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Epilepsy Society supports the Government in reviewing the regulatory framework for new drugs so that children with epilepsy have access to the excellent medical research and innovative treatments in this country, in the same way as disabled children in other leading North American and European countries. This could lead to clinicians being able to request a licence for a THC product where there is evidence that it would benefit the patient.
That being said, it was unlikely that the federal government was interested in pursuing individuals complying with state-mandated regulations surrounding legalized cannabis for recreational use, although the CSA law still gives them authority to do so. However, the new Trump administration may change this thinking and users of legal marijuana and legal dispensaries await further action and clarifying rules.
The cost of treatment varies: Depending on the dispensary and the dosage, it can range from around $100 a month to more than $1,000. Despite the cost, which is not covered by insurance, CBD medicines are drawing great interest for children with severe, intractable epilepsy. California and Colorado, which were among the first states to legalize medical marijuana, have become hot spots for such patients. Before other states legalized medicinal CBD use, some families moved to these states so they could have access to the compound.
Still, as the saying goes, absence of evidence isn’t necessarily evidence of absence, and there’s a reason we don’t have a ton of solid research on CBDs yet — “to study it, we need a good source, ” said Ziva Cooper, who is an associate professor at Columbia University and was on the National Academies committee. CBD is hard to get because it’s still technically a Schedule I drug, which limits its availability, Cooper said.
Hempseed is considered by leading researchers and medical doctors to be one of the most nutritious food sources on the planet. Shelled hempseed is packed with 33% pure digestible protein and is rich in iron and vitamin E as well as omega-3 and GLA. A recent report funded by the Canadian government states that hemp protein comprises 66% high-quality edistin protein, and that hempseed contains the highest percentage of this of any plant source. Unlike soy, hemp is not genetically modified, and it doesn't contain the anti-nutritional qualities commonly found in soy.
Just like your method of ingestion, your optimal dose of hemp oil, hemp tincture, or hemp capsules is highly personal. We are not able to make exact dosing recommendations as per FDA regulations, but we generally suggest that you start small, and work your way up to the dose that feels right, especially if you have little experience with full-spectrum hemp oil.
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When I came across the Nutiva Organic Hemp Oil it was so much less I started checking to find out what the difference was. I read the reviews and everyone was saying how much it helped. I decided to try it, not believing it was possible I might get some relief, but for the price what was there to lose, except pain. Well it's been six days since it arrived. I took one tablespoon that evening. Man, like drinking nutty oil, so I grabbed a piece of bread to get the taste out of my mouth. By morning I was feeling so much better. By that evening I noticed I didn't need a pain pill to help. By the third day I was able to sit up in bed without holding on to something. Today, the sixth day the pain in my legs, knees and hip joints is gone, but the clincher was the horrible pain in my lower back is almost gone. Swelling in my right hip is gone unless I get to active, then it becomes a dull ache. Best of all, I can sleep. I've been immobilized for several years, unable to do much for very long because I always had to sit back down. I was walking pitched forward to get around. Now I have to remember to straighten up. I not only look but I feel younger than my 72 years. No more pain pills for me. I'm so gitty over this I can't stop talking about it to my family and friends.
Whether any of these CBD products will do anyone any good (or bad) is moot. “Cannabidiol is the hottest new medicine in mental health because the proper clinical trials do suggest it has clinical effects,” says Philip McGuire, professor of psychiatry and cognitive neuroscience at King’s College London. “It is the No 1 new treatment we’re interested in. But although there’s tons of stuff in the news about it, there’s still not that much evidence.” Large, long-term studies are needed; a 2017 review paper into the safety profile of CBD concluded that “important toxicological parameters are yet to be studied; for example, if CBD has an effect on hormones”.
No restrictions and our always-free shipping mean for unparalleled access to some of the world’s best in organic CBD’s. In addition, we are proud to say that we are quite knowledgeable in the CBD field and CBD applications as opposed to many out there, just trying to sell a product. If you need help deciding which CBD line is best for your intended application, we are always happy to explain the options to your fullest understanding.
CBD vaporizer oils can be used in a vaporizer of your choice. They offer a healthy way of inhaling your daily dose of the CBD supplement. Vaping is a very direct way of ingesting CBD oil. When you vape, the CBD enters the lungs and goes directly into the bloodstream, completely bypassing the digestive system. This method allows for greater bioavailability.
"CBD increases the circulating levels of your natural endocannabinoids, which, in turn, interact with your cannabinoid receptors," Bonn-Miller says. "CBD has also been shown to interact with serotonin receptors, and that may be part of why it has some beneficial effects on anxiety. It also interacts with some pain receptors, which may be why we're starting to see effects on pain and inflammation."
We use a combination of both Subcritical and Supercritical extractions. This allows us to perform a “fractional extraction” by first extracting at lower temperatures and pressures to remove the lighter, temperature-sensitive volatile oils, and then subsequently extracting the same material at a higher pressure and temperature to remove the remaining oils. This approach is the best because it allows us to extract a complete range of cannabinoids, terpenes, essential oils, and other beneficial phytochemicals that yield a more potent blend.
Vandermate said he then proceeded on Tuesday to pull the various products comprised of an extract of the cannabis plant called cannabidiol, or CBD, from both his Rapid City and Spearfish stores. CBD oils are hemp extracts used as chronic pain relievers, for people and pets but are not psychoactive. Hemporium Boutique, until Tuesday morning, sold products from Green Roads, a leading manufacturer of CBD oils, edibles and topical creams.
CBD products that don't contain THC fall outside the scope of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) Controlled Substances Act, which means CBD products are legal to sell and consume as long as they don't have THC. That's likely one of the reasons why CBD products, including CBD oil, are becoming more socially acceptable and increasingly popular. In 2016, Forbes reported that CBD products are expected to be a $2.2 billion industry by 2020.
No, hemp oil is not the same as cannabis oil. All-natural hemp oil is obtained by cold pressing of hemp seeds whereas cannabis oil is obtained by separating the resins from cannabis flowers. Their uses and chemical composition are quite different. Cannabis oil is much higher in THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) content, which has certain effects, whereas hemp oil tends to be higher in CBD (cannabidiol) levels.
Although hemp and marijuana are essentially different cultivars of the same plant – Cannabis sativa L – marijuana has been cultivated to concentrate high levels of THC (frequently as much as 18%), in the plant’s flowering tops, whereas hemp, which is primarily grown in Europe to make clothing, paper, biofuels, bioplastics, nutritional supplements, cosmetics, and foods, contains less than 0.3% THC.
You can use Nutiva Organic Hemp Oil in smoothies, salads, vegetables and pasta dishes. To conserve the essential fatty acids, we suggest you use it raw or gently heated. It's not suitable for frying. Hemp is loaded with all 20 amino acids, including the nine essential amino acids that are not manufactured in the body, and must come from food. Amino acids are essential for many metabolic processes, including building muscle tissue.
People claim that cannabis oil can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, though evidence to back up these claims is often lacking. For example, according to Medical News Today, people use cannabis oil for conditions ranging from pain to acne; some even claim the oil can cure diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer. (But again, there is no clinical evidence to support these claims.)
In order to create a system where oils can be provided to patients when the original prescription is expressed in grams of dried product, each Licensed Producer must provide an ‘Equivalency Factor’. This allows you to see how much oil you can purchase to be in line with your prescription and ensures that you do not go over your prescribed allowance. For example, a 60ml bottle of Blueberry Lamsbread Cannabis Oil, which has an equivalency factor of 12 ml of oil to 1 gram of dried cannabis, will use 5 grams of your possession limit.
Typically, pharmaceutical companies making cannabis-based medicines have sought to isolate individual compounds from the plant. But Mechoulam strongly suspects that in some cases those chemicals would work much better in concert with other compounds found in marijuana. He calls this the entourage effect, and it’s just one of the many cannabis mysteries that he says require further study.
Since then several other so-called endocannabinoids and their receptors have been discovered. Scientists have come to recognize that endocannabinoids interact with a specific neurological network—much the way that endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine do. Exercise, Mechoulam notes, has been shown to elevate endocannabinoid levels in the brain, and “this probably accounts for what jogging enthusiasts call runner’s high.” These compounds, he explains, apparently play an important role in such basic functions as memory, balance, movement, immune health, and neuroprotection.
By popular demand, we have also begun to carry several, high quality CBD pet products as well. For general purpose applications, we carry several, tasty tincture and oral spray options that are highly effective. Likewise, Pharma CBD capsules provide CBD purity via capsular ingestion. In addition, we have partnered with Therabis, the quality CBD maker of “Stop the Itch” and “Calm and Quiet”, the pet lovers’ ultimate go-to’s. Find these products by browsing our exclusive online inventory.
Hemp oil contains some of the same terpenes as dried cannabis bud. Terpenes are the aroma molecules found in plants. Beta-caryophyllene (pepper) and myrcene (musk) are both been found in hemp oil. According to recent research, beta-caryophyllene acts as a cannabinoid in the body. It engages some of the same cell sites as smoked cannabis. In particular, the terpene interacts with cell receptors that regulate the immune system. Myrcene has been found to have antidepressant and anti-inflammatory effects. It also acts as an antioxidant and helps molecules move across cell membranes. The combination of essential fatty acids, vitamins, antioxidants and healing terpenes make hemp oil one powerful superfood.
Most acutely, the discomfort and stiffness I’d felt for months from a meniscus tear (confirmed by MRI) went away. The occasional twinges I had been getting on runs stopped. More significantly, what had been the tear’s near-constant presence in daily life, such as when getting up from sitting, has disappeared. For now I’ve postponed surgery on the tear. It’s impossible to know if CBD was the key factor in any of these changes. Still, at the end of the month I decided to keep taking CBD daily.
I suffer fr migraines. Currently having Botox injections every three months for the last three years. This has helped went fr 24 to 30 migraines a month to 6 to 8 , now I'm back up to 14 to 20 a month. My doctor thought CBD oil might help. I have also started having anxiety attacks for a year now. I'm really confused with the dosages. Any thoughts would b helpful
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At times of stress and uncertainty, we might strive to ‘live in hope’. But hope is not a gift that comes to us from outside of ourselves, it is something we can build through our actions. Retired Bishop Steven Oliver shares how being active, and achieving small things can strengthen hope, and improve our wellbeing.
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Our Swim Club is spoiled with beachside training at the outdoor Kits Pool during summer months and shoulder season steps from the Club at the YWCA.
Curated weekly by Executive Chef Matthew Taylor, feasts on the Rooftop are back for the 2022 summer season! Beginning on Thursday, June 28, enjoy an al fresco, family-style dining experience inspired by a flavourful new theme each week. Reserve your table to attend Dinners on the Deck on select Tuesdays this summer through August 30. […]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Barbecue lovers will have a delicious new spot to visit during next month’s World Golf Championship Fed Ex St. Jude Invitational.
The event is set to bring the world's best golfers to Memphis at TPC Southwind from July 24-28.
In between holes 8 and 9 will be a plethora of delicious treats: they're calling it The Pit.
The Pit, located between the iconic grain silos, will host BBQ vendors from Central BBQ, Germantown Commissary, Hog Wild and The Rendezvous.
The classic BBQ spots will be serving up their food all weekend for hungry golf fans.
“Every Memphian knows great BBQ and these four are some of the best Memphis has to offer, and we’re delighted to bring this new fan venue to the front nine, which will quickly become a fan favorite among places to eat and hang out on the golf course," Executive Director of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Darrell Smith said.
Tickets for the event are available now. Click here to read more.

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Latest Movies and TV Shows With Tonino Valerii
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1. Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014)
58 min | Biography, History
After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone starts to produce documentary films and moves from Palermo to Rome, the city of film.
4. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Votes: 1,263,725 | Gross: $162.81M
5. Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 225 min | Documentary
The life & times of the "Godfather of Gore" as seen through the eyes of his colleagues & peers.
6. Il falso bugiardo (2008)
78 min | Biography, History
Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world.
7. Andres and me (2007)
97 min | Drama
A detective is investigating on Andres Carrera, speech-writer of a politician man. Andres disappeared during the electoral campaign. The detective slowly 'penetrates' in Andres' life: he ... See full summary »
9. Once Upon a Time in Europe (2001– )
The end of the fifties through to the mid-seventies witnessed an explosion in genre cinema throughout Europe. This coincided with the appearance of several new trends in European ... See full summary »
10. Una vacanza all'inferno (1997)
104 min | Drama
Italian man unknowingly becomes a drug mule and gets arrested in Thailand. He is sent to tough prison where he plans escape with the help of another prisoner who also has a score to settle with the drug dealer who set the Italian up.
18. Brothers in Blood (1987)
R | 76 min | Adventure, War
War is Hell... especially NAM. A group of battle weary soldiers in Vietnam are trapped behind enemy lines. There is no way back. No help on the way. It's only a matter of time and these ... See full summary »
19. Sicilian Connection (1987)
110 min | Drama, Action, Crime
Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped by Sicilian mobsters. In hopes of avoiding paying either ransom or life insurance, the head ... See full summary »
21. Senza scrupoli (1986)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Silvia Combi (Sandra Wey) belongs to an upper middle-class family and young wife of wealthy jeweler Massimo Combi Turin (Antonio Marsina), She is a very beautiful woman but has a bored ... See full summary »
28. Sahara Cross (1977)
97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Jean Bellard and Carl Mank, two Western engineers supported by Hamid are in search of a terrorist group that murdered their colleague in the Tunisian desert.
31. A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
PG | 92 min | Western
Branded a coward for surrendering his New Mexico fort to the Confederates without firing a shot, a Union colonel attempts to redeem himself by leading a band of condemned prisoners on a suicide mission to recapture it.
34. The Price of Power (1969)
90 min | Western
The Pinkerton detective agency uncovers a plot to assassinate President James Garfield in 1881 Texas. The film, a "political" Spaghetti, is a very overt mirroring of the JFK Assassination in 1963.
35. Day of Anger (1967)
M/PG | 111 min | Action, Western
A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighter, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman becomes unhinged and overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
36. Taste of Killing (1966)
86 min | Western
Dubious Bounty Killer Hank Fellows tracks bank stage coaches to observe them being robbed. Only afterwards does he move in on the bandits to collect his reward. The manager of the Omaha ... See full summary »
38. The Long Hair of Death (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
In a 15th-century feudal village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire ... See full summary »
39. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Votes: 184,499 | Gross: $14.50M
40. Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the ... See full summary »
43. I motorizzati (1962)
98 min | Comedy
A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists.

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THIS is the £6 million 280ft design which has been dubbed the Midlands’ answer to the Angel of the North.
The giant structure, a huge advertising hoarding surrounded by massive steel tubes, is due to go up alongside the M6 at Wednesbury as part of a regeneration scheme called Opus 9.
Geoffrey Barrett, a director of architects Crouch Butler Savage, said; “We see this proposal in the context of other major public art structures commissioned in recent years, such as Gateshead’s The Angel of the North.
“Our structure is intended to create a very strong presence alongside the M6 motorway.
“It will be unique and remarkable, not just because of its appearance but also because it will be funded privately through its advertising income.”
The structure will be called the Sandwell Gateway.
It will consist of an elongated “box” surmounted by a 131ft-high sculpture of steel tubes.
It will be visible up to two miles away from its proposed location at junction nine of the motorway.
Opus 9 developer Opus Land said the design would help create a new confidence in the Black Country’s economic future.
“The purpose of the structure is to raise the profile of the area,” a spokesman said.
“It will create a new level of identity for Sandwell in the national mindset and helping to promote the continued economic regeneration of Sandwell.”
It is expected a planning application for the structure will be submitted within weeks.
If successful, work could start by next spring and the completed structure could be opened in the autumn of next year.
A public exhibition into the proposals was being held today from noon until 7 pm at the Point One building, Opus 9, off Axletree Way, Wednesbury.
•Does the Sandwell Gateway bear comparison with The Angel of the North?
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A simply charming, must have additional to any garden. Bell like flowers in true blue. These are one of the biggest favorites of shade gardeners and add a touch of real charm to any garden.These beautiful bluebells bloom in April - May averaging about 2 feet in height.

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Before placing a bet with a sportsbook, customers should understand the rules of the site. Betting volume varies during different seasons, with certain sports experiencing higher volumes during their peak seasons. There are also certain events that generate peak volumes of activity, such as boxing, which can cause an unusually high volume of wagering for sportsbooks.
Online sportsbooks offer a variety of bets
There are a variety of betting options available online, so you can find the type of bet that suits your needs. Some websites are mobile-optimized, so you can access them from any place. If you prefer to bet by phone, you can download an app that offers a number of benefits. Some apps include betting insurance, free bets, and boosted odds. You can also earn bonuses for winning a bet with a mobile app.
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When you gamble on sports, you should only bet on sportsbooks that are licensed in your jurisdiction. These sites have strict privacy policies and won’t share your personal details with third parties. However, an illegal sportsbook may do just that. While all online gambling operators require your personal information during account registration, only licensed US bookmakers will protect your privacy.
Legitimate sportsbooks will use SSL protection to protect your financial data. This is an important feature for players because it ensures a secure connection between your browser and the web server. A sportsbook that doesn’t use SSL protection is either trying to steal your information or doesn’t understand basic Internet security. Generally, you’ll recognize an SSL protected site by the lock icon and https:// at the beginning of the website address.
While a sportsbook may use your personal information for marketing purposes, they should never sell it to anyone. Federal and state laws require them to keep your information confidential.

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More and more organisations are looking at way to leverage automation within their environments and as an Architect I am seeing a lot conversations about reporting.
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- Power BI is installed on your client machine
- Microsoft Teams is installed on your client machine
Configuring Power BI
First of all you need to download the Microsoft 365 reporting template from the Microsoft Download center and store in a easy location as we will need this template file during this post. Next we need launch your Power BI client and click Open other reports
Select the template file you have just downloaded and click open
You will now need to provide your tenant ID, this can be easily found by going to portal.azure.com, select Azure Active Directory and within the overview pane you will see your tenant ID.
Click Load and the template will now start gathering the required data, You may be prompted to provide Administrator credentials in order to gather the data from your Microsoft 365 Tenant. Once all data has been gathered you will be provided with a dashboard like below showing all the statatics that have been gathered.
We now need to publish this Power BI Report in order to leverage in Microsoft Teams.
Select the destination of where you would like the report stored and give it a name and phyiscal storage location on your device or network.
Once the report has been successful published to Power BI we are now ready to put this report into your Microsoft Teams Channel(s)
Publishing Report to Microsoft Teams
So within your Microsoft Teams client select the require and channel you would like to publish Power BI to, click the plus symbol as shown below.
Select Power BI
Select your report and save
And as if like magic you have published Microsoft 365 reporting into Microsoft Teams.
As I have only just run through the basics you can exactly modify the template look and feel to customize it to your needs or even your customers needs. So there you have it, Power BI, Microsoft Teams automation using Microsoft 365 reporting.
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It was a fine old tree. The oak was not very striking in its foliage it had been bare of any leaves for five years yet the appearance of the thick, dark wood twisting and gnarling like a claw cradling the sun always captured Millie, and she had gotten behind in her chores many times by stopping to gaze at it.
It was haunted. It had to be haunted, she reasoned. How else could such an old tree last so long without any greenery? But Millie had never found any actual proof for her conclusion. Each week, during her one hour of leisure time, she would walk directly out to the tree and spend hours sitting beneath it, hoping to get a hint of the ghost that possessed it.
Lady Allenforth obviously did not believe in the ghost. She ordered the hall boy to chop it down, and the remains were split into logs for the hearths all over the house. No matter how the higher ranking servants would command her, Millie could not be forced to take the logs up to the master’s room, as was her duty. A fellow housemaid offered to do so in her stead, leaving Millie to do any extra chores missed during the endeavor. But she did not mind, so long as she was not the one brining the logs to the fire.
But she could no avoid it forever, she soon learned. As she scaled the stairs in the night, she did not even think what she was walking into. It was routine: after the master fell asleep, she would stoke the fire in his chambers to keep it burning through the cold winter night. Creeping into his dark, silent room, she was soon facing the one flickering light, the flame dying atop logs from the haunted tree. Kneeling down with bated breath, she took hold of the fire poker, but could not convince herself to use it. Wincing, she crept the poker closer and closer to the ashen wood, but flinched, knocking the metal frame of the fireplace and dropping the poker.
She ducked and covered in fear. The master stirred, but did not wake. And now the floor was covered in ash. Taking her dustpan and brush, she collected the ash as silently as she could, then left the master’s chambers for the long stairway down.
I hate this… she moaned to herself. Now the room will go cold, and I’ll be in trouble.
She wiped the fire-sweat from her forehead, leaving a trail of ash from her dirtied hands.
I wish I could just fly out of here somehow, so I couldn’t get in trouble.
Her steps froze as she crossed a beam of moonlight coasting through the hallway window. The ash on her hand was gliding into the air, swirling like smoke, then congregated near her back, where it collected and solidified in the shape of a black wing on her right shoulder. She bit her lip to keep silent as she tried to see her reflection in the window pane. Then, her hand shaking, curiosity drove her to scoop more ash from the dustpan, then cast it into the air. It swirled and soared through the air until it formed another wing on her left shoulder.
I knew it…the tree was haunted. And now… She smiled with an awkward glee. The ashes are magic.
Chimney. Also inspired by the reality/documentary Manor House previously mentioned in this blog.
Work in Progress:
I’ve been working on my Shinto-inspired story lately:
The morning sunlight entered the shrine, just as any patron would, since the whole establishment was facing the east. The first thing to catch the light was the front gate, made of two tall wooden posts arched with a thick rope, large tassels subtly catching the first breath of the day. Gliding to the top of the stone steps and to the cracked stone path, the golden gleam coated the gabled wood canopy of the purification font. The stone trough was filled nearly to the rim with clear, cool water sparkling in the morning light, the bamboo shoot trickling a stream into the basin. The cups of the long-handled bamboo ladles resting on the basin edge bobbed gently with the soft ripples of water—the most action to be seen on a typical still morning in the forest grove.
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– Hydrogen-powered London taxis, developed by Lotus using fuel cells from Intelligent Energy, will hit the road in time for the 2012 Olympics. A top speed of 81mph, 0-60mph in a respectable 12 seconds, and a range of over 250 miles on a full tank of hydrogen, is promised; the powertrain can be retro-fitted into conventional vehicles already on the road. London deputy mayor Kit Malthouse has promised six hydrogen refuelling points in the capital by 2012, and wants 20-50 fuel cell taxis in operation plus 150 hydrogen-powered buses (The Guardian).
– Honda is developing a hybrid system suitable for large MPVs and SUVs. This is at an ‘advanced’ stage, reports Reuters, and could be launched next year.
– Biofuel of the day: fruit peel. Prof Henry Daniell of the University of Florida, Gainesville, has developed a technique to turn fruit peel – as well as sugar cane and straw – into sugar, and then to ferment it into ethanol, using enzymes. This project is funded by the US Department of Agriculture (Engineeringuk.com).
– Fiat is launching a fleet-issue version of its eco:Drive software, which enables analysis of vehicle mileage, fuel consumption and driving style to give claimed fuel savings of up to 15%, if the advice is followed by drivers. It can be downloaded for all Fiat cars and vans equipped with the Blue&Me communications platform. Full low-down at Italiaspeed.com .

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Born from a desire to find clothing to fit over their son’s enormous cloth nappy laden bum, Kurt and Lucy Jewson’s dream was to create gorgeous children’s clothing that kids would love to wear, but more importantly to do it as ethically as possible...
Lucy: Since the beginning we have believed passionately about caring for people and the environment, we want to be completely ethical, honest and transparent in everything we do and we firmly believe that producing gorgeous, great quality organic clothing shouldn’t mean compromising our planet.
We design clothes that children love; it seems obvious, but we make children’s clothes especially for children, not mini adults!Lucy Jewson
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Our aim is for kids to choose Frugi clothes when they get dressed in the morning because they love the way they look and more importantly they feel comfy wearing them. Whatever we do we want to do the very best we can...that’s why our clothes had to be organic; because it’s better for everyone- from the farmers who grow our cotton to the children who wear our clothes.
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School IT files were saved from the recent Yorkshire floods with a fast and flexible data-storage and back-up solution.
When the Toll Bar village school near Doncaster was warned that rapidly rising storm waters were on their way, office manager Anne Newton realised she had time to rescue all the school's computer records with the BackUpMaster unit the school had owned for just two weeks.
Toll Bar Primary School is now one of 40 schools out of the 170 schools in the Doncaster area that rely on the BackUpMaster platform from TakeWare.
The "beyond tape" solution promises to cut data retrieval and average storage time from hours to around 15 minutes, with 100% file recovery.
Just hours after Newton rescued the data all classroom information files, plus essential school administration documents, were reinstalled and running on another Doncaster local education authority computer - while the original computer wallowed in three feet of floodwater.
The data protection move has smoothed the transfer of 150 Toll Bar pupils to other schools, while repair work is carried out.
Newton said of the system, "It meant that I could save every one of our pupils' Word, Excel and office documents within 15 minutes. Our old system would have taken four hours. Everything would have been lost."
BackupMaster uses the patented Plug&Go technology from TakeWare. The hot-pluggable standalone software extracts all computer data at high speed.
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SpecSavers and Vision Express are among the commercial organisations that have now deployed the TakeWare solution.
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In the case of those individuals who are affected by too much consumption of drugs and most specifically alcoholism and its accompanied addiction, it would be necessary to visit the necessary rehabilitation centers. You can readily access the treatment services from the rehabilitation centers established by the government to ensure that all the addicts in the society are treated to boost the labor force of the nation. Drug addiction has been the main cause of loss of labor force since these individuals are weakened by the hard drugs making them impotent to meet their daily duties. Depending on the extent of addiction that you are suffering from, you can find the right rehabilitation center to visit. Therefore I will discuss some factors to have in mind when selecting the best health restoration centers to seek for treatment services since they are not similar.
You need to determine the kind of treatment that your situation requires to be curtailed to ensure that you are secure and safe. As pointed out earlier, these rehabilitation centers deal with different problems and therefore it is upon you to determine the one that has your solution to help you to regain your strength to proceed with your life successfully. Having this knowledge is important because it enables one to attend the right centers for the specific services needed.
Any type of drug that you have consumed in your body has its effect on the body, and therefore they require unique treatments in return. You can become new person altogether when you visit the most dependable rehabilitation centers and accept to get treated for all the problems you are suffering from. When you choose wisely, you find the best treatment services that will suit you perfectly enabling you to end your high-levels of addiction.
You need to ascertain the legality of this drug rehabilitation center by proving that it is accredited by the right governmental agencies and given the right certificates. The law stipulates that the health restoration centers have to help these people to realize their senses again. It is better that ascertain that the restoration center is permitted by the government to work.
Lastly, before seeking for the treatment services as a result of drug addiction, you need to confirm whether one can receive individual services to deal with unique situations. It would be better to search for this type of a rehab center because you might bring a heavily affected individual as a result of mixing too many drugs.

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A safe working environment can be provided for underground coal miners through implementing new ground control technology. To devise a practical method for stability design of underground rock structures in coal mines, the Bureau of Mines has examined the time- independent behavior of coal measure rocks in uniaxial and triaxial compression tests. These rocks exhibit work hardening before failure. Their stress-strain relationship can be expressed by a hyperbolic equation similar to that for soils. The behavior of rocks at failure can be regarded as the limit of work hardening. To simplify the stability design for temporary rock structures, rock behavior may be idealized as perfectly plastic for stability analysis of roof, ribs, and floor in underground coal mines, although such idealization does not strictly represent the real inelastic behavior of rocks.
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in the bounty of the soil the operation of one part of external nature on another ; while he traces the efficiency of labour to the operation of external nature, not on itself, but on man. And when Mr. Buckle shows that fertility, or the operation of one part of nature upon another, being less complicated, and less liable to disturbance, comes earliest into play, he has clearly gone far to solve the politico-economical problein of the gradual advance of nations. In the agency of climate, coming later into play, from its connection with the increase of man's personal resources, there is a constant tendency to supplant civilisations which were based mainly on fertility of soil.
With the subject of labour Mr. Jones always shows an intimate acquaintance. In his remarks on this subject, the Professor fails to note that the division of labour is but a case and application of the higher law-the combination of labour ; for the more we break down each process of industry into parts, the more closely must we play into the hands of those who are associated with us in a common end.
In Lecture III., p. 34, Professor Jones opens on the subject of capital; the vagueness which attends the theory of this word is evidently felt by him. But, in his lucid explanation of its Protean applications, he forces upon us the doubt, whether the term is not more useful regarded simply as "savings,” and exposed to no further definition. However we refine upon the idea, it is clear that capital, whatever it is, must depend for its increase partly upon savings from future revenue, partly on its own replacement with profit, sooner or later.
How far rents can be said, as such, to contribute to capital, as cause and effect, or in any other than a recurring cycle (in which the use of capital on land adds to our apparent rent by mixing the pure rent with profits), is perhaps questionable ; for rent does not seem to be an independent addition to the national wealth over and above the revenues which the owner derives from that appropriate natural agent the soil, and which he obtains in full after deduction of the labour and risk of cultivation undergone by the farmer (see p. 41); so that, in other words, the same
improvements might be effected by a landlord farming his own land (thus receiving no rent), and capitalizing his profits in order to improve his land.
In Lecture V., p. 63, the Professor lays great stress on the division of capital into that which is "sustaining” and that which is "auxiliary.” There may be a question whether such a distinction may not cripple the generality of our views, both sorts of capital being in some sort savings :—the first being “employed to sustain labour, and being saved for that express purpose ; and the other being so natural to men, that no human society has ever been wholly without it. Provisionally used, and not too intently regarded, such distinctions facilitate the register of our observations; nor does the Professor, in his practical remarks on the subject, seem at all encumbered by it. It is well established, that if what people consume is always exactly equal to what they possess, there will be no residue; and therefore, no capital being accumulated, all must be employed in gaining food or starve. An overplus can only arise when the produce exceeds the consumption, and its increase eventually becomes a fund supporting all who do not win their own sustenance; and now an intellectual class is possible, because leisure is possible, and men can attend to subjects for which the pressure of their daily wants would have left them no time.” 1
In Lecture VI., p. 74, Professor Jones grasps with great force the condition of the labourer, and shews, what is most important, how the distribution of the surplus, and the condition of its possessors, determine the occupations and efficiency of the nonagricultural artisan class; yet at p. 79, in a discussion on rents and wages, equally cursory and obscure, he foregoes the opportunity of connecting his rich store of social facts with the science of political economy.
The question of population is treated by the Professor with great amplitude and delicacy of thought; and the conclusion is brought home to us with enormous force, that the capacity of mere animal increase cannot terrify the philosopher who weighs in
1. Vide a learned chapter hereon in Buckle's "History of Civilisation," vol. i.
the scale not merely the material framework, but the intellect and emotions of men.
Holding to the law that man will ever marry when he has obtained a sufficiency of necessaries, he sees that the term “necessaries” is one of an import which fluctuates with his social elevation; raise its level, and the term then becomes connected with all that dignifies the intellect and the heart-with all that refines our appreciation of the blessings of time and immortality.
The characteristic of Mr. Jones's mind was comprehensiveness rather than depth. The subjects with which he dealt had a tendency to grow large in his hands. But his eye was telescopic rather than microscopic; the microscopic eye which could see the essence, the moving principle, of the fact close beneath him, was wanting. He could take a large sweep of particulars; if he failed, it was in detecting the true character of each unit. His mind was inductive rather than deductive, though saved from the mere empiricism of details by the business-like habit of his mind, and that largeness of observation by which errors of inspection are avoided.
There is no occasion to amplify the domain of induction. On all sides the questions of life present themselves in the concrete form of facts, requiring some preliminary hypothesis before induction can be used. But facts unsorted or ranged together on account of mere similitude, are only empirical uniforinities and coexistences; and this undue elevation of the inductive method in its application to subjects requiring another method, is connected with that error as to merely coexistent facts, which has been commented on by the learned writer on civilization we have already referred to.
When speaking of Lord Bacon, he says, “Yet, in reference to the study of coexistences, all his caution, all his knowledge, and all his thought in (applying the method of induction to them) were useless. His weapons, notwithstanding their power, could make no impression on that stubborn and refractory topic.” Now the theory of rent, as being one of the most general of any in political economy, is well calculated to illustrate this view of
coexistent facts; it strikingly shews the defect in method which the disavowal of deduction in political economical inquiries involves; and we use the term disavowal purposely, since induction and deduction must, in practice, combine their forces in every branch of knowledge; for every branch of knowledge must have its abstract as well as its concrete portion—that part which is devoted to its science, and that part which is devoted to its practice.
The essential errors of those who deny deduction to political economy, is in forgetting that a principle may remain operative, though its action may become invisible;-invisible from the temporary interference of other and more potent agencies in practice. And our knowledge of the allowances on this score which at any time have to be made, must depend on our knowledge, not only of the temporary and varying circumstances of each case, but also of those more constant, though more latent conditions, which, though invisible in the unit, are potent in the mass. In the observation of the particulars, induction may well hold its own; but in the sifting them, and shewing upon an average of many cases how their mutual perturbations tend to correct each other, deduction, which, if not a more potent weapon, is at least one of finer edge, is our real resource. That part of a problem which, though latent in the unit, becomes at once discoverable in the mass, is more really a part of it than that which is the fluctuating result of circumstance. Take, for instance, the various tenancies of which, in detail, Mr. Jones has given an account, equally rich in learning and in style. Take the serf, the metayer, the ryot, and the cottier. If the relations of each of these to other forms of rent are to be ascertained, some general rule, some centre, to which our comparisons are to be referred, must be instituted. Just so, if we wish to compare the European with the Australian, and to obtain their true points of difference, we must deductively establish a certain standard of humanity common to both; in other words, we must study the idea of humanity, rather than of any given specimen; we must abstract the central idea of
humanity, if we are to escape the danger of confounding the Australian with the ape.
Along with this deductive analysis, however, inductive observations may well proceed side by side, to verify or negative its results, and to suggest new topics to the energies of deduction. This method, too, must be applied if we are to appreciate the real variation of the metayer, serf, or cottierrents from the farmer-rents, which come so strictly within the law of Ricardo, (that the rent of land consists of the excess of its return above the return of the worst land in cultiva. tion ;) for the worst land yields the ordinary profits to stock. Any land, therefore, yields just as much more than the ordinary profits of stock, as it yields more than what is returned by the worst land in cultivation. We must examine, then, whether these metayer, serf, and cottier rents possess the intrinsic qualities of those farmer-rents of which Ricardo speaks, and should only attempt to apply the definition so far as we find some analogy in them to the farmer-rents.
For where rents are fixed, not by competition and a reference to their value in the land-market, but by custom, by tradition, or other forms of superior influence, the rent of land can only approximate to that standard of market value which is thus fixed by Ricardo. In the same proportion as rent is regarded as dissociated from commercial dealing, and a fixed tenure rather than a tenancy (not transferrable or relinquishable by the parties or their descendants), so far the sums given for the use of land amount to a perpetual quit-rent, rather than a commercial rent, fluctuating, like other things, under variety of circumstances; the sums given for the use of land often tending, as in the case of the ryot, to that maximum in favour of the owner of the soil which is barely consistent with the sustenance of the labourer. Though argumentatively bound to his inductive method, Mr. Jones, fortunately for his well-founded reputation, was not in practice consistent in his devotion. His practice was better than his theory. Men of great power often believe they are thinking inductively when in reality they are thinking deductively—and


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Sheriff’s Office looking into school-lot car burglaries
Published 2:48 pm Friday, October 3, 2014
After a series of car burglaries occurred at local elementary schools, the Southampton County Sheriff’s Office is looking for information that can lead to an arrest, said Maj. Gene Drewery, spokesman for the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office received two reports, the first on Oct. 2 and the second on Oct. 3, that car windows were broken out and purses were taken. A common factor is that the burglaries all occurred at elementary schools. The cities of Suffolk and Franklin have had the same occurrence as well as Sussex County.
One of the victim’s credit cards was used at Walmart and New Dixie Mart in Franklin. Any information on these crimes can to reported to 653-2100 or the Crime Line 653-2900.


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658C per 100 m) than in clear air adiabatic ascent (18C per 100 m), because of the latent heat released by condensation. The corresponding rate of condensation depends on the temperature and pressure of the cloud cell. For example at 900 m and 208C, it is in the order of 2 g mÀ3 kmÀ1 of ascent. When the cloud base temperature and pressure are determined, the mixing ratio of condensed water at any level above cloud base can be derived as the difference between the water vapour mixing ratio at cloud base and the saturation water vapour mixing ratio at that level.
0 g mÀ3, next to regions with hardly any condensate only tens of meters away. Often cumulus clouds exhibit considerable asymmetry in structure, with upshear parts of the cloud experiencing little mixing and turbulence, and downshear portions experiencing very large mixing and turbulence. In such a cloud hydrometeors undergo growth on the upshear side and experience evaporation and turbulence on the downshear. Thus far we have only talked about individual cumulus clouds and the lifetimes of individual cells.
5 would shift, and the equilibrium size of the droplet would change accordingly. Droplets in this state are said to be unactivated or haze droplets. Haze droplets in the atmosphere can considerably reduce visibility by scattering light. 1À1%). These particles are called cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). It follows from the above discussion that the larger the size of a particle with a given chemical composition, the more readily it is wetted by water, and the greater its solubility, the lower will be the supersaturation at which the particle can serve as a CCN.

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Tropical Depression 26W forms northeast of Pohnpei
The National Weather Service is monitoring Tropical Depression 26W, which has formed northeast of Pohnpei.
Tropical Depression 26W is expected to intensify and pass a few hundred miles north of Agrihan in the Northern Marianas by Friday, according to a Tuesday afternoon advisory from the National Weather Service.
The system poses no threat to Guam at this time, but the Office of Homeland Security/Civil Defense is urging the community to monitor developments.
As of 1 p.m. Tuesday, the tropical depression was centered near 15.3 degrees north latitude and 161.6 degrees east longitude, about 625 miles north-northeast of Pohnpei and 1,135 miles east of Guam. It is moving west-northwest at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph.
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Scientists have discovered the oldest fossilized remains of a penguin. It is believed that 61 million years ago, the flightless birds have roamed the Earth. Bones found in New Zealand, show that the ancient penguins belonged to the mind, the representatives of which were larger than the modern black-and-white inhabitants of Antarctica.
In the photo above – the comparison of the size of the Emperor penguin, a penguin and a four-foot human height 180 cm
Paleontologists believe that the penguin, which belonged to the fossilized bones, reached a height of 1.5 meters. The average height of specimens of the largest modern species — the Emperor penguin is about 1.1–1.3 meters.
Giant penguins lived alongside other species of penguins that are already known to science. But, as shown by the fossils between species, there were huge differences.
The discovery proves that the penguins have inhabited the Earth in 4 million years after the disappearance from the planet of dinosaurs. Distant relatives or “great-great-grandfather of the penguins” appeared 65 million years ago when dinosaurs still roamed the world.


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Military officials have been docking money from armed personnel salaries for “emergency funds,” military staff said last week.
Rin Pin, who has been in the Navy since 1993, said that, for the last five years, his 90,000 riel monthly salary (about $22) has been cut by 2,000 riel.
“The Defense Ministry cuts 2,000 riel from my monthly salary,” he said. “My commander claims it is for the Cambodian Red Cross to help poor people.”
Rin Pin works at the Phnom Penh Naval headquarters, located near the Chroy Changva bridge in Russei Keo district. He said he is told to pay the money by his superior officers.
“I do not know for sure if [the money] really goes to the Cambodian Red Cross,” Rin Pin said. “[My] commanders said my salary is cut by the Defense Ministry to help poor people and fight famine.”
General Meas Sophea, who is in charge of the infantry, confirmed that he took money from soldiers’ pay. “We take between 1,000 and 2,000 riel from each soldier,” he said. “It is very small in comparison with the police.” Soldiers call the deduction “money for emergency help,” he said.
General Meas Sophea defended the deduction, saying that it is used to support soldiers and their families in a time of national need. “Currently the government does not have the funds to support them,” he said.
Prince Sisowath Sirirath, co-minister of defense, denied that the ministry was involved in docking soldiers’ wages. “The Defense Ministry and the ministry’s finance department have no principle to cut soldiers’ salaries,” he said. ‘It’s not true; it’s just an accusation.”
One three-star RCAF general said he had received numerous complaints from soldiers about pay deductions.
Their commanders reported that they had taken money to help pay for dead soldiers and their families, the general said. “But some commanders do not actually take the money for these reasons,” the general said. “They use it to assist political parties when the election is coming.”

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Python. I need to assign multiple class instances to number of variables. First i tried this:
a = b = c =
but they all refer to the same object, which is not what I need. This works better:
(a, b, c) = [ for i in range(3)]
but it seems a bit too verbose. Is there a shorter way to do this?
UPDATE: OK, so this is not really Pythonic to cram everything into one line, question resolved.
But if this worked it'd be really cool:
a,b,c = *3
And this line creates three references to the same object:
a,b,c = [] * 3


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One of the most popular minerals in the news today is calcium. We are told to take increased amounts in our diet as a supplement to prevent osteoporosis and eliminate muscle cramping during menstruation or from over-exercising. Yet, calcium alone is not enough. Without magnesium, calcium is not fully utilized, and calcium has under-absorption problems that may lead to heart disease and kidney failure.
Perhaps the single most significant reason for the calcium mal-absorption that is so common today is a lack of picometer magnesium. Between the toxicity in foods, the genetic engineering of grains, and a decline in the quality of our soil, foods are lower in magnesium than ever before. And many supplements do not provide an absorbable form. Factor in an increase in dairy consumption and you’ve got the perfect storm for calcification.
The good news is that with the right building blocks – the Compliment Formulas – an individual can achieve the proper balance of magnesium and mineral supplementation to address too much calcium in the diet that could end up in your arteries.
As an example, consider the following: It’s a personal story that emphasizes what end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are up against in their battle to stay well. This insightful correspondence is from a PhD in Health Sciences who suffers from ESRD. She describes the magnesium deficiency caused by her dialysis and her ReMineralization with ReMag.
“I am a 60-year old ESRD patient on home hemo-dialysis for 4 years. I am a type 1 diabetic as well. When I began dialysis I gave the nurse my list of supplements, which included magnesium and I was told in no uncertain terms that dialysis patients should not and cannot take magnesium, our kidneys could be harmed by it. So I complied with their fearful stance as I entered into the unknown realms of kidney failure care, assuming they knew what they were talking about.
Before I began Home Hemo-dialysis I started off with Peritoneal Dialysis, since they presented it as the more ‘natural’ mode. (Fluid is introduced through a permanent tube in the abdomen and flushed out the same tube during the night.) I soon developed incredible itching all over my body that they said was from being under dialyzed. But now I also believe that as my magnesium bottomed out, my calcium and phosphorus soared and combined to form calcium phosphate crystals, and who knows where else, which deposited in my skin. Dialysis people have lots of skin issues. Yes, they are due to toxins but perhaps more importantly, due to low magnesium.
I remember seeing things that looked like little white crystals in my skin, which I scratched until I bled. My own dialysis doctors were not even convinced this was due to dialysis! A nephrologist at Vanderbilt gave me a second opinion and had seen it. He said they call it the ‘crazy itch’ and treat it by putting people under UV lights. Knowing what I do now, I presume the UV would be helpful by raising active vitamin D, which helps lower the calcium phosphate complex levels in the skin by sending the calcium and phosphorous into the bones.
I also began having horrendous nighttime calf and foot cramping on peritoneal dialysis, having to jump out of bed at night to try to soothe the unbearable pain. I was still afraid to take magnesium, so I downed vitamin E, B complex, etc., and whatever else I could find as suggestions online.
Then I was switched to Home Hemodialysis and there must be more magnesium in the dialysis solution they use compared to peritoneal dialysis because my skin improved. However, over a year ago I began to have heart palpitations that would at first come and go but then worsened and became more constant. After reading many recent studies online, I believe that the dialysis liquid they are putting in me is actually pulling magnesium out of my blood and depleting me. I feel my heart begin to palpitate in my chest towards the end of every treatment. Many patients have leg cramping during treatment. Many dialysis patients have heart issues; it’s the number 1 killer of dialysis patients, and most likely caused by magnesium deficiency.
During the 4 years since I have been on dialysis, I have broken bones in my feet 3 times; increased the level of calcification in my arteries (showed up on x-ray); had worsening palpitations; brain fog; changes in my teeth; and who knows what else!
Thank goodness, I found Dr. Dean’s ReMag and I have been supplementing with it. Of course I bump heads with the powers that be that say magnesium is dangerous for kidney patients but my kidney specialist is finally behind my decision to use it.
Since I have been taking ReMag, my phosphorus levels have dropped to nearer normal levels so they are reducing the phosphate binders that I take with every meal. My hope is to reach a point where I need no binders at all.
Magnesium is rarely measured in the dialysis setting. I went through all kinds of red tape to get pre- and post-treatment Magnesium RBC blood testing. This should be routine! To me this is unbelievable because I’m sure most patients are having their magnesium sucked away through their dialysis treatment? And sure enough, my magnesium levels were lower after dialysis than before it. So, each treatment depletes my magnesium further and further.
I just thank God I have found the studies online saying that I really do need magnesium and then I found ReMag, which really made such a difference, almost immediately.”
These quick improvements came from ReMag being such a highly absorbed form of magnesium that its stabilized ions are able to penetrate the cells and get to where they have the most impact, rather than just getting flushed out through the intestines.
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Honeywell Attains UL Certification for Network Security Product
Honeywell has received certification from UL to integrate fire annunciation capabilities into its newest security system platform, the Honeywell Vindicator V5 Network Security Appliance™ (NSA). The new capabilities will allow Vindicator to display fire alarm information to local and remote security personnel, enabling them to respond faster to fire emergencies.
The Vindicator solution does not replace or alter the fire detection system, but rather adds to it by allowing an operator to receive event information from a building’s fire system. Not only that, but the Vindicator product will display perimeter intrusion, video detection and access control system data, all via a single console.
The Vindicator network allows security system information to be transmitted either on an existing or separate facility network over any media, such as wire, RF, modem, fiber, etc. This form of communication is both encrypted and redundant. This critical level of security is often required by government and military installations, chemical and industrial facilities, as well as correctional institutions.
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|MINDWISE BY NICHOLAS EPLEY
Review by Dwight
Last month I attended a conference in Chicago. The Investment Management Consultants Association puts on a number of educational conferences for members; I have always found them well worth attending. Among the speakers are often Nobel laureates, senior government officials, and thought leaders from America’s greatest universities. In Chicago, Nicholas Epley, the John T. Keller Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, took the stage for 90 minutes, discussing myths about ethical behavior, and how organizations can manage ethical behavior more effectively. Epley has been awarded the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association… his speaking skills match his academic pedigree.
So when my conference package included a free copy of his critically acclaimed book “Mindwise: Why We misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want”, I looked forward to his insights. I was not disappointed. His book is about mindreading. Not the clairvoyant, psychic kind… he is talking about your real sixth sense… your ability to infer what others are thinking, feeling, wanting, or intending. This ability, which originates in your medial prefrontal cortex, forms the basis of all social interaction: it’s what allows large societies to function. And [plot spoiler alert here ladies and gentlemen], the vast majority of us are terrible at it! I mean really terrible. Talk about subjective reality. We have no clue what others are really thinking (which may not be as surprising a statement after recent events like Brexit and the US election). Read this book. It will open your mind, and perhaps provide you skills to improve and enhance your ability to see the world as others do, to understand the minds of others, and most of all, to better understand your own.

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Collage is a monthly snapshot of what’s happening at Olla. October was a season of sharing expertise: amid intensive project work, Olla’s professionals had the opportunity to both share their own knowledge and grow through lectures and workshops led by other experts. The exciting weeks also included a tram excursion, exhibition news and more than forty pumpkins.
Olla’s experts at the forefront of the future of construction
In mid-October, Rakentamisen tulevaisuus, an event about the the future of construction, brought together professionals in the fields of construction and design to contemplate the most pressing issues in their industry.
During their presentation, Olla’s architect Laura Varan and interior architect Tea Ellala challenged conventional ideas regarding construction and renovation. Olla’s team used the Kaikukatu 3 project, a renovation of a 1970s office building, as an example of how sustainable and visually stunning results can be achieved by changing one’s mindset.
Olla’s designers also showcased the same project at the Reimagine Spaces event organized by the City of Helsinki. The event delved into the future of spatial and interior design and the role of the circular economy in it.
How can elements like old windows or ceiling slats be repurposed? Learn more about the possibilities of the circular economy through the concrete example of the Kaikukatu 3 project here.
Bratislav Tošković’s lifetime award exhibition opens in Niš
Olla’s leading architect and partner, Bratislav Tošković, was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Serbian Architects Association in the spring. This recognition included an exhibition showcasing Bratislav’s career and approach, which opened in May during Belgrade’s International Architecture Week.
In October, the “Distance That Connects” exhibition moved from Belgrade to Niš. The exhibition was opened by the Deputy Head of Mission at the Finnish Embassy, Ilkka Myllymäki, coinciding with the city’s Architecture Days.
Olla demonstrating the possibilities of reusing glass elements
During a condition inspection, it was found that the 600 windows in an old office building were no longer usable. However, rather than discarding a significant amount of material, a decision was made to find a new purpose for the old windows. Watch a video that illustrates how the windows were transformed into glass partitions here (in Finnish).
Photo: a screenshot of the video made by the City of Helsinki
A new daycare centre in Martinlaakso
Mårtensdals Bildningsrum in Martinlaakso, Vantaa has received the necessary building permits and construction work has commenced. Currently, there is a single-story school building on the site, and the daycare extension is being added to the school’s northern side.
The facade of the extension is designed to reflect the purpose and the users of the building: children. The scale of the building has been made smaller by using various structures. The use of boards with varying widths creates an ever-changing surface that plays with shadows. The vertical lines on the facade draw inspiration from the abundant trees on the site.
Mårtensdals Bildningsrum is expected to be completed in late 2024.
Excursion on tracks
A significant expansion, including the addition of two new buildings, was completed earlier this year. In October, Olla’s entire staff visited Ilmalanlinna, a project to which many of the company’s designers have contributed their expertise over the years.
Ilmalanlinna is conveniently accessible via a new tram route. In celebration of this, Olla embarked on the journey aboard the iconic restaurant tram known as “SpåraKOFF”. It provided a wonderful opportunity to raise a toast to the remarkable project and the diverse expertise that made it all possible.
Find out more about Ilmalanlinna, the office complex prioritizing the well-being of people and the environment, here.
Modernizing an industrial property
A 1980s industrial building owned by Mileway was in need of a facelift to attract new tenants. Olla’s multidisciplinary team created new layouts for the property located on Koskelontie in Espoo and designed a fresh look for both the interiors and the façade. The plans transform the office space into a modern, seamlessly integrated workspace related to production and storage areas. Additionally, the current state of the building was turned into an initial information model for future changes and the planned energy renovation.
New insights on emission calculation, gravity ventilation and constructive communication
Architect Malin Moisio, an expert in the built environment, delivered an insightful lecture to Olla on carbon footprint calculations and renovation construction. Moisio, a doctoral researcher at Tampere University, focuses on the possibilities of building renovations, changes in purpose, and additional construction in mitigating climate change.
Olla’s experts also had the opportunity to learn about gravity ventilation from HVAC specialist Jari Ketola. Ketola, who conducted a comprehensive lecture on the matter, specializes in designing gravity ventilation systems for new constructions and renovation projects.
Furthermore, the entire work community gathered for a half-day workshop on constructive work culture. Led by organizational psychologists from Terveystalo, Kaisa Poutanen and Atte Varis, the workshop delved into the methods of building communication and trust necessary for a thriving and innovative community.
Learning together is an essential part of Olla’s culture. In addition to shared lectures and workshops, each employee has a designated number of working hours per year available for individual training that best supports their personal development.
Creativity and technical mastery in Olla’s pumpkin carving contest
Whether it’s a building or a pumpkin on their desks, you can always count on the innovation of Olla’s professionals. During the after-work gathering of All Saints’ Week, pumpkin models ranged from classic grins to playful cats, and from simple floral carvings to remarkably detailed designs.
The carving workshop was part of Olla’s monthly routine, where each team takes turns organizing activities for the entire office.


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OIL PAINTING 30x40cm Moonrise (Sweden IV)
oil on canvas, 24x30cm
sides finished dark blue
with hanging system
When I was in Sweden in the summer, there was a full moon. As we walked back to our cottage in the evening, we saw her poking her nose over the hills. There are a lot of experiments under this final painting. Old lines and wrinkles from past lives.

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Asian Americans Are Blamed By Some For COVID-19 Outbreak
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Along with all the other forms of stress and fear that Americans feel right now, Asian Americans feel one more - prejudice driven by the news that the virus was first detected in China. Russell Jeung is a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, and he set up a website to compile reports of discrimination. When we reached him - at home, of course, in Oakland, Calif. - he told of an incident in a local park.
RUSSELL JEUNG: So my wife was walking on a trail in a regional park, and this person was approaching her. And they could see each other. She moved to the side, but the person moved in front of her. She called out, and he didn't respond. But when she passed him, he coughed at her. So we don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, but this type of coughing at people and spitting at people, it's something that Asians are actually experiencing a lot more.
INSKEEP: So the spitting is pretty obviously a hostile act. And I suppose in a time when people are worried about contagion, coughing on someone would probably be seen just the same way.
JEUNG: Yeah, it is. And so if you do get spit on you, that's actually a physical assault. And in San Francisco, we're getting reports now on our reporting center. And 10, 15% of the reports are about physical assault of people getting either physically attacked or being spat upon or coughed at.
INSKEEP: What is the database that you've been gathering, and why did you start?
JEUNG: So we've recognized early on that people were experiencing a lot of bullying, a lot of shunning, a lot of avoiding when the coronavirus outbreak occurred. And we didn't have any hard data to document what was going on. So the first thing we did is we looked at news trends, and we counted news stories that had coronavirus and discrimination or xenophobia in it. We found hundreds of articles about policies that people thought were xenophobic - economic boycotts of Asian businesses - and then later on about interactions that Asian Americans were having where people were bullying, taunting, harassing and now attacking.
We had hundreds of accounts to go to the state Legislature and say, this is happening; we need to get it documented; we need to proactively address these trends. And since the government didn't have the capacity in California, we started our own website as a reporting center. And it just was launched last week, and we've been getting over a hundred reports every day.
INSKEEP: A hundred reports every day - what are some of the things that - I don't know - have come in today or the last time you looked?
JEUNG: Most are verbal harassment, name-calling, that people would just be walking by, and people would yell out, coronavirus is because of you. Or they would fake cough in front of people. So name-calling and just verbal harassment, microaggressions were the most common. It moves up to people having bottles and cans thrown at them, their homes being vandalized. And then regularly, maybe three times a day, we have people actually being physically attacked, assaulted, being hit or punched, pushed on subways.
We've noticed that women, for example, are three times more likely to be attacked than men. And so this is a very gendered experience. And we wouldn't - well, I wasn't expecting that. It's clear now that - we can see through the trends that people are now getting into conflict a lot more at grocery stores because every other place is locked down, so grocery stores are where we're interacting with other people.
INSKEEP: Do you think about this trend when you go out of the house, and you're moving around and someone's approaching you on the street? Do you think about what that encounter might be like?
JEUNG: Yeah, now more than ever. I think Asian Americans are hyperaware and sensitive of how other people perceive them. I think what's sad is a lot of children and youth are afraid of being bullied. And that type of racial profiling and that experience of having people not trust you, having people look at you as a disease carrier, I think that's on a lot of people's minds in the Asian American community.
INSKEEP: Do you feel you understand why people are doing this?
JEUNG: Oh, it's easy to understand. This has - it's been part of Americans' racist history. It's easy to understand if you take into context how President Trump has incited and fomented xenophobia. It's easy to understand when people have heightened fears because of the disease. It's part of a person of color's experience already. And so we call it coronavirus discrimination. And racial profiling is to be expected, actually.
INSKEEP: Are there things that have happened that have made it worse, though?
JEUNG: You know, after 9/11, people were attacking Muslim Americans. And President Bush came out and said, we have to not discriminate or mistreat Muslim Americans. What President Trump did was he insisted on calling it the Chinese virus and labeling coronavirus as a racial disease. And by othering Asians - and it's not just Chinese, anybody who looks Chinese - where just - it just gave people license to attack us, to blame us for the disease, to say we're the source of it. And it's not the people who are the source of the disease. It's just, you know, a virus that doesn't discriminate.
INSKEEP: Did the president help at all this week by insisting at a briefing that it is not the fault of Chinese Americans, whatever has happened?
JEUNG: Yeah, we appreciate that. And I think that was due to the pressure that we exerted and the complaining. But I think it's a little too late. He's already opened the door to this racism. It was already starting even before he made the China virus remarks, and he just sort of exacerbated the situation. But, you know, he still uses this us-versus-them binary that argues that, oh, we're really working with them; we're protecting them, that we're still outsiders and foreigners and not part of the American fabric.
INSKEEP: What do you want from political leaders and from your fellow citizens?
JEUNG: From our political leaders, it starts from the top. We need to say we don't condone prejudice in any forms. So we want the government to actually be proactive and address racism rather than responding to it. And from our fellow citizens, you just have to check your biases when you approach an Asian American. You have to be aware that, oh, I may automatically assume something that I shouldn't automatically assume. Yeah. Treat people with the space now and then also the dignity and courtesy that we all need to have during this public health crisis.
INSKEEP: Russell Jeung is a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, and he joined us via Skype. Thank you so much.
JEUNG: Thank you.
(SOUNDBITE OF FEDERICO ALBANESE'S "THE CRADLE") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing on “The International Space Station: A Platform for Research, Collaboration, and Discovery.” With assembly of the International Space Station complete as of May 2011, the focus has now shifted from construction to full scientific utilization through 2020 and beyond. This hearing will examine research progress, the potential for scientific breakthroughs, and any impediments to maximizing the utilization of this orbiting national laboratory.
Please note the hearing will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to automatically begin streaming the webcast.
Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact Collenne Wider at 202-224-5511 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.
Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IVChairmanU.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Assembly of the International Space Station was completed last year. It took 5 space agencies from around the world to build it. While this by itself is quite an achievement, our attention has shifted from the construction phase to maximizing the scientific return on this investment. At its core, the space station is a laboratory and a classroom – a scientific and educational asset available not only to NASA, but to all Americans and the international community for research, discovery, and education. We have already seen important discoveries and progress from research conducted on the space station – such as studies of treatments for debilitating diseases like osteoporosis, creation of new materials that the automotive and aerospace industries are interested in using, development of vaccines that may one day prevent deadly infections, and fundamental studies of the nature of our universe.
The availability of half of the U.S. portion of the station for national lab managed research opens up the microgravity environment to private companies to test and develop new products and services for use on Earth. A constant American presence on the space station also presents a unique opportunity to inspire our children’s interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – the so-called STEM fields. We know how critically important STEM skills are for jobs of the twenty-first century, whether it is in advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals development, new computing technologies, or designing the next generation of spacecraft.
Astronauts on the space station reach students around the world. Elementary school children can talk to and interact with astronauts via communication links through NASA, asking questions and watching the astronauts conduct experiments live 220 miles above the Earth. Just a few months ago here in Washington, D.C., I met with the student finalists from the YouTube Space Lab Challenge, an international contest for high school students to design an in-space science experiment. More than 2000 project ideas were submitted from students in more than 80 countries. Experiments from the two winning teams – one from Michigan and one from Egypt – lifted off for the space station just last Friday on board a Japanese robotic cargo spacecraft that is scheduled to berth with the space station this Friday. The students’ experiments will be conducted by a NASA astronaut onboard the station. This is an unparalleled opportunity for these aspiring young scientists that I hope will encourage them and their peers to continue to pursue degrees and careers in science and engineering.
Our time with the International Space Station is limited and I want to see this nation look back on our investment as both a great achievement and a stepping stone toward our continued scientific leadership, both here on Earth and in space. I look forward to the testimony from our witnesses today and to their perspectives on how we make the most of this unique national asset.
Witness Panel 1
Mr. William GerstenmaierAssociate Administrator, Human Exploration and OperationsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dr. Donald PettitAstronautNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mr. James RoystonInterim Executive DirectorCenter for the Advancement of Science in Space
Mr. Thomas ReiterDirector, Directorate of Human Spaceflight and OperationsEuropean Space Agency

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The Democratic Party’s 2016 platform may take a strong stance against fossil fuels, but the committee hosting the Democratic National Convention (DNC) has no problem taking money from the petroleum industry to pay for its presidential convention.
The non-profit DNC Host Committee responsible for raising money to pay for the convention in Philadelphia lists oil companies and lobbyists as supporters on its website. The Host Committee lists Chevron, Sunoco and Vote4Energy.org, an industry-backed advocacy group.
What’s odd is the DNC is taking money from oil interests even though the Democratic platform calls for using fewer fossil fuels and more green energy. It backs investigating fossil fuel companies questioning the “scientific reality of climate change.”