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Over the last few years, considerable attention has focused on aid fragmentation, the proliferation of donors and projects in developing countries. Aid fragmentation has continued to increase despite international efforts to foster donor coordination. One possible implication of fragmentation is smaller aid projects, potentially with the result of more administrative work for overtaxed recipient governments per dollar of aid received.
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The societal burden of eating disorders is clear, and though there is a compelling need for a public health approach to eating disorders prevention, public health professionals have yet to take up the challenge.
The article lays out an argument for what steps need to be taken to bring a public health approach to eating disorders prevention. First, stock is taken of what the field has achieved so far, using tools from the prevention science literature, and, second, a research plan of action is offered that plays to the unique strengths of public health, drawing on a triggers-to-action framework from public health law. Minimal participation was found from public health professionals in eating disorders prevention research, and the vast majority of prevention research to date was found to be concentrated within the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry. Extreme disciplinary concentration of the research has led to a preponderance of individually targeted prevention strategies with little research focused on environmental targets, particularly at the macro level. New environmental initiatives are now emerging, such as a government-sponsored mass media anti-dieting campaign, and legal bans on extremely thin models in advertising, but for the most part, they have yet to be evaluated. A triggers-to-action framework, which focuses on evidentiary base, practical considerations, and political will, developed in public health law provides a basis for a strategic research plan for a public health approach to eating disorders prevention.
There is enormous potential for growth in the scope and diversity of eating disorder prevention research strategies, particularly those targeting the macro environment. A public health approach will require a strategic plan for research that leverages the macro environment for prevention. The full engagement of public health professionals will bring to the field the much broader range of preventive strategies and perspectives needed to tackle the problem of eating disorders.
The public health burden of eating disorders, including bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorders, and the much more prevalent subthreshold variants, is clear. New evidence has documented eating disorder occurring across the globe in both developed and developing economies,
It is obvious from even a cursory review of the eating disorders prevention literature that public health professionals largely have been sitting it out. In an informal survey of five recent scientific reviews
In contrast to the chief goals of the clinical disciplines, prevention is the sine qua non of public health. The full engagement of public health in eating disorders prevention research could bring to the field the much broader range of preventive strategies and perspectives that will be essential to tackling the challenge of eating disorders. The reasons behind the general absence of public health professionals are likely complex but may relate to entrenched myths about the problem, including the mistaken beliefs that eating disorders affect only a small subset of females, that a focus on eating disorders will distract from obesity prevention, and that the practices of the diet-products and related industries are tangential to public health
So what will it take to bring a public health approach to eating disorders prevention? First, it will require a careful review of the status of eating disorders prevention research, and then, a plan of action that capitalizes on the unique strengths of public health.
To get a sense of the current status of the field, the Prevention Maturation Schema, a systematic framework developed by public health professionals, can be used to guide assessment of the progress of a field toward prevention research
Phase 1: Establish link between risk behavior and health outcomes
Phase 2: Develop methods for measuring risk behavior and symptoms
Phase 3: Identify determinants of risk behavior and symptoms
Phase 4: Evaluate preventive interventions
Phase 5: Evaluate dissemination of preventive interventions
The schema can be applied to a field's scientific literature to answer two questions: First, is a field ready for preventive intervention research (i.e., is enough known about the problem to begin prevention efforts)? Second, is productivity in preventive intervention research (Phases 4 and 5) comparable to the earlier phases (Phases 1–3)? Young fields tend to concentrate in the earlier phases and more mature fields in the later phases
Adapting this schema, our team selected two international peer-review journals that are exclusively focused on eating disorders:
With two independent coders, we reviewed all research articles (n=981) in both journals from January 2005 through December 2010 and coded the articles according to phase of prevention maturation. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for agreement between the two coders was strong (ICC 0.7; 95% confidence interval for ICC: 0.6, 0.8; P<0.0001).
The findings were remarkably similar for the two journals (see Figure
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Coding Results From Application of Prevention Maturation Schema to Articles Published in Two Eating Disorders Research Specialty Journals, 2005–2010 (N=981 Articles)
Coding Results From Application of Prevention Maturation Schema to Articles Published in Two Eating Disorders Research Specialty Journals, 2005–2010 (N=981 Articles). The Prevention Maturation Schema is structured in five sequential phases of research: Phase 1: Establish link between risk behavior and health outcomes; Phase 2: Develop methods for measuring risk behavior; Phase 3: Identify determinants of risk behavior; Phase 4: Evaluate preventive interventions; Phase 5: Evaluate dissemination of preventive interventions.
Admittedly, this application of the Prevention Maturation Schema is not exhaustive. These results are based on six years of articles from two journals, so eating disorders prevention research published in other years or other journals would not be included. In fact, enough Phase 4 eating disorders prevention research studies have been done – and often published in other journals – to support more than a few comprehensive reviews
The drop off in productivity at Phase 4 may in part relate to the complexity and expense of carrying out preventive interventions, particularly those with randomized controlled designs, and the challenges of obtaining funding. For instance, only a tiny fraction of the annual funding portfolio of the National Institute of Mental Health goes to primary prevention research while nearly 60% goes to brain research on causes of mental illness
To increase the field's productivity in Phases 4 and 5 while bringing a public health approach to eating disorders prevention, we will need a strategic plan for research that plays to the strengths of public health. The field offers special expertise in tools for both leveraging forces in the macro environment for prevention and evaluating the effects of these strategies on prevention goals through systematic research. Many disciplines attend to facets of the micro and meso environments, some focusing on peer relationships, others emphasizing family, school settings, neighborhoods, while other disciplines focus on the macro environment, including the mass media, economy, law, and more
Examples of successful public health preventive interventions targeting the macro environment include changes in laws to require that seat belts be installed in cars by the manufacturers to reduce traffic fatalities, changes in tax law to increase sales tax on cigarettes to reduce teen smoking rates, improvements in agricultural sanitation requirements to reduce food-borne infections, and social marketing campaigns to change social norms to reduce drunk driving
Changes in the macro environment to promote public health are often achieved through regulation in the form of law and policy in the public sector or policies and practice standards in the private sector. Public health law scholar Michelle Mello describes three conditions needed to trigger regulatory action to achieve macro-environmental change to promote public health: 1) evidentiary base; 2) practical considerations; and 3) political will
Trigger #1, evidentiary base
Mello encapsulates the first trigger with two questions: One, do economic costs favor prevention? And two, does the scientific evidence link exposure to long-term health problems? Health economists have long worked with prevention scientists to conduct cost analyses of prevention strategies to help inform policy decisions that effectively and responsibly invest public and private funds to address a range of public health problems. To date, one economic study has estimated the potential medical cost savings associated with preventing eating disorders,
As for the evidentiary base linking exposures to health problems, this is undoubtedly the strongest area in the existing eating disorders research literature, as illustrated above with the example of the Prevention Maturation Schema (Phase 3). Using this trigger as a guide for research, cross-disciplinary teams should focus on the long-term health consequences particularly of exposures that are amenable to macro-environmental intervention, such as strengthened regulation of specific product categories (e.g., over-the-counter laxatives and diet pills and prescription stimulants, such as Adderall and Ritalin, abused for weight control), deceptive advertising to children, the cosmetic surgery and procedures industry, etc., to maximize population-wide reach and impact.
Trigger #2, practical considerations
This trigger refers to the work of operationalizing ideas into law or policy, which requires cross-disciplinary teams of public health law scholars and eating disorders experts. One example of the product of such a cross-disciplinary collaboration is a recent detailed review of legal considerations and recommendations of viable mechanisms within the law that can be used to effectively restrict youth access to laxatives and alli® in the United States
In recent years, advocates have been gaining momentum in crafting and implementing macro-environmental initiatives. In Britain, the national Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regulates ads across all media and can compel the removal of ads that it deems misleading (
As has been done in other fields
Trigger #3, political will
Fostering political will requires advocacy to move eating disorders higher up on the political and social agendas for policymakers, community and business leaders, voters, and consumers. This can be done through activities such as lobbying government, community organizing, and media advocacy to shift social norms. As described above, advocates in a number of countries have been leaders in these types of activities
An argument has been offered above for what steps need to be taken to bring a public health approach to eating disorders prevention. First, stock was taken of what the field has achieved so far, using tools from the prevention science literature, and, second, a research plan of action is offered that plays to the unique strengths of public health, drawing on a triggers-to-action framework from public health law. Minimal participation was found from public health professionals in eating disorders prevention research, and the vast majority of prevention research to date was found to be concentrated within the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry. Extreme disciplinary concentration of the research has led to a preponderance of individually targeted prevention strategies with little research focused on environmental targets, particularly at the macro level. It was proposed that a triggers-to-action framework, which focuses on evidentiary base, practical considerations, and political will, developed in public health law can provide a strong basis for a strategic research plan for a public health approach to eating disorders prevention.
There is enormous potential for growth in the scope and diversity of eating disorders prevention research strategies, particularly those targeting the macro environment. A public health approach to eating disorders prevention research will require a strategic research plan that capitalizes on the strengths of public health by leveraging the macro environment for prevention. But first, we need public health professionals to pull up a chair.
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SBA was responsible for manuscript conception, data collection and analysis, and manuscript writing.
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SBA is with the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health of Harvard School of Public Health and the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, MA. SBA is director of the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders at the Harvard School of Public Health and Boston Children's Hospital (
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As a scholarly essay, this manuscript does not report original human subjects research data and therefore did not require institutional review board approval.
The author would like to thank Kirstin J. Austin, Annabel Chang, and Lauren P. Nichols for their contributions to this manuscript. KJA has no funding source to report. AC and LPN were supported by the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. SBA is supported by the Ellen Feldberg Gordon Fund for Eating Disorders Research and the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Project grant T71-MC-00009 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These funding bodies had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, manuscript writing, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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I bought this tripod to replace a 25-year-old Leitz Tiltall tripod that weighs 6.7 lbs. I was doubtful that a 3.7 lb tripod (this one) with a modest price tag could be as sturdy as the heavy one, but the sales rep at Eagle Optics assured me that it was as sturdy as heavier ones, so I tried it, and it is as sturdy as my old one. It's very easy to carry (in the supplied case, it is smaller than my scope and about the same weight) and set up, and appears to be well made. The only minus is its maximum height, 56". I use it with a spotting scope with a 45 degree eyepiece, so it does not have to be as high as it would for a straight scope, but if I were taller (I'm 5'8") it would be hard to look at birds near the tops or nearby trees without stooping.
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The texture of the rice flour was really off. So now I'm thinking of going half butter/half shortening, and all regular all-purpose flour. If you look at the picture on Kayak, you can see the texture in the half cookie. It's not exactly like a scone, but sorta.
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I am currently looking around western Missouri and eastern Kansas for somewhere to move immediately with cheap rent that is safe as well. However, I am pregnant and plan to homeschool and am trying to decide whether Missouri or Kansas is more 'crunchy' for homebirths (lay midwives or CPM or even UC) and homeschooling. Is it fairly easy to have a natural birth and find non-vax or delayed vax-friendly docs in western MO? Are they open to attachment parenting there?
Any Missouri mamas believe Missouri is better for us?
I need to find a place for us to live NOW and am overwhelmed on which is the better choice - I do NOT want to end up with another horrible hospital birth experience like I did in my previous state and I don't want to worry about defending my legal right constantly to homeschool. I am a single mama and feel VERY vulnerable right now, in case it is not obvious. I will be working from home but right now money is VERY tight so even affordable small towns within 20-40 minutes driving distance to 'civilization' but still safe would be great!
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Hey- first off, take a deep breath, it's all going to work out! I live in Kansas City MO and there is a great group of women here who are pro homeschooling, home birth, etc. If you google Kansas City Attachment Parenting, it'll take you to the web page. You have to request to join, but the ladies there have been VERY helpful (I'm a first time parent). I'm planning a hospital birth with a midwife. She seems great and very pro natural birth/ whatever I end up wanting to do. I know several of the hospitals in the area have midwifes. There are also a couple birth centers- I think there is one on the MO side and one on the KS side. I can't really help you with the homeschooling aspect, but I know the attachment parenting group has several ladies who home school- they may be able to help you better than I can.
As far as KS goes, I know Lawrence is pretty crunchy and I think there are home birth midwives there, but I'm not as familiar with the area. It's about 45 minutes from Kansas City, so you're still pretty close to a "city" (although Lawrence has a lot to do as well).
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- "Singapore. That's what I heard. Drunk with a smile on his face. Sure as the tide, Jack Sparrow... will turn up in Singapore."
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This man was a fisherman who operated on the island of Tortuga during the time of Lord Cutler Beckett's occupation of Port Royal. When Will Turner was seeking out Captain Jack Sparrow he encountered this man.
This fisherman was under the impression that Jack Sparrow had gone to Singapore, drunk with a smile on his face. He spoke of Jack Sparrow with a warm and friendly countenance, as if he admired or was amused by Sparrow. He also seemed certain that Sparrow was in Singapore, though this proved not to be the case.
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| Item: Cutleaf's CloakCutleaf's Cloak
Type: Cloak
Bind on Aquire
Slot: Back
Armour Value: 14
Adds 3 to Will
Durability: 40/40
Worth: 72c
Special thanks to Alluvian for entering this item.
Alluvian has entered 64 LOTRO items.
| Item: Den-Mother HunterDen-Mother Hunter
Type: Two-handed Axe
Bind on Aquire
Slot: Main hand
Damage: 14.0 - 20.0
Weapon Speed: 3.1
5.5 Damage Per Second
Hit-chance slightly decreased.
Durability: 100/100
Worth: 3s 48c
Special thanks to Alluvian for entering this item.
Alluvian has entered 64 LOTRO items.
Linked quests in the series:
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Finding Amdir
Cutleaf's Good Intentions
Greater Responsibility
Critical Strike
Hideout, The
Chasing Amdir
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Cutleaf's Good IntentionsEpic - Prologue Human Quest
Constable Underhill has figured out that Ellie Cutleaf is involved in the Blackwolds. He wants you to go to her and try to get yourself into their organization to learn the whereabouts of Amdir.
Talk to Ellie Cutleaf
Ellie's house the the only enterable house around the lake just to the northwest of Combe. The road leads right to it.
Turns out Ellie is not recruiting after all, and just wants out of the Blackwolds. She helped breed a warg to one of their wolves. She now wants you to help undo the damage she has done by killing the den-mother.
Defeat Skunkwood's Den-Mother
Skunkwood's farm is deep in Chetwood north and can be reached a number of ways.
An easy to describe way is to follow the road to the first campfire and then take the right fork just after the first campfire, heading southeast. This road will bend left and should bring you right past the farm (farm will be on right).
You can also cut across to the farm. On the overland map, it is just south of the 'h' in 'Chetwood North'.
The Den-Mother spawns in the southeast pen behind the house. She is a level 8 normal monster.
Head back to Ellie for your rewards.
Special thanks go out to Alluvian for providing this quest writeup!
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(Reuters) - Harlequins prop Seb Adeniran-Olule has died in a road traffic collision, the Premiership club said on its website on Wednesday.
The promising 20-year-old had been at the club since the age of 13, graduating through the academy ranks to play three first-team games.
He also represented England at various youth levels and made four appearances at the under-20 World Cup in Italy last year, where England finished runners-up to New Zealand.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Seb's family and friends at this difficult time," Director of Rugby for Harlequins Conor O'Shea told the club's website (www.quins.co.uk).
"Seb was an incredible talent and had already represented England at under age level as well as making his senior debut for Quins at just 20. He will be sorely missed by the whole squad as well as by the wider Club."
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Juror No. 3 — later identified as George Zia of Placentia — recently made headlines when he accused his fellow panelists in the public corruption trial of ex-sheriff Mike Carona of dozing off during the trial.
Earlier this month, Carona was convicted of felony witness tampering, and acquitted of the more serious charge of conspiracy. His sentencing is scheduled for April 27. Prosecutors intend to seek jail time.
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford released last week transcripts of his chambers discussions with Zia and another juror during deliberations. The records revealed prosecutors pushed to remove one reportedly stubborn juror.
Guilford also addressed Zia's complaint regarding sleeping jurors. Guilford wrote in a minute order that "sometimes some jurors had their eyes closed, and sometimes heads bobbed."
"Actions taken in response to possible inattentiveness included the Court seeking to engage the jury by explaining procedures that would happen during the trial; the bailiff nearest the jury loudly coughing to alert a juror that might have his eyes closed; jurors being offered bottles of water, which had the effect of promoting attentiveness," Guilford wrote.
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Ahead of this weekend's Sydney Telstra 500, Todd and Rick Kelly have unveiled their plans to thank and pay tribute to both Holden and the loyal Holden fans that have supported them throughout their careers to date.
The Sydney Telstra 500 will mark the last round as a Holden Team prior to Kelly Racing's move to Nissan in 2013.
As a tribute to the fantastic support that Holden have shown to Todd and Rick throughout Todd's 16 years as a Holden Driver, and Rick's 12 years, both Jack Daniel's cars will display "Thank You Holden" across their bonnets, together with some very impressive facts and achievements that Todd, Rick and Holden have achieved together over their combined 28 years together.
Rick and Todd built their V8 Supercar careers with Holden, initially through the Holden Young Lions program. Todd joined the Championship in 1999 followed by Rick in 2002. Todd then joined Mark Skaife at the Holden Racing Team in 2003 and Rick moved across to the then K-Mart backed HSV Dealer Team in 2003.
In his thirteen years driving Holden's, Todd's enviable record includes 172 events and 381 race starts. His first V8 Supercar race win was at the now-defunct Canberra street circuit in 2000 and a year later, Todd achieved his first round win at a very wet Sandown. Endurance race success came in 2003 with Mark Skaife at the Sandown 500.
The ultimate prize in V8 Supercars, winning the Bathurst 1,000 was Todd's in 2005 when he joined Mark Skaife once again. Earlier that same year Todd gave Holden an international win at the Shanghai round of the V8 Supercar Championship. Todd won two of the three races and finished third in the other for a near perfect weekend.
Todd: "Even though Rick and I are about to embark on an exciting new phase in our 4 year old Team, the memories of our long association with Holden will always be cherished.
"We are both very fortunate to be in the position we are today with our own 4 car team and we would not be here if it wasn't for our entry into V8 Supercars from our opportunity with Holden and the Holden Young Lions program".
Rick's time behind the wheel of a Holden is equally impressive with 153 event and 329 V8 Supercar race starts. In that time he has won the Bathurst 1,000 twice with Greg Murphy and was also crowned 2006 V8 Supercar Champion.
Rick's first race win was at Bathurst with Murphy in 2003, which also gave him his first round win. However, his first solo win was at Sydney's Eastern Creek early in 2004 in the wet.
Both Rick and Todd readily acknowledge the significant role that Holden has played in their careers and are grateful for their backing.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Team at Holden for giving Todd and I the opportunities that they have put forward to us over the years, particularly in the early days when we both lived in Mildura and were selected for the Holden Young Lions Program. Without these opportunities we wouldn't be in the position we are now, and for that we are very grateful. We have achieved many great things together and have build great relationships along the way".
Rick went on to say: "I would also like to thank all of the loyal Holden fans that have supported us through our journey with Holden. I have thoroughly enjoyed representing each and every one of you in the great battles we have had on the track over the years. I also appreciate the support you have shown for the important next chapter of our Team and careers".
"It's with great pride that the two Jack Daniel's cars this weekend will display a tribute to Holden. It's very important for both Todd and I to remember where we have come from and that we have been able to achieve the things we have because of the great support of companies like Holden. The unique bonnet liveries that we will run this weekend are a great way for us to show this. The final laps of Sunday's race won't be taken lightly, and we hope to be able to finish this great and successful relationship on as higher note as possible".
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OSRAM is showing the Vatican in all its glory by lighting up not only the Sistine Chapel but also St. Peter's Square.
October 20, 2016 - a balmy autumn evening in Rome. The sun has already set, and around 100 people have gathered outside St. Peter's Basilica. Dr. Olaf Berlien, CEO of OSRAM, is there, as are Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello and Antonio Paolucci, Director of the Vatican Museums.
The men of the church make their speeches, then the OSRAM CEO steps up to the lectern. The bells begin to chime. Berlien presses a button and 132 LED floodlights instantly illuminate the square. The light is so bright that you could read a book here at 3 a.m. without any problems at all.
St. Peter's Square in Rome is probably the most famous plaza in the world. It was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII around 350 years ago and designed by architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Every year it attracts more than ten million people. And in 2016, the year declared by Pope Francis to be the Holy Year of Mercy, as many as 30 million pilgrims are said to have visited the Vatican. Tourists marvel at the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms as well as St. Peter's Basilica and its world-famous square.
"Getting that much artificial light to look aesthetically pleasing is a huge challenge. It was important to do justice to the history and architecture of the square."
Antonio Paolucci,Director of the Vatican Museums
In 2011, St. Peter's Square was extensively refurbished. The lighting concept by OSRAM, which provides innovative and efficient illumination, has now completed the renovation work. All 132 LED floodlights can be individually controlled to emphasize details or create moods. The color of the light, meanwhile, accentuates the square's beautiful marble features. OSRAM's concept also ties in with its commitment to environmental sustainability, with the state-of-the-art LED lights cutting energy consumption by around 70 percent.
"St. Peter's Basilica and its square used to be two different places. Now, thanks to the new lighting concept by OSRAM, they are a whole."
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OSRAM spared no effort for the installation. Subtly incorporating the lights into the existing architecture was just one of the challenges. Painted in a special color, the 132 LED floodlights were installed onto the eaves of the colonnade-above the heads of thousands of tourists. Safety was paramount and the workers mounting the lights were suspended on ropes. More than five kilometers of cables were laid above the square-an incredibly complex installation, but one that is invisible to the visitor.
At 48,000 square meters, the sheer size of the square presented one of the biggest challenges. Its central diameter measures 240 meters. And no fewer than 140 statues of saints crown the balustrade above the colonnades. These too will soon be illuminated by their own OSRAM floodlights as well. To offer the millions of visitors security and convenience at dusk and at night, the illuminance level can be increased to up to 120 lux.
At the opening ceremony for the new lighting concept, Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello talks about the collaboration between OSRAM and the Vatican.
That is much brighter than the lighting we use in our homes. "St. Peter's Basilica and its square used to be two different places," says Dr. Arnold Nesselrath, art historian and director for Byzantine, Medieval, and Modern Art at the Vatican Museums. "Now, thanks to the new lighting concept by OSRAM, they are a whole."
This was not the first time that OSRAM had worked for the Vatican. Back in 2014, the company installed a new lighting system in the then recently renovated Sistine Chapel and very similar projects will be completed by the end of 2016 for the Raphael Rooms. OSRAM is helping the Vatican to show itself in its best light. Dr. Olaf Berlien is so certain that every detail has been perfectly illuminated that he presented Cardinal Bertello with a pair of binoculars as a gift so that he could check the work for himself.
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Air Djinn is a powerful creature similar in appearance to a misty woman, but this appearance is deceiving. The creature is extremely dangerous, and can easily kill even the strongest warrior. Thankfully, Air Djinn can be contained in a special Djinn Bottle.
They can even be stored in a human body by an individual taking a bath in Filanium Mud enriched with Basilisk Oil, baking it on the skin with the intense heat of lava and perfecting it with an ironflesh-potion before releasing the Djinn at the Sigil of Binding in the Astral Plane.
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- In Ultima Underworld II, Zoranthus in the Pits of Carnage has an Air Djinn which the Avatar can acquire. Without taking the above precautions though, the Djinn will slay the Avatar instantly if freed. The Djinn is used together with the Horn of Praecor Loth to free Castle Britannia from the Blackrock Dome.


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