Beginning in January of 2018, a liability insurance premium is included in the USA Softball of Indiana adult team registration fee. Once these adult teams are registered with USA Softball of Indiana league directors and team managers may request additional insured certificates at no additional charge.
Q: What Liability Insurance will be included with adult USA Softball of Indiana registration?
In addition to the usual exclusions found in the standard commercial general liability policy, there is no coverage for automobile liability; nor for the furnishing, serving or selling of any alcoholic beverage; nor for acts of an intoxicated person; nor property damage coverage to parked vehicles.
Q: Is Accident Insurance also included with adult team registration?
A: No – Teams are eligible to purchase accident coverage for $200 per team. See below for details.
Q: What are some of the benefits of including General Liability insurance with USA Softball of Indiana Adult team/league registration?
A: No confusion about who is covered – if an adult team is registered, it has liability insurance. If a league is 100% USA Softball registered, the adult league has General Liability coverage, as do all those associated with running that league – and any fields associated with that team/league can receive an additional insured certificate – at no additional cost!
No need to purchase tournament liability insurance for USA Softball sanctioned adult tournaments. As long as the teams in the tournament are 100% USA Softball registered, the tournament has insurance, and the tournament director can be named as an additional insured.
Those teams and leagues that have purchased General Liability insurance through USA Softball in the past will save money because this mandatory liability premium built into registration is much less than any premium that could be offered on a voluntary basis.
Q: I have purchased Field Owner coverage in the past – will my Field Owners be notified of this change?
A: Yes. RPS Bollinger will be sending out an explanation of this change to every 2017 Field Owner insurance policyholder.
A: In the past, softball venues were able to purchase Field Owner Liability insurance to cover USA Softball activity on their fields. Unfortunately, the premium charge did not reflect the level of softball activity on those fields. A Field Owner policy would cover a field owner for 1 field or 50 fields, 5 teams or 500 teams, with no change in premium. In addition, the voluntary USA Softball Team Insurance plans proved too costly.
Q: Do we need to supply rosters of individual players or any additional information at registration?
A: The adult team registration process remains the same. Teams will need to meet the roster requirements of the local league. Teams and leagues will register with USA Softball commissioners as they have in the past. Note that teams and leagues will need to visit the certificate request site to request additional insured certificates, but that process will not be part of the team registration.
Unlike the General Liability insurance, Excess Accident insurance is not built into USA Softball Registration. The purchase of Excess Accident insurance remains a voluntary purchase for teams and leagues in 2019. However, USA Softball is now offering Excess Accident insurance for teams at a standard rate of $200 per team across the country. A single team may purchase the coverage, or an entire league. This $200 per team premium represents the lowest premium charge in years for the Excess Accident insurance offered by USA Softball.
Q: What is Excess Accident insurance?
A: The Excess Accident policy provides coverage for accidental injuries to insured USA Softball players and coaches during covered USA Softball activities, including practices, games and tournaments. As long as you are playing softball with your USA Softball team, coverage is in place.
Q: Are there any policy limitations?
A: As with any insurance policy, there are limitations and conditions. The USA Softball Excess Accident policy covers medical and dental bills which are incurred within 52 weeks of the date of injury. Benefits under this policy, including surgical procedures, are paid on a "usual and customary" basis (meaning the average charge for that service in your area), which is determined by geographic region. Therefore, payments by this policy may be less than what your physician or medical service provider has charged you. Medical services must begin within 60 days of the date of injury; dental treatment must start within 180 days. Your Claim Form must be submitted within one year from the date of injury. There is a 90/10% coinsurance under this policy.
A: Excess Accident insurance only applies after you or the claimant have first used any personal or group medical insurance, or any other health benefit plan that may apply. If there is no other applicable insurance, this policy will pay on a primary basis, after the deductible and subject to the policy terms.
Q: Can I go out of network to any provider if I have an accident?
Premium: $200 per USA Softball Team – must be registered with USA Softball for coverage to be in effect.
To purchase Team Accident insurance, you will need to obtain a login from your USA Softball Commissioner. Once you have a login, go to RPSBollinger.com, click on "USA Softball" then "Buy Insurance Online." Coverage will apply on an annual basis for your play in any softball team practice, league game or tournament game.


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This short paper was originally an essay for the Birmingham University School of Education, Web based certificate in higher education, however it has since had an airing on the internet. It is an important paper because it approaches the notion that the diagnosis arose at the time it did because of the historic processes that preceded it, being published online more than a year before Nadesan made similar claims in Constructing Autism The Author feels it is important to acknowledge the fact that although autistic commentators have been on the cutting edge of theory they have been largely sidelined from the academic press because of the imbalance between the cultural capital of non autistic academics and the mainstream of science and the humanities who have greater access to academic publishing.
1. What is a diagnosis, a historical perspective?
To begin with I will take a historical perspective in order to understand where terms like Autism, diagnosis, and syndrome have come from.
We have to suppose if we are to take the study of autism seriously that there is an entity or phenomenon that can be so described and that it has sufficient coherence and exclusivity to define the group of people we are concerned with.
Uta Frith (1992) in Autism understanding the enigma attempts to discover a historical continuity to what we now understand as autism, by looking at records and legend (e.g. The changeling) and with regard for the historical context of the report extrapolating from her current understanding.
Diagnosis on the other hand proceeds from an understanding that there is a sufficient commonality of opinion that can be expressed in an authoritative way by those who are charged by society to make such decisions, namely at this present time, the medical fraternity. It is nonetheless a specifically Western European perspective that arose within the universities of Europe in an academic/scientific culture of peer referenced papers.
Psychiatry as discipline largely arose during the later 19th century, proceeding from the impetus of earlier scientists such as Carl Linnaeus (Blunt, 2002) who defined modern notions of phylogeny which bespoke the desire to label and categorise everything. Psychiatrists like Kraepelin (1881 1893) and Eugen Bleuler (1911) began to dispute the nature of madness removing it from the realms of philosophers such as Hume (1739) and Kant (Gregor trans, 1997) into the medical sphere.
From an alternative perspective it is a sociological phenomenon which cannot be separated from the culture we live in (for example appropriateness of behaviour could be seen differently according to who was defining the behaviour).
It was Bleuler (op cit) expanding on notions of schizophrenia or dementia praecox who first coined the term autism in 1911 to describe a particular kind of self absorption he had observed. Thirty two years later Leo Kanner (Donellan 1985) adapted the word to describe the behaviour of a group of children he had observed introducing the world to the idea of early infantile autism. A couple of years later fellow Austrian Hans Asperger (Frith, 1992) also used the term to describe something he called autistic psychopathy. However the fact that Kanner was working in the USA and Asperger in Nazi Germany meant that Kanner's paper became widely known effectively establishing a paradigm for the disorder he named, whereas Bleuler's original usage and Asperger's innovation were largely forgotten.
The study of autism remained bedevilled by the popular psychoanalytic approach especially by association with Bruno Bettelheim (1967) who drew parallels between the apparent isolation of autistic cases and the effects of trauma he had observed in concentration camp victims. It was not until the seventies that it began to lose this focus as Bettelheim became increasingly discredited and autism was recognised as a developmental disorder rather than a form of childhood schizophrenia (Pollak, 1998) The psychoanalytical approach had been challenged from as early as 1964 by Bernard Rimland (1964) who suggested that the origins of the condition were in fact neurological.
Lorna Wing (1993) examining the phenomenon described its characterisation as a Triad of Impairments. Social, (lack of interaction) Communication, (impaired use of gesture, semantic understanding etc) and imagination (resistance to change indulgence in repetitive and stereotypical behaviour. This description became the basis of the American Psychiatric Associations categorisation in DSM III R and subsequently DSM IV (APA 1994) a document not without its faults and struggling politically to find equation with the World Health Organisations ICD 10 (WHO 1992) a Linnaen (op cit) Behemoth if ever there was one. There has been much subsequent investigation and research and newer theories have emerged, notably Simon Baron Cohens (1997) Mindblind hypothesis which posits that autistic individuals are significantly impaired in forming the hypothesis that other mind exist compared with neurotypical and even learning disabled children and that autism is therefore an empathic disorder. This is justified by reference to the development of eye contact and joint attention in the developmental process. He has shown through the Sally Anne Test that autistic children are later in grasping the point of view of someone other than themselves when answering questions about how Sally in the test would react to a marble that is moved from one place to another when she is out of the room.
As a person with autism myself I see the Triad as valuable but flawed, Wing nowadays speaks of a multi-dimensional model (Wing 1981) and in reality the Triad is essentially an Occamist simplification, the autistic syndrome involves more than this in my observation, and the impairment of imagination has been the subject of much debate as more is becoming known about people like myself. Mind blindness too is often criticised from the autistic perspective (Tisoncik, undated) however I think that so long as it is not misunderstood to suggest that we are totally devoid of and incapable of empathy there is some truth in it. Brain Scanning and other Research has born out that we look at people differently and tend to use the same part of the brain to process people as NTs use for objects (Schultz, Romanski, & Tsatsanis 2000) Weak central coherence is something I strongly relate to and anecdotally is borne out from my discussions with other autists. More recently there has been speculation that Autism has biological determinants such as weak immunity, over exposure to toxins, inability to digest certain food types (Shattock, 1995). which are subject to much partisan debate.
From my perspective the main theories do not necessarily contradict each other, rather it is like looking at an irregular polyhedron from different facets, each tells you something but the gestalt requires the perception of it in all dimensions at once.
I see Wing's spectrum as leading to a literalist fallacy proceeding from a misunderstanding of what she meant, Autism is not a two dimensional thing with a high and a low functioning end it is like the palette of colours that can be assembled from the primaries. To me it is like a landscape where one can move within a specific territory. It has mountain tops and deep valleys and if one were to set ones altimeter at average elevation to fly across it one could not do so without crashing into a mountain or missing out the valleys.
It has overlapping territories and dual citizenships which are fought over. I live where it borders with dyslexia and others live close to the territory of Tourette's for instance, I am sure that genetics and brain research will map this out where autism is just the coalition of certain characteristics together none of which in itself is unique to autism but shared with other conditions like dyspraxia,and ADHD inter alia.
What I have come to understand is that autism is no one single invariate thing but a collection of traits each manifesting themselves to varying degree in particular individuals, it therefore follows that the approach to each individual has to vary according to and be appropriate to their given needs having regard to the situation they find themselves in and whatever goals are considered to be appropriate.
I have observed that although there is much in the description of autism that applies to me, I have grown up in an environment where the cause of these things, even their label was not known, and therefore have had to adapt perforce in ways that would not necessarily be thought of as appropriate today. Like many adults I see autism as much as a maladaption of society to my specific cognitive style as myself being ill adapted to that society. For example in discussions in response to professional practitioners I have a different idea about the importance or even necessity for eye contact.
Those of us who experience the condition as adults and have given it some thought have developed decided ideas about our self determination as a cultural minority and are questioning some of the outside perspectives. Indeed some researchers are finding our insight, particularly with regard to sensory experience revelatory. Many of these new ideas are being exchanged on the Internet, as referred to in a fairly recent article in the New York Times (Blume, 1997) where we are actively building a community of interest with people like Martijn Dekker (Dekker, 1999) and Jim Sinclair (1993) putting the autistic viewpoint. This too is where I stand, for I can do no other.


Robert Greif a ⁎ , Andrew S. Lockey b , Patricia Conaghan c , Anne Lippert d , Wiebe De Vries e and Koenraad G. Monsieurs f g on behalf of the Education and implementation of resuscitation section Collaborators 1 . Collaborators (John H.W. Ballance h , Alessandro Barelli i , Dominique Biarent j , Leo Bossaert k , Maaret Castrén l , Anthony J. Handley m , Carsten Lott n , Ian Maconochie o , Jerry P. Nolan p q , Gavin Perkins r s , Violetta Raffay t , Charlotte Ringsted u , Jasmeet Soar v , Joachim Schlieber w , Patrick Van de Voorde x , Jonathan Wyllie y and David Zideman z ).
1 The members of the Education and implementation of resuscitation section Collaborators are listed in the Collaborators section.
© 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V.


All program participants are brought to the cafeteria at 2:50 PM by their school day teacher. From 2:50 PM to 3:30 PM, our participants receive supper (a hot meal) by cafeteria and program staff. If participants do not want to eat the food given to them, then they can bring in an extra meal or snack to eat during this time. Clean up of the cafeteria begins around 3:20 PM.
NOTE: If your child has a food allergy, please indicate this on your enrollment application. You may also provide your child with a snack of their own.
All program participants receive up to 45 minutes of study hall time. During their study hall period, participants can complete homework assignments and projects and read independently, using the books they receive during the school day.
Built into each group's schedule during the week is up to 90 minutes of physical activity, cooking, science, and art. Through partnerships with other community programs, at various points throughout the program participants also participate in City Center and/or New York Historical Society.
We also offer single class activies, which in the past have included Chef Toni's Cooking Adventures, The Piano School of New York, Jodi's Gym, Chess With Micah, and P.S.84 teach led activities.
All flex classes last 60 minutes and operate between the hours of 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM. Students enrolled in these classes are dismissed in the cafeteria at 2:50 PM by their school day teacher, participate in supper, and then are brought to their flex activity.
Prices for each class is determined by the service provider. Our program adds a registration fee, which covers the cost of providing our staff member during each class session.
The safety of our program participants and staff is very important to us. Only people indicated on your child's enrollment form will be authorized to pick up your child, unless prior notice was given to our Site Coordinator.
Dismissal begins promptly at 5:30 PM. All participants are brought to the cafeteria by their Group Leaders. Parents will be allowed to enter the cafteria beginning at 5:25 PM. Parents have until 6 PM to pick up their child in the cafteria. Please refer to our FAQs page for our late pick up protocol.
If you must pick up your child earlier than our dismissal time, you must (1) go to the Security Desk, (2) at the security desk inform our program staff that you there to pick up your child and the grade your child is in, (3) sign out your child, indicating the time you pick up your child, (4) remain at the Security Desk until your child is brought down to you.
At no point during the program should any parent, guardian, or relative roam the hallway to pick up their child. Doing so disrupts our participants and their activity. Note: This process takes 10-15 minutes.


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Love's Travel Stops opens three new locations
OKLAHOMA CITY, August 21, 2014 – Love's Travel Stops (Love's) opens three new travel stops on Thursday, August 21. The travel stops in Franklin, Virginia, located at U.S.Highways 58 and 258, Angola, Indiana, I-69, Exit 348, and Indianola, Mississippi, at U.S. Highways 82 and 49, are now open for business.
The Franklin location features Love's first Bojangles' quick-service restaurant.The Angola and Indianola locations have Hardee's restaurants. Between the three new travel stops, 250 new truck parking spaces have been created. With 118 parking spots, Angola has the most, followed by 76 in Franklin and 56 in Indianola. All new travel stops are open 24/7 and offer gourmet coffee, fresh fruit, gift merchandise and more. Each location has seven showers, on-site Love's Truck Tire Care centers, bulk DEF at the pump at all diesel lanes, RFID cardless fueling technology, CAT scales and more.
"With the addition of these three new travel stops along busy thoroughfares throughout the country,we're giving drivers more safe places to park and we're offering driver services in three new parts of the country," said Greg Love, co-CEO of Love's. "We're happy to offer the 'Clean Places, Friendly Faces' Love's is known for to more professional drivers."
For a limited time, professional drivers can earn up to five points with their "My Love Rewards" loyalty cards at all Love's locations.
Founded in 1964 by Tom Love, Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and remains entirely family-owned and operated. With more than 320 locations and more than 190 Love's a Tire Care centers in 39 states, Love's approximate growth rate is 20 stores per year. Love's is currently ranked No. 9 on Forbes Magazine's annual listing of America's Largest Private Companies. To learn more, go to www.loves.com, Facebook (www.facebook.com/lovestravelstops), or follow @LovesTravelStop on Twitter.

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Tuesday these corporations announced plans to form a partnership to cut health care costs and improve services for their 1.1 million U.S. employees. Company CEOs said they hoped eventually this would lead to improved health care for all Americans.
Not surprisingly, given the involvement of Amazon, the first order of business will be to target technology solutions as an umbrella firm "free from profit-making incentives." Beyond that details are sketchy. The companies hope their combined size will help bring both scale and resources together to tackle issues as they are identified.
Simplifying the health care system through technology will be designed to bring down costs while improving quality of care, something every attempt to improve America's health care system has made a priority.
Adam Fein, president of Pembroke Consulting told CNBC, "For better or worse, there are warped incentives baked into every aspect of the U.S. health care system, from medical innovation to care delivery to insurance and benefit management. Rather than merely bashing the current system, I hope this new organization can help patients and their physicians make more informed and more cost-effective decisions. Technology will be necessary but not sufficient to make positive changes."
Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan shares changed little in premarket trading after news of the partnership broke. Shares of other industry leaders including CVS Health Corp. (NYSE:CVS B), UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH CB) and Express Scripts Holding Co. (NSDQ:ESRX C) were off between 3.5% and 7% in early trading Tuesday.
This partnership and the concept behind it is both bold and new. At this point nobody knows what may come of it, if anything. Recent attempts to innovate health care, however, seem hungry for the types of resources these companies could bring to the table. The health care industry has entered the digital age. The widespread adoption of electronic health records is but one example. The possibilities that spring from advances in analytic software, mobile technologies, sensors, and genomic sequencing are all part of a future yet to be realized.
The idea of data-driven health care is exciting to many but less-than-comforting to others. Questions about maintaining a close doctor-patient relationship in the face of more computer power in medicine will have to be answered even as the ability to use data from that relationship to improve health care for all expands.


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Mach's nochmal, Columbus ist der 30. und letzte Film aus der Carry-On-Filmreihe.

Handlung
Der Kartenzeichner Christopher Columbus will einen Seeweg nach Indien finden. Unterstützung findet er bei dem König und der Königin von Spanien. Jedoch missfällt das Projekt dem türkischen Sultan, der einen Saboteur an Bord von Columbus' Schiff schmuggelt, da er bei Gelingen der Fahrt nicht mehr die Handelswege von Asien nach Europa kontrollieren würde und so keine hohen Zölle mehr verlangen könnte. Trotz allem erreichen die Entdecker ihr Ziel – müssen jedoch feststellen, dass sie weder allein noch am gewünschten Ziel sind.

Würdigung
14 Jahre nach dem bis dato letzten Film der Serie kam mit Mach's nochmal, Columbus ein später Nachzügler in die Kinos, der jedoch floppte. Gedacht war er als satirische Antwort auf die beiden Großproduktionen 1492 – Die Eroberung des Paradieses und Christopher Columbus – Der Entdecker, die ebenfalls 1992 zum 500-jährigen Jubiläum der Wiederentdeckung Amerikas in die Kinos kamen.

Abgesehen von Jim Dale in der Hauptrolle sowie Leslie Phillips und Jack Douglas in Nebenrollen traten keine der bekannten Carry-On-Gesichter der ersten Reihe auf, was darauf zurückzuführen war, dass zwischenzeitlich viele von ihnen verstorben waren. Mit June Whitfield, Peter Gilmore, Jon Pertwee und Bernard Cribbins waren jedoch einige Schauspieler der zweiten Reihe an Bord. Die Titelrolle sollte zuerst nicht einmal Stammdarsteller Jim Dale übernehmen, vorgesehen war Robbie Coltrane, der jedoch absagte.

Der Versuch die Serie wieder zu beleben scheiterte an der schlechten Zuschauerresonanz. Nach dem Tod von Regisseur Gerald Thomas 1993 rückte ein Weiterleben der Serie in immer weitere Ferne und lag zum Schluss allein in den Händen des Produzenten Peter Rogers, der 2009 verstarb.

Kritiken

Weblinks

 Carry On Columbus bei Aveleyman.com (englisch)

Filmtitel 1992
Britischer Film
Filmparodie
Satirefilm
Werk über Christoph Kolumbus

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After failed a failed IVF/ICSI attempt in which we had slow developing embryos (morulae at Day 5) and subsequent failed FET's, we had my husband take the SCSA test in the hopes that the results might give us some guidance as far as future plans. We do not want to continue with IVF treatment if our chances for success are significantly lower than the norm and would, instead, pursue other options.
At any rate, his test came back showing fragmentation of 28.7. I see anything over 30 indicates poor fertility potential and reduced chances of success with IVF. Would you consider a 28.7 to be pretty much the same as 30? Is it quite likely that, if he were to take it again, it would be higher than 30?
All the Dr. can advise is supplements but he already took Proxeed for 6 months then, on her advice, switched to Conception XR, which he has been taking for about 5 months. If this is his result after 11 months of supplements, I have to think things aren't going to improve.
I am fortunate, in that I collaborate with aq sub-specialty trained urologist, and I defer to his judgement about treating male factor problems. He does have data which imply that Proxeed does not provide significant benefit. I am not familiar with the other medication you mentioned. We have had issues where men have had poor SCSA scores, and had varicoceles. After repair of varicoceles, we got ICSI pregancies. I have no data to sopport the annecdotal comments.


Americans who care about food and health have wrung their hands worrying about genetically modified organisms in recent years. GMO labeling dominated conversations in 2016, when then President Barack Obama signed a GMO label law that will allow companies to use a QR code to disclose products with GMOs. But worrying about GMOs, which most scientists deem to be safe for consumption, shouldn't be keeping you up at night in 2017.
The scarier threat to public health? Pesticides. Farmers use chemicals to kill organisms that feast on their crops, but these chemicals stay in soil and groundwater for decades — potentially endangering us and generations to come.
One such example: A study published in July found that pesticide use might interfere with neurodevelopment in young children. If a mother was pregnant while high concentrations of pesticides were applied near her home, her child was more likely to have lower IQ levels and scored lower on a verbal comprehension test, researchers found.
The future of pesticide regulation looks grim. With Scott Pruitt as the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, it's likely that the U.S. food supply will continue to harbor pesticide residue — and scientists don't know what the long-term consequences might be. Pruitt's home state of Oklahoma happens to have the highest rate of pesticide-related deaths and illnesses in the United States.
"I think we need to brace for [the EPA] to attack every protection we've achieved to secure healthy food, clean air and uncontaminated water," Sonya Lunder, Environmental Working Group senior analyst, said in an email.
When it comes to pesticides, Lunder said that this year, the EPA will be evaluating how several pesticides impact human health and the environment.
"While it will be difficult for them to reverse the progress we've completed to restrict highly hazardous pesticides, it seems likely they will slow or stall the current actions that would restrict currently acknowledged hazards," she said.
Lunder said the EPA moves slowly — especially compared to groups in Europe — when assessing pesticides. In other words, pesticides that other countries have banned, like atrazine, could continue to be legal for U.S. farmers if the EPA chooses to delay assessments.
The pesticides that could remain in our food supply under Trump.
The Trump administration has pledged to ax regulations throughout federal government, and this anti-regulation sentiment could put the vetting process for pesticides at risk, Civil Eats reported.
• Glyphosate, an herbicide that could be a potential hormone disrupter and carcinogen.
But let's back up for a second. If pesticides are out of sight, out of mind for you, here's what you need to know about how pesticides impact the environment and our health.
All farms deal with threats to crops that include mold, fungus and crop disease, Genevieve O'Sullivan, director of communications and marketing for CropLife America, a pesticide lobbying group, said in an email.
"Without pesticides, farmers could face massive losses, which wastes not only the crops and food being grown but also the water, fuel, money, time and other resources spent in the growing process," O'Sullivan said.
But don't be fooled — organic produce is still treated with pesticides. Farmers who grow organic produce use natural pesticides made from natural sources and farmers who grow conventional produce use pesticides made from synthetic chemicals. Using diatomaceous earth is one natural strategy, Chensheng Lu, associate professor of Exposure Biology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said in an email. Derived from marine phytoplankton, diatomaceous earth is an insecticide used by the grain industry.
There are trade-offs between using synthetic pesticides or natural ones, and it all depends on how much a farmer uses, Jeff Gillman, a professor of nursery management at the University of Minnesota, told NPR. "I could use a tiny amount of a potent synthetic that has proved safe over the last 50 years, or a much larger amount of a [natural] pesticide," he said.
All pesticides are toxic in large amounts.
Pesticides are designed to kill organisms and all pesticides are lethal in certain doses, Lu said. "We do not know the long-term health effects as the result of intaking small amount of pesticides from foods on the daily basis," Lu said. "This is a multiple millions research question."
O'Sullivan of CropLife America said the EPA conducts over 120 regulatory studies on a pesticide before it clears it as safe for use by farmers. Each product takes "an average of 11 years and more than $280 million" to thoroughly develop and test, she said.
Yet the pesticide industry might be actively thwarting efforts to test pesticides.
Documents unearthed during a lawsuit against pesticide giant Syngenta found that the company was trying to discredit a scientist who had discovered that atrazine, a main ingredient in Syngenta's products, was linked to birth defects, the New Yorker reported in 2014.
The pesticide and seed company used tactics like buying certain search words online and attempting to draw attention to tangential scientific debates. Undermining scientific findings by diverting the conversation is one strategy used by the tobacco industry, David Michaels, the assistant secretary of labor for Occupational Safety and Health, wrote in his book Doubt Is Their Product, the New Yorker noted.
Lu took issue with the pesticide safety levels established by the government.
"The pro-pesticide folks claim that those levels are safe, but more and more evidences have provided a very different outcome," Lu said, adding that many pesticides used by American farmers have ended up being banned "because we did not know the exact toxicity of those pesticides in humans until we have enough human data after 20 to 30 years of usage."
One such pesticide: DDT. This insecticide was originally used to control malaria, lice and the bubonic plague during World War II. But the EPA banned it in 1972. The chemical has a tendency to accumulate in animals and has adverse health and environmental effects, according to the National Pesticide Information Center. DDT has been associated with breast cancer, neurobiological problems in children and spontaneous abortion, Public Radio International reported. Nevertheless, the World Health Organization supports its use in African countries where malaria is a health problem.
Will science prevail in Trump's America?
Americans already saw what happens when regulating pollution fails — the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, was a recent example of what happens when environmental toxins spread into a water supply. Without knowing what truly happens when farmers treat fields with synthetic and natural pesticides, other populations could be at risk for environmental disasters.
"Support science, scientists and advocacy groups," Lunder said, suggesting people call elected officials to tell them they care about clean food and water.
Long-term studies may be expensive and time consuming, but investigating the effects of pesticides on our health and environment is priceless.


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There are few flavours as addictive as caramelized apples, especially as one of the first tastes of the day. This spectacular dish is an A.M. showstopper that's so easy to make you'll impress yourself in your own kitchen before impressing everyone at your table!
Preheat your oven to 350 °F (190 °C) using your convection fan if you have one.
Pour a half-cup or so of water into your favourite skillet or non-stick fry pan over medium high heat. Sprinkle the sugar over the surface of the water taking care to avoid the edges of the pan then watch as the sugars flavour journey begins. Its inevitable temperature rise will dramatically transform it from bland white to golden brown. The trick is not to stir. The sugar will melt evenly without intervention. Water is the key.
As the water simmers it rapidly absorbs the dissolving sugar forming a simple syrup. The water steams away, eventually disappearing as the steam subsides, leaving behind pure, evenly melted sugar. With the water gone the syrup's temperature quickly rises into the flavour zone. As it begins to lightly colour gently swirl the works to help it evenly brown. Be patient. When the caramel is deeply golden brown and amazingly aromatic, about 10 minutes, carefully toss in the butter. Turn off the heat and whisk until smooth.
Core the apples and slice each one into 8 wedges. Arrange the wedges cut side down on the caramel to form an attractive outer ring, overlapping as needed, then filling the inside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, oats, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt, evenly distributing the finer powders amongst the coarser ones. In a second bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, oil, brown sugar, and vanilla. Pour the wet mixture into the dry one. Stir with a wooden spoon just until a smooth batter forms. Carefully pour the batter over the apples. Bake until firm and cooked through, 35 to 40 minutes.
Gently loosen the sides with a rubber spatula, then cover with a large serving plate. Very carefully (the caramel syrup is very hot!) invert the works, remove the pan, and reveal your masterpiece. Add a splash of water to the caramel left in the pan, reheat, whisking steadily over medium heat until a smooth sauce forms, drizzle it over the flipjack. Serve and share!
Quick batters like this one are at their best when they're barely mixed. Too much mixing encourages the gluten in the flour to toughen, as it does in bread dough. Instead, a quick, efficient mixing doesn't overwork the flour, allowing the batter to stay tender as it bakes.
This is one of Gabe's favourite snacks. He loves fruit so we play around in the kitchen and see how many different kinds of citrus fruit, melons, tree fruit, grapes, berries and tropical fruit we can toss into one salad bowl. Our record is 32!
We serve this granola every morning as part of our legendary country inn breakfast. It's a crunchy delicious start to the day!


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Oldfather Group Realtor is 'Loving Life Again' in Maryland's Coastal Region
Posted by James Diehl on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 9:30 AM By James Diehl / September 17, 2021 Comment
Millions of children in the United States have been raised to believe that with a strong will, a beautiful vision and a lot of hard work, anything is possible in the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave."
It's the "American Dream" and it's always been within reach, as long as you keep your eyes on the prize and stay focused on your goals.
Oldfather Group Realtor Brenda Hornung believed in the "Dream" and worked extremely hard to achieve it along with her husband, Bill, and their three beautiful children.
It took years of sweat and tears to get there, but she finally had it. She had everything she ever dreamed of in life.
And then one day, she didn't.
"When things came crashing down on us, it had me second guessing my whole life," admits Brenda, who is originally from Towson, Maryland, but today makes her home in the Ocean Pines community near Ocean City. "We had our dream house and we were running our own store and everything was great. Then it failed and suddenly our friends were nowhere to be found.
"Never in my life did I expect that I could fail so miserably. But everything crashed around us and we found ourselves in a real crisis."
So what do you do when you work hard for decades and finally get to the place where you want to be in life, then lose it all in spectacular fashion?
Hmmm….well, remember that old saying about turning lemons into lemonade? After the dust settled and the Hornungs landed on their feet, Brenda decided that it wasn't enough to simply make a glass of refreshing lemonade from the lemons life had handed her.
While delicious in a metaphorical way, that was a solution that only helped her. And she wanted more than that.
So she instead got to work on turning those lemons into a sort of lemon plantation, the kind of place where people coping with similar situations could walk the fields and obtain solid advice that allowed them to come out the other side stronger than ever.
After all, why hand someone a refreshing glass of lemonade when you can teach them how to harvest their own lemons and really turn their lives around?
Alright, we get it. We probably went a little too far with the lemon metaphors, but hopefully we made our point. It's important to remember that even life's greatest setbacks are often just temporary, challenging blips on the radar of each of our life stories.
For Brenda, she decided to collect her thoughts, organize them and turn them into a book. And she did just that, finally publishing "Love Life Again" in 2019.
"That whole experience really created a mid-life crisis for me and had me second guessing everything," reveals Brenda from her beautiful home in Ocean Pines. "But it wasn't until we moved to the shore and I started to feel hope again that I got this urge to help other people survive similar crises.
"The goal of the book is really just to talk about my experiences and how we can all overcome things like this. My heart was into giving hope to people and that's what I've tried to do. And that's what I'm still trying to do today."
Brenda Hornung has moved around quite a bit in her life, always one to seek out new adventures and memorable experiences. But it was the Gatlinburg, Tennessee, area where she and Bill built their dream home and ran their own small business catering mostly to area tourists.
It was the life she had always dreamed of and to say that she wasn't prepared for it to come crashing down in such spectacular fashion is a huge understatement. But it did and, though it seemed pretty hopeless at the time, she and her family survived it.
"One of the things that made it so difficult was that we had stepped out and reinvented ourselves only to have it fail so badly," Brenda says. "We're on the other side now, but at the time it was very hard having everything taken away from us."
But that was then, as they say, and this is now. Several years removed from that insanely difficult time in her life, Brenda Hornung today is a published author, lives in coastal Maryland with her husband and has turned to a new career in real estate.
She obtained her Maryland real estate license in August, two months after joining the growing team of real estate professionals at the Oldfather Group.
It's yet another adventure for the mother of three and grandmother of two, though only a part-time endeavor for the time being as she puts in the time and effort necessary to grow her new business.
"I've actually been interested in real estate for a long time, but people have always talked me out of trying it," reveals Brenda. "But this time when I had a chance to do it, I just said I'm not going to listen to people anymore and I'm going to do it."
And do it she has. Despite living in states ranging from Tennessee and Texas to Kentucky, West Virginia and even Arkansas, Brenda has found her happy place on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in a home where her beloved mother spent many of her golden years.
"That home has an emotional attachment to me because of my mom and it's really much more than a house to me," Brenda admits. "I really love the lifestyle here and I love working for the Oldfather Group. Everything just feels different here and we're the happiest we've ever been.
"Things were difficult for awhile, but we survived it and things are great now. And if I can do it, other people can too."
If you're searching for a home in the coastal Maryland marketplace, contact Brenda Hornung today by calling 410-430-1522 or via email at [email protected]
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The question of fluid volume in resuscitation has been identified as the top priority in sepsis research by emergency physicians in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Guidelines and sepsis pathways recommend an initial intravenous (IV) fluid bolus of 30ml/kg isotonic crystalloid for patients with sepsis and hypotension. However, there is a lack of evidence from clinical trials to support this strategy. Both observational data as well as randomised studies suggest there may be harm associated with injudicious use of fluids in sepsis. Since there is equipoise regarding a more liberal or restricted fluid volume resuscitation as first line treatment for sepsis-related hypotension, we conducted the pilot multicentre REstricted Fluid REsuscitation in Sepsis-associated Hypotension (REFRESH) trial comparing a restricted fluid protocol with early initiation of vasopressor support against standard guideline care.
The data from REFRESH will inform feasibility of a large, multicentre phase III study. However, further ground work is essential for the optimal design of a Phase III trial that will provide valuable information on feasibility (road test recruitment rate and screening processes) as well as refinement of the protocol (sample size estimation, processes of care, prevalence of the population of interest, real world clinical practice regarding fluid use).
In this ARISE Fluids study, we aim to provide more insight into current practice by conducting a bi-national multi-site prospective observational study of fluid administration in (suspected) sepsis and hypotension in the Emergency Departments of Australia and New Zealand hospitals. Sites have been selected on the basis of having expressed interest in participating in a phase III trial.
This study will collect information from the records of 3000 children from 30 hospitals presenting after a head injury in 2016 and will interview staff to look at different factors influencing the care provided. APHIRST-Gap is expected to provide crucial information on scan rates and inform strategies, including national guideline development to standardise and improve the care of children with head injury across Australia and New Zealand.
Head injury is a common reason children present to Emergency Departments in Australia and New Zealand. While most are minor the important issue for emergency clinicians is to determine whether a particular child is at risk of a serious head injury such as a bleed on the brain. A computerised tomography(CT) scan is the investigation of choice to look for these injuries. Its presents risks though, including the risk of sedation, and radiation induced cancer.
Several "rules" have been designed to guide doctors in the decision, by weighing up the risk of injury with the risks associated with the scan. The published Australasian APHIRST study examined three of these rules. It found that all three rules performed well, clinicians made sound judgements, and the overall rate of CT scan use was low (10%). APHIRST was limited to 10 large metropolitan, and predominately paediatric hospitals. Most children in Australia are not seen in these hospitals. Further research is required to determine whether there is a large variation in scan use between different hospitals and how best to apply these findings to a broader range of hospitals.
This trial is being run by the PREDICT network and the Principal Investigator is Prof Franz Babl.
Headache is a common and frequently disabling clinical disorder that accounts for nearly 2% of all emergency department presentations. Often patients are experiencing a headache that is not responding to commonly available medications. However, there is no good evidence to support which available hospital medications consistently offer effective pain relief to individuals with these types of refractory headache. Understandably this is a challenging scenario in the emergency department setting for both the patient and physician that often leads to inadequate or unsatisfactory symptom relief.
In a few small trials, there has been promising evidence that the medication propofol is potentially an effective, safe and quick treatment alternative for stubborn headaches. It is important to note that propofol is not a new medication and is routinely used on a daily basis throughout hospitals for both general anaesthesia and procedural sedation.
It is the intention of this research project to demonstrate that infusing a low dose of this medication over a relatively short period of time is an effective new use for a familiar and already commonly utilised medication. This treatment is aimed at a specific cohort of patients who present with acute or subacute migraine-like headache in whom the standard available treatment options have failed.
This study has the potential to introduce a new safe and effective treatment option for stubborn headaches that can significantly reduce treatment times by rapidly restoring patients to baseline levels of function and comfort. Furthermore it reduces overall lengths of stay in the emergency department and contributes to overall improved emergency department patient flow.
Shortness of breath (dyspnoea) is a terrifying symptom experienced by patients and is a common reason for presentation to Emergency Departments. There are a wide range of causes including flair up due to chronic conditions such as asthma, heart failure, chronic lung disease or liver or kidney failure. Acute conditions such as a collapsed lung, chest infection (including pneumonia), trauma (including fractured ribs), airway blockage or an allergic reaction can also be the cause.
There is significant knowledge about patients who are admitted to hospital with common causes, however there is little conclusive information about Dyspnoea as a symptom, the distribution of causes, the proportion of patients requiring admission and whether treatment complies with evidence-based guidelines.
A recent pilot study in Europe found that 53 per cent of patients had a respiratory cause for symptoms, 22 per cent had a cardiac cause, and 15 per cent had both cardiac and respiratory components. Almost two-thirds were admitted to hospital with over one-third discharged from ED. However, in many ways, the study raised more questions than it answered. The study was also too small to comment on adherence to evidence-based guidelines.
For that reason, a larger EuroDEM (digital elevation model) study is planned for 2014. The study will be complemented by the Australia, Asia and New Zealand Dyspnoea Departments of Emergency Medicine (AANZDEM) which will collect data from a different region with different systems of care. It will focus on the range of causes, variation over seasons and geographical areas, and compliance with recommended treatments.
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common emergency with a substantial mortality rate. Bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal system is caused by ulcers, stomach inflammation and oesophageal varices and carries a fatality rate of up to 10%. Lower GI bleeding has a variety of causes and a case fatality of about 15%. Between 10% and 25% of patients will have a repeat bleed after their first episode, and these people are four times more likely to die than people without repeated bleeding.
The clotting of blood helps to stem bleeding and blood clot break down may play an important role in GI bleeding and re-bleeding. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a drug used to reduce clot breakdown. It has been shown to reduce the probability of requiring a blood transfusion by about a third in surgical patients, without causing serious side effects from promoting clotting. This high quality randomised controlled trial will investigate the effectiveness and safety of TXA in GI bleeding.
The increasing demand on emergency health care in Australia has seen recent emphasis on clinical redesign initiatives that are focused on time-based performance measures and activity-based funding. While congestion in emergency departments continues, and emphasis is placed on reaching these time targets, the quality of care that patients receive when presenting with non-life threatening injuries is potentially compromised.
To date, there is a lack of high-level evidence surrounding the type of quality indicators (QIs) that should be used in EDs to measure quality of care. This project will develop QIs for care of patients who present to EDs with musculoskeletal injuries under appropriate expert review. The final QI set will allow application across EDs and will contribute to comparison and optimisation of emergency care for patients in ED with musculoskeletal injuries.
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is defined as a collapsed lung with air in the pleural cavity that occurs in the absence of clinically apparent underlying lung disease. PSP is a significant global health problem affecting adolescents and young adults. Throughout the 20th century the treatment of PSP was predominantly bed rest, with invasive treatment reserved for severely symptomatic episodes. A study in 1966 suggested that managing large and small PSP in the community was safe. Despite this, rates of intervention have steadily increased over the decades. The reasons for this are unclear and this approach has recently been questioned in the scientific literature. Preliminary data suggests that a conservative approach to management may allow faster healing and reduce the risk of recurrence from around 25 per cent to 5 per cent in the first year. Conservative management is also likely to reduce the risks of prolonged admission due to persistent leak from approximately 30 per cent to less than 10 per cent and of other complications related to interventional management. Clinicians are, however, unlikely to change a practice entrenched for decades and re-enforced by current international guidelines without robust evidence.
This study will significantly increase our understanding of Primary spontaneous pneumothorax and its optimal management. If allowing the lung to remain collapsed initially results in improved healing of the pleural defect and lower recurrence rates then this study will contribute to improve outcomes and a reduction in the morbidity associated with current treatment.
The World Health Organization reports that trauma will be the major contributor to the 49.7 million annual deaths globally from non–communicable disease in 2020. Trauma and sepsis are the two leading causes of death worldwide. This project aims to examine the effects of trauma and severe infection on oxygen supply to various tissues and organs.
We will study what infection does to metabolism and the degree of inflammation in these tissues. The effects of resuscitation on these tissue parameters while using stored and fresh blood will also be studied.
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Albert de Saxònia (en llatí: Albertus de Saxonia) (cap a 1320 – 8 de juliol de 1390) va ser un filòsof alemany conegut per les seves contribucions en la lògica i la física. Va ser el bisbe d'Halberstadt des de 1366 fins a la seva mort.

Biografia
Albert va néixer a Rickensdorf prop de Helmstedt, era fill d'un pagès en una ciutat petita; però pel seu talent, va estudiar a la Universitat de Praga i la Universitat de París.

A París, va ser mestre d'Arts i (professor), des de 1351 fins a 1362. Estudià teologia a la Sorbonne. Després del 1362, Albert anà a la cort del Papa Urbà V a Avignon per tal de negociar la fundació de la Universitat de Viena d'on va ser el primer rector.

Morí a Halberstadt el 1390.

Filosofia
Albert era deixeble de Jean Buridan. Va practicar la filosofia natural dins la tradició de Buridan. De manera semblant a Buridan Albert combinà l'anàlisi crítica del llenguatge amb el realisme epistemològic.

En la lògica Albert mostra molta influència respecte a Guillem d'Ockham, els comentaris del qual sobre la logica vetus (de Porfiri) i les Categoriae i De interpretatione d'Aristòtil) van ser objecte d'una sèrie d'obres d'Albert anomenades Quaestiones.

Els ensenyaments d'Albert de Saxònia en lògica i metafísica estaven molt influenciats per la Teoria de l'ímpetu.

Aquesta teoria era la precursora de l'actual teoria de la inèrcia.

Obra
 Perutilis Logica Magistri Alberti de Saxonia (Lògica molt útil), Venècia 1522
 Albert of Saxony's twenty-five disputed questions on logic. A critical edition of his Quaestiones circa logicam / by Michael J. Fitzgerald, Leiden: Brill, 2002
 Quaestiones in artem veterem edició crítica per Angel Muñoz Garcia, Maracaibo, Venezuela: Universidad del Zulia,1988
 Quaestiones on the Posterior Analytics
 Quaestiones logicales (Questions lògiques)
 De consequentiis - atribuïda
 De locis dialecticis atribuïda
 Sophismata et Insolubilia et Obligationes, Paris 1489 and Hildesheim 1975 (reproduction)
 Expositio et quaestiones in Aristotelis Physicam ad Albertum de Saxonia attributae critical edition by Benoit Patar, Leuven, Peeters Publishers, 1999
 Questiones subtilissime in libros Aristotelis de caelo et mundo, Venetiis, 1492. Questiones subtilissime super libros posteriorum, Venetiis 1497 Hildesheim 1986 (reproduction)
 Alberti de Saxonia Quæstiones in Aristotelis De cælo critical edition by Benoit Patar, Leuven, Peeters Publishers, 2008
 De latudinibus, Pàdua 1505
 De latitudinibus formarum
 De maximo et minimo
 De quadratura circuli - Question on the Squaring of the Circle
 Tractatus proportionum, Venice 1496 and Vienna 1971: editor Hubertus L. Busard

Referències

Enllaços externs
 , Ernest A. Albert of Saxony. Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 15 Sep. 2013

 , Johannes MMH. Albert of Saxony. Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 15 Sep. 2013
 Grant, Edward, (2003) A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages, In Gracia, J., J., E. & 	Noone, T. B. (Eds.), Blackwell Companions to Philosophy (Malden, MA: Blackwell).
 Pasnau, Robert. The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy (Cambridge: Cambridge 	University Press, 2010).
 Zedlers Universal-Lexicon, vol. 1, p. 542

Bibliografia
 Joel Biard (ed.), Itinéraires d'Albert de Saxe. Paris Vienne au XIVe siècle Paris, Vrin, 1991.

Filòsofs alemanys
Bisbes del segle XIV
Filòsofs del segle XIV
Alumnes de la Universitat Carolina de Praga
Morts a Saxònia-Anhalt
Persones de la Baixa Saxònia


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2022 Cadillac XT6 Trim Levels, Configurations & Comparisons.
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Compare the 2022 Cadillac XT6 Trims - Luxury vs Premium Luxury vs Sport. What is the difference between them?
The 2022 Cadillac XT6 is a mid-size luxury SUV. It sits between the smaller XT5 SUV and the larger Escalade among Cadillac's ever-growing lineup of SUVs. It offers three full rows of seats to accommodate up to seven people. The XT6 has plenty of cargo space as well, with a maximum cargo volume of 78.7 cubic-feet when the rear seats are folded down.
The XT6 has plenty of power and great handling too. This is a true luxury vehicle in every sense of the term. The ride quality is smooth and comfortable. The interior stays nice and quiet thanks to Cadillac's effective sound-proofing. The interior is upscale, comfortable and packed with convenience features.
Cadillac offers one of the nicest infotainment systems on the current market. The sound quality is great, and the system is easy to use. There's a lot of standard safety features and modern driver-assist technology here too. The Cadillac XT6 will be available in three different trim levels for 2022.
Here is an overview of each of the three trim levels for the XT6. All three models will be compared to demonstrate their unique features and various differences. Which model to choose will also be covered in detail.
Compare the Luxury vs Premium Luxury Trims. What is the difference?
The base trim level for the 2022 Cadillac XT6 is called the Luxury model. Cadillac didn't want anyone to think of this trim as a budget buy, and they're right. This is still solidly in the luxury category. The next level up is called the Premium Luxury. Both models seat seven and have room for 78.7 cubic-feet of cargo.
Both of these versions of the XT6 come in front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive variations. All-wheel drive models have a Driving Mode Select feature. The base-model Luxury trim is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-sylinder. This motor can make 237 horsepower with 258 pound-feet of torque. This engine also has Start/Stop Technology for better efficiency.
The 2.0-liter engine gets a 9-speed automatic transmission. This transmission system is electronically controlled and offers overdrive and gear-range select. It provides smooth and effortless shifting. This engine has a 19-gallon fuel-tank capacity. It should get around 21 miles-per-gallon in the city and 27 miles-per-gallon on the highway.
The Start/Stop feature on this model can be disabled if the driver so desires. Some of the other notable mechanical features include 4-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, Electric Power Steering and an electric parking brake. Electronic Traction Control makes for a better driving experience on slippery roads. The Automatic Emergency Braking works with sensors and camera technology. It provides additional braking power that can prevent or mitigate collisions.
On the outside of the Luxury trim level there's a set of 18-inch multi-spoke aluminum wheels. These are painted with a Bright Silver finish and paired with a set of all-season tires. Cadillac includes a full-sized spare, but it's not the same as the regular wheel and tire. It's a, 18-inch steel model with a compact tire. The stock wheels can be swapped out for a 20-inch set in a variety of different designs and color schemes.
The Luxury trim gets automatic headlights. The headlights and taillights are all high-end LED models. LED daytime-running lights are included here. Also included is IntelliBeam auto high-beam lights that kick on automatically when needed. A power liftgate makes it easy to get cargo in and out of the Luxury model of the XT6.
The Luxury trim also gets a rear spoiler and an UltraView power sunroof. The glass can be quickly opened with the push of a button. A power sunshade cuts back on light and keeps things cooler on sunny days. A rear intermittent wiper provides for a clear view of what's behind the XT6.
On the inside of the Luxury trim, one can find 6-way power seat adjusters up front. These front seats are also heated for those cold winter days. There's a color Driver-Information Center, power locks and power windows. A Tri-Zone Automatic Climate Control System will keep everyone comfortable in all three rows, no matter what the weather is like outside.
Remote Start, a rear window defogger and a Universal Home Remote are standard on all three trim levels. This trim level features a memory system that saves settings for two drivers. The upholstery is leatherette while the steering wheel comes wrapped in genuine leather. The Luxury model also gets Keyless Open, Cruise Control and a dual-note horn.
The Luxury gets a premium sound system by Bose with a total of eight speakers. The infotainment system can be controlled via the 8-inch color multi-touch screen, through some controls on the steering wheel or through Voice-Command Technology. This even allows for hands-free calls to be made with compatible smartphones. The system is compatible with both of the popular Apple CarPlay and Android Auto apps.
There are a total of 8 USB ports for connecting and charging devices through the infotainment system. It also works with the GM Teen Driver safety technology. This is a system that monitors young, secondary drivers of the vehicle and gives the owner a report so they can monitor and mentor new drivers. It also allows for settings to be fixed to a key FOB so good driving habits can be encouraged.
The stereo is compatible with SiriusXM satellite radio and Cadillac even throws in a free 6-month trial for new buyers. When it comes to safety features, all models get seven standard airbags. There are front bags for the driver and passenger with an additional airbag for the driver's knees. There are also seat-mounted side-impact airbags up front. Last of all, there are head curtain airbags that cover all three seat rows.
The base trim level gets driver-assist tech such as Front-Collision Detection, Front Pedestrian Braking and a Following-Distance Indicator. All models of the XT6 get an HD rear-view camera and Intelligent Brake Assist. The Luxury model gets Lane-Keep Assist with Lane-Departure Warning to make sure the driver stays safely in their own lane. There's also a Lane-Change Alert with Side Blind-Zone Alert to increase the driver's awareness of their surroundings.
Every trim level of the XT6 gets a Tire-Pressure Monitor to make sure those tires aren't underinflated or overinflated. A Passenger Sensing System detects whether or not there's a front passenger. It can then disable or enable the front-passenger airbags as needed. Rear Cross-Traffic Alert increases driver awareness even further. Cadillac also throws in a road-emergency tool kit to help patch tires if needed.
Moving up to the Premium Luxury trim comes with some major performance upgrades. This trim gets a new engine. It now comes equipped with a 3.6-liter V6 that produces 310 horsepower and 271 pound-feet of torque. It once again gets Start/Stop Technology and a 9-speed automatic transmission. It comes in both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive variations just like the base trim level.
The more powerful V6 engine takes a slight hit when it comes to fuel efficiency, but not significantly so. It also has a bigger 22-gallon gas tank to make up for the difference. A 2022 Cadillac XT6 equipped with a V6 should see around 18 miles-per-gallon in the city and 25 miles-per-gallon on the highway. The Premium Luxury trim also gets some new options such as a performance suspension system, a heavy-duty cooling system and Hitch Guidance with Hitch View.
For the exterior, the Premium Luxury model gets a new set of 20-inch 6-Split Spoke alloy wheels with a polished finish. There's an Advanced Security System with locking wheel lugs, a locking steering column door-lock shields, sensors and an alarm. A hands-free power liftgate makes loading up the cargo hold easy even when one's hands are full. Cadillac also gives buyers more choices in general for colors, wheels, trim and grille design with this trim level.
The Premium Luxury now has rain-sensing windshield wipers. On the inside, this trim level gets 2-way power adjustable lumbar support added on to the front seats. The steering wheel now comes heated to match those heated front seats. The upholstery gets upgraded here to real leather with perforated inserts. The steering column is now power adjustable.
Wireless phone charging is added on for this trim level. The audio and infotainment systems remain the same. Once again, Cadillac provides addition options for the interior of the Premium Luxury that are not available for the plain old Luxury models. Night Vision can be added on for perfect viewing in the dark. The camera can be upgraded to surround vision and there are more options for the interior color scheme.
When it comes to safety features and driver-assist features, both trim levels come exactly the same. The Premium Luxury yet again gets additional options here. There's an available Surround-Vision Recorder. This is a great feature to have in order to identify would-be thieves or to prove your case in traffic court. Automatic Parking Assist with Braking and Adaptive Cruise Control are available as well.
All of the features listed for the Luxury model are included for the Premium Luxury model except for where upgrades have been made. Then a few nice, new perks get added on. Cadillac also offers more optional stuff to customize the Premium Luxury with. The main difference, however, is in the upgraded, more-powerful engine.
Compare the Premium Luxury vs Sport Trims. What is the difference?
After the Luxury and Premium Luxury models, there's the Sport model. This is the third and final trim level of the 2022 Cadillac XT6. It comes with the same 3.6-liter V6 engine as the Premium Luxury model. True to its name, it also gets a few more performance-enhancing features. While the horsepower, torque and fuel-economy specs are all the same, the Sport model offers improved steering and handling.
The Sport trim is the only model of the XT6 that's only available in all-wheel drive. This is a bit different from the all-wheel drive system that's available for the first two trim levels. This is a Sport Control AWD with dual, independently controlled clutches. This model also comes equipped with a set of Brembo performance brakes up front.
The suspension system gets some improvements for the Sport trim level. There's now a chassis with real-time damping. Damping forces are adjusted every two milliseconds with this setup. The upgraded suspension system adjusts seamlessly to the road conditions. The Sport model gets new sporty wheels too. These are a set of sharp 12-Spoke Diamond Cut alloy wheels with a Dark Android Satin finish inside of the pockets.
A heavy-duty cooling system dissipates heat faster and more efficiently for the Sport trim level. On the outside, there are some glossy black roof rails for more storage options. The interior features, seating, audio and infotainment system all remain the same. The Sport trim also gets most of the same options that were offered on the Premium Luxury for both exterior and interior features.
There are no differences between the Premium Luxury and Sport trims when it comes to safety features. They share the same driver-assist features as well. Just like before, the options for safety equipment offered to Premium Luxury buyers are offered to Sport buyers as well. The main difference between these two versions of the Cadillac XT6 is in the extra performance upgrades for the Sport model.
All three of these trim levels are great vehicles. The 2022 Cadillac XT6 is simply a great vehicle for anyone looking for a mid-size SUV with three rows of seats. For most buyers, the best trim level will be the Premium Luxury model. This SUV comes with the more powerful V6 engine and a host of nice additional convenience and safety features.
The improved handling of the Sport models is nice, but most drivers will be able to live without them. This is, after all, an SUV and not a sports coupe. The Premium Luxury truly handles well enough as is, and it strikes a great balance between cost and features. It's also highly customizable with plenty of optional features, exterior colors and interior-color choices.
Compare Trims on other Cadillac Models:
• 2022 Cadillac CT4 Trims
• 2022 Cadillac Escalade Trims
• 2022 Cadillac XT4 Trims
• 2021 Cadillac XT6 Trime Levels
• www.cadillac.com/suvs/xt6
• media.cadillac.com/content/media/us/en/cadillac/vehicles/xt6/2023.html


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VOICE CADDIE Named Official Rangefinder of the LPGA Tour
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VOICE CADDIE has been named the Official Rangefinder of the LPGA Tour. (Getty Images)
The LPGA announced that VOICE CADDIE, a Korean rangefinder company, has been named Official Rangefinder of the LPGA Tour in a multi-year agreement.
VOICE CADDIE will also be the official rangefinder of the Symetra Tour, LET, LET Access Series and LPGA Professionals, and will be the presenting sponsor of the LPGA Professionals National Championship in July.
VOICE CADDIE will provide every LPGA Tour, Symetra Tour, LET and LET Access Series player with an SL2 Laser Rangefinder, which has a special competition mode to ensure players and caddies do not have access to certain functionality prohibited under the Rules of Golf during play.
"We are excited to welcome VOICE CADDIE to the LPGA Partner family. Their commitment to the LPGA and our Tours shows they value the women's game and want to provide our players with the best equipment to excel on the course," said Heather Daly-Donofrio, the LPGA's Chief Tour Operations Officer.
"This marks the first time that rangefinder technology will be used on our elite Tours. As a former Tour player myself, I am very impressed with the VOICE CADDIE technology and am confident that our players will find the VOICE CADDIE product a valuable part of their shot-planning and ultimately their performance."
Rangefinders will first be put into LPGA Tour competition in two weeks at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
Players will then be permitted to use rangefinder technology at most LPGA Tour and LET events for the first time in the history of both Tours. The Symetra Tour and LET Access Series have permitted usage of rangefinders in competition since 2020.
"I'm so appreciative of VOICE CADDIE for their support of our Tours," said Amy Olson, an LPGA Tour Member and Player Director on the LPGA Board of Directors.
"I've found the product very easy to use in my practice and it will be a great addition to my golf bag as we start using rangefinders in competition."
VOICE CADDIE has enjoyed the No. 1 market share in the rangefinder category in Korea for the last three years and is actively expanding into the United States market.
Their technology utilizes a laser beam and GPS to provide accurate distances in any environment, reducing incorrect measurements or chances of focusing on the wrong object. The SL2, their newest model, has an state-of-the-art Auto Pin Location feature that enables the user to quickly find an exact hole location.
"VOICE CADDIE is proud to be a sponsor of the LPGA Tour," said Juno Kim, Founder and CEO of VOICE CADDIE. "We look forward to LPGA Professionals utilizing our state-of-the-art laser rangefinders in play as well as the renowned global recognition our partnership with the LPGA Tour will provide in the years to come."
The preceding post via LPGA Press Release.
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I thought I would share with you how I achieve this look and show you just Just how easy an every day look can be!
I use the LA girl PRO conceal in Natural and I apply it to the areas I want to conceal, usually the broken capillaries near my lips, and any small spots I might have. I just blend this out with my finger.
I then apply my MAC Studio Fix foundation in the shade NW20 with a flat top foundation brush (rose gold brush set) from Crush Cosmetics . I dot the foundation all over my face, and then in a stippling motion I blend it out over my face but avoiding the under eye area.
I then blend this out with my e.l.f stippling brush. Using my Australis Cosmetics AC ON TOUR kit I take the "banana" shade on the small blush brush from the Crush Cosmetics rose gold brush set. I use this to set under my eyes in a dabbing motion.
Next is my favourite part, the brow transformation!
I have found my holy grail brow product, I literally can't use anything else (so far) that I like as much is the Poni Cosmetics brow dust in Thoroughbred!
I use a very small amount on the angled eyeliner brush from the same rose gold brush set (can you tell I love it?). I carefully outline my brows, creating a defined arch and square off the beginning of my brows.
Now that I don't feel naked, Its time for the eyes!
First taking Baby Face on the Medium eyeshadow brush from the rose gold brush set, I applied that all over my eyelid and up to my eyebrow. This creates a base for the rest of the eyeshadows to blend out evenly.
Once thats blended out, I took Frappe and used that with the blending brush from the rose gold brush set and blended that right into the crease line, being sure not taking it above the crease.
Then on the small eyeshadow brush again from the rose gold brush set, I took Shimma Shimma and applied it all over the bottom lid. I didn't want this to go into the crease at all.
To blend it all out nicely I took the xo Beauty Round Top Blender and blended along the crease line again, using only what was left on the brush.
For mascara I used the Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara, Its my current favourite!
This is when I applied the highlighter, I like to wait and see how my eyes turn out to do this.
I just dapped Essence Soo glow cream to powder highlight in "look on the bright side"
and on the bone area under my eye.
Next is blush to make my cheeks pop! I used the NYX baked blush in "foreplay" on my xobeauty medium domed face brush and in light swirling motions move from the tops of my cheek bones down into the middle of my cheeks, not taking it too far come to my nose as you just want to define the mid section.
Isn't it beautiful! I love the pink tones with gold flecks, its pretty much what i use every day!
Lastly, but certainly not least, is the lips!
This is really simple, I just took a nice shade. I chose the Rimmel, Kate Moss lipstick in "Rossetto" no. 38. I lined my lips first with the Chi Chi "It Girl" lip liner and then applied the lipstick. to finish the look off I used a Lip Venom by DuWop to add some fullness to my lips!
I love this look for work, or when I don't have any thing specific to do and just want to freshen up my face.
Whats your favourite everyday look?
Link me to your blogs/youtube of any looks you have done!