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What is Your Secondary Coin?
"Invest Only What You Can Afford to Lose"
I think the correct is: "Invest in FIAT only what you can afford to lose" ?
ACC token: the SDR digital currency in disguise???
It does not matter the price I bought XRP. The logic is that the people who have bought at .006 (and there are many of then around you) think it is a good moment (60x increase) to take some profits and take a breath, new people comes in and the old people buy again and prices would goes up again. It is how market works and I suggest you to take a look at Elliott Waves Theory just to understand that markets moves in waves (you dont need to believe in the theory). And if you have an example of a market that goes up without retractions let me know! (it is crazy to search for reasons why prices are going down - in that specific situation - or think it is undervalued after a 60x increase, and ETH is a good example for what Im talking about). If you bought ETH at about $1 (jan. 2016) may you have noticed that the price goes up to $21 and then crashes to $6 (up 20x and crashes 65%) in the first wave up. Then it goes from $6 to $200 (50x) and retracted to $100 (50% down). And the last wave goes from $100 to the actual price $340 (3,5X) and not crashed yet. (waves up and down, tops and bottoms). I think the difference between XRP and ETH relative to price increase is about TIME. Speculating about why prices is going down or better said, retracting, after a huge increase like that is just a waste of time. Just take a look at the first ETH wave, because it is how markets works - tops and bottoms. Ripple makes the first important wave up and now is retracting to take a breath (60x increase and retraces 65%, just like ETH did!). ETH chart: https://www.tradingview.com/x/y2uGfPyE/ I quote Joe Ross: "Markets consist of a series of hysterical bursts, with pauses for recovery in between. The hysterical bursts are real, caused by rumors and news, or false, caused by intentional manipulation by those traders able to move the market."
Maybe it is because Ripple peak is something about 60× or 6000% since march!!! If one seeks to undervaluation is just because the eys are focused at tops. Sicerily I ve never see a 6000% increase in just 3 months except the cripto market. A natural correction in prices is what one should expect after the huge wave up. Now we are about 45× the prices from march and it is just astonish. If prices were just around 10 cents it would be very impressive anyway!
Should I buy in now or wait for a dip? if so, what dip?
@teeisme99 buy what you can for now and forget about short price fluctuation. And if you could save some money to buy if it goes down is good too. Sure, if you think, like most of us in the Forum, that XRPs will hit prices much higher than we are now. Good luck, tell us when you join our team!
Don't be Tempted to Sell - HODL That XRP!
It is weird how I fell much more comfortable in this last pump than the last pump crazy sunday. Just let the profits run an forget about! Particularly, I have a rule that I can trade only with 2 - 3% of my zerps (but most frequently 1%). And how we have new members and I always read that they sell cheap and lost the train, I would recommend the Mister Turkey`s story. (A post that I`ve made some days before our zerps start his Moon Voyager lol): Good days ahead!!!
Somehow I agree with you but on other hand the fact that people doesn't have certainty if XRPs will be used make then affraid to buy even when great news like today (eZforex partnership with Ripple) are released. People dont buy if they think XRP will not be used and prices stay the same level even with great news.
I found that article explaining what is same day ACH: https://www.dwolla.com/updates/what-is-same-day-ach/ "Same Day ACH is a new rule adopted by NACHA, the "managers" of the ACH network, allowing for payments to be processed within 1 business day (rather than the next day or day after). Doing this, moves money in this ACH network in the same way, only faster. Rule change does 4 big things: It creates a new ACH entry type for banks and providers to distinguish Same Day payments in a batch file. It will eventually open two additional "windows" for a provider or financial institutions to send an ACH file. Currently, the file is processed once in the afternoon each business day. Now, that frequency will double this year (see times chart below) and triple in 2018 when another window opens. It requires all financial institutions to receive Same Day credits (2016), and eventually Same Day Debits (2017) It requires all financial institutions to make eligible Same Day funds (i.e. sent before the cut-off window) available to the payee by end of business on the same day."
JPMorgan calls it too: Same Day ACH https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/cib/treasury-services/faster-ach-payments "The payments industry is changing rapidly in response to client needs and the speed the market demands. Nowhere is that more evident than with the launch of Same Day ACH on September 23. This new ACH payment option gives all ACH clients the option to initiate and settle payments on the same day within the US. The result: Your payments and collections occur faster than ever."
Indian Retail Giant Future Group to Support Blockchain Startups http://www.newsbtc.com/2017/04/16/indian-retail-giant-future-group-support-blockchain-startups/ Is it linked with Ripple?
But Fatcat the fact is that for the market does not matter if people get tired, waiting 3 or 4 years in sideways, and if they read every daily XRP news or they know the code behind the technology. The market is so cold about our knowledge, feelings and beliefs. A guy who doesn`t know nothing and bought 1 day before the great pump makes more money than those who lost their faith and get tired - and I am not recommending one to know nothing about his investments. So, its comprehensive that you are questioning yourself what is wrong with people who hold XRPs ("speculators", "whishful thinking") while you, that held tons of coins and believed since the beginning, you that knows how the things are and knows that XRPs has no utility because banks are not using it (or at least no one can prove to you), its comprehensible that you think that is important that someone must prove to you that XRPs has value because banks are already using it. And if banks will touch XRPs in the near future and the prices spikes just because the market knows that it is going to happen soon? Maybe, the thing is that you are looking for the wrong side of the story. That you simply aren`t understanding what is going on in the market. Maybe your story will be among the saddest, the people who lost their faith, and lost the profits because the wrong way of think about the market. Maybe people who are looking for a proof of banks using XRPs will realize that when you get what you want (Banks using XRPs) prices have already skyrocketed. Its i the way markets work (with expectations and anticipation). In the beginning all the great business, leaders in his markets, is just small and difficult to see all the results that one are expecting to see. Those who wait to see the "big things" before the right time, those who do not have the necessary patience just stay behind the big profits. I sincerely wish that you find what you are looking for and make huge profits on the market! But maybe what you are looking for is not the right thing to explain XRP utility and value. Maybe it is just your mind that needs a reason to justify to yourself that you are right in your decision to leave XRP market.
Are you prepared for a Bull Market?


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Mesinge Kirke er en kirke i Mesinge Sogn i Kerteminde Kommune.

Den er tidligst nævnt i Kong Valdemars Jordebog 1231. En sognepræst ved navn Simon er omtalt 1430 og kirken betalte 20 mark ved landehjælpen 1524-26; den højeste taksering i herredet (Bjerge Herred). Kirkens værnehelgen er nævnt 1589 at være Sankt Kathrine, ligesom en helligkilde i sognet hed Skt. Karens Kilde.

Frederik von Vittinghof til Eskebjerg erhvervede 1678 patronatsretten til denne og Hindsholms tre andre kirker (Viby, Dalby og Stubberup). Fra 1680 lå kirken til friherreskabet Scheelenborg indtil overgangen til selveje 1911.

Bygning
Kirken er i sin kerne en romansk bygning af granit der bestod af et skib og et smallere kor. Af denne bygning er førstnævnte bevaret. I løbet af middelalderen blev skibet forlænget mod vest, før man rejste tårnet og det trappehus, der kan dateres til o. 1468.

Det romanske kor blev nedrevet 1517 eller kort før og erstattet af et sengotisk langhuskor med messeklokkespir i østgavlen. På denne tid indsattes også hvælv i skibet. Endelig er der tilføjet et våbenhus ud for det romanske skibs syddør. Alle disse ændringer er udført i tegl.

Kalkmaleri
Kalkmalerier i kirken blev afdækket 1977-78. De ældste er udsmykningen af tårnets hvælv, der er udført o. 1480-1500 og skyldes samme malere som i Brylle Kirke. I korets østfag er en udsmykning, der blandt andet omfatter et viekors og en minuskelindskrift med dateringen 1517, som altså tidsfæster langhuskorets opførelse. I våbenhuset er rester af en frakturindskrift, der citerer Es. 56,7.

Inventar
Kirkens ældste inventarstykke er den romanske døbefont. Af bevaret middelalderligt inventar er desuden det murede alterbord, et korbuekrucifiks fra o. 1475-1500, en klokke støbt 1462 af mester Laurinsius og de gotiske alterstager.

Den efterreformatoriske nyindretning af kirken blev gennemført i 1580'erne og 1590'erne, og fra denne tid er bevaret dele af et korgitter opsat 1584, en skriftestol fra 1586, et alterbordspanel med malet tekstilimitation fra 1591 og den samtidige altertavle, som er ombygget af en senmiddelalderlig skabsaltertavle. Ombygningen af altertavlen er formentlig udført af Jens Asmussens værksted og dermed den eneste altertavle, der med nogen sikkerhed kan tillægges denne centrale fynske renæssancebilledskærer. Han har også udført prædikestolen fra 1594 og udført i højrenæssancestil med arkadefag der rummer relieffer af Syndefaldet, Hyrdernes Tilbedelse, Korsfæstelsen og Opstandelsen, og adskilt af kraftige, hjørnefremspring med tredobbelte søjler.

I altertavlen er nu indsat et alterbillede af Anne E. Munch fra 1928 forestillende Bespisningen i Ørkenen og mindre fløjmalerier fra 1635 af Moses og Aron (mod nord) samt Kristus og Johannes Døberen (mod syd). Tårnuret er udført af F. Bertram-Larsen 1936 med delvis genanvendelse af et ældre urværks smedejernsramme.

Gravminder
Et epitafium fra 1664 er sat af Hans Krag til minde om hustruen Johanne Hansdatter, død 1660. Det er skåret i bruskbarok stil, der slægter Anders Mortensens stil på og rummer et ovalt familieportræt. Om epitafiet er på væggen malet en drapering. En barokinspireret mindetavle over det faldne i 1. slesvigste krig er opsat på tårnrummets sydvæg.

Der er bevaret to ældre figursten i kirken, der begge er signerede arbejder af den såkaldte Odense-Monogrammist. Den ene er langt over Regitze Ulfeldt o. 1590 og den anden over hendes datter, Anne Hardenberg til Torslundegård o. 1600. Gravstenene blev taget op af korgulvet og muret ind i korets nordvæg 1854. Desuden er der gravsten over sognepræst Hans Andersen, o. 1609, herredsfoet Rasmus Lauritsen Hjort og hustru Dorte, o. 1611, og over herredsfoged Hans Krag og hustru Johanne Hansdatter (se epitafium ovenfor) fra o. 1660.

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Eksterne kilder og henvisninger

 Mesinge Kirke  hos nordenskirker.dk
 Mesinge Kirke hos KortTilKirken.dk
 Mesinge Kirke hos danmarkskirker.natmus.dk (Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet)

Kirker i Kerteminde Kommune
Kirker i Fyens Stift
Kirker i Odense Amt

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Backlog of cases brings slow justice to some families
Megan Abundis
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M- Jury trials were suspended more than 5 months in New Mexico because of COVID restrictions causing a big back load of cases.
Athena Lopez and her family believe the backlog means slow justice for them.
"I'd like to be able to give a victim impact statement. I'd like to be able to tell people about Kayden," said Athena Lopez.
Cousins Kayden and Jakob Montoya were killed in 2018.
Police say a man driving more than 100 mph hit their car and instantly killed them in northwest Albuquerque, the night before Thanksgiving.
"We were originally given 18 months as the timeline for when we would see the end of this when there would be some kind of sentencing, but we were recently told it wouldn't be for 5 years," said Lopez.
Representatives with the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office said the delays were caused by the elimination of grand juries, suspension of trials, and now the number of trials are limited.
State court data shows in 2019 districts heard 604 jury trials, in 2020-436 and in 2021-321 trials.
"With these restrictions the data shows that there is, and will continue to be, a large backlog of cases which will take work to be initiated," said local prosecutors.
There is an order on how they plan to prioritize those cases – like custody status, trial length, and case age.
But for the Lopez family, a plan still isn't action.
"If we're feeling like this, I can imagine other families feeling similar," said Lopez. "It's unsettling, I think we deserve peace."
The Bernalillo County District Attorney office expects to release more data tomorrow, July 14, on how this impacts local criminal cases.

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Commentary from the EU for medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
Opaque CJEU ruling threatens future of gene editing in the EU: CRISPR-Cas9 organisms are subject to rigid controls of GMO Directive
By Rebecca Baines and Hannah Smith-Willis | August 21, 2018 15:56
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that organisms created using modern gene editing tools – including CRISPR Cas-9 - should be subject to the same stiff regulation as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This is an unexpected blow for anyone using these techniques in Europe to combat disease or develop hardier food crops. In January 2018, the court's Advocate General indicated that CRISPR-edited organisms should not be subject to GMO regulation.
The CJEU decision has been widely condemned by scientists and industry. They fear that Europe will become a backwater for gene editing whilst other countries are embracing these biological tools to realise significant advances in healthcare and food production. But not everyone is disappointed. As The Times reported, one Canadian professor commented: "Great news for Canadian and American farmers today. Hope all Europeans enjoy their future higher food prices".
The EU has some of the strictest controls in the world on releases of GMOs into the environment (including genetically modified food and animal foodstuffs). The concern is that these organisms may replicate any unintended and potentially harmful modifications to their genomes. As a precautionary measure to protect humans and the environment, the GMO Directive (2001/18/EC) requires GMOs to undergo a risk assessment and public consultation before being placed on the market. They must also be registered and labelled as GMO products.
The CJEU has now ruled that organisms created by mutagenesis (using modern gene editing tools to make precise changes to an organism's own genome) should be regulated under the GMO Directive in the same way as transgenic organisms (which are created by introducing DNA from another organism). Mutagenesis techniques have been widely used for many years to develop seed varieties with herbicidal resistance and have an established safety record. The CJEU confirmed that these conventional mutagenesis techniques are exempt from the lengthy and expensive assessment and authorisation procedures under the Directive.
Background to the CJEU decision
The CJEU decision is a victory for the French small-scale farmers who were represented before the court by The French Agricultural Union (FAU). The FAU had challenged before the French courts domestic legislation exempting mutagenesis-derived organisms from the GMO Directive. The FAU argued that mutagenesis techniques have evolved since the GMO Directive came into force; mutagenesis no longer involves cultivating in vivo mutations on entire plants, but instead involves in vitro targeted genome mutations in order to obtain herbicidal resistance. The FAU argued that those varieties present a risk to human health and the environment in the same way as transgenic organisms which are subject to the GMO Directive, specifically:
"the release of genetic material of those varieties leading to the appearance of weeds which have acquired the herbicide-resistant gene, from the ensuing need to increase the quantities and vary the types of herbicides used and the resulting pollution of the environment, or from unintentional effects, such as undesired or off-target mutations on other parts of the genome and the accumulation of carcinogenic molecules or endocrine disruptors in cultivated plants intended for human or animal consumption".
Specific issues for the CJEU
The CJEU accepted the argument that modern mutagenesis methods are capable of creating organisms that pose a similar level of risk as transgenic organisms. It answered the specific questions referred to it as follows:
Are organisms obtained by mutagenesis "GMOs" in the context of the GMO Directive?
Answer: Yes. All organisms obtained by any method of mutagenesis would be GMOs within the meaning of the GMO Directive. However, to the extent these organisms have been "conventionally been used in a number of applications and have a long safety record" they are exempt from the GMO Directive.
Are member states free to subject such organisms to the obligations set down in the GMO-Directive anyway?
Answer: Yes. As long as member states comply with other aspects of EU law, member states have the option of defining their own regime in respect of those organisms.
Is the GMO Directive applicable to organisms obtained by mutagenesis techniques that have emerged since it adoption?
Answer: Yes. Organisms obtained by these new mutagenesis techniques are not exempt from the GMO Directive. Since the new techniques are deemed to make it possible to obtain effects similar to those achieved by transgenesis, excluding organisms obtained by new mutagenesis techniques would compromise the purpose of the GMO Directive.
In relation to a separate directive, does a GMO constitute a 'genetically modified variety', which may be accepted for inclusion in the 'common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species the seed of which may be marketed' only if all appropriate measures have been taken to avoid risks to human health and the environment?
Answer: Yes. A 'genetically modified variety' must be construed as referring to the concept of a GMO in the GMO Directive. Organisms produced by new mutagenesis techniques must fulfil the conditions outlined above, whereas varieties obtained by conventional mutagenesis are exempt.
The world is changing. The CJEU, in attempting to update the concept of 'genetically modified organism' as used in the GMO Directive, has sliced up the definition of 'mutagenesis' without offering a coherent explanation as to why site specific, targeted mutations (through the CRISPR-Cas9 system, for example) may cause any greater risk to human health or the environment than traditional mutagenesis techniques. Those older techniques may now be the most cost-effective route to market leaving only the biggest multinationals to push the boundaries of gene-editing technologies in Europe. They are the only companies capable of footing the £30 million regulatory bill to obtain approval of a new GMO product in Europe. Smaller players, who are making great strides in the field, risk being side-lined or enticed overseas where the regulatory hurdles are lower.
Sarah Schmidt, Project Coordinator at the Institute for Molecular Physiology, University of Düsseldorf, has called the ruling a "deathblow for plant biotech in Europe" (as quoted in LISR). With Brexit looming, this could be a good time for the UK to reappraise its approach to GMOs. A different, UK-specific regulatory regime could allow UK scientists and businesses to side-step the EU's restrictive controls to develop much-needed new foods and medicines whilst preserving the UK's reputation as a leading light in the scientific world.
Meanwhile, we are working with colleagues and clients on strategies to mitigate the impact of the CJEU's decision on businesses and researchers. If you would like to join the discussion, please get in touch.
Tags: life sciences, GMO, GMO directive, gene, CJEU
Article author
Rebecca Baines
Partner, Intellectual Property
rebecca.baines@fieldfisher.com
Hannah Smith-Willis
Associate, IP and Technology, Protection and Enforcement
hannah.smith-willis@fieldfisher.com
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a behavior disorder, which at times affects the brain. Those affected by the condition suffer severe anxiety. It can involve both compulsions and obsessions that may take lots of time and change the way a person undertakes his or her daily activities. There is no definite cause of OCD though some factors have been suggested. The brain of an individual with OCD differs from the one of who does not have the condition. For instance, the person may have increased activity. This can be controlled using glutathione though one should first consider glutathione side effect. The condition affects women, men, and children. However, the symptoms mostly appear first during early adulthood.
The condition involves both obsessions and compulsions. However, it is possible to have either compulsion or obsession symptoms only. Obsessive symptoms include images of hurting yourself or another person, Fear of getting contaminated by shaking hands, Doubts that you have switched off the lights or locked the door, and Thoughts of acting inappropriately. Compulsive Symptoms include counting in a particular pattern, Silently repeating a word, phrase or prayer, Hand-washing until the skin turns pale, Checking the stove severally to ensure it is off, and Repeatedly checking doors to ensure they are locked. Symptoms tend to differ in severity throughout your life. They tend to worsen when one is stressed or having a rough time. While most adults will realize that their compulsions and obsessions do not make sense, most children do not understand what is going on.
It is possible to cure the condition permanently or at least reduce the symptoms, enabling the individual to enjoy good life quality.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors- this medication helps in reducing the symptoms by interfering with the balance of chemicals in your brain.
Cognitive behavior therapy– the therapy helps an individual to deal with fear and getting the obsessive thoughts.
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Jordan has authored numerous baseline studies and effects assessments relating to Aboriginal Traditional Use, non-Aboriginal stakeholder land use, and cultural heritage, as well as preparing chapters on project consultation activities. This has included work on a number of small- and large-scale EAs for mining, public works, and energy projects throughout British Columbia, the arctic, and Saskatchewan within the federal CEAA and provincial assessments processes.
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Home > Archives > Vol 2, No 1 (2021) > The future of psychiatry
The future of psychiatry
Authors: Sartorius N.1
Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (AMH)
Section: EDITORIALS
Since the Second World War mental health programmes and psychiatry have made significant advances. Countries, as well as the United Nations, have recognized the magnitude and severity of mental health problems, and numerous national programmes have been launched to deal with them. Technology relating to the treatment of mental disorders has advanced and significant progress has been made in terms of knowledge regarding the functioning of the brain. The awareness of the need to protect the human rights of those with mental illness has increased. National and regional programmes against stigma and the consequent discrimination of those with mental illness, have been launched in many countries. Associations bringing together those who have experienced mental illness and their relatives, have come into existence in many countries.
While these are great steps forward, more work is necessary to complete these advances. In low- and middle-income countries, the vast majority of people with mental disorders do not receive adequate treatment. Even in highly industrialized countries, a third of people with severe forms of mental illness are not receiving the appropriate therapy. Laws concerning mental health are outdated in many countries. The protection of the human rights of the mentally ill is incomplete and imperfect. The emphasis on economic gain and the digitalization of medicine in recent years has not helped. On occasions, this has even slowed down the development of mental health services, and the provision of mental healthcare. Thus, psychiatry must still deal with the challenges of the past century, while facing new demands and tasks.
Among the new tasks for psychiatry are undoubtedly reforms which will allow (i) the provision of appropriate care of people with comorbid mental and physical disorders, (ii) the application of interventions leading to the primary prevention of mental and neurological disorders, and (iii) a radical reform of the education of psychiatrists and other mental health workers, dealing with mental illness. Collaboration with other stakeholders in the field of mental health and medicine, will be of crucial importance in relation to all these tasks.
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It is possible that the future of psychiatry will be bright, not least because psychiatry has won several battles that it has fought since the middle of the last century. The first and possibly the most important of these battles, was the recognition – by the medical community, society and governments – that mental health matters, and that it is necessary to invest time and money into reducing the burden that mental disorders place on society. and help those who are suffering from mental disorders (as well as those who care for them). A number of countries have adopted national mental health programmes, and the United Nations has included the fight for better mental health among its sustainable development goals.1
Another battle, fought over an even longer period, was the development and application of methods of treatment and rehabilitation, leading to the recovery and inclusion of those who have suffered from a mental illness by their ccommunity. In this respect also major advances have been made, and it is fair to say that the success of the treatment of mental disorders, is equal or better than the success of the treatment of other noncommunicable diseases.
The importance of reducing the stigma of mental illness – stigma being a major obstacle to all efforts in the field of mental health - has also been recognized, and anti-stigma programmes have been introduced in several European countries – including Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom – and elsewhere, e.g., in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.2
The decades since the Second World War have also seen a significant increase in the number of psychiatrists – from around 50,000 in the 1950s to more than 250,000 today.3 The numbers of other health workers, dealing with mental disorders, have also grown exponentially.
The list of successes and battles won does not end there: science has made major steps forward in its effort to understand the functioning of the brain. The fact that the provision of adequate mental healthcare, in partnership with general healthcare services and by general healthcare workers, can be provided even in very poor countries, has been demonstrated in carefully designed studies.4,5 The human rights of those with mental illness have been recognized in numerous international and national statements and binding documents.6 Organizations bringing together people who experienced mental illness, their family members and others willing to help people with mental illness lead a life worth living, in their community, have come into existence in many countries.
Although we can be proud of these successes, it is also clear that the battles mentioned above will continue. While the importance of helping people with mental illness and their families has been recognized in many countries, the budgetary allocations for mental health programmes remain low. Many of the countries which have agreed to pursue sustainable development goals, suffer from financial and other difficulties, and their efforts to achieve the goals which they agreed to pursue, have been feeble. The human rights of people with mental disorders are not sufficiently respected or protected, and the laws relevant to mental health care, are outdated in many countries. The gains made in terms of improved technology, in relation to the treatment of mental disorders, have not yet yielded the expected benefits: in low- and middle-income countries, up to 80% of all individuals with severe forms of mental illness, do not receive adequate treatment. Even in the industrially-advanced, rich countries, nearly one third of people with mental diseases, do not receive appropriate treatment.7 The programmes launched to reduce stigma are a significant step forward, but they are programmes which are separate from the mental healthcare system: it is to be hoped that the fight against stigma will become an essential part of mental health service activities, and that this will be reflected in the budget of all psychiatric services and institutions. The associations, bringing together people with mental illnesses and their family members, often lack financial and administrative support and depend on a small number of activists, who vary in their capacity to be fully engaged which renders these organizations vulnerable and affects their ability to fulfil their goals.
It is also important to recognize that these developments are taking place in a world currently influenced by several major trends, directly relevant to the development of healthcare, in general and psychiatry, in particular. The first of these is "commodification" - the tendency to consider all activities and all developments in economic terms, as if they were forms of handling commodities, such as sugar, cotton, coal or timber.8 Thus, a hospital will be considered a success if it can work in a manner that will result in financial gain, a profit; the treatment of an individual with an illness, will be considered a success, if it enables him or her to continue working and producing. Conversely the treatment would be a failure if it does not achieve this, regardless of the effects that it might have had in terms of quality of life or extension of life expectancy. Commodification results in changes in healthcare priorities and in the manner of providing services, and can be particularly detrimental to work in the fields of psychiatry or geriatrics.
Another major development in terms of importance for medicine and mental healthcare, is the digitalization of medicine and other social and industrial pursuits. While offering vast improvements in medical technology and diagnostics, and opening the door to telemedicine and telepsychiatry, digitalization also impacts the relationship between health workers and those who seek help and can dehumanize medicine. While an excellent tool, and potentially a good servant of medicine, digitalization has in many instances been allowed to become its master imposing ways of working and communicating that deny or eliminate empathy, reduce the sense of belonging and weaken humane interaction in the fabric of society.
While the digitalization of medicine and commodification may bring benefits to the practice of psychiatry but also harm it, there is another trend which might play an increasingly important role in the provision of mental healthcare: this is the rediscovery of the potential of self-help techniques and mutual help arrangements. The peer support system has been shown to facilitate and improve the care of patients with diabetes, as well as those with substance abuse problems. The mental health first-aid materials, produced in several countries, as well as the increasing emphasis on education of the population regarding health-promoting lifestyles, are indications of the recognition of the importance of self-help in medicine, in general and in psychiatry, in particular. It is to be hoped that the trend of facilitating self-help and mutual help will continue to grow, and that it will find support in general and in health education programmes.
If psychiatry is to be useful to society and to people with mental health problems in the future, it will have to expand its field of activity and add new pursuits to those of providing treatment for people with mental illness. It will have to seek a productive alliance with other disciplines of medicine, and with other professions, not only to improve the provision of care to people with comorbid mental and physical illness but also to benefit from advances of medicine in general.
Mental health programs will also have to make significant efforts to elevate the position of mental health on the scale of values of both individuals and societies. Once mental health is high on the scale of values held by individuals and society, and people consider it important mental health programmes will receive the moral and material support necessary to build and maintain comprehensive mental health programmes. The effort to promote mental health on the scale of values, as well as other tasks in the field of mental health, will have to be approached in collaboration with other stakeholders in the field of mental health, including, in particular, those who have experienced mental illness and their carers.
Another area of emphasis in which the psychiatrists of the future will need to invest time and effort, will be the significant expansion of programmes, focusing on the primary prevention of mental and neurological disorders. At present this area of work is neglected by psychiatrists, partly because the action necessary to introduce primary prevention is in the hands of other professions and institutions, and partly because psychiatrists are overburdened by the tasks related to the provision of care to people with mental illness. An example of primary prevention of a serious mental disorder, is the provision of iodine for women of childbearing age, which would prevent cretinism in their children; another example is involvement in perinatal care, to provide women with information about the upbringing of their children or the danger of foetal alcohol syndromes. Numerous other examples of action that could lead to the primary prevention of mental and neurological disorders could be listed: most, if not all of them, are in areas controlled by other professions or institutions. To influence these, psychiatrists will have to make a serious effort beyond their usual area of work.
Investing time and effort into introducing the primary prevention of mental and neurological disorders, is not the only area in which psychiatry will have to step outside its current principal areas of activity: another is the need to organize services for people, suffering from a mental as well as a physical disorder. Comorbidity is already prevalent and reduces the life expectancy of those with mental disorders by as much as 12 to 15 years: it is likely that the prevalence of comorbidity and multimorbidity will increase for a variety of reasons, including the extension of life expectancy and the improved survival rates of people, suffering from non-communicable diseases.9
The current education of psychiatrists does not include systematic training in skills, likely to helpful in the development of mental health programmes as well as in the efforts to elevate mental health on the scale of values of individuals and societies. Skills of communication, such as those of negotiation and of public speaking, are tools which are useful in the process of convincing the many who can be usefully involved in the building of mental health programmes: they should be added to the postgraduate training of psychiatrists, which should also include appropriate instruction in public health, in legal matters and behavioural sciences. The organizers of training for psychiatrists must also consider ways of involving other stakeholders in the education of mental health workers. Among them should be family members and others who take care of severely mentally ill people in the community, social workers, nurses and other staff involved in the care ofr people with mental illness. Educators should also consider the best place to provide training for psychiatrists: learning about ways of reducing anxiety before an operation, should be provided in the surgical department, and the management of depression among those with diabetes should take place in the diabetic clinic, rather than in the department of psychiatry.
Training can provide skills and knowledge, and it can change attitudes: however, it cannot change the personality of the student. Educators should keep this in mind when selecting applicants for postgraduate training, and when advising graduates where they should seek work.
Psychiatrists must face these and other tasks which the future is placing before them. In addition, however, those engaged in mental health programmes should remember that they can and should contribute to making and keeping medical practice a humanitarian enterprise and that they should be a model of solidarity with people who are suffering severe illnesses and with those who provide care for them.
Norman Sartorius
Email: sartorius@normansartorius.com
MD, PhD, FRCPsych
Switzerland, Geneva
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November 28 is marked as Red Planet Day
Red Planet Day 2022: November 28 is Red Planet Day, commemorating the launch of one of the most major space missions to Mars. After 3 previous attempts, Spacecraft Mariner 4 became the first successful flyby of Mars. The spacecraft took off on November 28, 1964, and arrived on Mars on July 14, 1965. The successful mission produced 22 pictures of the Martian surface. These pictures were the first-ever close-up photos to come from deep space. This mission, along with several others that occurred afterward, has helped us learn much about the red planet.
About the Mars:
The fourth planet from the Sun is the Red Planet or Mars. It has a very thin atmosphere over a dusty, chilly, desert world. Along with having seasons, polar ice caps, canyons, extinct volcanoes, and evidence that it was once even more active, Mars is a dynamic planet.
about this planet:
It's the iron oxide on the planet's surface that makes it red
Mars is half the size of Earth but it's still the fourth largest planet.
The minimum distance from Earth to Mars is about 33.9 million miles.
It's the fourth planet from the sun.
Deimos and Phobos are the names of the two moons on Mars.
The temperature ranges from -191 to 81 ℉.
The atmosphere is thin and is mostly made up of carbon dioxide.
Mars boasts the highest mountain is our solar system and it's 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
One year on Mars is equal to 687 Earth days.
In 2018, scientists found evidence of a lake under a polar ice cap on Mars.
One more amazing fact is that due to the difference in gravity, a 100-pound man would only weigh 38 pounds on Mars. It's no surprise that so many people desire to go to Mars! In fact, NASA hopes to send humans to Mars by 2030.
How many country visit Mars?
After the Cold War, which saw intense competition between the USSR and the US in terms of deepening their forays into space, other countries also launched their explorations.
NASA has a lander (Mars Insight), a rover (Curiosity), and three orbiters (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, MAVEN); India's ISRO has an orbiter (Mangalyaan-1). India's Mars Orbiter Mission, a technology demonstration venture carried five scientific payloads (total 15 kg) collecting data on surface geology, morphology, atmospheric processes, surface temperature and atmospheric escape process.
The European Union has 2 orbiters (Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter); and China and the UAE will each have an orbiter (Hope and Tianwen-1 respectively). The UAE mission will study the Martian atmosphere, and will seek to address the billion-dollar question of how and why Mars lost its atmosphere.
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BROOKDALE NEWSROOM
Scholarship Summer Bash Was A Huge Success
The Brookdale Community College Foundation Scholarship Summer Bash was a sold-out event. On the College's 54th "birthday," the summer bash was held in the Donald D. Warner Student Life Center and outdoor patio area with live music performed by the trio, Scott Elk, Aaron Manzo, and Kyle Ward. The funds raised will support the Foundation's mission to help students achieve their dream of earning a college degree.
Dr. David Stout, president of Brookdale Community College, thanked everyone for their generosity and said, "You would be stunned by how many students we have, not only here, but across our education system, where finance is tough and is the only thing that stops them from being able to obtain their associate degree and bachelor's degree." He also recognized the hospitals and said, "We are celebrating and honoring our hometown heroes tonight. If it were not for their commitment and their selflessness of putting themselves directly in the line of fire with this pandemic, we would not have been able to get through it."
Over 200 attendees celebrated and showed their appreciation to the five honored Monmouth County hospitals, Bayshore Medical Center, Frank Citara, CentraState Medical Center, John Gibbin, Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC), Vito Buccellato, Monmouth Medical Center, Eric Carney, and Riverview Medical Center, Timothy Hogan, and all of their Covid response team members.
Each of the honorees spoke about their team's utmost courage at their hospitals during the pandemic. Frank Citara, chief health executive at Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center, said, "The dedication of the team members here at Bayshore Medical Center and all the hospitals is truly remarkable. Especially what they were doing to protect themselves and their families, making sure they were here for their patients and making sure they were not bringing anything in from the outside to potentially affect their fellow team members or patients. Some lived separately from their families. They sacrificed a lot."
Citara also added, "We consider Brookdale a partner with so many of their students coming through our doors for training treats, and we have hired many Brookdale graduates who are our team members now and fought this pandemic with us side by side. It reinforces what we know about Monmouth County Hospitals, how great they are, and that we have the best healthcare workers out there."
Kristina Gamble, a 2020 Brookdale nursing graduate currently working at Community Medical Center's emergency room, shared her story. She was a nontraditional student who had a bachelor's degree and two children when her job of 10 years closed its doors. Gamble decided to go into nursing after gaining a great admiration for nurses (and doctors) while going through five years of hospital visits with her son. Having great perseverance, Gamble obtained her degree by studying and attending classes for two years in the middle of Covid. Gamble received multiple scholarships, including the Joan Litwin Memorial Scholarship, the Donna Paynton Memorial Scholarship, and the Brookdale Foundation and Alumni Association Scholarship, which made her dream to be a nurse possible.
"I love what I do. I would not be where I am today without one, the nursing program at Brookdale, and two, the scholarships for the added money to help me get through everything I needed, get my books, pay for lab fees, and a stethoscope, it made a huge difference." Gamble said to the audience. "I am so incredibly grateful to everyone who donates to scholarships."
Carol Stillwell, co-chair along with Karen Escobedo and Candy Langen-Sattenspiel, lead a live appeal. Dr. Susan Whyman, vice president of the Brookdale Foundation and the Frank Whyman Scholarship sponsor, made the first donation. "During the pandemic, I had a secret weapon that made each day a day filled with sunshine," Whyman said. "The scholarship students at this College were there to give me hope. These students are now a treasured part of my life, and they never fail to inspire me. They get good grades, and they work more than one job, they also volunteer in the community, and have a passion that drives them to give their families a better life."
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Collin Kelly
Gotham City Garage
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DC's Superheroines Fight the Power in Digital Series GOTHAM CITY GARAGE
HIT THE ROAD WITH THE NEW COMIC SERIES GOTHAM CITY GARAGE
Writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly build a new world for the popular DC Collectibles line.
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Based on the DC Collectibles line of the same name, GOTHAM CITY GARAGE is a new Digital First series that follows a diverse group of rebels with one cause: freedom for all. Taking inspiration from the fan-favorite statues, the team of Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (GRAYSON) craft the world of GOTHAM CITY GARAGE, flipping the script on some of the DC Universe's most famous characters including Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Lex Luthor and more. The exhilarating new series debuts August 16.
"Gotham City Garage is an anti-fascist anthem for the open road, starring reimagined takes on DC's great female characters through an outlaw lens," says Kelly. "We're bringing Big Barda, Steel, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Silver Banshee, Hawkgirl and the first Kryptonian this world has ever seen—the mysterious girl named Kara Gordon—into a world of bikes, outlaws and elaborate tattoos."
It's been a decade since Governor Lex Luthor saved his people from devastation and turned Gotham City into the modern utopia known as The Garden. With the rest of the world in ruins, Luthor's city continues to thrive—but not for everyone. Order has been kept only by the LEXES technology that networks the entire population under one mindset—and if a citizen steps out of line, the Bat and his minions are brutal in restoring the status quo. So when a young Kara Gordon comes under suspicion by her LEXES superiors, she heads straight into the dreaded wasteland—where she'll discover the fierce oil-and-gear rebels of the Gotham City Garage.
"This is an exciting chance to explore the meaning of heroism in a world devoid of hope, to rebel-yell alongside our favorite DC superheroines at a time when we need it the most," adds Lanzing.
GOTHAM CITY GARAGE debuts August 16, with a new chapter released biweekly through October 2017 and weekly thereafter, with print issues available in October. The series will have rotating artists, beginning with Brian Ching (SUPERGIRL) and followed by Lynne Yoshii of the DC Talent Development Workshop.
The GOTHAM CITY GARAGE #1 cover by Rafael Albuquerque will debut at a later date; the variant cover by Dan Panosian is available to check out here. Chapters can be downloaded via the DC Comics App, readdcentertainment.com, iBooks, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle Store and Nook Store.
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As online shopping continues to dominate the retail world, brick-and-mortar stores are quickly losing appeal and retailers are adopting new approaches to attract faithful customers. Kohl's department store, started in 1962 after originally establishing itself as a supermarket chain, has announced it will be partnering with Aldi, a food market of German-origin that's seen steady growth in popularity since opening in the U.S. in 1976.
This big move starts with a "trial period," as five to 10 Kohl's stores across the country will share its space with Aldi to see how customers react. While the idea of buying clothes and groceries in one place isn't entirely new—we are all familiar with Walmart and Target, after all—both companies have entirely different target markets, so this step may be a means of familiarizing one brand's typical consumer with the other.
Mansell plans on increasing this store sharing concept to 500 stores across the U.S., but not all with Aldi alone.
"The filters start at places like groceries, supermarket chains, just because they drive a lot of traffic, but it's certainly not limited to that," he says.
Other big retailers like Macy's and Lord & Taylor are also picking up on the concept of "right-sizing." By teaming up with WeWork to lease out floors in their buildings, larger department stores are very likely to be more profitable in the long run with the realization that foot traffic is rapidly decreasing.
WeWork, founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey, is a company which finds and provides shared workspaces, startup communities and services for first-time entrepreneurs, freelancers, small business or large enterprises. WeWork was founded in 2010 and already values at $20 billion with plans to expand into education and real estate.
As for how the Kohl's-Aldi operation will work—will they continue to be entirely separate, or will customers be paying for a new blazer and their weekly groceries at the same register—the answer is simply no.
As department stores continue to make adjustments in hopes to remain relevant in the age of digital shopping, we look forward to seeing who else Kohl's teams up with in the future—there are rumors of fitness centers and even Whole Foods. Regardless of who's next, this partnership changes the future of brick-and-mortar retailers as a whole, with an emphasis on how consumers shop.