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Summaries for Patients |2 March 2004
Use of Household Cleaning Products with Antibacterial Ingredients Did Not Reduce Symptoms of Infection
The summary below is from the full report titled "Effect of Antibacterial Home Cleaning and Handwashing Products on Infectious Disease Symptoms. A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial." It is in the 2 March 2004 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 140, pages 321-329). The authors are E.L. Larson, S.X. Lin, C. Gomez-Pichardo, and P. Della-Latta.
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Infectious diseases (infections) are illnesses that result when certain bacteria or viruses invade the body. Most infections that occur in the general community are not serious, but they can cause uncomfortable symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, or skin rashes. Because infections can keep people from their usual activities, including work or school, it is important to prevent them whenever possible. In recent years, the availability of household cleaning products containing antibacterial ingredients has increased. Although manufacturers claim that these products offer health benefits, evidence linking the use of antibacterial products to better health for the people who use them has been lacking. It is important to note that many common infections, including the common cold, are due to viruses, not bacteria. Antibacterial products are made to kill bacteria, not viruses.
To find out whether people who live in households that use antibacterial cleaning products have fewer infections than people who live in households that use cleaning products without antibacterial ingredients.
238 households in an inner-city neighborhood of Manhattan that had at least one preschool-age child living in the house.
The researchers assigned each household to use either antibacterial or regular products for general cleaning, laundry, and handwashing for 1 year. Each household was provided with a free supply of the assigned type of cleaning products. The regular products were exactly the same as the antibacterial ones except for the ingredients added to kill bacteria. The researchers collected information on cleaning practices and infectious disease symptoms by weekly telephone calls, monthly visits, and extensive interviews every 3 months. The symptoms they asked about were fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, vomiting, diarrhea, skin rashes, and red eyes in any family member. They then compared the number of months that one or more family members had infectious disease symptoms in each group of households.
The most commonly reported symptoms were cough and runny nose, then sore throat and fever, then vomiting and diarrhea, and finally rashes or eye symptoms. No differences were reported in symptoms between households that used antibacterial products and those that did not.
The reports of infectious disease symptoms were from patient reports. It is possible that people were not accurate in reporting their symptoms. In addition, the study may not have been large enough to detect small differences in infectious symptoms between the 2 groups.
Antibacterial household cleaning products do not seem to reduce the number of infections among household residents, an expected finding because viruses, not bacteria, account for most household infections.
Use of Household Cleaning Products with Antibacterial Ingredients Did Not Reduce Symptoms of Infection. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:I–30. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-140-5-200403020-00001
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2004;140(5):I-30.
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Effect of Antibacterial Home Cleaning and Handwashing Products on Infectious Disease Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial
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Maps of Jersey City
Jersey City, V. 1, Double Page Plate No. 40 [Map bounded by E. 40th St., New York Bay, E. 21st St.] / compiled under the direction of and published by G.M. Hopkins Co.
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Plan of the city of Brooklyn, L.I. / by William Perris.
Topographical atlas of the City of New York / by Egbert L. Viele.
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Jersey City, V. 1, Double Page Plate No. 26 [Map bounded by New York bay] / compiled under the direction of and published by G.M. Hopkins Co.
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Baldwin hunter celebrates his 70th season
John Raffel, Star Sports Director
Published 1:14 am EST, Thursday, December 19, 2019
Baldwin's Jim Warren celebrated his 70th season of hunting in style. (Courtesy photo)
BALDWIN -- It was a unique 70th year of hunting for Baldwin's Jim Warren.
This was the word from Warren's grandson, Tyler Clugston, also an active hunter and fisherman.
"This year was a pretty special deer season for grandpa (Jim Warren)," Clugston said. "For the first time since the early 2000's he's tagged out. In late October, he shot a nice 6-point with his crossbow and then notched his second tag on a heavy framed 7-point on the last day of rifle season with his Winchester .308.
"We've had that particular deer on trail camera for the past few years and figured it to be 4 1/2 years old, a nice mature Lake County buck.
"On the last day of muzzleloader season he took an old doe to fill out his private land doe tag, wrapping up the 2019 season."
For Clugston and Warren, it was a fun season.
"Usually I do most of the hunting and harvesting during deer season," Clugston said. "But it was special for me to see grandpa have such an amazing season. This year marked his 70th year of hunting and he added three more trophies to a very very long list of impressive Michigan Whitetail harvests.
"Now we're just waiting for the ice to thicken up so we can get after some bluegills."
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PESHAWAR: An accountability court has once again indicted Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and former federal minister for communications Dr Arbab Alamgir and his wife Asma Alamgir, a former MNA, after removing the part regarding foreign properties from the reference, ARY News reported.
Dr Arbab and Asma appeared before the accountability court as it heard a case against them for owning assets beyond known sources of income.
The court, after hearing the arguments of both sides removed the part regarding foreign properties from the reference against the PPP leaders.
The reference earlier filed by the NAB against the couple mentioned foreign properties.
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The deeper and deeper I dive into the hype of this McGregor vs. Mayweather fight, the more I think that Conor is going to pull this off.
Let me first preface my thoughts by clarifying that I, like most people, am a MASSIVE Conor McGregor fan. Through a combination of pure fighting talent and world class promotional skills and mind games, the man has single-handedly brought the UFC to a new level.
And just as he reached the pinnacle of mixed martial arts, he made the switch to boxing, and that's exactly what makes McGregor dangerous. Yes, millions upon millions of dollars will be deposited into his bank account, and that is the main reason this fight is happening, but it's not the only reason.
No matter how much of a cliche it may be, McGregor is a warrior. And a warrior who is not only much bigger than Floyd Mayweather but possess more one-punch power than most men on this planet.
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Midlothian "a great place to grow"
Managing our performance and reporting our results is a necessary and important requirement. It informs our customers and stakeholders about our progress in delivering priorities through the Community Planning Partnership and the Single Midlothian Plan. This approach, combined with the integration of health and social care, ensures that Community Planning is at the core of all Council activities. A summary of the Single Midlothian Plan detailing our outcomes and main priorities for 2016-2019 is available.
A Council Balanced Scorecard has been introduced to present performance against the key outcomes in the Single Midlothian Plan. The Customer Quadrant details the Council's specific contribution to the thematic areas in the Single Midlothian Plan and also identifies key internal measures of Council performance across the remaining quadrants.
By telling you about how well we are doing, what quality of service is being delivered and what you can expect in the future demonstrates our ability to be transparent and accountable and our commitment to seeking continuous improvement.
Our Annual Performance Reports provide a balanced view of the council's progress. This includes information on successes, challenges and performance in achieving priorities through the Single Midlothian Plan.


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Former Chief Financial Officer of Infosys, T V Mohandas Pai said entry-level packages in the industry went up by as much as 20 per cent in 2018, after stagnation in salaries for the past seven years.
India's information technology (IT) services sector and start-ups together are expected to hire up to five lakh people in 2019 as demand for freshers is on the upswing, an industry veteran said on Wednesday.
Former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infosys Ltd, T V Mohandas Pai said entry-level packages in the industry went up by as much as 20 per cent in 2018, after stagnation in salaries for the past seven years.
"Growth is coming back to the Indian IT services industry," he told PTI, talking about industry highlights in 2018 and prospects in the coming calendar year.
Pai said 2018 saw "H-1B visa situation getting tougher," Indian companies focusing more on Japan and southeast Asia, massive expansion of captives and buy-backs by big companies.
Hyderabad has become a hot destination, with many new age companies coming to the Telangana capital, thanks to good infrastructure, and "very good marketing" by KTR (K T Rama Rao, who served as IT Minister in the previous TRS government), according to him.
He also said Indian companies were now trying to expand in markets in Asia much more vigorously, particularly Japan which is "opening up" and southeast Asia.
Reskilling of employees in IT services companies has redoubled, Pai said. "More than half the people have been reskilled in all the IT companies in India. Digital income is growing in double digits for all the companies. 2018 has been a good year".
Hiring has gone up, he said. "First time in seven years, hiring compensation (entry-level) has gone up by 20 per cent.
Fresher compensation is going up, after a long time. It's a good news".
Entry level packages are now pegged at 4.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per annum, as companies are beginning to pay more to attact "higher quality".
"For many years, entry-level compensation packages had not gone up, demoralising people. In fact, delivery boys in cities make 50,000 rupees a month, much more than software engineers. It's ridiculous," Pai said.
He listed greater use artificial intelligence and machine learning in enterprises, greater thrust on digitisation, bigger spending by BFSI (banking, financial services, insurance) in America, as being growth opportunities for Indian IT companies in 2019, which will also see them look for greater penetration into Europe and Asia.
But the challenges for them are going to be localisation in America. "You must become more local in America, most of them (Indian companies) are trying to do. And they are finding that when you are local, cost actually is not increasing because you are going to smaller towns where costs are much less".
The year 2019 is going to be better for entry-level guys because hiring is going to be much better, said Pai, also Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services, and Aarin Capital, and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited.
Start-ups have a total of 600,000 employees in India.
"In the coming calendar year, my estimation is they (startups) will hire about 200,000 people. In 2018, I think they hired 150,000 people", he said. "Totally between IT services and start-ups, my estimate is 4.5 lakh to five lakh people will be hired (in India in 2019)".
In 2018, the IT services companies and startups together are estimated to have hired 3.5 lakh to four lakh people.
"Now start-ups are becoming big. There are 39,000 start-ups (in India), every year 5,000 startups come up (in India), so when the startups are beginning to hire, they hire all kinds of people, not only engineers, whereas services companies will hire more engineers and (those for) BPO (business process outsourcing," Pai said.


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HomeNewsLaura Keynes: Rock chick Chrissie Hynde tells Jenni Murray the facts of...
Laura Keynes: Rock chick Chrissie Hynde tells Jenni Murray the facts of life. Today's feminists are just pretending
By Laura Keynes
I've always loved Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. She's my kind of chick. I once attempted to cultivate her distinctive fringe, but it turns out I wasn't rock n roll enough to put up with having hair in my eyes all day. But I digress.
Chrissie Hynde is in the news again because she's got a book out, Reckless, in which she mentions being sexually assaulted by a motorbike gang. She hit the headlines for saying she carried some responsibility for the attack by putting herself in that position, which is heresy to the feminist brigade, who immediately "called her out" for "victim blaming", to use their parlance.
Interviewed on Wimmin's Hour in a fantastically tense and spiky interview with Jenni Murray, Hynde defended herself: "All I said was in my case I shouldn't have been there, that's all I said." When Jenni Murray pressed her about "rape culture", Hynde responded tetchily, as if spelling it out for someone particularly hard of understanding: "It depends on the situation, obviously", she said as she drew the distinction between a woman walking through a public park who gets dragged into the bushes by a stranger, versus a woman who provokes someone with a known history. "There's a million degrees. In my own situation, I was a bit reckless being there."
In the interview, which I recommend to TCW readers, Hynde took the opportunity to question the legacy of the sexual revolution, calling sexual liberation a "false commodity". She said: "I don't think it's liberating at all to think that you can behave like a man… Actually, women don't act like men and they also respond emotionally very differently to men. I don't think it was any kind of liberation. I think it was more enslavement." Vive la difference!
But Hynde went on to cause more faux outrage with some remarks seemingly directed at pop princesses like Miley Cyrus and Rihanna, among others, saying that rape culture is "all around us now. It's provoked by this pornography culture, it's provoked by pop stars who call themselves feminists. Maybe they're feminists on behalf of prostitutes but they're not feminists on behalf of music if they're selling their music by bumping and grinding and wearing their underwear on videos. You're a sex worker is what you are. It's provocative in a way that has nothing to do with music, and I'd say those women are responsible for a great deal of damage."
She's spot on. I'll never forget going into a gym one day and looking up at the bank of TV monitors there for gym users entertainment. It was wall-to-wall football and soft porn, aka Sky Sports and MTV. "What are women supposed to watch?" I asked one of the gym attendants, hoping he could change the channel on one monitor at least, since the majority of gym users that day were women. "There's MTV", he said, gesturing up as Rihanna gyrated in her underwear on screen. It didn't seem to occur to him that this might not appeal to women in the same way as it did to men. Not had it seemingly occurred to the scores of other young women using the gym: I was the only one who had ever complained, apparently. Today's body conscious young woman will, it seems, happily complain about "body shaming" adverts like this one but not porny music videos.
Miley Cyrus and Rihanna and their ilk are promoted on prime time programmes like X-Factor. Teen culture is saturated with it. Your sons and daughters are watching this stuff, and they think nothing of it. Millions of kids think it's as innocuous as wall paper.
Good on Chrissie Hynde for telling it like it is. I'd say she's the real feminist in the room. The outraged lynch mob are just pretenders.
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Notch has begun to think about programming blocks in a whole new way.
Here's a fun fact: If anything on Earth, be it a book, theatrical production, stuffed animal, or newly-discovered species of Ugandan lizard, is or has ever made money, there's a Hollywood producer somewhere hoping to wring it out in front of a video camera like a soggy, soggy wealth sponge. The same can, of course, be said for videogames, and with Minecraft making enough money to justify the use of bulldozers for organizing its biannual budget, it shouldn't come as a surprise that there's no shortage of movie-making money men showing up on Mojang's door with a boquet of roses in one hand, a creative licensing contract in the other, and a wry 1920s-silent-movie-villain smile plastered across their lips.
According to recent financial filings, Minecraft has, to date, generated a whopping $80 million for Mojang via 25 million registered users, 5 million of whom have already purchased a full copy of the game. But while it's safe to say the indie game itself has reached towering peaks many never thought possible, its merchandising revenue has brought in but $1 million. Any number boasting seven digits is nothing at which to scoff, but those dollar signs are dwarfed when compared to the money milked out of something like Angry Birds, the quickly-growing empire created by similarly Scandinavian developer Rovio. So, with games like Angry Birds and the like already working movie deals, perhaps, Mojang thinks, it's time for Minecraft to consider doing the same.
"We've been approached by a number of high-profile Hollywood producers and asked to do TV shows," said Mojang's chief executive, Carl Manneh. "We may do that. It's hard when you don't have any experience and someone comes to throw these ideas around. We have so much to focus on with just the game development and growing the business. But if the right idea comes along and the right people that we'd want to work with, we'd say, why not?"
As a game with little narrative focus, one really has to wonder what sort of concepts these producers are pitching. The truth is, though, that Minecraft is such an open concept that it could really be anything. In fact, I'm sure any Escapist could do just as well. Just think of any terrible idea for a long-running story and finish the pitch with " ... but everyone's made out of blocks," and you're probably coming close.


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Hydrogen 'not a silver bullet' for net-zero heating and transport, MPs warn
As low-carbon hydrogen production in the UK scales, the Government will need to ensure that this hydrogen is used in the most efficient ways possible – which are likely to be in industrial settings rather than for home heating and cars.
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That is the call to action from MPs on the Science and Technology Committee, following a recent exploration of the role of hydrogen in delivering the UK's legally binding 2050 net-zero target and its interim carbon budgets.
The Committee has this week published a report concluding that hydrogen will likely have a "specific but limited" role in decarbonising the economy, both as a means of energy storage and a way to decarbonise technologies for which there are no electrified alternatives at present.
"Hydrogen will have its place… but we do not believe that it will be the panacea to our problems that might sometimes be inferred from the hopes placed on it," the summary states.
The report starts by reiterating that, while hydrogen produces no greenhouse gas emissions at the point of combustion, it must be produced, with most production globally powered by fossil fuels. This means that most hydrogen is not a low-carbon solution across the life-cycle. While welcoming the Government's target for the UK to host 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030, the report cautions against bullish support for blue hydrogen, which is produced using natural gas co-located with carbon capture. The Committee notes the risk of relying on carbon capture technologies that are not yet commercially mature.
Another concern is the fact that using green hydrogen "inevitably involves the loss of energy through the inefficiency of all such industrial processes [as electrolysing water]". In other words, for some applications, it would be better to directly use renewable electricity rather than green hydrogen. Committee members heard that there is an unmet need for renewable energy to contribute directly to power supply, which is likely to only increase as electricity demand grows.
As the report continues, the Committee states that there are some key sectors where hydrogen adoption is being heavily recommended by industry and/or policy, despite its adoption potentially being unwise in terms of efficiency and economics. Chief among them are heating homes and powering lighter road vehicles such as cars.
Regarding home heating, the report notes that adding hydrogen in blends above 20% to the natural gas grid would require a large-scale programme of replacing network infrastructure, boilers and other devices. The Committee recognises that not all homes will be suitable for heat pumps or heat networks as an alternative to gas boilers, but cautions against going all-in on hydrogen.
The Heat and Buildings Strategy, published in late 2021, deferred a decision on Government mandates and targets for hydrogen in home heating until 2026. The Government stated that it first wanted to complete large-scale trials of blends and pure hydrogen in local communities.
In the meantime, the Committee wants the Government to thoroughly assess the practicalities, including costs and benefits, of hydrogen for home heating. It notes that blending will be trialled in 2023 and that consultations on whether all boilers should be hydrogen-ready by 2026 are underway.
Regarding transport, the Committee has heard evidence that hydrogen would be best applied in sub-sectors that are hard to electrify. These include heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), long-haul freight shipping and aviation. Cars and vans, the Committee concludes, are likely to be electrified rather than powered by hydrogen.
The report notes that hydrogen HGVs are developing well, but that there are still challenges to scaling them. Rather than technology maturity, a main barrier is the need to scale refuelling infrastructure so drivers can be sure of reliable fuel access – including access across Europe for international routes.
For shipping and aviation, the conclusion is that the likely "winner" from potential low-carbon technologies has yet to emerge, due to some technologies being in their relative infancy. Both sectors are looking at electrification for short-haul trips plus fuels other than hydrogen. The Committee is urging the UK to use its international influence to set standards and timelines for joint decisions on the role of alternative fuels in these sectors.
"There are significant infrastructure challenges associated with converting our energy networks to use hydrogen and uncertainty about when low-carbon hydrogen can be produced at scale at an economical cost," said Committee chairman Greg Clark MP. "But there are important applications for hydrogen in particular industries so it can be, in the words of one witness to our inquiry, 'a big niche'.
Mixed reaction
The report was broadly welcomed by some organisations, including the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). The ECIU's head of international programmes Gareth Redmond-King said: "We can't drill for hydrogen, nor harness it with panels or turbines. We have to make it. All but a tiny fraction of the world's hydrogen production currently uses fossil fuels – which is why oil and gas companies are keen to cast it as a catch-all cure for climate change.
"Green hydrogen has a big role to play in our net zero future for stuff with no easy alternatives, like industry, heavy vehicles, and shipping. Less expensive, more efficient clean solutions already exist for things like heating our homes."
However, other organisations believe that the Committee is asking Ministers to take decisions that are too restrictive, too soon. The Energy Networks Association's director of gas James Earl said: "No one energy source is a panacea, but it is far too soon to start limiting our options when designing the best possible solutions to tackle the challenge of net-zero.
"The energy system of the future needs to be based on a variety of energy sources and technologies, to ensure our infrastructure can cope with variations in demand and supply. We equally need to ensure that customers have different options available to them."
edie has also heard from green hydrogen company Protium's chief executive Chris Jackson, who said that "green hydrogen is not about residential homes – it is about the bigger picture and the critical question of how to address UK emissions as a whole".
Jackson added: "When it comes to creating a greener powered future for the UK, we need to start by decarbonising the biggest emitters first – namely industry and transport.
"While residential homes are an emotive topic for decarbonisation, they are not the hardest to abate sector and with even moderate energy efficiency measures their greenhouse gas footprint can reduce substantially. The current debate raging around hydrogen in the press in the context of how to power energy efficient homes is missing the point."
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Graham Mills says:
21st December 2022 at 1:03 pm
I have every confidence that mankind will develop green production of hydrogen cheaply and in volume within the next few years. It is my belief that hydrogen will become absolutely central to the decarbonisation of our planet. It is virtually devoid of negative implications.
Andy Cook says:
Given that the UK governments own target is 10 GW of green hydrogen by 2030, cheaply and in volumes looks unlikely. However, the importance of hydrogen in decarbonising heavy industry, freight, chemicals, fertilizer – yes. Hydrogen for heating and small scale transport. Less likely.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of the lungs that affects many smokers. Some patients with COPD develop one or more "exacerbations" or "flare-ups", a temporary worsening of lung symptoms that may require admission to the hospital and could be life-threatening. The purpose of this study is to find out whether taking a medicine that reduces inflammation will help one to recover faster from a COPD exacerbation and shorten the time in the hospital.
Zileuton is a medication that is usually given to treat asthma. Zileuton works by blocking the formation of substances that cause inflammation, fluid retention, and constriction in the lungs. While this drug has been approved for asthma, it does not have current approval for use in COPD.
520 patients will be enrolled across the country. Study participation lasts for 30 days.
If you agree to participate in the study and your medical condition matches what we are looking for, you will be assigned at random (like flipping a coin) into one of two groups of patients. One group will take a pill that contains a drug called zileuton. The other group of patients will take a pill that looks exactly the same called a placebo (like a sugar pill). Your chance of getting zileuton is the same as your chance of getting the placebo. Neither you, the doctors nor the study staff will know which pill you are taking until the end of the study, although it will be possible to find out quickly in an emergency.
You will take the medicine (600 milligrams of zileuton) or the placebo four times a day for 14 days.
You will have several visits with study staff over a period of 30 days. The Enrollment visit (the first visit) will occur within 12 hours of your admission to the hospital to find out whether you are eligible for the study. Information about your medical history, medicines, and symptoms will be obtained. A blood and urine sample will be collected, and a simple breathing test (also known as a spirometry test to test how well your lungs are working) will be performed. Education about COPD will be provided to you.
After that, follow-up visits will occur while you are in the hospital (at 24 hours after the Enrollment visit and then every other day including the day you are discharged from the hospital). While you are in the hospital, breathing tests, urine collection, physical exams, and questions about your symptoms will be repeated.
On the 7th day following the Enrollment visit, you will be contacted by telephone. If you are still in the hospital, a member of the study staff will visit you in your room.
Finally, you will have two follow-up visits in your study doctor's office at 14 days and 30 days after starting the study. The study visits will include a simple breathing test, a physical exam, questions about your health and symptoms, and a review for any possible undesirable study drug effects.


It was Darryl F. Zanuck's job on "All About Eve" & "Gentleman's Agreement"
"Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away"
"Our whole universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly 14 billion years ago, expansion started"
The 1947 speech that launched this plan said Europe must have help "or face economic social & political deterioration"
"Who's that girl? Who's that girl? It's Jess"
"What would we do, baby, without us"
The 1872 act establishing this called it a "tract of land in the territories of Montana and Wyoming"
On the Grand Trunk Road, the Wagah border separating these 2 countries since 1947 is called the "Berlin Wall of Asia"


I had some last year's blueberries in the freezer and I had just bought a vegan whipped cream on sale. I decided to put these 2 lovely things together. It was a great idea! And the soup was most delicious when it was still hot and the cream was melting in it. Yum!
Boil the water, add blueberries and sugar and boil for 5-7 minutes. Pour in the potato starch-cold water mix while stirring fast. Remove the pot from the heat. Pour vegan cream into the bowl, add some grated lemon zest and lemon juice and whip until fluffy. Serve blueberry soup with whipped cream.


Programme Coordinator, African Centre For Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), Mr. Uche Arisuku, fielding questions from newsmen at the Christian Aid in collaboration with Centre LSD with support from START Network Second Strategic Town Hall Meeting on Promoting Peaceful 2019 General Elections on Wednesday March 20, 2019 in Kaduna.
It is easier and cheaper to maintain peace than to solve problems arising from crisis, hence the call for all to embrace peace has been reiterated.
Programme Coordinator, African Centre For Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), Mr. Uche Arisuku, stressed this while delivering the welcome address at the Christian Aid in collaboration with Centre LSD with support from START Network Second Strategic Town Hall Meeting on Promoting Peaceful 2019 General Elections on Wednesday March 20, 2019 in Kaduna.
"The amount we will spending in giving relief materials to the over 2,000 IDPs from the recent crisis in Kajuru Local Government Area is far more than what we have been spending on trainings.
"It is easier and cheaper to maintain peace than to solve problems arising from violence.
"The money we would be spending on relief items in Kajuru would have done more in organising such meetings. We would have taken some if you to Abuja to relax and enjoy yourselves but such funds would now be channeled into relief materials," he told the participants," he lamented.
He described as pathetic the killings in Kajuru.
"We got talking to the IDPs and you see a small boy that has lost both parents. That is why we make efforts in ensuring peace," he added.
He said that the town hall meeting was a follow-up to the previous meeting held before the elections.
He charged participants to speak and air out their feelings and views freely.
"In the first town hall meeting, you came and we had discussion and you made commitment and the second one is a review if what you have done, to get feedback.
He explained that the overall aim of the programme was to have behavioural change and people are beginning to know that there is need to live in peace.
In an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the meeting, he said that It would be negative thinking to expect violence from the elections, but the outbreak of violence cannot be overruled based on history.
"But you could also expect violence. We would say yes our mitigation engagements were successful because we mitigated violence. Those who felt they have grievances have adopted peaceful means in resolving issues, and have settled to go to court'" he said.
When asked if the Kajuru crisis can be described as political, he said it could be interconnected.
"The Kajuru crisis started from communal clashes, but you can't separate it from politics. It must have impact on election.
"We were in Kajuru to talk to them and seeking ways to deal with it from the roots. We have told people to live in peace," he said.
On what relief materials would be distributed, he said they were still computing details.
"We are still doing the computation to get the demographics of the IDPs affected, the number in total, number of women, number of children. It would determine how much we would spend on relief materials," he added.
On ither projects that Centre LSD was organising towards peace building, he revealed that they also had gender based violence discussions on Monday March 18 and Tuesday March 19, 2019 in Kaduna.
"On Monday it was the women and they blamed the men for violence, while the meeting with men was held on Tuesday," he said.
According to him, the participants of the meeting were drawn from three focal communities; Sabon Tasha, Mandi and Kachia.
"But we also run radio jingles and adverts carrying messages of Peace that reaches all other communities, " he added.
The town gall meeting was themed, 'Mitigating Violence During The Electoral Process in Kaduna State'.


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Responsible for setting objectives and delivering results that have direct impact on the results within the area. Oversees the day-to-day operations of a mid-size community. Oversees a revenue of up to $25 Million.
Supervises, directs, and motivates staff.
Develops annual operating and capital budgets. Aggressively anticipates and minimizes negative budget variances and deficits. Meets and exceeds budget occupancy goals for the property. Continually explores means of revenue enhancement and expense reduction.
Hires, trains, disciplines and terminates associates in accordance with company policies. Reviews hires, promotions, disciplinary actions and termination of employment of associates ensuring consistency in the selection and retention of quality personnel.
Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare, Gerontology, Business or other related field required. Minimum of three to five years related experiencerequired; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must have a valid administrator license in states where required. Must have a valid driver license and access to a private vehicle for business use. California communities require three years of experience, completion of approved certification program, and completion of 20 CEU hours per year related to aging and/or administration. Properties in Indiana are licensed residential care facilities. The directors need to be licensed by the state of Indiana as a health facilities administrator. If administrators/executive directors are licensed in another state, application for provisional license must be submitted by Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.


Start-up agency Edwards Groom Saunders (EGS) has managed to secure a place on the Premier Foods roster, to handle its estimated &£6m planning business.
ZenithOptimedia continues to handle buying.
Last year, Premier Foods appointed independent media planning agency Central Focus to work alongside ZenithOptimedia on Ambrosia, Branston Pickle, Loyd Grossman and Typhoo Tea. Central Focus, run by Stephen Gregory, has meanwhile sub-contracted the planning business to EGS – the start-up launched by three former Starcom directors in March.
Premier Foods' advertising roster includes Ogilvy & Mather, Clemmow Hornby Inge, Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners and Publicis, which joined the roster last week after it beat Mother and Grey London to its &£9m Quorn creative account.
The company is reported to be eyeing United Biscuits and Campbell Soup UK as possible acquisitions to fit into its portfolio, which includes Crosse & Blackwell and Smash.


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Q: Javascript date parse produces wrong date I am trying to parse the date to string that is input by a user using IBM's BPM Coach framework (input is in dd/MM/YYYY). I need parse the Date to String and pass it to an external service. I am getting desired results by using the following code snippet but for a few cases.

var today = new Date();
    var dd = today.getDate();

    var mm = today.getMonth()+1;

    var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
    if(dd<10){
        dd='0'+dd;
    }
    if(mm<10){
        mm='0'+mm;
    }

    var today = dd+'/'+mm+'/'+yyyy;
    console.log(today)

While testing I provided the value on input say 01/01/1991, the javascript parser fails and the input captured is something like 32/12/1990.
I am not sure how to cater this.
Any help would be highly appreciated.

A: How would you call getDate() in this situation so it would return 32/12/1990

function getDate( inDate ) {
    var dd = inDate.getDate();
    var mm = inDate.getMonth()+1;
    var yyyy = inDate.getFullYear();

    if(dd<10) dd= '0'+dd;
    if(mm<10) mm= '0'+mm;

    return dd+'/'+mm+'/'+yyyy;
}

console.log( getDate( new Date()) );

A: It may come down to what browser you are using. Chrome parses (correctly by most persuasions) dates differently from Firefox and Safari, and more generally, "Yeah, unfortunately the date-parsing algorithms are implementation-dependent".
So what to do? You could try using jQuery UI's date picker and pass in the format you need, that way you can avoid the reformatting altogether and ensure that it works cross-browser.

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A 21mm stainless steel RDA with a stylish crown design airflow ring. The crown features an assortment of different sized holes (small, medium, large, x-large) so you can control the airflow from two holes. This tripost RDA has a generous drip well and on the bottom you'll find a serial number near the 510 connector. This will take a standard 510 drip tip.


The leaves have been blown clean off the boughs in these strong, November winds; the debris left scattered at the foot of woods, in a patchwork of autumnal shapes. The log fires curl sweet smoke from chimney pots, breath catches on the cold air, and the woods are wet and bare. On these days, that are distinctly darker than last week, it's time to hunker down, close up the shutters, and indulge in some sweet, sweet baking.
My sister came to stay the nights, and after a morning of breakfast, eked out for as long as possible, in an excellent tradition of coffee, tea, pyjamas and slippers- we finally got the rolling pin out.
My sister is an excellent baker, with an eye for detail, and these spiced treats were a winning, warming addition to a perfect Sunday spent in her company- plus they taste exactly like those biscuits we used to nick off the Christmas tree.
This recipe is also perfect for making decorative biscuits to hang from the tree in December!
Preheat oven to 180C. Line a tray with grease proof paper. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until well combined. Lightly dust a surface with flour, and gently roll out the dough to roughly half a cm thickness.
Cut out the shapes with a cookie cutter, and place on the baking tray. Bake for 11-14 minutes or until golden-brown.
Allow to cool on a rack, and enjoy!


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$100,000 in Community Donations!
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The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association is accepting requests for grants/donations from non-profit organizations that serve the citizens of Garden Grove. Letters requesting funds must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2014 to be considered for donations. A total of $100,000 will be donated.
All letters must be submitted on the non-profit organization's letterhead and include the non-profit identification number, amount of the request and the purpose for funding.
Donations are limited to capital improvements and capital equipment or durable goods. Funds are not given to organizations which award charitable cash grants. Other selection criteria considered include organizations which:
• Put majority of its time and finances toward the betterment of the community.
• Have sound track record of fiscal responsibility, or for new groups, plans to achieve financial soundness.
• Demonstrate stability and consistency in attaining goals and fulfilling its purpose.
• Demonstrate a specific need.
• Provide services regardless of race, creed, gender, or age.
For additional festival information, visit www.strawberryfestival.org. Requests must be mailed to the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association, P.O. Box 2287, Garden Grove, CA 92842; Attention: Donations Committee. "Each year it is our goal to give back to the community by donating to non-profit organizations that provide services for children, seniors, youth, community and the arts," said Donation Committee Chairman Mark Mahoney, "and we strive to do so in a fair and equitable manner to all eligible organizations." He also noted that priority may be given to Garden Grove-based organizations.
Proceeds of $119,092.00 raised from last year's Garden Grove Strawberry Festival were awarded earlier this year by the Festival Board of Directors to 12 non-profit organizations: Acacia Adult Day Services, Boys and Girls Clubs, H.O.P.E., One More Productions, Kiwanisland, Senior Serv, and the Guardettes. Other Garden Grove organizations who also received funds include the Downtown Business Association, Historical Society, Fire Department, Channel 3, and The Courtyard Center.
The Strawberry Festival is an annual non-profit event produced by the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association, a dedicated volunteer group which has raised more than $6.5 million for various charities since its inception in 1958. The Festival, which will celebrate its 56th anniversary in 2014, is held annually on Memorial Day Weekend. It will take place Friday, May 23rd through Monday, May 26th, 2014.


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I found beautiful SVG animation recently.
It works perfect in all the major browsers except IE 11 and that's the problem.
I'm check twice support table for CSS and HTML and everything seems to be fine.
Is IE11 not animating stroke-dasharray and stroke-dashoffset?Is there a polyfill for this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: Sadly, IE does not support SVG + CSS Animation, while Microsoft Edge does. Additionally, IE and Edge both don't support SVG + SMIL animation.
One possible solution is to use SVG + SMIL with FakeSmile library, or you can convert it to PNG Sequence / GIF with libraries like Loading.io's SMILTool Library, which also supports animation with SVG + CSS Animation.
Since SVG provide much better quality than GIF, you can consider serving animation in both format (SVG and GIF), depending on the client's browser. This could be easily done by configuring your web server.


Like copy writer Dominique Swiegers, who was part of the King James Cape Town creative team who walked away with the 2015 Pendoring Prestige Award and who will soon be winging her way to Cannes, you can also be in the pound seats if your sterling work takes the Prestige Award worth an overseas study tour of R100 000.
The sky is also the limit for the winner of the Umpetha Award which, like the Pendoring Prestige Award, now comprises of an overseas study tour worth a whopping R100 000.
Moreover, the client of the Pendoring Prestige Award also stands to win big time with free advertising space and air time worth a substantial amount, courtesy of Pendoring media sponsors.
As the winning agency of the Pendoring Prestige Award last year with its Sanlam Musiekfees campaign, King James Cape Town is the agency behind this year's Pendoring campaign, which kicks off today.
"We want to communicate – in a stirring and sincere way – the message that Pendoring will henceforth celebrate the best marketing communication, not only in Afrikaans, but also in Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu," members of the King James creative team explain.
"In a country as diverse as ours, we tend to see the large number of indigenous languages as an obstacle. So, our campaign aims to remind South Africans that having as many languages as we do, is actually something beautiful, something to celebrate, something to unite us.
"In true King James fashion, many people across multiple disciplines have worked together to create an integrated campaign to do Pendoring's new positioning proud. The opportunity to join forces on the 2016 Pendoring campaign made us realise just how lucky we are to live in a country with so many languages and to be part of such a colourful kaleidoscope," they add.
Besides print, online and television offerings, the campaign will also include a one-of-a-kind dictionary, designed to help members of the advertising community to connect with their peers, according to the team.
As before, only gold winners will be eligible for the two main awards – The Prestige Award and the Umpetha Award – which each entails an overseas study tour worth R100 000.
Each gold winner in every category receives R6 000 and silver winners R2 500 each.
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Q: In interior point solver we can set unity constraint as x1+x2+x3+x4=1 can we set constraint like 0.10<=x1+x3>=0.80 and 0.20<=x2+x4>=0.50 In interior point solver we can set unity constraint like x1+x2+x3+x4=1 can we set constraint like 0.10<= x1+x3 >=0.80 and 0.20<=x2+x4>=0.50 using setcoefficient.
Please provide the sample to set constraint of weight boundaries on sector and security both level.
https://csharp.hotexamples.com/examples/-/InteriorPointSolver/AddRow/php-interiorpointsolver-addrow-method-examples.html
We have used code of InteriorPointSolver for Markowitz model, It has solved to Minimize or Maximize on Security.
But we can not set setbound on sum of some of subset of all securities.
We tried to set constraint using Setcoefficient but it's not working. Please provide the sample for it

A: This is a strange looking constraint.
0.10 <= x1+x3 >= 0.80

can be restated as
x1+x3 >= 0.10
x1+x3 >= 0.80

or just
x1+x3 >= 0.80

No sweat!

If the poster really means:
0.10 <= x1+x3 <= 0.80

(it always helps to reread your question!) then we can write this as:
x1+x3 >= 0.10
x1+x3 <= 0.80

This is trivial to implement.
If the length of the summation is long:
0.10 <= x1+x2+x3+... <= 0.8

there is a better approach:
y in [0.1,0.8]     (extra variable with lower and upper bounds)
y = x1+x2+x3+...   (single equality constraint)

This prevents having the long summation twice in the model. Basically we create an extra variable but save a constraint and the corresponding nonzero coefficients.

Of course Microsoft Solver Foundation should not be used in real projects: it has been discontinued in 2012.


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Magic News	 June 9, 2005
What Might Have Been: Copperfield and Disney Team
Lady Liberty to Greet Diners
You will be greeted by the visage of Lady Liberty as you push through the throng of expectant diners crowding the foyer of David Copperfield's Magic Underground.
The location is perfect for the theme restaurant at the corner of Broadway and 49th (about a block off Time Square) in the city so nice they repeated its name.
Mr. Copperfield's partner is perfect for this type of creative and imaginative venture: Walt Disney Studios and David Copperfield and food! It does not get much better than this unless you can have Minnie perform close-up while feeding you peeled grapes like a harem girl.
Wow! Where did that come from? Sorry. I don't really even like grapes and I've never dressed like a harem girl, per se.
The restaurant's facade contains cracks and evidence of incredible structural pressure courtesy of the Disney Imagineering Crew. Mr. Copperfield wanted the interior to look like an 1880's New York waterfront warehouse containing parts of the Statue of Liberty. Disney wanted it to be the first of many Magic Underground restaurants around the US and then the world.
Unfortunately, the chain of Copperfield's Magic Underground never came to pass. Construction began on the first location at Broadway and 49th but was abandoned before the doors could open to the first customer.
Jim Hill Media has a wonderful photo essay on the started but uncompleted venue. He promises we'll read why Disney and Mr. Copperfield abandoned the project in later issues of his fascinating website. Check out the story of what could have been by visiting his website.
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Officials at the event to announce the project
Ithmaar, Eazy Financial Services to launch biometric payment network
MANAMA, September 17, 2018
Ithmaar Bank and Eazy Financial Services today announced plans to launch the region's first biometric payment network, supported by the Labour Fund "Tamkeen", providing a new and more efficient alternative for customers to conduct many of their financial transactions.
When implemented, Ithmaar Bank customers will no longer be required to use their bank cards at ATMs. Instead, they will simply be able to use their fingerprint along with their PIN to process financial transactions. This provides a simpler, more secure way to process financial transactions than ever before. In future, this may also include points of sale.
The new Biometric Payment Network will be available in phases for Ithmaar Bank customers as early as Q1 2019.
Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) chief executive Khalid Al Rumaihi commented: "With this announcement, Ithmaar Bank and Eazy Financial Services are truly showcasing Bahrain as a hub for innovation, specifically in the financial services industry. This partnership comes in line with our strategy to encourage innovation that supports high-value job creation in the kingdom. Bahrain's forward-thinking regulatory approach provides an attractive environment for FinTech – particularly in areas such as Islamic finance and payments. We look forward to welcoming more home-grown initiatives such as this."
Praising the initiative, Tamkeen chief executive Dr Ebrahim Janahi said: "Tamkeen's support for the FinTech industry comes as part of our efforts to support enterprises across stages of development and making the private sector a key driver of economic growth. We believe Ithmaar Bank and Eazy are both well ahead of the curve, and this strategic initiative will result in a major positive change in the Kingdom's economy and capital market."
Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) executive director Khalid Hamad said: "This very forward-looking partnership is proof that FinTech initiatives are delivering tangible, real-world results – ahead of similar initiatives across the region - while maintaining the overall safety and soundness of the financial system in Bahrain."
The platform, developed by Eazy Financial Services, is built on a powerful Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) one of the most reliable and trusted biometric engines which is deployed and implemented in many countries around the world for both civil and forensic applications. Eazy Financial Services adopts a rigorous "Identification Algorithm" which has earned the highest honours by several standards organizations and authorities.
Praising the initiative, Tamkeen CEO Dr Ebrahim Janahi said: "Tamkeen's support for the FinTech industry comes as part of our efforts to support enterprises across stages of development and making the private sector a key driver of economic growth. We believe Ithmaar Bank and Eazy are both well ahead of the curve, and this strategic initiative will result in a major positive change in the Kingdom's economy and capital market."
Ithmaar Bank CEO Ahmed Abdul Rahim said: "As part of our digital strategy, we continue to invest heavily in technology that provides our customers a more convenient, simpler and more secure way to conduct their financial transactions. Our customers are tech-savvy and expect friction-less access to banking services - and the introduction of biometrics is another major step that direction. We are leading the financial industry with this new, tangible solution which is a real-time example of how we put innovation and our customers at the forefront of everything we do."
Eazy Financial Services CEO Khaled Al Ahli said: "Payments stand out as the single largest driver for the biometrics market. We are driving biometric verification in the region, which is the future of the financial industry.
"As a local Bahraini start-up, we are extremely proud to bring a regional first solution from Bahrain, in partnership with a renowned local bank. Going forward, biometrics for financial products and services are expected to represent one-third of the total market for biometric solutions in 2020," he continued.
The agreement is a result of the financial support of Tamkeen, with the backing of the EDB and CBB. - TradeArabia News Service
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Daylight With Bibi
What The Head Of Israel's Military Intelligence Thinks Of Iran
Ali Gharib reports from Herzliya on Aviv Kochavi's assessment of Iran's nuclear program.
Ali Gharib
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Speaking in his uniform, Israel's top military intelligence official broke down his agency's assessments of threats facing the country without the passionate flair of many speakers here at Herzliya, Israel's leading security conference. His remarks that Hezbollah has 50,000 fighters in Syria and that Bashar Assad's regime is prepping its chemical weapons made most of the headlines. But Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi also delivered a sober assessment of Iran's nuclear program. His frankness aligned him, at times, with some of his political bosses' rhetoric, but he nonetheless emphasized things that Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli hawks tend to gloss over.Kochavi said Iran's leaders were holding off on handing down the decision to construct a weapon. "Iran's nuclear plan is progressing," he told a rapt audience, but added, "Iran is being careful not to cross any red lines." That view tracks with one expressed by Netanyahu recently at AIPAC, and leads inexorably to the conclusion that—contra Netanyahu's sometime view of a "messianic apocalyptic cult"—Iran leaders are rational actors. "The main goal that animates any action [by the Iranian leadership] is that they want to keep ruling," Kochavi said.
He was no fool: Iran—with its place in the region's "radical axis" and support for terror groups—definitely poses a threat; that's why Kochavi spent so much time on it. But neither was this soldier subject to the flourishes that pervade many Israelis' discussions of Iran; his wasn't a description of fundamentalists hell-bent on destroying Israel with a nuclear weapon at all costs, but one that balanced precisely those costs as it pursued nuclear advances. Surely referring to intercepts from inside Iran, Kochavi explained: "In simple words, we are starting to hear people saying that perhaps it is time to rethink [our] strategy"—he was clear that he meant this chatter had been picked up from the regime, though not Iran's Supreme Leader itself.
What's causing this consternation in Iran? "Sanctions affect Iran in a most meaningful way," Kochavi said. "All of these [sanctions] create heavy pressure on the Iranian regime and the Iranian citizen." (The Financial Times recently reported that sanctions may hurt ordinary Iranians more than regime big-wigs.) Kochavi went on: "The weight of sanctions is going to become a more important factor in decision-making, although it hasn't yet caused a change in the nuclear program." Kochavi, who said Iran doesn't take the threat of a military strike seriously, sees some hope for Iranian concessions, but noted that the Islamic Republic would never fully give up its nuclear program—something hawks like Netanyahu have demanded. This much seems clear: Kochavi's hope that a program of pressure can yield sanctions should be the international community's focus, not Netanyahu's constant predictions that such a project has all but failed. One outlook gives us options; the other only leads to war.


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The world is facing a nightmare scenario after doctors confirmed that tests show a woman infected with the Ebola virus at Northampton General Hospital is almost certainly white.
The hospital has not released any further details but it is understood the woman had recently travelled abroad and may have had contact with some of the dark-skinned foreigners who live there.
The Ebola virus was previously thought to be benign – killing mostly black people and transmitted only by direct contact with the bodily fluids of other infected foreigners such as Africans, Asians or other non-Europeans – but the disease has recently become more malignant infecting mainly pinko white people working for charities as nurses or volunteers abroad.
BlahBlah – Exactly! That's because the people in Canary Wharf are rich. What if the outbreak was in Lambeth? That has a large black population, but I bet the response would also be immediate and comprehensive. On the other hand, what if the outbreak was in Nepal or Haiti? I bet the response would be pathetic. As I said, it's about money, not colour.


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Please pardon my breif abscence, and allow me to answer your various queries.
1) You must be a mainsite reviewer to jojn, simply because this shows me a decent amount of credibility.
2) When applying for review, you must create a short explaination on why your game is something special.
My game is sometihng special because it has many whacky action levels. The game concept is new and decent. It has nearly 200 view although it was featured for 5 minutes before being un-featured.
Why this game is special.
The reason this game is special is because I have been told by some members that this game needs more attention and it is a pretty good game. The game has features that make the game-play more puzzle like and action like too.
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Well this game is based on how smart you are, how can you use the walls to help you and go through the puzzle-rooms. This game is 100% original (I hope), and it makes you think a lot. You must play this before you say something about it.
Also, I'm not recommending to the 'rarequiters', this game claims the peace and the concentrating.
From this point forth, if a review doesn't contain a description as to its worth (See above comments) it will simply be looked over.
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Veins are the blood vessels that take the blood back to the heart and lungs ready to be re-oxygenated and pumped back around the body. In order for the veins to take the blood back to the heart they contain valves that prevent the blood flowing the wrong way. When these valves weaken and stop working properly the veins can become varicose.
When a vein is varicose it can appear to bulge out of the skin and become a lot more noticeable. They can sometimes look lumpy or twisted and be darker in colour, usually a purple or blue.
Some people may not experience any symptoms other than their appearance but for others the legs can ache or feel quite painful. It is not unusual to experience a burning sensation or a throbbing in the affected area but these can be lessened by keeping the legs cool and by resting frequently.
It may be that no reason may be found as to why your veins have become varicose. For others it may be that it is a genetic occurrence and cannot be avoided.It has been found that the female hormones may lead to weakening of the blood vessels so women might be more at risk.
It is also thought that being overweight is a significant factor as the veins have to support a greater body weight and have more work to do to get the blood back to he heart and lungs.Pregnancy may also be a cause as the circulation changes to support the growing baby and in the later stages the blood in the legs is lessened because of the demands of the baby and the increase in body weight putting pressure on the vessels.
If you are not suffering from any symptoms other than cosmetic ones it is likely that they will not need treatment.Most varicose veins do not cause problems with the circulation as other blood vessels will compensate for the damaged ones.It is possible that treatment can be pursued through private treatment if the NHS deems yours not to warrant treatment.
If treatment is recommended the use of chemicals may be used. These chemicals are injected into the vein with the help of ultrasound scanning techniques and work by scarring the vessel and preventing them from working.
It is possible to have surgery for the treatment of varicose veins and this may be carried out as a day patient if there are no complications or any medical problems concerning the patient.Following administration of a general anaesthetic, the surgeon will make a small incision in your groin and another at the ankle, the affected veins will be located and a guide wire passed through. It is then dissected and tied off at one end and 'stripped' from the other end and removed.
When the affected vessels have been removed tight bandaging is necessary to prevent bleeding. The bandages will start at your ankle and continue to your groin.Recovery normally takes around 3 weeks.
As it is thought that standing in one position for long periods may contribute to varicose vein development it is advised that foot and ankle exercises are undertaken to try and prevent the veins from being damaged.
Some occupations may require you to stand for long periods as well so it is important to wear comfortable footwear and adjust position when able to encourage a healthy blood flow through the lower body and limbs.
Losing weight and stopping smoking will do wonders for your circulation and avoid many complaints and illnesses from developing. By encouraging a healthy blood pressure your heart and blood vessels will not have to work as hard to pump the blood around the body.When sitting avoid crossing your legs or tucking them under your body as this forces the veins to have to work harder to push the blood in the right direction.
If you feel your legs are aching and the circulation has become affected, try wearing compression stockings throughout the day as these help the blood flow in the right direction and will help to prevent and damage to the vein from worsening.
Varicose veins are a common but often not a serious problem. They may cause some discomfort but your overall circulation should be affected. Many people seek treatment if their discomfort worsens or the veins have become particularly unsightly, but it is not always necessary.
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I'm William(23) from Delhi, India, an enthusiast amateur boxer and also an architect.
Earlier when i was in college, i had enough time to workout and practice all sorts of activities/exercises.
Now that I've got a job, of 9 hours and sometimes more, which is from 9am to 6pm. I hardly get any time to workout because of my working hours plus the traveling time. I travel for 45 minutes twice each day every month except second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays.
I get home by 8pm usually and have to leave by 7:30 in the morning.
I'm really disappointed by my physique and health these days and everyday i feel like it's deteriorating. My goal is to gain weight and mass. I want to get back to the nice lean physique with the firepower and better than before.
I'm 5'4" and my body type is ectomorph and i weigh around 55kgs. I have a barbell rod, two dumbbell rods, four weights weighing 2.5kgs each and two weights weighing 5kgs each. Along with a pull up rod.
I'll be really glad if someone can help me with my current situation.
And please ask me any details regarding the topic.
I think you need to come up with a plan... first that means scheduling time and second that means selecting a workout to follow. Finally you need to get your diet right.
Time/scheduling for the gym... can you train 3 times per week for 45-60 per session? Or even twice a week for 60 mins? Just commit to making a *little* progress each week so that you make gains over time.
I'm not sure what kind of split to recommend because you don't have much equipment. You might need to get creative on this front but we can help you brainstorm some ideas or critique your routine if you do a little research first. I would try to get a membership at a gym... perhaps you pass one coming home from work or something like that.
Yes, i can definitely workout out there times per week. The problem was that i wasn't sure it's going to be enough. I tried for two weeks but i couldn't continue because of sudden workload. But like you said a little commitment is possible.
With that said, what can you suggest for the session regarding my goals.
I do traditional curls and also mace style workouts. Where do i start the research?