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IKEA to Start Selling Clean Energy Directly to Customers
Global furniture giant IKEA has announced its plans to start selling renewable energy directly to customers in Sweden. In a new move for the company, Ikea will offer green electricity generated from wind and solar sources, working in partnership with Svea Solar. This will allow it to tap into the rapidly growing green energy market as the furniture retailer seeks to further diversify its business model into eco-friendly markets.
The company will be offering clean energy tariffs from September, and it aims to extend into other renewables and sustainable markets in the near future. The company is also hoping that its move will help to boost the development of wind and solar capacity just as demand is increasing for electrification of transport, heavy industry and many other products and services.
By moving into the retail energy market, Ikea will move further away from its original flat-pack furniture business and build on its existing business lines for banking, insurance and solar panels.
Customers in Sweden will pay a single flat fee each month alongside the rate of power traded wholesale on the Oslo Nord Pool Power Exchange. They will monitor their consumption via a phone app.
A Possible Self-Build Flat-Pack Future?
Meanwhile in the UK, there is movement in the self-build market with a new report suggesting that would-be British homeowners should be encouraged to build their own eco-friendly homes. Ikea once trialled flat-pack high-end and eco-friendly homes, and it will be interesting to see if the company is interested in moving back into this space as demand evolves for green and affordable housing. Modern eco-homes can be made from energy-efficient panels which are heavily insulated and which integrate with clean energies to make clean, green and sustainable SIPP homes.

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Founded in 2015, PONG GROUP and its sister company Atalon Ventures Ltd launched PONGConnect, the first digitally interactive table game "pong", allowing players to compete against each other around the world.
Now with 100+ employees, PONG Group includes an extensive portfolio of bar, restaurant and lifestyle venues across the globe, striving for the finest entertainment, food and beverage experience combined with the latest technology and first-class service.
"Pong offers F&B concepts combined with a tech twist - the pre-eminent lifestyle hub for this millennial day and ages."
Having studied business and wealth management on 3 continents, Ronald Chiu was inspired to digitalise the popular beerpong movement. Following his award-winning launch of PONGConnect the first online application for the game, alongside his established background in CLSA Capital Partners, one of Asia's leading private equity platforms, Ronald opened the first PONG venue in 2015.
Amongst PONG Group's growing collection of bar, restaurant and liftstyle venues across the globe are the newly opened locations in Singapore, London and Xiamen, along with the current 4 in Hong Kong and Taipei. Each PONG outlet focuses on different concepts and offerings, in order to suit local preferences, but never ceases its focus on bringing innovation and the latest technology to every market around the world.


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The customized apps (available with the $79/month package) are individually created for your church and can be submitted to iTunes and Google Play with the name of the app that you choose, often your church name. Your custom apps can include many features, including push notifications, forms for prayer requests, life group signups, links to online giving and more. Having your own custom app enables your app to have your own unique look and removes the need for someone to enter a Stream ID to display your video content. Learn more about our Custom Apps at our MinistryInTheClould.com website.
With the Sunday Streams Roku channel, your viewers can watch your live broadcasts and video archives directly on their TV through their Roku devices. In addition, with our $79/month package, you can get your own customized Roku channel. The custom Roku channel is individually created for your church with your logo, colors, icon graphics, and is submitted to the Roku Channel Directory under your church name. This makes it searchable in the Roku Channel Directory by searching for your church name. Learn more about our Custom Roku Channel at our MinistryInTheClould.com website.
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Just as the gardens at Giverny inspired Monet, who spent half his life nurturing and enjoying them, so they continue to enthrall countless visitors more than 90 years after his death. The lovingly restored gardens give a vivid impression of Monet's favourite subjects. The gardens are filled with poppies, lupins, delphiniums and peonies, and throughout the year the atmosphere is of abundant colour and luxuriant growth. Arched bridges, painted an acid apple green, are festooned with wisteria and the draped fronds of weeping willow frame the water lilies - Monet's paintings brought unnervingly to life.
The perfect complement to Giverny is the Orangerie Museum in Paris, which underwent an extensive renovation in 2006. The centerpiece of this outstanding collection is Monet's breathtaking series of murals, Les Nymphéas. Housed in two vast elliptical rooms, the 2-metre high murals extend to almost 200m in length and provide a moving and unforgettable testament to the genius of a painter at the height of his powers.
Besides Giverny, we visit the Château de Chantilly, with its extensive collection of fine art and its gardens designed by Le Nôtre, and the pleasant market town of Senlis.
This tour was recently included in The Times' Best Cultural Holidays for 2022 list.
Giverny Garden
The Japanese Footbridge by Claude Monet
The incomparable gardens of Giverny, carefully maintained as Monet would have wished
The Orangerie Museum and Les Nymphéas – impressionism at its most impressive
The sumptuously decorated Grands Appartements and the Galeries de Peintures of the Château de Chantilly
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We depart from London St Pancras International on the morning Eurostar service through the Channel Tunnel to Paris Gare du Nord. (First Class upgrades and regional connections also available on request). On arrival we will be met by our comfortable local coach and travel to the charming town of Chantilly, situated in the heart of the Chantilly Forest, nineteen miles north of Paris. Our hotel, the Château de Montvillargenne, is approximately 3 miles from the town centre set in its own wooded grounds on Avenue Francois Mathet. Please note the hotel has a heated indoor swimming pool.
Bedroom upgrades are also available to the executive deluxe rooms. They are all individually designed and offer a higher level of comfort including a private whirlpool bath.
In the evening once you have settled into your room join our party for a welcome glass of Kir in the bar before dinner.
Château de Montvillargenne
The Chateau de Montvillargenne is situated in Chantilly, 35 kilometres north of Paris. It is just 20 minutes from Charles de Gaulle airport and offers a peaceful park setting, an indoor swimming pool and spa facilities.
The rooms are decorated in a traditional or contemporary French style each with an individual atmosphere.
Facilities for relaxation include a sauna, a steam-room and a fitness centre. Massages and beauty treatments are available on request.
Enjoy your buffet breakfast. This morning we transfer to nearby Senlis, a pleasant market town typical of Picardy, where we will have some free time to wander round the shops or perhaps enjoy some pâtisserie.
Following an opportunity for lunch in Senlis (not included), we will visit the Château de Chantilly, a magnificent structure which stands on a rock surrounded by water. Our visit will include the sumptuously decorated Grands Appartements, dating from the 17th-19th centuries.
We will return to the hotel in time for dinner.
Breakfast, Dinner
This morning, following breakfast, we depart for Giverny and the world famous house and gardens of Claude Monet. Our early start today will ensure an early arrival at Giverny - a time when the gardens are at their most tranquil. Both the house and gardens have been lovingly and accurately restored - one would believe that the family have just gone out to walk in the garden. You will have plenty of time to explore this marvellous garden at your leisure. Light lunch facilities are available near the garden (not included).
Following our visit we will enjoy free time in Giverny along with an opportunity to visit the little church where Monet is buried.
Dinner will be served at the Château de Montvillargenne in the evening.
Enjoy your buffet breakfast. We the travel to Paris for a visit to the Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, which re-opened in May 2006 after an extensive refurbishment programme. The highlight of the museum's impressive collection is undoubtedly the series of 2-metre high murals entitled Les Nymphéas, a sequence of impressions such as clouds, reflections and sunsets which Claude Monet installed between 1914 and 1918, when he was at the height of his extraordinary powers. To stand before these unique paintings in peaceful meditation is a moving and memorable experience. In addition to the Nymphéas, the Orangerie offers a fabulous collection of masterpieces from the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection, a highly original insight into modern art featuring Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso, Rousseau, Matisse, Derain, Modigliani, Soutine, Utrillo and Laurencin.
Thereafter you will have free time to shop and sightsee at your leisure. Paris is, of course, the most romantic city in the world with wonderful art galleries, churches, and shops.
Later, we return to the Gare du Nord for our Eurostar train back to London where we expect to arrive in the evening.
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anyway, January went by like the proverbial shit through a goose and February promises to be, seemingly, as short a month. Where does the time go when we're having so much fun? As a Nation, our (collectively speaking) morality and ethics have leaked all over the floor in the Senate Chamber; we just can't hold our water anymore. The filthy, stinking liberal-Democrats have effectively short-circuited the Justice that the lowlife, scumbag Clinton deserved. The GOP caved and gave the process a pass, but not without a semi-valiant attempt at staying the course by The House Managers. Close (but no cigar) only counts in horseshoes and with hand grenades. One can already hear The White House's victory celebration three thousand miles away. Clinton is once again free to get away with anything he can. Hey: it's the economy, stupid.
Reno Does It Again.
The most corrupt, ethically and morally challenged attorney general since John Mitchell in The Nixon Administration — Janet "the " Reno — has again covered the Clintonite's tracks and protected their sorry asses from US Law. After 6 months of stalling, she's again refused to activate the independent counsel statute to investigate crimes by the ultra sleazy, lowlife criminal, Harold Ickes, who ran the crooked Clinton-Gore re-election campaign in '96.
Clearly lying to a Senate Committee and on TV, Ickes dug a perjurious, illegal hole for himself and the Reno bitch threw a life preserver in to get him out safely.
It's truly a shame that there isn't another branch of government which can overrule a corrupt attorney general's attempts at obstruction of justice. She deserves to be run out of the job, tried, convicted and jailed for crimes approaching Clinton's shameful antics.
Clinton The Rapist.
Most rapists spend time in prison for their crimes against another person; Bill Clinton has assaulted and raped numerous women in his life and spends eight years in The White House.
Now that's good, old fashioned American Justice.
I've said in this space, on many an occasion, that rapists — along with murderers, armed robbers, child molesters and traitors — should be tried, convicted and executed. I stand by that.
The filthy, stinking Clinton has gotten so many passes on so many crimes, it's a crime in and of itself. It's long past time for the Law to take over and apply much-needed Justice to the slimeball.
Execute The Lowlife.
Aw gee, another whining, subhuman scumbag, cretinous-moron is playing the race card. Too f*cking bad, lowlife Tyrone Johnson — or whatever your real ghetto name is — you whacked a cop; now you must die for your sin. Just like anyone of any color has to do when they murder someone else.
The fact that blacks commit more crime per capita, doesn't merit any special attention or treatment in my book. Get a job and deal with life and now, death, Tyrone.
All those white trash bands should be forced to visit the families of slain police officers instead of promoting a murderer's cause.
Why are we waiting for so many years to execute this subhuman piece-of-shit? Tyrone's been on Death Row for 17 years; that's 16.9 years too long. He should have been executed immediately after the trial and conviction.
If no one in New Jersey has the f*cking guts to do it, call me! I'll drive right over and implement the sentence in the blink of an eye. Gladly, and at no cost to the US Taxpayers.
Niggardly City.
In what has to be one of the most sadly-telling events in the f*cked up town of Washington, DC, semantics has cost a literate and articulate man his job.
The idiot mayor, Tony "the bonehead" Williams, allowed an aide to be forced out of office because a couple of racist blacks didn't know the meaning of niggardly. The black racists should be sent back to high school and force-fed Webster's Dictionary until they become, at least, semi-literate.
Williams is a cowering, piece-of-shit lowlife who has no spine to stand up to the racist blacks in that shithole town. He also needs to have a spine and backbone implant.
Better yet, get all the stupid cretinous-morons in DC a pocket copy of Webster's Dictionary 1999. But first, teach them to read.
Oh Please.
When is someone going to shoot that f*cking Pennsylvania groundhog pest and put an end to that stupid ritual of seeing or not seeing his shadow? How can anyone be weary of Winter? We haven't had a proper Winter yet in 3yrs. Sure it's just hype, but it's ridiculous.
Arizona Chips In.
It's a small step, but a step in the right direction: a subhuman, piece of lowlife shit was executed 19 years after the horriffic murder — read the story — of an innocent citizen. That's 19 years too damned late, but at least Justice was served.
Anymore than a 48hour delay in executing convicted murderers, rapists, child molesters and traitors in inexcusable; 10-15-20-25year delays are obscene. The subhuman criminal lives on; the victim is still and forever dead. Some Justice System.
Get the stinking liberal filth out of the Legal System, and let Justice prevail. Wasting $40,000 - $60,000 per year per inmate, to keep them alive at Taxpayer's expense — that's you and me — is also obscene and unnecessary.
At no cost to US Taxpayers, I continue to happily volunteer my services as Executioner In Chief and freely travel around the country, executing all the stinking garbage housed in America's prisons.
Here's a good read.
Stinking, f*cking Cowards.
The Senate is full of lowlife cowards. Old men, mostly shit-for-brains southerners in leadership positions, can't find their own asses with both hands. Pathetic scumbags, all.
These pathetic, sons-of-bitches waffled on US Law, aka The US Constitution, and caved to lib-Dem filth scum and let Clinton off with another pass.
The House Managers were valiant; Henry Hyde in particular. They tried to carry out the Laws of The Constitution, but were short-circuited at every turn. Sad.
The piece-of-shit Trent Lott, another old moron, caved and gave the lib-Dem shit what they wanted; the sleazemeister Larry Flynt has some sexual indiscretions on him and he's turned into a coward anbd lowlife.
The lib-Dem cowards keep advancing the cowardly theory that the Clinton filth's crimes don't rise to the level of impeachment; they certainly do. Crime is crime; what imprisons ordinary citizens also imprisons presidents.
Any questions, liberal filth?
Her father's a felony perjurer and obstructor-of-justice; her mother is a congenital liar and criminal. But Chelsea just keeps on keeping on.
More Stinking, Lib-Dem shit.
Chicago, New Orleans, Miami-Dade County and Bridgeport, Connecticut, are suing the gun manufacturing industry. Philadelphia and Baltimore are among those considering it. Liberal-Dem filth are running the the National Exorcism of Firearms. Never mind The Bill Of Rights.
It's fitting, since the Liar-In-Chief has raped and assaulted 13+ women in 25 years. Some enviable record, NOW Bitches. From lowlife perverts like Rep Barney Frank (D-Conn) to the nasty racist bitch, Rep Maxine Waters (D-Texas), it's a shame and a sham. They're lowlife scum.
On July 14, 1974, in Boynton Beach, FL, I was robbed and shot (.32cal) coming out of Tropical Acres Restaurant, with my fiancee, Suzanne. Needless to say, I'm divorced and still alive.
Buy me a few drinks and I'll tell you the gruesome story...
A Touching Story.
Get past the idiot S.L. Goldman's bullshit and read Coleman Luck's story about the Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago. I grew up in the northwest suburb, Arlington Heights, in the 50s and early 60s, and remember it well. I don't remember the freak show, because I was a chickenshit and wouldn't go in. But the story is very touching and true.
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The New Zealand Federation of Multicultural Councils Inc. was established in July 1989 as an incorporated, non-government body, which acts as an umbrella organisation for the ethnic communities of New Zealand. The Federation's primary role is to promote, support and share information among the Regional Councils and New Zealand's Ethnic Communities. The challenge for NZFMC is to provide an opportunity for people from all segments of New Zealand's diverse society to address the challenges facing our multicultural communities on the threshold of the 21st century.
"Ethnic" means pertaining to or relating to any segment of the population within New Zealand society sharing fundamental cultural values, customs, beliefs, languages, traditions and characteristics, that are different from those of the larger society.
A multicultural New Zealand where people of different cultures and beliefs live safely and in harmony.
To represent and support multicultural councils and ethnic, migrant and refugee communities through leadership, partnership, capacity building and service delivery.
Diversity, Inclusiveness, Equality, Participation, Collaboration, Service to the Community.
The New Zealand Federation of Multicultural Councils has made a commitment in its Constitution to raise the consciousness among ethnic communities of the needs, aspirations and status of Maori. The Federation believes that New Zealand is a multi-ethnic society in which the Maori have special status as tangata whenua (people of the land) and special rights under the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Are breast implants safe enough? The FDA reviews the popular procedure this week
Posted 6:18 am, March 25, 2019, by CNN Wire Service, Updated at 06:19AM, March 25, 2019
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Many women have breast implants with no serious complications, but there have been cases where women suffer pain and fatigue, among other health problems.
Now, the US Food and Drug Administration plans to hold a meeting to take a closer look at such cases and put breast implant safety under a microscope.
The FDA will convene a meeting of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee's General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel on Monday and Tuesday to discuss and make recommendations relating to the risks and benefits of breast implants.
The meeting, which will be open to the public, comes just days after the FDA issued warning letters to two breast implant manufacturers for failing to comply with the agency's requirements to conduct long-term studies assessing the safety and risks of their silicone gel-filled implants.
The committee plans to discuss reports of breast implants being linked to a rare cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma; the use of registries for maintaining breast implant surveillance; and best practices for informed consent discussions between patients and clinicians, among other topics.
"We've also heard from patients who are concerned that their implants may be connected to other health conditions that could be associated with their immune system's response to these devices, resulting in symptoms like chronic fatigue, cognitive issues and muscle pain," FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb and Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a FDA statement earlier this month.
"While the FDA doesn't have definitive evidence suggesting breast implants are associated with these conditions, we're looking to gain a fuller understanding of this issue to communicate risk, minimize harm and help in the treatment of affected patients. This topic will be discussed at our upcoming two-day public meeting," the statement said.
Along with agency officials, the meeting will involve input from some experts, including representatives from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
The ASPS worked closely with the FDA in creating a registry to track cases of lymphoma-linked breast implants in 2012, and then last year to create an overall National Breast Implant Registry, said Dr. Alan Matarasso, president of the ASPS, which represents about 93% of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the United States and thousands worldwide.
"We are in regular communication with the FDA to share data and insights about patient safety," Matarasso said.
"Breast implants are among the most studied medical devices in the world, and they will continue to be so," he said. "Hundreds of thousands of patients each year in the US opt for breast implants and report no adverse effects. When a possible association with a rare disease is reported, we follow the science to provide detailed, accurate information to improve patient safety."
There are two types of breast implants approved for sale in the United States. They both have a silicone outer shell, but one is saline-filled and the other is silicone gel-filled. They can vary in size and shape, and are typically implanted to either increase breast size or to rebuild breast tissue, such as after a mastectomy or other damage to the breast.
The ASPS released new data earlier this month that revealed 313,735 breast augmentation procedures were performed in 2018, which was a 4% jump from the 300,378 procedures conducted in 2017.
Breast augmentation was the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure performed in 2018, according to the ASPS statistics.
While most breast implant patients are happy with the procedure, as many as 20% of women who receive implants for augmentation have to have their implants removed within eight to 10 years, relating to complications, according to the FDA.
"Breast implants are not meant to be lifetime devices, they have a lifespan and that might range from seven to 10-plus years, based on the implant and patient," said Dr. Tommaso Addona, a plastic surgeon and president of the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group in New York, who is not involved in the FDA meeting.
The benefits and risks of breast implants, which will be discussed in the meeting, remain important and sit at the forefront of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Addona said, adding that he often discusses benefits and risks with his own patients.
"We do discuss complications. Those range from scarring around the implant, sometimes soreness and discomfort from the implant … to in the last seven years, probably a bit more, we've become more acutely aware of a specific type of lymphoma that is associated with breast implants," he said. "What the general public should appreciate is, as doctors and clinicians, we always want what's best and safest for our patients. We're constantly not only educating ourselves but educating our patients."
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Psoriasis in Jordan: a single center experience
Shefaa Almashagbeh MD *, Deifallah Alsharari MD *, Hayat Khasawneh MD *, Diana Aljammal * MD, Hamzeh Al-housamieh MD*
Objectives: To evaluate the demographics, therapeutic protocols, risk factors and co-morbidities of psoriasis in one hospital in Jordan's public military health sector.
Methods: Our study included 350 adult patients, of both genders, aged 19 -75 years, diagnosed with psoriasis by dermatologists. The demographics, therapeutic protocols, risk factors and co-morbidities were assessed. Psoriasis was classified as severe, moderate, and mild forms depending on the psoriasis area severity index (PASI) score, which was used to assess the severity of psoriatic lesions based on area coverage and plaque appearance, a PASI <5 is a mild psoriasis, a PASI <10 is a moderate, and a PASI >10 is a severe psoriasis. We collected information on skin disorders and infections, chronic diseases, pregnancy, stress, obesity, smoking status and drug use (beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, anti-malarial, NSAIDs, lithium, interferon's, tetracycline's and penicillin.). The study was approved by the ethics and research review board committee of the Royal Medical Services. The patients' information was used for the study during a period of 4 years from Jan 2012 to Jan 2016 at Prince Rashid Military Hospital, Irbid, Jordan.
Results: Psoriasis was more prevalent in men and most prevalent in the age group 68-75 years. The prevalence in both genders increased with increasing age. 94.9% of patients were treated with topical corticosteroids and 12.9 % of patients had systemic treatment. Psoriatic patients experienced increased co-morbidities of diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia. Patients with previous skin disorders (OR, 3.1 [95% CI, 2.9-3.8]) and skin infection (OR, 1.7 [95% CI, 1.5-1.8]), during the last year, had the highest risk of having psoriasis. Other risk factors include Smoking, obesity, stress, depression and skin trauma.
Conclusion: The number of Jordanian psoriatic patients presenting to public health military sector hospitals is more in males than in females and the number increased markedly in patients aged 68-75 years.
Key words: Co-morbidities, Epidemiology, Jordan, Psoriasis.
JRMS June 2017; 24(2):6-10/DOI: 10.12816/0039635
Genetic and environmental factors affect the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Geographic site, gender and age influence the epidemiology of psoriasis. Patient information can clarify risk factors for disease severity. Psoriasis is a chronic, immunological and inflammatory disease of the skin and joints, with systemic implications, which affects 1 - 3% of the world's population. (1) A Frequency rate of 60.4 per 100 000 person-years was recorded in the United States of America (prevalence 2.2-3.15%, prevalence in African Americans is 1.3%).(1) Psoriasis is subjected to flares or remissions with many different variations and scores of intensity. It may be symptomatic throughout life and may be progressive with age or wane in its severity. Psoriasis is the most frequent chronic disease of the skin, often debilitating, with high epidermal turnover rate and epidermal hyperplasia. The epidemiology is influenced by risk factors including skin infection, skin disorders, smoking, obesity and high body mass index, heavy alcohol consumption, stress and depression. Clinical features are cyclical, peaking during young adulthood (16 to 22 years of age) and during older ages (57 to 60 years of age).(2) The prevalence of psoriasis in Caucasians is 2–11%.(1) The prevalence of psoriasis in the United Kingdom (prevalence 1.3-2.6%) and Spain (3) decreases markedly in patients over the age of 70 years.(2) Psoriasis is more prevalent in adults than in children and more prevalent in older children than in younger ones. In the USA, the prevalence of psoriasis increases more rapidly in young female patients compared with young male patients and declines significantly in patients 70 years and older, regardless of gender.(2) Psoriasis is less common in Mongoloid population.(4) The prevalence rate was more in south and northeast Europe than in the UK. In Latin America, India, Egypt, Tanzania, China, Sri Lanka and Taiwan, the prevalence rate was less than 0.5%.(4) Broadly, psoriasis is equally frequent in men and women.(1) In Taiwan, psoriasis is less common in women.(5) Patients with psoriasis had more co-morbidities in comparison with the general population. There is positive correlation between psoriasis and diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.(6-8) The occlusive vascular incidents are markedly more in patients with psoriasis than in the general population.(9) The aim of this study was to evaluate the demographics, therapeutic protocols, risk factors and co-morbidities of psoriasis in Jordan (public military health sector)
This prospective and observational study included 350 adult patients, of both genders, aged 19 -75 years diagnosed with psoriasis and managed by dermatologists. Psoriasis was divided into a severe form if PASI score >10, and a mild form if PASI score <5. The patient's information (age, gender, medical illnesses (DM, HTN, hyperlipidemia, malignancy), drugs history, smoking, psychological illness, pregnancy) was used for the study during a period of 4 years from Jan 2012 to Jan 2016 at Prince Rashid military hospital, Irbid, Jordan. The demographics, risk factors, therapeutic protocols and co-morbidities were assessed. We collected information on skin disorders and infections, pregnancy, stress, body mass index, smoking status and drug use (antihypertensive, antimalarial drugs, lithium, interferon's, NSAIDs, antibiotics, steroid withdrawal).The study was approved by the ethical and research review board committee of the Jordanian Royal Medical Services.
The statistical significance in patient numbers between gender and various age groups was determined using chi-square test. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess the correlation of co-morbidities with psoriasis according to age and gender. Odds ratios and 95% confidence interval were used to evaluate the correlation between co- morbidities and psoriasis.
The study included 350 patients (192{54.9%} men and 158{45.1%} women, P>0.05) with a diagnosis of psoriasis. The number of psoriatic patients according to age and gender is shown in Table I. There was no marked sex discrepancy in the number of psoriatic Jordanian patients. The number of patients less than 27 years was comparable in both genders, but increased more in men aged 27-38 years, Table I .The maximum number was attained in Jordanian patients aged 68-75 years, in both genders, Table I. The number of psoriatic patients increased more in patients aged 68-75 years, in comparison with patients aged 59–67 years. Regarding multivariate analysis, mild psoriasis recorded OR 1.1(1.10-1.20) while severe psoriasis recorded OR 2.0(1.69-2.28). The therapeutic protocols of these 350 patients are demonstrated in Table II. Topical corticosteroids were the most commonly used drugs (94.9% of patients). Forty-five (12.9%) patients (29 men and 16 women) had systemic therapy (severe psoriasis), Table III. The incidence of patients using systemic therapy was more in males than in females {15.1 %( 29/192)} vs. {10.1 %( 16/158), respectively}. A total of 305 patients with mild psoriasis and 45 patients with severe psoriasis were recorded. Diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia were correlated with psoriasis, Table IV. Gender and smoking (smoking: OR, 1.2 [95% CI, 1.1-1.4]) were independent risk factors for psoriasis in Jordan. Over weight patients had a mild effect on increasing the severity of the skin lesion and decreasing the improvement rate as well as smoking. History of any skin disorder diagnosis in the previous year was correlated with an OR of 3.1 (95% CI, 2.9-3.8). Having an episode of infectious disease in the last year increased the risk of psoriasis (OR, 1.8 [95% CI, 1.6-2.1]). Infectious skin disorders were correlated with an OR of 1.7 (95% CI, 1.5-1.8). Pregnancy in the previous year was correlated with a reduced risk of psoriasis (OR, 0.4 [95% CI, 0.3-0.9]). Antibiotics (tetracycline's, penicillin, ampicillin) had an OR of 1.3 (95% CI, 1.1-1.5). There was no correlation with use of antihypertensive agents (beta-blocker, ACE inhibitors mainly) (OR, 0.7 [95% CI, 0.5-0.9]). Table V.
Table I: Age and gender (number in relation with psoriasis)
Table II: Therapeutic protocols in Jordanian patients with psoriasis.
Therapeutic protocols
Psoriatic patients (% and numbers)
*Topical corticosteroids
94.9%(333)
Tar preparations
Vitamin D analogues
19.9%(70)
Keratolytic agents
Calcineurin inhibitors
0.1%(3)
*Ultraviolet light therapy :
UVB ( ultraviolet B 290-320nm )
n BUVB ( narrow band ultraviolet
B 311-313nm)
PUVA ( psoralen with ultraviolet
radiation A )
Targeted phototherapy ( UVB
delivered with the laser system,
Excimer308 nm )
4.7%(16)
*Systemic treatments
Systemic retinoid ( Acitretin )
Cyclosporin A
TNF inhibitors:
IL12&23 Inhibitors:
Anti pathogenic T cells Agents:
Alefacept
Efalizumab
Table III: Age and gender of Patients with severe psoriasis.
Table VI: Correlation between co- diseases and mild or severe psoriasis.
Mild psoriasis
OR(95% CI)
Severe psoriasis
0.9(0.8-1.28)
0.8(0.78-1.21)
0.95(0.85-1.42)
1.9(1.7-2.1)
Occlusive vascular incidents
0.85(0.80-1.4)
1.9(1.35-2.0)
Table V: Correlation between risk factors and OR.
OR (95%:CI)
PSORIASIS NUMBER
Antihypertensives
Psoriasis is an immune genetically frequent skin disease, affecting skin, nails and joints with different systemic implications. Psoriasis is characterized by erythematous papules and plaques with silvery scale that affect any skin surface. It is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with increased epidermal proliferation. The types of psoriasis include: plaque, inverse (flexural), erythrodermic, pustular and guttate type.(10) Psoriasis has adetrimental effect on quality of health and on economic aspect. Our investigation evaluated therapeutic protocols, risk factors and co- morbidities for psoriasis. Psoriasis has strong genetic relation. The risk for having psoriasis is 4% if the parents of the person do not have psoriasis. The risk increases to 28% if one of the parents is affected and to 65% if both parents are affected.(9) According to the gender of the carrier, it is increased if the carrier is the father. Psoriasis is autosomal dominant with recessive gene traits. Psoriasis expresses traits by 3 to 4 autosomal dominant genes while one gene acts in a recessive manner. Early onset psoriasis with severe progression is correlated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA-A2, B17, B37, HLA-CW6, and DR7) factors whereas the milder, late onset form is not. The low prevalence of psoriasis worldwide is may be due to a low incidence of HLA-Cw6.(1) Although worldwide, psoriasis does not have a gender bias, in our Jordanian patients with psoriasis there were more males than females. In China, psoriasis is more frequent in males than in females.(4) In Caucasian people, the prevalence of psoriasis decrease markedly in patients above 70 years of age.(2,3) Our results found that psoriasis increased more in Jordanian patients aged 68-75 years, compared with patients aged 59–67 years. Older patients in Jordan may be at increased risk for having new onset psoriasis. This study demonstrated that the majority (94.9%) of patients had topical corticosteroid therapy. Diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia were correlated risk factors in Jordanian patients with psoriasis. The severity of psoriasis is increased with smoking and with high body mass index,(11,12) obese patients are more likely to have severe psoriasis and smoking decreases the response to the medication used for psoriasis,(13,14) also stressful life events (12) and depression increase the risk of psoriasis.(15) To enhance diagnostic precision and exclude over estimation of the prevalence of psoriasis, our study concentrated on psoriasis patients managed by dermatologists. As patients with mild psoriasis may not have been seen by a specialist during the 4 -year study period, the prevalence of mild psoriasis may be under estimated. There is a correlation between psoriasis and infectious diseases. Streptococcal infection is a risk factor for psoriasis in young people. There is a high risk of psoriasis in patients with new infectious disease, and the risk is more during the first month after an upper respiratory tract infection among persons aged 21 to 40 years.(5)
Psoriasis in the Jordanian population attending a public health military sector was more common in males than females and the number increased markedly in patients above 67 years
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3. Ferrándiz C, Carrascosa JM, Toro M. Prevalence of psoriasis in Spain in the age of biologics. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2014; 105(5): 504-509.
4. Yip SY. The prevalence of psoriasis in the Mongoloid race. J Am Acad Dermatol 1984; 10: 965–968.
5. Chang YT, Chou CT, Yu CW, et al. Cytokine gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with psoriasis. Br J Dermatol 2007; 156: 899–905.
6. Sterry W, Strober BE, Menter A. Obesity in psoriasis: the metabolic, clinical and therapeutic implications. Report of an inter disciplinary conference and review. Br J Dermatol 2007; 157: 649–655.
7. Neimann AL, Shin DB, Wang X, et al. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors inpatients with psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2006; 55: 829–835.
8. Kimball AB, Robinson D Jr, Wu Y, et al. Cardiovascular disease and risk factors among psoriasis patients in two US healthcare databases, 2001–2002. Dermatology 2008; 217: 27–37.
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NZ Millennium Cup 2023 Notice of Race Released
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After a hiatus in 2022, the 2023 edition of the race is already drawing in yachts with a number of early entries signing up before the official release. Raced in New Zealand's Bay of Islands, the New Zealand Millennium Cup is the world's most southerly superyacht regatta with superyachts journeying from across the globe to race in the sailing Mecca of New Zealand.
The 144 islets of the Bay of Islands make a startlingly beautiful backdrop for the superyachts which compete in the Cup. February's summer weather and rising afternoon winds provide perfect racing conditions for this regatta, which has become renowned for its on-water competitiveness and on-land hospitality.
Hoek-designed, Pendennis-built 39 metre Halekai will join the racing for the first time this year, seeing Truly Classic lines return to the Bay. She'll line up against repeat competitors like 34 metre Royal Huisman-built Sassafras and 40 metre Ed Dubois designed Janice of Wyoming.
"As long-time competitors in the New Zealand Millennium Cup, Sassafras and her crew are excited to be returning to the Bay of Islands for the 2023 edition of this regatta. After missing the 2022 season we look forward to once again racing in one of the world's best sailing venues," says S/Y Sassafras captain Matt Lovett.
"I encourage all superyachts visiting the South Pacific to seriously consider entering this extremely well-run, great-fun regatta. As sailors taking part in the NZ Millennium Cup, we enjoy fair competitive racing on the waters of the Bay of Islands, and excellent social events ashore."
As the refit and charter base of the South Pacific, which is proving an increasingly popular charter destination, the regatta provides another drawcard to New Zealand. The Pacific nation is equipped with world-class refit facilities and charter friendly legislation.
Find the Notice of Race and entry form online now and see Superyacht New Zealand to plan your journey.
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What happens in a three way relationship, and how does it fit in with the new model of gay marriage? Follow the story of three gay guys through three decades of gay culture and learn their three simple rules for success.
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Who doesn't have fond memories of summer reading programs, afternoons spent curled up with a book? To aid you and your children in selecting books this summer, Jenn Lawrence has compiled a list of must-read summer books for children of all ages!
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Must-reads: Ages 3-6
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
by William Joyce
Morris Lessmore loves books. He has quite the book collection, one to which he has devoted his entire life. One day a horrible wind storm destroys this collection, and Morris is heartbroken. Thankfully, after the storm, he comes across an abandoned library full of books! These aren't your typical books though! Their covers flap like wings, and they read themselves to him each night. The books take care of him as he ages, nurture and protect him as he starts writing again. A truly rewarding story not just about books, but the power of books and their lasting resilience.
by Adam Rubin
Dragons love tacos. Tacos of all varieties — chicken, beef, big tacos, small tacos. The only tacos dragons don't like are spicy tacos. When a young boy has a party for dragons, he's certain to serve tacos. Yet, unintentionally, he serves the tacos with salsa that he believes is mild, but instead has a kick of jalapenos inside. The result — fire breathing dragons! An adorable, hilarious book filled with beautiful watercolor drawings, this book will be a hit for any fans of dragons (and tacos).
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Lego Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
Explore the magical characters of Harry Potter! While viewing richly-detailed pages on each of the characters in the Harry Potter series, learn unique trivia about the series. Includes an exclusive mini-figure! A must-have for any Harry Potter or Lego fan!
Seraphina
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Despite a 40-year-old treaty of peace between dragons and humans, the tension continues to run high. Allowed to join the court, dragons are an asset using their mathematical minds to serve as ambassadors to universities. As the anniversary of the treaty looms, tensions are at an all-time high. Seraphina Dombegh is a gifted musician who just recently joined the court. Shortly thereafter, a member of the royal family is killed, and the cause leads authorities to believe the murder was committed by a dragon. Seraphina is asked to join the investigation but is worried that her own secret, the secret behind her magical gift, will come to light. The unveiling of this secret would put her very life in danger. A beautifully-written fantasy debut about a young girl's journey to gain acceptance of herself.
Must-reads: Ages 12 and Up
For Darkness Shows the Stars
by Diana Peterfreund
In this thrilling sequel to Rampant, it has been four years since Kai left. In that time, a great deal has changed and Elliot is forced to work harder to hold on to her family's estate. To do so, she begins renting her land to a group of shipbuilders referred to as the Cloud Fleet. Included in this group is a renowned explorer, Captain Malakai Wentforth, who turns out to be none other than Kai himself. Elliot believes this is a chance to rekindle her romance with Kai, but he has other things on his mind. He's holding onto a secret, one so powerful that he holds the fate of their society in his hands. Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, For Darkness Shows the Stars is a beautifully written novel, full of rich characters, romance, betrayal and redemption.
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The once powerful nation of Ravka has been taken over by the Shadow Fold, an indestructible darkness filled with monsters that feed on human flesh. While Alina Starkov's regiment is attacking the Fold, her best friend is injured. She reveals a power that saves him, one that could also save her war-torn home. Forced to leave everything she knows behind, Alina is taken to the royal court to be trained as a magical Grisha. The entire kingdom is relying upon Alina's magical powers. A truly unremarkable girl in every sense of the word, Alina is forced to look within her own heart to gain the strength to do what it takes to save her homeland. Fans of the Harry Potter series as well as viewers of the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series will find elements that are familiar, making this book one that will be enjoyed by readers of all varieties! A truly unique and impressive novel, the first book in a trilogy.
Monument 14
by Emmy Laybourne
Fourteen children living in Monument, Colorado, are on a bus that crashes into a superstore in the middle of an enormous hailstorm. Their driver, promising to seek help, leaves but never returns. This is just the beginning of the tragedy that befalls the children and the entire country as a whole. Massive earthquakes and chemical weapons spills soon cause the country to fall to its knees. The 14 children are forced to survive on their own, building a sort of refuge in the chain supercenter they now call home. Each of the children, ranging in age from elementary school to high school, are richly developed. Narrated by Dean, one of the young victims, the story he portrays is stark and realistic. While focused toward both genders, this novel is so full of action and intensity it is guaranteed to entice even the most reluctant of male readers.
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Andrew Cuomo's Legacy Exposes the Hypocrisy of Democrats and Their Voters
by Russell Dobular
If God is a novelist, he has a disposition towards the trite, the obvious, and the too on-the-nose. Case in point: Andrew Cuomo. If one wanted to write a book whose theme was personal and political hypocrisy, you couldn't do any better than to produce one in which liberals rally around one notoriously corrupt bully, in order to demonstrate their rejection of another. In the annals of liberal idiocy, the cult of Cuomo ranks right up there with running Hillary Clinton for President and Michelle Obama unironically describing real-life war criminal George W. Bush, as her "partner in crime."
Some may object that we didn't know about Cuomo's lechery until Lindsay Boylan opened the floodgates by coming forward. But we knew enough to know that Cuomo was a lying degenerate from way back. If you ask a Democrat which state in America is the most corrupt, they're likely to name a Republican stronghold like Florida, or Texas, but in reality, based on the number of its political leaders prosecuted and convicted, that honor goes to Cuomo's very own Empire State. The Governor's response to that was to shut down the Moreland commission, which had been charged with investigating corruption in the state and going to war with Attorney General Preet Bharara who demanded that its files be preserved as possible evidence. This all played out even as his top aide was sentenced to six years in prison for bribery.
And that's just scratching the surface of what we already knew about Cuomo before the pandemic. Once it started there were a lot of voices speaking out against his newfound status as champion of the people and exemplar of good government. There were the front-line health care workers pointing out that New York had the worst outbreak on Earth, partly because Cuomo had been cutting the budget for public health and city hospitals for years. There was Assemblyman Ron Kim, begging anyone who would listen to look into the connection between Cuomo's donations from the Greater New York Hospital Alliance (GNYHA) and the liability shield he created for nursing homes, thereby protecting them from lawsuits connected to Covid related illness and deaths in their facilities. Combined with Cuomo's policy of forcing nursing homes to take Covid patients (a policy that might have led to the death of Kim's own Uncle), it's estimated at least 1,000 elderly New Yorkers died needlessly even as Democrats were loudly celebrating their "Cuomosexuality." Knowing his braindead and singularly incurious fan base would never hold him accountable, Cuomo even cut the Medicaid budget during the pandemic.
And yet, right up until State Attorney General Letitia James dropped her report confirming the credibility of claims that 11 women had made against the Governor ranging from crude flirtation to sexual assault, only 21% of NY Democrats thought Cuomo should resign and 50% actually wanted him to run for a fourth term. Remember, these were the same people who couldn't jack off at night without Tweeting a reference to Trump's "grab 'em by the pussy," comment on Access Hollywood. But when it came to Cuomo? Fuck it. Franken. Have to stop eating our own, etc., etc.
So, listen, God, we have a few notes on the manuscript. We've put them all here in this podcast. Take it in, maybe do some edits, 'cause this whole Cuomo thing? It's just not credible that so many people would be so scorchingly hypocritical all at the same time without any of them noticing, much less that an entire political party could be made up of people like this. I dunno, maybe throw in a spaceship, some dinosaurs, that's up to you, you're the artist. Just, do better. I mean, just look at this montage of the media praising a man that every political insider on the planet knew was a goon and a bully. Who's going to believe this is real?
We discuss Cuomo's resignation and more on episode 117 of the Due Dissidence podcast. Click the player below to hear our full conversation, and subscribe to the Due Dissidence podcast on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, or any major podcast player.
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By Eva Sandoval4th September 2019
There are many ways of categorising someone's linguistic skills, but the concept of fluency is hard to define.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg's youth, military record, and marital status may distinguish him from the other 2020 US Presidential Election candidates, but it's his rumoured proficiency in seven languages that really has people talking.
This seemingly magical feat is especially impressive in predominantly monolingual countries like the United States and the United Kingdom (where, respectively, roughly 80% and 62% of the population speaks only English). But where such enviable talent creates an aura of mystique, it also inevitably arouses curiosity. When former US Senator Claire McCaskill asked Buttigieg to comment on his language-speaking ability in a 14 February instalment of MSNBC's Morning Joe, he replied: "it depends what you mean by speak!" and added that he can "still kind of read a newspaper in Norwegian… but only slowly" and that he has gotten "rusty" in his Arabic and Dari. That shows humility, but not so much that Buttigieg and his camp definitively dismiss the polyglot rumours.
This is not to deride Mayor Buttigieg. His perceived fluency interests me because I'm a former language teacher – having taught English for 11 years in Japan and Italy – and I am also a Cambridge English exam speaking examiner; a role which requires me to dissect variables in candidates' second language production such as pronunciation, discourse management, and grammatical range. Buttigieg is clearly fascinated by languages, willing to learn, and is brave enough to practice with native speakers on television – qualities that would have made him the star of my classroom. But – like so many of my ex-students who expected to go from "beginner" to "native" proficiency in two months – Buttigieg may have underestimated what it means to "speak" a language.
I can relate all too well to overestimating one's own abilities. A "heritage speaker" of Italian, I'd been living in Italy for two years when I overheard a receptionist refer me to me as "that foreigner who doesn't speak Italian". I was confused, then gutted. That one casual sentence launched a journey that resulted in my being forced to acknowledge that while I had grown up speaking Italian at home and was fluent, I was not by any means proficient.
Pete Buttigieg can reportedly speak Norwegian, Spanish, Italian, Maltese, Arabic, Dari, and French (Credit: Getty Images)
What does the word "fluent" actually mean? In lay circles, this term has come to equal "native-level proficient", with no grey area between the bumbling beginner and the mellifluous master. An outsider overhearing a conversation in a foreign language only hears a fog of sounds, thus perceiving anyone who can cobble together a sentence as "fluent".
But Daniel Morgan, head of learning development at the Shenker Institutes of English – a popular chain of English schools in Italy – says that fluency actually refers to how "smoothly" and "efficiently" a second language (L2) speaker can speak on "a range of topics in real time". While fluency may denote a degree of proficiency, it does not automatically imply accuracy – the ability to produce grammatically correct sentences – nor does it imply grammatical range.
How important are accuracy and grammatical range? That depends on the speaker's needs. If they simply wish to converse in social settings, their focus may be solely on achieving fluency, but if the L2 is required for business or academia, accuracy and range are crucial as communications full of errors may be seen as unprofessional.
When talking a foreign language, you may be well understood by locals, even if you make lots of grammatical errors (Credit: Alamy)
These errors can include literal word-for-word translation from their native language ("I go in Spain"), and language switch ("I want eat ringo"). Bungled verb tenses, prepositions, plurals, and articles are a natural, even essential, part of the learning process.
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Many learners, however, fall into the trap of assuming that because they are understood, their speech is "perfect". And it isn't only the speaker who glosses over mistakes; in the Handbook of Second Language Assessment, Nivja de Jong – senior lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics – argues that grammatical errors usually won't prevent comprehension on the part of the listener, who is automatically able to "edit out" mistakes. In English, a sentence like "I have 17 years" is incorrect, yet one nonetheless understands that the speaker wants to say that he is 17 years old. Furthermore, friends and teachers tend to encourage L2 learners rather than discourage them, which may also contribute to inflated self-assessment.
I think of the popular memes comparing how we envision a story or scene in our head, to the way we tell it or paint it. Those first crucial years of learning a language, you may be thinking in glorious brush strokes but speaking in scribbles.
Measures of linguistic proficiency typically consider both the accuracy and the range of the language that you can use (Credit: Alamy)
So when can someone say they "speak" a language? That's the million-dollar question. Can someone consider themselves a Spanish speaker if they're conversational but often can't understand native speakers because they "talk too fast"? If they use only two verb tenses and every sentence contains mistakes?
The answer may be less "yes/no" and more "how well?"
Luckily, scales for measuring spoken fluency and overall proficiency exist. "Fluency is an abstract concept, so we assign observable variables," explains Daniel Morgan. Two of the most reliable factors are "speech rate" and "utterance length". Speech rate can be defined as how much (effective) language you're producing over time, for example how many syllables per minute. Utterance length is, as an average, how much you can produce between disfluencies (e.g. a pause or hesitation). You could look at accuracy as being subsumed into fluency, in terms of grammatical accuracy, lexical choice, pronunciation, and precision."
De Jong describes the unconscious process any speaker goes through before speaking: conceptualising what to say, formulating how to say it, and, finally, articulating the appropriate sounds. All of this takes place in roughly six syllables per second. A speaker of a second language who needs to convert their thoughts into an unfamiliar language faces an even greater challenge in meeting these strict time constraints. They must also often overcome inhibition and pronunciation challenges. Accuracy may still be lacking at this stage, but make no mistake – achieving L2 fluency is a colossal feat.
The Council of Europe's Common European Framework of References (CEFR) for Languages groups language learners into concrete proficiency levels, where fluency and accuracy are just two of many examined criteria. The CEFR – available in 40 languages – divides proficiency into six "can do" levels – A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2. A corresponds to "Basic" levels, B to "Independent", and C to "Proficient." Observable skills include:
A1: Capabilities range include basic introductions and answering questions about personal details provided the listener speaks slowly and is willing to cooperate.
A2: Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her past, environment and matters related to his/her immediate needs and perform routine tasks requiring basic exchanges of information.
B1: Can deal with most daily life situations in the country where the language is spoken. Can describe experiences, dreams and ambitions and give brief reasons for opinions and goals.
B2: Can understand the themes of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics and will have achieved a degree of fluency and spontaneity, which makes interaction with native speakers possible without significant strain for either party.
C1: Can understand a wide range of longer texts and recognise subtleties and implicit meaning; producing clear, well-structured and detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
C2: Can understand virtually everything heard or read, expressing themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, while differentiating finer shades of meaning even in highly complex situations.
Geraint Thomas, a Cambridge English speaking exam team leader, explains: "We look at things like cohesion, response rate, discourse management, and pronunciation, but each variable has sub-variables. You can break pronunciation down into stress and individual sounds." He emphasises that the progression is gradual. "You can expect a good B2 candidate to have certain things under control; the present tense, maybe. However, they might not have their second conditional, and you're aware that this is a progressive thing."
What is the span of your conversational abilities? Are you equally happy talking about economics and politics? (Credit: Alamy)
Thomas adds that individual second language speakers can display different strengths: "You can get students who are very accurate but so afraid of making mistakes that their fluency suffers and others who throw themselves into something, who are quite fluent, but their language is full of mistakes."
According to research from the University of Cambridge English Language Assessment, it takes 200 guided hours for a motivated learner to advance from one level to the next. Key word, motivated: language acquisition varies dramatically between individuals. Is the learner open to new structures? Will they build upon what they've already learned instead of clinging to basic "good enough" grammar? Will they commit to consistent study and practice? Bottom line: there are many steps between "The pen is on the table" and penning a perfect thesis on a piece of literature.
Proficiency scales provide an excellent gauge for assessing L2 ability, but I believe that the quickest, dirtiest fluency and accuracy "tests" are real-life situations with native speakers. How smooth and lengthy are your interactions in your L2? Do you avoid or "blank" at certain topics and situations because you don't have the words? Do you find yourself grasping for "key words" and content yourself with understanding "the sense" rather than the entirety of the conversation? How well can you understand a film without subtitles or read a book without a dictionary? If you write an email and ask a native speaker to proofread it, how many errors will they find?
As for me, while my Italian grammatical range has improved dramatically in my nine years in Italy, as a writer I yearn for flawless, native-like accuracy and syntax. I'm not there yet, and there are many days where I despair that I never will be.
And then I remind myself that learning a second language is like entering into a marriage. You think you know your partner when you put the ring on their finger, but it's only the beginning, and the commitment is for life.
Eva Sandoval is an Italian-American writer who has been based in Italy since 2010. Her travel, food, and culture writing has appeared in The Telegraph, CNN Travel, Fodor's Travel Guides, and HuffPo Travel as well as various luxury hotel and airline magazines.
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J. Cole and Dreamville 'Revenge of the Dreamers III' Album: Listen to New Songs
Peter A. Berry Published: July 4, 2019
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At long last, J. Cole and Dreamville Records' Revenge of the Dreamers III album arrives on Friday (July 5).
The arrival of ROTD3 marks the conclusion of a process that began when J. Cole, Omen, J.I.D, Bas, Lute, Ari Lennox and EarthGang decided to host a 10-day rap camp back in January. The "camp," which was hosted at an Atlanta recording studio, was one that saw over 100 artists pop up to bring what they had to the table in order to help create the third installment of the Revenge of the Dreamers series.
The project features contributions from the Dreamville camp, T.I., Vince Staples, Ty Dolla $ign, DaBaby, Ski Mask The Slump God, Young Nudy, Dreezy, Buddy, Smino and more, and it's the type of collaboratory effort fans have vivid dreams about. It's also an audio emblem of Cole switch-up.
Before his torrid streak of guest verses in 2018, Cole, who embarked on his KOD Tour last year, had been known as someone who refrained from doing too many collaborations. Speaking with XXL for the Spring 2019 XXL Magazine cover story, the rapper described the atmosphere of the ROTD3 recording sessions.
"It's like a super-collaborative environment—inviting, welcoming," Cole explained at the time. "That's taken me time to learn. I've just started learning that lesson about four years ago [with 2014] Forest Hills Drive. Let me listen more. Let me allow people into this world. That came from Bas. Watching Bas work on his first couple albums was inspiring to me 'cause he's a super-collaborative artist.
"He's a nigga that needs people—the producer, the musician, ideas. I was always from a position like, I don't need nobody. But that way was only good for so long. It got boring after a while for me. So, watching Bas was really inspiring. It allowed me to be a person that could foster this type of environment for myself and for others, where it's like, 'You got an idea, nigga? Hell yeah, throw that shit on there.'"
Check out Revenge of the Dreamers III for yourself below.
Dreamville's Revenge of the Dreamers III Tracklist
1. "Under the Sun" featuring J. Cole, Lute and DaBaby
2. "Down Bad" featuring J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EarthGang and Young Nudy
3. "LamboTruck" featuring Cozz, Childish Major and Reason
4. "Swivel" featuring EarthGang
5. "Oh Wow...Swerve" featuring J. Cole, Zoink Gang, Key! and Maxo Kream
6. "Don't Hit Me Right Now" featuring Bas, Yung Baby Tate, Guapdad 4000, Cozz and Buddy
7. "Wells Fargo (Interlude)" featuring J.I.D., Buddy, EarthGang and Guapdad 4000
8. "Sleep Deprived" featuring Lute, Mez, Omen and Davionne
9. "Self Love" featuring Ari Lennox, Baby Rose and Bas
10. "Ladies, Ladies, Ladies" featuring J.I.D and T.I.
11. "Costa Rica" featuring Reese LaFlare, Bas, Guapdad 4000, Jace, Mex, Smokepurpp, J.I.D., Buddy and Ski Mask The Slump God
12. "1993" featuring Buddy, Smino, Cozz, EarthGang, J.I.D and J. Cole
13. "Rembrandt...Run It Back" featuring J.I.D., J. Cole and Vince Staples
14. "Sunset" featuring J. Cole and Young Nudy
15. "Got Me" featuring Ty Dolla Sign, Ari Lennox, Omen and Dreezy
16. "Middle Child" featuring J. Cole
17. "PTSD" featuring Mereba, Deante Hitchcock, Omen and St. Beauty
18. "Sacrifices" featuring EarthGang, Smino, Saba and J. Cole
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I have been running on and off for more than three decades. (Or jogging, as we used to call it back in the 1980's when I started…) That's a really long time to have done any one activity with any kind of consistency. Over all those years, projects, priorities and people have come and gone in my life but my love for putting on my running shoes and going for a run remains unchanged. I like the solitude. I like the rhythm of my feet on the pavement. I like the way it makes me conscious of the changing seasons—from the first leaves on the ground that I wouldn't otherwise notice, to the first crocuses of spring like I saw this past weekend even though it snowed again later in the week. And, I like the feeling of strength that running gives me, as I push myself through the discomfort of the day to accomplish what I've set out to do.
And, although it's not essential to my running happiness, I really like those brief moments when I pass another runner and we ever-so-briefly acknowledge one another with a quick wave or a little nod. Maybe it's silly but when that happens, I feel a small surge of extra motivation, a sense of added strength that comes from feeling like at that moment, we share an understanding of how hard we're both working to keep going, even as we continue off in opposite directions, never to see one another again. That's especially true on the dark, cloudy days when motivation is harder to come by and even the slightest sense of a shared experience feels like kindness.
Having said that, I don't know if it's my neighbourhood or the changing times but I have noticed fewer and fewer people waving back as the years go by. Out of habit, I'm still lifting my hand, ready to acknowledge a fellow runner as I run past them (or even a walker or someone with a stroller…) but almost everyone runs right past me, looking straight ahead as if I simply wasn't there. Each time that happens, I feel the same way—kind of like when you meet someone and you smile and extend your hand to shake theirs but for some reason, they don't take it so you're just left standing there, awkwardly, with your hand outstretched to no one in particular, feeling rather foolish.
So, I've tried to hold back my impulse to acknowledge fellow runners as we pass one another but it feels strange to run past someone as if they weren't there, especially when I've been aware of them running towards me for some time before we finally pass one another. And now and again, there is actually someone who, in that brief moment, seems so genuinely delighted by my gesture that their momentary look of happiness makes up for all the times my waves go unanswered. Not to mention, how encouraged I feel when, on the now very rarest of occasions, someone waves before me…!
When I think of the darkest periods of my life, like when my daughter was first diagnosed as having suffered a stroke, or the countless times I've faced something that requires more effort than I think I have, an unexpected smile from a cashier at the grocery store, a random kind word from a receptionist, or any remotely positive acknowledgement, wave, nod or otherwise, from anyone under any circumstances, can make a world of difference to me in that moment. Just like with running, on the dark, cloudy days, when motivation is so hard to come by, even the slightest sense of a shared experience can feel like kindness.
So, I think I'm going to keep waving. In any case, I'll still be running around the neighbourhood, enjoying the solitude, the rhythm of my feet on the pavement and the changing seasons, so why not, just in case…?
About a year ago, I had an interesting conversation about life in general with someone who astutely summed up what we were talking about by saying something along the lines of, "...On your tombstone, it will show the year you were born and the year you died. The dash in-between will represent your entire life. So, the question we need to ask ourselves is...What's in the dash?" A year later, I still find that interesting to think about.
First of all, it's jarring to think that for all of us, the entirety of our lives will eventually be represented by a tiny in-between symbol. And, since "dash" can also mean "to destroy" as in dashing someone's hopes, or "being hasty" as in dashing off to a meeting, there could also be an underlying negative connotation to the whole thing.
In my case, however, consistent with my ongoing focus on the importance of celebrating the tiniest of triumphs in the context of my daughter's rehabilitation after a childhood stroke (as I've written about in my book and throughout these posts), I prefer the idea of "dash" in terms of "a small amount of something"—as in a dash of salt. In that context, I truly believe that it's been our ongoing recognition and appreciation of the little dashes of hope here, and the little dashes of encouragement there, over many years, that has fuelled much of our perseverance and therefore, much of my daughter's progress to overcome the effects of the stroke as much as possible.
And more generally, despite the frustrations of everyday life, I think that consciously trying to add dashes of gratitude into the mix of my daily thoughts is a major contributor to my overall wellbeing. There is, actually, always something to be grateful for. I'm grateful my daughters still choose to have dinner with me most evenings and talk to me about their lives as the young adults they are becoming. Over dinner, I can pass the salt and still add a dash of motherly encouragement here and there to the extent that it's still welcome. I'm grateful for the love and support of my partner, and my family. I'm grateful for every single expression of interest in this project from close to home and far away. I'm grateful for having had the opportunity again this year to be a guest lecturer at McGill University's School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. I'm grateful for the questions and comments from the students, all of which give me so much hope for the future.
So, a year later, I'm still reflecting on the question of What's in the dash? But, maybe my answer would be that in my dash so far, there are many little dashes of this and that, all of which absolutely must be appreciated in the here and now.