fit for a king with a prostate thats swollen to the size of his throne. These benefits go beyond potentially improving prostate health.
Prostate MD was scientifically engineered to return ones urinary and prostate functions back to their normal levels. It can help them get back to homeostasis .
The biggest selling point of this medication is that it can regulate your peeing schedule. Its possible that this item can cut down the number of times you awake in the middle of the night to use your washroom.
More time sleeping, less time peeing? Sounds like a dream to us.
Faqs: Consumer Questions & Answers
This dietary supplement is generally considered safe when used as directed. Still, you may consider speaking with your medical professional to address any concerns.
For items of this nature, this product is fairly priced. You can read more about the products price and discounts on some retailer sites.
– Unless recommended otherwise by a medical professional, this product is meant to be taken as one capsule daily with an eight-ounce glass of water.
The product has free shipping, discounts for buying in quantity, and an unconditional return policy.
Prostate MD reviews suggest that this product may be effective in providing support for comprehensive prostate and urinary health.
Neither the seller site nor testimonials indicate any side effects to the supplement.
Prostate MD reviews suggest that this supplement may be the prostate formula that men of a certain age or prostate and urinary disorders need for relief. Few negative things are being said about the product. It takes very little research to see that the company provides reputably sourced information and thoughtfully crafted health products.
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Prostatemds Comprehensive Men’s Health Solution Offers A Potent Blend Of Bioavailable Plant Sterols Essential Nutrients And Vital Minerals*
USPlus® Saw Palmetto Extract
Shown in independent third-party testing to contain three times the beta-carotene, ten times the lutein, and 30 times the zeaxanthin of typical saw palmetto extracts.*
Pumpkin Seed Oil Extract
Alone and in combination with saw palmetto, pumpkin seed oil helps maintain healthy prostate function.*
Pygeum African Cherry Tree Bark Extract
A potent botanical that is used to support urinary tract function.*
Lycopene Extract From Tomato
A powerful plant sterol that is used to support healthy prostate cell growth.*
How Does Prostatemd Work
There are a number of ingredients in this supplement that contain phytosterols. These are plant sterols that support urinary tract and overall prostate health.
They are high in anti-inflammatory properties which reduce swelling in the prostate, decreasing issues like frequent urination. A study in Cochrane Database concluded that beta-sitosterol was an effective remedy for benign prostate hyperplasia.
This product is rich in antioxidants, which raise immunity by killing free radicals and lowering oxidative stress. This can help reduce damage to the prostate and protect it from further harm. A review published in Urologia Internationalis examined the role of oxidative stress in benign prostate hyperplasia.
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How Does Prostatemd Fortify Your Health
ProstateMD is high on sterols which are clinically proven to have various anti-inflammatory features. A swollen prostate multiplies the trips to the bathroom as it presses against the bladder. Therefore, folks suffering from prostate frequently visit the bathroom even at night, affecting their sleep quality and subsequent life quality. By fighting inflammation, ProstateMD reduces the gland swelling hence reducing bathroom breaks and other bladder issues.
Also, by taking one softgel daily, IMD claims that you can flood your system with antioxidants that fight against enlarged prostate, thus boosting your health. Additionally, this product can heighten recovery after prostate surgery and alleviate the probability of redeveloping benign prostate hyperplasia.
How The Rankings Were Determined
There were many considerations for the way they work and where they come from. Here are the factors that either earned the supplement a place on the list or kicked it off.
Ingredients with scientific support. Saw palmetto extract, zinc, selenium, stinging nettle, and plant sterols all have shown different ways of promoting better prostate health in scientific studies. Supplements that earn a spot on this list tend to have ingredients that are backed by science, as opposed to ingredients that are as yet not evaluated.
High concentrations of effective ingredients. Low doses of ingredients simply do not help with BPH. Only ingredients that had the right minimum dose earned a place on this list.
Brand reputation. With the growing popularity of prostate health supplements, many people have already entered the market with fake products and ineffective ingredients. The formulas on this list have either a well-known brand or an exceedingly good reputation in the industry for their effectiveness, rather than using newcomers without much support.
Price versus value. There is a broad range of prices for these types of products. While some formulas are as low as $10, other products are available for $70. This review includes multiple prices to make prostate health an affordable opportunity for anyone.
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What Are The Ingredients Of 1md Prostatemd
Here are some of the primary active Prostate MD ingredients:
Pumpkin Seed Oil This is a nutrient-packed ingredient which is also high in phytosterols and anti-inflammatory agents. These reduce swelling and eliminate urinary tract symptoms like frequent urination . A study in rats in World Journal of Chemistry found that pumpkin seed significant decreases swelling in the prostate gland .
Pygeum Bark This comes from the bark of the African cherry tree. It could ease prostate enlargement symptoms like frequent and night urination. It may also slow the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia and help prevent it . An article in Science Direct discussed the properties of Pygeum and its benefits in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia .
Stinging Nettle Leaf This plant helps relieve the symptoms of BHP because it contains phytosterols that can decrease the inflammation. It also supports a strong immune system and can help repair damage to the gland . A study on rats in Andrologia concluded that nettle was an effective organic for treating prostate enlargement issues .
Best Prostate Pills: Top Mens Prostate Health Supplements
By Review Player on Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 2:33 pm
At least half of all men struggle with an enlarged prostate after age 50, making it so common that it has become a typical part of the aging process. Prostate help supplements can help with this problem, but it is difficult to navigate the broad landscape of these formulas without a little help.
In this list, consumers will find a compilation of the top supplements on the market today for prostate health.
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Is Prostatemd Safe
ProstateMD is generally recognized as safe, but below are some potential side effects:
- Headaches or dizziness
- Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation
- Sexual problems, such as ejaculation difficulties and erectile dysfunction
ProstateMD is manufactured in the USA in an FDA-regulated using GMP standards. It is also non-GMO and free from shellfish, dairy, peanuts, and wheat.
What Is A Prostate
The prostate is a small gland that is part of the male reproductive system. Throughout a man’s life, the prostate produces semen, the fluid that contains sperm. As men age, the prostate gland may grow in size. This condition is referred to as an enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia . Due to the position of the prostate in front of the bladder, BPH can cause pressure on the urinary system, and may cause a number of unpleasant symptoms.
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As if that discount wasnt as energizing as a morning cup of coffee, heres another one thatll make you soil yourself with glee. You can save up to 22% on 1MD products by joining the brands email newsletter list.
Youll save more money in the long run if you subscribe to monthly Prostate MD deliveries. Heres how the savings breakdown depends on your preferred release schedule:
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A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and a former senate president, Bukola Saraki, have commended Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, for joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr Obaseki, on Friday, joined the PDP at an elaborate ceremony in Benin, the state capital.
He was disqualified by his former party, APC, from seeking re-election allegedly for submitting questionable certificates.
The Edo governor, who had been at loggerheads with the suspended chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, later announced his resignation from the APC.
Like other chieftains of the opposition party, Messrs Abubakar and Saraki welcomed Mr Obaseki into the PDP, congratulating him for taking a good step.
In a statement issued in Abuja, Mr Saraki noted that the bigger commendation and appreciation should go to the leaders of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the various levels for the sense of sacrifice, patriotism and devotion to the progress of the party demonstrated by them in the process of welcoming Mr Obaseki into its fold.
Commenting on the situation that led to Mr Obaseki’s resignation from APC, Mr Saraki said; “While I have kept my cool and ignored all the verbal attacks directed at me by the suspended chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, I have always known that a day like this would come when his masquerade will dance naked in the market.”
“What is happening to him now is a moment of truth. This same man who was garrulously proclaiming the end of the political career of some other people is now about to meet his Waterloo.”
Mr Saraki further accused Mr Oshiomhole of “continually using his mouth to divide his party.”
In a separate release, Mr Abubakar expressed confidence that the people of Edo State will be the better for Mr Obaseki’s choice.
Mr Abubakar, on Friday, stated that Governor Obaseki was joining the PDP when the party is poised to deliver good governance to the people of Nigeria.
“I am happy that you have finally exited the oppressive ruling party and joined the truly democratic party in Nigeria. I have no doubt that your coming into the PDP would further strengthen our party to mobilize the people behind the common cause of deepening democratic ethos in our country and restoring prosperity to our people.
“The PDP that you have come to join today is a reformed and repositioned party – one that lives by its name of being a truly democratic party.
“I have an unflinching conviction that your joining the party would be an asset to the PDP. Together, we can work to extinct every form of undemocratic tendencies in our body politic and realign the good people of Edo State to the moving train of democracy and restoration of good governance to the country,” he said.


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Four years ago, Philadelphia police found four adults locked in a basement room with no food and only a bucket for a toilet, authorities said.
A small group of captors led by Linda Weston had beaten the victims, kept them chained and captive in locked closets, basements and attics, deprived them of adequate food and medical care, and moved them between Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Florida, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Philadelphia said in a statement.
The purpose: To steal their Social Security and disability payments, authorities said.
Weston, 55, of Philadelphia was punished on Thursday. A federal judge sentenced her to life in prison plus 80 years. She was ordered to make restitution of $273,463 to the Social Security Administration and pay $19,600 in a special assessment.
The enterprise victimized six disabled adults and four children from 2001 to 2011, prosecutors said.
Weston and her group allegedly befriended mentally challenged individuals who were estranged from their families. After those people moved into housing provided by Weston, she became their representative payee for Social Security and disability benefits, prosecutors said.
“While confined, the captives were often isolated, in the dark, and sedated with drugs placed in their food and drink by Weston and other defendants,” prosecutors said. “When the individuals tried to escape, stole food, or otherwise protested their treatment, Weston and others punished them by slapping, punching, kicking, stabbing, burning and hitting them with closed hands, belts, sticks, bats, and hammers or other objects, including the butt of a pistol.”
Two people died. Weston told the other people in her ring to move the bodies to other locations before contacting police, the statement said.
Weston pleaded guilty earlier to racketeering conspiracy, kidnapping resulting in the death of the victim, forced human labor, involuntary servitude, multiple counts of murder in aid of racketeering, hate crime, violent crime in aid of racketeering, sex trafficking, kidnapping, theft of government funds, wire fraud, mail fraud, use of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime and false statements.
Her daughter, Jean McIntosh, and co-defendant Eddie Wright previously pleaded guilty. Co-defendants Gregory Thomas, Sr., and Nicklaus Woodard are awaiting trial.