Goldline Events Limited (Goldline Events) recognises that protecting the personal data you share with us is paramount. The information we hold on your behalf is kept in a secure environment with restricted access, the information is used only for the purpose that you have supplied it to us for and will only be shared with companies Goldline Events employs to fulfil our obligation to you and will not be sold to third parties.
Why we need your data.
Your rights to manage your data.
The information we hold is provided by you, the law requires that we must have a lawful basis to process your data – in other words that it is wholly 'necessary' for us to do so to fulfil our obligation.
You have the right to request to see the data we hold and you have the right to withdraw permission for us to hold that data at any time. We would normally hold the information you share with us for up to 7 years.
However, due to the nature of the Service if you choose to withdraw permission for us to hold your data this may mean you are withdrawn from the race you have entered.
Data – Includes computerised data, manual data and any other form of accessible record that includes personal information held by the Company.
Data Subject – A Data Subject is an individual that is the subject of any personal data.
Personal data – Personal Data is that which relates to a living individual who could be identified by the data.
User – The User is the individual using our Service. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.
Information Collection And Use – We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our obligation to you.
Quite simply it is critical that we know who is participating in our races. There are many reasons for this such as providing participants with important information about the race including race day logistics and your results. It is also vital that we hold participants information on the day to fulfil our health and safety obligations and the duty of care we undertake to each and every participant.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines require that all information we collect must be done so under a specific lawful basis. There are six clearly defined forms of lawful basis for processing information, and we categorise the majority of our data processing under three of those: Consent, Contract and Legitimate Interests.
Definition: the individual has given clear consent for you to process their personal data for a specific purpose.
As well as your participation in an event there are a number of ways you can help us to enhance your experience at the event and to ensure our events positively impact the health and happiness of their local communities. One way you can help us achieve this is by consenting to receive emails regarding things like future events, offers, competitions and promotions from our partners. We therefore provide the opportunity at registration for you to opt in to these communications.
Definition: the processing is necessary for a contract you have with the individual.
Definition: the processing is necessary for your legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect the individual's personal data which overrides those legitimate interests.
As well as your participation in one of our races we also wish to develop the reach and impact of our events and as such have a requirement to process certain information from your data. This includes things like analysing anonymised postcode data to assess levels of local engagement at our races, or processing incident data in order to improve our health and safety provision.
We collect your Personal Data at the point of registration that allows us to process your entry, to support your participation in one of our events and to identify you on race day. This includes your full name, postal address, mobile number, email address, age on race day, emergency contact name and mobile number, affiliated club and expected finish time.
If there are any changes to this information it is important that you notify us immediately in order for us to update your details so that we can fulfil our obligation to you. Using the Amend My Entry button on the events website you can update information such as your address, contact details, emergency contact details and mobile number. If your entry has already been processed you will not be able to update the information yourself and you'll have to notify us by email or telephone.
We will use your Personal Data to contact you with important information about the race you have entered including but not limited to the distribution of your race packs, information about the day itself and your race results.
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.
We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We do not use this technology to get any personal data against your knowledge or free will (i.e. automatically recording email addresses of visitors). Nor do we use it for any purpose other than to help us monitor traffic on our website, or (in case of criminal activity or misuse of our information) to cooperate with law enforcement.
Our cookies don't store sensitive information such as your name, address or payment details and can be seen only by the relevant Events team and Google. However, if you'd prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from any of our websites, you can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
These cookies enable Google Analytics tracking.
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A large majority of our communication is via email. Sending an email to you is a form of data processing, and as such may only be carried out under a specific lawful basis.
Confirmation you have registered for an event.
To notify you of any changes to our events.
Confirmation that your participation has been recorded by given you your chip and gun times.
For those who have signed up to volunteer at an event, emails relating to that volunteering role.
Questionnaires aimed at developing our understanding of runner's needs.
Questionnaires for research aimed at understanding the effect our events have on their local communities.
You have a right to object to receiving these emails, to do that please use the unsubscribe link on the email or contact us direct.
Our aim is to continuingly improve our events as well as the health and well-being of people both in the areas of our races and further afield. There are ways in which we rely on our participants to achieve this, some of which require us to be able to send certain communications. We therefore offer all participants the chance to opt-in (at entry registration) to receive regular updates from us and our partners.
We work extremely hard to apply appropriate security measures in order to protect your data from being accessed or disclosed without your permission, or lost. We have a small team who are regularly updated on good practice in data handling, all personal data is password protected and only available to those with a specific need for access.
We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to provide secure communication over the internet and encryption is used to safeguard your credit or debit card information. For your security your credit or debit card information is securely held by our online payment provider and is not shared with us. To verify that you have a secure server connection, look for the locked padlock symbol in your browser window or the HTTPS-prefix in the URL.
In the event of a data breach we will notify you and any applicable regulator, where legally required to do so.
We collect personally identifiable information of Children under the age of 18 when they or their parent or guardian enter them into a race which is suitable for their age. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data which you would like deleted, please contact us. However, please be aware that some information is required to enter a race and by removing this your Children's entry may be cancelled.
Goldline Events aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. Whenever made possible, you can update your Personal Data directly within your 'Amend My Entry' section. If you are unable to change your Personal Data, please contact us to make the required changes. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
You have the right to data portability for the information you provide to Goldline Events. You can request to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in a commonly used electronic format so that you can manage and move it. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
We collect personal information about you (name, address, email etc) when you enter a race. Your details are only used to provide you with the information you have requested. If you change your mind about receiving this information from us at any time, you can 'unsubscribe' by clicking on the unsubscribe link on an email or by emailing info@goldlineevents.co.uk with your name, mailing address, email address and details of the information that you no longer wish to receive.
To provide and enhance our Service and commitment to you.
To provide you with the best customer support possible.
To provide you with news, special offers and information about other races, merchandise and events we offer that are similar to those that you have entered or enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information.
We only use the information we collect about you lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act. We will never sell, trade or rent your details to any third parties.
All participants must acknowledge and agree that personal information (including medical information entered on their runner bib or collected by medical staff during or after the Event) can be stored, used and disclosed by Goldline Events in connection with the organisation, promotion and administration of the Event and for the compilation of statistical information.
Goldline Events will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United Kingdom and process it there.
Under certain circumstances, Goldline Events may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Protect and defend the rights or property of Goldline Events.
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide our commitment to you and to perform related services (e.g. race pack fulfillment and timing/results) or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to some or all of your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.


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Five people shot dead in Sagarejo, Georgia
Photo: RFE/RL
On Friday morning, the Georgian interior ministry said that a retired military veteran killed five persons in the town of Sagarejo before committing suicide (20 January).
According to the Georgian Ministry of the Interior, the criminal served between 2006 and 2021 in the Georgian Defense Forces, notably in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. Among the deceased is 38-year-old police officer Otar Gvinashvili, who sustained fatal injuries while attempting to defend another individual during the shooting. Five additional people were injured.
The Georgian Minister of the Interior, Vakhtang Gomelauri, who arrived at the site early on Friday morning, stated that the criminal was with his adult kid, who fled the apartment after the incident. The 49-year-old suspect allegedly committed suicide as security personnel entered his apartment.
Neighbours reportedly told local media that the shooter had rented his apartment and received psychological therapy. There is no known motive for the horrific shooting at this time.
A doctor from a nearby hospital was the first to report the tragedy; he complained on Facebook that he could not reach the scene to assist the injured.
1 . Russia bombs a Ukrainian arms depot while fighting rages in Severodonetsk
2 . Russia received more drones than Iran claimed, according to the president of Ukraine
3 . Putin calls Kerch Bridge explosion a 'terrorist act'
4 . If Putin uses nuclear weapons, the 'US will retaliate with a devastating strike'
5 . Myanmar: More protesters killed as the death toll nears 200

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Why Did Baucham Refuse to Participate in the Elephant Room 2?
I hesitate to post more than once a day. It's hard enough to keep up with the plethora of information in the blogosphere. But, Voddie Baucham's post on the Elephant Room controversy deserves to be read. He's an excellent example of a faithful pastor and I'm looking forward to hearing him live at Shepherd's Conference this year.
1. T.D. Jakes has a history of holding to, teaching, and associating with modalism, and ER2 was a forum wherein he would be assumed to be a "brother".I was already on record concerning Bishop Jakes's modalism (see: The Ever Loving Truth, LifeWay, 2004), and I have kept up with the matter. Jakes had never repudiated Oneness Pentecostalism. Nor had he come out with an unambiguous, credal/confessional statement on the doctrine of the Trinity. There was absolutely no basis for me to assume that Jakes was suddenly orthodox, and therefore, no basis for me to welcome him as a brother.
2. The "Word of Faith" gospel he preaches is heterodox and harmful.Even if Jakes had come out with a statement on the doctrine of the Trinity, it would not have done anything to change the fact that he preaches "another gospel." (Gal 1:8–9) Having studied the "Word of Faith" movement, and seen the devastation it leaves in its wake, I was disinclined to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the man who has been this country's most popular purveyor of this heresy in the past two decades (Note: James MacDonald and Mark Driscoll had both preached against the Word of Faith movement and called it heresy, so I did not believe I was informing James of anything he did not know already).
3. Jakes's influence in the Dallas Metroplex has been negative, at best. My wife is from Dallas, and my in-laws still live there (her parents and five siblings). I have preached in Dallas on many occasions, and at numerous churches, and have many acquaintances in the city. I know firsthand what kind of influence T.D. Jakes has had on the evangelical community, and broader Christian witness there. Suffice to say that he has not brought greater gospel clarity and fidelity. He has, however, brought a charismatic, theatrical, excessive, "Word of Faith" flavor to the city that permeates many churches (especially black churches).
4. Bishop Jakes is an example of the worst the black church has to offer. One of the goals of ER2 was to address the issue of "racial" unity. Thus, Bishop Jakes was there (at least in part) as a representative of the "black church." In light of the aforementioned issues, I was disinclined to participate in such an event. You see, Jakes was an invited guest; an invited 'black' guest. If he were mistreated, he had the race card; if he was accepted, he had entree into a new audience. It was a win-win for Jakes, and a lose-lose for evangelicalism. Obviously, he was not going to spout unadulterated modalism. Nor was he going to repudiate his roots (remember, this is his "heritage," both ethnically and theologically). He had a perfect opportunity to find a middle ground and show "humility" in an environment that would be portrayed as "hostile" even though hostility was forbidden in light of the unwritten rules surrounding his blackness. Thus, his opponents had to choose between outright defeat and pyrrhic victory.
Moreover, I rejected the invitation because I did not want to give even the appearance of tokenism. The participants in the Elephant Room (and ER2), though they disagree methodologically on how we "get there," are all virtually identical in their general profile. They are all successful mega-church pastors who have leveraged innovative and/or controversial methodologies to grow their churches, media empires, and/or pare-church ministries. I, on the other hand, am a pastor serving at a church with less than five hundred members; I'm not on television or radio; and my books aren't best sellers. I don't fit the profile! Whether MacDonald meant to or not, he was painting a picture of tokenism. If he meant it, I didn't want to be used, and if he didn't mean it, I didn't want to be the source of misunderstanding.
How do I live if I wish to do all to the Glory of God? Convicting and wise council from J.C. Ryle a la Matthew 25:1-13, 1 Corinthians 10:31 and Colosians 3:17. While the believer is secure in Christ, we still don't want to be caught unprepared when our time on earth is finished.
Here's an awesome post from David Murray which I found very encouraging. Too often, I think my struggles are unique to me. What joy comes knowing that my spiritual state is in God's hands and that doubts are common to all believers.
But maybe best of all, "You, Satan, are going to be crushed under my feet shortly" (Rom. 16:2o).
"So why are so many people still talking about low serotonin causing depression?
I know this is several weeks old, but it is definitely worth mentioning. I just stumbled across a great post by Russell Moore. He quotes Carl F. H. Henry and gives reasons for encouragement about the future of the kingdom of God on earth, despite the many discouragements in modern evangelicalism.


An institute with the name of "Institute of Human Resources management" is founded in Damascus; other branches might be founded in other governorates.
A non- profit, non governmental, non religious, has its own prestigious entity and does not relate to any other internal or external institutions.
Disseminate best practice methodologies for Human Resource Management.
Reinforce the education and practice of HR Management in Syria and act as an adviser and consultant to all interested parties in order to contribute to stronger organizations based on practical and scientific practices of HR Management.
Open channels of communication between HR experts and exchange ideas, expertise and best practices with all to contribute to mutual strategic benefits for the organization and development of self.
Build academic ties with Colleges and Universities which teach HRM and strengthen ties with students and graduates from Syrian Universities.
Establish, monitor, and evaluate the on-going professional standards of the HR Management profession in Syria to elevate them to international standards.
This institute is prohibited of interfering with political issues and religious beliefs.
a. Has no less than three years of experience in Human Resources field.
b. A member of a faculty who taught Human Resources Management subject for three years at least.
c. A consultant and dedicated trainer in Human Resources Management for no less than three years.
►General Members: They are the people who work in the field of human resources management , but do not achieve the requirements and conditions of specialists members, and this kind of membership gives them the right to vote in the elections, but do not give the right to nominate themselves for membership of the Board of Directors.
► Students: They are students who have an interest in the field of human resources management, or members of the branches of the institution in the universities.
Honorary Members: They are members who provide support to the Association to achieve its objectives, the Board of Directors considers the eligibility of giving them such membership, and this kind of membership does not give the right to vote in elections or nominations for membership of the Board of Directors.
1. Should not be deprived of political and civil rights.
2. Be of good conduct and behavior.
3. To submit a request for membership to the institution and the membership fees, taking into consideration that applicant's name and place of residence and his career must be stated in the request.
5. Written approval on the Statute.
6. To get the nomination of two members of the specialists member or one of the Board of Directors.
A. Withdraw or resign from the institute.
B. The loss of one of the conditions of membership.
E. Delay in the pay of participation fees for two months after the due date provided sending him a written letter about the due payment during the month following the last paid installment.
A. If he/she did anything that would caused to the institution serious harm physically or morally.
B. If he/she took advantage of joining the Institute for a personal purpose.
3. A decision of membership termination is sent to the concerned person within (15) fifteen days of its issuance.
4. A member , or a person who was a member, or the inheritors of a dead member are not allowed to claim for any membership fee or subscription fees , donations or gifts given by the institution.
The Board may give back the membership to the person who is no longer a member due to not paying subscription fee in a certain year if he paid the due amount during the next year.
The General Assembly consists of all active members who have fulfilled their commitments in accordance with the provisions of this bylaw and are members since at least one year.
The general assembly should be invited for an ordinary meeting once every year at least during the three months succeeding the end of the fiscal year of the Institute, and it may invite to extraordinary meetings whenever the interest of the institution by a decision of the Board of Directors .
1. General assembly meetings are held at the Institute's headquarters after sending an invitation directed by the Board of Directors to all members who have the right to attend and that should be done before the meeting date with fifteen days at least, the agenda of the meeting should be attached to the invitation.
2. A copy of the invitation and the agenda and the list of invited members should be posted at the headquarters of the institute and its buildings.
3. The Directorate of Labor and Social Affairs should be informed about the meeting prior fifteen days at least and a copy of the agenda should be sent to it.
Tenth of the members who are entitled to attend the General Assembly may send a written request to the board members to hold the General Assembly meeting, clarifying in which the aim of this meeting, if no response was received from the board of members then those tithe of members can directly invite the rest of Institute's members to the meeting.
Every member has the right to delegate in writing another member to represent him in attending the meetings of the General Assembly; a member should not be acting on behalf of more than one member.
The meetings of the General Assembly are headed by the Chairman or his deputy in case of his absence, and are headed by the oldest (as per his age) members of the Board if the vice president was absent.
The meeting of the General Assembly is considered legal if it was attended by 51% of the invitees. If this quorum is not available, the General Assembly is invited for a second meeting after at least twenty days from the date of the first meeting and the second meeting is considered legal regardless of the present number of members on the condition that it should not be less than the number of Board members.
The General Assembly does not have the right to consider other matters other than those contained in the agenda.
1. The ratification of the final accounts for the previous financial year.
2. Approve the Auditor's Report.
3. Adoption of the draft budget for the new fiscal year.
4. Board's report on the works of the institute and its status during the past year.
5. Election of board members by confidential voting that does not oppose the text of Article 20 of this bylaw.
6. Appointment of a Legal Auditor who is not one of IHRM members.
7. Determine what are the expenses its values that are charged on a member and the expenses that may be reimbursed for him.
8. Discharge the members of the Board of Directors for the past financial year.
9. Any other matters presented by the Board of Directors.
A. Modify the bylaw of the Institute that relates to its purposes and objectives.
C. Dismissal of some or all of the members of the Board of Directors.
The member is not allowed to vote if the resolution is related to an agreement with him, or suing him, or termination of a case between him and the institution, as well as when they have a personal interest in the resolution with the exception of the election of the Board of Directors and other committees of the Institute.
Decisions of the General Assembly are written down in the minutes of meetings and signed by both the President and the Secretary and names of the members who have the right to attend and the names of those present and who were represented are mentioned in the minutes of the meeting, also the name of the President and the Secretary and the decisions taken and the number of votes they received are all mentioned in the minutes of meeting.
The Institute is managed by the Board of Directors that consists of seven members elected by the General Assembly from among its members for a period of two years, and board members may be re-elected for those whose membership in the board has expired.
1. To be enjoying their civil and political rights.
2. Be a resident of the Syrian Arab Republic.
3. She/he should have spent one year in the institute's membership, with the exception of the members of the constituent body.
4. To be a professional member.
The member should not combine membership of the Board and the paid work for the Institute.
The board member has the right to be reimbursed for the transportation expenses and other expenses expended for the affairs of the institute and in accordance with the system that is decided by the General Assembly.
The Board of Directors Represents the Institute at all governmental private and legal bodies over its rights and of its obligations.
If the place of one of the members of the Board has become vacant during the period of the mandate of the Council, then the council may appoint a member from among the members who has got votes less than the votes of the members elected at the last meeting of the General Assembly to become in the place of vacant temporarily till the General Assembly elects a member to become a board member for the remaining period.
If more than half of the members of the Board of Directors have withdrawn, the General Assembly is called by the remaining members to elect members to replace the withdrawing members.
Each member of the Board of Directors who was absent from the meetings of the Council three successive times without a legitimate excuse told before the meeting may be considered withdrawn .
1. Develop a strategy and action plans for the institute and its committees and activities.
2. Preparing the annual report on the activity of the organization.
3. Prepare a draft budget for the next fiscal year and the preparation of the final accounts for the current financial year.
4. Preparation of financial and administrative systems under which goes to work in the organization.
5. Review the auditor's report.
6. The appointment of necessary staff for the institute and determines their salaries and work on their discipline, dismissal and discharge procedures.
7. Consider requests for membership and decision-making in this regard according to the conditions set forth in the bylaw.
8. The formation of the various committees, so that the head of each committee would be a member of the board of directors and each committee would have its own system and mechanism of action.
9. Institute's money management and keeping the Institute's resources and collect them.
10. Approval of agreements and contracts concluded on behalf of the institution.
The Board meets once every month at least, or at the invitation of President of the Council, and meetings are considered to be legal in the presence of an absolute majority of the members, and decisions are made by an absolute majority of those present and if votes were equal then the President of the Council would have the decision by his vote.
1. The names of Attendance and absentees are recorded at each session in the minutes of meeting.
2. Four members of the Board of Directors are entitled to request from the President of the Council to call for a meeting, and in the case of refusal, they have the right to invite other members to the meeting.
The Board of Directors shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, a treasurer and a secretary during their first meeting after the General Assembly meeting through which the elections took place.
Board of Directors may form sub – committees to follow up the institution's activity in certain fields.
1. Be the chairman of the Board meetings and the General Assembly.
2. Represent the Institute at the official, unofficial and judicial authorities, internally and externally.
3. Supervise all activities of the Institute and its committees and follow-up its activities.
4. Invites for the board members for the meetings of the Board in accordance with the provisions of this bylaw and prepare the agenda in coordination with the Secretary or the Director of the Institute.
5. Signs contracts and agreements concluded with the institute after obtaining the approval of the Board of Directors.
Vice-President shall assume all duties and functions of the President in case of his absence; besides other functions he is delegated to do.
1. Writing the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and the General Assembly and sign them by him and the head of the institute.
2. Keep the Institute's files, records and seals at a specified place.
3. Edit the Institute's correspondence in coordination with the President, and receive incoming correspondences to it.
4. Write down the minutes of board meetings and put the present members' signatures on it.
5. Write down the minutes of the General Assembly meetings and put the signatures of Chairman and members of the Council on it.
6. Follow up the implementation of the decisions of the Board of Directors and distribute it to stakeholders to be executed.
1. collect fees and supervise receiving the amounts received by the institution by receipts sealed with the seal of the institution and signed by him as well he/she should deposit such amounts or checks at the bank accepted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs .
2. Keeping the financial documents and books at the headquarters of the institution.
3. Implementation of the decisions of the Board of Directors with regard to financial matters, and provides a monthly report about them.
4. Pay the expenditures according to imbursement orders signed by him in conjunction with the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
5. Supervises the calculation of the final account for the past fiscal year, as well as the estimated budget for the coming year and present it to the Council.
6. Revenues of the Foundation's activities.
7. Any other resources approved by the Board of Directors.
8. Revenues of training courses, workshops, lectures, consulting and other paid services that are approved by the Board of Directors and provided to all parties.
The participation fees of members is determined by the amount of two thousand and five hundred 2500 SP paid once upon enrollment or re – enrollment due to the invalidity of membership. The annual membership fee is also determined of 4000 S.P four thousand Syrian pounds for active members (professional and general), and 3000 three thousand Syrian pounds for associate members, and 1,000 thousand Syrian pounds for students members. The membership fees is paid annually or in monthly installments or seasonal according to the request of the member. The entire annual membership fees must be paid at least one month before the end of the financial year of the Institute. If the member joined the Institute during the financial year then he is required to pay the only annual membership fees equivalent to the remaining period of the year.
The Institute's year begins from the first of January and ends on last day of December of each calendar year, while the first year begins from the recording date until 31 December.
The Institute's funds are deposited in the bank determined by the Board and accepted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
Any amount of the Institutes' money deposited in the bank may not be withdrawn unless a decision of the Board is issued and dually signed by the President of the institution or his representative and treasurer.
1. Any amount of Institute's money should not be spent for other purposes than to achieve its objectives.
2. The Institute keeps in its headquarter account books according to bookkeeping procedures.
3. Accounts of the Institute should be audited annually by an auditor on the condition that it should be audited within a period not exceeding three months from the end of the Institute's fiscal year.
The Institute has the right to establish branches on the condition that those branches should not have legal independent presence unless they were announced in conformity with regulations, and the creation of unannounced branch is done upon a decision of the Board of Directors after obtaining the approval of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the General Assembly on it, and the Board of Directors of the branch is determined upon the Institute's Board of Directors decision.
Each of the Institute's branches is subject to the provisions of this bylaw, and that is applicable in its creation and management. The branch may not adjust its bylaw with respect to its obligations towards the institute and in terms of public policy and guidance without the approval of the institute.
Each announced branch should send the Institute a copy of its bylaw and a list of members of the Board of Directors and an annual report on its activity and its financial status.
Meetings must be held at least one month before the meeting of the General Assembly so that the Board could discuss the work of branches and their annual reports.
Upon the breakup of any of the Institute's branches its funds are put in the institute's bank account.
Board of Directors has the right to call for a General Assembly meeting to discuss the issue of the Institute dissolution if they find that the institute has become incapable of achieving its objectives. The Institute cannot be dissolved unless a decision is taken by the General Assembly by two-thirds majority of its members at least.
Upon its disbandment the Institute's funds are given to the institution defines by the General Assembly that its activity corresponds to the activity of the institute and determined in the decision of the disbandment.
Upon the issuance of the disbandment decision the General Assembly recruits a liquidator that calculates the Institute's properties and fulfills its commitments.
The Institute has the right to own properties and lands enough to achieve its objectives.


'Climate Change' – we are familiar with the term. The concept has been disseminated, publicized, sensationalized endlessly – to the point that it is very much a part of the public imagination.
For too many it exists only in the imagination. Some populations live relatively free of its effects – making it difficult to truly comprehend the profundity of its impact for scores of people around the world.
And this impact can be devastating: 'Climate Refugees' experience climate change at its most damaging.
A heart-breaking reality for 'climate refugees,' as with many peoples forced to migrate, is the loss of their home. Whilst many can't identify with experiencing the devastation of losing their home, most can express their relationship with a 'home' – therefore this shall be the main theme of the competition.
Entrants may broadly examine the relationship between person and home, explore/empathise with the loss of home, or more specially regard 'climate refugees.' We ask you to be as creative as you can, exploring deeply your connection with the subject and producing a piece that exhibits the emotions that result from this exploration.
We do however want to iterate that this is something for ALL ages and ALL abilities; we are absolutely not expecting you to produce something fit for the TATE gallery! The most important aspect of this experience is to get you thinking and feeling; the end product could be a couple of lines of poetry or a sketch on a napkin, whatever it is, we will be very happy to recieve it!
Most importantly, this is a FREE competition.
There will be three prizes for each category! All of the nine winning pieces will be displayed in notable locations (such as the Library and the Rep theatre) around Birmingham city center with the hope to draw attention to the cause through your beautiful pieces….this is your chance to be famous!
Any medium of art is accepted: from painting to drawing, papier-mâché to photographs. Realistic or abstract, you are free to interpret as you see fit. We must, however, limit size of the piece to A3.
The compeition is free to enter.
We ask that you take a photograph of your entry and send it to use via email. They can be submitted as a jpg or png via email to info@birminghamfoe.org.uk with the subject heading as 'Competition Entry'. Please attach image, write your name and age, the name of the piece, what medium was used to create your piece and a little bit about the piece you are submitting and how it relates to the topic.
Your artwork may then need to be shipped if you are a winner of the competition and you are not able to bring it in to Birmingham.
Alternatively, drop your entries to our building: The Warehouse Cafe, 54-57 Allison St, Birmingham B5 5TH. Your entry must include your name and age, the name of the piece, what medium was used to create the piece and a little bit about the piece you are submitting and how it relates to the topic. Your artwork can then be collected after the competition is over.


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Christoph Perels (born 12 May 1938) is a German academic who served as director of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift literary association between 1983 and his retirement in 2003.

Life
Christoph Perels was born in Rehfelde on 12 May 1938. He married Maie Leppik in 1966. Perels studied philology, history and philosophy at the universities of Erlangen, Kiel and Paris before receiving his  PhD from the University of Göttingen in 1974 with a thesis on the perception of Rococo poetry 1740–1760. He then began teaching at the Technical University of Braunschweig, becoming a professor in 1980.

After Detlev Lüders retired in 1982, Perels replaced him as director of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift on 1 October 1983. His time as director saw the rebuilding of the Hochstift's headquarters and the Goethe-Museum in Frankfurt. The new build included the "Arkadensaal" which is used by the Hochstift for special exhibitions, lectures and concerts. Perels also began the Hochstift's historical-critical edition of Clemens Brentano. Perels retired as director in 2003, after a twenty-year tenure. His successor was Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken.

Perels became an Honorary Professor of Goethe University Frankfurt in 1987.

Selected works

Goethe in seiner Epoche. Tübingen 1998
Dichterwege. Stuttgart 1999
Studien zur Aufnahme und Kritik der Rokokolyrik zwischen 1740 und 1760. Göttingen 1974 (PhD thesis)

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Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt
Living people

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In this respect, the Company declares its commitment, and gives priority, first of all to the ensuring of safety and pollution prevention.
The safety commitment and priority concern all areas of Company activities — general management, operation (including commercial, transportation and technological, and operator activities), navigation (shipping), technical area, personnel and finances. Undertaking the duties and the responsibility imposed by the Code, the Company takes all measures to ensure:
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Foundations in Studio Art and Still Lifes – Emma Teaches Art!
My hope this semester is that I will expose my 9th grade students to as many new art materials as possible, while making connections to real careers in the art world. I also want them to find their own strengths and interests as young artists. As I told all of my parents recently at back to school night: We will be starting out very traditional, creating a still life painting on canvas, and then, from there, continue to add more and more real world applications for art. Before I go off on a tangent about what I have planned for the semester I would like to just start with our still lifes.
Each Freshman art student has just finished the first of 7 projects to come. They are amazing, and they took a total of 6.7 hours each. We have 80 minute class periods, and we worked on them for 5 days. Actually, you can probably round it down to six if you take into account intruction time and clean up, but still. Six hours is a lot of time, and it shows.
Below are some of the results. The first picture has a student's painting of her glasses, me happy as can be, and my project example of a tea pot. A lot of our objects were shiny so I thought I would make sure my example included reflections.
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2021 Formula 1 Styrian Grand Prix highlights
2021 Formula 1 Styrian Grand Prix was great for Max Verstappen, who claimed a second win in seven days with a great victory, enjoying a dominant lights-to-flag performance at the Red Bull Ring over the Mercedes of title rival Lewis Hamilton, as Valtteri Bottas claimed third ahead of Sergio Perez.
Following on from his win in the French Grand Prix, Verstappen led away from pole position at a dry Red Bull Ring, leading every lap of the race to claim his 14th career win, and his third at his team's Red Bull Ring home track.
The Dutchman duly stretched his lead over Hamilton to 18 points in the drivers' standings, after the Mercedes driver was unable to offer any serious answer to Verstappen's pace on race day, although he was at least able to limit the damage after taking the bonus point for fastest lap thanks to a late pit stop.
Having started P5 after his grid drop for spinning in the pit lane on Friday, Bottas was able to claim third, holding off a late charge by the second Red Bull of Perez for Finn's first podium since the Spanish Grand Prix.
Behind, a fine race from McLaren's Lando Norris saw him follow up his P5 from last year's Styrian Grand Prix with the same result this weekend, having not been able to lap on the pace of the Red Bulls and Mercedes on Sunday. He was ahead of the Ferrari pair of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, who after a nightmare, point-less French Grand Prix, had a much better race in Austria.
Lance Stroll finished eighth for Aston Martin, while Fernando Alonso and Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the top 10. Kimi Raikkonen took 11th, ahead of the Aston Martin of Sebastian Vettel and the McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo – who'd climbed up the order on Lap 1 but fell back to his starting position after losing power briefly – while Esteban Ocon took P14.
P15 was Antonio Giovinazzi, ahead of the Haas of Mick Schumacher, Nicholas Latifi's Williams and the second Haas of Nikita Mazepin.
One of the early stars of the race George Russell had been cruelly forced to retire with a power unit issue, having run comfortably in P8 for the majority of the Grand Prix – while Pierre Gasly was out on Lap 1, after contact with Leclerc that damaged his left-rear, and saw him spin the Alfa Romeo of Giovinazzi at Turn 3.
Mario Isola – Head of F1 and car racing at Pirelli commented:
The medium compound was the best one to start the race with, and that's why it was chosen by almost all the drivers outside the top 10 on the grid; with seven of the top 10 starters obliged to begin the race on the soft. This all translated into a big split of strategies at the start, and as a consequence that variation continued throughout the race, with four different strategies used in the top five at the end.
For the second stint, the hard was the best option. Once again, the anticipated rain didn't materialise and instead conditions were warm, with track temperatures at the 2021 Formula 1 Styrian GP up to 49 degrees, which obviously influenced tyre behaviour. Nonetheless, we saw some long stints, with more than 40 laps run on the medium and hard compounds, as well as plenty of speed on the soft compound, which allowed Hamilton to take the fastest lap right at the finish.
2021 Formula 1 Styrian GP Race Results
1. 33 Max Verstappen Netherlands Red Bull Racing 1:22:18.925 25 156
2. 44 Lewis Hamilton Great Britain Mercedes-AMG Petronas +35.743s 19 138
3. 77 Valtteri Bottas Finland Mercedes-AMG Petronas +46.907s 15 74
4. 11 Sergio Perez Mexico Red Bull Racing Honda +47.434s 12 96
5. 4 Lando Norris Great Britain Mclaren Racing +1 lap 10 86
6. 55 Carlos Sainz Spain Scuderia Ferrari +1 lap 8 50
7. 16 Charles Leclerc Monaco Scuderia Ferrari +1 lap 6 58
8. 18 Lance Stroll Canada Aston Martin F1 Team +1 lap 4 14
9. 14 Fernando Alonso Spain Alpine F1 Team +1 lap 2 19
10. 22 Yuki Tsunoda Japan Scuderia AlphaTauri +1 lap 1 9
11. 7 Kimi Räikkönen Finland Alfa Romeo F1 Team +1 lap 0 1
12. 5 Sebastian Vettel Germany Aston Martin F1 Team +1 lap 0 30
13. 3 Daniel Ricciardo Australia McLaren Racing +1 lap 0 34
14. 31 Esteban Ocon France Alpine F1 Team +1 lap 0 12
15. 99 Antonio Giovinazzi Italy Alfa Romeo F1 Team +1 lap 0 1
16. 47 Mick Schumacher Germany Haas F1 Team +2 laps 0 0
17. 6 Nicholas Latifi Canada Williams Racing +3 laps 0 0
18. 9 Nikita Mazepin Russia Haas F1 Team +3 laps 0 0
12. 63 George Russell Great Britain Williams Racing DNF 0 0
7. 10 Pierre Gasly France Scuderia AlphaTauri DNF 0 37
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Continuing fertiliser troubles
Amjad Mahmood Published July 18, 2022
Punjab is the breadbasket of Pakistan and also the largest consumer of fertilisers. At least 70 per cent of all the compost marketed in the country is sold and consumed in the province and thus it is also the worst victim in case of any pricing or availability crisis.
The total national demand for urea for both Kharif and Rabi crops is 6.1 million tonnes, while the production capacity is 6.5mt. Despite this more-than-demand production, the country, and of course Punjab, is continuing to face fertiliser shortages owing to various factors.
Provincial agriculture high-ups say they had conveyed to the federal authorities about the urea shortage in November last year before the peak offtake for the wheat crop. But the compost either remained in short supply or was sold at higher rates throughout the Rabi season. The federal government was again informed well in time about the province's urea requirements of 2.330mt for Kharif 2022.
The month-wise breakup of the projected demand was 300,000mt for April, 400,000mt for May, 470,000mt for June, 440,000mt for July, 410,000mt for August, and 310,000mt for September, respectively. However, for May, the urea supplies were 269,695mt against the demand of 400,000mt, 32.58pc less than the requirement. The gap between demand and supply was squeezed for June as 455,546mt urea was received against the requirement of 470,000mt.
Despite the heatwave and canal water shortages that continued till the first week of July, acreage of major crops is on the rise and thus the high demand for urea and nitrogen compost
Justifying the growing demand for the soil nutrient, Director-General Agriculture (Extension) Dr Anjum Ali says that despite water shortages acreage of major crops is on the rise and thus the high demand for urea and nitrogen compost.
Cotton has been sown on 3.696 million acres against the target of 4m acres. Last year, 3.168m acres had come under the white lint. Likewise, paddy plantation is set to be over 6.34m acres against the target of 5.0m acres, autumn corn sowing will claim 1.2m acres and sugarcane (both spring and autumn) 2m acres.
The heatwave and canal water shortages that continued till the first week of July aggravated the fertiliser availability problem and increased the urea consumption over and above the projected demand. Urea availability becomes critical at peak stages of both Rabi (December-February) and Kharif (midMay-July) crops as most of the urea-producing plants are located outside the province beyond its monitoring control.
Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) is being produced at a rate of 70,000 tonnes per month with the cotton crop as its major beneficiary and thus is supplementing nitrogen supplies in addition to urea in Punjab.
However, the hoarding and smuggling of whatever quantity of available compost is compounding the problem to the disadvantage of the farmers. Dr Anjum Ali claims that during the last six months an on-spot fine of Rs 20.497 million has been imposed and 290 FIRs (First Information Report)registered in the drive against hoarding and overcharging.
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has recently approved a further increase of Rs400 per bag of urea putting an additional burden of Rs48 billion on farmers in an abortive bid to bridge the whooping over Rs7,000 per bag price difference between the local and international markets and thus check fertiliser smuggling.
An as anti-smuggling measure and to ensure a smooth supply of urea in the local market, the Ministry of Industries & Production has suggested a framework to the provincial governments after consultations with industry representatives. These include the distribution of urea fertilisers by dealers on presentation of relevant documents by farmers to ensure equitable distribution, issuance of receipts to buyers and the establishment of dedicated help-lines to monitor complaints related to overcharging by dealers.
The notified urea fertiliser retail price is at Rs1,850 per 50kg (the raise approved by the ECC is yet to be passed by the cabinet). The measures were necessitated because the market price of urea is hovering between Rs2,200 and Rs2,700 primarily due to the smuggling of the heavily subsidised compost despite the reduction in the rates by the manufacturers. The Fertiliser Manufacturers of Pakistan Advisory Council said last Friday that the maximum retail price of urea has been fixed at Rs2,200 per bag.
The government and fertiliser executives agreed that a coupon-based mechanism would be introduced in which prices of urea would be increased in line with the gas cost. The small farmers would though be protected through a direct subsidy via coupons to ensure that the grant for domestic farmers remains within the country.
However, the farmers already availing subsidy worth Rs1,000 per bag of DAP (Di-ammonium Phosphate) through the coupon system are apprehensive of the mechanism. Mian Umair, a leader of a faction of the Kissan Ittehad Pakistan, points out certain flaws and delaying tactics in the system that force the farmers to sell their coupons to agents for a paltry sum.
The higher amount of subsidy will further attract vested interests to finding new ways to manipulate the system for robbing deserving farmers of their rights.
The urea supply-side turbulence does not end here. There is an ongoing dispute between the government and the industry over a lack of measures to settle payments for outstanding subsidies, which also includes the sales tax disparity issue that is destabilising the market. A meeting between the industry's representatives and Finance Minister Miftah Ismail failed to reach any conclusion on settling the dispute.
The government owes the industry about Rs80bn in paybacks. This includes subsidy receivables amounting to Rs19.2bn for the 2016-18 period, while general sales tax refund worth Rs60bn also remains unpaid and the volume is growing, causing a cash flow challenge for the industry, which is paying between 5 to 17pc input sales tax against 2pc output sales tax.
Another issue that is facing the industry and causing concern among consumers is an inconsistent gas supply to the urea manufacturing plants. The problem may be solved by bringing the price of feed gas for urea manufacturers at par with the general industrial gas tariff but this will lead to a further increase in fertiliser prices and the government may ill-afford its political cost.
There are four major producers of fertilisers — Fauji Fertiliser, Engro Fertiliser, Dawood Hercules, and Fatima Fertilisers. Engro Fertilisers claims they are receiving gas under the Petroleum Policy 2012 at the highest rate of over Rs1,100 per metric million British thermal unit (mmBTU), whereas RLNG-based players are paying Rs830 per mmBTU, impacting their profitability significantly.
Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, July 18th, 2022
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Rory McIlroy reveals ankle injury is improving as PGA Championship decision looms
By George Flood
August 6, 2015 15:53 BST
Rory McIlroy has yet to provide official word regarding his place at the US PGA Championship Getty
Rory McIlroy has provided an update on the condition of his injured ankle, with rumours continuing to swirl that he could be fit enough to defend his US PGA Championship title next week.
The four-time major winner was unable to compete at The Open at St Andrews in July and was also forced to withdraw from the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational after suffering torn ligaments and joint capsule damage to his left ankle while playing football against friends.
Such an unfortunate mishap also looked to threaten McIlroy's participation in the year's final major at Whistling Straits, with rumours that he was set to participate in a practice round in Wisconsin on 8 August firmly denied by the player's publicist.
"Not booked for such a round. Still going through the ankle rehab process," Communications Clinic's Terry Prone said.
However, despite that denial, The Telegraph reports that he may now be ready to return with the necessary medical clearance. Indeed, McIlroy himself has lent weight to those rumours by revealing the extent of his swift recovery on social media.
In addition to uploading an Instagram video where he can be seen working out in the gym, the reigning world number one today posted a picture of the affected ankle that appeared to show a significant reduction in swelling, as well as considerable bruising.
"4 and a half and 3 and a half weeks ago respectively... I've come a long way since," he posted alongside the before and after snap.
4 and a half and 3 and a half weeks ago respectively... I've come a long way since.
A photo posted by Rory McIlroy (@rorymcilroy) on Aug 6, 2015 at 2:35am PDT
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McIlroy has since released another promising clip, this time showing him striking a ball with his driver on course.
The 2015 US PGA Championship begins on 13 August, with Jordan Spieth bidding to win his third major of the year. The American was denied the prestigious opportunity to become the first golfer in history to hold all four of the sport's majors in a single calendar year after finishing tied fourth at The Open, alongside Jason Day.
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Non sono lei è un brano musicale della cantante italiana Laura Pausini. È il 2º singolo che anticipa l'uscita dell'album Laura Live World Tour 09 del 2009, trasmesso in radio dal 20 novembre.

Il brano
Il brano è un inedito scritto da Laura Pausini e Cheope, la musica è realizzata da Laura Pausini e Daniel Vuletic; l'adattamento spagnolo è di Ignacio Ballesteros.

La canzone viene tradotta in lingua spagnola con il titolo Ella no soy, inserita nell'album Laura Live Gira Mundial 09 ed estratta come 2° singolo in Spagna e in America Latina.

I 2 brani non pubblicati su CD singolo, vengono trasmessi in radio; vengono realizzati i 2 videoclip.

Il video
Il videoclip (in lingua italiana e in lingua spagnola) è stato diretto dal regista Gaetano Morbioli e girato nell'estate 2009 a New York.

I videoclip di Non sono lei e Ella no soy vengono inseriti nei DVD Laura Live World Tour 09 e Laura Live Gira Mundial 09. È presente inoltre il Making of the video.

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Research article | Open | Open Peer Review | Published: 19 January 2012
Oxidative and pre-inflammatory stress in wedge resection of pulmonary parenchyma using the radiofrequency ablation technique in a swine model
Theodoros Karaiskos1,
Periklis Tomos2,
Irene Asouhidou3,
Nikolaos Nikiteas2,
Theodoros Kontakiotis4 &
Apostolos Papalois5
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgeryvolume 7, Article number: 7 (2012) | Download Citation
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a thermal energy delivery system used for coagulative cellular destruction of small tumors through percutaneous or intraoperative application of its needle electrode to the target area, and for assisting partial resection of liver and kidney. We tried to evaluate the regional oxidative and pre-inflammatory stress of RFA-assisted wedge lung resection, by measuring the MDA and tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-α) concentration in the resected lung tissue of a swine model.
Fourteen white male swines, divided in two groups, the RFA-group and the control group (C-group) underwent a small left thoracotomy and wedge lung resection of the lingula. The wedge resection in the RFA-group was performed using the RFA technique whereas in C-group the simple "cut and sew" method was performed. We measured the malondialdehyde (MDA) and TNF-α concentration in the resected lung tissue of both groups.
In C-group the MDA mean deviation rate was 113 ± 42.6 whereas in RFA-group the MDA mean deviation rate was significantly higher 353 ± 184 (p = 0.006). A statistically significant increase in TNF-α levels was also observed in the RFA-group (5.25 ± 1.36) compared to C-group (mean ± SD = 8.48 ± 2.82) (p = 0.006).
Our data indicate that RFA-assisted wedge lung resection in a swine model increases regional MDA and TNF-a factors affecting by this oxidative and pre-inflammatory stress of the procedure. Although RFA-assisted liver resection can be well tolerated in humans, the possible use of this method to the lung has to be further investigated in terms of regional and systemic reactions and the feasibility of performing larger lung resections.
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is performed by the delivery of electrical energy through a needle electrode to the area of interest, using high frequency alternating electrical current in order to cause a heat-based tissue damage. After hitting the target tissue, the current returns back to the generator through grounding skin pads. As the electrical energy increases the tissue temperature to 60-100°C there is denaturation of cellular proteins, melting of lipids, and instantaneous coagulative necrosis, resulting in irreversible cell damage.and destruction of tissue. Tissue destruction is enhanced by the creation of a secondary, wedge-shaped zone of damage due to vascular thrombosis. The RFA-created lesion heals with fibrosis and scarring [1].
This technique has been widely used for the in situ destruction of small, usually metastatic tumors, and in high risk patients [2–4]. Furthermore RFA has also been used in general surgery for the successfully completion of partial liver and renal resection due to its ability to create an extensive bloodless plane of coagulative necrosis [5–8].
In the lung, RFA is mainly used or the percutaneous treatment of small tumors, mostly under CT-guidance. To the best of our knowledge, there are still scarce data on the use of RFA in lung resection, one of these being a swine model study of our team with promising results [9]. However the local and systemic results of RFA lung resection need further investigation as lung tissue damage and coagulative necrosis created as a result of RFA thawing process can probably act as a source of toxic substances that can further induce a systemic inflammatory reaction. This has been shown in animal studies whereas RFA-assisted resection of more than 40% of the liver caused significant systemic inflammatory responses and led to poor survival [10].
In order to further evaluate the efficacy and safety of the RFA technique in performing a wedge lung resection we tried to compare the severity of primary local oxidative and pre-inflammatory stress between the RFA technique described in our previous study with the standard open thoracotomy wedge resection technique [9]. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is an end product of cellular injury and free radical formation and and an indicator of oxidative stress in cells, tissues and lung injury [11]. Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-α), also called cachectin, is a pre-inflammatory cytokine mainly produced by activated macrophages. Moreover several studies conducted upon cell lines, animal models and human beings suggest that TNF-α plays a primary role in the inflammatory process [12–14]. TNF-α has been also regarded as one of the major mediators of systemic progression and tissue damage in severe disease, and there is good evidence that TNF-α helps to propagate the extension of a local or systemic inflammatory process [15, 16].
This study was designed to evaluate primary lung tissue concentration of MDA and TNF-α before and shortly after the wedge resection in both techniques. For our animal study we used a swine model since the swine lung is large enough to more accurately simulate the human lung.
Approval from the Ethics Committee of Animal Care of East Attica County was obtained before commencement of this study. Fourteen white male pigs with an average weight of 26 kg were divided in two groups, the RFA-group, and the control (C) group.
Anesthesia protocol
A single dose of prophylactic cefamandole was given preoperatively. Induction to anesthesia was managed by administration of pentothal 8 mg/kg, pancuronium 0.15 mg/kg and fentanyl 17.5 μg/kg. Under general anesthesia the animals were placed in the supine position, intubated with a double-lumen endotracheal tube, and mechanically ventilated. Two large-bore vein catheters were placed for intravenous fluid and drug administration. Maintenance to anesthesia was managed by administering of pentothal at 3.5 mg/kg/h, pancuronium at 0.07 mg/kg every 20 minutes and fentanyl at 15 μg/kg/hr iv. The animals were placed on the right lateral decubitus position. Their vital signs were closely monitored during the operative procedure.
RFA Device
For the RFA group a Radionics Cooltip Radio Frequency System (Radionics Inc., Burlington, MA) consisting of a radiofrequency generator, a peristaltic perfusion pump, grounding pads, and the appropriate electrodes was used. The electrodes were single-shaft, 15 cm long, with a 2 cm exposure tip. The mode was set to "manual" and the timer was off.
For the RFA-group, after collapsing the left lung, a mini lateral thoracotomy was performed. After entering the thoracic cavity a small rib retractor was placed, and the lingula of the lung was retracted with a non-crashing clamp. The RFA needle electrode was inserted in the pulmonary parenchyma and the radiofrequency generator was activated by gradually increasing the output to maximum. At the end of the session a spherical zone of coagulative necrosis with a radius of 2 cm was achieved. A series of such overlapping spheres of thermal coagulation were created along the intended line of wedge resection, one next to the other, for completing the plane of resection. Following this, a lung tissue of 4 cm in diameter was divided along the ablated zone by using surgical scissors. After removal of the lung specimen, a 1 cm coagulated zone was left behind along the resection margin to ensure the sealing of blood vessels and terminal bronchial structures.
In cases of minor bleeding at the site of lung resection or air leak after lung expansion, the lung was re-excluded from ventilation, the cut surfaces were approached and additional RFA was applied with the tissue compressed together to enhance the ablation effect. Finally the lung was tested under water for air leakage with application of 20 cm H2O intrabronchial pressure. Covering it with parietal pleura or any other aerostatic or hemostatic technique did not reinforce the cut surface of the divided lung. With regard to the C-group, following thoracotomy the lung parenchyma of the lingula was grasped with a lung retraction clamp and pulled away. A concave, oblique, non-crashing clamp was placed proximally to the pulmonary lateral edge thus creating a 4 cm in diameter lung tissue specimen. The lung tissue peripheral to the clamp was cut with scissors and the pulmonary parenchyma left was repaired with a double row suture using prolene 4-0.
In both groups, before thoracotomy closure a small caliber chest tube was placed two interpleural spaces below the thoracotomy incision and put under gentle suction until completion of chest closure. After skin closure the chest tube was removed and a chest x-ray was done 4 hours after, for pneumothorax exclusion. All the animals were successfully extubated and after having a chest x-ray, they were transferred to their facilities.
Two tissue specimens were collected from the resected pulmonary parenchyma in both groups. One specimen was collected from the pulmonary healthy tissue before the procedure and the second one near the radiofrequency ablation line immediately after resection. The specimens were sent for TNF and MDA analysis. Samples were frozen at -70°C to prevent further loss of MDA and new sample oxidation. They were also protected from light to prevent photoxidation.
Method of tissue analysis
Tissue homogenization
Tissues were rinsed with ice-cold isotonic saline before homogenization. Tissue homogenization was carried out using Tris buffer 20 mM pH 7,4 and an ULTRA-TURRAX (IKA-Labortecnik) blender. 1 ml buffer was used for 0.1 gr of tissue. 10 ul of 500 mM BHT was added to 1 ml of tissue homogenate to prevent sample oxidation. The homogenate was centrifuged at 3000 × g at 4°C for 10 minutes. 0,2 ml of the supernatant was tested.
The MDA measurement was based on the reaction of a chromogenic reagent, N-methyl-2-phenylindole (MPI), with MDA at 45°C. The principle of method is that one molecule of MDA reacts with two molecules of MPI to yield a stable chromophore with maximum absorbance at 586 nm. The reagents and procedure was according to the kit BIOXYTECH LPO-586, of OXIS International, Inc. The results were expressed in μM.
The reagents and procedure, for the TNF-α measurement was according to a specific solid phase sandwich Enzyme Linked-Immuno-Sorbent Assay (ELISA) kit for swine (Sw) TNF-α. A monoclonal antibody specific for Sw TNF-α has been coated onto the wells of the microtiter strips provided. Samples, including standards of known Sw TNF-α content, control specimens, and unknowns, are pipetted into these wells. During the first incubation, the Sw TNF-α antigen binds to the immobilized (capture) antibody on one site. After washing, a biotinylated monoclonal antibody specific for Sw TNF-α is added. During the second incubation, this antibody binds to the immobilized Sw TNF-α captured during the first incubation. After removal of excess second antibody, Streptavidin-Peroxidase (enzyme) is added. This binds to the biotinylated antibody to complete the four-member sandwich. After a third incubation and washing to remove all the unbound enzyme, a substrate solution is added, which is acted upon by the bound enzyme to produce color. The reagents and procedure, for the TNF-α measurement was according to the ELISA kit KSC-3011 of INVITROGEN Corporation (CA, USA). The results were expressed in pg/ml tissue homogenate.
Data were expressed as mean ± SD. Differences in categorical data were evaluated using the paired student t-test. A beta error level of 20% or statistical power of 80% and a-level of 0.05 was used to calculate the sample size of this study. A value of P < 0.05 was considered to represent statistical significance. Based upon our preliminary data, a priori power analysis indicated that 5 subjects in each group would be a sufficiently large sample size to be adequate to detect a 30% alteration in MDA values, with a type-I error of 0.05 and a power of approximately 80%. Also, a priori power analysis indicated that 5 subjects in each group would be a sufficiently large sample size to be adequate to detect about 20% alteration in TNF values, with a type-I error of 0.05 and a power of approximately 80%.
None of the animals enrolled in this study was excluded from the results as there were no early postoperative deaths.
MDA levels were not statistically different in two groups before wedge resection of the lung (mean ± SD C-group: 23 ± 5.16, mean ± SD RFA group: 28.9 ± 5.28, p = 0.059). Table 1 summarizes the value of MDA before and immediately after the wedge resection in control and RFA group. In C-group the mean value of MDA after resection was 146 ± 46.9 whereas in the RFA-group was 381 ± 185 (p = 0.007) (Figure 1). Also, the mean MDA deviation rate in C-group was 113 ± 42.6 whereas in the RFA group was significantly higher 353 ± 184 (p = 0.006) (Figure 2).
Table 1 Values of MDA in μM before and after the wedge resection of lung parenchyma in control and RFA group.
Schematic graph of MDA mean values alterations in control and RFA group.
Schematic graph of MDA mean deviation rate changes in both groups.
TNF-α levels before and immediately after the wedge resection in the two examined animal groups are shown in Table 2. Statistically significant differences in TNF-α levels, were not observed between the two investigated groups before the wedge resection (mean ± SD C-group: 4.01 ± 1.01, mean ± SD RFA-group: 4.54 ± 1.91, p = 0.529). However, a statistically significant increase in TNF-α levels was observed in the RFA-group (mean ± SD: 13 ± 2.3) after the wedge resection compared to C-group (mean ± SD = 9.26 ± 1.72 (p = 0.005) (Figure 3). Also, the TNF-a mean deviation rate in C-group was 5.25 ± 1.36 when in the RFA-group it was significantly higher 8.48 ± 2.82 (p = 0.018), (Figure 4).
Table 2 Mean TNF-α levels (pg/ml) in both investigated groups before and after resection
Schematic graph of TNF mean values alterations in control and RFA group.
Schematic graph of TNF mean deviation rate changes in both groups.
In this experimental study we evaluated the severity of primary regional oxidative and pre-inflammatory stress of the pulmonary parenchyma at the site of wedge resection performed using RFA. As multiple applications of the RFA catheter are needed for creation of the plane of resection we hypothesized that there is enormous cell destruction that promotes oxidative processes and that the released toxic substances from the charring process can further induce a cascade of local inflammatory reaction with systemic consequences. To evaluate this oxidative and regional pre-inflammatory process we studied the tissue concentration of MDA and TNF-α before and shortly after the resection between the two animal groups.
In our study we observed a statistically significant increase of the regional oxidative stress as it is estimated by the sharp increase of MDA levels only in the RFA group. MDA is an end product of lipid peroxydation and results from degradation of polyunsaturated lipids, which are the main structural substance of cellular membrane. Lipid peroxidation is a well-established mechanism of cellular injury in both plants and animals, and is used as an indicator of oxidative stress in cells and tissues. Lipid peroxides are unstable and decompose to form a complex series of compounds including reactive carbonyl compounds. Polyunsaturated fatty acid peroxides generate malondialdehyde upon decomposition [11]. Its increase in the RFA group can be explained by the significant cell destruction created by the thermal injury, corresponding to a larger extend of pulmonary tissue necrosis at both sides of the cut edge compared to the "cut and sew" method of the control group. Whether simultaneous destruction of the microcirculation in RFA lung resection could represent a restriction barrier for propagation of the regional oxidative stress to the systemic circulation needs further investigation [10].
TNF-α represents an early phase mediator of inflammation and plays a primary role in the pathogenesis of infection, tissue injury and inflammation as it is suggested by several studies in animals and humans [12–14]. It is suggested that TNF-a is synthesized by a number of cells, including monocytes/macrophages, lymphocytes, natural killer cells, glomerular mesangial cells, astrocytes and microglial cells of the brain, and Kupffer's cells of the liver. TNF-a does not exist in a stored form but is synthesized de novo following cell activation. The biosynthesis of TNF-α is tightly regulated by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms [17, 18]. Ng et al in their research study, concerning RFA-assisted liver resection, found that during the early postoperative period, the systemic inflammatory marker concentrations (TNF-a and interleukin-1beta) in the RFA group were significantly higher than in their control group, suggesting by that, that the remnant of large necrotic radiofrequency ablated tissue can be the cause of activation of Kupffer cells. Within these cells, activation of the transcription factor complex nuclear factor B would release inflammatory factors, including TNF-α, IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, and IL-8, into the systemic circulation [19, 20]. The cascade mechanism of the observed regional increase of TNF-α in our study cannot be fully explained as there is still no other equivalent study concerning evaluation of regional oxidative and pre-inflammatory stress after performing an RFA-assisted lung resection. Further study is also needed to clarify the systemic inflammatory reaction as this technique of lung resection is still under investigation.
The main limitation of our study is the small number of investigated animals together with the absence of data on the serum levels of TNF-α and MDA. This is a preliminary study as we have planned a further investigation of Total Andioxidand Status (TAS), inflammation markers and the kinetic of these substances after RFA-assisted lung resection procedures in animals. The safety limit of lung resection using the RFA technique also needs to be studied as it was proposed that RFA-assisted liver resection of more than 40% can cause significant inflammatory responses and poor survival in a rat model [10]. Furthermore, the dose-response change of systemic inflammation after RFA assisted lung resection, and the maximal host tolerance to large-volume RFA remains to be investigated.
In conclusion our data indicate that RFA-assisted wedge lung resection increases regional MDA and TNF-a factors affecting by this oxidative and pre-inflammatory stress of the procedure. Although RFA-assisted liver resection can be well tolerated in humans, the possible use of this method to the lung has to be further investigated in terms of regional and systemic reactions. The feasibility of performing larger lung resections, like lobectomy, also needs further investigation as the lung parenchyma has substantial differences from liver or kidney.
ThKa, NT, NN and AP participated in the design of the study. ThKa performed the animal experimental surgery. ThKa and IA wrote the article. IA performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript. ThKo participated in the statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Theodoros Karaiskos
Department of Educational Surgery, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Medical School, Greece
Periklis Tomos
& Nikolaos Nikiteas
Department of Anesthesiology, Y"G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Irene Asouhidou
Pulmonary Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Theodoros Kontakiotis
Experimental Research Centre, ELPEN Pharmaceuticals, Athens, Greece
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This text follows immediately on the encounter between Mary of Magdala and the Risen Lord. That account ends with the sentence: "Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord'; and she told them that he had said these things to her" (20:18). We can assume it is the same "disciples" who are huddled in a locked room "for fear of the Jews". Did they not believe Mary?
None of the disciples is named. Their number is not given. This is perhaps a generalized depiction of all "disciples" – including you and me. Basic human instincts – including fear – intermingle with the stunning truth of Jesus' presence. It was the case then and remains the case now. The disciple is therefore called to grow into that stunning truth. John reminds us that "perfect love casts out all fear" (1 John 4:18).
Jesus came and stood among them: There is a whole new way of being represented here. The Risen Lord is visible but not constrained by material objects – "the doors were locked". This is not a discussion about physics but a proclamation of a new order. Similarly, "he showed them his hands and his side". (Luke mentions hands and feet – see Luke 24:40.) However, this second statement contains the crucial truth that the risen one is also the crucified one! Jesus' death and resurrection has opened us to see and know and experience what was once unavailable to us. The reign of God has arrived. The Cross is the beginning not the end.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you: This repeats 17:18-19: "As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth". The disciples are part of the very mission that Jesus receives from the Father: "Here it is the perfect obedience of the Son that is especially emphasized (e.g. 5:19–30; 8:29), an obedience that has already been made a paradigm for the relation of the believers to Jesus (15:9–10). Jesus was sent by his Father into the world (3:17) by means of the incarnation (1:14) with the end of saving the world (1:29); now that Jesus' disciples no longer belong to the world (15:19), they must also be sent back into the world (20:21) in order to bear witness, along with the Paraclete (15:26–27) - though obviously there is no mention of incarnation along the lines of 1:14, and any parallel must be entirely derivative. In so far as Jesus was entirely obedient to and dependent upon his Father, who sealed and sanctified him and poured out the Spirit upon him without limit (1:32; 3:34; 4:34; 5:19; 6:27; 10:36; 17:4), so far also does he constitute the definitive model for his disciples: they have become children of God (1:12–13; 3:3, 5; 20:17), the Spirit has been promised to them (chs. 14–16) and will soon be imparted to them (cf. notes on v. 22), they have been sanctified by Christ and will be sanctified by God's word (17:17) as they grow in unqualified obedience to and dependence upon their Lord." (D A Carson, op cit, 648-649.) Central to being a disciple is being sent.
Today's Gospel – John 20:19-31 – reveals the heart of the Christian life. As Pope Benedict XVI noted at the beginning of his encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, being a Christian is about "an encounter with an event, a person". "The doors were locked for fear of the Jews, (and) Jesus came and stood among them". He came to them! He sought them out! He who had been abandoned and betrayed by them, he who had been so cruelly executed, his body mangled. "He showed them his hands and his side". He stood there looking at them, each one of them. With resentment? With recriminations? "'Peace be with you'" he said. "'As the Father has sent me, so I send you'. When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit'." In this way he recalled the first creation where it is said that God took the soil of the earth, breathed on it, and humanity came to be – see Genesis 2:7. "He breathed on them".
And they rejoiced! This was an experience like no other. His presence penetrated their very beings and transformed them. They would later describe as an experience of being born again, a new creation.
There are three crucial, interdependent truths revealed here. And they are corroborated elsewhere in John's Gospel and Letters.
Firstly, it is the Risen Lord who makes us Christians. It is not something we have done or earned or acquired. John, in a stunning passage – 15:1-17 – sums it up by the repeated use of the Greek word meno, generally translated as "abide": "Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing" (Verses 4 & 5. See also 1 John 4:7-21). What is on offer in and through Jesus Christ is a communion of being.
Secondly, the living presence of Christ within us brings with it a new way of being in the world. We are "born from above" (John 3:3). Jesus tells Nicodemus: "What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:5-6). The Christian is a Christ-bearer to the world. St Paul says: "So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God ...." (2 Corinthians 5:17–18).
Thirdly, a new way of behaving is now possible. "Love one another as I have loved you" (John 15:12). And this "love" is a triumph of grace not will power, a participation in God's Life not a result of self-mastery: "In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins" (1 John 4:10). To love yourself and others is to let Christ be Christ in you.