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One of the things I appreciate about you guys is that you set me straight when I have crazy ideas. Yes, maybe in retrospect moving to the Lufthansa First Class Terminal wasn’t the brightest idea ever, though that’s why I run these ideas past you guys before “executing.”living in tianjin

I have another idea, but this time I’m fairly certain it’s genius, though I’ll run it past you guys anyway. I’ve decided to move to Tianjin, China. I know what you’re thinking: what a brilliant idea, go for it! Why Tianjin, you ask?

Well, the St. Regis Tianjin just opened a few months ago, and the rates are rather good, about ~$140USD/night.My plan is to move there and live on the American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts rate, which includes complimentary daily breakfast, guaranteed 4PM check-out, a room upgrade, and a $100 food and beverage credit per stay. Add that to my Starwood Platinum benefits, and I’ll be living the high life for pennies on the dollar.

The only downside is that the food and beverage credit is per stay as opposed to per night, so I guess I’ll have to stay at the Westin every other night. Or maybe I need to move there with a friend and we need to have alternating reservations every other night.

The International School of Tianjin (IST ) is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, and the only international school in Tianjin authorized to teach all three IB Programs (Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma). IST provides an education of distinction to young global citizens while serving the needs of our communities. The schools comprehensive and coherent written curriculum is based upon the highest academic standards. As a school we use the mission of the IB and the philosophy of IST to guide our deliberations and actions, and to ensure that our children develop the attitudes and dispositions of true internationalists prepared for the challenges and wonders of life beyond our school.international school in Tianjin
An extensive extracurricular activities program is available to students, including the ACAMIS and ISAC inter-school sports leagues, Model United Nations (MUN), Global Issues Network (GIN), Choir and Orchestra, Roots and Shoots, and Student Council.
School Facilities World class, purpose-built school campus, situated on 7.2 hectares of park-like grounds. Including a natural grass football pitch surrounded by 400m running track. An indoor (double-sized) gymnasium with floor-to-ceiling climbing wall. 95 classrooms (equipped with computers, digital projectors and whiteboards), 5 science laboratories, 4 main computer laboratories. Library with extensive collection including a large selection of foreign language books in the following languages: Chinese, Korean, French, German, Danish, Japanese, Spanish, Hindi, Dutch, and Italian.) Dedicated early childhood center with indoor and outdoor play areas. A primary school building and a separate new secondary school building, including a 520-seat theater, black box and extensive music and art suites and design and technology classrooms.

On May 9, the awards ceremony for the 2019 Tianjin Recycling Educational Challenge (TReC) was held at the Himalaya Tianta. This was the TreC program’s 4th year, continuing on its tradition as an educational initiative developed by TJenvironcom and organized by the Tianjin Chapter of AmCham China, where Tianjin's premier international schools participate in a week of recycling and environmental activities. Activities include a recyclables collection drive, as well as an art competition where artwork is composed from recycled materials.Tianjin international school

This year saw participation from Tianjin International School, Wellington Tianjin, Tianjin Yinghua International School (Wuqing and Dongli Campuses), and TEDA International School. Caterpillar Tianjin Ltd., with Anisa Cosmetics sponsoring materials for use in the creation of artwork. Prize sponsors included Ocean Park and the Cambridge Mask Company. Himalaya Tianta Apartments was the venue and awards sponsor

Approx. 1300 kgs of recyclable materials were collected during the week, a year-on-year gain of 69%, and almost 50 works of art were created from materials donated by CAT and Anisa.

Additionally, during his visit to Tianjin on May 7, US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad viewed some of the artwork, and heard from some of the participating students about their thoughts on the environment and the TreC project.

Representatives from the US Embassy Environmental Section, local artists, and representatives from NGOs including Conservation International and the APEC Green Supply Chain Center served as judges in the art segment. The awards ceremony was hosted by TJenvironcom founder Alex Scilla.The TReC-TECC Total [TTT], a tally of the results to date between TReC and it’s sister program TECC (The Tianjin Environmental CSR Challenge) is now ranking in at a recovery total of 3077 kgs of secondary resources, reduced energy usage of over of 30000 kwh, and water savings of over 200 tons.

A school that was reprimanded last year for serving students expired food has wound up in the spotlight again after using supplementary material for eighth-graders that contained a sexual joke.Shanghai school

The education authority of Pudong New Area in Shanghai has ordered severe punishment for those responsible for the teaching materials used by SMIC Private School (Shanghai), and called for an overhaul of supplementary textbooks at primary and middle schools in the region.

The education bureau told the school to immediately stop using the materials, the authority said in a circular on Thursday (Jan 24). It also accused the school of chaotic management and misdeeds in the selection of supplementary materials.The reprimand was for including material in a book for youngsters that referred to female anatomy and strongly alluded to an oral sex act. It was published by Shanghai Oriental Laser Education Culture.

Parents of the eighth-graders discovered the off-colour joke, titled "Mommy's Washcloth", in a book assigned as homework for the winter vacation.Children had been asked to read the joke and leave their comments.

The school, founded in 2001 by Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corp, has more than 2,900 students from 25 countries and regions. It admitted its fault in selecting the material on Thursday.The school will be severely punished for the sexually oriented joke, according to the education authority.

Mr Xiong Bingqi, deputy dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said on Thursday that both the publisher and the school were at fault."That the material was able to enter the school's procurement system shows chaotic management. Private schools need to strengthen internal management to prevent such mistakes," Mr Xiong said.

He also suggested that the faculty and parents' association should be involved in the selection of supplementary learning materials at private schools. On one hand, such a move would reflect the autonomy of the school, while on the other hand it would improve the overall quality of the books the school uses, he said.On Thursday, the school strongly condemned the company and said it had punished the vice-principal and another teacher.

Last October, the school was caught up in a food safety scandal after parents found expired goods, mouldy produce and unhygienic conditions during a surprise inspection of its kitchen. That incident led to a call for stronger inspections of school canteens.

Regulatory confusion over cannabinoids (CBD) has opened up the space for alternatives, within which Gencor has released Levagen, a palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) ingredient touted as having anti-inflammatory and pain relief properties. The company also utilizes a novel delivery method coined LipiSperse that increases the bioavailability of its PEA ingredient and allows for applications such as shots and chews. “This opens up the market and allows consumers to be more familiar with PEA. It can add value to products within the sports nutrition space,” Mariko Hill, Product Development Executive at Gencor tells NutritionInsight, at Vitafoods, Geneva, earlier this month.Palmitoylethanolamide powder

PEA is produced in the body as a biological response and as a repair mechanism for inflammation. It is a simple fatty acid amide that is structurally related to the endogenous cannabinoid transmitter, anandamide (AEA). AEA is associated with regulating pain and the more AEA in the bloodstream, the less discomfort a person may feel. PEA has numerous clinical studies demonstrating its potential as an effective and safe anti-inflammatory, analgesic and tissue-protective nutrient.

CBD was early this year classified as an unauthorized novel food and regulatory limitations may curb NPD, especially in the pain relief relating to sports nutrition space, according to Hill. This is where Gencor’s Levagen PEA comes in as an alternative, which can eliminate regulatory hurdles, she says. “This leaves space for an alternative like PEA, more specifically our brand ingredient Levagen, which acts on those receptors that boost energy and have anti-inflammatory properties,” Hill notes.

However, this does not mean that PEA is just an alternative. In places where cannabinoids face no regulatory issues, PEA can be used in combination with CBD to boost health benefits. In places where CBD is allowed, PEA can work synergistically with it, as they target those same pathways,” Chase Shryoc, Gencor’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development, tells NutritionInsight.

“PEA is a fatty acid and an endogenous module, which can be found in every cell in the body. It is an endocannabinoid receptor agonist, which means that it works in the endocannabinoid system, similar to CBD. CBD binds directly to CB1 and CB2 receptor sites, while Levagen PEA indirectly activates those same receptors and has that same effect, but from a different direction,” Shyroc explains.

Hill adds that although PEA is an alternative, people should look at it as a completely different product to CBD. “It works synergistically because it is an endocannabinoid and is actually produced in the body endogenously as well. Supplementation can then offset that balance within the body and you can also use it in combination with CBD, but since CBD is still a novel food that may present challenges.”

Gencor is using a new delivery method called LipiSperse, that can boost Levagen’s properties. LipiSperse is a novel system tailored to increase the dispersion of crystalline lipophilic agents in aqueous environments. Cold water dispersible (CWD) powders have an equilibrium established between the LipiSperse on the powder surface and the LipiSperse in the solution, according to the company.

“So there is a Levagen standalone and one supported by LipiSperse, which we call Levagen+, a cold-water dispersible powder. This delivery technology increases the bioavailability and functionality of the ingredient. We also did a PEA study in which Levagen+ is showing 1,8 higher absorption to standalone PEA,” Hill notes. The new delivery method allows for a broader spectrum of applications for the ingredient.

Levagen for osteoarthritis
Adding to the list of benefits for the ingredient, a new study has found that Levagen may have a beneficial effect on knee osteoarthritis and support healthy aging. The study published in the Inflammopharmacology Journal, aimed to examine the safety, tolerability and efficacy of PEA when dosed at 300mg and 600mg per day on symptoms of knee osteoarthritis.

“Osteoarthritis is one of the most common joint related concerns caused by the breakdown of articular cartilage and remodeling of joint tissues driven by inflammatory mediators,” says R.V. Venkatesh, Managing Director at Gencor. “The results of this study demonstrated the effects of Levagen and its ability to not only reduce pain but its ability to reduce anxiety levels, according to the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS).”

The eight-week, double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study also concluded that Levagen may be a novel treatment for attenuating pain and reducing other associated symptoms of knee osteoarthritis at both 300mg and 600mg per day.

“PEA is unique due to its several fast-acting therapeutic effects,” notes Shryoc. “The study recipients reported a gradual reduction of WOMAC pain scores in just one week with further significant reductions at week 4 and 8. In addition to joint health, Levagen can also aid in restful sleep and recovery.”

According to the company, there are additional clinical studies taking place with Gencor’s Levagen which are expected to be released later this year. Gencor is also putting additional research into Levagen+.

Palmitoylethanolamide is a fatty acid amide that is naturally present in our bodies. It mainly functions as a very comprehensive anti-inflammatory and pain reducer. In terms of pain reduction, it works great for individuals with neuropathic pain and produces significant back pain relief and sciatic pain relief. This is due to the fact that palmitoylethanolamide produces something called the ‘Entourage Effect’ an effect which potentiates the effects of Anandamide and it is naturally present in our bodies. Anandamide plays a crucial role in inflammation and pain perception, and Palmitoylethanolamide prevents the breakdown of anandamide and works to enhance its effects in the body. This pathway is especially effective at decreasing neuropathic pain and thus palmitoylethanolamide is very popular with people looking for sciatic pain relief and back pain relief.Palmitoylethanolamide

Palmitoylethanolamide also works to decrease inflammation by interacting with an enzyme called cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2). This enzyme produces inflammation and is the target of most NSAIDs like Ibuprofen. These NSAIDs decrease pain perception by blocking COX-2 activity, whereas palmitoylethanolamide decreases pain perception by preventing the production of proinflammatory compounds that are produced by COX-2, such as prostaglandins D2 and E2.

Another unique effect that palmitoylethanolamide has, is that it activates the PPAR-alpha receptor. This receptor a major mediator of inflammation and pain perception and its activation causes a decrease in inflammation and a subsequent drop in pain perception.

Altogether, palmitoylethanolamide is a great compound for neuropathic pain and is a fantastic choice for individuals looking for sciatic pain relief and back pain relief.

*Attention: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Palmitoylethanolamide, also known as PEA, is a endogenous fatty acid amide that has been demonstrated to exert a great variety of biological functions related to pain. Additionally, it has been shown to have neuroprotective properties. Pain management support dates as far back as before 1980. The birth of the molecule was in 1957 and it was in that year that 5 researchers believed that PEA was a natural pain management supplement.

Compound 7P powder is one of Neurotrophic drug. Axon regeneration after injury in the central nervous system is hampered in part because if an age-dependent decline in the intrinsic axon growth potential, and one of the strategies to stimulate axon growth in injured neurons involves pharmacological manipulation of implicated signaling pathways. Here we report phenotypic cell-based screen of chemical libraries and structure-activity-guided optimization that resulted in the identification of compound 7p which promotes neurite outgrowth of cultured primary neurons derived from the hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and retina. In an animal model of optic nerve injury, compound 7p was shown to induce growth of GAP-43 positive axons, indicating that the in vitro neurite outgrowth activity of compound 7p translates into stimulation of axon regeneration in vivo. Further optimization of compound 7p and elucidation of the mechanisms by which it elicits axon regeneration in vivo will provide a rational basis for future efforts to enhance treatment strategies.
We are a professional supplier of API in China, our Compound 7P with high quality and reasonable price. We are focused on providing our customers with the best service. Our high purity active ingredients is tested by HPLC.Compound 7P

Compound 7p exhibited 100% inhibition of parasitemia on day 4 at multiple doses(100, 50, and 25 mg/kg) given for four consecutive days, but at 100 mg/kg, all mice survived and were cured, while at 50 mg/kg, three of five mice survived and two mice were cured, and at 25 mg/kg, none of the mice survived

Reminyl is an Alzheimer's treatment derived from the bulbs of the daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus. It is believed that neurons producing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine degenerate in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. This loss of acetylcholine has been correlated with decreased cognitive function (thinking, remembering and reasoning). Reminyl works to increase the concentration of acetylcholine by blocking the action of acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis (break down) of acetylcholine.Galantamine Hydrobromide powder

An estimated four million Americans have Alzheimer's disease -- a progressive loss of cognitive function so severe that it interferes with an individual's ability to function. The number is expected to grow to 14 million by the middle of the next century. The disorder is the third-most expensive illness in the United States, behind only heart disease and cancer.

Reminyl was developed by the Janssen Research Foundation under a co-development and licensing agreement with the UK-based Shire Pharmaceuticals. The drug will be marketed by Janssen Pharmaceutica and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical in the United States.

Clinical Results
In trials ranging from 12 to 26 weeks, the effectiveness of Reminyl was measured using two primary tools. Subjects' abilities in terms of memory, orientation, reasoning and language were assessed using the cognitive portion of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-cog). Across all trials, results demonstrated that more subjects taking Reminyl showed significant improvement in their cognitive performance than subjects taking placebo.

The second primary measure of effectiveness was the Clinician's Interview-Based Impression of Change plus Caregiver Information (CIBIC-plus), which provides an overall assessment of patient functioning - including behavior, organized thinking and activities of daily living (such as dressing, eating and managing family finances). The CIBIC-plus results from all trials also showed that the overall scores for subjects taking Reminyl were statistically superior to placebo.
The most frequent adverse events associated with the use of Reminyl can be minimized by following the recommended dosage and administration.

Because this list is not all-inclusive, please consult a physician to discuss any side effects and the individual appropriateness of the drug.

Mechanism of Action
Galantamine, a tertiary alkaloid, is a competitive and reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase. While the precise mechanism of galantamine's action is unknown, it may exert its therapeutic effect by enhancing cholinergic function. This is accomplished by increasing the concentration of acetylcholine through reversible inhibition of its hydrolysis by cholinesterase. If this mechanism is correct, galantamine's effect may lessen as the disease process advances and fewer cholinergic neurons remain functionally intact. (from Reminyl Prescribing Information).

In a small pilot study consume who consumed a natural dietary supplement called nicotinomide riboside (NR) daily showed signs of mimicking caloric restriction, which in mice has been linked to health benefits.Nicotinamide Riboside Chloride powder

Caloric restriction is a starvation diet. When lower level organisms such as fruit flies, roundworms, rodents are raised on such a diet from birth, slashing of caloric intake by about a third has health benefits and, in some cases, extended lifespan. No humans have done that, it would be a human rights violation to wean a baby on a starvation diet, and claims about benefits in adults who took it up have too many confounders to be anything more than anecdotes.

In a small pilot study, 12 lean and healthy men and women ages 55 to 79 from the Boulder area were given a placebo for six weeks, then took a 500 mg twice-daily dose of nicotinamide riboside chloride (NIAGEN). Another 12 took nicotinamide riboside for the first six weeks, followed by placebo. The researchers took blood samples and other physiological measurements at the end of each treatment period. They found that the supplement slightly improved blood pressure and arterial health, particularly in those with mild hypertension but what they wanted to find was that 1,000 mg daily of nicotinamide riboside boosted levels of another compound called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) by 60 percent. NAD+ is required for activation of enzymes called sirtuins, which is hypothesized to be involved in the beneficial effects of calorie restriction. It's involved in a host of metabolic actions throughout the body, and tends to decline with age.

Some suggest that as an evolutionary survival mechanism, the body conserves NAD+ when subjected to calorie restriction and that led to the idea of supplementing with so-called "NAD+-precursors" like nicotinamide riboside to promote healthier aging.

The pilot study also found that in 13 participants with elevated blood pressure or stage 1 hypertension (120-139/80-89 mmHg), systolic blood pressure was about 10 points lower after supplementation. A drop of that magnitude could translate to a 25 percent reduction in heart attack risk but this is a pilot study in healthy people, so it should only be considered a viable technique if a company is willing to enter it into clinical trials. Otherwise, it will remain just another supplement for people who want to believe.

In the first controlled clinical trial of nicotinamide riboside (NR), a newly discovered form of Vitamin B3, researchers have shown that the compound is safe for humans and increases levels of a cell metabolite that is critical for cellular energy production and protection against stress and DNA damage.Nootropics Powder

Studies in mice have shown that boosting the levels of this cell metabolite—known as NAD+—can produce multiple health benefits, including resistance to weight gain, improved control of blood sugar and cholesterol, reduced nerve damage, and longer lifespan. Levels of NAD+ diminish with age, and it has been suggested that loss of this metabolite may play a role in age-related health decline.

These findings in animal studies have spurred people to take commercially available NR supplements designed to boost NAD+. However, these over-the-counter supplements have not undergone clinical trials to see if they work in people.

The new research, reported Oct. 10 in the journal Nature Communications, was led by Charles Brenner, PhD, professor and Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in collaboration with colleagues at Queens University Belfast and ChromaDex Corp. (NASDAQ: CDXC), which supplied the NR used in the trial. Brenner is a consultant for ChromaDex. He also is co-founder and Chief Scientific Adviser of ProHealthspan, which sells NR supplements under the trade name Tru NIAGEN®.

The human trial involved six men and six women, all healthy. Each participant received single oral doses of 100 mg, 300 mg, or 1,000 mg of NR in a different sequence with a seven-day gap between doses. After each dose, blood and urine samples were collected and analyzed by Brenner’s lab to measure various NAD+ metabolites in a process called metabolomics. The trial showed that the NR vitamin increased NAD+ metabolism by amounts directly related to the dose, and there were no serious side effects with any of the doses.

“This trial shows that oral NR safely boosts human NAD+ metabolism,” Brenner says. “We are excited because everything we are learning from animal systems indicates that the effectiveness of NR depends on preserving and/or boosting NAD+ and related compounds in the face of metabolic stresses. Because the levels of supplementation in mice that produce beneficial effects are achievable in people, it appears than health benefits of NR will be translatable to humans safely.”

The next step will be to study the effect of longer duration NR supplementation on NAD+ metabolism in healthy adults, but Brenner also has plans to test the effects of NR in people with diseases and health conditions, including elevated cholesterol, obesity and diabetes, and people at risk for chemotherapeutic peripheral neuropathy.