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The countywide report of the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) indicates a hopeful decline in lifetime misuse of prescription drugs. However, prevention of Rx drug and heroin abuse continues to be a challenge for Ventura County youth and their families, and a focal point of the Ventura County Rx Abuse & Heroin Workgroup.
"Those initiating nonmedical use of prescription opioids at ages 10-12 years had the highest risk of transitioning to heroin use." – Journal of Pediatrics (2015)
Ventura County Office of Education (VCOE) provided two secondary schools with support in prescription drug and heroin prevention education measures. The outreach campaign targeted high-school age youth, to impact awareness, prescription drug use and intended behaviors. The campaign consisted of graphic novels and posters developed with input from youth focus groups.
The project demonstrates changes in perception of harm, increased awareness of known risks, and associated levels of drug use. Parent brochures in Spanish and English provide families with tips on identifying and understanding painkiller and heroin abuse. Evaluation was initiated to measure the goal of a 25% reduction in 30-day opioid use.
Based on the high school outreach campaign, a toolkit was created to use when talking about prescription painkillers at schools. These graphic stories and talking points are targeted to students, and help to start the conversation about the risks of prescription painkiller use by teens. The toolkit includes:
- Two graphic stories – Buzz Kill and Mia Won't Get to U
- Posters for use in classrooms and on school campus
- Booklets for use in counselor office waiting rooms
- Talking points for teachers
- Materials available in English and Spanish
Source: California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) Results 2017-18


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The Beauty Shot is a lifting and firming serum that makes your skin smoother, tighter and overall more youthful.
I applied the product to a clean face on a morning where I looked and felt incredibly tired. (With a baby tiredness is a constant thing). The result was that not only did my skin go tight and then smooth within 30 minutes, but it plumped up my skin and hydrated it to make me look well rested.
I only had enough in the tube for 2 applications but from what I have experienced so far I have been pleasantly surprised with this product, but I am not sure yet about parting with £36 for a bottle. (A possible present again).
*The company were giving away a free sample size of this product to anyone who applied. All opinions are my own.
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- Two hours after you have taken the last of your Pre-Rid pills, drink half of the detox liquid with sixteen ounces of orange juice and filtered or distilled tap water. Do not eat or drink anything for the next two hours.
- Two hours after you have drunk the first half of the detox liquid, you can now take the remaining half. Again, do not eat or drink anything for the next two hours. After the two hours are up, you can eat and drink normally again.
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- One hour before your drug test, mix the dietary fiber with eight ounces of filtered or distilled tap water. Consume within two minutes.
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Aging Matters
Christine Sorrell Dinkins, PhD
Opportunities for social connectedness are important for older adults' psychosocial well-being. Social connections through intergenerational engagement provide older adults benefits such as increased generativity, improved cognitive functioning, and a greater sense of self-worth. The facilitated discussion known as Socrates Café is ideally suited for bridging generation gaps and inviting self-expression. Socrates Cafés provide an alternative to more traditional social programming by promoting communal inquiry and substantive reflection on questions of value and meaning. In a study of an intergenerational Socrates Café with college students and low-income older adults, findings indicated reduced ageism and stereotyping from students, the formation of relationships between students and older adults, and a recognition from older adults that they had valuable insights to share with younger generations. Health professionals wishing to improve psychosocial health for older adults may consider setting up an intergenerational Socrates Café. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 57(1), 11–15.]
Conversation and fellowship with others are important activities for all human beings as part of a fulfilling, enriching life. Increased social connection through family and nonfamily relationships contributes to positive mental health and reduces vulnerability to chronic or pathological depression (Seedsman, 2017). Finding opportunities for social connection may become more difficult for individuals as they age. Due to factors such as decreased mobility, death of a spouse, or moving to a new location, older adults are more at risk for social isolation (Dinkins, 2017). Such isolation is likely to have a negative impact on mental and physical health. Loneliness has been linked to adverse health outcomes (Chen, Dattilo, & Frias, 2018), and depression and poor mental health have been found to increase long-term risk for dementia and suicide, worsen outcomes for patients with cardiac disease, and reduce overall quality of life (Hagert, 2017).
One way to improve social connectedness for older adults is to create opportunities for intergenerational engagement (Seedsman, 2017). Younger and older generations tend to assume they lack common interests, so discussion and social engagement can be difficult or anxiety-producing (Andreoletti & Howard, 2018). An effective way past this challenge is to invite intergenerational groups into facilitated conversation with an explicit purpose. The global phenomenon of Socrates Café, originally envisioned by educator and writer Christopher Phillips (2002), provides this kind of facilitation and purpose. Founded in 1992, Socrates Cafés now take place around the world in libraries, kindergartens, adult care centers, prisons, coffee houses, and retirement homes. Each Café is autonomous, run as a community of inquiry by any individual who commits to organize the gathering and facilitate the conversation.
In a typical Socrates Café, participants gather and the facilitator briefly explains the goal of their gathering: to be together for approximately 1 hour and engage in community inquiry around a subject of participants' choosing, usually a question of value, meaning, or quality of life. Topics might range from "What is happiness?" to "What does it mean to be a good friend?" or "Does wisdom come with age?" Once a topic is chosen, the facilitator uses the Socratic method to guide the conversation, ask follow-up questions, and gently try to bring all participants into the conversation. The Socratic method is guided by Socrates' historical principles of care for others and genuine shared inquiry in which no individual is an expert, and all are expected to learn from each other (Dinkins, 2015). Intergenerational Socrates Cafés are relatively easy to organize and can offer a great benefit to older adults. This article will explore an example of an intergenerational Socrates Café with college students and other options for intergenerational Cafés.
Intergenerational engagement has a variety of benefits for older adults and society as a whole. One primary benefit is older adults' increased sense of connectedness to younger generations and the future of society. Older adults participating in intergenerational programs have reported increased generativity and noted that their interactions with youth gave them a more positive view of young people, countered their negative misconceptions about youth, and gave them "hope for the world" (Andreoletti & Howard, 2018, p. 54). Older adults interacting with students in an intergenerational program "recognized their value as educators" (Roodin, Brown, & Shedlock, 2013, p. 15).
Another important benefit of intergenerational engagement is its ability to counter ageism and ageist stereotyping. Negative effects from ageism and internalizing ageist stereotypes interfere with adults experiencing a good life (Chen et al., 2018). In one study, after college students participated in intergenerational service learning, many reported their negative stereotypes were disconfirmed (Andreoletti & Howard, 2018). Students also realized "how much younger and older adults actually have in common" (Andreoletti & Howard, 2018, p. 54). Another study of intergenerational service learning with college students found a significant increase in students' positive attitudes toward older adults (Penick, Fallshore, & Spencer, 2014). Several studies have shown that youth who have intergenerational engagement experiences in settings designed for older adults, such as senior centers, assisted living facilities, and retirement communities, report improved attitudes toward older adults (Hahn, Kinney, & Heston, 2018).
Intergenerational engagement also provides generalized benefits. A literature review of studies of intergenerational programs found benefits to cognitive functioning, emotional health, and social well-being for participating older adults, helping them feel valued and respected with increased sense of self-worth (Park, 2014). Another literature review found multiple studies in which older adults reported "positive companionship, social stimulation, and better understanding of youth" (Roodin et al., 2013, p. 15). They reported that their interaction with students improved their quality of life and helped them develop "new points of view and activities, and newfound social and communication skills" (Roodin et al., 2013, p. 15).
Intergenerational or otherwise, community philosophy has its own benefits for older adults as a form of life-long learning. The benefits of life-long learning go beyond cognitive function to psychosocial well-being and overall health (Narushima, Liu, & Diestelkamp, 2013). Community philosophy is designed to be focused on process rather than outcomes (Gallagher, 2016). The process of discussing questions of value to one's life is its own reward, even if no conclusions are reached (Gallagher, 2016). The power of community philosophy was promoted in ancient times. Socrates exhorted the Athenians that "the unexamined life is not worth living" (Plato, ∼390 BCE/1981, p. 41) and encouraged everyone from elder statesmen and priests to youth in school to talk with each other and question their values and judgments. Likewise, Aristotle (∼340 BCE/2014) argued that human flourishing and happiness, eudaimonia, required engagement of the mind in the daily life of citizenship.
Community philosophy invites participants to reason and reflect on how to live a good life, which can be particularly beneficial for older adults. Key to communication and relationships is self-disclosure of "feelings, ideas, values, and perspectives," and older adults tend to self-disclose these inner thoughts and experiences less than younger individuals (Strom & Strom, 2015, p. 45). Community philosophy, and especially Socrates Café, is ideal for promoting such self-disclosure because it invites participants into reciprocal learning and shared growth in a structured way. Without such a structure, older and younger adults are likely to have difficulty thinking of topics they can be sure they both want to discuss. Having a well-designed forum that "motivates self-disclosure by both generations" can help sustain dialogue (Strom & Strom, 2015, p. 48).
Participants in a Socrates Café at an elder day center in Ireland reported that the activity brought individuals together for stimulating conversation and let them "come to know and understand other people better" (Gallagher, 2016, p. 71). All participants found the Café to be worthwhile and said that they looked forward to participating each time. The main benefits described by participants were social interaction and mental and emotional stimulation. Participants reported that they continued to think about the issues from the Café discussion in the following days: "'I pick over things'; 'I mull over it'" (Gallagher, 2016, p. 73). Participants noted the difference between the Socrates Café and other available activities: "'It's not like anything else that happens…parties or sing-songs or entertainment or quizzes, or maybe a computer course from time to time or art projects that happen…it's quite different from all of those things'" (Gallagher, 2016, p. 74). Of particular note in this Socrates Café study is that participants included individuals with sensory disabilities, mobility issues, and some degree of dementia, yet all were able to express themselves and "show their personality and tell about their lives" (Gallagher, 2016, p. 75).
In teaching a course called Philosophy in Practice at Wofford College, the current author implemented research to assess the feasibility and benefits of college students engaging with older adults in a Socrates Café. Students facilitated Cafés with low-income older adults in the local community. Knowing that students often feel unprepared to work with older adults and may struggle to get past "shyness, fear, and uneasiness" (Hahn et al., 2018, p. 2), the author prepared students not only on the techniques of facilitating a Socrates Café but in what to expect from interactions with older adults with a wide range of physical and cognitive abilities and varying levels of education from 8th grade to higher degrees. The author and students discussed how the guidelines for Socrates Café might have to be altered for this context, especially if older adults had trouble hearing or focusing on a longer discussion.
Groups of three or four students went to low-income apartments with older adult community programs and community centers that cater to low-income older adults. In these settings, students engaged with older adults who chose to participate in a Socrates Café. The group sizes of the older adults ranged from five to 15. Students suggested topics that would engage older adults or let them suggest their own. Some topics they picked included "What is happiness?", "What is a home?", and "Why do young people want to talk to old people?"
Because the Socrates Café was a new experience for all older adult participants, the author wanted them to engage in that activity and be able to enjoy it without being discouraged by having to participate in research. Therefore, the assessment of the Café was indirect through student reporting. Students were trained in phenomenological participant–observer techniques. Each student wrote a reflection within 24 hours of participation in each Café. The names of the older adults have been changed to protect anonymity. The study was approved by the Wofford College Institutional Review Board.
One student's report of a Socrates Café at a low-income apartment building gives a sense of how the Cafés tended to proceed:
We had everyone stay in the seats they already had and face the front of the room, where two of us facilitated. Since this was our first Café with this group, we suggested a question to start with: "What is success?" This question then led to follow-up questions such as, "What does it take to become successful?" and "Is not succeeding the same as failure?" There was a great deal of participation in that room filled with wisdom and experience. The points that the residents made that stuck out most to me were that success requires setting goals, we must be motivated to be successful, and that we must know how to be patient and interdependent in order to succeed: success does not occur in isolation. That final point surprised and struck me best. This room was filled with people who worked hard to simply survive for all their lives, yet they chose not to credit it to themselves, but always to relationships with other people and relationships with the Divine. As I was leaving, I knew without question that I ought to come back for the sake of future engagement with these residents. I do not feel like this interaction should be isolated to merely the scheduled two occurrences. In fact, I think it would be a shame to do so.
Even in this first meeting of students and older adults, older adults were engaged and actively participating, and students found they appreciated older adults' perspectives. However, many of the Cafés at each location were difficult the first time, as members of both age groups felt awkward trying to interact. As one student reported:
I tried to think of conversations to have, but this proved to be very difficult due to the age gap. I noticed my hands were clasped tightly in my lap with my legs crossed, signifying how uncomfortable I felt. As the discussion proceeded, though, I became more relaxed as did they so we could all speak out more.
Consistently across all groups, the second visit was a better and smoother experience than the first, as both age groups found it easier to interact, were more relaxed, and had built trust during a previous conversation. As one student noted, "Our second trip to the retirement facility went better than the first. All of the adults were more talkative this time and all were willing to participate." In the second visits, because of the increased ease and trust, students could more readily rely on older adults to pick the topic, making it much more likely the topic would be engaging for everyone.
Based on the reports from the student participant–observers, the series of Socrates Cafés had several benefits for older adults and all involved. The Cafés helped counter ageism as students recognized the value of engaging with older adults. One student reported:
The interactions I experienced at the center opened my eyes to see how important relationships with people are. By Stan and the other elders showing that they care about my well-being without knowing me, I learned to look at people I do not know in a different light…. The experience humbled me and made me realize the importance of listening.
Another student wrote:
The Socrates Café reminded me and made me realize that elderly people are some of the best people in the world. I think I went in with a preconceived notion that elderly people in a nursing home could bring my spirits down, but the Café sessions were a lot more fun than I had expected.
Another student was surprised by the knowledge the older adults displayed:
They were talking about technology and if it has had a good or bad impact on society. One of the adults was very engaged and I was extremely impressed to see what he had to say. Throughout the whole conversation, I felt very shocked to see how much this gentleman knew and was able to express about technology and also his life experiences with technology.
Students were able to recognize the wisdom older adults had to offer: "The way the people at the apartments answered the questions demonstrated a wisdom that I simply didn't have because of their age and the far greater number of experiences they all had compared to me."
The Cafés also helped members of the two generations form relationships with each other, especially because the Café format motivates self-disclosure of values and experiences. One student reported:
I talked to an older woman, Sally, about topics such as food or technology, but I quickly saw that we had different views on things based on our past, or my lack thereof. She had been through so much, and I so little, and this difference helped us to create a relationship. I valued this relationship like no other because even though it was based on two meetings, I felt as close to her as I felt to people that I have known my whole life. Our relationship was based on our views, and the difference of our views. This helped us to get over our differences and become friends based on stories of the past.
Another student wrote of the older adults, "their willingness to be so transparent about their life experiences made me feel as if they trusted me." Older adults and students found a way to connect across generations, as one student described: "She talked about her dreams and wishes of the past, while I thought of my dreams and wishes of the future. She made me think of all the things that were still yet to come."
Students' reflections provide indirect evidence of other benefits for older adults. One student wrote, "I think approaching them as if they had something to give was an unusual experience for them, and their facial expressions showed it was uncommon for someone to attentively care about what they had to say." Another student reported, "I felt as if he was sharing something he deeply cared about with us in the way that he made deep eye contact and had a very airy way of describing it to us." Another student reported that the older adults' mood seemed to lift when it was time for the Socrates Café:
When our group walked in, the room full of older adults suddenly lit up, and it seemed that we gave them a bright spot in their day and changed their mood and facial expressions from bored and glum to happy. The older adults made all of us laugh, smile, and it brought out the best of us which is something I love about them.
Setting up and facilitating an intergenerational Socrates Café can involve formalized arrangements with students in high school or college, but such arrangements are not necessary. Any Socrates Café that is accessible to older adults can easily become intergenerational by inviting the community. For instance, the current author runs a monthly Socrates Café at a local library open to anyone who wishes to attend. Most participants are retired and bring with them their experiences as teachers, engineers, military officers, parents, and community members. The Café is also joined by library staff ages 30 to 40 and young members of the local high school's philosophy club. Every month, participants from these different generations share their experiences and discuss their values and how they find meaning in their lives. It is clear in this setting that older adults can offer especially valuable contributions to the conversation because of their accumulated losses and joys, their witnessing of many cultural and technological changes over their lifetime, and years of experience in self-reflection. Even with this wealth of experience, older adults appear to be genuinely interested in the perspectives of the youngest participants and frequently will ask them directly, "What do you younger folks think on this issue?"
Even with the advent of online communication and social media, individuals of all ages can struggle to feel connected, and members of each generation tend to communicate within their own generation (Strom & Strom, 2015). Intergenerational programs can bridge this gap for older adults and are likely to be beneficial to mental and physical health, with very low risk for harm. A survey of multiple studies showed that interventions implemented in smaller groups that allowed greater opportunity for meaningful interaction, such as small group discussions, were more effective in achieving desired psychosocial outcomes than activities for larger groups such as attending a play performed by the local youth (Park, 2014). Furthermore, community philosophy "adds an important dimension of lifelong learning…in elder care settings and…can make a qualitative difference in participants' lives" (Gallagher, 2016, p. 75). Public health professionals may want to create opportunities for older adults to participate in Socrates Cafés as an alternative to other more simply recreational or social activities available. Older adults may forget that they can learn new things and develop new viewpoints, and the opportunity to do so can be empowering and energizing.
Facilitating a Socrates Café requires no formal training. Anyone who wishes can read Phillips' (2002) accessible book that provides all the necessary guidelines. Any adult reasonably comfortable in social settings could run a Socrates Café at no cost or with a small cost for coffee and snacks. Nursing homes, daycare centers, churches, libraries, community centers, and low-income housing can all serve as effective locations for a Socrates Café. Nurses or other health care professionals wishing to start a Café could facilitate it themselves or invite a local community leader or college professor to do so, or they could approach a local university or high school to ask if any teachers want to set up an intergenerational opportunity with their students. Socrates Cafés tend to be fun and engaging for all involved, regardless of age or ability. Thus, health care professionals who start a Socrates Café may find that it helps older adults involved and is enjoyable for themselves as well.
Dr. Dinkins is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. Funding and support for this research was received from an intergenerational grant from the Council of Independent Colleges and the AARP Foundation.
Address correspondence to Christine Sorrell Dinkins, PhD, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy, Wofford College, 429 N. Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303; e-mail:
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YSTV went along to a street performance of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, reinterpreted for the city of York. Greg Ebdon reports.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, by Damian Freddi after Robert Louis Stevenson was presented by York Horror Tour. York Horror Tour is currently performing York Christmas Carol, on December 17, 18, 21, 22 and 23 from the Guy Fawkes Inn on High Petergate. http://yorkhorrortours.com/
Jamie McKeller can be seen in monster documentary I Am Tim. http://www.hisnameistim.com/
Produced, filmed and edited by Greg Ebdon.
Published: 14th December 2011
Duration: 08:08
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei is the best and funniest horror-comedy anime that I have ever watched.
This may or may not be because it's the only horror-comedy anime I have ever watched, but regardless of such petty details, it's really, really good.
Summary: Nozomu Itoshiki, whose name can also be read as "despair" is a gloomy teacher who always sees the worst in everything. Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei is an anime about how he tries to teach his class full of quirky students the true meaning of life: failure and despair.
With his catchphrase "I'm in despair" ("zetsubou shita"), the MC bewails the many aspects of modern day life in Japan such as:
- the money grubbing ways of society
- people's reliance on cards (atm cards, cash cards, credit cards, etc.)
- overseas students (who will insult him in 5 different languages)
- the internet
- the whole world
- being born
- … and so forth
Er, that doesn't quite explain it but basically I can say that it's really random and funny. The manga also has the best ending ever (for a horror-comedy anime that I have watched).
Zetsubou-sensei loves to rant about various things. One my favorite quotes:
"… things like your company's market share, or the number of calories on the menu, or the number of hits on your blog, or how many copies your book has sold. The fact that mere numbers can make people rejoice or grieve is the reason Japan has become so bizarre. I'm in despair. This number-crunching society has left me in despair!"
The scene that follows this is one where he attempts (and succeeds!) in putting a value to various people. 🙂 It's super funny.
I wasn't expecting to like the over-the-top animation but for this topic it really does fit the story.
The story actually is a romance comedy but that is only in the last few chapters of the manga. The entire anime and 99.99% of the manga is a gag comedy. I can't really say that everyone should watch it since the gag comedy is kinda hard to understand and will leave a lot of people perplexed since lots of the jokes consists of puns, cultural references, and concepts that aren't really that familiar to the non-Japanese watcher.
To give an example, have you ever heard of Osamu Dazai and his novel "No Longer Human" that is the second-best selling novel in Japan? Yeah, I hadn't either. Things like that can make this anime hard to understand but the 50% of it that I did understand, I liked.


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JACKSON TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, Pa. -- Rutter's has been a part of the York County community in one form or another for nearly three hundred years.
The company is dedicated to giving back to the community it calls home by raising money to help groups, clubs, and teams at local schools.
Anyone with a Rutter's VIP rewards card can help raise money for York County schools.
A group of York County high school rocketry students are on a mission. Although they're not quite headed to outer space, their mission still doesn't come cheap.
Spring Grove Area High School rocketry team adviser Brian Hastings said "most of our funds are going into buying motors, and rocket components, to build rockets and fly them, and fly them in practicing for the national competition."
Meanwhile, Rutter's customers using their rewards card can help the Spring Grove Area High School rocket scientists get to where they need to go.
Rutter's president Todd Rutter said "any group that is based within a school, whether it`s a high school, middle school, an elementary school or preschool, they can send in, and they can earn up to $250, again by having their participants use their Rutter's rewards card to vote for their dollars."
Anyone with a Rutter's VIP rewards card can go online and choose from a list of local schools to which they would like the company to reward with money.
"We've been inundated with schools requests, so this is a way for us to formalize the process and help the schools help our business, at the same time we`re helping them," Rutter said.
The effort to support York County schools also helps Rutter's, a York County business which has been rooted in the community since 1747.
"It's a way to drive foot traffic to our stores but most of them are shopping at convenience stores on a regular basis for food, gas, chocolate milk. So, it's just a way for them to buy what they normally buy, but help their school at the same time," Rutter said.
"We do do fundraisers but fundraisers are also time consuming, and the more time that we can put into the actual building, launching, testing, of the rockets, the more successful that we can be," Hastings said.
Even though school will soon be out for summer, using your Rutter's VIP rewards card now, could help schools get a head start on their fundraising efforts for this fall.


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Plasma Antioxidants From Chocolate
Dark chocolate may offer its consumers health benefits the milk variety cannot match.
There is some speculation that dietary flavonoids from chocolate, in particular epicatechin, may promote cardiovascular health as a result of direct antioxidant effects or through antithrombotic mechanisms1–3. Here we show that consumption of plain, dark chocolate results in an increase in both the total antioxidant capacity and the epicatechin content of blood plasma, but that these effects are markedly reduced when the chocolate is consumed with milk or if milk is incorporated as milk chocolate. Our findings indicate that milk may interfere with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate in vivo and may therefore negate the potential health benefits that can be derived from eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate.
To determine the antioxidant content of different chocolate varieties, we took dark chocolate and milk chocolate prepared from the same batch of cocoa beans and defatted them twice with n-hexane before extracting them with a mixture of water, acetone and acetic acid (70.0:29.8:0.2 by volume). We measured their in vitro total antioxidant capacities using the ferric-reducing anti- oxidant potential (FRAP) assay4; FRAP values were 147.4.5 and 78.3.mol reduced iron per 100 g for dark and milk chocolate, respectively. Volunteers must therefore consume twice as much milk chocolate as dark chocolate to receive a similar intake of antioxidants.
We recruited 12 healthy volunteers (7 women and 5 men with an average age of 32.1.0 years (range, 25–35 years). Sub- jects were non-smokers, had normal blood lipid levels, were taking no drugs or vitamin supplements, and had an average weight of 65.3.1 kg (range, 46.0–86.0 kg) and body-mass index of 21.0.4 kg 2 (range, 18.6–23.6 kg 2). On different days, following a crossover experimental design, subjects consumed 100 g dark chocolate, 100 g dark chocolate with 200 ml full-fat milk, or 200 g milk chocolate (containing the equivalent of up to 40 ml milk).
One hour after subjects had ingested the chocolate, or chocolate and milk, we measured the total antioxidant capacity of their plasma by FRAP assay. Plasma anti- oxidant levels increased significantly after consumption of dark chocolate alone, from 103.5% to 118.3.5% (t-test, P<0.001), returning to baseline values (95.3.6%) after 4 h (Fig. 2a). There was no significant change in plasma FRAP values over the same period after ingestion of milk chocolate alone or of dark chocolate with milk.
The areas under the curves of epicatechin plasma levels plotted against time were measured over the same 4-h period after ingestion for the three different conditions. Absorption of epicatechin into the bloodstream after ingestion of chocolate was significantly less when the chocolate was accompanied by milk 46.4.1%; analysis of variance (ANOVA), P<0.001) or if the chocolate itself contained milk (69.3.9%; ANOVA, P<0.001).
Addition of milk, either during ingestion or in the manufacturing process, therefore inhibits the in vivo antioxidant activity of chocolate and the absorption into the bloodstream of epicatechin. Unlike its milky counterpart, dark chocolate may provide more than just a treat for the tastebuds.
Our findings highlight the possibility that the in vivo antioxidant activity of flavonoids could be impaired by other dietary constituents. Other food combinations may also counteract the absorption and protective effects of flavonoids. There is therefore a need to take into account dietary habits when designing studies to assess the association between flavonoid- rich foods, antioxidant activity and degenerative diseases.
Mauro Serafini*, Rossana Bugianesi*, Giuseppe Maiani*, Silvia Valtuena*, Simone De Santis*, Alan Crozier† *Antioxidant Research Laboratory, Unit of Human Nutrition, National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com †Plant Products and Human Nutrition Group, Graham Kerr Building, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 1. Rein, D. et al. J. Nutr. 130, 2109S–2114S (2000). 2. Holt,R.R.,Schramm,D.D.,Keen,C.L.,Lazarus,S.A.&
Schmitz, H. H. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 287, 2212–2213 (2002). 3. Steinberg,F.M.,Bearden,M.N.&Keen,C.L.J.Am.Diet.Assoc.
103, 215–223 (2003). 4. Benzie, I. F. F. & Strain, J. J. Anal. Biochem. 239, 229–240 (1996). 5. Maiani, G., Serafini, M., Salucci, M., Azzini, E. & Ferro-Luzzi, A.
J. Chromatogr. B 692, 311–317 (1997). 6. Charlton, A. J. et al. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50, 1593–1601 (2002). 7. Serafini, M., Ghiselli, A. & Ferro-Luzzi, A. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 50,
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Anyone who's done the ketogenic diet knows that most of the food available to us is shit–carbs, processed sugar, loads of preservatives and other nasty things. Seriously, there's a reason people get fat, and a big reason is because they bring and/or eat the carby, sugary foods everyone decides to bring to work.
So, in the spirit of helping my ketogenic brothers and sisters, here are some hacks you can use to eat well and stay keto:
1) Keep snacks on hand
Hard boiled eggs, nuts, beef jerky, etc. It's super key to have a stash of snacks–at work, home, in the car, etc.–available so that if hunger calls, you can answer.
A few of my favorites:
- Mixed nuts of any kind–Costco has a giant jar that I buy.
- Pre-made hard boiled eggs. These can be bought at just about any grocery store and often at convenience stores like 7-11.
- Bags of beef/turkey/chicken/salmon jerky (I don't personally eat jerky because heartburn, but it's a great option for Keto–just be sure to check the sugar).
- Sting cheese, sliced cheese, cheese packs, etc.
- Avocados–sprinkle a little salt on it, or sriracha, and it's a delicious and satisfying snack
- Canned sardines–I promise they taste better than you think.
- Pre-cooked meat of any kind. Obviously this takes some planning, but instead of grilling up a few burgers for dinner, grill a bunch and then wrap them in foil and bring them to work.
- Boxed salad and dressing–a quick way to get your greens. If you combine with the above, you've got a nice little lunch.
- Cut celery and peanut/almond butter.
I could go on, but do what works for you. The point is to have some sort of snack you can eat quickly without a lot of fuss, especially when everyone else is gorging on the store bought cookies one of your co-workers brought in.
2) Pre-made lunches
You can keep these simple or get super fancy, but having a pre-made lunch is a huge key to being successful on the diet. As I mentioned above, I'll often cook up a bunch of meat on the weekend, then cut it up into small pieces, buy a box of salad and some dressing, and then eat salads for lunch all week. If I'm smart and on point I'll add half an avocado, hard-boiled eggs, cucumber, sautéed asparagus and/or mushrooms, and any other seasonal veggies I feel like adding for something that feels more gourmet. As with the beef jerky, check that your salad dressing doesn't have a ton of sugar or carbs (blue cheese, ranch, oil and vinegar all work).
Other good options:
- Bun-less cheeseburgers with celery and dressing.
- Chicken thighs and grilled portobello mushrooms.
- Tuna salad lettuce cups.
- Keto sandwiches–meat, cheese, bacon, avocado, mayo and mustard between Romaine or Red Lettuce leaves.
- Grilled salmon with sautéed asparagus and mushrooms.
3) Eating out and fast food options
I've seen a lot of people complain that it's difficult to eat out on the keto diet, but really, it's not. And the hack is simple–cut the carbs.
Take the typical lunch order of a sandwich or burger that comes with french fries or chips–sub lettuce for the buns or ask that it's served on a bed of greens, and then ask them to give you a side salad instead of the taters. Sure, some restaurants will up-sell you on the salad, but that's a small price to pay to stay in ketosis.
You can do the same thing at breakfast–sub a salad for toast with your omelette, and ask for grilled or sautéed veggies instead of hashbrowns–or at dinner–again, sub veggies for the starch, and swap bread for lettuce.
Another option if you're traveling or on the run is to get fast food. Most places are good about either serving a burger with lettuce buns or on top of lettuce–Wendy's in particular does a good job with this. And if they won't, just take the buns off the sandwich and you're good to go. A word to the wise: chicken nuggets should be keto, but they're most often not. I don't know exactly what they put in there, but it's not meat and it has carbs. Gross.
4) Cheat days
Another thing you can do if you know you're going out for a nice meal is cheat. I wouldn't advise doing this more than once a week, but the beauty of the keto diet is that you can afford to screw up now and then as long as you get back on the wagon shortly thereafter.
So if your friends are meeting for beer and pizza on Friday night, have at it. But in the morning, put butter in your coffee, eat some eggs with avocado, and go hit the gym–you'll be back in ketosis in the next 24 hours.
5) Learn to fast
This is probably the most difficult aspect of the diet, but it's also the most effective.
Fasting isn't for beginners on the diet–at that stage you're better off to simply focus on eating keto friendly foods and eating enough so that you don't feel super hungry.
However, as you get into the diet, you'll find that you're simply not as hungry as you used to be, and it's at that point you should start fasting. One of the easy ways to get into fasting is to use the time you're sleeping to get into it, and then allow yourself coffee in the morning and a very small snack in the middle of the day (a handful of nuts or a few hardboiled eggs). If your last meal was at 6pm Monday, Tuesday you fast (with your snack), and then wait to eat until lunch on Wednesday, congrats, you've fasted for 42 hours. Not bad.
Studies on intermittent fasting show that the more time you spend fasting the better, so in that sense, even if you can go 16 to 20 hours, that's great. The ideal fast for health purposes, however, is three days, with some promise that doing a fast of this length several times a year may help to prevent cancer.
The good news about fasting is that you don't need to do a serious fast more than once every couple months, especially if you throw in some intermittent fasting of 16 to 20 hours into your rotation.
For people who are used to eating three or four square meals a day, this may sound nuts, but learning to fast is a powerful tool in your arsenal, and like anything, the more you do it, the easier it gets.
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You can call this Blackberry helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on: 0843 850 2095. It will get you straight through to the correct team. If for any reason you experience any problems with this Blackberry warranty telephone number. Then please drop us an email. So we can look into it, as we want to keep the Blackberry information on this website as up to date as possible. Thank you.
Your Blackberry warranty is there to protect you for a fixed period in case your phone gets damaged or lost or stolen. As with all smartphones you will usually get your Blackberry as part of a mobile phone contract. However this contract will only pay out for one phone. If your phone is damaged or lost then you will have to pay for another one out of your own pocket. Having a Blackberry warranty means that for some time after your phone arrives you do not have to worry about this happening.
You can call Blackberry on 0843 850 2095 to find out more about your Blackberry warranty. You may want to know how long is Blackberry warranty. The team will be able to look up your details on the system and provide you with the information you need. You should also have received a Blackberry warranty policy when your device arrived which it is best to keep safe. If you did not get one or have lost yours then call the Blackberry phone number to ask for help. The team can either send out new warranty documents or let you know where you can find another copy online. You can then use this resource to read up all about your Blackberry warranty so that you can be sure of the rules.
The standard warranty for most electrical products in the UK is 24 months. Blackberry often give 24 months regardless of the length of your contract. This means that your phone is fully protected for two years. If you need to do a Blackberry warranty check to make sure of how long your warranty period is then call 0843 850 2095. Or you can look online and sign in using your Blackberry ID.
You might want to know what a Blackberry warranty protects you against. For more information you might want to call Blackberry on 0843 850 2095 to speak to someone who can look at your account. Usually a warranty is there to protect against accident or misadventure. Obviously if you smash your phone up on your own then you won't be protected against this. But it does cover a large number of things. If you drop your phone into water or accidentally damage it your warranty should cover the costs of repairing or replacing it. If your phone is lost or stolen then your warranty will pay for the full cost of replacement if the phone cannot be recovered. The Blackberry warranty will also cover the phone if something goes wrong internally and it stops working. It will pay for the cost of repairing or replacing the phone.
If you have any more questions about your warranty and what it covers then it is best to speak to the Blackberry customer service team on 0843 850 2095. Alternatively you could go online and look up the warranty documents for your device which list everything you need to know.


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November 9, 2015
Point / Counterpoint: Marinades are a Waste of Your Time
from Chef George Sideras
I ran across an article by Russ Parsons, food writer for the LA Times. He's a very knowledgeable writer and I found his piece, "The truth about marinades: Most are a waste of your time", particularly interesting. What it says, in summation, is that marinades don't contribute to the overall flavors of food and can be harmful to the texture.
Case in point: With few exceptions, marinades won't do much more than coat the surface of the meat and surely won't penetrate more than the outside eighth of an inch. Why? That's because meat is made up mostly of water (about 75% by weight). As we all know water and oily marinades don't mix.
In regards to tenderizing, he goes on to point out that highly acidic baths (like lemon juice) denature proteins – essentially unwinding the tightly balled strands – which results in softer meat. However, since marinades rarely penetrate beyond the surface you actually end up with the outside being overly tender while the inside remains mostly untouched. For tougher cuts, the recommendation is to simply slice the meat thin before or after grilling.
How are marinades used in your kitchens?
The truth about marinades: Most are a waste of your time Russ Parson http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-84179561/


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This Tzatziki Sauce is tangy and herby, super easy to make, and a healthy alternative to heavy tailgate and football party foods. #MadeWithChobani
I don't know about you guys, but I feel like there's often a lack of healthier snacking options at tailgates and football parties. I mean, obviously I can get down on some fried chicken wings or some super cheesy dips with the best of them.
But every now and then it's nice to lighten things up, no?
Enter: tzatziki sauce! Believe me when I say that this is the perfect dip/spread/what have you. You can slather it on stuff (meat! veggies! sandwiches!), dip stuff in it (veggies! pita wedges! falafel!), and drizzle it on a Greek salad as a dressing (stay tuned later this week!). Whip up a bowl of this stuff and your friends and taste buds will thank you. Trust.
Check out Chobani's recipe section for more great ideas on ramping up your tailgate!!
I found this recipe on the blog The Busy Baker.
- 1 1/2 cups Chobani Greek yogurt
- 1/3 - 1/2 English cucumber, grated and excess water squeezed out
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 1 tbs fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tbs kosher fresh mint, chopped
- salt to taste
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl.
And that's it! Get to dipping, slathering, and drizzling!
I really like to eat this tzatziki sauce with homemade baked falafel and my Greek Power Bowl.


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Over 100 appeals have now been lodged against the Unitary Plan decisions. Some will be heard in the Environment Court, but others will go to the High Court.
See this Radio NZ summary here:
This is also covered in the NZ Herald by Bernard Orsman. His article profiles a case in Onehunga where residents who thought they were covered by a heritage overlay now find their property up zoned from Single House to Terrace and Apartment Block zoning.


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Appointed by President Barack Obama to 12-member board overseeing the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government
Venable LLP, an American Lawyer Global 100 law firm, is pleased to announce that partner and former Arkansas Senator Mark L. Pryor has been appointed to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. President Barack Obama appointed Senator Pryor to the board in one of his final acts as president before leaving office.
As a member of the Fulbright Program's 12-member board representing diverse facets of American society, Senator Pryor will help select students, scholars, teachers, and others from the United States and abroad to participate in Fulbright exchanges. Working in close relationship with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. embassies, bilateral Fulbright Commissions in host countries, and the U.S. Department of Education's International and Foreign Language Office of Postsecondary Education, the Board prepares an annual report and promotes the Fulbright Program to audiences around the world. The Board also meets quarterly to establish policies for Fulbright selection and operating procedures.
Established by Congress in 1946 under legislation introduced by then-Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright, the Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. It is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program provides participants – chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential – with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. The program is an important element of the United States' bilateral relationships with countries around the world.
From 2003 to 2015, Senator Pryor represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate, earning a reputation as a bipartisan "voice of reason" and serving on several key Senate committees, including Appropriations; Armed Services; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Rules and Administration; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and the Select Committee on Ethics. Senator Pryor began his public service career as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives before being elected Attorney General of Arkansas in 1998. At Venable, Senator Pryor currently leads the firm's Legislative and Government Affairs and State Attorneys General practice groups, where he counsels clients on a wide variety of issues at the intersection of law, policy, and business.


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Common salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) is another wildflower or noxious weed introduced from Eurasia. Also called oysterplant, this salsify closely resembles the yellow salsify (Tragopogon dubius) in my last post, with the main difference being common salsify is purple while yellow salsify is, well, yellow. Common salsify also tends to grow in moister habitats than its yellow cousin and its root is considered less bitter and fibrous, making common salsify more palatable. I have never eaten common salsify so cannot comment on its edibility. This plant was photographed in an empty lot in Ashland OR (Jackson County).
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Hi at all!
I'm doing some tests in order to use SANYO EtherCAT Drivers in our applications.
I developed some code in a new Codesys project and it works fine.
If I put this code togheter with the machine's whole code, ETC_CO_SdoWrite4 return that it is busy.
Rightly, when "udiTimeOut" is expired , it set "xError" and the error is "ETC_CO_TIMEOUT".
I can't understand why.
In this project some ETC devices are disabled because they'arent connected, but I don't think that this could generate this error.
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text: It was a sad day for the Stapleton triathlon community after the event received another huge blow. Four-time champion Evan Klunder (nine years old) received his third positive doping test and was given a lifetime ban by the Stapleton Triathlon Committee (STC). "So many four, five, and six year olds look up to Klunder, so this is not something that we took lightly," said STC President Jason Porche. "We have been working tirelessly to clean up this event and give it some legitimacy as we know so many kids have tested positive for banned substances, and some have started coming clean years after the occurrence." The Stapleton Triathlon began as a fun event to encourage fitness for kids, but quickly became extremely competitive much like the rest of the Stapleton community. "In the second year, you could already see the big changes," said Porche. "Kids were wearing triathlon shorts, wearing swim caps, riding $5,000 bikes, and expensive running shoes. We did not foresee it coming to this so quickly. Many of the kids even had specialized coaches for each event and even the transitions." Klunder, a four-time champion of the event, also felt the pressure. "After I won it my first year (5), my parents were really proud," said little Evan. "I got a big trophy and it was really fun." The next year, the fun seemed to be out of it. "The next year I did it, we didn't really do much over the summer except train," said little Evan. "We would go to the pool, but not for fun, just to swim laps. My dad would have me out running at 4 in the afternoon when it was really hot. He said he loved me and wanted me to do my best." Evan does not recall any major changes to his diet. "On race day, I would get a lot of carbs, but nothing out of the ordinary." Evan won the event his second year, but the race was close, so his parents knew they had to make some changes. Evan's parents refused to be interviewed for this article. "My mom started rubbing cream on my arms and legs," said Evan. "I asked what it was, and she said it was sunscreen. I knew it wasn't. I also began taking 'special medicine' they said would make my muscles feel better." Evan stops short of blaming his parents. "They were my coaches, my mentors. I trusted them. But, at the same time, I wanted to win more big trophies, so I could have asked more questions. I could have refused the treatment they were giving me. Look, I'm nine years old. I can take responsibility for my mistakes and I have to pay for them. I'm not a three year old like Ryan Braun." Evan says he will miss the fans, the competition, and the trophies, but hopes he will be out competing again, even if it is not at the Stapleton Kids Triathlon. "I know that (Stapleton Kids Triathlon) is probably not going to happen. But, I am going to work hard, get back the community's trust, and hopefully by the time I am in Jr. High I will be out there on the fields and the community can once again cheer me." ]]>


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Crop Science
Agriculture Is Part of the Problem, and the Solution
There is a growing sentiment that farmers are just going to have to change.
Jeff Seale
In short, agriculture is part of the problem.
Jeff Seale
But the momentum over the past few months gives me hope that agriculture can be part of the solution.
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OLIVETTE, Mo. – After the March 19 lottery drawing, The Missouri Lottery says a ticket from Olivette won the $1 million "Match 5" prize. The ticket matched all the white ball numbers—10, 42, 53, 67 and 68.
The Missouri Lottery is still looking for the new Mega Millions millionaire. The winning ticket was purchased at On The Run located at 9371 Olive Rd.
All Missouri Lottery players are advised to check their tickets closely to see if they are the lucky winner. The ticket holder should sign the back of their ticket immediately, and keep it in a safe place until they can present the ticket at one of the four Lottery offices. The offices are located in St. Louis, Jefferson City, Kansas City, and Springfield.
Draw Games winners have 180 days—until September 15—to collect their prize.
If you did not win this million, do not be discouraged yet. The next Mega Millions drawing on March 22 has an estimated jackpot of $50 million with a cash value of $30.2 million.


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Essential health benefits
All plans offered on Maryland Health Connection, both private plans and Medicaid, cover Essential Health Benefits (EHBs). These benefits include hospitalizations, doctor visits, prescription drugs, maternity and newborn care. Other EHBs include emergency care, pediatric care including dental and vision benefits, and lab tests. All health insurance plans cover preventive and wellness care at no extra cost to you, including: flu and pneumonia shots, birth control, routine vaccinations and screenings for cancer, such as mammograms and colonoscopies.
You do not have to meet your plan's deductible before getting preventive health care. That means you can take care of your health now without having to pay any extra costs.
Did you know plans cover these additional services?
Behavioral and mental health services are covered by health plans. It's important to know you can't be denied coverage or charged more because you have a pre-existing condition, including mental and behavioral health conditions.
Preventive screenings are included, such depression screenings for adults and behavioral assessments for children.
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From 1983 EUIT has been affilliated to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and teaches university nursing studies. In the 1993-94 academic year, the University was also the first school in Catalonia to offer studies in Occupational Therapy.
In 2012 EUIT became part of the Sant Llàtzer Teaching Foundation (Fundació Docència Sant Llàtzer) from the Terrassa Healthcare Corsortium (Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa -CST).
EUIT is found in the heart of Terrassa just next to Vallparadís Park, one of the biggest urban parks in Catalonia with an area of 395,500 m2 (roughly 4,200 sq ft). EUIT is 35 km (22 miles) from Barcelona and is well communicated by public transport. Trains can be caught to the Vallparadís-Universitat stop using the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) network and to l'Estació de Terrassa using the Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE). Buses from the urban network can also be used. http://www.euit.fdsll.cat/contactar.aspx
EUIT currently offers undergraduate degrees in Nursing and Occupational Therapy.
Our Nursing degree takes place in both the morning or afternoon and Occupational Therapy runs in the mornings.
Work Experience Placements are planned in modules, meaning that they do not conflict with EUIT teaching periods. On some of the Work Experience Placements it will not be possible to guarantee the continuation of either a morning or afternoon schedule.
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This year we are delighted to be donating £500 to Back Up – our chosen charity.
Back Up is a wonderful charity that exists to transform the lives of everyone affected by spinal cord injury, inspiring them to get the most out of life.
For over 30 years, Back Up has helped people rebuild their confidence and independence after sustaining a devastating spinal cord injury as well as supporting their families too. Back Up's award-winning, practical services are there to help people and those around them adapt to the world of spinal cord injury and get back to doing the things they love doing.
Today, Back Up is at the forefront of helping people adjust positively to spinal cord injury – because the support is provided by people who have been there and can understand what you are going through. Back Up are there for people in their darkest hours – and will support them right through to getting back up to living life to the full.
That means delivering a range of services to build confidence and independence back into people's lives and offering a support network when it is needed most. It also means challenging perceptions of disability – that life with spinal cord injury can be a full and active one.
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REGINA — The Saskatchewan government ended the last fiscal year with a lower deficit than initially planned.
The province reported Thursday that it ended 2018-19 with a deficit of $268 million — almost $100 million lower than what was budgeted.
It also said $206 million more revenue flowed into government coffers than what was forecast.
Minister of Finance Donna Harpauer said that was largely a result of non-renewable resource revenues. The biggest boost came increased potash sales at higher prices, she said.
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Harpauer said the strength of potash sales factored into a decision to eliminate a resource credit and deductions related to the potash production tax.
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The government expects to bring in $117 million more in potash revenue due to the change.
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The province doesn't yet know the financial impact of the federal carbon tax on the budget, said Harpauer, including how it could affect costs for schools and health-care facilities.
She said economic indicators show the province's economy and population is still growing.
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Podcast 11th July 2014
Transcript of Podcast
Consider this. India's fiscal deficit has gone up from levels of Rs 3370 billion in fiscal 2008-09 to levels of Rs 5081 billion in fiscal 2013-14, a jump of 51%. However as a percentage of GDP, fiscal deficit has come off from 6% of GDP to 4.5% of GDP. India has shown improved fiscal position despite a jump in absolute levels of deficit.
The reason for fiscal deficit as percentage of GDP coming off since 2008-09 is inflation. GDP at current market prices is known as the Nominal GDP that is not adjusted for inflation. Real GDP, which is seen as the growth indicator of the economy is nominal GDP adjusted for inflation by the GDP deflator.
India has seen high Nominal GDP growth that has doubled in the 2008-09 to 2013-14 period. However, Real GDP has gone up by just 38% in the same period. Chart 1 gives you the growth rates of Nominal and Real GDP over the 2008-09 to 2013-14 period.
Chart 1. Nominal and Real GDP growth rates
Source: Government of India
High Nominal GDP growth hides Fiscal Deficit
Fiscal Deficit is going up in absolute values but is coming down, as a percentage of GDP and the reason is high Nominal GDP growth. Table 1 shows the growth in Nominal GDP and Fiscal Deficit and the fall in Fiscal Deficit to GDP ratio for the period 2008-09 to 2013-14.
How does inflating away the fiscal deficit help the government? The government is able to finance its fiscal deficit through market borrowings, as there is more liquidity in the system. Banks in India that fund over 50% of government borrowings have seen deposits double since 2008-09.
The fallout of inflating away the fiscal deficit is that value of fixed income investments such as Fixed Deposits, PPF or Mutual Fund Schemes comes down in absolute or relative terms as inflation eats away the fixed incomes. The domestic saver ends up suffering the consequences of the government inflating away the fiscal deficit.
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text: Wexler 196 Posted July 18, 2014 I have had an impressive amount of coffee this morning, and I am trying to burn off some excess energy so I can work on a project without my eye twitching. So I thought I would try to channel some of that energy in to a post :biggrin: I know there are a lot of new/curious/interested people who read TW, who don't have accounts. I know I lurked on TW for about two years I think before I made my account. (P.S., guys: making an account is really great. Give it a try, talking to these folks is a lot more fun than just reading what they have to say!) Anyway, since I am hardly in a position to speak to the experienced, I wanted to share my thoughts about record-keeping with folks like myself who are still in the beginning stages of their Path. Here is my point of view: Record keeping is a vital aspect of witchcraft, especially for people who are starting on a traditional path. The rest of this giant post is going to try and explain my position. The thing about witchcraft is that for many of us, it lacks the physical input we usually need to make decisions. Did I leave my bedroom door open? I just have to glance over my shoulder and I can tell you yes or no. Did I leave a doorway in my mind open? That may take a bit more work. That will especially take more work if I am not adept at "feeling" these kinds of things. Magic is often subtle, and sometimes you can't feel the water rising until you are almost drowning. Sometimes it isn't enough to say, "well I don't think anything is happening, so everything must be fine." Sometimes you don't realize you left a door open, or a spell unattended, until the undertow rips you off your feet and sucks you under. In hindsight it may seem obvious, but by then it will be too late. There has to be a way for us to keep track of all the taps we've turned on so we don't get flooded. That way is positively mundane; you need to write down what you do. As a side-note, it doesn't matter if you think you have power or not. It doesn't matter if you believe your spell can't possibly have that kind of effect. To be fair, if you are a beginner, you are not experienced enough to make those kinds of judgment calls. Nor does it matter if you are just messing around, or you aren't sure you want to be a witch. You need to keep track of your business. I have learned a few lessons about magic in my recent adventures, and here are two important ones:Every detail mattersBy the time something happens, you will probably have forgotten what you did to cause itMagic, being the fair mistress that she is, takes you at your word. When you say something, it is done. Your spell does not have a mind of it's own. It does not say, "well, Wexler told us to do A, but I think she intended for us to do B, so we'd better do B instead." This means that it is possible for you to think you are casting a spell for one thing, when in reality you are casting for another thing altogether. When your spell starts doing freaky stuff and you have no idea why, you need to be able to have a copy of the original spell so you can go back and say, "wow, the wording of this could actually make us drift apart for our greater happiness, not come closer together." If you don't have those notes to figure out exactly what the heck you actually set in to motion, you are going to be confused and upset in a bad way. Keeping notes is especially important for us beginners, because it is how we learn. Suppose you are doing a spell to help your boss see the error of his ways, are you going to say "hit him with understanding like a bolt of lightening," or, "grace him with understanding like the dawning of the sun"? This stuff is metaphor, but it has real effect. Do you want to blast out someone's mind with an LSD-level epiphany, or do you want to gently grow the idea on them until it rises beautifully in to their conscious mind? If your boss starts freaking out and behaving really oddly, you are going to have to remember exactly what you put in his mind, and exactly how it was delivered. If it looks like your boss is having a psychotic break and going in to a tailspin, you may have walloped him just a little too hard. To fix that, you will need to know what happened in your original spell. And if you don't have your notes, you will have just stalled your learning process. "Why is my boss acting out? What did I do wrong?" You will never be able to figure that out unless you remember what happened. If you have your notes it is infinitely easier to say, "he's probably acting oddly because I just cleaved his mind in half, I should avoid doing that in the future." If you have your original notes, it is also much easier to send clean-up spells after your original working to help reduce collateral damage. Now that we know why your boss is losing his mind, we can send gentle spells after him to reduce the damage we did and help bring his sanity back. If you know why you and your friend are drifting apart, you can work to end that spell and create a new one that will actually bring you together. If you do not understand what you originally did to mess things up, all you can do is blindly guess what the issue is and pile more and more magic on top, which may just make things worse. (If you didn't know your original spell was forcing you and your friend apart, for example, you may think you didn't cast it strongly enough and cast the same spell again with more power, assuming that will fix things.) Now the tricky thing about magic is that it isn't always instantaneous. Like leaving the water tap on, sometimes it takes a while to see the effects of what you have done. Suppose I cast a money spell, and a month later I see fabulous returns. Well, excellent - I'd love to cast that spell again... if I could remember what it was. Or say I am trying to perfect a spell that makes people tell me the truth. I cast a different version on four people I know. And one of them works! Great, now, which version was that again? Was it the one where I said 'Let ye speak no untruth to me' [i don't actually cast spells with Olde English wording, but ye rhymes with me, okay] or the one where I said 'Speak no untruth to me; when you see me your heart is filled only with honesty'? By the time my magical truth serum starts working, I may have forgotten. Experiment ruined. Lastly, I have noticed a pattern in my own life, where I do something and then I'm amazed that it actually had an effect. I can "feel" things a little better now, but before I would do something and not "feel" it, then assume it was a dud. Two weeks later when shit got crazy, I would have no idea what happened... until I looked back and said, "oh, duh, that was me." If you do stuff involving magic or your power, whether or not you think it 'took', make a note of it. The most incidental things can become pivotal down the road. All that being said, how can you keep good and accurate notes? What do you need to write down? I think that as beginners, we need to write down more than the experienced. Specifically I would say, if you journal, do it often even when it seems like nothing is going on. Be brutally honest with yourself, and don't avoid writing things down because you don't want to admit what you have just done, what you really think, or what you have seen. Don't get bogged down with fancy inks and expensive journals when a fifty cent composition book and a ten cent Bic pen from Wal-Mart will do. When it comes to spellwork, being very detailed and specific may really help you out a lot, especially when you can look back and see where your strengths and abilities lay. [A random note: If you buy bound paper journals, get one where the pages lay flat when the book is opened. I bought a cute paperback journal a while ago, but it doesn't lay flat and it is a pain in the ass to write in, because to keep it open you have to constantly hold one side down. Never again.] Some people will agree or disagree with my opinions here. They are not fact, just my thoughts stemming from my experiences. I hope this post did not come off as too teachy or preachy, I know I kind of have a problem with that. Some people don't need to take a lot of notes. The more experience we get, likely the less we will need to keep track of. I think sooner or later, people begin to develop a sense for what is important and what is not. Until then I think it is best to err on the side of caution. They call it the Crooked Path for a reason. Keeping notes is like creating a map for yourself, so when you get lost you can find your way home. No matter how you get around to it, I think it is a very good idea to keep a record of where you have been and what you are doing. Finally, do not underestimate the effects of a single spell. As they say, every gun is loaded; every action a witch takes has power. Don't get it in your head that the dabbling you do now will have little or no consequence. People are taught to respect the power of guns before they learn how to shoot. Respect your own power before you cast spells. Whether or not you can see or feel it, you will send invisible bullets flying. So make note of which direction you fire the damn gun. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites