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Press Release – Christchurch City Council
Christchurch’s official NZ Music Month 2011 launch event will take place this Sunday 1 May at New Brighton Library. Firmly entrenched as part of our cultural landscape, NZ Music Month is a celebration of home-grown talent across the length and breadth …29 April 2011
It’s an East-side Launch for Christchurch’s NZ Music Month 2011
Christchurch’s official NZ Music Month 2011 launch event will take place this Sunday 1 May at New Brighton Library.
Firmly entrenched as part of our cultural landscape, NZ Music Month is a celebration of home-grown talent across the length and breadth of the country. The event begins on 1 May, with official launch gigs of all shapes and sizes taking place. The launch in Christchurch will feature special performances from Lawrence Arabia – the pseudonym of Christchurch born, UK based James Milne – former multi- instrumentalist in Auckland pop band, The Brunettes.
Carolyn Robertson, Libraries Manager, says, “This NZ Music Month launch event is a fantastic opportunity to bring people back to the eastside of Christchurch. New Brighton Library is a wonderful, scenic venue, and we look forward to sharing this space with our community in this way.”
Business owners in the New Brighton community are thrilled to have such a great event taking place in their area. Mrs Robertson says, “It has been a difficult time over the past few weeks, with some Christchurch residents thinking that many roads and businesses in our area remain closed after the earthquake. It is a mis-understanding that we would like to rectify as quickly as possible – bring back the eastside, we are still here and going strong!”
Through 2010, Lawrence Arabia and his band The Prime Ministers toured the UK, Europe and the USA in support of the release of their album Chant Darling, which received glowing reviews. The Times declared it to be ‘classy, intelligent pop-rock … lyrically it’s fabulous.’ Apple Pie Bed, a song from the album, went on to win the APRA Silver Scroll and the Taite Music Prize. Lawrence Arabia has begun the recording of a new album and will be previewing songs at the Music Month launch gig.
Silencio Ensemble will open the event by performing a series of instrumental pieces on their own created set of ‘Tubular Bells’. Musicians from the group will be placed in a spread configuration, while various soloists interact and experiment with the reverberating sounds in the library space.
There are a number of other music events happening throughout Christchurch City Libraries during May. Supporting Christchurch artists is key during this month, and the line-up is jam-packed full of local talent.
Check out the website
www.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Events/NZMusicMonth/ for more details
on upcoming events.
Christchurch’s Launch Event
Sunday 1 May, 6 – 7.30pm. FREE Entry
Lawrence Arabia and Guests
Christchurch born Lawrence Arabia – former multi-instrumentalist in
Auckland pop band The Brunettes will headline a stunning line-up of
local and national acts as we kick off Christchurch’s very own New
Zealand Music Month in style.
New Brighton Library
Welcome by musicians from Silencio Ensemble
6.15pm – Marlon from Unfaithful Ways
6.45pm – Lawrence Arabia
Please note a change in venue, previously advertised as Christchurch Art


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Appalling ordeal of an extraordinary woman
It is time for the Oireachtas to consider a change in the law on euthanasia and assisted suicide, writes Valerie Cox
Last Friday, before the dawn of a bleak winter morning, Marie Fleming died. Her partner, Tom, sat beside her, the couple who had taken on the Irish Constitution, united in her last few moments of life. But that life had become a matter of debate for the whole country as the multiple sclerosis sufferer decided she'd had enough, that she wanted the right to die with the assistance of her partner. And she didn't want him to face the legal consequences of that assistance, a possible 14-year prison sentence.
Marie lost the High Court battle and her appeal to the Supreme Court. It was one of the most poignant scenes in any courtroom when the three High Court judges -- President Nicholas Kearns, Gerard Hogan and Paul Kearney -- left their dais to sit on the press benches close to Marie in her wheelchair. She was unable to move her limbs, a slight movement of her head the only control she had.
Her own statement had been read to the court by her counsel, Simon Mills. "I am in constant unbearable pain," she wrote, and a harrowing account of her life followed. In 1995 she had to give up driving, and ceased work. Two years ago she had lost the use of her hands. Now she was incontinent, she choked on liquids and she was dependent on others for her care and welfare. She told the court she had little or no dignity.
And there were her fears for the future, of being unable to communicate as her body deteriorated, and she was horrified at the prospect of long- term sedation. There were tears in Tom's eyes as the list went on. When their decision was issued, the judges described Marie as in many ways "the most remarkable witness which any member of this court has ever been privileged to encounter". Yet still they turned down her application to die.
There was no doubt that Marie had voiced a very determined wish to die. She had the support of Tom and their children. And she had a very definite idea of how she would die. She had originally planned to travel to Dignitas in Switzerland six years previously. This is the only place where non-nationals can go to die. But they still have to be well enough to take the medication themselves. Marie decided against going to Dignitas then because she knew it was too soon to die, she had new grandchildren to get to know and time to spend with her beloved Tom. But life was very cruel. As her condition deteriorated, Dignitas was no longer an option.
The court cases began and the Flemings were plunged into the limelight. Tom did most of the talking but Marie was there all along giving him her support. This was an extraordinary position for any family to have foisted upon them. A loving family, yes, supportive friends, yes, but difficult then to explain that they were actually supporting Marie in her quest for death.
Each day when they left the court the media were waiting for interviews, comments, reaction and the never-ending photographs. Tom and Marie appreciated the coverage, it got their story out there. This culminated in Tom's appearance on the Late Late Show on May 3 this year, where he read a letter from Marie which had himself and several members of the audience in tears.
Until 1993 suicide was a Common Law offence in Ireland. Section 85 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936, provided that where a person was charged with and confessed to attempting suicide, there was a punishment of up to three months' imprisonment. But if the suicide succeeded and "the person was dead and could not be sentenced, very harsh punishment was laid down in relation to his or her burial and to forfeiture of his or her property".
Section 2 (1) of the Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993 abolished the crime of suicide but enacted the law that a person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years. It also states that no proceedings
shall be instituted for an offence under this section except by or with the consent of the DPP.
This aspect was evident in the Fleming case when Judge Kearns said: "The Court feels sure that the Director, in this of all cases, would exercise her discretion in a humane and sensitive fashion, while it would stress that, of course, she must retain the full ambit of that discretion to decide whether to prosecute or not."
Perhaps we need to question this vague and paternalistic attitude. If Marie Fleming was a competent adult with a right to autonomy, what right had anyone to prevent her from killing herself in so far as she was not harming anyone else? There is an element of hypocrisy in our assessment and refusal of autonomy. We allow people to eat too much and drink too much. We allow seriously dangerous pastimes. We allow people to decide for or against life-saving operations. Patients are permitted to refuse blood transfusions. Yet when it comes to the end of life, we invoke the Constitution, the slippery slope, and we negate and refuse that autonomy. And, crucially, we have removed the criminality from able-bodied people who kill themselves through suicide.
Marie Fleming's life and death illustrate the need to consider a limited and regulated form of euthanasia and assisted suicide for those whose lives have become medically unbearable and who are facing intolerable deaths. It is time for the Oireachtas to consider a change in the law. It is not sufficient for a court to say that the DPP will use her discretion in the matter of prosecuting someone who assists another to die.
Irish patients need to be relieved of the decision to go abroad to die, or of the pressure of illegally importing drugs and gases in order to die in Ireland. The decision could be taken through a referendum, giving the people the power to decide. Until that time, patients are being forced to travel abroad for relief or to die secret deaths at home, dying with the awful knowledge that a loved one who helps them may be facing criminal prosecution and a long prison sentence.
Rest well Marie -- you and Tom have made us all think about how we die in Ireland.
SIMILAR UK CASES
In 2009 Debbie Purdy won the right to know whether her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her to travel abroad to die. At the time of the case it was recorded that 92 Britons had gone abroad for assisted suicide and none of the accompanying family members or friends had been prosecuted -- and although some had been charged, those charges were dropped.
Purdy's case was dismissed by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal but was successful in the House of Lords -- which directed the DPP to clarify the position regarding a prosecution. The DPP then issued a document which sets out the criteria as to whether or not a prosecution will be taken.
In another case, similar to that of Marie Fleming, Diane Pretty, who was at an advanced stage of motor neurone disease, wanted her husband to assist in her death, although she said she would be able to take the final step herself. The DPP refused to give an undertaking that her husband would not be prosecuted. Pretty took her case to the European Court of Human Rights, which held that no right to die, whether at the hands of a third party or with the assistance of a public authority, could be derived from Article 2 of the Convention.
Valerie Cox, reporter on RTE's 'Today with Sean O'Rourke', holds an MSc in End of Life Healthcare Ethics from University College Cork. Her thesis was centred on Marie Fleming's case. This degree is the first of its kind in the world, and its first nine students graduated last month.

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The US State Department has approved the potential foreign military sale of F-16 equipment and support services to the government of Pakistan.
With an estimated cost of $450 million, the potential deal will allow the US to provide contractor engineering, and technical and logistics services for the nation’s fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft.
The US will enroll the entire fleet in the F-16 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program and the Engine Component Improvement Program.
The fleet will also undergo aircraft and engine hardware modifications, classified and unclassified software support, and technical calibrations.
However, the State Department clarified that the potential sale would not include integrating or supplying new capabilities, weapons, or munitions.
“The proposed sale will continue the sustainment of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet, which greatly improves Pakistan’s ability to support counterterrorism operations through its robust air-to-ground capability,” the press release states.
“Pakistan will have no difficulty absorbing these articles and services into its armed forces.”
The principal contractor for the support and sustainment service is Lockheed Martin.


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I want this blog post to be a little glimpse into my mind. Today will be about how I'm a huge Naruto fan. It's funny how more and more people I talk to are also fans of this Japanese Anime series. People I would have never believed where fans are turning up in the funniest of places.
The Naruto series in a nutshell is about an orphaned boy who lives in this fantasy "ninja" world of so called magic and monsters. A series that has spanned over a decade and counting is too much to surmise in jus this quick post, but I'd like to tell my take on the series itself.
Naruto, the main character, has trapped inside himself the 9 taliled fox demon. How it got there is irrelevant to the point I believe the series tries to convey. So Naruto like most of has this demon that he must learn to control and eventually embrace as part of his overall being. They become one.
For me this series is reflection of my own "inner demon" that some of us have within us. We could called it "sins' or guilty pleasures anything that we know is detrimental to the overall well being of our body and psyche. I myself have dealt with addiction in a small aspect and have learned to control and embrace the person that came out the other side. Some of us never learn to control that demon and you can imagine the horrors that can come with it running rampant.
None of us are perfect. The saying "Be the Change You seek in the World" has never been truer. The first real step has to be with the person in the mirror if real change to begin.
Conquer your Demon and become the shining light you where always meant to be.
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Organic gardening is a great way to save money as well as provide your family with fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables! I strongly encourage everyone to start an organic garden.
I love to garden!! Picking a ripe vegetable or fruit and eating it straight out of the garden, is so delicious! You can’t beat the taste. If your kids do not want to eat their vegetables, try planting a garden, and they may very well change their minds. My kids can not get enough fresh vegetables. Organic gardens really can help your kids to eat their vegetables.
Anyone can garden organically, anywhere . Seriously . . . even you! Trust me, I used to have a black thumb, and now I grow the majority of the fruits, vegetables and herbs that our family of six eat. If you are new to gardening, I have typed up a post about how to start an organic garden which answers the basic questions that you might have.
How Organic Gardening Can Work For You:
Lack Of Time or Space:
Many people think that they do not have time to garden. However, there are ways to garden organically, such as raised bed gardening and container gardening that require very little time and effort, which can be great for busy lifestyles. This type of gardening helps to prevent weeds, and you are able to grow quite a bit of produce in a small area.
I have helped people build raised bed gardens, and harvest quite a bit of fresh food for their families even only spending about 10 minutes on their garden most days.
If you have a lack of space, you can use succession planting to make your space count.
Strict Home Owner Associations:
If you live in a subdivision with strict rules about gardens, you can try landscape gardening. Landscape gardening can be beautiful! Rather than planting flowers, you can consider planting flowering herbs. One of my favorite flowers is actually the gorgeous purple flowers on sage plants. You can plant edible groundcover as well.
Tips For Experienced Organic Gardeners:
Dealing With Bugs Naturally:
Bugs are going to be in an organic garden since we do not use poison to kill them. However, there are methods that you can use to naturally control your bug population.
To Save Money On Your Organic Garden:
I suggest growing many of your plants from seed. This can really help you save money! You can actually make newspaper pots to start your seedlings. These are so easy to make, and make planting so easy since all you have to do is tear off the bottom of your newspaper pot when you are ready to start planting.
You do want to be careful when you buy your seeds, that you purchase non genetically modified seeds. Here are some tips about how to tell whether or not your seeds are genetically modified. Seeds that are not genetically modified can cost a little more money, however, you are can save your seeds easily, which means you only have to buy your seeds one time.
Hopefully you will get lots of produce. If you do, here are some tips for processing produce:
Check out more organic gardening here.

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This was a delightful audiobook. Not only did you get the benefit of Dolly’s “dream more” thoughts, but you were entertained with jingles of songs she sang.
No matter what age you are, where you come from, or what you do for a living, this is a book that will speak to you. Dolly is such a down-to-earth soul and her thoughts, drawn from her University of Tennessee commencement speech, are presented with a cheerful attitude, basic honesty, and a sense of self-deprecating humor. She is an amazing and giving person. She is not too impressed with herself and expresses her philosophy of life in a clear and touching manner.
While listening to the audiobook is entertaining, the money (ALL of it!) as well as her book is donated to her children’s literacy foundation, Imagination Library.
I loved this book! Lots of laughs and quirky characters. Plus all of the honey bee facts were delightful!
Dorothea Benton Frank does a great job of bringing you into the story and making you invested in the lives of several of the characters. The two boys…Tyler and Hunter…are precious and I fell in love with them. The story is funny and you will find yourself either laughing or rolling your eyes at the crazy antics and life choices.
I love southern chic lit and this one fits the bill!
Oh my goodness! This was a wonderful book! As I sent a text message to two friends who loaned the book to me, I told them that my heart ached, my spirit was filled, and I felt inspired. That’s a wonderful thing to say once you’ve closed last page of a book.
I kept feeling uncomfortable at the beginning of the book. As a Christian, I couldn’t figure out why the ministry of Abel and Emma Rose bothered me. But I eventually figured it out. And as the story develops and you become more invested in their many forms of ministry, you will discover a new depth to serving the Lord and questioning your willingness to serve. Are you ready to make a commitment and explore what is really important.
This is definitely one to put on your to be read list!
This was an interesting take on the typical story of a wife who discovers her husband has cheated on her. The way Elle takes recipes and describes the emotions she is experiencing while she bakes delightful creations is entertaining. You could find yourself feeling every heartache, insecurity, and anticipation.
The book goes back and forth from before and after Elle discovers her husband’s infidelity. This is handled well and does not distract you from the primary theme of the book. You will discover the background behind Elle and Tom’s relationship, their individual past histories, and the present day and what has led them to this point.
The author has done a great job of developing the characters, having you hold onto hope, and experiencing grief and anxiety as you travel through the angst of a marriage falling apart.
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I loved this book! You will find yourself hanging on to every word and waiting to see what happens next as Arthur begins a journey of discovery. I listened to the audiobook version and found myself gasping and laughing and getting teary as the story progressed.
The author does a wonderful job of developing the characters. You will travel along with Arthur and fall in love with the various individuals he meets along the way. Be prepared as you experience a variety of feelings…love, loneliness, fear, anxiety, insecurity, a sense of purpose, etc. Your heart will swell as Arthur realizes things are not always as they seemed.
I would love for this book to be made into a movie. It is definitely one I would see at the theater!
I enjoyed this short story that is a prequel to the author’s book, Small Great Things. I think this will be a great introduction to the story.
The characters are well developed and bring you into their lives and have you wanting to learn more about them and see what life holds in store.
This was a good novella. As a quick read, it delivered enough details that you could enjoy the characters and the story built around them. In some ways, this was a difficult read because it was hard to envision Arlene’s life after such a traumatic event.
The author does a good job of bringing the characters to life…with all their quirks and crazy antics. The book will find you laughing and crying, your heart aching, and feeling that you can find good things in the midst of tragedy.

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Most Subscribed Youtube Girls List Updated on February 2016 I think everyone knows what Youtube is.
We all watched and shared funny or cute videos with our friends, some of us even have pretty cool channels, but there are people whose life has changed completely by Youtube.
People, who managed to turn their hobby and passion for creating videos into successful online business, whose Youtube nicknames became their brand names, who travel the world, who made their dreams come true and became rich and famous.
Not only they are not afraid to broadcast themselves, not only these people are very creative, brave and can find and share unique ideas with the rest of the world, but these people created their own life, own destiny. There are more than 11 Youtube girls in the list, but I decided to limit my list with 11.
They didn’t wait to be discovered, or for someone to come and help them become an actor or singer or makeup artist, they just started creating videos, alone in their rooms with their camera (not always the best one) and laptop, sharing their talent and ideas with the world. I simply like this number :) Also, I didn’t take into account channels by major music stars and tv shows, because they were not discovered with the help of Youtube and their channels were made by PR companies and not by the girls themselves.
So, here is the list of most successful and most subscribed Youtube channels created, managed and owned by the girls.
Read about these extraordinary, rich and yet simple girls and maybe it will inspire you to start something of your own!
In her videos Yuya shows how to apply makeup, some DIY projects, fashion, hair and everything girls are interested in.
It is a pure pleasure to watch her videos and if you speak Spanish you should definitely become her subscriber.
3 – Zoella Zoella is another beautiful lifestyle blogger and vlogger from UK.
1 – Jenna Mourey aka Jenna Marbles Jenna Marbles joined Youtube on February 16, 2010 and by six years of vlogging managed to build her subscriber base to a whopping number of 15 859 697!!
Can you imagine that more than 14 million of people around the globe are watching what Jenna has to say every week. Her videos are always very funny and cover various aspects of everyday life.

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United States District Court, D. New Jersey
MCNULTY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Doris Griffin brings a putative class action based on a
statement in a debt collection letter she received (the
"Letter") advising that "[u]ntil this [debt]
is paid, it may appear on your credit report and adversely
impact your credit, " and requesting prompt payment.
Griffin's Complaint alleges that this statement is false,
deceptive, and misleading, and therefore violates Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act (the "FDCPA"), in
particular 15 U.S.C. § 1692e and 1692e(10). Defendant
Andrea Visgilio-McGrath, LLC ("AVM"), which sent
the Letter, moves to dismiss the Complaint for lack of
standing and for failure to state a claim pursuant to
Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). For the reasons stated
herein, the motion to dismiss is denied.
allegations of the Complaint may be summarized as follows:
Griffin is a consumer, and AVM a debt collector, within the
meaning of FDCPA. (Cplt. ¶¶ 6, 9) Griffin incurred
a consumer debt obligation to a creditor, Mountainside
Hospital. (Cplt. ¶¶ 15-18) The debt was past due,
and was referred to AVM for collection. (Cplt. ¶¶
sent Griffin a Letter dated July 14, 2016, in relation to the
Mountainside debt. The pertinent part of the Letter reads:
With reference to the above entitled matter, please be
advised that there remains a judgment against you and in
favor of my client, Mountainside Hospital, A N.J.
Corporation. The total amount due currently stands at $2,
Until this is paid, it may appear on your credit report and
adversely impact your credit. Therefore, if you wish to
resolve this matter, prompt payment should be remitted
directly to my office made payable to "Andrea
Visgilio-McGrath, LLC, Trust Account."
(Letter, ECF no. 1 at 13; Cplt. ¶¶ 26, 27)
quoted language is alleged to be false and misleading for two
reasons: (a) first, "[a] judgment appearing on a credit
report will be deleted within the reporting period allowed
pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1681c(a) [i.e., seven
years] whether or not a payment is made on the judgment"
(Cplt. ¶ 31); second, "[a] payment made on a
judgment has no effect as to whether a judgment continues to
appear on a credit report or not." (Cplt. ¶ 30)
Complaint alleges a single cause of action under FDCPA, 15
U.S.C. § 1692e and 1692e(10). The statements in the
Letter allegedly "would cause the least sophisticated
consumer to believe that making a payment of the judgment
would have an effect on  whether the judgment continued to
appear on credit reports." (Cplt. ¶ 39) That least
sophisticated consumer would allegedly glean from the Letter
the false implication "that only a payment would cause
it to be removed from the consumer's credit
history." (Cplt. ¶ 46) On behalf of Griffin and
others similarly situated, the Complaint seeks statutory and
actual damages, interest, and attorneys' fees.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), the defendant, as the moving party,
bears the burden of showing that no claim has been stated.
Animal Science Products, Inc. v. China Minmetals
Corp., 654 F.3d 462, 469 n. 9 (3d Cir. 2011). For the
purposes of a motion to dismiss, the facts alleged in the
complaint are accepted as true and all reasonable inferences
are drawn in favor of the plaintiff. New Jersey
Carpenters & the Trustees Thereof v. Tishman Const. Corp.
of New Jersey, 760 F.3d 297, 302 (3d Cir.
Rule of Procedure 8(a) does not require that a complaint
contain detailed factual allegations. Nevertheless, "a
plaintiffs obligation to provide the 'grounds' of his
'entitlement to relief requires more than labels and
conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of the elements of a
cause of action will not do." BellAtl. Corp. v.
Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007). Thus, the
complaint's factual allegations must be sufficient to
raise a plaintiffs right to relief above a speculative level,
so that a claim is "plausible on its face."
Id. at 570; see also West Run Student Housing
Assocs., LLC v. Huntington Nat Bank, 712 F.3d 165, 169
(3d Cir. 2013). That facial-plausibility standard is met
"when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows
the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant
is liable for the misconduct alleged." Ashcroft v.
Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (citing
Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556). While "[t]he
plausibility standard is not akin to a 'probability
requirement'. . . it asks for more than a sheer
possibility." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678.
addition, the defendants contend that Griffin lacks standing
to assert her claim. Standing has a Constitutional aspect,
which implicates the court's subject matter jurisdiction
under Rule 12(b)(1).
12(b)(1) challenges may be either facial or factual attacks:
A facial attack "concerns 'an alleged pleading
deficiency' whereas a factual attack concerns 'the
actual failure of [a plaintiffs] claims to comport
[factually] with the jurisdictional prerequisites.'"
[quoting CNA v. United States, 535 F.3d 132, 139 (3d
Cir. 2008) (alterations in original) (quoting United
States ex ret Atkinson v. Pa. Shipbuilding Co., 473 F.3d
506, 514 (3d Cir.2007)}.]
"In reviewing a facial attack, the court must only
consider the allegations of the complaint and documents
referenced therein and attached thereto, in the light most
favorable to the plaintiff." [quoting Gould Elecs.
Inc. v. United States, 220 F.3d 169, 176 (3d Cir.
2000).] By contrast, in reviewing a factual attack, "the
court must permit the plaintiff to respond with rebuttal
evidence in support of jurisdiction, and the court then
decides the jurisdictional issue by weighing the evidence. If
there is a dispute of a material fact, the court must conduct
a plenary hearing on the contested issues prior to
determining jurisdiction." [citing McCann v. Newman
Irrevocable Trust, 458 F.3d 281, 290 (3d Cir. 2006)
Lincoln Ben. Life Co. v. AEI Life, LLC, 800 F.3d 99,
105 (3d Cir. 2015) (footnotes omitted; case citations in
footnotes inserted in text).
motion to dismiss the complaint has two components: lack of
standing, under Rule 12(b)(1), and failure to state a claim,
under Rule 12(b)(2). Where, as here, the interest allegedly
invaded is a statutory one, the standing and substantive
analyses tend to be intertwined.
Spokeo and cases interpreting it
Article III of the U.S. Constitution, a plaintiff must
establish standing to sue. As the Supreme Court recently
summarized in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins:
[S]tanding consists of three elements. Lujan, 504
U.S., at 560, 112 S.Ct. 2130. The plaintiff must have (1)
suffered an injury in fact, (2) that is fairly traceable to
the challenged conduct of the defendant, and (3) that is
likely to be redressed by a favorable judicial decision.
Id., at 560-561, 112 ...

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Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer has called for more federal government money to deal with refugees. Germany is expecting a record number of asylum applications this year.
Horst Seehofer, who heads the Christian Social Union (CSU), Bavarian sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told the "Welt am Sonntag" newspaper on Sunday that Germany's states needed "massive additional help" to manage a huge influx of refugees.
"The federal government has to do significantly more than it has done so far," he said, though he admitted that Berlin had increased its support to the states by a billion euros this year ($1.13 billion). "For the coming years at least a doubling of the funds is necessary. Bavaria is absolutely reaching its limits," Seehofer added.
Rising numbers, rising costs
Germany's 16 states expect to spend about five billion euros ($5.49 billion) combined on processing migrants and refugees this year, double what was spent in 2014.
Nationwide, more than 179,000 asylum applications have already been filed this year, and it was expected that more than 400,000 people would apply in total.
A statement released by the German Interior Ministry, after talks in June, included a pledge that beginning in 2016, the federal government would contribute "structurally and sustainably to the total public costs that are created in connection with the number of asylum seekers requiring protection and refugees."
A spokesman for the ministry told Reuters on Sunday that the government was willing to increase funds and noted the difficulties faced by local authorities.
Over the weekend, aid organizations began setting up tents to accommodate refugees in Eisenhüttenstadt in Brandenburg, because the designated shelters there were full. A temporary tent camp has also been set up in Dresden.
Send Balkan migrants back
Seehofer also defended his controversial demand for asylum seekers from Balkan countries to be deported more quickly.
"That is necessary to preserve the solidarity of the people towards those who are really in need of protection," he said.
But Aydan Özoguz, Germany's minister of state for migration, told "Der Tagesspiegel," "The talk of deterrence methods and deportation centers in which only minimal standards should be given, that's a no-go."
In recent months, Germany has seen hundreds of attacks on refugee shelters as well as protests from far-right groups that have been met with counter-demonstrations.
se/bk (Reuters, dpa, AFP, KNA)

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Being Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may come with endless perks, but it sure does include its fair share of discipline and commitment.
The former WWE wrestler is known for his strict diets and crazy workout regiments, but his former director Stephen Merchant revealed just how much dedication it takes for the actor to maintain his killer physique.
Appearing on SiriusXM’s “Jim Norton and Sam Roberts,” Merchant, who directed the 2019 film “Fighting With My Family” that stars Johnson, told of the actor’s intense eating schedule.
“I think someone told me, maybe he told me, that when he goes for dinner with friends he has to take his food to the restaurant and have them heat it up because it’s such a structured diet he has to have,” Merchant said.
But his quirky food habits didn’t end there.
“I do remember having a meeting with him just in Texas just before WrestleMania and we were having a meeting about the movie and his alarm would go off at like 3:17 p.m. and he would go to the fridge and there would be turkey and rice with ‘3:17 p.m.’ written on it and he would microwave it,” Merchant remembered. “It was so regimented.”
The Rock recently revealed his biggest ever cheat meal which he deemed as “one for the history books.”
During his first time trying the fast food restaurant In & Out, the actor paired his two Double Double burgers and two large fries with some tequila.
“A #cheatmealsunday for the history books,” he wrote to his 332 million Instagram followers. “My first time ever eating @innout 🍔.”
“A solid start with a bite of good fries 🍟 as we know s–tty fries can ruin the whole experience,” the “Black Adam” star continued.
“[I paired] the main course with a (quite delicious) combo pour of @TeremanaBlanco & @TeremanaReposado; as founder, I make up the tequila rules 😁🥃.”
Johnson then jokingly gave a thumbs up on the verdict of his taste test.
“This cheeseburger connoisseur will now add In & Out to ‘the list’ 🍔📝,” he added. “Enjoy your cheat meals, my friends.”


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It’s easy to say there are two ways you can find your path in hot rodding. One being a gradual road, eventually finding your way to the promised land, and the other being fortunate enough to have been born into it. For Gil LeBlanc of Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada, growing up in the little town of Lewisville where his dad, Dick, owned the local Texaco station certainly had its perks. He was immediately immersed in the ’60s-era car culture with his earliest memories revolving around the time spent alongside his mentor, forever cementing his passion for anything automotive.
While taking on simple after-school tasks as a youngster at the station, which included cleaning the shop on a daily basis, he’d take his earnings to the local hobby shop to buy scale kits of favorite designs he saw his dad working on at the shop. It’s clear this was a launch pad for the real deal as the years progressed. Combine this with Sundays spent at the local dragstrip where he would see his hot rod heroes knock down blistering times on the quarter-mile. It was easy to see that dear ol’ dad knew the right formula to keep excitement at the forefront with just the right combination of horsepower and nitromethane.
By the time he hit his teens, Gil had a developed passion for muscle cars with his main obsession being the Corvette. Canada in the ’60s and ’70s was like anywhere else – the hot place to be on any given night was the local burger joint where hop-ups would hang out in parking lots just aching for a challenge on the streets. By the time he was 19 he was able to make a move and finally buy his first Corvette in the form of a heavy-breathing ’69 packed with a 427ci/435hp V-8. From that point on it was easy to see his path was set with the proper groundwork already established. As the years passed an endless stream of cars, including numerous Corvettes, Mustangs, and classic trucks would pass through his home shop.
Like any hot rodder, the passion always revolves around the build, which is a value he was also able to instill into his son, Dan. As the owners of Untamed Rods & Customs in Dieppe, New Brunswick, they have been able to bring their dedication for creativity and design to life, creating a bevy of custom rides for their clients. Since Gil always had a passion for the styling of the C1 models, it was obvious the pair would embark on a journey to create one with their own personal touch. To bring it full circle they contacted Eric Brockmeyer Design to render the car and bring it to life. Their idea was to develop a blend of engineering, fabrication, design, and creativity to infuse today’s technological elements into one of the automobile world’s most revered designs.
After doing all the research, a decision was made to work cutting-edge technology into the base for ultimate handling. A call was made to Art Morrison Enterprises for one of their rock solid GT Sport chassis, which incorporates the suspension dynamics of a modern Corvette to give the car new life regardless if it’s on the street or the track. Starting with 2x4-inch rectangular steel, the frame incorporates custom designed crossmembers (including center frame exhaust holes), body and bumper mounts, and engine mount towers. Assembled by team leader Cliff Coombs and Matt Robillard, out back finds a narrowed Ford 9-inch rear filled with a Strange Engineering nodular-iron centersection wearing 3.50:1 gears linked to matching 31-spline axles. It’s suspended in place by an Art Morrison triangulated four-bar and sway bar, deftly matched to Strange Engineering coilover shocks. Moving to the front of the chassis, crisp handling comes from a combination of Corvette C6 upper and lower control arms matched to LG Motorsports 1-inch drop spindles, Strange Engineering coilover shocks, and an Art Morrison sway bar all linked to a power rack-and-pinion unit.
It’s one thing to go fast, but when you have to stop on a dime the stock master cylinder and drums aren’t going to cut it. A GM twin-bowl power master pushes fluid through custom stainless lines by Remi LeBlanc to Wilwood Engineering four-piston calipers with 13-inch discs out back. C6 Z06 six-piston front calipers and 13-inch discs complement the setup. The entire chassis was then molded and detailed for paint, accented by plenty of polished and plated components. Anchoring the spine to the street are a set of Larry Dove-designed custom 18-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels from EVOD Industries wearing Pirelli P ZERO tires in 245/40R18 and 275/35R20, respectively.
When focusing on the heartbeat for the C1 it was easy to decide on bringing it up to date with a fresh injection of horsepower direct from Chevrolet Performance. The exclusive E-ROD LS3 V-8 generates 430 hp at 5,900 rpm right from the crate. It was a perfect choice to give the ’59 just the right blend of seamless horsepower. The engine comes packed with a speed shop full of go-fast goods starting with a cast-aluminum block loaded with a nodular-iron crank linked to powdered metal connecting rods wearing hypereutectic aluminum pistons. Thump comes from a hydraulic roller cam while heavy breathing generates through a set of L92-style rectangular-port aluminum heads topped by a complementing EFI to deliver the goods. Spent gasses dump through factory manifolds to a custom stainless 2 1/2-inch exhaust by Robillard to Flowmaster mufflers. The engine was then detailed and massaged to show standards, accented by one-off inner fenders and a firewall by Pierre LeBlanc for a clean, custom look. To move the goods, shifts glide through a GM 4L65E trans to a custom aluminum driveshaft.
Building a custom Corvette is a lot like sculpting a piece of fine art where the right amount of creativity fused with just enough restraint can yield something truly remarkable. When deciding on the body, Gil contacted Downs Custom Performance Automotive for one of its exceptional ’59 C1 replicas. Starting with a fresh base, Pierre spent time on exceptional lines and panel fitment, attention to detail, and making the classic design perfect from every corner. Custom stainless trim was fabricated along with the bumpers being massaged and tucked. The rears were treated to custom reverse lights, incorporated into the bumperettes. When it came time to select a paint scheme, Gil wanted the car to evoke a particular subtleness accented by contemporary flair – infusing the past with the present. Pierre worked with Norm Cormier in laying down a smooth coating of Axalta, a custom-blended pewter pearlescent vibe. The paint brought the car to life, highlighted by mile-deep plating from G&G Chrome of Montreal.
To establish an equal amount of elegance into the business office, Pierre got started by first sculpting a custom dash and flowing console while also laying out the American Autowire wiring harness. Al Knock then modified and fitted a set of original seats, lowering the backrests by 2 inches for a more custom fit to the interior. Krist Kustoms of Fort Wayne, Indiana, then came to the shop and stitched up a winning combination of pewter leather, accented by Mercedes dark brown square-weave carpeting. The team at Krist also designed all of the sculpted interior panels, stitched the leather dash, and added their signature medallions to the seatbacks. A Budnik Tri-Oval matching leather wrapped steering wheel linked to an ididit tilt column navigates the path. A Lokar shifter pulls gears, and cool breezes flow from Vintage Air through custom vents. Vitals are monitored via Auto Meter’s art deco-inspired Cruiser AD dials while tunes move through Kenwood electronics.
We think that Gil achieved his goal of bringing a level of elegance to the ’59 combined with cutting-edge technology to fuse the past and present together in a perfect combination. We can hardly wait to see him and his lovely wife, Rose, putting down the miles now that it’s finished.


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We speak to one of the Nobel Prize Summit organisers, Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, about the summit and why it’s happening at such a crucial point in time.
What is the Nobel Prize Summit and why are you organising it?
Johan Rockström: “This is a unique event occurring at a critical juncture in time. We have ample scientific evidence that we’ve entered the Anthropocene – this new geological epoch, where we humans dominate the future of our planet, our home. We have more and more evidence that we are approaching potential irreversible changes in the life support systems on earth, and even in the stability of the entire planet. Today, if we look at climate science, biodiversity research, air pollution, or health related risks like pandemics, we show that we have entered a very decisive decade for humanity’s future.
That is why science now gathers in an unprecedented way together with Nobel Prize laureates – the most respected scholars and thinkers in the world – to express not only the role of science for a transformation towards an equitable and prosperous, sustainable future, but also to explore the solutions.
What can we do and what role can science play, not only in observing and monitoring the pathways towards a sustainable future, but also to find the solutions in agriculture, in construction, in energy, in transport, in food. In all the consumer areas, we need to shift to a new paradigm and find the solutions.
We believe that this is a moment for science to step up and engage much more together with experts, stakeholders, policymakers, civil society, business leaders across the world, in this momentous transformation that we not only need to perform, but that we have more and more evidence that we will gain so much from if we are successful.
Science is a global conference in itself. Knowledge is for all of us. To share that together for the future of humanity is a core purpose of the summit.”
Why is this moment in time so crucial?
“Many stakeholders across the world recognise that 2020 was the super year.
Why was it baptised the super year? Well before the pandemic, science had shown clearly that it was the last year to start bending the global curves of emission of greenhouse gases, halting the loss of biodiversity. Why? Because we know that the safe landing zone is a net zero greenhouse gas emitting world economy by 2050. And we know that the only chance to land at zero in 30 years time, is if we start bending the curve now. In fact, it means we have to cut global emissions by half over the next 10 years.
That can be accomplished. We know it is possible to do it, but it requires such large changes that it has to start now. That is where the urgency comes from. It’s not urgent because we are about to fall off a cliff and see the planet just fall into disaster. It is because this is our potentially last chance to steer away from that catastrophic, potentially unstoppable future. We still have a chance to bring about a safe future.”
Can I take part in the summit myself?
“The fantastic unique feature of this meeting, which of course is a result of the virtual realities we’re all living in during the pandemic is that this is not only a virtual meeting, it’s an open meeting for everyone.
We have two days called the Main Stage that focus on our planet, breakthroughs, different technologies and solutions, and that also look at our future and our pathways to a safe future. It’s a really exciting programme that everyone can get involved in featuring everyone from David Attenborough to the Dalai Lama. As well as talks we’ll have performances, online networking sessions so it’s going to be really interactive two days. Alongside that we also have a deeper science session where Nobel Prize laureates will discuss a scientific statement coming out of the meeting. Then we have a third day with virtual events but hosted by NGOs, companies and different academic institutions, to take the science message coming out of the Nobel Prize Summit into different applied initiatives. Take a look and register, everyone is welcome to join.”
And our final question, what are your hopes about the summit and what will it will achieve for the future?
“We have a chance to start really communicating the story about sustainability as the pathway towards an equitable and prosperous future for humanity if we can take care of our home planet earth. This is not just rhetoric anymore. It’s applied practical solutions and Nobel Prize laureates represent both sides: the deep, basic science, but also the solutions and the innovations. I hope that the Nobel Prize Summit will be the moment where a gradually maturing new narrative on sustainability as a pathway to our future will become more established and mainstream.”
Register now for the Nobel Prize Summit, taking place on 26-28 April 2021.


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Daniel Libeskind, a world-class architect has again amazed us with his stunning architecture. From A very young age Daniel dreamt of becoming a concert pianist. Libeskind in collaboration with Schimmel, a German hand-built piano designer, designed a 5-meter long grand piano for royal Ontario museum.
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Through judgments of the Midden-Nederland District Court of 19 March 2019, the private limited companies Cool Cat Fashion B.V. (Chamber of Commerce number 30097249), Cool Cat Nederland B.V. (Chamber of Commerce number 30070122) and Career Woman B.V. (Chamber of Commerce number 30171794), all three having their corporate seat in Houten, the Netherlands, and their principal place of business at Hoofdveste 10 in (3992 DG) Houten, have been declared bankrupt. Ms C.J. Hofman was appointed as supervisory judge and Mr D.J. Bos was appointed as bankruptcy trustee.
The first public report is expected to be published around 19 April, 2019. This report will discuss the findings of the bankruptcy trustee and the activities that the bankruptcy trustee has performed in the context of the settlement of the bankruptcies.
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My goodness has Summerhall had an immense Fringe. And I’ve only seen part of it.
It has been my main home for the Fringe having seen this show ****, Dolly Would ****, LIES *****, Charlotte Church ****, Richard Gadd *****, Blanck Mass ***, Border Crossing ***** and Seance ***. (2 x 3 star shows, 3 x 4 stars and 3 x 5 stars. That’s a pretty good investment in my book).
My main reason for seeing The Gardener was because Nicola Roy plays a supporting role in it to Crawford Logan. She’s an unsung star of Scottish Theatre and one of our best comic actors. (It just so happens she is a delightful human being to boot.)
Any way, it did not disappoint.
To a deliberately very small audience of 20 we are shown into the bowels of Summerhall – the brightly lit ‘Machine Room’ which, it transpires, is the meeting room of the Pine Grove Villas ‘Retirement Community’.
There are no pines and “it’s an Old Folks Home” observes Frank (our host) “Should be called Altzheimers Acres.”
Frank is hosting a lecture on gardening to us, his 20 fellow ‘inmates’, but the lecture is merely a device to reflect on his love of gardening. Fecund as he is in his ‘Cultivation of the Soil’ he is sadly less fecund in his life, with his beloved wife Joan who is three years passed.
Gardening is the great metaphor for a life that he constantly breaks off from the lecture to retell.
Initially hysterical, thanks largely to Roy’s interventions as the “only nice” carer in the home, it becomes increasingly sad, but Crawford Logan (brilliant as Frank) doesn’t milk the pathos. He is a stoic character who sees life as what it is, with it’s inevitable outcome.
Tony Cownie has beautifully crafted a lovely Dramaturg by Lynda Radley and the cleverness of the design by Ed Robson has an ace up its sleeve as the show comes to an end, with no bows.
A poignant, heartfelt piece that will surely keep popping up around the country. If you get the chance to see it. Jump.


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The City and County of Denver boasts 300 days of sunshine, a vibrant cultural scene, diverse neighborhoods and striking natural beauty. It is also a fast-growing metropolis, with 1,000 new residents per month in the city alone and over twice as many in the region. While Denver is considered a very livable city by many measures, its transportation systems are struggling to keep up with the increased demand. More than 300,000 people commute daily from surrounding suburbs into the city and another 150,000 do reverse commutes. The region’s growth, and related congestion, will continue as an estimated 145,000 new residents and 190,000 new jobs will come to Denver by 2035. Emerging travel preferences among millennials and older adults, who represent the largest growth segments of Denver’s population, will require that the transportation system provides multimodal transit options while prioritizing safety, accessibility and convenience.
To address these challenges and prepare for this growth, city officials are developing a 20-year local transit vision and implementation plan known as Denver Moves: Transit . The plan will identify potential networks of transportation corridors and outline improvements in transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. The plan, once implemented, will produce an intracity transit system that reduces traffic delays and improves travel options for residents, employees, and visitors. Denver Moves: Transit is one of four planning efforts, which also includes Denver Moves: Pedestrians & Trails, that were launched in May 2016 as part of Denveright – a comprehensive effort to connect land use, mobility, parks, and recreational planning into one cohesive community-driven effort to guide Denver for the next 20 years.
The two major agencies that will implement Denver Moves: Transit are the City and County of Denver (CCD) and the Regional Transportation District (RTD). Through the Department of Public Works, Denver oversees an array of public services including transportation, parking, solid waste, recycling, street maintenance, planning, engineering, operations and capital implementation. RTD operates transit in the Denver region - an area of approximately 2,300 square miles, with more than 2.8 million people. RTD operates six light rail lines, two commuter rail lines, and 84 local and regional bus routes that serve more than 340,000 riders daily.
As they jointly plan for major system-wide improvements, Denver and RTD have identified a need to establish a system for prioritizing and implementing preliminary projects to lay the groundwork for the eventual implementation of the Denver Moves: Transit plan which will be coordinated with Denver Moves: Pedestrians & Trails to improve access to transit as well. To support this work, Denver will partner with FUSE Corps to host an executive-level Fellow for one year to create and enact a program evaluation and develop a framework for implementation.
The following provides a general overview of the proposed fellowship project. This project summary and the potential deliverables that follow will be collaboratively revisited by the host agency, the Fellow, and FUSE staff during the first month of the project, after which a revised scope of work will be developed and agreed upon by the Fellow and the host agency.
Starting in October 2017, it is proposed the FUSE Fellow will conduct a thorough review of the Denver Moves: Transit plan, the recent State of the System report and other pertinent documents report to familiarize him or herself with the overall approach, the identified key areas for improvement as well as the existing system, organizational structure, relationship between agencies and current processes and practices. Additional research into similar transportation efforts in other cities will also be necessary. By early 2018, the Fellow should have developed a detailed understanding of the plan’s various priorities and obstacles to providing better service; identified how to assess key performance indicators; and have an understanding of the challenging aspects of implementing transportation improvements in a complex bureaucracy.
Using this foundation of understanding, the fellow will develop a framework for evaluation and prioritization of preliminary traffic improvement projects, taking into account the various funding needs, policy questions and performance measures and metrics that would be required to demonstrate the return on investment. The fellow will then partner with the multi-agency transportation task force members and consultants to move the identified early-action corridors and/or key segment or intersection improvements toward implementation. These efforts will set the stage for coordination and implementation in the next phases of the overall plan.
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text: Zinc displays antidepressant-like activity in preclinical exams/versions. We survey that persistent (14×) zinc (hydroaspartate 10 and 65?mg/kg) and citalopram (20?mg/kg) administration increased the pool of presynaptic zinc (by 34 50 and 37% respectively) in the rat prefrontal cortex. The 21% boost induced by imipramine (20?mg/kg) was marginally significant. Furthermore zinc (hydroaspartate 65 citalopram and imipramine elevated the extracellular zinc (although using a different design: time stage area beneath the curve and/or basal level) within this human brain area. Furthermore zinc induced a rise in presynaptic (by 65%) and extracellular zinc (by 90%) in the hippocampus while both citalopram and imipramine didn’t. These outcomes indicate that of the remedies boost presynaptic/extracellular zinc Mouse Monoclonal to Strep II tag. concentrations in the rat prefrontal cortex which might then donate to their antidepressant systems. Modifications induced by SNX-2112 zinc (however not antidepressants) administration in the hippocampus could be related to particular zinc systems. All of the data (prior and present) on the result of antidepressant remedies in the presynaptic/extracellular zinc concentrations recommend the involvement of the biometal presynaptic/synaptic homeostasis in the antidepressant system(s). check. Data were considered significant when Ftest: t(9)?=?5.583 P?=?0.0025 (CA area); t(9)?=?2.837 P?=?0.0364 (DG region); t(9)?=?5.310 P?=?0.0032 (whole hippocampus)]. No modifications in the distribution and strength of zinc staining had been noticed after imipramine and citalopram treatment (Fig.?2). Evaluation of extracellular zinc focus in human brain microdialysate samples The result of persistent treatment with zinc hydroaspartate imipramine and citalopram in the extracellular SNX-2112 zinc focus in the rat prefrontal cortex Chronic imipramine administration at a dosage of 20?mg/kg had zero significant influence on the basal extracellular focus of zinc in the prefrontal cortex (Desk?1). Nevertheless such chronic treatment with zinc hydroaspartate (65?mg/kg; 11.3?mg of zinc/kg) or citalopram (20?mg/kg) significantly (by 41%; P?0.05 or 36%; P?0.05 SNX-2112 respectively) increased the extracellular zinc level in comparison with the group treated with saline (Desk?1). The maximal impact was noticed 40?min (188% of basal level; P?0.001) or between 80 (187% of basal level; P?0.01) and 120?min following the last dosages of zinc hydroaspartate or citalopram administration respectively (Fig.?3a; repeated methods ANOVA: F(3 23 P?=?0.0002). Imipramine and citalopram while zinc will not raise the cumulative impact presented as a location beneath the curve (AUC Fig.?3b; repeated methods ANOVA: F(3 20 P?=?0.0006). Desk?1 Aftereffect of chronic treatment with imipramine citalopram or zinc on basal degree of zinc in extracellular liquid measured in microdialysates by anodic stripping voltammetry Fig.?3 The result of chronic (14?times) treatment with zinc hydroaspatate imipramine and citalopram on extracellular focus of zinc in the rat prefrontal cortex measured in microdialysates by anodic stripping voltammetry. the right period span of the … The result of persistent treatment with zinc hydroaspartate and citalopram on extracellular zinc focus in the rat hippocampus Chronic treatment with zinc hydroaspartate (65?mg/kg; 11.3?mg of zinc/kg) or citalopram (20?mg/kg) significantly (by 38%; P?0.01 or 29%; P?0.05 respectively) increased the basal extracellular zinc level in comparison to the group treated with saline (Desk?1). The maximal impact was noticed at 40?min (190% of basal level; P?0.05) following the final dosages of zinc hydroaspartate (Fig.?4a). Citalopram induced no SNX-2112 significant impact (Fig.?4a). Repeated methods ANOVA: F(2 17 P?=?0.0110. non-e of the analyzed agents affected the region beneath the curve dimension (AUC Fig.?4b). Fig.?4 The result of chronic (14?times) treatment with zinc hydroaspartate and citalopram on extracellular focus of zinc in the rat hippocampus measured in microdialysates by anodic stripping voltammetry. the right period span of the impact. The final … Discussion Zinc is certainly co-released with glutamate upon activity of the presynaptic nerve terminals.

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When you file for divorce, it can be overwhelming and emotional to think about dividing your marital assets. Your possessions often represent the life you have built together and it is common for both spouses to have an emotional (not to mention financial) attachment to the vehicles, home, and household goods. One asset that is often controversial occurs when one of the spouses is an artist and the artwork and future revenues from it must be divided in the divorce.
Most artists do not view their work as marital property. In fact, most artists do not view their work as an asset, but as simply their creation that belongs to them. The court, however, views any artwork created during the marriage as marital property, to which the non-artist spouse may have an equal claim. It should be noted that the artwork (and commissions) created before the marriage are typically not considered marital property.
Valuing artwork can also be a challenge. The couple may use a professional art appraiser, the owner of an art gallery, or an art dealer to evaluate the value of the artwork. It is preferable that the spouses agree on a single expert to determine the value, but both sides can select their own experts to present valuations to the court for a final determination.
Another complication arises in calculating the value of incomplete artwork. Pieces that have not been sold may have a speculative value as well. The court allows the couple to be creative in reaching a resolution. Having an experienced divorce attorney by your side can significantly help in this process.
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BIS #6889 Salesian Parents’ Day at Jyoti
By Fr Richard Burkhao for BISMumbai
A memorable Salesian Parents Day was celebrated at Jyoti Mata Church on 5 February 2022. The parents and relatives of Salesian confreres residing in the regions of Uttan and Vasai, had come in great numbers.
The programme began with the Eucharist at 10:45 a.m. with Fr William Falcao as the principal celebrant, along with Frs Manuel Murzello, Vishwas Pereira and Richard Burkhao concelebrating. In his homily, Fr Pereira spoke of the christian calling to be the salt and light of the world. He explained how Don Bosco saw this as his mission: to be the salt and light to the young who were poor and abandoned. He further emphasized the importance of the role of parents in being the salt and light of Christ in their families and in nurturing their children with love and care.
After the Holy Eucharist, the parents gathered in the Church Hall where they were entertained by a wonderful programme put up by the Sunday school children and the youth of the Parish. The little children welcomed the gathering with a dance, followed by a short skit on the parable of the talents from the Bible and a lively dance.
Later, along with the youth, Fr Burkhao organised games for the women, men and children separately. Fr Falcao, the parish priest, addressed the parents and spoke about the significant role played by Mamma Magaret in the life of Don Bosco. He also thanked all those responsible for organising such a splendid and lively programme.
The celebration concluded with a delicious lunch prepared by the Women's Sodality. All the parents were very appreciative of the wonderful and memorable program organised for them and especially for making them special.
Having the Parents’ Day organised for the parents of the Salesians residing at Vasai and Uttan has been the initiative of Fr Vishwas Pereira. Knowing that the Parents’ Day held in Mumbai was too far for the parents to attend, he started a parallel celebration at Jyoti. This is an annual gathering of parents of Salesians, to appreciate them and honour them for their dedication and sacrifice.

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The Trump administration told Congress they reached a deal with China to lift sanctions on Chinese tech giant ZTE
- The Commerce Department told members of Congress that the Trump administration reached a deal to lift sanctions on Chinese phone maker ZTE.
- In exchange for easing the sanctions, ZTE will be forced to "pay a bigger fine, have to hire American compliance officers, and they have to get rid of the current ZTE management team," according to a source familiar.
- ZTE was facing sanctions after selling goods containing US parts to Iran and North Korea.
- Republicans and Democratic lawmakers have blasted Trump's willingness to do a deal on ZTE.
According to a source familiar, the Commerce Department informed members of Congress that the current sanctions - a practice called a denial order which prevents ZTE from buying parts from US companies - will be lifted in exchange for changes at the company.
"Under the deal, ZTE will pay a bigger fine, have to hire American compliance officers, and they have to get rid of the current ZTE management team," the source told Business Insider. "Once they do all that, the denial order is lifted and they can start doing business with American companies again."
ZTE was crippled following sanctions from the US. The company said in a statement on May 10 that due to the crackdown, "the major operating activities of the company have ceased."
The denial order was implemented after ZTE failed to respond to earlier sanctions that alleged the company sold goods containing US parts into Iran and North Korea, a violation of sanctions against those countries.
Members of Congress from both parties warned the Trump administration not to reverse sanctions on ZTE since the company both violated US law and posed a national security threat.
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#ZTE & China," GOP Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Friday. " #China crushes U.S. companies with no mercy & they use these telecomm companies to spy & steal from us. Many hoped this time would be different. Now congress will need to act."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also expressed frustration in a statement.
"If the administration goes through with this reported deal, President Trump would be helping make China great again," Schumer said. "Simply a fine and changing board members would not protect America's economic or national security, and would be a huge victory for President Xi, and a dramatic retreat by President Trump. Both parties in Congress should come together to stop this deal in its tracks."
A group of 27 senators from both parties signed on to a letter earlier in the week that, in part, warned the Trump adminstration against going easy on ZTE. The lawmakers pointed to national security officials' fear that ZTE could gain access to critical US technology and help bolster the Chinese government's efforts to modernize their defense capabilities.
China worked to get the sanctions against ZTE lifted in trade negations with the Trump adminstration over the past two weeks. In exchange for lifting the sanctions, China is reportedly willing to lower tariffs on US agricultural products like pork and wine.
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A Bench of Justices KS Radhakrishnan and JS Khehar, which had passed a slew of orders against the group on August 31 last year, rejected Sahara's plea.
“All the records placed before us were meticulously examined and dealt with. Review petitions are, therefore, not entertained and, accordingly, stand dismissed,” the Bench said in its order.
The Bench said all the contentions raised by the companies were considered by it while passing its August 2012 verdict and there is no need to review the same.
“We have carefully gone through the grounds raised in the review petitions filed by the appellants,” the court said.
“We also do not find any inconsistency in the views expressed by both of us. On the other hand, all the contentions, legally and factually, raised by the appellants were examined, addressed and answered on all possible angles and dimensions,” the Bench said.
The verdict on the review plea assumes significant as the firms have again filed a fresh application for extension of time for paying back to their investors.
Although the August 31 verdict was passed by a bench of Justices Radhakrishnan and Khehar but another Bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir on December 5 had modified the judgement granting the group nine more weeks to pay back Rs 24,000 crore with interest to over three crore investors.


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by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
11 3/4 in. x 9 7/8 in. (297 mm x 251 mm) overall
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- Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), Sculptor. Sitter in 68 portraits, Artist of 14 portraits.
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- Ida Kar (1908-1974), Photographer. Artist associated with 1530 portraits, Sitter in 136 portraits.
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Epstein received public recognition late in life, being knighted in 1954, and completed large commissions and numerous portraits in his last decade. It was during this period, while acting as guardian for his son Theo, that Kar photographed Epstein at his studio at 18 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington.
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- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (sitter's studio, London)
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- Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer (10 March 2011 - 19 June 2011)