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Schick shadel employment1/17/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() While intoxication-reduction motives predicted self-reported accidents and injuries, these motives did not predict AmED consumption patterns and risk of dependence. The authors report that hedonistic motives strongly predicted AmED use and the harms associated with use. The findings of this study significantly enhance our understanding of why AmED consumption is related to the risk of alcohol dependence and change our understanding of why consumers chose AmED beverages. A recent report by Droste and colleagues (2014) is the first study to investigate motivations related to AmED consumption and to determine which motives predict AmED consumption patterns, experience of drinking-related harms, and risk of alcohol dependence. However, the reason consumers find AmED beverages particularly appealing has been unclear. Laboratory research has demonstrated that AmED beverages lead to greater motivation to drink versus the same amount of alcohol consumed alone. AmED use has been associated with heavy episodic (binge) drinking, risky behaviors, and risk of alcohol dependence. PMID:25543129Ĭombined Alcohol and Energy Drink Use: Hedonistic Motives, Adenosine, and Alcohol DependenceĬonsumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED) has been associated with both short and long-term risks beyond those observed with alcohol alone. Psychotherapeutic interventions to improve emotional skills could be utilized in treatment of alcohol-dependent patients. This knowledge has implications for treatment. Conclusions: These results underline the importance of systematic identification of discrete emotional problems and dynamics related to AD. Poor utilization of emotions and high severity of depressive symptoms contributed to higher rates of drinking at follow-up. A longer duration of the last episode of heavy drinking was associated with more problems identifying and regulating emotions. Patients reporting more difficulties with describing feelings drank more during their last episode of heavy drinking, and had a longer duration of intensive alcohol use. Results: At baseline assessment, the duration of alcohol drinking was associated with lower ability to utilize emotions. Follow-up information contained data on drinking alcohol during the last month. ![]() ![]() The Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence (EI) Test and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) were utilized for emotional processing assessment. Baseline information about demographics, psychopathological symptoms, personality and severity of alcohol problems was obtained. Methods: A group of 80 inpatients entering an alcohol treatment program in Warsaw, Poland was recruited and assessed at baseline and follow-up after 12 months. The study objective was to explore the relationships between emotional processing, drinking history and relapse in a clinical sample of alcohol-dependent patients. Wojnar, MarcinĪims: Growing data reveals deficits in perception, understanding and regulation of emotions in alcohol dependence (AD). Klimkiewicz, Anna Wnorowska, Anna Brower, Kirk J. Kopera, Maciej Jakubczyk, Andrzej Suszek, Hubert Glass, Jennifer M. Relationship Between Emotional Processing, Drinking Severity and Relapse in Adults Treated for Alcohol Dependence in Poland Effective prevention and treatment measures should be implemented to reduce these costs. The majority of alcohol-attributable costs incurred as a consequence of heavy drinking and/or alcohol dependence. Most of the countries seem to incur 1% or more of their GDP (PPP) as alcohol-attributable costs, which is a high toll for a single factor and an enormous burden on public health. On average, the alcohol-attributable indirect cost due to loss of productivity is more than the alcohol-attributable direct cost. The cost due to heavy drinking and/or alcohol dependence as percent GDP (PPP) was estimated to be 0.96%. The weighted average of the total societal cost due to alcohol abuse as percent gross domestic product (GDP)-purchasing power parity (PPP)-was 1.58%. The costs associated with alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, and heavy drinking were calculated. The data from 14 identified cost studies were tabulated according to the potential direct and indirect cost drivers. Mohapatra, Satya Patra, Jayadeep Popova, Svetlana Duhig, Amy Rehm, JürgenĪ comprehensive review of cost drivers associated with alcohol abuse, heavy drinking, and alcohol dependence for high-income countries was conducted. Social cost of heavy drinking and alcohol dependence in high-income countries. ![]()
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Love unveiled wattpad1/17/2024 ![]() ![]() They merely exchanged glances and naught more was said.Īs Alana made her way from the keep she paused, heart pounding, she wanted desperately to see Fallon once more before her departure, but decided against it. Ranulf, giant and scarred, stood away from them, watching with a knowing expression. Gavin charmingly planted a kiss on her hand, all the while, holding Nettie lovingly beneath his arm. Ivan, in his own humorous way, pleaded for her to stay. They hugged tightly and kissed one another’s brow.Īlana bid the warriors a farewell, taking notice that Fallon was vacant from the hall. Nettie’s blue eyes welled with tears, “You will return, aye?”Īlana felt her mouth flatten grimly-she wasn’t so sure she’d plan on returning but nodded to appease her cousin. Please stay with me.” Nettie cried softly, tears dotting her cheekbones.Īlana clasped her cousin’s hands in her own, “Nor do I, more sister than cousin, but I need to ensure that our people are safe.” “I have no desire to part from you, dear cousin. The next morning, when she revealed her plans to Nettie, she was startled when her beloved cousin expressed her desire to stay at Linden Keep. She would rebuild the village, no matter the obstacles that stood in her way, she’d start anew, begin another life. She would find them and make amends for her abandonment. She thought of sweet old Agatha who’d lost her husband, and Rowan who’d given his life for his fellow villagers. She thought of her village and her beloved neighbors whom she’d abandoned and felt a pang of guilt. ![]() She couldn’t imagine how Fallon must be feeling about his brother’s deception and loss and McLeod’s treason against the King. So much has occurred she couldn’t wrap her senses around it Curran’s death and his disclosed attempt to kill Fallon. Her heart jolted with the promise laced in his velvety tone and when he pulled her into his arms, she didn’t object but rather delved delightedly in it. His hand fell away from her arm and he reached up to gently cup her chin, “If you let me, I wish to protect you, assuage your sorrows, and love you always, forever.” When they had battled alongside each other earlier that day, it had felt rightfully so, as though standing at this man’s side was what fate had intended. She remained silent, peering deeply into those meaningful hazel eyes. You compare me to a tragedy and I am sorry this has happened to you, give me a chance to show you that I am unlike your supposed demons.” She raised her eyes to his and was startled by the softening of his warrior face, “I have no intention of hurting you, Lynette. Her eyes narrowed heatedly, “Appease your thirst elsewhere.” She started around him but yelped when his hand stopped her. He crossed his arms against his muscled chest, “Their currently entertaining their thirst, and I have a hankering for something other than drink.” Her brow arched, “Why not seek your Norman friends out?” ![]()
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White infographic icons1/17/2024 ![]() ![]() Please do not use unnecessary white space or a heading “graphical abstract” within the image file.Ī basic visual/graphical abstract template is provided below in the "further reading & resources" section along with advice and further tips on how to create one.If you’re a business owner, a creative freelancer, or someone starting out in the way of digital tech – you’ve probably experienced infographics. Any text or label must be part of the image file. No additional text, outline or synopsis should be included.File type: preferred file types are TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files.Font: please use Times, Arial, Courier or Symbol with a large enough font size as the image will be reduced in size for the table of contents to fit a window 200 pixels high.Please note that your image will be scaled proportionally to fit in the available window on ScienceDirect: a 500 by 200-pixel rectangle. If you are submitting a larger image, please use the same ratio (500 wide x 200 high). Image size: please provide an image with a minimum of 1328 x 531 pixels (w x h) using a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. ![]() Try to reduce distracting and cluttering elements as much as possible. NB: Some titles have specific instructions for graphical abstracts, so please ensure you read the guide for authors of the journal in question before finalizing your work.įor ease of browsing, the graphical abstract should have a clear start and end, preferably "reading" from top to bottom or left to right. Please note that, just as each paper should be unique, so each graphical abstract should also be unique. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the submission system by selecting “graphical abstracts" from the drop-down list when uploading files. In particular, the average annual use of an article is doubled when compared with those without a visual abstract.Īuthors must provide an original image that clearly represents the work described in the paper. Research has shown that articles which have graphical abstracts are beneficial both in terms of views of the article as well as increased activity on social media. The graphical abstract will be displayed in online search result lists, the online contents list and the article on ScienceDirect, but will typically not appear in the article PDF file or print.Ī graphical abstract should allow readers to quickly gain an understanding of the take-home message of the paper and is intended to encourage browsing, promote interdisciplinary scholarship, and help readers identify more quickly which papers are most relevant to their research interests. It could either be the concluding figure from the article or better still a figure that is specially designed for the purpose, which captures the content of the article for readers at a single glance. ![]() This is a single, concise, pictorial and visual summary of the main findings of the article. Journals are increasingly requesting the submission of a “graphical” or “visual abstract” alongside the body of the article. ![]()
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Butter chicken naan1/17/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() Double check that the dough is no warmer than baby bottle temperature, then add the yeast mixture to the large bowl. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the atta flour. Add the yoghurt, salt, and rest of the sugar to the butter water.Add boiling water and stir til the butter is melted. Cut the butter into pieces in a bowl large enough for the dough to triple (I use a large casserole dish).In a small bowl, add the yeast and some of the sugar to lukewarm (do the baby’s bottle test on your wrist).melted butter, for drizzling (optional).Recipe from: MasterChef Australia's Jimmy Seervai from his Arta Wholemeal Flour website. You can’t have Indian curry without some naan, so I thought I’d stick with Jimmy’s recipes and try my hand at making my own. After smelling and tasting all of the spices to try and work out which seemed to be dominating my dish, I am fairly confident that it was the garam masala - so next time I would try making the butter sauce without this spice (as there is some already in the tandoori marinade for the chicken) and see if this improves the flavour. I thought it may have been the ground mace (as I couldn’t find blade mace, but I had only added a small pinch of this). Garnish with green chillies, fresh coriander and cream. Sprinkle over garam masala, Kashmiri chilli powder and dried fenugreek leaves.Add the honey, followed by the tandoori chicken and drippings. Return sauce to pan and cook over low heat. Once cool, blend to a puree to make a smooth sauce.Add tomatoes, tomato puree, stock and salt and simmer, stirring, occasionally for 5 minutes.Add ginger paste, green chillies, cardamom, mace and cashew paste and fry for a further 2 minutes. ![]() For butter sauce, heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add onion and cook until translucent.Grill for 8-10 minutes, brush with oil, turn chicken over and grill for another 4-5 minutes until the chicken is cooked. Preheat oven grill, and place chicken on the grill rack, with a tray underneath to collect the drippings.Coat chicken with marinade and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. For tandoori chicken, add all ingredients for marinade except oil to a bowl and mix well.Green chillies, fresh coriander and cream for garnishing.1 teaspoon ginger paste, minced on microplane.1 teaspoon garlic paste, minced on microplane.600g chicken thigh fillets, cut in three.I doubled the recipe and it comfortably served 6 (accompanied by rice and naan). This was a very time consuming dish to prepare as there are so many ingredients and elements! Even though I chopped all of my vegetables before I started cooking, I found that I tried to do too many things at once and should have done some of it the night before (marinating the chicken) and done more before the guests arrived (start the butter sauce and blend it ready for step 5 and 6.) A printable copy of the recipe can be found on the Channel 10 MasterChef website. Recipe from: MasterChef Australia’s Jimmy Seervai from the Season 3, Episode 60 Master Class. When I saw this dish being cooked on MasterChef during one of the Master Class episodes, it looked so good, I’ve been dying to give it a go ever since! Butter chicken and naan bread seem to be the go-to dishes that are ordered, no matter how many people are dining with you and what their tastes are like.īutter chicken has always been something I’ve wanted to learn how to make from scratch, as the sauces you can make from a jar always seem to leave something to be desired… If you’re anything like me, you judge your local Indian restaurants by the quality of their butter chicken and their naan bread - because generally, if they can get that right, the rest of their menu is usually pretty good also. ![]()
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Utopian dream1/17/2024 ![]() ![]() Tenor gets plenty of points for individuality and his apparent refusal to conform to "normal" attitudes of music-making, but the result is a dark record that reveals few of its secrets and confuses more than it excites. Summing it all up is "Neumatico Rojo," a half-hearted attempt at remaking an older, better track. Since it first appeared in the marketing literature in the 1950s the marketing concept has been hailed as the ideal goal of every business enterprise. Though a few tracks have the lunar lounge-act finesse that made 1997's Intervision such a breakout record, Utopian Dream is a sprawling mess, an attempt to re-create the flip side of Sly Stone's tossed-off classic There's a Riot Goin' On, but lacking even that record's pittance of organization. Built in the 1970s, the Pablo-Picasso social housing estate, the epicenter of the riots following the death of Nahel M. We have 1200 square feet of space, included in the space is a kitchen prep area, 1 unisex restroom, round/rectangular tables, and chairs. The crumbling utopian dream of Nanterres towers, where Frances riots began. ![]() The highlights "Moonfolks" and "Gentle Afternoon" are faux-naïve vignettes produced with the cheap drum machine on autopilot and Tenor working it out, either on his primitive keyboards or with his tremulous falsetto (sometimes at the same time!). A nice space for baby showers, bridal and bachelor parties, church meetings, or just about anything. Not only do the four siblings at the heart of the novel feel underestimated by adults and barred from agency in their own lives, but they seem to have, at. The opener (and title track) certainly doesn't sound like a utopian dream though - the deep vocals and dark electro chords sound more like a Drexciya record than Finland's favorite Prince imitator. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is a children’s story, one in which Lewis creates an environment where children have the most wisdom but the least influence. After losing his major-label contract with Matador, Jimi Tenor returned not only to his old label (Sähkö Recordings), but also to the basement-level productions and bizarre soul of his early records. ![]()
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Outer banks netflix parents guide1/17/2024 ![]() Driver plays a pilot named Mills who crash lands on Earth-65 million years ago, meaning he has to try and survive the prehistoric creatures and find his way back home.įor those interested in checking out the movie, we can help you determine whether 65 is appropriate for your entire family or if it’s better to watch it alone. Many people and families who didn’t get the chance to see 65 in theaters can now relax and enjoy the movie at home. However, now 65 is streaming on Netflix and has the chance to be exposed to a new audience. Critic and audience reviews were also very low or mixed for the film. Well, OK.Despite starring the award-nominated actor Adam Driver and boasting a sizable $45 million budget, Sony’s sci-fi action thriller film 65 didn’t make a big splash at the box office when it was released in March 2023. P.S.: You really had to call one class the "Dark Arts"? Really? You didn't think about maybe picking another name? No one in the writers' room said, "Hey, wasn't that what Snape wanted to teach?" Shrug. Instead it mainly feels like a waste of good actors and art direction. ![]() With these kinds of tiresome and regressive ideas anchoring the action, no amount of thick black eyeliner, teens ultra-violencing each other, or alterna-'80s songs on the soundtrack can make this show look fresh and cool. And male characters shouldn't need a trumped-up reason to look or act heroic. So why start what's advertised as something cool and new with something old and tired? Surely in a school for murderers, a deadly female character could protect herself. Fridging turns female characters into objects, and male ones into verbs neither are given humanity. There's a concept in comic book fandom known as "fridging," in which female characters are abused, raped, and/or killed merely as a convenient reason for their male love interests to fight villains. The problems are crystallized in the first episode of Deadly Class, with Marcus landing himself in hot water with one of the school's violent gangs when he tries to protect a female classmate he believes to be abused by her violent boyfriend. But unfortunately, that's not on offer here. At this point, the idea of a school for super-powered misfits, even violent killers from criminal families, is a narrative cliché only truly creative writing could lift it out of its been-there-done-that status. Violent and visually beautiful, this melding of Harry Potter, Suicide Squad, and X-Men comes off as less than a sum of its parts because its dramatic beats are too familiar, its point of view too basic. It's a great show but know what you're getting into. There was plenty, even if the camera never caught them in the act. I dunno where these other reviewers are getting that there was no sex. Characters swing dildos around while drunk, condoms float in fish tanks, and there is even a scene were a cop walks in on the villain um. was at a farm. Just because a woman can kick butt, doesn't mean she's a good role model.īeyond the obvious killing and very brutal scenes, there's plenty of alcohol, drugs, and sex to go around. But they kill people too, manipulate people, and use their sex appeal to do their assignments. ![]() Even as an adult, that's a tough theme to wrestle with. It reaaaaaally plays with morality with many of the messages and themes being that killing CAN be justified if you kill people that deserve it. This is a very gritty, dark, and violent show about kids learning to kill the bad people in the world in hopes to make it a better place. But you didn't come to this site to read about that. None of the other reviews are wrong about that. Language can also be insulting and racist: "loser," "wetback." Language includes all the four-letter words ("f-k," "s-t," etc.) as well as "bitch," "bulls-t," "a-hole," and the like. The show's whole viewpoint is dark: "The world respects those who can protect themselves," says an authority figure. Teens also routinely smoke pot and drink, and smoke cigarettes. Students are forbidden to have sex at their school, but they do anyway, and we see characters having sex nude from the side, with private parts obscured, as well as teens kissing and flirting. ![]() There are also references to pedophilia and molestation, like when a boy implies a teacher will want sexual payback for a favor. Some violence has a gendered and/or sexual edge: A female character is abused by a male one, a boy tells another about a violent sexual fantasy he masturbated to. We see on-screen hand-to-hand combat, stabbings, martial arts, and shootings, with blood but no gore. Characters, even "good" ones, commit murders that are painted as justice - i.e., they're killing "bad" people. The levels of violence, language, drug use, and sex are mature, particularly the violence. Parents need to know that Deadly Class is about a school that trains teens to be murderers, super-villain style. ![]()
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Paparazzi photos1/16/2024 ![]() ![]() Gone are the days when many could count on a six-figure income. That means an exclusive “Just Like Us” photo that would have fetched $5,000 to $15,000 before, now pays only $5 or $10. As a result, paparazzi are paid a small fraction of the subscription fee how much depends on how many of their pictures are used each month. Instead of making magazines pay per photo, they offered a subscription service: publishers could use as many photos as they wanted to fulfill the greater demand for cheaper shots. Photo agencies began to consolidate or go out of business, and the remaining ones changed their business model. Digital media increased the demand for celebrity photographs but decreased the price media companies were willing to pay for them. The global financial crisis and the rise of online media finally killed the gold rush. Grossman urged everyone to take a coordinated step back, pay less for pictures, and not break laws or put themselves or others in danger to get the shot, but it didn’t work. The gold rush era brought about gold rush mentality, with many new photographers flocking to the industry, willing to break laws and giving paparazzi an even worse reputation for going too far and harassing celebrities and even their young children. ![]() The more senior, skilled, and talented paparazzi command better terms, which often includes exclusively selling their pictures to just one agency.Īlthough the price of a photograph depended on what the celebrity was doing and whether it was an exclusive, at the gold rush peak, an exclusive “Just Like Us” picture would typically fetch $5,000 to $15,000. A paparazzo receives anywhere between 20% and 70% of the royalties the picture earns, depending on the photographer and the deal he or she negotiated with the agency. But Grossman didn’t work with paparazzi directly instead, a photographer like Baez sells his pictures to an agency that has the relationship with photo editors like Grossman. These fortunes are determined by a handful of people like Peter Grossman, the photo editor at Us Weekly from 2003 to 2017. His success balances his training and knowledge of celebrities with the crushing awareness that his earnings are remarkably variable and unpredictable. Most pictures aren’t worth much, but a shot of a new baby, a celebrity kissing a new paramour, or a wedding can change fortunes overnight.īut Baez’s income is not dependably constant. Often, the tips are from the celebrities themselves via social media: looking to build a following, they alert the public (mostly directed at photographers) about their movements, or their publicist will call an agency to dispatch a photographer. Camera in hand, he’s witnessed the fallout of extramarital affairs, new babies, deaths, new love and breakups of some of New York’s most famous residents.įor paparazzi like Baez, earning a living requires an encyclopedic knowledge of where famous people live in New York, as well as a network of drivers, and shop and restaurant workers who call in tips when they spot celebrities in the vicinity. Santiago Baez has been a paparazzo since the early 1990s. ![]()
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