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The Federal Aviation Administration has removed three senior executives from the Office of the Inspectorate
The Inspector General of the Ministry of Transport has been working on some safety issues for many months, these people said. This includes errors by the airline in documenting the maintenance of more than 100 of its jets. Other parts of the probe focus on errors in reliably calculating the weight of checked baggage and dangerous landing incidents where one aircraft struck one wing tip on the asphalt in stormy weather and another streak of such operation and maintenance failures Southwest more recently, though a person who was familiar with the details said that these requests had no impact on staff movements. Reassignments, which were also triggered by allegations that managers were opposed to security inspectors, were reported to FAA staff on Tuesday.
An FAA spokesman refused to comment on personnel matters, but suggested in a statement that changing management was due to long-lasting friction and disputes in the office due to various complaints from whistleblowers. The spokesman said the agency is serious about allegations of security oversight and retaliation, while "steadily improving the overall performance of the FAA organization to meet our critical security mission."
"In order to uphold these principles, we take appropriate action if necessary." said.
A Southwest spokeswoman said she cooperates fully with the General Inspector's probe. "We are absolutely confident that our maintenance procedures will ensure the airworthiness of our aircraft," she said.
The newly assigned employees include Carroll Hebert, Office Manager, and two of his deputies responsible for operation and maintenance. Mr. Hebert did not respond immediately to an e-mail request for a comment. The three managers were temporarily replaced. The naming of a permanent replacement could take months.
The union, which represents FAA security inspectors nationwide, has complained to both FAA Headquarters and Congressional staff about alleged retaliation for management against inspectors who raised security concerns. The union declined to comment.
The personnel shifts that took effect on the weekend and were announced to FAA employees Tuesday morning at the Dallas office followed months of sometimes public, escalating controversy over the control of the Office of Southwest.
Issues investigated by the Inspector General and FAA Headquarters officials include the widespread misjudgment of the total weight of checked baggage loaded on each Southwest flight, according to government officials and internal authorities. This investigation was the subject of an earlier report by the Wall Street Journal.
The FAA's civilian investigations have been found to detect systematic and significant errors in employee calculations and baggage loading practices, leading to potential inconsistencies in pilot takeoff weight calculations.
While the FAA found in some cases that the cargo was more than 1
,000 pounds above the stated paperwork of the airline, Southwest said its system poses a minimal risk to passengers. In the past, the airline said it had fully cooperated with the FAA and volunteered to improve safety. A spokesman from the south-west demanded the handling of the agency in the context of a "routine dialogue". The airline has planned a phase earlier this year
Inspectorates have been gathering information since last year to interview baggage claim and other inspectors, and are expected to issue a comprehensive FAA oversight report on the Southwest by the end of 2019, some say Persons familiar with the process.
The same part of the agency, which is officially referred to as FAA's Office for the Administration of Certificates for the Southwest, was the subject of much controversy more than a decade ago, as Congressional investigators discovered this Local agency manager had allowed the airline to send tens of thousands of passengers Nearly two dozen planes without passenger transport continue to complete compulsory construction inspections. The public outcry prompted the agency and legislator to refocus FAA's mission to focus exclusively on safety oversight and to cancel its previous responsibility for promoting aviation.
This time, similar debates over political and management priorities have again messed up the office and created a person familiar with the details referred to as a "toxic environment" and who places the management against inspectors who oppose themselves changing, less punitive approach of the Authority to monitor.
Write to Andy Pasztor at andy.pasztor@wsj.com and Alison Sider at alison.sider@wsj.com
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Neeson's Commuter beats getting stuck in rush hour traffic
Michael MacCauley (Liam Neeson) has had better days. The former New York detective has been working as a successful insurance agent for the past decade, this job change allowing he and his realtor wife Karen (Elizabeth McGovern) to get their family back on their feet after the housing and financial crisis of 2008 wiped them out. Just as things were looking up, with their son Danny (Dean-Charles Chapman) about to head off to college, out of the blue he's given the sack, sent packing by his employer with him and his family's health insurance covered for the next year as a severance package instead of a cash payout.
On the commuter train home, a trip he has taken every day, back and forth for the past decade, a mysterious woman calling herself Joanna (Vera Farmiga) sits down across from him and offers Michael a perplexing one-time job offer. She'll pay him $100,000 if the ex-cop can figure out who on this train does not belong. They'll be carrying a bag. They'll be getting off at a certain stop near the end of the line. They go by the nickname 'Prin.' That's all the information Joanna offers, and while she's willing to be generous to Michael, she's also not going to let him turn her down, and she'll threaten the lives of his wife and son if she has to in order to get him to do what it is she wants.
The Commuter is a silly B-grade action-thriller with Neeson giving an impassioned performance that, while not exactly all that far removed from his ones in Taken, Non-Stop or Unknown, is still delivered with more grit and gravitas than this inane little scenario deserves. Reuniting with Run All Night director Jaume Collet-Serra for the fourth time, the actor and the filmmaker have an obviously comfortable rapport. Together, they seem to know what works and what doesn't, and as minor as this over-plotted piece of unabashed genre hokum might be, the whole things ends up being far more entertaining and fun to watch than it easily has any right to be.
Not to say this is some minor masterwork people will be falling all over themselves to heap praise on. This is the kind of movie that's very easy to enjoy when you're not paying a first-run ticket price. Seeing it at a bargain matinee at a second run theatre? Heck yes. Watching it on Cable television while you're folding laundry or doing any variety of mundane household chores? Absolutely. But it's unlikely anyone going to an evening show during the first couple weeks of release will feel as if they got their money's worth. It all so mercilessly harebrained and inadvertently humorous there were moments where I felt Neeson and Collet-Serra were making a parody of the sort of thrillers they've had such financial success with these past few years and not something I was supposed to treat with anything resembling seriousness; a bit of an obnoxious problem, if I do say so myself.
Yet I admittedly had a pretty terrific time. Neeson owns characters like Michael, and watching him play off Farmiga in a pair of expertly staged one-on-one bookend scenes is a delicious treat. I also liked the way in which Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi and Ryan Engle's script works overtime to keep so many plot strands dangling and still finds an amusingly unsophisticated way to tie them all together right at the very end. They take this Hitchcockian premise to its breaking point only to bolt right past it as things literally explode around Michael and the remaining commuters, in the process crafting the illusion that the audience has no idea what is going to happen next when in reality the answers are so blatantly obvious it's almost as if they weren't being concealed at all.
Collet-Serra has always been a technically proficient filmmaker, The Shallows a perfect example of him utilizing every single one of his skills with precision, confidence and tenacity. While not at the top of his game, he still handles himself admirably here. In fact, Collet-Serra stages one elongated bit of fisticuffs between Michael and a mysterious passenger inside an empty train carriage that's extraordinary, if for no other reason than to wonder where the cuts are and when Neeson's stuntman was inserted to do the things the actor wouldn't be physically able to accomplish himself. He and editor Nicolas De Toth (Stoker) do a fine job creating tension while also maintaining a frenetic, if still pleasantly naturalistic, pace, the film's 105-minutes flying by far more quickly than I imagined they were going to when I stepped inside the theatre. Also worthy of mention is Roque Baños's (Evil Dead) invigorating score, and even if one major action sequence the music reminded me of Mark Mancina's classic Speed theme, the composer's compositions still manage to become their own character working inside the movie with the same tenacity and fervor Neeson is.
None of which is my way of saying that The Commuter is some sort of January marvel we'll be talking about for the remainder of 2018. Be that as it may, Neeson and Collet-Serra know what they're doing and they've got the formula down pat. For fans of the pair, there are certainly far worse ways to spend a couple of hours. If anything, the movie sure beats getting stuck in rush hour traffic on the way home from work. Make of that what you will.
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Golden Globes bestow Three Billboards with four prizes, Call Me by Your Name receives Writers Guild and BAFTA nominations
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TES Topics are launching an exclusive free Christmas gift for primary teachers. To download these and the rest of the 12 Games of Christmas visit www.topics.tes.co.uk and enter TESXmas11 in the voucher code.
Try a resource by TLChelen on the fictional diary of a Roman slave girl.
A resource from QCDA helps students debate what it means to be free.
Inkhead are a group of writers who believe that you are never too young to start writing and they are running a short story competition for writers ages 7 – 16, until 12 April 2012. The challenge is to write a short story of no more than 1,000 words.
Science Investigation Cards Uploaded by jlo (presumably not the R&B diva), these are cards for complete primary science lessons, split into three age groups and crossing all strands. The cards include objectives, resources needed, key questions and recording opportunities.
Year 10 students in Kent have the opportunity to get involved in the The Society of Biology has two competitions for your students this winter.


Chevrolet revealed the Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Tursimo (VGT) Concept - a revolutionary interpretation of the ultimate race car, developed exclusively for fans of the PlayStation 3 racing game, Gran Turismo 6.
celebrates the future of automotive design and innovation, the Chaparral 2X VGT concept is inspired by the innovative race cars Chaparral Racing and Chevrolet partnered on more than 45 years ago.
"This concept is an audacious and ambitious vision - and one that demonstrates to a new audience how Chevy's engineering and design teams challenge norms and explore the technologies of tomorrow," said Clay Dean, Executive Director of advanced design. "It also an ode to a unique partnership that pioneered ground-breaking technologies that are used today on the track and the street."
The Chaparral 2X VGT's concept propulsion system is inspired by technology derived from advanced work targeted at space travel and future aircraft design. It features a mid-mounted laser beamed-energy propulsion system, which pulses beams of light that focus in a shroud, creating shock waves that generate tremendous thrust in the lightweight race car.
With a 671-kW laser, powered by a pack of lithium-ion batteries, and an air-powered generator to provide 900 hp worth of thrust, the Chaparral 2X VGT will be capable of a 240 mph top speed in the videogame with 0-60 acceleration capability of 1.5 seconds.
The propulsion system's position in the composite chassis complements an unconventional yet highly active prone driver configuration - face down with the driver's arms and legs splayed toward the wheels. In fact, the race car's propulsion and suspension systems are built around the driver, enabling progressive strategies of active and driver-adjustable aerodynamics.
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San Francisco Businesses Recognized as Top Workplaces for Mothers
Press Release - 9月 9, 2013
On September 9th, eighteen San Francisco employers who prioritize parental leave, work-family balance, and lactation accommodations were recognized by the Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition – a public-private collaboration of employers, non-profits, and government agencies.
At the ceremony today, businesses and organizations were awarded for their best practice policies by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, Supervisor Malia Cohen, Rear Admiral Nadine Simons of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Ann O'Leary of Next Generation, and Dr. Emily Murase of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women.
Due to the lack of federal policies, working parents often have to rely on employer policies around time off, pay, and lactation support. However, these policies can differ significantly across job sectors and class and cause disparities in maternal and child health, and in women's equity in the workplace.
Healthy Mothers Workplace Award winners demonstrated supportive policies for working mothers. Awardees include LinkedIn Corporation, Bi-Rite Market and Creamery, Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Square Inc.
"When businesses make it easier for employees to breastfeed their babies longer, the child and the mother are more healthy," said Curtis Chan, Medical Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Board of Supervisors President David Chiu added, "By recognizing those organizations that are ensuring supportive environments and finding creative ways to improve policies for their mothers, the award is helping to educate employers and show that all workplaces can be family-friendly."
"Morrison & Foerster is honored to be recognized by the Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition for our ongoing efforts on behalf of the firm's working mothers," said Anna Erickson White, managing partner of Morrison & Foerster. "Everyone at Morrison & Foerster is committed to creating a supportive work environment that allows our lawyers to excel in their careers while meeting the demands of raising healthy and happy families."
"Too often workers–primarily women–are forced to choose between family and their jobs," said Julia Parish, attorney with the Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center.
Dr. Emily Murase, Executive Director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women said, "Breastfeeding accommodations are a cornerstone of family-friendly workplaces. It's not just a women's issue. This is a 21 Century workplace issue and I'm proud San Francisco is taking the lead."
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География
Посёлок находится в восточной части региона, в подзоне типчаково-ковыльных степей, у реки Жанаспай.

Климат
Климат характеризуется как резко континентальный с морозной зимой и жарким летом. Среднегодовая температура воздуха составляет 1,5 °C . Абсолютный максимум температуры воздуха составляет 42 °C; абсолютный минимум — −42 °C. Среднегодовое количество атмосферных осадков составляет 280—330 мм. При этом около 75 % осадков выпадает в тёплый период. Снежный покров держится в среднем около 152 дней в году.

Топоним
Первоначально именовался посёлок Кошелевский, с 1930-х годов носит современное название, возможно сокращенное от Александро-Невка (в списке НП на 1939 г. значится как А.-Невка.

История
Село основано в 1908 г. переселенцами с Украины, Никитой Кошелем, а также Яковом Рыбалко, Романом Пометуном и др. По фамилии одного из основателей первоначально называлась посёлок Кошелевский.

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 Национальный состав
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года, в национальной структуре населения
казахи составляли 49 %, русские 38 % из 328 чел..

Инфраструктура
Развито было коллективное сельское хозяйство (совхоз «Каинды-Кумакский»).

Транспорт
Проходит автодорога межмуниципального значения «Подъезд к с. Аневка от а/д Брацлавка — Каменецк» (идентификационный номер 53 ОП МЗ 53Н-0201120).

Известные уроженцы
 Колесник, Анатолий Иванович (1943—2021) — советский передовик сельскохозяйственного производства, полный кавалер ордена Трудовой Славы, заслуженный механизатор сельского хозяйства Российской Федерации.

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How James Joyce crafted a masterpiece around a single day in Dublin, I don't know. This place seems hardly big enough to host a Ulyssean epic.
Out at first light, wandering shining streets polished by a night of rain, the whole day ahead of me, the city under my feet, I'm in love at first light with this city that rarely sleeps; though I'm not sure if quiet mornings are more or less authentic than late night raving revelry.
Where am I? Where am I going? Does it matter? I crisscross the city, checking off a few attractions: Trinity College, the Book of Kells, the James Joyce Museum, Dublin Castle, Saint Patrick's Cathedral. In the National Library of Ireland, I sit in the main reading room, for the sake of sitting and type for the sake of typing, under the great aquamarine dome where Joyce once sat and wrote of literary theory, bald librarians and green dome lamps. I flip the switch on mine and delight in its scholarly shine.
What else shall I see in this city? How can I have a day worth writing an epic about? Where should I go? Whom shall I meet? Does it matter? Might as well just go where I want to go. Leaving the library, I put away the map and follow the streets that look likely.
As I wander, I try to keep track of my route: north, south, east, west. I can navigate in mountains, woods and desert, but mazes of city street always confuse my cardinality. I superimpose the city grid onto a green, grassy field and imagine myself wandering the blocks, back and forth, around and around, visualizing how the city uses space. On my mind's open ground, my circular city street pacing looks insane.
My feet, pounding the pavement, beg for the bare ground. Give us Earth, they say! Give us rocks and roots and mountains! This business of sidewalks, of taking the same even, swinging step over and over, with barely a curb to break my stride, is wearying. My body is trained for the uneven trail; the evil ache of plantar fasciitis creeps into my arches. I'm not a city person and neither are my feet. Concrete is my kryptonite.
More stubborn than footsore, I walk and walk, watching and listening and smelling everything swirling around me: people, traffic, perfume, cigarettes, my country senses on overload. I plug my ears with headphones and pipe in my favorite music: young Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home. Deaf to the swirl and pleasantly disconnected, I float on and on, around and around Dublin, walking all day long. In search of what? I don't know.
Someday, I will find a place worthy of my own one-day Ulyssean epic. Yes I said yes I will Yes. But not today.
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Absolutely beautiful. I knew I wanted to put Ireland on my 'places to see' list and now having seen your pics, it's a definite! I also veer away from cities – understand completely! Keep up the great work.
Sounds as though you needed a guiness!
Man, I miss Ireland. Dublin does have its charm but the west coast is where the natural beauty is.
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Do you know video games are specially designed to enhance your mental fitness and to improve your real-world problem-solving skills? Today's video games have potential impacts on the brain. The dynamics, specific content, and mechanics of a particular game determine its effects on your brain.
Video games refer to numerous types of experiences. It includes anything from a simple computerized card game to a richly portrayed and realistic fiction world games. The mixed genre of video games has different impacts on your mind as well as the brain.
Video games that feature promptly moving targets that appear in and out of view involve an enormous amount of confusion. They also require the user to make accurate and rapid decisions that have particularly positive cognitive results, even when compared to the brain games that are created specifically to improve intellectual function.
Video games have been blended in a way with which you can improve your brain processing, attention skills, and psychological functions including low-level concept through high-level cognitive skills. Many other genres of video games produce an equivalent impact on cognition and perception while brain games are typically comprised of only a few characteristics of the commercial video games when linked with mental improvement.
Video Games not only emphasizes on improving the cognitive function, but the developers keep in mind the other aspects of behavior including social functions. Many social features are added to the games depending on their content to enhance the player's experience.
Hence, modern video games have grown into more sophisticated and refined experiences that fulfill many principles known by neuroscientists, psychologists, and educators. This proves these video games to be fundamental for producing learning, altering behavior and raising brain plasticity. Video games, by their very nature, include active methods of learning (i.e., giving quick responses and getting immediate as well as informative feedback), which is typically more productive than passive learning.
So are you doing a regular exercise for your brain? Let us know your views about this blog in the comments section!
I never knew how to play solitaire, since I thought it would be so boring. Then I got addicted to it after playing 1 time. It really worked on my attention skills, as I had to focus on what I'm doing rather than mindlessly going about it.
Totally agree with this article. I really feel as though my brain ran a marathon every time I play a video game of some sort. But I also feel that even though my brain is working out, my physical side is asleep.
I use Lumosity which is a huge workout for your brain. Yeah, video games have a huge impact, but if your playing them all the time you're actually getting the opposite effect because you need to give your brain time to breath. Reading and exercise are also very crucial.
Video games had always had a therapeutic effect on me. After a hard day's work, a couple of rounds in the battlegrounds of WoW is enough to relieve my head of any work-related headaches. So yeah, I would consider it as brain exercise.
The effects of video games has been misunderstood for years. There are those who focus on the blood, gore, and violence that the reputation and effect of the good ones get overshadowed. I believe I've read somewhere that playing video games even helps in the prevention of Alzheimer's.
I would say faster brain processes will still lose out without a fast body reaction. Sure gaming increases brain reactions, as an avid gamer myself, there is still a need to do a bit of exercise to keep the body in shape.
You are right @Jimi H, we all need exercise and relaxation from the video games. We cannot always sit on our PC and expect to be fit.
I can see the dilemma of the previous comment and yes video games are detrimental more so than beneficial particularly if it takes over your life. That is why video games should only be to kill time and nothing more that some cut classes or not eating or even gets into accidents just for it case and point POKEMON GO here a few reports says that a player's mobile is stolen for he was so into catching pokemon than minding the area he is in.
I have mixed emotions about this. Sure, I believe there are pros to playing video games, however is it beneficial more than it is detrimental? I have nothing against gaming as I also play myself from time to time but it's just hard for me to actually say "yes, video games are good for you".
i read an article that is pretty much saying along the same lines as this one and I agree games develops hand eye coordination as well as our brain power. While that maybe true I will still go for the real physical thing for nothing beats that.
Video games is a fun exercise for your brain? Well, yeah, sure. But have you ever tried being so obsessed with a game and end up cursing or destroying things around you? Games are not always a fun exercise for your brain, because there are many games out there designed to troll players without them knowing. I had my fair of experience of those crappy games. Instead of making your attention skills better and all those good things, it just bothers you all day and end up killing your good mood.
See I can't help but agree with this wholeheartedly. Gaming really beneficial to the brain. It's like aerobics or yoga for the brain!
Yes, playing games is a great exercise for brain.
Omg this is exactly what my boyfriend tells me as well! And I've always dismissed it as him just being defensive every time I tease him about being obsessed with gaming. Wow I better not show this post to him or he's going to get all smug. Lol.
I am Samantha that you have found my article useful. Thanks..!!
Gone are the days when playing video games had a bad rep. These days, developers consider its effects on its users. It's great to know that playing video games now have more benefits especially in improving brain function.
Playing video games is a great way to exercise the brain. Even my dad thinks so too. He sees to it that he plays one or two games to help keep his cognitive function in tip-top condition.
Yes, Giron, I agree with you..!! Playing video games is a best way for brain exercising.
I think this can be true, but I wonder if there is a benefit playing past a certain time. I know I feel certain ones help keep me sharp.
Video games create a safe environment to exercise our brain by letting us experience adverse situations and make quick decisions. Does it translate to real-life scenarios? I believe so.
This article is spot on! Video games makes our brain process information faster than normal, which is a good exercise actually. Lots of things happen in a split second in a video game, and our brain is required to process that faster than normal in order for us to make a decision, or which move to make.
Yes Janina , I agree with you..!!


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Beauty company run by entrepreneurial teen supports #BeautyBacked campaign
The 14-year old entrepreneur who started a beauty business this year and is now supporting the #BeautyBacked campaign to help those adversely affected by the latest lockdown...
2020 will be a year to remember for all of us but for Jasmine Bull, 14, it'll be remembered as the year she started her own business!
First-time entrepreneur Jasmine, transformed lockdown uncertainty into creativity by launching her own eponymous beauty brand. Released with the help of Beauty Stable, the Jasmine range of creams and scrubs uses glass packaging and recycled ingredients, combining environmentally-friendly products with affordability.
The eldest of three girls with a single mum, Jasmine's motivation as a young entrepreneur is to make more young women feel better about themselves, with an eco-friendly range of products that offers premier ingredients, at an affordable price.
Now, the 14-year-old entrepreneur is donating a portion of her proceeds to the Beauty Backed campaign. Jasmine is supporting the campaign to show solidarity to those members of the beauty industry who have been adversely affected by the latest lockdown.
The #BeautyBacked campaign, supported by industry experts the British Beauty Council and BABTAC, aims to raise money, support and awareness of the issues the industry faces as a result of the pandemic. All funds raised will be donated to the Hair and Beauty Charity, which offers financial support to individuals and families facing difficult times.
Beauty by Jas will be donating £1 from every product sold to the campaign, starting from 16th November, for the length of the lockdown. The company hopes to help the beauty industry through these problematic times, while raising awareness of the Beauty Backed effort.
"I started Beauty by Jas in the first lockdown and it's been a really positive focus for me during these tough times," said Jasmine. "Unfortunately, beauty salon owners haven't been as lucky and have been forced to close, which has a huge effect on our industry."
"I decided to donate £1 from every product I sell to the campaign, for one whole month. I really want to support the industry and show how much we are thinking of them. It's so important to support each other through these difficult times and I hope we can raise money to help our colleagues."
Best of luck Jasmine - an inspirational tale for sure!
Published on: 16th November 2020
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Pinterest Traffic Converts Like Gangbusters!
It would be easy to dismiss Pinterest as just another photo sharing site and leave it at that. That could be a very expensive mistake! What started off as a cooler version of Flickr has developed into a traffic and conversion powerhouse that's beating the pants off far bigger and more well-known social properties.
You might find hard to believe: (I did) but it's a cold hard fact that according to Mashable, Pinterest is now sending more visitors to our sites that the combined forces of Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit and Google+! What's even better is that this traffic is converting madly! Would you believe that Pinterest traffic is converting at rates 50% higher than all the others! Pinterest peeps appear to be much more likely to part with dough, shelling out more money more frequently than all of the other big social media behemoths. Pinterest is now attracting 4 times more revenue per click than Twitter and a whopping 27 percent more than Facebook. Who saw that coming? How much more? According to Piqora, a single Pin can now fetch $0.78 in sales, and that figure is growing by nearly 25 percent year over year.
Getting the best results from Pinterest will be a matter of making a decision to make it an integral part of your social media marketing plans. It's simply not enough to slap a Pin It button on your blog posts or images and hope all went well. Here are a few tips to make Pinterest work for you.
The first step is understanding what you can pin. It's not just pictures! Any media which includes any sort of visual component has the potential to help out. Think of blog posts, videos, slideshows, book covers, marketing materials, Powerpoint presentations and more. Make it easy for your site visitors to pin your content back to their Pinterest accounts by utilizing a Pin It button. Make a Pinterest account for your business, and start some pin boards, linking back to your products and services on your site. Pinterest is not hard to pick up, and has the potential to drive a large number of converting buyers to your site. Get in while the getting's good!


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          Tired of dorm food? Need a break from studying? Then come on over to our house for a refreshing home-cooked meal!

          Ever since my husband and I moved to Ann Arbor two years ago, we've been opening our home (and fridge and pantry!) to students who would like to meet with other Christians for food, fellowship and mutual encouragement.

          It has been such a blessing to our family and I've really enjoyed meeting so many students from all over the world! Watching them grow in their love and pursuit of our dear Lord Jesus is an indescribable joy to me.

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Strike Out. The Decline of Work Stoppage
February 24, 2021 by Michael Luis Leave a Comment
The most powerful tool in the arsenal of organized labor has always been work stoppage, or strikes. By idling expensive capital, slowing cash flow, inconveniencing customers and suppliers and slowing spending in their communities, unions can certainly get the attention of management when they feel they are not getting a fair shake in negotiations.
But this tool has declined precipitously in American life. In the 1950s and 1960s it was not unusal for large industrial and transportation unions to bring parts of the nation to a halt. That rarely happens any more. As we noted earlier, a far smaller share of the workforce is unionized, so the organizing tool for striking is simply not available to as many workers. But as we will see, even unionized workers are not striking very much.
Figure 1 shows the percentage of the civilian workforce that was involved in a strike that included more than 1,000 workers. The striking workers are only counted in the year in which the strike began. Because strike activity varies quite a bit from year to year, we use a five-year trailing average to smooth out the line and better see the trends.
Large strikes declined from the 1950s through the mid-1960s, saw a spike in the late 1960s and early 1970s. then began a long decline that is much faster than the decline in union representation. In 1970 and 1971, 1.9 percent of workers nationally were involved in a large strike that began that year. By 1988, only 0.06 percent of workers went on a strike involving more than 1,000 workers. In 1971, over 2.5 million workers walked a picket line in large strikes, and in 1988, fewer than 120,000 workers walked out in large strikes.
Now, for the most part, only represented workers can go on strike without fear of getting fired. So, what about workers represented by unions (not all workers with union representation actually join the union and pay dues). Figure 2 shows the rate of striking by represented workers (most complete data available).
From data extending only back to 1985, we see a steady rate of about 1.5 percent of unionized workers engaging in strikes of more than 1,000 workers in the 1980s and 1990s, and then a decline to 2017. The big spike in 2018 and 2019 came from a series of brief, statewide teacher strikes that lasted only a day or two, but were counted as labor actions. The rate of striking among unionized workers in 2020 was about the same as 2017.
Figure 3 shows the number of workdays that workers spent on strike for every 100,000 workdays logged by the civilian workforce (again, strikes of more than 1,000 workers). This is based on the assumption that workers would work 50 weeks per year. This chart also uses a trailing five year average.
The pattern is quite similar to that in Figure 1, indicating that strikes have not become noticeably more or less severe.
Washington State has among the highest rates of union representation in the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides data on individual labor actions involving mor than 1,000 workers back to 1993, and workers in Washington were involved in 35 of these actions over the past 27 years. All of the strikes involving public sector unions—11 in all—were teacher strikes (districts with fewer than 1,000 striking workers would not show up in this data).
Of the 24 private sector union actions with over 1,000 striking workers, the most (six) were headed up by the Service Employees International Union, followed by the International Association of Machinists (three strikes, two of which involved Boeing unions). Boeing's white collar union, SPEEA, struck twice during this time. Other than the Boeing and teacher strikes, labor actions in Washington since 1993 have mostly involved fewer than 5,000 workers.
It is not clear why strikes have become so much less common, even among unionized workers. It may be that many of the remaining unionized workers are in public sector agencies where strikes are not allowed. Or, perhaps the industries where workers are most likely to strike successfully are actually producing pretty good contracts. And when recent strikes have settled, the numbers sometimes show that workers lost almost as much in wages during the strike as they gained in improved contract terms.
As we have noted, it is hard to make the case that unions will be making a rebound. Whether a renewal of more militant postures would provide more successful organizing is an open question.
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Bioheart to establish two Centers of Excellence to provide cell therapy procedures for patients with CHF, PAD
Bioheart, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: BHRT) announced today plans for establishing two Centers of Excellence in the Middle East to provide its cell therapy procedures to patients suffering from congestive heart failure (CHF) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Dr. Karl E. Groth, Chairman and CEO, and Peggy A. Farley, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, are now in that region holding discussions and performing site inspections.
Dr. Groth commented: "We feel that the Middle East region is a splendid second site for our Centers of Excellence. There is easy access to both of the sites that we are considering, Jordan and Turkey, from other countries in the Middle East as well as from Europe and South Asia." In light of site selection, Dr. Groth said: "Increasing economic wealth in the Middle East and North Africa has been accompanied by urbanization. Cardiovascular disease, a corollary to urban life, has been increasing rapidly and is now the region's leading cause of death, accounting for 25 to 45 percent of total deaths. Over the past few decades, daily per capita fat consumption has increased in most countries in the region, ranging from a 13.6 percent increase in the Sudan to a 143.3 percent increase in Saudi Arabia. Ischemic heart disease is the predominant cause of cardiovascular disease, with about three ischemic heart disease deaths for every stroke death. Also more prevalent in the Middle East than in the rest of the world, rheumatic heart disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, but the number of hospitalizations related to this problem is declining rapidly. Cell technologies have not been used for treatment of rheumatic heart disease, but one can reason that they would be effective."
The company has commenced work in Jordan on its REGEN trial, a Phase I Clinical Trial to test genetically modified MyoCell® in patients suffering from Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). The first patient is expected to receive treatment in July.
Peggy Farley added: "The facilities and physicians in Jordan and Turkey are comparable to the best facilities and physicians in the United States. Once we introduce Bioheart's therapies into the Centers, patients with cardiac issues and limb ischemia will be able to access treatments that we have seen resolve those problems." Mentioning Bioheart's future plans, she went on to say: "Bioheart has plans for establishing a cell manufacturing facility in Jordan as well. Once there are a sufficient number of cases that are treated at our Middle East Centers of Excellence, it makes sense to have a second manufacturing site. Jordan's capabilities in laboratory medicine and its research into gene and cell solutions for medical problems are superb—superior to most in the world."
Bioheart's MyoCell® is a regenerative cell therapy that uses myoblasts, or muscle stem cells, that are grown from a patient's own muscle. MyoCell® has been tested successfully on patients in four clinical trials. The REGEN trial is designed to test the safety and effectiveness of a composition of muscle stem cells that have been gene-modified to induce a greater than usual release of the SDF-1 protein. The SDF-1 protein is a molecule in the human body that, after an injury, is naturally released by most tissues to attract stem cells. The stem cells assist with the healing process.
Unlike other tissues, the heart muscle does not release enough SDF-1 to attract the number of stem cells that would result in complete self-healing. As a result, scar tissue forms and impairs normal heart function.
Results from Bioheart's preclinical animal studies have shown that the genetically modified MyoCell® is far more effective than MyoCell® alone in accomplishing repair and tissue regeneration. With SDF-1, there is a release of additional therapeutic proteins to assist in the tissue repair process, resulting in a more expansive and quicker repair. Once that repair or regeneration has occurred, the patient's improved heart function permits the patient to return to a normal life style.
The REGEN trial is being funded by one of the company's institutional investors, the Ascent Medical Technology Funds, and the Philadelphia BioMed Product Development Centre, PSC, a preclinical and clinical research organization located in Amman, is responsible for the study. The trial is being conducted in Jordan because its clinical research capabilities and facilities rival those of the US and Europe. The country's leadership in medicine has made it a destination for patients from the Middle East, Europe, South Asia, and even the United States, for treatments that encompass the full range of complexity, including the most innovative procedures for ameliorating cardiovascular disease and cancers. The Jordanian government and medical community have commenced programs on cell and stem therapies, establishing four research centers to concentrate on these disorders.
Imad Alhaddad, MD, FACC, FACP and Co-Director of the Jordan Cardiovascular Centre, is Principal Investigator, leading the study. He is a pre-eminent interventional cardiologist. Previously, he was Director of Vascular Services at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the author of many clinical studies, and an extensive number of publications. He is a member of the REGEN trial's Executive Committee also.
The treatment with MyoCell® involves taking a biopsy from the patient's leg muscle, transporting that biopsy to Bioheart's cell manufacturing facility, expanding the number of cells from the biopsy, and inducing the cells to regress to produce precursors to muscle cells called myoblasts. These cells know that they are muscle cells, but do not know which muscle. Once those precursor cells, or myoblasts, are present, they are segregated from the muscle cells and grown until they number over 1 billion cells. The myoblasts are then transported back to the patient's treatment centre. Some are then injected into the patient's heart with a needle tipped injection catheter. The treatment used in the REGEN trial involves genetically modifying myoblasts, utilizing Bioheart's proprietary process. The modified cells are injected in the same manner into the patient's heart. The modified myoblasts are created using an adenovirus vector or a non-viral vector. The myoblasts will release increased levels of the SDF-1 protein, which stimulates angiogenesis and regeneration of tissue.
A heart attack limits adequate blood flow to the heart. In response, the body naturally increases the level of SDF-1 protein in the heart but not enough to heal the damaged tissue. By modifying the myoblasts to express additional SDF-1, the SDF-1 protein levels present in the heart are multiplied exponentially.. The additional quantities of SDF-1 protein stimulate the recruitment of the patient's existing stem cells to the cell transplanted area. The recruited stem cells will assist in the tissue repair and blood vessel formation process. Preclinical animal studies showed a 54 percent improvement of heart function when the myoblasts were modified to increase SDF-1 protein prior to injection of myoblasts as compared to 27 percent for the animals treated using myoblasts without modification. The animals treated with a placebo showed a decline in function of 10 percent.
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After completing the REGEN trial, the company plans to transition this second-generation product into its FDA approved Phase II/III MARVEL study. Bioheart plans to further study the modified myoblasts by treating a set of patients who are participating in the study and observing the differences in clinical and heart function among the modified group, those who are treated with MyoCell® alone, and a placebo.
Bioheart entered into its first Center of Excellence agreement with a leading treatment facilitator, Regenerative Medicine Institute of Tijuana, Mexico. Therapies for CHF and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) patients have been made available at the Hospital Angeles Tijuana, a fully equipped state-of–the-art private specialties hospital.
Commenting further, Dr. Groth said: "Bioheart's mission is to see cardiovascular disease treated such that its victims can return to normal lives. Effective treatment with our therapies should not be confined to any geographic area of the world. These are global problems and there should be global solutions."
Warren Sherman, M.D., of Columbia University Medical Center's Stem Cell Research Institute, Chris O'Conner, M.D., and Tom Povsic, M.D., Ph.D., of Duke University's Clinical Research Institute, have, with Bioheart, established an Academic Advisory Committee to monitor these Centers of Excellence and gather data on the results seen by each Center. These results will, over time, become a compendium and form a nexus for future cell therapy research.
Bioheart's therapy for CHF and PAD utilizes stem cells derived from the patient's own fat (adipose tissue) through liposuction. Stem cells are then separated from the adipose tissue with the fully-automated TGI 1200 Cell Isolation System in about an hour. The recovered stem cells are injected into the heart with Bioheart's MyoCath catheter. No tissue pre-processing is required.
The MyoCath is a deflecting tip needle injection catheter that has a larger needle which is 25 gauge for better flow rates and less leakage than systems that are 27 gauge. This larger needle allows for thicker compositions to be injected which helps with cell retention in the heart. Also, the MyoCath needle has more fluoroscopic brightness than the normally used nitinol needle, enabling superior visualization during the procedure. Seeing the needle well during injections enables the physician who is operating the catheter to pinpoint targeted areas more precisely, thus improving safety.
Recent studies have identified adipose tissue as an alternate source of stem cells. The procedure for obtaining adipose derived stem cells from the patient is a relatively simple process and tolerated by most patients even immediately following a heart attack. Fat tissue can usually be found in abundance within the patient's own body and has a greater number of stem cells than bone marrow. The TGI 1200 system can isolate stem cells in about an hour, allowing for immediate clinical, point-of-care treatment after an event like a heart attack, which is important to the effectiveness of the treatment. In contrast, the procedure for obtaining stem cells from bone marrow can be painful and often yields a low volume of stem cells.
In addition to offering treatment for congestive heart failure, the TGI 1200 system will be used to obtain cells to treat lower limb ischemia using needle injections.
The final step for incorporating Bioheart therapies into its system will be making available MyoCell, Bioheart's muscle stem cell therapy for CHF. MyoCell is a clinical muscle-derived cell therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient's heart with new living cells for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.
Bioheart's Phase II European SEISMIC study demonstrated that 94% of patients treated with MyoCell, improved or did not worsen while only 6% deteriorated. Improvement or status quo in 6 minute walk distance was seen in 84% of treated patients, while only 16% saw a reduction. In those patients treated with a placebo, 42% saw deterioration in their Heart Failure class and 69% saw a reduction in distance with their 6 minute walk. Bioheart's MARVEL Trial 1 saw commensurate results. The MARVEL trial is a Phase II/III study.
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I am proud to announce that Belatrix won the award for the company having the greatest "Impact in media" in Bogotá, and was also nominated in the category "Greatest impact in services" in the Invest in Bogotá awards ceremony. Invest in Bogotá is an investment promotion agency that seeks to support companies that believe in the city as their ideal destination to grow.
The ceremony, which counted with the presence of several foreign investors and members of the government, awarded companies in eight different categories, including "Greatest impact in the city in manufacturing", "Project with social impact – sustainability", "Project with greatest impact in creative industries", among others. We won the award in the category of "Impact in media" and were nominated for having the greatest impact in the city in services as a result of our efforts in helping companies with their digital transformations.
When I look back, I am proud to have witnessed the tremendous growth and impact of Belatrix in Bogotá. We held the inauguration of our offices more than a year ago, when our President and Co-founder, Alex Robbio, commented, "before we make the decision of opening headquarters in a new country, we carry out an analysis taking into account several standards. Bogotá was extremely well positioned." Colombia has great potential in the field of technology services and outsourcing because of its highly qualified professionals, economic stability and its strategic geographical position.
Over the past year, we have grown from a team of 40 employees to a workforce of almost 100 people in the city. We now have more than 700 employees across three continents, and Colombia has become one of our key locations. We designed our offices to provide a healthy work environment that fosters co-creation and self-organization, reflecting the core values of our company and the principles of Agile development. As a result of these efforts, Office Snapshots, a leading online resource that highlights innovative and modern workplaces, featured our premises. You can see pictures of our Bogotá delivery center here. I also recommend watching our timelapse video of how we built the offices.
In addition, our Bogotá offices have been the place to inspire and support people to get involved in technology. We've hosted many meetups where experts and enthusiasts gather to share experiences and knowledge about subjects that range from specific programming languages to strategies and advice to improve their performance or succeed in the labor market. Recently, we hosted a meetup about Angular and Firebase which was led by Alan Buscaglia, one of our UI software developer engineers.
We are all very happy with the results we have achieved over the past year. Last week we enjoyed the visit of Belatrix's founders Luis, Alex, and Federico Robbio, who were delighted to see the progress we have made and how engaged our workforce is. We plan to keep investing to continue providing opportunities and creating high-quality digital solutions for our clients.


Every year the National Archive of Suriname (NAS) hosts an extended course Documentmanagement & Archiving for employees of the ministeries of Suriname. After an extensive train-the-trainer program NAS is self supporting in conducting this course, named DIV-1. The topics of the course are Records & Documentmanagement, ICT, Communication, Law & Regulations and Information Retrieval.


For large mainline drains, our 11/16" drain cable is available in hollow core, inner core, and oil tempered styles and is used in the Duracable drain machine models DM175 and DM55. 11/16" cable is a great alternative to ¾" sewer cable as it is durable, but weighs less than ¾" cable so puts less strain on the operator. Hollow core is our most popular cable type, however, inner core cable gives the cable a stiffer feel for longer runs. Oil tempered cable is made from a stiff wire that was developed for the auto industry to be used in valve springs. The stiff wire makes the cable stronger and more rigid than standard inner core cable. The oil-tempered cable is used for long, straight runs where there are few traps to negotiate. Because of the strong nature of the material, the cable pushes like a rod through line blockages.
While we manufacture our 11/16" sewer cables for our mainline drain cleaning equipment, our cables will work in General, Ridgid, Mytana, Gorlitz, and Spartan equipment. We work to make the most duracable sewer cable available and we make sure that our cables and accessories are universal for other drain cleaning equipment manufacturers. We are proud to make our drain cables in the USA and we go through a series of quality checks before our cable is distributed...and we still guarantee our cables for 30-days against material defects. If you are having issues with wear on your sewer cable, try Duracable. For more information on how to properly care for your DuraFlex drain cables to make them last, contact a Duracable Manufacturing Account Manager at 877-244-0740.


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Jose Guzman was devoted to his family and God.
Xiomara Guzman wakes up each day hoping that authorities will catch the three men implicated in the murder of her father two weeks ago.
"That's the first thing I think about every morning, waiting for the phone to ring," she said. "The only thing that really scares me is whatever they did to my dad, they can do it to someone else."
Pastor Jose Guzman, 47, of Sterling, was found slain in Haymarket Feb. 7, and the Prince William County Police Department has obtained warrants for the arrest of Rigoberto Otero Aguilar, Eberto DeJesus Uolla and Roger Alexander Mendez Lopez, all of 11587 North Shore Drive, Reston. Aguilar is 25 years old; police did not have the age of the other assailants.
Detectives have obtained a video of the suspects attempting to use the victim's credit card at several locations. Police do not know if robbery was a motive.
All three are wanted for first-degree murder, which carries a penalty of 20 years in prison.
AUTHORITIES SAY JOSE GUZMAN met the trio for the first time at a Sterling bar Sunday night, Feb. 6. He died of blunt force trauma, but 1st Sgt. Kim D. Chinn would not disclose whether a weapon, an object or fists were used in the killing.
Police are concerned the suspects might attempt to flee the country to Honduras.
Xiomara Guzman said she would not want any other family to go through the pain that she, her three sisters and her mother have endured. "He was beaten to death," she said.
Her mother, Nina Guzman, said a detective provided details about the assault, but she will wait to share them with her children. They are in enough pain already, she said. "It's not the moment to tell them. I prefer to keep it inside."
Jose Guzman's body will be flown back to his native El Salvador, next week, to be buried next to his parents.
Xiomara Guzman described her father as someone who was dedicated to his family and to God. He founded the Huerto de Getsemani church, translated from Spanish into English as the Garden of Getsemani. He was a self-proclaimed Pentecostal minister for 17 years.
"God called him to become a pastor," she said. "It was something he felt. God had given him a lot of signs."
JOSE GUZMAN STARTED the church in Alexandria and moved the family to Sugarland Run in 1996. He held services in rented social halls, schools and chapels, she said. "He ended up … going to different people's house. Then five to 10 people came to our house," she said.
He also washed cars at a dealership and recently was hired on as a laborer for Ivy H. Smith construction company.
Jose and Nina Guzman became U.S. citizens four years ago. Her father and mother grew up in El Salvador and migrated to the United States 25 years ago. Their 20-year wedding anniversary would have been in March.
Xiomara Guzman said her family has no idea why their father was at Pepe's Restaurant the night he met up with the three men. "That day, from what we know, he was going to go to Maryland and get some packages from El Salvador," she said. "We think he ended up eating there. … He had never been there before."
She said he could have stopped by to tell others about the Lord. "Only God knows," she said. "I don't know what happened. We have so many questions."
What she remembers best about her father is how he handled hardships, such as times when money was scarce. "He knew how to hide it and keep on smiling," she said. "That is one thing we're going to miss a lot."
Nina Guzman said her husband was an easy and outgoing, positive person. He shared stories of his childhood years. "He would always wake up early in the morning in his country. Just before school he would sell cheese, soap or bread that his mother had made."
Jose Guzman's father died when he was 7 years old, so he and his mother were very close.
"He wanted us to be very close to our parents," Xiomara Guzman said. He was strict with his daughters, particularly when it came to dating.
REBECCA GUZMAN RECALLED her father waking her up and getting her ready for school. He would pull her hair back into a pony tail.
Xiomara Guzman said their dad loved playing the guitar. "He didn't know exactly how. … He also loved to sing. He had a good voice."
She remembered taking a family trip to El Salvador about 10 years ago. Her father had stayed behind and showed up two or three days later and surprised everyone. "That was the first and only trip we took as a family," she said.
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what are endocannabinoids
What Are Endocannabinoids?
Cannabis has had its share of bad raps. Fromearly propaganda like Reefer Madnessto today and the current backlash to the legalization movement. Regardless of all that, the current therapeutic benefits are in danger of being forgotten. But our bodies won't let that happen. At this moment,CBD is having a moment. To boot, if our bodies didn't already contain a biological system capable of interacting with its active chemical compounds, like THC, then we may have long forgotten about the endocannabinoid system.
Tongue tied? Well, that's just because you may have forgotten to stay up on your own self-care.
The endocannabinoid system does just that. It serves a vital purpose for our health and well-being because it regulates key aspects of our biology. So, what's it doing, and how does it work?
Homeostasis and CBD
To understand the human endocannabinoid system, it's helpful to know a little about one of the most fundamental concepts in biology: homeostasis. And the best way to understand homeostasis is to think of Goldilocks and the three bears, or planets in our solar system. It's a matter of too hot too cold, just as it applies to regulation of cell death.
So maybe it's time to ask…
Is Your Endocannabinoid System in Balance?
Homeostasis is the concept that most biological systems are actively regulated to maintain conditions within a certain range.
Our body doesn't want its temperature to be too hot or too cold, blood sugar levels too high or too low, and so on. Conditions need to be just right for our cells to maintain optimum performance, and exquisite mechanisms have evolved to draw them back to balance zone if they move out.
The body's endocannabinoid system is a vital molecular system for helping maintain homeostasis—it helps cells stay in their Goldilocks zone.
Because of its crucial role in homeostasis, the Endocannabinoid system is widespread throughout mammals. It can be found in many vertebrate species. The three key components of the ECS are:
Cannabinoid receptors found on the surface of cells. Endocannabinoids, small molecules that activate cannabinoid receptors. Metabolic enzymes that break down endocannabinoids after they are used.
Cannabinoid Receptors
Cannabinoid receptors sit on the surface of cells and "listen" to conditions outside the cell.
They transmit information about changing conditions to the inside of the cell, kick-starting the appropriate cellular response. We are indebted to these kinds of cells.
The two major cannabinoid receptors are referred to as CB1 and CB2.
These aren't the only cannabinoid receptors, but they were the first ones discovered and remain the best-studied. As always, unless regulations open, the research won't follow.
Still, CB1 receptors are one of the most abundant receptor types in the brain.
CB2 receptors are more abundant outside of the nervous system, in places like the immune system. However, both receptors can be found throughout the human body.
The CB1 and CB2 receptors are key players in the endocannabinoid system (ECS). They are located on the surface of many different types of cells in the body.
Both receptors are found throughout the body, but CB1 receptors are more abundant in the central nervous system, including on neurons in the brain.
In contrast, CB2 receptors are more abundant outside of the nervous system, including cells of the immune system.
Endocannabinoids and Their Role
There are two major endocannabinoids in cbd oil: Anandamide 2-AG These endocannabinoids are made from fat-like molecules which are packaged and stored for later use like many other biological molecules (such as fat). Handy!
Cannabinoids are a class of molecules characterized by their ability to activate cannabinoid receptors like CB1 and CB2. Anandamide and 2-AG are the two major endocannabinoids produced naturally in the body.
All of these cannabinoids can activate the CB1 and CB2 receptors, although each one has a different potency at each receptor. That's why they are all important and should be looked at when selecting CBD products.
Does Metabolism Affect CBD?
The third piece of the puzzle when it comes to cannabis derivatives includes the metabolic enzymes that quickly destroy endocannabinoids once they are used. The two big enzymes are FAAH, which breaks down anandamide, and MAGL, which breaks down 2-AG.
These enzymes ensure that endocannabinoids that are CBD dominant get used when they're needed, but not for longer than necessary. cbd tincture Hormones or classical neurotransmitters, which can persist for many seconds or minutes, get packaged and stored for later use. It's like having a backpack of the best known effects of CBD.
The three key components of the ECS can be found within almost every major system of the body. When something brings a cell out of its zone, these three pillars of the ECS are often called upon to bring things back, thus maintaining homeostasis.
The one thing we need when trying to help with neurological disorders. In other words, the ECS helps bring things back to the biological Goldilocks zone.
Below we will consider examples of how the ECS helps maintain homeostasis in two areas: The firing of brain cells in the nervous system The inflammatory response of the immune system.
Endocannabinoid Regulation of Brain Cell Firing
Brain cells (neurons) communicate by sending electrochemical signals to each another. Each neuron must listen to its partners to decide whether it will fire off its own signal at any given moment. However, neurons don't like to get too much input—there's a Goldilocks zone. If they get overloaded by signals, it can be toxic. That's where endocannabinoids come in.
How Does Cannabis Consumption Affect the Brain?
Under normal circumstances, a given brain cell will get just the right amount of input from its partners—not too much, not too little. However, some of its partners can become overactive, and send an excessive number of signals.
The neuron that's listening will detect this, and release endocannabinoids that tell the other neuron to quiet down.
This kind of mechanism helps maintain homeostasis because it helps prevent neurons from sending out too many signals.
Endocannabinoids travel backwards, like the energy within fat cells, which is why they're known as retrograde signals. Most of the time, information flow between neurons is strictly in one direction, from "sender" neurons that release neurotransmitter signals to "receiver" neurons that listen to those signals.
Endocannabinoids allow receiver neurons to regulate how much input they're getting, and they do this by sending retrograde signals (endocannabinoids) back to overactive sender neurons.
But the brain isn't the only organ that needs to maintain homeostasis. Every other system of the body, from the digestive to the immune system, has to carefully regulate how its cells are functioning. Proper regulation is crucial for ensuring survival.
Endocannabinoid Regulation of Inflammation
Inflammation is a natural protective reaction the immune system has in response to infection or physical damage. The purpose of inflammation is to remove pathogens (germs) or damaged tissue. The inflamed area is produced by fluid and immune cells moving into the area to do the dirty work and return things to their Goldilocks zone.
It's important that inflammation be limited to the location of damage and doesn't persist longer than needed, which can cause harm.
Chronic inflammation and autoimmune diseases are examples of the immune system getting activated inappropriately. When that happens, the inflammatory response lasts for a less than ideal time, which cause chronic issues, and even directs blame at healthy cells, impeding their ability to work properly.#https://www.justcbdstore.com# Best Selling CBD Beard Care by Just CBD Store
This is where autoimmune disorders start to rear their ugly heads. Enter Arthritis.
Cannabis and Arthritis
In general, endocannabinoids seem to suppress or limit the immune system's inflammatory signals. CBD and THC may help regulate the immune response by acting as anti-inflammatory agents.
Thus, interventions that manipulate the metabolism or production of endocannabinoids may serve as a novel treatment modality against a wide range of inflammatory disease. Consider a normal immune response triggered by a bacterial infection.
First, immune cells detect the presence of bacteria and release proinflammatory molecules that tell other immune cells to come and join the fight. Endocannabinoids get released as well, which also signal to other immune cells for assistance and likely help limit the inflammatory response so it isn't excessive.
By tightly regulating inflammation, the immune system can destroy germs or remove damaged tissue, and then stop. This prevents excessive inflammation, allowing cells, and thus the body, to return to the Goldilocks zone.
The Endocannabinoid System and Inflammation
Regular wear and tear of cells of the immune system are possible when a defensive attack against bacteria is underway.
These campaigns include pro-inflammatory molecules and they also stand against the impending brigade.
Endocannabinoids also get released, and likely help regulate the magnitude and extent of this inflammatory response. The reason that plant cannabinoids have psychoactive and medicinal effects within the body is, in large part, because we have an endocannabinoid system (ECS) that they can interact with.
For example, THC gets you high because it activates the CB1 receptor within the brain. Endocannabinoids like anandamide also activate CB1.
So why aren't we constantly high? And Why Is CBD Legal?
This is the golden question right? cbd for cats Although CBD isn't legal across the board, there are a couple big reasons we aren't' always high. First, is that it's not a proper defense mechanism.
Second, THC doesn't interact with CB1 receptors in exactly the same fashion as the body's natural endocannabinoids. This means you're safe from drug tests, depending on the CBD source, and safe from lions and tigers, within reason.
The metabolic enzymes that quickly break down endocannabinoids like anandamide don't work on THC, so THC lingers around for much longer. It's important to remember that molecules like cannabinoids and other neurotransmitters rarely interact with only one receptor type; they often interact with many.
The plant-based cannabinoid CBD illustrates this nicely, as it interacts with numerous receptor types in the brain. So, while plant cannabinoids may activate the same cannabinoid receptors as endocannabinoids, they will likely interact with several other receptors and therefore have distinct effects.
CBD is also interesting because it can affect overall levels of endocannabinoids in the brain, referred to as "endocannabinoid tone." CBD inhibits the FAAH enzyme, which breaks down anandamide.
Thus, CBD can increase anandamide levels by preventing FAAH from breaking it down. Inhibiting the FAAH enzyme has been shown to be a useful strategy for treating anxiety disorders, and some of CBD's anti-anxiety properties may come from its ability to inhibit this enzyme and thereby increase endocannabinoid tone.
Because of its vital role in making sure that cells and systems remain in their physiological Goldilocks zone, the ECS is tightly regulated; it gets deployed exactly when and where it's needed. However, this doesn't mean that activating the ECS, through consumption of cannabis or by any other means, will always make things just right.
Like any other complex biological system, the ECS can go awry. "If deviation from physiological homeostasis is prolonged, due to either external factors or chronic pathological conditions, the eCS can lose its time- and space-selective mode of action and start affecting inappropriate cells," Dr. Di Marzo explained. "In these cases, the ECS, instead of being beneficial, may actually contribute to disease progression." It's important to remember that activating the ECS, through cannabis consumption or by any other means, isn't a cure-all. Like most of biology, it's complicated.
By understanding the biological Goldilocks principle (homeostasis), and how the ECS illustrates this at the cellular level, we can more deeply appreciate why we have an ECS to begin with, and how a variety of cannabis-based therapies might actually work. The presence and critical function of the ECS across many systems of the body, including the nervous and immune systems, explains why such a wide variety of ailments and disease states are responsive to cannabis-based interventions.
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Is an Employer Liable for Damage Caused by an Employee's Smoking?
One of the critical rules in personal injury law is the doctrine of respondeat superior. Basically, this means an employer is vicariously liable for a tort committed by an employee in the "course or scope" of his or her employment. For example, if a delivery van runs a red light and hits another car, the owner of the delivery van is liable under respondeat superior for the driver's negligence.
There are many cases in which the application of this rule is not obvious. Many personal injury lawsuits against employers turn on the question of whether the employee was really acting within the scope of employment when the plaintiff suffered his or her injury. A recent decision by the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta considered the unusual question of whether a "smoke break" occurs in the course of employment.
The defendant in this case is the federal government. In 2010, an FBI special agent attended a six-week training course in Huntsville, Alabama. The course was not required but the FBI paid for the instruction to provide him with "specialized skills" related to his work.
While attending the course, the agent stayed in a local hotel. One evening there was a fire at the hotel. Local officials said at the time "two balconies on the second floor caught on fire," and the flames then spread to the floor above. The hotel claims the FBI agent was smoking on the balcony of his room, and his improperly discarded cigarette started the fire.
The hotel's insurance company paid for the substantial damage to the building. The insurer then sued the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act. This law allows private parties to sue the government under state law for negligent acts committed by its employees.
The government argued that even if the agent's smoking started the fire, that was not an act that occurred in the "course of his employment." The agent was off-duty at the time. The government said there was therefore no connection between his smoking and his attending the training course.


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Emerging Hotspots: Data centre hubs across India
December 2022 | Conference Highlights
India has started expanding its data centre footprint. The telecom sector has the opportunity to capitalise on the domestic and international opportunities at hand. While there has been tremendous growth in IT infrastructure outsourcing, almost 40-50 per cent of the information technology (IT) infrastructure in enterprises is still not outsourced. This, combined with the cloud and network demand, is a great lever for sustained data centre industry growth.
Growth trends
India's policy landscape is evolving with respect to Personal Data Protection, data localisation, RBI and e-commerce. The launch of 5G handsets and connectivity, demand for over-the-top content delivery, adoption of UPI and increased data usage in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities have further deepened the need for data centres in the country.
Globally, India's colocation facility share is almost 3 per cent, which is projected to double in the next few years, as the Indian market is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23 per cent versus the global rate of 12 per cent. We have the opportunity and need to emulate our IT/ITeS outsourcing success story where India's share is almost 50 per cent of the world market.
Need for uniformity with global policies
To realise our full potential, several policy measures also need to be taken. For example, a competitive goods and services tax input credit policy, electricity tax waivers and other rebates need to be at par or better than such policies prevailing across the world to make India a global data centre hub. Each of these measures can help reduce end-user pricing significantly, make us competitive in the world market and hence help us serve global customers.
Ensuring sustainable operations
Sustainability is a key requirement for the data centre industry and it requires all parties including the government, providers and OEMs to work together. The government has initiated many measures and it needs to further allow flexible green power procurement regulations and a long-term policy framework to increase the green mix in the data centre domain. Innovations through joint research by industry and academia need to be promoted to increase the adoption of innovative solutions.
For instance, while solar energy alone can take the efficiency up by 70 per cent, mixing two sources of energy such as solar and wind energy can hike the efficiency rate by up to 85 per cent. Other innovations pertaining to battery storage efficiency and production of green hydrogen can further aid in improving the green energy mix of the industry.
It is possible to reach a very high level of green energy mix with all stakeholders working towards a common goal.
STT's data centre footprint
Since its establishment in 2014, STT GDC has expanded its portfolio significantly through both greenfield and brownfield expansions. Operating since 2004, STT GDC India runs 23 data centres in nine cities and has a market share of 30 per cent in India's colocation market. It currently operates data centres with an IT load of around 216 MW. The load is projected to double in three years. Our global platform spans nine geographies comprising more than 140 data centres and 1.8 GW of IT load.
India is in a unique position to serve both local and global demand. Our local demand, driven by cloud growth, enterprise IT outsourcing, network expansion and data localisation, remains as strong as ever, which will help us continue to grow at 23 per cent CAGR for the next three to four years. India is also in a unique position to be a hub for meeting global data centre requirements. With cities such as Chennai and Mumbai, which have abundant network and compute capacity combined with low latency, we have the opportunity to serve the entire APAC market.
India's data centre growth story is driven by multiple strong demand factors and the industry is all set to fully realise its potential going forward.
Based on a presentation by Jatinder Singh Pabla, Senior Vice-President, STTelemedia Global Data Centres India
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Angina — сингл групи Tristania, що передує альбому Beyond the Veil і випущений в 1999. 21 квітня 2001 сингл був перевиданий на одному диску разом з Tristania. Цей диск отримав назву «Midwintertears/Angina».

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