For as long as I can remember, marketers have been applying animal or human characteristics to their brands to communicate a "brand personality". But, I don't remember hearing that there was any real "science" behind that. However, a recent study seems to suggest that there is something to it, afterall.
In an article in Forbes Magazine, Chris Malone of Relationship Capital Group says, "According to a recent study of more than a thousand representative U.S. consumers, people respond to brands in much the same way they instinctively perceive and judge one another--on the basis of warmth and competence. Companies that understand what really lies behind that dynamic have a chance to win the kind of deep customer loyalty that has been elusive even for highly successful national brands."
Recently, I had the good fortune of hearing Chris speak about how people view brands to a graduate level class in the Food Marketing Program that George Latella and I co-taught at SJU. Chris's insights came from the research study his company conducted in July, 2010 using researchers from Princeton University. One of the conclusions from the study was that there was a statistical correlation between how the brands in the study ranked on "warmth" and "competence" and purchase intent. The brands in the study were McDonalds, Burger King, Shell, BP, Tylenol, Advil, Minute Maid and Tropicana.


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Proclamation by the Queen to the People of India. In the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion (1857-58), the British Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring the rights and administrative authority of the East India Company to the British Crown. These governmental changes were announced to the 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India' in the form of this proclamation issued by Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901). Seeking to maintain peace after the Rebellion, the whole tenor of the Proclamation was one of generosity and benevolence. It granted 'the Natives of Our Indian Territories' the same rights as 'all Our other Subjects' and, among other things, promised to support religious toleration, to recognise the 'Customs of India', to end racial discrimination and to ensure that 'all shall alike enjoy the equal impartial protection of the Law'. By recognising Indians as British subjects, and extending to them rights consistent with that status, the Proclamation was widely heralded by Indian subjects, including Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1948), as their Magna Carta.
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Brazil Itaú leading indicators, supply of industrial robots, population projections for Germany, and various economic indicators for Sri Lanka.
We've added leading indicators for Brazil, including the monthly GDP series and Surprise Index you see in the chart below. The data comes from Itaú BBA which is Latin America's largest corporate and investment bank. You can find out more about their methodology for the surprise index here.
This addition includes global data on the supply of industrial robots, containing both historical and forecast values. As you can see in the chart below the top three suppliers in Asia are China, South Korea and Japan, with China forecast to represent 40% of the market by 2019.
We've added a substantial amount of economic data for Sri Lanka. This addition was focused on more detailed categories, such as data on the capacity utilization per sector, shown in the bar chart below.
This addition from the German statistics agency includes various projections for the German population, some of which you can see in the chart below. You can read about the considered variables and methodology here.


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Bunny is the sixth studio album by American DJ and producer Matthew Dear. It was released on October 12, 2018 under Ghostly International. It is Dear's first album in six years following from Beams in 2012.

Release
On July 3, 2017, the first single "Modafinil Blues". The track was written with Frank Ocean collaborator Troy Nōka.

The second single "Bad Ones" was released on August 29, 2017. The single features a collaboration with Canadian duo Tegan and Sara.

On August 8, 2018, Dear announced the release of the new album. He explained the reasoning for title: "I'm calling this one Bunny. As always, it's got a little bit of everything that makes me who I am. Why Bunny? Fundamentally, I love the way the word looks and sounds. I love the way it rolls off the mind and onto the tongue". Alongside the album, single "Bunny's Dream" was also released.

The next single "Horses", which featured Tegan and Sara in the second collaboration, was released on September 18, 2018.

Critical reception
Bunny was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 14 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 70 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 14 reviews.

Paul Simpson from AllMusic explained that the album is "as sprawling and ambitious as his other long-players", admiring that it "features some of [Dear's] most forthright songwriting and catchiest hooks". Simpson also noted the album "seems more like an album to mentally pick apart than dance to, yet it's not hard to lose one's self in the rush of Dear's inventive rhythms. Jill Guthrie from Clash said of the album: "in its entirety is quintessentially disparate, a fleeting repertoire of the avant, and a keeper of both the nostalgic and the progressive", explaining that the songs drift from "the ethereal" to the "gritty reality". Skye Butchard from Loud and Quiet explained that the album "goes just about everywhere in its hour-long runtime, from '80s Bowie camp to shimmering alt-pop, to '90s guitar rave. He's been tinkering with club music and alt-rock his whole career, but this is by far his most bubbly outing. Despite that, his oddball baritone stays intact, which sadly makes for a mixed bag of experiments". Ben Devlin from MusicOMH said the album "is a worthwhile return for Matthew Dear, showcasing the production chops that have made him a familiar name for 15 years now. It sags in places, but this isn't such a crime when the album also contains highlights like Electricity, Horses, Modafinil Blues and Bunny's Dream, which are highly recommended for any electronic music fan.

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians
 Matthew Dear – primary artist, producer
 Antoine Collins – backing vocals
 Sara Quin – backing vocals
 Tegan Quin – backing vocals

Production
 Greg Ahee – producer
 James Ford – producer
 Joe Lambert – mastering
 Michael Cina – artwork

References

External links

2018 albums
Matthew Dear albums
Ghostly International albums

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Sweet and savory, this wrap will fill your soul with joy!
Warm tortilla over medium-low heat until soft. Meanwhile, toss all ingredients together in a bowl. Load into warm tortilla, roll it up and enjoy! Serves 2.
Oranges are a great winter fruit, jam packed full of vitamins. In fact, one study showed that juicy oranges and sweet green kiwis are two of the most nutritious of all fruits! Find the freshest fruits at your local farmers market.
The Cool Bean of the Month is the black-eyed pea, even though it's not really a pea! It's actually a white bean with a black spot in the middle. Many Americans eat black eyed peas as a symbol of health and good luck for the New Year. Fiber and phyto-nutrient rich beans a re also a great way to invite good health into your life!
Our January Harvest of the Month vegetable is the sweet potato, rich in Vitamin A. Sweet potatoes are one of the richest plant sources for vitamin A, which is important for healthy eyes, bones and teeth.
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Guillermo del Toro: 'Justice League Dark' Script is Finished
by Molly Freeman
– on Nov 25, 2014
Currently, Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro has many projects in the works. His television series on FX, The Strain, recently finished its first season and was renewed for a second. His next feature to hit theaters is Crimson Peak in late 2015. Pacific Rim 2 is moving forward, as well as the animated series spinoff. According to del Toro and other stars, Hellboy 3 continues to be a possibility. Meanwhile, del Toro is still interested in adapting H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness and is also attached to a stop-motion version of Pinocchio.
In addition to all these projects, del Toro has been working on a feature film script based on Justice League Dark. Although it wasn't included in Warner Bros. and DC's slate of upcoming movies, the tentatively titled Dark Universe script is now finished and moving on to the next stage.
In an interview with Forbes, del Toro confirmed the script had been completed and sent to Warner Bros. In a few days the studio will give their reactions to the script and, if they are favorable, del Toro's Dark Universe could continue to move forward.
With DC building its film slate, rumors and speculation surrounding del Toro's Justice League Dark film began to resurface in recent months. Del Toro himself hinted that NBC's Constantine, written and spearheaded by David S. Goyer, could crossover into the film.
Most recently, Neil Gaiman, creator of Sandman, explained why his title wasn't on Warner Bros.' slate of DC films and hinted that Vertigo, an imprint of DC, would receive its own slate of films. As we speculated at the time, a Vertigo slate may likely include a movie based on Sandman as well as del Toro's Justice League Dark.
Although Justice League Dark is published under DC rather than Vertigo, it stars many characters that originated in the imprint, such as John Constantine of Hellblazer and Madame Xanadu. So it would make sense to include Dark Universe with other Vertigo movies rather than the DC slate because the tone of a Justice League Dark film would be more at home alongside a Sandman feature.
Whether or not the progress on Dark Universe confirms a Vertigo slate is in the works at Warner Bros., though, remains to be seen until an official announcement is made. Additionally, Dark Universe is still very early on in production and if it does get the green light, the film will have to work around del Toro's already packed schedule - or find a different director.
With superhero movies finding more and more ground in Hollywood, audiences seem to be open to many genres of comic book adaptations. So while multiple studios build universes based on Marvel characters and Warner Bros. moves forward with its DC franchise, fans looking for more horror mixed in with their superhero features could find it in Dark Universe or an entire list of Vertigo films.
Stay tuned to Screen Rant for more updates on Dark Universe as they become available.
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Q: Updates on a least prime factor conjecture by Erdos In the 1993 article "Estimates of the Least Prime Factor of a Binomial Coefficient," Erdos et al. conjectured that
$$\operatorname{lpf} {N \choose k} \leq \max(N/k,13)$$
With finitely many exceptional $(N,k)$. Here, $\operatorname{lpf}(x)$ denotes the smallest prime factor of $x$.
I am posting here to ask whether any progress has been made toward this conjecture.

A: The authors of the paper you mention, Erdos, Lacampagne, and Selfridge, define $p(m)$ to be the least prime divisor of $m$ and concern themselves what can be said about $p(\binom{n}{k}).$ I suspect that Selfridge wrote the article. It has his style of saying a lot in a succinct way which is puzzling but solvable with some thought on the part of the reader. The conjecture stated in the abstract is $$p(\binom{n}{k}) \leq \max(\frac{n}{k},29).$$ That shouldn't be thought of as their big conjecture but rather a terse and amusing way of capturing some of the the main points.
The short answer to your question is that they did a lot of computation, made some observations that had theoretical backing and strong computational support. No-one, as far as I know,  has challenged or refuted them and perhaps it isn't especially attractive to try further computation. Or perhaps it is, but not to report "I didn't find anything else either."
Aside: They are perhaps more interested in the growth rate of $g(k),$ the minimal $n>k$ with $p(\binom{n}{k})>k.$ I feel compelled to quote a small stretch of the article:

That is a whole mess of conjectures, but not snappy enough for an abstract. That is the subject of section 1 of the paper. They and others explored $g(k)$ up to about $k=140$ and with more powerful computers the results were later extended to about $k=200.$ The current record lower bound is $$g(k) \geq exp(c(\log^3k/\log \log k)^{1/2}).$$
Getting back to the conjecture you ask about, the first puzzle is

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*The stated conjecture is clearly false. $\binom{n}{n-1}=n$ is prime when $n$ is. I can imagine Selfridge saying "Well of course we don't mean that." And if you read in further, the investigation is only for $k<n/2.$ The case $n=2k$ is a very small puzzle left to you.

Another puzzle is

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*Why $\frac{n}{k}?$ Is that best possible? Here is my take on that, read the article for a more elegant and general treatment: Suppose $p=q(k-1)!+1$ is prime. Then, for $n=pk,$ $$\binom{n}{k}=\prod_{i=0}^{k-1}\frac{n-i}{k-i}$$ where the $k$ factors are integers. If they all happen to be prime then $p(\binom{n}{k})=p=\frac{n}{k}.$ I can convince myself that for every $k$ we would expect that to happen infinitely often. Perhaps that is alluded to in the article or perhaps it is too obviously right (or wrong) to mention.

Another (small) puzzle is

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*How you could ever have $p(\binom{n}{k})>\frac{n}{k}?$ After all, there is a $0 \leq j <k$ with $\frac{n-j}{k}$ an integer, so $\frac{n}{k}$ seems a clear upper bound. And it is, for large enough $n.$
However, while $\binom{62}{6}$ is divisible by some divisor of
$\frac{60}{6},$ that divisor is $1$ !
$$\binom{62}{6}=\frac{62}{2}\cdot 61 \cdot \frac{60}{60}\cdot 59
   \cdot \frac{58}{2} \cdot \frac{57}{3}$$
They conjecture that, for $n \gt k^2$,  $p(\binom{n}{k}) \geq \frac{n}{k}$ with that one exception of $p(\binom{62}{6})=\frac{n-5}{3}=19$
They also conjecture that this one, along with $p(\binom{959}{6})=19,p(\binom{474}{66})=23$ and $p(\binom{284}{28})=29$ are the only cases with $p(\binom{n}{k}) \gt \min(\frac{n}{k},19).$
They find eight cases with $p(\binom{n}{k})=17>\frac{n}{k}.$
They say that they wrote a program to find all cases of $p(\binom{n}{k})=p>\frac{N}{k}$ with $p>5$ and $k \leq 12000.$ It must not have been entirely exhaustive because they say that there was only one output other than the twelve mentioned for $331 <k <625$ and that was $p(\binom{3574}{406})=13$. They continue "Thus, at this point in time, it is possible that $p(\binom{n}{k})\leq\max(\frac{n}{k},13).$" So that is short of making a conjecture, but I don't know that there are any exceptions known other than the thirten they mention.
One might wonder why they said $p>5.$ Anyone familiar with Pascal's Triangle $\mod 2$ will realize that for every $k>2$ there are lots of cases of $p(\binom{n}{k})=3$ with $2k<n<3k.$ The article gives a nice proof that there is always at least one case of $p(\binom{n}{k})=5$ with $3k<n<4k.$
There is much more in that article, but I will stop there.

A: The conjecture as written is false:
Let $N=194+(2*3*5*7*11*13)*2n$, $k=N-2$, where $n$ is a natural number.
Then $C(N,k)=C(N,2)=(97+2*3*5*7*11*13*n)(193+2*3*5*7*11*13*2n)$, having no prime factors $\leq 13$.

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Eagles soar to first win in two seasons; Tigers, Cougars also roar on Friday
The wait is over. For the first time since September 10th of the 2016 season, the St. Stephens Eagles earned their first non-forfeit win. In a game at home against county rival Dubois Friday afternoon, the Eagles prevailed 79-43. Congratulations to Coach Billy Brost and the Eagles team for this breakthrough victory.
Other scores from Friday's action.
The Wind River Cougars rolled up 515 yards of total offense (Rushing, Passing and Return yardage) to win for the second time in as many years against their cross county rival Shoshoni 45-14. The Cougars held the Wranglers to only only 37 yards rushing and 129 yards passing in the game held at Ethete. The Cougar's Jaren Guina ran unofficially for 102 yards and scored three touchdowns in the win, moving Wind River's record to 5-2 on the season (including forfeit wins over Saratoga and Wyoming Indian).
The Lander Valley Tigers picked up their second win in as many weeks in shutout fashion with a 28-0 white washing of the visiting Rawlins Outlaws at Bill Bush Stadium. The Tigers defeated its cross-county rival Riverton last week to start the streak. The two wins bring the Tigers to .500 for the year at 3-3
This is not Riverton's year. The state's Class 3A Number One Torrington Trailblazers shut out the Wolverines 51-0. Riverton is still looking for its first win of the season.
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The Best Places to Volunteer in Indonesia
Moving library in Indonesia | © Seika / Flickr
Many tourists have fallen in love so deeply with Indonesia that their attachment inspires them to contribute. Others are just motivated by the goodness of their spirit to make a positive change in the beautiful archipelago. If you're one of them, follow your kind heart and discover the best places to volunteer in Indonesia.
Education and social
Teach English in Bali
Balinese people are the sweetest, and they live on the awe-inspiring island that makes teaching English hardly seem like work. Dedicating your time in the tropical paradise while catching a glimpse of local life, making friends, and contributing to their education sure ticks many boxes in just one visit. Since they live in a popular tourist destination, English skills can sure help the Balinese a lot in their daily activities, work, and even business. Organizations such as Yayasan Widya Sari can connect volunteers with underprivileged children in Bali; you will see how dedicating just a bit of your time to helping them can change lives.
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Contribute to Eastern Indonesia's literacy
The eastern part of Indonesia is still much less developed than the major cities in the west, be it in infrastructure or education. Taman Bacaan Pelangi (Rainbow Reading Garden) seeks to distribute reading materials to Eastern Indonesia by establishing children's libraries on remote islands and promoting the joy of reading. Volunteers can choose to fly all the way to the remote islands to teach basic literacy courses and to help manage the libraries or simply help collect, pack and transport books from Jakarta to the remote areas. The foundation can also develop a customized itinerary for volunteers and consult on how you can help according to your abilities and availability.
Teach and motivate Jakarta's street children
Despite being a metropolitan city with big buildings and shopping malls, many families in Jakarta still live way below the poverty line. Consequently, hundreds of children are taken out of school to help the family earn money, and they continue to do so until they have kids of their own to take out of school, and so on and so forth. Providing these children a basic education, moral and/or financial support can make a difference in breaking this vicious cycle of urban poverty. Sahabat Anak has teaching centers around the city where underprivileged children gather when they're not working, listening intently to the lessons of the day taught by volunteers with different backgrounds and expertise.
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Working with orangutans in Borneo
As the world's lung, Borneo (or Kalimantan in Indonesian) is covered with a lush tropical jungle, making it an ideal habitat for a varied biodiversity, including the adorable orangutan. Unfortunately, due to the changing environments and other threats, many of the wild species need assistance, including the newborns. OFI offers a chance for everyone to help orangutans; volunteers can help with the nursing, treat the orangutans medically, do small construction tasks, or organize events, campaigns, and fundraisers.
Two orangutans at Tanjung at Borneo © Megan Coughlin/Flickr
Rehabilitate sea turtles in Bali
On different parts of the island of Bali, hundreds of sea turtles need special attention in order to recover from injuries caused by fishing or tourism activities. Volunteers are called to care for the turtles and release them back to the sea where they belong. Bali Sea Turtle Rescue also has a conservation center where volunteers are needed to nurse new hatchlings until they are ready to survive in the wild. The people at the center will train and educate the volunteers, and there is something to do for everyone, including children.
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Aiding animals in Jakarta
Indonesia's bustling tourism scene has often put animals in danger. Dolphins are transported and placed in risky shows, and monkeys are forced to dance. Birds are caged without proper care, and other animals are exploited in different ways. Instead of traveling to Indonesia to see all of those animals pose and dance for your amusement, why not volunteer to help them for a change. The Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN) advocates for animals rights through campaigns against unjust animal practices. The organization is in constant need of volunteers; you can either help rescue and rehabilitate exploited animals or organize campaigns and events.
Conserve threatened habitats in Sumatra
For ages, the flourishing rainforests of Sumatra have sustained the lives of wild species, including endemic birds, rhinos, orangutans, tigers, and more. Everyone is welcome to help preserve this nature—see to its cleanliness and protect it from illegal logging and other harmful production activities through strategic ways. Volunteers will have a wonderful experience spending time in the untouched nature, helping perform wildlife patrols, planting more vegetation, educating others, and helping with campaigns. Many organizations arrange this kind of activity; you can try Sumatra Rainforest Institute for a rounded, strategic program that covers all fronts from flora and fauna rehabilitation to education and awareness programs.
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WASHINGTON — The odds of dying from an accidental opioid overdose are greater than those of dying in a vehicle crash, according to a new report.
The National Safety Council analyzed preventable injury and fatality statistics from 2017 and found that the odds of a fatal opioid overdose were 1 in 96, and the odds of dying in a vehicle crash were 1 in 103.
The NSC also found that the lifetime odds of dying from an opioid overdose were greater than the odds of dying from a fall, pedestrian incident, drowning and fire.
"Too many people still believe the opioid crisis is abstract and will not impact them. Many still do not see it as a major threat to them or their family," NSC Spokesperson Maureen Vogel said. "These data show the gravity of the crisis. We have known for some time that opioid overdose is an everyday killer, and these odds illustrate that in a very jarring way."
The NSC noted that the odds are statistical averages and do not necessarily reflect a particular person's chances of death from a particular cause, but that the "data really underscore the importance of knowing the biggest risks to our safety," according to Vogel.
"The Council calculates the Odds of Dying not to scare Americans but to empower them to make safer decisions and improve their chances of longevity," she said.


Dr. Lee is board certified in Family Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago and completed his residency at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital.
As a family practitioner with more than 15 years of experience, Dr. Lee cares for patients of all ages. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice.


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Greenah Crag - The Stables Self-cateringThese former barns at Greenah Crag were converted in 2009 to 2 stunning holiday cottages which can be let separately or together for up to 8 people. Old Corner Barn has a spacious open plan living area on the first floor and bedrooms on the ground floor, while The Stables is ground floor accommodation suitable for the disabled, with wheelchair access and a wet room. The owners have furnished and equipped them to a high standard to provide superior self catering accommodation. Greenah Crag is situated close to Troutbeck, between Keswick and Penrith in a lovely rural location, yet only 10 minute drive from the M6. This central location is ideal, with Ullswater to the South, Keswick to the East and the Caldbeck Fells to the North, all are within a 20 minute drive and offer beautiful scenery and great walks.
These former barns at Greenah Crag were converted in 2009 to 2 stunning holiday cottages which can be let separately or together for up to 8 people. Old Corner Barn has a spacious open plan living area on the first floor.


The Disney Princess Royal Celebration Dollhouse by KidKraft is a four-level magical castle inspired by your favourite Disney Princess stories. It stands over five feet tall, features a 10-piece furniture set and a bonus expansion accessory play book that provides even more play rooms when opened.
With an elegant rooftop balcony, sticky notepad-sized easel and a working elevator, this dollhouse is a wonderful gift for children ages three and up. This wooden dollhouse is an enchanting addition to any little princess's playroom and will be a treasured item for years to come! Includes bonus storybook foldout with extra rooms. Four levels of exciting play. Signature rooms designed for each princess. Working turret elevator glides to the 2nd and 3rd floors. Accommodates dolls up to 12 (30 cm). The item "Disney Princess Dollhouse Girls Wooden Role Play Inc Furniture Xmas Present" is in sale since Friday, October 26, 2018. This item is in the category "Dolls & Bears\Dolls' Miniatures & Houses\Dolls' Houses". The seller is "directbrandbargains" and is located in Calne. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Brazil, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Chile.


It's not as simple as strutting down the aisle. There's the musk, the 'do, and yes, the tears to consider. As regional manager and event planner at Friar Tux, Eric Acuña has coached grooms through them all. Pore over his must-haves that keep every gent's wedding day on track.


I've already got this place on my list to check out in NYC and in Australia! Thanks for sharing.
Yummy blog. I'm glad I found it, thanks to Candy Blog.
But the other day I did stop at an ice cream store in Gulfport, MS., and purchased a frozen chocolate covered cheesecake. It was delicious and I ate almost all of it, leaving one corner only because I am on a diet.
I like this place but the tables were a little sticky. Maybe its from scores of kids spilling chocolate syrup all over the place.
This place sounds incredible. Too bad Ambrosia in Milwaukee never did anything like this (it might have helped people forget Jeffrey Dahmer worked there).


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Samsung Galaxy M42 5G to be launched in India on April 28th
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The Samsung has confirmed the Samsung Galaxy M42 5G launch date through the Amazon. Samsung Galaxy M42 5G will launch in India on April 28th at 12 PM. This new smartphone from the Samsung had been rumoured to launch in India soon and now it is confirmed that the company is going to launch the Galaxy M42 5G in India and this is the first smartphone in the M-series, which comes with a 5G support.
Prices for the Samsung Galaxy M42 5G in India will be officially announced on April 28, but an IANS report earlier this week suggested price tags ranging from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000. This website not only checks Amazon's availability but also the 5G chipset that powers the Samsung Galaxy M42.
Amazon India has unveiled the launch date of the Galaxy M42 5G and launched a microsite highlighting some important details of the smartphone. In terms of design, the Galaxy M42 5G features a square rear camera module that houses four camera sensors. It also has a notch at the top, which makes it an Infinity-U display. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 750G processor powers smartphones.
The Galaxy M42 5G also offers Samsung Pay, Secure Folder, Knox Security, content suggestions and AltZLife. The AltZLife allows users to switch between normal and private modes of the device by pressing the power button twice. Rumor has it that the Galaxy M425G will be a rebranded version of the Galaxy A425G model announced last year. However, there may be some differences between the M425G and the A425G smartphone.
The Galaxy M42 5G is expected to feature a 6.6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is 'comes equipped with a Snapdragon 750G and 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 128 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. It can equip the phone with a 64MP quad camera system and a 6000mAh battery that supports fast charging over 15W.
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Because of all the talk about people, both Tops and bottoms, crossing boundaries and not knowing what to do when someone crosses their boundaries, with a little help from My good friend Alpha, I put this page together based on information found on both vanilla web sites and leather ones concerning this topic.
Although some of this information is set up for the vanilla world, and meant to be used in work, home, school and extra-curricular athletic activities, these principles work just as well in pistachio settings.
Are you holding back from letting others know where you draw the line, from setting your personal boundaries? The following points may be just the inspiration you need to set your boundaries and start getting more good stuff out of your relationships.
Good, decent people set boundaries.
In fact, the more boundaries you set, the more you are being good to others and yourself. Establishing boundaries makes you a safe person. People know where they stand with you.
If you do not have boundaries, you are essentially giving yourself away. With boundaries, you give only what you want, which means you can afford to be generous to more people over longer periods of time.
To be effective, try to relate to others.
If you want people close to you to consistently respect your boundaries, try to understand why they are crossing them. If you can, make it easy to respect your boundaries by giving them what they need. For example, does your mother call you incessantly because she worries about you? What kind of information can you share with her to make her worry less?
Boundaries allow people around you to grow.
When you set boundaries, it makes others conscious of their behavior. This fosters their own growth. Your boundaries can actually improve other people's lives.
Boundaries help you get more of what you want, and less of what you don't.
Boundaries can be used not only to protect you from unwanted behavior, but also to foster behavior you desire and need. Figure out what you need from others to thrive, and then ask for what you want and accept nothing less.
In order for boundaries to be a reality in your life and not just a nice concept, you must be aware and willing to act consistently. You must have a commitment to uphold what is right and true for you.
Learning how to set boundaries and how to have only what you want in your life takes time and practice. It will feel awkward at first. People may not like what you are saying. But keep practicing and communicating. You will get better, more skilled, and more graceful.
Go out and practice. Your life and relationships will blossom from it!
Note: The above information was taken from Father's World.
with grateful appreciation to Thomas Leonard & Coach U for articulating and teaching me about basic boundary setting.
These notes would not be possible without them.
1. Decide what you want and don't want from/with people. A good idea is to do this both in general, and with any person or situation that reveals that more boundaries are needed (you know you need boundaries when you are frustrated, angry, or hurt).
2. If it continues, tell them what you want and don't want, and how you feel about that.
1. Memorize this list, it may be all you can remember, the first few times when	you are under pressure and need to enforce boundaries. Soon, because it works so well, you'll probably learn to do this fairly automatically and well.
2. The first few times you do this, it will be hard for people who already know you, because they aren't used to this. They may over-react. They may also over-react because the first few times you do this you won't be as skillful as after you've practiced this. Happened to me, and I've noticed to other people.
It can be helpful to notify people about what you are learning and doing, ahead of time, and to let them know that you won't be as skillful, at first; you may be heavy handed...but to please be patient and bear with you. It will help you and them, too, to get along better.
Note: The above information was found at Skysite.
There are Master/slave relationships that are totally one-sided in terms of control, but they are neither newly-formed, nor of an occasional occurrence. David, brand new in the scene, and without experience or self-confidence, is in no position to jeopardize his permanent family relationships or to be the kind of slave he's not ready to be.
My advice was to meet the guy again but, before starting another scene, tell him they need to talk seriously, and as adults, about limits, fantasies, and reality. In short, David should approach his partner not as a submissive or slave, but as an adult. They need to negotiate in a responsible manner, and delineate exactly what the two of them could and couldn't do.
I advised him to be humble and respectful, but to make himself absolutely clear. It would be better to end the relationship than to continue playing in ways that were unacceptable to one or the other of the partners.
I'm a firm believer that submissives can't abrogate their responsibility. Master or slave, each is supposed to be a reasonable, consenting adult. Neither ought to give up on creating a satisfactory relationship. I will admit that there are relationships where the submissive can and should abrogate all self-will, but I condone it only when that relationship is mutually and fully agreed upon by both parties, without coercion or deceit. I'm all in favor of total obedience, but that occurs only on the fringes of the bell curve. Most S/M is still R&P (Restraint and Pleasure)!
The third recent indication of the need to play responsibly came in the form of a disturbing message on my answering machine. It seems that my friend Bob and a friend agreed to do a cigar-burning scene where the top would burn Bob. I don't know the circumstances of the agreement, but it was negotiated and they played it out.
The next morning Bob was angry to see that he had been badly burned and perhaps scarred for life. The cigar-imposed marks were extremely painful. What might have been a good scene last night was now a really bad one.
In this situation, both top and bottom needed to be more responsible in their respective decisions. I would suggest that their negotiation wasn't explicit enough. Did Bob know there would be scars the next morning? Did the top really want to make permanent alterations to Bob's flesh? When two people agree to a scene they need to know exactly what they're agreeing to. Bob's regrets could have been avoided with just two minutes more of negotiation, or just one minute more of exploration about the effects of playing with cigars.
Regrets are such bad feelings. That's another reason to negotiate responsibly. Once again, I have no problem with a master marking or even scarring a slave for life, but it is probably not appropriate to do it as a part of a one time, one-night scene.
In fact, it may be that the master thought he was doing exactly what Bob wanted. If such is the case, he should have been thoroughly sure. In this negotiation, verbal clues such as, "I'm going to really mark you" would have told Bob what he was in for. It's at that point, too, that Bob would have had the opportunity to say, "stop."
This is certainly a case for mutual responsibility. Perhaps Bob should now say something to his master about that night so that they both can learn from the incident. Bad-mouthing the master to others would not be productive. The unfortunate incident was co-created. Each must bear his fair share of the blame.
Note: The above was taken from pages 34-35 of chapter 3 of Jack's book. Go to Jack Rinella's web page to learn more.
If you attend a play party, you are expected to know that the other people there might ask you to play. There is a wide variety of play that is possible. In other words, please read and be familiar with the party's rules.
If you do not want to play with the other person, you are expected to say, "No." If you do not want to play with the other person, but say, "Yes," or do not safe word (if that is what is necessary to prevent unwanted play), then you have not done what is necessary to prevent any further advances and cannot expect that the other person will know what it is that you want.
If you ask someone to play, and they say, "No," you are expected to respect their wishes, and to let the matter drop. Also, be mindful of other people's personal space.
Honest, open and respectful negotiation is almost always welcome. Nonconsensual play is not!
If you agree to the use of safe words (i.e., Green [everything is good, please continue], Red [stop the scene immediately]), you are expected to use them, especially if your status is anything other than Green.
If someone is bothering you, stalking you, continually following you around, or won't take "No" for an answer, or if you even perceive this to be the case, it is quite all right (and even encouraged) for you to use the safeword to stop the advances. Even if you are not in a play area, if a Dungeon Monitor (here after referred to as DM) hears "Red", they will immediately investigate.
Even if you are in a social area, sitting down, minding your own business. If someone bothers you, won't leave you alone or won't go away, and you have told them that you are not interested, say, "Red". Either they will get the hint, or a DM will.
If you say, "No", or "Red", and the person doesn't heed your wishes and no DM hears your safeword, immediately get up and walk to the nearest DM and tell them what is going on. At that point, they will either call for a supervisor or handle the situation themselves, immediately. Immediately, is when the situation needs to be handled. Not later, not tomorrow and not at the next party. And don't be afraid to do it. You had the courage to come to the party, have the courage to talk to the one person who can ensure your safety - the DM.
Scene Etiquette is dynamic and personal. It differs depending on the individual and the situation. Always practice an attitude which fosters courtesy and respect among individuals within the leather community. Being mindful of scene etiquette is paramount.
If you have any concerns, bring them to the attention of a DM, immediately. Telling someone at the next party that someone did something to you at the last party may not get you the desired response.
Do not interfere with any else's scene. Do not invade their scene space. Keep conversation, laughter and comments to a minimum in the play areas. And, do NOT join a scene unless specifically asked to do so!
To view related topics, go to My Negotiations, Protocol or Etiquette page.


In Pakistan – Census to happen after 19 years.
Pakistan is the world's sixth larges country in population. In Pakistan, some 200 million people are living. The country has not held a census since 1998 year thanks to issues between politicians in Pakistan.
Now after 19 years the census will be held. The reason behind the census is that in the country next year elections will be done.
As per Nadeem Ehsan, a teacher clad in a yellow Pakistan Census 2017 said that census process is very tedious process but we are very much ready for it.
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Elswick House Nursery Goes Green
We first had the idea of 'going green' at Easter 2007. As I tend to do, I wrote down my thoughts some time in May but our timescale started to go awry almost immediately as events overtook us - my fault I'm afraid!
The first thing I did was to carry out my own environmental audit. I had a pretty clear idea on how to tackle the audit, but I started by looking at lots of environmental web sites with a view to getting further ideas, advice and direction on the best way to approach it.
I began a very thorough and detailed review, ranging from energy use to water and waste and travel – we even looked at the best way of handling nappies! Half way through the audit, I decided to look at 'short term greener practice' – changes we could implement comparatively easily and cheaply.
This was not within my original remit for the audit, but I wanted to get on with making changes. Why wait?
So, first I looked into green energy suppliers. I wanted one supplier for our gas and electricity, which limited my choice. I like Ecotricity but they do not currently offer a gas supply. They informed me that they plan to do so in the near future (18 months or so, I think they said). I opted for Powergen's Green Tariff in the short term. I was not particularly impressed by it, but it was at least a small step in the right direction. I intend to review this decision in the near future.
It was about this time that my accountant was getting on to me to isolate the Nursery's use of energy from our domestic use. Currently we just get the one bill for both and we have to estimate how much of the bill should be apportioned to the Nursery and how much to the house. Having separate meters fitted was ridiculously expensive, so I decided to check the gas and electricity meters daily and log the daily consumption by the Nursery and the family over a period of time and to calculate how much each was using from the figures.
It was during this energy monitoring period that I replaced the light bulbs in the Nursery with energy efficient ones. Some strip lights were already in place, but elsewhere standard incandescent 60W and 100W bulbs were in use. At the same time we were vigilant (for the first time!) in ensuring that all electrical appliances in the Nursery were turned off at night and were not left on 'stand by'.
After a slightly flawed start to the daily monitoring, I kept a record for a 9-week period. At the end of that period the exercise revealed a reduction in our electricity consumption of 18.91%. Just by making the simple changes I've decribed! And I'm convinced that there's plenty more savings where these came from.
So what's next for EHNS? We're committed to
Continue with, and further develop, our own recycling, re-using and reducing.
Acquire an allotment to be maintained partly by the older children.
To develop a composting procedure.
To begin to integrate our 'green' principles in some of the children's activities, for example, through the allotment and composting, perhaps with the introduction of a wormery, and possibly in our recycling, re-using and reducing activities. Though of course, any decision here will be taken with the children's best interests in mind. (This will be largely down to Linden and her staff.)
To inform the parents of what we are doing and in this way encourage them to support our activities.
It's early days for us really, but what our exercise proves is that by getting on and making small changes, we can all save money and energy very quickly indeed.
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Cuba | May 2001
November 21, 2013 · by legaldelegationsabroad	· in Cuba 2001.	·
"Fantastic" is the best way to describe the experience of the Texas Lawyers Delegation in Cuba. We arrived at Jose Marti Airport in Havana, on May 12, 2001, and departed one week later. It was a short, and at the same time long, week. It was short because we wanted to stay longer and, in many ways, felt like we had just scratched the surface in our understanding of the Cuban legal system. It was long because we saw, experienced, and learned so much.
Wallace Stephen, a poet and lawyer wrote: "I cannot make the world quite round, but I patch it as I can." Did we change the world? Probably not. Did we patch it somewhat? Yes, and I feel certain that we planted a seed for a better understanding and relationship between our two countries.
Our delegation of nineteen (19) Texas lawyers and guests met in Nassau and was transported to Havana by Cubana Air. We were all looking forward to our Cuban adventures. We had heard the tales, by those Americans who had recently been in Cuba. They spoke of Cuban people who were wonderful and warm. They spoke of people with a good sense of humor, who had a positive attitude and who valued National dignity and were proud of their social accomplishments. They spoke also of these same people who had very little materially, and cherished the smallest of American items. They spoke of the beautiful land and beaches. A tour manager who frequents Cuba told me that the Cuban people liked Americans, but not our government. I felt that at the end of our Cuban adventure I would have the same feelings toward Cuba.
We all realized that we were visiting Cuba at a fascinating historical moment. What we found was a country 90 miles from our borders, which is seemingly untouched by Western commercialization. Outwardly, it reminded me of a country that was frozen in time fifty (50) years ago. For example, the cards people drive are from the 1950's, which are somehow kept running by amateur mechanics.
The goals of our delegation, upon leaving Nassau were: 1) to learn about the Cuban legal system and its culture, 2) to appreciate the adventure we were about to experience, and 3) to represent the Lawyers of Texas, the State Bar of Texas, the United States, and the People to People Ambassador Program in a dignified manner that would bring honor and respect to our delegation.
At the end of our visit, as we were riding our bus to the Jose Marti Airport in order to exit Cuba, I told the delegation that I was proud of them and that they had met their goals with flying colors. I also shared with them something my wife, Carolyn, had said at our farewell dinner the night before.
As we had arrived for the farewell dinner at the Club Havana, the ladies were greeted with roses, the gentlemen with cigars, and all with the Cuban drink mojito. There was a beautiful orange sunset over the sea. My wife turned, looked at me, and said. "Pretty darn neat!" In her way, she was telling me that this moment, and our whole Cuban experience was a perfect 10.
The Cuba that we experienced has many faces and many complexities. We came not to judge the Cuban system of government; rather, we came to learn, to exchange, and to be ambassadors of good will. Once there, we realized that we were part of a human bridge that spans the 90 miles that divide our countries. We came, in the end, to help promote peace.
What we found was a country that is not black and white. We found a people that are proud and warm. We found a country that is beautiful. We found an old breed of Cuban, who is fiercely loyal to the "Revolution." At the same time, we found a new breed of Cuban, who is restless and longs for a market economy. These younger Cubans, generally in the 20-29-age range, are practical and understand that there can be a better life.
This "frustrated generation" has been indoctrinated, but their life experience tells them that something is wrong. Yet, it is important to keep an open mind and listen to the older Cubans who say things are better than before the Revolution, when there were few jobs, little to eat, a privileged class, and a corrupt government. At least now, they say, Cubans have a safety net. People do not have much, they say, but they do not go to bed without eating.
In general, the Cuban people are very proud of their history, of their revolution, and of their heroes. And this developing country, with few resources is somehow holding on. The streets are safe to walk for there is little crime. The question is, "At what price?" "Due Process" is a term that has no practical meaning in Cuba.
My impression is that there is a great waste of bright, innovative, and competent people simply because they are not given an opportunity, or rewarded, for excellence. Achievement is stifled, and this is too bad because the greatest resources I found in Cuba are its people.
However, a new Cuba is emerging. It is opening its doors to tourism and, thus, to the world. Just as globalization is overtaking us, these same forces are simply too great for Cuba to remain an isolated country.
As for me, I look forward to the development of a new Cuban strategy by our country that recognizes that the embargo empowers the current Cuban regime and hurts the people. I agree with the sentiments recently stated by Secretary of State Collin Powell, in reference to China, and feel that such extends to Cuba:
"As you raise the level of wealth…other forces come into play that are much harder to control, such as the yearning for more freedom"
In 1998, then candidate George W. Bush said:
"In order to promote the peace, we've got to have strong alliances…I believe we ought to be a free-trading nation in a free trading world because free trade brings markets, and markets bring hope and prosperity."
Finally, I would like to thank this delegation of Texas Lawyers to Cuba who recognized the significance of this moment in history and performed like a championship team. Applauses must also go to the People to People Ambassador Program for taking Americans to sensitive areas in the world. I have come to understand that much can be accomplished by peaceful interaction, people to people.
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Full source: Acta Biochimica Polonica, 1998, Vol 45, Iss 2, pp 561-572
Free radicals can cause extensive DNA modifications. Some of the DNA base damage has been found to possess premutagenic properties and, if not repaired, can contribute to cancer growth. Elevated amounts of modified DNA bases have been found in cancerous and precancerous tissues as compared with normal tissues. Most of the drugs used in anticancer therapy are paradoxically responsible for causing secondary malignancies and some of them may generate free radicals. This study shows that exposure of cancer patients to therapeutic doses of ionizing radiation and anticancer drugs causes base modifications in genomic DNA of immune system cells. Some of this damage could lead to mutations in critical genes and ultimately to secondary cancers such as leukemias. Therefore free radical damage to DNA may lead to genetic instability, and metastatic potential of tumor cells.
Full source: American Heart Journal, 1998, Vol 136, Iss 1, pp 37-42
This study assessed the effects of adenosine accumulation of the blood circulation in patients with chronic heart failure. Adenosine has been shown to reduce pulmonary vascular resistance and to increase cardiac index in normal subjects and in patients with pulmonary hypertension or end-stage biventricular heart failure. Endogenous adenosine accumulation induced by ultra-low-dose dipyridamole infusion acutely improved the blood circulation profile, decreasing pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance and increasing cardiac index in patients with severe chronic heart failure.
Full source: Atherosclerosis, 1998, Vol 138, Iss 2, pp 319-327
We investigated the ability of NAC to inhibit LDL oxidation. NAC inhibited in vitro LDL oxidation induced by copper sulfate, 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride, and UV light, and protected LDL against depletion of antioxidant vitamins. Glutathione was similarly effective against copper-mediated LDL oxidation. Sequential additions of NAC slowed down LDL oxidation more effectively than the initial addition of the same total dose. NAC reduced antibody formation during the oxidation of native LDL by oxidized LDL. NAC's effectiveness as an inhibitor of LDL oxidation is dependent on the timing sequence of the oxidation reaction, sequential additions of NAC, and the presence of previously oxidized LDL.
Chitosan, the deacetylated form of chitin, is extracted from the shells of crustaceans. The strong positive charge carried by the chitosan molecule causes it to bind negatively charged substrates such as lipids. Orally administered chitosan binds fat in the intestine, blocking absorption, and has been shown to lower blood cholesterol in animals and humans. As a result it has been proposed that dietary supplementation with chitosan may inhibit the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. This hypothesis was tested on mice bred to develop atherosclerosis without surgical intervention, therefore providing an ideal model in which to study the effects of dietary chitosan on both blood cholesterol and atherosclerosis. Animals were fed for 20 weeks on a diet containing 5% chitosan or on a control diet. Blood cholesterol levels were significantly lower in the chitosan fed animals throughout the study, and at 20 weeks were 64% less than in the animals not receiving the chitosan. When the area of aortic plaque in the two groups was compared, a highly significant inhibition of atherogenesis, in both the whole aorta and the aortic arch, was observed in the chitosan fed animals-42% and 50%, respectively. Body growth was significantly greater in the chitosan fed animals. This study is the first to show a direct correlation between lowering of serum cholesterol with chitosan and inhibition of atherogenesis, and suggests that the chitosan could be used to inhibit the development of atherosclerosis in individuals with hypercholesterolaemia.
An imbalance between antioxidant and oxidant-generating systems leading to an oxidative stress has been proposed in the disease of atherosclerosis. This study investigated the antioxidant status in 60 asymptomatic hypercholesterolemic (HC) men compared with 48 normocholesterolemic (NC) men. Hypercholesterolemic subjects had a significantly lower red blood (RBC) cell vitamin E content in spite of their normal total blood and HDL vitamin E concentrations. Activities of endogenous antioxidant superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase were not significantly different between groups. The resistance of RBCs to an oxidative stress by the extent of RBC destruction induced by a water-soluble compound was significantly decreased in HC men compared with NC subjects. These results demonstrate an altered antioxidant status of RBC in asymptomatic HC men associated with an increased RBC susceptibility to an oxidative stress. The measure of the vitamin E content in RBC might be the most sensitive parameter for evidencing early oxidative stress.
Full source: Biochemical Pharmacology, 1998, Vol 55, Iss 12, pp 1955-1962
Curcumin is a naturally occurring, dietary polyphenolic phytochemical that has been shown to inhibit cancer among other things. With respect to inflammation, it inhibits the activation of free radical activated transcription factors, and reduces the production of proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), interleukin-1 and interleukin-8). Upon inflammation, an enzyme is induced (nitric oxide synthase) that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide (NO), a molecule that may lead to carcinogenesis. In this study in mouse immune cells curcumin reduced the production of nitric oxide in a concentration-dependent manner. Furthermore, curcumin reduced nitric oxide expression in the livers of mice by 50-70%. Investigators were able to obtain potency at nanomoles per gram of body weight, even though it is believed that curcumin needs to be given at dosages that are unattainable through diet to produce an in vivo effect. Inhibition was not observed in mice that were fed ad lib., suggesting that food intake may interfere with the absorption of curcumin.
Full source: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International, 1998, Vol 45, Iss 2, pp 331-336
The effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the induction of apoptosis were studied over a 24 hour period in human larynx tumour cells. While oleic and linoleic acids had little effect on the apoptosis (cell death), the polyunsaturated fatty acids alpha-linolenic, gamma-linolenic, arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids all induced apoptosis, beginning at similar to 6 hours after fatty acid exposure. By 24 hours after exposure, the apoptosis had reached as much as 19% in the presence of docosahexaenoic or alpha-linolenic acid. The inhibition of the enzyme mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) and subsequent fatty acid oxidation by polyunsaturated fatty acids leads to a significant increase in apoptosis, which also suggests that CPT I may be involved in the processes of programmed cell death in human tumour cells.
Full source: Free Radical Research, 1998, Vol 28, Iss 3, pp 323-333
The cancer preventive effects of cruciferous vegetables could be related to protection from mutagenic oxidative DNA damage. In this study, excess oxidative DNA damage was induced by 2-nitropropane (2-NP 100 mg/kg). Four days oral administration of 3 grams of cooked Brussels sprouts homogenate reduced oxidative DNA damage by 31%. However, raw sprouts, beans and endive, isolated indolyl glucosinolates and breakdown products had no significant effect. An aqueous extract of cooked Brussels sprouts (corresponding to 6.7 g vegetable per day for 4 days) decreased the spontaneous 8-oxodG excretion (a measure of oxidative damage) from 92 to 52 pmol per 24 hours. After administration, the 8-oxodG excretion was increased to 132 pmol/24 hours whereas pretreatment with the sprouts extract reduced this to 102 pmol/24 hours. The spontaneous level of 8-oxodG in nuclear DNA from liver and bone marrow was not significantly affected by the sprouts extract whereas the level decreased by 27% in the kidney. In the liver the 8-oxodG levels increased in nuclear DNA 8.7 and 3.8 times 6 and 24 hours after dose, respectively. The sprouts extract reduced this increase by 57% at 6 hours whereas there was no significant effect at 24 h. In the kidneys the 8-oxodG levels increased 2.2 and 1.2 times 6 and 24 hours after dose, respectively. Pretreatment with the sprouts extract abolished these increases. Similarly, in the bone marrow the extract protected completely against a 4.9-fold induced increase in the 8-oxodG level. These findings demonstrate that cooked Brussels sprouts contain bioactive substance(s) with a potential for reducing the physiological as well as oxidative stress induced oxidative DNA damage in rats. This could explain the suggested cancer preventive effect of cruciferous vegetables.
Full source: Journal of Applied Physiology, 1998, Vol 85, Iss 1, pp 154-159
This study examined the acute effects of caffeine on the cardiovascular system during dynamic leg exercise. Ten trained, caffeine-naive cyclists (7 women and 3 men) were studied at rest and during bicycle ergometry before and after the ingestion of 6 mg/kg caffeine or 6 mg/kg fructose (placebo) with 250 ml of water. Measurement of mean arterial pressure (MAP), forearm blood flow (FBF), heart rate, skin temperature, and rectal temperature and calculation of forearm vascular conductance (FVC) were made at baseline and at 20-min intervals. Before exercise, caffeine increased both systolic blood pressure (17%) and MAP (11%). During dynamic exercise, caffeine slowed the increase in FBF (53%) and FVC (50. Systolic blood pressure and MAP were higher during exercise plus caffeine; however, these increases were secondary to the effects of caffeine on resting blood pressure. No significant differences were observed in heart rate, skin temperature, or rectal temperature. These findings indicate that caffeine can alter the cardiovascular response to dynamic exercise in a manner that may modify regional blood flow and conductance.
Full source: Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1998, Vol 16, Iss 7, pp 2548-2556
Molecular genetics has spawned an impressive outpouring of insights into the biology of abnormal tissue growth and the host-tumor relationship. This deeper understanding of cancer pathogenesis presents an opportunity to develop therapeutic agents with improved selectivity for cancer cells. One promising approach involves gene therapy, which is the introduction of genetic material into a patient's tissues with the intent to achieve therapeutic benefit. A number of gene transfer systems have been designed that enable the generic modification of target cells, with varying strengths and limitations. Several strategies to exploit gene transfer as a tool to target specific molecular defects intrinsic to cancer cells, enhance tumor chemosensitivity, and augment tumor immunogenicity are under intensive investigation. A number of these approaches have entered initial clinical testing and already provide intriguing new information about the biology of cancer in patients. The full article highlights the critical issues and controversies that underscore preclinical experiments in cancer gene therapy, discuss some of the preliminary findings from the first wave of clinical trials, and speculate about the prospects that cancer gene therapy will change the way that cancer medicine is practiced.
Full source: Journal of Neurotrauma, 1998, Vol 15, Iss 7, pp 473-483
Intraspinal injection of the nonspecific inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) results in a dose-dependent loss of neurons in the rat spinal cord. This effect is thought to result from a reduction in basal levels of nitric oxide (NO), thereby producing an ischemic reaction secondary to vasoconstriction and reduced spinal cord blood flow (SCBF). An important component of this ischemic reaction is the release of excitatory amino acids and the initiation of an excitotoxic cascade. In the present study, microinjections of adenosine were made in the spinal cord to evaluate the neuroprotective effects. Injections of L-NAME produced a unilateral loss of spinal neurons, a local inflammatory response. Adenosine significantly reduced the area of L-NAME-induced neuronal loss, and a synergistic effect was observed when ineffective doses of these adenosine agonists were co-injected with L-NAME. The results have shown that adenosine provides significant neuro protection against induced neuronal loss, presumably by inhibiting ischemia induced release of excitatory amino acids. Finally, the results provide support for the continued investigation of specific adenosine agonists as therapeutic agents directed against the ischemic and excitotoxic components of spinal injury.
Full source: Journal of Nutrition, 1998, Vol 128, Iss 7, pp 1150-1155
Because premenopausal women experience cyclic fluctuations of plasma carotenoids and their lipoprotein carriers, it was hypothesized that plasma vitamin E fluctuates by phase of the menstrual cycle. Twelve free-living women, with a confirmed ovulatory cycle, were given a controlled diet for two consecutive menstrual cycles. Blood was drawn during the menses, early follicular, late follicular and luteal phases to simultaneously measure serum hormones, plasma lipoproteins and vitamin E, and vitamin E distribution in the lipoprotein fractions. Blood vitamin E concentrations were significantly lower during menses than during the luteal phase by similar to 12% in each controlled diet cycle. Adjustment for serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations did not alter these findings. The distributions of vitamin E in lipoprotein cholesterol fractions were not significantly different by menstrual phase. From 61 to 62% of vitamin E was concentrated in the LDL fraction, with another 9-14% in HDL2, 17-22% in HDL3 and the remaining 6-8% in VLDL + LDL. There were no significant differences in lipoprotein cholesterol fractions by menstrual phase, except for a significant increase in HDL2 cholesterol from the early follicular to the late follicular phase. Fluctuations of vitamin E concentrations by phase of the menstrual cycle should be taken into consideration in future research concerning premenopausal women and the risk of chronic disease.
Full source: Journal of Pineal Research, 1998, Vol 25, Iss 1, pp 12-18
Melatonin has been shown to prevent induced apoptosis in undifferentiated and neuronal cells. This neurohormone is also able to prevent the decrease in the mRNA for antioxidant enzymes. Although the antioxidant capability of melatonin seems to be clearly implicated in its anti-apoptotic activity, literature suggests that its antiproliferative property could also be involved in its prevention of apoptosis. This study demonstrates that melatonin is able to inhibit cell proliferation in undifferentiated cells, decreasing cell number and the total amount of DNA, and the mRNA for the histone H4, which are known to increase during DNA synthesis. Melatonin does not decrease the number of cells in nonproliferating cells, indicating that it does not cause cell death. Also this study shows that other inhibitors of cell proliferation, as well as other antioxidants, are able to mimic the anti-apoptotic effect of melatonin. This is interpreted to mean that melatonin acts by both mechanisms to inhibit artificially induced apoptosis, and the findings support the hypothesis of a relationship between oxidative stress and regulation of the cell cycle.
Full source: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 1998, Vol 22, Iss 1, pp 211-228
The influence of acute and chronic treatment with piracetam on spatial working memory of rats was examined. Injections of scopolamine (a hypnotic and sedative) significantly reduced the percentage of correct responses. The impairment of correct choices was reversed after chronic treatment with piracetam (250 mg/kg). Scopolamine also induced an increase of repetitive errors (a measure of perseverance), and the chronic treatment with piracetam caused full reversal of this increase. These results represent the first observation of a piracetam induced reversal of scopolamine impairments in a working memory test. In normal animals not treated with scopolamine, acute injection of piracetam had no effect compared to saline injected controls, but chronic treatment with piracetam significantly enhanced working memory performance. The resulting data suggest that piracetam has distinct effects on working memory depending on the mode of treatment (acute versus chronic).
Full source: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 1997, Suppl. 27, pp 26-34
In this study, curcumin, the naturally occurring yellow pigment in turmeric and curry, inhibited tumor development during both initiation and post-initiation) periods in experimental animals. Topical application of curcumin inhibited formation of DNA adducts in the skin. It also inhibited induced increases in the percent of skin cells in synthetic (S) phase of the cell cycle. In addition, curcumin has been shown to reduce the following: skin inflammation, skin DNA synthesis, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) mRNA level, ODC activity, hyperplasia (increase in number of cells in a tissue or organ), formation of c-Fos, and c-Jun proteins, hydrogen peroxide, and the oxidized DNA base 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine (HmdU). Curcumin is a strong inhibitor of arachidonic acid-induced edema (excess of watery fluid) of mouse ears and skin cyclooxygenase (a platelet enzyme that converts arachidonate acid and H2O2 to endoperoxides and thromboxane prostaglandins) and lipoxygenase (oxidizes unsaturated fatty acids) activities. Topical application of curcumin inhibits chemical induced tumor initiation and tumor promotion in mouse skin. Dietary curcumin (commercial grade) inhibits chemical-induced forestomach cancer, duodenal cancer, and colon cancer.
Full source: Cancer, 1998, Vol 82, Iss 3, pp 531-537
This study determined whether latent rat prostate carcinoma can be prevented as a result of the prophylactic effects of a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (e.g., finasteride) and a pure anti-androgen (e.g., casodex). (An anti-androgen inhibits effects of androgenic hormones that stimulate male characteristics, e.g. testosterone). Rats were administered a carcinogen (DMAB) for the first 20 weeks and testosterone propionate throughout the 60-week study. Finasteride and casodex were administered orally during the last 40 weeks of the study. The incidence of visible prostate carcinoma was 51% in the positive control group, 40% in the finasteride 5 mg/kg group, 16.7% in the finasteride 15 mg/kg group, 20% in the casodex 15 mg/kg group, 14.3% in the casodex 30 mg/kg group, and 0% in the casodex 60 mg/kg group. Finasteride and casodex significantly inhibited of macroscopic (visible) rat prostate carcinogenesis, although both drugs showed insufficient prevention of carcinogenesis at the microscopic level. These findings indicate that, in clinical medicine as well, such drugs may also be able to prevent the progression of latent prostate carcinoma to life-threatening disease.
Full source: Circulation, 1998, Vol 97, Iss 4, pp 363-368
Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with endothelial cell dysfunction. These cells line the cavities of the heart. There is evidence for increased free radical formation in CHF. This raises the possibility that nitric oxide (NO) is inactivated by the free radicals, thereby impairing endothelial function. Nitric oxide causes dilation of the blood vessels and is derived from L-arginine in endothelial cells, macrophages, neutrophils, platelets, etc. It is a gaseous mediator of cell-to-cell communication formed in bone, brain, endothelium, granulocytes, pancreatic cells, and peripheral nerves. The short-lived NO molecule is manufactured by tissues, and plays a role in various processes, primarily by interacting between endothelium and smooth muscle cells. It is involved in dilation of blood vessels and penile erection, and possibly affects immune reactions and memory. Shortage or inactivation of NO may contribute to high blood pressure and formation of atherosclerotic plaque. An excess of NO, which is a free radical, is toxic to brain cells, and NO is also responsible for the often fatal, drop in blood pressure accompanying shock from abdominal or pelvic infection. This study tested the hypothesis that (NO) is inactivated by free radicals, by determining the effect of vitamin C (25 mg/min) on impaired dilation in patients with CHF. It consisted of 15 patients with CHF and 8 healthy volunteers. An excitotoxic amino acid was used to inhibit endothelial synthesis of nitric oxide. The result was that vitamin C restored impaired endothelium in patients with heart failure after both intra-arterial administration (13.2% vs. 8.2%) and oral therapy (11.9% vs. 8.2%) for 4 weeks. The portion of the dilation mediated by nitric oxide (which was inhibited by the excitotoxic amino acid) was increased after acute as well as after chronic treatment (CHF baseline: 4.2%, acute: 9.1%; chronic: 7.3%; normal subjects: 8.9%). Thus, vitamin C improved arterial dilation in patients with CHF as the result of increased availability of nitric oxide. This supports the concept that endothelial cell dysfunction in patients with CHF is, at least in part, due to accelerated degradaion of nitric oxide by free radicals.
Full source: Life Sciences, 1998, Vol 62, Iss 15, pp 1333-1338
Oral administration of methotrexate (MTX) to mice causes the damage of the small intestine. The permeability of a typically poorly absorbable compound (FITC-dextran) through the small intestine increased in the MTX-treated mice. However, oral administration of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) ethyl ester protected the small intestine from the increase in the small intestinal permeability induced by the MTX treatment. The MTX treatment also decreased retinol concentration in the blood of mice and the coadministration of DHA maintained its concentration to the level of mice untreated with MTX. The present study showed that DHA protected the small intestine of mice from the MTX-induced damage.
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Topsgrup planning it's IPO in 2011-12
Security services provider Topsgrup is planning it's Initial Public Offering (IPO) in year FY 2011-12.
Security services provider Topsgroup is looking for acquisitions worth up to Rs 1,000 crore in India and US. These acquisitions are going to be partially funded by an initial public offering (IPO) which company is planning is soon.
The company is planning for the IPO to raise around Rs 300 crore in 2011-12. "The money raised through the IPO will be used to part fund the possible acquisitions, predominantly in India and the US. The additional money required for the buyouts will come from internal accruals," as per Ramesh Iyer's statement in The Telegraph. Ramesh Iyer is managing director of Topsgrup India.
Tops Security Limited, the flagship company of Topsgrup, is the first security firm in India to get private equity funding in 2007. ICICI Venture invested Rs 115 crore for a 13.69 per cent equity stake, while Indivision (the investment arm of Future Group) increased its stake in the company to 7.08 per cent from 4.94 per cent with an additional investment of Rs 25 crore. Stock investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala owns a 10.8 per cent stake and is a director on the board.
In 2008, Topsgrup acquired a 51 per cent stake in a UK security service provider — The Shield Guarding Company — for about Rs 125 crore. In the same year, it had bought Bangalore-based Guardwell Detective Services Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed amount. Topsgrup had also acquired a 14.69 per cent stake in Chennai-based security systems integrator firm Adtech Systems.
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From the July 15, 2010 issue of The Economist.
Customer-satisfaction surveys are commonly use to improve the service in hotels and shops. Alas, they are unsuitable for rating the quality of death. So the Lien Foundation, a charity, commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit, our sister company, to devise a ranking of end-of-life care. The report, published on July 14th, rates 40 mostly rich countries by how well they care for the dying.
Britain tops the table. For all the health-care system's faults, British doctors tend to be honest about prognoses. The mortally ill get plentiful pain killers. A well-established hospice movement cares for people near death, although only 4% of deaths occur in them. For similar reasons, Australia and New Zealand rank highly too.
Some countries, such as Denmark and Finland, that normally score higher than Britain on human-development indices rank lower on the quality-of-death index. They concentrate more on preventing death (which they see as a medical failure) rather than on helping people die without suffering pain, discomfort and distress. America scores poorly because of the health insurers' rule that they pay for palliative care only if a patient relinquishes curative treatments.
The report combines hard statistics such as life expectancy and health-care spending as a share of GDP with weighted assessments of other indicators. One is the public awareness of the availability of hospices. Another is whether a country has a formal policy or legislation on treating the terminally ill (only seven of the 40 do).
Brazil, China, India and Russia, the four largest emerging economies, cluster at the bottom of the table. Their health-care systems still take little account of dignity in death (a sprinkling of hospices in places such as St Petersburg in Russia, or Kerala in India, are honourable exceptions). The report's authors blame cultural factors as well as bureaucratic resistance. In China, for example, a strong taboo hangs over discussing death. The ranking may spur improvement. But for those who mind most, complaining about poor deathbed treatment is unusually difficult.


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Yuk Young-soo, née le  dans le district de Okcheon, et tuée par arme à feu le  à Séoul, est la femme du troisième président sud coréen Park Chung-hee, ainsi que la mère de la onzième présidente sud coréenne, Park Geun-hye, première femme à obtenir la présidence de ce pays.

Jeunesse
Yuk Young-soo est née le  dans le district de Okcheon, dans le Chungcheong du Nord durant l'occupation japonaise de la Corée. Elle est la cadette de trois filles d'un riche propriétaire terrien. Elle obtient un diplôme de l'école pour femme Baehwa. Elle occupe un poste de femme de ménage à la sortie de ses études.

En tant que Première Dame
Elle rencontre son mari, Park Chung-hee, en  par un ami commun, et l'épouse le  de la même année. Malgré le soutien de sa mère, son père s'oppose à ce mariage, mais ne l'empêche pas néanmoins.

Durant le mandat de son mari, elle s'occupe principalement de recevoir des invités, de traiter des plaintes, bien qu'elle souhaitait faire sa part en tant que « femme d'un révolutionnaire ». Elle s'engage également aux côtés de la Croix Rouge et auprès des enfants atteints d'autisme. Elle est également proche du peuple, visitant des malades atteints de la lèpre par exemple.

Elle n'hésite également pas à tenter d'influencer son mari, notamment en 1963, où, pour dénouer des tensions avec l'ambassadeur américain, elle l'invite à la Maison Bleue. Son mari plaisante alors à ce sujet, allant jusqu'à la considérer comme « le premier parti d'opposition ».

En 1969, elle crée une fondation privée ayant pour but d'améliorer le bien être des enfants sud coréens.

Assassinat
Le , lors d'une cérémonie organisée en l'honneur de la journée nationale de la libération de Corée ayant lieu à Séoul, elle est assassinée par Mun Se-gwang, un zainichi et partisan des idées du régime nord coréen, alors que ce dernier visait Park Chung-hee.

L'assaillant avait pour projet d'abattre le président sud coréen, mais étant mal placé dans la foule, il se rapproche, se tirant une balle dans la jambe avec son Smith & Wesson Model 36 par mégarde en se frayant un chemin vers le podium. Ayant ainsi alerté la sécurité, il court alors dans l'allée, ouvrant le feu de manière peu précise. Sa quatrième balle touche alors la Première Dame à la tête, la blessant gravement. Immédiatement après l'arrestation de Mun, Park finit son discours, avant de ramasser le sac à main et les chaussures de sa femme et de quitter la scène, se dirigeant à l'hôpital.

Pendant ce temps, Yuk Young-soo est alors transportée à l'hôpital de Séoul en urgence, où elle se fit opérer pendant près de cinq heures, mais elle décède néanmoins de ses blessures, la balle étant restée logé dans l'hémisphère droit de son cerveau.

Postérité

Elle bénéficie d'obsèques nationales le . Elle est enterrée au cimetière national de Séoul, aux côtés de son mari, assassiné lui cinq ans plus tard. Ce dernier à d'ailleurs écrit un poème à la mort de sa femme, poème qui figure sur son épitaphe.

Sa fille Park Geun-hye devient alors la Première Dame de Corée du Sud, rentrant en urgence de ses études en France à l'université Joseph-Fourier. Elle occupe ce poste pendant cinq ans, jusqu'à l'assassinat de son père en 1979.

Elle reste aux yeux du peuple sud coréen la Première Dame la plus appréciée, renvoyant une image de femme calme, sage et tempérée. Pour les célébrations de son 42 anniversaire de mort, un concert est organisé à Séoul.

Vie personnelle
Elle et son mari ont trois enfants, dont Park Geun-hye, qui devient la première présidente de la Corée du Sud, destituée en 2017, et actuellement emprisonnée au centre pénitentiaire de Séoul. Sa deuxième fille, Park Geun-ryeong, reprend la tête de la fondation créée par sa mère en 1990, après que sa sœur aînée en a été écartée.

Elle était une fervente bouddhiste.

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 Site du cimetière de Séoul

Articles connexes

 Park Chung-hee
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Naissance en septembre 1925
Décès en août 1974
Femme politique sud-coréenne
Décès à 48 ans
Première dame de Corée du Sud


Where a deceased's Will or the Rules of Intestacy do not make provision for an individual that was dependant on the deceased, that individual may make a claim to the Court for financial provision from the deceased's estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
It is important to first note that there is a time limit in which a claim must be brought.
Any claim must be made within 6 months of the date of the grant of probate or letters of administration. Whilst claims brought after this period may still be accepted, permission must first be sought from the Court so that a Judge can decide if such a claim should be allowed to be brought.
Whether the claimant has a substantial case for it being just and proper for the Court to use its discretion to extend the time limit.
Whether the claimant has promptly and what the circumstances are that have prompted permission of the Court being sought.
Whether the defendants have been previously provided with any notice of the proposed claim.
If negotiations have already taken place with the defendants within the 6 month time limit.
If the estate has already been distributed.
Whether a refusal to extend the time limit would leave the claimant without an alternative remedy to their situation.
A former spouse or civil partner of the deceased.
Any person who was living with the deceased (as a husband, wife or civil partner) for 2 years before their death.
Any child of the deceased.
Any person who, at the time of the deceased's death, was treated by the deceased as a child of the family.
Any person who, at the time of the deceased's death, was being maintained either wholly or partly, by the deceased.
The approach adopted by the Court is twofold. Firstly, the Court will consider whether reasonable financial provision has been made for a Claimant from the deceased's estate. Thereafter, if the Court decides that reasonable financial provision has not been made, then it will consider what, if any, additional provision should be made from the deceased's estate.
The financial resources and needs (now and in the future) of the claimant.
The financial resources and needs (now and in the future) of any other claimants.
The financial resources and needs (now and in the future) of the beneficiaries of the estate.
The obligations and responsibilities of the deceased towards any claimant or beneficiary.
The size and nature of the net estate of the deceased.
Any physical and mental disabilities that the claimant or beneficiary may have.
Any other matter that the Court considers to be relevant.