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FILE - In this May 21, 2021 file photo, a sign reminds customers to wear their masks at a bakery in Lake Oswego, Ore. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 announced a statewide indoor mask requirement due to the spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases, warning that the state's health care system could be overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)
(AP) — Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced a statewide indoor mask requirement because of the spike in coronavirus hospitalizations and cases, warning that the state's health care system could be overwhelmed. Beginning Friday, everyone who is 5 years or older in Oregon — regardless of vaccination status — will be required to wear masks in indoor public spaces.
Brown had urged local officials to implement their own mandates, but almost none did. The newest coronavirus health and safety measure in Oregon applies to all indoor public spaces, including businesses, grocery stores, indoor entertainment venues and gyms. In addition, people older than two years old will be required to wear masks on public transit.
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This model is was my first bust and the largest scale human that I'd ever painted and I took my sweet time with him too.
For starters, I decided to dual prime him with black and a directional spray of white. I wanted to have one side of his face in shadow, with the other side a bit brighter.
Now, generally I'm not a fan of dual priming as it never seems to make a difference in the end result. Or at least, I can never see a difference. Perhaps, if I was airbrushing 90% of the layers it would be noticeable, but I am a brush painter and even though I paint in thin coats it still didn't seem to make a difference in the end result.
I will say that it did help me remember where the light was coming from and helped me plan out highlights and shadows. Especially since I had taken pictures of it in just its primer.
To help give him a bit more skin tone variation, I mixed some Rhinox Hide with Tanned Skin and then sprayed the mix onto the bust with a toothbrush. From there, I started layering skin tones and adding shadows and highlights to him.
I painted his eyes similarly to how I normally paint chibi eyes. But, isntead of of pure white to for the whites of the eyes, I mixed in some skin tone to the white and did minimal highlighting to them.
For the hair, I started with the facial hair, to give myself a smaller area to do testing on. I started with the eyebrows and used mixes of Black, Rhinox Hide and Tanned Skin, highlighting it up with White.
Once I was happy, I took what I learned and moved on to the mustache, making sure to keep in mind my light direction. As such the right side of the mustache has more subdued highlights.
The hair was a major challenge and I tried my best to make it look good. But I'm not 100% happy with it. Black, as it is, isn't my strongest suit.
I love the way the red clothing turned out. It ended up with a nice velvet looking texture to it and I feel that the highlights and shadows are spot on.
The last part of it that I had issues with were the pearls. I had a rough time painting them all and I didn't manage to get them looking as shiny as I would have liked. But they did turn out OK and they don't draw away from the face, so that is a plus.
All in all, I'm really pleased with the way Vlad turned out. I still haven't finished the plinth for him, and I haven't decided if I want to keep the one he came with or make a wooden one.
We'll see what happens and I'll update the post with the plinth once I get that figured out.
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Panacea Life Sciences and the Power of Brand
Ben Rindels, senior copywriter | Feb 24, 2021
Brand Work Under Our Belt
The world moves fast. For 43 years, Karsh Hagan has enabled brands to move with it. In the early 2000s when consumers increasingly digested their information digitally, we helped clients execute digital marketing campaigns of their own. As consumers have continued to demand social purpose from the brands they support, we've helped clients transcend the things they make or do by unlocking an authentic purpose of their own.
We even helped steer brands onward amid a global pandemic. In March of 2020, as marketing budgets were slashed and campaigns were canceled across the entire industry, brands were forced to reevaluate what to say and how. We used what limited resources we had to quickly produce campaigns for our clients that put messages of empathy, care, and support at the forefront — messages that our communities needed more than ever.
Simply put, we know how to think on our feet. We have a passion for empowering brands to grow and helping them pivot in whatever direction the wind is blowing. This was no exception for Panacea Life Sciences, a CBD company based in Golden, Colorado.
CBD and a Sea of Sameness
Our relationship with Panacea Life Sciences began in 2019 when we invited them to our office (pre-pandemic) for a brand accelerator workshop. It was during this time that we uncovered two of their biggest barriers to success. First, they had no distinguishable brand of their own. Second, the CBD industry itself. While it's no secret that CBD consumption has skyrocketed in recent years, it's a complicated category blanketed in questions, stigma, and a myriad of brands all singing the same song.
"Will this get me high?"
"Aren't over-the-counter pills more effective?"
"I can't tell the difference between any of these brands."
"Are these health claims even accurate?"
To be seen as a leader, Panacea Life Sciences would need a rebranding that pivoted them in a different direction than their competitors — a rebranding that would provide answers, challenge stereotypes, and help them stand out.
We began by helping them articulate what value they add to people's lives. For brands to thrive, they need to bring something of value to the table. It's why we might choose to spend more dollars on one brand of jelly versus the other. Panacea Life Sciences in particular carries the unique equities of nature and science — 100% organically-grown hemp, and the research/expertise of on-staff Ph.D. scientists. This marriage results in premium, quality products for treating pain, anxiety, insomnia, and more. It fosters empowerment through natural remedies that serve as an alternative to daily wellness products. We took these values and helped the brand express them through a three-word brand essence: Cultivating Everyday Wellness.
With a brand essence this refreshing, it was time to develop an identity that followed suit. We crafted a simplified and elegant name for the brand — "Pana", along with a new goddess logomark inspired by Panacea, the Greek goddess of healing. We also implemented new colors and graphic lines and patterns to provide a sophisticated, apothecary-esque feel to complement the brand's natural remedies. To differentiate their product lines, we brought in a hand-drawn illustration style, each illustration depicting the product line they represent.
After establishing their look, it was time to refine their voice. One thing we know is that people don't want to hear from brands; they want to hear from people. That's why we also helped develop a new tone of voice that's trustworthy, educated, scientific, passionate, and most of all human-sounding.
With this rebranding, we even challenged the popular cultural stereotype that anyone beaming with delight from hemp-based wellness products must be high on pot. To break this myth for good, we created a social campaign that shows everyday people experiencing the holistic effects of Pana, all with a smiley, borderline-stoned expression on their faces. The twist? They're not high; they're just thrilled to be in less pain.
More and More, Brand Matters
A rebranding of this magnitude didn't come without results. As of August 2020, the engagement rate on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn each rose 56%. But the rebranding didn't come without a deeper reason, either. Ask yourself how many brand messages and advertisements you see per day. Hundreds? Thousands? Now ask yourself how many you remember. Less than ten? Brand matters. To stand out among the masses, it's critical to have a distinct voice, a recognizable style, an attractive personality, and the ability to pivot when circumstances demand it. With more and more advertisements being churned out by the hour, what your brand says, does, and delivers becomes more and more important.
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I am often asked by my friends about making kids friendly Recipes. This is a really easy to make dish even if you do not have an oven. People those who does not have oven at home can heat a pan and grease with few drops oil and cook the bread pizza by covering with a lid to cook the topping (veggies and melt the cheese) for 2 minutes. Then open the lid and cook for a minute to get the bread crispy.
You can add the veggies of your choice and also brown/whole wheat bread can be used or any bread you get for that instance. Shape of the bread does not matters. You can also use ketchup instead of pizza sauce if you have do not have pizza sauce at home.
Apply Ketchup/ tomato sauce/ Pizza sauce in the bread slices.
Spread the Mozerella cheese on top of the sauce evenly.
Keep the topping as you wish with equal intervals.
Don't keep much space in between the veggies, because once you cook the pizza the veggies shrink and fill the space.
People those who do not have oven, cook the bread pizza in a heated pan by sprinkling drops of oil and keep the pizza on the pan and cover with a lid and allow to cook for 2 minutes till the cheese melts. Now the bread will be elastic. Then open the lid and cook further 30 seconds to make the bread harder and crispy.
People those who have normal heating oven at home just transfer the bread slices into a oven safe plate and microwave for about 1 minute 30 seconds.
Now the veggies get cooked and the cheese get melted.
Now the bread is elastic and soft to touch. So you wont be able to hold the bread in hand. But If you like you can eat it as such.
I always make the base crisp by heating a pan and drizzling some oil on top and transfering the oven cooked pizza into the hot pan. I cook it for 30 seconds to a minute till the bottom of the bread turns golden and slightly crunchy.
Now you will be able to hold and handle the bread easily. By doing this step. The pizza turns yummier.
Note: Topping is optional you can use Mushroom, Onion, Capsicum, Pineapple, Sweet corn, Jalapeno, Olives for vegetarian options.
Chicken sausages, Pepperoni, Cooked Chicken pieces, etc with vegetables are the non vegetarian options.
Pizza sauce can be replaced with Tomato sauce/ Ketchup.
Any bread Sandwich Bread, Milk Bread,Whole wheat, Brown bread..etc can be used.
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The U.S. Trade Deficit: A Dangerous Obsession
Joseph P. Quinlan And Marc Chandler
Joseph P. Quinlan is Senior Global Economist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and author of Global Engagement: How American Companies Really Compete in the Global Economy. Marc Chandler is Chief Currency Strategist at Mellon Financial Corporation.
THE WRONG SCORECARD
Every U.S. president over the past quarter-century has confronted an annual trade deficit. But the cavernous trade gap inherited by President George W. Bush dwarfs those faced by his predecessors. America's current-account deficit (which measures the cross-border exchange of goods, services, and investment income) averaged more than $1 billion a day last year, reaching a record 4.4 percent of GDP. Many economists worry that the huge trade deficit, which must be financed by foreign investors, could lead to a full-blown financial crisis if and when those investors become unwilling to fund the imbalance. Something as benign as stronger economic growth in another country, for instance, could attract a larger share of the world's savings, leading to higher U.S. interest rates, a weaker dollar, and a grimmer economic outlook for the United States and the world.
Economists offer various explanations for the persistent U.S. trade deficit. Some argue that America buys more from the world than it sells because its companies are growing less competitive. Others blame the "unfair" trade restrictions and labor policies of other countries. Still others point to the underlying strength of the dollar, which makes American goods and services more expensive for foreign buyers.
Whatever the proper explanation, a simple and important fact is absent from the debate: the trade balance is no longer a valid scorecard for America's global sales and competitiveness. Given a choice, U.S. firms prefer to sell goods and services abroad through their foreign affiliates instead of exporting them from the United States. In 1998, U.S. foreign-affiliate sales topped a staggering $2.4 trillion, while U.S. exports -- the common but spurious yardstick of U.S. global sales -- totaled just $933 billion, or less than 40 percent of affiliate sales. How U.S. firms compete in world markets, in other words, goes well beyond trade.
Still, trade erroneously remains the standard benchmark of global competitiveness. More worrisome, it is the most important factor shaping U.S. international economic policy. Overblown concern
Source URL: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2001-05-01/us-trade-deficit-dangerous-obsession


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How Do You Sell A Business, While Keeping It A Secret?
My day job is running The Value Builder System where we coach owners to improve the value of their companies. We have a tool called The Short List Builder where we give owners a methodology for identifying their most natural acquirers.
You may wonder why we bother, since in many cases our customers are years away from selling. A short list will help you visualize who the likely acquirers for your company are. You can then run big decisions through the lens of your natural acquirers and think through how they would view your strategies.
So how many names should be on your short list when you take your business to market? That depends on how you rank the importance of variables like cost, speed and confidentiality. The following is a list of three potential approaches to building your short list and the pros and cons of each.
You could decide there is only one natural (or eager) buyer for your business and focus your attention on negotiating directly with this one company.
Acquirers love these situations as they have tremendous negotiating leverage over you. They know they are not competing with anyone else and use that fact to their advantage. Acquirers have even given a name to this dream situation and called it a "Prop Deal" (Proprietary Deal).
Having one name on your list minimizes the chances that news of your sale will leak to your employees or customers. You may also choose to negotiate with one buyer without hiring an intermediary (M&A professional or business broker) saving money on your transaction.
The biggest downside of having just one natural buyer is they will likely use their negotiating leverage to minimize the price they pay for your business and tilt deal terms heavily in their favour. Counterintuitively, a proprietary deal may also take much longer to close because the buyer knows they are not competing with anyone and therefore may drag out the sale process to weaken your negotiating position even further.
You may choose to create a short list of less than a dozen companies that know you and your product. These are often existing partners or competitors who understand your industry.
The benefit of this approach is that your acquirers already know who you are, which can accelerate the sale process significantly. With a few potential acquirers at the table, you can create a market for your business, play one off the other, drive up their offers and tilt deal terms in your favour.
The downside of going to a small list of industry players is that many of your competitors will use the process as a fishing exercise to learn your company's secrets regardless of whether they are in a position to buy your business. Negotiating with industry peers also maximizes the chance that news of your impending sale will leak to your employees and customers.
Another approach is to try and make a market for your business by going to a wide swath of more than 100 potential buyers.
By going to a wider audience, you can be sure you are creating a more efficient market for your business where you are likely to get a higher price and better deal terms because of the threat of competition among bidders.
Making a market can be expensive and time-consuming and you run the risk of a wider swath of people knowing you're for sale.
I recently interviewed John Arnott Sr. on Built to Sell Radio and he chose the Make a Market approach for Wave Two, the technology consulting firm he sold in 2012.
Arnott started with a longlist of 250 potential buyers and sent out a one page anonymous letter describing his business at a high level. Forty of the people who got the one page overview agreed to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in return for the offering memorandum (a written summary of the business and its plans for the future). Of the 40 companies under the NDA, 10 expressed some form of interest by asking deeper questions or requesting a phone call with Arnott. Of the 10 expressions of interest, five people took the time to meet with Arnott and his partner face-to-face in a management meeting. Of the five people he met with, Arnott received two offers, one of which he accepted.
The number of acquirers on your short list depends largely on the kind of sale you envision. Making a market will usually yield the best price and terms and, provided the process is run by a good M&A professional, you should be able to minimize the risk of others finding out you're for sale.


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Tina has developed a focus on executive-level recruiting in operations, finance and sales, and she is industry agnostic.Through the years she has worked with businesses in a wide array of industries, from a cement plant to SaaS/tech, retail, e-commerce, healthcare, products/services, manufacturing and distribution, as well as startups, established small businesses, large enterprises and both public and international companies.
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Sonic Dash is a free endless runner game app for Windows 8 and 8.1 which allows you to play as Sonic the hedgehog and run endlessly for a high score. The game is well designed all throughout, has great graphics and also has boss battles at certain checkpoints where the boss fires missiles behind and in front of you which you have to dodge by moving right or left. The game has been designed by SEGA, and hence you can be rest assured about its quality – Sonic the hedgehog character was created by SEGA! The game has various unlockable characters and powerups which can be purchased by trading in the rings which you collect during the gameplay for the same.
Sonic Dash is available for free from the Windows App Store.
The Main Menu: When you install and run the game, you will straight off be brought to the main menu of the game.
In the main menu, you can choose to tweak certain settings, choose your character and start playing the game. To start the game, click on the big Play button at the center of the screen.
The Gameplay: When you click on the Play button in the main menu, be prepared to be presented with the gameplay interface.
You can see Sonic dashing on the fields in the screenshot above, with all my points displayed at the top right.
Left arrow button: Move left.
Right arrow button: Move right.
Up arrow button + Mouse click while in air: Aerial attack (useful in boss battles).
You can also dash or use a speed boost when your dash meter is full by clicking on the dash button at the bottom right of the screen. The game can be paused by clicking on the pause button at the top left.
The Boss Battles: To make things interesting and more challenging, the game has introduced certain boss battles which will challenge you and force you to use better strategies for gameplay. Boss battles appear when you have run a considerable distance, and these evil bosses appear out of nowhere to taunt you and try to stop you from going any further.
You can see a boss pop out of nowhere on the screen above. And below, you can see him attacking Sonic with his missiles.
When a boss is defeated, you get a confirmation message on your screen for the same.
At the end of the game, when you crash or die, you will be shown your score and stats.
This concludes the main features of Sonic Dash.
Sonic Dash is a decently designed game app for Windows 8 and 8.1 which makes for a great download on all Windows 8 and 8.1 devices. You should definitely give it a try!


Visualize all those mysterious electronic signals with an oscilloscope!
Learn how to build and use a super simple $30 oscilloscope perfect for electronics hobbyist applications. It's also a great way to get started using some of the fancier oscilloscopes !
Every oscilloscope has a window that displays the voltage output of your signal. On every display, the y-axis is voltage, and the x-axis is time.
You can zoom in and out of the display grid by adjusting the "Volts per division"* or "Seconds per division".
On this oscilloscope, the voltage adjustment switches are on the left side (bottom two switches), and they let you zoom out to as much as 5 Volts ("V") per division, and zoom in to 10 mV per division.
*"Per division" means the size of the squares, e.g. 1V per division means that each square is 1V in height, 1 second per division means that each square is 1 second wide.
** Be sure that the time scale is selected (will be highlighted with a box around it — this is the default selected setting, change settings using the "sel" button, described in more detail in the next section.
This oscilloscope has all the expected features of larger, more expensive 'scopes, and also is a great introduction to some of the more complex versions.
1. The "ok" button (very top button): Pushing it once takes a snapshot of the screen, which can be saved to the oscilloscope. Holding this button down displays key numeric values about your signal, like the maximum and minimum voltage, signal frequency, etc.
2. The "+" button: Similar to an up arrow key, pushing this button allows you to sort through options.
A. Change the time scale.
B. Set how the oscilloscope display refreshes – "Auto", "Norm," or "Sing". More on these in the next section.
C. Set the trigger slope. More on this in the next section.
D. Change the trigger level. More on this in the next section.
E. Adjust the horizontal position of the oscilloscope display.
F. Change the vertical position of the display.
Oscilloscope triggers cause the oscilloscope to display a signal. Triggers are set at a specific value, or "trigger level," along a specified direction, or "trigger slope" (more info below).
The trigger helps to display the exact electrical signal that you want, so that you get a stable display and measurement. In this 'scope, the trigger is set on the right side of the display and the LED at the bottom flashes when the trigger is detected.
Automatic ("Auto"): Display continually refreshes, regardless if triggers are met.
Normal ("Norm"): Display only refreshes if the trigger is met.
Single ("Sing"): Same as normal mode, waveform display is held after a trigger has been detected.
More on Trigger Level and Trigger Slope!
The Trigger Level is a set, internal voltage that is compared to the signal, or input, voltage. The oscilloscope triggers when the signal voltage is equal to the trigger voltage. If an electronic signal rises and falls, then the trigger would happen twice: once when the signal is rising and again when the signal is falling. The trigger slope lets you choose which voltage (rising or falling) to trigger on.
Now, to see the electrical signals at work in the world around you, connect the black lead to ground, and the red lead to the part of the circuit that you want to measure the voltage.
For example, if you want to measure the voltage output of a sensor, like the capacitor in the photo to the right, you want to connect the red probe after the sensor.
You may also want to calibrate your scope using the on-board signal. See the datasheet for more info.
The an oscilloscope kit in this tutorial takes about 2 -3 hours to assemble (instructions here), but is definitely worth it because many reasons! Here are a few: It's a great way to learn circuit components, get familiar with schematics, and practice soldering (and de-soldering….). And, honestly, it's pretty relaxing.
Once you've got the 'scope assembled, it needs 9V and about 0.1A. There are two power ports: a barrel jack and a male JST connector. You can use a 9V battery with the barrel jack (OMG it's portable!), or a power supply with the JST connector.
The exposed wire on the top of the oscilloscope is a square wave signal to help you calibrate the signal (see the datasheet for more info).
Be sure to use less than 12V or you risk heating up the board and possibly damaging it (don't let the black smoke out!).
Now you know all the basics to connect your oscilloscope to sensors, your tongue, and other low power sources to watch the wonderful world of electricity at work!
Interested in building a capacitive touch sensor like the one used in this tutorial? Check out this tutorial!


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The government's handling of transgender rights has been mismanaged from the start
While working people suffered under needless austerity and public services were stripped to the bone, transgender people have faced specific detriment. The focus on changes to legal gender recognition that came out of Miller's report was mismanaged from the start.
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Three years after her parliamentary committee reported on transgender rights, Maria Miller this week accused her own government of mishandling trans issues.
When the Tory chair of the House of Commons women and equalities committee announces publicly that her own government's priorities are wrong, we must surely be in the last days of this shambolic administration.
While working people suffered under needless austerity and public services were stripped to the bone, transgender people have faced specific detriment.
The focus on changes to legal gender recognition that came out of Miller's report was mismanaged from the start.
First the government did nothing and then it procrastinated for two years. By the time it finally did consult, the resulting uncertainty had given way to a divisive and sometimes bitter dispute between transgender advocates and feminist campaigners, helping those reactionary forces hostile to to both trans rights and women's rights.
Meanwhile real and pressing concerns of transgender people went unaddressed. Only now has Miller admitted that access to healthcare has become a problem.
Seven years ago, when gender dysphoria became crippling, my GP referred me for specialist psychiatric support and I was treated within the 18-week target introduced by the previous Labour government.
Since then funding has failed to keep up with the rising demand on services, and the situation has become desperate.
Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic, the country's largest, is now offering appointments to people referred in July 2017.
Elsewhere the situation is worse. The wait time at Exeter is 29 months, with treatment not expected to begin within a further 30 months. That is scandalous even in the context of this government.
Trans people are waiting literally years for treatment, during which time our mental health is put under intense strain, increasing the likelihood of sickness and impinging negatively on our quality of life.
While it was right to consult on how to remove unnecessary hurdles from trans people seeking legal recognition of their gender change, those measures would be relatively cheap to implement.
It's perhaps unsurprising that improvements that required funding and investment were ignored.
The government cannot claim it was not warned about rising demand. As long ago as 2009, the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (Gires) received Home Office funding for research into the prevalence of transgender people in Britain.
They reported rapid growth in referrals year-on-year and urged policy makers to plan for further growth.
Working people deserve far better than the little that this government is willing to yield. As trade unionists and activists, we need to support transgender people who are facing the brunt of inadequately funded services while facing discrimination in the workplace and wider society.
Transgender rights are at the heart of trade unions. Last November, TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "Unions — and their reps — make a real difference to trans people's experiences at work, standing up for workers facing discrimination or misunderstandings, and ensuring workplaces are safe and welcoming for everyone."
With that in mind we need to work together to return a progressive Labour government that will listen to us and work with us, and will invest in the National Health Service so that prompt treatment will be available for all in need.
Debbie Hayton is a member of the TUC LGBT+ Committee.
* This article was first published by The Morning Star on 5 January 2019: The government's handling of transgender rights has been mismanaged from the start.
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China liberated as million man Christian army heads for Western Europe while Incas revolt
By Benjamin Fulford Weekly Reports 24 Comments
As the headline suggests, the planetary liberation alliance has begun a massive, simultaneous worldwide offensive against the Satanic Khazarian mafia.
China has led the way by literally "following the science" and exposing the fake pandemic and fraudulent PCR tests as a massive KM bribery and mind control project. Now Russia along with their allies Serbia and Germany, are preparing a million-man (note to feminist brainwashees: man=human) army to move into Western Europe, including Switzerland. At the same time, this is happening, the Inca Empire is reviving after 500 years to liberate Peru from the KM.
In another sign a decisive turning point has been reached, Spanish and Italian media are reporting the fake Pope Francis is resigning.
"Ya he firmado mi renuncia" en caso de impedimento médico: Papa Francisco (eluniversal.com.mx)
P3 Freemason sources say the Jesuits are avenging the murder of the real Pope Francis and have begun purging the Vatican of KM agents. "While CNN fake news is reporting a coup in the Vatican to dethrone Pope Francis, moved by so-called 'unsubstantiated news', inside sources close to me are confirming that the Pope is going to finally resign," confirms P2 honcho Leo Zagami.
https://leozagami.com/2018/08/28/pope-preparing-to-move-back-to-argentina-amongst-controversies/
There is a lot else to cover but, let us start with the situation in China. As this official Xinhua news agency article confirms, the Ministry of Transport is telling all officials in China that they must "strictly implement," the rule that PCR tests are no longer required for travelers.
https://english.news.cn/20221218/62ea4de220cd4dba817d12b675e7dcca/c.html
Here is what a Polish resident of China reports: "A few days ago…I woke up in a completely different reality. No more tests, no more code checking (the tracking system has been turned off), no lockdowns, and no isolation in case of #covid. You don't even know if you have this covid or some kind of flu because there is no testing anyway and there is only a recommendation to stay home for 3 days. The fences from the estates are being removed. Entrance gates to buildings – the expensive ones for scanning health codes that were installed until a few weeks ago – are now disabled."
What happened was that Asian secret societies did real scientific testing and figured out the PCR tests and the Pandemic were a complete money laundering and mind control fraud by the KM. A massive purge of KM agents in China –including David Rockefellers' 30+ bastard children- is now underway and China is being fully liberated.
The next place to be liberated will be Western Europe. Pentagon sources say their intelligence sources indicate at least a 700,000-person strong army is poised to enter Ukraine "in the near future." Polish intelligence sources independently confirm that on December 18th "the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus moved to the border with Ukraine."
In a sign of how desperate the Satanic Ukrainian regime has become, they have been rounding up all the Orthodox priests and monks they can find to use as human shields, according to Russian FSB sources.
Despite this and despite efforts by Rockefeller bagman Henry Kissinger to buy time with a rewarmed version of the failed Minsk accords and threats to use "AI-controlled robots,"
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-push-for-peace/
the Russians are not budging. As the Russian official Tass News agency reports: "Dialogue between Russia and NATO is out of the question amid the current developments…There is nothing behind French President Emmanuel Macron's words about the need to provide security guarantees to Moscow." In other words, it is all-out war.
https://tass.com/russias-foreign-policy/1552019>
This is why according to P3 freemason sources:
While Putin prepares nuclear missiles, Germany has run out of ammunition and can only fight for 2 days Germany's military readiness collapsed…. real duration of what Germany is able to sustain in a war is just two days. If war is announced on Monday, in other words, Germany is over by Wednesday and is forced to surrender. The US, meanwhile, is also running out of military ammunition and weapons for the simple reason that it has sent most of its existing weapons to Ukraine. While all of this is happening, the Western media is going into a frenzy over Putin's public deployment of YARS missile systems carrying nuclear warheads that can strike the United States. The United States cannot defend itself against Russian nuclear missiles because it is decades ahead of ours.
The P3 also says that most of the satellites controlled by NATO have now been destroyed, completely blinding them.
Dmitry Medvedev says legitimate military targets for Russia may include the military-political leadership of the enemy country and the armed forces of other countries that are allies of the enemy country.
https://warnews247.gr/anakoinosi-aitia-g-pp-apo-rosia-ipa-kai-polonia-eplixan-stochous-entos-tis-epikrateias-mas-fovoi-gia-isodynamo-tetelesmeno/>
The Russian Embassy in London tweeted on November 30, 2022, quoting NATO spokesman Jamie Shea from 1999: Jamie Shea from #NATO, 1999: 70% of #Yugoslavia is without power. This shows that we have our finger on the button and that we can turn the electricity on and off where we need it and where we want it. NATO in 2022: Russia must stop attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure as it is inhumane.
Meanwhile, German intelligence sources say the post-war occupation government is being removed and that Germany will ally with Russia to liberate Western Europe and conduct a joint military operation into Switzerland to remove the KM presence there in conjunction with Swiss patriots.
Also, Serbia has mobilized its 600,000-man reserves and is ready to get revenge for the destruction of Yugoslavia by the Rockefellers and Rothschilds.
The reason Bill Clinton Rockefeller bombed and destroyed Yugoslavia was to create a puppet fake state called Kosovo and thus control more than 70 percent of Yugoslavia's mineral extraction including gold, chrome, nickel, aluminum, copper, iron metals, lead-zinc and the world's fifth-largest proven reserves of lignite.
https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/kosovo-mining-and-minerals
The president of Serbia, A.Vusic, told his people: "We will not surrender. Serbia will win. We will never forsake our brothers. All Serbs are ready to give our lives for our homeland. For the first time since the breakup of Yugoslavia, I see the Serbian people so united. I am proud and grateful."
The move to liberate Europe and the rest of the world has led the Inca Empire of South America to liberate their people from the colonial yoke for the first time in almost 500 years. The widely reported civilian unrest caused by the removal of President Pedro Castillo is really an Inca revival.
On Thursday, his Twitter account posted a handwritten note which said U.S. Ambassador Lisa Kenna, a former longtime CIA agent gave "the order to take the troops out into the streets and massacre my defenseless people; and, incidentally, leave the way clear for mining exploitation, as in the case of Conga , Tía María , and others."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/16/death-toll-peru-protests-tops-20-coup-government-extends-castillos-jail-term
The fight is also continuing in Brazil too where the KM is on the ground staging false flag attacks to blame Bolsonaro supporters. The Brazilian armed forces, though, remain on the side of the people.
There is a common thread to the events in China, Russia, Yugoslavia, Peru Brazil etc. that involves the removal of the Earths' mineral resources to entities located off…
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Japan's 'Dream Project' will use robots to tend disaster-stricken farmland
Japan is planning to build an experimental robot-run farm to help revitalize some of the land hit hardest by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.
By Bryan Bishop@bcbishop Jan 7, 2012, 4:37am EST
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Flooded Fields in Miyagi Prefecture
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is planning an experimental farm to help revive some of the land devastated by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami — and it's going to use robots to do it. Approximately 618 acres in the Miyagi Prefecture have been set aside for the plan — dubbed the "Dream Project" — which will see unmanned tractors and robots tending, harvesting, and boxing rice, wheat, soybeans, and various fruits and vegetables. The project also aims to create a sort of self-sustaining ecosystem unto itself, with the carbon dioxide emissions from the robotic machinery being channeled back into the crops to promote growth in lieu of chemical fertilizers.
Northern Japan was hit hard by the disasters earlier this year, with farmland left flooded and contaminated by fallout from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The Ministry plans to spend around $51 million on the project, with additional funds from the private sector bringing the total investment to over $129 million. Panasonic, Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Sharp are among the companies that are reportedly expected to participate. Don't expect an immediate turnaround, however: on-the-ground research wil begin later this year, with the experiment expected to stretch over the next six years.
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Economist Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis have the strongest chances of winning the presidential election next year, the latest public poll shows.
Former diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas and Ingrida Šimonytė, a member of the Lithuanian parliament, also got into the top five, according to the Spinter Tyrimai survey for the delfi.lt news website.
It shows that 22.9 percent of people are would vote for Nausėda. 12.8 percent would back Skvernelis and 12.2 percent would give their vote to Matijošaitis. The bias is 3.1 percent. There were no major changes in the rating from the previous month's survey.
Ušackas would get 6.9 percent and Šimonytė 5.3 percent.
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Newton Property partnership with Energy Action Scotland takes 10 families out of fuel poverty.
Norman Kerr, Director of EAS and Stephen O'Neill (right) chairman of Newton Property with a cheque for postal savings made by Newton customers being donated to EAS to alleviate fuel poverty
When Newton Property Management unveiled its 2020 Green Vision last year, it could not have foreseen the success of the campaign and the interest it has generated among its customers and other businesses.
Among the seven "achievable objectives" which include installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points and moving customers' energy supplies to green energy utility companies, there was also a commitment to encourage as many as possible to move to electronic communication and banish paper billing.
Chairman, Stephen O'Neill said: "When as a board we measured the impact of sending skip loads of paper communication to our customers we realised we were needlessly putting dozens of vans, driving thousands of miles, on to the roads and could not think of a worse way to continue. We knew that we had to do something about it."
Newton's solution was bold. It advised all its customers that it would be introducing a flat rate charge for any (other than those with special needs) who wanted to continue to receive communications by post.
"We wanted to espouse the clear environmental benefits of taking dozens of vans off the road while also ensuring that we weren't perceived by some of our customers as some kind of pariah," he said.
"Our decision to partner with and support Energy Action Scotland (EAS), the only national charity with fuel poverty as its sole remit, has been amazingly effective.
"Postal savings made by customers switching to email are being gifted to EAS.
"The support and encouragement we have received from our customers has been overwhelming and thanks to them changing their behaviour, our first contribution to the EAS has taken 10 families out of fuel poverty," he added.
"I am absolutely convinced that in the not too distant future the public will see companies needlessly sending out screeds of paper as being abhorrent and I would encourage all other volume service providers to make a real difference to the planet and people's lives."
It's an aspiration shared by Norman Kerr, Director of Energy Action Scotland, who said: "We are delighted to be working with Newton Property Management and look forward to sharing our point expertise as we continue our work to ensure that everyone has a warm, dry home.
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It's been a long road, but we're finally here. The TreeCrafters Challenge Plugin will be installed on the server very, very soon, and you'll be able to follow the original Tree Spirit Challenge rules, with a few modifications, in style.
Just yesterday we finalized a version of the plugin that brings massive optimizations and cleaned up a few final features that make this plugin ready to go. That means we can now install the plugin on our live server and play with it, even while more features are added in the future.
Before we install the plugin, however, you should prepare your trees for a few changes.
When you log in after the plugin is installed, your inventory will be completely wiped and replaced with the different varieties of Saplings. The plugin will treat you as if you are a brand new player, since it doesn't have any information about you stored anywhere until you plant a Sapling.
This means you need to save your inventory in a chest so that you don't lose any precious items.
That said, I have a backup plan in case you are unable to do this before the plugin is installed. Everyone's inventories are saved automatically on a daily basis, and before I install the plugin I will also be manually running the inventory save feature. Once you plant your Sapling, a command will run which reloads your most recently saved inventory. If you put your items in a chest before I install the plugin, this means you'll have an empty inventory loaded. If you don't put your items in a chest, then your inventory will look like what you had before.
In addition to that, I can run a command individually to load a player's inventory, just in case the automatic restore doesn't work after you plant your Sapling.
This might not consistently work, though, which is why you should play it safe and save your inventory in a chest. This is a final warning - don't complain if your inventory gets wiped and you lose everything. You have a few days to prepare.
One other thing to note - sometimes experience gets botched up in the restore process. You may want to store your XP in bottles as well, and store them in a chest. You can do this by holding shift and right-clicking on a diamond block. This will convert your XP to bottles which you can place in a chest, and then use those bottles later to get most of your XP back.
Since the plugin relies on planting a Sapling in order to place your heart log and get your tree started, you should clear a space now around where you want your heart log to go that will give ample space for a tree to grow.
When you are in the state of needing to plant your tree, you will be unable to place or break blocks, interact with chests or other such blocks, take damage, die, or aggro mobs. This means that if you don't clear a space for your Sapling to grow into a tree before the plugin is installed, you will be unable to clear the space until you plant your Sapling.
A Staff Member can help you with this if you run into an issue, but if none of them are on when you are trying to plant your tree, then you'll have to wait. Play it safe and clear the space you need for a tree to grow now.
If you are planting a Jungle Sapling: You need to have a 4x4 space cleared out, plus significant vertical clearance. Jungle trees require more space to grow due to their vines and height.
If you are planting a Dark Oak Sapling: You need to have a 2x2 space cleared out, with significant vertical clearance. Just like the Jungle trees, Dark Oak trees can get pretty tall, but they don't need quite so much space at the base to grow.
For all trees: You need to make sure the space where you want your Heart Log has visibility of the sky, otherwise the Sapling will not grow.
Finally, place a Dirt or Grass block in the space immediately below where you want your Heart Log to be positioned. Saplings can only be planted on Dirt or Grass.
If you do plant your tree in the wrong spot, you can right-click on your Heart Log and delete the tree. You'll get new Saplings again and can plant it where you want it. You CANNOT use Pistons to move your Heart Log.
Your Heart Log will only activate your roots out to 50 blocks away. If you want to place down roots further than 50 blocks away from your Heart Log, you'll need to use Pylons (name to-be-changed).
Pylons will activate your roots an additional 50 blocks away (by air). If you already have a fairly large tree, you may want to go ahead and craft a bunch of Pylons now so that after you plant your Sapling you'll be ready to go with extending your roots.
When you are not on active roots, you will see a Warning in your Action Bar, and a Staff Member will get an alert. For right now, the Wither Effect will not be activated on players. In a future update, you'll start taking Wither Effect when you leave your roots. This is why you need Pylons.
To craft a Pylon, you can follow the recipe. You can use any tree type in the recipe (shown here is spruce wood), but you need to have matching fences, saplings, and logs in the recipe to get a Pylon (i.e. - you can't use Birch Fences with Dark Oak Saplings and Dark Oak Wood to craft a Pylon).
I've made several YouTube videos about the TreeCrafters Challenge and Tree Spirit Challenge already, and last night I released a video which basically summarizes everything I just wrote. Check them out below, and get excited! The plugin install on the live server is just around the corner, and it's going to take this server to a whole new level!


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var assert = require('assert');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var sys = require('sys');
var WebSocket = require('../lib/websocket').WebSocket;
var WebSocketServer = require('websocket-server/ws').Server;

var PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'sock.' + process.pid);
var C_MSG = 'Client test: ' + (Math.random() * 100);
var S_MSG = 'Server test: ' + (Math.random() * 100);

var clientReceivedData = false;
var clientReceivedFD = false;
var serverReceivedData = false;
var serverReceivedFD = false;

var wss = new WebSocketServer();
wss.addListener('listening', function() {
    var ws = new WebSocket('ws+unix://' + PATH);
    ws.addListener('data', function(d) {
        assert.equal(d.toString('utf8'), S_MSG);

        clientReceivedData = true;

        ws.send(C_MSG, 1);
        ws.close();
    });
    ws.addListener('fd', function(fd) {
        assert.ok(fd >= 0);

        clientReceivedFD = true;
    });
});
wss.addListener('connection', function(c) {
    c.write(S_MSG, 0);
    c._req.socket.addListener('fd', function(fd) {
        assert.ok(fd >= 0);

        serverReceivedFD = true;
    });
    c.addListener('message', function(d) {
        assert.equal(d, C_MSG);

        serverReceivedData = true;

        wss.close();
    });
});
wss.listen(PATH);

process.addListener('exit', function() {
    assert.ok(clientReceivedFD);
    assert.ok(clientReceivedData);
    assert.ok(serverReceivedFD);
    assert.ok(serverReceivedData);

    try {
        fs.unlinkSync(PATH);
    } catch (e) { }
});

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TMI Source's 'The Shadowhunter Chronicles' Read-along starts today!
Posted on January 1, 2018 by Cathrin in General News // 0 Comments
Happy New Year, Shadowhunters! We hope you had a fun and safe New Year's Eve.
It's 2018 so it's the year of the Queen 😉 This time we're not talking about Cassie, though, but Queen of Air and Darkness. The final installment of Cassandra Clare's The Dark Artifices trilogy is going to be published on December 4 – who is excited/scared?
We know that's it's still 337 days until we find out how Cassie's third series in her The Shadowhunter Chronicles is going to end, but we hope our read-along dedicated to nearly all of the books, which we announced just before Christmas, is going to help while we're all waiting!
Here's our schedule (we're going by publication order):
January: City of Bones – Twitter discussion: January 27 at 6 pm EST
February: City of Ashes – Twitter discussion: February 24 at 6 pm EST
March: City of Glass – Twitter discussion: March 31 at 6 pm EST (date might change because of Easter)
April: Clockwork Angel – Twitter discussion: April 28 at 6 pm EST
May: City of Fallen Angels – Twitter discussion: May 26 at 6 pm EST
June: Clockwork Prince – Twitter discussion: June 30 at 6 pm EST
July: City of Lost Souls – Twitter discussion: July 28 at 6 pm EST
August: Clockwork Princess – Twitter discussion: August 25 at 6 pm EST
September: City of Heavenly Fire – Twitter discussion: September 29 at 6 pm EST
October: Lady Midnight – Twitter discussion: October 27 at 6 pm EST
November: Lord of Shadows – Twitter discussion: November 24 at 6 pm EST
If there's time, we're also trying to squeeze in The Bane Chronicles and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy!
We're going to discuss each book on the last Saturday of the month on Twitter – dates above – unless otherwise stated. We'll tweet questions about each book, share our favourite parts/quotes and much more! We're also going to tweet about our reading progress using the hashtag #TSCreadalong and we hope you're going to do the same so that we can keep track of everything.
Furthermore, we've created a goodreads group where you can chat about the books while you're reading them. Just send us a request and we'll add you ASAP.
We hope that a lot of you are going to join us – see you on Twitter on the 27th and happy reading 😀
Are you going to join our The Shadowhunter Chronicles Read-along? pic.twitter.com/ATSF6nc1QS
— TMI Source (@TMI_Source) January 1, 2018
Leave a comment below if you are going to join our read-along and please let us know if you do have any questions or ideas for improvement.
The Shadowhunter Chronicles read along
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Q: How get by code list of default Groovy imports I want to get programmatically in any form a list of default packages imported by Groovy. Like the documentation says:
All these packages and classes are imported by default, i.e. you do not have to use an explicit import statement to use them:
    java.io.*
java.lang.*

java.math.BigDecimal

java.math.BigInteger

java.net.*

java.util.*

groovy.lang.*

groovy.util.*

In others words, check whether import is required (for any classes out of this list) or not.
The List should be valid for current version and potentially for future versions.

A: The static variable org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.DEFAULT_IMPORTS is an array of String that contains all default imported package names.
Currently it's (printed) value is:
[java.lang., java.io., java.net., java.util., groovy.lang., groovy.util.]

Check the ResolveVisitor doc for more info. If you want to know how to add custom packages to the defaults check this Jira issue.

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Q: Issues with JtextArea. JAVA I have a GUI setup with with buttons on them and a JTextArea.
I also have an array of Strings with say size of 3.
What I want to do is use an action listener in a way that when the button called "next" is pressed, the JTextArea will then show the next cell in the array. The only problem is it displays the array at the same time. I need it to display the next cell when the button is hit
Can anyone help me with the code? Please and thank you.
 final ActionListener m2 = new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        arr = new String[3];
        arr[0]= "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
        arr[1]= "sssssssssssssssssssssss";
        arr[2]= "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";

        for (int i = 0; i<arr.length; i++){
        text.append(arr[i]);
        }
    }
};

next.addActionListener(m2);

A: So the basic concept is.  You need a index value to maintain the current index of the array that is being displayed.
From there, each time the user clicks next, you would increment the index and display the next value in the String
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

    currentIndex++;
    // You need to decide what to do when we reach the end of the array...

    String value = myStrings[currentIndex];
    textArea.setText(value);

}

A: To create the button, use the JButton class.  To respond to events, use the JButton#addActionListener() method.  If you are having trouble, post what you have tried.  Good luck!


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The Philippines competed in the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam from September 24 to October 5, 2016. The delegation was bannered by 72 athletes in 11 sports including 3-on-3 basketball, marathon swimming, beach athletics, beach kurash, beach rowing, beach sepak takraw, beach volleyball, beach wrestling, jiu-jitsu, muay thai, and pencak silat. Marestella Torres of long jump and Jessie Lacuna of swimming, who were part of the national delegation in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August 2016, were included in the Philippine team. Philippine Amateur Sepak Takraw Association President Karen Tanchanco-Caballero was named as the team's chef-de-mission.

Jujutsu practitioner, Margarita Ochoa bagged the country's first gold medal of the 2016 Asian Games. Annie Ramirez, also from Jujutsu, bagged the second gold medal in the women's -55 kg division contest. Both received an incentive of  from the Philippine Sports Commission for their feat.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Source:

Medal summary

By sports

By date

Beach basketball

Women's 3-on-3 basketball

Preliminary

Group A

Quarterfinal

Final rank: 6

Ju-jitsu

Men

Women

Beach kurash

Pencak silat

Seni
Men

Tanding

Beach sepak takraw

Women's trio
Players
Deseree Author
Gelyn Evora
Josefina Maat

Preliminary
Group A

Knockout round

Final rank:

References

Nations at the 2016 Asian Beach Games
2016
Asian Beach Games

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Many people have heard of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis: "a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal deformities: common in older persons, primarily postmenopausal women, but also associated with long-term steroid therapy and certain endocrine disorders."
*During the teen years, almost one-half of the adult skeleton is formed.
*Less than half of all teens get enough calcium every day. For teenage girls, the statistics are even worse-only 15 percent of them get enough calcium!
* If you build your bones when you're in your teens, you will be less likely to fracture your bones when you're older."
While children and teens are often not concerned about something that will not have consequences until later in life, doctors stress that it is something all people need to be careful about -- even when they are young.
because building healthy bones in one's youth will help prevent osteoporosis and fractures later in life."
For some teens and young adults, the consequences will be come earlier. Those who are on extreme diets -- or are suffering from an eating disorder -- are contributing to more significant losses in bone density for both females and males.
"Anorexia nervosa has significant physical consequences. Affected individuals can experience nutritional and hormonal problems that negatively impact bone density. Low body weight in females causes the body to stop producing estrogen, resulting in a condition known as amenorrhea, or absent menstrual periods. Low estrogen levels contribute to significant losses in bone density. In addition, individuals with anorexia often produce excessive amounts of the adrenal hormone cortisol, which is known to trigger bone loss. Other problems -- such as a decrease in the production of growth hormone and other growth factors, low body weight (apart from the estrogen loss it causes), calcium deficiency, and malnutrition -- contribute to bone loss in girls and women with anorexia. Weight loss, restricted dietary intake, and testosterone deficiency may be responsible for the low bone density found in males with the disorder."
juvenile osteoporosis are unexplained or brought on by disease, others can be brought on by medication or lifestyle choices.
"Osteoporosis in children (juvenile osteoporosis) is rare. When it does occur, it is usually due to a medication or underlying medical condition. Doctors refer to this as secondary osteoporosis. ... The most common sign or symptom of juvenile osteoporosis is a fracture that occurs with minimal trauma. A doctor can diagnose a fracture by X-rays of the affected bone. Treatment of secondary osteoporosis is directed at the underlying cause. In rare cases, the cause of juvenile osteoporosis can't be determined. Doctors refer to this as idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis. This rare form of osteoporosis typically occurs in previously healthy children between the ages of 4 and 16. Signs and symptoms include pain in the lower back, hips and feet, and difficulty walking."
Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis is rare. Many people with osteoporosis will not have symptoms until they have broken a bone.
*skeletal x-rays - a diagnostic test which uses invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film.
*bone density test - a diagnostic procedure to determine bone mineral content and skeletal changes, such as bone loss.
Since osteoporosis is rare in healthy children, these test are not routinely done for children or teens.
"What causes my risk for osteoporosis?
* Females are four times more likely than males to develop osteoporosis.
* Drinking too many soft drinks-teens who drink lots of soda often drink less milk.
* Too little physical activity-regular physical activity that puts weight on your bones, like walking, running, playing basketball or dancing, helps prevent osteoporosis.
* Race plays a role-African Americans have a lower risk because their bones are usually stronger and more dense than Caucasians and Asians.
* Family history-other people in the family with osteoporosis.
* Smoking causes bone loss."
Healthy teens still need to do all they can to reduce their risk factors and prevent osteoporosis.
"What can I do to prevent osteoporosis?
*Eat lots of calcium-rich foods like milk, yogurt and cheese; calcium-fortified orange juice and bread; green leafy vegetables like collards and kale; canned salmon and sardines or tofu.
* If you don't eat dairy products, it may be necessary for you to take a calcium supplement to meet your high calcium needs as a teen. Talk to your doctor or a registered dietitian before taking any type of supplement.
* Get some type of weight-bearing physical activity every day.
* Limit soft drink consumption to one or less a day."
Even those with fewer risk factors still need to do all they can to prevent the disease. While women and girls are often reminded by doctors and parents to get enough calcium, "being female" is just one factor that increases the risk of developing the disease.
will apply to men, but this is not necessarily the case. Is lifelong low-calcium intake bad for men, as it is for women? A woman whose mother or grandmother had osteoporosis is at greater risk. We assume the same familial disposition for a man, but we don't know. By asking what the differences are between the genders, we hope to glean information that will apply to prevention and treatment in men. ... One interesting piece of information is that some men who have sustained an unlikely fracture in childhood are at greater risk of developing osteoporosis later in life."
What do your friends, siblings, and parents need to know about osteoporosis? How might the information they need vary based upon their age, gender, and stage of life? What can children, teens, and adults do to reduce their risk factors and increase their chances of preventing the disease? What would be the best way to reach them with this information so they would see the need and make the lifestyle changes that may be necessary?


Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD) is an injury involving overstretching or rupturing of the posterior tibial tendon, leading to tendon inflammation, weakness, foot deformity and arthritis.
The posterior tibial tendon extends from the deep layer of muscle at the back of your leg. It runs along the inside of your ankle and down the inside of your foot to underneath your arch. This tendon, along with some strong stabilising ligaments, is one of the major supporting structures of the foot.
An important function of the posterior tibial tendon is to help support the arch. In PTTD, the tendon's ability to perform that job is impaired, often resulting in a collapsed arch or 'flat foot'. PTTD is the most common type of flat foot developed during adulthood, and is also known as adult-acquired flat foot.
PTTD typically occurs in only one foot, but some people may develop it in both feet. PTTD is usually progressive, meaning it will keep getting worse, especially if it is not treated early.
What are the signs and symptoms of PTTD?
A soft tissue ultrasound or plain x-ray of your feet and ankles may also be ordered.
Richie Brace: if you require extra support, your podiatrist may recommend a Richie Brace. A Richie Brace is an ankle-foot orthoses that sits inside your shoe, with the brace extending above your ankle.
Prolotherapy: a safe, effective injection treatment designed to stimulate healing in injured parts of your body that may be 'slow to heal' and promote increased strength in your joints, ligaments and tendons.
When is surgery necessary for PTTD?
In cases of PTTD that have progressed substantially or have failed to improve adequately with non-surgical treatment, surgery may be required. For some advanced cases of PTTD, surgery may be the only option.
Surgical treatment may include repairing the posterior tibial tendon, realigning the bones of the foot, or both. Your podiatrist will refer you to a foot and ankle surgeon who will determine the best approach for your specific case.
What happens if PTTD is left untreated?
Without treatment, the collapsed flat foot that develops from PTTD eventually becomes rigid, and arthritis develops in the foot and ankle. Pain increases and spreads to the outer side of the ankle, and may also appear in the knee and hip. The way you walk may be affected, and finding shoes to fit may become difficult.
How do I know if I am at risk of developing PTTD?
PTTD is most prevalent in women over 50 years of age.
The most common cause of PTTD is overstretching of the posterior tibial tendon. Symptoms often occur after activities involving the tendon such as walking, running, hiking or climbing stairs.
In rare cases, PTTD may also be due to an inherent abnormality of the tendon.
What should I do if I have PTTD?
You should see your podiatrist as soon as possible if you suspect you have PTTD. Because of its progressive nature, early treatment may resolve your symptoms without the need for surgery, and progression of your condition maybe arrested. If left untreated, PTTD could leave you with a flat foot, painful arthritis in your foot or ankle and increasing limitations on walking, running or other activities.
If you think you suffer from or may be at risk of developing posterior tibial tendon dysfunction contact us.