HOW DO I CLEAN THE POD+?
The POD+ bottle and cap can be cleaned by hand or in the dishwasher (after removing the filter). The filter should NOT be cleaned in the dishwasher or with any other type of detergent. The filter can be rinsed under a running tap and the casing can be wiped with a wet cloth.
The POD+ is safe for reuse and extensive use for its intended purpose. We do not recommend exposing the POD+ to high heat or freezing. Like all repeat-use food containers, it should be cleaned regularly to prevent bacterial growth.
HOW MUCH WATER CAN THE BOTTLE HOLD?
The POD+ can hold 550ml of water with the filter in place. We are soon to introduce additional sizes.
The POD+ stands 20cm high with the cap closed and is 7.6cm wide. The bottle fits into most standard cup holders in cars.
CAN I USE ICE CUBES IN THE BOTTLE?
Yes. The POD+ has a large 3cm opening to allow it to be easily filled with water. This also allows most standard ice cubes to fit through the opening.
CAN THE POD+ HANDLE ROUGH USE?
The POD+ is designed to the highest standard using the best materials and manufacturing processes available and therefore it is very robust. However, it is not intended to be put under extreme physical stress. Cared for properly it will provide you with years of useful service.
WILL THE POD+ LEAK IF IT IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN?
HOW DOES THE WATER FROM THE POD+ TASTE?
Our test subjects consistently rated nkd POD+ above tap water as a preferred taste. Taste is subjective and it is worth bearing in mind that many bottled waters are just filtered tap water. We invite you to view our reviews on our website to see what others are saying about the nkd POD+.
WHY IS THE POD+ BETTER THAN OTHER WATER BOTTLES?
There are many reasons why the POD+ is the best way to drink pure, clean, healthy water. To discover the array of features this unique product has please visit our features page on our website.
WHAT WARRANTY DO I GET WITH THE PRODUCT?
The POD+ carries a full one year warranty against manufacturing defects with your retailer. Users can also register their details here for the free lifetime warranty.
WHY WON'T MY CAP COVER OPEN?
Occasionally, if the screw cap is not fully screwed into the bottle, and the lid is closed, it will prevent the button of being able to be pressed to release the lid. Please ensure that the screw cap is always fully closed before closing the lid. Should you encounter this situation it is very easy to rectify. Holding the bottle gently squeeze the top cap in the locations marked X in the picture below and press the button at the same time to release the lid.
The nkd POD+ is extensively designed not to leak. Used correctly it should not leak. If you notice water, most often than not it is because the screw cap is not correctly or firmly screwed into the bottle.
MY CAP COVER HAS SEPARATED FROM MY SCREWCAP, HOW DO I PUT IT BACK ON?
MY VALVE IN THE SCREW CAP HAS MOVED OUT OF POSITION, HOW DO I REPOSITION IT?
Due to the flexible design feature allowing a firm seal between the bottle and the silicon valve ring inside the screw cap, over tightening, may occasionally unseat the valve from its optimum position. This can often be easily rectified by holding the screwcap and gently pushing the silicon ring in the desired direction so it is realigned with the hole at the top of the bottle. Please DO NOT pinch and pull the valve flaps as they have been precision engineered to give maximum air flow and will damage if they are put under physical stress. Should this not resolve the problem, the silicon ring can be removed by using any flat tool like a flat blade screwdriver. Gently lift the silicon from the outer edge and then the whole ring can be removed by gently pulling it out from inside the screwcap. Once removed, position the valve to align with the hole and press firmly back into place. You may use a blunt object if necessary like the top of a pen to press the silicon into place around the centre hole.
CAN I PUT THE POD+ IN A DISHWASHER?
Yes the POD+ is dishwasher safe. This includes the bottle, the screw cap, the lid and the outer silicone sleeve. The Filter however would become damaged in the dishwasher so it should NOT be put in a dishwasher it must be removed first.
CAN I PUT THE POD+ IN A MICROWAVE?
No part of the POD+ or the filter is designed to be put into a microwave.
DO I NEED TO WASH THE BOTTLE BEFORE I USE IT THE FIRST TIME?
Before drinking from the POD+ it is important to thoroughly wash the bottle. Remember to remove the filter if you are going to place it in the dishwasher.
CAN I BRAND THE POD+ WITH MY CORPORATE LOGO?
The POD+ is a perfect product for corporate branding. It looks stylish, promotes economy and environmental responsibility, and above all else good health and vitality for its users. Our corporate agents would be happy to discuss with how we can co-brand the the POD+ for you. Please email sales@nkdlife.com or send your enquiry here .
WHAT IS THE NKD LIFE MOVEMENT?
HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH AS I HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR IDEAS I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE WITH YOU?
At nkd we are driven by the requirements of our customers to be able to continually improve our products. We welcome all comments and feedback through the contact us page on our website.
HOW MUCH WATER CAN ONE FILTER PRODUCE?
The POD+ filter should be replaced every two months or after processing 175 litres of water (approx 300 refills). Please sign up for our free filter replacement reminder subscription on our website to ensure the quality of the water you drink is always at its best.
CAN I REPLACE JUST A PART OF THE FILTER?
No. The POD+ filter is designed to be fully replaceable.
IS IT SAFE TO USE THE POD+ IF I DON'T CHANGE THE FILTER?
After 175L of use the effectiveness of the filter will begin to diminish and the flow rate of the water will begin to slow. The water will begin to taste like the source water used to fill the bottle. The maximum capacity is a guideline for use with lightly contaminated or tap water. Extensive use of the filter with heavily contaminated water will of course reduce the filter function capacity. Once the flow rate diminishes it is usually a good indication to replace the filter. In any case the filter should not be used after two months from activation.
DO THE FILTERS HAVE A USE BY DATE?
If the filters are stored in a cool dry place, it is quite safe to buy extra filters and use them several months later.
DOES THE FILTER BEGIN TO WORK STRAIGHT AWAY ON THE WATER?
To get the best quality water from the POD+ it is suggested to allow the filter to sit within the water for a few minutes. This will allow the filter to "supercharge" the water with a greater number of negative ions increasing the anti-oxidant properties of the water you drink. This is shown to help in combating the effects of ageing and assist in the prevention of disease.
IS THE POD+ JUST LIKE A NORMAL CARBON FILTER BOTTLE?
No. The POD+ goes beyond other carbon filtering devices. The unique multi-layer material has an integrated filter process. On the outer layer's bacteria, parasites and larger micron size particles are trapped or destroyed. In the inner layers, Viruses encounter a natural electrical charge, and they too are destroyed. Chlorine and heavy metals are removed by the carbon layer which also absorbs many other chemicals and toxins that may be present in the water. Finally, as the cleaned water reaches the core of the filter it is passes over natural magnesium beads which ionises the water making it healthier and taste lighter. The results make for clean and refreshing water.
CAN I USE THE POD+ FILTER WITH OTHER BOTTLES?
CAN I USE THE POD+ WITHOUT THE FILTER?
The POD+ is a beautifully designed product which can function perfectly as a normal drinking bottle without the filter.
HOW DO I REMOVE / CHANGE A FILTER?
The filter is designed to be very easy to remove for the purposes of washing the bottle or replacing the filter.
To replace screw the filter back into the cap clockwise. Please ensure the filter is firmly screwed back into place, without using excessive force.
Fill the bottle with water and ensuring the screw cap is firmly screwed down into the bottle, drink and enjoy!
WHAT IS THE CARBON ASPECT OF THE FILTER?
Activated carbon has been used for thousands of years to purify water. Carbon has the ability absorbing organic compounds such as benzine and chlorine. Using natural and renewable coconut shells as a carbon source, the shells are processed under high heat. The resulting carbon product which forms part of our filter is an extremely porous material. As the water passes through the carbon absorbs toxic organic compounds allowing the water to be cleansed.
WHAT IS THE POD+ MADE OF AND IS IT SAFE?
All the plastics, silicone coverings, silicone seals and the complete filter unit are made from 100 % FDA approved food grade material and are completely safe to use All components have also been independently tested and certified to the stringent European BS EN 1186: 2002 and commission regulations 10/2011. (click here to view report) The POD+ is made from BPA, EA and AA free Tritan made by Eastman. This material is widely regarded as one of the safest plastics for use with food and water contact. Our proprietary filter system is made from the highest quality food grade polypropylene casing. The pleated material within the filter is state of the art non-woven cloth developed for NASA in the United States and fully FDA approved.
CAN I USE HOT AND COLD WATER IN THE POD+?
Hot water should not be run through the filter during use (max. 104F/40C ~ min. 37F/3C). We do not recommend freezing the POD+, but you can place it in the refrigerator. You should also avoid storing it in direct sunlight..
Yes. The POD+ is fully recyclable.
CAN I USE WATER FROM ANY SOURCE IN THE POD+?
The POD+ is designed to be used with municipal tap water and other water sources such as rivers, lakes, rainwater etc. Although the POD+ operates with an extremely high level of contaminant removal, it is expected that the user would use sensible discretion when selecting a suitable water supply. 175L of filtration is the guideline provided for filtering water with low to moderate contaminants. Using the POD+ from sources containing extremely high levels of contaminants may significantly reduce the life of the POD+ filter.
CAN I USE THE POD+ FOR FIZZY DRINKS, JUICES OR WATER WITH FLAVOURING?
The POD+ is designed to bring you the best quality water possible. It is NOT designed to be used with other liquids, colourings, flavourings or carbonated water. Doing so may damage the filter and reduce its effectiveness.
HOW DOES THE POD+ PROTECT AGAINST CONTAMINATION OF THE MOUTH PIECE?
Many water bottles either have a removable cap which often gets lost or no cap at all. The POD+ has a button with a spring open lid. Once closed it protects the mouthpiece from external contamination. The clever design of the cone top allows comfortable drinking as it holds itself open without assistance. The whole process of drinking can be achieved as a one-handed operation with the mouthpiece never having to touch anything besides you mouth.
WHY IS THE POD+ WATER BETTER THEN RO WATER, PACKAGED WATER OR TAP WATER?
The POD+ is more than a basic filter, it cleans conditions and restores water to bring it back to how nature originally provided. Modern day water delivery systems are designed for convenience, often resulting in damaging waste of resources and the delivery of contaminated or 'dead' water. Please follow the link here to discover why using the nkd POD+ will provide you with some of the best quality water possible.
BPA, also known as Bisphenol-A, is a chemical that is commonly used to make polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Polycarbonate is the most common type of plastic used in clear water bottles. BPA has been linked to a variety of health issues, including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The longer a liquid is kept in a container, the more BPA is leached into that liquid. If that container is old or the liquid is hot, even more BPA may leach into the liquid. As a company who promotes itself as being able to clean your water and deliver the best water available it only makes sense that all our bottles are completely BPA free.


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Review: Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy — the reactor built to blast
Chernobyl's faulty engineering hastened the fall of the USSR, says Julie McDowall
Julie McDowall
May 12 2018, 12:01am, The Times
When the emergency robots failed at Chernobyl the authorities sent in men — "bio-robots"IGOR KOSTIN/SYGMA/GETTY IMAGES
Behind a fence in Chernobyl town, in the far north of Ukraine, is a display of colourful robots. When a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986, these bright little machines were sent on to the roof to clear the lethal debris, but they failed. The radiation destroyed their electronics. My guide said one "committed suicide" by throwing itself from the roof. They're on display for visitors, a zoo of radioactive robots, a reminder of what happened.
When the machines died, the Soviet authorities used men: "bio-robots". Wearing thin masks and carrying shovels, they dashed on to the roof, scooped some debris over the edge and fled before they could absorb a lethal dose. They were motivated by the heroic Soviet maxim…

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Literary Lessons with Nazim Hikmet/ Abhimanyu Acharya/ Issue 07 & 08
The proliferation of the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing programs across North America and Europe in the past few years shows the growing importance of formal training in writing within the publishing industry. Some of my friends who were against an MFA degree do not consider it such a bad idea anymore. Considered earlier an offspring of literary studies that did not guarantee a job the way, say, a degree in English literature did, the MFA program has come a long way in establishing itself as a formidable step toward a promising career path in writing and publishing. One can even argue that the MFA degree has become a short but definitive way for agents and publishers to separate the chaff from the wheat such that for writers, especially in North America, an eventual MFA degree has become inevitable. While it is a matter of great fortune to be able to enroll in an MFA program and reap the benefits of professional training, fellowships, networking, and regular writing assignments, not all of us are lucky enough to do that. Most of us do not have the means, the right age, the financial condition, or the right language to undertake an MFA degree. In such a scenario, to come across a book such as In Jail with Nazim Hikmet (2010), written by Orhan Kemal (1914 -1970) is nothing short of fresh air.
The book recounts three and half years that Orhan Kemal, arguably the greatest prose writer in Turkish literature, spent in Jail with Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963), his literary mentor and the national poet of Turkey, equaled in caliber only by the likes of Neruda, Faiz and Mahmoud Darwish. The book is both a memoir and a tender, endearing portrait of a teacher. Written originally in Turkish in 1947 and published in 1965, the book appeared in English in 2010 and has been introduced and translated by Bengisu Rona. The English edition also contains diary entries of Kemal from his prison days as well as some letters exchanged between Hikmet and Kemal once the latter was released. Together, they provide a satisfying glimpse into the literary as well as the political climate of Turkey during the second world war while simultaneously documenting the artistic training that Kemal received in the most unusual of places: a prison.
Orhan Kemal was twenty-four when he was sentenced to prison for five years for inciting mutiny in the military and for producing propaganda for a foreign state. These charges were laid specifically because Kemal was found reading books of Maxim Gorky and Nazim Hikmet and was suspected to be a communist by Turkish authorities. Nazim Hikmet, who was already a celebrated poet in Turkey, had made his communist alliances clear and, according to Bengisu Rona, was seen as a much bigger threat by the Turkish authorities and was sentenced to prison for twenty-eight years. Chance brought them together in Bursa prison in 1940, and thus began a relationship that shaped Kemal from a budding poet to one of the most promising writers of his generation. Seeing his potential, Nazim Hikmet, the ever-generous teacher, took Kemal under his wing and gave personal attention to his literary education. Sharing a prison cell with Nazim Hikmet taught Kemal many things. It is easy to lose track of the literary lessons Kemal learnt from Hikmet as they are buried in the book under anecdotes, memories, opinions, and incidents. Here, I distill some of these vital lessons about literary art.
(1) The first lesson that Nazim Hikmet teaches Kemal is to recognize one's genre. When he met Nazim, Orhan Kemal fancied himself a poet and indulged in writing avant-garde poetry. Dismissing Kemal's poems as 'Mumbo-Jumbo', Nazim advises him to focus his attention on prose since his prose was fresh, without external influences, and came naturally to him. The advice worked so well that Kemal went on to write twenty-eight novels, fourteen collections of short stories as well as several plays and film scripts in his lifetime, thus firmly cementing his place in the canon of Turkish literature.
(2) Then came recognizing and understanding the structure of a literary piece. As exercises, Nazim provided several isolated lines to Kemal and his other friends in prison and asked them to arrange the lines so that a beautiful poem emerges from them. It was one of these exercises, disguised as a test, that prompted Nazim to take Kemal under his wing since he managed to arrange the lines in the best possible way. These early lessons in understanding structure and sentence arrangement proved vital in Kemal's training.
(3) Nazim also emphasized the importance of knowing a different language. One of the first questions he asks Kemal is, "How is your French?" Realizing that Kemal's French needed polish, he teaches him the language through regular lessons. The training in French became so rigorous and taxing that at some point Kemal was on the verge of giving it up altogether. One can understand the reason behind such an activity: for a writer, it is important to learn a new language to expand their reading horizons, to be able to look at a language from a distance and to feel its texture not as an insider but as an outsider. What better way to understand one's tool than this?
(4) What is true of languages is also true of other art forms. One of the things Kemal learned from Nazim Hikmet is the way other arts can influence and affect writing. Throughout his time in prison, Kemal saw Hikmet shifting between writing and painting. When he was inspired, he would write, and when he was not in the mood to write, he would make portraits of other inmates in prison. While making their portraits, Hikmet would ask the inmates to share their personal stories. Many of these stories became a basis for the visually evocative epic poem Hikmet composed in prison called Human Landscapes from my country, a modern classic of Turkish Literature.
(5) Hikmet provides meticulous feedback on Kemal's stories and even goes as deep as explaining, through concrete examples, how punctuations can ruin sentence structures. Hikmet, a champion of simple and accessible prose, advises Kemal in one of his letters to use sentences that make sense without the usage of punctuation. According to Hikmet, 'Sentences that cannot be understood, or can only be understood with difficulty without punctuation marks, are sentences which have been structured wrongly.' Hikmet is also suspect of similes and believes that two or more similes in a sentence would corrupt each other and kill each other's effect.
(6) Amid the second world war, when feelings of hopelessness and vanity were pervasive, Hikmet advises Kemal not to lose hope and to not produce works that do not champion hope. Hikmet believed that reality, however harsh and sad, should be portrayed in a way that the hope for a better future for humanity remains alive. Writers who fail to do that, according to Hikmet, are like doctors who believe that men's fight against disease is in vain. When literary trends in Europe were inclining towards existentialism and the portrayal of absurdist meaninglessness, Hikmet advises Kemal to go against the trend. One can debate the merits of any literary movement. The takeaway here is that one need not be afraid to carve a different trail. If one believes in a particular mode of expression, one should go for it, irrespective of whether it fits the current trends.
(7) Orhan Kemal confesses that Nazim Hikmet played the most important role in his development as a writer not because of all the things about the craft that he learnt from him, but because of the fundamental truth about art that Nazim taught him. Kemal makes a useful distinction between 'seeing' and 'looking'. 'Seeing' entails seeing the world as it is, how most people see it. 'Looking' entailed seeing the world within a certain methodical framework. In other words, seeing the world from a certain perspective. That is what, for Kemal, makes art. Not vision, but perspective.
(8) Nazim Hikmet does not fail to tell Kemal what every writer needs to hear at least twice a day. He tells him to write regularly and consistently and as much as possible, even at a personal cost. While this may sound like the most banal of advices, it is also what most writers, especially new ones, fail to follow. It demands rigorous discipline and hard work. Nobody can teach that, every writer must push themselves to do it, one way or the other.
What is revealed through Kemal's memoir is not just the generosity of the teacher to teach, but also the willingness and dedication of the student to learn. Kemal learns as much from observing Hikmet and other prisoners around him as he does from his lessons. Prison introduces him to shades of life that one rarely finds elsewhere. Perhaps the greatest argument the book makes is against the places we collectively allot to training. It tells us that literary training does not require an MFA degree from a university. Training happens not through institutions, but through teachers. With the right teacher, training can occur even in the cruelest of prisons, amid isolation and violence, between thieves and killers.
Abhimanyu Acharya is a short-story writer, playwright, reviewer and translator. He writes and translates between English, Gujarati and Hindi. He has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for his collection of short stories and has also been long-listed twice for Toto Funds, the arts award for creative writing in English. His works have been published in places such as Out of Print, Indian Literature, Hakara, Chaicopy, Karvaan India and Reading Room. He is currently undertaking his doctoral studies in Ontario, Canada.
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The Scent of Orange/ Eve Dineva/ Issue 06
No Home For Women/ Semanti Debray/ Issue 06


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Q: Multiple regression: R splits Variable into multiple Hey there i want to explore the effect of Age and Gender on points of a test via mlr.
Yet when i type
model <- lm(punkte~ Age + Gender, data = df)

R gives me following results
(Intercept)   5.677369   0.176482  32.170  < 2e-16 ***
Age          -0.017953   0.004932  -3.640 0.000300 ***
GenderFemale  0.595369   0.154697   3.849 0.000134 ***
GenderDivers -1.416150   0.684191  -2.070 0.038964 *

But i dont want the Gender variable to be split into multiple, also GenderMale is missing and i dont know why. Help would be appreciated very much

A: "Male" is missing since your model chooses "male" as the reference, when you have categorical variables in gender.
You can always change the reference variable by something like:
df <- within(df, gender <- relevel(factor(gender), ref = "Female"))

You can only combine the "female" and "divers" if you change the data from the root (and normally we don't do that). For example, combine those two to "non-male" or "others".

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Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The chopstix fall risk study
Marcella M.S. Kwan, William W.N. Tsang, Sang I. Lin, Mark Greenaway, Jacqueline C.T. Close, Stephen R. Lord
Department of Physical Therapy
Background. Chinese older people have approximately half the risk of falling as their white counterparts, but no studies to date have explained why such a disparity exists.Methods. A total of 692 Chinese and 764 white community-dwelling older people participated in a multicohort study conducted in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia. Baseline measurements included sociodemographic, psychological, and physical measures; concern about falling (Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores); and physical activity levels. Falls were monitored prospectively for 12-24 months.Results. The standardized annual fall rates for the 3 Chinese cohorts were 0.26±0.47 in Taiwan, 0.21±0.57 in Hong Kong, and 0.36±0.80 in Australia, which were significantly lower than that of the white cohort at 0.70±1.15. The fall rates for the Taiwan and Hong Kong cohorts were also significantly lower than that of the Australian Chinese cohort. The difference in fall rates was not due to better physical ability in the Chinese cohorts. However, the Chinese cohorts did more planned activity and expressed more concern about falling. Negative binomial regression analysis revealed a significant Cohort × Falls Efficacy Scale-International score interaction. After adjusting for this interaction, Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores, other predictors, and confounders, the incidence rate ratios comparing the cohorts were no longer statistically significant.Conclusions. Low fall rates in Chinese cohorts appear to be due to increased concern about falling as manifest in high Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores. These findings suggest that the Chinese cohorts are more likely to adapt their behaviors to lessen fall risk and that such adaptations are partially lost in Chinese people who have migrated to a "Westernized" country.
Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls338
Geriatrics and Gerontology
10.1093/gerona/gls338
Dive into the research topics of 'Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The chopstix fall risk study'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Accidental Falls Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Psychology Medicine & Life Sciences 9%
Regression Analysis Medicine & Life Sciences 9%
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Kwan, M. M. S., Tsang, W. W. N., Lin, S. I., Greenaway, M., Close, J. C. T., & Lord, S. R. (2013). Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The chopstix fall risk study. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 68(8), 946-953. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls338
Kwan, Marcella M.S. ; Tsang, William W.N. ; Lin, Sang I. ; Greenaway, Mark ; Close, Jacqueline C.T. ; Lord, Stephen R. / Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people : The chopstix fall risk study. In: Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2013 ; Vol. 68, No. 8. pp. 946-953.
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abstract = "Background. Chinese older people have approximately half the risk of falling as their white counterparts, but no studies to date have explained why such a disparity exists.Methods. A total of 692 Chinese and 764 white community-dwelling older people participated in a multicohort study conducted in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia. Baseline measurements included sociodemographic, psychological, and physical measures; concern about falling (Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores); and physical activity levels. Falls were monitored prospectively for 12-24 months.Results. The standardized annual fall rates for the 3 Chinese cohorts were 0.26±0.47 in Taiwan, 0.21±0.57 in Hong Kong, and 0.36±0.80 in Australia, which were significantly lower than that of the white cohort at 0.70±1.15. The fall rates for the Taiwan and Hong Kong cohorts were also significantly lower than that of the Australian Chinese cohort. The difference in fall rates was not due to better physical ability in the Chinese cohorts. However, the Chinese cohorts did more planned activity and expressed more concern about falling. Negative binomial regression analysis revealed a significant Cohort × Falls Efficacy Scale-International score interaction. After adjusting for this interaction, Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores, other predictors, and confounders, the incidence rate ratios comparing the cohorts were no longer statistically significant.Conclusions. Low fall rates in Chinese cohorts appear to be due to increased concern about falling as manifest in high Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores. These findings suggest that the Chinese cohorts are more likely to adapt their behaviors to lessen fall risk and that such adaptations are partially lost in Chinese people who have migrated to a {"}Westernized{"} country.",
author = "Kwan, {Marcella M.S.} and Tsang, {William W.N.} and Lin, {Sang I.} and Mark Greenaway and Close, {Jacqueline C.T.} and Lord, {Stephen R.}",
note = "Funding Information: Supplementary Material Supplementary material can be found at: http://biomedgerontology. oxfordjournals.org/ Funding This research was supported by a Neuroscience Research Australia— Betty Fyffe Research Award, the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC 96-2314-B-006-061), and National Cheng Kung University Project funding for promoting academic excellence and developing world class research (D96-1100). M.K. was supported by a New South Wales Health PhD scholarship.",
doi = "10.1093/gerona/gls338",
journal = "Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences",
Kwan, MMS, Tsang, WWN, Lin, SI, Greenaway, M, Close, JCT & Lord, SR 2013, 'Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The chopstix fall risk study', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 946-953. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls338
Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people : The chopstix fall risk study. / Kwan, Marcella M.S.; Tsang, William W.N.; Lin, Sang I.; Greenaway, Mark; Close, Jacqueline C.T.; Lord, Stephen R.
In: Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, Vol. 68, No. 8, 08.2013, p. 946-953.
T1 - Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people
T2 - The chopstix fall risk study
AU - Kwan, Marcella M.S.
AU - Tsang, William W.N.
AU - Lin, Sang I.
AU - Greenaway, Mark
AU - Close, Jacqueline C.T.
AU - Lord, Stephen R.
N1 - Funding Information: Supplementary Material Supplementary material can be found at: http://biomedgerontology. oxfordjournals.org/ Funding This research was supported by a Neuroscience Research Australia— Betty Fyffe Research Award, the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC 96-2314-B-006-061), and National Cheng Kung University Project funding for promoting academic excellence and developing world class research (D96-1100). M.K. was supported by a New South Wales Health PhD scholarship.
N2 - Background. Chinese older people have approximately half the risk of falling as their white counterparts, but no studies to date have explained why such a disparity exists.Methods. A total of 692 Chinese and 764 white community-dwelling older people participated in a multicohort study conducted in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia. Baseline measurements included sociodemographic, psychological, and physical measures; concern about falling (Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores); and physical activity levels. Falls were monitored prospectively for 12-24 months.Results. The standardized annual fall rates for the 3 Chinese cohorts were 0.26±0.47 in Taiwan, 0.21±0.57 in Hong Kong, and 0.36±0.80 in Australia, which were significantly lower than that of the white cohort at 0.70±1.15. The fall rates for the Taiwan and Hong Kong cohorts were also significantly lower than that of the Australian Chinese cohort. The difference in fall rates was not due to better physical ability in the Chinese cohorts. However, the Chinese cohorts did more planned activity and expressed more concern about falling. Negative binomial regression analysis revealed a significant Cohort × Falls Efficacy Scale-International score interaction. After adjusting for this interaction, Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores, other predictors, and confounders, the incidence rate ratios comparing the cohorts were no longer statistically significant.Conclusions. Low fall rates in Chinese cohorts appear to be due to increased concern about falling as manifest in high Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores. These findings suggest that the Chinese cohorts are more likely to adapt their behaviors to lessen fall risk and that such adaptations are partially lost in Chinese people who have migrated to a "Westernized" country.
AB - Background. Chinese older people have approximately half the risk of falling as their white counterparts, but no studies to date have explained why such a disparity exists.Methods. A total of 692 Chinese and 764 white community-dwelling older people participated in a multicohort study conducted in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia. Baseline measurements included sociodemographic, psychological, and physical measures; concern about falling (Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores); and physical activity levels. Falls were monitored prospectively for 12-24 months.Results. The standardized annual fall rates for the 3 Chinese cohorts were 0.26±0.47 in Taiwan, 0.21±0.57 in Hong Kong, and 0.36±0.80 in Australia, which were significantly lower than that of the white cohort at 0.70±1.15. The fall rates for the Taiwan and Hong Kong cohorts were also significantly lower than that of the Australian Chinese cohort. The difference in fall rates was not due to better physical ability in the Chinese cohorts. However, the Chinese cohorts did more planned activity and expressed more concern about falling. Negative binomial regression analysis revealed a significant Cohort × Falls Efficacy Scale-International score interaction. After adjusting for this interaction, Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores, other predictors, and confounders, the incidence rate ratios comparing the cohorts were no longer statistically significant.Conclusions. Low fall rates in Chinese cohorts appear to be due to increased concern about falling as manifest in high Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores. These findings suggest that the Chinese cohorts are more likely to adapt their behaviors to lessen fall risk and that such adaptations are partially lost in Chinese people who have migrated to a "Westernized" country.
U2 - 10.1093/gerona/gls338
DO - 10.1093/gerona/gls338
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
Kwan MMS, Tsang WWN, Lin SI, Greenaway M, Close JCT, Lord SR. Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The chopstix fall risk study. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2013 Aug;68(8):946-953. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls338


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Vasile Alecsandri (21. červenec 1821, Bacău (Moldavsko) – 22. srpen 1890, Mirceşti) byl rumunský spisovatel, politik a diplomat narozený na území dnešního Moldavska. Proslul především jako sběratel rumunského folklóru. Byl klíčovou osobností rumunského národního obrození v 19. století. Patřil do generace tzv. "osmačtyřicátníků", tedy rumunských spisovatelů, politiků a intelektuálů, kteří se zapojili do revoluce roku 1848.

Život
Pocházel ze zámožné bojarské rodiny, mohl tak vystudovat prestižní střední školu Victora Cuenima v Jasy a poté, roku 1834, odjet zdokonalovat svou francouzštinu do Paříže. Ve francouzštině také publikoval své první literární texty. Pod vlivem romantismu však začal hledat základnu moderní rumunské poezie v lidu - v roce 1839 se proto vrátil do Rumunska, toulal se podhůřím karpatských hřebenů a sbíral lidovou slovesnost. Poté znovu hojně cestoval po západní a jižní Evropě, mimo jiné i se svou životní láskou Elenou Negri, která však byla vážně nemocná a během návratu do Rumunska zemřela na palubě lodi, Vasilovi v náručí. Napsal o tomto zážitku báseň Steluţa (Hvězdička).

Do Rumunska se vrátil roku 1847, právě včas, aby se zapojil do revoluce roku 1848. Patřil ke klíčovým aktivistům v Moldavsku, psal burcující verše (Deşteptarea României, Rumunsko, povstaň) a sepsal i klíčový politický manifest revolučního hnutí (Dorinţele partidei naţionale din Moldova, Požadavky Národní strany Moldavska). Revoluce však byla poražena a on musel odejít do exilu. Přes Transylvánii a Rakousko uprchl do Paříže.

Zde usilovně propagoval kauzu rumunských vlastenců, vrátil se však také k rumunskému folklóru. Přednášel o něm před francouzskými vzdělanci, k nimž patřili i historici Jules Michelet a Edgar Quinet. Z Paříže zaslal redakci černovického časopisu Bucovina dvanáct lidových balad, mezi nimiž byla i ta nejslavnější Mioriţa (Ovečka). V časopisu vyšly postupně od září 1849 do září 1850. Roku 1850 se také vrátil do Rumunska.

V roce 1852 vydal v Jasech první a v následujícím roce druhý svazek své klíčové sbírky, kterou nazval Lidové básně. Ohlas v Rumunsku byl mimořádný. Kniha byla také rychle přeložena do francouzštiny, angličtiny a němčiny. Francouzský překlad, vzhledem k tomu, že francouzština byla takřka jeho druhou mateřštinou, pořídil sám Alecsandri (vyšel roku 1855). Druhé, značně rozšířené vydání vyšlo v Bukurešti roku 1866 pod názvem Lidové básnictví Rumunů (Poezii populare ale românilor). Knihu otevírala slavná předmluva. Její první větu se dnes učí každý Rumun ve škole: "Rumun se rodí jako básník!" Součástí předmluvy je i teoretická folkloristická část, která dělí rumunskou lidovou slovesnost do tří kategorií: 1) starobylé písně neboli balady, 2) doiny (lyrické písně), 3) hory (písně ke kolovému tanci), 4) drobné útvary jako descîntece (zaříkávadla), strigături (hesla skandovaná během tance) apod. Toto rozdělení uznává folkloristika dodnes.

Politicky se v pozdějších letech soustředil na boj za sjednocení Moldavska a Valašska. Známá je jeho báseň Hora Unirii (Píseň jednoty), kterou sepsal roku 1856, a která za sjednocení pléduje. K tomuto sjednocení také došlo roku 1859 a předseda vlády Alexandru Ioan Cuza Vasila poté jmenoval ministrem zahraničních věcí nového rumunského státu. Funkci zastával do roku 1860, později se stal rumunským vyslancem v Paříži.

Roku 1881 napsal báseň Trăiască Regele (Bůh ochraňuj krále), která byla textem rumunské hymny až do roku 1947.

Byl otevřeným antisemitou, stereotypně zobrazení židé prostupují řadou jeho děl a hojně tak přispěl k rozšíření antisemitismu v moderní rumunské kultuře.

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Reference

Literatura
 Ottův slovník naučný, heslo Alecsandri. Sv.1, str. 763

Moldavští spisovatelé
Rumunští spisovatelé
Rumunští politici
Moldavští politici
Narození v roce 1821
Úmrtí v roce 1890
Narození 21. července
Úmrtí 22. srpna
Muži
Narození v Bacău
Úmrtí v Rumunsku


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Victorian Genealogy
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CHURCH AND SYNAGOGUE RECORDS
For church and synagogue records before 1853 see Birth Records, Death Records or Marriage Records.
Victoria's Early Church Records are on CD-ROM 1836-1853. This includes extra records from 1803-1906. Despite being called Early Church Records, it includes synagogue records and civil registration records 1853-1854. These are not online.
FAMILYSEARCH - AUSTRALIA, BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS 1792-1981
An index to records held by the Genealogical Society of Utah is searchable on their FamilySearch website. This has births and baptisms from New South Wales and Victoria. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1770729
FAMILYSEARCH - AUSTRALIA, MARRIAGES 1810-1980
An index to records held by the Genealogical Society of Utah is searchable on their FamilySearch website. This has marriages from New South Wales and Victoria. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed.
FAMILYSEARCH - AUSTRALIA, DEATHS AND BURIALS, 1816-1810
An index to records held by the Genealogical Society of Utah is searchable on their FamilySearch website. This has deaths and burials from New South Wales and Victoria. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed.
FAMILYSEARCH - CHURCH RECORDS
FamilySearch has microfilmed church records. Some can be seen online; some can be seen at FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries (in Melbourne these are the Genealogical Society of Victoria and the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies) and some can only be seen at Family History Centres (Mormon Libraries).The following are available online and are included on the International Genealogical Index unless indicated:
Ballan and Bacchus Marsh, Church of England baptisms, 1849-1858 Ballan, Church of England baptisms, 1859-1895
Ballan District (includes Little Bendigo, Brown Hill, Forest and Nerrina), Church of England baptisms 1859-1893
Bacchus Marsh, Holy Trinity Church of England baptisms, 1859-1893
Bannockburn, Home Mission Station Methodist baptisms 1873-1965
Barrabool, Trinity Church of England parish registers 1855-1979
Beaconsfield, St. John's Church of England 1923-1950 baptisms
Belmont, St. Stephen's Church of England marriages 1910-1924 (not included in Index)
Benalla, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church baptisms 1884-1968 (not included in Index)
Benalla, Holy Trinity Church of England baptisms 1855-1919 (not included in Index)
Berwick Christ Church of England baptisms 1878-1891, marriages 1882-1898, burials 1907-1949
Blackwood, Church of England baptisms 1890-1926, marriages 1891-1915, 1918, 1933
Blackwood, Catholic Church baptisms 1878-1904 (not included in Index)
Caulfield, St. Mary's Church of England baptisms 1861-1912
Collingwood, St.Philip's Church of England marriages 1864-1888
Drysdale Circuit Methodist baptisms 1857-1979, burials 1961-1965, Sunday school attendance registers 1864-1907 (not every year, not included in Index), membership rolls 1892-1927 (not every year, not included in Index)
Geelong Christ Church of England marriages 1853-1854 (not included in Index)
Geelong Free Church communicants' and membership rolls 1851-1889 (not included in Index)
Geelong High Church adherent's roll book 1851-1889 (not included in Index)
Geelong Free Presbyterian Church marriages 1853-1859
Geelong St. Andrews Presbyterian Church burials 1840-1930, baptisms 1840-1908, marriages 1840-1904 (not included in Index)
Geelong St. Andrews Presbyterian Church baptisms 1919-1934, marriages 1919-1935 (not included in Index)
Geelong, St. Giles Presbyterian Church parish registers 1889-1932 (not included in Index)
Geelong St. Giles Presbyterian Church Sunday School rolls 1852-1902 (not every year, not included in Index)
Geelong Circuit Methodist baptisms 1853-1896
Geelong Circuit Primitive Methodist baptisms 1856-1911
Geelong Circuit Bible Christian baptisms 1860-1941
Geelong Independent Denomination of Christians marriages 1853-1855
Grovedale, Lutheran Church members lists, marriages 1869-1963, cemetery, obituaries (not included in Index)
Hawthorn, Christ Church of England baptisms 1855-1885, marriages 1855-1859
Marshall, St. Cuthbert's Church of England marriages 1910-1924 (not included in Index)
Modewarre, St. Saviour's Church of England marriages 1902-1925 (not included in Index)
Moorooduc, St. Peter's Church of England baptisms 1860-1920
Melbourne, St. John's Church of England baptisms 1854-1884
Melbourne, St. Mary's Church of England baptisms 1856-1883
Portarlington, Presbyterian Church baptisms 1926-1952, marriages 1927-1938 (not included in Index)
Portarlington, Presbyterian Church communicants roll 1917-1942 (not included in Index)
Prahran, St. Matthews Church of England baptisms 1854-1906, marriages 1855-1859, 1863-1881
South Melbourne, Clarendon Street Presbyterian Church marriage certificates 1875-1877
South Melbourne, St. Luke's Church of England baptisms 1858-1916, marriages 1858-1912, Sunday School Rolls 1881-1882, Seatholders' Register 1875-1880 (not included in Index)
South Yarra, Christ Church of England baptisms 1873-1883,1889-1909, 1914 marriages 1857-1948, burials 1971-1979 (not included on Index)
St. Kilda, Christ Church of England baptisms 1851-1880
St. Kilda, All Saints' Christ Church of England baptisms 1862-1884, marriages 1868-1878
Tarraville, Church of England marriage certificates 1859 (not included on Index)
Williamstown, Presbyterian Church marriages 1854-1859
Winchelsea, St.Thomas' Church of England baptisms 1854-1860, marriages 1854-1859
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GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA - MILESTONES
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St Peter's Church of England, Eastern Hill Melbourne: baptisms 1843-1853 and some from 1855 & 1868
St Peter's Church of England, Eastern Hill: marriage register 1848-1851
St Jude's Church of England Carlton: baptisms 1866-1875
St Jude's Church of England Carlton: marriages 1866-1914
St Mark's Church of England Fitzroy, Victoria: baptismal register 1855-1920
Christ Church South Yarra: marriage registers 1857-1917 v.1-38 [transcript]
Christ Church Hawthorn: baptismal register 1855-1912 and burials 1902-1913
Christ Church Hawthorn: marriage register 22 March 1855 - 26 April 1859 (no. 1-116)
Christ Church Hawthorn: marriage register 20 January 1879 - 22 December 1882, 5 November 1887 - 29 May 1911 [and] Index to nos. 1-116 (1855-59), 334-376 (1879-1882), 423-750 (1887-1911).
St Andrew's Church of England Brighton: index to baptisms (1847-1857), marriages (1849-1858) & burials (1845-1856).
Christ Church Geelong, Church of England: marriage index 1853-1854
St Peter's Church of England Ballarat: marriages 1863-1905
Castlemaine Presbyterian church: marriage register 16/10/1871 to 26/8/1885 (no.50-196).
St. Augustine's Church of England, Inglewood: index of baptisms 1853-1910
Maldon Methodist Church baptisms 1859-1951
Portland Presbyterian Church baptisms 1857-1869,1874-1876, 1892-1900
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA - GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES (GIN)
This has indexes and digitised church records online in its Genealogical Index of Names database. Church records included:
Geelong Gaelic Church building fund: list of subscriptions [1859]
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ST.PETER'S EASTERN HILL, BAPTISMS 1848-1915
St. Peter's Anglican Church is in East Melbourne. This is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=60584
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ST.PETER'S EASTERN HILL, MARRIAGES 1848-1955
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=9732
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ST.PETER'S EASTERN HILL, CONFIRMATIONS 1872-1955
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ST.PETER'S EASTERN HILL, BURIALS 1848-1989
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ST.PETER'S EASTERN HILL, SELECTED RECORDS, 1848-1998
St. Peter's Anglican Church is in East Melbourne. The selected records include day school records 1897-1930, confirmation classes book 1892-1915, pew rent books 1848-1884 and photographs 1851-1960. The collection may be browsed.
NUNS AND SISTERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA 1838-1918
For the purposes of historical research or family history an alphabetical index of women who either became nuns in Australia, or who arrived in Australia as nuns has been compiled. The index consists of approximately 14,000 entries and is the result of contributions from more than fifty Religious Orders or Congregations.
https://web.stbedes.catholic.edu.au/Other/nuns/index.html
AUSTRALIAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY - AUSTRALIAN JEWISH MARRIAGE INDEX 1832-1940
These include the congregation where the marriage took place and full date of marriage.
https://www.ajhs.com.au/marriages-up-to-1940/
FAMILYSEARCH - KNOWLES COLLECTION
This includes more than 21,000 Jewish genealogical records for the South Pacific area. It is located under "Genealogies". It is included under "Community Trees" and this should be selected at the bottom of the page for a more focused search.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/
RELIGIOUS ARCHIVES, MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
ANGLICAN CHURCH
Victoria is divided up into five dioceses: Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Wangaratta and Gippsland. Each diocese has a website with contact details. The websites list churches and parishes within their area and include contact details.
ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF MELBOURNE
https://www.melbourneanglican.org.au/
ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF BENDIGO - DIOCESAN ARCHIVES
This may be contacted through their Registry Office.
www.bendigoanglican.org.au/registry-office/
ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF WANGARATTA
They have deposited records in Charles Sturt University Regional Archives, Wagga Wagga New South Wales. Its holdings include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the following churches:
St Matthew's Church, Albury
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta
Christ Church, Beechworth
St. Jude's Church, Eldorado
St. Hilda's Church, Everton
St. Peter's Church, Tarrawingee
St. Paul's Church, Milawa
Holy Trinity Church, Yackandandah
MOLLISON LIBRARY, TRINITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Trinity College Library houses the Mollison Library, the provincial library of the Anglican Church of Victoria. The library has a significant collection of theological works.
www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/learning/resources/library.html
ANGLICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
https://cathedral.org.au/cathedral/history/anglican-historical-society/
BAPTIST CHURCH
BAPTIST UNION OF VICTORIA ARCHIVES
These are housed at the Baptist Union of Victoria Offices.
www.buv.com.au
A list of Baptist church websites in Victoria is included on the website.
VICTORIAN BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY
https://www.buv.com.au/good-news-stories/the-victorian-baptist-historical-society-vbhs-who-we-are-what-we-do-and-why-we-do-it/
THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN VICTORIA AND TASMANIA
www.churchesofchrist.org.au
This website includes a list of Church of Christ church websites in Victoria.
CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF VICTORIA
See Uniting Church.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
LUTHERAN ARCHIVES, ADELAIDE
This is the main archive for Lutheran Church records.
www.lca.org.au/departments/ministry-support/lutheran-archives
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, EAST MELBOURNE
They operate an archive for their church records.
https://en.kirche.org.au/congregational-life/the-archives/
METHODIST CHURCH
Victoria is divided up into the Archdiocese of Melbourne and three other dioceses: Ballarat, Sandhurst and Sale. Each diocese has a website with contact details. Religious orders have their own archives.
CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE
https://melbournecatholic.org/
Sacramental records are found in individual churches. As well as its own records, St Patrick's Cathedral holds some baptism and marriage records for the following churches:
St Augustine's Church, Bourke Street, Melbourne
St Francis' Church, Elizabeth & Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne (1852-1929 only)
Sacred Heart Church, Rathdown Street, Carlton
St John the Evangelist Church, East Melbourne.
MELBOURNE DIOCESAN HISTORICAL COMMISSION
This holds records regarding the administration of the Archdiocese. It holds general material about Melbourne parishes and about some Catholic agencies and institutions. It does not hold the records of individuals except for Father Linane's Priests A to Z Series. This comprises biographical information about all priests who have served in dioceses throughout Australia and who were ordained prior to 1900.
https://melbournecatholic.org/about/our-heritage/historical-records/
GOOLD CATHOLIC MUSEUM: MUSEUM OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE
This is managed by the Melbourne Diocesan Historical Commission, whose brief is to collect, house and provide public access to material relating to the history of the Church in Victoria. The Collection comprises liturgical objects, vestments, artefacts, furniture, documents, artworks, statues and personal memorabilia.
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SANDHURST - ARCHIVES OFFICE
This is the diocese for the Bendigo area.
https://www.sandhurst.catholic.org.au/archives
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SALE - DIOCESAN ARCHIVES
https://www.cdsale.org.au/archives
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BALLARAT
www.ballarat.catholic.org.au
BALLARAT DIOCESAN HISTORICAL COMMISSION
This holds many historical records regarding the administration of the Diocese. It holds general materials about Ballarat parishes and about some Catholic Agencies and Institutions. With a few exceptions, it does not hold records of individuals.
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
http://www.australiancatholichistoricalsociety.com.au/
SALVATION ARMY HERITAGE CENTRE, AUSTRALIA SOUTHERN TERRITORY
https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/en/Who-We-Are/History-and-heritage/
AUSTRALIAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
http://www.ajhs.info/
UNITING CHURCH
The Uniting Church in Australia was formed in 1977 when Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational (or Independent) Churches amalgamated; only two thirds of Presbyterian Churches joined.
UNITING CHURCH ARCHIVES
https://victas.uca.org.au/resources/synod-archives/
Some of the photographic holdings of the United Church Archives can be seen on the Victorian Collections website.
UNITING CHURCH NATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY
The Uniting Church National History Society (UCNHS) was formed to preserve and promote the historical journey of the Uniting Church in Australia and its predecessor churches.
https://assembly.uca.org.au/history
They have donated their records to the State Library of Victoria and they are held in the Manuscript Collection.
BUILDINGS AND LAND
For Buildings see Building Records.
Until 1870 the state funded the building of churches so records of these payments may be found in government records; it should be noted that not all religions were accepting of state aid.
AUSTRALASIA CHURCH ALBUMS
This has photographes of churches in Australia and New Zealand.
https://www.ausbdm.org/album.php
AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH HISTORIES
A portal for historical information on Australian Christian Churches. This site contains a contemporary collection of over 2,000 Australian Christian churches and over 16,000 clergy names. There is a searchable database which includes (where available) the date the church was built, identification of the architect and builders, a list of clergy, the dates they served and details pertaining to certain specific fixtures.
http://www.churchhistories.net.au/
Crown land was reserved by the government for church or synagogue purposes. The appointment of trustees for this land may be found in Victorian Government Gazettes. See Government Gazettes.
If the church or synagogue land remained Crown land a Crown Reserves correspondence file number may be obtained from the Parish Plan. See Plans. The Crown Reserves correspondence file at the Public Record Office Victoria will hold correspondence relating to the land.
If the church or synagogue land was alienated ie a Crown Grant was made to the trustees see Land Records.
Many religious organizations published newspapers and copies of these are held at the State Library of Victoria and the National Library of Australia.
Anglican Church - The Church of England Messenger 1869-1905
Roman Catholic Church - The Advocate 1868-1954
Methodist Church - Spectator and Methodist Chronicle 1914-1918
Jewish Newspapers include
Jewish Herald (Victoria 1879-1920)
The Australian Jewish Herald (Melbourne, Victoria 1920-1933,1935-1955)
The Australian Jewish News (Melbourne, Victoria 1935-2020)
The Australian Israelite(Melbourne, Victoria 1871-1875)
The Dialectic : Jewish Monthly (Fitzroy, Victoria) 1875
Australier Leben = Australian life (Melbourne, Victoria 1931-1933)
The Jewish Weekly News (Melbourne, Victoria 1933-1935)
The Australian Hebrew Times (Sydney, New South Wales 1894)
The Australasian Hebrew (Sydney, New South Wales 1895?1896)
The Australian Jewish Chronicle (Sydney, New South Wales 1922-1931)
The Australian Zionist Pioneer (Sydney, New South Wales 1929)
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIAN LUTHERAN 1913-1966
The Australian Lutheran was the nationwide magazine for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (ELCA). It is searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/australian-lutheran
ANCESTRY - BENEDICTINE PIONEERS IN AUSTRALIA, VOLUME 1
Henry Norbert Birt, O.S.B. Benedictine Pioneers in Australia, Volume 1. London: Herbert and Daniel, 1911. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
Henry Norbert Birt. Benedictine Pioneers in Australia, Volume 2. London: Herbert and Daniel, 1911. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
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UK national eye health and hearing study: case for investment
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UK's first vision and hearing survey aims to capture vital data on UK issues
A lack of accurate data is contributing to a £58billion bill for vision and hearing loss in the UK, according to a report published today that calls on the Government to support the first ever national survey of the UK population's sensory needs.
It is estimated that around 2 million people in the UK are affected by partial sight loss, and this is expected to rise to 2.4 million by 2024. The number affected by hearing loss is estimated at 11 million, and this is also rising.
These issues cost the UK economy £58billion in total every year. This takes into account, medical costs, for example falls and fractures caused by visual impairment, an increased risk of dementia due to hearing loss, service costs, and reduced employment. Around 50 per cent of all sight loss is believed to be preventable.
Researchers and charities have now come together to campaign for the first ever UK National Eye-health and Hearing Study (UKNEHS). The data generated by a detailed survey will help cut the cost to the economy and better inform policy makers and service providers, with a focus on prevention.
Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chair of the Executive Board of the UKNEHS said "The UK has not invested effectively in collecting population data for vision and hearing loss. The UKNEHS is of vital importance to current and future generations if we are serious about providing quality, evidence-based services in these areas."
The case for investment, published today by Vision UK, which works with organisations in the eye health and sight loss sector, outlines the details of the study. It would see 25,000 participants undergo an eye and hearing examination and complete a standardised general questionnaire.
Lord Colin Low, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment, stated: "If the UK is serious about reducing the levels of preventable visual impairment and hearing loss, then we must have the data that the UKNEHS will provide.
"If we don't fund this kind of research we are saying that we accept that people living in the UK will lose their vision and hearing due to preventable causes, and that it is OK for them to live with hearing and vision loss that is treatable."
The study will determine the prevalence and causes of vision impairment, blindness and hearing loss in the UK population aged 50 and over.
The study will also measure the detection and treatment coverage rate of major eye diseases and associated conditions, such as diabetes, in order to understand the effectiveness of current services.
Professor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), Chief Investigator of the UKNEHS, said: "Growing demand from an ageing population and increasing incidence of long-term conditions will exacerbate existing issues in the system. However, policy makers are completely in the dark about the scale of the problem because no comprehensive survey has ever been done in this country.
"Other countries across the world regularly survey their populations, allowing them to make informed decisions about care and treatment, identify trends and take action.
"We know the costs – to the NHS and the UK economy – of these issues runs into the tens of billions of pounds every year, so it is imperative that we understand more about our eye and hearing health, so that we can better address people's needs and reduce costs."
The UKNEHS brings together a number of partners including ARU, The Thomas Pocklington Trust, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the College of Optometrists.
The report has been submitted to the UK Government. The UKNEHS needs the public to ask their MPs to support the project – e-mail contact@UKNEHS.org.uk to find out how.
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Muhammad Ali Childhood Home
This is the childhood home of Muhammad Ali, where he lived here from the ages five to nineteen. It was here that the famous boxer learned how to get quick feet and a strong hand. Muhammad Ali was not only known as a heavy weight boxer but he was also an important figure when it came to religious freedom and racial justice. Ali was a man that stood up for what he believed in and fought his way to the top. This place is the home of a man that has been recognized as "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated.
this is 12 year old Cassius Clay, a young boy who decied to take up boxing and put his quick feet to good use. He was a quick leaner and pushed himself to his capacity, with his family behind him he already had the mindset that he was going to be one of the greats.
Cassius Clay winning the gold medal in the 1960s Olympics. The young 18yr old was six years into fighting and had already won a title. He maintained an undefeated record 19-0, this was the start of his career. He ended up signing with a sponsership and it turned him into a professional boxer. Muhammad, Cassius at the time, was against all odds and was an example for many young African Americans. Though he expereinced hard times and judgement at such a young age, it was only preparing him for the journey to come.
This is the picture of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston after one minute in the ring; he won this fight on his own with nobody on his side. After telling the world of his religion he lost all the people that once backed him, Sonny had gained all of Ali's previous followers because if you did support him you were just as bad as he was. People hated this picture because you could see Ali's dominance, this shows his passion and the strength of the main that had just been victorious.
This is the current view of Muhammad Ali's childhood home. He lived here for fourteen years along with his mother, father, and brother. The home was restored to its original model so that it could be a good representation of what his home was truly like when he lived here. The outside of the house is a very noticeable blush pink, before the owner of the house restored it the color ad faded and looked grey. People that are visiting are currently unable to go inside due to it being fixed, though people used to be able to. There is word that the house should be reopening soon after being closed for about a year, this was stated February of 2019. George Bochetto is the current owner of the home and plans to keep it in Louisville, he bought it because before he was in the picture it was starting to look like a rundown shack instead of the museum. They are working with the National Park Service to get them to recognize it as a historical landmark, MLK and Elvis's houses are in the list of landmarks and Bochetto believes that Muhammad Ali belongs in the category with the other greats.
Cassius Clay was born on January 17th, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. He and his family lived here from 1947-1961, when Clay was five to nineteen years old. This was where he first took up boxing at age twelve.The home stayed in the family starting with Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay Sr., Odessa Clay and Rudolph Clay now Rahman Ali.
While living in this small home, big things were happening inside and on the streets of Louisville. In 1954, the 12-year-old Clay was sitting on the steps of the Columbia Auditorium crying and filled with anger. He discovered that his new Schwinn bike that his dad had worked hard for, had been stolen. As he was wallowing in tears a man asked him what had happened; once he heard the story he informed Ali that he could go tell the police officer that was in the building downtown South Fourth Street, he would be in the basement. Clay took it upon himself to go to the cop, walking through the basement he told the white cop, Joe Martin, the story of what had happened and he said " If I find the guy who took my bike, I'm gonna whup him."
After the encounter with the cop, Clay took his words very seriously. The day after talking to him he showed up at the gym and then again, the next day. Six years into boxing with the undefeated record of 19-0, Ali found himself winning the Olympic Boxing Gold Medal in Athens. This led to him signing with the Louisville Sponsoring Group, making him into a professional. In 1960, the same year of winning in the Olympics, Clay graduated from Central High School ranking at 376 out of the 391 people in his class. Though his education stopped there, his boxing career did not.
For the Louisville Lip, the next couple of years were going to throw his life into ups and downs. He was catching the eyes of the world and when that was happening Clay decided he wanted to fight Sonny Liston, a "punk" that was the man to beat. The fight was controversial and ended with Sonny quitting, even though in the fourth round Clay was struggling because supposedly Sonny put something on the end of his gloves, and it was partially blinding him but he fought through it. Around this time Clay announced his conversion to Islam, and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
Ali refused to fight in the Vietnam War because of his religious beliefs, which led to him going to court and losing his fighting license for three years. In October 1970 Ali returned to the ring; though he was still good, he wasn't the fighter that he used to be, and it was evident. Ali won his first two fights but in his third fight, against Joe Frazier known as the "fight of the century", Ali was defeated. Though Ali's career continued for a little while he was never the boxer he once was and was never able to get those years back.
Though all this and more was happening with Ali, the people of Louisville still knew him as the hometown hero. A historical marker was placed in front of his childhood home on June 26th, 2012. Four years later, Muhammad Ali passed away on June 3rd of 2016 at the age of 74. His health had deteriorated due to continuous trauma to the brain and other illnesses. The home was bought so that it could remain the historical landmark that it should be and became a museum. It is currently closed while undergoing renovations.
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Gildea, W. (2016, June 7). Before he became Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay was a kid who got his bike stolen. Retrieved November 15, 2019, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/boxing-ma-wrestling/before-he-became-muhammad-ali-cassius-clay-was-a-kid-who-got-his-bike-stolen/2016/06/07/809b769a-2cd7-11e6-9de3-6e6e7a14000c_story.html.
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We are a nation in denial that we are "joined at the hip" to a dangerous ally. Apart from brief isolationist periods, the US has been almost perpetually at war; wars that we have often foolishly been drawn into. The US has subverted and overthrown numerous governments over two centuries. It has a military and business complex, almost a 'hidden state', that depends on war for influence and enrichment. It believes in its 'manifest destiny' which brings with it an assumed moral superiority which it denies to others. As the US goes into relative economic decline, it will be asking allies such as Australia for more help and support. We are running great risks in committing so much of our future to the US. We must build our security in our own region and not depend so exclusively on a foreign protector.
Part 2 tomorrow is about how the risks in our alliance with the US predate Trump and the role of the media and others that keep us in denial about those risks.
John Menadue, former senior public servant and businessman, is one of Honest History's distinguished supporters. Earlier articles by him and others on foreign and defence policy post-Trump can be found in our tagged list 'Getting on with the world'. Alison Broinowski, Honest History's vice president, has a chapter in The Honest History Book. The chapter is entitled 'Australia's tug of war: Militarism versus independence'.
Update 12 February 2018: also in Pearls and Irritations, see former diplomat Andrew Farran on the surveillance legislation.
From the back-reaches of the "hidden state" has come this latest batch of suppressive legislation ostensibly to protect our secrets and to counter surreptitious foreign influences. Instead it will facilitate yet again the tendency of Australian governments to commit to overseas military adventures, sometimes illegally, without proper Parliamentary consideration and public approval.
Update 19 February 2018: former Australian diplomat, Richard Butler, in Pearls and Irritations, with links to his related articles.
‹ Broinowski, Alison: Is militarism in Australia's DNA?


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Poetry of Belonging: Muslim Imaginings of India 1850-1950
Ali Khan Mahmudabad
This book examines facets of North Indian Muslim identity, c. 1850–1950. It focuses specifically on the role of literature and poetry as the medium through which certain Muslim 'voices' articulated, negotiated, configured, and expressed their understandings of what it meant to be Muslim and Indian, given the sociopolitical exigencies of the time. Specifically, a history of the public space of poetry will be presented and half of the book will chart a history of the mushā'irah (poetic symposium) over this period. In doing so it will analyse the multiple ways in which this space adapted to the c ... More
This book examines facets of North Indian Muslim identity, c. 1850–1950. It focuses specifically on the role of literature and poetry as the medium through which certain Muslim 'voices' articulated, negotiated, configured, and expressed their understandings of what it meant to be Muslim and Indian, given the sociopolitical exigencies of the time. Specifically, a history of the public space of poetry will be presented and half of the book will chart a history of the mushā'irah (poetic symposium) over this period. In doing so it will analyse the multiple ways in which this space adapted to the changing economic, social, political and technological contexts of the time. The second half of the book will present a history of the ideas that were often articulated in the space of the mushā'irah and changing notions of the watan (homeland) amongst various Muslim individuals will be analysed. In particular, the book will seek to locate changing ideas of hubb-e watanī (patriotism) in order to offer new perspectives on how Muslim intellectuals, poets, political leaders, and journalists conceived of and expressed their relationship to India and to the trans-national Muslim community. Thus the book will seek to locate the different registers and rhetorics of belonging in order to illustrate the diverse and disparate ways in which Muslims expressed ideas of qaum (community), millat, and ummah (religious fraternity) and their effect on Indian Muslim political identity.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, India, Poetry, Identity, Politics, Nationalism, Patriotism
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2020 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190121013.001.0001
Ali Khan Mahmudabad, author
Assistant Professor of Political Science and History, Ashoka University, India
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1 The Mushā'irah in the Nineteenth Century
2 Poetry, Politics, and Provinces
3 Lineages, Loudspeakers, and Labourers
4 Ideas of the Homeland
5 Nodes of Identity
6 The Crossroads of Qaum, Millat, and Watan
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