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Territoria 3000 o Isidora 3000 es un conjunto arquitectónico que comprende oficinas, departamentos y comercios (Residencias W, Mundo W), además del Hotel W; fue inaugurado en 2009. Está ubicado en avenida Isidora Goyenechea en el barrio El Golf (el que, a su vez, se encuentra parcialmente en la zona conocida como Sanhattan, centro financiero de la ciudad de Santiago, Chile). En un principio era el cuarto más alto de la ciudad, pero en 2011 pasó a ser el noveno en el ranking. El diseño de este edificio de 29 pisos es de Handel Architects LLP, de Nueva York.

W Santiago

El Isidora 3000 alberga el primer hotel W de Sudamérica. Ocupando los 11 primeros niveles del complejo, W Santiago cuenta con 200 habitaciones con tarifas que van a partir de los USD 299, siendo la WOW Extreme Suite la más cara con una tarifa de USD 3.000 la noche. Además cuenta con el prestigioso servicio de Whatever/Whenever (Lo que quieras/Cuando quieras) exclusivo de W hotels que podrá satisfacer los deseos más caprichosos que se le puedan ocurrir a sus huéspedes.

W Residences

La cadena W, del grupo Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, abre sus primeras W Residences fuera de Estados Unidos en nada más y nada menos que en Santiago, Chile, ofreciendo 43 exclusivos departamentos y 3 penthouses que además se suman al distinguido servicio Whatever/Whenever que ofrece W hotels.

Detalles

 Inmobiliaria: Territoria S. A.
 Arquitectura: Handel Architects LLP (NY)
 Diseño Interior: Tony Chi & Assoc. (NY) / Sergio Echeverría Edwards (Chile)
 Paisajismo: Roberto Elkis (Brasil)
 Altura: 118 metros
 Pisos: 29 pisos
 Condición: En uso
 Rango:
 2011:
 En Chile: 9.º lugar.

Véase también

 Anexo:Edificios más altos de Chile

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página web de Territoria
 Página web de Handel Architects

Rascacielos de Santiago de Chile
Arquitectura de 2008
Las Condes
Rascacielos de Chile entre 100 y 149 metros

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Award-Winning Tour Operator Outlines Six Reasons Why August Is Best Month to Visit Ireland
Released on Thursday, 16 May 2019 10:48
COUNTY WICKLOW, Ireland, May 16, 2019 – One tour operator packs more of its award-wining itineraries into August than into any other month.
Why August?
Rob Rankin, owner with Amy Rankin of Vagabond Small Group Tours of Ireland, offers his top six reasons.
No Sweat. Temperatures average a comfortable 66℉with perhaps up to three inches of rain. But heh! No rain, no green. We love our rain!
Escape the Crowds. Unspoiled, underpopulated and unbothered by crowds and queues; Ireland's off-the-beaten-path villages, coastlines and mountains are left beautifully empty, even in August. If you want to be poked with a selfie stick, try the south of France.
Fetes & Tetes. For sure there will be a few tetes (wigs) at our many local festivals where locals who are characters in their daily lives take center stage. Here are a few for 2019.
- Kerry sets itself up every year to honor a wild goat. Puck Fair annually (for 400 years) crowns a bearded beast as King Puck as throngs dance to live music. This year's dates are Aug. 10-12.
- Fleadh Ceoil na hEireann (pronounced flaa kee-ole na hare-on) celebrates traditional Irish music in a different town each year. In 2019, 'the flaa' will be in Drogheda from Aug. 11–19.
- Waterford Walls draws world-renowned artists to Ireland's oldest city to create total mayhem and amazing graffiti on Aug. 22-25.
- Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival now in its 25th year brings tall tales to Ireland's southernmost inhabited island Aug. 30-Sept. 1.
- Dublin Horse Show is all about the coveted Aga Khan trophy from Aug. 7-22.
Get Stuffed. August is by far the best time to eat your way to the soul of Ireland. Clean oceans deliver delicate scallops, delightful seabass and delicious mackerel. We call these "the bacon of the sea." Veggies, not all green, explode from gardens. Those distinctive hedgerows abound with wild blackberries and elderberries. Maybe it's time for some local foraging? Wild venison now appears on menus. A summertime classic, the 99, is a soft-serve ice cream served in a cone with a Cadbury-produced 99 Flake (chocolate) bar.
The Games are the Thing. Gaelic Games (GAA, or gaaah) are Ireland's national sports. August provides the exciting preamble to September's All-Ireland finals. If you're in Dublin, don't miss the riot of color and atmosphere that is a GAA championship match at Croke Park. It's one of Europe's largest, noisiest stadia. When we're out and about, almost any town and village we pass will be hosting Gaelic football or hurling matches.
By the Sea. Some Vagabond itineraries call for ferry rides to nearby islands such as The Skelligs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site commemorating the ruins of a one-time monastery (and a filming site for Star Wars); Scattery Island, with deserted village, monastic ruins and stone round tower hinting of Napoleonic-era battlements;and the world-class gardenson Garnish Island. While water temps top out in August at around 64°F, travelers love to stroll the beach and enjoy the sun that shines this time of year from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Following are three tours the Rankins recommend, especially in August:
8 Day Vagabond Wild Irish Rover https://vagabondtoursofireland.com/tour/ireland-trips-award-winning-8-day/
7 Day Vagabond World Tour of Ireland https://vagabondtoursofireland.com/tour/7-days-in-ireland/
7 Day Magnetic North Adventure Tour https://vagabondtoursofireland.com/tour/7-day-magnetic-north-northern-ireland-adventure-tour/
Vagabond Small Group Tours of Ireland offers two styles of culturally immersive travel. Vagabond Adventure Tours (which include the three tours mentioned above) are for active travelers who want to mix up hiking and biking and other outdoor adventures with history, culture, dining and shopping. And Driftwood Journeys of Discovery which follow similar itineraries but at an intimate and in-depth looking and lingering pace, sans the physical exertion.
On all of its tours, Vagabond staff curate locally owned accommodations, pubs and restaurants that help serve their goal of authenticity. In the end the mission is to have guests "love Ireland as much as we do." Transport is in a custom 4x4 Mercedes 'Vagatron' that allows access beyond where regular tour buses go.
For details on all of Vagabond Small Group Tours of Ireland itineraries, availability and for 2019-2020 reservations, please visit https://vagabondtoursofireland.com/. Call toll free (from the US) 1.833-230-0288; in Ireland 00353 (0) 1 5634358; or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
About Vagabond Small Group Tours of Ireland
In 2013, Vagabond Small Group Tours of Ireland was honored by National Geographic Traveler with a Top 50 Tour of a Lifetime distinction. In 2015 and 2017 the company was named the "Best Adventure Experience" at the Irish Tourism Awards. In 2017, Vagabond became Ireland's first tour operator to achieve Ecotourism Gold Level Certification and in 2018, Vagabond Tours won The Green Tourism & Entertainment category in Ireland's most prestigious Green (business) Awards. In February 2019, the company won two top Irish Tourism Industry Awards for the Best Ireland Ancient East Tourism Experience and Best Environmental Tourism Innovation.
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With the arrival of the Olympic Flame in London, the countdown to the start of the Games has commenced
The arrival of the Olympic Flame in London marks the start of the last week before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. In the next seven days, the torch will continue to wing its way through the streets of the British capital, covering 200 miles and passing through the hands of another 982 torch-bearers. Before coming to London, the torch was carried by over 7,000 torch-bearers and visited more than 1,000 communities scattered across the whole of Great Britain. It has been calculated that some 9,000,000 people applauded the passage of the flame and the same enthusiasm is expected in the streets of London, where a huge crowd will surely welcome it in each of the 33 districts of the city. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "The arrival of the Olympic Flame is a huge moment for the capital and an incredible opportunity for Londoners to experience, right on their doorsteps, the growing excitement as the countdown to the start of the Olympic Games moves ever nearer".
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Did you know the same resource you call to answer support questions about your Toro® irrigation system offers training sessions to help you get the most out of that system?
Toro NSN courses are held in regional locations around the world and at various Toro locations. Lynx Level 1 and Level 2 are two-day courses that include computer-based instruction using a pre-loaded database, so participants can apply what they learn on functional Toro hardware operating in real time. The Level 1 course covers the nuts and bolts of the system, and the Level 2 course offers more advanced instruction for experienced users. The Level 3 course for power users is two and a half days and allows participants to bring their own database to work with during the session. Lynx Daily Operation is a one-day course covering the basics for the infrequent user, foreman, irrigation tech, etc. All classes are GCSAA accredited.
Regional training is primarily hosted by Toro distributors during the off season (typically October through May). It's not only a valuable learning experience — it's also an excellent networking event where you can connect with other golf course professionals and Toro.
Lunch is provided both days, along with dinner the first evening. Participants also receive a detailed resource manual, a completion certificate, plaque and complimentary gift. Classes are taught by licensed superintendents who are active in their regional GCSAA organization, and participants earn CEUs for completing the class.
This increasingly popular option offers personalized one-on-one training that is specific your needs. You fill out a survey about what you want to accomplish in one training session, and NSN schedules that training. A field service component may also be included for a more hands-on experience.
There are two options to choose from: instructor-led web-based training in 1- or 2-hour blocks of time, or in-person training where a professional trainer comes to your operation for a half day or full day of training utilizing your course's database. The online option is good for those who want to save time and travel costs, whereas the in-person option may be more cost-effective for sites with multiple participants (such as golf courses with a large internship program or a group of new employees to train).
NSN Focused Training is available at a separate cost for all Toro Lynx and SitePro customers with current NSN subscriptions. Contact Nick Morgan at 1-888-676-8676, option 2, for details.
Originally developed as a summer supplement to the training program, these live webinars are now available on the second Tuesday of every month at 12 p.m. Central time from October to May. From May to October, the sessions are Tuesdays or Thursdays with varying times to assist international customers. Webinars last 30 to 60 minutes and focus on one topic, covering key foundational information or enhancements available in new releases of Lynx. There is no cost to participate; simply sign up for the session(s) you want to attend.
Available to current NSN customers through the NSN Portal, these free online training videos cover a wide range of topics and average about 10 minutes each. Ideal for new Lynx users, the videos provide an orientation to the system, as well as key system basics.
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Prepaid tuition is included with Toro NSN Support Ultimate, Optimum and Classic 36 renewal packages. If you do not currently have NSN Support or your NSN Support package does not include prepaid tuition, you may pay the tuition separately to attend the training.
If you're on NSN's contact list, watch your email for an invitation when training is scheduled for your region. Toro distributors also contact customers in a variety of ways to invite them to regional sessions, from phone calls to emails to direct mail. To learn more or sign up for a course, call NSN Support Training Administrator, Nick Morgan, at 1-888-676-8676, option 2. More information and a regional training schedule are also available in the training section at www.toronsn.com.


Dr. Stuart Cook became the president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey last month, while Dr. R. Barbara Gitenstein, currently the executive vice president and provost of Drake University in Iowa, will become president of the College of New Jersey on Saturday. They are just the newest in a group of college and university presidents who have assumed office in the state this year.
The new presidents spoke about changes planned for their schools, the effect of the Internet on higher education and how to keep New Jersey high school graduates from leaving the state for college.
Dr. Stuart Cook, who became president of the University on Nov. 23, had been acting president since July 1. He was founding chairman of the Department of Neurosciences at U.M.D.N.J.-New Jersey Medical School. He had been acting president since July.
The board of trustees voted unanimously in November to have him succeed Dr. Stanley S. Bergen Jr., the only other president to head the health sciences university since its founding in 1970. It includes three medical schools and four teaching hospitals.
''When I was asked to serve in an interim position, I was not particularly interested in being president. I had my patients and my research. But I got involved and began to feel I had something to contribute,'' he said.
CHANGES Although he expects no fundamental changes, Dr. Stuart said he might emphasize research a bit more than his predecessor had, particularly since the National Institute of Health is doubling its research budget.
Dr. Cook feels U.M.D.N.J. is already keeping students in-state because it is competitive with other universities in health-science fields. The university also has a commitment to accepting an ethnically diverse population that reflects the state's population. ''We have a high school in Camden'' he said, referring to the Medical Arts High School, affiliated with U.M.D.N.J.'s osteopathy school, ''that has had tremendous success in placing students in college, and we want to start a science high school in Newark.'' .
Dr. R. Barbara Gitenstein will take over as president of the College of New Jersey in Trenton next Saturday. She has been chief academic officer and chief operating officer of Drake University in Iowa. Before that, she was associate provost at the State University of New York at Oswego. A professor of English, she has written extensively on Jewish and American literature.
Dr. Gitenstein succeeds Dr. Harold W. Eickhoff, president since 1980, who had been criticized by some faculty members for his leadership style.
''There is a natural tendency to have disagreements between faculty and the administration,'' Dr. Gitenstein said; the conflict did not deter her from taking the job.
This is a question the Legislature will have to continue to address, she said. It is important to keep good students in New Jersey schools because ''most students stay in the state where they graduate. They get jobs there and pay taxes there,'' she said.
In September, Dr. Susan Cole became the first woman to be president of Montclair State University, which has 13,000 students. This was a return to New Jersey for Dr. Cole, who previously served as vice president of university administration and personnel at Rutgers University. A professor of English, she more recently was president of Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The Legislature needs to focus on the quality of the state's public colleges and universities. ''Given the density of the state population, it has not invested enough in schools,'' Dr. Cole said. Schools that are in disrepair will not attract students, she said, and the goal should be to attract students from other states as well.
Dr. Donald J. Farish took over as president of Rowan University in Glassboro in July. He was previously provost and vice president for academic affairs since 1990 at Sonoma State University in California. With a background in entomology, zoology and biology, Dr. Farish is credited with incorporating new technology into the undergraduate curriculum at Sonoma and increasing student services, which led to an increase in the rate of student retention from 74 percent to 82 percent. He is the author of six books and more than a dozen scientific articles in magazines and journals.
oo many students leave the state, either because they cannot get into schools here or they think the education is better elsewhere, Dr. Farish said. For those who feel they can get a better education elsewhere, ''they are wrong and we have to work on our credibility.'' For those who cannot get into schools here, the Legislature has to address the problem of creating more room, he said.
Dr. Gail O. Mellow became the fourth president of Gloucester County College in Sewell last month. She is the first woman to hold the position at the college, which has 5,000 students. She was previously on the faculty of community colleges in Connecticut and New York. With a background in social psychology, she has written extensively on women's issues. While serving on vocational-research and private-industry councils in Connecticut, she introduced a program that helped develop a regional economic planning process.
For county colleges, that is not a challenge, Dr. Mellow said, because county colleges provide educational services for those students staying in the area and for those who go away to college but decide that it is not the right atmosphere for them. ''We keep people connected to education and we help root people in the community,'' she said.
Dr. Kenneth L. Ender assumed the presidency of Cumberland County College, in Vineland, which has about 2,500 students, in August. Before that, he was vice president for academic affairs at Richland Community College in Decatur, Ill. He also has held administrative positions at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, at Cleveland State University and at Virginia Commonwealth University, and has taught urban studies.
Dr. Ender is coordinating the college's curriculum with business and industrial leaders in Cumberland County and is introducing more technical education.
''The infrastructure of colleges is not going to go away. A campus brings a set of support services and a sense of community that is part of the human experience,'' he said.
Sister Francis Raftery was inaugurated as the president of the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown in April. For 22 years she was chairwoman of the teacher-education program at the college, then left for 10 years to work in an administrative position in health care as part of the Sisters of Charity in Paterson. She is now the spokeswoman for the largest program of building and renovation ever undertaken by the college, which now has 521 women in the Women's College, which is the original school founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1899, and 832 students in other divisions.
The Internet is becoming invaluable in that it can connect students of a small college with other institutions of higher education. ''We offer distance learning and are connected to 40 colleges, but what we do best is the interaction between students and faculty. Technology is adding to our curriculum, not replacing it,'' Sister Francis said.


WASHINGTON (AP) - How do you keep a new Supreme Court justice's head from getting too big?
Start by making him take notes and answer the door at the justices' private meetings. Then, remind him he speaks last at those discussions. Finally, assign him the job of listening to gripes about the food at the court's cafeteria.
Still, it can take all the justices a while to adjust. Justice Samuel Alito says that when he took over as the court's rookie from Justice Stephen Breyer in 2006, after Breyer had been the court's junior member for more than a decade, Breyer still leapt up the first time someone interrupted the justices' private conference with a knock.
Gorsuch will take over junior justice duties from Justice Elena Kagan, who has held the spot since 2010. Kagan has said of her door-opening duties: "Literally, if there is a knock on the door and I don't hear it there will not be a single other person who will move. They'll just all stare at me until I figure out: 'Oh, I guess somebody knocked on the door.'"
Kagan said at Princeton in 2014 that retrieving a justice's forgotten pair of glasses or coffee from whomever is knocking sometimes conflicts with her other job at private meetings: taking notes.
Kagan has said other justices also liked to rib her about the food at the court since it's the junior justice's job to help oversee the cafeteria, which is frequented by court employees and visitors.
Chief Justice John Roberts has said that the appointment to the cafeteria committee has another function for a new justice.
"It's a way of bringing them back down to Earth after the excitement of confirmation and appointment," Roberts told an audience in 2011 following Kagan's appointment.
Kagan said it worked and that it's a way of telling the new justice: "You're not so important after all ... You have to spend an hour every month thinking about the chocolate chip cookies."
Kagan's main cafeteria committee accomplishment has been introducing a frozen yogurt machine. Breyer expanded the cafeteria's salad bar and added Starbucks coffee. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice, found herself in some hot water when she singlehandedly chose a new cafeteria food service company. Several committee members promptly resigned.
For Gorsuch, cafeteria duty is likely the least of his worries. Kagan, who like Gorsuch clerked on the court, compared adjusting to being a justice to "drinking out of a firehose" and said the "learning curve is extremely steep, sometimes it seems vertical."
Justice Byron White had a five-year rule, telling new justices that's how long adjusting takes. Justice Clarence Thomas, who joined the court in 1991, said White told him: "Well, Clarence, in your first five years you wonder how you got here. After that you wonder how your colleagues got here."


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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced on Wednesday afternoon that they are taking a step back from royal life as "senior" members of the royal family.
While the couple still aims to support Queen Elizabeth and the Commonwealth, Meghan and Harry are working to become "financially independent" from the crown. They will also be splitting their time between the United Kingdom and North America, most presumably in Canada.
The couple's website goes into more depth about how their new, updated approach to working with the media will "enhance access" and "share information more freely with members of the public."
As explained on their website Sussexroyal.com, the couple will be ditching the traditional Royal Rota system.
The website explains that the system was established four decades ago to give certain U.K. print and broadcast media -- such as the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror and the Sun -- exclusive access to royal content through engagements and photos.
"The current system predates the dramatic transformation of news reporting in the digital age," the royals' website explains.
In an effort to "reflect both their forthcoming change as members of the Royal Family with financial independence," Meghan and Harry will be revising this system to interact more freely with the public and ensure accurate reporting. This includes engaging with grassroots media organizations, providing access to "credible media outlets focused on objective news reporting" and taking on a bigger role in their social media accounts, which is no longer required to be filtered by the Royal Rota system.
"The current structure makes it challenging for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to personally share moments in their lives directly with members of the public," they explained.
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Select the modules for which you want the alert notifications to be received.
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Q: SQL uploading replacing an entire column with (id, value) pairs I have a SQL table and want to update one of the columns with an entirely new column of data. I have a list of (ID, value) pairs that looks as follows:
(2336, 21),
(2337, 13),
(2338, 17),
(2339, 20),
(2340, 21),
(2341, 4),
.
.
.

How can I write an SQL statement that will use these to look for each id in the table and replace it with the new value?
For example, it would find the row with id 2336 and replace its value with 21. (value is the name of another column).
I have looked into replace but it doesn't look like that will do the trick.

A: Your can create temp table for your new values and use UPDATE with JOIN to this temp table. Please try this:
create table #newValues (Id INT, Value INT)
insert into #newValues (Id, Value) VALUES (1, 21)
insert into #newValues (Id, Value) VALUES (2, 22)

create table #originalTable (Id INT, Value INT)
insert into #originalTable (Id, Value) VALUES (1, 31)
insert into #originalTable (Id, Value) VALUES (2, 32)
insert into #originalTable (Id, Value) VALUES (3, 33)

UPDATE #originalTable
    SET
        #originalTable.Value = #newValues.Value
    FROM #originalTable
    JOIN #newValues ON #newValues.Id = #originalTable.Id

A: Each database seems to have its own format for updating values from another table.  If we assuming that the new data is already in a table, then this would work in most (if not all) databases:
update original
    set value = (select n.value from newdata n where n.id = original.id)
    where exists (select 1 from newdata n where n.id = original.id);

A: I'm not sure I completely understand but....
If you have two fields within the same table, I'll define them as old pair and new pair. You want the "old" ID to match the "new" value?
What I would probably do is separate the fields into IDs and Values. And then create a new table that will only be used to bring in the NEW values.
Something like this:
SELECT
 LEFT(OriginalTable.OldPair,7) AS OriginalID
,RIGHT(OriginalTable.OldPair,3) AS OriginalValue

,LEFT(OriginalTable.OldPair,7) + RIGHT(NewTable.NewPair,3)

FROM OriginalTable
LEFT OUTER JOIN NewTable
ON LEFT(OriginalTable.OldPair,7) = LEFT(NewTable.NewPair,7)

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In the way we're going, allow God to go before us.
So what are the hindrances?
Iniquity are things that do not allow us to do God's will; things that keep us doing our own works only. Iniquity will also cause us to do evil and unclean deeds to those God sent to us.
In the last days, God wants to bring us into His kingdom. But the devil will try to bring us unbelief. Do not give room to him.
However, if we allow God to go before us, He will remove all hindrances.
4) He will make all crooked places straight.
"I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:"(Isaiah 45:2).
Therefore, if you feel that you're in one of the categories, fear not, there is HOPE. If we allow God to go before us, He will bless us with the above four promises!
Praise be to our God who is faithful and above all things!


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Motorsports has potential to be a mass sport in India: Gaurav Gill
Gill said that it took some time for the news of his Arjuna award win to sink in. "I had just finished my training and was having my power nap in the afternoon," he said about the day he got to know about it.
Gaurav Gill (File image) | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspIANS
New Delhi: Gaurav Gill believes that motorsports has the potential to become a mass sport in India. The 37-year-old rally car, who recently became the first from the field of motorsports to win an Arjuna award, said that India having one of the largest automobiles industries in the world is something that motorsports should harness.
"India is very quickly becoming the world's third-largest automobile manufacturer. If it has the capacity to do that and if it can have millions of vehicles on the road, our sport is directly linked to that," Gill told IANS.
Gill announced on Friday that he will be entering the World Rally Championship 2 this season representing JK Tyre Motorsport for the first time. His previous forays into the WRC2 came during his tenure with MRF that lasted over 12 years. He will be starting at Rally of Turkey that is scheduled for later this month.
"Somebody called me up and said congratulations. And I said, for what? I didn't do any rally recently and I didn't win anything. Then the person told me that I was on the final list of Arjuna Awards. I got up and made a few other calls and it took me a few days to realise that this had happened. It was an amazing feeling."
He said that a direct effect of this win is the encouragement it gives to parents to let their kids get into motorsports, citing the example of the number of calls he and JK Tyre Motorsport chief Sanjay "Hardy" Sharma received.
"I am flooded with calls and messages about my academy. People want to have me help their younger ones to pursue it. Hardy actually got more calls because people are sending their kids for karting. Now they can see that if they start something like this now, 10 years down the line they will reap the rewards," he said.
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Atmospheric dust emissions can be threat for the environmental and human health. Long-term emission occurs in this area due to the Pb-Zn hydrothermal exploitation (Sasa and Zletovo mines) and copper ore exploitation and flotation (Bučim mine), in the area of Bregalnica river basin. The present study propose a combined model based on: bioindication with moss species (Hypnum cupressiforme and Homolothecium lutescens), and universal kriging mapping for determination of arsenic distribution. For that purpose, 149 moss samples were collected from the area, and both moss species were used interchangeably. At the same sampling points, soil samples from the surface layer were also collected. Mass spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-MS) was used for determination of total arsenic content in moss and soil samples. Prior to analysis, the samples were totally digested with the application of microwave system for samples digestion for moss samples and open wet digestion was used for total dissolution of soil samples. Spatial distribution maps were constructed for determination and localizing of narrower areas with higher contents of arsenic. The content of arsenic in moss tissue (regarding air-born dust) ranges from 0.05 mg/kg to 4.28 mg/kg, while distribution of arsenic in soil samples ranges from 3 to 261 mg/kg. Dominant lithogenic occurrence of arsenic was correlated with areas of Neogene pyroclastites (volcanism).
BALABANOVA, Biljana et al. BIOINDICATION ABBILITY OF Hypnum cupressiforme AND Homolothecium lutescens FOR DERMINATION OF ARSENIC DISTRIBUTION IN ENVIRONMENT. Journal of Agriculture and Plant Sciences, [S.l.], v. 15, n. 1/2, p. 15-26, dec. 2017. ISSN 2545-4455. Available at: <http://js.ugd.edu.mk/index.php/YFA/article/view/1912>. Date accessed: 23 apr. 2019.


These vitamins are the building blocks of the industrious red blood cells: they carry nutrition and oxygen all through the body and to your scalp, hair shaft and follicles. Lacking these essentials can mean that the above mentioned function of your red blood cells will be impaired.
BEST FOODS FOR B VITAMINS: Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), salmon (fresh, canned), lean beef, chicken, oats, bananas, pistachio nuts, lentils, tomatoes, barley, brown rice, broccoli, carrots, peanuts and peanut butter, eggs, shrimp, tofu, apricots, watermelon, avocados, strawberries and whole grain bread. Shellfish, salmon (fresh, canned), soy milk, low-fat cottage cheese, milk and yogurt, spinach, mustard greens, peas, okra, beets, sunflower seeds, oranges and orange juice, papaya, seaweed, cauliflower and corn.
Another B vitamin, biotin, is essential for hair and scalp health. Luckily, because our bodies make their own biotin and it's all abundantly found in most common foods, it is unlikely to develop a biotin deficiency.
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For vegetarians, it's important to stock up on iron-rich plant foods like spinach and dark greens, lentils and beans. Additionally, Vitamin C betters the body's ability to absorb iron from plant sources, so it's more beneficial to consume Vitamin C rich foods alongside iron rich plant foods in the same meal. Iron helps the red blood cells to carry oxygen. Anaemia, a condition caused by a deficiency of iron, is when the cells aren't provided enough oxygen to enable their proper function. Hence iron rich foods are necessary for healthy hair. Iron found in meat, called heme-iron, is more easily absorbed by the body than iron found in plant foods.
BEST FOODS FOR IRON-RICH PROTEIN: Lean beef and lamb, chicken and turkey (especially dark meat), shrimp, egg yolks.
BEST IRON–RICH VEGETABLES: Spinach, seaweed, asparagus, mustard greens, kale and broccoli.
Enabling the body to more readily absorb plant source derived iron is one of the many reasons that Vitamin C is necessary for hair health. This in turn ensures plenty of iron for the red blood cells to effectively transmit oxygen to cells in the scalp. Vitamin C is also used to form collagen, a structural fibre that holds everything together: hair follicles, blood vessels, and skin. Vitamin C deficiency is the most common cause of ingrown hairs and redness around hair follicles.
BEST FOODS FOR VITAMIN C: Guava, bell peppers, oranges and orange juice, grapefruit and grapefruit juice, strawberries, pineapple, papaya, lemons and lemon juice, broccoli, kale, kidney beans, kiwi, cantaloupe, cauliflower, cabbage (all varieties), mangoes, mustard greens, tomatoes, sugar, peas, watermelon, tangerines, okra, lychees and persimmons.
When absorbed in the body, beta carotene is converted to vitamin A which is necessary for all cell growth, including hair cells. Although imperative for healthy hair, excessive amounts of Vitamin A can cause hair loss. Check your multivitamin to make sure that you ingest not more that 50% of your daily requirement of Vitamin A (sometimes listed as retinol on labels). The rest of the Vitamin A required by the body should be from beta carotene rich foods which is converted to Vitamin A and dispensed to the body when needed.
BEST FOODS FOR BETA CAROTENE: Sweet potatoes, carrots, kale, pumpkin, mustard greens, cantaloupe, apricots, spinach, lettuce (green, red and romaine), grapefruit, watermelon, cherries, mangos, tomatoes, guava and red cabbage.
Zinc is involved with the maintenance of the oil glands around the hair follicle and hair tissue. Zinc deficiencies can lead to dandruff and hair loss.
BEST FOODS FOR ZINC: Lean beef and lamb, chicken or turkey (especially dark meat, pumpkin seeds, low-fat yogurt, beans (such as black, chickpea/garbanzo, kidney), lentils, soybeans (edamame), pine nuts, cashews, peanuts and peanut butter and sunflower seeds.


Below are statements released from global Anglican meetings with which we are in doctrinal agreement.
Statement from the initial Global Anglican Futures Conference (Gafcon), 2013.
Statement from the second Gafcon meeting, held in Nairobi, Kenya, 2013.
Statement from the Primates meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya, 2016.
Hear the bishop's sermon, in which he reads this letter, the letter from the College of Bishops, and offers pastoral direction here.


Any comments on what is missing or should have been excluded, or the shapes in the Symbola rendition?
This is very interesting. I looked through the pdf file and located the alchemical symbols.
I installed the font file on my system, but sadly my old version of Word does not appear to allow me to access these. Most of the other material is shown, even the I-Ching hexagrams, but not the alchemical symbols. There must be some extension to the standard that is inaccessible to my earlier version of Word.
Thus we can use the symbols while chatting Certainly, one needs to have the font installed before doing that.
Concerning MS Word, I'm pretty sure earlier versions did not support Unicode directly, while in the recent version the file format was totally changed -- to zipped XML, actually, so Unicode is the default encoding.
Sadly, all my Magnum Opus books are formatted in the earlier version of Word and I don't dare upgrade as this will no doubt replace the old version of Word. I may then find that when opened in the new version, the old Magnum Opus book files will become re-formatted, and the text reflowed, so that I will not be able to print them out.
It is a pity as I would like to use those alchemical symbols for the Alchemical Diary manuscript that I would like to publish one day. It has many alchemical symbols in the text, and I have tried to create my own font of these, but it would be much easier to use the symbola font.
For your information, the characters you show above, for me can only be seen in Firefox 3.6. Google Chrome which I use most of time shows them as blank squares, as does Internet Explorer. This may be related to my use of XP rather than the more recent versions of Windows.
Yes, they do not appear in Opera, either. So it seems FireFox is the only browser that can do font substitutions correctly. What is happening here is, I believe, that when FireFox does not have the particular character codes in the default website font (Arial or Verdana), it finds another font in the system which has them. The other browsers simply accept the current font does not have the characters and displays rectangles.
But if you make a web page and define the font as "Symbola", the symbols display correctly in any of the popular browsers. Copying the below to a text file and saving as UTF-8 should work.
Why don't you download Sun Systems OpenOffice (like MS Word only completely free) and set it in that with Symbola installed?
As I understand it (from my experience), there is a 3-stage process with regard to symbols.
2. The particular font must incorporate them into itself. Look at the difference between Arial and Arial Unicode MS. In another area I work in, the standard for documents is Arial. With a change to the handling of foreign names (specifically transliterations from Arabic), we have had to move to the latter, as vanilla Arial will not cope with some of the diacritics.
It is at the latter stage that the problems arise with Word not being able to recognise the symbols in Symbola.
I have the same problem with the bibliographic database that I use. Even though I use a font for input/output that has a complete range of diacritic characters (Gentium), the software only recognises 0000-00FF. They are changing the software in response to user complaints in this area.
Sorry for the late response on this, I'm catching up on messages.
I have found one missing symbol - a combination of Nitre and Sulphur, where the Nitre symbol (circle with vertical bar) is placed inside the triangle of Sulphur.
It works well within Word, using Insert Symbol & changing the font for just the symbol required to Symbola, with the rest of the document in Times.
At the time of writing (January 2014), there is a limited number of fonts that support these characters: Symbola (at http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/), Everson Mono and Everson Mono Oblique (at http://www.evertype.com/emono/), the Apple font Last Resort (at http://www.unicode.org/policies/lastresortfont_eula.html).
Unless someone knows better, of course!


Yesterday, FierceBiotech reported how an expert review of a tiny study for Genervon's ALS drug GM604 raised serious questions about the data that were provided by the company, which has aroused a furious campaign by ALS patients to gain an accelerated FDA approval. Today, in a rare break from the agency's standard "no comment" approach to experimental drugs, the agency called on the biotech to come clean and publicly release the actual results.
"We call upon Genervon to release all the data from their recently completed trial in order to allow a more informed discussion of the trial findings among ALS stakeholders," the FDA, noting the ALS community's interest, says in its statement. "Such a release should include the pre-specified clinical outcome measures as assessed by change from baseline observations that were taken just prior to randomization to drug or placebo. Such data provide the strongest basis to assess for drug-related changes in efficacy and safety parameters."
That's a remarkable position for an agency that abides by strict rules when it comes to the way it handles data, leaving it to biotechs to handle the talking points. A spokesperson for the agency noted that they had seen the Perrin piece, but said that today's statement had been in the works "to address the ongoing questions we've received about that drug from many people, including patients, families, media, etc."
Genervon's tiny 12-person study, with four people assigned to a placebo arm, assessed the drug's performance on several biomarkers for the disease, which would not be sufficient to gain an accelerated approval. But it also assessed an impact on ALSFRS-R rates and forced vital capacity, or FVC, among the patients. Genervon has not publicly revealed the ALSFRS-R data, which should reflect a specific change from baseline in patient performance. It did discuss, with considerable fanfare, what the biotech claimed was a major improvement in the rate of decline for FVC compared to placebo as well as one remarkable case in which a compassionate use patient experienced a rebound from the disease.
Reviewing the FVC data, Steve Perrin, president and chief scientific officer of the ALS Therapy Development Institute and an early skeptic of this drug, says the data didn't hold up on a review of a public database including hundreds of ALS patient experiences that could be used as a comparison measure. In that comparison, Genervon's drug arm actually performed slightly worse than the database average. There was no big improvement for patients taking GM604, says Perrin, raising questions about the way in which the data were collected, the patients were screened and selected for this study, and its importance to the ALS community.
"Based on the modeling demonstrated here from a very large patient cohort it does not appear plausible that the cohort of patients enrolled in the Genervon trial would represent a 'normal' cohort of ALS patients," Perrin noted. "Therefore based on the model I continue to be very skeptical that there is any way that GM604 could have provided any therapeutic benefit in this small of a trial with this short of an exposure."
While patients often say that this drug represents their only hope, Perrin has been quick to point out that there are a number of ALS drugs in the clinic. And if the patient campaign were to succeed, patients taking the drug would be excluded from trials for a drug that might actually work.
FierceBiotech followed up by asking Genervon CEO Winston Ko a simple question: Has the company actually filed a new drug application--which would be necessary for any kind of approval, accelerated or otherwise, that it's been demanding--and how has the FDA responded? If an NDA was filed, then the agency would have had a chance to see if the application was acceptable for review, or not.
The company, which is based in Pasadena, CA, and has cited biblical prophecy as an inspiration for its work, did not answer this question in a reply to FierceBiotech Friday afternoon. In an e-mail, Genervon did say it was considering the FDA's request, then repeated its demand for an immediate approval in order to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients.
"Through (accelerated approval)," the company wrote, "the FDA can get the large population data they could never get from Phase 3 trials while at the same time today's 30,000 ALS patients in the US will have access to treatment options. It takes a lot more courage for Genervon to allow GM604 to be exposed to a full spectrum of heterogeneous ALS patients through AAP with Phase 4 surveillance requirements than pursuing the much safer route of a very narrowly defined, controllable, small number of ALS patients in a Phase 3 trial. It is a more secure and conservative approach to go through the traditional phase 3 trial and then apply for a New Drug Application. We do not think that people really understand the risk Genervon is taking to try and save the lives of 30,000 US ALS patients alone."
"Did Perrin threatened (sic) all ALS patients who have or will be receiving GM604 treatment in your blog? When can his compound(s) be ready for trials? Have they passed all the preclinical tests? Perrin should declare with full disclosure of his conflict of interest. If GM604 is approved can his company survive or continue to get donations? Journalists has (sic) the responsibility to tell their readers. Perrin is challenging the integrity without proof of the two prominent PIs contracted by Genervon to screen, enroll and collect data according to the FDA approved protocol. Perrin is wrong by ignoring the facts (sic) that FDA approved protocol per our PI suggestion that we enrolled only very fast progress patients as disclosed in clinicaltrials.gov, only definite ALS patients and within 2 years of ALS onset...Perrin did not show any data or how he come up with his data. He made claims without basis."
FierceBiotech also contacted the two investigators for this study, Hiroshi Mitsumoto at Columbia University Medical Center and Merit Cudkowicz at Mass General.
Mass General's media group responded, saying that "unfortunately (Cudkowicz) will be unable to comment until the results have been reported in a peer-reviewed publication." Mitsumoto has not returned numerous messages in recent days.


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Thousands of years ago Teutonic fishermen made their fishhooks by having bent pieces of tough cartilage. Sometimes a fortunate one found a piece of metal that he could twist into a hook, which came to be called an angul, from their verb meaning "to bend," and survives today in the English word "angler" for a fisherman. One of the rich river valleys in Holstein, Germany was shaped so much like a fish hook that the district itself was termed Angul. Angul warriors joined other tribes in an invasion of Britain early in the 5th century, conquered it, made it their permanent home, and the name of their tribe was applied to all the conquered. In districts where Roman influence had been strong, natives modified the Teutonic name to "Angle," from whence comes "anglo," but in most sections Celtic influence transformed the word to "Engle. " Over the centuries "the land of Engles" evolved to "England."
In plain English we have called this "The Mother of All Bull Markets," in recent years led by the stocks in our "Internet List" and, while we worried through every temporary decline, we have often written that the Major bull market would end in a currency crisis that would introduce what we called "The Father of All Bear Markets."
Current stock markets cannot be understood without a clear grasp of the principles laid out in our Mass Psychology book. Mass optimism in spring was a Top, Mass pessimism in June was a Bottom, Mass optimism in July was another Top, so our current short-term position is that present Mass pessimism is yet another opportunity to buy. By DITPON.* Indeed, Mass pessimism is now so widespread and intense that the next bear-market rally should be blistering.
We led our loyal long-term TDLrs out of "emerging markets" in 1993, but now that there is a panic over the crashes in Russia and in other nations' stock markets with the Dow holding up, (see below) we have moved on to the understanding that wealthy capitalists in countries with bearish markets have no place to flee other than into American blue-chips, bonds, utilities, Internets and golds. Witness the strength that is already appearing in those US markets, based on considerations that have little to do with earnings or economics, but instead Mass Fear. So there is an outside chance that a bull market could revivify.
As evidenced by some of the gold charts in this issue, golds continue their Uptrends begun at the end of August. Deeply Oversold and undervalued, there is plenty of upside room just getting back to historic realities. For the last 17 years gold bullion has ricocheted aimlessly between around $280-$500, and now we are at the lower end of that Congestion Area waiting for the inevitable Upside Breakout or Downside Breakout we expect the former but are ready for the latter.
As wealthy people worldwide begin to worry about the vulnerability of their paper money, it stands to reason that they would hedge by buying some gold and silver. Indeed, the US Mint's figures back that up, as their sales of gold American Eagles are sharply higher this year. Maybe the devastating two-year bear market is ending. Is it not fascinating that the public is buying the gold that central bankers are selling?
Gold-mining shares are performing better than gold bullion, a trend that we expect to continue. New TDLrs are strongly advised to hedge their portfolios with precious metals shares for the long term, like fire insurance, hoping never to make money on them. Either place an equal amount in each of the ten issues in Supervised List #3 or, smaller investors place an equal amount into Franco-Nevada, Stillwater Mining, Newmont Gold and Pan American Silver. So far, blue-chips are leading the way higher, and the juniors now at rock-bottom levels should join the gold bull market in 1999.
Gold has rallied up toward the 300 area due to hedge-fund covering. The collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), ruined by heavy losses in Russian markets, caused central bankers to reflect on risk, and so began calling in the gold bullion that they had loaned to hedge-fund short sellers forcing them to cover.
Since we have long expected gold to come to the fore around the time of the end of "The Mother of All Bull Markets," we are watching golds carefully here. By DIGROC.* We also need corroboration from The Dines Theory* and strength in a wide range of commodities, especially silver. With the price of a gallon of gasoline less than the price of a gallon of yuppie bottled water, oil is bullish, at least short term. Since commodities worldwide are priced in dollars, lower US interest rates that weaken the US dollar would be bullish for oil prices but Greenspan's 1/4-point rate cut was pathetically small. Other commodities are moving in mixed directions.
Why are we bullish on gold? Here are some of the reasons. Gold adjusted for inflation is as equivalently cheap as it was when it was $100 in 1976, before it soared to $850. Central bankers usually sell at bottoms, and they have been selling. Plus, bearishness is at record levels, which is typical of low points. Physical demand for gold is strong, gold mines have been selling forward in the futures markets, and there are huge short positions out that could conceivably spark a buying panic when gold finally turns up. As proof that these mining shares are coming down to underpriced levels, the initiation of mergers and acquisitions show that gold mining managements themselves are beginning to understand the values available at these low-priced markets. A mistake is a lesson on its way to being learned.
Twenty-three million households now access the Internet, and each year another 4 to 7 million more connect. Web users worldwide should triple to 328.5 million by 2002 and sales of products to businesses and consumers are expected to soar 13-fold to $425.7 billion from $32.4 billion this year. Blue-chip General Motors is planning to go into competition nationwide with the various online auto-buying services that have been changing the way Americans buy new vehicles and revolutionizing the automotive business. Customers nationwide will get an Internet price for the specific vehicle they want, find the machine in dealer inventory and arrange a test drive. Keep in mind our 1994 prediction that "the Internet will redefine every business in the world."
The news leak that started Clinton's troubles was by a Matt Drudge posting on AOL, and the Internet was the medium that released the Starr Report, easily coping with the phenomenally heavy traffic worldwide. We also expected the Internet to turn politics topsy-turvy: voting on the Internet will start with the 6-million Americans overseas, and politicians' positions will be laid bare for voters to study. Personal computers might be given away free just as are cell phones, in order to sign up Internet users, predicted Marc Andreessen of Netscape. The money will be made on providing Internet services, and maybe that's what the bear market in PC makers is trying to tell us: the death of the PC and consumer-software industries. Andreessen learned this the hard way after competitor Microsoft began giving away its Internet Explorer browser free, forcing Netscape to do the same with its own pioneering Navigator browser. This would also be bad news for Intel, if complexity were passed "upstream" to supercomputers.
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When we flashed our Major "Sell" signal on Japan's Nikkei in 1989 at 38,000, their businesspeople were revered and respected worldwide, so it was under- standable that TDLrs thought we had taken leave of our senses. Significantly, we were most concerned about their banks, which we observed had loaned to the hilt on bloated real-estate prices, and we were getting bearish on their real property partially because it was so out of whack with values in the US.
Back in 1989 Japan estimated its problem loans at $200 billion, at which we scoffed and said that it was closer to $2 trillion, an estimate that we still stand by. Japanese banks also hold huge positions in stocks that are down substantially, and that have not yet been "marked to market," which means that perhaps even we are being too optimistic! Now that Japan's Nikkei 225 Average hit a low at 13,406 on 30 Sep 98, the chickens are coming home to roost. Standard & Poor's warned this month that problem loans in the Japanese banking system could be equivalent to as much as 30% of the country's entire Gross Domestic Product nearly double official estimates, and "possibly over $1 trillion."
We can see no way for Japan to get out of this banking crisis without doing something radical, such as wiping out all shareholder equity and nationalizing the banks, supplying capital out of its huge reserves. However, this would extirpate enough assets of the banks to precipitate even more bankruptcies, forcing non-performing borrowers into bankruptcy. One could easily envision a nightmare scenario and all-out crash in the world's second-largest economy, but we see no other way out. Nor do they, apparently, as Japan is urged to jump off what it sees as a skyscraper by American pressure unsurprisingly deluding itself as a "scapegoat." The Clinton Administration has pressured the Japanese "to do something" so often, that Americans themselves are ironically getting blamed for what is happening! By DINOPA.
Washington is not to blame: it recommended last year that Japan not raise its national consumption tax, which TDL agreed was a mistake at the time. Worse, Japanese officials have lied so often, and have underestimated their financial problems so consistently, that they have little credibility abroad. A dangerous despair has begun to creep into the Japanese public, as they dimly begin to perceive that the problem might be worse than even they had expected. We are implying that Japan's huge reserves are largely in US dollars but what if the US dollar caves in? That's a question nobody else in the world has yet begun to ask. And they will.
Nor should US banks be too smug, as the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have increasingly begun to warn of a "noteworthy and measurable" decline in American standards for mid-sized companies and real-estate lending. Worse, banks have sustained unknown trading losses during the financial turmoil in currencies, especially in eastern Europe and Latin America. Credit-card lending would also be at risk to an over-indebted public during an economic downturn. TDL turned bearish on US real estate back in January.
But the biggest nightmare of all, nowhere near the headlines yet, is in the "derivatives" markets, which represents liabilities of trillions of dollars that are unregulated, unregistered, unreported and unknown. Derivatives are financial creations involving options, futures, swaps, caps, etc. According to Barron's, the Comptroller of Currencies' latest report pegged the notional amount of derivatives in the portfolios of US-based banks at $28.2-trillion in the second quarter, 95% of it in the nation's eight largest banks, and the off-balance-sheet credit exposure to derivatives of these banks at 243% of their risk-based capital. That's just in the US, as Japanese banks have a derivative exposure equal to four times Japan's GDP. The bottom line is that the US banking system is at risk because of loans collateralized by sky-high real estate prices, just as are Japan's banks. It might be wise to reflect on that.
For decades we have warned TDLrs about the poisons lurking in the air, water and earth. Painfully slowly the public awakens to them, especially to areas that have "cancer clusters," now already sporting the fancy moniker of "eco-genetic epidemiology." We are interested in the $21-million study of elevated breast-cancer rates in clusters on Long Island but we are skeptical that they will locate the true cause because all of us are immersed in a sea of poisons everything from the dreadful chemicals used in dry cleaning our clothing to breathing the befouled air emanating from automotive exhausts, that we have covered over the years in this column.
When we wrote about "mad cow" disease we were concerned that the practice of feeding diseased foods to animals would backfire on all of us in foods other than beef. Now the UK Government has a new health scare: a BSE expert warned that the disease could be present in sheep. We aren't ready to give up our lamb chops yet because we eat organic meat only, but TDL did run a feature warning about farm-raised fish* that are fed the same kind of offal that infected cattle. At that time we worried that our loyal TDLrs would be ingesting fish containing subtle poisons.
Fish from San Francisco Bay were reported on September 10th to contain dioxin and PCBs ten times more concentrated than in the general food supply. The report by the Communities For a Better Environment said dioxin accumulates in fat and can cause cancer, birth defects and a variety of other ailments, so that those who eat such fish on a daily basis are exposed to "as much as 30 times more dioxin than the already-dangerous general population level." Any TDLr who lives near an oil refinery, or medical-waste incinerator, should reflect carefully on whether there might be seepage into their water or air. Governments are in what we call "dioxin denial," usually saying small amounts can't hurt, but it is among the most poisonous substances on earth and it cumulates.
If you have no idea what your farm-fed fish were fed, eating salmon for its heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids also has a risk. According to Health Magazine (Oct 98) farmed salmon contain as much, if not more, saturated fat as omega-3s. Other farmed fish such as trout and catfish also contain more saturated fat than the ones you'd catch yourself. Conclusion: eat fish only caught in the wild, preferably of the deep-sea varieties, not in bays. Try Halibut, for the heck of it.


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Thomasville, N.C. – Unilin Flooring's Cloninger Road facility here was recently recertified by the North Carolina Department of Labor as a participant in the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program.
The program recognizes companies for a commitment to the safety and health of their employees.
Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry presented Unilin officials with the SHARP flag and certificate at a ceremony at its Thomasville facility on April 9. Berry also presented company officials with a 1 Million Hour Award. The facility achieved 1 million hours without a lost-time workplace accident from Aug. 22, 2012, through Dec. 31, 2013.
The SHARP Award is designed for small to mid-size businesses. Companies that qualify for the award show that they have developed and maintained good safety programs for workers. To qualify for the program, injury and illness rates for the site must be below the national average for the industry, and NCDOL safety and health consultants must complete an assessment of the workplace. There are 136 general industry sites in the program throughout North Carolina, including three in Davidson County.
"We are really proud of our employees at this facility," said Jennifer Teague, employee health and safety manager. "They have had a huge culture shift towards working safely over the last eight years. Now we are going to challenge our other locations to achieve the SHARP award."
Jennifer Teague
Unilin
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Pakwan or watermelons are not only safe but good for diabetics. It is recommended to be part of their healthy, balanced diet. This is primarily because they have few carbohydrates and sugar, are low in calories and full of nutrients. A 1 1/4-cup serving of watermelon approximately contains 15 grams of carbohydrates.
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Obesity in silent killer around the globe because it is a cause of many diseases that in turn results to increasing mortality. Moreover, the younger generation are also becoming more health and figure conscious. Under these premises, anti obesity pills are prevalent in the market. These pills are essentially drugs which promise to reduce or control weight. Anti obesity pills are suppose to help people reduce weight or lose fat without the rigours and hard work of exercise and the struggle of controlling eating.
Oolong Tea is a traditional Chinese tea made primarily by withering the leaves, buds and stems of the Camellia sinensis plant before bending, which gives it its slightly fermented and semi-oxidized taste. Following are some benefits of oolong tea.
Coconut, which is dubbed as the tree of life can provide a person a complete meal. Coconut, both the water and its flesh or meat is good for diabetics. Meanwhile the coconut pulp or "gata", which is high in sugar and fat, is bad for diabetics.
Pancit is a Filipino Noodle dish usually served during birthdays and special occasions to symbolize long life. Pancit was actually introduced by the Chinese and has since been adopted into local cuisine.
Gingivitis or the inflammation of the gum tissue marked by redness, swelling and tenderness of the gums, is a periodontal disease that can lead to chronic bad breath, loose or shifting teeth, receding gums, loss of teeth, changes in bite pattern, and hot and cold sensitivity. Its basic cause is poor oral hygiene. As such, the principal way to prevent or cure gingivitis is by regularly brushing. One should also avoid smoking and eat a well balanced to diet to maintain good oral cavity.
A Tea is an aromatic beverage typically prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves. Tea is especially popular in South Asia and Middle East Asia and had been associated with good health for its many health benefits. Following are some benefits of a tea.
The unprecedented prevalence of diabetes has alarmed world health organizations to conduct intensive campaign among kinds or the future generation about diabetes. In the Philippines, many organizations exist to help increase diabetes awareness among children. Topping the list is the Philippine Center for Diabetes Education Foundation, which put up a Diabetes Clinic to meet the growing needs of educating a diabetic client. Apart from establishing a comprehensive diabetes education program in the Philippines, this foundation also instituted the CAMP COPE (Children Overcoming Diabetes Problems Everywhere). This camp provides a training program designed for diabetic children to allow them to learn how to live independently in spite of their disease. The camp not only provides adventurous camping vacation for insulin dependent diabetes but allows them to learn and experience to manage their disease independently. It also allows them to mingle with other children with diabetes to build their self-esteem and improve and social lives.
Aromatherapy or the use of essential oils can be generally beneficial to all people. For people with diabetes, essential oils that are especially used are those which help assist with improving circulation, which is a common problem among diabetics. Here are essential oils for diabetic patients.
Butter, a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking, is not good for diabetes because managing diabetes entails watching carbohydrates particularly the total fat and type of fat that a diabetic patient eats. Thus it is important for diabetic patients to eat less saturated and trans fat which are unhealthy fats.


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Beirut Blast One Month On: 'A crime against humanity'
Maria Coole September 1, 2020 3:29 pm
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A month on from a blast that shocked the world, what next for Beirut? In a world exclusive, legendary Lebanese actress, director and activist Nadine Labaki reveals her heartbreak for her shattered nation.
We watched the shocking footage of the August 4th Beirut blast. An explosion in the city's port destroying over half of Beirut. It's a tragedy resulting in at least 190 dead, 6,500 injured and leaving Beirut on its knees. Spurred on by this seismic event, anti-government protesters gather daily on its devastated streets and in its famous Martyr's Square.
The blast, believed to be caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate which had been unsafely stored, has so far seen only twenty officials arrested. Allegations of mismanagement, regarding the substance's storage, were an ongoing issue, more recently being voiced in October 2019 during sustained unrest over government corruption and economic hardship.
Nadine Labaki, one of Lebanon's biggest stars and political activist talks to her friend and journalist Andrew Threlfall about the fallout. Labaki's work covers a range of political issues such as war, poverty, and feminism. Her latest film, Capernaum won the Palme d'Or in Cannes and for her the accolade of first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Nadine, where were you when the Beirut blast happened?
'Our house is in one of Beirut's oldest districts called Achrafieh. My family was there for four months observing lockdown but we recently relocated some miles away. In horror I saw everything live on TV. I can't imagine what would have happened if we had been home. All of our windows and doors in Achrafieh were blown out. It will be sometime before it's habitable.
'I feel so fortunate my two children didn't witness the explosion firsthand. There isn't one family in Beirut who doesn't have a story of total devastation. The father of my son's teacher died and I know many many people who are badly injured.'
Childhood in ruins: playing amid the aftermath of the explosion (Getty Images)
How on earth did you react after witnessing such a shocking event?
'I called many friends and every single one said, 'It's destroyed everything'. Only then did the magnitude of the explosion hit me. Up to half of the city is destroyed. Sitting in stunned silence, at first I thought it was a nuclear bomb. The devastation in my beautiful city is exactly like a nuclear bomb explosion. In fact, it's happened 75 years to the week since the atomic bombings on Japan.'
With so much devastation everywhere, what images will you never forget?
'Everywhere there were people covered in blood and dust. Emerging from buildings with blank eyes in total silence. There were very few cries, almost complete silence. It was very, very disturbing. People walking, just walking, walking nowhere. Numb. I felt like I was watching the walking dead.'
The Lebanese are famous for their resilience, but this feels like the final hammer blow. Do you feel the same?
'We're all traumatised one way or another. Many of us lived through wars and now this. I hate to say it but it almost feels like this was our destiny. The Lebanese are really tired. We want to live a normal life. It feels like a crime against humanity. If the world stays silent about what happened, it is collaborating with this crime. A crime committed by those who allowed the storage of dangerous materials. The world needs to keep being reminded of one fact. This is a man-made disaster. It is not a natural disaster. Direct negligence, corruption, stupidity and inefficiency made this happen. It's a month after the Beirut blast and there's still a sense we'll wake up from this. That we dreamt it. For us in Beirut it feels surreal.'
A message of solidarity for the people of Lebanon (Getty Images)
How do you think this will affect the younger generation, the ones protesting against the corrupt political elite?
'My heart breaks for the young. Especially when I see them in the street cleaning up the rubble day after day with no help from the government. They should be enjoying life, making plans and travelling. Instead they're exposed to this total destruction. They're picking up the remnants of broken houses and broken lives. Yet this injustice has also created an incredible feeling. There's an urge to change the world and transform Lebanon's reality. Also after all the supplies lost in the explosion, I truly believe sustainable home farming is one of the solutions.'
What lessons can we all learn from this terrible tragedy?
'Everyone needs a mission in life. Mine drives me to make films to help change the system for the better. Society isn't working anymore, none of it is working anymore. Our systems are failing, not just in the Lebanon but across the world. The concept of representation, the concept of borders, everything is so absurd. People who are not within the system are excluded and marginalised.'
Nadine Labaki (with refugee child actor Zain Alrafeea and her husband, producer Khalid Mouzanar) receives the Jury Prize award for Capernaum at Cannes Film Festival 2018 from Gary Oldman and Lea Seydoux
Your film Capernaum highlights the plight of 1.5m Syrian refugees in Lebanon. You must take great joy from what happened to Zain Alrafeea, the refugee boy you plucked off the streets to be its star?
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'I knew Zain was smart and charismatic the first time I met him. I thought this child's future cannot be growing up on the streets. He was special and I'm happy he is living in Norway speaking fluent Norwegian and English. When I first knew Zain he couldn't write Arabic, now he's texting me in Arabic. Zain has a great future.'
And how can we help rebuild Beirut's future?
'The only guarantee is to give money to the people on the ground working in the reconstruction. To the people who are feeding and sheltering the 300,000 new homeless.'
* How to help the Beirut blast victims
Send your donations to any of the following. These are charities and not Lebanon government-run organisations: The Lebanese Red Cross, Offrejoie and Impact Lebanon
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