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- SandboxAQ announced that AQBioSim, its bio-pharma molecular simulation division, has emerged from the shadows.
- The division also includes customers from the bio-pharmaceutical industry heavyweights, including AstraZeneca and Sanofi.
- These companies work closely with AQBioSim in the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other conditions.
PRESS RELEASE — After several years of stealth development, SandboxAQ today officially announced its bio-pharma molecular simulation division, AQBioSim, and some of its customers. This division helps bio-pharmaceutical and research institutions achieve breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other conditions. The company currently works with various bio-pharma companies and university research labs, including AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and UC San Francisco.
Paul Hudson, CEO of Sanofi said, “We are excited about the work SandboxAQ is doing to revolutionize drug discovery and development through in-silico simulation of molecular interactions using AI and quantum technology. SandboxAQ’s leapfrog technology can significantly impact preclinical and clinical drug development, and we look forward to seeing how it can support us in delivering life-changing care to patients around the world, more quickly.”
“SandboxAQ is at the forefront of combining AI and quantum engineering to solve big enterprise challenges. SandboxAQ’s technology is revolutionizing the drug discovery and development process,” said Eric Schmidt, Chair of the Board of SandboxAQ. “Through collaborations with AstraZeneca, Sanofi, UCSF and others, SandboxAQ reduces time and cost to bring life-saving care to the world of clinics. This is just the beginning of applying AQ technology throughout our economy.”
SandboxAQ enhances existing methods by providing a faster time-to-solution solution, while maintaining accuracy. Early customer achievements demonstrate that this technology can reduce the time and cost of developing new therapeutics, and reduce the risk of drug portfolios before they enter the preclinical and clinical stages.
“Our AQ-powered solution accelerates the drug discovery and development process, reducing its slow, complex and error-prone nature,” said Nadia Harhen, division leader of AQBioSim. “By shortening the discovery funnel, reducing portfolio risk, and uncovering winning formulas earlier, we empower biopharmaceutical companies and research institutions to prioritize promising compounds, accelerate therapy development, extend patent lives, drive revenue growth, and get patient cures faster. .”
This technology is utilized in collaboration with UCSF Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases in an effort to apply AI-powered simulations to rapidly identify potential therapies for neurodegenerative disorders. As part of the development, the researchers used SandboxAQ’s Absolute Free Energy Perturbation (AQ-FEPTM) software to generate thousands of predictions of molecular interactions, which resulted in some exciting new compounds.
“Neurodegenerative diseases are complex and defy standard drug designs,” says Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, who chairs the UCSF Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases. “We need rational, structure-based design methods that can address the disease challenges we face. Given the devastating nature of this disease and the lack of effective therapies to treat it, techniques that accelerate new leads and reduce our discovery timeline are sorely needed.”
SandboxAQ’s unique AQ-FEP software brings state-of-the-art physics-based accuracy to the early stages of the drug discovery pathway. The company’s team of physicists, biologists, and computational chemists and pharmaceuticals have a track record of developing highly effective strategies for enhancing quantum chemical simulations using massively parallel classical hardware, including large-scale linear algebra with TPU, large-scale DFT results (SandboxAQ currently holds the record for the largest N^3 DFT simulation) and a The Post-Hartree-Fock method, called DMRG, was scaled to unprecedented sizes.
The tool serves as a catalyst for a suite of drug discovery solutions that combine the accuracy of quantum mechanical equations with the speed and power of AI available on classical computing hardware. Subsequent advances include large-scale molecular dynamics simulations capable of dealing with complex and impenetrable targets.
Other leading researchers have praised SandboxAQ’s approach and ability to accelerate drug discovery. dr. Siddharth Mukherjee, staff cancer physician at Columbia University Medical Center and Pulitzer Prize winner, said, “SandboxAQ is unique, and the only partner I’ve ever seen produce first-class molecules. Their ability to perform meaningful quantum chemical computations on today’s hardware is critical to the first principles approaches needed today, both in oncology and other major conditions.”
“We are very pleased with our partnership with SandboxAQ where we are accelerating the identification and optimization of drug candidates at new targets in the Riboscience portfolio,” said Dr. Klaus Klumpp, co-founder and president of Riboscience. “SandboxAQ’s unprecedented large-scale absolute free energy interference solution transforms our virtual screening campaign execution and allows us to create in-silico profiles of more than 20,000 ligands per day.”
“SandboxAQ’s AI-powered quantum technologies continue to revolutionize and disrupt industries, but few will experience the transformative impact of bio-pharma and life sciences,” said Dr. Kristin Gilkes, EY Global Quantum Leader. “Companies shamelessly seek out the toughest challenges and apply technology and expertise to deliver impactful solutions – in this case, significantly advancing R&D for incurable diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s that have baffled the industry for decades. EY is excited to be collaborating with SandboxAQ on its mission to reinvent drug discovery and development.”
For general information about SandboxAQ’s Quantum Simulation & Optimization offering, please visit https://www. sandboxaq.


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Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the ranking minority member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the GOP minority’s final report on its investigation into the origins and spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 90-page report, as expected, put a heavy blame on China‘s actions to promote disinformation and lack of transparency on the global state as it mobilized its production of personal protective equipment and stockpiled it.
“Chinese Communist Party (CCP) bears overwhelming responsibility for allowing a local outbreak to become a global pandemic,” said the report. “In sum, the COVID-19 global pandemic could have been prevented if the CCP acted in a transparent and responsible manner.”
The findings are consistent with criticism that President Donald Trump and several key members of Congress have leveled for months against the Xi Jinping government.
They likewise hold the corrupt World Health Organization and its leader, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to task for as being complicit in the “cover-up by failing to investigate and publicize reports conflicting with the official CCP narrative, while at the same time praising the CCP’s response.”
The report outlines in detail the effort that China took to cover up the pandemic, including the suppression of voices inside its own regime as they tried to warn the outside world.
“It is beyond doubt that the CCP actively engaged in a cover-up designed to obfuscate data, hide relevant public health information, and suppress doctors and journalists who attempted to warn the world,” the report said. “They deliberately, and repeatedly, disregarded their obligations” under global agreements.
It also called on the guilty parties to be held accountable for their actions.
“Revealing the truth is just the first step,” said the report; “we must hold both the CCP and WHO Director General Tedros accountable for the suffering they have allowed the world to endure.”
The report noted that this was not the first time China has unleashed a biological assault on the world.
The recent pandemic bore strong similarities to the 2003 SARS outbreak, both in terms of the virus’s genetic makeup and the Chinese response.
“In the wake of this [2003 SARS] malfeasance, the world demanded reforms to the International Health Regulations (IHR) that govern how countries are required to handle public health emergencies,” the report said.
“Today, it has become clear that the CCP failed to heed these lessons,” it continued. “The ongoing pandemic is a tragic second chapter to their mishandling of the 2003 SARS outbreak.”
Despite the efforts to hold China accountable, though, the Asian superpower has used intimidation tactics against other nations, including “economic manipulation and trade coercion to demand silence.”
Contrary to some claims and theories, the House Foreign Affairs report rejected the idea that the virus had a lab-based origin at the Wuhan Institute for Virology.
“While the source of the virus is currently unknown, it is believed to likely be the result of a zoonotic spillover event,” it said.
It supports the common theory that it was transmitted by an infected bat at the sold by one of the vendors at the Huanan wet market, where said bat is believed to have been consumed.
“According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the intelligence community shares the scientific community’s consensus that the virus is natural and not genetically modified,” the report said.
Although the virus quickly spread for its source, China, in coordination with the WHO, downplayed the virus for roughly two months until Jan. 20 when “General Secretary Xi finally issued a public statement encouraging a strong response,” said the report.
That was the same day China’s National Health Commission confirmed human-to-human transmission, although health officials had warned the CCP a month prior.
“The next day, the first case of COVID-19 in the United States was confirmed,” said the report.
Even so, WHO Director-General Tedros refused to declare COVID-19 a global pandemic until March 11.
Nonetheless, it characterized Tedros as being “nervous” about the designation, in which he “highlighted the severity of the declaration of a pandemic while undermining the
importance of the announcement.”
The report said that Tedros’s remarks “strain credulity and unfortunately, by this
point, the damage was done.”
As part of its deflection efforts, though, rather than accept accountability, China then waged a propaganda campaign suggesting that the virus’s origin was the U.S.
And it continued to tamp down on skeptics within its borders in the most brutal of ways.
“The CCP’s cover-up was not limited to the suppression of data or case numbers but involved, gross violations of human rights as well,” said the report. “Three citizen journalists were disappeared after publishing videos taken in Wuhan of hospitals and crematoriums.”
It also repeatedly detained doctors who tried to warn about the virus, including Dr. Li Wenliang, of Wuhan Central hospital, who attempted in December to warn former classmates via a WeChat message about the growing number of confirmed cases.
After going public, he was threatened with criminal charges and forced to recant his warning in a signed “confession,” but he himself succumbed to the virus on Feb. 7, prompting widespread public outrage.
Even after his death, the Chinese state media attempted to claim Li was still alive but in critical condition.
The report offers reams of evidence while piecing together a thorough timeline to implicate China and the WHO.
It concludes with four proposals:
- new leadership at the WHO,
- Taiwan’s re-admittance to the WHO as an observer,
- United States engagement in an international investigation with likeminded WHO Member States regarding the early stages of COVID-19
- concrete reforms to the International Health Regulations
It also notes several instances of Tedros’s failed responses and mismanagement of health crises in calling for new leadership at the WHO.
“In order to restore the faith of WHO Member States and return the WHO to its mandate of providing accurate, technical advice, Director-General Tedros should accept responsibility for his detrimental impact on the COVID-19 response and resign,” the report said.
“The health of the world cannot afford incompetence and poor management,” it added.”

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Emmanuel Macron’s government has faced a new pulse in the streets with strikes and protests against his pension reform. French trade unions have achieved in this new “black Tuesday”, as some are already calling it, the largest mobilisation in demonstrations since the protests against the pension reform began in January, but the strikes did not achieve the paralysis of France, with which they hoped to force the Executive to reverse its controversial reform.
From early in the afternoon, the leaders of France’s two main central organisations, Laurent Berger (CFDT) and Philippe Martinez (CGT), claimed a “historic” mobilisation in the streets, above that of 31 January, which was the ceiling until now, and even at the highest level of the last 40 years in France.
In the absence of overall figures that would make it possible to say clearly whether the 1.27 million demonstrators (according to the police) or 2.8 million (according to the CGT) on 31 January were exceeded, partial figures from different cities suggest that they were.
The marches took place generally normally, although as usual some very small groups of radicals caused material damage and clashes with the forces of law and order, particularly in Paris, where the police had made 13 arrests by mid-afternoon.
The percentages of strikers fell short of some of the five previous days of protests, the first on 19 January, probably because with inflation and the consequent loss of purchasing power it is particularly painful to lose a day’s pay by going on strike.
The fact is that in the state administration about a quarter of the workforce went on strike, compared to 28 % on 19 January; and in the state company EDF it was 41.5 % compared to 44.5 % on 19 January.
In education, the Ministry of Education indicated that 32.71 % of teachers were absent from work, 35.89 % in primary schools and 30.09 % in secondary schools.
Beyond these percentages, the fact remains that very few trains ran (20 % on average of high-speed trains) and that air traffic controllers’ strikes forced 20 % of flights to be cancelled at Charles de Gaulle and 30 % at the other Paris airport, Orly, as well as at Beauvais, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Toulouse.
In addition, in several logistical centres and major transport hubs in France, lorry drivers blocked traffic and created traffic jams on the access roads to Lille, Perpignan, Rennes, Saint Brieuc and Cannes.
Although refineries continue to operate, as they cannot be shut down suddenly, production was reduced at several refineries. But blockades at the depots prevented fuel trucks from leaving. Even so, gas stations will not have supply problems, at least in the short and medium term.
Three of the four regasification units (two at Fos sur Mer, near Marseille, and the other at Montoir de Bretagne, near the port of Saint Nazaire) remained at a standstill, so that the liquefied gas that France imports by ship did not enter.
The future of the protests
The question for the unions now is the direction they are going to give to their protest, that is, whether they will try to continue and amplify the strikes or whether they will favour other days of demonstrations, with the intention that they will once again be massive, knowing that public opinion is very largely against the reform.
In public transport, the same programme of cuts will be repeated on Wednesday at the same airports as on Tuesday, but the impact of the strike will be much more moderate on the railways and urban transport in the big cities, starting with Paris.
The French National Railway Company (SNCF) said in a statement that it will have to cut two-thirds of its high-speed (TGV), regional and commuter trains on the capital’s two main lines.
On international lines, none will run on the Paris-Barcelona corridor, while a quarter will be cancelled on the Eurostar to London and a third on the Thalys to Brussels.
On the Paris metro, the two automatic lines, 1 and 14, will operate normally, and almost normally on line 4, which is in the process of being automated. On most of the other lines, there will be between a third and a half of the usual convoys.

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Economists have already blamed soft numbers on harsh winter weather. Now CEOs will get their shot.
As the first-quarter earnings season gets started, 9 out of the 21 companies that have reported have mentioned the negative impact of their weather on earnings, according to FactSet. Notably, 6 of these 9 failed to beat earnings expectations.
While the current sample size is small, if this trend continues, then 214 S&P 500 companies will cite the negative impact of weather. This compares with the 195 S&P 500 companies that mentioned it in their fourth-quarter results.
The wide range of companies reporting weather disturbances could be an indication that weather has been a true drag on economic activity in 2014.
"Maybe in quarters past it's been more of an excuse, but this time around, it's probably a more legitimate reason why earnings and revenues have fallen short of expectations," said FactSet senior earnings analyst John Butters.
The problem is that when it comes to any given company, gauging just how big of an impact the weather has had can be nearly impossible for investors and financial analysts alike. As one analyst told CNBC.com, there's simply no way for an outsider to assess whether a company could be overstating the effect of a harsh winter on sales.
On General Mills' earnings call, CFO Don Mulligan said that "severe winter weather resulted in weak sales trends across the food industry and our categories." Later in the call, RBC analyst David Palmer challenged management to clarify the weather impact, given that "restaurants were suffering over those same two months, and so it seems logical that people were eating more at home."
In response, the company's chairman and CEO, Ken Powell, said that in addition to disrupting plant operations and logistics, harsh weather led to fewer trips to food retailers, restaurants and cafeterias. So consumers were "staying at home and probably drawing down a bit from their own pantries, which slowed down the industry."


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Ouray County Mud Fest: A Celebration of Mud
April 26, 2013 - April 28, 2013
Ouray County Mud Fest
Ouray County Mud Fest is a spring celebration of everything MUD! Mud Fest starts off on Friday at 4;00 PM with Mud Jam at the Ouray Community Center featuring the David Starr Band and guest pourers from the Mountain Air Music Committee.
Mud fest activities continue at the Ouray County Fairgrounds on Saturday, beginning at 9:00 AM.
If watching (or particpating in) 4X4 vehicles navigating obstacle courses and racing in the mud, motorcycles doing crazy things in the mud, antique tractors pulling in the mud, and other muddy activities sound exciting, then this is your time to come have fun in Ouray County! This is a great opportunity for participants and spectators, young and old, to get down and
dirty all weekend long.
Check out the Mud Fest tentative schedule here.

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The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Planned Parenthood Brand
By Carl Landwehr and Jeff Pauls, Ph.D.
This study found that the Planned Parenthood customer can generally be divided into two categories: younger women in their fertile years and the “legacy customer,” a previous Planned Parenthood customer who now refers, and in many cases, facilitates a younger sister or friend obtaining their services. The emotional connectivity of Planned Parenthood and their customers is a brand promise that what is discussed there and the services provided will never be divulged to parents or significant others. Planned Parenthood enables the young audience to explore their sexual behavior without anyone knowing, namely parents and guardians. Indeed, Planned Parenthood’s brand loyalty is built upon what many study participants identify as “confidentiality,” “education,” and “help.” Of course, at Planned Parenthood all three of these supposed benefits are ways to subtly enable, sanction, encourage, and affirm the dangerous and risky behavior that brought the girl or woman to the abortion facility in the first place.
In the minds of customers, Planned Parenthood brand strengths include:
- Preservation of their current and future self;
- Ability to pass through a rite of passage without consequences;
- Opportunity for control, freedom, acceptance, confidentiality; and,
- Lack of judgment.
There is considerable data, however, indicating customers’ wide range of mixed feelings toward Planned Parenthood and its brand promises as well:
- Despite the general feeling that Planned Parenthood is non-judgmental, most respondents acknowledge they have to go through an unpleasant gauntlet of anxiety, fear and anger, in addition to judgment (of themselves, from other customers, and sometimes from Planned Parenthood staff) while in the waiting room at the abortion facility.
- Planned Parenthood has the initial impression of being emotionally and physically safe, a viewpoint which often changes due to what respondents describe as problems with the procedure, post-abortion complications, location of the facility in a “run-down” part of town, the type of clientele Planned Parenthood attracts or even the presence of “protestors” outside.
- Respondents report mixed experiences in terms of their treatment by Planned Parenthood staff, and, unfortunately, often justify, excuse, or minimize their poor treatment because they are getting what they “need” (abortion or birth control) and don’t feel like they can get it easily anywhere else.
Finally, participants mentioned several important weaknesses in the Planned Parenthood brand. Indeed, there are so many weaknesses in the area of women’s health that these will be covered in a subsequent newsletter. Here are the non-health-related weaknesses in the findings:
- Respondents tend to become less loyal clientele as they age and/or are offered better insurance options. The legacy customers often suggest that Planned Parenthood is just as good or better than a private practice but the reality of their behavior indicates most of them really do not believe it. Additionally, the legacy customers who are older talk about not needing the particular set of services any more as they curtail sexually activity outside of monogamous relationships.
- One of the most common complaints by participants, even those that labeled themselves “satisfied customers” of Planned Parenthood, was the long wait to see someone or be served; this was a universal problem for respondents.
- They also expressed frustration with the frequently changing hours, fees, policies and coverage that they face as Planned Parenthood customers. Respondents who had abortions frequently had to pay more than they expected. They were told it was because they were further along in the pregnancy than they thought, or for some other medical reason, but they wonder if they were victims of fraudulent price inflation.
- Respondents frequently note that there seems to be high staff turnover at Planned Parenthood. They are not assured that they will see the same staff or the same doctor every visit.
The first area of findings, dealing with the strengths and weaknesses of the Planned Parenthood brand, are being used to help pro-life champions like Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), other messaging partners across the country, and individuals just like you, understand and employ messages that help refute the euphemistic rhetoric, twisted facts, and false assurances from Planned Parenthood and their supporters. These findings are also being commissioned to craft new, effective media strategies to help women see through the well-established façade of the Planned Parenthood brand and find authentic healthcare, support, and knowledge at Pregnancy Help Centers across the country (which now outnumber abortion facilities four to one). Vitae’s July newsletter will highlight more findings of this groundbreaking research.

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Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a nonstick saucepan. Add the entire sausage swirl to pan. Sauté on both sides till deep brown and well seared. Transfer to a cutting board and chop into bite size pieces.
Cut fennel in half and remove the hard core. Slice thickly. Save fronds for garnishing.
Fennel and coriander seeds are to be ground in a spice grinder to a coarse powder.
Add remaining oil to the saucepan and place over high heat. Fry fennel slices till soft and golden brown.
Add sausage to pan. Scatter fennel coriander powder, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper over sausage. Sauté over high heat for a few minutes.
Mound on a platter. Garnish with fennel fronds and dig in.

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An extract from the 1926 thread of this as yet unfinished novel(la) – first draft almost done.
Set in the 1920’s in a fish restaurant and the beach of a small coastal town, it was inspired by this picture
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dale Dining Out. Guy Pene du Bois. 1924. Thanks to @78Derngate for tweeting it. I’d never have found it otherwise.
Mr and Mrs Chester Dale are not who they seem, and waiter, Joel, is on to them.
Now, anyone who had anything to do with Solstice Shorts last year will know how much I like a good time theme. So I was delighted to find SolarWyrm‘s Latchkey Tales and their current project, Clockwise, a series of journals focussed around different times of day: this time Midnight Blues. So I sent them a story, and they have published it.
The Midwinter Wife takes place over the longest night of the year, in town of ancient origins south of London, and is a sort of Rip Van Winkle in reverse, with midnight playing a key role, obviously.
I noticed that Cathy Bryant (one of Arachne Press’ Poets) is also in Midnight Blues, pleasing to be in good company!
Anyway, you can buy a physical copy (kindle version to follow) or you can subscribe to the entire series, (electronic version or physical ) which is much cheaper per copy, or (and?) you can buy the omnibus later in the year…
In other news: I am currently typesetting my monster-book – The Dowry Blade, ready for publication in February 2016. Until I finish typesetting, I don’t know how many pages, (around 576) until I know how many pages I can’t get a quote from the printer, or finalise the spine width for the cover designer, so I am concentrating very hard. Surprised at how much I am enjoying the process!
Here’s the cover, (by Lucy Reynolds) uncomplicated by spine calculations..
More stories up on Cut a Long Story…
Starkridge: Don’t Mess with Mountains…
Prairie Rain: a flash fiction set on a porch near the town of Normal, Illinois
Déjà Vû: A radical retelling – Sleeping Beauty and Snow White seen through the prism of The Stepford Wives
Eye of the Beholder: Bill keeps seeing the same woman – at least, he thinks it’s the same woman… a ghost story set in Brockley.
Judges: What really happened to Jael and Sisera – not quite how it’s told in The Song of Deborah.
February is a busy month for me, readings, publications, A’s birthday…
my story Neutral Ground is just published in 52 :Loves – a story for every week of the year, all about Love, but not necessarily how you’d think. Kindle only at the moment but you never know.
On Thursday 5th at 7:45 in my capacity as publisher, I’m ‘compering’ a reading of Devilskein & Dearlove by Alex Smith at Lewisham Library 199 Lewisham High Street SE13 6LG more details over on the Arachne Press Website.
On February 23rd, my story The Wetland Way will be read at Liars’ League Hong Kong (without me, it’s too far to go!)
LGBT History Month
Thursday 12th I’m at North Kensington Library, 108 Ladbroke Grove, W11 1PZ
with VA Fearon where we will each be reading from our books, and interviewing each other about coming out as writers…
Shouting about Lesbian Literature – coming out as a lesbian writer.
Cherry Potts first collection of lesbian short stories, Mosaic of Air was published over 20 years ago, and she now owns her own independent publishing house, Arachne Press.
V. A. Fearon’s first self-published crime thriller, The Girl with the Treasure Chest came out last year.
What has changed for the Lesbian author in the interim? What has the recent surge of self and indie publishing done for lesbian literature (and what is it anyway)?
Two personal approaches, with readings.
Thursday 26th I’m at Richmond Lending Library, Little Green, Richmond, TW9 1QL at 7pm doing readings and talking about writing and publishing.
Join writer and publisher Cherry Potts for an evening of readings and informal discussion of Lesbian & Gay writing with a whirl through anything from myth, to science fiction. Cherry will read from her own work and others published by her award-winning publishing house, Arachne Press.
So, as some of you know I’ve had several stories read at Liars’ League, and this happened again recently, for their Slings & Arrows event. Hurrah for Liars’ League!
A version of The King’s Champion, minus the subplot and now entitled Kassell for the place the story is set, (Kassel, Germany – birthplace of the Brothers’ Grimm), read by the wonderful Greg Page. You can watch the video here
And here’s the actual snowy landscape that inspired it – not quite as dramatic as I tell it!
LoSoCo is what I’ve always known as Lewisham College.
I did a reading there on Thursday for LGBT History Month. Here are a couple of snippets. (Apologies for the background noise – it’s the air-conditioning.)
Holiday Romance, in which Melanie goes on holiday with her mother and allows her imagination to run riot.
Baby Pink/ Electric Blue, in which Marlene can’t cope with a wedding.
both from Mosaic of Air.
Thanks to Mary Fudge for organising, and to the students and staff for coming along and asking interesting questions.
Here we go: A Woman of Mystery…don’t know when her birthday was, don’t know who she is, beyond she wrote a book Either is Love which explores the life of a woman who first has a lesbian relationship and then a heterosexual one. Published in 1937. I have a vague recollection of having read this book, but remember next to nothing about it – but I recorded a quote!
A so-called Lesbian alliance can be of the most rarefied purity, and those who do not believe it are merely judging in ignorance of the facts.
…oh, sorry, who am I on about?
Some speculation as to possible pseudonym, but for whom??
So feel free to do some research, or make something up! A Scottish surname, so perhaps a whisky or three would get her to enlighten us as to who she really is – she’s not on any UK census…
We had a great night at Lewisham Library on Thursday. A substantial crowd, a relaxed atmosphere and some great writers. The first of many events for LGBT History Month, it was a diverse and entertaining evening.
V.A Fearon read from her novel The Girl With the Treasure Chest, about gang negotiator Dani, and her first meeting with lover Marie;
Kate Foley read us some varied poems from several collections covering everything from bedroom tax to first smoochy dance at the Gateways*
Cherry Potts stuck up for Helen of Troy in her story Behind the Mask, from Mosaic of Air
and V.G. Lee‘s heroine struggled to be a proper card-carrying lesbian in the teeth of straight friend Deirdre’s best attempts to scupper her.

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Railways property worth ₹90 crore damaged in anti-CAA protests
Indian Railways have lost property worth ₹90 crore, with Eastern Railways--mostly spread across West Bengal—alone accounting for 80% of those losses pegged at ₹72.19 crore, during the country-wide anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in the past ten days, said a top Railways Protection Force (RPF) official.
South Eastern Railways was second with property losses worth ₹12.75 crore, followed by North Eastern Frontier Railways that lost ₹2.98 crore in damages.
“West Bengal has been the worst because the Eastern Railways largely falls in the state, the total loss there alone has been ₹72.19 crore,” said RPF DG Arun Kumar.
He said Howrah, Sealdah and Malda divisions were the most affected in Bengal, where the attacks on railway property intensified after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rally against the CAA.
“Things are much better now, it got the most violent when the West Bengal CM took out a rally. There has been no violence in Bengal after that,” Kumar said.
Railways have filed a total of 85 FIRs for the violent incidents that also led to injuries to a dozen employees.
“There are people who have been identified through the videos of the violence and we have registered FIRs against them.” Kumar said.
Kumar said 2200 additional security personnel had been deployed to the North East where the first anti-CAA protests broke out resulting in damage to railway properties after the amended act was passed in Parliament on December 11.
Chabua railway station in Assam’s Dibrugarh was set on fire the same night followed by the Panitola railway station in Tinsukia district.
Kumar said overall 40 major trains have been suspended in view of the violence and rail services in Tinsukia, Lumding and major part of Rangiya division of the Northeast Frontier Railways were in complete suspension. Train services beyond Guwahati were also not in operation.
Four people have died Guwahati so far in the police firing on violent protests.


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The High Criminal Court yesterday issued its final verdict in a human trafficking case involving six defendants by sentencing one of them to 15 years imprisonment, three to 10 years imprisonment and two to five years imprisonment. They were fined BD2,000 each and were obliged to pay the deportation expenses of two other women who they had forced into flesh trade. They will be deported and blacklisted after their sentence.
A few days ago, the timely-involvement of social workers affiliated to Indian Community Relief Fund Bahrain (ICRF) and Indian Embassy officials helped the police bust another racket. The members of the prostitution racket were arrested after a victim alerted a social worker, who in turn informed the Indian Embassy and the CID Department. The victim who came on a visit visa was trapped by her friend who was part of the vice ring. “She was asked to give a replacement to be relieved from the network and she successfully trapped her friend for her benefit,” sources said.


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Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. A college-age hustler working in New York recounts a grisly affair. Two men observe the streets of a seedy neighborhood in Bucharest. A bored grocery store bagger finds a fleeting thrill as a bystander to bloodshed...Fourteen stories and a short novel make up TINY FISH THAT ONLY WANT TO KISS by Gary Indiana. With peculiar compassion, the fictions in this book masterfully chronicle abject subcultures of contemporary times.
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Writer, filmmaker and visual artist, Gary Indiana has published over eighteen books, both fiction and nonfiction. A second edition of his seventh novel, DO EVERYTHING IN THE DARK, was published by Itna Press in 2015. Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA


There has been major controversy recently about the proposed increase in probate fees. In particular there was some concern, expressed on twitter, that claimants could not afford to issue proceedings. There are a number of points that need to be considered, if there is a major increase in probate fees. In particular the Fatal Accidents Act has an important exception which means that, in some cases, a grant of probate is not necessary to bring an action.
1. YOU DON’T NEED A GRANT OF PROBATE TO ISSUE A FATAL ACCIDENT ACT CLAIM.
Simply read Section 2 of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976
“(1)The action shall be brought by and in the name of the executor or administrator of the deceased.
(a)there is no executor or administrator of the deceased, or
(b)no action is brought within six months after the death by and in the…
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text: Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor has a vey valid reason to give all the important award functions a miss. Yes, the fashionista, who was seen in ‘Raanjhanaa’ and ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, is very busy with her cousin’s wedding. “Wedding happiness!! My brother is getting married!!!” Sonam wrote on Instagram. The gorgeous actress has been sharing many photos with her fans on social networking sites.

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Getting in Gear with Rochester Institute of Technology
Mastercam sponsors SAE International student design competitions by providing free software and educational support to participating teams. Bennett Wong, Manufacturing Manager and CNC Lathe Operator with RIOT Racing (RIT Baja), the SAE team at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently shared some information about the team’s past season of competition.
Approximately fifty students participated on the RIOT Racing team RIT. They earned the North American Championship with impressive results in competition like:
- Maryland: 1st place overall.
- Kansas: 3rd place overall.
- Oregon: 1st place overall.
The team won the Mike Schmidt Iron Team Award for the highest cumulative points over the three races.

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She’s still one hot mama — and a great mother to boot.
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton raved about her experiences being mom to 2-month-old daughter Genevieve, though she admits that adding to her family again isn’t something that’s currently on her radar.
“I can’t even think about having more kids now, but I hear that you forget all of the pain of everything,” Upton, 26, said with a laugh in a new interview with “Extra.”
Genevieve is the first child for both Upton and her husband, Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander, whom the bosomy model called a “great dad.”
Upton added that she’s only recently been able to sleep through the night again, but had nothing but good things to say about raising a baby.
Upton said it was a lot of pressure to decide on a name for the baby.
“We were going back and forth even in the hospital,” she said during the interview. “Justin had some real name-commitment issues. I actually just kind of left him on his own. He knew Genevieve was my favorite, so I just left him to fill out the paperwork. I was like, ‘I can’t deal with that right now.’ ”
Upton, who began dating Verlander in 2014 and married him in 2017 — possibly making him the most hated man on Earth — also told “Extra” that she thinks the baby resembles both her and the former American League MVP.
She and Verlander each chronicled parts of her pregnancy on social media, and she announced the baby was born with an Instagram post showing the lower half of Genevieve’s face in November.
The 35-year-old Verlander, meanwhile, shared a sweet photo showing him cradling the baby in his arms a week after she was born.
“Didn’t win #cyyoungaward , but I can’t be too upset when I have this little girl waiting for her daddy off camera!” he captioned the black-and-white photo on Nov. 14.


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Mexican Sensation DJ and Producer Alex Acosta has taken over the world with his fresh, upbeat and very energetic sound, playing at the hottest Music Festivals and Clubs around the globe. On top of that, he is a chart topping producer, whose work is supported by several DJs and thousands of Fans worldwide.
Alex Acosta has become one of the most important Latin American DJs. With over 20 years in the DJ Industry he has played at the hottest clubs and music festivals around the world. Mexico City, Playa del Carmen, New York, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, São Paulo, Madrid, Barcelona, Mykonos, Taipei, Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok, Seoul are some of the cities he has played. Among the parties he has headlined are Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party Palm Springs, 1Life Festival (Los Angeles), Folsom St Fair (San Francisco), Carnival Week & Circuit Week (Provincetown), One Magical Weekend (Orlando), XLSior Festival (Mykonos), NVRLAND (Chicago), PAPA Party (Playa del Carmen), Masterbeat (Los Angeles), Karmabeat/GayDate/Feel Alive (Mexico City), GAYMAD (Madrid), gCircuit’s Song Kran (Bangkok), Heaven (Shanghai), G5 (Taipei), PAPA (Guangzhou), Le Queen (Seoul), Arena & Paradiso (Playa del Carmen), Vallarta Fever & Latin Fever (Puerto Vallarta), Vancouver Gay Pride (Vancouver) and Market Days (Chicago). Further more, he has become a regular guest and established DJ residencies at the hottest clubs around the world: ASIA: Icon (Shanghai), Glamorous (Tokyo), Luxy (Taipei). AMERICA: VIVA Saturdays (NY), Jungle/Heretic/XION (Atlanta), Score (Miami), Hydrate/Metro (Chicago), Gus Presents/1015/The End Up/Beatbox (San Francisco), Momentum/Reload/Circus Disco/The Factory/Eleven (Los Angeles), Living/Rage/VD+ (Mexico City), Babel (Guadalajara), Rouge (Monterrey), LOL (Madrid), SaturGays (Barcelona), Criminal Candy (Naples), among many more.
Besides being an on-demand DJ, Alex Acosta also has an extensive Original Production and Remix Work has reached #1 sales on several online music stores, and Top 20 on Beatport. At the same time, several of his remixes have been top 20 on Billboard Dance/Club Charts – including a #1 for Recording Artist Kristine W. and a #2 for Disco Diva Martha Wash. Further more, his original production has been featured on several compilations in different Record Labels world wide, and have become most sold tracks for many of them. Among the Record labels where Alex’s tracks have been released, we have LE7ELS/PRMD (Avicii’s Label), Guareber Recordings, KULT Records, plus many more. Furthermore, some of the Artist’s that Alex has worked with in the past are: Offer Nissim,s Syn Cole, Martha Wash, Kristine W, Maya Simantov, Aggro Santos, Taito Tikaro, Ivan Gomez, Nacho Chapado, Amannda plus many more.
From America to Europe and Asia, Alex Acosta has become a Global Sensation, and has proven himself to be a guaranteed crowd pleaser on the most demanding dance floors around the world.


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Book written by the owner of Chirije: The Secret of Paradise
Dear friends, Patricio Tamariz, the owner of CasaGrande and Chirije, has teamed up with Bo Rinaldi, best seller and leader of the Organics movement and have written a beautiful book called The Secret of Paradise: The Mysteries of the Pacific Coast of Ecuador.
The Secret of Paradise presents the deep and profound truth that we as human beings can live together in harmony with nature and each other. These secrets are most evident in the rich culture, beauty, and history of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador, which is the central area of the country.
You can find the Color and Black/White versions and the Kindle Edition (also Ebook) on Amazon.com at:
Travel to Ecuador to secluded beaches and archaeological site of Chirije. Pacific Coast explorer and travel programs. Activities surfing, horseback riding, birdwatching, trekking, canoes and fun. For active young and retired travelers for soft adventure area. Families are welcome.

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Drylock 4/3mm Full steamer in jet black
Top end warm as winter wetsuit for $599
What the suit lacks in colour ( jet black attracts the sun thus keeping you warmer on a cold winters day ) she sure makes up in
Eco friendly features.
Not sure what some of them mean however anything that is made earth friendly these days I highly recommend.
DOPE DYE YARN = SOFT ECO-FRIENDLY ANTI FADE HED SEAMS, WATER-BASED GLUE
JAPANESE LIMESTONE NANOPRENE = LIGHTER, SOFTER, WARMER
On the comfort scale the Drylock fits like a glove over the ever increasing winter bulge.
Nice new easy entry zip. Super snug fit around all the places that count but not too tighter fit around the neck, which is what i like.
Fancy chest hollow fibre that feels fleecy and warm and super stretchy knitted like fabric in the arms and legs ( high pile celliant to be precise)
I like the feminie cut, and in black its super flattering on most body shapes including mine.

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It was top of Netflix’s ratings for weeks after season four’s release, until it was knocked off by new drama When They See Us.
The show’s success leads fans to believe the show would go on for many more seasons, but Netflix announced season five will the final one of the series.
Fans were left gutted and have started a petition to get the streaming platform to change its decision.
I think it would be kind of beautiful if they left it at that [friends]
However, attention has still turned to the final season and what will happen to the characters in the end.
One season four relationship leaving questions unanswered was that between Detective Dan (played by Kevin Alejandro) and Ella Lopez (Aimee Garcia).
Now, star Kevin has teased what he wants from the blossoming romance going forward in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
He revealed: "I don't know honestly where they're going to take that. I feel what made that so critical for that season is that you had two lost souls who relied on each other for this amount of time and I think they both guided each other and helped each other come to some sort of realisation about themselves.
"And I think it would be kind of beautiful if they left it at that. That in itself strengthens the relationship as friends."
It looks like fans could be left disappointed as they finally saw the two share a kiss in season four.
Lucifer season 5 spoilers: Will the pair end up together?
The star also spoke about Netflix’s impact on the show, something which a lot of fans picked up on.
He added: "There's something going on with this Netflix thing. It feels a little different, you know …there's a certain class to it that subconsciously seeps its way into whatever it is that they got going on, you know.
“It feels so cool to see that show on that platform now."
"[Season four] stays true to the style but we're just edgy enough in a cheeky sort of way.
“It's like, 'We're staying true but look at this little extra we can do, wink wink wink, I hope you like it’.”
Revealing the number, he tweeted: “We’re going to make every minute count!!”
Seasons one-to-three contained 22 episodes each as Lucifer originally aired on Fox, but has since worked off of the 10-episode run featured prominently by Netflix.
Therefore it is no surprise season five is also looking at ten episodes for the last season of the show.


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Thing about this juicer banana does not juice, it just build up in the juicer. If I watched the end of Curious George where the kids do experiments, I would have known that. I had to chop food to go through the slot, it actually took more time than I realized and more fruit & veggies to get juice. I know there are some juicers that take the food larger. Well at least my son gets a kick out of it.
Adding stuff to it was my son favorite thing. I had a hard time getting him to drink much. $29.00 cost for the Black and Decker Juicer at local Wal Mart, not bad. If I was to make more juice I wouldn't mind if it could handle larger fruit pieces, but it's cool for us.
Disclosure: Just sharing our family experience.


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Each time an NGO is doing some activity aimed at social change – whether it is some demand to the government, or some criticism for government policies, or anything else – that activity is almost exclusively within the institutional frames. Institutional frames are those set by the State in accordance with the official laws that impose the need for every political demand to pass through the institutions of the State in a firmly specified bureaucratized manner so that they could reach the “authorities”, who will then decide whether they will do anything about the issue. The State ‘provides’ its citizens with a few bureaucratized, confusing, hardly accessible and completely useless legal instruments to defend their rights: complaints, petitions, citizens’ initiatives etc.
Whether we say that the ruling elites created the NGO sector, or the NGOs appeared from below to answer the needs of the “citizens”, the epilogue is the same: the government is pleased with the NGOs because in their “struggle” they never step outside of those permitted institutional frames, which makes them no threat to the ruling class.
The NGO struggle is never on the streets, it’s never violent and it never aims at core issues in society. In other words, they’re not a threat to any government, but they manage to recruit all those unpleased and angry: those who might throw Molotov cocktails on the parliament building tomorrow, were already recruited by the NGOs, dressed in a suit, awarded with a wage and tied to a desk to conduct surveys and write reports, legal documents and smart articles for the “progressive” newspapers.
Even if it was created with such intentions, the NGO can never go radical; it’s simply too occupied with filing financial reports to its funder and chasing for new funds for next year’s projects. A radical NGO cannot simply last, because it wouldn’t be able to find any funds to rely upon. An NGO can exist as long as there is someone to finance it, and no foundation, corporation or government would ever support radical progressive organizations.
It is in this way that each NGO is being conditioned that its work will be supported only if it doesn’t exceed the legal frames, and so its field of struggle remains very limited. That permitted field of struggle is one that cannot lead to any victory, since no real struggle is involved, but merely dialogue, cooperation and compromise with the authorities. The NGO is thus allowed to oppose certain aspects of the government (a certain law, decision, some specific injustice, a particular institution etc), but it will never struggle against authority in general. (The legal system has a way of preventing the existence of radical NGOs, by imposing that each formal organization must acquire a permit by the state before it’s founded. The law, naturally, forbids any type of organizations whose goal is a total liberation of the people or, as the law would put it “a violent destruction of the system”.) Not only do the NGOs not contribute to any essential change, but by complying with the legal system and by not resisting against authority, they effectively support the ruling of the political and economic elites, as they allow the government to rule in peace.
The system is simply created in such a way to be able to stay intact by any attack that might come from within; that is why no change can be reached by institutional means and that is why this oppressive system cannot be brought down by joining the parliament. What can be achieved are some small reforms, a comforting compromise and the deception of the individual that he/she’s done as much as he/she could. That same person would maybe think of different approaches to the problem, alternative methods of pressuring the authorities to fulfill his/her demands; he/she would maybe use far more effective means that would bring him/her closer to his/her goal. But that is where the NGO sector comes in to pull his/her chains, to remind him/her that we must follow the law, remain non-violent at any cause and avoid provoking the (otherwise benevolent) cops who are only doing their job.

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Germany's Demag Plastics Machinery (Ningbo) Co. Ltd. plans to invest at least 7 million euros ($9.35 million) in a significant expansion of its injection press factory in China.
Demag, a unit of Japanese-German press maker Sumitomo Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, said the expansion of its existing capacity in Ningbo will give it capacity of between 1,000 and 3,000 machines a year there, and expand the tonnage range produced.
It's expected to open in 2015, and is designed to boost Demag's share of the Chinese market, the largest IMM market in the world, as well as increase exports, according to Stephan Greif, CEO of Demag Plastics Machinery Ningbo.
Demag today produces its Systec series of hydraulic machines with clamping forces of 50 to 1,000 tonnes in Ningbo, but Greif said the expansion opens up the possibility of making other machines in Demag's portfolio.
He declined to specify which ones, saying it was still under discussion.
While China's overall plastics machinery market dropped 3.5 percent in 2012, to $7.92 billion, it was a record year for sales and profits for Demag's Ningbo operation, Greif said.
As manufacturing and labor costs rise in China, molders are buying better equipment to remain competitive, and that's proving a boon to foreign brands and upper-end local companies, Greif said.
Demag currently makes about 650 machines a year in Ningbo. Greif also said the factory has become more of an export center in the last five years, with 25 percent of its production exported, mainly to Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Brazil.
Less than 5 percent of its production was exported in 2010, by comparison, and the company has a target of exporting one-third of its Ningbo made machines, he said.

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SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS AND TURN-AROUND-TIMES
Although reasonable efforts are made to meet published turn-around-times, they are subject to assay performance and other external, uncontrollable factors.
Additionally, TATs are based on the initiation date of each test. For tiered-testing, this may not be the date that the specimen was received in the laboratory.
- HEREDITARY CANCER TESTING Requirements and Turn-Around-Times
- 3-5 ml blood in an EDTA tube (purple top)
- Test kits available upon request
- Results are typically available in 2-3 weeks for the Breast7 panel.
- For all other panels, results are available in under 6 weeks.

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Despite a significant setback in a federal appeals court, Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University Health System said they are planning to continue fighting for their planned merger.
The two providers had announced their intent to merge earlier this year. The Federal Trade Commission took action to block the deal, which would have created a 16-hospital system with more than $7 billion in annual revenue. It claimed that allowing the deal to go through would create a monopoly in the Chicago area, allowing it to charge payers higher rates for service.
Although a federal district court judge had declined to grant the FTC's request to block the deal, it was recently reversed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. It sent the case back down to a lower court to determine whether to grant an injunction.
"We remain steadfast in our belief that bringing our organizations together is the right thing to do for consumers and therefore we are choosing to move forward with our case," Advocate and NorthShore said in a joint statement, sent to the Chicago Tribune. "We are confident that Judge Jorge Alonso made the right decision in our favor this past summer, reaffirming the competitive realities of the Chicago market. We look forward to a positive resolution—paving the way for an innovative care delivery model to further advance quality and lower costs."
The FTC has intervened in several proposed hospital mergers in the past year. For instance, last month it succeeded in scuttling a joint venture between the Penn State Health and PinnacleHealth systems in Pennsylvania.


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News from San Diego, Riverside and Imperial Counties
By Neal @ Planned Parenthood Action Fund | Nov. 29, 2021, 8 a.m.
We are committed to advocating for more resources and opportunities for our communities to be safe, healthy, and to thrive. Read more about recent advocacy efforts in our communities.
The U.S. Census Bureau released 2020 Census data in August 2021, and the results showed a growth in population across Riverside and San Diego Counties and a potential undercount across Imperial County due to the pandemic. It is now up to the California Redistricting Commission, our counties and their redistricting commissions, and other government entities across the state to decide how to redistrict.
Redistricting, the process of redrawing the boundaries that determine which elected officials represent us, happens once every ten years. The lines are drawn based on the results of the U.S. Census. In California, The Citizens Redistricting Commission, which was created when voters passed the Voters First Act in 2008, redraws the boundaries of California’s Congressional, State Senate, State Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts. To learn more about redistricting, visit this link.
The public has a chance to look at proposed redistricting maps and provide their feedback before December 23, 2021. Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest is organizing supporters throughout our three-county region to provide written and/or verbal public comment to help shape districts. If you’d like to get involved please contact [email protected].
Accessible Public Restrooms
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest and the Invest in San Diego Families Coalition will be advocating for accessible bathrooms and the building of new facilities in different parts of the county. Access to bathrooms is a matter of equity and health. Building new bathrooms and improving the quality and cleanliness of existing bathrooms will improve public health and allow people to access a basic need with dignity and privacy.

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This is an interesting interview with an interesting candidate. But, it is very clear that Senator Klocbuchar (1) believes in FATCA and (2) has no interest in abolishing citizenship-based taxation. You can pick this up at the 27 minute mark.
It’s interesting that the two candidates endorsed by the New York Times (Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar) are hostile (more so than most other Democrats) to the interests of Americans abroad.
Here is an interesting Facebook discussion about this interview, which includes the following comment:
DA Q and Sen K A on RBT: DA: Most Americans living abroad think that the time has come for residency based taxation, the principle guiding all other country’s tax systems and a fix for numerous unjust burdens on Americans living and working abroad. Now there are bipartisan, revenue neutral proposals to implement our Beatie that include robust provisions to protect the laws from abuse by tax evaders. All we need is a moment of leadership to get this done. Will you be that leader?
Sen K: Well, I have not taken a position to change that at this time. I’m always open to looking at things. And if I could just step back on our taxes in general. There just has not been the opportunity to step back and look at our tax code to see what works for regular people. Because when you think about it, when President Obama was in, we did some things, but we were in a deep recession and it was hard to make the changes that need to be made. Then President [00:03:30.0] Trump comes at it and they pass his tax bill, which really. Oh, wait. It was weighted toward people at the top and has added over a trillion dollars in debt. And when you look at his time period, while he gloats about what things, what’s happening in our country, we’ve had a 30 percent over the last decade, even before him slow down in startups. We call it the startup slump because of consolidations and other things. And we just don’t have a good tax enforcement, as I already mentioned. And then there’s just a bunch of things I think that we need to change. When it comes to our tax code, including closing some loopholes and doing something about the Buffett Rule and bringing in reversing some of the corporate tax cuts he made, I was in the group that wanted to bring the corporate tax rate down, but not to the level near the level that he brought it to. Every pointing went down was one hundred billion. And I would actually take a big chunk of that money and put it into infrastructure. Another chunk to start working on the deficit, which is brought to record levels. And I just think there’s much more we have to do to keep our economy strong for the long term.
The interview speaks for itself. It’s as though the Democrats think that the only purpose of life is to avoid taxes.
It’s pretty clear that a vote for the Democrats is a vote against Americans Abroad. (I am not, by this statement, taking any position on the Republicans.


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FMEX, a Web3 Football Multiverse for clubs and players, is releasing an exclusive set of NFTs of top Borussia Dortmund stars less than ten days before the World Cup in Qatar.
The BVB NFT Collection
The announcement comes following FMEX’s partnership with the Bundesliga heavy hitters. Star players that form Borussia Dortmund include Thorgan Hazard, Marco Reus, Jude Bellingham, and Matts Hummels. These top players are critical for their respective national soccer teams, most of whom have qualified and will participate in the World Cup in the next few days.
The official launch and mint for the BVB NFT collection was on November 9. The decision to partner with Borussia Dortmund and launch these NFTs is part of FMEX’s grand plan to revolutionize the NFT sports market. FMEX has indicated that these NFTs will offer extensive utilities to holders, rewarding fans in several ways. Because there are many prizes to be won and fans to be rewarded, this initiative will also provide “warmth” in the current extended crypto market that has seen asset prices plunge from their all-time highs, heavily impacting asset valuation and activity.
Rarity and Rewards
The BVB NFT collection will have a series of mystery boxes divided into six rarity tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare, Ultra Rare, and Secret Rare.
Typical with NFTs, the rarer they are; the more valuable they will be. As the tier level increases, the “Secret Rare” NFTs will be rarest, most valuable, and with some of the most rewarding features. The BVB NFT collection was released on November 10, a day following the launch, and the official minting was on Wednesday, November 9.
Already, FMEX has revealed that the NFT holders of the top 3 tiers, Super Rare, Ultra Rare, and Secret Rare, will access exclusive FMEX benefits, receiving BVB merchandise such as signed player jerseys. At the same time, they will get tickets to international matches, higher staking bonuses, and high-level in-game benefits. On the other hand, Common, Uncommon and Rare NFT holders will get priority WL seats for future launches and in-game benefits. They will also be free to stake their NFTs.
FMEX’s Airdrop, Receive Free NFTs and Exclusive Benefits
Most importantly for NFT holders, regardless of their assets’ value, FMEX guarantees users a 100 percent payback based on the NFT market price.
To successfully execute this drive, FMEX plans to airdrop NFT holders their native tokens. These tokens are already listed at some of the cryptocurrency’s top CEXes, and are, therefore, liquid and can be swapped for other coins, tokens, or cash.
By airdropping their native tokens to NFT holders, FMEX will directly reimburse holders with equal amounts of funds they used to purchase their NFTs pegged at the item’s floor price. In this arrangement, FMEX will be technically rewarding holders of the first three tiers of BVB NFT holders, that is, Common, UnCommon, and Rare, with free NFTs but with additional benefits.
FMEX Plans and Partnerships
The partnership with Borussia Dortmund is the beginning. In the days ahead, FMEX plans to release NFTs of Andres Iniesta, one of Barcelona FC’s greats, and Real Betis of Spain’s La Liga.
FMEX has already joined forces with OKX Web3 for its users to explore and transact in the FMEX ecosystem through the OKX wallet, and DeBox, a Web3 social platform leveraging decentralized identity (DID).


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Meri 13 saal ki btiji h wo abhi bhut stress nd depression mai rehti h wo apni batoh ko clear hi nhi bol pati bolti kuch sochti kuch h plz help her
My mother insults me all the time, she always makes me feel that I am useless, I am good for nothing.
Hey guys, Yesterday I hit my rockbottom.Its been 10 years I have been like this.Suicidal thoughts were
Hello, these are just two of the things on my mind I want help with, there are more they are me learning
I am in tension anyone help me
I was ... Once assulted I mean sexually assulted and I am afraid of telly parents it is eating me up.

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Roast bell peppers until charred and smoky.
Slice them into strips and arrange with tomato and mozzarella.
Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil for richness.
Season with oregano and basil for a Mediterranean flair.
A smoky and savory take on the classic Caprese.
Perfect for a hearty appetizer or a side dish.
Savor the roasted goodness of Caprese Salad with Roasted Peppers.
Savor the roasted goodness of Caprese Salad with Roasted Peppers, a smoky and savory twist on the classic Italian dish.


text: This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Orchids for Beginners Afternoon Studio Arts Workshop Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET Code: 1E00CY Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Tickets $35 Member $45 Non-Member Materials for this program Supply List Resize text Schlerianna Inflorescence Phalaenopsis Join an orchid care expert for a fun, informative evening about one of America’s favorite house plants. This class delves into the origins of our love for orchids, explains how they grow in their native environments, and provides beginner care instructions to keep your orchids blooming in your home. In a hands-on activity, learn how to repot a Phalaenopsis orchid, one of the easiest orchids to raise indoors. Special Program Information The instructor is Barbara Schmidt. This program includes one 2-hour session. General Information This studio arts program is a Zoom Meeting to allow for patron and instructor interaction online. All Studio Arts programs require an online ticket for each participant so that the instructor can provide individual attention to every student registered for the online program. This program will be recorded. Please see our FAQ for recording terms and conditions. Please refer to the "Materials for this program" section for any applicable supply list information and/or special documents for this program. View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.

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She's a blond princess who doesn't know she's the princess of a lost magical kingdom. She's being raised on Earth with a new family with no knowledge of a former, more magical life. Suddenly, on her 13th birthday she finds out she has a magical destiny to defeat the evil force that destroyed her home world. She's granted magical powers, a cool animal friend, and some friends to help her fight.
Nope, Amethyst Princess of Gemworld
DC Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (1985) | Paris Cullins
Do you need a transformation sequence to be considered a magical girl show? No. Is it one of the most instantly recognizable parts of the genre? Absolutely.
The transformations have become interwoven into the fabric of the magical girl genre and have caused genre fans to spend hours on YouTube looking up compilation videos of sequences of transformations from decades past, specific series titles, and more. Even non-fans can recognize the iconic sequences. Throw in some glitter, ribbons and posing and you've got a dozen or so people saying "Just like Sailor Moon!".
The entrancing nature of the whole affair can sometimes make you forget the five minute time chunk the transformation eats up.
Transformations have become so popular it's made it's way into non-Magical Girl shows like DC Super Hero Girls on Netflix or Cartoon Network's Craig of the Creek.
How did this glee inducing genre staple start? Where did it come from? And why can a good transformation make or break a series for genre fans?
Let's roll on back to the 60s and find out.
Sparkle Cadet from Craig of the Creek
When it comes to mixing genres with Magical Girls there is a lot of obvious choices that you can chose from - Romance, Drama, Comedy. Even if you wanted to boil it down to more specific genres like Isekai and Slice of Life feel like more obvious choices. Mecha seems like a far cry for a genre that usually centers around softer aesthetics of frills and lace, and yet from the 90s till now there are about a dozen or so Magical Girl shows with mecha influences, and vice versa.
There's something about the combination of cute girls and robots that makes for a winning formula. Long running franchises like Lyrical Nanoha had definitely figured it out- the series started in 2004 and has an installation as recent as 2018 at the time of writing this- but Nanoha wasn't the first. The genre mixing goes way way back to a show called Magic Knight Rayearth.
Vita from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Battle Girl High School
Magical Girl Site
Assault Lily Bouquet
Majo no Tabitabi
Not Out Yet
Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu


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Early life and education
Uzoigwe was born in Umuahia, Abia State (formerly Imo State), Nigeria. He began his education at the village primary school in Umuagu. Most of his early life was spent with his older brother, Sunday Uzoigwe, who was then employed at the University of Ibadan. For his secondary education, Joshua attended King's College, Lagos before going on to International School Ibadan to study for his Advanced Level Certificate.
From 1970 to 1973, he was at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he began his studies in music. He completed his undergraduate degree (1973–77) at the Guildhall College of Music, London, and from 1977 to 1981 he attended Queen's University Belfast, attaining both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology.
Uzoigwe lectured in Music at three universities in Nigeria, starting from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, then University of Nigeria Nsukka and finally University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State. He got very lucky with a breakthrough when he was 21.
Uzoigwe’s best-known compositions include: "Day is passing"
An accomplished pianist, Joshua accompanied many other musicians in live performances, including Ori Enyi Okoro and Joyce Akinwumi. He performed many concerts during the Biafran Civil War and was a member of the Odunke Community of Artists, which strove to sustain cultural life during that civil war and to foster Igbo culture in all its dimensions from its base at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Poetry and other publications
Three of Uzoigwe’s poems, "On the fading shadows", "Transition" and "Drying Lake, Rising Spring" taken from Nsukka Harvest: Poetry from Nsukka, 1966–72 (ed. Chukwuma Azuonye, Nsukka: Odunke Publications, 1972, pp. 13–15), appear on http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/magonline1105/Joshua_Uzoigwe.htm
Joshua Uzoigwe married Joanne McGuckin in Nigeria in 1981. They had met while he was studying at Queen’s University Belfast. Joanne was a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and was completing her postgraduate studies when she died in 1990. They had three children, Uzoma, Ejike and Nneka.
Joyce Adewumi, founder of the New York African Chorus Ensemble (http://www.nyafricanensemble.com/) and a close friend and former colleague of Uzoigwe’s, writes that her "work at the New York African Chorus Ensemble is dedicated to Joshua and it couldn't have been possible without his influence in my life".
Essays about Joshua Uzoigwe
- Sadoh, Godwin. "Creativity and Dance in Joshua Uzoigwe's Music." ComposerUSA 9, No. 2 (2003): 4-5.
- _____________. "Intercultural Creativity in Joshua Uzoigwe's Music." Africa 74, No. 4 (December 2004): 633-661.
- _____________. "The Creative Experience of a Contemporary Nigerian Composer." Living Music 20, No. 1 (Spring 2005): 6-9.
- _____________. "Hybrid Composition: An Introduction to the Age of Atonality in Nigeria." The Diapason 97, No. 11 (November 2006): 22-25.
- _____________. "Twentieth Century Nigerian Composers." NTAMA, 10 January 2007.
- Froelich, Hildegard; Kris Chesky (2000). The Education of the Professional Musician, Volume 2. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 978-90-5755-130-7.
- Konye, Paul (2007). African Art Music: political, social, and cultural factors behind its development and practice in Nigeria. Edwin Mellen Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7734-5253-4.
- Sadoh, Godwin (1998). "Joshua Uzoigwe: An Introduction to the Life and Music of a Nigerian Composer." M.A. thesis. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh.
- Sadoh, Godwin (2007). Joshua Uzoigwe: Memoirs of a Nigerian Composer-Ethnomusicologist. New York: iUniverse Publishing.
- Joshua Uzoigwe page at the Wayback Machine (archived August 8, 2004)


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Former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore recently published his Net Zero Review. A report that endeavoured to ask how the UK could better meet the commitment to net zero greenhouse gas emissions made some forty-two months ago.
Back in 2019 the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to net zero greenhouse gas emissions, signing this pledge into law. With this came the notion that the UK would act as a pioneer for other nations to follow in their efforts of becoming greener economies. However, a clear message of inconsistency, mismanagement and a lack of detailed policy has emerged from Skidmore’s review, with the current approach of the UK Government being linked with delays, increased costs and a misalignment with climate science.
The report is not all doom and gloom however, with 129 recommendations being made that, if achieved, would set the UK back on track for meeting its 2050 target. As well as these recommendations, 10 priority missions to catalyse public and private action by 2035 have been set, inclusive of the need for a ‘rooftop revolution’ for solar PV.
What could this mean for the UK’s Solar capacity?
The lack of a clear roadmap for the deployment of solar was highlighted as a cause for concern in the review, despite total solar capacity expect to grow significantly before 2030. The establishment of a taskforce consisting of government, regulators and industry was advised to set up clear and agreed milestones for solar growth, helping to overcome the inconsistency and mismanagement previously experienced.
Similarly, the absence of a target for rooftop solar to become a UK building standard led to the declaration of a ‘rooftop revolution’ and removal of all barriers that are hindering the ‘full-scale deployment’ of solar on commercial and domestic buildings. As part of this, Skidmore emphasized the need for planning system flexibility, accommodating the acceleration of consultation to mandate the Future Homes Standard (FHS) to 2025, included as part of this consultation on new homes being built with solar as standard practice.
As well as new builds, the governments retrofit support scheme was also highlighted as a potential means to integrate solar installation into UK standards. Local Net Zero Retrofit Hubs, run by industry and supported by government were mentioned as a means of co-ordinating retrofit procedures at local levels around the UK.
Response from within the industry
Mike Thornton, Chief Executive at Energy Saving Trust welcomed the review and its associated recommendations, particularly regarding UK building standards, stating that: “Delivering energy efficient buildings, the electrification of heat and the shift towards renewable energy sources are all vital for decarbonising our homes and businesses, boosting energy security and growing the UK economy.”
A positive response was also given by Solar Energy UK’s Chief Executive, Chris Hewitt, who commented: “It’s no surprise that solar energy, one of the cheapest and greenest sources of power, has been backed so strongly in Chris Skidmore’s review of how to reach net zero while maximising economic growth. We very much hope that Whitehall will embrace his calls to establish a joint taskforce with the solar industry to work on a roadmap for reaching 70 GW of solar by 2035.”
Jonathan Brown, Product Marketing Manager at Solar Capture Technologies reiterates the importance of collaboration between government, regulators and industry, stating: “The UK renewables sector is an exciting sector to be involved in, and from first-hand experience of the Solar PV industry there is vast amounts of knowledge and experience to be shared. If the government can really bring industry on board, I believe real progress will be seen.”
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Inoculum microbiome composition impacts fatty acid product profile from cellulosic feedstock, supporting data
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Experimental design Three microbial inocula (anaerobic wastewater sludge, bison rumen, and beef cattle rumen) were used. A synthetic nutrient solution (Owen et al., 1979) with cellulose as the sole carbon source was used to simulate a cellulosic waste feedstock. Non-fed (without cellulose) control reactors were performed to account for the effects of the inoculum alone on production of FA. An abiotic control (without inoculum, but with cellulose) was included as well. A total of six treatments, plus the abiotic control were analyzed; the experiment consisted of three factors (microbial inocula) under two levels (with and without cellulose), and each of the treatments was performed in triplicate. The 21 reactors were incubated for 20 days, and samples were taken every five days (days 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20); a total of 105 samples were collected and processed for chemical and microbial analysis. 2.2 Inoculum collection Anaerobic wastewater sludge (A) was collected from the anaerobic digester at the Drake Wastewater Reclamation Facility (Fort Collins, CO). Bison rumen fluid (B) was collected immediately after slaughter at a meat processor in northern Colorado. Beef cattle rumen fluid (C) was collected from a grass-fed steer fitted with a rumen canula approximately 2 hours after feeding; steers were housed at the Colorado State University Agricultural Research, Development, and Education Center. All three microbial inocula were collected within 24 h of inoculation and were kept under anaerobic conditions using sealed bottles at 35 ºC with continuous mixing (100 rpm). Prior to use, microbial inocula were filtered using cheesecloth to remove large solid particles.

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It’s one of the most popular drinks in the world. About 80% of tea drinkers choose black tea.1 It’s rich in antioxidants, nutrients, and amino acids. The result? A drink with major health benefits…from strengthening bones to preventing heart disease.
Here are five healthy benefits of drinking black tea:
1. Strengthens Bones: Studies show that black tea helps improve bone density. One study revealed higher bone density in daily drinkers than people who didn’t drink it.2 It’s the polyphenols that deliver this benefit.
Black tea can also help save your teeth. The antioxidants in it can kill bacteria. The kind that cause gum disease and tooth decay. Researchers found that three cups of it a day can fight off Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus. Even people who took tooth-rotting sugar in their tea saw some protective benefit… But we recommend you skip it completely.3
2. Improves Heart Health: Drinking a daily serving of black tea can reduce your stroke risks by up to 21%.4 One study found it helped lower total triglyceride levels by about 36% in three months.5 This is because it’s rich in theaflavins and thearubigins. You won’t find these compounds in green tea.
This same study also found over a 400% increase in the antioxidant concentration of subjects’ blood. More antioxidant power means less inflammation and oxidative stress. But there’s another benefit researchers found in this study…
3. Balances Blood Sugar: Researchers also revealed that black tea can decrease blood sugar levels by nearly 20%. It’s not surprising that other studies link black tea to a reduction in diabetes risk.6 One of them found that drinking this tea may help lower type 2 diabetes risk by as much as 70%.7 Another study revealed that four daily cups of black tea can reduce inflammation and oxidation in type 2 diabetics.8
4. Prevents Lung Damage: A team of researchers in India compared the lung-protective benefits of black tea in guinea pigs. After a week of testing, they found animals that drank water developed lung damage when exposed to cigarette smoke. But not the black tea group.
The guinea pigs that drank black tea didn’t experience oxidative stress or inflammation when they were exposed. This doesn’t mean drinking a ton of black tea can reverse the lung damage smoking causes… But it does suggest protection from secondhand smoke and toxin exposure.9
5. Reduces Cell Death: When important cells start to deteriorate and die in your body, it means serious trouble. Conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Lou Gehrig’s disease. But black tea can help prevent neurodegenerative diseases…
A study from China found drinking it helped to lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Researchers observed that subjects who drank the most saw a 29% reduction in risk. Yet green tea didn’t have this effect. This means black tea’s compounds may be unique when it comes to protecting your brain.10
To get the most health benefits from black tea, drink it in its natural, organic state. Don’t buy the sweetened or flavored varieties. And don’t steep it for too long. This may minimize the health benefits. You can find quality black tea in most health stores and online.
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The leading cause of death for children between 1 year and 4 years of age is drowning. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there was an average of 3,533 fatal drownings annually in the U.S. from 2005 to 2009, and about one in five people who die from drowning are children 14 and younger. Through the business of selling and installing pool covers, AquaTech helps prevent these tragedies from occurring. We offer many different fabrics colors to match the theme of your backyard.
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Organic Beet Root Powder Scientific name: Beta vulgaris Introduction In ancient times, beets had elongated roots like carrots and the globular red beet we now eat was only hybridized about 300 years ago. Beets have the highest sugar content of all the vegetables and are becoming popularly used as a...
Organic Beet Root Powder
Scientific name: Beta vulgaris
In ancient times, beets had elongated roots like carrots and the globular red beet we now eat was only hybridized about 300 years ago. Beets have the highest sugar content of all the vegetables and are becoming popularly used as a sweetening substitute. Beet juice and beet powder are used to flavor carrot, celery, and other vegetable juices, and also to color a variety of foods. Beets, or at least the leaves of the beet, have been used since before recorded history. Charred beet roots were found among Neolithic remains at an excavation site in the Netherlands. The Sea beet, the ancestor of the modern cultivated beet, was probably domesticated somewhere along the Mediterranean. Both the roots and leaves have been used in folk medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments since the time of the Romans, who used them for fever and constipation. Hippocrates used the leaves as a binding for wounds. In the Talmud, the rabbis recommended "eating beet root, drinking mead, and bathing in the Euphrates" as part of a prescription for a long and healthy life. During the middle ages, Platina in his De Honesta (1460) noted that beet root was good for bad breath, especially "garlic breath".
Betaine (the same as the nutritional supplement trimethylglycine, not the same as betaine hydrochloride), and also alanine, alantoin, arginine, beta-carotene, calcium, fiber (about 10% by weight), GABA, glycine, histidine, magnesium, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), phosphorous, potassium, selenium, thiamine (vitamin B1), tryptophan, tyrosine, vitamin C, zinc, and, interestingly, although not in nutritionally significant amounts, zirconium.
The dried root, powdered. May be administered directly, whipped into a smoothie or drink, or sprinkled on food
1 or 2 teaspoons added to water or juice, 2-4 times daily. 1 teaspoon of powder provides the nutrition in 1 beet.
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