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Negotiating around Trade-offs
Alternative Institutional Designs for Climate Finance
Arunabha Ghosh
December 2010 | Low-Carbon Pathways
Suggested Citation: Ghosh, Arunabha. 2010 "Negotiating Around Tradeoffs: Alternative Institutional Designs for Climate Finance." CEPS ECP Report No. 10, December: 22.
This paper examines how different governance priorities would affect the institutional arrangements for a credible financing mechanism in the climate regime. It highlights that trade-offs are inevitable in climate finance negotiation. Hence, it is important to recognise them upfront and organise negotiations around the priorities that different sets of countries identify. Such a process would generate alternative institutional designs, each offering a different balance of voice in governance, scale and funding and timely action. The focus of this brief is institutional design. It emphasises that while climate finance will come in different phases, many governance-related questions remain unanswered.
The scale of funding required is vastly greater than what the existing climate regime or other international environmental agreements have been able to generate so far.
Funding is needed for both mitigation and adaptation. The lesser the effort taken to mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the more will have to be spent on adaptation activities due to climate change.
Developing countries are legitimately concerned that funds intended for development assistance would be reclassified as adaptation expenditure.
Funds for mitigation activities are needed for deploying existing technologies as well as for developing new ones. In the absence of funding for technology transfer, there is the risk that poor countries would end up at the wrong end of a new technological divide.
China and India have the highest and fifth-highest installed renewable energy capacity respectively. During 2004–08, Brazil, China, and India experienced compound annual growth rates in renewable energy investments of 171 per cent, 104 per cent, and 52 per cent respectively.
Source: Adapted from ClimateFundsUpdate.org; added to, modified and updated by the author
The different carbon markets have their own governance arrangements, but they do interact when credits are purchased in one market towards fulfilling obligations under other schemes.
Rich countries are keen to use existing channels of funding rather than create new institutions. Contributing countries argue that creating new institutions would only add to the bureaucracy and transaction costs in disbursing money when the landscape is already populated with so many funds.
Poor countries fear that financing for adaptation would be treated as an afterthought or a 'poor cousin of mitigation' in climate negotiations.
The gap between commitments and disbursements has been a source of mistrust between contributing and beneficiary countries. The issue is not restricted only to the number of funds provided but also to the manner in which the resources flow and the prevailing conditions.
Different options for institutional design
Consolidate and specialise: This option prioritises two governance concerns: more voice or decision-making power for beneficiary countries and coordination among existing institutions.
Aim for Budget support: To reduce transaction costs for contributing countries and increase voice for beneficiaries, attempts will be made to provide more programmatic and budget support rather than focusing only on projects.
Create and legitimise: This option relies largely on public funding but aims to create a wholly new global fund that would increase the legitimacy of any deal on climate finance in the international negotiations.
Innovate and de-bureaucratise: The priority in this option is to significantly increase the scale of funding to ensure that climate financing is adequate for the purpose. Conversely, the other priority is to reduce administrative barriers to increasing the flow of resources.
Separate and indigenise: Its focus is on prioritising actions now rather than later by leveraging what leading economies are already doing. The preference here would be to coordinate better the work of existing funds.
As power shifts in climate negotiations, it is important to find ways to ensure that leading countries do not exit the playing field entirely, leaving the smaller players with neither money nor technology.
Arunabha Ghosh Chief Executive Officer arunabha.ghosh@ceew.in
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JustGiving are not keeping £2 million commission from donations to Captain Tom Moore
JustGiving has kept a large percentage of the funds raised by Captain Tom Moore for the NHS. Some posts say the platform has kept £2 million.
This is not right. JustGiving does charge processing fees and collects voluntary donations, but says more than 97% of money raised goes to charity. The platform has donated £100,000 to Captain Tom's fundraiser.
A series of posts on Facebook that have been shared thousands of times each claim that fundraising site JustGiving has kept either "a large percentage" or £2 million commission from the money raised by Captain Tom Moore for the NHS.
This is not right. Although JustGiving collects processing fees and voluntary contributions, the company insists that more than 97% of all donations, including the donations made to Captain Tom's fundraiser, go to charity. It doesn't keep all the remaining money either, as some of it goes towards things like card processing services.
JustGiving told us it was fair to assume it would keep around 1% of the total raised, as well as processing fees from Gift Aid donations. Overall, this is nowhere near £2 million at the moment.
The fundraiser
Veteran Captain Tom aimed to walk 100 lengths of his back garden before his 100th birthday at the end of April to raise money for NHS Charities Together. He completed the lengths on 16 April, and has so far raised over £27 million on JustGiving. He has said he will now continue walking to raise money.
Fees on the JustGiving platform
In March 2019, JustGiving removed its 5% platform fee in the UK for donating to a cause or fundraising for a charity. Instead, donors are asked if they would like to make a voluntary contribution to JustGiving in addition to their donation, which they must choose to opt out of if they don't want to pay.
The platform does charge payment processing fees for card or Paypal payments, charged at 1.9% of the donation plus 20p for charity fundraising. JustGiving says this charge "accounts for the varying costs of processing different payment types". A JustGiving spokesperson told Full Fact this is "in line with industry standards". Donations made in another currency have a processing fee of 2.9% of the donation plus 20p.
JustGiving was not able to give a final total of how much it had kept from the donations to Captain Tom to pay for operating costs, as the amount donated is still rising, but a spokesperson said it was fair to assume it was around 1% of the total donations. If Captain Tom's fundraising total reaches £30 million, as it seems likely to do, this means JustGiving will keep around £300,000.
If a donor adds Gift Aid onto their donation, JustGiving also deducts a 5% Gift Aid processing service fee. This is collected separately from the donations made. At the time of writing, just over £5 million in Gift Aid had been collected (meaning a 5% processing fee would come to around £250,000).
The platform has also donated £100,000 to NHS Charities Together to celebrate the completion of Captain Tom's challenge, and his 100th birthday.
JustGiving's response
Responding to multiple queries on Twitter about the amount of money they are keeping from Captain Tom's fundraising, JustGiving said: "We will not be claiming £2m from the appeal, after deducting our processing fees, over 97% of the total raised will go straight to charity."
It added: "Our processing fees cover charges set by external card providers, as well as the costs involved in processing millions of donations through our platform."
A spokesperson for JustGiving told Full Fact: "97% of all funds raised by Captain Tom will go directly to NHS Charities Together, as with any other charity fundraiser on JustGiving."
This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook. You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content—here. For the purposes of that scheme, we've rated this claim as false because JustGiving has not kept a large percentage from the donations to Captain Tom Moore.
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Today BCCI announced the 15-member Team India for the ICC World Cup 2019. The Indian Selectors dropped Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant.
KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar and Ravindra Jadeja are the the lucky ones who have been selected for the squad. People from all over the country have come forward to congratulate the team on social media. Where some found Vijay Shankar to be the luckiest of the lot as his name came up at the end but he was selected, and some praised the Selectors for choosing a balanced team.
Karthik was considered to be a better option over Rishabh Pant as the former has been a consistent performer and best suited to handle pressure whereas Pants' game has seen mixed performances as many times he is unable to carry on and finish the game.
The post The long wait is finally over – BCCI announces the 15-member squad for Team India for the ICC World Cup 2019 appeared first on cricketdhamal.


My Health. I never appreciate my health until I'm sick. I am thankful for a healthy body and strong mind to help me care for my family.
My Family. Everyone says this, right? But it's true. My kids, my husband, my parents, my brothers and their families, my in-laws. They are all wonderful and I'm very lucky to have them in my life.
My Job(s). This has been a big year for me but it's been the best one yet. I am now able to help kids as much as I was helping adults. Not to mention the fact that I can guarantee that my kids are getting a workout every day during the week. That is priceless!
My Pets I love them. They make me laugh, they make me happy, they make me crazy. I can't imagine life without my fur babies!
My Friends. I don't have a huge network of friends and I am extremely thankful for those that stick by me even when I forget to respond to a text message. Thank you for keeping me sane!
My CPM Workouts. I love them. I'm addicted to them. And therefore I am thankful for them!


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Das Domain Awareness System ist ein von Microsoft entwickeltes Überwachungssystem. Es wurde für New York City entwickelt und soll zur Terror- und Kriminalitätsprävention, -fahndung und Strafverfolgung eingesetzt werden. Dazu stehen dem System die Videos der 3000 Überwachungskameras, 600 Teilchendetektoren und über 100 Kennzeichenlesegeräte zur Verfügung. Das System soll keine Gesichtserkennung nutzen.

Am 8. August 2012 wurde von New Yorks Bürgermeister Michael Bloomberg und Polizeikommissar Raymond Kelly eine Partnerschaft mit Microsoft bekanntgegeben, die der Verbrechensbekämpfung dient.

New York hat mit Microsoft eine Vereinbarung, laut der die Stadt 30 % der Einnahmen erhalten soll, wenn eine weitere Stadt das System kauft.

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Husband and wife team, Kenichi and Minako Fujii, work together at their studio in Hyogo Ken to produce Urushi (Japanese Lacquer) tableware. Having trained at the same school and garnered experience working at the same wood workshop in Takayama, the duo have developed a special collaboration - ideal for Urushi - requiring the skills of more than one artisan to complete each piece. Kenichi's specialty is shaping the wood base in preparation for Minako, whose expertise lies in the application of the lacquer.


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Energy use peaks during the heat from refrigerators and air-conditioners
During a heat wave, our energy consumption is increasing. This is not only because we're massive fans, and air conditioners turning on the refrigerator to put
11 August 2020 Tuesday 10:55 - 21 reads.
During a heat wave, our energy consumption is increasing. This is not only because we're massive fans, and air conditioners turning on the refrigerator to put up with it.
"in Summer, demand for power is always when it's hot," says One Fisher, lecturer in the energy transition at the hanze university of applied sciences Groningen, the netherlands. "At each level, that is, the hotter it is, the power consumption by 130 megawatts of the time."
this is equivalent to the power consumption of a town with a population of 100,000, such as, Delft, the netherlands. Or 1 percent of the additional energy consumption of the average normal consumption. "So, if it is 10 degrees warmer it is, the power consumption by 10 per cent of the time."
for example, If it is very hot, the refrigerator, for example, a lot of extra work to get to the desired temperature is reached. "That's because the environment is hotter," explains a Fisherman from. "If it's under 20 degrees, it should be more than 10 degrees of cooling to the required temperature and to get it at 30 degrees and inside is 10 degrees, in order to be cool."
we are now massive fans, and air conditioners turning on in order to try out for the heat to dissipate, it has, of course, also have an effect. Is there a big difference between what you as a fan, to consume, and what an air-conditioning system uses. Also a guide to the different types of air conditioning units to a variety of results.
the a / c on or the 1000 km of electric-drive
according to figures published by the Environment, it appears that a fan is only about 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity are used. "Like a refrigerator", that would indicate a Fisherman. Built-in air conditioning, in which a room is cooled, it uses 150 kilowatt hours of electricity. "That is the equivalent of the electricity needed for a 1,000 km drive in an electric car." Thus, it would take you to the South of France, to be able to drive it.
the mobile air-conditioning it has a 200 kilowatt hours of electricity are needed in order to be able to run it. Visser says: "It is said that the effect of a mobile air-conditioning, in practice it is much larger than that of a fan, because you will get a window should open and the device in the air, too." As the largest energy consumer is the built-in air conditioning in the two rooms.
"This means that the power consumption is more than 300 kilowatt hours of electricity. This is equivalent to 10 per cent of the average yearly electricity consumption of a household," says Fisher. The used numbers are valid if you use the devices for about 200 hours in an average year.
According to the Commonwealth state, one in five homes now have air conditioning and it takes a the popularity of is increasing.
It's just a touch, and it certainly doesn't get overloaded from it. "There are more and more air-conditioning units, but there are also an increasing number of solar panels. This requires the usage of air-conditioning, no electricity from the grid," says a spokesman for grid operator TenneT.
the energy company Vattenfall indicates that, for the consumption of the day by approximately 10 per cent higher. Provide can even see prices going up to as much as 30 percent in energy consumption compared to the previous week.


First, a little context. Tuesday night, I went to see GOGOL BORDELLO at the Sound Academy. This was one of the craziest, most high-energy shows I have ever been to. I've been waiting to see them live for years, and my stratosphere expectations did nothing to dampen how impressed I was by their performance. By the end of the show, over a third of the audience were walking around in their underwear, clothes balled up under one arm, sweat-soaked and cheerfully exhausted.
By Wednesday morning, I was already feeling like I'd been worked over with a blunt instrument. Instead of spending the day in the bathtub, however, I put in a full day of work and then went to see AMON AMARTH, ELUVEITIE and HOLY GRAIL at The Opera House. By the end of that show, I felt far more ready to don a breastplate and pick up a battleaxe than go to bed; it was not an early (or sober) night. By Thursday morning, the ache in my body had progressed from beaten-with-a-lead-pipe to hit-by-a-truck. And once again, instead of staying cocooned in my impossibly comfortable bed, I dragged myself up and went to work. At my two jobs. For fourteen hours.
By Friday, I no longer felt like I'd become intimately acquainted with the bumper of a speeding motor vehicle. I felt dead. I counted thirteen bruises. The temptation to spend the entire day and night in my most embarrassing pajamas, drinking whisky and watching episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand was nearly overwhelming. But, in the names of Music and Journalism, I put on some pants and wandered down to the Hard Luck Bar.
I tell you this not to complain, but to give you an idea of my state of mind and body going into this show. Walking in, I was afraid I might not be able to listen properly – even giving it my all would not have been giving very much. Instead, it was perfect. My guard was down, so the show was able to get around my defences. And, being drained, I was open to being refilled.
The night began with a set by the local black metal band THANTIFAXATH. I had absolutely no experience with this band prior to seeing them play this particular show; I actually had no idea they were even performing that night until they walked on stage. I was most impressed by their consistent aesthetic, both in their music and in their performance. Seldom have seen a band so difficult to pin down, so apparently unknown and unknowable, with such a clear idea of exactly what they're on about. Also, all three band members wore full floor-length robes, hoods obscuring their faces, for the entire performance.
That right there is badass.
MONARQUE was next to take the stage. This may sound strange, but I found that they provided a break, an interlude in the proceedings. Where THANTIFAXATH had been at once blistering and droning, and ALCEST would be something else all together, MONARQUE were simply, almost mercifully entertaining. When the frontman yelled: "We are MONARQUE from Quebec! We play black metal! Tabernacle!" I felt myself relax into the comfort of having my expectations straightforwardly met.
After the theatricality that characterized the previous two performances ALCEST's use of a few candelabras and a bit of dry ice felt positively minimalist. The band members themselves were startlingly quiet, not engaging the crowd at all aside from disarming eye-contact and the occasional, nearly whispered "Merci." This combination of subtlety and intensity dovetailed beautifully with their music, which managed to be tender, plaintive, and devastating all at once. For the first time in a great many shows, I actually sat down during a performance. I sat not because I was bored, not even because I was tired. I sat because the energy it took to operate my legs felt like energy I could be directing towards my ears. I sat on a table top with my eyes closed, rocking back and forth unconsciously, entirely consumed.
I walked into the Hard Luck Bar feeling empty; but oh, I left so full.
I actually quite liked their debut, but this one isn't grabbing me in the same way. Songs seem shorter, and they've definitely dialled down the heavy, opting for a slightly less distorted desert rock/grunge sound.


The Battle of Tunmen (Chinese: ????) was a naval battle in which the Ming dynasty imperial navy defeated a Portuguese fleet led by Simão de Andrade in 1521.
Simão de Andrade had been kidnapping Chinese children to sell in Malacca. and ignored Chinese sovereign authority at Tãmão, building a fort. The Chinese believed that the Portuguese roasted and ate the Chinese children they had kidnapped. The Chinese responded by blockading the Portuguese. The Portuguese would have starved if they had not run the blockade.


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[Speaking Out] The Science Council of Japan Should Protect Academic Freedom
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The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and other Japanese media have criticized the Suga administration's refusal to appoint six of 105 candidates recommended by the Science Council of Japan for SCJ membership, saying the refusal runs counter to academic freedom. However, there is a precedent.
The then-Abe administration in 2016 was reluctant to accept the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) recommended candidates to fill vacancies caused by the age limit of 70. That left three positions unfilled. In November 2018, the Cabinet Legislation Bureau concluded that the government is not obliged to appoint SCJ members simply because they are recommended by the SCJ.
Who are the Rejected Candidates?
The names, affiliations, and activity histories of the six rejected candidates have been reported. The six opposed national security laws that permitted the limited exercise of the rights of collective self-defense and other security-related legislation.
University of Tokyo professor A (academic field: majoring in political thought history) opposed the Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets enacted in 2013 and called for forming an "Association of Scholars Opposed to National Security Laws."
Waseda University professor B (academic field: administrative law) set up an "Association of Waseda University Volunteers Seeking to Repeal National Security Laws" and issued a statement of protest against the government's handling of a U.S. military base construction off Camp Schwab in Okinawa.
Jikei University professor C (academic field: constitutional law) called for scrapping national security legislation that, he said, would lead to Japan's unlimited exercise of the right of collective self-defense.
University of Tokyo professor D (academic field: modern Japanese history) proposed to establish a group named "Save Constitutional Democracy Japan 2014," and raised opposition to any constitutional amendment and the Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets.
Ritsumeikan University professor E (academic field: criminal law) criticized a bill in 2017 for revising the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds as the worst postwar public order legislation.
Kyoto University professor F (academic field: the study of Christianity) has supported the "Association of Scholars Opposed to National Security Laws" and an "Association of Kyoto University Volunteers for Freedom and Peace," which opposed national security legislation.
SCJ Cooperated with China while Rejecting Japanese Military Research
Meanwhile, the SCJ has emphasized its rejection of studies related to the Ministry of Defense under the banner of a military research ban.
There is a case symbolizing the rejection. Hokkaido University applied in fiscal 2016 for the ministry's security technology research promotion program, and the ministry adopted a study proposed by the university's professor, Dr. M (academic field: fluid mechanics) for covering a ship's bottom with fine bubbles to reduce navigation resistance. The epoch-making study would cut fuel consumption by 10%, not only for Japan's Self-Defense Forces, but also for private sector tankers and ships.
In its statement on March 24, 2017, however, the SCJ criticized the study as a military research. The virtual pressure from the SCJ led the university to withdraw the study from the Ministry of Defense program in 2018.
The SCJ opposes national defense, which protects the lives and assets of the Japanese people. And it's behavior appears designed to support assertions and activities of some opposition parties.
Though it is organized as an academic group of excellent scholars, the SCJ rather serves as a lobby group to deny academic freedom on its own. Kyosuke Nagata, chairman of the Japan Association of National Universities and president of Tsukuba University [one of Japan's top universities for the sciences] took issue with the SCJ's restrictive views of academic freedom on March 26 this year, when he told a press conference that it was his view that it there was nothing wrong with engaging in any research for self-defense sponsored by any government agency. I am among many researchers who agree with him.
Despite its position on research in Japan, the SCJ signed a memorandum of cooperation with the China Association for Science and Technology.
Now, at a time with China's oppression of ethnic minorities, Hong Kong crackdown, the militarization of the South China Sea and other iron-fisted Chinese actions coming under international fire, the SCJ's academic cooperation with China may need to be fundamentally reconsidered.
Correction: The original version of the article said "SCJ officials forced their way into the Hokkaido University president's room." This description proved wrong.
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Your forgot The Supreme Intelligence, who I believe DID resurrect him in Avengers vs. X-Men... only for him to die again.
I agree, there are plenty of ways for him to come back. And there are some interesting stories that could come from him, though I don't see Earthlings being where most of it would be.
I especially think that the return of Genis and Phyla would add interesting things. Especially his relationship with Genis, a larger call to arms for him out of inspiration... or even seeing his father as less than he thought he had been.
Would Marv have issues with some of the ways Genis lived his life and carried on his name?
What of his views on how Adam Warlock handled being Thanos de facto adversary, in Marv's absence?
What are his thoughts on the seeming (to me) lack of protector of the universe? Is it better for him to somehow ascend to Eon's place (is he still alive? I have seen him, but have no knowledge of his/her return)?
A relationship with the Silver Surfer and/or Warlock has potential.
MArv's response to a less cosmic and less together universe in the wake of Annihilation and Secret Wars.
HOWEVER, as I said, my gripe is two fold. One is that the story has to be as good as DoCM. By no means an easy task. Starlin wrote it as a way to deal with his father's death (along with his sickness in his Eerie series), so he may not be easy to get. However there are plenty of other talented writers. But it does need to be At least as good. That is what I am most adamant about... as if what I think matters to anyone.
The other problem (for me) is that Captain MArvel has been dead the whole time I have been reading comics. As I read Starlin's Amazing run, Englehart's underrated stories, and Moench's pretty decent tales, I knew he would die. It was a verey interesting way to read it.
It makes for a very interesting and strong reading. IN many ways, him coming back would almost be like UNcle BEn coming back.
But he ISN't Uncle Ben. It could happen.
I guess to make a way too long point short... I wouldn't suggest bringing Mar-Vell back. I wouldn't say I want it. I would say it was a bad idea. I would however pick it up if it was all done well. I would also be open.


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Review: The Rock (1996)
The Rock (1996)
Directed by: Michael Bay
Premise: A renegade group of Marines take over Alcatraz and threaten to attack San Francisco with chemical weapons. A former Alcatraz inmate (Sean Connery) and a biochemist (Nicolas Cage) join a SEAL team in an effort to thwart the terrorists.
What Works: It has become fashionable among film critics to regard Michael Bay as the personification of the worst elements of Hollywood filmmaking. Truthfully, the director brought it on himself by repeatedly and solely making loud, obnoxious, and stupid movies like Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the Transformers series as well as producing ill-advised horror remakes like 2003's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and 2010's A Nightmare on Elm Street. But before he was the scourge of the critical establishment, Michael Bay proved himself to be a filmmaker who was capable of extraordinary showmanship. The Rock was only his second directorial feature but it remains his best film and the picture is a standout entry in the action genre. The Rock was made in the mid-1990s at a time when computer generated imagery was used sparingly and like Die Hard with a Vengeance and Speed the movie benefits from a favorable combination of practical and digital effects. Even though the action sequences of this film are big, the filmmakers maintain a credible scale. The sets and the violence retain their grit and the fights and shootouts have a peril and panic that is missing from similar movies. The Rock also demonstrates a balance between action and story that is missing from much of Bay's later work and it includes a cast of compelling characters. The story begins with a disillusioned Marine general (Ed Harris) who extorts the United States government under the threat of a biological weapon. But the character isn't motivated by greed; he is protesting the unrecognized and uncompensated deaths of the men under his command and that gives the character a sympathetic motive that makes him much more complicated than the standard action movie villain. The villain's complicated motives put something very real at stake and—quite amazingly for a Michael Bay film—give the story some substance. The leading role of The Rock is played by Nicolas Cage as a nerdy biochemist. Cage has since become a fixture of action movies but in 1996 this was an unusual role for the actor. Cage does not overplay the toughness or the weirdness as he has in later performances and his awkwardness makes him a much more interesting lead character. The Rock also features Sean Connery as a former prisoner of Alcatraz and he brings a lot of gravitas to the role both as an action star but also as a dramatic actor. Connery and Cage form an action odd couple familiar from movies like Lethal Weapon and their comic banter is funnier than a lot of other buddies-in-action movies.
What Doesn't: The shortcomings of The Rock are often minor versions of major flaws in Michael Bay's later movies. The Rock includes nowhere near the excess of Bad Boys II and Transformers but the car chase in the middle of the film is gratuitous property destruction that does not forward the story. The movie also foretells the racist robots of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with tangential African American characters who behave like racial caricatures. Many of the entries on Michael Bay's filmography suffer from pompous self-importance and fascistic deference to the military and The Rock has shades of this as well. Because the premise of the story puts so much at stake and because the military characters are so complex, these elements are easier to take in The Rock than in Bay's other movies but some of the dialogue sounds silly instead of macho.
DVD extras: Commentary track, featurettes, outtakes, interview with Jerry Bruckheimer, trailers, and TV spots.
Bottom Line: The Rock is one of the great action movies because it balances the showmanship required by the action genre with a compelling story and memorable characters. It's a shame that Michael Bay lost his grasp of these elements in his later movies but The Rock remains an excellent example of what an action film can be when it's made by a skilled filmmaker with a talented cast and a good script.
Episode: #434 (April 7, 2013)


St Luke's Blog: TEDGlobal 2009 - Ideas Worth Spreading.
TEDGlobal 2009 takes place this week as captains of industry, leaders, scientists and experts gather to exchange thoughts on anything and everything.
Seth Godin on standing out.
Seth Godin, a marketing expert, explains how terrible or strange marketing ideas are better than boring ones in the pursuit of gaining people's attention to a product or brand. Especially in an era where time is scarce and the range of choice is vast and growing, it easier for the consumer to ignore those ideas that don't catch their eye than examine every one when making a decision about where to eat, what to watch and what to buy. At least bad ideas make the cut when it comes to attracting attention and discussion.
Sarah Jones as a one-woman global village.
Social Media brings people and ideas together from around the world whilst they sit at their computers, on the train, in the pub. This lady brings them together literally in one act, discussing how invention can include the invention of self and identity. The Internet and social media allow you to invent yourself in any way you like and thus there are some interesting parallels to be drawn.
Social media is providing those living in oppressed regimes and remote areas of the world the ability to deliver news and information to the rest of us, despite the efforts of their government to stop them doing so - the truth will out!


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Event: Rohingya: The Silent Genocide?
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#OxfordUniversity Islamic Society is hosting an evening devoted to "#Rohingya: The Silent Genocide?".
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing openly calls it "an unfinished business".
Imagine what "a finished business" to them looks like.
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- PhD specializing in the politics of education and propaganda under military rule in Burma
(1962-88) University of Wisconsin at Madison.
- He was also schooled at the Universities of Mandalay, California and Washington
-Taught and/or held research and leadership fellowships at National-Louis University in Chicago, Georgetown, Harvard, Oxford, LSE, UCL Institute of Education, Malaya, and Brunei.
-Co-author, 'The Slow Burning Genocide of Myanmar's Rohingyas'
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Tun Khin:
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-Grandson of the Parliamentary Secretary during the democratic period in Myanmar.
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-Actively involved in informing US Congress and State Department, British Parliament, Swedish Parliament, European Union Parliament and Commission, the UN Indigenous Forum in NY and the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
-Recipient of a leadership award from Refuges International Washington DC in April 2015 for his relentless effort working on the Rohingya issue.
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Hamilton untouchable in charge to Belgian GP victory
By Luke SmithAug 23, 2015, 9:32 AM EDT
Lewis Hamilton extended his lead at the top of the Formula 1 drivers' championship on Sunday by claiming a dominant victory in the Belgian Grand Prix.
Starting from pole, Hamilton went unchallenged en route to his sixth win of the 2015 season, only losing the lead through the pit stops as Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg was forced to settle for second place at Spa.
After coming under increased pressure in recent races, Mercedes stamped its authority on the F1 field once again by easing to another one-two finish.
Ultimately, it was Romain Grosjean who completed the podium for Lotus, scoring his first top three finish since the 2013 United States Grand Prix after Sebastian Vettel suffered a tire failure on the penultimate lap of the race.
The first start of the race had to be aborted due to a problem on Nico Hulkenberg's car, which combined with Carlos Sainz Jr's issue on the second formation lap meant that just 18 drivers took the start of the Belgian Grand Prix. Sainz would ultimately rejoin the race, albeit a lap down.
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The Model 71 Winchester
and the .348 WCF Cartridge
By: Jim Taylor
The Model 71 Winchester was the culmination of the large-frame leverguns produced by the famed old company. Introduced in 1936 it was an upgrade of the famous Model 1886. Designed to make manufacturing a bit easier with improvements to handle the new cartridge that was introduced with it, this was the last of the big-frame leverguns made by Winchester.
The Model 1886 was designed during the black powder era for large black powder cartridges. Chambered for a variety of calibers including the .45-70, the Model 1886, was adapted to a new smokeless powder medium bore cartridge called the .33 WCF in 1902. The .33 Winchester was intended for hunting large North American game and used .338" diameter bullets, the same size used in today's .338 Magnums. However, by the 1930's the .33 WCF was looking a bit underpowered. That and the increased costs for the production of the 1886 (along with the slowdown of the economy) had Winchester looking around at ways to cut costs in the production of the big lever-action.
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A redesign of many of the internal parts along with the introduction of a new caliber was Winchester's plan to get the costs down and to market the package. The redesigned '86 was renamed the Model 71 and the rest, as they say, is history. The rifle was produced in only one caliber, the .348 WCF and it is the only factory rifle ever chambered for this round.
(see the exploded views of the Model 71 and Model 1886 for comparison ... see if you can spot the changes made)
It was introduced in two different models, the Standard and the Deluxe versions and was produced in 2 barrel lengths, 20" and 24" (carbine & rifle). Both models used a pistol-grip stock. The Deluxe version had checkering on the forend and stock, along with snap-on sling swivels, pistol-grip cap and a really cool bolt mounted aperture sight.
Rear Sight on Deluxe Model
Browning 71
By the mid-1950's with costs again rising, the Model 71 was discontinued. Because all parts were totally machined from steel (vs. cast as with most newer firearms) the rifle was pretty expensive to produce. Too expensive to build and still make a profit. In 1956 Winchester stopped it's production and the last big levergun was no more. About 47,000 of the Model 71's were made during it's 20 year history.
In 1987 Browning produced a modern version of the Model 71 that was made in Japan. These have different thread sizes in places, most notably the barrels, and many parts will not interchange with the originals. The Browning version was a limited production model only.
Left - Winchester Model 71 barrel
Right - Browning Model 71 barrel
The 348 was based on the old .50-110 WCF cartridge and is the largest-sized rim diameter used in factory leverguns. Original loadings for the .348 were in 2 different bullet weights: 150 gr. and 200 grain jacketed. (The 250 gr. loading was added later on.) The velocity's listed originally for the 150 gr. and 200 gr. loads were 2920 fps and 2535 fps. These were later reduced to 2890 for the 150 gr. and 2530 for the 200 grain loads. The 250 gr. loading which was introduced some time after the 150 gr. and 200gr. loads was rated at 2350 fps.
Top - .30-30 Winchester
bottom - .348 Winchester
Cartridge dimensions
Old Winchester 200 gr.
Hornady 200 gr.
Barnes 250 gr.
Alaskan Bullet Works 250 gr.
250 gr. cast gas check
Only the 200 gr. factory load is produced today by Winchester. Buffalo Bore, a small custom ammunition company in Idaho, offers a High Velocity 250 gr. loading.
Handloaders do not have a large selection of bullets to choose from. Hornady makes a 200 gr. JSP bullet. Barnes produces a 220 gr. and a 250 gr. bullet. Alaska Bullet Works makes a 250 gr. bullet also. This is the bullet that Buffalo Bore uses in their .348 ammunition. Limited testing that I have done shows this to be a tough bullet that should work well on large and/or dangerous game.
There are several bullet molds available for the .348" diameter projectile. I don't know of too many people who use this caliber, let alone cast bullets for it. I have used the gun for some years and even though I have a bullet mold and dies, I have yet to run cast bullets in the gun. As little as I use it I prefer my own handloads with jacketed ammo. Most of the game I have taken with it have been with original Winchester 200 gr. Silvertips. I know that on large Mule Deer the Winchester loading worked just fine.
Cast bullet powder and
sized .348" charge velocity
Lyman #350447 IMR 3031 35 gr. 1818
187gr. IMR 3031 47 gr. 2338
IMR 4198 25 gr. 1672
255 gr. IMR 3031 46 gr. 2217
Jacketed bullet
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With a 200 yard zero you can basically hold "on" to 250 yards.
That is further than I would take a shot at game animals, using the iron sights.
To be fair the to animal I would stalk
closer.
Ballistically .. at least on paper .. the .348 Winchester falls somewhere between the .350 Remington Magnum and the .358 Winchester I say "on paper" since in real life the paper figures do not always turn out to be totally true. For all practical purposes the .358 gives identical performance as the .348 Winchester.
Velocity Comparisons
caliber load muzzle yards yards yards yards yards
348 WCF 200 gr. Silvertip 2520 2215 1931 1672 1443 1253
200 gr. Silvertip 2490 2171 1876 1610 1379 1194
350 Rem 200 gr. Corelokt 2710 2410 2130 1870 1631 1421
Trajectory Comparisons with a 200 yard Zero
348 WCF 200 gr. Silvertip -.9" +3.7" 0 -13" -53.3" -99.2"
358 200 gr. Silvertip -.9" +3.8" 0 -13.7" -40.9" -86.3"
350 Rem 200 gr. Corelokt -.9" +3.1" 0 -10.8" -31.6" -65.4"
Model 71 & Model 94 Winchester's compared side (above) & top views (below)
Below - Model 71 & Model 94 Win. compared open action
I have used the .348 and the Model 71 Winchester to make good hits on targets to 800 yards. While the paper ballistics would have you to believe that the trajectory would make it impossible to do, in actual practice the gun and ammo work pretty well for long-range rock busting.
I used handloads with the 250 gr. Barnes Original bullet and found them to work very well at extreme distances. One June I was in Cody, WY with The Shootists, shooting targets from 300 to 800 yards using the above loads. Dick Casull was watching me and I asked him if he wanted to take a shot. He took my rifle, asked where I was holding on the 800 yard target, and proceeded, offhand, to hit the target! He handed the rifle back to me and said quietly, "There are no flies on that one."
I have not hunted with the Model 71 all that much. I have shot some coyotes and deer with it. I used it in Arizona while hunting horseback and shot Mule Deer and Coues Deer with it. In Missouri I have used it to hunt and take Whitetail Deer. I found the Hornady 200 gr. bullets too tough to expand well on the smallish Whitetails in S/W Missouri. The Winchester Silvertip bullet is much better on deer. The Hornady and Barnes bullets are better suited for larger game... I would say, Elk and larger/heavier animals. I haven't tried the Alaska Bullet Works bullets on game but from limited testing I would say they fall into the same category as the Barnes bullets, great for Big Game.
HOT-RODDING IT
The Model 71 has been used as a basis for caliber conversions over quite a few years now. P.O. Ackley's .348 Improved was made by blowing the case out straight to get rid of the tapered body. Combined with Ackley's sharp shoulder, case life was dramatically improved over the factory cartridge and ballistics were increased. Standard loads in the Improved case gave up to 500 fps increase over the unmodified cartridge with some loads.
Bob Hutton (who was at Guns & Ammo at the time) developed a series of wildcat cartridges based on the Ackley Improved .348. There was a .30 caliber design called the .30-348, the case being necked to .30 caliber. There was also a .35-348 (which proved to be the most efficient of all the conversions), a .40-348, and a .450-348. The .450-348 proved a very powerful cartridge, running a 350 gr. bullet at nearly 2500 fps and 400 gr. bullet at 2300 fps... very close to .458 Winchester Magnum ballistics from a levergun. It was noted for tearing the magazine tube off the rifle during recoil unless a special fixture was attached to hold the magazine in place.
The .450 Alaskan was developed around the same time. The only difference between it and the .450-348 was the latter is the straight-walled Ackley design while the .450 Alaskan has about a .020" body taper. It is noticeably smaller at the shoulder than the Ackley cartridge. The .450 Alaskan has slightly reduced ballistics when compared to the Ackley design, but because of the slight taper the cartridge feeds better in the levergun.
Today the .50 Alaskan is a very popular conversion of the .348 Winchester cartridge. Blown out to a straight case, the big gun hits hard on both ends! Regan Nonneman of Nonneman Custom Rifles is a premier builder of these big bores, as are a few other custom lever-smiths around the country.
For my use the big levergun is fine just as it came from the factory. It has all the power I will need for what I use it for. I would have no hesitation using it for most any of the large North American game animals. While it never caught on with the public like the .30 or .35 calibers - most likely due at least in part to it's odd caliber - the .348 is a very good one for those who like to play with cartridges that are a bit different.
The rifle that was built for it - the Model 71 Winchester - remains an excellent example of what was being produced by gun companies during the days when craftsmanship was put into the "assembly line" firearms.
- Jim Taylor
Warning: All technical data mentioned, especially handloading, hunting and bullet casting, reflect the limited experience of individuals using specific tools, products, equipment and components under specific conditions and circumstances not necessarily reported in the article or on this web site and over which The Los Angeles Silhouette Club (LASC), this web site or the author has no control. The above has no control over the condition of your firearms or your methods, components, tools, techniques or circumstances and disclaims all and any responsibility for any person using any data mentioned. Always consult recognized reloading manuals.


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It has many things in common with cancer, but experts refer to it as a "myeloproliferative neoplasm." To keep things simple, the word neoplasm can be thought of as a fancy term for "tumor or growth" and tumors or growths can be benign or malignant. Myelofibrosis is definitely not benign, but it also lacks some of the characteristics people have come to expect when thinking about cancer, or malignant neoplasms.
That said, whether you look at myelofibrosis as a cancer or a harmful growth of the bone marrow tissue, there is currently no drug therapy that is curative (but bone marrow transplant can be curative), and it is a process that can progress to cause harm—albeit at different speeds in different people. Advanced forms of myelofibrosis limit the life span and create a significant health burden for patients.
You will find plenty of patient-geared sites that refer to myelofibrosis as "a rare blood cancer." This may be an efficient way to communicate the general concept, but there is also more to the story. Myelofibrosis can lead to blood cancer, but in some cases, myelofibrosis may result from blood cancer.
Besides primary and secondary, there are other ways to categorize myelofibrosis. One way is to group cases of this disease into separate risk categories depending on a person's findings when the disease is first diagnosed. Several different tools are available to help doctors determine your level of risk, to help guide treatment and to shape your prognosis.
According to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, myelofibrosis occurs in about 1.5 out of every 100,000 people in the United States each year. It affects both men and women and is usually diagnosed in people over the age of 60, but it can occur at any age. It's estimated that about 16,000 to 18,500 people in the United States have myelofibrosis.
Multiple types of marrow cells and genes are known to be involved, however , the precise cause of the excessive scarring in myelofibrosis is not entirely clear. Many genetic and chromosomal abnormalities have been found, including a mutation called the "JAK2 V617F missense mutation," however having this mutation does not mean you will necessarily develop primary myelofibrosis. The reason for such mutations is unknown, and no specific exposures or risk factors can be linked to primary myelofibrosis in most cases.
In addition to blood cancers, other non-cancerous blood disorders known as "myeloproliferative neoplasms" such as polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia may also to lead to secondary myelofibrosis. Secondary or interactive myelofibrosis can also occur in response to chemical or physical injury, infection or loss of blood supply to the bone marrow.
Primary myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera–related myelofibrosis, and essential thrombocythemia-related myelofibrosis are all sometimes lumped together as "myelofibrosis," but scientists say there may be more to learn and understand about differences between each type.
Many patients do not have any symptoms at the time of diagnosis, but common symptoms include the following:
The feeling of having difficulty breathing
Discomfort in the abdomen (due to an enlarged spleen)
The bone marrow failure can lead to symptoms from low blood counts, such as fatigue from having too few healthy red blood cells. The impact on blood platelets can also lead to bleeding and clotting problems.
Other symptoms, such as abdominal fullness or pressure, may be due to all that is going on outside of the scarred bone marrow, in order to make new blood cells:
Normally, blood cell production shifts to the bone marrow in babies at or around the time of birth. Prior to birth, however, babies can produce new blood cells at sites such as the spleen, liver, and lymph nodes—these sites outside the bone marrow are called extramedullary.
Normally in adults, the only site of new blood cell formation is the bone marrow. In certain blood cancers and blood disorders, people go back to producing blood cells wherever they can, at these extramedullary sites. In myelofibrosis, this most commonly occurs in the spleen and liver. Sometimes a person's spleen can become huge because of extramedullary hematopoiesis in myelofibrosis.
Major complications of myelofibrosis generally come from the bone marrow failure and extramedullary hematopoiesis.
There is an increased risk of transformation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with myelofibrosis, and about 20 percent of people with myelofibrosis develop acute leukemia.
In addition to the information your doctor gets through your symptoms and physical exam, there are several tests that offer valuable diagnostic information. These include blood counts, other blood work, imaging tests such as x-rays and MRI, bone marrow tests, and gene tests. A sample of blood or bone marrow may be sent to the laboratory to look for gene mutations (such as the JAK2, CALR, or MPL mutations) that are very often present in people with myelofibrosis.
Other things that can look like myelofibrosis, but are not, include chronic myelogenous leukemia, other myeloproliferative syndromes, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, and acute myeloid leukemia.
Currently, there is no drug option that is curative. The goal for most patients is to relieve symptoms, reduce an enlarged spleen and improve blood cell counts. In concert with these goals, the overriding goal is also to reduce the risk of complications.
Myelofibrosis is a disease with few approved treatment options, but many new agents are being investigated and developed. Treatment is guided by your specific factors such as the presence of symptoms, as well as the risk of your particular case of myelofibrosis, and also on your age and overall/general health.
For people with very low risk and no symptoms, observation alone may be fine. For high-risk disease, stem cell transplant from a donor is often considered, but not all patients are eligible due to the risks. Some patients are good candidates for conventional drug therapy or investigational drug therapy in a clinical trial.
In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ruxolitinib (Jakafi) for the treatment of intermediate and high-risk myelofibrosis, including primary myelofibrosis, post-polycythemia vera myelofibrosis, and post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis.
The FDA approval was based on the results of two randomized controlled trials in patients with intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis comparing ruxolitinib to placebo (Study 1) or to best available therapy (Study 2). In Study 1, 42 percent of patients treated with ruxolitinib, compared with 1 percent of patients treated with placebo, experienced at least a 35 percent reduction of spleen size at 24 weeks. At the time of approval, 75 percent of the patients on Study 1 and 67 percent on Study 2 who achieved at least a 35 percent reduction in spleen volume maintained this reduction in spleen volume.
Ruxolitinib is effective in reducing spleen size and alleviating symptoms in a majority of patients. In the clinical trial testing ruxolitinib in patients with high-risk myelofibrosis, a large group of participants had significant improvement in symptoms associated with the disease: they wrote a daily diary capturing the debilitating symptoms of myelofibrosis which included abdominal discomfort, early sensation of fullness, pain under left ribs, itchiness, night sweats and bone/muscle pain.
The most common adverse drug reactions, observed in at least 1 percent of the patients treated with ruxolitinib, included low platelets, anemia, bruising, dizziness, and headache. Adverse drug reactions of a threshold severity that were higher in patients treated with ruxolitinib compared with placebo in Study 1 included low platelets (experienced by 13 percent of patients treated with ruxolitinib, compared with 1 percent of patients treated with placebo) and anemia (experienced by 45 percent of patients treated with ruxolitinib, compared with 19 percent of patients treated with placebo). Similar results were observed in Study 2.
Other therapies found to be effective for enlarged spleen and control of symptoms include chemotherapies, removal of the spleen or splenectomy, and low-dose radiation therapy to the spleen. Blood transfusions may be given for anemia, and for patients who have transfusion dependent anemia, bone marrow-stimulating drugs such as erythropoietin, androgens (for instance, danazol), and immunomodulators (for instance, lenalidomide) may be used.
Based on past studies, some groups of people diagnosed with myelofibrosis lived for many years, while in other groups, survival times were less than 3 to 5 years from diagnosis. About 60 percent of patients with primary/idiopathic myelofibrosis live 5 years. There is a significant group of patients, however, who live 10 years or more.
Those who tend to do very well include those whose hemoglobin levels are greater than 10 g/dL, platelet counts greater than 100x3/uL and those who have less enlargement of the liver. Spleen size and gender do not seem to have any major impact on survival in studies, although in theory, reducing spleen size could translate to survival benefits in some cases.
So far, the survival of people with primary myelofibrosis seems to have more to do with their individual symptoms and manifestations of the disease at the outset, and is not as much influenced by any one treatment or therapy; however, this is a concept in evolution that may change as the science unfolds. Newer treatments are continually emerging and the science in this area is expanding rapidly.
Gangat N, Caramazza D, Vaidya R, et al. DIPSS-plus: A Refined Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System (DIPSS) for Primary Myelofibrosis that Incorporates Prognostic Information from Karyotype, Platelet Count and Transfusion Status. J Clin Oncol. 2011; 29:392-397.
Greenberg PL, Attar E, Bennett JM, et al. Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. JNCCN. 2013;11(7):838-874.
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New and Upcoming Treatment Options for Primary Myelofibrosis
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An Overview of Blood Disorders
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Severe Congenital Neutropenia Symptoms and Diagnosis
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For anyone who doesn't know what hypertrophy is, it basically means muscle growth or increasing size through resistance training (i.e. lifting weights). Changes are dependent on the type of activity and muscle fiber types used, the load exerted on the muscle, and the velocity and duration of the contraction (Marieb, 2004). If you, (like me and most other people) started training in a commercial gym, you were probably shocked by the guys with the massive guns (aka muscles) and wondered how the hell they got like that. Well most likely those guys are training based on a hypertrophy program (or maybe they're taking extra "supplements") but the genuine ones are on a hypertrophy program and eating to match.
A typical hypertrophy program consists of workout sets with high volume reps. Ideally between 4/6 sets and between 8/12 reps in each set. Every machine, barbell, dumbbell, cable, resistance band can be used as part of your hypertrophy program. The more variety the better in my book! You should aim for approximately 75%-85% of your 1RM in each set. Exercises that build muscle the best are compound, multi-joint exercises, as they recruit more of the body to perform the exercise (Heyward, 2006). They have also been shown to recruit and activate more muscle fibres. Isolation work then would focus on smaller muscle groups like the biceps and triceps etc. The phase of the workout that people call the BURN, lifting lighter weights and breaking down the muscle fibres and entering the BURN phase/swole phase/looking in the mirror and flexing while posting on instagram phase. How much you get after isolation work will depend on your current program and your goals.
So what exactly happens to my body when I use weights to train, you ask…When weight training, tiny tears happen in your muscle fibres. The body responds to the damage by increasing the amount of protein going into the muscle. This healing progress continues for up to two days. Have you ever done a workout and the day after you fell sore, but even more sore the following day after that? This is your body repairing itself. Because of this; people create split programmes when doing hypertrophy training. One day they will train their upper body and another day they will train their legs. This would also be an important factor of the gym programming here at Ronin.
Some last points. Both men and women will respond differently to a similar program. That said, muscle is needed to move weight and participate in CrossFit properly. As you can probably tell by looking around most CrossFit gyms our muscle gain is generally based more on performance and a lean frame over a powerlifting/strongman/bodybuilder frame.
Sometimes, one of the quickest ways to "gain muscle" is to drop a little bodayfat. Lean and well defined muscle can easily hide away and this is where simple tools like minimising sugar etc. come in.


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Beijing: A Chinese newspaper has hit out at the West for pulling up Beijing over self-immolation by Tibetans, saying Western critics needed to shed "stereotypes in their heads".
The China Daily editorial specifically targeted Baroness Ashton of the European Union and British foreign office minister Hugo Swire. Both voiced their concern about the human rights situation in Tibet.
"They are appealing to both the 'Chinese authorities' and 'Tibetans' and 'their community and religious leaders' to play a role in stopping self-immolation," it said.
But, the daily noted, such "balance" was not fair "because it is based on a human rights picture in Tibet that stands facts on their head".
The editorial said the acts of self-immolation were not spontaneous acts of "protest against Chinese rule".
"It (is) Dharamsala that has been inciting such suicidal actions, in a covert but merciless manner that has been proved beyond doubt," it added, referring to the Indian town where the Dalai Lama is based.
"Unless Dharamsala exercises restraint, and shows true respect for the lives of believers in Tibetan Buddhism, there will be no end to such tragedies.
"The real problem now is that both religious believers and their sympathizers, especially teenagers, have been brainwashed by Dharamsala-directed teachings.
"The latter is using the tragic loss of life as a stepping stone to power, taking advantage of the Dalai Lama's religious influence…
"The miserable Tibet that Dharamsala has built exists only in the lies they spread and in the tragedies they create."
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has lived in India since 1959 when he fled his homeland following the Chinese takeover of Tibet.
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Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments
Edited by Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.
For many years, psychotherapy was criticized for lacking an empirical base, but the basis for that criticism has gradually changed as neurobiological research has advanced and the number of efficacy studies has expanded. The growing literature empirically validating psychotherapy as a treatment, and the abundance of psychotherapies now available, make a comprehensive textbook of psychotherapeutic treatments in psychiatry of central importance, both to practitioners and to trainees in psychiatry and other mental health professions.
Glen O. Gabbard, author or editor of more than 22 books and over 280 scientific papers and book chapters, is a leader in the fields of psychiatry and psychoanalysis. He has assembled 50 of the world's most renowned experts in every psychotherapeutic school of thought to create this definitive volume, sure to become the standard text for all student and practicing psychotherapists, whatever their background—psychiatry, psychology, or social work. This authoritative work boasts many must-have features:
All the major psychotherapeutic modalities are addressed in one volume, including sections on psychodynamic psychotherapy; cognitive therapy; interpersonal psychotherapy; supportive psychotherapy; family systems therapy; the different modalities of couples, group, and family therapies; dialectical behavioral therapy; and mentalization-based therapy.
This comprehensive, utterly current overview of the field is versatile and can be used as a textbook for a course; as a reference for the mental health professional who needs to match a specific type of therapy to a particular patient; or as a clinical handbook.
The sections are structured in a consistent manner, with each featuring individual chapters on theory, technique, indications and efficacy, and the combination of psychotherapy and medication. This allows for the therapies to be easily compared and contrasted and makes navigating the volume effortless.
The text provides chapters on the neurobiological underpinnings of psychotherapy—a burgeoning field—and on the nature of professional boundaries in psychotherapy—as indispensable to the student first contemplating personal and professional ethics as to the clinician actively embodying them.
In addition to the major individual psychotherapies, group, family, and couples therapy are covered, as well as integrative therapies evolved from different models.
Treatment outcome depends on carefully matching the therapeutic modality to the patient or client, and this book will both facilitate and enhance that meticulous process. Up-to-date, scientifically rigorous, and exhaustive in its scope, the Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments is the "go-to" text and reference for the knowledgeable, conscientious psychotherapist, in training and in practice.
Part 1: Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Theoretical models of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Techniques of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. Applications of psychodynamic psychotherapy to specific disorders: efficacy and indications. Combining psychodynamic psychotherapy with medication.
Part 2: Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Theory of cognitive therapy. Techniques of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Applications of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy to specific disorders: efficacy and indications. Combining cognitive-behavioral therapy with medication.
Part 3: Individual Interpersonal Psychotherapy.
Theory of interpersonal psychotherapy. Techniques of individual interpersonal psychotherapy. Applications of individual interpersonal psychotherapy to specific disorders: efficacy and indications. Combining interpersonal psychotherapy with medication.
Part 4: Individual Supportive Psychotherapy.
Theory of supportive psychotherapy. Techniques of individual supportive psychotherapy. Applications of individual supportive psychotherapy to psychiatric disorders: efficacy and indications. Combining supportive psychotherapy with medication.
Part 5: Group, Family, and Couples Therapy.
Family systems theory and practice. Couples therapy. Emotionally focused couples therapy: an attachment-based treatment. Psychodynamic couples therapy: an object relations approach. Behavioral couples therapy. Psychodynamic group therapy. Family intervention for psychotic and severe mood disorders. Group cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain.
Part 6: Forms of Psychotherapy Integration.
Theory and practice of psychotherapy integration. Theory and practice of dialectical behavioral therapy. Theory and practice of mentalization-based therapy. Brain processes informing psychotherapy. Professional boundaries in psychotherapy. Index.
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Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.
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Mary Target, Ph.D.
Michael E. Thase, M.D.
Beverly E. Thorn, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Oriana Vesga-Lopez, M.D.
George I. Viamontes, M.D., Ph.D.
Barbara B. Walker, Ph.D.
Froma Walsh, Ph.D.
Priyanthy Weerasekera, M.D., M.Ed.
Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D.
Joan Wheelis, M.D.
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Arnold Winston, M.D.
Scott R. Woolley, Ph.D.
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Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., is Brown Foundation Chair of Psychoanalysis and Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
This outstanding book breaks new ground by creating a united states of psychotherapy. One volume contains the best theory and practice of the major psychotherapies written lucidly by their leading proponents. Gabbard and colleagues also succeed in wedding modern neurobiology and psychopharmacology to the talking cure. In thus advancing psychiatric treatment the authors treat the reader to something old, something new, something borrowed, and something true.—David Spiegel, M.D., Willson Professor & Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Univ School of Medicine, Co-Editor of Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment
This landmark volume fills an essential niche in the field of mental health. It presents the diverse and evolving field of psychotherapy, both theory and practice, in a scholarly yet immediately accessible way. The editors and authors, all experts in their fields, have given us a text that can be used to define a curriculum for training as well as an indispensable resource for mental health clinicians at every level of experience. Dr. Gabbard has coordinated an essential psychotherapy text that could not have been written until now and will enhance the lives of clinicians and their patients well into the future.—David A. Goldberg, M.D., Past President and Executive Director, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), Past President, Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP), Vice Chair for Education, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
Rare indeed is a book that includes both scholarly reviews of psychotherapy theory and psychotherapy practice, and which is written in a clear and concise manner. Not only does this text deliver on this difficult task, but also covers all the main forms of psychotherapy in use today. Gabbard is to be commended for this excellent work, with an outstanding and well known group of authors, which starts with providing an outstanding conceptual framework and ends with up to the minute practical clinical material. This will rapidly become a standard text for any student of psychotherapy, no matter what discipline.—Allan Tasman, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Louisville School of Medicine; President, Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists; Secretary for Education, World Psychiatric Association; Past President, American Psychiatric Association
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Good Psychiatric Management and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Edited by Anne K.I. Sonley, J.D., M.D., FRCPC, and Lois W. Choi-Kain, M.D., M.Ed. 2021
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Adolescents With Severe Personality Disorders
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Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Sexual Problems
Stephen B. Levine, M.D. 2020
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Peter N. Novalis, M.D., Ph.D., Virginia Singer, D.N.P., and Roger Peele, M.D. 2020
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Stranded ships, stranded people – the humanitarian solution
April 3, 2020 April 3, 2020 / Corona Virus, covid-19, Cruise Ships, Health Information for Travellers / By mosmancr
The coronavirus has taken over our lives alarmingly rapidly. It has taken over our media and facts and myths are being given equal weight.
Around 9,000 hapless passengers are stranded in about a dozen cruise ships around the world. At time of writing 19 cruise ships are 'stranded' off the Australian coast. Some ships were on round the world voyages and had been at sea long before coronavirus struck. Health policies and border restrictions are changing daily and meanwhile these passengers and the thousands of crew who serve them are being demonised. Ships are still being denied entry to ports around the world and cruise companies are working round the clock to find a solution. Two of the ships that are carrying Australians among their passengers are Holland America vessels the Rotterdam and the Zaandam – both vessels tried to disembark passengers and crew and were being excluded from ports around the Americas for weeks until today (April 3) when they have been allowed to disembark in Florida.
A statement from the President of Carnival says "[Ruby Princess] followed to the letter all of the formal health clearance processes that were active at the time – meaning that all travellers arriving from an overseas port were treated in exactly the same way whether they arrived by air or sea". (Cruise Weekly April 2)
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia is calling for repatriation of crew – and this appears to have been heard.
These travellers could have been any one of us who love to travel and to cruise – these are the unlucky ones, caught up in an unprecedented disaster. It is easy to pass a problem on to others, to deny responsibility, to blame someone else. There's been a lot of buck passing between the Federal government and the Department of Home Affairs – notably some unhelpful comments on air by Peter Dutton – the state governments, the health authorities and border security. It is to be hoped that it is not much longer before the situation is resolved humanely.
Cruising contributes around $5billion to the national economy each year and 20,000+ people work in the industry. Will Australia turn away the ships when this over?


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