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The final reckoning, and its price.
Face of the Enemy
The voice is dry like old leaves, yet running smoothly, despite its unnatural intonation, its tone gentle, evoking sadness behind its logical reasoning… and concealing deep currents of a fervent urge underneath: "For this, I need the Grey Warden blood."
The voice sends chills down Nathaniel's spine while appealing to something deep within.
Deep within, Nathaniel also feels a tinge of horror stirring while he finds himself nodding to the Architect's words.
The world without Blights. The darkspawn safe from the lure of the Old Gods, living as free sentient beings, pursuing their own goals within the vast reaches deep under the surface of Thedas.
A little Warden blood, to sever the tie to the Old Gods, doesn't seem like a high price to pay for this.
The taint in his veins flows faster, tickling in response to the building excitement.
Yes. Yes, he has a point.
"Yes… yes!" Velanna mutters to herself, her eyes never leaving Seranni's face, as if oblivious to its horrible transformation. "That's what you saw… you're right, you're both right!"
"This is wrong." Justice's voice resonates with otherworldly tones, creating dissonance with the voice of the Architect. He moves a few steps, closer to Ned who stands, moveless. "Wrong."
The interruption washes over Nathaniel with a sudden chill of morning air. The group of soldiers, huddled behind the Wardens, murmurs with unease, glaring at the tall darkspawn with fear and hatred.
More than a few of them divide the glares between the Architect and both elves, their hands on the hilts, apparently thinking in terms of betrayal and madness.
Stricken with doubts, Nathaniel looks intensely at the Architect's face, half-hidden behind some metallic construction of unknown purpose, grown into the flesh. What can be seen of it looks nothing like the common darkspawn, the features are much less deformed... almost normal. The eyes behind the metal plates are harbouring their secrets; the lips tighten in an anticipation of… what?
'It was not as he said,' a tiny, unperturbed voice whispers somewhere at the edge of his consciousness, 'it doesn't make sense. Also, what he did to Seranni...'
What is this all about? Why did he lure us here, to ensnare us with his falsities?
But the suspicion is immediately subdued as the Architect speaks again, and the taint in Nathaniel's veins revels. "I have explained you, Commander, how the unfortunate misunderstanding at the Keep originated… I underestimated the violence hidden in my disciple, and the Wardens brought to me for my experiments were dead already, letting their blood brought no harm to anyone."
Not exactly what happened, Nathaniel thinks again, yet remaining strangely calm, as if watching from the outside.
"I regret having restrained you, Commander… but that was done only for your protection. I never meant any harm to anyone…"
The mindless ghouls, wearing our gear… the tainted dragons, swooping from above…
…seem rather irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Darkspawn or not, he speaks reasonably.
"The Mother, she is different. Violent. She didn't take well being separated from the song of the Old Gods… There is no hope for her, and it is her whom you must destroy, and I am offering you my help in doing so."
The tickling of the taint surges as well as Nathaniel's excitement, as the Architect's intonation peaks, revealing a sense of urgency as he asks: "So, what shall it be, Commander? Shall we join our forces for a common goal?"
In response, Ned Cousland slightly shifts while no-one else moves but his face reveals nothing; the same as ever since Seranni brought them to meet the Architect. The dwarf ghoul – presumably a former Grey Warden – who is standing a few steps behind the Architect and hasn't said a word the whole time, also slightly shifts, but seeing his blade still leisurely tipped down, she only adjusts her grip on her axe.
"It sounds reasonable," Cousland states, calmly and softly. "Very logical…"
In response, several gasps sound, some breaths of relief, Velanna beams another smile at Seranni, and the Architect's features undergo an almost ungraspable change of anticipation –
"… except one thing," Cousland continues, and then, suddenly, moves lightning-fast: "Keenan lived, you liar!"
For the shortest instant, the world stands still, with the Architect staring at the black blade, buried in his belly almost to the hilt. Then, a surge of energy ensues: Ned is tossed backwards in a flash of red light, and fire starts pouring down. Desperately ducking from the flames, Nathaniel finally realizes the presence of the taint, all around.
Maker help us… it was a trap, after all.
The air rapidly becomes hot, the heat scorches the skin. With nowhere to escape, Nathaniel shields his face from the flames. Between the fire and the darkspawn…
Briefly, he wonders if this is what Delilah's final moments were like… if this is a retribution for Amaranthine.
A clunk in his ears, and he lowers his arm in time to see a cloud of white light spreading through the ancient vault, cleansing it of the magical fire. In its centre, Ned Cousland, risen on his knees, his arms spread, the blue glowing drops still tainting his lips.
The next moment, the darkspawn charge, pouring into the vault from every passage, and the Wardens' group barely have the time to position themselves in a defensive formation. The fight that ensues is vicious but short: the anger at the Architect's deceit bolsters the men's arms and the runed blades glow with fierce blue as they cut into the tainted flesh. The onslaught stops, and breaks: the mass of attackers splits into groups, then individuals, then the last one falls to the ground and the vault is quiet but for the panting and someone's soft moans.
The feels of the Taint is gone, except that present in the Wardens' veins. No more darkspawn… near.
Yet, the fight and the fire have taken a terrible toll: no less than five bodies lie among the dead darkspawn, some scorched, some hacked. Glancing over the men's faces, Nathaniel tries to ascertain which ones are missing - and seeing Velanna frantically looking over the dead bodies, he realizes which person is missing for sure: Seranni.
What follows remains etched in his memory for a long time.
A clank, as Ned Cousland tosses away the crude darkspawn blade that he was using, and slightly uncertainly walks over to the Architect's corpse to reclaim his blade, still protruding from the darkspawn's stomach. Barely does he straighten, though, when he finds himself under attack again: Velanna charges at him, blindly beating against his armour with her bare hands: "You… you... what have you done? You've killed him, and Seranni –"
Nathaniel is too slow to react, and freezes in midstep as Velanna, backslapped with a gloved hand, is knocked to the ground. Her eyes wide in shock, she only whimpers, once, as Cousland grabs her by the jaw, half-lifting her, and grits through his teeth into her face: "Your sister is as good as dead, and so are you, if you ever place yourself in my way again!" As Cousland releases his grip, she falls to the ground, limp, and only then starts sobbing.
Cousland walks away without as much as a glance at her, and the soldiers follow: the elf never made any friends among them. Anders does hesitate for a moment but then falls behind Justice and Sigrun... behind the Commander.
Nathaniel has to will his hand to release the grip on the hilt.
Except the still sobbing elf, he is soon alone among the dead.
"Velanna." Kneeling by her, he takes her by the shoulders. "Velanna, we cannot stay here... we must stick together, for the good or the bad, there is no other way..."
She raises to him her tear-streaked face, bleeding from the cut lip and already swelling. "Nathaniel... she's gone... Seranni's gone..."
"She will be safe," he says as gently as he can. "The darkspawn won't harm her, and if she stays hidden, she has nothing to fear. Now, come, Velanna. We can't stay here. We have to go."
As he helps her to get up, the elf holds tight onto him. "Why... why did he do it? We could have made an agreement, I could have been with my sister..."
"Velanna..." the words taste like ash but his mind now works clearly. "The Architect was lying. And he let Seranni contract the Taint even though he possessed the means to protect her. He didn't mean well to us."
Velanna lookes over her shoulder at the mysterious darkspawn, and her features suddenly contort in a flash of anger and despair. Then she looks in the direction of the quickly vanishing blue lights of the Warden party and lets go of Nathaniel. "We must go," she says flatly. "There are darkspawn to kill."
She doesn't look back but once, and then, her bruised hand finds Nathaniel's.
The darkspawn to kill are many and fierce. The soldiers die under the blades and claws, and an encounter with an ogre in plate mail costs them Rollan, the new Warden from Denerim, and Sergeant Kenneth, who falls from the narrow bridge into the chasm below. Further on, a wave of the monstrous Children overpowers Sigrun, and Velanna's freezing spell comes a moment too late: when they recover the former Legion scout from under the shattered corpses, her innocent blue eyes stare empty into the darkness, and Wolf softly whines, nudging her with his nose in vain.
She is left behind, like everyone else, the underground itself being her only tomb.
When they finally enter the large cavern, their company has shrunk into a dozen people, none of them uninjured.
Nathaniel never thought they would make it that far.
Seeing the countless heaps and clusters of the fleshy pods, each emanating strongly the taint, he knows that this is as far as they will ever go, and that there will be no going back.
Once again, Velanna's hand finds his as they slowly make their way between the pods to the huge, tentacled mass at the farthest end: the Mother.
Of all the darkspawn Nathaniel has seen, she is the worst.
Unlike the broodmothers of Kal'Hirol, the Mother used to be human. The slender upper torso, ridiculously tiny against the monstrous belly sporting bug-like claws, the face still retaining the original features, the large eyes, burning red with madness...
Even now, Nathaniel can still tell that she used to be beautiful.
Whatever and whoever she used to be, death is the only relief they can offer her - death is the only thing that she can give in return. Mad and deformed as she is, she is still unwilling to give up her existence, and her Children rally to her defence.
"Defend the mages!" Cousland yells: without the support of magic, they do not stand a chance against the numbers, and even that may not suffice. Every single acid flask, every lyrium explosive that they took from the Keep's depleted reserves now becomes utilised, to postpone the inevitable. Blade against claw: that is what it will come down to in the end.
Velanna is the first to collapse, long after they run out of acid and bombs. Her legs give way; she casts one more spell while on her knees, her nose running blood, before she faints. With the support of magic reduced to a half, the darkspawn onslaught intensifies.
Yet, despite the expectations, there comes a moment when no more darkspawn appear, and Nathaniel finds himself still standing over Velanna, with Justice to his left, Kiefer of the Keep to his right, and Cousland and the last remaining soldier behind his back. Anders, conscious but utterly exhausted, is crouching among them, unable to rise but his hand still gripping the staff.
Nathaniel himself is at the point of breaking down: his leather armour is in tatters, his body bloodied from clawmarks all over. His left arm dangles uselessly by his side, his short blade lost somewhere among the darkspawn carcasses. He meets the eyes of Kiefer, also barely standing, even more ghastly pale in the blue light of the crystal lamps than normally, from blood loss and exhaustion.
Then, they all turn towards the Mother, who, still unharmed, is half-laughing, half-sobbing, while her tentacles are wildly beating, protruding randomly from the fleshy moulds covering the stone all around her.
"What now?" gasps the soldier.
Gareth, Nathaniel realizes, and remembers, with sudden clarity, the journey to the Wending Wood in the bright autumn weather.
We have come a full circle. The Mother is the Architect's doing; what started there we end here now.
Instead of an answer, the Commander bends to Anders; when the mage does not respond to the touch, he unscrupulously turns him over to access his healing potion reserve. Finding the last three, he distributes them to Kiefer, Gareth and Nathaniel. "We finish what we have come for," he states.
Covered in slime and gore as well as his own blood from head to toe, he barely looks human; as an aftereffect of the lyrium which he imbibed to counter the Architect's spell with his Templar talent, his eyes glow a faint blue as they glance over Nathaniel. "Got any arrows left?"
Nathaniel barely shakes his head: with his mangled arm, he wouldn't be able to draw the bow, anyway.
Adjusting his shield, the Commander quickly scans the Mother's surroundings. "Distract her," he orders, slowly starting towards her.
Distract her.
Easier said than done: the tentacles seem to be everywhere, and evading them would be difficult even for one uninjured and rested. Nathaniel avoids a blow that would have crushed his head into a pulp but another hits him across the back, sending him flying just against the enormous belly. He delves face-first into the sickeningly slick surface and helplessly slides down, winded, while a claw digs into his shoulder. Struggling for breath, he weakly thrusts his blade into the soft mass; it shakes wildly and stinking liquid splashes his arm. With a gasp, he lies on the hilt to drive it deeper.
The screech that follows is ear-piercing, and Nathaniel screams, as well, as the claw tearing at his shoulder clutches him with a death grip. He musters the last remnant of his strength to jerk the blade in the wound, before the Mother crushes him for sure.
Suddenly, there is Kiefer next to him, yelling "For the Wardens!" while plunging his own blade into the Mother. Her body shakes so violently that both are tossed aside; seeing the tentacles bearing down, Nathaniel only manages to close his eyes. A terrible scream issues: the scream of man in mortal pain, ending abruptly, as sticky warm liquid pours over Nathaniel, followed by Kiefer's crushed and torn remains.
Half-paralyzed by pain, Nathaniel struggles to move away, to get hold of a weapon, something, while blinking violently to remove Kiefer's blood from his eyes.
And so he sees it, through a red haze: while Justice is methodically chopping off the tentacles with mighty swings of his broadsword and the Mother is screaming her hatred at him, a man jumps from a protrusion of the cavern wall, landing on the top of her belly and grabbing hold of one of her claws to secure himself just before his blade cuts into the Mother's neck.
The sudden absence of the screeching feels as if all sound was erased from existence.
To Nathaniel's horror, the whole mass starts to convulse violently after that, the claws and tentacles beating around. He instinctively covers his head, as if it could change a thing, and attempts to crawl away, painfully slowly.
The next thing he knows, Gareth is dragging him to safety, and Anders kneels down next to him to cast a healing spell with shaking hands. With the bleeding stopped and the worst pain receding, Nathaniel is feeling light-headed; his voice is hoarse as he asks for water.
No-one else speaks; the thuds of the slowly dying monstrosity the only sound, till heavy footsteps approach: Justice in his fullplate, almost untouched by the fight, except some of the plates caved in, which would have incapacitated a living man but are of no consequence to the dead flesh. In his arms, a man so covered in gore that the griffon on his armour is almost obliterated under its layers.
They can tell who he is only by the armour: his face is a bloody mess, the left cheek torn so deep that the white of bone and teeth protrudes.
"Oh, Maker," Anders sighs uncharacteristically, while Gareth, who used to invoke the name at every opportunity, remains quiet. Yet, despite the seeming, there comes a moan as Justice lowers his burden, and the eyes open by a slit.
"I'm on it, right away," the mage mutters, pressing his temples, but as he reaches his hand, there comes a whining sound behind them; whining and whimpering.
Wolf, terribly mangled, is crawling closer to them from the place where he fell, his eyes intent only on his master, voicing his anxiety.
"…heal…him…" The voice is barely audible but the eyes in the bloodied face are now fully open.
Anders curses vulgarly. "I can't waste magic on dogs when there are people to heal!"
Nathaniel knows the answer even before it comes: "Heal… him… not… me."
The mage remains gaping for a moment.
"You heard," Nathaniel hears himself say, more harshly than necessary. "Heal the dog."
He receives a stare cold like a blade from Anders but he is past caring to explain, or to feel a thing, and Ned Cousland smiles at him with a bloody smile before he closes his eyes.


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2014-15 Game 30
Michigan enjoyed a comfortable 79-69 win over Rutgers on Saturday in the regular-season finale, and several players had big afternoons. Rather than focusing specifically on individual moments, today's Five Key Plays highlights the improvements the Wolverines have made this season.
If you were worried Dawkins was a one-hit wonder after his breakout night against Illinois in December, the forward has given reasons to believe otherwise. In his last two games, he has scored 52 points, and he made 48% of his threes in Big Ten play.
Michigan steamrolled Rutgers on Saturday afternoon, scorching the net en route to a 79-69 victory that wasn't really that close after Rutgers finished the game on a 19-0 run and still lost by double-digits, and individual improvements by Aubrey Dawkins, Max Bielfeldt and Spike Albrecht were on display.
Michigan's regular season ended Saturday afternoon with a 79-69 win over Rutgers at the Crisler Center. Max Bielfeldt, the team's lone senior, earned the start and proceeded to record his first career double-double. Meanwhile, Aubrey Dawkins scored 31 points and hit eight three-pointers. John Beilein met with media to discuss the easy win. The coach discussed Bielfeldt's future with the team and the improvements Dawkins has made, and he reflected on what has been one of his most tumultuous seasons while in Ann Arbor.
Aubrey Dawkins and Max Bielfeldt stole the show Saturday afternoon, combining for 45 points in a 79-69 win over Rutgers at the Crisler Center. While Dawkins dazzled with eight three-pointers, Bielfeldt earned several ovations on his Senior Day, tallying his first career double-double.
All photos by Dustin Johnston.
Rutgers coach Eddie Jordan met with media to recap his team's 10-point loss to Michigan at the Crisler Center on Saturday afternoon. The former NBA star discussed the Scarlet Knights' lack of help defense and how they couldn't simulate Aubrey Dawkins' athleticism in practice.
Michigan hosts Rutgers this afternoon for its home finale at the Crisler Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. (BTN) and you can join the discussion in the open thread after the jump.
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Hey all- I have an issue that has me stumped.
I have a remote user that needs to remote into our server to access some software we have on our domain. So I set up a user for her to RDP into our environment. I actually copied from another user that I know was already working. Now when she RDPs into our network they are trying to map a network share on her RDP desktop so she can save reports into her local domain.
But when they go to map the drive it gives us the error "Access to the resource "XXXX" has been disallowed.
During testing, I added her user to the Admin group on our end and they were able to access the share.
Obviously I cant have her as an admin, so I removed her. What is the issue here? Does her user on our domain have to be added to some type of group on there domain for her user to be able to access their files? Why is the other user I copied from able to authenticate and not her?
Please help SW..
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Mar 19, 2012 at 7:07 UTC
Are you specifying the username when you map the share by clicking on "Connect using different credentials"?
Mar 19, 2012 at 7:20 UTC
Well I didn't see that as it was another SA that was trying to setup the share. All he was saying was he kept getting an error resource disallowed.
We are now working on setting up a two way trust.
Mar 20, 2012 at 11:25 UTC
Captain Obvious here - Does she have read permissions on the share? Do you have any GPO's that may be affecting her access?
Mar 20, 2012 at 12:22 UTC
I am very new to IT so any suggestions are welcome. So I will make sure she has read permissions to the share, but according to the other SA she has the same rights as all other users and no I have tried moving her to different OUs that have different GPOs or none at all and same issue.
We actually went another direction, with setting up a two way trust to have their users use their own domain authentication credentials on our network. I have no experience with this, do you guys see any issues or downsides to this approach?
Mar 20, 2012 at 1:29 UTC
Are the two organizations that control these domains in a partnership/share a parent company or are they fully independent organizations?
Mar 20, 2012 at 2:48 UTC
We are separate organizations but work very closely together. (We do all their bookkeeping/accounting)
Mar 20, 2012 at 3:02 UTC
Make sure you aren't giving them the keys to your kingdom when you establish the trust. Implement systems with the principle of least privilege in mind.
Mar 20, 2012 at 3:21 UTC
Yes that is what Iam thinking too, we dont want to give them everything. Just allow them to run FRx and run reports from MAS 200. I will give that a read now.
Thanks for the help guys.
Mar 20, 2012 at 3:23 UTC
Basically they can create any user and they would be able to put in their credentials and log to our system without me even knowing about it, right?. That makes me nervous.
Mar 20, 2012 at 3:38 UTC
It should create a security event on the server each time a person accesses a resource.
Here is a Technet article worth a read: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755321(v=ws.10).aspx
Mar 20, 2012 at 4:01 UTC
You guys are awesome.. Thanks for the info.. Lots of learning to do
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The SQL Messages are documented in http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/ref/rrefexcept71493.html As part of Derby 1566, I worked on this documentation and substituted the variable numbers with variable names. For example, in the follow message the variable is automaticall generated as a number: 01006 Privilege not revoked from {1}. I subsituted variable text so that the message now reads: 01006 Privilege not revoked from <authorizationID>. This makes the messages easier to understand in the documentation. I did this for each of the SQL State messages. In some cases I used the variable names that were used in 10.1. However some of those variable names were vague, like <value>. Please look over the messages that you are familiar with and verify that I made the correct substitutions. -- Laura Stewart
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I hope someone can help me clear this up for me. I am currently trying to push a wallpaper to all of the clients on the network (all XP). I read on a couple different sites that active desktop doesn't need to be enabled if the wallpaper is a .bmp. So I created a group policy and enabled prohibit changes, active desktop wallpaper and allow only bit mapped wallpaper. When I logged on to test it out everything worked fine until I locked the computer, when I unlocked it the wallpaper was gone and was replaced by just the standard blue one. Are the websites wrong does active desktop need to be enabled? When I tested it with it enabled it does work but we have been having trouble with the dreaded active desktop recovery screen.
Thanks for the help,
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Mar 9, 2010 at 11:55 UTC
I misread your post - you might find the following information useful as it may have some bearing on what the system does when it re-initializes to the default screen.
If you run into an issue where it replaces a default value in the registry, and it always takes the first wallpaper that was configured and throws it out there for the logon screen. You would need to apply a regkey to set this option. See this link: http:/
Mar 9, 2010 at 12:04 UTC
first off to fix the recover screen try this
go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components
find this key, and change the value to decimal 0
eskHtmlVersion REG_DWORD 0x00000110(272) to decimal zero
logoff then back on.
or you could save this a a vbscript and put in the the logoff scripts section to remedy that problem.
strComputer = "."
Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components"
strValue = "0"
ValueName = "DeskHtmlVersion"
objReg.SetDWORDValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath, ValueName, strValue
I would also suggest setting the wallpaper via a script and not using group policy because it is a pain to mess with being that it wants active desktop.
Mar 22, 2010 at 8:14 UTC
Is that regedit a permanent fix? I seem to recall changing that value a while back and about a month later the active desktop recovery screen was back. If I use the logoff script should I just leave it in?I never thought a simple wallpaper would cause so much of a problem. I'll look into setting the wallpaper with a script during the summer when there are no classes.
Thanks for your help
Mar 30, 2010 at 10:48 UTC
We've decided not to push a wallpaper to the staff. Thanks for the help.
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Design and methods. We estimate 3-equation probit model, combined with 3 separate probit estimations and a probit-based Heckman correction considering possible sample selection bias. Estimations were carried out using secondary self-reported data coming from the 2013 Risk Factor National Survey.
Results. We find a negative association between socioeconomic status and prevalence of hypertension, cholesterolemia and diabetes; main increases concentrate in the transition from low to high SES in hypertension and diabetes. In cholesterol, the major effect takes place when individual crosses from low to middle SES and then vanishes. Anyway, in Argentina SES exhibit and independent effect on chronic diseases apart from those based on habits and body weight.
Conclusions. Public strategies to prevent chronic diseases must be specially targeted at women, poorest households and the least educated individuals in order to achieve efficacy. Also, as the probability of having a condition related to excessive blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol or glucose in the blood do not increase proportionally with age, so public campaigns promoting healthy diets, physical activity and medical checkups should be focused on young individuals to facilitate prophylaxis. Valentina Viego Karina Temporelli Copyright (c) 2017 Valentina Viego, Karina Temporelli http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-07-17 2017-07-17 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.883 Public views of health insurance in Japan during the era of attaining universal health coverage: a secondary analysis of an opinion poll on health insurance in 1967 http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/884 While Japan's success in achieving universal health insurance over a short period with controlled healthcare costs has been studied from various perspectives, that of beneficiaries have been overlooked. We conducted a secondary analysis of an opinion poll on health insurance in 1967, immediately after reaching universal coverage. We found that people continued to face a slight barrier to healthcare access (26.8% felt medical expenses were a heavy burden) and had high expectations for health insurance (60.5% were satisfied with insured medical services and 82.4% were willing to pay a premium). In our study, younger age, having children before school age, lower living standards, and the health insurance scheme were factors that were associated with a willingness to pay premiums. Involving high-income groups in public insurance is considered to be the key to ensuring universal coverage of social insurance. Ikuma Nozaki Koji Wada Osamu Utsunomiya Copyright (c) 2017 Ikuma Nozaki, Koji Wada, Osamu Utsunomiya http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-07-10 2017-07-10 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.884 Influence of socioeconomic factors on daily life activities and quality of life of Thai elderly http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/862 Background: The increasing number of older people is a significant issue in Thailand, resulted in growing demands of health and social welfare services. The study aim was to explore the influence of socioeconomic factors on activities of daily living and quality of life of Thai seniors.
Design and methods: Using randomised cluster sampling, one province was sampled from each of the Central, North, Northeast and South regions, then one subdistrict sampled in each province, and a household survey used to identify the sample of 1678 seniors aged 60 years and over. The Mann-Whitney U-test and binary logistic regression were used to compare and determine the association of socioeconomic variables on quality of life and activities of daily living.
Results: The findings showed that sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors were significantly related to functional capacity of daily living. Education levels were strongly associated with daily life activities, with 3.55 adjusted ORs for respondents with secondary school education. Gender was important, with females comprising 61% of dependent respondents but only 47% of independent respondents. Seniors with low incomes were more likely to be anxious in the past, present and future and less likely to accept death in the late stage, with 1.40 Adjusted ORs (95%CI: 1.02-1.92), and 0.72 (95%CI: 0.53-0.98), respectively. However, they were more likely to engage in social activities.
Conclusions: While socioeconomic factors strongly indicated the functional capacity to live independently, a good quality of life also required other factors leading to happiness and life satisfaction. Ratana Somrongthong Sunanta Wongchalee Chandrika Ramakrishnan Donnapa Hongthong Korravarn Yodmai Nualnong Wongtongkam Copyright (c) 2017 Ratana Somrongthong, Sunanta Wongchalee, Chandrika Ramakrishnan, Donnapa Hongthong, Korravarn Yodmai, Nualnong Wongtongkam http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-06-22 2017-06-22 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.862 Clinical laboratory automation: a case study http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/881 Background. This paper presents a case study of an automated clinical laboratory in a large urban academic teaching hospital in the North of Italy, the Spedali Civili in Brescia, where four laboratories were merged in a unique laboratory through the introduction of laboratory automation.
Materials and Methods. The analysis compares the preautomation situation and the new setting from a cost perspective, by considering direct and indirect costs. It also presents an analysis of the turnaround time (TAT). The study considers equipment, staff and indirect costs.
Results. The introduction of automation led to a slight increase in equipment costs which is highly compensated by a remarkable decrease in staff costs. Consequently, total costs decreased by 12.55%. The analysis of the TAT shows an improvement of nonemergency exams while emergency exams are still validated within the maximum time imposed by the hospital.
Conclusions. The strategy adopted by the management, which was based on re-using the available equipment and staff when merging the pre-existing laboratories, has reached its goal: introducing automation while minimizing the costs. Claudia Archetti Alessandro Montanelli Dario Finazzi Luigi Caimi Emirena Garrafa Copyright (c) 2017 Claudia Archetti, Alessandro Montanelli, Dario Finazzi, Luigi Caimi, Emirena Garrafa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-06-16 2017-06-16 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.881 An evaluation of the online universal programme COPING Parent: a feasibility study http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/819 Background: COPING parent (Confident Parent Internet Guide) is an online universal parenting programme designed for parents of children aged 3-8 who are interested in learning positive parenting strategies to address everyday parenting challenges. Most people now have access to the internet and many parents seek online parenting advice, so it is important to ensure that advice is both evidence-based and freely available. The 10-week online COPING parent programme presents information and activities based on core social learning theory principles. The programme provides information and video examples of parenting skills, uses quizzes to test knowledge and suggests home practice activities. This study was undertaken to obtain feedback on the usefulness and acceptability of the programme to inform its further development.
Design and Methods: The programme was created using the LifeGuide software and participants (n=20) were asked to complete one chapter of the programme each week and provide feedback. This feasibility study was undertaken to highlight any technical issues and suggest modifications prior to a more rigorous evaluation.
Results: Both participant feedback and programme usage data are reported. Thirteen feedback forms were returned and programme usage data was downloaded for all participants. Feedback suggested modifications that included adaptations to enable the programme to be accessed by tablet users, an option to look back over previously completed chapters, the inclusion of more video examples of positive parenting and text message prompting to address attrition challenges. Dawn Adele Owen Judy Hutchings Copyright (c) 2017 Dawn Adele Owen, Professor Judy Hutchings http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-06-08 2017-06-08 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.819 Looking through a social lens: conceptualising social aspects of knowledge management for global health practitioners http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/761 Knowledge management plays a critical role in global health. Global health practitioners require knowledge in every aspect of their jobs, and in resource-scarce contexts, practitioners must be able to rely on a knowledge management system to access the latest research and practice to ensure the highest quality of care. However, we suggest that there is a gap in the way knowledge management is primarily utilized in global health, namely, the systematic incorporation of human and social factors. In this paper, we briefly outline the evolution of knowledge management and then propose a conceptualization of knowledge management that incorporates human and social factors for use within a global health context. Our conceptualization of social knowledge management recognizes the importance of social capital, social learning, social software and platforms, and social networks, all within the context of a larger social system and driven by social benefit. We then outline the limitations and discuss future directions of our conceptualization, and suggest how this new conceptualization is essential for any global health practitioner in the business of managing knowledge. Rupali J. Limaye Tara M. Sullivan Scott Dalessandro Ann Hendrix-Jenkins Copyright (c) 2017 Rupali J. Limaye, Tara M. Sullivan, Scott Dalessandro, Ann Hendrix-Jenkins http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-04-18 2017-04-18 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.761 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of outpatients could modify their attitude towards misusing medications in northern Jordan http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/818 Background. Potentially inappropriate drug use, including prescribed and over-the-counter medications, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It also contributes to unnecessary expenditure on health services. This survey was undertaken to investigate the incidence of drug misuse and associated socioeconomic/ demographic characteristics in Irbid, Jordan.
Design and Methods. The present cross section study was conducted using a validated 5-point Likert scale questionnaire to be self-reported by 480 outpatients visiting clinics in three major medical centres in Irbid, Jordan between 20th October 2015 and 27th November 2015. Descriptive analysis, chi-square tests and ordinal logistic regression models were performed.
Results. Patients demonstrated distinctive attitudes towards medication misuse (P<0.001). Whereas around 40% of patients sometimes stopped taking medications earlier than prescribed or doubled the dose in case of missing a dose, three quarters and two fifth of participants neither used expired drugs nor continued to take a drug when adverse drug reactions occurred, respectively. Also, there were significant associations (P<0.05) between patients' attitudes towards misusing medications and characteristics like age, gender, income and marital status. For instance, senior patients (>45 years) tended to double a medication's dose in case of no improvement, and to use others' leftover drugs without medical supervision. Further, male and female patients exhibited different attitude towards misusing medications. Unemployment and little earnings increased the risk for not using drugs properly. Furthermore, married patients were less likely to misuse medications. In particular, the educational level of patients was found to play a major role in modifying patients' attitudes towards potentially inappropriate drug use. Patients holding one or more university degrees were at lower risk for using medications inappropriately.
Conclusions. This survey indicated that northern Jordanians inappropriately used medications to a great extent, suggesting that the current policies should be revised, and emphasising the importance of running public antidrug misuse awareness campaigns and establishing advanced educational/training events targeting healthcare professionals. Mansour Haddad Mohamed Elsaed Ebada Copyright (c) 2017 Mansour Haddad, Mohamed Elsaed Ebada http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-04-13 2017-04-13 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.818 Undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and related factors in East Gojjam (NW Ethiopia) in 2016: a community-based study http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/834 Introduction. Currently, diabetes is the second most common non-communicable disease (NCD) in Ethiopia. Its burden is 4.8% in this country, even though three quarter of its population live with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM), which causes complications like heart failure, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves damages. Early detection of DM is vital for a timely intervention to prevent these life threatening complications. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of undiagnosed DM and related factors in East Gojjam, North West Ethiopia, in 2016.
Materials and methods. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 757 individuals in East Gojjam from June to September 2016. The sampled population was selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method. Basic data were collected in Amharic (local language) and a pretested interviewer administered the questionnaire. Peripheral blood samples were collected by puncturing the ring finger in order to measure fasting blood glucose. Univarite and multivariate logistic regressions analysis were performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20.0.
Results. The percentage of undiagnosed DM in the study area was 11.5% (95%CI=9.2, 13.7). The prevalence was 11.3% among male vs. 11.8% among female; 13.4% in urban areas vs. 10.3% in rural areas. The occurrence of undiagnosed DM was mainly associated with older age (AOR=5.99, 95%CI=1.54, 23.24), family history of diabetes (AOR=9.86, 95%CI=4.25, 22.89), history of gestational diabetes (AOR=3.01, 95%CI=1.17, 8.39) and sedentary behaviour >4 hours per day (AOR=2.13, 95%CI=1.04, 4.34). Being non-smoker (AOR=0.05, 95%CI=0.01, 0.17) and unmarried (AOR=0.09, 95%CI=0.02, 0.42) were also predictive characteristics for undiagnosed DM in the study area.
Conclusions. In conclusion, this study revealed a relatively high prevalence of undiagnosed DM in the study area. The occurrence of undiagnosed DM was significantly higher when associated with the age of the participants, their marital status, history of hypertension, diabetes family history, history of gestational diabetes mellitus, current smoking practices and sedentary behaviour. Thus, efforts have to be made, particularly by the individuals involved in health practice, to early detect the disease and thereby initiate a suitable therapeutic service, before complications arise. Amsalu Taye Wondemagegn Habtamu Mellie Bizuayehu Dagninet Derebe Abie Getachew Mengistu Ayalneh Tenaw Yimer Tiruye Mequanint Taddele Tessema Copyright (c) 2017 Amsalu Taye Wondemagegn, Habtamu Mellie Bizuayehu, Dagninet Derebe Abie, Getachew Mengistu Ayalneh, Tenaw Yimer Tiruye, Mequanint Taddele Tessema http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-04-13 2017-04-13 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.834 Economic benefits and treatment progress as determinants of the sustainability of Vietnamese voluntary co-located patients clusters http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/788 Background. Over the past 15 years or so, in Vietnam, a phenomenon has steadily grown more and more widespread: the forming of co-located patients communities. Poor patients choose to live together, seeking/lending supports from/to one another. Despite the undeniable existence of these communities, little is researched or known about how co-located patients perceive the value of what they receive as cluster members, or how they assess their future connection to the communities they are living in.
Materials and Methods. The study employs multiple logistic regressions method to investigate relationships between factors such as perceived satisfaction from community-provided financial means, reported health improvements, along with patients' shortand longer-term commitments to these communities.
Results. The results suggest meaningful empirical relationships: 1) between, on one hand, gender, perceived values and sustainability of patients communities, financial stress faced by patients and the financial benefits they received from the community, and, on the other hand, their propensity to stay connected to it; and 2) between economic conditions, length of stay with a community, general level of satisfaction, health improvements on one hand and long-term commitment to these communities on the other hand.
Conclusions. Patients who choose to stick to co-location clusters do so for an economic reason: finding means to fight their financial hardship. This may suggest a degree of complication higher than one would have thought in dealing with poor patients from a social point of view. Concretely, the majority of the public only focuses on charity programs and in-king donations, while ignoring the more sustainable – and, at the same time, more complicated – alternative which is to create suitable income-generating jobs for patient. In addition, patients are not only those who seek to ask for supports but can potentially be the donors contributing to the sustainability of those voluntary communities. Quan-Hoang Vuong Copyright (c) 2017 Quan-Hoang Vuong http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-04-13 2017-04-13 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.788 The tobacco industry: the pioneer of Fake News http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/878 Not available Martin McKee Copyright (c) 2017 Martin McKee http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2017-04-13 2017-04-13 6 1 10.4081/jphr.2017.878


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He said "surprise"
That would be my pick as well.
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seems a little too risky for me i will stay with the bought cultures thanks but most ineresting
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QA9 – Can You Use Existing Cheese As Cultures For New Cheeses?
In the past we've talked a little bit about various ways to reduce the cost of your home cheese making adventures.
It seems costs savings are still on the minds of some home cheese makers since we've been asked a few times now if existing cheeses can be used as cultures for making new cheeses, as a means towards saving money.
Answering this question is easy.
Yes you can.
In fact this method has been used for as long as cheese has been made to pass on a desirable strain of bacteria and preferred type of cheese through families and even across villages, countries and continents.
But there's a little more to it now that we've got access to commercially made cultures. There are still a few good reasons to harvest your own cultures, but there are also some draw backs so let's look at whether propagating cultures from an existing cheese is a good idea or not.
The Case FOR Using Existing Cheese
There are a few seemingly good reasons for having a go at using an existing cheese as a possible source of cultures for your new cheeses.
1) Saving money
Purchasing commercial cheese cultures can be one of the most expensive aspects of home cheese making and any opportunity to reduce cost while still being able to enjoy the hobby of cheese making, and the wonderful results of that hobby, is enticing.
2) Recreating A Preferred Cheese
If you have a particular cheese that you enjoy which is made by a commercial producer you might want to try reproducing that cheese for yourself. Without knowing what cultures they used it could seem impossible to replicate what they've created but with a little of the cheeses 'DNA' you may have a better chance.
3) Fun
Let's be honest, most home cheese makers have a little bit of the adventurer in us and we like to see what happens if we do one thing versus another. Experimenting is an inherent part of cheese making and trying to inoculate a new cheese with old cheese is just another one of those fun experiments.
The Case AGAINST Using Existing Cheese
1) Unpredictability
There is absolutely no way you can know what bacteria, good or bad, you are adding to your cheese. Yes, you may get the good stuff you were hoping for and end up with a cheese similar to that which you were trying to replicate, but you may also get a bunch of nasties that you weren't expecting, without knowing what was going on with the cheese you harvested from.
Likewise, you can't predict how the existing cheese cultures will react with the milk, and how the acid levels will be affected. Commercial cultures are manufactured to be more predictable and create a 'typical' response so for the home cheese maker, especially a new one, they are the safest way to get a reliable outcome.
2) Fuss
To use the existing cheese you need to do a bit more work. First you need to harvest a piece of the cheese, then either dry it, grind it down to a powder and mix it with spring water to add it into your cheese, or harvest your cheese, blend it with boiled and cooled milk, leave it overnight to check for viability (which is evident if the milk coagulates after the existing cheese is added) and then add that mixture to your new cheese. Can you be bothered with the extra time and effort? Or would you rather just sprinkle a few pre-made spores in and carry on with the rest of the process?
3) Cost
In the full scheme of things are the cultures really that expensive compared to what you could spend on cheese? I know that here in New Zealand, even with the cost of cultures, milk, and rennet, making my own cheese is still cheaper than buying it. Especially for the fresh cheeses. Up front, cultures might seem costly but the amounts that are used are small and as a total contribution to your cheese cost, it's still pretty reasonable.
And in addition, if your harvesting experiment doesn't go well, you could lose more money in the milk and rennet that never becomes the cheese you were planning on, or it becomes a bacteria ridden frankencheese ; )
Still Keen?
If you do decide to go ahead and harvest an existing cheese for cultures then just make sure you do so with the most stringent of cleanliness and caution so as to avoid introducing any unwanted bacteria.
Use a cheese that looks well stored and presents in a good state at purchase and, if possible, take your harvest from the center of the cheese when you first cut into it.
While taking this kind of care is a bit of a departure from the rustic way it was done traditionally, and many people scoff at taking all the extra care when for centuries people would just slice off a chunk of cheese and hand it around for the next person to use, I personally would rather avoid getting ill from my experiments than be a stickler for the old ways.
Have you tried this method of propagating cultures? Comment below and let us know how it worked out for you, and share any tips you have for those who want to give it a go.


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I'm Joyce, a 27 year old from the Netherlands, but I've been working and living in Singapore for the past year now. I'm planning a 2 week holiday to Sydney, Uluru and Melbourne (around 21 March until 4 April, dates not fixed yet) and looking for some travel buddies. I have a few ideas in mind on what to do (but I'm also very much open to other suggestions)
Sydney: city tour, ferry to Manly to hike/swim, trip to Blue Mountains to hike, clifftop walk to Coogee and chill at Bondi beach.
Uluru: various walking trails around Uluru and Kata Tjuta
Melbourne: city tour, wine tasting at Yarra Valley, visit the Comedy Festival, standup paddle boarding, Philip Island and rent a car to drive along Great Ocean Road.
Send me a message via the forum if you're going for a similar trip and are interested to team up. Looking forward to a great trip!
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Would it be ok if I freeze a cake once it's iced in buttercream? Would it thaw out and taste fine?
Thanks for the help.
yes...some bakers freeze their cakes when first baked on purpose to enhance flavor and moistness.
it has to be protected from freezer burn
and condensation when it thaws or you could get ruined decos and running color.
best way is to but inside a box and seal box very well.
then freeze
To thaw -- leave inside fully sealed box until completely at room temp as this way condensation forms on box, not on the cake.
as for tasting fine -- just how long do you want to freeze it for? day or two? -- just refrigerate instead (again sealed box best).
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week or two? should be fine
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AP LAWCET/ PGLCET Exam Results 2015: The Andhra Pradesh LAW Common Entrance Test or PGLCET exam results are going to be released on 10-06-2015 by 11:30 AM. The results will be available at its official website. The examination is conducted on 30-05-2015. The students who have appeared for the examination and who are anxiously waiting for the results can go through the main portal to check their results.
This AP LAW CET is an entrance examination which is conducted for admission into 3 years and 5 years LLB course. This year the examination is conducted by Department of Law, Sri Venkateswara University on behalf of Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education.
This year the AP Board has conducted this exam and huge number of students have appeared for this exam. They have already written the examination and looking for the results. So now as the Board has released the results the candidates can go through the official website in order to check their results. The persons who got qualified in this examination will get admissions into LLB and LLM courses in private or government institutions based on their merit.
The candidates will be able to check their results only in the online mode from their official website. This year there is a tough competition for the students, so those who got higher marks will be known once the results are declared by the Board of Andhra Pradesh. The candidates those who have written the exams and anxiously waiting for their results can check their results from the official website of the Andhra Pradesh Board.
AP LAWCET/PGLCET Exam Results 2015 Available on 10-06-2015 by 11:30 AM at aplawcet.org
How to Check AP LAWCET PGLCET Results 2015:
The candidates should follow the below steps in order to download the AP LAWCET PGLCET results:
- The candidates need to logon to the website of AP LAWCET PGLCET: http://aplawcet.org
- Then the students need to search for the link of AP LAWCET PGLCET results.
- Then click on that link.
- A new window will be opened on the screen.
- The students need to enter the details like the roll number, hall ticket number and the other details appeared there.
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- A new window will appear with the candidates results.
The students can check their results and take a print out of it and save it for their future reference.
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Date of Results: 10-06-2015 by 11:30 AM
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The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2008–2010": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 68, no. 2 (Fall, 2010) "Scientific Research in The Metropolitan Museum of Art": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 67, no. 1 (Summer, 2009)
Learn more about the 17 curatorial departments whose staff study, exhibit, and care for the objects in The Met collection.
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Winter Wonderland in the Bird's Nest
This slideshow from the BBC explores how Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest Olympic stadium is being reused -- as a kids theme park.
The Bird's Nest is being used to host a snow-themed play park for children in an attempt to draw some revenue to the site. The stadium has struggled to find uses after the 2008 Summer Olympics. Click through for the slideshow.
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Founded in the year 1 N.E. (about 3000 years ago), the United Republic of Earth is the interplanetary/interstellar government that has dominated Earth and most of the human race since well before homo sapiens first discovered the jumpgates. The United Republic is governed by a Senate with elected representatives from Earth and various other planets and solar systems. The Senate meets in the city of Geneva in the former nation of Switzerland. Recent reforms have granted citizenship to to non-humans including members of certain alien races as well as certain A.I. robots and computers. The Cyber Guild, representing the aforementioned A.I.s, and the Council of Non-Human Sentients, representing the aforementioned alien organic species, have the right to appoint a certain number of senators who have the full rights as members of the Senate. The United Republic of Earth is usually on friendly terms with House Lionheart and the Golems, but relations with the Mantis Lords and the Horsehead Empire are often strained, even to the point of occasional warfare. The Interplanetary Merchant League with it's interstellar corporations dominate the economy of many worlds of the United Republic. The Solar Church of the Unconquered Sun is rapidly gaining converts in United Republic space, though the United God Movement is still the dominate faith here. Over 75 percent of the population of the United Republic is composed of "normal" humans, but there are sizable minorities of A.I. machines, variant human races, Vilaki, Arvi, Rikiari, Keiki, and Horseheads (see Horseheads outside the Horsehead Empire).
Recently, the United Republic of Earth has received vistors-Transdimensional Void Runners-from parallel-universe versions of Earth. See Jumpweb of the Known Universe in TVR.


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Here's how you can pick the right edition of Windows® 8
Paul Thurrott is a well-known blogger who writes about Microsoft and its products. He is the subject matter expert when it comes to the operating systems and other products of Microsoft. On his blog, Paul explained users on how to choose the right edition of Windows 8.
Microsoft has simplified the versions / editions / SKUs of its new operating system this time. In the past, users had lot of options to choose. There were many versions of the same operating system, which were not that different. These options just confused them instead of making things easy for them.
There are just four SKUs of Windows 8 now and we all know what they are. If you are an advanced user of the earlier version of Windows operating system, then Windows 8 Pro is the answer for you. Regular Windows 8 does not have many features like BitLocker encryptions and other things. To know more about this, read the complete story here.
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In terms of summer demands, skin usually wins the award for Most Needy, what with its endless calls for sunscreen, self-tanner, and oil-blotting sheets (something our 2013 beauty award winners can help you with!). While hair may not be as fussbudgety, it still needs some seasonal assistance. "Summer is unlike any other season when it comes to damaging your hair color," says Marc Harris, CEO of Marc Harris Salons & Spa in Boston.
Some of the best things about the warm-weather months (sunshine, swimming pools, ocean waves) also harbor the biggest hair-color adversaries. Both untreated and chemically tinted hair are susceptible to fading and changing, so the warning applies to all of us—au naturel types, full-on dye jobbers, and highlight dabblers alike. But there are ways to circumvent the damage, says Harris. And happily, they don't involve applying more sunscreen.Sun
The Problem: "UV rays break down hair's melanin," says Harris. Depending on your original color (darker hair is more resistant), your natural hue can turn a shade lighter, and chemically colored hair can lighten as much as four whole shades.
Most Affected: Redheads
"Whether natural or dyed, red is the most delicate," says Mia Caybut, a colorist in San Francisco. Deep reds fade and lighter shades turn strawberry blonde. Sounds great, but sun-exposed red can also look brassy and orange.
Color-Saving Solution: Everyone can benefit from a color-protecting spray such as Neuma NeuSmooth Illuminating Mist ($22; neumabeauty.com). Red hair? Also try Pureology's Reviving Red Shamp'Oil and Reviving Red Condition ($29 each; pureology.com), which contain lycopene, the antioxidant that gives tomatoes their red color.
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The Problem: The same disinfectant that kills unwanted bacteria in the pool can take an equally unwanted toll on your hair. "Consider it color kryptonite," says Caybut. "You're basically swimming in bleach." That means—you guessed it—it fades hair of all colors.
Most Affected: Blondes And Grays
Chlorine can leave light hair looking green and turn grays yellow. But redheads and brunettes don't escape fade-free, either: The chemical makes red hair less vibrant and can render brunette locks lackluster.
Color-Saving Solution: Rinse after swimming (of course), but also apply a leave-in conditioner beforehand. "This creates a chlorine barrier," says Harris. Try Dove Color Care Leave On Conditioner ($4.50; dove.us); it also has a UV filter. No product handy? Wet hair with fresh water before diving in—hair will soak up less chlorine, since it's already saturated.Salt water
The Problem: Salt water is good for some things (like boiling lobsters) but bad for your hair. The reason: It raises the cuticle, the protective layer of the hair shaft. While a sealed cuticle "traps" pigment, a raised one lets it escape, "making hair duller," Harris says.
Most Affected: Beach Bums
Salt water can lighten your hair color—whether brunette, blonde, or red—if you swim in the ocean regularly. It takes repeated exposure to see any dramatic effects. (If that's your problem, we'd love to have it!)
Color-Saving Solution: If you're a beach buff, borrow from the pool playbook at left: Use a leave-in conditioner, and rinse with fresh water after swimming. The longer you wait to rinse, the more potential for color damage. Even better if you rinse with L'Oreal Paris Advanced Haircare Color Vibrancy Nourishing Shampoo ($5; lorealparis.com).
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In "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World," Daniel Yergin returns to the topic of how energy policy is driving global change.
On 17 September The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article on "peak oil," "There Will Be Oil," written by Daniel Yergin, chairman of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an energy research and consulting firm and deserved recipient of Pulitzer Prize for his 1991 book, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power.
According to The Wall Street Journal, "There Will Be Oil" "is adapted from his new book, The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World."
The Quest author Daniel Yergin studied the fracking process extensively with his team at IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates and concluded it's safe, "if it is done right."
Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.In an interview with David Wessel, Daniel Yergin, author of "The Prize," states that the turmoil in the Middle East is a "sea change" for the global oil market and that the U.S. and emerging markets are most economically vulnerable to rising oil prices.
Where is George Orwell when you need him?It is a supreme irony that cornucopian oil industry mouthpiece and consultant Daniel Yergin should receive America's first medal for energy security named after James Schlesinger, the first U.S. energy secretary. For those not familiar with the late Dr. Schlesinger's views, in a keynote speech he told attendees at a 2007 conference sponsored by the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) the following:Conceptually, the battle is over. The peakists have won.
THE International Energy Agency has released its latest World Energy Outlook. The most sobering piece of information in it is a recurring highlight: the estimated time at which the world is "locked in" to a rise in global temperatures of at least 2 degrees Celsius.
Harvard's Rob Stavins has published an opinion piece in the NY Times titled "Climate Realities". Professor Stavins raises a series of reasonable points as he offers a sober assessment of where we now stand as we confront the climate change challenge;He makes the following points:
NEW DELHI: India has done very little in the last few decades by way of harmonizing its governance structures to secure its energy needs despite a surging demand to fuel its growing economy, and the crisis may worsen in the coming years, a policy discussion forum here was told. "We have done very little over the last few decades to make the policy linkages between energy-environment and climate change. We did not pay enough attention on energy infrastructure, conservation, subsidisation of LPG and petrol.
It's time to get real about the prospects for shale oil and gas development transforming global markets, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said yesterday.
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After seven years of review involving massive documentation, scientific justification and some $3 billion in spending by proponent TransCanada Corp., Obama offered weak and questionable reasons Friday for the denial.
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Be grateful: Ty Segall did not go soft or go pop on his his latest long-player. Oh, boy, did he not. Instead, the SF. garage-rocker -- whose national profile has been steadily rising for the last several years -- used the occasion of the first album he recorded with his touring band to blow shit up. The aptly named Slaughterhouse brokers heavy slabs of fuzz, some racing tempos, and Segall shredding his vocals with more anger and more abandon than we've ever heard before. The tunefulness of last year's Goodbye Bread isn't gone, it's just buried under a thick mat of ear-bleeding noise and injected with dynamite syrup.
All of which is to say that Slaughterhouse is very good -- more definitive than Goodbye Bread and even wilder than 2010's Melted. The album sees official release next week, June 26 -- but if you want, you can hear it right now.
Slaughterhouse is streaming this very second over at Spin.com. Go listen to it. This is likely as good as primal San Francisco rock gets in 2012.
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For Orphaned Land singer Kobi Farhi, the band is his life. The five-piece act from Israel are the country's biggest heavy metal band now and that's quite simply down to 22 years of hard work. Like the true greats of metal, they play with passion and move to new heights with each new release – the latest being fifth album, 'All Is One'.
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Certainly, Orphaned Land are now Israel's biggest heavy metal band. When the five-piece released last album 'The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR' in 2010, it seemed like the band were entering an even bigger phase of their careers. If anything, the quintet's fifth studio album gives us a sense that their popularity could inflate even more in the coming years. Orphaned Land maintain their important message of peace in 'All Is One' and convey it with a charismatic multicultural mash-up of beautiful folk instrumentation, concise melodic metal and a grandiose orchestral backing.


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The Board of Ports North has primary responsibility to shareholding Ministers to establish strategic direction, pursue established corporate objectives and monitor business performance. The Board recognises the importance of applying best practice corporate governance principles in fulfilling this responsibility and has committed to the highest level of integrity in the conduct of its operations. To satisfy this commitment, the Board has adopted a Directors and Senior Executives Code of Conduct and has further set out expectations of Ports North employees and others with whom Ports North has transacted business or continues to transact business in a Code of Employee Conduct.
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It's hard to resist The Fantasticks' vintage charm: unamplified actors, effects like confetti snow and sequined rain, and a sweetly melodic score.
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Andrew Polec as Matt
Rob Richardson as El Gallo
Madison Claire Parks as Luisa
Donald Corren as Hucklebee
Dale Hensley as Bellomy
Macintyre Dixon as Henry
Michael Nostrand as Mortimer
Drew Seigla as he Mute
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Book, Lyrics & Director - Tom Jones,
Music - Harvey Schmidt
Original Direction - Word Bake
Musical Staging - Janet Watson
Scenic & Costume Design - Ed Wittstein
Lighting Design - Mary Jo Dondlinger
Sound Designer - Domonic Sack
Production Scenic Coordinator - Kelly Tighe
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Obituary for Lavene Lee StrovenBorn: Jan. 13th, 1929
Passed Away: Nov. 7th, 2016
VisitationWednesday Nov. 9th, 2016
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Thursday Nov. 10th, 2016
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ObituaryLavene "Lee†Stroven, age 87, of Grand Rapids, passed into the arms of Jesus from the effects of her Parkinson disease on Monday, November 7, 2016. She joins in Glory with her husband James, her parents James and Martha Konyndyk, brothers, Bud, Warren and Clarence and sisters Doris and Lucy. She leaves to celebrate her life her brothers, Joe and Harold; sisters, Betty and Angie; son, Ken (Sandy) Stroven; daughter, Pat (Kerry) Rhoderick; son Jack (Trina) Stroven; 8 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 am Thursday at the Throop Funeral Home, 214 Church St, Coopersville, MI 49404. Burial will take place after a luncheon at Maplewood Cemetery in Lamont. Visitation will be Wednesday 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home in Coopersville and Thursday one hour prior to the service. The family would like to thank the hospice staff at Spectrum Hospice for the care and support given to their mother and them during this time. Memorial donations may be made to Lamont Christian School, 5260 Leonard St, Coopersville, MI 49404 or Lakeside Community Church, 6201 Whitneyville Ave SE, Alto, MI 49302. An online guestbook may be signed at www.throopfh.com Throop Funeral Home Coopersville, 616-837-8161
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You can make these in smaller or larger flowerpots; adjust the baking time accordingly. This recipe calls for 8 clean unglazed (very important) terra-cotta pots, 3 inches high and 3½ inches across at the top (6-ounce capacity)
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- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups boiling water
- 3⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- chocolate frosting (optional)
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- Preheat oven to 350°F Spray pots with cooking spray. Put a small piece of parchment paper in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- Stir together boiling water and cocoa in a small bowl.
- Combine butter and sugar and beat with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 5 to 6 minutes, scraping the bowl once. Add eggs one at a time; beat well after each addition.
- With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture alternating with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Scrape bowl occasionally. Batter will be thin.
- Divide batter evenly among pots to about three-quarters full. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place pots on baking sheet and bake 35 to 40 minutes, until cakes are springy to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and dry. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely in the flowerpots. Frost the top of each with Chocolate Frosting, if desired.
- Note: The cake batter fills two 8-inch layer cake pans, if you prefer. Bake the cake layers 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on wire racks and fill and frost as desired.