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Launched in 1966, Heibon Panchi Joseiban led the way for An An, and MIZUMOTO Akemi became a fan.

MIZUMOTO Akemi has been a fan of An An since it began. She tells us about her love for the magazine.

For many women, the appearance of An An magazine on the newsstands in March 1970 was a breath of fresh air in Japan’s rather conservative publishing market. One of its readers was MIZUMOTO Akemi.

Born and raised in Kyoto, MIZUMOTO was still in middle school when she discovered An An. The magazine’s target readership was girls in their late teens up to their mid-20s, but MIZUMOTO was so impressed that she became an instant fan and a faithful reader for years to come. “I found copies of Heibon Punch Women’s Edition (An An’s precursor) in a second-hand bookshop,” she says. “It must have been around May or June 1970, which means five or six issues of An An had already been published. At the time I was interested in fashion but was not an avid magazine reader. I think the only other publication I read regularly was fashion magazine Fukuso.” After graduating from high school, MIZUMOTO took on several jobs before working for a fashion brand, which deepened her interest in clothes and women’s magazines.

The 1970s were a watershed in Japanese fashion, with MIYAKE Issey presenting his collection in New York and Kenzo’s clothes being featured on the cover of Elle magazine. In the rapidly changing local scene, American culture and sports (e.g. tennis and surfing) became increasingly popular in Japan, thus creating a market for casual fashion such as padded jackets and trainers. Jeans, in particular, began to be treated as designer items by Japanese manufacturers, starting a trend that continues to this day.

On the other hand, new magazines such as An An were responsible for popularizing so-called New Trad fashion: following in the steps of the Miyuki Tribe of the mid-60s, which favoured a more conservative, preppy look, An An frequently featured in its pages long dresses and luxury bags from designers such as Gucci and Hermes.

From the very beginning, what distinguished An An from the competition was its striking look and design, thanks to the groundbreaking work of art director HORIUCHI Seiichi and a host of talented photographers and designers. “For me, it represented a fresh new take on women’s magazines,” MIZUMOTO says. “That’s what I liked about it. I especially loved its visual element; all those beautiful colour pictures.” Additionally, An An also became famous for the quality of its written content. To be sure, the articles and stories it featured were a departure from the usual magazine fare that tended to focus on entertainment gossip and pieces about the Imperial family. “Even as a teenager, I always preferred sedentary hobbies such as watching films and reading,” MIZUMOTO says. “Being very young, I didn’t know much about life. In that respect, the articles and columns I read in An An taught me a lot. A columnist I really liked was MIYAKE Kikuko, and I especially enjoyed her style. She often wrote things like how to enjoy your life as a single or how to cook simple but tasty food. Another writer I was particularly fond of is SHIBUSAWA Tatsuhiko.” Novelist and art critic SHIBUSAWA was known as a translator who helped introduce French literature to Japanese readers. Indeed, his first works for An An were translations of Charles Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots. In the 1980s, SHIBUSAWA would go on to become an author with a cult following thanks to his fantasy novels and essays about eroticism and black magic. In the 1970s however, he was still an outsider; a controversial figure who had supported the Communist Party and had been involved in a scandal following his translation of de Sade’s Juliette for which he was prosecuted for public obscenity.

From September 1970, SHIBUSAWA began to travel extensively in Europe. These trips became the subject of a series of travelogues he contributed to An An. “I remember his pieces about Germany, when he visited Bavaria and wrote about Ludwig II,” MIZUMOTO says. “To a young Japanese girl like me, it was like being introduced to a fairytale world.”

Travel reports were among An An’s more popular features, combining clever texts by a number of renowned writers, colourful photos and the equally beautiful maps drawn by HORIUCHI who was SHIBUSAWA’s close friend. These stories, together with similar articles appearing in Nonno magazine, were behind the birth of the “An- Non tribe” phenomenon: unmarried young women around 20-25 years old who travelled alone or in small groups, both in and outside Japan. The new role played by women in the travel market found its soundtrack in YAMAGUCHIMomoe’s 1978 single, “Iihi tabidachi” [Good Day Trip].

While MIZUMOTO admits that she has never travelled a lot, she has always been fond of An An’s “travel special” issues. “They opened a window on a completely new world,” she says. “For me it was a chance to discover new places and vicariously experience the excitement of travelling to faraway destinations. You could say I’ve always been an armchair tourist.”

MIZUMOTO has spent her entire life in Kyoto. “Many people from around the country want to move to Tokyo,” she says. “That’s understandable because Tokyo is the centre of everything – politics, culture, trade. But I’ve always preferred Kyoto. I travel to Tokyo once in a while, but I would never live there. I like Kyoto because it’s more compact and everything is more or less within walking distance.” However, MIZUMOTO has seen her hometown gradually change from a relatively small, people- friendly city full of traditional wooden buildings to a sprawling sea of reinforced concrete. “The city that I grew up in as a child can hardly be found now,” she says. “The beautiful temples and gardens are still there, but they are separated by glass and cement. Unfortunately, the magical place that was featured in the pages of An An is no more. It’s also noisier and more crowded, what with all the tourists coming from all over the world. On the other hand, now that the tourists have disappeared because of the coronavirus, it feels a little lonely.”

MIZUMOTO admits that she has lost interest in reading magazines. “I may buy one if it features a story I want to read, but I’m not a regular reader,” she says. “That’s especially true of fashion magazines. When I was young, they were much better. They were real magazines, with a sharper editorial viewpoint. Now they look and feel like catalogues.” The same thing happened with An An. MIZUMOTO bought it regularly for the first two decades it was published, but later she devoted herself mainly to reading books. “In fact, An An has changed a lot,” she says. “In the 1970s they wrote about Western superstars such as Elton John and Serge Gainsbourg. It had a lot more substance. Now, young readers seem to be interested only in Japanese boy idols. Just look at those covers. I would rather re-read the old issues from the 1970s. I have kept most of them. I treasure them.”


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Skullcap Herb: An Incredible Herb for the Nervous System

Skullcap Herb: An Incredible Herb for the Nervous System

What is Skullcap?

American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), is a perennial herb native to North America, that has been used in traditional Native American forms of medicine for centuries to treat a variety of ailments. The name Scutellaria is derived from the Latin word scutella, which means “little dish,” as the small flowers of these plants have a dish or helmet-like shape. The name skullcap actually refers to the flower’s resemblance to helmets worn by European soldiers.

Due to the diverse healing properties of this unique herb, especially its neuroprotective and inti-inflammatory properties, we included it in our Brain Flow cognitive enhancement formula.

The genus Scutellaria, is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, and there are several different varieties of this herb, that all seem to share similar properties. American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) is a perennial herb native to North America, and traditionally, the leaves of the plant have been used for its sedative properties. Chinese skullcap herb (Scutellaria baicalensis) is native to several Asian countries, as well as Russia. Instead of the leaves, it is the dried roots of this plant that has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine to treat diarrhea, insomnia, dysentery, high blood pressure, hemorrhaging, respiratory infections, and inflammation.

Today, this plant is widely available and is most often used for its nervine properties. Nervines are herbs that support the health of the nervous system, and skullcap is one of the most famous herbs used for this purpose.

What is the herb skullcap used for?

The leaves of American skullcap plant have been used in traditional herbal medicine as a sedative and to treat conditions like anxiety and convulsions. Skullcap has had a variety of other traditional uses, including: trouble sleeping (insomnia), anxiety, stroke, and paralysis caused by stroke. It is also used for fever, high cholesterol, “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis), rabies, epilepsy, nervous tension, allergies, skin infections, inflammation, and spasms.

What are the health benefits of skullcap?

Skullcap has been used by Americans and Europeans as a nerve tonic for more than 200 years. It is commonly used as a mild relaxant and as a therapy for anxiety, nervous tension, and convulsions.

Skullcap is used for improving Mood & Reducing Anxiety

One of the most common uses of skullcap is its ability to reduce anxiety and improve one’s mood. A study in 43 people found that those who received 1,050 mg of American skullcap daily for 2 weeks reported significant enhancements in mood compared to a placebo group. It’s thought that this herb positively impacts mood and reduces anxiety by stimulating gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter that helps calm nerves.

Notably, this plant was used in traditional medicine practices as a sedative and treatment for conditions like insomnia and anxiety. In fact, one of the skullcap benefits comes from Baicalin, a compound found in both American and Chinese varieties of skullcap, is used to treat insomnia in traditional medicine practices.

Skullcap is used for reducing inflammation

Both American and Chinese skullcap contain a variety of beneficial plant compounds, including antioxidants, which have anti-inflammatory effects and protect your cells from damage caused by molecules called free radicals. In fact, over 50 flavonoids have been isolated from the Chinese species alone.

Skullcap is used for its antibacterial and antiviral effects

Skullcap has been shown in many clinical studies to have amazing antibacterial and antiviral benefits. One test-tube study sampled over 30 Chinese herbs and found that only skullcap extract demonstrated 100% antibacterial activity against Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB), a bacterium that is a leading cause of pneumonia in hospitalized patients. Furthermore, this extract showed better antibacterial effects than colistin, a common antibiotic. The same study demonstrated that skullcap was also effective in reducing XDRAB bacterial load in the lungs of mice, compared to a control group.

Skullcap is used for helping in neurodegenerative diseases

Neurodegenerative disease is an umbrella term for a range of conditions which primarily affect the neurons in the human brain. Neurons are the building blocks of the nervous system which includes the brain and spinal cord. Neurodegenerative diseases occur when nerve cells in the brain or peripheral nervous system lose function over time and ultimately die.

What are the active compounds in Skullcap?

Scientific studies have reported that extracts and isolated compounds from Skullcap have various pharmacological properties, such as antitumor, hepatoprotective, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, anti-hyperlipidemic, antidiabetic, antimutagenesis, anticonvulsant, and antioxidant. So far, more than 50 flavonoid components have been isolated and identified from S. baicalensis. Among them, three flavonoids have been identified as the major active components of skullcap: baicalein, baicalin, and wogonin.

Baicalein is an active flavonoid that has been found to have positive health benefits.

Baicalin, another major flavonoid in skullcap, also shows promising benefits for nervous system health. According to a research study published in the NIH’s National Library of Medicine “skullcap effectively prevents neurodegenerative diseases through various pharmacological mechanisms, including anti-oxidative stress, anti-excitotoxicity, anti-apoptotic, anti-inflammatory, stimulating neurogenesis, promoting the expression of neuronal protective factors."

Wogonin, the third major compound found in skullcap, also shows an impressive range of health benefits. It has been approved to be effective as an anti-inflammatory and antiviral inhibitor in cardiovascular diseases, and also showed potent and promising antitumor effects both in vitro and in vivo studies. It has been proved that wogonin has the ability to inhibit the growth of tumor cells, induce apoptosis, and suppress angiogenesis. Skullcap is also a potent remedy for various inflammatory conditions, and shows promising neuroprotective properties as well.

Is skullcap herb safe?

Skullcap is generally a safe and effective herb with a variety of uses. It should be noted, however, that skullcap can interact with some common medications, such as blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering medications, cytochrome P450 substrate drugs, and pain killers. Additionally, no type of skullcap is recommended for children or pregnant or breastfeeding women due to lack of research around its safety for these groups. As with any herbal supplement, it is recommended to speak to your health care provider before consuming.

Is skullcap bad for your liver?

In researching skullcap, one may discover information that states skullcap could potentially have a negative impact on the liver. In all cases that have made such claims, multiple herbal medications were being taken and the role of skullcap in the hepatic damage was unclear. Furthermore, in some instances phytochemical analysis has identified significant adulterants (germander) or mislabeling in cases of suspected skullcap hepatotoxicity.

Skullcap has been used traditionally for many years, and has never been traditionally associated with having any negative effect on the liver. In reported cases that included a combination of other herbs, the onset of symptoms and jaundice (yellowing of the skin) occurred within 1 to 12 weeks of starting the herbal supplements, and the symptoms were relieved after the herbs were discontinued.

Certain herbal companies unfortunately try to sell other herbs than those that are marketed, and this has occurred with skullcap as well. If consuming any skullcap product, be sure that what you are consuming is actually the herb that is advertised, and seek to purchase herbal supplements from companies that you can trust, and that have integrity in their sourcing and formulation of herbal products.

Skullcap is a flowering plant long used in traditional Chinese, Native American, and Western Folk medicine for treating a variety of health conditions. Supplementing with skullcap may provide several health benefits, such as improving mood, reducing anxiety, supporting nervous system health, and reducing inflammation.

Many of skullcap’s health benefits are attributed to its impressive range of active compounds. Of these active compounds, three major compounds stand out: baicalein, baicalin, and wogonin. These compounds have each been well-researched and independently studied for their uses and health benefits.

Skullcap is not recommended for those that use certain medications, such as blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering medications, cytochrome P450 substrate drugs, and pain killers, and it is also not advised for children, or pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Skullcap is a great medicinal herb with a particular affinity for the nervous system. It is one of the key nootropic ingredients featured in our Brain Flow cognitive enhancement supplement, and it is an impressive herb with a wide range of uses. Also take a look at our Brain Function Collection for other awesome brain boosting nutritional supplements.

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The Netherlands is building ‘solar islands’ to fight rising sea levels.

  • 15 islands, made up of more than 70,000 solar panels are being built in the Netherlands
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The famous poem “No Man is an Island” – meaning no one is completely self-sufficient – has resonated with Western society since the 17th century. But what if a man is an island comprised of solar panels? The odds of survival would be much higher.

In the Netherlands, the largest solar panel island project to date is currently being developed. Set to consist of 15 islands on the Andijk Reservoir in North Holland, 15 floating solar islands, containing 73,500 panels, will be the first sun-tracking islands of this size in the world.

Arnoud Vandruten, managing director of Floating Solar, a solar panel supplier of the project says the islands are in the engineering phase and will be put into the water in September, October, and November of this year. It’s no coincidence that this adaptation was born in the Netherlands, as people there already live below sea level.

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“We can fight the rising of the sea level in the Netherlands with building even higher dikes or living on the water,” says Vandruten. “So that is the reason why we changed our focus from putting solar panels on rooftops and land to water. We adapt by moving the energy supply from land to the rising water. We can also experiment with moving complete housing districts to the water, while being energy positive or at least neutral.”

Because the sun-tracking panels face the sun all day they’re able to absorb more energy. Additionally, being on water provides useful dynamics that aren’t possible on land.

“You have to make the system flexible so it can adapt to the energy of the waves and at the same time the panels can act as sails,” says Vandruten. “Because we can turn the island with the sun, the other advantage is you can put an island in such a position that it’s not harmed by the wind.”

Solar panel islands are also being built in Japan, China, Chile and the UK. Ramez Naam, Co-Chair of Energy and Environment at Singularity University, says that ultimately, cost savings and scarcity of land or water are what will drive the floating solar trend forward and bring more governments on board.

“Where land is scarce like in Japan, solar on reservoirs is a great way to deploy it in an area that otherwise couldn’t be used,” explains Naam. “When water cools down, the solar panels increases their efficiency and they then actually produce more electricity. Plus, solar over water can reduce evaporation losses from those reservoirs, ponds, canals and so on.”

Naam added that the price of solar electricity has dropped dramatically.

“In sunny parts of the world, solar is now just plain cheaper than coal or gas electricity,” he says.” In some places, building new solar or even new wind is cheaper or is about to be cheaper than continuing to operate on existing coal and gas.”

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'One of the Largest Threats to Free Speech We Have Ever Seen': How Conservatives Are Fighting Back

A new, permanent coalition has been created in response to what some have called the continued online restriction and censorship of conservatives and their organizations by tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube.

On Tuesday, the Media Research Center (MRC) along with 18 leading conservative organizations like Project Veritas, ACT for America, and the National Organization for Marriage announced the creation of the Conservatives Against Online Censorship.

In a statement on the MRC's website, the new coalition says it will draw attention to the issue of political censorship on social media. The group says it will urge social media companies to address four key areas of concern:

  • Provide Transparency - Design open systems so companies can be held responsible while addressing privacy concerns.
  • Provide Clarity on 'Hate Speech' - If companies can't tell users what hate speech is, then they shouldn't try to regulate it.
  • Provide Equal Footing for Conservatives  - Social media companies need to embrace viewpoint diversity.
  • Mirror the First Amendment - Give users the free speech and free exercise of religion as recognized by the First Amendment as upheld by the US Supreme Court.

"Social media is the most expansive and most game-changing form of communication today. It is these facts that make online political censorship one of the largest threats to free speech we have ever seen. Conservatives should be given the same ability to express their political ideas online as liberals, without the fear of being suppressed or censored," said Media Research Center President Brent Bozell in a statement posted on the organization's website.

READ: Facebook Is Now Suppressing 'Untrustworthy' Media Sites: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

"Meaningful debate only happens when both sides are given equal footing. Freedom of speech, regardless of ideological leaning, is something Americans hold dear," Bozell continued. "Facebook, Twitter, and all other social media companies must acknowledge this and work to rectify these concerns unless they want to lose all credibility with the conservative movement. As leaders of this effort, we are launching this coalition to make sure that the recommendations we put forward on behalf of the conservative movement are followed through."

MORE: How the Tech Giant Cabal Shadow-Bans, Censors, and Snuffs Out Your Christian Voice

The MRC also says it sent letters to Facebook, Twitter, Google and Youtube last week asking each company to address bias complaints and to begin a conversation on how they can work to regain the trust of conservatives.  According to the MRC, as of Tuesday, only Facebook had issued a formal response.

Facebook also responded to an inquiry by CBN News.

“We want Facebook to be a place where expression and personal safety are both protected and where people can also freely discuss different points of view. We are already working with former Republican Senator Jon Kyl and the Heritage Foundation to get outside feedback. This feedback will help us improve over time - ensuring that we can more effectively serve the people on Facebook," a Facebook spokesperson told CBN News in an email.

The MRC released a report last month detailing how conservatives are being censored online. Download a copy of the report here.

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Mayor de Blasio Announces Prospect Park is Now Completely Car-Free Starting Today

January 2, 2018

Recreational users of park’s loop road – walkers, joggers, and cyclists -- have outnumbered cars 3 to 1; The park’s first-ever car-free summer in 2017 proved popular with park-goers

BROOKLYN—Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that starting today, Prospect Park’s entire loop drive would be permanently car-free for the first time since the inception of the automobile. The change was first announced in October 2017, and came as a direct response to the success of the park’s first car-free summer trial last year.     The car-free hours received enormous support from the park’s recreational users, who had outnumbered cars by more than 3-1 during peak morning hours.

“Prospect Park holds a very special place in my family’s history.  It’s where Chirlane and I were married – and then served as the 500-acre ‘backyard’ where we enjoyed playing so often with our kids,” said Mayor de Blasio.  “Today, we are providing a great new year’s gift that recognizes the special place the park holds for so many other Brooklyn families. Now as a safe refuge that has permanently removed cars, the park can expect to see even more people enjoying walking, jogging and bicycling on its beautiful loop road.”

“We are delighted in this new year to announce that Prospect Park is now completely and permanently car-free,” said DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.  “Like the Mayor, I have spent countless hours enjoying the beauty of Prospect Park.  Cyclists, joggers and pedestrians, young and old, will be able to rejoice year-round in a safer and quieter park.”

“For 150 years, Prospect Park has been one of New York City’s most treasured public spaces,” said NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP.  “Thanks to the permanent removal of traffic from the park, this masterpiece of urban greenery will now be cleaner, safer, more open, and more beautiful.”

Prior to today, Prospect Park’s East Drive had been open to traffic during weekday morning rush hour, between 7 and 9 am.  The summer car-free trial proved popular with the park’s walkers, joggers, and cyclists, who during peak season, outnumber cars during morning rush hours by 1,000 to just 300. After Labor Day weekend, New York City received petitions with more than 1,100 signatures calling for the full-time car-free hours for the entire park.   In October, the Mayor announced the permanent car-free change as part of Brooklyn City Hall in Your Borough.

DOT found that during the summer-car free trial, traffic on alternate routes outside of the park was only marginally affected.  The agency was confident that, when combined with improvements to signal timing and turn lanes, any adverse effects of a car-free park on nearby streets could be minimized.  After the park’s West Drive went car-free in June 2015, the most affected alternative southbound evening rush hour route saw an increased travel time of less than a minute, while other afternoon drivers actually saw travel times improve.

DOT has coordinated the transition to a car-free Prospect Park with NYC Parks and the Prospect Park Alliance. Drivers have been advised of the change by variable message boards posted at the Park Circle entrance of the park for the last three weeks.  As the car-free hours take effect, DOT will closely monitor traffic to better accommodate traffic pattern changes, as well as implement additional changes if necessary.

"A new year means a new chapter for Prospect Park, a chapter that once and for all has permanently removed cars from Brooklyn's backyard,” said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. “I applaud all of the incredible community members whose years of advocacy have translated into action. It is a pleasure to be part of this meaningful decision that will advance safety and serenity in this signature park."
"I am very pleased that Prospect Park will be permanently car-free,” said Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon. “A car-free Prospect Park is a safer and healthier park for all park users. I thank Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Polly Trottenberg for ensuring that the park is a safe and enjoyable destination for park-goers."
“Parks are spaces designed for family recreation and individual leisure. The flow of vehicles in Prospect Park interrupts the peace of park visitors while increasing the level of greenhouse emissions and pedestrian crashes,” said Council Chair of the Committee on Transportation, Ydanis Rodríguez. “Having Prospect Park free of vehicles will keep the park’s visitors safer and more protected than ever before.”

"A car-free Prospect Park means millions of parkgoers can now discover the true essence of Brooklyn’s backyard - an oasis of tranquility, recreation, and culture in the midst of a natural landscape,” said Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo. “For generations, Brooklyn families have walked, cycled, and jogged throughout this cherished green space. Today marks another step towards a healthier park and future for our children, seniors, and families.”

"While it's a little harder to remember on this frigid morning, Prospect Park is a haven for walkers, joggers, cyclists, seniors, and families, our refuge in the heart of Brooklyn,” said Council Member Brad Lander. “A car-free park is a more peaceful park, a more beautiful park, and -- most important -- a safer park. Thanks to Mayor de Blasio, to Commissioner Trottenberg, to decades of advocates, and to everyone who made this day a reality."

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Janis ’76 to Deliver Baccalaureate Address

Chris JanisThe annual Baccalaureate tradition offers the graduating Classes, their families and members of the HWS community a reflective pause with prayer and music during Commencement weekend. Featuring an address by Christine Janis ’76, the 2019 interfaith celebration of the graduating seniors’ accomplishments will take place on Saturday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m. in St. John’s Chapel.

Coverage of Commencement 2019, including photo galleries and videos can be found here.

Janis was a portfolio manager at American Stock Exchange before leaving the financial industry to serve homeless populations and at risk children in South Bronx, N.Y. After working as a pastoral crisis counselor and volunteer development coordinator at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, Janis went on to attend Yale Divinity School where she studied Episcopal philanthropy and liturgical praxis and change. Since then, she has worked with the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, where she reported to the Bishop’s office. She has also worked at Yale University and as a consultant at the University of Connecticut, and is a member of the Junior League.

Currently a volunteer historian at Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green in New Haven, she has served on the East Side House Board of Managers and the New York State Junior League. As a student at HWS, Janis majored in urban studies and was elected to Pi Gamma Mu, the oldest interdisciplinary social science honor society.

Following the Baccalaureate ceremony, a reception will be held. All are welcome.

More coverage on Commencement 2019, including photo galleries and videos can be found here.


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Friday morning 9 am,

lately, I’ve been enjoying the blooming strawberries on our balcony and thick green smoothies for breakfast. This velvety bowl is made from a bunch of;  kale, spinach, lime, quark, mint and avocado. For a bit of crunch, I’ve topped it with some coconut flakes, chia seeds and a mixture of nuts. This greenness is absolutely delicious and a great way to start a friday morning! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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The next show will be a “HIGH TEA +Tarot” to herald the release of my new “silk finish” Revelation tarot deck and new mandala Meditation prints. As usual it will be at Reds Restaurant in Woodend, on the 22nd of July between 2.30 and 4.30pm. There will be a cost $45, you will have to book for the HIGH TEA although the exhibition will be open to all.  This is the way for you to help your fellow students (maybe yourself) get SCHOLARSHIPS, and help those less fortunate to have classes.  If you don’t support us, we cannot support you.  You can’t get nothing out of nothing.  WE NEED YOU.  Please make the date in your diary, support us in whatever way you can.

Because there will be a beautiful High Tea, and we need to know the numbers, please book. It will cost $45, and you need to pay with your booking (for catering purposes we need to know you are serious). A Tea Leaf Reading is included in the price.   Remember when I used to do it every day at my little café/yoga room – Mt.Macedon Tea Rooms? People came from all over to get a reading, it was fun, it was good..   On this occasion a booking with Tarot Reader will be available, however, NOT included in the price, and you will need a separate booking for the tarot which is a longer and personal reading.  tarot cards will be available on the day and to order.

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Jim Larsen M.Ed. has taught meditation for 40 years. In 1990 Jim learned SKY Breathing Meditation and added this to his existing meditation practices. The results prompted him to travel to India to study with the founder of SKY. Jim currently teaches SKY and other meditation practices full-time with the nonprofit International Association for Human Values. Jim’s courses include special free programs for military veterans ( and advanced meditation retreats for everyone. Jim has also taught prison inmates, trauma survivors in Haiti and patient-centered wellness programs. His website is

The Key to Wellness Can Be Found in Ancient Mythology

Coming to your breath to handle stress is not a new concept. In fact ancient stories depict many of the same practices we have available to us today when dealing with negative emotions.


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Multi-pass approach to reduce cone-beam artifacts in a circular orbit cone-beam CT system

Chulhee Han, Jongduk Baek

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We propose a multi-pass approach to reduce cone-beam artifacts in a circular orbit cone-beam computed tomography (CT) system. Employing a large 2D detector array reduces the scan time but produces cone-beam artifacts in the Feldkamp, Davis, and Kress (FDK) reconstruction because of insufficient sampling for exact reconstruction. While the two-pass algorithm proposed by Hsieh is effective at reducing cone-beam artifacts, the correction performance is degraded when the bone density is moderate and the cone angle is large. In this work, we treated the cone-beam artifacts generated from bone and soft tissue as if they were from less-dense bone objects and corrected them iteratively. The proposed method was validated using a numerical Defrise phantom, XCAT phantom data, and experimental data from a pediatric phantom followed by image quality assessment for FDK, the two-pass algorithm, the proposed method, and the total variation minimization-based iterative reconstruction (TV-IR). The results show that the proposed method was superior to the two-pass algorithm in cone-beam artifact reduction and effectively reduced the overcorrection by the two-pass algorithm near bone regions. It can also be observed that the proposed method produced better correction performance with fewer iterations than the TV-IR algorithm. A qualitative evaluation with mean-squared error, structural similarity, and structural dissimilarity demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10108-10126
Number of pages19
JournalOptics Express
Issue number7
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Apr 1

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Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Korea, under the "ICT Consilience Creative Program" (IITP-2018-2017-0-01015) supervised by the Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP); Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2018R1A1A1A05077894, 2018M3A9H6081483, 2017M2A2A4A01070302, 2017M2A2A6A01019663, and 2017M2A2A6A02087175).

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Growing up today is very difficult. Teens and young people are often overwhelmed with stress
from school and families, from pressures, from unrealistic expectations. But there is help at hand.

Today’s teens are overwhelmed with stress from school and families, from pressures and unrealistic expectations. Social media is constantly drawing their attention. Impossible standards are being set much closer to home, not by celebrities and models but by classmates and friends. With social media, teens can curate their lives and the resulting feeds show only the best and most enviable moments while concealing efforts, struggles and the merely ordinary aspects of day-to-day life. And there’s growing evidence that these images and unrealistic expectations are causing distress for many teens.

Psychological Therapist, Yvonne Earl specialises in psychological therapy for young people and teenagers and has seen teenagers dealing with some very complex health issues, many of them stress-related. Unrealistic expectations, the pressure to look and act a certain way, academic pressure and the impact of social media can cause depression and anxiety in the young. Yvonne says “I have spent most of my working life in child and adolescent psychological health and I believe that now, more than ever, young people’s mental health is important especially with all the social networking that impacts them.

Psychological therapy, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) are talking therapies which aim to help you feel better by identifying unhelpful patterns of thought and behaviour. They can help provide teens and young people with tools to stop their habitual automatic reactions and negative feelings which are often harmful to themselves and to others. It teaches them ways to engage with life’s difficulties in order to develop useful patterns of thinking and behaviour. Awareness of this kind also helps a young person notice signs of stress or anxiety earlier. Yvonne explains “We offer tools within psychological therapy to enable someone to change the way they think and feel about their experiences. A growing body of evidence has found that when you are given the tools to manage problems by changing the way you think and behave, you feel less stressed, anxious and depressed.”

Yvonne who has over 26 years’ experience working in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry is now bringing her expertise to North Berwick’s Barefoot Sanctuary. She specialises in the areas of; self esteem, depression, self-harm, exam stress, anxiety, OCD, phobias, parenting problems and family work, eating disorders, bereavement and lack of confidence. Yvonne offers individual sessions which follow a structured process and teach a range of techniques including CBT and mindfulness which can be used to help relieve and manage symptoms.

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The Most Important Thing You Can Do

Time spent with family over the holidays brings many gifts and some of those gifts don’t come in the prettiest wrapping paper but they are gifts none the less.

Being around others with a very different perspective of life frequently serves as an inspirational spark for my writing.

As I look at the state of our world and take notice of our collective levels of awareness, I am deeply saddened by a knowing that we severely limit ourselves and our potential because of the narrowness of what we see and believe as true.

Despite the fact that it’s almost 2019 and we’ve made great strides in technology and our ability to stay connected globally – we still, for the most part, are not an open minded group.

An open mind meaning a willingness to listen to or accept opinions and ideas different then our own. An open mind meaning we don’t put a period at the end of a sentence with our ‘conclusions’…we continue to learn and engage curiosity to seek out truth even if it conflicts with our previously held belief systems.

As it stands, we dismiss, judge and condemn anything that doesn’t fit our religious or culturally sanctioned perspectives without stopping to consider where those views came from or if they are even relevant today.

We consider ideas outside of our framework as being woo woo, weird or wrong – without taking any time to research, study or explore them.

While our mind perceives through biases and filters which results in massive limitations and vulnerabilities, we still cling to its very constricted perceptions as fact and let it steer us through life.

 “No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.” – Helen Keller

Having a constricted and narrow lens of the nature of reality results in a constricted and narrow life.

If we are using logic from the medieval days to form our judgements and opinions of how life works or how the Universe organizes itself, then we can’t expect to innovate our way out of the current challenges facing humanity or the issues in our own lives.

As an example, if we aren’t able to reach a consensus with the most significant concern threating our very existence regarding climate change, then we can’t begin the first phase of problem solving.  The first phase being a growing awareness that there is a problem.

This is but one example yet it powerfully demonstrates our current mindset regarding global concerns – much less the smaller situations that affect the quality of our everyday lives.

And if we are stuck and struggling in an area of our life – that’s a very clear sign that WE need to change an aspect of our mental or emotional software…not wait for a change outside of ourselves.

It will always be that the circumstances of our life are a physical demonstration of what we believe, think and feel.

An individual can only manifest what they accept as a possibility. We cannot manifest what we don’t believe.

“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.” – Swami Vivekananda

If you believe that you aren’t good enough, you’ll never get the guy or girl, be chosen for that promotion, or get your business off the ground – then you will create within that limitation and blame life for being so unfair.

The truth is that Life cannot do for you what you are unwilling to do for yourself.

Unfortunately, most people are living the same perpetuating patterns of restrictive thought and behavior year after year after year and wondering why they can’t get anywhere.

So I share again from my perspective that the most important thing you can do to expand your life now and in the New Year is to OPEN YOUR MIND!

Step out of the judgments, restrictions, closed views of how things are, how they should be and embrace the openness of imagination, creativity, possibility and innovation.

The irony is – most people say ‘Oh I have an open mind.’   Maybe you do, maybe you don’t.  I find that people are horribly inaccurate at seeing themselves as they really are.

However our consciousness dictates our experience at all times.

If it’s true that you have an expanded perspective then you’re life must reflect that level of expansiveness.

What does that look like? Financial abundance, thriving relationships, expansive sense of purpose, work that fulfills you, outlets for your personal and spiritual development and engaging in experiences that enliven your creative self-expression.

Why does it really even matter?

Because the nature of reality (including who we are) is FAR more dynamic then we’ve ever imagined and it is imperative that we wake up to this truth if we want to continue our human journey and flourish moving forward.

Innovators like Nikola Tesla and Einstein who imprinted us with their works of genius knew this.

If we still struggle over kindergarten issues like cause and effect, how can we accept ideas like “free energy,” also known as “zero-point energy,” which currently exists and utilizes nature and the substance that exists all around us and converts it into usable energy giving us a limitless source which would practically wipe out all poverty on the planet?

We are surrounded by endless creation, potential and expansion…but if we can’t see it or accept it, then it does us no good.

As we move into a powerful period of time for humanity and for our own spiritual development – we will have to expand our view of the world so that we can thrive and help our planet thrive as well.

Peace on earth and good will towards others IS possible and it begins within each of us.

Happy Holidays! Wishing you much joy, success and fulfillment in the New Year and beyond.

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Samir Modi
Mr. Samir Modi, Founder and Managing Director at Modicare Limited, is an intuitive entrepreneur, constantly striving to bring new and radical ideas to life. He is also the Managing Director of Modi Enterprises, a Rs 10,000 crore conglomerate, founded by his grandfather Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi in 1933. An alumnus of the famed Harvard Business School, Mr. Samir Modi’s stint in US has given him a global perspective and a multicultural approach to work. During his tenure the success of Indians there and worldwide amazed him. Contrary to this he saw the Indians struggling in their own country. This led him to believe that the only way to replicate the success in India was through financial independence and that the major roadblock was capital investment. He recognised the immense potential of Direct Selling and decide to launch his own direct selling company. His personal mantra of “Soch Badlo, Khudko Badlo, Duniya Badlo”, has been his greatest strength always. Mr. Samir Modi also believes in ‘Meraki’ a Greek word that means - whatever you do, do it with love & creativity. These are his guiding values.


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Minnesota Afterschool Advance

Minnesota Afterschool Advance (MAA) is a collaboration between Youthprise and Venn Foundation dedicated to helping families and students access affordable afterschool enrichment programs. MAA works with Minnesota families who meet eligibility requirements and expectations, and uses the powerful Minnesota K-12 Education Tax Credit to pay for educational supports and enrichment including but not limited to: tutoring, music lessons, art classes, and supportive distance learning technology.

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Pearl Krabs is a whale that was born from a whale and was adopted. She loves crying, Boys Who Cry (Band), throwing temper tantrums, and Sandy Cheeks. She is the daughter of Mr. Krabs, despite not being a crab herself...

Complimentary Whale Jokes

She once crushed Fat Bastard’s Obese Son after he roasted her weight. She is a descendant of Ahab’s whale of a wife. She murdered her prom date during weird whale sex, so she took Spongebob instead.

The Kool Krusty Krab

She tried to liberalize the The Krusty Krab after attending a liberal arts college. After some shitty miscommunication, The Krusty Crew overthrew her and mistakenly put her miser of a father back in charge.

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She was born inside a whales belly button and when the whale pooped his pants, she came out and the whale threw her to the side of the road, Mr Krabs realized a baby on the road and adopted and picked her up and cleaned her. Her first word was “Oh crap”

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  • Tubby (he’s fatter than her, but she’s less psychotic)


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Why the Tuskegee Study Slowed Vaccinations of Black Americans

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — By the time vaccines for the coronavirus were introduced late last year, the pandemic had taken two of Lucenia Williams Dunn’s close friends. Still, Ms. Dunn, the former mayor of Tuskegee, contemplated for months whether to be inoculated.

It was a complicated consideration, framed by the government’s botched response to the pandemic, its disproportionate toll on Black communities and an infamous 40-year government experiment with which her hometown is often associated.

“I thought about the vaccine most every day,” said Ms. Dunn, 78, who finally walked into a pharmacy this summer and rolled up her sleeve for a shot, convinced after weighing with her family and doctor the possible consequences of remaining unvaccinated.

“What people need to understand is some of the hesitancy is rooted in a horrible history, and for some, it’s truly a process of asking the right questions to get to a place of getting the vaccine.”

How the racial gap was narrowed — after months of disappointing turnout and limited access — is a testament to decisions made in many states to send familiar faces to knock on doors and dispel myths about the vaccines’ effectiveness, provide internet access to make appointments and offer transportation to vaccine sites.

In North Carolina, which requires vaccine providers to collect race and ethnicity data, hospital systems and community groups conducted door-to-door canvassing and hosted pop-up clinics at a theme park, a bus station and churches. Over the summer, the African American share of the vaccinated population began to more closely mirror the African American share of the general population.

In Mississippi, which has one of the country’s worst vaccination rates and began similar endeavors, 38 percent of people who have started the vaccine process are Black, a share that is roughly equal to the Black share of Mississippi’s population.

And in Alabama, public awareness campaigns and rides to vaccination sites helped transform dismal inoculation rates. A store owner and county commissioner in Panola, a tiny rural town near the Mississippi border, led the effort to vaccinate nearly all of her majority Black community.

Today, about 40 percent of Black Alabama residents — up from about 28 percent in late April — have had at least one dose, a feat in a state that has ranked among the lowest in overall vaccination rates and highest in per capita deaths from Covid-19. About 39 percent of white people in the state have had one dose, up from 31 percent in late April.

Health officials and community leaders say that those who remain unvaccinated have pointed to concerns about how quickly the vaccines were developed and what their long-term health effects might be, plus disinformation that they contain tracking devices or change people’s DNA. The damage wrought by the government-backed trials in Tuskegee, in which Black families were misled by health care professionals, also continues to play a role in some communities, helping to explain why some African Americans have still held out.

“It’s less about saying, ‘This racial ethnic group is more hesitant, more unwilling to get vaccinated,’ and more about saying, ‘You know, this group of people in this given area or this community doesn’t have the information or access they need to overcome their hesitancy,’” said Nelson Dunlap, chief of staff for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

When the U.S. Public Health Service began what it called the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male,” 600 Black men — 399 with syphilis and 201 without the disease — were told they would be treated for so-called bad blood in exchange for free medical exams, meals and burial insurance. In reality, treatment was withheld. Even after penicillin was discovered as an effective treatment, most did not receive the antibiotic.

The experiment began in 1932 and did not stop until 1972, and only after it was exposed in a news article. The surviving men and the heirs of those who had died were later awarded a settlement totaling about $10 million, and the exposure of the study itself eventually led to reforms in medical research. Still, the damage endured.

“Few families escaped the study. Everyone here knows someone who was in the study,” said Omar Neal, 64, a radio show host and former Tuskegee mayor who counts three relatives in the study and who wavered on a vaccine before finally getting one, his mind changed by the rising number of deaths. “And the betrayal — because that is what the study was — is often conjured whenever people are questioning something related to mistrusting medicine or science.”

Rueben C. Warren, director of the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University, said the study served as a real example in the long line of medical exploitation and neglect experienced by Black Americans, eroding trust in the government and health care systems.

What to Know About Covid-19 Booster Shots

Regulators have not authorized booster shots for recipients of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines yet, but an F.D.A. panel is scheduled to meet to weigh booster shots for adult recipients of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

The C.D.C. has said the conditions that qualify a person for a booster shot include: hypertension and heart disease; diabetes or obesity; cancer or blood disorders; weakened immune system; chronic lung, kidney or liver disease; dementia and certain disabilities. Pregnant women and current and former smokers are also eligible.

The F.D.A. authorized boosters for workers whose jobs put them at high risk of exposure to potentially infectious people. The C.D.C. says that group includes: emergency medical workers; education workers; food and agriculture workers; manufacturing workers; corrections workers; U.S. Postal Service workers; public transit workers; grocery store workers.

It is not recommended. For now, Pfizer vaccine recipients are advised to get a Pfizer booster shot, and Moderna and Johnson & Johnson recipients should wait until booster doses from those manufacturers are approved.

Yes. The C.D.C. says the Covid vaccine may be administered without regard to the timing of other vaccines, and many pharmacy sites are allowing people to schedule a flu shot at the same time as a booster dose.

“The questions being asked about the vaccine should be understood in the larger context of historic inequities in health care,” Dr. Warren said. “The hope, of course, is they finally decide to get the vaccine.”

A national campaign led by the Ad Council and Covid Collaborative, a coalition of experts, tackled the hesitation. This summer, a short-form documentary including descendants of the men in the Tuskegee study was added to the campaign.

When Deborah Riley Draper, who created the short-form documentary, interviewed descendants of the Tuskegee study, she was struck by how shrouded it was in myths and misconceptions, such as the false claim that the government had injected the men with syphilis.

“The descendants’ message was clear that African Americans are as much a part of public health as any other group and we need to fight for access and information,” she said.

In Macon County, Ala., which has a population of about 18,000 and is home to many descendants of the Tuskegee trials, about 45 percent of Black residents have received at least one vaccine dose. Community leaders, including those who are part of a task force that meets weekly, attribute the statistic, in part, to local outreach and education campaigns and numerous conversations about the difference between the Tuskegee study and the coronavirus vaccines.

For months, Martin Daniel, 53, and his wife, Trina Daniel, 49, resisted the vaccines, their uncertainty blamed in part on the study. Their nephew Cornelius Daniel, a dentist in Hampton, Ga., said he grew up hearing about the research from his uncle, and saw in his own family how the long-running deception had sown generational distrust of medical institutions.

Mr. Daniel, 31, said he overcame his own hesitation in the spring because the risks of working in patients’ mouths outweighed his concerns.

His uncle and aunt reconsidered their doubts more slowly, but over the summer, as the Delta variant led to a surge in hospitalizations across the South, the Daniels made vaccination appointments for mid-July. Before the date arrived, though, they and their two teenage children tested positive for the coronavirus.

On July 6, the couple, inseparable since meeting as students on the campus of Savannah State University, died about six hours apart. Their children are now being raised by Mr. Daniel and his wife, Melanie Daniel, 32.

“We truly believe the vaccine would have saved their lives,” Ms. Daniel said.

Mitch Smith contributed reporting.

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Shortly before the New York Stock Exchange opened today, online broker Robin Hood, decided to save hedge funds from being forced to buy higher priced stock, losing money, by suddenly stopping trading of stocks such as Gamestop (GME), American Multi Cinema (AMC), Blackberry (BB), and Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY). minutes before the market opened, new trades could not be made and pending trades were cancelled.

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Downtown Needles, California: Trunk or Treat event will be held on Halloween Day 2020 at Santa Fe Park located along the 900 block of Front Street between F Street and G Street.

The event will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT on Halloween

Safe COVID-19 protocols will be observed including social distancing, masks, hand sanitizing, factory weapped candy.

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11 Landscaping design Tasks Which Will Improve Your Home’s Benefit

11 Landscaping design Tasks Which Will Improve Your Home's Benefit

Lots of people who opt in for home loan insurance policy often transform it into a emphasis to boost their home’s worth. And it makes sense because the vast majority of their life insurance coverage payment will give attention to paying the mortgage personal debt. Nonetheless, residences are notorious for being finicky with regards to updates. Some updates provide a huge come back and some tend not to.

A 2016 Redesigning Influence Document on Backyard Features carried out by the National Organization of Landscaping Experts in conjunction with the Countrywide Association of Real estate agents learned that the recuperation expense for backyard characteristics gone up to 417Percent in the expense.

In addition, it learned that outside characteristics factored in highly in the reasons why individuals produced a purchase choice to get a house. Out of the 4079 respondents interviewed, most ranked these landscaping projects within the top 50Percent of the Pleasure Score, a metric that combined those who have been satisfied and satisfied with the outdoor features.

In the following paragraphs, we will quickly review many of these assets that will probably generate an optimistic return while producing your home look spectacular.

1. Walkways

Walkways are an essential part of all round landscaping as they offer both cosmetic and useful power. Because they are constantly in use by the occupants of the property, they should also be tough as well as stunning. Put in a pea gravel walkway to have that fulfilling crunch each and every time you go walking on it.

Blend this with sound edging along with a landscape fabric beneath to help keep the rocks from escaping the course and weeds from expanding underneath the stones. Flagstones may also be used to produce a stunning walkway.

Locate flagstones produced from quarried natural stone to get those deep planet colors and glowing models. Other walkway suggestions you can discover include the traditional brick appear, hard wood planking, concrete pavers, and a mix and match of any of these.

2. Trees and shrubs

Trees are another landscaping task that may improve your home’s worth. Now with shrubs, possessing shrubs rather than having any can boost your curb appeal, but obtaining the equilibrium right is the easiest method to go. When the home has a lot of shrubs or even the shrubs are large, clip them straight down. Debranching and pruning can help generate open areas for sun light to hit the home as well as other parts of the garden.

If you will find no trees and shrubs, think about planting some. Trees to consider are the sugar maple, European smoke tree, saucer magnolia, light blue spruce, among others. Trees and shrubs in order to avoid range from the silvermaple and ash, quaking aspen, Lombardy poplar as well as the willow. These will decimate your backyard as time passes.

3. Fencing

When people view a property, fencing is one the of the things they look at to figure out their last provide for the residence. The reason being fencing provides both visual and practical appeal. When the particular person studying the home is concerned with privacy or possibly is keen on in which the home boundary lies, placing a good fence will make a large distinction.

A few of the points to consider when placing fencing include zoning and homelimitations and neighbours, kind of fence you want to create, and also the components you are going to use. Keep in mind that while customers will be interested in level of privacy and safety, they may not want an enormous fence that intimidates neighbors and passersby.

4. Deck or Outdoor patio

Most buyers today need that the residence use a patio area as a must-have outside feature. In reality, based on the report cited previously, patios arrived in third within the most asked for feature by home buyers. Should your house already features a patio or deck, you are on the right path to boosting your residence value. What you need to do is invest in improving it.

This could imply wearing a new coat of varnish or fresh paint, including illumination, or repairing the patio area awning. In case your patio is made of natural stone, take into account obtaining the stones sanded and refinished to offer them a smooth complete. If you do not have a patio area, your options boost.

Some patio kinds to consider are stone complete patios, flagstone patios, wooden patios, or metal patios. You will have to evaluate your garden initially as its not all yards are suitable for a patio add-on.

5. Yard

Absolutely nothing exudes reputation and high quality like a well-maintained yard. Buyers need it, nearby neighbors covet it. If you are planning to put your residence available on the market, it pays to invest heavily in upgrading the grass. This means heading the entire nine yards: auto sprinklers, inorganic pesticides, fertilizer and seeding and so on.

Just how the grass ends up, nonetheless, might rely on which part of the country you are. If you are in Nevada or some other dry region, this may be a herculean task. If you are inside a more warm region, the climate may possibly support your time and efforts. In the event the climate allows, make grassing your backyard a top-notch top priority to improve the curb appeal of your property.

6. Lighting

Landscape lighting may well not perform an important role throughout the day but may increase garden charm during the night. Carried out in the right way, lights can boost the attributes of your landscaping design. If you have trees and shrubs in your yard, think about hanging up some electric powered lanterns. For those who have grass only, you can put in some stepping stone lighting to help make your yard shine during the night.

Combining a patio with beautiful lighting is another landscaping idea it is possible to put into action. Put suspended lighting within the patio area area or include inserted lighting along the footpath. You can also try out solar-operated LED lights that can be easily suspended from different landscaping design structures. In general, lighting includes a means of utilizing whatever landscaping design you might have, whether or not hardscape or softscaping.

7. Fire Pit

Nothing invokes excellent recollections like sitting down close to a fireplace spinning yarns and enjoying yourself. For someone interested in your home, possessing a flame pit provides them the possibility of producing this kind of remembrances. Flame pits also position highly on the list of landscape designs functions that property owners derive the highest delight from.

To install a flame pit, you can either go the professional way or the DIY way. Thinking about you want to boost the value of your property, obtaining a specialist to do it makes more feeling. When thinking about the design, take into consideration those that accentuate the home and surrounding landscape designs. Also, go for something long lasting that may withstand the vagaries of mother nature.

8. Planting Beds

Growing mattresses are regions of your backyard area who have wide open planet and this allow the growing of seasonal plants. One of the ways you can use this to increase the price of your house is to plant plants that blossom in some seasons. If you are promoting the home over summer time, plant plants that bloom in summer time. Do this for the other seasons too.

Growing beds will also serve as an incentive for the possible purchaser to help make the backyard their own by growing their very own number of blossoms and other herbage. To achieve productive growing beds, you will need to invest in fertile garden soil, manure, and possibly a sprinkler method.

9. Bushes

Bushes along with other woody plants make another exceptional landscaping alternative. If you think like shrubs are too much of stretch and your grass appears plain, think about growing some shrubs along the periphery of your own yard to add depth for the location.

Shrubs also happen to be low-upkeep and hardy, so that you or perhaps the new operator will not have to battle to keep them living and looking radiant. Some shrubs that combine beautiful appearance using a hardy individuality are rose bushes, typical lilacs, pink flowering almond, among others.

10. Residence Identification

While many might not consider this being a landscape designs project, it does increase the curb appeal of your property. When someone pushes by the house and recognizes it beautifully discovered, this enhances the image of a properly-maintained residence. If you think regarding it, for this reason owners of huge homes in unique local neighborhoods head to great lengths to name their houses in an sophisticated and stylish manner.

If your home is smaller take into account placing a lovely mailbox. You can also to put it simply the house quantity on a stunning plaque in the entry ways to your house. This makes your home stay ahead of the remainder and make it easy for individuals to obtain the residence once they appear checking out.

11. Potted Vegetation

Potted vegetation can be used in just one of two methods. The very first is as an emphasize item to your back garden. These are generally strategically positioned potted plants that improve the other aspects of your landscape designs. The next way is as being a potted garden. This is where you substitute your backyard with several potted plants and flowers. This is effective once you have limited space or when you need the flexibility of moving the pots around.

Potted vegetation possess the additional benefit from offering you the choice to have gorgeous pots to complement the blossoms in the pot. Put them on the ground or dangle them up on the wall, potted plants and flowers are a great way of beautifying your backyard on a tight budget.

These jobs, when carried out well can nudge up the price of your house by way of a handful of percent points. Prior to embarking on any one, nevertheless, first consider regardless of whether you will be able to recoup your investment by studying the present price of comparable residences in your area.

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To find out if this Snapper string trimmer is an ideal weed whacker to buy, we should look at its features.

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Decoding Vitamin C, The Immunity-Booster That Everyone’s Obsessed About

What the supplement offers and how it works to stay healthy.

Annabelle Dcosta

It’s official, vitamin C was 2020’s hot new fave, and continues to be so in 2021 too.  As the go-to cure for seasonal colds and flu, it became the ideal candidate to boost our immunity amidst the threat of COVID-19. So much so that, pharmacy store shelves that usually hold vitamin C supplements were bare, and even online vendors reported that their vitamin C supplies were unavailable.

Our sabzi-wallas, little aware of the immunity-boosting benefits of vitamin-C rich foods, saw a high demand for amla and lemons. Wellness and healthcare brands reported a spike in the sale of immunity boosters, particularly those containing vitamin C. That’s not all – according to Google India, the overall increase in searches for vitamin C during 2020 was an astonishing 150 per cent.

Sure, vitamin C has a lot of health benefits—just like all other vitamins and minerals. However, if you’re guilty of buying into the vitamin C’s COVID-19 healing powers—blame social media for spreading the misinformation — we’ve got some bad news for you.

No, Vitamin C is not a miracle cure for COVID-19

There is no scientific evidence pointing toward vitamin C’s effectiveness in fighting or preventing the risk of COVID-19. Both the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have debunked vitamin C’s link with coronavirus. The only way to minimise the chances of contracting the respiratory tract infection is to take preventive measures—social distancing, mask-wearing and frequent handwashing.

Both Mumbai-based nutritionist Shirin Kapadia and nutrition consultant Sangeeta Khanna agree that since there are no side effects (unless you’re overdosing on pills), vitamin C can’t cause any harm, but it would be wrong to presume that it is the ultimate cure.

So what does vitamin C offer?

Unlike plants, our bodies don't make vitamin C, but we need it for immune function, bone structure, iron absorption, and healthy skin, hair and bones. “Without vitamin C, our body could fall apart,” Khanna tells us. According to the Science History Institute, vitamin C deficiency is known to cause gums to bleed and teeth to fall out. In extreme cases, it can cause internal hemorrhaging leading to eventual mortality. This is proof that vitamin C plays an important role in our body's healing process. It helps protect the body from the effects of free radicals (the molecules produced when the body breaks down food), explains Kapadia.

However, vitamin C is best known as an immunity superstar. Thanks to Nobel Laureate Dr Linus Pauling, one of the first to speak up, in the 1970s, about vitamin C's immunity-boosting benefits including preventing common cold and illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. Since then, studies have found that, although vitamin C doesn't appear to make you any less likely to catch a cold, it may help you recover faster and address the severity of the symptoms. For instance, a 2013 article on Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews suggests that vitamin C could reduce the duration of colds by 8 per cent in adults and 14 per cent in children.

Besides, when vitamin C is applied topically it could act as a good antioxidant and help in protecting the skin from UV damage, stimulating collagen production, and removing dark spots, shares Dr Jaishree Sharad, dermatologist and founder, Skinfiniti Clinic, Mumbai. However, to reap the skin benefits of vitamin C, Sharad suggests using serums or moisturisers that also have vitamin E aka ferulic acid, as when used together they could work wonders on the skin.

Where do I get my vitamin C from?

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Citrus fruits are best known as a rich source of vitamin C, however, Kapadia tells us that foods such as amla, kiwis, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, drumsticks, bell peppers, strawberries and tomatoes are also great sources. Besides, did you know that almost all popular souring agents used in India—think kokum, tamarind and mangoes – are good sources of vitamin C as well?

Like with most foods, consuming them right is the only way to reap the maximum health benefits of vitamin C. Cooking vitamin C-rich foods or storing them for a long time reduces their effectiveness. Since it is heat-sensitive and water-soluble, the longer you cook, the more vitamin C they lose, notes an article published in April 2018 in the journal Food Science and Biotechnology.

The article suggests microwaving vitamin C-rich foods as an alternative to boiling for better nutrient-retention. The best bet would, however, be consuming them raw. That said, it’s also important to include vitamin C-rich fruits and veggies in our day-to-day meals since our bodies cannot store the water-soluble vitamin efficiently, explains Khanna.

How much vitamin C do I need?

The recommended dietary allowance for men is 90 milligrams (mg) per day, and for women, it is 75 mg per day. Most of us can achieve the recommended daily amount of vitamin C by simply eating a large orange (97 mg) or kiwi (92 mg), though smokers may need a slightly higher intake as, according to the National Institute of Health, smoking can deplete the body's vitamin C.

While the chances of you ever naturally over-dosing on Vitamin C is rare, but in case that does happen, it is unlikely to hurt you -- excess gets excreted in our urine rather than getting stored in the body, explains Kapadia. You still need to watch out if you’re taking supplements that contain between 500 and 1,000 mg of vitamin C, which could result in stomach upset, diarrhea, nausea, fatigue or cramps, warn health experts. This is why it's important to discuss your vitamin C requirements with your doctor.

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First Woman Ever Appointed Rector of a Pontifical University

Says Church Doesn’t Need Gender Quotas to Grow, But Collaboration

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For the first time in the Church’s history, a woman has been appointed to head a pontifical university.

The Congregation for Catholic Education, headed by Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, chose Sister Mary Melone to head the Pontifical University Antonianum, run by the Order of Friars Minor.

Considered an expert on Saint Anthony of Padua, Sr. Mary was also the first woman to obtain a permanent position as a professor on the theology faculty of the Roman university, as well as its first female dean, according to the website Vatican Insider.

Born in La Spezia in 1964, Maria Domenica (her birth name) would finish school specializing in classics. She joined the Franciscan Sisters of Blessed Angelina, taking temporary vows in 1986 and professing perpetual vows in 1991.

She is currently president of the Italian society for theological research and former head of the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences “Redemptor Hominis.” Sr. Mary has also held numerous leading roles in academia, and has published many articles and essays.

The Church “doesn’t need gender quotas” to grow, but rather “collaboration,” she said in a 2011 interview with L’Osservatore Romano, published on the occasion of her election as the university’s dean of theology.

In response to being asked about the “label” of “female theology,” she said that although “more space definitely needs to be given to women,” the “reference to female theology does not really fit with my vision of things: all that exists is theology.” Although she noted that different sensitivities can enhance theological study, she said the way a woman approaches it while “certainly different,” “does not contrast” with a man’s.

Regarding the role of women in the Church, she said: “A reflection on this cannot be commensurate to the Church’s age, as this reflects a development of thought that has gone on for hundreds of years.” She added, “I don’t like comparisons although I recognize that in the past there may have been a reason for making comparisons.”

“A great deal more can be done, but there is change, you can see it, feel it. I think that, my case aside, the election of a woman in a pontifical university is also proof of this,” she said.

Calling women to act, she said, “I believe this depends a great deal on us women, too,” adding: “It is us who should get the ball rolling.” (D.C.L)

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5 Ways to Enjoy Virtual Reality

Technologies is probably among the finest creations humans have ever produced. Not simply is technological innovation capable of link up people but additionally gives us contact with scenery, appears to be, and emotions we haven't proficient in our lifetimes.

With Virtual Reality, technologies now permits us to practical experience a detailed alive setting in a imaginary establishing. Virtual reality (VR) typically describes pc systems which use virtual reality headsets to generate the sensible other, images and sounds feelings that replicate a genuine surroundings or create an imaginary setting.

Although VR remains to be relatively recent for the public, there are already a lot of different approaches to appreciate VR. In this article are some of the virtual settings and activities that you could practical experience:

  1. Flying

Possibly wanted traveling? Effectively, here's your opportunity to enjoy how it is like. Employing VR eyeglasses, it is possible to fly. VR cups features to individuals an incredibly practical appearance or video that helps wearers build the excitement and momentum for the whole experience. If you want to experience flying, you may try this new invention made by the researchers of Zurich University's Interaction Design Program called Birdly, aside from that. Birdly is really a Virtual Reality gaming system that allows an individual to rest on a padded, go across-molded device and provides individuals the discomfort of traveling around structures or throughout land aspects.

  1. Fishing

In other instances, a VR head set will also enable you to encounter skating. But it's more than this. It will enable you to truly feel what it's want to be fishing less than oceans with dozens offish and sharks, and whales going swimming close to you. You are going to definitely think that being marine due to the fact you will be able to hear and see the sweetness and appears to be of the seas beings.

  1. Roller Coaster

Why not ride a roller coaster if you're just at home sitting on your couch and have got nothing to do? Sure, it's simply that effortless once you have your own VR head set! Start off sensation the gravitational forces because the coaster twists and converts upside-down. There are lots of VR headsets who have built-in games where you could genuinely expertise an intense curler coaster drive. Additionally there is a simulator referred to as “No Limits 2” which will let you expertise roller coasters on a completely new level.

  1. Skydiving

Skydiving is surely an extreme sports activity that many people are only able to desire performing as it is actually pricey. If you're seeking a more affordable (and also much less dangerous) strategy to expertise skydiving, then VR may be the way. Travel as much as substantial altitudes with “Volo Airsport”, a physics simulation that allows folks hang up on for their daily life and experience skydiving.

  1. Flight Zombies

If you are the type of person who is fascinated by the idea of a zombie apocalypse, then VR is your closest way to experience it. So, if you want to experience what it's like to be in a scene of “The Walking Dead”, download “Zombie Shooter”. It can be free of charge on Apple inc and lets game players to kill and shoot zombies that happen to be chasing after them through the VR headset.

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