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leading source analyse the trends and explain how our planet is changing We meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt Despite a huge drop in supply since the Kremlin began its all-out war on Ukraine in 2022 the EU still relies on Russia for almost a fifth of its gas supplies and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson demurred when asked whether the bloc was ready to include it in an ever expanding sanctions regime “We remain fully committed to completing the phase out of Russian gas which can be done without challenging Europe's energy security of supply,” Simson told reporters in Brussels as she unveiled the annual State of the EU Energy Union report It recognises that although consumption of Russian gas has fallen dramatically from the 150 billion cubic metres the country still relied on Russia for 18% of imports in the eight months to August – slightly more than total LNG imports from the US meaning Russia is still Europe’s second largest supplier after Norway When asked if the Commission was planning to impose sanctions on Russian natural gas imports particularly now that trans-Ukrainian transfers are set to stop at the end of the year in any case when a transit agreement expires Simson said Russia had already lost any leverage it once had over the EU by controlling its largest gas supplies “The volumes that some companies are still receiving from Russia do not allow [it] to blackmail us any more – there are alternative available,” Simson said noting that Europe gas stores were already full well ahead of the onset of winter The EU executive had been preparing for when the transit agreement between Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine expires at the end of the year and members states or their companies who are still receiving gas from Russia [have had] an extra two years compared to other companies who Russia decided to cut off…in 2022.” The Commission was determined to ensure that Russian gas that no longer comes via Ukraine – depriving Kiev of transit fees – will not simply be redirected through other routes again without specifying whether sanctions were imminent “My biggest mission is to encourage companies who are still receiving Russian pipeline gas…to opt for more predictable alternatives,” the commissioner said that firms can continue to import legally from Russia as long as no sanctions are in place She urged governments “make good use of the tools” agreed during a recent review of gas market rules that allow unilateral bans on Russian LNG imports The report launched today has been produced annually since 2015 and take its name from the Energy Union initiative launched the previous year by Donald Tusk which was a response to energy security concerns triggered by Moscow’s earlier moves to apply political pressure on Ukraine and Europe by throttling gas supplies It also flags the Commission’s concerns over the pace of Europe’s energy transition with Simson noting in particular a need to accelerate the deployment of wind turbines solar arrays and other renewable energy infrastructure if the EU is to meet its 42.5% green energy target by 2030 despite the two sources having overtaken fossil fuels in the bloc’s electricity generation mix last year has not yet met its 2020 renewable energy target of 20% and the Commission was “in dialogue” with Paris over the matter declining to specify whether formal infringement proceedings were being considered the Estonian politician said the EU executive supported the increased use of power purchase agreements and state-backed ‘contracts for difference’ to further accelerate the transition as recommended this week in the Draghi report into European competitiveness “This report is a clear message to the Commission and EU States: it’s time to get serious about implementation,” said Luke Haywood head of climate and energy policy at the European Environmental Bureau task forces must be set up to assess progress on energy savings Mongolia) is the runner-up of the 24th Asian Amateur Boxing Championship and the champion of the Korean Boxing Commission (69.9kg) super welterweight division he is also famous for his 15 wins and 8 losses in the Road FC MMA which has been nicknamed "Okah" since 2014 Mengenchooshi Nandinjerdene lost to Aramoto Issei (26) in the sixth round of TKO in an away match at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo which is called a sacred place for Japanese traditional ssireum (sumo) and boxing Skipping the middleweight (72.6kg) and rising to the super middleweight (76.2kg) to face Aramoto Issei the silver and bronze medalist at the 2015 and 2017 Asian Youth Championships who enjoys a head-to-head match without fear Aramoto Issei lost face on the amateur mogul's professional boxing debut as he finished the last round of a 3 minutes×6 round match against his opponent two weights below the physical shock and psychological impact were great In an interview with the Japanese newspaper Sports Hochi on March 1 "I won the TKO in the first match of the spotlight Resuming practice such as sparring was not possible until three months later I thoroughly reflected on myself," he said looking back on the match against Mengenchoosh Nandinjerdene Mengenchoosh Nandinjerdene broke the bones surrounding the eyes of the Asian powerhouse in the two weight classes and was diagnosed with a preposition of three months Aramoto Issei explained in detail what tasks he found "I realized the importance of mental strength to maintain composure and fight no matter what happens." Road FC 72 will be held on March 16 at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul (4507 people) Mengenchoosh Nandinjerdené will compete with Park Si-won (23) for the second round of the global tournament with a prize money of 100 million won Mengenchooshi Nandinjerdeneda boasts a mixed martial arts KO win rate of 83.3% (15/18) and a professional boxing KO win rate of 100% (3/3) the Z-Fight Night 2 UFC Fight Pass contract weighing 71.5kg knocked out actor Hong Joon-young (35) in the movie "The Outlaws 3" with a punch in 2 minutes and 39 seconds of the first round The ZFN 2 main card was broadcast live to more than 200 countries around the world through UFC Fight Pass "The Crime City 3," in which Hong Joon-young played a key supporting actor was a big hit with 10.68 million viewers in Korea and 83,412,98 dollars at the world box office Mengenchooshi Nandinjerdene greatly increased his international name value by beating Hong Joon-young who is also an Asian top mixed martial artist who participated in the Road to UFC season 1 and 366kg tournament in 2022 and 2024 on ZFN 2 global live broadcasts The MMA Ranking System "Fight Matrix" gave MENGEN CHOOSI NANDIN YERDENE 84 points in the fourth quarter of 2017 Park Si-won has 81 points from the fourth quarter of 2024 84 points are currently ranked 58th and top 65.9% in UFC 70kg and 81 points are 61st and top 69.3% in UFC 70kg is a top-class matchup that can be seen on the Korean mixed martial arts stage as well as Road FC "I don't intend to provoke because I'm close to Park Si-won because I see him often," Mengen Choosi Nandinjerdene said at a press conference on Road FC 72 at the Grand Hotel Seoul Convention Center in Switzerland "The KO win in the first round is 100%." It's not even the second round," he said Aramoto Issei won his second consecutive professional title by beating Jhagal Otgonzargal (34 Mongolia) by a unanimous decision in a home game of 74kg and 8 rounds of contract weight at Gorakuen Hall in Tokyo last Saturday Jharkal Otgon Jharkal is a two - year junior member of the mongolian national team of mengen choossi nandin yerdene the men's 69kg boxing bronze medal at the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games in China and the KBM middleweight champion's amateur and professional careers are similar to those of his seniors but I got caught up in the last round opponent's pace How can you laugh that you won when you heard the closing bell while being attacked honestly acknowledging Jhagal Hautegon Jhagal Jhagal Otgon Jhagal showed Aramoto Issei the strength of the descendants of the Mongol Empire which commanded the world after Mengenchoosi Nandinjerdenet I wonder how the senior will respond to the junior player's performance at Gorakuen Hall in Tokyo 2024 Road FC Tournament semi-finals eliminated ※ This service is provided by machine translation tool Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker While working to help curb mercury pollution in Guyana a Mercer University team made another startling discovery.  Many surfaces in the town where the team was working were covered in dangerous levels of lead Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry.  This included playgrounds and school walls One peeling school desk was found to have over 3,000 times the U.S And it wasn’t just old paint that contained the harmful heavy metal The Mercer team found lead in new paint too including in cans that had been labeled as lead-free and despite a law restricting lead in paint.  “We took the initiative to purchase 10 different paints in the town of Bartica Researchers were alarmed. Exposure to lead can cause lead poisoning and seriously harm a person’s health. It is especially dangerous for children whose mental and physical development may be severely affected.  But without knowing if the new paint was indeed lead-free The conventional method for identifying lead in paint is time-consuming and expensive especially for low- to middle-income countries like Guyana.  “There was no capacity in many of these countries to analyze and quantify lead in paint and so no one knew that it was in new paint,” Dr less expensive method for countries like Guyana to identify and quantify lead in new paint.  The Mercer team’s newly developed method uses a relatively inexpensive device called a portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer to offer fast and more economically viable measurements of lead in new paint It works by standardizing the pXRF data against a more precise technique resulting in a relationship to accurately determine concentrations of lead in new paint. This relationship leads to the rapid and quantitative identification of lead without the expense of other protocols required by more conventional methods officials were really surprised to hear that there was lead in the paint because it was labeled lead-free,” she said “We were able to collect enough information off of the new paint to show that there was a significant issue and that we could potentially help them to try to remediate the situation. Imports that are brought in could be tested before they make it into the country.”  Officials “were very interested in having those conversations,” she said they actually have their instrument lab set up now so that they can do some of this analysis work alongside us.”  In fall 2023, Dr. Kiefer led a Mercer team to Belize which does not have any laws related to lead paint assistant professor of environmental and civil engineering; Dr assistant professor of biology; and undergraduate student Ben Stewart traveled with Dr The team began a collaborative relationship with University of Belize and Belize Department of the Environment and trained representatives how to screen for lead in paint using the Mercer method “The major finding for us down there was they have these little parks that have the body weight exercise equipment on them we found really high levels of lead in the paint,” said Stewart who graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in December with a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience He will attend Mercer School of Medicine in the fall The team also found lead in spray paint used to make public art The next steps are to determine the scope of the problem and continue training University of Belize representatives This will be done through Mercer On Mission a signature University program that combines study abroad what we are really trying to do at this point is find the scope and limitations for the method that Dr “We want to demonstrate that this less expensive pXRF alternative can be used in lower- and middle-income countries in place of these very expensive “The key thing is that we don’t want to have them remediate the problem And that starts with knowing what is coming in and being able to rapidly screen things in port before they get to the store shelf.”  HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—Ukraine has eagerly used the heavy artillery rockets known as GMLRS and it’s not alone in wanting the weapon stocked in national arsenals But Lockheed Martin can’t make the long-range precision munitions any faster until it gets more machine tools Lockheed is currently at its full annual production capacity of 10,000 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Lockheed’s director of business development for tactical missiles in an interview Tuesday during the Association of the U.S The company is adding tooling and testing machines so that it can make 14,000 of the rockets in 2024 But doubling annual production would likely take two or more years She said the biggest stumbling block is the availability of machine tooling and testing equipment It’s also hard to find workers for the production lines many of which are located far from population centers The company is only running one shift producing the missiles but it has the capacity to temporarily do a second shift Certain components for GMLRS rockets are also needed for other missiles; she noted that there are only two rocket-motor manufacturers in the United States She also said that one GMLRS subcontractor also makes components for another in-demand missile—the anti-tank Javelin—and increasing production for one would mean taking workers away from the other Help us tailor content specifically for you: Thank you for subscribing! Please check out our other newsletter offerings on our Newsletter page. Most should just stop.What really mattersIn a world with too much noise and too little context We don’t flood you with panic-inducing headlines or race to be first We focus on being useful to you — breaking down the news in ways that inform We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today rigorous studies of the supplement don’t find any health benefit by Julia Belluz LinkBetween 2000 and 2010, the amount Medicare spent on vitamin D testing rose 83-fold, making the test Medicare’s fifth most popular after cholesterol Getty ImagesAmericans love a quick health fix in pill form: something to protect against illness one of the go-to supplements has been vitamin D thought to do everything from preventing cancer to strengthening bones Some bad news: Yet another big study adds to the pile of evidence that it’s useless for most people The new research, published on June 19 in JAMA Cardiology combined the results of 21 randomized clinical trials to look at whether vitamin D supplementation was associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular events The findings — based on studies involving 83,000 patients — were pretty bleak: Vitamin D supplementation was not associated with any cardiovascular benefit The new research follows a major meta-study which looked at 81 randomized trials on whether vitamin D prevents fractures and falls and improves bone mineral density in adults It found no benefit to musculoskeletal health “Something like 40 percent of older adults in the US take vitamin D supplements because they think it’s going to prevent against fractures and falls or cancer,” said Alison Avenell the clinical chair of health services research at the University of Aberdeen and an author of the Lancet study “and we’re saying the supplements for fractures and falls aren’t going to do that.” “There really is no health boost for vitamin D supplementation,” Clifford J Rosen of the Maine Medical Center Research Institute in Scarborough Of course, there are some cases when supplementation can be helpful: During pregnancy, for example, or for people who have been diagnosed with health conditions that may lead to vitamin deficiencies, like liver disease or multiple sclerosis. People with asthma those who don’t get into the sun at all (like the homebound or institutionalized) or those from ethnic backgrounds with darker skin — African and South Asian — may also benefit from a supplement But in most people with no symptoms of deficiency, the tablet shows such little utility that doctors are even questioning why we bother to measure vitamin D levels in those who aren’t at risk Most of us actually get enough vitamin D without even trying The hype about the vitamin during the past two decades started with early vitamin D science Before researchers run randomized controlled trials they often look for links between health outcomes and exposures in large-scale population research called observational studies And early observational research on the benefits of vitamin D uncovered associations between higher levels of vitamin D intake and a range of health benefits More recent randomized trials — that introduce vitamin D to one group and compare that group with a control group — have shown little or unclear benefit for both vitamin D testing and supplementation in the general population And reviews that take these trials together to come to more fully supported conclusions the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Medicine) brought together an expert committee to review the evidence on the vitamin and figure out whether there was a widespread deficiency problem in North America 97.5 percent of the population got an adequate amount of vitamin D from diet and the sun (Vitamin D occurs naturally in fatty fish such as salmon and tuna It’s also found in fortified foods such as milk “You are at risk of D deficiency only if you have no sun exposure, live above 55 degrees latitude, and do not eat vitamin D-fortified foods or fluids [like milk],” said Chris Gallagher, a professor of Medicine at Creighton University, who wrote a comment about the Lancet paper “About 80 to 90 percent of vitamin D comes from sunlight and even 15 minutes in the midday will boost vitamin D levels to a good level.” These tests uncovered lots of low vitamin D levels — but there’s a scientific debate about how many of them are true deficiencies Professional medical groups can’t agree on a cutoff The Institute of Medicine recommended a diagnosis be made only for people who have less than 20 nanograms of the vitamin per milliliter of blood but labs and other professional groups use higher thresholds All that screening led to an explosion in diagnoses and millions of Americans now pop daily vitamin D pills “The expectations were high, the results convincingly negative,” Rosen said of a recent New England Journal of Medicine study which found vitamin D supplementation fails to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease among older men and women “Maybe people will stop taking vitamin D supplements And certainly there is a strong case not to measure vitamin D in the blood in healthy individuals.” Understand the world with a daily explainer plus the most compelling stories of the day UnexplainableApr 23The real quest for fake bloodLab-grown blood could save tens of thousands of lives. 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Amazon Prime Video' is a global OTT service that produces content in 30 languages It targets all over the world except China ESPN+ is a channel broadcasting the fight night series of the UFC Higher-grade UFC competitions are also responsible for undercard broadcasts Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan (capacity of 11,098 people) is called a sacred place for Japanese traditional ssireum (sumo) and boxing Foreign fighters from the Korean mixed martial arts stage will participate in the professional martial arts competition here and it will be broadcast to the world's largest sports market in the United States through Amazon Prime Video and ESPN+ a boxing competition with three weight class world title matches as the core will be presented on July 20 The opening match is the super middleweight (-76.2kg) 3 minutes × 6 rounds against Aramoto Issei (25 Japan) by Mengen-Choosh Nandin Yerdené (37 MMA Player of the 11th year MMA Mengenchoosh Nandinjerdene won 15 wins and 8 losses as a fighter which he recorded under the nickname "Okah" in South Korea's road FC Professional Fighters League) defeated four former majors △UFC △ PFL △ Bellator (USA) △ One Championship (Singapore) △ Rizin (Japan) will be grouped into five MMA groups Mengenchoosh Nandinjerdene has also been a professional fighting player since 2022 he participated in the Korean Boxing Commission (KBM) middleweight (-72.6 kg) championship match but this is the first time in his professional career in all sports Another variable is whether he has shed his regret for failing to become the KBM champion with a decision of 1-2 Aramoto Issei is a silver and bronze medalist at the 2015-2017 Asian Youth Championships He participated in the 18th and 19th Asian Games in 2018 and 2023 as a member of the Japanese national team He announced his retirement as an amateur after participating in the International Boxing Association (IBA) World Championships last year and failing to qualify for the 33rd French Summer Olympics in 2024 The match against Mengenchoosh Nandinjerdene will be his professional debut "My goal has been to win professional titles rather than amateur boxing represented by the Olympics since I was young." It is a great start if you defeat Mengenchoosh Nandinjerdene who has a considerable record as a mixed martial arts fighter and has experience in Korean boxing title matches If you show off your skills at Amazon Prime Video and ESPN+ simultaneous live competitions ▲World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super Flyweight (-52.2 kg) title match ▲World Boxing Council (WBC) Bantamweight (-53.5 kg) title match ▲WBO Flyweight (-50.8 kg) championship match △Three members of the world's top 10 by weight class of active professional boxing in all groups △ Until the fourth boxing match of NASCAR and Denshin (26) who were considered the world's top kickboxing stars in the late 2010s and early 2020s It's worth paying attention to this tournament tvN SPORTS in Korea also organized a live broadcast from 6 p.m CEO of the Korea Boxing Commission and a commentator on tvN "We will air the NASCAR and Denshin competition first but we plan to show the opening game of Mengencho Oshi Nandinjerdene on a recording broadcast if the competition ends quickly." Road FC 13 wins and 6 losses from 2014 to 2023 Post Courier Fourteen communities in Pomio district of East New Britain Province have tapped into carbon trade These 14 communities have formed a company called Central Mengen Resources Holdings Limited for the proposed Carbon Credit Trading project for the people of Central Mengen resources area with NIHT Incorporated Company of America as the developer through its operational office in Kokopo According to Project initiator William Koiatuna the proposed Carbon Credit Trading project is declared as a community based project that will be developed under the voluntary carbon market concept He said the project is owned by the people in 14 wards including Parol-Pigapuna Galue wards in Central Inland Pomio Local Level Government and Tolel Malmal-Talie in West Pomio Mamosi LLG and Pomio Kivung Group a local based group “We are not forming an Incorporated Land Group (ILG) but communities and we have met all the necessary requirements and we developed a proposal booklet and it was already presented to the NIHT Incorporated Company last week,” Mr Koiatuna said The project covers nearly 75,000 hectares of land in the hinterlands borders of East New Britain and West New Britain of Central Mengen area Most of it is not inhabited by local people but will be made useful under the carbon project arrangement Mr Koiatuna has asked the developer stand by its core principles of honesty accountability and integrity when dealing with people and their vast natural forest resources chairman/CEO of NIHT Incorporated Company of America that people of Central Mengen resources area through their registered company wants NIHT Inc to be the developer/investor as per the signed MoU,” Mr Koiatuna said The people have asked that a proper project agreement be signed addressing their concerns raised in the MoU the signing of Project Agreement to be at Palmalmal Township where it is to be witnessed and celebrated by people and NIHT Inc establish its separate office at Palmalmal to administer and control all projects in Pomio Baining district Get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox Die Grippe-Impfsaison beginnt: Vorbestellungen sind längst gemacht viele Praxen bestellen jetzt den konkreten Bedarf wie das Bestellprozedere in den KVen abläuft Ergebnis: Die Impfvereinbarungen erzeugen regionale Vielfalt In allen KVen spielt der Vorjahresbedarf an Grippevakzinen als Orientierungsgröße für die Bestellung zur aktuellen Impfsaison eine Rolle der konkrete Bedarf in kleineren Mengen bestellt nach denen sich die Praxen dabei richten müssen sind in jeder Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung ein bisschen anders abhängig von der jeweiligen regionalen Impfvereinbarung der KV mit den Krankenkassen in der Region Aber wie viele Impfdosen darf ein Arzt pro Sprechstundenbedarf-Rezept (SSB) bestellen Welche zugelassenen Impfstoffe dürfen überhaupt rezeptiert werden also hersteller-unabhängige Bestellung gewünscht Die „Ärzte Zeitung“ hat in den KVen nachgefragt was bei der Bestellung von Influenzaimpfstoffen zu beachten ist wie die Honorierung geregelt ist und wie sich nach den Änderungen im Terminservicegesetz TSVG Wirtschaftlichkeitsprüfungen vermeiden lassen Die Umfrage hat auch Konflikte in der Lieferkette aufgedeckt etwa zwischen Ärzten und Apothekern: So geben manche KVen die Empfehlung 70 Impfdosen je Rezept oder auch je Verordnungszeile zu verordnen den gesamten Bedarf über ein Rezept zu bestellen Das wiederum gefällt nicht jedem Apotheker dessen Aufschlag auf den Grippeimpfstoff seit dieser Saison TSVG-bedingt auf 75 Euro je Verordnungszeile beschränkt ist (bei 1 Euro je Einzeldosis) Rezepte gehen zurück – und Ärzte stehen zwischen der Empfehlung der KV und dem Wunsch der Apotheker den Aufwand für die Bestellungen adäquat vergütet zu bekommen Unterschiede gibt es nach wie vor auch in der Höhe der Vergütung einer Grippeimpfung Sie differiert je nach KV oder auch nach Krankenkasse zwischen 7,15 Euro (Knappschaft in der 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