1. What is Christian Financial Stewardship?
2. What is a Christian understanding of generosity?
3. What is the basis for the biblical concept of the tithe?
4. Do I base my tithe on gross or net income?
5. What if I am unable to give 10% right now?
There are seasons to our economic life. There are financial responsibilities to our families, friends, communities and, in some cases, creditors. In any stage of life, good planning is necessary to increase our giving over time without neglecting our legal and personal financial obligations. Further, for some people, 10% is too low a starting point. For others, giving even 5% is a sacrifice. You will hear the term "proportional giving" or "stepping up" at NCC. This is an invitation review your current financial stewardship and consider stepping up a little at a time as your are able. If you are contributing 3% this year, consider moving toward 4% next year.The goal is to move up in one's commitment toward a tithe (10%) so our giving models Christ's love in and for our community and bears witness to the goodness, grace and generosity of God, the giver of every good and perfect gift.
6. Should I give all of my tithe/offering to Northfield Community Church?
This is an answer to which you must come by prayer and discernment. Your gift to and through the church is an act of personal worship to God in response to God's grace in your life and in joyful recognition of what God has done for you in Jesus Christ and as part of the body of Christ, the church.
The allocation of the money and time entrusted to you and used by you for God's service is as a byproduct of prayer and consultation with other Christians to whom you are accountable. If you consider NCC your "home church," you should consider allocating a significant portion of your tithe and offering to the community where you invest most of your time and where others are investing in you. Recognize that, just as you are a conduit of blessing, so is your church and you can make a significant impact in, through and beyond this community by giving to Northfield Community Church and the various ministries and missions the congregation supports.
7. Isn't there more to generosity and stewardship than money?
HOW DOES NCC REACH OUR VISION?


Space Rock Hit The Moon During The Lunar Eclipse- Did You See It?
The blood moon lunar eclipse was this past weekend, and the skies were, thankfully, clear enough for many amateur astronomers and photographers to get beautiful photos of the event.
Streams were set up to watch the lunar eclipse for those who didn't have the ability, or wanted to watch it magnified by streaming telescopes. According to the youtube video below, evidence was found on several live streams of the lunar eclipse that a space rock struck the moon during the totality of the eclipse.
It shows up as just a small bust of light, barely perceptible, but it matches NASA's definitions of what a rock hitting the moon would look like. The moon gets hit by approximately 2800 kg of meteor material daily.


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Gov. Ducey: Biden Wins Arizona, Then Turns on It
From the border to the forests and schools, the administration is hostile to the state I lead.
Posted on November 12, 2021 at 10:43 a.m.
Per Wall Street Journal:
For more than two decades national Democrats spent big trying to replicate Bill Clinton's 1996 Arizona win. After succeeding in 2020, you'd think President Biden would be working overtime to keep the state in the blue column. But less than a year into his administration, his record shows the opposite. If anything, Mr. Biden has inexplicably gone out of his way to antagonize, alienate and frustrate us here in the Grand Canyon State.
Start with the border crisis. It affects us more acutely than almost any other state. And yet—along with Afghanistan—it's seen by many as his administration's biggest failure. Our border towns are being overrun; our law enforcement and National Guard are stretched to the breaking point; the flow of drugs is worse than ever; and our charitable organizations can't handle the volume of migrants.
What's happening at the border isn't a case of benign neglect. Criminal negligence is more like it, and Arizonans are paying a huge price.
Continue with education. During the pandemic we've done everything we can to keep schools open and provide parents with options. We've even used money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to compensate parents who move their children out of schools that aren't working for them. We want kids learning, however it occurs, and we want parents to feel supported. But Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo doesn't like the idea and sent us a letter challenging our ability to do this.
Proceed to forest management. This is one of the most baffling issues. Wildfires matter out West, and virtually everyone agrees that land needs to be managed. The best thing we can do is thin forests and lower the supply of the small-diameter trees and underbrush that fuel wildfires. We have an active program at the state level, but the feds control 43% of the land here—more than 30 million acres. We can't do this without them, and in recent years they'd been a great partner.
So imagine our surprise when, with no notice, after years of cooperation they simply pulled the plug in September on the forest restoration and maintenance program. Their failure to award bids for the Four Forest Restoration Initiative means the federal government has refused to assist Arizona in restoring our forests and reducing the risks of severe wildfires
To this day we haven't received a satisfactory explanation why Washington stopped working with us. People who care about land management and rural communities agree that cooperation is the right approach, so how could the federal government give up on protecting rural Arizona? The Biden administration, recognizing its blunder, has promised to get things back on track. But can it make that happen—and when? Don't hold your breath.
The latest outrage is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. For almost five decades Arizona, with approval by OSHA, has managed workplace safety itself through a state agency, the Industrial Commission of Arizona. Perhaps because the agency has sought public input and hasn't been stringent (meaning oppressive) enough on Covid shutdowns and mask mandates, the feds now want to revoke our independence and put the entire state under the yoke of OSHA.
Imagine the reaction of local business owners on learning that Washington is in charge now, and the people they've dealt with for years in Phoenix no longer matter.
These aren't theoretical issues. Real people—parents, students, small-business people, property owners, ranchers—are negatively affected by steps the Biden administration is taking.
If you want to know why the president's poll numbers are tanking, look at Arizona. We're a case study in how active hostility from the Washington ruling class is alienating real people. Unless this changes, you can take Arizona out of the Democratic column in 2024.
Mr. Ducey is governor of Arizona and chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
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South Dakota To Restrict Purchases Of Farmland By China And Other 'Nations Who Hate Us'
Governors in Iowa, North Dakota and Alabama join GOP colleagues in banning TikTok for state employees
The Republican governors of three more states have joined the growing number of GOP governors who are banning TikTok among state government employees amid security concerns about the Chinese-owned social media platform
Arizona Governor Creates Shipping Container Border Wall
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has had hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped with razor wire placed on the state's border with Mexico
Stacey Abrams's Georgia Nonprofit Could Face Criminal Investigations for Unlicensed Fundraising
New Georgia Project's charity license has lapsed in at least nine states
Biden says 'more important things' than border visit, despite 59 trips to Delaware, 8 stops for ice cream
Biden has yet to visit southern border despite historic crisis under his watch
Governor Kristi Noem delivers annual Budget Address, says the state can afford grocery tax cut
In about thirty minutes of remarks, Governor Kristi Noem laid out her administration would like to see nearly $2.2 billion spent over the course of the next fiscal year and a half.
'A Clear And Present Danger To Its Users:' South Carolina Gov. Bans State Employees From Using TikTok Amid National Security Concerns
South Carolina became the second state in the union Monday to permanently ban state employees' electronic devices from using TikTok amid federal officials sounding the alarm that the Chinese-based social media app threatens national security
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Q: got error when using javascript ajax json to retrieve php array My html page is suppose to retrieve the array from the php page and alert the first element in the array. But when I run the html, got the following error, "Uncaught TypeError: Object function (E,F){return new o.fn.init(E,F)} has no method 'parseJSON' " in the console window. I tried to use jQuery.parseJSON(json_data)    instead of  $.parseJSON(json_data) but still got the same error. How can I fix this?
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A: parseJSON was added in jQuery 1.4.1 (in 2010)
You are using jQuery 1.3.2 (from 2009), which is too old.
The current version of jQuery 1.x is 1.11 (released this year).
Use a more recent version of jQuery.

You should also tell the browser that you are sending it JSON instead of claiming that your JSON is HTML. (PHP defaults to claiming that anything it outputs through a web server is HTML)
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Archive - Jan 2015
Pluggers: The Return
Memo to Jeff Paysen: YOU DESERVE A RESPONSE.
For the record, I am almost positive this is the first time I've ever done this. Very, very rarely, someone will stumble across one of my columns despite not being of a mindset to enjoy one of my columns. This happens a lot less often than it used to, because the Internet is bigger than it once was, and my search engine rankings have not grown to match.
But sometimes it happens, and when it does, I get an e-mail, and when I get an e-mail, I get to smile for days, because it is invariably hilarious in its wrongness. But Jeff Paysen was wrong in such a harmless, charming way that I had to break a long-standing rule and bring his objection into the column so you could enjoy it as much as I did.
You see, the column Jeff Paysen objected to was written NINE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. It takes as its premise that the comic strip "Pluggers" is the worst comic in all existence, and makes jokes about a town called Liltitz, PA and mentions in the second half how funny it was to read people defending Pluggers against Internet criticism. That last part is still very true. ACTUAL QUOTE TIME!
"Brian: One day, if you are lucky enough to live that long, you too can identify with "Pluggers". Their memories and values may not be relevant in your generation's world of "me first and screw everyone else" philosophy, but the simplicity and honesty portrayed in this strip would go a long way towards curing a lot of todays problems."
First, get my name right. You don't see me spelling your name "Jiff" in this column, do you, Jeff? Do you know why that is? It's because your name is spelled correctly on the thing that I read so I was able to then type it correctly later. It's a useful, marketable skill.
Second, I've read enough "Pluggers" over the past nine-and-a-half years to know one thing. A central theme of "Pluggers" is that anyone who lives long enough to identify with "Pluggers" does not feel lucky. They're sleeping on fifty-year-old mattresses, going to multiple funerals every goddamned week, and are beset on all sides by poverty, misery, and consarned touchscreen devices.
Third, "memories and values"? Nobody pairs those things. That's just weird semantics. Revise.
Fourth, "my generation"? Are you trying to compliment me? I'm less than six weeks away from leaving ANOTHER demographic. It was bad enough that, around the time I started this column, I left the coveted 18-35 demographic. Now I'm about to leave the 18-45 demographic, which means the only thing American companies want to sell me are products that either prop up or sop up my dick. I STILL BUY LEGOS, GODDAMMIT.
I freely admit that last paragraph was more about me than you, but still. How whipper do you think my snapper is, anyhow?
I mean, you must have read a bunch more columns, because you certainly nailed my "me first and screw everyone else philosophy". That's totally what I've spent the last eleven years, four days a week on average, espousing. ME FIRST.
And if you think that Pluggers' simplicity and honesty would go a long way towards solving today's problems, then it's probably an awesome idea to pair, say, four of today's problems with the simplicity and honesty espoused in the past four days of Pluggers comics because that will totally prove you right. And if you're wondering, no, I'm not cheating. I'm picking the four problems before I go look up the comics.
TODAY'S PROBLEM ONE: Global Warming.
MONDAY'S PLUGGER SOLUTION: Read the sports page, the comics, and maybe the classifieds. Ignore the rest of the paper. Also, keep reading newspapers, because they're probably not made out of anything that would help us with global warming. Also, skip Berlin. Oh, wait, sorry, Skip Berlin is the name of the guy who submitted the idea.
TODAY'S PROBLEM TWO: The ISIL Threat
TUESDAY'S PLUGGER SOLUTION: Scrape ice off your windshield with your AARP card. And now you know I'm not cheating, because this would have been funnier for Global Warming. Anyway, use a flimsy piece of laminated cardboard to scrape off your windshield instead of a tool, because idle hands are the Devil's work, and only through the grace of Jesus will we destroy the infidels, I guess. It's a bit of a stretch.
TODAY'S PROBLEM THREE: Income Inequality.
WEDNESDAY'S PLUGGER SOLUTION: You're too old to put your best foot forward. Now all you can do is use the leg you hope won't collapse to climb the three steps up to your modest home, because... because... your company's switch from a pension to a 401K barely left you enough money to feed yourself, much less replace the stairs with a ramp? Anyway, who cares about poor people, your leg hurts.
TODAY'S PROBLEM FOUR: Police Brutality.
MONDAY'S PLUGGER SOLUTION: Learn your friend's real names through their obituaries! Because you only knew them by their nicknames! Even though your friends were old white people who died of natural causes and weren't murdered in their early teens because they were playing with a toy gun in a park! This simplicity and honesty stuff really works great.
So, thank you for your feedback, Jeff. I'd invite you to return in another nine-and-a-half years to complain about this column, but since you're a Plugger, you'll probably be dead by then. Which sounds cruel, but it's completely in line with the simplicity, honesty, and values expressed on a wrist-slittingly regular basis in the worst comic strip in existence.


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WHAT ARE THE BEST ONLINE LANGUAGE COURSES?
More and more frequently in the United States, we see both English and Spanish directions in places we encounter every day. We see both languages (and sometimes more) on ATM machines, airport signs, store packaging, restroom signs, menus, and in product instruction manuals.
Their research indicates that over 37 million in the U.S. spoke Spanish in the home in 2011, including about 3 million non-Hispanics, and that figure may reach 40 million by 2020.
As our culture becomes more linguistically diverse, how can we learn to better communicate with those around us – in our communities, in our places of work, in our commerce, and in our travel? What are the best online Spanish courses? And what are the best courses in other languages as well?
languages are available in each method.
Which Language Learning Program Is Best?
Rosetta Stone (See Review of #1 Best Seller and 54% Discount!) comes to mind as one of the best known and most widely seen language learning systems on the market today. Available in 29 languages, Rosetta Stone employs lots of visual images and an immersion method using only your new language!
But is it the best? Personally, I don't think so. But given the various aspects of language study – reading, listening, speaking, writing, spelling vocabulary, grammar, syntax – is any one course the best? Perhaps it would be better to ask about the strengths and weaknesses of each approach or which one is best for YOU.
Consider the formats of the various courses and different learning styles of people, as well as convenience to fit into various schedules and lifestyles. For example, some would prefer to study from a book, others on their computer, still others using a smartphone which is both mobile and conveniently available in the odd moment. I've actually spent time working with all the programs reviewed below; so, let me save you some time and money. Ask yourself: "What format and learning style will work best for me and my lifestyle?" Then check out the reviews and try out the one(s) which sound best for you.
The Pimsleur Method Language Programs (See our Review) The Pimsleur Method is tried and true, offered in over 50 languages, and regarded by many as the best way to learn foreign languages fast! My wife is using it now and absolutely loves it. Pimsleur is available on either CDs or downloadable MP3s. It lends itself well for someone who would like to pop it into their car CD player or smartphone and learn during their daily commute, run, or walk.
Rocket Language (See Review) is one of my favorite all round systems — for listening, speaking, reading, & writing. It is available for 13 languages and may be purchased in an online format or on CDs. It's more computer or mobile-app based, making use of a variety of learning methodologies, including interactive audio, written lessons and transcripts, educational games, apps, quizzes, progress tracking, and more. In addition, Rocket Languages recently released their 2017 update, making an excellent product even better!
DuoLingo (See Review) is a free smart phone app which asks you to translate a phrase or sentence from written English to written Spanish, from written or spoken Spanish to written English, or to transcribe spoken Spanish. You then receive immediate reinforcement or correction. If you respond well to games and rewards, this might be a good fit for you.
Before You Know It, Memrise, and Anki (See Review) stand out for providing computerized flashcards, available in various formats for desktop or laptop computers, or as apps for tablets or smart phones. You can build your own cards or use one of many available decks of cards. All make use of spaced repetition and adapt to your success or mistakes. Flash cards are an excellent way to build vocabulary, as well as to recall verb conjugation patterns. BYKI is my personal favorite, and Memrise has a neat feature of suggesting mnemonic devices to remember new words.
Italki (See my full Review) is one of my favorite tools for any language. Taking a giant leap beyond pen-pals, Italki puts you in touch with conversation partners, tutors, and/or teachers in a wide variety of countries and languages (using connections such as Skype or Voice over IP).
Glossika (See our Review) is one of my personal favorites and my current "go to" program! Listening is at the heart of language acquisition, and most methods do not incorporate enough of it. Glossika focuses on listening. It takes a bit more self discipline than some methods, but if that's not an issue for you, this method will pay great results. I regard Glossika as one of the premier tools available for language acquisition.
[Language]Pod101 (See Review) — Check out the free version, then upgrade because it's fast, fun, and just plain worth it! Offered in 34 languages from Afrikaans to Vietnamese.
Learning Spanish Like Crazy (See Review) is a popular program which I have really enjoyed. It comes on CDs or downloadable MP3s and is available in Latin American Spanish or Italian. It differs from Pimsleur in focusing on more informal, common speech.
Complete Spanish (Teach Yourself Languages) — A great deal at 45.7% off!!
There's also the matter of cost. Of the countless Spanish courses, websites, and smartphone apps available, some are completely free, others have a significant initial cost, and still others are free for a trial period and then require an ongoing monthly subscription.
Please bookmark this page and return soon. Some of the links above lead to my full reviews, comparing their methods, strengths, weaknesses, and price points. Other reviews will be added in the days ahead.
Your comments, experiences, and questions are welcome below. I reply as soon as I can.
Hi, it is really interesting to read this post. I am in the process of learning Spanish right now. You give a comprehensive list of formats and of possible learning programs.
In the past a few months I have seen Babel all the time when I enter the Internet. So I wonder what do you think of this platform? Many thanks.
I'm working on reviews of various programs, but that will take a while. For now, I can say that Babbel is available for 14 languages, at pretty reasonable cost, and provides a variety of online exercises including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It offers short lessons and tracks your progress. On the other hand, there are no real-time interactive classes, and it answers questions only through threaded online forums. It is often compared with DuoLingo, which is free and available in 20 languages.
Jovo, since I first responded I have used Babbel myself and now have a Babbel review available on this site.
To begin with I love your domain name. It's a good thing that you're doing.
I appreciate hearing from you, Youba! I have no experience with Rosetta Stone for Chinese. I can say this much. Rosetta Stone works by a total immersion system. There are no explanations in your own language. If you prefer to have at least some explanation of how your new language works, you probably won't prefer Rosetta Stone. That said, there are many who prefer total immersion.
This is really insightful and very similar to my interests which makes it motivational to see that there is a high amount of interest.
From my research thus far, a large number of the sites that claim to be 'free' are only so for the first few stages. To get to the meat of the product, you generally have to pay or buy credits of some sort or earn points (via a payment).
I would stick with the options such as Rocket Languages and Rosetta Stone. Fluenz is up and coming, but apparently subject to many bugs?
Over the coming months, I intend to add reviews of the major language courses. You are certainly correct that some of them offer a free trial of the first levels, then require payment to access the subsequent levels. I appreciate your insights regarding Rocket Languages, Rosetta Stone, and Fluenz.
Although I am not in the US, those stats are amazing. Spanish is not a prominent language in New Zealand but it is a language I would like to learn nonetheless. It has a romantic connotation about it.
With 4 years of High School Spanish in my past and perhaps actually retaining the first half of the first year it was a task to find a program/site that offered a learning experience to build on what I knew. DuoLingo is free which really holds a lot of sway and it also offers the same classroom module concepts that I remembered from school. I have never lost the Spanish "bug" as I have continually found myself translating what I see and say through the years. What translating has done has had me know the words I know and not go beyond…it really is powerful to concentrate the knowledge one has gained. I mainly do DuoLingo as I walk my dog and wonder if this is too distracting to truly learn. Perhaps I will put effort into the app when I have more of a focus. Learning Spanish also has a payoff in that my vacations to Mexico have gone smoother because of it. Your reaching out to second language learners is needed as anytime something is learned outside of one's box is something that adds to life. And hopefully there is a payoff of the second language as strong as mine with margaritas and a beautiful sunset or beach on vacation .
Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Joe. Duolingo is certainly fun and a great starting place for learning or reviewing. Here's a link to our full review of Duolingo.


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16th July : Night Attack. Capture of the three German lines in west of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood.
18th-27th July : In reserve and support in Albert and Contalmaison.
20th August : North of Bazentin-le-Petit.
24th August : Attack of Intermediate Line.
25th August : Becourt Wood.
Early September : Bazentin-le-Petit / Mametz Wood area.
9th September : Attack of High Wood.
17th-25th September : In line between Martinpuich and Flers (German attacks on the 22nd).
October/November : Mametz Wood. Works in High Wood sector.


"Life, After" was created by its two stars, Corinne Caputo and Erica Tachoir, who have been writing partners for a few years. The series was successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter which gave them the budget they needed to make the masterpiece available for us to watch online right now for free. FOR FREE.
Staten Island filmmaker and video editor, Mark Scherel, posted a new editing reel to Vimeo earlier this week. Scherel, who has collaborated with Staten Island's Monstar Films, Backslash Bomb Productions, and (my company) NB Technologies on film shoots, but he's by no means just a local talent. This Way on Bay reached out to Mark to find out about some of his recent work and about working in the medium of video in general.
Back in 2013, Staten Island filmmaker, Geoff Celis, ran a successful Indiegogo campaign for a short film he had been thinking about for quite some time. Shortly thereafter, Geoff rounded up some of Staten Island's funniest minds and best movie-makers and put his lucha libre comedy into the world. Last week, an online version of the film was put into the world wide web.
Staten Island filmmaker, Kevin Rogers of Backslash Bomb productions, is having a free screening tonight for his short film "Blink: The observer" The event takes place at the 50/50 Skatepark at 9:30pm.
Yesterday, it was reported that Staten Island based reality show Mob Wive may be coming to an end after six seasons on VH1. The video above, posted by wochit Entertainment on YouTube reflects on the series' iconic run.
Ever wonder what it would be like to be in a music video? Well, now you no longer have to! Young Lucid, an upcoming rapper, is filming a music video at the Eve Ultra Lounge on Tuesday, September 29th.


Factors affecting Sertoli cell function in the testis.
The Sertoli cell is the primary target for FSH action in the mammalian testis. These cells contain the majority of testicular plasma membrane receptors for this hormone. Receptor occupancy is directly correlated with a stimulation of adenylyl cyclase and a decrease in the activity of a cytoplasmic Ca++-sensitive cAMP phosphodiesterase. Regulation of these two enzymes allows increased intracellular accumulation of cAMP, activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and phosphorylation of a variety of protein substrates. All of these events occur within the first 30 min following exposure of isolated Sertoli cells to FSH. RNA and protein synthesis are also enhanced by FSH. Previous studies have suggested that this gonadotropin may augment the overall cellular synthesis of proteins. Our results reveal that protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) is selectively elevated by FSH both in vivo and in vitro. PKI thus becomes the initial intracellular protein whose synthesis is under FSH control. In addition to effects on protein synthesis, FSH also positively modulates the secretion of several specific proteins. One of the proteins in this latter category is androgen binding protein (ABP). Again, regulation can be observed both in vivo and in vitro. Elevated synthesis of PKI occurs prior to demonstrable secretion of ABP. Both of these events occur subsequent to the effects of FSH on cAMP metabolism. Indeed cAMP (or any of several nonhydrolyzable derivatives) can substitute for FSH in vitro. The temporal sequence of events subsequent to hormone binding and cAMP production are identical, but occur more rapidly. Together these data support the hypothesis that most of the biochemical steps leading to the synthesis and secretion of proteins by FSH are regulated by elevated levels of cAMP.


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Promoting the rule of law
Title: Promoting the rule of law in Mexico
Commissioned by: German Federal Foreign Office
Lead executing agency: Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico (Procuraduría General de la República – PGR)
Since 2006, more than 60,000 people have lost their lives in the fight against organised crime in Mexico. The number of cases of presumably enforced disappearance has risen considerably in recent years. At present, more than 28,000 people are officially registered as missing. Comprehensive criminal investigations are rare. Improvements in criminal investigation, finding and identifying human remains and dealing with victims in an appropriate, respectful manner are some of the challenges of the rule of law.
The Office of the Attorney General works increasingly effectively and in line with international standards in cases of enforced disappearance.
By implementing the project on behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office, GIZ is helping to fight impunity in connection with the enforced disappearance of persons. The project is supporting Mexico's Office of the Attorney General with a view to solving these crimes more effectively in future. The aim is for the Office of the Attorney General to build its capacity for criminal investigation and identification and to improve the way it deals with victims and their families. This is ultimately designed to increase society's trust in the rule of law in Mexico.
The project advises the Office of the Attorney General on criminal law, criminal procedure law and forensic science to ensure that crime scene and criminal investigation work is effective. Staff receive training on interrogation techniques and crime scene work. Improved procedures within the Office of the Attorney General are to help step up the search for the disappeared. Finally, the project supports the Office in refining instruments to use information and databases on disappeared persons.
Forensic investigations in accordance with national and international standards are crucial for more effective criminal investigation work. The project thus offers technical advice on forensic medicine and DNA identification. Among other things, it promotes better coordination of the services of individual laboratories to enable them to provide DNA analyses and the results of examinations to identify human remains promptly.
The disappearance of a person has far-reaching psychological and social impacts on the families concerned. The families are often the driving force behind the search for their relatives. The Office of the Attorney General is often not sufficiently prepared for dealing with and questioning victims. The project is promoting the dialogue between the Office and victims' representatives to enable the families to assert their rights of participation and information. It also offers courses for public prosecution service staff and police officers and provides training on dealing with victims' families appropriately. Moreover, the project cooperates directly with victims' representatives and associations. It supports the Mexican Commission of Victims (CEAV) with the indemnification of the victims in a quick and non-bureaucratic manner. The skills of the functionaries are educated in the understanding, involvement and protection of the victims in order to accomplish an integral compensation of the affected families.
The forensic work of the Office of the Attorney General has been strengthened in several training sessions. Various areas of the authority have received training in psychosocial support, hence raising their awareness about the needs of the victims of enforced disappearance. At the same time, a broad dialogue with victims' representatives and human rights organisations has been initiated. Cooperation agreements have been entered into with various non-governmental organisations that work to strengthen victims' rights.
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Spanish version: Fortalecimiento del Estado de derecho


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Michelle's Reviews
Review: Graceless by N.N. Britt
Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK
Length: Novel
Dylan Watson is still in college. He doesn't want to be there and he's trying to just get finished. It's been three years since his sister, Ava, died and Dylan finds it impossible to move on. Dylan mourns for his sister, and he mourns for the life she should have been living as a musician with the band, Iodine. Since the band's lead singer, Kai Delisa, was with Ava when she died, Dylan is convinced that Kai has something to do with her death. When Iodine signs a record deal and is in the spotlight, Dylan can't stay away from trying to learn the truth. Dylan also can't stay away from Kai and, even though he wants to hate him, Dylan also wants Kai to be only his.
Life at home isn't any better for Dylan. His father is a conservative senator who has abused Dylan his entire life and his mother is in a deep depression, not having recovered from Ava's death. His father has made it clear that being gay will absolutely not be tolerated and Dylan has no idea how to escape the long reach his father has on his life, both publicly and privately.
After an encounter with Kai turns violent, the men realize their chemistry is something to explore and they take tentative steps toward building a relationship. With Kai now being famous and his music a center of controversy, the moments the men can spend together are secretive and fleeting. Kai has his own dark secrets and when being together is the antidote they both crave, Dylan will have to face some hard choices.
New book and new-to-me author alert. Graceless is the newest release from author N.N. Britt and it hit all the right spots for me. The characters have a dark edge to them and are well developed and with Dylan's first person POV, it was easy to get lost in the pages of this story.
Dylan is angry and depressed and he feels that Kai Delisa is at the root of his problems. The first time he saw Kai, his sister was still alive and he was captivated. It's now a few years later and Dylan's interest in Kai has become an obsession. Dylan is so fixated on the fact that the band is becoming successful, and that Kai is still alive when Ava isn't, and Dylan stalks the band on social media.
There's a hunger and a recognition when the guys meet, even through the hate that Dylan throws around. The hurt and the depression and how unbalanced Dylan is regarding Ava and Kai comes through spectacularly. Then there is Dylan's home life, with an abusive father that knows how to make people disappear and Dylan is constantly watching his step. Kai's life is different, but not any easier. His mental health also suffers and his secrets are dark. His music is edgy and the media has decided to give it a label that causes trouble wherever the band goes and Kai now can't freely move around. Their lives become so entwined and even though Kai doesn't have time for a relationship and tells Dylan everything is casual, it's clear that their emotions run deep and it's a fantastic slow burn with scorching chemistry between them.
I really would have liked Kai's POV or even just more from him. For me, there is a line between having a character be mysterious and then not getting enough from them. The book ends sharply with it being a continuing story, but it is a duet and book two will be released 7/14, so you can read Graceless and then go right into Faithful for the conclusion of their story.
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FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: child abuse, college, depression, enemies to lovers, Graceless series, grief/loss, homophobia, mental health, musician, N.N. Britt, self published, slow burn, suicide


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Mavericks Final Score: Dallas returns to the playoffs after a comeback victory against Phoenix
After missing last year, the Mavericks will have a post season thanks for Monta Ellis and Dirk Nowitzki.
By Tim Cato@tim_cato Apr 12, 2014, 10:16pm CDT
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Tom Pennington
Welcome back to the playoffs, Dallas.
Down 13 points in the third quarter, the never-say-die Mavericks surged back to beat the Suns 101-98 thanks to Dirk Nowitzki and Monta Ellis combining for 44 points in the second half.
"The reason we won is because we had one of the best players on the planet in Dirk," head coach Rick Carlisle said. "And because Monta Ellis, at the time we needed him most, stepped up and played his biggest game of the year."
The duo finished with 60 for the game on 23-of-38 shooting, holding off the resilient Suns. Down three, Eric Bledsoe twisted his way into the lane and looked to have a good chance at a layup that could have extended the game, until Brandan Wright erased the shot off the backboard. The scramble for the loose ball was enough to drain the final seconds, and a raucous American Airlines Center exploded at the sound of the buzzer.
The outcome looked much more grim early on, though. Up 33-28 early in the second quarter, the Suns finished the quarter on a 29-13 run that felt like it might bury the Mavericks. For a crucial game, Dallas looked lethargic and uninspired, forcing unnecessary shots and committed catastrophic turnovers that the athletic Suns easily turned into baskets.
But Dirk and Monta weren't ready for that just yet. After going down 13 points with a sluggish first half of the third quarter, Ellis hit consecutive 3-pointers from the left corner -- his sweet spot this season where he shoots 58 percent -- before handing the baton to Dirk, who buried a couple of his own. The second was vintage Dirk, dribbling down the floor on his own after a rebound and just pulling up when he reached the vicinity of the 3-point line.
It's not the Maverick way to ever make the end of a game easy, but after Dirk shocked the Suns for an easy layup by rolling to the basket instead of popping to take an 88-87 lead, the squad hung on just enough to win.
Walking out of the locker room, a note on the whiteboard said the Mavericks team picture will happen on Monday. Although a crucial game against Memphis on Wednesday still looms, it's likely the Mavericks will be grinning ear-to-ear when the photographer asks them to smile. Despite the gut-wrenching, ankle-turning, frustration-building nature of this season, it's at least going to end in with a playoff run.
What a show by the pair I lovingly refer to as "MontaDirk." Facing a soft interior defense, Monta himself mentioned how much room he had to drive and operate in the paint in the game -- it was just a matter of attacking. And though he mixed in a handful of jumpers at opportune moments, Ellis still was at the peak of his aggressiveness, slashing in for a season-high 37 points on the night. He's a monster when he reaches the peak of his game like this, and the Mavericks needed every point he gave them (fortunately, they did not need the two missed free throws in the final minute).
And then there's Dirk. He started the game off with a running, one-handed jumper across the lane that recalled memories of every playoff series he's ever played with, and I quickly declared "Playoff Dirk" was back. And then, just as quickly, the Suns were able to frustrate him. He missed some 3-pointers. His passes out of the double teams were deflected and bounced away to no one in particular. He looked slow and old playing a Suns team who have an average age of 26.
But like Carlisle said: "He just stayed in it mentally. He told me before the game that he was ready to go 48 minutes if he had to. And I knew that wasn't going to be possible, so I felt like if we could get him some decent rest in the first half because we would have to rely on him more in the second half, and we did."
They did, to the tune of 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting. He was magnificent throughout, and we are so lucky to have him.
I said before the game that Dallas probably would need 30 minutes from Brandan Wright, and he more than delivered. His 12 points were an afterthought to these much more important stats: 32 minutes, 11 rebounds and three blocks -- including the one in the final seconds. Sure, it helped that the smaller, not-as-muscular Phoenix Suns bigs fit his style. But Wright still had to deliver, and he did.
If you look at the box score, the most surprising part has to be the 5:47 minutes played from Shane Larkin. Sure, he had an 18-point performance against Phoenix earlier this year, and Carlisle does love the three-guard lineup. But the rookie gave the team just a bit of a spark -- culminating in a corner 3-pointer to finish the first quarter.
Huge win. Huge game. I'm writing an Aftermath when I get home, so check for that tomorrow. Other than that, it's three days off before facing Memphis with playoff implications. Enjoy them.
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Q: Jquery mobile, input field and tabletkeyboard num/alpha switching I have a website, with a standard input field.
Im running/have imported jquery UI + mobile UI.
Everything looks nice at my android tablet.
But i have this wierd issue, that is probably caused by Jquery mobile somehow:
I wanna type an item from my company witch could be "AA014TT55558"
When i switch to numeric keyboard and press 1 number, it switched back to alpha keyboard, why?
It dosnt happen at any other website iv tryed...
Thx

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By Arthur James O'Dea
Reports: Investigation Opens Into Potential Red-Star/PSG Match-Fixing
The French authorities have reportedly opened an investigation into the Champions League tie between Red Star Belgrade and Paris St Germain on 3 October, 2018.
According to the French newspaper L'Equipe, UEFA raised concerns about prospectively unusual betting patterns in relation to the match that ended 6-1 in favour of the French champions.
A few days prior to the match, UEFA were allegedly informed that a senior figure within Red Star Belgrade intended, with a series of accomplices, to place several million euro on the Serbian club losing by five goals.
If placed, the bet would have understandably yielded an extremely large return.
Having established a 5-goal lead on the night, Thomas Tuchel's men were pegged back to 5-1 when Marko Marin scored with a little under 20 minutes to play.
Shortly thereafter, Neymar, completing his hat-trick for the night, scored a free-kick to restore the 5-goal difference and give PSG their 6-1 win.
Red Star Belgrade currently sit bottom of Group C of their Champions League group. The Serbian club are due to play Liverpool across their next two games in the tournament.
More to follow...
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Visualising UK election scenarios
SCIENCE, Science and Society	by Peter Griffin May 7, 2010
New Scientist last week foreshadowed today's UK election with a look at what the scenarios are in a plurality system of government.
The piece also explains the concept of the Banzhof power index which is particularly relevant to the UK election as according to polls 1/3 of voters of UK voters are going into this election undecided on who they will vote for.
As Wikipedia explains about Banzhof:
To calculate the power of a voter using the Banzhaf index, list all the winning coalitions, then count the critical voters. A critical voter is a voter who, if he changed his vote from yes to no, would cause the measure to fail. A voter's power is measured as the fraction of all swing votes that he could cast.
New Zealand's situation is probably most similar to the middle chart below. National claimed 58 seats in parliament, well clear of Labour's 43, but a further 21 seats were divided among minor parties. As it turned out, the agreements between National and Act and National and the Maori Party shored up outright support for the National Government and made ACT and the Maori Party the king makers in the 49th parliament, something that has significantly influenced the direction of government ever since whether it be Super City or Whanau Ora on the agenda…
Here's the potential UK scenarios…
Source: New Scientist
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Why INDUS UNIVERSITY?
Vision Of The Indus University
To be an internationally acclaimed university, amongst our country's best universities for Academic Excellence, Professional Relevance, Research & Innovation.
To seamlessly integrate Indian Values & Global Ethos.
To foster a culture of educational wisdom, professional brilliance, and research & innovation.
To nurture a spirit of entrepreneurship and social responsibility.
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Mission Of The Indus University
To offer quality technical and management education to its community members in the best traditions of the creative and innovative teaching-learning process.
We encompass the philosophy "Where Practice Meets Theory" by ensuring State-of-the-Art infrastructure and attracting talented and qualified human resources.
Believing in extensive growth, noticeable steps are taken whenever required to prepare students for the commercial industry worldwide.
To encapsulate, Indus looks forward to meeting the standard global criteria making a significant impact in academia, research & development.
High-quality education and a passionate profession make a person a complete professional.
Keeping this view in mind, Indus University has embarked on an evolved path to provide professional education in diverse disciplines of Engineering, Management, Computer Applications, Architecture, Aviation Technology & Information Technology.
We ensure that the successful students of these programs translate themselves into professionals.
Course curriculum related to practice is returned following the theory concerning all the programs offered in the University.
Indus University takes the privilege and opportunity of becoming an educator and the responsibility of supporting our instructors seriously. To accomplish our aim of fostering an excellent learning and teaching environment, we seek to cooperate with people who have substance and drive and professionals who are competent and passionate.
All competent, skilled, and committed educators are encouraged to submit their expressions of interest to be considered.
All students at Indus University benefit from an educational experience that is both enriching and gratifying. Students' daily schedules include an appropriate balance of work, play, and leisure activities. For Students from a foreign country, curriculum and pedagogy have been created so that the teaching-learning process of international students is both fascinating and interesting. Learning through project-based, case studies, problem-based, and selecting elective subjects of interest to the student generates genuine interest and involvement. Aside from that, activities such as the Induction Program, the Mentor-Mentee system, and the strong link between students and professors keep the students ready and motivated to learn at all times.
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We also organize Inter College Sports Fest, Sports Meet, Indoor Games Competitions, Sports Function, etc.
These events will engage the students and help them discover their talent in sports.
The library is spread across over 600 square meters. It has a collection of over 32000 volumes of books, besides subscriptions for more than 250 national and international journals. Books, journals, and project reports are available on electronic devices, CDs, and DVDs.
At Indus, classrooms are spacious & well-ventilated, with twin boards and high-quality projectors attached to the ceiling.
Food at the canteen is well cooked considering student's and faculty members' different tastes and preferences.
The Placement Cell of Indus university is a professional organization to enable the recruitment of the top minds in the country by multinational organizations. The Placement Cell acts as a link between organizations and students. It has seen a smooth transition from traditional placements to virtual placements to provide recruiters with a hassle-free hiring experience.


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Packers Coaching Hires are Young But Seasoned
Posted on 01/27/2019 by Jake Turner
You hear that? The faint sounds of the Saints being ripped off in the NFC Championship still pass by but that is not the sound I mean.
It is actual silence, or at least to me with the Pro Bowl (the worst aspect of sports entertainment) on Sunday. The Pro Bowl does not exist…or should not but that is for another day. While everyone is watching the rumor mill and the attention starved "trades" the Packers should make. I mean I read one that made me laugh hysterically from Arrowhead Pride about how they should trade the 12th and 75th pick for…Dee Ford and the 29th pick (Thank you, Patriots). Yes, let us take a injury-riddled linebacker, but they still have Nick Perry. There is though, thanks for some of the interesting coaching hires lately.
Including thanks to Kansas City for Mike Smith, your outside linebackers coach that actually knows how to use his edge rushers (even if this defense was brutal to witness). The former Baltimore Raven (2005-08) hit his seventh year of coaching in the NFL. Speaking about Ford, he had 13 sacks and seven forced fumbles this year (under Smith). If you are Kyler Fackrell, Reggie Gilbert this would make you smile, talking a Joker-type smile (from the 2008 film, The Dark Knight). Also helps that Mike Pettine worked with Smith in the past…there it is.
Kirk Olivadotti
I have always been a fan of defense all the way back to my days playing in high school. The Kirk Olivadotti hire was a smart move. 16 years of experience, half of them involved a top 10 defense in Washington. Say what you want but the reason why Washington was at least in the conversation was the play of their inside linebackers led by Mason Foster and Zach Brown. The Packers have two capable insiders with Blake Martinez and (hopefully) healthy Jake Ryan in 2019. Not to mention if Brian Gutekunst goes inside linebacker in the draft.
Adam Stenavich
Before Stenavich was hired, I was talking about how the Packers offensive line will show some changes, but stick with the zone-blocking scheme to help enhance their running game. It will be definite when it comes to opening up the gaps for Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams. The 35-year-old knows what being underrated is all about. He was a practice squad player for the Packers, Cowboys and the Panthers but the Wisconsin native learned in college how to coach up offensive line from Northern Arizona to San Jose State. it is interesting how he was able to jump into the NFL ranks quickly.
Luke Getsy
May 5, 2017; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receivers coach Luke Getsy during the Green Bay Packers rookie orientation. Mandatory credit: Mark Hoffman/Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY Sports
Welcome back, Luke. The drop in wide receiver play was alarming in 2018, (even though Davante Adams was a nice highlight) but he will be coaching Aaron Rodgers (instead of his targets) as quarterbacks coach. Packers fans were excited to hear when Getsy was announced a few days ago. According to the Clarion – Ledger, Getsy was glowing about his relationship with Rodgers, "he is reserved enough that people may think he kind of turns people off, but, no, he's energetic, he's enthusiastic, he's charismatic, he's hilarious. He's got a lot going for him." That says enough, folks. Rodgers will be back to himself this year. Damn the "hot take" machine, but I would be at least confident.
There are more hires "on the horizon" including a wide receiver coach, special teams coach and assistants yet to be on staff. However, the Packers seem to have it handled with a mixture of youth and seasoned experience.
Until next week, Packers fans.
PS: Instead of the Pro Bowl, watch Netflix…play games…read a book or just watch Davante Adams for the limited time he will be on the field on Sunday.
Jake Turner is the host of the passionate Turning Points podcast on iTunes and co-host with Mark Eckel on the Pack a Day podcast. Follow him on twitter at @JakeTurnerSport Instagram: jaketurner61.
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THE ALLIED INTERVENTION IN SOUTH RUSSIA, 1919-1920
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Mount Dragon is a 1996 techno-thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The action primarily follows Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca, two researchers employed by the corporation GeneDyne and stationed at the Mount Dragon facility in New Mexico. In attempting to engineer a therapeutic hormone to prevent all forms of influenza, GeneDyne has accidentally created a frighteningly virulent disease. Meanwhile, Carson and Cabeza de Vaca face a much more immediate threat at the Mount Dragon facility—from their own colleagues.

Plot summary
Dr. Guy Carson is a young scientist and cowboy-at-heart, raised on a southwestern ranch and bored with city life. That is, until the prestigious genetic engineering corporation GeneDyne offers Carson a six-month position as a lab researcher at its Mount Dragon Remote Desert Testing Facility in Jornada del Muerto desert in New Mexico. Carson accepts and soon finds that the Mount Dragon laboratory is testing far more promising and dangerous things than Carson ever expected. Scientists at the facility spend months isolated from the outside world, essentially locked in the guarded facility within a Level 5 containment lab, as they research a vaccine for the influenza virus. With the help of his feisty lab assistant, Susanna Cabeza de Vaca, Carson begins to unlock the mysteries of the spontaneously mutating influenza virus, dubbed "X-FLU".

Over time, Carson and DeVaca discover that their predecessor Dr. Franklin Burt, was literally driven mad by his time at Mount Dragon and was institutionalized. Burt's death is not the only one caused by the facility; an emergency quarantine prompted by the contamination of the Level 5 lab by a chimp infected with the deadly X-FLU results in the death of researcher Rosalind Brandon-Smith. Soon, more human harm follows as Carson's friend and messmate Dr. Andrew Vanderwagon spontaneously punctures his own eye with a fork and attempts to commit suicide and kill others. Through researching Burt's descent to madness, Carson and DeVaca realize that what occurred with Vanderwagon closely resembled the behavior of Burt toward the end. In fact, everyone at the facility except for Carson and DeVaca begin to display abnormal and erratic behavior that Carson at first presumes is the result of tight quarters or contamination by X-FLU.

However, Carson has an epiphany after conducting further tests on influenza and discovers that what caused the virus to mutate is Burt's filtering system — a system that was used to filter the artificial blood product PurBlood that GeneDyne is releasing in hospitals across the nation in mere days. Burt's journal confirms that PurBlood is in fact contaminated; Burt's filtering system caused the contamination by mutating the cells in the artificial blood.

Carson and DeVaca are the only workers at the Mount Dragon facility who did not undergo a PurBlood transfusion for beta testing, and thus are the only ones not driven to insanity by the contamination. They set off an explosion to destroy the facility and flee from its homicidal and suicidal inhabitants. Attempting to alert officials before PurBlood can be introduced across the nation, resulting in an epidemic, Carson and DeVaca set off on horseback across the arid New Mexico desert, hundreds of miles from the nearest civilization. They are chased by the security director, an eccentric Englishman named Nye whose PurBlood-induced madness has led him to believe that there is a treasure buried in the desert and that Carson and DeVaca are trying to steal it from him. After days of thirst and starvation, Carson and DeVaca find water—and the remains of the worthless "treasure" of Spanish explorer Mondragón—before engaging in a fight-to-the-death battle with Nye. Carson and DeVaca are injured, but survive, and make it to a nearby cattle ranch in time to spread the word about the dangers of PurBlood.

Aside from the action-ridden plot of Carson and DeVaca, the novel highlights political and scientific battle between the CEO of GeneDyne, Brent Scopes, and his former best friend, Charles Levine, over the ethics of genetic modification. Scopes argues that genetic modification, such as that involved in the creation of PurBlood, will one day lead to a healthier human race. Levine counters that the extent of the dangers of genetically modified products is unknown, and that humans should proceed with caution in genetically altering or engineering products that could change the biological make-up of humanity. In the end, Scopes and Levine are exposed to the mutated influenza virus X-FLU and resolve their differences before dying.

Continuity
Mime, the "Thalidomide baby" hacker who assists Professor Levine, later appears in Preston and Child's Aloysius Pendergast series, offering similar assistance to Special Agent Pendergast.  GeneDyne devices are also used in early Pendergast novels.

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Weight-Loss Surgery Might Also Help Prevent Cataracts
Ernie Mundell
THURSDAY, May 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery can trim waistlines, and new research suggests it could also protect aging eyes.
The study found that after bariatric (weight-loss) surgery, a person's odds for cataracts can drop significantly, especially among younger patients.
Why might that be so? According to Swiss researchers, weight loss in obese patients may lower oxidative stress on cells, cellular inflammation, and even prompt diabetes and high blood pressure into remission, all of which are healthy for the eyes.
One weight-loss surgeon in the United States called the findings a "real wow."
The researchers show "how what you eat and the consequences of obesity impact on virtually every aspect of your health," said Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of obesity surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
The research was led by Dr. Theresa Burkard of ETH Zurich. Her team used data from nationwide health care registries in Sweden. The data focused on just over 22,500 people who had undergone obesity surgery between 2006 and 2019, and over 35,500 matched obese patients who had not had bariatric surgery.
The patients were aged 40 to 79, and were followed for an average of 6 years.
Although the study couldn't prove a cause-and-effect relationship, the researchers found that the risk of cataracts was reduced by 29% in patients who had weight-loss surgery, compared with those who didn't.
The lowest risk of cataracts was seen in surgery patients aged 40 to 49, who were about 50% less likely to develop cataracts, compared with patients who did not have bariatric surgery, Burkard said.
Among patients aged 60 or over, however, the beneficial effect seemed to disappear, with no significant difference in the risk of cataracts between groups.
The lowest risk of cataracts was also linked to the surgical techniques that resulted in the greatest weight loss.
"Operations such as [gastric] bypass or duodenal switch, which have more weight loss and less weight regain, have a more pronounced impact" on cataract risk, Roslin noted. That could be because those procedures "alter eating to a greater degree and offer more lasting weight loss," he theorized.
The Swiss team also saw no differences between the sexes in reductions in the risk for cataracts after bariatric surgeries.
Dr. Matthew Gorski is an ophthalmologist at Northwell Health in Great Neck, N.Y. Reading over the findings, he said they offer hope against a common and sometimes debilitating eye condition.
"Cataracts are a leading cause of reversible blindness and loss of vision in the world," Gorski said. "Symptoms of cataracts include blurry vision, glare, halos, loss of contrast sensitivity, or difficulty with depth perception. Cataracts can lead to trouble reading or difficulty with driving during the day or night."
Right now, "cataract surgery is the only way to treat cataracts and is a low risk, quick, and efficient procedure to improve vision," Gorski added.
As for the study findings, "obesity is a known risk factor for development of cataracts, so it makes sense that decreasing obesity would decrease the risk of cataracts," he said.
The findings of the study were presented Wednesday at the virtual meeting of the European Congress on Obesity. Findings presented at medical meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
For more on obesity and health, head to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SOURCES: Matthew Gorski, MD, ophthalmologist, Northwell Health, Great Neck, N.Y.; Mitchell Roslin, MD, chief, obesity surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; European Congress on Obesity, news release, May 12, 2021
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(626) 812-5180 1003 N. Azusa Ave. Azusa, CA 91702. The Azusa Women's club is a beautiful historical wedding location that accommodates up to 250 guests.