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People restock rack at a Wal-Mart shop Inc. place in Burbank, Calif.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., working with two financial-technology startups, brings their 1.5 U.S. which is million-strong staff lure from the salary before payday вЂ” or squirrel most of it aside for a day this is actually damp.
The worlds merchant this is leading possesses unveiled financial-planning software from likewise accountable finances Inc. and PayActiv Inc., a shift that allows its staff members accessibility collected wages to increase prepared money and offer a considerable berth to bounced monitors or payday loan vendors.
Staffers will receive eight no-cost uses every single year regarding the Instapay unit via Evens personal-finance computer software, which is often by the employees checking out or accounts that is prepaid Wal-Marts payroll process.
Main-stream getting workforce wellbeing frequently focus totally on actual fitness, but most people understand from making efforts for any acquaintances that financial wellbeing is most likely as essential, Wal-Mart main everyone policeman Jacqui Canney claimed in a resolution.
The move could deal with an agonizing truth of low-income hourly people, the person who financial just isn’t foreseeable. Profit volatility were raising in past moments many years which can be few as mentioned in research by the Pew Charitable Trusts, and studies through the government book unveil inadequacies in problems cost savings among a lot of workers. The shortcoming to endure trucks and cars which is unforeseen costs or health-related price can create a low-income employee directly into a monetary obligations curve, and financially distressed workforce is probably significantly less complex not as effective.
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PayActiv ceo Safwan Shah said within a seminar which he happen conversing with Wal-Mart of a partnership for mostly a 12 months. The seller receives the leading specific workforce into the U.S., establishing an industry this is certainly big.
Every US individual face sudden and between-paychecks and this can be difficult, the man stated after you think about the report. With on-demand usage of earned income, Walmart contacts will be able to save more, cease the barriers that economic minimize their own take-home wages, even get an of cover that very few choice industry firms incorporate.
Michael Ultimate, movie director of advocacy outreach for all the client Federation of America, claimed there clearly was a positive outlook that is definitely cautious financial-planning products for example the one from PayActiv. The warning that’s only whether this produces some other predicaments, and herefore will there be accidental success exactly where employees become thinking about financial products at the end in connection with four weeks, the guy claimed.
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A SERIES of banners with a variety of positive mental health messages and images created by the young people of Springhill Park in Strabane have been erected across the town.
Designed by young members of Springhill Park Area Residents and Youth Association (SPARYA), the work was created to have a positive impact on the topics of mental health and cyber bullying.
Members of the community group's Inbetweener Club came up with positive quotes that inspired them but also those which they thought would make people stop and look.
Brian McNamee, project co-ordinator at SPARYA, praised the inspirational young people involved in the project.
He explained: "The young people from Springhill Park Area Residents and Youth Association over the last six weeks have been designing and researching positive mental health quotes to put on banners.
"We have placed these banners in places all over Strabane that we feel will give people that little boost they may need within their day."
Explaining where some of the banners have been placed, Brian continued: "One of the banners is placed a the Bog Road walk, a place where people go to think and take time out.
"One is placed at the entrance to Strabane Academy to just give those young people walking into school every morning that thought of greatness.
"Another is at McDonalds where people may go to comfort eat but know that it’s ok as long as you think positive. One is placed at the front of Ladbrokes where people may gamble to destress and one is at the health centre where people may be ill and this may just give them a little boost again.
"A banner is also at the new bridge (pedestrian footbridge) where people go walking to reflect and our last one is beside House Proud.
"The young people have designed and put the project together facilitated by Matthew Tracey at Fresh Print Designs."
Meanwhile, a new podcast aimed at tackling issues around young people's mental health is also being launched by the group later this month.
The 'How to Cope' podcast has involved the young people of SPARYA working with the Koram Centre and Belfast-based mental health organisation, Inspire.
Described as a project 'created by young people for young people' the podcast will focus issues including gambling, teenage pregnancy and suicide.
It will be officially launched on May 25 in the community centre with the podcast going live and those wishing to llisten can do so through a QR code.
Brian explained: "Our young people have created a podcast to deal with aspects of mental health issues.
"They have interviewed people who have dealt with certain issues around mental health and asked questions the young people wanted to know.
"The podcast goes live on Mat 25 at 7pm. You’ll see the QR codes all around the town.
"And, remember. It's okay not to be okay."
The code is available on leaflets and posters which have been distributed throughout the town, as well as SPARYA's social media platforms.
Once scanned, the code opens up the Anchor podcast software and allows the listener to choose which platform they want to use to stream the audio.
Strabane independent councillor, Raymond Barr commended the young people involved in the worthy project.
"Springhill Park Area Residents Association are to be commended for their soon to be released podcast, 'How to Cope, focussed on mental health," he said,
"Described as a project for young people by young people, they enlisted the help of the Koram Centre and Inspire to work on this innovative and inspiring project.
"Strabane has had its fair share of young mental health casualties and it's encouraging to see young people taking on an initiative like this. Well done."

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This is a nice well made bed skirt , but looks nothing like the picture. It is not as gathered or sheer. The outer layer is a thin cotton behind it is a satin layer, it is very pretty once you get the many ,many wrinkles out . Try useing a wrinkle release spray it helps, the dryer alone with a wet fabrics sheet did little good.I thought it would be more like a sheer curtain but it is not. It is very long .


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Donald Trump, the newly minted Republican presidential nominee who opened his primary campaign with fearmongering about Mexican “criminals, drug dealers, [and] rapists,” on Thursday evening accepted his party’s nomination by ratcheting up his fearmongering. This time he warned about the dangers of immigrants who are, in his imagination, murderers.
Trump leaned on a tragic story of a young woman’s murder to prop up a generalized depiction of immigrants as menacing, homicidal animals “roaming freely to threaten peaceful citizens.” On Thursday Trump highlighted Sarah Root of Nebraska, a 21-year-old who was sitting at an intersection in her car in January when she was fatally rear-ended by a 19-year-old undocumented immigrant named Eswin Mejia in a drunk-driving accident. Mejia was charged with felony motor vehicle homicide in February.
“To this administration, [the Root family’s] amazing daughter was just one more American life that wasn’t worth protecting,” Trump said. “One more child to sacrifice on the altar of open borders.”
Trump generally cycles between a handful of similarly devastating stories; this story was well-trod territory for the Trump campaign. But his remarks Thursday were orders of magnitude more threatening, more bleak, and more terrifying. The truth?
Unfortunately, anxiety about immigrants is difficult to unravel from tangled fears about crime, legality, and people who are black or brown. Let’s try.
In 2015, Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported that between fiscal years 2010 and 2014 the US government released 121 unauthorized immigrants who went on to be charged with a homicide-related offense. For some perspective, in 2010 alone the FBI noted that more than 15,000 offenders were involved in just under 13,000 homicides. And to slice it another way, there are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country, meaning that Trump’s remarks about homicidal immigrants were relevant to roughly 0.0011 percent of all undocumented immigrants.
There’s more. In the 23 years between 1990 and 2013, the foreign-born share of the US population grew from nearly 9 percent to 13 percent, according to the American Policy Council. During those years the undocumented-immigrant population tripled. Also during those years, violent crime declined 48 percent. All this as the federal government has rapidly expanded immigration-law enforcement, and expanded the list of criminal offenses that can make a non-citizen deportable.
Root’s death, as painfully tragic as it is, is not representative of immigrants, or even undocumented immigrants. Trump’s anecdotes, and his sacrificial-virgin language, can easily obscure that truth. But that’s just as intended.

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The system has a modular and hierarchical design. Its full version comes with all the functions necessary to support linked processes ranging from planning to balancing. This enables access to various areas of application and degrees of scalability.
The PSIintegration module allows reliable PSImarket integration with existing external solutions at the customer’s organization such as primary or balancing systems.
"Our new PSI system solutions allow us to manage procurement profiles in a comprehensive and efficient manner. Ever since the system was put in place, we have been able to map all energy purchasing processes clearly thus gaining control over their operation".


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To celebrate the opening of its MWADLANDS skatepark, Palace has unveiled a collaboration with vodka brand CIROC.
Taking to Instagram, the London skate label shared an image of the icy blue bottle finished with all-over Palace print.
While it’s unclear whether fans outside London will be able to get their hands on the bottle, attendees at the MWADLANDS opening next week, October 25, will get the first-ever taste of Palace-branded booze.
Check out the bottle above, then in case you missed it, watch the lo-fi trailer for the skatepark below.
In other news, here’s what people wore to Supreme’s The North Face drop today in NYC and Brooklyn.
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Harry S Truman had the first televised inauguration, on Jan. 20, 1949.
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The hidden among the hidden : African-American elder male caregivers / Helen K. Black, John T. Groce, and Charles E. Harmon.
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New Orleans "prog-funk" quintet Earphunk has made an abundance of new material available as a free download. The band partnered with the direct-to-fan publishing platform BitTorrent Bundle to release its new album, "Sweet Nasty," as free download. The multi-media BitTorrent Bundle also includes complete soundboard recordings from three shows on the band's ongoing tour, live videos and exclusive artwork.
The contents of the bundle include:
01 Sweet Nasty LP (Audio)
02 Live at Nectars, Burlington, VT (Audio)
03 Live at Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA (Audio)
04 Live at Artmostphere, Lafayette, LA (Audio)
05 Full Video Set from Groove Festival, Georgetown, CO (Video)
06 Sweet Nasty Album Artwork (Art)
07 Sweet Nasty Tour Poster (Art)
08 Sweet Nasty Lyric Booklet (Art)
Since its release on Aug. 18, the "Sweet Nasty" bundle has reportedly rung up more than 500,000 free downloads.
Additionally, a live recording of "Saura," a track from the new album, is available as a free download on the band's web site, earphunk.com
The five members of Earphunk — Paul Provosty (lead guitar), Mark Hempe (vocals/guitar), Michael Matthews (drums), Michael Comeaux (Bass), and Christian Galle (keyboards/organ) — first joined forces as college students in the late 2000s. Their music combines jam band-style funk with progressive rock guitar excursions (hence the "prog-funk" label). "Sweet Nasty," the band's third studio album, was recorded at Studio in the Country in Bogalusa. It is the band's second partnership with BitTorrent Bundle. Earlier this summer, Earphunk released "Phunk Bundle," a collection of live and studio tracks, through the service.
Earphunk is in the midst of a two-month national tour that includes dates with DumpstaPhunk and the Kyle Hollingsworth Band. The tour concludes with a hometown show at Tipitina's on Sept. 27, 2014.


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Scots Catch Fourth at Ultimate Tourney
Highland Park senior Colton Green was one of the offensive leaders this season for the Scots, who finished fourth at the recent ultimate state tournament in Plano.
Highland Park’s upstart ultimate Frisbee team came in fourth among 17 schools at the recent Texas High School Boys State Championship tournament in Plano.
After upset wins over Austin McCallum and Austin Hyde Park in the first two rounds, the Scots lost to eventual state champion Flower Mound Marcus in the semifinals.
Trip Lee led HP with 14 goals this season, followed by Rishi Assar with nine. Other top players included Jack Wheeler, Colton Green, and Dylan Jirovec. The club team, which celebrated its 10th season this year, is coached by former professional player Darius Tse.


ALLPORT — Firefighters from Morris Township Vol. Fire Co. and 11 other departments were dispatched on Saturday at 2:14 p.m. to battle a structure fire in Morris Township in the village of Allport at 23 Pine St. with a report of a fire and smoke visible with two burn patients.
According to fire Chief Fred Edwards, firefighters arrived on scene and confirmed a working fire with heavy fire conditions to the rear of the structure.
The residence was a two-story wood frame home encased in brick.
The structure and contents were a total loss and it is unknown if the residence was insured.
About 45 firefighters were on scene for about four hours.
Multiple interior firefighters attempted fire suppression on the first and second floors, but after about 45 minutes Edwards contacted Clearfield County 911 and requested to alert the evacuation tone to have all interior firefighters evacuate the structure due to heavy fire conditions on the second floor and attic and because of imminent structural collapse of the roof.
After all personnel were evacuated and accounted for, the Houtzdale Fire Co.’s ladder truck was then utilized in defensive attack of fire suppression using master stream operations.
Due to the poor water supply and pressure of the hydrants in the area, eight tankers using two dump tanks had to shuttle water from two fill sites using hydrants from West Branch High School and near the intersection of Morrisdale Allport Highway and Wallaceton Road.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Morris Twp. Fire Co. and the Marienville-based State Police Fire Marshal.
There were five people in the residence when the fire broke out. They were displaced and are now living with family members.
Two persons did receive burns and were transported to a local hospital by Moshannon Valley EMS and Mountain Top Fire Co. EMS.
Assisting at the scene were emergency responders from Lawrence Township Station 5, Chester Hill Hose Co. and fire police, Wallaceton Fire Co., BJW Fire Co., Winburne Fire Co., Grassflat Fire. Co., Columbia Fire Co. of Osceola Mills, Houtzdale Fire Co., Snow Shoe Fire Co., and Philipsburg Fire Co. and fire police, and Houtzdale-Ramey EMS. Mountain Top Vol. Fire Co. was on scene as the RIT team. The Salvation Army Canteen arrived to provide assistance to firefighters.
Port Matilda Fire Co. transferred to Reliance in Philipsburg, Glendale Fire Co. transferred to Houtzdale, and Alpha Fire Co. of State College transferred to Morris Township Fire Co.


Eugene Kontorovich comments that the President lacks such authority:
Indeed, the fix goes far beyond “non-enforcement” because it requires insurers to certain new action to enjoy the delay. This is thus not simply a delay, but a new law.
The “fix” amounts to new legislation – but enacted without Congress. The President has no constitutional authority to rewrite statutes, especially in ways that impose new obligations on people, and that is what the fix seems to entail. And of course, this is not the first such extra-statutory suspension of key ObamaCare provisions
The letter CMS sent to state insurance commissioners is here. I am not an admin law expert, but I imagine in addition to constitutional problems, there are also a host of adlaw problems. Under my understanding of the APA, the President can’t unilaterally impose new requirements on insurance companies without any notice or comment.
I imagine any insurance company would not have standing to sue.
As it stands now, they are “furious.”
Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, who in 2008 flew to Obama’s campaign headquarters and told him the insurance industry would not support the ACA without a mandate, had this to say:
“Making sure consumers have secure, affordable coverage is health plans’ top priority. The only reason consumers are getting notices about their current coverage changing is because the ACA requires all policies to cover a broad range of benefits that go beyond what many people choose to purchase today.
“Changing the rules after health plans have already met the requirements of the law could destabilize the market and result in higher premiums for consumers. Premiums have already been set for next year based on an assumption of when consumers will be transitioning to the new marketplace. If now fewer younger and healthier people choose to purchase coverage in the exchange, premiums will increase and there will be fewer choices for consumers. Additional steps must be taken to stabilize the marketplace and mitigate the adverse impact on consumers.”
Update: My South Texas College of Law colleague Dru Stevenson, who specializes in administrative law, writes in:
I was surprised that the coterie of Admin Law profs who contribute to VC haven’t been quieting the crowd in the comments section there. The APA (Sec.553(b) explicitly exempts from notice-and-comment rules any “interpretive rule” etc:
“Except when notice or hearing is required by statute, this subsection does not apply –
(A) to interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice; or
(B) when the agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.”
The CMS letter easily fits within these exemptions – it is not rewriting the law or making new requirements, but it is merely saying that it will not deem certain activities to be a violation of the existing rules, and that insurance companies have more choices. Also, Kontorovich shouldn’t talk about an “Executive Order” unless there is an actual EO, which so far he has not posted or cited. The CMS letter is not, technically speaking, an Executive Order. It is an opinion letter akin to the one in the Mead case. As far as standing goes, the insurers would clearly have standing to challenge a regulation that applies directly to them and their retail activities. They may have a problem with timing of review – I don’t see any final agency action here, so judicial revie w would probably not be available yet for that reason.
553(a) also exempts from notice-and-comment rulemaking “a matter relating to . . .public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.” If the vendors participating in the Exchange have some sort of contract with CMS (I presume they do), the CMS letter could also fall under the contractor exemption. When agencies act in a public procurement role, a different body of law applies than in the usual regulatory context – one in which the government has much more leeway.


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Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Press Conference, held in Europen Press Club Brussels Belgium
Brussels,Press Conference 20-07-2017
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Press Conference, held in Europen Press Club Brussels Belgium,addressed BY JKLF Leaders,Masood Iqbal Mir,Sardar Nasim Iqbal Advocate,Shabir Ahmed Mirza,Mushtaq Hussan Diwan Ali,Ch Sharif and Others.
Since July 2016 , killings of innocent people in Kashmir Valley and parts of Jammu Kashmir region, restricting freedom of movement,ban on internet,Social Media,No Religious Freedom,Using kashmiri Civilions as human Sheild,No political space for kashmiri political leadership and freedom of speech by use of brutal and lethal force against unarmed civilians who refuse to accept Indian rule in motherland Jammu Kashmir.Hunderds of civilian protestors, including women and children, have been killed and injured in indiscriminate firing by occupation forces,unprecedented use of untested pellet guns continues, most of them are teenagers injured.Security forces enjoy special immunity against prosecution in J&K under the draconian laws PSA & AFSPA law since 1990.Indian army is using every possible weapon in counter resitance movement.
You are aware that Indian and pakistani forces on LOC, attack each others but victimes are kashmiri people on both sides of ceasefire line (LOC).
India and Pakistan are killing innocent Kashmiries on both sides of LOC. Strikes raised the possibility of military escalation between the neighbors, that could wreck a 2003 Kashmir ceasefire.India and Pakistan evacuated people from villages within 5 km.The Chinese forces are also involed,after China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Chinese interest in Jammu Kashmir ,despite the fact that the three Nuclear powers India,Pakistan and China have fought wars and if “Kashmir issue” remains unresolved a Big war in inevitable.
Kashmiri Leader Chairman JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik and other freedom lover leaders and workers have been arrested time to time .And are held in the most inhuman conditions in prisons without allowing any visits or offering any medical help. Since July 2016 Yasin Malik was arrested many times, he was behind the bars for 180 days from July 2016 till July 2017.Yasin Malik has an acute heart blood-clotting condition,we fear for his life.We demand the immediate release of all prisoners in all parts of jammu Kashmirm , we demand travelling abroad for medical treatement and also he should be provided travel documents to mee this family his (wife and daughter) who are living in Pakistan .We also demand United Nations to declare Yasin Malik as protected personality.
We are Kashmiri struggling for our freedom and our rights for many years but unfortuantely we have to suffer more and more.We are unfortunate nation which is divided in four parts.Our neighbouring states promised the Kashmiries to protect their lives ,their liberties, their dignity and make for our liberty .But did quite opposite to their promises. We have been deprived of our rights. No one will disagree that the human rights violations are taking place in all parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Including Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.The people of Kashmir have been suffering for more then half of the century and are in desperate need of justice and reunification of Jammu and Kashmir.
On behalf of Kashmiri dispora ,we appeal to international community United Nations(UN),European Union(EU) international NGO’s, Amnesty international , Human rights watch , Asian watch , Red cross ,Intellectuals, writters, Human rights defenders ,peace loving nations and people of world to give top priority to the issue of Kashmir. Human rights violation in Jammu Kashmir need urgent attention of world community.
We hope our neighbouring states show increase sense of reponsibility and examine the ground realities with the intrest of kashmiri people in mind and honour their commitments that people could determine their future. All neighbouring states need to review their respective stands on Kashmir and for the sake of peace and stability of the region make such change that a new era of peace and hormany could start.
We hope our neighbouring states play positive role for the integrity of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the changing global scenario of the 21st century.We demand our birth right ,unconditional and un limited right National Liberation of our Mother land Jammu Kashmir .According to UN Charter and withdraw of all foreign forces from the all Jammu kashmir state Including Gilgit Baltistan and Aksaichin.
We also demand the immediate release of all prisoners in Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. We demand all black laws should be removed from Azad Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Indian held Jammu Kashmir.All the hurdles must be removed in the bilateral contacts between the people of Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.JKLF Europe Zone leadership strongly condemn the killing of innocent kashmiris and ask the international community especially Eurpean Union to send a fact finding mission to both parts of Kashmir ,who should investigate the crimes which are committed by Occupied Forces in both parts.
We Appeal to International Community United Nation, Human Rights Organisation European Union, including all human rights defenders, civil society, democratic forces of the region, journalists, media to put pressure on the Government of India to stop colonial approach, act of harassment against Kashmiri pepole.We believe that a free, independent and secular democratic state is the only solution of Jammu Kashmir.
Issued by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front JKLF Europe Zone.


Galway Bay fm newsroom – Plans for a windfarm in Ardderroo near Rosscahill have been deemed to be strategic infrastructure.
An Bord Pleanála has made its initial decision on the process to be adhered to following a pre-application consultation.
The applicant’s former plan for a 29- turbine development was refused by An Bord Pleanála in December 2015.
The company then resubmitted a pre-application consultation with An Bord Pleanála on fresh plans for the Ardderoo develoment.
As part of the initial stage, the higher planning authority had to decide whether the project is considered to be strategic infrastructure.
Under legislation introduced in 2006, windfarms with more than 25 turbines, or with an output of 50 megawatts are deemed strategic infrastructure.
The Board decided that the proposed windfarm in Rosscahill is strategic infrastructure generall in accordance with the inspector’s reasoning and recommendation.
242 new cases of Covid-19 nationwide
Listen: Donagh Killilea elected new Cathaoirleach of Tuam municipal district
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Councillor Donagh Killilea has been elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Tuam municipal district.
He replaces Councillor Joe Sheridan in the position, and was elected unanimously at a meeting of the district this afternoon.
Fianna Fáil Councillor Killilea outlines his priorities over the coming term:
Minister says alternative bus service possible on Gort to Galway route
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The National Transport Authority has stated that private bus companies can operate on the Gort to Galway bus route.
Minister of State and Galway East TD Anne Rabbitte has received confirmation from the NTA that commercial bus operators can submit licence applications for the route at anytime.
It comes after Bus Éireann’s decision to cancel its evening service on the Galway to Cork Expressway 51 route – leaving passengers travelling to south Galway with no access to a public bus service after the last bus departs the city at 5:05pm.
The NTA has stated that potential applications will be considered based on the potential demand for the service with regards to the needs of consumers and any public services on or in the vicinity of the route.
Minister Rabbitte argues the decision by Bus Éireann has placed limitations on students, workers and general commuters travelling out of the city.
She is encouraging commercial bus operators to make an application and provide the vital service for commuters in the county.
To hear more, tune into Galway Bay fm news.


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Dr. Grunberger believes that the improved time in range brought on by continual glucose monitoring could lead to a reduction in hypoglycemia and risk of cardiovascular events, as well as promising monetary benefits for patients and payers.
Over the decades, the standard of care for managing glucose in patients had expanded to include continuous glucose monitoring.
A far cry from the previously used urine tests and finger prick tests, this wearable device has become 1 of the most common strategies for the management of diabetes and could have potential benefits in the cardiovascular field.
“Well, I think the whole point is that by now the continuous glucose monitoring in people with diabetes is basically the standard of care, and slowly but surely more and more people, especially once on intensive insulin therapy, are using continuous glucose monitoring to see what's going on,” George Grunberger MD, FACP, chairman of Grunberger Diabetes Institute in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan said. “And clearly, it's a completely new way to look at patients’ lives with diabetes.”
In a presentation at The Metabolic Institute of America’s (TMIOA) 2021 Heart in Diabetes sessions in New York, NY, Grunberger spoke of the values of continuous glucose monitoring, as well as advancements that could be made to improve upon the burdens patients face in the cardiovascular area.
“The issue which we’re addressing here is: fine, now we have millions of people around the world using this technology, so what is it good for?” Grunberger said. “Because in the end, the payers and of course clinicians and patients will appreciate technology only if it brings better outcomes.”
Of the myriad of complications associated with diabetes, hypoglycemia has remained one of the most prominent.
Promisingly, new data suggested that the process of continuous glucose monitoring resulted in an increased time in range for patients with diabetes, which in turn could lead to a desired 40% decrease of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes.
The average time in range for patients with diabetes nationally was about 50%, but current data show that continuous glucose monitoring has the potential to increase time in range to 80%.
The cardiovascular implications were also noted.
“There's some early data to show that increased time in range is associated with decreased overall mortality and decrease incidence of cardiovascular mortality,” Grunberger said. “Also, there is some early data showing that increased time and range is associated with improved peripheral nerve function. So, hopefully neuropathy, too.”
Considering the long-term benefits, Grunberger believed that continuous glucose monitoring could be used to decrease human suffering and save patients and payers money.
“If you convert into US dollars, the potential 10-year savings in the US are between $6.7 to $9.2 billion if people actually achieve those improved glycemic results using (continual glucose monitoring),” Grunberger said. “So hopefully, that will turn some heads.”

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Acknowledging that the challenge facing social science is how to inject some order into the common-sense notion of leisure lifestyles, this book, written by a major player in the field of leisure, considers how to turn the study of both serious and casual leisure into a useful concept for guiding research.
Developing the common-sense notion that leisure lifestyles have time and space dimensions, Stebbins delves into distinctive leisure lifestyles which occur around particular free-time activities such as the serious ones where participants must routinely train, practice, rehearse, gather information, and those that are casual such as bingo, lunches with colleagues, and outings of small walking groups. Demonstrating the nuances of each, and analysing how serious activities are structured along the lines of the social world in which every lifestyle is embedded, this book revolutionises the idea of leisure lifestyle, turning it into a workable concept for guiding research, while also enriching our understanding of what it means. Striving to meet the test of a critical challenge in the field, this book is a refreshing new addition to the work on leisure, from a highly-respected and established scholar.
In this new book, Stebbins brings together years of writing and research on this topic to forcefully argue that the current research interest in work-life balance can no longer afford to ignore the effects that non-work obligation has on it. He contends that, whether we like it or not, non-work obligations bear heavily on both our work and leisure. Having to deal with disagreeable tasks and objectionable people on a daily basis, without the support of any outside agency, can seriously undermine our well-being, and it is only through recourse to voluntary simplicity that we can hope to limit the harmful impact of non-work obligations.
Written both as a guide to happy living and as a powerful rejoinder to conventional orthodoxy in the fields of leisure and work studies, the book is essential reading for both the general reader and scholars of leisure, consumer, work and happiness studies.
The Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP) is a theoretic framework developed by Robert A. Stebbins in 1973, that brings together three main forms of leisure known as serious leisure, casual leisure, and project-based leisure. The SLP has evolved considerably since 1973, and this textbook provides a synthesis of the many concepts and propositions, as well as the data supporting them. In this overview, Stebbins organizes the entire framework along conceptual lines, with careful attention to level of empirical support and validation of each concept, presenting an up-to-date version of the SLP that allows interested students and researchers of social psychology, sociology, and leisure studies, to pinpoint exact elements of the theory, the empirical base and its application.
This pivot provides a conceptual statement of an approach to understanding the interrelationships of work, leisure, and “chore” activities in daily life, and how they are managed in practice.
Drawing on the sociology of everyday life, Stebbins puts forward the notion of Pondering Everyday Life (PEA), a thinking process/activity in which we routinely understand, coordinate, organize, remember, and compare our involvements in work, leisure, and non-work obligations. This perspective demonstrates how the interrelation between these three domains helps bring meaning and continuity to everyday life. As a micro- and meso-level conception that takes into account social, cultural and historic context, Stebbins contemplates how and what PEA can tell us about an individual’s view of their own life.
Pondering Everyday Life will be of interest to students and scholars across leisure studies, social psychology, and the sociology of leisure and work.
This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living. Robert A. Stebbins calls this "Positive Sociology," the study of what people do to organize their lives such that they become substantially rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling. Western society has many challenges: crime, drug addiction, urban pollution, daily stress, domestic violence, and overpopulation. Significant levels of success in avoiding these problems brings a noticeable measure of tranquility, but it does not necessarily generate a positive life.
Personal Decisions in the Public Square draws upon, in large part, the sociology of leisure, a "happy science." Among the basic concepts in the sociology of leisure are activity and human agency. The centrality of positive activity is one of its hallmarks and separates it from other social science specialties. Stebbins's positive sociology centers on conceptual roots found in the "serious leisure" perspective. This theoretical framework synthesizes three main forms of leisure (serious, casual, and project-based) while showing their distinctive features, similarities, and interrelationships. Positive sociology also considers two other domains of life: work and non-work obligations.
This new approach focuses on the pursuit of "that which makes life worth living." Stebbins explores goals that are important to all people, such as negotiating the right work/family or obligation/leisure balance and the tricky relationship between money and happiness. Research scientists or the general public may find the ideas presented in this volume help them better understand and negotiate situations, by showing how to approach them in a positive way rather than as "problems" that need to be solved.
Occupational devotion, as defined by Robert A. Stebbins, is a strong and positive attachment to a form of self-enhancing work, where the sense of achievement is high and the core activity, or set of tasks, is endowed with such intense appeal that the line between work and leisure is virtually erased. This volume examines conditions that attract people to their work in this profound way, and the many exceptional values and intrinsic rewards they realize there.
The author sets out by discussing people who are devoted to their occupations, and describes the kinds of occupations in which such people are found, the nature of their commitment to their work, and the kind of values they strive to realize through work. Stebbins frames occupational devotion in four broad social contexts--history, religion, work, and leisure--then considers the further subdivisions of gender, social class, and social character.
The heart of the book uses research findings on leisure to develop a powerful critique of the "workaholic" model. Stebbins shows instead that deeply felt worker enthusiasm is devoid of addictive or coerced behavior. Stebbins also explores the role of money. How important is it? What happens when money becomes a major if not dominant value, as has happened, for example, in the realm of professional sports? Finally, he examines the social implications of the compatibility of work and serious leisure, using exploratory research to identify their shared motivational factors.
Between Work and Leisure aims to debunk the prevailing myth that work and leisure are wholly separate and, often as not, mutually antagonistic spheres of life. Stebbins shows that a close relationship between leisure and work offers the opportunity for people to find joy in work just as they do in leisure. This volume will be of interest to those interested in work and occupations, as well as those interested in the quality of their own lives.
Leisure’s modern legacy is both profound and immense, as a product of approximately 45 years of steady research, application and theory development. The common sense view of free-time activities, therefore, can and should be challenged. Stebbins provides this confrontation by tackling four particular themes: that gatekeepers within the institutions of higher education and funding agencies for research often fail to attach adequate resources to the idea of leisure; that the general population are guided by certain common sense definitions and largely unaware of how an informed view of free time could be beneficial; that practitioners within certain fields continue to refuse to engage with the idea of leisure despite its benefit for their clients; and that the weak reception of the science of leisure within mainstream social sciences suggests a similarly warped understanding of how people use their free time.
Leisure’s Legacy will be of interest to scholars of Leisure Studies and all those wishing to learn more about the vital importance of leisure in modern Western society.
One of them is that, at the hubris/conceit end of the continuum of the expression of self-esteem, discussion risks becoming uncivil, owing to the disagreeable ways that achievement is sometimes conveyed (e.g., boasting, name calling, depreciating others’ related achievements). Moreover, such can turn out to be enormously unproductive. Or as Leo Tolstoy once put it: “Conceit is incompatible with understanding.”


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The Best Free Websites to Find Foreclosed Houses
About 15 years ago, I became interested in real estate investment. It was just after I’d started my first job in Connecticut and was able to save up a bit of cash. I was looking for a good investment for some of that money. Searching the Internet for free websites for foreclosed homes in the United States, using the form that the Internet existed in 15 years ago, resulted in nothing more than a long list of real estate investment scams or websites looking for membership dues. Very little on the Internet was free back then.
Discovering Free Websites for Foreclosed Homes
Back then, I gave up my search and instead chose to put my money into a retirement fund. Sure, I probably could have gone to the courthouse and dug up the property addresses of homeowners who were served with a legal notice of foreclosure, but my normal job didn’t allow for the time it would take to do that.
Fifteen years later, the Internet has transformed into an entire playground of free services and information sources related to real estate. Yes, there are still countless websites that are looking to charge monthly membership fees for “detailed information” on properties, but considering the fact that all of that information is freely available via public records, there’s no reason you should ever pay for it. Thankfully, there are now a number of excellent free websites for foreclosed homes. MakeUseOf has touched on a few websites where you can find homes for sale, such as Jerry’s list of the 5 most significant online property search engines
. However, if you’re looking to invest in foreclosures, the websites below are the first places to check out.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
If there’s only one place you go for information on properties for sale that are either in foreclosure, bank owned or government owned, that place should be the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). By far, it’s the most comprehensive (and absolutely free) source of listings for all properties for sale from government agencies such as:
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- The IRS
- U.S. Marshals Service
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- Department of Agriculture
The cool thing about properties offered at this website is that they include both single family and multifamily homes, which is great if you’re looking for a nice rental property to buy at a low price. Don’t forget to check out special deals through HUD, like a 50 percent discount off HUD homes for teachers and community emergency personnel, or $1 homes for local community non-profit organizations that want to fix up properties for low or moderate income residents. This site is overflowing with information on where to find foreclosed homes.
Free Foreclosure Database
FreeForeclosureDatabase is one of the first websites that offers a truly “free” search for foreclosed homes, without requiring you to sign up for any sort of trial membership. From the main page, all you have to do is search for your city and state, price range and property type (or just click on the map of the U.S.).
When you click on the “detailed listing,” unlike other sites that make you provide your email address or sign up for a “trial membership,” this website truly offers free information about the property.
You can view the street address and the agent’s name and number to contact for more information about purchasing the foreclosed property. This is one of the few websites where you get access to contact information for absolutely free – making this site one of the best out there.
WatchForeclosure Won’t Try Selling a “Trial Membership”
Another great website that offers foreclosure listings that are truly free is. This website offers a very simple free foreclosure search where you click on any state on a map of the U.S.
For Maine alone, the search returned 223 properties throughout the entire state. Most listings are very current, and when you click on the property link you typically get a great picture, property details and the contact information for an agent to contact.
You’ll notice that you get access to property detail and contact information for absolutely free – no email required and no trial membership that traps you into a long-term commitment.
REO Source for Bank Owned Properties
Another great website for finding foreclosed properties is REOSource. REO stands for “Real Estate Owned,” and it means properties that are now owned by the bank. Some of these may be going through foreclosure, but many didn’t sell at auction and are simply being held by the bank until they can find a seller. You could sift through the lists of national banks one at a time, or you can use the REOSource search engine.
This search engine turned up only thirteen properties for Maine, but each listing was fairly current and had complete contact details for the agent in charge of the property.
Foreclosure Searches – Try the Do it Yourself Approach
The best way to find the most comprehensive listings is to go through individual national bank websites and search their REO listings for your state. You can find a fairly good list of bank REO websites at Mortgage News Daily, or you can use the public records section of OnlineSearches to search through foreclosure and tax lien sale records offered for free from your state government.
Just click on your state to search any free public records for any properties in your area that have a tax lien on it. In most cases, you’ll find those properties are already in foreclosure, or at least pre-foreclosure.
Whatever you do, never sign up for the trial offers that major real estate companies put up as an obstacle to find foreclosed homes. It’s in the best interest of retail real estate to keep these low-cost foreclosed properties difficult to access, because cheap homes bring down overall real estate prices. What they don’t want you to know is that through the type of resources listed in this article, you can find all of those same properties, with just a little bit of extra work, for absolutely free.
Have you ever purchased a foreclosed home? Did you use any online tools to find it? Share your own experiences in the comments section below.
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As I aim to make 2021 the best year yet for my writing career, here are eight quick thought that have found their way into my brain. I find them helpful for motivation and getting me out of the dumps, so I hope it has some value for you as well.
1. It is better to publish something mediocre than to hide a masterpiece.
2. Writing is a conversation. That amazing, earth-shattering and overwhelming thing you want to write about can be returned to and expanded upon over the years rather than something you must master only once.
3. The first time ever in your life when you tried you walk you landed on your ass. Over the years you've likely not only been able to walk upright but even been able to run. You can't run with your writing without allowing yourself to land on your ass first.
4. The best writing advice is to just write. This may be the thing many people with big writing dreams forget the most.
5. Nobody is yearning for a cheap imitation of Stephen King, but they have been unknowingly begging for the original you.
6. It is okay to suck. It is not okay to allow suck to be your final chapter in your writing life.
7. It is your personality, experiences and perspective that makes your writing stand out, so let that stuff honestly shine.
8. You can always be better. You should always want to be better.

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The IRS could collect $561 billion in tax revenue over 10 years if it maintains its funding from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 117-169, the Service said in a study released Tuesday.
If it can maintain the funding through 2034 rather than the current 2031, as the Biden administration has proposed, that figure increases to as much as $851 billion in revenue, the Service said.
Previously, the IRS estimated that the Inflation Reduction Act funding would result in $390 billion in revenue if it were extended to 2034, according to the IRS study. Improvements to the methods for estimating enforcement revenues bring the estimate to $497 billion. The study gets to the $851 billion figure with diversified revenue strategies, such as improving voluntary compliance, updating technology, and considering the effect of deterrence through audits of wealthy taxpayers.
“The previous IRS estimates were limited to revenues generated by direct enforcement activities resulting from higher enforcement status,” Greg Leiserson, Treasury’s deputy secretary for tax analysis, said on a call with reporters. “This narrow focus does not consider the significant impact of the technology, data, and service improvements made possible by the [Inflation Reduction Act] or any deterrence effect that greater enforcement capabilities and activities would have.”
In 2022, the Congressional Budget Office estimate said an additional $180.4 billion would be generated from 2022 to 2031 by Inflation Reduction Act funding.
In the legislation, the IRS was allocated $80 billion over 10 years, but that figure was cut to $60 billion during negotiations over the debt ceiling. IRS officials said the study assumes full Inflation Reduction Act funding and sufficient additional funding.
Cutting the funding to $60 billion would reduce anticipated revenues by over $100 billion and halt IRS enforcement funding in 2029, two years earlier than under the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS said.
Deep funding cuts over a decade resulted in numerous problems at the IRS, with the audit rate on millionaires dropping by over 70% from 2010 to 2019 and the audit rate on large corporations falling by over 50%. The Inflation Reduction Act allows the IRS to reverse these trends, officials said.
Enforcement efforts include expanded audits of the biggest corporations and complex partnerships; a focus on making sure foreign-owned corporations pay their U.S. taxes; and the collection of tax debt from 1,600 millionaires with at least $250,000 in back taxes, an effort that has so far recovered over $500 million.
Even the highest of the IRS’s revenue estimates does not close the tax gap — the difference between the estimated true tax liability for a given period and the amount of tax that is paid on time — which the IRS estimates to be $688 billion for tax year 2021.


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Pete Waterman - The Sheilas Surrey, England - Carly, Cathi and Emma from the Sheilas' Wheels Car Insurance advertisements shoot the video for their debut single '(I'm So) Happy Happy (You're Mine)' at Kingston College, with the help of an audience of fans, and Pete Waterman, the man behind the project. The single is out on download on Monday 17th September and on physical release on Monday 24th, with a Christmas single and an album to follow. Monday 17th September 2007
The ‘Luther’ actor is one of the hot favourites to take over from Daniel Craig.
Perry made more than any other musician this year including rival Taylor Swift and boyband One Direction.
Mumford and Sons launch their video for newest single 'The Wolf', featuring footage from Bonnaroo.
Filming has begun on the all-female reboot of the classic comedy and now we’ve been given a sneak peek at the ladies’ uniforms.
Bully have just unveiled their debut album 'Feels Like' and now the four-piece have launched an audio for their first single 'Milkman'.
Iggy made her feelings about ‘Pretty Girls’ clear on Sunday, but has Britney Spears fired back?


Harley-Davidson’s Project Livewire breaks cover
Harley Davidson has taken the wraps off its all new project. Named the Livewire, the new project represents Harley’s entrance into the world of electric bikes.
While many purists may consider this approach a blasphemy for the company’s heritage, many others look at it like a welcomed step forward in terms off efficiency and innovation.
The company says that its all new electric motorcycle will be available for test to select customers across the US. The US tour will cover 30 dealerships and it will be followed by Canada and Europe.
Harley added that at the moment, the new model is still in the project faze and won’t go into production, as its only purpose is to test the reaction of Harley’s customers across the world and to experiment with the new technology.
Matt Levatich, President and Chief Operating Officer, Harley-Davidson Motor Company declared “America at its best has always been about reinvention. And, like America, Harley-Davidson has reinvented itself many times in our history, with customers leading us every step of the way. Project LiveWire is another exciting, customer-led moment in our history.”
Levatich added: “This builds on many recent reinvention successes for Harley-Davidson. In just the last few years, we’ve broadened our reach to serve an increasingly diverse society, as well as reinvented our approach to product development and manufacturing. This has resulted in cutting-edge products like the recently launched Project Rushmore touring bikes, Harley-Davidson Street 500 and 750 models and this reveal of Project LiveWire.”
You can learn more about the project by visiting the dedicated site released by the company - projectlivewire.com .
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C$ 42 - C$ 75
Out of all the popular cities in Japan, Okinawa is the cheapest city to rent a car in at just C$ 42/day. Renting a car in Okinawa is 45% cheaper than renting one in Nagoya where the per day rate is around C$ 75. Other fairly inexpensive cities in Japan to get a rental car in are: Ishigaki (C$ 43/day), Sapporo (C$ 52/day), and Tokyo (C$ 53/day). While these cities typically have cheaper prices than the rest of the country, travelers looking to rent a car in Tokyo should expect to spend around C$ 53/day on their transportation. The most popular city to rent a car in Japan is Tokyo.
When renting a car in Japan, the most popular provider of rental cars among Cheapflights users is Times, and with prices around C$ 60/day, it’s easy to understand why. The most popular car type from Times is ECONOMY, which starts as low as C$ 38/day.
At C$ 57/day, the cheapest car rental price in Japan was found in Tokyo. On average, Sapporo has the cheapest daily rental car price (C$ 69/day), which is 3% below average price for cities in Japan.
Cars in Japan are to be driven on the left side of the road.

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New scientific research shows that environmental influences can actually affect whether and how genes are expressed. In fact, scientists have discovered that early experiences can determine how genes are turned on and off and even whether some are expressed at all. Thus, the old ideas that genes are “set in stone” or that they alone […]
In this infographic, here in French, learn more about Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, and how they relate to toxic stress and child development.
Executive function and self-regulation (EF/SR) skills provide critical supports for learning and development, and while we aren’t born with these skills, we are born with the potential to develop them through interactions and practice. This 16-page guide (available for download, below), describes a variety of activities and games that represent age-appropriate ways for adults to […]
Being able to focus, hold, and work with information in mind, filter distractions, and switch gears is like having an air traffic control system at a busy airport to manage the arrivals and departures of dozens of planes on multiple runways. In the brain, this air traffic control mechanism is called executive functioning, a group […]


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Resurrecting dinosaurs might not be so easy.
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This summer, the fifth instalment of the Jurassic Park franchise will be on the big screen, reinforcing a love of dinosaurs that has been with many of us since childhood.
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Maybe we can relate a little too well. This story has literally been done to death (it feels practically like a remake of 1995's Angus), but at least Snow Day is reasonably funny along the way. Thanks to the movie's "fresh new stars," Snow Day feels newer than it should. And thanks to leading kids Mark Webber (Drive Me Crazy) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek), the movie has a lot of charm and heart.
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There are currently five separate teams working on 'Game of Thrones' projects at HBO.
She's a big fan of the band and this week she got to perform with them.


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Safety and efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma with renal impairment. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2020.
Piperlongumine selectively suppresses ABC-DLBCL through inhibition of NF-κB p65 subunit nuclear import. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015.
Overexpression of the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cxcr4 Gene in Irradiated Mice Increases the Homing Capacity of These Cells. Cell Biochem Biophys. 2013.
MiR-425 expression profiling in acute myeloid leukemia might guide the treatment choice between allogeneic transplantation and chemotherapy. J Transl Med. 2018;16(1):267.
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Here's a question liberals never ask other liberals, at least not publicly.
While appearing on Ed Schultz's radio show Tuesday and plugging her book "Lizz Free or Die: Essays," standup comic and "The Daily Show" co-creator Lizz Winstead told Schultz about becoming pregnant while a teenager and her decision to abort her unborn baby. (Audio after page break).
Natural disasters have a way of bringing out the worst on the Left. Flooding in Florida and wildfires in Colorado “inspired” nutty talk-show host Mike Malloy and the Daily Kos to rant about how conservatives in these states deserve these disasters because they’re anti-government, and too religious to boot.
Malloy teased from his atheist worldview, “Could that be, you know, Jesus or God saying hey, you know, we're sick of you right-wingers. We're sick of you religious nuts. We're gonna -- we're gonna flood you, we're gonna burn you?” Malloy mused maybe God was punishing the Christians at the Air Force Academy:
NPR's Scott Horsley amped up a campaign rally for President Obama to biblical proportions on Tuesday's Morning Edition, as he singled out an Obama supporter who clearly was in awe of the incumbent Democrat, to the point of practically deifying him.
Horsley set the scene, pointing out how "the rain had stopped, and a little sunshine was peeking through the clouds," and how the supporter attributed this change in the weather to the President: "See what his voice does? It clears up the weather, too. It clears up the economy, creates jobs, helps education, and straightens out the weather." [audio clip available here]
When it's Sunday on National Public Radio, it must be time to announce the Catholic Church is out of step with modern times. On Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR granted a soft-soap eight-minute interview to New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the front-runner to succeed Michael Bloomberg as Mayor. NPR touted: "Christine Quinn has a notable biography. She's from an Irish family, she's Catholic and gay."
She's so "Catholic" that her "wedding" to Kim Catullo last year featured her walking down the aisle with her father to Beyonce's "Ave Maria," which is just another love song, not the actual Hail Mary hymn in any way. Her partner marched down the aisle with her dad, too...to Bruce Springsteen. NPR anchor David Greene asked as one of the "most powerful gay women" in America, if she shouldn't just leave the church that won't accept her homosexuality:
Rock 'em sock 'em liberal Ed Schultz continues doing his darndest to unintentionally help conservatives by the simple act of opening his mouth and letting words spill out.
On his radio show yesterday, Schultz finally caught up with the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal that's been brewing for 18 months since the murder of border agent Brian Terry (audio clips after page break).
Move over, Obama Boy -- you've got serious competition from Geraldo Rivera.
Talking with GOP Rep. Allen West on his WABC radio show yesterday, Rivera made a fawningly inane analogy to describe Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro's unmitigated gall in attempting to ask questions at a presidential news conference (audio) --
NPR rushed out of the gate on Friday afternoon to defend President Obama's announcement to "lift the shadow of deportation" from young illegal immigrants. Correspondent Frank James spun the policy change as Obama getting to "the stage in his presidency, like so many of his predecessors, where his frustration with congressional inaction has led him to act unilaterally."
James cited several apparent historical precedents, including "President Harry S. Truman's racial integration of the military by executive order," and Thomas Jefferson making the Louisiana Purchase. He also labeled Republican Congressman Steve King an "immigration hard-liner" for his criticism of the President's move.
Despite conservative talk radio’s popularity and profitability, the radio syndicators still seem ashamed of it, trying for PR reasons to find a star who is more of a mugwump. Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer is totally mystified by how Cumulus Media, which oversees ABC Radio's AM stations, is promoting the new and under-performing Geraldo Rivera radio show as a national phenomenon waiting to happen.
“What compelled Cumulus broadcast execs to give this notorious huckster a radio show at nearly 69 mystifies many,” Maloney insisted. “But what we do know is that the facts don't match his employer's wild claims. The truth: Geraldo repels radio listeners better than DEET could ever deter mosquitoes.”
The Radio Equalizer catches up with Bill Press on his Friday radio/Current TV show after his blatant attack on the National Anthem. "Boy, I never expected it," he claimed. Was Press professing shock that his rant was controversial -- or perhaps he's shocked anyone noticed from his obscure posting in the media? It's not exactly CNN or MSNBC down there for the former chair of the California Democratic Party.
Despite his puny perch in the commentariat, Press boasted that somehow Michelle Malkin on the Fox News Channel is a mere insect. She's on Fox, and he's on Current TV, and she's the insect? (Audio and transcript below)
NPR's Tamara Keith forwarded the "war on women" talking point of Democratic senators on Tuesday's All Things Considered as she reported on their proposed Paycheck Fairness Act. Keith spotlighted how "the bill's author...Senator Barbara Mikulski from Maryland, points out women earn just 77 cents for every dollar made by a man in the same position. She says that's the real war on women."
However, the correspondent omitted that several cosponsors of the bill actually pay their female staffers less than male staffers. She also slanted towards the liberal politicians by playing three soundbites from them, versus only one from a Republican senator.
If it wasn’t odd enough for MSNBC weekend talker Chris Hayes to feel great discomfort at the idea of calling our war veterans “heroes” because it was too warlike, on Tuesday’s Full Court Press on Current TV, lefty Bill Press said he finds “The Star-Spangled Banner” is just embarrassing because of the “military jargon” in it and the idea that somehow we live in the “land of the brave,” as if nobody else is brave.
Not only is it apparently “absolutely, monumentally unsingable,” Press proclaimed, “But it’s an abomination. First it ranges two octaves most people can only do kind of one octave. I mean when you think about it, it’s bombs bursting in air rockets red glare it’s all kinds of, you know, a lot of national anthems are that way all kinds of military jargon." (Video from Current TV below)
What a difference 48 hours makes in the barren wasteland known as Ed Schultz's mind.
Back on May 29, Schultz warned of giant flaming acorns falling from the sky if Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prevailed in a June 5 recall election against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who was defeated by Walker in the 2010 gubernatorial race. (audio clips after page break)
George W. Bush re-entered the White House the other day to welcome in a new painting that will hang in the executive mansion. The mere thought of this visit sent liberal radio hack Randi Rhodes into a frenzy on Thursday against Bush: "Here's the man who destroyed the world! Truly, financially destroyed the world. He was - you talk about terrorism - economic terrorism - the entire globe is still trying to recover from the policies that America put forward."
Rhodes played prosecutor: "The deregulation of the financial markets - the entire world is still trying to recover from what this guy did and from what this guy didn't do - Osama bin Laden, he left him. Iraq, he left it. Afghanistan - oh, the hell with it. Uh -the financial industry- deregulate - let's - let's have a party! The whole world is trying to recover and he's making jokes, he's making jokes!"
Liberal radio host Stephanie Miller was predictably whacking away at Fox News on Thursday from her tiny bunker on the Current cable network and liberal talk radio. “Wow, so Fox and Friends airs essentially what is four minute free anti-Obama ad, as if it’s like a news piece, right?”
Democratic consultant/gay activist Karl Frisch had to make it porny: “The value of airing such a commercial was calculated at about $100,000. But this is really not the story. I mean the real story is the shortage of personal lubricant in New York City as a result of this ad because it really just amounts to anti-Obama fetish porn.”
In a related development, the Republican National Committee is extending heartfelt thanks to Ed Schultz for his help with their get-out-the-vote efforts.
Further confirmation that the June 5 recall election in Wisconsin has liberals more spooked than usual was provided yesterday courtesy of radio host and MSNBC flamethrower Ed Schultz. (audio clip after page break)
Female attorneys may want to think twice before applying at Mike Papantonio's law firm.
Papantonio, who also co-hosts the "Ring of Fire" weekend radio show, was filling in on Ed Schultz's radio program May 25 and complaining with guest Cliff Schecter about what he considers spineless Democrats who aren't aggressive enough against Republicans (audio) --
NPR obviously thought the case of Monsignor William Lynn, "the highest ranking Catholic official in the U.S. to be criminally tried for covering up child sex abuse by priests," was newsworthy, as they devoted four and a half minutes to the story on Thursday's All Things Considered. Meanwhile, the public radio network has yet to cover the Monday filing of 12 major lawsuits against ObamaCare's contraception/abortifacient mandate by Catholic dioceses and organizations on the air.
Reputed man of the cloth and race-baiter nonpareil Al Sharpton has shown once again how he's the least credible person in media, claiming that a voter registration drive he'll oversee will be "non-partisan." (audio clip after page break)
Gay "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert (touted by fans as "Glambert") knows he'll have a sympathetic ear at National Public Radio. On Sunday night's All Things Considered newscast, anchor Guy Raz promoted Lambert's latest album as a "great record."
As the interview drew to an end, Raz must have tried his hardest to craft the softest, slightly stupid-sounding question about the lyrics, which protest the Bible's condemnation of homosexuality. "I wonder whether you're addressing that issue"?
Some conservatives believe that other conservatives, on talk radio and Fox News Channel, are damaging the cause of conservatism by dishonestly overstating their case against President Obama to increase their ratings and profits.
More reasonable Republican politicians, they argue, would like to cooperate with Obama on bipartisan solutions but don't have the power to resist these extremists with the megaphones and so have buckled in lock step to their demands and become the party of "no" and the purveyors of gridlock.
On Sunday night’s All Things Considered, NPR weekend anchor Guy Raz brought on regular guest James Fallows (the former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and editor of U.S. News & World Report) for “a look behind the headlines” to put Obama’s gay-marriage proclamation in “context.”
“I know you've been thinking a lot about this in a historical context. So take us back to some comparable moments,” Raz suggested. Fallows predictably compared the gay-marriage interview to desegregation and black opera singer Marian Anderson being allowed to sing at Constitution Hall:


Outreach: Building Relationships
ASTM Hosts Autonomy in Aviation Symposium
The 2022 3rd Annual ASTM Autonomy in Aviation Symposium took place in October 2022. The event was themed “Autonomy for Good,” and it featured presentations from several institutions, including Garmin, Zipline, Matternet, and Wisk. Over 100 participants attended, representing academia, government, and industry leaders, and the symposium showcased the potential of autonomy to improve lives and the leadership role of ASTM in such efforts. Congressman Rick Larsen, chair of the House subcommittee on aviation, provided opening remarks for the event. Larson spoke of the importance of collaboration, noting, “Congress, industry, and the standards community must work together to ensure the future of aviation autonomy remains safe, equitable, innovative, and bright.” ASTM’s autonomy design and operations in aviation administrative committee (AC377) will follow the symposium with a publication, “Operational Control in the Age of Increasingly Autonomous Flight Operations,” expected in Spring 2023.
ASTM Staff Participate in United Nations’ Economic and Social Committee Program
Teresa Cendrowska, ASTM’s vice president for global cooperation, discussed the importance of U.N. collaboration with non-governmental organizations in consultative status.
In December, Teresa Cendrowska, vice president for global cooperation, and Emmanuel Escoto, global cooperation’s manager for engagement, participated in the United Nations’ Economic and Social Committee’s (ECOSOC) Consultations with Non-government Organizations in Consultative Status with ECOSOC. Cendrowska presented a statement that:
- Highlighted the benefits to the U.N. when collaborating with NGOs;
- Offered examples of the support that ASTM standards provide in accomplishing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals;
- Noted ASTM’s existing working relationships with various U.N. agencies and programs; and,
- Described ASTM’s global network of experts and partners.
ASTM was granted special consultative status to the U.N. in 2021. This status is granted to NGOs that have a special competence. It expands ASTM’s network and enables ASTM to make written and oral statements, as well as organize side events in conjunction with the ECOSOC.
The ECOSOC is the focal point for the three U.N. pillars of sustainable development (economic, social, and environmental) and coordinates the work of the 14 U.N. specialized agencies, ten functional commissions, and five regional commissions. It also issues policy recommendations to the U.N. system and to member states.
ASTM and NEU Sign Memorandum Of Understanding
Global standards organization ASTM International and NEU: An American Concrete Institute Center of Excellence for Carbon-Neutral Concrete, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at reducing and eliminating the carbon footprint of concrete in the built environment.
The MoU, signed by Lawrence Sutter, NEU board president, and Katharine Morgan, ASTM president, will allow both organizations to effectively and efficiently collaborate and reduce redundant efforts on issues related to carbon-neutral concrete.
Both ASTM and NEU agreed to collaborate and take action in the following activities:
- Foster and support technologies that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and concrete products;
- Develop, promulgate, and advocate the adoption of consensus-based codes and standards that allow the use of carbon-neutral concrete;
- Identify and support research needed to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and concrete products;
- Develop and deliver means and methods to validate design methodologies, material technologies, and products that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete design, construction, products, and recycling; and
- Provide technology transfer, professional development, course content, and related resources needed by the design, construction, specifying professionals, and owner representatives to apply sound and proven carbon-reduction technologies.
“We are thrilled to partner with NEU to support sustainability on activities related to carbon-neutral concrete,” said Morgan. “We strongly believe this agreement will have a significant role in those efforts and we look forward to ongoing collaboration within the concrete industry.”
“NEU is excited to have ASTM as an Allied Organization,” said Sutter. “This partnership will be instrumental in accelerating the adoption of carbon-neutral concrete materials and technologies into standards for the construction industry. We value our partnership with ASTM and look forward to all we can achieve.”
As part of the MoU, ASTM became recognized as an Allied Organization of NEU, allowing for further collaboration within respective standards-development processes, facilitating technical standardization dialogue, conducting mutual outreach with key associations, and more.
Additionally, both parties will seek to leverage ASTM Xcellerate, an emerging technology program launched earlier this year, to advance NEU’s core functions. Potential joint activities could include coordinated funding sources for R&D, aligning technology and standards roadmaps, and program development, among others.
ASTM Presents Webinars on Lead Paint Testing
ASTM International recently held regional webinars in Africa and Latin America/the Caribbean on standard methods for testing for lead in paint.
The webinars, co-sponsored by the United Nations’ Environment Programme (UNEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are a part of a collaboration with the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint, jointly led by UNEP and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The objectives of both webinars were to provide:
- An overview of the importance of internationally accepted standards and the role of standards bodies;
- An overview of the lifecycle of the sampling process including choosing a good laboratory, best practices, and determining proper methods;
- Technical information on sample preparation and testing methods for lead in new paint;
- The opportunity to ask questions of technical experts about specific methods; and
- A series of country case studies about the use of test methods.
Additionally, they aimed to help countries developing or implementing lead paint laws to understand which sample preparation and test methods are appropriate for their situation.
ASTM Granted Guest Status on Key APEC Subcommittee
ASTM International has been granted a three-year guest status within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) subcommittee on standards and conformance (SCSC).
“We are honored to be granted guest status within APEC’s standards and conformance subcommittee,” notes Teresa Cendrowska, ASTM’s vice president for global cooperation. “ASTM has strong relationships and cooperation agreements with a majority of the APEC member economies and we look forward to additional participation and commitment within the region.”
APEC is a regional economic forum established to leverage the growing independence of the Asia-Pacific region. APEC’s 21 member economies aim to create greater prosperity for the region by accelerating economic integration through promotion of balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative, and secure growth.
The SCSC was established to help reduce the negative effects that differing standards and conformance agreements have on trade and investment that flows through the Asia-Pacific region.
Main objectives of the committee aim to:
- Reduce technical barriers to trade and enhance market access through standards and conformance;
- Align each economy’s standard with international standards;
- Promote good regulatory practices in the preparation, adoption, and application of standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures;
- Pursue regional cooperation in accordance with international agreements;
- Ensure greater transparency; and more.
Benefits associated with ASTM’s guest status include:
- An invitation to attend all non-policy-making activities;
- Permission to address the committee on agreed upon topics and respond to questions that arise;
- Ability to circulate relevant documents on relevant subjects; and
- The opportunity to engage more deeply with the member economies.
ASTM and APEC have collaborated successfully for over a decade, including most recently in 2021, when ASTM organized and managed two virtual APEC programs on reliable drone technology and additive manufacturing of PPE.
ASTM International Hosts Open House in Singapore
ASTM International’s global advanced manufacturing programs division recently held an open house at ASTM’s Singapore office, for key members, partners, and stakeholders in the region. The event served to bolster ASTM’s commitment to supporting the continued development of advanced manufacturing and other emerging technologies in Singapore and the Asia Region.
Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, the Singapore office and the global advanced manufacturing teams play a key strategic role by focusing on emerging areas such as additive manufacturing, robotics and automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics, and cybersecurity.
“Under the leadership of Dr. Alex Liu, the advanced manufacturing team in the Singapore office provides knowledge and coordinates local and regional engagement in research to standards for emerging technologies, particularly advanced manufacturing in the Asia region,” said Mohsen Seifi, Ph.D., vice president of global advanced manufacturing programs.
“Across the region, we will continue to develop impactful programs, support initiatives, and progress together as one. In Singapore for instance, we have worked on local programs such as the SGUnited initiative and supported university internships in areas including robotics, automation, and digital twin, and we look forward to doing more in the advanced manufacturing
In 2018, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) signed an agreement with ASTM, becoming the first in ASIA to join the ASTM Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) as a strategic partner. Under this strategic partnership, NAMIC coordinates the center’s R&D and related activities for the Asia-Pacific region, driving advancements and innovation in AM on a global scale. Several NAMIC-supported R&D projects have contributed to international AM standardization activities through the ASTM AM CoE, including two published standards, and several others currently under development.
In addition to the open house, ASTM also hosted a certificate course on Quality Assurance for Additive Manufacturing, while exhibiting at the Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP 2022), taking place Oct. 18-20, in Singapore.
Moving forward, ASTM will continue to deepen relationships, support research and innovation, and develop training and certification programs in advanced manufacturing. Liu, who previously served as ASTM’s head of additive manufacturing programs, will now take on a new role as head of advanced manufacturing programs, Asia region, supporting complementary technologies programs beyond additive manufacturing.
As part of ASTM’s strong and growing commitment to Singapore and the Asia region, the organization’s Board of Directors and management team will meet in Singapore on April 24-26, 2023. While there, they will host an event to formally open the Singapore office and introduce Elvin Chia, ASTM’s ASEAN representative. ■


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Germany banned the public meetings of more than two people to curb coronavirus outbreak. (Photo Credit: PTI File)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday decided to quarantine herself at her residence after being treated by a doctor, who tested positive for the coronavirus, Government Spokesperson said.
“The Chancellor has decided to quarantine herself at home. She will be tested regularly in the coming days... (and) fulfil her official business from home,” news agency AFP quotes Steffen Seibert, government spokesperson of Germany, as saying in a statement.
In its slew of measures against coronavirus outbreak, Germany has banned the public meetings of more than two people, the premier of North Rhine-Westphalia state has announced.
Earlier, Merkel cited an expert to say that up to 70 per cent of the German population could be infected by the new coronavirus as she insists on the necessity of measures to slow its spread.
"You have to understand that if the virus is there, and the population has no immunity yet to this virus, there are no vaccines and no therapy so far, a high percentage, experts say 60 to 70% -- of the population will be infected”, Merkel had said at a news conference in Berlin.
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Celebrate the New Year in style here at Rusutsu Resort !
Say goodbye to 2020 with a spectacular firework display featuring over 1,200 fireworks and live music. Enjoy a memorable close to the year here at Rusutsu Resort.
Complimentary hot drink service (20: 00 ~)
At the base of West Mt, in front of the West Mt ticket office complimentary hot drinks (limited supply) will be served prior to the New Year's Eve event. Enjoy a warming refreshment while enjoying this spectacular event.
Synchronised Skiing Demonstrations by ski & Snowboard school instructors
Rusutsu Resort Ski & Snowboard School instructors will fascinate you with choreographed display of synchronised skiing & snowboarding.
Fun Torch Light Parade
Guests can participate (skiers only) as they slowly ski down the gentle trail in the dark holding a flare for illumination. Join this fun event for an unforgettable experience.
Participation fee: 600 yen (tax included)
Rusutsu Resort Ski & Snowboard School
* Reservations required by 17:00 on the day
Fireworks (from around 20:40)
Enjoy refreshments, gospel music and 1,200 fireworks to celebrate Christmas Eve!
Watch as vivid fireworks light up the night ski and create a memorable NYE here at Rusutsu Resort. We hope all guests have a special evening.
Let's finish 2020 in style with Rusutsu's special fireworks display.
- Event date and time
The New Year's Eve Fireworks Festival & Fun Torch Light Parade can be viewed free of charge not only by overnight guests but also by day trip guests. We look forward to your visit.
* Additional charge 600 yen (tax included) only when participating in the torch run
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced the Sui (SUI) altcoin, a DPoS layer 1 blockchain based on the Move programming language, as the 33rd project on its Launchpool platform.
Farming Period for Sui Altcoin Starts May 1 at 03:00 CEST
According to the announcement, users will be able to stake BNB and TUSD tokens in separate pools to farm SUI tokens for 2 days starting May 1 at 03:00 CEST.
When Binance meets its liquidity requirement, it will list SUI on its exchange and open it for trading with SUI/BTC, SUI/USDT, SUI/TUSD and SUI/BNB trading pairs. The exact date and timing will be announced later.
Users will also enjoy zero maker fees on the SUI/TUSD trading pair until further notice.
To join Sui Launchpool, users must have a Binance account and complete KYC verification. Users can then deposit their BNB or TUSD tokens into respective pools on the Launchpool page, which will be available 4 hours before farming begins.
The total reward for Sui Launchpool is set at 40,000,000 SUI tokens, 0.4% of the total token supply. SUI's initial circulating supply will be 528,273,717 tokens, accounting for 5.28% of the total token supply.
Prize distribution will be as follows:
BNB Staking: 32,000,000 SUI (80%) as reward
TUSD Staking: 8,000,000 SUI (20%) as reward
The farming process will take place between May 1, 2023 at 03:00 and May 6, 2023 at 02:59.
Users will be able to stake and use their tokens at any time during the farming period. They will also be able to claim their earned rewards at any time and view their staking and claim history on the Launchpool page.
*Not investment advice.

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Despite his huge success with 'Madea Goes to Jail', Tyler Perry reveals that he would love to see the death of the tough-talking character in next 'Madea' film.
While Tyler Perry reaps success with "Madea Goes to Jail", he couldn't hide the fact that he
wants to see Madea dead. In an interview while promoting "Goes to Jail", the actor/filmmaker fessed up of his idea, stating "I would love to see Madea die a slow death in the next film," but quickly said that he will keep the character alive as long as people want to see her.
As for the reason for killing Madea, Perry uncovered that though Madea is fun to watch, doing her is "a nightmare". "(She's) a whole lot of fun to watch. But to do it is a nightmare," he explained. "It's all one suit that I'm zipped into, so it's all heavy. The hips are heavy. And the more I sweat, the heavier it gets. I see why women have back problems who have large breasts. Holding those things upright can be tough."
While Perry's next project will be his own period drama, "A Jazz Man's Blues", the future "Madea" movie in line is said to be called "Madea's Class Reunion". Nonetheless, confirming words on the possible project have yet to be shared.
Released on February 20, "Madea Goes to Jail" landed atop the North American box office during its first weekend screening. With $41 million bow, it becomes Tyler Perry's largest debut since "Madea's Family Reunion" in 2006. It has also marked the best opening for any Lionsgate release, surpassing the $33.6 million debut for "Saw III".