Waving American flags and holding their hands to their hearts, thousands of people came from throughout California on Sunday to observe the funeral procession taking firefighter Cory Iverson home to San Diego just days before Christmas.
The 32-year-old died Thursday after he was injured while battling the massive Thomas fire.
The procession started at 10 a.m. Sunday at the medical examiner's office in Ventura and ended just after 3:30 p.m. at a memorial park in San Diego. Along the way, the 30-vehicle convoy traveled east and south through Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties along the 101, 134, 210, 57, 71, 91 and 15 freeways, including a brief stop in Chino.
In front of the Chino fire station, about 50 firefighters and another 50 civilians stood along Schaefer Avenue to pay their respects. They all fell silent as a black hearse carrying Iverson's body arrived just before 1 p.m.
"We know what we sign up for, but it's a hard pill to swallow when you lose someone," said Prince Wilkerson, a captain with Cal Fire's Shasta-Trinity Unit and a 22-year firefighting veteran.
Wilkerson stood with his hands folded alongside a few dozen other Cal Fire and Chino Valley firefighters lining the drive into Chino Station No. 61. They waited under a flag at half-mast.
"I don't think the public truly understands the kinds of sacrifices they make," said Mary Elizabeth Powell, whose grandson was a firefighter with Cal Fire for three seasons.
The Chino resident said her grandson would send them pictures after weeks on the front lines of a Northern California wildfire, and he was unrecognizable.
"These guys work so hard, and they give up so much, and then to lose one life like that," Linda Takeuchi said as she fought back tears.
She recalled a time more than 50 years ago when firefighters stood on the roof of her Girl Scout camp hall and fought off a blaze that nearly swallowed them before the camp could evacuate.
Dozens of freeway overpasses along the nearly 200-mile route were lined by local residents along with firefighters from across the region, participating in a tragic ritual of their profession.
Sean Haynes, a captain with the Huntington Beach Fire Department, stood with his crew on the roof of their engine as Iverson's procession passed by the Lincoln Avenue bridge over the 91 Freeway in Corona.
The Thomas fire has burned 269,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 structures in its path. It was 40 percent contained Sunday as erratic Santa Ana winds picked up again. More than 8,500 firefighters from across the Western U.S. were still battling the fire Sunday.
No firefighters had been injured until Iverson was fatally hurt Thursday while working in the hills above Fillmore.
Iverson died of burns and smoke inhalation, the Ventura County Medical Examiner's office said Saturday. No further details on what caused his death were released, with authorities still investigating.
Iverson had been with Cal Fire since 2009 and worked at a station in Dulzura. Before working in San Diego, Iverson was assigned to a helicopter unit at Cal Fire's Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base in Riverside County.
He's survived by his wife, Ashley Iverson, who's expecting a baby in May, and a 2-year-old daughter.
A friend of Ashley Iverson's set up a GoFundMe account to support the family. The crowdfunding account had raised more than $380,000 of a $500,000 goal as of Sunday afternoon.
A memorial for Iverson is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday at The Rock Church in Point Loma.
As she stood with her teenage son, Christian, on the Lincoln Avenue bridge in Corona to watch Iverson's funeral procession pass by, Chino Hills resident Jeri Wright was also thinking about the thousands of firefighters still on the front lines of the Thomas fire.
Ashley Iverson addressed those firefighters during a briefing on the Thomas fire Sunday morning before the procession, according to Ventura County Fire officials. They said she encouraged them not to give up.


Like yesterday's Year of 2017 honoree Kumail Nanjiani, Tiffany Haddish started 2017 as a stand-up comic not known to a large swath of the American public. Yet as the year draws to its close, Haddish is now quite well-known due to her scene stealing performance in the summer's comedic sleeper hit.
Alongside Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, and Jada Pinkett Smith, it was Haddish who garnered the most buzz in Girls Trip, which surprised all prognosticators when it grossed $115 million. It was 2016's Keanu that gave Haddish her first notable role, but that picture was largely ignored. Yet her raw, profane and outlandish Dina character gave the actress a showcase filled with standout moments.
Critics groups and Hollywood have certainly taken notice. Haddish became the first African American comic to host "Saturday Night Live" this fall. In 2018, she will reunite with Trip director Malcolm D. Lee for Night School with Kevin Hart.
Expect to see lots of Haddish in the coming years and 2017 was unquestionably her breakout.
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Amy & Micheal threw a party in An Grainan Hotel, Donegal for all their nearest & dearest... and, oh aye, earlier that day they also got married in the Long Tower Church, Derry!
Love, laughter and hugs were the order of their wedding day, with a few tears reserved for those with them in spirit. It was my absolute pleasure to have spent the day with them - here's a few highlights.


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Febre das trincheiras, "febre de cinco dias" ou "febris quintana" é uma doença causada pela bactéria Bartonella quintana (antigamente considerado uma Rickettsia) e transmitida pelo piolho humano (Pediculus humanus) ou por lesões de pele. Foi associada a trincheiras, porque ocorreram terríveis pandemias na primeira e segunda guerra mundial.

Causas
A bactéria gram-negativa intracelular Bartonella quintana é transmitida pelo piolho corporal humano (Pediculus humanus), pela pulga dos cães e gatos (Ctenocephalides felis) ou por contato com lesões de pele infectadas. A bactéria invade hemácias e células endoteliais onde fica temporariamente protegida do sistema imune. Quando começa a multiplicar-se no interior das células endoteliais, citocinas pró-inflamatórias são ativados, suprimindo a apoptose, aumenta a proliferação vascular.

Sinais e sintomas
Após 7 a 48 dias de incubação e tem sintomas muito variados que podem incluir:
Febre recorrente durante dois meses ou contínua, muitas vezes associada com suor e calafrio (comum)
Dor de cabeça intensa, súbita, na testa, muitas vezes associada a um torcicolo e sensibilidade a luz (fotofobia) (comum)
Fraqueza e dor nos ossos, especialmente das pernas e lombar (comum)
Conjuntivite (incomum)
Sintomas neurológicos: Mau humor, inquietação e insônia (incomum)
Dificuldade para respirar (dispneia) (incomum)
Dor abdominal difusa, muitas vezes associada com perda do apetite, náuseas, vômitos, perda de peso e diarreia ou constipação (incomum)
Gânglios do pescoço inflamados (linfadenopatia) (incomum)

Complicações
Angiomatose bacilar (Grandes nódulos vermelhos na pele)
Endocardite
Insuficiência cardíaca
Bacteriemia

Epidemiologia
Como é transmitida por piolhos, geralmente associada com guerras, fome, desnutrição, pobreza, alcoolismo, abuso de drogas e falta de higiene. Em pessoas saudáveis pode parecer apenas uma febre persistente com dor, mas em pessoas imunodeprimidas pode causar sérios problemas cardiovasculares e levar meses para curar.

Tratamento

Normalmente é tratado com antibióticos do grupo das tetraciclinas. Em casos sem complicações pode-se usar doxiciclina 100 mg por via oral duas vezes por dia durante 28 dias e gentamicina a 3 mg/kg/dia por via intravenosa durante 14 dias. Macrólidos e ceftriaxona também são eficazes. O cloranfenicol é um medicamento alternativo recomendado em circunstâncias que tornam o uso de derivados de tetraciclina indesejáveis, tais como mau funcionamento do fígado, insuficiência renal, em crianças menores de nove anos e em mulheres grávidas. Eritromicina 500 mg por via oral 4 vezes por dia durante 3 meses é a recomendação quando há angiomatose bacilar ou linfadenopatia crônica.

Doenças bacterianas

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La imagen o entidad corporativa es la manera en la que una empresa, firma o comercio se presenta a sí misma al público, tanto como a clientes o a inversores como a empleados. Se puede ver típicamente en logotipos y en el uso de marcas registradas, pero también puede incluir cosas como el diseño de producto, la publicidad, las relaciones públicas, etcétera. Es el objetivo principal de la comunicación institucional de una empresa, con el propósito de construir y mantener su identidad para que coincidan y facilite sus objetivos de negocio. Es creada sobre todo por personas idóneas en diseño gráfico, utilizando principalmente campañas comunicacionales, plataformas digitales y otras formas de promoción.

La imagen corporativa es «el conjunto de ideas, prejuicios, opiniones, juicios ─sean estos verdaderos o falsos─, sentimientos, percepciones y experiencias, adquiridas personalmente o relatadas por otras personas, con relación a una persona física o jurídica, institución, empresa, grupo religioso o étnico, partido político, gobierno o nación».  Antezana (2005) precisa que las impresiones, percepciones, ideas y conceptos que los diferentes públicos objetivo se forman de la empresa son resultado del proceso de información y comunicación.

Otros factores que contribuyen a crear una imagen de compañía podrían ser los medios de comunicación, periodistas, sindicatos, organizaciones medioambientales, y otras ONG.

Las corporaciones no son la única forma de organización que generan este tipo de imágenes. Los gobiernos, las organizaciones caritativas, las organizaciones criminales, las organizaciones religiosas, las organizaciones políticas y las organizaciones educativas todas tienden a tener una imagen única, una imagen que sea parcialmente deliberada y parcialmente accidental, parcialmente auto-creada y parcialmente exógena.

La imagen no se encuentra en la organización en sí, sino en la mente de los públicos, ya sea internos o externos, que interactúan con ella, de tal forma que no se puede transferir o proyectar, sino que gestiona los estímulos que transmite de modo que pueda comunicar los mejores identificadores para que sea reconocida de la formado más cercana a la imagen deseada o ideal posible.

Imagen corporativa y posicionamiento de producto
Es un concepto relacionado de una forma muy estrecha con la cultura empresarial. La imagen corporativa debe ser consistente -coherente- con el posicionamiento de producto de la compañía, de la línea de productos, o de la marca. Cualquier incongruencia entre la imagen corporativa total y las posiciones de las ofertas individuales del producto será confusa para los clientes potenciales y tenderá a reducir la rentabilidad.

Una buena imagen corporativa total se puede considerar como la suma de todas las imágenes asociadas a las posiciones individuales del producto de la compañía. El nombre corporativo y el logotipo deben también ser coherentes con la imagen corporativa general. Si se desea hacer una imagen corporativa como científico/técnico/innovador no se llamará a su compañía Sol Místico, ni utilizará un logotipo como el pavo real de la NBC. Asimismo ocurre con los temas publicitarios y con los socios de la distribución: también deben ser consistentes con su imagen corporativa total. Si, por ejemplo, se desea crear una imagen corporativa de lujo, no deberá distribuir sus productos con Walmart, por ejemplo, o utilizar canciones humorísticas en sus anuncios.

Una imagen corporativa acertada debe también ser creíble. Es decir, la imagen debe estar relativamente cerca de sus comportamientos reales para resultar creíbles.

Imagen corporativa y Responsabilidad Social Empresarial

Una empresa tiene responsabilidades con la sociedad que van más allá de la mera producción y comercialización de bienes y servicios, porque también asume compromisos con los grupos de interés para solucionar problemas de la sociedad.

Frecuentemente los consumidores son atraídos hacia marcas y compañías bien consideradas por tener una buena reputación en áreas relacionadas con la responsabilidad social empresarial. Esa es por cierto una de las ventajas que trae la responsabilidad social corporativa, ya que también importa en su reputación entre la comunidad empresarial, incrementando así la habilidad de la empresa para atraer capital y asociados, y también con los empleados dentro de la empresa.

Componentes de la imagen corporativa
La imagen corporativa puede estar compuesta por uno o más elementos, que de manera conjunta o independiente todos cumplen una misma función: acentuar la gráfica y la solidez de la imagen corporativa, mediante la cual los usuarios puedan reconocer quién factura el producto o servicio,   y por consiguiente determinar sus características y valores. Dentro de los elementos podemos encontrar los siguientes:

Edificaciones, presentación de los productos, marca o nombre, color, personajes, iconos, música, comunicación, medios, isotipo, logotipo, monograma, eslogan, emblema, pictograma, anagrama, logograma, imagotipo.

Dentro de la imagen de una empresa también se incluye su filosofía, misión, visión, valores, lealtad, servicio, integridad e innovación.

Todas las normas que deben cumplir los elementos que componen la imagen de la empresa deben estar recogidos en un manual de identidad corporativa.

Creación de un nombre
El nombre es un factor primordial, tenemos una necesidad innata por denominar a todo lo que nos rodea. Más que un signo de identificación es una dimensión esencial, proyecta la personalidad. Un elemento sin nombre es un elemento sin existencia real en nuestro espíritu, el nombre tiene una función lógica y una simbólica, sobre todo para sus funciones de identificación y de penetración en una audiencia. Dar nombre a una entidad es fundamental pues la importancia reside en que ese nombre es un elemento de intercomunicación para todos los miembros de una sociedad.

Métodos creativos
Analogía: surge a partir de la relación entre nombre y entidad.
Extrañeza: factores de sorpresa, contraste, incoherencia o esnobismo.
Contrarios a los caracteres directos, analógicos o descriptivos.
Evocación: Situación emotiva creada entre el producto, marca o empresa y sus atributos. Marcas de perfumería o cosmética. Idealización.
Amplificación: valoración superlativa. Nombres evocadores de gigantismo con miras a crear una imagen de alta potencia y universalidad. "Inter"; Royal o Champions.
Confiabilidad: sujetos encuadrados en el concepto del bien común. Importantes los factores de confianza y solvencia.
Combinatoria: Combinación de nombres, letras, números… 3M
Excelencia : la que deriva del buen posicionamiento

Mecanismos lingüísticos
Descriptivos: enunciación sintética de los atributos de una institución. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo o Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo.
Simbólicos: alusión a la institución mediante una imagen literaria. Camel, Omega o Nestlé.
Patronímicos: alusión a la institución mediante el nombre propio de una personalidad clave. Lacoste, Johnson &Johnson o Mercedes Benz.
Topónimos: alusión al lugar de origen o área de influencia de la institución. Banco Santander o Aerolíneas Argentinas.
Contracciones: construcción artificial mediante iniciales o fragmentos de palabras. IBM o "AEG".

Línea gráfica impresa o papelería
Es la parte del diseño gráfico que corresponde con la publicidad impresa de una empresa y que serán todos los diseños que se van a imprimir en grandes proporciones o cantidades para diferentes fines como: promoción y publicidad, facturación (que incluye formularios, contratos, suscripciones, etc.), volanteo, calcomanías, afiches, calendarios, sobres ejecutivos, etc. El diseñador gráfico se encargará de realizar los diseños para los fines anteriores mencionados, grabarlos en un CD en los formatos específicos, para luego ser impresos en una impresora o imprenta de acuerdo a la campaña determinada en el coste por persona conocido como el Costo por mil (CPM), que es la efectividad de una campaña publicitaria o promoción de llegar a cantidades de personas calculadas en cifras de mil o su sumatoria (como por ejemplo impresión de 250, 500 o 750 volantes), el resultado se obtiene en las cantidades de productos o servicios que adquieren o compran las personas que recibieron algún impreso (un volante, un brochure, un calendario, etc.); y se resta la inversión realizada en diseño gráfico y papelería, para saber con este resultado la calidad y efectividad que tuvo la campaña impresa en ingresos y publicidad.

Véase también
Identidad corporativa

Referencias

Bibliografía
Villafañé, J. (1993). Imagen positiva. Gestión estratégica de la imagen de las empresas. Madrid: Pirámide.

Sanz, M. A.; González, M. A. (2005). Identidad corporativa, claves de la comunicación empresarial. Madrid: ESIC.

Molina Cañabate, J. P. (2017) Comunicación corporativa: guía de supervivencia. Madrid: Editorial Grupo 5.

Mercadotecnia


The first issue of "The Vision" is a revelation. This single issue is the epitome of what a superhero / sci-fi comic can be – twisting what we think we know about heroes to create a mind-bending, thought-provoking, and slightly creepy tale.
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I'd spent the week leading up to this day trying to prepare myself for what I was going to experience, but how can you. You can't imagine what it will be like for any experience, especially when you have yet to experience it yet. But I had heard from others and their experiences, so I had time to brace myself to expect to be shocked and moved and... challenged.
I sleepily make my way to meet the others, suddenly alert to the tiredness that was following me. We wait 10 minutes for everyone to get together but some were slower at waking up than others. We walk outside, and carefully down the gangway. The early morning rain had been heavier than I had thought - big deep puddles lined our pathway to the vans, assisting in waking a few of us up quicker because of the shock of cold, wet feet.
After 10 or 15 minutes of driving, we arrive at the church and are quickly shuffled up the 3 floors to meet with everyone and split up into groups. 2 Douloids [people from the Doulos] and 2 volunteers from the church make up every team. We pray that the small ministry we are about to perform is received well and that we will make an impact into someones life. When we are armed with one small bag of bread, 2 large bottles of warm milk and some cups, we head out. Following our guides, we zig-zag the streets, cars, and people making ourway to our destination.
At first the buildings we pass are large houses with little gardens and courtyards. Gradually [but at a quick pace] they soon shrink, lose the gardens and the living space and become small, crowded boxes fitting into any space that can be found. People living ontop of people. Animals roaming freely on the streets. Children, which were few before, now seemingly come in packs of 20 or more. The streets are getting crowded with trucks and vans, more so with motorbikes and scooters, creating a flood that makes it difficult to follow the ones leading. Then theres the smell. You can't put your finger on what it is, but its not one that makes a pleasant aroma. Sour, putrid and nasty.
You can see at the end of the road ahead a swarm of people and vehicles. We break out the end of the street onto a big open area full of people and mini-stalls. We follow our leaders as they make their way through the slush on the ground; slush made up of food and waste and last nights rain, blended together by previous peoples feet and vehicles driving over it.
We walk to one of the 'undercover' areas where I see - only as we draw closer - a mass of people are sleeping on the ground. They are lying on cardboard or some sort of cloth or nothing. Children sleepilly walk towards us dressed, half-dressed, dressed in plastic bags or naked. Mothers wearily try and wake their children so they can get some milk and bread, but perhaps from lack of sleep, exhaustion or even previous 'sniffing' [paint or petrol] keeps them sleeping. Perhaps its best if they sleep instead.
We only give the milk and bread to the children because the church only has very small finances and until we arrived they could only afford to do it once a week. Because we were there though, we helped cover some of the costs so they could go up to three times a week during our month-long stay in Manilla. Pastor Larry, co-ordinator of the Feeding Ministry, was saved from the very ministry he runs, both physically and spiritually.
One particular moment that is strong in my memory was this fragile lady who came to get milk and bread for her [possibly] 6 month old child. We gave it to her and she went back to where she had been sleeping. As we were making our way to another area to give out milk and bread, I turned to see that same lady eating the bread and drinking the milk herself, her child sitting on the ground. My immediate reaction was to go over and take it from her and give to her child, but before I actually did anything, I had to think. There is a woman who is probably just as hungry as her child is, what right to I have to judge how she uses the very small bit of food we gave her...?
With my heart quite honestly feeling the blow of what I was witnessing, we walked to the 'centre' of the open area. While weaving between sleeping people, pausing every now and then to hand out more milk and bread, I looked around at the sight that fell before me. On one side there was a huge truck full of food scraps and trash being unloaded by a front end loader, the contents being casually dumped in the middle of the puddle and on the filth that is the ground, while people picked through it for things to eat. On the other, Jeepneys and bikes lined the side behind and around stalls, music blaring and people staring, while traffic weaved its way by. All through the middle where the stalls are, people were beginning to set up their day's sales while others slept.
How could this be? I felt helpless. Were we making a difference? Was the cup of milk and one bit of bread going to help? Would my bad translation of "Jesus loves you" into Filipino making sense? With so many children, how can we give to them all? What happens when we run out - will they get angry? Turns out, we go so early while most are still sleeping so that we can avoid the problems faced when those who have been 'sniffing' don't get what they want.
It was such a challenge to not allow myself to cry. When I looked at the face of an anorexic girl cutting up somewhat fresh food for the family to sell, I could feel the tears well, but knew that if I let go and lost it in the middle of that place, it would be more of an insult to them anyway. This is their life. To some of them, that was probably a good day. There was atleast some food being 'delivered', and perhaps they would make enough to eat. We saw one very old woman who was so thin and though our supplies were almost out, we gave her some milk too. Her eyes lit up when we handed it to her.
We continued on. I was walking with Tomas [Sweden] and many eyes would stare at him since he was tall, white skinned, and blonde. Both men and women shouted out possibly trash talk to us when we walked past, and I was grateful for the lack of understanding of the language to stay ignorant. Many homosexual men [dressed at their best as women] would stare at the guys as we walked past - it was hard not to stare at them back.
We'd finished what we could do and met up with the others to walk back. Some of the more awake children followed us around for a little while, trying to get more milk [which sometimes they succeeded in getting]. Some would hold your fingers as you walked. Some would shout rude comments. We just smiled and kept saying "Jesus Loves You". Maybe one day they would remember.
We walked back the way we came into this street market mall thing. I didn't really walk with the group because my mind was still where we'd just left. I felt like we just imposed ourselves into their life for a flitter of a moment [not even an hour] and then left. We turned and walked away. I felt like all these white people coming was like parading guests at a museum, passing with occasional glances to the 'things to see' section. I felt low. I felt stupid. I felt lost and confused.
More so, it was the biggest wake up I've had. In Australia, there is so much opportunity to get help from the Government, for accomodation or food, yet, none here. Poverty in Australia is nothing compared to what I had just witnessed, and that wasn't even the worst of it. I think I trully realised that we have SO much. I knew that even if you are on Government help, you have so much more than so many people in the world, and we still complain we don't get enough. I realised that we are so obsessed with ourselves and our happiness, even us Western Christians. "Don't focus on money" they say, yet, we spend everything we earn.
I struggled with what I had seen that day for a couple of weeks, and really only now have fully dealt with it - possibly because its not affecting me anymore. But I am glad for the experience. I am glad for the wake up call and I am glad that I could see it face to face.
"Are you Carola? Hello, my name is Carola, too!!!"
Turns out they are from Sweden or something, where my name is very common there, but as we just started getting into a conversation [because I actually thought I was paged to come and speak with them], I got paged to the Info Desk again, and had to leave the conversation, but how cool is that???
Oh, wait, I'm sure many people reading this have met 'themselves' before. You might not find it that cool! I find it very cool!
In other news, I'm the MC for a performance at a Mall today. Oh my! I am nervous, because I've only really MC'd childrens programs, but today I get to test the waters on open air BIG performances. Exciting and Scary. I'll have to share what happens with you when I come back!
And, I need some prayer! Infact, many people onboard do [all of us actually but for this selection of people in particular]. Many of us have some physical problems at the moment, and mostly are sprains and twists of our limbs. I gracefully mildly sprained my ankle, AGAIN, while out and about the other day. Others have sprained ankles, knees, wrists or other ailments! I'm fine and will heal soon, others have more long term damage that will take longer to heal. Most of us cannot stop work to rest like our Doctors would like, so healing is a little slower! So, if you can spare a moment, please pray for us!
Thanks so much for journey-ing with me. I really appreciate it [and value all the lovely emails or comments I get!].
I pray you are well this Easter, that you also remember the real reason why we celebrate this Weekend.
I seriously have words in my mind in so many sentences and about so many things, but to co-ordinate that all together is proving not as easy as I'd intended.
But I wanted you to know I am thinking of you... all of you. I miss home but I'm not homesick - I'm friend sick, but I'm not lacking in friends here either. I hope you understand what I mean.
The experience onboard is so much more intense than I had expected but I seem to have settled into a groove that is both satisfactory to my health as well as the ships life. I've been challenged materially and spiritually but I am most grateful for these not always pleasant experiences.
To Wal & Heather... YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! Wal's married! WEEOOH!!! And to Heather, which basically is just the most awesome thing next to Wal's family and God that Wal has received... I'm so excited to hear the big day arrived [and passed] so quickly!


The tattoos on a person's skin suggest an underlying story; now what if the tattoos themselves could tell that story? The skin becomes a canvas for narrative, imagination and a bold aesthetic, as Oskar and Gaspar use projection-mapping to animate body ink. Find out what it is about tattoos that fascinate them, and how their art has evolved with technology.


Real looking to seal qualification to Champions League round of 16 in Poland.
Real Madrid can qualify for the Champions League round of 16 by beating Legia Warsaw in Poland on 2 November.
Kick-off is set for 7.45pm GMT. The game will be broadcast live on BT Sport ESPN.
Legia Warsaw sit bottom of Group F without a point and will be eliminated from the Champions League if they lose to Real Madrid at home. The Polish champions have conceded 13 goals in group stage — more than any other team.
Jacek Magiera has no injury concerns and has a full squad to choose from for the visit of Real.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Deportivo Alaves 4-1 in La Liga on 29 October. The Spanish giants will progress to the knockout stages if they beat Legia and Borussia Dortmund beat Sporting Lisbon in the other Group F game.
Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Marcelo and James Rodriguez are all sidelined for the visitors.
Jacek Magiera: "Have we analysed their game? Of course, but we did not show our players their matches against giants like Bayern [Munich] as that is not our level. Instead we showed them bits from Real's games against smaller Spanish teams — that was more useful for us. We tried to focus on one of their deadliest weapons: counterattacks. In this respect, they are absolutely world-class and we will try to find a way to stop them on the break."
Zinedine Zidane: "It will be my 100th match as a coach and I really like it. I am satisfied with what I am doing. I feel great at this club and would like to continue working here as long as possible. Legia are really dangerous opponents. Even if Legia have been unlucky with results, they proved they can be dangerous — as they showed at the Bernabeu. We respect them. They are collectively strong."


The ring features a snake motif, often considered to be a symbol of good luck in Native American culture. The detailed Mohawk stampwork design depicts the different textures of the snakes. Made with a single wire by hand, the durable item is available in silver and brass.


Take your passion for photography to the next level with this class that culminates in a field trip. Spend the day exploring one of the most photographed locations in Seattle: Seattle Center and Chihuly Glass & Garden. Break for lunch onsite at Collections Café, and end the day photographing the most glorious view of Space Needle through the greenhouse roof filled with huge suspended orange flowers.


Shannon Ireland. August, 2012 // Volartec today proudly announce the opening of a new regional office in Australia to cover the Asia Pacific region. Just over two years ago the first regional office was opened in Ireland to expand the sales network to a wider community. The success of the EMEA project has led to today's announcement in APAC.
The new Volartec office is to be based in Adelaide, Australia with Steve Smith as Regional Sales Manager APAC. Steve comes to Volartec with many years of experience working in the aviation industry where he has exceptional experience in the selection and running of appropriate IT systems across the MRO sector, providing files with information coming from Alkym which are then feed to and processed by the SAP interfaces that brought to the production environment integrates the core company processes.
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The cutaneous lymphocyte antigen is a skirt lymphocyte homing receptor for the vascular lectin endothelial cell-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1
Ellen L. Berg, Tadashi Yoshino, Lusijah S. Rott, Martyn K. Robinson, R. Aaron Warnock, Takashi K. Kishimoto, Louis J. Picker, Eugene C. Butcher
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
We evaluated the expression of mouse mammary tumor proviral (MMTV) transcripts during B cell ontogeny and compared levels of RNA in B lymphocytes and B cell lines with levels in other cells of the hematopoietic lineage and in a mammary cell line. We demonstrate that MMTV transcripts are expressed as early as the pro-B cell stage in ontogeny and are expressed at basal constitutive levels throughout most of the B cell developmental pathway. The level of MMTV expression in B cells is similar to constitutive levels in mammary tissues and two to three orders of magnitude greater than in activated T cells. Levels of MMTV transcripts in B cells are not solely due to positional effects. Transient transfection assays showed that MMTV upregulation resulted from transcriptional activation of the viral LTR, indicating that there are specific and inducible transcription factors that regulate MMTV expression in B cells. MMTV transcripts could not be upregulated in pre-B cell lines but could be induced in some mature B cell lines. There was a correlation between the ability to stimulate B cells to secrete antibody and the ability to induce upregulated MMTV expression. Evidence is presented that suggests that the principal transcription factors involved in MMTV expression do not include the B cell factors OTF-2 or NF-xB, but rather are likely to be novel factors that are induced during differentiation to antibody secretion. A hypothesis for why mammary tumor viruses are well adapted for expression in cells of the B lineage is proposed, and the implications of this for the documented influence of MMTV gene products on the T cell repertoire are discussed.
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Berg, E. L., Yoshino, T., Rott, L. S., Robinson, M. K., Warnock, R. A., Kishimoto, T. K., Picker, L. J., & Butcher, E. C. (1991). The cutaneous lymphocyte antigen is a skirt lymphocyte homing receptor for the vascular lectin endothelial cell-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 174(6), 1439-1450. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.174.6.1461
The cutaneous lymphocyte antigen is a skirt lymphocyte homing receptor for the vascular lectin endothelial cell-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1. / Berg, Ellen L.; Yoshino, Tadashi; Rott, Lusijah S.; Robinson, Martyn K.; Warnock, R. Aaron; Kishimoto, Takashi K.; Picker, Louis J.; Butcher, Eugene C.
In: Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. 174, No. 6, 01.12.1991, p. 1439-1450.
Berg, EL, Yoshino, T, Rott, LS, Robinson, MK, Warnock, RA, Kishimoto, TK, Picker, LJ & Butcher, EC 1991, 'The cutaneous lymphocyte antigen is a skirt lymphocyte homing receptor for the vascular lectin endothelial cell-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1', Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 174, no. 6, pp. 1439-1450. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.174.6.1461
Berg EL, Yoshino T, Rott LS, Robinson MK, Warnock RA, Kishimoto TK et al. The cutaneous lymphocyte antigen is a skirt lymphocyte homing receptor for the vascular lectin endothelial cell-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 1991 Dec 1;174(6):1439-1450. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.174.6.1461
Berg, Ellen L. ; Yoshino, Tadashi ; Rott, Lusijah S. ; Robinson, Martyn K. ; Warnock, R. Aaron ; Kishimoto, Takashi K. ; Picker, Louis J. ; Butcher, Eugene C. / The cutaneous lymphocyte antigen is a skirt lymphocyte homing receptor for the vascular lectin endothelial cell-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1. In: Journal of Experimental Medicine. 1991 ; Vol. 174, No. 6. pp. 1439-1450.
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Is Faith A Good Anti-Depressant? Thought For The Day, BBC Radio 4, Today Programme, Friday 23/02/2018
Is Faith a Good Anti-Depressant?
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Thought For The Day, BBC Radio 4, broadcast Friday 23 February 2018, 0748-0751
Imam Dr Usama Hasan
[Listen to the 3-minute audio clip here]
Good morning, and good news! Anti-depressants do work: that's the emphatic conclusion of a major medical study published in The Lancet two days ago. But is faith a good anti-depressant?
Mental health is like physical health, in that it may be good or bad, or fluctuate over time, taking turns for better or worse. And just as we take drugs for physiological ailments, we know enough about brain function to be able to prescribe targeted medicines for mental health problems. It is pleasing that there is now a greater awareness and acceptance of the nature of mental health problems and treatments.
But medication is neither the first resort, nor the only method, in treating depression. Indeed, one of the main authors of the scientific study confirmed that other treatments, including psychological therapies, should always be considered alongside drugs. But psychology and psychotherapy, literally meaning 'the study and treatment of the soul or self' respectively, are rooted in faith for many people in cultures around the world.
Religious practice, individually as well as communally, was always supposed to develop spirituality, or the improvement and growth of one's self. A key passage of the Qur'an speaks of the human soul: to purify and develop the soul is success, but to bury the soul with heavy and harmful burdens is perdition.
Many of us will know people, perhaps including ourselves, who were cured of depression once root causes, such as the effects of trauma or other negative experiences, were neutralised appropriately, perhaps with medication. But often, people living through depression do not know what the root causes are, and why exactly they feel the way they do. For some, replacing negative thoughts and attitudes with positive ones, and taking part in social activities, can be extremely helpful, often with the help of a support network of family and friends.
Yesterday's news coverage included the fascinating experiences of two people who'd had to cope with long-term depression. One discovered a hidden talent when he started doodling, and the appreciative response he got for his artwork gave him unprecedented confidence and self-belief. Another, a comedian, spoke of being able to share his experience with audiences after deep therapy. He went on to say how lovely it would be if, once people knew his situation, they could offer to help. It was crucial for both of them to be open and expressive about their issues.
The Prophet of Islam taught that we should always "speak goodness only." Mystics from all religions encourage always seeing the good in situations and in other people. So, we all have a part to play in supporting each other with positive encouragement, kind words and optimistic attitudes. For many, this will complement medical interventions, and such supportive relationships can be fundamental for good mental health and wellbeing.
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The One Scene In Candyman That Makes Hardcore Horror Fans Jump
By Kendra A./March 24, 2021 1:37 pm EST
Adapted from Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden," Bernard Rose's Candyman was, and still is, a horrifying movie in many ways. There's something about staring into a mirror and uttering "that name" five times that still has the ability to give even the toughest person goosebumps, and for good reason. Also, it's never a good idea to go poking around in old urban legends, and that's exactly what Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) decides to do. What she finds is beyond her imagination, and the backstory behind it leaves locals terrified.
There are a lot of memorable scenes from Candyman, but of course, a few in particular stand out. Leave it to Reddit to dig up these moments, because we all want to be reminded of Candyman's (Tony Todd) crimes, right? Let's take a look at which particular scene makes hardcore horror fans jump and why it has stayed with them ever since.
The scene in Cabrini Green
Reddit user u/getoffmybackgeez decided to take an age-old question to the platform by simply asking, "Does anyone else find Candyman (1992) to be one of the scariest films they've ever seen?" The user goes on to say that the movie scared them so much that they had to turn it off the first time they watched it. Paired with classic 1990s cinematography and an eerie score, the entire movie is creepy, and it seems like there's always a sinister presence, which there is, around every corner.
The scene that frightened this Reddit user into stopping the movie will seemingly be etched into their mind forever: When Helen is nosing around in Cabrini Green for some sort of sign that the legendary Candyman/Daniel Robitaille exists, she meets a little boy who is absolutely terrified that she's even talking about this man. He details to her how another little boy who lives in the area died, which isn't pleasant to listen to at all. The boy's description alone scared the Reddit user so badly that they couldn't finish the film until the next day, when the sun was up.
Another Reddit user, OneOfTheKingKoopas, replied by mentioning that the scene when Candyman whispers "Helen" in a parking lot, which is a small piece of the movie, is scary enough on its own, with another user agreeing. It's safe to say that Candyman hasn't lost its touch, and according to Collider, it remains one of the scariest horror films from the 1990s.


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Long-term Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy Not Associated With Adverse Events
Researchers assessed the association between long-term usage of PPIs and the adverse events of dementia, pneumonia, intestinal infections, and chronic kidney disease.
A cross-sectional analysis indicated that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are not associated with adverse events after long-term use, according to a study published in Gastroenterology.
PPIs are common prescribed medication with increasing rates of use. A number of studies have reported possible adverse associations with long-term PPI therapy. However, the majority of these studies relied on observational data, which are prone to bias from multiple sources.
In this study, researchers assessed the association between long-term usage of PPIs and the adverse events of dementia, pneumonia, intestinal infections, and chronic kidney disease. Data were collected from 2006 to 2015 from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Only patients with continued proton pump inhibitors were included in the study.
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For comparison, researchers performed a secondary analysis to assess the association between the long-term usage of other drug classes, such as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and β-blockers, and dementia, pneumonia, intestinal infections, and chronic kidney disease.
Of the 7,872,115,883 weighted observations, 7.7% were on continued PPI therapy. After adjusted analysis, PPI usage was not associated with dementia, pneumonia, or intestinal infections, but was associated with chronic kidney disease (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.26; 95% CI, 1.03-1.54; P =.03). Similarly, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (aOR 1.28; 95% CI, 1.03-1.60; P =.03), calcium channel blockers (aOR 2.29; 95% CI, 1.93-2.71; P <.01), and β-blockers (aOR 1.77; 95% CI, 1.45-2.16; P <.01) usages was also associated with chronic kidney disease. The researchers point out these associations are likely due to residual confounding variables. A trend toward an association for PPIs and intestinal infections was found, but that finding was not significant (aOR 1.48; 95% CI, 0.8-2.71; P =.21).
Limitations for this study include the inability to assess causation and determine temporality, the lack of data on duration, dose, and overall exposure to medications, and the potential for residual confounding variables due to using codes to assess comorbidities.
The researchers concluded that their analysis confirmed a lack of association between purported PPI-related adverse events and PPI exposure. However, they recommend PPIs should be prescribed and consumed for appropriate indications, at lowest possible doses and for the shortest possible durations.
Ma C, Shaheen AA, Congly SE, Andrews CN, Moayyedi P, Forbes N. Interpreting reported risks associated with use of proton pump inhibitors: residual confounding in a 10-year analysis of national ambulatory data [published online Oct. 30, 2019]. Gastroenterology. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.10.023
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Mission 235: In the final "Big Week" mission, 4 targets in Germany are hit; 31 bombers and 3 fighters are lost.
1. 268 B-17s are dispatched to aviation industry targets at Augsburg and the industrial area at Stuttgart; 196 hit Augsburg and targets of opportunity and 50 hit Stuttgart; they claim 8-4-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; 13 B-17s are lost and 172 damaged; casualties are 12 WIA and 130 MIA.
2. 267 of 290 B-17s hit aviation industry targets at Regensburg and targets of opportunity; they claim 13-1-7 Luftwaffe aircraft; 12 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 82 damaged; casualties are 4 KIA, 12 WIA and 110 MIA.
3. 172 of 196 B-24s hit aviation industry targets at Furth and targets of opportunity; they claim 2-2-2 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 44 damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 61 MIA.
Mission 236: 5 of 5 B-17s drop 250 bundles of leaflets on Grenoble, Toulouse, Chartres, Caen and Raismes, France at 2129-2335 hours without loss.
303BG Mission Report - Target: Group A - Messerschmitt A/C Factory, Augsburg, Germany. Group B - V.K.F. Ball Bearing Works, Stuttgart, Germany. Crews Dispatched: Group A - 19; Group B - 12 (358BS - 6, 359th - 9, 360th - 7, 427th - 9). Crew Members Lost or Wounded: 6 crewmen wounded by flak. Length of Mission: 9 hours, 15 minutes. Bomb Load: Group A - 12 x 500 lb bombs,Group B - 3 or 6 x 1000 lb bombs. Bombing Altitude: Group A - 22,100 ft; Group B - 21,100 ft. Ammo Fired: 3,780 rounds.
The 303rd BG(H) had 31 aircraft airborne with 29 dispatched. Four aircraft returned early. Fifteen aircraft of the main "A" Group bombed Augsburg with 155 500-lb. G.P. bombs from 22,100 feet. Ten B-17s of the 303/384 composite "B" Group bombed Stuttgart with 36 1,000-lb. G.P. bombs from 21,200 feet. Except for a slight ground haze, the weather over the Continent was excellent. Augsburg bombing results were excellent. Stuttgart results were poor to fair. All bombing was visual�PFF was used only for navigation. There were no contrails.
Both Groups experienced moderate to intense and accurate flak. The main "A" Group sustained one wounded crewman and 15 damaged aircraft and the "B" Group had eight wounded crewmen and nine damaged aircraft�all from flak. Enemy fighter opposition was generally weak with only a few attacks on the Group. Strung-out fighter support over the route resulted in no support over the target area for about one hour. Co-pilot, Lt. John C. Cook was hit by flak in his arm. Pilot, Lt. Robert W. Snyder was hit in the neck. They were flying in #42-97617 (No Name).
Bombing excellence was a tribute to the courage of the bombardiers who stayed crouched over their bombsights through one of the worst flak barrages ever encountered by the 303rd BG(H). Nearly every Group B-17 had several holes to testify to the accuracy of the German gunners.
42-31871 Urton, Raymond L - aborted 10 miles NW of Splasher 1; oxygen leak in entire system; BL ret.
384BG Mission Report - 384th BG Mission Number 67B. Primary Target: Ball Bearing Plant - Stuttgart, Germany. Target Attacked : Primary (Visual).
42-29632 Pryor, Raymond T - Landed away Boreham due to fuel exhaustion.
42-29717 Larsen, Jack Kirby - Failed to Return Grp 'B'; MIA; Feathered #2 engine at 1325 hrs but continued on to target; at 1420, three min before target was reached, jettisoned bombs and peeled off from formation, perhaps heading for Switzerland; mech, c/l Bruchsal, Ger; MACR 2774.
388BG Mission Report - For this visual mission, the 388th furnished two Groups an "A" and "B" Group as lead and low Group in the 45th "B" Combat Wing. We were the second Combat Wing over the target. The 452nd Bomb Group furnished the low squadron for our "A" Group. Our assigned targets were the OberTraubling Messerschmitt assembly plant and airfield five miles west of the city which this Group successfully attacked last summer.
34 a/c were airborne between 0806 and 0835 hours of which five a/c aborted for mechanical reasons. One additional a/c aborted on the route to the target when flak knocked out his left oxygen system.
Formations were effected and the formation proceeded to the target on the briefed course. Smoke from the bombs of the preceding Combat Wing covered the assigned target, and the two lead bombardiers sighted on a point where they thought the plants were. Bombs were away at 1358 hours from 19,000 feet on a mag heading of 50 degrees from the "A" Group. During the bomb run, "B" Group lead bombardier's bombsight failed so they had to make a second bomb run. The #2 a/c then took over with bombs away at 1407 hours from 16,000 feet on a mag heading of 350 degrees. After the bomb run, "B" Group leader took over the lead.
Meager accurate flak was encountered at Amiene and over the target. Enemy a/c were near the formation from the enemy Coast to the target and back to the Coast. Most of the attacks were on the formations ahead and to our right.
Organization: / 447BG of .
Notes: killed in crash out of gas.
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ Aircraft: B-24H (#41-29235).
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ Aircraft: P-38J (#42-67437).
source: Aviation Archaeology http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ Aircraft: P-51B7 (#43-6795).