I simply was left with the question of wondering on what basis Joel still calls himself a Christian?
maybe it's a matter of semantics. I mean, how do you explain that you accept the deep truth and universality of Jesus' wisdom and the reality of Christ consciousness, but you don't believe in the Bible or most of the historical accounts of Jesus' life.
I think the last segment on the Jesus passage in Josephus is pretty important... there are actually many "Christian scholars" who aren't willing to go there... amazing given how obvious it is.
Even if the brain is not functioning, the mind clearly is, and to a heightened degree. You have often made this point yourself.
Something is being experienced. Whatever that something is, it is being interpreted by the NDEer.
The personal interpretation is significant for the experiencer, and can bring about life-changing alterations in the person's personality and outlook; but to get to the factuality of the something that is occurring we must bypass the personal overlays.
That's how we found out about stuff like physics and science generally. We had to get past the cultural and personal overlays that obstructed the factuality.
I think we have to be very cautious about accepting the personal interpretations of the experiences as factual evidence.
You may recall that Moody makes this point in his first book. I agree with him.
While I agree with Alex concerning NDEs not be understandable using science or logic, I also agree with you that they're culturally influenced.
Check out Carol Zaleski's book Otherworld Journeys. She looks at medieval NDEs. They look different than modern day NDEs. This doesn't change the profundity of them for me, of course, but it does change the way I think about them.
I just we have to be very careful in drawing too many conclusions from this data (as Shushan is). The most important take-away is that NDEs exist across cultures in a way that adds paradigm-busting reality of the phenomena.
I'll check it out. And I agree about the take-away.
I'd love to hear an interview with Carol Zaleski, btw . . .
You should look up the May/James/Rashad case published by IANDS 15 years ago. In it, three different people encounter the BOL during a shared NDE and each one of them interprets it as something different... More intrigingly, they were aware of this fact during the experience.
Yes, that is exactly my point. They all interpreted the experience differently.
To access the raw data of the experience we have to strip away the personal interpretations. That is the ground floor methodology of how we do all science.
I disagree with the pessimistic belief that NDE experience is inaccessible to scientific human knowing. To me that belief is as irrational and obstructive as the reductive materialist belief that denies the reality of the experience.
Nothing we experience is beyond the scope of scientific human knowing.
maybe Moody said that 40 years ago, but today he's saying that NDE can't be understand scientificly/logicly. While I not fond of the way he frames the argument, but I get his point.
Isn't it possible that some things are irrational and therefore outside the scope of scientific exploration? Why should everything follow logic?
Behind the multitudes of irrational primitive beliefs held by humans about the natural world and the stars and the universe etc.
The data from NDEs are extremely varied and complex. There are similarities and differences between cultures and both similarities and differences tell us something about the phenomena. The cultural differences argue against physiological explanations, the similarities argue against the influence of expectations. Simple generalizations like "people see what they expect to see" just don't hold up. A Jew may see Jesus, a Muslim may see Buddha, children who have no expectations and atheists and people who attempt suicide who expect nothing still have the same type of NDEs.
comparable to dreams and hallucinations.
explanation, and obviously that is the mainstream scientific view.
shamanic practices. It's not limited to an actual near-death context.
inability to account for the phenomenon means it must be metaphysical.
the latter does not come with positive, transformative after-effects).
Here is the case where different people shared an NDE but had different interpretations. But how could a physiological explanation cause people to have a shared experience - to know what the others were experiencing?
David, you seem a rather certain in your statements. You speak of "irrational primitive beliefs" as if all irrational beliefs are primitive and all primitive beliefs are irrational. "Irrational" isn't an absolute term--varying, as it does, according to what is currently accepted as "knowledge"--and nor is science.
To demonstrate the relativity of rationality and science, it was at one time deemed irrational/unscientific to think of continental drift or quasi-crystals. Now, they're accepted phenomena and deemed both rational and scientific. It's conceivable that in the not too distant future, the same might be said of what we currently think of as spiritual phenomena.
Science as we currently understand it is still quite young, and, contrary to what you seem to be saying, not entirely rational. It's as much subject to fashionable ideas as anything else; some ideas are in, and some are out regardless of their intrinsic merit. In time, things once thought irrational become widely accepted, and things thought scientific/rational become rejected.
Hang about for a few decades: then check what is currently in that becomes out, and what is currently out that becomes in. You say that logic is not science, meaning--I think--that it isn't the whole of science, merely one of its methodological tools. Which is true, but that doesn't mean to say that everything that exists can be explained logically, which as often as not relates to current theory rather than any absolute notion of logic. I mean, what is logical about gravity? Why should a massive body possess gravity, and what the hell is gravity, any way? We know something of what it does, but what actually is it? The same with electromagnetic radiation and a pile of other stuff.
Science is, as much as anything, a story about what we're pleased to think of as reality. It's a story that changes over time, and in that respect bears quite a lot of similarity to the different interpretations placed on phenomena such as NDEs by its experiencers. Viewed in that light, one begins to get an inkling if how insecure is our notion of reality, science, rationality, and even logic. Hell, in a couple of centuries, we may have moved on from "science" to some other way of investigating the universe and all be laughing our socks off at the current dark age.
Stay loose, man. Be ever open to the possibility of fundamental change in the way we view the universe.
The scientific method does not guarantee truth. Most published research findings are false. And people had been determining truth for thousands of years before the scientific revolution. How could primitive people survive in the wilderness, the jungle, the desert, the arctic if they didn't have true knowledge needed to survive? How could prescientific people cross the globe in sailing ships, work metal, tan leather, grow crops and livestock, build pyramids, set broken bones, perform surgery? How could the Romans build aqueducts or the dome of the Pantheon?
But people who think science is the only way to obtain information about the universe are believers in the religion of Scientism. They ignore all of history before the scientific revolution when people developed knowledge and technology without the use of randomized double blind experiments. The best example of this is to consider what would happen if a believer of Scientism became lost in the desert or in a jungle. He would be dead in a day or two unless prescientific aborigines found him and showed him how to survive.
great post. thx. love the Jeff Long quote.
If a phenomenon is not rational or logical, then it is not repeatable and testable, so as far as science is concerned, it doesn't exist. Isn't it possible there is an aspect of the universe that is fundamentally irrational? If so, the only way to know anything about it would be through direct experience.
I'm not saying NDEs are entirely irrational and illogical. I think aspects of NDEs do follow patterns and can therefore be explored scientifically. But I don't think NDEs are entirely rational logical phenomena, so to a certain extent, aspects of the NDE will always be untouchable to science.
Yes I am very sure about what I am saying. And, with respect, truly, I can tell from your reply, that you do not understand what I am saying.
I am not going to go through it all, because it really doesn't matter.
I am quite sure that in future time many things which seem mysterious or irrational to us today, will be understood.
I am quite sure that NDEs can be, and I hope will be, part of that knowledge, and with it the scientific knowledge that human beings are not robots.
Of course we will never reach total knowledge, so there will never be a lack of the mysterious and the irrational. So don't worry about that.
I think you're on the proponent side, so am not taking issue with you about that. But I suspect you are using "understanding" and "scientific knowledge" more or less interchangeably. However, are the two the same thing? I also suspect you think that using current science methodologies, eventually we'll be able to understand everything--including NDEs, for example.
What I'm trying to say is that science is as much as anything a method of constructing an acceptable narrative about reality. People think they know what gravity and electromagnetism are. They think they know what logic and mathematics are. They think they know these things because, based on the narrative, we can engineer highly useful artefacts like computers, aeroplanes and satnavs. But that doesn't make the narrative true: it just makes it in part useful, at least for a time. In certain areas (cosmology etc.), the narrative is little more than speculation, and just because the other areas are useful, doesn't make them any the more true either.
Our ideas about NDEs are speculative too: we accept their reality in the sense that we accept that people experience them. However, as Moody points out in the video Alex posted, they talk about a realm of time- and place- lessness from here, where time and space are deemed to apply, which is literally nonsense: how can anyone speak of such things using human language, suited only to apparent reality? There'll always be a discontinuity between our narrative explaining reality (what we call science) and reality as it may be experienced--which, by the way, isn't necessarily the truth either.
Fact is, the more one thinks about it, the more one marvels that the narratives possess any usefulness at all. Our entire world view is based not on truth, but on metaphors or models that in some inexplicable way happen to be useful or to be found satisfactory explanatory narratives. We don't actually know anything at all, including the idea that science as currently understood is the be-all and end-all.
When I refer to 'science' I am referring to what is called the scientific method; which is an epistemological methodology and discipline for getting beyond cultural and personal narratives and interpretations etc to the factuality of what is the case.
I am not referring to any particular technological form or technical means that science may take or use at any period in its development. Science, as I mean it, is a way of knowing; an epistemological methodology and discipline. The scientific method yields factual data from experience, with which we can develop and test theory and generate real knowledge and technologies.
Science is more than a narrative; reflect on that next time you are on an aircraft. The aircraft is not staying aloft because of a narrative or because of beliefs. The aircraft is possible because human science, or human knowing and understanding, has understood something real about the factual nature of this world – what we call physics; and that understanding has been used to create a reliable technology of civil aviation.
Of course there are cultural narratives about science that arise; but cultural narratives about science are not science. By science I mean the methodology that produces factual data and reliable knowledge and stuff that works; not the stories people might tell themselves about whatever they imagine science is or isn't.
So for me science is a special way of dealing with experience that yields factual data….not personal narratives. The scientist endeavours to systematically exclude personal narratives and discipline their knowing and understanding to access facts. Obviously scientists do this imperfectly. Pure science is difficult to do because of our propensity for creating narratives and interpretations and beliefs.
My point all along has been to differentiate between the personal narratives aspects of NDEs and the raw data content of NDEs. I do not mean to belittle the personal narrative aspect of the NDE; not at all; I mean only to point out the scientific possibility of accessing the raw data; and the knowledge and understanding of human consciousness and the afterlife it could yield.
There is no reason why the data of paranormal experiences such as NDEs cannot yield to the scientific method of knowing; to the discipline of excluding personal narrative to access raw data. That data can give us valuable insight into the nature of human mind, and the nature of the other realms.
The main obstacles to a proper scientific study of NDEs come from deniers of NDEs, such as scientific materialists (which is a narrative, not science), and also from believers in NDEs, who insist they are beyond explanation and actually don't want them investigated scientifically. There are many who will resist scientific investigation of NDEs and consciousness and spirituality etc. because they want to hold onto personal narratives and beliefs about these things.


Architecture is a very tangible example of creativity. You can see it with your eyes, touch its exterior, feel its fabric and walk its hallways. Music however is much more visceral art form. The notes and harmonies paint vivid pictures in your mind rather than in front of you. These landscapes are unique to you because music by its very nature is subjective. Imagine then, if you could hear architecture. The way a structure is perceived would immediately change and the landscape you perceive would be a perfect combination of the visceral and the tangible. This has been achieved with a restoration project in Croatia.
Following utter devastation to Zadar in Croatia during WWII, hasty reconstruction work was carried out soon after in an earnest attempt to rebuild the area. The result (as so often following WWII around the world) was a bland and uninspiring expanse of concrete. In this case, an unbroken, monotonous concrete wall along the seafront.
Architect Nikola Bašić decided to try something different and breathe life into the area as part of a project to redesign the new city coast, Nova Riva. On 15th April 2005 he opened a wind and wave powered organ to the public – the first of its kind. As waves break against the altered shoreline, the organ creates somewhat random but harmonic sounds.
As wind and waves pass through the organ, notes are sounded at random. Pipes within the organ have been carefully tuned so as to only produce notes that harmonise well together, meaning that despite the unpredictability and spontaneous nature of this instrument/structure, the overall sound is always pleasing on the ear.
The sculpture is 230 feet long and comprises 35 organ pipes embedded within the concrete, which sound different notes as you walk along the promenade. The pipes are an intricate system of polyethylene tubes and resonating cavities which turn the site into a large musical instrument, played by the wind and the sea.
The Sea Organ (known locally as Morske Orgulje) has become somewhat of a tourist attraction, as well as drawing regulars from the surrounding areas to enjoy its song. Since its original opening, white marble steps leading down to the water have now been added, giving people somewhere to sit and gather their thoughts.
In 2006, the Sea Organ was awarded with the prize ex-aequo of the fourth edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space.
Whilst this is obviously a very special and unique concept, it perhaps raises the interesting idea that architecture can actually be multi-functional and appease more senses than just sight. We all live, work and play within the built environment. Wouldn't it be interesting if as well as us interacting with our surroundings, our surroundings could also interact with us?


MIAMI – NASA succeeds in its historic spacewalk on Friday, although it all began with a micro-gravity curveball.
International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer floated in space and into the record books after the two astronauts made the 200th spacewalk in support of the orbiting laboratory.
But as the astronauts were suited up and preparing to go into the de-pressurization airlock, they noticed a water leak at the connection point of Fischer's spacesuit and the station's cooling and power system "umbilical cord." That delayed things for a couple hours. But since Fischer's spacesuit was unaffected and fine, the historic spacewalk went on, although it had to be shortened from six hours to four.
Whitson and Fischer completed the first and most important spacewalk task faster than usual. They replaced an avionics box that supplies data and electricity to the ongoing and critically important science experiments.
Whitson and Fischer were so speedy, they were then able to tackle a few other tasks which, due to the water leak delay, NASA doubted could be done in the limited time.
Whitson and Fischer proved them wrong.
Whitson then installed a connector to route data to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which measures cosmic rays, 100 billion cosmic rays to date.
And Fischer installed some thermal insulating over on the Japanese robotic arm.
The 1st spacewalk in support of construction, maintenance or repair of the space station happened in 1998, when the NASA still used space shuttles and the space station itself was like a tiny, New York City apartment compared to the expansive space mansion that it is today.
Above the bay of space shuttle Endeavor, NASA astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman rode the big Canada arm during the STS-88 mission, attaching and outfitting the US Unity module with Russia's Zarya module, the first 2 components of the infant station.
After Friday's four-hour spacewalk was complete, and the astronauts were re-entering the airlock to re-pressurize to the 14.7 psi inside the space station, Fischer addressed the end of the 200th spacewalk and how far the space station has come and all the astronauts and support personnel down on Earth over the years.
And there were actually two records set 250 miles above us on Friday. Peggy Whitson successfully completed her 9th spacewalk, the most of any female astronaut.


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Eskom has signed a wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA), it said on Thursday.
"The agreement was reached at 2am this morning. It entails a 7.5% wage increase for this year and a 7% wage increase for the next two years," Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe.
In addition, the agreement includes a once-off payment of R10 000 after tax and a housing allowance that is linked to inflation.
"We think it was a reasonable deal," said Phasiwe, adding that the power utility's third union, Solidary, will sign the deal today.
Phasiwe said the situation at the utility's power stations had been relatively stable.
Earlier this month, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) closed the Labour Relations Act (LRA) Section 150 process as parties deadlocked during talks.
This was in addition to Eskom declaring a dispute with the three unions over the precondition that NUM and NUMSA introduced as part of the wage negotiations.
NUM and NUMSA demanded that irrespective of the outcome of the disciplinary process, no member should be dismissed.
However, at the time NUM and NUMSA introduced a precondition that Eskom should not discipline employees who took part in the July/August unprotected strike. The power utility could not agree to this precondition.
In June 2018, NUM and NUMSA defied the Labour Relations Act (LRA) and its essential service provisions and embarked on unprotected strike action.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan intervened in the matter and convened a meeting where all parties reached an understanding that the unions would end all unlawful industrial action and the company would not discipline employees who engaged in the June 2018 unlawful industrial action.
In July, some employees embarked on further unprotected industrial action until 3 August 2018, despite a court interdict and company communication to staff reminding employees that Eskom is an essential service.
"These events again led to power system constraints and load shedding. The power system will take about 30 days to recover from the effects of the illegal strike and there is a risk of further load shedding during this period," said Eskom at the time. – SAnews.gov.za
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China Automobile Dealers Association announced on Feb 1 that the country imported 16.8 percent more cars in 2017 as compared to the year before.
About 1.21 million automobiles were imported last year, it said.
Some 904,000 cars were bought from dealers, up 0.6 percent, reversing the decline seen in 2015 and 2016.
Parallel imports, vehicles bought from other markets to be sold in China, surged 29.8 percent to 172,000 units. Sports utility vehicles dominated the market, making up 88 percent of the total parallel imports.
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"Land of Green Fire: Part One"
A super storm has recently ravaged the eastern coast of Central America. The Turtles and Col. Blade are on their way to the decimated town of Santa Baloona to help the locals. To get there, they're travelling in a blimp they absconded with after a team-up adventure in which they defeated Mr. Cadaverous and his Blue Santas.
After fishing the cow from "Bonanza" out of a tree, they set down on the roof of the US Embassy and the Ambassador takes Col. Blade aside for a debriefing. They meet with Professor Daub, an archeologist. The Ambassador explains that a unit of the US Military called the I-Team went missing somewhere in the Abecero Peninsula and they need to be found. Col. Blade reconvenes with the Turtles and says that they and Professor Daub are deploying immediately for a special mission.
At Mysterymen HQ, following a shrunken head/protein shake/ice cream incident, the team receives a top secret call to arms. Apparently, thousands of years ago, there was a highly advanced, nigh-mythical city called Botaquaxal, hidden in the Abecero Peninsula. It vanished somewhere around 948 AD and all attempted expeditions to locate it ended in tragedy, as the investigators all vanished. Recently, a dentist bought an artifact at a flea market and after x-raying it, found "something". That clue incited the Pentagon to send the I-Team into the Abecero Peninsula. When the super storm hit, it caused an earthquake, revealing a lost city. However, the I-Team's last transmission wasn't very hopeful, as the radioman screamed about flaming people burning everyone to death.
Flaming Carrot rallies the Mysterymen (Screwball, Bondoman, the Shoveler, Mystic Hand, Mr. Furious, Star Shark, the Zeke's and the Spleen) and they take off in their aircraft, the Flying Wing (after donning sombreros suitable for a Central American vacation). As the other Mysterymen take turns flying the Flying Wing, the Shoveler does some meteorological investigation. He determines that the super storm didn't follow any natural weather patterns but appears to have originated right from the Abecero Peninsula.
Via blimp, the Turtles, Col. Blade and the Professor find the I-Team's campsite (but only after Raph wails on a saxophone he found in a locker). They investigate and find no signs of life, save some meals that appear to have been suddenly abandoned. The surrounding jungle appears likewise abandoned, without any traces of animals. What they DO find are the personal effects of the I-Team (rings, watches, fillings) sitting atop small piles of ashes, indicating they were incinerated almost instantly.
Searching, they eventually come across the unearthed city. Oddly, all the ancient buildings appear to be made of a strange plastic substance with magnetic properties. As Mikey skateboards the ruins, he spots a tower jutting out of the sea not far from the coast. Spying through binoculars, Col. Blade notices equipment abandoned outside the entrance to the tower, indicating people had recently been there.
They decide to break for pizza and investigate the tower the next day. Sleeping, Mikey has a strange dream about a prospering city, shadowy halls and a flaming man. He's awoken by Leo's screaming. Leo exclaims that while he was taking watch, a tiny man made of green flame attacked him. Leo wasn't lying, as the flaming man pops out of the bushes and attacks again. Leo attempts to cut it in two, but his swords have no effect. Col. Blade pulls out his gun and aims for what looks like a heart in the center of its chest. Blade shoots the heart and the flaming man vanishes. Professor Daub laments that they didn't try to communicate with the creature. Suddenly, Raph is startled and points to the sky as lights approach.
*This story continues in TMNT/Flaming Carrot Crossover #2.
*The Turtles last encountered the Flaming Carrot in Flaming Carrot (Vol. 1) #27.
*This issue featured an opening editorial by Michael Dooney explaining the origins of this miniseries. Apparently, Burden came up with the idea while doing the first TMNT/Flaming Carrot crossover. It took several years to hammer out the final script, but apparently it was tossed around as two-part black-and-white miniseries, a giant sized annual and a 150-page graphic novel. They eventually settled on the 4-issue color miniseries format.
So yeah, as I've confessed in the past, I'm really not much of a Flaming Carrot fan, so this 4-issue miniseries isn't going to be easy for me to get through. Bob Burden's style of writing relies way too much on just being random for the sake of being random. I've heard people call it "stream of consciousness" or "post modernism" and things like that, but to me it just reads like a game of Mad Libs and there's nothing particularly clever or creative about that. Raph playing the saxophone for two panels because it's so random. The cow from "Bonanza" makes a cameo because it's so random. Shrunken head in the protein shake because it's so random. The issue is just full of stuff like that and after 32 pages, it gets pretty tiresome.
There's at least a stronger story behind this second TMNT/Flaming Carrot crossover than their first team-up. The fact that an at least semi-coherent plot is necessary to move the miniseries along, the narrative exposition overshadows much of the random nonsense, so it's a bit easier to digest.
As with his last turn at writing the Ninja Turtles, Burden doesn't appear to understand any of their individual personalities. In fact, I don't think he's even aware that the Turtles HAVE individual personalities. They all speak with interchangeable "cowabunga" and "radical, dude" dialogue and never display any of their talents or unique traits. These are the Turtles you would see in merchandising on paper cups or bed sheets during the early '90s; vacuous corporate mascots spewing catchphrases and demonstrating no sense of characterization whatsoever.
It makes me wonder just why Burden even wanted to do these TMNT crossovers? He clearly wasn't impressed by the characters because he doesn't treat the Turtles AS characters. In fact, they're all so bland and excruciatingly "wacky" that they could be substituted with any given member of the Mysterymen and it wouldn't change a single thing about this comic. I guess Burden just wanted the extra boost in sales having his name associated with the TMNT during "Turtlemania" would no doubt promise. A lot of guest creators did that back in the day and their contributions can be a pain to sit through. It was just easy money, back then.
This second TMNT/Flaming Carrot crossover is extremely long and tedious and just not my cup of tea. I know Burden has his fanbase, but no matter how I've tried, I just don't see the appeal in his writing style. It strikes me as being shamefully lazy.
Grade: D (as in, "Dude! Radical! Gnarly! Cowabunga! Now guess which of those catchphrases correspond to which Turtle".)
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You pretty much wrote the same thing as when you reviewed the last crossover.
Heh, if you think issue #1 was lazy, then wait till you see the very abrupt art change in the middle of issue #2 !
I also think that Mirage knew what was coming. At least after the first crossover. Probably they really liked Flaming Carrot.
So as I can understand if it is not any's cup of tea, I think it is still fair to "reinterpret" the tmnt's characters.
Not many guest artists tried to do this in unique ways. Some did. And went really radical, transforming the turtles into their own worlds. The IMO best example is Zulli's Souls Winter take.
The turtles don't even have individual names anymore. Nothing about mutation. Everything here is mystical and related to a spiritual state of natural balance.
I like to believe that Bob Burden did simply something similar. He reinterpreted the turtles into his weird super hero universe. Just as you said, you could exchange the tmnt with the mystery men staff. But they are the turtles never the less. They are ninjas and big turtles, they like pizza and are radical. This WAS the mainstream formula of the turtles at their height of popularity (at least in Europe!).
For me personally there are also always entertaining and fun parts and for sure I enjoyed the art in this series.


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Review: Keep An Eye Out
Quentin Dupieux, the French DJ turned filmmaker, has built a reputation for his absurdist comedies that play on various genres. There was the one about a serial-killing tire (Rubber), the one about a man who becomes obsessed with a jacket (Deerskin) and now a take on the police procedural with his new film Keep an Eye Out. Take note of that title as it pays off in a screwed joke in this off-beat comedy.
The film largely is set inside one room of a police station, aside from some flashbacks. The police station and the costumes have a 1970s feel to them. The police station is particularly striking visually. Keep an Eye Out unfolds over the course of a grating interrogation that keeps getting interrupted. Chief Inspector Buron (Benoit Poelvoorde) is a driven investigator who seems to be incapable of life outside the station. He is interrogating Fugain (Grégoire Ludig) who happened upon a corpse outside his apartment and became the primary suspect as a result. Tired and hungry, Fugain is eager to get through the process. Buron has nothing else going on and wants to make it a long night for Fugain.
We learn early on that Fugain made seven trips in and out of his apartment that night. The film is structured around flashbacks to each of these trips as Fugain explains his innocence. At the core of the film, Dupieux seems to be making an argument to not call the police if you ever find yourself in a similar situation. Fugain recounts the mundane details of his night. Buron seems annoyed at how boring the chain of events is. Things get worse for Fugain when an incompetent officer named Phillippe (a scene-stealing Marc Fraize) accidentally trips and kills himself in a hilarious manner that I refuse to spoil here. Buron is away when this happens, leaving Fugain to hide the body quickly and then resume the interrogation.
At the core of the film are two fantastic performances. Ludig is pitch-perfect as the straight man in the midst of an increasingly bad situation. Poelvoorde is very good as the increasingly annoyed inspector. You may recognize him from Man Bites Dog. These performances and Dupieux's absurd details help to keep things interesting even though the film does feel tedious at times. There is a sense the film isn't building to anything or going anywhere at times.
The film is short at 73 minutes and while dry and full of bickering, it doesn't overstay its welcome. There are a few great gags, including a smoking man with a hole in his chest that leaks smoke, in the film and the dialogue is witty. However, the ending feels lackluster and pointless to a degree. It confuses when it should enlighten. Still, Keep An Eye Out is still a worthwhile trip to take for fans of Dupieux's peculiar brand of absurdist humor. It just may not be the one to start with if you are new to his films. Deerskin from last year is more accessible.


Coming years after the Morandi exhibition I curated at the Metropolitan Museum of Art back in 2008 and the one displayed by the Philip Collection that same year, this is definitely the most remarkable retrospective dedicated to the great Italian artist in recent times.
Furthermore, one of the main goals of CIMA President and Founder Laura Mattioli has been to gather together rarely seen works from private collections—a bold vision indeed.
In my recent interview with her for i-ItalyTV, Mattioli opened up about her intimate relationship with some of Morandi's masterpieces on display here as well as that of her father, famous Italian art collector Gianni Mattioli (1903-1977).


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A little over 3 years ago my wife learned she was pregnant. Faced with becoming a father, I realized that I needed to make some changes. I was pushing that line between overweight and obese. I had used an old injury as an excuse to not run and I hadn't done any kind of calisthenics or other exercising in years, either.
That January, I tried to do a chin-up and could only do one. I couldn't do a second one until I had been trying every day for almost a week. I couldn't do as many push-ups or sit-ups as I had in the past, either. When I started back running, I was slower than I had ever been and my heart rate was very high the whole time, even at a slow pace.
For the past few years, I've been working consistently and have been very pleased with my results. Recently, I did 11 pull-ups in a row, which ties my best total from high school! I also beat my high school record of 65 sit-ups (curl-ups) in 1 minute. Additionally, I can do almost 60 consecutive push-ups!
The running has been the best part, though. I trained for and ran my first marathon in 2012. During the training, I became convinced of the wisdom of running most of miles at an "easy" pace. This has really helped me improve my aerobic fitness. Now, I can run 9:00 minute miles with a heart rate under 70% of max and not get out of breath at all. Less than a year ago, that would have been my top speed for any distance over 3 miles. This year, I ran over 1000 miles in a calendar year for the first time ever! Compare that to less than 100 in 2009 and less than 50 in 2008.
Now, at 35, I'm in the best shape of my life! I'm stronger, faster and more fit than I've ever been. I also feel better about how I look than I have since I was a kid, having lost about 50 pounds. I've learned that the most important thing is consistency and patience. I haven't always seen results as quickly as I would like, but when I look back at how far I've come, I know that if I keep working, I'll keep getting better.
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Copyright: 2017 Gautam G, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background & Objectives: Fluoride releasing bonding agents can help the orthodontist to minimize enamel demineralization independent of patient cooperation. This in vivo study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of resin modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) on reducing enamel demineralization around orthodontic brackets and confirm the superior caries-preventive effect of RMGIC by assessing the mutans streptococci (S. mutans) in plaque samples in vitro.
Methods: 60 subjects (aged 14-20 years) scheduled to have premolar extractions as part of the orthodontic treatment plan were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups of 30 each (group 1: the brackets were bonded on the teeth using light cure composite resin and group 2: the brackets were bonded using RMGIC). Plaque scores (modification of plaque index by Silness and Loe) were recorded and plaque samples were collected before bonding, one week and one month after bonding. S.mutans colonies were recorded from the plaque samples inoculated on MSB agar plates, incubated under 95% N2 and 5% CO2 for 48 hours at 370C in a CO2 jar. After 1 month, the right maxillary and mandibular first premolars were debonded, extracted and depth of enamel demineralization area was estimated using polarized light microscope.
Results: After statistical analysis, a significantly higher mean depth of demineralized lesions was noticed in group 1 as compared to group 2. A significant difference between occlusal and gingival depth was seen only in group 2, thus illustrating a wedge effect. In group 1, a statistically significant increase in the mean colony forming units (CFU) of S.mutans has been noticed at different time intervals whereas in group2, a significant increase was observed only at 1month. Unlike at 1 month, a statistically significant difference in mean CFU between group 1 and group 2 has been observed at 1 week (P<0.05).
Conclusions: Enamel lesions adjacent to the bracket base on teeth bonded with the RMGIC were smaller than those on teeth bonded with a composite resin. The high "burst effect" of fluoride release for the first few days of RMGIC after bonding is confirmed by statistically significant reduction in CFU counts of S. mutans in plaque.
Enamel decalcification and white spot lesion (WSL) formation are major clinical problems for patients treated with fixed orthodontic appliances . Results of a meta-analysis by . demonstrated that WSL occurrence is common during fixed orthodontic treatment with an incidence and prevalence rate of 45.8% and 68.4%, respectively, indicating the need for special precautionary steps to be taken to prevent the development of WSLs [1,3], Attributed the WSL (clinically detectable areas of decalcification), considered to be the precursor of frank enamel caries, to prolonged accumulation and retention of bacterial plaque on the enamel surface adjacent to the orthodontic appliances . The insertion of fixed orthodontic appliances results in a number of new plaque retention sites . Favored sites for accumulation of plaque are around the cervical margins of the teeth, under the bands in areas where the cementing medium has washed out, on the resin surfaces adjacent to bonded attachments, and at the junction of the bonding resin and the etched enamel surfaces . These appliances physically alter the microbial environment with the increased proliferation of facultative bacterial population leading to a marked and localized direct etching of the tooth under the plaque after only one week and visible WSLs within one month adjacent to brackets .
Dental plaque is an example of a biofilm; its presence is natural and it supports the host in its defense against invading microbes. Under certain circumstances, this microbial homeostasis can break down and diseases such as caries can occur. In dental caries, there is a shift toward increased proportions of acid-producing and acid-tolerating species, such as mutans streptococci and Lactobacilli, although other species with relevant traits can participate in demineralization [6,7]. Reported a rise in the number of S. mutans and lactobacilli (LB) after the placement of orthodontic appliances increasing the risk of occurrence of demineralization .
Many studies have shown that fluoride in trace quantities can increase the degree and rate of remineralization by encouraging and accelerating the regrowth of depleted crystals.15 Fluoride also inhibits the bacterial activity of S. mutans. Fluoride ions interfere with the initial bacterial adhesion and colonization. The inhibitory effect of fluoride on bacterial acid production and their growth is enhanced by a decrease in pH of the fluoride solution . Fluorides releasing bonding agents have the potential to minimize demineralization around orthodontic brackets independent of patient cooperation .
Resin modified glass ionomer cements (RMGIC) have been developed that combine the desirable properties of composite resin (bond strength) and glass ionomer (fluoride release and recharge) by modification or substitution of the liquid portion of the glass ionomer material . Inhibition of enamel demineralization is shown to occur in vitro to a distance of even 7 mm away from RMGIC restorations [3,10]. The reduction of lesion depth of RMGICs compared to non-fluoridated materials ranged from 35% to 75% [10,11].
The purpose of this study is to compare, in vivo, the effect of RMGIC and composite resin for bracket bonding on enamel demineralization adjacent to brackets and confirm with the levels of mutans streptococci [MS] (S.mutans) in plaque.
After obtaining the institutional ethical approval, sixty subjects (14-20 years) scheduled to have premolar extractions as a part of the orthodontic treatment plan formulated at the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore, satisfying all the inclusion and exclusion criterias were selected for the study. A written informed consent in their respective mother tongue was obtained from the subjects.
1.	Subjects with normal salivary flow rate (>1.0 ml/min).
2.	Subjects with normal salivary buffer capacity (final pH between 6.0 and 7.0).
3.	Right handed subjects (subjects who use their right hand for brushing teeth).
4.	Subjects with plaque scores between 0.1 and 0.9 according to the modification of plaque index by Silness and Loe.
1.	Subjects with active carious lesions.
2.	Subjects with first premolar teeth showing signs of enamel hypoplasia or cracks.
3.	Subjects having any chronic disease.
4.	Subjects who have received any antibiotics in the previous six weeks.
The subjects were randomly divided into two groups of 30 each using sealed envelope system by an individual not involved in the study.
Group 2: brackets were bonded on the teeth using RMGIC (Fuji Ortho LC, GC Corp, Tokyo, Japan).
With a cheek retractor in position, the buccal enamel was pumiced, washed and dried. A piece of masking tape with a cut-out of the size of a bracket base was applied on the right upper and lower first premolars. This was done to ensure that there was no etching of the adjacent enamel, which could prematurely initiate demineralization.
For subjects in group 1, brackets were bonded on the teeth with light cure composite resin, Transbond XT (3M Unitek). The enamel was conditioned with 37% phosphoric acid (OrthoSource) for 30 seconds. The brackets were positioned on the buccal surface at the height of contour mesiodistally, in the middle one third occlusogingivally and parallel to the long axis of the tooth and excess was removed with a scaler tip and was light cured for 40-60 seconds.
For subjects in group 2, brackets were bonded on the teeth using RMGIC (Fuji Ortho LC, GC Corp., Tokyo, Japan). The enamel was conditioned with 10% polyacrylic acid (GC Dentin Conditioner) for 30 seconds. The surface was washed for 10 seconds and kept moist as moisture aids in the bonding reaction. Back of the bracket was coated with mixed Fuji Ortho LC. Care was taken not to create any bubbles or voids. The coated bracket was positioned on the tooth and the bracket was firmly pressed against enamel. Excess cement was removed with a scaler tip. Each bracket was light cured for 40-50 seconds.
In both the groups 022΄΄ (0.56mm) MBTTM (3M Unitek) brackets were used for bonding. Brackets were bonded on all the teeth except the left upper and lower first premolars. Since glass ionomer cement has fluoride release potential, molar bands were cemented with zinc phosphate cement. Appliance setup was completed by placing lacebacks with 0.010" steel ligature wires from first molar to canine and 0.016" Nickel Titanium (NiTi) wire was secured in the bracket slots with conventional elastomeric ligatures (ALASTIK 3M unitek). The archwire was cinched back to prevent anchorage loss in the anterior region.
Plaque scores (modification of plaque index by Silness and Loe) were recorded before bonding, one week and one month after bonding and plaque samples were collected from the right upper and lower first premolars using a sterile hypodermic needle (0.4 mm diameter) The end of the needle was aseptically cut off into a test tube containing 1ml of sterile phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.1).
S.mutans were identified on the basis of colony morphology, after incubation of inoculated MSB agar plates under 95% N2 and 5% CO2 for 48 hours at 370C. The colony growth was either large rounded colonies having gum drop appearance or darker, small rounded pinpoint colonies. All these colonies were subjected to gram staining to confirm the identification as streptococci. Individual colony counts were used as total CFU per sample, transformed to log10 (colony count+1) to normalize the distribution. After 30 days, the brackets bonded on the right upper and lower first premolars were removed with a sterile debracketing instrument and the teeth were extracted with particular care to avoid damage to the buccal surface of the tooth. The extracted teeth were rinsed carefully with deionized water and stored at 100% relative humidity on wet cotton dampened with 2% formaldehyde in closed container at 400C until analysis. Each tooth was embedded in acrylic and longitudinal buccolingual sections of teeth were made in the middle of the crown with the help of hard tissue microtome (Leica SP 1600) to yield sections 100μm thick. The acrylic slice which now contains embedded tooth section was placed in acetone solution for around 30 minutes thus facilitating the separation of softened acrylic from the tooth section with the help of soft paint brush. After alcohol treatment for 30 minutes, tooth section was placed in a mixture of xylene and alcohol. With the help of a soft paint brush the remaining acrylic debris were cleaned up. In order to fix the tooth section, it was placed in xylene for one hour.
The tooth section was mounted on the glass slide using Dibutyl Pthallate Xylene (DPX). The sections were evaluated with polarized light microscopy (Olympus VX 52). Microphotographs of the gingival half of the buccal surface were taken with fixed magnification of 20 times.
The depth of demineralized lesions was measured using ProGres C3 2.5 image analysis software. The lesion depth in micrometers (µm) for each section was the average of 3 representative measurements (gingival, middle and occlusal) from enamel surface to the depth of the lesion.
The student't' test was used to determine whether there was a statistical difference between Groups in the parameters (plaque score, CFU counts of S.mutans and depth of lesion with enamel demineralization) measured and P value less than 0.05 was taken to be statistically significant. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS, version 13).
A statistically significant (P<0.001) increase in mean plaque score was observed within both the groups from baseline (0.49 for group 1 and 0.47 for group 2) to one week (0.60 for group 1 and 0.55 for group 2) and 1 month (1.18 for group 1 and 1.10 for group 2). However, there was no significant difference between the groups at different time intervals (P>0.05) (Tables 1,2).
A statistically significant (P<0.001), higher mean depth of demineralized lesions was noticed in group 1 (55.65 µm) as compared to group 2 (24.39 µm) (Table 3, Graph 1). A statistically significant difference was observed in mean depth of occlusal, middle and gingival region of demineralized areas in group 1 and group 2 (Table 4, Graph 2). A significant difference between occlusal and gingival depth is seen in group 2 unlike in group 1 (Table 5, Graph 3).
A statistically significant increase was noticed in the mean CFU at different time intervals in group 1 from baseline (2.30) to 1 week (3.07) and 1 month (4.82). However in group 2, the increase in mean CFU at 1 week (2.54) as compared to that at baseline (2.45) was not found to be statistically significant (P>0.05). A statistically significant increase was observed at 1 month (4.44) (Table 6, Graph 4). There was no significant difference in the mean CFU between group 1 and group 2 at baseline (P>0.05). There was a higher mean CFU in group1 compared to group 2 at 1 week and 1 month but a statistically significant difference was observed only at 1 week (P<0.05) (Table 7, Graph 5).
Fixed appliances are an inseparable part of contemporary orthodontic treatment but a major disadvantage of fixed mechanotherapy is that measurable and significant amount of enamel demineralization might occur adjacent to orthodontic bracket even within one month of bonding. This demineralization is a result of plaque activity in vivo . Fixed appliances physically alter the oral microbial environment so that the proliferation of caries-associated microorganisms, such as S. mutans and LB, is enhanced .
As per  while examining the effectiveness of a fluoride product in preventing dental decay, two aspects should be considered. Firstly, whether the fluoride product reduces the number of white spots appearing during treatment and secondly whether it reduces the severity in terms of the size or area of the tooth surface affected or the amount of mineral lost or depth of the decay. When a quantitative method of measuring the amount of mineral lost from enamel or the depth of a carious lesion is used, such as transverse microradiography, polarized microscopy or hardness testing, the tooth being examined has to be extracted and cut into sections. Short experimental periods are inevitable, as delaying the extraction of the tooth will also delay the orthodontic treatment .
Significantly higher mean depth of demineralized areas noticed in group 1 as compared to group 2 is in accordance with the findings of [2,7,11,13], who emphasized that teeth bonded with the hybrid GIC demonstrated significantly smaller enamel lesions adjacent to the bracket base than teeth bonded with a composite resin. Similar findings were also reported by [4,14,15], Using two parallel groups and assessing enamel demineralization by cross sectional microhardness testing . Reported that Fuji Ortho LC reduced enamel demineralization adjacent the brackets by 12% as compared to composite resin (Concise) even though the microhardness of enamel under the brackets bonded with Fuji Ortho LC or Concise was similar, showing that the demineralization was due to caries and not the acid-etching effect of the material .
In this study teeth bonded with RMGIC had an approximately 50% reduction in lesion depth compared with those bonded with composite resin, in accordance with the findings of [2,13]. A significantly higher mean gingival meauserments (farther from the cement) compared to occlusal measurements (closer to the cement) in group 2 substantiates the wedge effect seen in teeth bonded with RMGIC. Similar wedge effect of RMGIC was also reported by [2,13]. The wedge effect could be due to greater dental plaque accumulation in the gingival/ cervical region of the tooth and the difficulty in cleaning this area. Protective effect of the fluoride released from the RMGIC also decreased outward from the edge of the bracket.
A significant difference in the mean plaque score at different time intervals in both the groups was observed, indicating that the placement of fixed appliances influences the accumulation of plaque . Found that clinical parameters like plaque index, gingival index and bleeding on probing scores had increased significantly three months after orthodontic treatment began . The authors did not find any significant difference in the amount of plaque accumulation with the two materials at different time intervals as reported by [7,8].
S. mutans has been strongly associated with caries development in humans . S. mutans is also found on sound tooth surfaces, and its presence does not always indicate the presence of active caries. However, an increased number of these microorganisms on any surface indicate that the disease may be present or may develop in the near future [18,19]. Reported variation in culture results on different medias used for the isolation of S. mutans with the greatest recovery in MSB 10% sucrose medium .
A significant increase in the mean CFU at different time intervals noticed except between baseline and 1 week in group 2 confirms that the placement of fixed appliances increases the level of S. mutans in plaque and saliva. This finds support with studies of [5,15,18,20]. In group 2 the mean CFU difference between baseline and 1 week was not statistically significant unlike group 1, a possible reason being the initial burst of fluoride release by Fuji Ortho LC as displayed by [8,21]. This further confirms the overall results of the systematic review by , which showed either no difference between the materials, or indicated that RM-GIC has a superior caries-preventive effect [12,22]. Evaluated the antibacterial properties of 4 different orthodontic cements, using both the agar diffusion test and the direct contact test (DCT) and concluded that RMGIC (Fuji Ortho LC) exhibited potent antibacterial activity, which lasted one week and diminished over the next three weeks [12,23]. Showed a good correlation between fluoride release and influence on bacterial growth for RMGIC. However, both effects dropped dramatically over the 180-days period thus confirming the initial burst of fluoride release from RMGIC at the time of bonding .
On the contrary , on the basis of their in vitro study suggested that the amount of fluoride released from GIC per se may have little to do with bacterial growth inhibition instead the bacterial inhibitory effect is related to the acid released from the cement as the reduction in GIC pH and the size of bacterial growth inhibition areas were consistently associated. Their study, however, could not rule out the possibility that the antimicrobial activity of GIC could be related both to the initial acid release and fluoride levels of the cement samples, since bacterial inhibitory effect of fluoride increases as pH decreases [24,25]. In the in vitro study reported that the orthodontic bonding adhesive may release fluoride at a rate that affects enamel demineralization rather than bacterial adhesion. Low levels of fluoride may be enough to protect enamel against demineralization but may have little effect on inhibiting growth and adhesion of the cariogenic streptococci .
Apart from fluoride release, other advantages of RMGIC when compared to composite resins for bonding orthodontic brackets as emphasized by , like significant reduction of chair time, eliminating the need for working in a dry field and eliminating the need for etching and priming enamel surfaces were also observed during the present study .
1.	Teeth bonded with the RMGIC demonstrated significantly smaller enamel lesions adjacent to the bracket base than teeth bonded with a composite resin control.
2.	In teeth bonded with RMGI cement, depth of enamel lesion increased as the lesion extended farther from the bracket (towards the gingival region of the tooth), illustrating a wedge effect—a decreasing protective effect of the fluoride released from the RMGIC in the enamel increasingly distant from the bracket.
3.	A significant increase in the number of MS (S. mutans) CFU in plaque was observed within one month after the placement of fixed orthodontic appliances in both the groups.
4.	There was a reduction in the CFU counts of S. mutans in plaque around brackets bonded with RMGIC compared with composite resin and this reduction was statistically significant at 1 week, emphasizing the high "burst effect" of fluoride release for the first few days of RMGIC after bonding.
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Israeli PM to Meet Biden after Kabul Bombing Delay
Israeli PM Naftali Bennett with his advisers ahead of his meeting with US President Joe Biden. (Photo: via PM of Israel Twitter Page)
After being forced to postpone their first face-to-face meeting because of the Afghanistan suicide bombings, US President Joe Biden is scheduled to host Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Friday, with Iran on the agenda.
Thursday's Islamic State attack outside Kabul airport, which killed 13 US soldiers and 72 Afghans, occurred just hours before the Biden-Bennett meeting was originally scheduled.
But as the US death toll mounted, US and Israeli officials said the meeting had been called off and rescheduled for Friday. Israeli media reported the two leaders would meet at 10:25 a.m. eastern time (14:25 GMT) on Friday.
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"Waving Palestinian flags and chanting against the occupation, the demonstrators on Thursday called on President Joe Biden to uphold his campaign promise to advance human rights globally."https://t.co/ZcwApBJphC
— Palestine Deep Dive (@PDeepdive) August 27, 2021
In a statement early on Friday, Bennett's office said Biden called the Israeli premier and "thanked (him) for his understanding of the change in time of their meeting, in light of the events in Afghanistan".
Bennett expressed his deepest condolences over the attacks and said Israel shared with the US in its sorrow.
Biden and Bennett's meeting, the first since the two men took office, is aimed at resetting the tone of US-Israeli relations and finding common ground on Iran despite differences on how to deal with its nuclear program.
The two leaders will try to turn the page on years of tensions between Bennett's predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was close to former US President Donald Trump, and the last Democratic administration led by Barack Obama with Biden as his vice president.
Naftali Bennett, the far-right Prime Minister of Israel, is desperate to refocus the Biden administration on regime change in Iran. After the collapse of the U.S.-backed government of Afghanistan, Biden may be listening. Cartoon by Carlos Latuff. pic.twitter.com/JXinV4qpkG
— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) August 26, 2021
Bennett, a far-right politician who ended Netanyahu's 12-year run as prime minister in June 2021, is expected to press Biden to harden his approach to Iran and halt negotiations aimed at reviving an international nuclear deal with Tehran that Trump abandoned.
Biden will tell Bennett that he shares Israel's concern that Iran has expanded its nuclear program but remains committed for now to diplomacy with Tehran, a senior administration official said.
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We've all heard it before. Come election year candidates are not shy of making promises. But how many actually keep them once they make it to the office?
Africa Check is building an African Election Promise Tracker to hold newly-elected presidents to account.
Using statistics, the tool will track the promises made by presidents in four countries - Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa - to determine if they have been kept, or broken.
If the president promised to build new schools, the tracker will count the classrooms. Or, say they committed to a decrease in maternal mortality, the tracker will count that too.
To develop the tool, Africa Check is running a crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 or R260,000 by 30 November 2017. So far, with 11 days to go, they are sill around $18,000 short.
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Plan how you're going to spend those long hours on the flight. If you're going to use your electronic devices, make sure to charge them beforehand and take a USB cable and portable charger with you - the last thing you want to to have your phone or laptop to die after two hours of use when you're on a fifteen-hour flight. Also, prepare what you need beforehand so that you aren't wasting battery trying to connect to the internet - i.e. download movies, music, e-books, a game app, open your documents, etc in advance.
You can also take this opportunity to unplug and get away from screens and electronic devices. Read a paper book, write in your journal, color a mandala, knit, or do whatever else you choose to relax. Pack the things that you will need for these activities, bearing in mind your airline restrictions.
First of all, make sure that you stay hydrated. Take an (empty) refillable water bottle with you and fill it up at a fountain before you board, as flight attendants will only come by once in a while to offer you a drink. If you're flying for more than 4 hours, you will likely be served a hot meal, but bear in mind that options for food restrictions are often limited to veg or non-veg. Take a few non-perishable snacks with you such as dried fruits, pretzels, or crackers to munch on while you fly.
Another thing that shouldn't be underestimated is the close proximity to hundreds of other people in the cabin, a few who will likely be sick. Post-flight colds are quite common, so stock up on hand sanitizer, tissue, and wet wipes. A cloth or paper facial mask can also help germs at bay.
Keep your toiletries and medicines in your carry-on bag (Include your tooth brush and mini tooth paste, eye drops, sleeping pills, allergy medications, prescriptions, etc.) It may sound silly, but not being able to brush your teeth for 12 hours is a nightmare, and if you need to take medicine regularly it's important to keep it on your person, in case your luggage gets lost.
Lastly, take care of your skin. Dry cabin air can cause breakouts, especially if you already have sensitive skin, so take some facial wipes and a small container of your favourite hydrating mask and moisturizer and apply it before and after takeoff.
A neck pillow: A good pillow can make all the difference, even though they may look silly. Make sure to get one that supports your neck even if you put your head to the side, and also packs up small enough to fit in your carry-on.
An eye mask and earplugs: Blocking out the fluorescent indoor lights and the sound of that crying baby three seats behind you is crucial to being able to sleep on a plane. Plus, it won't matter if you fly during the day or night with these - you'll be able to sleep either way.
Noise-cancelling headphones: There's a reason why you will see these noise cancelling headphones in every business class flight - if you're a frequent flier, being able to block out the sound of the plane and listen to your own music is worth the expense (I prefer rain sounds when I am trying to sleep).
Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Loose or stretchy pants, a long-sleeved shirt or cardigan, and flats or running shoes will make the flight far more comfortable for you. Remember that although your destination may be warm, planes are usually air-conditioned and will be quite cool (especially in overnight flights - a cool environment helps passengers to sleep better).
If you can, book in advance so that you can get your preferred seat. An aisle seat is useful because you can easily get up and walk the aisle to stretch your legs - however you are more likely to be disturbed by refreshment carts and other passengers passing by. If you book a window seat, you can rest your head on the side of the plane, but it's more troublesome to get up out of your seat if needed.
As a few last pointers: If you have time, go to a gym and have a hearty meal before you depart. Avoid alcohol before flying as it can make you more dehydrated. Above all, long flights don't need to be stressful. In fact, they can be seen as an opportunity to relax and catch up on your book or a few episodes of your favorite TV show. Enjoy your flight!


After a auto accident, it is important for you to get checked out by a doctor if you have any discomfort, pain, or injury. Auto accidents can be a traumatic experience that can unleash your body's defenses to mask pain. In some accident patients, they will tell the doctor that the pain did not happen right away, it took days or even weeks. There are a number of reasons you need to get checked out after you have been involved in an auto crash.
Need a check a Doctors up?
Car accidents can be either catastrophic and cause a lot of trauma or minor and cause soft tissue injury. But, in order to ascertain that there is no injury or lasting effect after a car accident, you should get checked out by a doctor.
Sometimes we can suffer injuries during accidents that we are not even aware of. Medically, your health is the most important thing so it is imperative that you go to the emergency room as soon as possible to make sure there are no serious injuries.
It's quite simple really. You should see a doctor after a car wreck to prove your injury came from the accident. If you never see a doctor, or wait too long, you may not ever have any chance at recovering a settlement for your medical expenses. In order to prove your case, a lawyer needs Doctor documentation of an injury. If you never go see a doctor, you don't have the documentation that is so critical for proving a case.
I'm sure people read this and laugh. Insurance companies read it and don't believe it. But the fact is, this is true. You could have injuries for which you feel no pain at all. Your pain may start the day, days, or even weeks after a car wreck. Your body may release endorphins and adrenaline after a car wreck.
This is your body's natural pain killers at work. It is possible for you to be hurt and not even know it. Get to the doctor ASAP, if you are not injured at least you will have peace of mind, if you are injured, you can start your medical care ASAP and limit your recovery time.
It's always clear if you have a broken bone, however it is not always clear if you have soft tissue injuries. If you go to the ER, chances are they will do X-rays and if they don't see anything broken, they will cut you loose with prescriptions. Just because the emergency room sends you home, does not mean you are not hurt. Soft tissue injuries are not going to show up in X RAYS. Further diagnostic's would be needed to see if you had sustained soft tissue injuries. Soft tissue injuries are not what the ER would consider life threatening issues.
Sometimes many injuries do not even manifest until hours or days after an accident. It can take some time for some symptoms to surface. There are chemicals and hormones in our body that disable us to feel pain due to the high levels of stress or adrenaline. You could have hit your head or suffered an injury to the spinal cord, you may not even realize it.
Whether the accident is serious or not, injuries can still occur so you should pay attention to what signs your body is showing you and get a check up from a doctor who treats auto injuries.
I'm sure we have all laughed at people who said they were hurt in an accident days or weeks after the fact. The truth is, this happens quite frequently. Soft tissue injuries unlike broken bones in some cases don't present themselves right away. If you do something that you have not done in quite some time or exercise a group of muscles that don't get much of a workout, when are you sore?
Are you sore while you are doing it, or hours, days later. Soft tissue may no present themselves at the time of the accident, you may feel stiffness but no pain. The pain may come later. If you have been involved in auto accident and feel stiffness, pain, or discomfort, go see a doctor right away.
Many accidents can cause injuries that are immediately noticeable, but some take hours or even days to show. However, the most common injuries that are caused by car accidents are to the spine or neck. The car wreck can cause injury to your neck and back. These injuries could include muscle sprains, neck pain, back pain, spinal disc damage, whiplash, etc.. The clear signs of any injury could be numbness, swelling, stiffness and pain.
If you also have trouble in moving your neck and back then that could also mean you have a soft tissue injury. Some symptoms are not as obvious like headaches, numbness or tingling sensation, but they should still be checked by a doctor or physician.
You may be on the lookout for some serious pain, and that could take a bit of time to surface. But you should make sure that any insignificant discomfort such as soreness should also not be ignored. A simple headache could be an indication of a concussion, and other small aches could indicate some other injury. As mentioned above, some injuries may take some time to be visible or noticeable. It is necessary to go to a doctor after an accident and get checked out , whether the auto accident was big or small.
If you had a car accident and it was the other driver's fault then to be able to have a medical claim, it is important for you to get checked out by a doctor quickly after the accident occurs. If you had an car accident that was your fault, you still should get checked out by a doctor.
For example, you get into a car accident, and some other driver has hit you. Whether it was a serious collision or not, your priority should be to make sure you have no injuries due to their negligence. If you feel any amount of pain or discomfort, you should go and get a doctor to check you out immediately.
Insurance companies may not accept medical claims that are made if the affected person did not seek medical attention immediately after the accident. Furthermore, they could argue that if it was serious and you suffered an injury due to the accident, then you would have gone to get it checked out by a doctor.
These are small but significant legal details that everyone should know. If you go get checked out by a doctor sometime after the accident, then they could argue the injury in question did not occur during the accident but was rather self-induced. And, happened somewhere else. Or, is being exaggerated.
Maybe this has happened to you. You have been in a car wreck, but you wait to see a doctor. You call an attorney and he won't take your personal injury case because he sees a gap in your medical care or no medical care at all. The insurance company is going to look at this as well as a sign you were not injured in a car wreck.
If you have ever called an attorney's office after an auto accident, you are going to get hit with a series of questions.
When did you see the Doctor?
Why did you wait so long to see a physician?
If you wait to see a physician after a car wreck, you may have a hard time finding a lawyer to take your case. Accident Attorneys have criteria they go by when they take a accident case. Furthermore, if you don't fall into that criteria, they won't take your case. This does not mean you don't have a case. It just means they do not want to handle your case.
Finding an attorney who will take your accident case may prove difficult with a gap in medical care. You have to keep in mind what they are thinking, if you waited so long to go see a doctor, are you really hurt? Injured people do not wait to seek treatment. Waiting only causes you to have more pain, and the lawyer to have pain as well, trying to prove your injury came from a auto accident.
However, that's not saying you were not injured, but you have to look at it from their viewpoint. They may think you just got hurt from fixing your roof, not a car wreck. And, if you wait a month to seek medical care, that does not help you at all.
Another reason to get checked out right after a car wreck is a gap in medical care. What exactly is a gap in medical care? A gap in medical care or treatment is when you wait to go see a doctor after you have been involved in an auto accident. Waiting to go see a doctor is never a good idea when you have been hurt. The insurance company is going to use this gap in medical care against you if you have a medical case.
However, they may think you got hurt from anywhere other than your auto accident. While there is really no set time of when you should see a doctor after an auto accident, it is recommend that you go right away. When you go ASAP, you eliminate so many other issues that could harm your case. See the doctor first after you have been involved in an auto accident. Any good personal injury lawyer will tell you, you don't have a case if you never go see a doctor after a car wreck.
Having no money in order to seek medical care after an accident is not a viable excuse for the insurance company. They would rather you not seek treatment for an injury sustained in an auto accident. There are many options for you to receive proper medical care. And, not have to worry about who is going to pay the bill.
Without it, you may not have a personal injury case. Don't see the wrong person or i should say a doctor who does not handle auto accidents. Your lawyer may not get the documentation he or she needs to prove your injury came from the auto accident. Documentation becomes very crucial to a personal injury case when you have soft tissue injuries, why you may ask.
The reason for this is because soft tissue injuries may not show up on X-RAYS. X-RAYS tend to show broken bones. Broken bones are seen on X-RAY and it's very easy to determine how it happened. Soft tissue injuries need documentation from a doctor who treats auto accident injuries. If you see the wrong clinic after your auto accident, you may not get the settlement you deserve.
A lot of fraud occurs because people report injuries that never occurred. Go get checked out by a doctor to avoid any problems. It would lessen the amount of time that any other event could be used as the cause of your injury. Going to your doctor to get a check up after an auto accident is the most important thing you could do after a car wreck.
Seeing a doctor after you have been hurt is critical to the integrity of a case. If you have been injured, see a doctor immediately. Hiring an attorney can wait, seeing a doctor cannot. If you are concerned about paying for your treatment, do not be. All the doctor listed on accident doctor take third party billing, attorneys liens, and medical liens.
There is no excuse for you not to seek treatment for your injuries. Your medical needs documentation to prove you were hurt from your auto accident. Without documentation, you may not have a case. Find a doctor today to treat your injuries.


1965-72 Chevy C10 Deluxe Panhard bar is perfect when lowering 4" or more with coil springs. This New design mounts to the original frame mount on the drivers side and directly to the trailng arm on the passenger side. This mounting configuration eliminates nearly all side to side rear end movement during suspension travel.


In spite of the recent peace deal, the conflict in South Sudan seems to be far from over. Almost all the regional and international players that are involved in the peace process have their own agendas, and this has left the South Sudanese people highly vulnerable. Amidst all this conflict, Sudan has managed to keep quiet. However, time has come for Sudan to be pro-active and play a larger role in the current conflict in South Sudan. In all likelihood, only Sudan can pave the path towards sustainable peace in South Sudan.
It has been quite some time since clashes erupted in South Sudan. The fighting, which initially began as a tug of war for political power between President Salva Kiir and the then Deputy President Riek Machar, eventually became a full-fledged civil war. As of now, there have been thousands of deaths and millions have been internally displaced. Human rights violations have become a normal sight in South Sudan, according to the latest UN reports. Tribal strife, a fractured army, devastated socio-economic prospects and loss of life and property have severely crippled South Sudan, and the country is, in all likelihood, a failed state.
However, this peace deal is highly fragile owing to a number of reasons.
First, the parties involved in the civil war have been fighting to grab power, and they are uninterested in any peace treaty that does not assure them of absolute political superiority. Second, the role of the international and regional players too has been unsatisfactory. For that matter, the body language of South Sudan leaders who signed the peace deal too was far from impressive. In fact, the Daily Nation reported that President Salva Kiir himself admitted that he was being forced to sign the deal in order to avoid arrest.
Ever since the formation of South Sudan, the United Nations has been involved in humanitarian aid and relief work. But UNMISS, in spite of its best efforts, is in the good books of neither the South Sudanese government nor the rebels. Similarly, international NGOs and donors who had signed bilateral trade agreements with South Sudan too are now left disillusioned by the unimpressive policies of the government and the rebels. South Sudan's divorce from Sudan was brokered by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). However, IGAD's credentials have now come under the scanner. Uganda, one of the member-states of IGAD, has openly sided with Kiir's government, and this has not made Machar's troops very happy.
Ethiopia and Kenya too are no longer being viewed as trustworthy players, because both of them have their own regional agenda to pursue. Similarly, even Rwanda is an unacceptable mediator because many Rwandan troops aid and work for UNMISS, which, once again, is not the favorite entity of South Sudanese government and rebels alike. Egypt, not a member of IGAD, has offered to contribute to the proposed Peace Enforcement Forces. However, it is being alleged that in lieu of its contributions, Egypt will seek South Sudan's support against Ethiopia regarding the River Nile Renaissance Dam. South Africa, US, UK, China, Norway, African Union and European Union have appointed special envoys to keep an eye on the situation.
Amidst all this chaos, there is one country that has better understanding of the South Sudan conflict than any other state or body — Sudan. So far, Sudan has kept itself aloof from the ongoing conflict. Owing to unresolved issues between Sudan and South Sudan, it was being assumed that the former will attempt to take advantage of the latter's miserable position and further its oil interests in the region, but none of that has happened. In fact, unlike the members of IGAD, Sudan has ruled out any form of direct political involvement in South Sudan.
Several African states, including South Sudan, have termed Sudan's potential involvement in the conflict as 'party spoiler.' However, if there is one country that can actually claim to have understanding of South Sudan's tribal friction and geopolitical strategy, it is Sudan! As a matter of fact, Sudan's involvement can also ensure that South Sudan does not become a proxy colony of international actors and/or regional hegemons such as Ethiopia and Kenya.
Back in 1965, during the course of the then ongoing roundtable discussions the South Sudan issue, it took longer to agree on who would represent the 'south,' than it took to make the actual agreement. Quite obviously, the southern part of Sudan has always been a divided lot, and seems pretty much incapable of standing on its feet. For that matter, anyone who felt South Sudan will do a good job as an independent nation has now been silenced, because the country seems headed towards failure.
Yet, Sudan can be the savior that South Sudan needs. The unjust balkanization of Sudan, which resulted in the creation of South Sudan is surely a bad memory, but it is high time Sudan accepted the role of being 'the better neighbor,' because the South Sudanese folks seem incapable of putting their house in order all by themselves. As such, Riek Machar's visit to Khartoum presents a peacebuilding opportunity that can restore trust between the two countries. South Sudan's fragile state of affairs needs to be fixed, and Sudan can perform this function.


urticaria due to physical allergy in which a pale, raised welt or wheal with a red flare on each side is elicited by stroking or scratching the skin with a dull instrument. adj., adj dermatograph´ic.
A form of urticaria in which whealing occurs in the site and in the configuration of application of stroking (pressure, friction) of the skin. The resulting white line response appears early in flares of atopic dermatitis.
black dermatographism black or greenish streaking of the skin caused by deposit of fine metallic particles abraded from jewelry by various dusting powders.
white dermatographism linear blanching of (usually erythematous) skin of persons with atopic dermatitis in response to firm stroking with a blunt instrument.
A form of urticaria in which whealing occurs in the site and in the configuration of application of stroking (pressure, friction) of the skin.
urticaria due to physical allergy in which a pale, raised welt or wheal with a red flare on each side is elicited by stroking or scratching the skin with a dull instrument.


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A foray into fashion
Foray – A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere
Fashion – To make, build or construct, but also styles of clothing (Nineteenth Century Fashions)
My Great Uncle George Braund was born in Lawhitton in Cornwall on 28th April 1812. His father, William Braund (1766-1840) was also from Lawhitton, and his mother, Mary Badcock (1772-1843) was from Landrake, also in Cornwall.
What took him to Dartford, as a Silk Mercer – a dealer in cloth – in Dartford, by 1851 we do not know, although his sister, Christiana had married a Linen Draper, Joseph Williams, in Dartford in 1825, when George would have been 13, so he might have gone to Dartford as an apprentice to his brother in law.
If this was the case he repaid the favour by taking in his niece, Anne after her parents both died in 1834.
He progressed from selling cloth made by other people to being a manufacturer of hosiery, and by 1871 he had a factory making hosiery in Loughborough, employing 50 men, 120 women, 20 boys and 30 girls.
Advert for the firm of George Braund in Loughborough – from the Museum of the Braund Society – click the image for more items from the society museum
George married Ann Roughton, daugher of wine merchant James Roughton (1992-1873). She was born in Oporto, Portugal in 1831.
George Percival Braund (1865-1933)
He was educated at Charterhouse School, appearing in the 1881 census there,
A mystery
A man called John Seal of Burton on the Wolds, died on 25th September 1914, with probate to George Percival Braund hosiery manufacturer and Frank Henry Toone solicitor. He was a retired farmer and grazier, with effects of £182 6s 10d. Normally if someone is named in a will this is a clue to some kind of family connection, so I investigated, thinking he might have been married to a Braund sister at some point, but I have not found any connection.
Fire !
Huge Fire at Braund's factory – from the Loughborough Echo. Click the picture for the article
Fire broke out in the George Brand Ltd Factory on Tuesday 28th September 1965, after the deaths of both George Brand, who founded the company and George Percival Braund, who had continued to run it.
"A major tragedy for everyone" was how Mr Reg Hallam, managing director described the disastrous fire which ravaged the factory of Messrs George Braund Ltd in Factory Street. (from the Loughborough Echo of October 7th 2015 – in its Looking Back section)
The Shepshed knitwear factory caught fire 50 years ago and the building was completely destroyed on Tuesday, September 28, 1965.
Michael Wortley, of Shepshed, contacted the Echo to share his memories of that devastating night.
He said: "We could see the glow in the sky from the top of Leicester Road, and knew it could only be one place – George Braund's Factory.
"Both my wife and I had worked there over the years, and the workers were always fearful of fire as the old floorboards (the factory was built c1830) were soaked in machine oil.
From the Loughborough Echo of November 18th 2015.
The building was completely destroyed, putting 550 people out of work, but was rebuilt within a year.
Only three weeks after completing the 2.25 millions purchase of Woodfdrds (Leicester), Nottingham Manufacturing is bidding for a second Midlands knitwear group, Geo. Braund. The offer, two non-voting A " Nottingham shares " for every nine Braund, values the company at 1.35 millions.
From The Guardian of 30th December 1969.
At some point the business was folded into Mansfield Hosiery Mills, and the firm's records can now be found a the Leicestershire County Records Office. In the early 1960's Mansfield Hosiery Mills were the principle suppliers of knitted outerwear to Marks and Spencers.
Fashion, in the sense of the creation of objects, in this case clothes, which in turn was controlled by the invention of technology and the economics of supply, and fashion, in the sense of what people wanted to wear – continue to influence each other.
From knitting and weaving to computers
If you look at the image of the Geo. Braund Limited jumper above you will notice that none of the pieces are simple squares, but narrow or widen as needed.
Widening
The widening and narrowing operations were controlled by punched cards, similar to those in the Jaquard loom.
Jacquard loom punched cards
These cards influenced Charles Babbage (1791-1871), in his pioneering work on early computing.
Portrait of Ada by British painter Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1836)
Lada Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter of the poet, Lord Byron, met Charles Babbage in 1833, and quickly grasped the concept and possibilities. Her notes on Babbage's Analytical Engine are recognised as the world's first computer program. She is buried at the church of St Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, about 22 miles Barrow upon Soar, where George Braund would build his factory.
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In a small bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and cinnamon with a pinch of salt. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter until light. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Beat again until sugar is incorporated, scrape the bowl as necessary. Add eggs one at a time with the vanilla. Add the dry ingredients. Add the oats, currants, raisins and cranberries. Mix until the all the ingredients are incorporated. Scoop into small balls and place on parchment lined baking sheet space 1 inch apart. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden around the edges.


Weather as we once knew no longer exists. Temperatures change by the hour. The Gent is forced to adapt and should always be prepared for what Mother Nature may have in store. This medium bodied vee neck works on its own or makes a perfect layering piece.
We chose colours that were classic but just a little off center. Each colour has a certain brilliance to it and the luster comes from deep within the yarns. We used Diamante yarns which set the standard.


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4370 Dickens este un asteroid din centura principală, descoperit pe 22 septembrie 1982 de Edward Bowell.

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 4370 Dickens în JPL Small-Body Database
 4370 Dickens în baza de date a Minor Planet Center
 Diagrama orbitei asteroidului 4370 Dickens (JPL)

Obiecte astronomice descoperite în 1982
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