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It has been brought to our attention that hundreds of gay,lesbian, and trans books simultaneously lost their sales rankings yesterday. Bringing into question whether there is a campaign to suppress LGBT themed books?
This prompted many Amazon users, authors, and purchasers of LGBT literature to contact the company. It seems many books simply about being transgender, or a college guide for LGBT students is being deemed "erotic"?
Amazon has taken the rankings off of many books in "erotica" categories. The question is why are they deeming so many non-erotica LGBT based books as offensive? While they still have ratings available on such books as Playboy centerfolds which clearly is in a different category than many of the books that are being targeted.
Use their express customer service form to voice your complaint or call 1-800-201-7575.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Is Amazon Censoring LGBT Books?
36 comments:
perhaps AMAZON should give an explanation as to what they consider offensive and erotica?
And have them define the difference between the two. Or is it that Playboy is NOT considered offensive because it is a best seller to heterosexual male readers?
But, Money "talks"... in the corporate world gee.. I wonder why? - April 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Phillip Minton said...
Before we fully know how to react, we should get all the information first, and that means a full response from Amazon. If we're not satisfied, then we react (campaign, boycott?) But before I start trashing the company, I would like to know what their response is.
- April 12, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Fion L. said...
If this is what they're really doing, that's not cool. However, I agree with Unite the Fight--I'd like a full response from Amazon first...
- April 12, 2009 at 1:09 PM
- szlevi said...
Stop with the queer hysteria... :p
Sales ranks are ARE THERE:
http://www.amazon.com/Oranges-Only-Fruit-Bloomsbury-classics/dp/0747510431/ref=ed_oe_h - April 12, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Funny this should be posted today, because just yesterday I bought The Best Gay Poetry 2008.
- April 12, 2009 at 1:17 PM
- Queers United said...
Their response was vague and I have check every LGBT book I have read, no ranks for any.
"In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.
Hence, if you have further questions, kindly write back to us." - April 12, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Queers United said...
I'm sorry but the Velvet Rage (gay self-help book) Advocate lgbt college guide, and tons of coming out books are NOT erotic!
- April 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Drew Tatusko said...
Fascinating since these how-to titles are not considered adult:
So techniques on how to stimulate your partner if you are a man = adult erotica. Techniques on how to stimulate your different gendered spouse with a scripture passage = romance. - April 12, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Queers United said...
Well 2 of those "erotic" christian sex books didn't have a rank, but it seems their system picks and chooses. I just can't believe every gay book I have read that I typed in is not ranked, and I don't read "erotic" books I read non-fiction, books on history, the movement, etc
- April 12, 2009 at 1:31 PM
We've posted to Facebook et. al. asking if anyone knows about this and can give a reasonable explanation about what is going on. We are of course all hoping it is just a misunderstanding or perhaps some sort of systems error given that the company is so large and that Amazon will work with everyone to swiftly resolve this.
- April 12, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Here are two samples I found - books by the same author and about as non-adult as you can get in anyone's standards (well, anyone expect Falwell that is)
Stranger at the Gate by Mel White has not ratings - apparently that means it is an adult selection.
And Yet... Religion Gone Bad also by Mel White still has it's rankings...
Popular in this category:
#2 in Books > Gay & Lesbian > Nonfiction > Civil Rights
Notice that Gay & Lesbian is part of the category. - April 12, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Queers United said...
Anon not every single LGBT book is not ranking, but most appear not to be.
I think one of two things might be happening.
1. System glitch, certain words are pulled out as possible erotic books and for whatever reason LGBT books are being flagged.
2. There is a suppression by Amazon, perhaps under pressure by religious right elements.
I hope it is the first one and a misunderstanding that can be fixed, otherwise they will have gay rights, civil liberties people ticked off about censorship and the religious right celebrating. - April 12, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Kassa said...
Not sure if this has been posted but the petition started against this is found here:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/in-protest-at-amazons-new-adult-policy - April 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Maybe some complete research should be done prior to assuming this is a campaign against LGBT literature. For example, the books "Slow Love: A Polynesian Pillow Book (Paperback)", category Health, Mind & Body > General, and "French Women Don't Sleep Alone", categories Health, Mind & Body > Relationships > Interpersonal Relations, Health, Mind & Body > Relationships > Love & Romance, and Parenting & Families > General, don't have sales ranks, either. More likely, something just isn't functioning properly at this time, and it impacted some, but not all, categories of book sales rankings. Considering that Amazon has historically been one of the most LGBT friendly companies around, don't they deserve the benefit of the doubt? Also, "censorship" doesn't really seem to apply here as all of the books are still available to purchase. All that is missing is a number that I'd bet 90% or more of customers never even look at.
- April 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM
- Nobilis Reed said...
I don't believe it's an LGBT issue. I think it's a broader "offensive content" issue. LGBT titles are only one set that their system pulls in.
- April 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM
For all the posters who comment advising caution...please explain to me why "Heather Has Two Mommies" (http://www.amazon.com/Heather-Has-Two-Mommies-Anniversary/dp/1555835430/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239555808&sr=1-1 look, no sales ranking!) has stronger "adult content" than "American Psycho" (http://www.amazon.com/American-Psycho-Bret-Easton-Ellis/dp/0679735771/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566293&sr=1-1 Look! Four different ways to use sales rankings to find more books like this one!)? And then explain to me how this is not about bigotry.
- April 12, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- Vanessa said...
It could be that Amazon made an honest mistake. Some people view everything about sexuality as erotica in some fashion. Perhaps a new policy went into affect and the implementation... suffered from bad judgement.
- April 12, 2009 at 5:45 PM
- Amazon Rank said...
Every should post the following link Amazon Rank to Google Bomb Amazon and force them to change their censorship policy
- April 12, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Ellen DeGeneres' autobiography no longer has a sales ranking. Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, with a naked woman on the cover, is unchanged.
- April 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM
- szlevi said...
Again: how is it that all those 3 well-known LGBT books I've linked above STILL HAVE THEIR SALES RANKS?
As I said before: STOP with the queer hysteria... - April 12, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- T. R Xands said...
For more "queer hysteria" (lulz szlevi) everyone check out this post: http://atrulyelegantmess.blogspot.com/2009/04/queer-kids-dont-exist-action-needed.html
There's a nice petition involved too. - April 12, 2009 at 6:55 PM
- T. R Xands said...
Also, wow, 3 lbgt books still have a sales ranking despite the...uh, more than 3 that don't! I guess we better go home!
- April 12, 2009 at 6:55 PM
- planet trans said...
Tweeted and cross posted. I'm curious as to what they give as an explanation.
- April 12, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- The Angry Fag said...
Interesting thing to note.....
Type in "homosexuality" for a search. You get 3 books trashing homosexuality and a book by Gene Robinson as your top 4. - April 12, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- shrink on the couch said...
When the website buyblue.org was up and running (last I checked, it is now defunct) you could check which companies have liberal policies and donate heavy to which political party. Amazon was definately in the red. Is this related? Possibly.
And I recall searching for a gay themed book, couldn't find anything. Later, someone loaned me a book and I'm certain I typed in the exact search words. - April 12, 2009 at 10:46 PM
said... -
How we can speak out with our money as well as our petitions, phone calls and emails: Go buy an LGBT themed book at an indy store and then email Amazon with a picture of the receipt that they lost in sales. Please pass this info in via your blog, FB status, Twitter, etc.
- April 12, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- The Angry Fag said...
Great idea Forty Five :)
- April 12, 2009 at 11:02 PM
They are still available for search, but NOT from the MAIN page. Anyone looking for books such as: Ellen Degeneres' Biography, or Heather Has Two Mommies must look specifically under books, and if you are looking for a book that is also a movie and want to see both results, you have to do two searches, one under Books, and one under Movies & TV.
Meanwhile, Playboy displays prominently from a search on the main page.
As has been stated elsewhere, if they did this to books by and about African-Americans, wouldn't we call it racism? Yes- and why should we shy from calling Amazon out over this? - April 12, 2009 at 11:23 PM
While Amazon is saying this was a "glitch," they've admitted elsewhere that they do have a policy of de-ranking "adult" books. The very existence of such a policy is a problem, since it could only be implemented via software and that is going to result in mistakes being made of the type we are noticing. They can't possibly have humans make all these decisions, and even if they could it would be subjective.
I don't want Amazon deciding what should be searchable under basic search terms and what should be ranked, thus influencing sales and what publishers will publish or promote in the future.
Find another solution if you want to limit kids' ability to search for things--parental controls of some sort, for instance. Or maybe try parenting. :)
(Yes I was a parent and I know what a pain that would be, but there's no substitute for it. Have the computer out in the family space and observe regularly what your kids are doing.) - April 13, 2009 at 12:38 AM
- Unknown said...
I suppose they feel that we are getting too strong and powerful...
- April 13, 2009 at 6:10 AM
It's worse than it seems.
It's important to realize that they're not just ghettoizing gay books, but also gay authors whether a book has much gay content or not.
Here are amazon reader tags for "My Germany," one of my books that's been de-ranked:
lev raphael(7)
gay and lesbian(4)
The tags accurately reflect the book's themes and subjects (though it's also a travelogue and I don't know if that's an amazon tag or not).
http://www.levraphael.com/mygermany.html - April 13, 2009 at 7:48 AM
I e-mailed Amazon, and this is their reply:
Hello, Thanks for contacting us. We recently discovered a glitch in our systems and it's being fixed. Thanks again for contacting us. We hope to see you again soon. Please let us know if this e-mail resolved your question
LH - April 13, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Simmer down people! Amazon supports our float in the parade, so quick to turn on an amazing company that supports our rights? A petition are u serious? Give them a chance to fix the glitch it's not a snap your fingers fix!!!
- April 14, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Simmer down people! Amazon supports our float in the parade, so quick to turn on an amazing company that supports our rights? A petition are u serious? Give them a chance to fix the glitch it's not a snap your fingers fix!!!
- April 14, 2009 at 11:00 PM
- T. R Xands said...
Amazon supports our float in the paradeHah! Hah! So?
...so quick to turn on an amazing company that supports our rights?They fucked up massively, why not. Do you not understand that it went beyond LGBT lit but on to books on sexuality, kink, disability, feminist, and classical works of literature?
A petition are u serious?Naaah, we's just playin'.
It's not like this is the first time amazon has screwed over a group for no reason. Like I said, mighty convenient glitch that is. - April 15, 2009 at 12:41 AM
I wrote a blog post about this. I am wondering why more folks aren't using this as an opportunity to talk about issues of one corporation (amazon.com/barnes and noble) controlling the bulk of books being bought in the U.S. and further, why aren't we already supporting independent bookstores (especially feminist indies and queer indies?) You can read my post via the link below. I'd love to hear from folks about this: http://caitlinpetrakischilds.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/why-are-queers-shopping-at-amazoncom-anyway/
- April 16, 2009 at 11:28 AM


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Twitter has been abuzz with speculation that "NSA leaker" Edward Snowden is on Aeroflot Flight 150, which is headed to Havana from Moscow as we write.
What's the supposed evidence?
FlightAware's live-tracking shows the jet is on a route that avoids going over the U.S., instead of the path it usually takes, above Greenland, Canada and the eastern U.S.
Could Russian authorities be doing Snowden a favor by avoiding the U.S. and the very remote possibility that the jet would be asked to land so that Snowden could be taken into custody?
Now, we're not smarter than most folks (as many Two-Way readers frequently remind us). But we thought the evidence was scant — especially after NPR's Matt Stiles checked Aeroflot 150's last 93 trips from Moscow to Havana and noticed that it had taken the more direct route two other times. So, this has happened before.
Then, as The Washington Post reports, it turns out that "a number of westbound trans-Atlantic flights are today taking this unusual southern route, apparently for weather-related reasons." There's turbulence over Greenland, it seems.
There's also the point that even on this southerly route the jet will still pass through U.S. airspace for at least several hours.
Of course, at some point Snowden almost surely has to leave the transit area of Moscow's international airport (where he's supposedly been for more than two weeks). As we've reported, he likely could get asylum in Boliva, Nicaragua or Venezuela, and Cuba is a key stop on the way there if he flies commercial.
And he does want to avoid coming to the U.S., where he's wanted for prosecution.
So we'll watch to see if there are stories about him getting off that plane in Havana, and we'll report that news if he does. The flight is scheduled to land around 8:25 p.m. ET.
Meanwhile,as with Tuesday's Twitter kerfuffle over whether Snowden had accepted Venezuela's asylum offer, we advise treating tweets with some skepticism.
Update at 3:55 p.m. ET. Our Mistake About What's More Direct:
As several readers pointed out, Thursday's route only looks more direct. Because of the Earth's curvature, it's actually not. We've deleted our misguided references to which way is shorter. Thanks for telling us, again, that we're not so smart.
Update at 1:40 p.m. ET. More About How That Flight Path's Not So Unusual.
FlightAware CEO has sent this statement to reporters:
"We are receiving a large volume of calls about Aeroflot 150, en route from Moscow to Havana asking if the Southern routing across the Atlantic Ocean is typical and asking if this routing avoids US airspace.
"Because of winds (which blow East), the flight generally takes a more Northern route, up over Iceland, through Canada, and down the Eastern seaboard. However, on days when the winds are light or unusual, it can be more favorable to take a more Southern route which also avoids the additional overflight fees from Canada and the U.S. The route being flown today is comparable distance to the Northern/Canada route, although it appears significantly more direct due to flat projections of a curved Earth. The flight duration today is about the same as the last couple weeks, which suggest they're taking this routing due to winds/overflight fees. The last two times we saw this flight take a similar route were June 20 and June 8.
"On the route it's flying today, it will fly in U.S. airspace; the U.S. controls most of the Western half of the North Atlantic. To actually avoid U.S. airspace, a flight from Moscow to Havana would likely have to fly South to (approximately) Western Sahara and then West, which would be about 30% further than either of the routings discussed above."
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Research based at Princeton University has revealed that newly fertilized cells only narrowly avoid degenerating into fatal chaos. At the same time, scientists have discovered that embryos have acquired a mechanism to contain this dangerous instability, a finding that could help biologists unravel other mysteries about the first hours of life.
A team led by Princeton Professor of Molecular Biology Ned Wingreen reported recently in the journal PLoS Computational Biology that contrary to the idea that embryonic cells develop in natural synchrony, they are prone to descend into disarray. Without stabilization, cells develop on different schedules, and many stop developing altogether, which threatens the embryo's survival.
This lurking state of disorder was revealed through computational models the researchers constructed of the embryo cell cycle. The cell cycle is the repeated division and duplication of cells that transforms a single fertilized egg into a full-grown organism. Scientists already knew that embryonic cell cycles are initiated by a swift wave of calcium that emanates from the fertilization site and prompts the embryo's cells to divide and duplicate—or oscillate, in biological terms.
A natural assumption among scientists had been that once initiated, the impulse to oscillate would ripple across the embryo—which begins as one big cell that then divides repeatedly—and set the stage for multiple rounds of cell division to occur in sync. Wingreen and his colleagues found, however, that the natural spread of oscillation is unstable and would result in an erratic patchwork of missed and incomplete cell divisions. They predicted that cell activity instead has to be triggered throughout the embryo at almost exactly the same time.
The researchers' simulation produced the first indication that the fast-moving calcium wave known to spark cell division doubles as a synchronizer that sets cells to the same developmental timetable. The finding revealed a crucial role for the somewhat puzzling existence of the calcium wave, as well as a new level of sophistication in how embryos function.
"We didn't have to go searching for chaos, it just came right out at us," Wingreen said. "When the dust settled, it became clear that cell-cycle oscillation, while remarkably uniform in the end, does not come by that harmony on its own, especially not in anything as big as an embryo, which is much larger than a typical cell. But then the question became, if there's this potential for chaos, how does the system avoid it? It turns out that the system needs the calcium wave to avoid chaos and that wave is activated surprisingly fast."
The embryo's need for stabilization and the dual role of the calcium wave illuminates the intricacy of developing embryos, as well as the impressive ability of embryos to prevent their own destruction, said James Ferrell, a Stanford University professor of chemical and systems biology. The Princeton researchers based their work on formulas that Ferrell developed from experiments on African clawed frog embryos that describe how embryos divide and replicate in timed cycles during early development.
"One of this group's conclusions is that chaos lurks not far from where the system normally functions, like a monster in the corner, and that it matters to have synchronicity established quickly to prevent it. That's not something we had initially thought about," said Ferrell, who had no involvement in the Princeton-led research, but is interested in testing the results experimentally.
"They present a nice story of how evolution has come up with a way to do things as fast as is needed to avoid chaos, but not too much faster. It's deepened our appreciation of what is happening in the biological system, and is a good example of how theory and careful modeling can reveal functions that might not appear in experiments."
Wingreen, a theoretical biologist and associate director of Princeton's Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, initiated the project when he noticed that existing cell-cycle formulas and models such as Ferrell's did not explain how embryos keep cell activity synchronized across their considerable girth. Embryos are huge, about 10 to 100 times larger than a normal cell, he said, and at that size oscillation would not necessarily fan out from the point of fertilization, as was assumed. Instead, the process would be vulnerable to any bump in the cellular road and would splinter into patches of disarray, he said.
In theory, chaos could be avoided if oscillation spread quickly enough, Wingreen said. But the cell cycle is driven by an intricate exchange of proteins with its own schedule. Wingreen doubted that this activity could spread itself across an expansive embryo fast enough, especially as the embryo grows. He wanted to take the embryo's size into account as a factor in the spread of cell activity, which no published cell-cycle models had considered.
Wingreen and the paper's lead author, Scott McIsaac, a doctoral student in Princeton's Lewis-Sigler Institute, altered Ferrell's cell-cycle equations so that oscillation would spread across the expanse of an embryo. They worked with co-author K.C. Huang, a Stanford assistant professor of bioengineering, to solve the revised formulas in a three-dimensional model. Co-author Anirvan Sengupta, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rutgers University, characterized and analyzed the various instabilities that might occur as the simulated embryonic cells divided.
"We had no clear idea of what adding a spatial element would produce," Wingreen said. "I was interested if there was an inhomogeneous element to cell-cycle oscillation, if the cells in fact did not all act in unison. My training is in physics, and I know that whenever you add a new dimension, interesting things can happen. I had a feeling something would happen if we ran these formulas in a spatially extended system."
The initial simulation tested how cell activity would spread through the embryo solely by diffusion. Oscillation indeed found its way across the cell, but disorder took root almost instantly. Cells divided at different speeds, with many left undeveloped by the end of the cycle. As the simulation went on for 200 minutes, the mayhem grew worse. A real embryo would not survive this breakdown, or would at least be left with severe developmental problems, Wingreen said.
Wingreen and McIsaac began to suspect that the calcium wave had a role in keeping the cellular peace. Although known to spark cell cycles, the full purpose of the calcium wave had previously had some shadow of mystery, Wingreen said. But once the team ruled out that cell activity could self-regulate, they knew something else brought order to the developing embryo. The calcium wave—which spreads across the embryo rapidly following fertilization—seemed a likely candidate.
The researchers then simulated cell division with fast and slow calcium waves. Slow waves creeping at 1 millimeter every 10 minutes opened the door for havoc. However, when sped up in the simulation to travel a millimeter in four minutes, the calcium wave synchronized cell activity, and the embryo developed normally. The simulation exposed the calcium wave as not only an initiator of embryo development but also a regulator of that activity.
If the calcium wave doubles as a regulator, then it could have other functions. Moreover, other mechanisms that seemingly serve one purpose may also have others. These possible extra duties could be behind other happenings in embryo cells that are not well understood, said Eric Wieschaus, the Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton and a 1995 Nobel Prize winner.
"The fact that the system generally doesn't devolve into chaos might mean that embryos have developed additional mechanisms that we don't know about. It would be interesting to know what those mechanisms are," Wieschaus said.
"From my own standpoint, the paper makes me want to check back through mutant lines that disrupt development and have never been fully described or understood, but might be affected in this process. This model gives a sense of what to look for, and that is always valuable."
Just as the experiment-based models developed by Stanford's Ferrell fueled Wingreen's work, Wingreen hopes his models can guide further study of embryo development in the laboratory. He said the next steps are to reproduce the simulations in actual embryos, and to test the limits of calcium-wave synchronization to learn if it holds up when development on one side of an embryo is slowed, or if the two halves of a split embryo would remain coordinated.
"These are all experimental steps," Wingreen said. "My group does theory and modeling, so our hope is that we've put the ball back in the experimentalists' court."
The research, reported in the July issue of PLoS Computational Biology, was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.


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Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation in the lining of the rectum and colon. Ulcers form where inflammation has injured the cells that usually line the colon, which then may bleed and create pus. This inflammation also causes the colon to empty frequently, producing diarrhea. Ulcerative colitis can be debilitating and sometimes lead to life-threatening complications.
Ulcerative colitis can be difficult to diagnose because symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea are often seen in other intestinal disorders. About half the people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis have mild symptoms. Others may suffer frequent fever, bloody diarrhea, nausea and severe abdominal cramps. It may also cause problems such as arthritis, inflammation of the eye, liver disease and osteoporosis. It is not known why these problems occur outside the colon, but scientists think it may be the result of inflammation triggered by the immune system. Some of these problems go away when the ulcerative colitis is treated.
Symptoms of UC can also vary depending on the severity of inflammation and where it occurs. Doctors classify ulcerative colitis according to its location.
Classifications of Ulcerative Colitis and Their Symptoms
- Ulcerative proctitis: Inflammation is confined to the area closest to the anus (rectum). For some people rectal bleeding may be the only sign of the disease. Others may have rectal pain and a feeling of urgency (tenesmus). This form tends to be the mildest.
- Proctosigmoiditis: Involves the rectum and the lower end of the colon, known as the sigmoid colon. Bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps and pain.
- Left-sided colitis: Inflammation extends from the rectum up through the sigmoid and descending colon, which are located in the upper left part of the abdomen. Bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and pain on the left side and unintentional weight loss.
- Pancolitis: Affects more than the left colon and often the entire colon. Bloody diarrhea that may be severe, abdominal cramps and pain, fatigue and significant weight loss
- Fulminant colitis: A rare, life-threatening form of colitis affects the entire colon and causes severe pain, profuse diarrhea and, sometimes, dehydration and shock. People with this condition are a risk of serious complications, including colon rupture and toxic megacolon, a condition that causes the colon to rapidly expand.
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The cause of ulcerative colitis is unknown. Researchers believed that stress was a possible cause, but they no longer believe that this is a viable explanantion. However, stress can aggravate symptoms. There are now two possibilities for the cause of ulcerative colitis.
- Immune system: some scientists believe that a virus or bacterium may trigger ulcerative colitis. The digestive tract becomes inflamed when the immune system tries to fight off the invading pathogen. It is also possible that inflammation may stem from an autoimmune reaction.
- Hereditary: you're more likely to develop ulcerative colitis if you have a parent or sibling with this disease. However, most people who have ulcerative colitis do not have a family history of ulcerative colitis.
Risk Factors of Ulcerative Colitis
- Age: While this disease can occur at any age, ulcerative colitis usually begins before the age of 30.
- Race or ethnicity: Although whites have the highest risk of the disease, it can occur in any race.
- Family history: You're at a higher risk if you have a close relative, such as a parent, sibling or child with the disease.
- Isotretinoin use: Isotretinoin, formerly sold under the brand name Accutane, is a medication sometimes used to treat scarring cystic acne or acne that does not respond to other treatments. While there have been some connections between isotretinoin and ulcerative colitis, the reports are conflicting as to whether isotretinoin actually causes ulcerative colitis.
Complications of Ulcerative Colitis
- Severe bleeding
- Severe dehydration
- Liver disease (rare)
- Inflammation of your skin, joints and eyes
- An increased risk of colon cancer
- A rapidly swelling colon (toxic megacolon)
Tests to Diagnose Ulcerative Colitis
- Blood tests
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Barium enema
- CT scan
Treatments for Ulcerative Colitis
There is no known cure for UC, but therapies are available that may dramatically reduce the signs and symptoms of UC and even bring about a long-term remission. This is either achieved through medications or surgery.
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If diet and lifestyle changes, medications or other treatments do not relieve your symptoms, your doctor may recommend surgery. Surgery can often eliminate ulcerative colitis, but that usually means removing your entire colon and rectum.
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You can make dietary and lifestyle changes to help alleviate symptoms and lengthen time between flare-ups.
While there is no evidence that says certain foods cause ulcerative colitis, there are certain foods that can aggravate your symptoms. Limiting dairy products and avoiding problem foods may help improve your symptoms. Problems foods can vary for each person, but you should also avoid "gassy" foods such as beans, cabbage and broccoli, raw fruits and fruits, popcorn, caffeine and carbonated beverages. Experiment with fiber. For some, adding more high-fiber foods can help with bowel issues; however, if you have an inflammatory bowel disease fiber may worsen your symptoms. Try eating five or six meals instead of two or three large ones and drink plenty of fluids, preferably water.
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Information about Pin Code of Ratipur(75) Post Office – 121102 Pin Code
Pin Code | 121102 Pin Code |
Post Office Name | Ratipur(75) |
District | Faridabad |
State | Haryana |
Official Language | Hindi |
Head Office | Palwal S.O |
Ratipur(75) P.O. Address | Postmaster, Palwal S.O, Faridabad, Haryana, India (IN). |
Division | Palwal |
121102 Pin Code – The number of the Indian postal code system is created with the help of 6 digits. The first 2 digits indicate the state, while the next two digits indicate the district. The last two digits indicate the post office in that district. With this simple digitization system of the Indian Postal Code, any address can be easily searched all over India.
Pin codes are an integral part of India's postal system. They help streamline the process of sorting and directing mail to the correct destination across the vast geography of India. Here, we will explore the 121102 Pin Code, which corresponds to the area of Ratipur(75) in Faridabad district, Haryana State of India.
Ratipur(75) is a village located near Faridabad city in the state of Haryana. It falls under the Palwal post office in the Faridabad division of Haryana postal circle. The pin code of Ratipur(75) is 121004. This 6 digit code provides important information about the postal zone Palwal belongs to.
With this 121102 Pin Code, we can tell that Ratipur(75) area is in Palwal S.O post office area of Faridabad district in Haryana State.
The sub post office in Ratipur(75) ensures fast mail delivery and financial services for the residents in its designated postal zone. People can submit mails and parcels to the post office knowing the items will be routed correctly when they mention 121102 Pin Code on them. They can also pick up packages and registered mail addressed to them by quoting their pin code.
Ratipur(75) falls under the delivery jurisdiction of the Palwal post office, 121102 Pin Code.
All the localities surrounding Ratipur(75) will also have the same pin code of 121102 since they depend on the Ratipur(75) post office for postal services. Hence, mentioning the pin code helps streamline the process of sorting and directing mails, parcels and Money Orders to the specific post office handling delivery for an area.
In this manner, the 6 digit pin code plays an indispensable role in efficiently organizing the postal system and enabling prompt mail delivery across the vast expanse of India, from bustling metro cities to remote villages. The 121102 Pin Code specifically helps connect the village of Ratipur(75) to the nationwide postal network, paving the way for timely and reliable postal services.
- Postal services for letter, parcel, registered mail and speed post items.
- Postal life insurance
- Savings bank schemes
- Retail services for stamps, envelopes and stationery.
- Money transfer services.
- Selling application forms for exams, jobs etc.
Ratipur(75) PIN CODE FAQ
What is the Pin Code of Ratipur(75), Faridabad?
Ratipur(75) Code is 121102.
Ratipur(75) is located in Faridabad, Haryana, India.
What is the contact address for Ratipur(75) Post Office, Haryana?
Ratipur(75) Post Office is located at Faridabad, Haryana, 121102.
Ratipur(75) Post Office is a Sub Post Office, which comes under the Head Post Office Palwal S.O.
What is the PIN CODE of Ratipur(75)?
121102 Pin Code
What is the Division of 121102 Pin Code
How Pincode is divided into 6 digits?
What is the meaning of 121102 Pin Code of Ratipur(75)?
The Postal Index Number (PIN) Code is a six-digit code of Post Office numbering used by India Post. This system was introduced on August 15, 1972, and has since become an integral part of the Indian Postal System. The PIN Code is a unique numerical code assigned to each post office in India. This code is used to facilitate the sorting and delivery of mail and parcels.
In Ratipur(75)'s pincode 121102 the first digit indicates one of the regions. The second digit indicates the Haryana state. The third digit indicates the Faridabad district. The last 3 digits refer to the Palwal S.O post office.
What is the contact address for Ratipur(75) Post Office, Haryana?
Ratipur(75) Post Office is located at Faridabad, Haryana, 121102.
- Pincode – 121102 Pin Code
- Post Office Name – Ratipur(75)
- District – Faridabad
- State – Haryana
- Official Language – Hindi
- Head Office – Palwal S.O
- Division – Palwal
Ratipur(75) P.O. Address – Postmaster, Palwal S.O, Faridabad, Haryana, India (IN).


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Robin Good: Must-read article on ClutterMuseum.com by Leslie M-B, exploring in depth the opportunity to have students master their selected topics by "curating" them, rather than by reading and memorizing facts about them.
"Critical and creative thinking should be prioritized over remembering content"
"That students should learn to think for themselves may seem like a no-brainer to many readers, but if you look at the textbook packages put out by publishers, you'll find that the texts and accompanying materials (for both teachers and students) assume students are expected to read and retain content—and then be tested on it.
Instead, between middle school (if not earlier) and college graduation, students should practice—if not master—how to question, critique, research, and construct an argument like an historian."
This is indeed the critical point. Moving education from an effort to memorize things on which then to be tested, to a collaborative exercise in creating new knowledge and value by pulling and editing together individual pieces of content, resources and tools that allow the explanation/illustration of a topic from a specific viewpoint/for a specific need.
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Economy.id industry structure and industry sector profiles use a National Accounts regional econometric model developed by National Economics (NIEIR). This model is based on replicating the outputs of the National Accounts framework for local areas such as LGAs, using a range of data sources to model the accounts to show local trends.
National accounts provide a systematic statistical framework for summarising and analysing economic events, and wealth of an economy and its components. The principal economic events recorded in national accounts have been production, consumption, and accumulation of wealth. National accounts have also recorded the income generated by production, the distribution of income among the factors of production and the use of the income, either by consumption or acquisition of assets.
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An input-output model depicts the inter-industry relations of an economy. It shows how the output of one industry is an input to each other industry. Using a matrix representation of an area's economy, a given input is typically enumerated in the column of an industry and its outputs are enumerated in its corresponding row. This format shows how dependent each industry is on all others in the economy both as customer of their outputs and as supplier of their inputs.
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Inputs to these models are continually being refined, and are available for different time periods, from 5-yearly (census) to quarterly (labour force). These inputs include, but are not necessarily limited to:
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The Census of Population and Housing is undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years and provides a snapshot of the nation, which helps define who we are and what we do.
The Census is one of the most comprehensive sources of economic data available to local government because it:
- includes a series of questions about skills and employment, including education levels, occupations, industry of employment, hours worked, method of travel to work and income;
- provides that information for small geographic areas, including Local Government Areas; and
- links where people live with where they work.
In economy.id Census data is used to present the economic base of the local area, as well as to present the characteristics of the Local workers, Residents, Local resident workers and Regional resident workers. Census employment data is also the base data used to convert National Accounts data into an input-output model for a local area in the NIEIR model.
economy.id includes data from the 2016 and 2021 Census to show how the local economic base and population characteristics are changing. The 2021 Census was conducted on 10 August 2021. The next Census will be conducted on August, 2026.
Australian Bureau of Statistics Place of work data
Place of Work data provides information on where people work. It is based on the Census Question: "For the main job held last week, what was the person's workplace address?"
- Place of Work data is coded to Destination Zones, which are designed by State Transport Authorities (STAs) in each state and territory.
- Work Destination Zones concord with Local Government Area boundaries, but they do not match other Census boundaries such as collection districts. They are designed to reflect the location of industry rather than residents, so there are more, small destination zones around major employment nodes, while they are large and sparser in residential and rural areas.
In economy.id Place of Work Data is used to identify the employment locations of people working in each industry sector in the local area. The data is presented in thematic maps by destination zone for each industry sector.
Australian Bureau of Statistics Journey to work data
Understanding the relationship between where people live and where they work is important for understanding what labour resources an economy draws upon. Journey to Work data is created by cross tabulating a person's main workplace address (Place of Work Data) with their place of usual residence to create a matrix of home to work.
In economy.id Journey to Work data is used to answer the following questions:
- Where do the workers come from? This provides the basis for determining the region from which the local area draws its labour resources.
- Where do our residents work? This provides the basis for understanding the level of employment self-containment in a local area. Self containment is expressed as the proportion of people who work locally that reside locally.
The data is available by industry to enable these questions to be answered for each industry sector in the economy. The data is presented at the LGA level. This information is generally not available at the small area (suburb / locality) level due to geographic limitations when being coded or processed.
Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register
The ABS Business Register is extracted from the Australian Business Register maintained by the ATO. It is a count of businesses with an Australian Business Number (ABN) on the Australian Business Register that are actively registered for GST (i.e. actively trading).
The ABS Business Register does not include:
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- ABNs without a GST role – mainly businesses with turnover $50,000pa, not-for-profit institutions with turnover of $100,000 or entities whose activities does not involve trading in goods or services (eg investment vehicles)
- Businesses that have ceased trading - no longer actively remitting GST obligations
- Establishment of new locations associated with an existing business
- Entities not considered to be actively trading in the market sector, including:
- Central Bank
- General Government – this particularly affects data for Education and Health and Community Services and means that institutions such as public universities, public schools, public hospitals and other public education and health organisations are not included in this data.
- Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households
- Charitable Institution
- Social and Sporting Clubs
- Trade Unions and Other Associations
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- Diplomatic or Trade Missions, Other Foreign Government
- Private Households Employing Staff
The ABS Business Register does include:
- employing and non-employing businesses
- Single location and multiple location businesses
- Entities with complex business structure - the business is assessed and broken up into Type of Activity Units (TAUs). The statistical unit referred to as a "business" thus consists of ABNs and TAUs
Detailed information about this data set, including summary findings from the national dataset by industry sector, can be found on the Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. ABS website.
The ABS Business Register is published annually and economy.id incorporates the latest release of this data which is a snapshot as at 1 June 2011. It presents the number of businesses in each industry sector in the local area by turnover and number of employees. This data should not be used in time series due to changes in scope and methodology.
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- ABS National Accounts data for presenting Gross Domestic and Gross State Product
- NIEIReconomic modeling and analysis system to present Gross Local Product
- ABS Labour Force Survey to present the National and State unemployment rate
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Small Area Labour Markets data set to present local unemployment figures
- ABS Building Approvals
- ABS Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- ABS Consumer Price Index
- ABS Retail Business Survey
For more details about each of these data sets refer to the specific table notes for each indicator.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) receives payroll information from employers with Single Touch Payroll (STP) enabled payroll and accounting software each time the employer runs its payroll.
The ATO provides selected employer and job level data items from the STP system to the ABS for the production of statistics. Statistics are released down to the SA3 level. Care must be taken when interpreting regional level data. Many jobs are assigned to the State but have been unable to be assigned to a particular region within the State.
Unlike labour force statistics, Payroll jobs exclude owner managers of unincorporated enterprises. They also exclude employed people who had a job but weren't paid (e.g. on unpaid leave, temporarily stood down without pay, etc).
One of the limitations of Payroll jobs is that seasonally adjusted and trend estimates are not yet available. Like most labour force data, Payroll Jobs data is based on where employees live, rather than where they work.


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Over the centuries there have been a lot of old-wives tales circulating about eyes and vision. You know, like the one that if someone hits you on the back while your eyes are crossed they will stay that way. Unlike this example, some of these myths do have roots in truth, yet filtering out those truths isn't an easy task.
Here are a few of the most common myths and truths about the eyes and vision.
- Myth: Eating a lot of carrots will help you see in the dark.
Truth: Carrots have a lot of Vitamin A, a vitamin that is essential for good eyesight, but eating a lot of carrots isn't going to give you 20/20 vision or help you see in the dark. Likely, the basis of this over-exaggeration is that night-blindness and vision loss found in underdeveloped countries can be a sign of malnutrition due to Vitamin A deficiency. However, you only need a relatively small amount of Vitamin A for vision, and it is easily obtainable in a normal balanced diet from a lot of sources, not limited to carrots.
Higher-than-normal doses of Vitamin A might be useful in treating certain eye conditions and as part of a combination of vitamins used to slow the progression of early-stage macular degeneration. However, in any of these cases, do not take Vitamin A supplements without instructions from your eye doctor.
- Myth: Wearing glasses makes your vision worse.
Truth: People think this is true because often once we start wearing glasses our vision continues to deteriorate and we have to keep going back for a higher prescription. The notion that wearing glasses causes your vision to get worse is simply not true. Distance vision or myopia typically gets worse over time, especially during childhood and adolescence, and does depend on whether the child wears glasses. Additionally, most people begin to experience vision deterioration as they enter their 40's and 50's with or without the use of vision correction devices. - Myth: Sitting too close to the TV is bad for your eyes.
Truth: While it may cause your eyes to feel tired, there is no evidence that sitting too close to the TV will harm your eyes or vision. Children in fact have a heightened ability to focus on close objects so often it is natural and relatively comfortable for them to sit close to a screen. - Myth: Reading in dim light can damage your eyes.
Truth: This one also has no good evidence. While yes, your eyes are working harder and may feel tired when reading in dim light, there is no evidence of permanent or long-term damage to your eyes. - Myth: As you get older there is nothing you can do to prevent vision loss.
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The Trickster haunts the halls of the woods, do you dare draw a sword from the loam?
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There was a thin mist in the early morning air when we set off for the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on April 11, 1994. The genocide had begun four days earlier.
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But I finally concluded there was no use trying. I believe mankind, at its base, is good. What happened in Rwanda 20 years ago was an aberration.
Jackie Northam is NPR's international affairs correspondent.
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Ever since 1984, the year soccer passed baseball as the most popular team sport in the United States, participation in this sport has skyrocketed. With increasing numbers of children running and kicking their way down soccer fields across America, doctors of chiropractic are urging parents to take a step back and learn how to protect their children from the potential injuries this popular sport can cause.
Although soccer can be a great overall sport for children, some youngsters are enduring mild to severe head traumas, neck injuries, damage to the cervical spine, headache, neck pain, dizziness, irritability, and insomnia as a result of their participation, according to the September 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association (JACA). Each year, in fact, youths under age 15 suffer more than 227,100 soccer-related injuries, according to recent reports.
Heading the Ball: A Risk for Children
"People have this misconception that soccer has no risk," says Scott Bautch, DC, past president of the American Chiropractic Association's (ACA) Council on Occupational Health, who has five children playing soccer. "I think soccer is too aggressive too early, which is leading to potential problems. It's not as though we can fix brain damage later on in these kids' lives." Soccer requires three basic skills - kicking (striking the ball with the feet), trapping (similar to catching the ball, only using different parts of the body), and heading the ball, (the deliberate use of the head to redirect the ball). It's that last one - heading - that stirs concern and controversy over possible permanent damage.
Philip Santiago, DC, who was an All-American soccer player in college and a professional player for five years, says that heading is safe only when children are given "proper coaching in proper technique." Dr. Santiago has also served for five years as head soccer coach at both New York Institute of Technology and Montclair State University, and was the chiropractor for the United States Olympic Team in 1992. Dr. Santiago's opinion on proper technique is backed up in a study of elite soccer players at the 1993 Olympic Festival. "While properly executed heading was not found to result in any concussive episodes, 18 percent (18 of 102) of the concussions were a result of heading," the study found.
Dr. Santiago would like to see youngsters hold off heading until age 10 or 11. Dr. Bautch prefers age 14 to 16, based on maturation and development of the spine.
Helmets: Not A Complete Solution
Some school districts are now requiring helmets for young soccer players. However, Dr. Bautch, who says helmets are "a positive," worries that helmets don't protect the spine and don't make up for too-aggressive play. "They are just a small piece that may give some protection," he explains. "I'd hate to see kids wear helmets and have people think that the kids are safe and that they don't have to teach safety and prevention. I would rather see no heading without helmets in young kids, and let helmets be introduced later."
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Parents should also encourage a broad spectrum of sports - like soccer, skating and skiing, for example - to develop the whole body. Over-playing and over-training are problems exacerbated by ambitious parents, peer pressure and adult role models. Children need their rest time.
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