Located in the south of the Island of Krk, campsite Pila is just a few steps from the outskirts of the town of Punat. The camp has over the past few years been recognized as one of Croatia's Best Campsites and has also received several quality awards.
Separated from the sea by a promenade, numerous secluded sandy beaches can be reached by foot or by boat.
The camp offers a number of bars and restaurants on-site, daytime activities as well as a variety of sports and entertainment facilities. Various water sports activities and a diving center are located within 200 meters from the campsite, as are several bars and restaurants.
The center of Punat, only half a kilometer away offers all kinds of tourist attractions, facilities and cultural events.


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Plastic is ubiquitously known as one of the most popular and durable raw materials. It is also one of the most harmful materials damaging the environment, public health and animals. Plastic is basically made of materials such as coal, gas or oil that undergo a polymerization process. Then plastic is made from these polymers mixed with coloring agents and stabilizers. The plastic industry is enormous and it is involved in almost every facet of our daily lives, from packaging of food products through infrastructure, tools, clothing, electronics, automotive and building industries. Plastic is involved in industries and products that seem to be irreplaceable. The production of plastic materials currently stands at 348 million tons a year, with China being the lead producer and Germany following in second place. The production process itself is energy draining and involves the use of various polluting chemical substances.
Plastic was designed for long-term imperishability and so its products are extremely durable and break down at a slower pace than other waste components make it almost non-degradable. This leads to plastic pile-ups in landfills since the plastic waste does not break up. Treating these piles of trash is problematic as burning them releases toxic gases. Plastic recycling is also problematic and expensive mainly due to the low price of the raw materials and the expensive process of recycling back to it. So, in truth there is no economic feasibility for recycling plastic.
Recycled plastic can be used to make garden furniture, crates, deck, and a variety of products, but the recycling product is not suitable for the packaging industry – the largest consumer of raw materials, bottles, tools and infrastructure (pipes). Therefore, in many cases, the most convenient solution of discarding plastic is to bury it or throw it into the sea. This, of course, is not a solution since we are hiding the nuisance instead of treating it. Hence that's what makes the plastic problem a global problem, one that crosses borders and has a huge impact on ecosystems, primarily the seas and oceans.
The oceans have long been turned into the trash bin of humanity. Each year, about 12 million tons of plastic are poured into the oceans, together with millions of tons of other pollutants. Plastic, seems to have the greatest impact.
In the Pacific Ocean there exist two islands made of vast plastic waste. The largest area is 1.6 million square kilometers. Garbage is swept into these areas by sea currents after being dropped from ships. Turbulent currents concentrate waste in two regions on both sides of the ocean. (See map).
Plastic is a slowly biodegradable material – it takes hundreds of years to break up and its decomposition process includes a micro-plastic particle. This microplastic particle is often mistaken as food by aquatic life and consumed by marine animals. In this way it also reaches our plates for consumption.
Another plastic waste problem is that of entanglement. Many marine creatures are entangled in plastic waste, including nets, ropes, plastic bags, they may be strangled or starve and die with great suffering. Large animals mistakenly think of the plastic particles and the plastic bags as prey, swallow them and die from gastric fillings. Some of the waste is swept away by the wind and by the waves and end up on beaches.
Over the years, efforts have been made to deal with the plastic problem in the oceans. New projects are being announced and various facilities to have been created for its collection. But these actions are almost immeasurably small in relation to the rate of pollution and plastic dumping to the sea. This is especially true in the developing world where Third World countries dump waste into river ways that lead to the oceans.
Recently, the European Parliament has decided to ban the sale of disposable plastic products such as plates, cups, straws, cutlery and plastic bags. That is a start. However plastic use and in particular plastic single use for products that are used once and then discarded is everywhere. There are countries that have already begun to reduce the use of plastics to a point of a total ban. But it is still a long way until a total annihilation of this material is foreseeable.
This article was edited by Tammy Kaplan Zabari.
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Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President of Mexico in 1963.
12/3/62 priority cable from Mexico City to Director: "LITENSOR via LIELEGANT asked (Chief of Station) for a report on activities and associates of Juan Jose Arevalo in Mexico. Request HQS advise what reply (Chief of Station) should give; also, request permission (to) advise Ambassador Mann of request and reply."
9/8/63 memo from JMWAVE to Director: "WAVE most understanding of MEXI complex problem re gaining audience with LITENSOR and does not desire belabor issue with redundant info re status of discussions."
On November 23, the president of Mexico himself, Adolfo Lopez Mateos using the cryptonym of LITENSOR, called Win Scott. President Lopez told Scott that LIENVOY-2 had just come up with the September 28 transcript![ 24 ] The CIA considered LIENVOY-2's focus on the September 28 transcript to be of immediate operational importance. The CIA had known about the September 28 call for two months - but now the Mexicans were looking at it. Given the sensitivity of that call, the officers in the know could not have been pleased about it. Did the Mexicans come up with a tape as well?
11/23/63 cable MEXI 7028 from Mexico City to HQ: "COS (Chief of Station) had urgent call to see LITENSOR 23 Nov. COS thought it would be for expression condolence over loss of Pres Kennedy but it developed that LIENVOY had located call to Soviet Embassy of Lee Oswald made on 28 September. Believe fact of LITENSOR aware of this contact (from our joint operation) and passed data to COS (Chief of Station) is important."
"Read to President night of 25/XI/1963. S." "S" is the signature of Chief of Station Win Scott. This note appears to be a reference to the "President" of Mexico, who was LITENSOR. Almost certainly, the document at pages 43-46 was read to the President. The memo (pages 43-46) It is designed to spread blame on the Cubans and Soviets, and Silvia Duran in particular. Oswald is described in the very first paragraph as 5' 10", 165, with blue-grey eyes.
Martino, a former prisoner in the Cuban jails and right-wing activist, argued that Castro planned the assassination to checkmate any US-USSR deal to replace him with a Tito-type figure. Martino wrote about Lopez Mateos: "...whose pro-communist background and associations are myriad...(when President Tito came to visit) newspaper publishers were ordered to publish only laudatory articles on the Yugoslav dictator...The Cubans in the South Florida area have had dealings with Oswald..." He claimed Oswald unsuccessfully tried to join INTERPEN, the DRE and JURE. (Note: Miami, then New Orleans, then Dallas)..."The fact that the crime was committed in Dallas, a center of American conservative and nationalist movements, was probably not accidental. Had Oswald managed to escape to Cuba, the liberal press and the Establishment could have placed the entire blame for the murder of the President, not on America's communist enemies, but on those who love this country and wish to preserve its institutions and its heritage."
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12/19/66, dispatch from Chief, Mexico City to Director: "The LIENVOY Project was created in late 1958 and put into operation in early 1959 at the request of LITENSOR who appointed LIELEGANT as his special assistant to work with (Chief of Station Win Scott) in the supervision and administration of the project. In mid-1964 it became evident that LIRAMA would replace LITENSOR in December 1964. (LIRAMA was then LITEMPO-2 and a clandestine liaison contact with (Win Scott) under the LITEMPO project but was not knowledgable of the (Scott)/LIELEGANT/LITENSOR relationship with Project LIENVOY. On 10 August 1964 LIRAMA met with (Scott) and LIELEGANT and advised them that LITENSOR had briefed him on the LIENVOY project in detail and that it should be continued with the same personnel and the same manner of operation...both LIELEGANT and LIENVOY-2 were given nominal positions on LIRAMA's staff with cover for daily contact with LIRAMA. Mexican targets (for LIENVOY): Of the 30 lines covered, at least 15 of them are always exclusively for (CIA), the remaining targets are selected by LIRAMA but are also of definite interest to (CIA) as sources of positive and CE/CI intelligence."


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In episode 6 of The Way, Jazz and Taé discuss celebrity privilege, specifically #JussieSmollettGate, Lori Loughlin & Felicity Huffman bribery scandal, and others. What do you think? Do celebrities have an unwarranted privilege, that needs to be addressed? Weigh in, and comment to join the conversation!


Tucked away off the B2116, east of Henfield, and well placed for visiting Brighton and exploring the South Downs National Park, this simple, grassy site has great potential, and the owners plan improvements that will not spoil the traditional feel of the campsite. There are spacious pitches down by fishing lakes and the basic portaloos are clean and tidy and have been smartly clad in wood, but future plans do include building a new toilet block.
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Ride on four different paddle wheelers on two great rivers, the Mississippi and the Ohio River. If you like riverboatin' then this is the tour for you! The past comes to life as we hear the whistles blow and the calliopes play, and watch the paddle wheels churn!
We cross the fertile southern tip of Illinois this morning en route to St. Louis. This afternoon you'll find yourself standing beneath the incredible Gateway Arch, a memorial to all the men and women who began their journey into the unknown West from this very spot. Climb aboard these special capsules for a ride to the top. From here you'll get a breathtaking view of the city of St. Louis and the meandering Mississippi. We overnight in St. Louis.
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We see the famous St. Louis Arch, the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere!


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The Surgeon General and his biomedical tyrant colleagues would censor Joe Rogan in a heartbeat if they could do so without directly violating the First Amendment. So, they just have their Big Tech cronies do it for them. On Tuesday, the Surgeon General Vivek Murthy appeared on "Morning Joe" and pressured Spotify to ban Joe Rogan, whose podcast listeners dwarfs...
The White House was handed a much-needed 'bombshell' on Wednesday to blow up the narrative that Biden's presidency is already a failed one. Amid brewing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, soaring inflation, a border crisis, and endless Covid crisis-mongering, Biden desperately needed a distraction. Then Supreme Court Justice Breyer signaled he would soon retire. The New York Times reported the news,...
When President Joe Biden got the news that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, his reaction was extremely awkward to say the least. "Every justice has the right and opportunity to decide what he or she is going to do, and announce it on their own," he eventually said. "There's been no announcement from Justice Breyer. Make whatever statement...
The Wisconsin Assembly has voted in the affirmative to pass a privileged resolution to withdraw the state's 10 electors who were slated to have cast their votes for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The announcement of the privileged resolution, as well as the present members who voted unanimously to pass it, can be viewed below. The privileged resolution to withdraw...
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Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #192. Zhang Yimou's Full River Red
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2015 Cannes Critics' Panel Day 8: Zhangke's "Mountains May Depart" Sees "The World" as Capitalist
Almost splitting his time equally between the Lido and the Croisette, with almost a dozen features in (a mix of fiction and docus), Jia Zhangke first arrived in Cannes back in 2002 with Unknown Pleasures, 2008's 24 City, followed those up with docu offering in 2010's Un Certain Regard selected I Wish I Knew, and of course, wowed the establishment in 2013 with A Touch of Sin — which won for Best Screenplay. Re-teaming with his muse and wife Zhao Tao, Zhangke uses the vignettes approach again with a sprinkling of the English language in Mountains May Depart — in what Variety describes as a "polymorphous snapshot of 21st-century capitalism". As you can see below, our critics are all over the map on this title.
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Six months after applying for a censor certificate, directors Vinay Shukla and Khusboo Ranka's documentary on Arvind Kejriwal, An Insignificant Man, has been passed by the Film Certification Tribunal. The documentary was passed without any cuts or the muting of any names, and without requiring a no objection certificate from any of the political figures depicted, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kejriwal and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Mumbai Mirror reported.
The filmmakers had applied for a certificate in February. The Pahlaj Nihalani-headed CBFC had asked for all references to the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress Party to be deleted and said that no political figures can be showed without permission.


On August 10, 2011, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Sacomano v. Burns.
The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's decision to continue a restraining order after a hearing. The court found that, although the respondent had sent the petitioner harassing text messages, and had threatened to expose damaging information about her to the public, he had not placed her in fear of imminent bodily injury, which is the standard under the Family Abuse Prevention Act.
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There almost needs to be separate types of restraining orders – one type to protect from physical abuse and another type to protect from harassment like the kind suffered by petitioner in this case.


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In the three months since the Guardian redesigned and reshaped to tabloid size, readers have sent about 2,400 pieces of feedback. Broadly, the response has been positive. Most readers accepted the change as partly a necessary cost-saving measure in the face of difficult market conditions for newspapers. Expressions of loyalty towards the Guardian were a tonic. "Don't worry, dedicated supporters will keep your GREAT PAPER going," wrote a devotee.
At the beginning, 15 January, reflex responses – pro and con – had comparable intensity. But they soon gave way to a flow of thoughtful and detailed emails and letters. Some who welcomed the smaller size also focused on how the redesign had perhaps moved, or for space reasons dropped, aspects of the paper which they enjoyed. Specific puzzles or weather details or listings were missed, but the overall response to the layout and pacing of the paper was approving. Some early resisters warmed to the changes, others said they had adapted.
I put the main themes of readers' responses to the designers and to the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. She is open to considering changes, within constraints of space and cost.
Wrote one reader: "The main body of your excellent newspaper in my hands has developed migratory tendencies." Readers commented on how they disassemble the paper and share parts of it for simultaneous reading among members of their household, or take only one section with them on the bus or train.
The habits of many are matched by the stapled G2 and the well-received Journal section that can be removed whole from the centre of the main paper. Some lament that sport is no longer separate. A frequent request was for the main paper to be stapled, but the production process and the deadlines of the operation do not permit it.
I am told the initial boost that novelty and promotion gave to newsstand sales has eased back now, but subscriptions since the change have grown strongly.
A highly visible innovation was the introduction of patches of yellow. Adverse response was significant, and usage is being cut back. Viner says the technique will be used judiciously and "the randomness will stop".
Although various readers perceived the body type as smaller, the ink less intense and the paper itself perhaps different, I am assured that the font size of the body type is fractionally larger and the ink and paper are the same.
The change of masthead drew attention, partly because some readers thought it didn't draw enough attention to itself on newsstands among its competitors. Watch though, it is evolving. More on this and other feedback in future columns.


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Agreement on TUPE in St. Patrick's Mental Health Services follows industrial action
Trade union members and the management of St Patrick's Mental Health Services on James Street, Dublin 8, have reached a Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) agreement on the transfer of household and catering services to other providers following a public campaign by union members. SIPTU represented over 100 members in the dispute.
SIPTU Organiser, Aideen Carberry said: "SIPTU members in the household and catering services conducted a public demonstration outside the hospital on 7th February and voted in favour of strike action at the hospital, in opposition to the transfer of the services. Following the action, talks between union representatives and management were conducted under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission.
"Following lengthy negotiations in late February, agreement was reached on the transfer of household services to BidVest Noonan and catering services to Q Cafe. This agreement has been accepted by 78% of the SIPTU members who voted in the ballot of all those affected.
"The agreement has several clauses that are crucial to our members. These include the establishment of a new defined contribution pension scheme with the same contribution rates from the new employers as were paid by St Patrick's Mental Health Services. Union recognition is protected with time allowed for shop stewards to perform their duties.
"There will also be a transfer payment for all affected staff as well as protection of their existing terms and conditions of employment and location of work."
She added: "There can be no doubt that this agreement could not have been achieved were it not for the industrial campaign pursued by our members in St Patrick's Mental Health Services. The agreement is more beneficial to members than would normally be achieved under a TUPE arrangement."
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Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on the most significant trends and issues impacting business and the economy. As Fortune magazine's senior editor-at-large, Geoff has an insider's perspective fueled by long-standing relationships with the world's top leaders in business and government. He knows what they're seeing, thinking, and planning and reveals how they're leading, making choices, and responding to today's challenges in ways that others can learn from.
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The best companies and leaders win by confronting reality faster than the competition. Geoff Colvin of Fortune delivers valuable insights to help them do just that. His unique perspective stems from unparalleled access to top global business leaders who tell him what they're seeing, thinking, and doing. As a result, Geoff can provide audiences with a clearer path for an uncertain future. Geoff unpacks actionable insights on the economic, market, political, and technological forces driving disruptive change. Geoff's columns and cover stories in Fortune have earned him millions of loyal fans, many of whom also hear him on the CBS Radio Network, where he reaches seven million listeners each week. Geoff Colvin is author of four books including the groundbreaking international bestseller Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else. His latest book is The New York Times bestseller Humans are Underrated which looks at the future of work and how humans will fit into a workplace filled with robots and smart technology.
As Fortune magazine's senior editor-at-large, Geoff Colvin is now in his fourth decade at Fortune. He is one of business journalism's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, management, globalization, government regulation, corporate governance, competition, the economy, the InfoTech revolution, human performance and related issues.
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Every day can bring harsh new surprises to business leaders. Veteran business journalist Geoff Colvin leverages nearly 40 years at Fortune to help audiences plan and think ahead. He looks at the latest news on trends driving change in business and reveals what top leaders in business and government are doing right now to meet the challenges they face. While political winds may blow toward protectionism, the market trends powering the friction-free economy are technological and going strong. Technological, governmental, societal, market and economic whiplash have become the new normal – and all require swift and full attention. As a result, winning in business today demands extraordinary leadership at every level of the organization acting on the best intelligence it can find. Geoff's message is optimistic and energizing: opportunity is more widely available than ever and there will be winners – why shouldn't it be you?
The Future of Work – How Will Humans Fit In?
With robots and smart machines doing so much of the work humans used to do, what is the future of work? Where will humans add value? What job skills will be most in-demand? Geoff Colvin answers these questions and more in this talk based on research for his New York Times bestselling book, Humans are Underrated. Forward-thinking employers say the critical skills they'll need most to compete in the future are those that focus on social interaction: collaboration, storytelling, social sensitivity, brainstorming, creating and innovating with others, leading, and above all – empathy. The need to transition to newly valuable skills is happening faster than organizations and most psyches can adapt. And for those companies balancing a workforce of people and machines, there are political and PR consequences. Geoff reveals what top organizations are doing to prepare for the future of work. The good news is that we humans already have what it takes – it's up to us to make of it what we will.
Where Is This Economy Headed?
Even before the new alignment of power in Washington, it was the question on everyone's mind: where are the U.S. and global economies going? Now it's even more urgent – and uncertain. The economic picture can change dramatically with a single tweet, and Geoff Colvin covers it in depth from his perch at Fortune. In opinion surveys, top CEOs and ordinary consumers say the same thing: there's too much change, too fast; we can't keep up. We all remember a time when it was easier to anticipate where things might be headed, when the consequences of misjudgment were less severe. Now a meltdown of financial markets in China can ripple globally and take down a trillion dollars in assets in a single day – and such volatility is becoming more common. Geoff helps audiences make sense of the forces driving economic change – offering a glimpse of where each may take you and your business.
Confronting Technology - Are You ready?
It's a huge opportunity if you're aware of it – a mortal threat if you're not. The technology that revolutionizes lives and businesses is advancing at an increasing rate. Each stride forward is bigger than the last. A $1,000 laptop will possess the computing power of a human brain by 2023 and the computing power of all human brains by 2050. Are you ready for the opportunities and challenges such technology will bring? Most people aren't. Every business and businessperson now needs a new, uniquely modern competence: the discipline of confronting the reality of future tech, which we cannot intuitively picture, combined with the creativity of imagining what might be possible when that future arrives. Geoff describes what's happening in an exciting, accessible way and shows how today's most successful businesses are thinking and acting in new ways to own the incredible future. Geoff's presentation will help align your people and make them more disciplined in confronting the future.
Talent Is Overrated – How Great Performers Really Got Great
What if everything you know about raw talent, hard work, and great performance is wrong? Scientific research on great performance shows that what most of us believe is off-base – which means most of us will never perform as well as we could. Geoff Colvin, author of the groundbreaking international bestseller Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, explains the findings and relates them to real life in real organizations. He shows how most organizations value the wrong things – that passion, honesty, and learning are more valuable than hours, IQ, or "native ability." Geoff demonstrates that world-class performance comes from behaviors that every person and organization can adopt. Those who apply these principles gain a tremendous competitive advantage.
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Geoff Colvin's unique gift is his ability to brilliantly moderate panels, lead onstage interviews and host/emcee. He's played these roles for more than two decades at Fortune magazine's most prestigious conferences worldwide. Top corporations and associations regularly utilize Geoff because he has a gift for getting the most out of participants; asking the right questions, listening intently to what's being said on stage and responding to that – keeping the discussion relevant and the energy high. He is so skilled that many top firms can't imagine doing an important program without him. As an attendee at a recent conference told the event organizer, "Geoff Colvin literally made this conference."
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This famous quip is very true of brick-and-mortar bank branches. Research shows that traditional branches are not disappearing as fast as many predicted.
The number of branches nationwide has fallen from a peak of 99,550 in 2009 to 92,997 in 2015. This decrease of 6.6% primarily results from a diminishing number of financial institutions due to bank consolidation. In the last 20 years, the number of commercial banks and savings institutions operating in the U.S. has decreased by nearly 50%. This precipitous drop in banks correlates to a relatively modest drop in the number of branches.
In fact, a recent survey conducted by Bankrate found that 45% of Americans visited a branch for personal business within the past 30 days. Most surprising is that usage of branches cuts fairly evenly across all demographic lines, with 40% of millennials having visited a branch in the past month. The research showed that the most significant factor impacting traditional branch visits was income. Respondents with higher incomes had greater banking needs and visited branches more often.
Consumers desire human interaction when addressing a problem or discussing more complex banking needs. Visiting a branch may be the most inconvenient way to deposit funds, but it remains the preferred method for 35% of Americans. An Accenture survey showed 87% of consumers plan to use branches well into the future and want human interaction when they go there. To top that off, branches remain the overwhelmingly predominate method to open new accounts, with 77% of new checking account openings occurring within a physical branch.
Branches will need to adapt to provide the services that consumers seek when making the decision to come in. Consumers are increasingly using online and mobile options for checking balances and paying bills. They are very comfortable using an ATM to make withdrawals and to deposit checks. Consumers want in-person service with a banking professional for more complex financial products and services and to resolve banking issues. This means fewer teller windows and more offices where professionals can have more meaningful conversations regarding clients' banking needs.
There are many reasons for the continued necessity of branches, including concerns over internet security, simplicity of use and a lack of knowledge surrounding the capabilities of online and mobile banking. However, the most powerful force that will keep physical branches alive and well for many years to come is the instinctual human desire to meet the people they are entrusting with their money. There is no technological substitute for the trust building that occurs when you can meet with someone face to face and shake his or her hand.
Vince is a senior account supervisor specializing in financial services and B2B clients. Vince has diverse experience working with clients of all sizes on both traditional and digital campaigns. When not in the office, he enjoys golfing with his wife and daughter.


Zuleika Parkin lost her hearing after contracting Meningitis C when she was just three years old. Over the past 30 years, she has built a strong relationship with the doctors who helped her – many of whom are involved in research to find treatments for those living with hearing loss.
To raise funds and help continue this vital work, Chelsea Concerts (co-founded by Zuleika's husband Oliver Gerrish) will be holding a Christmas Carol Concert on Tuesday 18 December in aid of Action on Hearing Loss.
It happened last month – my hearing aids broke and I was immediately reminded how fragile I am due to the loss of my hearing. All I would hear is the mumble of conversations and very low, dull tones. Simple things like being in a house by yourself – you don't know if the doorbell just went or you are hearing things. The feeling of fragility can take over your life. I would rather be on my own in bed than at a party when I feel like this. My lip-reading skills, which I picked up as a child, come in use but, by the end of the day, one is exhausted from putting the puzzle together. This fragile feeling is like someone has taken your voice away from you – in this case it's my hearing.
I was three years old when it happened. I contracted Meningitis C, which is a nasty bacteria that attacks your brain and spinal cord. The only way to describe what it did to me in simple terms was to picture Meningitis C being a bull-dozer! It bull-dozed all over my good cells, especially in and around my ears. Some of your cells regrow but some, like your hearing cells, just die.
My parents didn't realise I had meningitis - I didn't have any of the signs for Meningitis C other than being very pale and crying. My mother drove me to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and got caught speeding! The policeman saw me and helped my mother get me to hospital. I am truly lucky, as it was a visiting doctor that just happened to spot the signs in me for Meningitis and helped. Meningitis was one of the biggest causes of death for children in the 1990s.
There is currently the most incredible research being carried out about hearing, especially into stem cell research and working out how we can regrow these cells. This is why I wish to support a charity like Action on Hearing Loss. It's the damage one is left with. I can't stress the importance, however, of having yourself or your child vaccinated against Meningitis C to avoid a similar situation to mine.
Furthermore, I have been with numerous doctors between Norfolk and London. While Norfolk and Norwich Hospital looked after me until I was 21, it has been Charing Cross Hospital that has looked after me since then. I have a great deal to thank both hospitals for, as well as the NHS. In Charing Cross, I was inspired by the energy of the young and brilliant doctors and nurses. Some of them are doing research for Action on Hearing Loss on the side.
One of these doctors was kind enough to explain his research to me - in simple English, rather than in medical science terms. He's trying to regrow the little hairs we have in our ears. You have to imagine your ear cells like a plant - you have these grass-like wind breakers at the top, and each one is catching a particular noise pitch. Then the sound travels down into the "soil", sending a message to your brain about which sound you've just heard. This doctor wants to regrow these 'plants'. As many ears, like mine, have been destroyed, I am warmed and excited by the amazing research that is going on all around. And it is thanks to Action on Hearing Loss that this particular doctor is working on this research.
I am forever amazed by the amount of research and discoveries in the world of hearing loss. The size of my very first hearing aids compared to today's. The coloured moulds you can get for the children. The fact the hearing aids have gone digital – some even come with Bluetooth if you go private. I find it amazing.
I've been very lucky in my life with my education and upbringing, but it hasn't been an easy ride. While school friends did French lessons, I had extra English and lip-reading lessons with a kind and incredibly patient man called Andrew Brazell. As a child, learning new words and the pronunciation of words meant I had my own language at times. I still do today – examples are bounce-a-line rather than trampoline, a china piece, rather than a tiny piece. I even went through a stage of rebelling against reading, as I found it all too hard.
Nowadays, I am forever thankful for the small things that have changed and made my life so much easier, subtitles on the TV especially! You have no idea how happy this made me. Many of my friends and even family forget I am deaf and just treat me like anybody else.
I wanted to give something back, so I am helping organise the Chelsea Concerts Christmas concert on Tuesday 18 December at the Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, London at 7.30pm. We are hoping to raise money for Action on Hearing Loss as well as the Christmas spirit!


It's no big secret that children can become a little jealous when a new sibling arrives in to any family. Sharing toys, attention and parents is a new concept to little ones, and it can take some time getting used to.
To help embrace the birth of his new little sister and to prepare for her arrival home, Zapf creation gifted Prince George with his very own Baby Charlotte doll. Mimicking the weight of a real life baby, Baby Annabell is the UK's number one nurturing doll and with a number of very realistic functions, it's easy to see why.
tears, giggling, sucking on her bottle or dummy and being gently rocked to sleep. Baby Annabell is the perfect doll to get Prince George up to speed on baby holding techniques and help have him ready to bottle feed Baby Charlotte in no time.
We have teamed up with Zapf Creation to celebrate the birth of Princess Charlotte and you can win a doll of your own! The doll is great for your own children at home that may have siblings on the way, or for those that just like a good role play game of mums and dads.
For your chance to win a Baby Annabell doll you can enter via the Gleam entry form below.
The giveaway ends at 11.59pm GMT on 16th July 2015.
My fondest childhood memories are of playing out a lot in the fresh air and picnic at Slayley, by the rive r - playing pooh sticks over the bridge!
Family days out and picnics with my whole family!
My fondest memory is being able to play out in the fresh air and enjoy the freedom. We also went out often on picnics to the country. My Dad used to put a whole dish of his trifle in the car boot!
I used to love caravan family holidays!
My favourite memory is sitting under the table and banging a metal lid.
My fondest childhood memory is playing outside allday in the sunshine and riding my bike for hours.
My tip would be to make sure visitors don't fuss over the baby and ignore the toddler.
My tip for a 2nd child is - do not overspend! your first child you tend to, however with your second. Don't waste money you don't have to. Pass down clothes if you can. Buy second hand. Your child does not have to have new everything like you feel you have to with your first child. They are not babies for long! Save the money for when they are older !
I grew up in the countryside and we used to play outside all day long, I really cant remember us being indoors during the school holidays!
Don't expect them to be the same as your first one!
My fondest memories are of visiting Gran and being thoroughly spoiled!
I remember my parents bringing my baby sister home!
My fondest is memory is being out on a boat with my feet dangling over the edge and my dad holding me so sunny, reflections in the water and my mum telling my Dad to be careful!
Include the second child whenever possible.
i had my 1st child get really involved with looking after the new arrival from feeding to cuddles and helping to change bottoms and i also got them a present from the baby x.
My fondest memories are of time spent with the family. It's really important to spend quality time.
My fondest memory is of my Dad taking me to the football. This is when it was all standing and I was so small I couldn't see, so he made me a box to stand on.
My fondest childhood memory is a family holiday with my grandparents and cousins to Scarborough!
Fondest childhood memory is when we got our first injured baby sea animal to our wildlife sanctuary and nursed her back to health......Rosie the common seal pup.
I remember lots of holidays at the family caravan. I seemed to spend most of school holidays there with my parents, grandparents or great grandparents.
My fondest memory was attending an indian Pow Wow in Canada, I was awestruck at how beautiful it was.
A week's holiday at Butlins when I was about 6 holds very fond memories.
Spending a summer with my mum and my brother when we had just moved house.
I remember being given my favourite cuddly toy, an elephant, as a "present" from my new baby sister.
My mum used to take us on loads of day trips, they've given me lots of fond memories.
I think my fondest memories are the summer holidays when we went down to Cornwall, we always had a fantastic time!
Allow your child to get involved where possible, with the new baby - or they will feel left out and it may cause problems between the baby and your child.
Try and make some 121 time with your first child as they will feel left out!
Fondest memory (there are lots) but playing Barbies with my sister for hours was always my favourite time!
My fondest childhood memory was swimming in my grandparents pool.
Ask me again in a few months as I am currently expecting my second!!
Get the younger child (if old enough) to help as much as they can with the new baby. Nappy changes, feeding time, reading stories and singing thgem to sleep. The second child will feel more included and less isolated this way.
When my dad Built me a wendy house! i will love him forever for that! i played in that for Hours & hours!
My fondest memory is of a family holiday in Turkey, best 2 weeks ever!
Every Sunday was family day and we would go to a park and for long walks and have a picnic, loved these times.
Camping with my parents - such wonderful memories!
My fondest memories are playing out in the summer holidays, disappearing all day and only coming back for food or the toilet!
Trips to the park and picnics in my back garden!
Our annual camping trip to North Wales with our family of 6 (all crammed into 1 small car including the tent) and walking to the local farm shops for sweets in the evening.
Playing with my slinky - I loved that thing!
doing jigsaw puzzles with my nan!
When Father Christmas bought me a Cookie Monster toy AND he was in a cardboard homemade hutch!
staying at my nan and grandads house and my nan making us ice cream with rice crispies on top and home made butterscotch sauce.
baking with my mum. can still smell them cakes now if i think of it!
Spending lots of time with my Grandparents enjoying the outdoors.
Make a routine so you always have time to spend with each child individually this ensures they never feel left out.
My fondest memory is living in the Shetland Isles amongst lots and lots of Shetland Ponies.
One of my fondest memories is spending time at my grans house, watching the little mermaid over and over, and having picnics in the garden.
Bouncing along on my space hopper without a care in the world!
My fondest memory was playing out with friends in the long summer holidays.We used to love making dens,having picnics and having water fights.We made our own fun in the 70's and 80's.
My fondest memories were simply from playing in the garden in the summer, with the paddling pool. I remember my mum throwing me in and also it was the summer she taught me how to do a hand stand and roly poly. Simple memories are the best.
My fondest childhood memory is of the day my little sister was born!
Remember to fit in 'Mummy Time' even if its just having a hot cup of tea!
when i was 7 i was bouncing on a trampoline which my parents placed my 6 month brother on as well (they were holding him just letting him bounce gentle as I did) and he found it so funny and couldn't stop laughing.
Try to have one on one time with the elder sibling once baby has arrived.
My fondest childhood memory is long days at the beach on summer weekends.
My childhood memory is my big brother taking me out shopping when I was very little!
Christmas as the whole extended family came together for the day.
when you are on your second child you tend to be more relaxed with routines and schedules. By the time you get to a forth they don't exist. For us it worked better by just going with the flow on things such as feeding times etc.
I got away with EVERYTHING!
Fondest childhood memory has to be summer holidays spent with all of my cousins, playing hide and seek and making dens in the woods. I wish it was socially acceptable to do those things as adults!
My fondest childhood memories are of our long summer holidays in our caravan.
You don't have to travel far or spend a fortune to have fun.
Having my first bicycle. A lovely red Raleigh bike.
My grandad pretending to pinch my nose.
My fondest memory is when I was about five, my Nan and I side buy side at the sink handwashing clothes, her washing the delicates, me washing my dollys clothes, then side by side we would ring them out and hang them on the line to air dry.
carrying my life size rupart the bear teddy EVERYWHERE with me.
Having the freedom to play out on my bike, build dens etc. without being constantly being worried by stranger danger.
Your second child is much easier as you know what to expect. Involve your first child by getting them to help with the baby followed by lots of praise and cuddles.
I loved when I was little and something was upsetting me my mum was giving a long cuddle and telling me that everything will be okay.. Oh, was so lovely.
My fondest memories are that every year we stayed with an old aunt who had a 3 bed house for guests in the grounds of where she lived and we used to stay there for 2 weeks every Summer. It was in Sussex and we used to go to Brighton, Hove and Saltdean to the seaside for picnics most days with walks at Beachy Head or go shopping on other days. It just was something I looked forward to each year as we had a lot of fun.
We recently had our second child (now 3 months) & my tip would be to lavish even more attention on your first (4) than usual - they are used to being the only one & can get very naughty if the baby gets more attention.
Mine is playing outside for hours with my siblings, we used to love playing hide and seek or going on long bike rides.
When your second child is born,get you older child to help out with things like getting nappies and wipes for you and rubbing the babies head when getting a nappy change, this made my children feel more involved and helpful with the new addition and not left out.


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Du comportement végétal à l'intelligence des plantes ?
Author: Hiernaux, Quentin
ISBN: 9782759231737 Year: 2020 Pages: 96 DOI: 10.35690/978-2-7592-3173-7 Language: French
Subject: Botany
plant --- biology
Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants
Authors: Hitoshi Sawada --- Naokazu Inoue --- Megumi Iwano
ISBN: 9784431545880 9784431545897 Year: 2014 Pages: 480 DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54589-7 Language: English
Publisher: Springer Nature
Subject: Biotechnology --- Pharmacy and materia medica --- Manufactures --- Biology
This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mechanisms of Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants, where many plant and animal reproductive biologists gathered to discuss their recent progress in investigating the shared mechanisms and factors involved in sexual reproduction. This now is the first book that reviews recent progress in almost all fields of plant and animal fertilization. It was recently reported that the self-sterile mechanism of a hermaphroditic marine invertebrate (ascidian) is very similar to the self-incompatibility system in flowering plants. It was also found that a male factor expressed in the sperm cells of flowering plants is involved in gamete fusion not only of plants but also of animals and parasites. These discoveries have led to the consideration that the core mechanisms or factors involved in sexual reproduction may be shared by animals, plants and unicellular organisms. This valuable book is highly useful for reproductive biologists as well as for biological scientists outside this field in understanding the current progress of reproductive biology.
Developmental Biology --- Plant Sciences --- Cell Biology
The Szczecin Lagoon Ecosystem. The Biotic Community of the Great Lagoon and its Food Web Model
Authors: Wolnomiejski, Norbert --- Witek, Zbigniew
ISBN: 9788376560502 Year: 2013 Pages: 231 DOI: 10.2478/9788376560502 Language: English
Subject: Biology
The Great Lagoon is a central part of the Szczecin Lagoon, a major component in the Odra River estuary system. It is also an important European natural heritage site and one of the largest resting places for migratory birds in the Baltic Sea area. The first part of Wolnomiejski's and Witek's book gives a thorough overview of the most up-to-date knowledge of this region, including the assessment of its biological production. Based on these findings authors develop a food web model of the Polish part of the Szczecin Lagoon, identifying a total of 45 trophic-functional components. The model describes a variety of features ranging from the magnitude of consumption, to the amount of unassimilated food and export of individual system components, and serves as an invaluable source, helping researchers to estimate various ecological indicators of The Great Lagoon's ecosystem.
Natural Sciences, Biology
Chapter: 'Ten Theses on the Subject of Biology and Politics: Conceptual, Methodological, and Biopolitical Considerations' from book: The Palgrave Handbook of Biology and Society (Book chapter)
Author: Samantha Frost
ISBN: 9781137528780 9781137528797 Year: 2017 Pages: 26 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52879-7_38 Language: English
Subject: Political Science --- Biology
In this chapter, I develop a set of concepts and methodological principles that researchers might draw on as they try to elucidate the processes by which the engagement of humans with their social worlds, material environments, and historical cultures results in the formation of a self in subject, corporeal, and biological dimensions. I forge a conceptual language and rules for analysis that may enable scholars to negotiate converging accounts of how the social norms, lived environments, and power relations through which people develop a sense of self are bound up with processes through which biological organisms compose and recompose themselves over time.
biopolitics --- biology --- society
Chapter 7 Cellular Control of Time, Size, and Shape in Development and Evolution (Book chapter)
Author: Schneider, Richard A.
Book Series: Evolutionary Cell Biology ISBN: 9781315155968 9781498787864 Year: 2018 Pages: 48 Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
The rules by which anatomical size and shape are generated have intrigued scientists for centuries. In 1638, Galileo suggested a mathematical relationship between proportional changes in the shape of bones as animals increase in size, which he argued was a functional necessity for weight bearing (1914). The formalism of Galileo, whereby, physical forces and mathematical laws became integrated with studies of size and shape in biology, was most conspicuously encapsulated over a hundred years ago in the 1917 monumental tome by D'Arcy Thompson entitled, On Growth and Form (Thompson 1917). In a breathtakingly comprehensive manner, Thompson synthesized the observations of numerous predecessors and contemporaries, and through countless examples built a theoretical and experimental framework for describing changes in morphology that persists to this day (Stern and Emlen 1999; Arthur 2006).
cellular control --- evolution --- biology
Metabolomics in the Analysis of Inflammatory Diseases (Book chapter)
Book title: Metabolomics
Authors: Clay, Elizabeth --- Kapoor, Sabrina --- Bayley, Rachel --- Wallace, Graham R. --- et al. Young, Stephen P. --- Fitzpatrick, Martin
ISBN: 9789535100461 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.5772/31814 Language: English
Publisher: IntechOpen Grant: Wellcome Trust||Wellcome Trust - 089384||066490
Most infections and traumatic injuries are cleared or repaired relatively rapidly and metabolic homoeostasis is soon restored. However, there is a broad range of inflammatory diseases which involve chronic activation of the immune system and, as a result, chronic persistent inflammation. We have been studying the metabolic consequences of chronic inflammatory diseases with the aim of identifying metabolic fingerprints which may provide clues about why the localised tissue disease persists.
molecular biology --- biochemistry --- genetics
Central Immune Senescence, Reversal Potentials (Book chapter)
Book title: Senescence
Authors: Kvell, Krisztian --- Pongracz, Judit E.
ISBN: 9789535101444 Year: 2012 Language: English
Publisher: IntechOpen Grant: Wellcome Trust - 079415
Ageing is a complex process that affects all living organisms. Senescence is not only conceivable in multicellular organisms, but also in unicellulars. Unlike certain diseases that have specific morbidity rates, ageing is a physiological process that affects all individuals that live long enough (unaffected by i.e. predation or famine) to experience senescence.
Génétiquement indéterminé
Author: Pouteau , Sylvie
ISBN: 9782759200986 Year: 2007 Pages: 174 DOI: 10.35690/978-2-7592-0098-6 Language: French
"Contemporary biology is called to accommodate the idea that while DNA is involved in the formation of an individual, the other constituents of the organism or of its environment are also determining factors. Nothing is ""programmed"" as such, and the challenge is to understand how the whole is assembled and structured. Five researchers from different scientific horizons here provide new and complementary insights into the singularity and auto-organization of living systems. The book includes a discussion glossary covering around thirty key notions, from adaptation to variability."
biology --- genetics --- dictionary
H6 Biology and Ecology of the Globally Significant Kelp Ecklonia radiata (Book chapter)
Book title: Oceanography and Marine Biology
Authors: Wernberg, Thomas --- Coleman, Melinda A. --- Babcock, Russell C. --- Bell, Sahira Y. --- et al. Bolton, John J. --- Connell, Sean D. --- Hurd, Catriona L. --- Johnson, Craig R. --- Marzinelli, Ezequiel M. --- Shears, Nick T. --- Steinberg, Peter D. --- Thomsen, Mads S. --- Vanderklift, Mathew A. --- Verges, Adriana --- Wright, Jeffrey T.
Book Series: Oceanography and Marine Biology : An Annual Review ISBN: 9780367134150 9780429026379 Year: 2019 Pages: 62 Language: English
Ecklonia radiata is one of the most widespread kelps globally, dominating temperate reefs throughout much of Australasia and southeastern Africa. Throughout much of its range, it is the only laminarian kelp and hence plays a key role in facilitating biodiversity and driving food webs, and it underpins immense ecological and socioeconomic values. This review synthesises the growing literature on E. radiata from its phylogeny and distribution through to its biology, ecology and recent changes. It provides an assessment of the state of knowledge and identifies gaps in our understanding of this important species. Despite being tolerant of a wide range of abiotic conditions, recent environmental change has caused direct and indirect loss of E. radiata forests, with extensive areas transitioning to turf and urchin barrens. Ongoing climate change may require application of multifaceted and novel strategies to increase its resistance and resilience to future conditions. By integrating variation across space, time and environmental change, this review provides a description of the current status and possible future trajectories of E. radiata forests.
biology --- ecology --- kelp
Systems Biology and the Challenge of Deciphering the Metabolic Mechanisms Underlying Cancer
Authors: Osbaldo Resendis-Antonio --- Christian Diener
Book Series: Frontiers Research Topics ISSN: 16648714 ISBN: 9782889453337 Year: 2017 Pages: 142 DOI: 10.3389/978-2-88945-333-7 Language: English
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Subject: Science (General) --- Physiology --- Biology
Since the discovery of the Warburg effect in the 1920s cancer has been tightly associated with the genetic and metabolic state of the cell. One of the hallmarks of cancer is the alteration of the cellular metabolism in order to promote proliferation and undermine cellular defense mechanisms such as apoptosis or detection by the immune system. However, the strategies by which this is achieved in different cancers and sometimes even in different patients of the same cancer is very heterogeneous, which hinders the design of general treatment options.Recently, there has been an ongoing effort to study this phenomenon on a genomic scale in order to understand the causality underlying the disease. Hence, current "omics" technologies have contributed to identify and monitor different biological pieces at different biological levels, such as genes, proteins or metabolites. These technological capacities have provided us with vast amounts of clinical data where a single patient may often give rise to various tissue samples, each of them being characterized in detail by genomescale data on the sequence, expression, proteome and metabolome level. Data with such detail poses the imminent problem of extracting meaningful interpretations and translating them into specific treatment options. To this purpose, Systems Biology provides a set of promising computational tools in order to decipher the mechanisms driving a healthy cell's metabolism into a cancerous one. However, this enterprise requires bridging the gap between large data resources, mathematical analysis and modeling specifically designed to work with the available data. This is by no means trivial and requires high levels of communication and adaptation between the experimental and theoretical side of research.
Systems Biology --- Metabolism --- Cancer --- Metabolic alterations --- Modeling --- Computational Biology
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CHICAGO — Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, associate librarian at the University of South Carolina-Lancaster Medford Library, is the 2019 Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO, recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic/research librarianship and library development.
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Kendrick is the author of "The Kaleidoscopic Concern: An Annotated Bibliography of Diversity, Recruitment, Retention, and Other Concerns Regarding African American and Ethnic Library Professionals in the United States" (2009) and "Global Evolution: A Chronological Annotated Bibliography of International Students in U.S. Academic Libraries" (2007), both published by ACRL.
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Today (January 30th) is the day I've been aiming to release "To Be His Child" and everything was on track! Until it wasn't.
The moving parts should stop moving in a week or two. My new year's resolution was more music, which comes with more of the everything else... and I'm still learning the tricky timeline of it all.
2. I know it may seem a little late for this song. And I wasn't actually going to write a song for the theme this year, because nothing could ever take the place of "I am a Child of God." But I just couldn't get it out of my mind, so a few weeks ago I decided to go ahead with it. So that's why it wasn't out before the first of the year. If you love it, hopefully you can find a month to teach it.
3. I learned in 2017, after trying to do some other projects, that it's about the music, and I should focus on that. And so "To Be His Child" is the first of several more songs this year.
4. The song will be released on January 30th February 15th. I hope.
5. There will be a group bundle available, as always, and an idea sheet on how to teach it.
6. I hope your children's group will love singing this one, and will remember who they are, and what it really means to be His child.
Last year we taught our Primary children "The Miracle" and it quickly became their favorite song. Almost every child chose this song as their favorite Primary song when asked. It brings tears to my eyes every time they sing it. Thank you for such a beautiful song that has made such an impact in these children's lives.
I'm a newly called primary music leader. I am so excited for your new song for this year! I am praying you're ablee to make the Feb 15th release because I am using 3 of your songs this year. I need to get teaching them so I'm waiting to buy your bundles all at once.
Yay!! You are doing it! Thank you for persevering through all the obstacles to deliver life changing music for our kids! Do you still need pictures and videos?
Happy dance! Thank you! I was hoping for some music from you again this year. You truly are gifted and I love having our primary sing your songs. They add an amazing depth to our program! Thank you!
I absolutely love your music!! You are super talented!! I have 4 boys (5,7,9,11) who sing your songs all the time. The best thing for a mom to hear is them singing your amazing songs all day long as they are playing. Is it too late to send you pictures for your video? I just saw this message. My boys favorite songs of yours are "The Miracle, Gethsemane, Thankful, and Choose Him again". We listen to them in the car on the way to school everyday. They love them and so do I. So thank you for sharing your amazing talent with all of us and letting us fill our days with your incredible messages.
Cant wait to hear it. Your music is truly inspired and you have an amazing gift. I love how your music incorporates little bits of harmony, challenges for young kids but doable. We are already teaching our primary the Thankful song and are using it for our program!


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Q: $f(x) = x^\frac{1}{3}$ is continuous at any $p \neq 0$. Trying to show $f(x) = x^\frac{1}{3}$ is continuous at any $p \neq 0$. The case with 0 is easy, this one has me stuck. I should use that $a^3 - b^3 = (a-b)(a^2+ab+b^2).$ I started off by $$|x^\frac{1}{3} - p^\frac{1}{3}| = |x^\frac{1}{3} - p^\frac{1}{3}| \frac{|x^\frac{2}{3}+(xp)^\frac{1}{3}+p^\frac{2}{3}|}{|x^\frac{2}{3}+(xp)^\frac{1}{3}+p^\frac{2}{3}|} = \frac{|x-p|}{|x^\frac{2}{3}+(xp)^\frac{1}{3}+p^\frac{2}{3}|}.$$ The numerator is exactly what I want it to be. The denominator is giving me headache because $(xp)^\frac{1}{3}$ can be negative, so i can't do $\leq \frac{|x-p|}{|p^\frac{2}{3}|}$ and get the $\delta$ easily. I have already shown that either $x^\frac{2}{3}+(xp)^\frac{1}{3} = x^\frac{1}{3}(x^\frac{1}{3} + p^\frac{1}{3}) \geq 0$ or $p^\frac{2}{3}+(xp)^\frac{1}{3} = p^\frac{1}{3}(x^\frac{1}{3} + p^\frac{1}{3}) \geq 0$ (or both). The first case allows me to proceed to $\leq \frac{|x-p|}{|p^\frac{2}{3}|}$, but the second leaves me with $\leq \frac{|x-p|}{|x^\frac{2}{3}|}$, so I can't do anything about the variable quantity. Is there an easier way to solve the problem? I would like not to go case-by-case, but that might be the option.

A: Note that $x^{1/3}$ is the inverse of $x^3$ and the latter has nonzero derivative everywhere but at $0$.
Then, if you haven't already done so, prove as a lemma that the inverse of a differentiable function is continuous at every point where the derivative is nonzero.
This will free you from the detailed algebra and allow you to focus on the qualitative aspects of the situation.

A: If you make sure that $|x-p|<|p|$ (as part of how you choose $\delta$), then $x$ and $p$ have the same sign, and all terms in the denominator are positive.

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