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UTILITY MODEL REGISTRATION
What can be protected as utility model under Philippine law?
A utility model sought for protection must be any technical solution of a problem in any field of human activity that is new and is industrially applicable. It may be, or may relate to, a product, process or any improvement thereof.
Can applications for patent and utility model registration be filed at the same time for the same invention?
No. The filing of parallel applications for a patent and utility model registration is prohibited under Section 111 of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.
Can an application for invention patent be converted to an application for utility model registration or vice versa?
Yes. At any time before the grant or refusal of an invention patent and upon payment of the prescribed fee, the invention application may be converted into an application for utility model registration, which shall be accorded the filing date of the initial application. Likewise, a patent applicant may, at any time before the grant or refusal of a utility model registration and upon payment of the prescribed fee, convert his utility model application into an invention patent application, which shall be accorded the filing date of the initial application. An application may be converted only once.
Is substantive examination required to determine novelty for purposes of utility model registration?
No. Utility model applications are not subject to substantive examination but are only subject to formality examination.
What are the Routes available in filing a utility model application in the Philippines?
There are two (2) Routes available in filing a utility model application in the Philippines, namely:
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Route; and
- Direct Route.
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Route
What are the requirements for entering the national phase of a utility model PCT application?
To enter the national phase and get a date of entry, the PCT applicant must furnish the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), not later than thirty (30) months from the priority date under Art. 22 (as amended by IPO Office Order) or Art 39(1)(a), the following items:
- Request for National Phase Entry;
- English translation of the international application if it was filed in another language or a copy of the international application in English as filed if the applicant has not yet received Form PCT/IB/308; and
- Copy of the amendments under Article 19 and/or Article 34 (if applicable) in English.
Is there an extension of time for entering the national phase for PCT applications?
Yes. The 30-month deadline for entering the national phase for a PCT application may be extended by one (1) month subject to the payment of an extension fee.
Is payment of the national fee a requisite for getting a date of entry in the national phase?
No, payment of the national fee is not a requirement for purposes of getting a date of entry. However, payment of the national fee is necessary in order for the international application to proceed to the national phase for processing. Non-payment of the national fee within one (1) month from the date of entry will result in the withdrawal of the international application in the Philippines.
An international application, which claims priority of an earlier filed Philippine application is exempted from the payment of the filing fee and any other fees which were already paid during the earlier application.
What documents must be submitted at the national phase entry?
- Description (including title of the invention) must be in English;
- Claims as filed (must be in English);
- Amendments to the claims under PCT Art. 19, where applicable, must be in English;
- Amendments to the description, claims or drawings under PCT Art. 34, as contained in the annexes to the international preliminary examination report, where applicable, must be in English;
- Drawings, as filed, if any;
- Form PCT/IB/304 (if with right of priority).
Is the submission of priority documents required for purposes of entering into the national phase?
No. The submission of priority documents is not required for purposes of entering into the national phase. However, the priority document of a claimed earlier application must be submitted to the International Bureau (IB) within sixteen (16) months from the priority date.
If it has not been submitted to the IB within the said time period, it must be submitted to the Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPO), together with payment of fee for extension of time to submit priority document plus surcharge provided for in the IPO Fee Structure, within six (6) months from the date of entry into the national phase without need of notice. Failure of the applicant to comply shall be grounds to disregard the priority claim.
How can an applicant obtain a filing date for a utility model application filed via Direct Route?
To obtain a filing date, an applicant must submit the following:
- Request for Registration of a Utility Model Application; and
- Description, drawings (if any), one or more claims, and abstract.
If the priority of an earlier filed application is claimed, the details of the claim, i.e., filing date, file number and country of origin must be submitted.
How can one claim a priority in the utility model application?
A utility model application filed by any person who has previously applied for the same utility model in another country which by treaty, convention, or law affords similar privileges to citizens of the Philippines, shall be considered as filed as of the date of filing the foreign application, provided, that:
- The local application expressly claims priority;
- The Philippine application is filed within twelve (12) months from the date when the earliest application was filed; and
- A certified copy of the foreign application together with an English translation thereof, if not in English, is filed within six (6) months from the date of filing in the Philippines.
What must be included in the utility model application?
The utility model application must contain the following:
- Request for Registration of a Utility Model Application;
- Description of the utility model;
- Drawings necessary for the understanding of the invention (if any);
- One or more claims; and
In what language must the Philippine patent application be presented?
The Philippine patent application must be presented in either the Filipino or English language.
What is the term of registration of utility model in the Philippines?
A registered utility model shall expire at the end of the seventh year after the date of filing of the application without any possibility of renewal.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN REGISTRATION
What can be protected as industrial design under Philippines Law?
An industrial design sought for protection must be any composition of lines or colors or any three-dimensional form, whether or not associated with lines or colors, provided that such composition or form gives a special appearance to or can serve as a pattern for an industrial product or handicraft. Industrial designs dictated essentially by technical or functional considerations to obtain a technical result or those that are contrary to public order, health or morals are not protected.
How does an applicant obtain a filing date for an application for industrial design registration?
To obtain a filing date, an applicant must submit the following:
- Request for Registration of an Industrial Design,
- Description and claim, and
- Drawings showing the different views of the design application
If the priority of an earlier filed application is claimed, the details of the priority application, i.e., filing date, filing number and country of origin must be submitted.
Which drawings are required in an application for industrial design registration?
All views (perspective, front, rear, right side, left side, top and bottom views) are required for design application. However, in cases where the opposite views are mirror images, only one of these views may be submitted, provided, that the applicant state in the specification that it is the case.
Sectional and Reference views are also accepted as additional views but are not required.
Is substantive examination required to determine novelty for purposes of industrial design registration?
No. The Intellectual Property Code does not require that the application for registration of an industrial design undergo substantive examination to determine novelty. The purpose of this rule is to facilitate the processing of applications for industrial design registration.
Is there a protection for lay-out designs of integrated circuits in the Philippines?
Yes. Lay-out designs of integrated circuits in the Philippines are protected under Philippine law. Layout-design means the three-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and of some or all of the interconnections of an integrated circuit, or such a three-dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture.
Can an Applicant apply for a design application covering graphic symbols, logos, surface patterns, screen displays, icons, graphical user interfaces and get-ups?
What are graphic symbols, logos, surface patterns, screen displays, icons, graphical user interfaces and get-ups?
- A graphic symbol is a visually perceptive figure with a particular meaning used to transmit information independently of language.
- A logo is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations, and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition.
- Surface patterns are printed elements on the subject of graphics product, designs, textiles, and fine arts.
- A screen display is a surface area upon which text or graphics are temporarily made to appear for human viewing.
- An icon is a pictogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system or mobile device.
- A graphical user interface (GUI) is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, types command labels or text navigation.
- A get-up is a style or arrangement for the preparation of something such as interior design arrangement of gambling tables, inside portion of the mobile store, among others.
What is the term of protection for industrial design and lay-out design of integrated circuits?
Industrial designs are protected for a period of five (5) years from the filing date of the application. The registration may be renewed for not more than two (2) consecutive periods of five (5) years each by paying the renewal fee. The renewal fee shall be paid within twelve (12) months preceding the expiration of the period of registration. However, a grace period of six (6) months may be granted for the payment of the fees after such expiration, upon payment of a surcharge.
Lay-out designs of integrated circuits are protected for a period of ten (10) years, without renewal, to be counted from the date of commencement of the protection accorded to the layout-design. The protection of a layout-design shall commence:
- On the date of the first commercial exploitation, anywhere in the world, of the layout-design by or with the consent of the right holder; Provided, That an application for registration is filed with the Intellectual Property Office within two (2) years from such date of first commercial exploitation; or
- On the filing date accorded the application for the registration of the layout-design, if the layout design has not been previously exploited commercially anywhere in the world. (Sec. 118.5, R.A. No. 8293, as amended).
Can an industrial design be protected by copyright?
Yes. Section 172(h) of the Intellectual Property Code provides that original ornamental designs or models for articles of manufacture, whether or not registrable as an industrial design, and other works of applied art are protected by copyright. Copyright protection is conferred at the moment of creation of the original work.
Is there novelty grace period for industrial design in the Philippines?
Yes. The Philippine Law provides a novelty grace period of six months for disclosure of information contained in the application if such disclosure was made by:
- The inventor;
- A patent office and the information was contained in:
- Another application filed by the inventor and should not have been disclosed by the office, or
- A third party which obtained the information directly or indirectly from the inventor.
What are the requirements in order to renew an industrial design registration?
In order to renew an industrial design registration, a signed Petition for renewal of the design registration together with the renewal fee is required to be submitted with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines within twelve (12) months preceding the expiration date of the registration.
Is there a grace period for renewal of an industrial design registration?
Yes, a grace period of six (6) months is granted for payment of the fees after the expiration of the design registration, upon payment of a surcharge.
Is there a secret design system in the Philippines?
There is no secret design system in the Philippines. What is provided in the Philippine rules on design applications is the deferment of publication of an industrial design application. The applicant may opt to file a request for deferred publication simultaneously with the filing of the application or at any time prior to its publication. The maximum period allowed for the deferred publication of an industrial design application is 30 months from the filing date or priority date of the application. In case the request for the deferred publication is made after the filing of the application, the allowable period for the deferred publication will be the remaining time from the allowed 30 months deferred publication period. The applicant may request for a specific time to publish the application provided it does not go beyond the allowed deferment period of 30 months.
Is there a one design application system to cover multiple designs in the Philippines?
Yes, multiple designs in one application are acceptable provided there is unity of design, i.e. the designs are all of the same subclass of the International Classification or of the same set or composition of the articles.
Is it possible to file a single design application for multiple designs applied to the same product? Are there any disadvantages of doing so?
Yes, provided that a number of articles presented should not be patentably distinct from each other, and they should be of substantially similar dominant design features that are embodied in a single design concept. They must relate to the same subclass of the International Classification or the same set or composition of articles.
Since multiple designs are covered by a single design, the imitation by a third party of one part of the designs will not constitute an infringement of the entire article of manufacture and this is the disadvantage of filing single design for multiple designs.
Is there a partial design system in the Philippines?
Yes, partial designs are acceptable. In the Philippines, partial design sought to be protected must include an environment/outward form to be shown in broken lines where the partial design is attached.
Is it possible to file a Divisional Design application in the Philippines?
Yes, it is possible to file Divisional Design application in the Philippines and is entitled to keep the filing date and priority of the main (parent) application. The term of a divisional application is five (5) years from the filing date of the parent application and could be renewed for not more than two (2) consecutive periods of five (5) years each. To maintain the design registration, a renewal fee must be paid on or within one year before the expiration of the current term.
Are photographs in an industrial design application accepted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines?
Yes, the applicant may submit photographs in lieu of the required format of the drawings. The photographs however should be printed on an A4 size paper as prescribed in the Regulations with figure numbers shown in black ink on the paper proximate the corresponding photographs.
Are computer-aided drawings (CAD) in an industrial design application accepted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines?
Yes, graphic representation of industrial designs such as computer-aided drawings (CAD) in lieu of the India ink drawings may be accepted, provided that such should be made in conformity with these Regulations particularly with respect to the special requirements for drawing of an industrial design.
Is it permissible to use dotted lines in a drawing of an industrial design application?
The use of dotted lines is required only if the applicant files a partial design application for an article of manufacture.
Is a Statement of Novelty required in filing an industrial design application?
No, statement of novelty is not required by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines.
Is a written description of any part of the design required in filing an industrial design application?
No, written description of any part of the design is not required. Only brief description of the several views of the drawings must be submitted.
Can a third-party file an opposition against an industrial design application?
No, there is no opposition against an industrial design application. However, a third party may file adverse information against an industrial design application. Within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of the industrial design application, any person may present written adverse information concerning the registrability of the industrial design including matters pertaining to novelty and industrial applicability while citing relevant prior art.
The adverse information shall be in the form of a sworn statement stating the personal information and circumstance of the affiant and the grounds for objecting to the registration. The sworn statement shall be substantiated by evidence or proof and a registrability report of the application may be attached thereto. The Office shall not consider any submission that fails to comply with the foregoing requirements. Additionally, a conference at the Office may be requested by the interested party to obtain a better understanding of the application, the registration process, and the registration system in general. For this purpose, the party shall indicate three possible dates within thirty (30) days from request when the party is available for the conference. The Office shall acknowledge the receipt of the request for the conference and may request for additional information or clarifications on the adverse information filed. Within ten (10) days after the conference, parties may file a supplemental Adverse Information, in the form of a sworn statement, to include new information. All adverse information shall be communicated to the applicant who may comment on them within thirty (30) days from the mailing date of the communication. Copies of any adverse information filed and comments thereto by the applicant shall form part of the file wrapper in the subject application.
Only the adverse information as filed in accordance with these Regulations shall be taken into consideration in deciding the registrability of the industrial applications. The Office shall notify the parties who have submitted adverse information of the decision of the Office involving the industrial design application.

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Donate Now to support The Ripple Effect!
Donations can be made online by clicking this link
Our link with Migori
This is the third year of our three-year commitment to sustainable development projects in Migori in Kenya, working with Ripple Effect, formerly known as Send a Cow. This organisation was set up by a group of dairy farmers in Somerset in 1996 and works with locally based partners in the six African countries.
By working in a mission partnership with Ripple Effect and 24 other churches, St. Mary’s receives regular updates about our chosen project and prayer points which we have circulated online. There have also been opportunities to talk directly to the project team based in Kenya, which has added a sense of immediacy and partnership.
Migori is a remote and challenged area in the Western Province of Kenya, where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line. Here, climate change has resulted in unpredictable rains and periods of drought, resulting in 4-5 hunger months per year. In hilly areas, trees are often cut down to provide charcoal to sell, which intensifies soil erosion. Sudden intense rainfall can wash crops away. Ripple Effect works with farmers in a comprehensive programme, which includes improving primary health care, livestock production, planting trees and orchards, providing safe and reliable sources of water and bicycles for cheap transport.
Our project support in 2023
In this third year of the Harvest Appeal for Migori, we are aiming to support farmers to build keyhole gardens. These help a family to grow enough food for three meals a day – even in the face of an extreme climate and poor soil. The gardens, shaped like a keyhole from above, encompass a circular raised bed with a central basket where compostable waste is placed along with wastewater from the kitchen. These enable farmers to grow leafy greens, beetroot, cabbage, carrots, lettuce, spinach, onions, garlic, and radishes, and give fantastic results quickly. This helps farmers to provide a balanced diet for their families, set up small businesses to sell surplus produce, and their children to concentrate at school. For every family supported, three more families are trained in keyhole gardening.
We have also teamed up with the Eco Church group, who hope to build a keyhole garden in the churchyard from October, so that you can see one in action, and with the aim of producing crops in the Spring.
Caroline has worked with Ripple Effect for three years. She has learned practical farming solutions that have helped transform her life.
“Before working with Ripple Effect, my children were dangerously malnourished. We had no money and food. One technique I have learned is how to create a keyhole garden. It is very good at providing healthy soil for growing. I am proud of the knowledge I have gained. Before, people would close their doors when they saw me because they associated me with borrowing. Now they ask me how I’m doing. Working with Ripple Effect has made me love myself and recognise what I can do to improve my living standards.”
How we are raising funds
Last year we raised £10,960. Let’s see if we can beat that amount! It costs £74 to build a keyhole garden in Migori and support three years training in sustainable organic farming. £11840 could fund 160 keyhole gardens and training in keyhole gardening for 480 families in Migori.
There is a donation point for the Harvest Appeal on the church website at this link, or you can donate by BACS transfer to Iffley PCC, sort code 20-65-18, account no. 50532827, reference Harvest Appeal. (This method avoids a higher transaction charge). Cheques can also be posted to the church office, made payable to Iffley PCC and placed in an envelope marked Harvest Appeal- a gift aid form is available in the leaflet, which can be found at the back of the church.
This year we are running two events:
- a talk by Donald Mavunduse, Director of International Relations at Ripple Effect at 11.30-12.00 in the hall on Sunday September 24th
- a harvest produce stall in the hall from 11.15-12.00 on Sunday October 8th
Further details of the events will be posted on the website and notices sheet from September 1st 2023
You can see more Information on the work of Ripple Effect in Migori by watching this recoding of a Zoo meeting with the Programme Support Officer for Ripple Effect Kenya, Alfred Juma, and Migori Programme Coordinator, Beatrice Were at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfmvk5W1Otg.
If you would like to know more about how to build a keyhole garden, visit: https://rippleeffect.org/how-to-create-a-keyhole-garden/

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Student Grey Hutchins comes to Tokyo seeking answers to what happened during the notorious Nanking Massacre in which, in one city, the Imperial Japanese Army killed up to 300,000 civilians. Only one man can help her, a survivor of the Massacre, and now a visiting professor at the prestigious university of Todai in Tokyo; a man who is rumoured to possess documentary evidence of Nanking. But first Grey must gain his trust. Increasingly desperate and alone, she accepts a job as a hostess at the 'Some Like It Hot' club, an upmarket nightspot catering for Japanese businessmen and wealthy gangsters. One gangster dominates - and old man in a wheelchair guarded by a nurse with sharpened teeth - said to rely on a powerful elixir for his continued wealth and well-being; It is an elixir which other members of the club want for themselves - at any price...With its focus on 1980's Tokyo and China in the late 1930s, and a woman who has quite a lot to prove and even more to hide, this is a literary thriller of the highest order. With its heady atmosphere of overt violence, lurking fear and sexual tension, Tokyo is a novel that takes hold of the reader and does not let go until its explosive final pages.
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"Dazzling... extremely creepy book... the diabolically gifted British author spins a fascinating mystery from the legacy of Japanese atrocities during World War II (A)."
"A haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful, wonderfully written and beautiful book."
Mo Hayder was born in Essex, After leaving school at fifteen she worked as a barmaid, security guard, film-maker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Vietnam. She now writes full time and is the author of Birdman and The Treatment both published by Bantam Books.
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Descripción Bantam Press, 2004. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: New. book. Nº de ref. de la librería 0593049691
Descripción Bantam Press, 2004. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: New. book. Nº de ref. de la librería 593049691

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Daniel Behle's Ode to his Birthplace!
Heads up, here comes Daniel Behle. Life’s never boring with him. He is one of those multitalented German tenors, and is equally at home in the concert hall, at a recital or in the opera house – from the Baroque to the 21st century.
As a Hamburger born and bred, he loves his home city. And there are plenty of arias and songs for classical tenors that express that love. This programmatic CD puts Daniel Behle’s emotions into perspective, reflecting a strong affinity with the North of Germany – with all the passion a tenor can muster.
Daniel Behle – An Interview with Anne Novák
Moin, Herr Behle.
Moin, Moin! (the traditional greeting in northern Germany)
You live in Switzerland these days … What do you miss most about your home city of Hamburg?
That’s obvious: the water.
You grew up in Hamburg. Cards on the table: How Hanseatic are your really?
My mother is from Styria in Austria, my father’s from the Rhineland. I was born in Niendorf (a suburb of Hamburg), but I can hardly call myself a pure-bred Hamburger.
Why is Hamburg the loveliest city in the world?
Hamburg is the Venice of the North. For me, it just has the right mix. Lots of green open space, lots of water. The Alster lakes and the River Elbe. The canals, the jetties, the Jungfernstieg, Blankenese and so on – there are lots of reasons.
The album title “Mein Hamburg” sounds very personal. Do you give us a peep into your own family photo album on it?
The title “Hamburg Songs for a Classical Tenor” might be a better description. It’s a new way of honouring my home city in music, hopefully without stereotypes, and of adding a fresh nuance to it. That’s why we dismissed the accordion right from the outset.
What was the musical incentive for you to do a Hamburg album?
First and foremost I wanted to do a humorous album, one on which I could participate as a composer, arranger and lyricist. I wanted something new, something that would be challenging for the musicians and the audience. Singing about my home city gave me the emotional basis for this very personal project which I’ve been working on for three years.
How difficult is it to re-arrange a German classic like “Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins” for the classical voice?
I had to change some of the songs to the extent where the piano trio with a classical singer sounded like the ideal formation. Such arrangements need to be challenging enough for us as musicians without destroying the substance of the original works. It was a lot of work, finding just the right tone. “Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins” is the opener to the album. Despite the G flat major key, the modulation, the high B flats and the “tipsy” strings I do stay fairly close to the original.
So it’s worth listening closely to discover some hidden references?
Definitely. Some of the newly written lyrics do give a reference to the original text. There are several plays on words. From a musical perspective I tried to find motivic cross-references – as I did with my arrangement of Die Winterreise. In the first trio solo piece I employed the keys H-A-B-G to signify “HAmBurG”*. You can hear the blast on the ship’s horn and in the counterpoint you can detect the melody from the prelude.
And so on.
How does Hamburg sound for you?
The ideal of freedom, so often sung about, is what makes Hamburg what it is. When you come to Hamburg you get the feeling: The world is at my feet. You take a deep breath and life is good. That’s what Hamburg sounds like.
Do you convey this outlook on the album?
I certainly hope so. At any rate, we had a lot of fun during the recording sessions.
What’s your preference: a sweet pastry or a fish roll?
The sweet one.
Hummel hummel or mors mors?
Do you prefer a boat trip round the harbour or a paddle boat on the Alster lakes?
Rain or shine?
I’m fine with a rainy day.
Which football team do you support: HSV or Sankt Pauli?
What a question: St Pauli!
State Opera House or the new Elbphilharmonie?
Right now, still the State Opera.
The best thing about the north is ...
* In German music notation, H = B, whereas B = B flat.
** “Hummel hummel – mors mors” is a form of greeting attributed to the people of Hamburg, though not generally used by them!

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Cascadian Therapeutics Inc (USA) (NASDAQ:CASC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that the United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council and the International Nonproprietary Names (INN) Expert Group have approved the nonproprietary name “tucatinib” for ONT-380, the Company’s lead product candidate for the treatment of advanced, metastatic HER2+ breast cancer.
“We’re pleased to adopt the new nonproprietary name tucatinib for our lead product candidate, ONT-380,” said Scott Myers, President and CEO of Cascadian Therapeutics. “Tucatinib has shown promising systemic activity, encouraging activity against brain metastases, and a favorable safety profile in patients with advanced HER2+ breast cancer. We continue to enroll our Phase 2 combination trial, HER2CLIMB, and plan to report new data from our ongoing Phase 1b ‘Triplet’ study of tucatinib in combination with capecitabine and trastuzumab later this year.”
The USAN Council and the World Health Organization’s INN Expert Group select simple, informative and unique nonproprietary names for drugs based on pharmacological and/or chemical relationships to allow for clear identification and communication among health professionals. (Original Source)
Shares of Cascadian are up nearly 3% to $1.18 in after-hours trading. CASC has a 1-year high of $1.31 and a 1-year low of $0.82. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $1.13 and its 200-day moving average is $1.12.
On the ratings front, Cascadian has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. In a report issued on August 8, Cowen analyst Boris Peaker reiterated a Buy rating on CASC. Separately, on June 15, Cantor Fitzgerald’s Mara Goldstein reiterated a Hold rating on the stock and has a price target of $2.
According to TipRanks.com, which ranks over 7,500 financial analysts and bloggers to gauge the performance of their past recommendations, Boris Peaker and Mara Goldstein have a total average return of 11.3% and -0.6% respectively. Peaker has a success rate of 49.7% and is ranked #262 out of 4129 analysts, while Goldstein has a success rate of 44.2% and is ranked #3066.
Cascadian Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer. Its current clinical-stage product candidates include ONT-380, an orally active and selective small-molecule HER2 inhibitor, and ONT-10, a therapeutic vaccine targeting the Mucin 1 peptide antigen.

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Tottenham centre-back Cristian Romero has named what he thinks are the two best defenders in the Premier League.
Romero, widely regarded as one of the best players in the league at the position, avoided naming himself in the top two and played it safe with his answers.
Speaking to Sky Sports, the 24-year-old said: “Today, the best defenders for me are Virgil van Dijk – always – and Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez. For me they are the best in the Premier League.”
It’s no surprise that Romero van Dijk has been named the Premier League’s best centre-back.
The Netherlands international has made a huge impact since arriving at Anfield, helping his side win many trophies.
The 31-year-old played a key role in Liverpool winning the Champions League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and their first league title in 30 years during his time at Merseyside.
The imposing defender was also the winner of the PFA Players’ Player of the Year after an impressive 2018/19 season in the Premier League.
Playing alongside Martinez on international duty, it should come as no surprise that Romero chose his compatriot among his top two players.
The Manchester United defender had a difficult start to life in the Premier League after losing to Brighton and Brentford in his first two games, conceding six goals in the games.
However, since the reinstatement of Raphael Varane at Man United, Martinez has grown into his role at the heart of his side’s defence.
United’s summer signing still has some way to assuage the doubters – who mainly have concerns about his size – but recent performances would have helped endear him to Old Trafford faithful.
Away from the Premier League, Romero also declared his love for Barcelona’s brilliant sides of 2008-2012 under Pep Guardiola, but not for reasons one might expect.
A full member of the defenders’ union, Romero refrained from mentioning Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto’o, instead saying: “I’ve always liked watching this team because I’ve always liked watching Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique and also Javier Mascherano – he played there, ‘
In a somewhat surprising take, especially when it comes to the famously sombre Mascherano, Romero believes these defenders “were beautiful to behold”.


February 12, 1998
The Transportation Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 462, MOTOR VEHICLE CRIMINAL ACTS AMENDMENTS, by Representative S. Barth, and recommends it be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Don E. Bush
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Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” President Joe Biden asked America on May 24. Hours earlier, an 18-year-old gunman had shot his grandmother in the head and stormed into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, wearing body armour and clutching a military-style assault rifle. Barricaded inside a classroom for almost an hour, he murdered 19 children and two teachers before police shot him dead.
As Biden addressed the nation, he spoke of the soul-ripping pain of losing a child. But his anger broke through too. “When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” He asked. “When in God’s name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?”
The same questions were asked after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre a decade earlier, after Columbine about a decade before that, when 10 black shoppers were murdered in a racist rampage at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, just 10 days before the Uvalde massacre– and after the spree of mass shootings that have already followed it.
So far in 2022 there have been more mass shootings than days in the year. And yet, every time these tragedies hit the news cycle, the same dance plays out in Washington. There are thoughts and prayers for the victims, anger at the stalled state of gun regulation from liberals and finger-pointing elsewhere from conservatives. Recently, a hopelessness has crept in too. Why is this massacre never enough to change things?
Most Americans support the main priorities of gun-control advocates, including universal background checks and an assault weapons ban. Experts say the nation’s inaction speaks to its increasingly partisan politics and a powerful gun lobby that has not only managed to turn the gun debate into a culture war, but help expand the meaning of the Second Amendment, that much-cited right to bear arms in the US Constitution. Now, another looming decision from the Supreme Court could extend US gun rights even further.
So why does America have a gun crisis - and why can’t it seem to fix it?
How bad is America’s gun problem?
The massacre in Uvalde is America’s 27th school shooting so far this year but the deadliest since Sandy Hook in 2012, when 20 children and six staff were murdered at a Connecticut elementary school. In the decade after Sandy Hook, there have been thousands more mass shootings in America – a mass shooting being categorised by the FBI as when four or more people are shot. Before the pandemic, there was about one a day on average in the US – more than 300 a year. That’s far more than any other country in the world, making them, for the most part, an American phenomenon. In 2020, US mass shootings climbed even higher and then spiked again in 2021 at 692.
Australia, by contrast, has had only one mass shooting – a deadly rampage through Darwin in 2019 – since introducing sweeping gun controls following the Port Arthur massacre 26 years ago.
In the US, unlike in other countries, guns account for the bulk of all homicides as well as suicides. In fact, even adjusted for its large population, America has the worst gun violence rate in the developed world. The victims of fatal shootings are disproportionately black men. And, in 2020, guns for the first time overtook car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children and teens.
Those against gun regulation in the US argue that mental health is the real issue at play behind these grim statistics. But while access to mental health care is a problem in America, as it is in many countries, no one argues that the US has a monopoly on people likely to commit mass murder.
What it does have more of is guns. The US is the only country in the world where guns outnumber people, with an estimated 393.3 million firearms - that’s 120.48 per 100 people (up from 88 per 100 in 2011). It’s also one of the few countries with a constitutional right to bear arms – and comparatively loose gun regulation.
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Professor Peter Doherty, who is a dual Australian and US citizen and saw the toll of gun violence living in Philadelphia, says of the latest shooter: “This boy was bullied, sure, but kids are bullied everywhere. This only happens like this, this often, in America.”
Research has repeatedly found that higher gun ownership correlates strongly with more gun deaths, just as more gun regulation leads to less. In America, mass shooting deaths dipped when a ban on assault weapons was in force (pushed through by Biden in 1994 when he was serving in the Clinton administration). But the ban was allowed to lapse after a decade, and deaths climbed again soon after – as assault weapons, such as the AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle the gunman used in the Uvalde shooting, became more popular.
Mass shootings are often followed by spikes in gun sales – last year saw a surge in both. Texas-based professor of law Eric Ruben says: “People think [buying a gun] keeps them safer because everyone has a gun now.”
The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, goes the line from conservatives. But Ruben says you only have to look at the two most recent shootings in the news: in both cases, armed guards or police were unable to stop the shooter.
What is it with Americans and guns?
It’s not just Republicans in the south who love guns. Ruben, who grew up in upstate New York where there is also a gun culture, says guns are deeply embedded in the American psyche and tradition. “If you go all the way back to the founding, there was a law on the books requiring white men aged 18 to 45 to have a musket in good working order so they could muster for the militia.
“People grew up around guns, hunting with their dad,” says Ruben. “It can be an important part of people’s identity.”
“It’s John Wayne, it’s Rambo,” says Doherty. “It’s the mythology of the pioneering America: you make your own way.”
Here’s where guns come into the Constitution, the supreme law of the US. The Second Amendment reads: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
When the Second Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1791, Ruben says, the founding fathers weren’t thinking about protecting themselves from criminals but from tyrants. Americans weren’t given their freedom – they fought for it, throwing off British rule through revolution (after the Brits tried to disarm parts of the American colonies, no less). As such, the original Articles of Federation had not even allowed America’s new government to raise a standing army or to call up the militias. The new Constitution did, but the Second Amendment was added to ensure a militia would remain among the people.
Because, as Ruben explains, “there was a fear amid this centralising of federal power that they’d return to the tyrannical government they’d just fought against”.
To some gun-rights activists, freedom begins and ends with the Second Amendment and so no regulation on guns, however small, can be tolerated.
But in recent decades, there’s been a shift away from keeping guns for hunting and stopping the occasional tyrant, to owning them for self-defence, Ruben says. And that shift didn’t happen by accident.
How has the Second Amendment evolved?
For 200 years, the Second Amendment sat unchallenged by the courts. But by the ’90s, America’s main gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA), was campaigning to expand its meaning from the right to arms for the defence of a free state to the right to defend yourself and your property.
More and more scholarship, much of it funded by gun lobbies, built up this case, says Ruben, and by the 2000s “most Americans believed the Second Amendment gave them a right to self-defence”. Former conservative Supreme Court chief justice Warren Burger was among those who railed against this shift as a misunderstanding of the Constitution, calling it “one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word ‘fraud’, on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime”.
But in 2008, in the case of the District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment did indeed give a right to bear arms for individual self-defence, striking down a ban on handguns in DC. (Research out of Harvard has found that victims use guns in self-defence in less than one per cent of contact crimes.)
Since then, a slew of states across the country have wound back their gun regulation, including Texas, the site of the latest school massacre and America’s number one mass-shooting hotspot. In some states, it’s easier for an 18-year-old to get a gun than a driver’s licence, and even attempts to stop those on terrorism watch lists getting guns have failed.
At least 25 states also have “stand your ground” laws, sometimes known as “shoot first laws”, which allow someone to use deadly force where they reasonably believe it’s necessary to avoid being harmed.
Now, another gun-rights challenge is before the Supreme Court, this time against laws in New York requiring proper cause to carry a handgun in public. The ruling later this year could expand the Second Amendment even further, and tear down a swathe of gun laws still standing, mostly in Democrat-held states. After the Trump administration stacked the Supreme Court with a conservative majority, experts say it’s now open season for these challenges.
Who is the NRA?
With nearly five million members, the NRA is still one of the most powerful lobbies in America. But when it formed in 1871, it was more Boy Scouts than political machine, focused on sports shooting and gun safety, even helping draft gun regulations and backing restrictions such as after the 1963 assassination of president John Kennedy.
That all changed in 1977 when a dramatic coup at the NRA’s national convention ousted the executive in favour of a hard-right faction. Since then, it has politicised “the right to bear arms” to the point where Republicans will oppose even tiny increases in regulation in order to avoid being labelled a “gun-grabbing socialist”.
The NRA creates infamous scorecards on politicians according to their record on “defending gun rights”, and has been known to help finance and organise campaigns against those to whom it gives a poor grade. “They pick off people one by one,” says Doherty. “It goes to the flaws in the US political system. It’s all about money, donations. It’s poisoned by it.”
In the past few decades, funding for pro-gun campaigning has vastly outstripped gun safety causes (though that has started to even out after Sandy Hook). But Ruben says it’s not just money that makes the NRA formidable. Of late, the group has been hit by bankruptcy and scandal – New York’s attorney-general has even filed a lawsuit to dissolve it over allegations it was involved in “illegal conduct” such as siphoning funds into the pockets of senior leadership.
But the turmoil has not dented the gun lobby’s hold on the Republican Party. Gun rights are baked into the party’s DNA at this point, Ruben says, and there are smaller gun groups to fill any NRA void. “The NRA is certainly weakened right now. But it still has a very committed membership of single-issue voters and often in the primaries [as Republicans] compete against each other, there’s a race to the right on guns.”
The annual NRA convention will go ahead as planned in Texas this weekend, even as the state reels from the Uvalde shooting. Governor Greg Abbott will address the conference by video and fellow Republicans former president Donald Trump and senator Ted Cruz will be centre stage.
What gun reform has been tried in the past?
After Sandy Hook, then vice-president Biden put a series of gun reforms before Congress to expand background checks and reintroduce the assault weapons ban. It was a watered-down version of what had initially been proposed, co-authored by Democrats and Republicans, and hailed as a “common sense” package just weak enough to slip past the gun lobby. It didn’t.
Fearful of a backlash from the NRA at midterm elections, four Democrats and several moderate Republicans got cold feet, leaving the legislation six votes shy of the 60 it needed. Patricia Maisch, a survivor of a 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, shouted “Shame on you!” from the public gallery as the bill failed.
Experts say it is not only the fear of the gun lobby that works against legislation but modern partisan politics, where the Senate can stymie any government agenda through the filibuster rule. Many despaired that the Sandy Hook failure was proof nothing would break the Republican blockade against gun regulation.
But Chris Murphy, who was the senator representing Sandy Hook at the time, said this week he still has hope things could change.
How likely is gun reform now?
Biden has passed gun regulation before, helping establish background checks in 1993 and the now-lapsed ban on assault rifles. At the 2020 election, he promised gun safety laws and many of his Democrat colleagues, including army veterans, have been elected in swing seats with similar platforms. Two modest bills have already passed the House now the Democrats have a majority again: one expanding background checks and the other closing the “gun show” loophole that allows for private and online sales without checks.
But in the Senate, where the Democrats and Republicans hold 50 seats each, they will need at least 10 votes from the other side to pass legislation. And even after the Uvalde shooting, Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that had cleared the House quickly last week in response to the Buffalo massacre.
International weapons regulation expert Rebecca Peters says that, given the NRA is weakened by scandal, now is the moment for politicians once cowed by the lobby “to put on their big boy pants ... and stand up”.
While Ruben admits he’s still cynical about meaningful gun regulation at a federal level, he says it’s worth noting that many states run by Democrats such as New York and California have tightened gun laws after Sandy Hook. And the gun safety lobby has stirred into action, at times led by young people such as survivors of the 2018 Parkland high school shooting. “That sort of mobilisation is new.”
No one really expects America to follow Australia in a sudden, sweeping gun crackdown and buyback scheme of the kind instituted by our then conservative government after Port Arthur in 1996. Not only is the scale of America’s gun problem much bigger than ours was, it is bound up in the Constitution and myriad different state laws, says Peters, who helped Australia introduce the reforms.
“No single gun regulation is going to solve things,” agrees Ruben. “Everything is incremental.” But you need only look at how the road toll has been brought down by countries continuously tightening driving regulation to see how powerful such a change could be.
For now, as his state grieves, Ruben is praying that reason at least returns to the gun debate. Before it starts all over again.
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Thomas Bruner, executive director of the Cascade AIDS Project, which serves Oregon and southwest Washington, understands exactly what Rush was talking about. He has seen similar attitudes among people he knows. "As a gay man myself, what's that about? What's with the investment in owning AIDS? As gay men, we need to quit looking at AIDS service organizations as quasi-gay community centers that we founded for ourselves and begin looking at them as human-services agencies for everyone," he says. "Gay men ought to feel just the opposite. I mean, look at what we did. We stepped into the middle of a scary crisis and created a community-based response. Look at the gift we gave. These organizations are now poised to help others in addition to ourselves."
Maloney was also aware of those attitudes when she assumed her new post in October. She'd been CAP's director of public affairs and marketing for two years prior to that. "I was nervous about that," says Maloney, who spent the first few weeks in her new job meeting with longtime CAP supporters. "I wanted to make sure that the people who supported us all along the way wouldn't feel a disloyalty from us. I wanted to make sure we showed them we were grateful to them." A lot of those feelings have since dissipated, she adds. "I think people realize it's a disease that doesn't discriminate and that we need to reach out to everyone. We are in a place now where we continue to serve the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community while also addressing the new trends in the epidemic."
But CAP's slow reaction to change in the past few years and the perceived attitudes of some of the people involved with the organization have had the effect of driving clients away from CAP and toward newer organizations.
Five years ago, Lorenzo Ramirez, program supervisor at Servicios de la Raza, a 29-year-old agency that provides Latinos with substance-abuse and mental-health treatment as well as senior and youth programs, formed La Gente, a program within Servicios for Latinos who are HIV positive. But Ramirez had to fight for five years to create the program. "Our executive director really struggled with taking [HIV] on because of the social and cultural issues," he says. "It's a taboo issue to talk about. Sex is taboo in the Latino community, and to talk about HIV, you need to talk about sex. As a community, we had to talk about homosexuality, too. I told him, 'If we don't deal with this now, we'll have to talk about it later.' We weren't sure people would even come, but within one year, our caseload went from three to sixty.
"Agencies like CAP weren't handling those cases, because they didn't know how to or because they didn't have the cultural competency to reach out to the Latino community," says Ramirez, who served on CAP's board of directors for six years before leaving in August, when his tenure expired. "What they're trying to do is be the agency for everyone and serve people of all backgrounds. I have heard that cultural competency is not there, but the whole notion of cultural competency is a journey. It's not just a workshop you go to and walk out of. It takes time to become culturally competent. They really have their work cut out for them if they want to be the agency for everyone."
Abel Alvarado, the case manager for La Gente, says Latinos with HIV are often too intimidated to go to CAP, which is located on East Colfax Avenue, because it serves a mostly English-speaking clientele in a predominantly white neighborhood. "They're located in a heavily gay area because that's where the infections first started. As long as services are not in the Latino community, Latinos won't get the services," he says. "Even gay Latinos tend to stay in their own neighborhoods. Why should someone in North Denver travel to Capitol Hill?" (CAP does have a clinic in Five Points, a neighborhood that's 43 percent Latino and 25 percent black, according to 2000 census data.)
The People of Color Consortium Against AIDS is another organization that formed in response to the growing number of Latinos and blacks with HIV. It was created in 1990 to provide AIDS-prevention education in different ethnic communities; four years later it started providing case management in response to the growing demand for services from minorities who felt they weren't getting their needs met at CAP, say people who have been involved in that organization. POCCAA started the first support group for black people living with the disease, as well as the first Spanish-speaking HIV/AIDS support group. La Gente also offers a support group for its clients.
The People With AIDS Coalition Colorado, which formed in 1987, went through its own growing pains as it saw its clientele diversify. The PWA Coalition is a minority-based organization, meaning half of its board is made up of people of color. But it wasn't always that way. "We turned our organization around in the last three years because we saw that minorities and women weren't getting the same results [in terms of HIV prevention] as white men, so we figured they weren't getting the same access to services," says executive director Al McKittrick. "We had to unseat the board and start over, and it wasn't fun, because our board president, who was a wonderful man, was also the donor of $50,000 a year. We had to kiss that goodbye. It was most of our budget then.


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How to Optimize Your Hygiene Department with Paula Quinn
May 27, 2021
Paula Quinn has quite the resume. She has over 30 years of experience in dentistry, is a practicing dental hygienist, and speaks internationally for Invisalign and Biolase. Fortunately for us and our clients, she’s also an extremely valuable team member here at Next Level Consultants! She was recently interviewed by Roadside Dental Marketing, during which she broke down topics such as what you should look for when hiring a consultant for your dental practice, common mistakes to avoid, how to optimize your hygiene department, and tips on how to find and hire hygienists. The highlights below are just a small portion of everything she covers in the almost 24-minute video, so be sure to check it out to benefit from all the knowledge Paula has to share!
“What Should You Consider When Hiring a Consulting Team for a Dental Practice?”
- Your Issue May Be Multifaceted: Most dentists/owners recognize a weakness in their practice, so they try to hire someone to fix that weakness. But, a particular problem in the hygiene department might stem from another part of the practice, so improving hygiene won’t necessarily fix the issue.
- Hire Consultants That Can Help Your Entire Practice: Rather than working with a consultant that focuses on one thing, it’s best to partner with a team that has expertise in every area of dentistry, both from the clinical and business side. That way, multi-pronged problems can be addressed holistically to help with specific issues while improving the practice as a whole.
“What Are the Most Common Mistakes You See Practice Owners Make?”
- Not Having a Clear Vision: The individual skills of the team members don’t really matter if everyone is not on the same page. Without a clear goal and constant communication, the practice is not going to succeed consistently, because everyone is essentially moving in a different direction.
“What Are Some of the Ways a Practice Can Get the Most Out of Their Hygiene Department?”
- Start with the Patient: Hygienists should talk to each patient to figure out what is important to them when it comes to their dental care.
- Use Cleaning Time to Educate: While a patient is sitting during a cleaning with their mouth open, a hygienist can educate them about their oral health and how it affects their overall health. A little small talk is OK, but the time where the patient essentially can only listen is a valuable opportunity to give them information that could lead them to get more treatment in the future.
- Frame Everything Based on the Patient: Any conversation with a patient should be based on what is important to them. If they want to avoid pain, that should be the starting point when it comes to bringing up further treatment or re-care.
“Any Tips for Finding and Hiring Hygienists?”
- Market Value Has Gone Up: Hygienists are in high demand, so their market value has increased. Dentists/owners should be prepared to pay them notably more compared to the past.
- Run Personalized Ads: Advertise qualities that make your practice stand out, with a key one being technology. Hygienists will be drawn to a practice that uses an iTero scanner or lasers because this will allow them to work faster and provide better care, plus it shows that the practice values their patients and team by making the investment.
- Incentives Are a Good Idea: In this hot market, things like a sign-on bonus and special incentives can help practices stand out. It will show that they value hygienists and that new hires will be rewarded if they put in extra work and help patients decide to get more profitable treatments (like Invisalign).
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If you have any questions about the topics covered here or want Paula and the team at Next Level Consultants to help your practice find the best ways to achieve your goals, all you need to do is contact us today to schedule a meeting, or you can get a complimentary practice evaluation by clicking here.

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"Florida bankruptcy court awarded the rights to the Goldmans in August 2007 to satisfy the civil judgment in part. The Goldman family views the book as his confession, and has worked hard to ensure that the public will read this book and learn the truth. This is O.J. Simpson's original manuscript, approved by him, with up to 14,000 words of additional key commentary."


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Brandi Cyrus is an actress, singer, and DJ from the United States. She is most known as the sister of Miley Cyrus, a well-known singer and songwriter. She is most likely a co-host of the Bravo show Cyrus vs. Cyrus and the podcast Your Favorite Thing.
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Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago, better known by his stage name Anuel AA, is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer whose real name is Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago. Many people regard Anuel to be the founder of the Latin trap reggaeton music genre. Despite being imprisoned in 2016 for being in possession of an illegal firearm, Anuel has managed to build a name for himself in the music world. He was named New Artist of the Year at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2019.


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After Zhou’s suspension became public, Zoom said it had to obey any laws in the jurisdictions it operates in.
In an updated statement to AFP on Thursday, Zoom said it was hosting “complex, cross-border conversations, for which the compliance with the laws of multiple countries is very difficult”.
“We regret that a few recent meetings with participants both inside and outside of China were negatively impacted and important conversations were disrupted,” it added.
The California-based company said it was “committed to modifying its processes to further protect its users from those who wish to stifle their communications” but declined to give further details.
PEN America, a group that defends free speech, said Zoom users outside of mainland China should not find themselves censored by Beijing.
“We wouldn’t tolerate it if a phone company cut off service for someone expressing their views in a conference call; we shouldn’t tolerate it in the digital space either,” CEO Suzanne Nossel said.
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This Country Now Has a Way Higher Life Expectancy Than the US
A new study shows that all those conversations we’re having about the future of Obamacare, mental health stigma and support, and access to Planned Parenthood are critical not only to Americans’ immediate well-being, but how long we live. Yes, average life expectancy worldwide will go up by 2030, but the predicted change in the US will lag behind many other high-income countries and emerging economies. Yet South Koreans are expected to keep living longer — even surpassing the Japanese (who we thought had possibly found the Fountain of Youth) — with South Korean women having an average life expectancy of over 90 by 2030. Compare that to American women, who will only be expected to live until 83.
Researchers at Imperial College London looked at both life expectancy at birth, taking into account child mortality rates and death among young people, and life expectancy at 65, which reflects things like heart disease. The findings show the US will likely have the lowest life expectancies among high-income countries (79.5 years for men) in 2030 — similar to emerging economies like Croatia and Mexico. The gains are pretty low, since 2010 life expectancies were 81 for women and 76 for men.
Compare that to the projected leading country, South Korea, where the average life expectancy in 1960 was just 53 years. Now, South Koreans are expected to live until 82 years old — almost four years longer than the average American. And in 2030, South Korea might become the first country ever to surpass the 90-year life expectancy mark for women, which the study’s lead, Professor Majid Ezzati, said many experts didn’t think they’d ever see. “This shows that even if there is a limit to longevity, we are nowhere near it. We should be planning for more life,” he tells CNN. That’s pretty incredible.
The US seems to be stalling for several reasons, according to the study. Deaths from drugs, alcohol, and mental health disorders are rising, and deaths from heart disease have actually risen since 2010, after declining for decades. According to Vox, “The US also has some of the highest obesity, homicide, and infant and maternal mortality rates in the developed world.” While Obamacare was a step in the right direction, the US’s lack of universal health care also plays a role, the study says. Basically, we’ve got a LOT of work to do, so keep going to those town halls and staying informed.
So what’s South Korea doing right? Even though the average income in South Korea is less than half of the US (almost $56,000), South Korea has more equality when it comes to access to health care. Another reason is simply that they’ve retained their healthy diet and active culture as their economy has exploded. Unlike Japan, who’s expected to fall to the number two spot by 2030 partly because they’ve embraced Western diets. As if you weren’t already feeling disappointed in America’s standing on health.
If you were already considering a move abroad, Canada is still a good option (still tops the list for men), but take a look at the countries that’ll have the top life expectancy in 2030. Some are definitely surprising.
10 COUNTRIES WHERE WOMEN WILL LIVE PAST 87 YEARS OLD in 2030
- South Korea
Are you surprised by these findings? Let us know @BritandCo.

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Healthcare solicitor welcomes MPs’ calls for action to end higher maternity death rates for black women
A report published by the Women and Equalities Committee has highlighted the racial disparities in maternal deaths and calls for faster action from the government and NHS to tackle the higher maternal death rates for women belonging to ethnic minorities.
Posted on 18 April 2023
The MPs’ report addressed the causes of maternal health disparities and determined that racism is a key factor, and that both the government and the NHS have underestimated the extent to which racism creates inequalities in healthcare.
Black women are nearly four times more likely to die than white women in the six weeks after giving birth. Women of Asian heritage are 1.8 times more likely to die than white women. Women of all races from the poorest areas of the country are twice as likely to die than those from the richest areas.
Women belonging to ethnic minorities reported feeling like they were not listened to or understood during childbirth, feeling as though their pain was being ignored or dismissed. The most common causes of maternal death include heart problems, sepsis, blood clots and suicide.
The Committee’s report was compiled following interviews with charities, experts, medical specialists and government ministers, and it expressed concerns regarding the shortage of staff in maternity care.
More staff and funding is needed in order to address the inequalities, and NHS England has stated its commitment to making maternity healthcare safer for all women.
Last month, The Motherhood Group facilitated by Sandra Igwe held the largest conference on Black Maternal Health in London. The conference which brought together over 370 members from around the country ranging from medical professionals, MPs, advocates, mothers, researchers and policy makers aimed to raise awareness about the health disparities experienced by Black Women during pregnancy and childbirth and to promote policy changes and solutions to address these issues.
Sandra Igwe at the Black Maternal Health Conference.
Labour MP Bell Riberiro Addy who had previously accused government ministers of failing to address the health the disproportionate statistics delivered the keynote speech. Ms Bell highlighted the importance of breaking down the structural barriers and biases, to close the 3.7 x mortality gap between black and white women as reported in recent MMBrace report. Ms Bell emphasised that “Black women are not the problem, and our bodies are not broken”, reinforcing the fact that it is racism, and not defective bodies, that is at the root of many inequities in maternity outcomes and experiences.
Firdous Ibrahim, associate solicitor in the Leigh Day clinical negligence team, said:
“It is clear that reducing disproportionate health outcomes in maternity care, requires a multi-faceted approach that addresses the various factors that contribute to these disparities. For now, we need to see a sustained commitment from the Government, healthcare providers, stakeholders, and the wider public to acknowledge and address the systemic barriers that contribute to poor maternal health outcomes for ethnic minorities in the UK.
“By implementing these policy recommendations and supporting targeted initiatives, we can work towards a more equitable healthcare system that prioritises the health and well-being of all mothers, regardless of race or ethnicity”.
Firdous Ibrahim is a senior associate solicitor in the medical negligence department.
First Black Maternal Health Conference
The Motherhood Group, founded by Sandra Igwe, will host a Black Maternal Health Conference that aims to create change by bringing together clinicians, service providers and Black mothers.


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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FEMA WILL GRANT SYRACUSE AND SURROUNDING AREA EXTRA TIME TO PROVIDE INPUT INTO FLOOD MAPS - WILL HELP AVOID TREMENDOUS FEES AND RED TAPE
FEMA Plans on Adding More Than 2,000 Properties to Flood Plain Map, Residents Facing Annual Costs of Up to $800 Per Home Syracuse and Region Needed More Time To Review Flood Maps - Additional Time Has Now Been Granted Schumer Will Still Fight to Support Syracuse's Appeal to FEMA
Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has agreed to give Onondaga County and the city of Syracuse more time to provide input into FEMA's recent decision to require approximately 2,400 property owners to purchase flood insurance at an average cost of $800 per year. By law, FEMA is required to give adequate and substantial notice to local municipalities and residents if they intend to add additional properties to the county flood map -the document that delineates which properties are in flood zones. In this situation, however, local officials say that they were not giving enough notice. At Schumer's request FEMA has agreed to give residents and municipalities additional time to submit data - without paying a fee.
"FEMA did the right thing in extending the deadline to submit information," said Schumer. "It will give homeowners, business owners and local governments more time to prove that they shouldn't be in the floodplain, and allow them to submit that information without a charge. I'd like to thank FEMA for working with my office and local officials, and I look forward to continue working with them as I support Syracuse's appeal."
"I want to thank Senator Schumer for being a leader on this, and FEMA for doing the right thing by granting our area additional time to challenge the new flood maps," Congressman Maffei said. "In these tough economic times, families and businesses cannot afford to be burdened by unnecessary financial obligations like flood insurance they do not need or want."
"Nearly every single municipality in Onondaga County has been affected by the proposed expansion of the FEMA flood Maps. Through partnering with Senator Schumer and Congressman Maffei citizens and municipalities will now have a greater opportunity to voice their concern and rebut the expansion of these maps."
Last month Schumer asked FEMA to provide more time for homeowners and the county and city governments to provide data. Now, Schumer is announcing that FEMA has agreed to his request. Under FEMA's new proposal, residents and local governments will have until September 15 th to submit survey information and make comments that could potentially remove them from the flood plain. FEMA also agreed to put together a community forum to educate local residents on what information is needed.
From the time that FEMA issues preliminary flood maps, indicating which property owners will be required to buy flood insurance, a community has 90 days to appeal. If an appeal is filed within the 90 day period, the county and city can provide information to FEMA, at no cost, that may remove homes from the maps. After the 90 day window, however, the maps are finalized. While homes can still be removed from finalized flood maps, it becomes much more difficult and expensive. At Schumer's request, this period will be extended until September 15 th.
FEMA is seeking to add approximately 2,400 properties to its local flood map, which would cost the average homeowner about $800. Today's announcement will allow for local homeowners, business owners and government officials to remove some of these properties. Many of the properties FEMA chose to include in their updated flood map haven't been flooded in decades.
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Dan Cammish heads into the showpiece round of the Porsche Carrera Cup of Great Britain at the spectacular Belgian Spa-Francorchamps venue flanked by the Ardennes ready to extend his championship lead.
The Nationwide backed Redline Racing driver, was emphatically dominant at Brands Hatch, taking two victories after besting Team Parker Racing man Stephen Jelley.
For all the drivers in the Carrera Cup GB, the support races to the FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa will be vital to impress, with the stunning 919-Hybrid in the LMP1 classification and the GTE version of the 991 Cup car going into battle against some of the world’s finest sports and GT machinery.
“Spa is one of those tracks everyone has heard of, whether they are a race fan or not. No matter how good people said it was, I found the reality was better,” said Cammish.
“It is steeped in history and I enjoy taking in as much of it as possible. It is the best race track I have ever had the privilege of driving at and I am hoping for a good result this weekend.”
Getting ahead of the ex-Formula Ford GB champion this weekend could be vital for the rest to keep their title hopes alive.
You can keep up to date with Dan’s progress and the second round of the series all weekend on The Checkered Flag, with qualifying and race one scheduled for tomorrow, before the second race as a warm-up before round two of the WEC at Saturday


[debian-knoppix] cheat code that allows hd based knoppix from original CDROM
One of the performance hint of using knoppix is the
use of CD-ROM and hence one has an option to based the
knoppix on hard disk. Given the update freqeuncy of
knoppix and also the hardship if one install other
distribution, that would be the prefer option of
testing and even using Linux for development purpose.
It is like having Virtual PC without the now MIcrosoft
owned company's product. One simply copy across the
/KNOPPIX from the iso image.
In this line of thinking, may I ask whether it could
be possible to simplify the current process a bit
further. One suggestion would be for one to use a
cheatcode to tell the system to look for /KNOPPIX on
the hard disk instead of on the CD-ROM. That would
eliminate the need of all these steps. The implicit
hardware requirement i.e. a floppy, a CDROM and a hard
disk to build the hard disk solution is also not
Also, combine with the current cheat code to use a
local image of home directory, this will result in the
maximum flexibility in one can easily opt for a pure
CDROM down to pure hard disk based using the CDROM iso
image and a local image of home directory. That could
be done even without using LILO (i.e. boot from CDROM,
find the home directory in one of the hard disk and
KNOPPIX also in the hard disk). Touching MBR is much
worry cf with using one directory and one file under
windows. (I am not sure whether that may need to have
a cheat code so that the home directory image could be
updated but relate to the home directory not on the
hard disk based part).
Just a suggestion.
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9 Chic Eyewear Options for Spring
BY THE SCOUT GUIDE February 24, 2021
As far as accessories go, eyewear sometimes gets overlooked. However, a chic pair of specs can instantly convey one’s personality—and leave a lasting impression. Recently, we asked our editors across the country to share some of their favorite frames available from local sources, and whether you tend to opt for function or fashion, these options prove that both can be achieved with stylish results. From designer cat-eye sunglasses reminiscent of the fifties to readers so fabulous they’ll make you forget your vision woes, these glasses are ready to elevate any look.
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December 13, 2012 (CHICAGO) --Police issued a warning Thursday about a series of bus stop robberies in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
At least five incidents have been reported-- all on the 6800 and 6900-blocks of South Western.
Each incident took place late in November.
The victims were all on buses or at bus stops. The thieves stole their cell phones and ran off.


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Friday February 24, 2012
From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Brad Dubbelman
Two people have been arrested following violence during President Jacob Zuma's ANC centenary address in Cape Town yesterday, police said. Several ANC Youth League members were thrown out of the Good Hope Centre when they started singing during Zuma's speech, SABC radio reported. An SABC cameraman was hit with a chair while filming an anti-Zuma protest outside the venue. ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu told the broadcaster the protestors had clearly intended to disrupt Zuma's speech.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says his department will use the 2010/2011 District Health Barometer (DHB) to reflect and reassess its interventions for the coming years. Speaking at the launch of the report, which presents snapshots of how the country’s health districts provide primary care to the population, Motsoaledi said it confirmed progress in a number of government policies and interventions. Albeit far from the WHO target, the DHB indicated that the country’s districts were making progress in HIV testing and prevention, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, curing TB, preventing malnutrition and reducing or curing communicable diseases.
Gauteng toll fees are set to become a fact of life and the law and government will tolerate no disobedience, government spokesman Jimmy Manyi said. He advised freeway-users in the province to buy their e-tags, the use of which allowed drivers a substantial discount on the fees charged. "This is not just a bad dream; it's a reality, it's going to happen. No one should have any illusion whatsoever that this thing is going to go away. It's a fact of life and it's going to happen," Manyi said. Manyi was briefing reporters at Parliament in Cape Town following Cabinet's fortnightly meeting the day before.
That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.


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A successful meeting starts light years before the first attendee walks through the door. The venue sets the tone for how the event will go. Is there enough space, what is the hotel room situation, is it easy to travel to?
For the second straight year the Marina Bay Sands has claimed the Singapore Experience Award for Best Business Event Venue Experience.
The venue recently hosted the Young Presidents’ Organisation World Leadership Conference (YPOGLC), which was attended by over 2,000 high-level international executives and went off without a hitch.
“Marina Bay Sands was a true partner on the YPO-WPO Singapore from every possible perspective. Marina Bay Sands consistently exhibited over-the-top service, from providing room keys to guests riding in from the airport, to excellent catering on two large socials and other meals on site, to providing very personal care to one of our staff members who was ill… all done in a spirit of service and hospitality," said David Cook, executive director, YPO-WPO.
The Sands Expo and Convention Centre is the biggest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) facility in Singapore. It can host 45,000 attendees, 2,000 exhibition booths and accommodates 250 meeting rooms.
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RENO, Nev., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — In collaboration with the Kresge Foundation, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) today released a new report, “Advancing Equity Through ARPA Implementation.” The report, which is HERE, documents 20 city case studies and details how mayors are using state and local fiscal stimulus funds (SLRFF) from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to invest in underserved populations and address the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on low- and moderate-income people and communities of color. Mayors featured include Boston, MA Michelle Wu, Madison, Wis. Satya Rhodes-Conway, Fontana, California Acquanetta Warrenand Kansas City, Missouri quinton lucasamong others.
In Bostonfor example, the city has targeted services and resources to disproportionately affected communities, establishing a health equity task force to address public health disparities and a pilot project to free buses to help all residents access public transportation. Kansas City used a community engagement process to inform its ARPA funding allocation, which included the creation of a housing trust fund to ensure affordable housing for all families and the Rebuild KC program to enable members to the community to lead the implementation of neighborhood-based projects. Learn more about these efforts led by mayors in the full report.
“Thanks to ARPA funds, America’s mayors have been able to invest equitably in our communities and address systemic inequalities that the pandemic has only worsened. Columbuswe have worked with community leaders and businesses to help keep residents in their homes, train individuals to re-enter the workforce, and keep our young people safe,” said Andrew J. GintherMayor of Columbus (OH) and Chairman of the Council on Metro Economies and the New American City. “We are grateful to the Kresge Foundation for their partnership and help in shining a light on the work that mayors are doing to make their cities more equitable. Cities have been at the forefront of our country’s economic recovery, and as we continue to move forward, we will take lessons learned and share best practices so that all cities can promote equity for years to come.”
“Cities have an unprecedented opportunity to put in place solutions to problems that have worsened over decades and which COVID-19 has laid bare,” said co-author of the report Lourdes Germán, senior advisor to the Social Investment Practice and American Cities Program at Kresge. “But without explicitly centering equity, cities can easily exacerbate disparities. Partnering with the community, especially deep-rooted nonprofits, is a crucial way for cities to position ARPA’s work to succeed, and these case studies of equity-minded cities provide blueprints for other municipalities to learn from and emulate.”
“Real change will come city by city, community by community,” said mayor of Montgomery (AL) Steven Reed, who helped present the report’s findings at the USCM annual meeting. “The pandemic has exposed deep inequalities in the American economy, and mayors have not been content to simply return to normal. This report offers a powerful narrative of how mayors are using federal resources to generate opportunities locally. Despite these efforts, we have a long way to go to deliver real equity and inclusion in America, but mayors are committed to this mission now and for the long term.”
About the United States Conference of Mayors — The American Conference of Mayors is the official non-partisan organization for cities with a population of 30,000 or more. Today there are more than 1,400 such cities in the country, and each city is represented at the Conference by its main elected official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
About the Kresge Foundation — The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924 to promote human progress. Today, Kresge fulfills that mission by building and strengthening pathways to opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities, seeking to dismantle structural and systemic barriers to equality and justice.
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