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Nancy Pelosi Calls Moscow Mitch By His Name
Oh no, everyone! Remember how Moscow Mitch McConnell really hates being called Moscow Mitch? He really hates it.
(TBH, he probably prefers Addison Mitchelovich McConnelov, as it is more formal and genteel for a Russo-Kentuckian gentleman such as himself. Considering how the benefits of his actions as the Senate Majority Leader redound mostly to the Kremlin and the puppet it installed in the White House in 2016, and never ever to the people of Kentucky or the American people at large, we must assume that deep inside his rotting heart, he is OK with the "Moscow" part.)
Anyway, POINT BEING, Nancy Pelosi went and said a naughty and called Moscow Mitch the name! And John Cornyn is MAD:
Awwwww, FUCK OFF, JOHN CORNYN, AND WHILE YOU'RE DOWN THERE, EAT SOME OF THESE HERE DICKS.
What Pelosi said was completely on-topic. It's not like she was calling him naughty names for no reason, and she also didn't follow up with other mean names for Republican senators, like Russian Rand or Old "Jerks-Off-Into-Soup-Cans" Cruz (ALLEGEDLY!) or something equally mean for John Cornyn, not sure what it would be, but probably not a gross pun about how he's got a lot of CORNYN his poo. (ALLEGEDLY!) Speaker Pelosi is far more mature than Wonkette, after all.
Pelosi was talking about the behavior that earned McConnell his name (Moscow Mitch), namely the way he blocks any and all meaningful and good legislation passed by the House from coming to the Senate floor. He particularly blocks election security legislation, because obviously free and fair elections are antithetical to his Republican way of life.
Speaking at a Democratic event in Springfield, Pelosi (D-Calif.) recounted a series of bills passed by the House, including measures raising the minimum wage, reforming elections and expanding health care.
"We sent our legislation to the Senate," Pelosi said. "Moscow Mitch says that he is the 'grim reaper.' Imagine describing yourself as the 'grim reaper,' that he's going to bury all this legislation."
He DOES say that. But we don't call him the "Grim Reaper," mostly because we've always imagined that somebody as powerful as the Grim Reaper wouldn't look like a socially awkward dumbfucking constipated turtle. We call him "Moscow Mitch." And John Cornyn hates that! And Moscow Mitch hates that!
So, besides protecting Russia's sacred role in making sure white supremacist Republicans have an outsized role in our electoral politics, what other kinds of bills was Pelosi talking about, that Moscow Mitch is burying in the backyard like a common turtle-shaped dachshund the Grim Reaper found at a shelter for yappy hellhounds who've been abandoned by their original demon owners because they are very bad dogs? Oh nothing, just for instance:
During her remarks at the event sponsored by the Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association, Pelosi also urged the Senate to pass a pair of bills approved by the House in February designed to strengthen background checks for gun buyers.
"We've been waiting since February, and now public sentiment must weigh in to save lives," Pelosi said.
Moscow Mitch has said he'd be open to doing some sensible gun legislation after he gets back from lying on his fat ass for the duration of the month of August, but we'll believe it when we see it. The GOP has a way of waiting for just the right moment to bury promises of gun control legislation, once all the thoughts and prayers have gone out, but before the "too soon" statute of limitations for any particular American gun terrorist massacre has expired.
If this time is anything like last time, Moscow Mitch will go somewhere with a camera and a microphone and he will whine and cry and bitch about mean Nancy Pelosi calling him by his real name. Maybe he will go on Twitter like he did last time!
Whatever happens, though, you should DEFINITELY not help keep #MoscowMitch trending on Twitter, because did we mention he hates it? He really hates it. So don't do that!
You know, unless you want to.
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Could the New NAFTA Ruin MAGA?
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By Bryan Riley, The Daily Caller
President Trump recently announced the conclusion of a trade deal with Mexico that has the potential to derail his ongoing efforts to attract job-creating investment to the United States. Until the final text is made public, it is impossible to fully evaluate the deal's overall impact. In the meantime, Americans should prepare to pay close attention to the details of the deal's labor and environmental rules.
Earlier this year, President Trump told world leaders, "Now is the perfect time to bring your business, your jobs, and your investments to the United States of America. This is especially true because we have undertaken the most extensive regulatory reduction EVER CONCEIVED."
Unfortunately, the new trade deal appears to move in the opposite direction by potentially curbing the ability of parties to cut regulations to attract investment. It looks like the United States may have just cut and pasted the very worst parts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership into the new trade deal with Mexico.
For example, according to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the new agreement includes a labor regulation chapter that "brings labor obligations into the core of the agreement, makes them fully enforceable, and represents the strongest provisions of any trade agreement."
This includes a commitment not to "derogate" from existing labor laws. Based on USTR negotiating objectives, this is likely to mean that the United States and Mexico agree not to lessen or reduce labor laws in order to attract foreign investment.
Other USTR objectives included promoting freedom of association, eliminating "discrimination in respect of employment," and requiring countries to impose minimum wage laws that could have the unintended effect of encouraging companies to replace low-wage workers with machines.
These provisions appear to be primarily designed to win support from Democrats. According to one administration official, "There has never been a trade agreement remotely as good on labor from the point of view of organized labor and Democrats, for whom that is a high priority, than this one. These are the most forward-leaning labor provisions ever agreed to, and they can be completely enforceable."
Another negotiating objective laid out by USTR was to require that countries not "derogate" from their existing environmental laws to encourage investment. The new agreement's chapter on environmental regulation 'brings all environmental provisions into the core of agreement and makes them enforceable."
It is not in America's interest to give Mexico — and possibly Canada — the ability to challenge everything from state bathroom access laws to reductions in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.
If President Trump wants to cut certain regulations to attract foreign investment to the United States? That's a possible trade violation. If Pennsylvania passes a right-to-work law? Possible trade violation. A business changes its transgender employment policies? Possible trade violation. And unlike now, these actions would be — in the words of USTR — "fully enforceable."
Concerns about trade deals being hijacked by union and environmental groups to impose new costs on the U.S. and foreign economies have been around for decades. As American Enterprise Institute scholar Claude Barfield observed, "Using trade agreements to dictate increased wages and stricter labor regulations has been a goal of congressional Democrats since the 1990s."
When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was being debated in 1993, Arizona Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe warned:
We should keep in mind that the NAFTA is first and foremost a trade agreement. It is not a labor or environmental pact. The administration must understand that if it goes too far in courting labor and environmental groups, it runs the risk of transforming the NAFTA into an unrecognizable package that no longer attracts its key congressional supporters. But the issue is more than just a political argument of holding on to votes in Congress. A fundamental issue of national policy is at stake in these negotiations. They must be concluded so as not to threaten U.S. sovereignty or undermine the trade benefits of the NAFTA.
Until the new trade deal's text is made public, these concerns are all just hypothetical. But once it is available to review, Americans should make sure that in bending over backward to court Democrats, USTR didn't negotiate a "fully enforceable" labor and environmental deal that would give foreign governments the ability to object to U.S. pro-growth economic policies.
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HOME > Beauty | Features |
The rise of cruelty-free ingredients in beauty products
Read Time: | 28th October 2019
Discover the fascinating rise of vegan-based beauty products.
Veganism and the awareness of the movement has come a long way in recent years with supermarkets and restaurants all competing with each other to release new vegan ranges and menus.
As veganism is an ethical stance that covers all aspects of our lives from the food we eat to the clothes we wear and the products we use, companies are increasingly releasing that there is a need for more cruelty-free and vegan cosmetics in the market.
How veganism has become a mainstream trend in recent years
At the turn of the millennium, veganism was something quite obscure to most Brits. Some of the more staunchly conservative members of the population were still getting to grips with vegetarianism, never mind its more advanced cousin veganism!
Over the last couple of decades, however, things have changed a lot. As a country, our attitude to food and nutrition, in general, has come on in leaps and bounds.
As you are all doubtless aware, as readers of Vegan Food & Living, people become vegan or promote eating a plant-based diet for a whole range of reasons. Sometimes it's motivated by an understanding of the difference veganism can make to pressing environmental and ecological issues. Sometimes it's to do with wanting to live a healthier lifestyle. Sometimes it just comes down to pure compassion for animals and the belief that the traditional notion that human beings are somehow superior to other lifeforms is plain wrong.
The vegan community is comprised of people coming from all of these positions. The point is that, mixed though it might be, its effect on society in general in recent years has been substantial.
In fact, it has touched our lives and culture at various levels – from scientific and medical journals to hard-hitting documentaries and online TED talks, all the way through to lifestyle magazines on the supermarket shelves and to discussions on daytime TV. All in all, veganism has been impossible to miss and has made a real impact.
Veganism in the food world
The food world has really been hit by veganism in the last few years. Whoever would have dreamed, back in the early noughties, that the big food chains would change their menus in response to veganism?
Wagamama, for instance, has recently launched a new Japanese street food menu with tasty new vegan options. Most notably, the high street bakery Greggs recently broadened its range of baguettes, pasties and sausage rolls, to include a vegan sausage roll. Not only does it sell a vegan sausage roll, but it sells it by the truckload! Greggs' profits soared by 58% following the release of their vegan sausage roll!
Unsurprisingly, other companies are now jumping on board and trying to get their share of the market! This, in turn, helps companies to explore new ways to reach the vegan community with their products, with industries such as the beauty industry increasingly focusing on creating vegan and cruelty-free cosmetics.
Veganism in the Beauty Industry
There has long been a sector of the beauty industry that is concerned with the ethics behind the products. For many, The Body Shop, for example, was a go-to, having been founded in 1970 in California as a shop selling soap with natural scents and products in bottles that could be refilled.
From those early innocent days, The Body Shop went on to be so successful that in 2006 it was sold for £652.3 million! Unfortunately, the takeover was not without its complications. When L'Oréal bought the company, the general assumption made by everyone involved, and the loyal customers of The Body Shop, was that the responsible and caring ethos that had always been a major part of the company's identity (and that had made it such a popular and cherished brand) would no longer be upheld.
Certainly, L'Oréal had stopped animal testing back in 1989 so there was no apparent issue. However, it turned out that they had been selling in China from 1997. In China it is actually a legal requirement that cosmetics undergo testing on animals before they are sold for human consumption – clearly a complete contradiction of The Body Shop's position!
Thankfully, all that is in the past and The Body Shop is now owned by cruelty-free company Natura & Co. It's a regrettable chapter in the company's history but it shows us today that ethical business has never been easy and is always something that must be fought hard for.
Back to the present and those who have had their eyes on the high street recently will have noticed that big brands are now starting to adopt vegan-based products.
Lush Cosmetics have long championed cruelty-free cosmetics and have recently removed eggs from popular products such as D'fluff strawberry shaving soap, Hair Custard hair dressing, Curly Wurly shampoo, Jersey Bounce shampoo and H'suan Wen Hua hair treatment to make them suitable for vegans. It has also just released its Halloween range and its Christmas range, which is full of vegan products. Then there are brands such as Pure Skin Lab that supplies only vegan-based products for hair and skincare.
Sourcing vegan beauty products
The enticing branding and marketing of vegan products is an important side of things as it is what sells them and creates new converts. What is perhaps more important, though, is asking the question: Where do these brands actually get their products from?
Remember that hair and skincare brands usually have to do some outsourcing as part of their business. The ingredients for their products ultimately come from their suppliers.
There are now a range of suppliers providing the raw ingredients for vegan hair and skincare products, such as O&3. You find that these companies specialise in all sorts of exotic-sounding products, from avocado oil to coffee seed oil and even cucumber seed oil!
It's reassuring to see that, behind the tasteful packaging that beckons to us from the shelves, there's a lot of integrity to be found. Behind those promises and claims, there really are caring suppliers out there who are dependable and who have a real interest in veganism and vegan issues.
Predication about the future of veganism in the beauty industry
So, with veganism gaining strength and spreading so fast, what might be its future in the beauty industry?
Well, its future must be bright, surely? It would be unthinkable that we, as a society, could now regress in our thinking. We have woken up to the message of veganism and it's not one that is easily forgotten.
Beyond the vegan community itself, the population as a whole has an awareness of many of the issues that veganism seeks to address. There are:
The pressing environmental and ecological issues
Issues relating to personal wellbeing and to living a healthy lifestyle
Issues concerning the relationship between human beings and animals and the respect that we must show to other lifeforms.
As these ideas gradually sink in, our concern for them becomes more firmly manifest in our lives. Everything from our daily choices to our basic shopping habits and our business practices (even at the corporate level) starts to reflect our more enlightened position.
Even in a dynamic global climate, with unexpected economic and political developments able to provide a good hard shake to life, the fundamental changes that have occurred over the last couple of decades in relation to what we are prepared to put inside and on the outside of our bodies are only likely to become more firmly rooted. The popularity of cruelty-free ingredients in beauty products looks firmly set to continue rising.
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Ally Solomon, daughter of Lisa and Marc Solomon, is our Jet's Pizza Female Athlete of the Week.
She is a freshman at Battle Ground Academy and a member of the girls swim team.
This season, she qualified for the Southeastern Regional Championship and qualified for State. As a freshman, she said these are her biggest accomplishments thus far.
She got her start in swimming after moving to Tennessee and wanting to make new friends. She quickly ended up loving the sport.
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Soursop is a delicious fruit of the Annona Muricata, an evergreen plant which is known for its broad leaves and flowers. This plant is said to be native to the tropical region of America. It belongs to the Annonaceae family, and in the same genus, Annona as cherimoya. It smells like pineapple, and taste like a combination of strawberries and apple, with a little touch of citrus fruit. Soursop is a good source of many nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and dietary fibers etc. and presence of these compounds make them very beneficial for our health, and as well as for our skin and hair. However, it should be noted excess consumption of anything is bad and the same holds true for soursop. Consuming soursop in an excessive quantity can give rise to numerous side effects, and in this article, we will know about the major side effects of eating too many soursops in detail.
Regular and moderate consumption of soursop has been found to be very beneficial for our stomach and aids in keeping our digestive system healthy. This benefit of soursop is mainly due to the presence of dietary fibers in them. The dietary fibers present in the soursop acts as a natural laxative which means it improves bowel movement and ensures smooth elimination of stool from the system. This helps in providing relief from constipation and as well as aids in the treatment of various gastrointestinal problems such as abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome, gas, bloating etc.
Although dietary fibers are good for our digestive health, it is advisable to consume them in moderation. This is because excess intake of dietary fibers has been found to give rise to problems such as poor absorption of nutrients by the intestines, intestinal gas, intestinal blockage, bloating, flatulence etc. Dietary fibers are known to absorb excess water from our system and this property helps in the treatment of diarrhea. However, too much of dietary fibers in our system, without drinking adequate water may increases the risk of dehydration in the body, giving rise to problems such as indigestion, increased risk of constipation, diarrhea and muscle cramps etc.
The soursop fruit is a wonderful source of many antioxidants like vitamin C, vitamin E and other antioxidantal compounds like phytonutrients, polyphenols, flavonoids, and alkaloids etc. and presence of these compounds make them very beneficial for our health.
The antioxidants and the relevant compounds present in the soursop fights with the free radicals of our body, stabilize them and prevents them from causing oxidative damage to our cells, and thus reduces the risk of various cancers. Free radicals are nothing but the unstabilized ions that get formed during the oxidation process in our system. As these are unstabilized, so in order to attain stabilization, they steal electrons from the neighboring molecules and while doing so, they cause oxidative damage to them. Antioxidants are also found to be useful in the proper elimination of toxins and other impurities from our system, and thus reduces the burden from our vital organs like liver and kidneys.
Additionally, they also provide numerous other benefits such as strengthens our immune system, improves cognitive functions, improves the cardiovascular system and so on.
Although antioxidants are so beneficial for us and provide a number of benefits, it is advisable to consume them in moderation.
This is because it has been found that a high level of antioxidants in our system can do more harm than the good. As per a research study conducted by the National Cancer Institute, it was found that smokers who took beta-carotene supplements in excess for a prolonged period of time were more likely to develop lung cancer in comparison to those who avoided beta-carotene. Another study conducted by the office of the dietary supplements found that a high level of vitamin E in our system can increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke in our system.
This negative effect of antioxidants is because of the way antioxidants interact with the cells of our body. When antioxidants are taken in moderation, they only target the free radicals responsible for increasing the risk of cancer. However, when antioxidants are in excessive quantity, they not only target the free radicals but also starts targeting the healthy cells around them and in a way, starts causing oxidative damage to them, thereby increasing the risk of cancer.
Soursop is a wonderful source of various nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and polyphenols etc. and presence of these compounds make soursop very beneficial for us and provides a number of health and beauty benefits.
Although soursop is good for us and provides numerous benefits, not everyone can enjoy these benefits.
Pregnancy is an important stage in the life of every woman, and at this stage, it becomes very important for the woman to make sure that she is having a diet full of essential nutrients like minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and polyphenols etc. and soursop helps in achieving the same. What a woman eats or drinks at the pregnancy stage not only determines her health, but also the health and wellness of the baby developing in her womb.
This benefit of soursop is mainly due to the presence of various nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and polyphenols etc. in them. The antioxidants and the relevant compounds like phytonutrients and polyphenols etc. present in the soursop protects the uterus from the oxidative damage caused by the free radicals and thus helps in maintaining a healthy pregnancy.
They are also effective for better elimination of toxins from our system and aids in keeping our vital organs like liver and kidneys healthy.
Presence of other nutrients like vitamins and minerals etc. provides nourishment to the mother and the baby developing in her womb and thus maintains a healthy pregnancy.
Although soursop is beneficial during the pregnancy stage and provides a number of benefits, it is advisable to be on the safe side and consume soursop in moderation and after having a word with your doctor about the same. Certain medications taken during the pregnancy stage might interfere with the soursop, and it is better to avoid the risk and talk to your doctor about the same.
Along with the pregnant women, nursing women should keep an eye on their soursop consumption as too much soursop may cause stomach discomfort like gas, bloating, flatulence etc. in the breastfeeding baby.
Soursop is a wonderful fruit that aids in reducing the risk of various cancers such as breast cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer etc. This anti-cancer properties of soursop are mainly because of the presence of antioxidants like vitamin C and relevant antioxidantal compounds such as phytonutrients and polyphenols etc. in them.
The antioxidants present in the soursop fights with the free radicals of our body, stabilize them and prevents them from causing oxidative damage to our cells, and thus reduces the risk of various cancer(s). It also has the ability to reduce the supply of Adenosine triphosphate to the cancer cells.
The adenosine triphosphate or ATP are known as the power source of the cells. All the energy that is required by our cells and tissues are provided by the ATP as they serve as a powerhouse/ power storage of the cells. When the cancer cells stop getting proper supply of the adenosine triphosphate ( aka Energy) they start dying off as they don't get energy for further propagation.
Although soursop is good for reducing the risk of various cancers, there is a point of concern. It has been found that nutritional supplement like coenzyme Q10 is responsible for enhancing ATP. As Coq10 enhances the production of ATP so the whole point of reducing the supply of ATP to the cancer cells get neutralized by the enhanced level of ATP.
For this reason, it is advisable not to take both soursop and Coq10 supplements together.
Another reason to consume soursop in moderation is that of their ability to increases the risk of movement disorders like Parkinson's disease etc.
Soursop has been found to be very beneficial for providing a number of health and beauty benefits because of the presence of various nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and polyphenols etc. Not just the soursop, but also the tea made from the leaves and stem of the soursop provides numerous benefits, however, prolonged use can increase the risk of neurotoxicity.
Soursop has been found to be not so beneficial for the individuals who suffer from depression and take the antidepressant to deal with the same. This side effect of soursop is mainly because of its ability to react with the antidepressant medicines in a negative manner, and thus negates the benefits of antidepressants.
Being a good source of many nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, dietary fibers, phytonutrients, and polyphenols etc. soursop provides a number of benefits for our health, and as well as for skin and hair. Although there are numerous benefits of soursop, it is advisable to be on the safe side and consume soursop in moderation as excessive intake of soursop is known to increase the risk of yeast infection, and fungal development in the body.
Another side effect of consuming soursop in excessive quantity is its ability to stimulate uterine contractions. This is even more important for the pregnant ladies as this side effect may increase the risk of premature labor or miscarriage.


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Eine Koordinationsstrategie  umfasst das ausgerichtete Handeln, welches im Rahmen der Entscheidungs- und Handlungswahl zwischen verschiedenen Teilnehmern einer Gruppe zum Einklang der individuellen Präferenzen mit den gemeinschaftlichen Zielen der Gruppe führt.

Unterscheidung

Dezentrale Koordination
Als Ergebnis der Preisfunktionen führen die gewählten Handlungen im Rahmen der Preisbildung zur Nutzenmaximierung. Unter spieltheoretischem Gesichtspunkt entspricht dies der Maximierung der Summe der Auszahlungen. Aus der Vergleichbarkeit der Alternativen aufgrund eines Preises und der daraus abgeleiteten Entscheidungswahl bildet sich somit ein Marktsystem. Durch die stetige Wechselwirkung der Preise auf die Handlungen und dieser wiederum auf die Preise sind die Preise das Koordinationsmedium zwischen den unabhängig voneinander agierenden Teilnehmern.  Die Koordination zwischen den Teilnehmern läuft dezentral ab.

Zentrale Koordination
Ohne ein Preissystem fehlt der koordinierende Entscheidungsmechanismus (Nicht-Marktsystem). Die Lösung der Abstimmungsprozesse muss über eine kollektive Entscheidungsfindung getroffen werden. Die Koordination zwischen den Teilnehmern läuft zentral ab.

Einflüsse und Effekte
Auf die genannten Koordinationsmechanismen können mehrere Effekte und Abläufe  wie Koordinationsversagen, kritische Masse, Lock-In-Effekt, Mitläufereffekt, Fokaler Punkt wirken.

Literatur
 Gérard Gäfgen: Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entscheidung, Tübingen, 1968
 K. P. Hensel: Einführung in die Theorie der Zentralverwaltungswirtschaft, Stuttgart, 1959
 Walter Adolf Jöhr: Das Problem der Wirtschaftsordnung. In: Individuum und Gemeinschaft, Festschrift zur Fünfzigjahrfeier der Handelshochschule St. Gallen, St. Gallen, 1949
 E. Streissler: Preissystem, Eigentumsrechte und politische Wahlprozesse als soziale Entscheidungsfindungen. Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 23. Jg./H5., 1976

Einzelnachweise

Spieltheorie
Mikroökonomie

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Q: Chat flag notification 10k users can see flags in chat. What are we suppose to do with it, and why these notifications don't go away after "reading" them?

A: Not allowing to clear these flags seems a recipe for removing any once-flagged message — just to get rid of that damn blue circle.
At least spam/offensive flags on the main site aren't thrust at you, so you effectively have to watch them only if you're interested; and this seems to work fine.  Chat flags need a similar "I don't care" feature.

A: It's exactly the same as the flags list on the main site. You can see what posts have spam/offensive flags and add your own if you like; posts are killed when they get to six flags. The only reason it seems different is on the main site you need to go to a special page to see the list, but on chat there's the special page and the indicator on your gravatar, so you notice it more

A: Perhaps an option to "ignore this flag" should be added, to remove the notification?  Otherwise, it seems like many, many notifications will be piling up (or else everything that gets one flag will get flagged to oblivion).


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Crieff Hydro is a hotel in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. The purpose-built hotel opened in 1868 as the Crieff Hydropathic Establishment, and is locally known as the Hydro. It was founded in 1868 by Dr Thomas Henry Meikle, who had received treatment at a centre in Gräfenberg, Austria (now known as Lázně Jeseník, Czech Republic), where Vincenz Priessnitz had built such an establishment. Preissnitz based his pharmacopeia on water, exercise, fresh mountain air, water treatments in the brooks and simple country food.

History

In 1857, Dr Meikle, a recent medical graduate from the University of Edinburgh, observed Priessnitz's work and whilst being personally disparaging of him for his non-medical background, took back some of his principles for his new hydropathic establishment in Aberdeen, Scotland. When Priessnitz came to Britain on a visit promoted by the publications of Captain R. T. Claridge, a prominent booster of his methods, The Lancet was particularly scathing about his work, describing him as a charlatan and a fraud. However, Dr James Manby Gully, also an Edinburgh medical graduate, picked up on the "water cure", his most famous patient being Charles Darwin, who attended Gully's establishment in Malvern, Worcestershire.

Built in the second wave of such establishments in the UK in the latter part of the 19th century, Crieff Hydro utilised the Caledonian Railway to bring a prosperous, sober clientele from the lowlands of Scotland to take the cure in upmarket conditions. The architect of the original Scots-Jacobean style building, built at a cost of £30,000, was Robert Ewan, but the original building was extended in the later heyday of hydropathic spas in 1893–94.

It was successful from the start and, from a stable of 20 such establishments across Scotland at the peak, is one of only two left, the other being Peebles Hydro in Peebles in similar upland surroundings. Priessnitz considered mountain scenery an essential background to his Nature Cure. By 1874, as medical superintendent, Dr Meikle was drawing a salary of £500 per annum, receiving dividends on his investment at the maximum of 7% and getting an extraordinary £279 as an ex gratia payment. It was rather self-contained, farming its own estate until recently, and possessing its own hydroelectricity station, fed from Loch Turret until 1968, (now part of the seven-station Breadalbane hydroelectric scheme) and its own laundry. The company still has only 160 shareholders.

During the Second World War, the government took over the Hydro, and Free Polish forces were billeted there, to the chagrin of some of the residents of the town, who felt scarce food supplies were being diverted to the Poles' exclusive use.

It has been a Category B listed building since 1971.

Regime

The principles of the establishment were decidedly firm and of a Protestant religious character (notably the United Presbyterians and the Evangelical Union favoured the establishment), with a fine of one penny being levied for those who missed grace before meals. It still has a large room, used for worship services, with a full-size organ. The establishment was teetotal until 1994 when the first bar was placed within the Highlandman Room - Today the hotel has several bars including The Meikle, The Hub and The Brasserie that have adjoining eateries. It is run by the great, great, great, grand nephew of the original founder and medical superintendent. It became a favourite destination for alcoholics to dry-out. It offered and continues to offer cheap rates for Church of Scotland ministers out of season, though they are not required now to lead daily prayers. Smoking was also disapproved of, though not banned, a small and obscure room being set aside for smokers' use.

Today

The hotel operates as a 4/5* resort with over 200 bedrooms, over 50 self-catering properties and a dozen meeting rooms for conferences. The main restaurant, a Victorian dining room, is named after the founder. The hotel has over 60 facilities for indoor and outdoor pursuits such as a golf course, riding stables, a gym, swimming pools, 5-a-side football pitches and, basketball, badminton and squash courts. In 2006 the Resort opened BIG Country, a registered childcare facility offering free childcare to over 100 children of resort guests simultaneously. It is run by Stephen Leckie, the great-great-great-grand nephew of the founder. In February 2014, Crieff Hydro announced it would start operating five other hotels in Scotland and one in Harrogate. These included Peebles Hydro, the Park Hotel in Peebles, the Ballachulish Hotel, the Isles of Glencoe Hotel and Leisure Centre, the Oban Caledonian Hotel and the Yorkshire Hotel.

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The GRIHA capacity building programme helps to equip consultants in implementing GRIHA efficiently and helping projects GRIHA compliant. The Certified Professional may guide their registered projects towards GRIHA certification and contribute as faculty for various programs. The evaluators may be approached for third party evaluation of projects seeking a GRIHA rating.


This luxury hotel is on the city's Avenue of the Arts, facing City Hall. The Pennsylvania Convention Center and the Academy of Music are close by.
The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia has a health club and a full-service spa. Spa services include hot stone and deep tissue massages, and beauty treatments. The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia has 2 restaurants and a bar/lounge. Business amenities include a business center and complimentary wireless Internet access. The hotel also offers a conference room and 18 meeting rooms.
Amenities featured in guestrooms include air conditioning, and complimentary newspapers. Guestrooms have flat panel TV and cable/satellite television with pay movies. Bathrooms feature bathroom phones, bathrobes, and designer toiletries.
At The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia's spa, you'll enter a tranquil place that quickly replaces worldly concerns with a world of comfort. Escape to the peaceful, rejuvenating solitude of the spa, featuring the latest in massage therapies, salon services, and more.
Aqimreo - This restaurant specializes in Latin American cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
Amazingly beutiful and classy hotel which takes you back in to an era where there was class and significant detail to design. Rooms were nice and the view was gorgeious. Beds were comfortable. Housekeeping could improve and the service in the restaurant could be better. David at reception was exceptionally caring and accomodating. Would definately stay here again.
Phone wasn't working, so had to use my cell to call the front desk to ask for anything. No soap in the bathroom and also the shower gel was almost empty, which means they didn't even replenish it. All signs that the rooms are not cleaned properly. Did not expect this from a Ritz, very disappointed.
Everything about this hotel was amazing. From the curb side valet, to the front desk, the bar, the bell hops, to the interesting people we met. We were vacationing from Houston. Loved this place!
I stay at this hotel often but the last few times the service has been off. Room service dishes left in the hallway for 24 hours. Missed housekeeping or forgotten items and refills. Great bar scene and location.
Everything was great with two exceptions. One: we booked a king room and when we got there, we were told they didn't have any king rooms left and we were downgraded to a double room, and the bed was too small for us to comfortably sleep together. Two: the bed itself was uncomfortable and the mattress seemed to swallow you. The room and bathroom were clean and well stocked, including the mini bar and bathroom toiletries that were provided. We were helped by several people at the front desk at various times and all of them provided stellar service. Jessica and Charlie were both extremely friendly and helpful as we checked in. Reggie (valet) was also awesome. Room service: food was decent, though it did take a very long time - but it was late and they provided free dessert to compensate. We ate in the lounge/bar area in the lobby and the food there was fantastic but service was definitely slow. Location: could not be better. Right next to city hall, extremely walkable area with tons of shopping, restaurants, and sights. Central location for sightseeing around Philly. Overall, 4.5/5, only deducting for the room downgrade and bed discomfort. Without those, it would have been a perfect stay.


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Artificial Intelligence for Precision Health: Current Trends, Lingering Challenges, and Future Possibilities
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been fast growing in many fields all over the world. How has health data been utilized to develop AI for precision health and what are the challenges in different countries? Leading data science experts including U-M Precision Health director Brahmajee Nallamothu and PKU Vice Dean of the National Institute of Health Data Science Luxia Zhang offered their perspectives on the present and the future of AI in their respective countries.
COVID vaccination strategies in the US and China: Progress, Policies and Approaches
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In the opening month of their respective vaccination campaigns, China and the US each administered more than 20 million doses, far outpacing other nations (the UK comes in a distant third, at just under 8 million doses in the same time period). The policies and approaches governing these two efforts – the largest rapid vaccination campaigns in history – were the focus of the discussion, featuring Michigan Medicine Professor of Internal Medicine Sandro Cinti, who leads Michigan Medicine COVID vaccination task force, and Peking University Health Economist Professor Hai Fang, whose research explores vaccine perceptions across the Chinese population.
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By the spring of 2020, physicians in China had seen firsthand America's coronavirus future. Some reached out to Michigan Medicine leaders to help. PKUHSC dispatched more than 400 doctors and nurses to Wuhan in the early part of the year to help manage the early surge of patients at the pandemic's epicenter. Some of those doctors, along with PKUHSC leadership, shared their collective insights with their Michigan Medicine colleagues.


Striking educators from four Chicago International Charter School campuses on Feb. 13, 2019, block a bank of elevators at Pwc, where the charter network's president, Laura Thonn, works.
Facing a stalemate at the bargaining table with the management of four Chicago International Charter Schools, the Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday staged an act of "civil disobedience" by blocking entrances and elevators in a prominent Loop high-rise.
The building, at 1 N. Wacker, is home to the London-based accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. A partner in the Chicago office, Laura Thonn, is the board president of Chicago International, or CICS, which oversees 14 charter schools in Chicago through a network of five smaller management groups.
The teachers' union has made the group's complex organization chart a central focus in the strike. On Tuesday, CTU President Jesse Sharkey filed a formal complaint letter with the state's newly elected attorney general, Kwame Raoul, claiming that he was "troubled" by $19 million in management fees that the union has claimed the charter operator invested with the firm of a former board president and treasurer, an investment manager named Craig Henderson, who runs his own firm.
"Depending on when Henderson's firm first began to provide investment services," the letter reads, "his firm may have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the foundation over which Craig Henderson has held considerable power and influence." Read the full letter below.
"Our findings suggest self-dealing and conflicts of interest at the highest levels of a non-profit organization operating charters schools across 14 school sites in Chicago," it concludes.
The union cannot bargain over management structure. The sticking points at the bargaining table are pay for teachers and paraprofessionals, class size, and the length of the school day.
The charter network did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the complaint letter. But a spokeswoman from CICS told Chalkbeat Wednesday afternoon that if Civitas, which manages the four schools under strike, agreed to the union's current demand of 105 percent of the teacher salary schedule for district-run schools, it would be bankrupt within three years.
About 180 teachers and support staff from four schools are on strike. About 2,200 children are affected, though schools are open and staffed by non-union employees.
Following Wednesday's two hour sit-in, three members of the bargaining team went upstairs to present their letter to a member of Pricewaterhouse's marketing division. "Our issues have been heard, after nearly 40 of us were willing to risk arrest," said bargaining team member and CICS Northtown high school teacher Jen Conant.


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Suffolk Closeup: The road to clean, sustainable energy
By Karl Grossman
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"Long Island Solar Roadmap" is the title of a just-released report on how solar power has "the potential to generate more electricity than Long Island uses each year."
Shelter Island is also covered in the report.
The report was "spearheaded" by The Nature Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife and involved a "consortium" of "38 local stakeholders," says a statement issued with the report.
This included people from: the Sierra Club; Renewable Energy Long Island; Long Island Regional Planning Council; Suffolk Legislator Bridget Fleming (D-Noyac), who represents Shelter Island; Peconic Land Trust; Clean Energy of New York; Sustainability Institute of Molloy College; Long Island and New York State power authorities; Suffolk Community College; Land Trust Alliance; and from individual Long Island towns.
The initiative was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
The report not only covers what can be done, but recommends strategies for "implementing" the roadmap. It's available online. Its 127 pages are literally a roadmap to a sunny energy future for this area. The link is: //solarroadmap.org/
It describes specific solar power potentials in areas throughout Suffolk and Nassau, including a map on Page 117 of spots on Shelter Island.
The statement starts by noting "the solar carport at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge" and how it "twinkles in the sun. Since 2011, the solar canopies there, laid out in rows above the parking spaces, have generated shade in the hot summer months and carbon-free electricity all year round, along with a multitude of other benefits: improved air quality and improved public health jobs that pay above the national average; reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; and income for Suffolk County, which has leased the parking lot to the arrays developer."
"The even better news about this solar project and ones like it — mid-to-large-scale arrays of at least 250 kilowatts," it goes on, "is that they can play a pivotal role in meeting New York State's nation-leading climate and clean energy goals."
"In fact," it says, "these arrays, also called commercial- and industrial-scale solar, have the potential to generate more electricity than Long island uses each year — enough to power 4.8 million homes."
"And … they can do it without negatively impacting many of the places Long Islanders hold dear — the region's farmlands and forests, its cultural heritage sites and open spaces."
"The Long Island Solar Roadmap," it states, "explores how to advance solar development on the country's most populated island while safeguarding the landscapes people value most and expanding clean energy, especially for low-to-moderate income residents and people of color."
The "Roadmap offers a first-of-its-kind online mapping tool that identifies areas for responsible solar development and lays out clear strategies for lowering barriers to the clean energy technology."
The initiative "got its start with the awareness of a problem. In 2016, several proposed large solar projects on Long Island were very publicly shot down because they would have required clear-cutting forests," it relates. It quotes Jessica Price, the New York renewable strategy leader for The Nature Conservancy saying "I was having lots of conversations with folks about where solar projects shouldn't go. What I was really interested in talking about was where they should go."
"To help figure that out," the statement continues, "The Nature Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife brought together utilities, municipalities, solar developers, commercial property owners, farmers and community groups to talk about what they valued and how those values could be used to inform decisions about solar siting." They found: "Even though we don't have large swaths of undeveloped land on Long Island, we have plenty of parking lots, warehouse roofs, brownfields, capped landfills and other areas already impacted by development."
Also, "public opinion research … found that 92% of Long Islanders surveyed endorse the use of mid-to-large-scale solar, and the technology is especially popular when sited on parking lots and rooftops and when projects are developed and installed by local companies."
It quotes Ms. Price declaring: "Solar power offers incredible benefits. This report shows that in scaling up solar, we don't have to choose between one 'green' good — clean energy — and another — undisturbed forests, open spaces, and farmland. Even on densely populated Long Island, with the right approach we have room for it all."
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National Law University Odisha reserves 25% seats to locals — Bangalore campus might follow suit
Prerna SindwaniJan 6, 2020, 14:18 IST
The National Law University (NLU) Odisha has now mandated 25% reservation for domicile students — permanent residents of the state.
This is applicable to students across categories including undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
However, the reservation will also depend on the CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) score of students.
The National Law University (NLU) Odisha has now reserved 25% of its seats for domicile students — permanent residents of the state. This is applicable to students across categories including undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
"The domicile reservation will be effective from the 2020-21 academic year across the categories," said Srikishna Deva Rao, the Vice Chancellor of the university. The ten-year old university has nearly 350 seats in its ug (BA-LLB and BBA-LLB) and PG courses.
However, the reservation will also depend on the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) scores. This decision was made at a General Council meeting of the university presided by Naveen Patnaik, the state chief minister.
Students with at least 60% score in class 12 are eligible to apply for reservation under the UG courses. To gain admission into the postgraduate programme, the student must have an undergraduate law degree with a minimum of 50% marks — to be eligible for the domicile reservation.
This may also be applicable to the National Law College's Bangalore campus, if Karnataka government passes the reservation bill.
"The National Law School of India (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will be moved to provide reservation to those students who have studied in Karnataka for at least 10 years," said JC Madhuswamy, the law minister of Karnataka.
Goa will reserve 4 in every 5 private jobs for locals-- making it the third Indian state to crackdown on migration
Indians are spending enormously on education even with few jobs in sight
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On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his decision to name Chris Anderson, the chief investigations officer for the Seminole County Tax Collector's Office, the county's latest supervisor of elections.
Anderson, a former deputy sheriff for Seminole and Indian River counties, will fill the shoes of Michael Ertel, who was elevated to serve as Florida secretary of state following a 13-year stint in the elections supervisor role.
A member of the Republican Party, Anderson is a retired U.S. Army combat veteran. In 2017, though he withdrew well before Election Day, he filed to run for state House District 28.
According to the Seminole County supervisor of elections site, of the more than 300,000 registered voters, just over 111,000 are registered with the Republican Party, while more than 104,000 are registered as Democrats and more than 87,000 are registered as Independents.


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The first episode opens with a montage of footage from the Rodney King incident and the bombastic riots that followed in L.A., during which black men were beaten by a majority white police force and racial tensions permeated the city as thick as the smog surrounding it. This footage signifies a specific time and place, a socio-political tone, and the prevalent attitudes that informed the public's view of Simpson's alleged crime. A successful, charismatic black man who — as a few characters will point out — rose from the streets to make something of himself, it was hard for many to believe that Simpson could have been responsible for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
We never spend any time with Brown or Goldman, only their corpses and fleeting visits with the grieving family members they've left behind. The focus is — as it was then — squarely on Simpson and the ensuing trial. The People v. O.J. Simpson is structured efficiently and elegantly, arranging all the crucial players on the board in the first two episodes before the strategic trial begins. In this corner we have Sarah Paulson's Marcia Clark, a State prosecutor determined to imprison Simpson in what should be a slam-dunk case. And in this corner we have Courtney B. Vance's Johnnie Cochran, a civil rights-minded lawyer with a preachy, powerful eloquence, determined to exonerate Simpson in a case that appears to be a nebulous form of police brutality.
Vance and Paulson are the beating, visceral heart of the series, engaged in a war over Simpson's soul (and in turn, the souls of the public at large), the courtroom as their battlefield. In a series that boasts one of the best ensemble casts in recent memory, Vance and Paulson still manage to outshine their co-stars — yes, even the eponymous subject, though Cuba Gooding Jr.'s intense performance as O.J. Simpson may be his best work to date. Rounding out the cast are David Schwimmer as Simpson's hopelessly devoted and earnest friend Robert Kardashian, John Travolta as the narcissistic and toothy, fame-hungry lawyer Robert Shapiro, Nathan Lane as the near-useless Lee Bailey, and Sterling K. Brown as the steadfast D.A. prosecutor Christopher Darden, who becomes an unwitting pawn in the racially-charged trial.
As The People v. O.J. Simpson suggests, Simpson's trial didn't quite start out as a "race thing," but when the defense uncovered the racist proclivities of police officer Mark Fuhrman, the game swiftly changed as they were hand-delivered a defense strategy centered around potential police misconduct. What should have been a slam-dunk case for Clark & Co. evolved into a hopeless attempt to prosecute a black American hero who stood as an idealistic symbol for a disenfranchised community.
The series is not without some modicum of bias. A shot of Gooding Jr. in his jail cell casts his face with foreboding, near-sinister shadow, evoked shortly after on that infamous cover of TIME magazine, where Simpson's skin was darkened dramatically. The first two episodes, at least, tend to favor the prosecution, and Paulson's deeply empathetic portrayal of the endlessly dedicated Marcia Clark makes it easier to choose a side.
Simpson's acting career is alluded to a few times, almost as a reminder that perhaps his reactions are not to be trusted, no matter how powerful and heartbreakingly vulnerable he appears to be. This is a man who has made a career out of navigating the offense, of dodging obstacles and of charming an entire nation on screens both big and small.
Series creators and writers Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander are best known for writing The People vs. Larry Flynt, Tim Burton's Ed Wood and Big Eyes, and Man on the Moon. This is their least eccentric and most thoughtful endeavor to date, and — certainly for a Ryan Murphy production — The People v. O.J. Simpson is incredibly restrained, lacking any of the campy, boisterous and crowded insanity of other Murphy creations. Perhaps the most Murphy the series gets is at the outset of episode 4, "100% Not Guilty," which opens in a dance club set to C+C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now," a mainstay on those Jock Jams compilation CDs from the '90s. Simpson and his pals snort cocaine from the bosoms of scantily clad women while the champagne flows — it is as indulgent as the series gets in the first five episodes.
The only other hint of Murphy is found in Billy Magnussen's doofy, twitchy portrayal of aspiring actor Kato Kaelin, a caricature of the Bret Easton Ellis prototype, without the sociopathic brains one has come to associate with Ellis' similarly chiseled creations. Kaelin and the Kardiashian clan are both used sparingly, but serve as a reminder of the blossoming enterprise of celebrity. There is a nebulous parallel to be drawn, certainly, from the Simpson trial coverage and the rise of reality television and those who have made a career out of being famous for…simply being famous. One scene in particular finds the beleaguered Rob Kardashian sermonizing to his daughters about the perils of fame, explaining that celebrity is worth nothing if you don't have a virtuous heart. His lecture falls on the deaf ears of his children, who gleefully chanted the family name when their father appeared on television, oblivious to the context of his appearance; like most children, they don't care why there father was on television, just that he was on TV at all. It's the closest we're likely to come to a Kardashian origin story.
Similarly, we can perceive the infamous Bronco chase and Faye Resnick's tell-all book as harbingers of the attention-seeking stupidity that would shortly thereafter become the focus of so much of our entertainment. It's hardly shocking that Resnick — played by a delightfully sloshy Connie Britton — would go on to become a "star" on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. And although Resnick is a very minor character in The People v. O.J. Simpson, her role is vital. Just as Clark and Cochran present two different sides of the same, determined and righteous coin, Resnick serves as an unnerving counterpoint to the media — is her fame-seeking attempt to capitalize on her friend's murder any different than, say, the breathless reporting that sensationalized the trial by focusing on O.J.'s celebrity instead of the people he allegedly murdered? Or any different from the grotesque manipulation of said press by Robert Shapiro, a man whose involvement with the case was entirely self-serving?
These ideas of fame and sensationalist coverage are accessories after the fact — the core of The People v. O.J. Simpson is the battle between two lawyers who wholeheartedly believe in their righteous pursuits. A woman and a black man, who both rose to prominence and success against their marginalized odds; a woman fighting to bring justice to victims of abuse in a casually misogynist culture that enables that victimization, and a black man fighting for justice for the black men who are systematically oppressed and railroaded by a predominantly white and nefariously racist police structure. These are their stories.
The People v. O.J. Simpson is consistently good, thoughtful and meditative storytelling that isn't concerned with casting blame or aspersions, but with providing insight and encouraging empathy — to make its audience understand all the moving parts (of which, as Marcia notes, there are so f—ing many) that contributed to the exoneration of a man who may or may not have killed his ex-wife (though all signs do seem to point to yes). At a time when we are fascinated by true crime as entertainment, when Making a Murderer has so captured our collective imagination and fervent concern, The People v. O.J. Simpson — regardless of its now-period setting — is vital. And similar to the Steven Avery case, there is an element of potential police misconduct as questions are raised about Mark Fuhrman's role in the investigation, or if evidence was tampered with / planted to railroad a suspect who may have been the subject of intense bias.
The fifth episode is the best of the series so far. "The Race Card," written by Joe Robert Cole (Marvel's upcoming Black Panther) and directed by John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood), is the most fascinating hour in a series of fascinating hours. Cochran and Darden square off over the issue of race, with the latter suggesting that the use of "the N word" during the trial may be inflammatory and may distract a predominantly black jury from the essential facts, while Cochran artfully undermines his former protege by suggesting that Darden has insulted the integrity and competence of his peers. It's an episode that skillfully examines the myriad shades of gray in an issue that has been reduced — literally and figuratively — to black or white.
We know how this story ends. We watched it unfold on television in real time, and we know that O.J. Simpson will walk away from this trial a free man, though not entirely unscathed. And yet, as familiar as we are with this sensational saga, The People v. O.J. Simpson proves that this trial, with all its moving parts and its ramifications, is as relevant today as it was in 1994 — if not more so.
The People v. O.J. Simpson premieres Tuesday, February 2 on FX.


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