Fellowship(s) are based on the sharing of something in common. Here at Lighthouse Bible Church, we have a strong bond that transcends worldly interests. Of course, we also enjoy talking about our hobbies, preferences, and experiences before and after our Sunday morning service, our Bible Studies, and our fellowship meals. We get to know our regular members and attenders better and appreciate their diversity. But what sets us apart is how our fellowship helps us to grow in our love for God and for each other. We care for each other and for the needs of those who visit our church. We welcome and greet them warmly and introduce them to the Pastor, who is always eager to meet them. Our priority is to share with them the blessing of the gospel message that Pastor faithfully preaches from the pulpit.
Our Senior Pastor Ted Dudak diligently and expositorily prepares both our Sunday Morning Service and our Wednesday Evening Bible Studies to present the Word of God in its fullness and clarity. He does not shy away from the hard topics or compromise the truth. He preaches Verse-By-Verse, letting Scripture interpret Scripture.
Our Music Ministry Leader Pastor Ryan Deacon selects songs that are based on Scripture and lead the congregation in worshiping God in spirit and truth. Our Men's Bible Teacher, Rob Moritz, and our Women's Bible Teacher Rebecca (Becky) Carr, also teach their studies from a biblical perspective.
We are delighted to welcome Jordan Colubiale and Nikolena (Nicki) Perrine as the new leaders of our Youth Group. They have a passion for nurturing our young people aged ten and above, as well as their friends. They aim to create a vibrant and supportive community where everyone can enjoy fellowship, fun and games, pizza, and most importantly, learn how to follow God's Word in their daily lives!
Fellowship is Sweet
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Get Back to Puttering ~ It's Good For You!
Modern attitudes of getting the hustle on, being a 'Boss Chick or Dude', can get on one's nerves :() It's also counterproductive if that's your only focus, and the only focus is to gain attention, followers and as much money as possible.
[ Yep, too much brain - on, not enough brain - off! ]
This 'boss' thinking removes the humanity, the heart, the authenticity from daily work. It can also push us away from the plans God has for us because we're too busy to stop and spend time with him, to listen to connect spiritually. Our spiritual life suffers and eventually it spills over into our entire lives.
[ Goofing off ~ Get into it! It’s a brain Vtamin! ]
Puttering: moving or acting aimlessly, Yep, puttering could be just the elixir we need to break that cycle and allow us to reconnect with ourselves for better purposes...
The healthful thing about puttering is that it gives our busy and overloaded minds time off; a needed break in these day full of thoughts, doubts, fears and disillusionment.
[ Freida is a true 'free spirit'. Her spirit is freed from the slavery of being dead to the ways of the Lord! ]
Puttering is a treat for the spirit and a ‘day nap’ for the brain.🧠 But, let’s remember that puttering isn’t to be thought of as a chore, something you have to do, it’s something you choose to do.
[ Sunday loves loosening her mind with jigsaw puzzles, even during busy days. They allow her to reconnect with herself, to be still and have time with God too. ]
The world may see puttering as time wasting, but that’s because the world and it’s ways for living are skewed, flawed, upside down.
Let's learn to think of being efficient from God's perspective: Many of us use being busy or even claiming efficiency as a part of our identity. For some, it becomes their identity, using busyness to cover insecurities, fears and other feelings and things we can't control in our lives.
[ Getting Gods Word into our lives through the Bible and other inspirational works helps us to unsee the world's ways and clearly see God's ways. ]
But..it doesn't work. Being always - busy, claiming to be as 'efficient' as possible doesn't make us who we are, nor do these actions save, or heal us, they're only a mask. Challenging our ideas of busyness, or being uber 'efficient' can be intimidating and scary because we have to strip down and consider a new paradigm, one that provides us with REAL efficiency and identity.
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” ~John 15:15
Getting into the word of God, understanding the way he desires us to live our lives is the only way we will gain a clear understanding of WHO we are and then HOW to better live, without society's narratives, and expectations guiding us.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. ~Psalm 143:8
[ Over the last year or so, I'm sure we've all felt like doing this! :() ]
Like an overloaded body, the brain when overloaded doesn’t work as well, it tires and needs a rest too. Resting by way of puttering is a usually best as a solo activity because interacting and talking with others is defeating the put-put purpose! Remember our brains are recharging!😆 [ but goofing off with kids, pets, friends is fun too! ] There’s no need to feel any guilt from this brain healthy mindful activity, and it reaps plenty of benefits such as:
Let’s begin building better habits for a healthier lifestyle! Our brains will be much happier and so will we.😌


Grade Five and Author, David Neilsen’s, Virtual Visit
David Neilsen Chats with Us About His Latest Book Beyond the Doors
The students of Grade Five settled in on the carpet at the front of our room this morning in anticipation of speaking with David Neilsen, the author of the read aloud we just finished, Beyond the Doors. The students were itching to ask him questions about the story, his life as an author, and advice for young readers and writers. Very animated at times, David enthusiastically answered our questions and he and Mr. Curtis even swapped their impersonations of Dimitri, a Slavic character from the novel. He even gave us some book recommendations for those that love his work and spooky stories! Thanks again, David!


It’s clear now the compounds are working their way through every terrain, from Silicon Valley and psychiatric medicine to music, literature and fine arts. The 60s dream of dumping it in the water system might be an anachronistic fantasy, but in some ways it’s come true. The culture is saturated, has been for a long time, but this is an era of direct acknowledgment.
Tai Shani is a British artist who uses performance, film, photography, sculptural installations and experimental texts, whose work has been called feminist science fiction. Her new book is called “The Neon Hieroglyph”, published by the very psychedelic Strange Attractor Press, whose publication came with an option of a limited-edition vinyl LP and an artist’s edition of 50 copies of Shani’s visual art. Tate Britain has featured her performance work and she was awarded the Turner Prize in 2019.
Even more than having the full attention of the art world waiting for what comes next, what makes “The Neon Hieroglyph” something of an Event, is that it is about ergot/LSD and the psychedelic potential for collective liberation. The psychedelic compounds and their effects have been inferred in countless works but here Shani names them directly. This opens up a very materialist inquiry into what LSD does to language. Eric Davis’ description of the psychedelic as a non-specific amplifier can also be applied to an ethos present in art and literature movements. The Pattern and Decoration Movement that emerged out of 1970s feminism is one example of a psychedelic ethos. These artists moved the focus away from a central figure, and imbued the frivolous and symbolically weighty with the same value. Tai Shani’s visual works in “The Neon Hieroglyph” are similarly committed to a decentralization of focus. They depict a mapping of energy flow amidst anchor points and portals. Looking at them knowing they are intended to communicate ergot/LSD’s transmission has me seeing them differently. I approach the art more as an independent organism than an artifact of a singular person.
Tai Shani was researching women’s communes and was led to the discovery of Alcudi, a small volcanic Island off Sicily where legend has it that the food supply was poisoned with ergot contaminated rye for the last 450 years. While this isimpossible, the story was a mycelium that deeply saturated the cultural consciousness of the people. “The Neon Hieroglyph” is an exploration of the failure of historical inquiry and a proposition that psychedelic inquiry can glean an artwork of resonant value.
The sun is a ghost that haunts the night
Point St. Esprit 1951
Clouds cross and contaminate the sky, travel across catastrophes and love.
The text is an incantation, an invitation to an altered state. The entirety is a spell. The voice is trustworthy and uncontrived. I feel her collaboration with ergot in this alternate reality. What is evoked is a world of feral women, witch flight and rituals of survival and creation. Its effect lies not in what’s happening, but the sound, a sensory pile-on that catalyzes synesthesia. “Les Guerilleres” by Monique Wittig, about a tribe of warrior women told in visceral vignettes, shares space with this book in a cannon that could be named feminist sensory maximalism.
The sexual and asexual reproduction of fungus that grows parasitically on common grains, which contain alkaloids from which LSD can be derived.
It was time, our fruiting bodies, abundant and excessive, our pollinated ovaries, our multiple spores brimming. We were club-headed, erect, and swelling. We survived the winter on sterile rye in the face of the deficient copper in the soil, and germinated, reproducing both asexually and sexually, bound together by the sticky sap, to make pathogenetic neon hieroglyphic, code-writer fungus.
The voice in the text could be one woman or many. The voice is part of a “we,” each one existing equally among all things invoked. Images emerge because they exist and are alive. I don’t know their function, how and why they are working on me, the mystery behind why I am moved. “My eyes, you broke my heart,” she writes, in a beat that nods to the weight of too muchness. I know this place, as do many who have traveled on LSD.
Gold, yellow, but will not go clear like butter does in the heat. Into the gold extracted with cyanide.
Bitter almonds, cassava, Zyklon B, cherry stone, apple seed, in the smoke of combusting plastics, in the production of paper and textiles, in the stabilizing of the photographic image on paper.
Gold ring of Saturn rubbed against a stye on a puffy red eyelid. Eyelash fans shut. Venus flytrap, beneath neon hieroglyph and solar pulse, yellow, golden glow.
Gold heirloom, white gold cocktail watch for scrap metal, melted white gold, will not go clear like snow in first light. Forever night white gold.
Our mouths open, my tongue deep in your mouth against a gold filling of a dead, unnerved, tooth. In this erotic kiss we are resurrected, my tongue pressed against your unresurrectable biology. Baby Osiris.
“The Neon Hieroglyph” is bookended by an introduction by Amy Hale and an essay by Caspar Heinemann. The introduction tells us “The Neon Hieroglyph” is a work of “speculative feminism,” and that it “does not chronicle a singular change in state from one thing to another. It characterizes a pulsing network of consciousness.” In an age where psychedelics have been marked by the masculinist hero’s journey and ego death, this text shows us an anarcho-communist vision of collective welfare and care. The intro read to me like a grant proposal, checking all the boxes from science to historical facts and political ideology. I didn’t want to be told what the book was about before reading it.
The closing essay by Caspar Heinemann compares the psychedelic state to that of dissociation. He writes about walking into the woods of his favorite cruising spot and scrolling on Grindr, with no response. Yet he was in the midst of a sensory experience imagining the possibilities. The experience was complete. Is this similar to Tai Shani’s visioning of the island of Alcudi? “Acid Communism” and other work by Mark Fischer, he suggests, points to “the danger of positioning the imaginal as politically frivolous, as surplus to the main event of revolution, when in fact there is no revolution without it.” The problem here is that the LSD experience and imagination are not the same thing. The state of dissociation is similar but not like LSD. The being, the compound that is LSD, is an otherness that acts upon “The Neon Hieroglyph” in a way that is non-human. Critical theory is going to have to up its game to catch up with the psychedelic ethos. We need linguists and mathematicians on board, cross disciplinary geniuses, dancers and students of “states,” and others to transform how we talk about work like this, to be birdsong. “The Neon Hieroglyph” is deeper than its function.
All we hear is midnight birdsong on the longest night of the year.
Sounds like the end of the world when birds sing in deep darkness.
The Neon Hieroglyph By Tai Shani 72 pp. Strange Attractor Press. $24.95.
Featured Image: Tai Shani


Usually, I don’t post during business hours (maybe, on occasion at lunch) but I’m working at home today, recovering from something likely to be a bad cold. As many companies are beginning to support as an employee best practice, staying at home when you’re sick is a good idea as noted on Live Search.
CDC and its partners urge Americans to fight the spread of infection by taking these three easy steps:
- Clean your hands
- Cover your mouth and nose
- Avoid close contact & stay home if you’re sick
For more information, visit the Speak Up™ website for the following resources:
It is nice that I have the infrastructure and tools that allow me to keep up and work from home.


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Good morning, Broncos Country!
Preseason game No. 1 is in the books for the Denver Broncos.
How you choose to evaluate (or don’t) the loss to the Arizona Cardinals is entirely up to you.
What is nice to see, however, is a competent Denver head coach on the sideline for the first time since Gary Kubiak. Whether that leads to success in the regular season remains to be seen, but it’s a great change.
Seeing that orange Broncos visor, you know the expectations have changed.
As Payton told the media after the game:
“What I told the team, regardless of whether it is a preseason game or a regular season game, you can’t stand losing. Especially in that fashion. We will look at the tape (on Saturday) and there will be a number of things that we will be excited about. There will be a number of things that we have to clean up. We are in a race to do that now that we have an opponent on film against us. We start from there.”
You could see those expectations in real-time with Payton’s decision to keep the offense on the field for a fourth possession. It worked since Russell Wilson and the Broncos capped the drive with a touchdown. The hope is that can serve as a harbinger in the games and weeks ahead.
“We looked at the numbers and we went one more with the offense,” Payton said after the game. “I think defense totals. It was a little easier and then I wanted to, shoot I wanted to score and leave with a good taste in our mouths.”
Payton’s decision played well in the locker room with the players.
As Wilson said to the media after the game:
“I thought it was really good how we responded. After the first drive the ball really started moving, the third drive and fourth drive obviously we finished it off. It was a really great route by Jerry Jeudy. Good job by him just getting open there in a split second. They brought on full pressure and he did a great job winning and getting the touchdown for us and that was big.”
How the regular season plays out is a blank page yet to be written, but it sure is nice to have a competent head coach on the Broncos sideline again.
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The Dragon Mounts Mod is exactly as it sounds, it gives you hatch-able dragon eggs that can be tamed and ridden. Now you can get some use out of the egg you win from defeating the Ender Dragon. You’ll simply need to place the egg and right-click it. It’s best to place it in an enclosure you’d like to keep the dragon in. Over a great length of time it will eventually hatch into a baby dragon.
It will grow on its own and once it does grow up it can then be tamed using raw fish. Then it will follow and protect you just like dogs and cats. And you can train them to sit by using a bone and right-clicking.
Your new dragon pet will need a saddle for you to be able to ride it. Then just right-click and you’re off. But the neat part about riding the dragon is that you don’t always need to fly it. You can walk around like a horse or tap the ‘r’ key and it’ll start flying. R will make you go up and F will make you go down. You can even enable auto-flight/walking by equipping a carrot on a stick while riding.DownloadForumInstall Guide


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The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between AS and subsequent depression. This study was conducted using a nationwide dataset available in Korean National Health Insurance System (KNHIS). We identified 11,465 newly diagnosed AS patients and 57,325 patients without AS in the ratio of 1:5 matched by sex, age, and index date, between 2010 and 2014. We investigated any latent characteristics in the patients’ demographic information and chronic comorbidities that could trigger a depression when diagnosed with AS. By comparing the cohort data, the hazard ratio of developing subsequent depression in AS patients was calculated and adjusted based on several risk factors. Despite the adjustment of demographic variables and chronic comorbidities, the risk of depression was 2.21 times higher in the AS cohort than in the control group. Multivariate analysis showed that AS patients with female gender, old age and low-income status showed higher risks of developing depression. Additionally, the presence of chronic comorbidities including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cancer, stroke, and chronic kidney disease increased the patients’ risk of depression. The AS patients with stroke were reported to have the highest risk of depression. This population-based cohort study showed that AS significantly increased the subsequent risk of developing depression. Moreover, the development of a depression is influenced by certain demographic variables and different chronic comorbidities.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that mainly affects the axial skeleton, resulting in structural and functional impairments1. The main symptoms of AS patients include musculoskeletal pain, stiffness, and fatigue2. In addition, the first wave of symptoms usually starts before 30 years, and the progressive nature of the disease affects the physical function, causing deterioration of the patients’ professional capacity and quality of life3. AS is irreversible and requires lifelong treatments. This poses an increased risk of developing psychological disorders such as depression4. Compared with rheumatoid arthritis, the nationwide longitudinal follow-up data of depression prevalence among AS patients is scarce in its size and depth.
Numerous studies have already shown that the prevalence of depression is higher among the patients with chronic disease and that the psychological aspect of treatment is as critical as the clinical treatment5,6,7. Recent studies reveal that patients with patients with AS have an increased risk of developing chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases8,9,10,11. Therefore, in the clinical approach to AS patients, it is essential to determine any other existing chronic diseases and be aware of the risks of developing depression from such diseases.
This study aims to have reviewed the prevalence of diagnosing depression in AS patients versus the general population using a nationwide population-based cohort study. Furthermore, our team compared the prevalence of chronic disease in AS patients to the general population based on the Korean National Health Insurance System (KNHIS) data and examined varying risks of developing depression in patients with existing chronic diseases.
This study used a nationwide dataset available in the Korean National Health Insurance System (KNHIS) collected from 2010 to 2014. In South Korea, the government has implemented an obligatory National Health Insurance (NHI) system, covering 97% of the population and allowing patients to pay only about 30% of the total healthcare cost. The remaining 3% of the population is the lowest income households, and the Medical Aid Program covers all their medical expenses. Healthcare institutions submit claims for the remaining 70% of the total medical cost to the government. Therefore, the medical information of almost all patients in healthcare institutions are prospectively integrated into the KNHIS claim database. The KNHIS claim database includes extensive information on the diagnoses and comorbidity codes classified by the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10), demographic characteristics, admission and ambulatory care, prescription records, and procedure codes.
We filtered the ICD-10 codes to identify all patients with AS who were included in the KNHIS database from January 2010 to December 2014. The ICD-10 codes for AS (M45.0–45.9) in the Rare Intractable Diseases (RIDs) program were used. The NHI has included AS in the Rare Intractable Diseases (RIDs) registration program since 2009. In the RID grogram, patients were diagnosed with AS if they met the modified New York criteria12. The NHI reviews the RID program application again to ensure the diagnostic criteria are met. (Because patients with an RID receive more coverage and pay only about 10% of the total medical cost) This process ensures that diagnoses for the RID program are reliable13.
After AS diagnosis, the following categories were used to find demographic variables and comorbidity rate. The low-income household group was defined as the bottom quintile of the general population. Urban resident group were stratified from cities consisting of more than 1 million population (Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Daegu, Daejeon, Ulsan, and Gwangju).
Using ICD-10 codes, the selected baseline comorbidities included diabetes mellitus (ICD-10, E11-14), hypertension (ICD-10, I10-13,15), hyperlipidemia (ICD-10, E78), and stroke (ICD-10, I63, 64). Comorbidities were recognized if the disease appeared in subjects prompted three or more visits in the principal and/or secondary diagnose. To increase the diagnostic code validity, the suitability of prescription drugs was reviewed for selected diseases.
Patients with cancer were selected from patients diagnosed with ICD-10 codes beginning with “C” and registered in the government’s special medical subsidy program. Likewise, patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were chosen from patients who had ICD-10 codes N18 or N19 and underwent renal replacement therapy such as hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Lastly, patients with depression were selected from those who had undergone medical treatment with ICD-10 codes F32 or F33.
Study design and cohort
From the KNHIS database, we identified the AS group which consisted of newly diagnosed AS patients from 2010 to 2014. To firmly support the data on the prevalence of developing depression after diagnosed with AS, 2,993 patients who were diagnosed with depression at least once since 2002 were excluded from the study. Then, the gender and age for newly diagnosed AS patients were matched with the control group in a 1:5 ratio. Patients in the control group were randomly sorted before being selected from top to bottom to prevent selection bias. The group without five control individuals was excluded in the matching process (n = 1,089). The result of our study compared the prevalence of depression among 11,465 newly diagnosed AS patients and 57,325 patients in the control group in December 2015 (Fig. 1).
The study protocol was approved by the KNHIS institutional review board. An informed-consent exemption was granted by the board.
The Chi-squared test was used to examine the different demographic variables and disease phenotypes between the AS and control cohorts. The depression-free survival rate and differences between the two groups were evaluated using the Kaplan–Meier method and the log-rank test, respectively. The Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of depression for AS patients compared with the control group. The multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify the risk factors of depression and adjusted hazard ratio within the AS cohort. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS version 9.3 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). P-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Characteristics and depression incidence between the two cohorts
The distributions of demographic variables and chronic disease between AS patients and control cohorts are shown in Table 1. Because of the 1:5 age-sex stratified matching, the proportion of sex and mean age was identical for both groups. On the other hand, AS patients are generally distributed in the low-income household group and living in urban areas. Comorbidities, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cancer, stroke, and chronic renal disease, were higher in AS patients (p < 0.001). During the follow-up period, the incidence of newly diagnosed depression was 10.84% (n = 1,243) in the AS group (n = 11,465) and 5.05% (n = 2,894) in the control group (n = 57,325). Hence, the incidence of depression in the AS group was significantly higher than that in the control group (p < 0.001) (Table 1).
Risk of depression in AS patients
Among 68,790 patients (11,465 AS patients and 57,325 control subjects), a total of 4,137 individuals developed depression (1,243 AS patients and 2,894 control subjects during the follow-up of 37,275.35 and 195,703.29 person-years, respectively.) The incidence rate of depression in the AS cohort was greater than that in the control group (33.35 versus 14.79 per 1,000 person-years).
The multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to estimate the HR of newly diagnosed depression among AS patients based on the statistical adjustment (Model 1: age and sex, Model 2: age, sex, household income, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, stroke, cancer, and ESRD). A markedly higher risk of developing subsequent depression was noted in AS patients than in the matched controls (adjusted HR: 2.3, 95% CI: 2.152–2.458 in Model 1 and adjusted HR: 2.211, 95% CI: 2.068–2.363 in Model 2) (Table 2). The KM curves with cumulative hazards showed a significantly higher incidence of overall depression in the AS group than the control group (p-value for the log-rank test <0.001). Moreover, the gap difference between two KM curves of the AS and control groups increased with time (Fig. 2).
Subgroup analysis of the risk of depression in AS patients
The multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to estimate the adjusted HR of depression among AS patients based on the demographic data and chronic disease comorbidity (Table 3). Compared to the male gender, the female gender had a higher risk of depression in AS patients (HR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.50–1.71). Higher depression rate was observed in patients diagnosed with AS above 40 years than those diagnosed below 40 years (HR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.65–1.90). The low-income group (bottom 20% of the general income) appeared to have a mildly higher risk of developing depression (HR: 1.28, 95% CI: 1.20–1.37). There was little difference in the risk of depression based on residence (HR: 1.08, 95% CI: 1.01–1.14). Additionally, the presence of comorbidities increased the risk of depression. AS patients with stroke have the highest risk (HR: 2.06, 95% CI: 1.73–2.43), followed by those with ESRD (HR: 2.05, 95% CI: 1.35–3.09), with cancer (HR: 1.65, 95% CI: 1.37–1.99), with hypertension (HR: 1.49, 95% CI: 1.36–1.63), with dyslipidemia (HR: 1.32, 95% CI: 1.19–1.47), and with diabetes mellitus (HR: 1.26, 95% CI: 1.12–1.41) (Table 3).
This is a cohort study that determines the risk of subsequent depression following the diagnosis of AS based on the national administrative data. This study has shown that AS patients had higher prevalence of chronic comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cancer, stroke, ESRD) compared to the control group in terms of the age and sex. In addition, the income level and location of residence affects the prevalence of AS. Even after negating the effects of demographic variables and comorbidity, the study has revealed that AS patients are 2.21 times more likely to develop the risk of depression than those without AS.
Numerous studies involving the relationship between AS and depression have been conducted2,4,6,14. In AS patients, inflammatory pain caused sleep disturbance and lowered the fatigue level in social life. In other words, the severity of the disease affects the individual’s quality of life and increases the risk of depression unless the disease activity in AS has fully subsided2,3,15. Similarly, AS patients exhibited poor functional outcome at work, and their consequent socioeconomic status influenced the prevalence of depression16,17. Recent studies reported that proinflammatory cytokines take important roles in the pathophysiology of depression18. In other words, systemic inflammation and proinflammatory cytokines of AS are associated with depression19. This is also supported by the fact that infliximab (tumor necrosis factor-α drug) is effective in the treatment of AS patients with depression20. Hence, the biological, functional, and socioeconomic factors of AS patients increase the risk of depression.
However, few studies have examined the data on subsequent depression in AS patients compared to those with rheumatoid arthritis. In the previous AS cohort study consisting 1,738 out of 967,012 subjects, 10% of the AS cohort had a doctor-diagnosed depression compared to 6% of the control group in the 13-year observational period. Furthermore, the risk of depression was higher in females and in AS patients with diabetes mellitus4. However, person-time for residents not seeking healthcare during the study time frame was not included, and any other chronic comorbidities other than diabetes mellitus were not considered.
Studies have shown that the prevalence of comorbidities including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, and renal disease is higher in AS patients10,11,21,22. The direct cause has not yet been established; however, it is speculated to be the common pathological pathway or biological background of the disease. Several studies have already presented the importance of the psychological aspect such as depression in the treatment of patients with chronic diseases. Additionally, recent studies show that drugs for chronic diseases, such as oncologic medication, corticosteroids, or biological agents, can trigger depressive episodes. Therefore, it is important to identify any chronic comorbidities in AS patients to factor in the risk of depression from those comorbidities.
This study explains the temporal association between AS and the prevalence of depression. Compared to the control group, AS patients had greater risk of depression as the time progressed from the initial diagnosis. In the fifth year following the initial diagnosis, 1.5 out of 10 AS patients and 0.5 out of 10 non-AS patients required the administration of anti-depressant drugs. Females and low-income patients were more susceptible to depression. Additionally, patients above 40 years who were diagnosed with AS were more vulnerable to depression than those below 40 years who were aware of their condition. This study examined the risk of developing depression in various comorbidities including stroke, cancer, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia, with the stroke comorbidity being the highest. These results, altogether, will provide substantive and applicable information of the psychological aspect in the treatment of AS patients.
There are certain limitations of our study. First, the KNHIS dataset does not contain detailed information on the physical activities, body mass index, or history of smoking, alcohol consumption, and family history of psychological disorders; all of which may be associated with psychological disorders. Although our team was not able to adjust for all potential confounding variables, the study is noteworthy for including different comorbidities and varying demographic characteristics, residential locality, and household income and proves that AS patients have significantly higher risk of developing depression. Second, miscoding of ICD-10 diagnostic code could have been done. Nevertheless, this study rechecks the appropriateness of prescription drugs to minimize error and maximize reliability of the diagnostic code. Third, because we had to use administrative data, the severity and duration of symptoms were not considered in this study. This study focused on the risk of developing depression after the point of AS diagnosis.
In conclusion, this study has shown that patients with AS is 2.21 times more likely to develop the risk of depression than the general population, even after negating several potentially influential variables of demographic characteristics and comorbid conditions. Our population-based study has also revealed that AS is more common among low-income individuals with other chronic diseases. Clinicians treating AS patients should acknowledge the demographic characteristics, comorbidity, risk factors, and latent risk for depression.
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Bryant, as his his nature, had to work hard to get back on the court 240 days after his injury. He said physically he felt fine, there was just a lot of rust to shake off, but he sounded mostly happy to be back at the grind of what he does. Kobe likes to watch film, break things down and find was to improve/beat his opponent. Now he is back at it with the ball in his hands.
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To help attendees who are looking to take a bite out of the dining opportunities in Chicago, NRN offers its suggestions for the best places to eat in the Windy City.
Robin Lee Allen, executive editor: While I’d still recommend such longtime favorites as Bistro 110, there are several restaurants I’m eager to visit:
Mark Brandau, senior desk editor, Chicago bureau editor:
- Sable Kitchen and Bar — Heather Terhune’s brand new restaurant at the Hotel Palomar is big on small plates, or what she calls “social plates,” which don’t disappoint. Equally impressive are the cocktails from mixologist Mike Ryan, an alum of the venerated Violet Hour.
- Rockit Bar & Grill and Bull & Bear — These two upscale sports bars in River North make the perfect place to catch the game or network after office hours; the diverse and impressive menus and ace bartenders satisfy any type of social situation.
Elissa Elan, East coast bureau chief:
- Alinea — Culinary wizard Grant Achatz showcases molecular gastronomy at its best
- Spiaggia — Great Italian food, and a favorite of President Obama and the First Lady
- Tru — Rick Tramonto pairs French and global fusion in a fine-dining atmosphere
Paul Frumkin, deputy managing editor:
- Buddy Guy’s Legend — It’s not quiet, but it is CHICAGO in capital letters. A great blues club with tons of atmosphere and pretty good food. If you’re looking to rock between negotiations, it’s the place to go in Chicago. And, who knows, the man himself may pick up an ax while your there.
- Blue Chicago — "Blues, blues and more blues."
Chris Keating, associate publisher:
- Kingston Mines — The greatest bar in America. Live shows don’t start till 10 p.m., and it’s not the, um, cleanest blues joint in town. But if you want to get down-home blues with bottled beer on ice and avoid the tourists, it’s the place to go.
John Kruger, Midwest regional sales and marketing manager:
- The Chicago Firehouse — It’s near the show and easy for a quick getaway. A converted Chicago firehouse just one mile north of McCormick Place, serving lunch and dinner, with a good bar menu for a quick break from the show floor.
- Sunda — for sushi and contemporary Asian; its brand new and really great
- Tavern at the Park — Good bar scene, steps from Millennium Park
- Cocktail bar on the roof of the Wit hotel — great people watching if the weather is cooperating
Alan J. Liddle, managing editor, conferences and special projects:
- Wow Bao — A glimpse of the future? Wow Bao might be one. On the menu are steamed Asian buns, potstickers, bowls, salads and fresh gingerale. Try those items solo for a pick-me-up or in multiples for meals. The repertoire is definitely in keeping with the rise in popularity of portable foods, snack foods and ethnic foods about which some trend watchers and prognosticators like to gush. Then there is the polished but relatively small square footage operating area for lower initial investment and ongoing occupancy expenses, as well the variety in ordering and payment options – counter, kiosk, iPhone or web – to make faster the fast-casual format that appeals to many of the so-called “time-starved” peoples of the planet. What’s it all mean? Some folks might respectfully suggest that it means this slick little Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. concept is probably worth a peek even if you are not in the mood to munch.
Sarah Lockyer, executive editor, NRN.com:
- The Original Gino’s East of Chicago — To keep it real, this spot is deep-dish pizza at its best. Seriously.
- NoMI — To go upscale, this spot will always impress. On the seventh floor of the Park Hyatt Chicago, the views are great and the French cuisine is even better. There is also an outdoor garden when the weather warms up offering small plates and delicious drinks.
- The Weiners Circle — To cap off a great night out with a late-night, Chicago-style hot dog, you can’t miss this local institution. Open until at least 4 a.m., you can imagine what kind of crowd it attracts as the night progresses. Also be prepared for, well, colorful language from the staff — it’s all part of the shtick. There's no official website for this spot, Google it.
Monique Monaco, director of events:
- The best restaurants “in town” during the NRA Show are the MenuMasters awards winners, who each serve there winning dishes during the party at the Drake Hotel on Saturday night. KFC, Burgerville, Outback, Dunkin’ Donuts, Red Robin, Au Bon Pain, Romano’s Macaroni Grill and Tropical Smoothie Café will be there. Any other dining experience pales in comparison.
Pamela Parseghian, executive food editor:
- Chicago Craft Beer Week — If you want to try something new check out the last few days of the first ever craft beer week in Chicago, which runs from May 17 to May 23. Beer tastings, “Meet the Brewer” nights, beer dinners, brewery tours and beer book signings are scheduled.
- Belly Shack — If you you’re in the mood for a sweet snack, check out Belly Chack’s huckleberry-lime, Vietnamese cinnamon caramel, bacon chocolate chip soft-serve. And their kimchi and noodle topped Belly Dog sounds fun too. The restaurant is closed on Monday.
- Alinea — A good spot if you want to impress a restaurant client with new and interesting food
Ron Ruggless, Southwest bureau chief:
- Blackbird Restaurant — While open since 1997, the sleek décor and modern menu remains current. The name comes from the French slang for the merlot grape.
- Lobby Bar in the historic Palmer House Hilton — I discovered this during last year’s NRA show. It’s a great place to meet for drinks.
Susan Szymanski Vincer, publishing director, NRN.com:
- Big Star — Great tacos, beer and a crowd, so go early or be prepared to stand in line. When the weather is nice, the patio opens up the possibility of great people watching. As an extra bonus, if you get bored you can pop across the street to the Violet Hour
- Hot Chocolate — Mindy Segal’s wonderland. Not saving room for even a little taste of dessert is a grave mistake
- Grocery Bistro — BYOB with great food, a new chef and a blackboard menu. Don’t worry, there is a wine store next door.
- Shaw’s Oyster Bar, especially on Sunday — great for oysters, jazz and an active bar scene and don’t forget the crab slides.
- Any of the Rick Bayless restaurants — Frontera Grill (my favorite), Topolabambo and XOCO. They each offer great service, authentic food, and, wow, who does not want to have breakfast at XOCO? If you get the breakfast empanada you will still surely want churros to curb your sweet tooth. I was lucky enough to get a great tour of Rick’s garden this past fall, as the restaurant grows a lot of its own produce there. I was really impressed by the large hanging butternut squash — who knew you could trellis that vegetable.
- Mon Ami Gabi — Steak Frites, comfortable surroundings, and a walk in the park to burn off the profiteroles.


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She is survived by her sons: Travis (Shannon) and James Eagen; brothers: Chuck and Louie; sisters: Sue, Jill, Sandy, Lori and Donna; grandchildren: Riley and Natasha Ertz.
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“We didn’t get everybody we wanted in-state but I think it’s obviously a reflection of the football in this state, it’s outstanding,” Ferentz says. “A lot of tremendous young people and we’re really excited about all the signees from our state, and think they’ve got great upside and a great futures here. Historically they’ve done a great job I think of helping the other players from out-of-state transition into the program and maybe helping them understand some of the traditions here that are so strong.”
Ferentz says the key with any recruiting class is to find players who will work hard and stay in the program. He says that’s true for all of them whether they are on scholarship or a walk on. Ferentz says their success depends on how hard they want to work and compete.
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Auditory brainstem implants are auditory prostheses designed to treat deafness in patients with neurofibromatosis type II (NF2). The auditory brainstem implant protocol used by our group includes microsurgical and endoscopic placement of the electrode pad, electrophysiologic testing in the operating room to ensure optimal placement, and psychophysical/ behavioral testing for appropriate stimulation and longitudinal follow-up of the patient. With this protocol we have achieved excellent outcomes relative to those achieved by other centers. Our methods are described herein.
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Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board (RSMSSB) conducted Patwari Direct Recruitment Exam on 23 and 24 October 2021. The test was held for 5378 posts. Earlier Application process for this vacancy was completed from 20 January 2020 to 29 July 2021. A total of 1562995 candidates applied for this recruitment out of which 502307 candidates are female. Now patwari exam result has been declared. Those candidates who has appeared, can check Rajasthan Patwari Result 2022 from the direct link given below after release.
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RSMSSB Patwari Cut off marks 2021:
- Advertisement released on : 05 December 2019
- Online form submission and fee payment : 20 January 2020 to 29 July 2021
- Correction in application form : 30 July 2021 to 05 August 2021
- Exam Date : 23 and 24 October 2021
- Answer Key release date : 22 November 2021
- Written Exam Result Date : 25 January 2022
- Final Result Date : 27 May 2022
Visit the result link below and download pdf. It has list of qualified candidates. Also cut off of Non-TSP and TSP area are mentioned in result pdf.
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Well – beating Fallout 3 for the 2nd time and ultimately ending my relationship with the game led to a bit of sadness – but more important it led to productivity. I was up till 4am last night working on the casino affiliate version of my poker affiliate guide site. I’ve had the domain for at least 2 years, and I even drew up the sitemap for it about 2 months ago with all my plans for it, and half-wrote the content, but it wasn’t until last night that I actually got it all in motion. So yet another site to add to my portfolio – Casino Affiliate Bible. It’s a bit bare in articles just now but I’ll soon change that.
Also got the wheels in motion for upgrades to existing sites – big upgrades, that should hopefully result in a lot more moolah from them, and a bunch of other stuff going on. Busy as hell, as per usual.
Still watching Sopranos, and fucking loving it. Up to season 1 episode 8 now. Just an incredible show. All my friends who love it and have been begging me to watch it for years are now jealous as hell, because I get to experience it for the very first time.
I took Fallout 3 to EB Games today, and got $44 for it. I think I paid $50 or $60 for it. Then the Broken Steel DLC. Either way – just an incredible fucking deal. Other games I traded in and their prices. In brackets are what I paid for them originally:
Superman: $2.20 ($10)
King Kong: $3.30 ($10)
Halo: $0.50. Not a typo. ($22)
Perfect Dark: $5.50. ($4!)
Splinter Cell: $7.70 ($15)
GRAW: $1.10 (Free)
Crackdown: $7.70 ($10)
Fallout 3: $44 ($50/$60)
Blitz: $3.30 ($12.50)
Fight Night 3: $7.70 ($12.50)
Tomb Raider: $7.70 ($12.99)
I’ll add those to tivs.ca later. Other than Halo,I’m very happy with the prices I got back, and the value I got out of the games was well worth it. Think I am going to go through some more of my games and get rid of them – going to play Bioshock one more time for example, then will sell that.
Anyhoo – busy Saturday. My sons got hockey playoffs in the morning, then it’s the “Teddy Bears Picnic” in the afternoon. I’ll probably just spend Saturday chilling out back drinking beer, then do a bunch of NPP work Sunday.


First elected in 2005, Bill is in the beginning stages of his third term as one of Nelson’s representatives on the Board of Education, School District No. 8. Bill, his wife Lecia and family arrived in Nelson in 1977 when Bill came to the then, School District No. 7 Nelson as the Superintendent of Schools, a position he held until his retirement in 1994.
His background in the public education system covers the spectrum of teacher, vice-principal, principal and superintendent. In the community, Bill has served on the Nelson Police Board, the Hospital Foundation, and is still a member on the Community Futures Board. As long time Nelson residents, Bill and Lecia are very committed to the community in general and have very strong ties to its educational component. Lecia was a teacher in the district, their daughter teaches at Rosemont School, their children are all graduates of L.V. Rogers and they presently have three grandchildren enrolled in Nelson schools.


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Yahoo has warned customers that cyber attackers may have compromised their accounts in the past two years, finally alerting them about malicious activity it has known about for months.
The warning, which has been issued to affected customers, says that hackers may have been able to access their accounts without knowing the password. The attackers are believed to have stolen Yahoo's source code and used it between 2015 and 2016 to create forged cookies, allowing them to login to users' accounts without their details.
"We are writing to inform you about a data security issue that involves your Yahoo account," the warning from Bob Lord, Yahoo chief information security officer, begins. "Our outside forensics experts have been investigating the creation of forged cookies that could allow an intruder to access users' accounts without a password.
"Based on the ongoing investigation, we believe a forged cookie may have been used in 2015 and 2016 to access your account."
The problem is separate to the two major data breaches Yahoo disclosed last year that involved the loss of personal information from 1.5 billion user accounts in 2013 and 2014. Yahoo believes, however, that the "state-sponsored actor" it attributed the 2014 hack to may also be behind the cookie attack.
Yahoo first said it was investigating the "forged cookie" problem when it disclosed the second, larger hack of one billion accounts in December. In a filing at the end of last year it said, "the company believes an unauthorised third party accessed the company's proprietary code to learn how to forge cookies". It is not clear why it has taken the company two months to contact affected customers.
Yahoo said: "The investigation has identified user accounts for which we believe forged cookies were taken or used. Yahoo is in the process of notifying all potentially affected account holdres. Yahoo has invalidated the forged cookies so they cannot be used again."
The warnings come as Yahoo's deal with Verizon draws to a close. The telecoms giant is going ahead with plans to buy the internet business arm of Yahoo despite the two historic data breaches. After almost being derailed, Verizon is expected to knock around $250m (££200m) off the price of the $4.8bn deal, which could close in the coming weeks.
I have a Yahoo account, should I be worried?
If you have a Yahoo account you should check to see if you have received the warning message. As the company is in the process of alerting all affected customers users should be vigilant in checking for a warning and following security recommendations for now. The company said it has alerted almost all affected users but its investigations are ongoing.
Yahoo has now fixed the problem, though, so accounts should no longer be at risk.
Those who have already been affected could be targeted by fraudsters looking for personal and financial information.
If Yahoo has contacted you about the security problem you should follow the advice in the email. This includes reviewing all of your accounts for suspicious activity and being cautious when opening and responding to unsolicited communications.
Fraudsters could use the basic information they may have gleaned to extract more details from victims, such as credit card information.
The best way to protect against fraud online is to use strong and unique passwords, be extra suspicious when receiving unsolicited messages, and to never click on links or open attachments in messages that could be fake. Users are advised to never respond to calls, emails or text messages asking for personal information.
It is also recommended that you change your passwords and security questions for any accounts that used the same or similar details to those used on Yahoo. It is advisable to never use the same password more than once, and to use a password manager such as LastPass or Yahoo Account Key to prevent yourself from forgetting them.
How to delete your Yahoo account
- Go to edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user and log in to your email as normal
- If you sign in using a phone number visit this page instead and do the same
- Read the information carefully under the heading "Before continuing, please consider the following information"
- Confirm your password
- Select "Terminate this account"
- The page will display a message that says "Terminating your Yahoo account"


This homemade hot chocolate mix recipe is a quick and easy last minute DIY Christmas gift idea! Christmas and all the work that goes into holiday preparation can be stressful. Having some homemade gifts that you can whip up in a jiffy or already have on hand, can be a real sanity saver.
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe
Hot chocolate and Christmas go together like winter and snow. You just shouldn’t have one without the other! We live in the Midwest and winters here can be very unpredictable. I’m of the opinion that if it’s going to be cold, gray and gloomy outside, it might as well be a productive cold and snow! I realize not everyone shares my opinion. I love the snow. It just makes everything seem brighter and warmer. Kind of like hot chocolate. It just makes the winters and time spent with family during the holidays that much brighter and that much warmer.
It’s that time of the month where you’ll find me over on Kenarry: Ideas for the Home where I’m sharing the full recipe and tutorial for this DIY Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe and Christmas gift idea. It’s a two for one! Plus, I’ve even created two different labels for your gift jars. So, hop on over and check out this recipe. Did I mention it makes a great Christmas gift?
If you’re looking for some other DIY Christmas gift ideas, be sure to check out these other projects I’ve shared here on the blog, like:
This DIY Sugar Hand Scrub is made from two simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand: Dawn Hand Renewal with O’lay Dish Soap and Sugar. Easy to make and the results? Amazing!
This Vanilla Pumpkin Pie Spice Sugar Scrub is another super easy project and makes a fantastic and aromatic gift! Plus, I bet you have all the ingredients on hand: cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, coconut oil and brown sugar.
Homemade Vanilla Extract is much easier to make than most people imagine. It just simply takes time for the vanilla to be extracted. The ingredients? Two. Vanilla beans and Vodka.
I also put together a list of 12 DIY Christmas Gifts in a Jar ideas that I’ve collected from other bloggers. There are a lot of great and easy homemade gift ideas in this collection.
So, if you’re looking for something homemade to give as a gift this season, my Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe or one of these ideas are sure to help!
Wishing you and your family the merriest of holidays and the happiest New Year ever!!
Til next time…


15 Burning Questions the 'Game of Thrones' Series Finale Needs to Answer
The rumors you've heard are true: After eight seasons, Game of Thrones is coming to an end with its series finale on May 19, and it's a given that not everyone will be happy with the resolution. As the show has gone from beloved hit among fans and critics to endlessly criticized pop-culture monolith, it has become impossible for every single prophecy, theory, and prediction to be wrapped up with a nice little bow. In fact, there will probably be quite a few unanswered questions that will leave viewers running to their phones and computers to express their discontent.
But that won't stop us from demanding answers to a few pressing queries we have. If the finale fails to address each of these concerns in detail, we and the rest of the show's fans will demand a complete reshoot of the final two seasons, with the stipulation that every plot point be approved by a petition of at least 30,000 people.
How will Jon respond to Dany's massacre?
The answer to this question will decide how the controversial series wraps up, and things aren't looking great for the Jon-Dany alliance that until so recently seemed like the smartest, strongest path to controlling the Iron Throne. The aunt-nephew-lover duo were already on thin ice when Daenerys massacred a sizable portion of King's Landing, and it became even more clear that the two were, let's say, not on the same page when it comes to war crimes. But what's Jon going to do about it, especially considering he pledged his loyalty to Dany, she's still the queen, and she's got that giant dragon willing to flash-fry anyone who pisses her off? The former Lord Commander of the Night's Watch has always been obsessed with honor, yet we've also seen him change course (Ygritte, allying with the Wildlings, etc.). Jon's response to Dany -- and Dany's response to his response -- will reveal whether the queen has any path to redemption in the finale of Game of Thrones.
Who will Tyrion support?
Tyrion's put himself in quite a pickle. He went out of his way to rat out Varys to Daenerys in an effort to show his loyalty, but he was already walking on extremely thin ice with her given that she knows he told the Spider about Jon's big secret. Then -- panicked at his queen's seemingly irrational thought process -- he decided to help his brother Jaime escape captivity in an effort to stop a King's Landing massacre that 100% wound up taking place anyway. So, uh, what now? We don't know if Daenerys actually knows about Tyrion's betrayal -- at least the one related to his brother. Jaime's not alive to spill the beans, but perhaps some of the living Unsullied know the truth. Regardless, it's hard to believe Tyrion's going to actually want to be in Dany's good graces given her murder spree. He wanted her to avoid going after innocents. This all has us fearing for Tyrion's safety, but he's been resilient in the past; now it remains to be seen how he'll weasel his way out of this one. Is it by allying with Jon Snow? Convincing the Unsullied to shift loyalties? Something else entirely?
Where's Arya going on that white horse?
As the song goes, she's going to take that horse to the old town road and… find another evil-doer to kill? While the idea of Arya again popping out of nowhere with a blade or wearing an enemy's face as a mask might seem likely, the final moment between The Hound and Arya last week, where the grizzled older warrior basically argued that a life of vengeance-seeking takes its spiritual toll on you, hinted that Arya might largely abandon her list of names altogether. After witnessing horrific violence on such a massive scale and struggling to save innocent lives as the city around her burned, does she want to continue on a path of slitting throats? She's got a lot decisions to make. It seems more likely she'll leave the politically chaotic world of Westeros behind, perhaps taking her new four-legged friend with her.
At this point, we still have no idea! Technically, Daenerys has the rights to it because she's the queen of the army that conquered King's Landing. But, thanks to the above questions, there's still a lot of uncertainty about whether she'll ever get the chance. Will Jon finally suck it up and accept his destiny? Will Tyrion manage to sneak into the Throne, despite the fact that he's a Lannister? Will one of the Stark sisters swoop in and sweep Dany aside, like they've wanted to do for all of Season 8? Will Bran's cool but pointless warging abilities convince everyone that he should rule? He does know the entire history of everything that's ever happened, after all.
What will Grey Worm and the rest of the now-sullied Unsullied do?
Grey Worm and the Unsullied, along with some of Jon Snow's men, took Drogon's fire breath as a cue to lose their goddamn minds and slaughter a bunch of people who'd already surrendered. So, at least for now, it appears that Grey Worm is very much on the same page as Daenerys. They both acted out of their grief over Cersei's cruel beheading of Missandei. Still, murdering civilians is a touch over the line. Grey Worm has remained unwaveringly loyal to Daenerys over the years, and at this point we're going to guess he and his army will remain by her side until the bitter end -- whether she sits on the throne or not.
What's Sansa's game plan?
After playing an important part in planning for the Battle of Winterfell, Sansa Stark has taken more of a backseat role in recent military campaigns. She wasn't even in the last episode, choosing to hang back with Bran in the North. Her knowledge of Jon Snow's true parentage, which was revealed to her by her brother despite the Dragon Queen's wishes, makes her a real threat to Daenerys' legitimacy. If she wasn't excited about backing Dany earlier in the season, she'll be even less psyched about it after the burning of King's Landing. So, she'll have to do her best to outmaneuver Daenerys, and, with Tyrion and Jon on her side, she's in a good position to do just that. The larger question is whether she's content ruling in the North or if she has ambitions to sit on the Iron Throne? At this point, it all depends on how she chooses to wield her influence and power.
Does Bronn actually get Highgarden now?
Game of Thrones went through all that trouble in episode 4 of the final season to get Jaime, Tyrion, and Bronn in the same room after Cersei sicced her brother's former bodyguard on them. Their Winterfell exchange -- one of the more fun scenes of this season -- ended with Tyrion promising Bronn Highgarden should Cersei be defeated, and since that's come to pass, does that mean Bronn will get what he's owed? It seems reasonable enough to put a nice, tidy bow on this whole deal, assuming Bronn didn't somehow die off-screen (which would be a real dick move if he did). Even if Tyrion lands in hot water for letting his now-dead brother escape, which frankly seems like a no-brainer, it shouldn't be that tough to squeeze in a moment where Tyrion hands Bronn the keys to the city and he gallops off to his new kingdom.
Will Bran do something useful for once?
No one expected Bran to pull out a sword and fight the undead in the Battle of Winterfell, but his curious decision to warg into some birds didn't exactly seem to help the cause very much. Still, he's somehow survived many, many serious threats to his life, so it seems unlikely that he'll play no role in the finale. Though it's a long shot, it would be nice if GoT shed light on the myriad untold connections between the Children of the Forest, the Night King, and Bran, but alas. We may never know.
Is anyone going to fix the Wall? How about King's Landing?
Perhaps the thing that's suffered most from this endless string of battles is infrastructure. King's Landing is razed, its tunnels and buildings piles of rubble; Winterfell seems to be in pretty gnarly shape after holding back an army of wights; and there's still that big-ass hole in the wall up North thanks to zombie Viserion. Now that it seems like Game of Thrones is moving into peacetime, how are the remaining living going to rebuild everything they destroyed, and how will they prioritize the massive infrastructure investments required? For example, should the wall dividing Westeros from the wilderness beyond be patched up first, provided there's still some existing threat to humanity out there? Or maybe cleaning up King's Landing will be the first focus, since there's a new Queen in town? All of these questions, and many more, could easily be made into its own Power Broker-style political drama series, which seems highly unlikely. In the absence of a full spin-off, we'd like some initial blueprints drawn up for the finale, please.
Where is Drogon going to live?
In all likelihood, the real estate market in King's Landing has taken a big hit since Daenerys and Drogon decimated massive sections of the city. All those tasteful new condos and single-family homes funded by the influx of cash from the Iron Bank? Nothing but rubble now. Assuming Daenerys continues to reign, she's going to have a lot of choice land options when building an enormous dragon-dog-house or Olympic-sized swimming pool for her favorite large adult son. If Showtime's Billions has taught us anything, it's that construction projects can get messy really quickly if you're not careful. Drogon could live underground, but Daenerys isn't going to keep him chained up, and he's really more of an outdoors dragon at this point. If this important matter is not settled in the series finale, fans should demand an explanation.
Do dragons go to heaven or hell?
Two dragons, Rheagal and Viserion, are dead. Which, of course, leads to a larger metaphysical question: Where do dragons go when they die?? What happens if one becomes an undead with no real control over himself before he's really dead? Then what??? Moreover, does anyone on Game of Thrones believe in an afterlife? Sure, there were the forehead-carving believers of the Faith Militant, but they never made it clear their opinions on death, just that marital impropriety and straying from the path of heterosexuality are bad, imprisonable offenses. We also know that people can come back from the dead, which implies that there's some mode of existence beyond death -- though we've never seen an animal come back to live in fully living form. It's a little insulting to the fantastical animals, including the direwolves, on Game of Thrones, but it wouldn't be the first time the show has disregarded its pets.
Where are the direwolves?
What is Game of Thrones actually about, anyway? Politics? Religion? Scary zombie-like monsters? Climate change? Or is it about pets? Because seriously: No one on this goddamn show knows how to take care of an animal. Daenerys has led two of her dragons to their deaths and took the third on a fiery joyride that burned up thousands of innocent people. (This was after she misplaced one and imprisoned the other two in a dark cavern with chains so they wouldn't, ya know, burn people alive.) As for the other prominent animals on the show -- sorry, Ser Pounce -- the direwolves given to the Stark children at the beginning of the series have nearly gone extinct. The only two left alive are Arya's Nymeria, who said "fuck this" and decided to start her own wolf coven, and Jon Snow's Ghost, who Jon gave away to the Wildlings without even a pet goodbye. Is Ghost living a swell life with Tormund, thankful to be free of Jon and his indifference? Is Nymeria just out there somewhere chilling with her doggy friends? Will either of them come back? We'd love to see the pups one more time, but also totally sympathize with their desire to get far away from their bad owners.
Will anyone start wearing hats in the North?
For members of the Quora community, this remains one of the many loose ends that the showrunners will likely leave untied. Such a shame.
Why did we spend so much time obsessing over this show?
If you could go back in time to March 2011, a month before Game of Thrones premiered, and told your younger self that in 2019, Donald Trump would be president and the nation would spend an inordinate amount of time whining online about the narrative choices a dragon-themed fantasy show has made during its final season, you'd probably say, "Well, I really hope climate change happens even faster than they're predicting!"... and on that front you'd at least have some perverse good news. Seriously, this is a television show on HBO that started out making heavy use of sexposition and gratuitous violence before graduating to a cultural phenomenon that turned everyone into experts on television writing. The internet is a much angrier place than it was in 2011, and it wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows then, either.
What is the recipe for Davos' soup?
This is important, folks: What was that sweet, sweet broth Davos served up before the Battle of Winterfell? We assume it's onion in nature, given that he's the Onion Knight. But does it taste like a French Onion soup? Or is it is own Westerosi creation? There've been some recipes floating around that could be it, but stop pussyfooting around, HBO. Make that shit available. We're hungry.


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The Martinez Lab’s research program is focused on the study of vector-borne rickettsial diseases and host-pathogen interactions. The Gram-negative α-proteobacteria of the genus Rickettsia are small (0.3-0.5 x 0.8-1.0 μm), obligate intracellular organisms. These bacteria are transmitted by tick bite inoculation into the skin of the human host and can ultimately damage target endothelial cells especially in the lungs and brain leading to the most severe manifestations of disease, including pulmonary edema and interstitial pneumonia. Although infections are controlled by broad-spectrum antibiotic therapies, untreated or misdiagnosed Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and other spotted fever infections can result in severe morbidity and mortality. Laboratory efforts are currently aimed at the following research interests: a) characterization of host cell lipid metabolic and catabolic pathways that are utilized by obligate intracellular bacteria to fulfill nutritional requirements; b) elucidation of pro-survival and anti-apoptotic pathways utilized by Rickettsia species to establish replicative intracellular niches; c) continued elucidation of the roles of conserved outer-membrane proteins spotted fever group Rickettsia species in the interaction with endothelial cells, monocytes, macrophages and other mammalian target cells; d) continued identification of mammalian receptors for pathogenic SFG Rickettsia species.
What happens when bacterial infections stop responding to traditional antibiotic treatments? That scenario might sound like the plot of a blockbuster movie, but it is also the question pathobiological researcher Juan Martinez is trying to answer.


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Although COVID-19 significantly impacted the world of work, the future of work is going to be even more different and disruptive.
What skills will employees need to succeed? According to research by SAS, curiosity is being acknowledged as an increasingly valuable skill for business and employee success.
51% of 2,000 managers from across the world surveyed by SAS said that curiosity was more important now than five years, while 72% see curious employees as very valuable.
SAS also analyzed LinkedIn content and found there was a 158% increase on 2020 figures in terms of the mention of curiosity in all posts. There was also a 90% increase in job posting and 87% growth in mention of it as a skill.
Another 51% of manager surveyed by SAS said employees who are curious are higher performers, while 59% said curiosity drives real business impact.
The managers also told SAS that curiosity improved job satisfaction (58%), drove efficiency and productivity at work (62%), and was positive for retention (52%) – the final point is particularly important in the current highly competitive war for talent where employees are quitting in record numbers.
In addition, SAS found that curiosity helps drive digital transformation at work; 62% of managers said it helped employees come up with innovative new solutions and 52% said it helped them better analyze data.
SAS director of analytics for UK&I Laurie Miles commented: “Our research paints a powerful picture that curiosity is no longer just nice to have.
“Instead, it’s becoming a business imperative that helps companies address critical challenges and foster innovation.
“It’s also linked to organizations making better use of data to understand their business and drive digital transformation”.
How to foster curiosity at work
Since curiosity is such a crucial trait for business success in the future – particularly around retaining staff – what can companies do to ensure their employees are enabled and encouraged to be more curious?
SAS is very clear it is not enough to tell them that they can be curious.
Those employers who are successful at nurturing curiosity invest in training (79%) and promote those who are successful at it (74%). They also prioritize curiosity in the hiring process (74%) and in the company’s mission (70%).
These organizations also reward curiosity in performance reviews (71%) and off one-to-one mentoring (59%).
The report concluded: “It is not enough to establish curiosity in company lexicon and procedures; curiosity cannot sustain itself on lip-service alone.
“Instead, organizations must earnestly devote themselves toward developing curiosity-rich environments through employee education opportunities and skills building, increased availability of data, and advancements in digital integration.”
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