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"Good Cholesterol" A Myth?
New study casts doubt on the role of HDL
By Markham Heid
While most of us might not be able to define HDL cholesterol, we usually do know it's the good kind. Why? For years, doctors and scientists have dubbed high-density lipoprotein (HDL) the "good cholesterol" due to the belief that HDL—a type of lipoprotein that helps transport cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood—helps lower the risk of heart disease. That belief is so strong that many doctors prescribe drugs like niacin to help raise HDL levels—even when all heart disease risk factors fall within healthy ranges. But a new study threatens to turn that thinking on its head.
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Roughly 100 doctors and medical professionals from dozens of health institutions participated in the Lancet study, which examined the genetic profiles and heart-disease outcomes of more than 100,000 people. The researchers focused on people who carry specific genes that cause an increase in their production of HDL.
[sidebar]The thinking was: If so-called "good cholesterol" is directly responsible for improving cardiovascular health, then higher HDL levels should result in healthier hearts. But that's not what they found. People who carried the high-HDL genes were shown to suffer the same rates of heart disease as those with lower HDL levels.
So what does this mean? Nothing yet, says Steven Nissen, MD, Prevention advisor and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. "This new research is interesting but not definitive," he says. "People with high levels of HDL have a lower incidence of coronary heart disease. We've known that for decades." What's less clear, he says, is whether HDL is the cause of the drop in heart disease risk or simply a byproduct of other proven heart-strengtheners like diet and exercise.
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Dr. Nissen, who is working with the pharmaceutical company Lilly to test an HDL-boosting drug, says the Lancet study examines the genetic side of HDL, but not the environmental side. "There are many different forms of HDL, and I still don't think we have a complete picture of HDL's potential benefits," he says.
Until science has a more complete understanding of HDL, Dr. Nissen recommends all those taking measures to boost HDL levels continue to follow their doctor's instructions.
Also see: The Science Of Heart Disease, 7 Heart Tests That Could Save Your Life, Can Stress Increase Your Cholesterol?
Markham Heid Markham Heid is an experienced health reporter and writer, has contributed to outlets like TIME, Men's Health, and Everyday Health, and has received reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Maryland, Delaware, and D.C.
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Surgeon escaped from East Turkistan: Arab countries (mainly Saudi Arabia) have become the main customers of the 'Halal' organ harvesting in China.
—–There are organ transplantation centers located next to the concentration camps in coastal areas of China where innocent Uighur people (transferred from East Turkistan) are locked up.
With the exposure of CCP's large-scale live harvesting of Falun Gong's organs, more attention has been focused on the crisis that Uighurs have become the new target of this systematic anti-human crime. Anwer Tohti, who used to be a surgeon in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (East Turkestan), recently told the media that Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group, has become the new target of CCP's large-scale live organ harvesting, and most of the customers of their 'Halal' organs are from the wealthy Arab countries. The organ transplantation centers were found around all black jails (concentration camps) in which innocent Uighurs are detained along the coastal area of China.
As Enver disclosed, the Arab customers complete the ordering and payment processes in ahead back in their own countries, they will be arranged to the live organ transplantation surgery at Urumchi (the capital city of East Turkistan). Why is it Urumchi in East Turkestan? The answer may be that the so-called 'Halal' organ sources are over there. Mr. Tohti is continuing to collect more solid evidence on this issue.
Moreover, according to the satellite collected images and other information, part of the millions of detained Uighur population in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) has been secretly transferred to the inner and coastal area-provinces in China. Uighurs in the jails(concentration camps) of Henan and Zhejiang provinces are treated as terrorist criminals. The CCP central committee directly takes charge of these Uighur detainees, which means the local prison authorities have no permission to question on these special convicts.
Enver Tohti, a Uighur currently living in Landon and once worked as a surgeon at a local hospital in Urumchi, Xinjiang (East Turkistan).In 1995 he was ordered to harvest organs from a young man who was sentenced to death penalty. Mr. Tohti confessed that this young man was still alive and breathing when his organs were taken. Since escaping from China, Mr. Tohti has been consistently following closely and exposing the CCP-operated live organ harvesting crimes particularly targeting Uighurs. According to Mr. Tohti's testimony, the CCP has built a complete industry chain of the live organ harvesting, which has been expected to bring a huge number of profits, despite most of the live organ sources are completely unknown.
Mr. Tohti said that the number of registered donated organs and death penalty convicts is much less than the actual number of organs used for organ transplantation surgeries in China. The wait time to find a matched organ is several weeks in China, however, that is generally several years in any other countries. Meanwhile, more and more Uighurs have been detained and disappeared.
Mr. Tohti said, the CCP local authorities in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) implemented compulsory blood sample collection among the Uighurs in the name of the National Health Medical Examination (physical examination) and the aim of this operation is to build a live organ matching database. He showed us a picture of the Human Organ Transportation Green-Path (HOTGP). This picture was taken at the Urumchi International Airport. Mr. Tohti questioned what a huge number of live organ transportation need to open a special path for it at the airport? The China Southern Airline has reported more than 500 organ transportation cases since Mr. Tohti exposed the HOTGP picture.
According to overseas (for example, Human Rights Watch, UN, and scholars) investigation, there are more than one million innocent Uighurs being locked up in the concentration camps. But, the president of the Uyghur American Association (UAA) has stated that one million detainees are just a conservative number. (The reals number of detainees in those camps may be up to three million).
Citing the numbers obtained from the Uighur media, Mr. Tohti mentioned that at least one hundred thousand Uighurs had been arrested and disappeared from 1995 to 2007. The CCP never presented any statement on where and how those hundreds of thousands of Uighurs are now.
Over the past two years, the Chinese communist party has increased 'ideological transformation' campaign towards the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). An enormous number of young Uighur men have been detained in the concentration camps (so-called re-education camps). Also, the Chinese regime arranged many forced marriage of young Uighur Muslim girls to non-Muslim Han Chinese men. International observers pointed out that Uighurs are facing the danger of mass ethnic extinction.


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After Breakfast, Transfer To The Airport For Domestic Flight To Mandalay. Upon Arrival, Visit Mahagandayon, A Famous Buddhist Monastery, Where More Than A Thousand Monks Live And Study; Continue To 200-Year-Old U Bein Teak Bridge, Built In 1782 At The Time When Amarapura Was Royal Capital. Since Then It Is Noted For Silk & Cotton Weaving. Visit A Traditional Hand-Woven Silk Workshop. And Then, Transfer To Your Hotel For Check-In. In The Afternoon, The GOLDEN PALACE MONASTERY, A Superb Example Of A Traditional Wooden Building And KUTHODAW PAGODA The World's Largest Book, Made Of Marble. Visit A Traditional Hand-Woven Silk Workshop As Well As A Golf-Leaf Manufacturing Workshop. And Then Drive To Mandalay Hill For Sunset. Accommodation At A Hotel In Mandalay.
After Breakfast, Board Your Private Boat On The AYEYARWADDY RIVER And Travel Upriver To MINGUN (About 1 ½ Hour). Visits Will Start With The MINGUN BELL, A Magnificent Sight Of The World's Largest Un-Cracked Bell Weighing 90 Tons, And Will Continue With HSINBYUME PAYA As Well As The Unfinished MINGUN PAYA, Built As One Of The World's Largest Chedis By King Bodaw Paya. And Then, Drive Back To Mandalay. In The Afternoon, Visit The Mahamuni Buddha Image, Golde Leaf Making, Stone Curving Und Wood Curving In Mandalay. Accommodation At A Hotel In Mandalay.
After Breakfast, Overland Drive (220 Km - 6 Hours) On A Journey With Varied Agricultural Landscapes And Small Villages To MOUNT POPA, An Extinct Volcano With A Shrine Dedicated To Animist Spirits Known As "Nats". Upon Arrival, Check In At Your Resort. After Lunch, Drive By Road To The Starting Point For A Light Hiking On A Scenic Trail To Nearby Village At The Foot Hill Of Mount Popa And Discover How The Villagers Live In Harmony With The Nature. Return To Your Resort. Dinner Is To Your Own Account And Overnight Stay At Hotel At Mount Popa.
This Morning, There Is Time For The Energetic To Climb The 777 Steps To The Shrine At The Top Of The Volcanic Plug. Continue By Road To BAGAN, Visiting One Of The Toddy Palm Orchards En Route To Witness The Rural Life Of The Region. Upon Arrival In Bagan, You Will Check-In At Your Hotel.After Lunch At A Local Restaurant In Bagan, Visit To ABEYADANA TEMPLE With Frescoes Representing Bodhisattvas And The Gods Of Indian Mythology; MANUHA TEMPLE, Built In The Mon-Style In 1059; NANBAYA TEMPLE, A Unique Sandstone Monument Said, MYAZEDI STUPA Myanmar's "Rosetta Stone", Bearing Inscriptions Written In Four Languages And MYINGABA GU BYAUKGYI TEMPLE, A Temple Noteworthy For Its Mural Paintings Under The Protection Of UNESCO. Embark On A Sunset Cruise By A Small Private Boat Including Local Snacks And A Cocktail. Dinner Is To Your Own Account And Overnight Stay At Hotel In Bagan.
OPTIONAL: Early Morning, Pick Up At Hotel For 'BALLOONS-OVER-BAGAN' Flight And You Get A Magnificent Birds-Eye View Of Thousand Year-Old Pagodas, Temples And The Mighty Ayeyarwaddy River. The Balloon Is Guided By Gentle Winds Not Exceeding 24 Km/H. Eight Passengers Plus A Pilot Fit Into The Balloon's Basket. After Breakfast, Stroll Through The Colorful Local Market And Continue The Day With Visits To The Most Significant Pagodas And Temples Of Bagan Including SHWEZIGON PAGODA, Built By King Anawrahta In The Early 11th Century As A Religious Shrine; See 12th Century Frescoes Adorning The Corridors Of KYANSITTHA CAVE TEMPLE; KU BYAUK GYI, A Temple With Superb Murals Of Jataka Scenes; HTILOMINLO, The Last Bamar Style Temple Built In Bagan, With Old Murals And Friezes; ANANDA TEMPLE, With Four Standing Buddha Images And THATBYINNYU TEMPLE, Known As 'Temple Of Omniscience' And Dating From 1144. After Lunch At A Local Restaurant, Learn About One Of Myanmar's Most Treasured Handicrafts At A Lacquer Ware Craftsmen's Workshop In Nearby MYINKABA Village. Continue To DHAMMAYANGYI, A Massive-Looking Temple Dating From 1170 That Is Famous For Its Interlocking Mortar Less Brickwork. Proceed To SHWESANDAW PAGODA To Watch The Sunset Over The Famous Ayeyarwaddy River. Dinner Is To Your Own Account And Overnight Stay At Hotel In Bagan.
After Breakfast, Transfer To The Airport For The Domestic Flight To HEHO. Upon Arrival, Overland Drive To KALAW, A Fresh And Delightful Hill Station, On The Rim Of The Shan Plateau Which Is A Market Center For Ethnic Minorities From Surrounding Regions. Lunch Is Taken At A Simple Local Restaurant. Dinner Is To Your Own Account And Overnight Stay At Hotel In Kalaw.
After Breakfast, Trekking Tour To One Or Several Of The Palaung Villages. The Animist Palaung Were Amongst The Earliest Inhabitants In Myanmar And Have Kept The Tradition To Live With Several Families In 'Long-Houses', Cultivating Cash Crops And Thanapet (Cordia Tree) For Burmese Cheroot Cigars. Total Walking Time: 2 To 4 Hours, Depending On Which Villages Guests Wish To Visit, Partly Up Hill On Un-Paved Paths, Altitude Difference About 150 To 300 M, Average Physical Condition Required. After Lunch At A Local Restaurant, Drive To NYAUNG SHWE (62 Km – 1½ Hours) And Proceed By Boat To Your Hotel. Dinner Is To Your Own Account And Overnight Stay At Hotel On Inle Lake.
After Breakfast, A Full Day Excursion By Boat On Inle Lake Will Include The Famous Leg Rowers, Typical Floating Gardens, Local Methods Of Fishing, Village Life And Magnificent Scenery. Visit The PHAUNGDAW OO PAGODA, One Of The Main Principle Shrines In Myanmar And Dating Back To The 18th Century; The NGA PHE KYAUNG MONASTERY, Famous For Its Jumping Cats Trained By Monks; The Weaving Village Of INPAWKHON And One Of The Local Markets In The Inle Lake Region (On Market Days Only). Lunch Is Taken At A Local Restaurant On The Lake Itself. Dinner Is To Your Own Account And Overnight Stay At Hotel On Inle Lake.
After Breakfast, Transfer By Boat To MAING TAUK Village Located On The Eastern Shore Of The Lake. Walk Through The Village And Continue Up Hill (Walking Time Approximately 1 Hour) Under The Shade Of The Trees To A Stupa And The Adjacent Monastery Which Is Also A Meditation Center. The Moment You Arrive You Will Feel A Sense Of Serenity And Peacefulness. If You Wish A Monk Will Introduce You Into The World Of Meditation And Give You A Lecture On The Way Body And Mind Flows Together As One. Descend Back To The Village With The Possibility To Visit An Orphanage On The Way. Total Walking Time: About 2 Hours, Partly Up-Hill (Not Steep), Altitude Difference Less Than 100 M. Continue By Boat To A Local Restaurant Built On Stilts Over The Lake For Lunch. In The Afternoon Travel By Boat To The Western Shore Of Inle Lake, Where You Will Find The Beginning Of A Stair Path Leading To The Hidden And Unknown INN THEIN PAGODA Complex. Dinner Is To Your Own Account And Overnight Stay At Hotel On Inle Lake.
After Breakfast, You Will Be Transferred To Heho Airport For The Domestic Flight To YANGON Or THANDWE. Upon Arrival, Transfer To The Hotel.Itinerary Is Subject To Change Depending On Confirmed Flights, Road Conditions And Availability Of Rooms.
Private Tour: Daily Departure With English-Speaking Stationed Guides. This Tour Is Also Available With Chinese Or French Or German-Speaking Guide Throughout The Tour.


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PDP to woo IBB, Ekwueme, Atiku, Ciroma for 2019 elections
On December 19, 2015 7:21 amIn Newsby akintayo eribake
*Supports Buhari anti-Corruption war, cautions him on alleged 'selective' fight
*Shops for Anenih's replacement, get a new BoT Chairman
By Henry Umoru, ABUJA
FOLLOWING its defeat at the March 28 Presidential election and ahead of the 2019 Presidential election, the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP disclosed yesterday that it has concluded arrangements to meet its founding fathers next year and beg them for forgiveness as part of moves to reposition the party.
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Though the party never came up with founding fathers to reach out, but a source disclosed to Vanguard gathered that there were moves to woo former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; ex- minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, others to plead with them even if some of them may not want to play very active roles , but would continue to play such fatherly roles as it were in the past.
Rising from its meeting yesterday in Abuja, the PDP Board of Trustees, BoT while commenting President Muhammadu Buhari's anti- corruption war aimed at putting the country in its rightful position among comity of nation's, however cautioned the President against what the party termed, selective justice, adding that those alleged to be corrupt do not only exist in the PDP, but in all facets of life including the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the private sector, among others.
Addressing Journalists after the meeting, BoT Secretary, Senator Walid Jibrin who asked the President to beam its searchlight on those who were formally of the PDP and now major players in the APC, said, "we in the PDP do not support corruption, whoever erred in corruption in Nigeria should be dealt with, but we don't want selective justice. Anybody that goes wrong, it is not only in PDP that you have corrupt people, and this Dasukigate, is one aspect that this party will not go against. We will not go against it provided that all the people that are alleged to have done bad are brought to book. We are with anybody that will rid Nigeria of corruption, we do not support corruption but as much as we agree that we should deal with corrupt people, it should be fair. Let us put our search not only in PDP, but among all Nigerians, not only among the parties, even in the private sector you have corrupt people."
Senator Walid Jubrin disclosed that a larger meeting of BoT would be convened January 14, 2016 where a a substantive chairman of the board would take over from former minister of Defence, Alhaji Haliru Bello, who presently occupies the office in an acting capacity.
He said, "As the conscience of the party, we are trying to dialogue with the aggrieved people, we are ready to dialogue with the founding fathers of this party, immediately after our meeting on the 14th of January and having come with a new chairman, we are going round this nation, we are going first to discuss with our founding fathers, all those who are within and those who have left this party and try to lure them and bring them back to the party because we have all the opportunities now to win again all the elections up to 2019.
"And so we will not play with any member of the party, and we want all party members to be cooperative with all organs of the party, we are a special organ of the party, we are the conscience of this party. If we do not come out and do something now, God will not even forgive us, we must come out and tell the truth and look at the matters as they are; whoever, erred, we must bring him to book, we must advise well, our is advisory but we are given specific functions to do when there is situation of this nature we must come to it. We want to be fair to all, so that on the14th January we will gather and do the right thing and will fear nobody, whoever erred, it is our duty to say the truth.
"I don't believe the party is in shambles, the party is alive and kicking very well. We have many aggrieved people in the party and people who have left this party because of one reason or the other".
Speaking further on the election of a new BoT Chairman, Jubril who noted that the board has not penciled down anybody to emerge as substantive chairman, however explained that if the current Acting chairman, Alhaji Haliru Bello wants the position, he was free to contest, adding, "The procedure of electing a new chairman will be discuss on the14 January, if Bello wants to contest he is so much welcome to contest".
Commenting on the sack of the PDP acting national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus by Abuja High Court, the BoT Secretary said "We have decided that all legal matters will be looked at on January 14, so we are not in a hurry to discuss any legal matter now. But on the January 14, there are many of them, they will be looked at and bring sanity to the PDP".
On the proposed National Convention fixed for March 19, 2016 by the National Working Committee, NWC, Jubrin who noted that NWC could act for the National Executive Committee (NEC), said that NWC did not err in fixing a date for the national convention, adding, "when you read the constitution of our party, the NWC can act on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NWC); thereafter present the issue to the NEC and then to the national convention. So if NWC has proposed dates for congresses up to the national convention, it is not bad at all. It will be brought before NEC and it will go to the national convention for approval. I don't think they have gone out of their bound at all".
In a communique at the end of the meeting and signed by Secretary of BoT, Senator Walid Jubrin who noted that Quorum was not formed due to crucial party activities in Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Ekiti and some of the party activities in some states, said that bad weather situations in some parts of the country also prevented flights.
However, the meeting recommended that a larger meeting of BoT be held14th January 2016 to elect a substantive BoT chairman and therefore advised all BoT members to attend the meeting.
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A forum thread [Google translation] posted to Chinese site WeiPhone.com earlier this month claims that Apple is planning to introduce its next iMac at a press conference either this month or next month, with the new iMac offering a redesigned body with a thinner profile. The report includes a photo of what is said to be the logic board and other internal components of the new iMac.
The authenticity of the photo can not be confirmed, but iFixit's Kyle Wiens tells us that it does appear to be plausible based on some similarities to current iMac components. One example is the silver disc located behind the main layer of components. This disc has been found in Apple's iMac models over the past several years, and it houses the Wi-Fi antenna directly behind the Apple logo on the rear of the iMac's body. The Apple logo is the only plastic portion of the iMac's otherwise aluminum rear shell, thus providing the best location for optimizing signal reception.
Other items of interest pointed out in the photo include the Bluetooth antenna (top edge), fans, and hard drive.
The redesigned iMac is said to be considerably thinner than the current form factor, with the machine's thickness almost impossible to gauge when viewed from the side. The curved rear shell is also said to appear more like a water droplet than the squared-off design seen in the current model.
The report also claims that the new iMac's screen is glued to the front glass of the machine, in line with previous rumors stating that Apple is moving to fully laminate the two components together for improved display quality.
Also in line with previous rumors, the report suggests that Apple may first update the 21.5-inch model with the new design, which is said to maintain the existing "chin" below the display even as the body is tweaked with a thinner profile. The updated 27-inch model could then follow somewhat later, as has been suggested due to the challenges of laminating the larger display and glass with acceptable yields. The new iMacs are also said to be more expensive than the current models, but it is unclear how significant any pricing changes would be.
Finally, the report claims that Apple is indeed working toward a release of a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. The notebook is said to already be in assembly in "Mexico and other places", with Chinese production coming later this month. The new 13-inch model is said to carry a code name of "D1", which fits with the "D2" code name that turned out to be the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro.
The report also seems to suggest that Apple will be tweaking the 15-inch model to address a few technical issues such as heat dissipation, but these changes will apparently be made behind the scenes and not be presented to consumers as an updated model.
Apple is reportedly set to hold a media event on October 23 to introduce the iPad mini, but it has been unclear if the company plans to introduce its new Mac products at the same event. If Apple does decide that its updated Macs are significant enough to warrant a presentation for the media, it will likely show them at the iPad mini event rather than trying to squeeze in yet another separate event.
If anything should "SHOUT" form over function, making a non mobile desktop computer (that is build for a serious fast task - computing) thinner just for aesthetic reasons, when it makes no difference to the products usefulness is just utterly idiotic.
Are desks collapsing due to the current iMac weight?
Can you get more iMacs on your desk if the shave another few mm off the thickness?
You you sit side on and think, if only the iMac was a bit thinner?
Do you have trouble positioning the iMac on your desk due to it's thickness?
The iMac is "Supposed" to be the General Public's serious computer (not Mac Pro) it's supposed to be technically excellent.
At the moment, due to Apples insistence on form over function it is limited to laptop chip sets as the case is too cramped and will overheat.
Internal components run HOT, yes they are within tolerance, but still hotter than they need to run. And all heat does is shorten the lifespan of electronics.
Some have suggested the constant yellow screen issues that have plagued the iMas for years is down to the heat/cramped conditions the screen has to sit within.
It just seem crazy to make something, technically worse for visual sake, esp when on a desktop the thickness is a non issue.
An iPhone and iPad and iPod all have to be limited technically in what they can do due to practical size and weight limitations, that is obvious.
An iMac should not be deliberately burdened by those limitations.
Do you really want iMacs always constricted to be not as good as they could be? Perhaps, who knows, even glued together to save that extra 0.5mm?
A news article about an Apple Desktop Computer.
But why the hell would they make them more expensive???
Hands down BEST news all week.
I really do not understand Apples obsession with making everything as thin as possible.
I wonder if they are trying to make the worlds first 2D computer that can only be seen by viewing it in the (x,y) plane.
Does the iMac need to be any thinner? Seriously, I'd rather they didn't have to compromise on internals for the sake of a pointless keynote boast.
Woohoo!!!! Even though I dont have the cash to buy a new one!!!!!!!! :D Thinner isnt always better and with something as large as an iMac i dont think its necessary. Apple should really concentrate on delivering a desktop GPU to its customers instead of the mobile chips it uses in its 'desktops' Now that the MacPro has been pretty much abandoned by Apple then maybe an iMac Pro will have a nice ring to it but only if it delivers on the power that a power using professional requires.


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Die Dhauliganga, auch Dhauli Ganga, ist ein linker Nebenfluss der Alaknanda, dem linken Quellfluss des Ganges, im Himalaya im indischen Bundesstaat Uttarakhand.

Die Dhauliganga entsteht am Raikanagletscher auf  Höhe. Die Dhauliganga fließt in überwiegend südlicher Richtung durch den Distrikt Chamoli und wendet sich auf den letzten 20 km nach Westen. Dabei trennt das Flusstal die Kamet-Gruppe im Westen von der Nanda-Devi-Gruppe im Osten. Bei Rani nimmt die Dhauliganga die Rishiganga von links auf. Kurz vor der Mündung liegt die Kleinstadt Jyotirmath am Flussufer. Die Dhauliganga mündet schließlich bei Vishnuprayag in die Alaknanda. Die Dhauliganga hat eine Länge von 82 km.

Gletscherlauf an der Rishiganga (Februar 2021)
Am 7. Februar 2021 kam es an dem Nebenfluss Rishiganga zu einem Gletscherlauf, wobei ein im Bau befindliches Wasserkraftwerk überflutet wurde.

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Lehfed (, also known as Lihfid) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 55 kilometers north of Beirut. Lehfed has an average elevation of 1000 meters above sea level and a total land area of 529 hectares. There were three companies with more than five employees operating in the village as of 2008. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.

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Populated places in Byblos District
Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon


Mridula Dwivedi is an academician from Gurgaon who loves to travel. She did a Ph.D. in Management from IIT Kanpur. At first opportunity she is ready drop off everything to go on the next trip. She loves trekking a bit more than everything else. Her favorite regions are Nepal and Himachal Pradesh. One day she wants to travel the world.
Raina Assainar a full time-mom who has covered the darker shade of Navi Mumbai- crime reporting. She has now decided to take a step back to enjoy motherhood and explore her passion for home decor, travelling and other finer things. She confesses that she is also turning into techno-geek of sorts.
Sharayu Shejale is a BOOK ADDICT; who experiments with various authors and genres, though she usually prefers mysteries, fantasy, adventures and humour. She happens to be interested in the unusual, the bizarre and the weird (once you read her articles you would know what we are talking about!). In her free time, she can be found learning and teaching new words to her colleagues.
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Ryan D'souza He is a self confessed gadget geek and is one of those 'techies' who actually knows what each tech jargon means! When not fiddling around any new gadget or software that he lays his eyes on; you can find him in his living room with the headphones on or playing warm tunes on his guitar.
Rohan Malandkar Traveler, foodie and a deep thinker. When I am not on my 9 to 6 job, I am always doing one of the 3 things mentioned above. Besides that, trying to write my first novel and at least try to make a new dish every week. Besides this, I love to read a lot, work out in the gym and collect rare books from the Mumbai street shops. Oh, did I mention I am a foodie!! ??
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According to newly released TechSci Research report, 'Saudi Arabia Wireless Headphones MarketBy Type, By Distribution Channel, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2013-2023', Saudi Arabia wireless headphones market is projected to cross $ 130 million by 2023. Anticipated growth in the market can be attributed to technological advancements in wireless headphones segment such as bone conduction technology and noise cancellation technology, coupled with a growing young population base in the country. Moreover, growth in music industry along with rising penetration of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, etc., as well as OTT is further anticipated to augment demand for wireless headphones across Saudi Arabia over the next five years.
North and west regions of the country accounted for majority share in Saudi Arabia wireless headphones market,owing to largeand expanding urban population basein these regions, which includecities like Riyadh, Jeddah, etc.On the basis of type, Saudi Arabia wireless headphones market is categorized into in-ear and on-ear headphones. On-ear headphones are dominating the market, however in the coming years, in-ear headphones are expected to grow at the faster pace.
"With rising trend of no audio jack phones and introduction of new and innovative features in wireless headphones, their demand is increasing across Saudi Arabia. Moreover, growth of e-commerce industry along with increasing applications of wirelessheadphonesis further positively influencing the country's wireless headphones market. Additionally, wireless headphones are convenient to use and come with various user friendly features which are expected to push their sales in Saudi Arabia over the next five years." said Mr. Karan Chechi, Research Director with TechSci Research, a research based global management consulting firm.
"Saudi Arabia Wireless Headphones MarketBy Type, By Distribution Channel, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2013-2023" has evaluated the future growth potential of Saudi Arabiamarket and provides statistics and information on market structure, size, share and trends. The report is intended to provide cutting-edge market intelligence and help decision makers to take sound investment decisions. Besides, the report also identifies and analyzes the emerging trends along with essential drivers, challenges and opportunities present in Saudi wireless headphonesmarket.


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When the Skrulls come to town, it's all-out war in Wakanda! The alien invaders have war ships, advanced technology, super-powered soldiers, and an army that outnumbers the Wakandans ten-to-one. Cake walk, right? Think again! There's a reason Wakanda had never been conquered, and the Skrulls are about to find out why - the hard way!


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It boots to the Ubuntu installer and then asks me to insert a CD-ROM.
Thanks! That worked! I replaced t-pxe with the server's IP 192.168.0.22 and I now have a booted live CD!
It's still complaining about the lack of a file system on the network.


Update: Since writing of this article the 'rule' => 'multiple' has been implemented in cake core.
It is much more convenient to use for HABTM validation.
You may consider this post deprecated and only to be used for historical purposes or if you are working with an older code-base.
So we've got our Post and Tag models (Post hasAndBelongsToMany Tag).
First, let's build the form for saving our Post and some Tags.
Pretty generic stuff… In our controller we'll get a list of tags and it will be automagically assigned to our 'Tag' input and turned into a bunch of checkboxes representing each Tag.
After submitting the form the Tag data will be sent back as an array of id's.
As you see, we are using a custom method checkTags() to ensure that at least one Tag has been selected. It might appear that we could use 'notEmpty' rule, but unfotunatelly it doesn't work with arrays of data so we have to use our own validation method.
First, we validate the Tag model, by using the data from the form to ensure that at least one Tag was selected. If so, we save the Post and the relevant Tags.
Also, as you see, we use find('list') to build our list of Tags for the view by relying on some good CakePHP magic.


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Poop scoop: Everything you need to know about healthy pooping
By marilisaraccoglobal Global News
Posted February 28, 2018 6:00 am
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There are fewer things as intrinsic to your body as pooping. After all, in your first weeks in the world, all you did was eat, sleep, breathe and poop. But has it always been an ideal experience? There are a number of factors that indicate whether your bowel movements are healthy, and if they aren't, they could also be an indication of underlying health issues that need to be addressed.
Like your fingerprints, everyone's bowels and how they function are unique to them, but it's the subtle (or not so subtle) changes that could raise a red flag.
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We spoke to Dr. Sapna Makhija, gastroenterologist and co-director of the GI Health Centre in Burlington, Ont., to get the dirt on healthy poops and how to know when your health could be circling the tank.
How often should we poop?
"There's no right or wrong answer to that," Makhija says. "For some people, it's perfectly normal to go one to three times a day, for others, they may go three times a week. It depends on the individual."
However, she says if there's a persistent change in your bowel movements that lasts from four to six weeks, you need to address it with a physician.
"If you typically go every day and then for six weeks, you're only going once or twice a week, you need to see a doctor. Some people have lazy bowels, but if you're accustomed to going three times a week and you feel miserable on the days you don't go, you have to figure out why it's happening."
What does healthy poop look like?
In 1997, doctors from Bristol Royal Infirmary in England created a diagnostic chart based on a large-scale study that examined the bowel habits of 2,000 men and women. Called the Bristol Stool Scale, it's used as the standard guideline for the different types of feces, ranging from constipation to diarrhea, as well as a tool to evaluate various bowel diseases.
It's broken down in seven categories: small hard lumps, a lumpy sausage-like shape, sausage-like with cracks on the surface, smooth and snake-like, soft blobs with clear-cut edges, fluffy mushy pieces, and liquid or watery.
"I always ask my patients about the form, consistency and colour of their stool, and anywhere from three to four, and at times even five [on the Bristol scale] is normal," Makhija says. "Anything outside of that is either constipation or diarrhea."
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What about colour?
Typically, feces is brown in colour because it contains bilirubin, which is a pigment byproduct of the breakdown of red blood cells in the body. But other colours can be cause for alarm.
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"If your poop is pale or clay-coloured, it could be an indication of a bile duct obstruction, and if it's black or dark red, that could be a sign of internal bleeding from your GI tract," Makhija says.
In addition, yellow feces accompanied with fat droplets could be an indication of an underlying health issue like Celiac disease.
One colour that shouldn't freak you out, however, is green.
"Green stool is not known to be anything concerning. It could be regular bile that's being secreted into the colon, or sometimes people have faster colonic transit, which means the food they eat [like dark green vegetables] don't get broken down fast enough before passing through."
When is smell a concern?
This tends to mimic the colour of your stool. The presence of bacteria is what contributes to the strong-smelling nature of poop, but sometimes an odd or particularly pungent smell could indicate something is amiss.
"If the [uncharacteristically] bad smell is persistent, it could be an indication of malabsorption, and could be a sign of Celiac disease and certain pancreatic issues," Makhija says.
But the biggest concern should be if your black, tarry stool is accompanied by a particularly foul odour, which can indicate internal bleeding.
How long should it take to complete a bowel movement?
Once again, this is dependent on the individual, how often they go and what they've had to eat. But one thing Makhija stresses with her patients is to do the deed and get out.
"We don't recommend sitting for an extended period of time," she says. "Go when you feel the urge but don't sit there for too long, otherwise you're consistently straining and that's how you get hemorrhoids. Just do your business and get out."
When should a person seek medical attention based on the state of their poop?
Any drastic changes that occur consistently over the course of four to six weeks warrant a visit to your doctor.
"Also, if there's visible blood or fat in the stools, if you're repetitively waking up in the middle of the night to have a bowel movement, or are experiencing unintentional weight loss."
Makhija also says to keep an eye for a change in form. If you normally produce sausage-shaped stools and suddenly they're taking a long, thin form, that could be an indication that there's an obstruction in your colon.
What medical conditions could underlie severe constipation and diarrhea?
The most concerning issue with constipation is colon cancer, she says. Although this could also be a result of metabolic changes like hypothyroidism.
With diarrhea, health concerns include infection, inflammatory disease and malabsorption.
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"Both extremes require further investigation to see what the causes are."
How to eat for healthier poops
We know that adequate fibre intake is the answer to healthy bowel movements, but that doesn't seem to inspire many North Americans to alter their diet.
"The majority of the population does not include enough fibre when it comes down to the types of foods they eat," says Andrea Falcone, registered dietitian and certified fitness professional in Toronto.
The recommended daily intake of fibre for adults is between 25 and 38 grams. There are two types of fibre to include in your diet: insoluble and soluble. The former helps form your stool, as well as lower cholesterol and control blood glucose levels, while the latter helps to soften it.
"One thing people don't connect with is the fact that fibre is great, but if you have too much of it and you don't drink enough water, you're not doing yourself any favours because it won't keep you regular," Falcone says.
To get insoluble fibre, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and wheat bran, while soluble fibre can be found in the skin of fruit, oats, barley, psyllium husk, beans, lentils and some vegetables.
"I don't focus too much on numbers with my clients, but I encourage them to look at their meals and see where they can include fibre," she says. "At breakfast, do you have a fruit or a whole grain source? Have you included some kind of vegetable or whole grain at lunch? With dinner, have you incorporated at least two choices of vegetables?"
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She suggests making simple and easy-to-incorporate changes to your diet, like adding a teaspoon of psyllium husk or ground flaxseed to your morning smoothie, snacking on an apple or a pear with almonds, and including a few handfuls of spinach to your dinner.
"The thing is you don't want to add too much fibre all at once because it can have the opposite effect," she says.
She also points to physical activity as an important component to staying healthy and regular.
"Physical activity has a big impact," she says. "If we're not moving, nothing will move [internally] either."
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Inspirational quotes have this unusual ability to motivate the mankind and change the way they feel about themselves. That's why, people find these interesting and crucial on their ways to achievements. The way a person thinks and feels, including his beliefs and expectations about what is possible for him, determine everything that happens to that particular person. When he changes the quality of his thought process, he changes the quality of his life. Positive words make an individual smile or laugh. An individual's thoughts react to the world in real-time. However, there are times, when it's difficult to feel positive and happy– life is after all, difficult. If a person having trouble seeing his cup as half full instead of half empty, reading some positive quotes about life can help you snap out of his bad times. EliteColumn brings you some inspirational quotes to help you see the never-ending potential that life has to offer.


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A Wisconsin State Park System vehicle admission sticker is required. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held at the Ice Age Visitor Center (located off Highway 67 half mile west of Dundee). Ken Lonnquist, an award-winning songwriter and entertainer, hails from Madison.
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Wild coach Bruce Boudreau guarantees a playoff berth
Dismal stretch doesn't deter the Wild coach's confidence.
By Sarah McLellan Star Tribune
February 15, 2019 — 6:37am
The Wild has been slipping down the standings for the past two weeks, winning only once in its past seven games.
It has dropped the past two head-to-head battles with Central Division rivals, was trampled by the lowly Edmonton Oilers and blew a pair of leads — including a two-goal cushion — to get capsized by the Philadelphia Flyers.
These deficits burned through the team's breathing room, plummeting it into the wad of nine clubs below the Western Conference division leaders clamoring to advance without any assurance they will.
But coach Bruce Boudreau is convinced he knows the Wild's fate. And that's playing beyond the regular season.
"We're going to make the playoffs," he declared Thursday after the team's practice at TRIA Rink in St. Paul. "That's about as elaborate as I want to get. You want me to predict how many wins we're going to have in the last month and a half? No. But we're going to make the playoffs."
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After resuming its second-half push following an eight-day break as the third seed in the Central Division, the Wild tumbled into contention for one of the two wild-card berths — a pursuit that starts up again Friday when the team plays host to the Devils at Xcel Energy Center.
Hot-and-cold offense, costly errors in the defensive zone and injuries have plagued the group during this 1-4-2 slide, and while players can try to fix the first two issues, they won't be at full strength.
Forwards Victor Rask (lower body) and Matt Hendricks (upper body) are day to day and won't suit up against New Jersey. Winger Pontus Aberg, who has missed the past six games because of a lower-body injury, has been skating but also isn't ready to return.
That leaves the Wild with only 11 available forwards, but it's unclear if team brass will make a call-up from the minors. During practice Thursday, defenseman Brad Hunt worked with winger Kyle Rau and center Eric Fehr on the fourth line.
This adversity coupled with the team's recent woes, however, hasn't diminished Boudreau's confidence in his players.
"I know our team," he said. "We've made it before. I don't know if the right word is precipice, but we're on the edge of things being really good rather than being very mediocre. I can look at the last [seven] games and say a five-percent difference and we win those games. I think just looking at their faces after the game the other night [against the Flyers] and knowing how upset and disappointed they were, I'm saying this is a team that wants it."
Captain Mikko Koivu shares the same belief in his teammates, who have struggled to recalibrate since Koivu suffered a torn ACL and meniscus in his right knee Feb. 5.
Leaning on crutches inside the team's locker room, Koivu spoke publicly for the first time Thursday since he was injured and underwent surgery a week ago, the start of a recovery that will sideline him for the rest of the season.
"Never had that in my career, that you don't have that goal to get back on the ice and be with the team," the 35-year-old said. "I think first when you know the news, how long you're going to be out, it's almost like a hopeless feeling."
He's become more encouraged, though, after learning about how his knee will rebound — becoming stronger than it was before, he said. And once he notices improvement, Koivu expects his optimism to bloom.
"It's about your effort, the way you take care of yourself on and off the ice," Koivu said. "At the end, it's going to be a battle. But if you're strong enough, you're going to be able to do it."
Injured after colliding with Buffalo Sabres winger Tage Thompson near center ice, Koivu wasn't sure initially how seriously hurt his knee was; what he felt reminded him of MCL issues he'd had in the past.
But once he saw the doctor and had an MRI, it became clear what he was facing.
His knee wasn't in as poor of shape as initially thought, and Koivu said it feels better than expected. He's been resting on the couch, watching TV, but he's also started rehab since the goal is to regain motion as soon as possible. The knee is sore the day after he works on it but otherwise, he's OK.
Koivu's objective is to be completely healed by training camp in September, and he plans to track his journey to that point by journaling weekly, jotting down updates to remind himself of his progress while also taking notes on what he observes from the Wild and the rest of the NHL.
"I'm going to try to learn from it and get stronger from it," he said.
And like Boudreau, he also believes he'll be watching the Wild compete in the playoffs despite the team's current plight.
"Every shift, every period, all that matters," Koivu said. "You start building on that, and it'll be just fine."
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Up-to-date guidance for clinicians to treat HIV-related cardiovascular disease
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor)Mar 5 2019
Now that people infected with HIV are living longer due to effective therapies, it is imperative to understand why their risks from cardiovascular disease are about 50 percent higher than the general population, according to the Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Since the advent of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become more like a chronic illness. Now that patients are able to live longer and remain free of developing AIDS, they have begun to encounter new risks from age-related disorders common in the general population, including cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Who is best suited to treat these patients is not clear, since HIV specialists may not have the expertise to manage CVD, and cardiologists may lack adequate training in understanding HIV-related disease processes or treatments. To address these gaps in clinical care, the latest issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology presents up-to-date guidance for cardiologists and other clinicians who treat this growing and challenging patient population.
"Survivors of the AIDS epidemic face a variety of new threats to their health, including an increased risk of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cancer, bone diseases, neurocognitive disorders, and CVD, due to the cumulative effects of exposure to HIV, prolonged immune suppression, chronic inflammation, and the adverse effects of ART," explains David D. Waters, MD, Division of Cardiology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the Department of Medicine of the University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1,122,900 adults and adolescents were living with HIV in the United States by the end of 2015. Of those, 162,500 (15 percent) had not received a diagnosis. Worldwide, an estimated 35 million people have HIV. Although deaths from AIDS-related illnesses have declined dramatically since the 1990s, deaths from CVD in people with HIV have more than doubled over the past two decades. Studies have shown a two-fold greater risk of myocardial infarction (MI) for persons with HIV even after adjusting for CVD risk factors. As more HIV patients age, cardiologists' services will be in even greater demand.
Cardiologist Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Zuckerberg San Francisco Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA, discusses mechanisms of cardiovascular disease in the setting of HIV infection. According to Dr. Hsue, the types of CVD occurring in HIV have shifted over the years from pericardial effusion and dilated cardiomyopathy to conditions such as atherosclerosis, arrhythmic complications, and heart failure. Factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of CVD in HIV include a preponderance of traditional risk factors (such as hypertension, lipid abnormalities, cigarette smoking, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease), leaky gut and microbial translocation, T-cell activation and cytomegalovirus coinfection, chronic inflammation, platelet abnormalities, and side effects from antiretroviral therapy.
Even in the setting of effectively treated HIV infection, HIV-associated factors are strong contributors to CVD; for example, an association exists between chronic inflammation and CVD in both HIV and non-HIV patients. Dr. Hsue discusses evidence regarding the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory medications in reducing CVD events. She also makes the important point that persons living with HIV represent a unique model of chronic inflammation and thus, "findings gleaned from studies in HIV patients can help to identify anti-atherosclerotic targets that may benefit broader populations."
Dr. Hsue believes that the cellular mechanisms that underlie "ordinary" atherosclerosis may be amplified in HIV patients. "On a molecular level, monocytes/macrophages, platelet reactivity, and immune cell activation may be heightened in the setting of HIV and contribute to HIV-associated atherosclerosis." She also cites evidence that HIV-related atherosclerosis is structurally distinct from atherosclerosis in non-HIV individuals.
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Chronic inflammation and immune activation are also considered the primary drivers of HIV-associated coronary artery disease (CAD). Arjun Sinha, MD, MS, and Matthew Feinstein, MD, MS, examine the clinical features of CAD in HIV patients.
"Inflammation is now recognized as an important factor in cardiovascular disease, however, the reason for increased inflammation in patients who develop heart disease, especially in those living with HIV, remains unclear," notes Dr. Sinha, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. "Despite treatment with antiretroviral therapy that eradicates the HIV virus from the blood, low levels of the virus remain active in the intestines leading to changes in the intestinal lining and bacteria. How these changes lead to increased inflammation and heart disease is an important area of research as it can have broader implications for the population at large."
Numerous studies have shown increased plaque buildup and heart attacks in people living with HIV. This is despite the fact that the vast majority are well treated with ART. During the initial years of ART, some HIV medications were thought to be the reason behind this increased risk because they would cause weight gain, high cholesterol, and triglycerides. While this was a valid concern, current ARTs do not have those side effects. However, the increased CVD risk remains. "We are learning that even after suppression of the virus in the blood with these newer agents, there is increased inflammation and changes in the immune system that put these individuals at a higher risk of heart attacks. The HIV virus still hides in certain parts of the body such as the intestines likely leading to these problematic changes," notes Dr. Feinstein, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
The authors also delve into differences in the presentation and outcomes of CAD and acute coronary syndrome between HIV-infected and non-infected patients, including lower age at presentation, more non-calcified plaque, increased risk of 30-day in-hospital mortality and recurrent MI, and higher risk of ST-segment elevation MIs, and the higher risks observed in women vs. men with HIV.
The authors emphasize the importance of early and continuous ART therapy in reducing CVD risk and find that many risk estimation tools developed from general populations underestimate CVD risk in HIV patients. "We also have to become better at predicting the risk of future cardiovascular events in people living with HIV so that we can identify who will benefit from starting therapies that are already available," comments Dr. Sinha.
This special issue also includes reviews on other cardiovascular concerns for patients with HIV, such as stroke, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and arrhythmias. Dr. Timothy Ryan and colleagues consider the role of vascular imaging in the risk assessment of people with HIV. Dr. Pierre Gigere provides an in-depth description of potential drug-drug interactions between ART and CV medications, which is especially important when treating patients who take multiple drugs and have several comorbidities. Dr. Bobby Yanagawa discusses cardiac surgery in HIV patients, including protective measures for the surgical staff.
"People with HIV have significantly higher risk for heart disease, including heart attack and heart failure, than people without HIV. This higher risk remains, even after accounting for demographic factors, common heart disease risk factors, and HIV medications. The majority of people with HIV in high income countries are now over 50 years old. This underscores the importance of understanding WHY people with HIV get heart disease and HOW we can curb the HIV-heart disease epidemic," says Dr. Feinstein.
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Where the Art Is: The Artwork of Jen Pepper
Ashley Lazevnick
What do the Louvre Museum and Syracuse, New York have in common? (No, it's not a hidden copy of the Mona Lisa). The Everson Museum of Art, a building designed by the same architect that constructed the glass pyramid in Paris – I.M. Pei. The facade monolithic building, which Pei completed in 1968, incorporates enormous planes of intersecting concrete and a series of ramps that lead up to the main entrance. A spiral staircase, hewn from the same material as the building's exterior envelope, dominates the spacious atrium. Although it is a small museum, the galleries, which branch off from the entranceway, boast an impressive collection of American art (including a copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington) and New York state artifacts. What truly makes this museum shine, however, is its celebration of local artists. The Everson famously hosts an exhibition every two years – the Everson Biennial – that exclusively features artists working within the region of Central New York. As an added twist, the Biennial's 2010 incarnation will be a yearlong series of rotating exhibitions, entitled The Edge of Art.
On Friday, the first exhibit opened with the work of Jen Pepper, a professor of Art at Cazenovia College. Pepper's show, that which cannot be held, is an extension of her previous work Tautologos, a series of installation sculptures that use synthetic geometric forms and metals to create a world pregnant with movement and language. With her most recent solo show at the Everson, Pepper demonstrates the viability of experimental and abstract art in upstate New York. That which cannot be held is a testament to all things ephemeral – upon entering the room, the visitor's path is blocked by a diaphanous mesh draping, which is in fact a sheath of finely crocheted galvanized cable. Walking beyond the curtain, one will find several other elements dispersed about the room: a white-coated bed of flowers in the center, a small abstract painting on the right hand wall, another mesh form suspended from the ceiling and a video clip of Chittenango Falls which stretches the entire back wall. Taken collectively, these elements create a sensuous experience that is peaceful, but curious nonetheless. Pepper describes her installation as a "momentary and liminal state, where form and content remain in a pause."
By weaving together natural and hand-wrought materials, Pepper equates all forms of creation, which each demonstrate a continual process of change, just as the water trickles recurrently in the background or the floating metal mobile seems to dance and transform as one moves around it. By implicating the viewer, the meaning in her work becomes secondary to the experience. Only by entering the room and moving among the objects, can one begin to see that it is not only the artwork itself that activates a process of transformation, but the space between. One must engage in a continual process of understanding and discovery, wherein there is a balance between "getting to know" and "letting go." In that regard, this piece not only elucidates but also activates the emotive process that Pepper describes as that which cannot be held.
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Past Placemaking Honorees
John Boespflug City Builder Honorees
BDA Annual Celebration
February 9, 2023 | 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Meydenbauer Center
Join hundreds of business and civic leaders at the Bellevue Downtown Association's 49th Annual Celebration! Revel in an evening of dinner, drinks, and conversations about transformative city building and the future of Downtown Bellevue. We'll lead off with social time, followed by a three-course meal, special recognitions, and a fireside keynote conversation.
This year, we'll be presenting the John Boespflug City Builder Award to a community leader who has positively impacted the heart of Bellevue through their work and continues to foster a dynamic civic and cultural community for all. See all past honorees here >>
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Keynote Program
Downtown Bellevue's Hyperlocal Future
The celebratory evening will include a fireside keynote conversation featuring Jennifer Vey and Nate Storring, editors of Hyperlocal: Place Governance in a Fragmented World. They will discuss the power of place – and the future of downtowns and urban centers like Bellevue's – in a fragmented world. You'll learn about why place governance matters -- How the "hyper" local is the locus of real change and provide guidance on how to improve place governance practices to meet the needs of all communities.
Jennifer Vey
senior fellow with the Brookings Metro and Director of the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking
Vey is the author or co-author of dozens of Brookings publications examining the changing place needs of people and businesses; the implications of these shifts on how we live and work; and how transformative placemaking investments can support the development of more inclusive communities. Her work explores how place-based policies and practices can generate widespread social, economic, and environmental benefits.
Nate Storring
co-executive director of Project for Public Spaces
Storring is a curator, writer, and designer who specializes in making contemporary architecture and city planning accessible to the general public. Since 2016, he has co-authored several research briefs on innovation districts, including placemaking principles for innovation districts, a guide to asset mapping, and a primer for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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Baylis Architects | Clark Nuber PS | First Tech Federal Credit Union | GLY Construction | Heritage Bank | Parker, Smith & Feek | Seattle Children's | Su Development


An Amazing Fact: In 1967 the city of Long Beach, Calif., bought the Queen Mary from Cunard Lines. Since then $63 million has been spent on its conversion into a tourist spot with a museum, shops, restaurants, and a hotel. Now many in the city of Long Beach look upon the giant ship, docked on the ocean front, as a floating white elephant, and voices are calling for the doughty old liner to be scrapped. With no possibility of sailing the seas, they claim the Queen Mary serves as false advertising; a ship filled with activity that never leaves port.
How to Choose a Church?
"And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching" (Hebrews 10:24, 25).
You can be a Christian without joining a church: if you can be a bee without a hive, if you can be a soldier without an army, if you can be a salesman without customers, if you can be a politician who is a hermit, if you can be a football player without a team.
A man who was raised in Russia came to the United States in hopes of becoming a citizen. In his desire to blend in and be a good American, he tried to conform to as many customs as possible.
"What do Americans eat for breakfast?" he asked a friend one day.
"Well, most people eat cereal," the friend responded.
So, the Russian immigrant headed for the nearest supermarket and asked the clerk where he could find the cereal. The clerk directed him to an aisle longer than an airport terminal and said, "Take your pick!"
Endless stacks of cereal of all descriptions and colors lined both sides of the aisle. Hot cereal, cold cereal, big boxes, little boxes, children's cereal with cartoon characters on the front or athletes advertising prizes inside. Some cereal was almost pure sugar, some had no sugar. There was instant cereal, multigrain, and fiber flakes.
For over an hour the man wandered aimlessly up and down the aisle not knowing how to choose a box of cereal or where to begin. He was completely dazed by the vast selection of just cereal!
You see, companies like Kellogg's and Post make dozens of different kinds of breakfast cereals that appeal to as broad a spectrum of society as possible. In that way they hope to capture a larger share of the consumer market.
Likewise, the devil has created many different religions and many different churches to capture a larger part of the world worship market. Some people think the devil is against religion. Wrong! He is all for it, as long as it is counterfeit. He has tried to trap man by introducing false systems of worship telling him it doesn't matter how a person worships, just as long as he is religious. By having a kaleidoscope of confusing counterfeit churches, Satan is hoping to camouflage the true church. It's like hiding a diamond in a pile of broken glass.
"I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead" (Revelation 3:1).
A visitor in a strange city was returning from supper when a sign in a store front window caught his eye. It read "Chinese Laundry." He made a mental note of the location because he had been gone long enough to have need of a good laundry. The next morning he arrived at the store with a bag full of soiled clothes. He piled the clothes on the counter before a shocked attendant.
"What's this?" the attendant asked.
"My laundry," came the reply. "I've always heard that Chinese laundries do excellent work." The baffled clerk quickly informed the visitor that the establishment was not a Chinese laundry.
"But what about the sign in the window?" asked the bewildered visitor.
"Oh, this is not a laundry, it is a sign shop" the attendant replied.
Some people struggle with disillusionment because they chose a church based on a good name on the building. But that is like picking a good breakfast cereal by virtue of a pretty picture on the box. Lets face it, some churches have great names: "Church of God," "Latter Day Saints," "Church of Christ," "Assembly of God," etc., but once inside you might find bingo, bazaars, and potluck social gatherings instead of a soul-cleansing program. The church sometimes sends out false signals about its purpose. Needy people bring in their dirty laundry only to discover that the cross of forgiveness is nothing more than a sign in the window and that the attendants are not equipped to handle soiled lives.
From the time of the Garden of Eden, Satan has known that mankind was created with the inherent desire to worship, and many have accepted his counterfit forms. Cain fell for Satan's trap. He made an offering according to his own creation and then killed his brother, Abel. The men who crucified Jesus were extremely religious. The Bible tells us that even those who receive the mark of the beast in the last days will be worshipping.
Satan is not against religion. That's why he even invited Jesus to worship him, but he is furiously opposed to the truth of Christ's religion which exposes his devices and the people who do God's will.
The devil heard Jesus say, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). That is why he is working frantically to cloak the truth and confuse people as to how they should search for the true church.
It's the church of my parents.
It's close to our home.
The people are friendly and loving.
The preacher is handsome or dynamic.
They have a good children's program.
The building architecture is impressive.
The important or influential people attend this church.
Now catch this. Though each of these elements might be good in and of itself, none-not one of them-is the right reason to join a church. That means that the majority of people in the this country join churches for the wrong reason.
There is only one right reason to join a church, and that is because the foundation teachings of the church or denomination are the teachings of the Bible and of Jesus, and you are committed to following truth.
In light of this, you would be amazed how few people can tell you about the specific teachings of their church. Even regarding basic doctrines about God, the law, baptism, salvation, death, the second coming, heaven, and hell, most Christians have only a superficial knowledge of their church's positions on these foundational truths.
Sadly, most people shop for a church the way children choose breakfast cereal. They like the picture on the box or they want the prize inside while missing the most important criteria-reading the ingredients.
The first and most important test question to ask of any church is, "What are their beliefs?"
Are the teachings of this church consistent with the teachings of Jesus? If the doctrines of that denomination are the teachings of Christ and the Bible, then that is God's church, and you should become a member and hang in there even if: the people are cantankerous and crabby, the singing sounds like feeding time at the zoo, the church building is a renovated hamburger stand, the pastor's sermons are so boring that the bats leave the belfry at 11 o'clock every Sabbath morning, the members are so divided that there is a fluorescent line painted down the middle of the sanctuary, the people come to church driving army tanks.
"And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 12:17, NKJV).
Have you ever wondered if God's true church really exists? Suppose that God does have a special church somewhere that holds the truth in it's foundational teachings. Would it look like the "perfect" church? Would all the members wear halos and pious smiles? Would the building have a Christmas star hovering overhead each night and angelic music emanating from each window?
On the contrary, it would be the supreme object of Satan's rage and attract his concentrated attention. The devil would try to introduce as many problems and conflicts into the church as possible to discourage the members and newcomers. He would probably inspire the world to accuse them of being a cult in the same way people living in Jesus' day said He had a devil (John 7:20). He would try to entice them to jump ship, to throw in the towel or to stop fighting the fight of faith.
"During ages of spiritual darkness the church of God has been as a city set on a hill. From age to age, through successive generations, the pure doctrines of heaven have been unfolding within its borders. Enfeebled and defective as it may appear, the church is the one object upon which God bestows in a special sense His supreme regard" (Acts of the Apostles, 12).
When because of their lack of faith, murmuring, complaining, and lusting after Egypt, the children of Israel had to leave the borders of the Promised Land and were forced to return and wander in the wilderness, they did not go alone! Faithful ones like Moses, Aaron, Joshua, and Caleb did not break off by themselves, but stayed with their weaker, faithless brethren. Not only did Moses stay with them, God stayed with them, too! In spite of their frequent failures, the children of Israel were Gods' church. Why? "Because that unto them were committed the oracles of God" (Romans 3:2).
They were the true church because they were His people of prophecy and had the truth of His word. "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us" (Acts 7:38).
Should I Ever Leave a Church?
Two teenage brothers, Bo and Joe, decided to take advantage of the warm weather one Sunday afternoon and drove down to the ocean pier to go swimming.
"I can't wait to dive in," said Bo.
They changed into their swim trunks and headed toward the pier. It stood high above a rocky shoreline and led out into the water where the waves crashed on the pilings below.
"Last one in is a rotten egg," yelled Bo, as he ran down the pier and dove off the end.
"Hey, wait for me," Joe answered, running to the end of the pier and stopping.
Being a little more cautious than his brother, Joe paused to look over the end of the pier before diving off. There, to his horror, was the body of his brother, floating in the shallow surf, his neck broken by the rocks that hid just below the surface of the water. A young teenager lost his life by diving at low tide when the waves were out. He didn't know when to jump.
You may think Bo was less than brilliant for not stopping to look before he dove, but, like Bo, many today are diving out of the church like lemmings running blindly off a cliff into the sea. They never stop to look before they leap; to think about whether or not there are rocks below. They just see a problem in the church and follow those who say, "last one out is a rotten egg."
It is easy to get discouraged when you consider all the potential problems one may encounter in a church. There are so many voices out there constantly reminding us of all the hypocrisy and failures. Some independent ministries are ever providing tabloid information, regurgitating present and past scandals, the squandering of money, lack of the Holy Spirit, the famine of real Bible preaching, etc., as reasons to leave the church.
Some ask, "Can't I be part of God's church without being part of a denomination or the organization? Must I endure pathetic preaching and spiritless fellowship from one week to the next? Is there a time to leave the church?"
Yes, there is a time to leave the church! And the criteria and principles for leaving a church are the same as those for joining.
When the official church doctrines are no longer the teachings of Christ, when you are no longer allowed to teach and practice the truth within its fellowship, then obviously you have no choice but to go somewhere else.
Now, I realize that church membership is not an elevator to heaven, and that many-maybe even most-of those whose names are on a church membership roll here on earth may not be citizens of God's kingdom in heaven. At the same time, Satan knows that "united we stand, but divided we fall," so he is working with a frenzy to divide God's people and scatter the army until our power evaporates. If you really love Jesus and are committed to truth, you will want to be a part of His body, and He wants you to join His family, faulty though it may be.
Focusing on some of the challenges that threaten our churches can leave a person with the idea that church membership must be a negative experience. But in reality God has designed His church as a very positive and loving environment. But this article is to remind us that even if it is not, we will remain committed to God's movement.
This is why it is so important that we glue our hands to the plow, squeeze until our knuckles are white, and never look back or let go (Luke 9:62)!
"Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me" (Ruth 1:16, 17, NKJV).


There are very few people out there who have been blessed with perfect teeth when they were born, but now orthodontic treatments are able to make a huge change for you. I'm sure if you take a trip to see your orthodontist he will talk about any or all of the braces/appliances below, they have been designed to help correct any problem you may have.
Gone are the days of the heavy metal braces that everyone used to have. Now traditional braces are much lighter and have less structure too. The braces are made from quality stainless steel and also have metal brackets put on to the teeth with a dental cement. Each bracket is then connected to one another using a thin wire, this controls the amount of pressure put on the teeth in order to slowly reposition them in to the correct position.
Ceramic braces work in exactly the same way as the traditional kind of brace, the difference being that the brackets are clear because they're made from transparent material. They have become increasingly popular because the braces are not as visible as others.
People love this option because it is not noticeable in the mouth and there's no metal involved whatsoever. Each patient has a set of different clear plastic trays made which will help to realign their teeth. You can take them out when you eat and need to clean them, plus you get a new aligner every fortnight – each new try will bring you one step closer to achieving the perfect smile.
This is a good option for people who have overcrowded teeth, the only other option is to have teeth extracted. In days gone by pulling out the teeth was the option preferred by dentists, but more modern orthodontists recommend using a palatial expander. It will fit in your palate and gently move the teeth further apart.


the ridiculous thing is south park did thias specifically to point out how ridiculous it is that they get pissed off, and they rose to it. Retards!
Was searching through the archive and found this.
NSFW (not safe for work)!!
Absolutely brilliant. Gash or Tash and Funnel or Tunnel have especially good music to them so turn on those speakers.


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The resulting psychic trauma rendered Reignfire inert. He lost consciousness for several months and emerged confused, wounded and disoriented. Vowing revenge on his genetic template, Reignfire set about ruining Sunspot's life. Because he shared all of Sunspot's memories and knowledge, he managed to do so with minimal effort. After recruiting the help of his former associate Locus, Reignfire blocked Roberto's access to all of his financial accounts with his corporation, Da Costa Industries. Then, he went about murdering board members and shareholders of the company, quickly bringing it to ruin. Those who complied with his demands, however, he let live.
After absorbing all of Sunspot's power, Reignfire took him and the rest of X-Force captive—except for Proudstar, who eluded him and Locus. He imprisoned them in a chamber beneath a Las Vegas casino and prepared to kill them. Were it not for Proudstar's intervention, he might have succeeded.


But does it really want to change??
Q: How many art directors does it take to change a light bulb? A: Does it have to be a light bulb?
Q: How many copyeditors does it take to change a light bulb? A: The last time this question was asked it involved art directors. Is the difference intentional? Should one or the other instance be changed? It seems inconsistent.