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Measuring Caffeine Levels in Blood Might Help Diagnose Early Parkinson’s, Study Suggests
Low levels of blood caffeine and its metabolites may help identify patients with early Parkinson’s disease, according to new research. The findings are consistent with caffeine’s neuroprotective effects, previously observed in neurodegenerative diseases.
The study, “Serum caffeine and metabolites are reliable biomarkers of early Parkinson disease,” was published in the journal Neurology. The work was conducted by researchers at the Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan.
A large number of epidemiological studies report a dose-responsive, inverse relationship between coffee/caffeine consumption and the risk of developing Parkinson’s. However, little is known about caffeine metabolism in Parkinson’s patients.
With that in mind, the team recruited 108 Parkinson’s patients without memory problems plus 31 age-matched healthy people as controls, and investigated their blood caffeine (and 11 of its metabolites) levels and whether there were mutations in their caffeine-related genes.
Both groups consumed the same amount of caffeine (about two cups of coffee a day).
Results showed that even early-onset Parkinson’s patients had significantly lower levels of caffeine and nine of its metabolites in their blood, compared to the control group. This was found to be unrelated to total caffeine intake or the severity of the disease.
“If these results can be confirmed, they would point to an easy test for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s, possibly even before symptoms are appearing. This is important because Parkinson’s disease is difficult to diagnose, especially at the early stages,” David G. Munoz, MD, of the University of Toronto in Canada, who wrote an editorial accompanying the study, said in a news release.
A statistical analysis revealed that this simple blood test was able to reliably identify Parkinson’s patients.
“Likewise, caffeine concentrations in patients with [Parkinson’s disease] with motor complications were significantly decreased compared with those without motor complications,” the team wrote.
When looking at the caffeine-associated genes, researchers reported no differences between Parkinson’s patients and healthy subjects.
Despite the promising results, this is a relative small study which needs to be replicated at a larger scale.
As part of the study’s limitations, people with severe Parkinson’s were not included, making it difficult to detect a relationship between disease severity and blood caffeine levels. Also, all Parkinson’s patients were medicated for the disease, which could influence caffeine metabolism, and thus the study results.


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France: Composite PMI moderates in April; rests just above contractionary territory
April 23, 2015
The composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) elaborated by Markit moderated in April, inching down from 51.5 to 50.2. As a result, the composite PMI fell closer to the 50-threshold that separates expansion from contraction in business activity, although signaling expansion for the third consecutive month.
According to Markit, the reading signaled “an easing in the rate of expansion of private sector output to near-stagnation in April.” The result came on the back of a weaker growth in service sector activity than in the previous month, combined with a sharper decrease in manufacturing activity. Growth in services was marginal and marked a three-month low. Markit reported that new business growth also moderated and recorded the smallest pace of expansion in three month. Moreover, new export orders in the manufacturing sector continued to contract in April and reached a six-month low. Meanwhile, employment rose for the second consecutive month, but the increase remains marginal.
Markit concluded that, “[o]utput growth stuttered almost to a halt in April, signaling a continuation of the moribund economic environment in France. New business growth weakened despite a further marked fall in prices charged, highlighting the competitive challenge facing French companies.”
Author: Eric Denis , Economist

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For over a century, American suburbs have been growing inexorably outward from central cities. Following World War II, this growth accelerated to the point where metropolitan regions in the United States now can have a 50- to 60-mile (80- to 96-km) radius. This ever-widening spread of suburbia seems to have continued through the past decade, if 2010 Census data serve as any indication. This, however, is not the whole story, and a closer look at facts on the ground suggest that the growth of the suburbs—now stalled by the housing bust—may in fact be winding down. If true, this would be a major and arguably a very beneficial shift in American urban development.
The traditional way of looking at the suburbs is to think of them like the growth rings of a tree. According to data from the 2010 Census, both the outer and inner suburban rings are where the action was in the past decade; in between them, the mature middle suburban ring grew more slowly. Will these trends continue? Will the outer suburbs continue to grow once housing markets recover? Will the move to the inner suburbs continue, or is the urge to live closer in but a flash in the pan?
USA Today recently reported on an analysis of suburban rings using 2010 Census data by Robert Lang, an urbanologist with the Washington, D.C.–based Brookings Institution. He reports on the growth of the three rings as follows:
- The first ring outside the central city is the older, inner suburb, largely developed before World War II along trolley lines. Most [of these suburbs] declined following WWII as people moved to newer suburbs further out; recently, they have been redeveloped and have grown faster in the past decade than the United States as a whole, adding 6 million people according to Lang’s analysis, an 11.3 percent increase compared with the U.S. growth rate of 9.7 percent. Their locational advantages have been rediscovered, lying as they do close to the central city and often along existing or planned transit lines. This easy access to transit reduces the amount of driving needed, which, in turn, offsets their somewhat higher housing costs. They also offer the added charm of older, compact development patterns and a sense of place; it is this more urban feel that has once again become attractive to a growing number of households.
- The next ring out is the mature, postwar suburb built from the 1950s through the 1980s; these [suburbs] grew more slowly in the past decade, adding 3.5 million people or 7.8 percent. They are composed mostly of low-density culs-de-sac that are now well settled and, in the minds of their residents, fully built out. There is little new development of the classic suburban design now occurring in them, and what development is happening is in growing urban clusters, suburban town centers that are reemerging or being newly developed.
- The last ring out, lying outside the mature suburbs, is the newest, developed during the 1990s and the last decade. This outermost ring added 6.7 million—a 24.5 percent increase—according to Lang. This makes it the fastest-growing part of American metropolitan regions during the past decade. This ring is really composed of two rings, one of which was built in the 1990s and the other, even further out on the edge, built during the housing boom of the 2000s and often referred to as the exurbs.
The rapid growth on the furthest edges of metropolitan regions is a continuation of a pattern six decades old; what is new is the resurgence of the innermost ring of suburbs in the last decade. This new pattern of suburban growth, where both the innermost and outermost parts of the region are growing rapidly, has provided evidence to both those who believe that the suburbs will continue to grow forever outward in the years ahead, and to those who believe that the suburbs have reached an inflection point where most growth will shift to the closer-in parts of metropolitan regions.
Will the lower cost of housing on the outer edges, and Americans’ love of the new, draw yet another generation of homebuyers to these outer edges of metro regions? Or will the rising cost of driving in time and money and a new desire for more urban living draw the next generation of homebuyers to buy in the older, more settled parts of metropolitan regions?
It may seem hard to argue that the momentum of 60 years of outward suburban growth may be about to end based on the rapid growth of the outer suburbs shown in Lang’s analysis. There are, however, facts not shown by the census which argue that a new pattern of suburban development may be emerging.
More than any other ten-year census in the past 60 years, this one covers two decidedly distinct periods: the housing bubble of the first six years, and the housing bust of the last four. In fact, all suburban development halted in 2007 and the greatest impact of the bust has been in the newest, outer-edge suburbs.
The outer-ring suburbs are where the most suburban foreclosures have occurred and are still occurring. Master-planned communities that were under development in 2006 have stalled, leaving large areas of vacant lots and half-finished and vacant houses. These are the regions where investors have moved in to buy foreclosed homes at a fraction of their original sales prices and are now offering them for modest rents in hopes of a future rise in price. Home prices on the outer edges have fallen more than prices nationally or elsewhere in the suburbs, often by 50 percent or more of their original value.
The question is whether it is the first part of the past decade or the second part that is the truest indicator of the future. The collapse of the exurban suburbs is continuing today and will continue for some years more as the housing markets are recovering with painful slowness. Yet this might still be an aberration. In time, the large population of echo boomers—now in their 20s and early 30s—may decide that the lower cost of housing on the edge is their best hope for buying that first home, overlooking the greater costs in time and money they will incur by having to drive so much more than elsewhere in the suburbs. If they do, they will be following prior post-WWII generations of Americans, but they will also be giving up their strongly stated preference for more urban living.
This no mere academic debate among planners; the future of the outer edges of America’s metropolitan regions is on the line. If the outer edges do recover, the cost in needed new infrastructure, increased consumption of gasoline, and impact on land use and air quality will be substantial. Fortunately, the most probable outcome is that while there will be some people moving out for the lower cost of housing, more households than at anytime since 1950 will find a home closer in to either the central city or other job center. The reurbanizing of America is in fact beginning, though it will take time to fully manifest itself.


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What do you use the upper rack on a grill for?
If your grill has an upper rack, you can place the food on it for indirect cooking (it’s far enough to count as indirect heat), but remember that heat rises and the ambient temperature at the top will be high.
How long should I let the grill warm up?
How long should you preheat it? A good rule of thumb is about 15 minutes for maximum temperature or searing. To cook at a lower temperature, like for low and slow cooking barbecue, preheat for 10 minutes or less. Both of those times can vary a little depending on how cold or windy the weather is.
How do I make my grill warmer?
Adjust the airflow.
Most charcoal grills have vents on the bottom. Open the vents wide and you get more air and thus a hotter fire. Partially close the vents and you get less air and a cooler fire.
What is a warm grate?
Upgrade your grill with GrillGrates
Compatible with gas grills, charcoal grills, and pellet smokers, GrillGrates can amplify cooking temperatures by up to 350°F. The raised rails not only impart steakhouse quality searing, but they also collect juices and drippings and then vaporize back into your food.
Do we need to preheat oven for grilling?
Preheat the grill pan before you put any food on it so you get a nice searing on the meat’s surface. Set the grill to high and place the pan on the rack to let it heat up for at least 10 minutes before you put any food on. … Wipe the pan lightly with vegetable oil and bake in a hot oven for an hour to season it.
Why won’t my grill get hot enough?
Problems with gas flow can keep a gas grill from getting hot enough. First, make sure there’s plenty of gas in the tank-the diminished gas flow from a nearly empty tank won’t supply the burners with enough gas to heat properly. … If the tank’s full but gas won’t flow freely to the burners, reset the pressure regulator.
Should the vent be open or closed when grilling?
Even when you’re grilling with the lid off, you need to think about the bottom vent. The more open it is, the more oxygen is supplied to the charcoal, which makes it burn hotter. … Closed vents mean less oxygen, which in turn means less heat and slower-burning charcoal.
How long will a charcoal grill stay hot?
A properly built fire should stay hot enough to cook for 30-40 minutes.

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Side by Side: An Evaluation of 2D vs. 3D Cell Culture for High Throughput Screening in Drug Discovery
Poster Sep 30, 2014
Sophie Quick 1,2, Sinead Knight 1, Jon Winter 3
•3D cell culture has the potential to provide a more physiologically relevant model compared to standard tissue culture plastic.
•From a screening perspective the technology offers the possibility of more predictive drug responses but has an increased cost.
•The question: is it possible and, more importantly, is it worthwhile moving towards screening in High Throughput using a 3D model?
The nuclear receptors pregnane X receptor (PXR) and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) are closely related transcription factors that regulate the expression of phase I (cytochrome P450s), phase II metabolizing enzymes and transporter genes in response to xenobiotics, including prescription drugs.READ MORE
We found a distinct subpopulation of Tregs within BMSCs. Tregs and BMSCs in co-culture conferred neuroprotection that varied in a dose-dependent manner. Tregs minimized stem cell production of IL-6, a pro-inflammatory cytokine, and inhibited BMSC secretion of FGF-beta, a cytokine related to BMSC proliferation and differentiation. The ratio of Tregs found natively in BMSCs is optimally adapted to provide the maximum neuroprotective benefit of stem cell treatment after ischemic stroke.READ MORE

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Open Access Journals gaining more Readers and Citations
700 Journals and 15,000,000 Readers Each Journal is getting 25,000+ Readers
Dr. GE Guegang working as Faculty in the Department of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde, Cameroon. Dr.GE Guegang has served on many NIH, AHA, AA review panels, has reviewed for many journals. Dr. GE Guegang has over 14 peer reviewed publications and is funded by the NIH, VA , NSF and several foundations. Dr. GE Guegang research interests include Pregnancy, Mother and Child Health, Obstectrics, Maternal Health.
Pregnancy, Mother and Child Health, Obstectrics, Maternal Health

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Saturday, August 30, 2008
wood art pics
To any one who veiws my blog, first I want to thank you for visiting and please bare with me this is all new to me. and i'm computer dumb........ but I will try do a good job,wish me luck... All my work is made with many peices cut, shaped by hand and I try not to use paints or stain. some day I hope to get in to wood working books. who knows?? thanks again for your time. charley.

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Erika Swyler’s debut works a treat for any one looking for a bit of magical realism. Irish Indo re-voo down below. (Warning: Contains feisty Russian tarot-card readers).
The Book of Speculation
SIMON WATSON’s life has been eroding underfoot for years. Nature has taken a toll on his family, consigning his mother to a mysterious watery grave when he was a child before grinding his father’s life away through subsequent heartache. Even their family home, a crumbling pile perched precariously on a Long Island clifftop, is being gradually whittled away by the elements.
Simon is a librarian. His sister Enola, meanwhile, did what any right-minded individual would do under such circumstances and ran away to join the circus. She was drawn there by a family affinity with phantasmagorical performance arts – she inherited both her mother’s ability to hold her breath under water and read tarot cards. Bookish and apologetic, Simon is nothing like her and begins to struggle with impending jobcuts at his local library and the mammoth repairs the groaning house requires. Distraction arrives out of the blue in the form of a strange antique book he finds on his doorstep one day.
The handwritten and illustrated volume recounts the saga of a travelling circus two centuries ago, in particular the romance between two of its most arcane performers – a “wild” savage mute called Amos and a mermaid called Evangeline. Around them are forces, both spectral and tangible, that become woven into the fabric of their fates; the kindly and camp circus manager called Hermelius Peabody; Madame Ryzhkova, a formidable Russian seer to whom Amos is a tarot assistant and son figure; a dark secret that brought Evangeline to the circus and into the hands of Amos.
This is the world of Erika Swyler’s imagination, a place of medicine shows, water nymphs and intergenerational curses. Chapter by chapter, The Book of Speculation oscillates between Simon’s detective work and the folkloric murk of the musty annals in his hand. The two stretch to meet one another as Swyler’s debut novel saunters along, one half reaching back through Simon’s family skeletons in the cupboard, the other looming out of a past full of black magic and foreboding. They begin to intersect more and more as Simon seeks to find out why the female members of his family have all drowned themselves on the 24th of July. That ominous date is only days away, and with Enola home visiting, he is frantic for answers.
It is too trite to call this “a book about a book”, although Simon’s fetishizing of the manuscript and the weight he affords its every detail do provide a vital sweat-tinged edge to the otherwise flat protagonist. Nor is this straight-up fantasy fiction or a genetic relation of other uncanny fables such as Patrick Suskind’s Perfume or Louis de Bernieres’ more fanciful realms. It exists instead in a very pleasing “elseworld”, a dimension of magical realism that can both reference internet search engines as well as tell a secret history through flamboyant antiquarian prose and occult dramatics. Tim Burton would kill for such silken weirdness.
Swyler’s background as both an actress and playwright fail to catch hold of her characterisation though, particularly in the present day chapters. Simon feels underdeveloped, passive and hard to get behind, as if Swyler just needed someone, anyone, to tell the tale through. More time should have been spent fine-tuning his voice, you feel.
Mind you, The Book of Speculation is in many ways just a family analogy dressed up in magical clothing – abandonment issues, affairs, disapproving in-laws and the sturm und drang of nature and nurture battling it out over generations. Instead of alcoholic or depressive genes, the taint of ruin travels via tarot cards “like a curse and the thoughts they contain seep into you like venom”. Simon wants rid of the weight of family history but to do so he must first be smothered in it. None of this feels too far from the lot of any medium size family after time and tragedy has had its way. This could well be Swyler’s most dazzling illusion.
First published in the Irish Independent


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80 Years of Aerospace Engineering Education in the Netherlands
This year, 2020, the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands celebrates its 80th birthday. This paper describes the history of the department since its founding in early 1940, just before the start of World War II in the Netherlands, until present day. The paper will highlight how its research and education developed within the socio-economic context of the Netherlands and the developments in aerospace over the past 80 years.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Drug stimulation of δ aminolevulinic acid synthetase and cytochrome P 450 in vivo in chick embryo liver
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
The utility of the chick embryo as a model system for the simple screening in vivo of drug effects on δ aminolevulinic acid synthetase (ALAS) was examined and demonstrated. The chick embryo was shown to be capable of drug stimulation of ALAS at least as early as eight days before hatching and, in contrast to other species, to undergo a marked increase in that capacity during the few days prior to hatching. Fifty one drugs, most of which are in common clinical use, were studied for their effect on ALAS. Drug stimulation of ALAS in vivo reported here and stimulation of hepatic porphyrin formation in vivo or in cultured liver cells as shown by others were well correlated (100% and 85%, respectively). Thus, the ability of a large number of drugs to stimulate porphyrins is related to their ability to increase the in vivo activity of ALAS. Ten drugs, including aminoglutethimide, diazepam, ethosuximide, ethotoin, o,p' DDD, paraldehyde, paramethadione, pargyline HCl, pentylenetetrazole and tranylcypromine sulfate were newly identified as inducers of hepatic ALAS. Six drugs which stimulated ALAS also increased the hepatic content of cytochrome P 450. However, variations in the length of time required for maximal stimulation of ALAS and cytochrome P 450 by different drugs were shown and trimethadione and phenylbutazone, at doses which stimulated hepatic ALAS, decreased the cytochrome P 450 content of liver. Phenobarbital, diphenylhydantoin and phenylbutazone all caused parallel alterations of similar degree in hepatic cytochrome P 450 content and aminopyrine demethylase activity, which indicates that in the chick embryo as in other species studied, those two activities are related.


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Ice ages: Why North America is key to their coming and going
Scientists have long tried to figure out what causes the ebb and flow of ice ages. New data suggests a novel explanation for why the mile-thick blankets of ice retreat so quickly: They become too heavy.
For the last 900,000 years, mile-thick ice sheets have waxed and waned in the Northern Hemisphere with remarkable regularity – building over periods of about 100,000 years and retreating in the space of only a few thousand years, only to repeat the cycle.
Now, a team of scientists from Japan, the US, and Switzerland suggests that the North American continent is the breeding ground for these cycles. It's a region where climate and the ice's effect on the Earth's crust play off each other to draw out the length of a glacial cycle triggered by changes in solar radiation that come with changes in Earth's orbit.
This feedback between climate and ice becomes most dramatic at the end of the cycle, when an ice sheet that has bulldozed its way too far south and gotten too heavy for its own good meets up with a warming climate.
"When the ice sheets get to this huge state, they are very hard to keep that way," says Maureen Raymo, a paleoclimatologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geophysical Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., and a member of the team conducting the study.
Once a change in Earth's orbital characteristics brings on the next warming event, "the whole system just goes into catastrophic collapse,” she explains. “It melts back a little, seas start to flow into the depressed crust, this floats the ice and melts it from below.”
In a tiny fraction of the time it takes to build continental-scale ice sheets, the sheets retreat to high-latitude havens atop Greenland and the northern reaches of the Canadian archipelago.
The study, led by Ayako Abe-Ouchi, a climate scientist at the University of Tokyo and the National Institute of Polar Research, resulted from a unique approach to modeling ice ages.
The study provides "good insights that clearly advance our understanding" of ice ages, notes Penn State University glaciologist Richard Alley, who was not involved in the study, in an e-mail. It also confirms aspects of ice ages that researchers have well in hand, he says.
The approach linked individual atmosphere, crust, and ice models in a way that needed only information on the amount of sunlight reaching Earth to generate ice-sheet behavior over the past 400,000 years that geologists have gleaned from more than a century of field studies.
Changes in the amount of solar radiation striking Earth come with changes in Earth's orbit occurring at intervals of 41,000, 23,000, and 19,000 years.
The study reaffirms that changes in the amount of summer sunlight striking northern high latitudes sets the process in motion. Indeed, changes to the shape of Earth's orbit over time, as well as long-term changes in the orientation of its axis, and their impact on solar radiation at high northern latitudes were the most significant astronomical influences in the team's simulations.
The team also weighed the relative contributions of changes in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to the 100,000-year glacial cycles.
While carbon dioxide decreased as the ice sheet expanded and cooled the climate and increased again as the climate warmed, CO2 levels did not determine the overall sequence of events during each 100,000-year cycle, the researchers concluded.
The simulations also showed how the interplay between orbital and climate influences kept North America's ice sheets growing, even as a significant but smaller ice sheet building in northern Eurasia waxed and waned based on orbital changes happening at 40,000- and 20,000-year intervals.
Looking closely at the last glacial cycle, which ended about 10,000 years ago, the team estimates that by the time the North American ice sheet reached what is now Kansas, its southernmost point, it held enough water to raise sea levels by 90 meters (295 feet). But the sheet also depressed the crust.
The team estimates that a 3,000 meter thick sheet would have depressed the crust by about 1,000 meters. This would have lowered the altitude of the top of the sheet, bringing it into contact with warmer air. In addition, as the sheet melted, a slowly rebounding crust would gather melt water along the sheet's edges, providing the lifting and melting from underneath that would accelerate its retreat.
This aspect of the work alone was worth the price of admission, suggests Shawn Marshall, a climate scientist at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He notes that previous modeling studies couldn't deliver the onset of ice sheets growth and advance without conditions colder and snowier than climate models predict for an Earth in the cold phase of its long-term orbital variations.
Getting out of an ice age was even tougher, he writes in an outsider's analysis of the study, set for publication in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
This is the first free-running model that appears to get the ice ages right without a lot of tweaking along the way to include factors like ocean circulation or the influence of dust on ice melting in order for the onset or retreat of ice sheets to happen at the right times, he notes.
The work still has room for improvement, he continues. The model treats some processes a bit too simplistically.
Still, the researchers "make a convincing case" that North America's shape and location on the globe, as well as the slow recovery of the crust as the ice begins to melt turn variations in solar radiation occurring in cycles measured in a few tens of thousands of years into a 100,000-year glacial cycle.
What makes North America so special?
"Maybe that's because the mountains deflect the polar jet stream farther south," says Dr. Raymo, referring to a high-altitude river of air that forms the boundary between cold polar air and warmer air to the south. Deep southward meanders in that river during modern winters can bring snow to regions where it's rare, such as the US Southeast.
Or perhaps during the last glacial maximum the ice sheet covering Scandinavia was vulnerable to warm Atlantic Ocean water, she adds.
"We don't know, in fact that's the next work we're doing – experiments to try to investigate that," she says.

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Elon Musk, the Tesla Inc. CEO renowned for his futuristic vision, has sparked intense discussion with a stark prediction: AI will eventually make all jobs obsolete. In a conversation with UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,
Musk described artificial intelligence as history's most disruptive force—an entity capable of outsmarting the most intelligent human and capable of executing any job imaginable. This sentiment echoes his longstanding advocacy for stringent AI regulation.
Following the UK’s AI Safety Summit, Musk reinforced the gravity of international cooperation on AI governance, praising Sunak for China's inclusion. With the U.S. also intensifying AI regulatory efforts,
the Global AI Summit saw VP Kamala Harris disclose new proposals to ensure AI safety. Amid this global regulatory push, Musk's predictions not only underscore the transformative impact of AI on employment but also highlight the urgent need for comprehensive governance in the AI sphere.


FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Home Diagnostics and Nipro Diabetes Systems earlier this week announced that the two companies will merge to become Nipro Diagnostics. Both companies are wholly owned by Nipro Corp., which is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
“Our mission at Home Diagnostics has always been to make high-performance blood glucose monitoring technology more affordable to people with diabetes,” stated Joseph Capper, president of HDI. “Merging with Nipro Diabetes Systems helps us extend this mission to the insulin pump category.”
The name change to Nipro Diagnostics is effective immediately for Home Diagnostics. The merger of the two companies is expected to be completed by the end of the year.


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Bill Cosby still owes over $2.75M in legal fees, law firm says
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, of Los Angeles, Calif. say in Manhattan Supreme Court papers from Friday that the firm is still owed the money after a judge in September ordered Cosby to pay up — despite his effort to challenge paying the fees.
The firm says because of 10 percent interest that has accrued, they are now owed $2.98 million.
81-year-old Bill Cosby has been serving a three- to 10-year prison term since September at a state prison near Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Cosby, 82, is serving a three- to 10-year sentence after a jury found him guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004.
Last month, a judge ruled that Cosby can appeal his 2018 sexual assault conviction.
A rep for Cosby, Andrew Wyatt, declined to comment.


RIGHTS OF FOREIGNERS: ALBANIA
MPA, Master. Professor of Law, Law Faculty - State University of Tirana, Albania
The concept of European Citizenship is rather a new one for Albanian reality. It is more doctrinal than practical one. Every person holding the nationality of a Member State of the European Union is a citizen of the Union. Citizenship of the Union shall complement and not replace national citizenship. EU citizenship is a set of rights additional to those of national citizenship. The process of integration in European and other international structures brought to the attention of Albania the need for adoption of legislation with a new contemporary physiognomy. Many Convention/Agreements were ratified by Albania dealing with legal and illegal migration. They brought a new perspective for domestic legislation and Albanian institutions. Among other things, the rights of third-country nationals have been introduced in our domestic legislation, according to international acts, and Albanian legislation, too. Appropriate structures are established to deal with problems regarding third country nationals, such as: refugees, asylum, the right of residence, visas, immigrants, etc. The adhesion of Albania in European structures, the assignment of Stabilization-Association Agreement lately (in June 2006), affected domestic legislation by improving it. Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Albania, and the Community and its Member States, also includes provisions on the prevention and control of illegal immigration and readmission that requires high commitment to their implementation. The terrorist attack of September 11th showed again that terrorism is a world-wide enemy that infringes the peace and threatens all humanity. The Republic of Albania strongly supported the International community against terrorism and was part of international coalition to combat terrorism. In this regard, there were changes made to domestic legislation and institutional development as well. Establishing appropriate structures committed to combat terrorism, within governmental agencies, a better cooperation with other countries to face with these criminal phenomena, will be strong means against this threaten for all humanity, in order to create a peaceful climate and fruitful political-economical cooperation among different countries.


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In "The Cask of Amontillado", has Montresor accomplished the revenge that he wanted at the beggining of the story?His quote about his revenge...
In "The Cask of Amontillado", has Montresor accomplished the revenge that he wanted at the beggining of the story?
His quote about his revenge was:
"At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."
Has he really accomplished the revenge he wanted above? Three reasons why?
Only two of the three criteria of Montesor in "The Cask of Amontillado" have been met for revenge:
(1) Montesor has accomplished the revenge he wants because he has punished his enemy, Fortunato by walling him into the catacombs to die, and he has punished with impunity since he is telling the story years after the fact.
(2) Montesor's matter-of-fact account indicates that he is satisfied with his revenge, so the retribution does not seem to overtake him. His satisfaction is denoted by his final words, "In pace requiescat!"
However, it is questionable whether Montesor has "made himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong." For, Fortunato misses Montesor's clues and seems "too astounded to resist" when Montesor tethers him to a wall. As Montesor places brick upon brick, Fortunato utters shrill and loud screams, but never a protest about any past behavior or a question about why Montesor walls him in. Finally, Fortunato sadly, desperately ventures a laugh: "Ha!...a very good joke ineed--an excellent jest. We will have many a rich laugh about it..." Fortunato only believes his entombment is some sick joke of Montesor's. Then, he pleads, "For the love of God..." as though begging to know the reason for the narrator's behavior. Thus, it cannot be concluded that the avenger has made himself felt as such to Fortunato, the third condition.


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Understanding Life Insurance
Life insurance is complicated for many.
It's a difficult subject to discuss with your loved ones. The terms are confusing. The
types of coverage and costs vary from policy to policy, and the only one who really seems
to comprehend how it all works is...guess who? Your insurance agent.
But you can't avoid the inevitable. You have too much at stake. Your family's financial
security depends on the decision you make now. By taking the time to evaluate your life
insurance needs, you'll be able to protect your family's financial needs in the future.
You won't have to worry that mortgage payments, credit card bills, or school loans become
a burden for those left behind.
Life insurance basically let's you shift some of the financial risk and responsibility to
your insurance company. You pay the premiums. They assume the risk.
The bottom line: The more informed you are about life insurance, the better off
you'll be when it comes time to make a decision.
What is Life Insurance?
Life insurance is relatively simple. You make payments (premiums) to your insurance
company. When you die, your insurance company promises to pay a pre-determined amount of
money (death benefit) to your named beneficiaries. Your beneficiaries can use this money
to pay for your funeral or burial expenses, as a replacement for lost income, or to offset
estate taxes that result from your death.
What they do with the money is not as important as having it in the first place. That
part, however, is up to you.
Do You Need Life Insurance?
Yes, if others depend on your income for financial stability. No, if you
do not have any financial dependents. The key element to each situation is whether their
is a real "need". Dependent spouses, children, or parents all create a real
"need" for life insurance.

domain: finance


Yesterday's Newsday article about political blogging in the NYC area was picked up today by the National Journal's Beltway Blogroll! Quoted once again was UE founder Scott S(c)ala who might need to get a name change at this point.
On April 30, 2007, at the offices of the Queens County Republican Party in Glendale, the Party’s Judicial Nominating Committee will meet at 6:00pm. All party lawyers who are admitted to practice in NY for at least ten years and are in good standing, are encouraged to submit their resumes and be interviewed on that date. This is a great opportunity for the "grassroots" of the party to step up to the plate and participate in the electoral process. For more info call 718.440.4011.
The recent agreement between the City of New York and the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators (Local 1: American Federation of School Administrators, AFL-CIO) seeks to encourage the best and the brightest principals to take positions in the most challenging city public schools. What is the inducement to take one of these newly created “executive principal” positions? It is the additional remuneration of $25,000 a year to lead a “high-needs” school for a minimum of three years. Indeed, the tentative contract goes even further by permitting the Chancellor to pay any principal a “performance-based” bonus of $25,000 for improving the school they run.
These “market-based” type incentives to persuade top-notch school administrators to take jobs in the most under-performing schools as well as the offer to every principal in the system of a substantial monetary award for significantly improving the skills of the schoolchildren they supervise are a new concept for New York City public schools. Yet these are encouraging signs in reforming a school system in ways that put children first while rewarding those most responsible for creating the innovative ideas that result in such skills improvement.
As those of us in Northwestern Queens still wait for relief, i decided to pen this article. It ran in this weeks Astoria Times:
After months of arguments and public relations efforts, two separate reports - one by the Public Service Commission and one by the state Legislature - have shown that it was clearly Con Edison who was at fault for the July 2006 blackout.
Nearly a year later, the small business community of Northwestern Queens, which lost millions of dollars in sales and profits, has yet to be compensated at all by the multibillion-dollar utility giant.
According to a new poll covered in today's LA Times, Rudy Giuliani is polling at twice the support of his next closest rival - among Christian conservatives.
Nationwide, he is the No. 1 choice of white conservative Christians for the Republican nomination. A Times poll this month found 26% of them favor Giuliani — more than double the portion supporting either of his top rivals, John McCain or Mitt Romney.
This shocking revelation is in spite of the fact that these voters know Rudy is pro-choice and disagree with that position, but support him anyway.
In conversations with Republicans here in the first state to vote in the 2008 presidential race, the more striking thing is how evangelicals Carolyn Vande Voort, Joy Milby and Mike Brown see Giuliani: They disagree with him on social issues, but lean toward him anyway.
.... Giuliani's improbable appeal to these culturally conservative voters suggests that they may pose less of a threat to his quest for the nomination than widely assumed. His lead among those voters is partly circumstance; no other Republican has consolidated their support.
According to this reporter, and most other indicators tend to point to the same thing, that Rudy's strong leadership is winning over people who nevertheless disagree with him on some serious issues.
Urban Elephants was (once again) featured in the local media -- this time in Long Island's Newsday.
Say it five times fast. Partisan bloggers are blogging on the bloggings of other bloggers - and Long Island is the battlefield.
"Urban Elephants" is a New York City Republican-oriented Web site. A recent post expresses concern about "energetic liberal bloggers setting up space online targeting specific Republican elected leaders," that is, "blogs dedicated solely to one person."
As examples, Elephants' Scott Scala [sic] cites Democratic-oriented sites that target Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), Nassau Legislature Minority Leader Peter Schmitt (R-Massapequa), the Nassau GOP - all of a piece. Another such site, called "Veto Vito," whacks Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella, the five boroughs' only Republican congressman.
Click on Read More for previous contests.
Runner Up (1 point) - "Just a spoon full of sugar makes my tax increases go down, makes my tax increases go down, makes my tax increases go down!" - Robert
Click on Read More for the Winning entry!
Start: 04/24/2007 - 9:00am End: 04/24/2007 - 11:00am description:
President George W. Bush will visit Harlem on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 to speak at the Harlem Children's Zone located at 35 East 125th Street, New York, New York. The specific time of the event remains to be announced. All Republicans – as well as Urban Elephants – are invited to attend this affair. The President will speak on Charter Schools.
The Upper Manhattan Fighting 69th Republican Club supports Charter Schools and will be present at the event. District Leader Lolita Ferrin believes that “This is a golden opportunity for Republicans who believe in Charter Schools to show support by attending” this event. Anyone interested in attending should contact Lolita Jackson at (212) 735-6887. Please identify your club affiliation (if any) when you do and, in deference to the President, be there on time.
Remember there will be significant security arrangements at this event. Travel light.
Star Parker, a former welfare mother and the founder and president of CURE (the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education), was the shining star of the New Jersey Right to Life dinner on Friday, April 20th.
Ms Parker, who has appeared on Hannity and Colmes, and Rush Limaugh, discussed her opposition to abortion, as the destroyer of the black family, and to welfare. "The 1992 Los Angeles riots destroyed her business but served as a springboard for her focus on faith-based and free market alternatives to empower the lives of the poor." She told the listeners how she turned her life around after she allowed God into her life.
Also present was the always wonderful Ann Coulter, who discussed the legal implications of the egregious Roe v. Wade decision ("people in the courtroom were actually laughing when Sarah Weddington argued in favor of legalized abortion by claiming imaginary rights in the Constitution") and how the liberal media bashes right to lifers (as do Democrats and RINOS who paint us as extremists).
Other speakers included presidential candidate, Senator Sam Brownback, who talked about his adopted children, and former Giants football player Chris Godfrey, the president of Life Athletics. What was so striking about this wonderful banquet was the number of Republican politicians who were there. Only one Democratic pro life politician showed up proving, once again, that the Democratic Party is the Party of Death. Congratulations to Traude Barbiero, the President of NJ RTL and to Marie Tasy, its executive director. Kudos also to the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and the members of Priests for Life for their service to the needy.
“A lot of us wish that Alito weren't there and O'Connor were there.”
I've moved that squeezed conversation over here.
Probably written by Hamilton, this explains the Founder's intended role of the federal public official and the relationship they would have to the governed public...
It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the public good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend that they always reason right about the means of promoting it. They know from experience that they sometimes err; and the wonder is that they so seldom err as they do, beset as they continually are by the wiles of parasites and sycophants, by the snares of the ambitious, the avaricious, the desperate, by the artifices of men who possess their confidence more than they deserve it, and of those who seek to possess rather than to deserve it. When occasions present themselves in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests to withstand the temporary delusion in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection. Instances might be cited in which a conduct of this kind has saved the people from very fatal consequences of their own mistakes, and has procured lasting monuments of their gratitude to the men who had courage and magnanimity enough to serve them at the peril of their displeasure.
Serving at the "peril of their displeasure" is what is absent in today's political world. Not to say it was abundant at any other time in American history, but it did occur.
Although not too popular on this site lately, Mayor Guiliani's effort to cut the Welfare rolls fits the 200 year old description. In NYC, it clearly was "at the peril of their displeasure" that the Mayor took that fight on, but it worked.
The question i'd like to hear input on:
In today's New York Sun:
ALBANY — Despite ending the year with a $1.5 billion surplus, Albany is considering what could come to be known as the Paw and Claw Tax, a 3% sales tax on pet food and pet supplies.
Under a bill introduced by Republican [Frank Padavan] from New York City this week, pet owners would pay a little more for milk bones, squeaky toys, hamster wheels, catnip, birdbaths, and other supplies for their loyal companions. Owners of ferrets and potbellied pigs should not be concerned; the statewide tax would be slapped on wholesale products for the following animals: dogs, cats, gerbils, hamsters, rabbits, and caged birds.
I was talking to my mom - a Padavan supporter - and she said this is ridiculous. Many pet owners in NYC are seniors on fixed incomes and can't afford more money spent in taxes. I told her that if this tax goes through, then maybe she should finally consider voting against the senator.
Sandy Treadwell has filed papers to run for Congress in the 20th district, which runs from the Mid Hudson Valley to Lake Placid in the Adirondacks.
Treadwell was a close ally of former Republican Gov. George Pataki and the leader of the state GOP for four years until the party suffered setbacks in the 2004 election. He's a millionaire and former Sports Illustrated writer whose family helped found General Electric.
Gillibrand won the November election from incumbent Republican John Sweeney, part of a national wave on Election Day that gave Democrats control of Congress.
Sweeney, from Clifton Park in Saratoga County, hasn't ruled out running again.
by Jim Kouri, CPP
Abdelrahman Farhane, a/k/a "Abderr Farhan", was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 13 years in prison on Monday. On November 9, 2006, Farhane pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with participating in a conspiracy to commit money laundering, the object of which was to provide money for jihadists in Afghanistan and Chechnya to purchase weapons and equipment, and with making a false statement to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with a terrorism investigation.
According to the documents filed in the case:
In 2001, the FBI became involved in an investigation involving the provision of material support to international and domestic terrorists and terrorist organizations, including fundraising, financing, and recruitment.
Democrat congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy doesn't understand her own anti-gun legislation: http://amerpundit.com/archives/773
"Could we make a deal in Washington? We don’t introduce legislation anymore, unless we know what it actually means. Is that reasonable? I only ask, because that’s apparently a problem. Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) was on Tucker Carlson, to discuss her new attempt at repealing the Second Amendment, H.R. 1859. The Representative is apparently worried about barrel shrouds, considering it’s part of her legislation, controlling them, that is. Carlson thought it would be reasonable to ask McCarthy exactly what “barrel shrouds” are. She didn’t know."
UPDATE: Thanks for the correction! I've made it above.
From the New York Times:
The welcome for Fred Thompson wasn't just warm, it was effusive. The former Tennessee senator and actor is still weighing whether to run for the GOP presidential nomination but House Republicans who met with him Wednesday gushed over the prospects of Thompson candidacy. They called him presidential, a leader, a proven conservative, an exciting prospect and ''a breath of fresh air.'' ... Before ducking into a waiting vehicle, he shook his head no when asked whether he had a timeline for deciding whether to run for president. Thompson has appeared to move closer to a candidacy in recent weeks. ... Some 50 House Republicans attended the private meeting arranged by Rep. Zach Wamp of Tennessee, a Republican leading a draft-Thompson campaign. ...
Start: 05/03/2007 - 7:00pm End: 05/03/2007 - 10:30pm description:
Please come to the Queens County Young Republicans’ Cocktail Party and help begin a new chapter in Young Republican Clubs in New York State.
40-12 Bell Boulevard Bayside, Queens (One Block from the Bayside LIRR Station)
Entrance: $35 dollars
For more information, click & print out the attached invite.
If you have relatives, friends, business associates or employees that are roughly between the ages of 18 and 39 (not strictly enforced!) and Republican or committed to City Parks, they are all welcome.
Feel free to print out a copy of the invite and share it with them. It is for a good cause and we are planning on having a good time.
Supreme Court Upholds Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.
The 5-4 ruling said the Partaial Birth Abortion Ban that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
The opponents of the act "have not demonstrated that the Act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion.
The decision pitted the court's conservatives against its liberals, with President Bush's two appointees, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, siding with the majority.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia also were in the majority.
It was the first time the court banned a specific procedure in a case over how - not whether - to perform an abortion.
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The Gotham Daily Dish is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno is backing legislation and a Constitutional Amendment to institute Term Limits on the State Level.
Senator Bruno says, "these measures will bring fresh voices and a different perspective to State government and at the same time will ensure a greater level of openness, transparency and accountability for the people of New York State."
...Senator Frank Padavan, who is also the Co-Chairman of the Senate Majority Task Force on Reform, said, "My colleagues and I have studied the problems that plague New York State government. Introducing term limits on statewide offices, chairmanships, and legislative leaders is a starting point to help make New York more accountable, better functioning and more representative of its population."
The Amendment would limit Statewide offices (Governor, Attorney General & Comptroller) to two terms. On the legislative level, it would limit them to eight years of service and to hold committee posts at a maximum of six years.
Elected Republicans and Republican candidates should all get on the same page with this, so it can be part of the Republican platform for state elections next year.


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Add some shredded cheddar cheese, chopped bacon and chopped green onion for the cheesiest loaded Tater Tumblers on the planet!
- 2 cups low melt (low moisture) shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups chopped smoked bacon
- 2 Tbsp chopped green onions
- 1 bag Tater Tumbler Appetizer Mix
- Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Scoop and fry as directed on package.
Mix It Up
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text: Both the Bond and Spoo are at present above today’s Neutral Zones; the balance of the BEGOS Markets are within same, and volatility is light-to-moderate. The S&P 500 yesterday completed its 31st consecutive trading day as “textbook overbought”, and the Spoo by Market Values (in real-time) is +180 points above its smooth valuation line.; the “live” P/E of the S&P is (futs-adj’d) 59.1x. By Market Rhythms on a 10-test swing basis, our two best studies are Copper’s 4-hr. MACD and the Euro’s daily MoneyFlow. More housing data arrives for the Econ Baro via June’s Housing Starts/Permits.


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Published on August 24th, 2017 | by Admin
GAMESCOM 2017: TROPICO 6 GAMEPLAY TRAILER REVEALED
Debut gameplay footage released for upcoming dictator sim
Sydney, 24th August 2017 – Nations of the world, hold on to your monuments – because El Presidente is back, and he has the world in his sights! With our favourite bearded dictator having landed in Cologne for Gamescom 2017, Kalypso Media is proud to present the first ever gameplay footage for Tropico 6. Offering fans their very first taster of the upcoming dictator sim, the trailer showcases the stunning new Tropican vistas made possible by the game’s all-new engine, as well as a hint at the new gameplay features that will make Tropico 6 the greatest entry in the series to date, like expansive archipelagos, advanced transport infrastructure, customizable palaces, the return of election speeches, and of course, the pilfering of world wonders that will cause tourism to boom on your tropical island paradise. Speaking of which, has anyone checked the Cologne Cathedral is still in its rightful place…?
About Tropico 6
El Presidente is back! In times of political turmoil and social unrest, the people are calling out for a visionary leader, one who will steer the fate of their country with foresight and ingenuity. Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your nation through four distinctive eras. Face new challenges on the international stage and always keep the needs of your people in mind.
For the first time in the series, manage extensive archipelagos, build bridges to connect your islands and use new means of transportation and infrastructure. Send your Tropicans on raids to steal the wonders of the world, including the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Customize your palace at will and give election speeches from your balcony, to win the favor of your subjects.
- Play on large archipelagos for the first time in the series. Manage multiple islands at the same time and adapt to various new challenges.
- Send your agents on raids to foreign lands to steal world wonders and monuments, to add them to your collection.
- Build bridges, construct tunnels and transport your citizens and tourists in taxis, buses and aerial cable cars. Tropico 6 offers completely new transportation and infrastructure possibilities.
- Customize the looks of your palace at will and choose from various extras.
- Tropico 6 features a revised research system focusing on the political aspects of being the world’s greatest dictator.
- Election speeches are back! Address the people and make promises that you can’t possibly keep.
- Co-operative and competitive multiplayer for up to four players.
Tropico 6 is scheduled for a worldwide release on Windows PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One in 2018. The game is playable at Gamescom 2017 on the consumer stand at B41 in Hall 8.1, while the developers will be on-hand to present the game to media on our business stand at C12/D13 in Hall 2.1. To register your interest for preview code when available, please contact the PR team stating your preferred platform. For more information, please visit www.kalypsomedia.com.

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LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR WALES
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 - SECTIONS 55(2) REVIEW OF COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES IN THE COUNTY OF FLINTSHIRE
Following a review of Community boundaries in
the County of Flintshire by Flintshire
County Council, the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
have submitted proposals to the Welsh Government.
of the report are available for inspection at
the offices of Flintshire County Council, Shire Hall, MOLD, Flintshire CH? 6NB; and at the Local Government
_Boundary Commission for Wales, Hastings House, Fitzalan Court,
CARDIFF, CF24 OBL.
Arrangements are also being made to place
copies of the report in each public library in
the County of Flintshire. A limited number are available, on request, from
the Commission. The report can be viewed on the Commission's web site at www.ldbc wales.gov.uk.
Any further representations concerning the matters in the report should be addressed to the
Welsh Government. They should be made as soon as possible, and in any event not
later than 10 November 2015.
Representations should be addressed to Democracy, Diversity and Remuneration Team, Local Government Democracy
Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff,


An Overview of Lattice-Gas Dynamics
PHILLIPS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA
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One can argue it is the case that the fundamental nature of the physical world is that it is quantized in such a way that phasespace is granular, and one can observe that digital computation is discrete and granular too. Given these similarities, one might try to see just how far one can go in connecting the two. In this regard, Richard Feynman gave a talk entitled Simulating Physics with Computers in 1981 I want to talk about the possibility that there is to be an exact simulation, that the computer will do exactly the same as nature. If this is to be proved..., then its going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be exactly analyzable with a finite number of logical operations. The present theory of physics is not that way, apparently. It allows space to go down into infinitesimal distances, wavelengths to get infinitely great, terms to be summed to infinite order, and so forth... In this seminal talk and in subsequent papers 27, 28, Feynman discussed an interesting possibility the possibility of constructing a quantum computer to simulate quantum mechanics.
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment
- Computer Hardware
- Quantum Theory and Relativity


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MANSFIELD — Nancy Matthew has seen racial bias play out in the medical field.
Matthew, Mansfield’s family doctor, said, “I was in the ER where two people could be hospitalized for the same pain from cancer.
“African Americans are treated very differently for their pain and can be automatically seen as seeking medication. We give you the benefit of the doubt.”
Mathieu was one of four panelists on Thursday’s Local Conversation: African American Healthcare Disparities panel.
Hosted by the North End Community Improvement Collaborative, the panel included Matthew, OhioHealth Primary Care Physician; Vivian Jackson Anderson, National Council for Black Women; Buffy Williams, ASI Behavioral Health Group; care.
Panelists discussed the underlying causes of poor health outcomes among African Americans, disproportionate infant mortality, and the importance of social, mental, and mental health support.
“There is no easy answer, so I would like to divide this question into two parts,” Matthew said.
Implicit bias among physicians, mistrust of the health care system, and the underrepresentation of African Americans in health care all contribute to disproportionate health outcomes, Matthew said.So are systemic factors such as shortages primary care facility When grocery store We sell fresh food in areas where there are overwhelmingly many black people.
Mathieu says research shows that African-Americans are adversely affected by implicit biases of health professionals, and physician training is key to reducing these biases.
“We surveyed multiple doctors, and everyone said, ‘Yes, there is a divide, but in my practice, it’s not.’ No, there is only prejudice.”
Stigma can also affect admission to medical schools and social work programs, exacerbating the shortage of African-American professionals in these fields.
Thompson quoted Dr. Quinn Capers, dean of admissions at the Ohio State University School of Medicine, who put his entire selection committee through an implicit bias test in 2011. .
According to the university’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, all 140 members of the admissions committee underwent several implied relevant tests prior to the 2012-2013 admissions cycle. their results We found that all groups on the committee (men, women, students, and faculty) exhibited substantial levels of implicit or unconscious preference for specific racial and gender groups.
Helping committee members understand their unconscious perceptions has made a measurable difference.
According to Dr. Capers, the next class of medical students enrolled after the implied association test exercise was the most diverse in the program’s history at the time.
Mathieu hailed the move as one of the key steps toward increasing representation of African Americans in the medical community.
Another is to encourage young people to pursue careers in the medical field.
“It starts when you’re young, it starts with our little ones and tries to lead them in that direction,” she said.
Brooks-Wright said representation in the medical and mental health field is key to improving health income for the black community.
“Until we get to a place we can trust, where we have doctors who look like us, where we are in a safe environment, where we can talk about our trauma, we remain stuck.
Panelist Vivian Jackson-Anderson shared her experience as a public health official for many years.
Anderson has worked for Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Health for 43 years. Although she started her career as a speech-language pathologist, she found her true passion as part of her program for the Ohio Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative.
Anderson spent most of his career traveling around the state. She estimates that she has visited at least 60 of her 88 counties in Ohio.
“When I walked into the State Department of Health more than 40 years ago, there was no one like me,” she said.
“Every time I took a step it was necessary to clarify who I was and in some way let them know that I had earned my place. It was given to me. I’ve been to school and I have a right to stand here because I’m behind my name a few times.”
For years, powerful figures in the department and state have tried to minimize data on black infant mortality in Ohio, Anderson said.
Ohio’s African-American infant mortality rate is known to be the second highest in the United States. Kaiser Family Foundation.
“For many years. I wasn’t allowed to sit on certain committees,” Anderson said.
Brooks-Wright and Williams, a licensed social worker, spoke about the intersection of physical, mental, and mental health.
Williams said a history of systemic racism is one factor that makes the African-American community reluctant to pursue mental health care or speak publicly about their struggles.
“Historically, I think our homes were vulnerable to things that made us learn not to trust,” she said.
“The mentality I had growing up was that what happens in our house stays in our house,” she said.
“We tend to be afraid and there is no atmosphere of trust that we can share what is going on. I’m here.
according to March 2022 statement According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, black youth suicide rates have risen faster than any other racial/ethnic group in the last 20 years.
Suicide rates among black men aged 10-19 increased by 60%. A black adolescent in early adolescence is twice as likely to die by suicide compared to a white adolescent.
Williams, who frequently works with young black men, said it’s important to create an environment where people feel safe and open.
“One of the problems I think is language,” she said. Their voices were closed and they were afraid to say what they had to say.
“Many of the young black men I work with have decided to die. .
Williams also said faith communities can also foster stigma around mental health.
“We spiritualize things as African Americans. We were told you could pray for these things,” she said.
Brooks-Wright said that prayer is important, but so is trauma-informed care.
“I want you to go to the church across the street and have the pastor put your hands on me. I want you to have a prayer,” she said.
Williams and Brooks-Wright agreed that faith has a role to play in the health of individuals and communities. So is the church.
“We really need to redefine the needs of our community. How should the church exist?” Williams said.
“Should we form a small group? My mother talks about sewing circles.There are some meaningful things they were doing at the time. connected.
“The church was never built as a building.”
https://www.richlandsource.com/news/necic-panel-discusses-healthcare-disparities-among-african-americans/article_f82bde28-56d5-11ed-a623-8f97d0c3e960.html The NECIC panel will discuss health care disparities among African Americans.news


In the age of electronic media information can be shared faster that ever before. Sadly, all of the information that is shared is not true.
Recently there have been rumors of expected violence at the Wayne County Fair. After investigating these rumors we have be unable to validate any particular threats.
The safety of the fairgoers is the number one priority of both the fairboard and the Sheriff’s Office.
If you have attended the fair in the past, you have seen large numbers of deputies on site to ensure your safety. In addition to the deputies you see, there are additional deputies patrolling the grounds who are not in uniform.
Our staff will continue to keep a watchful eye while you enjoy the fair. If we receive creditable threats, we will share them at that time.


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|Collection type||Private Record|
|Measurement||Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1|
Nisbet, Thomas Granger
|Place made||Australia, New Guinea, Timor|
Second World War, 1939-1945
|Copying Provisions||Copying is permitted for the purposes of research and study, subject to physical condition|
Nisbet, Thomas Granger (Major, b.1919 - d.2003)
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 520565 (WX11073) Major Thomas Granger Nisbet, 2/2 Australian Independent Company and 2/9 Cavalry Commando Squadron, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Timor and New Guinea, 1941-1945.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of ten letters from Major Thomas Granger Nisbet to his sister, Mary “May” Shaw [née Nisbet] and his mother, Ann Nesbit [née McKillop], dated between 29 June 1941 and 12 August 1945. The letters cover the period of Major Nesbit’s training in Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria, service with 2 Australian Independent Company in Timor and New Guinea, and service with 2/9 Cavalry Commando Squadron in New Guinea. In his letters, Major Nisbet writes about having leave in Sydney, touring Sydney Harbour on a ferry, their journey from Darwin, settling into camp life in Timor, having large amounts of inoculations, visiting a local market, Christmas Day activities, looking forward to a rest from service in New Guinea, meeting an old acquaintance, his admiration for medical teams, inspecting an airstrip previously held by the Japanese, attending concerts, hearing news of the war, being in Sydney during black-outs, looking forward to a rest from operations in New Guinea, meeting an old acquaintance, his admiration for medical teams, inspecting an airstrip previously held by the Japanese, and plans to celebrate Victory in the Pacific Day. Major Nesbit also responds to news from home.
This collection also contains one folder of reference material relating to the letters of Major Nisbet.


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Available in 200g, 400g.
Molecular formula: K2SO4
Potassium Sulphate is an inorganic chemical compound consisting of the salts of sulphuric acid and potassium. Also called potassium sulphate, it is the most popular low-chlorine fertilizer. It combines the most important nutrients, such as potassium and sulphur, easily available and digestible for plants. The best source of nutrients for chloride-sensitive plants and for intensive cultivation systems (aquariums, greenhouses, foil tunnels).
Potassium sulphate has a fairly low salinity index, therefore it is the preferred potassium fertilizer in areas sensitive to soil salinity. Kraft fertilizers are environmentally friendly and the most effective.
Symptoms of potassium deficiency are first visible on older leaves. Plants take it in the form of K + ions, the most frequently recommended and used source is potassium sulphate (K2SO4). Usually doses from a few to a dozen or so ppm / week is used. In plant aquariums where this element is not fed, there is a high probability of a deficiency. Water from the mains is sterilized and usually contains too little potassium in relation to the needs of the plants.
Sample proportions of fertilizing an aquarium:
- aquarium capacity - 100 liters net
- volume of the prepared solution - 500 ml
- amount of K2SO4 - 35g
Concentration in the aquarium after adding 1 ml of the solution:
- K - 0.314 mg / l
- SO4 - 0.129 mg / l

domain: chemistry


Product Code : BANDHEJ-005
This Bandhej product has been tied and dyed using the traditional technique. As it is a handcrafted product, it might have certain irregularities that add to its unique charm.
- Fabric : Cotton
- Colour : Red
- Length : 98 Inches
- Width : 44 Inches
- Fabric Care : Home Wash
This product needs to be ironed to flatten the Bandhani knots and achieve the full length and width or cam be used as it is also.
Returns accepted within 7 days of delivery, only if the product has not been ironed (is in the crinkled state).


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3 edition of Pushing The Envelope found in the catalog.
December 7, 2006 by AuthorHouse .
Written in English
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A blunt, spare autobiography from a past president of the American Fighter Aces Association. Carl neither minces nor wastes words in recalling a distinguished career as a US Marine Corps aviator, which began immediately after his graduation from Oregon State and ended 35 years later when he retired with the rank of major general. Having earned his wings in , the author (now 78) was an. The idiom most probably originated among American pilots during World War II. After the publication of Wolfe’s book, the term push the envelope migrated into everyday English to be used in a figurative sense. Related terms are pushes the envelope, pushed the envelope and pushing the envelope. Pushing the Envelope Information Subforums: Phineas J. Whoopee's 3D Black Board - Board Help, Hints, & Rules, PTE Announcements, Holidays, Birthdays, Welcome, etc, PtE Friend Sites
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Directed by Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, and Diane Venora
Running Time: 158 minutes
It's hard to come up with a bad guy these days. Now that communism is (largely) dead, ethnic groups are off-limits, and World War II has become a source of melodramatic comedies, there aren't too many sources of pure evil that we can all agree on. Which is why it's so nice that Hollywood still has the tobacco companies to pick on. Here's a faceless entity that makes a product most people, even those who use it, despise; and they go about their conquests with what seems like conspiratorial glee. And, if the new film The Insider is to be believed, they also employ death squads, stamp out free speech, and smirk way too much.
The Insider is based on the true story of Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (played by Russell Crowe), a former researcher at the tobacco giant Brown & Williamson who did an interview with 60 Minutes about the inner workings of tobacco companies. In retaliation, B&W threatened his family, tried to have him jailed, and generally made his life miserable. But the movie interestingly focuses more on Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino), the 60 Minutes producer who first latched on to the story and then guided Wigand through the legal entanglements the tobacco company created.
The film opens with Bergman deep inside Lebanon as he tries to get an interview with a Hezbollah official. At first, it's not clear what's going on, as director Michael Mann employs a hand-held camera and tight close-ups, a technique he uses throughout the movie. But after a couple minutes, Bergman is able to convince the reluctant sheikh that doing an interview would "put a face on his movement." Soon 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace is flying in for one of his trademark confrontations.
Meanwhile, Wigand has been fired from his job for talking out of line. Forced to sign a confidentiality agreement, he has no interest in telling what he knows--at least not until he meets Bergman. The first 45 minutes of The Insider focuses on how Bergman courts Wigand and how Wigand tries to avoid being caught.. And though it's a foregone conclusion that Bergman will get his prize (Wigand is no match for someone who can talk down Hezbollah), the interaction between Wigand and Bergman is so compelling and true-to-life that the audience won't care.
Much of the success of this early sequence and the movie in general is due to the incredibly fine acting of Pacino and Crowe (L.A. Confidential, Mystery, Alaska). Crowe, in particular, is just tremendous as the upstanding scientist who can't decide whether talking to 60 Minutes is worth the pain he's about to put his family through. Crowe's small gestures, clipped sentences, and even the way he walks all reveal a middle-aged man at the crossroads of his life.
Pacino also gives one of his better performances in recent memory. Largely foregoing his usual scenery-chewing, he instead creates a strong, likable character, one who wants his story but also sympathizes with Wigand's plight. And Pacino and Crowe have a real chemistry together. Their arguments have an intensity that matches what's at stake, and their quiet moments reveal a friendship of men struggling with forces much larger than themselves.
Once Wigand decides to do the interview, all hell breaks loose, with the tobacco company trying everything it can to stop its broadcast. This second act bogs down a little bit in typical Hollywood conspiracy mongering, but it's also compelling cinema. When Wigand has to decide whether to testify in front of a Mississippi court in defiance of a Kentucky gag order, The Insider perfectly captures the lonliness of that decision. And though the tobacco companies come off looking suitably horrible, Mann doesn't beat the audience over the head. There are subtle shots like a quick drive past a cemetary that get us thinking rather than cringing at the bombast. The movie does have strong language, but that's somewhat to be expected from a movie with this many arguments.
The last half-hour of the film details the decision 60 Minutes initially made not to air the interview and the steps Bergman takes to try to reverse that course and protect Wigand. Though Crowe's character unfortunately fades to the background, Pacino is marvelous as someone who uses the establishment to buck the system. Christopher Plummer (Sound of Music), who plays Mike Wallce, is also outstanding as a man with a decision of his own to make.
Rumor has it that the real-life Wallace is angry with his portrayal in the film, but I can't see why. Yes, it's true he doesn't come off as a lilly-white saint, but Plummer's portrayal powerfully conveys the difficulty in making a choice of this magnitude. Furthermore, if the tobacco company is the evil villain, then journalism comes off as the last bastion of the good guy, with 60 Minutes not necessarily leading the charge but not getting left behind either.
Michael Mann (Heat, Last of the Mohicans) does an excellent job of pacing this 158-minute work. Though the film could've used a trim, it moves along with verve; and most people won't notice its length until they walk out the door. And though the film is too beautifully photographed to ever pass for a documentary, the hand-held camera and numerous close-ups create an intensity to match the story. Finally, Pieter Bourke and Lisa Gerrard's nicely understated score matches the movie's tone. Yes, the tobacco company is evil, but Mann focuses more on the decisions ordinary men make rather than the conspiracy that hinders them.
J. Robert Parks 10/29/99

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Safeguarding Vulnerable People and Occupational Health
Rail companies are not under any sector-specific statutory duties around safeguarding. So how can a situation where an employee’s disclosure has revealed that someone may be at risk of harm be managed? The answer is that the duty to receive, assess and manage safeguarding risks for vulnerable children, young people and adults lies with local authorities, and it is the local authority that can hear concerns or take formal safeguarding reports. Information on how to act should be easily found from the local authority/council website which may include a 24-hour reporting number, email address and possibly a designated name/contact of the safeguarding lead.
There are professional concerns and challenges that may arise when considering safeguarding reporting such as consent of the employee, confidentiality and professional and contractual boundaries. Ideally in all of these situations it is recommended to seek advice from a senior colleague. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the General Medical Council (GMC) and other professional bodies provide clear guidance on these matters and advice on raising concerns in general, but reporting is a decision for the occupation health (OH) clinician to take. Ultimately, the purpose of reporting is to avoid harm and offer protection in an occupation health setting which can feel satisfying for both the practitioner and the employee if handled sensitively and diligently.

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PATTERSON — A gas leak closed a road and led to the evacuation of the Amazon distribution center here Wednesday morning.
Mayor Luis Molina said Baldwin Road off Sperry Road near Interstate 5 was closed as responders from Pacific Gas & Electric, public works and the Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department investigated the incident.
PG&E spokeswoman Nicole Liebelt said the utility was notified of the leak just before 7 a.m. The pressure of the gas forced its way through the asphalt above.
Because of the sheer force of the gas, it had damaged the road, Liebelt said. Employees of the Amazon distribution center, set to open next month, were evacuated from the 1million-square-foot building.
PG&E notified Molina that workers had shut off the gas by about 8 a.m. No injuries were reported.
Liebelt attributed the leak to bad fusion a piece of pipeline that had not fused correctly. Amazon employees were allowed to return to work by 10:30 to 11 a.m., though work at the leak site continued until about 5 p.m.
Repair was complicated by two factors: the hardened road atop the site and the fact that other utilities, such as electricity, share the space. That makes it a little more time-consuming, Liebelt said.
PG&E planned to send workers back to the site this morning to conduct a pressure test and ensure the pipeline was fully repaired and functioning correctly, Liebelt said.
Though the distribution center isnt set to open until next month, Amazon has employed several people who have been working to prepare the facility. It will house mostly larger items sold by the online retail giant; a distribution center set to open later in Tracy will handle smaller items.


Govt to deploy ZDF at Beitbridge border post to remove touts, vendors and beggars5 years ago
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will be deployed to Beitbridge border post to remove touts, vendors and beggars.
In order to eliminate inefficiencies due to congestion arising from activities of unauthorised persons operating at Beitbridge Border. Post, and also drawing from the new dispensation, as enunciated by His Excellency, the President, Government proposes an extension of Operation Restore Legacy by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, to Beitbridge Border Post, in order to restore order.Feedback
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces command structures will, therefore, with immediate effect, coordinate with other security agencies removal of touts, vendors and beggars from the Customs Controlled Area.
Chinamasa also proposed other initiatives to ease entry and exit of tourists and travellers, improve trade facilitation and revenue collection efficiency at Beitbridge Port of Entry which include the full roll out of the Electronic Cargo Tracking System; connection of electronic manifest control system to the ASYCUDA World Server; harmonisation of Container Depot operations to 24 hours in line with the Border Post operating hours and connection of mobile scanners to ASYCUDA World Server in order to enable real time entry and timely acquittal of goods.
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