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Finance Ministers from Ireland and Canada Address Financial Forum at NUI Galway
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Financial Crisis: International and National Perspectives Today at NUI Galway (Thursday, 28 June) Irish Minister for Finance Michael Noonan TD, and Canadian Minister for Finance Jim Flaherty MP, addressed a forum entitled 'Financial Crisis: International and National Perspectives'. The forum was also addressed by Dr Alan Ahearne of NUI Galway and moderated by Professor John McHale. The event coincides with the awarding of an honorary degree on Minster Flaherty on Friday, 29 June, as well as a meeting of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council on campus. This event is being held at a critical time in the financial crisis in Europe, with markets focused on new proposals for a revamped eurozone to be discussed at the EU Summit in Brussels. This forum brings expert opinion into the public domain on where the global financial system and the euro currently stand and on what it all means for the Irish economy. The event also marks the establishment of the Centre for the Study of Irish Economic Policy at NUI Galway. On speaking about the crisis in the euro and implications for the Irish economy, Dr Ahearne, Director of the new Centre said: "The US is a proper fully-fledged monetary union, as is Canada. But the eurozone is not; it is a collection of distinct sovereign political and financial systems that share a common currency and a crucial underlying cause of the crisis in the euro is the lack a banking union in Europe, which has resulted in a toxic interrelationship between State finances and the banking sector." Dr Ahearne added: "EU leaders need to put an end to this terrible game of dominos that has gone from Greece to Ireland to Portugal to Spain and this week to Cyprus. The euro area as a whole is currently solvent, but unless growth resumes then the euro area is heading toward insolvency." Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD: "The Centre for the Study of Irish Economic Policy at NUI Galway is very welcome addition to the Irish academic landscape and I have no doubt that the Centre will play an important role in informing the policy debate in key policy areas for Ireland. The Irish Economy has returned to growth in 2011 with continued growth forecast for 2012, our public finances are under control and our banks are recapitalized and restructured to focus on lending into the real economy. The financial crisis has severely impacted on Ireland and the Irish people have made huge sacrifices to bring our public finances under control and return the economy to growth. We must continue to take the necessary steps to position the economy so that we can take advantage of global recovery as it emerges." The Minister added: "However, significant challenges remain and the ongoing uncertainty in the eurozone is weighing heavily on Ireland's economic recovery. Decisive action is needed to solve the current crisis and to restore stability and investor confidence in Europe." Speaking on the Irish economy, Dr Ahearne, said: "The Government is right to argue that not all the proceeds from the sale of state assets should go to paying down debt. A judicious use of some of these proceeds to incentivise private investment in certain sectors and regions of the country will help boost the domestic economy." In his remarks, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty noted Ireland and Canada share the same constituency at the IMF and World Bank so the two countries work together closely and look forward to continuing to do so. He highlighted Canada's record and the long term Economic Action Plan it continues to implement to create jobs, growth and long term prosperity. He noted, however, that Canada is part of the world economy, and many obstacles to global recovery remain. "I am convinced that the countries of the eurozone understand fully the kind of measures that need to be taken, and I urge them to adopt these as quickly as possible," he said. "In spite of serious challenges, however, I believe that, given the political will, the necessary decisions will be made, the major difficulties will be resolved and the global recovery will strengthen." ENDS
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New DNA Test to Help in Global Effort to Control TB
Friday, 29 June 2012
A new diagnostic DNA test has been developed by a team at the National University of Ireland Galway to help in the global effort to control tuberculosis (TB). The rapid laboratory test allows for the identification of the exact bacteria causing a patient's TB which will give valuable information for their treatment. According to World Health Organisation data, tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent. In 2010, 8.8 million people fell ill with TB and 1.4 million died from TB, with over 95% of cases and deaths in developing countries. In humans, TB is caused by a group of eight bacteria collectively known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). National University of Ireland Galway's Molecular Diagnostics Research Group has developed and validated a new assay or laboratory test called SeekTB to identify all members of the MTC. Dr Thomas Barry at the University, along with his colleagues Dr Justin O'Grady and Dr Kate Reddington, realised there was a need to rapidly and accurately detect and identify each member of the MTC for better treatment of TB. "The optimal patient treatment can be different, depending which of the eight bacteria are causing the TB, as some of these bacteria are naturally resistant to a commonly used anti-TB drugs", explains Dr Barry. The new test, called SeekTB, could also prove useful to centralised clinical reference labs for the purposes of tracking and conducting epidemiological studies on the various mycobacterium species comprising the complex. "Identifying the specific member of the MTC is currently not routinely performed in testing laboratories and therefore it is unknown what the true impact each member of the MTC has on the global TB epidemic," says Dr Barry, who lectures in Microbiology at National University of Ireland Galway. The advance in what is a global battle against TB, is the result of international co-operation. The novel technology was initially validated by testing a large number of previously isolated MTC bacteria provided by Professor Dick van Soolingen, Bilthoven in the Netherlands and Dr Stefan Niemann, Borstel in Germany. Subsequently, through collaborations with Professor Alimuddin Zumla and Dr Matthew Bates at University College London, SeekTB was used to successfully analyse patient samples from Lusaka in Zambia to demonstrate the technology's suitability. The results of this analysis demonstrated the rapidity, the test only takes 1.5-3 hours to perform, validity and robustness of SeekTB. In its current format, SeekTB is likely to be predominantly used in central testing laboratories, in Africa for example, on culture positive TB patient samples to guide appropriate treatment and control measures. "Ideally, in the future, SeekTB could be used directly on patient samples with the test configured onto a handheld machine for use at point-of-care in resource poor settings. This could be a huge benefit to medical care provision in remote areas, however, it will likely take years of research and development to achieve such a goal," concluded Dr Barry who acknowledged National University of Ireland Galway and the Thomas Crawford Hayes award for funding this work. The research has recently been published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and PLoS ONE. -ends-
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NUI Galway Honours Four Outstanding Individuals with Honorary Degrees
Friday, 29 June 2012
Four outstanding individuals were conferred with honorary degrees from NUI Galway today (Friday, 29 June). Those honoured were playwright and novelist, Sebastian Barry; The New York Times opinion columnist, Maureen Dowd; Executive Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company, Irial Finan; and Canadian Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty MP. Speaking on the announcement, NUI Galway President, Dr Jim Browne said: "NUI Galway is fortunate to be associated with many outstanding honorary graduates throughout its history and those being honoured this year form a particularly distinguished group. Each one has made an outstanding and distinctive contribution to the diverse fields of literature, journalism, business, public administration and government. NUI Galway is very pleased to be in a position to recognise these exceptional individuals." Sebastian Barry was conferred with a Degree of Doctor of Literature (honoris causa). Born in Dublin in 1955, he began to write in 1977, publishing a number of books of fiction and poetry, and in 1986 became increasingly involved in theatre work. He published a novel The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998), followed by Annie Dunne (2002) and then two Man Booker Prize shortlisted books – A Long Long Way (2005) and The Secret Scripture (2008). The latter earned him the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers' Prize, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, among others. Barry's most recent novel, On Canaan's Side, was also longlisted for the Booker, and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize, the Irish Book Awards and the Galaxy International Author of the Year. He has written twelve plays, among them the award-winning The Steward of Christendom (1995), Our Lady of Sligo (1998), and The Pride of Parnell Street (2007). He won the Ireland Fund Literary Award in 1997. He has been Writer in Association at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and was Heimbold Visiting Professor at Villanova University in 2006. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 2010, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His work is translated into more than thirty-five languages. Maureen Dowd was conferred with a Degree of Doctor of Literature (honoris causa). She is a 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner, in the commentary category, for her "unsparing columns on the hypocrisies involved in the Lewinsky affair and the effort to impeach President Clinton". She was appointed a columnist of The New York Times's Op-Ed page in January 1995 (where she joined in 1983). Previously, she served as a correspondent in its Washington bureau since August 1986. There, she covered two Presidential campaigns and served as White House correspondent, gaining a wide following of admirers and imitators for her witty, incisive and acerbic portraits of the powerful. She also wrote a column, "On Washington", for The New York Times Magazine. She began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for the Washington Star where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter, and feature writer. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for national reporting in 1992, Ms Dowd received the Breakthrough Award from 'Women, Men and Media' at Columbia University in 1991 and a Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications in 1994. She was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year for 1996 and won the Damon Runyon award in 2000 for outstanding contributions to journalism. Dowd is the author of two bestselling books Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk (2004) and Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide (2005) Born in Washington, D.C., on 14 January, 1952, Miss Dowd received a BA degree in English from Catholic University (Washington) in 1973. Irian Finan was conferred with a Degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa). He is Executive Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company and President of Bottling Investments responsible for managing a multi-billion dollar bottling business, Bottling Investments Group (BIG), which has operations on four continents (South America, Europe, Africa and Asia), with revenues of over $8 billion and employs over 85,000 people. Additionally, he is responsible for stewarding The Company's Equity Investments and leading Global Supply Chain. Irial has over 29 years experience in The Coca-Cola System. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola HBC, during which time he managed the merger integration of Coca-Cola Beverages plc and Hellenic Bottling SA, and led the combined company's operations in 26 countries. Irial joined the Coca-Cola Company in 2004 as President, Bottling Investments and Supply Chain and was named Executive Vice President of the Company in October 2004. From 1995 to 1999, he was managing director of Molino Beverages, with responsibility for expanding markets, including the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Romania, Moldova, Russia and Nigeria. Prior to that role, Irial worked in several markets across Europe. From 1991 to 1993 he served as managing director of Coca-Cola Bottlers Ulster, Ltd., based in Belfast. He was finance director, Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland, Ltd., based in Dublin from 1984 to 1990. Irial serves on the board of directors of Coca-Cola FEMSA, Coca-Cola HBC, Coca-Cola Central Japan, the Supervisory Board of CCE AG (Germany), Smurfit Kappa Group, and the American Ireland Fund. He also serves as a non-executive director for Co-operation Ireland and NUI Galway Foundation. Irial holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from NUI Galway and is an Associate (later Fellow) of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants. Minister Jim Flaherty MP was conferred with a Degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa). He is a third-term Member of Parliament for Whitby–Oshawa (Ontario). He serves as Canada's Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for the Greater Toronto Area. He is a Governor of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. As Minister of Finance he is an ex-officio member of all Cabinet Committees. Minister Flaherty was recently awarded Euromoney Magazine's Finance Minister of the Year award. Euromoney credited him with enhancing Canada's reputation for sound fiscal policy while taking full account of social justice and overseeing a strong regulatory regime that has kept the financial sector out of chaos. He has also been described as a pillar in both the G-7 and the G-20. In 2010, Minister Flaherty was chair of the G-7 Finance Ministers and chair of the annual Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting. Previously, for more than 10 years, he served as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby–Ajax (Ontario). He served as Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Attorney General and Minister of Labour. He graduated from Princeton University cum laude and then graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Bar in Ontario with honours and practised law for more than 20 years before being elected to public office. These four graduands join the ranks of previous honorary alumni which include, among many others, Nelson Mandela, Hilary Clinton, Christy O'Connor Snr and Jnr, Enya, Anjelica Huston, Fionnuala Flanagan and Margaret Atwood. For more information and a video on the Honorary Conferrings click -ends-
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Immortal Marine Invertebrate Helps Stem Cell Scientist
Friday, 29 June 2012
Dr Uri Frank announced as a recipient of SFI Principal Investigator Programme Award A leading stem cell scientist at NUI Galway, Dr Uri Frank, was today announced as a recipient of an SFI Principal Investigator Programme Award by Richard Bruton, TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation. A native Irish marine invertebrate, with amazing powers of regeneration, is the focus of Dr Frank's research with NUI Galway's Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI). Hydractinia echinata has the power to regenerate any lost body part throughout its life, can clone itself, does not age biologically, and in theory – lives forever. A relative of jellyfish, sea anemones and corals, this tiny creature is perfect for understanding the role of stem cells in development, ageing and disease. "Hydractinia has some stem cells which remain at an embryonic-like stage throughout its life, so the potential for research is immense", explains Dr Frank. "Not only that, but it is small and translucent and so enables the observation of experimentally labelled stem cells in the living animal." Dr Frank and his team have already made a discovery which may have important implications in understanding normal development, congenital defects and cancer biology. "Recently, we have been able to demonstrate a hitherto unknown link between heat shock proteins and Wnt signalling in Hydractinia stem cells. These two cellular signalling mechanisms are known to play important roles in development and disease, so they have been widely, though separately, studied. We have shown that they talk to each other, providing a new perspective for all scientists in this field," says Dr Frank. Also of interest to Dr Frank's research team is the evolution of animals and humankind. Scientists believe that all animals living today, including invertebrates and humans, are the descendants of a single common ancestor that lived hundreds of millions of years before the times of the dinosaurs. Therefore, invertebrate stem cells should be very similar to their human counterparts and studying them may provide information on human stem cells. "It sounds gruesome, but if Hydractina has its head bitten off, it simply grows another one within a few days using its embryonic or 'pluripotent' stem cells. So why don't humans keep their pluripotent cells as adults? Why do we lose them when we age?", asks Dr Frank. Dr Frank's SFI-funded project is an example of how basic research on model organisms can contribute to human health. By discovering things that are difficult to study in more complex animals, it complements work done on mammals, is informative, cheap and free of ethical considerations. ENDS Photo by Dr Yuki Katsukura
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May 2012
The Miracle of the Parish: Máire Mhac an tSaoi Symposium at NUI Galway
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
The Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway is delighted to announce a symposium on the work of Máire Mhac an tSaoi, one of the most significant Irish poets of the twentieth century, and the most important living poet in Irish. The event will take place on Wednesday, 23 May in the Moore Institute at 9.00am With Máirtín Ó Direáin and Seán Ó Ríordáin, Máire Mhac an tSaoi revolutionised the practice of poetry in Irish in the 1940s and 50s and paved the way for a new generation of women poets who emerged in Irish and in English in the 1970s and 80s. A generation before Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Eavan Boland, and in more difficult circumstances, Máire Mhac an tSaoi gave voice to the intimate and subversive aspects of women's experience in poems that challenged the moral orthodoxies of the time. "Although her work and influence is acknowledged by poets and critics alike," according to Louis de Paor, Director of the Centre for Irish Studies, "this is the first such event dedicated entirely to her work and includes contributions from some of the finest scholars and critics of poetry in Irish. Given her connection with the University where she was appointed Honorary Professor of Irish Studies in 2004, and her uncle Monsignor Pádraig de Brún, served with such distinction as president, we are delighted to recognise her unique contribution to Irish writing." Máire Mhac an tSaoi's autobiography The Same Age as the State, published in 2003, was described by Seamus Heaney as 'thrilling and exemplary' and a bilingual selection of her poems An Paróiste Míorúilteach/The Miraculous Parish was launched by Fiach Mac Conghail, Director of the Abbey Theatre, at a gala event inDublinCastle in November 2011. Invited speakers to the NUI Galway symposium include Micheál Mac Craith, Margaret Mac Curtain, Máire Ní Annracháin, Máirín Nic Eoin, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Ríóna Ní Fhrighil, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Patricia Coughlan, and the proceedings will be recorded by RTÉ radio for broadcast later in the year. Admission to all sessions is free and everyone is welcome to attend. For further details, contact Samantha Williams at email@example.com or 091 492051 ENDS
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Government Must Ensure Businesses Respect Human Rights
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
A new report calls on the Government to ensure that companies respect human rights and to provide guidance to businesses on the requirements of human rights due diligence, including when operating overseas. Such due diligence should be a mandatory requirement underpinned by legislation, according to the report's authors at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUI Galway. 'Business and Human Rights in Ireland' aims to contribute to policy, practice and law on business and human rights in Ireland. The report will be officially launched this evening by Professor Michael O'Flaherty, who is a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Illustrative examples of business negatively impacting on human rights provide a context for the report. Prominent examples mentioned in the report include Irish technology companies implicated in Syrian censorship, the Corrib gas dispute involving Shell and Statoil, the working conditions of migrant workers engaged in mushroom picking, the treatment of GAMA construction workers, and the working conditions in the supply chain for Penneys/Primark. Multinational companies headquartered in Ireland, such as Apple, are also relevant according to the report authors, as they have been criticised for their human rights record. In 2011, the United Nations adopted Professor John Ruggie's Framework for Business and Human Rights, which emphasises a state duty to protect human rights, a corporate responsibility to respect human rights and the need to strengthen remedies to respond to violations of human rights by business. This UN framework provides guidance for States such as Ireland, although aspects of its practical impacts on issues such as Irish businesses operating abroad have yet to be put into practice. Ireland represents an obvious case study in this context, given the presence of numerous multinational corporations, increasing privatisation of public services and allegations of corporate involvement in human rights violations both in and outside of Ireland. "State representatives frequently assert Ireland's commitment to the United Nations and human rights, although the Government has yet to issue a comprehensive policy document on business and human rights," explained Dr Shane Darcy of NUI Galway's Irish Centre for Human Rights. In the context of an open export-led economy reliant on foreign direct investment with numerous multinational corporations present in Ireland, extraterritorial jurisdiction is particularly could prove of considerable relevance here. "The concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction as a means of ensuring the State protects against human rights violations by business when acting outside of its territory is particularly relevant in the context of a globalised economy and the transnational nature of many business activities. Ireland provides for some limited oversight or adjudication of extraterritorial activities of Irish companies, but it remains underutilised as a means of ensuring compliance with the State duty to protect human rights in the context of business. Another recommendation of the report is that there be requirement of human rights compliance and reporting by business for public procurement contracts, State investment or listing on the Irish Stock Exchange. A full copy of the report is available at www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights -ends-
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Clinical Trial Targets Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome with Cholesterol Drug
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
NUI Galway and Queen's University Belfast are leading a clinical trial to investigate the possibility that statins, a drug commonly used to combat cholesterol, might help patients with acute severe respiratory failure. Some 150 patients have been recruited into the trial, which is being run in collaboration with the Irish Critical Care Trials Group, across multiple intensive care units on the island of Ireland, and in England and Scotland, with a target number of 540 patients. The research is being funded by the Health Research Board, and the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme which is funded by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), with contributions from the CSO in Scotland, NISCHR in Wales and the HSC R&D, Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland, and is managed by the NIHR. When people become critically ill, for various reasons including major surgery or following injury in a road traffic accident, or infections such as H1N1 influenza, their lungs often fail, which is termed 'Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome'. This condition, which is primarily caused by the body's immune system response to the injury, is common, can affect any age group, and is often fatal. Furthermore, even after recovery from lung injury, patients subsequently experience a poorer quality of life. Many survivors of this condition are unable to return to work or look after themselves. "Unfortunately, to date there is no effective treatment for this lung injury", said Professor John Laffey who is Professor of Anaesthesia at NUI Galway and Consultant Anaesthetist at Galway University Hospitals. "We are investigating if the drug simvastatin, commonly used to treat high cholesterol, is safe and effective in the treatment of this lung injury. A unique feature of this study is that it is a study generated from Irish research efforts, and is an Irish-led multi-national study, being conducted across the island of Ireland, and also in intensive care units in England and Scotland." Professor Laffey continued: "This study builds on a series of studies using simvastatin, including a smaller clinical trial funded by the Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland and REVIVE, carried out by Professor Danny McAuley and his team in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, who are our partners in this study. These studies offer considerable hope that simvastatin might help sufferers from this devastating disease. The study may take up to five years to complete, but if simvastatin is effective, it would help save the lives of these sufferers, improving the quality of life of survivors and potentially reduce costs, by reducing time spent in intensive care units." The study team comprises experts in study design based at the HRB Galway Clinical Research Facility and at the Clinical Research Support Centre in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, as well as senior doctors who work in critical care units, and experts in acute lung injury. Professor Danny McAuley, who is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at Queen's University Belfast and Consultant Intensivist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, explained: "We will also take blood samples to measure markers of inflammation which will allow us to determine if simvastatin can reduce the immune response which causes the lung injury. In addition, we will determine how severe the damage to the patients' lungs is, and how fast they recover." People will be randomly divided into two groups; one group will be given the active drug and the other a placebo. This design means that any difference in the experience of patients will be due to whether or not they received simvastatin and not to any other difference that could influence the outcome of treatment. Frank Giles, who is Professor of Cancer Therapeutics at NUI Galway, is also Director of the HRB Clinical Research Facility at NUI Galway, which is helping co-ordinate the clinical trial in Ireland: "Participants in this trial are helping address a vital and difficult medical problem. This study is typical of an increasing number of multi-center trials that are possible because of increasing collaboration between Ireland's HRB-funded Clinical Research Facilities. The studies involve patients with a very broad spectrum of health challenges. The conduct of these studies, which involve our patients and their families, community health-care staff, hospitals, research institutes and industry partners, improves health care and ensures that Ireland continues to make a significant increasing contribution to global medical progress." ends
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WHO Report Reveals Teenagers Do Not Get a Fair Deal on Health
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Widespread inequalities mean that many young people in the WHO European Region and North America are not as healthy as they could be, according to a new report on the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, published today (Wednesday, 2 May) by the WHO Regional Office for Europe.* The HBSC Ireland study is based in the Health Promotion Research Centre at NUI Galway. "Adolescence is a crucial life stage, when young people lay the foundation for adulthood, whether healthy or otherwise," said Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe. "This report shows us that the situation across Europe is not fair: health depends on age, gender, geography and family affluence. But it doesn't have to be that way. This report gives policy-makers an opportunity to act to secure the health of the next generation. Once again, young people have used the opportunity provided by HBSC to speak. It now falls to us – who cherish their aspirations, ambitions, health and well-being – to act." Dr Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Principal Investigator for HBSC Ireland of the Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway said: "This data are vital to support young people to be healthy and happy, policy makers and practitoners need to recognise that differences in the context of young people's lives are important and we need to be sensitive to age, gender and socio-eoncomic differences." The report gives the results of the 2009/2010 HBSC survey, covering 39 countries and regions across the European Region and North America. The survey collected data from 11-, 13- and 15- year-olds on 60 topics related to their health and well-being, social environments and behaviour. HBSC reports have been issued every four years since 1996. Cross-national differences The latest report reveals important inequalities between countries. For example, rates of overweight and obesity for girls aged 11 range from 20% in Portugal and 30% in the United States of America, to only 5% in Switzerland (18% in Ireland, rank 3rd). Smoking rates, although fairly similar at age 11 (under 1%), differ dramatically across countries by age 15: over 25% in Austria and Lithuania, but 10% in Norway and Portugal (13% in Ireland, rank 30th). This suggests that the socioenvironmental context can be changed to benefit young people's health. Young people's experience of school also differs; 89% of 11-year-old girls in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia like school, in contrast to 17% in Croatia (34% in Ireland, ranks 31st). Long term effects of adolesent health Health inequalities emerge or worsen during adolescence, and may translate into lasting inequalities in adulthood if, for example, academic potential is not achieved. Adolescence is clearly a key stage for mental health, especially for girls. Girls' satisfaction with their lives declines between ages 11 and 15. In Poland and Sweden, this decrease is around 15%, in contrast to 5% for boys (in Ireland the decrease is 12% for girls and 6% for boys, ranking 13th at age 11 and 30th at 15). In addition, health-compromising behaviour increases during the adolescent years. Between ages 11 and 15, the average proportion of young people who report weekly smoking and drinking increases by 17%. Many of these young smokers will continue the habit throughout adulthood. Similarly, early sexual activity is an important marker for poor sexual health in adulthood, as well as other risk behaviour in adolescence. The report reveals that, on average, 26% of 15-year-olds are sexually active (in Ireland 22%, rank 28th). In addition, healthy behaviour, such as eating breakfast and fruit, declines. Gender differences Boys and girls display different patterns of healthy and unhealthy behaviour, particularly at age 15. Although boys are more likely to be involved in fights and bullying at all ages, a 15-year-old boy in Latvia is more than 12 times more likely to be bullied by his peers than a girl in Italy (in Ireland bullying is reported by 4% of 15 year old girls and 10% of 15 year old boys, ranking 27th) . In Armenia, boys are almost five times more likely than girls to have been drunk by age 15. In some Scandinavian countries and the United Kingdom, however, 15-year-old girls are more likely than boys to have been drunk, and to have had sexual intercourse (among 15 year olds in Ireland 28% of girls and 30% of boys have been drunk, ranking 22nd). Further, girls are more concerned about being too fat and to be on a diet, but less likely than boys to be overweight. Overall, around 40% of girls aged 15 report being dissatisfied with their bodies (46% in Ireland, rank 13th), and 22% are on a diet (21% in Ireland, rank 18th), although just 10% are actually overweight or obese (12% in Ireland, rank 11th). Family affluence Unsurprisingly, family affluence is associated with a healthier lifestyle: higher levels of fruit intake, breakfast consumption and physical activity. It is also associated with better communication with parents, greater support from classmates and numbers of close friends, and better mental health (in Ireland only fruit and breakfast consumption are higher among those with higher family affluence). The picture for risk-taking behaviour is more complex. In many countries and regions, family affluence has less influence on patterns of smoking and drinking; other social factors – such as the influence of peers – may be more important. Further, injuries increase with higher family affluence (this holds for Ireland). Protective factors Support from family and classmates protects young people from negative influences; those who report easy communication with their parents are more likely to report positive health outcomes. Having close friends and peer support is also a strong predictor of positive health. The more sources of support, the more likely young people are to report good health. The HBSC report shows that addressing the social determinants of health inequalities in childhood and adolescence can enable young people to maximise their health and well-being, ensuring that these inequalities do not extend into adulthood, with all the potential negative consequences for individuals and society. ENDS
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Mindfulness Goes Online to Help Headache and Migraine Sufferers
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
The Centre for Pain Research at NUI Galway is currently recruiting people with chronic or recurrent daily headaches to take part in an online pain management programme. The study offers individuals with chronic daily headache the opportunity to avail of six online sessions of mindfulness training tailored specifically for headache pain by Dr Jonathan Egan, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, NUI Galway. The sessions, which are free of charge, will focus on active self-management, instruction in a range of relaxation techniques, coping skills and cognitive behavioural therapy techniques (CBT) to help identify negative thinking and coping patterns. The overall technique being used is known as a mindfulness-based pain management programme, and it is hoped mindfulness training may offer some relief to people with recurrent headache. Unlike other chronic pain patients, people suffering chronic or recurrent headache are an under-researched population. Prevalence rates indicate 12-15% of the Irish population suffer from migraine alone. The disability and productivity lost as a result of severe headache can be significant. The online programme is part of a research project being carried out at NUI Galway by Angeline Traynor who is the principal researcher: "We know that a combination of psychological and mindfulness techniques are beneficial, particularly for people managing chronic or recurrent pain. Our intention is to see whether this approach can also work for people with chronic headache pain. This online setting is particularly fitting for individuals with chronic headache as it may be accessed at their convenience for the purpose of prevention, and management. The programme layout is modular to ensure ease of use and time efficiency for busy individuals who would like to log on and receive additional support in managing their pain." The researchers are specifically interested in hearing from people who have chronic daily headache (CDH), defined as chronic head pain which occurs on 15 or more days per month over a period of three to four months and this includes tension-type headache, migraine and medication overuse headache. Dr Egan said: "Many people find that the combination of cognitive and relaxation therapies which are offered in this headache management programme enable them to take back control of their lives and engage more in daily activities with the knowledge they have the tools necessary to better manage their pain. This project is hoping to establish if mindfulness training may be delivered effectively in an online format to help these individuals. The programme is designed to be accessible to all people who have a computer. Patients can continue with their normal treatments while also taking part in the study. GPs, physiotherapists, friends and family are encouraged to refer interested individuals to participate. For further information, please contact Angeline Traynor, at firstname.lastname@example.com, 0860378562, or go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/headachemanagement -ends-
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Irish Fiddler to Present Second Martin Reilly Lecture
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Fiddle player, teacher and researcher, Dr Máire O'Keeffe, will deliver the second lecture in the Martin Reilly Lecture Series. Organised by Comhrá Ceoil, the Music and Dance Studies at the NUI Galway Centre for Irish Studies, the lecture will take place on Thursday, 17 May. This series is dedicated to Martin Reilly, the celebrated East Galway uilleann piper, who left a rich musical legacy to generations of pipers. The lecture series gives an opportunity for researcher-practitioners in Irish traditional music and dance to present their research in a public forum. The lectures are illustrated with musical examples, and insights from the practitioner's perspective. Galway and the West of Ireland has long been an important centre of traditional dance, music and song and this lecture series reflects the increasing interest in the study of these traditions. Originally from Tralee, Co. Kerry, Dr O'Keeffe has many different musical interests including the fiddle traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Shetland, and Cape Breton, as well as the music of Galicia in North West Spain. The title of her talk is 'Journey into Tradition: The Irish Button Accordion', and it is the culmination of extensive research that traces the development of the button accordion within the Irish music tradition. It considers some of the key factors in the evolution of the button accordion in Ireland and some of the players who have contributed to an identifiably Irish style of playing. The lecture will take place at 6.30pm in the Galway City Library. All are invited to attend and admission is free. For more information on the Martin Reilly lecture series visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Martin-Reilly-Lecture-Series/289147347801522 or email email@example.com. ENDS
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Secondary Nutrients (Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfur) for Cannabis
2nd Aug 2013 2 Comments »
What are secondary nutrients?
Secondary nutrients are generally known as Magnesium , Sulfur and Calcium and because they are needed in smaller amounts than the main elements (N-P-K) they are called secondary nutrients but they are almost as essential to any cannabis plant growth as those three main nutrients. If you are cultivating your autoflower or regular cannabis plants you will need these secondary nutrients to get the most growth possible from your plants and because these three elements are so important many nutrients solutions have them incorporated in their nutrient mix together with the N-P-K (Nitrogen,Phosphorus, Potassium ) ones. And if you don't have these three secondary nutrients inside your nutrient solution or organic mix then you can use things like Dolomite Lime, Gypsum and magnesium sulfate or Cal-Mag formulas that are provided by all the major nutrient suppliers to manually regulate their dosage and increase your plant strength and yield.
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Inside Vs Outside Autoflower growing
26th Jul 2013 No Comments »
Growing autoflowering plants indoors or outdoors is a question many of new growers face when they are just starting their first crops and it is not an easy question to answer because every grow room is different, every outdoor climate has its own advantages and drawbacks and any grower has some limitations or advantages. Because of this much of a variation I would have to write a post for every one of you considering your growing conditions but the main point is that Autoflowers can be grown indoors and outdoors and both environments can yield amazing amounts and grow beautiful healthy plants but both can also give you jsut a couple of grams and stunted growth.
So knowing that I cannot answer this question completely I will try to give inside and outside growing advantages and disadvantages and try to compare some statistics like yield , height ,potency and so on.
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Autoflower ScrOG (Screen Of Green)
2nd Jul 2013 2 Comments »
What is ScrOG
A ScrOG refers to the term Screen of Green and can be interpreted to any method of growing plants that uses a screen of some sort. There are vertical , horizontal and even box screens but they all use a net or a wire to train cannabis in a way that is more efficient for light usage , exposure and ultimately increases your autoflower yield and maximizes the growing space.
Autoflowers and ScrOG?
AUtoflowers flower automatically so there is no way you can vegetate your plant for as long as it spreads through the screen and then start to flower it. This makes Scrogging autoflowering plants a bit more difficult and you need to pay closer attention to what you are doing. Basically there are two types of autoflowers:
Regular autoflower
And both of these types need different methods for scrogging because the fast flowering regular autoflowers have to be trained much earlier and you can start training them as early as the first or second pair of true fan leafs appear. These plants can also be trained when the flowering starts because they will still grow for a week or a bit longer and you need to maximize the bedsides by training them as fast as they can grow.
The second type the SUPER autoflowers are more longer growing and they have a longer pre-flowering period so you will be able to extend them more through the green screen and get much higher yields. These SUPER plants also can be trained at the first week of flowering but usually growers try to stop training them as soon as those first flowers appear and let the budsides grow through the screen toward the light .
So you can see that as with regular plants autoflowers can also be trained with the Screen of Green method but why is it necessary?
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Foliar Feeding your Autoflowers
9th Jun 2013 No Comments »
What is foliar feeding?
Like most gardening terms, "foliar" comes from Latin and means "leaf" (folium") … so "foliar" is "of the leaf" and "foliar feeding" refers to giving nutrients to the plant via the leaves. Using a fine misting sprayer you gently mist the leaves of your autoflowers with a dilute nutrient solution.
How does it work?
We all know that like all other plants, autoflowers absorb nutrients and water through the roots and we know when to give autoflower nutrients in the regular way. But it is at leaf level that plants convert these elements into useable food and growth through photosynthesis. By applying nutrients direct to the leaf you are sending these straight to where they will be utilised!
In fact tests show that nutrients absorbed through the stomata (on the leaf´s underside) will be found in the roots within 60 minutes. And a project conducted at Michigan State University, using radioactive tagged nutrients, proved that foliar feeding can be 8 to 10 times more effective than soil feeding.
Autoflower seed germination
22nd Mar 2013 No Comments »
Autoflowering cannabis seeds are just like any regular ones and the process of germination is the same, in fact the only differences are in the way you treat you seedling when it has sprouted. Some growers say that autoflower marijuana seeds can be germinated in colder temperatures but I have not tested this hypothesis myself and have not seen side by side tests that show temperature differences and autoflower seed germination rates.
There are basically two methods of germinating autoflower seeds and they are natural seed germination and germination without growing medium. In nature autoflowering cannabis seeds usually drop down in the autumn, then they survive the winter and in the spring when the temperature reaches optimal level and the surrounding area gets moist they start to germinate. Autoflowering marijuana seeds don't like overly wet conditions and if the seeds drop into a puddle or any other water reservoir or even a swamp then they usually start rotting and die. Looking from the other extreme when a cannabis seeds germinate it looks for a wet environment and if the tap root encounters a dry environment ir shivers and dies. From the environments that these seeds encounter in nature we can see that they need to be really strong to survive different conditions and that is why autoflower growers in perfect conditions can achieve more than 99% seed germination.
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Autoflower Cannabis and Potassium
18th Mar 2013 2 Comments »
Potassium (K) is also one of those "main" elements that any cannabis plant needs. It is the main element because cannabis plants require large amount of potassium and it is only surpassed by Nitrogen in the quantities required by a cannabis plant. Autoflowering Marijuana plants take up Potassium in its ironic form (K+) but in fertilizers this elements is usually in the K20 form. Cannabis use potassium for a variety of different processes and functions and you need to supply adequate amount of Potassium throughout the entire plants life cycle. Potassium is directly linked to cannabis plants resistance from pests and diseases. It also plays a big role in the photosynthesis function as well as stomata development control and carbohydrate, sugar, starch movement and production. Potassium is found in the entire cannabis plant so it is responsible not only for green growth but it also helps vigorous root development and it is also associated with all the processes that have anything to do with water transplantation and intake.
Autoflower Tie-Down LST method
13th Mar 2013 23 Comments »
Autoflower Tie Down LST method
In the previous post we found out what is low stress training , how it works and looked at some methods how to perform LST on autos. Now I will explain everything there is to know about the Tie down LST method.
What is Tie down LST method?
Tie down autoflower LST method is a training method where cannabis plants are trained with a string or some other material that can pull down a branch and let other branches take its place. There are multiple variations of this low stress training method but basically they all do the same thing – trick marijuana into thinking that the main shoot is gone. That makes it gather more auxins at the tops of other nearby shoots and in a sense makes them the main target for the most vigorous growth.
Autoflower LST(low stress training)
24th Feb 2013 3 Comments »
So what is LST?
LST or Low stress training(light stress training) is a way to grow your autoflower plants and maximize their output yield while simultaneously decreasing the vertical space required to grow and maximizing light usage.
LST stands for Low Stress Training and which means that you are training your plants with the least amount of stress. There are also High Stress Training methods like Topping and Pruning but they are not for autoflowers as they tend to stunt the plants growth for a while and for autos you can't take that risk as you have a set time period when you plant will finish its life cycle with or without that stunning.
If you perform LST you can get many top buds from one auto plant and all of them will be of the same size and density and you will get much more grams per plant as when you let the cannabis grow one big main bud and small side colas. Usually Autoflowering cannabis produces one main cola at the very top of the plant, all the side branches have weak light penetration and they stay small producing small flowers. There are also some autos that can produce one big cola and almost no flowers and resin on side branches.
Cannabis and Phosphorus
25th Sep 2011 2 Comments »
Phosphorus (P) is one of the three main elements that any plant requires to grow and produce flowers. This element is a macro nutrient and it is mobile. Phosphorus can be found in cannabis anywhere from 0.1% to 0.5% of the overall weight. Phosphorus (P) is a big part of cannabis growth cycle and plants use phosphorus the most at the seedling and flowering stages of its growth. This element is used in such processes as photosynthesis and energy transfer. Phosphorus is also a part of the DNA molecules and plays a big part of the reproduction system. Cannabis plants need large amounts of phosphorus to produce seeds and transfer their genetic information to the next generation. Phosphorus is also used in storing carbohydrates and cell division as well as cell membranes. The largest amounts of phosphorus can be found in cannabis seeds, growing root tips and new shoots.
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Autoflowers and Nitrogen
17th Sep 2011 1 Comment »
Nitrogen (N) is one of the three main elements that also include Phosphorus(P)and Potassium(K) that cannabis plants require to grow and produce leafs, stems and flowers. Nitrogen is maybe the most important element that any plant requires because it is mainly responsible for stem, leaf growth, chlorophyll production, and it is also a big compound of amino acids. Nitrogen is also a part of the DNA nucleic acid which contains all the vital information about the plant and allows it to grow and reproduce.
Nitrogen can be found in almost any part of the plant but it is most abundant in the young leafs and early flowers. This essential nutrient can be up to 4 % of the above ground plant tissue and that is the most abundant nutrient if we don't count carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. Nitrogen is the largest mobile element that cannabis requires and that means that it can travel anywhere in the plant from leafs to stems and even in roots.
Nutrients for autoflowering cannabis
12th Sep 2011 28 Comments »
All autoflowering cannabis plants like any other living things need food to stay alive and grow. But unlike animals or humans plants use nutrients for this matter. Automatic Cannabis plants use large quantities of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) but that is not the end of it because cannabis also needs some "secondary" elements like Magnesium (Mg), Calcium (Ca) and Sulfur (S) but they are used in much smaller amounts than the first three elements. There are also some trace elements that ruderalis plants require to grow to it's full potential and they are: Copper (Cu) , Boron (B) , Zinc (Zn) , Chlorine (Cl), Iron (Fe) , Manganese (Mn) and Molybdenum (Mo). These trace elements are required in very small amounts and they usually are mixed in the fertilizer or pre-maid soil.
Autoflowering cannabis plants use large amounts of nutrients and you need to supply the plant with all the necessary "foods". If you use a pre-made potting soil then usually it has a mixed in nutrients that will be more than enough to nurture your autoflower plant for the first two to three weeks of its growth.
Cannabis male pollen collection, storage
4th Sep 2011 3 Comments »
In the last post we found out how to pollinate a female cannabis plant but if we want to use the controlled pollination method at first we need to collect the male pollen. This male pollen collection can be done in a number of different ways but I will explain just some of them.
Simple shaking method
The easiest way to collect male pollen is to just take a matured male cannabis plant and shake it on a peace of paper or any other flat surface. If you are shaking the plant and nothing happens you can let the plant grow a little more and then shake it again. When you have a good amount of pollen collected on this surface you can just pour it in some jar or other container. This method is the easiest but many growers can't apply this method because their grow room is small and they don't want to grow male plant in the grow area where the females are also growing. If you let the male grow out till it is ready for pollen collection then all of your female cannabis plants will also be pollinated and in case you don't want that to happen you should apply other methods.
Another version of this method is to cut of a branch of the male autoflower plant and put it between two newspapers and let is dry out. Pollen sacks will burst open and you will be able to collect the pollen from the peace of paper that was beneath the plant.
How to pollinate Autoflowers?
2nd Sep 2011 11 Comments »
Pollination (action when cannabis male pollen lands on female pistils) is usually a tricky thing to do and new growers usually just let the male and female plants grow in the same room and do nothing but that is not the best step to take.
What is pollination?
Pollination is the process when male pollen grain gets on to a female calyx (the pistils of the female flower) and slides in the base of the calyx starting the fertilization of the female flower. In nature pollination happens when a male plant matures and releases its pollen into the wind and this pollen lands on close by females. When a female calyx has been pollinated the two white hairs turn brown and wilt but the calyx starts slowly swelling and producing the seed.
Cannabis ventilation, odor controll
21st Aug 2011 4 Comments »
In nature autoflowering cannabis plants get fresh air full with Co2 all the time. The wind blows and supplys cannabis with all the necessary Co2 and it also circulates the air around the leaves, dispersing heat and destroying insects. Outside air circulation also increases plant strength and helps male pollen to land on female cannabis flowers to produce seeds. Inside however growers need to supply all this artificially and the air circulation must be very close to what the plant would get outside so you need to install fans and produce the wind yourself.
Why is ventilation necessary?
Fast growing autoflowering cannabis will need a lot of water and light, but both of these aspects can generate negative things if the auto plant is grown indoors. First of all the light emits heat but cannabis plants don't like temperatures above 30C (86F) and if the air is not vented out of the growing area then the temperatures will raise fast! Second thing is the water that we use for watering the plants. Autoflower cannabis plants evaporate almost 99% of the absorbed water in the air and the humidity rises quickly. If the humidity gets too high the plant will struggle to grow and insect, mold and fungus risk will increase dramatically.
Final thing why air circulation is so crucial is the Co2 amount that is in the air. Ruderalis leafs will use all the Co2 around them really fast and if the air doesn't circulate in the room they will struggle to produce their food from photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process where plant uses water, Co2 and energy from light to produce sugars and oxygen and if the Co2 is not available to cannabis plant then this process is slowed down or even stopped and plant struggles to survive.
Why Autoflowers stretch and how to avoid it?
18th Aug 2011 14 Comments »
In nature plants tend to stretch in order to outgrow other plants and get more light to survive but indoors especially growing autoflowering plants stretching can be a bad thing. Most grower that are using day neutral cannabis tend to have some kind of limitations like grow space or not enough light, ventilation and if a plants stretches too much then these limitations become very obvious and you wont be able to get as much dope as you expected.
What is stretching?
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GAZA CITY — Israel initiated a major air assault on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing dozens of targets in what Israeli officials said was a bid to halt escalating cross-border attacks from Palestinian militants in the seaside enclave, who responded with a salvo of more than 150 rockets toward major Israeli cities and its coastal high-tech corridor.
Warning sirens during the night sent Israelis scrambling for bomb shelters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where a police spokesman said two rockets landed in the city's outskirts. Other rockets struck as far north as Hadera, more than 70 miles north of Gaza. Israel said that its missile interception systems blocked 29 of the rockets, including two over Tel Aviv, and that no injuries or major damage were reported.
The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes against more than 150 sites in Gaza, killing five alleged members of Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza. Ashraf al-Qidrah, a spokesman for Gaza's Health Ministry, said early on Wednesday that 25 Palestinians had been killed in the Israeli attacks and 152 wounded.
The Israeli operation against Hamas in Gaza is the third since 2008, and it occurs against the backdrop of weeks of rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions after the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teens in the occupied West Bank — which Israel has blamed on Hamas — and the suspected revenge killing of an Arab youth in East Jerusalem. Since the abduction of the three Israelis last month, mortar rounds and rocket shells have been fired at Israel almost daily from Gaza, including almost 100 on Monday, according to the Israeli military.
In a sign that the cross-border conflict could widen, Israel said that it had called up 1,500 reservists and was mobilizing two infantry brigades, artillery, combat bulldozers and tanks along the Gaza border in preparation for a possible ground invasion. The Israeli cabinet subsequently approved the call-up of an additional 40,000 army reservists, according to the Defense Ministry.
The operation "won't end in a day, and it won't end in two days; it will take time," Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Israel's cabinet minister for internal security, told Channel 2 TV.
In Gaza, residents filled mosques for Ramadan prayers, and patriotic songs blared on car radios as Hamas and other militant groups spent the day and night lobbing short- and medium-range Qassam, Grad and Fajr-5 rockets at Israeli territory.
The Israeli military said a small party of Gaza frogmen attempted a raid near the seaside Israeli army base in Zikim, just north of the Gaza border. Hamas took credit for the incursion and said its fighters used scuba gear to infiltrate Israel. Israeli soldiers who stopped them killed four Hamas militants, who arrived on the beach with grenades and automatic weapons, and one Israeli soldier was wounded in the fight, the Israeli military said.
Hours after Israel initiated what it called "Operation Protective Edge," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the army to "take their gloves off" against Hamas and increase attacks on Gaza, according to an account by a senior Israeli official.
Early Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli military said it killed Mohammed Shaaban, 24, who Israeli officials described as an important Hamas operative in Gaza. In Gaza City, the car carrying Shaaban was struck by a missile while crossing a busy intersection near the main market, witnesses said.
An hour after the strike, young men were using their fingers to remove bits of flesh and bone that had splattered across shop windows and stucco walls. They collected the remains in plastic bags to return to the families for burial. Witnesses at the scene said three other passengers were riding in the four-door sedan. They said the car exploded into flames after it was struck by at least two missiles.
"We saw one of the passengers beheaded," said Munair Kitani, who works at a print shop across the street from the site of the attack. "The head flew into the street. The driver lost his arms. The others? It was hard to tell. We tried to count the hands or feet, but it was all mixed together."
Also among the dead were seven people, including three teens, who were killed in an airstrike on the three-story cinder-block house of a Hamas operative in the teeming city of Khan Yunis, Hamas officials said. The operative apparently was not among the casualties.
One of the occupants of the house, Sawsan Kawarea, said she received a call on her mobile telephone from a caller who identified himself as "David" from the Israeli military — apparently one of the warnings Israel says it issues to prevent civilian deaths.
"He asked for me by name. He said, 'You have women and children in the house. Get out. You have five minutes before the rockets come,' " Kawarea said.
She ran outside with her children, she said. A first, small missile struck the house — what Gazans call an Israeli "warning rocket." After the first strike, a crowd of young men ran into the house and up to the roof, thinking they would either protect the house from another strike or die defying the Israeli bombardment.
A second, much more destructive missile hit the home five minutes later. The attack leveled the building and sent dazed and panicked people into a small sandy alley, their faces covered in white dust and blood. Hamas medical officials said more than a dozen people were wounded.
In response to the Israeli strike on the house — one of several targeted — Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zohri said, "This strike in Khan Yunis against women and children is awful. After this war crime, all Israelis become legitimate targets for the resistance."
Hamas was not the only militant group firing rockets at Israel, and it was not the only one targeted by retaliatory strikes. A spokesman for the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said his group decided to join the assault against Israel on Tuesday by firing 60 rockets in three hours.
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What's for dinner tonight?posted @5:00pm ET on August 6, 2012
Why are Mondays always so hectic? I start my day at 7:00 AM and finish at about 9:00 PM. There are so many opportunities for road bumps throughout the day. I really try to roll with the punches. It's a real test of endurance for me. I know we all have at least one day every week that really tests us.
For me, it's all about small snacks spaced throughout the day to keep my energy level up. Also, my personality can really take a turn for the worse when I don't get enough to eat!
I realized that it's best for me to have a dinner game plan arranged the day before. I eat leftovers from Sunday when I can to make Mondays a little easier. Last night I made a spinach and cheese quiche (added onions and hot sauce to the mix to give it an extra kick of flavor!) I really love Frank's Red Hot Sauce. It's a nice level of heat, without being overwhelming.
Here's a pic of my quiche!
What are you having for dinner tonight?
What should I have tomorrow night? Any wheat-free suggestions?
Please share the yummy and healthy meals you are cooking up!
@ 12:30pm ET on August 7, 2012 I had an easy-peasy pasta dinner last night - it's been SO hot here in Portland that I had to really talk myself into going to the gym (the idea of sweating even more than I already was was NOT that tempting!), and by the time I got out of the gym, I didn't want to have to prepare any big fancy dinner. Whole wheat pasta plus a souped-up sauce (we always add tons of fresh, chopped veggies into our jarred pasta sauces), and a really easy side salad of romaine lettuce was what we settled on for a quick and nutritious dinner!
@ 3:24pm ET on August 7, 2012 Last night was quinoa, tomato soup (Trader Joe's)* and a rice cracker with ricotta cheese. I've been wheat free for 5 days :) bye bye wheat belly :D
Arielle, In our family we call that a "mean hungry." The spinach quiches looks yummy.
*money saving side note: There is a Trader Joes about 80 miles away and it's so worth going and getting the tomato soup for $2.50 for the carton. I was paying over $5 for the Imagine brand. They are building another TJ's in Sarasota, about 40 miles away, hurray! =^.^=
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"Are you sure you want the combination noodle soup?" asked our waiter, eyebrows arching. "It has everything in it—heart, liver, meat..."
He nodded as we reassured him that that was the very reason we wanted to try it, but still-skeptical smile seemed to say "well, I warned them," as he continued taking our order.
The joy of visiting a restaurant like New Phnom Penh is having the chance to experience new flavors and textures. As long as you go in willing to argue for that right, you'll be setting yourself up for a meal that gets to the heart of why we explore new places (and restaurants).
That combination noodle soup turned out to be one of the menu's many highlights. Its clear, chicken-based broth had a distinctly earthy, organ-y aroma and flavor, with thin-sliced pig heart and liver, more aromatically subdued pork and shaved fish cake floating throughout. Bracing greens provided punch while a slippery knot of noodles, glassine and tender, anchored.
Beef and beef-ball noodle soup was more familiar, its delicate slices of meat and fluffy (if vaguely industrial) meatballs floating in a sweeter broth limned with a gentle, fish-saucy funk. Both bowls came with a side plate of sprouts, stems of fresh basil and lime wedges, components that, no matter how much was added, thankfully never dominated the true focal flavors.
Seafood fried with large noodles was remarkable for the density of the broad, flat pasta as well as the teeth-sticking texture of the thick sauce, nutty and sweet. If only there had been more shrimp and less crab stick, this would have been one of the best Asian noodle dishes I've had this year.
Seafood with ginger leaned a touch too heavily on sliced fish cake, but the overall impression of the preparation, like the noodle one, was an overwhelming sense of deliciousness. In this case, success rested on the unexpected yellow curry perfume, its intimation of spiciness rolling across the tongue.
A different, more feminine perfume permeated the chicken with lemongrass. But here, too, as with so much of New Phnom Penh's food, the primary flavor was not the only one that counted. The kitchen here turns out intricately, subtly layered food, and often when you think you've understood a dish, another supporting flavor or texture comes to the fore. In a way, those bowls of soup are a decent metaphor for much of the menu, with new treats always popping to the surface. As for the chicken, just when the lemongrass seemed to have reached its peak expression on the palate, a deep salinity in the exquisitely moist meat shot through, rendering it impossible to fight the urge for another bite.
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