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Kawagoe’s (川越) main street, Kura no Machi Ichibangai Street, is filled with houses from the good old Edo period. As we have previously introduced you to the must-visit cafes on the street, we thought to bring you a list of spots where you can enjoy various workshops and/or activities around Kawagoe’s landmark, Toki no Kane Clock!
If you haven’t read our article on Kawagoe’s must-visit cafes on Kura no Machi Ichibangai Street, refer to HERE for more details (^_-)-☆.
- Dyeing Studio Inaki (染色工房稲木)
- Matsumoto Soy Sauce Store (松本醤油商店)
- glass Art Blue moon (吹きガラス工房 Blue moon)
- Kawagoe Activity Workshop Aoitori (川越体験工房 青い鳥)
- Shōyuōkoku Kawagoe Toki no Kane Shop (醤遊王国 川越時の鐘店)
Explore Kawagoe With a Guided Tour
If you prefer a guide to introduce you to the charms of Kawagoe, how about joining one of the below tours? You can also hire a professional photographer to capture your visit!
- Uncovering the Hidden Treasures of Kawagoe
- Half-Day Kawagoe Walking Tour
- Koedo Kawagoe Customized Private One-Day Tour from Tokyo
- Oishi Park, Oshinohakkai, and Koedo Kawagoe Day tour from Shinjuku
- 1-Hour Kawagoe Photography Session
Tip: Exploring Kawagoe in the traditional Kimono can be a great way to explore the traditional township. Refer to HERE to book a dress-up session!
Dyeing Studio Inaki (染色工房稲木)
If you have a passion for craft making, you might be interested in a type of dyeing technique unique to Tokyo called Tokyo Yūzen (東京友禅). Yūzen is a dyeing method where patterns are colored by hand drawing.
At Dyeing Studio Inaki, you can color various items such as clothes, tote bags, hair clips, and phone straps. Because you can take the finished product with you straight after the workshop, you can tour Kawagoe with the unique item you just made!
What is used to decorate the studio’s interior is clothing dyed in the Tokyo Yūzen technique. From gorgeous kimonos to t-shirts that can be worn day-to-day, the method can be used to create a variety of patterns.
Upon arrival, brushes and dyes are most likely placed on the table if you have booked a session with the studio. Various stencils will also be available if you aren’t confident with your drawings. With many stencils having a Japanese icon or features as the pattern, you will easily have a unique Japanese souvenir to take with you as you walk out of the studio. They even have a Toki no Kane Clock stencil!
The workshop usually takes from 30 to 60 minutes. But with so many stencils and colors to choose from, you might end up needing more time to complete your Tokyo Yūzen dyeing (´▽｀*).
The cost of the workshop varies depending on what you choose to dye with. The cheapest workshop costs 1,500 yen.
Important: Please ensure you have someone who understands Japanese in your group if you want to participate in the workshop.
Dyeing Studio Inaki’s Business Hours and Access Information
- The studio is open from 10 am to 5 pm.
- The last admission is at 4 pm.
- Dyeing Studio Inaki is around a 10-minute walk from Honkawagoe Station.
- If you plan to take a bus, get off at Nakachō (仲町). The studio is then a 3 to 5-minute walk.
Matsumoto Soy Sauce Store (松本醤油商店)
Just a block behind Kawagoe Pudding, there is a facility where you can learn about traditional Japanese soy sauce-making. Matsumoto Soy Sauce Store was opened in 1830. Until now, the soy sauce there still uses the same natural manufacturing method with about 40 cedar barrels that have been used since 1830!
The soy sauce made there uses mainly soybeans harvested from Saitama Prefecture, Kawagoe’s high-quality groundwater, and sun-dried salt. The most unthinkable ingredient is wheat. Apparently, grain is required for the brewing process, so the resulting soy sauce is sweeter and has more aroma.
The raw ingredients are then manually mixed and fermented naturally by adding homemade malt.
The raw, unrefined mash is then brewed naturally without temperature controls for at least one year. When the barrels are opened again, the mash has already turned to a deep shade of red that the brewed mash is nearly black! The soy sauce is then squeezed out from the mash by placing heavy stones on the wrapped mash. Apparently, this last step takes as long as three days!
The raw soy sauce is then heated before it is ready to be bottled. The resulting soy sauce has a traditional flavor that dates back to the Edo period. The mineral and salt-riched soy sauce leftovers can then be used as cow feed.
Soy Sauce Products and Factory Tour
Besides their different flavored-soy sauce, soy sauce-based pickles are also available.
There is even soy sauce-flavored pudding!
If you are interested in seeing how the soy sauce is made, join one of their free factory tours held at 1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm on weekends and public holidays (the weekday 1 pm tour may come back after COVID-19).
Reservation is not required, and you can refer to their website HERE for more information.
Matsumoto Soy Sauce Shop’s Business Hours and Access Information
- Matsumoto Soy Sauce Shop is open from 9 am to 6 pm.
- Matsumoto Soy Sauce Shop is around a 12-minute walk from Honkawagoe Station and a 23-minute walk from Kawagoe Station.
glass Art Blue moon (吹きガラス工房 Blue moon)
There is a glassblowing art workshop next to Matsumoto Soy Sauce Shop. In fact, the workshop was the soy sauce shop’s warehouse up until recently. The colorful glassware will catch your attention as you walk into the stylish gallery space. The glassware is all handmade. If you want to bring any of them home, you have to be quick before someone else purchases them!
At the back of the shop is the workshop where all of the gorgeous glassware is created. Let the staff know if you want to make one as a souvenir. You might be able to enjoy a glassblowing session without making a reservation.
The staff there are experienced in guiding amateurs to safety and making the glassware of their choice successfully. Before handing you the equipment, they will ensure you understand the process thoroughly so that art can be created without failure.
Making Your Glassware
After deciding what glassware you want to make, you then need to decide its shape and color. Depending on the day of the visit, you will most likely be given 17 different colors and a couple of shapes to choose from.
The difficult processes will be completed by/with the staff, including the glassblowing. So even children can participate in the workshop. As you can imagine, inflating molten glass isn’t an easy job, especially when the step is to blow as many times to form the correct shape repeatedly. So leaving this part of the process to the professional would be the wisest choice after you have your fill of blowing into the blowpipe.
The glassblowing session takes around 30 to 45 minutes and costs 4,500 yen. If it is a bit too pricy for you, there are also pendant or chopstick stand-making workshops that you can join, ranging from 900 to 1,400 yen.
Important: As further firing/cooling is required, the shop will send out the final product to you in a week’s time. While it will be more costly, they can also send it to an overseas address if you cannot wait that long.
Tip: If your trip to Japan is more than 7 days, consider visiting the glass Art Blue moon in the first few days so the workshop can send the finished product to your hotel while you are still in the country to avoid the extra cost of international shipping.
glass Art Blue moon’s Business Hours and Access Information
- glass Art Blue moon is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm except for Wednesdays.
- glass Art Blue moon is around a 15-minute walk from Honkawagoe Station and around a 20-minute walk from Kawagoe Station.
- You can also take Tobu Bus’ Shinmeichō Shako Line (神明町車庫行き) and get off at Nakachō (仲町), and walk for around 3 to 5 minutes.
Kawagoe Activity Workshop Aoitori (川越体験工房 青い鳥)
If glassblowing sounds like too much work for you or you want to take the finished product straightaway, visit Aoitori for their glasswork workshop. The glass art you can make there is of a smaller scale but equally gorgeous!
Some of the glasswork you can make at Aoitori is by melting different colored glass rods or using special tools to engrave images on glassware. Other craftwork workshops are a lot simpler, such as candle making. But we would recommend booking a glasswork-making workshop because it is more specialized and can’t be done just anywhere. Particularly seeing the glass accessories displayed on the wall, you might be inspired to create one yourself on the spot!
After your glass bead is completed, you can attach it to a hair tie, a phone strap, or a necklace, making it a souvenir you can showcase as you walk around Kawagoe!
☛ If you aren’t sure what color rods you want to use to color the glass bead, the readily made ones for sale at the workshop would be a good reference.
☛ Get the staff to help you turn your glass bead into an accessory. Some people would find it harder than it looks!
For a list of Aoitori’s workshops and to book a reservation, refer to their website HERE. You can translate the webpage to English using Google Chrome’s translation function at the right of the address bar.
Kawagoe Activity Workshop Aoitori’s Business Hours and Access Information
- Aoitori is open from 10:30 am to 6 pm.
- Depending on the reservation situation, it may close at 5:30 pm.
- The workshop is around a 10 to 15-minute walk from Honkawagoe Station and a 25-minute walk from Kawagoe Station.
Shōyuōkoku Kawagoe Toki no Kane Shop (醤遊王国 川越時の鐘店)
Opposite Starbucks Coffee Kawagoe Kanetsuki-dōri Shop is a soy sauce shop. You might question, “What’s so exciting about soy sauce?” Well, this is where you find out that soy sauce can come in many flavors! You will be surprised by the number of different flavored-soy sauces the shop sells, and we haven’t even started on their soy sauce-flavored snacks!
The soy sauce maker, Yugeta Soy Sauce (弓削多醤油), was founded in 1924. The main shop is in Hidaka City, also in Saitama Prefecture. Since its establishment, it has developed many different flavored soy sauces, that the shop almost has a soy sauce to correspond to each traditional Japanese dish!
If you want a recommendation as to which flavor to bring home, the Yuzu-flavored soy sauce (柚子しょうゆ) is a good choice. The sour taste of the citrus fruit goes perfectly well with tofu and/or salad.
While the idea might sound funny, we recommend giving their soy sauce-flavored ice cream a try. Similar to the soy-sauce flavored churro at Disney Resort in Tokyo, you might be pleasantly surprised by the ice cream (^_-)-☆.
If you love rice cakes, their Mitarashi Dango is freshly grilled after a thin layer of soy sauce is brushed over it. Once you smell that slightly burnt scent, it will be hard to stop drilling!
Furthermore, you can experience squeezing out the soy sauce from the soy sauce mash at Shōyuōkoku Kawagoe Toki no Kane Shop for free!
Shōyuōkoku Kawagoe Toki no Kane Shop’s Business Hours and Access Information
- Shōyuōkoku Kawagoe Toki no Kane Shop is open daily except Tuesdays from 10 am to 5 pm.
- The soy sauce shop is a 15-minute walk from Honkawagoe Station and a 25-minute walk from Kawagoe Station.
Exploring Taishō Roman Yume-dōri Street
On the way to Kawagoe’s traditional township, you might walk past Taishō Roman Yume-dōri Street. So how about stopping by the street before heading into the area filled with houses in the Edo period style? Your visit to Kawagoe will be a tour back in time in reverse chronological order!
If that sounds like a good idea, refer to our Guide to the Taishō Roman Yume-dōri Street!
Other Attractions in Kawagoe
Besides the workshops, Kawagoe also has historical and cultural attractions, shops and restaurants, and museums that might interest you.
So refer to our Guide to the Little Edo, Kawagoe, for more travel ideas!


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My weekend started with this:
This is my oldest son Jacob playing his 1st baseball game EVER. At his 2nd time up to the plate he got his first base hit! He was so stunned he started running then he stopped (and got tagged out then), but man I’m so proud of him!! There were only a half dozen kids or so on his team that hit the ball, but regardless, they won the game 5-4! Totally a proud mama over here!
Today, we spent working on this:
Well not THIS specifically, but the garden. This is our bed of onions that are growing SO well!! In the background you can see part of the tires that we planted full of potatoes today. We have more potatoes to plant but we need more tires! I had read that you get better yields with potatoes by planting them in tires so I thought we’d give it a shot. It also seems like you’d use less space by doing that unless you’re like us and plant about 40 lbs. or so of seed potatoes.
We managed to get the rest of the beds tilled today(I think, we’ll see how it shakes out once I get planting!!!), and I got the potatoes and carrots in finally. Lots of work equals one tired but very happy mama. Planting continues tomorrow of course!
Happy Mothers Day to all out there! I hope your days were filled with massages, good coffee, chocolate, and perfectly behaved children!

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I have several new items to share, but first some very exciting news: my jewelry is now being sold in Threading-N-More salon!
I've been getting my eyebrows done here for years and have always admired the colorful jewelry on display. Finally, I got up the nerve to ask the owner if she'd consider buying some of my pieces. She agreed to take a look -- and ended up purchasing 36. Woot!
Now I just have to hope that my jewelry actually sells for her. If all goes well, this will be an ongoing gig. She has three salons so my work would be featured at all. If customers don't like my work, well, she gave me a chance, which is so, so appreciated. I've been trying to get my stuff into stores for a long time and haven't had success. I'm thrilled to have this opportunity.
One person who DOES like my work is the owner's young daughter. As I took out my necklaces, the little girl promptly put each on, so she was wearing all of them at once. She then stacked all of my bracelets onto her arm. Later, a few of the necklaces got tangled, so she helped me pull them apart. As she did so, she said, "I feel like I'm fishing." Then each time she successfully untangled a necklace, she'd announce, "I caught another fish!" It was very cute.
The owner purchased several of my fused glass pieces, as well as a couple of my enamel necklaces. But she and her daughter really liked the wire wrapped jewelry I made with briolettes. I designed these pieces specifically for our meeting:
These briolettes were a gift from a frequent customer of mine who's also requested a bulk order. I've been working with this woman for months and she's become a friend. When she heard I might be getting this salon gig, she sent me several bags of briolettes as a "Good luck" gift -- and they worked! So my work on one large order led to another. This customer prefers I don't mention her by name, but I can't even begin to express how grateful I am to her. Every artist hopes they'll meet someone who believes in them and gives them their "big break." She's that person for me.
OK, enough mushiness! Let's talk jewelry. I wanted to make pieces that highlight the briolettes so I chose colors and accents that matched. I've always liked the combination of pink, silver and black so when I saw the large black briolette, I went right for the silver wire and fuchsia crystals. Meanwhile, I wanted to do something to show off the colors of those rainbow briolettes, so chandelier earrings seemed like the best bet. This was the most convenient way to feature all of them.
I have large red briolettes and originally designed earrings where they hung from a big spiral. However, these earrings are too heavy for the average person, so I made a modified version using smaller stones and a thinner gauge wire. These are perfect! I also made a version with silver wire and purple briolettes, which I forgot to photograph. The salon owner loved these, so if they sell, I can make them in a variety of colors and wires.
In other news, I was again accepted into the local art fair, which is September 25. I'm especially excited about this year's event because I plan to exhibit my fused glass pieces. I sold them at the little fair I did at the home a few months ago, but this will be my official "debut." I'm already working on some new jewelry sets and will continue to make new pieces up until the day of the fair. I'm also excited because my friend Lani will be visiting that weekend and will help me work the booth. Lani is an absolutely fantastic saleswoman, with a background in retail and telemarketing, so I'm putting her to work! I'm hoping my glass will set itself, but if anyone can close a deal, it's her.
Sorry for the lack of posts, but as you can see, I've been busy! I'll have more pieces to share and will keep you updated on my latest goings-on. You can check out the rest of my handmade wire wrapped, glass and enamel jewelry at Naomi's Designs, MayaGirl Creations and Glass By Naomi.

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'90210': It's a scene on Soundtrack 90210 (with a sneak preview from the album)
My point? The music of “90210” is a huge part of what makes the show as memorable as it is. CBS Records is banking on that with today’s release of "Soundtrack 90210" – 15 tracks that will all have their own starring moments this season. The album includes well-known artists like Adele, N.E.R.D. and The All-American Rejects, but also promises to introduce some artists you may not know like MuteMath, Parachute and Stars Crashing Cars.
“I think it’s what we’re trying to do musically for the show,” says “90210” Music Supervisor Scott Vener. “Not just play one sort of genre for the show, but be able to play almost any sort of music. Good music is good music and it would be great to have people who are watching the show discover new music.”
Vener and “90210” Executive Producer Rebecca Sinclair say they listened to dozens of songs before choosing the ones that would make it onto the soundtrack and ultimately onto future episodes. “We really wanted to find exclusive stuff from artists,” explains Vener. “So whatever people sort of offered up, all of us collectively went through it, and we just sort of by committee voted on it and went from there.”
Will Dailey, a singer/songwriter out of Boston, was asked to submit a song for the album. It not only made it on, but it’s also heavily featured in the album’s promotion. “I didn’t have a home for this song,” says Dailey. “So the soundtrack just set it up perfectly and I had a ton of fun recording it."
It’s no wonder Dailey’s song “You’re So Cold” made the cut. It fits right in with "90210’s" theme of teen angst. He wrote it about the moment a young man realizes that he’s not going to get the girl he’s been obsessing about. According to Dailey, that’s not always a bad thing. “It’s the moment when you release," explains Dailey. "You’ve come to terms with it and you’re writing that person off. That song is all about that moment of clarity.”http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/soundtrack-90210
-- Jethro Nededog (follow me on Twitter @TheRealJethro)
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Complete ‘90210’ coverage on Show Tracker
Album art and song clip courtesy of CBS Records
Photo: Singer/songwriter Will Dailey’s “You’re So Cold” is featured on "Soundtrack 90210." Credit: Will Dailey

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Outlining a four-pronged new investigation strategy to the Security Council today, the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court pledged his commitment to delivering justice against crimes committed in Libya.
The Security Council requested the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals today to submit, by 14 April 2022, a report on its work progress since June 2020, including detailed schedules for the ongoing proceedings, as well as factors related to projected completion dates for the remaining cases.
Note: A complete summary of today's meetings of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization will be published in the afternoon of Thursday, 4 March.
The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization opened its 2022 session today with delegates debating questions related to sanctions, working methods and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
While Sudan remains at a delicate stage of its political transition following its 2018 popular uprising and an October 2021 military coup, accelerated cooperation with the International Criminal Court is the only viable path to ensuring long-delayed justice for the survivors of crimes against humanity in Darfur, the body’s top prosecutor told the Security Council today.
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals — the judicial body that took over the remaining work of the two dedicated tribunals for war crimes committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia — has delivered judgments on three cases on schedule, diminishing its active caseload and demonstrating its intention to complete its functions efficiently and effectively, its President told the Security Council today.
The Sixth Committee (Legal) elected Alya Ahmed Saif al-Thani (Qatar) on 7 June.


Following a five-year drought, particularly in the north, rainfall this year has topped multi-year averages in most of the country, improving the state of Israel’s underground aquifers and boosting the level of the Sea of Galilee, the country’s only major fresh body of water, by about two meters (6.5 feet) since October. Despite the rain, it was only at the end of February that the level of the lake rose above the red line, below which the pumping of water is supposed to stop.
With the rainy season not quite over, the rainfall in the north and center of the country this year has already surpassed the average for the entire season, including major portions of Israel that have already seen 110 to 120 percent of their average rainfall. As a general rule, 80 to 85 percent of rainfall in an annual rainy season falls by the end of February, so more rain can be expected in March and April.
Misgav Dov near Gedera, south of Tel Aviv, has recorded 761 millimeters (30 inches) of rain. Yodfat in the Galilee has already had 834 millimeters, 133 percent of the seasonal average, while Kibbutz Nir Eliahu in the Sharon region near Kfar Sava, has recorded 136 percent of the average for the entire seasons. Further south, however, rainfall has been less than average.
Despite the downpours in the Judean Hills in the Jerusalem area, precipitation for the year has still not hit the multiyear average, although it is close. The southern Judean Hills and southern coastal lowlands have seen about 80 to 85 percent of their annual average. In the Negev, rainfall has been just 50 to 70 percent of the average for the year, although precipitation in the southern Negev and Arava have surpassed the annual average.
Last month, the Sea of Galilee rose by 71 centimeters, bringing the amount of water added to the lake, after accounting for evaporation, to 115 million cubic meters. There has also been a significant rise in the past month in underground aquifers. The southern portion of the Mountain Aquifer, the country’s largest, saw a 30 centimeter increase while the northern portion recorded a 47 centimeter rise.
- Heavy Rains Lift Sea of Galilee Water Level Above Danger Zone
- Jerusalem Separation Barrier Falls After Storm, Residents Celebrate
- Over-consumption or Climate Change? Experts Debate Cause of Drop in Kinneret Levels
With the improvement in the rainfall picture, the head of the Water Authority has decided to increase water allocations to farmers by 47 million cubic meters. Eighteen million of that is for farmers around the Sea of Galilee. In recent years, environmental groups and some experts have said that agricultural water allocations provided to agriculture around the lake have curbed water supplies to the area’s streams and springs.


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News & Views
Quitting Still Best Strategy for Reducing Risks of Smoking
Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008
Copyright © 2006 American Cancer Society
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Volume 56, Issue 1, pages 3–5, January/February 2006
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(2006), Quitting Still Best Strategy for Reducing Risks of Smoking. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 56: 3–5. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.56.1.3
- Issue published online: 31 DEC 2008
- Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008
Smokers who are serious about reducing the health risks from their habit are better off quitting than just cutting back, two recent studies suggest. One paper, published in Tobacco Control (2005;14:315–320), finds that smoking as few as one to four cigarettes daily can significantly raise the risk of dying compared with a nonsmoker. The other report, from JAMA (2005;294:1505–1510), shows that although heavy smokers can reduce their lung cancer risk by reducing the number of cigarettes they smoke, their risk is still significantly higher than that of nonsmokers or former smokers.
The findings suggest that “harm reduction” from tobacco use remains an elusive goal.
The paper from Tobacco Control refutes the tobacco industry claim that there is no evidence that smoking only a few cigarettes per day is a significant health hazard. The study was conducted by Kjell Bjartveit, MD, PhD, MPH, Director Emeritus of Norway's National Health Screening Service, and Aage Tverdal, PhD, Professor, Senior Researcher, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Bjartveit is a noted tobacco researcher and recipient of the American Cancer Society (ACS)'s Luther L. Terry award, which recognizes excellence in tobacco control efforts. Their study included 43,000 women and men, aged 35 to 49 years, who were followed for more than 25 years. The authors found increasing health risks with increasing numbers of daily cigarettes. But even a few cigarettes per day significantly raised the risk of dying from all causes. For ischemic heart disease, the steepest risk increase was in both sexes between zero and one to four cigarettes per day. Above this level, the slope was less pronounced. Light smoking women and men had close to three times higher risk of dying from ischemic heart disease, compared with never smokers.
The risk of dying from lung cancer was also elevated, although the level reached significance only in women. That may be due to the small number of lung cancer cases among the light smokers in the cohort. Of more than 23,000 men in the study, just 627 said they smoked one to four cigarettes daily, and of this group, only four died of lung cancer. Nevertheless, the risk of dying of lung cancer was nearly three times higher for light-smoking men than for nonsmoking men. For women, the risk was five times greater.
“This study demonstrates once again that, despite what we would wish, there is no such thing as a safe level of smoking,” said Thomas Glynn, PhD, Director of Cancer Science and Trends at the ACS.
The authors of the JAMA paper, who were led by Nina S. Godtfredsen, MD, PhD, of Copenhagen University Hospital and Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark, also say it's too soon to adopt a strategy of harm reduction through smoking less.
“More data from long-term studies of smoking reduction are warranted, but for the present, smoking cessation and not smoking reduction should still be advocated as the ultimate method of reducing harm from smoking,” they write.
Godtfredsen and her colleagues studied nearly 20,000 men and women aged 20 to 93 years who completed a physical examination and questionnaires about lifestyle, including smoking habits. The participants were followed for as many as 31 years (mean 18 years); lung cancer incidence was confirmed through the Danish National Cancer Registry.
Smoking categories included heavy smokers (15 or more grams of tobacco per day, with 1 g being equal to one cigarette), light smokers (1 to 14 g of tobacco per day), former smokers, and nonsmokers. “Reducers” were defined as heavy smokers who cut back by 50% or more over the course of the study. “Quitters” were those smokers (heavy and light) who stopped smoking during the study.
Compared with continued heavy smokers, the “reducers” did see their lung cancer risk drop. But this drop was not proportionate to their smoking reduction: a mean decrease of 62% in tobacco consumption led to only a 27% reduction in lung cancer risk (hazard ratio [HR] 0.73). Light smokers had a 56% lower risk of lung cancer than heavy smokers (HR 0.44), and the quitters (heavy and light smokers who quit during the study) had a 50% lower risk (HR 0.50).
Former smokers had an 83% reduction in lung cancer risk (HR 0.17) compared with the heavy smokers. But even that figure was significantly higher than the risk for nonsmokers (HR 0.09).
Furthermore, the risks of heart disease and lung diseases other than cancer were not reduced by smoking less.
Those findings are important, said Glynn, because new restrictions on public smoking have led many smokers to cut back on how much they smoke.
“By doing so, they often feel that they are sharply reducing or eliminating the health dangers from smoking, but this study shows that this is not the case,” he said.
“Reducing smoking can reduce lung cancer risk somewhat, but that risk remains high. And even with reduced cigarette consumption, the risk of heart disease and [other] lung disease remains the same.”
“Compensatory” smoking is likely the reason why cutting back on cigarettes doesn't have a more positive effect on health, Glynn said. Even when they smoke less, smokers may unconsciously inhale more deeply or smoke the cigarette closer to the filter—and that keeps the level of carcinogens they ingest high.
“Fortunately, smokers now have a variety of medications and programs they can use to help them stop smoking, including the ACS's telephone Quitline, which is available at 1-877-YES-QUIT (1-877-937-7848),” Glynn noted.

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Differing Cutting-Edge Dermatology Care That Benefits Your Skin
22 September 2017
Many people believe that they may as well be thankful for their flawed skin without taking advantage of some newer technologies that dermatologists offer their other customers. New dermatology technology really does improve your natural skin. It's simply a matter of finding a dermatology practice that offers cutting-edge skin care that maintains the health of your skin. Dermatology technology today offers differing options and approaches to skin care.
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Preparing For Chemo? 4 Tips To Help Keep You Comfortable
6 September 2017
Chemotherapy isn't easy. In fact, it might just be the most difficult experience you'll ever go through. If you're going to be heading to the hospital for chemo treatment, you'll want to be as comfortable as possible. Taking a few simple steps can make the treatment more bearable. Follow these simple tips to help make your treatment a bit more comfortable.
Don't Go It Alone
If you haven't started your chemo treatments yet, you might think that it's something that you want to do alone.
Tightening Your Dreads: What to Look For in a Hair Salon
13 April 2017
When you have dreadlocks in your hair, the way you care for them greatly impacts how well they look when you style it. Every few months, you will need to have your dreads tightened, especially at the roots where the hair is in its natural state. When you tighten your locks, you pull in stray hairs that create static, keep your dreads in a more uniform, round shape, and get rid of kinks and pulled pieces that can take away from your look.
Top 4 Ways A Specialist Provides Weight Loss Help That Gets Results
22 March 2017
Not everyone is successful in losing weight on their own. Since not everyone's body works in the same way, following fad diets and popular exercise programs isn't always the answer. It is best to schedule an appointment with a weight loss doctor when home efforts have proven unsuccessful. This specialist will be able to provide weight loss help that gets results.
An Individualized Nutrition Plan
In times past, individuals got all the nutrition they needed from the foods they consumed.


Sen. Caryn Tyson said implementing a sales tax holiday for school supplies would encourage Kansas parents to shop in the state. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA — Three bills that would help Kansas parents trying to save money on school supplies were received favorably by legislators on Thursday.
During a Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation meeting, Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, committee chair, said she was optimistic about passing some form of legislation to help out Kansans buying for school in August.
Tyson said states that had some form of sales tax holidays, such as Missouri and Oklahoma, were taking dollars from Kansas parents who needed supplies. She said some of the original opposition to this sort of sales tax holiday in 2011, when it was first discussed, came from lawmakers who didn’t believe people would go to a different state to save money.
“There were two senators from Johnson County, representatives at the time, that said they didn’t know anybody that would cross the state line to save a few cents. I said, ‘You’re not going over and looking at the license plates then,’” Tyson said.
SB 21, SB 55 and SB 29 would all create a sales tax holiday for certain school supplies. SB 21, introduced by the Committee on Assessment and Taxation, would go into effect after July 1, 2024. Under the bill, school supplies, educational materials or art supplies under $100 would be exempt from sales tax for a small period of time, in effect from the first Friday in August to midnight on the following Saturday.
SB 55, also introduced by the committee, offers a longer grace period. That bill, which would go in effect on or after July 1, 2023, would make all school supply purchases exempt from the sales tax from the first Thursday in August to midnight on the following Sunday. Exempt items would include clothing, accessories and equipment priced at or lower than $300. School supplies, educational materials and art supplies priced at or under $100 would also be exempt, as well as computers and computer supplies.
Under the legislation, computer software would be exempt if sold for $300 or less, and computers and computer supplies would be exempt if priced at or below $2,000.
SB 29, introduced by Sens. Virgil Peck, Elaine Bowers, J.R. Claeys, John Doll, Oletha Faust-Goudeau and Mike Petersen, would also provide a sales tax exemption for school supplies, personal computers and clothing during an annual sales tax holiday.
The bill would go into effect July 1, 2023 and last from the first Thursday in August to midnight on the following Sunday.
Those at the meeting spoke in support of some form of sales tax holiday. Spencer Duncan, representing the League of Kansas Municipalities, said the organization felt the exemption would be for the greater good.
“It will certainly serve thousands of families and teachers who oftentimes have to buy supplies for their own classroom,” Duncan said. “We also recognize that we have other states surrounding us that are already doing this, and we have people jumping the border to take care of advantage of those sales tax holidays in those states, so we have cities losing that business also.”
Spencer said the league would want limitations, such as keeping the pricing and time of the holiday under a certain amount, but it felt something should be passed.
Stacey Knoell, executive director of the Kansas African American Affairs Commission, said she would support any form of sales tax holiday, saying her experience as a parent and teacher showed the necessity of financial relief for Kansas families.
“I can say that this type of tax holiday really is the right thing to do,” Knoell said. “A lot of times we make arguments based on the fact of the economic stability or what it is going to do for the economy, but just think about people who actually have to go out and buy clothes and pencils and tennis shoes.”
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Here’s to life meaning staying up till 1:30 every night quietly stressing out sitting by your computer the only light in the world coming from your screen.
Here’s to life full of stress and worry about the same old things and never forgetting those same old things because the new ones are just the same ones.
Here’s to life with essays and applications and word limits when all you want to do is write write write about what makes you happy in life and why.
Here’s to life completely dissolved in bad solutions that are deceptions and conclusions that shouldn’t have been jumped to but people did anyway.
Here’s to life looking at friends’ faces and forgetting why you love them so much and you know you do but sometimes it’s just hard to remember why it’s that way.
Here’s to life hearing everything people say but not listening because everything means nothing to you and there’s no significance in words so strong.
Here’s to life consuming what’s put in front of you without thinking what is going inside your body or what you’ve begun to believe and change.
Here’s to life thinking about all that is going to change and crying about possibly never remembering a day of what is most important to you today.
Here’s to life with it all.
Here’s to life with you all.
Here’s to life,
Here’s to life.

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The All-Sky Virtual Observatory
ASVO first deployed in 2014
|The All-Sky Virtual Observatory (ASVO) v1.0 developed out of a partnership between Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL), Swinburne University of Technology (SUT), the Australian National University (ANU), the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Intersect Australia Ltd, and sponsor National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR), aimed at linking large-scale observational and theoretical datasets within a single Virtual Observatory.|
ASVO is part of AAL's longer-term vision to develop a Federation of National Astronomy Datasets, in which a central facility will house an infrastructure development and research support team to build services and provide on-going support for astronomers, to enable widespread access to radio, optical, and theoretical data and facilitate the upcoming needs of data intensive research. Intersect Australia Ltd was commissioned by AAL to conduct a Concept Design Study to articulate this vision. ASVO v1.0 represented the first step towards that vision, bringing together two nationally-significant data hubs, chosen after braod consultation with the Australian astronomy community:
- The Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO), developed at Swinburne University of Technology and launched in March 2014, houses a growing ensemble of theory data sets and galaxy formation models. TAO is unique in providing value-add post-processing tools, such as custom telescope simulators, which take advantage of Swinburne's astronomy-dedicated supercomputering allocation to optimise performance.
- The SkyMapper Node at ANU/NCI provides an integrated and comprehensive environment for the hosting, analysis, and exploration of the SkyMapper Southern-Sky Survey, which will comprise the most detailed and sensitive digitized map of the southern sky at optical wavelengths. Users are invited to explore the science-grade SkyMapper Early Data Release.
In addition, we are in the early stages of designing and developing the following two new Nodes:
- The Murchison Widefield Array Node (in design phase) will provide access to key data products from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) official precursor radiotelescope, the MWA. Operational since mid-2013, MWA has already collected over 10 petabytes of data and is making new science discoveries due to its unique wide-field view of the Universe at the low-frequency end of the radio spectrum.
- The Anglo-Australian Telescope Node (v1.0 to be deployed in late 2016) will provide access to a growing collection of key AAT optical datasets, ranging from imaging to integral-field spectroscopy.
ASVO has received support from the Australian Commonwealth Government through National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR), the Education Investment Fund (EIF), the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), and the Australian National Data Service (ANDS).
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On May 16, 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced the fourth tranche of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. The scheme allocated Rs 20 lakh crores to help people during Lock Down 4.0. Highlights The Government of India is to bring upon policy reforms in eight sectors. This includes coal, minerals, defence production, civil aviation (air space ..
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A state legislative assembly member of Jharkhand recently called for declaration of mica flakes collected from forests as a ‘forest produce’. About Mica Mica is a group of sheet silicate minerals. The term ‘mica’ is derived from Latin words ‘mica’ meaning crumb and ‘micare’ meaning glitter. It is used in paint industry as a paint ..
Scientists have discovered the world’s second oldest grain of magnetic zircon from the Singhbhum rock at the Champua in Kendujhar district of Odisha. The zircon is a mineral that contains traces of radioactive isotopes. It is an estimated that the magnetic zircon in the rock is 4, 240 million years old that will offer fresh ..
N Baijendra Kumar, an IAS officer of 1985 batch of Chhattisgarh cadre, has recently taken charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC). Prior to this post, he was holding the post of Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, as well as Commerce & Industries and ..
The European Union has concluded a deal to stem the flow of gold and other metals used for funding of armed conflicts or produced in conditions that violated human rights. EU importers of minerals like tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold and their ores have to mandatorily conduct checks on their suppliers, smelters and refiners beginning from ..

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At least two Boulder-area companies have inked agreements to have their technologies commercialized as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s effort to accelerate startup innovation.
Boulder-based firms e-Chromic LLC and ElementOne were among 36 startup companies that made submissions to the “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” challenge, Department of Energy officials said Wednesday.
The three-dozen firms signed 43 option agreements to license the technologies and have them patented by one of the national labs and the Y-12 National Security Complex.
E-Chromic intends to use electrochomic technology developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden to create a thin-film material to make windows more energy-efficient.
ElementOne plans to commercialize sensors — also developed in conjunction with NREL — to detect hydrogen, said Jeff Sherwood, a Department of Energy spokesman.
Terms of the agreements were not disclosed and officials with e-Chromic and ElementOne could not be reached for comment.
Other firms participating in the challenge include Vorbeck Materials, of Jessup, Md.; TrakLok Inc., of Knoxville, Tenn.; IPAT, of Nevada, Iowa; and Umpqua Energy, of Medford, Ore.
The agency is not disclosing the full list of companies until mid-January — when the firms will vie for the “top innovator” title after a public vote and a separate panel review — but Sherwood confirmed that e-Chromic and ElementOne appeared to be the only companies from Boulder and Broomfield counties.
The challenge is meant to complement the White House’s “Startup America” initiative, officials said, adding the Energy Department greatly reduced upfront fees — that typically could cost upward of $10,000 — to $1,000.
Starting next month, the selected firms will vie for the “top innovator” title — based on votes from the public and a separate panel review — and be featured at the 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit.
Contact Camera Business Writer Alicia Wallace at 303-473-1332 or email@example.com.


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Over the last ten years, the world's weather has gotten more and more violent, and many have witnessed dozens of hurricanes, tornados and volcanic firestorms. Angry Planet will take the audience on an extraordinary tour of the world's most extreme natural phenomena as we film a collection of unique and hair-raising situations involving tornados, hurricanes, blizzards and anything else Mother Nature could hit us with. The audience will get an "E-ticket" thrill ride though some of the most extraordinary sights our angry planet can produce, hosted by a intense, personable thrill seeker – George Kourounis – one of the world's most active and venturesome storm chasers. The show will be a behind-the-scenes doc-u-soap chronicling the adventures and misadventures as George and his associates explore the world's wildest weather and hairiest natural sights. The first 13 episode season of Angry Planet will follow George as he witnesses wild phenomena on the furious earth: Hurricanes, Tornados, Volcanoes, "Weather Bomb" Winter Storms, Water Spouts, Lightening and Forest Fires. We will "push the envelope" with the filming of each of these – adding elements to the filmmaking and storytelling that will make this a truly unique and exciting series.
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According to historian Henry Kauffman, prior to the introduction of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle, most firearms found in North America were smooth-bored muskets with short barrels. While these firearms were relatively effective for their time, they were difficult to reload and their smooth bores resulted in very low accuracy. Then, in the early 1700s, Martin Mylin, a German immigrant to Lancaster County, produced the first of what would come to be called Pennsylvania Long Rifles. While there is some debate over whether or not Mylin was the actual inventor of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle, according to a survey of Mylin's gun shop by Dr. Timothy Trussell and Joel Dworsky of Millersville University, the fact that a Rifle from 1704 bears the mark of Martin Mylin seems to suggest that the Mylin Gun Shop was indeed the birthplace of the most effective weapon in early American history.
Able to shoot five times farther than the comparable muskets of the day, the Pennsylvania Long Rifle had an effective range of approximately three hundred yards and was extremely accurate for its time. These incredible increases in both range and accuracy were due to the "rifling" of the barrel that produced a bullet that spun. According to Kauffman, this spin produced a shot that was far more accurate than the smooth musket balls of the day that tended to drift from the intended line. From a technical standpoint, when the trigger is pulled, a small amount of gun powder is ignited, creating a tremendous amount of pressure within the barrel. As the bullet leaves the barrel, the smooth curved lines within the rifle cause the bullet to rotate at a high rate of speed. In accordance with the Law of Inertia, the bullet continues to rotate as it approaches the target. Rifled versus non-rifled weapons are comparable to the difference between arrows with and without fletching. As early archers discovered, an arrow will fly much farther and much straighter if feathers are added to the end of the arrow. Much like the rifling of a gun barrel, the fletching causes the arrow to spin, creating an arrow that is far more effective than one without fletching.
Equipped with this more powerful rifle that was accurate to great distances, American woodsmen such as Daniel Boone used this weapon for hunting with great success. According to Felix Reichmann, though Boone was a native of Pennsylvania, it was Boone himself that was responsible for the common name change of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle to the Kentucky Long Rifle. Known to most Americans as a legendary figure, Boone was one of the first European settlers in the New World to try to tame the wilds of what was then known as the American Southwest. A talented hunter, Boone frequently led so called "long hunts" on which he would disappear into the wilderness with little more than his rifle. Boone is particularly remembered for his adventures in Kentucky, including the establishment of the community of Boonesborough in present day Madison County, Kentucky. Boone was able to tame the wilderness of Kentucky through the use of his accurate, reliable Long Rifle. Boone's rifle allowed him to collect many animal pelts, particularly bears whose size necessitates an accurate, powerful shot to take down. In a darker portion of American history, Boone also used his rifle as a powerful weapon against Native Americans, specifically the Shawnee. As a result of his success as a frontiersman in Kentucky, people began to refer to his Pennsylvania Long Rifle as a Kentucky Long Rifle, hence the name change. However, the Long Rifle's use was not limited to the hunting trails of backwoods Kentucky.
The Pennsylvania Long Rifle also provided a considerable military advantage for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. British soldiers of the time were equipped with smooth bore muskets that forced them to get close to a large group of enemy soldiers and "volley" into the crowd, hoping to hit a target. However, Colonial soldiers equipped with Pennsylvania Long Rifles could stand hidden in the woods where they were safe from the British volley. From there, Colonial sharpshooters were free to effectively take shots that no British soldier's weapon was capable of making. In this way, the Pennsylvania Long Rifle allowed the Colonists to effectively stage one of the earliest guerilla wars against a far superior military force. Without the range and accuracy afforded by the Pennsylvania Long Rifle, the Colonists would not have been able to employ and execute their covert war. Without the Long Rifle, the colonists may never have won the war at all.
The devastating effects of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle were most visible during two major military battles. The first battle, the Battle of Saratoga, took place in October of 1777 in eastern New York. According to historian and author Don Nardo, this early battle in the Revolutionary War allowed the British forces to experience firsthand the devastating military implications of the rifle. Following traditional European fighting techniques, the British stayed in lines and marched together on the open field of battle, attempting to control the fight through the use of the volley. Armed with Pennsylvania Long Rifles, the American Colonists instead chose to hide amongst the trees. From there, they had excellent cover from which to attack the British forces. For their part, the British lacked rifles that were accurate enough and that had the range to properly engage the hidden American sharp shooters. Consequently, the battle represented a major victory, both militarily and psychologically, for the Colonists. They had finally found a way to successfully engage what was thought to be the greatest fighting force of the time through the use of superior weapons. Additionally, Saratoga represented the genesis of a completely new style of warfare. Instead of fighting like "gentlemen," as most European armies fought, American colonists staged one of the first successful guerilla wars in the New World. All of this was possible because they were able to take accurate shots from great distances.
The second major battle where the power of the Long Rifle was on display was the Battle of King's Mountain which took place in 1780 in North Carolina. This battle is of particular importance because, according to Anthony Allaire and Isaac Shelby, the British actually had better technically designed rifles. The British were armed with carbines that allowed them to lay down a heavier volume of fire than even the best rifleman. However, the Colonists were still victorious. This victory was the result of Colonists firing more accurate shots. Once again, the Pennsylvania Long Rifle was proven to be the superior firearm of the time and an essential instrument in the eventual success of the colonists. However, though the Rifle was still the dominant weapon of the time, the development of carbines at this time would eventually lead to a new class of weapons that would eventually replace this rifle which served America for over one hundred years.
Though it has a relatively dark background as an instrument of death, the Pennsylvania Long Rifle still holds a special place in the history of Pennsylvania. An accurate, durable rifle that could shoot a considerable distance for the time, the Pennsylvania Long Rifle opened up the frontiers to new settlement. For the first time, large game could be hunted at a long distances and hunters could count on shots arriving accurately and not deviating from their lines. When the country needed an effective weapon to stage a guerilla war against the British, the Pennsylvania Long Rifle was once again called upon, this time to be an instrument of war. While it is impossible to discuss the Pennsylvania Long Rifle without mentioning the lives that it took, it is important to note that without this revolutionary piece of equipment, the course of American history as we know it would likely be drastically different.
The Center wishes to thank William Rooks of Pennsylvania Long Rifles, Inc. for his assistance illustrating this article.
- Allaire, Anthony, and Isaac Shelby. King's Mountain and its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain. Peter Thomson, 1881.
- Gabel, Ronald G. Early Pennsylvania Gunsmithing. E-book. 2008. 1-5.
- Kauffman, Henry. The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle. Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 2005.
- Nardo, Don. The Battle of Saratoga. Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 1947. 1-15.
- Raudzens, George. "War-Winning Weapons: The Measurement of Technological Determinism in Military History." Journal of Military History. 54.4 (1990): 403-404.
- Reichmann, Felix. "The Pennsylvania Rifle: A Social Interpretation of Changing Military Techniques."Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 69.1 (1945): 3-14.
- Trussell, Timothy and Joel Dworsky. “The Mylin Gun Shop Survey Project: Excavation Report For the Lancaster Colonial Settlement Project.” Millersville University, Department of Archaeology. 2009 <http://www.millersville.edu/archaeology/files/mylin-gunshop-site-report.....
- Wallace, Paul. Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1967. 1-20.


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Ray Hartmann of St. Louis Magazine and Donnybrook, who for several months was prophetic in predicting Stan Kroenke would not play in St. Louis’ riverfront stadium, came in studio for The Ryan Kelley Morning After on Friday to give his thoughts on the Rams leaving for Los Angeles.
Hartmann also talked about the St. Louis area as a whole and what the region should do going forward after losing its NFL team.
We typed up a couple quotes from the interview. You can listen to the whole thing below:
Initial thoughts on the Rams leaving?
“I wasn’t surprised. But as I’ve said…there’s no solace for me as a Rams fan saying, ‘I told you so.’ It’s about this…I don’t feel bad about St. Louis at all. You have to understand this was not about football and fans. This is a big, big, big real estate business deal. Our fans should keep their heads held high.”
On chances St. Louis gets another NFL team:
“I am assuming the NFL is gone. We need to move on. If you look at the cities, you can take Orlando, San Antonio, Sacramento and Portland, and arguably Austin, Texas….All of them were half our size (population-wise) when the Rams came to St. Louis in 1995. And all of them are on pace to pass us in population in the next 10 years.”
On the Governor’s stadium task force’s efforts:
“The big mystery to me going forward…is whether they really thought they had a chance of keeping the Rams. They had to know Stan Kroenke was not going to play in (that riverfront stadium). There was no way Kroenke was going (to give up his free agency and lock himself into a 30-year lease). And they knew it. I think they thought if they kept the ball in play, they’d get lucky. Maybe they thought (Raiders owner Mark Davis) was in play.”
On the corporations that have left St. Louis:
“If the Rams had been gentlemens about this, they could have said, ‘St. Louis is a great midwestern city that was good to them’ and pointed out that since they were here, they lost (TWA, who was on the sponsor on the dome). Not only did they go out of business, but we lost our hub, which is a big deal. We lost our headquarters for Anheuser-Busch, McDonnell Douglas, The May Company, Boatmen’s Bank, I could go on and on. The biggest companies, we lost our corporate headquarters base.”
“The NFL doesn’t want to acknowledge that, but they’re leeches. They’re in the business of getting that money and it’s not about our fans.”
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A growing number of concerned farmers and gardeners are changing the way we work with the soil to grow our food. We are now returning to a natural approach to return the gift of soil fertility to the land.
HOME GARDENING: A simple spray made with magnesium-rich Epsom salts can improve production of tomato plants and other garden vegetables.
You may be surprised to know that while chileras today might be made with store-bought white vinegar, in traditional chileras, the vinegar is made from bananas. That’s right, bananas, although it’s best to use a special banana called guineo negro, which you can find in many produce markets.
Here’s a healthy idea for the New Year: make green juices for boosting your health and vitality. Everyone can take advantage of these healthy...
Costa Ricans are fond of Santa Lucía flowers and have an interesting tradition of bestowing bouquets of these flowers to friends during the New Year to ensure prosperity.
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It is with great pleasure we announce the appointment of Corinna Wintjen as IUMI’s new Executive Assistant. Corinna joins the growing IUMI team to provide office management and administrative support to the IUMI team.
Corinna joined the Hamburg office in late March 2018 and has already contributed greatly to the team. She is fluent in German and English and has worked for over ten years in similar roles. Corinna will be the first point of contact for any queries regarding the IUMI organisation.
A highly experienced, hardworking and dedicated professional, Corinna joins us following four years at Pastor Real Estate in London. Corinna is no stranger to shipping and has worked on board the magnificent Cunard Cruise Liners.
We are delighted to welcome her to the team and look forward to working together.
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G Herbo was arrested in his hometown Chicago after a traffic stop in the South Loop led to police finding loaded weapons in the car. According to Chicago Police, Herbo and two other men were booked following a stop on Thursday night.
According to the city’s Fox affiliate, G Herbo and the two men were all charged with one felony count each aggravated unlawful use a loaded weapon in a vehicle without a FOID card. They are expected to appear in bond court today.
After several years building buzz, G Herbo finally dropped his debut album Humble Beast last fall. And he recently re-released the album as a sprawling 27-song deluxe edition that included features from a number stars including Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Bibby, Lil Durk, and Chance The Rapper.
With all those big names behind him, it’s easy to see that things were looking up for the young rapper. He even has a baby on the way, news that he shared to Instagram late last year.
“MY BABY HAVING MY BABY,” he wrote. “YOU KNOW WHEN LIFE BE REAL & YOU BE REALLY LOST FOR WORDS SO A CAPTION BE THE LAST THING YOU TRYNA FIGURE OUT… S**T IS REAL!!! I LOVE YOU.”


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Cadmium toxicity occurs when a person breathes in high levels of cadmium from the air, or eats food or drinks water containing high levels of cadmium. Cadmium is a naturally occurring metal, but it is usually present in the environment as a mineral combined with other elements (eg, oxygen, chlorine, sulfur). Either short-term or long-term exposure to cadmium can cause serious health problems. If you suspect you have been exposed to cadmium, contact your doctor immediately.
Most cadmium used in the US is a byproduct of the productions of metals such as zinc, lead, and copper. It is also found in the following consumer products:
When cadmium enters the air, it binds to small particles. It falls to the ground or water as rain or snow, and may contaminate fish, plants, and animals. Improper waste disposal and spills at hazardous waste sites may cause cadmium to leak into nearby water and soil.
Having skin contact with cadmium is not known to cause health problems, but the following exposures to cadmium can cause serious health problems:
A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition. Anyone can develop cadmium toxicity as a result of cadmium exposure. Certain people are more likely to be exposed to cadmium. The following factors increase your chances of being exposed to cadmium. If you have any of these risk factors, tell your doctor:
Eating food or drinking water contaminated with high levels of cadmium can result in:
Breathing in cadmium can result in:
There is no conclusive evidence that cadmium can cause lung cancer but, as a precaution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified cadmium as a probable human carcinogen in humans.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, and perform a physical exam.
Tests may include the following:
There is no effective treatment for cadmium toxicity. Avoid exposure. Your treatment will be designed to help manage and relieve your symptoms. You may be given vitamin D for the weak bones.
To help reduce your chances of getting cadmium toxicity, take the following steps:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
US Environmental Protection Agency
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Cadmium compounds. Environmental Protection Agency website. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/cadmium.html . Accessed February 21, 2006.
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine . 16th ed. McGraw Hill; 2005.
Public health statement for cadmium. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry website. Available at: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/phs5.html . Accessed February 21, 2006.
Safety and health topics: cadmium. US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration website. Available at: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/cadmium/ . Accessed February 21, 2006.
ToxFAQs for cadmium. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry website. Available at: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts5.html . Accessed February 21, 2006.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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ZTE Blade A5 2019 has been launched in Russia, seeing the Chinese telecommunications giant expand its smartphone portfolio. The phone comes with a single camera setup, traditional bezels up front, and an 8-megapixel selfie snapper. The ZTE Blade A5 2019 has been launched in two colour options, and runs on Android Pie. This comes after the launch of the ZTE Axon 10 Pro, Axon 10 Pro 5G, and Blade A7 smartphones in China. The Axon 10 Pro variants are flagship phones, and are powered by the premium Snapdragon 855 and triple rear cameras among others. Read on for more details about the ZTE Blade A5 2019 price, specifications, and release date.
As for specifications, the ZTE Blade A5 2019 runs MiFavor 9.0 UI based on Android Pie. The dual-SIM (Nano) phone features a 5.45-inch HD+ (720x1440 pixels) display with 18:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by the 28nm Spreadtrum SC9863A octa-core processor paired with 2GB RAM.
As for camera, the ZTE Blade A5 sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 sensor and LED flash light support. Up front, there is an 8-megapixel selfie snapper with f/2.4 sensor. Camera features include HDR and panorama support.
Inbuilt storage is at 16GB with the option to expand further using a dedicated microSD card (up to 256GB). The ZTE Blade A5 2019 phone packs a 2,600mAh battery and connectivity options include Micro-USB port, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS, GLONASS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, and more. The phone measures at 146.3x70.6x9.55mm and weighs 157 grams.


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Feb 17, 2010
Fat Tuesday and what better way to celebrate then with a luscious piece of cake with double thick frosting made of Crisco and sugar??? Continuing to practice my cake decorating skills and conquer the 'rose' I decorated this one to celebrate the holiday. There is a little plastic baby inside for the lucky one to find it!
Feb 8, 2010
I use to decorate cakes when I was in college. Enjoying any special occassion since I knew I could decorate a personalized cake. I went as far as a two tiered anniversary cake. Time, children and other activities led me astray. This weekend I spent time decorating cupcakes. This was mainly to be able to decorate with clowns and practice my roses. I have to be ready for Helen's next class!

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An anti-war group calling itself Courage to Resist started a legal defense fund for Pfc. Naser Abdo, the Muslim soldier arrested Wednesday who reportedly admitted planning a terror attack on Fort Hood soldiers, this column has learned.
The organization last year also featured Abdo, 21, in its newsletter, branding him a “Muslim peacemaker.”
Less than a year after the Fort Hood shooting massacre by Muslim U.S. Army major Nidal Malik Hasan, Abdo was caught last week with a bomb in a backpack and weapons stashed in a motel room meant for another attack at the base.
RawStory.com reported that Abdo has ties to a number of antiwar organizations, including Iraq Veterans Against the War and Courage to Resist.
Both groups supported Abdo’s petition for conscientious objector status, which he was eventually granted after he wrote in an application he that he was conflicted about “whether going to war was the right thing to do Islamically.”
This column has learned that Courage to Resist initiated a legal defense fund for Abdo’s conscientious objector petition. The fund is still available online.
In its December 2010 newsletter, Courage to Resist promoted Abdo as a “Muslim peacemaker.” The group wrote an item on Abdo entitled “The missing story of a Muslim peacemaker.”
CBS News.com took an alternative route altogether, using a picture of Beck addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Feb. 20. The CBS piece was titled “Glenn Beck criticized for comparing Norway victims to ‘Hitler Youth.’ “
On Friday, six people were killed and more than 20 injured when gunmen reportedly attacked a police station in the Al-Arish section of the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. About 100 masked jihadists reportedly carrying flags with Islamic and al-Qaeda-oriented slogans attempted to storm the police station, prompting a firefight that lasted several hours.
About the Author: Aaron Klein is a New York Times bestselling author and senior reporter for WND.com. He is also host of an investigative radio program on New York's 970 AM Radio on Sundays from 7 to 9 p.m. Eastern. His website is KleinOnline.com.
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She can't be pregnant because the eggs don't grow inside her or get fertilised while in there, they get scattered . Shes probably holding eggs .
+1. HOWEVER she also could be bloated. The way to know is if she is having eliminations (a.k
) If she is, she's not bloated. The fullness just means that she is old enough to be carrying eggs. This happens when fish mature so it's not like you created a perfect spawning area for this fish so she grew eggs. She could go the rest of her life without spawning and just carrying the eggs. The good news with this is that you have kept your fish healthy enough to produce these eggs.
Just so that you know, the only fish that can get pregnant are the livebearers (Guppies, Platys, Swordtails, Mollies, etc.) The rest just have eggs which need to be fertilized, outside the body, by a male of a similar specie (with some exceptions) if they are to produce young.
Just a little FYI that should help you as you go along in the hobby.
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I managed to snag closed beta access for Valorant yesterday, and I’ve played a little bit of it and watched a lot of it, and have managed to form some first impressions that closely reflect what I figured this game was going to be heading into it: extremely well-polished, and likely not really for me.
As expected, Valorant shares more DNA with CS:GO than any other game by a wide margin. Absolutely everything about it feels borderline identical, the gunplay, the map design, the objectives, the shop. It’s CS:GO merged with the hero shooter model.
As such, if you like CS:GO, it will likely be the case that you also appreciate Valorant, which was designed from the ground up for esports play and high performance on PC and balanced matches. However, if you’re mixed on or dismissive of CS:GO-style gameplay, I’m not sure how much there will be here for you.
Valorant, so far, has not hooked me like Overwatch did in those initial games which led me to play it significantly for a long while after (though not for a long while recently). I can understand why people who enjoy this style of shooter like it, as it’s an incredibly polished version of the concept, though I’m not sure it will convert non-believers.
The hero aspect of it goes both ways. I think it evolves on CS:GO with its ability system, though what you see with these skills is lower key than the types of abilities you may be used to in Overwatch or League. Most are about gaining or denying vision, with only a few about dealing damage. Ults are powerful but not as prevalent as in other games that have them. Some of the mechanics just don’t really land quite right to me, like ones that let you damage enemies through walls that feel a bit clunky and hard to connect and feel the weight of.
Valorant also lacks the fun and creative champion design of games like League, DOTA or Overwatch, which neuters the concept a bit and makes it feel more generic like, dare I say it, something like LawBreakers. The problem is that in an effort to maintain “balance” with everyone having identical hitboxes for maximum fairness, you can’t really have tiny or hulking or mishappen monster champions. So everyone is some variant of “agent with guns, ninja with guns, agent with bow, ninja with knives” and so on. Most of these characters don’t feel like characters, they just feel like tools. But maybe that will change the more we get to know them.
I can’t complain about gameplay. If you like CS:GO, you will enjoy this. If you don’t, you will be shocked when you try to press shift to sprint and it somehow makes you go slower. That’s how this game works. It’s not run and gun, it’s more deliberate and tactical, about patience and setting up kills, alongside quick reaction time in duels. I heard one comparison to Perfect Dark, which I found funny, but honestly, I can kind of see it. No sprinting, mostly hipfiring, yeah, the comparison kind of works if we need to get away from CS:GO parallels for a minute.
This is a stark, stark contrast to almost every other shooter on the market, as Call of Duty, Apex, Overwatch are all about speed and crazy movement abilities. That is absolutely not what Valorant is about, and it plays wildly different as a result. I think it’s fun, but ultimately, this just may not be my style of shooter (I haven’t played CS seriously in years and years now). That does not mean I think Valorant won’t be a success. CS:GO is huge and siphoning off part of that playerbase is what Riot is going for. But I do expect some people to bounce off this if they’re younger players who were raised on COD and Fortnite. Or perhaps, a new generation could be introduced to this slower style of shooter, and the genre could experience an expansion and renaissance.
I’m going to put more time in. The gameplay is top notch for this shooter sub-genre, though I’m less wild about its overall aesthetic. We’ll see how it evolves as times goes on, and if we’re going to be in an eternal beta for years like Fortnite, or if this will have a full on launch sometime soon.

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Kiwa GASTEC at CRE and SSE are pleased to announce the launch of a major investigation into future hydrogen use.
This project will investigate the risks likely to arise from the accidental release of hydrogen or hydrogen natural gas mixtures into a three-bed domestic property.
Hydrogen has considerable potential as an energy vector in the future low carbon energy system. It could be used, for example, as heating fuel distributed in the existing gas network or as a transport fuel. Hydrogen in the gas network has the advantage of offering a storable fuel and very large carbon reduction with minimal involvement from the end user. The project partners believe that this potential should be explored.
Gas leaks are rare but do occur from time to time from sources as diverse as a defective gas appliance to DIY accidents and this study will compare the ensuing risk. Hydrogen is more flammable than natural gas but diffuses away much more quickly. Understanding the risks fully is critical to the further development of hydrogen as an energy vector.
Mark Crowther, General Manager, KIWA GASTEC said, “What could be better at reducing emissions of CO2 than a combustion-based process that only produces water as its by-product?”
Rufus Ford, Policy and Research, SSE said, “We are delighted to be part of the Hy-House project led by KIWA GASTEC. SSE’s number one priority is safety, and this project will advance safety knowledge to help promote hydrogen use in the energy system of the future.”
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The objective of this study is to pilot a 10-week resistance and functional movement intervention targeting proximal muscles in 40 people with MS. The investigators will assess implementation feasibility (recruitment, fidelity, retention, satisfaction), collect pilot data for key walking function outcomes, and examine movement-pattern and activity behavior mechanisms. Walking function will be measured by walking capacity (6-Minute Walk Test - 6MWT) and PA quantity (average steps/ day over 10 days). Movement-pattern mechanisms will be measured using 3D motion capture analysis (pelvis and trunk kinematics). Activity behavior mechanisms will be measured by patient-reported outcome questionnaires (perception of walking ability, self-efficacy, and readiness to change).
The proposed study will be a prospective cohort in 40 people with MS with one baseline and one follow-up assessment after a 10-week functional resistance training intervention. The screening and outcome assessments will take place in the CU Interdisciplinary Movement Science Lab and intervention will occur in the CU Physical Therapy Program gym. Both facilities have the necessary space and equipment for outcomes assessment and intervention, respectively. The PI will perform the initial screening and deliver the intervention. In order to limit testing bias, all functional tests, patient-reported outcomes, and motion capture data collection will be performed by an experienced research assistant.
Participants will receive 14 one-on-one supervised intervention visits over 10 weeks. Intervention frequency will mimic clinical practice, starting at 2x/ week in clinic (2x/ week independently) for four weeks and tapering to 1x/ week in clinic (3x/ week independently) for the final six weeks. Participants will be prescribed 5 categories of resistance exercises, and each category will have a series of exercises to select from. Two will target hip abduction (lying down and standing), two will target trunk muscles (sidelying/ forward planks, resisted trunk rotation), and one will target functional resistance training for the hip and trunk during walking-related tasks such as multi-directional resisted walking. Dosing will be based on guidelines for MS. Strengthening exercises will begin with 3 sets of 12-15 reps at 15 rep-max load (RM) and progress to 3 sets of 8-10 reps at 10-12 RM. Endurance exercises requiring a static hold will progress from 3 sets of 15-20 second holds to 30-second holds. Functional resistance will be dosed to improve muscular endurance: 3 sets of 15-20 reps based on form fatigue. Progression will be achieved by modifying body position, and/or adding cuff weights or resistance bands. Exercises will take 30-45 minutes to complete. Upper extremity use to maintain balance will be allowed as needed.
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Other conditions limiting their ability to exercise or walk
Unsafe to exercise as determined by a neurologist or physical therapist
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Vermilionville, Louisiana (renamed Lafayette in 1884) is the seat of Vermilion Parish. Located 15 miles west of the Atchafalaya Swamp and 35 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, it struggled after the Civil War because of the destruction of the state’s plantation economy. The town received a boost in the 1870s when two major railroads intersected there, facilitating the transport of local crops (particularly cotton and sugar) and cattle.
Among Vermilionville’s promoters at that time was John Young Gilmore (1838-1900). Born in Pennsylvania, Gilmore went to work as a printer at the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin [LCCN: sn86079017] in 1859. During the Civil War, he served in an Alabama regiment and was severely wounded. Afterwards, he returned to journalism, founding the Louisiana Sugar-Bowl [LCCN: sn85034338] in New Iberia in 1870 and the Louisiana Cotton-Boll two years later in nearby Vermilionville. He eventually moved the Sugar Bowl to New Orleans, where it became the Sugar Planters’ Journal [LCCN: sn89059258], one of the American sugar industry’s most important early publications.
Published weekly in four pages, the Cotton-Boll was originally half English, half French, the latter printed under the title Le “Cotton-Boll” de la Louisiane or Le Grabot de Coton de la Louisiane. By 1878, French-language content had virtually disappeared. Gilmore announced that the paper was “devoted to the cotton planting interest, immigration, education, and internal improvements.” The Cotton-Boll largely avoided politics, although in the presidential election of 1876, it endorsed Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden of New York and his running mate Thomas Hendricks of Indiana.
The paper’s content was miscellaneous, ranging from digests of local, national, and international news to general interest articles on various topics. Reports on agricultural developments are abundant, along with market reports and advertisements for local businesses. As a “home” newspaper, the Cotton-Boll also carried a selection of fiction, poetry, anecdotes, domestic advice, and religious reading, largely copied from other publications.
At present, the latest surviving copy of the Louisiana Cotton-Boll is from December 18, 1879, but the paper is thought to have continued publication until at least 1883.

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I then moved onto dismantling the smaller bits like the piston and bracket from the socket piece. Once most of the paint, dirt, and grease were off, I blasted pretty much everything with 120 grit aluminum oxide and etch primed shortly after to protect the metal from rusting now and in the future.
Once that was dry, I high-build primed all of the main metal parts. Once they were dry I sanded down them with 400g and then 800g wet and dry sandpaper. This prepared them for the coats of blue and black that followed. Once the primed parts were prepared for paint, I painted all of the red parts blue and the black pieces black again.
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