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"The Neverending World Tour" was the umbrella name used to describe a series of concert tours by Swedish pop duo Roxette. The name was derived from the title of the duo's debut single, 1986's "Neverending Love". Their sixth and final concert tour, it took place from 23 October 2009 until 8 February 2016, and consisted of 17 separate legs which saw the duo performing a total of 256 concerts in Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, Australasia and Asia.

It was their first concert tour in over eight years, following vocalist Marie Fredriksson's brain tumour diagnosis in September 2002. That diagnosis led to the cancellation of Roxette's planned appearance at the 2002 Night of the Proms concert series. "The Neverending World Tour" began with the band performing at the 2009 edition of that series, followed by a seven-date warm-up tour of Europe the following year, and more extensive tours in support of studio albums Charm School (2011) and Travelling (2012). Despite those two albums being released over the duration of the tour, set lists primarily consisted of many of their greatest hits; Fredriksson was unable to remember the lyrics of new songs because the illness impacted her short-term memory.

The tour received generally positive reviews, with numerous publications praising Fredriksson's voice and the quality of Gessle's songwriting. It was also a commercial success; the band performed to over 2.5 million people by the time the tour concluded in 2016, with a confirmed box office figure of over US$24 million, based on 45 shows reported to Billboard. The tour was due to be extended beyond 2016 as part of promotion for the duo's tenth studio album, Good Karma (2016). However, these dates were cancelled when Fredriksson was advised by her doctors to cease all touring activity, due to poor health.

Background and conception

The duo's seventh studio album, Room Service (2001), was promoted by their first concert tour in almost six years. Roxette were due to follow up this tour with a stint performing on the multiple-act Night of the Proms concert series, which was to begin in October 2002 and would see the band performing throughout Europe with a live orchestra to over 630,000 attendees during 52 shows. However, on 11 September 2002, vocalist Marie Fredriksson fractured her cranium after collapsing in a bathroom in her home. MRI scans later showed she had a brain tumour in the back of her head. She underwent surgery to successfully remove the malignant tumour, followed by months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Fredriksson was left permanently blinded in her right eye, and unable to read or write. She also could not speak for a considerable period of time afterward. All promotional activity for the duo's then-upcoming greatest hits compilation The Ballad Hits (2002) was subsequently cancelled, along with their scheduled appearance at Night of the Proms.

Fredriksson and Per Gessle each released solo albums over the following years, briefly reuniting as Roxette to record two new songs for their 2006 greatest hits compilation A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs!. During the 6 May 2009 date of the "Party Crasher Tour" at the Melkweg in Amsterdam – Gessle's European tour in support of his same-titled 2008 solo album – he and his band were joined on-stage by Fredriksson to perform acoustic renditions of several Roxette songs. Immediately after the gig, Gessle announced to Swedish publication Aftonbladet that Roxette would perform at the 2009 edition of Night of the Proms, which would begin on 23 October. That same date, Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that the duo had been recording material for a new Roxette album since May 2009. Marie also joined Per on stage again on 10 May 2009 at the Cirkus in Stockholm.

Tours and recordings

The band performed a series of seven warm-up shows throughout Europe, beginning on 4 August 2010 at Leif's Lounge – a music venue at Gessle's own Hotel Tylösand in Halmstad – and concluding on 12 September at the Saint Petersburg Ice Palace. Roxette's eighth studio album, Charm School, was released worldwide from 11 February 2011. Deluxe editions of the CD included a bonus disc containing 12 tracks recorded live in Halmstad, Saint Petersburg and Stavanger during the 2010 tour. The "Charm School World Tour" began on 28 February 2011 and saw the band performing in Europe, Asia, South America, South Africa and the Middle East. They performed at London's Wembley Arena on 15 November, their first concert in the United Kingdom in 17 years, they last played Wembley on 15 November 1994.

Their ninth studio album, Travelling, followed on 26 March 2012. It was a successor to 1992's Tourism, although, unlike that album – which was recorded in various locations and settings throughout the world during their "Join the Joyride! Tour" – Travelling was primarily recorded in studios in Sweden in-between legs of the "Charm School World Tour". "Roxette Live: Travelling the World" was less extensive than the preceding tour: it began on 14 February and lasted seven months, taking the band to Australasia and Asia, North and South America, South Africa and Europe. The first gig of the tour, on 11 February at the Vector Arena in Auckland, was cancelled when Gessle became ill during the flight from Stockholm; it began instead two days later in Australia. Live Nation Entertainment promoted the tour, after multiple local concert promoters in the country refused to work with the duo. Tickets for their 16 February show at the Sydney Entertainment Centre sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale to the public. The band went on to perform to over 100,000 people during their ten Australian shows. By the end of 2012, they had performed 153 concerts to a total audience of 1.5 million people.

Roxette ceased all touring activity in 2013, with Gessle rejoining Gyllene Tider to release their sixth studio album, Dags att tänka på refrängen, that April, while Fredriksson released her eighth solo album, Nu!, later that year in November. Fredriksson and Gyllene Tider each toured separately in Sweden to support their releases. A live CD and DVD/Blu-ray box set, Live: Travelling the World, was released on 6 December 2013. The set consisted of footage from three concerts from the South American leg of "Roxette Live: Travelling the World". In 2014, Roxette began the "XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour", with dates initially running from 28 October to 29 November and consisting of 15 concerts in North Asia and Europe. The release of a new greatest hits compilation, Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits on 11 November, was timed to coincide with these concerts, except in Australia, where The RoxBox!: A Collection of Roxette's Greatest Songs was released on 6 February 2015—four days before the beginning of a tour there.

Roxette continued touring throughout 2015, performing their first concert ever in New Zealand on 7 February. The tour concluded a year later with a series of shows in South Africa; their 8 February 2016 performance at the Grand West Arena in Cape Town proved to be their final show. The duo's tenth studio album, Good Karma, was released in June 2016. It was due to be promoted with further concerts throughout Europe over the proceeding months. However, all of these concert dates were cancelled when Fredriksson was advised by her doctors to stop all touring activity, due to poor health. She released a statement which said: "Sadly, now my touring days are over and I want to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful fans that [have] followed us on our long and winding journey." By the end of the tour, Roxette had performed to a total of 2.5 million people (excluding music festival appearances) in over 50 countries.

Critical reception

Neal McClimon of The Hague Online gave a positive review to their 18 November 2009 Night of the Proms performance at the Rotterdam Ahoy, saying that they were given the "warmest welcome of the night. The fact that [they] had to cancel their previous tour due to Marie Fredriksson's well-documented [illness] seemed to resonate with the audience, [and they were] greeted by a crowd that offered thanks, warmth and love." He contrasted Roxette with other acts performing on the tour, writing: "There was one thing that stood out for me as they sang: they looked to be having a lot of fun, and it [was] great to see a band actually looking as though they wanted to be there." Time Out Dubai said that the duo "put on a phenomenal performance" for their 20 May 2011 concert at the Dubai World Trade Centre, but said the show was spoiled by the poor acoustics at the venue. They were also disappointed by the "lacklustre" crowd and asked: "If you want to stand and stare at your BlackBerry, what's the point of buying a ticket?"

The 2012 tour also received positive reviews. A writer for AusPop complimented the set list of their 14 February performance at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, particularly the "near-flawless finale of mega hits", although was critical of the inclusion of "7Twenty7" – an album track from 1999's Have a Nice Day – "one of their least successful albums in Australia, which ultimately had everyone back in their seats." Their gig four days later in Melbourne was praised by the Herald Sun, which said: "From opener 'Dressed for Success', they had one of the most rapturous reactions the Rod Laver Arena has seen in years." The West Australian praised the entire band, writing that they "owned" Challenge Stadium during their two concerts at the Perth venue at the end of February. Fredriksson's performance at the Manchester Arena on 4 July was singled out for praise from The Guardians Dave Simpson, who said that "the poignancy she invests into their more wistful lyrics suggests [that performance is] part of her recovery."

In a review of their 31 August show at the Bell Centre, the Montreal Gazette praised Gessle's songwriting, saying: "There's much to be said for the way [he] has been able to take the eternal beauty of the I-IV-V chord progression (think "Wild Thing" or "Twist and Shout") – one of rock's most basic and perfect statements – and use it as a foundation for his own evergreens, which still sound pretty fresh. Look no farther  than 'Dressed for Success' or 'How Do You Do!' for confirmation." Rock Subculture applauded Fredriksson in their review of the band's 14 September concert in San Francisco's Nob Hill Masonic Center, writing: "The fact that she can still put on an amazing performance like last night is simply stunning. If I had not known about her history, I would never have imagined that she had such challenges in the past and overcame them in such a way."

By the beginning of the "XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour" in late 2014, Fredriksson performed the entirety of concerts while sitting on a chair on stage. Will Gore of The Independent said of their 13 July 2015 London concert that there were "any number of '80 bands who make a living from neatly-packaged nostalgia tours. But not many could sell-out The O2 Arena on their own on a Monday night. ... Yet more than any other European band of that era, Roxette bridged the pop craft of their compatriots ABBA with the rockier sensibilities of American counterparts Heart and even Madonna. Their American success is easy to forget—four number ones between 1989 and 1991. Yet they became, unfairly, regarded as a pastiche almost as quickly." He contrasted this with Fredriksson's "current physical vulnerability" while performing on stage, which he called "a genuinely moving counterpoint to the charge of soullessness which often dogged Roxette's critical reception in the past. It might not be too late for a proper reappraisal."

Andy Rudd of the Daily Mirror reviewed the same concert, and remarked that Fredriksson "still hit all the power high notes, despite remaining seated for all the gig." He went on to praise her "haunting" and "beautiful vocal tones". Similarly, Goldenplec writer Mary Sexton said of their 1 June concert at the 3Arena in Dublin that Fredriksson was "sensational; her voice has a gorgeous timbre switching between her delicate head voice and her lower belt voice." Although she additionally noted that "during her solo moments, there are elements of dodgy intonation which may indicate why her voice is a bit lower in the mix. But make no mistake, she is a sensation, and you cannot possibly take your eyes off of her. Her tiny frame swells and fills the stage as she commands the audiences' attention." Annelise Ball echoed a similar sentiment in her review of their 20 February concert at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, saying that "Despite her evident frailty, Fredriksson's voice is as strong and lovely as ever." She concluded by writing: "Fredriksson, you deserve accolades not only for your exceptional talent but also for your strength, courage and grace under pressure."

Set lists
The songs performed during each leg of the tour changed considerably as it progressed, with Gessle initially singing the majority of tracks. He said: "We had to take it step by step. I sang maybe 60–65% of the songs to begin with, and then the more we played the more Marie could sing." Each tour generally consisted of a "greatest hits"-type set list, as Fredriksson's illness "affected her short-term memory, making it difficult to learn new lyrics, while the old hits are inked firmly in her brain."

Tour dates

Cancelled or rescheduled shows

Personnel
Information derived from "Roxette Live: XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour" book.

Musicians
 Marie Fredriksson – vocals
 Per Gessle – vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars, harmonica
 Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums and percussion
 Magnus Börjson – bass and backing vocals
 Malin Ekstrand – backing vocals and percussion
 Helena Josefsson – backing vocals and percussion
 Christoffer Lundquist – lead guitar
 Dea Norberg – backing vocals and percussion
 Clarence Öfwerman – keyboards

Management

 Mikael Bolyos – personal assistant to Marie Fredriksson
 Adam Bassett – lighting designer
 Calle Brattberg – lighting designer
 Marie Dimberg – artist management
 Åsa Elmgren – wardrobe
 Tumppi Haaranen – assistant tour manager
 Smick Hall-Hardgrave – pre-production manager
 Bo Johansson – tour manager and coordinator for Live Nation Entertainment
 Jakob Johnzén – backline
 Robert Kelber – lighting director and programming
 Micke Lindström – production manager
 Mats Nilemar – business management
 Mikael Noguiera-Svensson – backline
 Åsa Nordin-Gessle – personal assistant to Per Gessle
 Patrick Woodroffe – lighting designer

Production

 Abbe Ahlbin – sound technician
 Elin Arnelöv – truck driver
 Lottie Bremerhag – truck driver
 Mathias Gerstmann – bus driver
 Lars Jedermark – rigging
 Per Johansson – pilot
 Thomas Johansson – tour producer for Live Nation Entertainment
 Lucas Lindholm – lighting technician
 Sam Pattinson – video content
 Gerth Pettersson – sound technician
 Bebban Pihlblad – lighting technician
 Mikael Sandelius – truck driver
 Fredrik Stormby – lighting technician
 Tina Vestin – travel arrangements
 Mattias Vidberg – truck driver
 Helli Windisch – bus driver

Opening acts
 Darren Hayes – 2011 London show
 1927 – 2012 Australian shows
 Hesta Prynn – 2012 New York show
 Mim Grey – 2012 Manchester show
 Glass Tiger – 2012 Canadian shows
 Boom Crash Opera – 2015 Australian shows
 Dragon – 2015 Australian shows
 Eurogliders – 2015 Australian shows
 Eskobar – 2015 European shows

References
Notes

Citations

Roxette concert tours
2009 concert tours
2010 concert tours
2011 concert tours
2012 concert tours
2013 concert tours
2014 concert tours
2015 concert tours
2016 concert tours
Concerts at Malmö Arena

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Questions of public policy which have any legal effect shall be submitted to referendum only as authorized by a statute which so provides or by the Constitution. Advisory questions of public policy shall be submitted to referendum pursuant to Section 28-5 or pursuant to a statute which so provides.
The method of initiating the submission of a public question shall be as provided by the statute authorizing such public question, or as provided by the Constitution.
All public questions shall be initiated, submitted and printed on the ballot in the form required by Section 16-7 of this Act, except as may otherwise be specified in the statute authorizing a public question.
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Irrespective of the method of initiation, not more than 3 public questions other than (a) back door referenda, (b) referenda to determine whether a disconnection may take place where a city coterminous with a township is proposing to annex territory from an adjacent township, (c) referenda held under the provisions of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code, (d) referenda held under Section 2-3002 of the Counties Code, or (e) referenda held under Article 22, 23, or 29 of the Township Code may be submitted to referendum with respect to a political subdivision at the same election.
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Sec. 28-3. Form of petition for public question. Petitions for the submission of public questions shall consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain, above the space for signature, an appropriate heading, giving the information as to the question of public policy to be submitted, and specifying the state at large or the political subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts or other territory in which it is to be submitted and, where by law the public question must be submitted at a particular election, the election at which it is to be submitted. In the case of a petition for the submission of a public question described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6, the heading shall also specify the regular election at which the question is to be submitted and include the precincts included in the territory concerning which the public question is to be submitted, as well as a common description of such territory in plain and nonlegal language, such description to describe the territory by reference to streets, natural or artificial landmarks, addresses or any other method which would enable a voter signing the petition to be informed of the territory concerning which the question is to be submitted. The heading of each sheet shall be the same. Such petition shall be signed by the registered voters of the political subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts in which the question of public policy is to be submitted in their own proper persons only, and opposite the signature of each signer his residence address shall be written or printed, which residence address shall include the street address or rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, and city, village or town, and state; provided that the county or city, village or town, and state of residence of such electors may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address, including street number, if any. No signature shall be valid or be counted in considering the validity or sufficiency of such petition unless the requirements of this Section are complied with.
At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a circulator's statement, signed by a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city, village or town, and state; certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her presence and are genuine, and that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing the petition registered voters of the political subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts in which the question of public policy is to be submitted and that their respective residences are correctly stated therein. Such statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
Such sheets, before being filed with the proper officer or board shall be bound securely and numbered consecutively. The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition sheets which are filed with the proper local election officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when presented or filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added to, and no signature shall be revoked except by revocation in writing presented or filed with the board or officer with whom the petition is required to be presented or filed, and before the presentment or filing of such petition, except as may otherwise be provided in another statute which authorize the public question. Whoever forges any name of a signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
In addition to the foregoing requirements, a petition proposing an amendment to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution or a petition proposing a question of public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be in conformity with the requirements of Section 28-9 of this Article.
If multiple sets of petitions for submission of the same public questions are filed, the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days notify the proponent of his or her multiple petition filings and that proponent has 3 business days after receipt of the notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official that he or she may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the proponent notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official, the last set of petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official. If the proponent fails to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official then only the first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be void.
Sec. 28-4. The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to objections to nominating petitions, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall apply to and govern, insofar as may be practicable, objections to petitions for the submission of questions of public policy required to be filed with local election officials and election authorities, and to petitions for proposed Constitutional amendments and statewide advisory public questions required to be filed with the State Board of Elections, except that objections to petitions for the submission of proposed Constitutional amendments and statewide advisory public questions may be filed within 42 business days after the petition is filed.
The electoral board to hear and pass on objections shall be the electoral board specified in Section 10-9 to have jurisdiction over objections to the nominating petitions of candidates for offices of the political subdivision in which the question of public policy is proposed to be submitted to the electors. The electoral board to hear and pass upon objections to petitions for proposed Constitutional amendments or statewide advisory public questions shall be the State Board of Elections.
Objections to petitions for the submission of public questions which are required by law to be filed with the circuit court shall be presented to and heard by the court with which such petitions are filed. In such cases, unless otherwise provided in the statute authorizing the public question, the court shall (1) set a hearing on the petition, (2) cause notice of such hearing to be published, as soon as possible after the filing of the petition but not later than 14 days after such filing and not less than 5 days before the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the political subdivision to which the public question relates and if there is no such newspaper, then in one newspaper published in the county and having a general circulation in the political subdivision, (3) conduct such hearing and entertain all objections as may be properly presented on or before such hearing date in the manner as provided in Article 10 for the conduct of proceedings before electoral boards, insofar as practicable, (4) conduct further hearings as necessary to a decision on the objections properly raised, and (5) enter a final order not later than 7 days after the initial hearing.
Where a statute authorizing a public question specifies judicial procedures for the determination of the validity of such petition, or for the determination by the court as to any findings required prior to ordering the proposition submitted to referendum, the procedures specified in that statute shall govern.
Sec. 28-5. Not less than 68 days before a regularly scheduled election, each local election official shall certify the public questions to be submitted to the voters of or within his political subdivision at that election which have been initiated by petitions filed in his office or by action of the governing board of his political subdivision.
Not less than 68 days before a regularly scheduled election, each circuit court clerk shall certify the public questions to be submitted to the voters of a political subdivision at that election which have been ordered to be so submitted by the circuit court pursuant to law. Not less than 30 days before the date set by the circuit court for the conduct of an emergency referendum pursuant to Section 2A-1.4, the circuit court clerk shall certify the public question as herein required.
Local election officials and circuit court clerks shall make their certifications, as required by this Section, to each election authority having jurisdiction over any of the territory of the respective political subdivision in which the public question is to be submitted to referendum.
Not less than 68 days before the next regular election, the county clerk shall certify the public questions to be submitted to the voters of the entire county at that election, which have been initiated by petitions filed in his office or by action of the county board, to the board of election commissioners, if any, in his county.
Not less than 74 days before the general election, the State Board of Elections shall certify any questions proposing an amendment to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the Constitution and any advisory public questions to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, which have been initiated by petitions received or filed at its office, to the respective county clerks. Not less than 62 days before the general election, the county clerk shall certify such questions to the board of election commissioners, if any, in his county.
The certifications shall include the form of the public question to be placed on the ballot, the date on which the public question was initiated by either the filing of a petition or the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by a governing body, as the case may be, and a certified copy of any court order or political subdivision resolution or ordinance requiring the submission of the public question. Certifications of propositions for annexation to, disconnection from, or formation of political subdivisions or for other purposes shall include a description of the territory in which the proposition is required to be submitted, whenever such territory is not coterminous with an existing political subdivision.
The certification of a public question described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 shall include the precincts included in the territory concerning which the public question is to be submitted, as well as a common description of such territory, in plain and nonlegal language, and specify the election at which the question is to be submitted. The description of the territory shall be prepared by the local election official as set forth in the resolution or ordinance initiating the public question.
court clerk of a court order, to such court, which shall thereupon give notice as provided in subparagraph (a) and shall modify its order in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
If the petition, resolution or ordinance initiating such prohibited public question did not specify a particular election for its submission, the officer or board responsible for certifying the question to the election authorities shall certify or recertify the question, in the manner required herein, for submission on the ballot at the next regular election no more than one year, or 15 months in the case of a back door referendum as defined in subsection (f) of Section 28-2, subsequent to the filing of the initiating petition or the adoption of the initiating resolution or ordinance and at which the public question may be submitted, and the appropriate election authorities shall submit the question at such election, unless the public question is ordered submitted as an emergency referendum pursuant to Section 2A-1.4 or is withdrawn as may be provided by law.
(a) On a written petition signed by a number of voters equal to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election by the registered voters of the municipality, township, county or school district, it shall be the duty of the proper election officers to submit any question of public policy so petitioned for, to the electors of such political subdivision at any regular election named in the petition at which an election is scheduled to be held throughout such political subdivision under Article 2A. Such petitions shall be filed with the local election official of the political subdivision or election authority, as the case may be. Where such a question is to be submitted to the voters of a municipality which has adopted Article 6, or a township or school district located entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners, such petitions shall be filed with the board of election commissioners having jurisdiction over the political subdivision.
(b) In a municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, when a question of public policy exclusively concerning a contiguous territory included entirely within but not coextensive with the municipality is initiated by resolution or ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality, or by a petition which may be signed by registered voters who reside in any part of any precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory and who equal in number to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election by the voters of the precinct or precincts in the territory where the question is to be submitted to the voters, it shall be the duty of the election authority having jurisdiction over such municipality to submit such question to the electors throughout each precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory at the regular election specified in the resolution, ordinance or petition initiating the public question. A petition initiating a public question described in this subsection shall be filed with the election authority having jurisdiction over the municipality. A resolution, ordinance or petition initiating a public question described in this subsection shall specify the election at which the question is to be submitted.
(c) Local questions of public policy authorized by this Section and statewide questions of public policy authorized by Section 28-9 shall be advisory public questions, and no legal effects shall result from the adoption or rejection of such propositions.
(d) This Section does not apply to a petition filed pursuant to Article IX of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
Sec. 28-7. In any case in which Article VII or paragraph (a) of Section 5 of the Transition Schedule of the Constitution authorizes any action to be taken by or with respect to any unit of local government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution, by or subject to approval by referendum, any such public question shall be initiated in accordance with this Section.
Any such public question may be initiated by the governing body of the unit of local government by resolution or by the filing with the clerk or secretary of the governmental unit of a petition signed by a number of qualified electors equal to or greater than at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election, requesting the submission of the proposal for such action to the voters of the governmental unit at a regular election.
If the action to be taken requires a referendum involving 2 or more units of local government, the proposal shall be submitted to the voters of such governmental units by the election authorities with jurisdiction over the territory of the governmental units. Such multi-unit proposals may be initiated by appropriate resolutions by the respective governing bodies or by petitions of the voters of the several governmental units filed with the respective clerks or secretaries.
This Section is intended to provide a method of submission to referendum in all cases of proposals for actions which are authorized by Article VII of the Constitution by or subject to approval by referendum and supersedes any conflicting statutory provisions except those contained in Division 2-5 of the Counties Code.
Referenda provided for in this Section may not be held more than once in any 23-month period on the same proposition, provided that in any municipality a referendum to elect not to be a home rule unit may be held only once within any 47-month period.
Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit or shall cease to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, then the clerk of that unit of local government shall, within 45 days after the referendum, file with the Secretary of State a certified statement showing the results of the referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in his office as a public record.
Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home rule unit?
Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
Shall (name of the unit of local government) cease to be a home rule unit?
(a) Whenever any proposition required by law to be voted upon before its adoption, other than a constitutional amendment, is submitted to the people, it is the duty of the Secretary of State to prepare a statement setting forth in detail the Section or Sections of the law sought to be amended by the vote, together with statements and suggestions as may be necessary for a proper understanding of the proposition. The statements and suggestions shall be submitted to the Attorney General for his approval.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, after the amendments and suggestions shall have been approved by the Attorney General as provided in subsection (a), to certify to each county clerk, under seal, the statements and suggestions.
(c) It is hereby made the duty of the county clerk to have the statements and suggestions published and posted at the same time, in the same manner and at the same places that the sample ballots and instructions to voters are required by law to be posted.
Sec. 28-9. Petitions for proposed amendments to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the Constitution shall be signed by a number of electors equal in number to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election. Such petition shall have been signed by the petitioning electors not more than 24 months preceding the general election at which the proposed amendment is to be submitted and shall be filed with the Secretary of State at least 6 months before that general election.
Upon receipt of a petition for a proposed Constitutional amendment, the Secretary of State shall, as soon as is practicable, but no later than the close of the next business day, deliver such petition to the State Board of Elections.
Petitions for advisory questions of public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be signed by a number of voters equal in number to 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election. Such petition shall have been signed by said petitioners not more than 24 months preceding the date of the general election at which the question is to be submitted and shall be filed with the State Board of Elections at least 6 months before that general election.
The proponents of the proposed statewide advisory public question shall file the original petition in bound sections. Each section shall be composed of consecutively numbered petition sheets containing only the signatures of registered voters. Any petition sheets not consecutively numbered or which contain duplicate page numbers already used on other sheets, or are photocopies or duplicates of the original sheets, shall not be considered part of the petition for the purpose of the random sampling verification and shall not be counted toward the minimum number of signatures required to qualify the proposed statewide advisory public question for the ballot.
Within 7 business days following the last day for filing the original petition, the proponents shall also file copies of the petition sheets with each proper election authority and obtain a receipt therefor.
1. "Board" means the State Board of Elections.
2. "Election Authority" means a county clerk or city or county board of election commissioners.
4. "Proponents" means any person, association, committee, organization or other group, or their designated representatives, who advocate and cause the circulation and filing of petitions for a statewide advisory question of public policy or a proposed constitutional amendment for submission at a general election and who has registered with the Board as provided in this Act.
5. "Opponents" means any person, association, committee, organization or other group, or their designated representatives, who oppose a statewide advisory question of public policy or a proposed constitutional amendment for submission at a general election and who have registered with the Board as provided in this Act.
Sec. 28-11. The Board shall design a standard and scientific random sampling method for the verification of petition signatures for statewide advisory referenda and shall conduct a public test to prove the validity of its sampling method. Notice of the time and place for such test shall be given at least 10 days before the date on which such test is to be conducted and in the manner prescribed for notice of regular Board meetings. Signatures on petitions for constitutional amendments initiated pursuant to Article XIV, Section 3 of the Illinois Constitution need not be segregated by election jurisdiction. The Board shall design an alternative signature verification method for referenda initiated pursuant to Article XIV, Section 3 of the Illinois Constitution.
Within 14 business days following the last day for the filing of the original petition as prescribed in Section 28-9, the Board shall apply its proven random sampling method to the petition sheets in each election jurisdiction section for the purpose of selecting and identifying the petition signatures to be included in the sample signature verification for the respective jurisdictions and shall prepare and transmit to each proper election authority a list by page and line number of the signatures from its election jurisdiction selected for verification.
For each election jurisdiction, the sample verification shall include an examination of either (a) 10% of the signatures if 5,010 or more signatures are involved; or (b) 500 signatures if more than 500 but less than 5,010 signatures are involved; or (c) all signatures if 500 or less signatures are involved.
signed the petition reasonably compares with the signature shown on that person's registration record card.
Within 14 business days following receipt from the Board of the list of signatures for verification, each election authority shall transmit a properly dated certificate to the Board which shall indicate; (a) the page and line number of petition signatures examined, (b) the validity or invalidity of such signatures, and (c) the reasons for invalidity, based on the criteria heretofore prescribed. The Board shall prepare and adopt a standard form of certificate for use by the election authorities which shall be transmitted with the list of signatures for verification.
Upon written request of the election authority that, due to the volume of signatures in the sample for its jurisdiction, additional time is needed to properly perform the signature verification, the Board may grant the election authority additional days to complete the verification and transmit the certificate of results. These certificates of random sample verification results shall be available for public inspection within 24 hours after receipt by the State Board of Elections.
invalid or valid signatures in each election jurisdiction.
an election jurisdiction sample to the total number of petition signatures submitted from that election jurisdiction.
contamination in each election jurisdiction sample.
the invalid signatures, project the total number of valid petition signatures submitted from each election jurisdiction.
signatures from each election jurisdiction and project the total number of valid signatures on the petition statewide.
If such statewide projection establishes a total number of valid petition signatures not greater than 95.0% of the minimum number of signatures required to qualify the proposed statewide advisory public question for the ballot, the petition shall be presumed invalid; provided that, prior to the last day for ballot certification for the general election, the Board shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of allowing the proponents to present competent evidence or an additional sample to rebut the presumption of invalidity. At the conclusion of such hearing, and after the resolution of any specific objection filed pursuant to Section 10-8 of this Code, the Board shall issue a final order declaring the petition to be valid or invalid and shall, in accordance with its order, certify or not certify the proposition for the ballot.
If such statewide projection establishes a total number of valid petition signatures greater than 95.0% of the minimum number of signatures required to qualify the proposed Constitutional amendment or statewide advisory public question for the ballot, the results of the sample shall be considered inconclusive and, if no specific objections to the petition are filed pursuant to Section 10-8 of this Code, the Board shall issue a final order declaring the petition to be valid and shall certify the proposition for the ballot.
In either event, the Board shall append to its final order the detailed results of the sample from each election jurisdiction which shall include: (a) specific page and line numbers of signatures actually verified or determined to be invalid by the respective election authorities, and (b) the calculations and projections performed by the Board for each election jurisdiction.


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Константин Анджелеску (; 12 червня 1870, Крайова — 14 вересня 1948, Бухарест) — румунський політик, професор медицини, реформатор системи освіти. Прем'єр-Міністр Румунії. Обіймав посаду лише п'ять діб (30 грудня 1933 — 3 січня 1934). Міністр освіти (1937); Міністр публічних справ та комунікації (1938).

Член Румунської академії наук. Перший Посол Румунії у США.

Біографія

Походив із старовинної шляхетської сім'ї міста Крайова. Вивчав медицину в Парижі, де він отримав докторський ступінь 1897. Повернувшись до Румунії, став хірургом, а 1903 — професор медичного факультету Бухарестського університету.

Активно займається політикою з 1901 року, вперше став міністром під час Першої світової війни. Але йому не вдалося організувати дієву медичну службу при румунській армії, що призвело до того, що з 1917 він був у політичній опалі. Тоді ж навіть певний час жив у Одесі, на території УНР.

Згодом став першим послом Румунії у США. Після війни неодноразово ставав міністром освіти: 1919, 1922—1928, 1933—1937. Проводить масштабну реформу румунської освіти.

Після вбивства 30 грудня 1933 прем'єр-міністра Іона Дука виконує обов'язки глави уряду протягом чотирьох днів (30 грудня 1933 — 3 січня 1934).

1938 призначений державним міністром в уряді Мирона Кристі, тоді ж стає королівським радником Кароля II.

Помер у вересні 1948 у франуцузькому шпиталі у Бухаресті. Ця смерть уберегла його від невідворотнього арешту та заслання у комуністичні концтабори.

Примітки

Прем'єр-міністри Румунії
Члени Національної ліберальної партії (Румунія)
Члени Румунської академії
Румунські дипломати
Посли Румунії в США


True dragons are known and feared for their predatory cunning and their magic, with the oldest dragons accounted as some of the most powerful creatures in the world.
Many creatures, including wyverns and pseudodragons, have draconic blood. However, the true dragons are only those creatures falling into the two broad categories of chromatic and metallic dragons.
The chromatic dragons—black, blue, green, red, and white—represent the evil side of dragonkind. Aggressive, gluttonous, and vain, chromatic dragons are dark sages and powerful tyrants feared by all creatures—including each other. Tiamat the Dragon Queen is the chief deity of evil dragonkind.
Chromatic dragons lust after treasure, and this greed colors their every scheme and plot. They believe that the world's wealth belongs to them by right, and a chromatic dragon seizes that wealth without regard for the humanoids and other creatures that have "stolen" it. With its piles of coins, gleaming gems, and magic items, a dragon's hoard is the stuff of legend.
The metallic dragons—brass, bronze, copper, gold, and silver—epitomize the good side of dragonkind. Metallic dragons preserve and protect, seeing themselves as one powerful race among the many races that have a place in the world. The chief deity of the metallic dragons is Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon.
At some point in their long lives, metallic dragons gain the magical ability to assume the forms of humanoids and beasts. When a dragon learns how to disguise itself, it inevitably obeys the urge to immerse itself in other cultures for a time. Some dragons are too shy or paranoid to stray far from their lairs and their treasure hoards, but bolder dragons love to wander city streets in humanoid form, taking in the local culture and cuisine, and amusing themselves by observing how the smaller races live.


We always argue that our event water delivery helps to make events more environmentally friendly as it avoids the need for bottled water.
It also means we can get clean water out to off-grid places where getting running water would be difficult. However, we have never been able to make the water itself an environmentally friendly resource. Everyone knows we shouldn't waste it, right?
Now Nestle and Danone, are seeking ways to boost their sustainability credentials by developing a carbon neutral label for its water, The Independent Newspaper reported.
Nestlé produces Perrier and Pure Life while Danone revealed that it was going to make its own brand Evian the first ever carbon neutral bottled water.
Cleaning water is actually a highly energy intensive process, and requires large amounts of electricity to achieve. This in turn adds to its carbon footprint as electricity generally needs water to be produced, in order to cool the turbines. Though we take both for granted they both have symbiotic energy needs that are often overlooked.
The ways that these bottled water companies are looking at creating carbon neutral water vary. One of Nestlé's plants in Mexico is already water self-sufficient. It gets all the water it needs from the liquid that is left over from its milk drying process for its Nido brand powder.
They also say they are committed to helping farmers near their plants to improve their irrigation practices so they can conserve more water.
As always though, we think not drinking bottled water in the first place is a great way to avoid impacting the environment any more than necessary.


The planting season has begun in our corner of the country.
We are declared officially frost-free as of May 31, but we have always put our seeds in the ground a week or so before that.
Once they all start coming up it is usually after that date anyway.
The plants will be going in the ground next week.
And what a batch a really beautiful plants we have this year.
My daughter started the tomatoes, eggplant, and basil from seeds a couple of months ago.
She only purchased the Heirloom variety seeds, and we are so excited to see how they produce.
She was very careful to watch out for those GMO ones - we are trying to stay away from them as much as possible.
She has some Quarter Century tomato plants, and they are the sturdiest, greenest, healthiest looking plants I have seen in a long time.
The plants are off to a great start and my fingers are crossed for a good growing season in the garden too!
As most of my readers know, I like to make just about everything we eat from scratch.
Soups, sauces, veggies, all meals, meats, granolas, and most especially the desserts.
I will tackle it all to keep us as healthy as possible.
And one of the main reasons for doing this is so that I know exactly what is in our food.
I don't believe in anything artificial, and those hydrogenated and trans fats are a big no-no in this house.
Don't get me wrong, I use and consume fats, but not a one of them is man made.
And neither are any of the sugars or sweeteners - all natural stuff only in our foods.
It's great to be able to do this, but it is very time consuming.
And when unexpected company makes a visit, it is just about impossible to whip up something quick.
But now I will no longer have to worry about the dessert part of the meal when they do show up without warning.
There is a new line of Upsidedown Cakes that are sold exclusively at the Kroger Family of Stores that are made by a private label brand called Private Selection.
These Private Selection Upside Down Cakes are the perfect thing to have on hand for a quick dessert.
Made of only all natural, wholesome ingredients, these cakes are a snap to make.
You warm it in it's own pan, flip it onto a serving plate, then serve the delicious cake to your guests.
And these premium cakes do not have a premium price - you could have dessert any night of the week!
With their homemade taste, they come in three different flavors, so there's something for every one.
There is currently a Private Selection Upside Down Cakes coupon available online to save a dollar on any one of these cakes.
And you can double that coupon to two dollars by Liking and Sharing Private Selection Upside Down Cakes on Facebook.
Be sure to follow Private Selection Upside Down Cakes on Pinterest too!
There are several different kinds of products on the market that are made to help you fall asleep on those occasional times when it is hard to do so on your own.
And most of them are not very effective, or the sleep they deliver is not a restful, peaceful one.
We received yet another one of these fall asleep products as a sample from P&G, and were excited to try it after reading about it online.
We were sent a sample of ZzzQuil from the makers of Vicks NyQuil, which we know is an effective product when we have a cold.
We received this nighttime sleep aid in the form of a liquid that is in the flavor of Warming Berry.
True to that one of a kind Vick's taste, it was easy going down.
It came with a little cup to measure out the correct amount with no hassle.
In the past, when a sleep aid was used, it would have to be taken a good forty-five minutes to an hour for it to kick in.
We found this liquid to be very quick acting when compared to the pills.
It worked within half an hour.
And the sleep it gave was a restful and peaceful one for the whole night through.
It is great to find a product that works so well, and the best part about it, it is not habit forming.
The active ingredient, Diphenhydramine HCI, really works to help you fall asleep.
We thank you, P&G, for giving us this opportunity to test your product - you have a winner with Vicks ZzzQuil!
If you haven't yet, check out and Like ZzzQuil on Facebook.
And if you have tried the product, leave them a note to let them know if you liked it, and be sure to tweet with the hashtag #ZzzQuilNight too!
If you haven't tried it, and you need a good night's sleep, can't hurt to give it a try!


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When should one choose IVF?
IVF is still the treatment of choice for women who have blocked tubes or absent fallopian tubes because it was first established for these conditions. It is also applied when additional problems are present, such as endometriosis, male factor infertility, and infertility that cannot be explained medically. Our specialists examine your medical history and assist in directing you towards the diagnostic and treatment techniques that are most suitable for you.
What factors contribute to male infertility?
The male partner is responsible for one-third of the infertility problems. The higher rate of miscarriages is influenced by male variables as well. The following are the most typical reasons for male infertility.
● Chronic illnesses like cancer;
● environmental factors such as exposure to radioactive substances;
● lifestyle factors such as obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption;
● abnormal sperm count or low sperm motility;
● age
What leads to infertility in women?
Gender has no bearing on infertility. Both the male and female populations are impacted. The female partner is responsible for one-third of the infertility problems. 50–80 million people worldwide struggle with infertility. The following are the most typical reasons why women are infertile.
● Endometriosis
● Ovulation Disorders-Inducing Hormones,
● Tubal Obstruction,
● Fibroids, and
● Lifestyle Factors including Being Overweight, Smoking, Drinking Alcohol, and Unhealthy Diet, as well as Unexplained Infertility
What impact does a woman's age have on her infertility?
A woman's ovaries contain about 2 million eggs at birth. Every month before a girl enters puberty, 11,000 eggs perish. Therefore, a lady only has 300,000 to 400,000 eggs available when she is a teenager. 1000 eggs or so are used each month after this point. Nothing about birth control, pregnancy, hormone production, health, lifestyle, or nutritional supplements has anything to do with this. A woman eventually achieves menopause when she has no more viable eggs.
Does PCOS impact a woman's ability to conceive?
A condition known as PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) is brought on by hormonal abnormalities. Male hormones are produced in greater than usual amounts by PCOS-afflicted women. This has an impact on ovulation and may cause irregular menstrual cycles. Women with PCOS may occasionally experience irregular periods. This may then make it more difficult for these women to become pregnant. In actuality, one of the most prevalent factors in female infertility is PCOS.
Describe endometriosis.
Endometrial tissues that proliferate outside of the uterus are known as endometriosis, a frequent condition in females. This gynaecological disorder can affect the ovaries, fallopian tubes, tissues lining the pelvis, and, in extremely rare circumstances, the abdominal cavity as well.
What is IUI or intrauterine insemination?
Artificial insemination sometimes referred to as intrauterine insemination, is a non-invasive ART technique. The treatment is less expensive than more complex ones like IVF and ICSI and is simpler, easier to carry out, and requires less work from the pair. IUI is typically advised for couples with healthy ovarian reserves and semen characteristics, but with concomitant issues including PCOS, minor endometriosis, borderline sperm counts and motility, as well as for infertility without apparent medical causes.
What are the five steps involved in IVF?
Fertility drugs promote the production of eggs in the ovaries.
Egg retrieval: After the ultrasound-assisted removal of the follicles, an embryologist will evaluate the quality and number of the eggs.
Fertilization and Embryo Culture: The best quality eggs are fertilised using either a regular IVF cycle or an ICSI cycle, and then the embryos are evaluated for development.
Embryo Transfer: The embryologist plans the transfer date after discussing the results of the examination with the fertility doctor. The transfer is carried out inside the uterus by a fertility specialist.
All unused embryos are stored and frozen for potential use in the event of a miscarriage.
Cryopreservation: What Does It Mean?
Oocyte cryopreservation, commonly referred to as egg freezing, is the procedure of removing, freezing, and storing a woman's eggs for future use. Women who have been diagnosed with cancer and are planning to have an oncological treatment like radiotherapy or chemotherapy may find that cryopreservation is quite advantageous. Oocyte cryopreservation is an option for women who are not married or who live in circumstances that do not support childbirth.
Do IVF-born children have birth defects?
It is crucial to be aware that significant deformities account for around 3% of all birth defects in people in the general population, and minor defects account for 6%. Fortunately, we now have ample evidence that children conceived by IVF do not experience an increase in these rates of birth abnormalities as a result of the procedure itself, more than 20 years after Louise Brown was born (the first IVF baby). The age of the intended parents and infertility are two factors that have been linked to a slight upsurge in abnormalities. Additional research on older kids shows that, despite what is likely a social prejudice, IVF children have performed as well as or better than their peers in academic attainment and do not experience greater rates of behavioural or psychological issues.
A fertility diet in 10 easy steps
• Keep fast food out. Eat more home-cooked meals instead; cook with more vegetable oil; include more plant proteins like fresh beans and nuts; stay away from pasta, rice, and sweets; select full-fat milk or yoghurt over skim; take a multivitamin including folic acid and vitamin B; and steer clear of red meat. To get more iron, up your consumption of fruits and legumes. To get a healthy body weight, avoid alcohol and drink more water.
What exactly does PGT-A (Preimplantation Genetic Testing for aneuploidy) mean?
PGT-A is a genetic test used on embryos to detect aneuploidy or numerical chromosomal abnormalities. Embryos are put through this test before being placed inside the uterus. All of the embryos produced during an IVF cycle can be examined to identify those free of chromosomal aneuploidy for selective transfer. As a result, the miscarriage rates dropped but the pregnancy rates per transfer rose.
Preimplantation Genetic Testing - Monogenic (PGT-M): What does it mean?
PGT-M entails screening embryos for a variety of monogenic diseases, including thalassemia, haemophilia, and particular forms of muscular dystrophy. Having an unaffected child is beneficial for couples who have a history of these disorders in their families or who have had children who suffer from them. Every embryo created through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) has its monogenic disease status checked. To have a child devoid of disease, only unaffected or healthy embryos are transferred. This can also be used in conjunction with PGT-A to raise success rates even higher.
What does the abbreviation PGT-SR (Preimplantation Genetic Testing - Structural Rearrangement) mean?
People with chromosomal rearrangements are tested with PGT-SR (structures that hold our genetic material are not of normal size or arrangement). These individuals run the danger of creating embryos with imbalanced chromosomal arrangements. These unviable embryos can cause several miscarriages. PGT-SR can aid in the selection of healthy embryos for transfer by checking embryos for such particular rearrangements.
What should I anticipate from my initial consultation with a fertility specialist?
You are needed to bring both your spouse's and your ID papers for the initial appointment. Additionally, you will be required to bring any pertinent medical reports and records.
Which fertility treatments are offered? What is their price?
We provide all available infertility treatments Including intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, egg donor treatments, and sperm donor treatments. We also provide sperm and oocyte freezing services.
Since each patient receives a personalized course of treatment, the price will vary from instance to case. Following your consultation with our doctor, the doctor will analyze your past medical records and history, recommend any additional investigations, and then choose the best course of action for you. Our counsellor will then go over the process and cost with you.
I need to get IVF treatment. What steps must be taken?
You can begin treatment after scheduling a visit to our facility and following the doctor's recommendation. You can book an appointment on our website.
What percentage of treatments are successful at your facility?
Most couples seeking treatment can now become pregnant thanks to advancements in medicine, surgery, and ART. Couples receiving ART treatment now have a much higher success rate. Success in ART is influenced by a variety of elements. IVF success rates range between 60 to 70%, whereas IUI success rates hover around 15-20% on average. Additionally, the success rate varies from instance to case. After speaking with our doctor, you will learn more about the specifics of the treatment and your likelihood of success.
Is my age an issue for fertility treatments?
Age is a factor in infertility, however, the exact cause varies from person to person. Nothing can be confirmed over the phone. We advise making an appointment at our clinic so that the doctor may examine you thoroughly before making a treatment recommendation. According to the ART Law, infertility treatment is available for males and females up to the respective age ranges.
Tests / Analysis and Procedures FAQ
Do you provide egg or embryo freezing? How much time may it be frozen for?
Yes, we provide services for freezing eggs and embryos. We permit the freezing of eggs for a maximum of five years.
We provide oocyte, egg, and embryo-freezing services. What is the process? This procedure goes on for more than a month. The doctor will walk you through every step of the process after you make an appointment at our clinic.
Are you able to freeze sperm? How much time may it be frozen for?
We do provide semen freezing. We provide choices for both short-term and long-term freezing. As a result, the timing of sperm that has been frozen varies.
What steps are involved in the freezing of semen?
You must first get your blood tested for viral indicators. Following that, you must visit our clinic for a semen analysis.
The doctor may advise freezing the semen sample for potential usage in the future.
Three to five days are required without using any sexual products before providing your semen sample.
Since we need to analyse the sample within the following four hours, we accept the sample only between 9 am to 12 pm.
What conditions must be met before semen analysis?
You must provide blood test results for viral indicators before coming in for a semen analysis. According to the guidelines, semen cannot be processed without the necessary blood results.
The patient must also visit after 3 to 5 days of abstinence because that is when the sperm quality will be at its finest. You must begin your calculations one day after the day you last engaged in sexual activity or ejaculated.


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Philippines security at risk over escalating tensions between US and China in South China Sea
April 26, 2019 · 11:00 AM EDT
By David Wilson
Filipino activists and opposition leaders march to protest the presence of Chinese vessels in South China Sea at the Chinese Embassy in Makati City, Philippines, April 9, 2019.
Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
In the oil-rich South China Sea, where an estimated $5 trillion worth of global trade passes on a yearly basis, several neighboring nations including China, Philippines and Vietnam have each laid claims to long-disputed reefs, islands and waterways in the region.
Territorial claims in the South China Sea based on 2012 documents.
Voice of America/Public Domain
As a larger nation with a stronger military, China claims the entirety of the Spratly and Paracel Islands — both lucrative for commercial fishing and potential underwater oil reserves. But the Philippines maintains control over several disputed islands within the Spratlys, according to an international agreement known as the Law of the Sea treaty.
Now, China is building an "island city" for military and strategic operations on Woody Islands in the Paracels, to the north of Spratlys — a move the United States deems illegal, insisting the South China Sea remains "international waters."
Beijing's recent moves have garnered global scrutiny and led to a show of US force aimed at countering Chinese expansion: In March, the US conducted its latest B-52 mission, one of several "freedom to navigate" missions in the Spratlys, but the Chinese view these patrols as a provocation, Reuters reported.
With escalating tensions between China and the US, security and sovereignty is a growing concern for the Philippines, which has remained close to its long-time ally, the US, while also courting China for new investment opportunities.
In February, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that if China ever attacked the Philippines, it would "trigger mutual defense obligations" detailed in Article 4 of a Mutual Defense Treaty between the US and the Philippines, a former US colony.
The Philippines faces particular risk as the nearest neighbor to Spratly Islands' Johnson South Reef, according to Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk. The reef is reportedly outfitted with Chinese anti-aircraft guns and a missile defense system, as suggested by 2016 photographs of the reef.
The Philippines claims Johnson South Reef actually belongs to it — its Palawan archipelago lies just 400 nautical kilometers to its east.
"...the militarization of the South China Sea in the Spratlys has been a particular burden for the Philippine fishermen. ... The international legal regime and lack of enforcement have facilitated what are essentially fishing giveaways, especially to China."
Anders Corr, publisher of Journal of Political Risk
The Johnson South Reef is within the Philippines exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, and "the militarization of the South China Sea in the Spratlys has been a particular burden for the Philippine fishermen," Corr said.
The Spratlys were mainly fished by Filipinos, but the area is now mostly fished by China, including its subsidized maritime militia. China gives privileged access to its own fishermen where it has control, whereas Filipino fishermen are consistently pushed out, Corr said.
"The international legal regime and lack of enforcement have facilitated what are essentially fishing giveaways, especially to China."
Filipino soldiers stand at attention near a Philippine flag at Thitu island in disputed South China Sea, April 21, 2017.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has taken a soft a stance on China in hopes of getting billions of dollars in investments promised by Chinese President Xi Jinping, but so far the island nation has seen little of it, according to The Guardian.
But in early April, Duterte spoke out against China's "swarm" of coastguards and fishing vessels near the disputed Pag-asa Island, known as Thitu, also in the Spratlys.
"I will not plead or beg, but I am just telling you that lay off the Pag-asa because I have soldiers there. … If you touch it, that's another story. Then I will tell my soldiers 'prepare for suicide missions,'" Duterte said in a speech this month, The Guardian reported.
China, however, downplayed the presence of their ships near Pag-asa and assured cooperation.
"Beijing has spent the last decade being careful to avoid escalating the tensions to the level of kinetic force — both to avoid drawing the United States into a clash over the Philippines and to avoid the international fallout that would result from [China] using force against a smaller neighbor."
Gregory Poling, director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
"Beijing has spent the last decade being careful to avoid escalating the tensions to the level of kinetic force — both to avoid drawing the United States into a clash over the Philippines and to avoid the international fallout that would result from [China] using force against a smaller neighbor," said Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Members of Akbayan activist group display placards during a rally to protest what they say is harassment of Filipino fishermen at the Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, June 11, 2018.
Yet, in 2012, China's standoff with the Philippines during the occupation of Scarborough Shoal, also part of the Spratlys, is telling. The Chinese had anchored eight fishing vessels in the waters by the shoal, an uninhabited rock located 120 nautical miles west of the Philippine island of Luzon. Filipino investigators tried to arrest the Chinese fishermen for illegally harvesting clams, corals and sharks, but Chinese ships blocked the arrest.
Filipino fishermen pass a large Chinese vessel at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea, April 5, 2017. In 2012, China occupied the shoal in a standoff between the Philippines and China. Philippines still claims the shoal and surrounding waters belong to them.
The shoal is now controlled by China, yet the Philippines claim the 58 square-mile rock based on historical usage, and the standoff sparked protests on both sides, as well as complaints from Filipino fishermen of ongoing Chinese harassment in the waters surrounding the shoal. Chinese coast guards have allegedly hit them with water cannons, raided their boats and snatched their best fish.
China's rapid Spratly Islands build-up over the last five years and the resulting rise in the number of Chinese coast guards, military and paramilitary vessels throughout the South China Sea destabilize the status quo, Poling said, leaving smaller island nations like the Philippines vulnerable to possible Chinese military aggression — especially if the US continues to assert the right to navigate in these disputed waters.
Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army Navy patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago, which is known in China as the Xisha Islands, Jan. 29, 2016. The words on the rock read "Xisha Old Dragon." Old Dragon is the local name of a pile of rocks near Woody Island.
Stringer/Reuters
A history of sea change
China's history of military force in the region goes back at least 40 years.
In 1974, China wrestled the Paracel Islands from Vietnam and 14 years later, it took control of Vietnam's Spratly Islands when it dominated nearby Johnson South Reef in a skirmish that killed 64 Vietnamese sailors in 1988.
Years later, those affected by the takeovers of Spratly and Paracel Islands continue to memorialize the historic struggle for territory.
"Vietnamese police routinely break up anti-China protests marking the anniversaries of the takeovers of the Spratly and Paracel Islands and detain demonstrators," Radio Free Asia reported last year.
Last year, a small group of relatives and friends headed out on two high-speed boats from Da Nang, a city on Vietnam's central coast, for waters near the Spratly Islands, to mark the 30th anniversary of the Johnson South Reef Skirmish.
Vietnamese navy veteran Nguyen Van Thong, who was arrested by Chinese forces after the Johnson South Reef clashes between Vietnam and China on March 14, 1988, shows his official death announcement after he was presumed dead during his detention, during an interview with Reuters in Hanoi March 11, 2016.
Kham/Reuters
The group held a vigil to remember the sailors killed in 1988 when Chinese and Vietnamese forces clashed over the right to annex the reef.
Power vacuums left by geopolitical shifts in the South China Sea have created the conditions for conflict, said Alexander Vuving, a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu.
With the Paracels, Vietnam lost support from the US when the US withdrew militarily in 1973. Vietnam also lost support from the former Soviet Union when, in 1986, the USSR began to pursue rapprochement with China and curbed engagement with Vietnam.
"In both cases, China seized an opportunity when its aggressive actions would go with impunity to a large extent. China can be very aggressive, but its aggression is often well-calculated to exploit a favorable situation," Vuving said.
"We've seen a number of cases of coercion or dangerous confrontations that could have easily escalated to violence," Poling said, referring to Chinese aggression over land and waterway disputes.
Just last month, China allegedly caused a visiting Vietnamese fishing boat to sink.
Neighboring claimant countries of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Singapore have all been involved in ongoing maritime disputes in the region.
"Sooner or later that luck will run out — and someone will get rammed, fired upon or otherwise cause a situation to escalate into violence."
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How can an X chromosome be nearly as big as the head of the sperm cell?
No, this isn't a mistake. First, there's less DNA in a sperm cell than there is in a non-reproductive cell such as a skin cell. Second, the DNA in a sperm cell is super-condensed and compacted into a highly dense form. Third, the head of a sperm cell is almost all nucleus. Most of the cytoplasm has been squeezed out in order to make the sperm an efficient torpedo-like swimming machine.
The X chromosome is shown here in a condensed state, as it would appear in a cell that's going through mitosis. It has also been duplicated, so there are actually two identical copies stuck together at their middles. A human sperm cell contains just one copy each of 23 chromosomes.
A chromosome is made up of genetic material (one long piece of DNA) wrapped around structural support proteins (histones). Histones organize the DNA and keep it from getting tangled, much like thread wrapped around a spool. But they also add a lot of bulk. In a sperm cell, a specialized set of tiny support proteins (protamines) pack the DNA down to about one-sixth the volume of a mitotic chromosome.
The size of the carbon atom is based on its van der Waals radius.
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