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We don't know why, but being in space causes us to destroy our blood
Space isn't easy on humans. Some aspects are avoidable—the vacuum, of course, and the cold, as well as some of the radiation. Astronauts can also lose bone density, thanks to a lack of gravity. NASA has even created a fun acronym for the issues: RIDGE, which stands for space radiation, isolation and confinement, distance from Earth, gravity fields, and hostile and closed environments.
New research adds to the worries by describing how being in space destroys your blood. Or rather, something about space—and we don't know what just yet—causes the human body to perform hemolysis at a higher rate than back on Earth.
This phenomenon, called space anemia, has been well-studied. It's part of a suite of problems that astronauts face when they come back to terra firma, which is how Guy Trudel—one of the paper's authors and a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation at The Ottawa Hospital—got involved. "[W]hen the astronauts return from space, they are very much like the patients we admit in rehab," he told Ars.
Space anemia had been viewed as an adaptation to shifting fluids in the astronauts' upper bodies when they first arrive in space. They rapidly lose 10 percent of the liquid in their blood vessels, and it was expected that their bodies destroyed a matching 10 percent of red blood cells to get things back into balance. People also suspected that things went back to normal after 10 days. Trudel and his team found, however, that the hemolysis was a primary response to being in space. "Our results were a bit of a surprise," he said.
In space, no one can hear you breathe into a can
To study space anemia, Trudel worked with 14 astronauts on a six-month stint on the International Space Station. The astronauts brought specialized canisters and exhaled into them at four set intervals: at five days, 12 days, three months, and just before heading home at six months. Then, with their primary mission over, they brought the canisters back down to Earth, breath and all.
Back in the lab, the researchers looked at the astronauts' breath using a high-resolution gas chromatograph, which measures the amount of carbon monoxide they were producing after different amounts of time in space. According to Trudel, carbon monoxide is created each time a red blood cell is hemolyzed in the body. This isn't a perfect connection, as other bodily processes can result in the production of carbon monoxide, like some functions of muscles and livers. However, Trudel noted that an estimated 85 percent of carbon monoxide produced by a human comes from hemolysis.
The team's results showed that in space, the astronauts' bodies destroyed around 3 million red blood cells every second. This is 54 percent higher than what happens in human bodies on Earth, where the rate is 2 million every second.
In space, the human body loses fluid, so even though an astronaut's body ends up with fewer red blood cells, the concentration stays at acceptable levels. But when a human returns to Earth, their bodies regain the fluid to cope with the increase in gravity, and space anemia kicks in. "You need more fluid in your blood vessels, and that will dilute your red blood cells," he said.
After the astronauts returned from their voyage, five out of 13 who had blood drawn upon landing were still clinically anemic. After three or four months, their red blood cell count continued to grow. However, Trudel's team performed the same test a year later and found that red blood cell destruction was still 30 percent higher in the astronauts. According to the researcher, the longer astronauts stay in space, the longer space anemia will plague them on solid land.
Bring heme home
Trudel's team isn't sure exactly why being in space would cause the human body to destroy blood cells at this faster rate. There are some potential culprits, however. Hemolysis can happen in four different parts of the body: the bone marrow (where red blood cells are made), the blood vessels, the liver, or the spleen. From this list, Trudel suspects that the bone marrow or the spleen are the most likely problem areas, and his team has plans to investigate the issue further in the future. "What causes the anemia is the hemolysis, but what causes the hemolysis is the next step," he said.
It's also uncertain how long a person in space can continue to destroy 54 percent more red blood cells than their Earth-bound kin. "We don't have data beyond six months. There's a knowledge gap for longer missions, for one-year missions, or missions to the Moon or Mars or other bodies," he said.
Considering the looming possibility (or reality, if you're a billionaire or aging Star Trek actor) of space tourism, Trudel's research could pose a warning for some would-be space-farers. People with heart problems, angina, abnormal hemoglobin levels, or a propensity for blood clots might be at risk for complications out in the void, he said. The work may also help us learn about space injuries—a body's ability to heal a cut might be affected by this shift in red blood cells.
Considering the length of time the space anemia can stick around, this research may also have implications for very active astronauts. "That's another knowledge gap—the effect of repeated missions," he said.
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(ii) 2 women and 5 men can together finish an embroidery work in 4 days, while 3 women and 6 men can finish it in 3 days. Find the time taken by 1 woman alone to finish the work, and also that taken be 1 man alone.
(iii) Roohi travels 300 km to her home partly be train and partly be bus. She takes 4 hours if she travels 60 km by train and the remaining by bus. If she travels 100 km by train and the remaining by bus, she takes 10 minutes linger. find the speed of the train and the bus separately.
(ii) Let 1 woman can finish the embroidery in x days and 1 man can finish the embroidery in y days.
Thus, I woman alone can finish the embroidery in 18 days and 1 man alone can finish it in 36 days.
(iii) Let the speed of train be c km/hr and speed of bus be y km/hr.
Therefore, Speed of train is 60 km/h and speed of bus is 80 km/h.


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Publishing Major
229 Master's Degrees Annually
#197 in Popularity (Master's)
$69,480 Median Salary
Types of Degrees Publishing Majors Are Getting
The following table lists how many publishing graduations there were in 2018-2019 for each degree level.
Master's Degree 229
Graduate Certificate 4
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What Publishing Majors Need to Know
In an O*NET survey, publishing majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.
Knowledge Areas for Publishing Majors
According to O*NET survey takers, a major in publishing should prepare you for careers in which you will need to be knowledgeable in the following areas:
Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
Skills for Publishing Majors
A major in publishing prepares you for careers in which the following skill-sets are crucial:
Abilities for Publishing Majors
A major in publishing will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:
Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Who Is Getting a Master's Degree in Publishing?
The major attracts more women than men. About 90% of the recent graduates in this field are female.
At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of publishing majors is as follows:
Hispanic or Latino 18
International Students 27
Other Races/Ethnicities 16
Publishing appeals to people across the globe. About 11.8% of those with this major are international students. The most popular countries for students from outside the country are:
How Much Do Publishing Majors Make?
The median starting salary of students who graduated in 2015-2017 with a master's degree in publishing was $42,050 per year. These stats come from the U.S. Department of Education. During this timeframe, most salaries fell between $39,600 (25th percentile) and $46,100 (75th percentile).
We don't know for sure if all of these people took jobs related to publishing so take that into consideration.
The median salary for someone in a career related to publishing is $69,480. This median refers to all degree levels, so the salary for a person with just a bachelor's degree may be a little less and the one for a person with an advanced degree may be a little more.
Median Salary for a Publishing Major 69,480
Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Publishing
Some careers associated with publishing require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor's. In general, the more advanced your degree the more career options will open up to you. However, there is significant time and money that needs to be invested into your education so weigh the pros and cons.
Find out what the typical degree level is for publishing careers below.
Online Publishing Programs
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 23 schools offered some type of publishing program. The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 4 1
Associate's Degree 0 0
Bachelor's Degree 4 1
Post-Baccalaureate 4 1
Master's Degree 9 2
Doctor's Degree (Research) 0 0
Is a Degree in Publishing Worth It?
The median salary for a publishing grad is $69,480 per year. This is based on the weighted average of the most common careers associated with the major.
This is 74% more than the average salary for an individual holding a high school degree. This adds up to a gain of about $591,600 after 20 years!
Majors Related to Publishing
You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to publishing.
Communication & Media Studies 5,184
Public Relations & Advertising 2,370
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 1,666
Journalism 1,618
Communication & Journalism (Other) 636
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Still complaining about his misery and his friends words which were not comforting but accusatory, Job laments that death is preferred because then his misery would be over. Even though his life is relatively short, his misery is almost overwhelming and he would prefer that GOD would go ahead and take him out of this sinful and broken world. He knew that he could not, for God is life and the giver of life, but he had resigned himself to leaving this earth and being no more a part of its misery and calamity.
Sometimes we can get focused on the temporary things of this life, and our hurts and pains, even illness, that we forget what is more important, the eternal matters. GOD cares for us, and wants us to bring our petitions to Him, but cares infinitely more about the lost people we know, and our ministry to those that are lost and dying, as members of His Church and for His glory, than our current struggles in this life we live in Him. The things of this world will pass away, and we do all fade as a leaf, and so we ought to focus on the eternal first and foremost, and give all our cares and struggles to Him who already knows what we have need of.
GOD calls His people to ministry, to serve Him and those around us who are hurting and in need, that they may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. GOD commands His children to love one another and disciple one another in His Word that we may grow thereby. GOD has commissioned His servants to go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and as we go in the power of the Spirit who guides and empowers us, we proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary that those who repent and believe that He is the Christ might have life in His Name.
For those who are in Christ, we have an advocate with the Father we can pray to, worship, praise, and trust with the cares of this life because He cares for us. We can pray for one another in the power and authority we have in Christ, not because we are any thing other than His people, but because He has told us to boldly approach the Throne of grace to find help in time of need and to bring our petitions to Him who ever liveth to make intercession for His saints. Our songs, our anointing, and our prayers are to be prayers of faith, trusting the Lord Jesus, who cannot fail, to receive our worship, because He alone is worthy, and answer our prayers and to give us what we ask for when we ask according to His will that He might be glorified in all things.
Just as we give our children what they ask for when they ask for something that we already want to give them, so it is with our perfect Heavenly Father. He loves us, and commended that love in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, He not only wants what is best for us, but He wants to bless us and provide for us according to His riches in Christ Jesus. Every good and perfect gift comes from Him who does not change, and He already wants to give us what is best for us and what we need as we sojourn in this sinful and broken world, and do His will and accomplish His work while we are here until He is done with us and takes us Home to be with Him.
Until that day, we are to encourage one another, pray for one another, and forgive one another, that we may show ourselves faithful and that we are His disciples and members of His family and of His body, the Church, and members in particular. We are to pray for our ministries and those who serve as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. We are to pray for one another in love and for our growth as we encourage and exhort one another, and disciple one another in His Word to the edification of His people. We are to pray for our witness, as we take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go in the power of the Holy Spirit, praying for those who hear the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, that they might believe and receive eternal life in His Name.
Those of us who are in Christ, with His Spirit and His Word, are not to follow the wisdom of this world, since it opposes the Truth GOD has given us in His Word. We are to seek Him, not only boldly approaching the Throne of Grace, but also letting Him speak to us. He will guide us into all Truth, and the Spirit of Wisdom will speak and tell us what we need to know and what we are to do, if we ask believing that we shall receive.
Nothing that the Spirit tells us in our prayers will contradict what He has already revealed in the Holy Scriptures, which is why it so important to hear, read, study, memorize, meditate, and memorize them so GOD can apply them to our hearts and minds as we live in Him the new life we have in Christ, in His righteousness. We are to have the mind of Christ, who knew the Word, and wield its sword with practice and confidence, which only comes from practice and study. We are to think GOD'S thoughts after Him, which only comes when we know Him, the Prince of Peace, the Word made Flesh, The Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, from the pages of His written revelation to us, His Holy Word.
The Authoritative, inspired, inerrant, infallible, perfect, pure, and true Word of GOD is our wisdom, our sword in the battle, our guidebook for life, and our basic instructions before leaving earth. The Church of GOD is to stand strong in its principles as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, applying His wisdom and Truth. The people of GOD are to speak its truths in love as we disciple one another in His Word, and edify, equip, and encourage one another as we grow in Him, conformed, not to this world and its false wisdom, but into the image of His dear Son. GOD'S army of witnesses are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in the wisdom and guidance of the Holy Spirit to this lost and dying world, and as we go with the Good News of forgiveness of sin through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, telling all we meet of His love, mercy, and grace, that they might believe in Him and in believing have life in His Name.
We are called to intercede, as the royal priesthood we are, for all men regardless of their role in our lives, that they may be saved and sanctified in Christ. Because of His sacrifice and offering for sin, the Lord Jesus mediates between the Father and those who approach Him in repentance and through faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Though the preaching of the Cross is foolishness to them that perish, we are to keep at it, speaking the Truth in love, and praying for the Salvation of all we encounter.
As priests of GOD and His saints, we are to take the prayers of the lost to His Throne, to find grace to help in time of need. We may boldly face Him who is our Saviour, because of the blood He shed which is poured out for us, and we have received by faith, making us a new creature in Christ, and part of the household of faith. We are to know Him, and have His mind, through the Spirit of GOD, and the Word of GOD, that we might understand what His will is, lifting Him up before men that He might draw all men unto Himself.
As we intercede, we are to follow our Lord and Saviours call to missions and ministry, ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need, as GOD provides. We are to pray for one another and love one another as He has commanded and as members one of another while we grow up in the Word and in Him. We are to take the Gospel to this lost and dying world, commissioned as His witnesses, and as we go, sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ, praying for those we meet that they would repent and receive Him by faith and have eternal life in His Name.
Paul gets personal here with his friends in the church at Thessalonica, relating his experiences and being concerned for their walk in the faith. He rejoices that Timothy brought Him good news of their strength and labour in the Lord and their prayers for him as he continued to minister and be on mission for GOD with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We ought to, despite whatever distress comes our way, pray for one another, and support one another in the faith, that we may be strong in the face of diversity and persecution. We must support those, and walk along side them in the battle, who are fighting the good fight. We are to encourage those who are weary, who are resting or recuperating, not that they will stay in the rec center, but to get back to the fight. Finally, we cannot 'shoot the wounded' when the battle-fatigued and shell shocked come to us for help, strength, and comfort.
We are to bear one another's burdens, weeping with those who weep and rejoicing with those that rejoice. We lift up one another in prayer, whether we know the battle others are facing or not, for we are members one of another. We equip and encourage each other as we engage and enable people to enjoy Jesus Christ, who is our Head.
He calls us to a mission of service, not to gain or keep that which He has already paid for by His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, but out of genuine love and charity for Him and others. We serve Him as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We serve Him as we love one another as He loved us, and disciple one another in His Word. We serve Him as we take His Good News to this lost and dying world that those who hear of repentance and reconciliation with the Father may believe in Him and have life in His Name.


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A megavitamin-terápia alkalmazói a vitaminokra nem úgy tekintenek, mint olyan anyagokra, melyekből egy minimális mennyiségre szükség van a szervezet rendellenes működésének elkerülésére, hanem az optimális működéshez nagy mennyiségben szükséges anyagokra, melyekhez természetes forrásokból a civilizációs körülmények között nem lehet elegendő mennyiségben hozzájutni.

Ezek az elképzelések erősen vitatottak.

Alapvető tételek
A megavitamin-terápia propagálói szerint az ajánlott napi beviteli értékek többszörösére van szükség ahhoz, hogy a szervezet semmilyen körülmények között se szenvedjen hiányt ezkből az anyagokból. Például C-vitaminból, ahol az RDA mennyiség mindössze 60 mg, a téma kutatói minimum 500–1000 mg-ot javasolnak 2000 mg/nap-ban rögzíti a C-vitamin-bevitel felső határát felnőtteknél, de alapvetően nem tér el a korábban ajánlott mennyiségektől (90 mg/nap felnőtteknek), míg ugyanitt a sportolóknak ajánlott napi bevitel 100–500 mg/nap, tehát ez már a hagyományos szemlélet része. Dohányosok cigarettánként 100 mg-mal nagyobb dózist kell, alkalmazzanak.), megemlítve, hogy napi 3-5 g sem túlzás, betegségek esetén pedig még ennek is a többszörösére lehet szükség. Szentgyörgyi Albert, a C-vitamin fölfedezője pl. napi 8-10 g(!) dózisban fogyasztotta, betegsége idején, s 93 évet ért meg.

Összehasonlítva a mezőgazdasági tömegtermelés termékeként rendelkezésünkre álló tápanyagokban található vitamin- és ásványianyag-tartalommal, nyilvánvaló, hogy ilyen mennyiségek pusztán táplálékkal nem vihetők be a szervezetbe. Napi 1000 mg C-vitamin napi 1,5 kg paprika, vagy 20 kg alma elfogyasztásával lenne bevihető – hogy csak a legkönnyebben hozzáférhető vitamint említsük (ref: OÉTI, 2004). Egyes kutatások szerint az élelmiszereink vitamin és ásványi anyag tartalma napjainkban is folyamatosan csökken, az 1966-os sárgarépa karotintartalma 1990-re 60%-ra csökkent, az 1990-es tej az 1966-os vitaminmennyiség mindössze 5%-át tartalmazza.

A megavitamin-terápia hívei szerint a krónikus betegségek jelentős része és tüneteik (mint a szív- és érrendszeri betegségek, cukorbetegség, csontritkulás, allergia, magas vérnyomás, magas koleszterinszint, depresszió, krónikus emésztőrendszeri betegségek stb.) valamelyik vitamin vagy ásványi anyag tartós (esetleg évtizedeken át fennálló) elégtelenségének következménye. Ezért a tünetek enyhítésére vagy megszüntetésére kifejlesztett gyógyszerek nem hozhatnak az ilyen problémákra tartós megoldást, mert csak a tünetet kezelik, és nem a mögötte álló, valódi okot.

Ellenvetések

A terápia ellenzői a túlságosan nagy mennyiségben bevitt vitaminok káros mellékhatásaira hívják fel a figyelmet. A vitaminok bizonyos mennyiségben valóban szükségesek a szervezet megfelelő működéséhez, ám a napi igényt sokszorosan meghaladó bevitelük komoly egészségkárosodásokhoz vezethet (lásd a szócikk megfelelő részeiben a túladagolási mellékhatásoknál). Ez alól csak az orvos által elrendelt és folyamatosan ellenőrzött vitaminterápia jelent kivételt.

Pro és kontra álláspont a vitamintúladagolással kapcsolatban

A terápia propagálói szerint a vitamintúladagolás – mint olyan – nem létezik, a "túladagolási" tüneteket egy vitamin észszerűtlenül magas dózisának bevitele okozza, ami automatikusan hiányt generál a többi vitaminból és ásványi anyagból. Így a kellő egyensúlyt megtartva, az RDA mennyiségek több tízszerese sem tud "túladagolási" tüneteket előidézni. Ezzel szemben a folyamatosan, kúraszerűen alkalmazott, szélsőségesen nagy mennyiségű, vízben oldódó vitaminok is okozhatnak egészségi problémákat, hisz mire a szervezet kiürítené a felesleges mennyiséget, az újra és újra bekerül a testbe, ezáltal a rendellenesen magas vitaminszint hosszabb ideig fennáll.
A szélsőségesen nagy mennyiségű C-vitamin-fogyasztással kapcsolatban gyakran felmerülő ellenvetés, hogy a C-vitamin fokozza a vesekőképződést, valamint gyomorpanaszokat és alvászavarokat okozhat.

A terápia alkalmazása egyes vitaminok esetében

A-vitamin
Az amerikai R. Adams és F. Murray hívta fel a figyelmet a nagy mennyiségű A-vitamin szükségességére. De rákos betegeknél nem javasolható. Szerintük a szennyezések és a nem természetes életkörülmények (permetezőanyagok, nehézfémek, más mérgező anyagok, ételadalékok, nitrátok, ételallergia stb.) miatt szervezetünk több A-vitamint igényel, mint amennyit felveszünk.

A fejlett országokban, ahol a túltápláltság a jellemző, az A-vitaminhiány legfeljebb azokat fenyegetheti, akik semmilyen állati terméket nem fogyasztanak (tej, tojás). Ez utóbbinak az az oka, hogy a növényi táplálékban nincs A-vitamin, csak annak elővitaminja, a béta-karotin, aminek azonban egyharmada szívódik csak fel, és annak is csak a fele válik A-vitaminná. Igen jelentős mennyiségű sárgarépa, zöld leveles saláta tudja csak pótolni. Az állati eredetű élelmiszerek már kész A-vitamint is tartalmaznak a béta-karotin mellett: csukamájolaj, tojássárgája, de a legfőbb A-vitaminforrás a máj és a májkrémek.

Mint minden vitamin, túladagolás esetén az A-vitamin is káros mellékhatásokat hordozhat: ez étvágytalansághoz, de akár csontrendszeri zavarokhoz is vezethet – egészen extrém esetekben agy- és májkárosodás is bekövetkezhet. Természetes táplálkozással, A-vitamin-tartalmú étrendkiegészítő tabletták nélkül ilyen mennyiséget gyakorlatilag nem lehet bevinni a szervezetbe.

Várandós kismamák esetében nő a magzat károsodásának kockázata, a vetélés esélye, ezért az FDA azt javasolja, hogy a várandós nők legfeljebb egy–kéthetente fogyasszanak májat.

B3-vitamin
(niacin, esetleg nikotinamid)

A múlt század derekán a kanadai származású, de idős kora ellenére ma is aktív Abram Hoffer édesanyjának írt fel nagy mennyiségű niacint (B3-vitamint) szenilitás ellen. Először ő maga is meglepődött a hatalmas javuláson. Nemcsak a szenilitás ellen volt hatásos, de az ízületi gyulladás ellen is, a krónikus neuralgia ellen is, a látás is javult, a koleszterinszint csökkent, az életkedv is feltámadt, az energiaszint megnőtt. Az édesanyja további 21 évet élt igazi szenilitás nélkül, olyannyira rendbejött, hogy két könyvet is írt a gyermekkori farmon átélt élményeiről. Hoffer ezt a vitaminkúra sikerének könyveli el, ami niacin (B3-vitamin), C-vitamin és E-vitamin szedéséből állt.

Hoffer azóta 134 halálos beteget is kezelt vitaminkúrával, statisztikailag igazolni tudja, hogy az általa javasolt módszer nemcsak jelentősen megnöveli az életbenmaradási esélyt, de jelentős javulást is hoz a kortünetekben, életvitelben. Hoffer a mai napig közel 500 cikket publikált és 15 könyvet írt, a szakma mégse nagyon figyel fel rá, szerinte azért, mert a vitaminokat nem lehet szabadalmaztatni és nem hoznak annyi hasznot, mint a gyógyszerek.

A niacin extrém túladagolása arra fogékonyak számára veszélyes lehet, nagymértékű túladagolás akár epilepsziás rohamot is kiválthat. Megromolhat a cinkháztartás, ami várandós anyák számára jelent veszélyt, mivel cinkhiány esetén gondok lehetnek a magzat fejlődésével.

C-vitamin
A C-vitaminra nem vonatkozik, hogy túlszedése hipervitaminózist okoz, mert a felesleg a vizelettel együtt kiürül a szervezetből.

Evan Cameron és Linus Pauling nagy mennyiségű C-vitamin kúrát alkalmazott. Napi 10 gramm mennyiség jelentősen megnövelte a halálos betegek életben maradási esélyét. Egyes kutatók felhívják a figyelmet a szintetikusan előállított C-vitamin számos mellékhatására, ugyanakkor a természetes C-vitamin igen nagy mennyiségben szedhető. Természetesen van egy felső határ, ahol hasmenés léphet fel, de ehhez már igen jelentős mennyiség kell.

Növeli a fehérvérsejtek számát, ezáltal erősíti az immunrendszert. A nagy mennyiségű (4 g/nap) C-vitamin bevitele azonban növeli a vesekőképződés esélyét, mert a vitamin oxaláttá bomlik le, a vesekövek háromnegyede pedig kalcium-oxalátból áll. A C-vitamin antioxidáns hatása miatt véd a rákkeltő anyagok káros hatásaitól, de ugyanakkor a már meglévő daganatsejteket is erősíti így kedvezőtlenül befolyásolja a kemoterápiák és sugárterápiák hatékonyságát. Egyes gyorsan növő daganat típusok tovább fejlődését azonban gátolja az újabb kutatások szerint.

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Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet: Étrend-kiegészítőkben felhasználható vitaminok és ásványi anyagok  (Ajánlott és biztonságosan alkalmazható legfelső szintek)

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Transgender Liberation Means an End to "Passing"
Posted by Mia Violet | Nov 29, 2016 | Queer
For those not aware, "passing" is a term that refers to being perceived as cisgender when you're trans. It's often used in reference to walking down the street or having mundane interactions with strangers. Basically, it means successfully having it gone unnoticed that you are transgender.
I want to stress right now I have no issue whatsoever with any trans person who wants to be seen as cisgender. We live in a world where being seen as trans can be lethal. For some, "passing" isn't just an inclination but a necessity to get through the day. In reality being seen as cisgender not only increases safety but eliminates misgendering, which can be very upsetting. Meanwhile, it can also alleviate gender dysphoria or simply be a preference. Every trans person has the right to pursue "passing" if that's what they want for themselves.
But there's a problem around "passing" in that the media consistently focuses on it as the ultimate goal for all trans people. They present it as some sort of prize that all of us should strive for, the day when we're no longer seen as transgender.
This is a damaging message for a multitude of reasons and a concept I entirely reject.
I don't want a society where trans people have more ways to "pass", where we're encouraged to hate the parts of ourselves that don't conform to heteronormative beauty standards. I want a society where we don't have to look cisgender just to be respected.
If as a society we strive to simply make it easier for trans people to hide the fact they're trans, or encourage all trans people to look cisgender, then we're not dealing with the root of the problem. The real cause of transphobia isn't being recognised as trans, it's that some people still treat trans people like dirt.
The media perpetuate the idea that being trans is undesirable and have a lot of culpability here, whether it's explicitly through jokes, or in more subtle ways such as language choice when reporting on trans people. The message is the same: trans people should look cis and not looking cis is worthy of mockery or akin to failure.
If we create a climate where the media only panders to pretty "passing" trans people, which arguably is where we are right now, then we haven't achieved trans acceptance. All we've reached is an environment where it's safe to conform to heteronormative binary gendered expectations. That's not even a standard that all of us can reach, never mind want to.
Another issue wrapped up in the "passing" debate, which seems to often be overlooked, is not every trans person even identifies on a binary spectrum. Not every trans person wants to "pass" as male or female because they are neither male nor female to begin with.
Regardless of how you identity, when you're transgender misgendering hurts, it sucks. If you're a trans person you know it's difficult to control how you feel when you're referred to by the wrong pronoun in public, some people can shrug it off and for others it really stings. It's a sad reality that the blame is often placed on trans people when they're misgendered, claiming they didn't "pass well", when the real long term solution is that both cis and trans people need to realise that you can never know someone's gender. Until someone tells you what gender they are, then we need to respect that we cannot assume it. Ever. What someone is wearing, how they move, or how they look, does not indicate their gender. It is not anyone's responsibility to convince others of what gender they are through performance or presentation. Trans people deserve to be believed and respected when they explain what gender they are, regardless. That's the message the media should be pushing.
"Passing" as a concept puts the responsibility on the trans person themselves to prove or establish their gender before they've even said a word. It's a standard cis people are not held to, it's unreasonable and downright unfair to expect trans people to maintain it.
Most simply, we will not achieve trans liberation until "passing" is purely a personal preference and not about finding safety and respect. Until someone can "look transgender" either through choice or otherwise, and still have people respect what gender they are once they state it, then we've not reached a place where every trans person is equal.
The concept of "passing", as a requisite for respecting and legitimising someone's gender, needs to end.
I write this not because I want to nitpick or pointlessly complain, but because I'm worried the trans movement is leaving people behind in the name of progress and I don't want to subscribe to a brand of trans activism which only furthers the interests of one group.
We need to fight for a trans activism which carries everybody forward, because otherwise, what's the point?
Note: This article is adapted from a tweet thread I made last week, which you can read here. Meanwhile, I also want to mention my good friend Laura Kate Dale also wrote about passing recently here in a great article of her own, which you should also check out.
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ruthmartina2014	on November 29, 2016 at 9:07 PM
Love the posh new website, Mia – and whatever you've done to migrate updates has worked!
Great post and thought-provoking as ever. However the thought that comes to mind is 'hope triumphing over experience'. As recent political events have shown, civility can be a very thin veneer and whilst I agree with everything you say, the reality is that for many of us 'passing' isn't an aspiration, it feels a necessity for personal safety even if it causes a brief 'are they or aren't they?' moment in some. The more emotionally intelligent in society have no problem either way – I'm under no illusion there are many occasions where I'm sussed (or known) as trans, but treated with respect and correctly gendered; my concern is that there are still plenty who – dare I say – take pleasure in misgendering us to make a point. And whilst it may feel like capitulation, I think we owe it to not just ourselves, but others in the trans community to conform to societal norms as best we can, if only for our own and others' sake and safety – especially in these uncertain times where the emotionally unintelligent seem to have acquired a disproportionately loud voice, supported by certain elements of the media.
Mia Violet	on December 1, 2016 at 11:51 AM
Thanks, Ruth! Happy to see everything carried across okay.
I think you're right in that unfortunately there will always be jerks who want to make life bad for trans folk or try make us uncomfortable on purpose. But I think ultimately, every trans person should do what they feel they want to do, wether that's blend in or stand out. I'm always reminded of Nine Worlds, the convention, which is the only place I've been where nobody will assume your gender and panelists are specifically asked to not use gendered terms when answering questions from the audience. I know it seems borderline impossible to get wider society to adapt to that mindset, to stop making assumptions at a glance, but I believe it's an ideal goal that trans feminism should strive to reach. Obviously there are more pressing immediate issues, but I think as an overall goal it's a healthier mindset for events and activists to channel and has a trickle-down effect to other trans issues too. I'm just concerned that the over reliance in the media of "Born a man" and "Here's what they look like now!!" type reporting pushes a damaging message that being trans is the journey to look pretty.
michellen1960	on December 2, 2016 at 1:16 AM
Have to agree with you Ruth. In an idealised world this should not matter but this is nowhere near being an ideal world. Safety is paramount and I will always choose safety. And as you say and I agree a good blog. Thought provoking.
Mia Violet	on December 2, 2016 at 8:53 AM
Anne Forget	on May 7, 2017 at 3:47 AM
I found out about your website today! It's been helping me make sense out of stuff. So thanks for that.
I can only speak about myself but this whole passing thing is making me kinda uneasy. I fully agree that we should all get respect regardless of whether or not we look like cis. Thing is, I really *really* like wearing girly clothes (like dresses, can't stress enough how much XD), makeup and most things that are typicaly feminine. Sometimes I feel like I'm putting too much emphasis on passing. I don't know, like I'm doing something wrong, that I'm perpetuating the message that passing is the ultimate and only goal.
What can I say I enjoy feeling pretty and feminine, is that wrong ? I'm seriously asking, I'm fairly new to this 'being trans business', I've only accepted the truth about myself 9 months ago and I still haven't started HRT. Though honnestly, I cannot see a future where I don't.
Anyway, that was a good, thought provoking post. Cheers.
Mia Violet	on May 9, 2017 at 3:38 PM
Oh it's certainly not wrong! Nobody is doing anything wrong by wanting to "pass".
My criticism really is with the media and its focus on wanting us all to look cis. As individuals, we have the right to look like whatever we like and aim for whatever we want <3
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Home News 'Israeli' Occupation to deport hunger striker, Hana Shalabi to Gaza.
Gaza (SaebPress) — On Saturday large group of Palestinian people gathered in East Jerusalem al-Quds, in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross, supporting the Palestinian female hunger striker Hana Shalabi.
Shalabi entered her 32nd day of hunger strike Saturday, while the 29-year-old female prisoner has refused to take anything except water since she was detained on Feb. 16. Shalabi, from the village of Burqin, is being held in "administrative detention," a category in the 'Israeli' legal system which permits imprisoning suspects for six months at a time without charge. It can be extended.
Hana Shalabi was among those Palestinians prisoners released in a prisoner swap deal between 'Israeli' occupation and Palestinian resistance last year, but she and several others were rearrested a few week ago.
Last Tuesday dozens of Palestinian prisoners held in 'Israeli' occupation jails have joined the hunger strike in solidarity with Hana Shalabi.
Deport hunger-striker Hana Shalabi to Gaza .
Meanwhile, on Saturday the Palestinian Authority minister of prisoners said that 'Israel' offered to deport hunger-striker Hana Shalabi to Gaza Strip, but the government rejected the offer, "We did not agree on such a proposal, neither do we legitimize deportation." Issa Qaraqe said.
Hana Shalabi has become weak, unable to stand up or even sleep or talk, Qaraqe said. Shalabi is also suffering spells of dizziness after losing a lot of weight, "The Israelis should release Shalabi, because she was illegally detained, and the court has no evidence to incriminate or detain her." Qaraqe added.
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Marilyn Hallam
"Going into the studio, I could wish that, after all these years, I had a system or failsafe mechanism that would allow me to execute daily portions of work in a finite and cumulative manner. However … I am always glad that I do not have this safety-net, though I am slow and timid without it." (Marilyn Hallam 1998)
At a time when the visual arts can seem dominated by populism and the cult of personality, it is startling to find an artist talking about her work with such naked honesty. This determined rejection of a reliance on habituation or a repertoire of manners, is likewise true of the work itself. One consequence is that each painting comes as a surprise, each with its own resolution of convincing pictorial identity. Another is that, despite Hallam's doubts, the continuity which unifies this oeuvre has the strength of a steel cable, marked by a series of works of impressive conviction.
Hallam's choice of subject matter is conservative, even pointedly commonplace: views through a window, interiors, still life, people by the sea. However, there is nothing conservative or commonplace about the treatment. In 1994 I wrote of this work: " … treated here without a trace of that secondhand softness that sometimes tries to pass for the Bonnardesque … (the paintings are) tough and put together with a cool lightness of hand which conceals the lucid pictorial intelligence which has gone into their making." What I had not taken wholly on board at that time is the highly evolved artifice involved in these complex works. Despite being figurative, or 'depictive' as Hallam prefers, these are not naturalistic paintings. Every component is subject to the demands made by considerations of scale, surface flatness, edge and design, the literal facture and objective truths of what a painting actually is.
Oil paint is marvellous. Luscious even before you start, it is tempting for a painter at once to give way to the siren seductiveness of the stuff itself. Hallam eschews this obvious route. The paint is used quite sparingly, the palette is high-key, the chroma exploratory, and the gaze considered. The actual touch of the paint on the surface is both exact and steady. As a result, this painter can integrate pinks, reds, ochres and violets which in other hands could be self-indulgently over-heated, or just plain fussy. Instead, we are aware of a cool astringency informing the entire picture-plane and which lifts the overall image to a new and discursive level of 'representation'.
The novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch once made the point that the best art "offers an objective vision of the world and that what matters is not its individuality but its impersonality, this being the best guide we have to the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Thereby it can both humble and edify". The commonplace, quotidian subject matter in these paintings is without drama. Any drama in Hallam's work is of consciousness and is to be found in the handling, as if the painter were momentarily shocked to find herself alive.
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IGGY POP Lust For Life (Virgin America)
Freed from the droning electronic experimentation of his debut solo album, "The Idiot" - Bowie and Iggy in Berlin doing "Berlin" - "Lust For Life" is visceral, satisfyingly rough rock 'n' roll, his "Exile On Main St", perhaps. The title track wet-nursed a generation of aspiring indie kids as part of the "Trainspotting" soundtrack, and its protagonist, one Johnny Yen, surely a thinly disguised alter Iggy, would later donate his name to a James song. It's deliciously unkempt, raucously upbeat, music that climbs the walls and bounces off them.
Following this opening assault the album appears a little punch-drunk, taking a couple of tracks to recover from the onslaught. "Sixteen" is a brief, foursquare rocker that could have been lifted straight from the first Stooges album but for the brittle, trashy AM buzz of Bowie's production. Equally "Some Weird Sin" is a pale rewrite of the title track, too little too soon. Fortunately, everything comes together again for "The Passenger", the album's other fabulous, enduring moment, as Bowie and Iggy remake Jim Morrison's poetry for the punk age. Exquisite, elegant and threatening, it sells cars too, apparently. Maybe the constant background pulse, invariant throughout the song, betrays the influence of their surroundings with its metronomic Krautrock precision, but the borstal backing vocals and Mr Jones' attempts to elbow out Mr Osterberg during the "la-la-la-la" choruses are anything but. The cut-price histrionics of "Tonight" are something else again, the "Rocky Horror Show" camp disguising the song's fairytale OD subject. "Success" is chugging and gloriously ironic, Bowie and Iggy again battling each other on the increasingly raucous call-and-response vocals at the song's close. The lyrics of the nightmare junkie narrative "Turn Blue" are conspicuously absent from the booklet - "Jesus, this is Iggy", he confesses at one point, and Jesus loves The Stooges, remember! - but there's some grim fascination to be found in following the band as they drag along behind Iggy's soliloquy. "Neighborhood Threat" is almost its complete opposite, as sleek, disciplined and streamlined as the album gets. It's perilously close to heavy metal, but it's still great, underpinned by foreboding junk shop timpani rolls. "Lust For Life" lurches to a close on "Fall In Love With Me", a big production Berlin cabaret number, Iggy's vocal distortions uncannily reminiscent of the "singing-through-a-hose" sound Julian Casablancas would be employing a quarter of a century later.
"Lust For Life" is about as great as you could possibly hope an Iggy solo album could be, blessed with two era-defining songs and a clutch of several other fine tunes. It might not carry the same diseased, exhausted raw power that any Stooges album could offer, but for a first Iggy purchase there's no finer initiation.
IGGY POP Skull Ring (Virgin)
The reason to care about James Osterberg's 13th solo album to an extent that you might not have cared about its predecessors is that it reunites Mr Pop with The Stooges on record (well, on CD, at least) for the first time in three decades. Admittedly this new millennium incarnation of the legendary proto-punks consists only of Ron Asheton doubling up on guitar and bass and brother Scott on percussion, but the synergy is obvious from the first. Opener "Little Electric Chair" - not, as far as can be determined from the lyrics, an impassioned argument against capital punishment, incidentally - is a glorious, one-dimensional electric soup racket, as faithful a reconstruction of the trebly blizzard of Bowie's production on the last Stooges opus, "Raw Power", as modern studio technology will allow. The title track is a thinly-disguised clatter through "Peter Gunn", and none the worse for it. "Dead Rock Star" sounds as though Iggy is pushing the Ashetons right up against the outer limits of their abilities - a tense, tightrope act anchored by Ron's elastic basslines - and it's so thrilling that you can just about forgive him for rhyming 'knowledge' with 'college' like he's Sting or something.
The bad news is that the brothers feature on only four of the 16 tracks here. Iggy's other main accompanists, an ensemble christened The Trolls, can certainly kick up the fury but they're almost inevitable doomed to second position behind his old sparring partners. Still, they're entertaining enough on the tricksier, clever stuff that ventures outside The Stooges' sonic template, such as the punky "Perverts In The Sun" and "Blood On Your Cool", which posits Iggy as a happy, pampered puppy ("Sun shinin' on my Rolls" - and oddly enough, he's got one too, a 1981 Corniche apparently) still railing against his demons nevertheless. Other young and not-so-young guests include Green Day and Sum 41, who assist on "Private Hell" (kind of a pedestrian inversion of "Lust For Life", The Stray Cats gone nu-metal) and "Little Know It All" (a song surely tailor-made for Alice Cooper, clipped and efficient but with a sickness behind the slickness) respectively. Somewhat more astonishing are two tracks recorded in the company of, uh, frank Canadian rapper Peaches: Iggy can barely get a holler in edgeways during the brittle electroshock of "Rock Show", which sounds so futuristic it's a surprise to discover that it's three years older than the rest of the album. She almost pulls it off again on "Motor Inn", appearing with her band Feedom. It's reminiscent of the Stooges tracks but compressed both melodically and sonically (not a criticism, incidentally). Iggy's descent into dribbling "Great big titties/Big brown titties/I love those titties/I love those tittles/Titties titties titties titties titties titties titties" is sadly absent from the printed lyrics. There's one more surprise in the form of "Til Wrong Feels Wright", which features Iggy's own bluesy howl with just an acoustic guitar, a tapping foot and some righteous indignation at the state of modern music for company.
"Skull Ring" isn't a classic album, but the variety of collaborators employed brings a thrilling diversity of approach to proceedings that makes it a very pleasant way to while away an hour. And you can always tap in 1, 3, 5 and 9 to convince yourself that you're listening to the lost fourth Stooges album, which has to be worth the price of the ticket on its own.
IGGY POP A Million In Prizes The Anthology (Virgin)
Possibly the most expansive Iggy overview yet devised, "A Million In Prizes The Anthology" charts a chronological course from his earliest recordings with The Stooges to, uh, his latest recordings with The Stooges. This is not to say, of course, that the decades in between these two extremes have been wasted, but this collection is invariably at its most satisfying when there's an Asheton, a Williamson or a Bowie nearby.
Proceedings kick off with the gloriously fuzzed-up blank generation nihilism of "1969", both a song and a dateline drawn in the Michigan mud. If The Velvet Underground (and "The Stooges" producer John Cale in particular) provided the form, Iggy added the function (or lack thereof). Lou had his pretty tales about drugs and fallen society girls and drugs; Iggy, as a title of one of his later songs would put it, got nothin, loving a void indeed. He ain't got "No Fun" neither: even the handclaps sound like they're a contribution from some demonic cult. If, say, Zappa just flirted with this kind of attitude during "Freak Out!", on "I'm Not Satisfied", maybe, or "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here", adopting it as some kind of ironic comment on kids those days, this is its writhing, slashing, walking nightmare embodiment. Listen to Ig spluttering and stuttering around the "Tell 'em how I feel" line and it sounds manifestly obvious that he couldn't even if he wanted to. It's the most, er, impotent cock rock imaginable, and what a dichotomy to slice down the middle that is. Did Mr Cale have something to do with the "I'm Waiting For The Man"-style minimalist one-note piano that pulses through "I Wanna Be Your Dog"? Whatever, it's an early classic of the S&M microgenre, alongside "Venus In Furs", as well as boasting the least festive sleighbells in the history of recorded sound.
Having shaken absolutely everything you need to hear from The Stooges' important but uneven eponymous debut, "A Million In Prizes" makes the first of several conceptual lurches by selecting a mere single sliver from "Fun House", an album sometimes referred to as "Osterberg's Fifth Symphony". One track – heck, it's granted equal weight as "Zombie Birdhouse"! Well, all right, you really do need to experience "Fun House" in its entirety to fully appreciate its squalid, staggering journey from gutter punk to free-blowing jazz obscenity, but even accepting that there are superior, if less palatable, tracks on it than "Down On The Street".
Nevertheless, filling the space that some might argue should be claimed by half of "Fun House" are a brace of alluring obscurities – well, they're obscure to anyone such as myself who has yet to venture outside the cosy confines of Iggy's officially sanctioned studio output. "I Got A Right!" has a similar tinnitus snowstorm buzz to the "Raw Power" album, but is, if anything, leaner, faster, hungrier, even more feral. Like the equally notable inclusions "Gimme Some Skin" and "I'm Sick Of You", whose gothic horrorshow harks back to the dustier moments of their debut, it was recorded for a proposed third album that was rejected by Elektra, and leaked out as a single.
When that third album did finally arrive…the selections here might sound muted in comparison to what precedes them, their strengths ultimately sapped by tinny, trebly sonics, but catch the opening guitar assault of "Search And Destroy" – it's the raga riffing of "Eight Miles High" on something antisocial, cornered. Iggy's in total command of the situation: "I'm using technology", he affirms; "I'm the world's forgotten boy/The one who searches, searches to destroy." The world's forgotten boy he may be, but he won't capitulate. "Gimme Danger" smuggles in more of that one-finger piano and a whole load more creeping mystery and threat, alongside a slashing spiderweb of guitars from somewhere that's very not Mars, despite Bowie's thin white hand at the controls. The piano re-emerges from the sulphurous glop on "Raw Power", as guitarist James Williamson scratches out sounds of pure evil. For possibly the first time, Iggy's promoting the having of a real good time, albeit one apparently provoked by sensory deprivation.
"Raw Power" reached 182 on the Billboard album charts, and The Stooges, never the most stable of ensembles, imploded. After a period of mental and pharmaceutical instability a cleaned-up Iggy checked into Jimmy Webb's studio, of all places, and recorded an album's worth of demos with Williamson. The title track, "Kill City", is an astonishing artefact, sounding like "Raw Power" with LA polish, or "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" with bloodied boots – why it hasn't been lionised in Iggy lore alongside the three Stooges albums astonishes me; it's the discovery of this collection.
The remainder of the first CD charts comfortably uncomfortable territory, covering Pop's time with Bowie in Berlin. Personally, I would have been tempted to swap out some of these tracks for more of "Fun House", or even whatever further obscuranta might be lingering in the vaults (something from the oft-referenced but rarely heard "Metallic KO" bootleg might have been instructive), but this is the Iggy that most newcomers will be familiar with, the Pop tones most frequently plundered by adverts, film soundtracks and Bowie himself.
The electro throb and clank of "Nightclubbing" still sounds astonishingly futuristic even though it's pushing 30 years old, and though I'm no great fan of "Funtime" it's steam-powered blank generation robofunk, and how many songs can you truthfully say that about? "China Girl" is more overtly oriental than Bowie's later stadium-perfect autopilot self-cover, endearing in its wonkiness. "Sister Midnight" is another product of Messrs. Jones and Osterberg's crazy genre fusion factory, mashing up punk, reggae and glam. Displaying bathos rare in popular song, "Tonight" would be a hit duet for Bowie and Tina Turner, but only after the exorcism of the overdose plot strand, and there's a rich irony to "Success", unit shifting never being one of Iggy's highest priorities. "Lust For Life" has arguably been granted even greater cultural resonance through its use over the opening credits of "Trainspotting", just about compensating for the way its thundering percussion introduction awakens long-dormant memories of Phil Collins' "You Can't Hurry Love". Raucous, confident and unhinged, it's a world away from, and arguably a reaction to, both the contemporary punk scene and Iggy's earlier work that kickstarted it. The brilliance of "The Passenger" might be forever slightly sullied by its association with bland Japanese repmobiles (what's the subtext there, that driving a Toyota turns you into a self-mutilating, psychologically troubled, drug-hoovering godfather of punk?) but its poetic aspirations are a rarity in the Pop canon – and besides, Ig's gotta pay for the upkeep on the Rolls Royce somehow.
The second disc is a patchier, if more diverse experience, treading a careful path through a career hinterland that found him repeatedly restating his core values to diminished effect. "I'm Bored"'s stint as music to sell beer by hardly detracts from its edgy elasticity, but whilst Iggy's (and Bowie's) best work remains timeless the splashy, synthesised production of "Real Wild Child (Wild One)", very previously a hit for Australian rock 'n' roller Johnny O'Keefe, locks it inevitably to the mid-80s. 1990's "Brick By Brick" found him happily resurgent, now confident enough even to camp it up on the charidee Deborah Harry duet "Well, Did You Evah!". The absence of almost all of "Fun House" is slightly compensated for by the inclusion of previously unreleased live versions of two of its tracks, snared at the 1993 Feile Festival. "T.V. Eye", in particular, is breathtaking: Eric Schermerhorn unspools a guitar solo that's practically jazz, and the impact of the return of the song's machine-gunning riff towards the end is astonishing. In these later years he seems to have developed a trick of couching his most unpalatable lyrics in velveteen music, for example "Look Away" and "I Felt The Luxury", backed on the latter, somewhat improbably, by jazz trio Medeski Martin + Wood. "Mask" might initially sound like a standard Iggy chugger, but his impassioned, bloodthirsty howl against "Irony in place of balls/Balls in place of brains/Brains in place of soul/Where is the soul?/Where is the love?/Where am I?" enlivens proceedings immensely. Finally, just the title track is extracted from 2003's Stooges semi-reunion "Skull Ring", its "Peter Gunn" thud still speaking volumes.
A somewhat misdirected booklet lists the songs' appearances in films and on singles, striking a strangely trainspotterish note for a package presumably aimed at the floating voter in ways that, for example, the 6 CD box set of Stooges outtakes "Heavy Liquid" is not. The track-by-track credits do, however, expose the glittering parade of celebrity guests adorning these selections: as well as the aforementioned Cale and Bowie half of Blondie and the Sex Pistols pay homage, as do a couple of Guns N' Roses, Henry Rollins, The B-52s' Kate Pierson, Simple Minds drummer Mel Gaynor and sometime Pink Floyd bassist Guy Pratt. But this is essentially a one-man show, and in providing a reasonably comprehensive synopsis of Pop's near 40-year career this anthology is as valuable as its title boast suggests.


Ritual can be a useful tool for Religious Naturalists. It can help us feel in our hearts and bodies, what we know in our minds — in a way that just talking does not. Through ritual, we can express their sense of wonder and reverence at the universe and experience our connection to the natural world on a more visceral level. This in turn can also give rise to experiences which help motivate socially and environmentally responsible behavior.


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Announcing Our Story!
Our Story at the Powerhouse. Photo © Albert Vecerka/Esto. All rights reserved.
How do you build a museum that everyone can get to? You put it online! This April, Johnson & Johnson launched two new experiences: Our Story at the Powerhouse, on the company's World Headquarters campus (it draws its name from the beautifully restored 1907 Powerhouse building that houses it), and its companion, ourstory.jnj.com, an online experience. They are both interactive experiences that takes visitors through Johnson & Johnson's history – in the context of world history – from 1886 to the present.
Johnson & Johnson has been telling its story since 1889, when Scientific Director Fred Kilmer joined the company. A member of the New Brunswick, New Jersey Historical Club, Kilmer believed that preserving and telling stories about Johnson & Johnson was important for the business, and he started the company's original museum 96 years ago.
The first museum exhibit staged by Fred Kilmer, 1921 – kind of like Our Story, but less interactive and way before the internet! Image: Johnson & Johnson Archives.
Although it's easy to make a quick visit to Our Story to learn some interesting things about Johnson & Johnson, many areas of the site are designed as immersive experiences that readers will want to spend more time with and savor – kind of like curling up with a good book or visiting your favorite museum that you go back to again and again.
The opening screen of the first chapter of the company's story.
The first thing you'll see on ourstory.jnj.com is the opening narrative: the founding of Johnson & Johnson, which had its earliest roots in the battlefields of the Civil War. Images from the Johnson & Johnson archives are enhanced by photographs from The Library of Congress and other archives around the world, along with music and audio that help unfold the story of the beginning of the company. Think of this part of the site as that first episode that compels you to binge-watch an entire online series, with more episodes coming as the year progresses.
Who doesn't love a good timeline? Here's one with over 300 entries! Look at all the stories just for 1887 alone!
There's also an interactive timeline that tells the Johnson & Johnson story from 1886 to the present, in the context of world history and the great scientific milestones of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Since it will be updated on a regular basis, this is one section to check back with again and again.
Click on a colorful hotspot anywhere on this world map to pull up a story!
The Global Community section has current stories from around the world that use images and video to show the many ways Johnson & Johnson, its employees, and its partners are saving and improving lives every day. And there's a section that allows visitors to get a peek behind the scenes into the Johnson & Johnson archives, to see artifacts and rare photographs in the collection and learn the stories behind them. (Have I mentioned that everything here tells a story?)
Read all about it! Stories from 131 years of Johnson & Johnson in the context of world history and society.
Finally, the Features section includes deeper dives into stories about some of the most fascinating people, ideas and organizations in Johnson & Johnson's history – with new stories to be added on a regular basis. If you like reading the backstory behind pieces of modern life, such as the reasons why people suddenly started taking better care of their teeth in the 20th century, or why early first aid manuals were important public health tools, or how World War I changed advertising, then this is another section to add to your reading list.
So check out Our Story, the newest addition to the Johnson & Johnson heritage family. You never know: the next series you binge-watch online may not be that popular mystery or drama that everyone's talking about -- it may be Johnson & Johnson Our Story!
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I am very happy to present the Annual Report 2016-17 of Eicher Motors Limited (EML). It has been a spectacular year of all-round performances and achievements. We have achieved record sales and profits once again, and we have made significant progress on several initiatives and projects that we had set out to accomplish this year. 2016-17 was another strong year in delivering profitable growth and further strengthening the robustness of our business model. Comparing 2016-17 to 2014-15, Royal Enfield's sales volume grew by 101%, market share in 150cc and above category of motorcycles grew from 21% to 24%.
At Royal Enfield, we charted out an unconventional path for ourselves several years ago, to create an adventure motorcycling culture in India through relevant products, retail experiences and community engagements which have enabled us to achieve a significant brand following. Today, we have emerged as one of the strongest motorcycle brands in the country with a healthy order book and a unique mindshare amongst customers, which was inconceivable a decade ago. We are now ready to take this to the next level by introducing and building the Royal Enfield brand in other important markets around the world.
Last year we faced several challenges that impacted our industry, such as the severe cyclone Vardah that hit Chennai, the sudden change in implementation dates for BS IV emission norms, and demonetisation. These created adverse situations for the industry, Royal Enfield successfully withstood all of these challenges and delivered strong performance without any disruption.
EML's Consolidated net revenue from operations for the year 2016-17 was Rs. 7,033 crores, a growth of 35% over 2015-16. In 2016-17, EML's Consolidated EBITDA grew 50.9% to Rs. 2,174 crores and PAT grew 45.8% to Rs. 1,667 crore. In terms of margin, EML Consolidated set a new industry benchmark with an EBITDA margin of 30.9% in 2016-17*. The sales volume for the year was 6,66,135 motorcycles, a growth of 31.2% over the previous year. This enabled us to enhance our market share in the 150cc and above category of motorcycles in India from a mere 4.7% in CY 2011 to 24% in 2016-17.
VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) EML's joint venture with Volvo Group had a good year in tough market conditions. VECV 's Consolidated net revenue from operations for the year 2016-17 was Rs. 8,549 crores, a growth of 10.5% over the previous year. In 2016-17, EBITDA and PAT of VECV grew 4.0% and 3.0% respectively, over same period last year. Sale of commercial vehicles grew 12.9% to 58,604 units driven by a strong growth in sales of heavy duty trucks (23.1%) and exports (23.4%).
Royal Enfield has grown from strength to strength in the last few years. However, we still have a large headroom for growth. In developing markets, especially India, the two-wheeler market is dominated by the sub 250cc commuter segment. I believe, with rising incomes and the increasing aspiration for leisure motorcycling, customers from the commuter segment will gradually shift towards the middle weight segment (250- 750cc) that is dominated by Royal Enfield. With strong domestic dealer network, growing international presence, exciting new product line-up, enhanced research and manufacturing capabilities, Royal Enfield is well-positioned to grow the mid-sized motorcycle segment in India and also in the international markets. Towards its ambition of becoming a global leader in the mid-sized motorcycle segment, Royal Enfield is investing in brand and market development and is focusing on opening new retail avenues across all major markets.
Our success in the mid-size motorcycling segment has attracted many other players from within and outside the country. While their entry will help to develop the leisure motorcycling segment further, I am confident that with our extremely strong value proposition and a highly differentiated brand, we will maintain our stronghold on the market. At the same time, the tremendous potential of our brand and business and our successes in the last few years have not made us complacent. We will continue to play to our strengths while working towards enhancing customer experience and engagements across all touchpoints.
In February 2016, we introduced the Himalayan, our purpose-built adventure tourer. Designed grounds up, the motorcycle is powered by a new LS 410 engine. After its launch in India, we also introduced the Himalayan in Indonesia, Colombia and Australia through the year. We also showcased the motorcycle in Europe and UK. With this motorcycle we aim to create and grow the adventuretouring category in India and to create a simple, accessible, stripped down ADV (as the adventure-touring category is known) in other markets around the world. The Himalayan has received very encouraging reviews and feedback from media and enthusiasts across markets and we will continue to work towards developing this category further.
In the beginning of the calendar year 2017, we also introduced the Classic 350 Redditch Edition inspired by the paint scheme of the 1950s era of Royal Enfield motorcycles that were produced in the United Kingdom. These three new colours, in our rapidly growing Classic 350 franchise, were received very well by our customers. In addition to motorcycles, Royal Enfield's Gear business entered into an unique association with Happy Socks (a leading European brand for designer socks and men's innerwear) to launch a limited-edition, multi-product line capsule collection of apparel and accessories for men. The collection included motorcycling jacket, sweatshirts, t-shirts, helmets and a series of socks and boxer briefs.
Royal Enfield continues to expand its footprint in India, enabling customers and enthusiasts to ride more. We now have 675 dealer touch points across the country, attached to a wide service network commensurate with our motorcycle population. To add to our service experience for customers, Royal Enfield introduced its Roadside Assistance facility this year. A central contact centre was also established for registering sales and service queries and issues. Royal Enfield has been at the forefront of creating a differentiated motorcycle retail experience in the country. Throughout the last three years we redesigned all our stores to reflect our new brand retail identity that is inspired by a motorcycle enthusiast's living room. Now with the hardware in place, we are initiating another enormous project aimed at introducing a truly world-class customer-oriented dealership experience at the Royal Enfield stores.
In 2016-17 alone, we conducted more than 4,500 rides from our dealerships across India. More and more customers are riding out everyday exploring cities, discovering terrains and finding themselves through the joy of riding. The successful year-on-year ritual of our annual community gathering at Goa for Rider Mania is a testament to our thriving community of riders. In its 13th year, Himalayan Odyssey, our most celebrated annual ride from Delhi to Khardung La, Leh, saw a special women's edition with a group of 20 women riders. On the back of the Himalayan, Royal Enfield also launched Unroad and Escapade, two new and unique ride experiences that invite more people to ride pure.
Towards our aim of leading and expanding the mid-size motorcycle category globally, we have been making strategic forays in international markets. Our unique proposition of simple, evocative, all-round motorcycles have found many takers in markets like Colombia, Thailand and Indonesia where the motorcycle industry is akin to our home market - India. The evolved riding culture in these markets resonate very well with the Royal Enfield brand and has led to an encouraging acceptance of our motorcycles in the very first year of our operations in South East Asia in 2016-17. We are working very closely with our customers and channel partners to strengthen our foundations here.
While the markets of South East Asia and Latin America have a huge potential to accelerate our volume growth in the coming years; our authority as a global motorcycle brand will also be established with our success in the thought leading, mature motorcycle markets. Towards this we opened our first exclusive store in Milwaukee, North America this year. We also opened several other exclusive stores throughout the year across our key international markets, the most recent being in São Paulo, Brazil that opened in April 2017. Today, Royal Enfield is present in leading cities of the world with 25 exclusive stores and 568 multi-brand dealerships. The exclusive stores follow our unified global retail identity, designed as meeting spots for motorcycling enthusiasts. In addition to motorcycle and gear purchase, customers also come to attend in-store programmes and ride-outs. In international markets, along with our retail footprint, we have been showcasing our motorcycles, gear and custom capabilities at various enthusiast and community forums such as Moto Expo 2016 in Bangkok, Kustomfest in Jakarta, and Wheels and Waves Festival in Biarritz, France.
This year we also moved to our new Tech Centre at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicester, UK. The area for office and testing is spread over 36,000 square feet. The main building currently has 100 employees with a capacity to house 150. The tech centre team includes members of the engineering, product design, product strategy and other technical teams to work on advanced R&D projects.
This is a significant milestone at Royal Enfield that will go a long way in preparing us for the future. In addition to the UK Tech Centre, we have also been building our manufacturing capacity. After starting commercial production in 2013, the millionth motorcycle was rolled out from our Oragadam plant in February 2017. Our third manufacturing facility at Vallam Vadagal, Tamil Nadu, is on track for start of commercial production in August 2017.
We have strengthened our team at Royal Enfield by adding 500 new employees across the globe and streamlined practices and processes to empower our team across levels.
VECV, our joint venture with the Volvo Group, reported strong performance for second year in a row. Despite intense competition and slowdown in commercial vehicle industry, VECV outperformed industry growth rate enabling us to enhance our market share in the segment. While the sales volume of Eicher Light to Medium Duty Trucks (5-15 tonne) and Volvo Trucks reported decline of 0.6% and 6.4% respectively, sales volume of Eicher Heavy Duty Trucks and Buses posted robust growth of 23.1% and 16.5% respectively. Export of trucks and buses registered a growth of 23.4% driven by strong demand from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. During the year, we also successfully transitioned all our models to BS IV compliant norms. In the Eicher Trucks and Buses business, we made significant investments towards new technology infusion, capacity enhancement and market development for sustained growth and long-term value creation. In trucks segment, we see opportunities to grow our market share across key industries like e-commerce, mining, infrastructure, construction, FMCG, and white goods. We have successfully completed the development of our new model Pro 5000 which shall be launched in the market in the coming year. In bus segment, our newly launched Skyline Pro has received good response. We have also commenced production of the upgraded Starline range which shall be launched in the market in the coming year.
In the Volvo Trucks business, we expanded business to different applications like granite mining, quarry and road construction to reduce dependence on coal segment. Expectation of higher coal production is likely to enhance demand in the coming year.
With rising investments in the infrastructure sector, renewed focus on roads and highways construction and increasing port traffic, we expect VECV to continue this growth momentum. Besides, we are very optimistic about the upcoming commissioning of the BS VI norms in 2020 as we have distinct competitive advantages in terms of technological superiority, experience and existing set-up. In fact, at present, we are already exporting Euro-6 compliant engines to Europe. We have all the capabilities that will be adapted in line with the cost structure relevant to the Indian market.
The implementation of the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime from July 1, 2017 will transform the face of commercial transportation in India. GST will, in time, create a seamless marketplace for transportation that would require greater up-time for trucks, less idle hours, faster turnaround and a more optimal warehousing structure. This will require an upgrade of the country's truck fleet to upgrade to a modern truck fleet. VECV's Pro series was designed and developed with exactly this intent. In coming time, Pro series will have a great opportunity to lead commercial vehicle industry's move to modernisation.
EPPL, our joint venture with Polaris Industries, is witnessing good traction in the market for Multix, a 3-in-1 personal utility vehicle, especially from independent business owners. In 2016- 17, we sold 1,640 units of Multix, while expanding dealer base from 30 to 74 dealers. The Company also entered new markets of Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Assam among others. We successfully developed and launched the BS IV compliant model. During next year, apart from expanding distribution, we have plans to establish distribution network in the international markets like Nepal and Bangladesh. Given the increasing acceptance of Multix in the Indian as well as the international market, we expect EPPL to witness growth in the coming years.
At EML, we have created a business model that has enabled us to achieve a strong and sustained growth over the years. While we have been on a solid growth trajectory, we are not taking things for granted. We continue to work resiliently towards areas of improvement and sharpening our approach to effectively respond to changing market dynamics. We moved into the new financial year with a full motorcycle portfolio compliant to the new BS IV norms. For the year 2017-18, Royal Enfield intends to make significant capex investments amounting to Rs. 800 crores, which shall be funded by internal accruals. This investment would be in line with our global expansion strategy for enhancing both capacities and capabilities. The key areas would include completing the construction of our third manufacturing unit at VallamVadagal, setting-up two technical centres in the UK and India and augmenting new product development. To serve our consumers across the world, we will also be producing 8,25,000 motorcycles at Royal Enfield in 2017-18. In 2017-18, we plan to invest Rs. 450 crore in VECV towards new product development and capacity enhancement. Our businesses are fully geared to operate in the latest tax regime under the GST.
* EML's Consolidated net revenue and EBITDA do not include the financials of its joint ventures - VE Commercial Vehicles and Eicher Polaris since that EML adopted Ind AS accounting standards from January 1, 2015. The profit/ loss of joint ventures is accounted under equity method and are included in EML's Consolidated PAT.


A Triathlete's Journey to Ironman & Beyond: Day 24.... The Bad & then the Good!
So, the morning was a full course swim, something that I was looking forward to. I had been swimming consistently to Kings Buoy and return (1.9k) and was keen to get a full course under the belt.
Setting out, feeling really good, I got to King Buoy as per normal and was comfortable about getting to the turn. The orange marker buoys were further apart and the water is not as sheltered and you feel the chop and swell more.
This is where I lost my mind a bit.
After getting out of the water I have decided that the water is like the Queen K, there is no consistency through out and you don't know what you are going to get.
So getting to the turn buoy, I looked at my watch and saw 31.30....I can say that I was rather annoyed. I have been swimming so well in the pool and felt strong. Ok I will see how I go on the return.
Cut a long and frustrating swim short, it took me over 35min to get back. A total trip time of just under 1hr 6min, 2 min slower than my race last year.
I got out of the water and was stunned, I felt good but produced a stinker!
This really put a dampener on my spirits. I got in contact with Greg as I knew that he had swam the course also. He had a Garmin on, whilst I only had my stop watch. He said that he felt the same and his Garmin said that the course was 4.25k's. That did make me a fair bit happier, maybe the buoy was just too far out!
Then talking to another guy in the afternoon and having a chat to him, the same thing was said, but he had 4.28k's on his Garmin, that was good enough to help ease my mind. Although I was spewing on it all day. Hoping the next open water swim would be better!
Getting back, heading out for breakfast, removed the disappointment only a little bit, I just couldn't get my head around it.
The afternoon session was a short but sharp ride and a solid run off it.
Heading out for the ride, I have noticed that the town is getting considerably busier and the traffic is a lot heavier. So I am very aware of just taking things easy until getting out on the Queen K.
I got going and felt great. I was thinking that I must have had a really strong tail wind as I was sitting in the high 40's very comfortably. I was a bit concerned that the ride back would be into a block head wind, so I turned a fraction early.
Turning and getting going again, I settled at 39 to 40kph easily. Once again, something that I couldn't work out. I know that with getting fresher this helps however to turn and settle as this speed was really pleasing.
The only thing that was entering my head was that I was going to slow really fast, this didn't phase me. My 90min ride ended up being 81min, 40min out and 41min back. Happy days!
Getting off the bike and into the run, I decided to try and run above Ironman Pace for the 30min. Once again I was surprised at my speed and got back averaging 4min 13 k pace. A fair bit faster then I expected, however was happy all the same. Has got me thinking about my "race pace" now.
Do I stick to my plan or do I try to push it a little bit?? I had a great race last year and got here early again this year to have a better race. What is my limit? That I don't know, one thing that I do know is that I don't want to be walking from the energy lab to the finish due to going too hard to early.
More thinking time required, but I do know my target time will be exactly what I have planned and the bonus will be if I go faster.
On that note, I will be posting my goal times soon, however will only publish them race day, once I am out there. So although I will be out fighting the war, my plans will be here to read.
For now... Feet up and food ready for another light day. My energy is rising and have plenty to do!!
As long as I have internet access I will post again today, it has been really bad the last few days!
PS. The below are my niece and nephew missing me!! Dallas is telling Scarlett-May that Uncle X will be home soon! Love them dearly!


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Welcome to the Spring Into Books Blog Hop, hosted by eReading on the Cheap and Beck Valley Books !
I'm happy to be participating in my very first hop as a host (yes, that's right, I'm a hop virgin!), and I'm giving away a signed copy of Fearless !
Hop around and check out the rest!
We need YOU. . .
I am so happy to see some one actually say that out loud- or well put it in writing! I am a reformed book snob! I've read more indie authors in the last 16 months than in the previous 40 years! NOTHING turns me off faster than editing or grammar errors! Thanks for your great writing!


Good news for those who love spending time on our friendly chat: improvements are coming!
Chat wouldn't exist without users. We make the changes for you and we are excited to hear your ideas and suggestions. If you ever thought that a certain something would be great to have - now is your chance to share it and shape the new chat in the way you want.
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Pros: People wouldn't need to share their e-mails which are usually connected to mining = security risk as scammers watch chat too.
Cons: Scammers/spammers/beggers wouldn't be noticed, they could cheat people without mods knowing, many times me and other users stopped new users from getting scammed.
Pros: Less keyboard fights, someone annoys you - just mute him.
Pros: Users who got helped could + that user, this would encourage users to help, would be nice if users could earn new status like "Helper" with some unique color.
Cons: Users could abuse the scoring system so I wouldn't give Minus option as users would use it for fighting and create multi accounts, also to decrease fake plus points from multi accounts a script that would approve the point only after the user who gave a plus mined for X days X coins would be required.
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I know how i can access the websocket for my account, but a more easy way to access information whould be great.
It would be great to see the users connected in real time, and put the time of the written text to know if you have a long open question and be able to help those who need it.
And to be able to put emoticones in the name of the user from the page also would make more showy the chat.
* We need a ranking system where people can vote for the most helpful people in the chat and get promoted in rankings.
* A thumbs up button and emojis !
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Director Sargunam who directs the film Kalavani, will bridal with Saranya on September 15th. It's an arranged marriage and the engagement was done before two months. Saranya is an MBA graduate from Thanjavur District, this is also the native place of director Sarkunam.
The director was too busy with film Vagai Sooda Vaa but he drop the film works for his wedding.
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A hearty laugh a day may keep the doctor away, say the findings of a study performed at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. The researchers in this study measured the affect of laughing on measurable physiological changes. They specifically looked at the ability of heart blood vessels to expand when a person watched funny movies. What they found was surprising–laughing increased blood flow as much as a 15- to 30-minute workout.
The ability of blood vessels to expand is known as vasodilation. Poor circulation (vasodilation) means that passageways may be restricted or blocked and blood flow may be cut off. This is the effect of high cholesterol levels and plaguing (arteriosclerosis). The result is an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
20 healthy men and women watched clips of two movies–a violent battle scene from "Saving Private Ryan" or a humorous scene from a comedy such as "Kingpin." Each participant's vasodilation was measured prior to the movie and again afterward.
Past studies have found that hormones like adrenalin and cortisol, which are released when a person is stressed, may harm the body by suppressing the immune system and constricting blood vessels. Just as poor food choices can stimulate these hormones so can negative emotions. On the other hand, the researchers believe laughing causes the body to release beneficial chemicals called endorphins, which may counteract the effects of stress hormones and cause blood vessels to dilate. In a similar manner, laughing may also boost the immune system and reduce inflammation, which has also been shown to increase the risk of various health problems.
The Maryland study is not the first to suggest that humour has healthy benefits. There have been numerous other studies done in the past. Norman Cousins, Humanitarian, Journalist, Author, Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of California and the "father" of Vitamin C therapy, himself attributes the prolongation of his life to humour. Cousins himself had a crippling form of arthritis and heart disease. In his autobiography he describes how he developed a recovery program incorporating mega doses of Vitamin C, along with a positive attitude, love, faith, hope, and laughter induced by Marx Brothers films.
Children laugh approximately 80 to 100 times per day. By the time we reach adulthood, we laugh only 5-6 times per day. You only need to watch children to appreciate the relationship between humor and enjoying life. Children will laugh at anything! If you ask them, "what's so funny," they may say something like, "he looked at me!" says Barbara Bartlein, R.N., M.S.W., a motivational speaker and consultant.
Adults, on the other hand, feel they need a reason to laugh before doing so. What we need to do is be more like children (have we not heard this somewhere before?). And so, here I share a little joke. Hopefully it brings a little laughter into your day ….
Until next week, laugh a little more!!!
Ps To all blondes out there, please don't take offense. If it helps, replace blonde with "dumb chiropractor".


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Q: UnsupportedClassVersionError that occurs only in JBoss 5.1 My application contains 3rd party jar (com.springsource.org.aspectj.weaver-1.6.8.RELEASE.jar)
that is compiled in Java6. I managed to use it on Tomcat 5.5 that runs Java5 but when I tried to deploy the same application on JBoss 5.1 - I get the error:

[org.jboss.detailed.classloader.ClassLoaderManager]
  (main) Unexpected error during load
  of:testdata.SomeAnnotation
  java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError:
  Bad version number in .class file

that I realized that happens not only to me. as described here.
my questions:
1) why is it possible to use this jar in web-servers such as tomcat but it still bothers Jboss 5.1 ?
2) Why does Jboss class loader load the application's implementaiotn of Jweaver to be used for loading it framework and it doesn't use Jboss aspectJ implementation. Perhaps I should configure its class loading to be parent-first and it will solve this problem?

A: Java is backwardly compatible, (a Java 5.0 jar can run on Java 6) but not forwardly compatible (A Java 6 jar cannot be used on Java 5.0)
You need to get a copy of the 3rd party Jar which is compiled for Java 5.0 or upgrade the version of Java to version 6 or later.

A: On occasion, we have seen that students HSG modify the jdk they use, reconfigure their environment to that end and still this exception continues to occur.  This can cause a considerable amount of confusion especially if they switched from the jdk1.6 to jdk1.5.  Almost always, the culprit is that one or several other versions of jboss are running and all incoming requests call on one of them (with the of the newer jars).  We always check to see which apps are running and kill/shutdown all other versions of jboss.

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VIENNA (AP) Austrian anti-doping authorities have banned cross-country skier Harald Wurm for four years for blood doping.
The Austrian Anti-Doping Legal Committee said Thursday it suspended the two-time Olympian for taking the banned substance cobalt and using several prohibited methods for blood enrichment which boosts endurance.
The committee said Wurm has not appealed the decision. The ban dates back to the start of his provisional suspension three months ago and ends Dec. 12, 2019.
The 31-year-old Wurm had been excluded from all team training and competitions by the Austrian ski federation since November, three months after state prosecutors started an investigation into his alleged doping infringements and searched his premises.
The federation said it had access to police files and expected that Wurm had a case to answer, provisionally banning him just over a week before the World Cup season started.
Two years ago, Wurm's teammate, Johannes Duerr, was banned for life by the federation after being kicked out of the 2014 Sochi Games for using EPO.
The head coach of the cross-country team, Gerald Heigl, temporarily stepped down after the federation excluded Wurm. Heigl denied any involvement and returned to his job weeks later.
Prosecutors have meanwhile dropped criminal charges against Wurm after the athlete confessed to doping and settled an agreement with a regional court last month. Wurm accepted a court's proposal to pay 2,000 euros ($2,220) and have his case closed in return.
Wurm admitted to using cobalt but said he never helped other athletes dope which is a criminal offence under Austrian law.