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The Omi Merchant Townscape (Shinmachi Dori)
A historic town and streetscape known as the birthplace of the Omi Merchants.
The 2-km area around Shinmachi that stretches north from JR Omihachiman Station is a preserved, historic streetscape that’s designated as a Nationally-selected Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings. The merchant homes were built between the late Edo and Meiji/Taisho Periods, but are preserved for visitors to enjoy even today. Of the whole Hachiman Market, the Former Nishikawa Family Residents (Important Cultural Property) is one vital piece of the town scenery along Shinmachi Dori.
The lattice gate and pine tree peeking over the gate are left as they were, creating an authentic mood across the estate. It’s especially popular as a scenic spot for an easy stroll. Make sure to check the many manhole covers that feature familiar scenes and designs from the Omihachiman area.
The Omihachiman City Museum, built where the house of Taroemon Nishimura, an Omi Merchant once stood, is home to historic folk materials like watertown area farming tools, production equipment and old texts.
Additionally, the Hachiman-bori Canal in Omihachiman City is one spot you won’t want to miss. The area is crawling with so much astonishing history, earning its claim and inspiration as the backdrop of many movies, historical dramas titles, including “Rurouni Kenshin”. If you take a traditional Japanese boat for a Suigo Canal Tour, you can enjoy a relaxing glimpse around the area.
Designated as a Nationally-selected Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings.
Lattice gates and draping pine trees on the estate are left as they originally were.
Home to a number of manholes featuring designs from the Omihachiman cityscape.
Authentic, historic folk documents on display at the Omihachiman City Museum.
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- Name in Japanese
- Postal Code
- Shinmachi, Omihachiman City, Shiga
- 0748-36-5529 (Omihachiman Culture & Tourism Department)
- No holidays
- Business Hours
- Not Specified
- Take the JR Biwako Line to Omihachiman and switch to a bus heading for the Obatamachi Shiryokan-mae Stop.
- Official Website
- Official Website (English)

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As of Friday, May 7 more than 2,600 people over the age of 18 in the Ashcroft, Spences Bridge, Cache Creek, and Clinton area have received their first COVID-19 vaccine at community clinics.
Interior Health reports that 1,918 people got their first vaccination in Ashcroft, where a clinic for people in Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Spences Bridge, and the surrounding area was held from April 26 to May 6. In Clinton, where a clinic for that community and the surrounding area was held from April 15 to 19, 746 people received their first dose.
IH also reports that 106 people in the Ashcroft area have received their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
In total, 2,664 first doses of vaccine were administered between the two communities. According to the 2016 census, a total of 2,753 people over the age of 18 resided in Spences Bridge, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, and Clinton. This number does not take into account those living in rural areas or some unincorporated communities in the surrounding region. It also does not include First Nations people living on-reserve, where separate vaccine clinics have been held.
Anyone over the age of 18 who has not yet received their first vaccine can still do so in Kamloops or Merritt. Interior Health also reports that they are considering the possibility of holding more vaccine clinics in small communities if they are needed.
To register for a vaccine, go to https://www.getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca/s/. You can also register and book by phone from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week, by calling 1-833-838-2323. Residents can register in person for a VOVID-19 vaccination at a Service BC office, including those in Ashcroft and Clinton.
Across the Interior Health region, 335,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been given as of May 7. Additionally, 16,583 second doses of the vaccine have been administered in the region.


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Here’s an exclusive first look at Chris Weston’s fantastic cover, coloured by Dylan Teague, for the upcoming second collection of the 1970s British comic strip “Black Max” – a character who’s been enjoying quite a revival through the various Scream and Misty Specials, and his appearance in the 2000AD strip “Fiends of the Eastern Front”.
From folk horror to sci-fi fantasy mash-ups, from new series to old favourites – 2000AD’s graphic novel schedule for 2020 is a high-octane blast of the very best in comics. This year’s list combines the best of 2000AD’s newest output… Read More ›
Prog 2161, the latest issue of 2000AD, with a cover by Nick Percival is on sale now in all good comic shops and newsagents, a warm up to next week when, alongside Judge Dredd Megazine 415, we get the release… Read More ›
If you’re in the Eastbourne area this weekend and looking for something comic-related to do then look no further than Wyntercon VI, which features a great Comic Zone line up, put together by local comic shop Scorch Comics. Over the… Read More ›
Here’s a guide to Rebellion releases for this week and beyond, opening with 2000AD Prog 2142, which comes with a crazily creepy Cthulu-inspired cover from Adam Brown to lead us into “Indigo Prime: Fall of the House of Vista”, on… Read More ›

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Discover the captivating life of Mahua Roy Choudhury, a celebrated Indian actress in Bengali cinema.
Learn about her awards, filmography, and the tragic incident that led to her untimely demise. Read on to explore her journey as an artist and her contributions to the film industry.
An Iconic Actress and Her Rise to Fame:
Mahua Roy Choudhury, an esteemed Indian actress, etched her name in the annals of Bengali cinema with her exceptional talent.
Born as Shipra Roy Choudhury on 24th September 1958, she was lovingly christened "Mahua" by director Tarun Majumdar, who discovered her.
Despite hailing from a lower-middle-class family in Dum Dum, Mahua Roy Choudhury's passion for dance was evident since childhood.
Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, she couldn't pursue formal education. Nevertheless, destiny had different plans for her.
Transition to the Career and Success:
Her cinematic journey commenced with a bang, debuting in Tarun Majumdar's "Sriman Pritthiraj" in 1972.
She went on to share the screen with legendary actors like Uttam Kumar, featuring in notable films such as "Seyi Chokh" and "Bagh Bondi Khela."
Her on-screen pairing with several prominent actors further contributed to her success. Mahua Roy Choudhury's girl-next-door acting style won the hearts of Bengali audiences, making her a household favourite.
Actresses Sabitri Chatterjee and Sandhya Roy played crucial roles in honing her acting skills.
Notably, Mahua Roy Choudhury's exceptional proficiency in both classical and modern dance set her apart from her contemporaries, making her performances all the more enchanting.
Transition to Personal Life:
In 1976, Mahua Roy Choudhury tied the knot with actor Tilak Chakraborty, and the couple welcomed a son named Tamal into their lives.
Recognition and Awards:
Mahua Roy Choudhury's remarkable talent garnered critical acclaim and success. She was honoured with a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role in "Dadar Kirti" (1980).
Additionally, her portrayal of an intense character in Tapan Sinha's "Aadmi Aur Aurat" alongside Amol Palekar earned her the Best Actress Award at the 5th Damascus International Film Festival in 1987.
Regrettably, tragedy struck the luminary's life on 22nd July 1985 when a fire accident at her residence left her with grievous burns.
Sadly, she succumbed to her injuries, leaving the film industry and her fans in mourning. The cause of the fire accident remains shrouded in mystery.
Transition to Filmography:
Throughout her illustrious career, Mahua Roy Choudhury enriched Bengali cinema with an array of memorable performances. Here are some of her notable films:
- Sriman Prithviraj (1973) - Amala Bala (Roy) Mukherjee.
- Bagh Bondi Khela (1975, revised in 1989) - Dolon Bose.
- Dadar Kirti (1980).
- Lal Golap (1984).
- Aadmi Aur Aurat (1985, TV Movie).
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, as Mahua Roy Choudhury appeared in many more films during her prolific career.
1. What were Mahua Roy Choudhury's early influences?
From an early age, Mahua Roy Choudhury was influenced by her father Nilanjan Roy Chowdhury, a dancer, and her innate passion for dancing.
2. How did Mahua Roy Choudhury's acting style gain popularity?
Mahua Roy Choudhury's endearing girl-next-door acting style resonated with the Bengali audience, making her a beloved figure in households.
3. Which film won Mahua Roy Choudhury a prestigious award?
Her stellar performance in "Dadar Kirti" earned her the Best Actress Award at the Filmfare Awards East in 1980.
4. What was the cause of Mahua Roy Choudhury's untimely demise?
Mahua Roy Choudhury's life was cut short by a fire accident at her residence on 22nd July 1985. The exact cause behind the accident remains unknown.
5. How did Mahua Roy Choudhury contribute to Bengali cinema?
Mahua Roy Choudhury's exceptional dancing skills and versatile acting talent enriched Bengali cinema, earning her a permanent place in its history.
In conclusion, Mahua Roy Choudhury's indomitable spirit, talent, and contributions to Bengali cinema continue to inspire countless aspiring artists. Her legacy lives on through her timeless performances and the love of her adoring fans.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Did President Obama tell a crude joke
about his wife?
President Barack Obama (Democrat) speaking at a fundraiser at the LGBT Leadership Council in Beverly Hills on June 6th, 2012 is said to have made a crude joke about his wife.
In the video President Obama comments about his wife Michelle Obama doing push-ups on a television show and said,
“She claims Michelle didn’t go all the way down.”
You listen and you decide:
(If the above videos are not on YouTube you can thank the compliant news media and social media assisting in President Obama’s re-election)
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Posted by Tony aka: PropagandaBuster at 12:00 PM
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Sci Adv 2016 Jan;2(1):e1501177
Modeling a complex system is almost invariably a challenging task. The incorporation of experimental observations can be used to improve the quality of a model and thus to obtain better predictions about the behavior of the corresponding system. This approach, however, is affected by a variety of different errors, especially when a system simultaneously populates an ensemble of different states and experimental data are measured as averages over such states. To address this problem, we present a Bayesian inference method, called “metainference,” that is able to deal with errors in experimental measurements and with experimental measurements averaged over multiple states. To achieve this goal, metainference models a finite sample of the distribution of models using a replica approach, in the spirit of the replica-averaging modeling based on the maximum entropy principle. To illustrate the method, we present its application to a heterogeneous model system and to the determination of an ensemble of structures corresponding to the thermal fluctuations of a protein molecule. Metainference thus provides an approach to modeling complex systems with heterogeneous components and interconverting between different states by taking into account all possible sources of errors.


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NEW RULES TO STOP PEST SEAWEED IN AOTEA
Biosecurity New Zealand is placing legal controls on parts of Aotea Great Barrier Island in a bid to contain the invasive seaweed Caulerpa brachypus, while the local Mana Whenua governance group on Aotea are supporting a dual response by imposing a rāhui over the same areas.
Caulerpa brachypus, which has been found in Blind Bay and Tryphena Harbour, is an Unwanted Organism under the Biosecurity Act and can spread rapidly and create dense mats.
Biosecurity New Zealand’s Director Readiness and Response, John Walsh, says it can be spread to new locations by small fragments and is easily moved by people going about water activities like boating and fishing, including dredging.
On 20 September, Biosecurity New Zealand issued legal controls, known as a Controlled Area Notice (CAN), which make it illegal to take seafood from Blind Bay or Tryphena Harbour. Anchoring in the two areas without a permit is also banned. At the same time, a rāhui will be imposed.
All equipment used for marine activities – e.g. footwear, wetsuits, craypots, dredges and boat trailers – cannot be removed from the controlled zones without first checking for seaweed and removing it, leaving it in the area it came from.
Importantly, anyone wanting to move a boat that has been anchored out of the two affected bays can only do so with a permit.
Walsh says the controls aim to protect the island’s wider coastline while trying to not be too onerous for mana whenua and local people.
“People can still swim, dive, paddle or use a vessel in the Controlled Areas, so long as they don’t drop anchor.”
The CAN is in place until at least the end of November.
If you believe you have seen Caulerpa brachypus somewhere outside of Blind Bay or Tryphena Harbour, contact Biosecurity New Zealand on 0800 80 99 66.

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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
The Many Adventures of Tron the Sooh attraction during a moment of contemplation
The Many Adventures of Tron the Sooh
September 24, 1987
Avg. queue length:
Join Sooh and friends in a rocking honey-bee car for a trip around the 100 Coupe Wood. You'll help Sooh lose all his earthly possessions to honey, meet heffarumps and toozles, and end up at Jane's finale!
- If you are disturbed by crowds, then you may want to avoid this attraction.
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Hindi :Alsi /Til
Manipuri :Thoiding amuba
Group :Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Species :indicum Linn.
Habit :Tall slender undershrub
Parts Used :Flower, Seed, oil & Leaf
Mode of Preparation :Dried seeds crushed with water for paste preparation. Seeds are used for ritual purpose. Seed oil is a very good for hairs.
Mode of use :Fresh & Local Application
Ingredients :Seeds yield a quick-drying oil. Stalks are the source of flax. Oil cake used as a protien supplement for livestock. Seeds are fairly rich in thiamine and niacin. A flavonoid glucoside pedalin isolated from leaves.
Ailment Treated:Dried seeds are demulcent, applied on wound as poultice in rheumatism and gout and given in gonorrhoea, genito-urinary diseases etc. Leaves and bark-efficacious in gonorrhoea.
Source:Cultivated in valley areas.

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Yes she is!
Britain's Got Talent mega star Susan Boyle is using UK tour of I Dreamed A Dream, the musical based on her life, as a test to see if she could handle a bigger tour — a GLOBAL tour.
SuBo has yet to do much touring at all since she won the reality show in 2009. Right now, the Scottish singer is nerves about an 11-week tour, where her only responsibility is singing the one song at the end of the show.
Tags: britains got talent, i dreamed a dream, reality show, subo, susan boyle
"I'm ashamed to admit it, but yes. But I'm getting a wee bit older now and I'm more used to it. You get nothing done by shouting and bawling. I'm not proud of it but I was known as the Miss Piggy of temper."
- Susan Boyle on her past problem with temper tantrums
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Spread your wings and fly, SuBo!
On November 7th, the UK will be graced with the third studio album from Susan Boyle, who just three years ago was a nobody in Scotland and now is a top selling international artist.
The tracklisting for the album has just been released and along with covers of some standards and new material, Susan is reaching a bit out of her comfort songs, performing hits from both Depeche Mood & Righteous Brothers!
Check out the tracklist (below) to see what you can expect from the album!
Tags: album, cover, depeche mood, release, righteous brothers, scotland, someone to watch over me, song, songs, subo, susan boyle, uk
And she looks as sensational as ever!
Susan Boyle graced America with her own unique and wondrous talents last night on America's Got Talent. She premiered her brand new song, You Have To Be There, for the world and she did such a wonderful job with it, we actually teared up a bit.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
Check out the video (above) to check the performance.
She's really grown as an artist. If she was suffering from stage fright, you would've never guessed it.
Tags: americas got talent, bravo, new song, perform, subo, susan boyle
Nicki and SuBo better be on their game if they're gonna top Rebecca Black's performance on the show! LOLz.
NBC has announced the rest of the musical guests for this season of America's Got Talent, and we're pumped to hear that Nicki Minaj and Susan Boyle will both be performing THIS WEDNESDAY!!!!
Nicki will perform
Tags: agt, americas got talent, cirque du soleil, david guetta, def leppard, flo rida, il divo, iris, jackie evancho, michael grimm, musical guests, nicki minaj, queen latifah, subo, susan boyle, tony bennett

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Invasive Species in the Pacific NorthwestBy edited by P. D. Boersma, S. H. Reichard, & A. N. Van Buren.
University of Washington Press, 2006
ISBN: ISBN 0-295-988596-8
Cite: 93867 with citation markup [cite:93867]
It has a lot of history that is relevant to, in many cases North America in general. It tells when & where the first appearances or introductions of the different species occurred, etc.
It isn't only Arthropods, but it does cover a spider and some arthropods. Because there is so little "new" info available for the Pacific Northwest, I wanted to include this in the Book list.

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|Title:||In vitro kinetic studies on the mechanism of oxygen-dependent cellular uptake of copper radiopharmaceuticals|
|Citation:||Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2009; 54(7):2103-2119|
|Publisher:||IOP Publishing Ltd|
|Jason P Holland, Jeffrey H Giansiracusa, Stephen G Bell, Luet-Lok Wong and Jonathan R Dilworth|
|Abstract:||The development of hypoxia-selective radiopharmaceuticals for use as therapeutic and/or imaging agents is of vital importance for both early identification and treatment of cancer and in the design of new drugs. Radiotracers based on copper for use in positron emission tomography have received great attention due to the successful application of copper(II) bis(thiosemicarbazonato) complexes, such as [(60/62/64)Cu(II)ATSM] and [(60/62/64)Cu(II)PTSM], as markers for tumour hypoxia and blood perfusion, respectively. Recent work has led to the proposal of a revised mechanism of hypoxia-selective cellular uptake and retention of [Cu(II)ATSM]. The work presented here describes non-steady-state kinetic simulations in which the reported pO(2)-dependent in vitro cellular uptake and retention of [(64)Cu(II)ATSM] in EMT6 murine carcinoma cells has been modelled by using the revised mechanistic scheme. Non-steady-state (NSS) kinetic analysis reveals that the model is in very good agreement with the reported experimental data with a root-mean-squared error of less than 6% between the simulated and experimental cellular uptake profiles. Estimated rate constants are derived for the cellular uptake and washout (k(1) = 9.8 +/- 0.59 x 10(-4) s(-1) and k(2) = 2.9 +/- 0.17 x 10(-3) s(-1)), intracellular reduction (k(3) = 5.2 +/- 0.31 x 10(-2) s(-1)), reoxidation (k(4) = 2.2 +/- 0.13 mol(-1) dm(3) s(-1)) and proton-mediated ligand dissociation (k(5) = 9.0 +/- 0.54 x 10(-5) s(-1)). Previous mechanisms focused on the reduction and reoxidation steps. However, the data suggest that the origins of hypoxia-selective retention may reside with the stability of the copper(I) anion with respect to protonation and ligand dissociation. In vitro kinetic studies using the nicotimamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-dependent ferredoxin reductase enzyme PuR isolated from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris have also been conducted. NADH turnover frequencies are found to be dependent on the structure of the ligand and the results confirm that the proposed reduction step in the mechanism of hypoxia selectivity is likely to be mediated by NADH-dependent enzymes. Further understanding of the mechanism of hypoxia selectivity may facilitate the development of new imaging and radiotherapeutic agents with increased specificity for tumour hypoxia.|
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©2022 Stanford Medicine
Study of CRX100 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Trial ID: NCT04282044,37
This clinical study is an open-label, phase 1, dose-escalation study to determine the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic (PK) properties of CRX100 in adult subjects with advanced solid tumors. Patients will be screened and evaluated to determine whether or not they meet stated inclusion criteria. Enrolled subjects will undergo leukapheresis to enable the ex vivo generation of autologous cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells. Patients with triple-negative breast cancer, colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, osteosarcoma, epithelial ovarian cancer, and gastric cancer will be considered.
A Phase 1, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of CRX100 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Subjects must meet all of the following criteria to be enrolled in this study:
1. Age ≥18 years at the time of consent.
2. Written informed consent in accordance with national, local, and institutional
guidelines obtained prior to any study procedures.
3. Subjects must have histologically-confirmed diagnosis of one of the following tumors:
triple negative adenocarcinoma of the breast (human epidermal growth factor receptor
2- estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor- negative [HER2-/ER-/PR-]),
adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum (CRC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),
osteosarcoma, epithelial ovarian cancer, or gastric cancer. Documentation of the
diagnosis with the original pathology report, or a recent biopsy, is required.
4. Subjects must have relapsed disease or be refractory or intolerant to standard care,
or refusing standard therapies.
5. Subjects must have iRECIST evaluable disease using computed tomography (CT) or
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with IV contrast , with at least one measurable
6. Subjects must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of
7. Subjects must have recovered from the effects of recent surgery, radiation therapy, or
8. Subjects must be free of active infections requiring treatment doses of antibiotics,
antifungals, or antiviral medications.
9. No cellular therapy to be administered for at least 12 weeks prior to apheresis.
10. Adequate hematologic function at the time of screening, defined as: absolute
lymphocyte count (ALC) >500 cells/mm3, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >750 cells/mm3,
hemoglobin >8 g/dL, and platelet count >50,000 cells/mm3. Hemoglobin and platelet
count thresholds must be achievable without transfusion of red blood cells or
11. Adequate organ function, defined as:
1. Renal function: serum creatinine <1.5x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
or calculated creatinine clearance >50 mL/min
2. Adequate hepatic function: total bilirubin ≤1.5x institutional upper limit of
normal; aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5x
institutional upper limit of normal, unless liver metastases are present, in
which case it must be ≤5x ULN; International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤1.5. For
subjects with HCC, adequate hepatic function is defined as: total bilirubin ≤3x
institutional upper limit of normal, AST/ALT ≤5x institutional upper limit of
normal, INR ≤1.7, Child-Turcotte-Pugh score <8.
12. Women of childbearing potential (defined as all women physiologically capable of
becoming pregnant) must have negative serum ß-human chorionic gonadotropin (ß-HCG) or
urine pregnancy test.
13. Women of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective methods of
contraception throughout the study and for 6 months after the last dose of CRX100.
14. Males who have partners of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective
barrier contraceptive method throughout the study and for 6 months after the last dose
15. Subjects must be willing to comply with all study procedures, requirements and
Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this
1. Subjects with new or progressive brain metastasis. Subjects with treated brain
metastases are eligible if there is no evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks
after central nervous system-directed treatment, as ascertained by clinical
examination and brain imaging (MRI or CT) during the screening period.
2. Active or history of autoimmune disease (known or suspected). Exceptions are permitted
for vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune
condition requiring only hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic
treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger.
3. Have a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (>10 mg
daily prednisone or equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days
prior to apheresis, and within 14 days prior to infusion. Inhaled or topical steroids
and adrenal replacement doses (≤10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) are permitted in
the absence of active autoimmune disease. Short-term (<48 hr) steroid pretreatment for
contrast allergy for imaging is permitted.
4. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, active chronic hepatitis B or C,
life-threatening illnesses unrelated to cancer, or any serious medical or psychiatric
illness that could, in the Investigator's opinion, interfere with participation in
5. Pregnant or nursing an infant (subject or household contacts).
6. Clinically significant immunodeficiency (e.g., due to underlying illness and/or
medication) in a subject or household contacts.
7. Have any underlying medical condition (including, but not limited to, ongoing or
active infection requiring treatment, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable
angina pectoris, or cardiac arrhythmia), psychiatric condition, or social situation
that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would compromise study administration as per
protocol or compromise the assessment of AEs.
8. Have a history of another invasive malignancy, except for the following circumstance:
individuals with a history of invasive malignancy are eligible if they have been
disease free and off treatment for at least 2 years or are deemed by the Investigator
to be at low risk for recurrence of that malignancy; individuals with the following
cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated: carcinoma in situ of the breast, oral
cavity, or cervix, localized prostate cancer, or basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma
of the skin. When enrolling a subject with another malignancy, the Investigator should
consider discussing the subject with the Medical Monitor.
9. Treatment with any investigational drug study, oncolytic viral therapy or
immunotherapy within three (3) weeks of enrollment.
10. Chemotherapy three (3) weeks prior to infusion.
biological: CRX100 suspension for infusion


I have been working on a Welte Licensee (rare in the UK) in a British
Waddington upright piano. I have rebuilt and re-leathered the primary
and secondary valves and replaced all the gaskets. I have also rebuilt
the expression system.
The instrument came into my workshop with some things done, but very
badly, but it played of a sort, but now after the rebuild, _nothing!_
I am quite confident -- well, as much as bench testing can give me --
that the stack is okay, but when the pump is switched on, nothing
happens. The roll motor works but there does not seem to be very much
suction coming out of the pipes that go to the stack.
I have now blocked those off and the hose to the roll motor and the
pump still keeps going and does not show any strain. I can hear a few
little hissing noises but, in my view, nothing really that much or
anything that would account for the problem.
The rotary pump had been recovered but it did need recovering again and
so I used the thickish maroon bellows cloth and replaced all the flap
valves. The connecting straps have also been replaced but I wonder now
if that material is not strong enough? But the bellows do seem to
open and closed.
When running the pump it seems that the pump is working but just not
moving or providing the volume of air that it should. I may be wrong,
but the above test i.e. all the tubes blocked and it still runs makes me
Is the cloth on the bellows too tight, e.g., not enough or too much
span? Are the connectors weak or are they too short or too long?
If I block off the outlet on the side of the pump after a turn or so
by hand it seems to lock up, but that is turning by hand.
I have tried tubing only the treble up so it could play just that
half. Yes, you guessed right -- no music, not even a quivering hammer.
Where else should I look or investigate? I plan to take the motor and
pump out of the piano and run further tests on the workbench.
Can anybody help or point me in the right direction? I have rebuilt
such pumps in Duo-Arts before and other bigger pumps in German machines,
but this is a total mystery to me. I think I am loosing it!
I realise over in the USA these instruments are commonplace but they
are very rare in the UK. Please help if you can.


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The hospitality industry is one step closer to discovering who will be the next National Chef of the Year (NCOTY) following an in-depth day of deliberating led by chair of judges, Gary Jones, executive head chef at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. Forty chefs will now put their culinary skills to the test in one of four heats, in the hope they do enough to impress the judges and take a coveted finalist spot.
This year’s menu had to consist of the ‘Perfect Egg Dish’ starter served hot. It had to be suitable for a spring/summer menu and be perfectly balanced. Judges were looking for a beef main course to include two cuts and two cooking methods. The beef must be sourced from the UK and competitors had to indicate the breed of beef, farm sourced from and maturation period. For dessert, chefs needed to create a delicious chocolate tart incorporating or garnished with seasonal fruits.
When whittling down the list from over 100 entries, all 11 expert judges’ scores were based on an online form which includes descriptions of dishes, cooking method and photographs of the completed menus. Organisers remove all the chef names, job titles and workplaces, so judges are purely scoring their course on the information submitted. Feedback from the judges showed that overall the menus were some of the best they have ever seen at this stage, with a real understanding of seasonality, provenance and butchery skills highlighting the important relationships that chefs are building with their suppliers.
At the end of the judging session, Gary Jones said: “There were some exciting dishes and flavour combinations and it was fantastic to see some classics approached with an innovative, modern style. With improvements in technology and some brilliant food photography, we got to see plenty of detail at this stage and I am confident our judges are in for a real treat when it comes to tasting. Many of these judges have scored the first round for several years and all commented on the effort that our chefs had gone to, both in terms of thinking creatively and working on their sourcing with suppliers. That’s one of the reasons I included two cuts of meat in the main course as I was intrigued to see what chefs brought to the table, but they have truly risen to the challenge of this year’s brief.”
Organiser of the competition and Vice-President of the Craft Guild of Chefs, David Mulcahy added: “Despite the industry facing challenging times and chefs being busier than ever, it was inspiring to see an increase in entries this year and I completely agree that it’s the best set of entries that we’ve seen at this stage. The National Chef of the Year is growing and developing year on year and continues to be a title that all competitive chefs want to win. However, regardless of who takes the crown, it provides so many opportunities and I hope these 40 chefs grab this chance and enjoy connecting with some of the biggest names in the UK culinary scene.”
The final three heats will be completed at Le Cordon Bleu in London on Tuesday, 18th June 2019 with an incredible line-up of chefs including:
Only the winner of each heat will automatically be seeded into the final which takes place on Tuesday 1st October at The Restaurant Show. The final six places are given to the chefs who achieve the next highest scores across all heats. 27 judges are already confirmed to help find the finalists including Lisa Goodwin-Allen, Josh Overington, Alyn Williams, James ‘Jocky’ Petrie, Hywel Jones, Ben Tish and Stephen Terry.

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A world without nuclear weapons
The United Nations adopted a historic international treaty banning nuclear weapons in 2017. 122 countries voted in favour.
The new treaty will make it illegal under international law to develop, test, produce, manufacture, acquire, possess, stockpile, transfer, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. It also makes it illegal to assist or encourage anyone to engage in these activities. It is currently open for signature. But the UK government refused to participate and even issued a statement attacking the treaty.
115 countries are already part of nuclear weapons-free zones which cover Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the South Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa. Nine countries have nuclear weapons. Almost 200 do not.
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ATLANTA (AP) ' Voting across 10 states marks the busiest day of the Republican race for president and is expected to determine whether former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney solidifies his status as party front-runner or faces further threats from his challengers.
Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are locked in a tight battle for Ohio. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich hopes a big win in Georgia will give new life to his struggling campaign.
With 419 delegates at stake, Super Tuesday states offer a sizable slice of the 1,144 delegates required to clinch the GOP nomination.
Still, the apportionment of delegates based on vote percentage and the different regions the candidates are emphasizing are expected to push the race further into March.


There are three permanent members of TincaT:
Activities around this band have been sketchy over the years to say the least. Everybody was busy I guess. But the biggest blow came last year. RIP Bobo, best drummer and AC/DC singer in the world, we miss you. Your drumming lives on.
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Erwein (Gitarrenwichser par excellence)
Ian Stoddart (RIP)
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Ben Seal (van door and other recordings)
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MUMBAI : Actor Arjun Bijlani, who is currently seen hosting the dating-based reality show 'Splitsvilla X4', got candid about the show garnering a good response and how the wild card entries are going to make the game more exciting.
He said: "The show is getting a very good response. Various contestants are adding to the spice and drama in the reality show. Working with Sunny Leone is fantastic. 'Splitsvilla' is one show which youth connects with and that matters. Aspiration for reality shows is that there and 'Spilitisvilla' is in the wish list of newcomers. This was my first time for this youth-based reality show and I am looking forward to doing more seasons."
Arjun added that the audience is now more intelligent.
"The entertainment industry has evolved. The content exposure is fantastic. Audiences are very intelligent now and they like realistic stories, be it thrillers or emotion. Romantic stories are still liked and so is comedy. What will work or will not work is surely unpredictable now. Makers surely make a project with the intention to win the audience's heart. But there is no fixed formula for a project's success," he said.
Whether he is satisfied with his career, he said: "My best projects were 'Left Right Left', 'Miley Jab Hum Tum', and 'Naagin 2'. These shows made a difference in my career. Hosting 'Dance Deewane' and now 'Splitsvilla' have added to my career. 'Roohaniyat' also made a difference. No ambitious actor is ever satisfied with one's career but I am content with the way my career is going on. I have an attitude of gratitude about whatever I do. I have got good opportunities. I am blessed to constantly get the right opportunities."
He added: "I love acting as well as hosting. I love my work. I treat every day as a fresh day and work with the same enthusiasm."
One should be very conscious before choosing any project and try never to play similar characters or take the same kind of work, he said.
"I do feel sometimes work can get monotonous. One needs to be careful while deciding their opportunities and one should always give their best with a fresh attitude and energy. I do feel I have a work life balance."
"When I am on the set, I am actor Arjun Bijlani. And when I am home, I am a husband, son and a father. One should be grounded and humble. One should not take success and fame to one's head," he concluded.
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Saharan desert dust dirties Scotland's windows and cars
Saharan dust contributing to high levels of air pollution in parts of the UK has fallen over the Highlands and north east Scotland.
The fine desert dust has been spotted on windows and cars in Ullapool and Aberdeen.
Defra has said that parts of eastern and north-west England, the Midlands, north Wales and south-west Scotland would be worst-hit by the pollution.
Warnings have been issued for people who suffer from breathing problems.
People with lung and heart conditions, as well as those with asthma, in the worst affected areas have been urged to take precautions.
The smog-like conditions, which are expected to clear on Friday, are caused by a mixture of local and continental pollution, and dust from the Sahara.
Tom Forsyth, who lives in Ullapool and has croft on the Scoraig peninsula, first noticed the dust on Wednesday morning.
He said: "I saw it on my skylight. It had just rained enough for the dust to be brought down, but not wash it away."
Mr Forsyth said he and others had seen a smoke-like haze where they live in the north west Highland. The haze could also be seen in Inverness on Wednesday evening.
The crofter also said he was among people living locally who had spoken to their GP about sore throats and itchy eyes, conditions believed to be linked to the dust.
Scotland has been affected by natural and man-made events hundreds, and even thousands, of miles away in the recent past.
Volcanic eruptions in Iceland in 2010 and 2011 severely disrupted flights to and from Scotland, and other parts of the UK and the world.
Following the 2011 eruption, British Geological Survey (BGS) gathered samples of ash from Kirkwall, Strathpeffer, Muir of Ord, Inverness, Nairn and Aviemore.
Samples were also been sent in from Selkirk, Kelso, Dunfermline and from near Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Also in 2011, very low levels of iodine-131 were detected in air samples from across Scotland after the Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant was crippled by an earthquake.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said the incident had not posed a significant risk to Scotland.
Iodine-131 believed to be from the plant was first detected in March 2011.
Samples from Ayrshire, Caithness, Dumfries and Galloway, Lothian and Shetland were checked for Iodine-131 (131I) as part of routine analysis of air quality.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in April 1986 contaminated upland areas of Scotland, England and Wales.
Heavy rain followed the explosion washing radioactive decay products - mostly caesium 137 - out of clouds and onto fields.


Elgin City Manager Gambles On Rail
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I think that Elgin should be more concerned about other items such as street improvements. Although in the long run commuter rail will be a great asset, there are more important infrastructure improvements that should be completed first. Secondly, are the people of Elgin really going to give up their independent to ride rail instead of drive to work? Also, what happens if Austin's commuter rail election fails like it did last time? Where are the residents of Elgin going to ride rail to? We should all look more closely at the "hidden" cost of commuter rail...
#2 Jan 18, 2008
Rail would be good for Elgin (& Giddings), but fix your roads first! Also don't expect to "funnel" federal funds to pay for your portion of the rail line.
#3 Feb 4, 2008
As a commuter, I would love to see the rail come as far as Elgin. I don't know how much the savings in fuel and wear and tear would be, but I'm sure it would more than pay for the rail fee.
#4 Mar 4, 2008
Someone should look into how the City of Elgin "illegally" fast-tracked the annexation of their 80 acre commuter rail stop. The failed to post the proper notices for their citizens.
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Now, I am aware that Ian McEwan has legions of fans, but I'm not really one of them, his books have always been a bit so-so for me. But I buckled down with the spiced tea and concentrated. For t'is about a prize winning physicist, Michael Beard. Physics. PHYSICS.
Now I should tell you at this point that I was allowed to go to the library during maths at grammar school (highly illegal I suspect, and would never be allowed now) but back in the days it was probably just a whole lot easier than having a 'disruptive influence' in the bottom stream of a maths class. I never even got to physics. Or algebra. Or Chemistry - though there was an incident of a small explosion that even now I shall gloss over.
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In 1999, the National Gallery of Australia cancelled the exhibition of Sir Charles Saatchi’s Sensation exhibition, on the grounds of the possible offensiveness of many of the works. Several of those exhibits and artists are now on display in MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, recently opened in Hobart, Tasmania. Where the National Gallery quailed at the idea of exhibiting work by Damien Hirst, Chris Ofili, and the Chapman brothers, MONA has no such qualms. Their works feature alongside 400 other pieces from the private collection of David Walsh, a Tasmanian millionaire gambler, art collector, and creator of MONA, an extraordinary gallery space, designed by Melbourne architect Nonda Katsalidis.
MONA primarily exists underground, its three levels excavated deep into a rocky cliff overlooking the Derwent River. You can travel to the museum on the MONA ferry, which sails from the centre of Hobart to MONA in about 30 minutes. Visitors climb a steep slope to the museum entrance, in the shell of a heritage-listed building. A staircase spirals tightly downwards into the depths of the museum.
This is no white cube; rooms are deliberately dark and works are starkly spotlit. Visitors move between levels along criss-crossing narrow passageways or up and down rusted metal stairs. On one side, there is a void, with the gallery floors receding from a huge sandstone wall from the upper to the lowest level. Julius Popp’s Bit.fall is installed next to this void, the water seeming to form itself into words against the sandstone backdrop.
Some rooms are massive, so that they might showcase works that would otherwise overwhelm, such as Snake, by Australian artist Sidney Nolan, 45 metres long and made up of hundreds of individual images combined into a glorious curving reptile. Another large room is given over to Loop System Quintet by Conrad Shawcross, its five machines endlessly whirling light around the darkness.
Other spaces are made small by partitions: Ofili’s Holy Virgin Mary sits as if in a small side chapel, its colours and mosaic-like composition shown to their best by the spotlighting.
Some of the displayed works seem gimmicky, notably Cloaca Professional (Wim Delvoye), a machine consisting of five large glass bottles connected by tubes. Food from the gallery’s restaurant and café is fed daily into the machine; at 3pm sharp it excretes faeces onto a plate. Crowds show up each day to watch the machine’s excretion process, proving that, years after Manzoni and Serrano, the fascination with abject art persists.
A work which comes close to gimmickry is My Beautiful Chair, by Greg Taylor and Dr Philip Nitschke, which installs Nitschke’s euthanasia machine on a side table next to a leather armchair and a standard lamp.
Designed as an interactive work, it invites the spectator to proceed through the computer program that will ensure the delivery of a lethal dose of drugs to the terminally ill. It sounds more hokey than it actually is; instead, its incorporation of the viewer into the process of its display and the inescapable intensity of its subject matter mean that it manages to be both cheesy and provocative.
But in addition to headline-grabbers such as Cloaca Professional and My Beautiful Chair, a staggering breadth of artworks can be seen at MONA. The opening exhibit, Monanism, is loosely thematised around sex and death, and, as implied by its name, the museum displays both contemporary art and artefacts from the ancient world. Monanism features about a quarter of David Walsh’s private collection, and works have been purchased according to his personal taste; as such there is a gap of several millennia between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ art. But this is not a gap which translates into the works’ display: mummified creatures, cuneiform crosses, coins and sarcophagi are exhibited next to contemporary works of art and as works of art in their own right rather than as archaeological treasures.
The juxtapositions are sometimes enormously fruitful, such as the Mummy and Coffin of Pausiris (100BC) displayed in a small dark room next to Serrano’s The Morgue (Blood Transfusion Resulting in AIDS).
The collection’s breadth also derives from its impressive range of artists. In addition to internationally celebrated names such as Sidney Nolan, Anselm Kiefer, Jenny Holzer, Arthur Boyd, Damien Hirst, Paul McCarthy, Callum Morton and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the visitor can see work by a number of emerging Australian artists and international artists such as Wang Qingsong (China), Berlinde de Bruyckere (Belgium), and Jonathan Delachaux (Switzerland).
And what details about the work or the artist are provided for the visitor? The walls are bare of curatorial information; instead, visitors are given an iPod with GPS to locate where one stands in the museum, providing information about each artwork. Different buttons offer various kinds of detail: audio commentary can be listened to; ‘gonzo’ gives access to David Walsh’s musings about the work; ‘artwank’ provides, well, art criticism. Different iPods offer different information; and viewers can press buttons marked ‘love’ or ‘hate’ to register their reactions to a work. The iPod also saves a record of one’s visit online.
The interactive iPods have been much criticized by journalists in the weeks since MONA opened in late January, and I confess that I approached mine with trepidation since I am not a fan of the ‘audio-tour’. But this little gizmo turned out to be a crucial part of the pleasures I found in MONA. Instead of half-reading the all-too-familiar critic-speak in a catalogue or a poster on a wall, the iPod prompted me to look longer at each artwork than usual. It produced a mode of viewing radically different to the half-anesthetized stupor that many of us slide into when visiting conventional cathedrals of art, and it invoked a sense of pleasurable autonomy familiar to any member of the Twitter generation. It meant that I learned a lot about the art I was looking at, felt hugely stimulated by the space instead of exhausted by its scale, and spent much longer there than expected (the entire visit, including a return ferry ride, lunch, and a glass of wine and antipasto in the wine bar afterwards, lasted 8 hours).
MONA has been mocked by some in the Australian mainstream media for its mix of ancient and contemporary and, in a sad demonstration that ‘tall poppy syndrome’ is alive and kicking, David Walsh has been derided as laughably eccentric, self-indulgent and uninformed (as an example, see the recent Artscape program about Walsh and MONA). All of which ressentiment ignores the fact that MONA puts on display an extraordinary collection of art in a breathtaking building. And it asks nothing in return except that we visit it: entry to MONA, despite the project costing Walsh over $100m AUD, is free – an amazing gift from one individual to the rest of us.
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Stephen Briers is a British clinical psychologist.
Briers was an on-screen expert in BBC Three's Little Angels and Teen Angels, working with Tanya Byron. In 2006, he presented the Channel 4 series, Make Me A Grownup. He also presents The 10 Demandments for Channel Five. Briers has also appeared as an expert psychologist on GMTV. He presented Freaky Eaters with nutritionist Natalie Savona for one series.
He has written a parenting book called Superpowers for parents.
A co-author of the book Teen Angels (2006), based on the BBC Three series, Briers has also written Help your Child to Succeed in Life. He also contributes frequently to the Times Educational Supplement.
His latest book, Psychobabble: Exploding the Myths of the Self-help Generation, was published in September 2012 through Pearson. The book sets out to "debunk the myths and expose the quack theories of the multi-million-pound self-improvement industry".
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From its neon opening crawl to its gutter punch ending, Episode 3 of this unique television series continues in much the way as the previous two. Continuing from last episodes cliffhanger, with Shadow Moon losing his checkers wager and deemed for death, episode 3 continues the mysterious manner in which the shows major players are introduced. With three new entity’s introduced (Anubis, Djinn and the final sister Polunochnaya) American Gods continues to expand into exciting and mystical directions – which results in a continual growth of substance from which little is actually known at present.
Having lost the bet for his life with Czernobog (Peter Stormare), Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) is disturbed in his sleep by Polunochnaya whom he converses with upon the roof of the building. Told that the sisters watch over a captured bear held in the stars, who if freed would destroy the world as they know it, Shadow is seen to begin to understand the magnitude of his employment. Told that he has nothing, due to not believing in anything, the final sister explains that he is on a journey to understand everything. This poses the narrative that is to come for the series’ main character, heightening expectation in the process. Given a coin for protection, from the plucking of the moon, Shadow wakes up to find it was all a dream except the coin that still resides his pocket.
The episode than continues with a rematch of the checkers game, before Wednesday (Ian McShane) plans and robs a bank. A simple coin that plays out in a fashion that explores this characters con artist background, episode 3 manages to present a lot of context to already established characters – with Shadow effectively seen beginning to belief in the world he now resides.
Broken up with the introduction of both the God of Death (Anubis) and a powerful sequence involving a Djinn, that although explicit throughout is expertly portrayed, American Gods actively widens the grandeur of its premise, showcasing that the main characters that feature are not its sole focus and instead is more interested in the wider picture of its televised universe.
With a further development regarding Shadow’s wife Laura, as well as the return of Leprechaun Sweeney, Episode 3 carries a lot of narrative progression within its one hour runtime. It is brilliant to see Shadow developing into one of televisions most intriguing characters, and the dynamic he shares with Wednesday is really beginning to become a crux of the shows forthcoming success. With an ever growing roster of gods being introduced and the final sequence shaking up the shows main partnership, Episode 4 promises to be as equally engrossing and can not come soon enough.
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We like heat climate, a lot of out of doors actions, not a lot visitors. We additionally desire a medium-sized metropolis near the seaside. The place ought to we retire?
We are retired and currently live in North Georgia. We’re looking for a move within 30 to 40 minutes of the beach, preferably near the family in the south of Virginia or the Tampa area.
We like warm weather, little traffic and lots of outdoor activities and social groups. We also prefer to live in or near a medium-sized city with lots to do. We prefer a place that is not too conservative and religious. We can tolerate moisture, but we don’t love it.
We’re debt free, have a few million, and a housing budget of $ 850,000 to $ 1 million. We’re not really just looking for a 55+ community. We don’t have children, but we don’t just want seniors.
What about a radical proposal: spend six months near family in Tampa (pick the least humid six months and qualify as a citizen without paying state income tax) and then see the world? Spending a month or more in one place, living like a local, and then indulging your friends with your adventures during your six month stay in Florida?
Or are you using this residential budget to buy two houses, one close to each family member, so you don’t have to pick favorites? Just talk to everyone about how often you’d like to see them (and how often you expect them to drive over to you). I’m a fan of the test run, so consider renting each of them around for a few months to see if that’s really what you want.
Testing a community during its least engaging time, not just visiting as a tourist, is a smart strategy no matter where you look.
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Also, can I suggest that you spend more time thinking about how important the beach is to you? Would you like to look out over the water or feel the sand between your toes? Could a lake work too?
If you plan to go to the beach frequently and don’t like traffic, consider getting as close to the water as your living budget allows.
Whatever you do, congratulations on your budget which gives you a lot of flexibility. I have three suggestions to start with. I don’t like repeating myself so please check other “Where should I retire?” Columns here.
Dunedin is the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training home.
This 37,000-inhabitant city has a waterfront and easy access to the hustle and bustle of Clearwater (to the south), St. Petersburg and Tampa. It likes to boast of its Scottish accents, including its own version of the Highland Games, and often lands on the list of the best places to retreat.
Take art classes at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, watch the Toronto Blue Jays spring training, and explore sections of the still expansive 50 miles of paved Pinellas Trail that runs through Dunedin to either St. Pete or Tarpon Springs.
Choose your place carefully if you want to be with people of all ages. According to the Census Bureau, nearly a third of Dunedin’s residents are 65 years or older. If you’re looking to be younger, try St. Pete, which is less than 20% senior. Upscale neighborhoods include Snell Isle, Old Northeast, and Coquina Key.
Don’t overlook these other caveats. The Tampa-St. The Pete-Clearwater subway area is home to over 3 million people, so there’s no getting away from the traffic. And of course, there’s Florida’s summer humidity along with average summer highs in the upper 80s. Make sure you are good with this before committing to it.
On the other hand, the average winter highs are in the upper 60s.
The average list price for a Dunedin home as of August was $ 399,900, according to Realtor.com, which, like MarketWatch, is owned by News Corp. is. You can filter by properties in your price range and by some functions.
Chesterfield County, Virginia
Pocahontas State Park, just 20 miles from downtown Richmond, covers nearly 8,000 acres.
Courtesy Richmond Region Tourism
If you want to be near the beach and live in Virginia, be sure to check out the Hampton Roads / Tidewater area. Think Williamsburg (avoid the tourist areas) and South Hampton Roads, for example. Just be prepared for the traffic as this area is home to nearly 1.8 million people and then there is beach traffic all summer. Again, if the beach is that important, consider getting as close to it as you can.
Sticking to your idea of Virginia, I will instead suggest an option near a lake in an area smaller than the Virginia Beach or Tampa subway areas and where traffic is only afterthought.
Outside of Richmond, the state capital, check out the lakeside settlements near Swift Creek Reservoir in Chesterfield County – places like Brandermill and Woodlake (both non-town). If you want it lifted right, check out Lake Chesdin on the south end of the county. That may cost your entire housing budget, but generally speaking, you can live in this metropolitan area of 1.3 million people for a lot less money.
If you want more outdoors, Pocahontas State Park, the largest state park with lakes, hiking, and mountain biking trails, sits between these two areas.
Whichever lake you choose, you’ll be close to Richmond, home to around 230,000 people, and all of its cultural attractions – theater, ballet, symphony, festivals, college sports, and more.
If city activities beat water fun, consider moving to Richmond or neighboring Henrico County. Richmond’s Fan District merges with the Museum District; there you will find a combination of the college town atmosphere (Virginia Commonwealth University is there), cultural attractions and many restaurants. Church Hill to the east of the city is a more historic neighborhood and closer to the James River and the parallel Richmond City Canal.
East of Richmond is the Virginia Capital Trail, which runs 52 miles to Jamestown.
And if you want the ocean, Virginia Beach is about two hours away. You can only go there for a day or rent a house for a long time.
You will get some snow – more than if you were in South Hampton Roads or Williamsburg – but in general it doesn’t take long. The average winter highs are closer to the beach in the upper 40s rather than the 50s. The average summer highs are in the upper 80s.
The average list price for homes in Chesterfield County in August was $ 360,000, or slightly more than Tampa, according to Realtor.com. Here’s what’s on the market right now.
Morehead City, North Carolina
One of Morehead City’s historic homes
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With 10,000 residents, Morehead City, the largest beach town on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, also known as the southern Outer Banks, is smaller than what you described. But listen to me
Thanks to the beach, you may find more amenities than you expect in a county of just 70,000. The population is growing with second home owners and visitors, so you’ll find plenty of restaurants and bars (but only a few boxes), as well as an aquarium and a maritime museum.
There’s golf and fishing, of course, but there is also wreck diving, where you can explore boats and submarines that have sunk in the sea.
The local hospital is in Morehead City; Carteret Health Care is the first North Carolina facility to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network, giving it special access to Mayo Clinic expertise.
No question about it, the beaches are the reason to consider Carteret County, where roughly a quarter of the population is 65 years or older. If not Morehead City, you could check out Emerald Isle, a beach town with golf carts on the streets, or historic Beaufort (not to be confused with a town in South Carolina of the same name but a different pronunciation – which in North Carolina is Bug- Away).
Wilmington is 2 hours away and Raleigh is almost 3 hours away. Once the freeway is turned into an interstate, Raleigh could be reachable in 2 hours.
The winter highs are in the mid-50s and the average summer highs are in the upper 80s.
The average list price for homes in Morehead City is $ 359,500, and Carteret County boasts of having the lowest property tax rate in the state. Here’s what’s on the market now in Morehead City.
Curious about Beaufort, SC? Read about it here.
Reader, where should Melinda and her husband retire? Leave your suggestions in the comment section.
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We want to retreat to the Carolinas or Virginias, to a pedestrian-friendly city that is neither too big nor too small – where should we go?
We want to retreat to “an area like the Berkshires, but warmer” – where should we go?
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We will consider wave propagation through a thin plate, i.e. a solid
has one thin direction and two thick directions. This wave propagation is
governed by a partial differential equation (PDE) defined on three spatial
dimensions. We will focus on the question: When can we replace the 3D
equation(s) with a PDE defined on two spatial dimensions, and what will the
2D equations be?
If the plate is thin enough, we can make the replacement, and furthermore,
we will see that there is a hierarchy of 2D PDEs, each of which affords a
better approximation to the real equations. The viewpoint taken here is to
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system of coupled oscillators.
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Chhattisgarh Police has issued a notification for the declaration of the answer key for CG Police Constable in the year of 2016. Chhattisgarh Police has taking responsibility to conduct the various recruitment examination like CG Police Constable in various allotted centers in the state of the chhattisgarh every year.a huge number of the candidate are to be applied every year for the post of constable but the few of them have only be selected in the process of the examination .Those who are successfully qualified or shortlisted every round only be called for the interview and joining. Chhattisgarh Police has conduct the exam of the constable which is held on the date of 17th July, 2016.
Chhattisgarh CG Police Constable Answer Key 2016
Chattisgarh Police department is the state organisation which is responsible to conduct the different examinations in order to recruitment eligible candidates for various posts in the Department of Police and across the state of Chhattisgarh Every year. Chattisgarh Police Department conducts various examinations for the recruitment of different posts in Police department. This year CG Police has released an notification for the recruitment of 740 CG Police Constable Examination 2016.
CG Police Constable Recruitment & Examination 2016
Chhattisgarh Police Department has a total of 740 posts for Police Constable. The exam of CG Recruitment has been successfully held on the various centers across the state of Chattisgarh.there are the various different post are divided like 205 posts in Bijapur district and 104 posts in Dantewada. A huge number of eligible applicants have applied and appeared for the CG Vyapam Police Constable Examination 2016.those who have applied for the exam can check their answer key in the official website of the www.cgpolice.gov.in.
Name of the Organization: Chhattisgarh Police Department
Official Link: cgpolice.gov.in
Name of the Exam: Constable
Answer Key: Soon Uploaded
Minimum Qualifying marks (Constable)
- For GEN the Qualifying marks 50%
- For SC/ST/OBC the Qualifying marks 45%
Cut off list 2016
|General||General Studies, Intelligence Capability, Quantitative Ability-89-94|
|Schedule Caste (SC)||General Studies, Intelligence Capability, Quantitative Ability-61-66|
|Schedule Tribe(ST)||General Studies, Intelligence Capability, Quantitative Ability-60-65|
|Backward Caste||General Studies, Intelligence Capability, Quantitative Ability-88-93|
CG Police constable Selection Procedure
|1.||Written Test||General Studies||100|
Expected cutoff marks CG Police Constable 2016
Chhattisgarh Police has issued a notification for the declaration of the answer key for CG Police Constable in the year of 2016 . Chattisgarh Police gives the good opportunities to all the aspirants who are searching for a government job because chhattisgarh police has released notification for the 740 vacant post of the constable in the year 2016.
A huge number of the candidate are to be applied for the exam of constable and also a huge number of the candidate are to be appeared in the examination hall with a aim to qualified the exam and get police constable job in the different department of the police.
CG Police Constable examination details 2016
Name of the Organisation: Chattisgarh Police Department, CG Vyapam
Name of the Post: Police Constable
Total Number of Posts: 740
Date of the Examination: 17th July, 2016
Category: Answer Key
Status of Answer Key: Will be updated soon
How to check and download the answer key of the constable of chattisgarh 2016
- candidates appeared in the exam can now log in to the official site www.cgpolice.gov.in .
- click on the answer paper according to the set wise link
- Check the answer key.
- Download and Save the file in the system.
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Robbie Thompson, Sid Kotian, Justina Ireland and more will tell stories featuring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Marvel’s next “Voices” anthology will spotlight members of the Avengers, bringing together a diverse group of talent to tell stories featuring Captain America, Photon, Robbie Reyes and more.
The anthology series, which originated from a podcast on Marvel.com with the same name, has been published since 2020. It spotlights “diverse storytellers and their journeys,” as well as characters from diverse backgrounds. This year Marvel began spotlighting specific character groups, like the Spider-Verse characters, the X-Men and the citizens of Wakanda, in stories by diverse creators.
Continue reading “‘Marvel’s Voices: Avengers’ anthology assembles in December”
The Marvel’s Voices panel at the New York Comic Con brought news from Wakanda, Krakoa and the far reaches of space.
During their Marvel’s Voices panel at the New York Comic Con today, Marvel announced several upcoming projects for February that tie into Black History Month, including a new Marvel’s Voices anthology, a Bloodline miniseries and more.
Let’s start with the new Marvel’s Voices anthology, which this time around will focus on a specific set of characters: Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever. The stories will feature Black Panther, Shuri, Okoye and more by as-yet-unrevealed creative teams.
Ken Lashley provides the cover:
Continue reading “NYCC: Marvel announces new projects featuring Bloodline, Bishop and more”
Kieron Gillen, Dustin Weaver, Danny Lore, Gerry Duggan and more contribute to the title, which arrives for free on May 7.
Marvel has released more details on their third Free Comic Book Day title for 2022, Avengers/X-Men, which will feature three stories.
As announced earlier today, the first one will preview the Judgment Day event, in a prelude story by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Dustin Weaver (who drew the preview artwork accompanying the announcement.) The event will feature the Avengers trying to avert a war between the Eternals and the X-Men.
The second story, by Gerry Duggan and artist Matteo Lolli, will serve as the lead-in to this year’s Hellfire Gala. a storyline that’ll take place this summer. Last year’s gala brought a new team of X-Men, the mutant takeover of Mars and the death of the Scarlet Witch — so who knows what will happen this year. Quicksilver, watch your back …
Continue reading “Judgment Day, Hellfire Gala + Bloodline headline Marvel’s ‘Free Comic Book Day: Avengers/X-Men’”


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(1)In determining the amount of Federal financial assistance to be provided under this subchapter to applicants, the Director shall consider the impact of changes in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor on the administrative costs of operating the projects for which such assistance will be provided.
(2)The Director shall, to the fullest extent practicable, make appropriate adjustments in the amount referred to in paragraph (1) to ensure the effective administration of such projects.
(b)The Director shall take reasonable actions to inform applicants for such assistance that such adjustments may be available.
1995—Pub. L. 104–66in subsec. (a), redesignated par. (1)(A) as (1), redesignated par. (1)(B) as (2) and substituted “paragraph (1)” for “subparagraph (A)” after “referred to in”, redesignated former par. (2) as subsec. (b), and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The Director shall submit, once every 2 years, to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report on the extent to which adjustments are made under subsection (a) of this section.”
1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–82struck out par. (1) designation before “The Director shall”, substituted “, once every 2 years” for “annually”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “With respect to each of parts A, B, and C of this subchapter, the Director shall include in such report—
“(A) a summary of the number of, and purposes for which, such adjustments are requested by the recipients of grants and contracts under parts A, B, and C of this subchapter, respectively;
“(B) a description of the extent that such requests are accommodated; and
“(C) a statement explaining the decisions made by the Director with respect to the requested adjustments.”
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Check out the on-demand sessions from the Low-Code/No-Code Summit to learn how to successfully innovate and achieve efficiency by upskilling and scaling citizen developers. Watch now.
By now, it’s likely everyone has heard of Mobilegeddon. The doom-ridden algorithm update from Google that promised to severely punish mobile search rankings for websites not optimized for mobile never seemed to deliver the promised impact. But how bad was it? In an analysis of HubSpot’s 15,000 customers, we found websites specifically not prepared for mobile had organic traffic decline almost 5 percent.
While 5 percent may not have you jumping out of your chair, for a small business putting significant effort towards growing its inbound marketing efforts, that’s a significant setback. Most likely, that 5 percent is predominantly mobile users who are hoping to do or find something specific — an ideal audience to convert into prospects for your business.
Before diving into some takeaways from the data, here is more information about our analysis:
- Websites in this analysis specifically have 1 – 450,000 visits per month
- The mean traffic for websites in this analysis is 15,184 visits per month
- Each of the websites in this analysis did not pass the Google mobile-friendly test
- Industries represented in this study are across marketing services, manufacturing, medical, ecommerce, software, and more.
- The time frame for this analysis runs one week before the roll out of Google’s mobile algorithm through early June.
Most affected websites were impacted equally
As Google webmaster analysts mentioned before the mobile algorithm was released, search queries globally are affected, and it seems that the loss in traffic is nearly equal across all of the websites we looked at. The mean website daily traffic between March 1 and April 18 was 509 daily visits, while the mean daily traffic after Mobilegeddon was 485.
Unlike some reports I’ve read, it appears many sites were immediately impacted by the Mobilegeddon algorithm. Starting on April 21, you can see a sharp decline in organic traffic over a three-week period. It’s likely the algorithm was still being fully rolled out during that first week and that’s why we see a continued decline.
However, when we look at the traffic percentile of sites in our analysis there is a difference in the impact (see table at right).
The longer you wait, the harder it will be to recover your search rank
If you have already noticed less organic traffic as a result of this update, it’s likely you have also lost some search ranking to other content that is on a site that is mobile-friendly. The longer you wait to make your website mobile-friendly, the more competitive content will be produced, making it more difficult to regain your original ranking.
In Mobilegeddon Hits and Misses, there is data showing how major webites such as Last.fm, Cars.com, and Autotrader experienced significant impact from the algorithm. For Last.fm, according to SEM Rush data, no pages are mobile-friendly, and the company lost more than 13,000 of its mobile top three rankings from April 26 through May 25. Cars.com has 52 percent of its URLs mobile-friendly, but the remaining 48 percent of URLs that do not appear mobile-friendly resulted in a loss of 29 percent of the company’s top three smartphone keywords.
Visitors are demanding a (good) mobile experience
In fact, according to a report from Forrester and Akamai, 62 percent of online visitors expect a mobile-friendly experience. If you’re not delivering a good experience to them, they will likely not come back.
One consideration in looking at becoming mobile-friendly is your CMS. If you’re not already using a CMS that helps deliver a mobile-friendly experience, consider evaluating one. Or, look into themes available on your CMS for the possibility of making your existing website mobile.
Google recommends using responsive design, as it simplifies the URLs shared and helps their crawlers effectively index an entire website.
In addition, look at your landing pages and consider the technology you’re using to power those. Because Google’s new algorithm works on the page level, it’s worthwhile to ensure your top 15-20 landing pages are mobile-friendly to keep your inbound marketing efforts growing.
Have you felt the impact of Mobilegeddon? Let me know in the comments.
Dharmesh Shah is cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of marketing and sales software company HubSpot.
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Yesterday we attended the Maleny International Womens Day Luncheon , (this year was the 100 year celebration) organised by their local patchwork store, Maleny Magic Patchwork and Quilting, so most of those attending were quilters There was good company, interesting speakers, enjoyable food and wine, quilts to check out.
These quilts in the background were made from blocks donated in past years. There were more of them but I dont have photos of them all.
The quilts are used to raise funds for Women's issues, and are shown at quilt exhibits around Australia and in other countries.
The highlight was hearing Susan Briscoe speaking of her passion for quilting, and particularly Japanese style textiles and design. She is also such a generous person, we were able to "touch" and photograph her beautiful work, and she happily signed the books we bought. If people bought a number of her books, she would sign each one of them.
My friend Cheryl had bought 3 or 4 books, and each one was signed for her.
The two books I bought.....
have been signed.
the applique is worked with such fine stitches
and her choice of colours and fabrics is amazing.
The Maleny Magic Patchwork and Quilting store is to close in midyear. The owner of it is the main organiser of the luncheon, so she is unsure if it will continue in the local area in future years. She has always sought out and invited such interesting speakers, and organised such a wonderful event, that it will be sad to not continue. But as they say, "All good things come to an end". We will have to wait and see.


For as long as we’ve provided space for comments on Kansas.com articles, blogs and opinion pieces, we’ve answered complaints from readers who too often find some of those comments to be rude, hateful and generally uncivil.
Over time, we've increased the time and attention spent to deleting offensive comments and blocking commenters who frequently violate our commenting guidelines. Our editors remove more than 1,000 comments a week. The effect of the vitriol is to dissuade many readers from participating in the discussion. That runs contrary to our intent in providing commenting space: to create a digital town hall for readers to discuss community issues and events.
The prime enabler of insults and attacks in story comments is the anonymity that commenters can cloak themselves in.
Beginning Monday, we're taking a step toward greater accountability in story comments, ending anonymous posting on Kansas.com and Wichita Eagle blogs. Commenters will be required to log in with a Facebook account to post comments.
You won't need a Facebook account to read comments on stories. But you will need one to post comments. We've put together a Q&A to help answer your questions about the new commenting system.
Many of our readers are already among more than one billion people who have Facebook accounts. Most people use their real names for their accounts, giving a greater accountability to their posts. I realize that others simply don’t want a Facebook account and may not be happy with this change.
The Facebook commenting platform is not perfect. But it’s better. Among news sites that have already made this change, the result has been a decrease in caustic comments. I recognize that some commenters will find a way around the new system and use a fake account. Facebook has a good mechanism for blocking fake accounts, and our editors will block obviously false accounts that slip through. We’ll continue to monitor and remove inappropriate comments.
One common disgruntlement with Facebook commenting is that some readers don’t feel safe sharing a tip or observation with their name attached. We receive far more story suggestions through e-mail than story comments, and we continue to welcome direct communication to our editors at email@example.com.
We realize that this change will mean fewer comments. We'll accept that trade-off, though, with the hope that this improves the quality of discussion on Kansas.com and creates a more-welcoming environment for those who may have been put off by the tone of discussions.


In a development that has flummoxed many and attracted criticism as well, a mobile app has got the approval to be used as a means of contraception. Surprised? Well, many of us are and this is not fake news doing the rounds on the internet. The app called Natural Cycles was first officially approved by the European Union. And now, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the app to be used as form of contraception.
How the app works?
The app utilizes non-invasive methods to stop pregnancy. It’s actually based on a very simple theory. It’s common knowledge that when a woman is ovulating, her body temperature registers a difference, as compared to her temperature on normal days.Before ovulation, a woman’s basal body temperature (BBT) is usually in the range of 97.2 to 97.7 degrees Fahrenheit. However, a day after ovulation, the BBT may rise by around 0.5 to 1.0 degree. This increase in BBT will last until the next period. Using charting techniques, one can identify days when there’s a high probability of getting pregnant. If one wants to avoid pregnancy, the woman should avoid having sex on these days. On the other hand, if the woman is looking to get pregnant, these days will be the most appropriate to have sex with your partner.
However, doing the chartingmanually can be challenging and it can also have errors. This is exactly where the Natural Cycles app can come handy by automating the entire process. On any given day, the user just has to measure and input their body temperature to know whether it’s a safe day or risky day. The app’s inbuilt algorithm analyzes data collected over several months and compares it with the day’s BBT to tell the user whether it’s safe to have sex on that day. The unsafe days will be marked as ‘Red Days’, which will tell the user to either avoid sex or use a condom. Conversely, the app can also be used by women who may want to get pregnant. On days when the app raises the red flag, these women can have sex and increase their chances of getting pregnant.
The app may have been officially approved and certified as a contraception option, but not everyone is okay with using the app. There are people who believe that the app may be unreliable, as it takes decisions based on data entered by the user. Some also say that nature’s ways don’t work the same every time and there can always be exceptions. There may also be situations when people may fail to follow the instructions provided by the app.
However, despite the criticism, the app is being used by thousands of people. It has also received good ratings and reviews on both Google Play and App Store.


An all-new MINI is ready to be released but if sporty dynamics and a scrappy demeanor isn’t enough for you a high-performance John Cooper Works version of the car is under development. Not surprisingly the company revealed just such a design study on day one of the Detroit Auto Show.
The MINI JCW looks suitably aggressive for a pint-sized performance machine. It rides on newly designed 18-inch wheels. It’s also dressed up in special side skirts, a rear apron as well as a diffuser element. Stiffer springs and high-performance brakes amp up the fun factor and should result in a“thrillingly sporty driving experience,” MINI’s words, not mine.
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As you can see, this car’s paint is pretty unique. The color is called “Bright Highways Grey,” the final layer of which is actually hand polished.
The JCW’s aggressive exterior styling hints at strong performance but the company hasn’t said anything about what’s going under the car’s hood. Rumors strongly suggest a turbocharged four-banger with around 210 horsepower and 200 lb-ft of torque. A sports exhaust lets it bark like a bulldog.
SEE ALSO: 2014 Detroit Auto Show Preview
Rounding things out this car ought to be able to scamper from a standstill to 60 miles an hour in less than six seconds but if you’re a true MINI fan it’ll probably weasel its way into your heart in half that time.
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A social network service LINKEDIN and INTERNET ADDICTION
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between LinkedIn users and Interned addiction (IA) bu Telepsychiatric service. LinkedIn is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live aroun them by internet.
METHODS: A total of 100 LinkedIn clients were studied with Free online telepsychiatric services. Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was used, by Telepsychiatric service, to assess state measures of symptrom severity. IAT, developed by DR. Kimberly Young, is a 20-item questionnaire that measures mild, moderate, and severe levels of Internet Addiction. First, we investigated LinkedIn users by internet. Second, we evaluated for their severity of Internet Addiction. Third, we investigated correlations between LinkedIN and Internet addiction use by IAT.
RESULTS: Score: 10% clients without Internet Addiction; 20-49 points (mild IA) had been founded 25% clients; 50-79points (moderate IA) had been found at 29% clients (frequent problems with the Internet); 80-100 points (severe IA) had been found at 36% clients (significant problems with the Internet). Moderate and severe level of IA had been found at 65% clients (LinkedIn users).
CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals a extremely significant association between Internet addiction and LinkedIn users (P< 0.0001). The data suggest the necessity of the continued examination off LinkedIn users, evaluation and follow-up evolution of IA by Telepsychiatric service.

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Pa. bottle bill would set up deposit program to reduce waste, litter
A proposal to set up a beverage bottle and can deposit program in Pennsylvania now has support in the state House and Senate.
State Rep. Wendy Ullman, D-Doylestown, said Tuesday state Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, planned to introduce a companion bill in the Senate that is modeled on her legislation (HB 1322), which would create a 5-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program in Pennsylvania.
Ullman’s bill is part of the House Democrats’ “Zero Waste PA” legislative package, which is aimed at reducing single-use plastics and addressing pervasive issues of litter.
“PennDOT spends upwards of $10 million a year cleaning up litter. Reducing the amount of beverage containers in the litter stream will bring a significant cost savings to taxpayers,” Ullman said.
Ullman’s program would include a redemption rate of 5 cents on returnable containers and a handling fee of 2 cents per container for retailers and redemption centers to help cover their costs associated with the handling and storage of returnable containers.
Additionally, any unclaimed or abandoned deposits forfeited by consumers would be recaptured by the commonwealth and deposited into the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund.
“The fact that beverage containers alone make up about 6% of our waste stream and half of all litter shows that we need to do more to promote recycling in Pennsylvania. My legislation will support and reward recycling, which will ultimately reduce waste throughout Pennsylvania and keep our outdoor areas beautiful and free from litter,” she said.
Ullman’s bill has been referred to the House Finance Committee.
Stephen Huba is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Stephen at 724-850-1280, [email protected] or via Twitter .

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