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Keep your love of chocolate from destroying the planet with this one easy fix
Chocolate production generates a lot of pollution.
By Marlene Cimons | Published Apr 17, 2018 2:00 AM
Nexus Media News
Chocolate bar. Pixabay
Chocolate bar Pixabay
It was predictable that one day Adisa Azapagic, who studies the carbon footprint of various foods, would get around to chocolate. Little was known about the environmental impact of producing that guilt-and swoon-inducing pleasure, and for many, ignorance was bliss. "My husband wasn't amused when I suggested he consider switching to dark chocolate," which has a smaller carbon footprint than milk chocolate, she said. "He said it was a divorcing issue."
To be clear — and to the relief of chocolate lovers everywhere — Azapagic, professor of sustainable engineering at the UK's University of Manchester, is not telling people to swear off chocolate. But she does hope consumers will think more about the impact of chocolate production when they make decisions about the treats to eat.
Chocolate cake Pixabay
Agriculture has a major role in climate change. Beef, for example, is the most carbon-intensive food to produce because cows burp and fart large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. One recent study recommended consumers substitute beans for beef, while another proposed doing the same with edible insects or imitation meat. But, it's not just livestock that are fueling climate change. Farmers are burning down forests to clear land for growing crops. Setting trees aflame releases the carbon stored in their leaves and branches into the atmosphere.
Chocolate producers contribute to climate change by buying milk produced by methane-belching cows and by buying cocoa beans from regions where growers are razing forests to clear farmland. Cocoa beans are harvested from Theobroma cacao, a tree indigenous to South America. The major producers and exporters of cocoa beans include the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Ecuador and Brazil.
Cocoa beans Pixabay
Azapagic analyzed chocolate's ingredients, manufacturing processes, packaging and waste to assess their environmental effects, and found — in Britain — the chocolate industry produces the equivalent of more than 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, roughly the carbon output of a UK city the size of Belfast. Her study, which appears in the journal Food Research International, also determined that it takes about 1,000 liters of water to produce a single chocolate bar.
The study focused on the three most popular types of chocolate products in the UK, which make up 90 percent of the market there: milk chocolate bars, sharing bags — which are plastic bags with lots of bite-sized chocolates in them — and small, snack-sized chocolate bars. The team found the sharing bags were worst for the environment.
Miniature chocolates like those sold in sharing bags. MissingHailstone/Wikipedia
Chocolate's raw materials, including milk powder, cocoa derivatives, sugar and palm oil, and its packaging are major environmental villains. Cocoa, sugar and, in particular, palm oil production are driving deforestation. The production of milk powder also is very carbon-intensive, largely because dairy cows generate a lot of methane while producing milk. For this reason, milk chocolate is more environmentally harmful than dark chocolate.
"Most of us love chocolate but don't often think of what it takes to get from cocoa beans to the chocolate products we buy in the shop," Azapagic said. "Cocoa is cultivated around the equator in humid climate conditions, mainly in West Africa and Central and South America, so it has to travel some distance before it makes it into the chocolate products we produce and consume in the UK."
Cocoa farmer in Indonesia. Yusuf Ahmad/World Agroforestry Centre
The research focused on the UK, which in 2015 ranked sixth in the world in chocolate consumption, with a decided preference for milk chocolate, according to the study. (Since then, the UK has climbed to 4rth place, Asapagic said. The United States currently lies further down the list at 19th, she said.) The average American eats almost ten pounds of chocolate annually, while the typical British person consumes nearly twice that amount, she said — the equivalent of about 157 Mars bars.
She said the chocolate industry should look to reduce packaging, conserve energy at manufacturing plants, and guard against deforestation. "We hope this work will help the chocolate industry address the environmental hotspots in the supply chains and make chocolate products as sustainable as possible," she said.
Chocolate eggs Pixabay
And what is an environmentally conscientious chocolate aficionado to do? "The key is to be moderate in consumption, like with anything else," Azapagic said. "It's better to avoid chocolates that have large amounts of packaging. Typically, Easter eggs and those for Mother's Day will be over-packaged, as they are selling you the 'attractive' packaging, rather than the product in it."
Also, she said, stick to dark chocolate, rather than milk. It will be good for your health, too. Dark chocolate has less sugar than milk chocolate, and eating too much sugar contributes to obesity and other problems. Dark also has been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce bad cholesterol and lessen inflammation, all of which contribute to heart disease.
"I do love chocolates," Azapagic said. "I used to be a milk-chocolate person before, but over the years I acquired taste for dark chocolate and can no longer eat the milk one, as I find it too sweet. And this was much before I knew that dark chocolate had lower impacts."
Also, be forewarned. She may be finished with chocolate for now, but there's more sweet stuff to study. "We're also working on biscuits [cookies], cakes and ice cream," she said.
Marlene Cimons writes for Nexus Media, a syndicated newswire covering climate, energy, policy, art and culture.
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This skill is cast using life rather than mana.
Increases the duration of the skill.
Discharges Endurance Charges, making the character invulnerable to physical damage for a short time, proportional to how many endurance charges were expended.
Curses all targets in an area, making their attacks less effective.
Enchants your shield with the power of storms, which lashes out to deal lightning damage to attackers when you block their attacks.
Summons fiery elemental shields providing additional armour for a short duration. For each hit you take, the shields cause a burst of flame, dealing fire damage to surrounding enemies.
Use Cyclone as the main attack. Run Cyclone in Bringer of Rain for a 7L. Get a high block/high defenses shield. Use a rapier for the range on Cyclone/attack speed.
Rush to block and life nodes first.


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Do you know what it says to your employees when you replace them with a machine? It says "I don't trust you".
It also says, your job will soon be irrelevant. You are worthless. I can provide better customer service by removing you.
Many of supermarket chains are are increasing the number of 'fast' self-service checkouts, with the exception of Morrisons who thankfully did some research of their customer base and are removing them.
At our local supermarket, instead of spending time at the checkout with a member of the Sainsbury's team, I am forced through the agonising self service process of bag opening, mis-scanning, being accused of theft, and waiting for approval for wine and before I can scramble out of the store.
During a recent visit to McDonalds we found a new form of ordering system. Instead of ordering food from a person, big vertical screens were suspended from the ceiling, into which you can tap your order and it magically appears at the counter five minutes later. No need to talk to anyone if you don't want to.
In our experience around 90% of the people coming in refused to use them despite staff begging them too. Note to staff - begging people to make you redundant is a bad idea.
Same experience at my local bank - Barclays staff now try and usher me to self service machines rather than spend time at the counters, and there's a move to keep me out of fuel stations by presenting me with a card slot at the fuel pump - the same story is true at my local train station.
Even more bizarre is the appearance of self service coffee machines from Starbucks - which is horrifying when you think that their value proposition is based around the quality of barista and bean. Why would I pay the same for a robot as the qualified barista?
While these are unlikely to appear 'in store' any time soon - the rise of the poor quality franchise outlet and the war for UK service stations between Costa and Starbucks is not helping quality perception.
Starbucks - remember this from 2008, when you shut all your stores in the US for the day?
In common with 44% of the population (according to Retail Week), I prefer interaction with people rather than self service, and although retailers typically preach 'choice' and 'speed' as their reasoning, it transpires that the associated increase in theft is costing far more than the $125k installation costs and the staff salary savings.
These thefts cost retailers over half a billion pounds per year and as a consequence are causing greater investments in multi-sensory, anti-theft spying systems at checkouts, combined with an increase in security guards.
Now I'm sure that there is short term pain investing in the technology, and the aim is long term savings by removing pesky humans from the equation (or at least reducing the number dramatically) - but none of these companies are thinking deeply enough about their brand.
Wake up. Your people ARE your brand. In an evolving service economy one of the very few things that separates you from the competition are the interactions your customers have with your staff.
Here's a quote from a really great article by Kate Hilpern on brand value.
"Brand value is measured one brilliant customer experience at a time"
Machines do not give brilliant customer experience. They provide short term novelty and the illusion of choice, but never long term relationships.
I am REALLY upset that my local Starbucks closed last week, I'll miss the coffee, and the meeting space, but much more than that I'll miss the team of human beings that have looked after me for several years (most are facing redundancy which makes it doubly hard).
We've all been to 'good' and 'bad' versions of our favourite chains - and greater consistency can be achieved by a machine, but it's never going to ask you about your family and bring you an occasional free coffee, burger or kids toy. It also won't prompt you about a '2 for 1' offer you missed (that might slow the line).
More touch points between companies and their customers is a good thing - but so many companies are now flying in the face of common sense it bewilders me.
Self service machines are the exact opposite of employee engagement, they suppress any positive projection of culture and they reduce your value proposition.
Stop doing it. Stop it now - think better of your staff, see past the cost and appreciate the enormous value these conversations, relationships and other interactions bring.
And we need to stop using the damn robots. You don't have to use them - in fact you can have great fun (and get even greater customer service) by proclaiming in a loud voice "Why would I use one of those, I like talking to others, and if I keep using a machine, soon all these nice people will be made redundant".
PS Great people really do make great companies, and I'm a big fan of both Starbucks and McDonalds for that very reason - read this blog for some more insight.


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Short stories are fun to write, fast to compose (well, faster than books), and they get published every single day.
Writing a short story is a worthy mission. Short stories are fun to write, fast to compose (well, faster than books), and they get published every single day. Here's a quick guide to help you craft short stories like a pro.
Before we get started, let's put ourselves in short story mode. Your goal when writing a short story is to deliver a satisfying narrative in a very small package. Short stories aren't tiny novels. They rarely have any subplots at all. Instead, the action revolves around one main conflict. The theme is revealed through a character and his or her obstacles. Tension keeps the reader invested in the stakes all the way through to the resonant ending.
When I started StoryADay May back in 2010, some of 100 or so people who took part really stuck with me. One was Gabriela Pereira, who had just finished up an MFA and was transitioning from student to working writer. We shared an enthusiasm both for writing and for the hair-brained scheme.
Back then, I was a couple of years ahead of her in the online, community-building, content-marketing , writing-for-pay experience. Now she has soared into the writing world as a leader, a teacher, an inspirer and, in her own words, Chief Instigator at her project: DIY MFA.
This afternoon I tuned in to her latest webinar, sort of as a favor. I've heard the talk before, live and in person, and was really just showing in case no one else did. Of course, there were tons of people on the call, loads of questions from attendees, and Gabriela fired people up and sent them away with tools and techniques to make their writing better, as always.
But — it shouldn't surprise me, but it did — what I hadn't expected to happen was that I had a breakthrough about my own novel-in-progress, while listening to Gabriela talk. Suddenly, I knew exactly what the turning point at the mid-point of my novel needed to be. More than knowing it, I could *picture* it.
I rushed off to my office and scrawled three pages of notes, opened up Scrivener and started adding scene cards to the second half of my novel's file. I got super excited, and then realized how much writing I had to do…then chose to see that as exciting too!
Did I mention I've heard this talk at least twice before?
Lesson learned: when you find a teacher/mentor/friend whose words you really connect to, stick to them. Revisit their lessons. Re-read their books. Get on webinars and conference calls with them. Ask questions. Go over and over their lessons at different stages of your development and the development of each of your projects.
When the student is ready, the teacher appears, as my old mate the Buddha apparently never said.
Choices: which story would you write?
There is still time left this year to meet some of your goals. The question is which ones?
You blew through your projects and generated a new, longer list.
Either way you have a choice to make:where do you focus your time and creative energy for the rest of the year?
This certainly seem to be a trait in many of the successful people I know.
I've been writing long enough now that I've seen people come along who were just starting out when I'd been doing this for a few years, who have overtaken me. Whether it's the success of their website, or their book publishing, they seem much further along on one or other of the paths I want to take.
I'm sure you've had similar experiences. But why does it happen?
Partly, it's to do with making choices.
Like many writers I tend to over think things. I tend to get stalled by the idea that there is a perfect choice.
We could beat ourselves up about that, but the reality is, as writers we make choices all the time. We need to get comfortable with that, so that our perceptions don't hold us back.
The best words to convey their actions, their feelings, their surroundings.
Every choice you make is a rejection of every other choice.
Does The Thought of Closing Down Options Paralyze You?
As a reforming over-thinker and reluctant-decision-maker, I'm here to tell you that, the more you make choices in your writing, the better you become at it.
And in fiction, making choices is always reversible.
Here's the really important part about choices: you aren't locked into your choices, but you must review them and adjust your course.
For example, if you decide to kill off a character in your short story, but then find they would have been useful to have around later, you have some choices to make: must you correct the mistake or can you make some other character carry the weight that would have been taken up by the character you killed?
And in your writing life: you decide you're going to write for two hours before bed every night, but find yourself tired and depleted and unable to create anything worthwhile. Should you continue to do what you think ought to work, or should you review the results of the experiment, decide you've learned something useful, and try writing at another time of day?
We're not sculptors, lopping off pieces of marble that ought to have been a nose or an arm. If we accidentally chop off a story arm, we just go back in and add more words!
With words, we can fix everything.
Making choices in your fiction is fantastic practice for making choices on bigger issues.
TASK: Go back to your writing today with a sense of appreciation and gratitude for the fact that your medium is the insubstantial one of words and fiction; and that by making choice in your fiction you get to become better at it.
The art of iteration (i.e. trying things, adjusting and trying the next, tweaked version) is in trying a new thing for long enough to really tell if it's working, before you analyze and make changes.
If you're trying to write at night, commit to trying it every day for two weeks (or the equivalent thereof) and only then, make changes.
If you change a plot thread or a character, write a good chunk of the story after that decision point, evaluate it, and only then make decisions.
Do not make decision on the fly. Do not change your routine or your decisions every day. Give every experiment time to run, then examine it, and change one little thing, and go again.
Think of these experiments as first drafts. My first-draft version of 'write first' allow me to check email before I started writing. After I had tried the experiment for a while, I got stuck. The experiment (the first draft) had run its course. The outcome: checking email derailed my fiction writing.
So I edited out 'check email', and gave the process another try. It went much better.
With the writing part assumed, we skip straight to making creative choices, and scanning the world for inspiration.
I advocate taking away as many choices as possible from your writing practice.
Making choices saps your willpower. If you spend your day making choices about your writing practice, by the time you sit down at the keyboard, you're going to be pretty depleted.
MAYBE get around to writing, and send the first half of the time allotted, trying to quiet my mind and get back into the story.
I would argue that if your day looks like this, you have depleted your will power so much that it is going to be really hard for you to make all the choices that you need to make in your story world.
Think about Mark Zuckerberg and his omnipresent grey hoodies, or Obama wearing the same blue suit (or multiples thereof) almost every day of his presidency. These people have so many choices to make in the day, the last thing they want to do is waste energy on choosing an outfit.
You have so many choices to make in your story world, the last thing you want to do is worry about reinventing your writing routine every day.
Now, I know not everyone can write first thing in the morning (it's extremely rare day when I can truly sit down to write without having to deal with other people's needs first).
But what you can do, is create a protected bubble of time that is for writing. In order to do that, make a deal with yourself that you will write at a specific time every day (or plan ahead for a weeks' worth of writing days if your schedule is unpredictable).
This removes the self-talk about whether you'll write today, wether you deserve your writing time, and all the bargaining we do with ourselves to 'buy' writing time.
I have tried to make it, recently, an absolute that I write fiction first thing in the morning. I've tried to make it an absolute that I don't look at email, Twitter, Facebook, or talk to any more people than absolutely necessary, before meet my fiction word count.
The more that has become a habit, the more my fiction output has grown, and the more my output has grown, the more creative breakthroughs I've had and, the better my writing has become.
You may find that you can write best at the end of the day, when everyone has gone to bed and you will have no choices except the ones in your story world.
Just decide when you'll write, and stick to it for a couple of weeks. Decide if it's working. Tweak. Try again. Keep writing!
I know we creative types often resist routine and commitment and structure because we've been sold this vision of the crazy creative.
We've come to believe that routine and structure stifle creativity and innovation, but in fact, routine in your working practices can actually free you up to be more creative in your work.
We can't build the creative space we need if we're cramming our writing time into the space between all the will-I/won't-I choices we put in front of our commitment to our writing.
Learning to get better at making choices and sticking with them is a powerful tool both in your stories, in your writing life, and in your life in general.
Make your choices boldly. Stick to your commitments for a period of time. But remember that, as in writing, you can edit your choices later.
That's why I advocate writing the first lines last—or at least tweaking them after you've finished the story, when you know what it's about.


The fungus is characterised by the unusual structure of its underside - where many other mushrooms have gills, this species has densely-clustered spines - hence the name 'Hedgehog'.
The cap of this fungus is typically bright, creamy-white in colour - which makes them quite easy to spot from a distance in open woodland - the first time I gathered this mushroom, I was aided in identifying it by a kindly stranger (who was very familiar with the species) - who described the appearance as 'like a handful of whipped cream thrown on the ground'.
This is an apt description - especially in describing the more mature specimens - younger ones are often quite regular mushroom-shaped, but as they grow, they tend to become wavy, scalloped and quite irregular. They may reach a size of 25cm or more in diameter.
In younger specimens, the cap may be yellowish-tan in colour to the extent that the mushrooms almost resemble Chanterelles.
All parts of this mushroom will tend to stain yellow-brown if cut or bruised (this is normal - and is also one of the identifying characteristics of the species).
Let's take a closer look at those spines - they're the key identifying characteristic of this fungus.
They are tightly-packed conical spikes - shorter toward the edge of the cap. They are quite fragile and fall off if they are brushed or if the mushroom is roughly handled.
The fruiting body of this fungus is quite delicate and will break apart if handled roughly - the stem may also be quite short and the clustered spines below are very prone to picking up dirt and debris - I recommend the use of a sharp knife - carefully cut the stem where it grows, trim off any parts that still have loose debris on them and place the mushrooms in a flat basket with the spines downwards.
This is quite a slow-growing fungus, and you may well find them in all stages of maturity - the best ones to pick are neither the smallest nor the largest specimens. Small ones tend to be thin and fragile, lacking substantial flesh - very large ones may be significantly eaten away by slugs and beginning to decay.
A little care is needed in the preparation of this fungus - even if the greatest care has been taken during gathering, there will probably still be small pieces of dirt, leaf-litter and small invertebrate life nestled in amongst the spines.
It is said that larger specimens may be bitter and require blanching in hot water - although other informations sources say this is not so. I find it best to blanch them anyway, because it softens the spines and prevents them all falling off when the pieces are added to the pan. I just cut up the mushrooms into thumb-sized pieces, put them in a bowl and poured on boiling water. I left them for a couple of minutes, then drained them.
This is a meaty, substantial mushroom with a great flavour, so it stands up well against other ingredients - I fried off some lardons of streaky bacon with finely-chopped shallot - once this was cooked, I added the pieces of blanched mushroom, a knob of butter, a small sprinkle of chopped herbs and a couple of grinds of black pepper.
I fried this gently for a few minutes - the mushrooms released some juices as they cooked, which reduced down to a sort of sticky glaze. At this point, I turned the heat right up, added a couple of tablspoons of brandy and flamed off the alcohol, then I added a splash of cream and some grated mature cheddar and stirred it all together to make a creamy sauce.
While this was all happening, I had made a large, thin omelette - I tipped the creamy mushroom mix onto one half of the omelette and folded it over. I served my creamy wild mushroom omelette with sliced potatoes, baked crisp in the oven, and tender green peas. Supremely tasty and satisfying!
Many other sorts of mushrooms would have been lost in amongst the onion, bacon, cheese, herbs and cream, but not this one. It has a robust and deep wild-mushroom flavour that is very nicely balanced in this serving method.


Steve LeVine is Future Editor for Axios, where he looks at the geopolitics, economics and social impact of robots, artificial intelligence, and new energy technology. Steve is also a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Foresight, Strategy and Risks Initiative, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
Previously, Steve was a foreign correspondent for eighteen years in the former Soviet Union, Pakistan and the Philippines, running a bureau for The Wall Street Journal, and before that writing for The New York Times, the Financial Times and Newsweek. Before joining Axios, Steve was on the team that launched Quartz, where he served as Washington Correspondent for four years.
The Powerhouse is Steve's third book. In 2007, Random House published The Oil and the Glory, which BusinessWeek magazine selected it as a Top 10 book for the year.


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J&K: 80 terrorists arrested, infiltration down this year: DGP
The police in 100 successful operations in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021 have killed 182 terrorists, including 44 top ultras, DGP Dilbag Singh informed on Friday. Infiltration has come down this year, and only 34 terrorists have managed to cross the border, he added.
As many as 497 people have been booked under UAPA in Jammu and Kashmir. Singh also added that 9 JeM terrorists involved in the attack on a police bus in Pantha Chowk had been eliminated in the last 24 hours. Talking about youngsters joining terror ranks, he said, "134 youngsters joined terror ranks in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021, and 72 of them have been neutralised, 22 arrested," he said.
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In a bid to prevent the Covid-19 from spreading, the 64-hour-long weekend lockdown has begun across Jammu and Kashmir on Friday for the third straight week in the Union Territory.
The weekend lockdown was announced by the State Executive Committee (SEC) headed by the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir following the surge in the Covid-9 cases in Jammu and Kashmir from the past couple of weeks.
All the markets, business establishments and other non-essential services remained closed from the afternoon erewhile public traffic was also off the roads.
However, policemen at different places were seen implementing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as a number of persons who were found without face masks were fined. The commuters without face masks were also being fined, witnesses said.
The lockdown will continue till Monday morning.
Pertinently, Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, has 260 Micro Containment Zones as a number of cases were detected from these localities.
JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla Friday said that the Congress party is the only secular alternative acceptable to J&K and urged its cadres to strengthen it. This was stated by former Minister Bhalla while taking stock of the organizational affairs and activities in the Jammu region and urged upon the party cadres to work for the wellbeing of the people, as the Congress is the only secular alternative acceptable to people in J&K. He described Congress party as a vibrant situation in J&K and asked the party cadres to strengthen Congress under the young and dynamic leadership of Rahul Gandhi.
He urged the cadres to strengthen the Party and expose the failures and wrong policies of the BJP govt in J&K, which is responsible for the current situation prevailing in J&K.
Bhalla, while speaking on occasion, expressed grave concern over the highly volatile situation in J&K, describing it as fall out of wrong policies adopted by both J&K and Central Governments as a result, the situation has turned from bad to worse, besides vitiating the atmosphere of peace and tranquillity in the State, especially in Valley. He also apprised the gathering about the Congress party's efforts to restore peace. However, the situation in the Valley is so grim, but the Congress party is working for peace. "Congress Party being the only unifying force in the country and State will continue to work for peace and stability," he said.
Reiterating that Congress has more enormous responsibilities at the national and international level, the former Minister today claimed that his Party was the only alternative before the people of Jammu and Kashmir for getting their regional aspirations fulfilled. He said that Congress is the only option left before the people of Jammu and Kashmir. He said people have bitter experience of Double Engine Govt of BJP.
Bhalla alleged that BJP betrayed the massive mandate of Jammu & by dividing and downgrading the Princely Historical state of Jammu and Kashmir into 2 Unions territories. He said the people of Jammu & Kashmir feel deceived & disgusted by BJP's uncalled-for moves in J&K. The people of Jammu, especially youth, feel robbed of their jobs land BJP has pushed the people towards Identity & Culture crisis. PCC leader said it is extraordinary that on the 5th of August 2019, two UT's were carved out of Princely State Jammu and Kashmir, and Domicile replaced Ladakh and PRC. To protect jobs of youth, land, Identity & Culture, the people of Ladakh rejected it and were given a permanent resident certificate. Bhalla demanded that the people of Jammu and Kashmir also be granted permanent resident certificates instead of Domicile so that jobs, land, culture and identity of Jammu and Kashmir be saved. People of Jammu and Kashmir are fed up with the hollow slogans and Jumla politics of BJP.
Bhalla said that J&K had had peculiar issues since independence because of its geography and cultural diversity, and these concerns cannot be addressed while sitting in New Delhi. Maintaining that State BJP has no effective leader and has been exposed because of their misdeeds during the last seven years, he stressed that Congress was the only and most suitable alternative for a Government in Jammu and Kashmir State. In this situation, BJP's target of 50 people will also show that their claim of 50 is a big Jumla. People will give their full support to the Congress is a time tested Party that can feel the pulse of the people and fulfil the genuine urges and aspirations of the people, especially youth. He also demanded full-fledged statehood for Jammu and Kashmir before holding Assembly Elections to give statehood after elections is just to put the cart before the horse.
Bhalla claimed that Congress, during its tenure, had proved how to provide pro-people governance to the people by bringing total transparency and accountability in the functioning of the Government. We set an example of good governance during Congress's regime wherein every individual was provided with the equal opportunity of growth and development", he said. Reiterating his resolve to institutionalize transparency and accountability in the governance, Bhalla said that Congress had shown the way for strengthening democratic and constitutional institutions in the State by initiating various revolutionary steps during its tenure in power. Complimenting people for their patience, Bhalla said that the trust and confidence shown by people in his Party was the guiding force to transform Jammu and Kashmir as an island of peace and prosperity. However, Bhalla urged the centre to grant Jammu and Kashmir statehood and then conduct elections. "Don't make the mistake of carrying out delimitation first and then giving statehood," he said. Our demand remains that first statehood should be granted and that should be followed by-elections," he said.
Bhalla said that the State had lost a great lot since its division. "We were told that the scene in Jammu & Kashmir will change after making J&KUT and Growth, hospitals, unemployment will be taken care of. But that has not happened at all. Bhalla said we were far better off when various chief ministers were ruling it. So, we are a great loser. After the State's division into two parts, we have been a great loser. We have been a great loser ever since the Assembly was dissolved," he added.

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A lot of safety discussions center around how to keep yourself from falling off or being launched from lifts, but not many safety discussions involve how to get off of them when you're in danger. Just recently, two construction workers in Boise, Idaho had to make some quick decisions as their welding blanket caught fire while they were in the lift.
At the time of the fire, the boom lift was extended roughly 60 feet in the air and they were too far away from the building to be able to jump to safety. Worse yet, the control board on the basket no longer was disabled due to the fire. As the flames started to get larger, quick thinking workers on ground level were able to swing the basket towards the building, which allowed the two men to jump to a ledge on the sixth floor. The two men were able to get away with only minor burns and were treated for smoke inhalation and KBOI in Boise reports they are doing well.
I'm not sure there are many situations than being trapped by a fire, but these two aren't the first to have to jump to safety to avoid being badly injured. Dramatic footage of a construction worker trapped on a 5th floor balcony of a $50 million Houston apartment complex engulfed in flames was caught on video in 2014. In the video, you can see the worker lowering himself down the fifth floor balcony and swinging onto the fourth floor balcony, where he was rescued by a team of firemen. That building, which was nearing completion, was completely destroyed by the fire.
Luckily for the crew at the recent Boise job site, the fire was able to be contained within the basket of the lift. It's a sobering reminder that job sites can and do catch fire and split second decisions need to be made in order to save lives when it happens.


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Idella B. Cross Memorial Bursary
Bursary | Eligibility: Arts, Comparative Religion, Current 1st year, Current 2nd year, Current 3rd year, Current 4th year
The Idella B. Cross Memorial Bursary is provided through the generosity of Miss Grace E. Lohnes from the legacy left by Miss Idella B. Cross. It is available to a needy student taking a course or courses in Comparative Religion.
Ingram B. Oakes - University Entrance Scholarship
Interdisciplinary Technology Award
Award of up to $6,500 | Eligibility: Pure and Applied Science, Computer Science
Established in 2019 by an appreciative Acadia alumnus, this award is granted to a full-time student enrolled in a Bachelor of Applied Computer Science degree, preferably from Nova Scotia. The award recognizes the importance of multiple disciplines in the pursuit of a more holistic view of technology, and is renewable with consideration for academic excellence and financial need. Value: $6,500 annually.
International Student Support Fund
Established though a gift of stock from an anonymous donor, the International Student Support Fund will provide financial resources for the recruitment and retention of international students. Revenue generated by this fund will be used by the University to recruit students from countries outside of Canada and/or will provide financial support to current students studying at Acadia who demonstrate financial need due to circumstances beyond their control. The University may use the proceeds of the Fund as a recruitment incentive or enabling device to attract a student (or students) from a foreign country to come to Acadia to study, in any discipline, who would be unable to gather the necessary financial resources otherwise. Current students (in any discipline) who have lost financial and/or personal support through circumstances such as, but not limited to natural disaster or armed conflict in their home countries, a family death, or the application of punitive cultural practices that makes their continued study at Acadia challenging will qualify for support. It must be generally agreed that failing to provide relief funding will prevent a deserving student from entering or continuing his/her studies at Acadia. The Fund will provide financial relief for expenses such as, but not limited to: tuition, academic fees, books, the provision of living expenses (i.e. housing, food, clothing), life essentials such as medicine or medical treatment, and /or travel home to attend to urgent family business (i.e. a family funeral or other necessities). Entering and/or returning students are eligible to receive financial support from this Fund.
IODE Annie G. Murray Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship of up to $1,200 | Eligibility: Professional Studies, Education, Current 2nd year, Nova Scotia
The IODE Annie G. Murray Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a second-year student registered in a program leading to the Bachelor of Education degree. Preferably from Nova Scotia, the recipient must have demonstrated an interest adding to the quality of life of others through campus or community activities and have demonstrated financial need. The scholarship is made possible through the generosity of the Provincial Chapter of Nova Scotia IODE in memory of Annie G. Murray (Sem 1911). Miss Murray was a dedicated teacher and member of the IODE and was involved in many community activities.
Ira F. Dyas Bursary
The Ira F. Dyas Bursary with an annual value of $160 endowed by Mrs. E. C. Bennett of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, in memory of her brother, the late Ira E. Dyas, M.D., is to be applied annually on tuition.
Isaac Chipman Scholarship
The Isaac Chipman Scholarship. An award of $470 a year awarded every second year for two years, was endowed by Mrs. Murray R. Chipman of Montreal, Quebec, to honour the memory of Isaac Chipman, scientist and humanist and one of the co founders of Acadia. It is to be awarded not earlier than the end of the second year to a student with high standing and great promise with a view to assisting them to complete the University course, the scholarship to be a credit one half on the fees of the junior year and one half on the fees of the senior year. Failure to maintain high standing throughout the junior year will result in the forfeiture of the scholarship during the senior year.
Isaac Judson Levy Scholarship
The Isaac Judson Levy Scholarship ($455) was established at the ten-year reunion of the Class of 1975. It is annually awarded to a superior senior student who has made significant contributions to university life and does not receive other major University funding. Dr. Levy (B.A. Acadia, 1931; B.D., S.T.M. Andover Newton Theological School, 1944, 1952; D.D. (Hon.) Acadia, 1956), served as Chaplain at Acadia from 1964 to 1975.


Wish you all a very happy new year 2016.
There was a time when Ishaan was around 2 years of age when I used sweet potatoes very regularly. But that did not continue for a long time. He does not like anything sweetish, so I stopped. Now I am trying to include them back in our diet because of their nutritional values and also because Ayaan is almost that age now. He has a big sweet tooth. Few months back, I saw these very tender and beautiful sweet potatoes at Farmers market. I made a simple stir fry with half of them. The remaining went into these stuffed parathas.
I used a combination of sweet potatoes and normal potatoes for this. I did not want the parathas to be too sweet. I also used lot of masalas to make them a little spicy. I think I need to make these more often, they were just delicious.
Cook sweet potatoes and potatoes(I do not have them in picture below) in pressure cooker. Peel them when they are cooled down.
Add the spices and mash them to remove any lumps.
Make the dough. Take small balls of covering, flatten it on the palm and then stuff a small ball of stuffing in them. Seal properly.
Roll each ball and then roast them on tava.
Sweetish spicy parathas with sweet potatoes, tasty and very filling.
Make a dough with the ingredients mentioned under outer cover.
Knead the dough very well for few minutes.
Apply little oil to the dough and let it rest (covered) for atleast 30-60mins.
Cook sweet potatoes and potatoes in pressure cooker.
Add all the spices, salt and mix well.
Make small balls out of the dough and stuffing (I usually make sure I have equal number of dough and stuffing).
Take a ball of dough and flatten on your palm, use little oil if needed.
Keep a stuffing ball on it and seal the dough properly around the stuffing.
Roll them into paratha. (Do not use too much dry flour).
Apply ghee from both sides for extra taste (I do that for kids).
Serve hot with yogurt or pickle or any side dish of your choice.
How many whistles in pressure cooker are needed to cook sweet potatoes?
Looks yummy and appetisig.. My ggrandson 16 mmonth months old is a fussy eater.. Will tell my wife to try this on. Any suggestions for fussy kids. Please llet me know.
I have few kid friendly recipes on this site, please try.
this was looking one of the best potato Parathas full with potato.
A breakfast that i make often and for years now. have becoming a sort of expert in making parathas. 😉 Thanks for sharing this recipe. I will definitely give a try it.
I really liked your idea of using both regular & sweet potato. My kid ate without fussing. You deserve a pat on the back!
Tasty and healthy recipes for morning breakfast. I try to made it at house and really it is very tasty and delicious.


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Some notes about Regulation
The British regulatory model is an evolving one. It started out as a reaction against both the nationalised industry controls, and the perceived failures of US rate of return regulation. In the mid 1980s, the zeitgeist was one of markets, liberalisation, competition and private ownership. RPI-X was invented as a deliberately simple and temporary way to mimic the market, but only for so long as it took for competition to do away with the need for regulation at all. This applied to BT in 1984, it was expected to wither away after 7 years.
In practice it has gradually morphed into a detailed and permanent set of interventions for the core monopoly infrastructures. Regulation now controls price and outputs, and it has developed techniques to address the asset bases, the cost of capital, the operating efficiency and capital expenditure.
Regulation, built in this piecemeal way, has become heterogeneous. Each regulator has followed a specific path. OFGEM pioneered RIIO, with 8-year periods, whilst OFWAT sticks to 5. OFGEM has indexed the cost of debt, OFWAT has not. ORR has had to accommodate a much greater role for the state, whilst OFCOM has struggled with the emerging USO for broadband. Large infrastructure projects have attracted their own unique contractual frameworks. Hence the detail matters, as is explored in each part below.
Regulation Publication
As the full impacts of the lockdowns become painfully obvious, there is much talk of new stimuli and in particular green recovery plans.
Presentation Infrastructure Investing in Future Utility Infrastructure
Presentation Regulation Policy and Regulation for Utilities: Where do we go from here?
Presentation for Future of Utilities Conference
Publication Communications The new broadband utility and the openreach debate
The prime Minister has said that we should have, by right, access to fast broadband and it should be thought of like the services for electricity, water, transport and all the other utilities. He is absolutely right, but the implications of treating broad
Video Communications The new broadband utility and the openreach debate
Publication Communications Price setting in regulated utilities and the potential application to the BBC
The determination of the BBC's licence fee is the outcome of an opaque and non-transparent process, which contrasts dramatically with that which applies in the case of the regulated utilities. 2. In all the main privatisations from 1984 onwards, the utili
Publication Transport What to do about the railways?
Despite the sharp rise in demand and therefore revenue, it is widely agreed that the railways are in a mess. A significant proportion of the electorate think that renationalisation is the answer, and indeed Network Rail itself has been renationalised. Alt
Publication Regulation Regulatory credibility and the irresistible urge to meddle
When the great utilities were being privatised, one of the key objectives was to establish a regulatory regime which would be credible to investors and fair to customers. The way it worked was that the companies would be given fixed contracts ex ante, and
Publication Infrastructure How long can interest rates remain low?
We live in extraordinary times. Real interests are negative, have been negative for several years and the forward guidance from central bankers suggests that they believe they are going to stay that way for several years to come. Yet this is a very unnatu
Publication Infrastructure British Infrastructure and the Gradual Return of the state
The state of British infrastructure is the source of almost continuous study and criticism. There is now a host of new demands in water, energy, transport and communications which require a step change in investment. The Coalition government has made a se
Publication Transport Introduction to 'Air Transport and Infrastructure'
In D. Helm and D. Holt (eds.), 'Air Transport and Infrastructure: The Challenges Ahead', published November 2003 by Oxera, pp. 1-4. In committing itself to providing a 30-year framework for air transport policy, the government recognised that the existing
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To assist with the defence of their new Caribbean colonies, English, French and Dutch governors turned to the buccaneers, who were more than willing to plunder Spain's towns in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The earliest buccaneers were a ragged assortment of deserters, fugitives and even runaway slaves who banded together on the island of Tortuga on the Atlantic coast of present-day Haiti. They lived by hunting wild pigs and cattle (brought to the island by European settlers), smoking their meat on a wooden frame over a pit known as a boucan (hence the name boucaniers). When the game became scarce they took to the open sea to prey on shipping, especially Spanish.
As their numbers and their skills increased, the buccaneers became a serious fighting force under resourceful leaders like Henry Morgan, who had arrived with the English army. Morgan's successful sack of the city of Panama with three thousand men in 1671 coincided with the conclusion of a peace treaty between England and Spain. After a brief incarceration in the Tower of London to appease the Spanish, Morgan returned to Jamaica as Lieutenant Governor with a mandate to eradicate what was now deemed piracy.
Reminders of the era of piracy at Port Royal include Gallows Point at the end of the promontory and, offshore, Rackham's Cay where "Calico Jack" Rackham, after being executed, was squeezed into a cage and hung in the air as a warning to others. His two accomplices, Anne Bonney and Mary Read, escaped punishment by declaring themselves pregnant.


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Baidu, Inc. (kineski: 百度; pinyin: Bǎidù, što znači "sto puta") je kineska multinacionalna tehnološka tvrtka specijalizirana za usluge i proizvode povezane s internetom i umjetnom inteligencijom, sa sjedištem u pekinškom okrugu Haidian. Jedna je od najvećih svjetskih tvrtki za umjetnu inteligenciju i internet. Holding društvo grupe registrirano je na Kajmanskim otocima. Baidu su u siječnju 2000. godine osnovali Robin Li i Eric Xu. Internetska tražilica Baidu trenutno je četvrta najposjećenija web stranica na svijetu na Alexa Internet ljestvici. Baidu vuče podrijetlo iz RankDexa, ranije tražilice koju je Robin Li razvio 1996. godine, prije nego što je osnovao Baidu 2000. godine, kao kinesku inačicu Googlea.

Baidu nudi razne usluge, uključujući kinesku tražilicu, kao i uslugu mapiranja pod nazivom Baidu Maps. Baidu nudi oko 57 usluga pretraživanja i zajednice, kao što su Baidu Baike (internetska enciklopedija), Baidu Wangpan (usluga pohrane u oblaku) i Baidu Tieba (forum za raspravu zasnovan na ključnim riječima).

Baiduova globalna poslovna jedinica (GBU) odgovorna je za međunarodne proizvode i usluge tvrtke Baidu za tržišta izvan Kine. Portfelj proizvoda tvrtke Baidu GBU uključuje tipkovnice Simeji i Facemoji Keyboard, platformu za preporuku sadržaja popIn, mrežu proširene stvarnosti OmniAR, japanski pametni projektor popIn Aladdin i oglasnu platformu MediaGo, koja je usmjerena na kineske oglašivače, koji žele doseći inozemne korisnike. 2017. godine Baidu GBU sklopio je partnerstvo sa Snap Inc. da djeluje kao službeni prodavač oglasa tvrtke Snapchat u Kini, Južnoj Koreji, Japanu i Singapuru. Partnerstvo je produženo 2019.

2018. Baidu je prodao dio svog poslovanja u inozemstvu "Global DU business", koji je razvio niz uslužnih aplikacija, uključujući ES File Explorer, DU Caller, Mobojoy, Photo Wonder i DU Recorder, itd. Ovo poduzeće sada posluje neovisno o tvrtki Baidu pod nazivom DO Global.

Baidu je druga po veličini internetska tražilica na svijetu, a na kineskom tržištu tražilica imao je 76,05% tržišnog udjela. U prosincu 2007. Baidu je postala prva kineska tvrtka koja je uključena u indeks NASDAQ-100. Od svibnja 2018. tržišna je kapitalizacija Baidua porasla na 99 milijardi američkih dolara. U listopadu 2018. Baidu je postala prva kineska tvrtka koja se pridružila konzorciju računalne etike sa sjedištem u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama "Partnerstvo umjetne inteligencije".

Izvori

Kineske tvrtke
Internetske tražilice
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State police would inspect social accounts for signs of "mental health issues." Seldom content to let its coastal counterparts take all the glory for bad ideas, Illinois is following New York's lead and proposing that all prospective gun buyers give the government access to their social media accounts.
Under a new proposal being considered by the Illinois legislature, people who want a license to own firearms or ammunition would have to submit a list of all their public-facing online accounts to the state police.
State Rep. Daniel Didech (D–Buffalo Grove) suggests that the law is necessary because too many people with "mental health issues" are buying guns. That's a debatable claim, but at least it's within the realm of realism. Where Didech goes off the rails is supposing the state authorities could identify dangerous people simply by looking at their social media presence, and that this determination would be sufficient to deny them their First and Second Amendment rights.
It's also silly to think people with accounts likely to scare off gun-permit granters would actually reveal those accounts to police.
Didech tells the local CBS station: "A lot of people who are having mental health issues will often post on their social media pages that they're about to hurt themselves or others. We need to give those people the help they need."
Mental health advocates, the state rifle association, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois are already speaking out against Didech's proposal.
John Boehner chairs National Cannabis Roundtable. The former House speaker is supposed to announce the initiative today. "An industry-funded group to lobby for cannabis reform," writes Mike Allen, "the group has seven founding companies, including Acreage Holdings, where he's on the board."
On the new organization's homepage, a quote attributed to Boehner says that "the membership of the National Cannabis Roundtable represents every aspect of the cannabis supply chain. Our members operate in 23 states with legal cannabis programs, including the District of Columbia. We are growers, processors, retailers, wellness centers, investors, entrepreneurs, and publicly traded companies."
It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive. The Green Dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it, right?
Quite frankly I haven't seen it, but I do know that it's enthusiastic, and we welcome all the enthusiasm that's out there. I'm very excited about it all, and I welcome the Green New Deal and any other proposals.
CNN's Chris Cillizza writes that "none of this necessarily suggests that there is an any animosity between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez. Rather, what Pelosi's comment about the 'Green New Deal' represents is that the speaker wants to make very clear how things work in the House. AOC may be a star nationally, but in the House she is just a very junior member of Pelosi's majority— albeit it one with a larger-than-normal megaphone on issues close to her."
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify before the House Judiciary Committe today.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that served as a backhanded way to all but eliminate abortion access in the state.
USA Today is spreading fear that Title IX protections somehow wouldn't apply to U.S. students participating in their school's study abroad programs.


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The King Is Back!!! Messi Receives A Guard Of Honour & Award From PSG Teammates, Staff (video)
January 4, 2023 January 5, 2023 Olumuyiwa Olayinka 0 Comments Argentina, Lionel Messi, Lionel Messi & PSG
Leo Messi's PSG teammates, coaches and entire staffs gave him a guard of honour and award on returning to training
Qatar 20222: How The Western Nations & Their Media Houses Ate The Humble Pie With The Success Of The World Cup
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By Azu Ishiekwene The Persian Gulf is good news for Western oil and gas supply and tales of mysticism and
Argentina's Central Bank Is Considering A Lionel Messi Bank Note (pics)
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You can't put a price on Messi… or maybe you CAN! Argentina's Central Bank 'is plotting to put Lionel Messi's
Pomp & Pageantry, Public Holiday Declared In Argentina As Triumphant World Cup Winner Returned Home (pics & video)
Fans of Argentina lined the streets on Tuesday, December 20 to celebrate Lionel Messi and his teammates following their stunning
Kylian Mbappe Beats Lionel Messi to win 2022 World Cup Golden Boot
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French striker Kylian Mbappe has beaten awarded the Golden Boot of the 2022 World Cup after finishing the tournament on eight
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Argentina Win 2022 World Cup, Beating France In Penalty Shootout (pics)
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Lionel Messi's wait for World Cup glory is finally over after Argentina beat France in a dramatic penalty shootout on
Qatar 2022: Adidas Collapses As Leo Messi's Argentina Jerseys Are Soldout Worldwide
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Leo Messi's Argentina jersey is sold out worldwide. Whether in Buenos Aires, Madrid, Doha, Tokyo… Adidas stores have run out
Davido Is Back!!! Performs At 2022 FIFA World Cup In Qatar (pic & video)
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Davido is back!!! This is his first public perfromance after loosing his son, ifeanyi Adeleke in a domestic accident at
Qatar 2022: Messi Surpasses Batistuta As Argentina's All-time World Cup Top Scorer (pic)
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 Olumuyiwa Olayinka 0 Comments Argentina, Croatia, Gabriel Batistuta, Lionel Messi, Qatar 2022
After scoring the penalty in the first half of the semi-final against Croatia, Lionel Messi passes Gabriel Batistuta as Argentina's
Watch Lionel Messi Shedding Tears Of Joy As He Breaks Pele's Goal Scoring Record (video)
September 11, 2021 September 11, 2021 Olumuyiwa Olayinka 0 Comments Argentina, Copa America 2021, Lionel Messi, Marta, Pele
Lionel Messi shed tears of joy after scoring his 79th international goal on Thursday night, September 9, to become South


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Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis: evidence from three populations
Ahmad Abu-Akel*, Stephen J. Wood, Rachel Upthegrove, Katharine Chisholm, Ashleigh Lin, Peter C. Hansen, Steven M. Gillespie, Ian A. Apperly, Christiane Montag
Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment
Applied Health Research Group
College of Health and Life Sciences
Functional impairment is a core feature of both autism and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. While diagnostically independent, they can co-occur in the same individual at both the trait and diagnostic levels. The effect of such co-occurrence is hypothesized to worsen functional impairment. The diametric model, however, suggests that the disorders are etiologically and phenotypically diametrical, representing the extreme of a unidimensional continuum of cognition and behavior. A central prediction of this model is that functional impairment would be attenuated in individuals with mixed symptom expressions or genetic liability to both disorders. We tested this hypothesis in two clinical populations and one healthy population. In individuals with chronic schizophrenia and in individuals with first episode psychosis we evaluated the combined effect of autistic traits and positive psychotic symptoms on psychosocial functioning. In healthy carriers of alleles of copy number variants (CNVs) that confer risk for both autism and schizophrenia, we also evaluated whether variation in psychosocial functioning depended on the combined risk conferred by each CNV. Relative to individuals with biased symptom/CNV risk profiles, results show that functional impairments are attenuated in individuals with relatively equal levels of positive symptoms and autistic traits—and specifically stereotypic behaviors—, and in carriers of CNVs with relatively equal risks for either disorder. However, the pattern of effects along the "balance axis" varied across the groups, with this attenuation being generally less pronounced in individuals with high-high symptom/risk profile in the schizophrenia and CNV groups, and relatively similar for low-low and high-high individuals in the first episode psychosis group. Lower levels of functional impairments in individuals with "balanced" symptom profile or genetic risks would suggest compensation across mechanisms associated with autism and schizophrenia. CNVs that confer equal risks for both disorders may provide an entry point for investigations into such compensatory mechanisms. The co-assessment of autism and schizophrenia may contribute to personalized prognosis and stratification strategies.
Molecular Psychiatry
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Abu-Akel, A., Wood, S. J., Upthegrove, R., Chisholm, K., Lin, A., Hansen, P. C., Gillespie, S. M., Apperly, I. A., & Montag, C. (2022). Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis: evidence from three populations. Molecular Psychiatry, 27(7), 2976-2984. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01543-5
Abu-Akel, Ahmad ; Wood, Stephen J. ; Upthegrove, Rachel et al. / Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis : evidence from three populations. In: Molecular Psychiatry. 2022 ; Vol. 27, No. 7. pp. 2976-2984.
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Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis : evidence from three populations. / Abu-Akel, Ahmad; Wood, Stephen J.; Upthegrove, Rachel et al.
In: Molecular Psychiatry, Vol. 27, No. 7, 07.2022, p. 2976-2984.
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N2 - Functional impairment is a core feature of both autism and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. While diagnostically independent, they can co-occur in the same individual at both the trait and diagnostic levels. The effect of such co-occurrence is hypothesized to worsen functional impairment. The diametric model, however, suggests that the disorders are etiologically and phenotypically diametrical, representing the extreme of a unidimensional continuum of cognition and behavior. A central prediction of this model is that functional impairment would be attenuated in individuals with mixed symptom expressions or genetic liability to both disorders. We tested this hypothesis in two clinical populations and one healthy population. In individuals with chronic schizophrenia and in individuals with first episode psychosis we evaluated the combined effect of autistic traits and positive psychotic symptoms on psychosocial functioning. In healthy carriers of alleles of copy number variants (CNVs) that confer risk for both autism and schizophrenia, we also evaluated whether variation in psychosocial functioning depended on the combined risk conferred by each CNV. Relative to individuals with biased symptom/CNV risk profiles, results show that functional impairments are attenuated in individuals with relatively equal levels of positive symptoms and autistic traits—and specifically stereotypic behaviors—, and in carriers of CNVs with relatively equal risks for either disorder. However, the pattern of effects along the "balance axis" varied across the groups, with this attenuation being generally less pronounced in individuals with high-high symptom/risk profile in the schizophrenia and CNV groups, and relatively similar for low-low and high-high individuals in the first episode psychosis group. Lower levels of functional impairments in individuals with "balanced" symptom profile or genetic risks would suggest compensation across mechanisms associated with autism and schizophrenia. CNVs that confer equal risks for both disorders may provide an entry point for investigations into such compensatory mechanisms. The co-assessment of autism and schizophrenia may contribute to personalized prognosis and stratification strategies.
AB - Functional impairment is a core feature of both autism and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. While diagnostically independent, they can co-occur in the same individual at both the trait and diagnostic levels. The effect of such co-occurrence is hypothesized to worsen functional impairment. The diametric model, however, suggests that the disorders are etiologically and phenotypically diametrical, representing the extreme of a unidimensional continuum of cognition and behavior. A central prediction of this model is that functional impairment would be attenuated in individuals with mixed symptom expressions or genetic liability to both disorders. We tested this hypothesis in two clinical populations and one healthy population. In individuals with chronic schizophrenia and in individuals with first episode psychosis we evaluated the combined effect of autistic traits and positive psychotic symptoms on psychosocial functioning. In healthy carriers of alleles of copy number variants (CNVs) that confer risk for both autism and schizophrenia, we also evaluated whether variation in psychosocial functioning depended on the combined risk conferred by each CNV. Relative to individuals with biased symptom/CNV risk profiles, results show that functional impairments are attenuated in individuals with relatively equal levels of positive symptoms and autistic traits—and specifically stereotypic behaviors—, and in carriers of CNVs with relatively equal risks for either disorder. However, the pattern of effects along the "balance axis" varied across the groups, with this attenuation being generally less pronounced in individuals with high-high symptom/risk profile in the schizophrenia and CNV groups, and relatively similar for low-low and high-high individuals in the first episode psychosis group. Lower levels of functional impairments in individuals with "balanced" symptom profile or genetic risks would suggest compensation across mechanisms associated with autism and schizophrenia. CNVs that confer equal risks for both disorders may provide an entry point for investigations into such compensatory mechanisms. The co-assessment of autism and schizophrenia may contribute to personalized prognosis and stratification strategies.
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Abu-Akel A, Wood SJ, Upthegrove R, Chisholm K, Lin A, Hansen PC et al. Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis: evidence from three populations. Molecular Psychiatry. 2022 Jul;27(7):2976-2984. Epub 2022 Apr 14. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01543-5


The apartment is in the heart of Vésenaz old town. This practical location is a short walk from all amenities as well as schools, the Manor, Coop and Migros shopping centres, the bank, post office and hairdresser. Geneva city centre is just 10 minutes' drive away.


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Abused for our beliefs in Beersheba
We are converts to Christianity who continue to think of ourselves as Jewish. That doesn't give anyone the right to insult or assault us.
By HOWARD BASS
This Jewish story begins almost 4,000 years ago with our father Abraham, and then with his two sons. One son mocked the seeming insignificance of the other. Later Isaac's two sons strove, with the blessing given to our father Jacob/Israel. The other son never really got over his loss. Jacob's own 12 sons have been squabbling ever since over who should have the place of honor. When we do bad things to each other, we say it is just a family feud, but when others do bad things to us, we call it something else. We are a picture of humanity in microcosm. Although God has told His chosen people how to worship Him, we have disputed about even this. Some of us deny that there is even a God who has told us anything. Others will even use unlawful means to accomplish what to them is a just end. Last Shabbat, December 24, we were mobbed by a crowd of ultra-Orthodox extremists. While extremists controlled the direction and tone of the demonstration, other participants seemed ashamed of the violent behavior. The "we" here are Messianic Jews and gentiles, including Arabs, who believe that Jesus is the promised Messiah, and the one who saves us from our sins. We are called by many different names, some honorable and others not so; but by whatever name, it is with Jesus Christ that we are identified. Our faith in Him is based upon what we believe to be the truth of God's Word given to Moses and the prophets of Israel, written in the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings. We also believe that history confirms the New Covenant (Testament) testimony of Yeshua being the Son of the living God. This angry confrontation of up to 500 men, women and children was organized by the Chief Rabbinate of Beersheba, calling them out from the synagogues around the city to come to the private property used by the local Messianic congregation for prayer and worship. Forcing their way into the walled grounds, these people overthrew chairs and tables and resisted the police who were called in to protect the innocent and to disperse the mob (which took a couple of hours). The mob broke and damaged property and equipment, and physically assaulted and insulted men, women and children by hitting, spitting, pushing, punching. WHAT WAS the "crime" for which the haredim were attacking us? We believe that Jesus is Lord and Messiah. The day of the attack, two women (over the age of 18), one of whom was born into a Messianic Jewish family, were to be baptized by immersion. According to the basic law of freedom of religion in Israel, no law was being violated. The local Orthodox authorities, however, decided that this law (which is for the benefit of all citizens) is too liberal for them. The chief Sephardic rabbi of the city was present at the illegal and violent demonstration, and was seen preaching to the crowd standing outside the property. While claiming that he does not advocate violence, he has never apologized or even expressed any regret for what his disciples did, in apparent disobedience to his instructions. (This is not our first encounter with him and them). "Go to Gaza!" "You're worse than the Nazis!" "Israel is the land of the Jews!" "Go back to America... to Russia... to Argentina!" Doesn't this sound like what many of our parents and other relatives heard in Europe not so very long ago? In fact, in our congregation we have converts to Christianity who are Holocaust survivors, as well as people who were born Christian and whose families helped protect Jews from the Nazis. The God of Israel allows a place of honor for the "strangers" in His land, for those whose hearts are joined with His people and with Him. Worship includes how we treat our neighbor and the stranger, for the Jews were strangers in the land of Egypt. I AM a Jew who grew up in the US; my parents and grandparents are Jewish. My prophetic bar-mitzva portion was from Ezekiel 36, which is being personally fulfilled as God has brought me home to Israel from exile, and Jesus has brought me back home to our Father in Heaven. My choices regarding faith and identity have always been made in awareness of my being Jewish. Since the days of Samuel, prophet and judge, it was from Beersheba, the City of the Fathers, that Israel has asked for a king like the gentiles have. We eagerly wait for the day when the Kingdom of God is restored to Israel and to the nations, and the fruit of His righteousness will be true peace and security. The writer is serving as pastor of Nachalat Yeshua Messianic Congregation in Beersheba. He and his wife have four children born in Israel; two are presently serving in the IDF.
More about: Beersheba, Russia, Israel, Europe


In September we will kick-off our New Sunday School Program! Our Sunday School team will begin a new curriculum in which we will have structured Sunday School classes on the 1st and 2nd Sundays of each month, a Group Enrichment Activity on the 3rd Sunday of each month, and a Family Service on the 4th Sunday of each month. Our new Sunday School Coordinator, Kim Miller is looking for Sunday School teachers as well as volunteers to help with the group enrichment activities – please contact her if you would like to volunteer your time to our youth or if you have any questions! (kim23@comcast.net or call 609-230-0399) Any amount of time that you can volunteer will be greatly appreciated! We are hoping to have 2 teachers for each classroom, and 3 volunteers for each Group Enrichment Sunday! Registration will take place after Homecoming Sunday Services on September 7th during our Sunday School Carnival Event!


Keith Goodhart's new work expands his themes of personal freedom and the nature of avoiding entrapment in contemporary human foibles. There is a rhyme between his work and those primal artworks of healing where spirits both good and evil are embedded into objects where they can be isolated and studied, and ultimately controlled. He owns and works on a small sheep ranch in the West where ecological issues deal not only with the encroachment of men upon the earth but spiritual and ethical encroachment as well. The harassment of Native Americans and nuclear proliferation are some of the mundane issues in the grasslands. Art becomes a way of personally increasing one's voice in a place where sounds can go miles before making any kind of contact.
Indeed his work is inhabited by landscape and sky. But it is not empty. He fills it with human history and interchange. There are always secrets for the eye to engage in, intriguing dialogues that are not one-sided. His work serves not only as amulets for himself and his friends, but as functioning gatekeepers to oversee the health and life cycles of the animals on his ranch. It is the meeting place of function and intention that is so fascinating about his roughly beautiful mysterious work.
Curator's Choice, our annual group exhibition, will take place in Gallery I. We are pleased to introduce the work of Ignacio Carles-Tolrá whose drawings were first discovered by Jean Dubuffet, and Shuvinai Ashoona, an Inuit woman whose drawings reflect an intimate view of stone formations found on the tundra. We will also be showing new large format drawings by Chris Hipkiss, work by Sabhan Adam, several newly discovered paintings by Jon Serl, and newly released healing machines from the Emery Blagdon estate.


The below reference guide regarding vessel arrest in Belgium was presented at the Ship Arrest Seminar that was organised by Thomas Cooper on 23 May 2017 at Trinity House, London at which our colleague Philip Vanlommel spoke for Belgium.
You can find the reference guide in PDF by clicking here.
1. Which laws and conventions confer the right of arrest?
Belgium is a signatory to the International Convention for the Arrest of Sea-going Ships 1952 and the right of arrest is enacted in the Judicial Code (art. 1468 and 1469 J.C.).
2. What conditions must be fulfilled in order to obtain a right of arrest?
In order to obtain permission for the arrest the claimant only has to present an allegation of a maritime claim in accordance with the 1952 Convention. The claimant thus must assert that he has a claim but must not prove it (prima facie evidence). The claimant will also need to provide some documentation regarding the amount of the claim. Original documents are not required.
3. For which claims can a ship be arrested?
Belgium incorporated the Brussels 1926 Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages. Arrest is possible if the specific lien qualifies as a maritime claim.
Arrest is possible even though the judgment/arbitration award is not final.
Any person alleging to have a maritime claim as set out in the 1952 Convention.
5. What property can be arrested?
• Any sea-going ship whatever the flag it is flying. A sea-going vessel is any ship that is commonly used or is destined to be used to sail the sea and that is exposed to the risks of the sea. That includes hovercrafts. The arrest stretches to the Ship's Certificate but not to the bunkers, cargo and freight.
• Bunkers and freight can also be arrested but not on basis of the 1952 Convention.
• Cannot be arrested: State Owned vessels, platforms, installations that are not meant for navigation even though they can be moved.
6. Is sister-ship arrest possible?
Sister-ship arrest is possible if the owner is liable for the maritime claim. In that case not only the ship in respect of which the maritime claim arose may be arrested but also all other ships in the same ownership. There is no sister-ship arrest in relation to claims in respect of the ownership or the possession of a ship.
Ships are deemed to be in the same ownership when all the shares therein are owned by the same person or persons.
7. Is associated ship arrest possible?
It is possible although the claimant must prove that both ships are actually owned by the same persons or entity. In general the courts are reluctant to pierce the corporate veil but there is a tendency to be less strict.
8. Does arrest found jurisdiction or is it possible to arrest for security only?
It is possible to arrest for security only.
Art. 7 of the 1952 Convention provides that the Courts of the country in which the arrest was made in certain circumstances shall have jurisdiction to determine the case upon the merits. Although art. 7 has not been incorporated in the Belgian Judicial Code of Civil Procedure it is part of the Belgian Private International Law. In principle Belgian courts will thus accept jurisdiction on basis of art. 7 but in practice this article is rarely used.
9. What is the procedure for arrest?
A written application must be presented to the Judge of Seizures where the vessel lies or is expected to arrive. The written application must be accompanied by the supporting documents.
Original documents must not be presented nor do they need to be notarised or apostilled. Documents in Dutch, French, English or German language are at this stage normally accepted without translation.
No POA is needed. Belgian solicitors represent their clients without needing to present a POA.
If authorisation is granted the lawyer will instruct the court bailiff to proceed to the actual arrest of the vessel. The bailiff will serve the arrest order to the Captain, take the Ship's Certificate and inform the Port Authorities.
Fees: the court fees for filing the application are EUR 100,00.
From receiving the claim file a vessel can be arrested within a few hours.
10. Does counter-security need to be provided?
In theory the court can order to post a counter-security but in practice the counter-security has fallen into disuse. A counter security is very rare.
There is however one exception. As a result of the OW Bunker saga it is possible that a counter-security needs to be provided in case of arrest for unpaid bunker invoices. The counter-security is in the amount of EUR 5/DWT.
11. Does the arresting party assume any liabilities?
12. What is the procedure for release from arrest?
Once the arresting party has obtained sufficient security it is obliged to immediately instruct its bailiff to release the ship. The bailiff will inform the Port Authorities and will return the Ship's Certificate to the ship. As from the moment the security has been obtained the vessel can be released in one hour or two.
Alternatively if the arrest order is successfully challenged the court decision will automatically result in the withdrawal of the initial arrest order.
13. What type of security needs to be provided and how much?
• The arresting party is entitled to security up to the amount of the claim plus a provision of 30% for interest and cost.
• There is no prescribed form for security. The security must provide the same guarantee as the actual arrest on the ship. In general P&I Club letters of undertaking and guarantees from first class Belgian banks are accepted. Cash deposits are also an option.
14. Is multiple arrest possible or re-arrest for top-up security?
The value of the security cannot exceed the value of the ship at the time of the (initial) arrest.
15. Can arrest be prevented?
16. Can an arrest be challenged?
The arrest can be challenged before the Judge of Seizures within 30 days of the arrest. The case will be handled as in summary proceedings.
In case security is provided awaiting the outcome of the arrest proceedings it is important to reserve the Owner's right to challenge the arrest order.
17. When does a claim for wrongful arrest arise?
The courts are reluctant to grant claims for wrongful arrest. The Owner will practically have to proof reckless behaviour/gross negligence or bad faith on behalf of the arrestor (for example if the arrestor did not disclose important information to the Judge of Seizures at the time he filed the application). Maintaining the arrest can under certain circumstances also be considered as a kind of wrongful arrest. In practice this is rare or difficult to prove.
18. Are there any other particular features of arrest in your jurisdiction?
A conservatory attachment can be obtained over the ship to which a maritime claim relates, irrespective of whether it is the Owner or another person who is responsible for the maritime claim/debt. Only the ship to which the maritime claim relates may be the subject of such an arrest and not any other vessel owned by the same Owner. Arrest is thus possible for claims against for example voyage or time charterers.
In order to release the ship from arrest the Owner will have to provide security that guarantees payment of the claim even if a third party is the debtor of the claim.
There is a restriction to this principle: the ship may not be arrested if it changed ownership between the moment the claim arose and the moment of the arrest.


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Q: MQTT Broker - Excessive CPU and Memory Usage I have an MQTT(Mosquitto) service running in a docker container for a production site(hosted on AWS EC2). The reason for running it within a container is to ensure portability since we use this service in multiple places.
Recently, we have been observing that MQTT over time, starts eating up a lot of resources(CPU and Memory), due to which it turns out that we start losing information that has been transmitted over MQTT via QoS 1. To resolve this issue, the following approaches have been tried out:

*

*Delete the persistence file that the MQTT broker uses

*Delete the complete MQTT volume

*Restart the container

The above steps seem to work for the time being, but do not completely address the issue. We also went a step further to increase the number of resources available to MQTT(EC2 CPU and Memory), but similar to the above steps, it seems to just push back the problem and not address it.
Could you suggest ways in which we can address this issue? Furthermore, it would be helpful, if anyone can suggest how to profile the MQTT Broker as well, for heap usage, topics, clients, disconnects/connects, etc.
Currently, we use the following MQTT configuration file:
# mount to /mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf

# sys_interval 60

persistence true
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/

# This causes every change to trigger retained data save
autosave_interval 60
queue_qos0_messages true
store_clean_interval 20
max_queued_messages 100000
max_inflight_messages 10000
allow_anonymous false
password_file /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/passwd
acl_file /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/acl

connection_messages true
log_dest stdout

persistent_client_expiration 1h

Note: The clients that we use to connect to the MQTT Broker, are written in NodeJS and Python. And with all the clients we pass the clean-session option as true.
Running the following command on the Mosquitto server:
mosquitto --help
The response received is:
mosquitto version 1.4.12 (build date 2017-06-01 13:03:46+0000)

mosquitto is an MQTT v3.1.1/v3.1 broker.