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HDFS is a Java-based file system that provides scalable and reliable data storage, and it was designed to span large clusters of commodity servers. HDFS has demonstrated production scalability of up to 200 PB of storage and a single cluster of 4500 servers, supporting close to a billion files and blocks.
Basecamp consolidates many project management systems into one centralized location that includes to-do lists, shared documents, schedules and discussions. In the Basecamp interface, users can see what tasks need to be accomplished, who they are assigned to and when they are due. They can also access public documents and discussion boards. This allows for more organized communication and more efficient and comprehensive teamwork.
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Get data about a project, including its name, status, and the list of tools enabled for that project (schedules, to-do's, and message boards, for example). You can also use this endpoint to modify existing projects that need additional functionality or to trash projects that are no longer being worked on.
Retrieve information about a to-do task, such as its name, status, creator and assignee. Then, look at important information about your tasks such as what tasks a person has assigned to them, what tasks are still active and how long those tasks have been active. This can help you measure project performance and other key metrics.
Track any time a change occurs in Basecamp i.e. if there is a new comment, an assigned to-do, a new document, or any number of other events. This data can help you highlight trends, run analytics, and support any other data sources that rely on event reporting.
Get information about any comment made in Basecamp, including the name of the commenter, the date the comment was made, the content of the comment, and what project the comment was on. This data can help you both monitor user engagement and gauge which projects are being talked about the most.


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A controversy is brewing over the origin of several unusual depressions in the Pampean plain of northern Argentina. For the last decade planetary scientists have considered a cluster of large, elongated pits near Rio Cuarto to be unique impact craters, gouged by a chunk of asteroid that glanced obliquely through the atmosphere and broke into pieces just before striking the Earth.
The idea for such an impact swarm arose in 1991, when an expedition led by Peter Schultz (Brown University) and Argentine air-force pilot Ruben Lianza discovered samples of fused soil and even intact meteorites within the teardrop-shaped depressions. Subsequent laboratory work suggested that the Rio Cuarto event must have occurred within the past several thousand years.
The impact hypothesis recently received its most serious challenge from a team led by Phil A. Bland (Open University, London). In the May 10th issue of Science, they detail a pair of meteorites found within the putative craters that not only have different makeups but also appear to have arrived on Earth 36,000 and 52,000 years ago — far longer than the age of the depressions in which they were found. Bland's team also contends that the strange depressions, up to 4½ kilometers long and 1 km wide, look much like hundreds of other smaller features scattered throughout the region a situation far too unlikely to be caused by a single collisional event.
This would suggest that the Rio Cuarto craters are not craters at all but rather long hollows carved and shaped over thousands of years by prevailing winds. In the process, the gradual removal of material exhumed meteorites that had fallen to Earth long ago. "I'd love them to be low-angle impacts," Bland told Sky & Telescope, "but I just don't think the evidence is there."
But what of the fused-glass nuggets found by Schultz and Lianza? Bland says more of these have turned up at a site 400 km farther south, which suggests to him that they all came from a much bigger impact about 480,000 years ago. Such a catastrophic event would have splashed glassy droplets (known as tektites) over a very wide area and left behind a crater roughly 5 km across, which presumably lies hidden beneath the Pampas or offshore in the Atlantic. As terrifying as the oblique impacts might have been, observes H. Jay Melosh in the same issue of Science, "[Bland's] view of a shower of hot glass over a region as large as Texas suggests a far more lethal event half a million years ago."
Not everyone finds Bland's work convincing. "I don't believe it," says cratering expert Christian Koeberl (University of Vienna). Koeberl says the glassy melt found within the depressions is, isotopically, "practically identical" to the surrounding soil, and its age (as determined by two different methods) is only 4,000 years a far cry from a half million. Moreover, Schultz says he's now found four meteorites in the Rio Cuarto craters, and they're all the same class of chondritic stone.
Resolving the origin of these controversial features may take years of careful field work and laboaratory analyses. Schultz contends, for example, that the Rio Cuarto craters have charateristics unlike those of the region's wind-deflation structures. But Bland counters, "I don't know what criteria he's basing that on. We couldn't detect any differences."
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Overview of Basf Logistics Operation in Southeast Asia
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BASF is one of the world's largest chemical companies. It was established in 1865 with the main product was coal tar based dyestuff. It has six main categories of products which are oil and gas, chemicals, agricultural products, plastics and fibers, dyestuff and finishing products and consumer products. The structure of the company is presented by three-dimensional matrix consisting of operating, regional and functional divisions. Since 1960, the company began to expand its operation at a global level through acquisition. In Southeast Asia, the company has over 30 companies in 16 countries through the region of which 12 has the production facilities. Headquarter for the region is located in Singapore.
1.2 The supply chain and logistics operation of the company in Southeast Asia
In terms of the flow of goods in the region, each group company can directly order the material, produce the goods and sell them within the regional market. They build their own physical flow of goods, being relatively independent from the parent company's physical flow of goods. However, only one third of total revenue in the southeast Asia is produced in the region due to the limited production capacity of the group companies, the remaining two-thirds are still mainly supplied from the company's main production site in Germany.
Regarding the information management, there is little information flow within the region as group companies are located in different countries. Besides, each group company has developed its own information system so it is hard to communicate and share information among them. There is almost no systematic information within the regional company due to the lack of computer support.
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The amount of money that we've flushed into the development and deployment of the F-35 Lightning all-weather, stealth multirole fighter is now enough to fund the budgets of several small to mid-size nations. But for all of that, the program has experienced one setback after another, including one in April that threatened to ground the entire fleet. Even with that issue resolved, a later test of six of the new, stealthy fighters revealed that only one of them was capable of a rapid, ready alert launch.
This has led to inevitable, unfavorable comparisons to the aging but highly reliable A-10 Warthog. In fact at one point, the military even scheduled a face to face "grudge match" testing the two craft against each other in close air support scenarios. That process is still rolling out but we're getting a pretty good idea of how it's going from the supply chain side of the military. While no official announcement has been made, an article from Instapundit pointing us to this piece from Popular Mechanics shows that the Warthog "ain't going anywhere."
On paper, the Air Force plans to start mothballing the A-10 in 2018, with the last Warthogs sent to the boneyard by 2021. But last month Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said that the retirement of the A-10 would likely have to be delayed further as the military continues to rely on the low-and-slow attack plane for close-air support (CAS) missions flown against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Even more telling, the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) is bringing the depot line for A-10 maintenance and repair back up to full capacity, according to Aviation Week.
The Hawg isn't going anywhere.
"They have re-geared up, we've turned on the depot line, we're building it back up in capacity and supply chain," AFMC chief Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski recently told Aviation Week. "Our command, anyway, is approaching this as another airplane that we are sustaining indefinitely."
The original pitch which seemed to justify the vast expense of developing the F-35 was that it was so multi-functional that it would replace most of the current fighters. These results aren't saying that the Lightning is completely worthless (even though pilots have been comparing it unfavorably to the F-16) but it appears to be seriously lacking in the area of close air support for troops in a combat zone. The Warthog is better armored, if a bit slower, and stable in low altitude support roles. Its 30-millimeter cannon holding 1,350 armor-piercing rounds makes it ideal for those sorts of missions and it can take more of a beating than the lightweight, stealthy Lightning. In short, it's doing a critical job for any potential boots on the ground scenarios which the F-35 simply isn't as good at.
The news about the supply chain orders is probably more definitive than any formal announcement. We apparently aren't going to be able to do without the Warthog so any savings on that front to defray the monstrous cost of the F-35 will not be realized. If they are setting up maintenance shops and spare parts lines for "indefinite service" as that announcement indicates, we'd better take a fresh look at the military budget. The A-10 is apparently here to stay and it's going to cost plenty to keep those birds in the air for the next several decades.


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According to League City police, he was last seen leaving the area on a bicycle towards the Huntcliff Apartments that are located across St. Christopher Ave. behind the credit union. After an extensive search of the area the suspect could not be located.
On Friday, July 30, League City detectives received a Crime Stoppers tip. From this tip two persons of interest were identified in this case as well as two other aggravated robberies in Pearland and Alvin. While working in conjunction with Pearland police, Alvin police and the FBI, the lead was followed and resulted in the arrests of Cruz Moreno, 24, and Blake Nicholas, 23.
A $100,000 bond was placed on each suspect. Currently Moreno is in the League City jail and Nicholas is in the Galveston County jail. This is still an ongoing investigation and other persons of interest are being pursued.


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Salvage Cars in Minnesota
Have you been tempted to buy cars that are so cheap they seem like they are giving them away? If this is the case chances are you are looking at a salvaged car. Previously wrecked but now considered drivable, salvage cars are substantially cheaper than your regular second hand car. Truth be told, you need to exercise a lot of caution when purchasing one. Here is why.
According to Cash for Junk Car Minnesota experts, a car is designated a salvage vehicle if the cost to repair it is somewhere in between 75 to 90% of its pre-damage value. Greater than 90% damage then the car is headed directly to the scrap yard. If the damage is less than 75% it is considered a fixer-upper. Most US states follow this system but it can still vary depending on where you are. If you are interested in purchasing a salvage car know first the State standards before heading on down to the repair shop.
According to junk car towing specialists, in some states a salvage vehicle is not eligible to be registered and cannot be legally driven on the road even if it is already operable. For instance, a car got severe flood damage and was classified as salvage. It will sit around for a few weeks just to dry out and most of the damage is a swamp interior and a ruined finish not to mention a trunk full of dead fish. If the car is still drivable, it cannot still be registered unless it gets certified as rebuilt salvage by state inspectors.
Salvage Car Process
The salvage car first needs to be repaired meaning all damaged or missing parts are replaced including any and all damage to the body. Once everything is ok a state inspector is called to check the vehicle and there is a fee to be paid. The car is brought over to the designated place (you cannot drive it hence towed) and once the inspector is satisfied you will need to fill out a form which states what parts were replaced and or damaged. Replaced parts also must come with the accompanying paperwork proving where and when they were bought. The repair shop where the car was brought to be rebuilt also needs to be disclosed and also the VIN numbers need to be verified.
What the inspector is doing is ensuring the parts were not stolen. Basically, the car will no be inspected for roadworthiness, or rebuild quality so it is important that if you are buying a salvage car you need to bring a mechanic along to ensure that everything is safe.


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That's all for now, I will be working on the next part of my Distress Ink Colouring series next weekend, and will be moving onto colouring clothing, so I hope to have that ready for you in a week or two.
Just watched your tutorial Linda. Loved watching your gorgeous card come to life.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
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You are on a wave of creating masterpieces one after another Linda! I truly enjoyed your speed tutorial. I also cut out frames out of the layers of paper which will be covered bu another layers :)
Post more and more videos, I love to visit your channel!
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|Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do I calculate the 20+ cost?
Multiply the number of shafts on your loom by the number of treadles. Multiply that number by the per tie-up charge. Add the base charge. For example, an 8 shaft, 10 treadle loom would be:
$280 base charge + (8 shafts X 10 treadles X $3.85) + PST + 10% shipping (all) + GST or HST (all Canadians). For a quote, write to Woolhouse Tools with your loom's particulars. USA customers add no taxes.
To the 20+ charge of $588 add the shipping charge of 8% of the $588 if a Canadian address, 10% if a USA address. To elsewhere, we'll add the actual shipping cost, which to a European address, would be about $120.
Canadians must add GST or HST (and PST if in BC). Americans add nothing further. Europeans and others must add tariff charges. The tariff number used here for 20+ is HS8448.39.
2. How do I measure Texsolv heddles?
To measure the Texsolv heddle length on a loom, measure the distance from the top of the upper heddle carrying bar to the bottom of the lower heddle carrying bar. Add twice the thickness of the bars.
To measure a Texsolv heddle free of constraint, lay the heddle on a table and measure the length from knot to knot. Ignore the end loops.
Do not try to measure heddle length while heddles are bundled.
For accurate measuring, stretch the measured heddle between two pins stuck into a piece of styrofoam.
3. What weavers' conventions do you attend?
We no longer attend conferences.
4. Where are dealers stocking Woolhouse Tools?
There are none. We sell directly only.
5. Do you sell wholesale?
We wholesale only Texsolv items only to bona fide businesses, and only in Canada.
6. Do you do custom work?
No, we don't. We sell only what we list in our website - and that keeps us sufficiently busy!
7. Do you offer discounts for volume sales?
8. Do table loom springs wear out?
No, our stainless steel table springs do not wear out. They can, however, be overstretched and not able to return to their original closed loop form. The consequence is a ragged and soft lower half of shed.
9. Where can I buy table loom springs?
The springs were custom made for our table looms.
10. Do you have separate instructions for your Ball Winder?
Yes, here's a text version of the instructions supplied with our Ball Winder.
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We now live in an advanced age where many sophisticated transactions can be done well without pricey experts.
Individuals trade stocks without a stockbroker. Individuals develop wills and trusts without lawyers. Many even redesign homes without specialists.
As independent as everybody is, why wouldn't you want to take a look at the advantages of selling your home without an agent in Fort Lauderdale Florida?
Saving Money Selling Real Estate Without An Agent
Agents cost money. It's that simple. Often, it's a great deal of cash. A real estate agent can charge 6 percent or more of the home sales cost.
If its a residential or commercial property price is $500,000, this can cost sellers $30,000. This commission remuneration is split between both the buyer's and seller's agent.
This is a significant cost that is drawn from the final sale price. If a seller still has high home loan balances that have to be paid off, eliminating commission costs is a huge advantage.
Merely increased net profits is appealing to sellers.
Even if you are not using an agent as a seller does not mean you can preclude the purchaser from having an agent.
The majority of sellers end up paying between two to three percent to the buyer's agent fees in self-represented sales. However, if you are brand-new to real estate sales, the purchaser's representative might attempt to work out a larger commission since he will more than likely be doing work on both ends of the deal to make up for your absence of experience and understanding.
Qualified Negotiator
Even though you can't require the purchaser not to be represented, it doesn't mean the buyer won't ask for a lower price.
Buyers may feel they can negotiate a much better deal without an agent because they understand the amount of cost savings in the transaction.
Beyond working out the price, sellers may feel they are more qualified to offer and negotiate the transaction than a representative. Sellers experienced in property deals may be comfortable walking through the procedure and working out items at different points in the escrow procedure.
When a seller is comfortable making a deal with a buyer or buyer's agent, he can save a minimum of 3 percent of the commissions by representing himself.
It is possible that the transaction is straightforward. Maybe it is a brand-new construction or being offered as is and the seller isn't really willing to work out on anything.
Purchasers are maybe willing to make an offer without expectation for repairs or credits.
Sellers firm on their price and able to offer all disclosures and files properly might not see a requirement for agent representation.
Keeping Things Personal
There are times when a transaction is among family members or acquaintances.
In cases like this where everybody is clear who the parties are and precisely what to anticipate in the sale, there may not be a need to bring on a representative.
Trust among all parties in this kind of deal circumstance is essential.
Even when parties to a sale understand each other, all legal sale requirements must be followed.
Adhere to all Fort Lauderdale and the state of Florida codes for disclosures and timelines. The last thing, you as a seller as a representing himself wishes, is to find yourself in a legal battle down the road for a property you believed you no longer had any ties to. Follow the guidelines to avoid legal implications and penalties.
If you are not sure about whether or not you need to sell your property in Fort Lauderdale Florida without an agent, do not think twice to send us a message.
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Guinea Bissau
The Amilcar Cabral University, Guinea Bissau's first University, offers degree courses in education, law, medicine, veterinary medicine, engineering, agronomy, economics, sociology, modern languages and journalism. On average, three years of training is required before a degree is awarded at the associate level. Law students study for five years, leading to a bachelor's degree. Medical students need seven years, including an internship, to achieve a Medicina geral, which is equivalent to an MD. So far, all postgraduate studies must be undertaken abroad.
Guinea Bissau Universities
Amílcar Cabral University and the University of Colinas de Boe, both founded in 2003 and based in Bissau, provide opportunities for higher education. There are also schools for teacher training, nursing, and vocational training.
EUCLIDE (Euclid University)
EUCLID, also called Pôle Universitaire Euclide is an international intergovernmental organization with a university charter established in 2008 and headquartered in The Gambia.


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EPA Reminds School Districts of Federal Requirements Regarding the Safe Management of Asbestos
Release Date: 04/02/2009
Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017
(Boston, Mass. - April 2, 2009) – Inspections over the past year of schools in New England by EPA underscore the need for school districts to be vigilant in protecting students' health by following asbestos management requirements.
In 2008, EPA issued "Notices of Non-compliance" to nearly two dozen school districts in New Hampshire and Vermont regarding violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA). Typical violations of AHERA included failure to maintain updated, complete asbestos management plans; failure to conduct periodic inspections; and failure to train custodial and maintenance personnel. When EPA has taken action, the "Notices of Non-compliance" have required the schools to submit corrective action plans within 30 days.
EPA conducted 41 AHERA inspections at schools throughout New England in 2008, and expects to continue those efforts in 2009. These inspections, and subsequent penalties and Notices of Non-compliance, serve as reminders to all school districts that keeping children and school employees safe is a priority to EPA.
One example of an action EPA has taken recently involved the public school district in Barre, Vermont. In this instance, EPA discovered in 2006 that the Washington Central Supervisory Union had violated AHERA by failing to maintain a complete, updated copy of its Asbestos Management Plan (AMP) in the local education agency's central administrative offices; maintain a complete, updated copy of the AMP for each school in the respective school's administrative offices; provide written annual notifications to parents, teachers, and employee organizations of the availability of the AMP; and have the AMP available for EPA at the time of inspection.
Washington Central has reached an agreement with EPA to resolve the violations of TSCA and AHERA. EPA determined that $17,145 was an appropriate penalty for the violations. Under the terms of the settlement, Washington Central will not be assessed a monetary penalty after providing proof that the costs of their compliance efforts following EPA's 2006 inspection exceeded that amount. AHERA allows EPA to deduct the cost of compliance from the penalty.
Violations of AHERA are serious because people attending, working at and/or visiting public buildings should be protected from the hazards of asbestos. AHERA requires local education agencies to identify asbestos-containing materials in public and private elementary and secondary schools. The local agencies must develop asbestos management plans and implement those plans in a timely manner, taking preventative measures against the release of asbestos fibers. The law also requires schools to survey asbestos-containing materials, conduct periodic inspections of these materials, train personnel on AHERA compliance, and make the plans available to the public on a yearly basis so that teachers and families can be kept informed about the location and condition of asbestos in their schools.
More information:
- Asbestos enforcement in New England (epa.gov/region1/enforcement/asbestos/index.html)
- Asbestos in schools (epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/asbestos_in_schools.html)
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I really am seventies obsessed lately, aren't I? You guys saw these orange tinted shades in my last fashion post, and they're back again. I will spice it up soon, I promise. This jacket though, this is new to the blog. I actually got this for Christmas and I've been desperate to share it with you guys, but it's been too. damn. cold. Then one day, I said "enough is enough, BE GONE WINTER" and threw on this jacket with these cord dungarees (dungarees? jumpsuit? who knows) to style up.
This little checked jacket is actually pretty warm though, especially when you bring out a double layer. I don't know what it is about denim under checks but I am totally feeling it. Check blazers and dusters are everywhere at the moment, so if you've fallen under their spell, I seriously suggest putting some denim underneath. Extra points for the corduroy textures, too.
This denim shirt is one of those things that tends to sit at the back of my wardrobe, bought when I was trying desperately hard to look like an art school student (but never quite succeeding). I thought it looked pretty cute tied up, plus it cinches me in at the waist, which comes in handy with these straight-up-and-down dungarees. Then I'm sort of playing with silhouette again with this massive 70s-esque collar. Funnily enough, when you zip this check jacket up, it's a definite 60s shape, but left to do its thing, the collar goes a bit rogue and I'm loving that for this seventies style that I am oh so obsessed with lately.
This oversized faux fur collar with these orange aviators definitely makes me look like I've stepped straight out of the most stylish decade of them all and you know what? I'm not mad about it. I am worried I'm turning into Jackie Burkehart ever so slightly though. Should I be stopped? Stay tuned to see me dressed like a total California skateboarder next week or something, because I seem to flip from one thing to another! Actually, it will still be way too cold for that.
I'm actually pretty proud of this outfit in the end, after much deliberation and walking downstairs with odd shoes to ask my mum which ones she thinks I should go with. I guess these pieces wouldn't obviously go together, but somehow it works (although I am aware a boot with a little more height may have been more flattering). I always like it when a plan comes together. I'll definitely be taking some notes on how else to layer up some denim this coming season too, it will certainly fit into this whole Western trend we're seeing at the minute. Anyone else a massive fan? Because I want it all..
Polonecks, or turtlenecks if you prefer, are always a good shout for wearing under dungarees, especially in the winter. Come spring and summer I'll be switching them up for band tees and striped tops, which again are always a classic styling choice.
check jacket Pretty Little Thing via ASOS - shirt Zara (similar) - poloneck jumper Primark - corduroy dungarees ASOS - snake print boots ASOS (similar) - circle bag Topshop - baker boy hat Topshop - orange tint sunglasses ASOS
And that's how I'm styling my dungarees! Whilst winter is my favourite season fashion wise, I can't lie, I'm pretty excited for spring to switch up my wardrobe a little. What are you bringing into your new season wardrobe?
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Iran rejects US 'unknown delusion' of foreign interference in elections
Iran Press TV
Sat Oct 20, 2018 07:09PM
Iran has dismissed the "false and baseless" claim made by the United States about Tehran's efforts to undermine US elections, including next month's midterms, saying such allegations are rooted in an "unknown delusion."
"The principled policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is based on non-interference in the domestic affairs of other countries," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday.
US intelligence and law enforcement agencies on Friday claimed that foreign governments continued to try to influence US elections, including the upcoming midterm congressional vote in November.
"We are concerned about ongoing campaigns by Russia, China and other foreign actors, including Iran, to undermine confidence in democratic institutions and influence public sentiment and government policies," the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Justice Department, FBI and Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said bids by American officials to accuse Iran of seeking to meddle in and influence the US congressional elections are basically false, stressing such allegations are politically-motivated.
Qassemi added that the White House tries to level accusations against other countries with "specific domestic political purposes and everyday adds the name of a country to its delusional list in this regard."
The allegation comes as US government agencies have said they have no evidence of a compromise or disruption of election equipment yet.
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Did you know that around 1 billion people on earth suffer from high blood pressure! It is called the Silent Killer and can lead to permanent cardiovascular damage.
High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. It is defined as transitory (short-lived) or chronic elevation of the blood pressure in the arteries
What is hypertension?
Since one-seventh of the world's population suffers from hypertension, let's take a deeper look into what it is exactly and how is it caused.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when your blood pressure increases to an unhealthy level. Blood pressure is the amount of force that blood exerts on the walls of the arteries as it flows through them.
Blood pressure is determined both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance from the blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries are, the higher your blood pressure is.
You can have high blood pressure (hypertension) for years without any symptoms. Even without symptoms, damage to blood vessels and your heart continues. Uncontrolled high blood pressure increases the risk of serious health problems, including heart attack and even stroke.
Types Of Hypertension
After reading the above information, some of you might be thinking, "Oh, I don't have this!", but you might want to read this next part because hypertension or high blood pressure has types and doctors have said that almost half of the people who suffer from high blood pressure, don't even know they have it!
Here are the types of hypertension:
1. Primary Hypertension (also known as Essential Hypertension)
For almost 90% of the patients, the cause of this hypertension is unknown. Your doctor will diagnose this hypertension type after monitoring your blood pressure over three or four visits.
People who suffer from this hypertension type show no significant symptoms. However, these are a few signs you can look out for:
a. Frequent headaches
b. Fatigue
c. Dizziness
d. Frequent nose-bleeds
2. Secondary Hypertension
This hypertension type occurs when there is an abnormality in the arteries that supply blood to the kidneys. Some common causes of this type of hypertension include:
a. Abnormalities or tumors of the adrenal glands
b. Thyroid
c. Hormonal imbalances
d. Excessive salt or alcohol intake
3. Malignant Hypertension
In this type of hypertension, the blood pressure rises rather quickly and causes a medical emergency where the patient needs to be rushed to the hospital. It is typically observed in a very small fraction of the population compared to the other types. Some common symptoms include:
a. Numbness in arms and legs
b. A headache
c. Chest pain
d. Blurry vision
4. Resistant Hypertension
This type of hypertension is usually observed in people who are aged, obese or are suffering from diabetes or kidney ailments.
Classification Of Hypertension
The silent killer might be really hard to detect but we have broken it down for you, to make it easier. So, here are the five blood pressure ranges/classifications as recognized by the Heart Association:
1. Normal
When your blood pressure is between 120/80 mm Hg, it is considered within the normal range. If your results fall into this category, stick with heart-healthy habits like following a balanced diet and getting regular exercise.
2. Elevated
Elevated blood pressure is when readings of your blood pressure consistently range from 120-129 systolic and less than 80 mm Hg diastolic. People with elevated blood pressure are likely to develop high blood pressure unless steps are taken to control the condition.
3. Hypertension Stage 1
Hypertension Stage 1 is when blood pressure consistently ranges from 130-139 systolic or 80-89 mm Hg diastolic. At this stage of high blood pressure, doctors are likely to prescribe lifestyle changes and may ask you to consider adding blood pressure medication based on your risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD), such as heart attack or stroke.
4. Hypertension Stage 2
Hypertension Stage 2 is when blood pressure consistently ranges at 140/90 mm Hg or higher. At this stage of high blood pressure, doctors are likely to prescribe a combination of blood pressure medications and lifestyle changes.
5. Hypertensive crisis
This stage of high blood pressure requires medical attention. If your blood pressure readings suddenly exceed 180/120 mm Hg, wait five minutes and then test your blood pressure again. If your readings are still unusually high, contact a doctor immediately. You could be experiencing a hypertensive crisis.
Causes of hypertension
I have read enough about the disease! Tell me how did I even get it in the first place or how can I avoid getting it!
Hypertension or high blood pressure can broadly be classified into two types. Each type has a different cause which we have broken down for you.
1. Primary Hypertension
Primary Hypertension is also known as Essential Hypertension. This kind of hypertension develops over time with no identifiable cause. Most people have this type of high blood pressure.
Researchers are still unclear what mechanisms cause blood pressure to slowly increase. They suggest that a combination of factors may play a role. These factors include:
a. Genes: Some people are genetically predisposed to hypertension. This may be from gene mutations or genetic abnormalities inherited from your parents.
b. Physical changes: If something in your body changes, you may begin experiencing issues throughout your body. High blood pressure may be one of those issues. For example – it is thought that changes in your kidney function due to aging may upset the body's natural balance of salts and fluid. This change may cause your body's blood pressure to increase.
c. Environment: Over time, unhealthy lifestyle choices like lack of physical activity and poor diet can take their toll on your body. Lifestyle choices can lead to weight problems. Being overweight or obese can increase your risk of hypertension.
2. Secondary Hypertension
Secondary hypertension often occurs quickly and can become more severe than primary hypertension. Several conditions that may cause secondary hypertension include:
a. Kidney disease
b. Obstructive sleep apnea
c. Congenital heart defects
d. Problems with your thyroid
e. Side effects of medications
f. Use of illegal drugs
g. Alcohol abuse or chronic use
h. Adrenal gland problems
i. Certain endocrine tumors
The exact causes of high blood pressure are not known, but several things may play a role, including:
a. Smoking
b. Being overweight or obese
c. Lack of physical activity
d. Too much salt in the diet
e. Too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day)
f. Stress
g. Old age
h. Genetics
i. Family history of high blood pressure
j. Chronic kidney disease
k. Adrenal and thyroid disorders
l. Sleep apnea
Symptoms of Hypertension
Most people with high blood pressure will not experience any symptoms. This is why people call it the 'silent killer.'
However, once blood pressure reaches about 180/120 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), it becomes a hypertensive crisis, which is a medical emergency. At this stage, the evident symptoms include:
- Headache
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Dizziness
- Blurred or double vision
- Nosebleeds
- Heart palpitations
- Breathlessness
Children with high blood pressure may experience the following signs and symptoms:
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Blurred vision
- Nosebleeds
- Bell's palsy, which is an inability to control the facial muscles on one side of the face.
Newborns and very young babies with high blood pressure may experience the following signs and symptoms:
- A failure to thrive
- Seizures
- Irritability
- Lethargy
- Respiratory distress
High blood pressure might be really hard to detect and control but maintaining a healthy diet and using natural remedies can help manage high blood pressure easily.
What are the effects of high blood pressure on the body?
Hypertension might be a silent killer but its effects on your body can be fatal. It can cause damage to your body for years before symptoms become obvious. If hypertension isn't treated, you may face serious problems like:
- Damaged arteries
- Damaged heart
- Heart failure
- Arrhythmias
- Sudden cardiac death
- Heart attack
- Damaged brain
Home Remedies To Lower High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is a problem that has turned many of us towards modern medicine. For most people who suffer from hypertension, their day starts with a big tablet to control the monster. More often than not, this has us wondering what will happen if I skip the medicine or can diet and pranayama to treat high blood pressure naturally?
We have some good news! There are a number of home remedies to lower blood pressure naturally, even without medication!
So, here are a few easy and simple home remedies or natural ways to combat high blood pressure:
1. Walk and exercise regularly
Exercise is one of the best home remedies to lower high blood pressure naturally. Regular exercise helps make your heart stronger and more efficient at pumping blood, which lowers the pressure in your arteries. In fact, 150 minutes of moderate exercise, such as walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise, such as running, per week can help lower blood pressure and improve your heart health significantly. So put on your work out clothes, if you wanna give the silent killer the silent treatment!
2. Reduce your sodium intake
Salt intake is high around the world. In large part, this is due to processed and prepared foods. Studies have shown that a high amount of sodium can quickly jack-up your blood pressure. For this reason, many public health efforts are aimed at lowering salt in the food industry.
3. Drink less alcohol
Drinking alcohol can raise blood pressure. In fact, alcohol is linked to 16% of high blood pressure cases around the world. While some research has suggested that low-to-moderate amounts of alcohol may protect the heart, those benefits may be offset by negative effects. Moderate alcohol consumption is defined as no more than one drink a day for women and two for men. Hence, the bottom line is drinking alcohol in any quantity may raise your blood pressure. Limit your drinking to one drink a day.
4. Eat more potassium-rich foods
Potassium is an important mineral and acts as a natural home remedy to lower blood pressure, it helps your body get rid of sodium and eases pressure on your blood vessels. Modern diets have increased most people's sodium intake while decreasing potassium intake. To get a better balance of potassium to sodium in your diet, focus on eating fewer processed foods and more fresh, whole foods. Foods that are particularly high in potassium include:
- Vegetables, especially leafy greens, tomatoes, potatoes, and sweet potatoes
- Fruit, including melons, bananas, avocados, oranges, and apricots
- Dairy products, such as milk and yogurt
- Tuna and salmon
- Nuts and seeds
- Beans
5. Learn to manage stress
Stress is a key driver of high blood pressure. When you're chronically stressed, your body is in a constant fight-or-flight mode. On a physical level, that means a faster heart rate and constricted blood vessels. When you experience stress, you might also be more likely to engage in other behaviors, such as drinking alcohol or eating unhealthy food, that can negatively affect blood pressure. Several studies have explored how reducing stress can help lower blood pressure naturally.
Here are two evidence-based home remedies to lower blood pressure by managing stress:
- Listen to soothing music: Calming music can help relax your nervous system. Research has shown it's an effective complement to other blood pressure therapies.
- Work less: Working a lot, and stressful work situations in general, are linked to high blood pressure.
6. Eat dark chocolate or cocoa
Listen up, you chocolate loving folks! Eating chocolate while suffering from hypertension, can actually help control it. While eating massive amounts of chocolate probably won't help your heart, but small amounts may. That's because dark chocolate and cocoa powder are rich in flavonoids, plant compounds that cause blood vessels to dilate.
7. Lose weight
If you're overweight, losing weight can make a big difference for your heart's health. According to a 2016 study, losing 5% of your body mass could significantly lower high blood pressure. In previous studies, losing 7.7 kg was linked to lowering systolic blood pressure by 8.5 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 6.5 mm Hg. To put that in perspective, a healthy reading should be less than 120/80 mm Hg.
The effect is even greater when weight loss is paired with exercise, both these act as the most natural home remedies to lower blood pressure. Losing weight can help your blood vessels do a better job of expanding and contracting, making it easier for the left ventricle of the heart to pump blood.
8. Quit smoking
One of the many reasons to quit smoking is that the habit is a strong risk factor for heart disease. Every puff of cigarette smoke causes a slight, temporary increase in blood pressure. The chemicals in tobacco are also known to damage blood vessels. Since both smoking and high blood pressure raise the risk of heart disease, quitting smoking can help reverse that risk.
9. Cut added sugar and refined carbs
There's a growing body of research showing a link between added sugar and high blood pressure. In the Framingham Women's Health Study, women who drank even one soda per day had higher levels than those who drank less than one soda per day.
Another study found that having one less sugar-sweetened beverage per day was linked to lower blood pressure. And it's not just sugar – all refined carbs, such as the kind found in white flour, convert rapidly to sugar in your bloodstream and may cause problems. Some studies have shown that low-carb diets may also help reduce blood pressure.
10. Try meditation or deep breathing
While these two behaviors could also fall under "stress reduction techniques," meditation and deep breathing deserve specific mention as they are two of the most natural ways to lower blood pressure. Both meditation and deep breathing are thought to activate the parasympathetic nervous system. This system is engaged when the body relaxes, slowing the heart rate and lowering blood pressure.
There's quite a bit of research in this area, with studies showing that different styles of meditation appear to have benefits for lowering blood pressure. Deep breathing techniques can also be quite effective. In one study, participants were asked to either take six deep breaths over the course of 30 seconds or to simply sit still for 30 seconds. Those who took breaths lowered their blood pressure more than those who just sat.
If all this sounds too much to you or if you want to kickstart your Ayurvedic/natural journey against High blood pressure you can get Nirogam's Mukta Vati for hypertension which is a dietary supplement to ease your battle against high blood pressure.
Ayurvedic Herbal Remedies for High Blood Pressure
The best proven Ayurvedic remedy for high blood pressure is Mukta Vati. If you don't know what Mukta Vati is here is a guide to all its components:
- Brahmi (Centella asiatica)
- Shankhapushpi (Convolvulus pluricalis)
- Arjuna Ghana (Terminalia arjuna)
- Gazoban (Onosma bracteatum)
- Jyotishmati (Celastrus paniculatus)
- Pushkarmool (Inula racemosa)
- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
- Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia)
- Prawal Pishti (Corallium rubrum)
- Mukta Pishti (Calcinated shell of Pinctada margaritifera/Pearl Powder)
All of these above-mentioned herbs are great to pacify hypertension. You must be wondering, these are just names of various herbs; how do I know it works? So here are the benefits of Mukta Vati.
Mukta Vati is a fast-acting and safe herbal treatment to regulate High Blood Pressure. It helps to:
- Reduce Inflammation in the Body
- Protect the Heart
- Improve Memory
- Protect the Liver
- Purify Blood
- Relieve Stress and Anxiety
- Treat Insomnia
- Recharge the Mind
Ayurvedic Treatment For Hypertension
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Nirogram's Hypershun is the ultimate Ayurvedic Medicine for high blood pressure and it is specifically designed to treat all types of blood pressure.
Here is a dosage guide to make things a little easier:
- If your BP is greater than 160/100 mmHg, you should take 2 tabs twice a day
- If your BP is 150/90 mmHg, take 2 tabs twice a day
- You can take 1 tab twice a day if your BP is 140/90 mmHg or your blood pressure rises occasionally.
What natural ways have you tried to keep your hypertension at bay? Let us know in the comment section below!
Consult with our ayurvedic doctor for treatment related to high blood pressure.


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Why drugs should be legal
No-one can envy Jack Straw and Keith Hellawell in their 'struggle' against drugs. Law-makers, like physicians, must be seen to be decisive even in the absence of robust data, and what an awesome thing to have to legislate on matters so intransigent and intricate, and yet so significant! Whatever they do will lead to trouble of one kind or another and they, in the end, will take the blame. They deserve our sympathy.
But they would deserve it more if they gave any sign of open-mindedness. The 'war' against drugs has been waged as forcefully as any since the Crusades but in no sense is it being won. Indeed it is unwinnable: it is impossible even to imagine what 'victory' would look like. What is obviously needed more than anything else—more than legislation, policemen, or 'education' for four-year-olds—is to re-think all our beliefs about drugs from first principles, and our attitudes towards them. Instead the Home Secretary is determined simply to 'stand firm' while the new drugs 'tsar' asserts on the very day of his appointment that even the innocuous though sometimes beneficial cannabis is beyond countenance. For the weight of their respective offices they do indeed deserve sympathy but for their blimpishness they should already be booed from the stage. For once we truly put our preconceptions up for grabs and ask on what they are founded, the drugs 'problem' starts to look very different. Indeed much of the present unpleasantness may well be 'iatrogenic': created by the intended cure.
To be sure, the heavyweight drugs are frightening, for they take us on a Faustian journey of dreams in which we may lose sight of 'reality', with no apparent guarantee of return. Yet it is naive and biologically odd to suppose that it is 'normal', or 'natural', for the brain to be free of psychotropic agents all together. It is not sophistry to point out that the body itself constantly assails the brain with such substances: adrenaline, testosterone, progesterone, endorphins. These agents are the stuff of emotions. Of course we cannot feel without them but also, more intriguingly, we can hardly be said to think without them because the emotions are the ultimate arbiters of truth and without emotion our thoughts have no guidance. Certainly we are swayed by 'evidence' but in the end we believe what we 'feel' is right. Computers are stupid not because they cannot calculate—of course they can—but because they have no emotion and so do not know or care what is true. The 'substances' that assail our brains are part of the thinking process. Without them we can have no concept of truth.
Surely, though, we can distinguish between the self-generated agents that our bodies and nerves produce for their own purposes, and those that we introduce from outside? Well, in practice the distinction is not so obvious. Human beings, like every other living creature, are evolved, and we carry the physiological inheritance of our ancestors. Our primate forebears were largely herbivorous, and the plants they ate were wild. Wild plants are shot through with pharmacologically powerful agents, most of which evolved to repel importunate herbivores and many of which focus on the nervous system. Most drugs of all kinds and virtually all psychotropic agents derive from plants or fungi. Many of these seep through the blood-brain barrier—of course they do, or they would have no effect at all.
In other words, the brains of our ancestors over the past 50 million years evolved in the presence of psychotropic agents. If we were not adapted to them, we would not have survived. Typically, in evolution, such adaptation first takes the form of detoxification, for these agents (teleologically speaking) are intended to poison. But evolution is nothing if not opportunist, and the things that creatures at first learn to dispose of they later learn to use; and what they use, they soon come to depend upon. This is why our bodies now require the bizarre shortlist of agents known as vitamins—extraneous materials produced in nature by plants and microbes, to which we have adapted, and on which we have come to rely.
The agents we call 'drugs' might reasonably be seen as vitamin analogues, that happen to be focused on the nervous system. When our ancestors became full-time farmers they produced crops that were high-yielding and therefore bland—for high yield and fancy chemistry both require energy, and so are in conflict. Nowadays we consider a diet free of psychotropic agents to be 'normal', and any addition as an imposition. Yet evolution suggests the reverse: that modern, civilised people are in a constant state of pharmacological impoverishment. The condition we consider normal is one of deprivation. Our bodies know this. That is why the desire for drugs is so hard to contain. The absence is against our nature.
Of course, the notion that constant assault by psychotropic agents is 'natural' does not imply that it is right. As David Hume observed in the 18th century, '"Is", is not "ought"'. Yet such a realisation encourages a shift our attitude. To ban drugs is not, as we commonly perceive, to revert to the norm. It is a positive act of asceticism: puritanism in action. I tend to be rather puritanical myself, and am no kind of druggie; brisk walks and the occasional Bell's is the sum of my indulgence. But such puritanism seems odd, in this otherwise most unpuritanical age.
Surely, though, such musing is dwarfed by the facts—the deaths, the addiction, the sheer misery? Well, I have children too, and am as anxious as anybody to reduce the dangers. But what are these 'facts'? Of course people become horribly addicted to heroin, and die from it. But is this really typical, or even particularly common? American soldiers in Vietnam took serious drugs in the perfectly reasonable belief that for them there might be no tomorrow and yet most of them, when they got home, simply stopped taking them in the way that any of us might give up tequilla after a holiday in Mexico. Tequilla is what we drunk abroad; but at home we drink beer. Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones died from too many drugs but Johnny Rotten, world champion of punks, simply gave up taking them. He says he was lucky—but perhaps it is truer to suggest that Jones was unlucky. Of course all this is is anecdotal, but that is precisely the point. For so, disgracefully, is the evidence which says that addiction and the horrors that ensue is the norm. We simply do not know how often, or how inevitably, drug-taking turns bad. This could indeed be the norm; but equally probably, it is rare. By the same token, only a relatively few drinkers become alcoholics. If we saw only the down-and-out boozers, the people past caring, then alcohol would seem as bad to us as heroin does now.
But is there really no good evidence? Surely there are hundreds of studies of heavy drugs and many thousands of cases? Indeed so; but all are deeply flawed by what statisticians call confounding variables. If medicinal drugs were judged so sloppily nothing could ever be prescribed.
Because the street drugs are illegal, they are unregulated: what is outside the law is beyond the reach of the law. All the refinements that make the doctor's drugs relatively safe are missing from street drugs. They are impure, not to say adulterated. The dose of active components can easily vary 1000 fold. Preparation and presentation are left to hazard. Every pharmacologist knows that content is only half what matters, and the other half is formulation: the refinements that modify absorption and metabolism. This is why medicinal drugs are expensive. The drugs that doctors prescribe are heavy duty and they would be horrific too if they were not so pure and administered in beautifully regulated structure and dose. So what do the studies that affect to show the horrors of street drugs actually signify? Are they better than the anecdotes from Vietnam? Is it sensible to 'wage war' on such a basis? Shouldn't we at least have some proper data?
Then again, because the street drugs are illegal they are unsocialised, and although the influence of socialisation is hard to judge it is clearly crucial. We might all drink ourselves into pleasant oblivion at any time and high among the reasons that most of us do not, is shame. Our friends wouldn't talk to us if we got ourselves drunk too often or unpleasantly—unless, of course, Wales had just beaten England, when sobriety would seem churlish. Social control, in short, is finely tuned; wonderfully so, in fact. But on the street there isn't any—just pressure to take more. What would alcohol be like without socialisation? Would it be better than heroin?
So what should we do? Well, to legalise all existing drugs overnight would obviously be precipitate although we should, just to set the ball rolling, lift the nonsense that surrounds marijuana. Again, this does not mean removing legal restraint but imposing it: the same kinds of regulations that at present restrict alcohol. We should, however, declare intent. Begin by framing the principle: that in general it is better to allow than to prohibit and that proscription is a mark of failure. Then we could approach the principal drugs case by case. First we have to find out what they actually do to people—the vital knowledge which at present is entrusted to anecdote. We need to know more pharmacology—find out exactly what each part of each molecule contributes, and make adjustments: perhaps enhance those parts that bring sweet dreams and remove the parts that promote addiction, for there is no reason to assume a priori that the two are ineluctably linked. Modern pharmacology could transform the picture: it is a high-class act. Image would be important though, for we are talking of social drugs. Bass-Charington might be more appropriate manufacturers than, say, Glaxo-Wellcome.
Then, in a few decades, we would able to see how the drugs that at present excite such terror behave when they are well made, sold in respectable places, and socialised. In passing we would of course eliminate huge areas of organised crime, since you would have to be very stupid indeed to pay a fortune for junk when you could get the real McCoy for the price of a beer. The results of such an initiative could hardly be worse than the present. When we have some proper facts we could take stock.
Jack Straw and Keith Hellawell are facing their respective tasks heroically. But it would be better, and a great novelty, to base political endeavour on ideas that were actually true.


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Some of you may be familiar with Tapatalk, which is available on iPhone and Android (as well as other platforms). It's a popular application that makes it easy for users to read and write to internet forums. In the Android Market, Tapatalk is listed top five under Social (Paid) and in the iPhone App Store, it's a top 25 social networking app. Good news for WP7 owners is that this application will be making its way on to the platform on 21st October and will feature the Metro UI design. The application will be known as Board Express and been optimized so that it minimizes the network traffic it creates, saving your data usage amount. You can write posts, open new threads, subscribe to topics and search. Furthermore, it can display unread threads or topics in your own themes, show private messages or send them and of course quote, edit, delete and report posts, and much more. Check out two videos demonstrating the application. The first video features the most recent version. It's in German, but the video has English subtitles.
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The Democratic Alliance notes with deep regret the devastation caused in the Eastern Cape by torrential rain and flooding. The area worst affected is the coastal strip between the Tsitsikamma and the Keiskamma river. The loss of at least eight lives is especially tragic and the DA extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved.
The cost of the loss of private and public property will be enormous and this coupled to the cost of damage to public infrastructure such as roads, water, Electricity and other service infrastructure will have a devastating impact on the provinces already faltering economy.
The affected local and district municipalities just don't have the financial means to deal with the scale of damage and devastation caused by the flooding, in fact it is clear that the Province too will have to rely on the intervention and assistance of national treasury.
The closure of the N2 towards Grahamstown will result in a doubling of traffic load and volume on tbe R 72 which is not designed for this volume of traffic and which has not been adequately maintained.
"This situation will destroy one of the most critical roads in the province. Many of the un-surfaced roads in the province that are faced with maintenance backlogs of multiple years are now impassable and place even more economic strain and hardship on the rural communities" said Athol Trollip, leader of the DA in the Eastern Cape.
"We call on all three spheres of government to mobilize all necessary resources to effect immediate emergency repairs to the affected areas and main service delivery and economic infrastructure".


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