1. Cognitive behavioral therapy intervention with yoga and education components improved pain management for patients on long-term opioids better than usual care

Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-1436

URL goes live when the embargo lifts

A pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing pain-related outcomes for patients with chronic pain receiving long-term opioid therapy found that patients who received cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in their treatment plans reported improvements in self-reported pain and greater reductions in pain impact after one year. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Long-term opioid use targeting chronic pain can be associated with significant adverse health outcomes. Alternative approaches to chronic pain management have been extensively studied in patients with specific types of chronic pain in specialty settings. However, this study is the first examination of alternative treatments for broad chronic pain who were being treated with opioids in a primary care setting.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute randomly assigned 850 adult patients taking long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain to receive either usual care (n=417) or a CBT intervention (n=433) embedded in primary care. Frontline clinicians delivered the intervention that included talk therapy and yoga-based adaptive movement. The patients were assessed quarterly over 12 months for self-reported measures of pain and disability. The researchers found that patients receiving CBT had greater reductions in pain impact and pain-related disability compared to the usual care group. In addition, one in four patients receiving CBT reported more than 30 percent reductions in pain compared to similar reports from one in six patients receiving usual care. Patients in the CBT intervention group showed greater reduction in benzodiazepine use but there was no impact on opioid usage in either group.

Although effects of the intervention were modest, they persisted after treatment through final 12-month follow-up. Given the limited efficacy and safety of long-term opioid treatment of chronic pain and increasing demand for nonpharmacologic treatment, the researchers believe that this type of intervention may be an attractive option.

Media contacts For an embargoed PDF, please contact Angela Collom at acollom@acponline.org. To speak with the lead author, Lynn DeBar, PhD, MPH, please contact Caroline Liou at Caroline.X.Liou@kp.org.

-------------------------------------------------

2. NIH summarizes exiting knowledge and unanswered questions about anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-3669

URL goes live when the embargo lifts

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies have been used in health care and clinical settings to prevent and treat COVID-19. This summer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened a virtual summit to summarize existing knowledge and identify key unanswered scientific questions about these antibodies. An article summarizing the discussion is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

During the summit, presenters and expert panelists highlighted advances that have been made using anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies for prevention and treatment of COVID-19. To date, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an approval for one antiviral drug to treat hospitalized patients and granted Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for several single and combination monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to treat persons in the outpatient setting. The experts also discussed ongoing studies to determine the potential benefit of high-titer convalescent plasma (CP) antibodies or hyperimmune globulin (HIG). Like mAbs, these CP and HIG antibodies have shown benefit in some instances when administered early.

Results in outpatients were more encouraging, according to the experts. In one trial, patients taking the mAb combination bamlanivimab-etesevimab had a 70 percent reduction in rates of hospitalization or death compared with placebo. As preventive therapy, mAbs could offer immediate protection for unvaccinated persons exposed to SARS-CoV-2 or those who have no specific exposure but work in high-risk settings. They could also be administered to the rare patient who cannot be vaccinated due to allergic reactions to components of the vaccine.

The experts also discussed several areas where knowledge gaps exist and how to address them. One important area of study is alternate routes of administration for mAbs and the potential effects of mAb infusions on COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity. Several studies addressing these scientific questions (or knowledge gaps) are ongoing. According to the authors, the continuing emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants underscores the critical need to identify classes of mAbs that can be successfully and effectively combined and to develop and evaluate broadly neutralizing antibody cocktails and bispecific antibodies to treat and prevent COVID-19.

Media contacts: For an embargoed PDF, please contact Angela Collom at acollom@acponline.org. Submit media request to NIAID Media Inquiries at mediainquiries@niaid.nih.gov.

-------------------------------------------------

3. Study finds that nearly a third of Medicare recipients now see 5 or more physicians each year

Over the past 20 years, the number of physicians with whom PCPs must coordinate care for Medicare patients has increased by 83 percent

Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-1523

URL goes live when the embargo lifts

A new twenty-year study of Medicare recipients reveals that a larger number of Medicare patients are making more appointments with a larger number of specialists each year while engagement with primary care physicians failed to change. The study describes changing trends in medical care systems over the previous two decades and the implications these trends have for the future of primary and specialty care physicians in the United States. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The dominance of specialty care in American medical care systems have drawn concerns about fragmentation of care and ballooning health care costs with a high burden on primary care physicians (PCP) coordinating patient care.

Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed Medicare claims made between 2000 and 2019, reviewing a data increase from 6,140,952 to 7,165,513 beneficiaries, respectively. The data showed that mean number of PCP office visits annually per beneficiary did not meaningfully increase, but the mean number of unique PCPs seen annually increased by 36%. At the same time, the mean number of specialist physician office visits annually increased by 20.3% and the mean number of unique specialist physicians seen annually increased by 34.2%. Researchers found that, as of 2019, 30.1% of Medicare recipients saw five or more physicians annually. According to the data, these changes mean that the number of other physicians with whom PCPs must coordinate care for Medicare patients has increased by 83 percent. Simultaneously, researchers learned that one third of Medicare patients do not utilize a PCP to coordinate their care at all. The research team contributes these trends to the increasing number of distinct medical subspecialties, changes in medical care systems, and decline in the availability and widespread use of PCPs across the United States.

Media contacts: For an embargoed PDF, please contact Angela Collom at acollom@acponline.org. To speak with corresponding author, Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS, please contact Todd Datz at tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu.

-------------------------------------------------

4. Researchers suggest building a national biorepository infrastructure to prepare for future pandemics

Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-2857

Editorial: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4145

URL goes live when the embargo lifts

Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC), a safety-net hospital in Boston, MA, recognized the importance of creating a COVID-19 biorepository to both support critical science and ensure representation in research for its urban patient population, most of whom are from underserved communities. The team describe their decision to build a hospital-wide biorepository for COVID-19 research samples and share challenges they overcame to coordinate the biorepositorys management with patients, researchers, and care teams. They call on hospital research teams, funders, policymakers, and infectious disease and public health communities to support biorepository implementation as an essential element of future pandemic preparedness. The paper is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The researchers describe how they created a biorepository that was inclusive of their patient population: largely non-White, lacking sufficient insurance, low income, no or limited English proficiency, and disproportionately at risk of COVID-19. Their centralized biorepository resulted in 48,000 samples from more than 10,000 patients, requiring adapting sample collection and lab logistics to prioritize safety and longevity, balancing research and clinical care, and creating a fee system for using samples to reduce costs. The researchers suggest that nationwide infrastructure and funding is necessary to support other hospitals and communities in preparation for the next pandemic.

Media contacts: For an embargoed PDF, please contact Angela Collom at acollom@acponline.org. To speak with corresponding author, Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, please contact Erica Augustine, Communications & Outreach Associate at Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research (CEID) at erica@bu.edu.

-------------------------------------------------

Annals of Internal Medicine

Randomized controlled/clinical trial

People

A Primary CareBased Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Long-Term Opioid Users With Chronic Pain

2-Nov-2021

Read the original post:
CBT intervention with yoga and education comp - EurekAlert

An unlicensed hit-and-run driver who authorities say struck and killed a Blaine woman walking her dog Monday afternoon told police he didnt stop because he thought he had hit a dog or sign, according to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

John Robert Jones, 31, of Blaine was charged with one count of criminal vehicular homicide and leaving the scene.The following details about the 12:30 p.m. crash were outlined in the complaint:

Witnesses said a man was driving a white Chrysler 300 sedan erratically along Northeast 109th Avenue near Northeast Flanders Court just before he struck Bridget Dunn, 56, of Blaine. He pulled over about 100 yards later and then took off again, fleeing westbound on 109th. Dunns dog was unharmed.

Less than an hour later, using the license plate number and other officials records, police went to Jones nearby home.

There they spoke with the mans girlfriend, who said Jones had been driving the vehicle earlier. The vehicle was found in the attached garage. It had its hood up and the drivers side propped up on a jack. The vehicle was leaking fluids. It was missing the drivers side door mirror, and the drivers side headlight was broken. In addition, the front bumper was broken and the front fender was pushed so far back the drivers door could not be used.

The girlfriend told police that when James came home, he said that he had struck a dog or a sign and asked her not to tell anyone.

When authorities spoke with Jones, he said he didnt have a valid drivers license. He also told investigators that he had taken the Chrysler on an errand earlier that day and struck a sign or dog while driving on 109th. He said he didnt stop to check what he had hit but decided to skip the errand and took the car home to his garage to inspect the damage.

Jones remained in the Anoka County jail on Wednesday.

Posts on social media said Dunn was the founder and owner of a pilates and yoga studio in Blaine.

According to the businesss website, Dunn had 16 years of experience teaching yoga, pilates and MELT and was also trained in neuromuscular rehabilitation for people suffering from Parkinsons disease, multiple sclerosis and the effects of strokes. She also trained others to become yoga and pilates instructors.

Before moving to Minnesota, Dunn lived around the U.S. and in Latin America and Asia while she worked in the international business field. Then she moved to Minnesota to work for the Aveda Corp. for 15 years and took her first yoga class through a program the Minneapolis company offered its employees.

It changed her life, the website says. Yoga allowed her to find balance and less stress in a very busy, chaotic work environment. Eventually, she left the business world altogether to teach yoga.

The site goes on to say that Dunn has loved watching people grow in their practices and seeing how Yoga and Pilates can change peoples lives, empowering them to live stronger, healthier, more balanced lives. Bridgets core value is compassion.

More:
Unlicensed driver charged in hit-and-run death of Blaine owner of pilates and yoga studio - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Rafael Nadal did his best to put up a challenging run in Melbourne, winning the first four matches without dropping a set and creating a huge two-set lead to love Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarters. Experiencing a massive hit, Nadal dropped three straight sets and hit the starting gate, pulling out of Rotterdam and Miami and heading back to Monte Carlo on his beloved clay.

Aiming for another title in the Principality, Rafa lost in the quarterfinals to Andrey Rublev in three sets before clinching the twelfth Barcelona Open crown. In the final, Nadal endured a tough test from Tsitsipas and beat the Greek in three hours and 38 minutes after fending off a match point.

Alexander Zverev was too strong for Rafa in Madrid, and the Spaniard bounced back in Rome, saving match points against Denis Shapovalov and beating Novak Djokovic in the final to secure his 36th Masters 1000 crown and his first since 2019.

Seeking the fourteenth crown in his Parisian kingdom, Nadal suffered only the third Roland Garros defeat in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, falling after four hours and 11 minutes and feeling sharp pain in his foot in the fourth set.

Off the court for three weeks, Nadal skipped Wimbledon and the Olympics before testing his foot in Washington in early August. After two challenging matches, the Spaniard decided to close out the season and take over the injury before 2022, eager to extend his career and fight for notable titles again in the coming years.

When asked to elaborate on his temperament in a recent interview, Rafael Nadal asserted that he likes to compete but that he also makes it a point to keep his emotions in check. Nadal further claimed that he has never "behaved like crazy", and that his philosophy in sport is to never give up.

"I like to compete, but I always control myself on the track," Rafael Nadal said. "I have never lost my nerves or broken a racket. I've never behaved like crazy. My philosophy is never to give up in sports. It happens to me the same when I play golf or soccer with my friends."

He believes it is important to have "positive feelings" during a match, even if things are not going your way. "When you're on court, it's important to control your emotions," Nadal said. "In my case, I practice yoga and meditation to be able to control my emotions when I am playing.

You always have to enter the court with positive feelings. It is important to maintain confidence, even when conditions are not ideal."

Continue reading here:
Rafael Nadal: 'I practice yoga and meditation to be able...' - Tennis World USA

Heather and Kevin Fritz of Fritz Tiny Homes just unveiled their latest micro dwelling on wheelsand its as much a gym as it is a house. "Our client, a yoga instructor, asked for space for her Peloton bike and an eight-by-eight yoga room, where she could teach remotely," Heather says. "We fit both of these things and more."

Named after the client, Ashleigh Trahan, the home is wrapped in black metal and Douglas fir and features tall windows that showcase the landscape of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

The tiny home in Canada that Fritz Tiny Homes designed for Ashleigh Trahan and her partner Elyse is clad with metal and Douglas fir.

Heather and Kevin Fritz outfitted the living room/yoga studio with a green velvet Article sofa, which they customized by removing the legs and adding a wood base with large built-in storage drawers. An A-frame window fills the tiny home with sunlight and views of the landscape.

"I dreamed of building a tiny house for yearsand when the pandemic hit and housing prices skyrocketed, I realized it was the right time to make the dream a reality," says Ashleigh, who lives in the micro-home with her partner Elyse. "I wanted to build a tiny house as a way to live with less and prioritize what really matters to me," Ashleigh adds. "I wanted freedom of location, space for movement, and the ability to enjoy the outdoors."

The Fritzes arranged an open-plan office area between the living room/yoga studio and the kitchen. The area features hidden storage drawers beneath the concrete desktop.

In response to Ashleigh and Elyses love for the outdoors, Kevin milled Douglas fir and applied it to the ceilings, giving the interior a warm, woodsy feel. The material also references the towering pines outside the A-frame window in the living room, which doubles as Ashleighs yoga studio.

White cabinetry creates a light and bright aesthetic in the kitchen, where an elongated microwave doubles as a vent hood. A Chateau Lighting pendant hangs above the counter by Phoenix Concrete.

A sofa from Article, covered in brilliant green velvet, enlivens the living room and ties to the green of the pine trees. Heather and Kevin customized the sofa for the space by removing its legs and mounting it on a wood base with large, built-in storage drawers. A fold-out table and stools that accommodate six people are stored in one of the drawers for when Ashleigh and Elyse have friends over for dinner.

An stairway with alternating risers and built-in storage drawers accesses the loft-style bedroom. The flooring throughout the home is Douglas fir.

The office area, located between the living room/yoga studio and the kitchen, features a concrete counter with storage drawers and a BlaubergVento ERV ventilation system tucked beneath it. A floating walnut shelf with recessed lighting on its underside provides illumination for the workspace.

A coffered walnut ceiling in the micro-gym provides the headroom necessary to stand and ride a Peloton bike. The windows in front of (and beside) the bike provide the feeling of riding outdoors.

The kitchen showcases bright white cabinetry, a full-size LG refrigerator, an elongated microwave with a built-in hood vent, and a propane range from Unique Appliances. "When we build tiny homes, we like to keep everything off of the upper portion of the walls, and we place the functional elements down low," Kevin says. "This maintains an open feeling and keeps from blocking the sunlight that pours in through the windows."

The bathroom features brass fixtures, Hexagonal tiles by Phoenix Concrete, and hexagonal walnut tiles cut by Kevin with a CNC router.

Heather and Kevins favorite aspect of the custom tiny home design is the walnut pull-out cabinet near the front door. "It has integrated storage for jackets, shoes, and any odds and ends that need to be handy in the front area," Heather says. "The cabinet also conveniently hides the wheel well."

The loft-style bedroom features a headboard with integrated LED lightning for reading in bed at night. Windows on either side of the bed provide cross ventilation.

The micro gym, where Heather and Kevin placed Ashleighs Peloton bike, is located toward the rear of the home beside the bathroom. The compact space is marked by awning-style windows and a coffered walnut ceiling. "The high ceiling allows for headroom to stand on the bike, and the windows make it feel like youre riding outside," Heather says.

The Fritzes created built-in bedside storage in the loft area, where a Douglas fir ceiling provides warmth and texture.

Heather and Kevin finished the spa-like bathroom with wall tiles made from concrete with glass beads that lighten the weight of the material. For the shower floor, they cut hexagonal tiles from walnut using a CNC router and waterproofed them with an epoxy seal.

The openness of the loft-style bedroom lets the clients view the landscape from bed.

A staircase with storage drawers beneath each riser accesses the loft-style bedroom, where a tall landing area, built-in bedside storage, and a headboard with integrated LED lighting provide comfort and practicality. "Ashleigh is 510, so we wanted to include ample standing room for her in the loft," Kevin says. "The landing also makes it easier to get in and out of bed."

Metal cladding provides a durable shell for the tiny home on wheels.

"Movement is a huge part of our lives," Ashleigh says. "I was worried that moving into a smaller home might mean sacrificing space for yoga, weight training, and my Peloton bike. But when I started designing my home with the Fritzes, I learned that preserving aspects of my lifestyle was the key to making tiny living sustainable for the long haul. Im so happywe have a micro-gym and a room where my partner and I can roll out our yoga mats."

Kevin and Heather Fritz talk beside a fire pit in the front yard of the tiny home.

Published

Originally posted here:
A Yoga Instructors Tiny Home Stretches the Limits of Small Space Design - Dwell

Children and teenagers on the SouthCoast are getting the emotional support they need after facing traumatic events through weight lifting, yoga and community outreach.

The Children's Advocacy Centerof Bristol County in Fall River and the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) offerservices and opportunities to connect for youth survivors of abuse and trauma and their families. Both programs offer various programs to best suit each survivor's needs.

The CAC is just one of nearly 100 programs that the JRI offers. As the CAC of Bristol County, operating out of Fall River, it serves as emergency response centerfor child sexual abuse.

The Center for Trauma and Embodiment is dedicated to researching, developing and training providers to help trauma survivorssafely "reconnect to their bodyso that they mayengage more fully with their life."

'Ultimate loss of power': COVID pandemic shifts teen dating violence means to digital

The Center for Trauma and Embodiment helps trauma survivors by offeringTrauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), Trauma Informed Weight Lighting (TIWL) and ReScripted, a practice that utilizes the power of play, theater and movement. David Emerson, Co-Director of the TCTSY and founder of TCTSY works with all ages to incorporate body-centered treatmentinto the emotional healing of trauma survivors.

By incorporating yoga into recovery, Emerson has found that it opens up old avenues of connecting the mind and the body prior to a traumatic incident. Similar to those who have struggled with addiction, a trauma survivor mayneglect their physical health due to the focus on mental recovery. Survivors of trauma face a dynamic of fighting for survival while also shutting down parts of themselves.

"Yoga is very intentional," Emerson said. "Trauma disconnects the body and mind, an out-of-body experience, shutting down parts of the body to survive. Yoga reconnects parts of yourself."

His yoga model is an evidence-based treatment for complex trauma and complex PTSD based on research of adults ages 18 and older. In 2009, the center received the first grant given by the National Institutes of Health to study yoga for trauma.Studies for children are in the works, but Emerson began implementing a program in youth in 2006, jumping in with no research, only anecdotal feedback from clients.

"We learned more about trauma and to get good services to people as soon as we can," Emerson said.

For now, yoga classes are only offered only online. Although the proven research is based on adult survivors of complex trauma including early life, military and military sexual trauma focused on women the yoga classes are open to anyone but they tend to focus on that specific population. There is a $12 fee but Emerson said they never turn anyone away and encourage attendees to give what they can.

The weight-lifting program offers a more dynamic approach to physical recovery. It uses explosive movements rather than meditative, and some survivors may prefer this program as it offers "clear choices for people to be in charge of what they do with their body," Emerson said.

Emerson said that survivors often experience an unclear sense from their body: sometimes, it's nothing, and other times, an individual may feel overstimulated. He said that weight lifting helps survivors notice and concentrate what they feel in their body, and connect their mind to their muscles.

Through the programs, Emerson has noticed immense improvement, especially in youth. He sees themconnect with their body and make a choice of what to do with their body. "That's what you're looking for, it's very satisfying," he said.

Yoga, weight lifting and performing arts have created a triad of a new approach to healing, one that does not require talking, something that many survivors find difficult.

"We wantedto be careful about this frombeginning," Emerson said. "Do the due diligence, trauma is so severe, and we dont want to engage in something justbecausewe think its good."

The CAC's mission has three prongs: protecting, healing, and prevention and education. On a national level, CACs are designed to support survivors without re-traumatizing them by asking what has happened.

Expansion plans: Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County prepares for expanding need in new building

Wheninterviewing a child who is abused, a trained forensic interviewer will wear a wire, as a detective, pediatric nurse and other clinical staff watch via live video from another room. Through a series of indirect questions, the child will disclose as much as possible about their trauma without additional pressure from the interviewer. By having only one person speak with the child, it prevents re-traumatizing.

Referrals are received only from law enforcement, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families and the Bristol County District Attorney's office. Annually, the CAC sees between 600 and 800 cases through referrals forsexual abuse, and the cases are mostlyfrom New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton and Attleboro.

As part of the healing process, children who go through the CAC can be exposed to art therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) training which transitions to psychotherapy.

The CAC's Fall River office is currently under renovation to accommodate an expanded waiting room and family suites, new forensic interview rooms, special child-focused medical health suitesand mental health clinical treatment rooms with Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) boards.

For youth, these renovations also include space for painting and other art forms, a therapeutic dollhouse, yoga balls, balance beams and more sensory objects, Lara Stone, co-executive directorof the CAC of Bristol County, said.

"All staff meets the child wherever they are," Stone said. "Kids have been groomed for so long, breaking through can be difficult."

The CAC continues to operate while under construction,serving all20 towns and cities in Bristol County. Currently, the CAC does not accept off-the-street referrals but commits to outreach and prevention to any individuals or organizations.

Stonesaid some staff members haveattended training at Yale University for child and family traumatic stress intervention. In addition, JRI recently received a $500,000 grant to train residential care workers across the country in the trauma informed care.

If you or anyone you know are being harmed or need support, the CAC encourages individuals to call1-800-792-5200 for assistance.

Standard-Times staff writer Kerri Tallmancan be reached at ktallman@s-t.com. Follow her on Twitter at @kerri_tallmanfor links to recent articles.

Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Standard-Times today.

Read the rest here:
Yoga, weight lifting, art therapy: How JRI programs are helping survivors of abuse, trauma - SouthCoastToday.com

Kareena Kapoor shared this photo. (Image courtesy: kareenakapoorkhan)

Yoga runs in Kareena Kapoor Khan's family. We are not saying this. The actress has shared the piece of information on Instagram. Let us tell you that the post is loaded with cuteness. Why? It features Kareena's little one Jeh. Aww. Can we call it our lucky day? To our eyes, Jeh may seem to be falling. But Kareena has clarified in the caption that Jeh is simply trying out a yoga pose. She wrote, "Downward Dog. Yoga runs in the family you see." The actress also added the hashtags "8 months" and "Mere Beta [my son]". Kareena's sister, actress Karisma Kapoor commented, "Our jaan [our life]" and added some red hearts and raising hand emojis. Actress Amrita Arora also dropped a set of red heart emojis for Jeh.

Here's Kareena Kapoor's adorable post about Jeh:

Well, we won't be surprised to see Jeh grow up to love yoga and fitness workouts. Kareena Kapoor herself is a devout fitness enthusiast. Recently, the actress clicked a gorgeous selfie after a "desert run" as she calls it. She posted it on Instagram Stories. In the photo, we see her flaunting a sports bra and wearing a fitness band around her wrist.

We aren't the only ones, who adore Jeh. Kareena Kapoor, herself, can't stop gushing about Jeh in her social media posts. She shared a throwback photo of him and wrote, "My life, your cheeks and cuddles complete me."

Kareena Kapoor shared this beautiful frame featuring her husband, actor Saif Ali Khan and their two sons, Taimur and Jeh, on her birthday.

Here's another post featuring Kareena Kapoor and Jeh. She shared it when he completed six months.

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan got married in 2012. They welcomed Jeh, their second son, in February, this year.

See the article here:
"Yoga Runs In The Family": Kareena Kapoor Posts Pic Of Baby Jeh In Pike Position - NDTV

CHERYL Tweedy goes from pop star to poise star as she shows off her yoga moves.

The former Girls Aloud singer crossed her legs while balancing on an exercise ball for a new wellness advert.

4

4

Cheryl, 38, also performed a series of yoga stretches in the new promotional video for vitamin supplement brand WeAreFeel which she shared with her 3.5million Instagram followers.

The singer, who last hit the No1 spot with her song I Dont Care in 2014, revealed she had turned to yoga to keep her active earlier this year as she was announced as an ambassador for the wellness company.

Cheryl, who has a four-year-old son called Bear with One Direction star Liam Payne, 28, said: I like yoga.

I like Bikram, and I like it to be hot as I feel like my hearts pounding and Ive done something.

You feel like youve been stretched from head-to-toe.

Live Blog

Exclusive

Exclusive

4

4

Read more:
Cheryl shows off her yoga skills in advert for wellness company... - The Scottish Sun

Those who read philosophy will often notice a recurring mention of nature. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke have their states of nature. Hegel has a philosophy of nature. Nietzsche stresses the importance of interpreting nature. Ancient Chinese philosophers see the structure of language as being reflective of the structure of nature. This is an arbitrarily formed list: Readers will surely have other examples spring to mind. This incessant talk of nature throughout the history of the field of philosophy should serve as a tip off that nature is worth thinking about.

The mention of nature, or should I say Nature, that I would like to focus on comes from an interview given by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. There is no school that is worth its existence, except as it is a form of Nature study, he says. Going even further, he describes this capital n Nature as being, all the body of God that were ever going to see. It is worthwhile to take a moment to reflect on whether our own, or your own, course of study is a form of Nature study. In order to do this, we must first understand just what Wright means.

Let us first think about the role that nature (or Nature) has likely played for us. Nature acts as the great humbler in our lives. But also, the great supporter. Our first love, and our first enemy. Nature brings wonders such as snow when we are children. It gets us out of going to school. It provides bugs, birds, and legged animals for us to be in awe over. It also brings storms and lightning and deadly disasters. Events that bring us disappointment and fear and tragedy. Nature does all of these things with complete indifference. Reminding us that we are simply here. We are not consequential.

Despite this potentially dour affectation of nature, I have always been in love with n/Nature. This is surely inspired by my upbringing in rural West Virginia. From years of being surrounded by natural beauty. By the feeling of breathlessness that to this day accompanies the feeling of looking out over the river by my childhood home.

I can navigate to that particular spot with my eyes closed. You walk across the field. Down into the inlet. Across to the first island. If you go around, you wont get your clothes wet. Make the leap over the notch the water has carved in the pointed edge of the first island. And when you walk out on the edge, that is when it hits you. The clouds. The sweeping mountain scene. The blue sky. The expanse. You are hit with a feeling of being unimportant in the most beautiful way. No matter what you do, that scene will be there. And you realize that not mattering is exactly what you needed in that moment. Sometimes, we must be reminded that we are not the center of the world.

In keeping with this existential Copernican revolution, we can look to our own Harvard Yard for a similar sentiment. What is man that thou art mindful of him. This is inscribed on Emerson Hall, the philosophy building at Harvard. The message is something that any good naturalist should adhere to. A thought surely had by anyone who has gazed upon a scene such as my mountain vista. This is edging closer to Wrights Nature. The Nature that is the only body of God we are ever going to get to see.

For those readers who are thinking to themselves, There is no way I am going to study biology, let us return to providing a definition of Nature study. A useful, analogous sentiment to that of Wrights can be sourced from mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre: While other sciences search for the rules that God has chosen for the Universe, we Mathematicians search for the rules that even God has to obey.

In Serres line, we see a shift from regarding nature as merely the things outdoors to what Wright wants us to see it as: the root of our experienced phenomena. Nature study can therefore occur in something as seemingly far removed as abstract, pure mathematics or something as applied as computational microbiology.

The motivation for this kind of study is the awe and wonder that can be felt standing at the edge of my river. Or the feeling of amazement when you complete a math proof. Or when you finish a breathtaking novel. There is not a set list of forms of Nature study. You will not find it as an addendum to your universitys course of study listing.

Wright gives no further guideline of what to study, to do so would in a sense be ludicrous. Instead, he leaves it as an exercise to us to ensure that what we are doing, that the education we are receiving, is a form of Nature study.

Henry A. Cerbone 23, a special concentrator in Ontology of Autonomous Systems, lives in Adams House. His column "Academic Flotsam" appears on alternate Wednesdays.

Have a suggestion, question, or concern for The Crimson Editorial Board? Click here.

Originally posted here:
The Body of God: Wright, Serre, and Nature Study | Opinion - Harvard Crimson

New Jersey, United States,-The report on the Temperature Data-logger Market is derived from intense research, conducted by a team of industry professionals. The report covers briefly the products or services in the market and their application. The report also provides information on the technological advancements taking place in the Temperature Data-logger market, helping the market vendors to increase their business productivity and operational efficiency. The report categorizes the Temperature Data-logger market into segments, based on various attributes and features of the products or services. The analysis and research have been performed to help the new market entrants to understand the vast Temperature Data-logger market in a deeper and simpler way. The base year for the research is 2021 and the research would extend to the forecast period 2028.

It is our aim to provide our readers with report for the Temperature Data-logger Market, which examines the industry during the period 2021 2028. One goal is to present deeper insight into this line of business in this document. The first part of the report focuses on providing the industry definition for the product or service under focus in the Temperature Data-logger Market report. Next, the document will study the factors responsible for hindering and enhancing growth in the industry. After covering various areas of interest in the industry, the report aims to provide how the Temperature Data-logger Market will grow during the forecast period.

Get | Download Sample Copy with TOC, Graphs & List of Figures @https://www.verifiedmarketreports.com/download-sample/?rid=42752

The report covers extensive analysis of the key market players in the market, along with their business overview, expansion plans, and strategies. The key players studied in the report include:

Rotronic Temprecord International Nietzsche Enterprise Testo Signatrol Tmi Orion KIMO Elpro-Buchs In-Situ Omega Gemini Data Loggers MadgeTech Lascar Electronics Digitron Italia Delta OHM Dickson Onset Ebro Electronic

One of the crucial parts of this report comprises Temperature Data-logger industry key vendors discussion about the brands summary, profiles, market revenue, and financial analysis. The report will help market players build future business strategies and discover the worldwide competition. A detailed segmentation analysis of the market is done on producers, regions, type, and applications in the report.

Temperature Data-logger Market Segmentation

By the product type, the market is primarily split into:

Stand-alone Data Logger Web-based Data Logger Wireless Data Logger BLE Data Logger

By the application, this report covers the following segments:

Medical Industry Food Industry Electronic Industry Agricultural Industry Others

Get Discount On The Purchase Of This Report @https://www.verifiedmarketreports.com/ask-for-discount/?rid=42752

Temperature Data-logger Market Report Scope

Geographic Segment Covered in the Report:

TheTemperature Data-loggerreport provides information about the market area, which is further subdivided into sub-regions and countries/regions. In addition to the market share in each country and sub-region, this chapter of this report also contains information on profit opportunities. This chapter of the report mentions the market share and growth rate of each region, country and sub-region during the estimated period.

North America (USA and Canada) Europe (UK, Germany, France and the rest of Europe) Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, and the rest of the Asia Pacific region) Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and the rest of Latin America) Middle East and Africa (GCC and rest of the Middle East and Africa)

Key questions answered in the report:

What is the growth potential of the Temperature Data-logger market? Which product segment will take the lions share? Which regional market will emerge as a pioneer in the years to come? Which application segment will experience strong growth? What growth opportunities might arise in the Temperature Data-logger industry in the years to come? What are the most significant challenges that the Temperature Data-logger market could face in the future? Who are the leading companies on the Temperature Data-logger market? What are the main trends that are positively impacting the growth of the market? What growth strategies are the players considering to stay in the Temperature Data-logger market?

For More Information or Query or Customization Before Buying, Visit @https://www.verifiedmarketreports.com/product/global-temperature-data-logger-market-2019-by-manufacturers-regions-type-and-application-forecast-to-2024/

Visualize Temperature Data-logger Market using Verified Market Intelligence:-

Verified Market Intelligence is our BI-enabled platform for narrative storytelling of this market. VMI offers in-depth forecasted trends and accurate Insights on over 20,000+ emerging & niche markets, helping you make critical revenue-impacting decisions for a brilliant future.

VMI provides a holistic overview and global competitive landscape with respect to Region, Country, and Segment, and Key players of your market. Present your Market Report & findings with an inbuilt presentation feature saving over 70% of your time and resources for Investor, Sales & Marketing, R&D, and Product Development pitches. VMI enables data delivery In Excel and Interactive PDF formats with over 15+ Key Market Indicators for your market.

Visualize Temperature Data-logger Market using VMI @https://www.verifiedmarketresearch.com/vmintelligence/

About Us: Verified Market Reports

Verified Market Reports is a leading Global Research and Consulting firm servicing over 5000+ global clients. We provide advanced analytical research solutions while offering information-enriched research studies.

We also offer insights into strategic and growth analyses and data necessary to achieve corporate goals and critical revenue decisions.

Our 250 Analysts and SMEs offer a high level of expertise in data collection and governance using industrial techniques to collect and analyze data on more than 25,000 high-impact and niche markets. Our analysts are trained to combine modern data collection techniques, superior research methodology, expertise, and years of collective experience to produce informative and accurate research.

Our research spans over a multitude of industries including Energy, Technology, Manufacturing and Construction, Chemicals and Materials, Food and Beverages etc. Having serviced many Fortune 2000 organizations, we bring a rich and reliable experience that covers all kinds of research needs.

Contact us:

Mr. Edwyne Fernandes

US: +1 (650)-781-4080 UK: +44 (753)-715-0008 APAC: +61 (488)-85-9400 US Toll-Free: +1 (800)-782-1768

Email: [emailprotected]

Website: https://www.verifiedmarketreports.com/

Follow this link:
Temperature Data-logger Market Size and Forecast | Key Companies Rotronic, Temprecord International, Nietzsche Enterprise, Testo, Signatrol, Tmi...

Reason'sDecember special issuemarks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This story is part of our exploration of the global legacy of that evil empire, and our effort to be certain that thedire consequences of communism are not forgotten.

"Welp, this is all wrong now." The collapse of the Soviet Union is marked for me by a single flickering recollection from sixth-grade homeroom. My classroom had one of those world maps that pulls down like a roller shade, and in the winter of 1991 my teacher seemed vaguely put out that it would now have to be replaced.

In retrospect, I realized his weariness was less about geopolitics and more about the difficulty of requisitioning new teaching aids in the public school system. But at the time it felt appropriately anticlimactic.

I was not raised on duck-and-cover nuclear drills, nor was I terribly aware of the Cold War in my daily life, despite growing up inside the D.C. Beltway. The final days of the Soviet Union were well underway before I had enough brain cells to process the real implications.Red Dawn, with its anti-communist guerrilla kids in letter jackets, was already a kitschy period piece when I saw it for the first time. I was vaguely aware that the Doomsday Clock was at a few minutes to midnight, but as far as I knew it always had been.

And then, suddenly, the end wasn't near. Instead of the end times, I spent my formative teen years at the end of history. For the most part, my political and economic sensibilities were formed after the collapse of Soviet communism and before 9/11. The conflict of global superpowers had ended and nothing had yet taken its place. Each year in September, elder pundits fret that the Kids These Days are forgetting the day the planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But the war on terror is a mere blipalbeit a deadly and expensive onecompared to the other mostly metaphorical war of our recent past.

The temptation is to jam the relevant teachings down the throats of a new, amnesiac generation, on the theory that those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. That temptation is greatly amplified by an uptick in disdain for capitalism and globalization among Generation Z. But as Friedrich Nietzsche noted, it is counterproductive to fill young brains with "knowledge, taken in excess without hunger, even contrary to need."

"Historical education is wholesome and promising for the future," he explained in "On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life," only in the service of a "powerful new life-giving influence." Learning about the legacy of communism in school is unlikely to do the trick; I certainly never felt powerful new life-giving influence in a history classroom or while reading a textbook. And it's hard to imagine that today's young people nodding over their iPads are faring much better as the events in question grow increasingly distant.

Yet it also won't do for us to be like goldfish swimming in circles in a bowl, surprised to encounter a plastic castle on each turn. Instead of retreading the well-worn tracks of the simplest narrative of the Cold War or rehearsing a litany of facts and figures, this issue ofReasoncontains stories about the moment of collapse 30 years ago and the aftermath of that global struggle.

While the causes of the dissolution of the Soviet empire will always be debated, the failure of economic central planning and the huge amount of energy devoted to concealing that emergent fact are the most salient for our present political battles.

Russian migr Cathy Young describes her lifelong fact-checking mission to remind the American left that the Soviet Union was a dark, deprived place to grow up in the 1970s (page 8). Matt Welch shares a memoir from his time as a newspaper editor in Prague in the early 1990s, where he observed the generative chaos of the end of communist control (page 62).

Emerging markets scholar Jarett Decker asks tough questions about the role of American market theorists in the disastrous post-Soviet economic evolution of Russia (page 24). Liz Wolfe describes how one man's rare experience of American plenty shaped a propagandistic fantasy of Russian cuisine that was both inauthentic and unobtainable (page 59). Jesse Walker interrogates whether markets can ever really be held at bay, and the ways both open andsub rosa"red markets" sustained communist authoritarians for longer than they deserved (page 50). Stephanie Slade writes about the unlikely bedfellowsPresident Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and a network of labor unionswho helped bring down communism in Poland (page 54).

And throughout this issue, readers will find updates about the post-Soviet republics. These are not meant to be encyclopedic but rather to serve as a sampler of the long-tail consequences of Soviet communism in its many forms. The countries' different fates are instructive and sometimes baffling for anyone looking for easy takeaways.

It's a terrible thing to feel like a latecomer to history. I'll confess to some envy over the sense of possibility and radical openness that boomers and early Gen Xers experienced 30 years ago.

In 1991, as it turns out, the Doomsday Clock was the most optimistic about humanity that it has ever been. At the close of that momentous year, the clock showed 17 minutes to midnight. Conceived by former Manhattan Project participants and others who founded theBulletin of the Atomic Scientistsin 1947, the clock originally was devoted primarily to monitoring the threat of global nuclear annihilation. TheBulletin, likeReason, was a mimeographed collection of essays that evolved into a magazine. It remains one of the most interesting publications you've never read.

After that burst of optimism in 1991, the clock keepers leaned into non-nuclear threats, incorporating concerns about climate and biological annihilation as well. In 2021, the Doomsday Clock sits at 100 seconds to midnight.

It is hard now, in the relative material comfort of the current apocalypse, to comprehend the constant grinding scarcity and existential dread that was humanity's constant companion during the Cold War. And the current manifestations of communism benefit hugely from the material surplus generated by globalization, though perhaps in a way that is ultimately illusory and as unsustainable for them as the Soviet version turned out to be.

The question of whether things are really more dire for humanity than they were in, say, the late 1960s is difficult to answer. Do the hands of the clock capture real threats or just reflect a perverse kind of apocalypse satiation? It may well be that all times are, in fact, the interesting times that the apocryphal Chinese curse wishes upon us.

Nietzsche wondered if the only way to produce vigorous modern people was for them to be like the goldfish or perhaps a cow, living vigorously in the present, untroubled by the greatness or failures of their predecessors.

Only in retrospect does it feel like a blessing to have come of age during the brief end of history. At the time, it was frustrating. The sense that everything important had already been done made many of us cynical and lazy. We believed the great battles were over and that our business was simply to tidy things up and amuse ourselves.

But the sense of living through constant apocalypses is no less enervating. TikTok teens fluently tick off the list of disasters they have survived as explanations for their own disaffection, fatigue, anxiety, and paralysis.

When the chess grandmaster and activist Garry Kasparov sat down withReasonto talk about his unique experience as a Soviet hero and dissident (page 38), he worried about the effects of public amnesia. "Communism and socialism," he says, have "become popular because people don't recall what happened.Younger audiences, I think many of them, they couldn't even tell apart the Cold War and the Trojan War. It's just something that belonged to ancient history." With his words and the other stories in this issue,Reasonhopes to revive and reanimate the dark history of communism and its aftermath in a way that is useful for life.

More:
The Uses and Disadvantages of Soviet History for Life - Reason