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Bile duct segmental resection versus pancreatoduodenectomy for middle and distal common bile duct cancer
Naru Kim, Huisong Lee, Seog Ki Min, Hyeon Kook Lee
Purpose: To compare survival outcomes between bile duct segmental resection (BDR) and pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) for the treatment of middle and distal bile duct cancer. Methods: From 1997 to 2013, a total of 96 patients who underwent curative intent surgery for middle and distal bile duct cancer were identified. The patients were divided into 2 groups based on the type of operation; 20 patients were included in the BDR group and 76 patients were in the PD group. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical outcomes. Results: The number of lymph nodes (LNs) was significantly greater in patients within the PD group compared to the BDR group. The total number of LNs was 6.5 ± 8.2 vs. 11.2 ± 8.2 (P = 0.017) and the number of metastatic LNs was 0.4 ± 0.9 vs. 1.0 ± 1.5 (P = 0.021), respectively. After a median follow-up period of 24 months (range, 4-169 months), the recurrence-free survival of the PD group was superior to that of the BDR group (P = 0.035). In the patients with LN metastases, the patients undergoing PD had significantly better survival than the BDR group (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Surgeons should be cautious in deciding to perform BDR for middle and distal common bile duct cancer. PD is recommended if LN metastases are suspected.
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Kim, N., Lee, H., Min, S. K., & Lee, H. K. (2018). Bile duct segmental resection versus pancreatoduodenectomy for middle and distal common bile duct cancer. Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research, 94(5), 240-246. https://doi.org/10.4174/astr.2018.94.5.240
Kim, Naru ; Lee, Huisong ; Min, Seog Ki et al. / Bile duct segmental resection versus pancreatoduodenectomy for middle and distal common bile duct cancer. In: Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research. 2018 ; Vol. 94, No. 5. pp. 240-246.
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London's restaurant scene has, for years, been centred around its most affluent areas. The illustrious hotels that have traditionally housed the city's best restaurants – Claridge's, The Connaught, The Dorchester, The Ritz and so forth – all sit in that moneyed hourglass between Belgravia and Mayfair, and over the course of time they formed the foundation of London's glitzy, glamorous dining scene. But in recent years, the winds of change have blustered from west to east across the capital. A few years ago, you could have dismissed this as a brief dalliance with London's younger, cooler district, but it's pretty clear now that East London's food scene is here to stay.
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As so often happens, Tom's dishwashing job soon became a kitchen role, and he found himself fitting lunch and dinner services around his college commitments. He would start his day in class in the morning, then dash to the restaurant to do lunch service, run back to college in the afternoon, then return to the stoves for the evening. 'I remember sitting in an exam and I just didn't have a clue what the questions were,' he laughs. 'I knew something had to give, so I told my parents I was going to be a chef and that was that really.'
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The huge, ultra-disciplined brigade at Per Se was 'the biggest learning curve I've ever experienced,' says Tom, but it taught him a huge amount about the realities of cooking at the very highest level. Eighteen months later, he was on the move again, this time to Australia, where he travelled all over the country before settling into a role at Rockpool with Neil Perry. Undoubtedly one of Australia's most recognisable chefs, Neil was at the forefront of Sydney's world-renowned culinary scene, and his Asian-flecked cooking had a huge impact on Tom. 'That's where I started to learn how to cook with Asian ingredients,' he explains. 'The Asian food in Sydney is so good – I just used to eat Asian food all the time! I totally fell in love with it.' Tom's time at Rockpool was followed by another year and a half at Spice Temple, where he got to grips with the art of authentic Chinese cooking. He was hooked. 'If I'm honest, I had no interest in working in a Chinese restaurant,' he laughs, 'but to learn how to cook in woks and how to season at that level, it was amazing.'
When Tom returned to the UK, he joined forces with a couple of old friends from Per Se – Guy and Brittany Manning – and the trio won a Michelin star, cooking outstanding British classics at The Red Lion in Pewsey. After years of international travel and long hours, Tom found himself living above the sleepy Wiltshire pub with nothing to do but cook, forage and look after vegetables in the garden. 'It really helped me concentrate on my food,' he explains. 'That's where I learned proper classical cookery, how to break down whole animals and that sort of thing.'
Tom had moved back to London and was working with Nuno Mendes at Chiltern Firehouse when the opportunity at The Laughing Heart came calling courtesy of owner and sommelier Charlie Mellor, who had also worked at Rockpool in years past. For all his travels, it's the years at The Red Lion and in Sydney that really shine through in Tom's food today. The Laughing Heart puts huge emphasis on quality of produce and provenance, but also on being fun and flexible when it comes to putting together dishes.
The team has a serious fermentation program going on in the back, and they cure their own meats too. 'We always have a good bounty of things to pull from,' he adds. 'We make all our own miso. We got a beautiful wild boar in – it had all this fat on it, so we made a whole load of lardo which turned out great.'
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Michelin has caught onto things happening east of Liverpool Street in recent years, but the award doesn't quite align with what makes restaurants like The Laughing Heart really special. It's the joie de vivre of the place; the stop and chats with staff who actually want to talk to you about the food, or the fluid, effortless way that Tom brings his dishes together.
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The real consequences of Steven Guilbeault's battle with the web giants
Michael Geist: Below the surface of the Liberal government's effort to crack down on big tech lies an even bigger threat—the implications for free speech in Canada
By Michael Geist May 3, 2021
Guilbeault speaks with the media in the foyer of the House of Commons on Feb. 3, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)
Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Government legislation tends to attract a wide range of responses. Some bills grab the spotlight and become sources of heated debate for months, while others fly under the radar screen with few Canadians taking notice. Until recently, Bill C-10, the government's Broadcasting Act reform bill, fell into the latter category. Introduced last November as part of Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault's mission to "make web giants pay", the bill was steadily and stealthily working its way through the Parliamentary process with only a few days of "clause by clause" review left before a final reading and vote in the House of Commons.
Yet last week, the bill was thrust onto the front page of newspapers across the country with the public seizing on an unexpected change that opened the door to government regulation of the Internet content posted by millions of Canadians. The change involved the removal of a clause that exempted from regulation user generated content on social media services such as TikTok, Youtube, and Facebook. The government had maintained that it had no interest in regulating user generated content, but the policy reversal meant that millions of video, podcasts, and the other audiovisual content on those popular services would be treated as "programs" under Canadian law and subject to some of the same rules as those previously reserved for programming on conventional broadcast services.
The backlash undoubtedly caught the government by surprise, particularly since the policy change garnered little discussion at committee. As the public concern mounted, Guilbeault retreated to his standard talking points about how the opposition parties were unwilling to stand up to the web giants. The arguments fell flat, however, since the new rules were directly targeting users' content, not the Internet companies. Further, the public reaction pointed to a government increasingly out-of-step with the public, which may support increased Internet regulation, but not at any cost.
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The fact that the Liberal government was open to regulating millions of TikTok and Youtube videos was a reminder of how unrecognizable its digital policy approach has become in recent years. The party was elected in 2015 on a platform that promised to entrench net neutrality, prioritize innovation, focus on privacy rather than surveillance, and support freedom of expression. Most of those positions now seemingly reflect a by-gone era.
It is still anxious to demonstrate its tech bona fides, but now progressive policies appear to mean confronting the "web giants" with threats of regulation, penalties and taxes. Cultural sovereignty has replaced innovation as the guiding principle, which has meant the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (ISI) has been replaced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage as the digital policy lead.
And so for the past 18 months, Guilbeault has been handed Canada's digital policy keys. In Guilbeault's eyes, seemingly everything is under threat—Canadian film and television production, a safe space for speech, the future of news—and the big technology companies are invariably to blame.
Few would dispute that an updated tech regulatory model is needed, but evidence-based policies are in short supply in the current approach. For example, the use or misuse of data lies at the heart of the power of big tech, yet privacy reforms have been curiously absent as a government priority. Indeed, Bill C-11 was promoted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last November as legislation to give Canadians greater control over their personal information, but under newly named ISI Minister François-Philippe Champagne, it has scarcely been heard from again.
The government has similarly done little to address concerns about abuse of competition, the risks associated with algorithmic decision-making, or the development of a modernized framework for artificial intelligence. Years of emphasis on the benefits of multi-lateral policy development and consensus-building were unceremoniously discarded in the recent budget in order to commit to a digital services tax in 2022 that could spark billions in tariff retaliation. In fact, the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Trade Agreement that the government trumpeted as a major success story restricts Canada's ability to even establish a new liability regime for technology companies.
With many of the most important policy options either foreclosed or ignored, the government has instead placed its largest bet on Guilbeault's promise to take on the web giants through a three-headed policy approach: broadcast regulation, online harms rules, and mandated payments for linking to news articles. While Guilbeault argues that the common thread between these initiatives is countering the big tech threat, scratch below the surface and the real commonality—as well as the bigger threat—is the implications for free speech in Canada.
The free speech risks associated with Bill C-10 have now become common knowledge. Despite a warning from Heritage officials that removing the safeguards on user generated content for Internet companies would mean that "all programming on those services would be subject to the Act", the government went ahead and voted to give the CRTC extensive regulatory powers over the everyday communications practices of an entire generation.
But the problems with Bill C-10 don't end there. Guilbeault has consistently made questionable claims about the content of the bill and how it compares to other jurisdictions. He told the House of Commons that the bill contains economic thresholds (it doesn't), that it excludes news (it doesn't), that it won't affect Canadian ownership requirements (it will), that the entire process will be completed by the end of the year (it won't), and that it is similar to the approach implemented in Europe (it isn't). These are not inconsequential misstatements.
Bill C-10 may have stirred up public opposition, but it isn't likely to even be Guilbeault's most controversial bill. That award goes to the much-delayed online harms legislation, which Guilbeault promised to introduce months ago. He initially talked about his desire to combat all manner of online harms, ranging from hate speech to "hurtful" comments, but the scope of the bill has been gradually dialled down, with the emphasis now on illegal speech such as child pornography and terrorism content.
Since that content is already illegal, new legislation may be of limited utility. However, Guilbeault has promised that his legislation will target content and Internet sites and services anywhere in the world provided it is accessible to Canadians. The obvious implications—much discussed in Internet circles in Ottawa—is that the government plans to introduce mandated content blocking to keep such content out of Canada as a so-called "last resort". This suggests requiring Internet providers to install blocking capabilities, creating new regulators and content adjudicators to issue blocking orders, dispensing with net neutrality, and building a Canadian Internet firewall. If Canadians are unhappy with regulating user generated content, wait until they see the higher Internet bills that result from funding new content blocking equipment.
If that wasn't enough, his forthcoming bill is also expected to mandate content removals within 24 hours with significant penalties for failure to do so. The approach trades due process for speed, effectively reducing independent oversight and incentivizing content removal. Just about everyone thinks this is a bad idea, but Guilbeault insists that "it is in the mandate letter." In other words, expert opinion and the experience elsewhere doesn't matter. Instead, a mandate letter trumps all. If this occurred under Stephen Harper's watch, the criticism would be unrelenting.
In fact, one of the reasons that the government finds itself committed to a dubious policy is that it did not conduct a public consultation. Guilbeault has admitted the public has not been consulted, which he has tried to justify by claiming that it can participate in the committee review or in the development of implementation guidelines once the bill becomes law. This alone should be disqualifying as no government should introduce censorship legislation that mandates website blocking, eradicates net neutrality, harms freedom of expression, and dispenses with due process without having ever consulted Canadians on the issue.
Further down the road lies part three of Guilbeault's plan, namely making social media companies pay for news. Guilbeault has called linking to news articles without payment "immoral" even as he has bought advertising on Facebook and regularly links to news articles on his own feed. There is room for debate on whether payments are appropriate—media companies post articles themselves on the sites and benefit from referrals, while Facebook only posts brief excerpts rather than entire articles—but there is no doubt that the government intervention has stalled the possibility of negotiated solutions. Moreover, Guilbeault's close alignment with the media sector has made some reluctant to criticize the minister, providing a paradigm example of the free speech risks that can come from government intervention in an independent press.
When looking at the shift in the government's approach, I recently lamented that it has become the most anti-Internet government in Canadian history. That may have once been a badge of honour for Guilbeault, but after the Bill C-10 backlash and the public re-assertion of the importance of free speech online, there may be a significant political cost to being at odds with the views of millions of Canadian Internet users.
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"It's nice to meet you Alchemy. I'm Naminé Drake." Naminé greeted.
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"Aw, that's no trouble, we can hang out for the day," Zan said, his ears twitching at their hesitance. He decided to ignore it, and folded his arms. "What's there to do anyway? I just moved here. My dad, that is, my owner, had to drag me away from where we used to live. I got into a bit of trouble with an alligator... and a local dog... and a couple of pigs..." Zan thought about it, counting them off.
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Zan jumped about a mile into the air, and spun around.
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"Yeah, 'cept on that game... what was it called?"
"Ray- Rav... Something."
"Yeah, something. Met was good with the shooting thing on there."
"Mmm... So, where you from, Zan?"
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"Florida!" Zan said. "I live in that house just up there!" He pointed to a sturdy, two story house. "It's pretty cool, got a nice air conditioning unit and my own room with a punching bag. Can't really work on it at night, though, dad likes to sleep. What's your guys' place like?"
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"What's your guys' place like?"
"Well my room is just your average room, some posters of actors I like, a bed, etc," Met answered.
"Mine's full of all sorts of shiny stuff and things I can climb on, plus a bed at the top of those things," Maria answered.
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"Hello everyone," she called.
"Hey Aida," Maria called to the hyena. "Morning," Met said with a wave.
"Hyena!" Zan exclaimed, jumping up and down in excitement. "Cool! Nice to meet you, I'm Zan."
"Doing well." The wolf agreed as he sat back down and was about to continue doodling when he noticed a growing crowd out of the corner of his eye.
"Hmm. Appears as though a group of the residents seem to be gathering together." Alchemy pointed out, nodding towards the group.
"A couple of kangaroos, a lion, among other species." The wolf mumbled out loud, adjusting the glasses on his nose.
"Het nice to meet you," said Aida rapidly shaking Zan's paw, "I'm Aida! Smile!" With that she took a picture of Zan.
Zan flashed a grin as the camera went off, then stretched.
"Well, this looks like it'll be fun," Zan said. "What was everyone's plans for the day and can I tag along?"
"Hey I know most of them. Do you want to come introduce yourself to them?" Namine asked.
"I dunno what our place is like. We've never been in."
"We just stay on the lawn. It's kind of what we're used to anyway."
"Yeah... What's an air-conditioning unit?"
"And what's a poster?" query the roos after hearing the descriptions of the other houses.
"Well our plan for the day was to find Met and see if he had any plans."
"And you kind of tagged along for that already." they add in response to the hares other question.
"Well I really didn't have any specific plans," Met said. "We could just hang out and explore the neighborhood."
"I was gonna explore anyway," Zan said, grinning. "Any old abandoned houses we could sneak into, run into some deadly ghosts, and barely escape with our tails intact?" He bounced on his feet, eager.
"Ghost? Please!"
"Yeah, they're only in the movies! They don't really exist!"
"Exploring sounds fun though."
"What's there that's interesting to check out? We already went bowling and tried video games." Joey scratches his side as he talks and his twin subconsciously mirrors the gesture simultaneously.
Zan glanced at the kangaroos, his head tilted to one side.
"Now I'm not sure which one's the cute one," he said, smirking. "But, exploring sounds like fun! It's a magical world, Hobbes! Where should we go explore?"
"well, everything around here is new, so I don't think there are any ruins to explore," Met said. "and I don't think there's much surrounding the neighborhood either, this was just countryside before we EA got here, as far as I know."
Alchemy shrugged, finishing up his sandwich. "Guess it wouldn't hurt..." The wolf answered uneasily. He sighed, social skills were never his strong suit. But from a logical standpoint knowing more of the residents here would be better in the long run.
"Now I'm not sure which one's the cute one," he said, smirking.
"I am!" chorus the roos.
"But, exploring sounds like fun! It's a magical world, Hobbes!
"Hobbes?"
"Who's Hobbes?"
"Countryside is good though."
"Yeah. What sort of countryside is it?"
"Awesome. Come on." Namine said, dragging Alchemy out of his chair and over to the group of pets. "Hey guys." she greeted.
"Oof." Alchemy grumbled, not used to being pulled around like this. Once they reached the group he gave a nervous wave.
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"Well, I guess hills and grass?" Met speculated.
"Hey Namine," Maria greeted back. "Who's your friend?
"Oh. This is Alchemy." Namine introduced, gesturing to the wolf.
The boomers recognise the wolf as the not-dingo they met at the vets yesterday. Still feeling slightly nervous dues to his similarities with the dingos, the roos do their best to keep their jangling nerves in check as they greet Chem again and apologise for running, or rather, hopping off yesterday. They also give a friendly hello to Namine, having played the video games with her the night before.
"Hey there, new people I don't know," Zan said, trying to juggle a bit of loose rock with his feet, like a hacky sack. "I used to be good at this..."
Now this is a game the roos do know. Jake pulls two balls made of tightly bundled grass out of his bag and tosses one to Joey, dropping the other to his own hindpaws. The roos chant a rather derogatory rhyme about dingos in time with the motion of the ball as they bounce it from hind paw to hind paw and even between themselves a few times before flipping their balls up and catching them on their noses. Ordinarily they'd finish the game by eating the balls but having just had breakfast they decide to save them for later and so the slip them back into Jake's bag before looking slightly embarrassed at having shown up Zan.
"Ooh, cool," Maria said when she saw the roos' performance. "I can actually juggle with my feet, but I sort of have an unfair advantage," she added, flexing her foot thumbs.
"not to mention the lessons you took from the jugglers on the movie set," Met added.
Zan, however, was far from feeling inadequate. Instead, he was clapping.
"Bravo, bravo!" he cheered. "That's AWESOME! I need to practice more." With a renewed vigor, he continued kicking rocks before realizing that the weight was counterproductive to his goals. Sighing, he shrugged. "I'll find my sack later."
"Heh."
"We have a bit of an advantage too though."
"Yeah. Kinda hard to miss it with paws this size." Joey waggles his own footpaw for all to see. It's not for nothing that kangaroos are in the "macropod" or "big foot" family.
Alchemy nodded approvingly at successful act of juggling. "Hmm, hand eye coordination. Good quality to have." He looked at his own paws. "Though one that I admittedly may be lacking in..."
"That was cool! I wish I could do that." Namine said.
"Well, it just takes practise, really."
"Right, Maria?"
"Probably don't try it with a rock though."
"Yeah, they hurt. Grass works much better."
"Yeah... So... How're we gonna fill in the day?
"For the record, Torches and Knives aren't great for begginers, either."
"Well apparently some of you wanted to explore outside of the town," Met said. "But I don;t think there's much to explore, so we may want a backup plan."


What Is A Gift Economy and How Can It Help Us Reduce Waste?
On the surface, it may appear as though the world is run by the almighty dollar and the hungry appetite of a consumerist monster fed by greed and gluttony. Natural resources are eaten up at an alarming rate and consumers are left feeling dissatisfied by the stuff they are surrounded by. This is troubling for individuals concerned with the health of the planet. At what point can we no longer pressure the earth for more output while ignorantly spitting back pollution and waste? Luckily, there are alternatives to this conventional, unsustainable economy that exist below the surface, being fostered by communities that desire more mindful and conscious resource-use.
A gift economy is an exchange method that does not rely on monetary compensation for goods or services. Such desired items are simply "gifted" to the receiver by the giver. Exchanges may occur where only the giver and receiver interact, such as through the "free" section of Craistlist.org or Freecycle.com. Or, exchanges may happen in a more public place, in the view of a community such as a Buy Nothing group on Facebook or the local farmer's market. Gifts could be anything and everything a person is willing to give or is asking to receive and might include rain boots for a child, old picture frames for an art project, a barbecue, or even a jar of peanut butter. While there certainly is joy in being able to easily get rid of unwanted items in your home, or being able to obtain something for "free" you would otherwise have to buy, the implications of a gift economy for the planet are highly desirable and very much needed.
What is Our Current Consumption Doing to the Planet?
In short, our current consumption patterns are not sustainable. We want and need goods and services to maintain our lifestyles, but we also have to worry about things like climate change, water conservation, waste reduction, and threats to biodiversity. Alternative methods for consumption, such as a gift economy, offers consumers the opportunity to tread a bit lighter on planet earth.
Food waste is one phenomena that can be reduced through a gift economy. The EPA estimates that 28 percent of municipal landfills were composed of food waste. According to United Nations Environment Program, roughly 30 percent of all food in the United States is thrown away every year. While some of this happens earlier in the supply line and out of reach of consumers, a portion of this statistic is due to mismanagement of food by the consumer. Food spoilage or a decision to throw away a still-edible product has far-reaching impacts on the environment and community. Wasted food is food that did not end up in the hands of the hungry. The water and land used to produce the food is, essentially, also wasted. And any fuel and chemical inputs that went into the food's production causes pollution without an actual payout in calories and nutrition for the consumer. Further, if the food ends up in the garbage as opposed to a composting system, valuable space in a landfill is eaten up by products that will produce methane. This fuels climate change. Those seemingly harmless leftovers you throw out and the apples you never got to eat before they molded suddenly carry a bit of weight, don't they?
While a gift economy cannot solve all of our needs, participating in such a system offers opportunities to relieve some of the unnecessary pressure our consumption puts on the environment. You may not be able to use the five browning bananas on your kitchen counter, but you may be able to gift them to someone that wants to make banana bread.
Electronics are another form of waste that stands to be improved upon by gift economies. While the EPA estimates that only 1- 2 percent of the solid waste stream is composed of electronics, these items present a challenge to waste management systems. A great deal of energy, as well as, a diverse number of resources goes into the manufacturing of electronics. And they must undergo complex recycling processes or otherwise present potential hazardous disposal in a landfill.
Obviously, many electronic items become obsolete or broken over time and must face some sort of disposal plan. But what about electronics that are simply sitting in storage and, despite being functional, are not actually being used? Perhaps this may be a working laptop an individual keeps in their closet after they've upgraded to a new model, or a television they store in the garage after purchasing a larger, sharper screen for the Super Bowl. In a study released by the EPA, an estimated five million tons of electronics were in storage in 2009; this stat is comprised of computers, televisions and mobile devices, amongst other items. That is five million tons of material that might serve a purpose to some willing and needy individual and yet it's idling in storage. Despite the number of functioning electronics sitting in storage year after year, sales for new electronics continue, thus putting greater demand on the environment to yield resources while also absorbing more pollution and waste.
Obviously food and electronics only encompass some of the goods we purchase and use on a regular basis. But their trends in continued sales alongside continued waste are prime examples of a problem our society has with consumption. We demand more even though we don't use what we already have.
Maybe your spouse purchased a new laptop for you for Christmas, but your old and fully functional laptop may find a home in the hands of a college student. You may be looking for a winter coat to add to your wardrobe and want to forgo buying a brand new one off the rack.
Each of these scenarios is an opportunity to reduce demand for more resources, as well as, the production of more waste. Items already in existence are utilized in place of brand new products and the planet is better off for it. This is the beauty of the gift economy: we do not always need to rely on the conventional market to meet our needs in an unsustainable fashion. Instead, we can act within a system that places more value on the use a product can provide, rather than its monetary value and newness to the market. It's about making the most out of what we've already got instead of demanding more from the earth.
If you'd like some platforms on which to explore gift economies, look no further! Maybe you're going on vacation and won't be able to drink that unopened gallon of milk before you leave, you've got an exercise bike gathering dust in the garage, or you'd like to find some scrap wood for raised garden beds in your backyard. Consider looking to gifting or receiving these items within your community. Utilize the "free" section of your local Craigslist page to find items to receive as well as post ads for things you'd like to gift. Explore what the Buy Nothing Project is all about, and consider joining your city's group to start gifting with your neighbors. Freecycle is another such group in which you can both gift and receive items from individuals local to you.
As you begin to explore alternatives to our conventional economy, you'll surely find new options for skating around the current consumption model and participating in the world in a whole new way. Be creative, think outside the box, and don't be afraid to challenge yourself to etch a more sustainable path as a consumer!


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DENVER (AP) — Sal Romano didn't have the ball but the rookie right-hander did have a souvenir under his right eye to commemorate his first major league win.
Romano tossed five tough innings and then survived a postgame celebration that left him a little dinged, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Thursday.
Romano (1-1), called up before the game to make his second career start, scattered six hits and allowed two runs to help the Reds split the four-game series.
His teammates congratulated him a little too much and left him with a mark under his right eye, but the 23-year-old didn't mind.
Adam Duvall hit his 20th home run and drove in two runs and Eugenio Suarez had three hits for Cincinnati.
Duvall's blast gives the Reds three players with 20 or more home runs. Joey Votto leads with 24 and Scott Schebler has 21.
"Collectively, as a whole group, we've been swinging it well," Duvall said.
Colorado starter Tyler Chatwood (6-10) allowed seven hits and walked four in six innings but limited the damage with some timely double plays. The Reds scored in the first on Billy Hamilton's leadoff triple and Votto's single, and Scooter Gennett scored runs in the third and fifth to give Cincinnati a 3-1 lead.
Trevor Story kept Colorado close with an RBI single in the second, and then scored on Tony Wolters' double in the fifth. Romano got Chatwood to ground out but a walk to Raimel Tapia put runners on the corners for DJ LeMahieu and prompted a visit by manager Bryan Price to talk strategy.
Not before going 3-0 on LeMahieu with Charlie Blackmon on deck, but he recovered to get a groundout on 3-1 to end the inning.
"I knew if I just let my sinker work, when I did fall behind I was hopefully going to get a groundball and I was able to do that," Romano said.
Cincinnati padded the lead to 6-2 in the eighth on Duvall's leadoff homer, an RBI double by Schebler and a pinch-hit double by Zack Cozart.
The Rockies added a run in the eighth off closer Raisel Iglesias, who retired the side in order in the ninth to finish it.
The only unfinished business was Romano trying to secure the game ball.
Rockies: LeMahieu returned to the lineup after missing two games with a groin injury. Fellow All-Star, 3B Nolan Arenado, was out of the starting lineup for rest.
Colorado LHP Tyler Anderson was walking on crutches in the clubhouse Thursday, three days after having surgery on his left knee. Anderson was feeling optimistic after the procedure and hopes he can be back in a month.
Anderson went on the 10-day DL on June 4 with left knee inflammation and returned June 22. He lasted just 2 1/3 innings in a June 25 start and went back on the DL the next day.
If he returns as expected he could be thrust in the middle of a playoff chase for the Rockies.
"The goal is to try to be back in a month and we're in a situation I can help," he said.
Reds: RHP Tim Adleman will open a three-game series at Arizona Friday. Adleman is 3-3 with a 3.64 ERA in his last eight starts.
Rockies: RHP German Marquez (6-9, 4.41) makes his first career start against the Chicago White Sox Friday. He is 2-2 with a 4.85 ERA at Coors Field this season.


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Newcastle United can still register players in time to feature against Watford – Premier League clarify Thursday deadline confusion
Newcastle United have set themselves a tight deadline to bring players in before Saturday's crucial Premier League match against Watford at St James's Park (3pm kick-off).
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Thursday, 13th January 2022, 12:00 pm
The Magpies are closing in on a £25million move for Burnley striker Chris Wood and hope to have him available for Saturday's crucial Premier League match against Watford at St James's Park.
Wood was taken off at half-time in Burnley's FA Cup defeat at Huddersfield with a knock but is currently undergoing a medical at Newcastle ahead of a proposed move.
But there have been conflicting reports regarding when Newcastle are able to register new signings in order for them to be eligible to play this weekend.
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Rule U.23. in the Premier League Handbook states: "Subject to the provisions of Rule V.1, the deadline for receipt by the Board of all duly completed documents required by these Rules to effect the registration of a Player shall be 12 noon on the last Working Day before the date of the first League Match in which the Club making the application intends him to play, save that the international transfer certificate and evidence of eligibility to take up employment in the United Kingdom (in both cases if applicable) may be provided thereafter (but must be provided before the Player is eligible to play for a Club in a League Match)."
With Brighton and Crystal Palace playing on Friday night (8pm kick-off), some have interpreted the rule as the last working day before this week's round of fixtures – which would mean the player would have to be registered by noon on Thursday.
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A Premier League spokesperson told The Gazette: "Rule U.23. is specific only to the team itself wishing to register a player, it doesn't take into account any other team's fixtures or the match round in which they will next play."
That means Newcastle are able to register new signings up until noon on Friday, January 14 in order for them to play against Watford on Saturday.
If a player is registered after that time, Newcastle will have to wait until the trip to Leeds United on January 22 (3pm kick-off) for them to be available to play.
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• A Step Ahead Foundation – Girl Talk: $4,800 to increase awareness about how to avoid high-risk behavior that can lead to teen pregnancy.
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• Communities in Schools of Tennessee at Memphis – CISTN Memphis Uniform Closets: $5,000 to establish a clothing closet at eight to 10 new partnership schools for the 2017-2018 school year, providing school uniforms for students in need.
• Emmanuel Center – Camp H.O.P.E. (Helping Our Participants Excel): $10,000 for a summer opportunity whose purpose is to educate and empower youth so that they may be equipped with the skills to help elevate themselves out of poverty.
• Hattiloo Theatre – TechiLoo: $6,000 to engage underserved youth from the Hollywood community in free, neighborhood-based workshops in the technical theater arts, including sewing costumes, prop making and scenic painting.
• Memphis Oral School for the Deaf – MOSD Preschool: $4,100 to help students enter kindergarten with their hearing peers, setting them on a path of independence and success in school and in life.
• National Ornamental Metal Museum – Metal Museum Youth Initiative: $5,000 to host, in partnership with Knowledge Quest, a program comprised of an after-school program, the Soulsville Metals Collaborative, and a six-week summer day camp called Cu in Summer.
• Su Casa Family Ministries – Esperanza Early Childhood Center: $4,100 for the Esperanza Early Childhood Center, providing bilingual, early childhood education to children from a Spanish language background.
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There's nothing quite like settling in and talking with one of your closest friends. She understands your highs and lows, has seen you cry those unforgiving tears, supported you as you faced your deepest uncertainties, and stood by your side as you came out on top. It was reminiscent of this when I had the privilege of speaking one-on-one with multiple Grammy award-winner Sarah McLachlan. One of Canada's finest female entertainers and globetrotting activists, Sarah is no stranger to using her celebrity for the greater good. Touching lives and planting seeds of hope, Sarah's latest collaborative efforts fall nothing short of inspirational. Growing up in Canada with a vast array of musical influences and experiencing first-hand the tremendous positive impact that it had on her own childhood, Sarah and her talented team of visionaries have brought back a sense of hope and belonging to the under-served children and youth of the Vancouver area. Addressing the need for access to music programs that had been cut from the public school system, The Sarah McLachlan School of Music was born, in her words, "to give kids the opportunity to find their voice and to find their sense of self through music." The singer-songwriter admits that the idea for the school was "slow in coming." It was at the age of twenty-one, during a trip to Thailand and Cambodia with a Canadian non-profit that McLachlan "opened her eyes" to all of the luxuries and opportunities to thrive in the arts that she had been given.
It was at that moment that she took a step back and asked herself, "What can I do to give back?" Years later, though she identified plenty of charitable options that would benefit from her donation, Sarah wanted to find a ay "to have a real impact." The answer was in the music. With thoughtful recollection she explains, "Music has given me everything." And with that, "I knew, in some small way, I could do something myself." A fruitful nine-year partnership with arts education centre the Arts Umbrella helped build the infrastructure and curriculum for the program. Realizing her vision's relevance and viability, Sarah's school graciously bid farewell to this brilliant experience and evolved further, moving into a larger facility, generously donated by the Wolverton Foundation. This move allowed the school to spread its wings while continuing to provide a safe and nurturing environment and delivering top quality music instruction at no cost for at-risk and under- served children, youth, and adults.
A performer by trade, McLachlan put into action a formula, which combined her rich musical career with the experience of a team of talented educators. "I love teams. I love everybody bringing their own unique perspective and abilities to a project. Part of the success of our school is bringing the right people on board, bringing together people who have the mindset and the understanding of what it is we are trying to create. It's a chemistry." An uplifting environment for under-served children and youth who have an interest in music, The Sarah McLachlan School of Music has become an outlet for individuals who "have long since been labelled."
"Regardless of how they have been branded at home or at school, they get to leave all of their labels at the door and be unencumbered," says Sarah. With its vibrant and loose curriculum, the School allows students the opportunity to explore their interest in video production and band ensemble while offering up many genres of music, including classical, world music, jazz and pop. McLachlan believes that it is important to "give kids music they are already connected with," because it engages them in the program and supports what they choose to learn through individual and group lessons.
While the after school program operates on an honour system, parents are required to fill out an application form and are encouraged to be engaged on an ongoing basis. Students must commit to regular attendance in their daily school routine in order to experience the full benefit of the facility. Working with 14 elementary and senior schools in the area, Sarah's team has successfully created a culture of respect and inclusiveness, which the staff and students uphold in the community. The School's 5 Pillars are strong reminders of how to conduct oneself in life, with a core focus on community, connection, collaboration, creativity, and confidence. Each student is valued individually, "giving kids the opportunity to find their voice and to find their sense of self through music."
In McLachlan's words, the result for the students is an "engaging and emotional output that creates a beautiful community that might not exist for them before." A lifelong singer-songwriter, Sarah discovered how powerful music is at an early age. She fondly recalls the communal aspect and how it "has always been a connecting point." These sentiments are what she now hopes to pass on to the students who pass through these doors. A feeling that "I am connected and I have a place here and I have value here." Sarah believes that these powerful influences can help "set students up for success in every other part of their life." There is no doubt that Sarah is excited about the future and possibilities that lie ahead for the school. With the success of the Vancouver location, Sarah has plans to replicate the model and its culture in other major cities. With the help of sponsor support, a viable resource is brought to those seeking a unique musical experience to call their own.
On a personal level, McLachlan feels a sense of accomplishment and pride in what she has built. As a woman in business, she has been lucky to not have encountered many set backs in her career. As a mother and entertainer, she identifies with the power she has been given as a role- model to her new and existing fan base. "I feel that power and I feel that responsibility. I love that something I created can reach out and affect someone's life in a positive way. That is such an amazing affirmation" At this point in her life, Sarah remarks that life "keeps getting better and better." "I love the wisdom and understanding that comes with getting older and the recognition and the importance of cultivating really strong and healthy relationships with your female friends, with your partners, and your kids. That's everything. Being kind to yourself, and forgiving yourself and looking at every day as a new adventure."
Sarah bids me a final farewell, planting a final seed for me to ponder "Life's not half done. If things go well, I'm only half-way there. This is a great second act and I'm just excited for the future and everything that may come."
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Mundas: A product of Parashurama's fury – IV
by Jayasree Saranathan on 13 Apr 2014 3 Comments
The head-alone cult of Renuka worship is not confined to India alone. The head-alone image is seen in the myths and art of ancient Greece also, in the Gorgon head which resembles Goddess Kali with protruding tongue and dreadful looks. What is surprising is that many of these art works on Gorgon heads show them with a tilak on the forehead, a symbol that is unique to Hindus and Hindu Goddesses. The Gorgon head in Vix-krater's handles, unearthed from the grave of the Celtic Lady of Vix, dated at 510 BC, shows the face of Kali with a tilak on the forehead. {1}
Yet another popular find from Greek art was a cup with a painting of the Gorgoneion in the image of Kali with a round bindi on her forehead, dated at 6th century BCE. {2}
In the Greek myths, there are three Gorgons who are females with terrible faces and winged bodies. One of them, Medusa found in a clay plaque dated at 570-550 BC and housed at Syracuse, resembles the posture of Garuda or Eagle as carrier (found in most temples in Tamil Nadu and used in temple precessions to carry the deity), but having the face of Kali with a tilak on the forehead. {3}
The idea of Garuda as a carrier of Vishnu comes from India and must have pre-dated Parashurama. There are Garudas, Kinnaras, Gandharvas, Nagas etc mentioned at many places in the Puranas. Superficial reading may give an impression that these are all mythical characters. But a branched-out study of Hindu texts would reveal that Garuda symbolises good eyesight. An eagle can see from a great height a small chick on the ground and swiftly swoop down and fly back with it as fast as it came. The link between eyesight and Eagle is made out from texts like Prasna Marga that prescribe donation of the image of Garuda as a remedy for eyesight problems. {4}
From this it is presumed that reference to certain people as Garudas or eagles was because they were endowed with good eyesight and swiftness in movement. It is for this reason Lord Vishnu is supposed to travel on the Eagle whenever he had to rush to the rescue of a devotee caught in the hands of a tormentor. Thus the concept and its application are found in Hindu thought. The image of Garuda / Eagle of the Gorgon of Syracuse must have travelled from India only.
The strong reason to say this is because the most popular idea of Vishnu having mounted on the eagle to rush to the rescue of his devotee was that of Gajendra Moksha in which an elephant called Gajendra was caught by a crocodile. According to Puranas, this episode happened during the period of Tamasa Manu, who was worshiped by the people in and around the Vindhya region, the same region in which the head-alone cult of Renuka was shaped.
The earliest reference to Gorgon comes in Homer's works dated at 12th century BCE. The focus of reference was the eyes of the Gorgon. They were huge, flashing and depicted variously as spirals, swastikas, fire wheels and concentric circles and so on – something in line with the Garuda concept of sharp eyesight. The Eagle-as- carrier concept was fused with the idea of eyesight, such that it was believed that the gaze from the eyes of the Gorgon, when it fell on someone, would destroy him / her or turn them into stones (incapacitated). The Syracuse Gorgon Medusa image was symbolic of travelling like an Eagle to instantly reach the tormentor and destroy him. Gorgon Medusa has a parallel to Renuka's head-alone image. Renuka was beheaded by Parashurama. Medusa was beheaded by Perseus.
Persia and Parashurama
In the Greek myth, Perseus beheaded Medusa and carried her head to kill his enemies, by putting it out in front of anyone whom he wanted to kill. The origin of Perseus is still a matter of speculation. There is an opinion that Perseus means "Persian" or that he was from Persia as there are portrayals of him in Persian style pyjamas, boots, cap etc. The word Persia has its origins in Old Persian word "Parsuwash". No etymology exists for this word, Parsuwash.
However in the records of Shalmaneser III (reign 858-824 BCE), two names are mentioned in the area of Lake Urmia - one is Parsuwash and the other is Matai. It is not known whether Parsuwash refers to a people or a place. But "Parsuwash" is considered to be same as the Old Persian word parsa. {5}. Did this refer to Parashu or Parash-wasi? Was Persia the region where the people who followed Parashurama lived? Were they called as Parashu > Parashu-wasi > Parsuwash? Was the name Perseus rooted in Parashu? Is it merely a coincidence that Perseus, whose name is phonetically similar to Parshu-vas, did a similar act of beheading a woman as Parashurama did?
Parashu in Sanskrit means axe. The very name Parashurama came up due to the axe or parashu he was carrying, the weapon with which he killed the kshatriyas. Did the people of Parsuwash carry the axe and the Renuka cult to other regions of Europe? This looks plausible, as we find the axe as the Royal symbol of power in pre-Greek society. The Etruscans who occupied Greece ever since 12th century BCE until the Roman conquest in 3rd century BCE, had axe as their Royal symbol of power to punish and execute wayward subjects.
During Royal processions this axe was carried by an official in front of the procession. This was made with a bundle of sticks having an axe tied to it {6}. It must be noted here that the head-alone Medusa also finds a place only in this period of pre-Greek culture.
Parashurama was known for having beheaded Renuka and been terrible in destroying his enemies. Was that used by a native of Parsuwash – i.e., Perseus, in conquering others and establishing his supremacy? Did Perseus get inspiration from Parashurama and kill his enemies while holding the severed head of a woman? It must be remembered that Parashurama's killing spree started upon the death of his mother and father.
There is scope to connect Persia with the followers of Parashurama. Parashurama's anger had gone upto Kashmir as we find the Mahabharata mentioning Kashmiras as having fled from his anger. {7}. The son of Sibi, the Sauviras located in present day Pakistan, went into hiding to escape from Parashurama. Therefore those regions and the adjoining ones must have been populated by people who helped him in his fight against the kshatriyas (Parashurama could not have killed the kshatriyas all by himself. He must have taken local help in every region that he went to flush out the kshatriyas). In course of time that pocket having Parashurama's followers could have become known as Parashwa or Parshuwas or Parashu-vaasi. The phonetic similarity is not the only indicator. How the idea of Medusa with severed head having the features of the Hindu Goddess got into their myth must be satisfactorily explained. Any explanation would bring us to Hindu traditions only.
Perhaps the much earlier version of head-alone can be traced to Sesklo culture – located in the same place, i.e., Greece and dated at 6000 BCE. It was a ceramic mask having a terrible look and is close to the Kirtimukha image of Hindu temple architecture {8}, also a head-alone figure!
Kirtimukha
The Shiva Purana traces the story of Kirtimukha, thereby showing its origin in Hindu culture {9}. Kirtimukha is shown to be eating the tail of a snake! In a surprising connection, Renuka was known to have always picked up a snake, coiled it up like a rope and placed it on her head to support the pot that she freshly made and filled with water. It is possible to visualise how she would have struggled waiting to be beheaded and at the moment of getting beheaded. Picking out the snakes that she used to use as support for the pot, she could have bitten her teeth holding them in her mouth. The shock and pain at the moment of getting beheaded was perhaps depicted in the image of Kirtimukha. Those who suffered intensely were deified in Hindu culture. Her image could have got developed into Kirtimukha image and later re-defined by Puranic sages with mythical symbolisms.
Interestingly the Gorgon images of Greek myths also come with snakes as hair. Of them Medusa was beheaded by Perseus. According to Greek myths, those on whom the gaze of the head of Medusa fell were turned into stones. Perhaps this was the reaction of people who happened to see the gruesome moment of beheading, becoming numb like stone. Perhaps that reaction was witnessed in Renuka's episode and remembered for long. Perhaps that was carried into the myth of Medusa by Perseus.
One of the drawbacks in establishing the Hindu roots of stories such as these on Parashurama is the lack of evidence from archaeology. However Parashurama's story comes with verifiable clues from marine archaeology, in that he was supposed to have reclaimed the lands on the west coast of India from the Arabian Sea. How did he do that? Did the sea level recede at that time? Or did he reclaim lands and build barriers to stop sea water from entering the lands? The latter seems to have happened.
An expedition by Deccan College of Pune and the Department of Science and Technology of the Central Government found a 24 km long wall of 2.7m height and a width of around 2.5m off the Konkan coast in the sea waters. It shows that the land had once extended upto there, and the wall had prevented erosion and entry of sea waters.
[The details with photographs can be read at
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread714018/pg1]
Experts from National Institute of Oceanography have dated this wall at 6000 BCE. This puts the time period of reclamation attributed to Parashurama at 8000 years BP. The amazing correlation comes from the Sesklo culture of Greece in that the face mask found there is also dated at around 6000 BCE! Is this only a coincidence? Or did people really carry the Renuka cult of head-alone to the places they went?
Parashurama's times and Renuka cult with head-alone image go together, something substantiated by the origin of Tantra practices of Devi attributed to Parashurama kalpa sutra. Either the escapees or the devotees of Renuka cult had taken the ideas to Europe. If they were escapees, they could have safeguarded themselves from any attack by Parashurama or his army of followers by showing the face mask or gorgon as a proof of their allegiance to Renuka cult. In the case of devotees or followers of Parashurama, the tantra practices learnt from Parashurama could have helped them in vanquishing their opponents. The latter seems to have been infused into Greek myths as Gorgon amulets and myths of Medusa and Perseus. The basic feature is a female face or Renuka with the head.
Thus it can be said with conviction that the head-alone cult has sprung up from Parashurama's story. It is also true that a head-less identity had sprung from his actions! A headless body is known as "Mundam" in Tamil. Fearing his axe, some people fled while others stood by him and helped him to hunt down the kshatriyas. We will know about the latter category in the next article before proceeding further into analysing who Mundas were.
{1} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crat%C3%A8re_de_Vix_0007.jpg )
{2} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gorgoneion_Cdm_Paris_320.jpg)
{3} http://ovidsmetamorphoses.blogspot.in/2011/09/medusa-siracusa-arethusa.html )
{4} Prasna Marga, Chapter 23, Verse 11.
{5} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Urmia#cite_note-EI-early-3
{6}http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/AncientRome/DiscoveringEtruscanGreekInfluences.htm
{7} Mahabharata 7-68
{8} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtimukha
{9} http://kirtimukha.com/devilsMask.htm


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