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Athletes must avoid using any substance or method on the list to avoid penalties for violating anti-doping regulations. **Athletes must also bear ultimate responsibility for any prohibited substance detected in their body, regardless of how it entered the body, and whether it was intentional or unintentional.** Athlete's Guide: Competition Prohibited Drug List The competition prohibited drug list is a document published annually by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), listing the prohibited substances and prohibited methods that athletes may not use in-competition and out-of-competition. Athletes must avoid using any substance or method on the list to avoid penalties for violating anti-doping regulations. **Athletes must also bear ultimate responsibility for any prohibited substance detected in their body, regardless of how it entered the body, and whether it was intentional or unintentional.** For example, if you eat shrimp before a competition, you can keep part of the food as evidence that you did not intentionally consume food containing prohibited drug ingredients. The prohibited drug list is divided into two major categories: prohibited at all times (in- and out-of-competition) and prohibited in-competition only. Substances and methods prohibited at all times are those that cannot be used at any time, while substances and methods prohibited in-competition only are those that cannot be used only during competition. Below is a brief introduction to each category: ## Prohibited at All Times (In- and Out-of-Competition) - Non-Specified Substances and Methods: These substances and methods are considered to have no legitimate medical or other valid use in sport and carry a high risk of abuse. If athletes use these substances or methods, they will face the most severe penalties unless they can prove they did not intentionally violate the rules. These substances and methods include: Prohibited Substances: S1. Anabolic Steroids: These substances can increase muscle mass, strength, and endurance, and reduce recovery time. They include testosterone, androstenedione, methyltestosterone, nandrolone, dexamethasone, and others. - S2. Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances, and Mimetics: These substances can promote cell proliferation, differentiation, and metabolism, and affect fluid balance and blood pressure. They include growth hormone, insulin, erythropoietin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and others. - S3. Beta-2 Agonists: These substances can dilate the bronchi, increase heart rate and metabolism, and have anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects. They include salbutamol, clenbuterol, formoterol, and others. - S4. Hormone and Metabolic Modulators: These substances can affect the endocrine system, energy balance, and weight control. They include aromatase inhibitors, selective estrogen receptor modulators, selective androgen receptor modulators, insulin analogs, and others. - S5. Diuretics and Other Masking Agents: These substances can increase urine output and dilution, thereby masking the presence of other prohibited substances. They include furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, procainamide, and others. **Prohibited Methods**: - M1. Manipulation of Blood and Blood Components: These methods include injecting blood or blood products into the body from outside, or using any device or substance to increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells. These methods can increase an athlete's endurance and recovery capacity. - M2. Chemical and Physical Manipulation: These methods include using any substance or method to manipulate biological samples in order to interfere with the normal conduct of drug testing. These methods can hide evidence of an athlete's use of prohibited substances. - M3. Gene and Cell Manipulation: These methods include using any substance or method to alter the function of genes or cells in order to enhance athletic performance or recovery capacity. These methods can bypass normal physiological regulatory mechanisms. **Specified Substances**: These substances are considered to have some legitimate medical or other valid use in sport, but also carry a potential for abuse. If athletes use these substances, they may receive lighter penalties if they can prove they did not intentionally violate the rules. These substances include: - S6. Stimulants: These substances can increase central nervous system activity, improve alertness, attention, and reaction speed, and reduce fatigue and appetite. They include cocaine, amphetamine, caffeine, phenethylamine, and others. - S7. Narcotics: These substances can reduce the sensation of pain, lower the response to trauma, and have sedative and relaxing effects. They include morphine, morphine, fentanyl, ibuprofen, and others. - S8. Cannabinoids: These substances can produce psychoactive effects, affect psychology and behavior, and have sedative and analgesic effects. They include cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol, synthetic cannabinoids, and others. - S9. Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonists: These substances can increase glutamate levels in the brain, thereby improving learning, memory, and cognitive function, and have antioxidant and neuroprotective effects. They include glycine, choline, glucose, and others. ## Prohibited In-Competition - Non-Specified Substances and Methods: These substances and methods are considered to have no legitimate medical or other valid use in sport and carry a high risk of abuse. If athletes use these substances or methods, they will face the most severe penalties unless they can prove they did not intentionally violate the rules. These substances and methods include: S0. Non-Approved Substances: These substances refer to substances that have not yet been approved by any government regulatory agency, or are in clinical trials, or have ceased development. These substances may have unknown side effects and safety risks, and may be used to enhance athletic performance. They include any unapproved drugs, biologics, gene therapy, or cell therapy, and others. - S1. Anabolic Steroids: These substances can increase muscle mass, strength, and endurance, and reduce recovery time. They include testosterone, androstenedione, methyltestosterone, nandrolone, dexamethasone, and others. - S2. Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances, and Mimetics: These substances can promote cell proliferation, differentiation, and metabolism, and affect fluid balance and blood pressure. They include growth hormone, insulin, erythropoietin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and others. - S3. Beta-2 Agonists: These substances can dilate the bronchi, increase heart rate and metabolism, and have anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects. They include salbutamol, clenbuterol, formoterol, and others. - S4. Hormone and Metabolic Modulators: These substances can affect the endocrine system, energy balance, and weight control. They include aromatase inhibitors, selective estrogen receptor modulators, selective androgen receptor modulators, insulin analogs, and others. - S5. Diuretics and Other Masking Agents: These substances can increase urine output and dilution, thereby masking the presence of other prohibited substances. They include furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, procainamide, and others. - S6. Stimulants: These substances can increase central nervous system activity, improve alertness, attention, and reaction speed, and reduce fatigue and appetite. They include cocaine, amphetamine, caffeine, phenethylamine, and others. - S7. Narcotics: These substances can reduce the sensation of pain, lower the response to trauma, and have sedative and relaxing effects. They include morphine, morphine, fentanyl, ibuprofen, and others. - S8. Cannabinoids: These substances can produce psychoactive effects, affect psychology and behavior, and have sedative and analgesic effects. They include cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol, synthetic cannabinoids, and others. - S9. Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonists: These substances can increase glutamate levels in the brain, thereby improving learning, memory, and cognitive function, and have antioxidant and neuroprotective effects. They include glycine, choline, glucose, and others. **Specified Substances**: These substances are considered to have some legitimate medical or other valid use in sport, but also carry a potential for abuse. If athletes use these substances, they may receive lighter penalties if they can prove they did not intentionally violate the rules. These substances include: - P1. Alcohols: These substances can affect the central nervous system, producing sedative, analgesic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, and antipsychotic effects. They include ethanol, methanol, isopropanol, and others. - P2. Beta-Blockers: These substances can reduce heart rate, blood pressure, and cardiac load, and have anxiolytic and anti-tremor effects. They include propranolol, atenolol, bisoprolol, and others. - P3. Nitroglycerin and Other Nitrates: These substances can dilate blood vessels, increase blood flow, and have anti-anginal and anti-hypertensive effects. They include nitroglycerin, isosorbide dinitrate, sodium nitrate, and others. - P4. Nitrous Oxide: This gas can produce sedative, analgesic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, and antipsychotic effects, and can increase blood flow and oxygen-carrying capacity. It is also known as laughing gas.]]> Announcements Athlete's Guide: Competition Prohibited Drug List An Overview of the Latest Features in Apple iPadOS 16.1 https://www.vedfolnir.com/en/apple-ipados-161-update/ https://www.vedfolnir.com/en/apple-ipados-161-update/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:12:09 GMT Editorial Desk Apple's latest tablet operating system, Apple iPadOS 16.1, was fully released recently. Apple fans who haven't caught up yet can manually download the update in "Settings > General > Software Update." An Overview of the Latest Features in Apple iPadOS 16.1 Apple's latest tablet operating system, Apple iPadOS 16.1, was fully released recently. Apple fans who haven't caught up yet can manually download the update in "**Settings > General > Software Update**." A large part of the new features in this version focus on strengthening the system's multitasking capabilities, including: ## Photos In the Photos app, copying and pasting photo editing parameters has been added, making batch photo editing easier (see the image below). ![Copy and paste photo editing parameters](./E17E2ABD-8076-4C00-9C73-093BC75ADCCA.jpeg) Copy and paste photo editing parameters iCloud Shared Photo Library makes it easy to keep family photos up to date. ## Messages Added the ability to edit or unsend sent messages, offering a new way to start and manage collaborations. ## Mail There are new inbox and composing tools. ## Safari Browser Added "Shared Tab Groups" and a new generation of passkey security technology. ![Safari Shared Tab Groups](./3B9DB02F-A5DF-4087-85B8-57BD2154917E.jpeg) Safari Shared Tab Groups There's also a feature I'm not sure was newly added this time, but the author finds it very useful, so I'll introduce it specially. See the image below: when viewing a webpage in Safari, you can use the share button to directly export it as a PDF document. ![Safari share export to PDF](./DE1099BD-40FF-4669-A226-69E18E05BE8D.jpeg) Safari share export to PDF The multi-page tab design at the top of the browser feels more refined and scrolls more smoothly. And like the macOS browser, you can now pin pages. ## Stage Manager This new iPadOS introduces a brand-new way to multitask, letting you handle multiple overlapping windows and easily switch between them, just like a desktop computer's desktop. See the image below: you need to enable it yourself in "Settings > Home Screen & Multitasking > Stage Manager." ![Stage Manager](./BF9F9AD0-8B17-48E2-8BDF-6C77439D24C6.jpeg) Stage Manager "Stage Manager" lets us use neatly arranged favorite apps on a single screen. Use multiple overlapping windows at once and resize them to different sizes, as shown below. ![Stage Manager](./2FC687FB-3E7F-435B-8E0C-46F7CCE7F2E5.jpeg) Stage Manager ### How to Use Stage Manager See the image below: once Stage Manager is enabled, a symbol like the one shown appears in the bottom-right corner of each app. ![Stage Manager icon](./8CC29DB0-C997-4A58-BBFB-7B56D498B8DC.jpeg) Stage Manager icon Just drag that icon with your finger and a dedicated Stage Manager screen appears. Interested friends can play around with it themselves. ### Problems with Stage Manager Perhaps Apple's engineers didn't notice, but the gesture for dragging the Stage Manager icon is exactly the same as the operation for Quick Note! This means enabling Stage Manager effectively kills off a useful Notes feature. The author thinks that given the tablet's inherently more task-specific nature, the Stage Manager feature actually seems overly flashy. There's no need to sacrifice the useful Notes feature for this rather unnecessary function. Another point: tablet screens are inherently smaller, and deliberately shrinking app windows just to keep the Dock displayed at the bottom of the screen seems to put the cart before the horse. Not only is it a burden on users' eyes, but it also consumes more system resources. It's completely baffling what the engineers were aiming for with this feature. ## Notes Locking notes now uses the device passcode, with no need to set a separate password. New shapes and text boxes have been added to the drawing area (see the image below). ![Notes drawing area and new shapes](./A73BD052-0B4F-41C0-B157-C34D8F497E70.jpeg) Notes drawing area and new shapes The unfortunate part is that the shapes can't be intuitively snapped together magnetically, so it's not very smooth to use and can't serve as a mind-map alternative—you're better off just drawing everything by hand. ## iPadOS 16.1 A Issue This OS update actually introduced a problem that I'm not sure how many people have noticed. But at least I've been startled by it several times. Have you noticed there's a spot when the tablet boots up that makes you feel really annoyed? See the image below: the author really doesn't know why that time display became so bloated. 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I hope you can spend this meaningful day together with your family and loved ones. ^__^ Lately, whenever there's a memorable occasion or the anniversary of a celebrity I like, I design some Logo variations with V Bear to use as my Facebook profile picture (V, of course, stands for the domain name Vedfolnir). This time, with Christmas coming around, it's no exception. I specially put a reindeer hat on V Bear—doesn't it look super cute? ![Christmas-Xmas-V-Bear-Logo-Design-Vedfolnir](./Christmas-Xmas-V-Bear-Logo-Design-Vedfolnir.png)V Bear accompanies you through Christmas. As for the other design elements in the background, they were actually materials I designed years ago for a special Christmas card I made for an elderly couple in New Zealand. That year in New Zealand I met an elderly couple and spent some time with them. A few days later it happened to be Christmas, so I designed a Christmas card and gave it to them as a small gift. This time I just sneakily took the original draft and reworked it for use. Although I'm not a Christian, any day worth celebrating is a day to party, and any festival is a reason to wish everyone happiness—that's the proper life etiquette of a good citizen. Moreover, some of the schools I attended in the past were Catholic or Christian schools. At such schools, Christmas lets you feel their distinctive religious atmosphere even more. This has kept me holding a view of Christmas different from the commercial one. But what moves me most about Christmas is actually the day after Christmas, December 26, known in English-speaking countries as Boxing Day—similar to China's 1111 Singles' Day or America's Black Friday. Simply put, it's a day when stores offer crazy, killer discounts across the board. I bought several pieces of my mountaineering gear on this day at less than 50% off. (Status display: currently waiting for online shopping.) Finally, a quiet question: the New Year long weekend is just a few days away—are you all excited!? And this time there's no make-up workday!!! (Status display: gone crazy.)]]> Announcements V Bear Wishes Everyone a Merry Christmas | Late-Night Chat