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In CSR Initiatives Bangalore, Public Health
As you know a new respiratory disease called COVID-19 is spreading across the world. India has also reported cases from states and the Government is trying to contain the spread of the disease. As an important citizen, you play a major role in preventing its spread by maintaining Social Distancing, avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth & practice respiratory hygiene.
The needs of the hour are working with Government Systems and our teams are supporting public health and other government officials. Your contributions will be allocated as per areas of priority and greatest need in consultation with Government officials. For more detailed information regarding our COVID-19 interventions as part of CSR Initiative, please write to our Covid19 relief team at [ support@trinitycarefoundation.org ]
On 27.March.2020, Trinity Care Foundation team provided N95 Masks to the Doctors and other health staff at Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital – designated Government Hospital for treating COVID-19 patients. Since then supporting Front-line Medical Professionals, Daily Wage Workers and Migrant Labourers & Community Outreach Health Programs.
Trinity Care Foundation was one among the few organisations given authorization by Disaster Management Authority, Karnataka to implement community health interventions during the Pandemic in 2020-2021.
Keeping in view of the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in India, its declaration as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and, decision of the Government of India to treat this as a notified disaster, it is hereby clarified that spending of CSR funds for COVID-19 is eligible CSR activity as per the notification. The MCA said that funds spent on promotion of healthcare, including preventive healthcare and sanitation and on disaster management would be within the definition of a company's CSR obligations. The circular clarified that the broad based items as per Schedule 7 of the CSR policy, which deals with the activities that constitute CSR activity, may be interpreted liberally for this purpose. We appeal to Companies to come forward at this hour of need to stand for our Nation. Request you to support Front-line Medical Professionals, Healthcare Workers and Marginalized communities as part of your company CSR project during this crisis.
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We are working with Government Hospitals/Community Health Centers/Primary Health Centers in Karnataka where the vulnerable seek healthcare services. It is essential to protect the Doctors, Nurses, Health workers and the Staff at the Hospitals/CHCs/PHCs. Daily wage earners, small business owners and self-employed persons in marginalized communities are facing the brunt of the nationwide lock-down and loss of livelihood. We are supporting them and their families through the provision of ration and basic essentials.
Safety of Medical Professionals & Healthcare Staff: Providing Safety Kits to Healthcare workers in Government Health Facilities in rural Karnataka. This is also necessary to ensure that the Doctors/other Health staff does not get infected or transfer the infection to others.
Infrastructure at Government Healthcare facilities: Providing Medical Devices at Government Health facilities, to mitigate risk of contamination as well provide treatment. We have provided Medical Services and Healthcare Services as well as hospital equipment on a case to case basis.
Community Health Programs: Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns and outbreak responses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID19 Outreach Program: For Daily Wage Workers and Migrant Labourers with the key objective of helping needy families so that they can at least manage food and other essential items to survive this crisis.
Covid19 Vaccination Program for marginalized communities.
You can donate to our COVID relief fund through any of the options shared below –
Indian Donors with a valid Permanent Account Number (PAN) can make a direct bank transfer to (Kindly send local donations only to this account)
Account Name: Trinity Care Foundation
Account Number: 30357136884
IFSC / RTGS Code: SBIN0020280
Bank and Branch: State Bank of India, Akshaya Complex, Victoria Road, Austin Town, Bengaluru , Karnataka, India – 560047.
Foreign donors wishing to make a direct bank transfer – (Kindly send foreign donations only to this account)
Name of the Bank and Branch : State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, 11, Sansad Marg, New Delhi -110001
Donors in India –
Contribute for "Fight Against COVID-19" Project, Donate an amount of your choice @ https://pages.razorpay.com/pl_H3fABA9Cpu8Xst/view
You can support Covid Relief as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative for your Company in association with us, as per Ministry of Corporate Affairs [ Write to us @ support@trinitycarefoundation.org to connect].
For more information regarding COVID-19
For authentic information on COVID-19: Kindly visit the WHO website, the Health Ministry, Government of India website.
Sustainable CSR projects implemented in Karnataka state, India by Trinity Care Foundation can be viewed on : https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums
School Health Program | 2018-2019 Internship
Trinity Care Foundation calls for healthcare professionals who are genuinely interested to travel, learn and work in Government Schools in and around Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The internship is open to Doctors and Medical Interns . Above all, we welcome those with curiosity to explore and humility to learn.
Location: Bengaluru city, Karnataka
Languages: English, for those interested to work, ability to converse in Kannada is an added advantage .
Duration: 15.July.2018 to 28.Feb.2019
Last date for application: 15.June.2018; If you know anyone who is interested please ask them to get in touch with us by writing to us. Interested Doctors kindly send your resume to email [support@trinitycarefoundation.org] with Subject Line "SHP Doctors". Interview for shortlisted Doctors will be held in July First week, 2018. Certificates will be provided to those who have successfully completed the internship along with a Stipend.
Boost yourself – If you're still an graduate looking to apply for medical school, think about how far ahead of the curve you'd be after completing an medical internship! Just by putting that kind of experience on your CV or resume, you're guaranteed to stand head-and-shoulders above nearly all other applicants.
The internship offers a rare opportunity to work hands-on in schools, learn from pubic health professionals and help those in need of medical attention. The work will focus on issues pertaining to school students and cover health check-up, eye check-up and health education. The internship is for 45 days each.
The team will cover government schools in outskirt's of Bangalore, and undertake the following activities:
Pre-screening of students for height, weight, skin, eye, dental, cardiac, caries, oral lesions, speech and hearing, facial deformities, etc.,
Facilitating medical intervention for those shortlisted through the pre-screening, partnering with existing Government health systems for a sustainable model.
Impart awareness on health issues,adolescent health, hand-washing, ill effects of tobacco and tooth brushing techniques to students of government schools.
Undertake training for teachers and school staff to carry forward the work.
Digital capture of Data of each child.
School Health Programs in Govt. Schools, Visit https://flic.kr/s/aHsjZuw5P6
Trinity Care Foundation is a public health organization with track record of 10+ years in priority areas of health. Registered with the Income Tax Department, Government of India under Section 12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs,Government of India under Section 11 (1) of the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010. It is also registered with the National Health Mission and NITI Aayog.
Visit to know ! https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums
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Trinity Care Foundation is a Public Health Organization focusing on Craniofacial Surgeries, School Health Programs and Outreach Health Programs in India for the underprivileged sections of the Society .
Trinity Care Foundation is a registered public charitable trust under the Indian Trusts Act (Reg No.:SHVD-4-00745-2007-2008) on 27.12.2007 We are also registered under:
Under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Order No : DIT (E)BLR/12A/T-322/AABTT5300R/ITO(E)-2/Vol 2009-2010, dated April 24, 2009).
Under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Order no.: DIT (E)BLR/80G/4/AABTT5300R/ITO(E)-2/Vol 2010-2011, dated April 20, 2010) with perpetual validity.
The FCRA Regulations of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (Permanent Reg No.: 094421576, dated September 09, 2014) for the receipt of foreign donations.
Trinity Care Foundation operations are managed out of the Bangalore office; the management team takes the programme and operational decisions with oversight from the Board of Trustees.
Our Funds come from multiple sources, including individuals who provide support through annual fundraising events and through direct donations as well as CSR funding from institutions and corporates.
Trinity Care Foundation is also registered with the following due diligence and compliance networks:
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
YourCause – United Way
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Foreign currency funding received: Apr.2015 – March.2016
Government of Karnataka and Trinity Care Foundation sign MOU to provide free surgeries to children born with clefts
Trinity Care Foundation (TCF) – a Public Health Organization and Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), Ministry of Health, Karnataka have signed an MoU on November 11, 2016 to partner to reach out to children with clefts.
Free Cleft lip surgery India
Under the partnership, Child Health officials from 6 districts of Ramanagara, Bangalore Rural, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Tumakuru and Chitradurga in Karnataka will direct children born with facial deformities to Trinity Care Foundation partner hospitals in Bengaluru. Prof. Dr. N. Srinath, Oral & Faciomaxillary surgeon of Trinity Care Foundation will be heading the Project. Trinity Care Foundation will also take responsibility of post-operative care to the children.
Since 2007, Trinity Care Foundation has been focusing on child health in Karnataka alone. The partnership looks at intensifying outreach so that more underprivileged children born with clefts can benefit from the free surgeries and get a chance to lead a normal life. The surgeries will be provided by Trinity Care Foundation center at Mallige Medical center, Bangalore.
The MoU was signed by Dr. P Saroja, Project Director – (NHM), Karnataka and Dr. Tony Verghese Thomas ( Trustee ) Trinity Care Foundation in the presence of Dr. Arif Baig , Dr. Gowda and Mr. Binu Varghese (Director) Trinity Care Foundation were also present during the same.
While signing the MoU, Mr. Binu Varghese (Director) Trinity Care Foundation said "We are humbled by the partnership for the second year with RBSK in Karnataka. With the support received last year from the RBSK Teams and Health Department at the grassroot level, will enable Trinity Care Foundation to reach out to every child born with cleft lip and cleft palate in 6 districts of Karnataka State."
Dr. P Saroja, Project Director- (NHM), Government of Karnataka said 'We are glad to enter into a partnership with Trinity Care Foundation, for the 2nd year with Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) and provide free cleft surgeries through Trinity Care Foundation in Karnataka.
If you would like to create impact with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiatives. Write to us – " support@trinitycarefoundation.org " . Every little life you affect is a smile won and worn on the face of a beautiful child with a future filled with many more.
About Trinity Care Foundation;
Trinity Care Foundation (TCF) is a Public Health Organization focused on enhancing the Public Health Programs effectiveness, strengthening the Community Health Programs by reaching out to the socially and economically underprivileged sections of the society both in rural and urban India. Currently, TCF focus areas are : ( School Health Program, Outreach Health Program and Facial Deformities Surgeries ) in Karnataka State, India.
Website http://www.trinitycarefoundation.com/freecleftpalatelipsurgery/
Activities implemented by TCF with track record of 9+ years in priority areas of health.Contributions to TCF eligible for inclusion under CSR spend as per the Companies Act AND eligible for 50% deduction under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs under Section 11 (1) of the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010. It is also registered with the National Health Mission and NITI Aayog.
Projects : https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums
Cleft Info: The birth rate in India for cleft deformities is a staggering 1 in every 700 infants born . In a country like India where a large portion of the rural population still believes in superstitions, people consider children with cleft lip deformity to be bad luck and some even consider them cursed. They are often forbidden from attending school, playing with other children and even barred from leaving their homes. The project will help cleft children to go to school with confidence and self-esteem after their surgeries and treatments. The children will have less chances of getting bullied and traumatized. The families of these children will have confidence to bring up their Cleft children.
Free Cleft lip palate surgery Camp || Koppal, Karnataka
Sight test and glasses could dramatically improve the lives of 150 million people with poor vision
A simple sight test and eyeglasses or contact lenses could make a dramatic difference to the lives of more than 150 million people who are suffering from poor vision. Children fail at school, adults are unable to work and families are pushed into poverty as a result of uncorrected visual impairment.
ON 12 October 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released new global estimates which, for the first time, reveal that 153 million people around the world have uncorrected refractive errors (more commonly known as near-sightedness, far-sightedness and astigmatism). Refractive errors can be easily diagnosed, measured and corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses, yet millions of people in low and middle income countries do not have access to these basic services.
Without appropriate optical correction, millions of children are losing educational opportunities and adults are excluded from productive working lives, with severe economic and social consequences. Individuals and families are frequently pushed into a cycle of deepening poverty because of their inability to see well. At least 13 million children (age 5 to 15) and 45 million working-age adults (age 16 to 49) are affected globally. Fully 90% of all people with uncorrected refractive errors live in low and middle income countries.
"These results reveal the enormity of the problem," said Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus, WHO Assistant Director-General, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. "This common form of visual impairment can no longer be ignored as a target for urgent action."
Correction of refractive errors is a simple and cost-effective intervention in eye care," said Dr Serge Resnikoff, Coordinator of WHO's Chronic Disease Prevention and Management unit. "Now that we know the extent of the problem of uncorrected refractive errors, especially in low and middle income countries, we must re-double our efforts to ensure that every person who needs help is able to receive it."
Source http://www.who.int/blindness/causes/en/
Corporate Social Responsibility eye care
Refractive errors occur when the eye is not able to correctly focus images on the retina. The result is blurred vision, which is sometimes so severe that it creates functional blindness for affected individuals.
The three most common refractive errors are:
Myopia (nearsightedness) – this is difficulty in seeing distant objects clearly.
Hyperopia also known as Hypermetropia (farsightedness) – this is difficulty is seeing close objects clearly.
Astigmatism – This is distorted vision resulting from an irregularly curved cornea.
In general, These projects reach populations who are underserved or who have limited or no access to eye health care services. The program funds high-quality, sustainable projects that deliver eye care services, develop infrastructure, train personnel and/or provide rehabilitation and education in underserved communities.
You could start Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiatives for your Company in association with us. Such healthcare projects will make CSR contribution targeted, making them simple to execute as turnkey CSR projects. 'Promoting healthcare' is an area identified under schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 that is eligible to receive CSR funding either directly or through an implementing agency that has a track record.
For CSR partnership,
Write to – support@trinitycarefoundation.org or
Trinity Care Foundation executed CSR Projects : http://trinitycarefoundation.com/csr & https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums
World No Tobacco Day 2012 !
Trinity Care Foundation organized a program on June 15th 2012 on the World No Tobacco Day Theme 2012 "Tobacco Industry Interference".
Program intended to create awareness among the people about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption highlighting the ill health effects of smoking to both smokers and non-smokers. An Oral Screening with Health Education on the evils of tobacco was given to the patients and their attendants. Patients were given education about the risk factors associated with tobacco consumption and smoking.
The Program focused on :
1. Health Education – ill effects of Tobacco
2. Oral Screening – Diagnosis and Referral to M.R Ambedkar Dental College for Further Treatment
3. Dental Treatment – Minor Treatments on the Mobile Dental Unit
The Health Team from Government of Karnataka Health Department, Trinity Care Foundation and M.R Ambedkar Dental College were present in the KSRTC Bus Stand Kanakapura Town, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India for providing Health Services to the General Public.
World No Tobacco Day 2012 will educate policy-makers and the general public about the tobacco industry's nefarious and harmful tactics. Tobacco industry interference is the theme of this year's World No Tobacco Day.
The campaign will focus on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine global tobacco control efforts. The campaign will focus on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) because of the serious danger they pose to public health.
Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. Each year, the global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people. It is on a track to kill more than 8 million people by 2030, by which time approximately 80% of the deaths would occur in low and middle income countries.
A tobacco ban on tobacco marketing can substantially reduce tobacco consumption and consequently tobacco related deaths and disease. We have to look into the causes of tobacco usage and think of new strategies to curb it, said Dr. Umashankar G K, Trinity Care Foundation.
Many patients were diagnosed with oral dental pre-malignant condition and lesions like oral sub-mucous fibrosis, leukoplakia, tobacco quid lesion, smokers palate. Complete oral was done and many patients received treatments on the Mobile Dental Unit stationed at the Bus Stand.
Trinity Care Foundation executed Projects : https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums


Drifloon was the first Generation IV Pokémon to be shown in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In the Japanese version of Pearl's Pokédex entry, Drifloon specifically takes children to the "world of the dead" (Japanese: あのよ), instead of just trying to "steal them away" as in the English version.... 8/06/2007 · where can i see a lumineon and drifloon so i can complete my pokedex. also i want to know where can i find a move tutor that teaches frenzy plant, hydro cannon, and blast burn. pls. specify the answers. thank u.
How to get drifloon; On Friday you must to go to wind workers and you can catch a lvl 22 dribloon if you don't did't beat the team galactic team you can't do it so you must to have beat al the team galactic ppl :) I hope it work geuss i got a lvl 22 brifloon. Submitted by Marco... After defeating Team Galactic, a Drifloon will appear in front of the Valley Windworks building. It will appear every Friday and will be gone the next day. So if you want to catch it, wait until Friday or change the day of your Nintendo DS. Drifloon will be at Level 22.
23/05/2007 · Drifloon in her team, you will have to see this wild Drifloon in order to complete your Sinnoh Dex, or will have to trade with someone who has one. One Drifloon will appear every Friday, so you can catch more than one.
The Hearthome Gym debuted in Drifting Drifblim, where Platinum entered the Gym with Diamond and Pearl in order to challenge Fantina. After clearing the math puzzles, she made it to the Gym Leader's room, where the Gym battle begun.
You can find Drifloon at Valley Windworks on friday morning or you can find it in the 5th gym from one of the trainers. And for Unown you can find it in Soalacion Cave, you get to it by going east of Soalacion Town and jumping over the ledges.


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UV light can induce the formation of a thymine dimer. During photorepair, the enzyme photolyase uses energy from visible light to break the abnormal bond in the dimer and restore the DNA to its original normal structure.
Design of experiment that demonstrates photorepair. Populations of H. volcanii are exposed to similar doses of UVC, and half of the populations recover in visible light so photorepair can occur.
Protection from UVC light. The UV exposure box, made from a photocopy paper box and a clamp lamp, minimizes any risk of UV exposure for the students.
Photorepair of UV-induced mutations increases survival of H. volcanii. Notice the increased survival of H. volcanii when 20, 30, or 40 seconds of UVC exposure was followed by one hour of sunlight exposure to allow for photorepair.


Wow! On Sunday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released partial transcripts of its interviews with several IRS agents. The Administration releases important data on Friday afternoon and Congress releases explosive testimony on Sunday. The game is on and John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog was on top of it. It is hard to reconcile micromanagement with the Administration's rogue agent explanation. The cover-up just reached a new level. Here is part of what he said. You can read the rest of it here.
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Boston Phoenix CD Reviews
*** Sasha IBIZA (Global Underground)
As an avatar of "progressive" (i.e., not disco-based) house music, Sasha has acquired star status rivaling Moby's. But these two full-length sessions, dedicated to the Mediterranean island of Ibiza (in whose clubs, irony of ironies, disco-based Eurohouse has ruled ever since the genre first appeared), sound very different from the thematic turbulences of Moby. Sasha's trance music flows gently and quietly, more undertone than tone. And like all trance DJs, Sasha rejects classic turntable mix techniques. His music never leaps, cuts, or cries out; it simply evolves, from one blend of riff and melody to another, with few pauses and only an occasional redirection. You will not likely leap or scream to Sasha's soft and introverted streams of sound, but if losing all sense of shape and moment is your nirvana, you might want to seek him out. Plush solitudes like Dominica's "Real Time," Space Manoeuvres' "Stage One," Medway's "The Bassline Track," Cass and Slide's "Perception," and Sasha's own "Xpander" have all the dreamy idealism of classic Eurodisco (Ibiza, yes) without the giggle and glitter usually attached thereto. -- Michael Freedberg
*** Neil Young SILVER & GOLD (Reprise)
It's been a year that's seen Neil Young confront his various pasts, reuniting with Crosby, Stills and Nash for an album and tour, sifting through material for a Buffalo Springfield box set, and now releasing a solo album that includes a number of songs that have been kicking around for as long as a decade and a half. Young fanatics will recognize the title track as a tune that dates back to the 1982 sessions for his Trans album, and it's been an occasional part of his live sets ever since. "Razor Love" is another track that's been part of Young's repertoire since the '80s. And "Buffalo Springfield" is, as the title (which was also the title of that band's second album) suggests, a moving homage to the '60s band that first brought Young and Stills together: "Like to see those guys again/And give it a shot/Maybe now we can show the world/What we got."
But though it's reported to have lost a couple of prime cuts to the CSNY album, Silver & Gold doesn't come across as a second-rate odds-and-sods collection. The setting itself -- loose, laid back, mostly acoustic, and fleshed out tastefully by a seasoned crew, including drummer Jim Keltner, keyboardist Spooner Oldham, and bassist Duck Dunn -- is the glue that holds these 10 tracks, old and new, together. And, it's not as if Young's songwriting style or focus had changed all that much in the past decade. He does either the hard-rockin' Crazy Horse thing or the Harvest-style rootsy acoustic thing, and both sound equally like Neil Young: the former positions him as the Godfather of Grunge whereas the latter is a reminder that he's also the Great Uncle of Alterna-Country. Silver & Gold may be more evidence that Young's days of breaking new ground are well behind him, but it also suggests that the territory he's already staked out remains more than fertile enough for his needs. -- Matt Ashare
*** TAKE ME HOME: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER (Badman)
The brainchild of Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek, Take Me Home enlists a fleet of shoegazing minimalists to pay homage to fallen country-folk icon John Denver. Aggressively earnest and never even ironically hip, Denver would seem an unlikely target for the affections of inveterate indie sadcore types like Tarnation and Low (a poem on the disc's inner sleeve equates Denver with the artists' more innocent childhoods, which may be the answer). It's telling that no one actually takes on the title track, but many of Denver's other hits are accounted for. Thanks to kid-glove treatment from slo-fi acts both great (the Innocence Mission) and small (the Sunshine Club?), Denver's open, airy compositions translate better than you might expect. Tarnation turn "Leaving on a Jet Plane" into an ethereal dirge; the Red House Painters' stark, gorgeous version of "I'm Sorry" is their best work in years, and Bonnie Prince Billy, otherwise known as Palace's Will Oldham, dispatches Denver's famed "The Eagle and the Hawk" with creaky aplomb. -- Allison Stewart
* GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (Epic/Razorsharp/Sony Music Soundtrax)
Hollywood is running out of Shakespeare plays, E.M. Forster novels, campy TV shows, and golden-age film classics to remake, so now we have Ghost Dog, a film inspired by a couple of songs from Wu-Tang Forever (1997). But there's a law of diminishing returns at work here, and the RZA's soundtrack -- the accompaniment to a good movie based on a visionary album -- sounds pretty damn diminished. Ghostface Killah, by far Wu-Tang Clan's best MC, sat this one out, passing the microphone to folks whose names alone have become Wu punch lines: Blue Raspberry, Masta Killa, Tekitha, La the Darkman. The RZA's aimless beats, though well suited to Jim Jarmusch's sleepy movie, don't make for very good rap songs, and Forest Whitaker's swashbuckling science (he reads from Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai between songs) is no less ridiculous on the album than it was on screen. There are a few reasons to be optimistic about the RZA's long-promised solo album: "Zip Code" is a brisk, otherworldly dose of his current keyboard infatuation, and "Strange Eyes" would be great without the vocals. Someone should tell the RZA that if the Wu-Tang Clan still want to take over the world, they'll need something sharper than "Music makes me lose control/This is not just rock and roll/Hip-hop digs right to the soul/Music makes me lose control." -- Kelefa Sanneh
**** Gary Lucas IMPROVE THE SHINING HOUR (Knitting Factory)
Here's 20 years of this NYC-based guitarist's versatile genius pressed into 18 tracks. They range from the Beefheartian weirdness that first got Lucas recognized (his live 1980 solo showpiece "Flavor Bud Living" and a work tape of the Captain's thorny "Oat Hate") to his hit collaboration with Joan Osborne, "Spider Web" (sung here by David Johansen). That wide embrace is what makes Lucas so exceptional. Not only can he navigate the oft-murky waters of textural music and improvisation, he can write a damn solid pop tune, too. It's a pity Jeff Buckley's estate wouldn't let Lucas include any of his rich work with the late singer, with whom he wrote "Grace" and other beauties. Nonetheless, there's plenty to be charmed by. Solo suites of slippery orchestral guitar, pop songs that straddle jazz and blues, a live drum 'n' bass improv with DJ Spooky, lovely poetics with vocalist Mary Margaret O'Hara, Beefheart's touching ballad "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles," and an on-stage National-steel-guitar match-up with Nick Cave nestle among other goodies. Yet Lucas's unerring sense of melody and soul see to it that he's never overshadowed by his high-profile peers. -- Ted Drozdowski
*** Fatboy Slim ON THE FLOOR AT THE BIG BEAT BOUTIQUE (Astralwerks)
Although it offers no new material, On the Floor at the Big Beat Boutique should keep Fatboy Slim fans happy till autumn, when his next album comes out. Recorded live at the Big Beat Boutique in Brighton, England, On the Floor is an energy-charged documentation of his gloriously unpretentious live sets, which are notorious for cheekily blending everything from classic hip-hop to thumpin' house to jacked-up remixes of Prince and Cornershop. Deftly cross-fading between pre-school funk classics (Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache"), acid-house phreakouts (CLS's "Can You Feel It?"), and a couple of his own big-beat barnstormers ("Michael Jackson" and "The Rockefeller Skank"), Fatboy Slim lives up to his reputation as a genre-blurring and party-starting DJ. His crowd-pleasing mix of coked-up breakbeats, body-rock shout-outs, and monsters of rock riffs may never please dance-music snobs, but the rest of us will continue to groove. -- Michael Endelman
*** Cypress Hill SKULL & BONES (Columbia)
Cypress Hill embraced rock early in their career, collaborating with Sonic Youth on the pioneering Judgment Night soundtrack and twice going on tour with Lollapalooza. They've taken that affection one step further on their fifth album, a two-disc set that includes a full-length hip-hop disc (Skull) and an EP's worth of hard rock (Bones). Sen Dog takes the lead on the rock disc, talking more trash than weed while the guys from his hardcore side project, SX-10, provide all sorts of tuneless crunch. B-Real takes back the reins on the biz bio-pic "(Rock) Superstar," a typically brooding DJ Muggs production that also appears on the hip-hop disc -- minus the live band -- as "(Rap) Superstar." The rock tracks are as forceful as the group's early stuff was blunted, but don't think Cypress have given hip-hop the short shrift on Skull & Bones. They sound delightfully rambunctious on the Skull disc, starting turf wars on "Cuban Necktie" and offering a hilarious discourse on "weed etiquette" on "Can I Get a Hit." Cypress long ago developed a formula as reliable as AC/DC's. On Skull & Bones, they prove it doesn't hurt to have a little sense of adventure, either. -- Sean Richardson
**1/2 Big Pun YEEEAH BABY (Loud)
Big Punisher had achieved rap-mogul status before his untimely death, mostly thanks to "I'm Not a Player," an irresistible hip-hop anthem that propelled his multi-textured Loud debut, Capital Punishment, to multi-platinum-sales status. His final body of work shares the same flavor. The gruff vocals of (the recently MIA) M.O.P on "New York Giants" offer a contrast to the usual dick-swinging diatribe between Pun and his cohort. Pun also stirs up some solid beats, and he adds clever loops from the Rocky soundtrack and Starsky and Hutch. "Leather Face" and "You Was Wrong" with Fat Joe and Ruff Ryder Drag-On hit hard; "Laughing at You" and "Nigga Shit" have a clever, straight-up style that helps mold Pun's persona. The skits on Yeeeah Baby are silly and might be a few tracks too long, but give this a listen or two and you'll realize why Christopher Rios, a/k/a Big Pun, was so well respected in the fickle hip-hop world. -- Chris Conti
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Q: How do I display s as a texture in A-Frame? I want to display webpages as 2D content with a VR scene. Can I use an <iframe> element as a source for a texture in WebGL/three.js in https://aframe.io?

A: You can't use iframes or any other HTML element inside WebGL as it would be a security risk. People could read passwords and other private info from the textures.
you can however find creative solutions like this one which is the first hit of googling "iframe webgl".
You do it by putting a iframe behind a webgl canvas, using 3d math cut a hole (draw transparent pixels) where you need the iframe to show through by using a 2d plane that represents the iframe. Then use 3D css to position the iframe element to match the plane.

A: No. Currently as a limitation of the browser, <iframe>s can not be displayed within A-Frame, used as a texture, or be mixed with WebGL or WebVR.
While it is possible to overlay an iframe on top of the scene, it won't display properly in stereoscopic mode (VR) with proper distortion, and it won't be properly shaded.

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Don't be misled by the fact that there are only three major attractions listed here. The Dordogne is full of places to visit, so many that they have separate groupings of their own – see our sections on caves, chateaux, museums and towns. The attractions listed here don't fit into another grouping but are worthy of a mention.
Description: This is a massive maze created in a field of maize, in the middle of a walnut grove. There are excellent facilities and a nice picnic area. It is not expensive and is usually quiet even in the peak season. We took about 3 hours to find our way through and that was only achieved by using the map provided and carefully plotting our route. When we were last there, there were actors dressed up in costumes as part of an Egyptian theme which added to the fun.
Our recommendations: Potentially a really good addition to a trip to Rocamadour as it is a bit out of the way for central Dordogne and you may wish to make a day of it. On a hot day take hats and plenty of drinking water as there isn't much shade in the maze itself. Mazes move on from time to time, call ahead to check it is operating.
For the children: They will just love this place, there is so much space to run around. Even older children will find it a challenge to complete the maze.


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Ein natürliches Experiment bezeichnet eine empirische Untersuchungsmethode, bei der die Probanden aufgrund von natürlichen, nicht durch den Forscher kontrollierbaren, Ereignissen in Experimentalgruppe und Kontrollgruppe eingeteilt werden. Der Forscher registriert hierbei lediglich als Beobachter, was ohne sein Eingreifen stattfindet. Natürliche Experimente sind Quasi-Experimente, da sie zwar kontrolliert sind (es gibt eine Kontrollgruppe), nicht aber im strengen Sinne randomisiert (die Gruppenzuweisung erfolgt nicht per Zufallsprinzip durch den Forscher) und somit abzugrenzen von randomisierten kontrollierten Studien. Im Idealfall ähnelt die natürliche Zuteilung der Probanden jedoch einer Randomisierung. Des Weiteren sind natürliche Experimente Feldstudien, da sie im Feld und nicht im Labor unter standardisierten Bedingungen stattfinden, und Beobachtungsstudien, da die unabhängige Variable nicht aktiv durch den Forscher manipuliert wird.

Natürliche Experimente sind besonders dann sinnvoll, wenn es eine klar umschriebene Exposition für eine bestimmte Subpopulation gibt, von der eine andere Subpopulation nicht betroffen ist, beispielsweise die Einführung eines neuen Schulsystems in einer Region (Experimentalgruppe), nicht jedoch in der sozio-demographisch sehr ähnlichen Nachbarregion (Kontrollgruppe). Sie werden genutzt, wenn die Realisierung einer randomisierten kontrollierten Studie aus logistischen oder ethischen Gründen nicht möglich ist.

Die Ableitung von kausalen Schlüssen aus natürlichen Experimenten ist möglich, da es eine Experimental- und eine Kontrollgruppe gibt, unterliegt aber Einschränkungen aufgrund der eventuell nicht perfekten Randomisierung.

Geschichte

Eines der bekanntesten frühen natürlichen Experimente ereignete sich 1854 zu Zeiten einer Cholera-Epidemie im Londoner Stadtteil Soho. Der Arzt John Snow nutzte Stadtpläne von London, auf denen Neuinfektionen und Todesfälle verzeichnet waren, und identifizierte dadurch eine öffentliche Wasserpumpe als Quelle für den Cholera-Ausbruch. Snow konnte einen starken Zusammenhang zwischen der Nutzung des Wassers von dem öffentlichen Brunnen und der Anzahl der Neuinfektionen und Todesfälle zeigen. Seine weiteren Recherchen ergaben, dass der Wasserbetrieb, der Wasser in die Gegenden leitete, deren Neuinfektionsraten hoch waren, das Wasser aus einem unteren Teil der Themse bezog, welcher durch Abwässer kontaminiert war. Gegenden, in denen die Neuinfektionsraten niedriger waren, bezogen hingegen Wasser eines anderen Wasserbetriebs, der weiter flussaufwärts Wasser aus der Themse entnahm, welches nicht mit Abwässern in Berührung gekommen war. Da die Versorgung der Stadtteile durch die unterschiedlichen Wasserbetriebe weitestgehend zufällig war, bezeichnete Snow seine Untersuchung als "Experiment...auf höchstem Maßstabe". Da Snow natürlich nicht selbst kontrollieren konnte, welche Personen welches Wasser tranken, wird diese Art der Untersuchung als natürliches Experiment angesehen.

Beispiele aus der jüngeren Geschichte

Gesundheitliche Folgen von ionisierender Strahlung

Durch Atomwaffentests wird ionisierende Strahlung freigesetzt, welche die Zellen von Lebewesen schädigen können. Vor 1963, das heißt vor dem Verbot von Kernwaffenversuchen, konnte die Auswirkung dieser Strahlen auf menschliche Zellen untersucht werden. Auch heute noch können die Folge von ionisierender Strahlung bei Personen untersucht werden, die vor 1963 geboren wurden. Nach dem Reaktorunfall von Tschernobyl wurden ebenfalls Veränderungen in der Häufigkeit des Auftretens verschiedener Erkrankungen, beispielsweise Grauem Star, in den betroffenen Gebieten erfasst und mit den Häufigkeiten direkt vor der Katastrophe verglichen.

Ökonomische Entscheidungen in Quizsendungen

Quizsendungen können als natürliche Experimente aufgefasst werden, um ökonomische Verhaltensweisen, beispielsweise Entscheidungen in Risikosituationen oder kooperatives Verhalten, zu untersuchen. Auch wenn die Situation eine künstliche ist, kann bei Quizshows von einem natürlichen Experiment gesprochen werden, da der Forscher die Situation weder herbeigeführt hat noch in sie eingreift.

Fernsehsendungen und Suizidraten

Die Ausstrahlung der Fernsehsendung Tod eines Schülers durch das ZDF in den Jahren 1980 und 81 wurde von Wissenschaftlern dazu genutzt, zu überprüfen, ob die Darstellung eines Schienensuizids im Fernsehen die tatsächliche Rate an Schienensuiziden beeinflusst (siehe Werther-Effekt). Als Vergleich wurden hierbei die Suizidraten in den Phasen vor und nach der Ausstrahlung der Sendung herangezogen. Es zeigte sich eine deutliche Erhöhung der Schienensuizide während und unmittelbar nach der Ausstrahlung im Vergleich zum Kontrollzeitraum.

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Premiums expected to rise in many health law markets
byRicardo Alonso-Zaldivar
The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Premiums are expected to rise in many parts of the country as a new sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care law starts Nov. 1. But consumers have options if they're willing to shop, and an upgraded government website will help them compare. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Premiums are expected to rise in many parts of the country as a new sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care law starts Nov. 1. But consumers have options if they're willing to shop, and an upgraded government website will help them compare.
Online health insurance markets are entering their third year, offering people who don't have access to job-based coverage a taxpayer-subsidized private alternative. That's helped cut the share of Americans who are uninsured to about 9 percent, a historical low. Still, the many moving parts of the Affordable Care Act don't always click smoothly, and Americans remain divided about "Obamacare."
Here's a look at what's new for 2016:
AVERAGE PREMIUM? NO SUCH THING
The government usually unveils premiums just before the start of open enrollment. Independent experts are forecasting bigger increases in 2016 than last year, averaging from the high single digits to the teens.
But averages won't tell the story. Health care is local. Premiums can vary widely from state to state, and within a state.
Most states won't be like Minnesota, where all five carriers selling individual policies on the insurance exchange have posted double-digit hikes, from 14 percent to 49 percent.
They're not likely to be like southern California either, where officials forecast an average rise of 1.8 percent for consumers who stay with their current plan.
For more than 8 in 10 customers, premium increases will be cushioned by taxpayer subsidies. That will absorb most of the cost, but it still may pay to shop around.
THOSE OTHER COSTS
Too many consumers look only at the monthly premium when picking a plan. They shouldn't. Other costs can be just as important. These include the deductible—the amount individuals must pay each year before their plan kicks in—and cost-sharing or copays for medical services.
Trying to demystify the process, HealthCare.gov will offer a new calculator to help customers decide what kind of plan is better. It will look at their out-of-pocket costs, based on expected medical needs.
Tip: Patients who need medical follow-up for ongoing health issues may come out ahead by paying a higher monthly premium for a plan that has lower out-of-pocket costs. Instead of picking a plan at the "bronze" coverage level, they might look at "gold" instead, or even "platinum."
SMOOTHER RENEWALS?
As before, returning customers who don't want to make any changes will get automatically re-enrolled. That process will be smoother this year, insurers say, because the government has better information to update subsidies for customers who just want to keep the same plan.
Tip: Returning customers must make sure to file a tax return. Those who got subsidies in 2014 could lose their financial assistance next year if they have not filed.
PENALTY PERIL
The tax penalty for people remaining uninsured in 2016 is no slap on the wrist. It's high enough to cover several weeks of groceries.
The fine will rise to the greater of either $695 or 2.5 percent of taxable income. That's for someone without coverage for a full 12 months. This year the comparable numbers are $325 or 2 percent of income, whichever is greater.
Several organizations, from TurboTax to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, will be offering online tax penalty calculators. That can put a dollar figure on the trade-offs for those who are on the fence about signing up.
WEBSITE UPGRADES
Now serving 38 states, HealthCare.gov is getting a makeover that officials say will make it more responsive to customer needs. States running their own health insurance sites also are making improvements.
Changes for HealthCare.gov include new privacy protections. A "privacy manager" will let consumers opt out of embedded connections to third-party advertising, analytics and social media sites. If customers have enabled the "Do Not Track" setting on their browsers, the government will automatically honor their preferences in regard to receiving digital advertising from HealthCare.gov.
Online tools to look up doctors, hospitals and prescription drugs are in final testing. Consumers will be able to skip some additional research previously required to find out what plans their doctors are in.
Tip: Insurers are urging consumers to "trust but verify." Call doctors and insurers to check provider and hospital listings.
DATE CHANGE
For the third year in a row, the dates for HealthCare.gov's sign-up season have changed.
This time, it's Nov. 1 through Jan. 31, 2016.
Tip: For coverage to start Jan. 1, consumers must enroll by Dec. 15.
Gov't health insurance website getting upgrades
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try putting a cushion over your laps and an iPad with a stand on it. it doesn't stand very well, does it? if the aforementioned is what you like to do, then the Tabi Stand is just the stand for you. with a cleverly designed geometry, the Tabi is equally at home on hard and soft surfaces alike. there's no metal construction that will threaten your shiny gadget and all contact points are of rubberized material, ensuring a scratch-free and secure grip. at the first glance, the Tabi might look a little strange but it is all about form and functionality. depending on your desired use, you can choose to fit the tablet in either landscape or portrait mode, with or without case and on either side of the stand. one side of stand has a steeper gradient while the other offers a gentle slope. the Tabi is designed in such a way that you can take both the Tabi and your tablet as one, instead of separately when you are moving from one point to another in your home and its lightweight construction makes a cool travel companion. the thing that seals the deal is, Tabi is not just for your iPad, it can fit virtually any tablets or eReader in the market and will work just as well. so if you have a Kindle or iPad mini, the Tabi will gladly carried out its duty. the Tabi Stand is available now for just $24.95 a pop. hit the jump for a few more look.


In our last blog we talked about the importance of customer reviews – they add heaps of street cred for your business, attract more clicks, and Google will reward you with higher organic search rankings if it sees you have good reviews from people who have consumed your products or services.
Reviews generally come from two sources – Google My Business (or other local review sites like Yelp or True Local), and directly from your website. Our last blog told you how to easily set up both of those, and whilst both are important, Google is starting to favour star-rated reviews that sit directly on your website.
There are a number of plugins that can help you do just that as we said in our last blog, but to keep things (relatively) simple, we're sticking (mainly) to WordPress plugins in this blog. Why? Because WordPress is truly a global phenomenon, and is quite simply the most dominant content management system (CMS) on the market – at 58.55%, that's more than all of the other systems such as Drupal and Joomla combined.
Multiple anti-spam measures are included to prevent automated spambots from submitting reviews.
It's completely customisable, including which fields to ask for, require, and show.
Short codes are available for inserting reviews and review forms on any page or widget.
Includes an external stylesheet, so you can modify it to better fit your theme (if that sounds a bit too tricky just give us a shout and we'll help you to customise it).
It's fast and lightweight, even including the star rating image. This plugin will not slow down your blog.
Upload contents of the compressed file (wp-customer-reviews) to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your WordPress site.
To do this, you need to set up a structured data schema, which will add context to your website content by way of using standardized search engine "vocabulary" at Schema.org. When implemented correctly, structured data makes it more likely that Google (and other search engines) will show additional information about your content directly in the search engine results via rich snippets such as your star ratings.
The WordPress structured data schema is pretty simple to use – you just need to add a few data bites into various places around your website (and don't worry – we're here to help if it all seems a bit much!).
A word of caution – just like all things online, if you put garbage in, you're going to get garbage out. Just installing this plugin will not do anything for your website unless you use it correctly, and properly and accurately configure the data.
If your website isn't built in WordPress, you may struggle to find a decent plugin and you may need to resort to manually adding your structured data schema (again – we're here to help if you need us).
Decide where you want to put the structured data. Typically this would be in the footer of your website pages.
Add your star ratings code – again, this will use itemscope and itemprop labels to let search engines know the name of your business (or the name of the product the star rating relates to), and the rating value (the average rating out of 5 on the tool you've used).
That really is a super-simplified explanation and if you want to know more, just get in touch for a chat. We love getting into the engine room of websites and we know exactly how to help you to get awesome search results!


Ernest L. Johnson, 90, of Shelbyville passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018.
Born December 30, 1927, in Knox County, he was the son of the late James L. and Velvia Johnson.
A kind man, he was always willing to offer a helping hand.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and retired from the automobile industry as a metal finisher.
In addition to his father and mother, he was preceded in death by his wife, Velma Mae Johnson; son, David Johnson; and three sisters: Marie, Alice, and Pauline.
Connor Johnson and Jackson Berry; and nine siblings; and other relatives and numerous friends.
Funeral services were held Sunday, September 9, in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Rodney Edwards officiating.
Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery with military rites conducted by the American Legion Post 88.
Hart Funeral Home in Corbin was in charge of the arrangements. Messages of condolence may be left at www.hartfhcorbin.com.


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Antonio Tizzano (born 1940) is a former judge at the European Court of Justice. He served as its Vice-President from October 2015 until October 2018.

He was the Advocate General at the European Court of Justice from 7 October 2000 to 3 May 2006; he had been a Judge at the European Court of Justice since 4 May 2006. He is a professor of European Union Law at La Sapienza University, Rome, and a member of the independent group of experts appointed to examine the finances of the Commission of the European Communities (1999).

On 8 October 2015 he was elected Vice-President of the European Court of Justice.

See also

List of members of the European Court of Justice

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1940 births
Living people
Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome
Advocates General of the European Court of Justice
European Court of Justice judges
Vice-Presidents of the European Court of Justice
Italian judges of international courts and tribunals
Italian officials of the European Union


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Kuala Lumpur Weather Forecast, Malaysia
The warmest day over the next 25 days weather in Kuala Lumpur is forecast to be Wednesday 8th February 2023 at 33°C (91°F) and the warmest night on Tuesday 31st January 2023 at 24°C (75°F). The average temperature over the next 25 days in Kuala Lumpur from this forecast is 31°C (88°F) . The average for January is 27°C (81°F).
Sat 28 Jan 31°C (88°F)
Sun 29 Jan 30°C (86°F)
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Tue 7 Feb 31°C (88°F)
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Be advised that the Michigan Army National Guard has initiated a statewide smallpox and anthrax vaccination initiative for approximately 1,000 National Guard personnel who are part of a civil support CBRN/all-hazards response force. These personnel are assigned and live throughout Michigan.
The majority of the smallpox vaccinations are being administered during the summer months while the personnel are engaged in annual training. Anthrax is being administered on a more frequent basis according to its dosing schedule. The program is now underway and will continue through the summer of 2016.


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Chris Curtis of The Searchers – December 1997 Interview
by Spencer Leigh
Chris Curtis, Spencer Leigh, The Searchers
DRUMMING FOR THE SEARCHERS
In his first interview since the 1960s, Chris Curtis talks frankly and exclusively to Spencer Leigh about his years with the Searchers. – (As published in "Record Collector", March 1998)
Around 1980 I set about interviewing Merseybeat musicians for a BBC Radio Merseyside series, "Let's Go Down The Cavern", which eventually became a book. Very few musicians turned me down and the only abrupt response came from Chris Curtis, the former drummer with the Searchers. "I don't want to talk about those days," he said when I rang him, "I don't even want to be reminded of them."
As the weeks went by, I heard stories about his moods and how disturbed he was. I was told that if he had decided to help me, he would have rung every morning at three o'clock.. Liking a good night's sleep, I thought I'd had a lucky escape.
In 1985 Michael Ochs came to Liverpool to promote his book of photographs, "Rock Archives". He appeared on Billy Butler's radio programme and went to the Holiday Inn across the road for a coffee. Chris Curtis came in with a bagful of memorabilia and handed it to him, saying, "You should have this." Billy and I were horrified – this American had breezed into the city for a morning and walked out with a bag of Searchers' goodies. Later I learnt that Chris only received songwriting royalities from his old recordings and his generosity was simply making a rich man richer.
I heard also that Chris had boarded an early morning bus and handed out his record collection to the surprised passengers. One of his neighbours told me what a nice but eccentric man he was.
From time to time, I renewed my request for an interview, the last time being in 1992 when I was doing the sleeve notes for the Searchers' "EP Collection, Volume 2" and I wanted to know who had done the original of "Unhappy Girls". He couldn't help me and again he didn't want to be interviewed.
By December 1997, I still hadn't interviewed Chris Curtis but then, nor had anyone else. One evening I was interviewing John McNally, lead guitarist of the Searchers, on air and when I got home, my wife was talking to Chris on the 'phone and we found he had already left four messages. He had been ringing up while the programme was on air – "I agree with what John's saying," he kept saying, "I can work with him again."
So, after 17 years of trying, Chris Curtis said yes to a radio interview. I said that I also would like to conduct a full interview for "Record Collector" as it was about time his side of the story was told – by all accounts, he was the most important member of the Searchers. I didn't expect him to turn up but we recorded a two hour conversation.
I liked Chris Curtis a lot. He has had years of mental problems and he speaks quickly with his mind wandering all over the place and lapsing into funny voices. In his own words, he is "not Tommy Tantrum anymore", adding, "I think very fast, even today, and people who know me well say, 'Oh, it's him.' People who don't know me well may think I'm off my cake."
Chris Curtis has come through it all – he is confident in his ability and he is performing again as part of a duo, Jimmy, in the Old Roan pub in the Liverpool suburbs. He'll even sing "Needles And Pins" if you ask him.
SL: Did you learn many instruments as you were growing up?
CC: I was a blitz baby, born in Oldham in 1941. I came to Liverpool when I was four and went to primary school. I taught myself how to play the piano in our parlour in 30 Florida Street in Bootle. There's a Marks and Spencer's there now. I knew C was the middle note and I worked out the chords around that. The first B-side for the Searchers, "It's All Been A Dream", was written on that piano. I passed the 11-plus and went to St. Mary's College in Crosby, where they gave me a violin although I wanted to play the double-bass. I played "London's Burnin'" for five years and each year my marks went down. The teachers said, "This boy is not trying", but that's the way I was: if I didn't get what I wanted, I had a tantrum.
SL: When you start playing drums?
CC: I wanted to join a group as things were going to happen. I thought I didn't need any training to play the drums, you just have to bash hard, so I told my mum and dad that I wanted some drums and my dad signed for them at Frank Hessy's. They were very snazzy, all blue and shiny. One Saturday afternoon when I went to make my payment, I met Mike Pender, who'd been in primary school with me. Drummers were hard to find and he asked me to join them for a booking in Garston that night. My brother had a little Anglia and he took me with my drums scrunged in on the backseat and a big tom-tom on my knees. It was a bit like busking for me, but it wasn't difficult. They were doing songs I knew such as "Oh Lonesome Me".
SL: Would this be at the infamous Wilson Hall?
CC: Yes, the Wilson Hall. That and Hambleton Hall in Huyton were renowned for fights, and there was always a fracas when you played Litherland. They needed Brian out of the Adelphi to say, "Just drink, will ya?" I used to hold up my cymbals in case there was any flying glass. I realised then that chaps would fight over anything in a skirt.
SL: This was around 1960 and I've been told that you had very long hair – and at the time they'd only be you and Screamin' Lord Sutch.
CC: I was a couple of years before him – I know that because we discussed it in at the Star-Club. I've had mine long since I was 14. I had to have it very neat when I was at school, but it was wilder when I worked at Swift's Furniture Store in Stanley Road.
SL: Was Johnny Sandon the lead singer when you joined the Searchers?
CC: No, he joined not long after me. He had a marvellous voice, and later on I recorded him independently for Pye Records – (sings) "Your lips on mine are soft as dew", you know the Brook Benton song "So Many Ways", and he did it brilliantly. God knows what happened to the tapes.
SL: Johnny Sandon left you to go to play army bases in France which was a dreadful career move.
CC: It was a goof and I felt so sorry for him. He was a solo singer – Johnny Sandon and the Searchers – and we decided to continue on our own. I wasn't sure if I could drum and sing at the same time but I knew it was just coordination. We needed some new material and I got hold of soul records by the Coasters and the Clovers and we'd Blanco them up. White boys' voices singing black man's soul and it worked. "Sweets For My Sweet" of course and "Goodbye My Love" is an even better example.
SL: Where did you get the records from? Was it the Cunard Yanks?
CC: No, that's a load of bollocks. How would the sailors know to buy records by the Clovers? Some of them brought country records in, but that was about it. There was a second hand shop on Stanley Road by the Rotunda and I would go from Stanley Road by bus to Young's in my lunchhour, and he would watch me going through boxes of 45s and I would buy things like Bobby Comstock's "Let's Stomp". I was always looking for things – I found "Love Potion No.9" in a second-hand shop in Hamburg when we were at the Star-Club.
SL: If Young's was a second-hand shop, someone was getting rid of them.
CC: I think he had a supplier in America 'cause they were always in good nick, no cracks in them. One afternoon I went to the Gaumont Cinema in Bootle to see "Town Without Pity" and I came out and found another record shop. It was there that I came across "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles and I wasn't sure about buying it because both sides were the same – "What'd I Say (Parts 1 and 2)". Of course when I got it home, I found they were quite different and I played that brilliant riff over and over and over. I decided to sing it myself and we used to finish every show with it.
SL: Do you think you were playing it before the Beatles and other bands?
CC: I would know so, but there were so many groups living in each other's pockets songwise. Roy Orbison came out with "Dream Baby" and by the end of the week, everyone was doing it. Paul McCartney did it best. He was really right for the song.
SL: What about Pete Best?
CC: He was a genius. You could put that man on a drumkit and ask him to play for 19 hours and he'd put his head down and do it. He'd drum like a dream with real style and stamina all night long and thayt really was the Beatles' sound – forget the guitars and forget the faces – you couldn't avoid that insistent whack, whack, whack! The rhythm guitar went along with it and the bass chucked in the two and four beats and George was wonderful on the guitar. His little legs would kick out to the side when he did his own tunes. He'd go all posh and say, "I'd like to do a tune now from Carl Perkins, 'Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby', and it's in A." Who wanted to know what key it was in? But he always said that.
SL: Were you surprised that the Beatles sacked Pete Best?
CC: I was amazed. When Pete left,I even thought of turning into a guitarist and getting him to drum in our band. The Beatles didn't hate Pete Best but they didn't want a star on the drums. Ringo was a good drummer but he was more ordinary. At that Decca audition, I think they also realised that Pete had so much power that no-one would know how to record him. That's why so many Merseyside discs are icky, all thin and weedy – except for the Searchers'. Our engineer knew what he was doing, but not always. "Love Potion No.9" was our biggest seller in America and the drums are so thin on that record. It was right for their radio stations, they like that kind of sound.
SL: What was playing the Cavern like?
CC: I hated it. When I was on stage, I used to comment on the state of the lavatories and say that the place stank of Jeyes fluid and sweat. Ray McFall told me that if I made any more remarks like that, I wouldn't play there again. I'd play the lunchtime session and I'd have to put my clothes on the line in 30 Florida Street. It was terrible, it stank and the only reason it was popular was because Ray McFall was clever enough to say the Beatles will be here tonight, or Gerry.
SL: But wasn't the sound great there, wasn't it like an echo chamber with it bouncing off the walls?
CC: Not at all. Once the people got in, the sound was dry as a bone. It just used to be thump, thump, thump, that's why Pete Best was so good there.


The biggest thief in life is time, so we should cherish the moment we live now, and everything we do at this time can define our future destiny.
How we conduct ourselves in the past can determine how well we deserved for credit by others and this can be a good help for us.
But everyone can change their life from good to evil and conversely, intelligence often comes with the years of experiences .
How we conduct ourselves at present become what we are today, there is always a pros and cons to achieve most of our goals.
We are now interesting in how we act for the society, and how well we are going, the past has given us many lessons into our mind to change the life.
The acceptance of ourselves into the social life is very important for us to make progression by maintaining good relationships and meet new contacts.
Friendship and trust is more important than money, because everything else will be only difficult for us when we are alone.
Our destiny will not be determined by watching the television at home all days, by doing so, we can't discover something new, because in the media we will just seeing more gossip and trouble than fun, this will not help for our future developments.
Be wise to go out and active among the people, our eyes and ears is the main weapon we can use to discover something new.
Also, we will be more inspired if anything arouses our interest, and it's possible for us to generate any new ideas from it.
Expand our capabilities synergistically and interactive displays can only give results that suits for everyone, and can be served accordingly in a social way.
The fraternities and common understanding within each other is very important for a long-term relationship and it is a forward looking option for both sides.
Well communicated and treat each other with friendly attitude in a fair manner is a very important factor for determining our fate and future prospects.
Our history can contribute to our future, but the way we live and behave at present is the things which will determines our destiny.
HISTORY REMEMBERS THE WAY WE LIVED OUR LIFE Jan Jansen !!!


A nice and well balanced, less than medium hot chipotle paste, with an almost fruity taste of chipotle, onions, tomatoes, garlic and a little vinegar.
Use it with any BBQ food, or to make your favorite steak sauce hotter.
Too small jar. One jar is not even enough to one serving of food if you like it really hot.
Medium hot peculiar taste, more like a hot vegetable juice than a habanero sauce.
The habañero fruit is drowning in carrots, mango, vinegar and orange juice, only the heat is left from the habanero.
Why dilute the habanero with all this???
A rather mild, but very tasty chipotle paste.
Nice chipotle flavour, accompanied by onion, tomatoes, garlic and a little vinegar.
Goes well with most types of bbq food.
2 - 3 jars = one serving.
Less than medium hot, with too much salt (13.1 %).
I don't understand why they must have so much salt in it.
taste of the food even before you have added enough sambal oelek to get your food hot.
This is NOT a chili sauce!
This is a syrup with a few chile pepper flakes in it. No heat, only sweet!
It was not possible to use with any food, so I gav it up and poured it out.
more sugar than water and more water than chile pepper!


Place in /srv/docker/sbnc/home your predefined config files, it is a user's home directory and stored in $HOME.
DO NOT FORGET TO SET RIGHT FILES PERMISSIONS ON CONFIG DIRECTORIES AND FILES!
Fortune cookie: QOTD: "He's a perfectionist. If he married Raquel Welch, he'd expect her to cook."


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Eight months after his dismissal by the Polish government, the former director of the Polish Museum of the Second World War guides a group of Fellows through a controversial past.
Returning to places where one strived under different circumstances might be imagined a risky endeavor. Especially if those places meant quite a lot to the person involved and parting was not exactly voluntary.
The train from Berlin to Gdańsk arrived late on the evening of 17 November 2017. Our group of Wissenschaftskolleg Fellows had only time and energy for a short walk in the old section of the city. From a distance, standing on the Green Bridge over the Motlava River, I showed my companions – the monumental silhouette of the Museum of the Second World War shrouded in darkness but still dominating the skyscape of old buildings and churches.
The next morning was sunny and brisk and we embarked on our visit. After entering we descended several levels into the permanent exhibition area. I had tried to conceive of this moment ever since agreeing to show the museum to the Wiko Fellows and other friends from Berlin. It was Andreas Staier's idea. He had followed the story of the museum in the German media when I was still its director and struggling to open it to the public in the face of government countermeasures. Originally the Fellows and I had been planning to visit in October but tickets for the museum were unavailable at the time and we were forced to postpone the trip one month. This delay was frustrating since by the time we finally arrived the original shape of the exhibition, i.e. as I had left it, was no longer to be seen; two weeks before our arrival in Gdańsk, the government had introduced their initial changes to it.
Entering the museum for the first time since my departure last April was a very interesting and to some extent unpredictable experience. I know every part of this building and especially the exhibition on which I had worked for eight years. But my first feeling was of having entered alien territory. I knew very well that for the new director and for the minister of culture I had become a public enemy accused of creating an "anti-Polish museum," which allegedly neglected Polish heroism and martyrdom, my having from the beginning acted on "foreign orders." Regardless of the sheer absurdity of such accusations, those initial moments in the museum were simply unsettling. It was only after we had started our tour of the exhibition, and I began explaining its concept and artifacts, that other feelings gradually prevailed. I saw the interest and engagement of my companions growing with every step we took. Because most of them were not historians, in a way they were those "typical" visitors for whom the museum was created. I felt gratitude toward these people who had compelled me to journey to Gdańsk and revisit my museum. Without their encouragement I would never have ventured such an undertaking. And now I experienced the joy and satisfaction of explaining that work which I had for so long pursued together with numerous other historians, many of these my friends, and most of them meanwhile also purged from the museum. Telling the stories of artifacts that we had collected all these long years was like disclosing the inner life of this exhibition, which was invisible on the surface to the uninitiated.
These positive feelings were brutally violated at end of the tour. Even from afar, before entering the last room of the exhibition, I heard certain strange disruptive voices that were in striking dissonance to the museum's whole message and artistic language, most of it still intact despite the fortnight of alterations; in fact this was the first really invasive change introduced by the museum's new masters. Originally the visitors, just before leaving the exhibition, had watched film and photographic footage documenting the wars and other conflicts and violence after 1945. The last scenes showed ruined Aleppo and Donbas, wounded and despairing civilians, children, refugees. It was a reminder that war and violence were not some distant closed chapter but an integral part of the human condition. This element in particular was criticized by the right-wing in Poland as too "universalist" and insufficiently "national." Now it had been replaced with this four-minute cartoon that resembled a computer game and pretended to depict Poland in the twentieth century. In a way it had nothing to do with real history but was a rather bombastic piece of propaganda boasting of our exceptional victories and sufferings. I felt that my ideas had been raped. Some of my companions, though certainly less attached to the exhibition than I, had similar thoughts and could not watch the film to its end.
We left the exhibition, having spent over four hours there, and met with the architects who had designed the building and who now shared with our group the meaning of its architecture. How enlightening to go outside and listen to their comments regarding the various elements of the building as dusk slowly crept and that fading sunshine gave the whole scene a veneer of unreality. The last stage of our trip was the visit to a "vodka joint" in the old part of town and whose entire design and purpose was to resemble those cheap bars from communist times. That drink which had soothed tortured souls in Eastern Europe all these centuries was badly needed.


De La Salle, a university located in central Manilain, Philippines recently held a graduation ceremony for a special student. This wasn't an average ceremony held each year honoring the graduating classes. This was to honor Archer, an adorable cat mascot who had guarded the campus for 6 years before he moved to his forever home for medical reasons.
Archer was born in 2013, he was a stray ginger boy found lounging near the campus's North Gate. With his piercing gaze and aloof demeanor, Archer claimed his place in everyone's hearts as the King of all the campus cats. Students at the university often release their stress with a quick Archer visit. What's better to calm your blood pressure than a happy purring kitty?!
In 2014, Archer met a special friend, Ate Jenny and was assigned as a security guard located in a building near the North gate. "He is too friendly," she says, describing Archer, also known as 'the security cat.' "He will approach you, but if you don't have food, he will scratch," a student warns.
For years, everyone is familiar with the appearance of the orange and white cat that roams around the halls and gates of the university campus. However, come March 27, students will have to say goodbye to their friend as he is to be moved into another facility.
Due to the state of Archer's health condition, everyone decided to have him rehomed. He will be moved into another home where he can get the proper treatment for his medical conditions. "We can't guarantee he won't be fed human food [if he stays] which is bad for his fatty liver level," Professor Laureen Velasco told local media.
But before Archer leaves the campus, university heads decided to have a celebration for the ginger-and-white cat. Archer was dressed the part and was even presented with a lifetime alumni card, according to reports.
Although Archer's relocation might be the best way to help him, his departure is filled with bittersweet smiles. And we hope that you'll get better in your new home, Archer!


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US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $91,800 in fines for Ohio printing company
NOTICE: This is an OSHA Archive Document, and may no longer represent OSHA Policy. It is presented here as historical content, for research and review purposes only.
OSHA News Release
Please note: As of January 20, 2021, information in some news releases may be out of date or not reflect current policies.
Region 5 News Release: 14-177-CHI
Contact: Scott Allen Rhonda Burke
Email: allen.scott@dol.gov burke.rhonda@dol.gov
US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $91,800 in fines for Ohio printing
MINSTER, Ohio – Globus Printing & Packaging Co. Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 24 safety and health violations, carrying proposed penalties of $91,800. OSHA initiated an inspection of the Minster-based manufacturing plant in August 2013 after receiving a complaint.
"Workers were exposed daily to many dangerous hazards at the Globus Printing & Packaging Co.," said Kim Nelson, OSHA's area director in Toledo. "The company lacks adequate employee training on those hazards."
Thirteen serious safety violations were cited for issues such as:
Failing to provide electrical personal protective equipment for employees doing electrical work.
Failing to remove damaged forklifts from service.
Failing to maintain exit lighting and an employee alarm system.
Six health violations were cited, including:
Failing to maintain an environment free of combustible dust.
Not ensuring employees used eye and face protection.
Failing to conduct and certify a personal protective equipment assessment.
Lack of an eyewash station in the battery servicing area.
Failing to ground drums when dispensing flammable liquids.
Lack of training in hazard communication and safe chemical handling.
An OSHA violation is serious if death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard an employer knew or should have known exists.
Additionally, the company was cited for five other-than-serious violations for failing to mount and mark portable fire extinguishers; conduct forklift training at least every three years; improper use of power strips; evaluate workplaces for confined spaces; and inform employees of permit-required confined spaces. An other-than-serious violation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious physical harm.
Globus Printing & Packaging Co. employs 140 workers. The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Toledo Area Office at 419-259-7542.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA's role is to ensure these conditions for America's working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.
U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. The information above is available in large print, Braille, audio tape or disc from the COAST office upon request by calling 202-693-7828 or TTY 202-693-7755.


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Canossa è una frazione del comune italiano di Mulazzo, nella provincia di Massa-Carrara, in Toscana.

Storia
Il borgo di Canossa era possedimento dei marchesi Malaspina di Lusuolo e venne acquistato dal granduca Cosimo I de' Medici nel 1574.

Al censimento del 1833 il borgo contava 116 abitanti.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
La chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo costituisce la chiesa parrocchiale della frazione di Canossa. La struttura attuale risale al XV secolo, in quanto risulta citata per la prima volta negli estimi del 1470-71 che la inseriscono tra le dipendenze della pieve di Castevoli, detta anche "di Vico". Venne eretta in parrocchia in seguito alla visita pastorale del cardinale Benedetto Lomellini del 1568. Danneggiata da un terremoto del 1920, fu restaurata tra il 1928 e 1929. Ulteriori lavori di consolidamento dell'edificio sono stati effettuati nel 2017.

Costruita in pendenza, l'esterno intonacato possiede linee semplici, con due lesene laterali che arrivano dalla base fino alla copertura a capanna; al centro, in alto, è stuccata una croce. Il campanile, anch'esso stuccato, presenta due lesene laterali più sottili, con una che va a fare anche da cornicione sotto le campane. L'interno, ad aula unica, possiede un ingresso con volta a botte lunettata; ai lati si trovano due cappelle, anch'esse con copertura voltata. È affrescato con giochi decorativi, lesene disegnate sulle colonne e rappresentazioni di immagini sacre, come i quattro evangelisti. È completamente priva di finestre.

Croce

Statue stele
A Canossa è stata rinvenuta nel 1972, in località Al Monte, nei pressi del cimitero parrocchiale, una statua stele. Si tratta di una statua stele del gruppo B, risalente all'epoca eneolitica, di sesso maschile, come si può notare dall'arma che tiene in mano: un pugnale con manico semilunato, con la lama inserita in un fodero, di forma rettangolare, con delle costolature ai lati e tre cuspidi al suo termine sul lato corto. La statua stele di Canossa è conservata al Museo delle statue stele lunigianesi di Pontremoli, che riuscì ad entrare in possesso del manufatto e a esporlo nelle sue sale al castello del Piagnaro.

Tana della Diana
A Canossa sono presenti delle grotte, utilizzate dall'uomo come rifugio naturale, come dimostrano le incisioni rupestri presenti all'interno delle caverne. Il nome "Tana della Diana" è dovuto al fatto che la popolazione locale identificava i disegni preistorici come cucchiai, forchette ed altri utensili, che, secondo la tradizione, appartenevano a Diana, una donna magica, una sorta di "Befana", che regalava dei doni ai bambini buoni.

Note

Bibliografia
 Emanuele Repetti, «Canossa», in Dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana, vol. 1, p. 445.

Collegamenti esterni

Frazioni di Mulazzo


Ask – Begin by actually asking God for the solution, to help, to bring about His glory in the situation or need of your life.
Matthew 7:7-8 says "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened" (ESV).
Believe – After you ask, stop rehearsing the problem and start exercising faith in God by believing He is will answer according to His will, wisdom, and way.
Mark 11:22-24 says "And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours" (ESV).
Claim – When you ask and believe, you then claim, according the example of Jesus, through thanksgiving that God has promised in His word to answer.
John 11:41-42 says "So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me" (ESV).


I always say that I have a cast-iron digestive constitution. I think I get it from Gran on my mum's side of our family. She had a very good appetite, often saying how she 'lived to eat'. Gran was the gregarious one, a larger than life character – quite different to my quiet coal miner Grandad, and she made the most delicious Sunday roasts, mouth-watering casseroles and pastry to die for. She cooked everything from scratch for her entire life. I think the secret to her good gut health and her overall strong health was her good diet and her attitude to life. I like to think I am a similar type to Gran.
The month of December can be a challenge, even for those of us with the most robust digestive system and gut, and that includes me. And it's not just the excess of food and alcohol that our poor tummies have to cope with during the festive season, but the stress of getting organised for Christmas – shopping for presents and food, cleaning the house from top to bottom and trimming up. With so much to do, so many expectations to meet, it's no surprise that the stress can give rise to a flare-up of IBS symptoms, including diarrhoea, constipation and the dreaded painful bloating.
Last December, my husband, Kevin and I did something different, something we'd never done before. We went away just before Christmas, for two nights only and stopped in a lovely hotel in the middle of Derbyshire. It had been a very busy time, so we just made a last minute decision to get away for a couple of nights, coming back on Christmas Eve. It was the best thing we did – we actually managed to wind down. We went to the famous Chatsworth Farm Shop and got some goodies for Christmas, and we spent one of the nights in a country pub, tucked down a very dark windy lane, where we had some delicious pub food, and then listened to the artiste performing that evening.
I run a busy IBS, digestive health and gut disorders clinic, as well as my Just For Tummies supplement business, and January is by far my busiest month. I'm inundated with enquiries about colon hydrotherapy treatments from people who have eaten and drunk too much, and want to detox their bowel, to those who are experiencing a seriously bad flare-up of their IBS symptoms, as well as people who are chronically constipated because they've overdone it on their consumption of gluten and dairy, causing transit time in their bowel to slow right down.
I do a lot of this in my digestive health clinic, particularly during the months of January and February – palpating painful bloated bellies. I can determine if the intestines are bloated and inflamed, constipated and full of trapped gas. Treatment will then consist of colon hydrotherapy to evacuate gases and trapped solid wastes, as well as relaxing a tight, spasmed and painful bowel, giving much welcome relief.
No matter what the symptoms, be it an IBS flare-up, bloating, constipation or diarrhoea, my advice is almost always the same when it comes to addressing dietary issues. First and foremost, temporarily remove one of the most common digestive irritants – gluten. Gluten is a difficult protein for some digestive systems to break down, and can cause irritation in the lining of the stomach and intestines, leading to excessive painful trapped gases and an episode of either diarrhoea or constipation. Gluten also has the capacity to 'dissolve' zonulin, the 'glue' that holds the villi together in the small intestine, and this can lead to issues with 'leaky' gut. I would also advise to cut right back on processed sugar, in fact, eliminate all processed food if practically possible. I know it's not always easy, and when you've been out at work all day and you don't get home until late, the last thing you want to do is to start cooking a meal, but I don't think it's too difficult to cut out gluten and try gluten-free alternatives, and to reduce processed sugar.
I would also recommend trying to go plant-based for January. Kevin's Christmas present from me this year was six vegan cookery lessons. He was as pleased as punch. After speaking at a cancer charity last October, and sampling their delicious vegan lunch, Kevin and I bought the charity's vegan cookbook, and have been having the most delicious plant-based meals since. I'm not sure that we will ever completely give up animal protein, but we are thoroughly enjoying the vegan recipes in 'Healing Deliciously' so until we get fed up of plants, we will continue. It certainly has given us a boost in energy, as well as helping us to lose a few pounds.
Don't forget that if you register to open an account, you will automatically be added to our loyalty scheme and immediately begin earning Tummy Tokens on all purchases. The tokens can be redeemed at any time.
I hope my tips help you sort out any badly behaving tummies and get you back on track. If you would like to contact me personally for advice, then please do so: linda@justfortummies.co.uk Sometimes it's just one or two simple tweaks needed to effect a positive change.


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DS / Reviews / by Chris Rasco /
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass might as well be called The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker DS. The game features the same fabulous cel-shaded game engine of the GameCube game and picks up a short time after its conclusion. Phantom Hourglass follows our hero on another adventure on the high seas, and features new friends and a whole new gameplay style thanks to the touch screen and stylus.
When starting out, the game fills you in on the backstory so you aren't required to play through Wind Waker to enjoy. Your adventure begins while exploring the high seas with Tetra and her crew. These particular seas are protected by a great spirit named the Ocean King, and rumors of a mysterious Ghost Ship abound. A thick fog surrounds your vessel as a rickety old ship appears in the distance. Tetra boards the ship to investigate. As Link tries to follow Tetra aboard, he falls into the ocean and awakens on a strange island with a curious fairy buzzing overhead. That is as far as the manual covers so I won't spoil anything further for you, but rest assured Wind Waker's great storytelling has made its way into Phantom Hourglass.
Despite using some modified version of Wind Waker's engine, the graphics obviously aren't quite as smooth as what the GameCube was able to produce. However, they are still impressive, and all things considered, Phantom Hourglass definitely isn't limping along in the graphics department. The animations are very smooth, and during gameplay you might even forget that you aren't playing on your GameCube.
As with the Wii, one of the most important aspects of a DS game is how the controls are implemented. Phantom Hourglass was no exception to prerelease control anxiety, with its exclusive use of the stylus for movement, combat, and virtually all gameplay. But rest assured, it becomes second nature after a few minutes. The d-pad (or ABXY for lefties) gives quick, handy access to various menu screens, such as your Map or Collection Screen. Your shoulder buttons handle holding an item, and the mic even makes a cameo for various tasks.
After making my way through quite a few levels, the combat and movement system is really solid. On occasion, I did have issues executing a spin move or a roll, which take a little practice. Combat, on the other hand, is easy and works great. Using the stylus for interaction with other objects on the screen is perfect. Nintendo really nailed Hourglass's controls.
Since sailing was such a large part of Wind Waker, it was obvious that it would make a return in some fashion. Nintendo has reworked the mechanism for this and made it quite easy to get where you are going, in most cases. After boarding the ship, you'll simply bring up the Route screen and draw where you want to go. A jump button is provided if you need to make a mid-ocean leap. Move the stylus around while sailing and you can look around as you follow the course you drew. After obtaining your cannon, you'll spend plenty of time fighting off enemies while cruising along. This new system makes sailing much less tedious compared with Wind Waker due in large part to the much smaller map and auto-sailing components.
Phantom Hourglass also adds a few new elements to the Zelda series. For example, you can customize your ship's appearance. Another new feature is the included local and online multiplayer Battle Mode. You can use the game's matchmaking service to find someone of equal skill, or play against a friend. The mode pits two players in a head-to-head competition to collect the most Force Gems before time runs out. Up to two additional players assume the role of a Phantom and try to catch the other players and end their turn. The mechanics of Battle Mode are quite neat and will become very familiar once you've played through a few levels of the single player adventure mode.
The only gripe I really had about Phantom Hourglass is related to saving your game. You are able to save your game at any point in time, but if you end a game while in a dungeon you start at the beginning of that dungeon the next time you start your game. With some very long dungeons, Phantom Hourglass can be difficult to play in short bursts as you are left putting your DS to sleep instead of saving and powering down. Once, I had to leave my system on for several hours until I could pick the game back up. This may not be a problem for everyone, but it's worth mentioning.
Needless to say, Phantom Hourglass is a very deep game, and I am absolutely loving every minute. The Wind Waker engine ported nicely to the DS and the controls make it an absolute joy to play. Phantom Hourglass is a game for everyone, especially the Zelda fans.


The journal is a continuation of Scientific Notebooks of Bialystok Technical University series Civil Engineering, issued in the years 1983-2009.
The journal accepts for publications papers and technical notes that describe original works or ideas on: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Environmental management. All the papers are reviewed by the independent reviewers. Besides, it publishes: reports of conferences and workshops, book reviews and advertising materials. All technical papers are open to written discussion.
Journal is published four times a year by Publishing House of Bialystok University of Technology.
Editorial Board of Civil and Environmental Engineering informs that print version of journal is the "main" version of the title (ISSN 2081-3279).


Ocean Parks premiers on Love Nature!
Animal Empires premiers on Love Nature!
So this is happening. Check it out Live at the Marquee Ballroom November 26th 2016. You will probably see everyone from Arcadia, some on stage and some in the crowd. 20 bucks gets into this amazing tribute to The Band.
"Canada 360" has been selected for this year's Atlantic Film Festival!