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Post-COVID-19, CT Reveals Potentially Lifetime Lung Damage in One-Thirds of Patients
Whitney J. Palmer
Six-month follow-up CT scans show lingering fibrotic-like feature in more than one-third of recovered patients.
Statistics revealed this week that January has been the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, research is showing that the after-effects could linger in recovered patients for a lifetime.
Findings published in the Jan. 26 Radiology show that even if a patient recovers, his or her lungs might suffer permanent pulmonary abnormalities. And, there is still much to learn, according to study authors from the United States and China.
Based on a study of six-month follow-up CT scans from a group of 114 patients who recovered from severe COVID-19 pneumonia and were discharged between Dec. 25, 2019, and February 20, 2020, researchers determined 62 percent still have evidence of abnormalities on the scans. Among that group, 35 percent had fibrotic-like features that could indicate potentially permanent damage, such as honeycombing patterns and parenchymal bands. In addition, the team determined that acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS) was also more common in patients who had lingering lung changes, affecting 63 percent of individuals.
But, the permanency of this damage remains in question, said the research team led by Heshui Shi, M.D., from Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
"It remains uncertain whether the fibrotic-like changes observed in this study represent true fibrotic lung disease, e.g. at pathology or on longer-term follow-up CT," Shi's team said. "Whether or not these fibrotic-like changes, found at six months, reflect permanent change in the lung remains to be investigated."
Even though these results do not put the question of lifetime damage to bed, there were several common features that pointed to the likelihood that a patient would have lung fibrotic-like changes at the six-month follow up. In particular, Shi's team pinpointed being over age 50, having a heart rate more than 100 beats per minute at admission, being in the hospital longer than 17 days, ARDS, non-invasive mechanical ventilation, and a chest CT score greater than 18 on initial scans as independent predictors.
Shi's team was not the only group with uncertainty around these findings. In an accompanying editorial, investigators from Imperial College London's National Lung & Lung Institute also expressed doubt. According to a group of experts led by Athol U. Wells, M.D., a chest physician at Royal Brampton Hospital, fibrosis-like findings on CT tend to diminish over time when patients recover from other SARS viruses. The same outcome could be possible with COVID-19, they said. In addition, questions remain about whether all the identified abnormalities that Shi's team labeled as fibrotic-like necessarily indicate irreversible disease in a post-ARDS environment, as well as whether the non-fibrotic CT patterns are histologically and clinically significant.
To answer these questions, future investigations should follow patients for more than a year, Wells' team said, to see if the abnormalities seen on CT at six months remain or reduce as is common in other forms of diffuse alveolar damage.
"[The] study…is an important addition to the literature because it documents the existence of residual CT abnormalities at six months in a large proportion of patients with severe COVID-19 infection. It is helpful for clinicians to know that this outcome is linked separately to ARDS, the use of mechanical ventilation, and extensive disease on CT during the acute episode," Wells' team said. "But, there are many unanswered questions that future works must explore."
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The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital has had some notable success in 2016 and there have been exciting developments in the natural capital space in Scotland and internationally, here we round up some of the highlights.
We are grateful to our 2016 funders the Scottish Government and The Wildlife Trusts, and also to the in-kind support from the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the Institute of Directors Scotland, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), University of Edinburgh and RSPB Scotland.
The high-level Steering Group of the Scottish Forum has continued to develop and this year we've welcomed two exciting additions to the Steering Group, Terry A'hearn, Chief Executive of SEPA and Andrew Cave, Head of Corporate Governance at Baillie Gifford. The Steering Group elected David Wood, Executive Director of Policy Leadership at ICAS as the new Deputy Chair. Jonny Hughes, Chief Executive of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, was elected as Chair.
The diverse membership of the Scottish Forum, which includes over 70 organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors has continued to grow with new members including ScottishPower, the MacRobert Trust and Malcolm Hollis LLP.
A key development has been the refresh of the Scottish Forum's Strategy. The Strategy builds on our strategic framework which focuses on priority impact areas of Policy & Legislation, Knowledge & Innovation and Catalysing Action. For each impact area the Scottish Forum Steering Group has identified three long-term strategic aims which will be led by members of the Steering Group.
Impact through Collaborative Action
At a glance briefing
This year saw the launch of the Natural Capital Protocol, a new global standardised framework that has been developed by the Natural Capital Coalition, a collaboration of over 200 global businesses and organisations including the Scottish Forum on Natural Capital.
The Scottish Forum has begun to work with a number of our members from different business sectors to take forward work to trial the Natural Capital Protocol in their operations to better understand their relationship with natural assets such as rivers, land, minerals and biodiversity.
Following the release of the Natural Capital Protocol, the Scottish Forum launched a "Natural Capital Navigation" signposting page of briefings, tools, resources & guidance to drive understanding of natural capital's importance for your organisation's board members and practitioners.
In October the Scottish Forum collaborated with the Ecosystems Knowledge Network and the Irish Forum on Natural Capital to run a webinar for members on Applying the Natural Capital Protocol. The webinar included an overview of the Protocol and an example of its application by Yorkshire Water.
Impact through Policy & Legislation
The Scottish Government's update of the National Performance Framework (NPF), published in March, included "Increase natural capital" as one of five new National Indicators. The Scottish Forum had been calling for a natural capital indicator within the National Performance Framework and welcomed the inclusion of this new National Indicator.
"Scotland is rich in natural capital. Developing and managing these resources well is vital to supporting a vibrant and strong economy, particularly in rural areas. Currently Scotland's natural environment is worth more than £20 billion per annum and it supports more than 60,000 jobs."
A PLAN FOR SCOTLAND
The Government's programme for Scotland 2016-17
The Scottish Forum was encouraged to see the Scottish Government's Programme for Government 2016-17, published in September, including reference to the importance of natural capital to Scotland's economy and as an asset to be developed and managed well:
Jonny Hughes, Chair of the Scottish Forum on Natural Capital and Chief Executive of the Scottish Wildlife Trust was invited to present to the Scottish Governments Directors' Network about the potential benefits of natural capital to Scotland. The Scottish Government Directors Network includes senior level civil servants from across all departments of the Government, presenting to this diverse group is a sign of how natural capital considerations are moving into the mainstream.
Impact through Knowledge & Innovation
In October the Scottish Forum brought together business leaders from listed companies to SMEs for a business breakfast about "Directing for resilience: how can board members create resilient business models?". The event prompted a number of the participants to consider for the first time the impacts and dependencies of their businesses on natural capital.
Scotland's role as a nation leading on natural capital was highlighted at the Irish Forum on Natural Capital's 'Making Nature Count' conference in Dublin. Scottish Forum on Natural Capital Steering Group members Gary Gillespie, Chief Economic Adviser of the Scottish Government and Jo Pike, Project Director of the World Forum on Natural Capital were among the speakers.
In November the Scottish Forum organised a break-out session at the Alliance for Water Stewardship's Global Water Stewardship Forum with Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scotch Whisky Association, James Hutton Institute and Scottish Water. The "Water's in a Dram" session was designed to help delegates understand the importance of natural capital in achieving good water stewardship.
To a successful 2017
The Scottish Forum would like to thank everyone who has collaborated and been part of our work in 2016 and we look forward to working together in 2017.


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A1 Bulgaria extends 4G network to 99% of population
Bulgarian mobile operator A1 (previously Mobiltel) has announced that it has expanded its coverage to 99% of the population. The company claims that its LTE-A network with downlink of 390Mbps covers all settlements with a population of over 1,000 people, while its LTE-A network with downlink of 640Mbps covers 90% of all cities/towns with a population of over 3,000 people. A1 Bulgaria has invested BGN200 million (USD114 million) in its network since the 4G launch (April 2016), with 1,900 base transceiver stations (BTS) upgraded in 2019 alone.
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Q: chanding contents of spinners run-time (android) I am trying to make a form with  2 spinners, I want the content of the second spinner to be determined by the value of the first spinner. This would entail a runtime determination of a spinners content whereas I am used to declaring the spinner contents using array adapters.
How do I set the adapter for spinner 2 only after user has chosen value for spinner 1???
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A: To resolve this, you can have a data source array:
Initialize with empty, and set this array to adapter data source.
on Selection of first spinner, reset the data source array according to new selection and invoke notifyDataSetChanged() method.

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Kholat Brings History and Horror Together
Welcome back to a new episode of #HauntLife. This week I am reviewing the indie survival horror game, Kholat, on PC. This game is available on Steam, Playstation 4 and Xbox One, so be sure to check it out if this review sways you that way.
As I have played lots of horror video games in the past, I find that many are rooted at least loosely in historical events. Silent Hill is somewhat based on the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, where a coal mine fire has been burning underground since 1962, causing the town to be abandoned. Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a re-imagining of the real-life hunter/killer Richard Hansen (if you don't know his story, it is worth a read, if those things interest you). And the classic game Fatal Frame holds true to the haunting at Himuro Mansion in Japan. But Kholat combines the horror aspect with a true unsolved mystery. I would like to thank the developers at IMGN.PRO for inviting me to review this game.
For those unfamiliar with the story behind Kholat, sit right back and I will enlighten you. Back in 1959, a group of nine college students from the Ural Polytechnical Institute went on a trip to the Ural Mountains. While their travel plans were deemed difficult, the crew was experienced in long ski tours and hiking. They came well prepared for the journey. During their journey, they made a mistake that took them slightly off course to the slope of Khloat Syakhl. Deciding not to move further until morning, the skiers set up a base camp and retired for the evening. It was the last night of their lives.
Weeks went by and no one had heard from the group. A search party was sent out to find them, and on February 26th, the horrifying discovery was made. The camp was found, completely ransacked. The students were not found, but their shoes and equipment was. It was determined that the tent had been cut open from the inside, and the group had fled the area quickly, without putting on their shoes or protective gear. The investigators followed the footprints and found the bodies of two of the hikers under a larger cedar tree. They had made a makeshift fire, but were only in their underwear and shoeless. Their hands where cut up, and it appeared they had tried to climb the tree frantically. Three more bodies were discovered between the tree and the camp, suggesting that they had attempted to find their way back to the base before they died. The final four bodies where not recovered until after the snow had melted off some.
The tent where the hikers had stayed.
Autopsies of the bodies revealed extremely odd deaths. One of the hikers had a major skull fracture, and two others had chest fractures that were typically seen only in high-speed car crashes. However, none of these bodies showed any external damage. It appeared that the injuries happened internally due to high pressure being applied. Another body had its tongue, eyes, lips and some of its facial tissue removed. To this day, this mystery remains just that: an unsolved mystery.
This is where Kholat begins. In the game, you play a character who is retracing the journey of the ill-fated expedition. The open-world design means there are many ways to search — and get lost — in the forest, much like the team had done. Along the journey, you will find clues and notes that will help you piece together the events of that night. The overall feel of the game is extremely creepy.
As for gameplay, I have to say that the "open world" design, coupled with the fact that you are just dumped into the game with no real instructions on what to do, put a bad taste in my mouth from the start. After a pretty good opening, narrated by actor Sean Bean (no, he did not die during this), you just start in the middle of a train town. There is nothing to interact with here. I looked for someone to talk to and found none. I looked for doors to open, and found none. I spent easily 20 minutes just walking around aimlessly trying to figure out what to do. It was very frustrating, and honestly dull. Nothing scary about this, except the fact you have nothing to do except walk. No GPS. No map. Nothing to aid you or guide you into what to do.
We're walking. We're walking. We're walking.
Once I found a path that actually had something to look at (bent trees always give it away), the pace picked up immediately. You find what appears to be the game rendition of the campsite, and then the weird and scary begins. In the middle of the night, you start your adventure by following glowing footsteps in the snow. And still I had nothing really to tell me what to do (maybe a tutorial would be nice here). I ended up dying very quickly. And after the stunningly boring opening area, I called it quits on the game for the night. Not a very well thought-out game plan from the developers here.
I jumped back in the next day, but realized I had not saved my "progress" and had to begin all over back at the train town. Lucky for me, I kinda remembered where to go, and made my way back to the camp fairly quickly. And soon I was right back in the middle of the story.
Where this game lacks in tutorials and game mechanics, it makes up for in stunning beauty. The world the development team has created is visually stunning, when you are not in the middle of a blizzard. The hauntingly beautiful music at the beginning also adds to the atmosphere of the game. The world sucks you in and immerses you in the environment. I do not have a VR headset, but I would love to see this game in virtual reality.
Regardless of its awesome story and visual beauty, I have to give Kholat three out of five stars. The lack of direction or tutorials in the beginning of the game really brings it down. I could see how many players would get bored quickly and ask for a refund on this game without giving it the shot it needs. Trust me, they do add some help after the opening area, but unless you can figure out where to go, you are going to get frustrated. I kinda get that the developers may want you to feel lost and hopeless, like the hikers probably did that night. But since this is not reality, many people will just walk away and never look back at the game. It's a shame too, as it is a really good adventure, once it gets started.
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According to Tipler, all you gotta do is, corral and line up a bunch of neutron stars (or black holes) and set them rapidly spinning so that they meld into a rotating cylinder or tunnel. You'll need this cylinder to be infinitely long, so be sure to stretch it around into a closed loop. (I didn't say it was easy! In fact, I said the idea has "no consideration whatsoever for actual engineering!") Apparently, this is the hard part, and I haven't read Tipler's paper /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif traveling carefully near the resultant tidal tunnel while avoiding being crushed will allow you to come out somewhere else in the universe as well as some when else. (This is based on Mr. Tipler's physics and not on the need to sell a good Sci-fi story.) Tipler's original paper mentioned above is difficult to obtain but nevertheless there is plenty of mention of the "Tipler Cylinder" as a time machine and/or time warp transport all over the Internet.
Anybody read Tipler's actual paper, and does he explain why it distorts time and space?
Hawking and Thorne's ideas resulted from their correspondences, and touch on the feasibilities of "worm holes" and negative energy.
I've seen a story that Thorne's thinking on the subject resulted from a request by Carl Sagan for a reasonable theory for the time travel he was using in his book Contact. Thorne obliged, according to the story, and then went on to refine the idea. Anyone know if it is true?
I love that Tipler Cylinder theory of time travel! Also, physicist Fred Alan Wolf provides a story of how cylinder time travel would work in his book Parallel Universes: The Search for Other Worlds. But in Wolf's book, the cylinder is only a few thousand kilometers long, not infinitely long.
Yup, in a way. The original idea comes from Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen (hence the name: Einstein-Rosen Bridge). This is actually discussed in Contact somewhere: someone mentions that an Einstein-Rosen Bridge would produce some of the effects that the travelers saw -- I think someone even calculates the time differences. Here's some discussion of this idea (yeah, it is a little disjointed, but it was the best I could find in 10 seconds of googling).
Undetstand not the physics, but Poul Anderson used Tipler cylinders in his novel 'The Avatar'.
Larry Niven wrote a short story using the same title as Tipler's paper.
And did anyone ever notice that Superman travelled into the future/past by SPINNING RAPIDLY? WHAAA?
Superman: a neutron star in disguise?
I think so. Ever notice how many of Superman's powers are all aspects of the ability to control inertia? Hence Gravity?
Hey... sorry to bump up an old topic but I was thinking about something pretty interesting. I'm not a physics major or anything, i'm just really interested in it. I've been reading up on the basics of string theory (The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, a very interesting read) and I've been reading some John Titor archives.
According to Tipler, all you gotta do is, corral and line up a bunch of neutron stars (or black holes) and set them rapidly spinning so that they meld into a rotating cylinder or tunnel. You'll need this cylinder to be infinitely long, so be sure to stretch it around into a closed loop.
Now, according to string theory, at least how i understand it, the graviton isn't exactly a closed loop as the other force messenger particles are, such as the photon for the electromagnetic force, which is a closed loop. The graviton is kind of like a cord in a telephone switch board back in the early days of telecommunication. It connects to each multidimensional membrane, or for an extended analogy, different switchboards. The graviton is theorized to exist in all dimensions and thusly, it seems to be the weakest force as all of it's potency is spread between a theorized 11 dimesions whereas forces like the electromagnetic force and the strong and weak forces exists in full strength (for the most part) in each dimesion, which i'm assuming is due to the fact that each of the messenger particles or strings for these forces are closed loop and exist in every dimension.
Now, when the Tipler cylinder is created, it must have a closed, infinite loop. So, I'm assuming that if we somehow can close the graviton, i.e. change it from looking like half of an O, kinda like this (, to a full O, (), then we have a closed loop of gravity, which can exert it's full force in "our" dimension. To create the cylinder part, the most recent addition to the list of dimesions must be used. What I mean is that originally, 10 dimensions were thought to exist. However, one can create an 11th dimension by stacking each individual closed string. To explain what i mean, pretend that car tires have no width, i.e. no tread. It's just an infinitley thin loop. Then take a bunch of other "tires" and lay them one on top of the other. You've just given a one dimensional objects a second dimension by stacking them.
After writing this post, i've realized how it may be possible to do that. To anyone who's read about John Titor (http://www.johntitor.com), a "time traveler" from the future, you may recall that he says there's a modified or special particle accelerator inside his time machine. Now, from what I remember, it is thought that our "Big Bang" may have been caused by two interdimensional membranes coming into contact with one another. Now, the energy that caused this, and this is just my hypothesizing, may have been from the individual strings from the force particles of each of these dimensions colliding together. Also, many graviton's may have had the chance to connect to form a full O, so this could have produced even more energy.
Now, it is said that in a particle accelerator, two particles collide to form a mini big bang. My guess is that a mini particle accelerator can be used to connect the loops of the graviton to form one fully closed string. Although i don't know which particles should be smashed, this at least gives an idea to the the problem of how to form a graviton closed string.
Anyone care to help me figure this out?
But isn't it true that theoretically, one doesn't need a "Tipler Cylinder" nor a "Worm Hole" for that. If you can manage to travel "very close to the speed of light" (and avoid interstellar gas, pebbles, asteroids, etc...) time will seem normal "from the traveler's point of view," while the trip itself will be very quick. However, to the folks you left behind, you'll be gone a very very long time.
Of course the "Tipler Cylinder" is a mental exercise for understanding gravitational distortions of spacetime, while traveling close to the speed of light may one day become a remote engineering possibility.
Tipler's a great scientist and writer, but he said in 'The Physics of Immortality' that when we die we'll wake up in some computer programme in the far flung future.
If that fantastic computer was right beside me now, in my living room, it wouldn't suddenly take over my conciousness. It would contain a copy of my conciousness then go its own way.
The really great thing about the cylinder is that there are practically no engineering challenges at all. Heck, we could start mass producing these things by 2025 at the latest. The amount of start up venture capital available should boggle the mind, almost as much as the original concept.
Meanwhile heaven remains one of the opiates of the power class.
What do you mean that Tipler cylinders are a mental excercise? Do you simply mean that one would encounter massive amounts of gravity on the order of several neutron stars?
While yes, Tipler Cylinders wouldn't really need to be created to travel through time, I don't see us creating that amount of energy to propel something forward at that speed anytime soon. Besides, wouldn't traveling at the speed of light only allow a person to travel in one direction, either forward or backwards through time? The cylinder would at least give us a chance to return from where and when we came, right?
...I don't see us creating that amount of energy to propel something forward at that speed anytime soon. Besides, wouldn't traveling at the speed of light only allow a person to travel in one direction, either forward or backwards through time?
When thinking about interstellar travel that a person within one lifetime could experience, a lot of people automatically think of just one mode of travel, such as matter/anti-matter propulsion, or big massive atomic engines, or giant laser powered solar sails, or they slip into hypothetical concepts such as "worm holes" and "negative energy" etc.
I think the reality if it ever occurs will be nothing much like Star Trek's Starships. For example, it might involve aspects of technology that we are unable and actually unwilling to explore at this time. Such as? The transference and incorporation of human physiology and mental cognition, integrated within both projected and received electromagnetic transmission. This transmitted travel (not a "transporter") would be employed within a ship's sensing devices. So a ship would incorporate the crew from which they can also reach out electromagnetically at light speed to sense destination data instantaneously.
(Confusing?) In other words, disassembling the human body and consciousness and incorporating it all with sensors functioning at light speed. The disassembling and melding of humans with machines for high-speed travel may not appeal to folks who envision the romantic Starship Enterprise approach. The crew would eventually be reassembled (literally) near arrival. So future human deep space travelers would be more akin to the Borg rather than Captain Kirk. This coupled with multilevel propulsion systems that reach by stages stabilized relative extreme velocities upon which additional velocities from different systems are then launched, always under but close to the speed of light. The goal being a maximum velocity that might be "99.9 of c". At that speed, a trip across the Milky Way might take 10 minutes (for the crew).
This also leads to the requirement and acceptance of a "selfish crew" concept, in that a trip to Alpha Centauri or somewhere further away would be a direct adventure for just the crew, who would not see their loved ones again. Though upon reaching their destination, the "we made it!" message would "only" take as long to reach Earth as the light years of distance are of their arrival point. However, if someone on Earth could project their consciousness on a beam of light via some similar mechanism, they could have instantaneous communication with the space-bound crew. (i.e. They're not waiting for the light signal to reach them, they are the light signal itself. So time is instantaneous to them, or very short.) (That's a bit too weird to pragmatically conceive of or contemplate as an engineered system today, and I'm thinking strictly in terms of engineering and not "energy" or "consciousness" as defined by New Age mumbo jumbo and fantasy.
Want a "scientific" analysis of Superman?
Woman of Kleenex (http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html) by Larry Niven who has already been mentioned in this thread.
Milli, the entire story, including a explanation of the physics involved is in "Black Holes and Time Warps; Einstein's Outrageous Legacy" by Thorne. The thing I find most amusing is that he says he quit using the phrase "Time Machine" after his original paper caused something of a sensation in the press. He now uses the phrase "Closed timelike curves", which is the same thing. But the press, which doesn't understand the phrase to be the same, ignores it.
Thanks Tensor, and I've since found a shorter reference to it in the back of the Contact novel. Art and Science...be fruitful and multiply.


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Frida Kahlo KMES
Frida Khalo was born on the 6th of July, in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico. She began painting while she was recovering from the bus accident, because of her injuries. She began painting during her recovery and finished her first self-portrait the following year, which she gave to Gómez Arias. Her father, Wilhelm or Guillermo), was a German photographer who had immigrated to Mexico where he met and married her mother Matilde. She had two older sisters, Matilde and Adriana, and her younger sister, Cristina, was born the year after Frida. Around the age of 6, she contracted polio, which caused her to be bedridden for nine months.While she did recover from the illness, she limped when she walked because the disease had damaged her right leg and foot. Frida Kahlo's accident was due to the cause of She became romantically involved with one of them, Alejandro Gómez Arias. On September 17, 1925, Kahlo and Gómez Arias were traveling together on a bus when the vehicle collided with a streetcar. As a result of the collision, Kahlo was impaled by a steel handrail, which went into her hip and came out the other side. She suffered several serious injuries as a result, including fractures in her spine and pelvis.
In 1922, she entered the best educational institution in Mexico, the National Preparatory School. This is where she first met Diego. Diego was her married couple and were seen as a dove and an elephant because Frida was slender and Diego was fat. Frida Kahlo lived in the United States for four years and of her two movies were created. Kahlo also once traveled to France and met Picasso which made her end up appearing on the French Vogue.
Frida Kahlo 2010
Out of the 143 artworks she completed in her life time 55 are self portraits. Ways that Frida Kahlo would describe her artwork are"I paint myself because I am often alone and because I am the subject I know best." These artworks often incorporate symbolic portrayals of physical and psychological wounds. She insisted "I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality." Frida Kahlo was known for her flamboyant hairstyles and traditional/theatrical Mexican dress meaning she is proud of her Mexican and Aztec heritage . She shows this by painting herself with a uni-brow and mustache. She also exaggerates her eyebrows.
The Two Fridas
Frida Kahlo died one week after her birthday at the age of 47 on July 13, 1954. She is still admired as a feminist icon. Her ashes are in casa azul and her home was turned into a museum. The meaning of her painting of "The Two Fridas" is two demonstrates two different personalities. One of the two Fridas is the traditional Frida in Tehuana costume, with a broken heart, sitting next to an independent, modern dressed Frida. This image was orginated from her diary explaining a memory childhood imagery friend which later mentioned that it was to show her loneliness and desperation because of the seperation Diego.


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This Peppa Pig for Baby activity spiral is made from a soft corded plush with patterned underside and includes a soft plush Peppa with squeaker, Soft George with crinkle and plastic ring rattle with beads. The spiral can be attached to the side of a cot, stroller bar or car seat to keep baby entertained in the home or on the move.
WARNING! Choking Hazard. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.


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Q&A: Dakota Kai Reinvents Herself With Post-Injury Heel Turn
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Dakota Kai is quickly becoming an indispensable piece of NXT's success.
The New Zealand-born NXT star is forging a new identity. She played the underdog babyface exceptionally well, but she just turned on longtime partner Tegan Nox and is now showing off her ability as an antagonist. The character change allows her to work a different style, which is especially important in NXT, which offers perhaps the most talented collection of female stars in all of wrestling.
Kai wrestles Mia Yim on Wednesday night's episode of NXT on USA Network. She spoke with Sports Illustrated about the decision to work as a heel, her recovery from ACL surgery, and shared insight onto who she believes will be the next breakout stars in NXT.
Justin Barrasso: What went into the decision to unveil a more dangerous and vicious version of yourself on-screen? Wouldn't it have been easier to remain the underdog character you were playing?
Dakota Kai: It would have been easy for me to keep playing that role. The start of my NXT career, up until I got injured, was very much playing that role. Deep down, I knew I had so much more to offer than that. When the opportunity came, I seized it.
I wanted to show a lot of people what I wanted them to see. I promised people that I would hit the ground running when I came back from injury, including a whole new aggressive side.
JB: The women's division in NXT is full of stars. How do you continue to stand out in a division with such extraordinary depth?
DK: We take a lot of pride in the women's division here. A lot of us have the same goals and we want to focus on wrestling ability.
In order to stand out, I took my own opportunity. A lot of people here may wait for the opportunity, but when I came back from injury, I knew I had to do something in order to stand out.
We're so proud of all the women here. There is a lot of new talent coming in, and they have big goals, too, especially once they get onto NXT, which is now a part of the main roster. Basically I just created my own opportunity and I think it's worked.
JB: You are third person in the Shayna Baszler-Rhea Ripley feud. Does that give you an advantage with increased flexibility in the storyline?
DK: Totally. With Mia as well, we have our own thing to focus on, too. That gives me a lot of flexibility. I know that Rhea and Shayna are the focus. I feel like I'm on the outskirts looking in right now, and I'm trying to seize my moment.
JB: What do you envision happening in your story with Tegan Nox? Is there a modern day parallel to the split between The Rockers, or, more recently, Johnny Gargano-Tommaso Ciampa?
DK: A lot of people have seen some parallels between myself and Tegan to Gargano and Ciampa, but we're going to create something completely different. She hasn't been on TV since War Games. A lot of people will be anticipating her coming back.
JB: Considering that Michaels was in a very similar spot when he turned on Marty Jannetty, has he offered you advice?
DK: Shawn and Triple H have given a lot of feedback and things they want to see, but at the same time, I also want to make it my own. I'm taking this feedback from legends that we work with, but we also want to make it very unique. A mix of the two will really allow us to tell a great story.
JB: It must have been incredibly nerve-wracking when you were backstage before your heel turn. How did you prepare yourself for a moment of such magnitude?
DK: Whenever I have a match, I'm always nervous, but this was weird.
I was nervous, but there was almost a clarity behind it. In the back of my mind, I knew this was my moment to finally make an impact and finally show everyone what they hadn't seen before. My mind was very clear going into it.
JB: It's only natural to compare the NXT product against AEW since you both air at the same time on Wednesday nights. Do you think of NXT as a weekly competition against AEW, and do the weekly ratings matter? Or are ratings more indicative of the "wrestling war" from the 1990s?
DK: Whatever the ratings are, we really don't pay much attention to it. The chips will fall wherever and whatever happens, happens. The strength we have is focusing on our own stuff. They focus on their own stuff, we focus on our own stuff.
At the end of the day, we just want to elevate wrestling for everyone. So it's good for everyone to have that competition. It only elevates everyone, and we're going to keep bringing the best professional wrestling we have to offer.
JB: Who are the best women, from either NXT or around the world, who we haven't had the chance to see on television just yet?
Kai: Well, damn. There is a lot of talent within NXT at the moment that aren't getting a lot of limelight. There is so much talent here that has yet to be seen. You have Deonna Purrazzo, who I think is amazing, and so is Chelsea Green. And you have all these girls that have just been signed, like Shotzi Blackheart. It's only a matter before you will see all this talent. Those girls came from the independent scenes, so I've known them before, and they are waiting for their moment to make an impact.
JB: Your background is really interesting, too. I remember a discussion with New Japan star Jay White, who like you is also from Auckland, New Zealand, and he mentioned how just the idea of wrestling in America seemed so unbelievably foreign to him. Auckland is a long way from Orlando. Can you believe you're here now, taking your place as a rising star in WWE?
DK: No way. I've been wrestling since 2007, which is weird to even say, and when I started watching wrestling, the focus wasn't really on the women. Not in the way it is now. And New Zealand is so far away from the rest of the world that this never really seemed like a realistic goal.
We all have dreams to make it, but it wasn't until I had my tryout in 2014 that I kind of, maybe, thought that there was a chance I could do this. It was still not until 2016 that I got offered a contract. I think just enjoying wrestling on the indies, and living my passion out that way, that seemed enough for me at the time. I just kept doing it, and I was pleasantly surprised that I was offered this opportunity. And Jay White is doing his thing over in New Japan. It's crazy.
JB: What do you miss most about New Zealand?
DK: New Zealand is so small, and I'm literally on the other side of the world. But everything is so convenient here in the states. My mom used to make a lot of island food, and I can't seem to find that anywhere here. But there is a lot of great food here, too.
JB: The match with Mia Yim is another chance for you to show off your ability in the ring, which you were unable to do after last December's injury. What was the biggest takeaway you took from your nine months away from the ring after tearing your ACL?
DK: I had never had a serious injury like that before, ever. I think the main takeaway for me was that it was something new for me to focus on. Before I got hurt, the focus was on training and wrestling. When I got injured, the focus was rehabbing and putting in the hours with that.
The main thing for me was that when I came back, I wanted to show everyone, and myself, another side of me. I wanted people to see Dakota Kai in a new light. That was the driving force for me.
JB: Physically, do you feel like yourself again?
DK: Yes. It's weird. Going through the rehab process over nine months, you have to start walking again and running again, and that was when I could never see myself in the ring again. So there were a lot of doubts. But now I do feel totally like myself. I thought that it would take a while to get used to the knee brace, but that was easy, too. If anything, I feel a lot stronger than I did before.
JB: There is no doubt that you are back and chasing your dreams in NXT. On the subject of a long-term goal, what makes you the right person to take the title from Shayna Baszler?
DK: Shayna hasn't seen this side of me. I know she's got Rhea in her crosshairs right now, and we've had many matches before, but no one now knows what to expect from me. And that works in my favor. I'll be watching her match next week, but not before I beat up Mia.
Justin Barrasso can be reached at JBarrasso@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter @JustinBarrasso.
Hidden Gem Damian Priest Has Reinvented Himself in NXT
After an underwhelming run in Ring of Honor, WWE is giving Damian Priest a major push on NXT.
By Justin Barrasso
Q&A: Finn Balor Explains His Shocking Heel Turn
"I've evolved far beyond what I was doing in Japan," Finn Balor says. "This is a new version of Finn."
Roderick Strong Emerging as One of NXT's Breakout Stars
"The Messiah of the Backbreaker" addresses his two big matches this week, his path to joining the Undisputed Era and more.
Adam Cole Prepares for the Biggest Weekend of His Career
We spoke with Adam Cole about his jam-packed weekend wrestling at WarGames and Survivor Series.
Q&A: Mauro Ranallo on new film about his bipolar disoder
"Bipolar Rock N Roller," a documentary about Mauro Ranallo's mental health struggles, debuts Friday on Showtime.
Shawn Michaels Trains WWE's Next Generation of Stars
"My time has come and gone. This is all about them."
Keith Lee Eager to Impress in Three-Way Title Match
"It doesn't matter where you put me on your card," Keith Lee says, "I know I can be the centerpiece of any show."
Q&A: Roman Reigns on Inspiring Children With Cancer
After announcing his cancer had returned, WWE's Roman Reigns became a source of inspiration for people facing a similar fight.


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When did you start making art? I've always gravitated toward the opportunity to experience both visual and performance art.
Did you always want to be an artist? What are some other jobs you have had?
I studied art history at the University of Virginia. I was grateful for the introduction to art as politics, religion, history and social commentary, that art can, ultimately, offer to the viewer an engaged experience.
How did you end up in Livingston?
I came in 1991 and never have found reason to leave.
Those who bring beauty to the world by questioning, exploring and seeking to understand our commonality and shared condition. Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith and Banksy come to mind.
What is your soundtrack while you work?
Everything from Bach's Cello Suites to Beyonce can inspire my day.
What's your favorite thing about Livingston?
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NEWS | Airbus Helicopters H175 / EC175 in NHV
NHV Signs H175 Engine Maintenance with PWC
NHV, the H175 launch customer, signed with Pratt & Whitney Canada a Fleet Management Program (FMP) for the PT6C-67E engines Heli-Expo 2018
NHV, February 27, 2018 - NHV NV, the launch customer and fleet leader of the Airbus H175 helicopter powered by PT6C-67E engines, has signed a Fleet Management™ Program (FMP®) for these and other P&WC engines in its fleet.
"Our relationship with P&WC started in the very early days of NHV and this relationship was an important support for us during the industry downturn," says Eric van Hal, Chief Executive Officer of NHV. "We also have always relied on innovation and safety to help us best serve our customers. This led us to be early adopters of recently launched and highly advanced helicopter programs such as the H175 and the Leonardo AW169, as well as to increase our AW139 fleet, all of which are powered by P&WC engines.
"NHV and P&WC have built a strong relationship over the years especially in introducing new helicopters/engines to our fleet," Mr. van Hal continues. "We believe that an FMP from the engine OEM that is designed to meet our specific needs is an excellent way of ensuring the optimal availability of our helicopters to our customers. It will also contribute to the safety of our operations overall which remains our number one priority."
Customized specifically to NHV, the engine maintenance agreement will support the company's technical and business needs. P&WC's Fleet Management Programs are flexible, high-value engine management solutions that help lock in lower operating costs and simplify fleet operations management. They also serve as a financial planning tool that supports efficient cash flow management while allowing airlines to focus on their core business of passenger and cargo transportation.
"The tailored solutions that we provide enable NHV to pursue a dynamic fleet expansion model and explore business opportunities around the globe all with the confidence of having optimized engine availability, maintenance costs, and aircraft asset value," says Tim Swail, Vice President, Customer Programs, P&WC.
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Today I made a stir fry with mushroom, broccoli and Delmonte Tandoori Mayo. This recipe is very easy and gets ready in few minutes. You can have this stir fry with chapatis or rice or with noodles. So when you are in a hurry or want to make something really quick, you can make this stir fry. If you have some surprise guests at home, you can make this type of stir fry with any vegetables which are present at home. Just add 1 or 2 spoonfuls of tandoori mayo and have your magical recipe ready.
Delmonte Tandoori Mayo is an eggless mayo in which tandoori spices and parsley flakes are present. This tandoori mayo has a shelf life of 6 months. Apart from using this mayo as a dip, you can add it to sandwiches or wraps. You can even make delicious curries and stir fries like the one mentioned in the recipe today.
You can even make this stir fry early morning and pack it in your lunch box and carry to office. Kids too love this stir fry, so you can pack it in your kids snack box too. This stir fry can be used as a filling to make delicious wraps or sandwiches too. Just make the stir fry and add to chapatis and roll it up. These rolls can be carried as snacks for picnics or short one day trips. Addition of tandoori mayo to this stir fry makes it creamy and flavorful. So try the recipe and I am sure you will start preparing easy recipes with mayo in a similar way. You can check other recipes that I created with mayo.
Boil the broccoli separately, drain and keep it aside.
Heat a kadai/wok and add oil.
After oil gets heated, add onion and fry till it turns pinkish.
Add minced garlic and mix.
After raw smell of garlic goes away, add tomato and fry till it turns mushy.
Add red bell pepper and saute.
Add chopped mushroom, mix and close the lid of kadai.
After 10-12 minutes, the mushrooms will get cooked.
Mix boiled broccoli into this and let it cook for 2 minutes.
Add soya sauce and mayo and mix well.
Finally check the taste and add salt.
Serve with white rice or chapatis.


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Lotto is the oldest National Lottery game, attracting thousands of UK players every week since 1994. Millions have been awarded in prizes and raised for good causes across the country.
Draws are held on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, offering six different ways to win. The jackpot can only roll over five times before it must be won. Choose any topic below to learn more about this exciting game.
Choose your six numbers from 1-59. You can select your own numbers or have a random selection made for you by purchasing a Lucky Dip ticket or using a number generator.
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Since 1992, the Powerball has been making waves in the lottery arena. The odds of winning are greater than walking away with the grand jackpot in a traditional lotto, however, each play is usually $2 (more than a Lotto ticket).
The jackpot is won by matching 5 white balls and a 6th red ball in any order. The 5 balls are drawn twice a week from a drum of 59 balls with a separate drum of red balls where 1 ball will be selected.
The highest jackpot for the Powerball was for $590.5 million, won in 2013 by a lucky 84-year old woman from Florida.
Major international Powerball games are the U.S Powerball, the New Zealand Powerball and the Australian Powerball, all of which frequently hit winnings of over $20 million in their respective currencies.
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The raffle is played differently to a traditional lottery as you cannot choose your own numbers and have a pre-selected number assigned to you. Specific codes are printed on your ticket and if that code matches the one selected on the day of the draw, you are a winner. In fact, there are usually 50 winners of £20 000 each in the UK raffle.
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With the Postcode Lottery, players have been able to win great prizes just for their address since 2005. It is a subscription lottery where a different number of postcodes are drawn daily. If you buy more entries, then you win bigger prizes! Non-cash prizes are also up for grabs every month.
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Microsoft Office now has a new "Black" colour theme, as they put it, their darkest theme yet.
Personally I really like the new theme. It provides great contrast on the ribbon and file menu. Office 2007 / 2010 had a similar theme at one point that was maybe a bit lighter so it's nice to see it back and better than ever.
I'd also like to note some other tips here for those seeking to adjust the colours in Word for better readability.
Firstly some background, Is light text on dark (a-la the new black colour theme in office) better? Or is dark text on light (as per the document itself in say Word) preferable?
So clearly some people prefer one and some prefer the other. Personally I find the extra glare of a white background irritating and hard to read so I prefer a dark theme.
4. Whack the drop down box next to "Office Theme" (press alt+t, click on it, or tab to it and press the down arrow).
Now if you're like me and prefer (for whatever reason) lighter text on a darker background, what else can you do to make Office easier to read?
If you choose a colour from the bottom couple of rows of the black / grey or dark blue columns, it will automatically adjust your text colour to white (rather than black), which is exactly what we want as black on dark grey would be quite hard to read!
One disadvantage to changing background colour, is that the text selection colour (when you hold down SHIFT and press the arrows to select text) becomes nearly invisible. This seems to be worst on the black background where the highlight is grey on black (regular text is white on black). On a slightly lighter dark grey or dark blue the highlight becomes a slightly different shade which is still hard to read but marginally better.
5. Press SPACEBAR (or click with the mouse) to uncheck this option (it's unselected if the square next to it is black. If there is a tick in there, it's checked).
Press CONTROL+ALT+i to turn invert colours on (note you may prefer this to adjusting the Office theme in the first place – try both and see what works best for you).
Press WINDOWS+ESCAPE to turn the magnifier off (note that you could invert colours then use WINDOWS+MINUS to drop back to no magnification if you want inverted colours without magnification).
Whether or not you use the magnifier, you may also find zooming in or out of your document useful. This adjusts how big your text (and images) look on screen without affecting how they will be printed (if you want 72pt font on paper, you'll need to set that font size in your document).
The easiest way to adjust the zoom of your document is by holding down CONTROL and using the scroll wheel on your mouse. There is no equivalent fully keyboard shortcut, however http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/page-zoom-in-or-out-keyboard-shortcut-for-word/bc6d388b-f040-4389-8131-a4856ff9a5ff offers several solutions (either a macro or adding options to your ribbon).
Keyboard equivalent of that is F6 gets you to the status bar, you can then left and right arrow to the zoom control and manipulate it with the spacebar and F6 to get back to your document.
Draft layout is what old Office 2003 users will remember as "normal" layout. You can still get to it with CONTROL+ALT+N (note that if you have a program shortcut set to start with CONTROL+ALT+N, eg NVDA, it will launch that, so you'll need to activate it via the ribbon). You can also still get back to Print layout (the default) via CONTROL+ALT+P (again if you don't have a program shortcut using that), but I'm not aware of an equivalent to get to Web view.
Draft layout will knock your colours back to black text on white, but web layout will keep it how you've set it up.
Interestingly, even when I saved this as my default template in Word, it still came up black on white when I created a new document, although if I then go into web layout, the colours go to white on dark as I'd set – So maybe leave that for now and hopefully Microsoft will fix that bug (I've reported it).
When you change fonts in Word there is a button to save as default, but to make more advanced changes (like I was hoping to do with the background), you need to load the normal.dotm file found in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates – replace USERNAME with the profile you are logged in as, then make whatever changes to your setup (line spacing, font, etc) and then save the file.
What options do you use in Microsoft Office to make it easier to see or use? Let me know!


Among the many significant financial and labour market trends that have emerged in the UK in recent years, one of the most noteworthy is the substantial growth in self-employment.
More and more people are working for themselves in the UK.
According to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in August, self-employment has risen to its highest level in 40 years.
So just how prevalent has this way of working become, and what are the ramifications for the economy, the labour market and the UK as a whole?
How much has self-employment increased?
The ONS report revealed that the overall growth in employment in the UK since 2008 - the start of the financial crisis - has predominantly been among the self-employed. One of the key factors in the trend is that fewer people are leaving self-employment than in the past.
Some of the agency's more specific findings showed that the number of over-65s working for themselves has more than doubled in the past five years, reaching nearly half a million.
Men continue to dominate self-employment overall, but the number of women choosing to work in this way is increasing at a faster rate.
Another report released in August 2014, from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), posited that the UK is becoming Western Europe's 'self-employment capital'.
The IPPR said the proportion of independent workers in the UK had been low by international standards for a number of years, but the country has now caught up with the EU average.
Between the first quarters of 2013 and this year, the number of self-employed people rose by eight per cent, faster than any other western European economy, according to the analysis.
Spencer Thompson, senior economic analyst at the IPPR, noted that the government responded to the rise in self-employment by celebrating the UK's "entrepreneurial zeal" and promoting independent working as an option for the unemployed.
However, some commentators have argued that many workers newly classed as self-employed are simply "employees by another name", while the Bank of England has taken the trend as a possible sign of weakness in the labour market.
One thing that is certain, according to Mr Thompson, is that the self-employed "come in all shapes and sizes".
"Some are entrepreneurs, driven by high-growth ambitions, innovation and disruptive business models, but many are sole-traders simply looking to get by or small businesses happy to stay at their current level," he said.
In October 2014, ONS figures showed that the number of people choosing self-employment had increased by 6.6 per cent, surpassing the 1.9 per cent growth in traditional jobs.
The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) responded by claiming that this "fundamental shift in the way Britain works" is "here to stay".
Chief executive Chris Bryce said: "People from all walks of life are choosing to leave the 9-5 behind and take control of their own destiny. From young people straight from university to parents who want to balance work around family life, being your own boss has never been more popular."
Earlier this year, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) expressed concern that the growth in self-employment has come at the expense of more secure jobs.
The body argued that many newly self-employed workers do the same work as regular staff but without the same assurances and benefits.
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "Self-employment accounts for almost half of all the new jobs created under this government.
"But these newly self-employed workers are not the budding entrepreneurs ministers like to talk about. Only a tiny fraction run their own businesses, while the vast majority work for themselves or another employer - often with fewer rights, less pay and no job security."
Does the government need to act?
A recent article in the Guardian explored the growth in self-employment in context of the government's economic policies and tax revenue.
Robert Chote, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, quoted figures showing that more than a third (35 per cent) of people going into self-employment since 2008 earn less than £10,000 and therefore pay no tax. Many more can reduce their tax bill by offsetting their expenses and claiming capital allowances.
According to the Guardian, the Treasury relied on the growth in self-employment to boost its tax income even thought it had no clear idea of what independent workers were earning or how.
IPSE has urged the government to make a number of changes to reflect the growing self-employed population, including the introduction of a dedicated minister for this portion of the workforce.
It also called for the simplification of "unnecessarily complicated" tax laws like IR35 and action on problems such as late payments to small businesses, insufficient broadband infrastructure and a lack of affordable office space to work from.
Writing in the Huffington Post, Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, said he differed from many politicians in his view that the rise in self-employment could be a positive thing.
He also said more needs to be done to help independent workers, who face problems including impenetrable "reams of paperwork".


He was born Ryan Timothy Tannehill III, on July 27, 1988, in Lubbock, Texas, U.S, to Cheryl and Tim Tannehill, the Assistant Principal at Big Spring High School.
Tannehill attended Big Spring High School, Texas where he played for his high school football team. After graduating, he joined the Texas A&M University and played for the Aggies football team.
Even as football talent he was good at basketball and on the track and field. He competed in the hurdling and jumping events at the 2006 District 4-4A Championships and was placed third in the 300m hurdles and second in the triple jump event.
As a defensive back in his sophomore year at Big Spring, he saw action in 10 games. In his junior year he was the starting quarterback; he passed for 2,510 yards and rushed for 922 yards.
As a senior, he passed for 5,258 yards and rushing for 617, in taking his team to the playoffs. He also posted three receptions for 62 yards and compiled a 39.2 punt average with a long of 84 yards. As a three star recruit, he received second-team district 4-4A honors for both the year.
After being redshirted in 2007, at Texas A&M, he played as wide receiver in 2008 and 2009 seasons. During 2008 season he broke the freshman school record with 210 yards 12 catches. After six receptions for 78 yards in the Iowa State game, he broke the freshman school record for reception and receiving yards.
In 2009, Tannehill compiled a team leading 46 receptions for 609 yards and four touchdowns. Eighty percent of his 46 catches went for first downs or touchdowns. He was named in the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honor.
Midway through his junior year, Tannehill was moved to quarterback position by Coach Mike Sherman in the Kansas game. He finished with 12 completions on 16 attempts for 155 yards and three touchdowns and threw for a school record 449 yards and four touchdowns in his first start at quarterback, leading the Aggies to a 45-27 thumping of Texas Tech Red Raiders.
As a senior, he started in all 13 games at quarterback for the Aggies and served as team captain. He completed 61.6% of his pass for 3,744 yards and 29 touchdowns, with 15 interceptions apart from three touchdowns.
The number 17 is a significant one for Tannehill. Not only is he the 17th player from Big Spring to make it to the pro football ranks, he is also the 17th different starting quarterback for the Dolphins since the legendary Dan Marino retired in 1999. It seems only appropriate that 17 is also his jersey number.
At the A&M pro day on March 2012, he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.58 seconds, coming off a broken foot that required surgery. He also completed 65 of 68 throws and completed all nine throws at the goal line. It was an impressive performance and was considered the #3 quarterback prospect in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Tannehill was the 8th overall first round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. He was selected by Miami Dolphins, is viewed as the quarterback of the future. On July 28, he and Dolphins agreed to a four year, $12,688 million contract, with a fifth year option. He was reunited with his 'Texas A&M,' head coach Mike Sherman, the Dolphins offensive coordinator.
He was the first quarterback selected by the Dolphins in the first round since Dan Marino in 1983 and the 17th starting quarterback. He is also the third quarterback taken in the first round in franchise history, after Bob Griese and Marino.
On August 20, 2012, he made his debut for Dolphins against Houston Texans, in the season opener. He finished with 219 yards, zero touchdowns and three interceptions in the 10-30 loss. Tannehill played both the victim and the perpetrator with his performance.
Although he improved dramatically in week 2, against Oakland Raiders with 200 passing yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions in a 35-13 win, his performance at the end of week 3, was less than 53 percent in completed pass while averaging 6.03 yards per attempt and tossing one touch down to four interceptions.
Tannehill set the franchise record of single-game most passing yards by a rookie with his 431 yards in the game against Arizona Cardinals on September 30, 2012. He threw for 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions in the 21-24 loss.
He set another record in week 16 against Buffalo Bills, for longest run by a quarterback by rushing 31 yards in a single day, erasing the 2009 record of Pat White. Tannehill also surpassed 3,000 passing yards in a season, the fifth quarterback in the franchise history.
He was the first quarterback to start all 16 games in his rookie season and went on to set franchise rookie record for passing yards, attempts, and completions. He completed 282 of 484 for 3,294 passing yards with 12 touchdowns and 13 interceptions during the season.
He had an indifferent form in week 15 and 16 of 2013 season. When Dolphins hosted the New England Patriots, he had the best game of the year, completing 25 of 37 for 312 passing yards with 3 touchdown and no interceptions in 24-20 win and in comparison against the Buffalo Bills, he came a cropper, going for 10 of 27 for a paltry 82 yards in a 19-0 loss.
Playing under new offensive coordinator, Bill Lazor for the first time since high school, Tannehill started the 2014 season on positive note with 178 passing yards with two touchdowns and one interception for 33-20 win over New England Patriots.
On December 21, 2014, Tennehill recorded a season high 396 passing yards, with four touchdowns and one interception inclose win over Minnesota Vikings by 37-35 score margin. The Dolphins finished the season 8-8 to miss the playoffs.
On May 18, 2015, Tannehill signed a six year contract extension worth $96 million with the Dolphins. That includes $45 million in guaranteed money, per league score. He started in all 48 games in his three-year career and has completed 1,029-of-1,662 passes for 11, 252 yards, 63 touchdowns and 42 interceptions, for an 84.0 passer rating. He is one of the few cases of a team being rewarded with patience and faith in steady progress.
On October 25, 2015, Tannehill had a perfect passer rating and was a NFL record setter in a 44-26 victory over Houston Texans. He became the 64th quarterback in NFL history with a perfect 158.3 passer rating and capped the day with 18-for-19 passing for 282 yards, four touchdowns and no interception.
In the same game against Texans, he established an NFL record for most consecutive completed passes with 25, when you combine his first 18 passes from the Houston game with his final seven passes from last week's 38-10 victory over Tennessee Titans. This record was tied in 2018.
He finished the 2015 season playing all 16 games with 4,208 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. He became the fourth quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 3,000 yards in each of his first four seasons in the league.
Tannehill finished the 2016 season with a career high 67.1 completion percentage for 2,995 yards with 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions despite of missing three games due to a partially torn ACL injury.
On August 03, 2017 Tannehill suffered a noncontact injury in practice. He had scrambled to the sideline during the team's first 11-on-11 session, then fell awkwardly on his left leg. He later underwent season ending surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and made a comeback in 2018.
On December 09, 2018, Tannehill was part of the Miracle in Miami, when Dolphins defeated New England Patriots 34 to 33, after trailing by five points with seven seconds to go. Tannehill threw a pass from his own 31 yard line for Kenyan Drake to complete 52 yard touchdown after series of passes.
Tannehill completed his bachelor's degree in biology in May 2011 and had planned to become an orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee injuries.
He is married to Lauren Tannehill since January 2012 after courting her for about two years since they met in Florida in 2009. They have a son named Steel Ryan Tannehill and a daughter named Stella Rose Tannehill.


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Anders Boxström, född 1 oktober 1766 i Gammalbacka vid Borgå, död 30 september 1849 i Åbo, var en finländsk läkare.

Boxström blev medicine doktor i Åbo 1802, adjunkt i medicin där 1806 och
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Facebook wins antitrust dismissal, surges to $1 trillion value
last updated: Jun 29,2021
(Photo: AFP)
WASHINGTON, United States — A US judge on Monday dismissed the blockbuster antitrust action against Facebook filed last year by federal and state regulators, helping lift the value of the social media giant above $1 trillion for the first time.اضافة اعلان
Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court of Washington, DC dismissed the cases filed in December by the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states, which could have rolled back Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and the messaging platform WhatsApp.
The federal lawsuit "failed to plead enough facts to plausibly establish a necessary element ... that Facebook has monopoly power in the market for personal social networking services," the judge said in a 53-page opinion, while allowing authorities the opportunity to refile the case.
In lawsuits filed in December that were consolidated in federal court, US and state officials called for the divestment of Instagram and WhatsApp, arguing that Facebook had acted to "entrench and maintain its monopoly to deny consumers the benefits of competition."
The judge issued a separate opinion dismissing the case by the states, saying attorneys general had waited too long to bring the case for the acquisition of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.
The judge said the FTC complaint "says almost nothing concrete on the key question of how much power Facebook actually had ... it is almost as if the agency expects the court to simply nod to the conventional wisdom that Facebook is a monopolist."
The federal agency based its case on a "vague" assertion that Facebook controlled more than 60 percent of the social networking market, but the FTC "does not even allege what it is measuring."
Boasberg wrote that "the market at issue here is unusual in a number of ways, including that the products therein are not sold for a price... the court is thus unable to understand exactly what the agency's '60 percent-plus' figure is even referring to, let alone able to infer the underlying facts that might substantiate it."
Still he ruled that "this defect could conceivably be overcome by re-pleading," allowing the federal agency the possibility of refiling the action.
Facebook shares surged after the decision, lifting the company's market valuation above $1 trillion for the first time.
'We compete fairly'
In a statement, the company said, "We are pleased that today's decisions recognize the defects in the government complaints filed against Facebook. We compete fairly every day to earn people's time and attention and will continue to deliver great products for the people and businesses that use our services."
The ruling comes a week after a US congressional panel advanced legislation that would lead to a sweeping overhaul of antitrust laws and give more power to regulators to break up large tech firms, specifically aiming at Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple.
The actions come amid growing concerns on the power of major tech firms, which have increasingly dominated key economic sectors and have seen steady growth during the pandemic.
Critics of Facebook said the rulings highlight the need to revise antitrust laws for the internet age.
"This is a setback — not the end — in the FTC's fight against dominant Big Tech monopolies like Facebook," said Charlotte Slaiman of the consumer group Public Knowledge.
"The FTC should continue this important work, as the judge has indicated the agency can still file a new complaint if it can address these concerns. At the same time, Congress' ongoing work to pass new laws and rules to address the power of Big Tech, as well as broader antitrust reforms, is now especially important and urgent."
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The ground in this Quebec forest looks like it's breathing.
… This 40-mile loop is a fantastic way to experience the immense size and beauty of Mt. Hood.
On the Timberline you'll encounter lush old-growth forests, pristine alpine waterfalls, wildflower-filled meadows, towering craggy glaciers, rough volcanic landscapes, and some of the finest cascade views around.
We've added Timberline to our list of best hikes in North America.
Pucón is the adventure capital of the Chilean lake district. Climbing, cycling, hiking, skiing. You name it.
A super popular day hike is the private nature reserve El Cañi Sanctuary. It's about an 8 hour day Pucón to Pucón for most people.
1240 metres (4068 feet) ascent.
Click PLAY or watch my trip on YouTube.
A highlight is the unique Araucaria (monkey-puzzle) forrest. Perhaps my favourite tree.
If weather is clear from the summit mirador, you see many volcanoes: Volcán Llaima, Volcán Villarrica, Volcán Quetrupillan and Volcán Lanin.
Almost everyone does this as a day hike. But it's possible to tent at Laguna Negra or or at the Aserradero hut for about $13 if you prefer.
Another highlight is the add-on Lagunas del Cañi (lake circuit). Some trails are narrow and overgrown.
I reached the summit mirador with two trail runners from France. We took photos of one another.
It's a long way down. Then back to town … or to one of many hotsprings near the trailhead, Termas Los Pozones was recommended. I rushed back to catch a 12 hour night bus.
Most people do this hike independently taking the local bus 13 miles (20 km) themselves. But you can hire a guide in Pucón for about $100.
I got my information from ¡école! Hosteria and Restaurant in Pucón.
Click PLAY or watch Ernest Aymerich's trip on YouTube.


Get out your tissues - it's family visit time! Everyone ugly cries at the big reveal of their families coming out to Fiji. Addressing the elephant in the room (or on the island), Adam announces to everyone that he will not use his advantage to steal a family visit. Jay wins the rope wrangling obstacle course Reward Challenge and gets to hang out with his sister at BBQ and chooses Will, Sunday, and Adam to join him. Now that's good karma! Adam continues the pay-it-forward lovefest and gives the reward steal advantage to Jay. It's all very bittersweet because Adam also hears from his brother that they stopped their mother's cancer treatment. I feel like everyone watching this episode used half a box of tissues during the first half hour.
Zeke is feeling pretty great about having the numbers on his side to finally vote out David. Except Will becomes concerned that he won't get any credit for the moves he's made throughout the game if he makes it to the finale. Will decides getting rid of Zeke can be his defining resume item and begins to get others on board with his plan. Dude, you had such the perfect chance 3 days ago. Will tells new Legacy Advantage holder Ken that he's the target, and after Ken's ramblings of honor and integrity, he totally blows up Will's spot. All of Will's scheming is outed to the entire tribe. But no one is that mad at Will! Instead it's a fight to get Will on their side to regain controlling numbers.
Tribal Council time! It's quickly discussed that there are two sides in this game and Will is smack dab in the middle as the swing vote. Will wants to be respected as an 18 year old man, but spend a large portion of Tribal Council cringing whenever there's a mention of his age or the "big boys". Zeke, Sunday, Bret, and Jay try to keep Will on their side, but there's some patronizing in their comments. David, Adam, and Hannah do a better job in pointing out how Will is being used and this is a great time to make a move. The begins to vote and Hannah seems to get the vibe again that it's her name on the parchment (question: is this a right instinct or something she says weekly?) Concerned about a possible spit again, individual immunity holder Adam surprises everyone and busts his Hidden Immunity Idol right out of his crotch region. He plays the idol for Hannah voiding all 4 votes cast against her. Turns out, Will did make his big move; Zeke is voted out of the game with 5 votes.


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Le Dernier Souffle () est un film italien réalisé par Ruggero Deodato, sorti en 1978.

Synopsis
Diego Micheli, 16 ans, est harcelé au lycée et incompris dans sa propre famille où sa mère doit prioritairement se consacrer à ses demi-frères et à son beau-père. Il s'enfuit de chez lui et après avoir un peu vagabondé, trouve un emploi dans un centre de natation. En voyant ses pairs s'entraîner à la natation, une passion pour ce sport s'éveille en lui, ce qui le pousse à s'entraîner de nuit et en secret. Il est pourtant remarqué par Marco, un entraîneur sportif qui l'invite à vivre chez lui. Diego y rencontre la fille de Marco, Claudia, et tombe amoureux d'elle. Marco le pousse à poursuivre sérieusement sa carrière de nageur sportif et à s'entraîner. Diego, cependant, immédiatement après avoir remporté le concours national, tombe soudainement malade. Une tomodensitométrie révèle qu'il a une tumeur cérébrale incurable qui ne lui laisse que quelques mois à vivre...

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 Titre original :
 Titre français : Le Dernier Souffle
 Réalisation : Ruggero Deodato
 Scénario : Ruggero Deodato, , Roberto Gandus
 Photographie : Claudio Cirillo
 Montage :
 Musique : Ubaldo Continiello
 Assistant-réalisateur : Lamberto Bava
 Décors : Carmelo Patrono
 Production : 	Giovanni Masini, Salvatore Alabiso, Giorgio-Carlo Rossi
 Société de production : Tritone Cinematografica
 Pays de production :
 Langue originale : italien
 Format : Couleur - 2,35:1 - Son mono - 35 mm
 Genre : Mélodrame sportif
 Durée : 105 minutes ()
 Dates de sortie:
 Italie :

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 Carlo Lupo : Diego Micheli
 Vittoria Galeazzi : Claudia
 Luigi Diberti : Marco
 Jacques Sernas : Président du club de billard
 Angela Goodwin : Maria, la mère de Diego
 Fiorenzo Fiorentini : Anselmo
 Alfio Androver : Giovanni
 Emilio Delle Piane : Le médecin du sport
 Gino Pagnani : Giovanni
 Deddi Savagnone : L'instituteur
 Gianni Solaro : Le médecin hospitalier
 Maurizio Rossi : Lori
 Roberto Pangaro : Lui-même

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Film réalisé par Ruggero Deodato
Film italien sorti en 1978
Film en italien
Film dramatique italien
Mélodrame (cinéma)
Film sur la natation
Film sur le cancer
Film tourné à Rome
Film se déroulant à Rome