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Robert Whitcomb: CVS Race Day Paralysis; Vote at the Same Time; Burns's Vietnam Take
Monday, September 25, 2017
But as we call you,
A box, a tube
Terrarium of dreams and wonders.
Coffer of shades, ordained
Cotillion of phosphors
Or liquid crystal''
-- From "Television,'' by Robert Pinsky
It's past time to end traffic-paralyzing and potentially dangerous road races in downtown Providence. The Sept. 17 CVS Health Downtown 5K showed what a mess these things can make. Yes, besides being an ad for CVS, this event raised money for some nonprofits. But these promotions can also bring other activities to a halt in the middle of New England's second-largest metro. They can block police, fire and rescue vehicles and prevent consumers from getting to stores, restaurants, and hospitals. Members of the public should just send money to their favorite local charities, without the city going through these disruptive events.
Harvard's trendy invitation to the traitorous transsexual exhibitionist/narcissist Chelsea Manning to be a fellow at the university's Kennedy School was revolting. Manning's theft of U.S. military and diplomatic secrets and gift of them to the Kremlin tool WikiLeaks should have kept him or her in prison for life. Barack Obama's commutation last January of Manning's 35-year sentence, a sentence handed down in 2010, for his/her crimes handed was one of the worst things that the president did. What an example to the military!
I watched the first part of Ken Burns's Vietnam War series last Sunday. It was well done – vivid visuals and rigorous research. But as someone who was smack in the middle of the Vietnam War generation (the older Baby Boomers) and who wrote and edited news stories about the war in the early '70s, I quibble with the assertion that after the war ended (for America), in May 1975, that neither Vietnam vets or the public wanted to talk about it for years. In fact, from that time and through the '70s, there was nonstop talk, writing, TV shows and movies about it, which, of course, goes on to the present.
My other complaint is about the distracting cutting back and forth between deeper history (French colonial days, World War II, the French war with the Vietnamese Communists, etc.) and the American war. It would have worked better, in my opinion, as straight chronological history, from before the French to 1975.
There was also the role of class. Young men from middle-class and affluent families, who could afford to go to college, usually got higher-education deferments from their local draft boards; poorer people, however, who were less able to go to college, were much more likely to be drafted and sent to Vietnam. We were very aware and uncomfortable about this in the late '60s.
The federal government, facing huge infrastructure and other needs and up to its neck in debt, can't afford tax cuts. Indeed, taxes should be raised. But the Feds can do something that could give many taxpayers more money than they'd get from most tax-cut proposals being floated:
Simplify the world's most complicated tax code so that we don't have to give so much of our money to CPAs and tax lawyers to process our taxes and so we don't have to take so much time away from, among activities, earning a living, in order to fill out these Byzantine documents.
When I worked in France in the '80s, with a pretty good salary, the tax form for my wife and me was about the size of a postcard.
What I hate is that many states have made early voting – weeks before Election Day – so easy! This means that more and more voters are making their decisions on the basis of less accurate and less thorough information than are those who, quite properly and responsibly, are waiting until the very end of political campaigns to make their decisions. Except for the truly sick and for shut-ins, there should be no early voting. Citizens in an orderly republic should vote at the same time. As for online voting, it's an open invitation to massive hacking by the likes of the Russians and other bad actors foreign and domestic.
What will become of cities as more and more work is done on the Internet and more and morstuff isis delivered by mail (and drones?). At first glance you might think that these changes will hollow out the cities.
But people seek respite from screens and, for that matter, much paid work will continue to be done off-screen. Consider that big growth areas for future jobs include such trades as electricians, plumbers, roofers, linemen, etc.
Seeing people in the flesh, not just virtually, will become more attractive as we become sated with screen life. Indeed, it's essential for good health. And important decisions will continue to be best completed, and new ideas most cogently expressed, in real encounters. That's one reason that Manhattan still thrives, in spite of its high costs. You can't do a merger deal online. You have to meet in person.
Young adults, especially those with children, will continue to move to, or stay in, the suburbs, but future suburbs will look different from the 50s- and '60s-style subdivisions. For one thing, they will have dense, very walkable centers for shopping, distribution, and entertainment, and, especially, meeting people, with many smaller specialty stores in place of the vast malls and even vaster windswept parking lots around them. There will be fewer ugly big-box stores because so much of their brand-name stuff will be shipped directly to customers via Amazon, etc.
Highly specialized stores, many with unique items – some of them locally made ---can do well in these suburbs-becoming-mini-cities within broader metro areas. They'll be staffed by salespeople very knowledgeable about their products and services and with long-term relationships with customers.
The Boston Globe reports: "Credit Suisse has predicted that upwards of a quarter of the 1,200 malls in America will close in the next five years.''
"Today, if you know what you need, you go to Amazon and buy it,'' Pam Danziger, president of the Pennsylvania-based Unity Marketing, told The Globe. "Where you're going to find interest is on Main Street and not in these homogeneous same-old, same-old outlet stores. Main Street — where people really know you — that's where the future of retail is.''
Read the highly instructive case of toney Manchester, Vt., suffering from the decline in shopping at its many national chain outlets and so now looking to go more local. Please hit this link:
Meanwhile, the car culture, even in the suburbs, will probably continue to fade with further proliferation of such ride-sharing services as Lyft and Uber and the expansion and diversification of mass transit associated with our aging population and environmental concerns.
Relatively new suburban places such as Tysons are called "edge cities." But we've got what are small old "edge cities'' around here, such as Pawtucket, R.I., which might have the urban bones to become more lively and prosperous.
Then there are the mid-size cities, such as Providence, Worcester, and New Haven. They'll draw people with their commercial and cultural attractions but won't have the critical mass to become big cities. Rather, they'll be ancillaries that will perform some of the services provided in nearby big cities -- e.g., Boston and New York. They'll continue to lure folks who want to live in real cities but want/need somewhat less density and considerably lower costs than in Boston and New York.
Even Hartford, now an urban disaster area, ought to be able to eventually turn itself around and market its assets (especially its riverfront) as well as, say, Providence has done with its advantages.
Then there will be new mini-metro areas far away from big cities. One is the Lebanon, N.H.-Hanover, N.H.-White River Junction in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. There, the intersection of two major Interstate highways – Routes 89 and 91 -- along with the presence of a well-known university (Dartmouth College) and associated large medical center has for several decades been creating a kind of city – still sprawling but gradually being pulled together by, among other things, public transportation (encouraged by the proliferation of facilities, many of them high-end, for the elderly in areas with major colleges and medical centers).
New England, with its many still well-functioning towns and small cities with an almost European settlement pattern, would seem well placed to benefit from the technological and behavioral changes roiling the country, the sprawling, utterly car-dependent metro areas of much of the Sunbelt and Middle West less so. People will continue to seek community. At least in New England that will be easier to find and/or rebuild than in most of the country.
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It appears that the recent lethal ship collisions involving the Navy may be attributable in part to excessive work hours, rushed training and an over-emphasis on cheaper, online training, as opposed to teaching in person. The U.S. military has been overstretched for a long time: The collisions may be yet another example.
This reminds me of an intensifying problem in much of American business over the past few decades – major cutbacks in training. The reason is simple: Doing a thorough job of training your people, while it helps build the long-term strength of an enterprise, cuts into quarterly profits.
I saw this in the newspaper business. When most newspaper companies were closely held, and often family-controlled, in the '70s and '80s, many of these enterprises spent a great deal of time and money training their people, especially in new computer and other production-related systems. But then it became clear that many of the larger newspaper companies would eventually go public, whereupon many were then quickly sold to other public companies.
As this happened, there was less and less training because that would have cut into quarterly earnings and thus the stock price – a key metric for senior execs as well as shareholders (the most important of which were usually pension funds and other institutions).
I saw this happen at the old Providence Journal Co. Costs were slashed to dress up the company for sale.
But in, for example, such very successful economies as Germany's and the Scandinavian nations', managements take a much longer view and expend much more money and time in training on a per-capita basis than found in short-term-focused America.
The Coast Guard does a terrific job in protecting Americans from storms, drug smugglers, and other perils. The recent rash of hurricanes has provided more reminders of that. But the Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for the service by 2.4 percent.
That comes as the Coast Guard has been spending millions on protecting Donald Trump's for-profit Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla. It spent $6.6 million just on six presidential weekend trips last spring! By the way, after Donald Trump was elected, the club jacked up its initiation fee to $200,000. But anything to be a jet-setter and make some more money for our monarchical First Family.
Meanwhile, let's watch how rising sea levels and more coastal flooding might affect the Coast Guard' s mission and activities.
He announced in June that the U.S. would leave the Paris Climate Accord. But now, says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, we might stay in it after all. Tillerson said last Sunday: "The president said he is open to finding those conditions where we can remain engaged with others on what we all agree is a challenging issue.'' Eh?
Tillerson said that Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic adviser, was overseeing the issue. Why him?
"So I think the plan is for director Cohn to consider other ways in which we can work with partners in the Paris Climate Accord. We want to be productive. We want to be helpful," said Tillerson. Translation, please.
Would a couple of bad hurricanes hitting the U.S. mainland in the past few weeks have anything to do with this apparent change? Trump is media-obsessed and the Irma and Harvey damage photos weren't particularly good optics for global-warming skeptics.
So perhaps the president can be persuaded to rescind his reversal of an Obama executive order that had required the Feds to consider climate change and accompanying sea-level rise when building/rebuilding such public infrastructure as highways, bridges and levees – an order that some seaside developers have sought to quash because it might ultimately depress real-estate sales on properties that shouldn't be built on.
Some of the challenges of addressing global warming can be seen in a couple of statistics: The population of U.S. coastal counties has grown 5.6 percent since 2010 while that of inland counties rose just 4 percent. People love to be near water, but they don't want to think about the fact that they or at least their seaside property could end up underwater.
There's the threat of rising seas to life and property on irresponsibly developed coastal strips. But poorly regulated coastal development also destroys such natural barriers to flood disasters as marshes, which are also essential places for the life cycles of fish and other wildlife. The sort of virtually uncontrolled seaside development we've seen poses very broad ecological threats.
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Mel Cutler - CIO and Founder of Cutler Capital Management
Not only did Cutler found Cutler Capital Management, but he also is the founder of two banks - Flagship Bank & Trust and Madison Banc Shares.
Cutler Capital Management has $325 million in assets.The Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation has more than $8 million in assets. He has been influential in business and in philanthropy for decades.
Bernie Rotman, Rotman's Furniture
Rotman has been in the family business for 35 years - with Rotman's Furniture in College Square - a landmark next to I-290.
He and his brother Barry have been running the business taking over for their parents Murray and Ida.
In the 1990's, Rotman's Furniture seemed like it was the only furniture store. In the day they dominated advertising - their TV spots ran in Providence and Boston markets. Today, with Bob's and Jordan's in the market it is a lot more competitive.
In the early 1990s, Rotman's partnered with the Central Mass Housing Authority (CMHA) to work with Donations Clearinghouse to donate used furniture to families in need. The family has been a major supporter for Walk for Homeless.
Charles and Janet Birbira - Owners of Beechwood Hotel
In 2015, the Birbiras invested in a multi-million dollar renovation of the Beechwood Hotel to make it more luxurious and upscale.
It's already the most luxurious in Worcester - they're aiming for the entirety of the remaining state west of Boston.
The Ceres Bistro cost was $9 million to add to the hotel back in 2010.
J. Robert Seder - Lawyer
In 2014, Seder was named the Worcester Corporate Lawyer of the Year. He was also named in 2014 as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorginzation Law.
He owns property in Worcester totaling nearly $6 million.
A partner at Seder & Chandler Law, Seder is also the former chair of the Worcester Business Development Corporation.
David Fields - Managing Partner, Wormtown Brewery
Former owner of Consolidated Beverages, Fields recently sold the company (which he and his father spent millions on ten years ago) to Quality Beverage.
Fields now solely focuses on Wormtown Brewery which just opened on Shrewsbury Street in March. Fields owns majority interest in the company - using the millions he made in the Consolidated Beverages sale to invest into Wormtown.
Fields is one of the youngest on the GoLocalWorcester list of the 25 Wealthiest and Most Influential.
Sue Mailman - President and CEO of Coghlin Electric
President and Owner of Coghlin Electric, Mailman is arguably the most talented businesswoman in Central Massachusetts. Mailman serves on a range of community focused boards and is the Chair of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce Board.
Mailman is savvy and responsible for a business that is now part of WESCO Distribution, Inc. - a $3 billion concern.
She is the 4th generation leader of a company over 130 years old.
Tony Tilton - Director of Fletcher Tilton Law Firm
With roots in Worcester dating back 190 years, Fletcher Tilton is the 9th oldest law firm in the nation and is one of only five of the top 50 law firms in Massachusetts not located in Boston.
The firm is responsible for multiple private trusts and foundations, and Director Tony Tilton oversees 20 private family foundations and handles nearly a half a billion dollars in assets.
In Worcester, if any charity is seeking donations - they typically have to go through Tilton. He and his partner, Warner Fletcher, decide where most of the charitable money in the city goes.
He is enormously responsible for raising the $7.5 million for the new Boys and Girls Club clubhouse nearly 10 years ago. Tilton is also Treasurer of Cape Cod Healthcare.
He has honorary degrees from both Clark and Assumption.
Mark Fuller - Chairman of THE GEORGE F. and SYBIL H. FULLER FOUNDATION
At the end of last year, the Fuller Foundation had assets of nearly $55 million. The foundation awarded more than $3.6 million in grants ($2.9 of which went to 69 capital grants to local colleges and organizations).
Fuller is also Vice President of Benefit Development Group in Worcester and Treasurer of the Barton Center for Diabetes Education.
Prolific in his energy and focus to serving the community.
John Spillane - Attorney at Spillane and Spillane, LLC
Spillane's father earned $55.6 million in payout in 2007 following the sale of Commerce Group, Inc. in 2007 to the Spanish firm Mapfre SA.
Commerce's specialty is providing insurance through the AAA's 100 million members.
Spillane is an attorney at Spillane and Spillane, LLC at the Worcester office. He served as co-chair of the United Way' campaign in 2013.
Mary DeFeudis - Philanthropist
DeFeudis sits on the Hanover Theatre board of directors and was instrumental in raising the $31 million needed to renovate the theatre. DeFeudis also contributed $1 million to the Hanover Theatre project.
DeFeudis is the Chairwoman of Worcester Sharks Charities and a member of the UMass Medicine Development Council.
DeFeudis has provided a full scholarship annually to a student at Worcester State University.
She may be the community's most active philanthropist.
Frank Carroll - Businessman
Frank Carroll founded the Small Business Service Bureau in the 1960s, a company designed to help and advocate for small businesses across the country. SBSB has grown into one of the largest small business groups in America.
Carrol's been helping people in Worcester ever since.
Carroll raised $1 million to build a Korean War Memorial in Worcester and was instrumental in the building of a hospital for American soldiers from Worcester County in Vietnam.
Carroll hosts a show at the Hanover Theatre to raise money for the St. John's Church Food for the Poor Program.
David R. Grenon - E-C Realty President
Grenon scored $22.5 million in profit shares following the sale of Commerce Group, Inc. to MapFre in 2006. Grenon serves on the Board of Trustees for Massachusetts Biomedical Initiative. He is also a Trustee of Assumption College.
Grenon is the President of E-C Realty Corporation. Previously, he was the founder, President and CEO of Protector Group Insurance Agency - which was sold three years ago with annual revenues of $13.6 million.
Grenon runs a charitable trust in his name that holds $312,864 in assets.
Neil McDonough - President and CEO of FLEXcon
McDonough and his family have run FLEXcon for 60 years and the manufacturer of pressure-sensitive films and adhesives has grown to be a mega company.
The global firm employs a reported 1,300 employees around the world. The private company has gotten more active in Worcester - with community sponsorships and earlier this summer, McDonough spoke at the DCU Center as part of the Worcester Research Bureau's Acting Locally Panel.
in 2009, McDonough was named the Worcester Business Journal's Big Business Leader of the Year.
However, the company's reach is global with manufacturing and sales offices on nearly every continent on the globe.
Joe Salois - CEO, Atlas Distributing
Salois is President and CEO of Atlas Distributing in Auburn. He serves as the Director of Fidelity Bank and is a Trustee of Saint Vincent's Hospital.
Speaking of influential, Salois was named to Governor Charlie Baker's Economic Transition Team last December and Atlas played host to a Central Mass Delegation of Senators and State Reps in March.
He has a big impact on business, government and the community.
Mike Angelini - Chairman of Bowditch & Dewey
Angelini is known to be a lawyer's lawyer. He was named one of the 2015 Best Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers, Angelini is known as one the nicest and down-to-earth guys in Worcester.
Angelini serves on the board at MassPort and is chairman of the board of Hanover Insurance. He, along with Sue Mailman of Coghlin Electric and Becker College President Robert Johnson, were instrumental in re-recruiting Ed Augustus to be City Manager in Worcester.
With Angelini at the helm of the firm, Bowditch & Dewey has been able to both expand the firm's Boston presence and continue to prosper in Worcester.
Regan Remillard - Haven Country Club
Another big winner in the sale of Commerce lands on GoLocalWorcester's Wealthiest and Most Influential - the son of a prominent business owner who achieved success in his own right.
As the Boston Globe reported at the time of the Commerce sale, "Arthur J. Remillard Jr., who ran the company until his retirement in July 2006, will be paid $26 million for his 710,000 shares, while his children, Arthur III and Regan, will receive $43.6 million and $15.9 million, respectively. Arthur III and Regan are both members of the Commerce board."
In 2012, the younger Remillard purchased the Haven Country Club in Boylston (formerly Mount Pleasant Country Club). At the time of the rebranding of the golf course, Regan issued a forward-looking statement, "I see this as a club whose star is rising. We've taken the traditional country club model and updated it a bit, to better fit the way people live today … A club should be someplace where you can have fun and feel at home. That's the vision here."
The Regan Remillard foundation has more than $500K in assets - while the Remillard Family Foundation has nearly $2 million.
M. Howard Jacobson - Vice Chairman of WGBH Educational Foundation Inc
Jacobson serves as the Chair of the Board for the Boston Market Corporation and the Wyman-Gordon Company. He is the Vice Chairman of WGBH Educational Foundation Inc. and a Trustee of WPI.
Jacobson served as Senior Advisor and Consultant at Private Advisory Services of Bankers Trust Private Bank from 1991 to 2001.
Prior, he served as the President and Treasurer of Idle Wild Foods, Inc. until 1986.
Like many on this list, he is also on the UMass Medicine Development Council.
Valentin Gapontsev - Fiber Optics
There are people who are wealthy on this list and then there is Gapontsev.
Gapontsev, the father of the fiber-optic laser industry, is the only billionaire on this list because he's the only billionaire in Central Massachusetts. Thanks to lasers, his net worth is $1.24 billion.
This genius Russian and Worcester resident is the founder of IPG Photonics - located in the town of Oxford.
According to Forbes Magazine, he is #1533 on the Forbes Billionaire list globally.
Ralph Crowley Jr - CEO of Polar Beverages
Crowley runs Polar Beverages - a foundation in Worcester and a company the city is proud to hang its hat on. Polar Beverages is valued at nearly $500 million and Crowley is largely responsible for it. He's modernized the Seltzer water industry with numerous flavors and engages his customers to perfection.
Crowley made an attempt to purchase the T&G in 2009, but was snubbed by New York Times - who sold it to John Henry (who sold it again within months). The Crowley family also owns Wachusett Mountain and the nearby Wachusett Village Inn.
EDITOR'S NOTE - We previously published a photo of Chris Rowley rather than Ralph. This has been corrected and we apologize for the error.
Robert Branca - Developer and Food Services
Branca is a philanthropist, developer and Dunkin' Donuts mogul.
He is a national leader in the Dunkin' franchise structure
In Branca's family, nearly 700 Dunkin Donuts are owned - with him owning 60 DD franchises.
Branca is the Chairman of the Dunkin' Donuts Franchise Owners Political Action Committee and Chairman of the Dunkin' Donuts Regional Advisory Council of all Dunkin' Donuts franchisees in the Northeastern U.S., and is the Vice Chairman of the Washington-DC based Coalition of Franchisee Associations.
Branca's company owns 72 and 60 Shrewsbury Street - the home of Volturno, Sweet and Wormtown Brewery.
Together, both buildings are valued at more than $3 million.
Barry Krock - Real Estate
The DCU Center (former Worcester Centrum) was nearly named the Krock Arena. The Krocks have been a power in banking and real estate in the city for decades.
The Krock family owns 11 pieces of property in Worcester (worth multiple millions) including three parking lots across from the Worcester Courthouse and the building that formerly housed the Irish Times (worth $1.5 million total between the three lots and building).
Krock used to own the Commerce Bank Building before he sold the building for $4.5 million to David "Duddie" Massad in 2010 - for $400,000 less than its estimated value - after turning down offers of $21 million, $11 million, and $10 million.
For one perspective on the Krock family, check out Unlocking the Krocks.
Allen Fletcher - President of the Greater Worcester Land Trust
Up until 2008, Fletcher owned Worcester Magazine — once a top level alternative weekly newspaper. He, along with his brother Warner, inherited a tremendous wealth and he's utilized that money to make his own impression on Worcester.
Fletcher's money is part of what's behind the Canal District revitalization and he serves as the President of the Greater Worcester Land Trust - a non-profit organization that serves to protect the land of Worcester.
Warner Fletcher - Director of Fletcher Tilton
Fletcher maybe the most influential person in philanthropy in Central Mass.
Fletcher is the chairman of three charitable trusts in Worcester - including the two largest - George I Alden Trust, Stoddard Charitable Trust and Fletcher Foundation.
Last year alone, the Alden Trust gave $9.5 million in charitable donations - including a $3 million future payable donation to WPI. The Stoddard Trust has more than $70 million in assets and gave more than $3.5 million last year in charitable donations.
Fletcher, along with #6 on this list, Tony Tilton, run Fletcher Tilton Law Firm - which oversees 20 private family foundations and handles nearly a half a billion dollars in assets.
David "Duddie" Massad - Chairman of Commerce Bank
A Grafton Hill product, Massad owned several car dealerships including Diamond Auto Group, Emerald Chevrolet Oldsmobile, Duddie Motors and the largest Hertz franchise in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Massad serves as the Chairman of Commerce Bank in Worcester - a company he purchased from the Krock family - that has over $1.7 billion in assets and 250 employees according to the bank.
In 2005, he donated $12.5 million for a new medical facility at UMass Memorial Medical Center's Lake Avenue campus.
He was indicted for fraud in 2008 - but was ultimately proven innocent.
Fred Eppinger - CEO and President of Hanover Insurance
Eppinger may be the most able chief executive in central Massachusetts. His leadership in growing Hanover Insurance and his activism in the community is unmatched.
The company is trading 33% higher in the past year.
Eppinger, a Holy Cross graduate, made more than $5 million in compensation in 2014 as CEO and President of Hanover Insurance.
Eppinger also has $28 million in options through Hanover. Eppinger has been with Hanover since 2003 - when it was called Allmerica and had lost $306 million. Since then, Eppinger has turned Hanover around as a business and the company has donated millions towards the Hanover Theatre, Hanover Field, and UMass Memorial.
He oversees more than 5,000 employees.
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2013, Article ID 731370, 14 pages
A Module Analysis Approach to Investigate Molecular Mechanism of TCM Formula: A Trial on Shu-feng-jie-du Formula
1Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
2Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
3Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Dongzhimen, Beijing 100700, China
Received 12 September 2013; Revised 8 October 2013; Accepted 11 October 2013
Academic Editor: Aiping Lv
Copyright © 2013 Jianglong Song et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to Cite this Article
Jianglong Song, Fangbo Zhang, Shihuan Tang, et al., "A Module Analysis Approach to Investigate Molecular Mechanism of TCM Formula: A Trial on Shu-feng-jie-du Formula," Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2013, Article ID 731370, 14 pages, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/731370.

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Intermediate rain from the past two days has put life out of gear in Shimla city. Office going people are facing a lot of problems to reach their work place. Bad road conditions and potholes on the ground are further making life difficult in major parts of the city. Water filled roads are making difficult for people to get out of the house. The roads in New Shimla, which is touted as a planned and clean area in Shimla, is the worst affected from these rains. Residents of New Shimla have been pointing towards the authorities for not keeping the roads in a good condition. Presently, the streets are water clogged and have become a problem for every passerby.
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We have been following developments on the Single Use Plastic legislation moving through the European Commission and how it might impact on the carton industry.
FOODBOARD™ virgin fibre – award-winning sustainability
The prizes for the best cartons of the European Carton Excellence Award have now been awarded! Outstanding designs and functional solutions were honoured at the ECMA Congress Award Gala on 20 September - in the glamorous setting of the House of the Riga Latvian Society.
Neuromarketing leads to better packaging design
How can neuromarketing – using combinations of biometric measuring techniques to analyse consumer reactions – be a tool that makes packaging development more efficient? The answers will be supplied by Iggesund Paperboard and Tobii Pro, a global leader in the field of eye tracking, in exclusive seminars targeted at both companies' customers.
European Carton Excellence Award 2018: the Winners
The prizes for the best cartons of the European Carton Excellence Award have now been awarded! Outstanding designs and functional solutions were honoured at the ECMA Congress Award Gala.
Pro Carton Young Designers Award: the new design stars
The winners and finalists have been chosen: young students from Germany, Austria, Poland and Sweden, along with their lecturers, were honoured for their brilliant ideas.
Just the Ticket!
Pro Carton is excited to launch its latest initiative and to invite you all to participate in this rewarding opportunity. TICCIT is an educational outreach programme aimed mainly at children aged between 8-11 years that is all about trees, sustainability and the environment.
Moving with The Times
This year's Future of Packaging report – published in The Times in July 2018 – highlights the latest trends in the packaging industry and discusses several key areas where innovation is having dramatic effects on the FMCG industry. It includes a feature on Pro Carton and a front cover banner advertisement.
Metsä Board receives EcoVadis Gold rating for corporate environmental and social responsibility
Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, has been awarded the Gold level rating by EcoVadis for the second consecutive year for its approach to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Overall Metsä Board was ranked in the top 1% of suppliers assessed by EcoVadis across all categories.
Paperboard is replacing plastic to reduce climate impact
"When our card supplier, Megacard, suggested we could make our gift cards from paperboard and thereby drastically reduce their environmental impact, it was self-evident to us to switch," explains Anna Marcusson, product manager for gift cards at SF Bio.
Welcome to the New President
At the Pro Carton AGM on 8th June 2018 Roland Rex formally stood down as President of the association after eight years in the role and Horst Bittermann was duly elected as his replacement.
The Excellence Awards – hear from the judges
The jury has sat and the tension is mounting but the finalists won't be revealed until the beginning of August. But here's a sneak preview of the jury's initial thoughts.
#pcyda: A record number of entries!
The number of entries to the Pro Carton Young Designers Award (#pcyda) more than doubled this year. Here's what the judges had to say after the meeting:
International Packaging Studies' Review
Pro Carton has compiled a review of recent international packaging studies which largely focus on four main areas of discussion - digitalisation, urbanisation, design & functionality and sustainability.
Sustainability & Regulatory Affairs
The European Commission have suggested that national contributions to the EU's trillion-euro budget should be based in part on the amount of plastic packaging waste they produce, while direct payments to environmental projects under the LIFE programme increase by 50%, said last month as it unveiled proposals for the bloc's post-2020 seven-year budget.
MMK digital, the new Sales and Service Channel
With MMK digital, Mayr-Melnhof Karton is the pioneer in the digitalisation of the cartonboard industry and sets new standards in terms of speed and communication.
Are you one of Europe´s Best?
The European Carton Excellence Award 2018 - enter now!
The Pro Carton Steering Group
The activities of Pro Carton are overseen by a Steering Group made up of experienced personnel from across the carton and cartonboard industry.
The New ECMA President speaks
Jean-François Roche is Vice President Sales, Consumer Packaging Europe at Graphic Packaging International, he's an exuberant Frenchman with a clear vision to lead ECMA into the next decade.


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TEKOS SCHOOL – EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE - What schools are getting right
This is the school founded by Mikhail Shetinin which Anastasia presents in her books as a powerful example of how empowering education should be to bring out the most in our children.
Children are valued and respected for the wise beings they are and appreciated for the innate wisdom and creative abilities they all have.
Education is seen as drawing this out, not putting information in. There are no adult teachers.
Children are given responsibility for their own education, learning together and teaching each other in small groups of mixed ages (8 and 17 years) and covering the entire high school syllabus in a year or two, while also managing the school, its administration, meals, maintenance etc all by themselves.
They focus on one academic subject at a time, mastering its core principles before adding the "fat" around this before moving on to another area.
They are encouraged to delve as deep as they desire into a subject, moving into university level – there are no restrictions to their learning. All areas of learning are connected and understood as parts of one big jigsaw puzzle that all fit together beautifully.
This is a disciplined orderly environment yet children feel free and independent to grow to their full potential. The students themselves have built and decorated the school from scratch, brick by brick and written their own text books.
The school develops the whole person with much time being devoted each day to the arts: music, dance, culture exploration, exercise, and all this in a healthy outdoor environment; learning from nature, in nature and with nature.
This is a school for the future where the outdated model of our current school system is seriously challenged and an inspiring example of how things can and should be is presented.
Mikhail Shetinin together with Leonid Sharaskin, who brought the Ringing Cedars books to the English speaking world, are investigating ways to bring this positive example of education to the Western world. Shetinin's book on his philosophy of education will hopefully be available in English in the near future. A international tour of Shetinin and his pupils is planned for late 2010.
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www.PlaceSurvey.com is a website that allows consumers who shop at "The Children's Place" to give honest feedback on their experience.
The Children's Place is a store that sells children's clothing. They offer various sizes from newborn all the way up to children age 14. They cater to both boys and girls and have stores all over the United States as well as in Canada.
Because they are an international store, the website where users can take a survey is available in three different languages, catering to all stores, regions and customers. Once the customer has clicked on their appropriate language, they take a short survey by entering in the number on the bottom of their last receipt.
Once the survey is complete, they are entered to win an iPod or cash prize. By offering this, they are sure to get not only the negative feedback they are looking for to improve, but also the customers who have positive and mediocre feedback and who may just want a chance at a prize. This is a common technique used by companies today to show their genuine interest in what their customers have to say.
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The Definitive Guide to Coffee Brewing
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Welcome to the Raising Achievement web area!
The high cost of school failure and inequity for individuals, and for society more widely is increasingly being recognised across Europe. Raising the achievement of all learners is seen not just as a policy initiative, but also as an ethical imperative.
The 'Raising the Achievement of All Learners in Inclusive Education' project (2014-2017) aimed to provide evidence of effective practice in raising achievement and building the capacity of schools and communities to include and support all learners. This work built on the previous Raising Achievement for all Learners (RA4AL) Agency project from 2012.
The key questions for the project were:
- What pedagogical strategies/teaching approaches (e.g. use of ICT, focus on key competences) best support learning and are effective in raising the achievement (academic and social) of all learners?
- How can school leaders best support:
- the development, implementation and monitoring of inputs and processes for raising achievement?
- the participation of learners, parents/carers in the learning process?
- the measurement of all forms of achievement and analysis of outcomes to inform further development?
The Raising Achievement project involved a range of stakeholders including school leaders, researchers, teachers, parents and learners, as well as local and national policy makers.
The Agency member countries involved in the project were: Austria, Belgium (Flemish and French speaking communities), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).
Project activities and outputs
The project questions were considered in the context of national/local policy and how it can best support learning communities to undertake organisational development and enable school leaders to raise the achievement of all learners - in particular through collaborative approaches. Read more about project activities here.
A range of project outputs have been published to support work to raise the achievement of all learners. These outputs draw on information from the findings of the RA project, relevant work and research in member countries, as well as and other Agency work. They include:
- A project conceptual framework and terminology paper. This paper contains the definitions of key terms and concepts used in the RA project.
- Individual countries' approaches to raising achievement. Information on participating countries' policy and practice for raising achievement was collected via the RA project survey. This information will be available online in the form of 22 detailed individual country reports.
- A project overview report: Raising the Achievement of all Learners in Inclusive Education: Lessons from European Policy and Practice. This report provides an overview of the RA project. It outlines policy and practice in many of the participating Agency member countries. It also discusses the particular challenges that countries raised, with reference to both recent literature and project findings. Finally, it makes some recommendations to address these challenges
- Raising the Achievement of All Learners: a resource to Support Self-Review. This resource includes materials to be used in local level for school self-evaluation and in considering the support needed from the national policy context.
- Raising the Achievement of all Learners in Inclusive Education – Literature Review. This international literature review provides background information to support the development of evidence-based strategies and promote innovation in schools.
- Key Actions for Raising Achievement: Guidance for teachers and leaders. This guidance provides materials which aim to increase the schools' capacity to raise the achievement of all learners. The materials can be used by school leaders and teachers to plan and develop effective leadership approaches as well as quality teaching, learning and assessment strategies at whole-school and classroom levels.


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This is the thirteenth movie in my Ridley Scott retrospective.
After the Oscar-winning spectacle of Gladiator and the largely panned sequel to The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Ridley Scott agreed to take on the considerable task of filming the adaptation of Mark Bowden's non-fiction book Black Hawk Down: a Story of Modern War. Scott's movies had up to that point always been firmly rooted in the realm of make-believe (technically White Squall was based on true events, but that felt more like an adventure movie). Black Hawk Down would be his first movie based on an event that everybody remembered vividly from seeing that American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. It was a gamble to put such a visually inclined director in charge of a story this sensitive.
The gamble, however, paid off. Black Hawk Down is a stunning movie about the devastating consequences of war and the toll it takes on the lives of young and old soldiers alike. For those who don't know, Black Hawk Down is based on the events that occurred on October 3 and 4 on the streets of Mogadishu. While on a mission to capture dictator Aidid, an American Black Hawk helicopter is shot down. It crashes and the crew is in grave danger. The soldiers who are on their mission elsewhere in the city are reassigned to the crash site to defend the downed helicopter, while being attacked by hundreds of Somalian militia soldiers. The events that follow will take every last bit of comradery, expertise and bravery from these soldiers. Scott is not often described as a compassionate director. He often lets the characters and the audience figure out for themselves what they have to think about each other. Not so here in Black Hawk Down.
The first twenty minutes or so are there exclusively to convey some basic ideas about the situation. It is pretty clear that Scott wants to tell us that the Somalians are also victims in this situation, because our main character (Josh Hartnett) happens to think so. There a lot more of these moments to get us on board with Scott's intentions for Black Hawk Down. Of course, this introductory sequence is also used to explain the geographical situation in and around Mogadishu and the relationship between all the soldiers. This groundwork is needed badly, because when we're in the thick of it, there is hardly any time to figure out where we are and who we are looking at. Controversial was Scott's choice to put the names of the characters on the helmets. This does not happen in real life, but was certainly necessary for us to keep track of everybody.
After these first twenty minutes the mission commences and that's when Black Hawk Down starts to really shine. This is no-holds-barred balls-to-the-wall movie warfare. This is as close as us non-soldiers will ever come to being in a war. What Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan did for our perception of the invasion in Normandy, Black Hawk Down does for desert urban warfare. I can tell you that this is not for the faint of heart, because Scott pulls no punches when he is portraying these battles between the American troops and the Somalian militias. It is a constant barrage of gunfire, explosions, helicopters, Humvees and anything that goes into urban battle.
Black Hawk Down is a veritable Who's Who of male actors (there are no women involved here). Scott has assembled an enormous amount of talent for this story. Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Hugh Dancy, Tom Sizemore, Sam Shepard, Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Piven are but a few names involved in Black Hawk Down. Having this many well-known faces could have been a disadvantage, but it doesn't get in the way of the action really. Having this many good actors in one place wanting to present this story as best as they can is great for the movie. But while the American soldiers are all individualized, the Somalian population is largely represented by faceless cannon fodder. This is, however, something we see more often in American war movies or war movies in general. Platoon and the aforementioned Saving Private Ryan also didn't really concern themselves with profiling the opposition. Black Hawk Down is therefore a movie about the plight of the American soldiers in this conflict not the population at large. Hence Scott's explanation at the beginning of the movie about them being victims as well.
As expected, Scott does not skimp on the enormity of the situation. While this is an intimate story about soldiers being hunted in a hostile environment, Scott paints this harrowing story against a backdrop that is worthy of any huge action movie. This is probably where the influence of producer Jerry Bruckheimer comes into play. Scott has the ability to create incredible worlds with modest budgets, so given the considerably large budget for Black Hawk Down (about $92 million) it is not surprising it looks this good. The sound is truly breathtaking and worthy of the Oscars it received. Polish cinematographer Slawomir Idziak shot the whole thing in astonishing detail. With Black Hawk Down Scott has made his most daring movie yet. Handling a story like this as if it were a Call of Duty videogame and infusing these adrenaline-fueled circumstances with all this humanity and characterization is the mark of a great director. It ranks among Scott's best movies.


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The FAA has asked for comments on seven new proposed area navigation IFR terminal transition routes (RITTRs) through the Jacksonville, Florida, Class C airspace. This is a continuation of the effort that AOPA first asked for in 2000 to create low-altitude routes through busy airspace for GPS-equipped aircraft. These terminal routes can shorten travel distances for aircraft transitioning the area.
"In response to the AOPA request, a cooperative effort was launched involving the FAA, AOPA, and the Government/Industry Aeronautical Charting Forum," the FAA noted in the notice of proposed rulemaking.
"More than two years ago, we worked closely with the FAA's Southern Region and Jacksonville Center and Tracon to establish these routes," said Heidi Williams, AOPA director of air traffic services. "Previously, many en-route pilots found that they would be vectored around the Class C during peak traffic periods. Terminal routes allow controllers to more efficiently work traffic through the airspace, and that means more direct, money-saving routes for GA pilots."
T-routes are charted using GPS waypoints. Any aircraft equipped with an IFR-certified GPS receiver and filing "/G" can fly them. The first T-routes were established in the Charlotte, North Carolina, Class B. More are slated for other busy airspace such as Cincinnati. (See also " New RNAV procedures for instrument pilots.")
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Location: Pompano Beach
Description: The Okinawa is a 107' x 26' 6" Army Tug. Displacement loaded is 350 tons. Okinawa was equipped with a 40,000 lb Fairbanks Morse engine. The propeller is 8' in diameter and weighs over 2,000 lbs. The bow points to the south and and is sitting perfectly upright in 69'. The tug rises to 35' at the top of the pilot house. Okinawa was sunk by Shipwreck Park Inc. and is the 18th wreck in Shipwreck Park Pompano Beach. Renowned artist Dennis McDonald created whimsical dive bar called the Midnight Sun. The name was chosen by Finlandia Vodka the sinking project's largest sponsor. The dive bar includes sea creatures and a magical mermaid holding a "Gazing Globe". As you look into the globe you see your reflection reminding all of us we need to be the stewards of the ocean. You can actually penetrate the opening in front of the wheelhouse and swim into the engine room and up and out through the dive bar!
History: LT 1970 was manufactured by Higgins Ind. for the U.S. Army and was completed in October of 1953. LT 1970 was later named Okinawa, after the battle of Okinawa. The picture below shows U.S. Army tug LT-1970 tows USS Cassin Young (DD-793) from Philadelphia to Boston in June 1978 following the destroyer's loan to the National Park Service as a memorial ship. The move of the vessel was undertaken as an Army Reserve training exercise. The U.S. Army sold the Okinawa in 2003.


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Club Agenda: April 25, 2017
Math Tutoring @ Phillipsburg Free Public Library in the Quiet Room
Every Tuesday from 6-8pm: Tutor students in Pre-Algebra, Algebra I & II, and Geometry
Food Drive
NJ's District Project this year is Hunger in NJ
We will be collecting nonperishable food items throughout the year.
For every 3 items you bring, you will receive one service hour.
A collection barrel is outside the key club room
First Book Warren book drive
Donate used books for children (grades Pre-K through third grade)
For every two books you donate, you will a get a service hour.
Head Start/Early Head Start babysitting (4/26)
6—7:30 at the Fisher Ave. Community Room
Letter Carrier's Food Drive (5/13)
Help out at Food Bank in Phillipsburg
Comic Con on 5/13
Key club will run its own table. Please see Caleb for more details.
Start saving gently used shoes for the Kiwanis Shoe Drive--takes place in April, May, and June
Frolic in the Park at Walters Park (5/4, 5—7 pm)
Help with games and refreshments and handing out books.
Host the Regional Training Conference (5/21)
Need to get some food donations for breakfast and lunch
Also need volunteers to help set up at 7:30. Will need some help throughout the day. Ends at 1:00pm
Committee Chairs
If anyone is interested in running for a committee chair position, please ask Mr. Babbitt for a form. (We do not have them printed yet)
Committee Chairs: Scrapbook, member relations, social, math matters, food drive, fundraising, and major emphasis
Key Club Banquet
May 18th—you will be invited if you have enough service hours (10 hours)
We need help writing the addresses on invitations, for each AP day you come you will get a service hour. This will start next week.
We will also need drink and dessert donations for service hours.
"Feed the Bus"
May 1st—June 1st
Voorhees will be moving a bus to different locations throughout the month to draw attention to the drive and to provide a place for the food to be collected.
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Restoring lives though surgery in Cambodia
(http://www NULL.rosecanada NULL.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sarom-ear-op2-crop NULL.jpg)The lives which children and adults suffer through disability can be terrible. A baby born with a cleft lip or palate cannot breast feed properly, a woman blinded and burned horribly by deliberately thrown acid has a lifetime of pain in front of her, a man with of four limbs blasted away by a landmine has a future of crawling and begging.
Rehabilitation for those who suffer must work as a spectrum of may forms, physical to psychological. Often though the first step is Rehabilitative Surgery. From its founding in 1998, Rose Charities has been intimately associated with providing rehabilitative surgery for those in Cambodia in need and this work continues to this day. The work includes: sight restoration and other rehab surgical techniques such as cleft lip or palate, burns (including deliberately afflicted acid burns), land-mine injury and many other deformities and malformations. Many of the problems have arisen from the various forms of conflict injury from Cambodia's sad and troubled past.
Rose Charities and the people of Cambodia are fortunate to have Dr Nous Sarom's expertise to help them. Dr Sarom is a world expert in rehab surgery and was part of the original Rose Charities team set up in 1998. He then moved on to form his own Rose supported program:'PPSC – Operation First' (http://www NULL.cambodiasurgery NULL.info/) and knowledge of the quality of his work spread rapidly in Cambodia and overseas. With huge experience both internationally and within Cambodia, Dr Sarom has given life changing surgery to thousands of disabled Cambodians in Rose Charities supported centers and outreach programs.
(http://www NULL.rosecanada NULL.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sarom-op-smile2-crop NULL.jpg)Operating now from the PPSC Centre in Phnom Penh, Dr Sarom's teaching, treatment and outreach programs continue to provide rehab surgery, free to the poor, which bring real, life changing results to many people suffering from disability. It is hard to estimate the numbers that Dr Sarom has assisted as they are magnified by the teaching he has given to many surgeons who themselves carry on the techniques. They would however range to many thousands.
Dr Sarom is Cambodia's representative on the Rose Charities International Council and we are incredibly lucky to have him as an integral part of Rose Charities work in Cambodia.
If you would like to help the Surgery centre in Cambodia, please visit our donation page. All donations over $20 will receive a tax receipt. Operation FIRST – PPSC is a member-project of Rose Charities International. Thank-you for your support!


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Taking Applications
The New York Times has a story on the rise in popularity of pet cookbooks since the Menu foods recall since, well, we now know that our food can kill us. And look! The story has a picture of a corgi (I think) to illustrate dogs who ought to be eating well. So, in order to facilitate my feeding, I'm taking applications for a personal chef because my ma has a whole shelf full of vegetarian cookbooks but no MEAT AND WALLYMELON AND BANANAS cookbook. What's up with that?
The story includes this snotty comment:
Most recipes in the books differ somewhat from human fare. Take, for example, the "Better Food for Dogs" presentation of Barbecued Hamburgers: "Cut burgers and buns into bite-size pieces. In a serving bowl, combine burgers, buns, tomato, lettuce, oil, potassium chloride and supplements. Mix thoroughly." (None of the recipes suggest garnishes or wine pairings.)
Of COURSE there's no wine pairings. Everyone knows dogs drink beer.
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When it comes to revitalizing your health, reversing illness, and just making you feel great, few things compare to an infrared sauna.
Infrared saunas are clinically shown to help fight cancer, reduce blood pressure, relieve pain, reverse heart disease, promote weight loss, and give you a host of other health benefits.
The deep healing power of infrared energy
Ever get in a car on a sunny day in winter? Wonder how it feels so warm inside when the air outside is freezing? That's the infrared light from the sun.
In this same way, infrared saunas penetrate up to 1-1/2 inches below your skin to detoxify and revitalize your cells. This produces a deep, detoxifying sweat that eliminates toxins at the cellular level. Infrared energy is powerful, yet it's so safe it's used in hospitals to warm newborn infants.
Using infrared saunas to fight cancer
Over 2,000 years ago, the famous Greek physician Parmenides said, "Give me the power to create fever, and I will cure any disease." Cancer clinics in Germany and Mexico are putting this principle to use. They routinely treat patients with hyperthermia, where the body is exposed to high temperatures. High temperatures can kill cancer cells, usually without damage to normal tissues.1
Most of the German cancer clinics that I've visited use both infrared hyperthermia and infrared saunas for their patients, and so do many of the Mexican clinics. Infrared saunas provide a form of whole-body hyperthermia that boosts your health in many ways. You can even enjoy infrared sauna at home, as I'll explain in a moment.
In an article in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Lawrence Wilson, MD writes, "If I were to single out one method to combat cancer, it is the sauna. It assists removal of chemical toxins and heavy metals, increases oxygenation, enhances the immune system, and reduces the radiation burden in the body."2
Dr. Wilson notes that infrared sauna therapy for cancer offers a combination of healing mechanisms. They act simultaneously to support the fight against cancer. These include:
- Hyperthermia: Heating the body is a well-known and underused method of killing cancer cells, says Dr. Wilson. Cancer cells are weaker than normal cells and more susceptible to damage from heat. Infrared saunas are superior for this purpose, he says.
- Eliminate Toxins: Saunas also help purge the body of toxins, such as heavy metals and chemicals.
- Improving circulation. Cancer often grows in tissues with poor circulation and thus poor nutrition and oxygenation. Infrared saunas boost overall circulation. This brings nutrients, hormones, oxygen and other substances to all body tissues.
- Decongesting the internal organs. The liver, kidneys and other internal organs can become burdened with estrogen, chemicals, and toxic metals. Infrared saunas cause blood to move toward the body surface. This helps cleanse the internal organs.
- Care for your body's largest organ: Your skin is a major organ for eliminating body wastes. But in most people, it's inactive because they don't sweat enough. Infrared saunas help cleanse you from the inside. They encourage sweating and free up toxins stored beneath the skin.
Infrared treatment shrinks tumor volumes 86% in 30 days
In a clinical study published in the Journal of Cancer Science and Therapy, scientists studied far infrared's effects on human cancer cells in vitro and on cancer cells in mice. Far infrared therapy reduced tumor volumes 86% in 30 days. The tumor-suppressing effects were even seen without high temperatures, even as low as 77 degrees Fahrenheit.3
In another study, researchers in Japan discovered that whole-body hyperthermia with far infrared strongly inhibited the growth of breast cancer tumors in mice without deleterious side effects. Researchers believe this therapy is promising for long-term studies of a noninvasive treatment of breast cancer.4
The healing power of 'cellular cleansing'
Most of us don't sweat enough regularly. We live in air conditioned homes, cars, and offices. We use antiperspirants and most of us don't exercise enough. But your body was designed to sweat. And sweat is a key way to cleanse your body.
The infrared sauna is a powerful means of cellular cleansing. It increases your metabolism and boosts blood circulation. It also relaxes your muscles, soothes your spirit and rejuvenates your entire body.
The deep penetration of infrared heat releases toxins from the fat layers just beneath the skin. It also helps your body eliminate toxins from your internal organs. These toxins pass from the organs to the fat tissue under the skin. Then they are eliminated in perspiration.
To see how this works, researchers analyzed the sweat from both traditional and infrared saunas. Sweat from traditional saunas was about 97% water and 3% toxins. Infrared saunas produced a sweat that was only 80 — 85% water. The remaining 15-20% was made up of heavy metals, sulfuric acid, sodium, ammonia, uric acid and fat-soluble toxins.5
The secret to effortless detox
If you're a regular reader of this newsletter, you're well aware of the toxins we're all exposed to in modern life. You also know well that many of these toxins in our food, water and air are believed to be a major cause of increased cancer rates. If you want to prevent or reverse cancer, you not only need to reduce your intake of toxins, you also need a regular program to get these poisons out of your body.
Infrared heat is incredibly powerful because it helps you cleanse at the cellular level and release toxins stored in your fat cells. Infrared saunas are also powerful because they're such a simple, easy way to detox compared to fasting, exercise, colon cleansing, and other detox therapies.
Automatic weight loss
It is no secret that maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall quality of life. In fact, a 10-year study published by The New England Journal of Medicine found that waist circumference by itself is a critical factor in assessing the risk of premature death. In other words, if you can maintain a healthy weight, you increase your likelihood of a longer, healthier life.
Did you know that you now have basically the same number of fat cells as you did when you were born? Fat cells develop during the third trimester of pregnancy and you keep the same number your whole life. So how do you gain weight? Your fat cells store fat like a sponge that soaks up water. Infrared saunas help release fat (and the toxins stored in the fat) like squeezing water out of a sponge.
Infrared saunas have been clinically shown to dramatically aid in weight loss. A 2009 study showed that infrared saunas provide significant results in lowering weight and waist circumference in just 3 months. And for those who are sedentary due to medical conditions such as osteoarthritis, cardiovascular or respiratory problems, results were even more profound.6
Burn 600 calories while sitting still!
Another study showed that 30-minute sessions in an infrared sauna can burn upwards of 600 calories. During a sauna weight loss session, your core temperature increases and the body works hard to cool itself. While using an infrared sauna, there is a substantial increase in blood flow, heart rate, cardiac output, and metabolic rate, causing the body to burn more calories.7
Regular use of an infrared sauna may be an effective means of cardiovascular conditioning and burning of calories, akin to regular exercise. Using an infrared sauna is like giving yourself a passive cardio workout — whenever you need it!
In just 30 minutes in an infrared sauna, you can burn as many calories and perspire as much as you would if you ran 6 miles. Yet you can spend the time relaxing, reading, meditating, listening to music, or watching a DVD.
As someone who always means to exercise and seldom gets around to it, I appreciate an easy way to get some of the benefits.


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The boss of Fortnum & Mason claims the celebrated London store is trying hard to recruit staff after the Brexit vote with the problem most severe in its own restaurants.
Fortnum's chief executive order, Ewan Venters, said one in five of the chef articles over its six restaurants had been unfilled as the fall in the value of sterling and applicants were discouraged by concerns regarding attitudes.
"Brexit can be an alarming issue for me personally in terms of their ability to engage and retain great people," said Venters. The president felt a shift in mood among workers from the EU although the collapse at the value of the pound means salary sent home to family members are worth. "They are asking: 'Do I feel blessed? " That's more the problem now."
Venters' comments echo concerns of additional small business leaders that are worried of a lack of workers. EU taxpayers constitute a quarter of the 3 million people at britain hospitalitysector, " according to a report by KPMG.
Fortnum & Mason, based in 1707 and most widely known for its flagship store in Piccadilly, central London, employs 800 people. About a few of the staff are all chefs working in its own up market dining areas which include the restaurant 4-5 Jermyn St, which occupies the corner of this Piccadilly store.
Venters was speaking while the merchant reported annual sales and profits. Sales rose 14% to #113m while pre-tax profits increased 23 percent to #7.6m while the store gets a destination for epicures seeking outside British cuisine including organic smoked salmon along with salt-aged steaks from Northern Ireland's Glenarm Estate.
Fortnum & Mason can be profiting from Britons drinking more up-market brews, using tea earnings up 18% buoyed by odd flavours like lemon curd, gin & tonic and damn Mary. Sales of its famous monogrammed wicker hampers were also up 15%.
"In times of uncertainty, customers turn to brands they hope and we have noticed an increase in the sales of traditional products recently."


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Nashville is becoming one of the hottest places to live and when you see what it has to offer, you can quickly see why. The cost of living is low, from everything to groceries to insurance. Housing prices are below the national average and there are some beautiful homes to be had. The arts scene is thriving and there are plenty of outdoor activities to take part in. Read on to learn more about the many benefits of living in Nashville TN.
Nashville is known the world over for its music scene and you can find much more than just country music there. Nashville also has a thriving rock, blues and alternative music scene. If you love to watch live music, there are going to be more shows than you can even keep up with.
You will find many different types of people in Nashville, everything from cowboys to hipsters. The job market is thriving and the healthcare industry in particular is doing very well. If you work in tech, you will also find plenty of job opportunities. Nashville is a great place to live when you are looking for new healthcare, as there are many different hospitals and doctors to choose from.
If you are moving to Nashville with a family, or starting one, you will find that Nashville has a very strong public school system and your kids are going to get a great education when they start attending school. The high school graduation rate is above the national average as well. When your kids are ready for college, there are over 25 different colleges for them to choose from.
Nashville is a beautiful place to live and it has over 90 parks. There are plenty of trails to explore and 75 miles of greenway. If you love nature and exploring the outdoors, you will find plenty to do in Nashville. Depending on the neighborhood you choose to live in, you might not even need a car.
If you love to go to restaurants and bars, you are going to love living in Nashville as it has an amazing food scene. You can find all types of unusual restaurants and bars to explore and you are never going to run out of options. Living in Nashville TN is exciting and it is a great place to call home and raise a family.


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Vashikaran is the universal process for the solution of any problems or for the fulfillment of any desires. But, to get the results instantly one should have to make use of specific methods, not for any generic or universal. And if you are looking for the instant results but don't know such means then you don't have too much quest for it. We designed such kind of Vashikaran mechanism specific to problems and desires. Boss Vashikaran Mantra is one of the designs of us; this is created by hard ecstasy powers and involvement of eternal powers.
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MV-type metal-clad air insulated, two-part, Interval metal enclosure provides reliable power demanding venues. Structure designed so as to operate even at high loads rated current.
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The medium voltage switchgear manufacturer's goal was to create systems, which are easy to assemble, control, inspect and expand when needed. At the same time it can be adjusted to individual requirements of a given facility or area it is used in. Each MV switchgear is also equipped with a range of safety features, including but not excluded to arc resistant housing, interlocks, explosion relief panels and several others.
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Would you like to begin your own photo concepts? Do you actually know how and where to begin? Do you understand exactly what will work for you depending on your shots? This article is here to help you find answers to these questions and progress as a photographer.
If the sky looks overcast, minimize its appearance in your picture. Including too much of a gray sky will make your pictures appear muted and washed-out. Pictures in black and white are better if shot under overcast skies. Blue skies look magnificent in photographs; however, you will still need to take light into consideration.
A dSLR is a necessity if you're aiming to be serious about your photography. This type of digital camera will give you the most accurate view of your subject as you snap the picture. For larger images and more detailed photographs, a full frame digital single lens reflex camera is the best choice.
Many people think that bright, sunny days are best for taking pictures, but the truth is that direct sunlight can ruin any photo. The sunlight often creates shadows and glare; also, the bright light causes many people immediately squint as they are photographed. If possible, always choose early morning or late evening light when shooting outdoors.
Shutter Speeds
Take this tip into consideration! Educate yourself about shutter speeds. These shutter speeds are indicated by the letters P, A, S and M. Program mode is indicated by the "P". In this fully automatic camera setting, your shutter speed and aperture are set for you automatically. If you are unsure of what you'll be taking a picture of, use P.
Photography should be something that you enjoy doing. Photography will help you remember a certain time or event that was important and that you may want to share with others. If you truly love taking photographs, you'll improve your knowledge and skills much quicker.
Photograph human subjects. It's important and often legal that you gain permission before taking someone's picture. As you travel, these pictures will bring back your memories of your trip. What you should look for is casual clothing and candid expressions.
You can move from area to area around the shot so you are able to find a more interesting shot. If possible, take a spectrum of shots from many angles including from above and below.
Film Camera
Reverting to using a film camera can allow you to take photos that give a retro impression. If this is what you want, you may find a good film camera at a garage sale or thrift store. Use black and white film with a 200 ISO for a dramatic effect that can work in many situations. After getting the film developed, consider having prints made onto a variety of papers, including fiber-based papers.
Experiment with perspectives, scale, and expressions in your photographs. You can make an object appear bigger or smaller depending on where you place it, or try using it in a funny situation to express a more artistic photograph. To get a new view of a familiar object, work on the compositions.
With photography, it is up to you if you would like to expose the shadows or highlights of a subject. However, with new digital technology you can take two photos of the same subject, each with different exposures, and stitch them together into a perfectly exposed photo.
Adjust to new backdrops and surroundings by taking practice shots and learning how the surroundings react to your camera. It's crucial to get a good feel for how you can use your surroundings to your advantage before you begin snapping pictures. Changes in lighting will give you a chance to experiment with a variety of natural and artificial light.
Red Eye
It may seem as if red eye is insignificant, but it is a flaw that can ruin a photo. It is best to only use a flash when absolutely needed. If you have no other choice, be sure that you advise your subjects to not look directly at the flash. You may also find a red eye reduction program built into the camera's software.
Use many different shutter speeds. Although the quickest shutter speeds are used to freeze a moment in time, consider what is possible with slower shutter speeds, such as 1/30. Want to photograph that crazy cyclist? You can take a crisp picture of the bicyclist, but the blurred background will give a greater sense of speed.
When photographing nature subjects, use a variety of angles that make the subject look interesting to you. While it is important to fully appreciate the scene, you must also ensure that you are not leaving any piece of yourself behind. Leave the setting looking as if it was never touched by humans. If you truly love the spot you're photographing, you should take good care of it. Try to leave it just as beautiful as you found it so that others, including other photographers, can appreciate it as much as you do.
Using a tripod is a great way to take a picture of the landscape. You will take better pictures, especially those that involve landscapes, with a steady base such as a tripod. This will help you adjust different settings without moving your camera.
Take the time to pose your subject. If you start to notice that not a lot of the photos from your family events are turning out like you want them to, it might be because all of your shots are candid, or you caught people by surprise. Your whole family will appreciate the improved results.
Lithium batteries might be a bad idea for your camera, especially when you expect to take it traveling with you. Many airports have expressed concerns about fire hazards from batteries that are packed in checked baggage. Many have even enacted total bans. However, you would be allowed to carry a camera with the batteries already in it.
After reading the tips above, you should feel confident that you can start creating concepts for your photographs. Have you determined where to begin? Are you prepared with the information you need to take great shots? If you have the answers to these simple questions, then you now have a grasp of the tips you were presented and will be able to take excellent photographs.


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The divorce battle between Deepak Tijori and Shivani is getting murkier by the day. The former recently found out that his 20-year long marriage was not even legal and put several allegations on her regarding it. Shivani finally broke her silence and spoke about the incident.
She told DNA:
Deepak Tijori , my husband of 22-plus years and the father of our young daughter has crossed all limits and has over-stepped the domains of decency, morality, sensitivity, sensibility and above all, the premises of every legality. I choose not to speak at all, simply because the matter between us, is subjudice. As an honest and responsible litigant, I have nothing to hide or fear. Let the courts decide based on the facts. I am positive that truth shall prevail."
While Deepak is still in Mumbai, Shivani has moved to Delhi.
Source : https://www.missmalini.com/2017/04/04/deepak-tijoris-wife-finally-breaks-silence-on-their-split-controversy/


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Strict rules on misuse of platelets
With Dengue Fever being so viral in Mumbai and since there have been tightening norms on the use of platelets, the BMC has published a notice that asks all blood banks to maintain a record of each unit of blood dispensed for Dengue patients. Even the Doctors are asked to attach the patient's blood coagulation profile while prescribing platelets and to also maintain a record of it in their medical files.
Blood banks from now on will have to note down specific details such as the patient's name, age, gender and the number of platelet units issued. Along with the above details, the blood bank will also have to include information like the treating doctor and the hospital. The civic body has made it mandatory for them to have a bunch of test reports or patient's coagulation status that not only shows the patient's overall platelet count but also the fact whether or not the patient is bleeding and how serious it is. Such specific details will help the Doctor to have a very clear view of the patient and hence save a lot of time and energy.
The ideal condition under which platelet transfusion should be considered. For example, there is no need to give prophylactic platelets if the count falls to 20,000 per cmm (cubic millimetre).The prophylactic platelets may be given at levels of less than 10,000 per cmm in the absence of any bleeding. Platelet transfusion may be needed, along with red cell transfusion, in the case of systemic massive bleeding. The BMC, however, stated that keeping the guidelines in mind, the physician should take the final call.
A condition where the platelet count drops is commonly associated with dengue patients is known as Thrombocytopenia. "Platelets help blood to clot. Platelet transfusion becomes necessary to prevent bleeding into tissues, bruising or progressing into severe bleeding. But only a minuscule percentage of dengue patients need it," said physician Dr. MK Dave, who consults with Karuna Hospital, Mumbai.
Blood banks are to strictly follow the format to collate information and email it to the BMC's epidemiology department. The details will be reviewed by the BMC during dengue death audit meetings and stalked up for future references.
The toll of Dengue cases in India, 2016 has rolled up to 36,110 cases out of which 70 died. The best option of avoiding such a dreadful disease is by getting insured against Dengue and taking the necessary precautions beforehand.
Insurance against Dengue by DHFL Pramerica Dengue Shield is quite a saviour in this scenario. In order to get this insurance, all one has to do this log on to their website and they can buy one for them and their family from the website itself. The minimum amount of the insurance comes down to Rs.1/- per day. They also have special family packages. Do give it a go!


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As a rich natural resource wood has certain uniqueness. This uniqueness causes no two pieces of wood to be the same. It is not uncommon to discover contrasts, knots and grain variations in your new piece of furniture. In order to protect your acquisition for many years to come we recommend you do the following.
- Never use glass cleaners, detergents, liquid waxes or aerosols on the furniture
- We recommend cleaning with water and mild soap using a soft cloth followed by a dry cloth
- Remove liquid or spills from furniture immediately
- Never place your furniture where it will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time. Place your furniture away from any heat source and a/c unit
- Never place electrical appliances, pots or plates on surfaces
- Maintain relative humidity at 40%


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The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has invited the Osun State government to its 20th summit to speak on its e-learning device, Opon Imo (Tablet of Knowledge).
The four-day summit begins tomorrow at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
The theme of the summit is: "Transforming education through partnership for global competition."
The Opon Imo Project Manager, Mr. Bambo Bashorun, will lead the Osun State delegation.
Bashorun will speak on how Opon Imo was conceived, became a reality and its impact on the education sector.
According to a letter from the NESG's Director-General, Frank Nweke, to the Osun State government, members of the summit panel include the Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone Plc, Gerald Ilukwe; Country Director (Nigeria) of Microsoft Mr. Kabelo Makwane; Country Manager, Google Nigeria, Ms. Juliet Ehimuan; Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya and Chief Executive Officer, ICX Solution, Khalifa Imama Galandaci, among others.
NESG was established in 1996 as a platform for public-private sector cooperation on economic development.
It is an offshoot of the Nigeria Economic Summit (NES), which was introduced in 1993, by the Chief Ernest Sonekan-led Interim National Government.


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