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№ 216 — один из десяти миноносцев типа «Циклон», построенных для Российского Императорского флота.

История корабля
12 апреля 1902 года зачислен в списки судов Балтийского флота, в 1901 году заложен на судоверфи Невского судостроительного и механического завода в Санкт-Петербурге, спущен на воду в 1902 году, вступил в строй 1 декабря 1903 года.

В 1908 году прошёл капитальный ремонт корпуса в Гельсингфорсе. 29 августа 1914 года был оборудован тральными устройствами и переклассифицирован в тральщик, а 28 апреля 1915 года – в посыльное судно и зачислен в состав 1-го дивизиона тральной дивизии. Во время Первой мировой войны осуществлял боевое траление в Финском заливе.

15 марта 1918 году был передан в распоряжение Финляндской Советской рабочей республики. 12 апреля 1918 года оставлен в Гельсингфорсе и там реквизирован вооружёнными формированиями буржуазной Финляндии.

В 1922 году, по Юрьевскому мирному договору, подлежал возврату РСФСР, но как окончательно устаревший был продан Финляндии как металлолом.

Командиры

 Старший лейтенант Алышевский, Павел Викторович

Литература

Ссылки
 Морвед
 Российский императорский флот
 Император Николай II на миноносце №216 (фото)

Военные корабли Балтийского флота
Миноносцы типа «Циклон»
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As expected, the City Council as expected voted today to forward the draft BHO/BMO update to the City Attorney's office for preparation of a final ordinance. But the motion was changed prior to the council's vote to roll-back many of the changes requested by Councilman Bonin's office at the council's Planning & Land Use Management Committee last week.
- The guaranteed minimum RFA shall be at 800 square feet only in Hillside areas; The R1 encroachment plane shall begin at 20 feet.
Any recommendations from PLUM not in conflict with the changes above remain in the instructions to the City Attorney's office, which is expected to produce the final ordinance for the council to vote on 5-8 weeks.
Th City Council is still expected to vote in early 2017 on the final ordinance with the actual effective date most likely between late February and mid-March.


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Sizzling with analogue synths, slicing guitars, warm bass lines and crisp drums, XOA's compositions take influence from the sounds of London's fervent electronic music scene, fusing Broken-beat and House music foundations with golden era 70s Afrobeat, Funk and Jazz.
XOA is the solo / collaborative project from multi-instrumentalist Nick Tyson. Hailing from London, Tyson has immersed himself in the richness of the city's music scene from a young age, experiencing and absorbing everything from classical orchestras to the underground clubs, alongside a relentless touring career with numerous bands.
XOA's debut Aiye Le was released on Dan Shake's imprint in 2016 and featured vocals from Fela Kuti's musical director Dele Sosimi. The record was premiered by Gilles Peterson, Boiler Room and received radio play around the globe. The follow up ONE_001 EP, demonstrated the breath of the project across 6 tracks with contributions from Anthony Joseph, Lea Lea and remixes from Orchards and rising house producer Byron The Aquarius.
XOA's upcoming releases on Soundway records demonstrate a growing maturity to Tyson's productions, embracing more sophistication within both the compositional structures and textures. Collaboration has always been at the heart of the project, with an emphasis on live instrumentation and performance crucial to transmitting a live energy on the tracks. Some of London's finest musicians are involved, in particular drummer Marijus Aleksa and saxophonist Josh Arcoleo.
Eva Lazarus' vocals are treated with care, at times lyrical and melodic, at times resampled and used as underlying textures.
The remixes for the upcoming originals are handled expertly by Glenn Astro (Ninja Tune), Ben Hauke (Church), Laolu (Innervisions) and k2k (four heads) Offering up broken-beat goodness, lo-fi warmth, anthemic deep house and intricate electronica.
Alongside a growing reputation as a DJ, XOA has developed a scintillating full live show incorporating both electronics and live instrumentation, recently performing at Brixton Electric, The Forum and a sold out headline show at the Jazz Café.
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Did you know that the fruit of Snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina) reaching 6 feet (2 m) in length?
Snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina) flower and fruit
An unusual Asian gourd is the snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina). This species is grown as ornamental and for food in tropical Asia, but become quite bitter with age. Like its common name implies, the snake or serpent gourd in very long and slender, reaching 6 feet (2 m) in length. The showy, fragrant, white flowers have striking corolla lobes fringed with long hairs.
The Gourd Family comprises about 90 genera and some 700 species, mostly coarse climbing annual and perennial herbs of tropical and subtropical regions around the world, extending even into the temperate zones. The genus Trichosanthes comprises about 100 species, native to southern and eastern Asia, Australia and islands of the western Pacific. Trichosanthes cucumerina is found wild throughout these areas. It was probably domesticated in ancient times in India, from where non -bitter and large-fruited types may have migrated to other tropical areas. It is grown as a minor vegetable in many countries of tropical Asia. It is locally grown as a vegetable in home gardens in Africa, where it has been recorded from several countries and probably occurs in many more. Commercial growers around big cities in East Africa occasionally grow cultivars of snake gourd imported from India for people of Indian origin.
Two varieties are distinguished within Trichosanthes cucumerina: the wild var. cucumerina occurring from India, Sri Lanka and China, through South-East Asia, to northern Australia, and the cultivated var. anguina (L.) Haines with its elongated fruits. Only traditional landraces of Trichosanthes cucumerina are used in West and Central Africa, whereas improved cultivars from India are grown in East Africa.
Flowering starts 5–6 weeks after emergence of the seedling. Male flowers appear first followed by female ones 3 days later. The flowers open in the evening or in the early morning. Anthers dehisce several hours before anthesis, stigmas are receptive from a few hours before anthesis to a few hours after. Pollination is effected by insects, including bees, wasps, ants, butterflies and moths. The showy, fragrant, white flowers have striking corolla lobes fringed with long hairs. They are fragrant only at night
The narrow, soft-skinned fruit can reach 200 cm long. Its soft, bland, somewhat mucilaginous flesh is similar to that of the luffa and the calabash.
Young fruit is edible. It can be used in curries or eaten as a vegetable like green beans. The bright red pulp around the mature seeds is extracted and used in cooking in much the same way that tomatoes are used. It is most popular in the cuisine of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The shoots, tendrils, and leaves are also eaten as greens.
Trichosanthes cucumerina is used also for medicine. The fruit is considered to be anthelmintic, emetic and purgative. An infusion of the young shoot is mildly aperient, the leaf sap is emetic. The seed is said to be cooling. Peptides in the plant are used as an abortifacient in China.
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One of OrgMapper's client, a European energy company – with more than 43,000 employees based in offices around the world – faced critical challenges of the highly regulated market, and also managing the impact of digitalization on the day to day operations.
In order to keep up with the pace, they acknowledged that traditional change models had not so far had the required impact, and had also not been demonstrating the results quickly enough. They researched available solutions and providers, focusing on tools that could support organizational change.
In this case study, we share with you the complete project – including the detailed problem the client faced with, the business advantage of network science Team OrgMapper provided, and the impact of Influencer identification on the environment.
Two years ago Values in Action was about shaping the culture of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Ireland. The new approach aims to build the desired health service – from the inside out – making the health service a better place for staff, patients and service users. In order to achieve their goal, HSE partnered with The Chalfont Project, developers of the Viral Change™ methodology, to create large-scale behavioural and cultural change. The Chalfont Project and Maven 7 are strategic partners. Maven7 – OrgMapper provided Organizational Network Analysis solution in order to carry out a social network analysis on a target population of over 4,000 people, as part of Values in Action.
In this case study, you will find detailed information about the background of HSE, their pain points and the solution The Chalfont Project and Maven7- OrgMapper provided. Further, we share best practices with you concerning Influencers in action.
Daniel Bodonyi is the faculty lead of the Data-Driven HR Program at the Spark Institute at the International Business School in Budapest and consults ONA technology firm Maven7 and Tokyo-based tech recruitment firm Wahl & Case on HR tech product development. Previously, he worked as the managing director of Attuned.ai, a people analytics SaaS solution that won accolades at UNLEASH (formerly HR Tech World) in London and the Wharton People Analytics Conference in Philadelphia. He has been invited to speak about people analytics at various conferences and companies and is currently working on a book that explores the organizational challenges and practices of high-growth organizations.
Dr. Michael Arena is the Chief Talent and Development Officer for General Motors Corporation. He is responsible for enterprise talent management, strategic workforce analytics, talent acquisition, executive development and global learning. Since joining General Motors, he has employed an evidence-based approach to driving organizational performance, leveraging such concepts as predictive analytics and network analysis to empirically determine talent needs across the pipeline. These approaches have been complemented with qualitative research methods such as design thinking to discover the effective nuances of local solutions. Prior to joining GM, Dr. Arena served as senior vice president of Leadership Development for Bank of America's Global Consumer and Small Business Banking group and spent two years as a visiting scientist within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, where he studied the intersection of human behavior, innovation and social connectivity. Additionally, he served as an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at Queens University in the McColl School of Business.
Tim Pointer has 20 years' leadership experience and has directed business transformation (double-digit growth, mergers, acquisitions & IPO) in global organizations across premium & lifestyle brands, FMCG, and retail. Tim is a CIPD award winner, engagement and culture expert, consultant and HRD practitioner, and is based in London.
Zsolt is a senior organizational and change consultant, facilitator. He has 25 years' experience in helping large, complex organizations to change, innovate and realize performance potential. Zsolt has particular experience in re-organizations, cultural and digital change initiatives globally. He has been consulting at large multinational organizations, institutions, NGOs and Fortune Top 500 businesses. Zsolt has experience as an entrepreneur, corporate officer, and independent consultant, further worked longer periods for AON Hewitt, PwC as a regional partner.
Influencers play a pivotal role in large scale behavioural and cultural change.
They drive the bottom-up, grassroots transformation, using the Viral Change ™ platform. In the HSE, influencers (also known as Champions) are at the centre of this successful and ongoing Viral Change ™ project.
Co-hosted by Andras Vicsek, CEO & Co-Founder of Maven7 – OrgMapper and Daniel Bodonyi, Product Strategy Director of OrgMapper | EXCELLENCE & People Analytics ExpertAccording to Deloitte's 2018 Global Human Capital Trends report, "the people data revolution has finally arrived." 84% of companies view people analytics as important, and 69% are building integrated systems to analyze people data.
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In today's fast-paced world, it is becoming widely accepted that digital products and services cannot be effectively executed by old school, hierarchical operations.
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This webinar was dedicated to the Influencers – your employees who have a wide-spread network within the organization. The group of Influencers are capable of reaching out to the majority of the total workforce and accelerate any organizational change. You will hear exact business cases concerning who are these powerful people and how you can find them.
One of the business sectors Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) shows a proven track record of success is Financial Sector. This webinar took a special look at the industry-specific challenges – from regulatory issues, through disruptive technologies to growth perspectives – and discuss how ONA tools could enhance or accelerate the changes required.
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by domara | Jun 6, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Edward Mujica, Grady Sizemore, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Rubby De La Rosa could give the Sox' bullpen the boost it needs in the second half. Photo by Kelly O'Connor, sittingstill.net.
With the Red Sox idle on Thursday, the team turned its attention to the 2014 first year player draft. Boston entered the night with the 26th and 33rd overall picks, the latter of which came as compensation for losing Jacoby Ellsbury in free agency. With their first pick, the Red Sox selected Michael Chavis, a high school infielder out of Georgia. Chavis, 18, is touted for his versatility but down the line he projects to be a third baseman. Standing at 5'10, Chavis is a steady hitter and is mostly known for being a line-drive bat, but does possess the ability to drive the ball out of the park. Following Chavis, the Red Sox selected Michael Kopech with the 33rd overall selection. Tall and wiry, Kopech has less than fluid mechanics but brings a nice 4 pitch arsenal of to the table. Given the fact that Kopech is just 17 years old, he will have a lot of time to add build, and iron out his mechanics in order to reach his full potential.
For Michael Chavis, Thursday night was the culmination of a lifelong baseball dream. The Red Sox first round pick might not be a name you know now, but if he plays to his scouting reports, the 18 year old infielder has the tools to be an every day contributor in Boston before too long. (Red Sox top pick Michael Chavis: "This is a lifelong dream of mine")
Red Sox hitting co-hitting coach Greg Colbrunn was rushed to the hospital on Thursday, after suffering from a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage. As the Red Sox hit the road to Detroit, the 44 year old will remain at the Cleveland Clinic where he is expected to make a full recovery. (Hitting coach Greg Colbrunn admitted to Cleveland hospital)
Entering the season, it seemed like Edward Mujica was going to be a great addition to the Red Sox pen, but so far this year he's been the worst reliever on the roster. The underachievement of Mujica directly follows Boston's recent trend of bad luck with semi-expensive late inning arms. (Mujica another bullpen bust)
So far this year the Red Sox have been the textbook definition of a streaky team. Whether it's a 10-game losing streak, or a 7-game winning streak, Boston's streakiness can be fully attributed to the teams collective inconsistencies on the mound, in the field, and in the batters box. If the team can't get their act together soon, it's gonna be a long summer in Boston. (Red Sox searching for stability)
I think by now it's fair to say that the Red Sox offseason plan hasn't gone as the team envisioned it would. Looking back, perhaps the Red Sox relied too heavily on an unlikely bounce back by Grady Sizemore, and were too cautious about giving Jarrod Saltalamacchia a multi-year deal. While the Red Sox couldn't have envisioned everything that has transpired this year, they certainly could have made a done things differently. (Offseason miscalculations have proved costly for the Red Sox)
Tweet of the day: Harold Reynolds with some draft #analysis
Harold Reynolds: "He has big feet, which tells me he's a real competitor with a high ceiling."
— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) June 6, 2014


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Vom Büblein, das sich nicht waschen wollte ist ein Märchen. Es steht in Ludwig Bechsteins Neues deutsches Märchenbuch an Stelle 12 und stammt aus Joseph und Ignaz Zingerles Kinder- und Hausmärchen von 1852 (Nr. 7: Der höllische Thorwartl).

Inhalt
Ein Bub hat Angst vor Wasser. Er dient sieben Jahre dem Teufel am Höllentor und muss sich nicht waschen. Dann warnt er die Kinder vor Unreinheit und erzählt, wen er alles in die Hölle gehen sah. Da gibt man ihm viel Geld, dass er nur schweigt.

Herkunft
Bechstein nennt die Quelle bei Zingerle, "Dort völlig ohne Pointe", und vergleicht Grimms KHM 100 Des Teufels rußiger Bruder. Bei Bechstein hat das Büblein sich vor Wasser "gegruselt", vgl. KHM 4 Märchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen.

Literatur
 Hans-Jörg Uther (Hrsg.): Ludwig Bechstein. Neues deutsches Märchenbuch. Nach der Ausgabe von 1856, textkritisch revidiert und durch Register erschlossen. Diederichs, München 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2, S. 75–76, 289.

Weblinks
 www.internet-maerchen.de: Vom Büblein, das sich nicht waschen wollte
 Zeno.org: Der höllische Torwartl bei Zingerle

Einzelnachweise

Bechsteins Märchen
Märchen
Literatur (19. Jahrhundert)
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Elvis Prençi (born 26 June 1993 in Peshkopi) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for KF Skënderbeu Korça.

Club career
Prençi is a product of the KF Tirana academy which he had joined as a child but left in 2011 to join FK Kukësi professional. He played for the side in their successful promotion campaign into the Albanian Superliga during the 2011–12 season where he played in 20 league games scoring 2 goals in the process. The following season FK Kukësi brought in many new faces at the club which meant that spaces were limited for the young players such as Prençi so he left on loan back to the Albanian First Division where he again gained promotion through Partizani Tirana, where his loan spell was extended for the following season where he featured in the top flight for the first time.

In June 2014, Prençi joined Teuta Durrës as a free agent by penning a two-year contract.

Prençi stayed at Teuta only one season. Due to a ligament injury he did not play for next season.
In 2016 he signed with the childhood club, Korabi. Prenci played 26 games and scored 1 goal.

Then Prençi signed a 1-year contract with Lushnja where he played 24 matches and scored only 1 goal.

In January 2019, Prençi transferred to Llapi as a free agent.
It was part of the first eleven in the first season, and Llapi reached the 3rd position in the Football Superleague of Kosovo.
In the season 2019–20 he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal.
The 2020–21 season was the most successful for Prençi, as he scored 6 very important goals that helped Llapi to win the Kosovar Cup and Kosovar Supercup.

Honours

Club
Llapi
Kosovar Cup: 2020–21
Kosovar Supercup: 2021

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1993 births
Living people
People from Peshkopi
Albanian footballers
Albania under-21 international footballers
Association football defenders
FK Kukësi players
FK Partizani Tirana players
KF Teuta Durrës players
KF Korabi Peshkopi players
KS Lushnja players
KF Llapi players
Kategoria Superiore players
Kategoria e Parë players
Football Superleague of Kosovo players
Albanian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Kosovo
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo


Meditation invokes a shift in consciousness, whether in stillness or motion.
Meditation invokes a shift in consciousness, whether it be in stillness or action. Movement meditation can be a very accessible way to restore the equilibrium of the mind. When you are in the midst of your day and your mind is restless or disturbed, doing this simple movement meditation can create an immediate shift in conciousness, enabling you to bring greater awareness and peace into the world around you.
The following meditation is based upon the opening movements of Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutation. The linking of the breath with the archetypal arm movements—expanding the arms upward on the inhalation and then contracting them down the center line of your spine on the exhalation—taps into the basic rhythm of life that defines our moment-to-moment reality. Our breath and our heartbeat both follow this expand-and-contract movement. The grounding force of gravity which is part of apana or "downward force" corresponds with the pulling of the arms toward the earth; a rebound effect is felt in the drawing upwards of the arms with the inhalation.
This meditation can be done while seated or standing. To begin, bring your hands together at your heart, in anjali mudra. Take a moment to become receptive by shifting from thinking mind to listening mind. Scan your body and mind and ask yourself how you are feeling. Take note of the answer (scattered, irritated, tired, excited) without investing or analyzing the content.
Now, on an inhalation, draw your arms overhead from the roots of your feet. Coordinate your breath with the movement so that at the top of your inhalation, your hands come together overhead. As you exhale, draw your arms down the center line of your spine so that your arms rest beside your hips when you complete your exhalation.
Repeat this rhythm, drawing upward on the inhalation and downward on the exhalation for as long as it feels appropriate, probably somewhere between three to five minutes. Concentrate on merging your breath and movement and being present every moment.
Notice as your movement and breath start to syncopate that your internal state begins to shift. As your breath slows down with the grace of your movement, feel your inner balance returning. When you feel a natural urge to end, take one last cycle with the arms and then draw your hands together at your heart. Take a few moments of to quietly reflect before returning to the movements of your life, more centered and enlivened by your movement meditation.


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Abby Martin: A Life-Changing Experience in Nicaragua
When Washington University cross country student-athlete Abby Martin's uncle needed students and translators for a medical mission trip to Managua, Nicaragua, she jumped at the chance.
Martin is a sophomore and a pre-med student who started taking Spanish as a freshman in high school and took it again last semester at Washington U. She is interested in international medicine with a long-term goal of working with Doctors Without Borders.
She heard about the project from her uncle, an orthopedic surgeon in Delaware. He works with a company that makes medical equipment and works with the non-profit organization La Merced, which is comprised of volunteer health care workers, business and legal professionals, engineers, contractors, educators, and students who have united for the common goal of helping those in countries abroad. Currently, there are two La Merced trips per year to the Nicarguan capital, one in January centered around physical therapy and the orthopedic surgery six-day trip in June that Martin joined.
On the first day, the students learn the basics of how to draw up injections.
"We talked to a lot of the residents, doctors who work there and those who had only been there a couple of months and we heard about how limited the resources are," Martin commented. "Some people have been waiting 20 days just to get a fracture fixed because they only have one drill to use."
There were two separate missions on the trip. One was more medicine-based at the Roberto Clemente Clinic created by La Merced that involved cortisone shots and more superficial conditions like skin-level cysts.
Martin worked at the hospital, which focused on knee and hip replacements as well as carpal tunnel surgeries. She was involved in five knee replacements, including two bilateral, and two hip replacements. "It was an amazing experience," Martin recalled. "I had never even been in an operating room before."
L: Martin suturing with the help of a doctor; R: Martin assisting with a knee surgery.
One patient Martin found particularly unforgettable was a woman who had been waiting 19 days in the hospital with a hip fracture. Originally, the patient's age and condition made her ineligible for a procedure, but eventually she did get a hip replacement while Martin was there and it went well.
"The whole experience was absolutely life-changing," Martin said. "Not only the surgeries, but also learning the language better and seeing the personal side of it all. Patients and families were so thankful for the care they received at no cost. They were crying and hugging us."
"The trip reaffirmed that I want to go into medicine," Martin stated. "I also want to continue working with La Merced. They are an incredible group of people and the leaders are inspirational."
Martin's only regret was that since she only found out she would be making the trip two months ahead of time and was still taking classes and exams, she was not able to raise funds and awareness for the trip. She hopes to bring awareness to the plight of those internationally who have so few resources. For more information, please visit La-Merced.org.
The entire group poses for a photo on the final day of the mission.


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I work for 3Rivers Archery as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
I bought a 6 pack. Real excited about giving them a shot on small game!!
Not for me. I'd caution against getting too gimmicky. As a whole I've found trad guys/gals have an aversion to gimmicks.
I have to get some. What's the shipping cost?
Want to see some reviews. I wouldn't mind trying for small game,but they are so light.
Squirrels sound ideal for these.
If you want a good cheep and very deadly broadhead, I would not go with a plastic toy!
We at Red River Broadheads have two distinctive very well designed low grain Broadheads on sell for $24 a pack?
If their metal is anything like their throwing knives, it's not good. Learned my lesson.
They don't look sharpened at all. Maybe it's the picture but there should be some sort of metal showing on the cutting edge. it looks like they coated over it. If that's the case it's not sharp. If it's not razor sharp it has no place in the big game hunting world. They honestly look more like a plastic kids toy than ethical broadhead.
I might have been a little hard on these now that I know that they are clearly not intended for big game, but I still think I'll stick with a metal small game head for now even if they are more expensive.


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Ganga in Rishikesh becomes Fit for Drinking and Shines like Diamond in Haridwar
With an absolutely minimum human presence around the rivers in India due to the coronavirus lockdown, the waters of Ganga in Haridwar, Varanasi and Rishikesh have seen a drastic improvement in its quality. As mentioned in a report by Times of India, Ganga in Rishikesh is now fit for drinking after disinfection and shows a crystal clear quality like never before while flowing through Haridwar.
People all across the country have welcomed this change assessing how just a few days of nationwide lockdown did what years of efforts, lots of money and innumerable campaigns launched to clean Ganga, couldn't do. The report in the daily quoted RK Kathait, the regional officer of the State Pollution Control Board saying how the major reason behind the change in water quality of Ganga is 'the lack of human activities.' Ever since the lockdown was announced on March 24, no pilgrims have been visiting these religious places. Those who are there are restricted to their homes making the twin holy city of Haridwar and Rishikesh look cleaner and more magical.
Source: https://www.india.com/viral/ganga-in-rishikesh-becomes-fit-for-drinking-and-shines-like-diamond-in-haridwar-netizens-share-stunning-pictures-3999338/
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Why are people testing positive on lateral flow then negative on PCR?
PCR is a test for the presence of DNA in body fluids. It can be used to detect and identify specific pathogens, such as HIV or hepatitis C. The lateral flow test is a rapid point-of-care diagnostic device that can detect certain bloodborne diseases, such as syphilis and hepatitis B and C.
The positive covid test then negative next day is a phenomenon that has been happening for years. It can be hard to diagnose, but it is important to know the signs and symptoms of the disease.
People who test positive on lateral flow tests but negative on PCR tests are becoming more common (Getty)
Christian Yates, University of Bath senior lecturer in mathematical biology
There have been an increasing number of complaints in the UK in recent weeks of individuals testing positive for Covid on a lateral flow test (LFT) but negative on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. This is notable since we've been taught to think that PCR tests are the "gold standard" and LFTs are unsophisticated mass-testing devices, and that PCRs should detect instances missed by LFTs, not the other way around.
A variety of theories have been proposed. Some speculate that a defective batch of LFTs is causing individuals to test positive for Covid when they don't have it. Others have speculated that a novel variation is spreading that is undetectable by conventional PCR tests. There have also been reports of youngsters utilizing the acidic qualities of soft drinks to fake a positive LFT test. A follow-up PCR test would reveal that these spoofers were negative.
The growth in these incidents is similarly closely timed with the resumption of schools and large increases in the number of cases among youngsters. It's possible that the manner youngsters are assessed has anything to do with these positive-then-negative test sequences. Alternatively, vaccination may have altered where the virus develops best in the body, resulting in various swabbing methods catching more or less virus depending on the test type.
Given that neither test is 100 percent accurate, there may be a mathematical reason. It all comes down to the frequency with which these tests produce false positives and negatives.
Despite its reputation for inaccuracy, the overwhelming probability is that you have Covid if you test positive on an LFT. Currently, upwards of 96 percent (7,000/7,297) of individuals testing positive on LFTs are genuine positives, as seen in the figure below.
This is due to the fact that LFTs are very'specific,' meaning they don't produce many false positives. There will be less than three false positives for every 10,000 LFTs done by truly Covid-negative individuals, according to Public Health England (formerly the UK Health Security Agency) (a specificity of 99.97 per cent).
However, they may add up. In a population of one million individuals, if 1% of the population has Covid, 297 people will have LFTs that indicate they have the virus when they don't. And, since PCR tests are (nearly) 100% specific, they will very certainly receive a negative result if they follow up their LFT with one of these. This may help to explain some of the recent news.
Using typical values for test specificity and sensitivity, as well as a 1% community prevalence value, possible testing results for 1,000,000 individuals in the population. Kit Yates (Kit Yates)
However, this is just half of the equation when it comes to precision. LFTs have a poor reputation due to their low sensitivity, which means they produce a lot of false negatives. According to estimates, around 30% of the time when someone has Covid, an LFT will not detect it. PCR tests are much superior, with a false negative rate of just 5%.
However, a 5% false negative rate may result in a positive-then-negative testing cycle. With the present incidence of Covid, an LFT will accurately identify 7,000 of our one million individuals as having Covid, as shown in the figure above. The 'confirmatory' PCR test will result in an erroneous false negative for 5% of them — or 350 individuals.
It's essential to note that, because to their great specificity, you may be quite certain that a positive LFT result is real – in our model, just 297 out of 7,000 are incorrect. Even if a negative PCR test confirms your positive result, it's presently more probable that you have Covid than not (350 vs 297). If you're symptomatic, your chances of being infected are much greater if you have a positive LFT but a negative PCR.
Unexpected outcomes attract greater attention.
There are a few more points to consider. The first is that around 3.5 percent of infected individuals test positive on an LFT but subsequently test negative on a PCR test (350 out of 10,000). Given the poor reputation of the LFT and the prominence of PCR testing as the "gold standard," this may be greater than we would anticipate. This may explain why the frequency of reports of this positive-negative testing sequence is increasing.
When something unexpected occurs to us, we tend to attempt to make sense of it by discussing it with others. In recent days, reports of positive LFTs followed by negative PCR testing have flooded Twitter and made national headlines, prompting more individuals to come forward. It's conceivable that this positive feedback loop is responsible for some of the rise in reports of this ostensibly uncommon occurrence.
Another thing to keep in mind is that how well (or badly) LFTs and PCRs perform in general and in comparison to each other is determined by the prevalence of Covid in the population. I was cautious in my calculations and estimated that one percent of individuals had Covid; nevertheless, the Office for National Statistics believes that it is now almost 1.5 percent of the population.
If this collapses, though, everything changes. The proportion of individuals who test positive on LFTs and are genuine positives will decrease, as will the number of positive LFTs followed by negative PCRs. If Covid becomes more common, the reverse will occur: we will witness even more of these'surprising' testing sequences than we do now.
It's essential to note that none of the ideas presented in this article have solid proof yet. However, determining if anything is really incorrect or whether this is simply a mathematical artefact has major implications for testing, contact tracing, and monitoring the UK's present Covid issue.
Susan Hopkins, the UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) chief medical advisor, has said that the agency is looking into the matter. The UKHSA admits that it doesn't have an explanation yet, but it's looking into it since it's never seen anything like it before.
The UKHSA is hoped to be able to conduct a thorough inquiry and solve the riddle of the contradictory findings.
To read the original story on The Conversation, click here.
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What some people won't say about themselves with bumper stickers or tee shirts. I saw a charming one and an infuriating one this week. "Good grammar costs nothing," said the Asian girl's shirt in line behind me to board a flight. Such exhibitionists either want or deserve remarks from strangers, so I asked her what it meant. Standing up for the English language when most people no longer bother, she replied in a thick Aussie accent. My sentiments exactly, I said. Los Angeles would be her last stop homebound after six weeks of travel in Europe and America. In the worst economy since the 1930s to hear some people tell it, mind you.
"Religion stops a thinking mind," scolded the tee on a dumpy fat guy at the pizza parlor last night. It was illustrated by one of those stat-line medical monitor waves. Him I didn't accost because A, I didn't trust myself to be civil, and B, his childish plea for attention merits nothing so much as cold silence.
After a moment I realized the slogan was someone's oh-so-clever twist on "Abortion stops a beating heart." I wanted to ask his rejoinder to that undeniable fact, and to pile on with the additional facts that abortion really does stop (or forestall) a thinking mind as well as extinguish (or divert from this world) a feeling soul.
I wanted to challenge him for examples of societies where God is ignored or banned but free and noble thought flourishes -- or to refute the conclusive truth that thought has risen highest in those societies where God is lifted highest.
But it would have been a waste of breath, so I just ate my pizza and reflected on the late George Roche's mordant comment, "The world is full of slobs." Yet not quite full of them, for there is still room for the occasional grammatically idealistic Aussie Asian girl. And thank heaven for such as she!
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GAME CHANGERS: REMOTE CONTROL
By Tech & Learning 2016-01-05T16:18:00Z Resource
Most stories you hear about distance education setups involve displaced students patched into the schoolroom virtually, via Web or Robotcam. At Rocky Mount Prep Charter School in eastern North Carolina, students receiving speech therapy sessions have the teachers beamed in instead.
Serving 1,236 students in grades K-12, the tuition-free public charter school has employed methodology based on Rocketship Elementary and Carpe Diem High School's blended learning models. The daily instruction model enables students from kindergarten to 12th grade to spend part of their day completing assignments and researching subject areas on the computer.
One aspect that was not working well about three years ago was the school's special education services. There was a local shortage of speech-language pathologists, which resulted in inconsistent therapy sessions and parents concerned that their children were not getting the help they needed. "Being in a semi-rural part of the state, we found we were having a number of scheduling conflicts," says Doug Haynes, CEO of Rocky Mount Prep. "Sometimes the therapist would get stuck at another site, sometimes parents were unable to make in-person meetings. It was messy."
In 2012, Haynes discovered an online speech therapy solution from a new company called PresenceLearning. The setup is very similar to traditional speech or occupational therapy
3 KEY METRICS EVERY SPED DIRECTOR NEEDS TO KNOW
Are you able to easily answer parents' questions about their child's progress toward IEP goals? Do you know why a student missed a therapy session? Do you know how many IEP meetings are overdue, and for whom? Can you report, without a lot of deep digging, how many of your students are making good progress, and how many are not? Do you have the facts at your fingertips that allow you to make decisions about your special education program and adjust?
You can answer all of these questions by having a solid grasp on three key metrics:
Student progress: Know how many of your students receiving services are progressing toward their goals across a school or a district. How many have achieved their goals? How many are making good progress? What about some progress? For whom do you need more information?
IEP time balance: Are your students on track or are some missing too much therapy time to complete their goals by the end of the year?
IEP meeting delivery: Are IEP meetings taking place on time? Are they scheduled? Overdue? sessions except that, instead of sitting in the same room, students and therapists interact via live videoconferencing. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and occupational therapists (OTs) work with kids face-to-face in real time, using established best practices and assisted by PresenceLearning's online therapy tools. The company handles recruitment and management of SLPs and OTs, and ensures that they are properly licensed and/or credentialed in the school district's state. Rocky Mount provides an onsite paraprofessional to facilitate logistics and other needs during therapy sessions.
Screenshots from PresenceLearning.
The school started using the program with around 30 students and now uses online speech therapy with nearly 50 students, mostly in grades K-5 and some in middle school. PresenceLearning's online SLPs conduct evaluations, deliver therapy sessions, and complete documentation for each speech therapy case, allowing students to receive consistent, high-quality therapy and allowing Rocky Mount to stay in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
PresenceLearning also offers data features and functions available in traditional learning management systems. The company's SPED Insight administrator dashboard offers superintendents, special education directors, and supervisors of related services delivery a top-level graphical view of data summarizing progress on IEP goals, delivery of therapy time owed, and timely completion of mandated IEP meetings.
While Haynes says there was some slight hesitation on the part of parents and faculty at first, the results have proved the program a success. "Kids that were 'in speech' tended to stay 'in speech'," says Haynes. "Now we see a steady stream of kids cycling out of the program, which is ultimately the idea."
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF ONLINE SPEECH THERAPY/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOR SCHOOLS?
Flexible access to top-notch SLPs and OTs: Schools are no longer limited to locally-based SLPs and OTs, but can draw from a large nationwide network of highly qualified, certified therapists, available whenever needed. Schools also get better access to specialists and to culturally and linguistically diverse therapists.
Better outcomes: The combination of greater access to high-quality SLPs and OTs, improved availability and scheduling flexibility, and PresenceLearning's best-in-class online therapy tools all lead to better results. Positive outcomes are validated by a large body of research.
Happier students and parents: Having grown up with digital technology, kids love the online video interactions and computerized games and activities. Better outcomes, happier kids, and improved reporting and communications, in turn, lead to very high parent satisfaction levels.
Major time savings: PresenceLearning relieves schools of a huge administrative headache and expense. Districts no longer have to recruit, screen, contract, train, and manage SLPs and OTs, pay transportation expenses, or worry about interruptions in therapy when SLPs or OTs are absent, on leave, or no longer with the district.
Better scheduling, tracking, reporting, and auditing: PresenceLearning's integrated set of tools streamlines these essential functions.
Easy to set up and use: All that's required is a computer with an Internet connection, a Webcam, and an audio headset (the company will provide the Webcam and headset for free if needed). The program is acknowledged and accepted by leading agencies, such as the Mayo Clinic and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).


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The theme of this year in Microsoft is "realizing your potential".
It is a great topic. Before tonight, I thought I cannot drink too much wine or bear. But to my surprise, I attended the annual party and drunk a lot of wine. I had 2.5 full cup of white wine tonight – about 1000 ml and three cups of red wine, along with count-less cups of bear.
It is amazing if not astonishing. Before that, I cannot drink any wine or hardly can have much bear. Now I am OK and am not drunk. This can be a milestone for me in social communication.
Before today, I really hesitate to build up my capacity to drink wine. I think it is bad thing to drunk too much. Now I believe as long as it is OK for the body, this social communication is required and benifits for the person and for the business.
Hopeful, this is the right direction we need to grow up to get used to.
I will be OOB (Out Of Blogging) for the next two days. Don't feel bad if you don't know OOB – it is something like OOF (Out Of Office) and maybe I am the first one to use this term.
I will leave Shanghai and visit Jing Gang Shan, Jiang Xi in the next four days. We take train there – special train just for Microsoft (China). I will be on the training for one day and on bus for the other. The earliest time to get to a hotel should be on the night of Dec 29. My blogging will be paused for two days.
I finally went to movie for the famous Zhang Yi Mou's film – Hero.
However, the story itself is not interesting. Overall, I would like to rate 7 out of 9 for this film.
To my families: Feng, Zhao, Sheng, Dang, parents and brothers/sisters.
To my knowledgable friends: Yizhong, Hao, Isaac,…..
To my friends met in Daocheng: caca, jingbo, laobing, yanlin, yehong…..
To everyone I have every met but don't know too much: Haoyuan, Qi….
Please read this complain on my PVGBBS.
I am very disappointed to see that the staff working in Pudong Airport speak poor English, They either can not understand questions asked in English, or can not answer quetions fluently and effectively.Furthermore, they don't even use 'May I help you' or 'Have a nice day'such neccessary greetings to English-speaking guests. It really shames me,shames Chinese people, shames the airport as well as Shanghai.
Furthermore, it seems the domestic flight ticketing counter does not accept foreign credit card and the machine for accessing credit card is quite old.
The last thing I would like to say is that the airport staff have not been well groomed. they are supposed to iron their shirts, comb their hair well and pay more attention to their motions and gestures.
I sincerely wish these problems I mentioned above would be corrected and improved in very near future.
I completely agree with Grace on the service quality of PVG. It is true that the service is very bad. Grace is very careful to note the small differences between the service of PVG and other airport – these details make big difference in general.
Pudong airport is still the state owned property. There is not any incentive for the staff, even the managers of PVG to improve the quality – the better their service is, the more effort they need to pay, but there is no any change on their income or bonous. It is the same case as in the famous Pearl Tower in Shanghai. You can try the service – still bad.
A big change in life happens. Sometimes people gather, happy and excited to know each other, sometime they have to depart. That is nature. Thanks for everyone around me everyday. I will announce some changes in my life very soon. But I prefer to keep it confidential now.
Today I dressed very formal – business formal for the interview of Forbes. I am not used to dressing so formal actually – I am always a causual boy instead of a business man.
The interview is very interesting. Actually, I am very impressed by the friendly reporter from Forbes. She did very well in asking quesitons – detailed and tough questions. She even asked about where I came from. "Henan". I said. "Then which city?" "Luoyang" "What is the population of Luoyang?" "About 2 million for urban area and 6 million in total". You see, this is the profesionalist of a journalist. She really looks into details and want to find something special and interesting from the details.
It is a very interesting interview. Thanks to Robyn.
I am informed that I will be interviewed by Forbes tomorrow. Don't get me wrong. I am interviewed not because of my accomplishment, instead, I am selected as the representive from GTEC to describe how GTEC can be so successful. This is not the first time for me to be interviewed. The history includes some famous media like People's daily, China Youth Daily, Xin Min Weekly, 21 Economy Observer, Shanghai TV, but most of them want to know more about GTEC. Actually, I am on the should of a gaint. But tomorrow, it is the first time I am interviewed by a foreign media.
I have to say, there are many "secrets" behind the success of GTEC. I really love this place and enjoy working with smart people around me. Let me think about what I have to say to Forbes and update you with the experience tomorrow.
1. Microsoft.com cannot be accessed via Great Wall Broadband Network and some China Telecom users in Shanghai. It reports the same error when Google.com is banned. However, this only affects Shanghai. This has lasted for 4 days in GWBN.
2. Heavy rain today in Shanghai. There is no empty taxi on the road. I walked 1 mile in the rain and catch a crowded bus to office.
3. I talked with Prof Ju and really admire his knowledge and thinking.
I love to talk with people, so I joined the meeting organized by Katrina. It is in the Softel Hotel at 7:00 PM. I am not sure about the content of the meeting before I went there.
When I steped in to the guest room, surprisingly, I met Katrina, the organizer of the meeting and some other participants. They came here either from email, from ICQ or from That's Shanghai advertisement. The goal is for some kind of business opportunties. Among 4 for them, I know three – two are the helper for the summit and one are my university classmate. We shorted out – what a small world.
The meeting itself is not interesting. It turned out to be multi-level marketing presentation. I have no interest in that, since it is illegal for multi-level marketing in China. It may succeed in other regions, but not here.
But the conversation with my old classmate and the two girls are very interesting.
I am busy learning the concerpt of Cost Center and P/L these days. It is essential to understand business. I don't have time to update this blog and may fail to write, but I will update you with the study result.
If you have any book or URL that can help me to understand these basic fiancial and accounting terms, please refer it to me. I know very little about it now.
For purposes of accumulating costs and for program management, each distinct project, regardless of source of funding, is identified by one or more cost centers. Each cost center is assigned a distinct seven-digit number. The first three digits identify the performing OU and division and the last three digits identify the source of financing which supports the work. The fourth digit is an optional designator for use by the OU.
I am asked to introduce myself in short words. It is easy. I have personal website and some kind of bio, but it is either too long to read or out of date. I'd like to spend some time to update my self-introduction.
2. I also manage the Microsoft Development Management Advanced Training business in the year 2003.
3. I was also a member in PMT.
I found myself to be a business man recently. I am working on the figures of money everyday, just like the owner of a startup.
Hao told me that Isaac will deliver a Blog speech on Nov 15, 2002 in Shanghai. It is interesting and I have planned to meet him there.
Isaac is very active in online education and any new tech. He owns www.isaacmao.com and cnblog.org. The later has become very popular in bloggers in China. I heard of him via my friend Yizhong at 4 years ago as the CEO of Tangram Co. Later, I found his articles on media and it seems a lot of my friends know him. :-) I am going to meet him for the first time after knowing his name for 4 years.
Regarding the topic, I am not completely sure what he will be talking about. I am writing my own blog, but I don't think blog is something that innovative. I doubt it will bring revolution to the web, as some media said.
Actually, it really depends. Just as Email is not revolutionary in itself, but the adoption created a new era of application. Browser itself is simple, but it is another killer application. Blog itself is a simple idea, but the speed it dumps the thoughts will eventurally form a new era of information. Who knows.


Whether you should take a multi-vitamin or one of the many supplements available is a controversial topic. It's also a confusing one. I am asked on a very frequent basis what my thoughts are on this topic, especially by those trying hard to eat a nourishing diet, so I thought it was finally time to take the plunge and share some of the pros and cons to supplementation. My hope is that it gives you helpful information so that you can make a thoughtful decision for yourself. And stay tuned for some non-synthetic ways to super-boost your body's nutrient intake too!
Disclaimer: I am offering you information today. I am not your doctor. Your health decisions are up to you, and getting advice from a trusted health care provider is always a good idea when sorting through these decisions. This post is not comprehensive, but tries to hit some of the main pros and cons. I'd love for you to add more information and opinions in the comment section. And finally, there are some affiliate links in this post. Thank you for supporting my blog!
While it's always preferable to get nutrients from food, many don't get enough because of inadequate diets, the lack of nutrients in the soil our food was grown from, or the inability to absorb vitamins efficiently. It may take years to get deficient through eating habits, and it could take years again to rebuild solely through food. Supplements can help supercharge that rebuilding process.
I've taken some really high quality supplements given to me by my doctor that helped me overcome my tendency to catch every cold that went around last year. He's also helped to diagnose and then rebuild certain deficiencies that I had (such as iron), through proper supplementation. I have to say that when working with a really knowledge doctor doing proper lab work, proper supplementation has been incredibly helpful for me. A previous naturopath I worked with helped me overcome a terrible UTI using strong herbs. I have a lot of respect for how helpful supplementation, in it's various forms, can be. I know that clinically certain supplements are used to help with detoxing, treating certain illnesses and diseases, or to help compensate for genetic issues. Folic Acid supplementation has been shown helpful in reducing certain birth defects.
If you decide that you would benefit from supplementation, realize that not all are equal. Mercola points out that selenium in it's non-organic form is actually toxic instead of healthful, yet it can be found in some supplements. And is just one of many examples of the horrors that could be in your supplement capsule. When you buy a supplement, you are generally putting a blind trust in the company's quality control, which is pretty sketch for some companies. There can be everything from poor vitamin balancing in multi-vitamins, to toxic ingredients, to added ingredients that are just not helpful long term for health.
Mercola also mentions that while folate has been shown helpful for reducing birth defects, getting too much of it may actually increase your risk for certain types of cancers. I really admire and respect the work of Julia Ross, who uses amino acids as well as food to help people get to a healthy weight, recover from depression and addictions, and more. But, as she notes in her books, you do need to be aware of some of the side effects certain amino acids could have. Just because an amino acid works well for someone's journey in recovering his or her health, does not mean that it would be appropriate for everyone. Just because a supplement can be helpful sometimes doesn't mean that it is helpful at all times for all people. Herbs can be a wonderful way to boost the immune system, but you also need to understand any contradictions they have before using.
We kind of have this black and white thinking to nutrients and, really, food in general. Sweets = bad; Vitamin B = good. But it's a lot more complex than that. For good health, we need to respect the complexities of what food has to offer us that an isolated nutrient can't compare to. It's become clearer and clearer that nutrients work in a well-balanced dance – a dance that can be disrupted when we consume isolated nutrients. This is true whether you are getting too much copper through a multi-vitamin, take calcium without regard to the many co-factors it needs to be used by the body, and for the many links and connections between nutrients still left unexplored and undiscovered.
If that's not enough, there are other studies that throw supplementation in a dark light. Calcium supplements have been linked to an increase of heart attacks. While low-calcium diets have been shown to be harmful in a variety of ways, taking supplements to combat that problem may not always be good idea. Going back to folic acid, supplementation by those at risk of colon cancer was shown to increase the risk of developing multiple or more serious polyps instead of helping prevent future problems. Herbal supplements have been shown to have illegally high pesticide amounts, and toxins like lead and mercury.
Chris shares some other negative results of supplementation, including that many trials showed no positive effect on chronic disease by supplementing the B vitamins, that beta-carotene had no evidence of helping smokers, but could harm them instead, and that high doses of vitamin E increased the risk of death. In fact, supplementation of beta-carotene, Vitamin A and E were all found to increase death rates.
The most important take-away from this discussion is not whether or not you should take supplements, but rather that eating a nutrient-dense, well balanced diet is by far your best bet for a nourished, healthy body. Nutrient deficiencies are real and have real consequences, but correcting our diet should always be our first step.
Also, taking "real food" supplements in proper doses can be an excellent way to add to the nutrient-density to your diet, such as in the forms of fermented cod liver oil, and liver pills. Instead of isolated nutrients, these are especially nutritious food items taken in "supplement" form.
When researching for this post, I came across information from both my personal M.D./N.D and other naturally minded doctors that good companies will have their products tested by independent labs to analyze it for purity (and potency) and that they will also be willing to share those reports with you. I am curious if companies will be as willing to share these lab results with someone who doesn't have "M.D." behind their name, but I am hoping it will help me in the future. If you have had success in having lab results sent to you by supplement companies, I'd love to hear from you!
I remain quite cautious towards much of supplementation, however I do use a variety of supplements (somewhat under protest, under doctor's orders). For example, I am currently using a whole food supplement , where the nutrients are from food, instead of synthetic form. (I also give my kids this one ). As a disclaimer, while this brand is generally considered a good choice by many in the health community, I haven't followed through with seeing if they would be wiling to share independent purity test results with me yet.
Do you take any type of supplements? Why or why not? If so, what do you take.
Thank you for this article. You're right about there being an assumption that supplementation is all good. Many of us are unaware of the dangers.
I was interested to see what it is that you give your kids, but the link wasn't working. Would you please repost it in a comment?
Think you. Have a great day!
Thank you for the thoughtful post on supplements. My experience with supplements began after I had been a vegetarian for about 7 years, I became vitamin B anemic, and taking B's was the only way to stop continual yeast infections. I tried all the natural methods under the care of a ND, before discovering that the B's cleared it up. I think they can be helpful for turning around a condition, but clearly my "healthy" vegetarian diet was not supplying all I needed.I do take cod liver oil, and a few others for specific issues. I think they can be helpful for turning around a condition.
People who are under multiple stresses are good candidates for vitamin supplements, as dealing with stress demands extra nutrients from our bodies. Look at levels of stress you can eliminate or lessen. For me that is coffee. I recently cut wheat out of my diet as well, and yes, the sinuses are clearer, so finding and eliminating your personal sources of stress can make a difference, without adding any supplements.
What an great experience! So glad you shared. I haven't had as dramatic of a story, but I have found that taking a B vitamin complex after a time of great stress was helpful in rebuilding my energy.
And I agree that stressors can deplete you. In my life that also included food items that my body wasn't handling well (eggs were the biggest). Sometimes food intolerances can lead to being low in certain vitamins.
My daughter, her husband and two little girls just moved in with me. We have just started using doTERRA Essential Oils for our well-being, but also take supplements from Standard Process! Standard Process is an exceptional Company out of Wisconsin. My daughter is a Veterinarian and prescribes them for her clients animals if needed. She has also toured their facility and loved what they are doing!
Kimi, I looked on the Pure Formulas website for liver pills, but I am mostly seeing alot of liver support formulas, rather than actual liver pills. Could you specify which brand/product you use? I have used the desiccated liver from Radiant Life; have you tried that one? Just wondering how you think it compares, if you have used it.
raised in New Zealand and Australia' whose animal husbandry regulations are among the strictest in the world.
I just noticed that both the liver pills and the liver powder is at a great price right now there!
I take a wide range of supplements based on my body's specific needs as determined via electromagnetic testing for the purpose of rebuilding my nutritional profile and maintaining good health while breast feeding. I only take supplements manufactured by a company called Standard Process for all the reasons you mentioned above but mostly because they are all whole food supplements. I feel well and I live better because I found a nutritionist who has taught me to not just buy the oil-based supps at the grocery and then throw them at my body to see what sticks, Siri speak. Thank you for the candid article.
Any experiences with a good prenatal vitamin? Would Garden of life's be recommended? I've never used a prenatal with my previous pregnancies but I'm currently in a place where I can't ensure a complete diet and I'm stuck looking at them now but feeling baffled. I'm also curious if anyone here has just used individual supplements rather than a comprehensive prenatal and what they might have taken? Thanks!
About calcium and heart attacks.
Too much calcium, any form, that is, liquid or pills… Powder etc. Will cause imbalances that is for sure.
You need calcium to enter the heart muscle in order for it to contract… But you also need Na+ ions during the depolarization/repolarization process.. And well at that point, maybe you will not follow me anyway.. Especially if I get to the part where you need K+ ions to open channels… And then bring about the rest potential of the cells membrane… Etc. LOL.
I am a health professionnal… If you want to talk more, email me.
All I am saying, is that what you get from food, and what flows in your blood, are two distinct things, even if they bare the same name. I see a lot of cognitive distorsions in that post and it may simply be from lack of academic knowledge.
There are indeed not a lot of people who go to the doctor in order to fix vitamins and minerals imbalance. As for those who do, well, much can be said about it, but who I am to judge hm?
If you want to clear things out, email me.
I've been taking supplements for the last 15 years and they have helped me lot in sustaining my energy and I'd like to think, my over-all health. Having read your blog though, has now made me more conscious of the different ingredients that go into the kind of supplements I take.
I find myself going more and more to foods instead of supplements. Food based minerals have a better chance of being absorbed or at least being in the right form. Have you read "Healing with whole foods. Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition" by Paul Pitchford. I like the philosophy of using foods to optimize the diet. I blends western and Asian ideas of food balance and health.
I would not go a day without taking my supplements. I think no matter how good you think your diet is you always will be lacking in vitamins and minerals. Great post!


Welcome to another Custom Build by SGS Custom Firearms LLC - Please visit our Instagram page @stock_guns_suck or our website at www.sgscustomfirearms.com to see additional pictures and videos of this gun being made. SGS Custom Firearms builds all our guns starting with just a stripped Glock frame - we do this so that we can build the gun using only what we feel are the best parts available. We do all design, cerakote, laser engraving, modifications and stippling in house to ensure that everything is to perfection - we would not have it any other way. This is one of our favorite designs and we are very proud of the craftsmanship and results - the gun shown in the pictures is our Store display - we have all the needed parts in stock and the gun will be made as ordered - once payment is received gun will be completed and shipped to your FFL within 15 business days - The Gun you receive will be exactly as seen in the pictures or even better. This listing is for a Glock 17 Gen 4 we have named "Deadpool". We have tried to add our touches to the Character Deadpool and what we feel his Glock would look like if he carried one, which he should! The frame has been completely reworked and received trigger guard undercuts and what we like to call "Gas Pedals" on each side of the frame - we have laser engraved our version of "Deadpool" onto each side of the frame before hand stippling. The gun has accessories of a Zev Tech Spartan Slide with optic cut for a Trijicon RMR - Zev Tech +5 Magazine Extension - Zev Tech Pro Plus Magwell - Zev Tech Curved Face Trigger and Trigger Bar - Zev Tech Cowitness Sight Set - Zev Tech Match Grade Threaded Barrel - Upgraded Stainless Steel Guide Rod - Zev Tech Competition Internals - Zev Tech Polished Skeletonized Striker - Zev Tech Polished Safety Plunger - Zev Tech Polished Trigger Bar - Zev Tech Polished Connector - Zev Tech Springs. The Gun is brand new and has never been fired, due to starting the build as a stripped frame gun comes with one 22 round magazine - additional magazines and extensions can be added to purchase at an additional cost - Gun comes in a factory Glock hard case. Gun must be shipped to a FFL dealer or if your local you can pick up the gun in person. Buyer pays shipping costs of Fedex Ground, a flat fee of $35 which includes insurance for value of purchase. Price listed is the cash price - if using a Credit Card 3% is added to the final purchase price.


A family of Honduran caravan migrants have been pictured passing their children over barbed wire fences along the Mexican border in a desperate bid to cross into the US.
A little boy, wrapped in a red puffer jacket, was hoisted above his father's head and handed to his mother before being lowered to another member on the ground below during the dangerous maneuver.
After successfully clearing the fence and entering American soil, the family then made a run for it. It's not known if they made it to the US or not.
The family are among thousands of Central American migrants dug in at temporary lodgings in the border town of Tijuana.
They've become discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry into the US.
Many have taken to crossing the border wall illegally and handing themselves over to border patrol agents.
It comes as the U.S government goes into the third week of a partial shutdown with Republicans and Democrats at odds on agreeing with President Donald Trump's demands for more money to build a wall along the border.


Visual display options are easily accessed form the View Control Bar at the bottom of the view or modelling window (Fig 1).
Open a plan, section, elevation, 3D or perspective view of any project and experiment with the different graphic display options listed above. The perspective view below of a Revit sample project has shadows turned on, hidden line style selected and a background attached. These settings create a sense of depth.
If you want to achieve similar effects click on the Edit button in the Properties palette.
The following dialogue box will now open presenting us with further options to tweak our presentations.
Experiment with the background options (Gradient and Sky) and try applying ambient shadows to create a dramatic muted effect (Note: You can apply your Hidden Line , Wireframe and Realistic visual styles etc. in this dialogue box).
Once you decide which visual style looks best, you can quickly produce presentations to demonstrate design intent or as built / completed models.
Underlays in Sections or Elevations in Revit.


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The wellness programs offered at Golf Glen Veterinary Clinic are specifically designed to meet the unique needs of each pet. These routine visits include physical exams, parasite control, vaccinations, and specialized blood tests designed for all life stages. Our goal is to help all of our patients maintain good health throughout their lives.
Veterinary diagnostics are valuable tools that allow us to quickly and efficiently identify, diagnose and treat a variety of medical conditions. We provide a wide range of diagnostic services for our patients, including blood tests, urinalysis, and x-ray. Our facilities also include an on-site laboratory, which aids us in achieving timely and accurate test results. The goal is to get our patients back on their feet as soon as possible.
The highly skilled veterinarians at Golf Glen Veterinary Clinic perform a broad range of veterinary surgical services, from routine spay and neuters, to more complex orthopaedic procedures. We use the most advanced surgical techniques and technology to ensure the utmost comfort and safety of our patients. Following surgery, we will work with you to help your pet recover and return to a normal, healthy lifestyle as soon as possible.
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PATNA: At least 240 women from different districts of the state have filled applications for the second phase of the Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana (MGPY) so far. Five candidates each will be selected from as many as 8,400 panchayats and get grants up to Rs 1 lakh or 50% subsidy to buy vehicles for public transport.
According to transport secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, women drivers are being encouraged to earn a livelihood under this scheme.
"Most women, who have applied, are from Munger and Jamui districts. Applications for the Phase II of the scheme will be submitted till July 2 and the list of beneficiaries prepared by the end of July," Agarwal said.
The transport secretary added, "After publication of the list of selected candidates, block development officers will send letters, asking them to buy the vehicles till August 1. Once the beneficiaries have submitted the documents related to the purchased vehicles, grants will be transferred to their respective accounts through real-time gross settlement."
If more than five applications are received from each panchayat, selection of the beneficiaries will be based on their educational qualifications. All the applicants will be scrutinized and cross-checked at the block and sub-divisional levels.
The MGPY was launched by CM Nitish Kumar in October last. Under the scheme, beneficiaries belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and extremely backward classes, who are above 21 years of age, will get money to buy four-seater autorickshaws and e-rickshaws as well as 10-seater vans. They should, however, have driving licences and not hold any post in government offices.
As many as 10,000 beneficiaries will be issued grants under Phase II of the MGPY. In Round I, which was held in December last, 10,000 people had received grants.
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What Comes Next After Toll Hike Ruling?
Last month's court ruling dismissing an attempt to block toll increases on seven regional bridges will likely reopen the spigot for billions of dollars in Bay Area transportation projects.
Last month's court ruling dismissing an attempt to block toll increases on seven regional bridges will likely reopen the spigot for billions of dollars in Bay Area transportation projects.
The money could include upwards of $100 million in direct funding for the Water Emergency Transit Authority (WETA), the agency that runs the SF Bay Ferry system, as well as several hundred million dollars in additional ferry boat capital from new bonding power backed by the toll increases.
But it will be at least two months, and possibly many more, before any money is released from the account where it is currently held in escrow. That release is contingent upon two factors: one, a decision by plaintiff Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association not to appeal the ruling within a 60-day window; and, two, the resolution of a second lawsuit filed by East Bay businessman Randall Whitney.
Tim Bittle, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association's director of legal affairs, said this week he is "90 percent sure" there will be no appeal but said he needed to complete his review of the judge's ruling before making a final recommendation to his board. And Bittle added he would not rule out filing an amicus brief in the Whitney case.
For his part, Whitney said in a telephone interview that attorneys for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), a defendant in his lawsuit, have suggested he "surrender" in view of the judge's ruling on Jarvis.
But Whitney, a principal in the Walnut Creek investment firm Thomas Capital and a member of the Alameda Taxpayers Association, isn't waving the white flag yet. He said that he, too, wants to study the ruling before making a decision on going forward, adding that he has reached out to the Jarvis group to discuss possible next steps. "I have not had enough time to dig in [to the ruling]," he said. "But I have to review why [the judge thinks] this is not a tax [and determine] how much strength we have."
The parallel lawsuits filed by the Jarvis group and Whitney were intended to block Regional Measure 3, a ballot measure that mandated a series of toll hikes on Bay Area bridges. The first $1 toll increase took effect on January 1 of this year, and subsequent $1 increases are scheduled for 2022 and 2025. The plaintiffs argued the RM3 toll hikes are actually taxes—not fees—and that they failed to receive the two-thirds approval from legislators and voters required for new taxes under Proposition 13. (RM3 won support from 55 percent of voters in the June 2018 election.)
In his ruling on the Jarvis suit in April, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman rejected the plaintiffs' argument, saying a toll increase "to gain entrance to or use of state property" (like state-owned bridges) is not a tax. The bridges in question are the Richmond, Antioch, Benicia, Carquinez, Bay, San Mateo and Dumbarton. The Golden Gate Bridge District, which also recently announced toll increases, is an independent jurisdiction.
MTC, which is charged with implementing the seven-bridge toll increase and is effectively a defendant in both suits, hailed the court ruling, albeit in understated terms. "We are pleased, of course," Scott Haggerty, an Alameda County supervisor and chair of both MTC and the Bay Area Toll Authority—MTC and BATA, while statutorily distinct, share staff and boards—said in a statement. But Haggerty declined to comment further, except to say his organizations "look forward to evaluating next steps."
Asked about the muted reaction, a BATA insider said the agency doesn't want to say anything that might provoke further action by the plaintiffs. "It is not our style to spike the ball in the end zone," the insider said. Referring to Bittle's 90 percent certainty not to appeal, the insider added: "We don't want to trigger the 10 percent."
Bittle said his reluctance to appeal is based on fears that an adverse trial outcome might set a precedent for other tax litigation. "Yes, we are concerned that a published appellate decision could have larger repercussions," he said. "Anything you could think of—ambulances, parks, utility costs—could become a source of revenue without any rules attached."
Meanwhile at WETA, the response was more enthusiastic. "Potentially, it's huge, really exciting," said Nina Rannells, WETA's executive director. "We can actually start further development of our regional ferry system. It gets us out of the position of looking for funding to advance things and instead focus on projects and time frames—and let's go."


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Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației localității Novooleksandrivka era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%) și română (%).

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Q: Is it safe to mount an EBS drive at /mnt/some_name and reboot my EC2 instance? From what I've seen online everyone seems to mount additional EBS drives at /mnt/some_name. However /mnt is the mount point of the instance's ephemeral storage and this gets lost when the instance is stopped.
Assuming I've added the right entry in /etc/fstab can I reboot or stop/start the instance and have the drive still mounted?
My thinking is that the mount point /mnt/some_name will be lost during the reboot so the drive will not be able to be mounted. Am I right? Where should I mount things then?

A: Unsatisfied that my question has been understood properly, I've run the experiment for myself. The outcome is that...
Yes, on stop/start everything under /mnt is lost and you can't mount the drive without recreating the mount point. As I expected, but...
If you add an entry to /etc/fstab it doen't matter that the mount point doesn't exist, it will be created and the drive mounted.

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*Create new small instance, an extra EBS and a filesystem on it.

*Create a directory at /mnt/test, inside the ephemeral storage.

*sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/test - Fine.

*Reboot

*/mnt/test exists.

*sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/test - Fine.

*Stop Instance

*Start Instance

*/mnt/test does not exist

*sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/test - Error: mount point /mnt/test does not exist

*Recreate dir, remount drive, add to /etc/fstab

*Stop Instance

*Start Instance

*/mnt/test exists, EBS mounted, testfile exists

I haven't tested how deep this autocreation goes. If I mount at /mnt/a/b/c would it still work?

A: If you have done the entry in /etc/fstab , you dont need to worry. At the time of reboot/restart OS will take care about mounting it to your target directory . You dont need to mount it again. Your data will not be lost in anyway by this.
You can run df -kh command to see the mounting status anytime.

A: /mnt will come back with anything else.  Yeah, you'll lose the ephemeral storage if it's not also an EBS LUN, but
1) The new instance should have a /mnt
2) If not, you'll still have your data, which seems to be the only reason I'd want to have it back and
3) Why are you not using EBS as your root too?

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PowerShell – Start-Service, Stop-Service, they work, but not always well enough!
Well as the title suggests, I'm happy with the code, but I always find myself adding more and more code around the cmdlets. Service control in Windows has been pretty straight forward for the past few decades. Obviously PowerShell can control the state and configuration of services, but one thing I've always run into with service control is reacting to how the service stops and starts and also managing the state of dependent services. I'm sharing some short code functions that I use.
They are kind of like a black box, kind of like those buttons inside the traditional Services MMC. I'm willing to bet, that you've encountered a time or two inside the Service MMC that you've tried to stop a service, it didn't work and you ended up going through task manager or some other tool to figure out what was going on. Thanks to PowerShell for giving us these commands, but sometimes you can't take them at face value. Most scripts need to have a little bit of error checking/control added to them.
Oh wait, did you think about this? Since you stopped the service you were targeting, are you aware of any dependent services that will be stopped? Last time I checked, Stop-Service didn't tell you about all the dependent services that were stopped. So when you call Start-Service, what about all the other stopped services?
If you've already tried to copy and paste the code above and run it, you might have found out, I have a 3rd function. This is the Wait-ServiceState function.
Write-Host "$($counter * .250)/$SecondsToWait [$($ServiceName)] State is not $ServiceState"
Hopefully this code has given you a head start in your next script project or given you a few things to think about!
Until next time! As always, please let me know if there is anything you'd like to expand on or blog about!
This is great stuff Allan! I'm going to use these enhanced start and stop services in a Jenkins implementation where we are doing automated deployments of services. You rock!