Codeine for pain - addiction worries!
I've just been prescribed co-codamol for inflammatory back pain associated with my ME which has got worse over the last few months (the pain, that is). I've just had an X-ray in case there is something else wrong so my doctor is clearly taking the pain seriously.
The info leaflet in the packet warns that people can become dependent on co-codamol and this has scared me. Apparently it is an opiate!
I don't want to get hooked and add to my problems. The pain is intermittent and somewhat debilitating but I could continue to survive without painkillers - I am already so disabled by fatigue that another hour or two lying down isn't going to make much difference to my lifestyle.
The dose is two tablets containing 500mg of paracetomol and 8mg of codeine phosphate four times a day.
I took the first dose 90 minutes ago and it has had zero effect on my back pain (but I now have a slight headache!).
Any advice/experience? Are there any pain drugs that have good evidence behind them for being effective in ME that I should ask for instead?
There is a lot of misunderstanding about opiate pain meds. Statistically, the chances of a person who is actually in pain becoming addicted to opioid pain meds are surprisingly very low. People are far more likely to become addicted when they use opioids recreationally. Secondly, there is a difference between dependence and addiction. Dependence may occur with long term use, but this is NOT addiction. Dependence is basically having side effects or some withdrawal symptoms when the drug is abruptly stopped. With many drugs, they must be tapered off when it is time to discontinue it. This is true with many non-opioid medications as well, even laxatives, and does not indicate addiction, or a weakness in character or anything negative about the person. A person may also develop a tolerance for a medication over time and require adjustment of their dose. This is a natural side effect of many medications, not just opioids, and again, does not indicate anything negative about a person, and does not indicate addiction either. Addiction on the other hand is suspected when a person does illogical or dangerous things to obtain more and more medication in excess of their medical needs. Lying, stealing, exceeding the limits of your prescription would be signs of addiction. Addiction is treatable, and many people who do become addicted to opioid medications recover quite well if they seek treatment and comply with their treatment protocol. Addiction is a danger in any opioid medication, and all medications carry an element of risk. A good physician will weigh the risks against the benefits and prescribe accordingly. It should also be clearly understood that pain in and of itself is not a benign condition. Continued pain can be a more serious threat to health than opioid medication. Pain causes blood pressure and pulse to rise, and causes chemical changes in the brain that can adversely affect your health, both physical and mental, in ways that are far worse than opiate pain treatment. As long as you do not take your pain medication in excess of your physical pain requirements, and do not exceed your prescription, and pay attention to your actions, you should not worry too much. You should always be open and honest with your doctor and your pharmacist about your medication use, and if you find yourself tempted to lie about how you are using your medication, or exceeding your true pain treatment needs, do not be ashamed or embarrassed to call this to the attention of your health care provider. There is no shame in pain, nor are there any points awarded for unnecessary suffering. Pain is a potentially serious medical condition that should be treated appropriately. But just use a little common sense, and try not to worry. It is very rare for people to become addicted if they follow instructions and only use the medication for it's intended purpose. There is a lot of information about pain, opioid treatment, dependence, tolerance and addiction out there. Educating yourself on these matters will alleviate your fears and help you protect yourself against unintended negative outcomes in your pain treatment. Best of luck to you, and I hope you get to feeling better soon. Oh, and about the lack of relief with your first dose, check with your pharmacist about it. It may be that it takes a while or several doses before it works at it's fullest potential, but I'm not sure. I am not familiar with that particular medication, but I'm sure your pharmacist can help, and yes, opioids can cause a headache, especially when you first start them. In some people this side effect goes away, in others it does not. Do not be alarmed if your doctor changes you to a different medication as some are more prone to cause headaches than others. Many people say that Trammadol (Ultram) works well for their ME, but I can not tolerate because it gives me headaches, as does plain codeine. I hope this helps.
Thanks so much, Stone - this is such an informative and useful reply. You obviously know what you are talking about! What you say is very reassuring.
I phoned my pharmacist, who said that some consultants are now prescribing some painkillers long- rather than short-term because they need to build up and he suggested I give the co-codamol a few days to get going. I've also arranged for a phone call with my GP (who prescribed it) later today to make sure he understood that my pain, though intermittent, is intermittent throughout the entire day, every day, so that I need something that I can take on a long-term, steady basis. I'm not sure if he thought he was prescribing for occasional pain.
Thanks again for taking the time to write such a well-considered and knowledgable reply. I didn't know about the adverse effects of pain in and of itself - I thought that if you just put up with pain whose cause can't be cured, although you were suffering you were also avoiding the risk of adverse effects from pain medications and protecting your body from further damage. Oops! Still, now I know!
thats quite a low dosage of codeine, in australia u can buy 15mg strength tablets without a prescription, and if your using it for pain u have a legitimate reason to use it, theres no high in that sort of dosage. if its inflammatory type pain u might be better off with an anti-inflammatory like celebrex, i use tramal with good success for my chronic back problems although its classed as a sort of opiate analgesia. Remember pain can also increase fatigue as well.
Not a problem and I'm glad you were reassured. I think sometimes we have the mistaken idea that there is some sort of merit in enduring suffering. We wait for hours before taking a simple aspirin or tylenol for an awful headache. Why? What does that accomplish in the end? We put value in keeping 'a stiff upper lip' and all that, but I've never paid a single bill with unnecessary suffering, and there's nothing truly admirable about enduring needless pain endlessly. Once the pain has served the initial purpose of alerting you to a problem, and you have addressed the cause of the pain to the fullest extent possible, it is unnecessary in this day and age to put up with it if it can be controlled safely. If you have the energy, take some time to 'google around' on chronic pain. You will quickly see from medical sources that chronic pain is considered a disease state, and it's treatment is considered a basic human right. Take good care of yourself.
So much good advice, that I'll just add that if pain begins to encroach on sleep, everything else will get worse, including pain. Not sure how your sleep is but we all must fight to maintain as much sleep quality and quantity as we can.
My pain doc is very much in favor of getting ahead of the pain, which means learning what it takes to stop the pain and then taking it proactivly, before the pain is too bad to reach.
Thanks, all! I agree there's zero merit in unnecessary suffering. I really did think I was protecting my body from damage from painkillers and didn't know that pain might actually do me damage (doh! Stone has fixed my thinking there) and until recently, the pain hasn't been bad enough for me to want to medicate. I've treated pain as a useful warning flag that I'm overdoing it and as a signal that I should rest; and when I have rested, it has quickly gone away. However, now that it has got worse for some reason I agree that it is probably making me tired in and of itself so I should treat it. It's no longer a "useful" symptom, just a symptom (and it hurts!).
Fortunately it doesn't affect my sleep.
I think you're right, people do sometimes see merit in suffering - I think people often feel so guilty for taking time off work etc. that they feel that suffering is the "work" they can do - at least they are not enjoying their leisure time so that people won't think badly of them for being off sick.
Thanks again guys - this is such a great board for advice and everyone is so helpful!
Yes! here here Otis! I second that motion on sleep. It's a biggie if not THE biggest thing to take care of when you are in pain.
"The chances of a person who is actually in pain becoming addicted to opioid pain meds are surprisingly very low."
I agree with a lot of what you say, Stone, but opiates should be used with extreme caution. My CFS doctors say that everybody's different. If you are the one person out of 20 that suffers the ill side effects, it doesn't matter what the statistics say. Many people with CFS are very sensitive to medications. I speak from personal experience. I was put on oxycodone for pain when it took the doctors a surprisingly long time to figure out that I had a gall bladder problem. I was taking around 30-50 milligrams a day and developed a chemical dependency after only too weeks. Getting off the drugs after I had surgery was the most difficult, horrifying experience of my life. I thought I was going to die. In the end, I couldn't get off the drugs myself and had to go through inpatient detox for nine days, which thankfully Medicare paid for. It took me over a year after that to get back to normal.
I agree about chronic pain causing more problems than most of us realize, and it needs to be addressed, but I'm in favor of trying the least invasive techniques before pulling out the big guns. I also have chronic inflammatory back pain, which is tolerable if I do 15 minutes of stretches and strengthening exercises given to me by my chiropractor every day. I also agree that anti-inflammatories might be a better option if inflammation is the main cause of the pain.
In the end, it's true that you need to balance the risks and benefits of any given therapy. The best course is to educate yourself thoroughly. I would have chosen differently had I been aware of what could happen to me.
Hi LaurelW - so sorry to hear about your awful experience with oxycodone. A whole year! That's really dreadful. I'm glad you're out of the woods with it now but it sounds horrific.
Although my back pain is inflammatory I use an anti-inflammatory medication for period pain once a month for five days (mefanamic acid, 250mg four times a day) and it doesn't touch the back pain, even if I add in some paracetomol. I told my GP (who hasn't phoned me back, great) this so presumably that's why he's skipped anti-inflammatories - or is it possible that others might work?
Codeine is pretty safe and 8 mg is a pretty small dose. We can buy it over the counter here (Australia), and we have very strict controls on drugs of addiction, so it can't be that bad. I have used it sparingly in the form you have (paracetamol 500 mg, codeine 10 mg) for many years, mainly for sleep, and never had any trouble with it at all. It can make you a bit drowsy, which is good for sleeping, but be aware of that if you are going to drive or anything like that.
Though, as LaurelW points out, some are more susceptible to problems with it than others. Same as with all drugs.
The paracetamol is probably as much of a potential problem if you take it every day for a long time. Not addictive but it can mess your liver up in large doses.
Pain is something that you need to get on top of as soon as possible. It can cause serious long term problems on its own if not managed well from early on.
I was prescribed arthrotec, took it but noticed nothing. I decided to take it continuously for awhile and it did help, i took it for about 6 weeks. There was no immediate affect but seemed to really help over time with taking it every day. I chose this over steroid injections.
Thanks for the helpful comments, everybody! I don't seem to be doing well on co-codamol so far, though. I took three doses yesterday it didn't help the pain, plus it drugged me up so much I spent most of the day lying down and too stunned to think straight. I can't have a repetition of this today or I won't be able to care for myself.
I don't know whether to persist with it in the expectation that the side effects will diminish and some positive effects kick in or whether to phone my GP and ask for something else.
It's only in the last few months that the pain has started to build up to be so bad. I'm interested that you tried a 6-week session with your pain med, glenp, and came off it and found that it settled your pain for a while.
I'm curious about the effects on the brain that have been mentioned (by Stone, notably) - does anyone have more detail? I'm interested in neuroplasticity and don't want my brain rewiring itself to be in pain, if that's what goes on!
Do you take vitamin d? I think there are some good studies on how vitamin d effects chronic pain... it might not cure it... but it might make you need less pain medication.
Have you a pain clinic nearby? I would ask for an appointment there. They have TENS units you can try. I bought one myself for 20 euros but there are other ways to alleviate pain before turning to the big cosh.
I have been experimenting with acupressure since I found acupuncture too expensive though it works very well on the pain in my hands which has been there for a year. It is helping. And also there is rife which alleviates pain using the special frequencies.
Thanks, Brenda and Judderwocky - I've been taking a good-quality Vit D for a long time because I don't get out of doors much but thanks for the suggestion.
I didn't take any more co-codamol this morning because I was waiting for my GP to phone me back and I had to go back to bed without any breakfast, I was so dopey - have been asleep for about an hour and a half. His secretary just phoned to say that he'd said to persist with it but I told her what had happened and that I couldn't take care of myself if I kept taking it so had stopped. I'm hoping he'll phone me back. No point relieving the pain if I have starved to death in the meantime!
There must be a pain clinic here so I will ask for a referral. The pain, though, is in my spine level with my shoulder blades and then in areas around that, all of which I can't reach. Does that mean I couldn't use a TENS machine? I live alone and don't have anyone who could help me put pads on.
I can't physically get out reliably enough to visit a practioner of any kind so wouldn't want to go the acupuncture route. What is "rife", brenda? I haven't heard of that.
People use frequency generators - rife machines also for pain - it is the same principle, electrical impulses but more poerful. Did you try going gluten free to reduce inflamation?
You might also try a good massage therapist if you can find one. They are rare birds though. I'm not talking about Swedish massage, which is fine if you're merely stressed-out and need help relaxing. I'm talking about myotherapy, trigger point therapy or therapeutic massage. This has to be done by a knowledgeable and experienced practitioner. It's not the most pleasant experience while it's being done, but I find it indispensable, particularly for that pain that is in the thoracic area of the spine, between the shoulder blades. Sadly, insurance usually does not cover this but if done by the right therapist it is worth the out-of-pocket expenditure. I'm sorry your pain medication is making you feel dopey, and I'm more sorry that it isn't helping your pain. Just like any other medication, you might have to either give it some time, try taking it with food, or try different things until you hit on what works for a while. This is the case with blood pressure medicines, cholesterol medicines, antidepressants and many other types of medications. With opioid pain meds, the dopey feeling usually does go away after a while, but if it's not helping your pain then your doctor might decide to put you on something else. Sometimes people find that taking their medication ahead of the pain works better than waiting until the pain is really bad. They say it's better to stay ahead of it than trying to chase it. I don't really know if just staying ahead of the pain is what's called for, as it could very well be that this just isn't the best medication for your particular chemistry and your particular pain. At one time they had me on a pain medication that was considered very strong but it didn't do anything at all for my pain, made me feel awful and knocked me out for 1-2 hours after I took it. They changed the dosage several times but to no avail. They then put me on a different medication which was considered much milder but it worked much better (to the doctors' utter amazement) as long as I stayed ahead of the pain and didn't wait till the pain was too severe before taking it. I did have a little dopey feeling with it at first but that went away eventually. For me, it was a matter of finding out which chemical reached my pain the best and agreed with my system. Don't give up, these things can take some time. It's not a 'one size fits all' thing; that's why there are so many different types. Try to look at it (finding what works for you) as a process more than an event. And yes, it's true that we (with ME/CFS and related disorders) often react oddly to many if not most meds, which is precisely why this process calls for patience and 'thinking outside the box'. It may be that something else entirely could be the answer, but more likely you will end up with a combination of different things. With the TENS unit and the problem of getting the patches in the right spot yourself, I think there exists a kind of tongs-like device that will enable you to place and remove them yourself without twisting yourself into worse pain than you're already in. If not, perhaps a neighbor or even someone at your pharmacy would be willing to help you with it on a regular basis if that's convenient for you. Just a thought. Where there's a will, there's a way. Feel better soon.
Sasha I actually got addicted to aspirin and codeine - had to take it every day, realised after reading about rebound headaches what it was and weaned myself off it, we are all different and others haven't had this experience but one needs to be aware it can happen. The patches (But>>>something) are popular with UK GPs at the moment, what about trying those, anything that by-passes the stomach is good for MEers I think. It doesn't sound like the P/Codeine are doing anything for you. good luck with finding something that works.


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John Mills, author, publisher at Franklin Scribes passed away a week ago. He is going to be missed by family and friends. I looked forward to meeting with him, along with several other writers on Monday evenings at our favorite restaurant, Fiesta Patio in Universal City. We hashed out our differences on writing, talked about which conference would benefit each other, and just enjoyed each other's company. After dinner we'd walked across the parking lot to the church for our Christian Writer's Group meeting.
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Good Morning… Just posting to say hello.
Have just joined the society (not just forum) and hope to come along to some of the events, time and commitments permitting.
Have booked to come along on the 13th October to see the telescope in action. Is there anything I need to know or do? I'd be coming by road. I know parking is awful in Greenwich – is that the same in the evenings?
Hi Les. Welcome to the Flamsteed!
Don't worry about parking. Instructions will be sent to you soon, but essentially you can park directly in front of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park. We have special arrangements to get into and out of the park after it has closed.
Some nice scopes you have there. Hopefully you can make use of them at some of our observing sessions!
Thanks Mike. You may recall me speaking to you in June about joining (and a family membership for the museums). My 15 year old has now gone from a budding astonomer to a computer game potato.
That's useful to know parking isn't a problem. I was half thinking about using the trains.
Yes, I remember our email conversation. Glad that you've now decided to join.
We've got your booking for the Great Equatorial Viewing event. I will be in attendance on 13 October, so look forward to meeting you then.
Yes, I remember our email conversation. Glad that you've now decided to join. We've got your booking for the Great Equatorial Viewing event. I will be in attendance on 13 October, so look forward to meeting you then.
Ive not received any instructions for parking for tonight….. (Though I have for the a lecture that took place last night and wasnt attending…. not sure if that was intentional.) I read there are "special instructions" for access.
Anyway… not knowing my way around Greenwich, if you could just clarify.
I've checked our email system, and you were definitely sent instructions by Nick Phillips on both Sunday and Monday. Could you check your spam folder, please?
There will be a further communication later today, as we've been told that the area outside of the ROG is being used by a film crew, but we can still park inside Greenwich Park, just beyond the mini-roundabout and walk a short distance to the Royal Observatory.
In October, the park is open until 7pm, so you can enter by car via any gate. If you arrive after 7pm, then you must go to St Mary's Gate in Greenwich (junction Nevada Street and King William Walk). You are correct, King William Walk is one-way. Therefore, the easiest way to access is to turn left into Stockwell Street, then left again (just by Greenwich Theatre) into Nevada Street, and the park entrance is on your right at the end of the road.
Tell the security guard on the gate that you are there for a Flamsteed event, and he will direct you up the hill to the ROG.
Otherwise, just get to the park before 7pm and you can get in via the Blackheath Gate at the top of the park (or St Mary's Gate, whichever is more convenient), and drive down to the ROG.
At the end of the evening, all cars will exit via St Mary's Gate. You can then proceed along King William Walk to Greenwich town centre and go around the one-way system.
Hi Les, I've checked our email system, and you were definitely sent instructions by Nick Phillips on both Sunday and Monday. Could you check your spam folder, please? There will be a further communication later today…..
Ive checked using filters (for Flamsteed) and checking mails one by one (including spam folders) and I honestly cannot see anything. I'll bring an iPad along tonight to see if we can work out where its vanished… There may be something logical (like ive selective blindness haha)….. but I've checked and especially 11 and 12 as suggested.
I should arrive before 7 so should be fine to get in.
Firstly great to come along last night. Planetarium was interesting. Shame no telescope use, but I will certainly be rebooking.
Regarding my email problem. I have double and triple checked all folders and as said, nothing has been received in my google account. As you are aware, my email address is my own domain – which is redirected from my host on to gmail (my ISP doesn't figure in the equation).
I had a brainstorm to see if emails are saved with my host as well as being forward. Lo and behold, the 3 emails you mentioned (Sun, Mon and Tues) were all sitting there. I have no idea why its stopped forwarding my emails – but on reflection, it explains why my amazon order details havent come through either. Ive lodged a support ticket. I certainly never doubted something was sent, but did wonder if my address may have been wrong. Dunno yet if its my host or google causing the problem, but at least I know its one or the other.
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Very pleased that you enjoyed the event last night, despite the weather.
I'm glad you've managed to solve the "great email mystery"… well, at least you know that the you have been receiving the emails, even if they are not being forwarded.
As regards access to the park, we have special arrangements to gain access to the ROG after the park has closed. This doesn't extend to the whole park however… which is why pedestrians must use a shuttle bus after the park has closed.
… but this isn't officially encouraged!!
One thing I would say… in the period November – January, it's pretty dark by 5.45pm. The park closes at 6pm, so you would have an opportunity (albeit short) to take an image of the view.
Bottom line, either the host has had a database corruption (possible but unlikely) or my account with Dreamhost – which Ive had for about 10 years was compromised. All the other email addresses on my account were untouched – but my personal one, the redirection to my email address was changed to j***@******.com – so who ever he is, has been getting my email since Saturday. (I know that to be the case – because thats when my account started storing my emails in webmail.
Worryingly, some very personal details (including my fathers will with lots of addresses inside the documents) were amongst those intercepted.
A reminder to be alert people!
I shall probably make the effort each evening I come along and bring a tripod. Like this one you did.
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Here we are well and truly into winter and so I have made an untraditional girly Christmas card. I used my favourite Penny Black Christmas stamp and very carefully cut out the image. I tore white card to make the snow drifts and die cut my favourite Christmas tree from a Marianne die. A few die cut snowflakes and some chunky and some fine glitter brought the scene together. I added a few touches of pink to my image with a promarker.
As it is the first Sunday of the month the Penny Black and More new challenge is on it's way. The December challenge theme is Anything goes and runs to the end of December. Pop over to the blog for all the rules, list of prizes and lots of inspirational work from the DT.
I really like the idea of a pink Christmas Shirley and you have created a very warm and inviting winter scene.
So pretty!! This is probably my favorite non-animal Christmas stamp :-) . Love the pink you added! Wonderful scene!
such a pretty christmas card shirley and oh so pretty ini pink!
This is gorgeous, beautiful colour and I love the design.
It was you that got me inspired to buy this stamp myself! I love how you used it this time, the pink is lovely and just the touch of colour.
Lovely creation! I love white on pink background!


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HomeWho Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
Posted by: admin , December 17, 2020
Around 7 in the morning, Monu, 13, lifts his mosquito netting and crawls out of bed onto a dirt floor. Outside, his mother cooks breakfast over an open fire.
A few miles across New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital, 11-year-old Aamya finally gives in to her mom's coaxing. She climbs out of bed and treads down the hall, past an air purifier that shows the pollution levels in glowing numbers.
The air is relatively clean in Aamya's apartment in Greater Kailash II, one of Delhi's upper-middle-class neighborhoods. Well-fitted doors and windows make the home more airtight, and its rooms purr with the sound of three purifiers that scrub dangerous particles from the air.
Monu's neighborhood
Aamya's neighborhood
Monu breathes fouler air. He lives in a hut in a slum near the Yamuna River, which itself is seriously polluted. This morning, he sits in the open entryway to his house, drinking milky tea. He is the seventh of nine children and watches as one of his brothers coughs and huddles for warmth near the family's wood-burning clay stove.
Air pollution killed more Indians last year than any other risk factor, and Delhi is among the most polluted cities in the country. But the burden is unequally shared.
Children from poor families in Delhi spend more of their lives outdoors. Their families are more likely to use wood-burning stoves, which create soot. They can't afford the air filters that have become ubiquitous in middle-class homes. And often, they don't even think much about air pollution, because they face more pressing threats, like running out of food.
Money can buy a family less exposure to Delhi's deadly pollution — but only to a point. Air purifiers and well-sealed rooms can do only so much. Though precise estimates are impossible, even well-off kids like Aamya could lose roughly a year of life because of the amount of toxic air they breathe. And Aamya has asthma, so her parents are especially concerned.
Still, over the course of one day, Monu was exposed to about four times as much pollution as Aamya. A long-term, consistent disparity like that could steal around five years more life from someone in Monu's position, compared with an upper-middle-class child like Aamya.
We know Monu was exposed to more pollution, because we measured it.
Working with researchers from ILK Labs, on Dec. 3 of last year, journalists with The New York Times tracked how much air pollution the two children were exposed to over the course of a single day.
As Monu and Aamya went about an otherwise ordinary school day, we followed them with cameras and air-quality monitors that measured how much fine particulate matter was in the air they breathed at any given moment. Known as PM2.5, these are tiny toxic particles, especially dangerous because they can infiltrate the bloodstream.
Monu and Aamya have never met, but their families know about each other. Their parents agreed to participate in this report after we explained what we could learn by measuring the pollution exposure of children from different backgrounds. Aamya's mother said she hoped it would help raise awareness about the greater health risks faced by families with fewer resources.
We could see the difference in the quality of the air they breathed, just from the filters in their pollution monitors.
Photos of the small filters that were inside the children's pollution monitors.
The pollution in Delhi has an almost physical presence.
You can see it, a haze just up the street. You can smell it, like an acrid campfire, and you can taste it on your tongue. It can make your eyes burn, your throat itch and your head pound. The tiny particles floating in the air increase the risk of blood clots that can cause heart attacks. They can damage your liver and brain.
Some of the particles are composed of very poisonous materials like arsenic and lead. Other components may be less toxic in and of themselves, but their cumulative effect is another matter. With alarming regularity, researchers release new findings on the many ways air pollution harms the human body.
Soon after our reporting, the coronavirus pandemic struck.
Pollution levels plummeted this spring during India's strict lockdown, producing a rare sight in the city: pure blue skies. Sadly, this was short lived. Once the lockdown lifted in summer, the pollution came back. And now, as winter bears down, the air pollution across India is once again hitting hazardous levels.
Doctors worry that the toxic air is making the virus even deadlier. Exposure to high levels of pollution causes inflammation of the airways, which makes people more prone to all kinds of infections.
"We're seeing it happen in front of us," said Dr. Arvind Kumar, a chest surgeon and founder of the Lung Care Foundation in New Delhi. "A lot of people are coming to hospitals from the periphery areas where population density and pollution levels are very high."
It is a reminder, if one were needed, that not everyone breathes the same air.
"The rich can have the best quality air purifiers," Dr. Kumar said. "The poor can't."
The pollution hung gray in the air the morning we drove to Monu and Aamya's homes. Government measurements put fine particulate matter at 130 micrograms per cubic meter — five times worse than the World Health Organization says is safe. But locals said it was a good day for air quality. Understandable, since the most polluted day there last year measured four times worse.
Aamya and Monu started their morning commute through the smog.
Monu rode his bike to a free open-air school under a bridge, about five minutes from his house down a dusty road. He likes physical activity, and he wants to be an officer in the Indian Army when he grows up.
Aamya likes sports, too, but she wants to be a musician. She rode to school with her mom in the air-conditioned cabin of the family Hyundai.
Monu's school
Aamya's school
Aamya attends a private school, the Ardee School, known for its efforts to insulate its students from air pollution. The school costs about $6,000 per year.
The Ardee School posts pollution readings on its website and on a board in the building that uses colored flags to signal the air quality. When it gets too bad, students are required to wear masks. Very few wore one while we were there, because it was not considered a bad day.
A large air filter in the basement of Aamya's school
Monu's school is free — but it has neither walls nor doors. For these students, the outside air was the inside air. Volunteer teachers struggled to be heard as metro trains thundered overhead every five minutes.
All morning, while Monu was in class, cars and motorbikes whizzed past on the street next to his school, kicking up dust and clogging the air with exhaust fumes. Aamya's school had air purifiers in every room, linked together through a phone app that administrators monitored constantly.
Both Monu and Aamya sound fatalistic.
"It will keep increasing," Monu says. "If we have 10 sick kids today, it'll be 20 tomorrow. Lots of people will get sick, and their parents and doctors will say that it's because of the pollution."
Aamya thinks that the government is to blame, and that one person can't make much of a dent in the problem.
"There are a lot of trees, which are not helping that much," she says. "What my teacher says is that we can make a difference. But I don't believe in that, because we have tried a lot."
In the afternoon, after lunch at home, Monu went to another school, which he does every weekday. The outdoor pollution levels began to fall, as they do on most days when the morning traffic clears up and the winds shift.
There is no single cause of India's pollution problem — and no single solution.
But Indians have learned to count on one thing: Fall and winter are pollution seasons. As air temperatures dip and wind speeds drop, pollutants concentrate over India's cities, especially in the north, which lies in the shadow of the Himalayas. The mountain range forms a barrier that cuts down air movement even further.
Pollution levels across India
Micrograms of fine particulate matter
per cubic meter in 2016 | Source: NASA
Pollution levels in India
Micrograms of fine particulate matter per cubic meter in 2016 | Source: NASA
The pollutants themselves come from multiple sources.
By some estimates, vehicle exhaust accounts for around 20 to 40 percent of the PM2.5 in New Delhi, which is notorious for its traffic. Household fires and industrial emissions also play a role. And as the weather cools in the fall, farmers in rural areas burn remains from their crops, sending up huge clouds of black smoke that drift for miles and settle over the city.
The end result is that the city's smog is some of the thickest in the world.
India's government has not made battling pollution a priority. Many officials see it as a price they are willing to pay for rapid economic growth, which has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
Outrage is not always easy to find on the street, either, no matter how smog-shrouded. Environmental activists say most people have no idea about how bad it really is.
"We are talking about people who grew up in rural areas and they come to the city with no preparation," said Ravina Kohli, a member of My Right to Breathe, a nationwide clean air group. "When they see polluted air, they don't even think it is polluted."
There is also little data on how socioeconomic disparities may worsen pollution exposure in New Delhi, according to Pallavi Pant, a staff scientist at the Health Effects Institute. "We aren't putting a careful enough lens on people's occupation, or where they live, or what their socioeconomic status is," she said.
Clearly, money helps.
Aamya's parents, for example, have managed to shield her from some of the pollution. But it isn't nearly enough.
In fact, researchers say, there is no amount of personal spending that can fix the problem. Much broader actions needs to be taken, they say, to make India's cities healthy for everybody — rich or poor.
At day's end, an invisible enemy seeps through the doors and windows of rich and poor alike.
With school over, Aamya and Monu are back at their houses, settled in to do their homework.
When he is done, Monu watches his mom cook over an open fire, just like he did in the morning. At Aamya's home, a servant does the cooking in a separate room.
As Aamya's family takes their seats at the dinner table, the air purifiers continue their reassuring hum. But there is only so much the machines can do. In Delhi, the air is the air, and like most buildings in the city, Aamya's house is outmatched.
Monu's mother, Ranju, never thinks about air pollution, she says. When asked about it, she laughs, waving her hand dismissively and saying, "It's the least of my worries." Her day, after all, is long and hard, beginning at 4 a.m. and going until 10 at night.
Monu's family has no running water, so it's up to Ranju to fetch the water every day from a hand pump. She has nine children, and cooks and cleans for the family. She never went to school.
Aamya's mother, Bhavna, holds an M.B.A., worked for years as a marketing executive and, as a younger woman, lived in Paris. Air pollution is a major worry for her, especially because of Aamya's asthma.
"As children, our parents used to tell us 'You need to be more active, you need to be outside, play more sports,'" she recalls. "But we've reached a stage where we're telling our kids, 'No you can't go to the park, the air is very bad.'"
"The flexibility to just walk outside and go to a park has completely died," she said.
But even a warm bed is not entirely safe.
As Aamya sleeps, she is breathing in more pollutants than most children in the world.
It is far worse for Monu.
As he arranges the mosquito netting around his bed and lies down, his exposure is over twice as high as Aamya's. There is no escape for him. The most polluted part of his day happens at home, as he sinks into his dreams.
How we collected the data
There are many ways to measure air pollution, and many different pollutants that affect health. We focused on PM2.5 because it is especially dangerous and there are several low-cost sensors that can measure it. In the field, we worked with two pollution researchers from ILK Labs, Meenakshi Kushwaha and Adithi Upadhya. We also consulted with Joshua Apte, a pollution scientist at the University of California, Berkeley about research design.
On the ground, we used four different tools to collect PM2.5 data:
• AirBeam2, a small, low-cost device intended for personal use.
• PurpleAir PA-II, another low-cost device that has been extensively tested in academic research.
• DustTrak II 8530, a larger, professional PM2.5 monitor that can take measurements once every second.
• UPAS, which very accurately measures of exposure over a longer span of time.
The first three devices work by measuring how the particles in a sample of polluted air scatter a beam of laser light. The UPAS device takes a more accurate measurement by using a small air filter that has to be processed later by a lab. This device was the source of the numbers at the beginning of this story.
The AirBeam was our main tool for data collection, because it was small enough to keep with the kids for the entire day. Its internal sensor is made by the same company as the one in the PurpleAir PA-II, and studies have shown that measurements from the two sensors correspond well.
We were with the kids from early morning until late at night, and the AirBeam's battery couldn't last that long, so we connected it to a larger one. The AirBeam reports data through a phone app, but we wanted a fallback, so we connected the AirBeam to a tiny Raspberry Pi computer. We modified open-source software to control the AirBeam and download measurements to the Pi every few seconds. We also had to add a clock module to the Pi to keep more precise track of time.
We also collected data on humidity and black carbon concentrations.
How we processed the data
Measuring PM2.5 can be tricky, especially with lower-cost sensors. Humidity can cause particles to swell. Particle composition can throw off sensor optics. And there is always some amount of variation between individual sensors. Ms. Upadhya and Ms. Kushwaha used scientific techniques to adjust our data to correct for these factors.
A long-term research project by Dr. Apte had previously established how data from PurpleAir sensors matched data from a very accurate reference monitor in New Delhi. We used this relationship to adjust our PurpleAir data. We put our AirBeam devices near the reference sensor for about 8 days, and used linear regression to determine how to adjust that data as well. We additionally corrected our data for humidity levels using equations published by Chakrabarti et al.
The line charts in this story show a mix of AirBeam and PurpleAir data, depending on the sensor that was with each child during each part of the day. The corrections we applied and the similarities of the sensors in these two devices allowed us to smoothly patch holes in one dataset with the other.
The bar charts that accompany the videos in this story show that same data, augmented by more frequent, once-every-second readings by the DustTrak device. We did this to convey how Monu and Aamya's pollution exposure is constantly changing, but in scientific terms some of these fluctuations are likely to be only noise.
How we estimated how pollution might affect the kids' lifespans
It is impossible to use one day's worth of data to predict the actual long-term health effects of pollution for two children. We know enough about how pollution exposure reduces lifespans in general, though, to roughly estimate how many years could be lost if someone were exposed for their entire life to the amounts of pollution we observed for Monu and Aamya.
We estimated long-term PM2.5 exposure from one day of data in two steps.
First, we compared Monu and Aamya's 24-hour readings to the average ambient PM2.5 level from nearby monitoring stations in Delhi during the same time period, which was 128 μg/m3. Monu was exposed to 148.9 μg/m3 of PM2.5, or about 116% of the ambient level, and Aamya was exposed to 36.6 μg/m3, about 29% of the ambient.
Then, we compared those percentages to the average ambient levels in 2018 and 2019, which was 108.9 μg/m3. This gave us an annual exposure estimate of about 127 μg/m3 for Monu and about 32 μg/m3 for Aamya. Although useful as a rough estimate, this conversion assumes that every day for the kids tends to be similar to the day we were with them, which may not be true. It could also over- or underestimate household effects like Monu's exposure to cooking fires.
Our next task was to translate our rough estimate of annual pollution exposure into years of life lost.
There are few studies on how long-term exposure to fine particles reduces life expectancy in very high-pollution areas. The Air Quality Life Index produced by the University of Chicago is one of the few studies to focus on India. But their assessment uses an approach from a study in China to estimate that every 10 μg/m3 of long-term PM2.5 exposure reduces a person's lifespan by one year. Results from the U.S., put that number lower: closer to half a year of life lost per 10 μg/m3, sometimes even less. But results from studies in China or the U.S. don't necessarily apply to Indian cities.
Which estimate should we use? Scientists aren't sure, because there isn't enough data to know whether the relationship between exposure and years of life lost remains linear even at the extremely high levels of pollution seen in places like Delhi. We've used a relatively conservative estimate of half a year of life lost per 10 μg/m3. According to Arden Pope, a professor of economics at Brigham Young University and a prominent expert on how pollution affects life expectancy, this is a reasonable estimate given what we know from other studies.
Applying these numbers to our estimates for long-term exposure gives us our estimate for life lost: if PM2.5 exposure were reduced to meet the World Health Organization guideline (10 μg/m3), someone in Aamya's position could see about a year of added life, and someone in Monu's could gain more than six years.
There are many assumptions involved in making these estimates, among them: that Monu and Aamya will stay in similar situations for most of their lives; that the air pollution in Delhi won't get better; and that the air pollution in Delhi won't get worse.
There are few studies with age-specific findings, and long-term exposure to PM2.5 may affect children in ways we don't understand. The composition of pollution could have an effect, too: Monu inhales much more wood smoke than Aamya does.
Even so, these numbers give a rough sketch of how pollution can shave years off a child's life.
• Joshua Apte, assistant professor of environmental health sciences and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
• Kalpana Balakrishnan, professor of environmental health engineering at the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
• Anumita Roy Chowdhury, executive director of research and advocacy at the Centre for Science and Environment
• Douglas Dockery, former professor of environmental epidemiology at Harvard University
• Dr. Randeep Guleria, director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Arden Pope, professor of economics at Brigham Young University
• Dr. Harshal Ramesh Salve, assistant professor at the Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Anant Sudarshan, executive director for South Asia at the Energy Policy Institute, University of Chicago
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Cinematography by Karan Deep Singh and Omar Adam Khan
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Meenakshi Kushwaha and Adithi Upadhya from ILK Labs helped collect and analyze data
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The Magical Myth of Instant Development
Jon Krakauer goes into the Greg Mortenson story at much greater depth than CBS could. The picture that emerges is not good. I mean, I'm notoriously bad with my expenses, but the errors tend to run in the direction of forgetting to file for meals and coffees, not refusing to hand in any documentation, and double-billing both my employer and my speaking engagement for "travel costs". The lack of financial control at the foundation, and the persistent habit of telling completely unnecessary lies, are very disturbing.
Krakauer's on weaker ground with the schools--he documents "ghost schools" that don't seem to exist, or aren't being used as schools. I don't necessarily think that this is evidence of malfeasance--schools can close, be seized, or even be destroyed in an area currently rife with conflict. But I do think it's evidence that Mortenson's focus on building schools, rather than running them, was deeply problematic. A building is the least of a school's needs.
Timothy Burke has a typically thoughtful reflection on how Greg Mortenson could get away with running a foundation--and a writing career--this way for so long. It is, he says, a product of our desire for messianic development projects and neat stories with happy endings.
If I gave you an unlimited line of credit and carte blanche to run everything your way, do you think you could make a single secondary school work? I mean, really work so it was beyond reproach, was by almost any measure superior in outcomes and character and ethos to any alternative? Now what if I took away from you the choice of where your school was located and restricted you to pupils who lived within 30 miles of your school? Now what if I required you to obey all relevant national and local laws addressing education? Still confident? Now what if I made you operate within a budgetary limit that was generous by local and national standards but not unlimited? Getting harder yet? Now what if I put your school in a location with very little infrastructure and serious structural poverty?
The point here is that when one crucial task like that is hard enough, we should be deliriously happy to see a person dedicate their life and money and effort to make that task work. One. When we keep our checkbooks closed and our frowny-faces on because that's not enough, not nearly enough, we create a situation where development messianism is inevitable. We invite not mission creep but mission gallop: make a hundred schools! change gender ideology! eliminate poverty! Under the circumstances, looking back, you have to ask how that was ever creditable, why anyone cheered and hoped and wrote checks.
The most awesome development project I've ever seen personally was a former small businesswoman in the Peace Corps who was teaching a handful of small business owners in a small African city how to do double-entry accounting with handwritten ledgers. The smart insight here was that most of them didn't want to hire anyone who wasn't kin because they couldn't track the flow of money through their business, and that most of them couldn't really invest anything they accumulated or expand their business for the same reason. I'd have given her a donation. The most awesome educational project I've ever seen in Africa is Ashesi University because it's working hard to make one institution work well, looking to the future, laying the groundwork for longevity, and the people involved are soberly aware that this is very much a big enough project all by itself.
Tie a string around your finger, write a cheat sheet on your wrist, whatever it takes: when you see a lone crusader telling you that he's dedicated his life to comprehensively fixing some faraway place, don't believe it.
There's a reason it took centuries for the west to evolve modern economies, the kind where basically everyone is rich by global or historical standards. This stuff is really complicated. The simplest product you buy could not have been brought to your market without a thousand institutions and systems, from double-entry bookkeeping to anti-fraud statutes to telephones and commodity brokers and universal literacy and rail rights-of-way. This stuff cannot be developed overnight, and it cannot be developed by one person, one group, or one plan. And in the end, there is no substitute.
If we refuse to fund anything but the most ambitious products, we are vulnerable to con men, or starry-eyed optimists who don't understand what they're up against. We can't transform the lives of the global poor overnight. We can make them better. But only if we are clear-eyed about the projects that we undertake.
Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.


This week's match report comes from Ben Leeming, Helen Clarke and Kev White, all compiled by Sean O'Kelly.
The odds were stacked heavily in Alderley Edge's favour this week. Lindum's training had been called off for ice earlier in the week, fog had drawn their previous game to an early close, they had to travel in excess of 2 hours to the game and with only 11 actual players. None of these advantages proved sufficient to give Alderley the edge over the boys in yellow.
The game started promisingly, an early PC and bizarre double breaking-early foul conceded by the home team gave Lindum an incredible chance to score within the first few minutes of the game. Sadly, the chance was spurned as Tom White passed the ball harmlessly off the sideline in what has been describes as "acres" of space. White was given the chance to redeem himself moments later but his drag-flick was deflected away by a well-placed defender. A half-way line giveaway by Lindum led to a decisive counter-attacking goal for Alderley Edge on the 10-minute mark. Lindum equalised through a goal-line scrap created by human pest James Dewhurst and finished smartly by George Johnstone. Two controversial green cards were received by Leeming and Swift in quick succession, the advantage could not be pressed home at the time, but the home side did renew their lead before half time. A speculative aerial was not dealt with by the Lindum defence and a deflected shot wriggled underneath the de-crocked feet of keeper Matt Ward. HT – 1-2.
It took until the 59th minute for Sean to record any notable incidents, this time a short corner awarded to and converted by Alderley Edge, thankfully not the village-style straight strike they had threatened earlier, the initial shot was saved and unfortunately rebounded to an attacker who finished. It was at this point that Alderley Edge came to their senses. This kind of play was not in the spirit of the season! Christmas is a time for giving, for welcoming people into your home and sharing all you have. In this case, Lindum helped themselves to the figgy pudding of a delicious comeback and the goals were spread deep and crisp, but the score was most certainly not even. Indeed, many a stocking was stuffed with goals as the team slid down the opposition's chimney with a sack full to bursting of quality attacking play. It began straight from the pushback, a quick break down the right by Leeming led somehow to a 3 on 1 allowing Rob Johnstone his first tap-in of the day. Sam Temple-Baxter decided to beat 5 players and score a reverse stick strike 2 minutes later. 3 minutes later, Ben Treadgold was on hand to finish with a trademark sliced slap after a rapid left-sided counterattack. Alderley Edge were thoroughly deprived of Christmas cheer by the 68th minute, but found it in their hearts to deliver one final gift: possession in their own half. Harry Swift drove towards the D and set up Rob Johnstone for his 2nd of the day and Lindum's 5th. With that, Lindum secured their first away win since October 2015. One final Christmas miracle? Despite all the odds, player-coach Gary Johnson didn't brown his trousers, despite going on about it being a distinct possibility all day. He celebrated with extra-strong coffees all round for the journey home.
The 1sts continued recent good form with a fantastic performance on the road to finish 2016 with victory. Angie Green scored both goals. The ladies next fixture will be against 4th-placed Harleston Magpies 2nds at the Lindum Sports Association on 14 January.
The 2nds took a big scalp in Yorkshire Premier with a comfortable victory over a strong Leeds 3rds. Chris Hearn ensured victory scoring a hat-trick. The win moves the men away from the bottom two, and within touching distance of the top four in what is quickly becoming a tight league – only four points currently separates 4th from 10th.
Lindum made an excellent start to this game and caught the opposition unawares; Jo Siddans found an incredible angle within possibly the second minute and Lindum took an early lead. Sadly, the lead didn't last long and Northallerton quickly regrouped and scored an equaliser shortly after. Lindum struggled to take control and a mixture of holding the ball a moment too long and overcomplicating the play led to Northallerton scoring another goal before half time. After the change of ends Lindum began to show glimpses of their true capabilities but Northallerton were awarded a short corner and scored a solid goal. With Northallerton going two goals ahead Lindum upped their game and started to look like a more determined side. Lindum were awarded a short corner and Kirsty Quibel received a cheeky short ball from Lucy Oliver at left slip and hit it home. A final short corner was awarded in the closing minutes and Jo Siddans, at the top of the D, placed a powerful shot straight into the goal.
Final score 3-3. Lessons learnt, and the determination show in the second half need to be taken into the Semi Final Yorkshire Cup game tomorrow.
Defeat for the ladies sees them exit the cup at the semi-final stage, and ends their involvement in all cup competitions this season. They've had 2 fantastic cup runs this season and will be looking to go further in next season's competitions.
The 3rds walked away from Ramgarhia in Leeds with a hard-fought point, in a game they largely dominated and could've or should've won. A last minute Jacob Barnes penalty stroke earnt the visitors a point, with Will O'Sullivan also registering a goal.
Victoria Michalke continued her recent good run of goalscoring form with the match winner in a tight affair against Leopold. The victory lifts the 3rds into 4th and keeps them in the hunt for a promotion spot.
Defeat for the 5ths ensured that Leeds move out of the bottom two and drop Lindum 4ths into the relegation zone after the postponement of their game. The 5ths performed valiantly, and the score line was harsh on them.
Tremendous display by the Development Team against a much older & stronger Rotherham team. 3-0 down at half time but Lindum having the better play & chances – Rotherham just finished well. Second half one way traffic as Lindum pinned down Rotherham in their own half for long periods and got one back. Played in good spirit and good hospitality afterwards. Man of the match on both sides could select a pudding off the menu. Well done Isaac for a tenacious hard working display against much older opponents!


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the rest is in this post: How do you make a picture follow your mouse pointer with jquery?

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Epiblema gammana es una especie de polilla del género Epiblema, familia Tortricidae.

Fue descrita científicamente por Mann en 1866.

Distribución
Se encuentra en Rumania (Dobruja).

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, UK.

gammana

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HomeLaw and OrderFederal and InternationalSouth Bend, Indiana Man Sentenced To 43 Years In Prison
South Bend, Indiana Man Sentenced To 43 Years In Prison
October 22, 2019 eNews Park Forest Federal and International, Law and Order
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For Hobbs Act Robbery, Felon on Possession of a Firearm, and Brandishing a Firearm during and in Relation to a Crime of Violence
South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Donyea Fowler, age 34, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for six counts of Hobbs Act robbery, one count of felon in possession of a firearm, and six counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Mr. Fowler was sentenced to 516 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $7,253.19 in restitution.
According to documents in this case, between December 2017 and February 2018, Mr. Fowler robbed six South Bend area businesses at gun point. Mr Fowler was connected to these robberies, in part, because he committed the robberies while wearing the same clothing: maroon sweat pants, a hooded sweatshirt, a mask, gloves, and sneakers. Several times he used a blue satchel to carry the loot. Mr. Fowler repeatedly stole cash, change, lottery tickets, liquor, and tobacco products. When Mr. Fowler was arrested, police found the blue satchel, a gray glove, and the loaded chrome-colored handgun in the trunk of the car in which Mr. Fowler was a passenger. Police also found a picture of stolen items from the robbery that occurred in January of 2018 on Mr. Fowler's cell phone. Mr. Fowler has four prior felony convictions.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of the South Bend Police Department. The case was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel Gabrielse.
This is from a release from the United States Department of Justice.
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This year I am a bit late in announcing my Virtual Eid Potluck Party because of my move from Toronto to Houston but as they say better late than never. Please join the Eid festivities on my blog by sharing your delicious recipes and memories of Eid.
For inspiration you can view the roundups of previous years' Virtual Eid Potluck Parties on my blog here and here.
1) From now until the 25th of July 2015, please use the linky tool below for linking your recipes which can range from traditional Eid fare like pulao, biryani, korma, sevaiyan etc. to exotic cakes or puddings, basically any dish that you consider fit for a festive occasion.
2)Your dish can be a starter/snack, main course, side dish,beverage or dessert. It can be of any cuisine.
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I'm looking forward to celebrate Eid with all of you. Eid Mubarak in advance.
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The First World War, Wilhelm II, and Article 227: The Origin of the Idea of 'Aggression' in International Criminal Law
Kirsten Sellars, 'The First World War, Wilhelm II, and Article 227: The Origin of the Idea of "Aggression" in International Criminal Law' in Claus Kress and Stefan Barriga (eds), The Crime of Aggression – A Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 2016), pp. 21-48.
28 Pages Posted: 1 Nov 2013 Last revised: 28 May 2019
See all articles by Kirsten Sellars
Kirsten Sellars
Australian National University (ANU) - Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs
Date Written: November 11, 2016
It is well known that David Lloyd George declared his intent to try the Kaiser for starting World War I, but it is not known that British lawyers embarked on detailed behind-the-scenes plans for prosecuting him — plans now brought to light in newly uncovered archival documents.
At the end of the First World War, Lloyd George declared: 'The Kaiser must be prosecuted. The war was a crime.' This was a radical departure from the traditional approach to war, advancing the then-novel ideas that starting an aggressive war was a crime, and that national leader could be held criminally responsible.
After the signing of the Versailles Treaty in June 1919, the British Attorney General, Sir Gordon Hewart, quietly began laying the groundwork for Wilhelm II's prosecution, in case the latter fell into entente hands. These plans – unheralded then and overlooked since – were set in motion in August 1919, when Hewart convened a meeting between himself, the Solicitor General, the Procurator General, and two senior barristers, Frederick Pollock and George Branson.
As it turned out, the ex-Kaiser never faced trial. Six days after the Versailles Treaty came into force, the entente powers requested that the Netherlands, where Wilhelm II had sought asylum, deliver him for trial. The Dutch refused, and Hewart pulled the plug on the British prosecution project.
Keywords: Paris Peace Conference, Versailles Treaty, Crime of aggression, Aggressive War, International Criminal Law
JEL Classification: K33, K41
Sellars, Kirsten, The First World War, Wilhelm II, and Article 227: The Origin of the Idea of 'Aggression' in International Criminal Law (November 11, 2016). Kirsten Sellars, 'The First World War, Wilhelm II, and Article 227: The Origin of the Idea of "Aggression" in International Criminal Law' in Claus Kress and Stefan Barriga (eds), The Crime of Aggression – A Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 2016), pp. 21-48.. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2347834
Kirsten Sellars (Contact Author)
Australian National University (ANU) - Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs ( email )
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One Eyed Jack is a post rock grunge band, born in 2014 in a small town in the north of Italy. Since their formation, they've toured in Europe and the UK. In June 2015 they self-released the album Sea Plants Pollen, supported by the Italian indie label Gufo Records. In March of 2016, Sea Plants Pollen was picked up for international distribution by the American record label Unable Records, which is a division of Unable Music Group.
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Education, Lives, Noted	 February 22, 2017 February 22, 2017
The Tragedy and Triumphs of Kerolos Sam
Proviso East High School senior Kerolos Sam, who has been accepted into UIC. He plans to become a doctor — something he promised his mother, Nermeen (pictured below right), before she died. | Photo below left, Sam at Nermeen's gravesite. || Kerolos Sam/Facebook
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews
There is always more where crime stories and mugshots come from. This mugshot in particular, of a May 17, 2013 story in the Chicago Tribune headlined, "Man charged with killing wife fit for trial, judge rules," holds a universe of meaning that might as well be a mystery to the reader.
The mugshot, of a 47-year-old man named Bahaa Sam, hangs just to the right of the article. Sam is gazing at something or someone. What exactly? One knows not. One may never know. He doesn't quite appear to be present for the mugshot's taking. His mind is off somewhere beyond the police station.
One day, perhaps soon, Sam's oldest son Kerolos — an aspiring doctor and a student of forgiveness — may unlock the mystery of his father's gaze and use the answer to save lives.
Kerolos is an 18-year-old senior at Proviso East High School. He has a 4.3 GPA and is a three-sport athlete, the president of his student class council and a member of the National Honors Society.
He was accepted into Harvard University, but chose the University of Illinois at Chicago instead; partly, Sam said, because UIC will pay for his medical school once he's done with his undergraduate premedical studies. Another reason, he said, is to be near his three younger siblings.
Since Bahaa murdered his wife, Nermeen, four years ago, Kerolos has stepped into the role of protector and positive model. He has also become something of a proselytizer for the sanctity and the meaning of life, intimate as he is with life's frailties.
"Everyone is put here for a reason," Kerolos said. "God has a purpose and a plan for everyone and to take that away is horrible."
Bahaa was arrested "just before midnight" on Dec. 19, after someone discovered his wife's body near their Tinley Park home. Nermeen had suffered "multiple injuries due to assault."
"The couple had a history of domestic disputes," the article reads.
But when everyone, from relatives to close friends, gathered at the police station the day of Nermeen's murder, no one imagined that the signs would lead here, Kerolos said.
He remembers the day vividly.
"When it happened, I was at school," Kerolos recalls. "My mom was supposed to come and pick me up from school because I had a dentist appointment. I was paged down to the office, but my mom wasn't there. A police officer was there. I was shocked."
Kerolos said that the police brought him and his younger siblings to a local station, where they sat for several hours before he noticed his grandmother and other relatives crying.
"The police asked me to sit down," Kerolos recalled. "They told me, 'We're sorry to tell you, but your father killed your mother. I burst out into tears. I wanted to throw a chair across the room."
Kerolos said that he insisted on seeing his little brother, who police had offered a change of clothes earlier in the day.
"They had to change his clothes because there was blood all over them," Kerolos said. "I just hugged him and sat there in that room with him for about an hour."
After that harrowing day in December, Kerolos and his three younger siblings were separated and placed into foster homes. That's how Kerolos ended up in the home of Lora Sutton, of Broadview.
"My foster mom is the best thing to happen to me since my mom passed away," he said. "If it wasn't for her pushing me, I wouldn't have made it through high school. It takes someone holding you up and pushing you up, telling you that can keep going on. She knew I had all the right qualities and the potential and she brought them out of me."
Before Nermeen died, Kerolos said, he promised his mother that he would become a doctor. He wants to become a cardiologist, empowered, ironically, to fix hearts. In some ways, albeit metaphorically, he has partially fulfilled his ambitions.
The first heart Kerolos Sam has fixed has been his own.
"I'm very big in church, where I've learned to forgive," he said, adding that since the murder, he's been in communication with Bahaa. "I haven't forgotten, but I've forgiven him for his actions."
Kerolos said that his siblings have, like him, thrived despite the circumstances. He said that they've all benefited from regular counseling and supportive foster parents.
"God took care of us in that way," he said. "That's one of the things I'm thankful for, regardless of what happened. God was always there for us."
Kerolos has used his own tragedy to inform his thinking about the world, particularly about the outbreak of gun violence in the Chicago area.
"One big reason for the violence is hatred," he said. "People have a lot of hate built up for other people. If we support people and forge bonds with each other, we can cut the violence. We have to start with young people, though. The kids are the future, so we need to start with them."
Kerolos said that he would tell young people seeking to thrive in adversity to "never, ever give up on your dreams."
"Don't ever let someone tell you you can't do something, no matter how hard the situation," he said," no matter how close you are from the ground. If you're still above it, keep moving." VFP
Kerolos was recently accepted to perform a medical internship in Los Angeles, California from June 28 to July 6. He's trying to raise money for the trip and so has started a GoFundMe account. Click here to support him.
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Man! This article is very moving. The Proviso Township is so proud of Mr. Kerolos Sams for overcoming a lot of obstacles and adversaries in his life. His story is so universal and should be an example of "it takes a village to raise a child." If he can do it, and he suffered so many tragedies in his life, anybody can overcome this. I hope that he when he goes to UIC, he can speak at the high schools in the Proviso Township and spark the mindset of the youth.
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Лололь () — населений пункт в Чилі. Адміністративний центр однойменної комуни. Населення - 2 118 осіб (2002). Селище і комуна входить до складу провінції Кольчагуа і регіону Лібертадор-Хенераль-Бернардо-О'Хіггінс.

Територія — 597 км². Чисельність населення - 6811 мешканців (2017). Щільність населення — 11,4 чол./км².

Розташування
Селище розташоване за 106 км на південний захід від адміністративного центру області міста Ранкагуа та за 63 км на захід від адміністративного центру провінції міста Сан-Фернандо.

Комуна межує:
 на півночі - з комуною Пуманке
 на сході - з комуною Санта-Крус
 на південному сході - з комуною Чепіка
 на півдні - з комуною Уаланьє
 на заході - з комуною Паредонес

Примітки

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Complimentary shuttle rides are available to and from Blinn College (on Villa Maria) on Friday from 6:30pm to 11:30pm. Shuttles will arrive approximately every 15 minutes. Shuttles will pick up and drops off riders at the Roy Kelly Garage.
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Q: PoshWSUS - how to get last patch date per server? so I have this PoshWSUS module and a script which runws on WSUS and makes a CSV file. I am trying to update it so it also contains last patch date column but have trouble figuring it out
Import-Module -name poshwsus -force
Import-module -name SysDBApi -force
Import-module -name EncryptedCredential -force -ErrorAction Stop

#get credentials
$cred = Import-Clixml 'E:\WCO\transit.xml'
$SysDBcred = Import-Clixml 'E:\WCO\SysDBCred.xml'
$UseSSL = $True
$Port = 8530
$Date = get-date -Format dd-MM-yyyy
$Time = get-date -format HHmmss
$Filename = "$($env:COMPUTERNAME)_$($Date)_$($Time)"

[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration") | out-null

Connect-PSWSUSServer -WsusServer $env:COMPUTERNAME -Port $Port
$ClientInfoHash = Get-PSWSUSClient |
    Group-Object -Property Id -AsHashTable -AsString
$UpdateScope = New-PSWSUSUpdateScope -UpdateApprovalActions Install -ExcludedInstallationStates NotApplicable
$Classifications = Get-PSWSUSClassification | Where-Object {$_.Title -eq "Security Updates" }
$UpdateScope.Classifications.AddRange($Classifications)
$WsusData = Get-PSWSUSUpdateSummaryPerClient -UpdateScope $UpdateScope
$WsusData |
    Select-Object @{name="Computer name";Expression={($ClientInfoHash[$_.ComputerTargetID].FullDomainName).split(".",2) | select -first 1}},
                  @{name="Domain name";Expression={
                      if ( ($ClientInfoHash[$_.ComputerTargetID].FullDomainName).split(".",2)[1])
                      {
                        ($ClientInfoHash[$_.ComputerTargetID].FullDomainName).split(".",2) | select -last 1
                      }
                      else
                      {
                        "WORKGROUP"
                      }
                  }},

                  @{name="Customer";Expression={(Get-SysDBHost -Credentials $SysDBcred -ComputerName ( ($ClientInfoHash[$_.ComputerTargetID].FullDomainName).split(".",2) | select -first 1)).Customer}},
                  @{name="Last reported status";Expression={$ClientInfoHash[$_.ComputerTargetID].LastReportedStatusTime}},
                  @{name="Required Updates";expression={$_.needed}},
                  @{name="Total Updates";expression={($_.Installed+$_.Needed+$_.PendingReboot+$_.Failed)}},
                  @{name="% Of Compliance";expression={"$([math]::Round((($_.Installed / ($_.Installed+$_.Needed+$_.PendingReboot+$_.Failed)) * 100),0))%"}},
                  @{name="Operating System";Expression={$ClientInfoHash[$_.ComputerTargetID].OSDescription}}|
    Export-Csv -Path "E:\Reports\$($Filename)_UpdatesStatus.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding "utf8" -Delimiter ";"

On another WSUS server we use sqlcmd and SQL queries to get this data and the part which gets this info looks like this:
SELECT LIP.FullDomainName as 'Server Name',LIP.GroupName as 'Group Name',
LIP.CreationDate as 'Most recent patchinstall date', CASE WHEN NUP.NumUPatches is NULL THEN 0 ELSE NUP.NumUPatches END as 'Number of needed patches' FROM LATESTINSTPATCH LIP LEFT JOIN NumOfUNINSTPATCH NUP ON LIP.ComputerID=NUP.ComputerID
ORDER BY NUP.NumUPatches

According to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/bb410149(v=vs.85)
it is in PUBLIC_VIEWS.vUpdate, but how to work with this in PoshWSUS?
EDIT: I want to also add WSUSgroupname field, but that should be easier...

A:
Option 1 use Get-PSWSUSUpdate

The options for the command are listed here on Github
Run Get-PSWSUSUpdate with the option then pipe grep the output for date.

Option 2 native command

is simply  gwmi win32_quickfixengineering |sort installedon -desc

Option 3 PS shell command

Get-HotFix |?{$_.InstalledOn -gt ((Get-Date).AddDays(-30))}

Now your script can use something like @{name="Dates";Expression=... one of the above options..


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Council ponders fiscal chasm
By Robert Speer
June 2007 city budget update
The members of the Chico City Council stared into the financial abyss Tuesday (June 5), and it wasn't a pretty sight.
First they heard City Manager Greg Jones tell them, in his annual budget message, that the city was overspending its general fund by $6 million a year.
Next they listened as police Capt. Mike Maloney told them his department needed an additional $3.5 million to $7.1 million a year to bring police staffing in line with the average for West Coast cities of Chico's size and keep people safe.
Welcome to the new era of limits.
Councilmembers looked grave as they listened to the litany of budgetary bad news. As Jones made clear, the city is facing a serious inability to provide municipal services. If things continue as they're going, he said, it will be nearly $57 million in the hole in a decade (and that's without the additional police, which would push the deficit to more than $100 million).
Balancing the budget "is only going to be attainable by some significant course correction," he added.
Jones largely blamed the problem on declining sales-tax revenues and the expenses accompanying the annexation of most of the remaining unincorporated pockets within the city. But he also noted that 78.1 percent—nearly four-fifths—of the general fund went to salaries and benefits, and he acknowledged that city employees are very well-paid. "We're a people business," he said. "I think we ought to be proud of the fact that we compensate our people well."
At the same time, Jones acknowledged, he has only half the money he needs to keep city streets and roads repaired adequately, is having to transfer money from other funds to beef up the general fund, is dipping into reserves, and is unable to invest in such infrastructure needs as new technology, tools and equipment. He also doesn't have funds to staff a planned seventh fire station in north Chico.
The city has made a number of cost-saving moves in the past year, Jones added, but far from enough to balance the budget.
The general fund isn't the only pot of money that's coming up short. The city has more than 200 discrete funds, and others are hurting, too. For example, the so-called private-development fund, which collects fees from builders to pay administrative costs, has a $4.5 million deficit and is losing $1 million a year. Historically, money has been available from the general fund to cover the shortfall, but no longer. "We'll need to increase fees" to make the fund solvent, Jones said.
Jones presented the council with a list of 54 "deficit reduction alternatives"—19 of them "revenue enhancements," the rest "operating expenditure reductions." The revenue boosters range from increasing the local sales tax by a quarter- or half-percent (the latter would generate $9.7 million annually) and hiking parking fines by $5 to leasing cell tower sites on city property and privatizing the airport. Possible cuts include changing employees' retirement and health benefits, reducing City Hall operating hours and eliminating the city's funding of the county library.
Jones warned that many of the possible cuts would involve renegotiating labor contracts, a difficult process.
In the meantime, the city has no idea how it's going to finance a much-needed new police headquarters, and not building a seventh fire station creates another big problem: The Northwest Chico Specific Plan, which authorizes the development of thousands of houses on approximately 700 acres, relies on the station as a mitigation measure central to its environmental-impact report. Lacking it, the city would have to move two or three of its current six stations, Jones said.
The council unanimously referred the list of alternatives to its Finance Committee to study and prioritize.
In other action, the council unanimously approved $765,861 in funding for community and arts organizations as recommended by the Finance Committee and the Arts Commission. For a list of recipients, go to the city's Web site (www.chico.ca.us) and click on "June 2007 Budget Update."
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