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Tell Me Who You Are
Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity
Written by Winona Guo, Priya Vulchi
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Penguin Adult HC/TR	| TarcherPerigee
On sale Jun 04, 2019 | 400 Pages | 978-0-525-54112-7
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An eye-opening exploration of race in America
In this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed high school without hearing any substantive discussion about racism in school, the two young women deferred college admission for a year to collect first-person accounts of how racism plays out in this country every day--and often in unexpected ways.
In Tell Me Who You Are, Guo and Vulchi reveal the lines that separate us based on race or other perceived differences and how telling our stories--and listening deeply to the stories of others--are the first and most crucial steps we can take towards negating racial inequity in our culture. Featuring interviews with over 150 Americans accompanied by their photographs, this intimate toolkit also offers a deep examination of the seeds of racism and strategies for effecting change.
This groundbreaking book will inspire readers to join Guo and Vulchi in imagining an America in which we can fully understand and appreciate who we are.
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"In Tell Me Who You Are, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo do exactly that--tell us who they are, how they have come to thinking so carefully, so deeply about race, and how they want to create change. From Alaska to Florida they visit all fifty of these United States to talk to people about their experiences of race and the intersections of identity in America. This book is at once hopeful, raw, and brimming with curiosity, engagement and youthful energy. Through the conversations these women have with people from all walks of life, we see that the key to any kind of progress begins with letting people tell us who they are. If you want to have richer, more fruitful discussions about race, gender, all the things that comprise our identities, this book will give you a necessary vocabulary. All you have to do is turn the page."
--Roxane Gay New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Difficult Women
"This is an exploration of race in America by two young women who are earnestly challenging their own assumptions, and encouraging the rest of us to do the same. If you're a young person who wants to be part of our national conversation on race but doesn't know where to start, this book is an engaging launching point."
--Cecilia Muñoz, former Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for President Obama and Senior Vice President at the National Council of La Raza (now UNIDOS US), the nation's largest Hispanic policy and advocacy organization
"This is a critical book for current times where we are seeing a resurgence of nationalism, racism, sexism and authoritarianism globally. Better communication and understanding, particularly among the next generation, is the key to humanizing the unfamiliar and countering identity politics. Kudos Priya and Winona for your vision, your journey and the honesty and respect with which you tackle diverse stories from across the country."
--Yasmeen Hassan, Global Executive Director of Equality Now
"From the moment these two remarkable young women took the TEDWomen stage as high school seniors to talk about their commitment to have a real conversation about race, I knew their work would be a game changer in the conversation about race in this country…and Tell Me Who You Are is just that—the outcome of an extraordinary journey from the wealthiest neighborhoods to the poorest reservations and communities to find out more about who we all are."
--Pat Mitchell, former President of CNN Productions and the first woman President and CEO of PBS
"I'm truly astonished by the vision, audacity, and leadership of Winona Guo + Priya Vulchi to compile these amazing stories from over 150 Americans. These girls are the antidote to the notion that this generation is apathetic. In fact, they are our thought leaders and have proven to be dynamic change-makers! It takes enormous courage to confront the cracks in our humanity and hold space for such diverse stories.
Tell Me Who You Are is exactly what our country needs right now. In these divisive times, two young women have managed to create a tangible catalyst for compelling and necessary conversation, by doing something truly radical: Listening. Deeply.
--Monique Coleman, actress, Global Youth Advocate, CEO of Motivated Productions
"While we know a lot about racial literacy, the work that Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi have accomplished in Tell Me Who You Are brings life to this concept. They are magical in weaving in the stories of everyday folks' racial traumas and triumphs and force us to question the way we see the world. They encourage us to stop assuming we understand racial, gender, sexual, age and ability biases and open our eyes. They implore us to be more than spectators or witnesses, ignorant of the broken racial promises right in front of us and speak to that loss. This work is a call for not just talking about social justice but doing random acts of justice everyday. Be careful. If you want your racial justice neatly packaged into the "saying the right thing" or "avoiding the wrong thing to say," go elsewhere. But if you want to become fluid in how to keep the racial justice promises we make to people who are different in this society, read on."
--Howard Stevenson, Ph.D., Director of Forward Promise, Racial Empowerment Collaborative, Constance E. Clayton, Professor of Urban Education, University of Pennsylvania
"Brave. Bold. Insightful. This book not only offers insight into how we think and do race, it is a testament to what this generation can do to fundamentally transform our world. The reader can't help but feel the energy, passion and commitment of these two brilliant young women."
--Eddie S. Glaude Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Chair, African American Studies, Princeton University
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This past Monday, October 14, Penguin Random House Education and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) cohosted a special National Day of Writing Event featuring Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi, authors of TELL ME WHO YOU ARE: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity, published by TarcherPerigee. Several dozen teachers, as well as Annysa Polanco,


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Many people who suffer from asthma and allergies don't realize it, but a low immune system is very likely at the root of their problems. Medical experts agree that a lowered or improperly functioning immune system can and does result in several diseases such as asthma, allergies, arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome and cancer to name just a few. There are ways to strengthen your immune system, which will help to significantly decrease your allergy and asthma symptoms.
The body's immune systems first line of defense against disease are barriers that prevent antigens, which are large protein molecules of bacteria, viruses, chemicals and other substances that appear harmful from entering your body. The barriers include your skin, mucus, cough reflex, stomach acid and even enzymes in your tears, which destroy toxins. If the antigen or toxin manages to get past these barriers, then the immune system launches a second line of defense, found in your blood. They are white blood cells, which perform a protective function by seeking out and destroying foreign protein antigens.
If you suffer from a low immune system it is important to avoid things that suppress or act to destroy it, such as a high cholesterol diet, heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium), fat, alcohol, fried foods, food additives, obesity, industrial pollutants, pesticides, herbicides, stress, prescription drugs, too much sunlight, tobacco, and radiation. Even too much sunlight will lower your immune system. Studies show that 15 minutes a day without sunscreen is benifical, after that it's best to slather on the sunblock if you are out longer.
Unfortunately, there is no "magic bullet" that you can take to quickly repair your immune system, but there are several ways to help build and support it by providing your body with proper nutrition, regular exercise, adequate rest, relaxation and maintaining a positive mental attitude.
4. Take 1000 mg of Vitamin C daily.
5. Eat 5 to 7 servings of vegetables and fruits daily.
6. Eat 3 to 4 servings of legumes weekly.
allergies and asthma will find that their asthma and allergy symptoms become less frequent and less severe when their immune systems are stronger. It's important to avoid using allergy and asthma drugs, which have toxic side effects that act to lower the immune system.
How Water Can Prevent Asthma?
It's good for you, inexpensive and simple, but an often overlooked asthma remedy- drinking enough pure water daily can actually help prevent and reduce your asthma symptoms.
Dehydration produces a large amount of histamine, which creates back pain, inflamed joints, allergies and asthma. The lungs need water almost more than any other part of the body, when the body lacks sufficient water the lungs feel tight and sensitive.
When your lungs are dehydrated, the free passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of vapor. If you simply increase your water intake this will help to actually prevent asthma attacks. If you or your loved one have ever experienced them you know just how frightening and horrible they can be. You will be delighted to find your symptoms decrease just from drinking 8 to 10 eight ounce glasses of pure water daily. However, doctors warn that being overly enthusiastic and drinking water in excess of this amount is not helpful. Keep in mind that Mom was right, it's wise to do all things in moderation. If you are like me and many others, we get too busy and forget or avoid drinking so we can limit restroom visits. But your health is much more important and it's a small price to pay. If your urine is not a very pale yellow, or even clear, you are not getting enough water (taking B-complex vitamins will result in bright yellow urine).
It's not necessary or advisable to spend a fortune on expensive bottled water. Tap water that is filtered with a system like Brita is good and costs are low, or you can use distilled or spring water if you prefer. Use a glass or stainless steel bottle, or non toxic plastic. Shaking the water briskly will also help oxygenate it.
Experts say that taking sea salt to break the mucus plugs in the lungs, which obstruct the free flow of air in and out of the air sacs is also very beneficial. Keeping your acid and alkaline levels in balance is also particularly important for you if you have asthma and allergies or any disease. Simply adding a slice of lemon to your water is excellent because it actually has an alkalizing effect when inside the body.
Asthma is a serious lung disease effecting over 20 million people in the US alone. An asthma attack is caused by a trigger, which can be any external stimulant such as perfume, food, air pollution, cold air, animals, dust, etc., which our bodies react to. Knowing what your personal triggers are and avoiding them will help greatly to prevent asthma attacks. However, what triggers an asthma attack in some people may not even bother another asthma sufferer at all.
To make things more confusing, sometimes a trigger will cause a mild reaction one day and then a severe one the next day. This could be the result of being exposed to multiple triggers, for example one of your known triggers could be pollen, but when combined with a few new unknown triggers - fabric softener, detergent, perfume or a food additive can hit very hard and trigger a major attack. On days when you are feeling tired and haven't had enough sleep or are under stress, you may also find that things which never seemed to bother you previously now suddenly do.
As you see tracing them can be rather complex and requires a bit of detective work to track down and eliminate or minimize these triggers at home or at work. Keeping track of your asthma attacks by writing a journal for a few days is a good way to start. First it's a good idea to note how you were feeling the day you had an attack, if you were tired or didn't sleep well, had a fight with your friend.
detergent, fabric softener or household cleaner? Make a note of any exercise you do and your body's reaction to it. On one particular day did the exercise have negative results? Why? What was the weather like? What was the room where you exercised like? If the room is where you regularly go to exercise, was there anything different about it on that day?
After only a few days of writing in your journal you will soon see a pattern emerging. You will have uncovered your asthma triggers and now you can take control and prevent an asthma attack by avoiding, reducing or eliminating them.
What You Can Do About Exercise Induced Asthma?
to avoid those activities that trigger it, but avoiding all exercise is not necessary or a good alternative, since the right kind of exercises actually helps strengthen the lungs and helps to prevent or diminish asthma attacks.
Playing sports you love and getting regular exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, however for some asthma sufferers exercise can actually trigger an asthma attack by drying out the airways. Fortunately, there is a solution.
Moist, warm air prevents the airways from becoming dry, so using a good humidifier in the home or gym will help those who live in a dry climate.
Next, if you are out of shape, you will need to increase your fitness level gradually by activities such as yoga, walking, cycling and swimming. Those allergic to chlorine should find a warm lake or sea to swim in. Continuous running can trigger asthma, so team sports that require short bursts of running are far better.
When you have strengthened your lungs through exercise, you are much more likely to reduce the threat of an asthma attack.
Does Alcohol increase the risk of Asthma?
Your favorite drink could be making you sick...recent studies in Australia show over one third of asthma suffers who drank found that it triggered an asthma attack on two or more occasions and almost half also experienced hay fever, itching and coughing.
Drinking wine seemed to trigger the highest number or one third of asthma attacks and allergic reactions, while beer was found to cause 10 percent; lastly hard alcohol or liquor triggered 5 percent. Experts warn that Asian asthmatics tend to be very sensitive to alcohol.
For many asthma and allergy suffers who are sensitive to wine there are two possible causes. The link of candida or yeast infection to asthma and allergies is clear and since wine is fermented and naturally contains yeast, this would trigger asthma attack or allergy symptoms. Most wines also contain traces of pesticides or toxins used in growing the grapes that can trigger an attack. If you are not sensitive to yeast then, drinking organic wines is a good alternative.
Beer also contains yeast and preservatives, which can trigger an allergic response and or an asthma attack. Once again, if yeast is not a problem then finding a micro brewery that uses few or no preservatives is a good alternative for those who can't bear to part with their cold one.
However, if you drink regularly and have never experienced any problems then you probably don't need to worry. Drinking alcohol has been shown to decrease magnesium levels in the body, which in turn can trigger an asthma attack. Limiting your alcohol intake and practicing moderation is a good idea. Experts advise that it's wise to avoid drinking alcohol if you do have an attack.
Most people are deficient in magnesium due to the refining of foods- find out how increasing your daily intake of this important mineral can make a big difference to your overall heath and also prevent allergies and asthma.
Magnesium is a trace mineral that is required for not just building strong bones but for the proper functioning of our entire bodies.
"Magnesium is not limited to improving bone health. There are some three hundred bodily enzymes that require magnesium, which suggests that magnesium is vital for most cells and tissues of the body." - from American Chiropractic.
Studies show that insufficient magnesium levels not only can cause asthma and allergies, but also muscle cramps, muscle twitching, muscle weakness as well as muscle aches, TMJ disorders, depression, insomnia, osteoporosis, attention deficit disorder, fibromyalgia, diabetes, mitral valve prolapse, migraines, attention deficit disorder, noise sensitivity and nervousness among several other conditions.
Maintaining proper levels of magnesium in the body helps by relaxing airway smooth muscle and dilating bronchioles in the lungs. It also reduces histamine release and inflammation of the airways and lungs by stabilizing mast cells and T- lymphocytes. Studies like the one in The Lancet showed that increasing magnesium intake helped to reduce and even prevent allergy and asthma symptoms. Taking a good magnesium citrate supplement, which is easily absorbed is important. Recommended daily dosages vary from 500 mg to 1000 mg if you have a substantial deficiency, but be aware that a dose of 1000 mg of magnesium will cause a loose stool. It is best not to take it after a meal since it neutralizes stomach acids, which would interfere with digestion. It is best to consult a naturopathic doctor or nutritionist for advice and testing to determine your individual needs. Trace mineral deficiencies can be determined through a tissue mineral analysis using a stand of your hair at a medical lab.
Is There A Link Between Asthma And Obesity?
Surprisingly, evidence indicates that managing the type of fat in our diets may reduce the symptoms of asthma and decrease weight gain.
Those asthma sufferers who are heavier than the norm who are seeking asthma relief might find it beneficial to loose some weight. Researchers believe that there is a link between obesity and asthma in the US and other western countries, where both health conditions are on the rise. Recent studies in Sweden and the US indicate there is some evidence to support this finding.
The US study, from the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that 3,792 children in Southern California with a body mass index greater than the 85 percentile had an increased risk of developing asthma. The Swedish study of 457 children, published in Acta Paediatrica, also found that there was a clear association between higher body mass index and asthma. Another study published in Annals of Epidemiology using Black and Hispanic men and women supports a strong association between asthma and obesity and also indicates the incidence of asthma is higher among women than men. Another study of 4,500 of men and women in California from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2005-2006 had very interesting findings. In this study one third of the participants were overweight, one third were normal weight and another third were obese. This study concluded that the risk of asthma was more than tripled for the obese people compared to normal weight people.
One of the main links between asthma and obesity is thought to be dietary fat. The main question experts are asking is could the type of fat in our diets that causes weight gain be a contributing factor to the development of asthma? Would a low-fat diet help to reduce both obesity and offer relief from asthma symptoms? Surprisingly, evidence indicates that managing the type of fat in our diets may reduce the symptoms of asthma and decrease weight gain.
Some researchers believe the system-wide, low-grade inflammation that occurs with obesity may be a factor in increased asthma and allergy risks. An analysis by Spector and Surette in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology indicates that low levels of two specific oils may be directly associated with asthma. These are gamma-linolenic acid, which is an omega-6 fatty acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid has been shown to reduce inflammation in the body. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in salmon, tuna, and halibut, algae, krill, some plants, and also nuts. Gamma-linolenic acid, or GLA, an omega-6 fatty acid is derived from flax seed & borage seed oils.
The most important point gained from these studies is that eating right and maintaining an ideal body weight have clear health benefits and could substantially lower your risk of developing asthma as well as offering asthma relief to those who already suffer from it.
Does Asthma reduce the function of Lungs?
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine report that young children who suffer from severe asthma have a decrease in lung functioning and a greater risk of developing more serious diseases later in life.
Doctors believe that early detection and asthma relief treatment of those children who have asthma is important in avoiding the development of severe asthma. More importantly, this study indicates that wise parents should take all necessary steps for asthma prevention so that their children are at lower risk for developing asthma or can avoid this debilitating disease entirely.
Anne M. Fitzpatrick, PhD, and W. Gerald Teague, MD, published their study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, which explains how decreases in lung functioning and airflow capacity throughout childhood can affect disease severity when children later become adults.
Anne Fitzpatrick says, "It is important for physicians to identify those children with severe asthma who are at risk for lung function decline. With early identification, physicians can customize treatment plans and educate families on lifestyle changes that may help children with severe asthma breathe easier as they grow older."
Children who are considered to suffer from severe asthma experience serious asthma symptoms, such as wheezing and shortness of breathe despite taking high doses of inhaled corticosteroid drugs on a regular basis. Recent research has revealed that the decrease of airflow or lung capacity is more significant in adults than in children with asthma. This indicated that there is a connection to lung capacity decrease in adults who also suffered from severe asthma as a child.
Most interestingly, the study revealed that despite higher doses of inhaled corticosteroid and controller asthma drugs, children with severe asthma experienced a higher occurrence of daily symptoms as well as hospitalization during the previous year. Children with severe asthma also reported significantly lower lung function compared to those with mild or moderate asthma. A decline in lung function of 1 percent a year was more likely in children who had daily asthma symptoms of wheezing and coughing plus a sensitivity to air borne allergens.
In light of this knowledge it would seem to me that governments and educators should place a greater emphasis on educating parents in the simple steps required to prevent the development of asthma in their children. The human costs of this frightening disease far outweighs any profits made by drug companies. Ask any parent who has helplessly watched their child struggle to breathe. Those parents who's children already suffer from asthma may want to consider a holistic approach or natural asthma relief remedies rather than asthma drugs, which are not only ineffective but are well known for their serious adverse side effects.
It seems our lives are busy and more stressful than they have ever been. We are endlessly multitasking, on the run, trying to juggle life, work and family. Stress can be caused by several different factors.
Some of these are physical trauma, illness, or overexertion; environmental stressors like heat, cold, noise or natural disasters; chemical stress such as pollution or drugs and psychological factors like worry, fear and are often encountered on a daily basis. If we do not find ways to protect ourselves from this constant and cumulative stress it will eventually lead to a breakdown of the body's adrenal system, which in turn results in several diseases including asthma. For those who are seeking relief of asthma and allergies there are several things you can do, which are simple and will benefit your overall health as well as helping to decrease your asthma and allergy symptoms.
Identifying and removing the main stressors in your life is extremely important but not always possible to do right away. However finding ways to reduce or limit the stress as much as possible until you can make major life changes is important. In addition using techniques for stress release, particularly deep breathing exercises are quite effective. This only takes a few minutes and is especially useful for times that you are very stressed or having trouble sleeping. Click here to learn more about how you can quickly lower your stress in 48 hours. Getting adequate rest and regular activities like yoga, meditation, guided relaxation or going for a long walk preferably in a natural setting are also very helpful in lowering stress levels. Taking herbs like Ashwaganda, Panax and Siberian Ginseng help to improve stamina and adapt to stress. Lemon Balm, Kava and Passionflower have a calming effect and can also help you to relax and sleep better. However, they should never be relied upon as your only treatment as they do not address the underlying causes of stress.
Cortisol is a hormone that is produced by the adrenal glands. It regulates blood sugar, inflammation, the immune system, energy production and aids in healing. When our adrenals are under stress they overproduce cortisol to help our body adapt. When too much cortisol is released by the adrenal gland the receptors in the hypothalamus gland eventually become damaged and their ability to sense and correct high cortisone levels is diminished. A particular nutrient called Phosphatidylserine is known to help to heal the hypothalamus glands' cortisol receptors allowing them to maintain cortisol levels in the normal range.
Taking these natural and simple measures to deal with your stress and heal your adrenal gland will prove to be highly beneficial to your health and overall well being as well as preventing asthma and many other diseases.
For the past forty years baby boomers and their children were given antibiotics on a regular basis to treat infections. This overuse has resulted in very dangerous resistance to superbugs that we've all read about in the news. You probably are aware now that infectious microorganisms and fungi that were once treatable have become much stronger and even deadly because they have mutated into hardy or resistant strains due to the use of antibiotics.
However, what many people and even your own doctor may not be aware of is that antibiotic use also results in an overgrowth of yeast and fungus in the intestinal tract. Eventually if this is not treated properly it can become systemic, meaning that it invades all systems of the body. This yeast or fungus overgrowth contributes to a lowering of the immune system where cancers and other pathogen overgrowths can develop. Patients looking for asthma relief would benefit by knowing that diseases like asthma and allergies are a result of yeast and fungus overgrowth or candida in the intestinal tract caused by frequent antibiotic use.
The symptoms of a yeast overgrowth problem can include: 1. Fatigue and foggy thinking. 2. Cravings for sugar or bread or any foods that contain yeast 3. Bloated abdomen, gas or abdominal pain. 4. Unable to lose weight 5. Vaginal, genital infection or itchy rashes. 6. A white coating on the tongue. 7. Sinus infections. 8. Loss of energy.
Other diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and Chrohn's disease are linked to antibiotic use. In addition, studies have shown that antibiotic use has also been linked to the development of allergies, hayfever and asthma in children. Medical associations in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia are aware of this but surprisingly many people and their doctors do not seem to be educated in this regard. Despite the superbug problem, antibiotics still seem to be asked for by patients and prescribed too often by their doctors. Boosting the immune system by eating a healthy diet, getting regular exercise and adequate rest is often all that is needed to fight or prevent infections.
If antibiotics are necessary, many patients are not made aware of the risks and more importantly what to do about them. When you take antibiotics, one of the side effects is that they kill the good bacteria or lactobacillus living in your intestinal tract. When this happens the candida yeast or fungus is allowed to grow unchecked and causes an imbalance.
The result of this imbalance can be allergy and asthma symptoms an other diseases. To their credit some doctors advise their patients to take yogurt and lactobacillus supplements immediately after a course of antibiotics to re-implant the bacteria and prevent yeast and fungus from taking over. If this is not done each time antibiotics are prescribed, then an overgrowth will result. Antibiotics such as penicillin are also known to have severe side-effects like anaphylaxis, a life-threatening reaction resulting in an asthmatic attack and eventually heart failure and death. Medical reports show that other antibiotics such as amoxycillin, ampicillin, cephalosporins, erythromycin tetracycline and spiramycin are known to cause asthma. Avoiding antibiotics whenever possible is important, but if you do have to take them be sure to take a good quality lactobacillus supplement and yogurt daily to restore your body's balance of good bacteria.
Eczema is a skin disease that covers a number of different skin ailments, from atopic dermatitis (an allergic type reaction) to dyshidrotic eczema (a blistering rash on the palms of hands and soles of the feet often caused by stress). Studies show that 50 - 70 % of all young children who develop severe eczema will go on to suffer from asthma possibly months or even years later.
However, research scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that treating eczema early can help stop the development of asthma. Their studies have shown that damaged skin secretes a substance that circulates through the body and triggers asthma symptoms. Treating the rash early is vital in asthma prevention and for those who already suffer from asthma, it could also prove beneficial for asthma relief.
Eczema is an itching rash that effects the epidermis or outer layer of the your skin. It is easily irritated and when scratched it can also become quite painful and inflamed. The rash can be mild to very severe often consisting of blisters, swelling, redness, dry flackey skin, cracking, crusting, and extreme itchiness. When the rash is scratched there is often oozing or even bleeding in more severe cases. Scratching results in worsening of the rash and therefore it is to be avoided. Doctors will often prescribe corticosteroids drugs to treat eczema. Unfortunately, these drugs are not a cure, they create dependence and have many negative side effects and they eventually weaken the adrenal gland plus cause thinning of the skin. The good news is that there are effective ways to treat eczema naturally without drugs.
Doctors and scientists suspect that there are likely two causes as to why eczema is associated with asthma. One is that an immune system disorder causes an overreaction to allergens that contact the skin and lung airways. The other may be that defective skin and airways trigger an excessive immune response.
Whatever the actual cause may be, holistic medicine has shown that boosting the immune system and the adrenal glands through proper diet, vitamins, adequate rest and exercise is paramount. There are also many herbal creams and natural treatments that help calm the rash, offer relief from itching and also prevent the sufferer from scratching. In this way they are very helpful in slowing the cycle of eczema to prevent the damaged skin secreting the substance that triggers asthma symptoms.


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McAfee has launched a new security suite that, the company claims, is aimed at ending the 'appliance and product fatigue' associated with deploying, maintaining and managing multiple enterprise products.
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Sometimes the vicissitudes of modern travel can make you feel restless and tired. If you want to have an amazing travel experience, it is important to prepare your trip well, manage time, and learn some simple tricks. Continuing the discussion, this article covers a few important tips that can help you to make your travel memorable. Take a look.
Time plays a vital role when planning a trip to Poland. Choosing the right time to travel will make a big impact on your entire trip right from the day it starts. When planning your next road trip, try to plan at a time that can easily help you avoid heavy traffic.
When planning a work trip to abroad such as Poland, Drohobych, Ternopil, Lutsk, Czech Republic, or Khmelnitsky, it is always a good idea to use other's experiences to plan your vacation well. Review the feedback of customers, friends, and family on different travel websites to avoid making mistakes that have been made by others. Online reviews of different people may also help you choose the best hotel, popular attraction places, restaurants, and many other useful tidbits to make your vacation the best.
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To prevent illness or any major injury from ruining your work trip to Poland, make sure that you are covered under your medical insurance policy especially when you are away from home. If you find that you are not covered in the same, check with your travel agent for short term vacation insurance.
When planning a trip abroad for work, always remember to purchase travel insurance. This will help you protect from various types of losses such as loss of international flight tickets, lost baggage, or for other emergency expenses. Travel insurance also covers you in case you cancel your international trip or it requires to be ended early.
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If you are traveling abroad to different places such as Drohobych, Ternopil, Lutsk, or the Czech Republic for work, try to learn the language of that place. You can easily find small dictionaries or guides that contain all the essential words that you may require to buy something, interact with the general public or in case you get lost and need help. Do not assume that everybody in another country can speak English.
It is also a good idea to make use of social media platforms when traveling and planning your next trip. You will find many blogs and forums with the reviews of the locations you'd like to visit. You can also clear your doubts on online forums by speaking directly to people about their experiences. In addition, if you find any website that allows you to update your status, your friends may also suggest something exciting to do.
If you are planning your next work trip abroad, keep the above-mentioned tips and mind and prepare your travel itinerary for a smooth and superb experience. So, what are you waiting for? Great bargains, faster trips, and hassle-free travel are all waiting for you. Do your homework and have a great trip ahead. Once you get to know how to travel wisely, you can get more satisfaction and enjoyment out of your trips.


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Daiwa Capital Markets finalises the purchase of KBC's Global Convertible Bond and Asian Equity Derivatives businesses
Today KBC Group finalised the sale of its Global Convertible Bond and Asian Equity Derivatives businesses to Daiwa Capital Markets (registered name in Japan is Daiwa Securities Capital Markets) for a total consideration of approximately USD 1.2 billion consisting of approximately USD 0.2 billion for staff, IT infrastructure and other assets (excluding the trading positions) and approximately USD 1 billion for trading positions. The transaction allows KBC to free up capital resources for a total amount of USD 0.2 billion.
The acquisition jointly announced on 5 July forms a strong foundation for Daiwa's growing derivatives business and fits within KBC's renewed strategy to focus on its home markets (in Belgium and Central and Eastern Europe) and further reduce the risk profile of the group.
Luc Popelier, CEO of KBC Group's Market activities, comments: "The sale that was finalised today is in line with KBC's renewed strategy to wind down the structured products business within KBC Financial Products and to focus on its core bancassurance market. The transaction allows KBC to free up capital resources for a total amount of USD 0.2 billion while also further reducing the group's risk profile. In the Asia Pacific region KBC will continue to concentrate on corporate banking including lending, trade finance and treasury sales for core clients with links to KBC's home markets in Europe."
Toshinao Matsushima, Head of Global Markets Division at Daiwa, says: "The acquisition fits within Daiwa Capital Markets' plans announced in November 2009 to significantly grow its global markets operations including derivatives. This acquisition represents a significant step towards implementing this strategy, and we intend to grow the acquired businesses, integrating them into our existing derivatives franchise, and so providing continuity and future growth opportunities for our customers and the 150 staff across offices in London, New York and Hong Kong."
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KBC Financial Products' Global Convertibles and Asian Equity Derivatives businesses are recognised market players in the sales, trading and structuring of global convertible bonds and Asian equity derivatives. These businesses employ approximately 150 staff across offices in London, New York and Hong Kong.
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In June 2008, Daiwa took the strategic decision to scale up its structured products platform, starting with its home market in Japan, and the firm is now expanding its offerings across Asia. This acquisition follows announcements, made last November, that the Japanese investment bank intends to double its headcount in Asia. Daiwa operates across equity, fixed income, rates and foreign exchange in the derivatives markets.
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or a queen, there cannot be loyalty to one's country.
another brick moon or in refusing to do so.
OF A WESTWARD PASSAGE TO THE INDIES.
discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, a native of Genoa."
oracle, 'who goes to the pork-barrel before the moment of his need.'"
shall see. I have it all in black and in white."
12. The story of Massachusetts by Edward Everett Hale.
by Hale. Edward Everett. 1822-1909.


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CHURCH RD.
FARNBOROUGH CHAPEL
The chapel is the only building that remains from the old Farnborough Hospital, which developed from the Workhouse. The Workhouse dates from the 1840s and opened in 1846, but the chapel was not built until some twenty years later.
This article below is taken from the April 1993 edition of the magazine of the Bromley Borough Local History Society and is reproduced here with the permission of the Society.
See also Primrose Centre
Farnborough Hospital Chapel
With plans afoot to build one Large central hospital for the London Borough of Bromley, all of Bromley's existing hospitals are clearly under threat, including the former workhouse buildings at Locksbottom. These are not even on Bromleys local list for preservation although, as I am informed, the chapel would not be demolished.
The Chapel today, in use as the Primrose Centre, see below
Be that as it may, in December 1990 - with the blessing of the Chaplain, Rev. Neil Bunker - Peter Francis took a series of photographs.. We needed a date of construction, but Mr. Bunker's records go back no further than a Baptism Register commencing In 1884, though the workhouse itself opened in 1846. It had been suggested that stylistically the 1880s were indicated. So a search was begun in the records in Bromley Library at 1880 - and immediately found that the roof was then in need of repair. Obviously the building had then been up for some time. We are fortunate that Bromley Union records not only survive but have been returned after a sojourn in Kent Archives Office.
Working back through the Minutes of the Guardians, I found that a design for 'a new chapel' had been submitted as early as Noveber 1861, and a site 'near the road, where it stands today, agreed at the beginning of 1862. Building must have soon begun, for in the following September Bromley received a gift of 'a 'Church Service' from the S.P.C.K., by which I assume is meant service books, and in October there was some correspondence about the services to be held.
At the end of the year is a note that Insurance on the brick and tile building would amount to £300 plus £50 for fittings, and that is all. No mention of an opening or blessing (a dedication would not be appropriate) or even of the first service, or of Christmas.
On turning to the Bromley Record, in March 1862, we learn of the proposal to 'build a chapel for the use of the inmates of Bromley Workhouse, the present practice of employing the dining hall for services has been found objectionable in many respects - the sum required for building a decent but plain chapel is, we hear, £550'. A subscribers' list was begun. However, by June only a few Bromley residents, and those 'chiefly the wealthiest', had subscribed. Fortunately the other parishes in the Union were more forthcoming, and the Record was able to report that this 'excellent and necessary work has, we learn, been commenced, and will shortly be roofed in. It is a plain unpretending structure, but has all the appearance of a building set apart for devine worship.'
By August the roof was going on and it would soon be ready. Another £60 or £70 had to be found to add a Vestry and for 'measures adopted to ensure ventilation and warming the building, which, under the special circumstances of the case, were of more than usual importance.' Seats were put in at the beginning of October and the chapel would (again!) soon be ready. Here too, nothing about an opening service.
Hoping that the occasion might have figured in the Diocesan 'uniment Book I wrote to the Diocesan Registry, without any luck. Presumably all that happened was, one Sunday that winter the inhabitants of that 'grim grey house' (as the Editor of the Record always referred to it) were told, no more services in the dining hall - everybody out to the new chapel. It is to be hoped they appreciated their new amenity, and the Chaplain of the day made as full a use of it as the present incumbent obviously does.
P. Knowiden 1992
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Get students psyched about science with hands-on projects
Susan Brown describes her classroom as low tech, but that didn't stop her from coming up with an award-winning project that sparked students' interest in science and earned her funding for some high-tech tools.
Brown, a teacher at Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff, Arizona, is helping students in grades 6-12 explore how climate change affects lichen growth and diversity through a long-term research project in collaboration with Northern Arizona University and a local arboretum. The technology for the project is partially funded by her winnings from the 2015 Vernier/National Science Teachers Association Technology Awards.
The project was two years in the making, but is now in full swing. Educators collected lichen from two elevation samples over the summer, and students gathered lichen samples from the arboretum. Students will study 30 lichen samples in the school-based garden as well as additional samples from three elevations in the larger environment.
"It's pretty awesome because scientists at NAU will work side-by-side with students. We'll set up a baseline set of data, and each year students will build on it, researching a different aspect as they move forward by grade. So the kids will learn over time," Brown explains.
Kids realize they can make a difference.
Students will also create experiments of their own to study plant growth and the effects of light, temperature and water on the lichen samples.
The study gives students a personal perspective on climate change and provides a hands-on way to study it. "They'll get an appreciation for organisms they may have overlooked before, and they'll be part of a scientific study where they'll see they can make a difference," Brown says.
Her goal is to get students excited about careers in science by having them work with the tools that will be part of their future. "I want them to learn how to use these instruments efficiently and effectively because that's what they will work with for the rest of their lives."
The technology used for the study includes a weather station; probes to measure temperature, humidity and precipitation; iPads to photograph the lichen specimens; and microscopes that attach to the iPads.
Students learn how chemicals affect their daily lives.
Ann Shioji, a physiology and chemistry teacher at William C. Overfelt High School in San Jose, California, is helping students explore how chemicals affect their daily lives through her innovative "Beauty and the Yeast" PBL project.
First, students conduct preliminary research on the gestation period and reproduction rates of yeast. Down the road, they'll conduct a class investigation on a closed population of yeast using a spectrophotometer to measure the absorbance spectra of various chemical and biochemical compounds. Students will later design their own inquiry-based experiments to test the effects of chemicals on the yeast cells for their science fair projects.
One student plans to study the effects of red dye #40 on yeast, while another will test the effect of makeup on the yeast cells.
Through the project, students will learn about independent and dependent variables and how to collect and analyze data. Shioji's betting they will also get fired up about participating in science fairs.
Shioji, also a 2015 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award winner, says the science fair tie-in gives students real-world experience.
"Students think the project is really cool," Shioji says.
If you're using data-collection technology in innovative ways in your classroom, why not apply for the 2016 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards? K-12 and college science teachers are eligible to apply by Nov. 30.
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Leon Tynes: He's working to tip the scale on diversity
Leon Tynes couldn't believe what his students were telling him.
Black men, they said, comprise fewer than 2 percent of U.S. educators. And that number is shrinking at an alarming rate.
A black male educator himself, he's no stranger to the…


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Clustered ID (Cont'd): SR right to food and on adequate housing - 18th Meeting 25th Regular Session of Human Rights Council
10 Mar 2014 - Clustered Interactive dialogue Item 3:
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food A/HRC/25/57,A/HRC/25/57/Add.1,A/HRC/25/57/Add.2
- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living A/HRC/25/54,A/HRC/25/54/Add.1,A/HRC/25/54/Add.2,A/HRC/25/54/Add.4
Malawi Human Rights Commission Mr. Zack Kawalala
Malaysian National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Tan Sri Hosny Agam (Video Message)
Indonesia, Mr. Mohamed Anshar
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Karen Pierce
Scottish Human Rights Commission, Mr. Alan Miller
Ethiopia on behalf of African Group, Mr. Minelik Alemu Getahun
Yemen on behalf of Arab Group, Mr. Mohamed Al-Foqumi
Pakistan on behalf of OIC, Mr. Usman Jadoon
Costa Rica on behalf of CELAC, Mr. Christian Guillermet-Fernandez
Tunisia, Mr. Abdelrazak Kilani
Mexico, Ms. María de los Ángeles Morales
Argentina, Ms. Victoria Gobbi
Montenegro, Ms. Zorica Maric Djordjevic
Algeria, Mr. Saadi Ahmed
Morocco, Ms. Majda Mouchou
El Salvador, Ms. Carmen Elena Castillo
Uruguay, Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre
FAO, Mr. Silavano Sofia
Paraguay, Ms. Raquel Perreira
Thailand, Ms. Samatha Wongthien
Sudan, Ms. Rahma Salih Elobied
Egypt, Mr. Bassel Ahmed
China, Mr. Gu Zihua
Syrian Arab Republic, Ms. Khawla Yussef
Cuba, Mr. Abelardo Moreno Fernández
Switzerland, Ms. Sabrina Buechler
Côte D'Ivoire, Mr. Tiémoko Moriko
Sierra Leone, Ms. Yvette Stevens
South Africa, Mr. Yatasha Naidoo
Bangladesh, Ms. Nahida Sobhan
Angola, Ms. Dulce Gomez
Sri Lanka, Ms. Dilini Gunasekera
Costa Rica, Mr. Norman Lizano Ortíz
Kuwait, Ms. Amina Jamal Al Dawas
Guatemala, Mr. Carlos Escobedo
Germany, Mr. Hanns Naal
Luxembourg, Mr. Jean-Marc Hoscheit
Holy See, Mr. Richard Gyhra
Burkina Faso, Mr. Dié Millogo
Chile, Mr. Jaime Moscoso
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Edgardo Toro Careño
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Maria Natalia Pacheco
France, Mr. Pierre Le Goff
Benin, Mr. Patrice Hounyeaze
United Arab Emirates, Mr. Saeed Almarzooqi (Right of Reply)
China, Mr. Gu Zihua (Right of Reply)
Republic of Korea, Mr. Cho Kijoung (Right of Reply)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Choe Myong Nam (Right of Reply)
Cambodia, Mr. Ney Samol (Right of Reply)
Argentina, Mr. Alexis Am (Right of Reply)
Malawi Human Rights Commission, Mr. Zack Kawalala 00:01:34
Malaysian National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Tan Sri Hosny Agam (Video Message) 00:09:10
Indonesia, Mr. Mohamed Anshar 00:11:48
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Karen Pierce 00:17:13
Scottish Human Rights Commission, Mr. Alan Miller 00:21:35
Ethiopia on behalf of African Group, Mr. Minelik Alemu Getahun 00:24:24
Yemen on behalf of Arab Group, Mr. Mohamed Al-Foqumi 00:27:15
European Union 00:31:29
Pakistan on behalf of OIC, Mr. Usman Jadoon 00:34:18
Costa Rica on behalf of CELAC, Mr. Christian Guillermet-Fernandez 00:37:36
Tunisia, Mr. Abdelrazak Kilani 00:41:10
Mexico, Ms. María de los Ángeles Morales 00:44:33
Argentina, Ms. Victoria Gobbi 00:48:07
Montenegro, Ms. Zorica Maric Djordjevic 00:52:12
Algeria, Mr. Saadi Ahmed 00:55:16
Morocco, Ms. Majda Mouchou 01:00:58
El Salvador, Ms. Carmen Elena Castillo 01:05:50
Uruguay, Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre 01:08:46
FAO, Mr. Silavano Sofia 01:12:06
Paraguay, Ms. Raquel Perreira 01:15:30
Thailand, Ms. Samatha Wongthien 01:18:34
Sudan, Ms. Rahma Salih Elobied 01:21:02
Egypt, Mr. Bassel Ahmed 01:24:00
China, Mr. Gu Zihua 01:27:17
Syrian Arab Republic, Ms. Khawla Yussef 01:30:30
Cuba, Mr. Abelardo Moreno Fernández 01:33:28
Portugal 01:36:23
Switzerland, Ms. Sabrina Buechler 01:39:03
Côte D'Ivoire, Mr. Tiémoko Moriko 01:41:36
Sierra Leone, Ms. Yvette Stevens 01:45:42
South Africa, Mr. Yatasha Naidoo 01:50:53
Brazil 01:56:02
Bangladesh, Ms. Nahida Sobhan 01:59:01
Angola, Ms. Dulce Gomez 02:01:38
Sri Lanka, Ms. Dilini Gunasekera 02:05:07
Costa Rica, Mr. Norman Lizano Ortíz 02:08:01
Kuwait, Ms. Amina Jamal Al Dawas 02:11:49
Guatemala, Mr. Carlos Escobedo 02:14:23
Germany, Mr. Hanns Naal 02:16:44
Luxembourg, Mr. Jean-Marc Hoscheit 02:19:28
Holy See, Mr. Richard Gyhra 02:21:46
Burkina Faso, Mr. Dié Millogo 02:24:59
Chile, Mr. Jaime Moscoso 02:29:47
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Edgardo Toro Careño 02:32:40
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Maria Natalia Pacheco 02:36:25
France, Mr. Pierre Le Goff 02:38:40
Benin, Mr. Patrice Hounyeaze 02:41:20
United Arab Emirates, Mr. Saeed Almarzooqi (Right of Reply) 02:44:13
China, Mr. Gu Zihua (Right of Reply) 02:45:01
Republic of Korea, Mr. Cho Kijoung (Right of Reply) 02:46:28
Cambodia, Mr. Ney Samol (Right of Reply) 02:48:50
Argentina, Mr. Alexis Am (Right of Reply) 02:51:20
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package jUnitXmlReporter.jUnitElementClasses.testSuite;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.IteratorUtils;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.jdom2.Element;
import org.jdom2.filter.ElementFilter;

import jUnitXmlReporter.jUnitElementClasses.testCases.ReportTestCase;

/**
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public class DefaultReportTestSuite implements ReportTestSuite {
	private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(DefaultReportTestSuite.class.getName());

	private String name;
	private HashMap<String, ReportTestCase> testCaseMap;

	public DefaultReportTestSuite(String name) {
		this.setName(name);
		this.testCaseMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
	}

	@Override
	public void addTestCase(ReportTestCase tc) {
		if (containsTestCase(tc)) {
			logger.debug("\n\t Update of testsuite: " + name + ", \n" + "\t appending message: '" + tc.getMessage()
					+ "' \n" + "\t to testcase: '" + tc.getName() + "' \n" + "\t of type: '" + tc.getType() + "' \n");

			String oldMessage = testCaseMap.get(tc.getName()).getMessage();
			String newMessage = oldMessage + ", \n" + tc.getMessage();

			testCaseMap.get(tc.getName()).setMessage(newMessage);
		} else {
			logger.debug("\n\t Update of testsuite: " + name + ", \n" + "\t adding testcase: '" + tc.getName() + "' \n"
					+ "\t of type: '" + tc.getType() + "' \n" + "\t with message: '" + tc.getMessage() + "' \n");

			testCaseMap.put(tc.getName(), tc);
		}
	}

	private boolean containsTestCase(ReportTestCase tc) {
		if (testCaseMap.containsKey(tc.getName()))
			return isSameTestCaseType(tc);

		return false;
	}

	private boolean isSameTestCaseType(ReportTestCase tc) {
		String existingTcType = testCaseMap.get(tc.getName()).getType();

		return existingTcType.equals(tc.getType());
	}

	@Override
	public List<ReportTestCase> getTestCaseList() {
		return new ArrayList<ReportTestCase>(testCaseMap.values());
	}

	@Override
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	@Override
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	@Override
	public void addAllTestCases(List<ReportTestCase> testCaseList) {
		for (ReportTestCase tc : testCaseList) {
			addTestCase(tc);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public Element getJUnitTestSuiteXmlElement() {
		Element suite = new Element("testsuite");

		addTestCasesToSuiteXmlElement(suite);

		suite.setAttribute("name", this.name);
		suite.setAttribute("errors",
				String.valueOf(IteratorUtils.toList(suite.getDescendants(new ElementFilter("error"))).size()));
		suite.setAttribute("failures",
				String.valueOf(IteratorUtils.toList(suite.getDescendants(new ElementFilter("failure"))).size()));
		suite.setAttribute("tests",
				String.valueOf(IteratorUtils.toList(suite.getDescendants(new ElementFilter("testcase"))).size()));
		suite.setAttribute("skipped",
				String.valueOf(IteratorUtils.toList(suite.getDescendants(new ElementFilter("skipped"))).size()));

		return suite;
	}

	private void addTestCasesToSuiteXmlElement(Element suite) {
		for (ReportTestCase testCase : testCaseMap.values()) {
			Element jUnitTestCaseXmlTag = testCase.getJUnitTestCaseXmlElement();
			suite.addContent(jUnitTestCaseXmlTag);
		}
	}
}

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text:
Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait
By (author) Michael Peppiatt
Francis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained a deeply complex person. Bacon was keenly aware of this underlying contradiction, and whether talking or painting, strove consciously towards absolute clarity and simplicity, calling himself 'simply complicated'.
Until now, this complexity has rarely come across in the large number of studies on Bacon's life and work. Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait shows a variety of Bacon's many facets, and questions the accepted views on an artist who was adept at defying categorization. The essays and interviews brought together here span more than half a century. Opening with an interview by the author in 1963, the year that he met Bacon, there are also essays written for exhibitions, memoirs and reflections on Bacon's late work, some published here for the first time. Included are recorded conversations with Bacon in Paris that lasted long into the night, and an overall account of the artist's sources and techniques in his extraordinary London studio.
This is an updated edition of Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait (2008), published for the first time in a paperback reading book format. It brings this fascinating artist into closer view, revealing the core of his talent: his skill for marrying extreme contradictions and translating them into immediately recognizable images, whose characteristic tension derives from a life lived constantly on the edge.
With 14 illustrations, 7 in colour
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition Statement Revised, updated, new in B-format
Illustrations note 7 Illustrations, black and white; 7 Illustrations, color
Bestsellers rank 475,454
Introduction * Interviewing Francis Bacon: Interview One: From a Conversation with Francis Bacon; Francis Bacon At Work; Bacon and Picasso On La Danse (Crucifixion), 1933; An Obsession with Popes; Francis Bacon in the 1950s * Interview Two: Reality Conveyed by a Lie; The Sacred and the Profane; Mr Bacon and Miss Beston; 'All the Pulsations of a Person': Portraits and Self-Portraits On Four Studies for a Self-Portrait, 1967; Francis Bacon and Shakespeare * Interview Three: Provoking Accidents, Prompting Chance; Francis Bacon in Paris; On Study of George Dyer, 1971; On Seated Figure, 1974; A Strange Fascination: Michel Leiris and Francis Bacon; On Two Figures, 1975; Reflections on Francis Bacon's Late Work * Envoi: Bacon's Eyes
'Peppiatt writes perceptively about Bacon's endlessly contradictory nature, his generosity and cruelty, his violence and tenderness, his dandyism and love of squalor, his spectacular dissipation and iron self-discipline, and what he called his "exhilarated despair"' - Daily Telegraph 'Contains interviews with and recollections of the artist from the 1960s almost until his death... include[s] the full, fascinating text of Bacon's answers when he was interviewed for the first time by his future biographer, in 1963, before celebrity began to overtake some of his responses' - Times Literary Supplement
About Michael Peppiatt
Michael Peppiatt is a well-known author and internationally respected authority on 20th-century art. He has written numerous publications on Bacon, including the biography Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, 2009.


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How many Scary Movie films are there?
Image: ©Dimension Films
In 2000, Scary Movie chuckled its way into cinemas. The horror comedy, conceived as a spoof of the Scream films, proved popular with audiences and resulted in a run of sequels.
But how many Scary Movie movies are there?
Scary Movie films in order
To date, there are five Scary Movie films. The Scary Movie films – which were produced between 2000 and 2013 – include:
Scary Movie (2000)
Are all of the Scary Movie movies part of the same series?
All five entries in the Scary Movie collection are part of the same series. The series parodies many well-known movies, from I Know What You Did Last Summer and Signs, to The Village and The Haunting, amongst others.
Who are the cast of the Scary Movie films?
A number of cast members reappear across the course of the Scary Movie film series. Notable actors in the series include Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Charlie Sheen, Kevin Hart, Leslie Nielsen, Molly Shannon, Edward Moss, Queen Latifah, Eddie Griffin, Pamela Anderson, and Jenny McCarthy.
Is the Scary Movie film series the work of the same director?
The Scary Movie series is the work of multiple directors. Keenan Ivory Wayans directed Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2, David Zucker directed Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4, and Malcolm D. Lee directed Scary Movie 5.
What is the best Scary Movie film?
Scary Movie is regarded as the best entry in the series, while Scary Movie 5 is considered the weakest film in the collection.
According to IMDb the Scary Movie films are ranked as follows:
Scary Movie (2000) – 6.2/10
Scary Movie 3 (2003) – 5.5/10
I hope this information about the Scary Movie film series has proved useful. Should you wish to know more about other long-running movie series, please check out one of the recommended reads below.
What is the best order to watch the Paranormal Activity movies?
How many Mad Max films are there?
What is the best order to watch the Blade movies?
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text:
The village of the late Veron's
· Running a lax ship
FAGNANO CASTELLO, Italy, May 11 (Reuters) - Most people in this sleepy southern Italian village have heard of Lazio's Argentine star Juan Sebastian Veron.
Unfortunately for Veron, no one seems to know much about his great, great grandfather.
According to paperwork which Veron used to obtain Italian citizenship last year, Giuseppe Antonio Porcella, born here on November 28, 1870, was his long-dead relative.
Like thousands of Italians from the poor, mountainous region of Calabria, Porcella emigrated to the brave new world of Argentina around the turn of the century.
As a result, Veron was able to become a naturalised Italian citizen in September last year, just three years after he arrived in the land of his forefather.
The benefit to Lazio has been considerable.
They have been able to use the immensely talented midfielder as an EU citizen, leaving them free to field three of their four non-EU players in matches this season.
There is only one snag -- Veron and Porcella might not be related after all.
PROBE OPENED
A Rome magistrate has opened an investigation into suspicions which first surfaced in the Italian consulate in the Argentine city of La Plata that Veron's paperwork was bogus.
The magistrate, Silverio Piro, has reportedly confiscated documents from the houses of both Veron and Lazio's sporting director Felice Pulici.
Piro, who has declined to comment on the case, is said to have spoken to both men about the paperwork and also questioned Veron's agent Gustavo Mascardi.
The case has created more than a ripple of curiosity in Fagnano Castello, a village of 5,000 people nestled in the mountains 60 km (40 miles) northwest of the provincial capital Cosenza.
"A lot of people have been talking about it here but no one seems to know very much about the family, other than that there was this guy called Porcella," said Francesco Ricca, barman at the Euro Bar on the town's Aldo Moro square.
"No one seems to know anything about him."
Up the road in the Bar Centrale, opposite the village's peeling stuccoed church, the barman was similarly bemused.
"There have been all kinds of things written in the local newspapers but nothing of any substance," he said. "If you ask me, all the people who might have known the truth about this probably died long ago."
HUNTING THE PIGLET
An added complication to the Veron case is that sometime during the last 130 years, Porcella's family changed its surname to Portella for aesthetic reasons. "Porcella" roughly translates into English as "piglet".
"There has been some confusion over the name of the player's supposed ancestor," Fagnano's mayor Luigi Brusco told Reuters. "The family apear to have changed their name because it had animal connotations."
Lazio have branded the magistrate's probe "violent aggression" and have pointed out the irony of its timing -- just as they were entering the most crucial stage of the season when distractions are least welcome.
The case seeped into the Italian media last month, days before the Rome side took on Valencia in the quarter-finals of the European Cup and prepared for the league title fight.
Lazio could still win the league if they win their final match of the season on Sunday and league leaders Juventus lose theirs. If Lazio win and Juventus draw, the title will be decided on a play-off between the two teams.
"Someone wants to unsettle us, at this time of the season above all, and I don't understand the motives," Lazio president Sergio Cragnotti told a news conference last week.
"We have told the relevant authorities everything we know about the Veron case in a bid to see justice done. If someone has deceived us I will follow it up personally. I have already given a mandate to two lawyers to look into this case.
"But first we need to find out if this blessed certificate is real or false. Only then can we get to the bottom of this."
In the meantime, Italian newspapers have linked Veron with a move to European Cup finalists Real Madrid or English champions Manchester United at the end of this season.
By the time his curious case limps through the labyrinthine Italian legal system and the truth about his ancestry is known, the alleged great, great grandchild of Giuseppe Antonio Porcella might be long gone.
Comedy is playing God to an audience willing to laugh.
Hetherol!
Natural born Menefreghista.
Joke-telling is a displacement activity for those with too many brains and too few ambitions (someone said, oh well).
Irriducibili? No thanks, I'm a fan of Lazio
AMOROSO!
All I know is that Sebastian's father played for panathinaikos for many years and failed several times to get an italian passport.Thats why he never went to Napoli of Maradona.
The sun will rise again...and it will be...GIALLOBLU!
Love is the drug, and I'm a junkie.
AMOROSO! May 11, 2000


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Die Communist Party of India (Marxist) – abgekürzt CPI(M) oder oft auch CPM – ist die größte linke Partei Indiens. Sie entstand 1964 bei der Spaltung der Kommunistischen Partei Indiens (CPI).

Bei den Parlamentswahlen im Jahr 2014 kam sie auf 9 Sitze in der Lok Sabha, dem Unterhaus, und verlor damit sieben Sitze gegenüber den Wahlen von 2009 (16 Sitze).

Parteigeschichte
Als sich die indischen Kommunisten im Jahr 1964 vor allem aufgrund innerparteilicher Streitigkeiten über die Positionierung zum indisch-chinesischen Grenzkrieg 1962 bei einem Parteitag in zwei Fraktionen spalteten, machte die spätere CPI(M) den Flügel aus, der sich eher am chinesischen Vorbild orientierte, während die CPI den Vorgaben Moskaus folgte – wobei die explizit maoistischen Kräfte sich 1967–69 von der CPI(M) abspalteten und verschiedene, unter dem Sammelbegriff Naxaliten bekannte Organisationen gründeten. Spätestens seit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges, dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion und den marktwirtschaftlichen Reformen in der Volksrepublik China haben die ideologischen Unterschiede aber an Bedeutung verloren. Seit den späten 1990er Jahren wird immer wieder von einer möglichen Überwindung der kommunistischen Spaltung in näherer Zukunft gesprochen.

Seit den 1980er-Jahren besitzt die CPI (M) eine Jugendorganisation, die Democratic Youth Federation of India.

Der mit Abstand prominenteste Vertreter der Partei war Jyoti Basu, der mehr als 23 Jahre Chief Minister von Westbengalen war und nach den Parlamentswahlen in Indien 1996 von den Parteien der siegreichen United-Front-Koalition erfolglos für das Amt des indischen Premierministers vorgeschlagen wurde. Von 1977 bis 2011 regierte in Westbengalen die Linksfront unter Führung der Marxisten ununterbrochen – angesichts der Kurzlebigkeit vieler Staatsregierungen in Indien ein seltenes Phänomen. Der CPI(M) und ihren Partnern war es gelungen, die Agrarreform in Westbengalen deutlich voranzubringen und soziale Sicherungssysteme zu installieren. Die an den Bedürfnissen der breiten Volksmassen orientierte Politik unter Basu und seinem Nachfolger im Amt des westbengalischen Ministerpräsidenten Buddhadeb Bhattacharya hatte der Partei ein dauerhaft hohes Unterstützerpotential beschert. Im kleinen Bundesstaat Tripura regierte das von den Marxisten geführte Bündnis ebenfalls über mehrere Legislaturperioden, bis es 2018 ein Ende fand und in Kerala wechselte sich die Linksfront seit den 1970er Jahren bei Wahlen faktisch mit der Kongresspartei als jeweiliger Sieger ab.

Im Frühjahr 2005 gab es auf dem Parteitag einen Generationenwechsel in der Führung. Nach dem gesundheitlich bedingten Rücktritt Harkishan Singh Surjeets vom Amt des Generalsekretärs wählten die Delegierten Prakash Karat zu seinem Nachfolger. Dieser war schon in den Vorjahren verstärkt als wichtiges Mitglied der Führungsmannschaft in Erscheinung getreten.

Seit etwa dem Jahr 2009 und der damaligen Parlamentswahl hat der Stimmenanteil der Linksparteien in Indien stark abgenommen. Besonders einschneidende Verluste erlebte die CPM in ihrer Hochburg Westbengalen, wo 2011 die Parlamentswahl gegen den Trinamool Congress verloren ging. Damit ging die seit 1977 bestehende 34-jährige ununterbrochene Regierungszeit der CPM in Westbengalen zu Ende. Bei der gesamtindischen Parlamentswahl 2014 und der Parlamentswahl in Westbengalen 2016 konnte der Trinamool Congress seine Führung gegenüber der CPM noch weiter ausbauen.
2018 verlor die CPI(M) auch den kleinen Bundesstaat Tripura, den sie 25 Jahre lang zuvor ununterbrochen regiert hatte. Die Parlamentswahl 2016 im südindischen Kerala konnte die CPI(M) allerdings für sich entscheiden und anschließend die Regierung bilden.

Liste der bisherigen Generalsekretäre
Seit dem 19. April ist Sitaram Yechury Generalsekretär der Partei.
 Puchalapalli Sundarayya (1964–1978)
 E.M.S. Namboodiripad (1978–1992)
 Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1992–2005)
 Prakash Karat (2005–2015)
 Sitaram Yechury (2015, derzeit amtierend)

Wahlergebnisse
Die folgende Tabelle zeigt die Wahlergebnisse (gewonnene Mandate und Stimmenanteil) bei den gesamtindischen Parlamentswahlen.

Weblinks

 Website der CPI(M)
 Ganashakti – Nachrichtenportal der bengalisprachigen Tageszeitung der CPI(M)
 Die indischen Kommunisten von Eric Töpfer auf suedasien.info

Einzelnachweise

Partei (Indien)
Indien
Indien
Gegründet 1964

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wow, with great anticipation I updated Win10 to latest version. Took hrs to do but hey, I thought will be worth it. Then, Groove music... still no gapless playback!! Come on - its the 21st century!!
I thought they added this a while back now...Unless that was just on mobile. Have you definitely got all updates from the store?
Um..don't know what you are talking about...apparently something went wrong in your case. Gapless playback works fine for me on both desktop and mobile.
Maybe you should try to do clean install.
I had this problem once. Turns out, the program I used to rip songs from a CD added a 2 second pause at the end of every track, and I had to use an audio editor to remove the "silence" at the end of the tracks.
Make sure the tracks you are playing don't have silence added to the end or beginning. May not be the case here, but is worth a shot at checking. That drove me nuts for a while until I figured it out.
wow - thanks for reply's guys - I will look into this, all the music I am paying was ripped from my CD's using Media Player - I'll try a few new rips and report back!
Actually the quickest way to check if there is no extra gap, is to play the songs in the old Media Player. If it plays gapless there, it should be gapless everywhere (or that's what I've noticed).
I too ran into Grove desktop not playing gapless properly, even with the latest version. I just wiped an old SP1 and did a fresh install of W10th2, but haven't had a chance to check to see if it's fixed (life has been busy).
yup - this is what I find, Media Player works fine with gapless, but Groove not there yet. Also, don't have Win10 on my mobile - I'm waiting for public release... so looks like still waiting!!
Yep, I finally verified that Groove Music for W10D(esktop) does NOT support gapless playback, yet. I have several of albums from various artists that need to have gapless playback to sound right, and none of them sound right in Groove for desktop. Good old Media Player plays them properly, but not Groove.
What are you guys talking about? Gapless playback in Groove music desktop app works fine for me! Did you updated it to latest version? Did you got November update for Windows 10? Check those and inform me!
I have the November update (I got the ISO download as soon as it was available, and did a fresh install. Version 1511. OS Build 10586.11), I have made sure that Groove was current (ver 3.6.1513.0). But no gapless playback for me.
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