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«We Are All Made of Stars» es el título de una canción de Moby, artista de la música electrónica, incluida en su álbum de estudio 18. Lanzada como sencillo el 29 de abril de 2002, fue la canción más conocida del álbum, alcanzando el número 11 en las listas del Reino Unido.

Es la primera canción de 18. La segunda, "In This World", también estuvo en las listas, aunque en una posición más baja.

Listado de canciones

CD: Mute / CDMUTE268 (UK)
 «We Are All Made of Stars» (versión sencillo) – 3:38
 «Landing» – 3:35
 «Soul to Love» - 4:28

CD: Mute / LCDMUTE268 (UK)
 «We Are All Made of Stars» (Downtempo)
 «We Are All Made of Stars» (DJ Tiesto Full Vocal Mix)
 «We Are All Made of Stars» (Timo Maas Dub Mix)

Inspiración
Moby declaró que la canción está inspirada en la física cuántica sobre la base de que "en un nivel básico cuántico, toda la materia del Universo está, esencialmente, compuesta de polvo cósmico."

Video musical
El video musical de la canción, dirigido por Joseph Kahn, incide en los excesos del estilo de vida de Hollywood, mostrando a famosos en ambientes sórdidos, mientras Moby, extraño a este mundo, es mostrado como un astronauta. La atmósfera del vídeo está inspirada en fotografías de Philip-Lorca diCorcia.

Famosos que aparecen en el vídeo:

 Kato Kaelin
 Verne Troyer
 Corey Feldman
 Todd Bridges
 Gary Coleman
 JC Chasez
 Dave Navarro
 Sean Bean
 Dominique Swain
 Ron Jeremy
 Thora Birch
 Tommy Lee
 Molly Sims
 Angelyne
 Robert Evans
 Leelee Sobieski
 The Toxic Avenger
 Sgt. KabukiMan
 David Blackburn

El video ganó el premio a la mejor fotografía en los MTV Video Music Awards de 2002.

Referencias

Referencias externas
 Información de "We Are All Made of Stars" en moby.com
 Información de "We Are All Made of Stars - Remixes" en moby.com

Sencillos de 2002
Sencillos de Moby
Sencillos de música electrónica
Canciones de música electrónica
Videos musicales dirigidos por Joseph Kahn
Canciones en inglés


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Q: Getting only records not in second table LINQ i need help figuring out how to do this, i have a DataSet that contains records by Date and currencyCode, what i want is to compare two datasets and know if one (left table) have records that don´t exists on the second one (right table), i have the following code for joining the table based on date and code:
vLINQ = (From ContentExchangeRates In myDataset.Tables(0).AsEnumerable() _
         Join PartnerExchangeRates In PartnerDataSet.Tables(0).AsEnumerable() _
         On ContentExchangeRates.Field(Of Date)("EffectiveDate") Equals PartnerExchangeRates.Field(Of Date)("RateDate") _
         And ContentExchangeRates.Field(Of String)("CurrencyCode") Equals PartnerExchangeRates.Field(Of Date)("CurrencyCode") _
         Select New With { .PartnerRateDate = PartnerExchangeRates.Field(Of Date)("RateDate"), _ etc}).ToList

Using Jeff answer the code looks like this:
vLINQ = (From ContentExchangeRates In myDataSet.Tables(0).AsEnumerable() _
                                Group Join PartnerExchangeRates In PartnerDataSet.Tables(0).AsEnumerable() _
                                On PartnerExchangeRates.Field(Of Date)("RateDate") Equals ContentExchangeRates.Field(Of Date)("EffectiveDate") _
                                And PartnerExchangeRates.Field(Of String)("CurrencyCode") Equals ContentExchangeRates.Field(Of String)("ConvertCurrencyCode") _
                                Into result = Group From m In result.DefaultIfEmpty _
                                                    Select New With _
                                                    { _
                                                    .PartnerRateDate = m.Field(Of Date)("RateDate") _
                                                    }).ToList

But i get the following error: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: row
I want to be able to make a left outer join, that will only retrieve records that do not exists on PartnerExchangeRates table, but i don´t know what to do any more :(
Any help is appreciated!

A: To perform a left outer join, you need to do a group join and go through the results of the group join and use DefaultIfEmpty.  It will translate to a left outer join.
Dim query =
    From cer In myDataset.Tables(0).AsEnumerable
    Group Join per In PartnerDataSet.Tables(0).AsEnumerable
        On New With
        {
            .Date = cer.Field(Of Date)("EffectiveDate"),
            .Currency = cer.Field(Of String)("CurrencyCode")
        }
        Equals New With
        {
            .Date = per.Field(Of Date)("RateDate"),
            .Currency = per.Field(Of String)("CurrencyCode")
        }
        Into pers = Group
    From per in pers.DefaultIfEmpty
    Where per Is Nothing
    Select PartnerRateDate = per.Field(Of Date)("RateDate"), ...

A: You can use the Enumerable.Except(IEnumerable, IEnumerable, IEqualityComparer) method:
Option Infer On

Module Module1

    Class RowComparer : Implements IEqualityComparer(Of DataRow)

        Public Function Equals1(x As DataRow, y As DataRow) As Boolean Implements IEqualityComparer(Of DataRow).Equals
            ' use .Equals for the DateTime and Is for the String
            Return x(0).Equals(y(0)) AndAlso x(1) Is y(1)
        End Function

        Public Function GetHashCode1(obj As DataRow) As Integer Implements IEqualityComparer(Of DataRow).GetHashCode
            Return obj(0).GetHashCode Xor obj(1).GetHashCode
        End Function

    End Class

    Sub ShowDt(dt As DataTable)
        For Each r As DataRow In dt.Rows
            Console.WriteLine(CDate(r(0)).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") & " " & CStr(r(1)))
        Next

        Console.WriteLine("-------------")

    End Sub

    Sub Main()
        Dim dt(1) As DataTable
        For i = 0 To 1
            dt(i) = New DataTable
            dt(i).Columns.Add(New DataColumn With {.ColumnName = "EffectiveDate", .DataType = Type.GetType("System.DateTime")})
            dt(i).Columns.Add(New DataColumn With {.ColumnName = "CurrencyCode", .DataType = Type.GetType("System.String")})
        Next

        ' test data
        For i = 0 To 1
            For j = 1 To 10
                Dim nr = dt(i).NewRow
                nr("EffectiveDate") = New DateTime(2015, 1, j)
                nr("CurrencyCode") = "USD"
                dt(i).Rows.Add(nr)
            Next
        Next

        ' remove a couple of rows from the second table
        dt(1).Rows.RemoveAt(9)
        dt(1).Rows.RemoveAt(2)

        ShowDt(dt(0))
        ShowDt(dt(1))

        ' find the rows in dt(0) which are not in dt(1)...
        Dim missings = (dt(0).AsEnumerable.Except(dt(1).AsEnumerable, New RowComparer())).CopyToDataTable()

        ShowDt(missings)

        Console.ReadLine()

    End Sub

End Module

But if it happens that your data is amenable to being stored in lists, your code could be cleaner and more readable:
Option Infer On

Module Module1

    Public Class DateAndCurrency
        Public Property EffectiveDate As DateTime
        Public Property CurrencyCode As String

        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return Me.EffectiveDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") & " " & Me.CurrencyCode
        End Function

    End Class

    Public Class DateAndCurrencyComparer : Implements IEqualityComparer(Of DateAndCurrency)

        Public Function Equals1(x As DateAndCurrency, y As DateAndCurrency) As Boolean Implements IEqualityComparer(Of DateAndCurrency).Equals
            Return x.CurrencyCode = y.CurrencyCode AndAlso x.EffectiveDate = y.EffectiveDate
        End Function

        Public Function GetHashCode1(obj As DateAndCurrency) As Integer Implements IEqualityComparer(Of DateAndCurrency).GetHashCode
            Return obj.CurrencyCode.GetHashCode Xor obj.EffectiveDate.GetHashCode
        End Function

    End Class

    Sub Main()

        ' test data
        Dim daccs As New List(Of List(Of DateAndCurrency))
        For i = 0 To 1
            Dim dacc As New List(Of DateAndCurrency)
            For j = 1 To 10
                dacc.Add(New DateAndCurrency With {.EffectiveDate = New DateTime(2015, 1, j), .CurrencyCode = "USD"})
            Next
            daccs.Add(dacc)
        Next

        ' remove a couple of rows from the second list
        daccs(1).RemoveAt(9)
        daccs(1).RemoveAt(2)

        For i = 0 To 1
            daccs(i).ForEach(Sub(x) Console.WriteLine(x.ToString()))
            Console.WriteLine("-------------")
        Next

        ' find the items in daccs(0) which are not in daccs(1)...
        Dim missings = daccs(0).Except(daccs(1), New DateAndCurrencyComparer())

        missings.ToList().ForEach(Sub(x) Console.WriteLine(x.ToString()))
        Console.WriteLine("-------------")

        Console.ReadLine()

    End Sub

End Module

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Most people in the sector will know that when FETL launched nearly seven years ago it was to be what Netflix describes as a 'limited series'. Our aim was to create spaces in the further education sector for leadership of thinking – mostly by the sector itself. We wanted to support colleagues in developing the kind of independent, self-confident and self-scrutinising sector that would no longer need an organisation such as FETL.
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This is a significant decision, and it is not one we have taken lightly. I want briefly to make clear our reasons.
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Christensen's lawyers have told jurors that he killed Yingying Zhang in 2017, but they dispute some details about why he did it. They're hoping they can persuade the jury to reject a death sentence if he's convicted.
Defense lawyers called his ex-wife, Michelle Zortman, as a witness. She told jurors that Christensen showed her a blood stain on a mattress and claimed it was from a bloody nose.
Zortman acknowledged that she stays in contact with him because "he was the biggest person in my life for most of a decade."
Jurors also watched a video of Christensen during a counseling session in March 2017, a few months before Zhang disappeared. He said he gets little sleep, doesn't have friends and spend his time with his wife. He talked about his interest in serial killers, especially Ted Bundy.
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Taht-I-Suleiman
"The Sulayman Mountain (also known as Taht-I-Suleiman, Sulayman Rock or Sulayman Throne) is the only World Heritage Site in the country of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the city of Osh and was once a major place of pre-Muslim pilgrimage. The rock rises abruptly from the surrounding plains of the Fergana Valley.....Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош) is often referred to as the "capital of the south". The city is at least 3,000 years old......The city is among the oldest settlements in Central Asia. Osh was known as early as the 8th century as a center for silk production along the Silk Road. The famous trading route crossed Alay Mountains to reach Kashgar to the east.".....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osh
"According to the UNESCO, the Taht-I-Suleiman mountain is "the most complete example of a sacred mountain anywhere in Central Asia, worshipped over several millennia....Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain (Kyrgyzstan) dominates the Fergana Valley and forms the backdrop to the city of Osh, at the crossroads of important routes on the Central Asian Silk Roads. For more than one and a half millennia, Sulamain was a beacon for travellers revered as a sacred mountain. Its five peaks and slopes contain numerous ancient places of worship and caves with petroglyphs as well as two largely reconstructed 16th century mosques. One hundred and one sites with petroglyphs representing humans and animals as well as geometrical forms have been indexed in the property so far. The site numbers 17 places of worship, which are still in use, and many that are not. Dispersed around the mountain peaks they are connected by footpaths. The cult sites are believed to provide cures for barrenness, headaches, and back pain and give the blessing of longevity. Veneration for the mountain blends pre-Islamic and Islamic beliefs. The site is believed to represent the most complete example of a sacred mountain anywhere in Central Asia, worshipped over several millennia.".......http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/529
"Sulaiman-Too meaning Solomon's Mountain is a 1000 metres high rocky spur of Alay mountain range. It is surrounded by Kyrgyzstan's second largest city Osh and was a major place of pilgrimage in the Central Asia for Muslims as well as pre-Muslims. The mount located in the vast plains of the Fergana Valley, acted as a beacon for caravans on the Silk Route and was revered as a sacred mountain. Some historians are of the opinion that the peak of the mount is tower and the main signpost of the Silk Road described by the Ptolemeus. Its five peaks and slopes contain numerous ancient places of worship and caves with petroglyphs ......The mount contains several caves which are also revered and the locals believe that a little cave where water drips from the roof, are the tears of Sulaiman. They come here to pray from relief from illnesses etc. It is also revered by pregnant women who think that it will give healthy and wise children like the King Solomon.".....http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.com/2009/08/sulaiman-too-sacred-mountain-of.html
"Sulaiman was an ancient Israeli king who is written about in the Old Testament. Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain is located in the city of Osh in southwest Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan and has been revered as a holy mountain for 1,500 years. It was also an important landmark for people travelling on the Silk Road. This mountain has five peaks with ancient places of worship, mosques, and caves containing rock paintings of people, animals, and geometric patterns. Seventeen places of worship are currently in use, including two mosques that were reconstructed in the 16th century."......http://world_heritage.jaxa.jp/en/search/detail.php?froml=list&id=66
Sulaiman Mountains in Afghanistan......Kesay: Pashtoons refer to the Sulaiman mountain as the Kesay Ghar (mountain)...Roh: means mountains, referred to the Sulaiman Mountains in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts.......The Sulaiman Mountains (Pashto: د سليمان غر da Sulaimān Ğar; Balochi/Urdu/Persian: کوه سليمان Koh-e Sulaimān), or the Kesai Mountains (Pashto: د كسي غرونه), are a major geological feature of eastern and southeastern Afghanistan (Zabul, most of Loya Paktia and northeastern Kandahar), South Waziristan, most of the northern Balochistan province and some of the southwestern Punjab province of Pakistan. The Sulaiman Mountains form the eastern edge of the Iranian plateau where the Indus River separates it from the Indian Subcontinent. Bordering the Sulaiman Range to the north are the arid highlands of the Hindu Kush, where more than 50 percent of the lands lie above 2,000 meters......In Balochistan, the most famous peaks of the Sulaiman Mountains are Takht-e-Sulaiman (3,487 meters), Taunsa Sharif, the Khilafat Hills (3,475 meters) in Ziarat, Kesai Ghar (3,444 meters) near Zhob and Zarghun Ghar (3,578 meters) near Quetta."......https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaiman_Mountains
"In an Afghan legend, one of the highest peaks of the Takht-i Sulaiman ("Throne of Solomon"), 3,382 metres (11,096 ft) high, is associated with Prophet Solomon. Ibn Battuta names it Koh-i Sulaiman. It is related that Prophet Solomon climbed this mountain and looked out over the land of South Asia, which was then covered with darkness, but he turned back without descending into this new frontier, and left only the mountain which is named after him (from Ibn Battuta). According to another legend, Noah's Ark alighted in the Takht-i Sulaiman after the Deluge.".....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaiman_Mountains


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A Rationale for Teaching Oral English to ELLs
By Mary Ann Zehr September 2, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Educators often diminish the importance of focusing on students' skills in speaking and listening in English as well as reading and writing, says a thoughtful post over at a new blog created by Ballard & Tighe, which publishes an English-proficiency test. The post is written by three consultants who specialize in education for ELLs at the Teacher Writing Center. The writers say that "practical experience and formal research underscore the significance of oral language as a critical part of an English-learner's achievement of full language proficiency." Speaking English is a precursor to reading and writing, they argue. They go on to ...
Research and Policies About Language-Minority Students
By Mary Ann Zehr September 2, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Three scholars of language-minority students, or those who come from homes where a language other than English is spoken, have edited a book that attempts to convey the latest research and policy analysis concerning these students.
Demographics for Children of Immigrants
Children of immigrants account for about one-quarter of children in the nation under age 5, and their share of school enrollment will grow as they move into elementary school, according to a report on student demographics by the Washington-based Urban Institute.
'Read to the Top!' Finale Is Bilingual
The last "Read to the Top!" event of the summer hosted by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was bilingual.
Free Webinar on Nation's Most Popular English-Proficiency Test
One of the regional laboratories of the Institute of Education Sciences is holding a free Webinar on Sept. 16, noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time, to discuss findings from a study of the nation's most popular English-language proficiency test used for accountability under NCLB.
ELL Advocate Named to Aspen Commission on NCLB
Over at Politics K-12, my colleague Alyson Klein writes that the Aspen Institute's commission on the No Child Left Behind Act has been revived. The commission, whose recommendations have been influential among federal policymakers, plans to hold a series of hearings over the next four months on such issues as turning around low-performing schools and improving high schools. The long list of new members of the commission includes Delia Pompa, who is very familiar with federal policies pertaining to English-language learners in this country. She's now the National Council of La Raza's vice president for education. In a former post, ...
Letter to Arne Duncan: 'Race to the Top' Is Unfair to Teachers of ELLs
James Crawford, a longtime writer about English-language learners and president of the Institute for Language and Education Policy, has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan contending that proposed priorities for Race to the Top are a bad idea for teachers of English-language learners.
Adapting Law Lessons for ELLs
Street Law Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes civics education, is seeking funding from foundations to adapt its high school law textbook for English-language learners.
Public Input Is Sought on Inclusion of ELLs in NAEP
The governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress is inviting the public to comment on its proposals to bring more uniformity to how the test includes English-language learners and special education students.
Opinion: Judging Teachers of ELLs by Test Scores Is a Bad Idea
Duane Campbell of Choosing Democracy blog argues that it would be unfair for teachers of English-language learners to be evaluated according to how their students perform on standardized tests because those tests aren't valid and reliable for that group of students.


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Q: How to make the fields read only in django admin except for the superuser? I have the following model defined:
class PRegistration(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)
    create_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=False, auto_now_add=True)
    teamName = models.CharField(max_length=144)
    city = models.CharField(max_length=144)

How do I make all these fields read only in the admin page for all staff accounts except the superuser? I wanna do this without specifying the fields one by one so that I can reuse the code in multiple places.

A: Add the following function in the ModelAdmin subclass that you make in admin.py . The get_read_only function returns a list or a tuple which tells the fields that are to be made readonly. In the following code, the non-superuser staff accounts will see all fields as readonly, while the superuser will be able to edit all of those fields.
def get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None):
    if request.user.is_staff:
        if request.user.is_superuser:
            return []
        else:
            return [f.name for f in self.model._meta.fields]

Special thanks: this question and its answers

A: If Your model.py contains
class PRegistration(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)
    create_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=False, auto_now_add=True)
    teamName = models.CharField(max_length=144)
    city = models.CharField(max_length=144)

If you want to make field user, teamName readonly for other staffs except superuser.
Add this code on your admin.py of same app.
@admin.register(PRegistration)
class PRegistrationAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ['user']
    search_fields = ['user']
    readonly_fields = ['user', 'teamName']

    def get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None):
        if request.user.is_superuser:
            return []
        return self.readonly_fields

A: You can override the get_readonly_fields() method of AdminModel class:
from django.contrib import admin
from core import models

class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    def get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None):
        if request.user.is_superuser:
            return [] # list of read only fields name
        else:
            return ['your fields names'] # list of read only fields name

admin.site.register(models.User, UserAdmin)


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Communicating Languages World
Is English Indeed the Language of Global Higher Education?
Photo credit: By US Post Office Department under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
English has become the chosen language of professional and academic communication in global higher education. One of the authors of the book, "English Language Standards in Higher Education: From entry to exit," Prof. Sophie Arkoudis said that acquisition of the English language in non-native speakers is "central to academic success." It is also essential for success in the workplace, she added. She also specified that English language acquisition should be nurtured with systematic and continuous development, and she insisted this is in part a responsibility of the universities and institutions of learning.
The chosen language
The desire and need to learn English unites those who aspire for higher education in various parts of the globe. Majority of international students in universities located in English-speaking countries do not speak English although there are some who speak it as their second language. There are many learning resources available today for English learners of various levels as required by their respective disciplines. For non-native speakers these references have been truly indispensable especially to those who aspire for advanced degrees.
The distinction that the English holds in the academe has been beneficial to many scholars who speak the language. Having one language to communicate and work with has bridged international collaborations. However, since peer-reviewed publications are mostly in English, academics and researchers who do not use the language have been unable to share significant findings and observations beyond their borders. Thus they receive no international recognition no matter how excellent their work is.
The role of institutions of higher education
This is the perfect ideal – that all graduates of higher education programs have the capability of functioning as professionals in terms of English language competence. An expert insisted that without support from the institution itself, this goal could not easily be achieved. The objective and methods to develop English language need to be laid down and "built into all curricula."
Proficiency in the English language is a key concern amongst teachers and students and institutions of higher learning are currently addressing this multi-faceted issue at present time. Today, even non-English speaking countries are offering English as the language of higher education. Observers have pointed out that it is rather unfortunate that many universities are not making English language proficiency a top priority.
Change is (not yet) afoot
There is a general consensus that English is the primary language of higher education at the international level for many decades now. For many it is a moot point to discuss because English is indeed the dominant language in the academe. English will remain the medium of instruction for global higher education in the next few years. At least, this is what most indicators suggest.
Universities that have been "left behind" are still working to increase the use of English in their post-graduate programs as the push for higher rankings (national and international). Many persons with their PhDs are still not quite excellent in their use of the English language and so the learning process towards proficiency continues. Weakness in English is sometimes not realized even in people who use it as a second language. There are standards that need to be reached, and students, teachers and universities have their own concerns when it comes to higher education English proficiency. For many, the journey is just beginning.
academic communication, English language competence, English Language Standards in Higher Education, higher education English proficiency, institutions of learning, Language of Global Higher Education, peer-reviewed publications, Prof. Sophie Arkoudis
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Kweli, yake use by Arnold Schwarzenegger made it one of the most popular for decades.
Before getting too excited about it however, be aware that it's a relatively rare steroid, at least as it was manufactured by East Germany in the early 1960s.Kununua steroids kisheria online hapa.
Matokeo ya Turinabol (Tbol steroid) were known more for their strength-enhancing benefits than for their ability to accelerate muscle gains.
It wasn't until the late 1970s and early 1980s that Tbol (turinabol) ilianzishwa into mainstream bodybuilding drug use, and even then, was fairly restricted to European countries.
But do be aware before purchasing it that counterfeit products, mysterious ingredients, and expired components often lead to not only disappointment, lakini mathara mabaya ya kando among users.
When it was manufactured in East Germany, Tbol steroid was typically given in 1 mg kwa 5 mg vidonge. Nguvu ya milligram also had an influence on results.
It is believed that dosages of Tbol steroid typically ranged between 15 mg kwa 40 mg kila siku (reliable historical data is lacking).
Usage today is often coupled with other forms of testosterone in order to promote the muscle-building aspects while at the same time inhibiting the androgenic effects commonly associated with wengine steroids anabolic ya androgenic.
Leo, dosages of Tbol steroid range 20 mg kila siku kwa 50 mg kila siku.
Turinabol kabla na baada ya matokeo depend on the milligram strength, the quality of the product, and the other forms of testosterone or components like growth hormone are combined with it.
Katika baadhi ya kesi, a bodybuilder may opt to use a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) with Turinabol to maximize tissue building.
Kwa kweli, yoyote anabolic androgenic steroid can cause a number of negative side effects.
One of those is suppression of endogenous or body-produced testosterone. Lack of endogenous testosterone production can contribute to a decrease in sperm production and quality of sperm. Hii inaweza kuathiri rutuba.
Dianabol (au Methandrostenolone) is modified to form Turinabol. Hata hivyo, Turinabol does not convert into estrogen the way Dianabol does.
The substituting 4-chloro is the reason for this. Hivyo, regardless of the dosage, Turinabol is not able to aromatize.
Users are unlikely to experience gynecomastia as a side effect. Hata hivyo, Turinabol, like any anabolic, is almost always cycled with testosterone to offset the effects of testosterone suppression.
Katika 1962, the first published information about Turinabol came out.
Many doctors and medical personnel had praised Turinabol because its androgenic effects and anabolic effects were different than other more known compounds like Oxandrolone (a.k.a. Anavar) and Promobolan.
Kwa kweli, its anabolic effects were better than these compounds, which is why Turinabol was usually compared to them.
Dianabol can be modified to form Turinabol. Hata hivyo, the chemical structures of Turinabol are actually a mixture of Clostebol and Dianabol.
Kwa sababu hii, Turinabol is considered to be a lot milder as a hormone than Dianabol (which is the parent hormone). When Dianabol's chemical structure is modified, it can no longer be aromatized to form estrogen and lower androgenic strength.
Kama matokeo ya, Turinabol has a 54 for its anabolic rating and a 6 for its androgenic rating.
While Dianabol has more anabolic strength with an anabolic rating of between 90 na 210, Turinabol has very distinct androgenic effects and anabolic effects which users like.
Hatimaye, there is an added chloro group which prevents Turinabol from aromatizing and it lowers androgenic strength.
It took over 20 years before it was discovered that these so-called vitamins were actually Oral-Turinabol. Within that time, kuhusu 10,000 different athletes had been given these anabolic steroids. Most of them claim to have been ignorant as to what it was.
Katika 1996, Schering AG purchased Jenapharm. They chose not to remanufacture Turinabol.
Tangu wakati huo, bodybuilders and athletes have become more interested in Turinabol because of the mystery and rarity behind it.
Kuamua what dosage to start with Tbol steroid or how and when to stack it is much matter of personal preference.
Mapendekezo ya kipimo can differ between a beginner, kati, and an advanced turinabol or Tbol steroid cycle.
Kurzweg W. [Masomo juu ya athari za ya anabolic "Turinabol" matokeo ya ukuaji na fattening katika nguruwe]. Tao Exp Veterinarmed. 1966 Jun;20(3):501-12. Kijerumani. Hakuna muhtasari inapatikana.
Petzold H et al . [The effect of prednisone and turinabol on the tissue phosphatases in experimental fatty liver in rats]. Z Gesamte Inn Med. 1967 Novemba 1;22(21):654-7. Kijerumani. Hakuna muhtasari inapatikana.
André F et al . Developments in residue assay and metabolism study of growth-promoters by mass spectrometric analysis. Mchambuzi wa masuala ya. 1994 Dec;119(12):2529-35.
Dürbeck HW et al . GC and capillary column GC/MS determination of synthetic anabolic steroids. II. 4-chloro-methandienone (oral turinabol) and its metabolites. J Chromatogr Sci. 1983 Septemba;21(9):405-10.


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Withings returns with new Steel HR Sport hybrid smartwatch
After buying itself back from Nokia in May, French health tech company has relaunched
Withings has had an interesting few years. It burst onto the scene in 2014 with the beautiful Activite, a hybrid smartwatch with a stylish design and fitness tracking. It could be argued that Withings laid the foundations for the vibrant hybrid smartwatch industry we have today.
Then, in June 2016, Nokia acquired Withings for $191 million, rebranded the company's products with the Nokia name, and began selling them through a new division called Nokia Health. The company also redesigned Withings' fitness tracking app, which angered many loyal users.
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Nokia launched a couple of new products during its ownership of Withings, including a sleep monitor and the Steel hybrid smartwatch range. But the company decided, just a year later, that the Nokia Health department was not making enough money, so it was sold back to Withings founder Eric Carreel for an undisclosed fee. Safe to say Carreel paid significantly less for his company than Nokia did.
Now, Withings is back. It has rebranded Nokia's products as its own and this week launched a new hybrid watch called the Steel HR Sport.
Based on the Steel HR, the new Sport model costs $200, has a heart rate monitor, can track 30 different exercise activities, logs and analyzes your sleep, serves up notifications from your smartphone on its small digital display, and is water resistant to 50 meters.
Continuous heart rate tracking is activated when you exercise, and the watch can use your phone's GPS to accurately track outdoor runs.
The watch automatically records walking, running, swimming, distance travelled, calories burned and sleep, and includes a new VO2Max estimation, which is a universal measure of your cardiovascular fitness. All data the watch captures is synced to the free Health Mate app, available for iOS and Android.
Nokia | Steel HR Hybrid Smartwatch - Activity Tracker, Heart Rate Monitor, Sleep Monitor, Water Resistant Smart Watch - Grey Silicone Band (Rose Gold/White, 36mm)
Other activities which can be tracked by the watch (although not automatically) include yoga, volleyball, rowing, boxing, skiing and ice hockey.
Withings says the Steel HR Sport's rechargeable battery lasts for up to 25 days, and recharge time from zero to 100 percent is approximately two hours, or one hour to 80 percent.
The case measures 40mm in diameter - the same as the smaller version of the new Apple Watch Series 4 - and the watch accepts any standard 20mm strap.
"With its advanced sport and health tracking capabilities, Steel HR Sport is a perfect example of how Withings is delivering against its original mission to help better manage health," said Eric Carreel, CEO of Withings. "The public reaction to the return of Withings is extraordinary and renews my belief that elegantly designed devices with health tracking abilities can dramatically improve individual and society's health."
The Steel HR Sport costs $199.95 and is on sale now with either a black or white face and a range of rubber and leather straps.
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Cornerstone's Simon gets silver at state meet
Jessica Simon took second in the 1A girls division of the TAPPS state cross country meet; Cornerstone boys took fourth
Cornerstone's Simon gets silver at state meet Jessica Simon took second in the 1A girls division of the TAPPS state cross country meet; Cornerstone boys took fourth Check out this story on gosanangelo.com: http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/10/31/cornerstones-simon-gets-silver-state-xc/817457001/
Amy McDaniel, San Angelo Standard-Times Published 11:30 a.m. CT Oct. 31, 2017 | Updated 5:24 p.m. CT Oct. 31, 2017
Cornerstone Christian School's Jessica Simon, second from right, and Hannah Slate, sixth from right, finished in the top 10 in Class 1A girls at the TAPPS State Cross Country Championships Monday, Oct. 30, in Waco.(Photo: Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools)
Cornerstone Christian School's Jessica Simon took the silver medal at the Class 1A girls division of the TAPPS State Cross Country meet in Waco.
Cornerstone, led by freshman Blake Johnson's eighth-place finish, took fourth in the 1A boys team standings.
Simon, in her first year of running competitive cross country after a couple of injury-plagued attempts, ran a time of 12 minutes, 41.8 seconds. Teammate Hannah Slate was sixth (14:21.5) over the two-mile course.
In the boys division, Johnson finished the three-mile course in a time of 19:40.7. Cody Enck (20:15.9) was 13th, Seth Hernandez (20:20.6) was 14th, Reagan McQueen (20:31.9) was 19th and Jackson McQueen was 87th (26:58.2) for the Lions.
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How to Estimate Power Requirements for Your Electric Brewery
Disclaimer: When a cartoon character gets electrocuted, its furry little body goes stiff for a few seconds and we get to watch its skeleton flash beneath its skin like an out-of-control discotheque strobe. A puff of smoke later, our protagonist enjoys a full recovery and gets back its normal business of dropping anvils on heads. We all intuitively recognize that immortality is a fact of animated life.
Reality, however, is not so kind, and mixing water, wort, or beer with electricity can be deadly. Unless you have the experience and know-how to do electrical work, do yourself a favor and consult a professional electrician before attempting anything related to wall juice. And always, always, always use ground fault circuit interrupt (GFCI) outlets or breakers whenever electricity and water have even a remote chance of meeting one another.
Electric brewing offers a number of attractive advantages over breweries built around propane or natural gas.
Convenience: Electricity is delivered right to your house, obviating the need to make last-minute propane runs.
Comfort and Safety: There's no combustion to create harmful carbon monoxide, so you can safely brew indoors. No more Minnesota snowstorms to disrupt your brew calendar!
Efficiency: Electrical immersion elements deliver heat directly to strike water and wort with virtually no loss, while a typical gas burner can lose up to 60 percent of its heat output to its surroundings. A 5,500 watt (18,767 BTU/hour) heating element outperforms an 80,000 BTU/hour (23,446 watt) propane burner.
Precision: Electrical heating elements are easily controlled and lend themselves to automation and repeatability.
Happy Ear Holes:If you've ever suffered minor hearing loss from the deafening jet engine roar of a gas burner, you'll appreciate the silence of an electric brew rig.
Cost: In most locations, brewing with natural gas is two or three times more expensive than brewing with electricity, and using propane can set you back five to ten times as much.
But going electric isn't as simple as plugging into an outlet and getting your mash on. You need to have enough oomph to heat your brewery and crank out a brew day in a reasonable amount of time. And you need to do so without blacking out the neighborhood à la Clark Griswold. Fortunately, with a little simple math, you can figure out how much power you need and whether or not you'll have to re-wire your house to get it.
Voltage (measured in volts) is the force, or amount of potential electrical "pressure" that a circuit offers. Everything you plug into an outlet—be it a coffee maker, a hair dryer, or an electric boil kettle—offers a certain resistance (measured in ohms) to that push. The resulting current (measured in amps) is a measure of the flow of electricity required for the given voltage to overcome the imposed resistance.
You can think of it like rocks in a stream (or islands in the stream if you prefer). A stream of a given depth and speed exerts a certain pressure on everything that gets in its way. That's like voltage. If you plunk down a big boulder right in the middle of the stream bed, the flow has to accelerate around said boulder in order to move the same volume of water through the narrow restrictions on either side. The boulder is like resistance, and the flow rate of the water is like current.
Voltage is set by your electrical outlet. Most electrical circuits in North America deliver 120 volts, while those in Europe and much of the rest of the world usually offer 220 to 240. Having more volts means you have more electrical oomph available to power your devices. Resistance comes from what you plug into that circuit. And current is the flow of electricity that results from a given voltage trying to overcome the resistance your device provides.
Current is what gets you into trouble. Why? Because current and heat are directly related. In a very general sense, the higher the current, the more a device (resistance) heats up. Standard household circuits in North America are typically sized to max out at 15 amps of current (20 amps in some cases). Exceeding a circuit's capacity in a modern house means throwing a circuit breaker. Exceeding it in older construction means burning out a fuse. And exceeding it in really old construction means burning your house down.
Thus, the fundamental question of electric brewing is this: How can I safely deliver enough heat to my brewery to complete my brew day in a reasonable amount of time?
Getting Hot Water Without Getting Yourself in It
Water is among the most stubborn substances when it comes to heat. It takes a tremendous amount of energy to raise the temperature of water, for reasons we won't go into here (Google "water specific heat hydrogen bonds" if you're interested). The practical upshot of this little fact of physical chemistry is that you need to deliver a huge dose of energy in order to boil water in a reasonable amount of time.
Heat is the amount of energy needed to raise something's temperature. A typical 5-gallon (19 L) batch of beer might require in the neighborhood of 7 gallons (26.5 L) of water for mashing, sparging, and boiling. Let's say that water comes out of your faucet at 60° F (16° C), and for the sake of simplicity, let's say you want to bring the entire volume to a boil. In order to heat that amount of tap water to boiling, you need to provide about 8,900 BTUs (British thermal units) of heat, or about 9,400 kilojoules. For perspective, that's about the same amount of energy contained in 50 standard Oreo cookies.
There's nothing you can do about this energy requirement. It's a simple fact of chemistry, and you can't change it. You can, however, control two things:
The manner in which you deliver heat: gas burner, induction element, electrical immersion element, campfire, thermonuclear device, etc.
The speed at which you deliver heat: turn up the burner, deliver more electrical power, throw another log (or Oreo) on the fire, etc.
If you're thinking of an electric brewery, then you're probably going to be using an electrical immersion element. These come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but let's say for the sake of argument that you're going to go with an element made for brewing, like the 4,500 watt and 5,500 watt elements sold over at TheElectricBrewery.com.
These are designed for a 240 volt power source, which is great if you're in Europe. North American readers who run these at 120 volts, however, will only get a quarter of the rated power, so instead of 4,500 or 5,500 watts, you'll get 1,125 or 1,375 watts, respectively. Fortunately, all standard-issue electric dryers and stoves in North America require 240 volts, which means that most houses in the United States, Canada, and Mexico have at least one 240 volt circuit available to power such appliances.
In fact, in most cases, power is actually delivered to our houses at 240 volts. When it reaches the house, the supply is split in two. Regular outlets are delivered 120 volts to power most consumer appliances and electronics, while a separate 240 volt circuit is maintained for stoves, air conditioners, dryers, and the like. Here's why you might want to consider taking advantage of the increased power of a 240 volt circuit.
Power output Approximate time to heat 7 gallons of water from 60° (16° C) to boiling
1,125 watts 140 minutes
4,500 watts 35 minutes
In other words, it's possible to brew electrically using standard household outlets, but if you don't want to wait around forever, you'll probably want 240 volts. Furthermore, you won't get much of a boil going with just 1,125 to 1,375 watts—just an anemic simmer. If you already have a 240 volt outlet for a dryer or a stove, you're in luck. Just brew when you're not doing laundry or cooking!
If, however, you don't already have a 240 volt circuit, or if you'd like the option of baking a ham or washing and drying your entire collection of 14 brewery-themed work shirts while you brew, consult an electrician on what it would take to install one. It might be easier and less expensive than you think. And unless you know exactly what you're doing, it's probably much, much safer.
Staying Safe and Staying Legal
In most cases, brewers looking to produce to up 20 gallons (76 liters) one batch at a time will be well-served by a single 30 amp circuit by alternating between two heating elements: one to heat strike/sparge water and one to heat the boil kettle. This cost-effective approach only draws 23 amps from a 240 volt circuit. An added bonus is that the sparge water slowly cools over time, which helps minimize tannin extraction as runoff gravity drops and runoff pH increases. A well-built control panel like the standard panel offered at TheElectricBrewery.com includes features to easily and safely let you switch between two elements so you don't overload your circuit.
Anyone with a 30 amp dryer line can easily brew up to 20 gallons (76 liters) at a time with an electric rig, and a 50 amp circuit lets you do considerably more, two to three barrels even, by running two 5,500 watt heating elements at the same time. This is also a handy setup if you'd like to mash a second batch while the first boils. Understand, though, that running two elements simultaneously will draw 46 amps from your 50 amp circuit. In some jurisdictions, the local building code may not permit consumer devices to use more than 80 percent of a circuit's maximum current rating (40 amps on a 50 amp circuit), but the National Electrical Code (NEC) does allow you to exceed the 80 percent restriction if (1) the device is not a hot water tank, and (2) it isn't run continuously for more than three hours. So while electric brewers who want to use two heating elements at once are probably fine with a 50 amp circuit, it's a good idea to check with your local regulatory authority just to be sure.
The point of all this is that electric brewing is about more than just buying a device and plugging it in. You need to understand how you want to brew and how many simultaneously running electrical devices you need in order to do so. Then you can work backward to determine what kind of brewing equipment and wiring upgrades, if needed, will get you there. Evaluate your home before you start planning your brewery so that come brew day, you get the juice you need while staying safe and complying with local building codes.
For more information on electric brewing, check out the excellent resources available at TheElectricBrewery.com.
Dave Carpenter is editor-in-chief of Zymurgy magazine and lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kal Wallner is founder of TheElectricBrewery.com and an electrical engineer from Ottawa, Canada.
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' Spooky Cover of John Carpenter's 'Halloween' Theme is Coming to Vinyl
By Riot Fest / October 18, 2018 October 18, 2018 / Holidaze
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross released a their own version of John Carpenter's iconic, spooky theme music for his film Halloween on Friday the 13th of October last year, and now that same version is coming being released on vinyl. The A-side will feature feature Reznor and Ross' version, while the B-side will preserve John Carpenter's original version. It'll be available on October 26 via Sacred Bones, where it can currently be preordered.
Around this time last year, John Carpenter released Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998, a collection of 13 of his classic movie themes newly recorded with the collaborators that worked on his Lost Themes albums. To celebrate that release, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross shared their new version of the Halloween theme music – arguably some of the scariest music ever created.
"I clearly remember my friends and I at 13 years old conning our parents into letting us see Halloween when it came out in 1978," recalled Reznor. "We left the theater forever changed. We were damaged and scarred, with the shit genuinely scared out of us and that theme stuck firmly in our heads. John Carpenter, it's your fault that I turned out the way I did."
The track is available for purchase on Amazon for $0.99. Listen below.
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Like eczema, asthma is an inflammatory disease. In asthma the airways become constricted by swelling, making breathing difficult. In developed countries 1 in 4 children have asthma as opposed to 1 in 18 people 40 years ago. Corticosteroids such as Flixotide and Pulmicort in the form of puffers are widely used to treat asthma but these pharmaceutical drugs do nothing to change the progression of the disease. A broader, nutritional and environmental approach is required, and when combining this approach with Homeopathy, significant improvements or cures can be achieved.
According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, there was no difference in rates of asthma or morning breathing between those individuals using their medications daily as prescribed, and those using them intermittently.(1) This study suggests that daily use of corticosteroids may not be necessary and this is good news as these medications have some serious side effects. These longer term side effects include reduction of 1 inch of height per year in children and loss of bone density in later life. This does suggest that it would be worth exploring with your GP whether you can safely reduce the use of your puffer.
An effective approach to asthma treatment is to reduce the total 'environmental load' that an asthma sufferer is experiencing. This includes identifying food, chemical and environmental allergens, decreasing inflammatory agents in the diet, and reducing stress which is a well established asthma trigger. Reducing this load as well as introducing important nutritional and Homeopathic measures can have a highly positive effect on an asthma sufferer, sometimes eradicating asthma altogether!
• Increase your antioxidants intake of fresh fruit and vegetables especially increase your intake of broccoli, apples, berries, peppers (capsicum) and citrus fruit.
• Antioxidant vitamins such as Vitamin C and A have been shown in studies to have some positive results and I suggest combining them with Vitamin E and Selenium.
• Take an MSM supplement as it decreases allergic responses and provides intestinal flora with the requirements to make anti-allergy and anti-inflammatory amino acids.
Homeopathic medicines can be a viable alternative to steroid medications. They can be given as an acute treatment in place of puffers but more importantly, Homeopathic professional treatment working with the whole person can cure asthma entirely. Please remember that although you may be keen to try some natural and effective alternatives, you must consult your doctor before you take any steps to reduce your asthma medications. When treating asthma patients I always wait until significant positive changes are observed and then suggest the patient pays their GP a visit to discuss whether a reduction in medications might be viable.
The following medicines are a few of the many Homeopathic prescriptions for an acute asthma episode. If one of these medicines fits your asthma symptoms, you will find it highly effective. If you can't find a good fit here see your local Homeopath (or book a skype consult with me) because there are too many options to include in this post!
This is a good asthma remedy for children and the elderly particularly when the asthma has been caused by an infection such as bronchitis or obstructive pulmonary disease. The cough will sound wet and there will be coarse rattling in the chest on both inspiration and expiration. The patient will be worse lying down and at night generally.They may be irritable and want to be left alone.
Use Apis for an asthma attack in an acute allergic reaction. Breath feels tight and painful with dry wheezing. The patient will feel better in open air and much worse for heat or hot drinks.
Severe acute attacks of wheezing with significant belching and flatus. patient feel very weak and may collapse.
Short, dry asthmatic cough with a wheeze.
use this medicine when every infection goes to the chest with a wheeze and cough. Worse in the morning, at twilight and especially at 10pm or with sudden changes in temperature. Better for lying on the right side.
This patient has both forms of asthma: wet acute infections with greeny discharges and also allergic asthma (often hayfever related). In both cases the patient must sit up during the asthma crisis and is better for fresh air. Even fanning may help them feel better.
Asthma worse in damp conditions often with morning diarrohea.
If you try one of these Homeopathic medications because it describes your asthma well, you are in danger of seeing a significant improvement in the frequency and severity of your acute attacks. For complete overall improvement or cure you need to book in with your local experienced Homeopath.
My son has , what the doctor calls, a slight case of asthma. I'm trying to change his diet in an effort to help his condition long term, but my wife and I can't seem to agree on the need for dairy products in his diet. Please advise. Thanks.
There is considerable clinical experience that suggest that dairy products can in some cases be an aggravating factor for asthma. To determine if your son is aggravated by dairy it would be wise to eliminate ALL dairy products for a minimum of 3 weeks then reintroduce them to see what happens.


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BioSistemika Launches Kickstarter Campaign for sciNote - the First Open Source Scientific Laboratory Notebook
Press Release | BioSistemika | November 27, 2015
BIO-IT company BioSistemika LLC believes that laboratories deserve reliable and easy-to-use software at affordable prices, that's why they created sciNote – an open source electronic laboratory notebook (ELN). They decided to launch sciNote via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which started on November 23rd (http://scinote.net/). "After fighting our own battle with growing amount of scientific data, we wanted to design a software platform, where every scientist could store their data and would be able to share it with everyone else," explained Klemen Zupancic, PhD in Biomedicine, leader of the team behind sciNote...


Running protects our body from many diseases and health issues. Doctors even suggest obese people to run as much as they can. Not only just for weight loss, but running can help us in many ways.
If you are a runner it is not at all wise for you to skip your meals. Running requires a lot of calories which will be burnt while you run. But if your body is not getting enough energy and calorie by foods, you will suffer from fatigue, low blood pressure etc.
Try to eat less during dinners. Rather than choosing very heavy food at night, you can go more for vegetables, salads and light foods. It becomes difficult for your body to simplify digest the high fats and carbs at night.
Hydration is the most important key to lose weight. That is why you need to eat more water, juice and other healthy fluids. It helps our body to get rid of wastes like lactic acid from the body. But make sure you drink the healthy fluids and avoid drinking caffeinated drinks like tea, coffee or cola before going running.


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by The Haitian Times Apr. 02, 2019 Apr. 02, 2019
IDB won't Disburse the $41 million as Promised
The Inter-American Development Bank has decided, for the time being, not to disburse the US $ 41 million grant for the construction of new buildings as part of the fifth phase of the plan to expand the Caracol industrial park, in the north.
According to Le Nouvelliste the cause of this decision is due to the bad management of the park. Safety and security problems, high cost of electricity, are among the problems, radio Television Caraibes reports. Continue reading
Citizens' Organization for a New Haiti Speaks on Persistent Human Rights Violations
Alterpresse reports that Citizens' Organization for a new Haiti deplores the human rights violations that persist in the country.
State authorities have never developed a national budget, which can promote access to education, health and safety for the population. The country's leaders need to be aware of the real impact that the constitutional prescriptions has on the lives of citizens, says the organization. Continue reading
Haitian Police Strengthen Presence at the Border
Le Nouvelliste reports that the National police have increased the number of officers at the border in the department of North-East. With completely renovated premises and equipment of all kinds funded by the United States and Canada, the border police, known as POLIFRONT, will better carry out its mission in the area.
"These friendly contributions valued at $3 million from the United States and Canada, reflects on the willingness of international partners to support the modernization of the national police so that it can play its role at the border" says Michel Ange Gedeon, general Director of the National Police of Haiti. Continue reading
Haiti: Accused Mayor Josué Alusma is Back
After about eleven months as a fugitive, and accused of the death of Mayor Tony Vernio on May 1, 2018, the Mayor of Port-de-Paix, Josué Alusma, is back.
"I respect the justice of my country which made clear my innocence in this case. An accident remains an accident. This decision of justice had not been influenced by me, because I was not present on the ground" said Alusma, noting that the Constitution gives him the right to continue to serve as elected mayor of Port-de-Paix, le National reports. Continue reading
19-year-old Haitian man faces deportation, attorneys blame slow U.S. government bureaucracy
A 19-year old Haitian man who came to the U.S. seeking asylum could be deported soon. The U.S. government being slow to act could be part of the reason. Continue reading


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Name of the activity: AMSA Mental Health
Humans on Medicine is a Yearly Social Media Awareness Campaign that runs during October in association with 'Blue Week' a Mental Health Awareness Week which in undertaken in Medical schools across Australia. The campaign has been running for three years. Students submit their personal stories of their own
The campaign consists of profiles of medical students who have bravely chosen to share their stories of adversity, struggle, poor mental health, or methods of coping. The campaign as its name suggests aims to provide a 'human' (personal and anecdotal) side to mental illness.
The stories detail difficult times students have been through, lessons learn about ones-self and managing the demands of medical school with life, obstacles students have overcome, methods of coping students have found helpful.
The primary objective of the campaign is to destigmatise mental illness within the medical profession and rebuild conversation around mental health between medical students and within the medical profession to change how medical students view mental health.
The stories are submitted to the AMSA Mental Health team and are posted on the AMSA Mental Health Website and Facebook Page. The 2017 Humans of Medicine Campaign can be viewed through these links: http://mentalhealth.amsa.org.au/humans-of-medicine/ https://www.facebook.com/amsamhc/. Indicators of success include the reach of individual stories on social media – Facebook and AMSA Mental Health website, discussion of mental health by medical school students within their universities and on social media (see below).
In 2018 the Humans of Medicine Campaign will form the final pillar of AMSA Mental Health's new preventative campaign 'Activ8 Mental Health' which aims to raise awareness and engaging medical students in maintaining mental wellbeing. The campaign is constructed around eight pillars of wellbeing that support mental health; Food, Physical activity, Mindfulness, Community, Sleep, Leisure, Sustainable environment and Connection. Each pillar is dedicated one month during 2018 as the focus for medical student wellbeing events across Australia and social media posts. The campaign is designed to bring students easy ways to reconnect with ones self, others and their passions outside medicine, to Activ8 your mental wellbeing. The campaign will conclude with the final pillar – Connection integrating Humans of Medicine and the need for active and ongoing communication, openness, support networks, to cultivate resilience and to break down stigma around mental illness.
Mental Health among medical students
Medical students consistently have higher rates of mental health issues compared to the general population – including stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression. When they enter university they have the same levels of psychological wellbeing as the general population, but throughout medical school, their risk of developing a mental health condition increases significantly.
The target group is medical students across 22 universities in Australia. This includes both students submitting their mental health story and all students who have read or heard about other students stories over social media, or in conversation.
Beneficiaries of the activity include any individuals who have read the Humans of Medicine Stories on Social Media. This includes all past and present Australian Medical Students, all those who have liked the AMSA Mental Health page, facebook friends of the submitting students and facebook friends of any person who has liked or commented on the Humans of Medicine posts.
Each year new stories are collated on the AMSA Mental Health website and these stories become a resource for medical students and any member of the public who accesses the stories for years to come. Each story shared on the Facebook page would receive up to 21 000 views and we posted approximately 20 stories during the month of October. The stories are targeted at medical students but are available and have been accessed by individuals from around the world. The campaign has received positive feedback from Australian medical students, university students from other faculties and individuals from diverse fields including mental health professionals working within Australian universities and medical professionals at our partner hospitals.
Many medical schools would print out and put on display stories of students from their university and others, this would create a physical talking point at the university for all students.
The top achievement for 2017 was the fantastic feedback that we received about the campaign both from students who submitted their stories and students who read them. We had over 30 submissions in 2017 and we had up to 20 000 people engaging with each of these submissions over Facebook. In addition students would share stories on their university medical society Facebook pages, their personal pages, or through email which greatly added to our visibility and social media presence.
Currently our AMSA Mental Health Facebook page has 4,800 followers, which exceeds the number of medical students across Australian. Its reach has grown by 1,000 followers in the past 12 months.
2017 was the first year that the campaign received submissions from almost every university in Australia. This successfully indicates that our campaign is reaching and involving medical students across Australia. Furthermore our Facebook engagement statistics show that individuals from all states in Australia are interacting with the posts, as well as individuals in countries throughout the world including UK, USA, Spain, Italy, India, Hong Kong.
We are currently working to review public engagement with our AMSA Mental Health website.
In 2017 we allowed anonymous submissions, which this campaign has not done in the past. This was done to emphasise the dual nature of the benefits of the campaign – both to the students viewing the stories and to the students that submitting them. Sharing one's story is a huge part of one's personal mental health journey and the AMSA Mental Health team decided that requiring students to put their names on their story was a deterrent for some students choosing to share their mental health journey and was therefore limiting the accessibility of the campaign and it's depth of content. We found anonymous posts had less interaction of social media, indicating viewers identify with the campaigns humanisation/putting a face to mental illness, as a means of destigmatising mental health. This suggests our campaign is successful in achieving this goal. However we believe anonymous submissions still offer extremely important stories to be shared are we received great feedback from those who did give anonymous submissions on what it did for them personally to be able to share their mental health journey without putting their name to it.
This initiative is a month long campaign run during october. Preparation within the AMSA Mental Health team begins in August. The Mental Health Team consists of 6 members, from different medical schools across Australian and one member is responsible for coordinating the Humans of Medicine Campaign.
2017 was the third time that the Humans of Medicine Campaign was run by AMSA Mental Health team. The Mental Health team is made up of a Coordinator, and five team members, who all work with the AMSA Executive, and AMSA Mental Health and Wellbeing Representatives from each medical school in Australia.
Our AMSA Mental Health team member Grace Scolyer was the primary overseer of Humans of Medicine. She worked extremely hard on the promotional material and sourcing submissions in the months leading up to the campaign, and in coordinated the release of stories during October.
Our AMSA Mental Health team started our term in July 2017. We initially had a planning period for the Humans of Medicine campaign as we decided on the focuses and our promotional strategies for 2017. The campaign is very well established in the AMSA national calendar and is widely recognised and well regarded by medical students in Australia. Building on the successes of previous years, in 2017 we began advertising the campaign in August and accepting submissions through a google form. We accepted a record amount of submissions in 2017. The google form was distributed on our Facebook page, website, and AMSA representatives promoted it at each medical school. We officially launched Humans of Medicine 2017 on October 1st during the Third AMSA National Council in Brisbane where the AMSA Executive and representatives from each medical school were present. We posted on the AMSA Mental Health Facebook page almost everyday during October, we varied the release times and order of posts based on the nature of the submissions and the reach/interaction of each post on social media.
We encouraged the representatives from each university to share posts from their students on social media and through email to further support their students and increase the reach of the campaign.
Our evaluation process is quite extensive and is still ongoing. As this is a campaign that is run by AMSA each year in October there is plenty of time for us gain a lot of feedback about the campaign to pass onto the Mental Health team who will be running the campaign in October 2018.
We received feedback on the planning stages of the campaign at the Third AMSA National Council meeting in October which was extremely valuable as this is a nationwide meeting. Throughout the campaign we have received feedback from AMSA representatives and students from each university as well as the 2017 and 2018 AMSA Executives.
Another way which we have received evaluation is through the AMSA National Survey. The AMSA National Survey is distributed to all 17 000 medical students in Australia and is a comprehensive survey that helps to guide AMSA's advocacy priorities for the following year. We are currently undergoing a review of the responses relevant to the Mental Health projects for improvements in 2018.


Hello, and welcome to Unit 3, Professional Context in Specific Areas.
Working for a firm or studying online in the US is a unique experience.
Let us consider some of the following.
Why are the prerequisites important?
course or courses that can help you understand specific business frameworks.
Which may be needed for you to succeed in your professional careers in the US.
can be different from what you may find in your country.
communications are often direct and to the point.
Similarly, business transactions are often structured.
it is expected that you meet, or if possible, even beat the deadline.
Importance is given to facts and not feelings.
In some cultures, more weightage is given to relationships as opposed to business.
In American working environments, focus is more on completing tasks.
Being result oriented and often neglecting personal side of business.
some of the situations which can arise in a typical US workplace.
such as movies, current events, popular television serials, or even weather.
prepare by getting yourself better acquainted with common American topics.
In this unit, we will look to focus on some of the aforementioned themes.
local US and specifically employment-related legal contexts.
We are hopeful that you enjoy the content.


Abstract: Increasing concerns over energy security and the environmental effects of conventional fuels has spurred interest in alternative avenues of energy production, with biomass feedstocks emerging as a promising source of sustainable renewable energy needs. Miscanthus is a largely unimproved crop and current biomass production focuses on a single sterile clonal cultivar of M. ×giganteus. Although highly productive, the sterility and genetic uniformity M. ×giganteus complicates crop improvement. Evaluation of available Miscanthus germplasm is necessary in order to create additional improved cultivars for biomass production. The overall objective of this project was to evaluate available Miscanthus breeding resources in the U.S. and determine how to best maximize breeding efficiency for Miscanthus. Multiple studies were conducted to: 1) determine low temperature thresholds for damage and death of Miscanthus seedlings in a controlled environment chamber, 2) quantify the effect of early planting dates for Miscanthus seedlings in the field on survival, growth and yield, 3) assess genotypic differences in biomass yield, putative yield-component traits, and spring and autumn frost tolerance, 4) determine the predictive value of three putative yield-component traits for estimating yield, and 5) quantify the relative importance of genotype × environment and error variances for estimating genotypic values. We found that Miscanthus seedlings and mature plants have exceptional cold tolerance for a C4 grass. M. ×giganteus, the industry standard for biomass production, exhibited low tolerance to frost relative to other Miscanthus genotypes, indicating the potential for genetic improvement. We observed large and significant differences among genotypes for all biomass traits. The commercially important biomass cultivars, M. ×giganteus 'Illinois' and 'Freedom', produced the greatest yields. Estimates of G × E interactions and repeatabilities indicated that selection efficiency would benefit more from increased sampling of locations rather than years and that effective selection of Miscanthus for yield could be accomplished in year 2 before the planting reaches maximum yield potential in subsequent years, thus reducing the time between selections. For a long-lived perennial grass such as Miscanthus, minimizing the number of years per selection cycle will be critical for maximizing genetic gain per unit time. Genetic variation for cold tolerance in Miscanthus can be used to optimize planting dates for specific cultivars, to breed new Miscanthus biomass cultivars with improved cold tolerance, or even introgress genes for cold tolerance from Miscanthus into Saccharum.


Same Day Delivery On Small Business Saturday in Cleveland, Things to Consider!
All over Cleveland and throughout Northeast Ohio business owners will band together the Saturday after Thanksgiving to go head-to-head with big box stores, promoting all things local. There's a supply chain management through all aspects of this effort. From businesses carrying the right amount of inventory, partnering in clusters of businesses to ensure a solid shopping experience with a diversified amount of products and services, marketing efforts and of course same-day delivery. Reliable Runners can help, more on that later.
One of the greatest advantages small businesses have over big box stores is the ability to approach all things in a more personal manner, leading to more intimate relationships with customers. The ways in which people shop, however, are evolving and small business owners are continuously having to find new ways to grow their customer base. And one of the most rapidly evolving factors in retail is delivery.
In today's retail landscape, offering expedited delivery options is becoming the norm. As major retailers like Target and Amazon continue to fine-tune their last mile delivery solutions, there's also a trend of consumers favoring retailers with fast delivery options. Meeting this rising demand will help small businesses attract new and retain existing customers who are shopping online and in stores.
Small businesses that offer same-day delivery in Cleveland, Ohio have a lot to gain: growing their customer base, retaining their existing customers, and getting an edge on local competition in Northeast Ohio. And providing convenient delivery solutions for customers increases the chances that they'll write positive online reviews and generate more word-of-mouth referrals. It also keeps customers coming back. 74% of U.S. consumers say they're more likely to purchase from a company again after receiving same-day delivery on an item.
While there's a lot to gain by offering same-day delivery, there's also a lot to lose when it's not offered. According to a 2017 study, 51% of retailers offer same-day delivery (a 16% increase from the previous year) and 65% of retailers intend to offer it in the future. Additionally, there's an increase in retailers using third-party delivery services. As more retailers begin offering expedited delivery services, and more consumers come to expect it, small businesses without fast (or any) delivery options might get left behind.
Providing same-day delivery, and doing it well, is no small task for any size business, whether you are high end fashion boutique or your are Amazon. By offering a quality delivery experience that meets consumer expectations, small businesses gain a more competitive edge and encourage customer loyalty.
Studies have shown that consumers are willing to pay more for same-day and expedited delivery, but no one likes being thrown for a loop with surge pricing. Being transparent about delivery fees staves off potential future complaints about unexpected costs. Providing this kind of transparency also promotes the more personable touch that most small businesses offer.
Those who deliver a package are a direct reflection of the business from which the product was purchased. And as is the case for all customer service interactions, a negative delivery experience could keep customers from shopping with a business again. In fact, 70% of consumers agree that when the delivery person is dressed in uniform, it increases their trust. And more than half (57%) wouldn't purchase from a retailer again if the delivery person was unprofessional. By employing courteous, timely, and well-kempt drivers, small businesses can ensure they're being represented well.
Same-day delivery loses its convenience factor if you're waiting around for a delivery. Providing real-time tracking lets customers know when to expect their package, making it easier not to plan their day around the process. Leveraging this kind of technology also helps small businesses keep pace with larger companies who already offer real-time tracking capabilities, especially in the the winters of Northeast Ohio!
Effectively managing a successful delivery service requires an abundance of resources, such as drivers, vehicles, technology, money, and time. Yet not all small businesses have the resources to accomplish same-day delivery.
This puts them in a precarious position: they run the risk of losing out on customers if they don't offer same-day delivery, but they also risk losing customers if they don't offer a high-quality experience for customers. As much as there is to gain, there's just as much to lose when not fulfilled properly. For small businesses that can meet consumers' delivery expectations, there's a huge opportunity to entice those who've had negative delivery experiences with other companies.
By outsourcing delivery, small businesses can reap the benefits of leveraging a professional, on-demand, same-day delivery service in Cleveland, Ohio without all the liability. Many delivery services function as an extension of your business, meaning customers correlate positive experiences with the retailer rather than the delivery provider. Ultimately, delivery service providers manage the complex logistics with built-in technology so that retailers can focus on operating their business.
With Reliable Runners, the premier Ohio courier service, logistics is taken to the next level.
We realized nearly three decades ago when we started out that our goal would be to revolutionize expedited delivery services, and today we're doing just that - helping our clients transform the logistics cost equation and address any logistics challenge they might encounter.
Whatever it takes to get time-sensitive materials from one place to another, Reliable Runners will do, whether that means outsourcing a customer's current dispatch activities, providing distribution and fulfillment solutions, or preparing for a scheduled or on-call delivery. We'll make sure your shipment arrives on time...and for less.
We will also service both those who need courier service on-demand and our complement of clients that regularly use our service, all of which can vouch for the consistency and reliability of our service. These benefits, along with accountability, speed, customer service and convenience, is what sets Reliable Runners apart.
Reliable Runners recognized long ago that offering a whole new level of delivery and expedited delivery service would require continued investment in the most advanced technology. Its only through cutting-edge solutions that we're able to deliver more than just on-time shipments to our customers - we draw on our three decades of experience to develop solutions that we know distribution chain stakeholders require.
In today's fast-paced, global distribution chain, efficiency, accuracy and cost are the most critical components of deliveries. Part of the reason Reliable Runners has been trusted as the top Ohio courier service for nearly 30 years is because we understand the unique challenges preventing logistics providers from achieving peak performance in these areas.
Instant customer account information, quoting and order tracking.
Logistics services are ultimately about transporting materials from one point to another, as quickly as possible and without interruption. The process should be straightforward. With Reliable Runners, it will be, and next-level expedited delivery services should be within your reach.