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Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide Panel Exhibit Visits Lubbock County
The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC) strives to educate citizens about the circumstances that lead to the Bosnian Genocide through the 34-panel exhibit Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide display at eight Texas venues over the course of the next two years. The exhibit opens October 7 at its second stop, Texas Tech University's Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, and will run through the end of October.
Genocides begin when intolerant and hateful individuals dehumanize others in a society by putting them into separate and unequal classes and deliberately harming them. According to the Genocide Watch organization, genocides and mass murders led to the killing of more than 170 million people, more than the sum of the deaths in all 20th and 21st century wars combined.
The Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide exhibit tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. The exhibit honors both the memory of the lives lost in the genocide, and the experiences of the survivors whose stories are told within the 34 panel series. Prior to its stop in Lubbock, the exhibit was displayed at the Williamson County Courthouse in Georgetown. Following Lubbock, the exhibit will travel to Midland College in January 2014.
A component of the Texas Tech University Libraries, the Southwest Collections/Special Collections Library holds archives of national and international significance. It is one of the top research repositories in the country. The institution encompasses the Southwest Collection Archive, the Texas Tech University Archive, the James Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community, and the Natural World, the Crossroads of Music Archive, and the Vietnam Archive, which is part of the Vietnam Center. The Southwest Collection encompasses millions of historic documents and maps, more than 100,000 books, millions of photographs, thousands of oral histories, reels of microfilm, and films and videos
The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission increases awareness of genocide and the Holocaust through educational programs, resources, assistance, and coordination of groups, events, and volunteers.
"Our kids need to be taught to recognize and fight bigotry, to stem hatred and prejudice and learn about living together, embracing diversity," says THGC Commissioner and Holocaust survivor Chaja Verveer. "This exhibit is open to all Texans, but we especially encourage students and educators to attend."
Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission programs include teacher workshops providing guidance in teaching the Holocaust and other genocides, the recording of concentration camp liberator oral histories, and the enhancing of social studies curriculum through requiring the teaching of genocide-related content in school classrooms. For more information regarding Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission programs and the Prijedor exhibit, and to download lesson plans and community guide, visit the THGC Prijedor exhibit page.


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In Pictures: celebrating Victory Day in Transnistria
Soviet nostalgia in the breakaway republic
By Elle Hardy
Transnistria, an irredentist slither of land between Moldova and Ukraine, is one of the former Soviet Union's original "frozen conflicts", and a template for later Russian-backed disputes including Eastern Ukraine. It has remained unrecognised by any states other than Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia after its 1992 war of independence from Moldova.
Using Soviet rituals for its legitimacy rather than its governing ideology, the territory is ruled by a nationalised mafia and guaranteed by the Russian military.
Each year on 9 May Transnistrians stage an elaborate Victory Day celebration in the capital Tiraspol to remember the victims of WWII, known as the Great Patriotic War, before visiting the cemetery and then the bottle, with locals and visiting dignitaries infamous for partying into the next day.
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Fred Allen of Ann Arbor enjoys Thanksgiving dinner at the Original Cottage Inn Restaurant on William Street in Ann Arbor.
Standing at a makeshift food station of hot mashed potatoes at The Original Cottage Inn Pizza Thursday afternoon, Milan resident Susie Park said she was right where she wanted to be on Thanksgiving.
"I usually prepare dinner for my sons and grandsons," said Park, who volunteers for Goodwill or helps shop for the homebound. "This year I said, 'I'm not going to cook, I'm 64-years-old and I want to go help people.'"
She and her son, Tim, joined more than 150 volunteers who packed the restaurant to serve Thanksgiving dinner to the needy and homeless - a tradition that dates back about 26 years. They expected to serve about 350 meals, said General Manager Billy Res.
Res said he senses an increasing interest among local residents who want to get involved in something outside themselves.
Volunteers of all ages filled the pizzeria - serving guests, washing dishes, mopping the floors and waiting for more work because so many volunteers showed up to help, Res said.
"I've had quite a few guests come up and thank me for doing this, but I've also had a lot of volunteers really thank us for allowing them the opportunity to come in and help," Res said.
Sitting at one of the booths and chatting with friends after eating, Chris Goodwin said the number of volunteers at the restaurant caught his attention.
"I really admire people making a family tradition to go out and volunteer," Goodwin said. "It's just that everyone goes out on Thanksgiving, and why not?"
Mike Dion and Goodwin said they appreciated Cottage Inn offering the Thanksgiving meal option.
"I just rent a room and we might not have had a place to get together and sit down at a table for a meal today," Dion said.


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On This Day In History August 7
By TMC in News
Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette
This is your morning Open Thread. Pour your favorite beverage and review the past and comment on the future.
Find the past "On This Day in History" here.
August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of the year.
The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere half way through its winter on this day.
On this day in 1947, Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti. Heyerdahl wanted to prove his theory that prehistoric South Americans could have colonized the Polynesian islands by drifting on ocean currents.
Heyerdahl and his five-person crew set sail from Callao, Peru, on the 40-square-foot Kon-Tiki on April 28, 1947. The Kon-Tiki, named for a mythical white chieftain, was made of indigenous materials and designed to resemble rafts of early South American Indians. While crossing the Pacific, the sailors encountered storms, sharks and whales, before finally washing ashore at Raroia. Heyerdahl, born in Larvik, Norway, on October 6, 1914, believed that Polynesia's earliest inhabitants had come from South America, a theory that conflicted with popular scholarly opinion that the original settlers arrived from Asia. Even after his successful voyage, anthropologists and historians continued to discredit Heyerdahl's belief. However, his journey captivated the public and he wrote a book about the experience that became an international bestseller and was translated into 65 languages. Heyerdahl also produced a documentary about the trip that won an Academy Award in 1951.
322 BC – Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon.
626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
936 – Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
1420 – Construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore begins in Florence.
1427 – The Visconti of Milan's fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.
1461 – The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
1606 – The first documented performance of Macbeth, at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.
1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
1789 – The United States War Department is established.
1791 – United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
1794 – U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
1819 – Simon Bolivar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyaca.
1879 – The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.
1890 – Anna Mansdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
* 1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
1930 – The last lynching in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
1933 – The Simele massacre: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
1940 – World War II: Alsace Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.
1942 – World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins – United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
1947 – The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design and is still in use.
1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1960 – Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
1964 – Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving US President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
1964 – Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
1965 – The infamous first party between Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hells Angels takes place at Kesey's estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell's Angels.
1966 – Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
1967 – Vietnam War: the People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
1974 – Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
1976 – Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal.
1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
1988 – Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
1989 – U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
1998 – The United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
1999 – Second Chechen War began.
2007 – Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
2008 – Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.
[Holidays and observances
* Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)
* Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)
* Christian Feast Day:
* Albert of Trapani
* Cajetan of Thienna
* Carpophorus
* Dometius of Persia
* Donatus of Arezzo
* Pope Sixtus II
* August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Republic Day (Côte d'Ivoire)
* Youth Day (Kiribati)
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Home » SNAPSHOT: India-Pakistan conflict escalates with cross-border airstrikes
SNAPSHOT: India-Pakistan conflict escalates with cross-border airstrikes
The resumption of hostilities and growing inter-state tensions between India and Pakistan carry elevated risks of skirmishes in the Kashmir region, but also presents the aviation sector with growing operational and security threats.
On 26 February, 12 Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 fighter jets bombed suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant camps near Balakot, a small town in Mansehra district, in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. There were follow-up reports in India of more airstrikes on JeM camps in Muzaffarabad and Chakothi, both in Pakistan's Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) region.
Indian Air Force fighter jet
The airstrikes were in retaliation for the 14 February JeM suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack on a convoy transporting paramilitary Central Reserve Police (CRP) personnel along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, near Lethpora in Pulwama district, in India's Jammu and Kashmir state. A total of 46 CRP personnel were killed in the attack.
Then on 27 February, the Pakistan government announced it had launched sorties into the disputed Kashmir region, where the fighter jets 'engaged six targets' in 'Indian territory'. The Indian government said that the jets were turned away, while the Pakistani government said that the warplanes had bombed 'open ground' in the Rajouri area of Jammu and Kashmir. One Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 fighter jet was allegedly shot down in the Nowshera sector of Lam Valley, which is approximately 3 km inside Pakistani territory.
Pakistan's information ministry initially announced that the PAF shot down two IAF MIG-21 Bison jets inside Pakistani airspace, though this was likely not the case.
Indian media stated that the IAF downed a PAF F-16 fighter jet, while other media claimed it was a Pakistan-made JF-17 warplane. Additional reports from India claimed that an IAF Mi-17 V-5 transport helicopter crashed near Srinagar's Sheikh Ul-Alam International Airport (SXR). Details on this incident are unclear.
The wreckage of one IAF aircraft was discovered in AJK, while a Pakistani aircraft was found on the Indian-side of the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border separating the two countries in the Kashmir region. Both the Indian and Pakistani governments reported that an IAF pilot was in the custody of Pakistani authorities.
Impact on civil aviation
In response to this escalation, the civil aviation authorities (CAA) in India and Pakistan closed the airspace along their respective borders, forcing commercial aircraft to return to their airport of origin or divert to different air transit corridors.
India temporarily closed airports in: Jammu, Srinagar and Leh, in Jammu and Kashmir state; Shimla, in Himachal Pradesh state; Amritsar, Pathankot, Adampur, Bathinda, and Ludhiana, in Punjab state; Chandigarh, the capital of Haryana and Punjab states; Dharamshala, in Himachal Pradesh state; and Dehradun, in Uttarakhand state. Those airports, as of 1600 local time on 27 February, had resumed operations.
In Pakistan, the CAA suspended all international and domestic flights from major airports in: the capital, Islamabad; Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Lahore, Multan, and Sialkot in Punjab province; Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province; and Karachi in Sindh province. Those airports have also resumed operations.
Border skirmishes along the LoC are a perpetual risk. However, these developments mark a rapid and stark escalation in the inter-state conflict risk since the 14 February JeM attack in Pulawa. There are similarities, however, to events that took place on 18 September 2016, when JeM militants attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarter in the town of Uri, Jammu and Kashmir state. Then on 29 September 2016, the IAF launched retaliatory surgical airstrikes on suspected militant positions in AJK. What ensued was a series of armed skirmishes and retaliatory artillery strikes along the LoC that persisted until around the end of May 2018, when a ceasefire was implemented.
A key differentiator is that the current events are taking place against thebackdrop of upcoming Indian general elections, which will be held between April and May. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to publicly maintain a strong stance against Pakistan. However, it is in the best interest of both nuclear-armed states to avoid further escalation, and Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan has called for 'dialogue' to end the hostility. The fact that Pakistan is holding an IAF pilot is considerable leverage for Islamabad, and the safe return of the aviator to India will be a significant confidence boost and a key primer to de-escalating the situation.
Further skirmishes in the Kashmir region, particularly along the LoC, are likely; however, Khan's appeal for dialogue bodes well for tempering the situation. Yet any miscalculation from either side will likely ramp up the conflict and terrorism risks.
A very credible concern will be retaliatory asymmetric attacks outside of the Kashmir region, mainly against Indian cities, by Pakistan militants or India-based supporters.
The closure of Pakistan airspace and airports in both countries illustrates the impact on the civil aviation sector. India's security readiness has been elevated, and business travellers can expect increased security checks at major transport hubs, government buildings and public places across the country.
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At this juncture, A2 Global advises foreign companies and their staff operating in India and Pakistan to closely monitor the situation through local and international media and review their corporate and personal contingency plans regarding the escalation of inter-state conflict activity, and the risk it poses to their personnel, assets and businesses.
Companies are also advised to reconfirm flight bookings for travelling staff, and implement contingency measures to minimise the risk of disruption to business activities.
Individuals are also advised to refrain from making any public or online commentary about these developments as it can be misconstrued as bias and incite attacks or demonstrations.


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Home » Health Problems » 3D-printed organs are in early research stages. Here's how Baltimore doctors are using the technology
3D-printed organs are in early research stages. Here's how Baltimore doctors are using the technology
Scampering around the floor of her father's family room in Cherry Hill, 1-year-old Syah Weddington is quicker on four limbs than two. After a few passes crawling from one end of the room to the other, her mom scoops her up to her lap.
The baby's labored breathing is audible.
"You hear the panting and you can feel her chest moving rapidly," said her mom, Briana Seimah. "Sometimes I just take her, pull her to the side and let her take a little break before she gets back to playing."
Syah moves and chatters like most other babies her age. But beneath her ruffled pink shirt, her heart is different. Scars down the center of her chest and across her left shoulder blade chronicle two heart surgeries she endured in her first six months. At age 3, she'll have another.
About 1% of babies are born with congenital heart defects. A fraction of those children, like Syah, have severe heart problems. With a kinked aorta, holes in her heart and two right ventricles, the shape of Syah's heart is rare, making surgical repairs complicated. But using 3-D-printed models of her heart, doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center were able to anticipate the anatomical differences they would find when they cut open Syah's chest, increasing the chances for a shorter and successful surgery.
Such models, made from patients' own images, are becoming more common in U.S. hospitals, allowing doctors to better plan for complicated cardiovascular and orthopedic surgeries. The 3-D-printing technology also is used to make custom prosthetic limbs and surgical tools, and even a drug to treat epilepsy—some of the more than 100 printed medical devices approved in recent years by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
There's more on the horizon, such as printed skin made with living cells to cover wounds and burns.
Research into printing human organs is in the beginning stages.
The 3-D printers that layer powder and liquid versions of plastics, ceramics and metals have been around since the 1980s and explored for medical uses since the 1990s. But advances are now propelling the field more quickly, including the printing of living tissue using cells. A forecast from Allied Market Research projects the health care market for 3-D printing to grow to $2.3 billion by 2020, an increase of 26% from 2015. But hurdles remain, analysts say including the high cost of equipment and lack of insurance reimbursements, compatibility with human bodies and lack of expertise.
The University of Maryland Medical Center has been adding to its 3-D capabilities and partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to perfect uses that largely center on modeling body parts including hearts and blood vessels, and more recently shoulders, to aid in surgical planning, said Dr. Jeffrey Hirsch, the section chief of community radiology for the University of Maryland Medical Center who printed models of Syah's heart.
Doctors knew Syah's heart was compromised while she was in utero, though they didn't know the extent of her condition until she was born.
Images of Syah's heart after birth confirmed she had a coarctation, or kink, in her aorta, the main blood vessel that delivers oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the body. She also had a large hole connecting the two lower chambers of her heart, which should not be open to each other. She lived in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first month of her life.
"This is my first child and the day I left the hospital and she wasn't home with me it was like a panic attack," Seimah said.
During Syah's first surgery, doctors repaired her aorta and placed a band on the pulmonary artery to prevent too much blood from rushing to her lungs instead of her body. The second surgery to address the hole in her heart was more complicated, and doctors had several options for procedures to pursue. That's where the models came in.
"It wasn't clear exactly what the relationship was between that hole that divided the two lower chambers of her heart and the two big vessels coming off of the heart," said Dr. Carissa Baker-Smith, Syah's pediatric cardiologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Hirsch's models gave them a better picture. One model, made of gray and black plastic, was enlarged several times and split in two pieces held together by magnets to allow doctors to look inside. The second model was solid and true to size, small enough to cradle in the palm of your hand.
"It was very clear from the 3-D printing of the heart that the hole in the wall that separated the two lower chambers of Syah's heart was too far and distant from the big vessels that come off the heart, and that there was no way in which we'd be able to put a patch in that allows one big artery to come from one chamber and one big artery to come from another," Baker-Smith said. "So ultimately that gave us a game plan and I think resulted in a very good outcome. So less amount of time that she needed to be in the operating room. And she's doing quite well now."
Printing a patient's organ starts with two-dimensional images—CT scans often work best—that are plugged into software to create a printable file. Hirsch printed the plastic model of Syah's heart using one of two tabletop printers in his lab at the downtown hospital at the time, and he sent the other file for the life-size heart to a third-party vendor. The lab has since added a larger, $80,000 printer, acquired through a donation.
Baker-Smith said such models could help other doctors make better decisions for their patients.
"In terms of being able to hold the heart in your hand and really kind of twist it and turn it and look at all the intricacies and sort of the relationships for our kids with complex congenital heart disease, I see it being an invaluable resource," Baker-Smith said.
Syah was the first pediatric cardiac patient whose heart Hirsch printed. He's partnered with several departments at the hospital to create models and prostheses for his colleagues and their patients. In addition to surgical planning, he said he often sees 3-D printing used in procedures like facial reconstruction following trauma, opening up the skull in infant brain surgery, inner-ear prostheses and surgeries to remove bone tumors.
Before modeling with 3-D printing, "the only way to do that was essentially by guesswork, and so they get a much cleaner result," said Hirsch, also an assistant professor in the University of Maryland School of Medicine's department of radiology.
Recently, Hirsch has been working with Dr. Kenneth C. Wang, a fellow radiologist and assistant professor who also serves at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Baltimore. They've worked to create models for shoulder replacement surgeries.
Shoulder replacements have a far higher fail rate over a decade than knees because the bones are thinner and made far more fragile by trauma, arthritis and age, Wang said. Modeling someone's specific shoulder allows a surgeon not only to see the anatomy more clearly but also to map where all the new hardware will go.
"We can show them the pictures, but when we put a model in their hands it's an epiphany for them," Wang said. "They say, 'I can see what's going on.' "
Wang and colleagues from the VA, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the University of Maryland and elsewhere published a paper in the Journal of Digital Imaging that found 3-D printed models were more beneficial for surgical planning than CT images.
Wang is waiting for approvals from the FDA to use specific software before expanding use of shoulder modeling.
Government statistics show that there are about 53,000 shoulder replacement surgeries annually, and Wang said many could be modeled first.
Eventually, the actual joints could be widely printed and implanted. Wang said research is needed to determine such things as what is the most durable printed materials and how to avoid titanium or plastic splinters, for example. And study is needed to see whether patients fare better over time with printed parts.
At Maryland and the VA center, he and Hirsch largely design and print models on their own time with a lot of donated materials. They need to determine a more formal and funded process to handle requests from surgeons. In addition to staff time, the supplies of plastic, resin, gypsum or metal can work out to under $10 a model to $100 or more.
But they expect the 3-D technology will continue to advance and the uses to proliferate.
The technology had spread largely as a result of individuals tinkering with personal 3-D printers, said Bill Decker, chairman of the Association for 3-D Printing, a national industry organization.
"There are people just playing in that space," Decker said.
But the medical implications are serious. Some popular applications of 3-D printing in health care have become household names—like Invisalign, a braces alternative, and cochlear implants for restoring hearing.
University and industry researchers are working on printing living things, from bacteria to organs made from stem cells.
"It's futuristic," Decker said. "You can mix bacteria with another substance, and the substance prints and the bacteria stays alive. … If they can 3-D print bacteria, they can 3-D print vaccines."
For Syah and her parents, the clearest benefit, however, was simply letting doctors see how her defective heart worked before they cut into her tiny chest.
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Almost every parent dreams of nursing grandchildren from their beloved children in the future. But not everyone knows that it is worth thinking about this even when their future father is still a child. Nikolay Goncharov, head of the urological department of the Volgograd Regional Clinical Hospital 1, will talk about serious illnesses in boys, which can lead to problems with childbirth in the future.
Nikolai Alexandrovich, when is it necessary to sound the alarm?
- Any urgent situation, especially if it requires the intervention of a surgeon, causes concern for parents. In this case, the sooner help is provided, the better the result will be. Of particular concern are genital diseases in boys, because in the future, current parents want to become grandparents.
Acute diseases of the scrotal organs in boys are combined into one group, which is called acute scrotal syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by symptoms common to all diseases of the group: scrotal edema, skin redness, severe pain syndrome. Fever, nausea and vomiting may also occur. Therefore, when these signs appear, an urgent need to consult a specialist.
Sometimes an allergic reaction can be the cause of the reddening of the scrotum, but a doctor's examination is still necessary for differential diagnosis. The specialist will conduct a mandatory ultrasound examination of the scrotal organs, which will allow you to make the correct diagnosis and make the right decision.
What diseases belong to the syndrome of edematous scrotum?
- Torsion of the testicle, epididymitis or orchiepididymitis (inflammation of the epididymis and the testicle itself) and torsion of the testicle hydatid (pendant). The most formidable condition is testicular torsion. This disease occurs in one in five hundred patients with scrotal edema syndrome. It most often occurs in boys and adolescents between the ages of 11 and 15, but can occur at an early age or in a newborn (about 10 percent of cases). In addition, intrauterine testicular torsion occurs, leading to organ atrophy. Testicular torsion is a condition characterized by the rotation of the testicle around its own axis, in which blood flow is disturbed in the vessels that feed the testicle. It leads to malnutrition and death of the testicle. This condition is accompanied by sharp pains in the scrotum, vomiting, then edema and hyperemia appear. Delay is unacceptable here! In this situation, detorsion surgery is performed, or the elimination of torsion, which helps to restore blood flow. An extremely insidious symptom is pain relief a few hours after it occurs. This may mean the onset of the death of the testicle, and not improvement against the background of unqualified treatment.
What is the most common disease?
- Torsion of the testis hydatids or its epididymis. This disorder is the cause of Acute Scrotal Syndrome in about 45 percent of patients and can occur at any age. Testicular hydatida is a small remnant of embryonic tissue that is connected to the testis in the form of an "earring" on a thin stem. Torsion of the hydatids leads to the appearance of the characteristic symptoms that I mentioned above. But unlike testicular torsion, the pain syndrome is less pronounced, so the characteristic symptoms do not develop so rapidly. Treatment is only operative: it is necessary to remove the twisted hydatidum, otherwise the inflammation will go to the testicle itself, which subsequently will certainly affect the ability to bear children.
That is, there is no other way out except for the operation?
- Yes.Only an urgent visit to a surgeon or urologist and immediate surgical treatment can save the testicle. For example, orchitis (epididymitis), inflammation of the testicle (or its epididymis) in most cases does not require surgery. This disease can occur in children of any age. Very often it develops against the background of various viral diseases. A typical example of infectious orchitis is with mumps. Chronic lower urinary tract infection can also lead to orchitis. Antibacterial and symptomatic therapy can effectively cure a child. And with torsion of the testicles or testicular hydatids - only an operation.
But don't be afraid of surgery. In most cases, treatment for acute scrotal syndrome does not require lengthy hospitalization. After discharge from the hospital, treatment continues on an outpatient basis under the supervision of a urologist and a surgeon of the polyclinic. At home, all doctor's prescriptions must be strictly followed.
What can cause torsion at all?
- A prerequisite for torsion of the testicle or testicular hydatida may be its excessive mobility, due to the lack of normal attachment of the organ to the bottom of the scrotum. A testicle that has not descended into the scrotum (with cryptorchidism) can undergo torsion. In children, testicular torsion is often associated with prematurity, morphological and functional immaturity of the reproductive system, and disproportionate growth of the genitals. And the direct factors provoking torsion are usually scrotal injuries, active movements, outdoor games, physical activity.
Is there any kind of disease prevention?
- Unfortunately, there is no specific prophylaxis. It is important to remember that if you experience pain and swelling in the scrotum, you should immediately consult a doctor to rule out testicular torsion or testicular hydatids. Only a timely operation will allow you to keep the child's health and become a father in the future.
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A new day, a new video of an upcoming Ferrari. After grabbing a test mule from a future hybrid model, Varryx is back to show the world what could be a hardcore version of the 812 Superfast. Tested in Italy on the Fiorano circuit belonging to Ferrari near Maranello, the black prototype had a beefier rear diffuser as well as a soundtrack different from that of the other car.
The details of the new 812-based derivative are shrouded in mystery, but it is likely that talented Ferrari engineers have found a way to extract more power from the 6.5-liter engine. The naturally aspirated V12 develops 800 horsepower and 718 Newton-meters (530 lb-ft) of torque in the "standard" 812 Superfast, so anything above these numbers will be the icing on the cake.
We heard through the vine that the red line of the engine could be exceeded beyond the current 8,900 rpm, although that remains to be seen. Another piece of the puzzle that is missing has to do with the name of the car, because although rumors suggest that it will have the suffix "GTO", it is more like wishful thinking at this point.
The hardcore 812 Superfast will be the fourth version of the model, after the regular version, the Monza SP1 and SP2 speedsters and the 812 GTS convertible. Speaking of the droptop model, members of the FerrariChat forums that know there will also be a cabrio version of the new topper from the Maranello V12 range. Needless to say, production will be limited and most of the cars have already been pre-sold.
Beyond the likely increase in power, a hotter 812 Superfast should also have a revised body with improved aerodynamics and improved cooling. Weight loss through the use of more carbon fiber is also possible to shave some of the fat compared to the dry weight of the normal model of 3,362 pounds (1,525 kilograms).
812 "GTO" aside, we do not exclude the possibility that this car is something else. Just as with the 488-body test mule yesterday carrying a hybrid powertrain, Ferrari could test a new or updated engine using a modified Superfast body. One thing is certain: the V12 still has life, even in an automotive world constantly under pressure from tighter emission regulations.
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Hey hey! So.... we were "assigned" (as if it's a chore!!! ;)) sugar coated chevron card stock to play with this time! I have had these cut files at the ready for a little while now and couldn't wait to put something on the girls' room door to identify it as both of theirs. I love ampersands so I had to get one of those in there too. :) Courtney from Court's Crafts here with a little door decor!
My girls' names are Emmaline and Charlotte and I am totally enamored with everything "sisterly" as I was an only child. I wanted to make their monograms equal and opposite and since doodlebug makes everything in their "classic colors", I was able to do just that!
And if you look closely - behind the gold - is tone on tone white chevron card stock.
I love butterflies and their room is very "nature" themed and I thought that the spinkles vellum would look cute on top of the chevron so I double cut the butterflies and adhered them at the thorax.
Lastly, I added three pearls for accent at the bottom right of the letters.
Here it is on their door!
I had to get a picture so that you can see just how sparkly the sugar-coated card stock is. I know that when I see glittered card stock I am sometimes not too impressed with the amount of glitter on the card stock. I like it to SHINE! And no surprise here - doodlebug card stock does just that! Check. Out. That. Glitter!
This is Court's Crafts signing out! Have a beautiful day!
Recently, we celebrated both our little girls birthday. What I wanted to make was a little notebook where our guests could pen down their message for my little girls to ponder upon when they're older.
As with every little girl's birthday, all things glittery is a must :) So what I did was, to alter a little book that you can get from any dollar store and bling up the front cover with the very lovely chevron cardstock.
Emmaline and Charlotte must have the SPARKLIEST and PRETTIEST bedroom door in the whole world - LOVE DELIGHTFUL dimensional monograms you created Courtney!!!
BEAUTIFUL birthday book and what a lovely way to make special memories for your daughters too Sharm!!!
Love those decorative door pieces! So much fun!
These projects are beautiful! I love the glittery butterfly and the journal cover is so pretty!
Love the chevron papers. The gold glitter is beautiful. Great ideas.
WOW, love the door decor! that is just awesome.
Oh, Sharm, way to go!! You took that notebook from drab to absolutely fab!! Thanks for showing us that the chevrons could be used like this!! Also You glammed up that notebook awesomely!! And Court, oh my goodness, what lucky girls to get to have such bright, sparkly, and just plain fun door decorations!! You did a really great job and the gold ampersand really is COOL!!
Both projects are simply adorable! I really like the monograms project.


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As we approach warmer weather, women over a certain age, say 60, will once again face that nagging fashion dilemma: to go bare, or don't even dare. I'm not talking about decisions regarding skimpy bathing suits – that shop closed a long time ago. No, I'm talking upper bare arms, the part of the body that tends to sag and flap thanks to our good friends, time and gravity.
detour. Anyway, even the most petite among us stated she was starting to feel awkward about going sleeveless. OMG, I thought. Upper arms have become the new neck.
for my sweater, blaming my cover-up on the excessive use of air-conditioning in south Florida establishments.
After correcting his grammar, I recounted the dinner conversation. He made an enormous effort not to laugh, patted my shoulder, and told me I had nothing to worry about. I impulsively turned to see if the pat had triggered any fatty tissue undulations.
So, as older women, we may not be fond of our upper arms, and I bet we're not too crazy about our knees, either – nor our upper thighs. But summer's coming. What to do?
worry about what others think?
I think the answer is to strike a nice balance and wear comfortable clothing that makes us look and feel good.
Just the other day, I happen to notice a very attractive "older" woman. She was stylishly dressed with beautiful hair and earrings and yes, she was sleeveless!
Good for you, lady, I thought. It's a hot day. Why not?


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NAU professor rounds up thousands of samples to map ticks carrying Lyme, other diseases
Jul 27, 2018 Updated Feb 18, 2020
Microbiology Associate Professor Nathan Nieto works with tick samples in his lab at Northern Arizona University in this file photo. Nieto has collected a total of about 16,000 ticks for a massive citizen science-based study on ticks and the pathogens they carry.
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Over the past two years, Nathan Nieto's lab at Northern Arizona University received a lot of packages — more than 12,000, to be precise.
Inside each was one tiny tick, or several of them.
Nieto, an associate professor in NAU's department of biological sciences, collected a total of about 16,000 of the bugs as part of a massive citizen science-based study on ticks and the pathogens they carry.
For each specimen, Neito asked senders to provide information on where, when and how it was found. Then, his team tested the ticks' DNA for a suite of different pathogens, including the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
The results of Nathan Nieto's nationwide citizen-scientists study found ticks capable of carrying Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in 83 U.S. countries where they had not previously been documented. These counties are highlighted in red.
The result is a map of the occurrences of tick-human contact across the United States. By recording any location where a tick was found by a human, it points to hotspots of tick activity, Nieto said. More surprisingly, the study found ticks with the potential to carry Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in 83 countries where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had not previously recorded them.
Among adults in one common tick species, 20 percent tested positive for Lyme disease-causing Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. In all, the research team found 13 species of ticks, including the two most likely to be carrying Lyme, he said.
The mapping effort is important because Lyme can be a nasty infection with symptoms that include include chronic fatigue, short-term memory problems, rashes, arthritis, facial palsy, inflammation of the brain, and intermittent pain in tendons, muscles, joints and bones.
According to the CDC, the disease affects almost 300,000 Americans annually.
A map like this can help doctors be more aware of some of the less expected places where the disease might pop up, Nieto said. His study recorded ticks in several states where many doctors do not collect them and don't have systems in place to assess the risk of tick-borne diseases and report them.
The disease moves along with people and animals across the landscape, so crowdsourcing the data was especially useful to represent that, Nieto said.
"Ticks and the types of species we're coming into contact with all over North America are dynamic," he said. "It's changing based on the movements of hosts, climate change and people moving ticks and pathogens around, and that requires that we be broadly aware of tick-borne disease throughout North America."
Nieto cautioned, however, that just because his study recorded ticks in a certain location doesn't mean the bugs naturally occur in that area. That's the case for some of the Arizona data, he said.
A few ticks found to have the potential to carry Lyme or other diseases were sent in from Pima and Maricopa counties, but Nieto said those ticks most likely were picked up in another state and then transported to Arizona before people noticed and reported them.
Over the years, his lab has tested over 600 ticks in the state and has never had one test positive for the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, Nieto said.
A few ravines deep in the Hualapai Mountains are the the only place where ticks capable of transmitting Lyme are known to naturally exist, but his lab has never found one, Nieto said.
The money that allowed Nieto's lab to offer a free tick identification and testing service for the citizen science study came from the Bay Area Lyme Foundation.
The number of ticks his research team received was six times what they were expecting, Nieto said. Once they tested each bug, they would respond to the sender to tell them the test results.
Another takeaway, he said, is that citizen science was a great way to collect a lot of information quickly. Collecting that many samples by themselves would have taken him and his graduate students years.
Lyme tests
Some of the tick DNA that Nieto collects gets sent across town to the genomics research institute TGen North, which has offices near the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport.
In 2016, TGen developed a Lyme test that works through genetic sequencing. It targets and amplifies specific regions of the Lyme bacteria's DNA as well as specific genes in related bacteria. That amplified DNA gets sequenced, then researchers determine the bacterial species present in the sample by searching for the DNA code specific to Lyme or other bacteria.
Since then, researchers have been honing the accuracy and sensitivity of the test, streamlining it and adding other tick-borne disease targets to make it a more comprehensive test, said Jolene Bowers, a research assistant professor at TGen. That's especially useful because several tick-borne pathogens occur together and can cause co-infections, so doctors could use TGen's one test to cover all of them, Bowers said.
So far, TGen has found its test works well in detecting Lyme during the initial phase when the bacteria are still in a person's blood and haven't yet migrated to the cartilage, she said. But due to a shortage in funding and the difficulty in finding human blood samples that are Lyme positive, TGen hasn't done much work validating the test for use on people and instead is focusing on research and epidemiology applications.
Creating a test that could be used on patients has been the final goal, but Bowers backed away from saying TGen's test could become the "be all end all" for Lyme detection.
It's a very niche test, she said. Instead, she suggested it could be used as a companion for the test already on the market that tends to work better for people who have been suffering from Lyme for a while.
"It's good to have in the arsenal, but there should be others that take a different approach," Bowers said.
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History after 1945 (general)
The Cambridge History of the Cold War
Volume 3. Endings
Part of The Cambridge History of the Cold War
Melvyn P. Leffler, University of Virginia
Odd Arne Westad, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jan-Werner Müller, Giovanni Arrighi, Silvio Pons, Nancy Mitchell, Vladislav M. Zubok, Amin Saikal, Olav Njølstad, Chen Jian, Michael Schaller, John H. Coatsworth, Chris Saunders, Sue Onslow, Archie Brown, Beth A. Fischer, John W. Young, Jacques Lévesque, Helga Haftendorn, Alex Pravda, David Reynolds, Matthew Evangelista, J. R. McNeill, Rosemary Foot, Matthew Connelly, Emily S. Rosenberg, Adam Roberts, G. John Ikenberry
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Volume III of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the evolution of the conflict from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 until the Soviet collapse in 1991. A team of leading scholars analyzes the economic, social, cultural, religious, technological and geopolitical factors that ended the Cold War and discusses the personalities and policies of key leaders such as Brezhnev, Reagan, Gorbachev, Thatcher, Kohl and Deng Xiaoping. The authors show how events throughout the world shaped the evolution of Soviet-American relations and they explore the legacies of the superpower confrontation in a comparative and transnational perspective. Individual chapters examine how the Cold War affected and was affected by environmental issues, economic trends, patterns of consumption, human rights and non-governmental organizations. The volume represents the new international history at its best, emphasizing broad social, economic, demographic and strategic developments while keeping politics and human agency in focus.
Examines how the end of the Cold War affected and was affected by human rights, public health, capitalism, science and technology, and the global economy
Sheds new light on the personalities and policies of leaders around the world such as Carter, Reagan, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, De Gaulle, Thatcher, Kohl and Deng Xiaoping
Analyses events from the perspectives of a range of countries and regions including the US, Japan, China, Central America, Southern Africa, Germany, the Soviet Union, Iran and Afghanistan
Review of the set: 'There has never been a Cold War history like it; everything about it is monumental … In total, the volumes represent a successful interconnected attempt at describing the Cold War in full.' Jost Dülffer, H-Soz-u-Kult
Review of the set: 'The Cambridge History of the Cold War (CHCW) marks a coming of age for Cold War studies. This multi-volume compilation provides a synthesis of the 'New Cold War History'. It is a signal moment in the evolution of the field.' Mike Sewell, H-Diplo
Review of the set: '… if [I] could recommend just three books to a reader with no prior knowledge of the Cold War - the average undergraduate, say - it would likely be this series. The breadth and depth of coverage, in disciplinary and geographical terms, is unparalleled.' David Milne, H-Diplo
'Like its two predecessors, the third instalment of The Cambridge History of the Cold War (CHCW), is scholar's and instructor's dream for it provides well organized chapters covering major issues in the research of the late Cold War period, all delivered by leading historians in the field.' Dina Fainburg, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews (h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables)
'… a superb collection …' Robert English, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews (h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables)
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1. The Cold War and the intellectual history of the late twentieth century Jan-Werner Müller
2. The world economy and the Cold War, 1970–1990 Giovanni Arrighi
3. The rise and fall of Eurocommunism Silvio Pons
4. The Cold War and Jimmy Carter Nancy Mitchell
5. Soviet foreign policy from détente to Gorbachev, 1975–1985 Vladislav M. Zubok
6. Islamism, the Iranian revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Amin Saikal
7. The collapse of superpower détente, 1975–1980 Olav Njølstad
8. Japan and the Cold War, 1960–1991 Michael Schaller
9. China and the Cold War after Mao Chen Jian
10. The Cold War in Central America, 1975–1991 John H. Coatsworth
11. The Cold War and Southern Africa, 1976–1990 Chris Saunders and Sue Onslow
12. The Gorbachev revolution and the end of the Cold War Archie Brown
13. US foreign policy under Reagan and Bush Beth A. Fischer
14. Western Europe and the end of the Cold War, 1979–1989 John W. Young
15. The East European revolutions of 1989 Jacques Lévesque
16. The unification of Germany, 1985–1991 Helga Haftendorn
17. The collapse of the Soviet Union, 1990–1991 Alex Pravda
18. Science, technology, and the Cold War David Reynolds
19. Transnational organizations and the Cold War Matthew Evangelista
20. The biosphere and the Cold War J. R. McNeill
21. The Cold War and human rights Rosemary Foot
22. The Cold War in the longue durée: global migration, public health, and population control Matthew Connelly
23. Consumer capitalism and the end of the Cold War Emily S. Rosenberg
24. An 'incredibly swift transition': reflections on the end of the Cold War Adam Roberts
25. The restructuring of the international system after the Cold War G. John Ikenberry.
Melvyn P. Leffler is Edward Stettinius Professor of American History at the Department of History, University of Virginia. His previous publications include To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine (2008, as co-editor), For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War (2007, winner of the AHA George Louis Beer Prize) and A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration and the Cold War (1992, winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Robert Ferrell Prize and the Herbert Hoover Book Award).
Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His previous publications include The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times (2005, winner of the Bancroft Prize, the APSA New Political Science Prize and the Akira Ireye Award), Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946–1950 (2003) and Brothers in Arms: The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945–1963 (1999, as editor).
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If he's buying you lavish gifts that totally don't fit your look, there might be reason to question his motives. "He may be a jerk who is trying to change your appearance under the guise of generosity," says Hanks.
This is kind of similar to that advice about never dating a cheater. "If he's really nice to you, but trash talks all of his past girlfriends and blames them for their breakup, he'll probably talk poorly about you and blame you, too, if things don't work out," says Hanks.
If he treats other women in his life poorly, or speaks about them disrespectfully, that's a clear indicator that there's likely a jerk lurking under that nice exterior. "If he has a pattern of strained, negative, or disconnected relationships with other women, but claims to adore you, proceed with caution," says Hanks.


Sanlitun South restaurant and The Local has added an upper deck with several beer taps, seating for 24 people, and–to come–good times. You can now sit out front on the first floor, mosey on up for a better view from the second, or simply park yourself inside. That three-kuai Wednesday night wing deal–buffalo!–remains superb value.
Look for bakery and cafe Tiens Tiens, in the Sanlitun South building that includes Nanjie, Janes & Hooch, Home Plate and Taco Bar, to up its wine game in a big way. The wine list will be exclusively French wines and have a good range of by-the-glass options, says one owner, and should mean some nice days spend enjoying some vino on this place's spacious rooftop. Above is a shot from the earlier days of this place.
And Nali Patio wine bar Enoterra in Sanlitun is closed at least temporarily after almost a decade of popping corks. The doors were chained and the lights off Tuesday night, although the furniture remained, thus sparking hopes of a reopening. Several people in the area said Enoterra had already been closed five days: I've emailed two sources there but have yet to get a response. The first Beijing branch of this Shanghai chain opened at The Place just ahead of the 2008 Olympics before moving to the two-floor space at Nali.


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Seeking My Best Self
trying to make sense of my life – and lose some weight
Eliminating Poverty Overnight
by Cherie Renae
I believe in a national minimum income, also known as citizen's income or basic income. What is it? Basically, minimum income provides each adult a check from the government with no strings attached. A check whose dollar amount is at or above the poverty line.
This is where some start choking and spitting their coffee across the room. While they wipe up their mess, let me quickly say: if we instituted a national minimum income in America, poverty would vanish overnight, because in one fell swoop, everyone would rise above the poverty line.
Nice thought, say the skeptics. There are just a few little problems. First of all, how would we ever fund such a program?
Funding is easy. If we replaced our current governmental social services with this program, each adult would receive at least 12,000. Without raising taxes AT ALL, we could lift every household in America above the current poverty line.
Imagine the bureaucracy we'd eliminate, because there would be no need to judge who is deserving. Everyone would be. Of course, THAT makes many uncomfortable. I guess it's human nature to want to assay the worthiness of others – to group, divide, accuse. People feel more secure if they can decide who is 'in' and who is 'out'.
But this judgmental attitude is bad for society and for the individual. If I were writing in my spiritual blog, Ariyawen, I would tell the story of this guy who was once asked by a mob to judge a woman. Instead, he told the crowd to judge themselves, then doodled in the dirt while they slowly slunk away.
But humans are lazy. Given the opportunity, they'll just sit around watching sports and soap operas. If people are provided a minimum income, they won't want to work.
Studies have been done, and it turns out, that's not true. For example, a study in Manitoba showed that decentivization was minimal – really, REALLY low – less than 3% in the most affected groups, which were mothers with babies and teens who were working to support their families. In other words, decentivization happened where it benefitted society – mothers were home with their infants, and teens were in school rather than at work. In addition, there were unexpected societal benefits. High school graduation rates increased, and hospitalization decreased.
Another study, this one in Namibia, showed that economic activity actually INCREASED, in part because people were empowered to start small businesses. Plus, the economy was stimulated because each household increased their buying power. Decentivization is a myth.
Fine. But I still don't want other people to get money for free. I'm not OK with that.
Wow. Hypocrisy, much? What about health insurance? Most who have it receive benefits that far exceed their premiums. They get money 'for free', because they receive services they haven't paid fair market value for. How about home ownership? Anyone who takes a tax deduction for home mortgage interest is receiving free money through reduced taxes. Free money that often exceeds the proposed minimum income. It fries me when people object to handouts yet fail to see that they are the biggest government and social 'users' of all.
Since I've publicly endorsed the concept of minimum income, I've been regaled with stories of welfare fraud and bad choices made by 'the poor'. For each story, I've responded with my own stories of hard work, heroism and sacrifice. But these stories, mine or theirs, are anecdotes, not research.
Research shows that national minimum income WORKS to eliminate poverty and improve economies. Let's stop being swayed by our inaccurate misconceptions (bolstered by the blustering of moralistic hypocrites) and implement it here.
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Papers of BAS. Humanities and Social Sciences
Vol. 9, 2022, No. 1
The actor on stage and on screen
Abstract. The article formulates the specifics of acting. It describes the different forms of connection between the stage and the auditorium and singles out the actor as the one who gives a theatrical expression to everything that is on the stage. There are some examples of "demolition" and "removal" of the ramp, as well as the stability of its boundaries given.
The main point of the paper is about the television conditions which destroy the familiar forms of acting and the distinction between two different styles of acting - theatrical and cinematic.
Cinema changes the typical for the theatre relationship between conditionality and authenticity, but their mutual influence and enrichment - between the stage and the screen (big and small) - are tangible.
Keywords: actor, stage, screen, theatrical, cinematic, audience


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NEW STORY SHARING INITIATIVE LAUNCHED BY MARCH OF DIMES WILL BUILD COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF ISSUES AROUND PREGNANCY, PARENTHOOD AND LOSS THIS MOTHER'S DAY
March of Dimes, the leading nonprofit fighting for the health of all moms and babies, has launched #UnspokenStories, a supportive community that gives voice to all experiences around pregnancy, parenthood and loss. This new initiative aims to provide women, men and families a platform to connect and speak honestly. Kicking off just before Mother's Day, #UnspokenStories will celebrate and support families in communities across the country to build awareness of the organization as we provide the advocacy, education, research and programs they need.
The United States is in the midst of a maternal and child health crisis with more than 380,000 babies born prematurely each year, as well as more than 50,000 women experiencing life-threatening complications as a result of pregnancy and childbirth. This country cannot continue to be the most dangerous developed nation in which to give birth. March of Dimes is working in communities across the country to reduce the rising rates of premature birth, as well as maternal mortality and morbidity. Our organization supports women before, during and after pregnancy to ensure all mothers and infants are healthy.
"Unspoken Stories® aims to build a supportive community for moms and families by breaking the stigma of sharing stories around all forms of pregnancy and parenting," said Stacey D. Stewart, President and CEO of March of Dimes. "We're empowering those who are too often silenced or hidden in the shadows. March of Dimes has the partnerships and community-building connections to convene, help and inspire people to share their stories. We know it only takes one story like your own to feel heard and supported."
Honest stories of pregnancy, parenthood and loss are too often left unshared. To fill this void, March of Dimes launched a supportive community of parents, medical professionals, grandparents, would-be parents and friends who want to connect and share with each other one story at a time. From family planning, pregnancy and parenting to the joys, the laughter, the challenges and the heartbreaks—all of these stories help build a community and provide support for so many who have had similar journeys.
Celebrities including Rachel Platten, Stephanie Ruhle, Mayim Bialik, Jazmyn Simon, Elisabeth Rohm, Laura Benanti, Nikki DeLoach and many others have also joined the initiative to stand with women, men and families by highlighting their own experiences in an effort to normalize pregnancy and parenting experiences as well as raise awareness around the urgent health crises moms and babies face in America.
"Sharing #unspokenstories of motherhood is so important... especially when Instagram only shows a sliver of real life. We are led to believe that the moment we have our children is going to be the best of our lives. In reality it is the most overwhelming. There is a no man's land between ecstatic and clinically depressed... when most of us are living right smack in the middle. It doesn't have to be this way, and if we talk about it more, we can fill the space with support and camaraderie … crowding that 'no man's land' with some likeminded mamas."
Stephanie Ruhle, anchor of MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle and Velshi & Ruhle
To join the #UnspokenStories movement, individuals and families can:
Share stories at UnspokenStories.org to join hundreds who have shared their #UnspokenStories via social media.
Host an Unspoken Conversation—where friends, families and neighbors can gather to share in person—in their community just in time for Mother's Day. March of Dimes has created a conversation guide at www.UnspokenStories.org/Conversations, making it easy and meaningful to gather in person and online.
Join our upcoming Facebook Live event with PopSugar, March of Dimes health experts and cast members from "Nine Months with Courteney Cox." Join this special interactive event on May 7 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. We'll be sharing honest #UnspokenStories and advice and taking questions from viewers LIVE. RSVP now
Check out March of Dimes #UnspokenStories storytelling booths in select cities near you, including Washington D.C. (5/4) and Atlanta (5/4)—at annual March for Babies events—where families can share their stories without shame or judgement.
This Mother's Day (5/12) #UnspokenStories will also help celebrate every mother's journey by amplifying all voices. Every mom, mom-to-be, those who have lost a child and those hoping to become moms should feel heard, valued and supported on Mother's Day and every day.
"If you've lost a child, if you're miscarried, if you're wishing to become a parent, but are struggling, Mother's Day can be an emotional holiday," Stewart continues. "It's a day to be celebrated, to be sure, but we want moms to know that we see each of their #UnspokenStories and we're here for them."
#UnspokenStories shows the urgent need to destigmatize this maternal and child health crisis and show families across the country that they are not alone in their experiences.
For more information about UnspokenStories.org and to share your story, please visit UnspokenStories.org, upload your story and engage with others in our community. You can share on social media on your channels or March of Dimes' Facebook and Instagram pages using #UnspokenStories.


GHS Class of 1969 | The 40th Reunion was a huge success!
It's that time again and your committee is busy planning a wonderful event for all of us. Interested in learning more or participating, send me an e-mail (jleagardner@gmail.com), look for us on FaceBook (Garfield High School, Class of 1969, or comment below.
Those of you that special order hats or T-shirts, they are now in. Please contact Paul Bascomb at 206-328-1527 to arrange a pick up for your prepaid order.
Kathie Lambinicio and Charlotte Wingo. Thank you so much for keeping an eye on the bottom line. We are looking forward to seeing how much money we generated for the scholarship fund. Everyone stay tune for a shout out to serve on the scholarship board (501C3 charity).
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Caged like animals
THE ROHINGYA refugee crisis is the main focus of a new documentary by former journalist, author and filmmaker Zan Azlee, who feels as a journalist, he should be telling stories that affect his region, Southeast Asia.
The hour-long documentary, We are Animals, will give audiences a glimpse into life in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, inhabited mostly by Rohingya Muslims who fled from persecution in Myanmar.
"Kutupalong is said to be one of the biggest refugee camp in the world, and the camp has one million refugees," says Zan, 40, on his latest work.
Last October, Zan followed non-profit organisation Mercy Malaysia to the camp as part of a mission to provide humanitarian aid. "I spent two weeks in the camp," he adds.
The result is his documentary, which focuses on two residents of the camp – 22-year-old Hafes Ullah who was born and raised in refugee camps in Bangladesh, and Muhammad Ishak in his 50s who had witnessed the murder of his parents in Myanmar.
Zan says the idea for the title of documentary was, in fact, inspired by something Hafes said in his interview. "He said: 'We live worse than animals. Even dogs have more rights than us'."
Zan adds: "Hafes has never seen the world [outside the camps]. Despite his circumstance, he is not bitter. He has a positive outlook in life.
"If I had grown up in his shoes, I would probably have joined some rebel army.
"But Hafes is convinced that he will see the outside world. In fact, he is trying to get an international passport."
Zan is also impressed by this young man's fluency in English, which is good enough for him to act as an interpreter for foreign journalists who came to the camp to interview the refugees.
"Hafes learned English just from reading magazines," Zan says in admiration.
The filmmaker is also impressed by his other key character, Muhammad, who sells vegetables in the camp to earn some money.
"Ishak never harps on his difficulties, and he always make the best of his situation," he adds.
While the majority of the foreign journalists were looking into rumours of refugees being involved in prostitution, Zan says he was more keen on showing the daily lives of these refugees.
"I was not looking for a sensational story about the camp," he explains. "I wanted to do a normal everyday story. I want my audience to see how the two men go about their daily lives while caught in an extraordinary circumstance.
"I want to show that even though they live in a camp, they are no different from us. They have dreams and want a better life, just like us. Unfortunately, their circumstances do not allow them to fulfil their dreams."
Indeed, both men featured in the documentary present an interesting paradox.
One was born in a refugee camp, while the other was brought to a camp, and their different background offers audiences different insights into the lives of these refugees.
As to the many negative assumptions that refugees can ruin a country as they will "steal jobs from locals" and create more crimes and social issues, Zan does not share these sentiments.
"[In our country] refugees and immigrants are taking up jobs that we Malaysians do not want to do," he says. "They are not recognised as refugees. They are seen as pendatang haram (illegals).
"When you are a pendatang haram, it is difficult to earn a living. When these illegals cannot earn a living, they might resort to crimes such as stealing."
Zan advocates that Malaysia recognises these people as refugees, and use them for as a positive work force.
We are Animals will première this Thursday at 4.30pm at The Refugee Fest at Black Box Publika.
For more, visit The Refugee Fest website.
Bursa Malaysia ends in the red


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The First Baptist Church in Lebanon lost its organ in fire last month. This is a similar organ from 1900 being restored by A. David Pipe Organs in Pomfret.
People from all over came and asked, "Can I play your organ?" said Rev. Dale Edwards.
The 1892 Hook & Hastings organ at the First Baptist Church in Lebanon was listed in the Organ Historical Society's database. It had 14 stops and eight ranks. The pipes were painted gold and stenciled with designs unique to the organ.
It was a tourist attraction for members of the American Guild of Organists, who traveled to historic churches just to play a few notes.
"My entire 25 years there, people were coming by, wanting to play that organ," said Edwards.
The organ, built into the wall of the church, was worth around $80,000. It was destroyed by fire Dec. 29. The wall with the organ collapsed along with the church roof. The remains are unsalvageable.
The pipes on Hook & Hastings organs were typically painted gold and they were stenciled. Each stencil was done individually and each was scaled to fit the different sizes of the pipes. A. David Moore Pipe Organs in Pomfret is restoring this 1900 organ. It's almost identical to the one that burned in Lebanon.
Hook & Hastings was a popular New England organ company that produced about 3,000 organs, beginning in the early 1800s.
"(Hook & Hastings) was like a precursor to Henry Ford (Motor Company)," said organ restoration specialist Tom Bowen of Sharon.
Hook & Hastings made sizes and types of organs like Ford made types of cars.
The organ that burned was a size five, which sold for around $1,200 in the late 1800s.
Tom Bowen toots an organ pipe in Pomfret. Bowen works for A. David Moore Organs as a restoration specialist.
The old organ keys were made of elephant bone. The bone is so thin the wood can be seen through the white. When A. David Moore Pipe Organs restores organs now, they cow bone.
The organ that burned was almost as old as the historic gothic-style church.
"It was quite a workout (to play)," said Edwards.
Organs that old were pumped from the right side to produce air before electricity. That task was usually given to a child who would draw graffiti on the organ at the same time.
"Just a few years ago we had that pipe organ all refinished,"said Dennis Merrihew, a sound engineer for the church who was there the night of the fire.
In the video above, John Atwood plays an organ the company is currently restoring.
A. David Moore Pipe Organs, a company in Pomfret, tonally altered the organ around 2004.
Moore is currently restoring a similar organ from a church in Littleton, N.H. Like many organs, the Lebanon organ was used less and less in Sunday services, but it remained a fixture in the church.
Merrihew remembers a Dartmouth College student playing the organ 35 years ago.
"He played that so beautiful," he said.


The pactbound thaumatheurge has forged a pact with a primal entity from the elemental planes, such as an elder or greater elemental. In so doing, the pactbound thaumatheurge gains primal powers which allow him to harrow his foes with elemental energies, resist certain energy attacks, move freely through one of the four primal elements, or transform into a being of the elemental planes himself. The elemental pact consists of the Elemental bloodline and either the Air, Earth, Fire, or Water domain.
Code of Conduct: An Elemental pactbound thaumatheurge must be of neutral alignment (either along the chaos/law or evil/good axis) and loses all class features except proficiencies if he fails to remain so. Additionally, his code requires that he use destroy any elemental that is opposed to his own (air and earth, fire and water).
Class Skill: You add the Elemental bloodline's class skill to your list of skills.
Channeling: Your pact grants you the ability to channel elemental energy according to your chosen elemental subtype–acid (Earth), cold (Water), electricity (Air), or fire (Fire). You can use your channeled energy to harm others (including elementals of your chosen subtype, if you so choose), or to heal elementals of your chosen subtype. The amount of damage dealt or healed is 1d6 points of damage plus 1d6 points of damage every two pactbound thaumatheurge levels beyond 1st (2d6 at 3rd, 3d6 at 5th, and so on). This otherwise functions like the cleric's channel energy ability.
Pact Spells: You gain two pact spells of each level from 1st-9th, and add both your Elemental bloodline spells and those from either the Air, Earth, Fire, or Water domain spells to your spell list.
Pact Powers: Your pact grants you a great many powers of an elemental origin. The entities of the elemental planes desire you to serve as a conduit for their primal elemental energies. At each level that you receive a pact power, you can choose between one of the presented powers, or you gain the indicated individual power.
At 1st level, you may select either the Elemental Ray bloodline power or the associated Acid Dart (Earth), Fire Bolt (Fire), Icicle (Water), or Lightning Arc (Air) domain power as your pact power.
At 3rd level, you gain the Elemental Resistance bloodline power as your pact power.
At 9th level, you gain the Elemental Blast bloodline power as your pact power.
At 15th level, you gain the Elemental Movement bloodline power as your pact power.
At 20th level, you gain the Elemental Body bloodline power as your pact power.


Take the leap and go after your dream career with one of these exciting roles currently up for grabs in Yorkshire.
Who knows, it could be just what you've been searching for.
Are you an ice cream aficionado?
This exciting role will allow you to share your passion with customers, preparing and serving an array of delicious frosty treats, within a fast paced environment at Amarino in Victoria Gate.
Excellent customer service skills are required, along with the ability to work well as part of a team.
Want to work in environment where creativity and imagination are at the heart of your job?
LEGO are on the hunt for a retail store manager to help driving sales, lead a team and deliver an exceptional guest experience, creating a successful, positive and team-orientated environment.
This small independent bakery in Harrogate produces an array of breads, cakes, sweet pastries and savoury items, and is in need of an experience baker to assist with production.
You'll have the chance to come up with new product ideas, so a passion for food is essential.
Responsible for taking care of a charming holiday cottage in Robin Hood's Bay village, this role involves being on hand to provide a warm welcome to guests and prepare the property to a high standard ahead of their stay.
Good attention to detail is required, along with the ability to communicate well and be enthusiastic in your work.
Ideal if you have a passion for fashion and design, this creative role requires a minimum of five year's experience working in menswear design, and an enthusiasm for fashion, music, art and culture is a must.
Are you Yorkshire and proud?
This videographer role will allow you to create engaging film content to show off the best of the beautiful county, promoting Yorkshire at its very best.
Technical skills of filming, editing and distributing video content is essential, along with a creative, 'can do' attitude and an eye for detail.


The world as we know it changed today with the announcement of Tyra Banks' new project, appropriately titled Bankable Books. Professional smizer TyTy, who claims to be an avid fan of fantasy novels and says she shakes when she enters bookstores, has written (read: paid someone to ghost write) a new series of books that will whisk us away in to a magical land. I cannot even begin to explain… it's better to post what she wrote.
Modelland has always been a part of my mind and my heart. As you might know, I step into a bookstore and I shake (really!) because I love books so much. Ever since I was a kid, I couldn't wait to pick up a new book and see what worlds the writers had created for me. I especially loved books with strong girls and women – you know, girls with guts, smarts and attitude – and then one day it came to me… MODELLAND! I'm getting it ready for you through my new division called Bankable Books and now I'm shaking for a different reason… I'm excited that you'll be able to read about this magical world that's been living in my dreams for so many years.
Ahem. That explains so much. Clever points for the name… Modelland (in case you were wondering, it's pronounced like Model Land) must have been a real stretch! Secondly, "intoxibellas" sounds like it could be Italian for "drunk girls". Perhaps it is. Is it, Mal? Gah, I don't have all day so I'm going to stop before I really get going. Please share your thoughts on this in the comments section. You owe it to the world.
I just hope the folks on the Nobel panel are taking notice of this literary contribution.
don't cry, you're making it worse.
This is the only video I could find of this song, which struck me as odd. But then I got over it because, you know, Snoopy!
youtube clip of today: youtube's first.
Hey folks, ever lie in bed at night wondering what the first video EVER to be put on the YouTubes was? No, really, have you? Well, here is your answer. Five years ago today, Jawed Karim, one of YouTube's founders, posted this video of himself at the San Diego Zoo. Thanks, Jawed, for starting one of the most entertaining outlets for people to publicly embarrass themselves… or, even more likely, embarrass their friends. A tip of the hat to you, sir! PS- Your video? BOOOOOOOOOOOORING.
It's not a trick, it's an ILLUSION! Two points if you get the reference.
And on that note, I hope the next 2.5 hours fly by for you all!
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College football players Ani Okeke Ewo and Nicholas Kollias were kidnapped and tortured for 40 hours
Tue Mar 20, 2018 at 12:47am ET
By James Wray
Ani Okeke Ewo and Nicholas Kollias
This week Evil Talks: Chilling Confessions spotlights the disturbing case of Ani Okeke Ewo and Nicholas Kollias, who were kidnapped and tortured in a drug related revenge attack.
December 4, 2015, and Kollias was hanging out with his friend from the football team, who said he knew a couple of women who wanted to meet up. One of the women was 19-year-old Samantha Hughes, who tried to friend the two player on Facebook earlier in the week and she arrived with her friend 20-year-old Leah Gigliotti to pick up Kollias and his other friend Ani Okeke Ewo.
The pair were high and drunk, with Hughes having taken weed and Gigliotti snorting cocaine, they passed some booze back to Kollias and Ewo before setting off. They drove into a rougher area of town and Kollias says he got a little worried, but they still followed the two women into a house.
Inside the house was a mess and stank of urine, the two men sat down on the couch and then were shocked to have a group of ten men in masks burst into the room wielding bats, knives and guns! The lights went off and Kollias decided to make a run for the door, but he was shot in the leg and his femur shattered.
The two men were then taken into the bathroom and had their hands and feet taped together. Over the next 40 hours Kollias and Ewo were tortured with hedge clippers and other improvised weapons before being sexually assaulted.
The next morning the two football students were reported missing and campus officials started an investigation. In a bit of luck, one of Kollias's teammates remembered the girl who'd tried to friend him on Facebook and let the investigators know. They reached out to Hughes and she eventually arranged to meet them, admitted that she'd partied with Kollias but saying that she had no idea where he was. She even led them down a false trail by saying she could not remember the exact address and driving them to the opposite end of town.
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Meantime, Kollias was being forced to try and transfer money from his account but was unable to get the bank to do it until the Monday, them being unaware he literally had a gun to his head.
By the Saturday night the local police had taken over the investigation and the teammate who'd reported the Facebook request now reached out to another player, Isaiah Smith. He was a real talent but was also involved in drug dealing and it was this that proved to be the link to the kidnapping.
Clockwise from top left: Lydell Strickland, Samantha Hughes, Leah Gigliotti and Elliot Rivera
Police pulled in Smith and the two women for questioning and eventually the women cracked and gave up the real address where the two players were being held.
By this time Kollias and his teammate were both in very bad shape, having lost a huge amount of blood. Kollias later said that he thought they might die, especially when the men holding them started firing off dozens of rounds near their heads and bodies.
However, on Sunday evening there was a huge explosion and flash as the SWAT team burst into the house and rescued the two men.
It turned out that the kidnapping was the result of a complex deceit where drug dealer Smith had arranged an earlier fake robbery earlier. This drug heist made it look like Smith and some associates were robbed of a large quantity of weed and he'd staged it at Ewo's apartment whilst he was away. It turned out that Smith was in on it and the blame then shifted onto Ewo, who the other dealers just assumed was involved. This then led to gang members Lydel Strickland and Elliot Rivera plotting revenge and organising the kidnapping.
At the trial Strickland was said to be the mastermind and was given a 155 year sentence, with Rivera being given 35 years. Smith was also charged and was given a 13 year sentence for the robbery that triggered the later events.
The two women who were used as bait were given over 12 years each for their part in luring the men to the house.
Kollias later told the press that if the campus authorities had not ignored Smith's drug dealing due to his talent on the football field, then none of the events might have happened.
Evil Talks: Chilling Confessions, The Torture Trap airs at 9/8c on Investigation Discovery.
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As the gadget nerd I am, when running Windows 10 Insider in the fast ring can give some challenges.
The build 17084 that come out yesterday gave me lots of trouble.
So today I had to rollback to get my Senneheiser MB 660 UC to work again.
I have if you read my blogpost seen that I have got the Huddly camera. I have been testing it on my Surface PRO 4. I use Skype for Business on regular basis.
Today I testet the camera in a Skype4B call with a customer to try it out.
First we connected using the Sureface build in camera, and it was OK. Then I switched to the new Huddly Camera and WOW.
The wide 150 degrees, the zoom and the customer of mine said. WOW what a difference. The way to handle the camera during meeting or call is real nice and smooth.
The size is perfect to bring with your personal computer or if you want to use it in a conference room. I think this will get a lot's of places where you can use this.
If you want to know more or try it out. Please contact me or blinQ AS in Norway and we can help you with this.
Welcome back to new year and new fun. When I got back from x-mas holiday and returned to my job, I had a new camera on my desk. I got my Huddly Camera.
I have just start to use it and it looks out real good so far. It's small and real compact and the specs is just brilliant. Works well on my Surface PRO 4 on Windows 10. More about testing it will come as soon I got some more to report, but it's nice.
Just download the latest software from Huddly and then you are good to go.