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California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and seven smaller peers filed Feb. 6 to the state Public Utilities Commission their mandated 2019 plans for boosted infrastructure, technology and operations upgrades to respond to and prevent wildfires that have already devastated big parts of their service areas.
PG&E in particular is under scrutiny for its role in 2017 and 2018 fires, with potential liability leading to the publicly-traded firm’s Jan. 29 bankruptcy filing.
Its mitigation plan could cost between $1.7 billion and $2.3 billion to implement, said the utility.
It also noted on Feb. 11 that it will reshape its board to include 11 independent members. Only five of the now 10-member board will stand for reelection at a May 21 shareholder meeting.
Utilities have been required to develop wildfire mitigation plans since 2017, but a state law, Senate Bill 901, adopted last September required more nuanced and detailed information in the plans. The regulators, who will review plans and modify them if needed before approval in May, also can pursue enforcement actions for noncompliance under the law.
Other utilities required to file plans were Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, Liberty Utilities/CalPeco Electric, Bear Valley Electric Service and PacifiCorp. NetEra Transmission West and Trans Bay Cable also filed plans.
PG&E faced severe requirements by U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the utility’s probation related to the 2010 San Bruno, Calif., gas-line explosion that killed eight.
He proposed last month to have it inspect its entire electric grid by June 21—which the firm and industry participants said would cost up to $150 billion and is infeasible and potentially dangerous.
PG&E also filed its mitigation plan to Alsup, who has reserved further action until results of a public comment period that ends on Feb. 20. But he was critical of some aspects of the plan.
“PG&E agrees with the court that the state of California is facing a critical public safety emergency,” the company said in its filing to Alsup. It added that with fire risk growing in its service area, “it is imperative for public safety that all potential sources of wildfire ignition are addressed.” The firm has 100,000 miles of overhead distribution and transmission lines.
Among upgrades the plan says PG&E is making (see chart above) to mitigate electrically caused wildfires is reducing vegetation contact with power lines. Its enhanced vegetation management program includes clearing all overhanging limbs and those within 4 ft of distribution lines in high fire-threat areas.
These accounted for more than 75% of vegetation-related fire ignitions in high risk areas since 2013, the utility says.
PG&E is searching for additional trained tree crews and is considering new partnerships with unions and contractors to train additional workers to deploy as soon as possible.
Tom Dalzell, business manager for electrical workers’ union Local 1245 in Vacaville, which represents about 12,000 PG&E workers, tells ENR that the plan “will be hard to accomplish but it’s a good stretch goal.” He adds that “the question is how do we get more people who are well trained and safe,” noting 100 fatalities in 2018 involving workers trimming trees around power lines. “We talk to PG&E every day” about safety issues.
The utility plans by May 31 to finish enhanced inspections of assets in high-threat areas before the summer heat-triggered fire season.
Drones and helicopters will support climbing inspection of every transmission tower. PG&E also will harden its system with insulated conductors, flame resistant poles and more buried lines.
But in a controversial move, PG&E will expand the area to de-energize lines in high-wind fire risk conditions that also is expected to include some low-risk areas—which could affect up to 5 million customers, from 570,000 now.
In comments, attorneys for fire and explosion victims said PG&E should evaluate and restructure its process to assess and manage wildfire risk, certify individuals to identify hazards to electrical conductors and set budgets and timelines to bury or insulate lines in higher danger areas.
They also recommended a wildfire safety and risk management committee with the authority to audit and evaluate performance against targeted goals.


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‘Top priority to address this potential threat’: Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority issues product recall
KOKH - November 6, 2023 3:12 am
The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority issued a recall notice on Friday.
This affects commercial licensees and licensed patients.
“This proactive action is an example of our commitment to protecting public health,” said Executive Director Adria Berry. “It was top priority to address this potential threat to the well-being of our licensed patients.”
According to the product recall list on OMMA’s website, the recalled products include a variety of vape cartridge products packaged between May and October of this year. OMMA’s website states the listed products were not properly tested by the processor, which is a violation.
OMMA says growers and processors that received the Recall Notice are required to inform dispensaries that bought the recalled products.
Dispensaries are also required to notify patients who purchased the recalled products.
“We will continue to confront situations like this head on in an effort safeguard the integrity of our medical market,” Director Berry said.
Recalled products must be disposed of following OMMA rules.
OMMA says the commercial licensee whose harvest or production batch is being recalled is responsible for the cost of the disposal.
Licensees can reach out to OMMA with any questions about the recall by calling (405) 522-6662.

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Thorchain RUNE/USD has weakened from the recent highs above $17, registered on 02nd November, to $14.11, while the current price stands at $14.45. Technically looking, Thorchain (RUNE) remains in a correction phase, and the risk of further decline still persists.Blockchain protocol for swapping cryptos
Thorchain is a blockchain protocol for swapping crypto-assets that is 100% autonomous and decentralized. By using community-maintained web and desktop interfaces, you can swap between blockchains and earn passive yield for providing liquidity.
Thorchain allows you to swap between blockchains directly from your wallet and all nodes on the Thorchain are only identifiable by their IP address and public key.
It is important to mention that Thorchain enables much more than just swaps, and potential users should consider that many other features are in the planning stages.
The Thorchain protocol is run by dozens of anonymous node operators while it maximizes revenue for liquidity providers and node operators. The team of Thorchain added:
The amount emitted by the Thorchain protocol is fixed to a schedule based on the block reward calculation. Typically the payment is 67% to Nodes and 33% to Liquidity Providers, but that split can change depending on the way the Incentive Pendulum is swinging.
If the network is under-bonded, node operators must increase their bonds; if it’s over-bonded, liquidity providers must pool more assets.
The native token of this blockchain protocol is the RUNE token, and it plays a crucial role in the THORChain ecosystem. RUNE is not a governance token, but it enables liquidity and is bonded to secure the network.
In other words, to run a node, you must obtain a significant amount of RUNE, and it is required to be paired as a settlement asset 1:1 in pools.
RUNE has exploded since the middle of October 2021, and if you decide to buy this cryptocurrency at the current price, you should use a “stop-loss” order because the risk remains high. The daily volume of RUNE remains high, but technically looking, it remains in a correction phase.Correction phase
Thorchain (RUNE) has been one of the best performers on the cryptocurrency market since the middle of October 2021, and the price of this cryptocurrency has advanced above $17 this Tuesday.Data source: tradingview.com
RUNE has extended its correction from the recent highs this Thursday, but if the price jumps again above $16 resistance, it would be a signal to buy RUNE. The next price target could be around $18 or even above; still, if the price falls below $12 support, it would be a strong “sell” signal.Summary
Thorchain is a blockchain protocol for swapping crypto-assets while its native token RUNE enables liquidity and secures the network. Technically looking, Thorchain (RUNE) remains in the correction phase, and the risk of further declines is still not over.
The post Thorchain (RUNE) price prediction after the current correction appeared first on Invezz.

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- Articles tagged "3d tv"
LG Electronics unveiled a total of eleven new HDTV models today, including LED, LCD and Plasma models bearing Cinema 3D and Smart TV features. Do check out our coverage to find out more about the new passive 3D screens equipped with Internet capabilities.
Sharp is finally ready to ramp up their 4-Color AQUOS Quattron series to the 3D stage. The new 3D AQUOS LE925 will carry an X-Gen LCD panel with side-mounted LED scanning backlights. Apart from the typical active-shutter formula, Sharp has also engineered a unique feature not commonly found with other manufacturers. Read on to find out!
Toshiba finally joins the 3D TV race and we highlight two of their new Regza TV series that aim to deliver a punch in the steadily growing 3D TV space. We also managed to get some hands-on time with these TVs from the recent Toshiba regional TV strategy event.
- Linksys announces new WRT1200AC dual-band AC1200 router
- Join the CEE Instagram contest and stand a chance to win S$500 in cash
- Trade in your old devices at CEE 2015 and receive cash vouchers to use at the show
- OnePlus to "shake up the tech industry" on 1st June, expect to see OnePlus 2
- Google said to release two Nexus phones in October, no plans for new tablet
- FSP’s NB H series 2-in-1 adapters are both power bricks and USB 3.0 hubs
- Here’s a glimpse at Antec’s new flagship S10 Signature-series case
- The Oculus Rift has something brewing


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Priya Pariyani is back with her nineteenth solo show. But this time it is a set of different strokes as she tries her hand at several popular tribal art forms in what is an apparent shift from her signature style and core content about profiling women and womanhood consistently over time; and this while she has off and on made departures of the other kinds even in the past, during her long career as an artist.
With an idea to project the rich tradition of these tribal forms that entail the painting of the auspicious motifs, birds, flora and fauna; say, nature in all its broad manifestations in human life, Priya embarked upon this ambitious journey to explore on her canvases, the forms like Warli of Maharashtra tribes of the same name as also of Kolis; Gond of Madhya Pradesh; Madhubani of Mithila in Bihar and Nepal; Sohrai practiced in tribal areas of Jharkhand and West Bengal; Pithora practiced in central Gujarat by Rathwa and Bhilala tribes; Phad style done on a cloth in Rajasthan; Sanja observed both as festival and colourful practice of art timed with the pitra-paksha; besides Khovar, Mandana and Bhil of other parts; all of which together cover a vast geographical and cultural landscape of our country.
“In our pressured and rushed routines to know, assimilate, create and see the contemporary in modern times, we have been failing to relate to our vital indigenous forms that have been sustained and nurtured by indigenous people in their homes and around for centuries,” says Priya, who therefore thought of putting together a solo show to replicate and live with some of these forms through her new series.
No doubt these tribal or folk forms have their own typical characteristics, symbols, patterns and motifs to project the community’s faiths through a scheme of colours whereby natural ingredients are used more often to locally create the surfaces and colours. These people are known historically to celebrate the special occasions like marriages, births, harvest seasons, change of seasons and festivals by making special creations in their homegrown arts simply learnt and easily practiced by generations of girls and women in the family as part of the community tradition. The common thread, however, remains observance of these seasons and events associated with lifecycle; and a practice with easily available media like mud and khadia and surfaces like home-walls prepared with dung paste for what forms a spontaneous expression of joy and happiness.
Even as Priya, the urban artist, is not a natural part of the folk milieu or any of these traditional arts, nor has she apparently learnt the forms from any master practitioners, she has dwelt on these diverse forms creditably as an ‘outsider.’ For this purpose, she adopted a simple approach in painting her works; mostly using the white ground on canvas and acrylic colours, irrespective of the form she has created. The result is mostly a synchronic body of work all created through 2019. And yet, there are works which break the synchronicity of light motifs and show up as very detailed works; others end up also in pleasing shades of brown, orange and red, especially inauspicious motifs created by girls again during the pitra-paksha (also known as the fortnight of shraddh coming just before Sharad Navratra) in reverence to their ancestors as also the presiding deity Sanja as part of the practice of the art form of the same name.
While the show enables Priya to break free to break new ground in her expressive journey, the visitor gets to see the glimpses of several of our folk forms all at once and under one roof. The icing on the cake is provided in the form of introductory notes for each form thoughtfully displayed on leafy plates, followed by three to five works to illustrate the relative form.
The show began on Friday in the presence of a number of Priya’s mentors, gurus and benefactors at the Somalal Shah art Gallery at Ravishankar Raval Kala Bhavan and will remain open till December 17.
Aug 20, 2019
A children’s book about a boy who feels like a girl. And about a child brought up by grandfathers. These are some of the stories published by Tulika Books, who have been making children’s picture books since 23 years. Little…
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While the Globe is streaming free its second dramatic production Romeo and Juliet, today is 23rd April, the day William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is believed to have been born and died. One would seldom find a more spontaneous and intense expression…
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Did you ever wonder where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ characters got their names from? Well, your search is complete. Here is a brief introduction of the artists from whom the creators of TMNT took inspiration. Teenage mutant ninja turtles,…
May 23, 2019
In this piece 64 year old Dr Yatin Desai, shares with CY his inspiring story of how to scale towering mountains with utmost ease and how this life adventure activity can shape human character and health. Chances are high that…

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Alaska’s election system has been plagued by bloated voter rolls for years. The mounting problem is rife for election fraud, especially with regards to absentee voting.
The difficulties are perhaps most clearly illustrated when contrasting Alaska’s declining population with the state’s burgeoning voter registration rolls. According to the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, the past five years have seen a steady decline in the state’s overall population – dropping from 740,637 people in 2016 to just 728,903 in 2020. That’s a net loss of 11,734 people.
During this same time period, however, the overall number of registered voters has ballooned by 66,976 – growing from 528,671 in 2016 to 595,647 in 2020.
“From 2016 to 2020, Alaska lost 11,734 citizens but gained 66,976 new voters.”
According to information on the Alaska Division of Elections website, during a seven month stretch leading up to the 2020 general election, from the beginning of the COVID lockdown in March through October, Alaska’s voter rolls jumped by 23,731 voters. Additionally, according to a voter data base from the state, 36,550 new voter registrations were added for the calendar year 2020. Many Alaskans question these numbers given there was a global pandemic in which Alaska’s population influx was impacted by the Canadian border shut down, heightened global travel restrictions and a reduction in military personnel transfers.
In attempting to explain how a state in steady decline has skyrocketing voter registration growth, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyers said Alaska is unique in that it has a high population turnover each year. This is true. Fueled by military transfers and employment changes, between 2016 and 2020, Alaska has seen 147,729 new people enter the state, and 182,042 depart.
People who have moved away more than three years ago, and who never intend to return, can still cast Alaska ballots.
Since Alaskans are allowed to remain on the state’s voter rolls for up to four years after departing the state, this massive population shift creates serious problems when trying to determine who is actually a resident and therefore legally eligible to vote. It also means there are tens of thousands of people still on the state’s voter rolls who no longer live or work in Alaska, many never to return.
Alaska’s Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer has acknowledged this growing problem. A few weeks after the 2020 general election he posted answers to a number of questions he had received about the security and integrity of the recent election.
Meyer explained that Alaska and federal law allows voters to remain registered in the state as they “intend to return.” The state, however, has no way to tell if a voter “intends to return.” According to Meyer, “when people move out of state and don’t notify us, they stay on the rolls for as many as four years, further expanding our voter rolls.” He also noted that, “Any registered Alaskan voter, regardless of location, can vote in our elections.”
Nefarious actors could request that ballots be sent to them so long as they had enough of the voter’s information on hand to request their ballot.
That means people who have moved away nearly four years ago, and who never intend to return, can still cast Alaska ballots.
According to state law, Alaskans can remain registered voters if they leave the state for civil or military service, or because of marriage to someone engaged in civil or military service. They may also vote if they are absent for educational reasons, prison terms or because of navigating the high seas. According to state law, residency status does not change for any of the above situations unless a person has the “intent to remain in another place.”
Having tens of thousands of “registered voters” who may or may not be Alaska residents creates a serious dilemma when it comes to absentee ballots. According to state law, any Alaskan can request an absentee ballot for any reason. A person (or their representative) must simply provide the voter’s name, residence, mailing address, social security number, voter ID and date of birth. The state will then mail the absentee ballot to the designated address.
Hackers had access to many of the very items needed to request absentee ballots in someone else’s name.
If, however there are droves of “registered voters” who don’t actually vote – as is the case in Alaska – nefarious actors could request that one or more of these ballots be sent to them so long as they had enough of the voter’s information on hand to fraudulently request their ballot.
And this brings us to the last point. Weeks before the Nov. 3, 2020 election, hackers gained access to the Alaska Division of Elections voter registration system – accessing the personal data of 113,000 voters. The hackers had access the very items needed to request absentee ballots in someone else’s name. This included: names, birth dates, last four digits of Social Security Numbers, driver’s licenses, state issued identification numbers, residences, mailing addresses, registered political affiliations and email addresses.
Plus, the ability to cast fraudulent votes was made easier when, just weeks before the election, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that Alaska could not enforce a law aimed at maintaining the integrity of absentee voting by requiring the signature of one witness to help verify the authentic identity of an absentee voter.
Additionally, this past spring a sophisticated cyber attack gained access to even more personal information of an unknown number of Alaskans when the state’s Department of Health website was hacked. This stolen data included full names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, driver’s license numbers, case reports, protective service reports, Medicaid information, health information, financial data and more. This extensive data gives bad actors all the tools needed to unlawfully request absentee ballots be mailed to them in future elections.
Concern about Alaska’s election system has prompted calls by a number of state legislators to reform and strengthen voting laws and policies. While Lt. Gov. Meyer, who is tasked with defending the integrity of elections, has so far ignored calls for a comprehensive audit of the 2020 elections, a handful of legislators (most notably Sen. Mike Shower) have introduced substantial bills to address mounting problems with Alaska’s election process. To date, all of these measures remain in various legislative committees and have yet to even receive a vote.
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Additionally, Rep. David Eastman launched an online petition urging Alaskans to demand a full forensic audit of the Nov. 3 elections. The petition states that confidence in the integrity of the election process “is paramount to the preservation of a free society” and “robust and timely audits of Alaska’s election process have the ability to identify any weaknesses in that process and also provide Alaskans with the confidence that their vote, and the votes of their fellow Alaskans, are counted correctly.”
One example of frustration for many Alaskans is Ballot Measure 2, the implementation of ranked choice voting in Alaska, which was passed by a 3,700 vote margin. With a massive influx of just under 67,000 registered voters during former President Trump’s administration, while Alaska lost 11,700 people as a state, it may have taken only 5.5% of these new voters to swing the vote on Ballot Measure 2 and force this new law upon Alaskans.
The problem of bloated voter registration in states like Alaska was highlighted by the political watchdog group, Judicial Watch. Three weeks before the last general election, the group listed Alaska among several states that had a voter registration rates which exceeded 100% of the voting population. Their study showed 1.8 million excess, or “ghost voters” across 29 states.
“The data highlights the recklessness of mailing blindly ballots and ballot applications to voter registration lists,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections.”
The problem of Alaska’s ever-more bloated voter rolls is continuing in 2021, even as the overall population declines. From September 2020 to September 2021 the Division of Elections website shows that Alaska has added another 3,678 voters and counting.
- Click here to contact Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer who is charged with overseeing state elections.


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Have You Outgrown Your Business Plan?
Written by The One Page Business Plan Company, on January 25, 2022
With supply chain disruptions, recruiting challenges, new remote work trends, many companies can quickly outgrow their business plans.
How do you know if you have outgrown your business plan?
- You see and are acting on significant opportunities that were not visible last December when the plan was created… and you can’t or won’t say no to them.
- The programs and projects that are now the company’s prime focus can’t be found in the original plan.
- The management team can no longer live within their discretionary budgets… in fact, they are spending money on things that were never envisioned or approved in the plan.
- Your business’s production or service delivery functions can’t keep up with the sales demand, even with extensive use of overtime.
- Your original cash plan had you comfortably living within your credit line limit for most of the year… you have now been maxed out for the last three months, and next month’s cash demands may not be met.
- It’s clear the right hand no longer knows what the left hand is doing at your company. It’s evident to you that your team is not on the same page.
- A major competitor has either just entered your marketplace… or one just went bankrupt… and you must take significant action, now!
If more than a few of the above items are true for you, here are three simple and effective planning strategies that can help you ensure that your plan stays current longer:
Keep Plans Simple
Plans should be short concise to the point. Cut all of the fluff and filler. Have each profit center, cost center, significant projects, and programs have written plans. If it is important enough to invest in a manager or team, they need to have a plan, it needs to be in writing, one page is probably enough… and everyone needs to see everyone else’s plans.
Keep Plans Short So They Are Easy To Change
A good friend recently advised, “Be wary of excessive verbiage”. Insist that your management team write clear statements of what is to be accomplished, by when, with explicit and measurable goals. Keep plans to one page… any more is too much!
Conduct Monthly Business Reviews
Our recent surveys indicate that less than 20% of businesses with management teams of five or more managers have a regularly scheduled monthly business review. This may be the most critical meeting in your company; this is where you walk through the financial statements and review all important projects and programs. One tool that our clients use is The One Page Business Plan.
Curious about how One Page Plans can help your business? Click here to learn more.

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Rhapsody Shindigger is a level 44 quest giver located in his camp in the contested territory of the Hinterlands. He used to be one of the finest gryphon riders in the lands. He also happened to be one of the biggest drinkers in the lands.
After one fateful flight where he fell off his gryphon over the Swamp of Sorrows due to a few too many ales, he was released from his duties as a gryphon rider. He now has a small moonshine camp east of Aerie Peak.
He starts the following quests:

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Identity Design | Graphic Design | Brand Strategy | Campaigns
Bringing people together, uniting behind a common purpose, celebrating all that is great about an organisation. The creation of a new brand is an incredibly powerful exercise for any company so we were delighted to be given the opportunity to work with the tremendous Atlas Hotels for the creation of their new identity.
Formerly, known as Somerston Hotels, Atlas Hotels are renown in the UK hotel business for having fantastic teams who provide tremendous guest experiencse. The relationship between the organisation and their staff is one of the things the company is most proud-off and something they wanted to build on with the new identity.
To create the new brand, we worked extremely closely with the Atlas team, we wanted to create something that everybody in the organisation could have some ownership off. A range of ideas were explored with the principal concept of a brand that celebrates the coming together of a strong team working together being the main inspiration.
This idea was captured with the imaginative design of a shoal of fish moving in a common direction, we used a variety of colours to signify the many different personalities of the Atlas staff and the final brand identity design was completed with the words ‘Atlas Hotels’ neatly circling the shoal of fish graphic.
The final brand was launched to much critical acclaim, most importantly it was universally liked by both staff and management as they officially launched it. A tremendous success for everybody.
The new identity has formed the starting point for many different brand communications and we continue to work with Atlas Hotels.
“From our very first discussions, Benedetto and his team really understood what we wanted to achieve and approached the project with creativity, enthusiasm and professionalism. Despite a tight deadline, they delivered a first rate corporate identity which has been whole-heartedly embraced by our organisation and which represents our corporate culture.”
Lesley-Ann Cardow, Group Marketing Manager of Atlas Hotels
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Ours is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her third studio album Speak Now (2010). The song was written by Swift, who also was aided by Nathan Chapman in producing the song. It was later released as a promotional single by iTunes and Amazon.com on November 8, 2011. It was released as the sixth and final single of the album and was the fifth single from Speak Now to be sent to country radio on December 5, 2011.
The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Songs Chart and number 13 on the Hot 100 and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Internationally, the song did not garner well peaking at 91 in Australia and 68 on the Canadian Hot 100. In the UK, it peaked at number 181 on the UK Singles Chart.
A music video for the song was released in December 2011 and aired on E! News and E! Online and is the second video of Swift's to be directed by Declan Whitebloom, as well as the second video for which Swift would do the concept for. The video received positive praise from music critics.
The song received acclaim from music critics. Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song a four-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Lyrically, 'Ours' is similar to 'Our Song' in that it’s cheesy and delicious." He added that the lyrics were "sharply written" and that the "production was welcomed respite from the shine and polish Swift has coated previous hit songs with." Liv Carter of Urban Country News gave the song a thumbs up and noted that the songwriting is "superb" where Swift sets the scene beautifully with an expert use of language. Amy Sciarretto of Pop Crush praised the song and stated that Swift "saved the best for last." Karen Goodner of All Access called the song "one of my favorites." On the contrary, Erin Thompson of Seattle Weekly stated that "If This Was a Movie", a promotional single from Speak Now, is better than "Ours", saying that "I've given it a few listens and it just keeps sounding like a mess of mixed metaphors to me." Allen Jacobs of Roughstock claimed ""Ours" may be her best single since "White Horse.""
The song appeared on the US iTunes Top 100 and debuted at number five on the Hot Digital Songs and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. As of August 2012, the song has sold 1,224,000 copies in the United States. The song was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Internationally the song appeared at number 68 in Canada, and at number 181 in United Kingdom. The song also charted at number 91 in Australia. On the week ending March 3, 2012, "Ours" became Swift's 15th consecutive song to hit the top ten on Hot Country Songs. This made Swift the first woman to begin her chart history with 15 consecutive Top Tens dating to the survey's 1944 launch. On the week ending March 31, 2012, "Ours" topped the Billboard Country Songs chart, making it Swift's sixth chart-topper, following "Our Song" in 2007-2008, "Should've Said No" in 2008, "Love Story" in 2008, "You Belong with Me" in 2009, and "Sparks Fly" in 2011. As of November 2014, "Ours" has sold 1.4 million copies in the United States.


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What’s it about?
The film is pretty much summed up in the trailer itself. Mia Malkova and her boyfriend try to do things out of the blue and enter a desert even after there is a no-entry board written on it. In this situation, scary things and some crazy people start troubling them. The couple runs for their life and reaches a small town only to know there are more dangerous situations are in store for them. Who is behind these incidents and how the couple comes out of this mess forms the crux of the story.
‘Climax’ is Ram Gopal Varma’s first attempt at OTT movie. The film was released directly on RGVWorld.in on a pay-for-view basis. Agasthya Manju is credited as the director but it has a stamp of RGV all over.
The veteran director creates hype around every movie he directs or produces but as we have seen in many of his recent productions, they ack meat in them. ‘Climax’ on an interesting note. But from there, the film goes wayward and weird things start happening. One cannot understand whether it is an action film or a horror drama. Such is the narration.
When RGV told in his promotional interviews that he was not present on the sets in most of the time, it is easily understandable how the film would have been shot. It’s like an assemble of some random crazy scenes in one place, as it lacks coherence. The makers have tried hard to create a horror angle in the film which never scares you in even one scene. Mia Malkova running half-naked is dominated for the most part in the initial part of the film and it lacks any aesthetic appeal.
Much of the film we are left to scratch our brains to figure out what is happening in the story.
There are no basic twists and the narration is flat, insipid, and makes the proceedings frustrating. The visuals are decent though and that’s the only solace that this RGV film provides you.
As is the case with all the recent productions/directorial attempts of maverick director Ram Gopal Varma, his latest OTT movie ‘Climax’ featuring adult star Mia Malkova has no proper story or coherent screenplay. It makes a frustrating watch. RGV has put 100 rupees as the ticket of this film but when this movie offers nothing but skin show from Mia Malkova, why pay money for that as audiences can watch a Mia Malkova’s adult clips for free on the internet?


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Naples Florida – Prevention. intervention. treatment or treatment. health.
Those are the pillars of the mental health unit in the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. The unit is specifically designed to handle calls involving people in crisis due to suspected mental illness or substance abuse.
Lieutenant Leslie Weidenhamer, who runs the mental health unit, said it was important to provide help and resources to those in need, rather than just taking them to prison.
“People with mental health challenges, substance abuse challenges, don’t get better in prison, they just get worse,” Weidenhamer said. “The place where they get better is in the community.”
The Mental Health Unit provides crisis intervention training to all Deputy Mayors. The unit also employs mental health professionals who respond along with deputies and perform wellbeing checks.
“I definitely think having both sides and being able to talk to someone and figure out how we can best help them with all the resources that we’ve put together is the best practice,” said Keri Miller, a fully working licensed clinical social worker. It’s time for the sheriff’s office.
The mental health unit provides training to the community. The unit also works closely with Collier County Public Schools to train teachers and assist students who may be experiencing difficulties.
Weidenhamer says the mental health unit has seen a spike in cases since the start of the pandemic, and those numbers have only risen during the holidays.
“A lot of the people we go out to work with are isolated from their families for various reasons, so we’re seeing that rise,” Weidenhamer said.
Weidenhammer tells us that the number of calls to a mental health unit has risen dramatically since the unit began in 2015.
In the first six months of the year, Weidenmiller said, the unit received more than fourteen hundred calls. That’s an average of about eight per day, which Weidenmiller says underscores the importance of the work they do.

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As Congress races against the clock to reauthorize the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act, the law that lays the foundation for the nation’s biosecurity policy and emergency public health response, a slew of contentious policy proposals vying for inclusion could threaten to derail the bill’s passage.
Lawmakers have until Sept. 30 to renew the law — first enacted in 2006 and most recently renewed just before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 — or it will expire. But with only two weeks left until the August recess and a tight legislative calendar when lawmakers return before the end of the fiscal year, that deadline is closer than it looks.
So far on the House side, a bare-bones version of the legislation advanced along party lines out of its subcommittee and is heading to a vote by the Energy and Commerce Committee. Meanwhile, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee plans to markup and potentially advance its version of the bill that includes a number of bipartisan compromises on controversial provisions.
Once both committees advance their respective copies, they will still need to pass whole chamber votes. Then, any differences between the two versions, of which there are currently many, will need to be worked out before the chambers vote on the finalized legislation. And it’s yet to be seen whether representatives in the fractured House will agree to any new amendments proposed by the Senate.
Fighting over provisions in the law led former Sen. Richard Burr and former CDC Director Julie Gerberding to recently pen an op-ed arguing that “only a ‘lean’ PAHPA that includes straightforward reauthorizations for expiring authorities and programs with minimal policy or programmatic changes,” could pass.
With tensions high, here’s a look at some of the controversial amendments being hashed out and where their inclusion in the legislation currently stands.
More drug pricing
Much to the dismay of industry groups, Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate HELP Committee, proposed in a PAHPA discussion earlier this month a new drug pricing policy that would require medicines developed with taxpayer money — through grants from BARDA and the NIH — to be sold to the U.S. government and on the commercial market at the lowest price charged in G7 countries.
Republicans and drug industry lobbying groups pushed back on the measure. BIO argued it would “effectively shut down public-private partnerships.” And PhRMA said a similar “reasonable pricing” policy imposed by the NIH “on collaborative agreements between federal labs and outside parties” failed in the 1990s because it chilled collaboration.
In a copy of the markup legislation provided to PharmaVoice, it appears the Senate committee has come to a compromise on the provision. While Sanders’ pricing model isn’t included, a new measure grants the National Academies $3 million to conduct a study on “alternative models for directly funding, or stimulating investment in, biomedical research and development that delink R&D costs from the prices of drugs.”
If enacted, the provision will require the National Academies to host two public listening sessions and publish the report within two years of PAHPA’s reauthorization. But the House version of PAHPA does not include a similar amendment, and it remains unclear if it will make it into a finalized version of the legislation.
Priority review voucher program
On the Republican side, Sen. Bill Cassidy, ranking member of the Senate HELP Committee, pushed for an extension and expansion of the FDA’s medical countermeasure priority review voucher program, which gives companies developing drugs for tropical diseases, rare pediatric conditions and emergency countermeasures expedited review and, upon approval, an extra fast-track pass for a future drug.
Cassidy hoped to expand the program by giving companies with approved drugs an extra, non-transferable voucher. However, the provision received criticism as a handout to drug companies that could inadvertently slow investment.
The Senate’s current draft renews a clean version of the program, without the extra voucher, until 2028.
Getting the proposal past the House could prove difficult, though, as Republicans in the chamber have so far refused to add any FDA-related provisions to PAHPA, arguing that they are unrelated to the bill’s purpose.
Preventing drug shortages
For similar reasons, the senators might have a difficult time convincing their House counterparts to include measures related to drug shortages in a final PAHPA reauthorization.
From Adderall to cancer drugs to antibiotics, supply chain hiccups have constrained access to over 200 medications this year, putting patient’s lives at risk. The Senate’s markup copy of PAHPA attempts to address the problem by requiring drug manufacturers to notify the HHS six months before expected interruptions or stoppages in the production of drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients, or other situations that could impede supplies. Under the guidelines, drugmakers would need to explain the reasons for the interruption, the expected duration and alternative ways to quickly fix the problem.
The European Union suggested a similar policy in an overhaul of its pharma law, which was blasted by industry groups who said it is impossible to predict supply chain issues months in advance.
And while Democrats in the House advocated for similar policies in their PAHPA discussions, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee refused to include the measures in their version of the bill, arguing that it was an FDA-related policy.
The measure likely faces an uphill climb for inclusion in the final PAHPA bill.
Combatting antimicrobial resistance
Over 200 industry groups and nonprofit organizations have urged Congress to include the Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Up Surging Resistance, or PASTEUR Act, in the PAHPA reauthorization.
"We want to see PASTEUR passed regardless of what the legislative vehicle is."
Director of antimicrobial resistance research, The Pew Charitable Trusts
The bill, which has been introduced three years in a row, proposes a subscription-based funding model for antibiotics that would require the government to pay drug companies a flat annual rate for novel antibiotics based on their value to public health. The measure is intended to spur development of the needed but often unprofitable medications.
To the distress of antibiotics developers, PASTEUR will likely need to find another way. The act is not included in either the House or the Senate’s current versions of the bill, and lawmakers don’t appear keen to tack on the additional $6 billion needed to fund the program.
The Senate’s draft does extend the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, which provides recommendations on tackling antimicrobial-resistant bacteria challenges to the HHS Secretary and Congress.
As for PASTEUR, David Hyun director of antibiotic resistance research at The Pew Charitable Trusts, said activists aren’t giving up.
“We want to see PASTEUR passed regardless of what the legislative vehicle is,” he said. “If it’s not included in PAHPA, we will still continue to advocate for this to be included in any other legislation that's relevant.”

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The incessant rainfall yesterday forced the organisers of the yearly Lagos Open Tournament to cancel all the Main Draw matches lined up at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club.
International Tennis Federation (ITF) Supervisor, Iain Smith, noted that the rainfall caused the unprecedented change of plan.
As at the time of compiling this report, Nigeria’s Sylvester Emmanuel was almost done with his second qualifying match against Emmanuel Jebutu which he was leading 6-3, 1-0.
Other Nigerian players not guaranteed a place in the second round include Matthew Abamu, Mohammed Mohammed, Christian Paul and Emmanuel Ochei, all of whom were yet to complete their matches.
In the Women’s Singles main draw today, Oiza Yakubu will take on Riya Bhatia from India; Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre, is scheduled to face Patience Onebamhoin; Aanu Aiyegbusi, who takes on Blessing Samuel among others.
Yakubu, who has a very big task ahead of her, has promised to “play my game and see where it leads me” as she dares the Indian ranked 499 in the world.


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Malian Farmer Credits SAA for Transforming his Community’s Food Security
“There was a time when hunger loomed over us,” said Malian farmer Mamadou Djan Keita. “But now, with improved agricultural practices, rice is no longer a luxury but a staple in our diet,” he added.
Keita attributes the changing fortunes of his community to the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), which has trained farmers on the best agricultural practices, including post-harvest management. He affectionately referred to SAA as “SASAKAFA,” meaning “eating well” in his local dialect, as a testament to the significant impact SAA’s intervention has had on his community’s food security.
The SAA supported the establishment of a Production and Post-Harvest Trading/Training Center (PHTC) in Siranikoto, which has been instrumental in uniting 10 primary cooperatives across different villages. This has significantly enhanced their operational efficiency in delivering the necessary support to communities, fostering sustainable agricultural practices. Keita is the president of the Center.
Keita attributes SAA’s hands-on training for bringing hope to thousands who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. He acknowledges the crucial role of the quality seeds introduced by SAA and commended the organization’s work in establishing community-based seed multiplication plots within his community. Such technologies, he said, have helped transform the quality of harvests in the region.
“We are steadily marching towards food self-sufficiency,” he said.
Other simple agricultural techniques such as practices like mulching, utilizing crop residues, compost production and use, and crop rotation have also been instrumental in enhancing soil fertility and yields.
Retrieved from SAA E-Newsletter, issued in December 2023

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Following a successful pilot project, Swiss telecom group Swisscom is ready to deploy 5G – shorthand for fifth generation wireless systems – at selected sites this year.This content was published on March 18, 2018 - 18:00
In a press releaseExternal link earlier this month, Swisscom said that it anticipates 5G coverage “throughout the Swiss territory” in 2020, adding that 5G-ready phones are expected to appear on the global market in early 2019.
In the spring of 2017, Swisscom partnered with medical device manufacturer Ypsomed to pilot 5G technology at every stage of the production chain for the fabrication of injection pensExternal link. Over the past year, the entire manufacturing process for the devices, which are used to administer medical treatments such as insulin, has been digitised using a 5G antenna – from the provision of raw materials to shipping and delivery.
"The results achieved with Ypsomed when applying 5G in production have exceeded our expectations and offer interesting future prospects", said Heinz Herren, Swisscom’s Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, in a press release from the Bern-based manufacturer.
Swisscom said at the end of FebruaryExternal link that the first 5G hardware and software will be delivered by network supplier EricssonExternal link and integrated into the Swisscom mobile network by the end of the year.
However, while the rollout of the wireless technology in Switzerland has commenced a full two years ahead of schedule, the company noted that regulatory adjustments are still required before the 5G network is accessible to all.
Regulations and infrastructure
Swisscom said that one obstacle to nationwide 5G service is the current Ordinance on Protection from Non-Ionising RadiationExternal link (ONIR), which it says must be amended to allow “efficient use and development of extensive fully effective new-generation networks”. The ONIR, which entered into forceExternal link in Switzerland in 2000, sets maximum limits for electromagnetic field exposure from stationary installations like mobile communication masts, based on recommendations from the EU and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing radiation Protection (ICNIRPExternal link). Swisscom argues that the ONIR limits should be pushed back from 6 to 20 volts per metre to accommodate 5G in Switzerland.
In January, the ONIR limits also appeared in a report by the Swiss Business Federation economiesuisse on conditions that must change before the potential of 5G can be fully realised in Switzerland.
“Although the Confederation has recently laid down the bases for the frequency allocation procedureExternal link, the other framework conditions prevent any forthcoming implementation of fifth-generation mobile networks and the exploitation of their potential”, economiesuisse said. In addition to modifying the “disproportionate” ONIR restrictions, the federation called for reducing the administrative burden borne by cantons and municipalities when modernising telecommunications infrastructure.
“The potential scope of 5G is immense and highly diversified: mobility, tourism, the health sector, training or retail, among others. These innovations cannot be achieved without a modern mobile phone infrastructure,” economiesuisse added in its press releaseExternal link.
Economiesuisse notes that Switzerland is “lagging behindExternal link” other countries when it comes to implementing 5G technology. The United States and China are especially advanced in this domain, with China currently enjoying the world’s biggest 5G marketExternal link. However, Switzerland appears to be more or less in line with the EU, which just this month External link agreed on a plan for freeing up radio frequencies for 5G services and aims to have the technology available to all 28 member countries by 2020.
What is 5G?
Fifth generation wireless technology offers much faster data speeds for mobile communications than previous generations: up to 10 gigabits per secondExternal link, which is fast enough to download a high-definition movie in seconds, and up to 100 times fasterExternal link than current 4G technology.
Data capacity rates are also greater than those for 3G or 4G networks, while consuming less energy overall and offering improved efficiency.
Philippe Horisberger of Switzerland’s Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM) told Swiss Public Radio, RTS, in a March interviewExternal link that 5G would allow data to be sent from once device to another in 1 millisecond, compared to 50 milliseconds for 4G technologies. This kind of speed offers potential for the integration of 5G with other emerging technologies, notably smart mobility, virtual reality, and digitised health and industry processes.
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We love peanut butter and jelly at our house. It’s one of my son’s favorite after practice snacks. I also have a peanut butter and jelly cookie recipe everyone in the family loves. My niece helped me make our favorite peanut butter and jelly cookies.
This is how the cookies look when they’re all done. They don’t usually last long at our house! I don’t think this last batch even lasted a day! Here is the recipe, in case you didn’t catch it in the video.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookie Recipe
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Preheat your oven to 375`F.
- Cream together the butter, peanut butter and sugar in a bowl.
- Add in the egg, vanilla, and salt. Continue beating until well combined.
- Add flour and baking soda, beat until all the ingredients thoroughly combined.
- Shape the dough into bite size (about a heaping teaspoon size) balls.
- Roll the cookies in the extra sugar and place a few inches apart on a baking sheet. Give them plenty of room, they’ll spread while they’re baking.
- Bake at 375’F for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Take them out of the oven, and let the cookies cool.
- Press your thumb into the center of each cookie.
- When the cookies have cooled add a teaspoon of Welch’s Grape or Strawberry Jelly into the center of each cookie.
My niece gives them a thumbs up.
We used Welch’s Natural Jelly in our cookies. I really love the ingredients list isn’t very long, and there are no big long words I have no clue how to pronounce. Just real ingredients I can understand.
Here are a few more interesting facts about Welch’s Jelly:
- Welch’s Strawberry Spreads are made with sweet, vine ripened strawberries
- Welch’s Concord Grape Jelly and Natural Grape Spread are made with Welch’s very own Concord grapes grown in the US and Canada
- Welch’s Natural Spreads contain no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial flavors or colors, and no preservatives
Did you know April 2th is National PB&J Day?! How do you enjoy your PB and J? Between now and April 2nd you can let Welch’s know how you have Peanut Butter and Jelly your way on their Facebook page with the PB&J Your Way contest. Let them know your creative spin on the classic PB&J sandwich for a chance to win $500 and a one year supply of Grape Jelly. 50 more people will win a sandwich keeper.
Enter the contest here: PB&J Your Way Contest
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Welch’s. I received product samples to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item as a thank-you for participating.


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Task 2- Computer game graphicsPixel Art:Pixel art is a form ofdigital art, createdthrough the use of rastergraphics software,where images are editedon the pixel level.Graphics in most old (orrelatively limited)computer and videogames, graphingcalculator games, andmany mobile phonegames are mostly pixelart.
Concept Art:Concept art is a form of illustrationwhere the main goal is to convey avisual representation of a design,idea, and/or mood for use in films,video games, animation, or comicbooks before it is put into the finalproduct. Concept art is alsoreferred to as visual developmentand/or concept design. This termcan also be applied to retail design,set design, fashion design andarchitectural design.
Texture Art:Textures, like other DesignFundamentals are the toolsused to manipulate ideasand give them graphic form.The larger the repertoire oftools, the better the choicesfor personal interpretation.
BackgroundGraphics:Backgrounds in games are really important. Itgives the game a realistic feel having arealistic background while playing. Forinstance, on call of duty, the edge of themaps don’t just stop, they carry on to givethe user an idea of how big the map is, and itgives the illusion that the map continues waypast the border of the playable map. Somegames just have bold colour background,others have highly detailed backgrounds!
Print media:Print media involves packaging and advertisingthe products in question. This gives developers achance to show off their game, and bring incustomers before even playing the game. A goodouter packaging is crucial for a game to do wellas it sells the game to customers. If they makethe game seem boring and dull on thepackaging, not many people will look and buythe game. The packaging must be interesting andmust be well designed.


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Guest Author - Lorel Shea
This is an exciting and historical time to be a United States citizen. It appears that in the upcoming election, we will bring a minority into the White House as either Vice President or President for the very first time! Barack Obama, an African American, and his running mate Joe Biden, are running as the democratic party candidates. Republican candidate John McCain has surprised many with his choice of Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as running mate. What better time could there be to talk to your kids about the democratic process and Presidential elections?
There are some terrific resources available that explain how our government works and how a president is elected to office. You can surf the web and get lots of great information to share with kids of all ages and ability levels. I particularly like the US government site hosted by a cartoon version of Ben Franklin, which is known as “Ben's Guide”. This site has information designed for various grade levels: kindergarten to 2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. There is not specific information on the election process for the youngest age group, but the grade 3-5 stuff is pretty clear and easy to digest. The election process for grade 6-8 is a bit more detailed, though there is not much more offered for high school level kids. PBS has a simple, yet engaging web site for the youngest of our citizens. Kid's can be “President for a Day” and see what their schedule might look like. Check out the, “ PBS Kid's Democracy Project” , and also it's sister site for older kids, “Zoom Out the Vote”. The Zoom site has a plethora of great links, in addition to it's own very solid content.
Dan Gutman is the author of a pair of books titled, “The Kid Who Ran for President”, and “The Kid Who Became President”. These amusing stories follow a twelve year old who is urged by his best friend to run for office. He starts off knowing very little, and having few thoughts on issues, but of course, learns as he goes through the process. Author Martha Searle Halter has designed a companion book to go along with, “The Kid Who Ran for President” which is an outstanding resource for teachers.
This study guide includes discussion questions and activities that expand on the story and go deeper into the Presidential election process. “Presidential Elections and other Cool Facts” is a nice basic guide for kids which is written at about a fourth grade level. Author Syl Sobel J.D. Teams up with Barron's for this publication. This book introduces the electoral college as well as other election related concepts such as third party candidates. It's fun to see who recalls the most titles in the order of succession, and to read about all of the relatives who have held our highest office. The glossary in the back reinforces new vocabulary terms like “caucus” and “electoral votes”.
Finally, I would like to suggest that you take a few minutes each day to talk about what is happening in politics today. Encourage children to ask questions, and consider issues and how government affects their schools, families, and communities, as well as the world at large. What issues are most important to your kids? What happens when one candidate meets some needs, while another meets other, equally important needs? How do you get past slick campaign ads and find out what the candidates are really all about? There are no easy answers, but factual information always puts us in a better place to make informed decisions. Kids can get involved in politics before they can vote, by learning about the process, the people, and current events. If they appear especially motivated, they might enjoy writing letters to the editor or political commentary for their school newspapers.

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Established in the year 1995, we, “Deep Plastic Industries (DPI)”, are engaged in manufacturing and supplying Plastic Injection Moulds like Flip Top Cap Mould, Flip Top Caps Mould, Cap & Closures Mould, Unscrewing, Jumping & Double Ejecting Caps Mould, Stationary Product Mould, Pen Mould, Marker Mould, Lead Box Mould, Hilighter Mould, Sketch Pen Mould, Scale Protector Mould, Crayon Mould, Stencil Mould, Irrigation Mould, Round Dipper Mould, Flat Dipper Mould, Medical Product Mould, Micro Tips Mould, Syringe Mould, Collection Tubes Mould, Multi Storage Vilas Mould, Petri Disc Mould, Pharmaceutical Product Mould, Measuring Cup Mould, Temper Proof Cap Mould, Dropper Cap & Plug Mould. Beginning with limited resources and capital, we are now meeting the needs of various customers across the nation. Our sister concern ‘Deep Moulds’ is famous as 'mould maker' and has the capacity of manufacturing more than 60 moulds/year. So far, we manufactured 450 precision oriented & technically critical moulds. Moreover, 'M/s Ahmadnagar Polymer Pvt. Ltd., is our molding partner. It has many injection molding machines, ranging from capacity 80 ton to 600 ton at Sanaswadi, Pune for manufacturing molded components.
Our present growth and success is due to the support of a state-of-the-art infrastructure that is designed for meeting the highest quality and safety standards. The plant is installed with CAD/CAM technology, quality inspection instrument, precision machines & communication systems. Our infrastructure is manned with a skilled team of professionals that has around 150 man-years of collective experience in "shop floor" engineering. Owing to the collective support of these professionals, DPI has become one of the few manufacturers, indigenously producing intensive moulds. Moreover, owing to the support of our team of experts, cost-effective products and on-time delivery schedule, we have garnered a huge customer base.
We are heading under the valuable guidance of our mentor, 'Mr. Dipen Parekh', who is a first generation entrepreneur and posses more than 20 years of experience in the business. He is a plastic and mechanical engineer by profession and has working experience with some of the big Indian plastic manufacturers like 'Nilkamal Plastic' & 'Shalimar Plastic'. His compendious knowledge, sharp business acumen and transparent dealings have helped us to come a long way in the domain.
|Nature of Business
|Exporter and Manufacturer
|Unit No. 3/6, Building No. 2, Waliv, Near Ganesh Mandir, Vasai East,, Mumbai - 401208, Maharashtra, India
|Total Number of Employees
|51 to 100 People
|Year of Establishment
|Legal Status of Firm
|Individual - Proprietor
|Rs. 2 - 5 Crore
|Size of Premises
|6000 square feet
|Location Photo 1
|Location Photo 2
|Provide after Sales Support
|Primary Competitive Advantage
|Experienced R & D DepartmentProvide Customized Solutions
|Quality Measures / Testing Facilities
|Import Export Code (IEC)
|CANARA BANKKOTAK MAHINDRA BANK
Our History of High Precision Plastic Mould Solutions dates back to 1995. Founded by Mr. Dipen Parekh, Who Established Deep Plastics Industries after finishing his Education and Learning from the Industry for over Five Years. He began his career as an Entrepreneur with a small capital base. Over these years, he has not only set up a Modest Manufacturing Base but also created a Reputation for himself as a ‘High Precision Mould Specialist’. He is amongst the few Indian Manufacturers of Precision Oriented Plastic Mould, Having Technical Expertise and a Successful Track Record of Conceptualizing, Designing, And Manufacturing Different Types of Critical Mould. It Is because of him and his Team’s Visionary ideas that Deep Plastics stands where it is today.
Every Project is different and requires Creative Solutions and High Standards of Engineering Excellence to Reach Success. At Deep Plastics, We Offer Integrated Solutions Ranging from Product Conceptualization, Customized Mould Development, Support In-House Trial, Validation Facility & Maintenance, As well as Supply of Consumable Parts. Our Team of 60 Highly Trained Professionals Includes Engineers, Machine Operators, Fitters, Mould Designers, Quality Control Managers, Marketing, Accounting, and Admin Staff.
Our workforce comprises the following:
•Procurement agents (raw material)
•Machinist & Die maker
•Marketing and sales personnel
We are a customer centric organization, heading successfully with a clear focus and hard work from past decade. Our organization has witnessed rapid growth over the decade in every term including depth & breadth. Furthermore, our ethical business practices, transparent dealings and cost-effective range have helped in earning the trust of several customers across the globe.
Some of the names from our long client list has been listed as follows:
We are a specialized in multi cavity & precision Plastic Injection Moulds. The range of mould offered by us comprises Cap & closures Moulds, Cosmetic Product Moulds, Pharmaceutical Product Moulds, Stationary Product Moulds, Writing instruments Moulds, Flip Top Cap Moulds, Medical products Moulds, Irrigation product Moulds, Engineering & Precision Product Moulds.
Our moulds are manufactured using optimum grade of imported alloy steel that we procure from trusted market vendors. Use of advanced CNC machines in the production process and regular quality testing at each manufacturing stage also assure that the finished products are at par with international standards.
Segments we serve:
Packaging industries of Personal care & home care (Cosmetic)
Packaging industries of Pharmaceutical
Consumer durable & Engineering product
Consistent mould functioning
Faster cycle time
Excellent mould life
Interchangeability / easy spare replacement
'Deep Plastic Industries' is amongst few Indian mould makers with in-house product design and development capability of new products from conceptualization to final product development.
For that, DPI recommends & supports following stages as below:
Concept development support
Product design & solid modeling assistance
Mock-up or model making (technical aid)
Plastic material selection
Proto moulds for short run to establish product
Inspection methodology & related gauges
Jigs & fixtures for assembly
Multi-cavity or commercial mould
DPI also offers technical consultancy for value added services (VAS) at pre-sale as well as post sale stages to few large organized players. After sales, DPI supports by supplying critical spare parts with fast delivery at reasonable cost.
We are a trusted name, engaged in manufacturing and supplying Plastic Injection Moulds. Our organization believes in constant up gradation of range of moulds manufactured by us.
Our value proposition is as stated below:
Proven engineering excellence & track record of quality, consistency & timeliness
International quality standards at competitive rates
Expertise in complex & multi-cavity injection mould
High standard of integrity, corporate values & best practices
Satisfied client list


1. Use the Lightning Digital AV Adapter for iPhone, iPad or iPod with Lightning connector
Very Important: Must be connected power adapter to work (Strongly recommended 5V/2A)
2. The Lightning Digital AV Adapter supports mirroring of what is displayed on your device screen – including apps, presentations, websites, slideshows and more – to your HDMI-equipped TV, display, projector or other compatible display in up to 1080p HD (Not support iphone connect notebook or All-in-one PC)
3. It also outputs video content – films, TV programmes, captured video – to your big screen in up to 1080p HD(Not Support Amazon video/ Netflix / HBO GO / Xfinity Player)
4. Simply attach the Lightning Digital AV Adaptor to the Lightning connector on your device and then to your TV or projector via an HDMI cable (HDMI Cable sold separately). Please Keep 3-5 seconds to automatic Identificate devices.
5. Plug and play. Compatible for iPhone X, iPhone 8 8 Plus, 5, 5c, 5s, SE, 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, for iPad with Retina Display, iPad mini, mini 2, mini 3, mini 4, Air, Air 2, iPad Pro (9.7-Inch) and iPad Pro (12.9-Inch)
for iPod Touch 5th Gen (32gb and 64GB), iPod Touch 5th Gen 16gb, for iPod touch 6th Generation
For iPhone iPad to HDMI Adapter, Lightning 8-pin to HDMI Female Video Digital AV Adapter with Lightning Charging Port for HD TV Monitor Projector 1080P
Note: Not Support Netflix / HBO GO / Xfinity Player!
Must be connected to power source to function (Strongly recommended 5V/2A)
Please Keep 8-10 seconds to automatic Identificate devices Plug and Play, Not support iPhone/iPad connect Notebook or All-in-one PC.


Vibration Measurement Application Note
May 30, 2013 - Vibration and its measurement are filled with vagaries that can make a seemingly simple task a daunting one instead. A new Vibration Measurement Application Note from Lion Precision helps bring some clarity and definition to the issue. The basic problem stems from the fact that there are myriad methods and tools to measure vibration, and each of these may have different measurement units and confounding factors so the results may differ greatly.
The vibration measurement application note helps the reader determine which tool is best for a specific application. Some tools, like accelerometers, are well-suited for applications in which the forces and strains resulting from vibration are the primary concern. Displacement sensors are better for applications in which the actual ‘travel’ of the vibrating part is the important consideration. These devices are affected very differently by the frequencies of the vibration – a fact which must be considered.
Don Martin, president of Lion Precision explains that a typical “vibration meter” will use accelerometers. When high frequency “forces” are the concern, this is an appropriate choice. “Many people are using these devices to determine lower frequency displacement and just not getting very precise results, but because it’s a ‘vibration meter’ they assume it’s the right tool and don’t realize there are better methods.”
In addition to the vibration sensor technology, the measurement result can be expressed in many different ways such as a single ‘total vibration’ value, a frequency spectrum or real-time instantaneous measurements. And each of these can be expressed in RMS, peak, or real-time values.
“The application note is intended for anyone needing to better understand and measure vibration,” adds Lion Precision’s communication manager, Mark Kretschmar. “It is not primarily about Lion Precision products.” He explains that Lion Precision is developing a Technical Library of application notes and TechNotes to help engineers and metrologists make more precise measurements whatever product or technology they are using. “The application note even details how best to mount a sensor in a vibrating environment, no matter what type or brand of sensor it is.”
In 1958, Lion Precision was the first company to provide capacitive displacement sensors to industry. The company has expanded its product offering to include eddy-current displacement sensors and some application specific sensors for the machine tool, packaging and PCB industries. The company is focused on assisting users in sensor implementation by providing technical knowledge resources, expert guidance and optimized systems including custom designs.
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I love reading challenges, and I love fairy-tale retellings, so the idea of a reading challenge where the objective is to read as many fairy-tale retellings as I can in a year is just perfect! I love that this challenge is so flexible, with a really short rules list – definitely my kind of challenge :) The challenge is hosted by Mel over at The Daily Prophecy, and the challenge will run from January 1st – December 31st 2015.
Here are the official rules and guidelines:
• The goal is to read fairytale retellings, but if you want you can also pick other retellings. It’s up to you what you count as a fairytale. Here are a couple of books you can pick from: my bookshelf with fairytale retellings and Fairytale lists on Listopia. You can read Middle Grade, Young Adult and Adult books for this challenge. Obviously, the book doesn't have to be published in 2015 and re-reads count.
• There are 6 different levels you can aim for:
-Prince Charming: 1 – 4 books.
-Magic mirror: 5 - 9 books.
-Big bad wolf: 10 – 15 books.
-The wise princess: 16 – 20 books.
-Wicked fairy Godmother: 21 – 25 books.
-Bluebeard: you are killing it! 26+ books.
• Every beginning of the month, Mel will make a link-up post where you put all your reviews in and they will have fun/informative introductions.
• Most important thing: HAVE FUN and spread the word :) Let's tweet with: #fairytaleRC
I’m a little scared to post the list of books I hope to read for the challenge. Anytime I post a list like this, I usually AVOID reading all the books on the list, rather than reading them! I’m going to aim for the Big Bad Wold level (10-15 books), so listing five should be a fairly safe bet? Plus, I’ve been dying to read these five books for months now, so I should have plenty of motivation to actually read them!
Ensnared by A.G. Howard (Already pre-ordered, so this WILL be read as soon as it lands in the post box! Or I tackle-hug the postman… well, both options will result in me reading the book, so, WIN! *nods*)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (It’s Sarah J. Maas. Need I say more??)
Cress and Fairest by Marissa Meyer (I think novellas count?)
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge


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bandon intergenerational music project
SONGS FOR OUR TIMES
Songs For Our Times was an intergenerational, intercultural music and song-writing project that took place in Bandon, Co. Cork. It involved a series of workshops over 4 weeks with a performance at the end. Children from sixth class of Bandonbridge National School met with elderly participants from the Bandon Daycare Centre. The project focussed on the experience of people coming to live in Ireland from other places. The Cork Jewish community was used as an example. Each group learned new songs and wrote an original song - the children wrote "Possibilities" and the adults wrote "Welcome Here". They also played various instruments, sang a Yiddish song, and learned some klezmer dance steps. They had discussions with each other and with the facilitator, Ruti Lachs, about travelling to different places, and about the adults’ childhood experiences. The high point for all involved was the meetings of the two groups in the Daycare Centre, and again at the school on the day of the concert. The concert programme included one of Ruti's original songs (In My Town, from the Stomping In The Woods CD), the new songs written by the groups during the project, a local song (Bandon Town by John Larkin), a Yiddish song (Ale Brider) and a performance by Pop-Up Klezmer, a group of four professional musicians, including Ruti. This was a lively event, with the head teacher and many pupils up and dancing to klezmer tunes. The intergenerational project was supported by Cork County Arts and Library Service.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Seven people were shot, two fatally, in a span of three days in Jacksonville.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, seven separate shootings, including a double shooting, were reported between late Friday morning and Sunday evening across the city.
About 11 a.m. Friday, officers were called to a shooting on Third Street Circle South, off Melson Avenue, in the Paxon neighborhood. Police said a woman was shot inside a house but was outside by the time Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department personnel arrived. The woman was taken to UF Health hospital, where she died. Police said three or four other people were in the home at the time of the shooting and they were all detained for questioning.
Nine hours later, police responded about 8 p.m. Friday to a 911 call about a person shot on Brooklyn Road, just south of Edgewood Avenue West. Police said a man in his 30s died from at least one gunshot wound.
About 11:30 p.m. Friday, police responded to a double shooting on McMillan Street, near Kings Road, in the College Gardens neighborhood of Northwest Jacksonville. Police said they found two men in their 20s with gunshot wounds. According to the Sheriff’s Office, one man was struck in the lower leg and the other was shot in the upper torso. Both men were transported to an area hospital. The Sheriff’s Office said ShotSpotter discovered three gunshots were fired.
The next day, officers responded about 3:30 p.m. Saturday to a report of shots fired on Justina Road. Police said they learned a man in his 30s was shot in the leg during a drive-by. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the man said he was sitting at the bus stop when a red SUV, possibly a GMC, drove by and shots were fired at him from the vehicle. The man was taken to an area hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
Just over five hours later, police were again called about 8:40 p.m. Saturday to a shooting on Justina Road. Police said they found a woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, and she was taken to a hospital.
The two shootings Saturday took place within two blocks just north of Merrill Road. It was not immediately clear whether those shootings were related.
Adding to the violent weekend, a man was shot in the lower leg just after 10 p.m. Sunday night in the area of Jacks Road in the Biltmore neighborhood. His injury was not considered life-threatening.
Three of the six shootings happened in Northwest Jacksonville. That’s the district represented by Jacksonville City Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman. She, along with State Rep. Kimberly Daniels and other community leaders, recently announced an initiative to help fight crime and clean up poorly maintained areas of Northwest Jacksonville.
“It’s important that we take our communities back,” said Pittman, who plans to meet Wednesday with Sheriff Mike Williams to discuss the initiative.
Some of the issues she plans to bring up are outstanding warrants around the city. She wants to work with police to go arrest people with outstanding warrants, saying many people who are arrested have outstanding warrants.
Pittman also wants to talk with the sheriff about other mechanisms for high-crime areas, such as installing surveillance cameras and opening up new JSO substations. She said many used to be present that no longer exist.
Pittman also wants to work on attracting jobs to Northwest Jacksonville and picking up trash in the area.
“One of my priorities is to clean the main streets of Northwest Jacksonville," Pittman said. “We need to also teach our children and residents in certain areas to keep the place where they live clean.”
Northwest Jacksonville residents are frustrated by the violence.
“When I was younger, growing up around here, I didn’t see all this," said Reggie Davis, who lives near the Brooklyn Road shooting scene and has lived in the area for about 40 years. “I didn’t see nobody getting killed.”
Davis said he’s seen gunfire recently in the area, citing three incidents of shots fired when speaking with News4Jax on Monday.
“Last Sunday -- my brother lives over there -- about 3 in the morning, someone shot up his car,” he said.
As of Monday afternoon, no arrests had been announced in any of the shootings.
Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or email firstname.lastname@example.org. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS (8477).


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Two really interesting new novels came my way last week.
Blackthorn by Judy Nedry. Described as a "gothic thriller," this moody mystery set in a crumbling old resort in the Pacific Northwest has everything going for it.
Yeshiva Girl by Rachel Mankowitz. This is a timely story of a teacher accused of sexual impropriety with a student. What makes this book stand out is that the story is told by the man's 15 year old daughter -- and she believes the accusations.
What books came into your house last week?
Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday, a weekly "show & tell" blog event where participants share the books they acquired the week before. Visit the Mailbox Monday website to find links to all the participants' posts and read more about Books that Caught our Eye.
Mailbox Monday is graciously hosted by Leslie of Under My Apple Tree, Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit, and Martha of Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf.


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A 15-year-old girl is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing her father Monday night, according to Lexington County Sheriff’s Department officials.
Maj. John Allard said the girl stabbed her father in his upper body with a household knife during a dispute outside their home on Wescott Road near Irmo. The father was taken to a local hospital and received treatment for a single stab wound that was non-life threatening.
According to Allard the circumstances of the dispute between the girl and her father remain under investigation. Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies transported the girl to a pre-trial juvenile detention center off Broad River Road in Columbia.
Allard said detectives recommended that the 11th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office prosecute the girl as a juvenile in family court in Lexington County for attempted murder.

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Ngumpi.com – Small bedrooms don’t have to be dull and uninspiring. Try painting the walls with light or neutral tones to make the room seem larger. If you’d rather go with vibrant color, try bold prints or floral wallpaper. The main thing is to make the space feel cozy and warm, not cramped.
Creating a Unique Look in a Small Bedroom
Another way to add personality to a small bedroom is by using gallery walls. This will give your room a personal touch, as you can display your favorite pictures on it. Make a mock-up of the gallery wall on brown paper so you can visualize how the whole thing will look when finished. It is also a great way to add storage space and create a unique look.
Wallpaper is another great way to enlarge a small room. Bold, patterned wallpaper can create a jewel box effect, and doesn’t have to be full wall coverage. A fun print could cover an awkward nook. Romanek Design Studio also built in a bench in an awkward area. This way, the space is more usable. There are many options for decorating a small room, but you have to consider how the space is used.
For a small bedroom, a piece of art on the wall can add personality and help organize the space. If you don’t have much wall space, a big piece of art on a wall can make the space feel more spacious. It is also possible to get cute storage bins that can fit under the bed. Another great idea for a small room is a black and white gallery wall. This adds a dramatic visual to the space.
Smart Solution to Decorate Small Room
Another smart solution for a small room is to make it as multifunctional as possible. Having a multipurpose piece of furniture or a smart TV on the wall can help you maximize the space. Adding a piece of art to the wall can even turn a boring room into an interesting and stylish space. Monochromatic decor can be boring, but you can make it interesting with different textures and fabrics.
Adding lighting can create a dramatic effect in a small bedroom. Adding wall sconces is a stylish way to do this and is less bulky than most lighting options. Adding plants is another great option because plants not only look great but can also help clean the air. And a wall planter can maximize space in a small room.
Another small bedroom wall ideas is to display art. Creating a gallery wall is a great way to display some of your favourite pictures. It’s a good idea to practice before you begin by sticking a brown paper on the wall to create a pattern for the frames. Once you’ve got the perfect arrangement, you’ll be able to hang the frames on the wall.
Adding a Console Table or Dressing Table in the Corner
Adding a slim console table or dresser in the corner is another way to use this space. These are also functional, as they double as a place to keep your keys and sunglasses. And, of course, they can double as a place to pile clothes. You can even get a custom-made wall built-in to store your clothing.
Adding colour is an easy solution for many decorating problems. A splash of colour will instantly make the room feel more inviting. It also helps combat wider aesthetic issues, like the feeling that the room is smaller than it actually is. Using a combination of different colours can also create a new perspective on the walls.


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From 2011 to 2013, SIAP worked in partnership with The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy (OACCE), and Philadelphia Department of Commerce to develop an asset mapping tool and livability index for the City of Philadelphia. The project--called CultureBlocks--was made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA Chairman’s Grant and Our Town Grant) and ArtPlace America.
CultureBlocks was designed to build on local capacity: the cultural data infrastructure developed by SIAP; the web capacity developed by TRF, a robust geospatial platform called PolicyMap; and the City’s interest in the creative economy as a focus of economic development policy. In addition, SIAP and TRF completed new research that involved development of a policy tool to enable assessment of how the arts and culture connect with livability and other dimensions of social wellbeing.
The most visible product of the collaboration was the April 30, 2013 launch at Philadelphia City Hall of the free online mapping tool called CultureBlocks.com [www.cultureblocks.com/wordpress]. Local press lauded CultureBlocks as a tool that “democratizes a lot of the data that has been collected by researchers” (“Data Democratized: CultureBlocks Launches” by Vivienne Tang, HIdden City Philadelphia post, April 30, 2013). Next City was impressed that the creative economy can be mapped, describing CultureBlocks as "a detailed atlas of the city’s cultural terrain.” (“Down to the Parcel, ‘CultureBlocks’ Maps Philly Arts and Culture” by Patrick Kerkstra, Next City, May 2, 2013.). The October 2013 issue of the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal featured an article on “Culture Blocks” by Anya Saretzky. For a discussion of CultureBlocks.com in national context by NEA Our Town grants program managers, see the National Endowment for the Arts website: https://www.arts.gov/exploring-our-town/culture-blocks.
The CultureBlocks project was a milestone in cultural research and its potential contribution to urban and social policy. The online asset mapping tool opens discussion of the role of culture and the arts in Philadelphia neighborhoods to a broader public. The SIAP/ Reinvestment Fund social wellbeing frameworks and findings--archived in SIAP's CultureBlocks Philadelphia Collection--provide ideas and evidence that inform that discussion.
Submissions from 2013
What do the Arts & Culture Contribute to Urban Life?, Mark J. Stern
Cultural Ecology, Neighborhood Vitality, and Social Wellbeing—A Philadelphia Project, Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert
Submissions from 2012
Cultural Asset Mapping Project: Progress Report, Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert


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Featuring Dr. Kathleen Mullaney, DDS
The Commonwealth of Virginia allowed dental offices to reopen on May 5th. However, should there be a resurgence of Covid 19 infections later in the year and a quarantine is again imposed, these lessons learned will better prepare you to deal with your dental needs.
What should I do if I have a dental emergency during a quarantine? This is a question I received often from patients, friends and family. It is a question that you have most likely seen floating around on social media. We have been very proactive in our dental practice to reach out to each of our patients with some answers to the most common dental emergencies.
First and foremost, it is important to understand what the symptoms are of a 'true' dental emergency. These will generally present with pain, swelling, bleeding in the oral tissues and some signs of infection. If any of these occur, please call your dentist immediately. It is important not to delay if an infection is present, as this could easily turn into a bigger problem.
We are also available to FaceTime with our patients and utilize 'telemedicine' to discuss treatment options. Phone calls, FaceTime and 'telemedicine' all allow dental professionals to discuss concerns with their patients. Typically, I can treat the patient with antibiotics right away and refer them to the necessary specialist should the need for a root canal or tooth removal be required.
Our goal is to keep our patients out of the emergency rooms for dental issues during a quarantine situation.
Here are other popular questions, regarding your dental health that you may be needing answers to.
Q: What do I do if my temporary crown comes off?
A: Call your dentist and let them know. There are some pretty good 'temporary cements' that you can get at the drug stores to hold you over for a while. Clean out the inside of your temporary with some hydrogen peroxide and dry it with a Q-tip. Place the temporary cement inside the crown and put it back in your mouth and bite down for 5 minutes. Try to clean out the extra cement and let your dentist know what product you have used.
Q: What do I do if I chip or break a tooth?
A: Call your dentist to let them know. If there is no sensitivity to hot or cold, you should try to avoid chewing in that area of your mouth. Once your dental office is opened again, go in for an evaluation.
Q: How can I keep my teeth healthy since I am overdue for my cleaning?
A: Try to brush and floss your teeth at least twice a day. Some of the over the counter mouth rinses that have fluoride in them can be good to use in the interim until you can get a professional cleaning and fluoride application. Many of our patients find the 'Water Pik' quite helpful to use once or twice a day to keep their mouths cleaner. You can get this in a drug store or online.
Q: What do I do if I have a sore in my mouth or gums?
A: Again, call your dentist to let them know. We do not want to ignore this if it is an infection. Often, for a minor sore caused by 'trauma', you could try rinsing your mouth with warm salt water and peroxide mouth rinse. Again, this should clear up in a few days or you should reach back out to your dentist for a 'telemedicine' visit.
For Dr. Kathleen Mullaney, being a dentist embodies what she’s all about: her passion for service, for improving every patient’s smile, for caring for her family and for giving back to the community. Visit her online at www.kathleenmullaneydds.com
As seen in the May 2020 Issue of VIP Alexandria Magazine

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