At Canadian Western Agribition, the Saskatchewan Simmental Association recognized their Commercial and Purebred Breeders of the Year. Black Gold Simmental made up of the Noble family, Randy and Vanessa Noble and sons Ryley and Toby, was awarded the 2017 Purebred Breeder of the Year and Andy Hofer from Spring Creek Colony, 2017 Commercial Breeder of the Year.
Black Gold Simmental is a family farm operated by the Noble families in the Hillmond area northeast of Lloydminster. It was established in 1973 when Randy's parents Jim and Sabra Noble purchased two 1/2 blood heifers from the Agribition sale which was the start of the purebred herd. The four sons Randy, Lyle, Owen and Neil worked with their parents to grow the herd to 180 fullblood red and black Simmental cows and 70 commercial cows. Five years ago, along with Red Willow Ranch and Little Willow Creek Ranch, they esablished the Next Generation annual bull and female sale in Lloydminster to market Simmental genetics to a larger audience. Noble contributed their success to many mentors over the years including the Harlands of Little Willow Creek Ranch, Stanley Palmer, who was a partner in many sales, and the Mapletoft family of Little Pipestone Ranch. In the early years the boys showed cattle with Frank Mapletoft and learned about selecting good cattle, and having fun.Noble is encouraged by the number of young people today who are interested in cattle and the Simmental breed.
Andy Hofer from Spring Creek Colony is a promoter of Simmental cattle. The colony gets its mail at Walsh, Alta., but is located in Saskatchewan, west of Maple Creek. Originally established in 1956, Spring Creek's cow herd has grown to 900 females with 150 heifers being bred every year. Hofer took over as cow boss in 1995 and immediately started to integrate Simmental genetics into the herd to decrease cow size while at the same time increase weaning weights. Heifers are bred Red Angus to calve in March and cows bred Simmental to calve in April and May. The breed's maternal traits worked well in their herd but Hofer says the real payday has been in the 1,000-head feedlot, where the colony finishes their own cattle. Spring Creek Colony has won the prestigious Medicine Hat commercial show and numerous first place honours in the open heifer calf competition. In 2008 it was recognized as Commerical Breeder of the Year by the Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society.
2017 Saskatchewan Simmental Association Purebred Breeder of the Year.
The Canadian Hereford Association launched new EPD in December 2017 based on a new system of analysis called "BOLT" Single Step technology, which is the most accurate calculation possible. It reduces the time it takes to complete an EPD run, better incorporates genomic data and will calculate real accuracies. This changes keeps the CHA in line with the AHA.
BOLT incorporates genomics into the evaluation in a more correct fashion.
BOLT separates traits. In the past, other traits had influence over the trait of interest through correlations, but now individual traits have been separated to allow for better selection on the trait of interest.
BOLT calculates accuracy differently. In the past, our genetic models could only estimate accuracy, this was the best tool at the time, however with BOLT accuracy can be calculated, not estimated.
Largest changes you will notice are in calving ease and maternal CE. This is due to two things: More calving observations are being used. In the past if a calf crop was all scored as unassisted, the data could not be used in the evaluation, because the evaluation needed variation to determine a deviation from average.
BOLT uses a different method that uses all data, even data that is uniform across a calf crop. Accuracies have seen a more significant change as in the case of older, currently unused bulls. Some (and possibly all) of their progeny records have been removed from the analysis due to the data cutoff; however, the change in accuracy on a population basis has been quite small.
Check out the Canadian Hereford website for more information.
Carley Henniger originated from the West Kootenay region in British Columbia, and moved to Edmonton to attend the University of Alberta to complete a double major in political science and international relations. She does not have a farm background but during her time in Alberta she decided to pursue a career in agriculture. After graduation she moved just outside of Calgary to work as a farm hand for a large mixed grain and feedlot operation, eventually moving up to a position on the business side of the operation. She also became a junior board member for the 4-H communications board. From there she headed home to B.C. to work for Douglas Lake Cattle Company, and recently completed the rural finance and entrepreneurship program at Olds College. She currently lives in Kamloops, working for the B.C. Angus Association, volunteers with 4H B.C. and is in the beginning stages of becoming a first-generation cattle rancher. Carley may not have grown up on a farm, but she sure got there as soon as she could.
Lee Creech was born and raised on a ranch just north of Lloydminster, Alta., and grew up spending his summers building fences and calving cows. His family's ranch, M.C. Quantock, has grown in size significantly over the years, currently calving around 1,000 cows. The herd is predominantly purebred Red Angus and Angus with a couple hundred Hereford and Charolais cows. These cows produce the bulls that go into their annual M.C. Quantock "Canada's Bulls" Bull Sale on the final Saturday in January.
After graduating high school in Lloydminster, he attended the University of Lethbridge, Alta. graduating with a bachelor of management in marketing. Upon graduation, he moved to the ranch and started working various assignments on the business side of the ranch. To diversify his skill set he then accepted a job in Wetaskiwin, working with two ruminant nutritionists testing forages, balancing rations, and making recommendations for hundreds of cow/calf producers, seed stock operations, and backgrounding feedlots.
Next he opened his own business importing utility vehicles from overseas and completed the World Wide College of Auctioneering course in Denver. That led into a job with Global Auction Guide, a technology company that helps auction markets and auction houses market their sales online.
After some ranch succession planning timelines were established back home, he decide to pursue a master's of science degree in ranch management at the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. The institute admits only three new students per year. Creech was awarded the Joe Marlin Hilliard Endowed Fellowship, as well as the unique honour of being the first-ever international student.
Kaitlyn is currently an inspector with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and she and her fiancé Mark are ranching alongside her parents Allan and Juanita. Kaitlyn volunteers with her local 4-H club and plans to do more volunteer work while helping Mark and her family expand the family ranch.
The 2017-18 Canadian Limousin Association board of directors was elected in July and had their winter board meeting in Calgary in December (l to r): Bill Zwambag (treasurer), Ont.; Mike Geddes, Ont.; Matthew Heleniak, Ont.; Cody Miller, Alta.; Tim Andrew, Alta.; Erin Kishkan (president), B.C.; Terry Hepper (past president), Sask.; Joe Cooper, N.S.; Eric Boon (vice-president), Sask. Missing: Dan Darling, Ont.


Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus was thankful for partnerships this month. While planning for 2019, we attended a number of citywide trainings and community events.
Chicago Bisexual Health Task Force is a new group dedicated to improving the lives of bisexual individuals. The taskforce held a forum for community leaders and institutions to brainstorm and share ideas with one another.
As co- chair of the Health Care Access committee, our executive director worked alongside the others to create the first full draft of the Getting to Zero plan together.
AIDS Foundation of Chicago hosted a digital roundtable all about Open Enrollment for the Black SGL community. Our Program Assistant Brandon Maurice Wright was one of the panelists on the table.
As Americorp gains a new cohort of interns, The Caucus provides a cultural responsiveness training for them as they go through the program. Our executive director Erik Glenn leads the cohort through various exercises and discussions.
Michael Rice's Party Boi film held a panel discussion after its premiere at this year's Black Alphabet Film Festival. Our executive director Erik Glenn was one of the many panelists that discussed imagery the film and the impact of crystal meth on Black sgl men.
The University of Chicago and the House of Paragon teamed up for their 8th Paragon Ball this year galvanizing the House/ Ball community. The Caucus has been a proud sponsor of the Paragon Ball for those 8 years of community connectedness.


The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its operational strategy for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), aiming to protect public health by the strategic implementation of prevention-oriented food safety standards.
"This strategy document is intended to guide the next phase of FSMA implementation by outlining broadly the drivers of change in FDA's approach to food safety and the operational strategy for implementing that change, as mandated and empowered by FSMA," said the FDA. "The appendix provides guiding principles for how the strategy can be implemented with respect to food and feed facilities, produce safety standards and import oversight. This document will guide the work of teams responsible for developing the specific strategies, capacity building, training and operational plans needed to implement FSMA in these areas. It also provides the basis for dialogue with FDA's government partners and other stakeholders concerning implementation of the FSMA rules."
Fulfilling the vision of risk-based prevention to protect public health—and successfully implementing FSMA—depends on close partnership and full integration of all implementation efforts carried out across the Foods and Veterinary Medicine Program, at both the work planning and operational levels, said FDA. This integrated and collaborative approach involves CFSAN, CVM, ORA, the Office of Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, and the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine.
FDA plans to fulfill the vision of FSMA and strengthen food safety protection by applying the principles outlined in the strategy across the entire food safety program, while adapting them to the specific challenges posed by implementation of preventive controls, produce safety standards and FSMA's new import system.


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FUCKUP NIGHTS TEL AVIV
2015 | ~10,000 Members in Israel
Leora Golomb, Co-Founder
Roni Yore, Co-Founder
Yaron Sfadyah, Business Development
Shir Ben-Amitai, Creative
Nir Melamed, Speakers Development
Failure is part of our everyday lives. We don't always succeed in doing the little things, and sometimes we make big decisions we regret. This applies doubly to entrepreneurs, as failing is unavoidable in a process of creating innovation. Still, no one likes to fail, and most people won't admit they've made wrong decisions, which is exactly why Fuckup Nights Tel Aviv was founded. Fuckup Nights gives entrepreneurs the stage, confidence, and audience to share their stories of failure. The process enables them to reflect on their stories and learn from them, while giving the audience the courage to talk about failures in their office, among friends and partners.
Fuckup Nights is a global movement born in Mexico in 2012 with the goal to publicly share failure stories. It started in Tel Aviv in 2015 by Leora Golomb who failed herself and felt there was no place to share her story. Together with Roni Yore, they built a team of volunteers who have been running monthly events for the past 6 years, and a recently launched podcast, named 'The Failing Podcast' (in Hebrew). The community has over 10,000 members who come to hear and share stories of failure told by leading figures during monthly community events in Tel Aviv).
"We work with entrepreneurs, founders, investors, tech companies, and startups all year long, understanding how to look at failures as learning curves and how to grow from them," says Leora. "We teach how to talk about failures and how talking about them helps to achieve more in the long-term."
The community's mission is to normalize the conversation around failure. "It's a well known fact that over 90% of startups fail," says Roni Yore, "and almost every startup will pivot at some point. Our presence in the ecosystem is important to keep this narrative alive and healthy."
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The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds shook off some early rust and then went on to a 6-2 victory over the Dalhousie Tigers this afternoon in Truro, Nova Scotia.
The lack of video and Live Stats for the game means all we have to go by is Twitter updates. The V-Reds received goals from 6 different players - Philippe Halley, Peter Trainor, Stephen Anderson (shorthanded), Matt Boudens, Dylan Willick, and Cameron Brace while Etienne Marcoux played the entire game in goal.
- UNB out-shot the Tigers 19-6 in the opening period, 9-4 in the 2nd, and 20-3 in the 3rd for a game total of 48-13.
- Tyler Carroll and Taylor MacDougall were both out of the line-up.
- This marks UNB's 13th straight victory over Dalhousie. They are 19-0-1 in their last 20 meetings.
- The Varsity Reds see their next game action on Thursday when they travel to Portland, Maine for a game against the AHL's Portland Pirates. They will then continue on to play the NCAA's Boston College Eagles and UMass-Lowell River Hawks on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.


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There are two ways you can use a VPN. The first one is set up your own VPN server, and connect your computer to that server. You should have a server (or at least a normal computer) at a different location from your home. And the process of configuring the connection requires some advanced computer skills.
The second and easier one is to use a VPN service. We recommend using NordVPN. NordVPN helps you set up a fast, stable and secure Internet connection to anywhere. And it helps you do this with just a few clicks!
You can also use the Tor browser to hide your IP address. This is a free and open project that helps you protect your privacy. Your Internet activities are taken through its anonymous and secure network, which makes it difficult for others to know your information, including your IP address.
The Tor browser may decrease your Internet connection speed because of its secure multi-node network structure. You may not be able to use the Internet as fast and conveniently as on a normal browser, like Google Chrome or Firefox.
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Cranston Fire: Firefighters work long hours in heat to 'try to do everything we can'
Sherry Barkas Geraldine Estevez
Palm Springs Desert Sun
A fast-moving wildfire like the Cranston, where crews see rapid spread and progress quickly erased can take an emotional and physical toll on firefighters.
"The fires are tragic and unfortunate in themselves, but to see somebody's life property and have to be here and have to kind of clean up in the aftermath of it is tough," Burbank Fire Department Firefighter Paul Konzen told The Desert Sun from inside his firetruck parked just a few feet away from the homes destroyed on Deer Foot Lane.
For a lot of people, he explained, this is everything they have. "And now, unfortunately, it's gone."
Konzen said they never want to see homes burn, which is why they work the long, hard hours needed, regardless of the heat.
"We've been out here two full days," he said on Friday.
The beginning stages were the hardest because there still wasn't a camp set up, so it was nice of the local Idyllwild businesses to provide food, he shared.
Since then, a camp was set up for the firefighters at Lake Hemet, but this doesn't fully eliminate the challenges fire personnel experience.
"It's a lot of hard work and little sleep," James Gannon, a spokesman for the Bureau of Land Management, said.
Many who were first on scene started when the fire was first reported off of Highway 74 in Mountain Center at 11:41 a.m. Wednesday didn't get a break until Thursday night, Gannon said.
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"There are so many fires going (in California), so there were not a lot of resources and people to come in" to relieve them, Gannon said.
"We try to rotate in new shifts every 24 hours," Gannon said.
The Cranston Fire, which officials say is arson, had burned 13,118 acres and was 17 percent contained as of Saturday afternoon. Roughly 7,000 people have been evacuated.
Brandon N. McGlover, 32, of Temecula, is suspected of starting the Cranston and eight other fires and has pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of arson. He is being held on $3.5 million bail.
The firefighters operate on adrenaline at first, but as the hours tick by, sleep deprivation starts to kick in, Gannon said. They keep going by drinking coffee, working together and keeping each other motivated.
But sleep deprivation increases the risk for injury as firefighters become slower to react to what's going on around them.
More:Idyllwild is a 'little paradise' for residents. They now wait to see the Cranston Fire's damage.
More:The Cranston Fire has burned over 13,000 acres. Here's how it unfolded near Idyllwild
More:Cranston Fire: Suspect Brandon N. McGlover pleads not guilty to 15 counts of arson; DA alleges he set nine separate fires
"It's one of the things supervisors have to watch for," Gannon said.
On top of the fire's size, crews have been dealing with excessive heat, hitting triple digits on Friday and expected to be in the 90s for the weekend.
Firefighters are carrying 40 to 70 pounds or more of gear into the fire zone, Marc Peebles, public information officer for the United States Forest Service said.
"So, there is some exertion heat, as well," he said.
Those working at the fire's ridge, get additional heat from the flames, Peebles said.
"How do we mitigate that? Hydrate. Hydrate. Hydrate," he said. "They are constantly drinking water and they have some Gatorade as well."
Supervisors watch closely for heat impacts and make sure crews are taking regular breaks to help.
Just two injured – one from heat exposure and another a shoulder injury – and both minor and back on the line without requiring hospitalization out of 1,300 firefighters working the Cranston Fire shows safety is a priority, Peebles said.
"It's testimony to the safety culture of this incident's management teams and the agencies they work for," he said.
Konzen said firefighters are mostly "just tired and hot," but he also emphasized that rest has been a priority among the different departments.
"We're out here to try to do everything we can for the community. That's why we all come together and different agencies come out here from all over the place to help out," he said, before mentioning the 24-hour shift that lies ahead.
"It's long days -- long hot days -- but we keep each other safe and together," he said, a sentiment that seems to be a theme in Idyllwild.


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The Sun stands still today!
Today is the winter solstice -- specifically, it occurs at 23:38 GMT, or 6:38 p.m. Eastern (US) time. Technically what this means is that, at that moment, the center of the Sun is at the lowest declination of the year.
Astronomers measure the positions of objects on the sky using a coordinate system based on longitude and latitude on Earth, but to make it more confusing we call it Right Ascension and declination. The first measures the east/west position, and the second north/south. So just like an island might have coordinates of so-and-so degrees longitude and this-and-that degrees latitude, a star has an RA and a dec (if you want to sound cool and use astronomy slang).
OK. But what if an object moves? Well then, the coordinates change with time, too (just like the lat and long of a ship steaming across the ocean has changing coordinates). As the Earth orbits the Sun, the Sun's position against the background stars changes, and therefore the coordinates change. I won't go into details -- you can read about it here, for example -- but the Sun makes a sine wave across the sky over the course of the year, sometimes farther north, sometimes south. The time when the Sun's position (actually, the center of the Sun's disk) is at its farthest south -- -23° declination -- is called the winter solstice.
And that's where we are today. The declination of the Sun has been getting lower ever since last June, and today it reaches its farthest point south. At 11:38 p.m. GMT, the Sun's movement south stops (solstice literally means "Sun stops/stands still"), and it starts to slowly creep back north again. That's why there is an actual moment, a point in time, for the solstice. In June it'll get as far north as it can, and the process reverses. Incidentally, the times halfway between the solstices when the Sun's declination is exactly 0 are called the equinoctes (the singular is equinox). Just so's you know.
I'll note the eclipse last night had nothing to do with the solstice at all, despite the hype. It's just another day of the year as far as the Moon is concerned, so we get eclipses on the solstices every now and again, just like any other specific day. Heck, for me in Boulder, the first half hour of the eclipse was on the day before the solstice, and people on the west coast had the eclipse going for an hour and a half before midnight changed the date! That just shows you that we sometimes get excited about arbitrarily forcing our units (days starting at midnight) on the Universe, when honestly it couldn't care less.
That doesn't make the solstice any less cool, though. Every day now for people in the northern hemisphere the Sun will stay up a little bit longer, and days will stretch out, and things will warm up once again. It's a time of renewal, which is no doubt why so many ancient cultures celebrated it.
And for you folks in the southern hemisphere? Well, take the inverse of what I said: the Sun is at its highest point in your sky now, the days will get shorter, and it'll get colder. But never fear! Things will turn around once again, as they always have, and they always will.


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«И́кс-Фа́ктор» — украинская версия британского проекта The X Factor — музыкального шоу талантов, основной целью которого является поиск и развитие песенного таланта конкурсантов. Все конкурсанты выбираются путём публичных прослушиваний.

По 2014 год кастинги проходили в крупнейших городах Украины: Днепропетровске, Львове, Донецке, Одессе, Харькове и Киеве; затем — только в Киеве. Предкастинги также проходили в Полтаве, Луганске, Запорожье, Симферополе, Николаеве, Черновцах, Ужгороде, Луцке и Ровно.

Шоу стартовало на канале СТБ 4 сентября 2010 года.

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Именно британский проект The X Factor, созданный в 2004 году известным английским продюсером Саймоном Кауэллом (Simon Cowell) и компанией FremantleMedia, основал международную The X Factor серию. Адаптированные версии шоу были показаны более чем в двадцати странах мира. К этому времени проект «Икс-Фактор» стал одним из самых популярных песенных талант-шоу в мире, а его победители непременно стали яркими фигурами в шоу-бизнесе в своих странах.

«X-Фактор» — слово-идиома: черта характера, которая не имеет чёткого определения и пояснения; талант. В контексте данного шоу — «икс-фактор» — часть «звёздности» в человеке, «звёздный» талант.

Кастинги

Шоу прежде всего заинтересовано на идентификации певческого таланта, но яркая индивидуальность, раскованность на сцене и хореографические умения тоже важные элементы выступления, которые могут заинтересовать судей. Конкурсанты делятся на четыре категории: девочки возраста от 14 до 24 лет, мальчики от 14 до 24 лет, старше 25 лет и коллективы.

Отбор участников делится на четыре этапа:

 Этап 1: Предкастинг, или Кастинг продюсеров (эти прослушивания дают возможность выступить перед судьями);
 Этап 2: Телекастинг (прослушивания перед судьями и зрителями, судьи выбирают лучших исполнителей);
 Этап 3: Тренировочный лагерь (конкурсанты исполняют задания судей, судьи отбирают 12 исполнителей — по 3 исполнителя каждой категории);
 Этап 4: Прямые эфиры.

Прямые эфиры
Прямые эфиры состоят из двух шоу: в первом конкурсанты исполняют песни, а в другом объявляются результаты зрительского голосования.

Во время первых прямых эфиров каждый из конкурсантов исполняет только одну песню перед аудиторией в студии и судьями, обычно все конкурсанты поют вживую под записанную музыкальную фонограмму. Некоторые выступления сопровождаются хореографическими постановками и живым оркестром. После выступления каждого конкурсанта судьи комментируют его номер, судья защищает своего конкурсанта от критики судей-соперников. Линии для голосования открываются сразу после выступления всех конкурсантов. Формат выступлений меняется, когда в соревновании остаются 4 или 5 участников. Тогда каждый из конкурсантов исполняет две песни. Так продолжается, пока только три участника остаются в шоу, эти трое становятся финалистами. В Финале определяются два суперфиналиста, в конце эфира открывается недельное голосование за победителя. В суперфинале это голосование закрывается, и объявляется победитель программы.

Результаты
Перед объявлением результатов предыдущего шоу, на сцену приглашается известный человек из мира шоу-бизнеса со своим выступлением. Далее объявляются прошедшие конкурсанты, кроме тех двух, которые набрали самое маленькое количество голосов. Эти двое исполняют ещё одну песню; выступление откровенно обсуждается судьями, и они решают, кто покинет шоу. Если каждый из двух номинированных конкурсантов получают одинаковое количество голосов от судей, утверждается результат зрительского голосования, и тот из двоих, за которого зрители отдали самое маленькое количество голосов, покидает программу. Фактическое количество голосов никогда не оглашается, пока не выбрали победителя (во втором сезоне после оглашения победителя количество голосов не было опубликовано).

Когда проходит половина программы, конкурсант, который набрал наименьшее количество голосов покидает шоу автоматически; с 5 сезона те двое, которые набрали наименьшее количество голосов (после того кто уже покинул шоу) попадают в номинацию, и затем шоу покидает ещё один участник.

Судьи
  Постоянный судья
  Приглашенный судья

Ведущие

Очерк сезонов

  Команда Сергея Соседова
  Команда Ёлки
  Команда Серёги
  Команда Игоря Кондратюка
  Команда Ирины Дубцовой
  Команда Нино Катамадзе

  Команда Ивана Дорна
  Команда Андрея Хлывнюка
  Команда Андрея Данилко
  Команда Юлии Саниной
  Команда Антона Савлепова

  Команда Константина Меладзе
  Команда Дмитрия Шурова
  Команда Насти Каменских
  Команда Олега Винника
  Команда Оли Поляковой

Сезон 1

Первый сезон украинского X-Фактора начал выходить в эфир 4 сентября 2010, ведущей шоу стала Оксана Марченко. Судьями первого сезона были шоумен Игорь Кондратюк, певица Ёлка, рэпер Серёга и музыкальный критик Сергей Соседов.

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место (победитель) — Алексей Кузнецов (Ёлка) — Макеевка, 19 лет
 2 место (суперфиналист) — Мария Рак (Игорь Кондратюк) — Бородянка, 22 года
 3-4 место (финалист) — Александр Кривошапко (Ёлка) — Мариуполь, 18 лет
 3-4 место (финалист) — Владимир Ткаченко (Сергей Соседов) — Днепропетровск, 27 лет
 5-6 место (полуфиналист) — Ирина Борисюк (Сергей Соседов) — Тернополь, 33 года
 5-6 место (полуфиналисты) — Группа Дети Капитана Гранта (Серёга) — Харьков
 7 место — Дуэт Павлик и Семёнов (Серёга) — Киев, 26 лет и 31 год
 8 место — Татьяна Зотова (Игорь Кондратюк) — Харьков, 18 лет
 9 место — Дуэт Монатик и Сафаров (Серёга) — Луцк, Дружковка, 24 года и 16 лет
 10 место — Дмитрий Скалозубов (Ёлка) — Марганец, 22 года
 11 место — Мария Стасюк (Игорь Кондратюк) — Киев, 15 лет
 12 место — Юра Богуславский (Сергей Соседов) — Днепропетровск, 42 года

Сезон 2

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место (победитель) — Виктор Романченко (Серёга) — 33 года, Херсон
 2 место (суперфиналист) — Олег Кензов (Игорь Кондратюк) — 23 года, Полтава
 3 место (финалист) — Владислав Курасов (Игорь Кондратюк) — 16 лет, Краснодар (Россия)
 4 место (полуфиналисты) — Дуэт Аркадий и Малика (Ёлка) — 22 и 19 лет, Ковель, Одесса
 5 место — Роман Веремейчик (Игорь Кондратюк) — Торез, 21 год
 6 место — Светлана Винник (Сергей Соседов) — Днепропетровск, 21 год
 7 место — Анна Охрицкая (Серёга)  — Харцызск, 29 лет
 8 место — Владимир Куликов (Серёга) — Днепропетровск, 71 год
 9 место — Женя Тарайкович (Сергей Соседов) — Полтава, 16 лет
 10 место — Трио «Максимум» (Ёлка) — Винница
 11 место — Валерия Локтенко (Сергей Соседов)  — Донецк, 15 лет
 12 место — Группа «АКВА» (Ёлка) — Екатерина Кащаева, Юлия Карабут, Анастасия Либер, Алена Луцкая, Донецк

Сезон 3

Третий сезон шоу начался 1 сентября 2012 года. В прослушиваниях приняли участие более 40000 человек. Состав жюри изменился: вместо Ёлки появилась Ирина Дубцова. В суперфинал шоу вышли подопечные Игоря Кондратюка, а победила в шоу Аида Николайчук.

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место (победитель) — Аида Николайчук, Одесса, 30 лет (Игорь Кондратюк)
 2 место (суперфиналист) — Евгений Литвинкович, Жодино (Белоруссия), 31 год (Игорь Кондратюк)
 3 место (финалист) — Алексей Смирнов, 23 года (Серёга)
 4 место (полуфиналист) — Дмитрий Сысоев, Львов, 22 года (Серёга)
 5 место — Группа «D-Версия»/ Вячеслав Ефремов, Даниил Клягин и Назар Хассан, Луганск/Донецк/Львов (Ирина Дубцова)
 6 место — Юлия Плаксина, 20 лет (Сергей Соседов)
 7 место — Яков Головко, Ялта, 49 лет (Игорь Кондратюк)
 8 место — группа «3D»/Александра Прилепская, Светлана Легенькая, Анна Шут (Ирина Дубцова)
 9 место — Жанна Перегон, 19 лет (Сергей Соседов)
 10 место — Илья Ефимов, 21 год (Серёга)
 11 место — дуэт «Виолетта и Анатолий» (Ирина Дубцова)
 12 место — Мелен Эстель Валентина Пасса, 20 лет (Сергей Соседов)

Сезон 4

Старт четвёртого сезона состоялся 31 августа 2013 года. Состав жюри остаётся прежним. Оценивать вокальные данные участников будут: Игорь Кондратюк, Серега, Ирина Дубцова и Сергей Соседов. В этом сезоне судьи решили изменить категории: «Младше 18», «Парни (любого возраста старше 18)», «Девушки (любого возраста старше 18)» и «Коллективы»

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место (победитель) — Александр Порядинский, село Гнединцы, Черниговская обл., 15 лет (Ирина Дубцова)
 2 место (суперфиналист) — Коллектив «Триода», Тернополь (Игорь Кондратюк)
 3 место (финалист) — Сергей Гладыр, Львов, 34 года (Сергей Соседов)
 4 место (полуфиналист) — дуэт «Two voices» (Игорь Кондратюк)
 5 место — Дарья Ковтун, Одесса, 22 года (Серёга)
 6 место — Михаил Мостовой, 34 года (Сергей Соседов)
 7 место — Даниил Рувинский, 14 лет (Ирина Дубцова)
 8 место — Мария Кацева, Екатеринбург, 29 лет (Серёга)
 9 место — Никита Ломакин, 15 лет (Ирина Дубцова)
 10 место — «Клей Угрюмого» (Игорь Кондратюк)
 11 место — Анастасия Рубцова, 24 года (Серёга)
 12 место — Евгений Шпаченко, 19 лет (Сергей Соседов)

Сезон 5

Старт пятого сезона состоялся 23 августа 2014 года. Ведущей проекта осталась Оксана Марченко, а вот в составе жюри произошли существенные изменения. Теперь оценивать вокальные данные участников будут: неизменные Игорь Кондратюк и Сергей Соседов, коллегами по судейскому столу в 5 сезоне также будут: грузинская певица Нино Катамадзе, а также украинский певец Иван Дорн. Категории участников 5 сезона будут такими же, как в первых трёх сезонах: «Девушки, 14-25 лет», «Парни, 14-25 лет», «Старше 25 лет», «Коллективы». Впервые в истории шоу, судьи с первого прямого эфира не имеют права голоса. Участники выбывают исключительно по решению телезрителей (Судьи — 0 %, Телезрители — 100 %)

Специальный гость финала: Сара Коннор с хитом «From Sarah with Love».

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей

 1 место — (победитель) —Дмитрий Бабак, город Петровское, 22 года (Нино Катамадзе)
 2 место — (суперфиналист) —Трио «Экстрим» (Станислав Панькин, Эльдар Кабиров, Сергей Юрченко) (Сергей Соседов)
 3 место — (финалист) — Кирилл Каплуновский, 20 лет (Нино Катамадзе)
 4 место — (полуфиналист) — Валерия Симулик, 14 лет (Иван Дорн)
 5 место — (полуфиналист) — Олеся Матакова, 23 года (Иван Дорн)
 6 место — Ирина Василенко , 28 лет (Игорь Кондратюк)
 7 место — Владислав Павлюк , 25 лет (Игорь Кондратюк)
 8 место — Владислав Ульянич , 26 лет (Игорь Кондратюк)
 9 место — Санта Данелевича , 22 года (Иван Дорн)
 10 место — Артур Логай, 21 год (Нино Катамадзе)
 11 место — Дуэт «ТиПаЖи»(Денис и Максим Захарченко) (Сергей Соседов)
 12 место — RAY BAND (Платон Левитов, Артём Гожий, Игорь Шеремет, Антон Гожий)(Сергей Соседов)

Сезон 6

Старт шестого сезона состоялся 22 августа 2015. Ведущая шоу — Оксана Марченко, судьи шоу — Сергей Соседов, Нино Катамадзе, Андрей Хлывнюк, Игорь Кондратюк. Нововведениями в этом сезоне являются участие музыкальных коллективов с одним вокалистом и «Золотая кнопка», которую могут нажать каждый из судей один раз и участник, выступающий на кастинге, может попасть сразу на последнее испытание перед прямыми эфирами, минуя тренировочный лагерь.

Победил в шестом сезоне Костя Бочаров, подопечный Игоря Кондратюка.

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место — (победитель) — Костя Бочаров, Одесса, 18 лет (Игорь Кондратюк)
 2 место — (суперфиналист) — Богдан Совык, 35 лет (Сергей Соседов)
 3 место — (финалистка) — Алина Паш, Закарпатье, 22 года (Нино Катамадзе)
 4 место — (полуфиналистка) — Наталья Папазоглу, 32 года (Сергей Соседов)
 5 место — (полуфиналист) — Біла Вежа (Максим Иващенко, Андрей Эйсмонт, Андрей Томашенко, Сергей Иванов, Ярослав Гравицкий, Евгений Скоценко) (Андрей Хлывнюк)
 6 место — Epolets (Павел Вареница, Александр Решетарь, Андрей Головерда, Игорь Смирнов) (Андрей Хлывнюк)
 7 место — Андрей Инкин, Полтава, 22 года (Игорь Кондратюк)
 8 место — Кристине Мартиашвили, 27 лет (Сергей Соседов)
 9 место — Нини Нуцубидзе, 15 лет (Нино Катамадзе)
 10 место — Sparkle (Ани Чхеидзе, Нини Гвелисиани, Саломе Меребашвили) (Андрей Хлывнюк)
 11 место — Татия Кобаладзе, 23 года (Нино Катамадзе)
 12 место — Бесо Немсадзе, 24 года (Игорь Кондратюк)

Сезон 7

В седьмом сезоне произошла полная замена состава жюри. Судейские кресла заняли продюсер и композитор Константин Меладзе; артист, автор и композитор Андрей Данилко; фронтвумен группы The Hardkiss Юлия Санина и экс-лидер Quest Pistols Show солист группы «Агонь» Антон Савлепов. Также впервые в украинской адаптации проекта концерты вели двое ведущих. К неизменной ведущей проекта Оксане Марченко присоединился Андрей Бедняков. В этом сезоне категории отменены.

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место — (победитель) — Севак Ханагян, Ереван, 29 лет (Антон Савлепов)
 2 место — (суперфиналист) — «DETACH», Киев (Алексей Веренчик, Денис Фандера, Максим Стадник, Руслан Войтович, Евгений Астафьев), (Юлия Санина)
 3 место — (финалист) — Mountain Breeze Band, Полтава (Александр Беляк, Илья Беляк, Мирослав Щербак), (Андрей Данилко)
 4 место — (полуфиналист) — Витольд Петровский, Москва, 30 лет (Константин Меладзе)
 5 место — (полуфиналист) — THE HYPNOTUNEZ, Винница (Гера Луидзе, Владимир Линник, Олег Прокопчук, Сергей Суздальцев, Тимур Ахматов), (Джокер)
 6 место — Алексей Кудрявцев, Тавда, 23 года (Антон Савлепов)
 7 место — Дарья Соколовская, Житомир, 17 лет (Юлия Санина)
 8 место — Павел Пигура и Виталий Сычак, Львов, (Юлия Санина)
 9 место — Без обмежень, Киев (Сергей Танчинец, Александр Адаменко, Андрей Радько, Антон Выхристюк), (Антон Савлепов)
 10 место — Руслана Кирющенко, Одесса, 16 лет (Константин Меладзе)
 11 место — Константин Битеев, Санкт-Петербург, 23 года (Константин Меладзе)
 12 место — Ирина Бровкина, Киев, 55 лет (Андрей Данилко)
 13 место —  Александр Юпатов, Киев, 24 года (Андрей Данилко)

Сезон 8

Восьмой сезон начинается с 2 сентября 2017 года. Ведущий шоу — Андрей Бедняков. Новыми судьями стали Анастасия Каменских, Олег Винник и Дмитрий Шуров. С прошлого состава возвращается Андрей Данилко. Так же, возвращается этап «прослушивания в домах судей», а этап со стульями объединён с прослушиваниями в тренировочном лагере.

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место — Михаил Панчишин, Львов, 19 лет (Дмитрий Шуров)
 2 место — «Yurcash», Киев (Андрей Данилко)
 3 место — Дарья Ступак, Киев, 22 года (Настя Каменских)
 4 место — Елена Зуева, Лиман, 32 года (Олег Винник)
 5 место —«Каблуками по брусчатке», Киев (Андрей Данилко)

 6 место — Николай Ильин, Мелитополь, 32 года (Олег Винник)
 7 место — «KAZKA», Харьков/Киев (Андрей Данилко)
 8 место — Анна Трубецкая, Могилёв, 18 лет (Настя Каменских)
 9 место — Алена Романовская, Киев, 52 года (Олег Винник)
 10 место — Иван Варава, Хмельницкий, 20 лет (Дмитрий Шуров)
 11 место — Остап Скороход, Астана, 22 года (Дмитрий Шуров)
 12 место — Ксения Попова, Кривой Рог, 21 год (Настя Каменских)
 13 место — Вета Козакова, Киев, 24 года (Настя Каменских)

Сезон 9

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Участник выбыл только по результатам голосования телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место — «ZBSband», Киев (Анастасия Каменских)
 2 место — Дмитрий Волканов, Бердянск (Андрей Данилко)
 3 место — Ольга Жмурина, Киев (Олег Винник)
 4 место — Марк Савин, Киев (Дмитрий Шуров)
 5 место — «Duke Time», Одесса (Анастасия Каменских)
 6 место — Петр Герасимив, Бортники, 26 лет (Андрей Данилко)
 7-8 место — Palina, Минск, 24 года (Олег Винник)
 7-8 место — Иван Ищенко, Миргород, 20 лет (Андрей Данилко)
 9-11 место — «Jazzforacat», Винница (Анастасия Каменских)
 9-11 место — Маргарита Двойненко, Киев, 29 лет (Олег Винник)
 9-11 место — Ольга Цепкало, Белогородка, 38 лет (Дмитрий Шуров)
 12 место — Александр Илюха, Киев, 24 года (Андрей Данилко)
 13 место — Александр Рябенко, Киев, 38 лет (Дмитрий Шуров)

Сезон 10

Финалисты
Цветовой ключ:

  — Победитель
  — Суперфиналист
  — Финалист
  — Полуфиналист
  — Участник выбыл только по голосованию наставника
  — Участник выбыл только по голосованию телезрителей
  — Участник выбыл по голосованию судей и телезрителей

 1 место — (победитель) — Элина Иващенко, Бровары, 17 лет (Игорь Кондратюк)
 2 место — (суперфиналист) — Георгий Колдун, Минск, 43 года (Оля Полякова)
 3 место — (финалист) — Антон Вельбой, Грунь, 19 лет (NK)
 4 место — (финалист) — Мария Стопник, Тернополь, 21 год (Игорь Кондратюк)
 5 место — (полуфиналист) — ROMAX, Киев (Андрей Данилко)
 6 место — (полуфиналист) — Анна Иваница, Винница, 32 года (Оля Полякова)
 7 место — Артем Забелин, Запорожье, 28 лет (NK)
 8 место — «Furman Trash Polka Band», Киев (Андрей Данилко)
 9-12 место — Людмила Базелюк, Дубовые Махаринцы, 47 лет (Оля Полякова)
 9-12 место — Юрий Каналош, Павлово, 25 лет (NK)
 9-12 место — Юлия Бордунова, Днепр, 22 года (Игорь Кондратюк)
 9-12 место — Чудесные, Винница/Белая Церковь (Андрей Данилко)

Визиты к судьям

Гости 1-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир — Лара Фабиан
 Второй прямой эфир — Валерий Меладзе
 Третий прямой эфир — Океан Эльзы
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — Дима Билан
 Пятый прямой эфир — Би-2
 Шестой прямой эфир — Город 312
 Седьмой прямой эфир — Патрисия Каас
 Восьмой прямой эфир — Эмма Шаплин
 Девятый прямой эфир — Лолита Милявская
 Десятый прямой эфир — Мария Шерифович, Тина Кароль, Александр Рыбак, Алессандро Сафина
 Одиннадцатый прямой эфир — Ёлка, Серёга

Гости 2-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир — Кайли Миноуг — «Get Outta My Way», «Can't Get You Outta My Head», «All The Lovers», «I Should Be So Lucky»
 Второй прямой эфир — Уматурман — «В городе дождь», «Я так ждала тебя, Вова», «Проститься»
 Третий прямой эфир — Бонни Тайлер — «It's A Heartache», «Total Eclipse Of The Heart», «Holding Out For A Hero»
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — Сплин — «Выхода нет», «Романс», «Моё сердце»
 Пятый прямой эфир — Шер Ллойд — «Swagger Jagger», «With Your Love»
 Шестой прямой эфир — Лорен Кристи — «The Color Of Nights», «I'm With You», «You Read Me Wrong»
 Седьмой прямой эфир — Глория Гейнор — «Never Can Say Goodbye», «Just No Other Way», «I Will Survive»
 Восьмой прямой эфир — BB Brunes — «Lalalove You», «Dis-moi»
 Девятый прямой эфир — Несчастный случай — «Что ты имела в виду», «С 1 по 13», Мария Рак — «Зима»
 Десятый прямой эфир — Крейг Дэвид — «Walking Away» (в дуэте), «Insomnia», Александр Градский — «Как молоды мы были» (в дуэте), «Гори-гори, моя звезда», Николай Носков — «А на меньшее я не согласен» (в дуэте), «Снег»
 Одиннадцатый прямой эфир — Ёлка — «Около тебя», Сергей Соседов — «Верни мне музыку», Мария Рак и Алексей Кузнецов — «Believe»

Гости 3-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир — Тото Кутуньо
 Второй прямой эфир — Олег Кензов — «Просто останься»
 Третий прямой эфир — Дима Монатик — «Терроризирует»
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — Артём Семёнов — «Сильная женщина»
 Пятый прямой эфир — группа «Люмьер»
 Шестой прямой эфир — Виктор Романченко и Ирина Дубцова — «Живи»
 Седьмой прямой эфир — Аркадий Войтюк
 Восьмой прямой эфир — Ирина Борисюк
 Девятый прямой эфир — Владислав Курасов
 Десятый прямой эфир — Крис Норман, Аль Бано, Jamelia
 Одиннадцатый прямой эфир — Ирина Дубцова, Сергей Соседов, Владимир Герасименко, Юлия Кувшинова, Виктор Романченко

Гости 4-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир —  Brainstorm — «Maybe», «Ветер», «Выходные»
 Второй прямой эфир —  Друга Ріка — «Назавжди»
 Третий прямой эфир —  С.К.А.Й.
 Четвёртый прямой эфир —  Артём Семёнов, Хор Galart
 Пятый прямой эфир — Наталья Могилевская — «Відправила message», «Гении», «Любила»
 Шестой прямой эфир — Александр Пономарёв
 Седьмой прямой эфир — Евгений Литвинкович
 Девятый прямой эфир —Тина Кароль — «Ніжно», «Пупсик», «Жизнь продолжается»
 Десятый прямой эфир —Лолита , Боссон, Елена Ваенга
 Одиннадцатый прямой эфир — Серёга

Гости 5-го сезона
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — Нино Катамадзе
 Седьмой прямой эфир —Сара Коннор , Гару, Олег Скрипка.
 Восьмой прямой эфир — Нино Катамадзе

Гости 6-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир — Hurts /Wonderful Life, Some Kind of Heaven, Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us, Stay/
 Второй прямой эфир — ONUKA /Around Me, Time, Misto/
 Третий прямой эфир — Brunettes Shoot Blondes /Bittersweet, Knock Knock, You're Broke My Heart/
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — Один в каноэ /Небо, Човен/
 Пятый прямой эфир —  The Erised /Pray, In My Car, It's Over/
 Шестой прямой эфир —  Мария Чайковская /Лифты, Вітер, Зорi/
 Седьмой прямой эфир — Джамала /Заплуталась (в дуэте), Иные/, Джеймс Артур /Impossible (в дуэте), You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You/, Бонни Тайлер /If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man) (в дуэте), Total Eclipse of the Heart/
 Восьмой прямой эфир —  /Networked Life, Sunbeam Girl/

Гости 7-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир — АГОНЬ /Каждый за себя, Революция, Радио «Ночь»/, The HARDKISS /TONY, TALK!, Rain, Part of Me/
 Третий прямой эфир —  Антитіла /Одинак, Люди, як кораблi, Танцюй/
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — Pianoбой /Родимки (в дуэте)/, ROZHDEN /Знаешь (в дуэте), Роса/, Александр Пономарёв /Варто чи нi (в дуэте), Світ твоїх очей/, Alyosha /Sweet People (в дуэте)/, SunSay /Love Manifest (в дуэте)/, Олег Скрипка /Країна мрій (в дуэте)/, Виктор Павлик /Ти подобаєшся мені (в дуэте)/, Lama /Знаєш, як болить (в дуэте)/, АГОНЬ /Он рядом (в дуэте)/
 Пятый прямой эфир —  O.Torvald /Вирвана, #нашілюдивсюди, Киев днём и ночью/
 Шестой прямой эфир —  ALEKSEEV /А я пливу, Пьяное солнце/, Артисты шоу «Параллельные миры Ромео и Джульетты», СТБ
 Седьмой прямой эфир —  LOBODA /К ЧЕРТУ ЛЮБОВЬ (в дуэте), Твои глаза/, Софи Эллис-Бекстор /Catch You (в дуэте), Come With Us/ , Kadebostany /Castle in the Snow (в дуэте), Joy & Sorrow/

Гости 8-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир — Настя Каменских «Это моя ночь» / LP  «Other People», «When We're High», «Lost On You»
 Третий прямой эфир — «Без обмежень» «Тону», «Най»
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — «Pianoбой» «Полуничне небо» / Евгений Хмара «инструментальная музыка»
 Пятый прямой эфир — Полиграф ШарикOFF «Харизма» и «У меня есть всё»
 Шестой прямой эфир —  Олег Винник «Вовчиця», «Кто я» и «Возьми меня в свой плен»
 Седьмой прямой эфир —  Лиз Митчелл «Sunny» (в дуэте) и «Bahama Mama»/ Натан Гошен «Thinking About It» (в дуэте) и «Home»/ O.Torvald «Крик» (в дуэте) и «#Ракамакафо»
 Восьмой прямой эфир — MELOVIN, Mountain Breeze

Гости 9-го сезона
 Второй прямой эфир — MELOVIN «З тобою, зі мною, і годі», «Under the Ladder»
 Третий прямой эфир — Олег Винник «Нино» / KAZKA «Плакала»
 Четвёртый прямой эфир — Михаил Панчишин «Вода ледяная», «Baby»
 Пятый прямой эфир MONATIK / Алекс Клэр / Мелани Си / Верка Сердючка
 Шестой прямой эфир Дмитрий Шуров и Pianoбой / NK

Гости 10-го сезона
 Первый прямой эфир —  «Зорі запалали», «Не мовчи»
 Второй прямой эфир — «НеАнгелы» // Melovin // Оля Полякова
 Третий прямой эфир — NK // Onuka
 Четвертый прямой эфир — Сергей Бабкин // Олег Винник // Оля Полякова // Макс Барских
 Пятый прямой эфир — Верка Сердючка // Monatik // Alyona Alyona // Alekseev // «Антитела» // Саша Кривошапка // Pianoбой // Джамала // Тина Кароль

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A: You have the possibility to create custom converters as shown here.
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Miles H. Sharpe, Jr., MD, received his medical degree from the University of South Florida before serving his residency at St. Vincent's Medical Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice and Georgia Academy of Family Practice. Dr. Sharpe Jr. specializes in family practice.
I feel that it is important to treat the whole patient. Medical diagnosis and treatment should be a partnership between doctor and patient. There should be a holistic approach to care that considers the whole person: body, mind, spirit and emotions.


The world-famous conductor offered his support to the embattled city that was devastated by Islamic State terrorists.
Renowned conductor Valery Gergiev will lead a concert in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra to support the restoration of the UNESCO site and honor victims of the war.
The world-famous conductor offered his support to the embattled city that was devastated by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists who occupied the site for some 10 months before it was liberated by Syrian troops with Russian air support.
Over the past year, the ancient UNESCO heritage site saw the destruction of such magnificent monuments as the Arch of Triumph, the Temple of Baalshamin, and the Temple of Bel. Besides reducing the iconic sites to shambles, terrorists looted museums and mutilated exhibits. A team of international experts is currently working to preserve what is left after IS's 10-month reign in the city and renovate artifacts severely damaged by the militants. Gergiev will conduct a symphonic orchestra performance titled "Pray for Palmyra. Music revives ancient remains" to commemorate those who lost their lives liberating the city from IS and to back the tremendous efforts needed to restore Palmyra's ruined architectural gems.
This is not the first time Gergiev has staged a performance in a war-torn region as a symbolic humanitarian gesture. Gergiev, an ethnic Ossetian, was born in Moscow, but spent his entire childhood and youth in North Ossetia.
Following an armed conflict in South Ossetia, which was then part of Georgia, Gergiev conducted the Mariinsky Theater's orchestra in the breakaway province's capital of Tskhinval to pay tribute to the victims of Georgia's August 2008 invasion.
That conflict saw the Georgian army heavily shell the city with rocket fire targeting civilian infrastructure, killing up to 2,000 civilians as well as the Russian peacekeepers stationed there. Russia responded by deploying ground troops to force Georgia to cease hostilities and later recognized South Ossetia, along with the Republic of Abkhazia, as independent states.