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Mobile operators of Ukraine and the European Union signed a new agreement. Seven Ukrainian and 20 European companies have already joined the initiative
Ukrainian and European operators of mobile and fixed communications have signed a new joint statement on coordinating efforts to ensure affordable roaming for Ukrainians in EU countries, which has been extended for the next six months, the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the field of electronic communications, radio frequency spectrum and postal services , reported connection
Seven Ukrainian operators have already joined the initiative – “Kyivstar”, Vodafone, lifecell, “Ukrtelecom”, Data Group, Vega Telecom and 3Mob, as well as 20 European ones.
The regulator noted that there is a direct relationship between the number of temporarily displaced persons and the number of roamers. So, at the beginning of 2022, their usual number was about 2 million per month, reaching a peak of 5 million in March. In June-December, the number of such subscribers in roaming was in the range of 3.9-4.4 million.
Implementation of the statement allowed Ukrainian operators to offer subscribers affordable roaming services in 25 EU states, as well as to cover non-EU countries.
The new statement is a continuation of the agreements that were reached within the framework of the previous agreement concluded on April 8, 2022, which has been in force for the past 9 months.
“Ukrainians will continue to be able to communicate with loved ones in the EU at affordable tariffs of the European free roaming zone ,” the Ministry of Statistics said .

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launched Widgets, an open invitation to developers to build fun and useful little applications that connect users to content.
“Widgets are basically whatever you want them to be,” said Pixoria founder Arlo Rose. Widgets are constructed via XML and can take advantage of user data, such as photos, Web content or system information. For example, the Seattle Traffic Cams Widget, built by Anthony Kirby, pulls images from the Washington state DOT Web site for the Puget Sound area. The eBay Feedback Watcher, created by William Warby, displays positive, negative and overall eBay
feedback ratings; when a new piece of feedback is posted, it displays the new feedback with a clickable link to the eBay item.
Widgets make Web services calls to APIs to receive content. The Pixoria purchase is part of a larger move by Yahoo to become a major platform for developers.
Yahoo developers are working to build APIs for most of Yahoo’s content, said Tony Schneider, vice president of the Yahoo Developer Network. “We already have a range of APIs, the same ones we’re opening up anyway through the developers network,” he said. “By combining them with Konfabulator, we make it a lot easier for people. You don’t have to know how to program. You can extend widgets using XML and have them start talking to other services.”
Yahoo Widgets launched with four pre-built mini-applications that reside on the desktop and connect to Yahoo content: a picture frame that connects to images stored on Yahoo’s Flickr photo service; a search box; a stock ticker; and an up-to-the-minute weather report. The Widget-building Konfabulator application is available as a free download.
“Yahoo is about to offer an amazing wealth of Web APIs for people to access Yahoo data form sources other than a Web page,” Rose said. “It will extend to just about every piece of property Yahoo has.”
Such strategies offer an open invitation to developers to make creative use of data from Yahoo. In some ways it hearkens back to the “push” desktop applications of the late 1990s, such as PointCast, which provided streaming news feeds into a small desktop window.
“There definitely are some parallels in the old push,” Schneider said. “The browser is a pull medium. If you do push right, it’s powerful.” While push media can be annoying, Schneider said, the advantage of Widgets is that “you can now make these things yourself; it’s not just whatever the company decides to push to you.”


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You drew your first breath and let out your first cry and had me mesmerised. I looked at you in wonderment and marvelled at how tiny you were. You were, and remain, so perfect and precious. I am captivated.
It was raining, cold and grey as I headed to Max’s lifestyle newborn shoot. Upon arriving, this little fella was curled up in the safety and warmth of his mothers arms. My heart melted instantaneously as I caught a glimpse of Max. Even though I was cold and these two doting parents had just moved in the house days before our shoot, there was a warmth in the house that made me feel so comfortable and at home.
I had such a wonderful time capturing details of Baby Max and his doting parents. I always feel so blessed that people bring me into there lives to capture such special milestones and every time I photograph a newborn, I am reminded just how quickly time passes and how babies grow up in a flash before our eyes.
Welcome to the world little one, you are loved immensely.

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Partial Closure of Shawnigan Lake - Mill Bay Road - DATE CHANGE
July 15, 2019
Due to a partial road closure of Shawnigan Lake - Mill Bay Road between July 15 and 19, 2019 inclusive, bus routes will be detouring via Shawnigan Lake Road and Cameron-Taggart Road.
There will be no drop off or pick up at the CVC bus stop on Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Road at the Royal Canadian Legion.
Please use the CVC drop off and pick up bus stops in Shawnigan Lake Village (at Shawnigan Lake Road and Shawnigan Lake – Mill Bay Road).
The bus stops on Shawnigan Lake - Mill Bay Road at Kerry Park will remain open.
Delays are expected as a result of the detour route via Cameron-Taggart Road.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. If you have any questions, please contact the Transit Info Line at 250.746.9899


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The Congolese start-up WapiMED has developed an e-health application to geolocate health professionals to facilitate access to care in the most remote areas.
Even today, in Africa, there is a glaring inequality in access to medical care. Pierre Jacquemot has also devoted one of his articles to the review Afrique Contemporaine entitled “Health systems in Africa and inequality in the face of care”. In particular, we learn that public health expenditure mainly benefits the affluent populations of cities due to the scarcity of health establishments, mainly located in cities, and the very high cost of the care provided. However, health is one of the major components of the development of these countries. Also, if hospitals and health personnel are so scarce in some African countries, it is also because many qualified doctors are leaving the continent in the direction of the West, in the face of inadequate public policies in this area. This is why in recent years, surfing on the mobile boom in Africa, many African start-ups intend to take up this issue of equal access to healthcare by developing solutions in terms of e-health within reach. social.
This is the case of WapiMED, founded in 2016 by José Zefu Kimpalou and Steve Nkashama, a mobile application offering a directory of African doctors based on geolocation. It includes various functions such as filtering according to its needs, detailed mapping, a route to follow to reach the centers. The application also collects all kinds of practical information and a rating system to encourage users to use the service. However, there is a major obstacle to the project. That of the digital divide. As the application only works under an Internet connection, it does not yet allow its services to be offered to the most isolated people. However, the founders are betting on an increasing use of smartphones and widespread access to the mobile Internet within a few years. The application is required to develop new services and enrich its offer, in particular by developing sms features. Because as the founders of WapiMed say: “access to quality healthcare should be a fundamental right and not a privilege”.

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text: For sale is a custom made Mark V action with Krieger Barrel chambered in 6mm-06 with 1-8 twist the contour is WBY supervarmit master the barrel is fluted and finished at 26 inches. The stock is from a Wetherby mark V 460 magnum and is French walnut with gloss finish. the action and barrel are Ceracoated in matte black the gun looks amazing and shoots 95gr Begers into a nice tight group. I'm getting 3100 FPS with this load and it has been fired about 120 rounds. Photos will be posted later. comes with RCBS dies and 50 rounds of brass may be loaded ammo I'll have to check. Price is $1800.00 Shipped to your FFL No Trades!

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As we trudge along this long, cold winter season, we need music that warms our spirits. This irresistible groove has you covered. Produced by John Caroll Kirby, the pianist mastermind behind work from Solange, Steve Lacy, and Frank Ocean, he creates an echo chamber of synths that's hard to resist.
Eddie Chacon was one-half of the duo Charles & Eddie back in the 1990s, but his revival for electronic, synth-driven R&B has drawn the attention of Stones Throw Records. His new album, Sundown, will release this spring in March.


There are some practicalities to consider when it comes to your dash cam. In terms of power, the standard is that dash cams connect to a vehicle’s 12-volt socket, automatically powering on and off based on when the socket receives power (typically, when the engine is on). Note that certain vehicles continuously provide power to 12-volt sockets, which may drain your vehicle’s battery if the dash cam is continually on.
Dash cam recordings tend to be stored on removable Micro SD cards. The maximum supported storage changes between dash cam brands and models, but you’ll still have to get the footage off the card to use it or free up storage space. More expensive dash cams may also include WiFi support, offering a wireless way to get footage off internal storage.
The larger the Micro SD card, the more footage you can store. Note that while dash cams are continuously recoding, it doesn’t mean they’re continuously saving footage, which can save you the hassle of frequently backing up or wiping footage to ensure you have enough when you need it. That said, some dash cams will continuously save footage in blocks and wipe over the oldest footage, which is why backing up is important if you want to keep older recordings.
Practically speaking, a 32GB memory card will capture around four or five hours of 1080p footage, which is a lot of breathing space for most driving distances. Depending on the model, a dash cam may save footage when you tell it to, or it may automatically save in the event of a collision.
The other big consideration, particularly in hotter parts of Australia, is maximum operating temperatures. Car interiors can reach temperatures much hotter than what’s recorded outside, especially in direct sunlight, so keep an eye out for temperature resilience if you want to avoid potentially damaging your dash cam.


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Starting next year Utrecht will receive 6 million euro to combat Moroccan criminal youth, according to Minister Hirsch Ballin.
The four big cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht receive 5 million now per year. The minister admits that it is alarmingly many Moroccan youth turn criminal. The money would be used to get the youth back on the right path.
Source: RTV Utrecht (Dutch)


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Saba Investments is an early stage venture capital fund structured to identify and cultivate untapped investment opportunities in the Rio Grande Innovation Corridor, stretching from Albuquerque to El Paso-Ciudad Juarez. Our investment approach is designed to tap into the entrepreneurial assets of the cross-border region, identify opportunities and invest in promising companies. Our investments prove that we can find these opportunities, and our mission is to create an ecosystem that is self sustaining and will scale over the long turn.
The Innovation Corridor, traditionally known for manufacturing is also rich in the talent and resources to required to build a world class technology ecosystem, including:
- Research and development institutions
- National labs
- Technology Hub in Juarez
- Pioneers 21 (formerly known as The Hub of Human Innovation)
- Caldwell Collaborative (MCA)
Taken together these resources give the Corridor the building blocks to create a sustainable tech ecosystem similar to those in Silicon Valley, Austin, New York, Boston and other high tech centers. The capital needed to seed these ventures is already present on both sides of the border, but the region has historically lacked an early stage fund dedicated to identifying opportunities, investing in them and nurturing those investments to fruition. That’s why Saba was founded and that’s what we do.
To invest in early stage companies that already have an established business model and revenues, focused on the Paso Del Norte region and can create value for our regional ecosystem.
• Saba looks to invest in early stage companies that have some kind of revenues and/or proven business model.
• Strong preference to have connections to the Region.
• Information Technology that have potential for large networks of engaged users, differentiated through user experience, and defensible through network effects.
• Medical device opportunities which can be enhanced by the strengths of the region.
• We limit our investment to $200,000 USD.
• We look for the CEO to be in place along with the initial leadership team.
• Specifically – No pharmaceutical opportunities
We Have the Expertise to Succeed
Saba understands the region’s technology space in a way that other investors can’t. We’re deeply connected in the region with a partner ecosystem that includes other early stage funds such as Verge Fund and innovation centers such as TechnologyHub in Ciudad Juarez, the Hub of Human Innovation, ABQId and other accelerators in the corridor. We know how to research investment prospects, identifying solid opportunities and our investments to date bear this out.
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Historic farmhouse to become art gallery
WORK has started on an historic farmhouse in Chorley to give it a new lease of life as an art gallery.
The 400-year-old Astley Farmhouse forms part of the town’s Astley Hall complex which is owned by Chorley Council.
We wanted create an exhibition space for community groups to use and display art works and hold workshops
Now the council is investing £130,000 to refurbish the Grade 2 listed building so that it can be opened up to community groups as an exhibition space.
Councillor Bev Murray, who oversees the Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery for Chorley Council, said: “The Farmhouse is an important old building within Astley Park which we’re refurbishing and bringing up to modern standards, without spoiling its character.
“We wanted create an exhibition space for community groups to use and display art works and hold workshops.
“Part of the building has been home to the Chorley branch of the Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society and the group will move back in once the work has been done. But the rest of the building has been empty for some years now, apart from a pop-up shop which used it last summer.
“We wanted to bring it properly back into use for exhibitions by local groups and it will also add to and improve the experience for visitors to Astley Hall by complementing the existing gallery and exhibition spaces we already have there. In fact, the first exhibition to be held in the newly refurbished Farmhouse will be a joint one by the Chorley Lodge Artists Society and the Chorley Photographic Society which is currently being planned for the summer.”
Speakman Contractors moved on site in January and expect to complete the work ready for the summer programme of arts. They’ve fitted a steel framework to stabilise the building, rewired throughout, opened up ground floor and first floor exhibition spaces and knocked a new doorway through facing the Coach House into the courtyard.
Councillor Alistair Bradley, Chorley Council leader, said: “We had originally planned to create the exhibition space just on the ground floor, however during the design stage we discovered significant additional work was needed and it was more cost effective for us to have it done all at the same time.
“It also means that the whole building is refurbished and modernised so that it can all be used in the future.”
The farmhouse dates back to the 17th century, or earlier and is one of the collection of buildings that formed the service area for Astley Hall. It’s older than the Coach House opposite, and is of considerably lower status as shown by the rough-hewn timbers found in the roof structure and now partly exposed in the first floor exhibition space.
The recent works have revealed the remnants of a timber frame which suggests the building was re-skinned in brick probably during the 18th century.
Apart from the re-skinning, the building has been greatly altered over the years with former cart door openings blocked up, door and window openings also closed and others created showing how the use of the building has evolved throughout its history.
Councillor Murray added: “These latest works we’re doing have been sympathetically designed to allow all the changes that have gone before to be clearly seen and will add yet another layer to its history.”


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Santorini Wedding Sunset cruise
Our Santorini Wedding Sunset cruise begins, with a stop to the Red Beach, for enjoying a refreshing swim, followed by a pleasant sail along the White Beach, Black Mountain and the big Light House, south of the Caldera.
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– Lunch or dinner with seafood, chicken fillet and salads (vegetarian meal available)
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Dr. Toshio Tatara
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Toshio Tatara, former Director of the National Center on Elder Abuse and pioneer in the field of elder abuse. Besides his many contributions to understanding and responding to elder abuse in the United States and Japan, he was a kind and gentle man, and a dear friend to all who knew him. He will be missed deeply.
Georgia J. Anetzberger, President
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
Dr. Toshio Tatara, Former Director of the National Center on Elder Abuse, INPEA Founding Member, long time Board member and Regional Rep for Asia, and recipient of the International Rosalie S. Wolf Memorial Award in Elder Abuse. Professor of Social Welfare, Shukutoku University College and Graduate School of Integrated Human and Social Welfare Studies, Chiba, Japan
Tatara, Ph.D., was a professor of social welfare at the Shukutoku University College and Graduate School of Integrated Human and Social Welfare Studies in Chiba, Japan. He was the research director of this university's Social Welfare Research Institute. Prior to moving back to Japan to accept the current position in April 1998, he was a child welfare supervisor at the Jackson County Department of Social Services in Wisconsin (July 1969 to August 1970); was a lecturer at the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research (October 1972 to May 1976); was a senior research associate (October 1976 to September 1977) and the director of the Research and Demonstration Department at the American Public Welfare Association (APWA) (October 1977 to March 1998), which became the American Public Human Service Association (APHSA) in 1998; and served as the director of the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) (October 1988 to March 1998), which was created by U.S. Congress and the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA). An R&D administrator, researcher, and educator with more than 30 years of professional experience in the human services field, Dr. Tatara has directed nearly 50 research, evaluation, and training projects of national significance in the United States and Japan; presented papers at many national and international conferences; served as a technical consultant for the federal government, state and local governments, and professional organizations; and testified several times before Congress. In addition to more than 80 technical reports and monographs that he has written for federal and state agencies and various funding organizations, Dr. Tatara is the author of over 90 articles, book chapters, and books published in the United States and Japan.


Girl’s Day‘s Hyeri recently revealed her complete before/after makeup transformation in a YouTube video.
On July 29, Hyeri updated her YouTube channel with the second episode of her reality program, Oh! Hyeri Day.
In this episode, Hyeri showed viewers the entire process of getting ready for her schedules. She began filming as soon as she came out of her house, with absolutely no makeup on her face.
She then headed straight to the salon to get her makeup done.
Hyeri’s makeup artist began working her magic…
And not long after, Hyeri’s makeup look was complete!
That wasn’t the end to Hyeri’s transformation, however, as she still had her hair and outfit left. She then headed off to get her hair done.
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Parishioners Pray for Priest's Return
Accusations of Sexual Abuse Haven't Swayed Many Church Members.
By Jennifer Garza
Sacramento Bee (California)
August 11, 2002
Since their priest left, they no longer have daily Mass at St. Joseph Parish in Lincoln.
Instead, shortly before 8 every weekday morning for the past two months, about 70 parishioners gather in the church sanctuary and say the rosary.
They pray for their priest. They pray for his health, his safety, but mostly they pray that the Rev. Vincent Brady will come back to lead their parish.
"We miss him terribly," said Jim Hobbs of Lincoln. "He is a holy man, a true man of God."
On June 14, Brady was removed as pastor of this small parish after he was accused for the second time of sexually abusing a minor, an incident that allegedly occurred more than 25 years ago. He was suspended from duty pending investigations by the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and law-enforcement authorities. The diocese review is ongoing, but prosecutors have finished their investigation and will not file charges.
Brady has denied the accusations to parishioners.
Some of the church's 600 members say he was the best priest they ever had and that he could never hurt anyone. They say Brady was a victim of the times, that he was unfairly removed and that church leaders turned their back on someone who served the diocese more than three decades. But they will not.
"He is a man of God, and it is terrible what has happened to him," said Jane Yanez, 58, of Rocklin, who spoke at a recent meeting of Brady supporters at the church. "The faithful have got to start speaking up."
Fellow parishioners applauded.
Brady, 59, is on a long-planned trip out of the country and could not be reached for comment.
Church officials say the investigation into the allegations against the priest is continuing and is expected to be finished in a few weeks. While no priest has yet to be appointed to replace Brady at St. Joseph, an administrator will take over his duties beginning today.
The Solano County District Attorney's Office, the county in which the incidents allegedly occurred, has reviewed the allegations. It has no plans to bring charges against Brady, according to a spokeswoman for the office.
"So what happens to him now?" asked Elaine Sanovich, 59, of Lincoln.
It has been two months since the nation's Catholic bishops voted overwhelmingly, at a historic meeting in Dallas, to adopt a sweeping policy aimed at protecting children from sexually abusive priests. They vowed to remove from public ministry any priest who has sexually abused a child "past, present and future."
Now, the impact of the bishops' decision is being felt at home.
At churches across the country, some priests and parishioners are now filled with conflicting emotions about that policy, questioning the fairness and the legality of the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People."
"I think in the abstract people think it's a good idea to remove priests who have hurt a child," said Thomas Reese, editor of America magazine, one of the leading Catholic publications in the United States. "But when it's your priest - someone you know and like and believe to be a good priest - then it's different."
Since Dallas, Reese has heard from parishioners from around the country.
Nationally, more than 50 priests have been removed from their parishes or have resigned from the ministry since the bishops adopted the policy in June. About 250 had been removed before the meeting.
Some priests and parishioners are fighting the policy. In Chicago, five accused priests have asked the Vatican to return them to duty. In Newark, N.J., hundreds of parishioners are pressuring their bishop to bring their priest back. In Maui, more than 900 parishioners signed a petition supporting their pastor.
"All of a sudden, some parishes are losing their priest because he may or may not have done something 20 or 30 years ago ... and people are angry," Reese said. "It just doesn't seem fair to remove someone they believe to be a good priest based on something that happened decades ago, or in some instances, based on allegations.
"But to be fair to the bishops ... this is what people told them they wanted."
Parishioners at St. Joseph say this is not what they wanted. They are angry and frustrated. They blame the media, church leaders and a policy that some of them say "is guilty until proven innocent."
And they worry about the impact this will have on Brady.
"I know for a fact that he is devastated," said Harilyn Reusche, 67, of Lincoln.
Parishioners have reached out to their former priest. Many talk to him regularly. Others send him notes. A few have had long talks with him.
Although he has served in the Sacramento diocese more than three decades, Brady had only been in Lincoln two years. But in that time, he bonded with parishioners who were impressed with his devotion to the liturgy as well as his skills as an administrator.
"The very best priest I've ever had," said Francis Donohoe, 79, of Lincoln.
His supporters say the accusations are completely out of character for the man they know.
They say he was the kind of priest who was so traditional that he didn't even allow announcements to be made during Mass. He worked late into the night and could often be found in his office on Wednesday, his day off. He was a tireless fund-raiser who led the campaign for a new church building.
And under Brady, there was always a daily Mass.
"He was faithful," said Bernadine Williams, 67, who lives across the street from the rectory.
Although he was friendly, many say he kept a distance.
"He was brief in his conversation," Sanovich said. "But he had that Irish wit that won people over."
Yet victims-rights advocates say abusers are often the people others would least suspect.
"It's not going to be the guy sitting by himself in the corner at a party looking creepy," said David Clohessy, national director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. "Usually, it's the guy throwing the party. That's how these pedophiles work ... and that's how they get away with it."
Clohessy, who was in Sacramento last week for meetings at the Capitol, said any priest who has been accused of sexually molesting a child - but not proven guilty - should be removed.
"I'd rather risk the reputation of one man than the safety of a child," Clohessy said.
Brady told his parishioners about the first allegations during a Saturday evening Mass on March 24. He said that in July 1999 he had been accused of sexual misconduct and that the incident allegedly happened in the early 1970s. After the accusation, he told them, he had been placed on a leave of absence, had undergone extensive counseling and "a confidential settlement had been arrived at." He vigorously denied the accusations.
The alleged victim, Susan Hoey-Lees, a landscape architect living in Washington state, cried when told of Brady's announcement. She said he was lying.
"I'd like him to say that to my face," she said at the time.
Hoey-Lees said the priest abused her from the time she was 11 years old until she was 16 while he was serving as an assistant pastor at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Vallejo in the 1970s. Her parents say they caught the priest in bed with their daughter but were too shocked to do anything about it. Hoey-Lees sued the Sacramento diocese and received a $350,000 confidential settlement that has since become public.
Brady continued to deny the allegations, and in an interview with The Bee said, "Basically, it's her word versus my word, her life versus my life."
An investigation by Sacramento diocese officials found Hoey-Lees' recollections to be plausible, though not provable to "a moral certitude."
On April 27, Brady circulated a three-page letter to parishion- ers in response to a Bee story about Hoey-Lee's allegations. Again, he denied those claims.
On Friday, June 14 - the second day of the bishops' Dallas meeting - Brady was removed from the Lincoln church after a second woman claimed that the priest molested her when she was a child more than 25 years ago. That woman has not been identified.
Parishioners say Brady told them about the second allegation at early morning Mass.
His eyes were red and he told parishioners that he had not slept the night before. He then told them that there had been a second allegation and that he had to leave the church immediately. He apologized for leaving them in the lurch.
"I cried. I felt so bad for him," said Williams. "The man I know is a holy man."
Church officials say they had to remove Brady.
"That is the policy," said the Rev. James Murphy, spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento. "And there's not much more I can say other than that the church investigation is ongoing."
Parishioners at St. Joseph want answers. Until then, they will continue meeting every weekday morning in the church sanctuary to say the rosary for their priest.
"I pray for the day Father Brady returns," Sanovich said.
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The Nether Dawn is Antony Milton?s ghost blues / sound sculpture project. ?Whiskey Mute-Down,? a reissue of a CD-R that originally came out on Milton?s own Pseudoarcana last year, is definitely ripe for wider markets. Its follow-up is due almost any day now. These six tracks operate in a spectral zone where multiple styles and influences come together as one deeply resonating sonic portal that reaches for those most elusive higher grounds.
There?s a tangible sense of calm and wonder in every second of this album. Two-part ?Evensong? bookends things with a gliding shimmer of reverb, ampbuzz, wind and rain that blossoms to the most ecstatic heights of sedated fuzz transcendence; it sounds like it was recorded on a wind swept beach somewhere with sounds of surf rushing and receding in the background, and suggests early Flying Saucer Attack at their conceptual best. ?Routes Through Gray Lands? opens with rustle of low machine noise as various tones are layered on top--a loan blues pluck, a muffled harmonica trill. Milton?s mastery of space and tension is what?s so apparent here as he conjures a deliberate and menacing fractured blues aura that could be likened to Jandek in a particularly impressionist mood. The extensive ?Passing (Aloft)? takes things to even more delirious heights as ambient tones accumulate beneath distant guitar notes and haunted bow streaks. It displays an enveloping serenity that far surpasses its minimalist origins and skirts the visionary realms of Loren Mazzacane Conners and Alastair Galbraith, and few others.
?If We Left in a High Storm? is a departure in the set, with its pulsing beat and corrosive fuzz drenched spoken word invoking the junta of early Xpressway tapes, particularly the first Dead C album, yet it somehow fits perfectly into this collection, and offers a strange counterpoint to the longer ambient pieces. What Milton has achieved here is a highly unique, visceral listening experience that manages to hum with a mechanical constancy as it flows with the most effluvial grace. It should appeal to anyone even remotely interested in ambient music or minimal sound sculpture, and of course, the blues. 9/10 -- Lee Jackson (3 October, 2005)


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The Oyo State government is set to collaborate with the Brazilian custodian of culture, Oba Awurela, Kabiyesi Sangokunle Adekunle Alayande, on the Black Heritage Day.
The state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, made this known while receiving Oba Awurela in his office, on Tuesday, declaring the Oyo State government’s readiness to parley with Brazil on promotion of culture and tourism.
Dr Olatunbosun lauded Oba Awurela for his plans to expand the frontiers of tourism in Oyo State, using culture as a tool, which will, in turn, boost revenue in the state.
Shedding light on the mapped-out strategies to drive tourism in the state, through cultural heritage, the commissioner called for further international investment and cooperation to harness the state’s tourism potential.
Oba Awurela, a paternal descendant of Awe in Oyo, said that his mission was to propagate the image of his paternal household and further build cultural ties between Oyo State and Brazil.
The monarch also the sought collaboration of the Oyo State government in the celebration of Brazilian Black Heritage Day, otherwise known as ‘Searchie November,’ which is a yearly celebration to commemorate Brazil’s freedom from the Europeans.
Speaking further on the existing cultural integration, Oba Awurela said that Brazil and all Diasporans in South America have an academy that integrates religion and cultural heritage.
He spoke of the plan to create Oyo Empire in Brazil, which will be known as ‘Oyotedo.’

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Ryanair is at it again. The budget airline that is notorious for clobbering customers with charges for everything from card transactions to checking in has increased its fee for checked-in baggage by £5 for each journey. The cost of checking a bag into the hold will now be £40 for a return flight during July and August, when, try as it may, no family can travel for a fortnight on hand luggage alone.
However, Ryanair is by no means the only company in the tourist industry finding ways to wangle extra cash from holidaymakers during the peak summer season. Here Times Money highlights the ten sneaky charges that you need to watch out for before you head off on your trip.
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A grand opening ceremony for Windsor’s new $5.6- million Via rail train station took place Friday, but government and company officials indicated afterwards any further upgrades to rail service in the popular corridor stretching to Toronto won’t come soon.
‘”It’s not in our immediate future,” said Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, chief legal and corporate affairs officer for Via, who indicated the company’s primary focus will be the Toronto to Montreal corridor.
There has been a push in recent years for “higher speed” rail service in the Toronto to Windsor corridor for local customers to access. A Via passenger connection to Detroit through the planned double-stack Detroit River rail tunnel has also often been talked about.
But the number of customers annually choosing to use Via’s passenger service in Windsor has dropped drastically over the past decade from just over 300,000 down to about 210,000 affecting company finances and decision-making, Desjardins-Siciliano said.
The focus will be on getting more passengers in the Toronto to Montreal stretch in the belief, should that occur, rail passenger traffic will next spill over in greater numbers east beyond Montreal and west stretching down to Windsor, he said.
Passenger rail service continues to struggle in this area because North America remains a “car culture” society which has forced all levels of government to invest more into roads, he said.
But traffic congestion and escalating gas prices are quickly changing the transportation landscape, Desjardins-Siciliano said.
“There is no more room to build highways and gas is up to $1.40 per litre,” he said. “Public transportation may start to be a better option – provided it doesn’t feel like a step down from using your car.”
He believes Windsor’s new train station is part of that change customers are seeking.
“We believe modern facilities which offer wi-fi, plus wi-fi on board, which you don’t get in a car, will add travellers,” he said.
The new local train station opened to customers and rave reviews over two months ago. It replaced the former 1950s era station in essentially the same location off Walker Road which had long been criticized as an eyesore, cramped and embarrassing. It has already been demolished.
The design of the new train station is essentially a duplicate of Windsor’s new downtown bus station – with one notable exception. The entire roof is glass panes giving the station an open, bright appearance.
“We are hoping it will resume (Via’s) importance with passengers based on value of the investment, comfort it offers and modernity it brings to Windsor,” Desjardins-Siciliano said.
The federal government’s top priority by far is getting construction completed on the $1-billion Detroit River International Crossing bridge, said Canada’s Minister of State Steven Fletcher, who attended the train station ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“We are very keen on the DRIC bridge,” he said. “We are willing to essentially pay for the entire bridge just to get it done.
More passenger rail investment locally is “further down the road,” Fletcher said.
“We have been really focused in the bridge first,” he said. “Let’s do that and then move on to other initiatives.”
Another obstacle for Via, is that movement of freight trains is often a priority in Canada, he said. The excessive cost of high-speed rail in this corridor has also been ruled for now by the federal government.
“For Windsor to Quebec, we have studied that and it would cost $50 billion in today’s dollars, Fletcher said. “If you are talking high-speed, that’s beyond what any government can afford.”


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For this Application Assignment, review this week’s Learning Resources including the Chronic Disease and Autoimmune Disease sections of the “Stress, The Immune System, Chronic Illness, and Your Body” handout. Then select an illness that has a high co-occurrence with depression. Finally, consider teaching strategies that may reduce the effects of the stress related-illness.
The Assignment (3–5 page APA-formatted essay)
Describe the connection between depression and the illness you selected and explain the factors of the disease you selected that account for its high co-occurrence with depression.
Explain the role of stress hormones and inflammation in this depression related illness
Explain at least three teaching strategies that might reduce the effects of the stress related-illness you select.
Explain the methods you might use to encourage the adoption these strategies to reduce the effects of the stress related-illness.

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Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 2023 -- Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP is honored that the firm and three of our attorneys are recognized and ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2023 for Private Wealth Law in Ohio.
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abstract: Pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can be challenging to diagnose and manage. Patients typically present with nonspecific symptoms, such as cough and fever, and they often have underlying lung disease, which further complicates both diagnosis and treatment. To avoid treating pseudoinfection, the diagnosis should be based on a combination of the history and results of physical examination, radiographic imaging, and smears and cultures of at least 3 sputum samples. Occasionally, it is necessary to perform bronchoalveolar lavage or obtain tissue via transbronchial or open lung biopsy for histopathology and to assess for tissue invasion. Treatment involves a long course of often costly multiple antimycobacterial drugs. However, treatment with the second-generation macrolides, clarithromycin and azithromycin, has significantly improved cure rates for specific NTM infections. (J Respir Dis. 2007;28(1):7-18)
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are important potential causes of pulmonary disease. Since NTM are not spread person-to-person, they do not present the public health threat of tuberculosis; they can, however, cause significant morbidity and even mortality. NTM are diverse, causing both pulmonary and nonpulmonary disease in a wide variety of hosts.
NTM pulmonary infections can be very difficult to manage and even more difficult to cure, and the incidence is reported to be increasing. In this article, we focus on NTM pulmonary infections in HIV-negative patients, discussing the causes, diagnostic assessment, and current and future therapies.
NTM comprise over 100 species of environmental, commensal, and potentially pathogenic bacteria. They are diverse in their microbiologic properties and their ability to cause infection in humans. Runyon1 classified NTM in the late 1950s based on criteria of growth, morphology, and pigmentation. However, the Runyon Classification System is rarely used today (except as a tool for the microbiologist) because of its lack of clinical utility. The clinical presentation of NTM infection and antimicrobial susceptibilities of pathogenic NTM vary by species; it is therefore more relevant to identify clinical isolates to the species level.
Although relatively few NTM are known to result in disease, the incidence of infections has been increasing. In 1979 to 1980, one third of all mycobacterial isolates in the United States were NTM. However, in 1991 to 1992, there were more cases of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection than there were of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.2
For the past 2 decades, published reports and public health surveillance data have suggested an increase in the prevalence of NTM disease.3,4 This increase probably has a multifactorial cause that includes the rise of disseminated MAC infection in patients with AIDS, an increased awareness of the diagnosis among clinicians, and improved diagnostic laboratory techniques. Unlike tuberculosis, infection with NTM is not a reportable disease in the United States; exact incidence rates are therefore unknown, making NTM surveillance difficult.
Pulmonary infections with NTM are challenging to diagnose, in part because of difficulties in distinguishing infection from colonization. They are difficult to treat because of the prolonged length of treatment required, the need for multiple antimycobacterial drugs, increasing rates of antibiotic resistance, drug interactions, and the tendency of patients with pulmonary NTM disease to have underlying lung pathology.
Because of their ubiquitous nature, NTM may colonize the airways without causing disease, thereby complicating the clinical picture. Mycobacteria are quite common in the environment and are readily found in water and soil; it has been reported that 38% of drinking water distribution systems in the United States are colonized with NTM.5
The NTM that most commonly cause pulmonary disease, in decreasing order, are MAC, Mycobacterium kansasii, and rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). Species that occasionally cause pulmonary disease include Mycobacterium malmoense, Mycobacterium xenopi, Mycobacterium szulgai, Mycobacterium simiae, Mycobacterium celatum, Mycobacterium asiaticum, Mycobacterium shimodii, Mycobacterium haemophilum, and Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Although diverse, NTM do share some attributes. They are common environmental colonizers that show no evidence of person-to-person transmission; they tend to produce chronic lung infection; and the infections that result from NTM, like all mycobacterial infections, must be treated with multidrug therapy.
Because of the difficulty in diagnosing true NTM pulmonary infection, diagnostic criteria were developed by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to evaluate patients with suspected NTM pulmonary disease (Table 1).2 These criteria are most specific for the diagnosis of infection with MAC, M kansasii, and Mycobacterium abscessus, but they may also be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary infections with other NTM species.
The most common NTM to cause pulmonary disease are members of MAC, which includes M avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare. Older estimates suggested a prevalence of 1.1 per 100,000 persons in the United States, with the highest numbers in the southeastern states.2 Since the late 1990s, the prevalence of MAC infection appears to have increased. However, like other NTM infections, MAC infection is not a reportable disease and no current reliable estimates are available.
MAC is very common in the environment, colonizing soil and particularly water, which are the likely sources of human pulmonary colonization and infection. Pulmonary MAC infection is acquired by inhalation of aerosolized mycobacteria. It is a relatively avirulent microbe in an immunocompetent host, predominantly affecting patients with previously damaged lungs or chest wall defects.
Impaired pulmonary clearance mechanisms seem to play a role in leading from colonization to infection. Patients infected with MAC frequently have underlying lung disease resulting from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, prior tuberculosis, bronchogenic carcinoma, chronic aspiration, or pneumoconiosis. One study reported that more than half of patients with pulmonary MAC disease had scoliosis and 27% had pectus excavatum.6
Clinically, MAC infection produces nonspecific symptoms, including chronic cough with variable sputum production, fatigue, malaise, and dyspnea. Fever, hemoptysis, and weight loss are seen less frequently. The classic presentation of pulmonary MAC disease is a subacute illness in middle-aged to elderly white men who are smokers with underlying lung disease (Table 2). Chest radiographs typically show nodular or cavitary infiltrates, predominantly in the upper lobes (Figure 1). A CT scan may reveal bronchiectasis. Pulmonary MAC infection more often leads to bilateral disease and cavitates more frequently than does tuberculosis.
Another presentation of pulmonary MAC disease has been described in predominantly middle-aged to elderly, nonsmoking white women with no underlying lung pathology. This presentation is often referred to as "Lady Windermere syndrome," implying that the pathogenesis is related to habitual cough suppression.7 Patients report chronic cough, sometimes for years, without constitutional symptoms, such as fever and weight loss. Chest radiographs may not show changes early in the disease, which often leads to a delay in diagnosis. Later in the clinical course, characteristic radiographic changes include persistent lingular or right middle lobe nodular infiltrates and bronchiectasis (Figure 2).
A third pulmonary syndrome associated with MAC, commonly referred to as "hot tub lung disease," is seen in people who inhale aerosolized MAC from pools of heated water colonized with MAC. This syndrome is considered to be a form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis; patients present with clinical and radiographic features that are very similar to those of hypersensitivity pneumonitis from other causes. Patients mainly complain of dyspnea and dry cough. Imaging reveals a combination of diffuse, bilateral alveolar or nodular infiltrates and ground-glass changes.8
MAC is also frequently isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis. Whether MAC contributes to progressive bronchiectasis or simply colonizes the damaged airways in these patients is unclear. One study suggests that progressive changes on high-resolution CT scans correlate with clinical decline in patients who have cystic fibrosis and, therefore, high-resolution CT can be an adjunctive tool in determining whether antimycobacterial therapy should be initiated.9
Less commonly, MAC can present as a solitary pulmonary nodule with no symptoms.10 Diagnosis in patients who have this presentation is usually made after surgical resection or biopsy for suspected malignancy. A tissue sample should be sent for culture and histopathologic examination, with special stains to look for acid-fast bacilli and the presence of granulomatous inflammation.
The diagnosis of pulmonary MAC disease is challenging because of the ubiquity of the organism in the environment, indolent nature of the disease, nonspecific symptoms, and lack of a single definitive test to differentiate colonization from active infection. MAC frequently colonizes the airways of patients with chronic lung diseases that may be predisposing factors for MAC infection; it is often difficult to differentiate MAC infection from these diseases. MAC can also be an environmental contaminant of sputum cultures in the laboratory. ATS criteria should be used to assist the clinician in differentiating between true MAC pulmonary infection and pseudoinfection.
As with all mycobacterial infections, pulmonary MAC disease requires multidrug therapy. With the increased availability of the extended-spectrum macrolides, clarithromycin and azithromycin have become the cornerstones of MAC treatment. Macrolide-containing regimens have significantly improved cure rates to up to 90%; this is in contrast to the sputum conversion rates of only 50% and the 20% to 30% relapse rates that occurred in the pre-macrolide era.11,12
Although these newer macrolides have potent anti-MAC activity, monotherapy leads to the development of resistance and therapeu- tic failure; it is therefore not rec- ommended. Combination therapy should include a newer macrolide, ethambutol, and a rifamycin (Table 3). In addition, intermittent streptomycin is recommended for the first 2 months of therapy in severe disease.
The appropriate duration of therapy has not been well established. In the pre-macrolide era, prolonged courses with a minimum of 18 to 24 months of therapy were considered standard. However, initial studies using clarithromycin-based regimens reported good clinical response with few relapses using 12 months of continued therapy beyond sputum conversion to negativity.11 Based on those studies, we recommend a minimum of 12 months of therapy after sputum cultures become negative; as with all NTM infections, however, treatment courses should be individualized.
All previously untreated MAC isolates are presumed to be susceptible to macrolides, and baseline drug susceptibility testing is not routinely recommended. Resistance to clarithromycin can develop and pose a significant challenge to effective therapy. Patients who continue to have positive sputum cultures after 6 months of therapy with a macrolide-containing regimen should be evaluated for macrolide resistance.
A clarithromycin minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 8 µg/mL or less should be considered susceptible, and an MIC of 32 µg/mL or greater should be considered resistant. All clarithromycin-resistant isolates should be considered re- sistant to azithromycin. Susceptibility testing for other antimicrobial agents, such as rifamycins, ethambutol, amikacin, and fluoroquinolones, has not been shown to correlate with clinical response and is therefore not recommended.2
There is no consensus regarding the optimal regimen in patients with macrolide resistance or intolerance. We recommend a 4-drug combination of a rifamycin; ethambutol; a fluoroquinolone; and an aminoglycoside, preferably streptomycin. Among the fluoroquinolones, moxifloxacin appears to have superior activity in vitro compared with ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin, although clinical data are lacking.13 Surgery may be considered in localized, cavitary disease or when medical therapy has failed.
Hot tub lung disease is managed in a manner similar to that of other forms of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Avoidance of sources of exposure and a short course of corticosteroids are usually effective in controlling symptoms. Rarely, a brief course of adjunctive anti-MAC therapy may be considered.
Patients with NTM infection should be assessed by obtaining monthly sputum specimens for cultures while they are receiving therapy, and periodically thereafter, to monitor for relapses. Patients should be counseled regarding the importance of compliance with medications to prevent resistance. In addition, close follow-up is required to evaluate for drug-related adverse effects and to minimize drug interactions.
Despite the expansion of available therapy for MAC and other NTM infections, the need for a long course of multidrug therapy, which is often poorly tolerated, makes the management of these infections potentially complex. Patients may benefit from consultation with a subspecialist and/or treatment at specialized centers.
The second most frequent NTM to cause pulmonary disease in the United States is M kansasii, a slow-growing mycobacterium. M kansasii is found in an inverted-T distribution from California to Florida and from Texas to Illinois.14 Water systems in urban settings are the main reservoir. In one hospital, the organism was isolated from 57% of faucets.15 Patients who are susceptible to M kansasii tend to be older men, often with underlying lung disease. However, as many as 50% of patients have no known risk factors for infection.16
Clinically, patients present with symptoms and signs suggestive of tuberculosis, including fever, chest pain, cough with or without hemoptysis, night sweats, and weight loss. The diagnosis is based on standard ATS criteria. However, a culture positive for M kansasii, compared with other NTM, is more likely to represent infection than colonization.17
Radiographs show cavitary lesions, typically in the upper lobes, in 54% to 95% of cases. Many have described the cavities as having thinner walls than those seen in cases of tuberculosis (Figure 3).16 Lower lobe disease and normal radiographs are rare.
M kansasii has in vitro susceptibility to isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, ethionamide, streptomycin, and clarithromycin. M kansasii has sometimes been noted to be resistant to isoniazid and streptomycin; however, this is based on susceptibility testing of M tuberculosis. Therefore, these results should not be taken into consideration when making treatment decisions about M kansasii.
Regimens that include rifampin have lowered relapse rates from 10%18 to about 1%19; they should be used whenever possible. Administration of isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol for 18 months is the standard regimen for treatment. However, patients should be treated until sputum cultures have been negative for 12 months. Intermittent clarithromycin in combination with ethambutol and rifampin has been used, but this regimen is based on uncontrolled data and cannot be recommended.20
The first case of lung disease caused by an RGM was reported in 1933, in a young woman with achalasia who presented with pulmonary infiltrates. There are more than 20 species of saprophytic RGM; the 3 most clinically significant--Mycobacterium fortuitum,Mycobacterium chelonae, and M abscessus--are classified collectively in the M fortuitum complex. This complex is composed of the M fortuitum group and the M chelonae group, a separation that is important for diagnosis and treatment.
These 2 groups show significant differences in pathogenicity and antimicrobial susceptibility; for example, M chelonae is more resistant to antibiotics. About 80% of RGM pulmonary infections are caused by M abscessus.21 Other RGM that rarely cause pulmonary disease include Mycobacterium immunogenum,Mycobacterium mucogenicum, and Mycobacterium goodii.
Like other NTM, RGM are ubiquitous in the environment and have been recovered readily from water, including treated drinking water, and from soil. Colonization of water supplies in the hospital setting is common, leading to both nosocomial infection and contamination with pseudoinfection. In the United States, most cases have occurred in southern coastal states, particularly in the southeast.
True RGM pulmonary infection is often found in older, otherwise healthy nonsmoking women. However, it also frequently occurs in those with underlying lung disease. There is also a predisposition to infection in those with an esophageal motility disorder, such as achalasia. M abscessus is a relatively pathogenic organism, so obtaining a single culture of M abscessus has a higher positive predictive value for true infection than does obtaining a culture positive for other RGM.
Griffith and colleagues21 conducted the largest review to date of the clinical presentation of RGM pulmonary disease, reviewing 154 cases over a 15-year period. Most patients had never smoked (66%) and were female (65%), with a mean age of 60 years. The most common presenting symptom was cough (96%) with sputum production, and approximately one third had hemoptysis.
Other common features of RGM infection on presentation include fever, weight loss, and dyspnea, although constitutional symptoms tend to be less frequent and severe than those seen with tuberculosis. The vast majority of patients experience an indolent clinical course, with a slow progression of symptoms over months to years.
Typical findings on chest radiographs are interstitial, mixed interstitial-alveolar, and reticulonodular infiltrates. Cavitation occurs in only about 15% of cases. Disease often involves the upper lobes, particularly in patients with previous upper lobe mycobacterial infection or bronchiectasis. It is frequently multilobar, involving more than 3 lobes in more than 50% of cases. In about 75% of cases there is bilateral pulmonary disease.
RGM are resistant to the typical antituberculosis agents, such as isoniazid and rifampin. It is recommended that susceptibility testing be performed on all clinically relevant isolates, using the following panel of antibiotics: clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, cefoxitin, amikacin, imipenem, linezolid, and a sulfonamide. M fortuitum tends to be more susceptible than M abscessus to the oral agents, making the management of M fortuitum infection relatively less complicated and increasing the potential for cure.
Patients with M fortuitum pulmonary infection should be treated with a minimum of 2 oral agents. In general, treatment for 6 to 12 months is adequate for achieving a cure, depending on the severity of illness, presence of underlying immune compromise, and time to resolution of symptoms.
However, M abscessus tends to be susceptible only to parenteral agents, such as amikacin and imipenem, or newer macrolides. Monotherapy with an oral macrolide is insufficient and may lead to resistance.
The requirement for an additional parenteral antibiotic makes long-term treatment difficult. Inhaled aminoglycosides, particularly amikacin, have been used, but this practice is without empiric support. As a result of these limitations, clinicians often intermittently treat symptomatic exacerbations with short-course, multidrug parenteral regimens, never achieving a cure.
If the organism is susceptible, a macrolide may be combined with an oral fluoroquinolone to treat M abscessus infection. Although M chelonae has a similar susceptibility profile, linezolid inhibits some isolates in vitro22 and may present an option for oral therapy for disease caused by this species. However, there is little clinical experience with this antibiotic in treating RGM infection. Extended courses of therapy with linezolid are expensive and commonly cause cytopenias, which may limit its use.
First isolated in Malmo, Sweden, M malmoense is the second most common pulmonary NTM in Scandinavia. It is fairly uncommon in the United States, occurring mostly in the southern Atlantic states. Risk factors include male gender and underlying lung disease, usually as a result of tobacco use or previous tuberculosis. Clinically, M malmoense infection resembles active tuberculosis. In one study, 74% of patients with M malmoense infection had cavitary disease.23
M malmoense is sensitive to rifampin, ethambutol, and streptomycin; resistance to isoniazid has been reported. Treatment is usually an 18-month course of isoniazid (300 mg once daily), rifampin (600 mg once daily), and ethambutol (25 mg/kg for 2 months, followed by 15 mg/kg)--although 4-drug regimens have been used. The newer macrolide agents are likely very useful, but clinical data are lacking.
This organism was first isolated from skin granulomas of an African toad (Xenopus laevis) in 1959; however, it was not identified as a potential human pathogen until 1965, when it was identified in the sputum of a man with underlying COPD and new respiratory symptoms. Like other NTM, M xenopi is ubiquitous in the environment; its primary niche is water.
This organism has been cultured from the water supplies of hospitals as well as from domestic tap water and showerheads. It is an obligate thermophile and tends to colonize systems that include hot-water heaters. An association with water in natural reservoirs has also been shown, because case clusters tend to occur near coastal regions. Although M xenopi is one of the most common NTM pathogens in the coastal United Kingdom and in Ontario,24 it is infrequently isolated in the United States.
In the 1990s, the number of reported M xenopi pulmonary infections increased in the United States.25,26 Some experts have proposed that this is attributable to the increased number of immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV/AIDS or solid organ transplant recipients. There is a strong temporal association between the growing number of immunocompromised patients and the rise of M xenopi. However, some researchers have proposed that the increased incidence simply reflected the heightened surveillance and the use of more sensitive laboratory techniques.25
M xenopi infection tends to occur in patients who are immunosuppressed, either because of systemic immune compromise or an alteration of local host defense mechanisms in the respiratory tract. M xenopi has low pathogenicity. In non-HIV-infected patients, respiratory infection typically occurs in older persons with underlying lung disease. Other predisposing conditions include diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, and malignancy.
Like other NTM, M xenopi frequently causes pseudoinfection. This can occur as a result of respiratory colonization; the colonization of hospital water supplies or of diagnostic instruments, such as bronchoscopes27; and laboratory contamination. In most clinical scenarios with positive cultures from sputum, M xenopi is considered a nonpathogen. However, it can be difficult to distinguish true pulmonary disease from pseudoinfection. In addition, those who are predisposed to colonization may have significant signs, symptoms, and radiographic changes, all of which are caused solely by progression of underlying pulmonary disease.
Patients infected with M xenopi present with a subacute illness that is often very similar to active pulmonary tuberculosis. Classic symptoms include fever, night sweats, weight loss, dyspnea, and productive cough. Hemoptysis may be present. The onset of symptoms is insidious, and symptoms may wax and wane over several months.
The typical radiographic presentation also mimics pulmonary tuberculosis, appearing as apical cavitary disease. Nodular infiltrates have been reported as well.28 Patients with HIV infection are less likely to demonstrate radiographic abnormalities, particularly cavitary disease.29
Some microbiology laboratories are unfamiliar with the laboratory characteristics of M xenopi because of its relatively rare occurrence in the United States. M xenopi is most often confused with MAC because of their biochemical and morphologic similarities. Unlike M avium, however, M xenopi is an obligate thermophile that grows optimally at temperatures between 42°C (107.6°F) and 45°C (113°F).30 If a specimen is smear-positive but demonstrates no growth, the laboratory should also incubate the sample at the higher temperature. Another distinguishing characteristic of M xenopi is its 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence, which does not allow MAC-specific probes to detect M xenopi.
Because of the frequency of pseudoinfection, a single positive culture of M xenopi with a low organism load from a sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid specimen is not diagnostic. Instead, ATS criteria for the diagnosis of pulmonary NTM infection should be used. If tissue is obtained, M xenopi reveals acid-fast bacilli with necrotizing and nonnecrotizing granulomas on histologic examination.
Randomized controlled trials of antimicrobial therapy for M xenopi infection are lacking. Although optimal therapy has not been established, several multidrug regimens have been used with variable success. In the pre-macrolide era, standard antituberculosis therapy with isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol was used most often; however, isoniazid is probably not an important component of therapy.
In vitro data and clinical experience suggest that adding a newer macrolide, such as clarithromycin, may be effective. Most patients should be treated with a combination of a macrolide, rifampin or rifabutin, and ethambutol. Some experts recommend adding streptomycin to this regimen, although its contribution is unclear. Some fluoroquinolones show promise in vitro against M xenopi but are not currently considered to be part of standard therapy. On occasion, surgical resection has been shown to be a useful adjunct to antimicrobial therapy, particularly with refractory, single-lobe disease.
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During the ‘00s, there were lots of shows that aired on TV. However, one of the most memorable ones was probably ‘Star Circle Quest.’
It was a reality-based talent competition show that featured ten “questors” who underwent talent training, physical enhancement, and different challenges to challenge their talents skills.
It was not just Sandara Park and Hero Angeles who stood out. There was also the love team of Roxanne Guinoo and Joross Gamboa.
However, the two’s star didn’t shine as bright Roxanne left showbiz early, while Joross also dropped from the spotlight.
Kami reported that Roxanne chose love she married a Filipino-Chinese businessman by the name of Angelo Elton Yap in 2011.
According to the source, the couple’s marriage was controversial because Roxanne was 24-years-old, while Angelo was only 21.
In the Philippines, it was considered a daring move because speculations could arise it could be that the bride was pregnant even before the ceremony.
However, the two didn’t give up and tied the knot in 2011. Their relationship was such a controversy that Tim Yap, Angelo’s cousin, have even appeared on ‘The Buzz’ in order to defend his cousin.
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The IRS just released a Special Edition today that provides guidance on prepaying and deducting 2018 state and local property taxes in 2017.
The announcement states that prepaying these taxes in 2017 for 2018 property taxes will be allowed as a deduction if:
•The real property taxes have been assessed prior to 2018, AND
•The taxpayer pays the tax before 2018.
The IRS provided two examples as follows:
Example 1: Assume County A assesses property tax on July 1, 2017 for the period July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018. On July 31, 2017, County A sends notices to residents notifying them of the assessment and billing the property tax in two installments with the first installment due Sept. 30, 2017 and the second installment due Jan. 31, 2018. Assuming taxpayer has paid the first installment in 2017, the taxpayer may choose to pay the second installment on Dec. 31, 2017, and may claim a deduction for this prepayment on the taxpayer’s 2017 return.
Example 2: County B also assesses and bills its residents for property taxes on July 1, 2017, for the period July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018. County B intends to make the usual assessment in July 2018 for the period July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019. However, because county residents wish to prepay their 2018-2019 property taxes in 2017, County B has revised its computer systems to accept prepayment of property taxes for the 2018-2019 property tax year. Taxpayers who prepay their 2018-2019 property taxes in 2017 will not be allowed to deduct the prepayment on their federal tax returns because the county will not assess the property tax for the 2018-2019 tax year until July 1, 2018.
Therefore, be very careful in deciding whether your local assessor allows for prepayment of taxes. In example 2 above, the county allowed for prepayment for the 2018-2019 property tax, however, this tax would not be formally assessed until July 1, 2018. In this case, there is no deduction allowed for prepaying the tax before 2018.
As has been mentioned in this post and by us in various media outlets, the restriction on deducting state and local property taxes only applies to your personal residence or other personal real property taxes. You are always allowed to deduct 100% of real estate taxes on Schedule E, Schedule F or Form 4835 for assessed taxes. These are "business" real estate taxes. There has been no change in the deduction of these taxes.
However, the guidance that the IRS released regarding the timing of the deduction would still apply. The deduction for any real estate tax is only allowed if it has been assessed.
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