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Plane Swoops to Drop Fire Retardant on Arizona Brushfire
A brushfire broke out alongside Interstate 17 in Arizona, near Cordes Lakes, on June 29.
Footage of the fire uploaded to Twitter shows a plane dropping flame retardant on the blaze next to the interstate.
As of the evening of June 29, Arizona's Department of Transportation had closed southbound I-17. Credit: @deez_nutts2007 via Storyful


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In a Nutshell: The mission of The Carter Center, founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, is to advance peace, justice, and human rights around the world. This includes peace programs that give marginalized members of society equal access to information about their governments and communities. The Carter Center depends on the support of corporate partners and individuals committed to social good to fund programs in more than 80 countries. By giving to The Carter Center, supporters of social good help its efforts to improve women's rights and access information throughout the world.
In a society where knowledge flows freely, it's easy to take access to information for granted. Although it is a provision in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ready and equal access to information — from governments to municipalities — isn't a reality in many communities across the globe.
"They say information is power for a reason: If you are without information, you are powerless. And it is the marginalized who are the least likely to get information, so the problem perpetuates itself," said Laura Neuman, Director of the Global Access to Information (ATI) Program at The Carter Center.
Providing people the knowledge and tools they need to better themselves is foundational to advancing human rights, which is why it's a key area of focus for The Carter Center. As a non-governmental organization, the Center relies on the generous support of donors to carry out its mission. Anyone with a passion for human rights and social justice can make a donation to help share information rights with the rest of the world.
In Liberia, where the Center works closely with community leaders to teach women about their rights, Neuman has seen many stories that underscore the simple, yet profound, impact of knowledge. During a follow-up meeting Neuman attended, several women shared the outcome of their newfound awareness.
"After learning she had the right to information, one woman asked why she was forced to pay primary school fees when it was supposed to be free. First, she went to the district office and they threatened her. She then went to the village chief who was very supportive, and together they went to the ministry of education," Neuman said. "Not only did they get proof she shouldn't be paying fees, but the ministry changed the whole system to ensure everyone knew they shouldn't be paying fees and dealt with schools that had been pocketing the money."
Through the ATI Program and other initiatives, The Carter Center is helping people worldwide overcome barriers to knowledge. That equips both people and power structures to pursue justice, better themselves, and strengthen communities.
Built on President Carter's Commitment to World Health, Peace, and Human Rights
The Atlanta-based Carter Center owes its nearly 40-year legacy to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. When President Carter lost his bid for re-election in 1980, he and his wife founded the Center as a way to continue the work they'd started in the White House.
"President Carter was one of the first to talk about human rights and turn his attention to human rights offenders. That was the cornerstone of what he wanted to do, and to continue the work he'd started around conflict resolution," Neuman said. "Previously, presidents just had libraries and museums, but they founded The Carter Center to be less of a think tank and more of an active entity."
The Carter Center divides its work into two areas: health programs and peace programs. Its health programs work to eradicate neglected tropical diseases through better training and health care systems. And the Carter Center's peace programs address issues of human rights, conflict resolution, democracy — including its well-known election observations — and access to information and justice through Global ATI, the program that Neuman directs.
"It's about trying to provide access to the tools they need to enjoy the rights of citizenship. A lot of what I've done centers on issues of transparency and accountability through a human rights prism," she said. "It's not just about the information, but what someone can do with that information. A necessary component of that is having good laws around freedom of information and raising awareness so people know their rights and value."
Today, the Carter Center works in more than 80 countries and has made significant progress in areas of disease prevention, health care, avenues for peace, and promoting international standards for human rights. While President Carter has retired from his position as chairman of the board, he still regularly meets with the Center's leadership to offer insight.
"His knowledge of current events and history is staggering. While he's stepped back from the Center a bit, he's still very much a part of the fabric. When it comes to knowledge, especially, we have a hard time keeping up with him," Neuman said.
Working with Governments to Ensure Equal Access
The ATI Program not only focuses on empowering individuals at the community level but also works to help governments with capacity building — the process of developing the resources to serve their citizens on a wider scale. By helping governments manage information systems more efficiently and effectively, the Carter Center can help citizens enjoy better access to information to which they're entitled.
"The Carter Center is unique in that we don't just work with the demand side; we also support the supply side — governments, agencies, and enforcement models. It's about improving people's ability to enforce their rights when they don't receive justice and apply the information they receive," Neuman said.
One example of the Carter Center's work on the justice and security side takes place in Liberia. Since 2009, the Global ATI Program's field office has helped Liberia's post-conflict administration establish practices that honor its first Freedom of Information Law. This includes working with the Liberia National Police to help them become more transparent and accountable, often bringing in expert police commissioners and records managers to offer their insights and skills.
"Police are the ones that are most present in communities, so if they can give out information, it will build a new sense of trust and confidence," Neuman said. "People will not only trust the police more but also share more information with them. We're creating that circle, which culturally hasn't existed in Liberia."
The difference the ATI Program has made in Liberia was clear during the nation's most recent election.
"In the past, the police's role in the election was subject to question; this time, there were none. People were proud of the way the Liberian national police conducted themselves, and a lot of it was because of the work we did with them to build that trust with information flows." Neuman said.
Addressing Obstacles to Women's Economic Empowerment
The Global ATI Program has recently turned its focus to women's unequal access to information. After decades of work on the issue, program leaders noted that women, mostly, didn't have a seat at the table during discussions.
"We didn't see women and women's organizations leading the way in using the law," Neuman said. "We went to President Carter and said we think there's asymmetrical information flows: women are not able to exercise their right to information with the same facility as men. He said, 'That sounds reasonable, but you need to prove it. No government will make changes unless you can prove there's a problem.'"
The Global ATI Program rose to the challenge, developing a study it then applied in three countries — Liberia, Guatemala, and Bangladesh — where it conducted more than 1,700 interviews. Study results showed that women couldn't access information with the same frequency, ease, or success rate as men.
The Global ATI Program developed programs to spark a change in those three countries and has developed a more global view of this through its stated mission to "Inform Women, Transform Lives."
In Guatemala, where Neuman said close to 85% of women aren't allowed to leave their homes without the permission of their husband or father, Global ATI field offices help local governments set up information booths in marketplaces.
"Bringing information to places safe for women and developing different models for how to do that is something unique to the Carter Center," Neuman said.
The Carter Center's operational model is also highly sustainable. Field offices in every country are managed and staffed by natives who know their country's cultural and socio-economic dynamics much better than any outsider.
In her work to give women better access to critical information, Neuman said she has witnessed marked changes in women's sense of dignity and personal empowerment.
"What struck me most from my visit to Bangladesh was when one woman said, 'Now, when I go into the government office, they call me madam.' They respected her in a way she'd never been respected before. It's about empowering women; it's about them taking that information and learning how to use it," Neuman said.
Partnering with Organizations and Individuals to Advance Social Change
Access to information is so ubiquitous in some countries that citizens don't think twice about it. But that isn't the case in many areas around the world, which is why the Carter Center continues to work tirelessly to bring information to the people.
Looking to the future, the Carter Center plans to expand its programming around the campaign "Inform Women, Transform Lives." In March 2018, the Carter Center hosted an international conference and welcomed a team of experts to produce the Atlanta Declaration to Advance the Right of Access to Information for Women. President Carter followed that with a letter to every head of government.
"It's been exciting to see and hear of the work other governments are doing, and I'm excited to hear from many of these presidents and prime ministers about their commitments to this issue. We hope to get funding to make it more of a reality than a commitment on paper," Neuman said.
"I think the range of our partnerships shows how information cuts across everything. I've been doing this at the Carter Center for almost 20 years, and what strikes me the most is how many people want to advance this right to make sure they, their families, and communities have better lives. They're the champions out there I'm proud to work with." — Laura Neuman, Director of the Global Access to Information (ATI) Program at the Carter Center
The Carter Center's many global partners — including organizations that focus on women's rights, human rights, and anti-corruption — are crucial to carrying out its mission.
"I think the range of our partnerships shows how information cuts across everything. I've been doing this at the Carter Center for almost 20 years, and what strikes me the most is how many people want to advance this right to make sure they, their families, and communities have better lives. They're the champions out there I'm proud to work with," Neuman said.
For those who'd like to partner with the Carter Center on the important work of advancing access to information and human rights, it offers ways to give. Individuals, businesses, and corporations can make one-time donations online, by phone, or by mail, participate in gift-matching offers, or join long-term giving circles to make an impact for generations to come.

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Compendium of Best Practices: Sharing Local and State Successes in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from the United States
This Compendium of Best Practices is the result of extensive outreach, data gathering, and analysis conducted to identify leading state and local-level best practices in energy efficiency and renewable energy in the United States. The report describes more than 20 practices and includes examples of their effective implementation in states or cities. Policies, financing mechanisms, and other initiatives are highlighted for their success in creating favorable market conditions for energy efficiency and renewable energy, as well as for their replicability, relative ease of implementation, measured energy savings, ability to offset the need for conventional energy, cost effectiveness, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and job creation. Exemplary local governments from across the United States share the key elements of their programs, their lessons learned, and the factors in their programs' successes.
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Alex Haber of Heavy New York recently conducted an interview with frontman Roger Miret of New York hardcore veterans AGNOSTIC FRONT. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).
On the current state of New York hardcore versus the 1980s:
Roger: "It's different; it's just not my party, basically. It's different, but I'm glad I lived in the very beginning of it in the '80s. We didn't know what was happening. We didn't know we were creating a scene or anything like that. It's different enough, but there's still a connection there that there's a lot of mad respect for the old-school, of course. There's that connection, that longevity that we strive for in our music and our message, which is really cool. It's just different. There's a lot of differences, but a lot of similarities. I can't just pinpoint each and every one of them, but it is what it is. I like to explain it as simple as this: We had our party in the early 1980s, but's a different party, but I'm always welcome, so it's all good. The connection is there."
On what makes a band "hardcore" for him:
Roger: "To me, lyrically is the most important thing of all hardcore. But, you know, everything started to get separated which I kind of didn't like. To me, [AGNOSTIC FRONT debut] 'Victim In Pain', to me, was a punk record and that was considered 'hardcore punk.' There was a reason why the term 'hardcore' started coming around because a lot of the older punk bands started playing new wave and stuff like that. Just to kind of explain what kind of a band it was, it was hardcore punk, but not a new wave punk, you get it? That's when the terms got a little bit loose and they started disconnecting stuff, especially after 'Victim In Pain', people started saying, 'This is a hardcore band.' In terms, meaning it's 'hardcore punk.' To me, lyrically, it's the most important thing of all. Musically, comes second, if you ask me, but a lot of these bands, their musical talent is beyond expectation, which is awesome and pretty fucking cool. When hardcore first started, if you listen to a lot of the very early stuff, it was very primitive. Music wasn't a thing, it was always more of the message."
On whether he needs to hear music before writing lyrics:
Roger: "Believe it or not, there's only a few songs that have been written around lyrics that I came up with. Most of the time, I have to feel the music, like if they're writing something and if I'm liking it, I'll let them know, and if I don't like it, it's out. I got to vibe it and I'll hear something. I'll listen to the song and I'll hear a sentence and it will tell me something and I'll go from that sentence out."
On whether newer hardcore bands have inspired him:
Roger: "Of course they have. For me to sit here and tell you no, it's ludicrous. A lot of these bands, Jamey Jasta [HATEBREED], CANDIRIA, all of these bands we've toured with, we've played with. Subconsciously, you don't know they're influencing you at the same time. It's just like that's how the whole metal and punk thing crossed over. A lot of those guys started coming to our shows and then we started going to their shows and we just blended. Something naturally happened. I go and watch these bands and I'm definitely influenced. I'll take something back home with me whether deliberately or unconsciously or subconsciously. Something will stick in my head that eventually might come around a little bit later. I think everybody influences everybody. I'm not going to sit here and say 'No, we have no influences. We just do our thing.' That's just ridiculous."
On the element of "brotherhood" within the hardcore scene:
Roger: "What's kept us relevant and kept our longevity and stuff is that we are connected with the past and the present. We're one of those bands that still supports hardcore full-on, old-school, new-school. We go out with bands of all kinds. We're not stuck in a certain time era or nothing like that. I think that's when you get lost."
On whether AGNOSTIC FRONT has started work on the follow-up to 2015's "The American Dream Died":
Roger: "Absolutely. We started pre-production on a couple of new songs. They're coming out pretty badass; I'm happy with them because a lot of stuff is happening in the AGNOSTIC FRONT camp. I just released my book, 'My Riot [Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory]', that's been a big thing and I did a tour around it, which is awesome. Now we have that film, 'The Godfathers Of Hardcore', which is going to be another level. There's a lot of positive, good stuff coming out, but not just AGNOSTIC FRONT, but New York hardcore, but hardcore worldwide. All this stuff is positive for our message, people that follow us, it's good for hardcore, period."
"My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory" — written by Miret with Jon Wiederhorn (also known for his book titled "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal") — was released last August via Lesser Gods.
AGNOSTIC FRONT's eleventh album, "The American Dream Died", was released in 2015. The disc, which was produced by MADBALL singer Freddy Cricien and engineered, mixed and mastered by Paul Miner (H2O, TERROR), features guest appearances by Cricien, Toby Morse (H2O) and Lou Koller (SICK OF IT ALL).
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The Tesla Model S has a lot going for it— not least its speed
Tesla's official launch earlier this year attracted the sort of attention usually reserved for a new Apple product, and the appearance of CEO and chairman Elon Musk at the launch event at the Armani, Burj Khalifa, made it a must-attend party. There, he announced that Tesla would be opening its first ever Middle East showroom in Dubai — and that charging infrastructure for owners was already well in hand.
The Tesla Model S has generated a lot of interest since its launch in 2015, and continual updates in both the battery packs and the software that controls the powertrain and car systems have produced a deeply impressive machine. It's won dozens of awards and even Top Gear, which was taken to court in 2011 by Tesla over comments made about the Roadster, stated the Model S was a big step forward for electric vehicles.
The Model S we're testing is a 90D, a slightly lower-output version of the ones that will go on sale in the Middle East later this year. In Tesla-speak, the '90' indicates the car is fitted with a 90-kWh battery that, when fully charged, should give the car a range of over 470 kilometres (110kph average at 40C). Of course, that depends on how heavy you are with your right foot, the temperature and humidity at the time, and how hard you've got the AC working.
Musk told reporters at the launch event that the Model S had emerged from extreme heat weather testing in Death Valley at the height of summer with flying colours, but that Hawaii and Florida tests, where testers had the air-conditioning on constantly, had seen range dip by 10 to 15 percent. The 100D and P100D models, which will arrive in the UAE later this year, have more capacity, and therefore greater range and power (550km and 529km, respectively).
The Tesla's party trick is its punchy acceleration. With no turbos to spool, sweet spot in its engine range to hit, or gears to change, the Tesla is able to tap its full bank of torque from standstill. The 90D — the D tells you it's fitted with two motors, making it all-wheel-drive — will hit the magic 100 kph from standing in 4.4 seconds. Performance models are even faster: it's claimed the P100D equipped with Ludicrous mode will do it in a supercar-embarrassing 2.4 seconds. For the car-bores out there, that's 1.2g acceleration, or enough force to ensure that, if you were to hold your phone against the passenger headrest, mash the accelerator to the floor and take your hand away, the phone would stay there.
You could write books on the features the Model S comes crammed with. While the infrastructure isn't quite there yet globally, all models come equipped with hardware needed for autonomous driving. The car 'sees' its environment through eight cameras that have a range of 250 metres. It also uses 12 ultrasonic sensors that detect hard and soft objects, and a forward-facing radar that uses a wavelength impervious to rain, fog, dust and even cars ahead of you. You don't need to opt in; the car comes with it.
And while self-driving itself is dependent upon extensive software validation and regulatory approval, owners at least know that they're ready for the switch, when and if it comes.
Even if you're uncomfortable using autonomous driving on the motorway, there are some cool features that you're able to call on by using the car's app while you're at home or out. Smart Summon is probably one of the best; you can have the car navigate to you from its parking space at the press of a button. Another function allows you to roll the car forward or backwards into a tight spot via your phone.
One thing current owners benefit from are over-the-air updates. Tesla constantly alerts owners to new features and updates that add safety and functionality to the car without the need to visit a dealership or service centre. Last December, four new functions were sent out to owners that included automatic emergency braking, side collision warning, front collision warning and auto high beam function for the adaptive headlights.
There's no doubt that driving a car powered solely by electricity forces you to rewire your brain. There are no gear changes or slight dips in acceleration as the transmission selects the next cog. There's no noise from the exhaust, or roar from the front-end of the car. There's no real indication that you've even started the car or that it's on. But push that pedal to the firewall, and the acceleration is as relentless as it is silent. There's a slight whine from the electric motors, and the rising sound of wind and tyre noise, but that's about it.
Of course, you can't talk about electric cars without addressing the issue of range anxiety. It may have been a concern with earlier models, but it's much less so now that the Tesla is capable of the kind of range you'd expect from a tank of petrol, and the growth of charging points around the region should help alleviate that somewhat. Tesla has already opened two supercharging locations at The Last Exit in Jebel Ali and in Masdar City, allowing drivers to recharge their vehicles in minutes rather than hours. By the end of the year there will be five more. There are already 26 destination charging spots at hotels and supermarkets in the UAE, and this number will double by the end of the year. Most owners will opt for a home charging system as well.
The real question for potential owners is whether the Model S offers a truly workable alternative to its petrol-powered rivals. In terms of performance, luxury and practicality, it absolutely ticks all the right boxes.
Tesla will open its Dubai showroom in July. Prices start from Dhs275,000 for Model S and Dhs344,000 for Model X. tesla.com


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"She Started It," a documentary on female entrepreneurship, will be shown for free at the CoOperative office in Graham, N.C. on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. It is the second documentary they've shown this year as part of an effort to raise awareness of entrepreneurship in the community.
CoOperative is a nonprofit collaborative working space with women holding prominent leadership roles.
The documentary follows five female entrepreneurs from different parts of the world as they begin their startups, from getting funded, to forming a board, to failing and rebuilding.
"We've got women that are pushing forward in their businesses and being innovative in the way they see problems and solutions in the community," said Chelsea Dickey, CoOperative's director of community development. "If we can rally around them and provide the necessary partnerships, then hopefully we get to have more voices at the table, and greater collaboration in the community."
The screening is sponsored by four female-owned businesses in Alamance County.


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Issues Archive
Use the expandable navigational menu on the left hand column to find a specific issue of Canola Watch by year, month and date.
May 27, 2014
Four the week
Avoid top dress mess. Top dressing N might get the crop seeded faster, but check timing and technique. Good weed management and top dress fertilizer don't always mix.
Quack attack. Quack grass and dandelions are two early weeds that can have a big impact on yield potential. Contain them.
Crop insurance cut off. Canola seeded in early June still has reasonable yield potential, and crop insurance deadlines for Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan comply.
A sweet relationship. The Canola Council of Canada has four new videos to show the positive relationships between canola growers and beekeepers and between canola and bees.
Map of the week
This map shows the difference in Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) at 1-kilometer resolution as of May 19 to 25, 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. Yellow areas are similar to last year, light brown areas are slightly behind.
May 28 Quiz
The questions for this week:
1. Flea beetles have been feeding on these cotyledons. What percentage of these leaves are considered defoliated?
2. Cutworm damage tends to be in patches. But lots of damage can occur in patches, including herbicide carryover, seedling diseases, so scouting is essential. What is the best way to scout for cutworms?
3. Why is this insect special?
Top dress timing
Top dressing fertilizer usually occurs after emergence, often as a response to increased yield potential or as a remedy for noticeable deficiency symptoms.
However, growers are looking at top dressing this year as a logistical aid in getting the crop seeded faster. Here are some agronomy messages to help in your decision making.
Top-dress lessons from fertigation studies
In an Alberta study, fertigation was put on at three different stages — 5-leaf, bolting, and flowering — and then compared to plots where all nitrogen was applied at the time of seeding. The study has only one year of results, and so far they show that with canola, fertigation is — at best — equal to the treatment that received all nitrogen at the time of seeding.
Biggest loss from weeds emerging before canola
If a burnoff didn't get done or missed key yield robbing early season weeds such as quackgrass and dandelion, then control has to be early in crop to prevent significant yield loss. For quackgrass in particular, in crop control may require a tank mix with good activity on grasses.
Crop insurance deadlines for canola
Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan, in general, have a lower percentage of canola seeded than other parts of the prairie. Canola seeded June 5 or even June 10 in those regions can still produce a good crop, and crop insurance deadlines reflect that. Here are the deadlines…
Bees and canola: A sweet relationship
The Canola Council of Canada has produced four videos showing how beekeepers and canola growers can work together. Click the image above to see the video called "Canola and Bees: A sweet relationship."
May 22, 2014
Four the week
Carpet of weeds. It seems like they're all emerging at once, as shown in this photo from Anastasia Kubinec with MAFRD. Early control significantly lowers the economic risk.
Broadcasting live! Broadcast seeding comes with higher risks, but it covers a lot of acres fast. Got tips to share?
TKO for TSW. We're not saying seed weight isn't important, but many other factors also influence plant population.
Close the gap. To shorten canola maturity, you can swap varieties (in theory), up seeding rates, reduce nitrogen rates and seed shallow.
Map of the week
The AAFC map above shows accumulated growing degree days (GDDs) as of May 19. Click here to create your own AAFC weather maps.
May 22 Quiz
Three questions:
1. Neil Harker, research scientist with AAFC in Lacombe, Alberta, says to provide "high yield protection" weed control should ideally occur before the ______ stage of the crop.
2. Integrated weed management uses various methods to keep weeds below economically-damaging levels. Of the following four points, three are proven principles of integrated weed management. Which one is NOT?
3. What is this weed?
Missed pre-seed? In-crop must be early
More growers may have skipped the pre-seed burnoff this year — given that weed emergence was delayed with the cool start to spring and because growers wanted to get seeding.
But the weeds are coming. Warmer temperatures and good moisture have inspired emergence of "carpets" of weeds in some fields. These weeds will have a tremendous impact on canola yield potential and have to be controlled within the first week of emergence. If the risk that weather will prevent you from spraying right after emergence gives you shivers, you'll want to spray now then seed.
TSW just one factor in plant population
With an average seeding rate of 5 lb./ac., an average thousand seed weight (TSW) of 5 grams, and 50% seed survival rate, the result is only 5.2 plants per square foot. This doesn't leave much margin for error — especially given the ideal target is 7 to 10 plants per square foot.
Seed with a lighter TSW can improve your plant counts, but agronomy measures to improve seed survival can also make a big difference. Here are ways to increase seed survival and get more from a seed investment….
Late seeding? Tips to help canola mature faster
This graph shows that a higher seeding rate that will ensure a stand of at least 60 plants per square metre (6 per square foot) will mature a lot earlier than a stand with 20-40 per square metre. A higher seeding rate is just one way to reduce the days to maturity for a late seeded canola field.
Improve pesticide ROI
Growers face many weed, insect and disease management decisions throughout a growing season. In many cases, these applications provide a clear return on investment. In other cases, they do not. Here are a few examples where applications have a very low chance of providing a return.


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Staff Profile
Dr Matthew Haysom
Lecturer Ancient History & Archaeology
- Email: email@example.com
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2224
Research Interests
Archaeology of Religion and Ritual; Comparative Archaeology of Social Complexity; Household Archaeology; Archaeology of Greece
Office (2.27) Hours
2019/20 Semester 2: Tuesdays 3pm-5pm, Thursdays 10am-11am
Previous Positions
Knossos Curator, British School at Athens (2012-2015)
Lecturer (UTO), University of Cambridge (2010-2012)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Lake Forrest College (2009-2010)
A.G. Leventis Research Fellow, British School at Athens (2006-2009)
Macmillan Rodewald Student, British School at Athens (2004-2005)
D.Phil. in Archaeology, University of Oxford
M.St. in Literae Humaniores, University of Oxford
MA in Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
ResearchMy primary research interest is the archaeology of religion from the Bronze Age down to the Classical period. My interest is twofold. Religion is traditionally seen as one of the most difficult topics for non-text assisted archaeologists to approach. It is, therefore, a fascinating proving-ground for the development of methodologically robust interpretive approaches. At the same time, religion is a nexus for many other elements of social, economic and political change, making it an opportune focus for holistic attempts at the reconstruction of ancient societies and their dynamics. Thus far, my research has focused on Crete, which is the most extensively excavated and surveyed region of modern Greece. It has touched upon all periods from the Late Bronze Age through to the Hellenistic period, although it has been focused on the former. Throughout this time-frame Crete has a rich archaeological record with minimal textual records making it an important case study for archaeological approaches to Greek antiquity.
Module Leader
ARA2016 Aegean Prehistory
CAH2020 Greek and Roman Religions
CAH2009 Portfolio in Ancient History I: Commentaries
ARA8293 From Palaces to City States: Structure, Mobility and Change in Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Greece
ARA1027 Introduction to Archaeology
CAH1012 West meets East: Greek History and Society, 776-323 BC
CAC1012 Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
CAH2006 In Alexander's Footsteps: Classical and Hellenistic Empires
ARA3100 The Rise of the Middle Sea: An Armchair Voyage Across the Prehistoric Mediterranean
CAH3000 Portfolio in Ancient History II: Dissertation
ARA3001 Dissertation in Archaeology
CAC8000 Research Skills and Development
CAH8020 Masterclass in Ancient History
ARA8190 Research Themes, Theories and Skills in Archaeology
- Haysom M. Religion and Cult. In: I S Lemos and A Kotsonas, ed. A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2019.
- Haysom M. Entangled religion, ritual and social practice: the case of Karphi. In: Lemos, I. S.; Tsingarida, A, ed. Beyond the Polis: Rituals Rites and Cults in Early and Archaic Greece (12th - 6th Centuries BC). Brussels: Centre de Recherches en Archéologie et Patrimoine, Université libre de Bruxelles, 2019, pp.53-64.
- Haysom M. The find contexts of Knossian relief wall paintings: some ramifications. In: Becker, J; Jungfleisch, J; von Rüden, C, ed. Tracing Technoscapes: The Production of Bronze Age Wall Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean. Leiden, The Netherlands: Sidestone Press, 2018, pp.253-78.
- Haysom M. Mass and elite in Minoan peak sanctuaries. In: Vavouranakis, G; Kopanias, K; Kanellopoulos, Ch, ed. Popular Religion and Ritual in Prehistoric and Ancient Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. Oxford, UK: Archaeopress, 2018, pp.19-28.
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Enjoy this video of the construction of our new STEM & Gateway Building!
Click below to watch a video on what our new STEM & Gateway Building will add to our campus!
The Mosakowski Gardens: Click to watch video below for a walk through of our new outdoor space.
The Building Futures Campaign closed on December 31, 2017. Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, St. Mary's Building Futures project in underway. There are three phases to the construction project.
Phase 1 is the steam to hot water conversion of the heating system, which happened during summer and fall 2018. This project change the face of S. Mary's Tony Conigliaro '62 gymnasium as the balcony was eliminated to contain the boiler system and is now an enclosed wall.
Phase 2 of the Building Futures Project was the demolition of the Chapel and Annex Building and the Boiler Plant. This space will be transformed with the new building and include green space, parking and more opportunities for learning.
Phase 3 is the final phase in the Building Futures Project is the construction of new STEM/GATEWAY building which began in Spring of 2019. The goal for completion is September 2020.
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The season finale of I Am Cait saw Caitlyn Jenner hold a renaming ceremony with Boy George and confront ex-wife Kris Jenner
It's been a life-changing year for Caitlyn Jenner. She introduced herself to the world, broke the record in being the quickest account to gain one million followers on Twitter, won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards, and has been featuring in her very own documentary series, I Am Cait, following the journey of her transition.
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And in the finale of the series, the 65-year-old went through another important moment of her life, as she held a renaming ceremony. But none of her family members seemed to be at the occasion.
As the episode saw the Olympian – formerly known as Bruce Jenner – formally accept her new identity, familiar faces of the Kardashians were nowhere to be seen. Supportive daughters Khloe and Kim Kardashian were missing from the day, as was son Brody Jenner.
Reasons why they were in attendance are unknown, however, Caitlyn still had plenty of guests at the big day, including rumored love interest Candis Cayne, and 80s music icon Boy George, who serenaded Caitlyn.
The gold medalist declared that she was now to be formally known as Caitlyn Marie Jenner during the service, which was opened by Minister Allyson Dylan Robinson.
Caitlyn herself admitted that she finally felt like she 'fits in' and can truly be herself.
'It has been an amazing journey, and I'm seeing all of it come true. I'm in a great place in life and, for the first time, I feel like I fit in some place. Being my authentic self. Thank you.'
Although the end to this documentary was one that was for celebration and a joyous one, the final episode also included a much-anticipated confrontation with her ex-wife Kris Jenner. It was a little bit tense and awkward to say the least, as you can imagine.
Kris shared that she felt like she had been 'thrown under the bridge', while Caitlyn shared that she was hurt that she wasn't invited and part of daughter Kylie Jenner's graduation.
'For 15 years of my life I carpooled kids every day – some days I would spend three of four hours a day in the car – a slap in the face when you don't even get invited to their graduation.'
But Kris was clear that it wasn't intentional: 'Usually people that get a divorce don't do everything together. It wasn't malicious.'
And how do you move on from the awkward-ness and break the tension? By taking a selfie together of course. Caitlyn even planted a big ol' kiss on Kris' cheek for the pic.
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- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will give its screening officers a $US500 bonus. TSA administrator David Pekoske made the announcement Friday evening on Twitter.
- The money is set to arrive in a matter of days.
TSA staff have been working unpaid since the government shutdown commenced on December 22. Even though the workers are eligible to receive back pay once the shutdown is over, many live paycheck to paycheck and have reported experiencing financial hardship.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will give its screening officers a $US500 bonus during the government shutdown. TSA administrator David Pekoske made the announcement Friday evening on Twitter.
TSA staff have been working unpaid since the government shutdown commenced on December 22. Even though the workers are eligible to receive back pay once the shutdown is over, many live paycheck to paycheck.
"I have approved awards of $US500 for each uniformed screening officer, in recognition of their hard work during yet another busy holiday travel season, maintaining the highest of security standards during an extraordinary period," Pekoske said on Twitter. "While I realise this is not what you are owed for your hard work during pay period 26 and what you deserve, I hope these actions alleviate some of the financial hardship many of you are facing."
TSA officers will see the money "in the next few days," he added.
According to Pekoske, the payment was made possible by the "unique authorities provided TSA in law."
In addition, the TSA administrator announced on Friday that compensation for employees who worked on December 22, the first day of the shutdown, has been processed. Since that date is part of a previous pay period, TSA employees will receive payment by this upcoming Tuesday.
Pekoske also thanked his employees for their hard work amid their personal and professional difficulties.
"To every TSA employee – despite personal hardships and professional challenges, we've rallied and never once compromised the security of our nation's transportation systems," he said.
TSA employees and their union have reported experiencing extreme financial hardship during the shutdown. This has resulted in a number of its staff calling out of work.
Read more: Miami's airport is shutting down one of its terminals this weekend over a shortage of TSA screeners amid the government shutdown.
The TSA workers' union president, Hydrick Thomas, has said workers are calling out at higher rates because of financial hardship.
"TSA employees aren't calling out intentionally," TSA workers' union president, Hydrick Thomas, told Business Insider last week. "They are calling out because they don't have the funds to make it work."
The agency told Business Insider that the number of employee callouts on Thursday was up 55% over the same day last year.
Even though the callouts represent just 5.1% of the agency total employees, it has caused enough of a disruption for Miami International Airport to close one its terminals for part of this weekend.
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PUBLISHED: 15:53 07 October 2009 | UPDATED: 11:42 12 August 2010
HARRY Potter star Rupert Grint s solo project Cherrybomb is getting a helping hand from hordes of fans. The 21-year-old, who plays the part of Ron Weasley in the series of wizard films, won critical acclaim for his role in the film which debuted at the
HARRY Potter star Rupert Grint's solo project Cherrybomb is getting a helping hand from hordes of fans.
The 21-year-old, who plays the part of Ron Weasley in the series of wizard films, won critical acclaim for his role in the film which debuted at the Berlin Film Festival in February.
Despite the praise, producers have had difficulty finding a distributor for the flick and at the moment it looks as though it may not be released on the big screen. Fans of Grint have now set up The Cherrybomb Distribution Campaign to promote the film in a bid to convince movie bosses to snap up the picture.
A statement on the website says: "Many websites that publish features on Cherrybomb are saturated with comments from movie-goers who are eager to see the film.
"The trailer has captured the attention of teenagers as well as adults.
"Critics are noticing that Rupert Grint completely shakes off his trademark Ron Weasley persona from the Harry Potter movies.
"Industry professionals are hailing the great performances by the leading actors, as well as the skilful and impressive direction of the film."
His decision to take the role, in which he appears in a number of steamy scenes, shows a desire to avoid becoming typecast and is a sign of his ambition to be taken seriously as an actor. Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the part of the boy wizard, has also shown a desire to escape the trappings of the fantasy genre and has reportedly stated he would not be interested in the lead role of the Hobbit - the prequel to the Lord of the Rings.
In other Potter-related news, it appears that Emma Watson, aka Hermione Granger, may be thwarted in her wish to get through her university studies unnoticed.
The 19-year-old had to be ushered to safety by security guards at a recent high school American football match between her college, Brown, and rivals Harvard.
Apparently, the opposition supporters took it upon themselves to track down the British starlet and heckle her. During the summer she revealed she had turned down a place at Cambridge because she felt the spotlight on her would be too intense.
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Fifty years ago, more than two thousand bishops, under Pope John Paul the 23rd, set a new course for the Catholic Church, addressing its inner workings but also its role with the world, fostering friendly relations with other religions, for example. But to this day, some feel the Church has yet to fulfill the promise of Vatican Two, while others have downplayed its message - or say that the second Vatican council went too far.
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The Bombay High Court asked the Centre and the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) to file their responses on the allegations that several clearances for the proposed Shivaji memorial off the Arabian Sea were given unlawfully.
A bench of Justices Shantanu Kemkar and Sarang Kotwal directed the authorities to address, in their respective affidavits, all the legal issues raised in a bunch of public interest litigations (PIL) filed in the court challenging the construction of the memorial.
The directions came after senior advocate Aspi Chinoy, representing some of the petitioners, informed the court that the MCZMA, the Centre and the state government had granted several approvals to the project in violation of the coastal zone norms.
Chinoy told the bench that the state and the MCZMA had granted approvals to the project without conducting a public hearing.
Citizens can raise objections and give suggestions on a public project of the aforementioned nature at a public hearing and it is mandatory as per environmental and coastal zone norms, Chinoy said.
As per the plea, the Maharashtra government issued a notification in February 2015 stating that there was no requirement for a public hearing for the Shivaji Memorial project.
"However, the MCZMA and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had already granted several necessary approvals for the project between November 2014 and January 2015 without the public hearing," Chinoy said.
"This means that the authorities had been granting approvals in the anticipation that the norm on public hearings would be amended. This can't be considered lawful," he argued.
The court was also informed that earlier this year, another bench of the high court had directed both the Centre and the MCZMA to file their replies, but they had failed to do so in over six months now.
The bench, therefore, directed the two to file their replies within four weeks.
In a previous hearing, the state government had submitted that the public hearing had been dispensed with since the project was located away from human habitation and therefore did not involve any rehabilitation.
As part of the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial project, a statue of the warrior king will be constructed in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai. According to the state government, the statue will be the tallest in the world.
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I had no clue [what was happening]. I didn't see flashes. I was very confident that it wasn't from inside [the festival] because they checked bags, everything like that. And I have to say, I mean, before that, it was like the most incredible vibe. I was high-fivin' people, hugs, you know, buying drinks. And it was just a trip because those people might be gone now. It's brutal. I was complaining because I have this entrance thing on my wrist and I'm like, 'You think I'm gonna keep that on for three days?' Because you can't take that off. And now I don't wanna take it off. I wanted to remove it, but now for whatever reason, I just want to wear it, you know? ?Ty De Trinidad, teacher and father of two from Corona, California: We were there enjoying the concert [on its] last day. Jason Aldean [was] doing a good job. And we heard shots -- it sounded like firecrackers, of course. And you were sure, you kept thinking, 'Where's the sparks?' And then Aldean stopped and you could see somebody told him on his earpiece to get off because you can see them just beelining out. And then we started hitting the ground. One of my former students was next to me and he says, 'I've been hit.' I looked over and I didn't see any blood on him. [I was] just trying to check him. And, you know, a couple of girls, we covered them. The one next to us was bleeding. They said to everyone, 'Move down to the bleachers' ... Everybody shut their phones off and waited out ... You were just trying to get everybody out. People were going crazy. At first, you just heard firecrackers and you're thinking, 'Oh, they're gonna put [on] a light show' ... And then all of a sudden, it's for real. I mean, this guy's looking at me going, 'It doesn't seem like a gun.' And I go, 'Well, I'm not exactly an expert,' but [we ran] and went down. As we went down, you saw [other] people going down. Then I saw the blood next to me. 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Rajasthan Leaf tea Viaggio in India
100 grams round tin
A sumptuous blend of black tea and spices, mixed in accordance with the traditional recipe of Chai, the Indian national drink.
Strong and full-bodied, with sweet aroma, it is a perfect after-meal tea. Great with sugar and milk.
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2,5 gr to 200 cc. of water at a temperature of 90°. Infuse for 3 minutes.
Rajasthan: Indian black tea, fennel seeds, flavours, cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, ginger, pink pepper.
Great with chicken and ethnic cooking, perfect after meal, it may conclude most appropriately a lunch based on curry or spicy foods, but is also excellent coupled with a creme brulee.


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Stopping the "Invisible Killer"
Cold weather easily brings to mind hot chocolate, roaring fires, and snowmen, but the winter months also bring an increase in carbon monoxide poisonings.
Definition: Unintentional injuries that occur in and around the home can include burns, falls, drowning, poisonings (including from lead, carbon monoxide, household cleaners, and prescription medications), animal bites, and choking/suffocation.
Magnitude of the Problem: According to the CDC:
Prevention: Home injuries are preventable. Raising awareness among parents and caregivers of the risks of injuries to children in the home, and the importance of implementing safety measures, is the first step in preventing home injuries to children. Home safety checklists are useful tools for parents to assess the risk of injury in their homes. Smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm give-away programs in at-risk communities are also useful tools to protect public health. Ensuring playground equipment is safe and properly maintained and has a soft landing surface can help prevent fall injuries in children. Strong State child care licensing regulations can help keep children safe in at-home child care settings.
More information is available under the following injury topic pages: Choking & Strangulation; Drowning Prevention; Fire & Burn Safety; Playground Safety; Poison Prevention; Safe Sleep
Cold weather easily brings to mind hot chocolate, roaring fires, and snowmen, but the winter months also bring an increase in carbon monoxide poisonings.
E-cigarette poisonings among children and youth remain a concern for health care providers, parents, poison specialists and others. In the first 10 months of 2016, the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) received 1,292 reports of e-cigarette device and liquid nicotine exposures across all age groups (1). In 2016, the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act (CNPPA) was signed into law to help prevent these exposures. This new law requires child resistant packaging on liquid nicotine containers used with e-cigarettes, effective July 26, 2016.
It's that time of the year again. With so many new toys on the market, it's easy for parents to forget toy safety in the rush to finish holiday shopping. The good news is that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and U.S.
The goals for this first session of the Expectant Parent Community of Practice were to share innovative, evidence-informed strategies for addressing a broad range of childhood injury issues relevant to pregnancy and early infancy, and develop feasible, replicable and scalable state-level models for integrating child injury prevention into pre- and post-natal education.
On June 8, 2015, the Children's Safety Network hosted the webinar, Preventing TV and Furniture Tip-Overs: An Introduction to the Anchor It! Campaign. A big thank you to our presenters Kim Dulic and Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic for their great presentations. The Anchor It! Campaign is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's call to action to ensure parents and caregivers learn about TV and furniture tip-over dangers in the home and the simple, low-cost steps they can take to prevent these tragedies.
This webinar, presented in April of 2009, was a collaboration of CSN and the Home Safety Network on home safety. It explores how to address home safety issues, creating and delivering safety messsages, how to reach larger populations, and action ideas for prevention. Presenters include Stephanie Bryn, Meri-K Appy, Linda Church, and Ellen Schmidt.
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Father's day is fast-approaching but if you've yet to find your dad the right gift, worry not. To help make things a little easier we've taken the guesswork out of gifting and listed five of our favourite finds that we know any man would love to receive.
Acqua di Parma Colonia Father's Day Gift Set
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Malin+Goetz Grooming Kit
Think of this as a best of kit featuring all of the bestselling brand's brilliant highlights in perfectly-formed gym bag and travel sizes.
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Space NK Travel Bag
This portable, practical zip-up bag is the perfect gift for any frequent flyers out there. To go one better fill it with some of his favourite minis too.
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Large capacity weekend feeder / drinker - 400cc.
The design allows for use as either a feeder or a drinker.
To use as a feeder, remove the small piece that slots in the front. This increases the space at the bottom and allows seed to flow through.
To use as a drinker, place the small piece in the slot in the front. This decreases the space at the bottom to stop the water flowing out.
The feeder / drinker is designed to hang on the inside of mesh or a cage front, and has little hooks at the base and a ring higher up to help secure it in place.
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Energy drink makers would have you believe their products are a healthy rehydration choice for athletes while also giving them keener focus and renewed vitality. But before adding them to your sports regimen, you should also consider what effect these beverages could have on your teeth.
Energy drinks are similar in ingredients to sports drinks like Gatorade® and PowerAde®, which mostly consist of water, salts, vitamins, sugars and acids. In addition, energy drinks like Red Bull® and Monster Energy® add caffeine to boost energy.
Besides their sugar content, the main threat from a dental health perspective for both of these drinks is their acidity, which can severely erode tooth enamel. The irreplaceable loss of enamel significantly increases your risk of tooth decay and eventually tooth loss.
The threat of enamel erosion is especially pronounced whenever the mouth's pH level falls below 5.5. The acidity of both sports and energy drinks falls well below this mark. In one experimental study samples of enamel exposed to a number of sports drinks lost an average of 1.5% of mineral content over five days; energy drinks more than doubled that loss at 3.1%.
Given the potential harm these beverages, especially energy drinks, can cause your teeth, you should exercise caution when consuming them. In fact, our best advice is for you to avoid energy drinks altogether, for your overall health as well as your teeth's sake.
Unless you're participating in a physically intense sport, water is your best source for hydration after exertion. Â If you do drink sports beverages, try to limit them to meal times when your saliva is most active to neutralize mouth acid. You can also rinse out your mouth with water after drinking to help further reduce mouth acidity.
As an athlete, you've trained your body to be at its optimum physical peak. Don't let energy or sports drinks take the edge off your health, especially your teeth.
If you would like more information on the effects of sports or energy drinks on dental health, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Sports and Energy Beverages Bathe Teeth in Erosive Acids."
Good nutrition is essential for your child's developing teeth and gums as well as the rest of their body. You do what you can to provide them not just nutritious meals but also healthy snacks for other times of the day.
But once they begin school, you can't watch out for them all the time. They could be away several hours where they might be tempted to make unhealthy snack choices.
What can you do to lessen their chances of unhealthy snacking at school?
Engage with the school and their snack offerings. A set of U.S. Department of Agriculture regulatory guidelines called Smart Snacks in Schools sets minimum nutritional standards for snacks offered on school grounds. These guidelines promote whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products and limit calories, fat, salt and, of particular importance to dental health, sugar. The guidelines, though, are only a minimum, so join with other parents to encourage your school to exceed those snack nutrition minimums whenever possible.
Educate your child about nutrition. Good nutrition starts at home: it's important not only to offer wholesome foods but to also teach your child why some foods are better for their body (and their teeth) than others. By encouraging a lifestyle of healthy eating both in practice and knowledge, you'll find it easier to set limits on their snack choices away from home.
Send snacks with them to school. If you're unsure your child will make the right choices, especially if they're young, than send snacks with them to school. Be sure, though, what you're sending is as appealing as the school choices. Try a little creativity: popcorn with a zing of cinnamon or cheese; decorative snacks; or easy to eat bite-sized fruit or vegetables. The more they like what you're sending, the less likely they'll choose something else.
In some ways snacking could be the Achilles' heel in providing your child the right foods for good dental health. By following the tips above, though, you can help raise the chances they'll eat the best snacks for strong teeth and gums.
If you would like more information on nutrition and dental health, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Snacking at School."
"The Freshman 15" is a popular way of referring to the phenomenon of new college students gaining weight during their freshman year (although the average is less than fifteen pounds). According to research, college students gain weight mainly due to an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise.
If you're experiencing this as a college student, you should also know poor diet and lifestyle choices harm your teeth and gums as well. If you don't want to encounter major dental problems, then you need to make some changes beginning with the same cause for your weight gain: what you eat and drink.
Like the rest of your body, your teeth and gums have the best chance for being healthy when you're eating a balanced, nutritional diet low in added sugar. And it's not just mealtime: constant snacking on sweets not only loads on the calories, it also feeds disease-causing oral bacteria. Sipping on acidic beverages like sodas, sports or energy drinks also increases the levels of acid that can erode tooth enamel.
Some lifestyle habits can also affect oral health. Using tobacco (smoked or smokeless) inhibits your mouth's natural healing properties and makes you more susceptible to dental disease. While it may be cool to get piercings in your lips, cheeks or tongue, the hardware can cause gum recession, chipped teeth and soft tissue cuts susceptible to infection. And unsafe sexual practices increase your risk for contracting the human papilloma virus (HPV16) that's been linked with oral cancer, among other serious health problems.
Last but not least, how you regularly care for your teeth and gums can make the biggest difference of all. You should brush and floss your teeth ideally twice a day to clean away plaque, a thin film of disease-causing bacteria and food particles. And twice-a-year dental cleanings and checkups will round out your prevention efforts against tooth decay or periodontal (gum) disease.
Making your own choices is a rite of passage into adulthood. Making good choices for your teeth and gums will help ensure they remain healthy for a long time to come.
If you would like more information on maintaining dental health during the college years, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "10 Health Tips for College Students."
If you're brushing and flossing daily, as well as seeing your dentist at least every six months, you're doing the top things needed to maintain your dental health. But all your hygiene efforts could be undermined if you're not eating a dental-friendly diet. Simply put, there are foods that protect and promote dental health and those that increase your risk of dental disease.
Diets in the latter category are typically high in added sugar and low in natural food fiber. The largest sources of these are processed sugars from sugar cane or beets and high fructose corn syrup. With just a little knowledgeable label reading, you can find sugar and its various aliases added to thousands of processed food items including pastries, candies, sodas and energy drinks.
Heavy consumption of processed sugars also contributes to dental disease. Disease-causing bacteria thrive on sugar as a food source, which fuels both their growth and their production of oral acid. Elevated acid levels can dissolve the minerals in tooth enamel faster than saliva can keep up. Softened enamel opens the door to tooth decay, while increased bacterial growth can lead to periodontal (gum) disease.
A diet, however, low in added sugar and high in fiber can have the opposite effect. Although fresh fruits and vegetables contain natural sugars, they also have indigestible parts called fiber that slow the digestion of any sugars and allow the body to more efficiently process them. With the higher quantity of vitamins and minerals found in unprocessed foods, the overall effect of this diet is a decrease in your risk for dental disease.
Speaking of dental-friendly foods, we should also give honorable mentions to certain dairy items like cheese and milk that stimulate saliva production and are rich in calcium needed for tooth strength. Another beneficial category is both black and green tea, which contain antioxidants to fight disease and fluoride to strengthen enamel.
Adopting a low-sugar/high-fiber diet can have a profound impact on your overall health. Over time, you'll also reap dental health rewards with stronger teeth and gums and a lower risk of tooth decay and gum disease.
If you would like more information on diet and oral health, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Nutrition & Oral Health."
Refined sugar is a prime food source for disease-causing oral bacteria. As bacteria consume sugar they produce high levels of acid that over time can erode enamel and leave a tooth vulnerable for decay.
The solution to stopping this vicious process is simple: cut back on eating refined sugar. The reality, though, is a bit more complicated. Many of us seem genetically hard-wired with a "sweet tooth," perhaps a remnant of our early ancestors' sense that sweet foods were a safe means to obtain energy.
Food manufacturers likewise don't help with making this dietary change — the number of items with added sugar has ballooned over the last several decades. We can trace a lot of this back to the unintended consequences of past government guidelines that called for removing fat from processed foods. But this also removed flavor, so manufacturers began adding sugar (under a myriad of names) to compensate.
Sugar consumption is now a hot health topic for its suspected connection with inflammatory diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as well as dental health. We now have a love-hate relationship with sugar — we want to show it the door but we can't quite bring ourselves to let it go.
The situation has created a market for artificial sweeteners. The amount and types of sugar alternatives has exploded since saccharine first emerged in the early 1960s. With these increased choices, though, there have also been increased concerns over their health impact, including in the mouth.
This concern has prompted numerous research studies. The conclusion: artificial sweeteners don't adversely affect the health of most people. And, from a dental perspective, artificial sweeteners can have a positive impact on teeth and gum health because unlike refined sugar they don't promote oral bacterial growth.
In fact, one particular sweetener may be even more beneficial to your teeth: xylitol. This sweetener, which comes from a sugar alcohol that oral bacteria can't digest, is often found in chewing gums, hard candies or mints. Â In effect, xylitol "starves out" bacteria to help prevent tooth decay.
From a dental perspective, replacing sugar with an artificial sweetener (especially xylitol) can be advantageous. And less sugar could mean more good news after your next dental checkup.
If you would like more information on artificial sweeteners, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Artificial Sweeteners."


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Darkest Day
Year: 2015
Genre: Action, Horror
Duration: 90 mins
Starring: Dan Rickard, Chris Wandell, Samantha Bolter, Richard Wilkinson ‰ÛʉÛÊ
Director: Dan Rickard
Dan wakes up on a beach with no memory. He discovers the ruins of an empty city ravaged by a deadly virus. After being savagely attacked by a psychotic stranger he is taken in by a handful of survivors, but Dan's arrival starts to divide the group and arouse suspicion. It soon becomes clear that the army are hunting him down and the group are forced to evacuate the safety of their home, embarking on a dangerous journey to escape. As fragments of Dan's lost memories start to return, and with soldiers in close pursuit, he starts to realize they are in even more danger than first thought. With a race against time, tough decisions need to be made to ensure a chance of survival.


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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
A Few Years Before Koko Passed Away, She Shared an Important Message to Humankind that Needs to Be Heard Now More Than Ever
The world was struck with grief once again when the beloved gorilla, Koko, passed away at the age of 46.
Koko's ability to use sign language to communicate with people warmed the hearts of millions worldwide.
She even became best friends with Robin Williams, and felt tremendous grief after learning about his tragic death in 2014.
It wasn't just Koko's ability to learn American Sign Language that stunned the world, it was her empathetic personality and worldview that everyone found to be so fascinating.
As Koko got better at communicating, thanks to the efforts of animal psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson, many people wondered, "What could ape say to mankind?"
The former San Francisco Zoo resident actually had a lot of important things to say.
Gorillas may not be smarter than humans, but we sure could learn a lot from them.
A few years before Koko passed away, she shared an important message to humankind that needs to be heard now more than ever.
For the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Koko had an important message for world leaders.
"I am gorilla. I am flowers, animals. I am nature," she began signing in front of a dark background.
"Man Koko love. Earth Koko love," she continued. "But man stupid, stupid! Koko sorry. Koko cry. Time hurry."
Then she looked down in deep thought, before finishing off her message. "Fix Earth. Help Earth. Hurry! Protect Earth. Nature see you. Thank you."
As much as many people would like to deny the existence of climate change, it's only doing a disservice to the world by thinking that the burning of fossil fuels and the destruction of the environment is not making a negative impact on the world.
As Koko said, she's part of nature, and so are we.
It's humankind that has a powerful impact on this world, and it's up to us to change the world for the better.
You may be interested in reading:
Heartbreaking Tributes Pour in After Famous Gorilla who 'Captivated the World' Dies at 46.
Koko, The Famous Gorilla Who Learned Sign Language, to Be Laid to Rest at Animal Sanctuary.
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How do I get that mirror shine?
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I've painted some doors on my car and there are a few specks of dust here and there. I sanded them back with 1200, then 1500 then 2000 then used Autoglym 3B fine cut with a variable speed rotary buffer to finish it off. On the angle the paint looks smooth as and has a really good shine but when you look at it front on, you can see it looks a bit 'hazy' like it has a fog over it. There are still some very fine scratches. The other door which I haven't buffed yet looks much more shiny front on and this is just off the gun. How do you get the panels to come up as shiny as the paint off the gun, but by buffing it?
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Buffing can be an art unto itself. I can't explain on paper how to do it, and probably in person either. It's a feel-deal. Before paint is buffed it almost has an oily wet look. It's very hard to regain that wet look without a ton of experience with a buffer and a copious amount of hand rubbing. Just keep at it and experience will be your teacher.
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Try to hand rub it. I use 3M's microfinishing compound and a foam pad when buffing. Then I use a foam polishing pad to ploish it with some Race Glaze.
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If you are using Autoglym exclusively, I would have also used Autoglym Finishing Polish 01B, then Super Resin Polish as your last polishing step before waxing. Meguiar's Swirl Free or Hand Polish is another product you might want to consider to remove any remaining scratches. Some like to also use a paint cleanser product as a final polishing step, like S100 Shine Enhancing Cleanser, P21S Gloss Enhancing Paint Cleanser, Meguiars Deep Crystal Polish, etc. which can leave the paint surface very glossy and slick before you wax. It all depends on how much work you want to put into your paint. Might want to consider using a random orbit polisher for the final polishing steps to eliminate any possible heat related problems associated with using a rotary. Or as suggested by others, use a glaze, which contains fillers, to hide any minor scratches (until they wear away).
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In the UK there is no written constitution and therefore it is the role of the judges to try and uphold the law and protect civil liberties. The Rule of Law as defined by Dicey states that 'No man is punishable except for a breach of the law' and it is judges that try and uphold the law and make sure no one is falsely imprisoned. Also the UK has a common law system were many legal principles are derived from decisions made my judges. Therefore, decisions of judges and the way in which judges interpret the law can have major impacts on constitutional rights.
Ever since the 2005 Constitutional Reform Act the judiciary has been completely independent from politics. As Montesquieu stated this separation of power is crucial for a countries democracy and to prevent against tyranny. Therefore, since 2005 judges have been able to do their best to protect citizens' rights without political interference. As judges also have tenure this means that judges do not have to worry about cohering to political pressure because they do not have to worry about job security. This has allowed judges to make some decisions which are against the views of the government, for example judges have allowed foreign criminals to stay in the UK based on Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. Despite political pressure from Theresa May (2013) to deport criminals. This shows that judges are fundamental to protecting civil liberties in the UK as they are not in theory subjected to political pressures.
Although, despite judicial independence a lot of political pressure is still applied to judges. For example in August 2011 after the riots Prime Minister David Cameron called for 'exemplary sentences'. Many criminals got harsh sentences for their role in the riots showing that politics can still impact the judiciary. Similarly, in March 2011 the coalition announced publication of sentencing guidelines for drug offenders, again clearly trying to give judges help in making their decisions. Therefore, the power of judges to protect civil liberties can be undermined by politicians.
Judges are in theory meant to be politically neutral meaning that they should interpret the law without prejudice. Therefore, no matter who the accused is the judges should try and treat everybody equally and give verdicts based on the crime and not who the person is.
However, the background of judges is narrow and very privileged (78% Oxbridge) meaning the backgrounds of judges may impact their judgement and outlook because they cannot identify with certain classes and individuals. Only one judges in the Supreme Court is female (Baroness Hales) and the fact that only 3 or 4 judges sit in most trials this means most of the time women have no representation without most Supreme Court trials. As well as women being under represented only 4.2% of all judges are from ethnic minorities. Therefore, despite their apparent 'neutrality' this may be compromised by the background of judges who will not be able to relate to some individuals committing certain crimes.
A key power of judges to try to protect liberties is in judicial review. Judges have the power to reviews actions of the executive and decide whether an action is illegal or whether officials have acted within their powers. The threat of judicial review itself is serious because ministers will know that if they act un-lawfully they could be subject to investigation. An example of successful judicial review was in February 2010 when Binyam Mohamed had been imprisoned and tortured but when he arrived in the UK senior judges found that security services had acted un-lawfully and mislead parliament. He was released and award £1 million in compensation. Overall, in 2011 there was 11,200 review applications showing how people feel that judges will protect their rights on review.
However, despite the power of