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Protests were held in cities around the world on Saturday to rally support for the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists currently being held by the Russian government on charges of piracy.
Both activists and governments have been shocked by Russia's decision to level serious piracy charges against Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise crew after a protest against Arctic oil drilling.
On Saturday Moscow authorities hit out at both Greenpeace and the Dutch government under whose flag the environmental lobby group's ship sailed. The Dutch initiated legal action Friday attempting to free the crew.
The US State Department also said it was "monitoring the case very closely."
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WEYMOUTH 1 (Ford 38)
SHORTWOOD UNITED 2 (Gullick 64, Haddock 88)
THE Terras only had themselves to blame after crashing out of the FA Trophy in an appalling manner at the hands of lower-league Shortwood United this afternoon.
Mark Ford put the hosts in command in the first half but after the break they got caught going through the motions as goals by Luke Gullick and Tim Haddock turned the tables in the last 26 minutes.
Shortwood were justifiably ecstatic at the final whistle but one could only sympathise with Terras' boss Brendon King, who had clearly been let down by his players' lack of commitment.
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Four years after the Quad-Cities' brief relationship with the American Hockey League came to an end, the Quad-City Mallards announced an affiliation agreement Tuesday with the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild, and their AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild.
"We're proud to be associated with this great community, and this great organization," said Iowa Wild general manager Jim Mill in a news conference at the iWireless Center in Moline. "We're really looking forward to this relationship."
The agreement will allow for the Mallards to serve as a developmental program for Wild prospects throughout the season.
"We're hoping to provide an opportunity for the Wild to develop players here in the Quad-Cities," said Mallards president Bob McNamara. "We can be a resource for them when they have injuries and they need a player at short notice, we can get them up there within a few hours notice in time to play on the ice."
The Minnesota Wild, who have been an NHL team since 2000, are also affiliated with the Orlando Solar Bears out of the East Coast Hockey League. With the Iowa Wild set to begin their first season in Des Moines after moving from Houston, the Wild organization decided to also align themselves with a team that's more local.
"Geographically, it makes a lot of sense with the Wild's American League team now in Des Moines, just a few hours up the road and obviously Minnesota being a Midwestern team," McNamara said.
This is not the first experience the Quad-Cities has had with the AHL. After flirting with the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers, the area finally secured an AHL team in 2007 with the Quad-City Flames, the affiliate of the Calgary Flames.
The relationship didn't last long, as the Flames only lasted two seasons in the Quad-Cities before moving to Abbotsford, B.C. in 2009. The move was due to financial losses cited by the ownership group.
The Mallards returned to the Quad-Cities the following season but have faced financial difficulties since. Boston Pizza Restaurants took over ownership of the Mallards in June, and this is hopefully a first step in ensuring long-term security for hockey in the Quad-Cities.
"There were some down years and some frustrating years in terms of some different groups that were in here," said McNamara, who took over as team president in January of last year. "I've always been a 'look out the front window' guy rather than a 'rearview mirror' guy, and I know (hockey) was successful many years ago, and there's a lot of passionate fans in this market that care about the Mallards, that care about hockey, and we're going to reach them and reach out to those people, and this helps."
While the agreement is in its infancy, McNamara thinks it will pay long-term dividends to the quality of hockey in the area.
"It's a recruiting tool," he said. "If a player knows that if he signs with the Mallards, at some point he may have a chance to play in the American League in Des Moines, whereas he could sign with another team and not have an opportunity to go up to the American League, he's going to sign with the Mallards. It's going to help us in the long run."
Similar to the Quad-Cities River Bandits, fans should get used to seeing new faces constantly donning the Mallards' sweater. As the Iowa Wild need players because of injury or recalls to the NHL, they will rely on the Mallards to fill the gaps. This means Ruskowski, who also serves as general manager, will be relied on to find new talent.
"That's going to be the work of Terry, to fill those roster spots," McNamara said. "There's other leagues where players may be available to us. There's also players coming out of college that may be available as well. You rely on your coach and GM to fill those holes as the holes are filled."
The Mallards don't take the ice until Oct. 19, when they host the Rapid City Rush. With the hockey season fast approaching, both teams have yet to hold tryouts and finalize rosters.


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A new translation of the Bible called "The Voice" (no, Cee-Lo makes no appearances in this one), published by Thomas Nelson, has created quite a buzz. The discussion is not so much around what is in the newest version, but rather what's left out. According to a recent article on the Huffington Post, the words [Read More…]
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We can all relax– teenagers most of all, presumably – now that the Supreme Court of Canada has decided that text messages are just as private as phone calls.
As The Globe and Mail's Kirk Makin reports today, the top court ruled against an Ontario police force's search of previously sent texts that had been preserved by Telus Corp., one of the country's biggest carriers, which stores sent messages.
"Text messaging bears several hallmarks of traditional voice communication: It is intended to be conversational, transmission is generally instantaneous, and there is an expectation of privacy in the communication," the court said in a 5-2 ruling released this morning.
That, Mr. Makin writes, invalidated a search warrant by the Owen Sound police in 2010.
It's an important decision, one that recognizes the rapid march of technology and follows a decision last month to kill what had been a controversial Internet surveillance scheme.
That, too, sparked complains over incursions on privacy.
"Technical differences inherent in new technology should not determine the scope of protection afforded to private communications," wrote Madam Justice Rosalie Abella.
Telus moved to quash the warrant that had been issued on the grounds that texts were private, and needed a judge's wiretap approval.
- Police must treat text messages as private, top court rules
- Globe Editorial: Court wrong to allow police to look into cellphone without warrant
- Harper government kills controversial Internet surveillance bill
Inflation climbs
Canada's annual inflation more than doubled in February, but to a still-tame 1.2 per cent, pushed higher by gas prices.
Indeed, Statistics Canada said today, gas prices surged 8.4 per cent in February alone, marking the biggest monthly increase since May 2008.
On an annual basis, inflation jumped from 0.5 per cent in January. Over the course of the year, gas was up almost 4 per cent.
Prices for the vehicles it fuels also climbed, by 2.5 per cent year over year. Just sayin'.
Over the course of the 12 months, prices rose in seven of the eight areas measured by Statistics Canada. Only the cost of clothing and shoes fell, though they rose sharply on the month.
Food prices also rose, by 1.9 per cent from a year earlier, largely because of higher costs for meat and fresh fruit.
Here's a tip: prices for non-alcoholic drinks dropped by more than 4 per cent.
Where the Bank of Canada is concerned, so-called core prices, which strip out volatile items and help guide the central bank, climbed 1.4 per cent over the year. That was up from the annual pace of 1 per cent in January.
"Following an extreme period of discounting around the turn of the year, Canadian inflation trends have popped back to normal with lightning speed," said chief economist Douglas Porter of BMO Nesbitt Burns.
"Still, even with the hefty rise in February, Canadian headline and core inflation is still much closer to the lower end of the BoC's target range at little more than 1 per cent," he added.
"This doesn't look to represent the start of a new trend of rising inflation, but does show that the very mild readings at the start of the year were an aberration. With core inflation now not far from where the BoC expected, we believe this doesn't materially change the timetable for eventual rate hikes (i.e. second half of next year). "
Cyprus readies controls
Cyprus plans to slap strict controls on how much cash can leave the ailing country in advance of the reopening of its banks tomorrow.
At this point, the restrictions will run for seven days.
Markets have been waiting to see how forceful the government would be on capital controls in the midst of the banking crisis.
"As capital control measures are still in place for Icelandic depositors following their banking collapse five years ago, it does call into question the Cypriot government's insistence that these will only be 'temporary,'" said market analyst Alastair McCaig at IG in London.
This came as the country's central bank ousted the chief executive officer of the biggest commercial bank, Bank of Cyprus.
- Cyprus to limit cash, credit-card use abroad
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British banks told to boost buffers
A key committee of the Bank of England believes the country's banks should boost their capital levels by £25-billion, or $38-billion (U.S.) this year as a buffer against future crises.
That was the recommendation today from the Financial Policy Committee to the Prudential Regulation Authority after a study of the country's banks and building societies.
"The PRA should take steps to ensure that, by the end of 2013, major U.K. banks and building societies hold capital resources equivalent to at least 7 per cent of their risk-weighted assets, as assessed on the basis described in Recommendation 1," the committee said.
"Relative to that benchmark, major U.K. banks and building societies in aggregate currently have a shortfall in capital of around £25-billion."
- British regulator tells banks to raise another $38-billion to boost stability
- Canada's big banks told to hold more capital on books by 2016
Diana Carney under fire
Diana Carney is in the eye of a British storm over a comment she reportedly made about how much trouble the family's having trying to find a house in London.
It's the latest controversy surrounding Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, who will soon be at the helm of the Bank of England, over his hefty compensation, which will include an annual housing allowance of £250,000, or some $385,000.
Ms. Carney, an economist at Canada 2020, is reported to have seemingly joked via Twitter that "maybe I'll be able to find a place to live in London after all," referring to news about how the French government is pulling back on its tax-the-rich program, which has seen high-income earners quit Paris for London, limiting availability of housing.
"Her husband is getting a housing allowance that is more than many of my constituents earn in 10 years," Labour MP John Mann told The Daily Mail.
"I would be happy to help her find suitable accommodation. I'm prepared to move out of my London flat for her which will be available at just 4 per cent of her housing allowance."
Mr. Carney has defended the compensation on the basis of the high cost of living in London.
Times are tough in Britain, of course, where 2.5 million people are out of work, one of the reasons the government chased Mr. Carney to take the job.
Ms. Carney, who was born in Britain, reportedly tweeted her comment with a link to a news story, though that can't be verified because her tweets are locked from full public view.
The British press is having a field day.
"That's rich: new Bank chief's wife condemned for London rents moan," is how The Guardian put it yesterday.
"City Diary: Does Diana Carney dare to joke about £250,000 housing budget?" said The Telegraph.
The Daily Mail was particularly harsh online: "How DOES one live in London on £1-million? New Bank of England chief's wife blames influx of wealthy French to London for her struggle to find a home (despite £5,000 a week allowance)."
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Art Director: Gary Ennis
Copywriter: Shawn Couzens
Logo design: Ribal Rayess
Photographer: Mark Laita
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This copy reminds me of that Nike Ad: Michal Jordan 1 x Isaac Newton 0
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I'm sorry, but when did food colouring in water become reclassifed as "pure"?
That's actually what I like about it. Instead of seeing some definable shape in the fluid, it's really just a product demo. Which is cool.
Great creative. But the strategy is weak as the product doesn't stand out.
I don't think that any of you even understand what this ad is about. It's pomegranate and acai berry extract, hence the eye dropper. NOT [FOR] PURIFIED WATER or SMOKE DESIGNS! (thought of course the water it's being dipped into is pure, for the sake of the brand name) Pomegranates have an abundance of antioxidants (vitamins) which are OBVIOUSLY healthy. Being healthy improves longevity, how you feel, and YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE. They are targeting the want of people to stay 'young'. That is the reasoning for the "Mother Nature: 1 Father Time: 0" bit.
As a graphic designer I would give this ad a low A, docking points only because the main design should have been moved up and to the left (or made a little smaller) to allow for the information+image in the lower right corner to be larger. Otherwise a brilliant design overall. The drop design is appealing to the eye and when you find that you don't understand it there is information to which the design directly leads your eye to. Very well done.
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LONDON: Despite Americain's dramatic Melbourne Cup win unfolding while Europe was fast asleep, France's biggest sporting newspaper, L'Equipe, was quick to seize on the moment.
''Victorieux - Americain entre dans l'histoire'', read the headline. Victorious: Americain enters history.
''The protege of Alain de Royer-Dupre has entered history becoming the first horse trained in France to bring back [victory] in this mythical Australian race'' reported L'Equipe.
News channel France24 also followed the race, while London newspapers had fun with headlines pronouncing an American had won the 150th Melbourne Cup.
''French raider Americain overhauled fading favourite So You Think up the home straight to win the $6 million Melbourne Cup at a rain-soaked Flemington racecourse on Tuesday,'' reported UK Eurosport.
However, there was greater interest in Americain's trainer, Alain de Royer-Dupre, who has twice won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and is regarded as racing royalty in France and Europe. He is best known with his work with the cream of the Aga Khan's stable.
De Royer-Dupre began training in Normandy but hit stellar heights after moving to Chantilly in 1981, when he became the Aga Khan's principal trainer after the death of the legendary Francois Mathet. His first winner was a horse called El Morucho, in a steeplechase in Nantes in 1972, which led him to start work as a public trainer in nearby Montfort le Rotrou. Success in provincial races led him to Chantilly where, in the past two decades, he has won group 1 races in eight different countries - and now, four continents.
Racing mad Ireland also followed the race, with RTE Racing reporting that the trainer had ''acceded to the desire of the owners to head Down Under'' but ''rather than copying the usually forceful style of Australian jockeys, Mosse sat as quietly as he would have done in a slowly-run contest at Longchamp, stalking So You Think until he wound Americain up for a decisive finishing kick.''
Royer-Dupre told the site: ''When you come from so far away, you don't know what to expect, but I was very impressed - the atmosphere is incredible.''
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The three judges of Maanada Mayilada season 7 (MM 7) Kala master, Namitha and Kushboo were present as judges on the show on 19 February 2012. Judges will reveal the contestants results at the end of the show on the basis of adding this week's marks with the last week. One contestant will be eliminated from the show based on the results.
Puviarasu and Anusha danced to a number choreographed by Mani and got a total score of 46.5. Deepak and Monisha got a total score of 43.5 which was choreographed by Sandy. Antony choreographed Bobby and Swarna's dance and they got a total score of 42.5. Chandru and Ranjitha got a total score of 37.5 and was eliminated from the show for poor performance.
Next performance was Raja and Anandhi and their total score was 39.5. Prakash choreographed Arvind and Swathi's dance number and they got a good score of 46.5. Suresh and Misha danced to a tune choreographed by Chandru and scored 48 which the highest score in this episode.
Next choreography was done by Prem for Surya and Shivani whose total score was 46.5. Final performance by Sujith and Ankitha choreographed by Ramesh and scored 45.
Girish & Sunitha and Fayaz & Anusha danced along with Surya & Shivani who were the old contestants of MM7. Tamilarasan and Sai Prashanth gave a funny and entertaining performance which was choreographed by Gokul.
Sujith and Swathi were selected as the best performers of the week.
The next week's round is expected to be a 60's round where contestants will dance for the tunes of old style.


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Rajasthan University has revised the Time Table for Undergraduate courses BA, BSc, BBA part 1, part 2 part 3. Uniraj revised time table has been uploaded on 7th March 2013.
Previous Uniraj Time table was uploaded on 23rd Feb 2013. Now the time table has been changed for Rajasthan university BA, BSc, BBA 2013 exam.
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A 29-year-old Livonia man accused of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl and forcing her to touch his genitals on four occasions between June 2013 and April 2014 has been arrested.
The victim also told East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies she awoke one time to find her underwear around her ankles and Jason Eric Vallet holding his cellphone over her, the arrest warrant says.
The victim's mother said when she confronted Vallet about the allegations, he admitted to them, the warrant says.
Vallet, 8499 Bergeron St., was booked into Parish Prison on counts of aggravated rape as well as theft and theft of a motor vehicle from another incident.
Baker man thrown from motorcycle, killed
A 34-year-old Baker man died Monday night after his motorcycle ran into an SUV that moved into his lane, Baton Rouge Police said.
As a result of the collision in the 1700 block of Choctaw Drive, Travis Castle was thrown from his 2009 Suzuki motorcycle, Cpl. Don Coppola said in a news release. Castle, of 13828 Blairstown Road, Baker, died at the scene.
Officers responded just after 8:30 p.m. to North 17th Street and Choctaw Drive and determined that Castle was driving west in the outside lane of Choctaw Drive, possibly at a high rate of speed, when a westbound 2010 Mazda CX7 moved from the inside to the outside lane, Coppola said.
The 34-year-old woman driving the Mazda was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, he said.
Anyone with additional information on this case is asked to call the Traffic Homicide Division at (225) 389-7819.
Lightning strikes spark fires, false alarms
Severe weather that swept into Baton Rouge on Tuesday afternoon led to lightning strikes that sparked house fires on Kenmore Avenue and Destrehan Drive.
Firefighters were called to both houses within five minutes of each other shortly after 4 p.m., Baton Rouge fire spokesman Mark Miles said.
Firefighters responded to 878 Kenmore Ave. at 4:07 p.m. and found smoke coming from the roof, Miles said. Inside the house, they found flames in the attic and master bedroom, containing the fire before it spread.
In the other house fire, firefighters arrived at 6216 Destrehan Drive at 4:16 p.m. to find a similar scene — smoke rising from the roof and fire in the attic, Miles said. They were able to extinguish the fire before it spread.
Baton Rouge firefighters also responded to another reported house fire from a lightning strike, but it was a false alarm, Miles said.
St. George firefighters were also called out to two possible fires from lightning strikes that turned out to be false alarms, spokesman Eldon Ledoux said. One was at a business in the Essen Lane area and the other was in a residential area on Highland Road.
Some lightning strikes activate smoke and fire alarms because of the electrical charge they release, so fire departments received a lot of calls during lightning strikes, Ledoux said.
Authorities book six on suspicion of DWI
Authorities arrested at least six people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Monday and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, booking records show.
Those booked and the counts against them:
- Joseph Alvarez, 18, 18634 Magnolia Estates, Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI, reckless operation, driving over the median and improper turn.
- Tonie Bull, 47, 10070 Mead Road, Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI, driving with a suspended license, driver's license suspended/revoked and reckless operation.
- Ryan Burychka, 33, 11011 Cal Road, Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI.
- Margaret Devall, 29, 16458 Oak Ridge Road, Prairieville, first-offense DWI and careless operation.
- Kayla Farrar, 31, 4000 Lake Beau Blvd., Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI, reckless operation, failure to maintain control and driver's license suspended/revoked.
- Traci Lathers, 28, 1705 Chippewa St., Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI, driving with a suspended license, hit-and-run, stop sign/yield sign violation and reckless operation.
Compiled from staff reports. To talk to a crime reporter at The Advocate, call (225) 388-0369.


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The New Horizons Spacecraft awoke from 'hibernation' on December 6th, 2014 and made a flyby of Pluto on Tuesday 14th July 2015 at 11:49:57 UTC.
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- Map surface composition of Pluto and Charon
- Characterize geology and morphology of Pluto and Charon
- Characterize the neutral atmosphere of Pluto and its escape rate
- Search for an atmosphere around Charon
- Map surface temperatures on Pluto and Charon
- Search for rings and additional satellites around Pluto
- Conduct similar investigations of one or more Kuiper Belt Objects
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text: NYC Fast Class - Lessons Learned while Attending the University of Life « Back Header Content To paraphrase Loyola's President Michael J.Garanzini, S.J., an evening with Al Gini, PhD, is an opportunity to "feast at the table of a rare and gifted public intellectual." An author, editor, philosopher, teacher, and very funny man, Dr. Gini puts the "wise" in wise guy. Join him and your fellow alumni for a discussion exploring topics in his recent book, Seeking the Truth in Things: Confessions of a (catholic) Philosopher. Part memoir and part introduction to key philosophical concepts, Seeking the Truth in Things asks the big questions: "Who am I?," "What do I owe others?," "What is love?," and "Why is sinning so much fun?" It's philosophy you can use, and in Dr. Gini's characteristic style, you'll be so busy grinning you won't have noticed you learned something. Register by calling 800.2.LOYOLA (800.256.9652) or click here. This event is part of our Fast Class Series. Join alumni and friends as a Loyola student leader and a faculty star come to your hometown. Stimulate your mind with a fascinating discussion and whet your appetite with food and drink. Network, celebrate, and learn something while you're at it. It's Loyola, but local. Contact InformationAllison Cote820 N. MichiganSuite 911Chicago, Illinois email@example.com & LocationDate: 4/11/2013Time: 6:00 PMLocation: Eventi Hotel851 6th Avenue New York, NY 10001


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Last Sunday was the second installment of the Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series. Troy, Annie and I had been up in Vail since Friday, and both of us were able to ski on Saturday. It was one of the best powder skiing days I have ever had, but I thought I might pay for it the next day in the snowshoe race with tired quads. Luckily I woke up Sunday feeling quite peppy and ready to go.
We had lots of Practical Coaching folks out at the race which always makes things fun. My dad also came up from Aspen to watch the race and he took a ton of great pictures. It's always easier to race with friends and family around. I am the type of person that likes to chat before a race, so this was ideal!
I'm not sure what happened in the Dash For Cash this month. I think they gave the money to someone who didn't run the race, or someone who clearly didn't win. I thought it was between Amy and I...but neither of us won it. Still, it's a great little sprint to take the nerves away!
The course was tough. There was a lot of powder and the path wasn't quite wide enough so my ankles and inner shins are one big bruised up mess. I went out hard and tried to keep a good pace, but eventually you just get tired and end up walking up the big hills. I was proud to say that I didn't walk one step until mile 3. For snowshoe racing...that's a feat!
I also got to race in my new Beyond Clothing Steal Action Shirt, and it is quite the bomb. Not one ounce of snow stuck to it and for being windproof and waterproof it was totally breathable. Loved it! I also got to stay warm before and afterwards in my new Cold Fusion X Jacket. Isn't the lilac color awesome. I love it!
I was able to pass several people in the later half of the race which meant I was hurting less than most. I kicked it into the finish, however with an uphill finish, that's not easy to do!
I got 7th place in the womens 10K field. That's one better than last month. I cut the gap between me and the lady in front of me from 2 minutes to 1. So I think I am making progress. I can feel myself getting stronger and stronger, and I know that the hard work will pay off in Triathlon season with a strong base to build upon.
This race was a huge mental test. It tested your focus and your mental fortitude. I can tell I am getting better in this area. I am also improving on my pre-race mental focus. I am able to get on the line calm and relaxed, confident that I belong in the front, and ready to rock the house when the gun goes off. You learn a little something every race, and in this one I learned that I am getting to be quite the bad a** chick.
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My surgeon said my skin is thick and proposed an alar base reduction so that it would fit within the width of both eyes, but the wide tip would become more apparent. He said no work could be done to the tip. However, my nose has a wide section of skin that separates the ala from the tip, which makes the nose look wider in a frontal view. In fact the angle is 90 degrees on each side. Can this section of skin be taken off so that the angle decreases, thus making it more triangular?
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Thick skin is a challenge for cosmetic rhinoplasty
The photo you submitted does indeed show your ala to be quite wide and alar base reductions would be beneficial. What it sounds like you are asking is if this would make your tip look more bulbous, and what could be done for that. It is certainly possible to narrow your tip, but not excellively so. Septal cartilage can be used as tip grafts and the lower structural cartilages could be narrowed. It will help give you some increased definition of your nose and a more triangilar shape that you would like. However, don't expect a fine, sculpted tip, since it's not really possible with your thick skin.
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Thin skin rhinoplasty
Noses with thick skin can be challenging, however, they can be improved. The shape of the nasal tip cartilages must be changed with suture techniques and tip grafts are almost always used to "push" through the thick skin in order to obtain a tip definition. Many times the thick skin is thinned from the inside. By doing these, the tip is defined.
Narrowing Thick-Skinned Nose
Your alar base should be reduced. Tip skin cannot be removed and the thickness the skin cannot be significantly reduced. However, if necessary, the tip can be narrowed by changing the underlying cartilage.
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Rhinoplasty to narrow nose with thick skin
Thick skin is problematic when operating as it blunts the work being done on the nose. There is really not much that can be done about thick skin. Alarplasty is performed through an incision at the nostril sill along the floor of the nose. A small pie wedge of skin usually 2-4 mm is removed depending upon the patient's needs, wants, and desires. Once removed dissolvable stitches are placed, which narrows the width of the nostril. The incision usually heals very inconspicuously.
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Thick skinned nose
Thick skin poses a challange in rhinoplasty because the surgical sculpture addresses primarily the underlying bones and cartilages. The thick skin will sometimes partially negate the results of the surgical effort. But, with care, one can do things. In your case very careful (!) resection of the underlying fatty subcutaneous layer of the tip can result in some thinning and most importanly permanent sutures placed into the alar cartilage tips can achieve noticable narrowing. So all is not lost. Good luck.
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Rhinoplasty patients with thick or oily skin have different factors that affect rhinoplasty surgery. As plastic surgeons have already stated, patients with thicker skin tend to have swelling for a longer period of time. The tip of the nose may also not be as well-defined or sculpted, as compared to thinner skin rhinoplasty patients. To improve rhinoplasty results in thick skin patients, plastic surgeons may remove extra tissue deep in the skin, inject steroids, and/or add cartilage grafts to the tip area.
In addition, generally for narrowing wide nostrils, rhinoplasty surgeons can alter the flare or width of the nostrils. Alar base reduction may be performed at the initial rhinoplasty surgery, or delayed several months later. Small external incisions are placed at the bottom of the nostrils to narrow & refine the nostril shape. Only after a comprehensive evaluation can a rhinoplasty surgeon help determine appropriate options for you. Best of luck.
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Thick skin rhinoplasty.
From the view you sent it appears that you need alar bare reduction and slight thinning of the tip and tip skin. Very often the tissue under the skin can be dramatically thinned. See an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon for the best results.
Thick skinned nose and tip
Without the benefit of an exam, it does appear that your nose would benefit from narrowing the nostril base. It is also possible to re-shape the nasal tip cartilage and in some cases the skin can be thinned as well to improve the appearance of your tip. You need to have a consultation for a thorough evaluation before proceeding.
Learn more: http://www.antell-md.com/newyorkplasticsurgeon/rhinoplasty_nyc.htm
Rhinoplasty in Patients with Thick Skin
Rhinoplasty in individuals who have thicker skin is a challenge, but one that can have rewarding outcomes. Reshaping the internal cartilage and removing excess fatty tissue from underneath the skin can be successfully performed to provide more definition in a nose with thick skin. Your nose will never show the definition as those patients who genetically have thin skin, but you also will not show small irregularities of the underlying cartilage.
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Vincent Marin, MD, FACS
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Narrowing a thick skin nose
Hello Adrian,
Thick skin noses can be a bit more challenging to operate on and obtain the results desired by the patient, but it is not impossible to narrow the nasal tip. Looking at the basal view you posted it does look like you may benefit from an alar base reduction, but it is important to analyze the entire nose and face in order to make those decisions along with a surgical plan. I find that when operating in patients with thick skin I often have to use cartilage grafts to refine the tip area successfully. In general, we never excise skin when doing a rhinoplasty other than in the alar base or the incision site if needed during an external approach. The area of the lobule that you are describing is never amenable for skin excision. Best of luck to you.
Dr. A. Gantous
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The picture above is a little dated now as Whittards have updated the choice of hot chocolates available in their gift box and the look, it more luxurious now.
I much prefer the range they have available in this gift box shown here which showcased nine flavours. The new range showcases the following hot chocolates from their extensive range. Available in the new gift box is:
This is a selection on some of their best selling lines and leans more towards the more adventurous.
The Mint is my favourite alongside the caramel, the chilli is quite possibly my least, but at least I can share this with friends and family who do like them.
This is one of the good things about this gift pack is there is something for everybody.
The style of their hot chocolates looked special, warm, rich and inviting, a big step up from their 'sins' range.
All these needs to be made with hot milk and you apply three teaspoons of the powder.
Some are more sweeter than others and others like rocky road might be a little overpowering[ who am I kidding?] however overall this is a great gift to purchase someone [or yourself!]
This is more pricier than the previous and especially for less. This retails at £18.
If you are a hot chocolate fan then I plead with you to head over to WHITTARDS.CO.UK and check out their whole range and the hot chocolate accessories they do, mini marshmallows and chocolate stirrers. Delicious!
This was a Christmas gift one year, at the time I had heard of whittards and had a good impression of them as a brand but hadn't actually sampled any of their products. However, I was a great fan of hot chocolate, particularly Starbucks; I just didn't seem to like the instant hot chocolate from supermarkets that you make at home that much in comparison.
It is a large box with a see through bit so you know what you're getting, and whittards logo. It is called the chocolate sins gift set as each different flavour is personified with a different deadly sin. There are 7 flavours of hot chocolate in the box which are; mint, caramel, luxury (milk chocolate flavour), white, ginger, 70% cocoa (dark chocolate flavour) and atzec chill. I feel like this is a good selection, with some safe flavours everyone will like such as luxury then some less appealing ones. I didn't use all of my flavours, but the rest of the people in my house liked them so it was okay! In addition to this you also get dark and milk chocolate sprinkles with this.
It is very simple how to make this hot chocolate, and instructions are provided on both the big box and the individual box (however a weakness of the product is the way they are all in individual boxes, if they aren't used quickly they could go off). You simply get 4-5 heaped tea spoons of the hot chocolate and stir it into hot milk. I think it is implied you have a cup of hot milk and then stir the powder in, but I find this too messy and would rather just heat the milk up in a pan and then whisk the powder in before pouring into the cup!
The product itself is also really good, I didn't like all of the flavours but that is just my taste; the ones that I did like were lovely. The luxury hot chocolate in particular was just so much better than your normal powder hot chocolate, it just tasted so chocolatey and creamy not at all like the weak substitutes you get! It is on the website currently for £22 but is on promotion this week with £10 off, I'd definitely recommend buying it now; it is a good way of trying all the different Whittards flavours.
This is a perfect gift set for Chocolate lovers or those wanting to sample all of Whittards Hot Chocolate flavours. The set was retailing at £20 but after Christmas and currently is for sale in store and online for only £10.
The set contains a selection of 7 hot chocolates; Mint, Caramel, Luxury, White, Ginger, 70% Cocoa and Chilli. And 2 chocolate sprinkles; Milk and Dark chocolate. Each Hot Chocolate is 150g and each bag of sprinkles is 80g. All are suitable for vegetarians, and all bar 2 suitable for vegans.
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I really love this set because I am a huge chocolate fan and found this a nice present for any occasion but it also allowed me to try each flavour without having to buy the full size bags. I also like how it contains chocolate sprinkles too for that extra special treat.
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Warming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold consequences for the entire food chain and carbon cycling in the region.
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, along with colleagues in Portugal and Mexico, plotted the yearly spring bloom of phytoplankton-tiny plants at the base of the ocean food chain-in the Arctic Ocean and found the peak timing of the event has been progressing earlier each year for more than a decade. The researchers analyzed satellite data depicting ocean color and phytoplankton production to determine that the spring bloom has come up to 50 days earlier in some areas in that time span.
The earlier Arctic blooms have roughly occurred in areas where ice concentrations have dwindled and created gaps that make early blooms possible, say the researchers, who publish their findings in the March 9 edition of the journal Global Change Biology.
During the one- to two-week spring bloom, which occurs in warm as well as cold regions, a major influx of new organic carbon enters the marine ecosystem through a massive peak in phytoplankton photosynthesis, which converts carbon dioxide into organic matter as part of the global carbon cycle. Phytoplankton blooms stimulate production of zooplankton, microscopic marine animals, which become a food source for fish.
Mati Kahru, lead author of the study and a research oceanographer in the Integrative Oceanography Division at Scripps, said it's not clear if the consumers of phytoplankton are able to match the earlier blooms and avoid disruptions of their critical life-cycle stages such as egg hatching and larvae development.
"The spring bloom provides a major source of food for zooplankton, fish and bottom-dwelling animals," he said. "The advancement of the bloom time may have consequences for the Arctic ecosystem."
Such a match or mismatch in timing could explain much of the annual variability of fish stocks in the region.
"The trend towards earlier phytoplankton blooms can expand into other areas of the Arctic Ocean and impact the whole food chain," say the authors, who used satellite data from 1997-2010 to create their bloom maps.
The NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program and the National Science Foundation provided financial support for the research. The satellite data were provided by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group, ESA GlobColour group, the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Kahru's coauthors include Greg Mitchell, a Scripps Oceanography research biologist, Vanda Brotas of the University of Lisbon in Portugal and Marlenne Manzano-Sarabia of Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa in Mexico.
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New data from the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab shows the pentaquark doesn't appear in one place it was expected.
The result contradicts earlier findings in this same region and adds to the controversy over whether research groups from around the world have caught a glimpse of the so-called pentaquark, a particle built of five quarks.
Researchers in Jefferson Lab's CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) collaboration took data with a high energy photon beam on a liquid hydrogen target.
In a similar experiment conducted by the SAPHIR collaboration at the ELectron Stretcher Accelerator (ELSA) in Bonn, Germany, a signal revealing a pentaquark was observed.
However, the Jefferson Lab team, whose data contained two orders of magnitude better statistics, found no evidence of the pentaquark.
Raffaella De Vita, a staff scientist at Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Genova and a Jefferson Lab CLAS collaboration member, presented the preliminary results in a post-deadline talk at the American Physical Society's (APS) April Meeting, Session B4 on April 16.
What the Jefferson Lab CLAS collaboration data shows is that in this particular channel there is no pentaquark at a level of precision at least 50 times higher than the published SAPHIR result.
The CLAS researchers in this analysis will take another round of data in 2006 to look for the pentaquark in a different channel and at higher energies.
Jefferson Lab researchers are currently in the midst of several dedicated hunts for the pentaquark, including an experiment repeating Jefferson Lab's original pentaquark search with much higher statistics.
That data is still being analyzed, and researchers expect to present the results later this year.
The first pentaquark sighting was announced by SPring-8 researchers in the spring of 2003, and the same year, Jefferson Lab, ITEP and ELSA researchers announced that they, too, may have spotted tantalizing hints of the particle in data previously taken in other experiments.
For instance, the SAPHIR collaboration's evidence of the Theta-plus pentaquark came from data they took in 1997/98 and indicated a pentaquark mass of 1540 MeV (million electron volts).
Several experiments since then have backed up these early sightings, while others have failed to confirm the sightings.
Most ordinary matter is built of quarks. They're usually found in twos (as particles called mesons) and threes (as particles called baryons, such as protons and neutrons).
While the pentaquark's five-quark configuration is not forbidden by the theory of the strong interaction, finding one would be the first sighting of an exotic baryon.
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Can I add colour to candy melts?
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 01:33 PM
DS2 is having a Lego birthday party. I have a mould to make Lego bricks and I was going to do them with candy melts, but the colours aren't as bold as actual Lego colours. Can I colour the candy melts with gel colours? (eg, I would add yellow to yellow candy melts)
Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:30 PM
Apparently it seizes if you use gel colour, I did read that you can add oil if this happens. You should use powder colour.
Google Bakerella, she has some good tutorials. I was watching cake pops last night using candy melts.
Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:43 PM
Go to House and ask advice. There is an additive you can get that allows you to do it - I heard it at a cake pop demo, but I was a bit distracted by the kids climbing up, trying to steal the cake pops!
Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:58 PM
Wilton make Candy colours - colours specifically for chocolate/candy melts, Americolor also make a colouring for candy melts/chocolate - they are oil based rather than water based as per gel. I have used the Wilton ones without any problem at all, although the other week I needed pink chocolate and was sure I had some red in teh cupboard, I ,elted the choc and pulled out the box - no red (oh I remembered I used it all on Elmo cake pops the other month) panic panic google and I used Wilton gel colouring which thickened the chocolate (but did not seize it fortunately)so I thinned it with a little melted copha and it was perfect.
Posted 19 November 2012 - 11:07 PM
I used coloured fondant when i did my lego bits using the silcone moulds. They came out much easier than the candy melts (I tried them first).
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I used coloured fondant when i did my lego bits using the silcone moulds. They came out much easier than the candy melts (I tried them first).
Did you just press the fondant into the moulds?
I assumed the candy melts would come out as easily as chocolates do and hold their shape better than fondant.
I will try our local Kitchen Warehouse for candy colours and advice - it's massive and usually there's someone who actually seems to know what they're talking about.
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- 1/2 pound oyster and shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced (2 cups)
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
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- 1 cup fresh ricotta cheese (8 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped chervil
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped chives
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped tarragon
In a medium skillet, heat the 1/4 cup of olive oil. Add the mushrooms and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add the shallot and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the wine and cook until evaporated, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.
Light a grill or preheat a grill pan and lightly oil a rimless baking sheet. On the baking sheet, stretch each ball of pizza dough out to a 12-inch round; brush with extra-virgin olive oil. Carefully slide the dough rounds onto the grill and cook over moderately high heat, shifting the rounds to prevent scorching, until lightly browned on the bottom, about 2 minutes. Flip the rounds and spread 1/2 cup of the fresh ricotta cheese over each one. Scatter the sautéed mushrooms and herbs over the flatbreads and grill until heated through, about 2 minutes.
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A Sydney father holidaying on the NSW South Coast with his family drowned while attempting to rescue his two sons yesterday afternoon, police said.
The death comes just weeks after the drowning death of Shane O'Neill and his young sons, Riley and Travis, also on the South Coast.
Just before 5pm the 50-year-old man from Concord West spotted his two teenage sons in trouble in the surf at Mollymook Beach, near Ulladulla, and went to help.
Two surfers came to help and the boys, aged 19 and 17, made it safely to shore.
But the father got into difficulties and had to be brought into shore by the surfers and police, police said.
Emergency services officers and police tried to resuscitate the man but they were unsuccessful, police said.
Police said the boys were on bodyboards and the mother was on the beach watching as the events unfolded.
"It would appear that it's a drowning," Inspector Bill Carter, from Nowra, said.
"We've got to prepare a report for the coroner and carry out investigations into the death. We also have to get the results of the post mortem examination," he said.
"It would appear they may have been caught in a rip.," he said. "They've gotten into difficulty and dad's gone into help and it's gone bad An unfortunate chain of events."
Inspector Carter said both ambulances officers and police arrived at the beach quickly and lifesavers also attended.
He said there were not big surf conditions where the family got into trouble, but there were dangerous rips.
Inspector Carter said police were still interviewing witnesses and some of the man's family have yet to be notified. He said the accident was a reminder of how dangerous the surf can be.
"It's not uncommon in this area for people to get into trouble in surf, some with tragic results," he said.
Rodney Austin, president of Mollymook Surf Lifesaving Club, said the surf club was three kilometres away, at the opposite end of the beach, and there were no flags at the beach as patrols did not start until Christmas.
"Our emergency call-out team were called and proceeded to the north end, but by the time they got there the father had been brought in unconscious," he said.
NSW Premier Nathan Rees said the tragedy was a timely reminder about water safety.
"It's another reminder of the paradox of the attraction of water, but also its danger,'' he told reporters at Penrith in Sydney's west on Friday.
"We can have all the signs up we like, we can have all the fences up we like. There is no substitute for vigilance.''
Three weeks ago a father and his two young sons drowned in choppy waters below a wharf at Tathra, on the South Coast.
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At the head of the table, just now, the koh-i-noor, or the gentleman with the diamond.
I cannot philosophically account for the koh-i-noor's wrath.
I have my koh-i-noor—my desire to depart and surrender my life to God.
He stooped down and picked up the pieces as carefully as if they were cuttings from the koh-i-noor.
The koh-i-noor, by the way, which was found in India only weighs 186 karats.
If she had given him the koh-i-noor he could not have been better pleased.
He who compacts his carbon into a koh-i-noor has infinite supplies of it.
It's easy enough to fall in love with a star in the blue heavens, the koh-i-noor diamond, or the second folio of Shakespeare.
It's as big as the koh-i-noor, which is the largest in the world.
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Asian dust is a seasonal meteorological phenomenon caused by the displacement of atmospheric pollutants from the Mongolian and Chinese deserts. Although the frequency of Asian dust events and atmospheric dust levels have steadily increased in the eastern Asia region, the effects on human health remain poorly understood. In the present study, the impact of Asian dust on human health was determined in terms of allergic reactions. A total of 25 healthy volunteers were tested for a relationship between serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels and subjective symptoms during a 3-day Asian dust event recorded in April 2012. They filled daily questionnaires on the severity of nasal, pharyngeal, ocular, respiratory, and skin symptoms by a self-administered visual analog scale. Serum levels of non-specific IgE and 33 allergen-specific IgE molecules were analyzed. Spearman rank-correlation analysis revealed significant positive associations between nasal symptom scores and 2 microbial-specific IgE levels (
Asian dust events are massive meteorological phenomena during which fine particles from Taklamakan Desert, Gobi Desert, and Loess Plateau in inland China are blown into the atmosphere and carried by westerly winds into northeast Asia. There is a steady increase in the frequency of these events and atmospheric dust levels in East Asia because of industrial pollutants and active desertification in China [
We previously reported an association between skin symptoms and Asian dust events [
The study subjects were 25 healthy volunteers. They lived in Yonago, which is among the cities with the highest annual frequency of Asian dust events in western Japan. The volunteers were selected from students and staff of the Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, and provided informed consent. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University.
Symptom scores were measured daily from 19 to 30 April 2012 to monitor allergic responses before, during, and after the Asian dust event (23–25 April 2012, visibility < 10 km; Japan Meteorological Agency). All participants completed questionnaires covering nasal (sneezing, nasal discharge, congestion, and itching), pharyngeal (sore throat and scratchy throat), ocular (itching, lacrimation, hyperemia, and bleary eyes), respiratory (cough, sputum, breathlessness, chest pain, chest discomfort, and dyspnea), and skin (itching, eczema, pain, and reddish skin) symptoms. The participants recorded daily symptoms by self-administered visual analog scale (VAS; 0–5 points), and the score was calculated as the average number of points per symptom per person. Asian dust-related symptom scores were obtained on 24–26 April: one day behind Asian dust days, because the effect of Asian dust on subjective symptoms is perceived to become clear at second day after dust exposure in previous study [
Serum levels of non-specific IgE and 33 allergen-specific IgEs were measured after the Asian dust events to account for delayed peak allergic response using a chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (MAST33, SRL Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). The allergen-specific IgEs included food allergens (buckwheat, wheat, peanut, soybean, rice, tuna, salmon, shrimp, crab, cheddar cheese, milk, beef, chicken, and egg), pollen allergens (timothy grass, vernal grass,
All data analyses were performed using SPSS 21.0 for Windows (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). The relationships between symptom scores and allergy indicators were assessed using Spearman rank-correlation, with a significance level of 5%.
During 3 days of an Asian dust event, the average level of suspended particulate matter (SPM, a diameter of ≤10 μm) obtained from Tottori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science was 34.3 μg/m3 in Yonago (average of SPM levels of non-Asian dust days during the study period was 13.6 μg/m3). Asian dust-related symptom scores were as follows: nasal, 0.42; pharyngeal, 0.23; ocular, 0.15; respiratory, 0.00; and skin, 0.18. In addition, time-course analysis of SPM levels and symptom scores (except for respiratory) was conducted from 19 to 30 April 2012 (
The average serum level of each allergen-specific IgE (lumicount: ≤1.40, negative; 1.40–2.77, false-positive; ≥2.78, positive) was as follows: buckwheat, 0.27; wheat, 0.84; peanut, 0.40; soybean, 0.59; rice, 0.44; tuna, 0.41; salmon, 0.44; shrimp, 0.43; crab, 2.67; cheddar cheese, 0.83; milk, 1.08; beef, 0.65; chicken, 0.10; egg, 0.84; timothy grass, 5.02; vernal grass, 8.19;
The correlation coefficients between the symptom scores and serum levels of IgE were significant for two fungal allergens, namely
Time-course measurements of SPM levels and symptom scores from 19 to 30 April 2012. The gray zone indicates the Asian dust event.
Spearman rank-correlation coefficients between symptom scores and IgE serum levels.
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The present study shows that nasal symptom scores collected during Asian dust events are primarily associated with IgE levels of microbial allergens (
Recent studies have showed that microbes, such as bacteria and fungi, migrate vast distances during Asian dust events by attaching themselves to dust particles [
Cedar pollinosis is a major public health issue in spring, and allergy to house dust is a common condition in Japan. In our study, the serum levels of IgE for cedar, house dust mite, and house dust were very high (41.59, 11.60, and 11.76 lumicount, respectively) compared with those for other allergens. Although these allergens may be problematic for the Japanese population, the present study suggests that they are not related to the symptoms developing during Asian dust events.
The main limitation of this study was the possible interference by other environmental factors such as pollen dispersal and local air pollution. However, pollen dispersal in Yonago was particularly low in April 2012 than in previous months. Moreover, there is no major source of air pollution in this area, aside from a polluting factory and motor vehicles. Finally, we could not assess the impact of Asian dust events by multivariate analysis due to an insufficient sample size. Therefore, large-scale studies including multiple environmental data and confirmation of fungal attachment to Asian dust particles in the survey area are required to confirm the relationships identified in the present study.
This is the first report demonstrating an association between nasal symptoms and fungal allergen IgE levels during Asian dust events. This study also emphasizes the need to consider type 1 hypersensitivity as a significant health risk during Asian dust events.
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number: 23510027) and the Assessment and Control of Dust Emission in Degraded Drylands of East Asia, Tottori University.
Shinji Otani conceived and designed of the study and drafted the article. Kazunari Onishi participated in the design of the study and interpreted data. Haosheng Mu and Takenobu Hosoda collected and assembled data. Youichi Kurozawa and Masahide Ikeguchi approved the final manuscript.
The authors have no conflict of interest associated with this study.


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It's Day No. Seven. 7 Non-Consecutive Days of getting our creative act together. Yay us! If this is all new to you, please go read the introduction to see what we are up to. There are two days to go, today and Day Eight {Saturday}! I know that Day Seven was actually supposed to be Thursday but I messed myself up with the whole non-consecutive thing and thought it was supposed to be Friday! Even I can't follow what we're doing. But the important announcement is that the Creativity Queue Challenge Hostesses for Day No. 7 are Miranda of Bookspells and Wendy of Late Start Studio! Please pop over to their blogs and say hello - they've been waiting for 24 hours and must be tired.
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- Wrote 507 words for the shortish story I'm writing, which brings the total for the week to 1,227. No photographs of that, though.
- Decorated a box to contain my pens, markers, calligraphy pens, etc for a workshop I'm taking in the near future. Photos will be posted eventually.
- Facilitated the stringing project for my kids' school. The artwork will be auctioned at our school fundraiser next month. Each child did one color of the project as we wound our way around the pegs on a 30x30" board that another room parent built. I'll add more photos to the post, they are on my phone because I forgot the Nikon the day we finished.
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The goal of the present study was to validate the Child Stress Symptoms Inventory for use with a local population. The participants were 255 children, six to 14 years old, of both sexes, attending public schools, and nine psychologists. The children responded to the ISS-C and the psychologists filled a questionnaire. The results led to a new instrument: The Child Stress Scale. The analysis of reliability revealed a high level of internal consistency (Cronbach alfa). The factor analysis revealed four factors: physical, psychological, psychological with depressive components, and psychophysiological. Factor analysis also showed a high correlation among the factors, leading to a unique underlying factor. The study revealed a significant correlation between individual and group applications. It was concluded that the SSC can be considered a reliable and valid instrument to measure stress in children.
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