In my case, RA (and weight gain) contributed to the development of fallen arches. Growing up, I always had extremely high arches in my feet which made finding the right shoes difficult. Luckily for me when RA started changing things up, a podiatrist was able to diagnose my problem and help me do something about it.
At first, he strapped my feet with heavy duty tape to temporarily support the arches and allow them to heal; then he ordered custom made orthotics to place in my shoes. My particular style of orthotic fits athletic or casual shoes, not dress shoes, and I use them daily.
Besides the fallen arches, RA also contributed to wider feet. No longer do I need narrow shoes or 4A width heels. My feet have become extraordinarily average and a half size longer. But when shoes do not fit, the pain is multiplied. So I choose only to wear shoes that fit well.
Before going through the depths of my closet last week, I had totally forgotten about the duplicate, back-up pair of black dress shoes which were awaiting me. But when I discovered them, I hoped that someone with extra narrow feet and high arches who enjoys low heeled shoes would greatly appreciate a brand new pair of cute Munro pumps.
Bye bye shoes. Hello extra space in the closet. I just may need you for the next pair of RA-friendly shoes I buy.
Hi, I've had many foot surgeries and have painful feet. I do have some cute comfy shoes that get lots of compliments though, JBU has pretty sandals (vegan), in a few different colors. They are made in such a way as to help disguise ugly feet. They are supportive and wonderful to walk in. I have some nice Skechers, very comfortable but not for walking far. Many boots are well made and comfortable and can be used for dressing up too! Jambu makes very beautiful, vegan boots that are very comfortable and stylish. Going through the shoes at Payless has led me to some great buys for soft, comfy, and very inexpensive finds!
Hey @maggiecat! Thanks so much for sharing the brands you love!!
I haven't heard of Jambu so I will definitely check them out as I'm always looking for shoes other than sneakers.
Anyone having trouble with slow healing plantars fasciitis with our RA? Yes, I'm soaking in warm water, rolling the ice bottles, stretching before standing up and wearing night brace. Tried a cortisone shot to no avail by my podiatrist. My rheumatologist advises not to get a second one. I'm using my cane to relieve pressure on my foot and resting it. New Vionic shoes do feel wonderful. Think I'll look into buying more Vionic this Fall.
I was so glad that a member shared about increasing size when your feet are swollen. I went up 2 sizes. Only bad part was seeing all the really pretty shoes, better than in past years. I got clunky, black ones, but they fit and I will decorate them. So there!!!!!!
Thanks for listening. Shoes and purses used to be my main thing, guess I'll look for something different.
Timely article for me – I recently had my ankle fused, bone grafts, etc. I had been walking on the side of my foot for sometime and finally said enough. I knew what the recovery time would be, so that is why I delayed. I will never be able to wear my closet full of shoes – but more mobility would be a blessing. Reading all the comments is always a comfort – to know we are certainly not alone. Hats off to the comments from "Nancy" and her Converse All-Stars – making a bad situation better. Wishing you all find your perfect shoe.
Sure wish I had all the money I've thrown away on shoes that I wound up not being able to wear—I would be rich! lol It's a real problem for sure, Every time I think "these are going to work!", they don't. For years all I could wear was Birkenstocks, now days, not so much (not enough padding). I just bought a pr of 'Orthofeet' ugly sneakers, and wore them to church Sunday as I was going shopping afterwards. You should have seen the look on a womans face when she saw them, omg, how embarressing! I realize the rest of me was more dressed up and the big clunky shoes with bright shoelaces didn't exactly go with my outfit, but so, guess next time I'll wear more 'appropriate' footwear to church. LOL Some people!!
I miss the freedom to choose nice boots, and sandles! I danced and taught World Fusion Dance for years, mostly. Bare footed which encourages spread through the width of your feet. . No bad thing in itself, but made choosing shoes tricky before RA took hold. There are Worse things I know about this crippling disease, But also I only buy animal free, cruelty free products means choice is limited further. Oh boy! Here's to the memory of lovely pretty shoes!!!
I think so many of our members can relate to missing pretty shoes, Curiousraptor! And I think it's pretty neat that you choose animal/cruelty free shoes! I know that can make an already challenging task that much harder. I hope you are still able to dance at times. Thank you for sharing. Best, Erin, RheumatoidArthritis.net Team Member.
I am not surprised so many people have commented on this topic. I immediately felt a response as well. I still keep shoes in my closet that I can barely stand to try on because I love them so much. Some years ago while shopping I came across a lovely pair of Ferragamo shoes with a low heel on sale and in my size. Just as I was slipping my foot in to try them on the woman sitting next to me said, "You shouldn't buy those shoes." Surprised, I asked, "Why ever not?" She replied, "Because you have a bunion." Of course, I had heard of bunions, but didn't really know anything about them. She pointed to my foot and I saw what she meant. I chose to ignore her advice, but now I understand very well what living with a painful bunion is like. I have never been able to wear the shoes and someday someone in a thrift shop will be very happy to find a brand new pair of very expensive dress shoes. I hope she doesn't have a bunion or, if she does, has sense enough to restrain herself.
I am waiting for to be referred to a rheumatologist. Was tested for ra several years ago and was told test was negative. I was relieved at the time, but I believe I do have it. Have the symptoms in both hands (middle joints) with huge sacs of rubbery fluid on two fingers. One was surgically removed and the other went away after several months. However, my real issue is my feet. Bunions and hammertoes on both feet. Had a complete dorsiflexor tendon rupture over a year ago in my left foot. It was surgically repaired and in a year my entire foot has deformed badly. Ankle is weak and big toe has turned dramatically underneath second toe. I have spent almost $1000 in the last year to find shoes I could wear. Has been really rough. Had to quit working at age 60. My job required me to stand and walk for 8 hour shifts. Between ankle weakness from surgery and my foot so deformed I couldn't do it any longer.
Yep, all my 3-inch heels are LOOONNNGGG gone. I'm on the constant hunt for cute flats with hidden support. But each new pair presents a new problem: I've learned to avoid sewn-in instep labels, weirdly placed seams, etc. The RA has made my bunions more pronounced, and now the third and fourth toes on one foot are crossing. I have to use paper tape to separate them if I am going to be walking long. And Christmas?? Thank goodness for cyber shopping!!
for orthodtics , feel as if I am walking on rocks…then it subsides. I can walk again.So unpredictable RA. Remember a line from a John Denver song "Some days are diamonds, some days are stones, some times the hard times, won't leave you alone." My Grandsons wedding is in November, so I am searching for some pretty shoes.
I've spent the entire summer in New Balance shoes with my orthotic inserts. Those inserts really do help. But when the RA flares down in those toe joints, nothing is comfortable. Even going barefoot hurts. Congratulations on your grandson's wedding and good luck on finding some pretty shoes.
Oh how I relate to this post. I spent a small fortune on shoes that were comfortable, stylish, had high arches and heels. I wore them 12-18 hour days! In the last couple years, I've gone to flat shoes, orthotics (aka grandma shoes)and expensive sandals to find comfort and arch support. I've shipped off to my daughter a couple pair of boots that have a low heel that make my feet feel tortured just to try on.
It's surprising sometimes how shoes that were once great can now be torturous. With fall/winter approaching, it's time to go find a pair of stylish boots or sturdy (non-athletic) shoes to go with pants/jeans since I just purged all of those that were falling apart as well. I'm hoping to find some that are heavenly comfortable and don't break the bank. Fingers crossed.
Oh, man. I'm sorry. I wore 3″ heels at least five days a week for decades. I loved really cute shoes. Now I can't. 🙁 I hope your new shoes make someone wonderfully happy as they once did you.
I danced professionally, in 2 & 3 inch heels. Now I wear Converse All-Stars. I will keep wearing them as long as I can bend over to tie my laces.
Thanks. I can't imagine wearing 3″ heels ever. I've always been more of a low-heel person. But I was hoping the same thing about the person(s) who end up with my shoes. I hope that they make someone very happy.


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Prix Productions Opens Offices in North Carolina and L.A. to Develop Feature and Documentary Projects
FWV Chairman & CEO Rick French and Patrick Shanahan, founder and president of Denim Buffalo Films, have launched Prix Productions.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Two of North Carolina's highest-profile creative executives are partnering to form a new film production company focused on the acquisition, development and production of feature films and documentaries.
Rick French, Chairman & CEO of Raleigh-based advertising and PR powerhouse French/West/Vaughan (FWV), and Patrick Shanahan, founder and president of Denim Buffalo Films, have teamed up to form Prix Productions, with French serving as Managing Partner focused on IP acquisition, financing and production, and Shanahan focused on writing and directing. Prix Productions will be headquartered in downtown Raleigh with an office in L.A. that Shanahan will helm. The new imprint currently has two independent projects that are on fast-track production schedules.
The dramatic feature Clear Lake, centered around rock 'n' roll icon Buddy Holly, is being produced in association with Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly; The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation; and BMG, which manages the Holly Estate intellectual property and U.S. music publishing rights. The film will follow Buddy Holly and fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Clarence Collins, founder of Little Anthony & The Imperials, as they tour together in the racially charged days of 1958 as part of the "Biggest Show of Stars Tour." Shanahan and French are collaborating on the story with Shanahan writing the screenplay.
A $12 million budget is planned for Clear Lake and casting will begin this fall. Production will begin in February 2019 to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Holly's death outside Clear Lake, Iowa, following his final concert at the Surf Ballroom. It was 40 years ago that Gary Busey starred in The Buddy Holly Story, a $1.2M film that garnered two Academy Award nominations.
Prix is also producing a documentary on the world hunger crisis and the United Nation's goal of feeding the world by 2030. Production begins next month.
French and Shanahan recently worked together on the Ira David Wood III/Reece Thompson/Madison Iseman drama, The Fox Hunter, which Shanahan wrote and directed. The film is in final post-production with a release expected later this year. Shanahan has written and directed nearly a dozen independent projects including The No Hand King, a critically acclaimed documentary about Raleigh's Rodney Hines.
French is also an executive producer on the recently completed The True Don Quixote, starring Tim Blake Nelson, and is producing the survival drama Not Without Hope, which is in development.
"Patrick and I have been talking for quite a while about creating a film production company that focuses on high-quality dramas and documentaries, and we chose these two projects very carefully to catapult the new venture and show diversity within our slate," said French, who is funding IP acquisition for the company.
"From our earliest conversations Rick and I were in complete alignment about the type of projects we want to take on and our desire to work with studios as well as produce our own independent projects," said Shanahan. "Having our own team of in-house producers, writers and directors will allow us to move our projects along quickly and give rights holders the confidence their stories will actually get told."

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Cell Renew by ITC's leading bath & skin care brand Vivel, has received the prestigious Skin Health Alliance, UK accreditation for its product portfolio – Intensive Restore Body Lotion, Hand Crème, Face Moisturiser and a range of Face Cleansers.
Launched in October last year, Cell Renew is a carefully crafted skin care solution that helps renew skin cell by cell. The advanced formula not only repairs damaged skin cell barrier and replenishes lost nutrients but also fortifies skin's natural defenses against free radicals and other environmental factors. The portfolio offers a range of Body Lotions, a Face Moisturizer, Hand Crème and Face Cleansers.
Skin Health Alliance dermatological accreditation is a seal of trust by International experts. It gives consumers the reassurance and confidence that the brand takes its scientific and clinical research seriously and promotes the importance of healthy skin. The Cell Renew range of products have been tested to meet the rigorous Skin Health Alliance criteria and consequently awarded the accreditation. Cell Renew with this accreditation joins some of the best global skin care brands to have received this recognition. The trust-seal corroborates that the accredited products are skin-safe and that the claims made are evidenced with robust scientific and clinical research. The accreditation also endorses that Cell Renew products meet international regulatory standards for skin care and the products are not harmful to the environment at any stage in their development, manufacture or disposal.


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An EU regulation that phases out the sale of flavoured "roll your own'' tobacco is valid, the Top EU Court said on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
The decision concerns a German firm, Planta Tabak, that filed a lawsuit protesting a 2014 EU prohibition on the sale of certain flavoured tobacco products.
The ban was justified on the grounds that the flavour masks the tobacco taste and encourages consumption, thereby posing a health threat.
The EU gave member states two years to implement the rule, and it took effect in Germany in 2016.
But it also granted extra time to manufacturers of products with a market share greater than 3 per cent until 2020, so they would have time to sell off their stock.
After this rule took effect in Germany in 2016, Planta Tabak sued on the grounds that this phase-out structure was discriminatory.
Berlin's administrative court ultimately referred the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
The Luxembourg judges rejected the firm's claim, arguing that the phase-out period granted to member states to implement the regulation was enough for producers.
By allowing member states to determine whether a tobacco product reaches 3 per cent of market share, the ECJ said, the regulation granted enough legal certainty to manufacturers and therefore did not discriminate.
Moreover, the broader health objectives specifically, discouraging tobacco consumption by young people justified the regulation's "restriction on the freedom of goods,'' the Luxembourg judges wrote.
"Some flavourings are particularly attractive to young people and facilitate initiation of tobacco consumption,'' they argued. The case now reverts to Berlin's administrative court.


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When Lonnie Irvin Todd was born on 20 June 1926, in Sumter, Florida, United States, his father, William Alonzo Todd, was 24 and his mother, Vivian Lucile Robbins, was 22. He died on 11 May 2003, in Bushnell, Sumter, Florida, United States, at the age of 76.
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U.S. major indexes steadied on Tuesday, with little change, as traders take notice of the TTP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) deal announced earlier between the U.S. and 11 other nations to reduce or eliminate tariffs between the countries, the deal will shake industries to its core from auto to drugs and cheese, but it remains to be seen how the deal will affect U.S. trade balance.
The deal faces doubts in Congress from Democrats and Republicans alike, Congress can approve or vote down the deal but it can't amend it.
The Dow Jones index fell 92 points before recouping most of the losses; it was last trading at 16,744 with little change from yesterday's close price.
The S&P 500 fell 122 points to 1,973 before recovering to 1,980, down 50 points from its closing price yesterday, the Nasdaq100 fell 30 points to 4,293, before powering up to 4,310.
All three indexes were thrown into correction six weeks ago, an index is considered to be in a correction if it fell more than 10% from its last all time high. They then recovered some of their hefty losses.
U.S. indexes remain in a relatively wide technical range, trading sideways in the past month, with a resistance range soon to be tested if the indexes remained bullish in the weeks ahead.
Congress avoided shutting the government last week when it approved the budget, therefore sparing markets the turmoil they were put through in the past when the government was shut down, the budget fight is going up again in December, with investors on their nerves expecting a more testing fight, specially that Congress speaker, John Boenher, announced he'll retire at the end of October, Boenher was considered a relatively conciliatory speaker, the coming speaker –no matter who he'll be- is expected to mount a more serious threat to budget negotiations, and another shutdown isn't off the agenda.
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China is a new player in the global knowledge economy dominated by Western countries and Japan, and to some extent by South Korea and Taiwan. Part two of this series assesses China's potential to become a transformative force in global innovation.
The results of China's changing R&D profile are evident in high-profile state-led projects such as China's space, fast rail and commercial airliner programs, which admittedly face their share of obstacles. China is also now competing at the technological frontier in a number of defence-related fields, such as counterspace capabilities and hypersonic vehicles. But the key issue for China's future place on the global technology ladder is how far and how fast its wider economy can embrace the 'fourth industrial revolution', characterised by disruptive innovation integrating the physical, digital and biological worlds. An aging population and stagnating growth model add urgency to the pursuit of economic transformation, to meet the official goal of turning China into a 'modern socialist country' by mid-century; or in development economics terminology, escaping the middle income trap.
Key to this transition is digitised automation of production. China has become the world's largest market for industrial robots, and while foreign suppliers still dominate, domestic robot makers are following the general path of incremental improvement and growing market share. While the extent of automation, let alone digitisation, in China remains very low compared to advanced economies, the cost efficiency of robots is growing and Chinese firms are starting to integrate 'fourth industrial revolution' technologies, notably 3D printing. Chinese overseas investment is also increasingly targeting high technology firms as a means of accelerating the shift towards intelligent manufacturing, with Germany in particular being courted at the government and company level.
Foreign acquisitions are emerging as a fast track to firm upgrading and market access across sectors from product distribution to agrichemicals, with China recently surpassing the US as the world's biggest buying nation in the technology sector. China has also evolved an indigenous startup complex that is emerging as a credible competitor to Silicon Valley, fuelled by the world's second largest venture capital market, which now includes a mammoth array of state-backed funds. While likely to be afflicted by the usual problems of bureaucratic interference, hazy regulation and quantitative fixation, the volume of money involved and the proven ability of Chinese startups to deliver commercialisable products suggests that the impact will increasingly be felt around the world, including in Australia.
In some sectors, notably internet services, consumer electronics and telecommunications, rapid technological change – arguably assisted by state policy – has enabled Chinese firms to catch up with or leapfrog foreign competitors. This also potentially applies to fields where industrial policy has previously failed to close the gap, such as semiconductors and automobiles. In the latter sector for instance, a mix of state owned enterprises and private Chinese firms is leveraging internet-enabled ride-sharing and automotive digitisation, backed by state policy to develop an 'internet of vehicles' composed of self-driving and electrically powered cars. Because this ecosystem will be based on Chinese technology standards and developed by domestic firms, it presents a challenge to the dominance of foreign automakers in the Chinese market, and perhaps even overseas.
Overall, China's technological level remains that of a middle-income country. In high tech sectors its firms remain downstream in the production process, and its R&D system is still burdened by academic fraud, administrative fiat and an incentive structure skewed towards quantity over quality. In three decades China has built (from almost nothing) the framework of a world-class innovation system, yet the pace of its technological catch-up with the developed world remains incremental rather than transformative. But the foundation that has been laid allows us to envisage a future world economy – within a twenty, not a fifty, year timeframe – in which China is increasingly an equal player with Japan, the EU and the US. The key to this outcome is deep reform of China's innovation system, which is bound up in reform of the country's wider political economy.
Yet even if Chinese innovation performance continues to lag that of the First World, China's size means that its global impact will be hard to ignore. While Chinese firms are still far from replicating the foreign investment footprint and international supply chains of established multinationals, China's domestic market may be big enough to support the rise of globally competitive firms, with test cases already present in Huawei, Lenovo, Ali Baba, Tencent and others. Chinese enterprises are finding ways of leveraging domestic scale to exploit high growth R&D intensive sectors outside the well-known examples of e-commerce and electronics manufacturing, for example in biotechnology.
An expanding role for Chinese firms and researchers in an integrated global economy would have political implications, in an era of growing international tensions and secular stagnation. It would undermine proposals to embargo China technologically, and would bolster China's economic influence, which is already a focus of US-China strategic competition. But it would also promote the rise of a more global civilisation, with increasing tapping of mutual resources for wealth creation and scientific progress.
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Enbridge Inc. to buy stake in EnBW offshore wind park project: reports
Enbrige footprint Europe's booming offshore industry has grown significantly with its current holding of a 24.9 per cent stake in E.ON's Rampion project as well as a strategic partnership with France's EDF
Germany is planning to decommission its nuclear power fleet by the end of 2022, as part of the country's commitment to robust greenhouse gas-reduction targets
FRANKFURT/LONDON — Canadian energy firm Enbridge Inc. has won the auction for a stake in Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG's Hohe See, one of Europe's largest offshore wind power projects, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
Once completed, Hohe See, expected to cost as much as 2 billion euros (US$2.24 billion), will produce enough power to supply about 560,000 homes. EnBW plans to make a final investment decision towards the end of the year.
Sources had told Reuters in July that Enbridge and Australia's Macquarie were both vying for the stake of up to 49.9 per cent.
U.S. crude drops below US$40 per barrel for first time since April as oil slumps 4% on glut worry
TransCanada CEO says climate change policies not the answer for struggling pipelines
Alberta on track to having Canada's most aggressive carbon pricing system by 2020, eclipsing even B.C.
A second person with knowledge of the matter told Thomson Reuters PFI that consultants who had been working on debt financing for the project were no longer involved. Of the two bidders, only Macquarie required debt financing, banking sources said.
EnBW and Enbridge declined to comment, while Macquarie was not immediately available for comment.
The move further strengthens Enbrige's footprint in Europe's booming offshore industry, which already covers a 24.9 per cent stake in E.ON's Rampion project as well as a strategic partnership with France's EDF.
Europe's cash-strapped utilities depend on external cash for their offshore parks, usually in need of more than 1 billion euros in investments apiece, with foreign energy groups and pension funds plugging the gap in search of regulated returns.
Enbridge, Canada's largest pipeline company, in November pointed to the offshore wind industry's "strong market fundamentals, sound commercial underpinnings and attractive returns".


Question: I read that the Vatican is going to issue a "martyrology" listing non-Catholic saints. How can this be, and what exactly is a "martyrology"?
Answer: A martyrology is a list of the martyrs and other saints venerated by the Church in a particular region or religious order. It is organized by the day of the year, and also includes the feasts of our Lord and Lady when they occur. Modern martyrologies include the feasts of other saints, non-martyrs who lived lives of conspicuous holiness. The Roman Martyrology includes the saints of the Universal Church (i.e. of the Catholic Church throughout the world). Martyrologies tend to list many more saints than one finds in a missal or breviary on the corresponding days, and may include a brief note about the saints listed. No martyrology claims to be complete, for some saints are known only by God, and others have been eclipsed by the shadows of time. The Roman Martyrology is a liturgical book in that its daily entry is read at the Office of Prime when the hour is prayed in common (e.g. in a monastery or cathedral church).
While inclusion in a martyrology is not an infallible act of the Church in the same way that canonization of individual saints is, the martyrology's purpose is to provide a guide to the faithful so that they may know the identities of the saints for public and private veneration and emulation. The publication of a martyrology, therefore, strongly implies that it is a list of the saints in heaven, at least humanly accurate, though very probably incomplete.
But the word "martyr," as it is used in many people's speech, doesn't always connote sanctity. We admire the courage of those who face death in the line of duty; policemen, firemen, soldiers, and so on -- but rarely think of them as martyrs in the sense of dying for the Faith. Human beings have always admired the heroism of those who die for what they passionately believe in, but recognize that such heroism may be misplaced -- that the passionate beliefs may be erroneous or even evil -- and that such death is not always redemptive from sin. In this sense, there can be "Communist martyrs," and "Nazi martyrs," "martyrs" for science and art, and "martyrs" who are killed while doing something Christian and good while having no repentance or intent to stop committing a myriad of sinful actions. The cook at the soup kitchen, feeding the poor in a laudably Christian manner, can hardly be called a saint if he takes a bullet while simultaneously stirring the soup and planning how his evening will consist of beating his children, kicking the dog, and cheating on his wife.
The perfect charity of giving one's life as a witness to the teachings of Christ might take the place of Baptism or Penance if the witness is unequivocal, but seems much less likely in the case of those who witness to only part of Christ's truth, or who lack contrition for their sins. According to Donald Attwater, Pope Benedict XIV held that a heretic or schismatic might be a martyr coram Deo (in the eyes of God), but not coram Ecclesia (in the eyes of the Church).8 The church would be derelict in its sacred duty if it were to hold such a "half-believer" up for the veneration and emulation of the faithful.
A "Common Martyrology" would include "saints" put to death for heresy -- some by Catholics and some by Protestants -- and, presumably, still considered serious sinners by one group or the other! The faithful of both groups would be called upon to emulate behavior contrary to their doctrinal positions. Such a martyrology is an idea about as fatuous as getting all of the various kinds of Christians together to jointly evangelize non-believers9 -- such a mix of Christians would agree on very little to preach to the non-believers, and would probably spend more time trying to evangelize each other.
1. Donald Attwater, A Catholic Dictionary, s.v."Martyrdom."
2. His Holiness John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, p. 141 in the American edition.


This event involves 100 year 7 pupils from Balcarras taking part in a campaign to improve our local area. on Friday 3rd March (12.15 to 3.10pm) this is part of a national event organised by the Tidy Britain charity, it is called their '#LitterHeroes' campaign.
On the day the pupils and staff went into the beeches park and picking up litter from two recreational areas that are next to our school. These pupils have already been out into the area with geography lessons and identified that litter is an issue in the surrounding community, this is to take action to make our local space a nicer area. As a school we have taken part in these events before and think it is important to make a positive difference. A number of sixth formers have helped organise the event. We are being given support by Cheltenham Council who are providing litter pickers and bags, we are grateful for their support. We managed to collect over 50 bags, and around 140 students and staff helped out over the course of 2 hours. Thanks to everyone involved.


SGM(R) Thomas J. Francis Jr.
Purpose: JROTC prepare high school students for responsible leadership roles while making them aware of the benefits of citizenship. Classroom and outside activities, including service learning projects, become opportunities to acquire the knowledge, discipline, and sense of responsibility that are necessary to take charge of one's future. The result is responsible cadets who are sure of themselves, can think on their own, and can express their ideas and opinions clearly and concisely.


Michael Starks will give us an illustrated talk based on his recently published book Understanding Ravenna which will be available for purchase on the day. Ravenna remains home to some of the finest art and architecture of the Late Antiquity period. UNESCO has listed eight of the monuments as World Heritage sites: three churches, two baptisteries, two chapels and a mausoleum. It is the splendour of the mosaics that gives Ravenna its special reputation. They were created in a social environment marked by civic stability and wealth. Yet these are not the characteristics associated with this era of Italian history, which was marked by major political upheavals. This is the question that Michael Starks will set out to answer in his lecture.


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Dr. Fauci Just Gave This Grim Warning for Winter
Here's what you need to do to avoid a 'twindemic.'
By Alek Korab
When cold and flu season meet the COVID pandemic, things could get messy—we could have a possible "twindemic." However, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, points out that there are some precautionary measures we can take to ease the potential damage. Read on, and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus.
Get Your Flu Shots or There Might be a Twindemic
"We should continue to encourage people to get vaccinated with the influenza vaccine," he told Judy Woodruff of PBS yesterday. Fauci also pointed out that if our trends follow those seen in the southern hemisphere, where they experienced a much milder cold and flu season, "that would be a very good and favorable thing." "We think because people have done public health measures to avoid infection with the coronavirus — namely masks, distancing, avoiding crowds, washing hands — we've had the secondary effect that there are less influenza infections," he explained. "In fact, in Australia this year for that influenza season, which goes from April to September, they've had one of the lowest rates of influenza infection in memory. So if we can do that, I think that would be very favorable."
However, there could be several issues when COVID does converge with the cold and flu, the first being wintertime in general. "When you have winter and indoors, you can expect an uptick of any type of respiratory illnesses. If we do have a full blown flu season, which I hope we don't, and we do not get control over the coronavirus, you can have several challenges," he says.
The first? "Differentiating between COVID and flu, because there are medications for the flu and we're getting more and more medications for COVID," he says. "Number two. We wouldn't want to see an overwhelming of the healthcare delivery system, for example, hospital beds and intensive care unit beds, and even healthcare personnel," he continued. "That would be really a very serious issue if we begin to see any overwhelming of that. And that's the reason why, when you have two coexisting infections during the winter months, it becomes problematic."
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'We Will Come to a Natural End to This'
Calling the chances of a vaccine by Election Day "very unlikely," Dr. Fauci stresses the importance of "being vigilant" about the virus despite the "coronavirus fatigue" that many are feeling as we approach the year-mark of coronavirus. "It is clearly a risk when you've been, you know, exhaustingly involved in something now for eight months," he confessed. "One of the things that I do, and I believe it can be effective is to remind people that there will be an end to this. We will end this crisis that we are in right now, both from a public health standpoint and from a scientific standpoint, for example, with vaccines and treatments, when people know there's an end in sight, they can hang on a bit longer. It's when they throw their hands up in exasperation and say, 'this is the never going to end. So to heck with it, why don't we just get on with our lives and do what we want to do?' That can be a very dangerous conclusion to arrive at because it leads to carelessness and even more infections and the propagation of the pandemic. But when people see that, if they just hang in there a little bit more, we will come to a natural end to this. And that's what I try to emphasize to people when I speak."
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Q: How to correctly set up AspNet Core 2 authentication behind a load balancer? I've set up AspNet Core 2 authentication successfully, but now would like to get it working behind a load balancer.
Because the load balancer address is different from my app address I'm changing the redirect Uri in my startup.cs ConfigureServices like this...
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This works fine and I successfully authenticate and the callback from the identity server calls https://frontfacingaddress.com/signin-oidc.  That is correctly handled and handling OnTokenResponseReceived shows that I successfully recieve the token.
The problem is: it is then making another call to the identity server but this time to the app's actual (not load balancing) address.  When that comes back it gives an error of: AspNetCore.Correlation.OpenIdConnect cookie not found.
So the Fiddler trace looks like this:
302 HTTPS  frontfacingaddress.com   /account/signin
200 HTTPS  identity.serveraddress.com /connect/authorize/callback etc...
302 HTTPS  frontfacingaddress.com   /signin-oidc
-- this is where I successfully receive the code, but then:
302 HTTPS  actualwebaddress.com     /account/signin
200 HTTPS  identity.serveraddress.com /connect/authorize/callback etc...
400 HTTPS  frontfacingaddress.com   /signin-oidc
-- this is the 400 cookie not found error

Why, after successfully authenticating, is it then firing again from the actual address and failing?

A: The solution was to modify the ReturnUri to use the front-facing address when the ticket was received:
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The Christmas tree is the focal point of the most beautiful celebration of the year. With a well-grown tree and its spicy scent, you can bring a little piece of the winter forest into your beautifully decorated home. Decorating the green twigs together with Christmas tree decorations is not just a popular custom, it turns the natural fir into a festive accessory. Give your tree your own personal touch - with Christmas tree decorations made of wood, glass, in white, silver or gold.


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return to king david high school
Completed in 2005, the 9,500 square metre King David High School is an independent Jewish school that fuses the traditions of Judaism with the provincial educational curriculum. The long, linear form and massing creates a strong streetwall edge along a busy thoroughfare that runs through the Oakridge neighbourhood of Vancouver.
The heart of the building is a multipurpose space that serves as sanctuary, assembly hall and student lounge. In 2017, the former library was transformed into a bright, light-filled 21st century learning commons with social and study spaces to support core skill competencies such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to help students thrive in today's world.
Construction materials are spare and durable and convey a sense of permanence: poured-in-place concrete, integrally coloured concrete block, Jerusalem stone, and glulam columns and beams.
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award
Masonry Institute of British Columbia Award
Interior Design Institute of British Columbia Best of Show
Interior Design Institute of British Columbia Gold Award
Canadian Wood Council Wood Design Award
flexible study space
student space and sanctuary


Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder usually takes lots of time. Children and their parents have to complete large questionnaires along with interviews with psychiatrists before treatment can start.
In the latest issue of Nature Translational Psychiatry, researchers from the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School published a new algorithm to detect autism much quicker. They developed a web-based tool to complete these questionnaires and tested the contribution of each survey question individually to diagnose the autism disorder. They found that only seven questions were sufficient for an accurate diagnosis. The new smaller set of questions can be answered online and submitted together with a short home video of the patient. This procedure could reduce the time for autism diagnosis from hours to minutes, and could be integrated into routine child screening practices.
We believe this approach will make it possible for more children to be accurately diagnosed during the early critical period when behavioral therapies are most effective. The traditional diagnostic surveys for autism can be prohibitive for families and caregivers because they are lengthy and have to be administered by a licensed clinician, often in an environment that is unfamiliar to the child, which can be a tremendous burden for families in remote areas. With this mobilized approach, the parent or caregiver will be able to take the crucial first steps to diagnosis and treatment from the comfort of their own home, and in just a few minutes.


Dhoni was the CSK skipper in 2013 when the whole IPL fixing scandal happened.
MS Dhoni is a very polarizing figure in the Indian cricket scene, as there are cricket fans who either love him to death or hate him. There is no in-between sort of feelings when it comes to Dhoni. The former Indian captain has won two World Cups for the nation and achieved many victories that brought pride to the country.
Dhoni took the Indian team to the no.1 rankings in Test cricket for the first time and has been one of the most successful captains the best T20 league of the world, the Indian Premier League. However, his closeness with the former BCCI president N Srinivasan, who also owned the Chennai Super Kings franchise, for which Dhoni plays; has brought him many detractors as well.
However, biggest criticism for Dhoni came when he remained tight-lipped about Chennai Super Kings' involvement in the 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal, when three players from Rajasthan Royals were arrested for spot-fixing and officials from both Royals and Super Kings were found guilty of being involved in match-fixing and betting including son-in-law of Srinivasan and team principal of CSK, Gurunath Meiyappan.
The HotStar produced special docu-series is directed by well-known Bollywood director Kabir Khan and was shot in three months' time. It chronicles the journey of MS Dhoni in IPL during the turbulent times when CSK was suspended and he had to play for another franchise and how CSK made a brilliant comeback and won the tournament in 2018.
"We know all about the broad strokes, the legal side, and the uproar. We don't know what was happening to the individuals beyond those headlines. This is a story behind the headlines. Were these headlines affecting Dhoni? Of course, they were, but he never spoke about it, until now," Kabir was quoted as saying on ET.
Kabir pointed out that the match-fixing saga hurt players, but this docu-series gives those players a chance to put forth their point of view. This proves to be the USP of the whole project. He also said that Dhoni has been very honest in their discussion for the docu-series and interviews last 7-8 hours. This was only possible because Dhoni trusted Kabir Khan that his words will be portrayed sensitively on the screen.
Khan said, "The most successful IPL franchise has match-fixing allegations against them and the icon of the country: Dhoni. They get banned, they cope with that, come back after the allegations are cleared, build a team which is ridiculed and goes on to win again. How could I not have done this?


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Promoting sport for children, in particular its social and educational role.
Sport dans la Ville
Sport dans la Ville is France's leading non-profit association serving disadvantaged young people aged 7 to 25, through sports and job-readiness training. Founded in 1998, Sport dans la Ville operates in 26 urban neighbourhoods and has touched the lives of more than 12,000 young people across France.
Through free football and basketball programmes, Sport dans la Ville imparts the values of teamwork, self-confidence and determination, leading young people towards brighter futures. Its programmes are supported by partnerships with local and national governments, corporations, individuals and international exchange partners in the US, the UK, Brazil and India. Its professional skills training and job placement programme is moving young people from unemployment to opportunity.
AID PLANS
Sport dans la Ville plans to integrate 50 refugees into its regular programmes:
Young refugees will be offered weekly football-based education activities.
Participants aged 14 and over will have the chance to take part in employability and job training workshops.
50 children.
www.sportdanslaville.com
AMANDLA EduFootball
AMANDLA EduFootball is an international non-profit organisation based in South Africa and Germany. The organisation's mission is to create safe spaces that bring together the power of football and learning to empower young people and change lives in South Africa's most impoverished townships. AMANDLA uses football as a medium to attract and engage thousands of vulnerable young people in holistic education programmes.
The Safe-Hub initiative is a replication in Berlin of an award-winning football-based education programme from South Africa.
4,500 young people, primarily refugees and young people with migrant backgrounds, to be involved.
Activities to teach important life skills to empower young people to deal with their everyday challenges.
Goal: for young people to become active citizens in their society.
The UEFA Foundation for Children is supporting AMANDLA EduFootball in the planning phase of the Hub they are building in Berlin. – the funding will cover the cost of the development and adaptation of curriculum material and the training of trainers. The programme with the kids will start in 2018.
90 coaches and 4,500 minors.
www.edufootball.org/
RheinFlanke and FC Internationale Berlin 1980 EV
RheinFlanke actively supports young people in their personal development to become responsible citizens in society. Their focus is on linking street football activities to educational opportunities. Football activities provide an easy entry point for participants to get involved in the education programmes. The organisation is a social service provider with a mission to create long-term and sustainable social projects for disadvantaged young people, particularly those with migrant backgrounds.
Football sessions at schools with special welcome classes for refugees in Berlin.
All sessions will include 50% pupils with refugee backgrounds and 50% local pupils.
The pupils will be accompanied by a social worker.
Both groups will be helped to overcome barriers to social interaction.
There will be a platform for the participants to access further social services.
A further 700 young people will be reached through six tournaments, which will also include teams from other organisations working with young refugees.
920 (all minors).
www.rheinflanke.de/
Diogenes NGO
Diogenes is the Homeless World Cup national partner in Greece, and has worked with refugees since it was set up in 2010.
In addition to welcoming refugees onto its football programme, Diogenes works with a large network of support from other NGOs and state and local governments to provide them with shelter, assistance with their legal status and access to education, Greek language lessons and medical and legal services.
Most of the refugees it works with come from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Diogenes manages the Greek homeless team. Half the players are refugees or asylum seekers.
Five tournaments will be held on a portable pitch in areas across Greece that have large numbers of refugees.
Funding will also be used to expand the programme to offer regular football training in Thessaloniki.
720 children and young adults aged 14 and over.
www.shedia.gr and www.homelessworldcup.org
The Scort Foundation and FC Basel 1893
The Football Club Social Alliance, established and managed by the Scort Foundation, is a network of European professional football clubs united for social responsibility. Together with local partners, the Alliance clubs train young men and women to become football coaches and social role models. These young coaches are encouraged to apply their newly developed social and sporting skills by getting actively involved in their communities and regularly organising football activities for disadvantaged children. The Football Club Social Alliance's goal is for these young men and women to act as multipliers, using football as a sustainable tool to promote health and inclusion, convey core values and foster children's development.
The vision of the Scort Foundation is a world in which all children living in difficult circumstances are able to play sport and are inspired to subsequently develop positive social skills and aspirations. The Football Club Social Alliance inspires and empowers young leaders to act as role models for people in their local communities.
Young Coach Education Programme for coaches of young internally displaced persons in deprived areas.
Well-designed and holistic methodology.
Intensive engagement through a year-long programme, fostering a positive relationship between young internally displaced persons and young people from host communities.
Reducing tensions in affected communities.
Strengthening local structures to create a peaceful society.
Additional indirect young beneficiaries through activities led by graduates of the programme.
40 young adults.
www.scort.ch/scort/ and www.scort.ch/
Champions ohne Grenzen
Champions ohne Grenzen has been carrying out sport and cultural work for several years, leading to the establishment of a culture in Berlin and Brandenburg of welcoming refugees. Champions ohne Grenzen is using football to support refugees in Berlin.
Playing football will give refugees the opportunity to get to know their new country and strengthen their self-esteem at the same time.
Participants will be empowered to navigate their new surroundings, with support regarding the legal aspects of asylum.
Champions ohne Grenzen advocates the reduction of barriers to refugees entering the club system and educates stakeholders in sport and politics about the challenges that refugees face.
750 children and young adults.
www.championsohnegrenzen.com
Fundación Red Deporte y Cooperación
Based in Spain and the US, Fundación Red Deporte y Cooperación uses the power of sport to empower young people in disadvantaged communities throughout Africa, Latin America and eastern Europe.
Its programmes are focused on leadership, life skills, gender equality, HIV prevention, hygiene, basic health education and the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. The organisation also strives to promote intercultural integration through sport in migrant communities throughout Spain.
Weekly football training sessions will serve as a tool to incentivise young refugees and local marginalised groups with migrant backgrounds, such as Romani youngsters, to go to school and improve their academic performance.
With ten years of experience in the field of development through sport, Fundación Red Deporte y Cooperación can bring valuable expertise and networking capabilities to the streetfootballworld network, and will also promote the network's vision in Spain.
1,200 children and young adults.
www.streetfootballworld.org
Oltalom Sport Association
Oltalom Sport Association (OSA) was founded by a group of individuals and civil organisations in 2005. Its goal is to use sport as a tool to improve the self-esteem of disadvantaged people and promote a healthy lifestyle. Since 2006 it has regularly participated in international tournaments and spread the message to its players that they are special.
OSA's mission is to use the power of football to motivate young people to study and have a goal in life, and to use the love of football to bring together a wide range of different social groups.
OSA believes that fair play in sport can help to fight racism and increase social tolerance and that playing football helps people to be able to work in a team and experience the power of being part of a team. Using all the social skills learned at the training sessions, they can provide for themselves, be useful members of society and have a better life. Participating in an international tournament makes them believe that hard work pays off, and that dreams can come true. OSA helps to change society by reducing racism and increasing tolerance.
Weekly training sessions specifically for refugees and migrants in the vicinity of refugee shelters, using a portable pitch.
Tournaments and a football camp to foster interaction between Hungarians and refugees and to facilitate the process of integration.
560 children and young adults, of which 160 are refugees.
www.utcaifoci.hu
Johan Cruyff Foundation
In 2011, more than 50,000 children and young people were active on a weekly basis in projects supported by the Johan Cruyff Foundation. With a special emphasis on areas such as health, personal values, integration, respect and cooperation, the Johan Cruyff Foundation aims to improve the welfare of children and young people by offering them the opportunity to participate in sporting activities.
The Johan Cruyff Foundation has so far built more than 180 Cruyff Courts – playgrounds that provide safe places for children and young people to play – in communities all over the world. Particular attention is given to children from impoverished backgrounds and to those with physical disabilities, with the ultimate aim being to encourage them to play an active role in their neighbourhood and to invest in their personal development.
The Johan Cruyff Foundation hopes to strengthen its existing projects in different countries by building on the knowledge and experience of members of the streetfootballworld network. The foundation would also like to use its influence on decision makers to promote streetfootballworld and to support the network's goals.
Interesting multiplier-effect project:
In six refugee shelters, 15 certified coaches will be trained to educate ten young refugees on how to organise football tournaments in their camps.
The main objective of these tournaments will be to actively involve young refugees living in the camp, to give them concrete responsibilities, to help them discover new talents, to increase their self-confidence and to teach them new skills.
www.cruyff-foundation.org
Balon Mundial
A.S.D. Balon Mundial Onlus is a non-profit organisation with core expertise in refugee work and was founded in 2012. Its main objective is to prevent and tackle any kind of discrimination or racism, using sport as a vehicle for education to challenge social exclusion. The target groups are young people and migrants living in Turin. All projects run by the organisation promote sport as a tool for social inclusion and fair play, the role of rules and peaceful conflict resolution. The organisation also aims to facilitate reintegration into learning or working life, developing transversal competences useful both in and off the pitch.
To arrange intercultural football tournaments for refugees and migrants in Turin.
To enable migrant communities to serve as a social network for newly arrived migrants and refugees.
To run football coaching courses to promote the importance of fair play and respect and to run workshops on cultural habits and the legal system in Italy.
2,200 children
www.balonmundial.it
KICKFAIR
Their vision: All young people should have equal opportunities to develop their personal and professional potential.
Their mission: To support young people in developing the skills and capacities they need to create a positive life plan by using the KICKFAIR educational approach.
What they do nationally: Teach personal skills, strengthen individual capacities, promote personal development, create long-term perspectives and develop further community engagement. KICKFAIR developed a holistic and comprehensive educational programme to give young people who lack opportunities and are at risk of social exclusion the chance to become active (co-) creators of their personal and professional futures.
What they do internationally: Convey global values and skills, promote transnational learning, facilitate cooperation and mutual learning and promote the experience of diversity as a strength. KICKFAIR works with recognised international partner organisations to give participating young people the opportunity to network internationally and to learn from one another.
KICKFAIR wants to initiate pilot projects in two schools in Germany that provide welcome classes for refugees. Since these classes are mostly separate from regular classes, KICKFAIR wants to arrange football training sessions and a football tournament for both refugees and existing pupils using the football3 playing method. In addition, selected pupils from both the regular classes and the welcome classes will participate in workshops on cultural understanding and become ambassadors for their school and for integration.
www.kickfair.org/
Sport 4 Life UK
In the city of Birmingham, an estimated 50,000 children and young people live in areas that are in the top 5% most deprived areas nationally. Sport 4 Life UK is an award-winning charity that changes the lives of these disadvantaged children and young people through the power of sport.
It works with children aged 8 to 16 who have struggled at school, endured difficult home lives or developed behavioural issues, and with young people aged 16 to 25 who have experienced long-term unemployment or been involved in the criminal justice system. Despite these challenging backgrounds, Sport 4 Life UK believes that every child and young person has the ability to make a positive change in their lives and to be a success story.
Sport 4 Life UK provides a helping hand on this journey through its sports-themed educational programmes. These programmes help children and young people to achieve something tangible – to build their confidence, develop their life skills, improve their health, transform their behaviour, gain a qualification or find a job – and ultimately to reach their true potential.
A weekly programme of football and education sessions for 200 young people (including 140 refugees/migrants) in Birmingham. Employability is a central part of the programme, so many of the activities will be aimed at enhancing communication, teamwork and respect and skills such as CV writing and interview skills.
www.sport4life.org.uk/
The Tigers Sport and Education Trust
The Tigers Sport and Education Trust was founded in 1990 under the name of Hull City Football in the Community, with support from the Professional Footballers' Association. It rebranded in 2007 to highlight its charitable status.
Directed by a board of trustees and governed by the league in which Hull City AFC play, the trust's priority is a high standard of organisation and delivery within the sports development and education sector.
The trust uses sport to tackle a wide range of issues, such as health problems, unemployment and crime, and is a strong and very experienced organisation in the field of using football for good.
The proposal includes:
weekly football activities for 240 refugees in Hull,
football festivals as opportunities for integration, and
language skills and coach education workshops as additional opportunities for the beneficiaries.
240 children and young adults
www.tigerstrust.co.uk
Sport Against Racism Ireland
Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI) was founded in 1997 as a direct response to the growth of racist attacks from a small but vocal section of people in Ireland. This was a result of a dramatic increase in the number of foreign nationals living in Ireland. SARI's mission is to support cultural integration and social inclusion in Ireland by using sport, particularly football, as a medium to combat racism, sectarianism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination. SARI organises regular football programmes, annual sporting events, school sports and educational programmes and cultural activities to tackle discrimination and to promote and support cultural integration and social inclusion.
The support of young people from migrant or refugee backgrounds is at the heart of all of SARI's programmes. Funding is being requested for:
football education sessions at refugee centres,
a football programme targeted at young Muslim girls, and
two football integration festivals, including one on World Refugee Day in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
8,500 children and young adults aged ten and over
www.sari.ie
Play away, Play everywhere
The UEFA Foundation for Children is supporting a social responsibility project for internally displaced persons, in particular children, from areas affected by the conflict in Ukraine. This project aims to promote the social integration of internally displaced children through football; encourage internally displaced children to adopt healthy lifestyles by doing sport, in particular football; provide access to safe sports facilities; foster personal development through education and training; and raise the local communities' awareness of the project and the problems affecting internally displaced children.
Football as a social integration tool
The following key activities will be organised to achieve the objectives of this project:
Four football tournaments in cities located near to the conflict zone and in the regions containing the most displaced children;
Three UEFA Grassroots Leader courses for a total of 75 internally displaced physical education teachers
A special course for 50 regional project leaders in 25 regions of Ukraine, teaching them how to interact with internally displaced children;
One year's free access to football training for 1,000 internally displaced children all over Ukraine;
Excursions for 1,000 internally displaced children, to visit football museums, stadiums and autograph signings with national team players;
Free tickets to national team and club matches for 2,000 internally displaced children (home matches in the period covered by this project );
Participation of 200 internally displaced children in the pre-match line-up ceremonies at national team and club matches
Fundraising and promotions among organisational and individual benefactors and sponsors for the benefit of internally displaced children
www.ffu.org.ua
Rheinflanke
Programme entitled 'Learning German through football!'
To target young refugees in emergency accommodation at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin.
To explicitly target young refugees aged between 10 and 18 who lack opportunities in education and personal development.
To teach football-related phrases as an easy start to learning German.
365 children aged between 10 and 18.
www.rheinflanke-berlin.de
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Pharmacology vs Toxicology | 10 Basic Differences
Last Updated On February 18, 2022 by Ranga.nr
Pharmacology is a science that studies the effect of a drug and the body's response to it. It is aimed at bringing therapeutic benefits from the drug.
Toxicology is a science that studies the poison characteristics of a substance and also its adverse effects on living beings.
But, in areas like drug research, both pharmacology and toxicology are employed. However, the role of these two studies is different yet vital.
Pharmacology vs Toxicology Differences
Since both studies are utilized in drug research, there is a chance of confusion, and it would be important to know the differences and similarities. But before we go further, we need to be clear of the terms "toxin and medicine."
Poison/ toxin: Any substance beyond a certain dose acts as a poison to living beings. This is true for even the water we drink and the oxygen we inhale.
Drug or medicine: Any substance that is intended to treat, cure, diagnose, prevent a disease or body discomfort is called a drug.
So, from the above terms, it is clear that all substances can act as poisons, but only a few of them can act as medicine.
1. Aim To ascertain the efficacy and compatibility of the drug in the treatment of disease. To ascertain the doses at which the drug or substance causes toxicity. Or the even the causes of adverse effects and death (for legal purposes)
2. Parameters The effective dose (ED 50), the volume of distribution, clearance rate, half-life ( t1⁄2), etc. The lethal dose 50 (LD50), lethal concentration 50 (LC50) are determined.
3. Subjects for study Studies are done on both animals and humans. But they are alive Studies are confined mostly to animals. But for forensic purposes, it is done even on dead bodies.
4. Substances tested Medicines, devices, vaccines. Any substance which can have an effect on living organisms.
5. Point of studies It is done after toxicological studies. It is done prior to pharmacological studies to minimize the chances of adverse effects in humans and animals.
6. Range of studies It is done at different levels as preclinical and clinical studies. It is done as acute, subacute, and chronic toxicity studies.
7. Scale of studies It is done on a small scale, like in hundreds or thousands of subjects. It is continued on a wide scale-like on thousands or millions of subjects (clinical trials 3 and 4) to check for adverse effects on the whole population.
8. Reports The minimum dose is required to produce a therapeutic effect. The maximum tolerable dose without toxic effects is determined.
9. End goal To restore health and well-being in a safe manner. To preserve and protect the health of humans and the environment.
10. Branches It has two main branches pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Different branches like medical toxicology, environmental toxicology, forensic toxicology, etc.
Pharmacology vs. Toxicology Similarities in medicine
There are few similarities when seen on medical studies in between them like
1 Animals used Albino Rats, mice, guinea pigs The same set of animals is used for toxicology too.
2 Method of administration Oral or parenteral administrations The method of administration is the same as in pharmacology.
3 Mode of study Screening method It is also a screening test.
4 Substances state or form It can be either a solid, liquid, gas, powder, crystalline or amorphous. The same form of the substance is used for both studies when a particular medicine is screened.
What is the dose in toxicology?
The dose at which the substance shows adverse effects is toxicology. LD50 or LC50 determines this.
Are toxicology and pharmacology the same
You could make out from the above differences that they are not the same. But both are needed for adequate healthcare.


The office of the Independent Football Ombudsman (IFO) was created in July 2008 by the English Football Authorities (the Football Association, the Premier League and The English Football League) with the agreement of Government. The IFO was established by the football authorities to receive and adjudicate on complaints which have failed to be resolved by football clubs or the football authorities. Furthermore, if the football bodies have dealt with a complaint in full, then the IFO can review whether due process was followed and the complaint handled properly. In these circumstances the IFO does not offer an alternative interpretation of rulings, but an examination of whether a complaint has been handled appropriately.
The IFO acts as a check and balance and is the final stage within football's complaints procedure. It is the successor body to the Independent Football Commission (IFC), which operated from 2002 to 2008 as an integral part of football's self-regulatory system. In February 2016 the IFO was officially recognised as an Approved Alternative Dispute (ADR) Body under the 2015 Alternative Dispute Consumer Regulations. As such it is part of an EU wide ADR platform which can be accessed here HERE.
The vast majority of complaints are resolved at an early stage, but if you feel dissatisfied with the outcome of a complaint you have submitted to a football body, such as a football club or governing body, then you can refer it to the IFO for investigation. The IFO will not accept a complaint unless the provider of the goods or services has had the opportunity to resolve the complaint. The IFO has no remit for incidents which occur on the field of play or for referee performance. It also has no role in relation to grassroots football or the county Football Associations. Its coverage is limited to the 92 English league clubs and to the competitions organised under the aegis of the three English Football authorities.
You may wish to communicate your concerns to the IFO by post, phone or email, using any of the contact addresses given in the website. However, do remember that the IFO can adjudicate formally only on those complaints which have already been dealt with by a football body.
All IFO Adjudication Reports are published in full on this website. The IFO will produce an Annual Report to the Minister for Sport and the Football Authorities. This report will be made publicly available.
Who's who at the IFO?
The Independent Football Ombudsman service comprises the Ombudsman (Professor Derek Fraser), his deputy (Mr Alan Watson) and an Advisory Panel.
Professor Derek Fraser was for the whole if its existence the Chairman of the IFC, having been appointed in August 2001 and implementing its closure in June 2008. He has been watching football since the late 1940s and he supports his hometown club, Birmingham City. His best football moment was being at Wembley to see England win the World Cup in 1966. Derek is best known as a historian for his writing on the history of the Welfare State. He is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Teesside, where he served as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive from 1992 to 2003.
Mr Alan Watson CBE was also an IFC Commissioner throughout the life of the IFC, serving as Vice-Chairman during its later stages. He was a senior civil servant and has a wealth of experience in complaints resolution. He was Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner, responsible for investigating complaints against government departments. Alan is a qualified and still active football referee. He is an avid Newcastle United fan and travels long distances from his home in the south to watch his beloved black and whites.
The IFO Advisory panel comprises members with a broad range of experience, on which the IFO can draw in particular cases. Expertise may include legal and financial issues; governance and compliance; stadium operations; communications; supporter relations and community initiatives; and complaint handling within ADR procedures.
Arthur Selman has a legal and public sector regulatory background. He was involved in financial services at a senior level, specialising in compliance and governance reform.
Graham Courtney is a former Press Officer at Newcastle United and Chief Operating Officer for the Independent Football Commission. He is continuing his journalistic activity as a radio reporter for TalkSPORT.
Phil Goldstone has had a successful career in international business sales and is a lifelong Manchester City supporter and season ticket holder. He also watches Oldham Athletic, whose history he is writing for his PhD.
Tom Woodhouse is Emeritus Professor at Bradford University where he has lectured, researched and written on sport and conflict resolution. He has special interests in the community links with football clubs.
Kevin Grix, a qualified lawyer, is the Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman at Dispute Resolution Ombudsman Limited (which operates The Furniture Ombudsman and from November 2018 will operate the newly appointed The Rail Ombudsman). He sits on the Executive Committee of the Ombudsman Association and is vastly experienced in dealing with consumer disputes and their resolution.
Ela Mistry-Jackson is programme leader for social work at the University of Bradford and has experience of diversity and equality within various sectors. She has been an assessor for the Premier League, evaluating clubs seeking their Equality Standard.
Gillian Fleming has extensive experience of ADR and Ombudsman schemes across higher education, property professionals, health and local government, including safeguarding. She has reviewed complaints about the Disclosure and Barring Service and undertaken complaint reviews in other sectors. She has regulatory roles and has past and current experience as a Non-Executive Director.


Paulette Brown joined Tobias, Vandeputte & Skulsky in 1999.
As our receptionist, Paulette is typically the one to greet you on the phone or in person if you're visiting the office. She also helps us in the preparation of financial statements, keeps track of our client mailing list, and ensures our office continues to run smoothly.
Born in Pineville, Kentucky and raised in Clarkston, Michigan, Paulette is married and has three children: John, Kelli and Kerry.
Away from the office, Paulette enjoys golf, going to art fairs, and spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren. An excellent baker, Paulette loves to make cakes and cookies for her family… and occasionally for us at the office, if we're lucky enough!


Dior's new Rouge Dior Brilliant Lipshine & Care ($35; dior.com) is a new launch that comes in 14 very wearable shades that wear like a lip balm-gloss with the nourishing properties of a lip oil. Rouge Brilliant is a slightly thicker gloss, not as dense as the Fluid Sticks, but not as light and smooth as the Addict Glosses.
I picked up Victoire, a bright peachy orange with a hint of shimmer. Victoire looks super bright in the tube, but sheers out to a warm peachy orange on my lips. The texture is moderately sticky and not too heavy. It is a good summer gloss that has enough pigment to be worn alone and looks fabulous layered over corals, nudes and peaches. There's a light floral scent that doesn't bother me much and like any other gloss, the lasting power is about 2-3 hours. The applicator is interesting and helps with less wastage of product, but the application could be a little tricky initially. As of now, I do not see any other unique, must have shades in the range, but the formula is definitely worth checking out if you are a fan of the lightweight, moisturizing formula that Dior lip products generally have.
Have you tried any of the Rouge Dior Brilliant Glosses yet?


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Q: Compiling error with omnet++5.1.1 and veins4.6 I have an error with omnet++5.1.1 and veins4.6. While build the project, I received error message as below:
g++ -c -std=c++11 -g -Wall -MMD -MP -MF out/gcc-debug//Attacker.d    -isystem /usr/include -isystem /mingw64/include -fno-stack-protector  -DXMLPARSER=libxml -DPREFER_QTENV -DWITH_QTENV -DWITH_TKENV -DWITH_PARSIM -DWITH_NETBUILDER -DWITH_OSG -DWITH_OSGEARTH  -DINET_IMPORT  -I/c/Users/xiruoliu/src/omnetpp-5.1.1/include -o out/gcc-debug//Attacker.o Attacker.cc
In file included from Attacker.cc:21:0:
Attacker.h:26:68: fatal error:
veins/modules/application/ieee80211p/BaseWaveApplLayer.h: No such file or directory
#include "veins/modules/application/ieee80211p/BaseWaveApplLayer.h"
                                                                ^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:105: out/gcc-debug//Attacker.o] Error 1

I also tried to add the veins directory in makefile or change the directory in include statement to the complete path as #include "/c/Users/xiruoliu/src/veins-4.6/src/veins/modules/application/ieee80211p/BaseWaveApplLayer.h". But it still failed.
The code used to work with oment++5.0 and veins4.5. Does anyone has a clue?


I enjoy including light into just about any project I create. There's something innately beautiful about the presence of light, possibly because without it we have no color. More specifically, I'm referring to the subtle use of light, whether that is something found in a photograph, a painting, or another work of art. And, I believe this use of light applies equally well to projects one might do in robotics, electronics, and making.
LEDs (light emitting diodes) are fascinating to me. They are reasonably inexpensive for maker projects, come in a variety of colors (even multi-color, or RGB) and sizes, and can be programmed for brightness, on/off frequency and sequencing together. However, in their raw state they are just pinpoints of light, and when viewed head-on can be extremely, almost painfully, bright.
For these reasons, I set about to create a few objects that can diffuse this light while at the same time serve a purpose in a project. They could become a pair of eyes, flowers in a pot, diamonds in a treasure chest.
While LEDs come in a few different sizes, generally 3mm, 5mm, and 10mm, I have designed my "LED caps" to work with 5mm as they are the most common.
Starting simple in Tinkercad, I first created the shape that would become the hole for inserting the LED. Using a cylinder, I made the dimensions 10mm tall with a diameter of 5.25mm. The extra .25mm ensures that the LED will slide inside comfortably. I also added a small rim at the bottom, 1mm x 6.25mm, to accommodate the same shape on an LED.
With the hole shape ready, I began to build around it. The first few designs came directly from the Basic Shape library, like cylinders, half spheres, and diamonds.
Basic shapes set to transparent so that the LED hole shape is visible within.
Gradually, I worked up to more complex pieces to create eyes and flowers. To learn about creating complex shapes, visit my free Tinkercad tutorial series.
Complex objects are created by combining basic shapes, as well as subtracting shapes from each other.
With Tinkercad's recently added Part Collection feature, I can add these new shapes to my personal library for later use, and for sharing out. Even merely sharing the LED hole shape to my students allows them to design new parts for their use. If you would like to download the .STL files to print for yourself, I've posted them on Thingiverse.


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Q: Suppose $v$ and $w$ are linearly independent. Show that the cross product of $v$ and $w$ is linearly independent. Suppose $v$ and $w$ are linearly independent. Show that the cross product of $v$ and $w$ is linearly independent.
I understand how to calculate the cross product of two linearly independent vectors and have found that the result is linearly independent. I don't understand how to construct a abstract proof to represent all cases and answer the question.
Cheers

A: Show that the cross product $v\times w$ is orthogonal to $v$ and $w$. Since $v$ and $w$ are linearly independent, this implies that the three vectors are linearly independent. Indeed suppose that
$$
c_1v+c_2w+c_3(v\times w)=0\tag{0}
$$
for some $c_i$. Then take the inner product with respect to $v\times w$ of both sides to yield that
$$
c_3|v\times w|^2=0
$$
so $c_3=0$ (since $v\neq 0$ and $w\neq 0$). Hence $(0)$ becomes
$$
c_1v+c_2w=0.
$$
But $v$ and $w$ are linearly independent so $c_1=c_2=c_3=0$ as desired.

A: Suppose $ w, v, w \times v$ were linearly dependent.  Then there exists scalars a and b such that $$ aw + bv = w \times v $$
"Dot producting" both sides of this equation with $w \times v$ gives $0$ on one side and a positive number on the other.

A: One can define the cross product of $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ to be a vector perpendicular to both $\vec a$ and $\vec b$, with the right hand rule used to determine the direction,  and magnitude equal to the area of the parallelogram spanned by $\vec a$ and $\vec b$, that is, $\mid \vec a\mid\mid \vec b\mid\sin\theta$, where $\theta$ is the angle between them.
If we use this definition then we are done right away.
According to Wikipedia,  the equivalency with the determinant definition is not that easy.

A: When vector a and b are orthogonal then
$a.b = 0$, and a and b are linearly independent, i.e. $a+b \ne 0$.
Now v and w are linearly independent so $k_1v+k_2w \ne 0$, we take the dot product of this non zero vector with the cross product of v,w say u.
$u.(k_1v+k_2w) = k_1u.v+k_2u.w$, now as u is orthogonal to v and w we have
$u.(k_1v+k_2w) = k_1u.v+k_2u.w = 0 + 0 = 0$
So $u+(k_1v+k_2w)\ne 0$, which is equivalent to $k_3u+k_1v+k_2w\ne 0$
(because if $k_3u+k_1v+k_2w= 0$ then assuming $k_3$ is non zero, $u+(k_1/k_3)v+(k_2/k_3)w= 0$ )
that indicates $u,v,w$ are linearly independent.


You will be absolutely amazed at the results! They really give you a natural facelift.
Facial exercises only take a few minutes and can be done in bed before you even get up.
Exercise helps you face to wake up, and tones up the facial muscles to prevent jowls and saggy eyes.
The secret of success is to do these exercises every day.
Firm Jaw Line - Tip your head back and look at the ceiling. Place your lower lip over your bottom row of teeth and slowly open and close your mouth 20 times. You should feel the pull along your throat.
Tighten Facial Muscles – Keep your lips together and smile. Pull your smile up as high as you can at the corners and hold it there for 40 seconds, then release. Do this three times.
Firm Chin Line – Place your bottom teeth in front of your top teeth and smile. Pull you cheek muscles up as high as you can and hold for 40 seconds. Do this three times.
Stop Eyelids Sagging – Place your fingertips firmly on your eyebrows. Now close your eyelids and squeeze them shut hard. Hold this for 40 seconds. Repeat three times. This exercise was given to a lady with a drooping eye-lid, which is now wide open.
around the eyes and jaw line.
Take Permea Plus for Hair, Skin & Nails which contains everything that the skin needs and can be used as a multi-vitamin too.
Drink plenty of water throughout the day and aim for at least eight glasses daily.
And don't forget to have your beauty sleep - your body repairs while you sleep!