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Cohen Eye Institute Contents News & Reviews Testimonials Patient Video Testimonials
Dr. Ilan Cohen explains about cataract surgery New Jersey and New York.
"Dr. Cohen is one of the finest surgeons I can possibly imagine in the New York area. He has handled an incredible amount of complicated cases with ease."
Cataract surgery New Jersey & New York patients of Dr. Ilan Cohen at 5th Avenue Eye Center discuss their experience.
"My #1 referral source is Dr. Cohen. He is my top notch cornea surgeon because I've seen his results. His results are far superior than most surgeons in the area. It takes a skilled surgeon to do a phenomenal job and that is what he does."
My PRK Experience (Patient Review)
"I am absolutely happy. I had no pain or discomfort day 1 after my PRK procedure and my vision was clear 2 days after surgery. I could see as clear as if I had my glasses. I'm loving it!" - Lauralyn G.
LASIK Surgery - My Personal Experience (Patient Review)
"I was recommended by a coworker who had a really great experience with Dr. Cohen and his staff. The surgery was easy, no pain, no discomfort and I can totally see!" - Amy
My Personal Experience with Toric Lenses (Patient Review)
"I was referred to Dr. Cohen by my Retina specialist, after no other eye surgeon wanted to do surgery on my eyes. The difference in my vision is like day and night."- Joe
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"The experience was excellent and my outcome was unbelievable."
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"Staff was polite and courteous. I would recommend to anyone considering Lasik."
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"Dr. Cohen has given me freedom from my glasses and contacts and I could not be happier."
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"An absolutely amazing experience. Thank you Dr. for giving me perfect sight again!"
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"The results are unbelievable the minute you get up from the procedure."
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"I found the whole experience to be wonderful. I couldn't be happier with the results."
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Innovation. Experience. Unmatched Expertise.
One of the most skilled eye surgeons in the nation, Dr. Ilan Cohen has successfully performed thousands of laser and cornea surgery procedures including LASIK, cataract surgeries, glaucoma treatments, corneal collagen crosslinking, and many more treatments for various ocular health and vision conditions. He was the first surgeon in the New York City area to perform implantable contact lens surgery and the artificial corneal transplant.
He's been featured on CBS, Fox, and CNBC for his innovative surgical techniques, has authored chapters in multiple ophthalmology textbooks, and speaks at conferences and seminars. He personally meets with every patient before surgery, something many other eye surgeons don't do. He continually innovates by learning and using the most advanced technology and methods while always pursuing maximum safety, best outcomes, and fastest recovery times. He operates at the most prominent eye centers in the New York City area, including The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.
And most importantly, he leverages all his experience and expertise to evaluate each patient's suitability for a procedure. Dr. Cohen will always recommend the best possible option for your unique situation.
See Why Other Doctors Refer Their Patients to Dr. Cohen
Laser Eye Surgery Resources
LASIK and Cataract Surgery Links:
If you're interested in learning more about LASIK NJ, LASIK NYC, cataract surgery and other corrective laser eye surgeries nationwide, please check out the links below. A little research can be crucial to the outcome of your laser eye surgery. These independent links are provided as a free service to our visitors, but we are not responsible for the content, advertising, or accuracy of the information provided in these sites.
Crystalens (Bausch & Lomb) – Premium Intraocular Lens for Cataracts & Presbyopia
Tecnis Multifocal
Restor and Acysof Toric IQ
CustomVue (Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.) – Custom Wavefront LASIK Technology
Eye Digest by University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary Physicians
Get Eye Smart (American Academy of Ophthalmology) – IOL Implants & Cataract Surgery
Get Eye Smart (American Academy of Ophthalmology) – LASIK Laser Eye Surgery
Eye Surgery Education Council – About Cataract Surgery
Eye Surgery Education Council – About LASIK Surgery
IntraLase (Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.) – Blade Free LASIK Method
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Institute – Ranked among the nation's top hospitals
National Eye Institute – Facts about Cataract
RealSelf.com (Dr. Cohen) – Get information & ask for expert advice about LASIK, PRK, etc.
U.S. Food & Drug Administration – LASIK Risks and Complications
U.S. Food & Drug Administration – Approved Lasers for LASIK, PRK and other refractive surgeries
Refractive Surgery Group:
Here we list several of the world's leading board certified Ophthalmologists and eye surgeons across the U.S. who have made significant contributions to the field of refractive surgery. They are innovators, educators, respected authors and, above all, highly skilled physicians who are devoted to the medical and surgical treatment of many eye diseases, particularly diseases of the cornea. These refractive surgeons are exceptionally experienced and are among the top LASIK surgeons and cataract surgeons in the nation.
Karl G. Stonecipher, M.D. of Laser Defined Vision
3312 Battleground Avenue #102 Greensboro, NC 27410
Ming Wang, M.D. of Wang Vision Institute
1801 West End Ave, Ste 1150, Nashville, TN 37203
Associations & Organizations:
These resources will provide you with information about some of the professional organizations and associations we support that work diligently in the best interests of medical students, patients and physicians. They support research and development, and provide continuing education and training about new drugs, tools and procedures that help us provide safer, higher quality vision care to patients.
American Academy of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
American Academy of Optometry
American Macular Degeneration Foundation
American Society of Contemporary Ophthalmology
Cornea Research Foundation of America
Golden Key International Honour Society
Another great way of getting information is by consulting with a qualified refractive surgeon like Dr. Ilan Cohen. If you have any questions at all or simply want to learn more about LASIK eye surgery NJ, LASIK eye surgery NYC, cataract surgery and other laser vision correction options in Manhattan, Glendale NY, the greater New York area, or Old Bridge, New Jersey and surrounding cities, we welcome you to email, call or visit us in person.
Most Advanced: Allegretto WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser
Dr. Cohen's first choice in excimer lasers is the Allegretto WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser, which he uses in more than 90% of his New Jersey and New York LASIK cases. Dr. Cohen also uses the WaveLight FS200 Femtosecond laser in bladeless LASIK. These are the newest machines available.
He selected this laser technology because he considers it to be the leader of the pack. In Dr. Cohen's expert hands, the Allegretto WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser technology consistently achieves the best outcomes, improves patient comfort, and greatly reduces the need for enhancements.
Allegretto WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser (built by the German company, Erlangen WaveLight GmbH, a subsidiary of Alcon in Fort Worth, TX) is the newest, fastest and most precise excimer laser system available in the world. It was approved by the FDA in 2006. Operating at 500Hz while applying 400 treatment pulses per second, the Allegretto WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser makes it possible to perform accurate laser vision correction up to 10 times faster than other methods. It provides superior results, greater precision, and better safety.
When compared to other excimer lasers, the Allegretto WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser:
customizes every treatment to the patient's individual prescription and cornea
delivers precise work at high speed with PerfectPulse Technology™
high speed means less stress and discomfort for patients
follows the eye's fastest movements with high-speed eye-tracker
automatically adjusts to changes in pupil size during treatment
achieves a rounder, more natural corneal surface than many other lasers
virtually eliminates the glare and night vision problems associated with older generation lasers
can achieve uncorrected visual acuity of 20/16 or better
has a total re-treatment rate of less than 5% of patients
ensures a maximum level of safety
Gold Standard: VISX® STAR S4 IR
This is the most commonly-used excimer laser machine in the USA (from Abbott Medical Optics, Inc., Santa Ana, CA). VISX is the American company that invented laser vision correction in 1986 and the company was later acquired by Abbott.
VISX® STAR S4 is 15-year-old technology that has undergone a series of upgrades in the last few years. (Think of it as upgrading the CPU, the memory and other features on your old desktop PC.) It delivers a broad range of wavefront-guided laser vision correction treatments to patients, but has limited success in treatment of astigmatism and may induce glare and halos when not in the "wavefront" mode (which cannot be used in all patients).
VISX® STAR S4 is Dr. Cohen's laser of choice for patients with certain rare corneal conditions (e.g., PTK, or phototherapeutic keratectomy, for recurrent corneal erosion, etc.).
When compared to other excimer lasers, the VISX® STAR S4:
removes about 20% less corneal tissue than some of its competitors
tracks eye movement with ActiveTrak™, which helps ensure precise results
requires no pupil dilation, which promotes speedy recovery and causes less discomfort
produces an extremely consistent surface on the cornea after the procedure
minimizes additional time required for custom wavefront-guided treatment compared to conventional treatment
Bladeless Flap Creation: Ziemer FEMTO LDV™ FS Laser
A femtosecond (FS) laser is the first step in the "all-laser" or "bladeless" Custom LASIK procedure and is used to shape and create the corneal flap for qualified patients. This eliminates the need for cutting a flap with the traditional mechanical microkeratome, a hand-operated blade instrument. After a flap has been created, treatment with the excimer laser (above) begins.
Dr. Ilan Cohen's femtosecond laser of choice is the Ziemer FEMTO LDV™ (Ziemer Group, Port, Switzerland), which is the newest and most advanced FS laser approved by the FDA (2008). With a beam that is faster but less intense than conventional FS lasers, this innovative high-frequency technology allows more flexibility in flap cutting, improves safety to the highest level, and promotes faster healing and better patient comfort.
Dr. Cohen prefers the Ziemer FEMTO LDV™ for its tremendous level of control and unprecedented precision, and believes that the laser's advantages lead to the best results for his patients. The laser's proprietary cutting process results in better visualization and effortless separation of the flap, and enables the surgeon to begin the excimer laser ablation process immediately. This saves time and minimizes exposure of the stroma (the middle layer of the cornea). The laser's ability to create ultra-thin flaps can also be effective for patients who are not ordinarily laser surgery candidates, such as those with thin corneas or extreme myopia.
When compared to other femtosecond lasers, the Ziemer FEMTO LDV™:
is small, mobile and easily fits under excimer lasers, eliminating the need to move the patient
reduces procedure time by being 3 to 5 times faster than all other FS lasers
is more gentle to the corneal tissue
reduces discomfort, inflammation and the risk of unwanted nighttime side effects
is more precise, more predictable and safer
has a shorter recovery period
is more likely to achieve 20/20 or better vision
While some doctors argue that lasers are better than blades for cutting corneal flaps, both types of LASIK surgery are successful and achieve comparable results. Traditional blade LASIK with a microkeratome is widely believed to be faster and more comfortable for most patients. On the other hand, bladeless LASIK is often considered more precise and less risky.
"Doctor Cohen was the right person for my surgery. All of my questions were answered and surgery was safe and fast."
Casey B.
"I had LASIK with Dr. Cohen and my results are outstanding. The whole process was smooth and painless. If you are interested in LASIK, this is the way to go."
NoMoreGlasses
"I had LASIK with Dr. Cohen and I love it. I was really nervous, but Dr. Cohen made it all so easy and relaxed. I would recommend him to anyone."
"I had cataract surgery with Dr. Cohen and I am extremely pleased with the results. I highly recommend this office to anyone who needs cataract surgery."
"I had LASIK with Dr. Cohen a month ago and I am extremely happy with the decision. He was professional and friendly and my vision is better than 20/20."
Gina F.
"Dr. Cohen changed my life. I had LASIK with Dr. Cohen and I am thrilled with the results. This is the best decision I have ever made."
"Couldn't ask for a better experience. I would recommend them to anyone and everyone looking to get lasik."
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Ephraim Manessah Sykes (born July 17, 1985, in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American actor and singer. Sykes played the role of George Eacker in the Broadway musical Hamilton.

In December 2016, he played Seaweed J. Stubbs in NBC's live production of Hairspray Live!. In 2017, Sykes originated the role of David Ruffin in the musical Ain't Too Proud, a stage musical based on the life of The Temptations.

Filmography
 30 Rock (2006)
 The Kennedy Center Honors (2010)
 Leave It on the Floor (2011)
 Smash (2013)
 Vinyl (2016) – Marvin
 Hairspray Live! (2016) – Seaweed J. Stubbs
 Crisis in Six Scenes (2016)
 Detroit (2017) - Jimmy
 Hamilton (2020) - George Eacker
 Russian Doll (2022) - Derek, 3 episodes

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Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners (Jun 2016)
Global warming potential means how much a given mass of a chemical contributes to global warming over a given time period compared to the same mass of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide's global warming potential is defined as 1.0.
High global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons means any hydrofluorocarbons in a particular end use for which EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program has identified other acceptable alternatives that have lower global warming potential. The SNAP list of alternatives is found at 40 CFR Part 82 subpart G with supplemental tables of alternatives available at (http://www.epa.gov/snap/).
Hydrofluorocarbons means compounds that only contain hydrogen, fluorine, and carbon.
(b) The Contractor shall comply with the applicable requirements of Sections608 and 609 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.7671g and 7 671h) as each or both apply to this contract.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in the contract, the Contractor shall reduce the use, release, or emissions of high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons under this contract by–
(1) Transitioning over time to the use of another acceptable alternative in lieu of high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons in a particular end use for which EPA's SNAP program has identified other acceptable alternatives that have lower global warming potential;
(2) Preventing and repairing refrigerant leaks through service and maintenance during contract performance;
(3) Implementing recovery, recycling, and responsible disposal programs that avoid release or emissions during equipment service and as the equipment reaches the end of its useful life; and
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Dr. Magge finished her general surgery residency with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the summer of 2015, where she learned how to be adaptable to patient needs, and how to earn a patient's trust.
Taking those lessons forward, Dr. Magge has begun a fellowship in surgical oncology and will spend the next three years specializing in surgical procedures to treat cancer patients.
"When my grandfather passed away from metastatic gastric cancer, I realized what I was meant to do," said Dr. Magge. "During my residency, I found that I empathized most deeply with cancer patients and their families. There is so much hope and so much help that one can offer a cancer patient. By specializing in surgical oncology, I am combining my passions for surgery and oncological care," said Dr. Magge.
Dr. Deepa Magge '01 is a Surgical Oncology Fellow at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.


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An online panel discussion exploring experiences and techniques in green and environmentally sensitive building and design in South and Central Asia.
The volunteers - In a heartbeat
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We follow community health volunteers on their rounds in Kenya and Tanzania, to learn more about the key health and gender equality issues facing rural communities.
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat's work in Pakistan
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Today the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Pakistan AKAH won the World Habitat Awards 2020 Gold Award for its work helping vulnerable communities in Pakistan manage disaster risk and plan for a better future, using hazard vulnerability and risk assessments.
Highlights of the 2020 Geneva Conference on Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, the Aga Khan University manages the French Medical... More
In a statement delivered at the virtually held 2020 Afghanistan Conference by AKDN's Diplomatic Representative to Afghanistan Sheherazade Hirji, His Highness the Aga Khan, noted that as the country entered into a new period of transition, it would need the contribution of all of its people to address their common challenges: rising poverty, climate disruption, an unforgiving pandemic.
Aga Khan Centre
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Matt Reed, the Aga Khan Foundation's CEO, introduces the Aga Khan Centre in London's Knowledge Quarter, speaking on the challenge put to the building's designer, Fumihiko Maki, the Pritzker Prize winning architect, by His Highness the Aga Khan. The Aga Khan talked about the three qualities that should animate any such building: openness, light and pluralism.
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Tourmaline is a natural mineral composed of Hematite, a special mineral related to our metabolism. It is also a natural source of negative Ions and Far Infrared Rays. The type of FIR tourmaline emits causes the body to resonate at the same frequency as water to allowing for better water absorption. Also tourmaline reduces water clustering, improves taste and increases dissolved oxygen.
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The resonance causes ionization of water into hydrogen ion and hydroxide ions at an extremely high speed (10-12 sec). This ionization is called "water activation." If such activation of water occurs in human cellular tissues, the metabolism of cells and excretion of residues from cells or nutrition are enhanced. Water makes up the 70% of mass of the human body. Infra-Red and mineral balls is able to activate, revitalize, reactivate, develop and strengthen various organs in our bodies when it is absorbed.
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PERSONAL: Married; children: one daughter. Education: Louisiana State University, B.A.; Stanford University, M.A.; Harvard University, Ph.D.
CAREER: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, associate professor of English, 1993–.
AWARDS, HONORS: Junior Trustee Teaching Excellence Award, Kenyon College, 2000.
Bait, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 1994.
The Blue Wall, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 1996.
Cold Steel Rain ("Danny Chaisson" series), Putnam (New York, NY), 2000.
The Burying Field ("Danny Chaisson" series), Putnam (New York, NY), 2002.
Contributor to journals and to books by others, including The Body in Parts: Discourses and Anatomies in Early Modern Europe, Routledge, 1997.
SIDELIGHTS: Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky has taught courses on the work of William Shakespeare, Renaissance poetry, film, and fiction writing, but as Kenneth Abel he is known for his mystery novels. His first book, Bait, is set in the Northeast and features Jack Walsh, a former detective on the Boston narcotics squad whose partner was gunned down. Walsh, who now has a drinking problem, is running from a number of ne'erdowells. Among these is local Mafia godfather Johnny D'Angelo, whose son was killed in an accident caused by Walsh, and for which Walsh served time. Even as D'Angelo hunts him down, U.S. Attorney Kate Haggerty wants to use Walsh as bait to snare the mob boss. A Kirkus Reviews contributor called Bait "a stunningly impressive debut with a twisty, existential tale of crime and punishment," and Chicago's Tribune Books reviewer Chris Petrakos felt that "there are not many debut novels that have the kind of style and focus" as Bait.
The Blue Wall is set in New York, where Detective Dave Moser is investigating the apparent murder of the daughter of Adelberto Cruz, a Guatemalan who was granted asylum in the 1980s. Unknown to Moser, Cruz has been laundering money for the mob through wiseguy Joey Tangliero, an aspiring standup comedian who has exposed corruption in the police department and is about to testify against mob bosses before the grand jury. Washington Post Book World contributor Bob Allen wrote that "the wacky but compelling cast of characters and Abel's sly, wiseacre topspin keep you both guffawing and glued to the page." A Kirkus Reviews critic called The Blue Wall "a bravura performance from the immensely talented Abel."
With Cold Steel Rain, Lobanov-Rostovsky sets his story in New Orleans and introduces Danny Chaisson, a lawyer and former assistant district attorney who is now on the payroll of a Louisiana politician to whom Chaisson owes a favor, and who uses him to deliver payoff money. When five people are murdered in a restaurant shooting, it seems that Chaisson may be the fall guy until he finds an ally in beautiful ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) agent Mickie Vega. A Publishers Weekly contributor felt that "the New Orleans setting is well integrated into the story … and the duplicity of many of the characters' actions combine to create a dense miasma of sleaziness."
Chaisson is featured again in The Burying Field. In this story, he is hired by a real estate developer when it is discovered that the land upon which he is going to build a mall is an unrecorded historic slave burial ground. Michael Tournier wants Chaisson to determine the feelings of the local residents before he goes ahead with the project that would bring jobs and revenue to the area. What he discovers is dirty politics and racial attitudes that date back to the 1930s. When Caryl Jackson, an old black man, implores a group of white teens not to desecrate the graveyard, they attack him, leaving him near death, and Jackson's grandson is arrested on a false murder charge in an effort to sway voters. Chaisson contacts a state archeologist to survey the site, and her investigation uncovers the body of a black girl who was reported missing some twenty years earlier. Times-Picayune reviewer Diana Pinckley wrote that "this is the rare book that doesn's hit even one wrong note. Abel nails dialogue—black and white people's—so well that you keep going back and savoring the words and phrases…. And there's plenty of action."
Booklist, March 15, 1994, Joe Collins, review of Bait, p. 1325; June 1, 1996, Wes Lukowsky, review of The Blue Wall, p. 1678; August, 2000, Wes Lukowsky, review of Cold Steel Rain, p. 2119.
Kirkus Reviews, February 1, 1994, review of Bait, p. 80; March 15, 1996, review of The Blue Wall, p. 388; February 15, 2002, review of The Burying Field, p. 220.
Kliatt, September, 2003, Barbara Jo McKee, review of The Burying Field, p. 15.
Library Journal, March 15, 2002, Thomas L. Kilpatrick, review of The Burying Field, p. 106.
Los Angeles Times Book Review, September 17, 2000, Eugen Weber, review of Cold Steel Rain, p. 10.
Publishers Weekly, January 31, 1994, review of Bait, p. 74; April 22, 1996, review of The Blue Wall, p. 62; August 7, 2000, review of Cold Steel Rain, p. 78; April 8, 2002, review of The Burying Field, p. 207.
San Francisco Chronicle, July 7, 2002, David Lazarus, review of The Burying Field, p. 5.
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), July 14, 2002, Diana Pinckley, review of The Burying Field, Sunday Review section, p. 1.
Tribune Books (Chicago, IL), March 20, 1994, Chris Petrakos, review of Bait, p. 7.
Washington Post Book World, August 4, 1996, Bob Allen, review of The Blue Wall, p. 8.
Kenyon College Web site, http://www.kenyon.edu/ (July 7, 2005), "Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky."
"Lobanov-Rostovsky, Sergei." Contemporary Authors. . Encyclopedia.com. 22 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.


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Let's be clear – I'm not a "Fashion Blogger" or "Instagram Superstar" and I rarely have the time or inclination to take an outfit selfie (though every Business Coach I've ever talked to always tells me I should be doing more…URGH!).
I'm a Personal Stylist living in a suburb just outside of the Toronto area, working with women throughout the Greater Toronto Area and beyond to help them define and refine their personal style, makeover their wardrobe, and feel more confident in their clothes.
I've had my business as a Personal Stylist since 2008 and am a certified Image Consultant who was personally chosen to train with Stacy London from TLC's 'What Not To Wear'. Yes, THAT Stacy London!
As a busy working Mom, I know what it's like to juggle motherhood, family responsibilities, and work all at the same time – it's exhausting! I also know that taking the time for self care and feeling good about how you look can feel like one more "to do" on your long list of responsibilities.
But I also I believe that clothing and how you choose to dress yourself is a major form of self care that has a magical positive effect across so many areas of your life.


What kind of food allergies do you have, and how have they affected your life?
There are different kinds of food allergies, and they come many different shapes, sizes, and severities. None are very much fun, but as many people in our YouTube audience have pointed out, some people with allergies have to be rushed to the hospital from just a whiff of an offending food, while other people can "cheat" and enjoy, however temporarily, a bit of the food they are allergic to, with only a relatively small price to pay later. Most of my allergies fall somewhere in the middle, and arrived in the form of severe food sensitivities about 6 years ago when I became sick with Lyme Disease (which is not uncommon). Many of my more mild allergies have improved or even gone away over the last few years. The more serious ones haven't, but I don't find it that hard to live around them anymore. My allergies include and/or have included wheat, dairy, and shrimp (which I don't expect to eat ever again), along with some fruits, legumes, meats, and then soy and corn – which are in everything!
How did you get involved with "One Grain More," and what was your role in the project?
Michael and I have been friends for several years, and for just about as long I have been bugging him about healthier diets. When I learned about my food allergies, so did he, and when he learned of his, we were finally able to trade tips and recipes. "One Grain More" was born out of a gluten-free baking fiasco of his, and when he called me with the idea, I loved it. Michael then ran the rough draft by me and we brainstormed punch lines and bounced ideas back and forth, and since that conversation (which was one of the funniest of our friendship to date), we've been partners in allergy awareness crime. I was honored to sing in it, and I was thrilled to work as a directing team with Michael once again.


It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia��s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group��s on line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: "We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn��t just something that happened in Australia. It��s world history."
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia - where an aging population, life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part - other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death - probably by a deadly injection or pill - to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a "cooling off" period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally III law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. "I��m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I��d go, because I��ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks," he says.
51. From the second paragraph we learn that .
52. When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means .
53. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will .
54. The author��s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of .
A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small minded officials, rude waiters, and ill mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.
The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn��t take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation.
Today there are many charitable organizations, which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. "I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner - amazing." Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.
As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to "translate" cultural meanings properly often draw wrong conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word "friend", the cultural implications of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitor��s language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many American value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.
55. In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, .
56. It could be inferred from the last paragraph that .
57. Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers .
58. The tradition of hospitality to strangers .
Technically, any substance other than food that alters our bodily or mental functioning is a drug. Many people mistakenly believe the term drug refers only to some sort of medicine or an illegal chemical taken by drug addicts. They don��t realize that familiar substances such as alcohol and tobacco are also drugs. This is why the more neutral term substance is now used by many physicians and psychologists. The phrase "substance abuse" is often used instead of "drug abuse" to make clear that substances such as alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully misused as heroin and cocaine.
We live a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves. When do these socially acceptable and apparently constructive uses of a substance become misuses? First of all, most substances taken in excess will produce negative effects such as poisoning or intense perceptual distortions. Repeated use of a substance can also lead to physical addiction or substance dependence. Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance, with more and more of the substance required to produce the desired effect, and then by the appearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the substance is discontinued.
Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter perception, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogens. Stimulants initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down. Hallucinogens have their primary effect on perception, distorting and altering it in a variety of ways including producing hallucinations. These are the substances often called psychedelic (from the Greek word meaning "mind��manifesting") because they seemed to radically alter one��s state of consciousness.
59. "Substance abuse" (Line 5, Paragraph 1) is preferable to "drug abuse" in that .
60. The word "pervasive" (Line 1, Paragraph 2) might mean .
61. Physical dependence on certain substances results from .
62. From the last paragraph we can infer that .
No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation. "Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers?" Senator Robert Dole asked Time Warner executives last week. "You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?" At Time Warner, however, such questions are simply the latest manifestation of the soul searching that has involved the company ever since the company was born in 1990. It��s a self examination that has, at various times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and the corporate bottom line.
At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over for the late Steve Ross in 1992. On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company��s mountainous debt, which will increase to 17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.
The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him. Levin has consistently defended the company��s rap music on the grounds of expression. In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice T��s violent rap song Cop Killer. Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet. "The test of any democratic society," he wrote in a Wall Streel Journal column, "lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won��t retreat in the face of any threats."
Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard line stand, at least to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month��s stockholders�� meeting, Levin asserted that "music is not the cause of society��s ills" and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as well about the "balanced struggle" between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.
The 15 member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. But insiders say several of them have shown their concerns in this matter. "Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited," says Luce. "I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this."
63. Senator Robert Dole criticized Time Warner for .
A. Luce is a spokesman of Time Warner.
B. Gerald Levin is liable to compromise.
C. Time Warner is united as one in the face of the debate.
65. In face of the recent attacks on the company, the chairman .
66. The best title for this passage could be .
Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" or "a touch on the brakes", makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The link between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy.Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rear view mirror and a faulty steering wheel.
Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about of late. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3% last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s.
It is also less than most forecasters had predicated. In late 1994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that America��s inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact, it fell to 2.6% in August, and expected to average only about 3% for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last year. This is no flash in the pan; over the past couple of years, inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America.
Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially America��s, have little productive slack. America��s capacity utilization, for example, his historically high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (5.6% in August) has fallen bellow most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment - the rate below which inflation has taken off in the past.
Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have up ended the old economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation.
67. From the passage we learn that .
69. The sentence "This is no flash in the pan" (Line 5, Paragraph 3) means that .
70. The passage shows that the author is the present situation.
第二段第一句是解答本题的关键。"The full import may take a while to sink in."意思为:整个事情的重要性还需要一段时间才能被人了解。选D.
投票最终进行是在凌晨3点45分。在经过了6个月的讨论和议会16个小时的激烈辩论之后,最终澳大利亚的北部地区成为世界上第一个允许医生合法帮助无药可治的病人进行安乐死的地区。这项法案最终是以15比10的多数票通过。这个消息立刻就在互联网上传开了,在地球的另一边,加拿大死亡权利协会执行主席 John Hofsess 马上把这个消息发到了该组织的网站Death NET 上。Hofsess 说:"我们整天都在贴子,因为这件事并不只是澳大利亚的事,这是整个世界历史上的大事。"
人们关于rap 音乐的抨击使Levin 的日子更加不好过。Levin 一直以rap 音乐只是一种表达方式来维护该公司的rap 音乐。1992年,华纳公司因为出品了Ice��T 乐队充满暴力的rap 歌曲《警察杀手》,而受到了猛烈的指责。这时,Levin把rap音乐描述成街头文化的一种合法表现形式,因为街头文化也需要宣泄。他在《华尔街时报》的专栏中写道:"任何民主社会面临的考验并不是它是否能控制言论,而是它是否能给予思想和言论最大限度的自由,尽管有时这样做的结果是非常令人争议和不快的,但是我们不会在任何威胁面前退缩。"


A key regulator of DNA damage-induced apoptosis is the tumor suppressor gene, p53. p53 is a transcription factor that upregulates genes involved in cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. How p53 decides to activate one of these responses in response to DNA damage is largely unanswered. Many have hypothesized it is due to interaction with various signaling pathways and post-translational modification. The p53 tumor suppressor can be modified by SUMO-1 in mammalian cells, but the functional consequences of this modification are unclear. Conjugation to SUMO is a reversible post-translational modification that regulates several transcription factors involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and disease. In Chapter II, we demonstrate that the Drosophila homolog of human p53 can be efficiently sumoylated in insect cells. We identify two lysine residues involved in SUMO attachment, one at the C-terminus, between the DNA binding and oligomerization domains, and one at the N-terminus of the protein. We find that sumoylation helps recruit Drosophila p53 to nuclear dot-like structures that can be marked by human PML and the Drosophila homologue of Daxx. We demonstrate that mutation of both sumoylation sites dramatically reduces the transcriptional activity of p53 and its ability to induce apoptosis in transgenic flies, providing in vivo evidence that sumoylation is critical for Drosophilap53 function.


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Q: How to change a div's outline color when selected? I need to change the outline color when the div is selected. I have tried by using the same technique as hover (shown below), but I need help with a selector. Is it possible via JavaScript or is CSS enough?
Here is what I tried:

div {
    background: #ccc;
    margin: 20px;
}
div:hover {
    outline: 1px solid blue;
}

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A: You can try :focus pseudo-class. Note you will need tabindex to make your divs focusable.

div {
    background: #ccc;
    margin: 20px;
}
div:focus {
    outline: 1px solid blue;
}

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A: Another approach using CSS:
input:active,
input:focus,
textarea:active,
textarea:focus,
select:active,
select:focus {
    outline: 1px solid blue;
}

A: Have you tried using events?

function selected(pDiv) {
    $("#div" + pDiv).attr("style", "border-style: solid");
    // Here write a For Loop to put "border-style: none" to everyone else
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Let me know if it worked...

A: As I said in my other answer, you can use :focus pseudo-class.
But there is a problem: it won't work if the elements contain other focusable elements.
However, it can be fixed using JS events:

var els = document.body.children;
for(var i=0; i<els.length; ++i) {
    els[i].addEventListener('focus', focus, true);
    els[i].addEventListener('blur', blur, true);
}
function focus() {
    this.classList.add('focus');
}
function blur() {
    this.classList.remove('focus');
}
div {
    background: #ccc;
    margin: 20px;
}
div:focus, div.focus { /* :focus is a fallback in case JS is disabled */
    outline: 1px solid blue;
}

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Note that in the code above I used capture phase because focus and blur don't bubble.
Alternatively, focusin and focusout could be used instead, but be aware Firefox doesn't support them yet (but they will work if you use jQuery).

$('body > div').on('focusin', function() {
    $(this).addClass('focus');
}).on('focusout', function() {
    $(this).removeClass('focus');
});
div {
    background: #ccc;
    margin: 20px;
}
div:focus, div.focus { /* :focus is a fallback in case JS is disabled */
    outline: 1px solid blue;
}

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A: All you need to do is use focus instead of hover. The :focus selector is used to select the element that has focus. It is allowed on elements that accept keyboard events or other user inputs.
The difference between the two elements is that the hover event listens for the position of the mouse in relation to the web page, while the focus event listens for the selected item in the page.
So your code could look something like this:

div {
    background: #ccc;
    margin: 20px;
}
div:focus {
    outline: 1px solid blue;
}

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/*
 Fix select next previuos selected
 Fix duplicate clicks diselect
*/
var valuesOld = new Array();
var num = 0;

function selected(pDiv) {
    num = num +1;
    valuesOld[num] = pDiv;
    console.log("Key"+num+"Value="+valuesOld[num]);

    $("#div" + pDiv).css("border-left", " 1px solid rgb(133, 189,147)");

    if(valuesOld[2] > 0 && valuesOld[1]> 0){
        $("#div" + valuesOld[num-1]).css("border-left", " 1px solid rgb(221, 84, 84)");
    }
        if(pDiv == valuesOld[num]){
        $("#div" + pDiv).css("border-left", " 5px solid rgb(133, 189, 147)");
    }
}
div{
  border-left: 1px solid rgb(221, 84, 84);
  margin-top: 2px;
}

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The international jury of the 51st annual World Press Photo Contest selected a color image of the UK photographer Tim Hetherington as World Press Photo of the Year 2007. The picture was taken using an EOS 5D on the 16 September 2007 and shows a US soldier resting at "Restrepo" bunker, named after a soldier from his platoon who was recently killed by insurgents. The 2nd Battalion Airborne of the 503rd US infantry is undergoing a deployment in the Korengal Valley in the Eastern province of Afghanistan. The valley is infamous as the site of downing of a US helicopter and has seen some of the most intense fighting in the country. Hetherington's photograph is part of a picture story that was also awarded 2nd Prize in General News Stories. He had traveled to Afghanistan on assignment for Vanity Fair.
This year, a record number of participants from 125 countries sent in their work, a total of 5,019 photographers, which is an increase of 12.5% compared to 2007. The total number of images submitted is 80,536. Of all participants 80% chose to enter the contest by uploading their work online.
The jury gave prizes in 10 theme categories to 59 photographers of 23 nationalities from: Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, People's Republic of China, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA, and Zimbabwe.
Tim Hetherington, the author of the World Press Photo of the Year 2007, will receive his award during an awards ceremony in Amsterdam on Sunday 27 April 2008. The award also carries a cash prize of €10,000. In addition, Canon will donate Hetherington a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III camera.
The awards ceremony is preceded by a three-day program of lectures, discussions and screenings of photography. The exhibition of prizewinners will be shown at the Oude Kerk from 29 April to 22 June and will subsequently visit over 100 locations around the world. For a provisional exhibition schedule see: www.worldpressphoto.org/exhibitions.


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O Bigla-Katusha (Código UCI: BIG) é uma equipa ciclista feminino da Dinamarca de categoria UCI Women's Team, máxima categoria feminina do ciclismo de estrada a nível mundial.

História
Em 2020, a empresa Katusha, depois do desaparecimento da equipa masculino ao que patrocinava, passou a ser copatrocinador da equipa.

Material ciclista
A equipa utiliza bicicletas Cervélo e componentes Rotor.

Classificações UCI
As classificações da equipa e do seu ciclista mais destacado são as seguintes:

Palmarés
Para anos anteriores veja-se: Palmarés da Bigla Pro Cycling Team.

Palmarés 2020

UCI WorldTour de 2020

UCI ProSeries de 2020

Calendário UCI Feminino de 2020

Campeonatos nacionais

Modelos
Para anos anteriores, veja-se Elencos da Bigla Pro Cycling Team

Elenco de 2019

Referências

Ligações externas

 Página Site Oficial

Equipas ciclistas femininas da UCI
Equipes de ciclismo da Alemanha


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Pakistan's abilities to deal with coronavirus depleted after its outbreak in Iran: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Pakistan's capabilities to deal with coronavirus gradually reduced after it spread in Iran.
"We established contact with Tehran after zaireen started pouring in from Qom," PM Imran said while addressing a joint press conference on strategy against coronavirus along Special Assistant to PM on Health Dr Zafar Mirza and Advisor to PM on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh in Islamabad.
The prime minister said no case had entered through China into the country. He said four to five percent people would require to be admitted to intensive care unit, if the disease spread in Pakistan, which would be tough for the government. He stressed on social distancing to stop spread of coronavirus.
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"When the outbreak escalated in Iran, Iran itself lost the capability to deal with it. I must commend China here, when our students were stranded there, they assured us they were being taken care of like their own. And today I want to commend China that not one case came from China," he said.
Admitted mismanagement at Iran-Pakistan border, PM Khan said there were no facilities at Taftan initially where screening could be done. We had to build facilities from scratch, equipment had to be airlifted, he said.
He said it would be wrong to point fingers at anyone, especially Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal as we knew the difficulties he went through to set it up.
"Take a look at Italy today, with their strong GDP and buying power, they are running out of doctors, out of ventilators. So I am telling the nation now; that this term social distancing is extremely important," he said.
Self quarantine is important; take care at home. The chances of spread would decrease and we had learnt this from studying examples from the world, he maintained.
He asked media to play a responsible role. Media created sensationalisation after Mardan was quarantined, he rued. China had fought it as a nation, and we had to fight this as a nation too.
"There are two strategies in play right now. The Sindh government locking down, and then our strategy. Both of them are not too different. We know that there should be no large gatherings, but we are a step behind a total economic lockdown. And for this the reason is because our economic situation is not the same as Italy. We have daily wage earners, we have rehri walas. Do we have the system to help and access them all? Seeing the possibility of organising these logisitcs, we are telling people to self quarantine, to not go to crowded places. But we are giving an incentive to the construction industry; an unprecedented one so that the daily wage earners can keep earning. To strike a balance we will monitor large crowds, we will make full use of technology and data. But at the same time we will incentivise the construction centre.
"The other issue we are fearful of is that a complete lockdown will effect hospital staff as well. This is why we are telling people to practice discipline. If we have to get out of this, it is important that we avoid public gatherings," he said.
Imran Khan also said the government was working on an economic package. He said the government would incentivize and protect business across the country to ensure economic activity. "A complete package will be announced on Tuesday.
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«Батьківський дім» — радянський художній фільм 1959 року режисера Льва Куліджанова, знятий на Кіностудії ім. М. Горького.

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Прийомна дочка лікаря Скворцова, дізнавшись, що її мати Наталія Овдіївна жива, поїхала до неї в село на канікули. Жінка не знала, як наблизити до себе дочку. Зустрічі в колгоспі з цікавими людьми змусили Таню багато про що подумати і багато чого пережити. Вона навіть зізналася в коханні голові колгоспу — доброму й чуйному Сергію Івановичу (Валентин Зубков), який, втім, дав зрозуміти їй, що це всього лише дитяче захоплення. Їдучи, вона знала, що після закінчення інституту повернеться.

У ролях

  Віра Кузнецова —  Наталя Овдіївна, рідна мати Тані
  Людмила Марченко —  Таня
  Валентин Зубков —  Сергій Іванович, голова
  Нонна Мордюкова —  Степанида
 Люсьєна Овчинникова —  Нюрка Макарова
 Микола Новлянський —  дідусь Овдій
  Петро Алейников —  Федір
 Тетяна Гурецька —  Олена Скворцова, прийомна мати Тані
 Петро Кірюткін —  Мокеїч
  Олена Максимова —  Макариха, тітка Нюри
 Євгенія Мельникова —  Василиса Данилівна, дружина Федора
  Володимир Всеволодов —  Павло Миколайович Скворцов, прийомний батько Тані
 Георгій Шаповалов —  чоловік Степаниди, заробітчанин
 Юрій Архипцев —  Петро Гордєєв, наречений Нюри
  Іван Кузнецов —  бригадир заробітчан
  Ірина Буніна —  листоноша
  Євген Кудряшов —  колгоспник
 П. Постникова —  жінка біля порога, що принесла молоко Скворцовим

Знімальна група
 Автор сценарію: Будимир Метельников
 Режисер-постановник:  Лев Куліджанов
 Оператор:  Петро Катаєв
 Художники:  Марк Горелик, Сергій Серебреніков
 Музика:  Юрій Бірюков
 Монтаж: Лідія Жучкова

Посилання

Фільми СРСР 1959
Фільми-драми СРСР
Фільми кіностудії імені Максима Горького
Фільми Льва Куліджанова
Фільми російською мовою
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Q: Pandas: How to transform data and change column value? i was wondering if its possible to change column values with another based on date and employee , E/X=6 represent the time the employee has entered and E/X=1 is the time he's out
each employee has ID and Date he can go out and enter multiple times a day
import pandas as p
import numpy as n

df=p.read_excel("C:/Users/Hercules/Desktop/Employee.xls")
df

ID E/X            DateTime        Date     Time
107 6 2022-01-04  10:04:18 0 2022-01-04 10:04:18
107 6 2022-01-04  11:32:52 0 2022-01-04 11:32:52
107 6 2022-01-04  11:39:59 0 2022-01-04 11:39:59
107 1 2022-01-04  12:05:26 0 2022-01-04 12:05:26
107 6 2022-01-04  18:02:18 0 2022-01-04 18:02:18
107 6 2022-01-04  18:30:38 0 2022-01-04 18:30:38
107 1 2022-01-04  19:06:58 0 2022-01-04 19:06:58
107 1 2022-01-05  12:22:10 0 2022-01-05 12:22:10
107 6 2022-01-05  19:22:15 0 2022-01-05 19:22:15
122 1 2022-01-03  08:57:40 0 2022-01-03 08:57:40
122 6 2022-01-03  12:49:33 0 2022-01-03 12:49:33
122 1 2022-01-03  13:22:28 0 2022-01-03 13:22:28
122 6 2022-01-03  16:29:51 0 2022-01-03 16:29:51
122 1 2022-01-03  16:40:06 0 2022-01-03 16:40:06

I want to find a solution to modify some values in E/X in order to calculate the appropriate working time for each employee . every day for every employee have to start with 6 and ends with 1, also every two consecutive rows should be like this and its possbile to drop rows because the count of rows for every id in a day must me pair (he entres and then he goes out,that's the algorithm 6 and then 1 , 6 and then 1 ):
ID E/X             DateTime        Date     Time
107 6 2022-01-04  10:04:18 0 2022-01-04 10:04:18
107 1 2022-01-04  11:32:52 0 2022-01-04 11:32:52

Desired Result
ID E/X            DateTime         Date     Time
107 6 2022-01-04  10:04:18 0 2022-01-04 10:04:18
107 1 2022-01-04  11:32:52 0 2022-01-04 11:32:52
107 6 2022-01-04  11:39:59 0 2022-01-04 11:39:59
107 1 2022-01-04  12:05:26 0 2022-01-04 12:05:26
107 6 2022-01-04  18:02:18 0 2022-01-04 18:02:18
107 1 2022-01-04  19:06:58 0 2022-01-04 19:06:58
107 6 2022-01-05  12:22:10 0 2022-01-05 12:22:10
107 1 2022-01-05  19:22:15 0 2022-01-05 19:22:15
122 6 2022-01-03  08:57:40 0 2022-01-03 08:57:40
122 1 2022-01-03  12:49:33 0 2022-01-03 12:49:33
122 6 2022-01-03  13:22:28 0 2022-01-03 13:22:28

122 1 2022-01-03  16:40:06 0 2022-01-03 16:40:06

A: Data:
data = {'ID': {0: 107, 1: 107, 2: 107, 3: 107, 4: 107, 5: 107, 6: 107, 7: 107, 8: 122, 9: 122, 10: 122, 11: 122}, 'E/X': {0: 6, 1: 1, 2: 6, 3: 1, 4: 6, 5: 1, 6: 6, 7: 1, 8: 6, 9: 1, 10: 6, 11: 1}, 'DateTime': {0: '04/01/2022 10:04', 1: '04/01/2022 11:32', 2: '04/01/2022 11:39', 3: '04/01/2022 12:05', 4: '04/01/2022 18:02', 5: '04/01/2022 19:06', 6: '05/01/2022 12:22', 7: '05/01/2022 19:22', 8: '03/01/2022 08:57', 9: '03/01/2022 12:49', 10: '03/01/2022 13:22', 11: '03/01/2022 16:40'}, 'Date': {0: '04/01/2022', 1: '04/01/2022', 2: '04/01/2022', 3: '04/01/2022', 4: '04/01/2022', 5: '04/01/2022', 6: '05/01/2022', 7: '05/01/2022', 8: '03/01/2022', 9: '03/01/2022', 10: '03/01/2022', 11: '03/01/2022'}, 'Time': {0: '10:04:18', 1: '11:32:52', 2: '11:39:59', 3: '12:05:26', 4: '18:02:18', 5: '19:06:58', 6: '12:22:10', 7: '19:22:15', 8: '08:57:40', 9: '12:49:33', 10: '13:22:28', 11: '16:40:06'}}

df = pd.DataFrame(data)

Then, you just need to sort by:
df.sort_values(['ID', 'Date', 'Time'])

Thats my output:

_______

     ID  E/X          DateTime        Date      Time
0   107    6  04/01/2022 10:04  04/01/2022  10:04:18
1   107    1  04/01/2022 11:32  04/01/2022  11:32:52
2   107    6  04/01/2022 11:39  04/01/2022  11:39:59
3   107    1  04/01/2022 12:05  04/01/2022  12:05:26
4   107    6  04/01/2022 18:02  04/01/2022  18:02:18
5   107    1  04/01/2022 19:06  04/01/2022  19:06:58
6   107    6  05/01/2022 12:22  05/01/2022  12:22:10
7   107    1  05/01/2022 19:22  05/01/2022  19:22:15
8   122    6  03/01/2022 08:57  03/01/2022  08:57:40
9   122    1  03/01/2022 12:49  03/01/2022  12:49:33
10  122    6  03/01/2022 13:22  03/01/2022  13:22:28
11  122    1  03/01/2022 16:40  03/01/2022  16:40:06


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No one ever talked to me about self esteem or variations in terms of appearance and going to a girls-only school somehow made me view all of us as the same. I would not exactly pinpoint that so and so was a pretty girl or girl 'N' was not so appealing to the face. All of us were girls. I later switched schools and life changed. Could be because of the prestige that my new school held(still holds) but everything just changed. And partly because there were boys. Now, I have (still do) been told that boys are bad, I should not be seen with boys and all that kind of stuff. Seeing boys was overwhelming. Not that home hakuna vijana…ni vile now I would be in the same class with them and maybe even get a boy deskmate (which I did and it was quite scary).
Suddenly, I started becoming cautious of how I looked. It's like my eyes were opened to see what 'beauty' looked liked. The girls were just so pretty. Not only physically but from their 'English of the nose' that I was yet to learn, their physique, their walking style..Heck! I wanted to be pretty too. But I could not because my definition of beauty was twisted and no one ever told me what beauty really was/is..till today. This got to an extent that I start failing in class and the comparisons began. Folks compared me to a certain cousin of mine who was doing pretty well. And the little self esteem I had kept on diminishing. Many are the nights I cried before I slept as I could not understand why I was not like my cousin. I just could not.
Fast foward to high school and girl, I have a twisted idea of what beauty is. Here I meet very beautiful girls. I could not say we were all the same….no way. There were girls who just had well shaped bodies, others with long hair, others with really smooth skin while I had to be the one with pimple breakouts before funkies,oi! So because I was always being compared to my cousin, I also started comparing myself to these girls in school. Especially those from Nairobi. Those ones just made me struggle but not openly to fit in. Still, it did not make me feel beautiful at all. Again, my self esteem goes down past the empty signal.
After completing high school, I get a boyfriend and this was trying. I really relate well with guys than I do with girls, so I was determined to keep this boyfriend(who happened to be a high school crush) for good. I would make sure nimevaa poa or try and apply gloss on my lips so that I can look pretty because I was not really appealing and would wonder what he saw in me as I was ugly…atleast that is what I told myself and believed it.
The guy left. Apart from the crying,there was the self blame. That I was not pretty enough, that maybe if I lost my tummy he would come back and just so many excuses as to why he left. That scarred me. Anytime someone would tell me that I am beautiful, I would laugh it off and tell them a sarcastic thank you. I hid in this low self esteem cocoon for long unbeknownst to me that I was damaging myself.
Today I love me. I have been through hell and back trying to be beautiful and feel beautiful. But all that does not matter anymore. Even though my esteem is not over the roof; not as tall as I am glad it is there. The little there is, keeps me going. I love me the way I am. With all the flaws I have, I love me. And I have accepted me for me.
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Thank you, Andie. Means a lot. Always a pleasure to see you here.
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Hey you! I just read your post and was really moved by your story. You are very beautiful and never mind the weirdos that set the standard of beauty on levels that will make you feel as though the bra has been set too high. Some people will think your skin is too dark or too light, or you are not as skinny nor as curvy as their idea of what a beautiful woman should look like. But guess what? Beauty is relative… And what appeals to one person may not appeal to the other. And that doesn't Mena you don't look beautiful!you are one gorgeous lady and no one should ever tell you otherwise. I tell you this because I can relate to your struggle. I have always felt not good enough too. So I get you.
Self acceptance always the first step to this crazy walk. It's never that easy. Nice read Amy.