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5 Stretches Everyone Should Do Every Morning
Have you ever awakened to a painful neck, aches and pains in your back, or any other musculoskeletal woes? Does your body ever feel sluggish in the morning? If you answered yes — or if you're looking for a great way to start each day — then this article is for you.
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In my practice as a physical therapist, I can't tell you how many people I speak with every day who think they have to simply accept daily aches and pains. Nothing could be further from the truth! Especially if you know a few stretches that, when performed daily, can have a dramatic impact in the way you feel throughout the day.
Below I have outlined five stretches to start your day with in order to ensure improved flexibility and mobility. In addition to performing the exercises outlined below, I recommend drinking an eight to ten ounce glass of water before putting anything else into your system. This will help jump start your digestive tract and make it easier to digest breakfast.
1. Lower Trunk Rotation
Lay on your back with your knee bent and your feet flat on your bed. Keep your knees together and slowly lower them to one side as depicted in the image below. Hold this stretch for 5 seconds, and perform ten times on each side. This stretch is excellent because it not only stretches the lumbar musculature but it also assists in mobilizing the spine. You may hear a crack or two in your low back as you perform this activity, which is completely normal. However, as you perform this stretch, and with all stretches, ensure that you are staying in a pain free range of motion.
2. Hamstring Stretch
Begin by lying on your back with one knee bent. Slowly bring straight leg towards chest, placing hands behind thigh muscle and gently draw leg towards you, ensuring that your knee is straight; as seen in the image below. Hold this stretch for 30 seconds and perform 3 sets on both legs. This is an excellent stretch for the hamstrings. Hamstrings have a tendency to get tight while we sleep, particularly in those who prefer sleeping on their side and/or in the fetal position as this shortens the hamstrings.
3. Bridging
Lay flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on your bed. Slowly lift your glutes, one vertebrae at a time, from the bed and hold at the top for five seconds. Complete ten of repetitions. This exercise is good because it not only strengthens your glute muscles but it also helps to mobilize the spine.
4. Upper Trapezius Stretch
This neck stretch is excellent to keep you neck from stiffening up and developing pesky trigger points. Begin sitting at the edge of your bed. Place one hand behind your back and gently drop your opposite ear to your opposite shoulder. For example, if you place your right arm behind you back, you will drop your left ear to your left shoulder (see image below). If a stretch is felt, no need to apply overpressure with opposite hand as shown in the image below. If you do not feel a stretch, however, gently place opposite hand on the head and deepen the stretch by gradually applying pressure. Hold the stretch for 30 seconds, and perform three times on each side.
5. Upward Reach
Begin by sitting on the edge of the bed, or in standing. Interlace fingers as shown in the image below. Inhale and slowly raise arms overhead. Then, gently lean to on side. Slowly inhale and exhale, then slowly move to opposite side. Perform this activity ten times to each direction. This activity helps to stretch the spine and focusing on your breathing helps warm up your diaphragm.
*All images can be found at www.HEPtogo.com
Rebecca Simonds received her doctorate in physical therapy at Emory University, and currently practices at Drayer Physical Therapy Incorporated, an outpatient orthopedic clinic outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Rebecca treats patients with a multitude of diagnosis from orthopedic injuries to neurological disorders. She is also certified in intramuscular manuals therapy, or dry needling.


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UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is the most popular member of President Trump's foreign policy team, surpassing Defense Secretary Mattis, and she even has widespread approval among Democrats, young people and minorities, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.
Why it matters: The former governor of South Carolina is just 46 years old, and her political ambitions extend far beyond her current post. Most senior officials in this administration have become polarizing just by virtue of working for Trump, but not Haley — at least so far.


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Hello! And welcome to the CrossFit Iron Bear nutrition blog! Let me introduce myself as I'll be regularly bringing to you blogs, videos and articles about all things nutritional and general wellness!
My name is Mel, I'm a qualified nutritionist, personal trainer, massage therapist and soon to be first time mumma!
I've been in the fitness industry for nearly 10 years (wow time flies when you're having fun!) working across a spectrum of gyms and supplement stores. I work with nutrition clients online and face to face to assist them with their diet, correcting nutritional deficiencies and identifying food intolerances.
But enough about me, let's start with nutrition!
There is so much conflicting and confusing information out there that we often forget the basics so let's go through that now and I'll also go through some really easy ways to start nourishing your body tomorrow! Don't wait until Monday!
- The closer to nature, the better – our body's best fuel will come from whole foods, that is, food that hasn't been processed and altered too much from its original and natural state. If it grew from the soil, walked on the earth or swam in the sea, get it in your belly! Fresh or frozen I'm not fussed to start with. Start simply by grabbing a banana or an apple on the way out the door in the morning and eat on the way to work.
- Every single cell of your body needs pure water – All. The. Time! There is no set amount of water we need to drink as we are all different however if you aren't one to carry a bottle with you and sip away, try to drink 1 glass when you walk up, a glass at midday and a glass in the afternoon. Setting a reminder on your phone will help.
- Reduce your processed sugar intake – If you put sugar in your tea or coffee, halve the amount you're adding each time. And try this substitution trick – if you crave sweets after dinner, swap ice cream or chocolates for a bowl of Greek yogurt and fruit.
- Simplify your meals, especially dinners – the old 'meat and 3 veg' dinners are a great idea to make sure you're getting enough of your macro nutrients, start with the meat, and add 3 different coloured veggies. Don't forget some avocado or chopped nuts for fats.
It's all about forming habits, why do you do what you do now? Because you've always done it like that, eaten this way etc. So why can't you change it? You can't keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result!
For starters, what have you got to lose by doing the few things mentioned about?
Then next, will you keep walking past the confectionary isle at the supermarket or stop reaching for the impulse items at the service station counter?
What healthier habits can you start forming? It doesn't need to be a drastic change for it to be an effective one! Write it down and commit to it! Good luck!


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CSSP Board Chair on 2018 Spring Leadership Development Workshop
The CSSP 2018 Spring Leadership Workshop was filled with a lot of great sessions, touching on topics our members are telling us they want to hear, along with the standards we all look forward to at each meeting.
CSSP Members may access many of the presentations below at: https://sciencepresidents.org/cssp-spring-leadership-workshop5-8-2018/2018-meeting-presentations/.
Saturday afternoon began with a conversation on the State of the Union of Science. The discussion was launched by newly appointed Chair of the National Science Board, Dr. Diane Souvaine who opened with a talk about the state of science research in the U.S. This was followed by a session on Fake News, viewed from both the perspective of its intersection at science and policy, and its underlying science, by Erica Goldman, Director of Policy Engagement with COMPASS and David Lazer, Distinguished Professor at the College of Social Sciences & Humanities at Northeastern University. The ideas shared were a perfect lead in for Darcy Gentleman, Principal, DJG Communications, LLC to offer ways in which scientists can engage with Congressional audiences when talking about science and the need for its continued funding.
By then everyone was ready to enjoy our lovely opening reception and the chance for some network time before heading out for the evening.
Committee meetings started the day on Sunday, a time when our attendees brainstorm around best ways to present a united directive to Congressional audiences in support of science. The committees also made suggestions for sessions at future CSSP Conferences, many of which are added to upcoming agendas. CSSP works hard to seek out the speakers who will talk with our members about what they want to learn. Please feel free to send us your ideas throughout the year.
This was followed by a session on The Future of Science Leadership and the mutual benefits of affiliations between universities and scientific societies. We thank everyone for their thought provoking ideas and look forward to sharing progress that comes from those suggestions. This short session was led by two of our Alumni members – Deborah A. Bronk, President and CEO, Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences and current chair of CSSP and Patricia Simmons, NSF Fellow, National Science Teachers Association and past-chair of CSSP.
Sticking with a theme of the future we were fortunate to have Faizan Javed, Manager of Data Science with Career Builder talk with us about how Artificial Intelligence is being used for Human Capital Management. He was followed by Adam Lovinger with Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy sharing his experience as a strategist in the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment where he conducts diagnostic analyses highlighting emerging strategic problems and opportunities confronting the Department of Defense.
Our Sunday afternoon would not have been complete without the Frontiers of Science sessions where we are treated to speakers working on ground-breaking research. Our first speaker, Liangbing Hu, Assistant Professor of Materials Science, Clark School of Engineering, UMD College Park, amazed us with how he is working with Wood Nanotechnologies toward Sustainability. Next we heard from Gregg Beckham, a Senior Engineer with NREL, who, with incredible energy and excitement, let us know what is being done about Recycling in Nature, Disappearing Plastics, Sustainable Acrylonitrile. Our final Frontiers of Science speaker, YuHuang Wang, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMD, shared his work on Meta-Cooling Textiles – fabrics able to respond to an individuals' unique body temperature, with a surprising immediacy.
All these sessions left us with a great deal to discuss at our Sunday dinner held at the Logan Tavern, a quick walk from both the workshop and hotel locations.
Monday morning kicked off with the Session on Society Best Practices, beginning with a continuing conversation around Sexual Harassment, Ethics Polices and Codes of Conduct. Erika Shugart, CEO for American Society for Cell Biology, was joined by Billy M. Williams, Vice President for Ethics, Diversity and Inclusion at American Geophysical Union, and Susan Weller, Director of the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History and a member of ESA, presenting on behalf of C. David Gammell, Executive Director of ESA, to share the implications and lessons around these issues that have been learned along the way, as well as how change to these policies needs to be a continual and ongoing process.
And what a perfect segue to our next speaker – Jeffrey Tenenbaum, a non-profit attorney with Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, who gave our attendees the chance to Ask the Association Attorney anything they wanted to know about Association Law. The questions came fast and continually, with Mr. Tenenbaum sharing his expertise and experience. No doubt each member went home with some new and valuable information to share with their Society.
As Presidents and Board members with their home societies, it's important for each participant to increase their understanding and ability to Getting and Building Strong Leadership for their Organization. John Downing, Director of Minnesota Sea Grant, University of Duluth, and LaTrease Garrison, Executive Vice President of Education with the American Chemical Society, did a wonderful job presenting lessons learned from both CSSP and ACS in how to do just that. Again, great information was shared that our attendees will be able to translate to their home organization.
Before our final session, when our Committee reports are shared, we held a panel discussion with Layne Scherer, Program Officer – Board on Higher Education and Workforce at NASEM, Peter McPherson, President, APLU, and Wayne Johnson, Council Member Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, to discuss suggestions on working to foster and strengthen the conversations between industry and university messaging related to research. Coming from three different, though overlapping perspectives, the conversation was both informative and lively with great questions from our participants. Committee reports finished the day before most people headed home.
Our Board members, always looking for ways in which to share Society Best Practices, had the opportunity to hear from a speaker who exposed them to an enlightening question and answer framework that led to an important way of rethinking our own value proposition. We hope to bring him back to teach this valuable tool at the December Leadership Workshop. In addition to that session we are planning a great December event and hope to see you, your President-Elect and Past President in attendance from December 1 – 4, 2018.
Please reach out to us if you would like CSSP to send a request to your home institution to ask that they support your travel to the Conference.
With warm regards,
Deborah A. Bronk, CSSP Chair


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And for me. I'm done talking about elections and politics. Let's talk about fashion.
What do you love to wear when the weather is perfect for cosy sweaters and tweed jackets?
Linking up this week with:Visible Monday at Not Dead Yet Style, #IwillwearwhatIlike at Not Dressed as Lamb, What I Wore at The Pleated Poppy, Passion 4 Fashion at Rachel the Hat, Fun Fashion Friday at Fashion Should Be Fun, Friday Finds at Forage Fashion, Casual Friday at Two Thirty-Five Designs.


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Modern Greek Literature and Culture performs transhistorical and cross-disciplinary explorations of aspects of Greek literature, societies, politics, and culture from the twelfth century to postmodernity. Presentations, which vary in theoretical approach, situate Modern Greek studies within comparative and transcultural contexts: ancient and medieval Greek, Western, Balkan, and Mediterranean cultures.
Upcoming Events
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Past Events 2019 - 20
Helena González-Vaquerizo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Kazantzakis' Odyssey: A (Post)Modern(ist) Sequel
George Kalogeris, Suffolk University
On Poetry: A Reading
Past Events 2018 - 19
Nadav Asraf, Harvard University
"When I leave the beautiful and severe Hellenism": On Translations of Cavafy into Hebrew
Dimitrios Sotiropoulos, University of Athens, Harvard University
Contemporary State-Society Relations in Greece Before and After the Economic Crisis
Ilana Freedman, Harvard University
Modern Greece in the Postcolonial Poetics of Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott
Elizabeth Prodromou, Tufts University
Migration, Reconfigurations of Secularity, and Reconceptualizations of Security in 21st-Century Europe: Some Insights from the Case of Greece
Steven Priovolos, Filmmaker
Exploring Greece's Wealth of Unknown, yet Consequential, Contemporary Stories: A Filmmaker's Perspective
Exhibition at Houghton Library and Panel Presentations
"You Should Find Another Sea, Another Gentleness": The Nikos Gatsos Archive at Harvard
Past Events 2017 - 18
Natasha Constantinidou-Taylor, University of Cyprus
Printing Greek Books in Sixteenth-Century Paris
Vassilis Monastiriotis, London School of Economics
Re-reading the Greek Crisis: Policy Errors and Domestic Deficiencies
Karen Emmerich, Princeton University
Textual Instability and Translation: Cavafy, Solomos, Vakalo
Eleni Skourtou, University of the Aegean
Education in Transit: Refugee Children and Adults Learning Greek in Greece
Eliza Gettel, Harvard University
Staging Greece at the 1939/40 World's Fair in New York
Writing in the Margins: C. P. Cavafy and António Botto-A Colloquium
Past Events 2016 - 17
Spiros Pollalis, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Sustainable Planning: Following Doxiadis's Legacy
Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College
Interrogating Humanity: Refugee Encounters in Lesbos, Greece
Panagiotis Liaropoulos, Berklee College of Music
Greek Art Music and Song in the 20th Century: The Music of Manos Hadjidakis
George Syrimis, Yale University
The End of an Era? Religious Fanaticism and the Fourth Century A.D. in the Poetry of C. P. Cavafy
Artemis Leontis, University of Michigan
Literary Translation and Politics in Moments of Greek Crisis
Past Events 2015 - 16
Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University
Reflections on the Greek Crisis, the Eurozone, and the European Integration
Dimitris Keridis, Panteion University
The Battle for Greece: Lessons Learned (for Greece, Europe and Beyond)
Simos Zeniou, Harvard University
Great Voice, Terrifying Voice: Political Reason and Lyric Voice in Greek Revolutionary Poetry
Anastasia Natsina, University of Crete
Different Natures: Growing Up in the Countryside of the Greek Bildungsroman
Gazi Kapllani, Wellesley College
"Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey": Cavafy through the Eyes of an Immigrant of the World
Vangelis Calotychos, Brown University
The Games People Play: Greek "Weird Wave" Film and the Economic Debt Crisis
Loukas Tsoukalis, University of Athens and Harvard Kennedy School
Greece's Never Ending Crisis: Can We See Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Past Events 2014 - 15
Et in Arcadia Ego: Gregory Markopoulos and the American Avant-garde Cinema
Yannis Evrigenis, Tufts University
Context and Canon: The Case of Hobbes's Aristotle
Maria Kaliambou, Yale University
The Book Culture of Greek Americans
Nikos Panou, Stony Brook University
Lucian in Phanar: Nikolaos Mavrokordatos' Dialogic Imagination
Kostas Lavdas, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
A Juncture of Stateness: Political Challenges and the Eurocrisis in Southern Europe
Nikos Passas, Northeastern University & International Anti-Corruption Academy, Vienna
Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Greece: Lessons Learned from the Global Community and the Need for a Strategic Approach
Robert Pinsky, Boston University
Robert Pinsky on C. P. Cavafy
Kostas Vergopoulos, University of Paris VIII
The Debt Crisis in Europe and the Culture of Economic Politics: Is Economics a Moral Science?
Past Events 2013 - 14
Jacques Bouchard, University of Montreal & Academy of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada
Je est un autre: Identity and Otherness in the Poetry of C. P. Cavafy
Calliopi Dourou, Harvard University
Between Byzantium and Modern Greece: Recapturing the Legacy of Homer in Nikolaos Loukanes' 1526 "Iliad"
Maria Iliou, Screenwriter & Director
Alexander Kitroeff, Historical Consultant
Charles Stang, Harvard University
Eros and Apostasy: C.P. Cavafy and the Emperor Julian
Andreas Kalyvas, The New School
Between the Instituting and the Instituted: Castoriadis' Radical Theory of Democracy
Simos Zeniou, Harvard University
"The Poet's Extreme Limit": Blakes's Prophetic Poetics, Zissimos Lorentzatos, and the Cultural Politics of Late Greek Modernism
David Roessel, Stockton University
Happiness in a Greek Way: Reconsidering Durrell on Corfu, Rhodes, and Cyprus
Vladimir Boskovic, Harvard University
Metaphysical is Political: Plotinus in Ungaretti, Camus, and Elytis
Argyro Nicolaou, Harvard University
Ironizing the Empire: Literary Responses to Durrell's Bitter Lemons
Nicos Christodoulakis, Athens University of Economics and Business & London School of Economics
Greece and the Eurozone: Risks and Challenges
"What These Ithacas Mean": Reading Cavafy in Different Languages - A Celebration of the End of the "Cavafy Year"
Past Events 2012 - 13
Michail Psalidopoulos, Fletcher School, Tufts University
"Sovereign Debt Crises in Greece: 19th Century to the Present"
Erato Paris, International Center for Hellenic Research, Nice, France
"Byzantium after Byzantium"
Marc Shell, Harvard University
Petros Efthymiou, Harvard University
"Can the Eurozone Crisis Be Solved without the Involvement of the United States?"
Past Events 2011 - 12
Rika Lesser; Ursula Lindqvist, Harvard University; Vasilis Papageorgiou, Linnaeus University; Judith Ryan, Harvard University
"Celebrating this Year's Nobel Prize in Literature: Tranströmer across Languages"
Maria Tatar, Harvard University
"'Disturbing the Airwaves': Writing about Greece under Nazi Occupation"
Chris LIvanos, University of Wisconsin
"Amazons, Dragons, and Masculinity: Policing the Borders of Nature and Gender in *Digenes Akrites*"
Spiro N. Pollalis
"The Development of the site of the Former Athens Airport: A Spark for Igniting the Greek Economy"
Dimitris Sotiropoulos, Higher Technological Institute of Kalamata
"The Greek Military Junta of 1967–1974: Old Insights and New Questions"
Past Events 2010 - 11
Constantine Michaelides, Washington University, St. Louis
"Formal and Vernacular Architecture in the Aegean Archipelago: Stuart and Revett, Thomas Hope and Alexandros Papadiamantis"
Teresa Shawcross, Amherst and Mt. Holyoke Colleges
"'Listen, all of you, both Franks and Romans': The Narrator in the Chronicle of Morea"
Olga Taxidou, Edinburgh University
"Hellenism, Primitivism and Modernist Performance"


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The Department of Revenue is the primary agency for collecting tax revenues that support state and local governments in Mississippi. This website provides information about the various taxes administered, access to online filing, and forms.
The Department of Revenue is responsible for titling and registration of motor vehicles, monitoring ad valorem assessments throughout the state to ensure consistent appraisal and valuation of properties among the municipalities and counties of the state, enforcement of Mississippi's Prohibition and Local Option Law and operating as the wholesale distributor of alcoholic beverages.
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I know the last few days before Christmas can be rather stressful. Hopefully you are able to find some time to reflect on the beauty of the season as well as spend quality time with those you love.
Here at our house things seem to be fairly low key. No rush really to speak of. It's the first Holiday season in a long time where I've felt so relaxed. I figure if all else fails, give money or gift certificates.
The snow outside our door helps to put a little magic in the air.
Merry Christmas to all
*The top photo is just the way the gazebo looked as the sun was setting this evening. The one below has a translucent tone applied which I downloaded from ShadowHouse Creations. Click here for a great tutorial on applying textures to an image.


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There are usually four sessions a week organised by the club for seniors:
- Tuesdays, 7-8pm at Battlebridge Track, Battlebridge Lane in Redhill (coached by Ian Martin)
- Wednesday "Recovery Run", 7-8pm, from YMCA Sovereign Centre, Slipshatch Road, Reigate. 5 mile at 10 min/mile pace (led by Ian Edmonds)
- Thursdays, 7-8pm. In the summer we meet by the Sunken Garden in Priory Park, and winter at Battlebridge Lane (coached by Jas Dhanda)
- Saturdays, most weeks at 10.00 am in Priory Park. Check calendar for details (coached by Gavin Lawrence)
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Something a little different today…
If you don't write poetry, consider this an opportunity to stretch your wings a bit. OR, seize the chance to just have fun.
In 50 words, write a poem about hot dogs.
If the poetry thing goes over well, we may incorporate it bi-weekly into Tackle it Tuesday.
So grab your Poetry helmet and have fun!


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Being only 22 kilometers from the closest train station and only one hour from the Geneva International Airport, Les Gets is very easily accessible. There are also many shuttles that regularly go to Les Gets. Getting to and leaving Les Gets is, therefore, easy and safe.
Whether on foot, on the « Little Train », on the free shuttles or the « Balad'Aulps Bus », getting around is quite easy. You will fully enjoy your stay… without the use of a car !
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World Press Photo Hope for a New life
The jury of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected an image by Australian photographer Warren Richardson as the World Press Photo of the Year 2015. The World Press Photo of the Year honors the photographer whose visual creativity and skills made a picture that captures or represents an event or issue of great journalistic importance in the last year. Richardson's picture, which also won first prize in the Spot News category, shows refugees crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary, near Horgoš (Serbia) and Röszke (Hungary). Taken at night on 28 August 2015, this man and child were part of the movement of people seeking to cross into Hungary before a secure fence on the border was completed.
A man passes a baby through the fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border in Röszke, Hungary, 28 August 2015.
Warren Richardson is a freelance photojournalist currently working in Eastern Europe. Born in Australia in 1968, he is a self-taught photographer who undertakes long-term projects dealing with human and environmental issues, as well as assignments for newspapers, magazines and companies. He has lived in Asia, the USA and Europe, and during a period in the UK and US he worked in celebrity photography. While working on the Serbian-Hungarian border in 2015, he was one of a group of journalists covering the refugee crisis who were beaten by police. His next project will see him walk to the Arctic Circle, to continue his refugee stories, and then explore the effects of human-induced climate change on the world. He lives by the proverb: "We have not inherited the land from our fathers, we have borrowed it from our children."
Richardson explained how the picture was made:
"I camped with the refugees for five days on the border. A group of about 200 people arrived, and they moved under the trees along the fence line. They sent women and children, then fathers and elderly men first. I must have been with this crew for about five hours and we played cat and mouse with the police the whole night. I was exhausted by the time I took the picture. It was around three o'clock in the morning and you can't use a flash while the police are trying to find these people, because I would just give them away. So I had to use the moonlight alone."
Francis Kohn, chair of the general jury, and photo director of Agence France-Presse, said:
"Early on we looked at this photo and we knew it was an important one. It had such power because of its simplicity, especially the symbolism of the barbed wire. We thought it had almost everything in there to give a strong visual of what's happening with the refugees. I think it's a very classical photo, and at the same time it's timeless. It portrays a situation, but the way it's done is classic in the greatest sense of the word."
Other members of the jury also spoke about the winning photograph.
Huang Wen, director of new media development at Xinhua News Agency, said:
"It's a haunting image. You see the anxiousness and the tension in such a mood which is pretty different from those in-your-face images. It's subtle, and shows the emotion and the real feeling from the deep heart of a father just trying to hand over his baby to the world he was longing to be in. This is really something."
Vaughn Wallace, deputy photo editor Al Jazeera America, said:
"This is an incredible image from the refugee crisis of 2015. It's incredibly powerful visually, but it's also very nuanced. We've seen thousands of images of migrants in every form of their journey, but this image really caught my eye. It causes you to stop and consider the man's face, consider the child. You see the sharpness of the barbed wire and the hands reaching out from the darkness. This isn't the end of a journey, but the completion of one stage of a very long future. And so, for me, this had to be the photo of the year."
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TheOpinionSite.org reports that a man who was cleared by the Criminal Records Bureau, set up by the Blair government to 'protect children and the vulnerable', went on to abuse a child in Camden, West London.
The abuse by a Camden council worker took place in 2008 but has only just emerged, presumably because nobody at the council or the CRB wanted anyone to know about the system failure. What is even more alarming is that CRB checks are now undertaken by the much criticised Independent Safeguarding Authority, another monster created by New Labour to pacify those who make their living in the UK's massive child protection industry.
Home Secretary, Theresa May has put the expansion of the ISA on hold whilst its jurisdiction is reviewed; a review that the May is not keen to hold and which was forced on the government as a result of public horror at the thought of 11,000,000 people being 'vetted' to see whether or not they were potential or actual child abusers.
The council worker who abused the child already had convictions for child abuse abroad but the CRB failed to pick this up. A spokesman for Camden council said, "Our contractor did check that this man was cleared to work with children but unfortunately faults with the CRB system meant that his previous crimes were not recorded."
The 'faults' referred to are not what they seem. In fact, the bigger problem is with the UK Sex Offender Register which requires anyone who enters the UK to declare any child abuse convictions imposed abroad and then to sign the Register. The fact is though, people don't declare such convictions, don't sign the register and the Home Office is reliant on the authorities in other countries to pass details of convictions to the Home Office.
This reveals the heart of the problem, from the British point of view anyway.
With the exception of the English speaking countries, notably the US, Australia and New Zealand, the governments of other countries are not obsessed with child abuse, whilst British politicians and tabloid newspapers seem to be lost for anything to say if they don't get their daily dose of "paedo-mania".
That fact does not mean that other nations do not care about the problem of child abuse; it is simply that they are not obsessed with it and they certainly haven't spent the last 20 years fostering public fear whilst at the same time pandering to those with vested interests, giving in to tabloid campaigns and building a child protection industry which employs 2,000,000 people.
It should also be remembered that those 2,000,000 people are also voters upon whom the government is reliant.
As for the CRB failure, the Home Office said, "The CRB has always been clear that if organisations recruit from overseas, a CRB check may not provide a complete picture of an individual's criminal history."
Well, if that really is the case, there is little point in the checks in the first place given the number of foreign workers currently employed in the UK.
Meanwhile, ordinary British people are being refused work because they are flagged by the CRB. One man was recently asked to leave his job because a CRB check revealed that he had a criminal record – for not paying his television licence.
In a country of 60 million people, it cannot be right that with a relatively small 50,000 people on the Sex Offender Register, we have a massive 2,000,000 people working in child protection of some kind or another. Certainly, children should be protected where necessary but most normal people would agree that there is a disproportionate number of people making their living in an industry that relies on fear for its existence.
TheOpinionSite.org believes the government should be brave and revise the whole issue of child protection and take advice from the EU, not from the US.
We are not Americans and we are very different to them. The fact they attempt to speak our language, albeit badly, does not mean that we are the same. We most definitely do not need or want to go down the same destructive road as the US (see http://theopinionsite.org/?p=757).
It is sad indeed that virtually every child protection measure introduced into the UK in the last 20 years has either been inspired by or directly imported from the US. Yet it is equally true that our European neighbours do not have the same problems with child abuse that we have in Britain yet we ignore the solutions that they offer, preferring instead to follow America like a lot of blind sheep.
The Camdem case illustrates a total failure of the CRB and the ISA, not to mention the council itself which was fined £1,200 as a result of the error. Camden Council was also ordered to pay £1,200 to the child's mother for her distress.
The situation in Britain is best described by someone who emigrated 11 years ago to Europe and is a visitor to this site:
"How long has it taken the UK to descend this far?
About 10 years from what I can work out. When I left the UK at the start of the decade everything was reasonably normal. Three months later planes ploughed into buildings in the US and I've watched with slow horror as you've all descended into what appears, from a distance, to be a particularly British dystopia, and all in the name of 'security' and 'protection'.
At the same time the counterbalance appears to be an increase in drinking, presumably to dull the pain, while you all distract yourselves by identifying paedophiles, which everyone agrees are now the 'real' menace to society.
So the view of the UK from outside is that you can't move for CCTV, people lie about drunk in the gutters every weekend, every second adult is a paedophile and photography is now illegal. And while you all seem to be agreed that this is all a 'bad thing', you don't know how to stop it. "
TheOpinionSite.org believes that these are wise words and that the people and the government of Britain should heed them well and prevent this CRB led nightmare from getting any worse.


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I know what's wrong with me. I don't think right. I have an irreconcilable difference in processing. It seems like a small glitch, but the consequences are unbearable. I don't believe in hurting back. I doubt I'm the only one with this flaw, but I'm sure it's not a question others would answer. (I could write a book on things not to ask.) I've tried several times to understand people who murderously lash out at others after being hurt by them. I avoid the news, but stories of killers who take out ever-increasing numbers of humans in rampages often seep in any way.
I reach the same conclusion each time. These killers are hurting back as hard as they can. It's illogical, sloppy futility, but it's far from unusual based on my observations of people. The only difference seems to be the use of extreme violence. Most hurt back in far more subtle ways. They opt for a sneakier, socially acceptable manner: Psychological warfare.
The results don't vary (from my perspective.) The hurt people continue hurting because harming others doesn't heal their hurt; it only increases that of their target. Some may convince themselves they feel better after seeking revenge, but I don't buy it. Self-deception is a sad religion. I'm an unbeliever. Worse, lashing out at others for hurting me increases my pain. It's something I learned as a young child.
I've lived decades beyond that lesson, so this vindictive thought process is practically imperceptible now. But I'm occasionally aware of the petty vengeance going on around me. It sometimes amuses me due to its creativity, but I usually ignore it. I observed quite a bit when I used Twitter. It fascinated me for a brief time. The passive aggressiveness was stunning. I quickly recognized the depth of my unsophistication. It amplified my sense of alienation from humanity. I don't think this way, and it makes me incompatible.
I feel almost like a perpetually deserving victim. I won't hit back, which seems to be sufficient justification for being punched in the first place on this planet. E.T. phone home, please.


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A little earlier today, we shared with you the latest clue Sony Ericsson's made available about what hardware it will be revealing at next week's CES. Is the subway setting a reference to Metro another Windows Phone hint? Could the "190" be referencing something? While we continue to look forward to your theories in the comments over in that post, what we've got here is some Sony Ericsson news that requires very little guesswork, as a source has managed to get his hands on the company's Nozomi handset a little early for some benchmarking and whole lot of new pics.
We've heard that codename Nozomi may refer to the ultimately to be known as the Xperia Arc HD; here, the phone is simply called the Xperia HD. We've heard plenty about the phone's hardware before, and this most recent hands-on confirms many of those specs. Numbers like a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 12-megapixel primary camera, and a 720p display are all figures with which we're familiar. Still, there are some surprises here, like the phone's reported storage capacity. We had already heard that there'd be no microSD expansion, which is confirmed here, but that the phone would be available in 16GB and 32GB configurations; here, it's only 8GB. With any luck, full details on all the different configurations Sony Ericsson plans to make available will be disclosed early next week.
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On the opposite coast, Brokelyn, a website for cheap thrills in New York City's most hipster borough, chimed in, announcing a crawl through the Greenpoint neighborhood that promises to route participants past a Pokémon Gym (don't ask). The host, a digital strategist named Jeff Ramos, guarantees you'll cross paths with "Pikachus, Bulbasars, Squirtles, Psyducks and more!"
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Drawing with Namiki Falcon.
I drew in pencil, than with Falcon. I love this pen, just to screw and unscrew the cap fills me with joy.
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4 comments:
- Serena Lewis said...
Very nice....love the touch of blue too.
- September 18, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Nikira said...
Thank you, Serena. Blue is Faber-Castell colored pencil, art grip, they so smooth. I wanted to separate the house without bringing too much color.
- September 19, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Malvika J said...
it is beautiful n the blue is a masterstroke.. immediately lifts it up
- November 17, 2011 at 11:18 PM
- Nikira said...
Thank you very much Malvika, I miss drawing with this pen now.
- November 19, 2011 at 8:15 AM
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After my father's tomatoes ripen on the vine, he finds when he cuts into them that there is a hard white core that extends through the fruit.
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Sometimes this is the result of weather that's too hot and then suddenly cold.
But more likely it is the variety. Change to a soft-skin, less firm tomato such as 'Celebrity' to overcome the white core problem. I've grown this for many years and sold it at the farmers' market, but it is too soft for the commercial market and is best for home growers.
I am going to be planting five dwarf fruit trees; two 'Bartlett' pears, one 'Cresthaven' peach, and two 'Honeycrisp' apples. Could you give me some feedback on them?
If you buy young container fruit trees, plant them very early in the spring to lessen transplanting shock (as soon as the soil can be worked and before the buds break). Plant the tree at the level it was in the pot, adding a layer of top mulch.
"Wrap the trunk in paper or plastic tree wrap to prevent deer and rabbit damage. Protect the trunk from voles with fine wire mesh at the base," says Tim Norris, president of Spring Bluff nursery, Sugar Grove.
'Bartlett' pear is subject to fire blight and also needs a pollinator for good fruit production. 'Patten' and 'Parker' are two pear cultivars Norris recommends. Two different cultivars will give you better cross-pollination.
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'Cresthaven' peach, while hardy here, may not bear fruit, depending on how cold the winters are. When the temperature goes down to zero, 'Cresthaven' peach loses all its flower buds. Norris suggests growing 'Reliance' peach instead. It needs a long growing season. Last spring (2008) was a cool one and peaches did not bear much fruit. Peaches are not long-lived trees. By the time the tree is bearing fruit, you will need to start growing another tree.
I have two strawberry plants in a hanging basket in my yard. I have not had any fruit from them although the vines hang down. I give them plant food once a month and water daily. What am I doing wrong?
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I recently moved to Chicago from Houston and I miss fresh picked figs. Is there any way to grow figs in Chicago short of installing a greenhouse? Will sunny windows do? I'm desperate.
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You do not need a greenhouse to grow figs, and a sunny window would not be appropriate. Grow a fig cultivar suitable for this climate. While most figs are rated to winter hardiness zone 4, the problem comes because our growing season is too short to ripen fruit, which may take until September or October in a cool summer. Sometimes we have an early frost. If so, pick unripened figs and let them ripen in the house.
Alana Mezo, senior horticulturist for the fruit and vegetable island at the Chicago Botanic Garden, recommends 'Chicago Hardy' fig, the variety they grow. They have 10 or 12 plants there growing in a row and, through trial and error, have decided not to protect them over winter because rodents chew roots and stems in wrapped plants and set back their growth. Their figs are multi-stemmed, die back to the ground when unprotected, and get off to a slow start in the spring, delaying fruiting.
However, if you do not have a rodent problem, tie the stems together, wrap burlap around the tied stems, and cover the base with a basketful of leaves. With this protection, your plants will have a head start in spring, and you should have figs ripen a month earlier than unprotected plants, at least by late August.
Another method of winter protection is to root prune in a half semi-circle around the plant, lay it down and cover the plants with leaves over winter.
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A fig grower in Highwood claims that rubbing olive oil on the fig hastens ripening, but Mezo has not tried this yet.
I am interested in growing fruit trees in my suburban DuPage County yard. Can sweet cherries be grown here? Can you suggest varieties of apples, pears, peaches, apricots and plums that are hardy and disease resistant?
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Midwest Fruit Explorers is a non-profit amateur backyard fruit-growing group. For more information about fruit growing, see www.midfex.org.
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Last weekend, I took a trip to Kew Gardens. I breathed in fresh air. I looked at autumn leaves falling around me. I felt more myself.
I was walking through the Palm house by myself, calm, collected and just slightly sweaty. To the right of me, I saw what I thought was a bird. A bird in the Palm house? Well it had to be a rouge pigeon or something. I couldn't believe it when I looked into through palm trees - it was a Robin. There by itself, a bit like me just sitting calm, collected and I am sure a little sweaty.
When I saw this Robin I almost burst into tears.
There was a Robin that used to sit in my Grammy's garden. She used to take thousands of pictures everyday of the Robin and even spoke to it. Ever since she left, I have always said my Grammy become a Robin.
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text: It's been a busy few weeks preparing for the Bath and West show. It was ten years ago that I exhibited there last time near the Village Green. This time I am inside Exmoor Hall with lots of lovely local Somerset traders. I am representing ACE arts, a new Somerton Gallery, with Sally KentGlass. Ten years on it is lovely to meet so many customers who already have some of my work, meet friends from the area and get to know businesses around and about the area, although I have to say that ten years ago my legs didn't ache so much from standing up all day! I'll be uploading my new originals painted for the show onto the website next week, so watch this space!


text: Overview STAR Scholars The STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Scholars Program allows first-year students to participate in faculty-mentored research, scholarship, or creative work during the summer after their freshman year. High-achieving students from across the university are invited to participate in the STAR Scholars Program during the admissions process; current students who were not invited to participate have the opportunity to apply for the program during the Winter Term of their freshman year. STAR Scholars work a total of 350 hours over the course of the summer term on an independent research project with a faculty mentor of their choosing. STAR Scholars earn a $3,500 stipend over the course of the summer and are provided with on-campus housing. The STAR Scholars Program provides a means for students to get to know faculty, explore a major area of research, and gain practical skills and valuable research experience for their future career or course of graduate study. iSTAR: STAR in International Settings iSTAR leverages the success of the STAR program to provide international research experiences to high-achieving undergraduate students. This unique opportunity allows students to gain research and cultural experiences without interrupting progress towards their degree. The goal of iSTAR is to not only provide a valuable research and cultural experience to participating students, but also to build and foster research collaborations with international partners. Students must apply directly to the iSTAR Scholars Program; positions in the iSTAR Scholar program are limited to specific majors as are associated with our specific partner locations.


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Quick Guide for Psoriasis
You'll find a lot of great information here in this handy guide to psoriasis including…
- What is Psoriasis?
- How long does it last?
- Who gets Psoriasis?
- Is Psoriasis contagious?
- Signs and symptoms.
- 5 Types of Psoriasis.
- Scalp Psoriasis.
- Nail Psoriasis.
- Complications.
- Psoriasis Treatments.
- Natural Treatment for Psoriasis
- Roscara Soothing Seaweed Lotion
What is Psoriasis?
How Long Does It Last?
- Infections
- Stress
- Dry skin
- Certain medicines
Who Gets It?
There are over 7.5 million Americans with this skin condition and an estimated 125 million sufferers worldwide
Most people, about 80%, have plaque psoriasis.
People who get psoriasis usually have one another person in their family who has psoriasis. Genetics play a factor and between 40-60% of psoriasis sufferers have a family history of the condition.
Psoriasis can begin at any age. Most people get psoriasis between 15 and 30 years of age. By age 40, most people who will get psoriasis, about 75%, have psoriasis.
Infants and young children are more likely to get inverse psoriasis and guttate psoriasis.
Psoriasis affects men and women equally.
It occurs in all races, but Caucasians are slightly more affected.
Although psoriasis can occur at any age, there appear to be two peak ages, from around 15 to 35 years old and from 50 to 60 years old.
Is It Contagious?
No, you cannot catch psoriasis from another person or give it to someone by touching them although more than one member of a family may develop the condition.
You also cannot spread it to other parts of your body.
Signs and Symptoms:
Psoriasis can appear suddenly or slowly. Many times, it goes away and then comes back.
The main symptom of the condition is irritated, red, flaky patches of skin.
Patches are most often seen on the elbows, knees, and middle of the body, but can appear anywhere including the scalp.
The skin may be:
- Itchy
- Dry and covered with silver, flaky skin (scales)
- Pink-red in colour (like the colour of salmon)
- Raised and thick
5 Types of Psoriasis
- Erythrodermic psoriasis: where skin redness is very intense and covers a large area of the body.
- Guttate psoriasis: where small, pink or red spots appear on the skin.
- Inverse psoriasis: where skin redness and irritation occurs in the groin, armpits and in between overlapping skin.
- Plaque psoriasis: where thick, red patches of skin are covered by flaky, silver-white scales. This is the most common type of psoriasis with 80% of psoriasis sufferers having this type.
- Pustular psoriasis: where white blisters are surrounded by red, irritated skin.
It is quite common for psoriasis sufferers to have different types of psoriasis throughout the course of their lives or even at the same time.
At one stage I had guttate, inverse, plaque and pustular psoriasis all together!
What is Plaque Psoriasis?
Plaque Psoriasis is the most common variety of the condition and accounts for approximately 80% of all cases.
Affected areas of the body have patches of red, inflamed skin, often covered with loose, silver-coloured scales.
These patches are known as plaques.
Plaques may be itchy and painful and sometimes crack and bleed. In severe cases, the plaques of affected skin will grow and merge into one another, covering large areas.
Psoriasis plaques are very well demarcated, meaning you can see where the plaque psoriasis starts and regular skin stops. The plaques are raised on the skin, and you can clearly feel where each plaque begins and ends.
The redness is caused by increased blood flow to the area, owing to the speed in which the skin cells are being reproduced.
Plaque Psoriasis can occur more or less anywhere on the body but is found most often on the
- knees
- elbows
- scalp
- lower back.
It can, more unusually, affect the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
What is Guttate Psoriasis?
Guttate Psoriasis looks like lots of little red, raindrops distributed over the body, usually involving the arms, legs, torso and back.
This type of psoriasis most commonly affects children, teenagers and young adults.
Guttate Psoriasis can appear very quickly and may often go away on its own, although this may take from a few weeks to a few months.
It is estimated that approximately 50% of people who have a flare of Guttate Psoriasis will never have another attack.
However, some people who experience Guttate Psoriasis will go on to develop another form of psoriasis, for example where the Guttate Psoriasis drops do not clear but merge together forming Plaque Psoriasis.
What is Inverse Psoriasis?
Inverse Psoriasis is more common in people who are overweight or who, for other reasons, have deep skin folds.
Inverse Psoriasis lesions are usually smooth, shiny, and red with well-defined borders. The lesions can cause cracks to develop in the skin creases, which may bleed.
It doesn't appear on exposed areas of the body, but selectively, and often exclusively, appears in skin folds…
- between the buttocks
- around the genitals
- under the breasts
- in the groin
- in the thighs
- ears
- in the armpits
Inverse Psoriasis lesions do not have the scales that occur with regular psoriasis and it is frequently mistaken for a different skin problem, such as a fungal infection.
It can be particularly debilitating, itchy and painful because of its location on the body.
Inverse Psoriasis frequently causes irritation from sweating and rubbing and often causes yeast or fungal infections in the lesions.
What is Scalp Psoriasis?
Around 50% of people with psoriasis will experience Scalp Psoriasis in their lifetime.
Scalp Psoriasis is characterised by thick, silvery-white scales over well-defined red, thickened skin.
It can appear as a single patch or multiple patches on the scalp.
The back of the head is most commonly affected by Scalp Psoriasis but for some people, the entire scalp is covered.
It may spread beyond the scalp to the forehead, back of the neck, or behind the ears.
Scalp Psoriasis, even though often adequately camouflaged by the hair, is often a source of social embarrassment owing to the flaking of the scales which looks like severe dandruff.
And the hair can make it difficult to apply topical lotions to the lesions as it gets in the way.
In some cases, Scalp Psoriasis may not cause any symptoms at all.
However, for many people, Scalp Psoriasis can be extremely itchy.
In very severe cases there may be some temporary mild localised hair loss but Scalp Psoriasis does not cause permanent balding.
What is Pustular Psoriasis?
Pustular Psoriasis is an extremely rare type of psoriasis that can present in a variety of forms.
Unlike the most general and common forms of psoriasis, Pustular Psoriasis usually appears on the body with pus-filled blisters rather than plaques.
Pustular Psoriasis can present at any age but is even rarer in young children.
It can appear with or without previous psoriasis conditions or history and can reoccur in periodic episodes.
It is characterized by white pustules surrounded by red skin. The pus consists of white blood cells.
Pustular Psoriasis is not an infection, nor is it contagious.
One type of Pustular Psoriasis is known as Von Zumbusch.
This form of psoriasis requires immediate medical care as it can be life-threatening and sufferers may need to be hospitalised for topical treatment, a systemic treatment which usually involves antibiotics, and rehydration.
Von Zumbusch is associated with chills, fever, headache, nausea, severe itching, dehydration, a rapid pulse rate, anaemia, exhaustion, muscle weakness and weight loss.
It can appear abruptly on the skin and is characterised by widespread areas of fiery red skin, which is often tender and painful.
Within a short period of time, the pustules appear. Over a period of approximately 24-48 hours, the pustules fuse together and form pools of pus that dry up and peel off in sheets, leaving the skin smooth with a red, glazed appearance. New pustules can appear.
This condition is cyclical in nature, with new pustules appearing, fusing together, drying up, peeling, and reappearing. These cycles may last for days or weeks, leaving the sufferer exhausted and seriously uncomfortable.
The most common places these pustules appear are the
- anal area
- genital area
- bends and folds in the skin.
Pustules may appear on the face, but this is unusual.
Pustules can sometimes appear on the tongue, which may make it difficult to swallow.
They can also occur under nails and cause the nails to detach from the nail bed and come off.
Unfortunately for some people, they will experience hair loss within a couple of months.
Another form of Pustular Psoriasis is known as Palmoplantar Pustulosis Psoriasis.
This type of psoriasis causes pustules on the palms of the hand and soles of the feet.
It is usually chronic and affects the base of the thumb and the sides of the heels.
Pustules initially appear in a pattern on top of red plaques of skin, but then turn brown, peel and become crusted.
As with Von Zumbusch, Palmoplantar Pustulosis Psoriasis also frequently appears in cycles, going away and then recurring.
Acropustulosis is another form of Pustular Psoriasis and characterized by skin lesions on the ends of the fingers and sometimes on the toes.
A person may be affected by this condition following an injury to the skin or infection.
The lesions are often painful and disabling and cause deformity of the nails.
Nail Psoriasis
Nail Psoriasis causes the fingernails or toenails to pit, become discoloured, usually yellow, and come away from the nail bed.
Sometimes, a single nail can be affected.
Nail Psoriasis can sometimes cause difficulty in handling objects because their nails are thickened and detached from the nail bed.
Many of the complications surrounding psoriasis stem from the appearance of the lesions and scales.
The lesions and sores can also be itchy, which can lead to bleeding or a secondary, bacterial skin infection.
Psoriatic Arthritis can lead to severe inflammation, which can limit physical mobility because of the pain.
Psoriasis can cause low self-image, anxiety over social situations, and limitations in certain activities, such as swimming.
Psoriasis Treatments
There is a wide range of treatments which can be used to alleviate, comfort and control psoriasis, depending on how severe the condition is, the age of the individual, and how much success they have had with other treatments.
The range includes topical treatments, UV Therapy, systemic and biologic medications.
The one golden rule in dealing with psoriasis is to moisturise regularly.
Moisturising can help to soften plaques, reduce scale, soothe and reduce itching and redness, and help active treatments to be absorbed more effectively.
Natural Treatment for Psoriasis
With its signature ingredient of organic, hand-harvested and wild Irish Moss seaweed, and inspired by an ancient Irish remedy for skin problems like psoriasis, is Roscara Soothing Seaweed Lotion
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How to get the best paint colors to match stone accents
We've heard some really great advice about choosing exterior stone and paint combinations. And we've also heard some terrible ideas. Read on, as we sort out the worst advice from the most helpful solutions, when picking your new home's exterior palette - with design tips from Andrea Enns, one of North Carolina's most acclaimed exterior and interior designers.
Worst advice # 1: Do not choose a stone because of its name. The name of the stone meaningless, is created by marketers to sound "cute" or "catchy."
This advice is misleading. You should always pay attention to the name of a stone type. Almost all stone names are actually carefully chosen to match the stone - as a crafted material - to its original location in nature.
Once you have the name of a stone you love, search online for photographs of natural areas in the region that your stone was named after. Then, take your paint colors from that region's natural palette, and you'll locate a perfect match between stone and paint.
Worst advice # 2: Stone siding is a fake material, so the colors are unrealistic.
When you drive though the mountains towards the west and you see the clays of the desert, notice how the rock colors in different geographical areas are set off by their natural surroundings. Nature was not created by man. Nature is the earth's color palette.
The stone we are using on houses today is man made but it was designed to look like the real stone and rock found in the various regions of our entire country.
Similarly, paint colors are also crafted to reflect what you could touch in nature. So choosing the color of one type of siding goes hand-in-hand with any other.
Worst advice # 3: You should stick to your the color combinations you know you love, even if you have not decided on a homesite yet.
While it is important to build a home with the color combinations you'll love for years to come, it is equally important to consider where you home will actually sit.
Stone siding is designed to blend seamlessly and realistically with the various greens, browns, and pebble grays in shrubbery, lawn, and forest.
So, when selecting stone and exterior colors, look to the nature surrounding your homsite for your answer.
The Country Manor, a custom home by Stanton Homes, was designed in part to take advantage of its natural surroundings.
Worst advice # 4: Your stone exterior has nothing to do with the interior of your home.
The exterior of your home acts as a "preview" of the interior. There should always be some exterior aspect - such as a design element or color palette - that creates continuity with the inside of your home.
In this version of the Bryson, we carried the exterior stone inside - placing it on a centerpiece see-through fireplace. The interior paint colors blend with the greys in the stone, while the hardwood floors match the orange tones.
For more new home design tips and trends, contact Andrea Enns here.


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Volume 153, Issue 1
November 2004
When "the Pols Make the Calls": McConnell's Theory of Judicial Deference in the Twilight of Buckley
Buckley Is Dead, Long Live Buckley: The New Campaign Finance Incoherence of McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
The Donor Class: Campaign Finance, Democracy, and Participation
Perceptions of Corruption and Campaign Finance: When Public Opinion Determines Constitutional Law
Judicial Campaign Codes After Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
Democracy in the Wake of the California Recall
False Campaign Speech and the First Amendment
Resurrecting the White Primary
Latinos, Anglos, Voters, Candidates, and Voting Rights
Reapportionment and Party Realignment in the American States
Got Theory?
Lost in the Political Thicket: The Court, Election Law, and the Doctrinal Interregnum
Where to Draw the Line?: Judicial Review of Political Gerrymanders
Volume 153, Issue 2
December 2004
Same Struggle, Different Difference: ADA Accommodations as Antidiscrimination
War Everywhere: Rights, National Security Law, and the Law of Armed Conflict in the Age of Terror
Simplicity at the Cost of Clarity: Appellate Review of Claim Construction and the Failed Promise of Cybor
Cross-Border Judgments and the Public Policy Exception: Solving the Foreign Judgment Quandary by Way of Tribal Courts
Volume 153, Issue 3
January 2005
State Courts and the Making of Federal Common Law
Beyond Economic Fatherhood: Encouraging Divorced Fathers to Parent
Enforceable Rights, No Child Left Behind, and Political Patriotism: A Case for Open-Minded Section 1983 Jurisprudence
Within Each Lawyer's Conscience a Touchstone: Law, Morality, and Attorney Civil Disobedience
Raining on the Parade of Horribles: Of Slippery Slopes, Faux Slopes, and Justice Scalia's Dissent in Lawrence v. Texas
Volume 153, Issue 4
April 2005
Can Judges Ignore Inadmissible Information? The Difficulty of Deliberately Disregarding
Against "Individual Risk": A Sympathetic Critique of Risk Assessment
Remembering Those Still with Us: Protecting September Eleventh Survivors from Their Future
Admitting Mental Health Evidence to Impeach the Credibility of a Sexual Assault Complainant
Volume 153, Issue 5
May 2005
What Happened in Delaware Corporate Law and Governance from 1992-2004? A Retrospective on Some Key Developments
The Surprisingly Strong Case for Tailoring Constitutional Principles
The "Essential Relationship" Spectrum: A Framework for Addressing Choice of Procedural Law in the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction Stripping, Constitutional Supremacy, and the Implications of Ex Parte Young
Frequency and Success: An Empirical Study of Criminal Law Defenses, Federal Constitutional Evidentiary Claims, and Plea Negotiations
Volume 153, Issue 6
June 2005


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Nathaniel Smith
Sales Executive / LREA
A systematic and self-driven performer with an extensive sales history, Nathaniel only strives for exceptional results for his clients. Friendly, presentable and professional agent, Nathaniel works closely with his clients, providing exemplary results and the most rewarding experience during a typically stressful time.
Nathaniel's knowledge for Willoughby and surrounding suburbs, established through a lifetime within the local area, enable him to sell not only the home, but the suburb too. He takes pride in constantly setting new bench marks in real estate, and is driven to perform for his clients above and beyond their expectations. Understanding the great challenges and emotional experiences when selling with a wide variety of properties, clientele and constantly changing market, yet consistently delivers results.
When considering selling or buying, Nathaniel's proven sales record, experience in the area and friendly manner, enable him to be your greatest asset.
Nathaniel Smith Ray White Willoughby - 08 Mar 2017
Nathaniel Smith went above and beyond in helping us get our house ready for sale. He had a fantastic team of tradesmen who increased the value of our property in minimum time and for a fair price. Nathaniel demonstrated a great understanding of the market we were selling in and provided great advice on how and when to sell. He was always available when we needed to contact him. He was always friendly, patient, understanding and courteous. He was thorough and honest in his communication with us and he achieved a fantastic result at the end. I highly recommend Nathaniel Smith to anyone selling their property.
5 Star Agent!!! - 16 Nov 2016
This was the first property we had sold, and Nathaniel could not have made the process easier for us. He was available at all hours which I really appreciated and was very easy to communicate with. Nothing was ever too much trouble - he has an incredible eye for detail and a very good memory as well!! He has excellent market knowledge and is a confident negotiator. We were extremely happy with the outcome of the sale of our property, thanks to both Rawa and Nathaniel!
You couldn't find a better agent - 18 Oct 2016
Thank you Nathaniel for helping me sell my home. This is the second time now and again a fantastic result. You were approachable, courteous, honest and professional and kept me informed throughout the whole process. I have no hesitation in recommending you to future clients.
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The inability to lose weight -- a rather frustrating issue -- has been linked to a lack of calcium. Researchers first observed this "antiobesity effect" accidentally during a study in the 1980s that investigated the antihypertensive effect of dairy products in obese African American men (1). Increasing dietary calcium from ≈400 to ≈1000 mg/d through the consumption of 2 cups (≈437 mL) of yogurt daily for 1 year produced expected decreases in blood pressure that was accompanied by an unexpected 4.9kg reduction in body fat
According to animal and human studies, the calcium stored in fat cells helps regulate the processing and storage of fat in the body. Fat cells that contain the most calcium actually burn more fat, leading to weight loss.
A study published in The Journal of the American College of Nutrition in 2002 summarized data from 9 studies (including 3 controlled trials and 6 observational studies) of calcium intake in which body weight could be assessed as a secondary outcome (2). Overall, increases in calcium intake were consistently associated with reduced indexes of adiposity (body weight, body fat, and weight gain); each 300mg increase in daily calcium intake is associated with a 2.5-3kg lower weight in adults and a 1kg less body fat in children. Consequently, they suggested that a 600mg/d increase in calcium intake (2 standard dairy servings) could reduce the risk of overweight by as much as 70%.
Of course, you can't simply add calcium on to a high-calorie diet and expect weight loss. But if you have trouble shedding pounds, extra calcium-rich foods in addition to your lower calorie diet could be of great benefit. In fact, studies have shown calcium supplementation could give an edge on weight loss especially in women. University of Washington researchers reviewed a decade's worth of data on 5,341 women ages 53 to 57. Increasing calcium intake, in the form of calcium supplements, may be beneficial for weight maintenance, especially in women during midlife. Women currently taking a calcium supplement dose of >500 mg/day had significantly lower 10-year weight gain than non-users.
Consider Calcium supplements coupled with Vitamin D for optimal health!
1. Zemel MB, Shi H, Greer B, DiRienzo D, Zemel PC. Regulation of adiposity by dietary calcium. FASEB J 2000;14:1132–8.
2: Heaney RP, Davies KM, Barger-Lux MJ. Calcium and weight: clinical studies. J Am Coll Nutr. 2002 Apr;21(2):152S-155S. Review. PubMed PMID: 11999544.
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Dr Nicole Ng (MBBS) is a medical doctor with a passion in women's health and medical research
August 2017


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our test model was more generously sized than normal
Are you usually smaller than that, Mat?
A lightweight windproof is an incredibly useful piece of cycling kit and the Vento from OneTen is a solid option.
The Vento is made from polyamide (nylon) and it stops the wind stone dead. That means it's handy pretty much all year round bar the height of summer. It takes up about half a jersey pocket and weighs just 86g so it's easy to carry.
Put the Vento on when the temperature drops and it makes a huge difference to your warmth. Remove cold wind from the equation and you retain much more of the heat that your body generates.
You get a high, close-fitting collar, of course, and snug, slightly stretchy cuffs too. I actually found getting the cuffs over my hands more difficult than usual, especially with chunky gloves on, but I'd far rather that than draughts up the sleeves. The tail is long to keep you covered and it's elasticated to stop the cold air getting in.
The Vento has 3D panels, meaning that it is cut to have depth. The idea is that the fabric, though not stretchy, sits close to your body as you ride without having to be pulled around. I found it to be a bit generous around the stomach compared to my favourite Mavic windproof.
That said, I am pretty skinny (just saying) and the Vento is similar around the middle to several other windproofs I have from brands like Pearl Izumi. Plus, the extra space came in handy when I wanted to load up the pockets of my jersey with leg warmers and so on. But I'd still say that the Vento is more of a general cut than a race cut, and our test model was certainly large for a size medium.
The neck and arms are cut to sit properly when you're leaning forward on the bike and they do that very well. My only problem was that when I opened the front zip at the neck for a little extra ventilation, the shoulders and upper back would billow quite a bit. Windproofs often billow if there's no yoke vent - and there rarely is. If you let air in, it obviously won't get out easily -that's what being windproof is - but the large sizing made it more noticeable than usual here.
Lightweight, packable windproof that really does keep the cold air out, although our test model was more generously sized than normal
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Make and model: Oneten Vento Wind Jacket
Size tested: Translucent White -M
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Oneten say, "The Oneten Vento wind jacket offers essential protection from the elements in a package convenient enough to always have at hand.
"We've designed the Vento wind jacket as an essential staple for riders of all levels and disciplines, on-road and off."
It's for anyone who wants windproofing where weight and size is an issue. That could be pretty much any cyclist although it's really more or a performance-type product.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
It's almost completely windproof and reasonably breathable. If you do start getting too hot, you just take it off and sling it in your pocket. It takes up hardly any space.
The fabric does its job really well and the 3D cut is good (even though I found it too generous around the middle). It did billow out more than most at the back/shoulders when I opened the neck a little.
Lightweight windproofs are never the most hardy of clothing but, of its type, the Vento seems durable enough. I've caught the fabric in the zip a couple of times and it has shrugged it off. The white is good for visibility although that does make it show the dirt and grime after riding on damp roads.
It's a good price. You can get a lightweight windproof for £30-odd if you like and some are much more expensive, but £50 is a good price.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes, but the fit wasn't quite right for me.
Would you consider buying the product? No, because of the fit.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes, At the risk of sounding repetitive, it'll all come down to the fit.
Age: 40 Height: 190cm Weight: 74kg
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, sportives, general fitness riding,
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now pushing 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.