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The Cleveland Indians were willing to try almost anything to end their losing streak.

Cleveland pitchers Corey Kluber and Cody Allen dressed up like chickens during batting practice Friday, standing in the outfield in an attempt to help the team pull out of its six-game losing streak.

The strategy apparently worked.

Michael Brantley homered and drove in three runs, Carlos Santana also homered and the Indians finally broke loose for a 12-5 win against the Chicago White Sox.

Manager Terry Francona wasn’t sure who came up with the idea.

“I don’t really care,” he said. “If we’re going to win again, they can all show up and wear chicken outfits.”

“I thought it was awesome,” first baseman Nick Swisher said. “We’ve had a lot of stress in here. A nice little laugh here and there definitely loosens the hinges a little bit.”

The scene brought back memories of 2013 when Allen’s teammates presented him with a live chicken from a local farm during batting practice.

Cleveland’s struggling offense, which scored 13 runs on a 0-6 road trip, had a five-run first inning and added four in the sixth.

“It was a good night offensively for us, and we needed it,” Francona said.

Brantley hit a leadoff homer in the fifth and added a two-run single in the sixth. Santana hit a solo homer in the second and had an RBI single in the first, and Ryan Raburn and Yan Gomes each drove in two runs.

Although Santanastill is batting only .165, he’s raised his average 43 points and homered three times in his past four games.

“He’s such a good hitter and when he gets hot, it’s not just singles,” Francona said.

Danny Salazar (1-3) was charged with five runs — three earned —in five innings and earned his first win of the season.

Jose Abreu hit his major-league leading 11th homer in the fifth, but the White Sox couldn’t overcome a shaky start by John Danks (2-2), who allowed eight runs in five innings.

“There wasn’t a whole lot to take from it,” Danks said. “I felt fine, but I’m giving them batter’s counts way too often and I’m paying for it.”

The Indians placed All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis on the 15-day disabled list before the game with a pulled muscle in his side.

Santana’s RBI single, Raburn’s two-run double and Gomes’ two-run single highlighted Cleveland’s first inning. The fast start was enough to hold off the hard-hitting White Sox, who lead the AL in runs scored but have lost three in a row.

Abreu struck out against Salazar in his first two at-bats, but homered to left on a 3-2 pitch in the fifth. The rookie sensation also leads the league with 33 RBI.

Salazar worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the fourth.

“I was competing every pitch,” Salazar said. “It felt good to not let them score.”

The right-hander struck out six and won for the first time since Sept. 25, also against Chicago.

Kipnis’ absence hurt the Indians immediately as his replacement, Elliot Johnson, committed two errors. Both of the miscues came on dropped throws on potential force plays. The first came in Chicago’s three-run second inning. The second helped the White Sox load the bases in the fourth.

The White Sox scored three times in the second on singles by Alejandro De Aza and Adrian Nieto and a passed ball by Gomes.

Alexei Ramirez, the AL’s leading hitter, was 2 for 4 and is batting .356. Dayan Viciedo, the third-leading hitter in the league, was hitless in three at-bats and is batting .337.

Kipnis is expected to miss three to five weeks. ... White Sox OF Adam Eaton left with a strained right hamstring in the fourth after hitting into a double play. He said after the game he might have to go on the DL. ... White Sox LHP Chris Sale (left flexor strain) played catch before the game, but will not be activated off the 15-day disabled list when he becomes eligible today. The two-time All-Star will play long toss Monday in Chicago. ... Indians RHP Justin Masterson (0-1) looks for his first win in his seventh start against RHP Scott Carroll (1-0) today.

Cleveland 12

Chicago (A) 5

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Commanders, pilots, aircraft maintainers from both the Navy and Marine Corps, as well as tech reps, family members and interested civilians gathered at the Havelock Tourist and Event center to listen to guest  speakers and see the unveiling of a 9-foot granite tribute erected in honor of the A-6 Intruder – a brawny, workhorse attack aircraft that has seen conflicts from Vietnam to the Gulf War.

The event began with several speakers from both the Navy and Marine Corps, including retired U.S. Navy Capt. T. Ladson Webb, president of the Intruder Association; retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Tom Braaten; retired Marine Col. Tom Blickensderfer, a former pilot and commanding officer with over 4,000 hours of flight time in the A-6; and retired Marine Maj. Gen. Martin “Wiley” Post.

The speakers reveled in telling their tales regarding the A-6 inside and outside of the cockpit. Col. Blickensderfer reflected on experiencing the technological evolution that spanned the earlier models of the A-6 with later aircraft.

“It went from vacuum tubes to transistors,” said Blickensderfer of the Intruder’s instrumentation. Braatten, who was a former commanding general of Cherry Point, and who retired in 2001, was pleased and excited in describing the new tribute’s location in relation to the tourist center.

“The tribute will be right outside the door here,” he said.

During Post’s presentation he requested that personnel both officer and enlisted personnel, pilots to maintainers and Grumman representatives, stand up to be recognized.

After the speakers finished those attending were invited outside to watch Havelock Mayor Pro- Tempore Brenda Wilson cut the ribbon and remove the black cloth shielding its view.

According to Blickensderfer, the fact that Havelock was the fifth site to receive an A-6 tribute wasn’t reflective of any order even though Cherry Point is the largest Marine Corps air station in the world. It was built in Ohio by a laser imaging company and later transported to Havelock.

“There is no disgrace in being fifth,” he said.

He said also that organizers within the Intruder Association were able to see the different tributes– including one that is on Long Island, N.Y. and change the size and design to their liking.

The memorial cost upwards of $60,000 and was funded by members of the Intruder Association – pilots and maintenance personnel, as well as Grumman technical representatives and even interested civilians.

“It was a self-driven organization and it started catching more and more steam,” Blickensderfer said.

For Megan McGarvey, board of directors member for the Havelock Chamber of Commerce, the tribute holds a special meaning. Her father Marine Maj. James McGarvey, along with bombardier-navigator Capt. James Carlton, went down in Vietnam on April 17, 1967. The two are still considered missing in action to this day. In a program given to the public at the event James McGarvey’s name appears first on the page dedicated to A-6 aviators who made the ultimate sacrifice.

She said her family has never really had closure because her father was never officially listed as killed in action. McGarvey was excited and impressed by the tribute.

“It’s beautiful. They did a wonderful job,” she said.


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FDA releases updated COVID-19 food safety guidelines

FDA releases updated COVID-19 food safety guidelines

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing food retailers and manufacturers with more flexibility.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently released a list of resources regarding food safety and COVID-19. The document addresses several production and retail challenges within the food supply that are relevant to natural products businesses during the pandemic.

The new guidelines affect restaurants, food producers and distributors

Included in the list is a document titled “Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency,” which temporarily loosens some FDA guidelines. While many of the new guidelines are for restaurants, they also provide food manufacturers and distributors with much-needed flexibility regarding nutrition labeling of packaged foods.

For example, businesses that have excess inventory labeled for restaurant use may now sell packaged food without a Nutrition Facts label, provided that the food does not boast nutrition claims and does contain other required information on the label, such as: an ingredient statement, net quantity of contents, allergen information required by the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act and the name and place of business of the food manufacturer, packer or distributor.

Additionally, if retail packaging is unavailable, manufacturers may continue to produce and sell food labeled for use in restaurants through other channels until packaging becomes available. Although these temporary guidelines went into effect immediately, they remain subject to public comment according to the FDA’s good guidance practices.

The resource list also includes questions and answers relevant to the natural products industry, some of which we’ve highlighted below.

Tips for natural products producers and suppliers navigating COVID-19:

  • Workers in the Food and Agriculture sector—agricultural production, food processing, distribution, retail, foodservice and allied industries—are considered essential critical infrastructure workers.
  • Despite some local supply issues, there are currently no nationwide shortages of food. The current challenges are a result of unprecedented demand, not a lack of capacity to produce or deliver.
  • COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, not a foodborne one. There is no evidence of food or food packaging being associated with its transmission.
  • While it is not believed to be the main method of transmission, it is possible to contract COVID-19 by touching surfaces where the coronavirus lives and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes. Therefore, it is critical for food manufacturers, distributors and retail stores to amplify cleaning procedures and brush up on food safety procedures during this time.
  • Hand sanitizers are in short supply, but the FDA warns against using quaternary ammonium (even at 200 ppm concentration) on human skin. These products may only be used to sanitize surfaces
  • The Centers for Disease Control suggests that companies and individuals employ social distancing—maintaining a distance of six feet from other people—within food preparation facilities and retail operations. Realistically, this is not always possible, but strict personal hygiene practices such as frequent hand washing should be enforced to reduce community spread.
  • Food production facilities are required to maintain clean and sanitized environments every day, not just during a pandemic. Therefore, the FDA does not anticipate that any food products will be recalled or withdrawn from the market because of COVID-19.
  • If an employee tests positive for COVID-19, employers should inform other workers of the possibility that they were exposed but maintain confidentiality. Consult with local and state health authorities to learn additional protocols.
  • Businesses should coordinate with state and local officials to stay abreast of the latest developments, as the intensity of the COVID-19 outbreak is greatly influenced by geographic location.
  • The FDA will work with manufacturers for the remainder of 2020 regarding using updated Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels. The agency also announced it will not focus on enforcement actions during this time.
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Jaguars 2018 season in review: OLB Telvin Smith

Smith led Jaguars with 134 tackles

(George Varkanis)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Linebacker Telvin Smith led the Jaguars in tackles with 134 stops in 2018.

Position: Outside Linebacker

2018 Stats: 134 tackles, sack, FF, FR and 2 INTs

2018 season in review: A year after being ranked No. 67 in the NFL Network top 100, Smith didn’t quite play up to that level in 2018. According to ProFootballFocus he was ranked as the 44th best linebacker in the NFL last season.

Smith didn’t have a huge drop off in 2018.  But coming off an All-Pro season in 2017 a new bar was established. As a whole the Jaguars defense wasn’t bad by any stretch in 2018. They just didn’t play at an elite level like they did in 2017.

Status for 2019: Smith along with Calais Campbell are two of the Jaguars leaders not only for the defense but the entire team. Next season Smith has a cap hit of $12.5 million. The chances of him being flat out cut are slim to none. However there have been rumors that the Jaguars would entertain trading him and moving Myles Jack to weak-side linebacker.

If Smith returns in 2019 (which I fully expect will happen), he’ll be tasked with trying to return to the elite level of play he produced in 2017.


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Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe dies aged 95

Africa Breaking News South Africa World

BBC Report – Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95.

His family confirmed his death to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April.

He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power.

Mr Mugabe’s early years were praised for broadening access to health and education for the black majority – but his later years were marked by rights abuses and corruption.

He won Zimbabwe’s first election after it secured independence from the UK, becoming prime minister in 1980.

He abolished the office in 1987, becoming president instead.

His successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, expressed his “utmost sadness”, calling Mr Mugabe “an icon of liberation”.

Mr Mnangagwa had been Mr Mugabe’s deputy before replacing him.

Who was Robert Mugabe?

Mr Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924 in what was then Rhodesia – a British colony, run by its white minority.

He was imprisoned for more than a decade without trial after criticising the government of Rhodesia in 1964.

In 1973, while still in prison, he was chosen as president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), of which he was a founding member.

Once released, he headed to Mozambique, from where he directed guerrilla raids into Rhodesia. But he was also seen as a skilled negotiator.

Political agreements to end the crisis resulted in the new independent Republic of Zimbabwe.

With his high profile in the independence movement, Mr Mugabe secured an overwhelming victory in the republic’s first election.

But over his decades in power, international perceptions soured, with an increasing number of critics portraying Mr Mugabe as a kind of dictator.

In 2000, facing serious political opposition for the first time, he seized white-owned farms to resettle black farmers, causing economic disruption but boosting his popularity among supporters.

Around the same time, pro-Mugabe militias used violence to influence political outcomes. In 2008, when he lost the first round of the presidential election, attacks on the opposition resulted in his rival pulling out of the contest.

He famously declared that only god could remove him from office.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) and his wife Grace (R) greet supporters at a national Heroes Day rally in Harare, August 11, 2014Image copyrightREUTERS
Image captionMr Mugabe’s downfall came after suspicions that his wife Grace might succeed him

He was forced into sharing power in 2009 amid economic collapse, installing rival Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister.

But in 2017, amid concerns that he was grooming his wife Grace as his successor, the army – his long-time ally – turned against the president and forced him to step down.

What has the reaction been?

Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi, of Mr Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party, told the BBC the party was “very much saddened” by his death.

“As a government, we are very much with the family members of the Mugabe family,” he said.

“He was a principled man: he could not change easily over his beliefs. He’s a man who believed himself, he’s a man who believed in what he did and he is a man who was very assertive in whatever he said.

“This was a good man.”

Not everyone agreed, however.

Zimbabwean Senator David Coltart, who was once labelled “an enemy of the state” by Mr Mugabe, said his legacy was marred by his adherence to violence as a political tool.

“He was always committed to violence, going all the way back to the 1960s… he was no Martin Luther King,” he told the BBC World Service. “He never changed in that regard.”

But he acknowledged that there was another side to Robert Mugabe – “a man who indeed had a great passion for education – and I think he mellowed in his later years.

“There’s a lot of affection towards him, because we must never forget that he was the person primarily responsible for ending oppressive white minority rule.”

The government of neighbouring South Africa tweeted its condolences, labelling Mr Mugabe “a fearless pan-Africanist liberation fighter”.

The BBC’s Shingai Nyoka, in the capital Harare, said Mr Mugabe was likely to be remembered for his early achievements.

In his later years, people had called him all sorts of names, but now is probably the time when Zimbabweans will think back to his 37 years in power, she said.

There’s a saying here – that whoever dies becomes a hero, and we’re likely to see that now, our correspondent adds.

Robert Mugabe – key dates

1924: Born. Later trains as a teacher

1964: Imprisoned by Rhodesian government

1980: Wins post-independence elections

1996: Marries Grace Marufu

2000: Loses referendum – pro-Mugabe militias invade white-owned farms and attack opposition supporters

2008: Comes second in first round of elections to Tsvangirai, who pulls out of run-off following nationwide attacks on his supporters

2009: Amid economic collapse, swears in Tsvangirai as prime minister, who serves in uneasy government of national unity for four years

2017: Sacks long-time ally Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for his wife Grace to succeed him

November 2017: Army intervenes and forces him to step down

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Science Turns to Nature For Cancer Cure - Solar Power Kills Cancer Cells

Solar Power Kills Cancer Cells

Solar Power Kills Cancer Cells

Solar power technology not only gives alternative energy but also kills cancer cells: Michigan State University professors researching transparent solar energy technology, accidentally found that that it could also kill cancer cells.

Sophia, a molecular biologist in MSU during a walk with scientist Lunt got this innovative idea that could also be used beyond the detection and treatment of cancer.  Its research results were published on 27th October, in the Scientific Reports.

Science turns to nature for cancer cure: Nature's solar energy is already out powering as an alternative source of energy for the present and future. Now its technology is said to apply from biomedicals to photocatalysis.

Previously it was traditionally reserved for solar power accidentally got an innovative way of detecting and treating cancer. Light-activated fluorescent dyes can now diagnosis, image-guided surgery, and site-specific treatment for cancer disease.

Michigan State University makes a significant breakthrough in cancer treatment: Solar energy and biomedical department professors of Michigan State University by publishing this latest research report have made a significant breakthrough in cancer treatment.

Sophia, a molecular biologist of the MSW biochemistry department while on a walk with renowned Solar energy researcher Lunt who was studying solar glass, connected the solar technology for the treatment of cancer.

Sophia says the research so far has been promising after testing it on the breast, lung, and skin cancer cell lines and mouse models. Before this connection of solar power technology with cancer treatment, Lunt had many difficulties using fluorescent dyes for therapeutics and diagnostics.

Such shortcomings, like low brightness, high levels of toxicity to cells, weak tissue penetration, and undesired side effects, were controlled now. It was done by optoelectronically changing organic salt nanoparticles used in theranostics.

This innovative research finding by the Michigan State University of solar power technology for cancer will help millions of cancer patients worldwide. It can save a lot of sufferings and deaths by early detection of cancer in any part of the body and also kill the cancer cells for affected persons.

Science Turns to Nature For Cancer Cure - Solar Power Kills Cancer Cells


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Exclusive: Humans placed in suspended animation for the first time

Health 20 November 2019
Surgeons operating
Suspended animation could save lives

Doctors have placed humans in suspended animation for the first time, as part of a trial in the US that aims to make it possible to fix traumatic injuries that would otherwise cause death.

Samuel Tisherman, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, told New Scientist that his team of medics had placed at least one patient in suspended animation, calling it “a little surreal” when they first did it. He wouldn’t reveal how many people had survived as a result.

The technique, officially called emergency preservation and resuscitation (EPR), is being carried out on people who arrive at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore with an acute trauma – such as a gunshot or stab wound – and have had a cardiac arrest. Their heart will have stopped beating and they will have lost more than half their blood. There are only minutes to operate, with a less than 5 per cent chance that they would normally survive.

EPR involves rapidly cooling a person to around 10 to 15°C by replacing all of their blood with ice-cold saline. The patient’s brain activity almost completely stops. They are then disconnected from the cooling system and their body – which would otherwise be classified as dead – is moved to the operating theatre.

A surgical team then has 2 hours to fix the person’s injuries before they are warmed up and their heart restarted. Tisherman says he hopes to be able to announce the full results of the trial by the end of 2020.

At normal body temperature – about 37°C – our cells need a constant supply of oxygen to produce energy. When our heart stops beating, blood no longer carries oxygen to cells. Without oxygen, our brain can only survive for about 5 minutes before irreversible damage occurs. However, lowering the temperature of the body and brain slows or stops all the chemical reactions in our cells, which need less oxygen as a consequence.

Tisherman’s plan for the trial was that 10 people who receive EPR will be compared with 10 people who would have been eligible for the treatment but for the fact that the correct team wasn’t in the hospital at the time of admittance.

The trial was given the go-ahead by the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA made it exempt from needing patient consent as the participants’ injuries are likely to be fatal and there is no alternative treatment. The team had discussions with the local community and placed ads in newspapers describing the trial, pointing people to a website where they can opt out.

Tisherman’s interest in trauma research was ignited by an early incident in his career in which a young man was stabbed in the heart after an altercation over bowling shoes. “He was a healthy young man just minutes before, then suddenly he was dead. We could have saved him if we’d had enough time,” he says. This led him to start investigating ways in which cooling might allow surgeons more time to do their job.

Animal studies showed that pigs with acute trauma could be cooled for 3 hours, stitched up and resuscitated. “We felt it was time to take it to our patients,” says Tisherman. “Now we are doing it and we are learning a lot as we move forward with the trial. Once we can prove it works here, we can expand the utility of this technique to help patients survive that otherwise would not.”

“I want to make clear that we’re not trying to send people off to Saturn,” he says. “We’re trying to buy ourselves more time to save lives.”

In fact, how long you can extend the time in which someone is in suspended animation isn’t clear. When a person’s cells are warmed up, they can experience reperfusion injuries, in which a series of chemical reactions damage the cell – and the longer they are without oxygen, the more damage occurs.

It may be possible to give people a cocktail of drugs to help minimise these injuries and extend the time in which they are suspended, says Tisherman, “but we haven’t identified all the causes of reperfusion injuries yet”.

Tisherman described the team’s progress on Monday at a symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences. Ariane Lewis, director of the division of neuro-critical care at NYU Langone Health, said she thought it was important work, but that it was just first steps. “We have to see whether it works and then we can start to think about how and where we can use it.”

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Review: Ancient quarrels

6 June 1992

The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific
Tradition in Early Modern France by Allen G. Debus, Cambridge University
Press, pp 247, £40/ $59.5

Whenever I read of a scientific controversy from a past age a feeling
of weariness overwhelms me. That people should have expended so much emotional
and intellectual energy defending or attacking positions that time has shown
are untenable is further proof of the futility of so much of human activity.
And yet it is out of controversy that progress can be made.

Such were my thoughts as I read Allen Debus’s comprehensive study of
the Paracelsians challenge to the medical establishment of early modern
France. The establishment was derived largely from the writings of Galen,
the Greek physician born in Pergamum in AD 129. He studied at Smyrna, Corinth
and Alexandria and, at the age of 28, returned to Pergamum where he acted
as physician at the gladiatorial school. Later he went to Rome where he
eventually became Commodus’s personal physician. He wrote voluminously,
producing more than 500 works. His main treatise on medical therapy was
the Ars Magna, the great art, which was the bible for medical practice in
early modern France. Several translations of other works by Galen appeared
around 1500. Debus quotes a passage from Servetus, who lived in the early
16th century, which establishes the role of the Greek physician:

‘In our happy age (Galen) once shamefully misunderstood is reborn and
re-establishes himself to shine in his former lustre; so that like one returning
home he has delivered the citadel which had been held by the forces of the
Arabs, and he has cleansed those things which has been bespattered by the
sordid corruptions of the barbarians.’

In practical terms, Galenistic medicine saw health as the balance of
humours within the body and recommended prevention (good diet, healthy lifestyle)
rather than cure, but prescribed natural herbal remedies if required.

In contrast the system of medical thought proposed by Paracelsus (Theophrastus
Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493 to 1541) was based on the emerging science
of chemistry to a much greater extent. He qualified in medicine in Italy
and was appointed professor of medicine at Basel. He was unsparing in his
criticism of both ancient and contemporary physicians. It is said that,
in his inaugural lecture, he burnt the works of Galen in a brass pan with
sulphur and potassium nitrate, expressing the hope that the author was
in similar circumstances. He spent most of his life wandering around Europe.
He was frequently drunk and he dictated many of his works to his factotum
Oporinus while in this condition.

His major contribution to medical practice was the introduction of ‘chemicals’
in the treatment of disease. Greek and medieval physicians had used herbs
for medical purposes but not materials made in a laboratory. For Paracelsus
and his followers, ‘chemicals’ were inorganic materials. He used mercury
to cure diseases and Debus describes, in detail, his use of antimony as
a purgative.

The conflict between Paracelsus and the followers of Galen appears to
have been as much about the challenge thrown down by Paracelsus to the
accepted order as clear differences on the theory of medical practice. The
conflict was exacerbated by the support given to the two causes by the medical
faculty in Paris (Galenist) and the medical school in Montpelier (Paracelsian).
In 1604 Joseph Duchesne published a treatise in which he defended the use
of chemistry in medicine with these words: ‘If Hypocrites or Galen himselfe,
were now againe alive, they would exceedingly reioyce to see art so enlarged
and augmented by so great and noble addition.’

However, the Parisian medical faculty relentlessly pursued ‘chemical
physicians and purveyors of chemical medicines’. In 1615 there was a decree
forbidding the sale of chemically prepared drugs, especially antimony. Meanwhile,
chemical medicine was taught openly at Montpelier and almost all French
chemical physicians in the 17th century were graduates of this school.

So the controversy raged; the language was intemperate by modern standards
and the claims made by supporters of both systems were exaggerated beyond
anything that would be acceptable today. One aspect of that dispute which
is missing from any current scientific controversy, is the appeal to authority.
Supporters of Galen quoted from his works in the way that we today would
quote the result of an experiment.

Although there are many scientists from the past, such as Ko Hung, Michael
Faraday and Antoine Lavoisier, for whom I have a high regard, it would not
occur to me to use them in this way. I judge them by the criteria of the
contribution they made to the understanding of the physical world at the
time. Although great, they may have nothing to say to us today; that would
certainly be true of Ko Hung, who lived in 3rd-century China.

The controversy of which Debus writes was more a social phenomenon than
a truly scientific dispute. The more we have looked to experiment for authority,
the more moderate has become the language of scientific controversy. I was
reminded of a sermon note that said: ‘Argument weak here so shout.’ The
Galenists and the Paracelsians shouted their rival claims but time has shown
that neither had more than a modicum of the truth. Surely there is a lesson
here for politicians.

Debus’s book is for historians of science rather than for scientists
interested in history. He describes the internecine warfare in a clear and
readable manner with just the right amount of quotation. The book is written
with great authority and I am sure it will be the definitive account of
this episode in the history of medicine for many years to come.

A. R. Butler is in the department of history of science at St Andrew’s.


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Newswise — ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine – and putting them at risk of a painful and potentially dangerous urinary tract infection, or UTI.

Many of them may not actually need a catheter. And none of them needs an infection. But both catheter use and UTI rates have stayed high despite years of national attention on the issue.

Now, new results from a large national effort show that it may be possible to both reduce catheter use and UTIs at the same time, saving money and suffering.

The findings come from a concerted effort in 603 hospitals that included training and tools for doctors and nurses, as well as data to tell them how their hospital units were doing.

By the end of the 18-month program, UTI rates among hospital patients in general wards had dropped by a third. Catheter use had dropped too. Intensive-care patients didn’t see a drop in either measure, suggesting that more work remains. During the same time as the program, hospital-acquired UTI rates rose nationwide.

The results are published in the New England Journal of Medicine by a large team funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and coordinated by the Health Research and Educational Trust. The data come from the first four cohorts of hospitals that took part in the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to reduce catheter-associated UTIs, also called On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI.

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The paper’s first author, Sanjay Saint, M.D., MPH, calls the results very encouraging. “This program, in more than 10 percent of U.S. hospitals, shows we can make a difference in catheter-associated UTI rates and the use of catheters by addressing both technical and cultural aspects of healthcare,” he says. “There’s more work to be done, but all involved in this effort should take pride in knowing they helped move the needle on this important issue.”

Saint, who is the George Dock Professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and chief of medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, has studied catheter use and UTI prevention in hospital patients for two decades.

Based on that research, he and his colleagues helped develop and implement the toolkit used in the Stop CAUTI national effort. This included using tools and processes initially tested in hospitals across Michigan, through the Michigan Hospital Association’s Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality initiative.

Called the “bladder bundle”, it’s a combination of protocols, checklists, training modules, and data sharing practices that teams can tailor for use in their hospital unit. The tools encourage:

• Daily checks on which patients have a catheter and whether they need it • Less indwelling catheter use, by using other urine collection means • Training on urinary management for all care team members • Regular use of infection-prevention techniques for catheter placement and maintenance • Feedback to doctors and nurses about their unit’s catheter use and UTI rates • Coaching calls from regional leaders to share best practices and data

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The effort described in the new paper was voluntary and non-random. In the end, data from 2011 to 2013 from 926 ICU and non-ICU hospital units in the first four cohorts was available to be analyzed. Nearly 60 percent of the units that took part were non-ICU medical and surgical wards. The hospitals were in 32 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

The analysis revealed that:

• The rate of catheter-associated UTIs dropped from 2.40 per 1000 days of catheter use to 2.05, after differences in patients and hospitals were taken into account. This is a 14 percent overall drop. • Nearly all of the drop was due to changes in infection rates in non-ICUs, which went from 2.28 to 1.54 infections per 1,000 catheter-days – a drop of 32 percent. • In non-ICUs, the overall use of catheters went down from 20.1 percent of patients to 18.8 percent of patients. • ICUs didn’t see a substantial change in either measure, likely because the nature of patients treated in ICUs means more frequent monitoring and culturing of urine, so UTIs are more likely to be spotted. • There was no difference in UTI rates and catheter use between hospitals that completed the program and those that ended their data collection early.

Any hospital can now access the toolkit used in the study, via the AHRQ website. Meanwhile, AHRQ, HRET and U-M have gathered more data from On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI participating hospitals, including a number of emergency departments that joined in later cohorts.

Another AHRQ project is extending the effort to long-term care settings, where less is known about how to bring down catheter use and UTI rates. The experience in acute care settings should help with implementation in skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care settings, Saint says.

The project was led by the Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, and its partners, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality (MHA Keystone), St. John Hospital and Medical Center, the University of Michigan Health System, and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, collectively referred to as the National Project Team (NPT). Additionally, the national project team collaborated with a number of organizations, including: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Emergency Nurses Association, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Society of Hospital Medicine and Society of Critical Care Medicine. The U-M/VA faculty and staff involved are M. Todd Greene, Ph.D., MPH, Sarah Krein, Ph.D., RN, Mary A.M. Rogers, Ph.D., David Ratz, MS, and Karen E. Fowler, MPH. All are part of the joint U-M/VA Patient Safety Enhancement Project, which has launched the website to help care teams understand alternatives to indwelling catheters and best practices for their use. Saint, Krein and Rogers are also members of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.

Funding: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HHSA290201000025I/ HHSA29032001T). REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2016;374:2111-9, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1504906

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Amrapurkar had won two Filmfare awards. In 1984, he won the award for the best supporting actor for “Ardh Satya” and in 1991, the best villain trophy for his portrayal of a ruthless eunuch in “Sadak”. His other works include “Aankhen”, “Ishq”, “Coolie No. 1” and “Gupt: The Hidden Truth”. He later shifted his focus on Marathi movies. Amrapurkar was last seen on the big screen in 2012 film ‘Bombay Talkies’. He had become selective and was more into social work in last few years.


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A non-intrusive mod that aims to fix inconsistencies within the Vault-Tec Workshop DLC. This version addresses lighting and texture issues, adds light snapping to walls and ceilings, adds sign snapping to doors, enables crate stacking, and makes some minor quality-of-life changes.

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(Previously known as Vault-Tec Workshop Lighting Fix)

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This mod is a re-built version of the Vault-Tec Workshop Overhaul mod. Unfortunately, it was abandoned by the author several years ago and no longer functions properly. I have decided to update the mod and pick up where they left off.

This fixes three of the main lighting issues within the Vault-Tec Workshop DLC; brightness, lighting node positions, and the bug that caused lights that were on to appear off. It also addresses some minor texture and quality-of life-issues (see features), adds two new light sets for performance and eye-candy and adds light snapping to some building pieces.

  • Lighting bug that caused lights that were on to appear off has been fixed.
  • Lights now project light from the correct source (see screenshots).
  • Lights now have the same values as those found in existing Vaults, such as Vault 81 and the entrance of Vault 88 (see screenshots).
  • Lights are now spotlights instead of omnidirectional.
  • Comes with three lighting "presets," these include [LOW], [HIGH], and [ULTRA] lights. See the performance section for more details.
  • Adds a new pivoting spotlight.
  • Adds the curved wall light seen in other Vaults.

  • The Vault Power Conduit has had its range doubled.
  • The bridge building pieces now carry power like the rest of the Vault pieces.

  • Wall lights now snap to walls. Work-in-progress; not all pieces have snap points.
  • Ceiling lights now snap to ceilings. Again, this is a work-in-progress. not all pieces have snap points.
  • Illuminated Vault signs now snap above doorways.
  • Overseer desk now snaps to Overseer Room pieces.

  • All of the Vault "rooms" (except the Overseer set) are now derived from a single set of meshes, rather than having individual meshes for every room. This allows for a smaller file size and streamlined updating process. It also gives every piece a consistent look from the outside.
  • Crates can be stacked on top of each other.
  • Adds a buildable "shortcut" to your workshop's inventory. It is found under Furniture > Containers.

Will this mod have compatibility issues?

This mod (as of May 19, 2020) changes 10 of the lights, 15 of the doorway signs, and 124 of the building pieces from the Vault-Tec Workshop.  If any of those components have been changed by other mods, then yes; there will be issues. This mod does however address three of the problems that have been addressed separately, so you will only require this mod. This mod also adds a lot of new meshes, though they are only activated through the mod plugin.

Will this mod cause performance issues?

This mod comes with three flavors of lights; [LOW], [HIGH], and [ULTRA]. The base lights have been swapped with the [LOW] set, so whatever lights you had placed before installing this mod will be set to [LOW]. These versions cast no shadows. They also don't have the lens flare.

Next up is the [HIGH] set. These lights are the cream of the crop, as they cast shadows and have lens flare. It'll make your rooms look much better as the lighting won't look flat. However, using too many in one place will without a doubt drop your FPS. I recommend building with [LOW] lights as a default and replacing them with [HIGH] lights where you want it to look better.

Finally, we have the [ULTRA] lights. These lights are exactly the same as the [HIGH] lights, but they have volumetric lighting enabled (AKA godrays). I would be careful with these and use them sparingly for two reasons:

  1. The godrays can be overpowering if not placed correctly.
  2. Using too many WILL tank your FPS.

How do I install this mod?

You can use a Mod Manager, which is simple enough, or you can extract the files manually; the Meshes folder and the Vault-Tec Workshop Overhaul plugin file both go in your Data folder. Then simply activate the mod in-game.

I have another question.

Ask away in the comments. I will check back frequently (I promise). If you have a bug to report then please be as detailed as possible with your issue. However, please keep in mind that I am not an expert modder by any means. This is simply an update of an older mod with some other stuff thrown in.

Special thanks to Pheonix64 for teaching me a bunch of stuff, providing resources AND figuring out ceiling snapping.
Special thanks to Petemichaelbabicki for the original version of this mod.
Special thanks to Ccmads for fixing the lighting bug.
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First Birthday Burlap Banner

Happy Saturday Friends!  I hope you had fun browsing the upcoming classes I presented the last few days on my blog.  There are VERY exciting things to come and I'm so thrilled to be able to share my creativity with you.  If you missed the class announcements, they can be viewed HERE, HERE, and HERE.
I'm excited to share the details of today's project with you.  I was contacted by a local photographer who requested a banner for a smash cake photo shoot.  After some messages back and forth we concluded that burlap, lace, and pink was the way to go, and I'm so pleased with the results!

  • I began by cutting some triangles from some burlap fabric and sewed around the edges to prevent excessive fraying.
  • Then I painted the letters on the burlap using a stencil and some acrylic paint.
  • After the paint dried I simply sewed on the Strawberry Slush Ruffle Stretch Trim, Victoria Crochet Trim, and some jute twine using my sewing machine.
I love how this project turned out!  My nephew turns 1 in a few weeks and I'll be there for his birthday, so I may just have to re-invent this great idea for his party too.

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Sound Of Music (2018)

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  1. The Sound of Music
  2. Climb Ev'ry Mountain
  3. Do-Re-Mi
  4. Edelweiss
  5. Favorite Things
  6. Lonely Goatherd
  7. Sixteen Going On Seventeen
  8. So Long, Farewell
  9. Maria / Korea
  10. Arirang
  11. The Sound of Gayageum
  12. Welcome Speech

The Sound of Music was conceived when Laibach were infamously invited to perform in North Korea in 2015. The band performed several songs from the 1965 film’s soundtrack at the concert in Pyongyang, chosen by Laibach as it’s a well-known and beloved film in the DPRK and often used by schoolchildren to learn English. Laibach are joined by Boris Benko (Silence) and Marina Mårtensson on vocals and the album gives the Laibach treatment to tracks such as ‘My Favorite Things’, ‘Edelweiss’, ‘Do-Re-Mi’ and ‘Maria’, here reworked as ‘Maria / Korea’ (“How do you solve a problem like Maria / Korea?”).

While the majority of the tracks on the album are from the film, the band also included ‘Arirang’ (, an interpretation of a traditional Korean folk song considered the unofficial national anthem of both North and South Korea (and released recently to mark the historic summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un), as well as their own workout of the Gayageum, a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument performed by students from the Kum Song Music School in Pyongyang and a recording of the band’s “welcome” speech to Korea from Mr. Ryu from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Committee for Cultural Relations.

Laibach’s groundbreaking performance in North Korea was documented by director, artist and cultural diplomat, Morten Traavik in the film Liberation Day (described by MOJO as “a humorous, disturbing, illuminating and sometimes moving immersion into an anomalous communist mirror-world …”) which is out now via iTunes following its screening for Storyville on BBC4.

The album was recorded and produced in Ljubljana, Slovenia and in Pyongyang, DPRK and represents another successful collaboration between Laibach and Silence (Primož Hladnik and Boris Benko), who previously co-created Laibach’s 2006 Volk album.

The cover was created by Valnoir, who has previously collaborated with Laibach and oversaw visuals across the band’s North Korean project. Valnoir explains, “Laibach and NSK have been without any doubt the most influential artists in my career. And since I was in charge of most of the visual elements for Laibach’s North Korean project, it was both logical and easy for me to dive into this fantastic and monumental project!”

The band will open the Steirischer Herbst festival in Austria with the live premiere of The Sound of Music on 20 September. The performance will feature a string sextet and children’s choir, and a member of Laibach will DJ in a club in the middle of a mountain in the city of Graz later that evening. On the 21 September Ivo Salinger (aka Ivan Novak) will be in conversation with the director of the festival. Ahead of then, the band will perform in Ljubljana with a Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra and have confirmed two dates in Russia in October.

Over 35 years on from their genesis in the then-Yugoslavian industrial town Trbovlje, Laibach are still the most internationally acclaimed band to have come out of the former Communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe. Founded in the death year of the country’s founding father Tito, and rising to fame as Yugoslavia steered towards self-destruction, Laibach can make you think, dance and march to the same music.

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Trbovlje, Slovenia (1980 – present) Laibach is an industrial project that started in Trbovlje, Slovenia, in 1980. Their name is taken from the German name for Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana, and this reference to World War II occupation was the first of many provocative and ambiguous statements in their long and chameleonic career. Laibach were founding members of the art movement NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst — “New Slovenian Art”) and are one of the few musical groups able to claim real influence on the history of their home country. Laibach are best known for their cover versions of pop songs which have been rerendered in such a way as to reveal formerly hidden or unnoticed messages, often commenting on political totalitarianism or rock stardom’s own forms of dictatorship. This was done most successfully on Opus Dei, especially on their cover of One Vision. Named Geburt Einer Nation after D. W. Griffith’s classic film The Birth of a Nation, Queen’s lyrics are sung in German to a strident military beat. All ...

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Elton's final UK tour dates will take place in 2020

Elton John has added further European shows to his  ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour – including two further nights at London’s O2 Arena.

The dates, all penned for 2020, will see John perform farewell gigs in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Leeds. The full list of UK dates can be found below, including further London shows on November 2 and December 20, 2020. Tickets for the show will go on sale at 10am on Thursday October 10.

Speaking about the UK dates, John said: The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will take us to many places that have meant a lot to me over the last fifty years, but these UK shows will be incredibly special. The UK is home, and where my heart will always be.

“To celebrate some of the incredible moments we’ve shared with my British fans over the years will be wonderful. These homecoming shows will be very emotional, and a lot of fun.”

In 2018, John announced that he had decided to retire from touring, telling his fans that he wanted to focus on his family. He and husband David Furnish are parents to two young sons who are now at school age.

“I’m not Cher,” he said during the announcement, referencing the ‘Believe’ singer’s habit of returning to live work following supposed ‘farewell’ tours. “This is the end.”

The ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour will last three years and will see John perform more than 300 shows in North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australasia before its conclusion in 2021.

Beginning in America , the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour’ has already been widely praised by critics. Reviewing his opening show in New York, NME said it was a “reflective and stunning tribute to a great artist’s career” containing “a cross-section of a great artist’s career; a collection of some of his favourites from his six decades in the business.”

Elton John on the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour’ in 2018. Credit: Ben Gibson

Earlier this year, John’s life was also immortalised on the big screen in Rocketman – starring Taron Egerton as the iconic musician.

You can buy tickets for the dates here and read the full list of 2020 tour dates below:

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November 2– The O2, London
November 6– The O2, London
November 7 – The O2, London
November 9 – Arena, Birmingham
November 11 – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
November 13 – Echo Arena, Liverpool
November 14 – Echo Arena, Liverpool
November  17 – Arena, Manchester
November 20 – The Events Complex Aberdeen (TECA), Aberdeen
November 21 – The Events Complex Aberdeen (TECA), Aberdeen
November 24 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
November 25 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
November 28 – Arena, Manchester
December 7 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
December 9 – The O2, London
December 14 – The O2, London
December 16 – The O2, London
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Empowering the Girl Child in Uganda.

Girls in the Peace club at St. Francis Kigulu Girls School in Iganga District

In all our programming we ensure gender parity and mainstreaming. We believe that girls and boys deserve equal treatment and opportunities. We are aware of the various challenges girls face specifically in Uganda.

In our recent safety and violence survey 82% of the interviewed students stated that they had experienced some form of violence. 44% girls had experienced sexual violence in form of inappropriate touching, sexual propositions or comments, name calling, sexual assault/rape. The girl child in most cases is vulnerable to violence because of the common assumption that she is of a weak gender.

Peace Club members at Jinja Modern School

Many parents in Uganda still have the feeling that investing in a girl child education is not worth the while as they will end up dropping out of school for marriage, some still consider the girl child as a source of wealth through bride price, other challenges affecting the girl child include lack of separate facilities in school as they are going through menstrual period, menstrual stigma and exposure to disease and teenage pregnancies.

According to Uganda 2016 demographic and Health survey, 25% of girls age 15 to 18 have a child or are pregnant.

Through our School for Peace and Community awareness projects we continue to empower the girl child with life skills and opportunities for leadership, we also continually sensitize the parents and community member about gender equality and human rights.

NVP Uganda

The Non-Violence Project Uganda is a youth empowerment non-profit organization working across Uganda’s schools and communities to prevent and reduce violence through Peace building, education, entrepreneurship, Sports and creative arts. We envision communities where young people are safe, inspired and engaged in positive action.

Phone: 256-779-226187

Registered Charity: BTC/CD/031

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Welcome to Pediatric Smiles Dentistry

Pediatric Smiles Dentistry in Liberty, Missouri specializes in high-quality, full-service dental care for babies, children, teens, and young adults in the greater Northland Kansas City area and beyond.

Dr. Francois and his dedicated team are passionate about education and preventative child-focus dental care, which is why we partner with families to help children create a healthy, happy smile for life.

From your child’s first visit to yearly routine dental exams, we strive to always make you feel welcome. We invite you to stop in for a visit and we are always available to answer any questions.

To schedule an appointment, call us at (816) 479-5562.

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Jonathan Tallant, the new Chair of NCVS
Tuesday 17 December 2019
Jonathan Tallant has been appointed as the new Chair of Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS). His appointment follows the stepping down of our former Chair, Gerri Bright, who will remain on the Board as a Trustee. Jonathan joined us as a Trustee in late 2017. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and has worked at the university for over 12 years in a number... Read More
Tuesday 17 December 2019
The Charity Commission has issued a warning to charities that there are fraudsters targeting the sector. The regulator says it has received several recent reports from charities which have been targeted by fraudsters who are impersonating members of staff and are attempting to change employees' bank details. In all cases, the requests were made via email. The commission is therefore advising... Read More
Monday 16 December 2019
Lloyds Bank Foundation England & Wales (LBFEW) has announced its new grant scheme. As part of the Foundation's commitment to provide outstanding customer service, you can now apply for support at any time, rather than applying within specific deadlines. The budget is split equally across the year, so you should stand the same chance of obtaining support whatever time of year you apply. LBFEW... Read More
Monday 16 December 2019
Congratulations to Nottingham's Keiren Thompson who received the Unsung Hero Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards on Sunday (15 December). Keiren runs the local community project Helping Kids Achieve in Bulwell, alongside a dedicated team. The 31-year old was inspired to set up the group and make a change in the city after being hospitalised as a teenager following an attack. ... Read More
Thursday 12 December 2019
Carers Trust UK, with support from the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, are trying to find out how carers over 50 are planning for the future when they may be less able or unable to care. Carers Trust has launched two surveys as part of a commission from the Department for Health and Social Care to run a project focusing on how older carers can best be supported. Carers over 50 are being asked to... Read More
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Daytrippers Foundation offers grants to SEND schools, units, children's hospices, charities and not-for-profit organisations based in the UK. Funding of up to £30 per child is available for groups of at least eight children and young people (aged five-25 years) with disabilities and life-limiting conditions to go on recreational and educational day trips. Applications are now open for day trips... Read More
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping has launched a fund worth around £350,000 for third sector organisations who are looking to reduce knife crime and serious youth violence, amongst other things.  A maximum of £25,000 is available to VCSE organisations for grassroots community safety projects through the Community Safety & Violence Reduction Unit Fund 2020-2021.... Read More
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Extra support measures for the homeless in cold weather have been implemented in Nottingham, to provide enough shelter for anyone sleeping on the street as the temperatures drop. Every year, the council leads a multi-agency group, including Framework, Emmanuel House, hostels and local churches, to develop a cold weather plan which aims to prevent and respond to rough sleeping, as well as reducing... Read More
Thursday 8 August 2019
I have now celebrated my first year with NCVS as Consultant Chief Executive and wanted to take this opportunity to share an update with you about what we've achieved over the past year, and look towards our future. Introduction It’s been a year of strategic reflection and positive growth for Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS) against an on-going backdrop of statutory sector funding... Read More


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Patient Spotlight: Keri and Roarke Morrison

They turned their tragedy into an inspiring mission

Keri and Roarke Morrison have had to do the unimaginable...bury their sweet two-year old son, Jake, after a tragic drowning accident in 2013 while visiting family over the Thanksgiving weekend. Just like every American family, they were enjoying each other's company and getting excited for the holidays. As with any large family gathering, it's very easy to lose track of curious little ones. Keri remembers she was in the other room nursing her 12-week old daughter, Julia, when she overheard someone say, "Where's Jake?"

In an instant their lives changed forever. Jake had slipped out of the house; fell off the dock and into the Intracoastal Waterway. The darkness made it impossible to see anything but Roarke and another family member hopped on some jet skies to search for Jake. When they found him, they immediately rushed him to the hospital where the doctors tried to revive him...but it was too late.

Jake loved the water and had a healthy respect for it, however, he did not know how to swim or float until help arrived. Unfortunately, not knowing how to Self-Rescue is a common occurrence among very small children and babies. Like most parents, it never occurred to Keri and Roarke to teach their baby to Self-Rescue since they didn't own a pool nor live near the water.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, drowning is the #1 cause of unintentional death for children ages 1-4. One way to prevent this tragedy of ever happening again is to teach your child Infant Swimming Rescue (ISR), which is exactly why Keri and Roarke have made their life mission to make ISR lessons available to every family who needs them.

They started the Live Like Jake Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that provides swim scholarships for ISR Self-Rescue lessons to families who may not be able to afford these life saving lessons, as well as provide financial and emotional support to families who have lost a child or have a child with critical care needs. Last year, they held the inaugural Live Like Jake 5K Run/Walk which raised $48,000. This year's 5K will be on May 14 at Abacoa. For more information on how you can take part in this event, please visit www.livelikejake.com.

While a parent will never get over the death of their child, Keri and Roarke have turned a tragic event into something important, relevant and inspiring.

If you have a little one who cannot swim or Self-Rescue, we implore you to enroll them in ISR lessons. You can find an instructor near you at http://www.infantswim.com

The most critical line of defense is adult supervision. No level of aquatic skill can replace adult supervision.

If your child is ever missing, look in the water first. Here are the other layers of defense:

  1. Pool Fences: Install a permanent 4-sided fence with self-locking gates. Ensure that the pool fence is at least 3-5 feet from the pool edge.
  2. Alarms: Make sure all doors and windows leading to the pool are locked and alarmed.
  3. Survival Swimming Lessons: A moment's inattention does not have to cost a child his life. ISR's Self-Rescue training is an added layer of protection, teaching your child water survival skills in a completely safe environment.
  4. CPR: If an emergency happens, it is essential parents and families are prepared. Learn to perform CPR on children and adults and remember to update those skills regularly.

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Joseph Kelway

Joseph Kelway, by John Russell; Andrea Soldi, 1776 -NPG 4213 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Joseph Kelway

by John Russell, after Andrea Soldi
24 in. x 18 3/4 in. (610 mm x 476 mm) oval
NPG 4213

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Signed I. Russell in light green above shoulder, with the date 1776 faintly visible in black below

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The identity is founded on the provenance. Although Russell’s signature appears genuine and a date has been read, NPG 4213 clearly derives from the earlier three-quarter length portrait by Andrea Soldi.

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Brown eyes, grey powdered hair with black ribbon, wearing a grey coat, pink waistcoat and white shirt.

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[Commissioned by George III for Samuel Wesley, his Court Musician, together with pastels of Handel, Corelli and see Boyce NPG 4212; thence to the Simms family ‘in payment of a debt’1] Miss Leat, Yelverton, 1915; Mrs Mary Simms, Yelverton, from whom purchased 1961.

1 This provenance was given by Mary Simms in letters of 19 January and 6 February 1961.

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Beningbrough 1979-.

This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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Unless you’ve recently woken up from a Rip Van Winkle–length slumber, you’ve no doubt heard of CBD. CBD stores are popping up all over the North Shore and beyond, from quaint downtown shops to mall kiosks. Many people swear by CBD’s benefits, and users range from the elderly to children to dogs.

Despite its sudden ubiquity, though, CBD retains an air of mystery and unanswered questions: What’s the difference between CBD and marijuana? Is it legal and safe? Where should I buy it?

“I think just like any other medicine or supplement or drug, there should be a conversation about how it works and what the risks and benefits are,” says Jeffrey Gold, MD, founder and owner of Gold Direct Care PC in Marblehead.

Reliable information has traditionally been challenging to find, even for physicians, since clinical research is still in its early phases. Experts agree that like any supplement, CBD should be taken under the guidance of a physician.

This article doesn’t constitute medical or legal advice, and is certainly not exhaustive, but we hope it will help you begin a conversation about whether CBD is right for you.

What is CBD?

CBD stands for cannabidiol, a chemical compound derived from that plant that is said to have therapeutic properties. “Think of hemp as the orange and CBD as the vitamin C,” says Angela Arena, founder of Kind Lab in Beverly. When isolated, CBD can be used as a supplement that’s taken orally or added to topical products like creams and salves.

What does it have to do with marijuana? Both marijuana and CBD come from cannabis, a genus of flowering plant that grows around the world. CBD is one of more than 110 chemical compounds, known as cannabinoids, found in the plant.

Perhaps the most well-known cannabinoid in cannabis is THC, which causes the psychotropic effects that marijuana is known for. But THC and CBD are different substances, and CBD will not get you “high.”

Is it legal?

Yes, with caveats. CBD derived from hemp is legal, and Massachusetts licenses hemp growers. CBD derived from marijuana is not legal. “Marijuana and hemp are both cannabis; hemp is cannabis that is less than 0.3 percent THC, according to the federal government,” says Carla Villa, general manager of Cape Ann Botanicals in Ipswich and Newburyport.

Marijuana is still classified on the federal level as a Schedule 1 drug, along with drugs like heroin and LSD, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

The government adds another layer of confusion with its rules about CBD and food, regardless of the source of the CBD.

“FDA has issued a statement that CBD may not be added to foods because CBD is an active ingredient in an FDA-approved medication; medications may not be added to food,” says Katie Gronendyke, communications director for the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.  “Under current Massachusetts law, CBD may not be added to manufactured foods or to foods sold at retail.”

However, Villa points out that enforcement of this varies from town to town, and some local retailers do carry CBD food products, like gummies and chocolates.

“Local boards of health enforce the retail food code, which incorporates the FDA code, and have authority to determine enforcement strategies for retail establishments in their jurisdictions,” Gronendyke explains.

What does CBD do?

Again, it depends on whom you ask. CBD proponents say it can help with ailments like anxiety, insomnia, and pain. It works on a systemic level with our still-under-study endocannabinoid systems, which exists in all of our bodies, says Kristen Partridge, owner of Your CBD Store in Georgetown.

However, the FDA has approved only one CBD product, “a prescription drug product to treat two rare, severe forms of epilepsy,” according to its website. Other clinical research results are still limited.

Because it’s still being studied, CBD sellers are restricted in how they can legally market and label their products. “You can’t make any health claims,” says Arena.

That’s why a lot of CBD education and information comes to us through word of mouth, whether it’s from patients sharing good results with friends, or customers talking one-on-one with a physician or reputable CBD retailer or producer.

Is it safe?

The FDA says it’s still studying CBD’s safety. The World Health Organization says that “CBD is generally well tolerated with a good safety profile.”

CBD can affect some medications, such as blood thinners, says Partridge, which is why it’s important to talk with a doctor about how CBD might interact with other medications or supplements you are taking.

Another risk is not knowing what active and inactive ingredients are contained in different CBD products, including actual CBD amounts, since products are unregulated and often untested. “Pricing scams and mislabeled products are two of the major issues in the CBD market right now,” says Villa. She recalls one product she encountered that claimed to have 75 mg of CBD on the label, but lab testing revealed it only contained 7 mg.

Julia Agron, director of the Northeast Sustainable Hemp Association, echoes that concern. “There are so many scrupulous and unscrupulous players in this industry,” she says. “Knowing your sources, knowing what you are buying is clean, safe, and tested [is important].”

Does it work?

It depends on the user. There’s no such thing as a “cure-all,” and everyone is different. “People are individuals. They have different needs, different makeups,” says Dr. Gold. “We know that in the right patient, it can be beneficial.”  The same can be said about any medicine.

“The reality is, just like when you take a prescription medication, it may not work for you,” Partridge says.

Dr. Gold notes that some patients who take CBD orally report that they don’t like the taste. The products can also be expensive, which adds additional stakes when effectiveness is in question.

Where should I buy it?

Look for products that are third-party tested for things like cannabinoid profile and potency, pesticides, and contaminants. For instance, The Healing Rose, a licensed hemp processor and manufacturer in Newburyport that makes CBD products from Massachusetts-grown hemp, lists extensive lab results on its website for every batch of CBD extract it uses.

Laura Beohner, president and co-founder of The Healing Rose, recommends looking for an all-natural formula. She also encourages everyone to read the backs of their packaging. “Please, yes, turn that box around!” she urges. “It’s surprising how many people don’t do that.”

In addition, Agron says don’t buy CBD from the gas station, “the back of a thrift store,” or another similar place. Instead, look for retailers and manufacturers who have vetted the products they sell, can answer questions, and can teach you about the products and CBD itself. For instance, Cape Ann Botanicals has a registered nurse on staff and runs “CBD 101” events, and its experts have spoken at local Council on Aging groups. Villa also encourages people to bring in CBD products they’ve purchased elsewhere to make sure they’re reputable. “Our real mission is education,” she says.

Experts can also help you determine which CBD formulations, such as an oral tincture versus a topical salve, might work best for your chief complaint.

Another option to consider is getting a CBD body treatment, like a CBD massage, facial, or pedicure, which are all offered at Interlocks in Newburyport. They use products exclusively from The Healing Rose for their body treatments, says Chrissy Boucher, a licensed massage therapist and assistant manager at Interlocks. The body treatments have been very successful. “We knew it would be popular, but we didn’t realize how popular it would be,” she says.

Perhaps one day soon, government regulations and clinical research will catch up with anecdotal results. In the meantime, people are encouraged to learn more on their own. “More people are talking about it,” Boucher says. “People’s experiences are getting out there.”


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Patients who undergo surgery at Armidale Hospital during summer will soon have a more comfortable recovery now that two of the old hospital’s wards are fully air-conditioned.

NSW Nationals Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said over the Christmas break work was undertaken to air condition the old surgical ward and maternity ward.

“Last year hospital staff contacted me with concerns the lack of cooling was causing stifling conditions on the ward which was inhibiting the ability of patients to recover post-surgery and discomfort for new families in the maternity section,” Mr Marshall said.

“Staff reported temperatures last summer reached 35 degrees in the surgical ward, with the only way of reducing the temperature being to open the emergency exit door and use two large fans to circulate the air.

“I wrote to Hunter New England Local Health District CEO Michael Di Rienzo expressing the community’s frustration, requesting action be taken as soon as possible to air condition the wards.

“The last thing somebody needs after going through surgery is to find themselves in a sweltering room and unable to rest, which is why I’m pleased action has been taken.

“The lack of air-conditioning also meant doctors, nurses and wards men had to undertake their strenuous roles in uncomfortable conditions which staff have said greatly impacted their ability to work. I hope now this new addition to the hospital improves the experience for both staff and patients.”