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Guest post by Steven Baule, Superintendent at Muncie Community Schools, Indiana: As the US Department of Education's future direction appears unclear, it does make sense to be aware of several of the potential contentious issues. EdWeek's article about the legacy of the Obama Education Agenda is a good place to start. The Common Core State Standards seem to be of significant concern to many. The advantage of having most states using a similar curriculum base doesn't seem to balance the desire by some for total "local control." According to Truth in American Education, the assessment of non-cognitive attitudes, behaviors, etc. through school climate surveys probably should be reviewed. Illinois first attempt at this--The 5 Essentials System struggled significantly. One example of concerns raised came from suburban Chicago. There are concerns as well about a lack of parental opt-out provisions tied to mandated testing. Recent stories from PBS and Ohio show concerns about too much testing. In Indiana the concern that the ISTEP test was neither valid nor reliable has gone on for more than a year . Another area of potential change may be the reduction of the OCR's dear colleague letters of which are all available on the OCR's website. Betsy DeVos is on Twitter and there is a brief statement regarding the Common Core on her site as well. About the only thing we can probably count on is that it will not be business as usual for the U.S. Department of Education.


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Venture capital (VC) investors have been cautioning startups to focus on profitability and contain rapid growth plans to tide over the crisis due to the covid-19 outbreak.
Leading VC firm Sequoia Capital (India) surprised everyone by announcing two new India-South-East Asia funds with commitments of $1.35 billion this July in the middle of a global pandemic.
Managing director GV Ravishankar, at Mint's Pivot or Perish webinar on Thursday, said that while deal activity saw dropped in April and May, it picked up in June-July as initially investors were trying to understand how they should evaluate startups, while the latter were gauging the impact the pandemic had on their business.
"…While it was all about reducing costs in the first two months of covid, the next step was thinking about how do we assess and survive this period and build through the future. The startup world has evolved and adapted. We never give up and are constantly evolving, innovating and are thriving," Ravishankar said.
However valuations and deal sizes largely remain unchanged, he said.
"It is interesting and surprising that valuations have not corrected that much but it also depends on the sector. For instance, edtech and healthtech valuations have corrected upwards, whereas for travel and hospitality, you need to forget the last round valuation and relook at valuations today," he said.
VCs have shown a clear preference for edtech startups in the first half of 2020, with $795 million raised compared to $108 million in the year-ago period. It is the only sector apart from healthcare to report a growth in number of deals, according to data from Venture Intelligence research.
Sequoia's Ravishankar said theoretically, valuations should correct as globally there is a lot of capital flowing in and tech-enabled sectors should see positive growth and acceleration.
"From our perspective there will be nothing dramatic (in valuation drops), we aren't seeing any global trends also to suggest that," he added saying, what we are looking is, in the next 12-18 months can we find great companies to invest in and invest in fair prices."
He added that the current crisis is different from the global financial crisis of the past. While those were rooted in funding issues, the current pandemic is all about consumer demand problem.
However, it is clear that those who will survive and thrive are startups that take swift corrective actions, correct their cost structures, take tough calls like slashing salaries and thus have made their business more sustainable.
"They have gotten leaner, meaner, and better and this will make them sustainable companies post this crisis. I am optimistic that start-ups are doing the right thing and they will come out winners," Ravishankar said.
The article was first published on livemint.com.
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TMA Asks General Assembly to Pause Episodes of Care, Fix Problems
The Tennessee Medical Association has asked the state legislature to pause the rollout of the TennCare episodes of care initiative until or unless the TennCare Bureau addresses fundamental flaws in its design and implementation.
TMA President-Elect Dr. Matt Mancini of Knoxville laid out TMA's specific requests in a letter sent today to Sen. Rusty Crowe, Chair of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. The letter reiterated specific points Dr. Mancini made during his testimony before the Committee on Oct. 4, including serious flaws in the program design and questions about its effectiveness despite four years of repeated feedback from the medical community.
Dr. Mancini and TMA go on to ask the General Assembly to support legislation that would pause the implementation of any new retrospective episodes of care beyond the 20 that are currently in a performance period until specific measures are taken to improve the transparency, accuracy and effectiveness of the program.
See TMA's full position statement on episodes of care, along with a summary of its advocacy efforts, at tnmed.org/episodes.


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Q: Rubik's Cube Prolog I have to program a solver for a Rubik's cube 2x2x2, but i'm not getting it. I've already thought about some solutions, but not getting there
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A: There is a full fledged example in SWI-Prolog distribution, with interactive GUI. It's a fairly complex sample, you will need to remove a large part of (relatively) non interesting stuff.
If you install SWI-Prolog in Windows, you can find it from menu:
Help / XPCE (GUI) Manual ... / File / Demo Programs ... / Rubiks Cube

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Can the calcium-regulating hormones counteract the detrimental impact of pro-inflammatory damage-associated molecular patterns in the development of heart failure?
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7182-4144Satenik H Adamyan1,
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7596-9631Knarik R Harutyunyan1,
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-6292Hermine T Abrahamyan1,
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-0636Drastamat N Khudaverdyan1,
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-2736Souren Mkrtchian2,
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6485-3684Anna S Ter-Markosyan1
1 Department of Physiology, Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi, Yerevan, Armenia
2 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Correspondence to Professor Anna S Ter-Markosyan, Department of Physiology, Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi, Yerevan 0025, Armenia; annatermarkosyan{at}gmail.com; Dr Souren Mkrtchian, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; souren.mkrtchian{at}ki.se
Growing evidence suggests an important role of the inflammatory component in heart failure (HF). Recent developments in this field indicate an ambiguous role that innate immunity plays in immune-driven HF. Damaged or stressed cells, cardiomyocytes, in particular, emit damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) including HMGB1, S100 A8/A9, HSP70, and other molecules, unfolding paracrine mechanisms that induce an innate immune response. Designed as an adaptive, regenerative reaction, innate immunity may nevertheless become overactivated and thus contribute to the development of HF by altering the pacemaker rhythm, contraction, and electromechanical coupling, presumably by impairing the calcium homeostasis. The current review will explore a hypothesis of the involvement of the calcium-regulating hormones such as parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone–related protein in counteracting the detrimental impact of the excess of DAMPs and therefore improving the functional cardiac characteristics especially in the acute phase of the disease.
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Heart failure and innate immunity
Various cardiovascular pathologies often culminate in the complex condition, a heart failure (HF). HF is often associated with a variety of comorbid conditions. Common for such comorbidities is systemic inflammation, most frequently associated with oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction.1
The broad range of cardiovascular disorders concluding in HF differs strongly in the timing and the extent of the immune activation. Thus, the ischemic injury, hypertension, and a variety of metabolic syndromes, as well as congenital cardiomyopathies, valve dysfunctions, and aortic stenosis are characterized by the secondary response of the immune system, whereas myocarditis of different origin, autoimmune and infectious (viral and bacterial) trigger primary activation of the innate and adaptive immune systems.2 The specific characteristics of the immune response in HF caused by different etiological triggers are widely discussed in the literature and presented in several excellent reviews.3–5
Until recently, it was considered that the heart muscle, being a highly differentiated tissue, has a limited capacity for regeneration. However, it is shown that tissue injury can result in the activation of the immune, regenerative processes in the myocardium. Starting as an adaptive reaction aimed at repairing the damaged tissue, inflammatory processes may, however, under certain circumstances convert into a chronic process contributing to the development of heart failure.
If, at the first, acute phase of the injury, the immune (primarily innate) response aiming at the tissue repair is mediated by mostly resident and infiltrating immune cells, later in the chronic phase of the disease the alarm signals released by the stressed or damaged cells initiate the second wave of the innate immune response.4
The heart tissues express all of the essential components of the signal transduction system responsible for the innate immunity in the heart tissue. They can be activated by both the exogenous and endogenous alarm signals, pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Whereas PAMPs have exogenous, that is, bacterial or viral, origin (such as components of the bacterial wall, lipopolysaccharides (LPS)), DAMPs are endogenous molecules, most of which have important, non-immune-related intracellular functions. The key members of this group are the high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a ubiquitous structural component of the chromatin complex with multiple regulatory functions, molecular chaperone HSP70, cytokine S100 A8/A9, and others.6 7
The release of these molecules from the damaged cells into the extracellular space/circulation activates the defense apparatus of the innate immunity in a variety of tissues in a paracrine or endocrine fashion. Mechanistically, it occurs via the interaction of DAMPs with a group of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), of which the most common is a family of toll-like receptors (TLR) with the TLR4 as a key member, and also the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE).8 9
A growing body of evidence suggests the functional importance of these molecules for the development of chronic inflammation in HF. Activation of PRRs by HMGB1 and other DAMPs on the acute phase of heart tissue injury was found to have mostly beneficial, cytoprotective impact (reviewed in Mann10). For instance, the acute administration of HMGB1 into the peri-infarction zone (rodent model) mediates the regeneration of the tissue inducing proliferation and differentiation of cardiomyocytes.11 Similarly, overexpression of HMGB1 in transgenic mice reduced necrosis and overall infarct size after myocardial infarction.12
At the same time, prolonged effects of DAMPs are more negative.13 Indirect evidence of that is the substantially reduced HMGB1 levels on the recovery of blood supply to the ischemic cardiomyocytes whereas the inhibition of HMGB1 release substantially dampens the intensity of the immune response.13 In patients with HF, the increased HMGB1 levels were found associated with the disease severity.14–18 The increased serum levels of HMGB1 in sepsis results in a negative inotropic effect.19
This has also been shown on many animal models of cardiac diseases. Thus, inhibition of HMGB1 accelerates cardiomyocyte re-modeling in the rat model of induced ischemic injury.20 Administration of the heranilheranilacetone, a specific HMGB1 inhibitor, leads to the reduction of the infarction zone and decrease of lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase levels in the myocardium.21 Treatment of wild-type mice with recombinant HMGB1 increased the infarct size murine model of I/R injury.22
DAMPs and calcium regulation in the myocardium
The molecular mechanisms of HMGB1 effects are very complex, depending on the redox state of HMGB1, the receptors it interacts with, and, most importantly, the effector tissue. However, it is widely accepted that in most of the tissues including myocardium, the HMGB1-triggered signal transduction pathway commences with the interaction with PRRs with the following activation of NF-κβ nuclear receptor.23 The latter transactivates promoters of several genes, in particular the pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines.
However, in addition to the pro-inflammatory effects of HMGB1, it appears that in the heart muscle HMGB1 can also interfere with the vital contractile function of cardiomyocytes, which is dependent primarily on the tightly regulated calcium homeostasis.
Calcium currents are of paramount importance for the formation of the action potential in the cardiac pacemaker myocytes, for the plateau phase of the action potential, and eventually for the cardiac excitation–contraction coupling.24–26 Therefore, the impairments of calcium homeostasis may induce or aggravate the development of cardiac pathology.27 Hypocalcemia, for instance, might underlie the etiology of cardiomyopathies and HF whereas hypercalcemia results in calcification of the cardiac valves, vessels causing myocardium fibrosis.28–30
It appears that DAMPs might interfere with the calcium homeostasis in the cardiac muscle. Thus, ligand-mediated activation of a group of toll-like receptors in murine whole heart and cardiomyocytes in parallel with the inflammatory response (expression of IL6, various chemokines) was also associated with the decreased cardiomyocyte contractility.31
In vitro treatment of isolated feline cardiac myocytes with HMGB1 resulted in a 70% decrease of sarcomere shortening and a 50% decrease in the height of the peak Ca2+ transient. It was concluded that HMGB1 negative inotropic effects are caused by decreasing calcium availability in cardiac myocytes via the modulation of the membrane calcium influx.32
It was also demonstrated that HMGB1 increases the frequency of Ca2 + sparks, reduces the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ content, and decreases the amplitude of systolic Ca2+ transient and myocyte contractility (negative inotropic effect) in a dose-dependent manner in adult rat ventricular myocytes.33 The authors suggest that these effects are connected with the previously demonstrated HMGB1/TLR4-dependent activation of NAD(P)H oxidase and increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production with the redox modification of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2). The latter is known to play an essential role in cardiac excitation–contraction coupling by gating Ca2+ release from the SR. Moreover, oxidative stress has also been shown to activate Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II by oxidizing the enzyme and consequently increasing the RyR activity. Overall, the authors conclude that such ROS-dependent HMGB1 effects on calcium leakage and consequently on contractility may contribute to various pathologies leading to HF.33
HMGB1 can also be upregulated in rat cardiac myocytes on LPS administration, with the ensuing decrease in cardiac function. The HMGB1 specificity of this effect was corroborated by the perfusion with recombinant HMGB1 with the resulting negative inotropic effect on the left ventricle.34
Interestingly, the incubation of yet another DAMP, HSP70, with the primary mouse cardiomyocytes also leads to the decrease of contractility; however, authors connect this with NF-kβ-mediated upregulation of pro-inflammatory mediators and hence with the cardiomyocyte inflammation rather than with altered calcium homeostasis.3
Calcium-regulating factors and cardiovascular diseases
What are the main factors regulating calcium homeostasis and are they potentially involved in the innate immunity-mediated calcium disturbances?
The blood levels of calcium are regulated predominantly by the calcium-regulating hormonal system that includes parathyroid hormone (PTH), parathyroid hormone–related protein (PTHrP), vitamin D, and calcitonin. The main target organs for all these hormones/vitamins are the kidney, bone marrow, and gastrointestinal tract. PTH, PTHrP, and vitamin D stimulate an increase in blood calcium levels, whereas calcitonin has the opposite effect.35
Due to their important role in calcium homeostasis, the mechanisms of action of calcium-regulating hormones were studied mostly in application to bone physiology. However, the PTH/PTHrP effects are also documented for several other organs and tissues including the heart.
PTH, as well as PTHrP, are considered as mostly cardioprotective as they facilitate an increase in heart rate, positive inotropic and chronotropic effects, and coronary vasodilation.36–41 Interestingly, our unpublished data demonstrate increased levels of circulating PTH in patients with cardiomyopathies, and this shift correlated with the elevated levels of HMGB1.
Although the PTH-mediated changes in the blood calcium levels may indirectly affect the cardiac conduction, growing evidence indicates also а direct PTH/PTHrP impact on cardiomyocytes (Palmeri and Walker42 and references therein). This is supported by the discovery of the PTH/PTHrP receptor, PTH1R, expression in cardiomyocytes. Thus, mRNA of PTH1R was detected in the mouse heart tissue and also in the human ventricular myocytes, which appeared to be elevated after the ischemic injury.43 44
Positive inotropic effects of PTH in cardiomyocytes are mediated by PTH1R and associated G-proteins with subsequent activation of L-type calcium channels that increases the intracellular calcium.45–47 Chronotropic effects were shown to be dependent on the activation of adenylate cyclase and downstream cAMP signaling that increases the I f pacemaker currents, specifically in the sinoatrial node of the heart.48 49
Summarizing the calcium-regulating properties of the PTH/PTHrP system and calcium dysregulation accompanied with overactivation of the elements of the innate immune system in the course of many cardiac disorders, it can be hypothesized that the presumed cardioprotective features of calcium-regulating hormones might play an important role in the recovery of heart muscle function.
Calcium-regulating hormones and overactivated innate immune response in heart
Among various calcium-regulating factors, PTHrP appears to be the most interesting candidate molecule. Unlike PTH, PTHrP is not secreted by the parathyroid gland; however, it is expressed and secreted in/from many different cell types under physiological as well as pathological conditions and is believed to act in a mostly paracrine or autocrine manner.50 Although the physiological function of PTHrP is not fully understood, the primary molecular mechanisms of its action resemble, at least in part, the PTH, as both hormones are activating ligands of PTH1R,51 a G-protein coupled receptor that can activate both adenyl cyclase and phospholipase C with the initiation of the signal transduction pathways culminating in the expression of various target genes.52 PTHrP-mediated activation of phospholipase C results in the formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) that initiates the release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum.
PTHrP is the only calcium-regulating hormone expressed in the heart tissues. PTHrP protein was detected in both developing and adult human hearts.53 54 More specifically, the expression was found in the endothelial cells and the atrial myocytes.55 However, it was also detected in the ventricular cardiomyocytes.56
Functionally, PTHrP was suggested to act as a mechanosensitive regulatory molecule that participates in the control of vascular tone (and thus blood pressure), chronotropy, and inotropy, leading to the concept of PTHrP as an endocrine cardioprotective "conditioning mimetic".50 57
Indeed, its expression was shown to be induced under ischemic injury56 and congestive heart failure,54 and the contractile function of stunned myocardium in rats and pigs was improved on administration of recombinant PTHrP.58 Similarly, PTHrP improved the contractile responsiveness of the adult rat cardiomyocytes.59
As it was shown previously, the inflammatory component of many cardiac disorders is, at least in part, responsible for dysregulation of calcium homeostasis, which makes it tempting to speculate that the adaptive acute response might include the induction of the PTHrP to restore the contractile function of cardiomyocytes.
What is the evidence supporting this hypothesis? The immune system activation as driven by the LPS was shown to induce mRNA of PTHrP in different organs, including the heart, after the increased local expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α, and IL-1β. It was suggested that the local paracrine or autocrine actions of these cytokines may be responsible for the inducible PTHrP expression during the host response.60
Another example of the cytokine-induced PTHrP overexpression was demonstrated in the mouse mesangial cells. It was suggested that PTHrP may act as a survival factor via the negative feedback loop mechanism that includes the upregulation of cyclooxygenase-2.61 Moreover, PTHrP gene expression can be activated by NF-κβ, which is a main nuclear receptor orchestrating various downstream effects of DAMPs. Thus, it was shown that one of the two distinct PTHrP gene promoters, P2, contains NF-κβ binding sites. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays confirmed the in vivo binding of p50 and c-Rel subunits of NF-κβ to the P2 promoter whereas the gene reporter approach demonstrated the NF-κβ–driven upregulation of the P2 promoter of PTHrP.62
A common motif in such signal transduction pathways culminating in the transcriptional gene activation/repression is a strictly limited temporal window, which is usually regulated by the negative feedback loops.63 This is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that prevents overaccumulation of the target gene products that can often have a detrimental impact on the normal cell physiology. Immune-mediated upregulation of PTHrP expression in the heart appears to follow such temporal pattern, for instance, PTHrP mRNA levels peak 1–2 hours after the endotoxin injection with a subsequent return to the baseline levels.60 Moreover, the intracellular downstream effects of PTHrP are similarly short-lived.50
All of these data speak in favor of the hypothesis that one of the consequences of the innate immunity overactivation in cardiac pathologies can be the induction of PTHrP expression triggering a spectrum of intracellular effects that would limit the detrimental impact of various immunomodulators such as PAMPs and DAMPs on the calcium homeostasis and therefore restore the contractile properties of cardiomyocytes. It can be also suggested that due to the specific temporal pattern of the PTHrP-initiated signaling cascade, such cardioprotective effects might play an important role in the early (acute) stages of immune-driven cardiac pathologies. Given the sheer wealth of data supporting this hypothesis, it certainly merits further rigorous studies that could aid in the development of novel therapeutical approaches using the calcium-regulating factors for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of the immune-driven complications of heart failure.
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Contributors All authors participated in literature mining, analysis of the data, discussions on the structure of the review, and reviewing the draft manuscript. SM and AST-M conceived the idea of the review and drafted the text.
Funding The work was supported by the Committee of Science of the Republic of Armenia, within the framework of the research project no. 18Т-3A054.
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Independent family-owned distiller, William Grant & Sons has announced the launch of Ailsa Bay in Australia.
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The single malt is the first whisky in the world to index 'sweetness'.
Following its successful launch in the United Kingdom and Nordics in 2016, Ailsa Bay will now be landing in Australia to serve and content all the Australian whisky enthusiasts.
Ailsa Bay is created based on an industry-first "sweetness" index which enables the scientific measurement of sweetness.
This complements a precise calculation of 'peatiness' to create a balance between smokiness and sweetness – all driven by advanced technology.
This method was developed by Malt Master Brian Kinsman at William Grant & Sons.
Alongside its liquid, Ailsa Bay's packaging features dynamic artwork which takes its inspiration from the creativity of science, reflecting the boundary-pushing technology at its Girvan distillery.
Ailsa Bay is available in Australia through Vintage Cellars, select First Choice stores only and Liquorland select stores in December.


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iPhone BiteSMS making my keyboard transparent?
Discussion in 'Jailbreaks and iOS Hacks' started by Luis2004, Mar 1, 2013.
I got a text, the phone resprung, and now my keyboard is transparent!
Okay so what I didn't notice was that my phone was actually in safe mode for some reason.
Once I restarted, everything was back to normal.
Weird. If it happens again I will take a screenshot.


Well, for once, it seems there's some good news for 2A folks living in the Chicago area, particularly the suburb of Deerfield as a Lake County Circuit Court Judge has ruled that the city cannot ban "assault" weapons.
The reason for the quotes above is because when people think of assault weapons, they tend to think of fully automatic machine gun style firearms like they've seen Rambo use, which isn't what AR-15 style rifles — the guns really being targeted by such a ban — actually are.
Back in April of 2018, Deerfield board of trustees unanimously voted to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. The ban covered AR-15, AK-47, and Uzi style weapons. Anyone who violates the ordinance would be slapped with fines ranging from $250 to $1,000 per day, yes per day.
The ban was the city's response to the Parkland school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.
Deerfield resident John WIlliam Wombacher III and the group, Guns Save Life, quickly filed a lawsuit challenging the ban, which garnered the support of the National Rifle Association. Another lawsuit was filed by the Illinois State Rifle Association, the Second Amendment Foundation, and a local gun owner named Daniel Easterday.
Berrones argued that the Deerfield residents who sued the city had "a clearly ascertainable right to not be subjected to a preempted and unenforceable ordinance." He also ruled that the ban was an unconstitutional seizure of property.
The ruling by Berrones blocks the ban permanently, however, the Chicago Tribune is reporting the city government is considering appealing the decision in the Illinois Appellate Court.
Berrones' ruling is a huge victory for the Second Amendment and for anyone who dares to stand behind the right to bear arms. Without this all important right, we wouldn't be able to adequately defend ourselves against the threats that exist out there to our life, property, and liberty.
Much of the fear about AR-15s and other "assault" weapons comes from misconceptions people have about them, the result of fear mongering done by leftists who want to find any reason at all to ban guns.
Let's hope the decision in this case continues to be upheld.


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09.04.2015 Social News
Child marriage increases girls risk to abuse - EX UN Official
Accra, April 9, GNA - Dr Agnes Akosua Aidoo, the Former Vice Chairperson, United Nations Committee on the Right of the Child has called for an end to early marriages of girls as it did not only deny them of their childhood, but also increases their risk to abuse and violence.
She noted that, it also hindered the girls' ability to contribute fully to the development of their own children, family, community and the nation as a whole.
Dr Aidoo said this on Thursday during a roundtable discussion on the role of the media in the fight against child marriage, which was organized by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, in collaboration with the UNICEF.
She intimated that globally, 16 million children are married off annually, with Africa accounting for 14 out of the 20 countries with cases of early marriages in the world.
Dr Aiddo, who is also a former UNICEF Representative to Tanzania, urged the state to endeavour to protect, respect and fulfill children's right to live free of harmful practices and to survive and develop to their full human potential.
'We should all bear it in mind that marriages of boys and girls below 18 years do not only violate their human rights, but also their dignity', she said.
She said the latest statistics on early marriage which was conducted in 2011 indicted that, the Upper East, Upper West and the Northern Regions were the leading regions as far as child marriage was concerned with the Greater Accra Region taking the last spot.
Dr Aidoo cited poverty, fear of teenage pregnancy by parents, and experimentation with sex as some of the reasons which push parents to give off their children early into marriage.
She called for the development of sustained awareness creation on the dangers of early marriages, establishment of measures to eradicate poverty, and the periodic evaluation of measures put in place to eradicate early marriage, as some of the means which could help in tackling the canker of child marriage.
'We should also endeavour to empower girls from the communities to desist from early marriages or to think that the only way they could survive was to depend on men' she said.
Mrs Dela Sowah, the Deputy Minister, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, advised Ghanaians to always seek the well-being of the girl child and desist from giving their hands in marriage at early ages.
She extolled the role of the media in helping to bring to the fore the harmful effects of child marriages.
'I know that with the help of the media, we can help bring about behavioural change and also make our communities a safe place for our young girls', she added.
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text: Q: Did Windows 11 remove the Shell sub-key under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon? Context: I was trying to add an application to the Winlogon Shell sub-key so that it starts loading along with the GUI on startup. It works fine, but I had to create the Shell sub-key and add "explorer.exe , (app.exe)". After doing that, everything worked as expected but I noticed a small delay and auto-refresh at the Windows 11 lock screen, which prompted me to understand that "explorer.exe" was being executed twice. So I deleted the Shell key and everything is back to normal but with the obvious delay introduced by Windows 8 in starting applications after start-up. It is of concern to me because the application I was trying to run is a UX tweak and needs to be run at the same time as the GUI. So my question is which registry key is being used to run explorer.exe in the absence of the Shell key?


New Delhi: International singer Britney Spears, who was reportedly criticised for her dressing sense by "The X Factor" co-judge Simon Cowell, should wear clothes that accentuate her curves, suggests Indian celebrity designer Rocky S.
Spears, 30, is said to have mellowed her wardrobe for the show.
Rocky S, who has dressed celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra and more recently even Beyonce Knowles, says Spears should take advantage of her "amazing personality" and "strong attitude" to carry off "different kinds of outfits".
"Since she is one of the judges on 'The X Factor', a show that is extremely successful worldwide, everyone is going to look forward to what she wears during the episodes," Rocky S said in a statement.
Asked what, according to him, should be Spears' style statement on the show, he said: "Britney has a great body and I believe that she should wear ensembles that accentuate her features. Smart, casual-coloured denims teamed with subtle-coloured racer-backs and vests, a tee teamed with a perfectly fitted jacket or blazer with peep-toe pumps or wedges, or a chic dull sequin-sheathed short dress with peep-toe stilettoes can be glamorous."
"Also, a one-shoulder fitted dress in a soothing colour palette teamed with a cooler pair of heels is a great choice. In fact, even a bold-but-not-so-busy printed wrap dress with stiletto heels would do wonders for Britney," he added.
The new season of "The X Factor" went on air in the U.S, while in India it will be aired on BIG CBS Prime, Love and Spark, staring Friday.


Words indicate intent. Like fresh seeds on fertile soil, our words create things like our mindsets, atmospheres, and destinies. Many people reiterate in their thoughts destructive words and proclamations concerning the conditions and dealings in their lives, and subsequently, produce undesirable conditions. Words either work to form or demolish.
Changing our personal narrative starts with one positive word at a time. Let this Word of the Week be an asset to your vocabulary resource bank. It is vital that we understand the power of our words.
As we coast through July, let's make a personal and vital commitment to finding, increasing and intentionally using more positive words in our vocabulary and daily conversations. Why? Studies show by adding and intentionally using positive words, we are strengthening our communication skills, increasing our confidence and decreasing social barriers.
Our words can project the course of our life. Everyday this week make the three steps below part of your daily routine.
Daily "Vital" Habit: Lift up your head and hold it high!
Daily "Vital" Moment: Intentionally inhale, exhale and repeat the word "Vital" for :60 seconds each day.
Let's move forward with a new vitality and make an effort to apply these positive steps into our daily lives. Repetition is one way for sure success, and before long it will become a part of you.


NASA has removed American astronaut Jeanette Epps from the roster of crew members leaving for the next mission to the International Space Station, just months prior to launch.
Epps was supposed to be the first African-American astronaut assigned to the ISS crew, the BBC reports. She would have flown aboard a scheduled Russian Soyuz flight in June, but is now being replaced by another astronaut.
The space agency has not disclosed its reasons for Epps removal from the team, but says she is being considered for future endeavors.
Epps was born in Syracuse and completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering in 2000. After graduation, she worked in a laboratory before the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recruited her.
She was a technical intelligence officer for seven years, including deployment to Iraq, before NASA selected her as a member of its 2009 astronaut class.
When people come back from space, I see how much they want to go again.
Epps was to have launched to the ISS from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, alongside astronaut Alexander Gerst from the German European Space Agency (Esa) and the flight's commander, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopev on Expedition 56/57.
Serena Auñón-Chancellor will serve as Epps' replacement. Auñón-Chancellor is a medical doctor from Fort Collins, Colorado, who has spent over nine months in Russia as support staff for medical operations for space station crew members.


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The idea of a new parish in the Rochester Hills area started in 1988 when St. Andrew's Church in Rochester reached 2,500 families. Regional Bishop Dale Melczek encouraged Fr. Eugene R. Strain, the pastor of St. Andrew's, to look into the possibilities. Fr. Strain asked parishioner Ken Wigton to take him up in his single engine Mooney to reconnoiter. They found plenty of homes and home sites south of Avon and north of M59, roughly in the area between Livernois and Dequindre which constituted the southern boundary of St. Andrew's. Fr. Strain invited Bishop Melczek to take the next flight with him. Cardinal Edmund Szoka blessed the project by establishing the new parish of St. Mary of the Hills canonically. The Cardinal next listed the parish for priests to apply as founding pastor. Fr. Strain spent a long time discerning the movement of the Holy Spirit and considering his own capabilities and the risk involved: there was no guarantee anyone would leave St. Andrew's because it was a great parish with everything built and practically no debt. On the other hand, the new parish would have nothing by way of buildings or money. Fr. Strain said "I thank God that I applied and that the assignment board and the Cardinal gave me the job which allowed me to experience the truth of Socrates' definition of happiness: stretching one's abilities for a good cause. Therefore, after 19 years of teaching seminarians as a member of the Society of St. Sulpice and after 18 years as a pastor, I had the rare honor and challenge of starting a new parish. Thank God for vocation!"
The Site:
A word about this site: about twenty years earlier the Archdiocese bought ten acres at the northwest corner of Hamlin and John R. In its wisdom the diocese makes purchases in potential growth areas so that when a parish is eventually proposed, it has land that was relatively inexpensive; such was St. Mary's case. The site at the time of purchase was buildable by prevailing State law. However, the new wetland's laws made it unbuildable. This was learned, after careful study and testing, at Christmas time 1989; hence, the Lord's first Christmas gift to St. Mary's was adversity. St. Mary's started looking for a new site within the Parish boundaries. There weren't many because a church in this area must now be built on a main thoroughfare. The search committee settled on John R. Nursery which became the new site for the parish. There were advantages: no toxic waste and a lot of trees, many of which were moved and later incorporated into the landscape design; and proximity to plenty of parishioners. On the matter of land, Fr. Strain was visited by a gentleman who owned ten acres east and contiguous to the site. He knew that the Archdiocese owned two small parcels of land on Livernois that were not needed for any new parish. He wanted a swap. His land was excellent: meadowland and woods to the north…and not wetlands. After some study the Cardinal approved the transaction and St. Mary of the Hills became the proud owner of a total of twenty prime acres. The original ten acres cost $50,000 an acre and the second parcel cost $17,000 an acre, making the average price per acre for land for the parish pretty good. Thank God for beautiful land!
The Staff:
There were so many events and plans that ran into each other in those early days and, in fact, still do, which makes life at St. Mary of the Hills so interesting. There were, at first, two pressing, needs: staff who would get the parish off to a good start and temporary facilities. Fr. Strain chose Judy Kozlowski to be office manager and general traffic director. Her experiences as second secretary at St. Andrew's plus her efficiency and graciousness made her a good choice. It so happened that St. Andrew's parishioner, Jan Hall, an experienced Director of Religious Ed was also looking for new opportunities. After interviews and observations of her teaching, she was chosen to begin a program. St. Mary's was offered the opportunity to keep using St. Andrew's total program of religious education, but declined so that it could establish its own identity. Forty parishioners responded to Jan's call for volunteer teachers who would open their homes to eight children to study and discuss faith and a sure way of teaching a God-filled, happy life. The third and final search was for a part-time musician(s) to lead St. Mary's in praise of God at the Eucharistic Liturgy and to start a choir. Fr. Strain hired a couple to do this who soon changed their mind. This experience of adversity shows that slammed doors offer new opportunities and open new doors. Such was Tim Smith who was ready to come into parish work. By the first Mass St. Mary's had a choir in place and a congregation ready to sing led by a well educated, talented keyboard player and composer. Thanks be to God for dedicated staff!
Temporary Facilities:
The Rochester school administration was helpful in renting to St. Mary's Reuther Middle School cafeteria for the three weekend Masses. One day when Fr. Strain was trying to figure out where parishioners could meet for Mass on weekdays and evening meetings, he was called to Christian Memorial Cemetery for a committal service. In the middle of the prayer it struck him that the chapel where he was standing could be the place. He called his friend Bernard LePage, the owner, and arranged for lunch. Mr. LePage was generous in opening up the chapel any time it was needed (as long as it did not interfere with funerals). A search committee found office space at 703 Barclay Circle.
Parish Name:
The last thing to be done before the first Masses was getting a name for the parish. Since the original site was total forest, Fr. Strain proposed to Cardinal Szoka St. Mary of the Woods. Since there was already a parish so named in the southern part of the diocese, he then suggested the present name because of Rochester Hills—Approved. Our First Mass Finally the big day, Sunday, July 9, 1989, arrived for the first Masses. Joe Petruzello was kind in giving St. Mary's the use of his catering establishment. Now that there are 1500 families registered, it is easy to say this embryo lives, but there was no guarantee until 8:50 that day when people came streaming in for the 9:00 Mass. That day two hundred families registered. The Lord determined that St. Mary's was to live (some parishes have not) and thrive. A very happy day for parishioners who accepted the risk, burden and fun of a new parish. Thank God for hospitality.
Our Church Family:
As the summer of 1989 passed into fall, the Administration commission correctly assumed that the parish would reach 500 families by the end of the year. Therefore the parish would be in a good position to start a financial drive for a building. It hired McCarthy & Associates to help; this proved to be a good choice. Fr. Strain never forgot the meeting at Reuther school in November when he asked for volunteers to go door to door for pledges. The cafeteria was packed with 200 volunteers. He knew and often said that this would be a great parish sometime in the future when it had buildings, but it was already a great parish now because of the people who, after all, are the church.
First Anniversary Mass:
Almost 500 families pledged $1,000,000
This allowed the parish to ask permission from Cardinal Szoka to hire Jack Brown as architect and to open a line of credit from diocesan funds. Groundbreaking took place on September 16, 1990. The first phase of construction was completed on November 23, 1991 with a dedication by then Archbishop Adam Maida in a beautiful liturgy. St. Mary's had a home that was a joy thanks to Brown Associates, the building committee and the woodworkers who designed and built the chapel furniture.
When the pledges were paid off in three years, the parish decided to promote sacrificial giving (tithing) rather than begin another capital campaign. This has been a blessing for parishioners and the parish alike. To give a good example, the Stewardship Commission decided to increase tithing of the Sunday collection from 5% to 10%, where it is now. Fr. Strain was convinced that God gives spiritual and physical growth because of tithing, as the Bible promises. Presently St. Mary of the Hills gives to charities, missions, and works of Christian education approximately $100,000 annually.
Church Programs:
Over the last twenty-five years St. Mary's has expanded services and programs. Religious Formation has added adult activities in addition to the (RCIA) Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults; Youth Ministry includes both a junior and senior high program, St. Mary's also has a Stephen Ministry Group (peer help for hurting people), a volunteer coordinator, and a preschool for three and four-year-old children. The staff has increased to fourteen full-time and twenty-four part-time employees. An exciting and innovative Religious Formation program was embarked upon in 2005. G.I.F.T. (Growing in Faith Together): a monthly faith development program which includes everyone regardless of age. It begins with a meal, breakout sessions (age appropriate), teaching, sharing, discussion, and activities, then a return to the original setting to end with a closing activity that focuses on the topic. G.I.F.T. has replaced our after school program for children. This new format was endorsed and implemented in over 60 dioceses and 1000 parishes nationwide when St. Mary's began it in 2005. Currently, 700 families are involved. Christian Service has expanded to include many Ministries. The ministry with the largest participation is S.O.S. (South Oakland Shelter). For the past 10 years approximately 30 homeless are provided food, shelter, entertainment, and rides for one week a year. Hundreds of parishioners have sacrificed their time and talent for the parish in various capacities during the years. God knows who they are and they know what they have done for St. Mary's. Mary Bomarito and Bill and Catherine Sabanos stand out among those who were especially helpful in bringing the parish to life from its beginning. St. Mary's delights in the fact that it provides for the poor and for ministries of the Archdiocese. In past years it has met and surpassed its quotas for the annual Catholic Services Appeal and for the Archdiocesan Endowment Fund called Stewards for Tomorrow. The quick growth of the parish is due to the generosity of many individuals among them being the late Miss F. Evelyn Cunningham, who left the parish 30% of her estate valued at over $1,000,000. This was very good of her considering she was not a member. Memorial plaques honoring her and her parents as well as other generous donors can be found in the chapel.
Church Construction - Second Phase:
The three arches are in honor of the Trinity.
They also signify the victory of a Christian by following the laws of justice, service and charity as taught by Jesus.
Dedication of the Church:
The new church building was dedicated by Cardinal Adam Maida on December 21, 1996, eight to ten years earlier than expected. An emphasis on tithing provided the needed funds to repay all loans for the building of a noble and inspiring church. Thanks to a dedicated building committee (Dave Reece, Judy Rhoads, John Hesch, John Hundiak, George Burkett, Carol Pociask, Jerry Hamling, and Kenneth Heck), a great architect (Jack Brown and Associates), an efficient construction company (Rewold & Company), and talented woodworkers (Clifford Durand, James Soisson, Timothy Lechtenberg, Gregory Okoniewski and Gary Rhoads), the church was completed on time and within budget. "Not to us but to your name give glory." Te Deum laudamus.
Founding Pastor, Reverend Eugene Strain:


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18 August 2013 Current Events Tunda indoctrinating youth in Jehad since 28 years
One of the most wanted terrorist in India, Abdul Karim Tunda, who was arrested on Friday operated madrasas and preached in many other religious institutions of Pakistan. He had 200 students in each group and he was doing this to influence the youth and children to join jehad. He also got a lot of funding as he was a motivational speaker and could inspire the youth and the children instantaneously. He used to offer training to the youth in arms and ammunition. He had been doing running madrasas since 18 years and for 28 years he had been training the young generation. Police is now trying to investigate why he entered India this time and also regarding the modus operandi, i.e. the method of operation of other Pakistani terror outfits and ISI for operating terror plans in India.
Infiltration bid in Kupwara foiled by the army
Indian army foiled a crucial infiltration attempt at Kupwara district in Kashmir on Sunday. In fact it was the second time an attempt like this has been made in the same area within a week. The Vajra division troops noticed some movement of a militant group 250 m before the fence and 1.5 km in the Indian territory of LOC. When they were intimidated they started firing which continued till morning on Sunday. This is an indication that the terrorist outfits are desperate to get into the Valley. In the past two months 28 guerrillas were killed in 19 such operations as informed by Lt. Gen. Gurmeet Singh.
Onion stays at Rs 60 per kg, vegetable prices increase
Onion prices stick to Rs 60 per kg in retail markets in Punjab and Haryana, while peas' prices soared to Rs 80-100 per kg. The onion prices jumped from Rs 30/kg to Rs 80/kg last week but now are hovering around Rs 60/kg in the past few days. Vegetable prices have jumped as there were heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh which have resulted in prices of tomatoes shooting up to Rs 40/kg that were earlier Rs 20 or Rs 30 per kg. Prices of peas jumped from Rs 50-60/kg on Thursday to Rs 80-100/kg. Similarly, prices of cauliflower have increased to Rs 80/kg from Rs 40-50 per kg. Lady finger was available at Rs 50 per kg, gourd at Rs 40-Rs 50 per kg, brinjal Rs 40-Rs 50 per kg. Ginger prices were static at Rs 50 for 250 gram and apple prices have come down as there was a good harvest.
Madras Café runs in trouble before release
Naam Thamizhar Katchi and Pattali Makkal Katchi, the pro-Tamil outfits after watching the special screening of Madras Café has termed the movie as anti-Tamil and have said they will not allow its screening. Some want the state government to ban the movie while others stated they would protest. It has also been said that Liberation of Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its leader V Prabhakaran have been portrayed negatively. John Abraham has specified that there is no attempt to brand anyone as a terrorist in the movie. The movies focal theme is the events which led to Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.
Samsung to launch smartwatch
Samsung Electronics will be launching its new smartwatch which can make calls, send emails and even be used to play games. The watch named Samsung Galaxy Gear will be unveiled at an electronics industry trade fair in Berlin that starts from 6th September whereas its arch rival Apple will showcase its smartwatch, to be named the iWatch most probably on 10th September, also in Berlin. Though Sony has edged past both these brands by launching its latest version of smartwatch in June, there are also Pebble Watch and the I'm Watch which have been in the market for some time. Even Samsung unveiled its watch phone way back in 1999. But these watches in no way caught the fancy of the people so we need to wait and watch how these fare in future.
Kush Kumar in finals of Men's singles squash
Kush Kumar from India won against N.G. Eain Yow of Malaysia 11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8 to get into the Men's singles squash final. This is a part of the second Asian Youth Games being held in Nanjing in China. This has thrilled the Indian Squash Academy at Chennai and was hopeful that he would give his best to grab a gold for the country. His opponent admitted that his stamina was gradually reducing and that Kumar was so agile that he had to try hard to reach the ball. On the other hand, Vijay Kumar Meena was defeated in the quarterfinals by Yuen Tsun Hei from Hong Kong in a five-set match.
Tunda indoctrinating youth in Jehad since 28 years


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El MLPD s'ha definit tradicionalment com a "partit de nou tipus" ("Partei neuen Typs" en alemany), interpretant els canvis polítics i econòmics efectuats en la URSS i als països d'Europa de l'Est després del XX Congrés del PCUS en els anys 50 com una traïció al socialisme, adscrit a les idees impulsades per Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin, i Mao. Igual de crítics es mostren en analitzar les reformes que va emprendre Deng Xiaoping en la República Popular Xina a partir de 1978.

El MLPD promou la revolució socialista internacional contra el capital financer internacional. El moviment juvenil del MLPD s'anomena Jugendverband REBELL.

Vegeu també
 Partits polítics d'Alemanya

Referències

Enllaços externs
  www.mlpd.de/
  www.rebell.info/

Partits comunistes d'Alemanya

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Listen now to the brand new single from their forthcoming album: Daydream.
A song that can be heard and felt in many ways. Always different and never the same.
The melody of Daydream was recorded on a mobile phone during a ride on the highway. The rough mix was done on a slow train in the Belgian countryside.For the final mastering it traveled across the ocean to Fred Kevorkian (Joan as Police Woman, David Sylvian) in New York – not once but twice.
With the first one completed and back in Belgium, enter a friend of the studio who just happened to pass by: Daan. Excited by what he heard, he offered trying a few little things of his own. With added finger snaps, whispered daydreams and bongo madness as the result. And back to Fred Kevorkian it went.
Bassplayer Michel Hatzigeorgiou (Aka Moon) and drummer Karel De Backer (Flip Kowlier, Dead Man Ray) drive the band from the bottom up. Patrick Steenaerts, producer and second half of STEPPE, is on guitar, upright piano and clavinet, forever in search of the right touch of mood and colour. Yes, even if it involves recording the hallway at home to get that deeper guitar sound.
Carried by the band, Lies Steppe's voice explores a variety of shapes and shades: distorted or just whispering, gentle or passionate…But the final word is for the monotron.
Recommended listening with a ray of sunlight on your face.
STEPPE wishes you a great summer!


The Proxy policy forwards the request to a service endpoint.
This type of policy should generally be placed last in the policies list within a pipeline.
To enable the Proxy policy, add proxy in gateway.config.yml in the policies section.
Assigns a load-balancing strategy for serviceEndpoint declarations that have more than one URL, defaults to round-robin.
Address of the intermediate proxy. Example: http://corporate.proxy:3128. See more details below.
true/false, Default: true - specify whether you want to prepend the target's path to the proxy path. See more details below.
true/false, Default: false - specify whether you want to ignore the proxy path of the incoming request. See more details below.
true/false, Default: false — specify whether you want to strip the apiEndpoint path from the final URL. See more details below.
Basic authentication i.e. 'user:password' to compute an Authorization header.
rewrites the location hostname on (201/301/302/307/308) redirects.
rewrites the location host/port on (201/301/302/307/308) redirects based on requested host/port. Default: false.
rewrites the location protocol on (201/301/302/307/308) redirects to 'http' or 'https'. Default: null.
String: new domain, for example cookieDomainRewrite: "new.domain". To remove the domain, use cookieDomainRewrite: "".
object with extra headers to be added to target requests.
round-robin: This strategy routes each client request to a URL assigned in the urls array for a serviceEndpoint, starting at the first URL, moving through the last URL, and finally looping back to the start.
You probably noticed there are 3 options that concern the path: prependPath, ignorePath and stripPath. They might be a little bit confusing so here's a breakdown on how they work with the most common cases.
There might be cases where a set of Proxy options is valid for an entire service endpoint. If you have, for example, a service endpoint on an host and then multiple pipelines based on a path — you might end up setting the same options per each pipeline. In that case, you can either use yaml references, or set the proxyOptions parameter on the serviceEndpoint directly.
The proxyOptions object will be forwarded to the node-http-proxy middleware.
This can be done done using http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY env variable.


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This is the second facial kit I got from Inveda, the first being Passion Fruit. Looks like exotic fruits are the way to go. Anyways, so let me start by saying that though the passion kit did not really manage to impress me, I do love this dragon fruit facial kit.
I have the same thing to say again. It would have been better packaged in small tubes instead of sachets just like I said for the passion fruit facial kit.
What I think about the Dragon Fruit Facial Kit?
Again, I got two uses out of this facial kit, namely the cleanser, scrub and mask. I decanted the serum into a handy container and used it with facials only. And, I am still left with the massage cream which I can enjoy for probably one more time.
Thing to Note – It says Cleanser and not Cleansing Cream like the other facial kit.
This dragon fruit facial kit cleanser is transparent and it lathers when it comes in contact with water. So, this is more like a face wash but not exactly a face wash since it does not remove all the residue of the sunscreen and makeup.
What I did was to use my regular cleanser and get rid of all the dirt followed by this cleanser for the final cleansing. Then, I was ready for the scrub.
The scrub is extremely gentle with more cream than granules so you do not end up hurting your skin. It is not abrasive on skin and nourishes it while exfoliating. Leaves skin glowing and clean.
On a side note, I think it is time brands move on from the physical scrubs to more potent ones.
This is again my favorite product from the dragon fruit facial kit. The massage cream is soft and spreads easily on skin. I like to dilute it with thermal water or rose water to give it a little slip. But, massaging with this feels absolutely luxurious.
I used a decent amount of cream and massaged my face, neck and decolletage with it. Even if you do not dilute it, the creaminess of the product helps make massaging easy. The massage cream sinks into the skin and stays there but does not leave any greasiness behind.
Leaves skin beautifully smooth. If wiped off with hot water, the excess product is removed easily but you may find some greasiness but not in a bad way. Also, the mask will take care of removing the oil so no worries.
Last time when I used the passion fruit facial kit, I had used the complete mask at one go which did not really do anything for my skin.
So, the fist time I used this mask, I diluted it with glycerin and smoothed it on my face. And, second time, I used rose water.
The dragon fruit facial kit pack is nourishing and hydrating. The mask does not dry out but sinks into the skin becoming transparent. You can keep it on for probably 10 minutes.
Removing is easy. Just wipe off with a warm wash cloth and voila! Your facial is done.
Simplest way to finish off the entire routine. The serum is light and gets absorbed pretty quickly. Once it was not enough for my skin but the second time it did just fine without any other moisturizer so I think it depends whether you need extra moisturizing with this or not. I would say a great night mask would be even better.
I loved this dragon fruit facial kit far more than the other one. May be my skin needs more nourishment than anything else given that I am 31 now. The dragon fruit facial kit is more nourishing and, like it says, anti-aging.
The first time I used this kit, my skin was glowing the next day. Same results the second time. But, I have to say that the results do not probably last quite long. So, it is best to use these at-home facial kits just a night before the event.
What do you think about this dragon fruit facial kit? Do you like using facial kits at home? Which one is your favorite?
yeah, Archana. a good brand to check out and not very expensive either, thank goodness!!