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Palm Beach Luxury Condo Market on the Rise
By Taylor K. Vecsey Posted on April 3, 2022
With a view like that, it's easy to understand the $21.75 million asking price for unit No. N PH 4 at 2 N. Breakers Row, listed with The Koch Team at The Corcoran Group.
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Earlier this month, the most expensive condo in the history of Palm Beach hit the market. The penthouse in the ultra-luxurious 2 North Breakers Row is asking $21.75 million.
It's not as astronomical as it might sound. Another penthouse unit in the other building at Breakers Row traded for $17.68 million in September, according to The Palm Beach Daily — its original asking price of $19.995 million was the record at the time. Dana Koch of the Corcoran Group, who is representing No. N 4, says this listing is even more desirable.
"The luxury market is obviously on fire," says Koch. "Every month it's been appreciating." The penthouse — one of only a handful in the two buildings — is 3,500-square-feet.
The Koch Team says their listing offers a thoughtful floorplan with high ceilings and art lighting.Living Proof Photography
The condo at 2 North Breakers Row is "sprawling in the sense that you have eastern views, southern views — southeast — from the terrace. It's beautiful," Koch says of his new listing. All of the bedrooms face west, giving panoramic views of the city and the Breakers golf course. His listing also offers 10-foot ceilings, a rarity even in luxury Palm Beach condos. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in the United States two years ago, city dwellers with means sought refuge where they could have more space and privacy. "The same thing that happened in the Hamptons, happened here," Koch says of Palm Beach.
"People were migrating out of the city." Since it was March and spring break, lots of families were in Florida for vacation "and some of them never left," Koch remembers. "We had a huge run on seasonal rentals in March and April 2020 and people were terrified. They didn't want to go back to NYC for obvious reasons."
People who had been considering a move to Florida, those who had been "dipping their toe in the water prior to the
pandemic," now made a decision. "They dove into the shallow end. They moved so fast you couldn't imagine. There was an overwhelming amount of buyers moving from places like New York City."
• The Real Estate Roundtable: The Great Condo Rush in Palm Beach [RELATED]
Initially, buyers shied away from condos. "What ended up happening was, at the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021, people had a little more of a comfort level of what was going on. The condo market picked up significantly," Koch says.
And it has not dipped since — not even in June of 2021 when a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside partially collapsed, killing 98 people. While the exact cause has yet to be determined, the investigation has focused on the degradation of concrete structural support due to water penetration and corrosion.
"It still is a topic of conversation," Koch says. "As I tell people . . . . Is there a building falling every day? No. It was an anomaly. The building wasn't taken care of properly," adding that building codes in Palm Beach are stringent and condo boards are well-versed and diligent.
Buyers are keenly aware of what happened and ask more questions about a building's structural integrity than ever before, he adds.
Listed for $9.3 million, unit PH-C at 300 S. Ocean Blvd. in Palm Beach went into contract in early March.Courtesy of Premier Estate Properties
Condos Trailed Single-Family Homes, But Not By Much
Rosalind Clarke of Premier Estate Properties, who has 34 years in the business, says the problem is certainly supply and demand. "There is way more demand than we can supply," she says.
While Florida handled the pandemic differently than New York, "I think there were COVID protocols in all the buildings," Clarke says, adding that Palm Beach has one of the highest numbers of vaccinations per capita in the country. "I think that made people very comfortable."
Prices have increased enormously, Clarke says. "I'm finding with the condo market, it actually trails the housing market, but it's definitely caught up."
Koch explains there were several factors other than getting comfortable with living in a pandemic. The housing market was moving at such a rapid pace that buyers couldn't find exactly what they wanted. Condos in quality buildings have been, in some cases, "placeholders," until buyers can find a single-family home of their dreams.
"Two years ago, people could sit on the Zillows of the world and essentially pick and choose. If they found something they liked, they could tell an agent, 'I'll be down in a couple of weeks.' . . . you don't have that
luxury anymore," Koch says. "You have to be ready to act and act quickly."
Since December 2020 when the condo market picked up again, inventory levels have fallen significantly. At the time of this interview in early March, there were 24 condos in-town, which are at a premium, across every single price point. "There are some buildings in New York that have 24 units for sale!" Koch says. There were 36 condos available on the south end.
"Sixty apartments for sale in Palm Beach — that's mindboggling from an inventory perspective," he says. "There's got to be thousands" of condos, he adds.
The single-family home market is no different. There are more than 2,200 houses in Palm Beach, but fewer than 40 houses for sale, and out of 6,500 pieces of property, only about 100 parcels of land for sale, at the time of the interview.
"We're selling ourselves out of a job," Koch says with just a bit of a laugh.
Clarke's listing offers ocean views, not just from the terrace, but from the main living area.Courtesy of Premier Estate Properties
A Penthouse for Everyone
A penthouse that Clarke was representing at the iconic 300 South Ocean Boulevard, on the ocean in Midtown Palm Beach, just went into contract. The one-bedroom apartment was asking $9.3 million.
Though it was on the market last year, the owners decided to take it off the market because they didn't need to sell it. This time, it went on the market in December, before finding a buyer in early March.
Being a one-bedroom, there may be "a slight deterrent" for some, but Clarke says it is "one of the most exceptional apartments on the island. It has this huge terrace and then fantastic ocean views."
The 3,864-square-foot pad is located in what Clarke calls a boutique building, originally designed in the 1960s by noted architect Howard Chilton, known as the vanguard of the Modernist movement. "Featuring his signature curvilinear silhouette, the six-floor, 45-unit building is on the corner of Ocean Boulevard and Brazilian, four blocks from tony Worth Avenue's boutique shopping and fine dining venues," a description reads.
"A lot of people who live in the building are major art collectors and we happen to have, on loan, museum-quality art in the lobby," Clarke says. The lobby, recently upgraded, has a midcentury look, with "white-glove services," including a full-time doorman, onsite manager and maintenance staff, as well as a gym and pool.
Scott Gordon and Mindy Gordon of Douglas Elliman Real Estate brought Penthouse 501S at 3100 South Ocean Boulevard to the market earlier this month at $8.9 million — the most expensive on South Ocean, at press time, Scott Gordon says.
It's one of just 40 units available on South Ocean Blvd., when there were about 300 pre-COVID. "It's a great indication of the condominium market," he says.
With nearly 5,000 square feet of living space, Gordon says it is "a one-of-a-kind" with direct oceanfront to lakefront views with two balconies overlooking the ocean, pool and Intracoastal Waterway.
Located in Palm Beach Hampton, an ultra-luxury oceanfront building, the penthouse offers customized finishes, from custom closets to porcelain woodstyle flooring throughout. There are three bedrooms and five-and-a-half-baths, including an owner's dual suite with a bedroom, two luxurious bathrooms and an office.
The penthouse at 501S comes with an air-conditioned cabana at the pool, one of just 23.Courtesy Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Luxury All the Way
Condo living has its perks, especially in luxury buildings. "It's the ease of convenience. They can shut the door and not worry about anything," Koch says.
Many purchasers are looking at condos from a lifestyle perspective. "They are looking for views, on the ocean or the Intracoastal. Does it skew toward an older buyer? Yes," but the demographic is changing.
Clarke, a British native who moved to Palm Beach in 1979, has lived in a condo since 2006. "I like my beautiful view of the ocean. I like the fact that one can leave town and know that someone is looking after everything. It's an added feeling of security."
What amenities are buyers looking for in high-end condominiums in Palm Beach? "I think everybody wants a gym, but there are one or two (buildings) that don't have a gym. I would say that's a prerequisite for a lot of buyers. There are some good gyms locally and in some cases, people have a gym inside their apartment."
"In the old days, the buildings used to have party rooms. They are not as popular anymore," Clarke remembers. Now, it's all about "full-time service — that goes without saying. A good manager is also very important," she says.
"It's a great choice of lifestyle," she adds. "I just wish we had more condos."
Gordon's listing has the benefit of both sunrise and sunset views.Courtesy Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Downtown West Palm Beach has seen a lot of new construction. In The Bristol, which offers views of the Intracoastal and the ocean, there is not a single apartment left. La Clara, with 83 residences that won't be completed for a year, is pretty much sold out. Forté, a collection of 41 residences, is 70% sold. Everyone seems to be waiting for the Flagler Towers, a two-building development designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, to come on the market.
This article was the cover story for the March issue of Behind The Hedges. Read the digital version here.
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Ampere Computing raises new round of capital, including new investor Arm
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ampere announced a new round of funding including participation from new investor Arm, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group. Current investor The Carlyle Group led the round with participation from other existing investors. This marks the second major investment round for Ampere, which was launched in 2017. The companies did not disclose the amount of new capital or valuation.
"This significant investment from Arm and our initial investors signals their confidence in the future of Ampere and allows us to continue to accelerate and deliver our robust roadmap," said Renee James, Ampere founder, CEO and Chair. The company announced its first product, eMAG™, in October 2018.
"A robust ecosystem is critical to advance the Arm® architecture as the foundation for transforming the modern cloud to edge infrastructure," said Rene Haas, president Arm IP Products Group. "Investing in Ampere underscores Arm's commitment to accelerating both our ecosystem and availability of diverse Arm-based silicon solutions for an infrastructure market long deprived of choice and flexibility."
Patrick McCarter, Managing Director at The Carlyle Group said, "We are thrilled with the progress Ampere has made over the past 18 months and are excited to continue supporting the team as they work to transform the market for server processors that power modern cloud workloads."
About Ampere
Ampere is designing the future of hyperscale cloud and edge computing with its 64-bit Arm server processor architecture. Born in and built for the cloud with a modern architecture, Ampere gives customers the freedom to accelerate the delivery of the most memory-intensive applications such as artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning and databases in the cloud. The Ampere eMAG™ family of products delivers the highest memory throughput and lowest TCO tailored for the emerging growth of cloud computing and next-generation data centers. For more information, visit www.amperecomputing.com
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Arm technology is at the heart of a computing and connectivity revolution that is transforming the way people live and businesses operate. Our advanced, energy-efficient processor designs have enabled intelligent computing in more than 130 billion chips. More than 70% of the world's population are using Arm technology, which is securely powering products from the sensor to the smartphone to the supercomputer. This technology, combined with our IoT software and end-to-end connectivity, device and data management platform, enables customers to derive real business value from their connected devices and data. Together with our 1,000+ technology partners we are at the forefront of designing, securing and managing all areas of compute from the chip to the cloud.
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The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit and Investment Solutions. With $216 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2018, Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of our investors, portfolio companies and the communities in which we live and invest. The Carlyle Group employs more than 1,650 people in 31 offices across six continents.
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The breadtime story
I explore, Serbia
We crossed the Danube, then meandered through the forest of the national park heading towards one of the four former capitals of the Roman empire, when I decided to make a phone call. A male voice picked up and said: Jeremija speaking. I explained I was just calling to check if the museum was open. "Yes, we are here, awaiting you", Jeremija answered. At this point I could not imagine that a very small museum in a very small town could make such a huge impact on me. I pictured Jeremija as a simple villager who had a love of bread making and decided to tell a story about it and, perhaps, display a tool or two, or whatever else he could think of, and call it a museum. But there was something in Jeremija's voice. It was not a voice of a weary villager that spends his days labouring out in the fields, rather, it was cheerful and full of life and it was difficult to imagine that it belonged to an aged man.
Instead of following the road to Sirmium, we took the turn to Pećinci. The road took us to its end, where it intersected with the fields. On our left, the bus stop appeared as if placed right at the end of the world, and on the right, a cage-like entrance to a long ground-level building, resembling nothing more and nothing less but silos for storing wheat, corn and other harvested crops. It was hard to believe that this was our final destination – the museum of bread. That we were at the right place confirmed the image of the museum owner Jeremija hand in hand with a Serbian Nobel prize winner, Ivo Andrić. This juxtaposition of the unconventional museum building, the image of a great figure of Serbian literature and agricultural setting in which all of this was placed was a truly mind-boggling introduction to the artistic interpretation of the meanings and significance of bread in the Serbian culture.
We rang the bell. The owner opened the door in the fashion of a good host and admitted us into a small conservatory. The cheerful voice now belonged to the body of a 70-year-old man with wild, snow white hair and a pair of piercing blue eyes. He sat us on chairs and wanted to know more about us, who we were, what we did, what we liked, where we'd met; just the very usual questions made part of a very unusual reception.
The chatter was interrupted by Jeremija's wife who invited us for a walk through the collection. And this is where the story about Jeremija and bread unfolded…
Jeremija is an artist-ethnographer who often travels and paints. These are most often the motives of rural, rustic, traditional Serbia which is slowly fading away: the old farmhouses, the windmills, the old stoves, the sheds. Jeremija's work captures the aesthetic, ethnographic and traditional vales of the people and place, the ones which have not been protected by the government, and through his artistic expression he aims to immortalise them. In his work, however, Jeremija is mostly interested in ritual and cult bread (pogača in Serbian). In its honour, he decided to open the museum, the designing of which he approached in a similar way as he approaches painting. The museum, Jeremija's life work, is conceptualised in such way to present the life cycle of a wheat grain – "From soil, over bread to the heavens".
From the soil…
The so called 'bread street' starts with the archaeological collection of the tillage tools from pre-history and the Roman period between 100 AD and 500 AD. For the proximity of Sirmium, some of the archaeological material from this period have been ploughed out in the fields nearby and have been conserved in the museum. In order to popularise science, the museum hosts a number of faithful copies of well-known artefacts, like that of the Goddess of fertility which is displayed in the Museum of Vojvodina. The section on the harvest displays Neolithic, Celtic or Roman wheat milling tools, the machines used in domestic households from the beginning of 20th century, the bread scales, as well as the old baking ovens (furune in Serbian) which Jeremija found in Serbian villages and in which he found inspiration for his paintings.
… over bread…
Bread is very important in all cultures. In Serbia in particular, it is the old traditional custom to make liturgical bread for big religious holidays such as Christmas, Easter and Slava, the family patron's day. It used to be made for child's birth and as a gift for newlyweds, an antecedent of today's wedding cake. All the breads have a spiritual meaning. In Serbian culture there is a saying that the whole human life occurs between the bead for a newborn and the bread for the deceased.
…to the heavens
The path led us out of the museum to the small chapel in the garden. It was still work in progress; the ceiling was covered in frescoes, but the walls were still undone, as well as the floor. Jeremija explained that the floor was made of wooden logs of various trees that he had collected on his travels throughout Serbia. Walking on the floor, he explained, would be like walking through whole Serbia. The frescoes on the ceiling depict the pre-Christian and pagan divinity, the saints holding the bread, the Nemanjić dynasty and Christ converting the pagans into Christianity.
We finished our visit in a warm and cosy dining room where the family admit guests and celebrate their Slava. In the olden days, the kitchen was referred to as 'the house', as the hearth of home and the place where the members of the family would gather and prepare food, and from which the light and warmth of home would radiate. On one of the walls was displayed the document certifying that Serbian Slava had been put under the government protection as well as inscribed in the Unesco's list of the world's intangible cultural heritage. This is how we found out that Jeremija made his contributions to this achievement. He also brought to our attention the traditional Vojvodinian cipovka, 'the bread that laughs at the moon,' and the recent attempts to protect its 300-year-old recipe as an intangible cultural heritage.
The playful ginger cat (which never meows) waited for us after vacating the dining room. Having journeyed through the lifecycle of wheat, we were convinced that we stood at a spot of invaluable cultural importance. Jeremija's museum of bread is not just a tiny pop-up bread exhibition (as I might have thought before my visit), rather, it is a cultural treasure embodied in material artefacts brought together through decades of dedicated collection and creation, and led by a vision of an artistic mind. No wonder that the European museum forum nominated it for the Museum of the Year and the International Council of museums took it under its auspices for the outstanding value it has within the Vojvodinian, Serbian and the world's cultural spaces.
The artist, curator and above all a great host, Jeremija walked us out of the museum. In the space between the bus stop and the crops, he told us a story about his encounter with Ivo Andrić, his life in Belgrade and his decision to move to Pećinci. "Remember, the most important decisions you make when you are young", he said and waved us goodbye.
Jeremija - The Serbian Museum of Bread
Link to the official website.
Business and leisure in London Docklands
I explore, United Kingdom
World Travel Market is held annually at ExCeL, an exhibitions and international convention centre nested at the Royal London docks, between Canary Wharf and London City Airport. Together with hotels, massive carpark for thousands of cars, and two Dockland Light Railway (DLR) stations, makes a gigantic cluster of so called nonplaces. (more…)
The contested past of Ukraine
I explore, Ukraine
In the early 1930s, the great famine descended on Ukraine. Claimed to be an intentional and man-made act which aimed to prevent the Ukrainian independence movement by Stalin, the term Holodomor carries in itself a weight of tragedy, suffering, and great human loss. There are still scholarly debates whether or not the Holodomor was intentional and genocidal, however, in 2006, the Parliament of Ukraine voted to recognise this event as a deliberate act of genocide over Ukrainians. To preserve the memory of the tragedy and honour the victims, the Memorial to Holodomor Victims was erected in 2008 on the 75th anniversary of Holodomor on Pechersk hill overlooking the river Dnieper.
The museum is located under the monument and its architecture is full of symbolism. Through permanent exhibitions, movies and artefacts it interprets the great famine that wiped off seven to ten million ethnic Ukrainians. The monument is of a candle shape, dotted by cross-shaped glass windows of various sizes and of traditional Ukrainian embroidery pattern, symbolising souls of starved people. The bronze figures of storks soaring from the base of the monument represent the rebirth of the Ukrainian nation. The most prominent symbol however, is the statue of a young girl (named the Bitter Memory of Childhood) positioned amid the alley leading towards the monument. She is barefoot and anorexic, but looking hopeful with her arms crossed over her chest. People interact with her every day by placing biscuits, fruits and candies by her feet, to symbolically help her go through difficult times.
Since it regained its independence after the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, the recent Ukrainian history has been mostly interpreted through political unrest and civil protests. The Orange Revolution of 2004, a chain of protests nationwide that occurred as a reaction to the results of fraudulent presidential elections, was followed by the Maidan in 2013/2014. This time the Ukrainians were revolted by the government's decision to maintain closer ties with Russia rather than join the EU. Various installations at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) speak of this three-month heroic event which resulted in deaths of nearly 130 (mostly young) civilians and policemen, and removal of the president Viktor Yanukovych who succumbed to the pressures of the protesters, eventually fleeing the country.
The Maidan square and the Khreshchatyk street were the main points of protesters' gathering, however there were several spots nearby which were spaces of direct conflict between the police and protesters. While walking along the Institutska street, one can see the body-shaped outlines marked on the ground, in this way commemorating the ones who heroically sacrificed their lives to fight for human rights, more democratic future, and against the corrupt government.
Chernobyl nuclear disaster is a well known and documented event that is claimed to be the major reason for the implosion of the Soviet political system. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone tells the story of the catastrophic event of the night of 26th April 1986 when the nuclear rector 4 exploded and released enormous amounts of radioactive matter into the atmosphere. The Zone is now available for visits in he company of a qualified guide, who interpret the places and events that were taking place in the area.
One of the most photographed places in the Zone is perhaps the central square of Pripyat which has been entirely taken over by vegetation, as well as the ferris wheel which was open for Mayday celebrations and were in use only one day. This however, is the most radioactive spot in the Zone, and some chairs are marked with 'X', signifying the hotspot; a place where the geiger counters go crazy.
The alternative way to learn about the event is by visiting the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum located in the centre of Kiev. While it is a visually engaging experience that exhibits various aspects of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, complimentary to the Zone, in no way can it be compared to being there in person. Original instruments, uniforms and personal belongings can be seen there, as well as the impressive movie showing the construction of the new sarcophagus in 2018.
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12 Studies that Changing the History of the Medical World
The inhaler that really prevents asthma attacks, the drug that prevents heart events, the surgery that returns the movement to paralyzed hands – New England Journal of Medicine, בhoose the 12 landmark studies of 2018
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Medicine is changing and developing constantly. Many studies published in 2018 may change the lives of millions of people around the world. The world's leading medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, selected 12 studies that could change the face of history in the medical world.
1. Breast cancer: It is also possible without chemotherapy
The main study presented at the American Society of Oncology Conference and considered one of the most important studies this year proved that at least one-third of breast cancer patients will NOT benefit from chemotherapy and do not need this treatment at all to recover.
The Tailor X study is the largest in the history of breast cancer research. It lasted nine years and included 15,000 patients. The study used the unique capabilities of Oncottet's Oncotype Breast, which can predict the future risk level of each patient for future spread or recurrence and the benefit of chemotherapy.
Most breast cancer patients have discovered the disease at an early stage and within the framework of their biopsy, they found that their growth is suitable for hormone therapy.
These patients undergo surgery in which the tumor is removed, but for prevention, they also require chemotherapy to destroy microscopic cancer cells and reduce the chances that the disease will recur in the future as metastatic disease.
Oncotype uses tumor tissue taken from the patient's initial biopsy. It tests 21 different genes and the results are weighted to score, ranging from 0 to 100. The higher the outcome, the higher the risk of recurrence in the future, and chemotherapy should be treated.
On the other hand, when the score is low, the patient can be completely exempt from treatment. The test has become an integral part of the treatment of breast cancer patients and has already helped more than one million patients worldwide. Recently, following this important study, the US National Cancer Authority has determined that Oncotype is the preferred test to be taken before deciding on chemotherapy.
2. Heart events: Treatment of cholesterol that reduces mortality
LDL cholesterol ("bad cholesterol") is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is defined as a global problem with which world health systems deal.
The standard treatment for lowering cholesterol is statins, which in most cases are effective in reducing cholesterol. However, many patients are not balanced despite taking the maximum dose of statins. In others, due to side effects, this treatment is not possible.
Several years ago, injections were developed that succeeded in lowering "stubborn" cholesterol, which did not decrease despite statin therapy.
In the past, they have been shown to allow cholesterol to be lowered to very low values, but it has not been made clear whether the treatment also reduces the central risk to patients – cardiac death.
The main problem is how to prevent the patients' recurrent heart attacks. While a first heart event usually ends successfully after catheterization, patients are at increased risk of having another incident, usually worse than the previous one, in the years to come.
A new study has shown that patients with high cholesterol levels who cannot be balanced – those defined by doctors as "time bomb" – treated with Praluent injections, a 24 percent reduction in heart attack and stroke mortality, and a 29 percent reduction in all-cause mortality.
3. Asthma: Changing perception in treating patients
Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease that affects the daily lives of hundreds of millions of children and adults around the world. The disease is characterized by inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. Although most patients have mild asthma, they are still at risk for a severe attack, which can lead to death.
The goal is to maintain constant treatment to prevent exacerbation and to use an additional inhaler "when needed" for specific treatment of breathing difficulties.
However, most asthma patients do not take regular antiretroviral therapy and rely mainly on "emergency" inhalers, known as the Ventolin inhaler, which provides a specific response to breathing problems once they appear, but does not prevent further deterioration.
The study, which was published this year, examined the possibility of using a Symbicort inhaler, which is also prescribed as a "when needed" inhaler, and to examine whether it improves the patient's condition over time compared with a regular treatment called "Budecort".
The study included more than 8,000 patients and demonstrated that Symbicort was better at relieving symptoms than the common combination of Budecort with Ventolin. In addition, patients taking Symbicort consumed 75% less steroids than those who used the combination therapy.
4. Cystic fibrosis: A breakthrough in the treatment of most patients
Cystic fibrosis is a serious and life-threatening hereditary disease. The cause of the disease is a defective protein called CFTR. The disease affects many organs, with the most severe injury to the lungs.
Until the 1990s, life expectancy with the disease did not exceed the age of 30. In recent decades there have been a number of breakthroughs that have changed the picture and the life expectancy of the patients has increased, along with the quality of their lives.
The treatment of Symdeko, which treats the molecular mechanism of the disease, has succeeded in improving patients' quality of life and even life expectancy, but it is suitable for only about half of the patients. This is due to genetic characteristics that vary from patient to patient.
A groundbreaking study published this year examined the effectiveness of combining a new drug called VX659 with Symdeko. The study has shown that the combination is also effective in patients who have not had enough treatment to date. The results of the four-week study showed a dramatic improvement in patients' lung function.
It is not yet clear whether improvement in lung function will be maintained over time, but the study is considered a milestone mainly because the treatment is suitable for the genetic characteristics of about 90% of patients.
5. Prevention of Heart and Brain Events: End of the Age of Aspirin?
Aspirin is one of the most common drugs in the world for decades. The common therapeutic approach is that, at an older age, taking it daily helps reduce the risk of heart and brain events.
A huge study published this year challenged this notion. It was followed over five years after more than 19,000 participants, all over the age of 70, with no history of stroke, heart events or dementia. The participants in one group took 100 mg aspirin daily, and the other group took a placebo.
Contrary to popular belief, the study has shown that there is no benefit in taking aspirin to prevent cerebral, cardiac, or death events. Moreover, aspirin had a higher rate of bleeding, some of which were life-threatening. 150 years after aspirin was invented and dozens of years after millions of people around the world took it to prevent heart attacks and stroke, the medical community now understands that there is no need to use the drug for someone who is not a heart patient.
It turns out that the best way to prevent heart and brain events in healthy people is to maintain proper nutrition, exercise and avoid smoking.
6. Respiratory distress: Use the ECMO as a last resort
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs in about 10% of patients in intensive care units.
It occurs unexpectedly after a serious injury to health due to sepsis, severe infection and more. Without immediate treatment, death rates are very high. This is due to lack of oxygen leading to multi-system collapse. In the ARDS event, the main goal is to restore the oxygen supply to the body and only then to treat it in order to prevent further deterioration. One way to restore oxygen to the body is to use Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology, a technology that exists in the large intensive care units in Israel and around the world, which allows oxygen to be supplied to the patient's blood instead of damaged lungs.
An important study published this year examined whether immediate ARD treatment in patients with acute respiratory distress disorder (ARDS) reduced mortality, compared to conventional measures as the first option, and intervention with ECMO only as a last resort, as "rescue therapy".
The study, which followed 249 patients with severe respiratory events, found no benefit in immediate attachment to the ECMO machine compared to other treatment modalities and undermined the consensus. However, the importance of using this technology when all the efforts have not been successful is high and remains unchanged.
7. Low bone density: The drug that will prevent fractures from women
Giving one Zoledronic acid to 18 months in six years reduced the risk of fractures in older women with Osteopenia (a disease in which bone density is lower than the normal density but less severe than Osteoporosis).
Zoledronic acid is an intravenous drug. In the past, it has been shown that it can prevent fractures from elderly people suffering from Osteoporosis.
To date, it has not been clear whether this treatment is effective for women with Osteopenia. The study published this year is considered significant because most fractures in postmenopausal occur in these women.
The study involved 2,000 older women with Osteopenia, whose average age was 71. A quarter of the participants in the study had previous crises as a result of the disease. At the end of the study – after six years – 122 women among those who took zoledronic acid had a bone fracture compared with 190 women in the placebo group. In other words, among those taking the treatment, there was a 37% reduction in the risk of fractures.
The researchers concluded that Zoledronic acid resulted in a greater increase in bone mass compared with placebo, and those who took it had a significantly lower risk of having fractures.
8. Laparoscopic hysterectomy: The laparoscopic method is less effective
A hysterectomy is usually performed as a therapeutic act after a woman has been diagnosed with uterine cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, or cancer of the fallopian tubes. There are currently several types of hysterectomy. One is open resection – in which one incision is made in the lower abdominal wall to enter the pelvic cavity, the uterus is detached from the blood supply and later removed from the body;
And there is also laparoscopic surgery – in which three small incisions are made in the abdominal area, one of the openings is inserted into the camera to allow visualization of the abdominal organs, and the other openings are inserted into a medical device through which the uterus is cut.
In the past decade, laparoscopic surgery has been the preferred choice of gynecologists to treat cervical cancer at an early stage. In these surgeries there is a low risk that the patient will suffer from infection and a faster recovery for patients.
Researchers from the University of Texas have divided a group of 600 patients into two: some have undergone open surgery and some have laparoscopic surgery. According to the study, the disease did not recur within four and a half years in 86% of those who underwent laparoscopic surgery compared to 96.5% of women who underwent open surgery.
In addition, among those who underwent laparoscopic surgery, the survival rate was lower: 93.8% versus 99%. They also had a higher rate of cervical cancer death: 4.4% vs 0.6%. The conclusion was that contrary to what we thought so far, open surgery is preferable.
9. Amyloidosis: The drug that improves the functioning of patients
A study published this year sought to examine the efficacy and safety of Patisiran in patients with ATTR hereditary amyloidosis, a disease characterized by the accumulation of an abnormal protein called amyloid in tissues and organs. This is a hereditary disease, rare and deadly, characterized by severe damage that progresses slowly in the nervous system and other systems in the body. The study included 225 randomized patients. Some received "Patisiran" every three weeks for 18 months, and some received placebo.
The researchers concluded that the treatment of Patisiran led to an improvement in patients' condition. After nine months and at the end of the study – after 18 months, there was a big difference between the groups. In the end, 56.1% of patients in the Patisiran group had improved nervous function, compared to only 3.9% in the placebo group. Mortality rates were also higher in the placebo group – 7.8% vs 4.7%.
10. Hydrocortisone: There is no reduction in mortality
A study, published this year, is to determine whether intravenous injection of Hydrocortisone, which prevents the release of substances in the body that cause infection, has reduced mortality in patients with a septic shock. A septic shock, also called an "infectious shock," is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the blood pressure drops following a severe infection that spreads in the blood.
During the study, patients were randomized to those who received 200 mg Hydrocortisone daily and those who received a placebo.
Patients received treatment for seven days or until they were discharged from intensive care. The study was conducted in five different countries between 2017 and 2013 and included 3,800 patients who were suspected of having a septic shock. Of all patients, 1,832 were treated with hydrocortisone and 1,826 received placebo. After three months, the researchers examined how many patients had died (for whatever reason) and how many survived.
RESULTS: 27.9% of patients treated with Hidortortone died, as did 28.8% in the placebo group.
CONCLUSIONS: Although it seems to doctors that the use of Hidecortisone can reduce mortality, in practice, it has no basis in reality.
11. Peanut allergy: The treatment that works
Another study published this year found that a gradual dose of peanuts for children who are allergic to peanuts allows them to eat up to four peanuts without side effects. The study was conducted in the United States and the United Kingdom and included 550 children, half of whom received a capsule containing peanut protein each day, and half received a capsule containing a placebo.
The children in the study began with very low doses of peanuts, which increased every two weeks. The procedure lasted for 20 weeks, ending with 600 mg of peanut protein – the amount containing four peanuts, while the capsule group had mild allergic effects, and the placebo group had severe symptoms.
12. Cerebral palsy: A near-paralyzed nerve transplant
Spastic Hemiplegia is a common form of cerebral palsy, in which the brain injury is expressed in the disability of one side of the body.
A groundbreaking study has described a new way to help people who have been injured on one side of the body by analyzing and transplanting nerves from the normal side of the body on the affected side, in order to stimulate brain activity relevant to the activation of the upper limbs on the paralyzed side. The study involved 36 patients, half of whom underwent the transplant, while the other half underwent rehabilitation therapy only.
The results of the study were described by the New England editors as most exciting. They indicated that the patients treated with the surgery showed a significant improvement in their impaired limb function compared with patients receiving rehabilitation only.
The impressive results have led these researchers to train doctors from around the world to perform similar procedures. However, the results of the study will be examined over time – after examining whether the beneficial effect has been maintained for years in the patients.
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iPhone 7 Rumors Say That It Will Have a Completely New Design
08/03/2019 05/12/2016 by Andy Z.
Rumor has it that Apple is going to completely redesign their next generation of iPhones, with some features that may blow your mind.
Firstly, Apple is working on an edge-to-edge display. For tech newbies, this means that the screen of the phone will stretch all the way across the phone, leaving no borders on the left and right. This means a smooth screen that spans across the face, with no edges of any kind.
I think if the phone is big, your fingers may cover up the screen and do things you don't want it to.
But then again, this is just a speculated iPhone 7 rumor and if it's implemented properly, it'll look very slick.
I can only imagine all the new apps and functionality that can be built around an edge-to-edge screen. Samsung has already begun the innovation and race. Apple is now playing catch-up, if we're talking about bigger screen sizes. I wonder how it would change UI and UX to have no borders on a phone screen. I can see both pros and cons, actually.
All I know is…I'd be afraid to drop it.
The home button/Touch ID sensor, front camera, speaker, photosensors, and all the other gadgets you see on the front of your phone will be embedded into the screen.
So, somehow all these components will be beneath or integrated with your iPhone's screen, leaving nothing on the front but a bright, clear, and crisp screen.
Where do these iPhone 7 rumors come from?
John Gruber of Daring Fireball, a talk show podcaster, states that sources that stem from within Apple have told him that the screen will be an edge-to-edge design.
"The Touch ID sensor will be somehow embedded in the display, the front facing camera will somehow be embedded in the display, the speaker, everything…"
He was having a tech conversation with Ben Thompson.
Both glazed over the fact that the iPhone coming out this September will look very similar to the iPhone 6, and Gruber said he believes this model won't be the "iPhone 7" but rather a spin-off of a current phone. It may or may not be called "iPhone 7."
The phone with the new tech will be released 2017, which is expected. Although these are just iPhone 7 rumors right now, there is just enough evidence floating out there on the web if you look hard enough that points to an edge-to-edge design.
A "between the pixel" camera design has already been floating around on forums, and even patents were said to have been filed by Apple.
A design with a camera built into the screen would mean no more looking away from the person you're video chatting with, but rather, direct eye contact on a smartphone. That would be something new and exciting.
But, are there any proven iPhone 7 rumors, or at least details about the phone?
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who works for KGI Securities, reported that Apple is planning to introduce a curved glass case with a 5.8 inch AMOLED display.
This is some serious redesign, and one that could go both ways.
Gruber also stated:
"2017 is going to be jaw-dropping, wow, that's an astounding industrial design iPhone."
The model coming out next has already disappointed many Apple fans due to no innovation and the same design. This is based on leaked details, although Apple still may have something up its sleeve.
If this is the case, I'd just skip it and wait for the real iPhone 7. Of course, this is still just speculation and rumor.
Will the real iPhone 7 please stand up?
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Farm and Food Groups Say No to the TPP
The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance has joined with 160 farm, food, rural, and faith groups to send a letter to Congress urging legislators to vote no on the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP).
As the letter points out: "Independent family farmers and ranchers will see little benefit" from the TPP. "The main beneficiaries of the TPP are the companies that buy, process and ship raw agricultural commodities, not the farmers who face real risks from rising import competition."
Here are just some of the problems with the TPP:
Importers will be able to challenge individual border inspection decisions, second-guessing U.S. inspectors about what food is safe and not safe to let into our country.
Agribusiness and biotech companies will be able to use international tribunals to challenge any real limitations on GMO crops and food, including any country, state, or local government that bans GMO imports, tests for GMO contamination, does not promptly approve new GMO crops, or requires GMO labeling.
The TPP undermines "Buy American" rules, even when American tax dollars are being spent, giving companies in any TPP nation equal access to U.S. government procurement contracts.
Thousands of new foreign companies would be able to use the TPP investor suit provisions to challenge federal, state or local laws that they claim interfere with their expected profit, bringing suit against our government in unaccountable international tribunals.
The TPP will make it easier to relocate American jobs to low-wage countries. As Communication Workers of America president Chris Shelton observed, "It forces U.S. workers to compete with the 65-cent an hour wages of Vietnamese workers and the slave labor employed in Malaysia."
It's time for Congress to stand up for American farmers, workers, and consumers. Call your U.S. Representatives and Senators and tell them to reject the TPP!
There is more information, including legislators' track records on the Fast Track vote that paved the way for the TPP, after the Take Action section.
Please call or e-mail your U.S. Representative and both your U.S. Senators. You can find who represents you:
Online: www.house.gov and www.senate.gov
By Phone: call the Capital Switchboard at 202-224-3121
Below is a sample message that you can use. Phone calls have a much greater impact than emails. If you send an email, please be sure to personalize your message by adding a couple of sentences at the beginning about who you are and why these issues matter to you.
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR A CALL or EMAIL:
I urge Representative/ Senator _____ to vote "No" on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
During the fight on Fast Track, many promises were made that the TPP would provide protections for American farmers, workers, and consumers. Those promises were not kept. The final text of the TPP includes provisions that will undermine democratically enacted laws on food safety, GMO labeling, and much more.
Any benefit from reductions in tariffs is undermined by the failure to address currency manipulation. A few businesses may benefit, but the majority of American businesses and workers will be the losers, just as we have been under NAFTA, CAFTA, and the U.S.-Korean agreements.
I urge you to vote No on the TPP.
Check out our press release about the groups' letter and the TPP.
Also, you can view our fact sheet or download a pdf version to email your legislators as a follow-up to your call.
The text of the TPP is available here
LEGISLATORS' TRACK RECORDS
If your Representative voted NO on Fast Track, that's a good sign – be sure to thank him or her and urge them to stand firm against the TPP.
If your Representative voted YES on Fast Track, you really need to work on them!
You can see how your Rep voted here (remember: on Fast Track, a NO vote was what we wanted because Fast Track allowed the TPP to move forward with very little debate and no amendments)
TEXAS LEGISLATORS
The most important thing anyone in any state can do is to call your U.S. Representative and both Senators.
For Texans, there are some key districts that we are focused on. If you know people who live in the following districts, please make an extra effort to share this alert with them and encourage them to call!
Below are some key Texas legislators who voted NO on Fast Track: thank them and urge them to stand firm against the TPP:
Louie Gohmert: Angelina, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Upshur, and Wood Counties. Map (866) 535-6302
Gene Green: parts of Harris County. Map (202) 225-1688
Joaquin Castro: areas north and west of San Antonio, including Leon Valley and part of Alamo Heights. Map 202-225-3236
Michael Burgess: most of Denton County and portions of Tarrant County. Map (202) 225-7772
Blake Farenthold: Texas Gulf Coast from Corpus Christi and vicinity to Madagorda County and inland to Bastrop. It includes Victoria, Wharton, Bay City, Luling, Edna, Yocham, Gonzales, Refugio, Halletsville and Shiner. Map (202) 225-7742
Below are some key legislators who voted YES on Fast Track: tell them they need to read the entire TPP because it does not fulfill the promises that were made – and then vote NO on the TPP!
Beto O'Rourke: El Paso, 202-225-4831
Ted Poe: parts of Harris County. Map (202) 225-6565
John Ratcliffe: Rockwall County, Rains County, and part of Collin County; includes Rockwall, Sherman, and Texarkana. Map (202) 225-6673
Lamar Smith: from northern San Antonio to Austin and the Hill Country; includes New Braunfels, San Marcos, Boerne, Kerrville, Leakey, and Fredericksburg. Map 202-225-4236
Brian Babin: southeast Texas: Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, Orange, Hardin, Liberty, and Chambers counties, as well as portions of southeastern Harris County. Map 202-225-1555


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Asian and Oriental restaurateurs welcome cuisine training centres, warn it won't solve immigration cap problems
By Peter Ruddick
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Cyrus Todiwala, chef proprietor of Café Spice Namaste in London, has welcomed the launch of five Asian & Oriental Centres of Excellence for training but warned it would not solve the short-term problems caused by the immigration cap
Leading Asian and Oriental restaurateurs have welcomed the launch of a Hospitality Guild and People 1st initiative of five new training centres to develop cuisine-specific techniques but warned it may not solve short-term skills shortages caused by the immigration cap.
The Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, John Hayes MP, launched the five Asian & Oriental Centres of Excellence at Westminster Kingsway College, one of the venues offering the six week pre-employment programme which will include training and work experience.
The programme will be offered in colleges with a specialist knowledge of Asian and Oriental cuisine and will also teach general hospitality skills and career options to unemployed people. At the end of this programme the students are also guaranteed an interview for a job or paid apprenticeship with an employer working in in Indian, Bangladeshi, Chinese or Thai cuisine.
Leading industry bodies representing Asian and Oriental caterers will help recruit employers to the programme. Chef proprietor of Café Spice Namaste in London, Cyrus Todiwala, is already on board, welcomed the announcement and said he supported it totally but told BigHospitality the centres were a solution to the skills shortage in years to come, but the problem remained in the short-term.
"The initiative is great - it is about time that something like this happened. It maybe will be an eventual solution but not a short-term fix. It can have an impact, maybe a few years down the line, if it continues and if the Government does not pull its funding," he said.
Curry colleges
The Government's new rules on immigration, which came into effect in April 2011, only permit skilled chefs paid at least £28k to be recruited from outside Europe and the European Economic Area (EEA).
Launching the scheme, created by the newly-formed Hospitality Guild and sector skills council People 1st, Hayes said his ambition was for British-born chefs to fill many of the roles in the Asian and Oriental restaurant sector. Hayes was echoing comments from The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and his colleague Eric Pickles, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, who has previously stated his aim for so-called 'curry colleges' to train British nationals.
The Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills awarded £1.75m to the Hospitality Guild which helped fund the initiative.
Todiwala said the problem remained that many British-born young people were not as keen to work in the industry than their overseas counterparts, a problem that he said was not limited to the Asian and Oriental sectors. Referring to his latest venture at Heathrow Airport, Todiwala said the majority of the workforce were Indian and he could not find British-born talent to fill roles there as many employees did not want to work their way up the ladder and had too high expectations.
The need remained, Todiwala said, for a short-term fix to the immigration cap as many of the Indian graduates who speak English and fit the new criteria may not be right for his business. One solution, he suggested, was to allow employers to continue to take on some un-skilled workers but ensure they learn English and get trained.
"I want somebody who is trained and the person who you can get trained doesn't speak English but he can cook beautifully. If the Government put an onus on the employer and said, 'it is your job to train them and make them amalgamate into society', anyone can do that," he said.
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Speaking to BigHospitality after the event, Hayes denied the creation of the centres was directly linked to the immigration cap policy and said it was right to give young British-born Asians the chance to develop skills in an industry they may not have previously considered. Hayes added that this scheme was driven by businesses and work had already begun on filling shortages through apprentices - a relatively inexpensive but productive option for restaurants.
"We are not starting with a blank sheet of paper are we? We are here planning for next year, the year after and so on. The initial courses are relatively short and can begin straight away so we can begin from now to begin to get new people in the industry. The follow-through won't be excessively long so I would see returns on this happening really very quickly," he said.
Asian & Oriental restaurants currently account for 19 per cent of all VAT registered restaurants in the UK. The initiative will be available as a pilot-model in Westminster Kingsway College, Leeds City College, Trafford College, the University of West London and University College Birmingham with plans for a possible rollout to similar centres in the future.
www.hospitalityguild.co.uk
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We absolutely loved LIMBO when it finally released on the PlayStation Network earlier this year, but were left wanting more. Developer Playdead's CEO, Dino Patti, has now shared some snippets of information on their next game, but isn't planning on announcing the title any time soon.
I think it looks crazy good. I'm really proud of it already. I know the art is not fully there yet, but for me it's the perfect project two for our company, because it's similar in many ways, but so different.
The next project is more crazy than Limbo, if you say that's crazy. It's more weird in many ways.
We just want the team to be happy about it. Also, our production time is long, so we don't want to tire people out. I hate when the big publishers show something one or two years before the launch.
The IO guys, who are also Danish, had an AR game until E3, and at E3 they announced the project. Hitman 5! Everyone knew it. They said, it'll be out in 2012. I'm not really waiting for that one because I want to have an announcement one month before, two weeks before or something. That's an ordinary person's attention span.
We'll probably talk about [project two] a bit before [it's out]. We still haven't decided when we'll talk about it.
Hopefully we'll do bigger distribution next time. I want more people to play the game. Limbo sold really well, but if we'd done a multiplatform launch the first time it would be even bigger.
That's our goal. I can't promise anything. Last time we developed for PC and then we started talking to Sony and Microsoft. When we got a deal in place we started moving in that direction. The new one we're developing on the Unity game engine. I just hope that engine follows all the platforms. We will, too.
We are aiming to go as wide as possible. At this point it's hard to promise, because I don't know what consoles there will be or what deals. It went really well on XBLA. I'm really happy with those guys. But it also went really well on PlayStation.
Playdead has a lot to live up to if they want to top LIMBO, but are already a year into development of their next project. Would you like the game to be similar to LIMBO or something else entirely? Let us know in the comments below.


Anise or Pimpinella anisum is a flowering plant that's indigenous to the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia. This is a small flowering plant that grows to around three feet high. Anise is also known as anis mysleepinsomnia.com. This plant has got white flowers in umbels and fruits are waterless and oblong. This plant is primarily utilized as food plant from olden days and was utilized to flavor many historical cuisines.
Anise grows in fertile and well-drained soil; seeds are generally sown in spring. The plant has tap roots and it is closely linked to the carrot family. The plant is now being used as a flavoring agent since ancient times. The Arabic identity is anysum that is believed to have been derived from the Greek word anison. It is perhaps the most seasoned spice known for both its cooking and healing qualities. Egyptologists report that there is evidence to report that anise was utilized by ancient Egyptians dating back 1500 B.C. The Romans employed anise to help digestion, anise spiced cakes were consumed by Romans after heavy meals to guide digestion.
Anise is fragrant and sweet; it has liquorice like substance and it is generally found in the preparation of confectioneries and also breads. It is also utilized to flavor food, fish, soups, poultry, and also vegetable dishes. Several alcoholic beverages also contain anise the more well-known include pastis, Ricard, and Pernod. The Turks use anise to make their alcoholic beverage Raki and the Arabs use anise to generate arak. Indians use anise mostly as a digestive soon after heavy meals.
Anise is one of the many herbs employed in the preparing of the renowned nineteenth century liquor 'absinthe'. Its sweet aromatic flavor lessens the bitterness of wormwood and provides absinthe a distinct taste. Anise also plays an essential part in the louche effect when water is put into absinthe.
Anise is recognized to possess a substance known as anethole. Anethole is an aromatic chemical substance and is also seen in fennel, star anise, and anise myrtle. Anethole is considered to be many times sweeter than sugar and it is pleasant to taste in higher concentrations. At room temperature anethole is in a crystalline form and melts at 21°C. Chemically anethole is in close proximity to estragole which is seen in basil and tarragon. Anethole is slightly toxic if consumed in great quantity. Anise is assumed being a reliable remedy for insomnia and like wormwood promotes appetite.
Anise is an essential herb employed in the preparation of absinthe and is also accorded an important set up the holy trinity of herbs that define absinthe. Wormwood and fennel would be the other two herbs that are an element of the holy trinity. It is these three herbs that offer absinthe its distinctive taste and cause its unique effects.
Absinthe has created an excellent comeback after being restricted by most countries for nearly a century. Absinthe has become legalized in Europe. However, the United States will continue to ban the production and sale of absinthe. Possession and usage of absinthe isn't a crime and US citizens can purchase absinthe online from non-US producers. The simplest way US citizens might have access to absinthe is to produce their own personal absinthe at home using genuine absinthe essence and absinthe kits continued. 20ml of high quality genuine absinthe essence is mixed in 730ml of vodka along with other neutral spirit to generate 750ml of top quality absinthe at home.
There are numerous online stores that sell absinthe kits and essences. On the other hand, absinthekit.com is viewed as the most trustworthy and trusted name within this industry.


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Breno Caldeira (Diamantino, Mato Grosso 1946) é um escritor brasileiro consagrado por seus textos considerados simples e de grande penetração popular, ainda que muitos analistas não deixem de avaliá-los como dotados de profunda sensibilidade para os dilemas do ser humano contemporâneo.

Síntese da carreira

Prolífico, Breno Caldeira possui muitos títulos publicados, sendo que em alguns anos publicou mais de um livro. Essa grande produção valeu-lhe várias críticas, sendo muitas vezes rotulado de escritor comercial, autor de literatura ligeira e avaliações desse tipo. Outros críticos, no entanto, consideram-no um autor de grande envergadura, especialmente por conta de sua capacidade de imprimir crítica social em textos aparentemente leves e tratando de temas do cotidiano.

Suas posições polêmicas, como a recusa à participação na linha de frente das lutas políticas, especialmente nos anos 70, fizeram-no objeto de muitas críticas. Renderam-lhe também o desprezo de parcela considerável da intelectualidade de esquerda. No entanto, sua produção dessa década é claramente marcada pelas grandes questões da época, especialmente a luta contra a ditadura militar no Brasil.

Iniciou sua carreira escrevendo em jornais estudantis e em diversos jornais de cidades do interior de Mato Grosso e de São Paulo. Seu temperamento forte fez com que rompesse com editoras e publicasse a maioria de seus livros de maneira independente.

Em 2006 publicou aquele que definiu como seu último livro de ficção, o livro de contos Últimas Histórias. Declarou-se cansado da literatura e do meio literário e abandonou a carreira de ficcionista. Depois de um período de afastamento, no qual se dedicou à sua atividade paralela de artista plástico, prepara aquela que anuncia como sua última obra: um livro de memórias, ainda sem título, cujo lançamento, anunciado para 2013, foi adiado por tempo indefinido por problemas de saúde de origem não revelada.

Principais obras
 Romances
 Entre Quatro Parênteses - 1976
 Amanhã não falaremos mais - 1977.
 A morte adiada - 1978
 Um casamento pequeno-burguês cheirando a éter - 1978
 Deus e Diabo são a mesma esperança - 1979
 Uma temporada no congelador de casa' - 1982
 Somos todos anjos e não somos - 1984
 Ninguém morre duas vezes - 1984
 As aflições de Pedro Carvalho - 1985
 O inusitado visitante - 1986
 O pai do vento - 1986
 Barcos encalhados no Rio Apa - 1990
 A batina encardida ou Padre Márcio anda estranho - 1993
 Ninguém mais é anjo nesta terra do cão - 1996
 Memórias de um deputado sem pudor - 1997
 A cerca rompida - 1999
 Morri no século passado e já esqueci como foi - 2001
 Infidelidade é uma forma de sofrer - 2005
 Horizonte sem montanhas - 2005

 Contos
 Histórias sem mordaça - 1973
 Um punhado de contos no escuro - 1975
 Os reis agonizantes e outros contos - 1978
 Pérolas aos porcos - 1999
 Um punhado de contos de amor sem ilusão - 2000
 Últimas histórias - 2008

 Teatro
 Ninguém conta João da Silva - 1977
 A desfalecida - 1984
 Puxe o fio - 1986

Trajetória

As primeiras obras de Breno Caldeira  "Histórias sem mordaça" e "Um punhado de contos no escuro" tiveram baixas vendagens em edições custeadas pelo próprio autor. Fora das listas de best sellers,  os dois livros de contos foram totalmente ignorados pela crítica. Seu primeiro sucesso foi Entre Quatro Parênteses de 1976. O sucesso deveu-se, no entanto, mais aos problemas que a publicação teve com a censura do que à própria qualidade do livro. A princípio, a censura proibiu a sua circulação alegando que os parenteses eram uma metáfora para as prisões de opositores do regime. A insistência do autor em recorrer da decisão dos censores acabou por render-lhe 12 dias de cadeia no DOI-CODI, em São Paulo.

O livro só foi liberado após a intervenção do General Golbery do Couto e Silva, que acabou por ler o livro e convenceu os censores de que não era uma obra subversiva. A fama repentina do livro entre intelectuais de esquerda e estudantes fez de Entre Quatro Parênteses uma daquelas obras dos anos 70 mais comentadas do que lidas, mas foi o suficiente para que a Editora Brasiliense se interessasse em editar os livros seguintes "Os reis agonizantes e outros contos", A morte adiada e "Um casamento pequeno-burguês cheirando a éter", este último com capa de Elifas Andreato e prefácio de Haroldo de Campos. No mesmo período, estreou a sua primeira peça "Ninguém conta João da Silva", no Teatro de Arena, em São Paulo. O diretor foi o consagrado Gianfrancesco Guarnieri e interpretada por Cleide Yaconis e Sergio Brito. A trilha musical foi assinada por João Bosco e Aldir Blanc. Na temporada carioca, o elenco contou com o reforço da cantora Nara Leão.

No final de 1978, Caldeira se separou da primeira esposa, Clarice. Foi nessa época que escreveu "Deus e o Diabo são a mesma esperança", um mergulho profundo na discussão sobre moralidade e religião. O afastamento da temática tradicional da esquerda rendeu-lhe críticas, que resvalaram para a ofensa quando Caldeira deu declarações favoráveis ao cantor Wilson Simonal. O semanário Pasquim publicou uma charge, em maio de 1979, de Breno Caldeira e de Simonal ao lado de um grupo de gorilas (menção pouco sutil à polícia política). O jornal nem chegou a circular, mas Caldeira soube da ofensa e rompeu em definitivo com a esquerda.

Em 1984, após uma discussão com o editor Luiz Scwarcz sobre as ilustrações do livro "Somos todos anjos e não somos", saiu da Editora Brasiliense e passou a publicar pela Editora Record.

Foi após o rompimento com a esquerda que começa a fase mais popular de Breno Caldeira e, na opinião do professor e crítico Antônio Olinto, a melhor. Olinto foi talvez o único dos grande críticos literários que reconheceu na obra de Breno Caldeira a profundidade da sabedoria popular. Escreveu sobre "As aflições de Pedro Carvalho" n' O Globo (13/05/1985):Pedro Carvalho não é uma criação de Breno Caldeira. Ele pode ser o mesmo Pedro pedreiro de Chico Buarque. Ou pode ser qualquer um que toma ônibus e comenta a missa com a passageira ao lado e vibra com os gols de Zico no Maracanã. O Pedro de Breno Caldeira é um daqueles sábios que não foram à escola, mas que com algumas horas de convívio pode ensinar um bom tanto sobre a natureza humana. O Pedro Carvalho está para a filosofia como Lula está para a política.

Antônio Cândido, na única vez em que falou de Breno Caldeira, disse que não podia concordar com o colega "o Olinto vê em Pedro Carvalho uma espécie de Diadorim urbano. É um exagero. Esse Pedro Carvalho do Caldeira é um tipo de Jeca Tatu urbano. Não mais do que isso."

O jornal Folha de S.Paulo, noticiou que Breno Caldeira recusou oferta da TV Globo, em 1986, para a adaptação de "As aflições de Pedro Carvalho" para a TV, fato que desagradou a direção da Editora Record e levou ao rompimento.  Anos depois, muitos viram no personagem Sassá Mutema, interpretado por Lima Duarte na novela "O Salvador da Pátria" alguma semelhança com o livro de Caldeira.

Breno Caldeira passou a publicar seus livros de maneira independente, ainda com alguma repercussão na mídia. Em setembro de 1987, o polêmico crítico José Guilherme Merquior comentou "O Inusitado Viajante" na sua coluna no Correio Braziliense :

"'''O Inusitado Viajante' chega com poucas páginas - exatas 124, porém mais uma vez Breno Caldeira mostra que se pode dizer muito escrevendo pouco. Fugindo da falsa cultura erudita da esquerda brasileira, Caldeira se aproxima do melhor da grande literatura latino americana. Seus personagens poderiam ter sido criados por Borges ou por Llosa. A história nos desconcerta e nos desafia a decifrar o segredo do inusitado viajante".(Correio Braziliense, 08/10/1986).

A partir do final dos anos 80, Breno Caldeira seguiu o caminho de muitos escritores brasileiros, mudando-se para a Europa e mantendo longo período de silêncio. Breno escolheu Sevilha, na Espanha, para morar e de lá escreveu os últimos romances e livros de contos. Afastado do Brasil, sua literatura tornou-se mais universal e os dramas voltados para os dilemas do homem moderno.

Na Europa, dedicou-se também às artes plásticas, principalmente esculturas, nunca expostas publicamente.

Sempre publicando de maneira independente, Breno Caldeira continuou vindo ao Brasil para o lançamento dos seus livros. Em 2006, anunciou o fim da carreira de ficcionista.

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Black Gunn (1972)
"Man, what are you, some kind of jive-ass revolutionary?"
- Gunn (Jim Brown)
Review By: Matt Peterson
Stars: Jim Brown, Martin Landau
Other Stars: Brenda Sykes, Liciana Paluzzi, Bernie Casey, Bruce Glover, Vida Blue, William Campbell
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
MPAA Rating: R for language, sexuality, some drug use, violent images
C D B C+ D
When the decade that was the 1970s reared its disco-drenched head, films were becoming more and more expensive to produce. As people turned to TV for entertainment, studios were on the brink of financial meltdown. Necessity is the mother of invention. When films such as Shaft came along, a new genre was born. These "blaxploitation" films could be made cheaply and could target individual audiences; in this case, studios were ready to gobble up the minority dollar by placing African Americans in "heroic" leading roles. Unfortunately, these films did little to further civil rights, perpetuating the very stereotypes that many were trying to break in the wake of the '60s. Protagonists were frequently criminals who were fighting against the obligatory "man" (overtly racist whites bent on their destruction). There is no doubt these films were influential, most notably influencing the work of Quentin Tarantino (see Jackie Brown).
Black Gunn does not sway too far from this all-too-familiar formula. Gunn (Jim Brown) lives in a swanky Victorian mansion that doubles as a night club. He tries to live a decent, upright businessman's life, serving drinks, enjoying women, attempting to make his fellow "brothers" and "sisters" happy (whites rarely dare to attend his club). Gunn, whose ancestor was named after his slave master's weapon, does not actively hate whites, but distrusts them. His brother Scotty holds a radically different view and joins the BAG (Black Action Group), an organization bent on bringing violence to "the man." After stealing from Mr. Capelli (Martin Landau, in a very odd role), a racist, mob-aligned car salesman, Scotty's rebellion comes to an end. Retribution is swift and Scott is murdered by Capelli's goons (one of which is played by William Campbell, who was Captain Koloth on the originalStar Trek!). Gunn is forced from his life of comfort, and takes to the streets to find revenge. In the process, he must deal with white politicians, the cops, and Scotty's revolutionary friends. Alliances are forged, and a final showdown is arranged between Gunn's forces and Capelli's mobsters.
This is standard 1970s blaxploitation fare. The plot is little more than a string of violent action set pieces riddled with plot holes large enough to accommodate Gunn's white, shiny Rolls Royce. What I find disturbing about the whole film is the fact that little is said to squelch the racism so rampant in the plot. This would seem like a prime opportunity (but would make for less violence and lower ticket sales). I understand racist overtones tend to define this genre, but that makes it no easier to swallow. Racial slurs fly freely in casual conversations, while characters perpetuate a clear "us vs. them" mentality, even after hinting at a desire for equality and cooperation. There is a conversation between Gunn and a white politician, during which Gunn proclaims the whites have a long way to go in regard to promoting equality. The politician agrees. Seconds before, Gunn reluctantly admitted the politician and his entourage, due to their "whitey" status. I'll just let that one sink in for a minute.
Performances are a mixed bag. Jim Brown (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka) is passable as the occasionally tolerant Gunn, but barely so. Secondary characters appear and disappear at random, and the main nemesis of the film, the oddly cast Martin Landau (how in the world did he end up in this film?), has very little screen time. Most performances are induce involuntary cringes, though Bruce Glover is effectively cold and calculating as Kriley, Capelli's lead racist goon. Other actors include Brenda Sykes (Cleopatra Jones), Liciana Paluzzi (Thunderball), Bernie Casey and football star Vida Blue. Don't look for any fashion tips, though; there are enough polyester and ruffled tuxedo shirts to put Austin Powers to shame.
The filmmaking here is less than stellar. Clumsy jump cuts, odd zooms, shaky camera work, and gratuitous violence in the form of copious amounts of red-orange paint scream of the film's budget limitations. There are some attempts to be creative. One major fight scene was shot primarily with fisheye, wide-angle lenses, giving an odd yet visually interesting effect. Admittedly, I've seen worse films from this era, but this one is by no means a standout piece of '70s cinema.
Rating for Style: C
Image Transfer Review: The picture looks about as good as it can for a low-budget film of the period. Slight grain is evident in just about every shot, and the picture has a hazy softness to it, giving the colors a muted appearance. The film-like image has no signs of edge enhancement or major print blemishes. Overall, a clean transfer for a dated film.
Audio Transfer Review: The provided monaural Dolby 2.0 track sounds rather thin. It is free of hiss, but lacks great fidelity. Bass is minimal, and the "hot soul soundtrack" sounds harsh at times, as do the exaggerated sound effects. Dialogue is clear, but the soundtrack is clearly indicative of the period and the low budget at hand.
Audio Transfer Grade: C+
Subtitles/Captions in English with remote access
4 Other Trailer(s) featuring The Returner, Ride or Die, Snipes, So Close
Packaging: generic plastic keepcase
Extras Review: Aside from the four additional trailers (none of which are for Black Gunn), there are no extras to be found.
A standard blaxploitation film, Black Gunn is only recommended for fans of the genre, or those who would like to see disturbingly racist overtones drenched in paint-like blood. In short, don't play with Gunns.


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No-First-Use Policy Explained
What is a "No-First-Use" nuclear policy?
U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Clayton Wear
A no-first-use nuclear policy means that the United States would commit to never being the first nation to use nuclear weapons in any conflict, a change from its current policy.
Under current policy, the United States will not use nuclear weapons against the vast majority of the world's countries in any circumstances. Longstanding US policy, re-affirmed in the Trump administration's 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), says that the United States "will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the NPT [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty] and in compliance with their nuclear nonproliferation obligations"; this promise covers more than 180 countries (OSD 2018). This policy is known as a "negative security assurance."
However, China, Russia, and North Korea do not fall under the US negative security assurance. China and Russia are nuclear weapon states under the NPT, and North Korea withdrew from the treaty in 2003 and conducted its first nuclear test in 2006.
This means that they could be targets for US nuclear weapons, including the United States launching weapons at them first.
One noteworthy thing about today's landscape is that the Trump administration's NPR has significantly expanded the definition of "extreme." Both the Obama and Trump administration NPRs state that the United States "would only consider the use of nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States or its allies and partners." However, the Obama version stated that use would be limited to "a narrow range of contingencies" and emphasized that the goal was to continue to "reduce the role of nuclear weapons in deterring non-nuclear attacks, with the objective of making deterrence of nuclear attack on the United States or our allies and partners the sole purpose of US nuclear weapons."
The Trump NPR broadens the definition of "extreme circumstances," saying these "could include significant non-nuclear attacks. Significant non-nuclear attacks include, but are not limited to, attacks on the U.S., allies, or partner civilian population or infrastructure, and attacks on U.S. or allied nuclear forces, their command and control, or warning and attack assessment." This could potentially include cyber attacks as a valid reason for nuclear use under US policy.
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A commitment to never using nuclear weapons first
A no-first-use nuclear policy means that the United States would commit to never use nuclear weapons first, either as a first strike (that is, an unprompted surprise attack), as an escalatory move in a conventional conflict, or in response to a non-nuclear attack.
The only situation in which the US would use nuclear weapons would be in response to a confirmed nuclear attack on itself or its allies.
What's the difference between a "no-first-use" declaration and a "sole purpose" declaration?
No-first-use and sole purpose are essentially the same. In a sole-purpose declaration, a country states that the only purpose of its nuclear weapons is to deter or respond to a nuclear attack by another country. Such a pledge would rule out using nuclear weapons first.
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How would adopting NFU make the US safer?
There are many reasons why retaining the option of using nuclear weapons first is dangerous for the United States. If the president decided to cross the threshold and use nuclear weapons first against a nuclear-armed adversary (Russia, China, or North Korea), those countries would almost certainly retaliate with nuclear weapons, either directly against the US or against its allies. Maintaining a first-use option therefore increases the chance of a catastrophic attack against the US public.
In addition, if a nuclear-armed adversary is concerned that the United States might use nuclear weapons first in a crisis, that could increase the adversary's incentive to go nuclear first because of "use-it-or-lose-it" thinking—that is, the fear that if the US attacked first it might wipe out the adversary's nuclear arsenal. This kind of thinking creates pressure to use these weapons before they are lost.
Taking nuclear use off the table except as a retaliatory measure could reduce this pressure, which would help to slow the timeline in a crisis, allowing decision-makers more time to explore other solutions rather than quickly escalating the conflict.
An NFU policy would also reduce concerns about the US president's sole authority to order a nuclear attack, since these concerns have focused primarily on a possible order to initiate the use of nuclear weapons in a crisis. An NFU policy would remove the option for the president to order the use of nuclear weapons except in retaliation for a nuclear attack.
It's also worth keeping in mind that the United States already has a no-first-use policy that applies to the vast majority of the world's countries. The rationale for that pledge is to reassure countries without nuclear weapons that they do not need nuclear weapons to deter a nuclear attack against them. This benefits US security by minimizing the number of nuclear-armed potential adversaries it has to deal with.
The United States apparently thinks that most of the world's countries believe this pledge, and thinks it is safe to make such a NFU pledge with respect to these countries.
Do any other countries have no-first-use policies?
China has had an unconditional no-first-use policy since it first developed nuclear weapons in 1964, and has repeatedly reaffirmed that position, most recently in a Ministry of Defense white paper on national defense published in July 2019. Although some critics say this policy has little value because it is merely declarative and could change, China fields its nuclear forces in a way that is consistent with an NFU policy. Unlike the US and Russia, China stores its nuclear warheads separately from its missiles. It would take time to mate the warheads to missiles before China could launch an attack, making it unlikely that a Chinese nuclear attack would be a surprise.
Russia had a no-first-use policy from 1982 until 1993, when it changed its policy out of fear that its weakened conventional forces could no longer deter the United States without the threat of use of nuclear weapons. In 2003, India adopted a conditional no-first-use policy that reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if Indian forces are attacked with biological or chemical weapons.
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There's a lot more hype than new technology when it comes to these expensive weapons.
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