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The 100,000 Genomes project consists of a number of organisations and aims to sequence 100,000 complete sets of DNA from around 8,000 NHS patients.
We are fully supportive of Prof Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England and her 'genomic dream' to make DNA tests routine within the next 5 years. Angela Douglas, Scientific Director at Liverpool Women's Hospital, who also heads up the North West Coast NHS Genomic Medicine Centre said "I was delighted to see the report from Dame Sally and fully support the importance of making DNA tests routine for all patients. As a dedicated centre carrying out sequencing on rare diseases and cancer we understand the importance this has to patients and their families. This new way of testing will allow us to understand the biology that underpins our patients disorders so that we can better target their therapy and personalise their treatment."
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Portland, Oregon (PRWEB) July 09, 2015
University of Western States (UWS), a leader in the field of integrated health care, recently welcomed Dr. Cheryl Hawk as the first executive director of the institutions' new Northwest Center for Lifestyle and Functional Medicine (NWCLFM).
Dr. Hawk received her doctor of chiropractic degree in 1976 from National University of Health Sciences and was in practice full-time for 12 years. While she started her career as a chiropractor, she refined her practice to focus on wellness and prevention with an emphasis on research. She has designed and taught courses on wellness and health promotion for students in different health professions and post-graduate education courses. She has also collaborated on the design and implementation of an online wellness certification program for health professionals offered by the National Wellness Institute. In 1991, she earned a PhD in preventive medicine from the University of Iowa and also became a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She is an author of more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She has been named "Researcher of the Year" by both the American Chiropractic Association (2003) and the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (2005).
"We are incredibly fortunate to have someone with Dr. Hawk's knowledge and experience in public health and wellness heading up the new center," Dr. Will Evans, executive vice president and provost at UWS said. "The center is just launching but with Dr. Hawk at the helm, I believe we will be able to accomplish much in the way of improving health outcomes for our neighbors."
The NWCLFM, a community-focused health care center of excellence, is hosting an official launch for the Portland public on August 1, at the university's Summer Social. As part of the event, community members are invited to campus and will be asked to provide input on what makes it hard and what makes it easy to be healthy. There will then be a community forum later that day to discuss these findings and talk about how the center can address these issues and help make an impact on health outcomes. The Summer Social also includes free food, health care vendors, a ping-pong tournament, a kid's coloring contest and prizes. To learn more and to RSVP visit http://www.uws.edu/event/summer-social.
"The center is really about finding out what the community needs are and how we can help. It's not about us guessing the issues and creating initiatives we think are interesting," said Dr. Hawk. "This event will just be the beginning of our conversations with the public so we can learn what they need to be healthy. I am honored to be a part of the groundbreaking health care movement."
About University of Western States
University of Western States provides a science-driven curriculum that delivers a solid foundation and competitive edge in preparing students for clinical practice. UWS is a regionally accredited, independent non-profit institution dedicated to improving the health of society through its educational programs, research and clinical services. Founded in 1904, the university offers a doctor of chiropractic degree program; master's degrees in exercise and sports medicine, human nutrition and functional medicine, and diagnostic imaging; a massage therapy certificate program; approved continuing education programs for licensed health care professionals; and clinic services in five locations through Health Centers of UWS. UWS is a founding member of the Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine, an organization that aims to advance integrative health care through education, research, patient care and advocacy. To learn more about University of Western States and its academic programs, go to uws.edu.
About Northwest Center for Lifestyle and Functional Medicine
The Northwest Center for Lifestyle and Functional Medicine was launched in 2015 as a center of excellence highlighting ways to reduce lifestyle-related health conditions such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension. The center's vision is to promote healthy behaviors and positive lifestyle changes in order to achieve optimal quality of life for the members of our community through service, education and research. The center believes in integrated, conservative, patient-centered approaches to address lifestyle-related health conditions. To learn more about the center visit uws.edu/nwclfm.
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RICHMOND, R.I. — At summer carnivals like the Washington County Fair recently held here, migrant laborers spend long days running the Whip, the Orbiter, the Polar Express and other popular rides.
So when a new union signed contracts with dozens of companies that operate at fairs and carnivals, it seemed that a group of workers long considered exploited had found a new ally.
Labor advocates, however, have since charged that the new union was really a stalking-horse for industry, not a champion for laborers, many of whom come from Mexico. And instead of demanding that companies pay the carnival workers more, the advocates say the union deals assured the employers they would not have to do so.
Several officers of the union, the Association of Mobile Entertainment Workers, also had close ties, it turned out, to two businessmen — one in Texas, the other in Mexico — who have long supplied carnivals and fairs with itinerant Mexican workers.
"This was a fraud on the system," said Art Read, a lawyer with Friends of Farmworkers, one of the groups that filed a complaint last year about the union with the National Labor Relations Board.
The Association of Mobile Entertainment Workers is a new player in a long legal battle between labor advocates and the carnival industry over the pay and working conditions of migrant laborers. In separate lawsuits, migrant laborers from Mexico have charged that carnival companies forced them to work long hours, often at little or no additional pay, and threatened to send them home if they complained.
One laborer, Enrique Vasquez-Alejo, who worked at fairs in Maryland and Virginia, testified in a lawsuit that his bosses told him, "If you don't like it, get your things together and go back to Mexico."
The union case is unfolding in the face of a wider national debate about a higher federal minimum wage, a standard from which carnival workers are exempted. Also, in April, the Labor Department proposed new rules to better protect seasonal employees, like those at carnivals, who enter the United States on temporary visas, rules that the industry has filed suits to block.
In their complaint about the union, Mr. Read's group and another, Florida Legal Services, asked the N.L.R.B. to declare it invalid and to order companies that signed deals with it to increase workers' wages.
A spokeswoman for the labor board declined to comment on the case, saying its investigation was still underway. A labor recruiter involved in the case, James K. Judkins of Rio Hondo, Tex., did not return calls and a lawyer representing Mr. Judkins, Leon Segueria, declined to comment, citing the continuing inquiry.
But Mr. Judkins's sister, Deborah Judkins, who was the union's administrator, said in a telephone interview that it was formed to improve conditions for carnival workers and that Mr. Read, by filing a complaint, had torpedoed that effort.
"He stopped a real worker-based union from getting off the ground," said Ms. Judkins, who lives in Upton, Me.
Along with carnival and fair companies, businesses involved in forestry, landscaping and seafood production bring foreign laborers into this country through the temporary visa program, which is known as H2B.
In many cases, federal law requires employers who use H2B workers to pay them an hourly salary known as the "prevailing wage." To set those hourly benchmarks, the Labor Department conducts surveys to determine minimum wages paid for certain types of work in different parts of the country.
But companies that operate rides and concessions at fairs have long argued that because they travel through geographical areas that have different prevailing wage rates, it is less burdensome for them from a record-keeping standpoint to pay workers a weekly salary, which averages about $350.
Paying workers on a weekly, rather than hourly, basis assures a predictable income that allows workers to budget how much to send home, said Robert Johnson, president of the Outdoor Amusement Business Association, a trade group in Winter Park, Fla. He added that employers treated carnival workers fairly and provided them with good income.
But Anita Sinha, a lawyer with the Immigrant Justice Clinic at American University, said companies used the weekly approach to avoid paying laborers, who often work far more than 40 hours a week, the money they deserve. Other strategies are employed to reduce pay, including charging laborers fees for housing, said Ms. Sinha, co-author of a 2013 report critical of the carnival industry's treatment of H2B workers.
Carnival workers have also said they were forced to live in filthy trailers or bunkhouses. Some "didn't have a window, or it was a broken window," one laborer, Andreas Contreras-Hernandez, who worked at fairs in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, testified in a 2013 deposition. "When it rained you got wet."
From all appearances, Mr. Judkins, the labor recruiter based in Texas, would seem an unlikely union advocate. A onetime carnival performer and manager, he has testified in lawsuits that his company, JKJ Workforce, has supplied H2B workers or performed other services for dozens of carnival and fair companies.
For many years, he worked closely with a major labor recruiter in Mexico, Victor Apolinar Barrios, who is the mayor of Tlapacoyan, Mexico, an area from which many carnival workers come. Some workers have testified that they had to pay Mr. Apolinar Barrios $350 to $500 a year to secure a carnival job, money they often borrowed at very high interest rates. Such recruiter payments are illegal in the United States.
Mr. Judkins and Mr. Apolinar Barrios are not listed on any public documents filed by the union. But people close to them, like Mr. Judkins's sister and two brothers of Mr. Apolinar Barrios, are. According to the complaint by labor advocates, the Mexican politician's brothers took over his recruitment business after he was elected last year.
Mr. Apolinar Barrios did not return telephone calls to his office, and one of his brothers referred a reporter's call to Mr. Judkins.
Labor advocates like Mr. Read said workers probably signed up with the union because they feared being blackballed by labor recruiters. And the evidence, advocates say, that the union was formed to serve the interests of carnival companies rather than workers is reflected in the bargaining agreements it struck. Those deals allow companies to pay workers a weekly rather than hourly salary and give them the right, under certain circumstances, to use the cost of housing to offset added pay.
The Labor Department has taken the position that carnival companies, because they travel, are not permitted to charge workers for the cost of housing.
Rockwell Amusements, a company in North Scituate, R.I., which operated rides at the Washington County Fair, was one of the companies that signed an agreement with the union, documents show. Officials from Rockwell did not respond to requests for comment.
It is unclear when the N.L.R.B. will issue its ruling in the case against the union. But Mr. Johnson, the trade group executive, said he had been told that regulators had notified some companies that entered into agreements with the union that they probably would face penalties.
Mr. Johnson said that a lawyer affiliated with his organization had raised questions about the union but that some carnival companies had decided to strike deals with it anyway.
"I think they were looking for ways to get around the regulations, and this was an alternative," he said.


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Gas emission zone liberates and accumulates significant amounts of coal mine methane as a by-product of active mining. In most active mines, coal mine methane is controlled by wellbores, called gob gas ventholes. Despite the presence of these wellbores, it is not possible to capture all of the methane generated within the gas emission zone. As a consequence, a large amount of gas migrates into the mine and is exhausted to the atmosphere with ventilation air. Eventually, part of the gas generated during mining stays in the emission zone, and with additional emissions, becomes abandoned mine methane after the panels are sealed or the mines are abandoned completely. Abandoned mines that are sealed properly may become gas reservoirs from which methane can be extracted and utilized by available technologies. Capturing and utilizing coal mine and abandoned mine methane can alleviate the harmful effects of methane emissions to the atmosphere and can provide an energy resource through use of the recovered gas.
A technical barrier to economical utilization of coal mine and abandoned mine methane is the uncertainty about how much methane may be available in the gas emission zone as a resource during mining, as well as after the panels are sealed and the mine is abandoned. Another difficulty is estimating how much of the potential methane resource can be produced from gob gas ventholes converted to capture abandoned mine methane. Coal mine and abandoned mine methane resource assessments and overcoming these difficulties require knowledge of geology, panel layout, production wells, ventilation fans, and availability of different data types and data sources. A reliable assessment methodology for gas emission zone and to quantify coal mine methane and abandoned mine methane emissions and their resource potential does not currently exist.
The objective of this task is to develop a monitoring strategy, or a data evaluation strategy for the existing data, and a draft assessment methodology to predict methane emissions from the sites by taking into account geologic, hydrologic, engineering, and operational factors.
This task involves selecting a coal mine and developing a geologic framework for defining the gas emission zone to quantify emission sources and their contribution to coal mine methane and abandoned mine methane. Available geologic and site-specific data will be gathered from USGS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), State Geological Surveys, and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) databases. Based on mine and geological characteristics, the characteristic size of the emission zone for each coal mining basin will be defined. By using software tools and the coal resource maps, the emission sources within the gas emission zones will be defined and quantified for their contribution to coal mine and abandoned mine methane potentials.
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1/8 tsp. crushed red pepper
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1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
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1/2 tsp. sugar
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Bring 8 cups of water to a boil, and add broccoli. Boil 2 minutes, and drain.
Heat a stir-fry skillet over medium heat. Add peanut oil to pan; swirl to coat.
Add crushed red pepper and garlic, stirring for 30 seconds.
Add broccoli florets; cook 2 minutes.
Stir in salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper.
Toss broccoli in remaining ingredients (soy, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil).
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But when Claire returns to the Hotel Tourmaline for a business meeting with her CEO father, disturbing memories begin to surface . . . despite her parents' best efforts to keep them forgotten.
Luke Rocco lost his mother under equally mysterious circumstances—at the same time Claire disappeared. After a chance encounter reveals the unlikely link between them, Claire and Luke set out together to uncover the truth about what happened that fateful year.
With flashbacks swimming just beneath her consciousness and a murderer threatening her safety, Claire's very life depends on unscrambling her past . . . even if her family refuses to acknowledge it. Someone—maybe everyone—is hiding something from Claire Dellamare, and it will cost her everything to drag the truth out into the light.
To show you the variety of books I read, the one before this was a fantasy, By Divine Right by Patrick Carr.
I've copied what a reviewer wrote about this book. I enjoyed it and I'll most likely read more of his books. This one is a novella and there are other books in The Darkwater Sage.
"By Divine Right" is a novella by Patrick Carr that is largely part of a marketing plan. But it also happens to be such an intriguing story that it both stands alone and serves what it's designed to do – entice the reader to a new fantasy trilogy that begins publication in Late October.
The trilogy is The Darkwater Saga, and the first volume due Oct. 27 is "The Shock of Night." If this volume and it successors live up to the promise of "By Divine Right," then it will be a very good trilogy indeed.
The setting is the capital city of Bunard in the kingdom of Collum. The story is told by Willet Dura, a reeve (or guard officer) in the service of the king. Some years previously, the kingdom had been at war, and, called up to fight, Willet had missed his ordination as priest by a week. Because he fought and killed in the war, he is no longer eligible to be a priest, and least in the order he had prepared for.
The is a land where gifts are important. Nobles and the wealthy each have a gift – beauty, craft, sum, parts, helps, or devotion. Gifts are vitally important, the "currency" around which society is centered. Only the king has all the gifts, which are transmitted to each generation. Sometimes gifts are split among children, reducing their power and effectiveness. Common people and the poor rarely if ever have a whole or part of a gift.
Willet becomes involved in the whole subject of gifts when he investigates the murder of a man whose gift was stolen. As it turns out, others have been killed and their gifts stolen. Someone is killing people and collecting their gifts, which can mean only one thing – someone is planning to usurp the kingship.
Even in the short form of the novella, Carr develops the main plot and sub-plots. Characterization in the story is especially strong; the characters are almost immediately recognizable and understood. (Readers have noted this in his previous trilogy of books, "The Staff & the Sword.")


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This craft, courtesy of lakeshorelearning.com, is perfect for kids 4 to 6 years old as we weather the storm for the warmer part of the season when it will be the perfect time to visit zoos and get outdoors.
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• Craft stick
• Tissue paper (red, orange, yellow and brown)
• Crayons
• Glue stick
• Safety scissors
• Tape or stapler
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1. Using tape or a stapler, attach a craft stick to the bottom of the paper plate.
2. Copy the lion template onto white paper.
3. Cut tissue paper into one-inch squares.
4. Color the lion's face yellow.
5. Cut out the lion face and have your child glue the lion's face to the center of the plate.
6. Provide tissue paper squares in all four colors. Instruct your kiddo to glue the squares around the edge of the plate to make the lion's mane. Encourage your child to overlap the squares so that no white is showing through. Allow the glue to dry.
7. For an added bonus, teach your child this sweet rhyme:
Leo the Lion
Is the king of the jungle
His jaws are open wide!
Leo the lion
When he roars it's a warning
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Randomness is proving harder to achieve than I had assumed. My third entry, and again my routine has brought me somewhere I have to be rather than anywhere. I worry my life is too fixed, too well-formed. It's got its immutable shape. If it were furniture, it would be one of those trunks that my mother and aunties kept at the base of their beds, rectangular, hard to move and crammed with naphthalene scented junk. I'm back at Malá Strana, teaching, so I came to the library at Staroměstká metro station to return some books and do this.
I was dreading writing about this place. The greats have covered every corner. Guidebooks have ripped out, reconstituted and rendered it down to bite-sized pieces. There's nothing I can tell you that you don't already know. The clock is probably doing its hourly little jig. The tourists have flocked with penguin necks, ready to catch it. The klobása guys are there and the saxophonist with the cowboy hat. They all have been every other time I've walked through the square. [If you were there on the 26th September 2008 and witnessed something different. Feel free to leave a message. All contributions welcome.]
I don't know any of this for certain because the little 'rules' I agreed to don't allow me to actually venture to the station's namesake. I can only venture to blocks directly connected to the metro stations exits. I cannot cross any roads. This seemed the most effective way to delimit this project, to create an arbitrary and creative constraint. Since I broke the 'posting every Friday rule' last entry, and I am breaking the 'writing in the afternoon' rule right now, I have to observe at least one.
G. thought I should do this only in the platforms. It would certainly make the title more accurate. Staroměstká is would be a good platform to describe. The tunnels are covered in anodized panels, each with a convex or concave spherical cap, as are all stations along the green line. I was rapt in these stations when I first saw them. Confined and clean, they were tunnels to a futuristic subterranean world. The wall paper on this blog is meant to evoke these panels.
Yet, this condition would have been too constraining in the long run. The blog would have been a constant description about the commuters surging on and off the trains. Plus I doubt the guards would tolerate someone standing there for a couple of hours taking notes. The cafe around the corner from a second exit suits me better.
Sitting at a cafe is about all I can handle right now. I'm glad my student postponed her lesson. There was a party last night. I lost count of the drinks. We missed our train, got in at 1:30 and were up at six. I feel like a sponge left in dishwater. It's a feeling I know well in varying degrees. Sometimes I quite like it. Nothing can touch you. Perhaps it helps me to absorb more. It certainly makes me less self-conscious about gazing into windows.
The block at the south eastern exit was my starting point. It comprises of art nouveau apartments attached to what I think is a neo-renaissance building. I'm basing this uneducated guess on the square windows. On the river side of this building is a piece of graffiti that has been there for as long as I remember. It reads 'Pochybujte si, chcete-li, o osobě, která Vás miluje. Nepochybujte avšak o lásce samé'. [Doubt, if you want, the person who loves you. However, don't doubt love itself.] I remember this message not for its homespun sentiment but because it helped me remember the Czech word for doubt. Whenever I passed the graffiti, I would revise it.
Around the corner there are a few pubs and a second hand bookstore, which is closed today, but which I recall had reproduction of the futurist poster Franz Ferdinand used on their second album. Up from here is an antique store. In its window are the pale porcelain figurines I loathe. Always have done.
My nonna liked them. She was one of the most important people to me in my life, so it isn't some negative association. It's the actual and assumed delicateness. The figures can't seem to escape the fragility of the material. They are cold mockeries of people, all the rouged cheeks and soft brown painted hair only emphasises this.
A little up from them, there is a bright orange mule about twenty centimetres long. It's one of the few modern pieces here. Another is a glass fly playing a trumpet. But I want the mule. It has its head down and hunches raised as if about to bray. I won't get it though. It would only lose the wonder it has on the other side of the window. At home it would become lost under papers. It would become another thing. Here, it stands out against the reclining ladies, tricorned gentlemen and musical insects.
Nor do I want to go inside. If I do, I will come out with a handful of porcelain shards worth a few hundred maybe thousand crowns. I also find these shops so cluttered. Things which have no other use other than collection. It's not that I'm not materialistic. I certainly have enough junk. I even brought some over with me, but lately I think I have to deal with the internal clutter.
If I opened up the chest, what would I leave behind? What would I display? Is there anything that I want other people to have? There's something novel – maybe a novel – a shop selling memories and experiences. When we're gone, all that we've done is put on a shelf, perhaps in orderly sets, perhaps higgledee-piggledee, where there is a space. People would come and take what they needed. Maybe an experience that was no longer produced, or a memory that was a collector's item.
I doubt there was anything that there would be anything from the Old Town Square that would be put on the shelf. Maybe into a one dollar box at the door. The memories here aren't so unique. They're cheap knock-offs that everyone is taking home. And there are enough real knock-offs around here to not need mental ones.
Can you own a memory? Travelling seems to be built on that assumption, experiencing something unique, special, yours. And if you own it, would you really want to sell it? Memories are gifts if anything, but like all gifts, they are ones given as cautiously as they are received.
Across from the cafe, the Greek music is blaring. It is the most authentic thing about this area now. Greek music, from a pizzeria, serving original Czech Pilsner. The autumn cold, held in the shade of the awnings, has worked its way into my shoes. I'm going the library on this same block.
The café at the Municipal Library of Prague is probably my favourite cafe in all of Prague. It's quiet and the food and service is unpretentious. Old ladies gather here for a midday glass of wine or a cup of coffee and a chat. Students work. The tourists who come here seem to adjust to the general quiet. The only noise is from the teachers who use the cafe for private lessons.
The best babovka is served here. I should use bundt cake an English word, appropriated from the German, but I've always known it as babovka. It's like the word bunda. The first time I owned a real winter coat was here, so the Czech word, bunda, sounds right even when I'm speaking English. It's a puffy comforting word. Jacket reminds me of a tearing sound.
The pancakes with tvaroh, another word I don't feel right using the English equivalent, are quite tasty too. The coffee is not so good. Today though I order vývar (We even have to plunder French to get the word bouillon.) with big liver dumplings – a personal favourite, and chicken curry. In case of the latter no language has an apt term for the tasteless watery dish I'm served.
The library is one of my favourite buildings in Prague, so the trip is not entirely in vain. It is an example of socialist architecture I like. It is composed of great cement blocks with large doors, square windows and a row of statues representing various socialist archetypes. The latter I'm not so keen on.
It was my habit last academic year to come here on Tuesdays, to borrow some new books, return the old, read and maybe write. Last night's excess is making me feel increasingly edgy and the best thing for it will be to sit in the sun. There's nowhere here today. On my way back to the station I stop at another of my favourite places, another small second hand bookstore. They're selling illustrated field guides for plants and animals in Europe for only 20Kč. They're in English. So I grab one. It's about time I learnt the English names for the mushrooms. I also buy a cinnamon swirl from the bakery next door. This was usually the first part of my Tuesday ritual. I'd scoff one in the short walk to the library. If I was lucky they would be fresh from the oven and you could feel the butter in the pastry. It's not the case today. And I have plenty of time to eat it. It's Friday after all.
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How Low Vitamin D Affects You
It seems the sun is great for enhancing not just your tan but your mood too. And that's not a coincidence.
The reason why our body craves vitamin D is that it is necessary for our survival. We all need some sunshine in our lives. For some, getting that sunshine is easier than others.
If you're living in sunny SoCal, finding enough vitamin D to keep your body may not be a difficult task. However, if your home is somewhere like Alaska where the sun isn't quite as abundant, then you may find yourself struggling to get what your body needs. And this can definitely be a problem.
When you don't have enough vitamin D in your life, your body is bound to suffer. Just how exactly?
Here, the ways that low vitamin D can affect your body, and the reasons why you ought to make it a priority to get enough of the essential nutrient in your life.
A lack of vitamin D in your system can lead to depression. This may not come as a surprise to you, as vitamin D is typically known as the happy vitamin because of the main source from which it comes — the sun. However, the sun is not the only way you can get vitamin D.
If you happen to live in a place that does not have the option of the sun as much as others, it's important that you take a supplement to make up for it. Research has shown that women who suffered from depression showed an increase in their levels of happiness when their intake of vitamin D was increased.
Low vitamin D will also undoubtedly affect your sleeping habits. If you are not getting enough vitamin D, then you are not getting enough sleep. A study published in the Journal of Sleep Studies showed that people who had a sufficient amount of vitamin D in their bodies proved to have better-sleeping patterns than those that did not.
Susceptibility to Illness
Another thing that a lack of vitamin D can do to your body is to weaken your immune system. Vitamin D helps your cells fight infection, and when you don't have enough of it, then your body will become weaker and you'll be more likely to pick up sicknesses going around. By simply upping your daily vitamin D intake via supplements, your risk of developing illnesses (respiratory tract infections specifically) will greatly decrease.
Bone Pain
Did you know that vitamin D plays a major role in keeping your bones healthy? It does that in a number of ways, one of which is by helping your body to absorb calcium. Studies have been down that show people suffering from low levels of vitamin D were more likely to have moderate to severe back pain.
In addition, too little vitamin D in your system means for many people bone pain, particularly in the legs and joints — in fact, one specific study revealed vitamin D deficiency made people twice as likely to experience bone pain.
Loss of Bone
As mentioned above, vitamin D aids with your body's absorption of calcium. It also is necessary to keep your bone metabolism healthy. Those who suffer from low bone mineral density are dealing not only with a lack of calcium, but other vital nutrients as well — including vitamin D.
Muscle Pain
Though there are a number of things that can cause muscle pain, one of them is thought to be vitamin D deficiency. Results from studies bring to light the fact that the majority of people who suffer from chronic muscle pain also happened to be vitamin D deficient. That seems a bit too much of a link to be mere coincidence, doesn't it?
Hair Loss
Though this one is a bit more difficult to determine whether the culprit is a lack of vitamin D, studies have shown a link between people who suffer from hair loss and their low levels of vitamin D. There certainly is a connection between a lack of vitamin D and an increased risk of developing alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes massive hair loss all over the body.
Brain Fog
Though scary, it seems natural that when your body lacks a certain vital nutrient, your brain will be affected as well. And this is certainly the case with vitamin D. When your levels of vitamin D are not high enough, according to a number of studies, brain fog sets in. It may not be extremely noticeable, but you will likely feel as if you're still partially asleep or in some serious need of caffeine.
By upping your vitamin D intake, chances are good your brain fog will disappear and you will feel more clear-headed and able to focus.
Vein Issues
When your body does not have enough vitamin D, your blood vessels will likely suffer. Vitamin D helps to keep your arteries and blood vessels loose enough and relaxed enough to support proper blood flow. Thus, when vitamin D levels are low, your veins will struggle to do their job properly, and vein issues will arise. As you can see, when your body is low on vitamin D, far more than your tan suffers.
Vitamin D is, without a doubt, a vital nutrient that your body needs in order to properly function. The good thing is that getting enough vitamin D in your body is not difficult to achieve.
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Kanye West took to Twitter last night to bury the hatchet on his "beef" with Drake. This past summer tensions were brewing between the G.O.OD Music and OVO camp when Pusha T and Drake took shots at each other. Drake used that opportunity to throw Kanye into the mix and subliminally talk about his frustrations with the "Stronger" rapper. During this whole feud, Kanye hasn't said a word, until now. On Twitter, Kanye expressed his love for Drake and apologized for "stepping" on his release date. You know Kanye is on his "everything is love" tip and is going to go to Drake's concert within a week to keep that same energy in person.
Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew💜💜💜
I haven't seen the show in person but the images look incredible online
I understand where the confusion started pic.twitter.com/oxSEEbNB1g
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
Let me start by apologizing for stepping on your release date in the first place … We were building a bond and working on music together including squashing the issues with Cudi at our office.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
When I put the dates up I was a bit ramped up doing 25 tweets a day TMZ happened shortly after … I have to hop on the plane now… will type more when I land
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
plane taxiing for take off… because we spoke about doing Lift Yourself together I should have given you the opportunity for us to do this together before I released it
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
since we were building as friends and brothers I should have spoken to Pusha about the Quentin Miller bar. There should have been no songs with my involvement that had any negative energy towards you
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I never listened to either diss track that followed but I did hear quotes from both songs after they were released
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I did not have any conversations about your child with Pusha. I don't play with the idea of people's children after I spoke to Wiz a few years earlier.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I understand Pusha's issues as a man if someone mentions your fiancé men go mask off. I've done the same myself at times. I love you and I love Pusha and we all have an admiration for each other's craft.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
This is all Jedi level. I will be coming to your show within the next seven days to give love and be inspired by the art you have created.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
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R. Kelly Charged AGAIN
Thursday prosecutors in New York charged embattled singer-songwriter R. Kelly with bribery, alleging the artist and his crew bribed a government official over 20 years ago.
On August 30, 1994, the day before Kelly married the late Aaliyah, he bribed a public servant to doctor an ID in an effort to obtain a marriage license to the underage girl. That's one day before the two got married.
Reminder: Kelly has always maintained he did not know Aaliyah's true age at the time, but this new allegation could make him rethink his statement. So far, his attorneys have brushed off the charge calling it "still the same nonsense."
The charge is being added to an ongoing racketeering case against Kelly which includes child pornography, sexual exploitation of a minor, and kidnapping indictments.
Expect to see this all play out in federal court in 2020. Grab your popcorn.
R. Kelly Girlfriend Denies Creating Patreon Account, Parents Respond
In a video statement given to TMZ on Wednesday, Joycelyn Savage, 23, fiercely denied setting up a Patreon account in her name or posting a cryptic message to an Instagram account previously linked to her.
"It has been said that I have left him and he has abused me and all kinds of nonsense. I have said before none of it is true… I also want to say please do not believe what you see and hear on social media. That is not my Instagram. Someone is impersonating me."
Last week, Patreon, a website that helps creators earn money, shut down an account claiming to be Savage citing an inability to "verify the identity of the account holder." Many donated to the campaign with the expectation of getting more details of the abuses alleged in the anonymous posts. According to the unauthenticated posts, R. Kelly tormented Savage with everything from physical abuse to frequent golden showers.
In response to their daughter's scripted video, the parents spoke through their attorney. We're saddened and disappointed to learn that Joycelyn Savage has said that she was not the person operating the Patreon account… we deeply desired to hear her story and in her own voice…"
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A Complete Timeline of the Gabrielle Union-America's Got Talent Saga
In late November it was revealed that actress Gabrielle Union had been fired from her spot as a judge on the NBC show America's Got Talent, but troubling reports of her exit have caused everyone from Janelle Monae to Howard Stern to weigh in on the controversy. Here's a complete timeline of everything we know.
November 22, 2019 – Variety Magazine announces NBC will not renew Union's contract
In addition to Union's exit, it is revealed fellow judge Julianne Hough will also not be returning to the popular television show. Male judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, and Terry Crews all expected to remain on the roster.
November 24, 2019 – News of 'toxic culture' at AGT hits the internet
Sources with direct knowledge of the culture at AGT describe the now-infamous joke that put Union at odds with show producers. During a guest appearance, comedian Jay Leno joked that a picture of Simon Cowell with his dogs reminded him of something "on the menu at a Korean restaurant." The actress learned of the joke and explained to producers this joke would not be well-received particularly by Asian crewmembers and viewers. She reportedly urged producers and an unnamed NBC executive to scrap the offensive joke and report it to the network's human resources department. The line was ultimately thrown out, but a formal report or complaint was never filed with HR.
Further reports emerged describing Union and Hough receiving "excessive notes" on their appearance, with Union in particular getting regularly coached on her hairstyles being "too black."
November 26, 2019 – Julianne Hough and NBC deny allegations
Julianne Hough released a statement claiming she "loved working with the cast, crew, and producers and the claims are not "accurate to her experience." She goes on to say "I am happy continuing my working relationship with NBC."
The network echoed her statement with a vehement denial of all allegations.
November 28, 2019 – Celebrities show support for Union
As the news of NBC's culture made its waves, celebrities voiced their support for Union. Stars like Janelle Monae, Ellen Pompeo, and democratic presidential hopeful Julián Castro, among many, voiced their opinions on the matter in favor of the ousted actress.
It's unfortunate that @nbc the same network that protected disgusting men like Matt Lauer and punished women for speaking out or not putting up with it…has not changed their practices or culture. I support @itsgabrielleu commitment to speaking up to injustice. It takes courage— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) November 28, 2019
Love you & oh so thankful for you @itsgabrielleu 🙏🏾💪🏾👊🏾 https://t.co/e8vqtNSDQY— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) November 28, 2019
December 1, 2019 – Jay Leno speaks out, NBC releases new statement
The comedian at the center of the alleged racist joke spoke of nothing but his fondness of Union. "I love Gabrielle Union, she's a great girl. I really enjoyed working with her." When asked whether he uttered the joke on the NBC show, he refused to answer.
For its part, NBC released a new statement vowing commitment to "ensuring a respectful workplace for all employees." The network also stated it is working with the actress' representatives to hear her concerns and address them as necessary.
December 2, 2019 – Howard Stern gives his two cents
To add fuel to Union's fire, Stern made very choice comments on his show seemingly backing up Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough and trashing Simon Cowell. "He sets it up so that the men stay. No matter how ugly they are, no matter how old they are, no matter how fat they are, no matter how talentless they are… He constantly replaces the hot chicks with hotter chicks and younger chicks."
Phew! That was a lot to keep up with and somehow we have a feeling this drama isn't over yet. Only time will tell how steep the fallout will be. What do you think about all this? Give us your thoughts below.
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"...for all who draw the sword will die by the sword." (Matthew 26:52)
Our friend Aaron Arpasi is graduating this Wednesday from the police academy. He is #1 in his class based on all of their various testing. This means he will be a good cop and will bring excellence and good judgment to the police force. As a community, we are proud of him and how he will serve our neighborhood. We are also a little nervous because of how many cops get shot in and around Baltimore. But we trust him to the Lord as we do with anything else.
This sparks some questions in my mind about the role of Christians and violence. Those who believe violence is necessary and good because we are in a Fallen world do not see a problem with a Christian being a police officer or a soldier.
Those in the Christian tradition who are pacifists believe Christians should avoid all forms of violence and should not have occupations that require violence. They leave violence up to the nation-state and tell members of the Kingdom of God to live out a Kingdom-ethic. In their mind, a Kingdom-ethic, as described by the Sermon on the Mount, demands at the least non-violence and probably pacifism.
So what do we do with this difference of opinion in Christianity which has been there down through the ages? St. Augustine tried to resolve it with the just-war theory. But Catholics and Protestants alike massacred each other for years in the 30 years war based on that doctrine of war.
The only ones who didn't kill other Christians because of theological differences were the Anabaptists. They were and still are strong pacifists (Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, Brethren). But their non-violence almost got them wiped off the face of the earth by their fellow Protestant and Catholic brothers who promoted violence in the name of God.
After the 30 years war, the nation-state and the separation of church and state was born. For peace to prevail, the idea was that a person's loyalty needed to be tied to a politically controlled geographic region rather than a certain theology. That way various theological beliefs could cohabitate within one culture.
And this works great within a democracy. But what happens when various forms of socialism and fascism take control of nation-states? In a word: holocaust. And a rebirth of the just-war theory became strong once again.
And really that is where we find ourselves today. As the Christian community we are split on this issue. Here are some tough questions for us to answer:
- Is it "loving our enemies" to go to war and kill them?
- Is it "turning the other cheek" to wipe out an army?
- Are these commands of Jesus meant for just the individual and not the state?
- What is the state's role in using violence?
- What is our role in violent action as we follow Romans 13 and submit to the state?
- Should Christians be soldiers? If so, how does a soldier love his enemy?
- Should Christians be police officers? If so, how does a cop love his enemy?
- Is a pacifist ethic meant for this world or only the next?
- Is non-violence realistic in a fallen world?
- Does non-violence have to mean "inaction?" Can their be an active, resisting form of non-violence?
- Can real pacifism only exist in a state which uses violence to keep the peace?
- Does war ever really create peace? Or does violence just lead to more violence?
- If Christians are called to be peace-makers, does that ever include the use of violent force?
- If Jesus is our example, and he chose to suffer and died rather than create a violent revolution, is it ok for Christians to advocate violent revolution for the oppressed?
- Is there ever such a thing as a war that is "just?"
- Is true power the use of force or not needing to use force?
- Can there be a peaceful society without war to protect its sovereignty and police to protect its citizens?
Ok, lots of questions, I know. It seems to me that pacifism is only a viable option if there is a greater force above you that you can trust to use violence to bring justice. I believe this is why we see more secular pacifism in the U.S. and other democratic nations.
A secular pacifist in a democratic state can rely on the state to provide the violence necessary to have a peaceful society. So this allows the person to believe in non-violence. They trust the power of the state to be violent when necessary (if another country were to invade or if a criminal is on the loose). But this can often appear to be hypocritical. While they challenge their fellow citizen to be "peaceful," they themselves live in the peace that was provided by the violence of the state.
Christian pacifists have this same paradigm in play, only, it's not hypocritical. And instead of "the state" being the greater force above them using violence, it is God. The Christian pacifist tries to imitate Jesus and His trust in His Heavenly Father.
Jesus didn't have to physically or verbally defend himself. He knew God was just. Jesus trusted God the Father to be the Righteous Judge and the Mighty Warrior. He trusted God's violence and justice to be perfect, so he had no need to be violent. This doesn't mean Jesus never got angry (money changers at the temple) or that Jesus was passive (he often actively opposed Jewish leaders). But Jesus never resorted to violence and instead left the violence and retribution up to the Father.
This is what the Christian pacifist does as well. It's not that they don't see any value in violence. It's that they don't see any value in violence done by humans. They leave the violence and justice is up to God.
So, I believe that whether you believe in just-war, active non-violence or pacifism, violence is necessary in this fallen world. I think everyone agrees on that. The difference is in how much we participate in that violence (as the hands of God) and how much we leave up to God alone.
Where all Christians have common ground is that we all hope and strive for the day when the Kingdom of the world has passed away and the only thing remaining is the Kingdom of God. And then finally, we will have peace.


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It's a new killer baffling doctors. And the only warning sign is feeling out of breath...
Lawrence Matz has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Even the exertion of shaving is enough to leave him gasping for breath
When businessman Lawrence Matz started feeling breathless, he put it down to cutting back on his visits to the gym.
A consultant reassured him that by resuming his fitness regime — three visits a week to the gym and weekends on the golf course — he would soon be back to normal.
But the breathlessness got worse — walking around the house left him panting. So two months later, Lawrence, 57, went to his GP. He diagnosed asthma and gave him an inhaler. It did no good.
Finally, three months later, he was referred to a chest specialist. An X-ray revealed the cause of his problems: Lawrence has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a condition that leads to thickening and scarring of the lungs, making it harder and harder to breathe.
Until recently, the condition was relatively rare, but a report last week, published in the medical journal Thorax, said the numbers affected by it are increasing.
The amount of new cases diagnosed each year in this country shot up by over a third between 2000 and 2008, to 15,000 sufferers.
IPF is responsible for the deaths of around 5,000 people annually, claiming more lives than leukaemia or ovarian cancer.
The disease typically progresses quickly and more than half of those who develop it die within three years of their diagnosis.
For Lawrence, the disease has brought a brutal change to his life. Just two years ago, he put in long hours at his fashion business. Now even the exertion of shaving is enough to leave him gasping for breath.
'I have a wonderful wife and family, but my quality of life is not very good and if I was an animal they would put me down,' he says bleakly. 'It's all been such a huge shock.'
What is alarming about the condition is that doctors have no idea what causes it. Each year, thousands of previously healthy individuals like Lawrence are developing this illness for which sadly there is no cure.
Professor Neil Barnes, consultant respiratory physician at Barts And The London NHS Trust, says: 'It is more common in men than women, but no one knows why and in around 4 per cent of cases it runs in families — so there is a genetic link, but only a very mild one.
'Smokers are slightly more at risk and have a 30 per cent increased chance of getting it.
'At one point it was thought that antidepressants might be to blame, but that was discounted. Another theory was it might be related to working in a dusty atmosphere. The only thing we know for sure is that it becomes more common the older you are.'
IPF is responsible for the deaths of around 5,000 people annually, claiming more lives than leukaemia or ovarian cancer
IPF begins with damage to the alveoli — the tiny air sacs within the lungs. Normally, the oxygen that you breathe in passes through the alveoli walls into tiny blood vessels and is then carried away to be used around the body.
However, with IPF, the alveoli become inflamed. As the body tries to heal the damage, the alveoli walls and surrounding lung tissue stiffen and become clogged with scar tissue. As a result, not as much oxygen can be absorbed into the blood. Patients become breathless with minimal exertion. Some may also develop a nagging cough.
The condition can progress slowly in some and rapidly in others, but either way little can be done to help.
'Sometimes steroids and immunosuppressants are given to try to reduce the inflammation, but the evidence that these work for this condition is poor,' says Professor Barnes.
'The normal course for these patients is they end up needing to be on oxygen either all day or when they move around, and some may go on to require a lung transplant. If they don't have a lung transplant, more than half of those diagnosed die within three years.
'Around 80 per cent of those who get a lung transplant end up living beyond three years.'
As it is only just becoming more common, not all GPs are used to spotting the condition either. 'For a GP to diagnose IPF is hard,' says Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, the Royal College of GPs spokesman on respiratory issues.
'If a patient comes to see them and complains of shortness of breath, there is so much else it could be — asthma or bronchitis for example. They need to be referred to a specialist and to have an x-ray to make a proper diagnosis.'
Professor Barnes says: 'It is not uncommon for it to be picked up by chance when someone comes in for investigation into another condition such as a heart problem and then an X-ray shows the tell-tale scarring on the lungs.'
Lawrence, from Finchley, North London, who is married to Gloria and has two grown-up step-children, saw three medics before his condition was diagnosed.
'In June 2009, I went to a friend's 50th birthday in Israel and noticed I was getting breathless even when I walked the 20 yards from the pool to my room,' he says.
'I hadn't been going to the gym as much as normal and had been having the odd puff on a cigarette when I was out with friends — and initially put it down to that. I stopped smoking, but things didn't improve.
'I went to see a heart specialist who told me I was fine and that it was a fitness issue. But I was still huffing and puffing, so in August, I went to my GP who said he thought I had asthma, and gave me an inhaler.
'That made no difference, so in October, I decided to see a private GP and she sent me for a chest X-ray that day.'
The next day, the doctor broke the news Lawrence had 'something on his lungs' and referred him to a private chest specialist.
'When I went to see the specialist and he said I had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, for a second I thought: "Thank God it's not cancer",' says Lawrence.
'Then he told me there was no cure. When I got home, me and my wife Googled the condition and I soon realised that in a way, what I have is worse than cancer. There is nothing they can do for my condition.'
Lawrence was put on to 15 pills a day — a mixture of steroids and immune suppressants.
'They couldn't really give me a prognosis,' he says. 'For a year, I was stable — there was no way I could play tennis, but I could get round the golf course and I still went to work. Then in November, I started to go downhill and in January this year my condition nose-dived.
'Now, any exertion, even talking, can make me run out of breath. I am on an oxygen machine most of the time, even when I sleep. When I go out, I have portable canisters I can take with me.
'For Gloria, it has been a terrible shock. She's used to me being so fit and strong and now I have to rely on her to help me all the time.'
NICE is assessing a drug called pirfenidone as a possible treatment. This helps reduce inflammation and scar tissue in the lungs.
Lawrence, meanwhile, is hoping he is suitable for a lung transplant.
'If they say no, then I may go to the U.S. to see if I can get one there,' he says. 'I try not to look ahead. In the early stages, I kept thinking: "Tomorrow I will wake up and feel better." Now I know that is not going to happen.'
Visit lunguk.org or call the BLF helpline on 0845 850 50 20.
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