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Josef Blösche
Joseph Blösche, far right, with Jurgen Stroop during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1943 (from the Stroop Report)
Joseph Blösche was born on February 12, 1912, in Friedland, then part of the Austro-Hungaria empire, today it is part of the Czech Republic. He left school early and worked as a waiter in his parents inn, the 'Gasthof zum Tongrund,' in Friedland, which was located close to the border with Poland. Joseph Blösche joined the Sudetendeutsche Partei and during 1938, joined the Nazi Party, after the Germans took control of the Sudetenland, and he became a member of the SS.
Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Joseph Blösche was posted to Warsaw and shortly afterwards took up duties in Platerow, which was then close to the border with the Soviets. He carried out patrols along the banks of the River Bug. During May 1941, he was transferred to the Gestapo office in Siedlce. With the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, Joseph Blösche was sent to the area of Baranowitschi, where he served in an Einsatzgruppen unit (mobile killing squad), where he took part in shooting 'aktions' against Jews.
In the autumn of 1941, Joseph Blösche was again transferred, this time to the Warsaw ghetto, and as a member of the Security Police he is engaged on guard duty in the ghetto. He becomes well-known in the ghetto, as he is responsible for many deaths. He specialises in shooting children engaged in smuggling, and he becomes known as 'Frankenstein' and is cited in a number of accounts about life in the ghetto.
Joseph Blösche cemented his place in history during the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto during April / May 1943, where he is photographed in a picture that has become the epitome of Nazi brutality against the Jewish race. For his zeal and effectiveness Joseph Blösche was awarded the Cross of War Merit 2nd Class with Swords when his service in Warsaw came to an end.
Joseph Blösche, second from right, pointing his machine gun at a young boy (from the Stroop Report)
After his arrest Joseph Blösche provided a handwritten statement on the reverse of a copy of this photograph on 12 January 1967:
The person appearing in the photocopy at hand, wearing an SS uniform, with a sub-machine gun in firing position and with motorcycle goggles over his steel helmet is me. The picture shows me, as a member of the Gestapo in the Warsaw ghetto, with a group of SS members during a deportation action.
Signed: Joseph Blösche - Berlin, 12 January 1967
In the second part of this article, the identity of the boy in the photo will be covered.
Joseph Blösche was still serving in the Gestapo office in Warsaw, and he fought in the August 1944, Uprising, and he is surrounded and cut-off by determined Polish resistance fighters, until rescued by German army forces after several days fierce fighting. When the revolt is finally crushed by the Nazis, he is posted to Skierniewice, and to Levoca, which is in Slovakia.
With the collapse of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Joseph Blösche fled to Vienna, Austria, and is taken prisoner by the Red Army. He worked in quarries and road construction and in 1946, he is moved from Russian custody to Czech custody, when he was transported to an internment camp in Vitkovice. He worked in the Coal Mine 'Louis' as a lorry driver. Two days after starting work there he did not notice a descending hoist cage, and was struck on the head. He was admitted to the hospital in Ostrava, with severe head injuries.
Joseph Blösche suffered a fractured skull and his jawbone and nose were disfigured, and these help him from being identified as the man responsible for war crimes. He left Ostrava in the summer of 1947, he escaped into the divided Germany known as West Germany, before crossing the border near Sonneberg, into the Russian occupation zone. He settled in the small village of Urbach, where his parents have settled after leaving the Sudetenland.
In Urbach, Joseph Blösche, married and raised two children and he secured employment in the Kaliwerk company. However, in the autumn of 1966, during a war crimes trial in Hamburg, that Joseph Blösche, has been identified and found living in the German Democratic Republic. On January 11, 1967, Joseph Blösche was arrested after having completed the night shift at the Kalibergwerk, Volkenroda and taken into custody, and charged with war crimes against humanity.
The trial against Joseph Blösche commenced in the District Court of Erfurt in April 1969, and on April 30, 1969, Blösche was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. The sentence was carried out in Leipzig prison on July 29, 1969, where he was executed by a bullet to the back of the head. The body is cremated at Leipzig's South Cemetery and the ashes were buried at the same site.
The Boy in the Photo
Various claims have been made about the identity of this iconic photograph from the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during April / May 1943. The little boy with his hands raised has become famous through out the world, as a symbol of the Holocaust. Thanks to the research and book written by Richard Raskin, 'A Child At Gunpoint,' published in 2004, the possible identity may have been discovered.
Levi Zeillinwarger
In late 1999, the Ghetto Fighters' House in Israel was contacted by Avraham Zeilinwarger, then 95 years old. He informed the GFH Museum that the boy in the photograph was his son Levi, born in 1932. Avraham suggested the photograph was taken in the Warsaw Ghetto on Kupiecka Street, near Nalewki Street. Avraham, a ladies' hairdresser by profession had escaped during 1940, to Russia, whilst employed on forced labour.
Avraham also confirmed that the woman nearest to the boy, was in fact the boy's mother, whose name was Chana Zeilinwarger, and that he believed his wife Chana, his son Levi and his 9-year old daughter, all perished in a Nazi concentration camp in 1943.
Dr. Tsvi Nussbaum
In 1982, Dr Tsvi Nussbaum, a 47 -year old ear, nose and throat specialist in Rockland County, New York, USA, came forward stating that in 1943, he had been arrested in Warsaw, and that he might be the boy in the photograph. Tsvi claimed that whilst he had been arrested in Warsaw, he had never set foot in the ghetto. He was one of the Hotel Polsky 'Exchange Jews,' who were transferred from Warsaw to the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, where they were incarcerated prior to being exchanged with German nationals held by the Allies.
Richard Raskin sought professional advice comparing Tsvi Nussbaum's 1945 passport photograph with the 1943 iconic image, and Dr Karen Ramey Burns, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Georgia came to the conclusion that although the mouth, nose and cheeks were consistent, there was one fundamental flaw:
'The ear lobes of the 1943 boy appear to be attached, whereas the ear lobes of the 1945 boy are not attached. This genetic trait cannot change with age and the difference indicates the pictures are not of the same boy.'
Artur Dab Siemiatek
Another claim was made in 1977 by Jadwiga Piesecka that the boy was named Artur Siemiatek, born in Lowicz in 1935. He was the son of Leon Siemiatek and Sara Dab, and the grandson of the signatory's brother Josef Dab. A similar claim was made the following year in Paris, by Jadwiga's husband Henryk Piasecki dated December 28, 1978.
Heribert Schwan - ARD/WDR German Television - The SS -Man Josef Bloesche - the life and death of a killer, 2003
Richard Raskin, A Child At Gunpoint, Aarhus University Press, Denmark 2004
Abraham Lewin - A Cup of Tears – A Diary of the Warsaw Ghetto
Thanks to the late John Ulrich Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Photographs - USHMM, Washington DC, USA.
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According to the preliminary results for the full year, Tod's Group consolidated sales were 963.3 million euros (1,196.6 million dollars), down 4.1 percent from FY 2016. In the fourth quarter, the company said, sales totalled 241.1 million euros (299 million dollars); the trend was slightly negative, but better than in the first nine months of the year. At constant exchange rates, Tod's said, sales would have been 973.4 million euros (1,208 million dollars), down 3.1 percent from the previous year.
Commenting on the preliminary figures, Diego Della Valle, Chairman and CEO of the Tod's Group, said in a press release: "Today's results are in line with our expectations and they highlight improvements in the last part of the year. The development of our DOS network remains key, in particular the attention to the like-for-like growth that, when everything will be fully operational, will definitely contribute to the achievement of our targets. We have defined new store formats and a pop-up store project, which we will run around the world, in some cases in collaboration with our partners. Therefore, I'm confident that we can think of the future in a very positive way."
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Tod's brand sales totalled 515.7 million euros (640 million dollars) in FY 2017; down 6.6 percent compared to the previous year, which the company attributed to the trend of shoes, penalized by some delays in deliveries, which occurred at the start of the season, and were not recovered. Hogan revenues declined to 203.9 million euros; due to the weakness of the Italian market, while the results abroad were positive, on both the retail and the wholesale channels.
Roger Vivier posted 179.3 million euros (222.6 million dollars) in sales, up 9.7 percent from FY 2016 driven bt positive results in all the main markets. Finally, revenues of the Fay brand were 63.5 million euros, up 1.4 percent from FY 2016. The brand, the company said, registered positive results both in Italy and in the European countries.
Revenues from shoes were 757.9 million euros (940.9 million dollars), down 3.2 percent from FY 2016, showing a visible improvement in the fourth quarter. The company added that due to its greater exposure to the wholesale, this category is also the most affected by the weakness of this channel. Sales of leather goods and accessories totalled 135.8 million euros (168.5 million dollars), down 3.6 percent from FY 2016 and sales of apparel were 68.7 million euros (85 million dollars), broadly in line with 2016.
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Raul Castro and Vice-President Marino Murillo, architect of Cuba's recent economic reforms called for a return to the widespread use of bicycles around the country, at last Friday's Council of Ministers meeting. Photo: Estudios Revolucion
HAVANA TIMES — Faced with a serious public transportation crisis, the Cuban government will implement emergency measures to improve passenger mobility in Havana. One of these measures is encouraging the use of bicycles, a symbol of the dark days of severe economic hardships experienced during the island's "Special Period".
Officials who participated at a recent Council of Ministers meeting chaired by President Raul Castro focused a part of their debates on the transportation system's continued failure to meet objectives and went on to discuss a campaign aimed at restructuring this system in Havana, according to an extensive report published by official newspapers on Monday.
The use of bicycles as a means of alleviating Havana's severe public transportation crisis was one of the proposals advanced by Cuban Vice-President Marino Murillo Jorge, architect of the island's recent economic reforms and head of the Permanent Implementation and Development Commission.
Public transportation issues notwithstanding, Raul Castro told the gathered ministers that Cuba continues to make economic progress and that the results of this are beginning to show: "We are moving more quickly than that imagined by those who criticize the allegedly slow pace of our reforms, and forget the difficulties we face," the Cuban president declared.
Citizen Mobility
Murillo declared that measures to promote the use of bicycles by residents of Havana aims at increasing "citizen mobility" through this means of transportation and announced that the government "will evaluate the possibility of selling spare parts needed to maintain the bicycles at subsidized prices."
Official talks surrounding the use of bicycles invariably bring to mind the economic crisis that lashed the island following the collapse of the socialist bloc and the suspension of Soviet subsidies at the beginning of the 1990s.
At the time, the Cuban government purchased a total of 1.5 million Chinese bicycles in an effort to address the drastic problems that the so-called "Special Period" had brought about in urban transportation. It is estimated that, in Havana alone, some 700 thousand people employed this vehicle on a regular basis to get to work and move around the city during the long decade of economic hardships.
Held last Friday, the Council of Ministers meeting was organized in anticipation of the upcoming regular period of sessions of Cuba's National Assembly of the People's Power, to be held at the Havana International Conventions Center on July 6.
The ministerial cabinet analyzed Cuba's general public transportation problems, which, according to the official report, were primarily brought about by "the technical deterioration of the vehicles and poor management by the Ministry of Transportation and its provincial headquarters, which have been unable to guarantee a prompt supply of parts and spare pieces."
Murillo focused on a description of restructuring measures aimed at the city of Havana, stating its public transportation system has been "unstable, inadequate and low-quality" for years.
Unpaid Fares and Thefts
According to Murillo, the initiative aims at identifying such measures that can improve the country's means of public transportation under Cuba's current economic conditions.
Murillo's report, presented to members of the Council of Ministers, acknowledged such problems as the evasion of fare payments by passengers and the theft of daily takings, perpetrated by a number of public transportation employees with impunity.
"In addition, the management of bus companies, including the Havana Bay ferry system, faces serious deficiencies, exacerbated by the irregular and limited use of trains," the report states.
Murillo added that privately-owned transportation services are also poorly managed, expensive and, in many cases, offered with vehicles that do not meet the required technical conditions.
"The main supplies used in these activities, such as fuel and spare parts for vehicles, are purchased on the black market, whose main supplier is the State," Cuba's Vice-President pointed out. He also acknowledged the problem of traffic jams during rush hours, the sorry state of streets and highways, the inadequate state of many bus stops and deficiencies in public lighting at these locations.
Emergency Measures
The campaign approved by Cuba's Council of Ministers recognizes the need to "prioritize mass public transportation, which are the most efficient and most easily accessible form of public transport." The measures proposed include the following:
Keep Cuba's basic public bus and railway transportation systems under State control.
Look for organizational schemes that can prevent fare evasion and the theft of company takings by transportation employees.
Introduce a new, improved payment scheme for employees and managers.
Set up complementary transportation cooperatives with city coaches, school buses (currently used in different areas of public transportation), transportation for State company employees and private cabs.
Design an incentives mechanism, to include bonuses, tax exemptions and even subsidies, without thereby increasing fare prices.
Create the Head Office for Public Transportation of Havana and re-structure the Metropolitan Bus Company (Empresa de Omnibus Metropolitanos), implementing a new organizational model for the latter.
Create a mechanism whereby self-employed transportation service providers purchase fuel from the State using debit cards.
The creation of another group of 71 non-agricultural cooperatives, to provide State and non-State services alike, was also approved at the meeting. These include 22 retail, food and service cooperatives, 16 small-scale industries, 12 construction associations, two food manufacturing plants, two transportation and 17 ornithology cooperatives.
A first group of 112 State and 12 non-State cooperatives will begin operations in Havana, Mayabeque and Artemisa this Monday, in such areas as construction work, agricultural and livestock product sales, recycling, public transportation, sheet metal work, car washing and tire repair.
Decreased Annual Growth
The first item on the meeting's agenda was the presentation of a first semester report on the fulfillment of the goals established by Cuba's national economic plan. Economy and Planning Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez reported that the growth of Cuba's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first semester was 2.3 percent, a figure higher than the one reported in last year's first semester.
According to Yzquierdo's report, social services continue "at levels similar to those reported in 2012" and the remaining economic sectors grew by 2.9 percent.
It is estimated that yearend growth will be between 2.5 and 3 percent, beneath the 3.6 percent planned. This is owed, according to Yzquierdo, to the influence of the "international situation in Latin America."
The most significant economic setbacks identified by the production report occurred in the sugar industry, where production fell short of official goals by 192 thousand tons of crude sugar as a result of "deficient use of installed capacities, the breakdown of harvesting equipment and low industrial efficiency."
A six-thousand ton bean production deficit, caused by a general drop in Cuba's agricultural productivity, was also reported at the beginning of the year.
Raul Castro: "Absolute Compliance"
Yzquierdo added that, despite setbacks, the country has saved some US $168 million thanks to the purchase of several products at lower prices in the international market. That said, he also added that, owing to "mismanaged" dealings with producers, an additional US $46 million in products had to be imported.
President Raul Castro took the floor to address the issue of construction work around the country and stressed the urgent importance of demanding "absolute compliance" in this industry.
Castro spoke critically of shanties that have been constructed without government authorization in peripheral urban areas, where the most elementary hygienic and sanitary conditions are missing, and laid the blame for recent cholera and dengue outbreaks on these illegal practices.
Minister for Finances and Prices Lina Pedraza Rodriguez told cabinet members that, as the semester comes to a close, the State budget shows "a slight surplus", primarily derived from taxes.
The minister added, however, that a study of income tax statements submitted in 2012 reveals that tax-payers are "declaring figures lower than their actual incomes and evading taxes, practices which have resulted in losses of several million Cuban pesos."
Children and Taxes
Raul Castro again took the floor to demand stricter discipline in tax-related matters, and called on officials to ensure that "children begin to be taught, at school, the importance of taxes in the redistribution of wealth."
Cuba's Tax Law and its Regulations came into effect around the country last January.
Following these statements, Vice-Chair of the Permanent Implementation and Development Commission Leonardo Andollo Valdes expounded on two proposals aimed at updating the financial mechanisms of Cuba's Central Bank (Banco Central de Cuba) and the Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN).
With respect to new credit policies, the meeting reported that, as of April this year, over 145 thousand loans had been granted to the population, for a total of more than 900 million Cuban pesos (some US $ 37.5 million).
The meeting also reported that, since January, non-rationed sales of liquid gas has been implemented, on an experimental basis, on Cuba' Isla de la Juventud. This measure will be implemented in Havana and Santiago de Cuba in July.
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7 thoughts on "Cuba: Bicycles May Be on a Comeback"
MilagrosGV
IMO the best mode of transportation esp in Havana albeit those who have abandon la isla have no real way of knowing how valuable the biciclete is
amerikkka is far worse and i say this because for 8 mths a yrs i live 90 miles away from home and often wish for the simple Bike
My concern is Cuba, a smooth transition my people and my friends who live there vs those who want to come with nothing to offer
You make my point Mr.Jones. Imagine each of the places you named in your response and many more like them if they had the education level and health indices that Cuba has? It is true that these countries have open elections (or pretty close) and an independent press, etc. Unlike pre-1959 Cuba, these countries have never enjoyed the quality of life that the revolution destroyed. Before you scream, I realize that very few enjoyed this quality of life in Cuba and there was poverty and illiteracy for many more. But Cuba has in its DNA the capacity to do great things, at least equal to European standards. So yes, I assert that with freedom, Cuba, unlike those other countries you named, a few of which I have visited, is exactly what will make a difference in Cuba's future. The economic surge taking place in Brazil, Mexico, and a few other Latin American countries is largely due to political not economic reforms. Cuba stands to gain in the same way if the Castros will just go away.
Alberto N Jones
No Moses, it is not looking into the past, but into what is possible with what you have. I also know, that the solution of these social maladies, are totally unrelated to open societies, freedom of the press, free enterprise or daily elections.
Unfortunately, I have visited many countries I will not name at this point, which enjoys those democratic prerequisites and the problems described in Cuba, are far worse.
I speak about Cuba, worry about Cuba, because that's where my family and friends are, not in Bombay, Senegal, Filippines, Chiapas, Indonesia or Peru, where you may have been and seen for yourself.
Dream on, Alberto. The "good old days" of the 1960's and seventies were funded by massive Soviet subsidies, while the capital investments in infrastructure of the preceding decades had not yet worn down into decay. The subsidies are long gone and the infrastructure has thoroughly rusted out and crumbled.
One cannot "fix" the Communist regime by tweaking the margins, or grafting pseudo-co-operative bits and pieces into the dying organism. Your Magical Mystery Co-operative Bus Tour will still have to deal with a lack of capital investment and a thoroughly corrupt system for buying fuel and spare parts.
If some left-wing tree hugger comments about how everyone should revert back to bicycles for their principal transportation in order to save the ozone layer and how Cubans are so lucky to have leadership who are so concerned about the planet, I may just vomit. Erghhhhhh!
Mr. Jones, your obvious longing for times long past in Cuba is a waste of time. My wife was a teenager during the 'Special Period' so she has an entirely different perspective of the Cuba of her youth. Your energy would be better spent helping to move Cuba toward a future where every Cuban who wants to succeed is given the opportunity to do so. That can only come through a free and open society where people are free to speak their minds and pursue their dreams. I am reminded by the movie classic of my own youth, "Star Wars". Mr. Jones, join me, come to the Dark Side.
Doing the same and expecting a different result, is what is shocking about this news, if true. Cuba loses every day, millions of work, social, education and health hours, while creating tons of anger, conflict, strife and dehumanization of the population, because of the disastrous condition of public transportation.
What is unbelievable to any young person in Cuba reading about Cuba 40 years ago, is that in 1968 I lived in the Vibora neighborhood and worked in Arroyo Arenas. By having the option two blocks away from my home I could take a route 69 or 79 bus, change a few miles onto a 22 or 43 then onto route 99, never required more than 1 hour 15 minutes in a clean, light, comfortable bus, where men offered women, elderly and pregnant their seats and was always on time to work. I doubt today, even hitchhiking, sporting skimpy garment or paying people driving government vehicles, this could be done in 4-5 hours.
Hundreds of people in Guantanamo took an early bus 5:00-6:00 AM with a sick family member to Santiago de Cuba, 80 Kms., away and were back home, after fulfilling their main purpose and maybe a bit of shopping or visiting a friend, by 3-4 PM. This is absolutely impossible to be done today, and patients remain put in their homes, rather than getting dehydrated, rained upon or spending the night by the roadside.
I have seen many new bus lines names, changing administrators, restructuring of routes, creating express, rutero and nothing works, because the root cause remain intact. Insufficient buses, poor maintenance, loss of work discipline, lack of administrative control, pocketing money alleging poor wages, careless or poorly trained operators etc., suggests, that only when there is someone who is directly impacted negatively in his pocket, measures will be implemented to reverse all of this tragedy overnight.
Create bus cooperative, in which depending on the size, type, model of bus, the city, route and other variables, have each approved driver/conductor lease his bus, pay for its insurance, fuel etc., and let them hit to road and we will see, how many passengers will be left stranded, knowing he started out the day, owing the bus line X amount of money, before earning his first penny. Bus breakdown, accidents, stealing, lack of hygiene, noise and overcrowding, will all miraculously come to an end.
Common sense, not high tech nor stuborness, is what is needed to solve this intractable social cancer.


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Recently, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the China Federation of Literary and Art Associations jointly released a list of the top stage productions celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the CPC.
The Yue opera Walnut Tree Love, included on the list, features Chen Yajun, a junior-college Administration student (Spring 2021) and national level-two actor of Yue opera (part of the "intangible cultural heritage" of Shaoxing). The show will be presented in Beijing as part of the formal celebrations.
Walnut Tree Love is adapted from real events that took place in Shengzhou, and tells the story of an extraordinary love of ordinary people: a Shengzhou technical professional and his wife. The tree is a major symbol, representing the constancy of love through four meetings and three farewells, the connections of their personal affections with the national cause, and the dedication of ordinary families to the development of China. Chen Yajun portrays the wife, Mei Achu, in her old age. The play has been acclaimed as a key theatrical work of Zhejiang Province and of Shaoxing's "spiritual civilisation", among other honours.
For this celebration of the 100th anniversary of the CPC, with its theme of enhancing prosperity throughout society, about 140 outstanding stage works have been selected from the works nationwide, 50 of which will be performedin Beijing from May to July 2021. Walnut Tree Love is the only Yue opera among them. The works will also be broadcast online via xuexi.cn and the website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, as well as several video platforms, and will involve interactive activities.
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1. Have you become frustrated with your son for changing his mind about what he wants for breakfast?
2. Did you impulsively yell at your daughter when she snatched a toy off a friend?
3. Did you get angry at your son when he did something after you told him it wasn't safe?
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All of these situations sound fair and like good cause for a parent to get frustrated.
Staying in a calm frame of mind and parenting gently can be hard, particularly when there is tense energy in the environment.
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This takes a little bit of sacrifice, as you will need to slow down a bit.
You might be a busy person, be mentally tired after work, be physically exhausted. You might have a million things on your mind.
We are all these things at least 2-4 times per day. The easy thing to do when you feel this way is to leave your young children alone and call out to them (scold, discipline) from a distance.
When you do this, your child does NOT feel a change in energy. The energy becomes more agitated and the tension is amplified. They may stop for a moment when they hear your voice – and then carry on to do the same thing seconds later. The same energy is still in motion. You may resort to being rough (verbally or physically) to 'make your child stop and listen'.
For little children who do something 'wrong' (in our eyes, not theirs), a lecture or hard discipline can overpower the lesson in the event. For example, you may be worried because your son has choked on food after eating too fast and you immediately lecture and get cross. Because children are highly emotional little beings, your anger will stay in their memory more than the message about eating food slowly to prevent further choking. If this kind of parenting response happens regularly – your child will remember your anger and disapproval more than many important lessons.
You need to make a choice about whether you want to take a few extra minutes, several times per day to create and maintain your beautiful relationship. It is worth the effort to slow down and practice transforming energy and educating your child in every opportunity.
Move into your child's environment and get down on your knees. Transform the energy by gently taking her hand and saying her name, establishing eye contact, and waiting. Explain calmly how the incident is not ok and what your child can do instead. Ask her to practice the better alternative.
Move into your child's environment and transform the busy energy to a waiting energy. Relax and stay with him until the hazard is gone, or the urge to act dangerously has passed. Explain the situation, and tell him that you are there to help him be safe. Help him with the safe alternative.
Move into your child's environment, get down on your knees, and be silent. Make a point of calmly looking at the mess that is being created. Be friendly and smile. When your child's energy has transformed and she is calm and curious, ask gently what she is wanting to do. Then offer to help her, and discuss how you will do it, starting with packing away the Tupperware together. Ask her to talk about her ideas with you first in future.
A little bit of patience and transforming energy to calm, helpful, gentle and friendly energy will improve your day as well as your child's. It can take a little practice and it helps if both parents have the same approach and support each other – when one parent is weak, the other can be strong and step in to help (because we all need a break at times).
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A Streak of Madness
A 37-year-old man's sudden lapse into mania and paranoia eludes diagnosis until a final clue emerges.
By Damon TweedyNovember 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Kurt, like many patients brought to the psychiatric emergency room, arrived at the hospital in handcuffs.
"We've got a streaker," said the triage nurse. On a cold December evening, something sent this 37-year-old man running naked through the streets.
Kurt had argued with the staff at the rental office in his apartment complex. When they threatened to evict him if he didn't start paying his overdue rent, Kurt called the police. Then, deciding that the voice on the phone was actually a police impersonator, he stripped off his clothes and began sprinting to the nearest station. Two officers picked him up and brought him to our hospital.
This wasn't an unusual tale. In a decade of my training and working as a psychiatrist, each time I'd encountered this kind of bizarre behavior, the cause had turned out to be one of three things: a manic phase of bipolar disorder, a psychotic crisis of schizophrenia or drug intoxication. My task was to figure out which of these applied to Kurt and treat him accordingly.
Kurt's medical record gave little hint where he might fit. He'd received psychiatric care off and on for three years but was never hospitalized. His psychiatrist diagnosed him with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder — common conditions that wouldn't explain his recent actions. According to the clinic notes, he drank a few beers most weekends and smoked marijuana once a month, neither of which could account for his recent strange behavior. What had changed?
My ID badge electronically unlocked the heavy wooden door to the psychiatric wing. Kurt paced in his 10-by-10-foot room. Standing guard outside were a stocky officer and a tall nursing assistant. Kurt was dressed in the standard pocket-free hospital scrubs worn by patients deemed a potential threat to themselves or to others. Confined to a secure space, he was no longer handcuffed. I introduced myself and remained standing with my clipboard in hand.
"Can you explain to me what got you so upset and afraid earlier today?" I asked.
Kurt slowed his pacing, then stopped briefly. He stared at me for a good 15 seconds before speaking. Then, as had so many patients I'd seen over the years, he told a rambling conspiracy tale that made sense only in his own mind. Kurt's paranoid story involved his apartment rental office masterminding an epidemic of global warming, illegal immigration and mass incarceration. The more convoluted his words, the louder he spoke and the faster he paced.
Kurt had morphed into a different person over the past several months
"Why did you take off your clothes?" I asked.
"They got bugged at the office," he said. "Somehow they figured out how to sew a wire into them."
After a few more minutes, I realized that I was unlikely to get any useful information. So I asked Kurt if I could speak to someone who knew him. Psychiatry sometimes resembles detective work when the person you're evaluating can't or won't provide the data you need to solve the case. Kurt gave me the OK to contact the apartment rental office and his family.
The manager said Kurt had morphed into a different person over the past several months. He had been calm and friendly and on time with his rent, but recently he'd become socially unpredictable and had fallen behind several months on his payments. His brother confirmed that Kurt's behavior had changed suddenly. Had he started abusing drugs?
When Kurt arrived at the hospital, the nurses took a urine sample to test for commonly abused drugs, such as cocaine and methamphetamine. The lab results would come back soon, but I also wanted to know about the newer synthetic drugs that don't show up on a standard drug screen. "No, nothing like that," his brother insisted. "Kurt's always been wary of hard drugs."
Walking back to the psychiatric urgent care office, I thought through possible explanations. Drug intoxication seemed less likely. So did schizophrenia, which usually occurs before age 30. Sometimes depression can become so severe that people lose touch with reality. But Kurt was impulsive and hyperactive, behavior associated with mania, not depression. Could he have bipolar disorder — a mixture of mania and depression — that had been misdiagnosed as a primary depressive disorder all this time?
Or maybe the depression medication that Kurt was prescribed had triggered mania and psychosis? I'd read case reports of this happening and seen it once myself, but connecting the two remains controversial in the field. Besides, Kurt had been taking the same drug at the same dose for more than two years.
Still in fear about his landlord's intentions, Kurt agreed to be hospitalized. It would be up to the inpatient psychiatric team of doctors to figure out why his mind had gone astray.
A Single Abnormality
While I was writing my admission note, Kurt's laboratory tests returned. His urine drug screen had no signs of common street drugs like marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth and heroin. His blood labs showed no alcohol in his system. Outside of alcohol, standard blood tests on patients rarely reveal anything that can account for severe psychiatric symptoms. In Kurt's case, his various lab results — thyroid, kidney, liver, glucose, sodium and potassium — were all normal with one exception: an elevated calcium level in his bloodstream.
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Elevated blood calcium levels, or hypercalcemia, can be induced by a variety of things, including cancer, certain medications and excessive vitamin D intake. But the most common cause is an overactive parathyroid gland in a condition known as hyperparathyroidism. Our bodies have four parathyroid glands, each normally the size of a grain of rice, in the neck. The parathyroids regulate the amount of the mineral calcium in our bodies — vital to the functioning of our nervous system, heart and other muscles, and the health of our bones. Suddenly, I remembered something I'd read about but never seen: Hyperparathyroidism is a rare cause of psychiatric illness.
I called the lab to obtain a parathyroid hormone level from the blood sample taken. They told me the results would not come back for several more hours, until after my shift had ended. In the meantime, Kurt was treated with low-dose antipsychotic and anti-anxiety medications.
The following day during my lunch break, I pulled up Kurt's computerized medical record. Sure enough, his parathyroid hormone level was elevated, consistent with the most common form of hyperparathyroidism. Once the medications had somewhat calmed Kurt's acute manic-psychosis, the psychiatric team consulted with the endocrinology specialists, experts on disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands among other conditions.
During their evaluation, Kurt reported experiencing a variety of symptoms consistent with hyperparathyroidism — joint pain, fatigue and muscle weakness — for several months. An imaging scan showed a hyperactive parathyroid gland. He was referred for surgical removal of the abnormal gland (parathyroidectomy), the definitive treatment for this condition. The day after his procedure, his calcium levels normalized, and he reported feeling better.
Weeks later, I looked at his chart and saw a note from his outpatient psychiatrist. Kurt was off the antipsychotic and anti-anxiety medications prescribed in the hospital and back on his antidepressant drug — but at a lower dose, with plans to consider tapering off it in the future. He reported feeling better than he had for many years. "The last several months were a haze," he told his psychiatrist. "I'm embarrassed to think about what I might have said and done during that time."
Kurt's story serves as a powerful reminder of an easily forgotten truth: The distinction between mind and body is artificial. Doctors who ignore this reality do so at their patients' peril.
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A curriculum vitae (singular), meaning "course of one's life, is a document that gives much more detail than does a resume about your academic and professional accomplishments. Curricula vitae (plural) are most often used for academic or research positions, whereas resumes are the preferred documents in business and industry.
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Dec 17 (ISEAS Perspective) – As the deadline of 2015 draws closer, it is apparent that ASEAN will miss many of its goals as stipulated in its three Blueprints of ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC), ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC). Yet, ASEAN has continued to embark on even more ambitious goals: creating an "ASEAN common platform" on major global issues by 2022 in order to play an increased role in the community of nations, and launching negotiations on a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which ASEAN hopes to complete by the year 2015.


A fully matured wellness market compels resorts to define themselves by destination or, as is often the case in cities, by treatments. Resorts and spas located in cities face different competitive challenges than spas located along the sea or in the country. Like restaurants, spas need to affirm a strong identity and in rural or oceanfront settings they can do that by identifying strongly with the destination's local traditions. Urban hotel spas have a completely different challenge.
Just as urban chefs trend toward fusion to exploit the different cultures that come together in their cities, country kitchens trend toward the traditional roots of the destination's cooking. Country spas, like country kitchens, also go vertical into tradition while urban spas counter with treatments focused on the specific health needs of urban life.
Beginning with two classic spas in two majestic rural destinations, a new one on the sea in Montenegro and another one in the hills of Tuscany and concluding with urban spas in London and Paris, the following story hopes to trace the fault lines in these segmentations.
In the hills of Tuscany there's a spot that was sacred to Etruscans long before there was even a Rome. Today, those hot spring vapors rise among medieval towers and flow into the Adler Thermae Spa and Resort (www.adler-thermae.com), which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The hotel is owned by the same Sanoner family who have since 1810 owned the Adler Wellness & Sport Resort in the Dolomites. In the late '90s the family discovered the thermal site in Tuscany and in 2004, after years of research, the Sanoners opened the new Adler Thermae Spa and Resort.
The family built the Adler as an antique rural villa surrounded by gardens, and only a few hundred yards from the village of Bagno Vignoni. The warm waters are the basis for many treatments such as Argillae, the Etruscan Clay Bath, with roots dating back to ancient ceremonial traditions and the Grotta Salina, the underground salt bath where lights and perfumes lead to a sense of wellbeing and strengthen the healing effect of the salt water.
A 10th anniversary special, priced from €920 ($1,276) includes four nights with breakfast and dinner, a bottle of champagne and the Best of Adler Wellness package which includes one massage, one facial, one body scrub with Brunello, a visit to the Grotta Salina and 20 percent off any additional treatments.
The Aman Sveti Stefan Resort is transforming Montenegro from an off-path former Yugoslavian state into the insider's seacoast choice south on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. Coastal Montenegro lies south of Croatia's Dalmatian Coast and is still undiscovered by mainstream tourism. Isolated stretches of beach punctuated by outcroppings of rock spread out from the UNESCO-protected region of Kotor with its medieval towns and villages stretching back to Roman occupation.
The exclusive resort just unveiled its new Aman Spa, a full service spa plus six spa cottages, a gym and two pools on the Sveti Stefan island, a former fortified village which is connected by isthmus to the mainland's Villa Milocer, a one-time summer residence of Yugoslav Queen Marija Karadjordjevic. Altogether the resort has 50 completely unique rooms, cottages and suites on the island and eight suites at Villa Milocer.
The Aman Spa, surrounded on three sides by forest, offers signature treatment packages using chemical-free products. The spa has four 700-square-foot treatment suites, four private relaxation terraces and three hydrotherapy rooms each with a sauna, steam shower, hot bath and cold plunge pool. The indoor heated swimming pool, housed in glass, is 80 feet long and extends outdoors for an additional 25 feet, where it is surrounded by two 540-square-foot terraces with sun loungers. There is also a 600-square-foot Finishing Salon offering manicures and pedicures along with hair treatments, cuts and styling.
The Corinthia Hotel London has developed a Sleep Menu and a Sleep Ritual for its signature ESPA Life Spa. These service products were developed with the help of medically trained sleep experts and now the hotel is putting a creative twist on how to market these resources in a new package beginning May 13 called the 'Sumptuous Sleep Retreat.' The program educates guests on the concept of quality sleep using its own luxury facilities with advice from Physiologist and sleep expert Dr .Guy Meadows who uses 'mindfulness technique,' and UK Nutritionist Jeannette Hyde who has designed a Sleep Menu, along with hotel chef Garry Hollihead, based on a Functional Medicine approach.
The Sleep Menu was designed by Hyde in conjunction with Executive Chef Garry Hollihead. The menu can be found in the bedrooms, The Northall Bar, The Lobby Lounge and the spa. The Sleep Spa's Sleep Ritual includes a cleansing foot ritual and such treatments as Balinese massage, Ayurvedic pouring of oil on the forehead, acupuncture, osteopathy, and more.
The retreat includes a luxurious bedroom or suite; a light lunch from the Sleep Menu in the Spa Lounge at ESPA Life at Corinthia; a two hour sleep ritual at ESPA Life at Corinthia; dinner from the Sleep Menu in The Northall restaurant at the hotel; time to unwind in one of the hotel's Sleep Pods at ESPA Life at Corinthia; a turndown of valerian tea or warm milk and pumpkin seed cookies; a light breakfast from the Sleep Menu served in the guest's room; and a choice of a personalized Osteopathy consultation, personalized Acupuncture session or Ancient Indian Shirodhara treatment at ESPA Life at Corinthia. A one-to-one session with Dr. Guy Meadows and/or Jeannette Hyde is available at an additional fee.
Prices start from £758 ($1,280) based on single occupancy, or from £1,198 ($2,200) for double occupancy.
In Paris the Mandarin Oriental Spa's new Oriental Wellness program will allow guests to combine relaxation with a healthy culinary experience. The program starts with a one hour yoga lesson, given by a specialist in three different types of yoga: Hatha (relaxing), Ashtanga Vinyasa (endurance) and Iyengar (therapeutic). Then two 50-minute treatments for both the face and body. The treatments are tailored to each guest and have been developed with Aromatherapy Associates products. Guerlain make-up products are available to female guests. The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Paris features private spa suites, a 14-metre indoor pool and more.
After the pampering comes a healthy lunch at Bar 8 or on the garden terrace. Thierry Marx, a specialist in healthy cuisine, has especially created and adapted recipes like Thai Beef Salad and a selection of steamed Dim Sum. As a light dessert guests can choose from the low sugar pastries selection, such as the Mandarin or le Saint-Honoré cakes by Pastry Chef Pierre Mathieu, Guests can also have a non-alcoholic cocktail TM 4 L'Eau Furieuse made from ginger, sugar, lime, lemon, anise and tonic.


Crab is more than a popular item on a seafood menu; it also offers us a number of impressive health benefits, such as its ability to increase cognition, protect the heart, reduce inflammation, strengthen bones, boost the immune system, stimulate circulation, and detoxify the body.
Crabs are some of the most popular and commonly caught creatures in the sea, and while there are thousands of different species of crabs across the world, there are only a handful of species that are widely pursued as a food source, and even fewer that are raised in crab hatcheries for more controlled cultivation. Scientifically speaking, crabs are crustaceans from an intraorder called Brachyura and possess a hard exoskeleton and two claws. There is incredible variation in the types of crabs on land and in the water, but Portunus trituberculatus is the species most likely to end up on your plate, given that over 300,000 tons of these crabs are fished each year, representing nearly 20% of all crabs caught and consumed around the world.
The crab exoskeleton must first be broken and separated in order to access the nutritious meat underneath, and in some larger species, the amount of meat inside may surprise you. Crab meat is commonly found on menus around the world, but it is far more than just a delicious entree. Crab meat is packed with essential fats, nutrients, and minerals that the human body needs to function normally. From selenium and omega-3 fatty acids to protein and vitamin B, crab meat is a very good addition to your diet. Now, let's crack open this story and find out a bit more about the health benefits of crab.
There are many health benefits of crabs, let's discuss them in detail below.
Following calcium, phosphorus is the most commonly found mineral in the human body and is a crucial element in teeth and bones. Fortunately, almost all crab meat is high in phosphorus concentration, making it an important food for people wanting to "bone up". If you are at high risk for osteoporosis or are getting older and want to guarantee an active lifestyle in the future, high-phosphorus foods like crab are very important.
With its diverse range of nutrients, including copper, vitamin B2, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids, crab is a wonderful food for cognition and the activity of your nervous system. By strengthening myelin and protecting the nervous system, while also reducing inflammation and plaque in neural pathways, these elements combine into a perfect cognitive cocktail if you have enough crab intake on a weekly/monthly basis.
Crab meat is noticeably high in omega-3 fatty acids, and while many people assume that all fats are bad for them, omega-3s are the "good" ones that actually balance your cholesterol levels and promote anti-inflammatory activity throughout the body. This can reduce blood pressure, lower strain on the heart, and prevent the development of atherosclerosis. This can lessen your risk of heart attack and stroke.
There are many minerals and nutrients that can reduce inflammation throughout the body, including omega-3 fatty acids, copper, and selenium, all of which is found in crab meat. If you suffer from arthritis, gout, or gastrointestinal inflammation issues, then heading to your nearest seafood spot might not be a bad idea!
The immune system of the body needs all the help it can get, given the barrage of pathogens and possible illnesses attacking it every day. Selenium has been directly linked to stimulating immune system activity, and also acts as an antioxidant to protect the body from chronic diseases. Antioxidants can seek out and neutralize free radicals that can cause cellular mutation. Selenium is found in significant concentrations in crab meat, along with riboflavin, which also increases the production of antioxidants in the body.
Our body's immune system can't do it all, and the other centers of detoxification for the blood and body are the kidney and liver. The phosphorus levels found in crab can help to improve kidney function, thus speeding the release of toxins from the body and helping to improve overall metabolic efficiency.
Copper is a mineral that is often overlooked in the body, and yet it has a number of important functions for regular organ function. For example, copper is a crucial part of the absorption of iron in the gut, which is one of the most important minerals in our system. Iron plays a key part in the production of red blood cells, thus boosting circulation and ensuring that oxygenated blood reaches all parts of the body. This can increase the speed of healing and regrowth of cells following an injury or illness.
Word of Warning: The benefits of crab meat are manifold, but it's important to remember that crabs do possess high levels of sodium and cholesterol. For people suffering from cardiovascular conditions or high cholesterol, adding crab to your diet on a regular basis may do more harm than good. Speak to a nutritionist or your medical professional before making any major changes to your diet.
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First, melt the coconut oil over medium heat in a small saucepan. Add the shallots and a pinch of salt and saute until translucent (around 5 minutes).
Stir in the garlic, ginger and tomato paste and saute for 30 second until fragrant.
Add the tamari sauce, vinegar, juice and cherries and bring to a boil.
Next, slice the steak in half across the grain, then in fourths and finally in eighths.
Now comes the fun part: Grab a meat pounder or small cast iron skillet, and smash each steak skewer until it's about ½ inch thick.
Season the beef with salt and pepper and brush both sides with melted coconut oil.
Fire up your grill, and cook over high heat for 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
Let the meat skewers rest for 5 to 10 minutes before brushing on the cherry barbecue sauce.


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Poor physical growth a common problem among HIV-positive adolescents in low- and middle-income countries
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Starting HIV treatment late is a key risk factor
Michael Carter
There is a high prevalence of stunted physical growth among HIV-positive adolescents living in low- and middle-income countries, investigators report in the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Approximately 50% had stunted growth at the time antiretroviral therapy (ART) was started. After the age of 12 years, adolescent boys were especially likely to have poorer than expected growth.
"Growth retardation represents a major concern for adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV," comment the authors. "Half…were stunted at ART initiation and the prevalence of stunting remained high during adolescence."
The authors believe the late initiation of HIV therapy, the development of HIV-related illnesses, chronic inflammation and malnutrition are all likely explanations for the high and persisting levels of stunting they observed. However, they were unable to provide a ready reason why boys remained more vulnerable to stunting.
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Studies aim to give information that will be applicable to a large group of people (e.g. adults with diagnosed HIV in the UK). Because it is impractical to conduct a study with such a large group, only a sub-group (a sample) takes part in a study. This isn't a problem as long as the characteristics of the sample are similar to those of the wider group (e.g. in terms of age, gender, CD4 count and years since diagnosis).
The general term for the body's response to injury, including injury by an infection. The acute phase (with fever, swollen glands, sore throat, headaches, etc.) is a sign that the immune system has been triggered by a signal announcing the infection. But chronic (or persisting) inflammation, even at low grade, is problematic, as it is associated in the long term to many conditions such as heart disease or cancer. The best treatment of HIV-inflammation is antiretroviral therapy.
The World Bank classifies countries according to their income: low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high. There are around 50 lower-middle income countries (mostly in Africa and Asia) and around 60 upper-middle income countries (in Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean).
low income countries
The World Bank classifies countries according to their income: low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high. While the majority of the approximately 30 countries that are ranked as low income are in sub-Saharan Africa, many African countries including Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia are in the middle-income brackets.
Adolescence is a key period for physical growth. Multiple studies have found growth deficiencies among adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection, especially among those living in low-income countries.
Dr Julie Jesson and her fellow researchers at the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) collaboration designed a study to describe growth evolution during adolescence and its associated factors among boys and girls with perinatally acquired HIV infection.
Their study sample included 8737 individuals who received care between 2003 and 2016 in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific and Central and South America. Key inclusion criteria were treatment with ART, perinatally acquired HIV, entering HIV care before the age of ten years, at least one height measurement between the ages of ten and 16 years, and follow-up until at least the age of 14 years.
Growth was measured according to height-for-age, using World Health Organization child growth standards. It is expressed as a "Z" score (height-age Z score, or HAZ). Stunted growth was a score of -2 below the standard deviation, while severe stunting was a score of -3. Annual growth velocity (annual height gain in centimetres) and wasting (weight-for-height) were also assessed.
The median age at ART initiation was eight years, with 85% of the sample starting antiretrovirals after the age of five.
At the time HIV therapy was started, 50% of the sample had stunted growth, half of whom were severely stunted. Eighteen per cent had evidence of wasting. There was minimal difference in the prevalence of stunting or wasting between boys and girls at ART initiation.
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Growth velocity reached a peak in boys and girls at the age of 13 and 11 years, respectively. After the age of 12 years, the height-age Z-score was higher for girls for boys. At 13 years of age, 51% of boys and 35% of girls were categorised as having stunted growth, a difference that persisted through to the age of 18 years (31% vs 15%).
"Children who spend their first years of life with HIV without ART may have chronic inflammation due to uncontrolled HIV, which can affect growth."
Several factors were associated with stunting. These included older age at the time of ART initiation, lower CD4 cell count and wasting. There was also some evidence that boys living in rural areas had poorer growth compared to adolescents receiving care in urban settings.
"Children who spend their first years of life with HIV without ART may have chronic inflammation due to uncontrolled HIV, which can affect growth," note the authors. "The longer this exposure to uncontrolled HIV, the more adversely growth might be affected."
Without HIV treatment, children will also be vulnerable to serious HIV-related illness, especially diarrhoea, pneumonia and tuberculosis, all of which can adversely affect growth. Many of the adolescents enrolled in the study were also vulnerable to malnutrition.
Jesson and colleagues also note that a large number of study participants would have had poor access to ART, entering care before guidelines recommended immediate treatment for all children. "With better access to paediatric care and earlier ART initiation…we would expect to observe lower rates of stunting at ART initiation and better catch-up growth during adolescence in the future," they say. "However, stunting is still highly prevalent in most of the study settings in the general population and early access to ART initiation is not yet a reality in some sub-regions such as West and Central Africa."
Jesson and colleagues were unable to offer firm explanations for why boys were more vulnerable to poor growth than girls and call for further research into this finding.
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Jesson J et al. Stunting and growth velocity of adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV: differential evolution for males and females. A multiregional analysis from the IeDEA paedriatic collaboration. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22: e25412, 2019 (open access).
doi: 10.1002/jia2.25412
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I started using La Prairie Foam Cleanser because my sister swore by it about 7 years ago. Back then, I couldn't really tell if it was really worth the hype as I didn't put on things that needed to be washed thoroughly off my face. However, I've been using more water-resistant products and religiously layering SPF products on my skin since I've been more conscious about skincare as I get older. That was when I begun to try different types of cleansers and I've been using La Prairie cleansers ever since. None of them are stripping, they leave my skin clean and comfortable.
To be honest, I never really had to buy full-size cleansers as I keep getting free ones whenever I make a purchase at the La Prairie counter. However, I've been buying Cellular Eye Make-up Remover simply because the sales associates don't include samples of it in my La Prairie shopping bag :P. On top of that, I found it much better on my eyes than some other eye make-up removers that I've tried. It doesn't leave my eyes stinging or overly dry or oily, which is very important to me.
Before: YSL Waterproof Eyeliner, Chanel Mascara & Dior Eye gloss with fine glitters.
I enjoy using Cellular Cleansing Water for Eyes and Face especially during my PMS because of my naughty habit -_-. Yes, I typically skip washing my face for at least two random nights each month O_O. Those are the days when I cannot possibly bother doing my skincare routine. Instead, I would just lay down on the sofa and wipe off my face several times using Cellular Cleansing Water. It takes off make-up and dirt well, and most importantly, it doesn't dry out my skin unlike Bioderma. It also contains La Prairie's exclusive cellular complex, which I think helps my skin as I don't put anything on my face afterwards XD. If the weather's too cold or too dry, then I might use an eye cream and/or a few spritzes of face mist. That's all :3.
Before: YSL Waterproof Eyeliner, Chanel Mascara, Chanel Rouge Allure Lipstick & Dior Eye gloss with fine glitters.
La Prairie Purifying Cream Cleanser is something that I like to use when I want to give myself a bit of a facial massage during cleansing. In other words, I use it when I feel like committing myself to spending extra time in the bathroom >_<. I quite often do that after a long day outside when I have several layers of sunscreen and/or CC cushion on as Purifying Cream Cleanser dissolves make-up very well. I feel that it deep cleanses skin very gently even around the eye area. I would use face cloth with it if I want a neat finish along with a gentle exfoliation benefit. If not, then I would rinse it off in a rolling motion with warm water, which feels extra hydrating on my skin although it leaves a slight oily residue that isn't anywhere near what most cleansing oils give. I would say that it rather feels more comforting.
Before: YSL Waterproof Eyeliner, Chanel Mascara, Chanel Rouge Allure Lipstick, Dior Eye gloss with fine glitters & La Prairie Tinted Transforming Cream SPF 30 with physical sun filters.
La Prairie Foam Cleanser has a creamy dense consistency, which lathers beautifully even with a very small amount. It may seem expensive, but it lasts very long, so long that I've even been having trouble finishing my travel size Foam cleanser samples that I've been given :3. So I've been using it even for cleaning make-up brushes and sponges, and it has been working wonderfully without ruining them. The Foam Cleanser removes make-up and sunscreens effectively without drying out my skin. I don't use it around my eye area as it stings my eyes a little and I would never use foaming type cleansers around my eye area. So I normally combine the Cellular Eye Make-up Remover and Foam Cleanser together, which make my cleansing routine more efficient. This product is an absolute favourite of my family, including my grandmother :).


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The theatre has a lot more going on than just the actors on stage. they need to be heard, lit, clothed and have a place to be, i.e. set. They need props and special effects to create the illusion that draws the audience. Here is just a small selection to help those of you who work in the shadows behind, below and above the stage. Often behind the lime light but rarely in front of it.
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The videos on this web site are avi files encoded using the xvid codec. this codec and many others can be downloaded and installed from a variety of web sites the K lite codec pack is very useful. The videoLan player is an open source player that will also play almost any video file and is available for at least 19 different operating systems.


There are many ways to make money online…you just may have to do a little leg work to find these opportunities, but with a little work and a little luck, they're out there.
Online Surveys. Do a quick search and you can find that some companies will actually pay you for a few minutes of your time to fill out surveys regarding their products or services. What better way to earn a little money that to give opinions on products you may already be using?
Use the "Disney Vault" to your advantage. Disney sells certain movies only at specific times after which, they go into the "vault." These films can become highly desirable after that time and therefore people would be willing to pay more for them. Listing them on online auction sites could yield a hefty profit.
Sell notes or other classroom materials. This one could be great for college students. There are internet sites where college students can sell or purchase class notes and other materials. So while you are already working hard on your own courses, why not share them with other students and make a little money while you're at it?
Online sweepstakes/Casino Game. There are new ways to make money online one of them is by playing online pokies games.Believe it or not, they are out there and people do win. Give it a search and enter a few. After all, someone has to win right?
Youtube videos. Everyone wants to be a youtube star nowadays. For some reason, some people actually make this quite a profitable endeavor. Gather enough followers and companies will pay you to place their ads in your videos!
Test Apps. Surprisingly, there are some companies who will pay you to download and test their apps. After all, they're looking to make money from them and if people don't like them they won't sell any.
Grocery Receipts. Some grocery chains have apps that will allow you to scan your receipts and collect any savings based on competitor's prices. After you have reached a certain amount in your savings, you can redeem it for a gift card to the store.
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He loves thee with an unmeasurable love. Rom. 5:20, Where sin there grace hath abounded." Hence (Eph. 2:3, 4) love "and "great love." Verse 7, "Exceeding riches of his grace." For there is in Christ,�"
1. A created love. One man loves another exceedingly, as Jonathan did David. Now, he hath the perfection of all human or angelical love toward his people put in him.
2. Uncreated love, infinite love of a God, and hence it is unmeasurable. He thinks nothing he doeth too much, nothing he gives too dear. Hence, when world is slain, Satan cast out, when he is out, sin must out; when some sins are removed, the rest must; when they are out, then death must; when death, then hell. And when there is no life, no grace, he works it; it decays, he restores it; it can not act, he quickens it; it can not, doth not grow, he waters it. He hath given thee the earth, and the days of peace and patience; these are too little. He calls thee, and when thou canst not come, draws thee, and gives thee pardon, that is too little. He gives earth to thee, that is too little, (for they are made co-heirs;) he gives promise to thee, that is too little; he gives himself and Spirit, and can he do more? Yes; we can not drink in all that goodness and love; hence he gives eternity to thee, and he shall more and more enlighten thee; not only let thy soul live to bless him, but thy poor body, and every dust of it, to be raised up to glory with him. What the Lord promised to Abraham, "In blessing I will bless," that portion is thine. O, now love him without measure. "O, how I love thy law!" How did David love it?
I can not tell; but if he loved the word of Christ, then much more the person of Christ, the presence of Christ, everlasting fellowship with Christ.
O, take heed of giving Christ, and measuring out unto Christ his portion, his allowance, that when the Lord comes to you for more love, (as he doth daily,) you give him that answer which many do in their practice �"you have let him have as much as you can; so that you can not spare any more from yourselves, from a base world, from wife and child and creature, from a slothful course; you hope the Lord will accept of that little he hath. I confess that a little water in a spring is better than much that comes by land floods; but be sure it be a spring, else not accepted. Beloved, time was you lived without Christ, did nothing for him; now you do, and what thou dost this year, didst last year, and no more. Will you thus stint the Lord? Either do more, give more, or mourn you can not. O, one life, one heart is too little for him. It hath put me to sad fears of many men's estates to see this frame, a world of sin without measure every day. Where is the Christian that loves the Lord every day? How can any then say much is forgiven, when they do not love much?