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Pandemic Recovery: The Re-Hatching of Economy
Naseem Javed
Re-hatching needs new eggs; when was the best time to create national upskilling models and quadrupling exportability and nest eggs? When was the best time to mobilize national gatekeepers of trade and commerce on rethinking of trade-groups to focus on showcasing and discovering of hidden grassroots talents over blind globalization? When was the best time to "digitize" the nation…it was a decade ago. When was the best time to "design"…productivity, it was also decade ago. We need new eggs.
Some harsh questions; nation by nation depending on the level of crisis on economic fronts, are cities and national regions ready for national mobilization of entrepreneurialism? Are national Associations and Chambers in agreement on upskilling small medium enterprises? Is there a national agenda to quadruple innovative excellence and exportability? How simultaneous synchronization uplifts upskilling and reskilling of 1000 to 100,000 SME on a fast track basis? How can Roundtable discussions LIVE streamed to 100,000 stakeholders within a nation instantly create a national umbrella? How will Mobilization of Entrepreneurialism across a region or nation and uplifts the SME base?
Why understanding of pandemic landscape by Public Sectors of the world so critically essential?
Why nation-by-nation, upskilling of governments and institutional bodies is far more important?
Why digital platforms on upskilling will solve such serious deficiencies on fast track basis?
The hatching also needs a nest; 50% downtown of the world may not survive, 50% of tall office towers may go empty, 50% of office workers may work remote, 50% downtown retail shops may not survive, 50% economies may lose a decade to recover, 50% small medium businesses may go bankrupt…50% nations are in serious difficulties…
Let us say we do not have a proper nest and problems may linger many years…
More harsh questions; when the last open national debate on Futurism is Workless? What was mobilization activated on creating national programs on critical thinking, complex problem solving? How global age understanding of global collaborations, dealing with diversity, tolerance installed in Public Sectors? These simple notions backed by global technologies and now fully endorsed by Covid-19 as the only working model for going forward. Deeper study required by all corner office holders of Public Private Sectors of the world as downtown go dim and suburbia re-shines.
The re-hatching; there is "No" time to waste on any justification; no time to complain as it is a sign of incompetence, now is the time of action and solid competencies. Deploy digitization of Top national trade Associations, Chambers of Commerce to upgrade to excellent digital platforms so that their entire membership can skate nationally, and globally highlighting their goods and services. Apply "National Mobilization of Entrepreneurialism Protocols" This is a global age revolution based on entrepreneurial mobilization… study Pentiana Project. There are special sets of skills required to uplift midsize business economy during pandemic recovery. Study deeply. Solutions already spread around the world. National leadership on such call is missing. Study more on Google
The new flying paths; why digitization of economies still such a nightmare after a decade for almost free technologies available in abundance; because today, any open discussion in any major department anywhere in the world immediately exposes some 50% redundancy of surrounding staff and 50% incompetency to deal with the required challenges. Everyone is scared to talk about anything to activate any change, if digital absolutely frightened to talk about 'upskilling' for fears of being exposed, staying 'Mum' is the word, hide under the desk and appear busy in deep silence. Welcome to the reality check and get ready for the march of billion workers.
The flight of the billion; next item on the global pandemic agenda is to cope with billion jobless, workless, officeless,, masked and unmasked working citizenry marching on main boulevards of the big and small cities of the world as national leaderships across some 200 nations of the world have limited time to get ready. The disconnected, debased and unemployed are looking for something more than a press conference or a well-rehearsed teleprompter show; they are not concerned for being locked-in but rather angry for locked-out of any grassroots prosperity. They already know the economic limitations and level of performance of their own local governments and therefore seeking hardcore intelligent, workable, honest answers with long-term plans of the future.
They are coming out in disappointments, wrapped in anger, but more about themselves for letting their skills and crafts miss the boats, their degrees and experiences now not trade-able, their burden of debt, guilt and sorrows unbearable, some fought health crisis, some survived body bags, lingering in sadness, seeking truth and answers, they wander the world remotely. The time has also come to embrace upskilling and uplifting of women entrepreneurs all across the world, as they are the other missing wheel of the national economy. Follow the trail of silence on such matters.
On re-hatching economy, the displaced have real issues and they need real help. They know charities will not last; real deployments of solutions and real mobilization of methodologies are the only long-term answers.
They need answers and not riot gears,
They need truth and not theatrics.
They need grassroots prosperity and not hologramic economies
They are re-hatching and now need brand-new thinking and new style leaderships
The rest is easy.
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Naseem Javed is a corporate philosopher, Chairman of Expothon Worldwide; a Canadian Think tank focused on National Mobilization of Entrepreneurialism Protocols on Platform Economy and exportability solutions now gaining global attention. His latest book; Alpha Dreamers; the five billions connected who will change the world.
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Guangdong Province in southern China is distinguished by the economic development. The sign been approached by "Made In Guangdong" is becoming so famous globally, besides the Guangdong industries and its unique culture.
Guangdong represents one of the most important provinces of China for a number of political, economic, social and natural reasons. Indications of the success of the openness experiment pursued by China since the late seventies of the last century are evident in it.
Guangdong special economic zones have made great achievements. As the province with the largest economic output in China, south China's Guangdong Province has achieved tremendous economic development in the past 40 years, thanks to the establishment of special economic zones.
According to my information, the Guangdong region has established the "Zhuhai Doumen" intelligent manufacturing economic development zone recently, after the Guangdong Provincial Government officially approved the establishment of the "Zhuhai Doumen intelligent manufacturing economic development zone", which will implement the existing provincial-level economic development zone policy. It is the third regional economic development zone in "Zhuhai" after "Foshan Industrial Park and Liangang Industrial Zone".
Guangdong Province is an economic powerhouse in southern China, and the province will promote high-quality development this year by fostering new engines of growth and strengthening cooperation and communication in the regions of (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay) to deepen reform and opening up.
Guangdong Province, a major part of China's foreign trade and industrial hub, accounts for about one-tenth of China's GDP and is the largest of all Chinese provinces.
Guangdong Province pays close attention to the progress of China's modernization and the overall picture of reform and opening-up and major national strategic planning. It firmly attaches importance to the reform and opening-up policy by strengthening cooperation between the province and the "Hong Kong and Macao" regions, aligning the development of Guangdong with the "Northern Metropolis" plan of Hong Kong and the economic diversification strategy of Macao, implementing the "Greater Bay Area Connection" project in a more in-depth way, and working with "Hong Kong and Macao" together to build a world-class bay area, injecting vigor and strong impetus into its modernization efforts".
It Is remarkable that most of the cities of Guangdong Province are crowded with visitors from all over the world, especially Arabs and Africans, who come to them for the purpose of trade and search for investment. The province is considered one of the regions characterized by the diversity of its industries, quality and attractive prices, as well as commercial activities in various fields.
It Is also distinguished by the beauty and sophistication of its buildings, which embody the aesthetics of modern Chinese architecture, as well as the spread of green spaces and vibrant squares throughout the day. It is also distinguished in terms of weather, with its atmosphere that resembles the tropical atmosphere with heavy rain, and the various cities of Guangdong Province are also characterized by easy access to it from different parts of the world throughout the day, as well as ease of movement between its various cities, thanks to the presence of an infrastructure that makes most of the cities of the province at the forefront of attractive cities for investment globally.
Due to the existence of the commercial ports, Guangdong has a long experience in terms of commercial exchanges regionally and globally.
Syed Zain Abbas Rizvi
It amazes me sometimes how pointless some discussions are to begin with, yet the hype they garner is just outrageous compared to relatively pressing issues in the mainstream spotlight. I am no Democrat supporter or even a backer of Mr. Biden – as my columns would effectively relay. But I am also no fan of idiocy when I see it (also apparent in my writings). And the ongoing tensions lacing the US polity, unfortunately, qualify that criterion by a long shot. While the debate around the debt limit is neither novel nor unprecedented, the preachy statements posited in the US Congress to justify the GOP posturing are downright ridiculous. But even if we don ignorance and accept their premise as is, I fail to see any alternative path toward economic balance and prosperity – assuming that is actually the end goal of the Republican lawmakers.
Before even delving into the nitty-gritty of the debt ceiling saga, let's get some ambiguities clear and out of the way. The debt limit is a statutory cap on the total amount of money the US federal government is authorized to borrow. Currently, that amount stands at $31.4 trillion – already reached about two weeks ago. However, breaching that limit is well-nigh avertable: All the US Congress needs to do is raise that limit higher, and the chaos would disappear overnight. No risking the smooth functioning of the money markets, no pressure on the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, and no uncertainty while the world grapples with demons on geopolitical and economic fronts. But what about fiscal responsibility? Since 2001, the United States has consistently rolled around with budget deficits year after year and filled the gap with excessive borrowing to meet its financial obligations. In that period, the US has accreted about $20 trillion in national debt; debt held by the public as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has roughly tripled from 32% to 94%. Even for an economy as omnipotent as the United States, that's prohibitive. But we need a thorough comparison to realize the underlying trends – both on the macroeconomic and political scale.
The US last enjoyed a fiscal surplus during the presidency of a Republican. Mr. George W. Bush. But you rarely witness a vociferous detour around that nook of history by any GOP members. It is perhaps because he squandered that surplus on tax cuts for the wealthy. Or on the invasion of Iraq. While one led to more inequity in an already lopsided social demography, the latter ushered those resources to decimate a foreign land on bogus pretenses. Another manifestation of the 'Trickle-Down' economic principle (apparently notorious for the Conservative fractions on both sides of the Atlantic) was during the Trump tenure. Mr. Donald Trump ran through another profligate tax-cutting regime to do good for the US economy. But ironically, the debt ceiling got raised three times during his own term, sans the drama we witness whenever the Republican Party holds either of the chambers of the US Congress but not the presidency. At this point, some people won't need any more evidence to gauge the true intentions of the right-wing bloc baying for fiscal austerity. But let us sieve through the Democratic rule for a non-partisan outlook.
During the past two decades, only two episodes stand out apropos of record debt as a function of the US economy: the Great Recession 2007-09 and the Covid-19 pandemic. While I admit Mr. Biden's nearly $2 trillion worth of American Rescue Plan helped (in large part) fuel the current inflation, it also helped avoid a devastating recession and jumpstart a speedy recovery. It kept businesses running, people employed, and spending buoyed. Notwithstanding that the unemployment rate in America is still at a multi-decade low, the economy could very well trip into another recession as the Fed moves aggressively to blunt the pain of price increases. But insofar as projections go, it appears that the American economy would brush past a prolonged recession and manage a relatively softer landing. According to recent estimates, annualized inflation has slowed consistently for the past six months, dipping to 6.5% from a summer peak of 9%. While the Republicans tried effortlessly to channel their narrative around the economy, their embarrassing rout during the Midterm elections was a testament to the facetious nature of their claims.
Then there was the infamous standoff in 2011. We all know how the markets got rattled; borrowing costs spiked; and why the S&P downgraded the credit rating of US debt, even though we didn't actually breach the limit. But we rarely ask: Why did the Obama administration end up with a debt of such mammoth magnitude? The answer is obvious. The Great Recession dried up tax receipts as the economy plunged into turmoil; the social safety net programs swelled, especially as spending on unemployment benefits soared. In 2008, the federal budget deficit stood at $458.6 billion, which staggered to $1.4 trillion in the subsequent year. Despite that, it took roughly eight years for unemployment to return to normality. Had the government raised taxes or cut spending drastically, the US would have witnessed something like Great Britain.
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, while America sustained spending to bolster the economy via borrowing, the Tory-led British government embarked on an austerity drive: Annual expenditure, as a percentage of GDP, was cut from 46% to 36%; spending on health infrastructure dragged down by half over the last decade. In hindsight, the difference is remarkable. While American wages have just stagnated over the course of the past 15 years, real wages in Britain have declined over the same period. While the US still contends with a rousing China for global economic superiority, Britain got recently supplanted by India (its former colony) as the fifth-largest economy in the world. The story couldn't be any more lucid.
Ultimately, the GOP political mumble of "adding guardrails" and "fiscal reforms" to bend the debt curve might be politically splendid, but to an economic mind, it is frankly garbage! And I have no doubt that regardless of cogent reasoning, the hardline Republicans would hold the government paralyzed – as was evident when they scrapped concessions from Mr. McCarthy in barter for his post as the House speaker. Nonetheless, the bottom line is that regardless of your disposition – Democrat or Republican, pro-spending or pro-austerity – the debt ceiling is, as aptly verbalized by Senator Ron Wyden, "not about adding new spending," but "it's about paying debts that the government [already] owes – debts that were incurred under presidents of both parties."
Tamanna Islam
BRIC, coined by an economist Jim O'Neil in 2001 as an acronym for the four countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa joined in 2010 and this organization turned into BRICS. The prime goal of BRICS was to the formation of the diplomatic and economic assistance framework, and the challenges to western influence in the global economic order. The Western cordially welcomed BRICS with the earnestness. The BRICS, five major emerging economies, together represent about 26% of the world's geographic area, inhabitant of 2.88 Billion people which is about 42% of the world's population and accounted for a quarter of the global GDP. The enlargement of BRICS was talked on June, 2022 at the groups summit which took place in Beijing. The 2023 summit will take place in South Africa.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov stated that Algeria, Argentina and Iran have already applied for joining in BRICS. In contrast, Saudi Arabia, Turkey , Egypt have declared their intense interest for becoming the member of BRICS and they are already engaged in the membership process. Now the question is what outcomes or impacts may be happened in the International world order and global economy in order to the expanding of BRICS?
Russia is the second largest producer of crude oil among OPEC+ members. Russia is a self-contained of its oil production. Because of Russia-Ukraine War, America and its European allies imposed sanctions on Russia and some European countries minimized their dependency on Russian oil. China imports its oil from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Oman, Brazil and Kuwait. China increases at 21% its imports crude oil from Russia in 2022. The member of OPEC+ decided to reduced their oil production by 2Million barrels per day two month before and it will continue in the end of 2023. The U.S.A and other western countries aggravated.
Saudi Arabia is one of the world's largest crude oil exporters, 11% of the world's petroleum liquid production and has 15% of the world's oil reserves. Recently it has declared that it will take initiatives to boost its oil production from 10 to 13 Million barrels per day. Egypt is a prominent petroleum producer and exporter. Egypt exports cotton and textiles, raw materials, chemical products and petroleum products. Egypt is a dialogue partner to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Iran is the world's largest hydrocarbon Reserves in the world. Western world impose sanctions again and again. Iran is also the member of OPEC+ and Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Algeria, 10th largest natural gas reserver and 6th largest gas exporter. It is also a member of OPEC+. Turkey exports motor vehicles and their parts, gold and petroleum oil. It is the world's 7th exporters of cotton. Argentina is a major exporter of wheat and corn.
If Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Argentina, Turkey become the member of BRICS, it will enormous impact on the World order and global economy.
1. The sphere of influence of the oil producer countries will be strengthen. The structure of oil market in the global economy will be changed.
2. Lula da Silva, President of Brazil suggested to make a common currency for the BRICS countries. If it takes place, a more stable currency will be created.
3. As China, Russia, Iran have a rivalry with the U.S.A, they will make more alliances to combat the U.S.A influence in the world.
4. As the U.S dollar is the world's dominant currency in the global financial and monetary system, and it is the Centre of U.S.A global leadership, the monopolistic influence of Dollar will be undermined. If BRICS countries will reach an agreement to continue their trade through a common currency, De-dollarization will be accelerated.
5. As Turkey, Algeria, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and others have already shown their interest to join BRICS, it will accelerate to boost BRICS global influence. Russia, China will lead collectively in the world order.
6. Most of the countries reserve crisis will be resolved.
7. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Brazil will be able to export their oil collectively to China, India, Egypt and Turkey. China is Saudi Arabia's biggest trading partner with more than $50 Billion.
8. The investment of China and Russia in African continent will be extended. China is the largest trading partner of South Africa. South Africa is more advanced than any other countries of Africa because of its natural wealth and location.
9. De-Dollarization will deteriorate the U.S.A capability to alter the behavior its opponents. If BRICS continuously expand, China will easily promote its agenda and grand strategy in the world.
10. According to World Bank, BRICS grew at an average of 6.26 percent in 2021. On the contrary, G7 grew at 5.15%. If BRICS continues to attract other countries to join, it will emerge as a powerful force of the global leadership. The GDP is hoped to double to 50% of global GDP by 2030.


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Loren Dawson July 12, 2019 9:09 AM EDT
Preventing the flow of Venezuelan oil to its ally Cuba would possibly show harder than the United State assumed. Tankers are being renamed and vessels are switching off their transponders to sail beneath the radar of the United State government. The vessel Ocean Elegance, an oil tanker that has been delivering Venezuelan crude to Cuba for the past 3
years, was renamed Oceano after being sanctioned in May. The ship S-Trotter, another one that's on the sanctions list, is now generally known as Tropic Sea, based on data compiled by Bloomberg.
The oil tanker Nedas, after being sanctioned in April, made a delivery to Cuba incognito as a result of it turned off its satellite tracking system. It went unaccounted for 42 days, however, shipping reports show that it delivered oil to Cuba. After the ghost supply, it discreetly changed its name to Esperanza. The Nedas/Esperanza has delivered 2 MMbbl of crude to Cuba this year, based on shipping reports.
Halting the flow between the two countries could show difficult. There are over 4,500 crude oil tankers in operation globally, and state oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela SA additionally uses oil products vessels, including to the complexity of the task. However, the U.S. continues to focus on shipments between the two nations and aims to close loopholes in sanctions, based on a senior U.S. administration official. The aim is to surgically and methodically cut off funds to the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.
Cuba imports Venezuelan crude for its refineries and fuel oil to run its power plants and generate electricity. The supply of Venezuelan oil was agreed on a handshake between former presidents Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro and later memorialized in the contract. Shipments to Cuba peaked at 103,000 bpd in 2009 and have been dwindling over the years, based on data revealed by PDVSA. Volumes slumped to 35,177 bpd in the first half of 2019, amid decrease production and sanctions, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
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Ruining One's Whole Day
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There are two phrases that always strike fear in my heart: "packed flat for easy assembly" and "it's a simple outpatient procedure." I'm adding a third: "diverting to LAX for emergency landing."
Let me tell you, those are words that really ruin your day. But as my younger son later observed, "There are worse things than making an emergency landing. Like not making an emergency landing."
We'd had a lovely five day reunion with Olof's college roommates in a remote scenic location doing, among other things, blind taste tests of expensive Scotch. Or maybe that was taste tests until you went blind. Hard to remember. Our plane to San Diego was due to leave at 6 p.m. but the retired Olof had unwisely agreed to a last-minute consulting job in St. Louis for which he would need to be at the airport in San Diego the next morning at 5:30 a.m. All the earlier flights to San Diego were overbooked but we finally got standby status on a mid-afternoon flight. Having a few extra hours to repack seemed worth the standby fees and giving up our upgraded seats.
As luck (or in this case bad luck) would have it, Olof and I got on the mid-afternoon flight, but seated well apart. I prefer sitting next to Olof, the ultimate Airplane Whisperer. Want that airplane noise identified? A former Air Force pilot and frequent business traveler, he's your guy. I'm not afraid of flying but it always give me an added feeling of security knowing that Olof could probably land many aircraft in an emergency. Well, if he remembered to bring his reading glasses into the cockpit anyway. Otherwise he'd be asking the flight attendant, "Does that say 'up' or 'down'?"
When we were about 45 minutes from San Diego, cruising along around 30,000 feet, I realized I was actually going to be home in time to watch Dancing with the Stars - in real time! Back where I was sitting, the businessman next to me was reporting to the flight attendant that all the overhead air vents had stopped working. A few minutes later, he turned to me and asked if I felt the weird vibration. I had barely nodded my head when it seemed when the plane seemed to slam on its speed brakes, did a "nose over" and began losing altitude - what Olof later called "the emergency descent thrill ride." The pilot came on the intercom and announced – in its entirety - "We are diverting to LAX for an emergency landing." Those of us with window seats couldn't help but notice that we were over water. I was envisioning us being the next Malaysia Airlines flight, although probably somewhat easier to find.
Whenever a plane goes down, they always interview the one or two people who at the last minute, through some quirk of fate, didn't board the plane. Well, we were going to be the schmoes who took their place.
But ultimately we leveled off again, around, I'm guessing, 10,000 feet. The businessman next to me was sweating bullets. "You know," he said ruefully, "I just put in for retirement last week." The plane was eerily quiet. Dancing with the Stars was looking problematical.
Olof said in the taxi home later that night that he knew even before the pilot said anything that the aircraft was having pressurization problems. Not a good thing at 30,000 feet.
A few minutes later, the pilot announced we were diverting to a different airport. I was starting to feel more sanguine about the whole thing until the plane arced around and I could see the yellow emergency vehicles with their flashing lights on the runway. Just hate that. But the plane actually landed in one piece. Nobody toasted on the tarmac. Still, a fire truck right outside your airplane window is never a sight you want to see.
A set of portable stairs was pushed up to the door and several emergency guys leapt aboard and asked if anyone had lost consciousness. But everyone seemed OK. Well, physically that is. (See "drink cart" below.)
We were all repatriated with the terminal where Olof and I watched our original 6:00 p.m. flight leave, our seats long since given away. When the airline ultimately provided a new plane, a number of the original passengers didn't re-board. And every last passenger who did asked the same question: "This isn't the same plane, right?"
The airline made a fortune on liquor sales on the second flight. (Would a free round been out of the question???) My businessman seat mate, Chuck (we were now best friends) who had had a cranberry juice on the first flight, was drinking double Dewars. Next to him, the guy who had ordered a Blood Mary cocktail mix on the first flight ordered three Bloody Mary's at once.
The person I felt sorriest for (well, besides the pilot) was Olof who got all of four hours sleep before heading back to the airport. He is such a trooper.
This airline usually asks you to review your flight experience. Curiously, they didn't ask us to review this one but did offer miles or a voucher for future travel to thank us for our patience in this "precautionary event." I think I'm adding "precautionary event" to my list too.
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Heatherwick's Pier 55 park for New York now unlikely to go ahead
Dan Howarth | 27 March 2017 10 comments
Plans to construct a Thomas Heatherwick-designed park and events venue jutting out over New York's Hudson River have hit a major bump after a federal court vacated the project's permit.
The United States District Court has modified the permit issued for the construction of Pier 55, making it near impossible for the project to go ahead.
The City Club of New York advocacy group opposed the pier, which is backed by fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and husband Barry Diller.
The $200 million plans by British designer Thomas Heatherwick comprises an undulating landscape over the water, supported by mushroom-shaped columns. It would be accessed via two decked walkways, connected to the esplanade along the Chelsea shoreline close to 13th Street.
On 23 March 2017, the court ruled that the structure would obstruct views across the river and affect marine life.
The non-profit Hudson River Park Trust organisation – in charge of managing the park – argued that the venue would provide a much-needed recreation and cultural space, but the judge decided that these activities could easily take place elsewhere.
"We're very happy," City Club president Michael Gruen told The Architect's Newspaper. "It looks like this ruling may be very beneficial for the public in terms of finally being done with a project that would obscure the view of the water and could very well go somewhere else."
First revealed in November 2014, the 10,000-square-metre park was designed to replace the dilapidated Pier 54.
However, the project has been dogged with controversy and subject of an ongoing legal battle since its inception.
Construction was due to begin this summer, after the pier received approval from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the court case was deemed settled.
It is possible for the Hudson River Park Trust to re-apply for a permit with the Army Corp, but the ruling makes its approval unlikely.
"We have won four challenges in four courts on this project," said a statement from the trust. "Not one of those decisions determined the proposed project would harm the environment – and neither does this one."
"But even if largely procedural, we are deeply disappointed by this ruling, and are reviewing it carefully to determine our next steps," it added.
Thomas Heatherwick ranked at number 23 in the inaugural Dezeen Hot List, a countdown of the year's biggest names in architecture and design, according to Dezeen readers.
He is currently working on another controversial park project – his Garden Bridge for London's River Thames has faced a similarly bumpy journey towards construction.
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Part IX: More Health Claim For Probiotics ~ What's The Truth?
This is Part IX of a ten-part article. This part addresses health claims for probiotics. Use the article index below to click among the pages. In this section, we take a look at health claims made for probiotic products.
More Health Claims for Probiotics
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Other Health Issues
Diarrhea, Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea (AAD) & Constipation
These are not subjects most people care to discuss routinely, but, as was the case last year, more research produced promising results for probiotics in these areas. A study published in 2007 compared results of those drinking a preparation containing L. casei, L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus, given twice a day during a course of antibiotics and for one week afterward, to those drinking a longlife sterile milkshake (the control group) given during the same term. In this study, 135 hospital patients taking antibiotics, with an average age of 74, were recruited. Of those in the control group, 34% developed AAD, compared to 12% of those drinking the probiotic beverage. Further, 17% of those in the control group developed diarrhea from Clostridium difficile (a spore-forming bacterium that can have results ranging from very unpleasant to life-threatening), compared to no instances of C. difficile-related diarrhea among those who drank the probiotic beverage.
A meta-analysis (effectively, an analysis of many analyses) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases in June 2006, stated that in 34 masked, randomized, placebo-controlled trials, all but one carried out in developed countries in a health-care setting, probiotics reduced the risk of AAD, traveler's diarrhea and acute diarrhea from various causes. The risk of acute diarrhea from all causes was lowered more in children than in adults—an important consideration, as children, especially when small, can quickly become dehydrated from diarrhea. The meta-analysis further noted that the species of probiotic did not significantly affect protection from diarrhea, a direct contrast to what some other research has found. This study concluded, "there is a lack of data from community-based trials and from developing countries evaluating the effect on acute diarrhoea unrelated to antibiotic usage."
Large pharmaceutical companies are taking an interest in probiotics, as well. Sanofi-Aventis, for instance, has conducted at least two studies on the use of a type of Bacillus claudii (given as an oral suspension) as a remedy for diarrhea in infants and children. The first of these studies, conducted in 2004, was an evaluation of clinical safety versus a placebo for more than 400 children, age 6 months to 3 years. But Sanofi-Aventis must have seen promise in the results, as the latter of these two studies had two primary outcome measures, only one related to clinical safety (the other was the reduction of the incidence of AAD in study participants, this time age 6 months to 12 years). Unfortunately, I did not receive an answer to my inquiry about the results of this study.
Conversely, there have been studies attempting to demonstrate the efficacy of probiotics in constipation. In a 2007 pilot study published in Nutrition Journal, and conducted over a four-week period, 20 children with a median age of eight (all with constipation) were given a probiotic mixture once daily, composed of three specific strains of Bifidobacterium and three of Lactobacillus. Increased frequency in bowel movements, decreased incidence of fecal incontinence and decreased abdominal pain resulted, with no side effects reported. The researchers assert, though, that this was simply a pilot study, and that a larger, randomized, placebo-controlled study would be the ideal follow-up.
A slightly larger study reported in a 2007 issue of the journal, Pediatrics International, investigated the use of Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus Lcr35 versus magnesium oxide versus placebo in 45 children with chronic constipation. The researchers found that both Lcr35 and magnesium oxide were helpful in treating this condition; statistically, there was no difference in efficacy between the two. However, patients given the Lcr suffered less abdominal pain than those given magnesium oxide. Again, the researchers emphasized that a larger study is required.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is not a disease. Rather, it is a functional disorder, meaning that the bowel doesn't function as it should. Among the most common symptoms are bloating, cramping, gas, diarrhea and/or constipation. IBS is far from rare; it's the most common diagnosis in gastroenterology.
There has been some evidence from clinical trials that probiotics can provide some relief of IBS symptoms. A study published in January 2008 in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics found that patients given a multispecies probiotic supplement (including two separate strains of L. rhamnosus) fared better with IBS symptoms over the five-month period of the study than did those receiving a placebo, especially in abdominal pain and bloating. Those receiving the probiotic supplement were also observed to have a more stable population of intestinal microflora.
An earlier study (published in 2005) in the same journal found that, of 103 patients in a six-month study, those receiving a probiotic capsule once daily (consisting of four strains of probiotics) felt some mitigation of their symptoms compared to those receiving a once-daily placebo capsule. Considering individual symptoms, "growling" of the stomach (borborygmi, caused by gas moving through the intestines) was milder in the probiotic group. A Chinese study of 85 patients determined that a live probiotic mixture in capsule form, combining Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Enterococcus strains, eased IBS symptoms over the four-week study and that there was a gradual improvement in this effect.
As is typical with studies, though, not all reach the conclusion that probiotics can be helpful. A 2005 study in The Journal of Pediatrics noted that administration of Lactobacillus GG to children with IBS did not significantly affect symptoms (versus those given a placebo), with the exception that those given the probiotic experienced less perceived abdominal bloating.
Heliobacter Pylori
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heliobacter pylori is the bacterium responsible for more than 90% of duodenal ulcers and up to 80% of gastric ulcers. While some 2/3 of the world's population is infected with this bacterium, most people never suffer any symptoms related to the infection. However, infection with H. pylori can cause chronic active, chronic persistent and atrophic gastritis in adults and children.
Since H. pylori was discovered, the usual treatment (at least in the U.S.) involves a course of antibiotics. More recently, studies have sought to ascertain if probiotics can help with an H. pylori infection or reduce side effects from the antibiotics used to treat it.
A 2006 article in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics noted that attempts to eradicate H. pylori in children fail 25% to 30% of the time, due mostly to side effects and resistance to antibiotics. This research selected 40 H. pylori-positive children treated consecutively with a ten-day course of antibiotics and blindly randomized to receive either a placebo or L. reuteri ATCC 55730. Overall, children receiving the L. reuteri reported fewer gastrointestinal symptoms than those receiving the placebo. A 2005 research project in the same journal was conducted on 47 subjects, randomized to receive either a placebo or a mixture of four probiotic strains during the course of eradication treatment and for three weeks afterward. Results showed that probiotic supplementation did not significantly diminish the frequency of new or exacerbated symptoms during eradication. However, with regard to total symptom severity, subjects given the probiotic supplement showed an improved tolerance to the eradication treatment. And, despite intensive antibiotic therapy, probiotic bacteria were able to survive in the gut.
A more recent pilot study (April 2008) investigated the direct effects of probiotics on H. pylori. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 40 H. pylori-positive subjects were given L. reuteri or a placebo once daily for 4 weeks. Those subjects on the probiotic experienced significantly fewer gastrointestinal symptoms than they had before the study started (compared to the placebo group, in which there was no change), and had a reduced H. pylori load, as determined by both breath and stool tests. When all subjects were treated with antibiotic therapy after the study concluded, there was no difference in rate of eradication.
Environmental Health published a study in 2005 on reducing short-term illness in the workplace. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 181 subjects received either a placebo beverage or a beverage with L. reuteri protectis (ATCC 55730) for 80 days, in order to document any effect on short-term respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses. The frequency of sick days was greater in the placebo group than in the group receiving the probiotic beverage, both among day workers and shift workers. Most notably, among 53 shift workers, 33% in the placebo group reported sick during the study period for the defined causes, as opposed to none in the L. reuteri group.
A somewhat older study involved 201 healthy infants (4 to 10 months old) in Israel. Between December 1, 2000 and September 30, 2002, subjects were randomly assigned to a 12-week course of formula supplemented with Bifidobacterium lactis (BB-12), L. reuteri ATCC 55730 or no probiotics. All subjects were fed only the assigned formula (no breast milk); no prebiotic or probiotic supplements or foods were permitted. Rate and duration of respiratory illnesses did not differ significantly between groups. However, the infants fed both the B. lactis and L. reuteri formulas had significantly fewer episodes of fever. In addition, the two groups fed probiotic-containing formula had significantly fewer episodes of diarrhea, and those episodes were of shorter duration. The infants fed formula containing L. reuteri had a significant drop in the number of days with fever, clinic visits, childcare absences and antibiotic prescriptions compared to those fed the control formula or the formula with B. lactis.
It would occupy too many more pages to inform you of the research that has been done concerning probiotics and other health issues. However, the list includes allergies, asthma, bacterial vaginosis, cholesterol, the common cold, dermatitis and prevention of tumors.
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Local roundup: Post 1 captures Delaware's first American Legion World Series title
Aug 21st, 2018 · by Delaware State News · Comments:
Delaware Post 1 players celebrate. American Legion baseball
Delaware's first American Legion World Series championship was as dramatic as it gets.
Delaware Post 1 survived a pitchers' duel for a 1-0 victory over Nevada in the championship game of the American Legion baseball World Series tournament on Tuesday night.
It is the first time a team from Delaware won the national title. This was a first time a team from Delaware had even made the World Series since 1976.
The game went into extra innings before Michael Cautillo led off the eighth with a walk for the Wilmington-area squad. Cautillo was bunted over to second by Chris Ludman.
Austin Colmery poked a grounder up the middle for a single and Cautillo raced home before sprawling across home plate headfirst with the winning run.
Ludman pitched eight innings of shutout ball for Delaware Post 1. The University of Delaware pitcher scattered four hits and did not allow a runner to reach third base.
"That feels amazing," Ludman said. "Coming into this season, we set high expectations, and I think we exceeded even our highest expectations tonight."
Ludman threw 24 pitches in the first inning but settled down and was able to stay under the pitch-count limit to go eight innings. He finished with three strikeouts and zero walks.
Delaware Post 1 escaped the top of the eighth thanks to a great play by shortstop Nate Thomas. With a runner on first and two outs, Thomas made a diving stop behind second base and threw a lob from the seat of his pants, barely beating the runner for the final out of the inning.
"The runner on first was stealing so I actually had to break a little to second when I saw the play hit up the middle," Thomas said. "I'm not very good at diving headfirst, but I saw the ball, laid out for it, I knew I wouldn't be able to make the play at second. … I just threw as hard as I could over to first. It didn't get over there at high speed, but it got over there."
"Thank God they were stealing on that pitch," Ludman said. "Nate made an amazing play there at the end to help us win."
Colmery and Thomas each had a pair of hits for Delaware Post 1. Cautillo also singled for Delaware Post 1 who only had five hits of its own.
Ludman was named the George W. Rulon American Legion Player of the Year.
Delaware Post 1 (38-4) missed some scoring chances earlier in the game, including a trick play by the Las Vegas defense in the sixth. Pinch-runner Nick Muzzi fell for a faked throw to second base by starting pitcher Josh Sharman and got caught in a rundown between second and third. Another attempted steal caught leadoff batter Jack Dubecq in the bottom of the seventh.
"We didn't panic all season, we didn't panic going back to June, we talked about taking a punch in the mouth and not get knocked out," said Delaware Post 1 coach Brent Treml. "We had some self-inflicted punches today but we didn't give up, we didn't panic."
College field hockey
Hens 9th in poll: With just three days until their first contest of the year, the Blue Hens were ranked No. 9 in the first Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll of the year.
Delaware earned 704 points in the preseason poll and kick off the season playing four out of five listed in the preseason Top 25 (No. 24 Ohio State, No. 18 Saint Joseph's, No. 8 Louisville, No. 4 Maryland).
The Hens finished 2017 with a 15-5 record while going undefeated in the Colonial Athletic Association and claiming the conference title for the fifth straight year.
The reigning national champion, Connecticut, took the top spot with 979 points and 19 first place votes and was followed closely by North Carolina (966; 18). Duke ranked No. 3 (908; 1) while Michigan (837) rounded out the Top 5.
UD opens the 2018 campaign this weekend by traveling to Ohio for contests against the Buckeyes (Friday, 4 p.m.) and Miami (Sunday, 11:30 a.m.).
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How the Hydro-Mafia Got Back Into Belo Monte
Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:55am
Zachary Hurwitz
Dilma and José Sarney talking business
Back in August, just as expected, a couple of beggars walked in through the exit door of the Belo Monte Dam Complex. Clear evidence of the project's economic inviability had led Brazil's largest construction firms – Odebrecht, Camargo Corrêa, and Andrade Gutierrez – to withdraw from the project auction on April 20th. As a result, the government was forced to trot a few puppet companies into the auction to make believe that private investors were actually interested in the dam. The winners of the auction – Norte Energia, S.A., a rag-tag collection of midsize businesses – surprised everybody, except the government. The truth is that Lula had always planned to bankroll the dam by using state subsidies, even without private investors. When confirmation of the subsidies got around, Odebrecht, Camargo Corrêa, and Andrade Gutierrez begged the government to be let back into what would be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam. And they got their wish.
State Subsidies Helped Favored Firms Get Key Contracts
Many in Brazil say that the three companies play a central role in what's been called the country's hydro-mafia: a corporate-political network that links the three companies, former President and current President of the Senate José Sarney, his daughter and Governor of Maranhão Roseana Sarney, Eletrobras CEO and Sarney "godson" José Antonio Muniz Lopes, former Eletronorte president and current Norte Energia president Carlos Nascimento, former Ministers of Energy Silas Rondeau and Edison Lobão, and the "mother" of Belo Monte, president-elect Dilma Rousseff. In August, Eletrobras – the leading shareholder of Norte Energia – contracted the three reviled companies to participate in 50% of the construction of Belo Monte. At that point, what had been Brazil's most polemic infrastructure project became even more controversial. The three companies' renascent participation forced the consortium's upstart midsize companies to take smaller shares, and the composition of Norte Energia was all of the sudden dominated by three of the largest, most hated companies in Brazil.
It turns out that the companies are three of a dirty dozen that have enjoyed a favorite status as loan recipients from the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES). A report by Folha de São Paulo in early August illustrated that the bank's largest loans have gone to 12 of Brazil's largest companies, a poor financial practice that has driven the Brazilian economy towards greater concentration for years, and has flown in the face of BNDES' original mission, which was to finance the growth of small and medium-sized Brazilian companies.
What makes this favoritism and the companies' participation in Belo Monte such a problem is that Odebrecht, Camargo Corrêa, and Andrade Guttierez are some of the country's most corrupt companies. Each one has faced damaging liabilities over their involvement in illegal campaign financing, numerous graft scandals, and international political rows. In one such case, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa thoroughly brandished Odebrecht in 2008 over proof that the company's poor practices had led to operation risks at the controversial San Francisco hydroelectric dam. Most recently, Odebrecht was even involved in the tragedy at Dardanelos Dam, where short-sighted vision led to the blowing up of an indigenous cemetery.
Let's call a spade a spade. With the help of the hydro-mafia, Odebrecht, Camargo Corrêa, and Andrade Gutierrez regularly skirt Brazilian legislation and lobby to weaken it in order to get their way. Yet these are the same companies that built the disastrous Balbina, Tucuruí, and Campos Novos dams, the impacts of which Brazilians will never forget.
There's no doubt that the Brazilian government wants to keep Belo Monte in the family. Of course, Odebrecht, Camargo Corrêa, and Andrade Gutierrez couldn't be more grateful; because of today's poor economic climate, the three construction firms know they could never have invested in such a massive project if the government hadn't irresponsibly used public pensions as subsidies and committed to absorbing the lion's share of the risk, including, most recently, now utilizing the Brazilian Treasury as an additional guarantor in case the companies of Norte Energia or any other investor can't make their payments. There is no clearer signal that this project is doomed to lose money.
The three companies have a fever to build the Belo Monte Dam Complex like no other. Yet, make no mistake; with these companies' zeal come skyrocketing costs. And given the hydro-mafia's record, expect these to be borne by the people and the species of the Xingu.
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uae|18 November, 2018
Abu Dhabi UPM Dep't launches Unified Digital Hub for subsidized foodstuff
The initiative has brought the Department a step closer to realising its ultimate objective of providing secure access to 100% digitised services by the end of 2018.
Abu Dhabi City Municipality :
Through the Technology Committee, the Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (UPM) is making progress on the digital transformation project. It has made a new achievement by launching a Unified Digital Hub for Subsidized Foodstuff. The initiative has brought the Department a step closer to realising its ultimate objective of providing secure access to 100% digitised services by the end of 2018.
Saif Al Rumaithi, Director of Communication and e-Services Centre at Abu Dhabi City Municipality, said: "The Department is keen to automate its entire services, remaining faithful to its mission of serving the community, streamlining procedures and providing ultra-modern services to cope with the needs of customers, community members and partners and fulfil their aspirations."
"The digital transformation project, added Al-Rumaithi, follows a systematic approach and has made impressive progress where the digital transactions jumped over 84%. The Digital Hub for Subsidized Food Services for citizens is part of a wide array of services that the Technology Committee has fully digitalised in record time."
Jabir Abdul Rahman bin Obaidan Al Hammadi, Head of Warehouses, Al Dhafra City Municipality said: "The Digital Hub for Subsidized Food Services covers the three municipalities: Abu Dhabi City Municipality, Al Dhafra Municipality, Al Ain City Municipality. Emiratis can now obtain the subsidised food items through the Smart Hub in a hassle-free manner.
"Foodstuff transactions account for more than 32% of the total transactions processed by the municipalities. The process will minimise the huge pressure on the Head Office and significantly cut the paper-based transactions," noted Al Hammadi
"The services offered by the Digital Hub for Subsidized Foodstuffs are not just confined to food products and online payment, but also include home delivery of food commodities within Abu Dhabi Island for a fee of just AED 42," declared Al Hammadi.
Highlighting the features of the Digital Hub for Subsidized Foodstuffs, Mohammed Khamis Al Kaabi, Director of Technical Planning at Al Ain City Municipality, said: "The Digital Hub is user-friendly as it offers fully online services without requiring any identity documents thanks to the Department's full smart link with the Systems and Smart Services Authority. The Hub can access and retrieve all information of households eligible for subsidised food commodities. The Digital Hub services are available around-the-clock, and citizens are not required to fill any application forms or make an invoice, as all transactions will be electronic and digitally linked to the systems and distribution centres."
"The Digital Hub will serve more than 70,000 Emirati families entitled to subsidised food commodities. Through this Hub, the Department's Technology Committee intends to raise the satisfaction of citizens with municipal services, bring them happiness, and simplify procedures," Al-Kaabi
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End-of-life care the real battleground of moral theology, author says
New book seeks to show Father James Martin 'as a person' to his critics
Pope's point man on migrants - made a cardinal in October - takes over titular parish
religious nones
From abuse to 'nones,' U.S. bishops share concerns with pope
The timing of the U.S. bishops' ad limina visits to the Vatican was a matter of Pope Francis's schedule and the regular rhythm of his meetings with the world's bishops.
By Cindy Wooden and Junno Arocho Esteves
Majority of Hispanics in U.S. no longer Catholic, new study finds
A new study shows that the percentage of Catholics in the United States has fallen from nearly one-in-four to one-in-five, with the added news that Hispanics in America are no longer majority-Catholic.
By Charles Collins
International study suggests religious people are happier
Research indicates that religiously active people report being happier.
By Mark Pattison
'Christian America' dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
A new study, "America's Changing Religious Identity," shows Americans are also continuing to move away from organized religion altogether, as atheists, agnostics and those who say they do not identify with any particular religion — the group known as the "nones" — hold steady at about one-quarter (24 percent) of the population.
By Kimberly Winston
New data from Britain: 53 percent of adults say they have 'no religion'
A new survey found that 15 percent of people in Britain consider themselves to be Anglican, compared to about 30 percent in 2000. The proportion of people who say they are Catholic has remained consistent, however, at about 10 percent for the past three decades. About 6 percent belong to non-Christian religions, an increase of 2 percent since 1983. Seventy-one percent of people ages 18-24 said they had no religion, up from 62 percent in 2015.
By Simon Caldwell
'Nones' want to join Evangelicals with seat at Trump's table
On July 28, four secularist organizations – American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, the Center for Inquiry and the Secular Coalition for America – issued a joint statement calling for "dialogue with the Trump administration." The four signatory organizations urged Trump to call upon them as a resource, so they can work together to "ensure religious freedom and inclusion for all Americans throughout your tenure as President of the United States."
By Shannon Levitt
Where virtue falls short, US envoy says money talks on religious freedom
Being a 'light among nations' means caring for the most vulnerable
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My Daughter Grew Up to "Rank S" Adventurer - Chapter 56.3
My Daughter Grew Up to "Rank S" Adventurer
"…I don't want to fight you, Qashim-san."
"I see. I think you should be able to kill me, Un…"
"You want to die…? Why…?"
"I'm a coward, you know. I'm afraid of dying. But living is also troublesome. The best thing to do is to be killed by someone stronger than yourself in an all-out battle. Hehe, I'm making a lot of excuses, aren't I?"
"Let's not do that… Lize will be sad if you die."
"Then will you just shut up and let me kill you? Which would the little fella be more sad about, me or you dying?"
Qashim laughed, and Angeline bit her lip as she thought about it.
"Why do you even need to follow these people?"
"Heh, why do you think? People, when they're desperate, act out of character. Maybe they feel sorry for themselves because they're in a sad situation. Maybe I'm just trying to atone for my sins."
"…even though you have the power? Oh no, don't bother pushing yourself…"
Qashim laughed and stroked his beard.
"He, he, he… you're young, huh?"
"You know, there was a time when I thought that, too. If you're strong enough, you can do anything."
"You can't…?"
"No. There's a lot of things you can't do even if you're strong."
Qashim narrowed his eyes.
"Let's say… you have a friend who is overwhelmed with grief. But he's such a good guy, he's trying hard not to make you feel that way. But you can see it in him. It hurts, and you feel bad about it."
After saying that, Qashim stared at Angeline.
"At a time like that, no matter how good you are with a sword or how well you can handle magic, what's the point? It's not power that you need. It's something else."
Angeline remained silent and looked down.
Indeed, it was not a matter of defeating a demon beast.
She didn't know who Qashim was referring to, but the sadness in his words sounded awfully painful.
Qashim spoke in hushed tones as if he was thinking of the past.
"But still, I couldn't think of anything else but being strong. I was young, and I was stupid. I thought that if I got stronger, if I went higher, I'd find some answers… But that was just a lie. I just wanted an excuse to say I was doing something."
"That's not…"
Angeline tried to say something, but could not find the words, so she kept her mouth shut.
Qashim shook his head in frustration. He was smiling, but his face was full of sadness.
"In short, I don't care about many things anymore. I'm more comfortable doing bad things than doing good things."
Angeline's mouth tightened in a knot as she glared at Qashim.
[You're wrong.]
She wanted to say something like that.
But it seemed terribly difficult to explain it in words. Qashim was too resigned to let that convince him.
The torrent of magic gained more and more momentum, swirling like a tornado around Qashim.
Plants and flags swayed wildly, and Angeline's long black hair fluttered wildly.
This is one of the strongest people I've ever faced, Angeline thought as she gripped her sword.
There were not many people she could imagine losing to. But against Qashim, she could easily imagine herself lying down in a pool of blood.
Qashim didn't care if he died. Daredevils with nothing to lose are the scariest. That's why Angeline was also scared.
"… It's okay, I'm not as bad as your father."
Angeline took a deep breath. She stared at Qashim with sharp eyes.
"I don't care anymore…! I can't just die here!"
"I don't mind dying. Come on, I mean it."
Qashim raised his hand in an aloof tone. One hand held down his mountain cap, while the other moved smoothly through the air as if he were conducting an orchestra.
The magic swirled even more, tingling and stinging her skin.
François lets out a laugh that seems to have been captured by madness.
"Haahahahaha, that's fantastic! That's what they call the 'Sky Crusher'!"
François spat at Angeline.
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The Causes
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Cathy Stonehouse was a teenager in the UK when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Opening salvos in April 1982 would go on to become a 74-day war over who owned the British-held territory in the southernmost reaches of the Atlantic Ocean. Stonehouse, a young peace activist, was deeply affected by living in a country at war, one that seemed to happen only on television. Thirty years later, she began work on The Causes. This complex and unsettling debut novel follows the young Argentine conscript José Ramirez from his torture on the bleak plains of the Falklands, back into his childhood in pre-revolution Argentina, and forward across continents as he grapples with the loss of his father and his country as he knew it. Carlos Ramirez is taken by force from his apartment, leaving behind only a pair of broken glasses. His son, Jose, is left with unanswerable questions that become threatening after Jose is sent to the Malvinas to fight an impossible war. Mysterious, gripping, poetic and magic-realist, The Causes is a love story for a threatened planet, set in Argentina, Spain, the UK, and the South Atlantic.
Publication date 23 Aug 2019
Publisher Pedlar Press
"Cathy Stonehouse's debut collection contains one heartbreaking situation after another: sexual abuse, mental illness, loneliness, and death pervade the book. However, Stonehouse's spare prose reveals the hidden layers of her vulnerable characters with great precision, making it difficult to turn away. "Keeping Mum" is split into three separate perspectives -- Falklands War veteran Kev, his mother, and his father. Kev's perspective is the most devastating as he teeters between jumbled war memories and lucidity. Stonehouse describes his battle with PTSD in a way that is simultaneously horrible and lovely: "I don't know if I am alive anymore, or if I'm one of those bags of canvas filled with blood and bone fragments they're calling brave."Despite the sombre material, Stonehouse can be darkly funny. In "Child Abuse," she describes an animal psychic who takes care of a Ritalin-popping dog that does "pawlates" and takes private yoga classes. And Gaynor, the confused kid mourning her mother's death in "A Special Sound," repeatedly recites the incorrect words to what she calls the "necklace prayer" "Hey old Mary, full of grace, the law deals with thee. Blessed art thou, a monk's woman, and, blessed tart, the Fruit-of-thy-Loom, Jesus."Stonehouse also manages to sneak snippets of hope into the pervading darkness. Women abused, used, or rescued by men hatch independence plans. Some even succeed in breaking free. A tired, disappointed single mother realizes she doesn't have to live in her ex-husband's shadow. A teenaged girl manages to escape the home of her best friend's killer. All are surrounded by ghosts, but in every case, life goes on."--Chelsea Murray, a reviewer in Toronto.
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Study shows majority of children unaware of cigarette warning labels
by University of Maryland
Children in countries where larger, graphic cigarette warning labels are used (such as Brazil) were more likely to be aware of and understand the health risks of tobacco products. Credit: Dina Borzekowski
An international study of children's perceptions of cigarette package warning labels found that the majority of children are unaware that they exist. Children in countries where larger warning labels are used, and which include a compelling graphic image of the negative health impacts of smoking, were more likely to be aware of and understand the health risks of tobacco products.
The study, led by Dina Borzekowski, Ed.D, in the University of Maryland School of Public Health (UMD SPH), and Joanna Cohen, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), showed that only 38% of children had any awareness of warning labels currently being featured on cigarette packages. Even after showing warning labels to participating children, around two-thirds (62%) of the children were unable to explain what the health warnings were about. Among the six countries studied, awareness and understanding of health warning labels was greatest among children in Brazil, where graphic warning labels, often featuring extremely gruesome pictures, have been featured since 2002 and cover 100% of either the front or back of the cigarette package.
Their findings, published in the Journal of Public Health, offer data from a sample of 2,423 five and six year-old children interviewed in Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Russia about their awareness and understanding of cigarette health warning labels.
"Pro-smoking messages are reaching the world's most susceptible audiences," explains Dr. Borzekowski, research professor in the UMD SPH Department of Behavioral and Community Health. "We need to do a better job globally to reach children with anti-smoking messages. To do this, health warning messages should be big and clear, especially for low-literacy populations, children and young people." According to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), tobacco product packages and labeling should effectively communicate the health risks associated with tobacco use, and that the effectiveness of these health warnings and messages increases with their prominence and with the use of pictures.
This new study follows recent work by Borzekowski and Cohen published in the journal Pediatrics in October 2013. The earlier piece, drawn from the same sample of five and six year olds, provided evidence that young children recognize cigarette brands. More than two-thirds could identify cigarette brand logos, with the highest percentages in the sample from China (86% could identify at least one brand).
In contrast to the higher awareness among children in Brazil, where tobacco warning labels and large and graphic, awareness and understanding of health warning labels was lowest among children from Indian and Nigeria. The Indian warning label shows an image of a symbolic scorpion and the Nigerian warning label uses only a vague text message ("The Federal Ministry of Health warns that smokers are liable to die young.")
"Heath warning labels on cigarette packs are an important medium for communicating about the serious health effects caused by tobacco products," said Dr. Cohen, director of the JHSPH Institute for Global Tobacco Control. "These messages are most effective when the labels are large and include pictures that evoke an emotional response."
Nearly 9 in 10 kids in China know cigarette logos, study finds (Update)
Journal information: Journal of Public Health , Pediatrics
Provided by University of Maryland
Citation: Study shows majority of children unaware of cigarette warning labels (2014, February 27) retrieved 20 January 2021 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-majority-children-unaware-cigarette.html
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Atheist nurse's fight against mandatory AA will go before B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
A B.C. nurse who lost his job when he refused to attend a 12-step program for addiction will get a chance to argue he was discriminated against as an atheist.
Tribunal denies application to dismiss Byron Wood's complaint against Vancouver Coastal Health
Bethany Lindsay · CBC News · Posted: Jun 12, 2019 12:33 PM PT | Last Updated: June 12
Byron Wood was a registered nurse working on the Downtown Eastside before he was diagnosed with substance use disorder. (Submitted by Byron Wood)
Byron Wood contends Alcoholics Anonymous's emphasis on placing your life in the hands of a higher power simply won't work for someone who doesn't hold any religious beliefs.
That's an argument worth considering, according to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. On Wednesday, it denied Vancouver Coastal Health's application to dismiss Wood's complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of religion.
"The tribunal has not [previously] considered whether the 12‐step program utilized by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous … may discriminate against persons with substance abuse disorders who are atheists," tribunal member Walter Rilkoff wrote in Wednesday's decision.
"In my view, there is a public interest in addressing that issue."
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If Wood was indeed a victim of discrimination, the tribunal will also have to decide what steps his employer would need to take to accommodate his lack of belief in a higher power.
In the same decision, the tribunal dismissed Wood's complaint that he was discriminated against on the basis of a mental disability — specifically, addiction — as well as parallel complaints against the B.C. Nurses' Union.
In an email to CBC, Wood expressed hope about the prospect of arguing his case before the tribunal.
"At a hearing, I will have the opportunity to introduce expert testimony from addiction experts," he wrote.
"I'm hoping that eventually the courts will favour the evidence of experts who have a current, science-based understanding of substance use disorders. Only then will employers be forced to change their policies."
A Vancouver Coastal Health spokesperson said the health authority is reviewing the decision, but he could not provide further comment on Wood's case while it is before the tribunal.
No alternatives
Wood was diagnosed with substance use disorder after a psychotic break landed him in the psychiatric ward at Vancouver General Hospital in the fall of 2013. His professional college was informed, along with his union and Vancouver Coastal Health, his employer at the time.
He was referred to a doctor specializing in addictions, who created a plan that Wood would need to follow if he wanted to return to work. AA was a mandatory component of that plan.
Wood lost his job as a nurse after refusing to continue attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. (Bethany Lindsay/CBC)
Wood suggested alternatives to the 12-step program, including secular support groups and counselling, but his doctor rejected them, according to emails provided to CBC.
He also asked for a referral to a new doctor, but his union informed him that it only uses addictions specialists who follow the 12-step model, the emails show.
The AA meetings didn't help, says Wood, who lost his job as well as his registration as a nurse when he stopped going.
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Researchers who've spoken to CBC News about Wood's story say it's not unusual in Canada, and nurses are regularly required to attend 12-step programs in the interest of protecting public safety.
Medical opinions can be discriminatory
In its submissions to the tribunal, Vancouver Coastal Health argued the treatment plan designed for Wood was reasonable and supported by medical experts.
But Rilkoff said expert opinions weren't enough.
"Relying on medical opinions is not a sufficient defence if the medical recommendations are themselves discriminatory ... [Vancouver Coastal Health] cannot avoid liability if it relies on discriminatory advice," the decision says.
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The 12 steps require members to "turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him," admit their faults and make amends with those they've hurt.
Many people who have recovered from addiction say AA was instrumental in their success.
But scientists who study addiction have long questioned the overall effectiveness of AA. In recent decades, numerous evidence-based pharmaceutical treatments have been developed for addiction, along with non-religious programs like SMART Recovery and LifeRing Secular Recovery.
For his part, Wood says he's had success using a drug called naltrexone, which blocks the intoxicating effects opiates and reduces the urge to drink alcohol. It's an option he says he wasn't offered while he was still employed as a nurse.
Bethany Lindsay
Bethany Lindsay has more than a decade of experience in B.C. journalism, with a focus on the courts, health and social justice issues. She has also reported on human rights and crimes against humanity in Cambodia. Questions or news tips? Get in touch at bethany.lindsay@cbc.ca or on Twitter through @bethanylindsay.
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7 Abandoned Stadiums Around the World that Used to Host Huge Events
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by MT November 13, 2019, 9:33 am
While we're used to seeing entertainment venues bustling with people filing in to see the latest artists or sporting events, it's not uncommon to find huge stadiums around the world abandoned and crumbling.
Some stadiums didn't stand the test of time as technology developed and crowd levels increased, while some just became forgotten after unplanned and sometimes tragic events. Many large stadiums are demolished after they're no longer in use, but many just lay vacant and overrun by vegetation.
The Sarajevo Bobsleigh and Luge Track was used as a military stronghold during the Yugoslav Wars.
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When Sarajevo, Bosnia hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, they built many sporting venues to support the variety of events. At the time, the bobsleigh and luge track was the fastest and steepest in the world at 1,300 meters .
In 1991 , the Olympic venues began to serve a different purpose after the Yugoslav Wars broke out. During the Siege of Sarajevo , the bobsleigh and luge track became an artillery stronghold, which ultimately was abandoned after the war.
Today , the track is overgrown by plants, and covered in graffiti and bullet holes. Tourists are known to hike through the woods to find the track, but it's not advised to do so without a local tour guide .
After a competitor opened next door, the Houston Astrodome lay vacant.
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In 1965, the Houston Astrodome opened as the first dome stadium and biggest indoor space in the world. On opening day, the sold-out crowd , which included President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, watched a Yankees-Astros baseball game.
In addition to sports, the stadium welcomed many entertainment events, including Elvis Presley, Evel Knievel, and Muhammad Ali, and quickly became the third most visited man-made attraction in the United States. The buzzing venue suddenly became vacant when the new modern NRG Stadium opened next door in 2002 .
When Hurricane Katrina devastated people in New Orleans, the empty Astrodome served as a shelter to 25,000 displaced victims. After that tragedy, the Astrodome has sat empty for the past 14 years with its future still in limbo .
The Avanhard Stadium was a victim to the Chernobyl plant explosion.
The Avanhard Stadium in Pripyat, Ukraine was once home to the FC Stroitel Pripyat , a Soviet soccer club made up of a group of local workers. Located in a young and growing city, the stadium could hold5,000 people .
In 1986, the Chernobyl plant in Pripyat exploded causing all the people living within an 18-mile radius of the plant to relocate. The nuclear explosion made the area completely unlivable due to the high levels of radiation.
The abandoned stadium still stands today though its structure is crumbling and trees have taken over. The grandstands are easily visible, but the field is nearly unrecognizable. Due to the nuclear blast, the area is unlivable for about 150 years , so the stadium won't be repaired any time soon.
The home football club left, so Stadion za Luzankami was abandoned.
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Once the biggest stadium in Czechoslovakia, Stadion za Luzankami was the home to the FC Zbrojovka Brno soccer team since its opening in 1953. In 2002 , the football club left for a new stadium, so Stadion za Luzankami sat vacant for many years.
After years of neglect , plants took over the stands and fields, while people experiencing homelessness started living in the stadium.
Thirteen years after the stadium closed its doors, a member of the original football club pulled together one last match to serve as a final goodbye to the old stadium. On June 27, 2015, the stadium was restored enough to host the game and welcome over 35,000 people and plans were made for a new one in its place, but those plans appear to be stalled .
The Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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When cities are chosen to host the Olympics, they begin constructing huge stadiums to accommodate this worldwide event. The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics were no different.
Chaoyang Park held an Olympic Ferris wheel and the giant beach volleyball court . The court holds17,000 tons of sand and can fit 12,000 people. After the Olympics ended, the training grounds have been used for a beach festival each year .
Since then, the world-famous beach volleyball court was only used for its intended purpose once more. In 2012 , the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, which is a worldwide professional tour.
Amateur soccer players still use Cathkin Park Stadium in Scotland.
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Cathkin Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland was the home to the Third Lanark football club for 95 years. In its glory, the stadium held 20,000 fans for its soccer games. Due to bankruptcy, both the team and the stadium were permanently closed in 1967 .
Today, the mostly abandoned stadium is located in a public park where people can still enjoy the open fields. It's not uncommon to see amateur soccer teams playing on the field, where the Third Lanark football club used to play.
Miami Marine Stadium could be back to its former glory soon.
AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
Miami Marine Stadium, which was constructed in 1963 , hosted everything from powerboat races to Sunday church services, and concerts. It seated almost 7,000.
After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the city declared it unsafe and it was closed for good. It went into disrepair and became covered in graffiti, so the city was about to demolish it, until notable Miami residents and the National Trust for Historic Preservation rallied to save it.
In 2012, the city approved a plan that would clean up the stadium and in 2018, as Business Insider reported, the city approved $42 million in funding to establish a park around the stadium and to repair it.
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ERCOT Power Outage Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Attorneys in Houston, Texas
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At the Nava Law Group, P.C., our ERCOT Power Outage Personal Injury and wrongful death attorneys in Houston are representing clients who were injured or lost a loved one because of the mass power outage that crippled the state, so they can pursue the compensation they deserve for their losses.
Injury victims can include those who could not get access to medical care because of the power outage, those who were physically injured by the freeze and weather conditions, and family members who lost their loved ones during the emergency.
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The ongoing crisis caused by the frigid temperatures in Harris County and throughout the state has left 30 people dead, and thousands injured due to the mass power outage caused by The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) failure to respond to a collapsing grid system they knew was crumbling for more than a decade.
As a result, nearly four million people were forced to go without electricity or heat, exposing residents to dangerously low temperatures that led to serious injuries and deaths from hypothermia, including that of an 11-year old boy who was found inside his parents' unheated trailer.
The deadly cold has caused many Texans to take drastic — and dangerous — measures in a bid to stay warm, leaving hundreds undergoing treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning.
ERCOT controls 90% of the Texas electrical grid, and after last week's storms, it became obvious the power infrastructure has not been maintained, which resulted in serious injuries and the tragic loss of life throughout the state.
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Drew Associates Films
Assignment Langkawi
Kennedy vs Wallace
Kenya: Part 1: Land of the White Ghost
Kenya: Part 2: Land of the Black Ghost
Parade of the Tall Ships
Primary 30
The B-52
The Tall Ships Are Coming
As an editor at Life Magazine in the 1950s, Robert Drew specialized in the candid still picture essay. As a Nieman Fellow at Harvard he worked out theories for a filmmaking based on candid photography in motion pictures.
He assembled a group of journalists and filmmakers — among them Richard Leacock, Gregory Shuker, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, James Lipscomb, Hope Ryden, Mike Jackson, Tom Bywaters, Anne Drew. Robert Drew managed the engineering of lightweight cameras and recorders and developed editing techniques to allow stories to tell themselves through characters in action.
In 1960 Robert Drew planned, produced, recorded sound and managed the editing of "Primary," the first film in which the sync-sound motion picture camera was able to move freely with characters throughout a breaking story (John F. Kennedy campaigning for President in Wisconsin). "Primary" was recognized as a breakthrough in documentary filmmaking (Robert Flaherty Award, American Film Festival Blue Ribbon).
Robert Drew expanded on his ideas by forming Drew Associates and producing films that have become known, along with "Primary", as the foundation of cinema verite' in America: "On the Pole," "Yanki No!," "Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment," "The Chair," "Faces of November."
In 1970, Robert Drew married his second wife, then-Anne Gilbert, who worked at Drew Associates as an editor. The two became an inseparable filmmaking partnership and produced a wide-ranging number of documentaries.
In the field of the Sciences, the Drews produced "Men Encounter Mars," "Who's Out There?" and "The Space Duet of Spider and Gumdrop." In National and International Affairs, films included "Men of The Tall Ships," "Warnings from Gangland," "London to Peking: The Great Motoring Challenge," "L.A. Champions," "For Auction: An American Hero," and "From Two Men and a War."
Nature films included "River Of Hawks," for National Geographic Explorer and "Messages From The Birds" for the National Audubon Society and Turner Networks.
For this body of work The International Documentary Association named Robert Drew the recipient of the IDA Career Achievement Award.
Robert Drew continued to make award-winning films well into his 80s. He passed away on July 30, 2014.
Here are links to selected obituaries:
The Godfather of Cinema Verite – The New Yorker
Robert L. Drew, Pioneer in Documentary Filmmaking, Dies at 90 – The New York Times
Robert Drew, Pioneering Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 90 – The Washington Post
Robert Drew Dies at 90; Pioneer of Documentary Filmmaking – The Los Angeles Times
Robert Drew, Documentarian Who Fathered Cinema Verite, Dies at 90 – Variety
Robert Drew Obituary – The Guardian
Drew Associates Filmmakers
Anne Drew
Richard Leacock
Hope Ryden
Abbot Mills