When visiting Antigua, electrical compatibility depends on which area of the island you visit.
Antigua's electricity is largely 220V on 60 cycles, while some areas and hotels provide 110V on 60 cycles, or both. United States two-pin sockets are dominant, though some hotels may have three-pin sockets. Small appliances are usually usable, although transformers, adapters, or converters may be necessary.
When traveling to Antigua, try to pack appliances that allow for dual voltages or call ahead to where you will be staying to learn the specifics concerning electricity. Hotels may have some small appliances available for use by their guests.
Vacationers should plan on bringing plug adapters or converters if they are staying in areas that have differing voltages or only two or three-pin sockets. Travelers may also wish to ask hotels about electricity needs or concerns for any larger appliances they may plan on using. The resistor-network converters will support approximately 50 to1,600 watts and support high-wattage appliances such as hair dryers and irons.
A simple phone call to your hotel should give you a good idea of what you need to plan to bring in order to use needed appliances. Travelers should generally need only a small adapter to be able to use most of their equipment in Antigua.
Electricity is important for several items travelers can't live without, so call ahead when planning your journey to Antigua.
Explore the accommodation options available to travelers in Antigua.
Telephone services in Antigua keep travelers in touch with home.


On April 21, renowned Greek star Yannis Kotsiras was hosted once again by the non-profit cultural organization AKTINA Productions, Inc., at New York's landmark theater, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College during a new captivating performance produced by Elena Maroulleti.
Accompanied by his distinguished musicians, Vangelis Machairas, bouzouki, baglama, lute, Akis Katsoupakis, piano, keyboards, Kostas Michalos, guitars, Yiannis Grypaios, bass and Nektarios Gavalas drums, Kotsiras who was AKTINA's guest during Greek Music Journey 2015 returned to the Kaye with a new beautiful program filled with exceptional songs from his rich discography as well as with classic hits by other great singers such as Lavrentis Machairitsas, Pyx-Lax, Nikos Gounaris, Vasilis Tsitsanis among others while he paid once again a special tribute to the late legendary singer Dimitris Mitropanos.
The performance which received rave reviews and remarkable buzz on social media also stood out for the exceptional love and warmth which Yannis Kotsiras conveyed to his fans who rewarded him from beginning to end with non-stop applause and cheers. Kotsiras also conveyed a very distinct feeling to all with his amazing interpretation of everlasting hits by other renowned and legendary singers.
Greek Music Journey 2017 continues on Friday, November 3 at 8:30pm at the Kaye Playhouse with legendary singer/songwriter Lavrentis Machairitsas, his band and renowned artist Giannis Zouganelis as guest Star. Machairitsas returns to New York for yet another captivating performance that no one should miss. For tickets call 718-545-1151 or buy online www.aktinafm.com.


Doing everything is in many ways the key to musical success these days, and it's a tactic Maroon 5 has mastered, seen nowhere as well as through the puzzling fruits of their musical collaborations.
Here's a Super Weird Video for SZA's Maroon 5 Collab, "What Lovers Do"
Somewhere between a Pixar movie and a fever dream.
"What Lovers Do" is one song in a long line of confusing but actually really savvy decisions.
Plus, Gucci Mane runs the remix circuit and Young Thug cosigns Sahbabii in this edition of the Remix Report Card.
Trip Balls (and Watch Future Turn into a Bear) to Maroon 5's New Video for "Cold"
I'm confused, not least because this is kind of … good?
Adam Levine appears twice on this list.
The track is called "Don't Wanna Know" and it's a stroke of genius.


The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a highly coordinated process observed during embryonic development and adult tissue repair. It is characterized by the loss of cell–cell adhesion and apicobasal polarity, and the transition to a cell type with a spindle-like phenotype able to migrate through the basal membranes.
This review article includes available date from peer-reviewed publications associated with the role of Notch signaling and Snail1 transcription factor in activation and regulation of EMT.
Growing evidences in the past few years demonstrated a significant role of Notch in EMT activation. It is not surprising because this pathway is the nexus of a unique and versatile signaling network, that regulates and is regulated by a variety of cellular mechanisms highly dependent on the biological context—especially tissue microenvironment. This compartment sends signals promoting and regulating EMT, which usually acts as a transcriptional repressors. Among them, Snail1 has been shown to be crucial for cellular movement during cancer progression and metastasis. In cancer patients, increased level of Snail1 is usually connected with poor clinical outcome, probably due to downregulation of E-cadherin expression. Moreover, the continuous expression of E-cadherin during developmental EMT in Snail1-deficient mouse embryos clearly supports the idea that its transcriptional repression is mostly related to Snail1 activity.
Cooperation of Notch signaling and Snail1 plays very significant role in such pathologies as wound healing and cancer development. Nevertheless, they are also involved in tissue embryonic development.


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Create a charming garden accent with our polyresin stepping stones featuring two sleeping brown bear cubs. Place under your pine trees, or in a flower bed as a delightful surprise for your guests. Each is sculpted with dimensional and textural details and hand painted with black accents. Set of two, one facing right and one facing left. Each is 21.5cm x 24cm x 1cm thick.


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Jason Tuckwell, Creation and the Function of Art: Technē, Poiesis, and the Problem of Aesthetics. Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Pp. viii, 231. ISBN 9781350010765. $95.99.
Reviewed by Janet M. Atwill, University of Tennessee (jatwill@utk.edu)
Drawing on elements of Aristotle's depiction of technē, Jason Tuckwell offers an account of artistic production embedded in the work of continental philosophers and an eclectic array of theoretical mathematicians and evolutionary theorists. Tuckwell demonstrates familiarity with the Aristotelian corpus throughout the text; specific references, however, are often relegated to endnotes. Moreover, the liberties Tuckwell admits he takes with Aristotle may put off some readers from the start. For example, he explains that his argument requires that he "diverge from Aristotle for whom technē is a rational faculty" (3). The elements of Aristotle's philosophy that most inform Tuckwell's discussion are the distinctions between technē and epistēmē and the relationships between nature and material and efficient causality. The result is a dense read, likely to have the most appeal to those whose intellectual commitments are grounded less in ancient philosophy than in continental/postmodern thought.
The author begins with the premise that contemporary aesthetic theory continues to view the work of art as an "object for ideal contemplation" (8). In contrast, technē is the "power of the particular," which, he asserts, has nothing to do with imitating a form (1). Chapter One argues that technē performs a radical critique of epistēmē. Entitled "Functions and Models," the chapter posits that technē redefines the conventional paradigm of problem formation whereby "the value of a problem often concerns how well it anticipates its own resolution" (2). Under the sign of technē, problems are not there to be solved: "problems are approached via their inherently productive and generative properties—they create and disgorge differences" (2). Tuckwell goes on to summarize Gilles Deleuze's critique of Plato and then invokes a phalanx of theoretical mathematicians to support this alternative epistemology: Benoit Mandelbrot, L. E. J. Brouwer, Alan Turing, Albert Lautman, Fernando Zalamea, Norman Madarasz, and Colin McLarty. Not all of these theorists are found in the bibliography. For example, Tuckwell appears to draw on Hermann Weyl for his interpretation of Brouwer and Zalamea for Lautman. But by Tuckwell's account, all challenge the notion of a "scientific epistēmē," which the author identifies with "eternal, unchanging 'truths'" (14). Thus Brouwer's mathematical "intuitionalism" yields a "dynamic" theory of function that brings "a resolute skepticism to bear upon universal propositions or axioms" (17), and the mathematician's rejection of the "law of the excluded middle" disrupts a correspondence theory of representation (18-19). Little effort is made to define the particularities of epistēmē in Plato's or Aristotle's own terms. Tuckwell is intent on replacing "certainty" and "representation" with Brouwer's notion of "repetition and creative transformation" (20). This artistic process is increasingly depicted as autonomous, and artists are, more or less, incidental agents: "the function of creation works to overcome origination" (46); and "[t]he work of art is functional"—but in an "autopoietic" sense (48). Innovation—or poēsis—is defined as deviation in that process: "Functions are irruptive events; in the midst of poesis [sic], they are the emergence of something new, precisely insofar as they deviate the productive order" (47).
Chapter Two elaborates Tuckwell's theory of artistic subjectivity. On the one hand, his subject is the product of poēsis—"a largely primary, bottom up, generative process [that] is responsible for the appearance of all beings" (53). On the other hand, technē persists in a dialectical relationship with "bodies": "Technē governs transformations from bodies to ideas and from ideas to bodies" (57). Direct questions about artistic intention are largely negated by the theoretical terms of this chapter, which draws on René Descartes, Sigmund Freud, and Jacques Lacan. Cartesian doubt "dismantles all ties between immanent presence and epistēmē" (56). Paraphrasing Freud, Tuckwell asserts that the psychoanalyst's notion of the unconscious deals "a third Copernican blow to the centrality of the subject" (68). But the unconscious is so closely tied to processes associated with technē that it appears as a set of psychic operations, despite Tuckwell's claims for its autopoietic character. In his treatment of Lacan, Tuckwell goes so far as to posit that we might "locate technē in how Lacan addressees the process of formative functionality in his theory of the mirror stage" (70). Still, within the terms of Lacanian psychology, Tuckwell ascribes to technē a "higher order autopoietic" function, an "immanent agency" (73).
Chapter Three, entitled "Deviant Technē", begins in more familiar territory, but as the chapter develops much of that territory is found in endnotes (pp. 194-6). Tuckwell's primary concern could be defined as agency. Tuckwell quotes generously from Aristotle's discussion in the Physics of the four causes and art's relationship to nature. Tuckwell's sense of agency would seem to be well served by Aristotle's concepts of efficient and material causality. He invokes Aristotle's example in the Physics of the relationship between the tree and the bed: "the work of art deviates the generative progression of the tree (telos) so that its materiality may be fashioned into a bed" (85). Tuckwell places formal and final causality in the domain of unchanging epistēmē, an interpretation that dismisses the situated and temporal senses of telos found in various places in the corpus. For example, in the Poetics Aristotle suggests that the end of tragedy is catharsis in the audience (1449b28), and in the Rhetoric the hearer is explicitly described as the telos of a speech (1358b1-2). Despite Tuckwell's resistance to such conventional notions as "nature," he relies on evolutionary theory to explain the agency associated with technē. He begins with French philosopher Gilbert Simondon's theory of "machinic evolution." In broad terms, Simondon argues that technological evolution proceeds without a well-defined starting point (let alone a formal cause) and it develops with no telos (89-94). Tuckwell goes on to compare the evolutionary models of Charles Darwin and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, maintaining that the recursiveness in Lamarck's theory of adaptation has more in common with technē than Darwin's dependence on random mutation (110-14). Basically, Tuckwell attempts to use technē to illustrate a kind of purposive activity that proceeds without a rational agent or a point of origination or end.
The final chapter is entitled "The Function of Art." Though one might expect some engagement with audience (or aesthetic) response, Tuckwell offers instead an iteration of the processes he associates with technē, declaring that poēsis consists of two. The first, primary process is identified with production; its material causes are "dominated by repetition and strongly determine what is brought into being" (132). The second process works "by deviating 'primary' processes" (132). He describes it as "an entire counterflow of efficient causes that emerge at every particular being" (132). At this point, Tuckwell acknowledges that some form of rationality and human intervention are essential to the artistic process. It is "animated" by "logistikós—the series of calculations without which thought is not possible" (133). And: "Poesis does not diversify and diverge of itself—it is forced to deviate by particular beings" (133). Having acknowledged that art requires some kind of rational calculation, as well as the intervention of living beings, Tuckwell assumes a more conventional vocabulary and tone through the end of the chapter. He surveys disciplinary distinctions that shape difference art forms (137-43). And the riddle of human subjectivity is answered, basically, with the acknowledgement that art creates subjects, and subjects create art.
I have summarized only a sampling of the theories Tuckwell brings to his task of creating an epistemology—perhaps even an ontology—based on his interpretation of Aristotelian technē. As a reader I am left with two questions: one rhetorical and the other philosophical. Is it wise to bring in every theory at hand to make such an argument? There are flashes of brilliance in some of the connections Tuckwell makes with diverse areas of inquiry. Evolutionary theories may, indeed, offer a useful perspective on Aristotle's sense of nature and efficient causality. However, when a text devolves into charts reminiscent of high school calculus, readers like myself begin to question the good-faith relationship a reader wants to maintain with a writer. Philosophically, I am struck by the dogmatic character of a postmodern orientation that requires such intellectual acrobatics simply to avoid ascribing agency to a human being. Those who do not find such gymnastics excessively tedious will appreciate this book.

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Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event
Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:26 PM EDT
5:03 P.M. EDT
MRS. OBAMA: Wow. Yes! (Applause.) Pittsburgh! Now let me tell you -- (applause) -- I have to say, every time we come around -- or come through it, and we -- you step out into this magnificent city, it just takes your breath away. And today was no exception. This is a beautiful day in this glorious city, and it is such a pleasure and an honor to be here with all of you. Thank you so much.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Michelle.
MRS. OBAMA: Love you guys. Love you guys. (Applause.)
I want to start by thanking Betsy for that very kind and right-on-point introduction and for her outstanding work. Thank you so much, Betsy. (Applause.) Yay for Betsy! (Applause.)
And I know that they had to leave early to make it to our next event, but I also want to recognize County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Mayor Ravenstahl, who were here. I want to thank them for their leadership and for their service. I also want to acknowledge the state party chair, Jim Burn, and I want to thank him for his terrific work. Thank you, Jim.
And I want to give a good-old shoutout to Cliff and to Lazar for -- and to the entire Host Committee -- (applause) -- all of you for making this such a successful event. Thank you guys so much.
And finally, I want to thank all of you. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your love, for your prayers. Thank you for being here today.
And I know that there's a reason that you're all here, and it's not just to see me -- while I'm happy that you're here. We're here because we all know that next November we're going to make a choice that will impact our lives for decades to come. We know this. You're here because you know that choice will not just affect all of us in this room, but it's going to affect our children, it's going to affect our grandchildren, and it's going to impact the world we leave for them long after we're gone. And trust me, that is why I'm here today as well, and that's why I am going to be campaigning like nobody's business all over this country for the next six and a half months. (Applause.)
One of the great things I've had the privilege of doing as First Lady is traveling across our magnificent country, meeting folks from all different backgrounds and hearing what's going on in their daily lives. And every day, I hear about how people are working to try to keep it together. Everyone, struggling to make ends meet; how they're trying to pay the bills; about the businesses they're trying to keep afloat; about the home they love but are struggling to afford.
But no matter what they're going through, no matter what the challenges they face, they keep on working and sacrificing because they desperately want something better for their kids. That's what we all do. We're all here for our kids. Folks across America believe in the fundamental vision for our economy that we all share -- the idea, as your President says, that hard work should pay off, that responsibility should be rewarded -- things we teach our kids -- that everyone should get a fair shot, do their fair share, play by the same rules.
See, those values are the foundation for an economy built to last. And more importantly, they're basic American values, the values -- yes -- that so many of us were raised with, including myself.
You guys know my story by now. My father was a blue-collar city worker; worked all his life at the city water plant. My father lived -- my family, we lived in a little-bitty apartment on the South Side of Chicago. It's the home my mother still occupies when she goes back to Chicago.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yeah, Chicago!
MRS. OBAMA: My room is exactly the same as it was. (Laughter.) Same pillows, same pictures -- hasn't changed a thing. And neither of my parents had the opportunity to attend college. But let me tell you what my folks did do -- they saved everything they had, they sacrificed everything because they wanted something more for me and my brother.
And more than anything else, truly that is what's at stake. That's what we're fighting for -- that fundamental promise that no matter who you are, or how you started out, if you work hard -- right, kids? -- if you work hard, you can build a decent life for yourself and, yes, an even better life for your kids. And let me tell you, on just about every issue, that is the choice we face.
Since today is tax day -- (laughter) -- sorry to remind you -- let's start with those tax cuts my husband passed for working-class families. (Applause.) See, we have to remember that those cuts, that's about whether people can heat their homes. That's what's at stake. It's about whether they can send their kids to college, whether they can retire with dignity and security. It's about putting more money in the people's pockets, which means more money in our economy, which means more jobs. And it's about making sure that everyone pays their fair share. (Applause.) That's why my husband proposed the Buffett Rule -- to close tax loopholes so that millionaires and billionaires aren't paying lower taxes than firefighters and teachers. (Applause.) But that's what's at stake. See, those are the choices we're facing.
And how about everything that my husband has been doing to create jobs? I mean, let's just think back, when all those folks in Washington were telling Barack to let the auto industry go under -- remember that? -- with more than a million jobs on the line. They just said, let it go. See, but Barack Obama didn't listen; he had the backs of American workers. He put his faith in the American people. And as a result, today, the auto industry is back on its feet, and more importantly, people are back at work providing for their families. Think about that.
Think about when Barack first took office: We were losing an average -- on average 750,000 jobs every single month. That's what he inherited. Those are the facts. But for the past 25 straight months, we've actually been gaining private sector jobs -– a total of more than 4 million jobs in just two years. Those are the facts. (Applause.)
So while we know we have a long way to go to rebuild our economy, we have more work to do, millions of folks today are collecting a paycheck again. And that is what's at stake in this election. That's the choice we face.
And what about all that this administration has done for our small businesses –- these are the companies that create two-thirds of all new jobs in this economy every year. I'm talking about the mom who opens up a drycleaners to help provide for her kids. That's who we're talking about. The family that's been running that neighborhood diner -- I know you've got some of that here, some Pam's, yes, pancakes for generations -- those are who we're talking about. (Laughter.)
See, for folks like these, the small business tax cuts this administration has passed mean the difference between those kind of businesses hiring new employees or handing out pink slips. It's about whether they can keep their doors open, remain vibrant in their community, or close their doors for good. That's the choice we face. And we cannot forget that.
And as Betsy said, we cannot forget the very first bill my husband signed into law -- the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work. (Applause.) I mention that everywhere we go because Barack did it because he knows what it means when women aren't treated fairly in the workplace. For him, it's not hypothetical. As Betsy said, he watched his own grandmother –- a woman with a high school education -– work her way up to become a vice president at a little community bank. And she was good at what she did. She worked hard. But like too many women, she hit that glass ceiling and watched men no more qualified than she was -– men she had actually trained -– be promoted up the ladder instead of her. How many stories are there like that?
So for Barack, this issue is not abstract. He signed this bill because he knows that closing that pay gap can mean the difference between women losing $50, $100, $500 each paycheck, or having that money in their pockets to buy gas and groceries and to put clothes on the backs of their kids. He did it because when so many women are breadwinners for our families, women's success in this economy is the key to families' success in this economy. That's the truth. (Applause.) We are only as strong as our women. And he did it because, as he put it, he believes that here in America, there are no second-class citizens in our workplace. That's what's at stake. That's what we're fighting for. (Applause.)
And let's go back to health care. Two years ago, we all, together, made history by finally passing health reform -- something no other President was able to do. (Applause.) And because we passed this law, as Betsy said, insurance companies now have to cover basic preventative care like mammograms, prenatal care, and to do it at no extra cost. Insurance companies can no longer deny our children coverage because they have preexisting conditions -- maybe diabetes, maybe asthma.
Because of this reform, kids can now stay on their parent's insurance until they're 26 years old. And we know what this means -- (applause) -- when our young people graduate from college, as a result, they don't have to go without health care right in the middle of trying to look for a job and build a career and build a family. And today, that's how 2.5 million of our young people in this country are getting their coverage today. (Applause.)
And it's also important to remember that since that law was passed, millions of our senior citizens have saved an average of more than $600 a year on their prescription drugs. So we have to ask ourselves, are we going to take that savings away? Is that who we are? Are we going to allow insurance companies to refuse coverage for our children?
AUDIENCE: No!
MRS. OBAMA: Or will we say that here in America, no one should ever have to choose between going bankrupt or watching their child suffer because they can't afford a doctor. But that's the choice that we face.
And think, for a moment, about all that we're doing to give our kids a good education. Think about the investments we've made to raise standards and reform our public schools. Think about how my husband has been fighting for the DREAM Act so that talented, hardworking young people who were brought here to this country through no fault of their own can have a chance to earn their citizenship. This is about responsible young men and women -- (applause) -- they want to go to college, they want to defend our country, they want to contribute to our economy. It is time that we gave them that chance. It's time.
And I want you to think about how my husband took billions of dollars in taxpayer money that used to go to middleman banks and lenders, and he sent that money where it belongs -- to help millions of our young people go to college. (Applause.) And understand that these kind of investments won't just determine our children's success -- they're going to determine nothing less than the success of our entire economy.
These investments will determine whether we're prepared to make the discoveries and to build the industries that will allow us to compete with any country, anywhere in the world. That's what's at stake.
And let's not forget about my husband's appointment of those two brilliant Supreme Court justices -- (applause) -- and how for the first time in history, our daughters and our sons watched three women take their seat on our nation's highest court. (Applause.) And let's not forget the impact that Court's decisions will have on our lives for decades to come -- on our privacy and security, on whether we can speak freely, worship openly, and yes, love whomever we choose. (Applause.) That's what's at stake. That's the choice we face.
And finally, let's not forget all this administration has done to keep our country safe and restore our standing in the world. (Applause.) Thanks to our brave men and women in uniform, we finally brought to justice the man behind the 9/11 attacks and so many other horrific acts of terror. That's a fact. My husband kept his promise -- he ended the war in Iraq and brought our troops home for the holidays. (Applause.) And more importantly, now that they're home we are working hard to make sure that we give our troops, veterans, and their families the benefits they've earned. (Applause.)
And finally, because my husband ended "don't ask, don't tell," our troops will never again have to lie about who they are to serve the country they love. (Applause.) That's what's at stake.
And I could go on. I could. (Laughter.) There's a lot that's happened in three years -- a lot of good stuff. It's a wonderful story that we can tell about our country's growth. So make no mistake about it, whether it's health care or the economy, whether it's education or foreign policy, the choice we make in this election will determine nothing less than who we are as a country, and more importantly, who do we want to be. Who are we?
Will we be a country where opportunity is limited to just the few at the top? Who are we? Or will we be a place where if you work hard, you can get ahead, no matter who you are or how you started out? We have to ask ourselves, who are we? Who do we want to be?
Are we going to tell folks who've done everything right -- they've hit on hard times, may be struggling just a little bit -- are we going to tell our neighbors, "tough luck, you're on your own"? Who are we? Or will we honor that fundamental American belief that we're all in it together, and this country is strongest when we're all better off? (Applause.) Who do we want to be? Will we continue all the change we've begun and the progress we've made? Or will we allow everything we've worked for so hard to just slip away? But believe me, those are the choices -- plain and simple. Those are the stakes.
And believe me, Barack knows this better than anyone else. He understands these issues because he's lived them. This isn't a game. He was raised by a single-parent mother who struggled to put herself through school and pay the bills. He watched her struggle. And when she needed help, who stepped up? His grandmother stepped up, waking every morning before dawn to get on that bus to that job at the bank. And even though she was passed over again and again for all those promotions, she never complained. How many people in our lives do we know like that? She never complained. She just kept showing up, just kept doing her best.
So believe me, Barack knows what it means when a family struggles. He knows what it means when someone doesn't have a chance to fulfill their potential -- how much that hurts. Because those are the experiences that have made him the man, and more importantly, the President he is today. And we are blessed to have him. (Applause.)
And that's what I hear in his voice when he returns home after a long day traveling, and he tells me about the people that he's met. That's what I see in those quiet moments when he's up at night, long after the girls have gone to bed, and he's poring over the letters that he gets from so many people.
The letter from the woman dying of cancer whose insurance company won't cover her care. The letter from the father still struggling to pay his family's bills. The letter from too many young people with so much promise, but so few opportunities. And I hear the passion and the determination in his voice. He says, "Michelle, you won't believe what folks in this country are still going through." He says, "It's not right. We've got to fix it. We have so much more work to do."
See, because what you need to know about your President is that when it comes to the people he meets, Barack has a memory like a steel trap. He may not remember your name, but if he's had a few minutes with you and a decent conversation, he will never forget your story. It becomes imprinted in his heart. And that is what he carries with him every single day. He's not worried about himself. He is working for our struggles, our hopes, our dreams. That is where Barack gets his passion. That's where he gets his toughness and his fight.
And that's why, even in the hardest moments -- and there have been many -- and it seems like all is lost, Barack Obama never loses sight of the end goal. Like his grandmother, he never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise.
He just keeps moving forward. Because, see, he can see the end goal; he has a vision for this country. And that's the kind of President we need -- someone with a vision. Someone with a focus. (Applause.) Someone who knows where he wants this country to go.
But let me tell you something, Barack Obama cannot do this alone. That was never the promise. He needs you. He needs you to keep doing what you're doing. Make those calls. Register those voters. He needs you out there grabbing those "I'm In" cards -- sign yourself up, sign your neighbors up, shake them up. Sign them up. Tell them to -- they need to give just a little part of themselves to this campaign each and every week. That's all it takes. Because we all know that this is not just about one extraordinary man -- while I admit, I think my husband is awesome. (Laughter and applause.) That's why I'm in this. Not just as a husband, but as a man, as a President, I think he's amazing.
But it has never been about him. It has really always been about us -- about all of us coming together for the values we believe in and for the country we want to be.
Now, I'm not going to kid you -- because I never do -- this journey, this next phase, it is going to be long. It is going to be hard. And there will be so many twists and turns along the way. But what I need you to remember is, the truth is, that's how change always happens. That's how real change in this country always happens. It's always slow, and it never happens all at once.
But if we keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight, if we keep doing what we know in our hearts is right and fair and just, then eventually we'll get there -- we always do.
We have never moved backwards -- not in my lifetime. But maybe we won't see this change in our lifetimes; maybe we have to be content with seeing it in our children and grandchildren's lifetimes. In the end, we have to remember that's what this is all about.
This is not about us. In the end, we are fighting these battles not for ourselves; we are fighting them for our sons and daughters. We are fighting them for our grandsons and our granddaughters. Like so many people who came before us, who made sacrifices, not because it would help them today but it would help us -- we stand here because of them. And we're fighting for the world we want to leave for our children.
That's what brings me passion. See, because I love my children and I love our children. That is what's at stake. That's what we're facing.
So we need you all to get moving. We really do. It is time for us to get to work. Right? (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Right!
MRS. OBAMA: So I've got one last question for you: Are you in?
AUDIENCE: Yes!
MRS. OBAMA: No, no, are you really in? Are you ready for this long haul? Are you ready to roll up your sleeves? Are you ready to make those calls? Are you ready to shake up some neighbors who aren't clear, who don't understand what's at stake? It's going to be up to each and every one of you to tell the story. Barack and I can't do it. It's just impossible for us to call every American. But you can -- you can call everyone you know. Find out who's not going to vote, who's a little tired, who's not registered, what young people aren't focused. Find them and shake them up. Because this is about their world. They have to be ready to be engaged.
So I hope you all are fired up, because I certainly am. I'm in this like nothing else. I'm going to work hard to make sure that we leave our kids the kind of country we can be proud of.
So I look forward to you all getting out there, working hard. (Applause.) We can do this.
Thank you all so much. God bless. (Applause.)
END 5:26 P.M EDT


If you're a makeup enthusiast who hasn't tried a pore stick, we're about to change your life. Made to work well under makeup, these little secret weapons do wonders when it comes to blurring and evening out the skin and hiding every single pore before foundation application. Ahead, find six of our favorite pore sticks and why we can't get enough of each.
It was only a matter of time before this powerhouse drugstore brand came out with an accessible pore stick of their own — and we're so happy they did! The Maybelline Master Blur Stick achieves poreless looking skin at the drop of a hat, and it's super user friendly in application and price point.
The Lancôme Blur + Go Stick does precisely what it claims. It literally makes any crack or crevice *disappear* and will have your skin plumped and ready for makeup or no makeup. This also is one of our favorites because it keeps us shine-free and matte.
Spackle Blur by Laura Geller certainly lives up to its name — it excellently mattifies and conceals imperfections leaving the skin plump and primed for makeup. We love how delicate the formula is but also how powerful it is for keeping makeup intact.
Another crowd pleaser, the Milk Makeup Blur Stick does an awesome job at minimizing the appearance of imperfections, and it seamlessly melds into your skin tone instantly. This formula is super rich and creamy, but still leaves a nice weightless finish on the skin.
This multi-performance stick is great for all skin types, fine lines and pores alike. It's extremely hydrating, creamy, and does a great job at blurring without feeling to heavy or cakey.
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As I mentioned in my last blog post, Marco and I went to Dordrecht about a week ago to do a stadswandeling in Dordrecht (that's a walk around the city). After that was done, we doubled back to visit Voorstraat. People say Voorstraat is the longest shopping street in the Netherlands. Of course, such an achievement does come with a price in today's economy: there are some empty stores. Not a lot, but enough to be noticeable.
Here's an idea for this empty store: a popup cafe with free wifi!
Some graffiti points out the fact that the store has been empty for over three years. But the main purpose of it is to point out what the store could be used as (apparently if the city government cared enough to do something about it – I suspect it isn't as easy as the graffitist hopes, though). But other ideas for popup stores (always illustrated by graffiti) include music stores, bike rental stores, and a biological store.
More information about the graffiti and pictures can be found here (in Dutch).
Marco and I took the day off on Friday and we decided to visit Dordrecht, a small town outside of Rotterdam (the credit goes to Marco for the idea of what to do).
It is about 35 to 40 minutes by train traveling from The Hague. We did a walking tour of the city (Rondje Dordt – page in Dutch) which was about 3km long and showed the sights of the city.


Misconception: I can meditate once a week to experience a shift in consciousness.
Truth: In order to reap the full physical, mental, and spiritual benefits, meditation must be practiced twice daily for 20 minutes. At first, students balk at this. "How will I have time to work out? write? paint? [fill in the blank]? I barely have enough energy as it is!" But then they very quickly realize that as meditators, they sleep more soundly and require less sleep because they are resting at a level 2 to 5 times deeper than sleep, twice a day in their meditation practice. Because of this, they wake earlier in the morning, refreshed. The student quickly becomes addicted to their new twice-daily practice.
Misconception: I will become a passive "bliss bunny" if I learn to meditate.
Truth: Yes, you will experience bliss –- how can you help it? When we practice Vedic Meditation, stress production shuts down. The body is playing with a whole new chemistry set containing only those chemicals we associate with "feeling good" -– serotonin, anandamides, endogenous opiades, fourteen different endorphins –- all surging, unchecked, through your body twice a day. But, as we know from exercise-induced endorphins, this process doesn't make you want to lie on the couch to stare blissfully at the ceiling. Bliss chemicals give you energy and fill you with optimism and a plan of action. There is a famous quote in the Bhagavad-Gita "Established in Being, perform Action." That is the true aim of Vedic Meditation -– action arising from the experience of bliss.
Misconception: Meditation is a religious ritual -– it will "make" me Buddhist or Hindu.
I agree 100% that the 5-10 minutes of meditation can be very helpful in reducing stress, improving concentration, clarity of thoughts, efficiency and performance….
Excellent Article indeed. I agree 100% that the results of effective meditation are extremely empowering. Even with a very busy schedule, meditation is very helpful in reducing stress, improving concentration, clarity of thoughts, efficiency and performance….
Hi Sanora, Thank you for bringing this to light and sharing this reminder that the quality of meditation should not be judged. I continue to notice more and more lately that I have sustained calmness throughout my busy days as well as increased focus and awareness of all things around me. Someone once advised me to pay closer attention to my deserving power. i practice being grateful and appreciative of everything now and it has completely shifted my mood and now I experience a much more joyful and abundant life. I love it! I love meditation, yoga, being in the body and out of the mind. GRATITUDE!!
Thank you all for your insights and wonderful comments! The practice I teach is for "householders" in other words, those who have active, busy, social lives and need a spiritual practice that will support their daily commitments.
I did want to address the "not getting the same results" frustration. When we first learn to meditate, there is such an immediate shift that the change in our bodies and thinking is noticeable but very quickly we normalize the experience and it may not "feel" like anything is happening. The truth is meditation continues to create shifts at subtler and subtler levels.
We should not judge the "process" of the twenty minutes of meditation. Whether or not your meditation was busy or deep is not to be judged. Instead, look at how you feel during the day. Are you staying calm while more quickly solving problems? Do you have a higher deserving power today than you did yesterday? Do you feel more in the flow with nature / daily life? These are questions of value.
….but once per day, when it is very quiet I go into deep trance meditation…..and I mean DEEP TRANCE. I'm normally under for about 30 to 45 minutes…..when I come up out of deep trance….I feel rejuvinated with a rush of endorphines……( anybody who works out knows what an endorphine rush of energy feels like).
I use a hypno-therapy technique…same one I've used for last 30 years…..I totally clear my mind when I go under.
But…..to develope psychic ability…to connect with your guides and higher self…..as I stated earlier…EVERYTHING starts with meditation. I won't even train a young budding psychic, I don't care how gifted they are, until they can learn to meditate properly and totally. Meditation teaches concentration and focus, which is imperative for a psychic.
Meditation needs first a competent living master then loneliness, less food and less connection with the persons and the best time is 3 A.M to 5 A.M. when there is quiteness, no mobile ringing and noise of the people and vehicles. This is the mantra for meditation suggested by the great masters.
This is the only practice which people of all religion throughout the world since the evolution of man has taken place do not know because they go to the incompetent living masters for meditation practice.
In fact, the enlightened persons in history have adopted the similar practice of "dying daily" which Christ used to do and other masters who are enlightened did and doing. But we all try to find out the religion's meaning and meditational art in the religious books which is not possible without the assistance of and guidance of a competent living master.
This is very true and superb info, I 100% agree , I experience it myself what is written.
The key when you hit a wall – "dont get the same results" – is to keep meditating cause the reluts were not the goal in the first place. The closer you get the sublties of the ego that wants an "experience" dies away as do the karmas!! It was very diconcerting to me in my practice when it seemed nothing was happening. Let go of the judgement and desire. Peace and Love!
Simply awesome explanations! I have been wondering exactly how long to meditate each day & this is a tremendous help! Much gratitude!
Fantastic article I love to meditate it is so relaxing, it can be so beneficial in shifting your vibrations and helping you come into your higher self, it also can clear energy and you are so right 20 min. twice a day may seem a bit much but you will soon find that you look forward to that time where it is you in this great soothing, space.
When I first began to meditate and was doing so regularly, I felt blissful, light, never angry, and very peaceful. I also began working actively with my chakras at the same time, for about 40 minutes per day.
As you can guess, I slacked with those initially effective meditations since the benefits seemed to wane and instead work with Reiki, chants, and tuning forks now. And…even though I don't glean the same results, this combination seems to be most effective versus others I've tried as an alternate.
However…I am going to start becoming more familiar with, and experimenting through vedic meditation as a results of your writings.
It ALL starts with meditation !


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The United States is a large country that consists of 50 states can be easily accessed either by plane or by several hours of driving between States. The country has a diverse population since there are a lot of immigrants who now reside there after following what they perceive to be the ultimate American Dream. Boasting over 10,000 cities and towns, some of the countrys most popular states include Washington DC, which is the political capital of the land and home and office to the President of the United States.
Florida is home to Disney World, sprawling beaches and a lot of people who have migrated from Haiti and Cuba. Film and TV and music celebrities are usually based in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles is also the home of several movie sets as well. Tourism attractions in the US include the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the spectacular Niagara Falls in New York and Mouth Rushmore in South Dakota, the latter a place where four presidents are immortalized in a cliff.
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Tech giants face United Kingdom tax penalty should they fail to fight terrorism
The likes of Facebook and Google have been warned by the United Kingdom government that they face having a hefty tax bill, if they fail to do more to combat the rise of extremism on their platforms.
Talking about why rash measures on part of the government could undermine cyber security of the United Kingdom as a whole, Jonathan Evans, an ex MI5 chief who retired in 2013, said that while the use of encryption has hampered the ability of security agencies to access communications between terrorists, banning encryption altogether would also impact the cybersecurity of the society as a whole. I have to have more human surveillance. "It's costing hundreds of millions of pounds", said Wallace.
Wallace said: "If they [internet firms] continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way of incentivising them or compensating for their inaction. That's costing millions", continues Wallace, "they can't get away with that and we should look at all options, including tax".
Wallace's boss, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, is already in a longstanding feud with Facebook over WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption, which has reportedly seen Facebook refuse point-blank to give the government backdoor access to the service.
"We've invested millions of pounds in people and technology to identify and remove terrorist content".
Youtube, which is owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has increased its "extremist-tackling" technology this year, which resulted in its algorithm removing content from journalists and conflict monitors.
Video shows Disney monorail traveling with doors open
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Arsenal join Rafinha race
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While internet companies have taken steps to tackle child abuse online, they "don't seem to be making the same effort" against extremism, Wallace said.
Facebook, Microsoft, YouTube, and Twitter came together to form the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism in June.
As part of the new forum, the companies said they would share best practices regarding "content detection and classification techniques using machine learning" and "define standard transparency reporting methods for terrorist content removals".
However, research by the United Kingdom government suggests that three quarters of ISIL propaganda is viewed within three hours of being uploaded to online platforms, reaching its target audience long before authorities could react.
Pressure on tech companies from the United Kingdom government has increased in 2017, after five terror attacks in London and Manchester left 36 people dead and hundreds more injured.
Fox's Gambit Movie Just Lost Its Director
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Girl Scouts unveil details for 2018 cookie season in Alabama
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Ideal attendance: Mitchell, Gillislee back at Patriots practice
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Polianta Ltd Sells 1280 Shares of Lam Research Co. (LRCX)
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BSP Leader Mukhtar Ansari Suffers Heart Attack In UP Jail, Hospitalised
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Piper Jaffray Companies Reiterates $15.00 Price Target for Oasis Petroleum (OAS)
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Indian,7 Nepalese Girls Held Captive In Kenya Rescued: Sushma Swaraj
Radio website in Hindi language also", she had replied. "Hindi is not the national language, it is an official language". The statement did not go well with several members of the treasury benches who raised the pitch in protest.
Patriot Wealth Management Inc. Buys New Holdings in Lennar Co. (LEN)
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Biografia
Laureato in Giurisprudenza presso l'Università "La Sapienza" di Roma, discendeva da una famiglia di socialisti e comunisti illustri quali il padre Stefano e lo zio on. Eugenio Musolino fondatore del PCI a Reggio Calabria.

Fine poeta dialettale, riuscì a descrivere gli avvenimenti cittadini degli anni 70 e 80 con rara e raffinata ironia. Le sue poesie vennero raccolte dall'Amministrazione Comunale in una pubblicazione curata da Tito Borruto: Cronache di palazzo.

Nel 1953 si iscrisse al PSI presso la sezione di Catona e da allora ricoprì diversi incarichi nel partito e fu segretario di federazione nel 1980.

Nel 1970 fu eletto consigliere comunale alla prima candidatura, e nell'agosto 1983 fu eletto sindaco guidando una coalizione di sinistra (PSI-PCI-PSDI-PRI): a causa di forti contrasti all'interno della sua coalizione rimase in carica solamente tre settimane.

Tale vicenda segnò il suo rapporto col PSI a tal punto che nel 1984 ruppe clamorosamente con esso.

L'8 settembre 1987 fu rieletto sindaco grazie al sostegno di una giunta centrista formata da DC-PSDI-PRI e da una lista civica di supporto.

Si dimise dall'incarico il 4 luglio del 1988.

Curiosità
 Eugenio Musolino, zio di Michele Musolino, è stato un politico italiano, membro dell'Assemblea Costituente, deputato e senatore della Repubblica.

Bibliografia
Giuseppe Moscato, I Sindaci di Reggio dal 1943 al 1984, Reggio Calabria, Ed. "Corriere di Reggio", 1984, p. 26.
Michele Musolino, Cronache di Palazzo; con saggi e testimonianze di Gaetano Cingari, Pasquino Crupi, Mario Labate, Mario Laface, Enzo Laganà, Agatino Licandro, Vincenzo Panuccio, Antonio Piromalli; a cura di Tito Borruto, Reggio Calabria, Gangemi Editore, 1991.

Voci correlate
 Sindaci di Reggio Calabria
 Eugenio Musolino

Politici del Partito Socialista Italiano
Poeti in dialetto calabrese

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If you've even looked into starting a health and fitness journey, there are a few concepts I'm sure you've seen. These topics you see over and over, especially as a women looking to get in shape, include phrases like "light weight, high reps to tone" and "build lean muscle, not bulk." They're everywhere, and seem pretty straight forward, but are they even true?
Magazines and websites use terms that they know you will click on. Words such as "tone", "lean", and "shapely" come up the most often, evoking images of the body that you've always dreamed of. However, just because these terms appeal to you and your "ideal" image, doesn't mean that they are anywhere close to what you need to reach your goal. These words and phrases are nothing more than clickbait for you to read an article about how weights will make you manly and bulky. Today, we're discussing the king of reaching your goals: resistance training.
Right off the bat, resistance training will not, I repeat: will not, make you bulky. Unless that is your goal, and you are actively trying to build muscle mass, resistance training itself will not give you giant, veiny muscles. You will not magically look like Arnold himself if you pick up a dumbbell. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, what will resistance training do for you, your health, and your body? I'm glad you asked, let's take a look.
I know, you want to lose weight and get toned. Almost every client I speak with has a goal of getting "toned." I don't want to burst your bubble too badly, but "toned" isn't really a thing. The look you're after just includes increased muscle mass and decreased body fat mass. That's it. Doing hours of cardio is usually the go to for weight loss, as it's easier and less intimidating than resistance training, and you sweat quite a bit. That cardio you perform will cause you to lose excess weight, but I guarantee that a good chunk of that weight that you lose (30%) will be from your muscle tissue breaking down. So yes, you've lost weight, but no, you won't be toned. Heavy resistance training, which means keeping the weight heavy enough that you can perform 8-12 repetitions of the exercise to stay in the hypertrophy (muscle building) range, along with some cardio, is your secret (or not so secret) key to sustainable weight loss, and a toned look.
To really discuss how resistance training is the key to your health and fitness success, we need to discuss lean muscle's effect on metabolism. Metabolism is simply how efficient your body is at using energy. Specifically, we're going to dive into your Resting Metabolic Rate, or RMR, which is the amount of calories your body burns at rest. Your RMR is proportional to your body mass, and according to the NSCA, muscle mass alone contributes about 22% to RMR. Excessive caloric deficit, with heavy emphasis on cardio and lowering calorie intake will cause mass loss, but 30% of that mass lost is muscle. The loss of muscle mass in the body will cause a decrease in your RMR, making it even harder to lose further mass. On the other hand, one way to increase your RMR is to increase the amount off muscle mass in our body. Not only does resistance training increase muscle mass, therefore increasing RMR, but resistance training also helps to maintain the muscle mass that you already have, while in a deficit. This means that, instead of breaking down muscle for energy while dieting, muscle tissue will be spared more often, causing your body to turn to glucose and fat for energy instead. Maintaining that muscle will again help to keep an elevated RMR, keeping your metabolism high and body running efficiently.
Resistance training clearly has a positive effect on your metabolism, but the rest of your body also benefits. Your body adapts to the demands placed upon it. With resistance training, not only do your muscles adapt by getting stronger and bigger (remember, we want a bit of size to look toned), but the tendons and ligaments that hold those muscles to the bones get stronger. As well, your bones build up against the resistance, increasing and maintaining density. All of these effects help to greatly reduce the risk of injury, both while exercising and just in general. As you get stronger, every day tasks will begin to get easier, as your body is more adapted to working harder. Resistance training also increases nervous system function, as it is your nervous system that is responsible for causing those muscles to contract in the first place! Resistance training will do nothing but increase your metabolism, increase your lean body mass, decrease your fat mass (when combined with proper nutrition), and increase your quality of life through brain function and energy. The question now remains, why haven't you started lifting yet?


CBD, additionally called Cannabidiol, is just among 85 different chemical substances in marijuana plants. CBD Hemp Oil is stemmed from hemp, or marijuana expanded with little THC (often less than 0.3%). For the sake of this post we will certainly describe cannabis as cannabis grown for its psychedelic impacts, and hemp as cannabis expanded for its sensible usages as a fiber. Marijuana is marketed for its THC material and hemp is used for its CBD content.
THC is the psychedelic or intoxicating compound located in marijuana plants whereas, CBD oil is not psychoactive or envigorating and also has actually shown strong signs of being an efficient treatment for a variety of diseases and psychological health and wellness disorders.
Hemp oil is legal in all 50 states however the production of CBD Hemp Oil is not. Although both originated from cannabis, hemp oil is derived from sterile cannabis seeds, which are legal under the Controlled Substances Act. CBD Oil is stemmed from the plant's flowers which are not legal in some states.
Nevertheless, this doesn't quit the import of CBD oil made from industrialized hemp expanded legitimately, which is why you're able to get it lawfully online.
You can find products having hemp oil in the elegance section of your neighborhood retailer, but to get CBD Oil you'll either need to remain in a state where it's lawful to produce or acquire an import.
Cannabidiol, or CBD in Holtsville as it is commonly known, is an extremely intriguing chemical. As well as it is responsible for lots of people altering their views on marijuana use for medical objectives. While everyone has actually become aware of THC, not many are aware of CBD. The two chemicals are both contained in cannabis, however they offer extremely various objectives. While the THC in cannabis is getting you high, CBD is something that postures significant benefits from a medical point of view – and also it does not have the exact same negative effects on the body as THC. Here are some realities to know about CBD.
When we look at the main ingredients in cannabis, we instantly note the significance of THC as well as CBD. These chemicals exist in the highest possible focus in marijuana plant, regardless of exactly how it is expanded. Even leisure marijuana dog breeders have actually seen that there are high levels of CBD in their crop. Some have also taken care of to grow cannabis with a great deal of CBD, yet hardly any THC – and also these strains are coming to be a growing number of popular annually. People desire the advantages of CBD without the negative side-effects of THC.
Unlike common belief, products such as CBD oil or CBD capsules are not getting you high. The CBD in these products, or the CBD you discover in cannabis, is not mosting likely to make you really feel the same as the THC does. It is THC which is a psychoactive substance – CBD is not. It does not act similarly when it comes into contact with your mind's pathways. It does not interfere with your psychomotor or mental features either. For those who want a simpler explanation: CBD is 100 percent secure and is not going to get you high!
There are many different wellness benefits to taking CBD. For instance, it can aid individuals who are experiencing extreme queasiness and throwing up because they are going through chemotherapy or other sort of therapy. It is additionally fantastic at suppressing the seizures some individuals hop on a normal basis. Another benefit to CBD is exactly how it helps fight swelling and neurodegenerative conditions. It is also fantastic for depression and anxiety victims. So if you are dealing with among these problems, you might want to talk with your physician concerning the opportunity of hopping on CBD oil or CBD capsule supplements for a couple of months.
It interests keep in mind that the strains of marijuana that just consist of a great deal of THC are the ones that trigger individuals to feel sleepy, dizzy and also "high." Many customers who make use of the cannabis pressures that contain a high amount of CBD comment that they do not endure the exact same signs. Actually, some case to feel a lot more sharp. This is due to the fact that CBD is neutralizing the impact of the THC on your body, making those stress of cannabis fairly harmless too.
There has been a remarkable surge in news attention to medicinal cannabis in Holtsville, NY, with records on CNN, ABC, CBS, as well as local publications about high-cannabidiol cannabis oil efficiently regulating the signs of unusual epileptic conditions like Dravet syndrome, Doose disorder, infantile convulsions, cortical dysplasia, and also more.
These diseases can trigger hundreds to hundreds of seizures a week, while likewise impairing growth in a number of various other methods. For households with children dealing with such conditions, the difficulties are frustrating. Because of the extremely complex nature of Dravet and also related disorders, typical pharmaceuticals are inefficient as well as typically make the problems even worse. Without various other hope, households have turned to high-CBD marijuana oil, which is proving to deal with remarkable effectiveness.
To clarify, high-CBD marijuana oil is non-psychoactive as well as evidently even more useful compared to high-THC cannabis oil. Cannabidiol is an additional cannabinoid in the cannabis plant, like the a lot more well-known psychoactive cannabinoid THC, with substantial research study recommending neuroprotectant, anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-ischemic, antispasmodic, antipsychotic, and anti-bacterial buildings, among others.
In addition, cannabis oil is a kind of extract from marijuana. Such oil contains big quantities of focused cannabinoids that can be by mouth ingested rather than smoked, preserving the medicinal substances as well as allowing them to be provided via digestion system, rather than the breathing system.
The study recommends that CBD has panacea-like residential or commercial properties, and in technique, this is proving to be the instance. On August 11th, 2013, Sanjay Gupta launched a docudrama on CNN concerning Charlotte Figi. Charlotte is a young Dravet syndrome patient who was having 300 grand mal seizures a week. No pharmaceuticals or dietary modifications could do anything to lower this number.
Charlotte's parents discovered high-CBD cannabis oil, and also after essentially the initial dose, Charlotte's seizures stopped. She now has much less compared to three minor seizures a month. This situation is absolutely nothing except amazing, as well as it's not isolated. Dr. Margaret Gedde, a Colorado Springs doctor, is tracking 11 new clients of the Stanely bros, the service providers of Charlotte's high-CBD medicine. 9 of them have had 90-100% reductions in seizures, which again, is merely miraculous.
The epileptic conditions that CBD is verifying to be efficient against are very complicated, and not even one of the most effective, well investigated drugs have can inducing any kind of recovery. Yet high-CBD marijuana oil is immediately and also potently lowering signs, with the only side effects being systemically useful – even more power, much better understanding, enhanced habits, and also much more.
It needs to not be unexpected that outcomes like these have actually been going on for many years. Much like research study shows cannabinoids are therapeutically reliable versus epilepsy, there is study recommending they could eliminate cancers and also control other major conditions. As well as in practice, for epilepsy and these other problems, the outcomes are meaning human beings. People have been accurately getting rid of cancers cells for several years as well as mitigating illness like diabetic issues, Crohn's, fibromyalgia, heart disease, persistent discomfort, numerous sclerosis, as well as a lot more. This is as major as it gets, as well as even more interest has to be brought to this concern.
The history of Hemp and it usage dates back to the Rock Age of man as hemp impacts are located in China and Taiwan which are presumed to be over 10,000 years of ages. These medieval Eastern people used this really fiber to earn their household things consisting of clothes, footwear, ropes or even paper. The Chinese are credited for the introduction of paper to the world and that very first paper that was manufactured included hemp.
Till the 14th century hemp was one of the most common material that was made use of for clothes. Hemp clothes were especially popular in lowers ranks of European nations. Every small town in Europe in Dark Age had an access to a load field. Moreover, hemp clothing were also utilized as war clothing. The conventional European hemp was not made use of as a drug because of its reduced dependency and narcotic material. Despite this truth, it was still cultivated in substantial quantities due to its fiber web content and also customs prove that it was even utilized by Christopher Columbus for connecting ropes on his ship.
The Spanish are recognized for presenting hemp to the American web content as they began the growing of hemp in Chile in 1545. The growing spread and this new, valuable plant got recognition as in May,1607 famous historian Gabriel Archer reported to see hemp growing in Powhatan town where Richmond, Virginia currently day stands. Another chronicler Samuel Argall also claimed this prevalent farming of hemp which was much better compared to the European version in Upper Potomac.
In 1619, a main act of cultivating "Indian as well as English" hemp was passed by the federal government of Virginia State. The Puritans are the first recognized farmers of hemp in New England. Famous American Head Of State George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp on their farms. One more daddy of the country, Benjamin Franklin started the very first American paper mill, which specifically made use of paper as its raw source.
The era of Napoleon Bonaparte and also the Reign of terror enhanced the intake as well as production of hemp as it was a primary resource of fatigue clothes. The standard factor that hemp was chosen over flax was its additional stamina, toughness and also reduced cost. These elements bypass the coarse texture of hemp. USA during the 2nd World War extensively utilized hemp as it was utilized for producing attires, ropes and also canvas. At that time, Kentucky and also Midwest were the major vendors of hemp. Hemp has actually contributed greatly to Kentucky's economic situation and also a huge location of Kentucky also today is dedicated for hemp vineyard as well as farming.
The hemp market was drastically impacted at the start of twentieth century as it saw the invention of vapor and diesel motor which defended the means of sea transportation. As sea transport was halted, the demand for rope substantially declined. Invention of man-made fibers and synthetic fibers also acquired a decrease in the demand.
Nowadays, the manufacturing of hemp is legitimately allowed but on a smaller sized scale due to the exploration of its narcotics effect. The UNITED STATE Federal government permitted a widespread growth of hemp during the 2nd Globe Battle to respond to the manufacturing of Manila hemp which was grown in Japanese colonies during that time. An American also produced a film on hemp which showed how enhanced manufacturing of hemp brought about American success in World Battle 2.


Before its official launch on January 28, Meizu's VP, Li Nan leaked an official photo of the upcoming Meizu M1 Note Mini. He posted it on his Weibo with a caption "traveled across China to choose the best colour to leak, and this is the most beautiful".
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Lost in the Andes. Coachella native Armando Lerma gets Lost in the Andes
Riverside, Ca—The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) proudly presents Armando Lerma's Lost in the Andes, running October 3, 2019–January 5, 2020, with a free, open-to-the-public Opening Reception on Thursday, October 3, 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Lost in the Andes is generously sponsored by the City of Riverside, The James Irvine Foundation, and California Alliance for Renewable Energy Solutions.
Beginning with scavenged, discarded signs, their familiar corporate logos long faded, Lerma creates art that reflects his Mexican-American heritage and borderland upbringing with an aesthetic that is inherently Californian. Found objects and pop culture imagery are tightly woven together, infusing disparate mythologies and a multitude of cultural references into his artistic practice. This expression of Chicano art that is resourceful and adaptable is described as rasquache.
Living and working in the southern California desert city of Coachella, "Lerma is one of the undisputed kings of rasquachismo," says Todd Wingate, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at RAM. Lerma's work has been showcased at Desert X, the recurring international contemporary art exhibition that activates the Coachella Valley desert with site-specific installations.
For Lerma, Lost in the Andes denotes the idea of a paradise lost and of venturing into the unknown. Lerma is inspired by the Hopi creation mythology of the Long Migration, where each Hopi clan was to go to the farthest extremity of the land in every direction. Led on their journeys by various signs, the Hopi clans finished their prescribed migrations and were led to their current location in northeastern Arizona.
"I've been traveling to Mexico since '94 in search of art and culture and the source of it all. My travels through Mexico have been a huge influence on my work. I've never been to South America; Lost in the Andes refers to me going further. It all is symbolic of my art journey/life journey," says Lerma.
"It's a wonderful opportunity for the Riverside Art Museum to present the work of Armando Lerma, a lifelong resident of Coachella Valley and a prolific and distinguished artist," says Drew Oberjuerge, Executive Director of RAM. "At the Riverside Art Museum, we hope to continue to showcase artists throughout Riverside County."
Lost in the Andes is part of The Cheech @ RAM series of exhibits leading to the opening of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry of the Riverside Art Museum.
RAM is in the final stages of a fundraising campaign to move forward with the renovation of the current Main Library building and transform it into The Cheech. The two-year renovation will have a positive impact creating architectural and construction jobs in the area. Once open, The Cheech will continue to be a great boost to the local economy.
To see more exhibits like Lost in the Andes at The Cheech, please consider a donation in any amount. You can also buy The Cheech merchandise in RAM's Blue Door Museum Store.
Consider being part of the Founders Wall, which will include the names of individuals who were first to pledge their support for The Cheech with donations beginning at $5,000, $10,000, and beyond. The prominence of naming placement increases with giving levels, as do the benefits. This opportunity expires after December 31, 2019. When visitors across the nation come to The Cheech, be sure your name and support is memorialized for all to see!
"I see the cactus plant as a cultural interpretation of The Tree of Life," says Ofelia Valdez-Yeager, Campaign Chair for The Cheech. "The cactus plant grounds us, provides nourishment, healing, and allows for growth and re-generation through its leaves and fruit, providing hope and inspiration for now and the future."
To learn more about how to be part of the Founders Wall, contact Drew Oberjuerge, RAM Executive Director, at doberjuerge@riversideartmuseum.org or 951.684.7111.
Armando Lerma (born January 8, 1975, Indio, CA) is an American artist working in various media including painting, sculpture, and installations. His work is inspired by the art and culture of past civilizations, American pop culture, the folk and sacred art of the American Southwest and Mexico, and touches upon a wide range of topics: history, myths, legends, ancestral spirits, anthropology, the mundane, and the mysterious. His work exhibits a folk-art aesthetic using found recycled materials such as vintage signage, corrugated metal, and plywood, as well as drawing, painting, and collage in his mixed-media work.
Lerma has exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, and Oaxaca. Recently, he has had solo exhibitions at Ace Gallery (Los Angeles, 2017) and Eastern Projects (Los Angeles, 2018). Lerma participated in the Desert X Biennial in 2019. His work is in the permanent collection of the Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA), the Gene Autry Museum (Los Angeles, CA), and the Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs, CA). Lerma lives and works in Coachella, CA.
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