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The burden of hypertension and its associated factors among adults in Ruvuma, Southern Tanzania
Author(s): Jacqueline M. Mwita (1), Helmut A. Nyawale (2) and Fabian P. Mghanga (1)
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Archbishop James University College, Songea, Tanzania
2 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Archbishop James University College, Songea, Tanzania
Correspondence: Fabian P. Mghanga, [email protected]
Citation: Mwita et al, The burden of hypertension and its associated factors among adults in Ruvuma, Southern Tanzania. South Sudan Medical Journal 2020; 13(1):12-18 © 2020 The Author (s) License: This is an open access article under CC BY-NC-ND
Submitted: September 2019 Accepted: December 2019 Published: February 2020
Introduction: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases, and hypertension in particular, has been increasing.
Objective: To determine the prevalence and associated factors for hypertension among adults in Ruvuma, Southern Tanzania.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October 2017; 802 patients were recruited, and data were collected on demographic, behavioural and clinical characteristics, and blood pressure, which were analysed using SPSS version 24.0. Associations and statistical significance were calculated using Odds ratio at 95% CI, and p-values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results: Overall, prevalence of hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥140 and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or known hypertensive patient on treatment) was 20.4% (21.4% and 19.5% in women and men, respectively) and that of pre-hypertension was 35.9%. Hypertension was associated with increasing age (p=0.01), excessive salt consumption (p<0.0001), and history of hypercholesterolemia (p<0.0001).
Conclusions: The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension are relatively high. Intervention measures to prevent and control the disease are mandatory to prevent its progression and reduce morbidity and mortality.
Keywords: Hypertension; pre-hypertension; associated factors; prevalence
The burden of non-communicable diseases is increasing in developing countries. [1,2] The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, non-communicable diseases may cause up to46 % of deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. [2] Hypertension is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature mortality.[3] Sub-Saharan Africa has more than 75 million hypertensive individuals and by 2025 it is estimated that about 125.5 million people will be affected.[4] The prevalence of hypertension varies between and within countries [5], in Tanzania, it varies from 16.4% in the west [6] to 28.0% in the north.[7]
The lifestyles of populations have changed with greater urbanization and economic growth. Many people exercise]7] less than previously while diets are often lower in fibre, but higher in salt, fat and calories. [8,9]
Little is known about the magnitude and determinants of hypertension in Southern Tanzania.
The objective of this study was to determine the burden of hypertension and assess associated factors among adults visiting the outpatient unit of a tertiary level health facility in Ruvuma, Tanzania.
This cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October 2017 at Songea Regional Referral Hospital. A total of 802 patients who met the inclusion criteria were recruited from those attending the outpatient department. Inclusion criteria were: age 18-64 years, resident in the study area and consent to participate. Data on socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors for hypertension were collected by questionnaire.
All patients underwent physical examination. Body weight, height, hip and waist circumferences were measured, and the mean of two blood pressure (BP) records were obtained. The participant was regarded hypertensive if the systolic BP was >140 mmHg or diastolic BP was >90 mmHg or had reported regular use of antihypertensive drugs. All patients were classified as normotensive (systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≤120mmHg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP)<80mmHg), pre-hypertensive (SBP 120–139 and DBP 80–89mmHg), hypertension stage 1 (SBP 140–159 mmHg and DBP 90–99mmHg) or hypertension stage 2 (SBP≥160mmHg and DBP ≥100mmHg).[3]
The body-mass index (BMI) was calculated and patients classified as underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (≥ 18.5-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (≥ 25-29.9 kg/m2) or obese (≥ 30 kg/m2).
Recommended salt intake per day was defined as 6g or less while excessive salt intake was defined as> 6g (about one-teaspoonful) a day. For physical activity, patients were grouped: (1) vigorous physical activity, (2) moderate physical activity, (3) insufficient physical activity to meet vigorous or moderate levels, and (4) no physical activity.
Waist and hip circumferences were measured using flexible tape measure just above the iliac crest and at the maximum circumference of the hip, respectively. Waist-to-hip ratios of>1.0 for males and >0.85 for females were considered as abdominal obesity.
The study protocol was approved by the Internal Ethical Committee of Archbishop James University College. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from local and hospital authorities. Individual informed consent was obtained from patients
Statistical analyses were done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 24.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Continuous data were expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD) and categorical data as percentages. Two-tailed Fisher's exact tests were used to assess the associations between different variables. Logistic regression analyses were done to assess predictors of hypertension. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A total of 802 patients were enrolled: 48.3% were females; 87% were aged above 35 years; the mean age was 52.4±13.8 years; 48.4% were married. Almost half (48.0%) had never consumed alcohol while 84.9% denied a history of smoking (Table 1).
A quarter (24.2%) reported excessive consumption of salt and 90.1% consumed fruits at least 1 - 3 days a week; 99.4% ate vegetables at least 1-3 times a week (Table 1). Above normal waist-to-hip ratios were found in 14.9% of males and 14.7% of females. The mean BMI was 19.5±3.8 kg/m2; 4.7% were classified as obese; 17.9% were classified as taking insufficient or no physical exercise (Table 1).
Table 1. Socio-demographic, behavioural and clinical characteristics
Mean ± SD
52.4±13.8
Urban and semi-urban
Waist-to-hip ratio
≤ 0.95
≥ 0.86
Body-mass index (kg/m2)
< 18.5
19.5±3.8
Smoking status
Current smokers
Past smokers
Current consumer
Past consumer
Never consumed
Fruits consumption per week
1 – 3 days
≥4 days
Salt consumption
Recommended or less
Consumption of vegetables per week
≥ 4 days
Family history of hypertension
Use of oral contraceptives (females)
History of diabetes mellitus
History of hypercholesterolemia
Suffered from renal failure
Suffered from heart failure
Suffered from stroke
SD = Standard deviation
Of the 802 patients, 164 (20.4%) were hypertensive: 132(16.4%) and 32(4.0%) in stages 1 and 2 respectively (Table 2).
Table 2. Distribution of patients according to blood pressure categories
Normo-tensive (%)
Pre-hypertension (%)
Hypertension stage 1 (%)
Total hypertensive (%)
SBP ± SD
119.4±7.2
DBP ± SD
SBP =Systolic blood pressure; DBP= Diastolic blood pressure; SD= Standard deviation
Among females, 21.4% were hypertensive compared to 19.5% of men (p=0.54). Hypertension was also associated with alcohol consumption, insufficient or no physical activity, and history of hypercholesterolemia (Table 3).
Table 3. Prevalence of hypertension across socio-demographic, behavioural and clinical characteristics
Hypertension, n (%)
OR (95% CI)
Normotensive
Hypertensive
0.89(0.63 – 1.25)
≤Primary level
> Primary level
Self-employed*
9(14.5)
≤ 24.9
Ever or still smoking
Ever or still consuming alcohol
Vigorous or
Insufficient or no
At least 1-3 days
Normal or minimal
History of hypercholesterolaemia
11.39(4.38 – 29.60)
History of renal failure
History of heart failure
Note: Self-employed included businesspersons, peasants and others; civil servants included employees in both public and private sectors.
OR = Odds Ratio; CI= Confidence Interval; SD= Standard deviation
High BMI, smoking tobacco or using tobacco products, and coexisting history of diabetes mellitus were predictors of hypertension. Non-modifiable factors such as age and sex, and modifiable behaviours such as excessive alcohol and/or salt consumption and lack of adequate physical activity were not predictors of hypertension (Table 4).
Table 4. Logistic regression analysis of the selected risk factors for hypertension
AOR (95% CI)
Body-mass index
2.73(0.89 – 11.01)
AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval.
The proportion of hypertensive patients attending the outpatient department was 20.4%. This is lower than that reported in hospital-based studies in Ethiopia[10] and South Angola[11] but twice that in another Ethiopian study.[12] The result is slightly lower than in community-based studies within Tanzania[6,7]but slightly higher than in North West Tanzania[13] and southern Ethiopia.[14] The differences may reflect variations in the occurrence of medical conditions associated with hypertension and also variations in the numbers of urban and rural patients in the studies.[10, 11]
We observed a prevalence (36.9%) of pre-hypertension similar to an observation in North West Tanzania where the overall prevalence rate (8.0%) of hypertension was lower. [13] Our findings show the public health burden facing both rural and urban Tanzania.
We observed an increase in the prevalence of hypertension associated with age consistent with findings worldwide [3,4,6, 15]. Several African studies have explored the association between gender and hypertension with varying findings. [14] We found the prevalence of hypertension was similar among males and females at 19.5% and 21.4% respectively agreeing with other reports. [10] The association with marital status was intriguing and needs further study to determine if this is a true association.
In this study, almost 15.0% of both male and female patients had higher than normal waist-to-hip-ratio: of these, 85.5% of males and 86.0% of females had high blood pressure. Furthermore, being overweight or obese was significantly associated with three times increased risk of hypertension), and this is consistent with findings reported in community-based studies in sub-Saharan Africa. [6,7,10]
It is a well-established that obesity is associated with accumulation of "bad" cholesterol in the blood vessels reducing the blood flow with consequent hypertension. Interplay of factors that include sodium retention and activation of the renin-angiotensin – aldosterone system tends to occur in obesity and additionally vessel wall inflammation and insulin resistance may promote changes in the vascular function resulting into hypertension.
In this study, a history of hypercholesterolemia was significantly associated with the occurrence of hypertension. Patients who gave a history of diabetes mellitus had a five times risk of developing hypertension. Similarly, having a history of smoking was associated with a four times increased risk of hypertension. On the contrary, alcohol consumption and family history of hypertension did not have significant risk of having hypertension. This surprising discrepancy might be due to the low frequency of individuals with these risk factors in the study population. Also, the judgment as to alcohol consumption by an individual is notoriously difficult.
This being a cross-sectional study precludes the determination of any causal-effect relationships between variables. Another limitation is that our data were obtained from a single centre and may not represent the general population of southern Tanzania. The fact that blood pressure measurements were taken on a single day is a further limitation. Also, importantly, the study assessed only demographic, behavioural and physical measurements; due to resources limitations, we did not do biochemical investigations which may have added further useful data.
In this study, almost one-fifth of the study population was hypertensive and another one-third were pre-hypertensive indicating a serious silent public health problem. Being overweight or obese, smoking tobacco, and a history of diabetes mellitus were predictors of hypertension. We recommend the promotion of health education about healthier life styles focusing on modifiable risk factors for hypertension.
Competing interests: None
Sources of Fund: None received
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Henry graduated from Licking High School in 1977, and Missouri State University in 1981. Henry could sell anything and achieved many sales awards throughout his career. He was a kind man, made friends who lasted a lifetime, and was loved by many.
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Australia's decades-long balancing act between the US and China is over. It chose Washington
Analysis by Ben Westcott, CNN
Updated 8:10 PM EDT, Fri September 17, 2021
Biden announces trilateral partnership with UK and Australia
For more than 20 years, Australia tried to maintain good relations with both the United States and China.
It was good for trade and peaceful regional relations. But on Thursday, with the announcement of a new security deal with the United States and the United Kingdom, which will see Australia eventually field nuclear-powered submarines, Canberra made its position clear – it has chosen Washington over Beijing.
By choosing sides, some experts say Australia has unnecessarily antagonized China, the country's largest trading partner, while at the same time making itself overly reliant on the US for protection should tensions escalate in the Indo-Pacific.
In recent years, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has moved to embrace the US more closely as a security partner, building a personal relationship with former President Donald Trump and attempting to do the same with his successor.
At the same time, relations between Canberra and Beijing have been slowly unraveling, a spiral which only worsened after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic amid questions over the virus's origins.
On Thursday, China reacted angrily to the new security deal with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijan saying the blame for deteriorating relations "rests entirely with the Australian side."
Yun Jiang, editor of the China Neican newsletter and researcher at the Australian National University, said the deal was the "final nail in the coffin" of Australia's relationship with China, effectively eliminating any chance for rapprochement, at least in the short term.
"Until there is a new equilibrium in the international balance of power, I think the relationship is going to be tense," she said.
Going nuclear
Morrison joined US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday morning, Australia time, to announce the new policy. The plan, which Biden called "historic," doesn't explicitly mention China but is clearly directed at Beijing.
Under the agreement, named AUKUS, the three countries will hold meetings to coordinate on cyber issues, advanced technologies and defense to help them better meet modern-day security challenges.
And the US and UK will help Australia build and maintain nuclear-powered submarines, a major boost for Canberra's military arsenal, although Morrison said the ships may not join the fleet until 2040.
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In a press conference following the announcement, the Australian leader described the deal as a "forever partnership."
"A forever partnership for a new time between the oldest and most trusted of friends. A forever partnership that will enable Australia to protect our national security interests, to keep Australians safe," he said.
The same day Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lijan said Australia should "seriously consider whether to view China as a partner or a threat."
Australia's past success in balancing its relationships with the US and China guaranteed the country's security and economic prosperity under successive governments.
In October 2003, then US and China leaders George Bush and Hu Jintao addressed Australia's parliament on consecutive days. In November 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Australia, where he praised the relationship between the two countries and was photographed with a koala.
Australia's economy greatly benefited from its strong relationship with Beijing. Exports to China jumped from about $3.6 billion in 2000 to more than $74 billion by 2015. Some economists claim it was China's lucrative market for resources which helped shield Australia from recession during the global financial crisis.
But in 2017, the Chinese government was outraged when then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced plans to crack down on foreign interference in Australia's domestic politics.
The ruling Communist Party saw the move as targeted squarely at them and the relationship never recovered.
Calls by Prime Minister Morrison in April 2020 for an investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, a politically sensitive topic for the Chinese government, further aggravated Beijing. Australian exports to China began to encounter difficulties entering the country, including long customs delays and temporary tariffs.
As of September 2021, Australian coal, wine, barley and beef have all been affected by the trade tensions with China.
Some say the AUKUS deal has taken Australia to the point of no return.
Rory Medcalf, head of the Australian National University's National Security College, called it a "rubicon moment" for Australian foreign policy.
"It is Australia signaling that we don't see a way back in the China relationship, that the best we can hope for is competitive coexistence, a situation where there is a stable determent balance in the region," he said.
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Under the AUKUS agreement, Australia will become the seventh country in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines, after the US, the UK, China, Russia, France and India.
But experts said it will also leave Australia much more beholden to the US for its military capabilities.
Without a domestic nuclear industry, Australia will be forced to get its fuel from America, in addition to any training and technical knowledge in how to operate the submarines.
"In Australia there's a lot of talk about sovereign capabilities and this basically goes against that," ANU's Jiang said. 'We're pretty much more dependent on the US for our defense."
Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said in a statement that the AUKUS agreement was a "further dramatic loss of Australian sovereignty" and could force the country into a conflict between the US and China.
'Big and powerful friends'
Australia is far from alone in moving closer to the US. Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor said other members of the security alliance known as "the Quad," India and Japan, are also working with the Biden administration to balance the rise of China.
"This is just one of many different kinds of deals and partnerships that are being forged throughout the region in response to China," he said.
Medcalf said even Britain's agreement to help furnish Australia with military hardware was a dramatic shift in its own foreign policy.
For the near future at least, Australia and China will likely settle into a period of chilly relations, with McGregor saying it was possible Beijing would look to punish Canberra over the AUKUS agreement, perhaps even attempt to reduce international student numbers in Australian universities.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Morrison said Chinese leader Xi had an "open invitation" to discuss the new agreement.
Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks during the release of the 2021 Intergenerational Report in Melbourne on June 28.
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China's 'political pressure' on Australian economy isn't working, treasurer says
While the Chinese government's reaction to the AUKUS deal was strongly disapproving, it was nothing compared to a blisteringly aggressive editorial published by state-run tabloid the Global Times Thursday.
The nationalistic tabloid warned if war broke out in Taiwan or the South China Sea "military targets in Australia will inevitably become a target hit by Chinese missiles."
"Australians troops are also most likely to be the first batch of Western soldiers to waste their lives in the South China Sea," the paper said.
On Friday Australia Defense Minister Peter Dutton told Sky News such statements "make the case for us."
"I think their comments are counterproductive and immature and frankly embarrassing. What does Australia want? We want sustained peace in our region. We want that stability."
However, some question the wisdom of Australia's decision to tie the country's security so closely to the US.
Jiang said she believes it is still important for Australia to balance its relationship between Washington and Beijing, in the same way as other regional nations such as Singapore and Indonesia have been forced to do.
She said Australia's turn towards the US is tied more to culture rather than to sensible foreign policy, aimed at ensuring the country's "big and powerful friends stay in Asia."
But Medcalf said the rift between Australia and China was inevitable, as the two systems of government are simply incompatible. He claimed the idea in the 2000s that Australia could have a positive relationship with China had been an "illusion."
"Once China really took that totalitarian turn over the last eight or nine years, a lot of minds in the Australian policy establishment really woke up to the fact that our old relationship was not sustainable," he said.


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Amazon Unveils Futuristic Mini-Drone Delivery Plan
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company is looking to the future with plans to use "octocopter" mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutes.
The US retail giant's ambitious project still requires additional safety testing and federal approval, but Bezos estimated that Amazon "Prime Air" would be up and running within four to five years. A demo video posted on the company's website showed the tiny robotic devices picking up packages in small yellow buckets from Amazon's fulfillment centers and then whizzing through the air to deliver the items to customers just 30 minutes after they made their purchase on Amazon.com.
"I know this looks like science fiction. It's not," Bezos told CBS television's "60 Minutes" program. "We can do half-hour delivery… and we can carry objects, we think, up to five pounds (2.3 kilograms), which covers 86 percent of the items that we deliver." The mini-drones are powered by electric motors and could cover areas within a 10-mile (16-kilometer) radius of fulfillment centers, thus covering a significant portion of the population in urban areas.They operate autonomously and drop the items at the target locations thanks to GPS coordinates transmitted to them."It's very green, it's better than driving trucks around," said Bezos.
Amazon said the octocopters would be "ready to enter commercial operations as soon as the necessary regulations are in place," noting that the Federal Aviation Administration was actively working on rules for unmanned aerial vehicles. It projected a more optimistic timeline than Bezos himself for the project to be activated, saying the FAA's rules could be in place as early as 2015 and that Amazon Prime Air would be ready at that time.
Bezos hinted that part of the motivation behind the mini-drones was to make sure Amazon remains on the cutting edge of the retail industry. "Companies have short life spans… And Amazon will be disrupted one day," he said. "I would love for it to be after I'm dead. -Yahoo
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When the train doesn't stop in the Old West town of Muddy Creek, Sheriff Jesse Hawkins goes to investigate. What he finds is a mystery that goes far beyond anything in his experience: a car full of people frozen in time.
Ian Thomas Healy is a prolific writer who dabbles in many different speculative genres. He's a ten-time participant and winner of National Novel Writing Month where he's tackled such diverse subjects as sentient alien farts, competitive forklift racing, a religion-powered rabbit-themed superhero, cyberpunk mercenaries, cowboy elves, and an unlikely combination of vampires with minor league hockey. He is also the creator of the Writing Better Action Through Cinematic Techniques workshop, which helps writers to improve their action scenes. Ian also created the longest-running superhero webcomic done in LEGO, The Adventures of the S-Team, which ran from 2006-2012. When not writing, which is rare, he enjoys watching hockey, reading comic books (and serious books, too), and living in the great state of Colorado, which he shares with his wife, children, house-pets, and approximately five million other people.
Mighty Peculiar Incident at Muddy Creek 2.8 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 8 reviews.
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Q: Bounce mail spam in masses. What to do? When I got up this morning I found more than 300 emails in my mailbox with numbers growing by the minute. All those mails were bounce mails coming from Russia.
Looking at the attached original mails I noticed that the "From"-Header is set to an email address that routes to my mailbox. At first I feared that someone has hacked my mail server, abusing it to send SPAM and I get a lot of bounce mails now, but I can't see any hints in the mail headers, that those emails have actually passed through my server. It looks like someone just uses this email address of mine as sender of spam mails and lots of email servers reject those mails, sending bounces to me.
But what can I do about it? Ok, shut down this particular email address that is not very important to me anyway, but in the long run, somebody may use other addresses that I don't want to shut down. With the help of Google I found many other people having the same problem, but unfortunately no solution.
I am running Exim as mail server.

A: Unfortunately, you most likely cannot do anything about this. The good news is that you have not been hacked.
Despite my job as a professional IT guy, I knew a man, 25 years my junior, through chess tournaments, who was one of the world's most prolific spammers (before the CAN SPAM law) until AOL sued him out of business. I got the rare opportunity to see how a major spamming operation works, and frankly it was quite amazing. It also gave me great insight into how they operate, although I am sure it has evolved a lot since, although not for him.
He had a T-3 and 40 more 1Mb DSL lines all pumping out millions of SPAM messages daily (250,000/hr 24/7). One of the things spammers do is spoof headers, meaning they say that it is coming from anyone they like. I do a lot of e-mail server work, and part of what I often have to do is test e-mail using Telnet. I put in the e-mail commands line-by-line, and as part of that, I could send an e-mail as anyone in the world, even the President of the United States. There is no verification check.
We can tell that a header is spoofed by looking closely at the header information when the e-mail comes in, and what really counts is the underlying IP address it originated from. Of course, if you had their IP address, you could track them down in no time, so they also spoof that in a way: They relay mail through computers that are infected with viruses designed just to allow this relaying. These spammers find underground programs to scan for these open relays, or often they just pay the owner of a botnet.
So back to how and why you get the bounce messages: I know my acquaintance would just randomly pick roughly 40-50 unlucky e-mail addresses per spamming computer out of his list of millions, and put them in the "From" box of his spamming programs. So any time one of those e-mails gets sent to an undeliverable e-mail address, the bounce message goes right back to the unlucky e-mail address that was used in the forged header.
The only thing you could do is turn off or block all bounce messages, but this is something that is really done at the server level, a level most people do not have access to.
The good news is that they will probably randomly pick different e-mail addresses next time, so the problem will hopefully go away...for you.
For anyone trying to fight spammers, I do not think you can really fight them by trying to track them down using IP addresses, but one thing that struck me watching the operation I mentioned: Follow the money. That is how to really track someone.

A: The fact that you don't mention anyone actually contacting you about spam from your address is the clue. What did the mails contain? An ad?
Chances are that those mails are not going to anyone with your return address but you. It is a common practice of spammers to simulate returned mail in order to get their wares through spam blockers. It is highly unlikely that anyone would have their own address blocked in their spam filter. But that is what I suggest that you do.
If anyone contacts you about spam coming from you, that may be another matter.

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Dennis Rodman to visit North Korea, first time in 3 years
Retired basketball Hall-of-Famer Dennis Rodman. Photo: UPI/Keizo Mori
June 13 (UPI) — Retired basketball Hall-of-Famer Dennis Rodman is to land in Pyongyang on Tuesday, according to a report from CNN.
Two officials who spoke to the news network said Rodman, 56, is visiting the country ruled by dictator Kim Jong Un.
Rodman described Kim as his "best friend" in January 2014, the last time he visited the country.
Tensions have increased dramatically between the United States and North Korea since that time. North Korea has already launched several missiles in 2017 — most recently firing four anti-ship cruise missiles that each flew about 124 miles.
A senior Trump administration official told Fox News that Rodman is "going as a private citizen."
"It's our understanding he hasn't landed yet," the official said, according to the report.
Rodman is the first high-profile U.S. citizen to pay a visit to the country since U.S. President Donald Trump assumed office in January.
The former basketball player has ties to the president, and was a former contestant on the Celebrity Apprentice, Trump's reality television show.
Rodman also showed support for Trump in the course of his presidential campaign in 2016.
CNN reported the Hall-of-Famer was seen at Beijing International Airport but refused to answer any questions.
In 2014, Rodman called attention to the imprisonment of Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen and missionary who had been in North Korea detention for two years.
Bae has said Rodman's plea to Kim to "do me a solid" and other public remarks was the catalyst for his release.
North Korea continues to detain four U.S. citizens: Kim Dong Chul, a Virginia businessman, Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, Kim Sang Duk, a university professor, and Kim Hak-dong, also a university professor.
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When South Sudan's war began, the Beatles were playing their first hits and reaching the moon was an astronaut's dream. Half a century later, with millions massacred in Africa's longest war, the continent's biggest country split in two. It was an extraordinary, unprecedented experiment.
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On Monday something happened to me for the first time- I got my brows done! I had been playing with the idea for some years now but I never actually did anything about it. I had the typical fears- what if it hurts, what if I don't like the result, what if pick the wrong salon, what if I get dark Crayola brows, and so on. Last week I won a Facebook contest to get my brows done, and before I knew it, I was sitting in a chair, and a professional was making my brows pretty. If you want to know more, keep reading.
Like I mentioned in the first paragraph, I won a Facebook contest. The winner got the chance to get their brows done at Mari Meigistuudio salon. I got an appointment for Monday. Luckily for me, the salon is in the centre of the city, and is convenient by way of tram, bus, or car.
When the day arrived, with a bit of nervous trembling inside, I walked in the salon and sat down in the chair. One of the first questions posed to me was, had i ever gotten my brows done before, and what were my expectations. I expressed my wishes to keep my natural brow line and the natural look. One of the most comforting things I heard was that my brows are already darn near perfect. I have a perfect arch and length, the only thing which could be retouched is the colour.
Next thirty minutes passed with pleasant small talk while the girl worked. She plucked, trimmed, threaded and dyed my brows. Not particularly in that order! By now I don't remember the correct order so I am not going to lie. I knew she was a professional, so I let her do what she had to do. I had full trust in her decisions.
The procedure itself was comfortable. The threading felt like a little needle massage and plucking was like it usually is. It wasn't bad at all. They don't use wax anymore because that can cause irritation on skin. Besides, threading is removing all little teeny tiny hairs better without damaging the skin.
My trust was 100% in the right person because after she was finished, I had the best brows I have ever had. My natural arch and line was still there but with more defined look. Thanks to the dying I also have brows after I take my makeup off. It is also convenient on days where I am wearing no makeup or a light one.
Here you can see before/after look.
Have you ever gotten your brows done by a professional? Or you are rather self-made girl and prefer to do your brows yourself? Let me know in the comments.
I hope you enjoyed this post. If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to let me know.
Also, make sure you like and follow my blog, my Bloglovin´ page, my Twitter, my Facebook page, and Instagram so you won't miss out on any future posts! If you have a Snapchat, add me- Adryanawp.
Oh, that's bad but at least brows grow back! 🙂 And thank you! I'm also happy with my brows!
Eyebrows always look great after being shaped by someone who understands one's face shape and requirement.. And, your eyebrows look so much better..!!
Great looking brows and they are super important!
I did used to get my brows done but it was just purely because everyone else I knew got theirs done professionally. I barely have any eye brows to begin with! It was silly and a waste of money. Now, I just pluck the odd stray hair and that's it. Mostly, I need to fill my brows in daily – they're very sparse naturally – I never over plucked them.
Your brows look amazing though – they did a great job!


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Johan Cruyff Academy Groningen, inaugurated in 2015 with 15 student-athletes, is celebrating its first graduation on July 11.
Johan Cruyff Academy Groningen, part of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, started in 2015 with 15 student-athletes who chose to combine their sport with a bachelor's program. On July 11, they will celebrate the academy's first graduation.
Paula Boonstra, who has continued to play volleyball at the highest level during the four-year, full-time bachelor's degree in sport marketing, will be one of the first students that graduates. "I can't deny the fact that it's not easy to balance sport with full-time studies," Paula admits, "but it's important in sport to always be studious and learn new things, even when the final goal seems unattainable. Studying taught me to be open to unknown things and to believe in my own abilities. I learned to stand up for myself and to work together with people who want to achieve the same goal. I can apply all that in my sports career."
At the start of her second study year in 2016, Paula Boonstra made her debut in the Dutch Premier League with VC Sneek, who won the cup. In 2018, she moved to Belgium to play for Asterix Avo Volley in Beveren, where she plays as a spiker (outside hitter). She became national champion with the club and completed her studies at the same time.
Paula was supervised by, among others, her teacher Kees Rozema who was involved in setting up the Johan Cruyff Academy Groningen. The team of teachers have also learned a lot in these four years. "We deliver customized work to athletes within a huge university of applied sciences where a lot of standards are used," says Kees. "So you need to learn to look unconventionally at education every now and then, just as Johan Cruyff looked unconventionally at football, especially if you organize your study program 'around' the sport to provide appropriate solutions for the student-athletes."
Professor Keens Rozema was involved in setting up the Johan Cruyff Academy Groningen
"We are constantly looking for ways to keep sport at number one, while guaranteeing the level and quality of education" – Kees Rozema, professor
"We are constantly looking for ways how to keep sport at number one, while guaranteeing the level and quality of our education. That's why the Johan Cruyff Academy has to be at the forefront of higher professional education, because our program is not only personal, but also accessible remotely, so that students can learn from a distance when they travel for their sport. The program is set up in such a way that athletes increasingly take control of their own study and study progress, which results in greater responsibility and better qualified professionals."
"Due to competitions and tournaments, we have sometimes moved the exams and study assignments and applied different deadlines," Paula explains. "This allowed me to grow enormously in my sport and take important steps, including the step to play volleyball abroad. Everything and everyone encouraged me in my development, in sport and towards the diploma."
Close team
"Coming up with innovative solutions requires a lot from students and teachers. That is only possible if you form a close team, in which students and teachers encourage each other to perform better," says Kees. "The teachers are easy to approach, and the students help each other wherever they can, also between different study years. That's unique. And what I like is that most athletes really started to like the study program and want to develop further in sport marketing. That's magnificent!"
After graduating, Paula will focus entirely on her sport for the time being. "I will keep playing volleyball abroad and I hope to do this for many years to come. I want to fully focus on achieving the best possible volleyball career right now. The diploma provides certainty for later. Former teammates often had difficulty combining sport and study. When I hear that, I always think: 'Hello! Johan Cruyff Academy!' Not that all the worries and stress that a study program entails disappear, but it does make a huge difference!"
"Four years ago, we started a wonderful journey of discovery," Kees concludes. "I saw terrific people walking into our classrooms, and now I see them walking out with a degree in their pocket. I would like to say to them: What a difference! And keep making that difference!"
The Johan Cruyff Academy in Groningen, the third one after Amsterdam and Tilburg, was set up to help athletes in the north of the Netherlands. And also to give new opportunities to the graduated athletes from the Johan Cruyff College Groningen to move on to higher professional education, after finishing their vocational education, to further develop their talent through sport and study.
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No, the post titles don't get any less obvious. This is going to be part vintage style guide, part love letter to my most expensive outfit purchase to date – my Lulu Guinness Mary bag.
Let's start with the style bit!
Bags in the 50s and early 60s were an essential part of a lady's outfit; not many would have been seen dead without a handbag that matched their ensemble – and that goes for shoes and gloves as well. They were usually made of leather and had short straps worn over the forearm or carried by hand a la Jackie Kennedy or Grace Kelly. The classic design most people associate with the era is the small rectangular leather or vinyl bag with a frame clasp at the top. The box shape was a popular variation of the theme at the time, meeting the mid-century lady's love for a structured bag.
It's actually surprisingly hard to find photos of women with handbags in the 50s and 60s – perhaps the celebrities like Marilyn had people to carry their stuff and didn't need to trouble themselves with rooting around in the depths of a bag for their keys. So let's go straight to some vintage styles that you can buy yourself this very day, if you so wish to.
There are surprisingly few good modern styles out there to buy. But for years, I'd been regularly visiting a very special bag on the Lulu Guinness website thinking wistfully to myself that if I ever won the lottery (which, of course, like everyone else who says that I don't play) I'd one day own it. Because at £395, there was no chance it was coming out of my pocket money alone.
What was there not to love about Mary? She's boxy, she's leather, she has crocodile skin and silver lips for a clasp… AND she holds stuff. Oh, I wanted her.
I promptly bored everyone who would listen (unsurprisingly this was a very limited number of girls) about the story of our love affair and a year later she still goes everywhere with me. She comes to work and makes me look almost like a grown-up, she comes dancing and effortlessly pulls me a man (this really happened, I winded him with her while bopping a little too exuberantly). I'm sure if I ever went to anything more formal she'd be the finishing touch to a classy look.
And there you have it, my love for structured bags and for a very special box indeed.


ESVAGT's new premises photographed by Poul Madsen, Profoto for Esbjerg County's City Foundation.
ESVAGT's new premises on Dokvej has enriched the harbour of Esbjerg with a handsome building.
"A very handsome building that interacts with its unique location".
"We are very pleased with the award and owe the engineers and architects our appreciation for bringing our request for a building with a maritime influence to life within a budget that was not an extravagant one. We have also had good tradesmen that have been dedicated to the job," he says.
The City Foundation at the County of Esbjerg, Esbjerg Kommunes Byfond, advises and supports external renovations of preservation-worthy buildings in the County of Esbjerg. Awards are also given to good examples of new buildings or renovations.
Prizes are rarely awarded to commercial buildings. Over the last five years only two other commercial buildings have been honoured; Jysk Landbrugsrådgivning, John Tranums Vej 25, Esbjerg in 2010 and SE, Edison Park 1, Esbjerg in 2013.


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University of Ghent, Belgium is offering PhD position in molecular modeling. The funds for this position are available for four years. The deadline to apply is October 15, 2018.
We are pleased to announce a fully funded FWO PhD position, in the frame of a collaboration between Ghent University and the Catholic University of Leuven, for a duration of four years, supervised by prof. Toon Verstraelen (UGent, Center for Molecular Modeling, http://molmod.ugent.be) and prof. Christine Kirschhock (KULeuven, Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, https://www.biw.kuleuven.be/m2s/cok). You will primarily be working at the Center for Molecular Modeling, a multidisciplinary research team of 40 researchers from the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. The project also requires regular visits to the other partner for work discussions and to make sure simulations are maximally useful for the experimental aspects of this project. You will apply and develop different types of force-field models (conventional and new) to understand the structure of the ionic liquids in this project, and the factors that govern the type of zeolite that is eventually formed.
The overall goal of this project is to understand how zeolites grow in ionic liquids and which factors govern crystal structure and morphology. Two students will be working on this project, one carrying out experimental research at KULeuven, and one conducting theoretical and computational research at UGent. This vacancy is specific for the UGent position. Your task is to characterize structural and dynamic properties of hydrated ionic liquid synthesis mixtures with molecular dynamics simulations, under conditions that match the experimental setup as closely as possible. One of the first questions to be answered is how the initial ionic liquid is structured and whether this structure shows any similarities with zeolites formed later. In the first stage, simulations can be carried out with state-of-the-art force fields. Later, this work will be extended toward mapping preferred precursor pathways in the early stages of the synthesis. In this context, you will develop a so-called reactive semi-classical electron force field, which can fully capture the reactive dynamics of the synthesis mixture. You are expected to disseminate your research in publications in leading journals in the field and to submit and defend your thesis before the end of the contract.
- We are seeking exceptionally qualified and motivated applicants for this position. This means only students with high grades and research experience in their B.Sc. and M.Sc. studies in physics, applied physics, chemistry or chemical engineering from renowned universities will be considered.
- This position is open for applicants with a background in molecular simulation, quantum mechanics, force-field models, UNIX and programming in C++ and Python.
- In addition to a strong scientific and technical background, it is important that you have good scientific communication skills (written and oral) and sufficient social aptitude to integrate in a diverse and competitive research group.
Applications should be sent to Toon.Verstraelen@UGent.be before October 15, 2018, with the subject: "Application for Ph.D. position – Modeling zeolite synthesis in ionic liquids".
- a list of two professors who have supervised you in your B.Sc. and/or M.Sc. research project and who are willing to provide a letter of recommendation.
All documents should be in PDF format and written in English. From all applications, a short-list of candidates will be made, who will be contacted for an interview over Skype.


I recently discovered this author through the most recent of what I refer to as my random book choices (books I pick up and start reading for no reason that I can pinpoint), A Drink Before The War. The novel reminded me of Robert B. Parker's Spencer series although the protagonist, Patrick, is younger, less experienced and more unsure of himself than Spencer. I love Parker and Spencer and thoroughly enjoyed this book.
It wasn't until I finished the book that I checked to see what other titles Lehane has published and learned there were ones I recognized, including Mystic River, which my writer's group friends claim is one of the best books ever (and a great movie). I recommend this book to mystery fans and I look forward to reading more of Lehane's books.