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Every piece of wood contains the energy of the entire tree and its essence.
The attributes of its species, its connection between earth and sky, its living environment and natural habitat is available in every cell of the wood.
Based on this information and guided by my intuition, a vivid and impressive work of art is created. These artworks bear the ability to move the human spirit on a much deeper level of existence. Through their unique design and their reverberation they emit a viberating presence that affects people and the space around them in a very special way.
Creative Impulse. Extraordinary Art Work.
Out of spontaneous ideas and inspiration, wonderful works of art come into existence.
My hands and my spirit work in conjunction with each other and my intuition guides them to the completion of the artwork. The comprehension of the creation often occurs in retrospect, when its impression and essence, its energy and purpose manifests. The work of Art invites you to engage in the details, to focus your mind and your emotions and to discover the message it is holding within.
Personal Quality. Individual Piece Of Art.
An individual piece of art is a commissioned work, specially made for a person, a room or a desired purpose. The process begins with my personal impression of your wish and the current situation. Through my inner direction towards that, the fitting type of wood is selected. The optimal shape and structure evolves intuitively, which gives the artwork its meaning and uniqueness.
From my childhood on I have had a deep connection to nature.
With a forestry education, this gave me a special knowledge and understanding about trees, nature and preservation and how it is all connected. This knowledge I later joined with my interest in sacred geometry and the study of old knowledge, mathematics and heightened awareness. Years of handcraftmanship connected with my love for working with solid wood finally led to the creative realisation of Intuitive Wood Art. The completion of such an artwork, always fills me with a wonderful feeling of pleasure and thankfulness through the humble feeling the artpiece leaves me with.


Inspired by the legendary Kilian, Marion Glitz brings a more casual feeling by combining the elegance of black with the joy of glitters for those who are in the pursuit of simplicity and elegance.
TPU sole is used to provide ultimate comfort and durability. The upper is embodied with calfskin suede leather and special glitter fabric. The mid-top is strengthened with cushions and inside is lined with high-quality leather.


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Podcast Seeing and Believing
Seeing and Believing 152: A James Stewart Retrospective and a Patreon Launch!
Jonathan Clauson
http://traffic.libsyn.com/capcpod/Seeing_and_Believing_152.mp3
The guys are excited this week, and not just because their new Patreon is launching. It's James Stewart's 110th birthday this year, which gives Wade and Kevin the excuse to look back over his career and recount their top 5 Stewart moments. Listen, enjoy, and don't forget to share your own favorite performances from Stewart with us. And if you think of it, pop on over to the Seeing & Believing Patreon page and give it a look!
Theme music by Alexander Osborn and Lindsey Mysse. Used under Creative Commons license 3.0.
Jonathan Clauson (Podcast Producer) started his career with Clear Channel radio in the late 1990s as a producer and on-air talent. He later graduated from Full Sail University with a degree in Film & Video Production. After obtaining one IMDB credit to his name, he went to work for EA Sports Tiburon in Orlando, Florida. He is currently the Podcast Producer for CaPC, Christianity Today, and Love Thy Nerd and the host of #The25 for CaPC.

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WHEN Lisa Laird was diagnosed with metastatic cancer, she found hope in a new drug she could only access overseas. She shares her story.
A new study which maps out Queensland's worst cancer hot spots has found Keperra ranks the worst for melanoma cases. The suburb currently rates 101 per cent above the national average. Brisbane's inner city suburb of St Lucia ranks the highest for breast cancer while Charters Tower stands as the community with the highest rate of prostate cancer.
When Lisa Laird was diagnosed with metastatic cancer, she found hope in a new drug she could only access overseas. She shares her story with Penny Carroll.
"I found out I had breast cancer in May 2012.
I was going to a school reunion and thought, I might lose a couple of kilos … I want to look my best. I started walking by the beach more, riding my bike and I lost 5kg.
The weight loss led to me finding a 5cm lump in my breast. Doctors discovered it had been there for about a year, and it was developed and invasive. I was taken aback because I was healthy and only 40 — and I thought this just happened to older women. My husband, Guy, and I couldn't see the light for some time, but we were determined that we'd do anything to help me live.
The rage inside me was indescribable.
I still had two more rounds of chemo to go when the veins in my right arm collapsed and a line had to be put in.
But my body rejected the line, which led to me developing a clot millimetres from my heart. I ended up in cardiac care and really feared for my life. That was the most horrific experience for both of us, and really confronting for Guy as he thought I might not make it and felt so helpless.
More complications followed: As a side effect of the hormone therapy, I developed cysts on my ovaries, which led to a hysterectomy in June 2013.
I also found lumps in my right breast, which brought me down emotionally, but we got ahead of it and I had a right-breast mastectomy in 2014.
I don't believe that breasts define a woman, but I live at Mission Beach in North Queensland, and bathers and sundresses are my uniform, so I decided that my treat to myself was to get a perky new pair!
I'd started researching implants when Guy suggested I have a PET scan first, since I'd been a year clear and off treatment. We did the scan in July 2015 and it showed metastatic cancer in my spinal bone.
After what we'd been through, it was such a blow to think I'd have to go through it all again, and without knowing if the treatment would work. When someone tells you that you have cancer, you think 'death', but when they tell you it's metastatic cancer, it really does mean death — it's terminal.
Guy started researching the treatment options and found palbociclib, a drug that prevents cancer cells from reproducing, which at the time was available in other countries but not Australia. Guy saw that it was available in Hong Kong and because he works for a company there, I was eligible for his health insurance.
Our oncologist in Cairns suggested another bout of chemo, but after my last brush with it, we really didn't want to go down that path if we could help it.
I underwent radiation to shrink the tumour in my spine, then started on palbociclib in September 2015. Initially, I went to Hong Kong every month for the treatment — each time, I'd go for a week to have blood tests, doctor's appointments, receive hormone injections to help the drug do its job, and get my palbociclib tablets.
Now that my tumour markers are good and my blood work is in range, I'm able to go every two months. My oncologist gives me double the dosage of palbociclib, and I can get my local GP to administer the hormone injections back in Australia.
The travel is arduous, and I've been doing this now for more than three years, but it's nothing compared to having chemo.
Palbociclib allows me to live as normal a life as possible, but it's not without side effects. I regularly get mouth ulcers and am often short of breath. I also have constant pain in my bones and joints.
My bones are extremely depleted due to the medication, so I have injections every two months to treat bone loss.
However, I'm living proof that it's been working for three years. When my blood work and cancer markers started to return to normal range a year after starting palbociclib and the scans showed no activity in the tumour site, I was ecstatic.
I'm living this precious life now with a new skip in my step. I like walking and cycling with my dog, Rippa, and I love gardening.
I try to keep as active as possible and also rest up as much as I can.
My hope for the future is to live as long and as healthy a life as possible.
Guy and I don't put the handbrake on anymore. Everyone has goals and things they always want to do — well, we've got ours on a checklist, and we're ticking them off. Travel is the main one, but a lot of them focus on the simple things in life, like walking along the beach and watching the sunsets and sunrises.
I've been fortunate to go to Hong Kong for treatment, but there are so many Australians who haven't been able to access palbociclib when they needed it.
It was approved for use here last year but it's not on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), so you have to pay for it, which costs at least $40,000 a year. For me, it's $24,000 a year, which is the cost of the insurance excess and flights.
The government did come to an agreement in July and approved a similar drug to the one I'm on, called ribociclib.
However, I'm not eligible for that because it's only for newly diagnosed patients.
While I was disappointed that palbociclib wasn't approved here when I needed it, I'm so happy for other Aussies who can now access this other drug.
Palbociclib and ribociclib are in a class of drugs that are used to delay progression of hormone receptorpositive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
They both have side effects such as nausea, tiredness, hair loss and low red-blood-cell counts. However, in conjunction with hormone therapy, they've been found to substantially improve the length of time before the cancer progresses or other treatments such as chemo are needed. The Breast Cancer Network Australia describes palbociclib as "life extending".
These drugs are cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, which means they put the brakes on the cells responsible for cancer growth and division. They aim to reduce hormones' stimulative effect on cancer cells. The pills are taken over a four-week cycle in conjunction with a hormone therapy — either letrozole (an oral medication) or fulvestrant (administered via injections).
WHEN WERE THEY APPROVED HERE?
Palbociclib was approved for sale in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Association in May 2017, but is yet to be listed on the PBS. Ribociclib was listed on the PBS in July this year, but only for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer.
In Australia, palbociclib costs $4850 per month. Its manufacturer, Pfizer, introduced a capped access program on October 1, under which patients pay for the first eight packs, at a cost of about $40,000, before being eligible for free access. Anyone who's already accessed it, either here or overseas, may also be eligible. Ribociclib costs from $39.50 per pack on the PBS.


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The composition and calorie content
Useful properties of cherry plum
Harm and contraindications of cherry plum
Healthy cherry plum oil
How to store cherry plum
Cherry plum for medical purposes
For constipation
With kidney disease
With a reduced erection
When tired
With varicose veins
Cooking use
Cherry plum and zucchini jam
Cherry plum is a plant that is widespread in the wild and has been used by humans for a long time. It is appreciated for its high taste, unpretentiousness and variety of cultivated varieties, among which everyone can choose the one suitable for growing in their area.
The plant belongs to the species Cherry plum, the genus Plum of the Pink family. Earlier, from a botanical point of view, 5 main groups of cherry plum were distinguished:
Syrian;
fergana;
Iranian;
Caspian;
plum spread out.
At the moment, for the convenience of classification, only one group of cherry plums is distinguished separately – Fergana. Some sources attribute the spreading plum to the wild varieties, and the cherry-bearing one to the cultivated one. Where did such difficulties in classification come from? Cherry plum is a plant that can easily and quickly give hybrids, therefore there are a huge variety of varieties and subspecies, both among cultivated and among wild representatives of the genus.
Most often, cherry plum appears in the form of a deciduous shrub or tree. The largest members of the genus can reach a trunk thickness of 0.5 m and boast a height of up to 13 m. However, most popular varieties are much more compact.
The crown of a tree can be narrow pyramidal, round and spreading. The bulk of the branches are thin, often covered with spiny processes. During the flowering period, the tree is covered with a scattering of white or pink flowers, arranged in pairs or singly. The plant is surprising in that the moment of flowering can come before the appearance of the leaves or after. Cherry plum blooms in May and lasts on average from 7 to 10 days.
The fruit has drupe-type fruits of various sizes and colors. Shades range from green to almost black, going through the entire gamut of yellow, red and purple. Depending on the variety, cherry plum is small-fruited with a fruit weight of no more than 15 grams and large-fruited (less common) with fruits up to 80 grams.
Cherry plum is distinguished from its closest relative, the garden plum, by its unpretentiousness, annual fruiting, resistance to severe droughts and a long productive period.
Cherry plum has a vast distribution area. In the North Caucasus, it is called the wild plum, in the countries of Western Europe – mirabelle. The plant has been known to mankind since time immemorial. The seeds of cherry plum were discovered by archaeologists during excavations of the ancient settlements of Chersonesos and Mirmekia.
If we talk about acids, then the palm tree in cherry plum belongs to lemon and apple. In almost all varieties, the pulp has a sourness, expressed to a greater or lesser degree.
The leader among vitamins is vitamin C with an indicator of 16 ml per 100 grams of the product and vitamin A – 2.8 mg. The content of tannins depends on the variety, the stronger the astringency is felt in the taste, the more of them in the composition.
The pectin in the composition endows the fruit with gelling properties, thanks to which cherry plum is actively used in the confectionery industry. The amount of water can be determined by the color of the fruit, the densest varieties are yellow, the large regional varieties contain about 89% water.
Indicators of total and inert sugar in yellow varieties are 5.35 and 1.84%, respectively; in the red – 4.71 and 2.38%. The leader in fiber content is small red fruits (0.58%).
Cherry plum of the North Caucasus contains more acids and less sugar, the fruits of the Transcaucasus are sweeter.
Calories, kcal: 27
Proteins, g: 0.2
Fat, g: 0.0
Carbohydrates, g: 6.9
Due to the high potassium content, cherry plum is recommended to be included in the diet of people suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system on an ongoing basis. It strengthens the heart muscle and helps to get rid of arrhythmias.
A person who constantly uses cherry plum will never get night blindness, scurvy and will not suffer from constipation.
A decoction of cherry plum leaves has a calming effect and is indicated for sleep disturbances. The beauty of this tea is that it is not only healthy, but also delicious.
Vitamins A and C are recognized fighters for beauty and youth. They managed to get such an honorary title thanks to their ability to fight free radicals.
The oil, which is obtained from the seeds, is similar in composition to almond oil. This allows it to be effectively used in cosmetology and home hair care.
Interesting fact. The crushed cherry plum shell is included in the activated carbon.
The first and main thing for which cherry plum is used is to maintain immunity, this is especially important in the autumn-winter period. Cherry plum juice with honey has an expectorant effect much better than a number of medicines, removes toxins and naturally reduces high fever.
Like any cherry plum fruit, it has a number of contraindications and can harm the body. Controlling the amount of fruit consumed is worth those who suffer from diarrhea. Due to its strong laxative effect, the fruit can aggravate the situation.
You will have to completely abandon the fruit in case of gastritis and ulcers. The recommendation is related to the high acid content of the product. Fresh cherry plum is used with special care and strict control for gout and rheumatism.
Cherry plum oil is very similar in composition to almond oil. This makes it effective for all skin types.
Even waterproof makeup can be removed quickly with oil. To do this, moisten a cotton pad with warm water and evenly distribute 3-4 drops of oil. Wipe the skin with light, non-pulling movements.
It is recommended to enrich the daily night face cream with oil. Add 2 drops of oil to a portion of the cream and apply on the face along the massage lines.
To prepare a mask for oily skin combine in a glass bowl "mashed potatoes" cooked in a uniform, 1 tsp. oils and the same amount of lemon juice. Mix everything thoroughly and apply to cleansed skin, leave for a quarter of an hour. Remove the mask with warm water.
When choosing a fruit, determine in advance the purpose of the purchase, whether it will be pickled cherry plum, candied fruit or jam.
Ripe fruit has a pleasant aroma, does not have rough dents and spots.
If you plan on making marshmallows or making a homogeneous jam, you can choose the most ripe fruit. For freezing whole or in pieces, it is better to take mid-season fruits.
The presence of white bloom for cherry plum is the norm. It comes off perfectly even with light washing with water.
In yellow cherry plum, there is practically no astringency, it has a rich sweet and sour taste. Such a product is suitable for making desserts, but for sauces it is better to look for other options.
Cherry plum for the winter is stocked in several ways, it can be: canned, frozen and dried / dried.
Dried cherry plum: recipes
Before drying, rinse the fruits in cold water and arrange according to size. If the bone inside does not come off the pulp well, it is recommended to dry the whole product. In no case should you cut cherry plum, the product in this case will lose a colossal amount of its mass.
If the fruit isn't sweet enough, place it in a boiling syrup made with 1 liter of water and 6 tablespoons for 2-4 minutes. Sahara. Boil a little and lay out to drain.
Transfer the cherry plum to the grid of an electric dryer, set the temperature to around 35-40 ° C and leave for 3-4 hours, turn it off, let it cool and repeat the procedure, raising the temperature to 55-60 ° C. The resulting product should be viscous on the inside, but not sticky.
To prepare the marshmallow, rinse the fruit and put it in boiling water. Wait until the skin begins to crack. Peel, remove the seeds and purée the pulp with a hand blender until smooth. If desired, honey can be added to the fruit puree.
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper and pour the puree, spread evenly with a silicone spatula or spoon. Place the baking sheet in the oven at 40 ° C for 5 hours, turn it off and let cool. Raise the temperature to 60 ° C and dry for another 3 hours, let the pastille cool down and at the last stage place the baking sheet in the oven preheated to 80 ° C for 7 hours. Throughout the preparation of the marshmallow, keep the oven door open, for the electric stove the gap width is 5-6 cm, for gas stoves – 15-18 cm.
It is better to store dried cherry plum and marshmallow in the refrigerator on the middle shelf. When you are confident that the product is dry, place it in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid.
Traditional medicine offers many different recipes based on cherry plum, which will help improve health and prevent disease.
Pour 30 g of dried cherry plum fruits with a glass of boiling water, bring to a boil and leave under a tight-fitting lid for 5 hours.
Before use, strain the broth through a sieve, take 80-90 ml three times a day before meals.
Not only cherry plum fruits are useful, but also its flowers. Pour a glass of color with a liter of boiling water and leave to infuse until it cools completely. Consume 200 ml per day instead of water or tea.
Pour 100 grams of flowers with 300 ml of boiling water, cover and leave for 24 hours. Strain the infusion and drink in two doses. This concentrated tea relieves prostate problems and restores erection.
An invigorating tea that relieves fatigue can be made from tree twigs. 2-3 tbsp Pour a liter of boiling water over finely chopped twigs and leave in a dark place for 48 hours. Strain before drinking, add lemon juice and honey if desired.
Pour a tablespoon of cherry plum leaves with a glass of boiling water, put in a water bath, bring to a boil and leave for a quarter of an hour. Take the filtered cooled broth before meals three times a day, ½ cup.
Cherry plum is used to prepare desserts, sauces, compotes, preserves, jellies, bake a pie, prepare salads and add to meat dishes. As you understood from the description, cherry plum is a universal product.
cherry plum (yellow variety) – 0.5 kg;
zucchini – 0.5 kg;
sugar – 1.3 kg;
pineapple juice – 0.5 l
Rinse the zucchini, peel off the skin with a peeler, remove the seeds and cut into medium-sized cubes. Rinse the cherry plum, let it drain and, along with the zucchini, put it in a saucepan for making jam.
Combine pineapple juice with sugar, bring to a boil and cook for 3-4 minutes. Remember to stir constantly to dissolve the sugar crystals. Strain the syrup through 2 layers of flannel and pour over the cooked cherry plum and zucchini. Leave it on for 5 hours.
Bring the mass to a boil over low heat and boil for 8 minutes, let cool for 4 hours. Repeat the procedure 2 more times.
Pour cherry plum jam into sterilized jars, close with lids, turn over and warm for a day. This method of preservation is more effective than cherry plum compote, which takes up a lot of container and space.
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More high-profile names were released by InTouch Weekly of the 27 year-old actress's ex-lovers.
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The list of Lindsay Lohan's alleged past lovers has exposed several more high-profile names.
The 27 year-old actress seems to have a very busy love life after it was reported she penned a list of her famous past conquests, last week in an issue of InTouch Weekly.
And now the magazine has released several more names, with some currently being in serious relationships.
Newly engaged actor Ashton Kutcher was No.1 on the alleged list, Ryan Phillipe, Hollywood stars Orlando Bloom and Benicio Del Toro were also featured.
When the first photo of the list emerged, these names were originally blurred out, but now the magazine is revealing all.
English Rugby player Danny Cipriani, hockey player Aaron Voros and model Petey Wright were also among the new names uncovered.
The original article included huge stars such as Justin Timberlake, Colin Farrell, Zac Efron, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix and James Franco, plus a few more.
According to the mag, a source handed over the piece of paper, which was written when Lindsay and a few of her friends were at the Beverly Hills Hotel on January 30th.
"They were giggling and talking s--- about people in the industry," the source said.
"It was her personal conquest list," the insider continued. "She was trying to impress her friends with the list and then tossed it aside."
There seemed to be so many ex-lovers, that the 'Mean Girl' actress seemed to have a hard time remembering them all.
Lohan paused "as if she had to remind herself of who they were," the source added.
"The list has some pretty big names on it, and they're not all single guys," an industry insider told the mag. "This getting out now could rock several Hollywood relationships to the core."
Celebrities on the list have yet to confirm nor deny these accusations.
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Shocking photos emerged last week, taken by a journalist with HBO's Vice TV, showing illegal immigrants being housed under an overpass near El Paso, Texas, after the local border patrol facilities ran out of room to house the thousands of migrants crossing the United States border.
This weekend, Customs and Border Protection officials moved the migrants, but acknowledged that it's having trouble handling the influx of migrants across the Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico borders, and facilities are busting at the seams.
The photos, which made the rounds on social media last week, show recently arrived illegal immigrants in the process of being vetted by both border patrol and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement living together inside fencing under an El Paso overpass.
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MSN reports that the "makeshift encampment" "was set up last week after the main border processing center in El Paso reached up to 400 percent of its capacity in the largest influx of migrants to the United States in years."
Immigrants housed at the facility were held in military tents and provided with "limited hot food."
When Vice re-contacted CBP over the weekend, the makeshift encampment had been dismantled and the illegal immigrants were being held pending assessment on their claims of asylum.
Border patrol officials have not denied that conditions along the border are deteriorating, and that the situation is beyond their ability to manage. "Similar scenes are unfolding at border stations across the 1,900-mile frontier, where Kevin McAleenan, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, said last week that facilities had reached a 'breaking point,'" according to MSN.
CBP is dealing with what they've termed a "spring surge" in migration as mostly Central American families and unaccompanied minors have flooded facilities across Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. According to the El Paso border patrol operation, facilities are processing approximately 2,200 migrants per day in facilities that can house only around 1,500.
The number of migrants arriving at the border attempting to declare asylum are reportedly dwarfing last year's totals, and thousands more are expected in the coming months before the Texas heat becomes dangerous and the journey from Honduras through Mexico to the United States border becomes potentially deadly.
"The system is in free-fall. DHS is doing everything possible to respond to a growing humanitarian catastrophe while also securing our borders, but we have reached peak capacity and are now forced to pull from other missions to respond to the emergency," Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told media last week.
President Donald Trump has already declared an unofficial emergency at the southern border, and is working on an official "national emergency" declaration that would allow the White House to reroute funds from other military projects to the border, but the help may come too little too late.
Ironically, pro-immigration activists, who just weeks ago accused the White House of manufacturing a border crisis so as to force Congress to approve what they believe is a "racist" solution — the border wall — are now accusing the Trump administration of not acting quickly enough to handle the flow of migrants, telling MSN that the surge was "predictable" and that "the Trump administration chose not to prepare for it."
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Q: Why are illegal drug organisations called "Cartels"? Per Oxford Dictionaries, a Cartel is

An association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition.

The example given is the Colombian drug cartels.
While this definition does seem to fit a number of modern organisations, like telecom providers or health insurance providers in the US, it doesn't seem to fit with what I know of the practices of the drug cartels. These are illegal organisations which compete with one another, and the price of drugs is kept high by the fact that they're illegal, not by collusion between the cartels.
So what I'd like to know is how the name Cartel came to be associated with illegal drug suppliers, to the extent that many people define Cartel as exclusively a drug-running organization?

A: As far as I know, the term started being used because drug trafficking organizations used to operate just like the dictionary definition of the word "cartel". They don't really operate that way anymore, and to understand why I need to explain a bit of the history behind it. Keep in mind I'm not a researcher, just someone interested in the history of the Mexican-American drug war and this is my take on things.
Back in the seventies and eighties, drug baron Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo was the head of the Guadalajara Cartel. Under the auspices of the Mexican government, Félix Gallardo kept the peace by dividing México into territories (or plazas) that each of the then existing organizations could use as they saw fit. They operated pretty much as a true dictionary cartel. That's why there was relatively little drug violence in México in those times. Full-out turf wars like the ones we see now between rival organizations were practically unheard of, and while there could be some violence, disagreements were usually negotiated between the concerned parties.
Unfortunately for them they made the stupid decision to kill undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena in 1985. This brought the full weight of the American government on the Guadalajara Cartel and the agreements between the cartel and Mexican law enforcement could no longer be sustained. Félix Gallardo was captured, and the Guadalajara Cartel disbanded around 1989. The different organizations that had until then cooperated under Félix Gallardo (Sinaloa, Tijuana, Beltrán-Leyva, Gulf, Juárez, etc) started to operate autonomously.
So, they no longer operate as a true cartel in the dictionary sense of the word. The reason people (and the organizations themselves) keep on using the term is simply because it stuck. As you note, it doesn't really make sense to call modern drug trafficking organizations "cartels", which is why American law enforcement agencies tend to use terms like Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO), among others.

A: It is called cartel because it has the characteristics of a cartel which are applied to an illicit business:
A  drug cartel  is :

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*an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs; "drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations".

Note that:

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*a cartel, corporate trust, combine, trust - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"

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The expression is from the early '70s according to Ngram.

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Personality: Self concept · Personality testing · Theories · Mind-body problem
A personal value is absolute or relative and ethical value, the assumption of which can be the basis for ethical action. A value system is a set of consistent values and measures. A principle value is a foundation upon which other values and measures of integrity are based.
Some values are physiologically determined and are normally considered objective, such as a desire to avoid physical pain or to seek pleasure. Other values are considered subjective, vary across individuals and cultures, and are in many ways aligned with belief and belief systems. Types of values include ethical/moral values, doctrinal/ideological (religious, political) values, social values, and aesthetic values. It is debated whether some values that are not clearly physiologically determined, such as altruism, are intrinsic, and whether some, such as acquisitiveness, should be classified as vices or virtues. Values have been studied in various disciplines: anthropology, behavioral economics, business ethics, corporate governance, moral philosophy, political sciences, social psychology, sociology and theology to name a few.
Values can be defined as broad preference concerning appropriate courses of action or outcomes. As such, values reflect a person's sense of right and wrong or what "ought" to be. "Equal rights for all", "Excellence deserves admiration", and "People should be treated with respect and dignity" are representative of values. Values tend to influence attitudes and behavior.
1 Personal values
1.1 Social values
2 Cultural values
3 Ethic values
5 Sources of Values and Ethics
6 List of possible personal values
According to Morris Massey, values form during three significant periods:
imprint period - from birth to 7 years
modelling period - from 8 to 13 years
socialization period - from 13 to 21 years
Personal values provide an internal reference for what is good, beneficial, important, useful, beautiful, desirable, constructive, etc.[citation needed] Values generate behaviour[1] and help solve common human problems for survival by comparative rankings of value, the results of which provide answers to questions of why people do what they do and in what order they choose to do them.[citation needed]
Over time the public expression of personal values that groups of people find important in their day-to-day lives, lay the foundations of law, custom and tradition.[How to reference and link to summary or text] Personal values in this way exist in relation to cultural values, either in agreement with or divergent from prevailing norms.[citation needed]. A culture is a social system that shares a set of common values, in which such values permit social expectations and collective understandings of the good, beautiful, constructive, etc. Without normative personal values, there would be no cultural reference against which to measure the virtue of individual values and so culture identity would disintegrate.[citation needed]
Wyatt Woodsmall points out that "'Criteria' are used to refer to 'the standards on which an evaluation is based'."[citation needed] Values relate then to what one wants and in what order one wants them; criteria can only refer to the evidences for achieving values and act as a comparative standard that one applies in order to evaluate whether goals have been met / values satisfied.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Values are obtained in many different ways.[citation needed]
Social values
Main article: Social values
Cultural values
File:Inglehart Values Map.svg
The Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map of the World, constructed by sociopolitical scientists Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel based on the World Values Survey.
Individual cultures emphasize values which their members broadly share. One can often identify the values of a society by noting which people receive honor or respect. In the United States of America, for example, professional athletes at the top levels in some sports receive more honor (measured in terms of monetary payment) than university professors. Surveys show that voters in the United States would be reluctant to elect an atheist as president, suggesting that a belief in a God is a generally shared value. There is a difference between values clarification and cognitive moral education. Value clarification consists of "helping people clarify what their lives are for and what is worth working for. It encourages students to define their own values and to understand others' values."[2] Cognitive moral education builds on the belief that students should learn to value things like democracy and justice as their moral reasoning develops.[2] Educationist Chaveen Dissanayake says personal and cultural values can vary according to the living standards of a person.
Values relate to the norms of a culture, but they are more global and abstract than norms. Norms provide rules for behavior in specific situations, while values identify what should be judged as good or evil. While norms are standards, patterns, rules and guides of expected behavior, values are abstract concepts of what is important and worthwhile. Flying the national flag on a holiday is a norm, but it reflects the value of patriotism. Wearing dark clothing and appearing solemn are normative behaviors to manifest respect at a funeral. Different cultures reflect values differently and to different levels of emphasis. "Over the last three decades, traditional-age college students have shown an increased interest in personal well-being and a decreased interest in the welfare of others."[2] Values seemed to have changed, affecting the beliefs, and attitudes of the students.
Members take part in a culture even if each member's personal values do not entirely agree with some of the normative values sanctioned in the culture. This reflects an individual's ability to synthesize and extract aspects valuable to them from the multiple subcultures they belong to.
If a group member expresses a value that seriously conflicts with the group's norms, the group's authority may carry out various ways of encouraging conformity or stigmatizing the non-conforming behavior of that member. For example, imprisonment can result from conflict with social norms that the state has established as law.
This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this.
Please improve the article, or discuss the issue on the talk page.
Furthermore, institutions in the global economy can genuinely respect values which are of three kinds based on a "triangle of coherence".[3] In the first instance, a value may come to expression within the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as (in the second instance) within the United Nations - particularly in the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - providing a framework for global legitimacy through accountability. In the third instance, the expertise of member-driven international organizations and civil society depends on the incorporation of flexibility in the rules, to preserve the expression of identity in a globalized world.
Nonetheless, in a warlike economic competition, differing views may contradict each other, particularly in the field of culture. Thus audiences in Europe may regard a movie as an artistic creation and grant it benefits from special treatment, while audiences in the United States may see it as mere entertainment, whatever its artistic merits. EU policies based on the notion of "cultural exception" can become juxtaposed with the policy of "cultural specificity" on the liberal Anglo-Saxon side. Indeed, international law traditionally treats films as property and the content of television programs as a service.[citation needed] Consequently cultural interventionist policies get opposed to Anglo-Saxon liberal position, causing failures in international negotiations[4]
Ethic values
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Values are generally received through cultural means, especially transmission from parents to children. Parents in different cultures have different values.[5] For example, parents in a hunter–gatherer society or surviving through subsistence agriculture value practical survival skills from a young age. Many such cultures begin teaching babies to use sharp tools, including knives, before their first birthdays.[6] Italian parents value social and emotional abilities and having an even temperament.[5] Spanish parents want their children to be sociable.[5] Swedish parents value security and happiness.[5] Dutch parents value independence, long attention spans, and predictable schedules.[5] American parents are unusual for strongly valuing intellectual ability, especially in a narrow "book learning" sense.[5] The Kipsigis people of Kenya value children who are not only smart, but who employ that intelligence in a responsible and helpful way, which they call ng'om.[5]
Sources of Values and Ethics
Several sources of professional values and ethics exist, and each source used is dependent on who is using them. The law is one source of values and ethics used in the workplace because laws were created to protect employees from misconduct by coworkers and management. Without these laws in place, employees would not feel as if they are valued by the company, so a disloyalty would be created (Joseph, Joshua, 2000). A second source of professional values and ethics is moral values based on religious beliefs. Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam all promote peace, trust, honesty, integrity, and love (Career-change, n.d.). A third source of professional values and ethics is the military. The military creates a sense of trust, discipline, respect, and integrity. Many employers find that ex-military employees are hard-working, disciplined, and respectful. Values and ethics may come from many sources, but all the sources have the same end result (Bauer, Christopher, n.d.).
List of possible personal values
Care for others
Inventiveness
Magnanimity
Temperence
Unpretentiousness
Anthropological theories of value
Goodness and value theory
Moral character
Norm (sociology)
Progressive logic, that illustrates the value logic of civic morality.
↑ Rokeach, M. (1973). The Nature of Human Values. New York: The Free Press.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Santrock, J.W. (2007). A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill
↑ Lamy, Pascal, WTO Director-General, Speech to the European University Institute in Florence on 19 February 2011 (http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl187_e.htm)
↑ Hacker, Violaine (2011a), "Building Medias Industry while promoting a community of values in the globalization: from quixotic choices to pragmatic boon for EU Citizens", Politické Védy-Journal of Political Science, Slovakia, pp. 64-74.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 includeonly>Day, Nicholas. "Parental ethnotheories and how parents in America differ from parents everywhere else.", Slate, 10 April 2013. Retrieved on 19 April 2013.
↑ includeonly>Day, Nicholas. "Give Your Baby a Machete", Slate, 9 April 2013. Retrieved on 19 April 2013.
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03 of August 2017
A child plays at a fountain in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Aug 3, 2017,photo: AP/Vadim Ghirda
Meteorologists issued a "red code" heat alert for 12 counties in western Romania for the next two days, with soaring temperatures expected to subside only after sunset
BUCHAREST, Romania – Meteorologists in Romania on Thursday issued a warning about unusually high temperatures, with 42 C (107.6 F) forecast for parts of western Romania. The hot weather was responsible for at least one death.
Meteorologists issued a "red code" heat alert for 12 counties in western Romania for the next two days, with soaring temperatures expected to subside only after sunset.
An "amber code" was issued for the rest of the country, forecasting temperatures up to 39 C (102 F).
The spokesman for the emergency situations department in the eastern city of Galati, Eugen Chirita said a 60-year-old man collapsed in the street and suffered a fatal heart attack brought on by the heat.
Police said there will be restrictions for heavy traffic on major roads during the weekend because of the heat wave. Authorities told people not to go outside, and urged adults not to leave children in cars in the scorching weather.
The heat wave, which began Monday, is expected to last until the middle of next week.
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