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Sankt Olofs kyrka eller Sankt Olai kyrka kan syfta på:

Kyrkor

Danmark
 Sankt Olai kyrka – domkyrkan i Helsingör, se Helsingörs domkyrka
Sankt Olai kyrka, Hjørring
Sankt Olai kyrka, Kalundborg

Estland
Sankt Olavs kyrka, Tallinn – en kyrka ursprungligen från 1100-talet
Sankt Olofskyrkan, Ormsö - Läänemaa

Finland
Jomala kyrka – på Åland är tillägnad Sankt Olof
Kalands kyrka – i Egentliga Finland
Lemu kyrka – i Egentliga Finland
Nagu kyrka – i Egentliga Finland
Åbo dominikankyrka – i Åbo, Egentliga Finland
S:t Olofs kapell, Pellinge – på Ölandet i Pellinge
Tyrvis S:t Olofs kyrka – i Satakunda
Ulvsby kyrka – i Satakunda
Sysmä kyrka – i Tavastland

Färöarna
Ólavskirkjan – Streymoy

Norge
St. Olafs kyrka, Balestrand – en anglikansk kyrka i Balestrand
Sankt Olav domkirke, Oslo – en katolsk domkyrka i Oslo
Sankt Olav domkirke, Trondheim – en katolsk domkyrka i Trondheim

Ryssland
Viborgs stadskyrka – i Viborg

Storbritannien
Sankt Olavs kirke – London (norsk sjömanskyrka)

Sverige
Sankt Olofs kyrka, Falköping
Sankt Olofs kyrka, Helsingborg
Sankt Olofs kyrka, Södertälje
Sankt Olofs kyrka, Trekanten – Småland
Sankt Olofs kyrka, Täby
Sankt Olofs kyrka, Uppsala
Sankt Olofs kyrka, Sankt Olof – Skåne
Sankt Olovs kyrka, Skellefteå
Sankt Olai kyrka, Norrköping
Skanörs kyrka – kallas även Sankt Olofs kyrka

USA
St. Olaf Kirke, Texas – (The Rock Church), Bosque County, Texas

Kapell
Det finns även kapell med namnet Sankt Olof:

Estland

 Sankt Olofs kapell, Kärrdal - Dagö
 Sankt Olofs kapell, Lilla Rågö - Harjumaa
 Sankt Olofs kapell, Neve - Läänemaa
 Sankt Olofs kapell, Sastrom - Pärnumaa
 Sankt Olofs kapell, Stora Rågö - Harjumaa

Finland
Sankt Olofs kapell, Pellinge – Pellinge, Borgå
Lemböte kapell – på Åland

Sverige
Sankt Olofs kapell, Böda – Öland
Sankt Olofs kapell, Edsbyn – Hälsingland
 Sankt Olofs Kapell, Enköping
Sankt Olofs kapell, Gryt – Östergötland
Sankt Olofs kapell, Lund
Sankt Olofs kapell, Uppsala
Sankt Olofs kapell, Tylösand – Halland
Sankt Olofs kapell, Kumla
Sankt Olofs kapell, Kviberg – på Kvibergs kyrkogård, Göteborg
Sankt Olofs kapell, S:t Olofsholm -Gotland

Sakristior (de medeltida kyrkorna blev inte byggda)
Kalvola sakristia i Tavastland, Finland

Kyrkoruiner
Sankt Olofs kyrkoruin – på Fårö
Sankt Olofs kyrkoruin, Sigtuna
Sankt Olofs kyrkoruin, Visby
Olavskyrkans ruin – Bamble kommun, Norge

Se även
Sankt Olofs korskyrka, Brunflo, riven 1775
I Skara fanns en klosterkyrka i stadens ena kloster, dominikanerklostret, som uppkallades efter Sankt Olof, alltså Sankt Olofs klosterkyrka eller Sankt Olofs kyrka. Mer om den finns i artiklarna om Skara och om Skaraborgs slott.
I Lödöse, Lilla Edets kommun fanns fram till 1528 Sankt Olofs kyrka, se mer om den i artikeln om Sankt Peders församling.
Sankt Olof (olika betydelser)
Sankt Olofs församling

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Medieval songs outside the Codex
April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 lampallibChanson, Languages, Library, Liederblätter, Music, Rotuli, Songs
One of the smaller items in the manuscript collection at Lambeth Palace Library is probably one of the most interesting, and rare. Dating from the 1350s and written in Anglo-Norman French it contains the words to a jeu parti, a debate, in song, on love, sex, wealth, and ethical behaviour by a troubadour. These were very popular throughout France in the thirteenth and fourteenth century and contain a wealth of historical information about social attitudes at the time. It is also, as far as I can tell, unique with no other examples of jeux partis surviving in this form (it had not come to serious scholarly attention until 2004). This text gives us not only an invaluable insight into the transmission of music, the movement of people, but also the transmission of ideas and people's attitudes to the morals at the time.
The impressive opus of trouvères chansons survive now as collections and reorderings of more ephemeral texts in grand codices. Aristocratic pride in local traditions can be found in the poetic schools in Oc and Oil (different regions of France defined by their dialect) as well as Sicily and Aragon in Spain. The collections encompass Crusader songs in Occitan and prose chronicles in Franco-Flemish. These were all collected, republished, and bound in richly decorated volumes many showing regional tastes and variations. Courtly songs of refined love were most popular in Northern France (chansons courtoises, cansos) and appear side-by-side with songs of Marian devotion (chansons pieuses) as well as songs of erotic conquest (pastourelles), women's songs and weaving songs (chansons de toile), and the battles of wits, as well as the song-debates known as the jeux partis.
All of these different types of songs were collected in to these manuscripts which were also filled with vernacular text and idealised images[i]. These texts made use of the growing practice of fixed musical notation on a stave (all but four of the twenty two major sources contain music written on a stave[ii]) which allowed a performer to sight-read a melody, if not a complete transmission of the rhythm.
MS 1681 extended
There has been a musicological tradition of applying a hierarchy to these tropes with 'courtly songs' receiving the most attention and praise, the jeux partis being seen clearly as a 'lesser genre' (see for example Alfred Jeanroy). This however is not borne out by the surviving texts. Hundreds of these texts were written, many in multiple manuscripts, the majority with musical notation.
This manuscript in Lambeth Palace Library, however, is a less substantial item than the grand codices. Codices could consist of hundreds of such songs, this item consist of six songs on one roll of Vellum. This type of document is referred to as a Liederblätter ('single sheets') and rotuli ('rolls') by historians and musicologists. These are different from the codex, or bound volume, and were probably intended as transient or even disposable objects. Some of the first discoveries of these rolls were by Richard Rouse in 1982[iii], with a modern overview provided by William Paden.[iv] There is also clear evidence for its use in the manuscripts showing that, whilst not many have survived, they were common objects. Elizabeth Aubrey shows how the construction of the codices and errors by the scribes show that they must have been working from multiple sources. There are instances where songs were written in without enough space for the music before being rewritten later with the music in place. There are also multiple emendations made to the texts in different hands suggesting text and music was added as it became available.[v] Something similar to the Lambeth Palace Library rotulus is portrayed in the illumination and decoration accompanying the Codices and they are talked about by the poets themselves. A well-known example is the "Provençal chansonnier N" (New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.819), where the poet is shown fainting, overcome with an erotic despair that prevents him from writing on the roll he holds in his hand. To allay suspicion of maybe reading too much into a picture, context is provided by the poem Meravill me cum pot nuills hom chanter which appears alongside the image in the manuscript.
Meravill me cum pot nuills hom chantar
si cum ieu fatz per lieis que·m fai doler,
qu'e ma chansso non puosc apareillar
dos motz qu'al tertz no·m lais marritz chaser,
car non sui lai on estai sos cors gens,
doutz e plazens,
que m'auci desiran
e non pot far morir tant fin aman.
[I'm amazed that any man could sing like I do for the lady who makes me suffer: I can't put two words together in my song without, when I arrive at the third, letting myself fall, dazed, because I'm not where her gentle figure is, sweet and pleasant, that kills me through desire and can't make such a perfect lover die.]
These items could function as a support or aide de memoire for recitation and a means of transmitting works, enabling performers to recreate the jeux partis before different audiences and supplying a missing link in our understanding of songs and music more widely. They were designed as temporary things made of non-durable material, in this case small sections of vellum stitched together. Writing in thirteenth-century Europe was increasingly being used not only by the trained clergy, but also being used laypeople in local dialects.
Unlike the other genres of Trouvere/ Trouvères songs, the jeu parti presents itself as unique event, a one-off improvised performance between specific performers and judges, many of whom are named in the songs. However, their existence in multiple versions and formats implies repeated performances, re-enactments of events, or of imagined events. The genre provides a fascinating opportunity to look at questions of song performance and reception. In attempting to represent a particular time and place it has two contestants addressing each other by name and posing a dilemma before alternating verses of argument. The substance of these arguments was often, although not always, love and sexual conquest i.e. 'Who should one pity more: the man who is constantly jealous of his wife, or the one who knows for sure that his mistress fools him?' or 'Do you prefer your sweetheart to be a knight of great bravery, but clumsy and lacking courtesy when he's off the battlefield, or a handsome, charming and amorous fellow who lacks martial skill?'. The final stanza holds the debaters' appeal to a judge, present at the performance, to judge in his favour. Whilst judges are named no surviving manuscript records the judgement.
The people involved and named in these songs were noted thirteenth and fourteenth century individuals from aristocratic, bourgeois, and clerical backgrounds, many associated with the Northern French town of Arras. This has led to the genre being treated as an outlier. However, the songs that have survived have been copied and recopied into dozens of manuscripts implies repeat performances re-enacted over a variety of locations. According to Jenna Phillips's article "Singers without borders: a performer's rotulus and the transmission of jeux partis" there has been no mention of jeux partis existing in rotuli outside of the codices, demonstrating the importance of this document's survival. This has resulted in current debates on their production ignoring much regarding their potential for performance before a wide range of audiences and locations. Taking the notion of Textual Communities put forward by Brian Stock, they ?suggest that there is evidence of a 'shared community' of irreverent and humorous dialogue that extends beyond its traditional location of Arras, fuelled by scripts, rotuli and other ephemera transmitting not only songs but also play sheets and stories.
The proof of this position is difficult however with most, if not all, of the corpus of troubadour music existing in texts that postdate their putative author by some margin. The proponents of a written tradition point to manuscript evidence of performance from scrolls or wax tablets, sometimes both in the same picture. For example see the miniature from the Manesse Codex.[vi]
MS 1681 showing the two of the sheets of vellum stitched together
Lambeth Palace Library MS 1681 consist of three membranes of vellum sewn together with clear damage to both ends.[vii] On the hair side (a curiosity in itself as most scribes wrote on the smoother inner side for preference as it made a better writing surface) someone has written seven old French songs. These are identified by Jenna Phillips as Chansons by Gace Brule and the Chatelain de Coucy (these two songs are known from other chansonniers) Par quel forfet et par quel achaison, and Cil qui d'amors me conseille respectively. These are followed by five jeux partis written by Jehan Bretel, Jehan Grieviler (his Grieviler vostre ensient found in this roll can also be found in the Chansonnier d'Arras), Guillaume and Gilon le Viner. The scroll lacks musical notation, although it is present in other sources. On the reverse are memoranda dating to the fourteenth century concerning the genealogies of the Esse and Knyghton families and their lands Ashe in Dorset. There is an interesting question as to the reason for the survival of this roll, whether it is for these memoranda or for the music.
MS 1681 showing a join in the vellum and the string loop
Much has been written on the subject (see Petrucci, Armando, and Charles M. Radding. Writers and readers in Medieval Italy: studies in the history of written culture) of the rapid increase in writing in the vernacular in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a proliferation of 'ephemeral' texts (Richard Rouse in 'Roll and Codex', pp. 13–29). This was being done by and for a public of literates who could read and write in the vernacular and who had a much wider geographic distribution than was previously thought. This was writing outside of a precise social function or obligation, writing because one was literate. Matched with the increasing industrialisation of book production through scriptoria and the universities (by this time there are over twenty throughout Europe) this saw a large increase in book production, letter writing, receipts, and memoires (registers).
The importance of this scroll (aside from the uniqueness of its contents) stems from what it can tell us about the transmission of these songs. Whilst much of the scholarship surrounding jeux partis focuses on the city of Arras and its surrounds, due to the presence of Adam de la Halle and Jehan Bretel (famous composers of these songs), musical/ poetical societies (called Le Puy, derived from Latin Podium)[viii] existed throughout northern French and Flemish cities, spreading to London and the south of France by the thirteenth century.[ix] Still working in French (the lingua franca of trade in the Anglo-Norman world) it is conceivable that the copying of songs heard in one city for recreation in another by members of these clubs was not unknown or uncommon. The question is of course how much of this was done by the recreation of an oral memory and how much would have been done by aides memoires written down. Does this roll represent an anomaly or the tip of an iceberg? We know of a thirteenth century German roll found in the flyleaves of fifteenth century codex (Rouse, 'Roll and Codex', 13–29; Paden, 'Lyrics on Rolls', 325‒40). William Paden surveyed eleven examples. The British Library, until 1971,[x] held the Song of the Barons dating to 1260. Several others have been recently discovered; these are songs are different genres to the jeux partis (see Jenna Phillips), most recently in 2017 David Catalunya finding roll fragments of fourteenth century polyphonic music in the flyleaves of a fifteenth century book.[xi] It is also the case that medieval rolls preserving plays can also be found[xii] and as has been shown above there are many pictorial examples in other codices.
[i] Samuel Rosenberg, Introduction to Songs of the Troubadours and Trouvères: an Anthology of Poems and Melodies, Samuel Rosenberg, Margaret Switten and Gérard Le Vot (eds.) (New York: Garland, 1998), 4.
[ii] See Elizabeth Aubrey, 'Sources, MS III, Secular Monophony: French', in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., ed. S. Sadie., 29 vols. (London: Macmillan Reference, 2001), 23: 851–60.
[iii] Rouse, Richard H. 1982. Roll and Codex the Transmission of the Works of Reinmar von Zweter. pp.193-231
[iv] Keith Busby and Catherine M. Jones. 2011. "Li premerains vers": essays in honor of Keith Busby. Amsterdam: Rodopi
[v] Aubrey, Elizabeth. 2000. The music of the troubadours. Bloomington, Ind: Indiana University Press. pp 47-49
[vi] Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, f. 323r. The minnesinger in question is Reinmar von Zweter, who flourished in the 1230s, perhaps 70 years prior to the compilation of the Manesse Codex. The image is discussed by Marisa Galvez in Songbook: How Lyrics Became Poetry in Medieval Europe (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012), 136.
[vii] Based on the lengths of the other membranes, the first piece is lacking around 20 cm, which likely contained another song. Axel Wallensköld, 'Le Ms. Londres, Bibliothèque de Lambeth Palace, Misc. Rolls 1435', Mémoires de la Société Néo-Philologique de Helsingfors 6 (1917): 3–40 (5).
[viii] Puy made reference either to the platform on which performers stood, or to the high pedestal on which holy relics were elevated. The contentious history of this organisation and the terms used to describe it are surveyed by Carol Symes, A Common Stage: Theater and Public Life in Medieval Arras (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007), 216–22
[ix] Helen Cooper, 'London and Southwark Poetic Companies: "Si tost c'amis" and the Canterbury Tales', in Chaucer and the City, ed. Ardis Butterfield (Woodbridge: D.S. Brewer, 2006), 109–25 (111).
[x] Andrew Taylor. 1991. "The Myth of the Minstrel Manuscript". Speculum. 66 (1): 43-73 (68 ff.)
[xi] David Catalunya, 'Nuns, Polyphony, and a Liégois Cantor: New Light on the Las Huelgas' "Solmization Song"', Journal of the Alamire Foundation 9 (2017): 89–134
[xii] Four examples are cited by Thomas Forrest Kelly, The Exultet in Southern Italy, 18.
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Researchers Find 50 New Nazca Lines Which Predate The Nazca Culture
According to reports, up to fifty new Nazca lines have been discovered by experts, and some of them are among the oldest lines ever found, predating the Nazca culture by around one hundred years.
A group of researchers has made a stunning discovery in the Nazca desert in Peru.
With the help of satellite images and drones, archeologists have managed to uncover 50 new Nazca Lines and numerous other mysterious geoglyphs carved into the earth by a mysterious people, thousands of years ago.
Some of the newly found Nazca lines are reminiscent of Pyramids.
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca, Peru – collage (From top left: seabird, hand, pelican, condor, giant, whale, spider, monkey, dog, scorpion, hummingbird) (Shutterstock)
Thousands of years ago, for a reason scientists still can't comprehend, a mysterious civilization drew massive geoglyphs and figures into the Nazca desert in Peru. Thousands of these strange geoglyphs cover the sandy soil of the Nazca province which in addition to the strange sandy is home to various elongated skulls.
Photo: Luis Jaime Castillo (National Geographic)
The Nazca lines vary in complexity: So far, experts have distinguished hundreds of simple lines and geometric shapes; more than 70 zoomorphic designs of animals, such as birds, fish, llamas, jaguars, and monkeys, or human figures, and other designs including phytomorphic shapes, such as trees and flowers.
Peruvian archaeologists have discovered more than 50 new examples of mysterious desert monuments traced onto the earth's surface in incredibly fine lines. The team collaborated with the GlobalXplorer initiative, founded by Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace): https://t.co/qRmFEtKlOy pic.twitter.com/mMtwUdPkcq
— National Geographic (@InsideNatGeo) April 5, 2018
And when experts thought they had cataloged and found all the Nazca lines there is, a eureka moment struck them after a survey performed with drones and satellites revealed 50 new Nazca lines in the arid desert landscape.
While most of the Nazca lines were carved by the Nazca people, researchers say that the newly found lines were carved by the cultures predating the Nazca; the Paracas and Topará cultures between 500 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Experts explain that unlike the famous Nazca lines—most of which are best seen from the air—the Paracas glyphs were laid down on hillsides, making them visible to villages below, reports National Geographic.
"Most of these figures are warriors," says Peruvian archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, the new glyphs' co-discoverer. "These ones could be spotted from a certain distance, so people had seen them, but over time, they were completely erased."
Scientists explain that centuries before the Nazca people created the world-famous Nazca lines, people in the region were experimenting with making massive geoglyphs.
"This means that it is a tradition of over a thousand years that precedes the famous geoglyphs of the Nasca culture, which opens the door to new hypotheses about its function and meaning," archaeologist Johny Isla of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, who is in charge of restoring and protecting the lines, told National Geographic.
Most of these new figures are warriors. The new glyphs are not even registered as part of UNESCO's world heritage, but fortunately, they are not in danger.
In fact, their discovery will keep them away from urban projects or roads.
Source: National Geographic.
Featured image credit: Shutterstock
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Elaine Ernst says:
Some of these seem to closely resemble artwork found in caves scattered throughout Australia, particularly the drawings of "space men" with halos and shafts of light emanating from the head.
Mario Cepeda says:
Interesting, to say the least, but perhaps not so unusual, I mean, people have been pretty creative for millennia, so what makes one think that they couldn't have drawn these things from their own imaginations, instead of from extraterrestrial influence? But then again, I have seen things up in the sky, and in my dreams, etc., that could have come from other worldly intelligence. Or perhaps, my head just made it all up? Hard to say, at this time; hoping for time to tell.


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Long Beach police continue to investigate heat-related death of K-9 Ozzy
City News Service|September 9, 2019
Long Beach police continue to investigate the heat-related death of a police dog who was found alone last month inside a department-issued vehicle, but some activists aren't content to wait for the results and are calling for an independent probe.
A small group of demonstrators have gathered in front of Long Beach Police Department headquarters for the last two Saturdays to demand justice for Ozzy, who was found dead by his handler at about 3:40 p.m. on Aug. 14, a day when the high in Long Beach reached 89 degrees.
Some of the same animal rights advocates also sent a letter to Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey last week asking for a criminal investigation.
The letter, a copy of which was obtained by City News Service, states in part:
"After much research, we fully understand that an internal investigation (by Long Beach police) may result in this story being hidden as a personnel matter and forgotten. But we believe that Ozzy was an officer of the law and deserves the respect that any human officer would receive."
On Aug. 28, the LBPD said an investigation into the death was being conducted by the department's Internal Affairs division.
"After conducting a review of the circumstances surrounding the death of K-9 Ozzy, the department has initiated an internal affairs investigation to obtain additional facts and information pertaining to the incident," the department posted in its Facebook page.
"As we continue to mourn the loss of Ozzie, we understand the emotional impact this is having on our community and our employees. We respect everyone's right to share their opinions, however, we will not provide further comment until the Internal Affairs investigation has concluded."
Police said earlier they believe the dog's death might have involved malfunctioning equipment.
"The #LBPD is extremely saddened to announce the death of K-9 Ozzy," the LBPD tweeted on Aug. 23. "At the time, Ozzy & his handler were both off-duty and Ozzy was inside the officer's department issued K-9 vehicle. The death was immediately reported to the LBPD and a review into the circumstances was initiated."
"A local veterinarian examined Ozzy and the preliminary results determined the cause of death was heat-related," LBPD spokeswoman ShaunnaDandoy said.
As previously reported in the Signal Tribune, Ozzy was in a department-issued vehicle equipped for K-9 officers that have internal cooling systems.
While police try to figure out exactly what happened, K-9 handlers have been told to make sure the cooling systems in their cars are working before every shift, according to the department.
Ozzy, who was part Belgian Malinois and part German Shepherd, worked in drug investigations and had been on the force more than five years.
Ozzy is not the only LBPD K-9 to die suddenly in the last few years. In 2016, the K-9 Credo was killed by friendly fire while officers were trying to detain a knife-wielding man named Barry Prak, who was also killed by the gunfire, according to authorities.
One Response to "Long Beach police continue to investigate heat-related death of K-9 Ozzy"
Karen Parks on September 10th, 2019 11:47 am
Please continue to cover this. There's been too many K-9's that have died in hot patrol cars. This needs facilitate change for many different reasons.


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Postmodern conservatism?
October 2, 2008 ~ Andrew Norton ~ 19 Comments
The Times Will Suit Them: Postmodern Conservatism in Australia, by youngish Deakin academics Matthew Sharpe and Geoff Boucher, joins my pile of disappointing books about the Australian Right.
Its central fault is the usual one: an at best impressionistic understanding of its subject. It's not quite Puseyesque in writing about a political movement seemingly without bothering to read anything its members had to say. But there isn't very much direct quotation from Australian conservatives, and most of what is there is from John Howard. He's certainly the most important conservative figure of the last 20 years, but hardly the only one. A few of the 'Right's culture warriors' such as Andrew Bolt, Piers Ackerman and Janet Albrechtsen are mentioned in the introduction, but rarely appear again, and are never studied in any detail.
Writing about conservative movements is difficult. As I argued earlier in the year, conservatism is more whatever the people called conservatives happen to believe at a given time than a set list of key principles or ideas. Unlike American and British conservatives, Australian conservatives rarely help out with reflective pieces on their core beliefs (this excellent article by Owen Harries is a rare exception).
There is no substitute for a lot of reading and sorting, trying to work out the key themes and arguments, what is common enough to be classed as a core belief of Australian conservatives, and what is just the idiosyncrasy of one or a small number of people (this book does not discuss federalism, but I would put the Howard government's centralism in the idiosyncrasy category, with negligible support among conservatives generally). It's this research and analytical work that Boucher and Sharpe don't seem to have done.
I can't claim to have done a careful study either, though I'm sure I have read a lot more from conservative writers than Boucher and Sharpe, and I know a lot of conservatives personally. Some of Boucher and Sharpe's assertions about what Australian conservatives believe don't match my reading or conversations, which is why I would insist on a lengthy lists of citations before I would even grant them the starting points in their argument.
There is, for a example, a whole chapter called 'culture wars and the new religiosity'. Certainly, many (though not all) conservatives are personally religious, and especially when they are Catholics this affects their views on issues like abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, and some forms of medical research. But is this right?:
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To get to Zero Hunger, food is not enough. Providing food assistance in an emergency can save lives, but the right nutrition at the right time can also help change lives and break the cycle of poverty.
This is why, as the leading organization providing food assistance to the world's most vulnerable, the World Food Programme (WFP) prioritizes nutrition as a core element of its work.
Despite significant progress over recent decades, poor nutrition remains a colossal and universal problem, with one in three people on the planet affected by some form of malnutrition. Undernutrition – inadequate energy or nutrients – continues to affect more than 150 million children worldwide, while rates of overweight and obesity are also rising in all countries. Conflict and natural disasters are exacerbating the problem.
Malnutrition at its extremes can be a matter of life and death, and in the long term can hold back people and countries, undermining economies and development.
Where malnutrition threatens the world's most vulnerable people, WFP is at the forefront to prevent it, and treat it when it does occur.
While addressing undernutrition in emergencies has long been our raison d'etre, our focus over the past few years has broadened to encompass all forms of malnutrition including vitamin and mineral deficiencies – also known as 'hidden hunger' – and overweight and obesity, alongside undernutrition. We've done so in recognition of the fact that, while seemingly unrelated, these problem stem from the same root causes: poverty, inequality and poor diets.
Our approach is integrated, with programmes designed to treat and prevent the direct causes of malnutrition, like inadequate diets, complementing programmes that address the underlying factors, such as poor knowledge of feeding practices or lack of clean water. We concentrate our efforts on the most vulnerable, targeting young children, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and people living with HIV.
We work to improve the availability of and access to nutritious foods, and analyze and address the barriers that people face in consuming healthy diets, such as through our Fill the Nutrient Gap situation analysis tool. We help build the capacity of countries to find long-term solutions, and contribute to the broader policy dialogue on food and nutrition security.
With today's complex and unprecedented challenges, no one organization can end malnutrition alone. WFP is committed to playing an integral role in inter-organizational initiatives and platforms such as the Committee on World Food Security, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement, and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, and in government-led partnerships with UN agencies, NGOs, civil society, businesses and academia, as well as local farmers, producers, retailers and communities. WFP also plays a leading role in bringing private sector partners into the fight against malnutrition as co-convener of the SUN Business Network.
WFP brings its nutrition expertise to support the most vulnerable before, during and after humanitarian crises. We prioritize prevention of malnutrition as it reduces the human suffering and is the most effective path to long-lasting results. When children and women do suffer from acute malnutrition—inadequate nutrition leading to rapid weight loss, or 'wasting', —we provide treatment and link it to long-term care to prevent them from becoming malnourished again.
The first 1,000 days from conception to two years of age are pivotal in determining a child's destiny. In this short timeframe, the damage done by poor nutrition can cause stunting – impaired development as a result of chronic malnutrition with irreversible damage to children's bodies and brains. WFP therefore concentrates its efforts where they will have the most impact, targeting young children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers to prevent chronic malnutrition. The right nutrition in this window of opportunity will increase children's chances of survival, build their immune systems and unlock their potential.
Two billion people today are affected by deficiencies of essential vitamins and minerals (micronutrients), which can leave them susceptible to infectious diseases, impaired physical and mental development, reduced labour productivity and increased risk of premature death. WFP tackles micronutrient deficiencies with strategies like micronutrient powders (or 'sprinkles' of vitamins or minerals) which can be added to home-cooked meals, fortification of staple foods with nutrients, and education to promote diet diversity.
While seemingly unrelated problems, undernutrition and obesity and overweight (with their links to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes) stem from the same causes. More and more, they are being found side by side, affecting people in the same countries, communities and families. This double burden of malnutrition is providing unprecedented challenges to the governments we support. WFP is integrating these considerations into its work, such as promoting healthy eating and ensuring that programmes provide appropriate foods in the context of rising obesity rates.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, known by his TV personality as Dr. Oz, is a cardiac surgeon and host of his eponymous TV show. Dr. Oz is not very popular with the science based medicine community as a result of his pushing of alternative medicine and pseudoscience on his show. There is no level to which he will sink. Oz even thinks homeopathy is worth considering.
In the past, Dr. Oz has pontificated about GMOs, claiming that they caused cancer. This was based on the roundly criticized, debunked and ultimately retracted study by Gilles-Eric Séralini. Apparently, Dr. Oz couldn't be bothered by the overwhelming science, and made claims that were simply untrue.
Unless you want to stretch the meaning of "credible scientist," Dr. Oz is not credible, at least from science based perspective. He is apparently an accomplished cardiac surgeon, but as I keep saying, just because someone is an expert in one field, does not make them an expert in another. Dr. Oz is the perfect metaphor for the appeal to false authority.
Now I haven't spent much time criticizing Dr. Oz, probably because I've spent more time mocking Andrew Wakefield.
He pushed green coffee beans as a weight loss supplement. They don't work. And it's just plain pseudoscience.
He pushed the fact that carrying a cell phone in your bra (if you wear one) causes cancer. No, it does not.
Dr. Oz pushes 15 super foods. More pseudoscience.
So, are you convinced? What better place on TV to talk about the medical issues of a non-fact based politician? Yes, speak with a non-fact based physician.
So let's get to the heart of this matter (pun intended) – what have we learned about the "interview" between Dr. Oz and Donald Trump? Have we learned anything important about Donald Trump's health?
Well, the interview itself was quite boring. It included pontificating from Trump with his trademarked overuse of adverbs and adjectives. And an utter lack of critical questioning from Dr. Oz.
But truly, did we expect anything else?
They are both all about the money. Oz pushes his nonsense, because it makes him money by getting advertisers for his show. Trump, obviously, pushes his own form of ignorance to make money for his business empire. Seriously, these two are almost exactly alike in this respect.
Moreover, just like Trump trying to be kinder and gentler, Dr. Oz promised to quit pushing pseudoscience. I think that it's not going well in these attempts for either TV personality.
In an apparent homage to the Gold Star father, Khizr Khan, who dramatically pulled out his pocket copy of the US Constitution in a speech to the Democratic National Convention, Trump dramatically pulled his medical records out of his jacket.
This is how you pull out papers.
Now, when I think of medical records, I think of large files in a brown folder with lab tests, EKGs, angiograms, notes, and interpretations. I don't think of two pages letter. But in this season of politics, our bars for real information are set quite low.
This is partially a problem with news reporting. Journalists these days are borderline useless in this election. Medical records are what I described – they are detailed, informative, and allow any physician to review them and state a conclusion on the relative health of a person.
In 2008, John McCain released detailed medical records, not just a one page letter from one physician. Partially, McCain did this because of his age (no different than age of Clinton and Trump today), and because he had suffered a lot of hardship while imprisoned by North Vietnam.
What Trump gave Oz was nothing more than propaganda. It was a letter from Dr. Harold Bornstein, who was roundly ridiculed for his first letter about Trump, saying that Trump would be the healthiest president ever.
And of course, Dr. Oz and Donald Trump engaged in, what Orac the wise explained, a "huckster bromance." I may have puked a little.
No. I did puke. Sorry.
Like the aforementioned Matt Lauer, who showed little to no backbone in criticizing Trump's lies, Dr. Oz showed no critical thinking skills. He didn't ask for detailed laboratory results. He didn't ask for any information. He didn't push the fact that Trump's weight appears to be much higher than is in the "report." He could have pushed this issue by wheeling in a medical scale to measure Trump's actual weight and BMI.
But that doesn't matter, because Trump may well be healthy. That's not the problem. By engaging in this "huckster bromance," Dr. Oz seemed to endorse the trope that Trump is "the healthiest person to ever run for president," or whatever it is today.
For example, one of the most disgusting and disingenuous parts of the discussion was about Trump's testosterone number. The little winks and gestures towards each other made it seem like "Trump is a manly man." According to the letter, Trump has a testosterone level of 441.
[infobox icon="quote-left"]Throughout the rest of the interview, Oz basically gave Trump every opportunity to brag about his health, the longevity of his parents and, by extension and implication, how he expects to live a long time too. Trump informed Oz that he feels as good now as he did when he was 30.
I think the public has a right to Trump's records, medical, tax or otherwise, because he's asking America to vote for him to become the most powerful leader on this planet. And he's not giving us anything useful.
We've had to put up with the asinine quackfest regarding Hillary Clinton's health, pushed by a right wing anti-science physician's group. Now, we get a "huckster bromance" that provides us with no real information about Trump's health.
I watched this episode so that you wouldn't. I need to bathe.


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Ever wonder what a languid version of "Don't Trust Me" would sound like drained of its vitality with completely earnest, singer-songwriter styled vocals? Actually, if you've ever wondered what 3OH!3 would sound like hopped up on tranquilizers and stripped of its hyperactive delivery and ever present smirk and recast as doleful, emo-indebted troubadours, wonder no more! The outfit just released a six-song Live Session ep, available exclusively on iTunes. Hell even the artwork that was chosen for the page (pictured above) makes the hooligans look all introspective. If you didn't know any better... Curious? Maybe just a little right? Good news: For $4.99, it can all be yours. Operators are standing by. Read Eryc Eyl's take after the jump.
It's no secret that I'm a fan of this both maligned (locally) and celebrated (nationally) act, but its latest release is a little puzzling. Available exclusively through iTunes, the six-song package includes "live" recordings of favorites like "Colorado Sunrise," "Still Around" and "Don't Trust Me," which gets a mellowed-out lounge treatment that devolves into a jam, kinda. There's also a tossed-off, country-ish classic rock number, called "You Don't Love Me Girl," that is endearingly reminiscent of Foreman's acoustic guitar freestyles. It's not exactly live -- there's no crowd noise or between-song banter -- but the recordings have a stripped-down, one-take feel that suggests Motte, Foreman and their collaborators picked up instruments and just let the tape roll. Drums, guitar, bass and piano add an organic feel, while the way-out-front vocals make the lyrics much easier to decipher. No confirmation yet on whether the recordings include Kam Mohager and Adam Halferty, who have been touring as the duo's live bassist and drummer. The record is clearly intended to capitalize on the huge success of the duo's major label debut, Want, and its lead single, "Trust" - which currently occupies the #3 spot on Billboard's Top 40 chart -- without the burden of cranking out a bunch of new tunes. However, it remains to be seen whether anyone really wants a live album from 3OH!3. -- Eyl
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ADDIS ABABA - Absence of a full-fledged policy framework is keeping the potential and the actual performance of Ethiopian tourism sector rather imbalanced.
The government is not yet fully exploiting the tourism potential of the country. There are nine historical sites registered by UNESCO. Moreover, Ethiopia is claimed to be the origin of mankind and it boasts with tens of touristic, cultural and historical attractions.
According to the latest Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), Ethiopia has still a lot to do in terms of its competitiveness and regulatory framework of the tourism sector.
For the time being, trips remain relative expensive, but this is not discouraging tourists from returning back again and again. "Ethiopia is a very large country and it is not a one-time trip. We have clients who come four or five times," says Samrawit Moges, managing director of Travel Ethiopia, who has been in the industry for over 20 years.
The average stay of a tourist in Ethiopia is 6.5 days while the daily expenses are 160 USD according to the latest data available at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT). In the latest report (2011), the overall revenue the country earned from tourism was only 411.7 million USD despite its target to earn 3 billion USD by mid-2015. For a more accurate performance of the tourism industry we would need to know how the sector performed in 2012 and 2013, but reports are not available.
Ethiopia has a good chance to become one of the top travel destinations on the continent. In addition to the nine historical sites registered by UNESCO—such as rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, the Axum monument, Gondar castles, and the Sof Omar cave—endogenous animal species such as chillada baboon and Walia Ibex, which are only found in Ethiopia, are just another of countless wonders and treasures found in Ethiopia. The active volcano and its surroundings are another attraction site. "Ethiopia is not very well-known worldwide but it is an amazing destination," says Dario Morello, the CEO of Green Land Tours & Hotels, known as the best tour operator in Ethiopia.
"What makes Ethiopia different from the neighboring countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda is that our attractions are not just nature and wildlife, but they are much diversified. We have culture, history, nature and scientific tours," claims Moges. No doubt about the country's tourism potential.
"Ethiopia is a very large country and it is not a one-time trip. We have clients who come four or five times."
But the performance is quite on the contrary. Countries like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda have registered a robust growth in tourism while Ethiopia is lagging behind. All these countries are among the top ten tourism beneficiaries on the continent while Ethiopia failed to be included among the top twenty. The sector currently contributes not more than 1% to the country's GDP. "This is very ridiculous," says Zenawi Mesfin, the general manager of Intercontinental Addis Hotel.
The poor tourism infrastructure has been highly hindering the development of tourism and in consequence the overall revenue was affected, too. Though Addis Ababa is among the top three cities in the world with a large diplomatic community, there is still a lot to be done in terms of the hospitality industry in the city. "The government should be focused on the tourism industry right now―just like it is focused on agriculture or capital markets," comments Mesfin. "If it does not pay attention to this particular sector, it will be a huge loss for the country," he adds.
The hospitality industry in Addis Ababa used to be for years dominated by only two five star hotels: Hilton and Sheraton Addis, the latter owned by MIDROC Group's founder Sheik Mohamed Al Amoudi, the key investor in the country.
Contrary to the huge demand of the industry the supply is still too low though there is a progressive increase. Currently there is only a handful of five star hotels in the capital city. The demand for more luxury hotels is far from being satisfied. "It is at its infancy level," claims Mesfin.
Thanks to the African Union, the United Nations and other international and regional organizations, Addis Ababa is becoming a hub for conferences for the whole of Africa. As a result, those who are involved in the industry greatly benefit, hotels are almost always booked out. "We are relatively new but within the last six months we have achieved quite a lot. We have reached full occupancy in basically the four months since we opened," explains Marta Adugna, the owner and general manager of The Residence Suite Hotel, which offers long-term accommodation in Addis Ababa.
The market is simply untapped. The recently emerged hotels such as Intercontinental Addis Hoten and Radisson Blu are about to open additional branches within the country.
The government has recently started addressing the challenges that Ethiopian tourism sector faces. Though it is a bit late and it only comes a partial attempt when compared to the country's potential to the tourism sector, there are currently ongoing projects to promote the sector. "Here in the UN Conference Centre, we are partnering with the Ethiopian government in various sectors to market Ethiopia and particularly Addis Ababa as a tourism and conference hub in order to further the visibility of Ethiopia in the world," notes Gerard Hounkponou, chief of UN Conference Centre (Conference Coordination Unit, Conference Services Section).
With a 35 million USD loan from the World Bank, the MoCT is working on improving the tourism infrastructures of ten different tourism sites, including the one of Lalibela. Other projects are to be undertaken in the tourism industry with the help of 10 million Euro granted by the EU—particularly in terms of the capacity building. A separate council under the guidance of the tourism minister of Ethiopia was also put in place.
Moreover, Ethiopian Airlines—the leading African airlines—are further expanding and covering new destinations across the globe. Their expansion is also expected to contribute a lot in terms of developing the tourism sector by attracting more tourists and promoting the country's assets. The robust economic growth of Ethiopia during the last decade is yet another factor that makes the future of Ethiopia's tourism sector promising.
"In a very short time, Ethiopia will be one of the highly-frequented destinations on the continent," envisions Moges from Travel Ethiopia. Greenland Tours & Hotels' CEO has the very same vision: Ethiopia is to become one of the top travel destinations in Africa.


Nancy Darlene was born on Friday, October 27, 1944 in Chesley to Algernon Sydney and Dorothy Bernice (Craig) Yeoman. She was baby sister to Bernice. Both girls attended Chesley Public School and once Nancy finished grade eight, she ventured out into the world of paid labour. She worked with her father at Bruce Packers in Paisley labelling products.
When Bruce Packers closed Nancy went to work as a labourer at Heirloom in Chesley and then later as a Nurses' Aid at Parkview Manor. This later job required Nancy to take a night course which she did with flying colours as Nancy was very bright. From Parkview Manor Nancy finished off her paid career at the Chesley Post Office, retiring in 1999.
Nancy was married to David Eaton and together they had the cutest little girl, Shannon Ruth, born in Chesley in 1968. Sadly, Nancy was widowed when Shannon was just three years old as David had suffered from a brain aneurysm. Shortly after his death, Nancy moved into her parent's home with Shannon and together the three adults helped raised Shannon. This was the perfect arrangement as Shannon knew she was cared for and Nancy was able to continue to work to provide for her daughter.
This nesting arrangement continued as Shannon herself, with three boys of her own, lived with Nancy. This also allowed Shannon to work at Parkview Manor providing financial security for the family. Nancy's first grandson, John (born 1992), spent a fair bit of time in hospital in Toronto as a child and Nancy spent a lot of the time with him. When she and Shannon would switch places, Nancy would be at home with Nate (1993) and Zach (1994).
Nancy loved children and loved having them all around her. Yearly trips to Story Book Park outside of Owen Sound have provided her grandsons with wonderful memories. It was nothing for Nancy to climb into the rides with the boys and truly get down to their level. She not only cared for her own flesh and blood she also cared for extended family members as well. In fact, she has been said to have cared for a "slew of kids," mostly nephew Andy's children! All in all, she truly created a sheltered nest for family members where they knew they were truly loved and cared for. It was a happy day indeed when Nancy experienced the birth of her great-granddaughter Oaklyn.
Nancy was particular about many things in her life, most especially her hair. Seldom was there a hair out of place, having been doused with plenty of hairspray. Headscarves were always worn when in the car. One funny story is told of when the wind blew her scarf into a cow pasture and she made Shannon go get it. (Too funny!) Nancy was always well organized and everything had a place and there was a place for everything. "Be careful of the curtains" was a phrase often heard in her home! Once her grandchildren were grown, the drawing and coloured pages were taken off the fridge! While working around the house, Nancy loved to wear loose-fitting clothing – better for giving grandchildren hugs apparently! Yet outside of the house, Nancy wore well fitted, fashionable clothing! Another wardrobe article that Nancy loved was her light blue Snuggie™. Oh, how she loved it!
As with a lot of men and women of her generation, Nancy smoked. She started at the young age of thirteen and continued to the day she died. One winter she even created a cardboard box smoking area outside of the house to smoke in. She started out with the Du Maurier brand and when the cost became prohibitive, she turned to Canadian Classic and even, on occasion, rolled her own. With all the added addictive substances found in cigarettes, it was near impossible for Nancy to quit, despite having tried numerous times.
Great memories are provided by Nancy's delicious Christmas Cake and "Mudballs" made with dates, maraschino cherries, coconut and graham cracker crumbs. She had a deep and abiding faith in God and occasionally read the Bible. She loved all things Irish, paying tribute to her heritage. This heritage caused her to love the band, Irish Rovers and did she ever enjoy dishes like Cabbage and Corned Beef. Oh, how Nancy loved her Irish Roses and they grew in abundance in her flower garden. The bushes came directly from the area where her family had immigrated from in Ireland. Of course, Nancy also had a vegetable garden. Nancy also liked to tat and crocheted tablecloths and doilies.
Surprisingly enough, Nancy had a thing about roosters always wanting to have a live one as a pet. Not to be had, she then collected the figurine kind! Nancy hated cats and dogs and the only possible reason for her love of roosters would be it reminded her of fun times spent on the Craig farm in Sullivan Township as a child. It also could be that as Nancy was an early riser the rooster enabled this routine. Nancy was also a cat napper, catching forty winks when the children laid down. This cat napping allowed Nancy to keep her house spotless and all her laundry, cooking and baking up to date. Nancy always had Fox News on and she was a great supporter of Diefenbaker. She was very political!
New country music was not to her liking but she loved the 1950's rock and roll and most especially Blue Grass. As time did not allow it, Nancy was not much of a reader. Rolls and cabbage salad from Kentucky Fried Chicken™ and Chinese food (especially egg rolls) were also favourites. Nancy was not much of a coffee drinker but a small double, double from Timmies was always a treat and would last her an entire day! Nancy was a tea drinker, always taking it with three sugars and three milk or cream.
Nancy Darlene Eaton of Chesley, passed away suddenly at home, on Monday, March 25, 2019 in her 75th year.
Loving mother of Shannon Eaton of Chesley. Cherished grandmother of John (Nadine) Eaton of Paisley, Nate Eaton of Sarnia and Zach Eaton (Stephanie Ellis) of Owen Sound. Doting great-grandmother of Oaklyn. Nancy will be dearly missed by her sister Bernice Cottrell of Port Elgin, as well as Bernice's entire family. She was predeceased by her husband David Eaton, nephew Andy Yeoman and her parents Algernon and Dorothy (Craig) Yeoman.
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I am very sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences Shannon.
I was very sorry to hear about your Mom's passing Shannon (I was out of the country). May your memories carry you through these difficult days. Blessings to all the family.
Nancy and I were friends when teenagers and we had a lot of laughs. I hadn't seen her for many years but often wondered about her. My thoughts are with you and remember all the good memories you have of her.
Shannon and family sending you love at your time of this this loss. Also keeping you in my thoughts.
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81% of the Turkish public supported the most recent round of peace negotiations— a high figure for similar processes globally.
The economic cost of conflict in Turkey is equal to 10-15% of the country's GDP. Peace makes economic sense.
Since the breakdown of earlier talks, the current government has displaced thousands of civilians, destroyed cities, and criminalized legitimate Kurdish political and social participation— threatening democracy and civil rights.
The HDP has always supported negotiations and will be ready to do so again. The AKP— Turkey's current ruling party— put politics over peace and allowed the 2013-2015 negotiations to break down.
74% of Americans believe that peacebuilding plays a vital role and that their government should invest more in it. US support for peace abroad is popular at home.
Achieving peace in Turkey is our top priority. We know that democratization in Turkey and freedom for the Kurdish people go hand in hand— and that enduring peace and stability in Northeast Syria requires a peaceful settlement to the Kurdish issue in Turkey. We believe that such a settlement in Turkey must involve basic protections and rights for Kurds and other minorities: mother-tongue education, decentralized local governance, and constitutional recognition of equal citizenship for all ethnicities and religions. We call on the international community to support peace, rather than offering Erdogan a blank check for war.
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a fluid that circulates through the brain. Ventricles (chambers) inside the brain make the fluid. Normally, the fluid drains out of the brain through the ventricles and into the spinal column. The body then absorbs the fluid. If CSF backs up into the brain, the problem is called hydrocephalus. The buildup causes the ventricles to swell and puts pressure on other parts of the brain. The head may swell as fluid and pressure build. The pressure can damage brain tissue. In some cases, a healthcare provider drains the fluid and protects the brain. Common treatments are described on this sheet. The baby stays in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during treatment.
Normally, fluid circulates through the brain and drains out through the ventricle.
With hydrocephalus, fluid backs up into the ventricle.
A blockage in the head prevents CSF from draining.
The body has problems absorbing CSF.
The body makes too much CSF.
Your healthcare provider may prescribe medicine to slow down the flow of CSF temporarily, until the blockage is gone. If this works, your baby may not need other treatment. If your baby needs further treatment, your healthcare provider may do one of the procedures described below.
A spinal tap may be done if the opening between your baby's ventricle and spinal cord is partially blocked. The blockage is often due to an intraventricular hemorrhage. The healthcare provider may also do a spinal tap if your baby's body is making too much CSF. Your healthcare provider inserts a small needle into your baby's back, into the fluid-filled space surrounding the spinal cord. Some CSF is drawn out with this needle. This may relieve some of the pressure on the ventricle, allowing the rest of the fluid to drain.
A ventricular tap may be done if the opening between the ventricle and spinal cord is completely blocked. The healthcare provider places a device similar to a rubber stopper into your baby's skull. This allows access to the ventricle. A healthcare provider can then draw fluid out of the ventricle with a needle. This may be done as a temporary solution while waiting for the blockage to go away.
A ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt is a tube that your healthcare provider places inside your baby's brain. The tube is connected to a catheter (thin, flexible tube) that is tunneled through the body to the stomach. The shunt draws fluid off the brain. The fluid then travels through the catheter and drains into the stomach, where it is soaked up by the body. The shunt and catheter are enclosed under the skin. They can't be seen from the outside. They're permanent, but will need to be replaced as the baby grows.
Hydrocephalus can affect brain development. Damage may range from mild to severe, depending on prompt diagnosis, the underlying cause, and treatment success. Talk to your healthcare provider about how your baby is likely to progress. Many children diagnosed with the disorder benefit from rehabilitation therapy and educational intervention and go on to lead normal lives with few limitations. Treatment by an interdisciplinary team of medical professionals, rehabilitation specialists, and educational experts is critical for a positive outcome. Left untreated, progressive hydrocephalus may be fatal.


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Posted: Oct 4, 2019 / 08:15 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 4, 2019 / 08:15 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — On Friday, the Trump Administration says it's making changes to help farmers who grow corn for ethanol.
Federal regulations require a certain portion of gasoline to be blended with ethanol.
However, ethanol producers complain that the Environmental Protection Agency has allowed too many gasoline refineries to avoid the ethanol standards, helping crude oil producers and costing farmers.
Some lawmakers from the Farm Belt have been complaining loudly, while other legislators have been defending the oil companies.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue hopes the new compromise will make the oil business and the farmers happy.
The new rules are meant to ensure oil refineries adhere to federal EPA requirements to blend at least 15 billion gallons of ethanol into gasoline each year.
"Let's give our ethanol producers and biofuel producers their due," Perdue said.
Emily Skor with Growth Energy says corn farmers and biofuel producers are relieved.
"Finally, the Trump Administration is taking action. This is a victory for the Midwest," Skor said. "From this point forward, the EPA is going to change how it operates."
Skor says oil refineries have been taking advantage of a loophole designed to allow small refineries to opt-out of ethanol blends.
"We're talking about hundreds of millions of gallons of production isn't taking place now," she said.
Skor says that has cost farmers and biofuel producers millions of dollars.
However, oil industry leaders say it's not their fault farmers are having a tough year.
Chet Thompson, who represents some of the country's largest oil refineries, says the decision is purely political. He says many refineries simply can't afford to buy and blend ethanol.
"Ethanol consumption and production are at all-time highs," he said. "It threatens jobs it threatens the viability of small refineries."
But Perdue says he personally lobbied on behalf of farmers, and the rule change is necessary and fair.
"Not to detract from our petroleum producers as well, there is enough for everyone out there," Perdue said.
Thompson says the oil refineries are considering legal action.
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An account of the "Soroy Incident" written by Percy Jones, who served on HMS Zealous.
Convoy JW64 had reached Polyarno, Kola, on 15th February 1945, after quite an awful trip from the Clyde.It was bitterly cold, and we were waiting for the merchant ships to unload before returning to UK.
We were permitted to go ashore, but were not allowed to walk very far. At that time the enemy was bombing Norwegian civilians who had gathered on the island of Soroy. One of their young men had managed to cross the mountains into Sweden to seek help for his companions, who were in a sorry state, living on squirrels, seaweed and any small animals they could catch.
The Swedes radioed the Red Cross, in Geneva, who radioed the Admiralty. The Admiralty radioed the Flag Officer at Kola, who immediately dispatched the destroyers Zest, Sioux and Zambezi to Soroy. Our ship, Zealous sailed at full speed- and a bit more- arriving there after about twelve hours.
We eventually hove to on full alert at a position 100 yards or so from the shore at Soroy. Nobody was in sight, the sun was out and snow covered hills reached down to the sea. A movement appeared on the nearest hill, a black dot which rapidly grew to become a man on skis. He shouted and waved. Within minutes, scores of people appeared, clothed in ragged clothes and carrying bundles of belongings. Their embarkation quickly took place, with the aid of a midshipman carrying a large revolver, the ship's boat and crew.
When they reached Zealous the Norwegians needed no urging to scramble aboard, whilst throwing up their pathetic bundles. One bundle caused a rapid reaction by an A.B. on the deck, when a cry emerged from the bundle he was about to catch. He caught it with great care - there was a baby in it!!
One of the Norwegians who remained on the island is supposed to have told our skipper that there were two German armed trawlers in a nearby inlet. This, of course, caused maximum frustration to our much respected captain, Commander R. F. Jessel, R.N., whom we all knew had always had a grim determination to "hammer the Hun" With over a hundred civilians on board the captain knew that any action would evoke panic if the guns were allowed to fire. Loading completed, the Zealous zoomed away at maximum speed plus.
On board, the Chief Cook worked very hard for many hours, cooking meals for the survivors, who were very hungry and suffering from varying degrees of frostbite. The galley produced corned beef, mashed potatoes, bread and glucose for the babies.
The ship's medical officer, for some reason, ordered that all the Norwegian women must be bathed and de-loused. At this point the Chief Stoker became famous, when he volunteered to take charge of this delicate situation. The women, being hungry, scared, bemused and frostbitten obeyed automatically, though in a daze. The Chief Stoker sat on an up-turned bucket in the after bathroom, armed with cloths, pussers soap and de-lousing solution.
They went in two at a time ( as a gesture to propriety?). The cloths were rubbed up and down, back and front, lather rinsed off with clean water. Amidst this steamy scene I was, also, present as the Jack Dusty, with thick woolly underclothes, socks, jumpers gloves, blankets and dry towels. Needless to say, one of the young Norwegian women wandered, un-noticed, out of the bathroom with her blanket over one arm and survivors gear in the other hand, and not wearing a stitch. Fortunately a three badged A. B. appeared, took her arm and led her back under cover. To his credit, Stripey never even grinned, but sympathetically and without fuss, saved the day.
The young midshipman, Chief Cook and Chief Stoker were all mentioned in despatches for their efforts- although the Chief Stoker never lived it down. What a thing to get a mention in despatches for!
Back at Polyarno we were told that the Russians could not keep our Norwegians in Russia, owing to the shortage of food, and that they had to be taken back to the U.K. These survivors were shared between the empty freighters and the escorting Royal Navy ships.
Convoy RA64 sailed from Kola for the U.K. on February 17th. A force 12 gale hit us and, on February 23rd, enemy torpedo bombers sank the U.S. freighter Henry Bacon. There were not enough places in her lifeboats for the whole crew AND nineteen Norwegian civilians, so twenty- six gallant crew men gave up their places and went down with the ship, thus ensuring the safety of the Norwegians.
I cannot confirm this rumour, but some months after the Soroy rescue we heard that a Rear Admiral Engineer (if there were any such exalted gentlemen) in Rosyth certified that the engines of Zealous had performed the equivalent of seven years hard work during the Soroy incident.
This is my memory of the Soroy incident.
Photo: Norwegian civilians
Photo: Percy Jones in the centre with his two Royal Navy shipmates.
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FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED ON DAY ONE OF THE FESTIVAL™ SUPPORTING WELLCHILD
Blog 16th March 2021 Cheltenham
What the afternoon lacked in atmosphere it more than made up for in drama, as four Grade One races produced stylish winners and stunning performances.
Here's five things we learned …
BRILLIANT BLACKMORE MAKES HISTORY WITH HONEYSUCKLE
Rachael Blackmore made history to become the first female jockey to win the Grade One Unibet Champion Hurdle at The Festival™ supporting WellChild – then said she hoped it would inspire others to follow their dreams.
Blackmore partnered the 11/10 favourite Honeysuckle, who becomes the sixth mare to win the most prestigious prize over hurdles. The seven-year-old never looked likely to be beaten and came home the comfortable six and a half length winner over Sharjah, who was runner-up for the second year in succession.
Blackmore said: "I am speechless, to be honest. She is just so incredible. I just can't believe we've won a Champion Hurdle! To me, this was never even a dream. It was so far from what I ever thought could happen in my life - to be in Cheltenham, riding a winner of a Champion Hurdle.
"There's no deal about female jockeys anymore, I don't think. If you want to be a jockey, you can be a jockey - drive on, you know. To young people out there, male or female, if you want to go and do something, do it, because for me standing here right now, it shows that literally anything can happen."
SHISHKIN STUNS HIS RIVALS WITH SECOND FESTIVAL VICTORY
Stylish Shishkin recorded his second success at The Festival™ supporting WellChild when taking the Grade One Sporting Life Arkle Novices' Chase by 12 lengths.
The Marie Donnelly-owned seven-year-old landed the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle 12 months ago and was too good for his four rivals.
Trainer Nicky Henderson, winning the contest for a record seventh time, said: "You always hope for it but you can never expect it. It is a strange place today and it's going to be a strange week. It still doesn't make it any easier watching them - it still gives you the same feeling. A winner is a winner here and they are very special."
Winning jockey Nico de Boinville added: "I'm absolutely over the moon, I'm just delighted to be on a horse such as Shishkin. His profile is just amazing and he's a fantastic horse. Thank you to [his owner] Mr Donnelly and his family - they've been really good to us, and I'm delighted to be here with the sun out."
MULLINS APPRECIATES "MORE THAN PERFECT" START
As the most successful trainer in the history of the Cheltenham Festival, Willie Mullins knows the importance of getting a winner on the board early.
He was rightly delighted, then, to see Appreciate It win the first race of the week, as the 8-11 favourite coasted to an impressive 24-length victory in the Grade One Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
There are unlikely to be many easier victories this week and Mullins, who was recording his 73rd Festival success, described the performance as "just awesome".
The Closutton trainer said of the seven year old's victory: "It was more than a perfect start. I couldn't believe that he won so easily. I couldn't believe he was going so well.
"He was just awesome there. When Paul came in, he said he had so much in the tank — he was so happy."
MANIA DESCRIBES FIRST FESTIVAL WIN AS "UNBELIEVABLE THRILL"
Ryan Mania described his first ever Cheltenham Festival winner as "an unbelievable thrill" after partnering Vintage Clouds to victory in the Grade Three Ultima Handicap Chase at odds of 28-1.
The Grand National-winning jockey retired from race riding in 2014 at the age of 25 but returned to the saddle in October 2019.
He and the 11 year old grey Vintage Clouds were always in a prominent position and at the finish had five and a half lengths to spare over 100-30 favourite Happygolucky. It was a 12th Festival success for owner Trevor Hemmings and second for trainer Sue Smith.
Despite it coming in front of near-empty stands, Mania said it was a day he would never forget. He said: "It's an unbelievable thrill. It's a shame that my first Festival winner comes under these circumstances, but it truly doesn't matter. It will be a very memorable day.
"I'm pretty sure this hasn't sunk in yet, but in a way I have been able to take it in a bit more without the distraction of the crowds. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would come and ride a Cheltenham winner, especially so soon after coming out of retirement, so I couldn't be happier."
TEARS TO CHEERS AS FOSTER LANDS FIRST CHELTENHAM PRIZE
Black Tears timed her run to perfection to snatch victory in the Grade One Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle, denying 10-11 favourite Concertista by a head.
The victory was a first for trainer Denise Foster, who has taken over the running of Cullentra House Stables and gave jockey Jack Kennedy his first of two winners on the day.
Lisa O'Neill, representing the winning trainer, said: "Denise was the first one on the phone and she was absolutely over the moon as it was her first Cheltenham winner and hopefully it won't be her last.
"I think Jack Kennedy gave her a great ride. He took the paint off the rail and rode her for a bit of luck. She was beaten just over two lengths in the Coral Cup last year so to get her head in front this is great.
"She had that course form so there was no question about that and she was always going to be staying on having run over slightly further at the meeting last year."
FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED ON DAY FOUR OF THE FESTIVAL™ SUPPORTING WELLCHILD
FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED ON DAY THREE OF THE FESTIVAL™ SUPPORTING WELLCHILD
FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED ON DAY TWO OF THE FESTIVAL™ SUPPORTING WELLCHILD


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President Trump says easing sanctions on North Korea is a 'two-way street'
Doug Stanglin
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would like to remove economic sanctions against North Korea as part of slow-moving nuclear negotiations but that Pyongyang needs to offer concessions, as well.
North Korea has continued a yearlong halt in weapon tests but wants U.S. sanctions eased.
North Korea's foreign ministry warned last week that it could resume its policy aimed at strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the U.S. does not lift economic sanctions against Pyongyang.
Trump says he'd "love to take the sanctions off" but North Korea has to make concessions, too.
"It's a two-way street," Trump said at a news conference. "We are in no rush at all."
His comments came in response to the postponement of a meeting scheduled Thursday between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol in New York.
Trump said, without elaborating, that it was changed "because of trips that are being made."
The State Department did not offer a reason for the delay nor announce a new date, other than to say it will take place "when our respective schedules permit."
The secretary had been scheduled to meet with senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol in New York on Thursday in what was billed as preparation for a second summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Trump and Kim met in June in Singapore and signed a broad-brush agreement pledging to work toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The State Department said "ongoing conversations continue to take place" between the two countries and the United States remains focused on fulfilling the commitments made in Singapore.
Trump said he is likely to meet with the North Korea leader early next year.
In South Korea, presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said at a news briefing that even though the meeting was postponed, it did not mean that dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang had "lost steam," South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin said Wednesday it hopes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia next year. The Kremlin earlier said such a visit might be possible this fall.
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Thomas Ziegler, né le  à Arnstadt, est un ancien coureur cycliste allemand.

Biographie
Thomas Ziegler passe professionnel dans l'équipe Wiesenhof en 2003. Il évolue ensuite dans les formations Gerolsteiner de 2004 à 2005, puis T-Mobile de 2006 à 2007.

Au début de l'année 2008, à 27 ans, il met un terme à sa carrière et ouvre un commerce de cycles avec les coureurs Grischa Niermann et Roman Jördens à Hanovre. Il intègre également l'organisation du critérium Die Nacht von Hannover.

Palmarès
 2004
  du Tour de la province de Lucques
 2005
  du Tour de Saxe
  du Tour de la Hainleite
2006
  du Tour du Danemark

Résultats sur les grands tours

Tour d'Espagne
 2005 :
 2006 : abandon ()

Tour d'Italie
 2004 :
 2005 : abandon ()
 2007 : non-partant à la

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Coureur cycliste allemand
Naissance en novembre 1980
Naissance à Arnstadt


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