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Dawn Protocol (DAWN) traded 6.1% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 17:00 PM Eastern on January 25th. Over the last week, Dawn Protocol has traded 3.7% higher against the U.S. dollar. Dawn Protocol has a total market capitalization of $51.30 million and $5.74 million worth of Dawn Protocol was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Dawn Protocol token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.69 or 0.00002939 BTC on major exchanges.
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- Aidi Finance (BSC) (AIDI) traded up 3.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Zoo Token (ZOOT) traded up 3.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0614 or 0.00000262 BTC.
- CareCoin (CARES) traded 3.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0762 or 0.00000326 BTC.
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Dawn Protocol Token Profile
Dawn Protocol was first traded on May 5th, 2020. Dawn Protocol’s total supply is 76,588,157 tokens and its circulating supply is 74,464,266 tokens. The official website for Dawn Protocol is dawn.org. Dawn Protocol’s official Twitter account is @dawnprotocol and its Facebook page is accessible here. Dawn Protocol’s official message board is medium.com/@dawnprotocol.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The state medical board is seeking to revoke or suspend the license of Bakersfield gynecologist and plastic surgeon Dr. Jason Helliwell, alleging he mishandled the post-surgical care of one patient and was having sex with another. The accusation was filed by the California Medical Board Aug. 4.
Regulators note Helliwell already had a letter of reprimand in 2011 for negliegence in the treatment of a patient who underwent a "smart" liposuction procedure.
His treatment represented "simple departures from the standard of care, recordkeeping and advertising," the state board noted.
Helliwell will have a chance to contest the new allegations through an administrative trial. The first step would be a settlement conference where representatives from the state and Dr. Helliwell can sit down and discuss the matter, according to Medical Board spokeswoman Cassandra Hockenson. No dates have been set.
Staff who answered the telephone at Helliwell's Advanced Women's Health Center medical office near Brimhall and Coffee Road said he needed to speak with his lawyer first but he would return a call seeking comment.
The new accusation indicates Helliwell paid a patient for sexual intercourse, meeting the woman at motels, her apartment and at his office for the encounters.
The 23-year-old woman is not identified. She was Helliwell's patient in 2011 and 2012 and their sexual relationship continued through most of this period, the allegation says.
In a separate case, Hellweill performed a breast augmentation surgery on a woman whose incision later became infected and the implant itself became exposed through the skin, documents indicate.
That woman, also 23, told investigators her incision became infected and ruptured. Ultimately, the implant was exposed through the skin and she was told it needed to be removed.
Helliwell charged the woman $1,000 for the removal procedure seven days later.
"The operative report shows the implants had holes in them, however the patient claims that prior to surgery, (Helliwell) told her if she claimed her implants failed she could get new ones for free," the accusation indicates.
The medical board indicates this appears to be a "fraudulent attempt to gain coverage for this broken implant" calling it an "extreme departure" from normal practice.
The claim seeks revocation or suspension of Helliwell's license to practice medicine.
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If rising temperatures are tempting you into our cool seas, you may not be the only one… great white sharks could be heading there too.
As global warming raises the temperatures of the waters around the British Isles, experts believe it is only a matter of time before the world’s deadliest sharks head to our shores.
Despite reported sightings, there have been no confirmed appearances of great whites in British waters… yet.
The species found off our shores are entirely harmless to humans and have no interest in mammals, feeding only on tiny krill or plankton.
But shark expert Ryan Johnson believes that could soon change.
On Day Two of our Daily Mirror Shark Week, the marine biologist says: “I would urge every British shark fan to keep their eyes peeled, because sooner or later they are going to see a great white in British waters.
“The theory that a lot of people are working with is that, as climate change comes, warmer waters are going to reach up into the UK.
“Because there is a great white population in the Mediterranean and around Spain, that population will be able to extend up to English waters.
“How quickly that will happen we don’t know, but throughout the world we have started to see distribution changes in many shark species.”
Last week a 12ft basking shark was spotted in waist-deep water near Tenby’s North Beach in West Wales.
Basking sharks are the second largest in the world and the largest found UK seas, with adults typically measuring 25ft to 29ft – as long as a bus. A thresher shark was also seen off West Wales last week feet from a tourist boat in Cardigan Bay. Threshers can grow to 18ft and weigh up to 53st. They can live 50 years and are classed as vulnerable, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. And in February, reports suggested a photo of a shark fin off Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, was the first British sighting of a great white. But Ryan, from the Blue Wilderness Shark Research Unit in South Africa, believes that is unlikely – though perhaps not for long. Speaking as part of National Geographic WILD network’s Sharkfest, he says: “The most common sharks in the UK are the basking shark and the porbeagle, but they are entirely harmless.
“The basking shark feeds on tiny little things that are a centimetre long. The porbeagle is often mistaken for a baby great white because they are closely related.
“The great white also shares the porbeagle’s ability to elevate their body temperature, which allows them to go into cold water.
“But the great white isn’t as advanced, so it’s difficult for them to really extend into British waters, for now. That will change as the seas get warmer – and we might not have to wait too long.”
Meanwhile, climate change is believed to be the reason sharks have started appearing in areas they have never been seen before in other parts of the world, and even venturing hundreds of miles up rivers in search of food.
Last year shark attacks increased around the world after years of decline, with 73 recorded incidents, 11 fatal.
Ryan says: “As temperatures change, the major ocean currents are changing, so the fish that sharks rely on are changing their distribution – and so sharks are turning up in places they’ve never been found before.”

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Multiple award-winning Ghanaian dancehall recording artiste and boss of Shatta Movement Empire, Shatta discharged another brand new record to round up the year 2020 with the track which he tagged; “Hajia Bintu”, featuring Ara B and Captan.
Shatta Foundation CEO, Shatta Wale hits the studio once again to deliver this brand new masterpiece record in this closure of the year 2020 in anticipation for the new year 2021 with the track in which he labeled; ‘Hajia Bintu’. On this new piece of track, he joined forces with some other talented Ghanaian artiste and hitmaker namely; Ara B and Captan.
Shatta Wale, real name Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr is well known for viral songs like; Dancehall King, Taking Over, Ayoo, My Level, Melissa, Borjor, Dem Confuse, Hol It, Gringo, and many others.
In 2015, he won artiste of the year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards and has appeared in films such as Never Say Never, The trial of Shatta Wale, and Shattered Lives.
Listen and Enjoy!
The track is also accompanied by a befitting and colorful music video for your viewing pleasure. In which he as well premieres and commissions the highly awaited visuals of the impressive song whose video has also already been released for the fans to enjoy and also to enhance the fast promotion and so far received much love. Video directed by Shatta Wale & PKMI.
Watch and Enjoy the video below and don’t forget to drop your suggestion about the video in the comment section.

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In an announcement, made Friday on social media, Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) and Clark Gregg (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D) have decided to divorce after 19 years together.
The post, made on both actors Instagram accounts, read:
“After 19 years together, we separated in January, knowing we’d always be a family who loves, values, and cares for each other.”
The post went on to say:
“We recently made the difficult decision to divorce, but we remain close and are deeply grateful for the life we’ve shared and the wonderful daughter we’ve raised.”
Grey, who is 60 years old, and Gregg, who is 58 years old, began dating during the summer of 2000 and was officially married the following July in a ceremony that took place on Martha’s Vineyard.
In December, after their wedding, Grey gave birth to the couple’s only child, a daughter, Stella Gregg, who is now 18 years old. In an Instagram message posted last week for Fathers Day to Gregg, Grey said:
“I love you and am beyond grateful…for continuing to show up as a devoted, loving dad and partner to raise this amazing human with. Couldn’t have done it without you.”
This week, Grey appeared on a web series to talk about her iconic movie Ferris Buellers Day Off, alongside her fellow co-stars Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck.
When speaking of her character of Jeanie, Ferris’ older sister in the film, she reminisced about how she often felt her character was “left out” because she was often off doing her own thing for most of the film.
During the filming of the movie, Grey stated she had no one with which to hang out with as her co-stars were always off playing all the time, which resulted in her getting into quite a bit of trouble.

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Voluntary recall of snack bites on Maui and O‘ahu due to undeclared milk allergen
Residents are being warned of a voluntary recall of various dark chocolate fruit and peanut bites on Maui and O‘ahu due to an undeclared milk allergen on product labels.
Salento Organics of West Palm Beach, Florida is recalling its 4-ounce packages of Dark Chocolate Pitaya Bites, Dark Chocolate Goldenberry Bites, Dark Chocolate Mango Bites, Dark Chocolate Banana Bites, Dark Chocolate Pineapple Bites and Dark Chocolate Peanut Bites because they may contain undeclared milk.
People who have allergies to milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products, according to the Hawai‘i State Department of Health Food and Drug Branch.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.
The recall was initiated after it was discovered that the milk-containing product was distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of milk.
Subsequent investigation indicates the problem was caused by a temporary breakdown in the company’s production and packaging processes.
Production of the product has been suspended until FDA and the company are certain that the problem has been corrected.
Consumers who have purchased 4-ounce packages of Dark Chocolate Fruit and Peanut Bites, listed above are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Consumers with questions may contact the company at [email protected] or call 561-402-8232, during operational hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST.
More information about milk allergens can be found here: milk allergens.

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The summertime blues extend to the weekend after Labor Day for the movie industry, as no movie...
The summertime blues extend to the weekend after Labor Day for the movie industry, as no movie grossed over $10M and early estimates place the industry's box office haul as the worst since 2003. In particular, family films and late-night showings still haven't fully bounced back from early summer levels.
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The game can teach you a small amount about building your own computer but offers limited choices in its parts. Additionally, there are no challenging mechanics or satisfying choices to make while playing.
As we know, technology serves our lives and it makes everything simpler and more convenient than ever. Technology lovers always want to live and work on the most advanced equipment to make the quality of work more complete. In PC Creator, players will not live in farms or dental clinics like other simulation games like Dentist Bling. Instead, you will be working in a small room with the most modern equipment related to the field of technology. We believe this is also the dream of so many people around the world.
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Moog Music recently introduced the Minitaur Revolution 2 – an updated version of their analog bass synthesizer module, with new firmware that introduces some significant new features.
The Minitaur Revolution 2 is a deep synth out of the box – delivering classic Taurus-style sounds. And it just gets deeper as you dig into it, offering interesting control voltage modulation options, extensive MIDI options and more.
What is the Moog Minitaur?
Here’s how Moog describes the Minitaur:
Minitaur is a powerful, compact Analog Bass Synthesizer that features a classic one knob per function design. It is the first instrument in the Taurus family that does not have foot pedals. At only 8.5″ x 5.25″ and less than 3lbs, the Minitaur puts legendary analog Moog bass into a package designed to fit seamlessly into today’s performance and production environments.
Two key things to note:
- It’s a bass synth in the Taurus family. Expect it to deliver the bass, not the soprano (It plays notes C5 and lower). And expect it to deliver the classic Moog bass synth sounds heard on so many recordings of the 70’s – not 80’s FM sounds or digital bass sounds.
- It’s designed for modern production and performance environments. So it dispenses with pedals, which few keyboardists are used to playing, and assumes that you will control it via MIDI, computer or control voltages.
The Moog Minitaur retails for about $600. Does it deliver $600 of synth action? Let’s check it out……
The Moog Minitaur Is A Deep Synth, And It Just Gets Deeper
We called the Minitaur a deep synth – and it is.
As soon as you plug in a keyboard and start playing the Minitaur, it unleashes a firehose of classic bass sounds. It’s deep sonically – but also deep in the sense that it taps into close to 50 years of electronic music history.
Elements of the Minitaur’s design can be traced all the way back to Moog’s original 60’s modulars. So, as you tweak the knobs on the Minitaur, you may hear echoes of the sounds of Wendy Carlos, Tangerine Dream, Stevie Wonder, ELP, Giorgio Moroder, Genesis, P-Funk and others.
Key Features Of The Minitaur:
- One knob per function interface
- Two oscillators with Sawtooth (Original Taurus) and Square wave-shapes for each VCO.
- 2 Mixer VCAs for VCO levels control of Oscillators 1 and 2.
- Moog Ladder Filter with adjustable resonance, in the style of the Taurus 1 and 3.
- Two Minimoog style ADSR Envelope Generators for modulating VCF and VCA. The Decay and Release segments are controlled by the Decay knob, while the Release segment is enabled or disabled via Release On/Off switch.
- Midi-syncable LFO with Controls for Rate, VCO LFO Amount, and VCF LFO Amount
- DIN MIDI and MIDI over USB offer complete control of the Minitaur’s sound engine.
- Analog Control inputs for Pitch, Filter, Volume and Gate.
- External audio input for processing external audio through the Mixer and Filter section of Minitaur.
- Headphone output with 1/8″ connection.
- Steel chassis
The Moog Minitaur Hardware
It’s clear that a lot of thought went into creating the Minitaur. The Minitaur has a concise design, focused on the elements used for analog bass sounds. It’s compact, but also feels extremely solid, with a steel case and rugged knobs and switches.
The front is laid out clearly, with a knob for all the main features, so the Minitaur is immediately tweakable. Here’s a summary of the front panel controls:
- VCO2 Frequency
- Oscillator 1 & 2 Saw/Square Waveform Selector – Selects a Sawtooth wave (LED OFF) or Square wave (LED ON) Signal for VCO1 and 2.
- VCO1 Level
- VCO2 Level
- VCF Cutoff
- VCF Resonance
- VCF EG Amount – Bi-polar control sets the (+) or (-) amount of Envelope Generator modulation of the VCF.
- LFO Rate – Range is from 0.01Hz to 100Hz
- LFO VCO Amount
- LFO VCF Amount
- VCA EG Attack – Sets the attack Time of a Minimoog-Style ADSR Envelope Generator used to modulate the VCA. Time ranges from 1 msec to 30 seconds.
- VCA EG Decay/Release – The Release segment of the EG is enabled by the Release On/Off switch.
- VCA EG Sustain
- VCF EG Attack -Sets the attack Time of a Minimoog-Style ADSR Envelope Generator used to modulate the VCF. Time ranges from 1 msec to 30 seconds.
- VCF EG Decay/Release -The Release segment of the EG is enabled by the Release On/Off switch.
- VCF EG Sustain
- Release On/Off Switch – Enables (LED On or Disables (LED Off) the Release segments of both Envelope Generators.
- Glide On/Off Switch
- Glide – Sets the rate of Glide
- Fine Tune
- MIDI Indicator LED – Indicates incoming MIDI activity
- LFO Rate Indicator LED
When you look at the list of functions that are packed into the front panel, it’s impressive that Moog was able to do this while also maintaining a very clear layout and large, old-school knobs.
Around the back, the Minitaur is equally clearly laid out:
Back Panel Connections:
- Headphones – Jack for stereo headphone output.
- Audio Out – 1/4″ Unbalanced jack.
- Audio In – 1/4″ Unbalanced jack accepts line-level input.
- Analog CV Inputs:
- Pitch CV – 1/4″ TRS Jack accepts 0 to +5V signal (internally processed for 1 V/Octave) via passive Expression Pedals or CVs.
- Filter CV – 1/4″ TRS Jack accepts 0 to +5Vsignal via passive Expression Pedals or CVs.
- Volume CV – 1/4″ TRS Jack accepts 0 to +5Vsignal via passive Expression Pedals or CVs.
- Gate – 1/4″ Jack accepts a 0 (Off)/ +5V(On) Gate signal to trigger the unit’s EGs.
- MIDI (DIN) – Standard DIN MIDI input for MIDI Control of the MINITAUR
- MIDI (USB) – Type B USB connector for connecting MINITAUR to host for USB MIDI.
Again, it’s a very concise and compact design that still packs in connectivity for audio in, traditional MIDI, USB MIDI and control voltage connectivity.
The Moog Minitaur As A MIDI Synth
Most users will start off by plugging a keyboard into the Minitaur and using it as a synth module.
We did just that – testing it out by sequencing it and playing it via hardware MIDI:
All sounds, except for the percussion, come from several passes with the Minitaur, including the three basslines, the mid-range synth parts and the high-pitched ‘burbles’.
We expected the Minitaur to work well as a MIDI synth, but were equally impressed by how well it fits into a control voltage studio.
The Moog Minitaur As A Control Voltage Synth
Next up, we tested the Minitaur in a control voltage setup – sequencing it using a traditional Moog style step sequencer (a Synthesizers.com Q960).
Here’s an example, with a single pass of live tweaking in a Berlin-school style context. In this video, the Electribe is only being used to create triggers, via a MIDI-CV convertor, to step the sequencer:
The Minitaur fits into the CV world beautifully, becoming a very cost-effective element in a modular synth. The key functions of the Minitaur – a slew generator, 2 oscillators, a mixer, a VCF & 2 envelopes – would cost twice as much if purchased as individual modules.
If Moog would put the Minitaur behind 5U and Euro panels, it would make a great starter module. While you’re limited to the four control inputs available on the back panel, the Minitaur’s firmware lets you re-map the inputs, so you can use them to control just about anything. More on this below.
It Gets Deeper
We’ve looked at the Minitaur as a synth module and as a part of a control voltage setup. Either way you connect to it, it’s a deep little synth.
It gets deeper, though. The ‘Revolution 2’ firmware update adds a bunch of new features, many of which let the Minitaur be used in a more modular or experimental way.
Here’s what’s added with Rev 2:
- Store up to 100 presets
- A new Decay/Release mode allows for independent control of Decay and Release times from Minitaur’s front panel.
- The Pitch, Volume and Gate Controller inputs can be re-mapped to other control parameters.
- The Minitaur can now act as a CV to MIDI converter – so you can do things like have a modular synth control software running on your computer.
Here’s Moog’s overview of the Rev 2 firmware features:
To take advantage of many of these options, you need to use the Minitaur REV 2 Editor/Librarian. Getting started with the editor is easy, because the UI mirrors the hardware exactly:
Moog’s also made it easy to take advantage of deeper features in the firmware, like mapping the hardware control voltage inputs to various destinations:
It’s great that Moog was able to add this much capability to existing hardware. Some of these new capabilities, like control voltage mapping and CV-to-MIDI conversion, aren’t going to get every day use by most owners. But it’s great that the Rev 2 Minitaur offers that depth, for users to grow into or for users that have more esoteric requirements to begin with.
The one downside to the Rev 2 capabilities is that they venture beyond the one-knob-per-feature hardware interface of the Minitaur. For example, you can save up to 100 presets via the software, but there’s no LED or display on the Minitaur to let you know which patch you have selected.
Minitaur Audio Demos
Here are some audio demos for the Moog Minitaur:
The Minitaur is Moog’s most affordable hardware synth, yet it’s thoughtfully designed, solidly constructed and surprisingly deep. Whether you want to use it with MIDI hardware, as part of a modular setup or with music software, the Minitaur is a capable and great sounding synthesizer.
- The Moog Minitaur is a firehose of analog bass synth sounds that taps into nearly 50 years of synth history
- It’s not just deep sonically, but it has a deep set of features that make it an unusually flexible synth
- The hardware is immediate – generally offering one-knob-per-function
- The design intelligently balances capabilities vs costs to deliver a lot of bang for the buck
- Some features are only available via the Editor, breaking the one-knob-per-function paradigm
- The Minitaur’s focus is classic analog bass sounds, so it’s not the best choice if you need a general ‘all-in-one’ synth module.
See the Moog Music site for full details.
If you’ve used the Moog Minitaur Rev 2, let us know what you think of it!


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Harvest Fest is Wednesday
The annual Harvest Fest celebration will be Wednesday, Oct. 26th, at Williams Baptist College. Harvest Fest has become a popular attraction for local children and church groups, and many participants come in their costumes.
The festival will be held in WBC’s Carter Field House from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Admission is free, and tickets for games and activities can be purchased at the door with money or with a donation of canned goods.
Participants will receive four tickets per canned food item, or they can purchase four tickets for $1, according to Josh McCarty, director of campus ministries at Williams. Children are asked to have their cans counted before they arrive to speed up the entry process.
Williams students operate the games and activities at Harvest Fest. Canned goods will go to the Lawrence County Food Bank, while cash proceeds will go toward the spring break mission trip for WBC students.
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COVINGTON — With the new title ad valorem tax in affect, the Georgia Department of Revenue reminds citizens who purchased a vehicle on or after Jan. 1, 2012 and prior to March 1, 2013, that they have the opportunity to opt in to the new tax until Friday, Feb. 28.
The opt-in period provides an opportunity to do a comparison between the current annual ad valorem tax, normally paid on the citizen’s birthday, and the new one-time tax.
Citizens may be eligible to opt-in to the new tax and get credit for sales tax and annual ad valorem taxes that have already been paid, according to Newton County Tax Commissioner Barbara Dingler.
Newton County citizens can visit the Tax Commissioner’s office, located at 1113 Usher St., Suite 101, Covington on or before Friday to receive help from a county tag agent. The office advises that citizens take all pertinent documentation to the tag office.
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According to the Afghanistan Public Health Ministry, a lone suicide bomber struck near a Shiite shrine in Kabul, the nation’s capitol, as people gathered to celebrate the Persian New Year, killing 29 and injuring at least 50. ISIS claimed credit for the attack in an online statement. Via PBS News:
The attack took place near Kabul University and a government hospital, around one kilometer (mile) away from the Sakhi shrine, where people were gathered to celebrate the new year, said Gen. Daud Amin, Kabul’s police chief.
Daud said the attacker managed to slip past police checkpoints set up along the road. He said an investigation into the security breach is underway, and that anyone found to have neglected his duties would be punished.
An ISIS bomber also targeted minority Shiites earlier in March, killing nine while suicide bombing a police checkpoint.
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By Lynaire Munnings
EXECUTIVES of The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities are urging the public to help eliminate discrimination on the basis of disabilities.
The NCPD is actively ensuring that there are accessible public buildings throughout the country that are steadily moving forward, but remain a “work in progress."
“It’s a work in progress, it’s not going to happen overnight because a lot of this stuff is rooted in our culture. Many persons don’t realize that many things they take for granted aren’t on the same level as person that need help or a person with a disability,” Townsley Roberts, deputy executive secretary of NCPD, told the Tribune.
Roberts said there has been a noticeable improvement in terms of how people offer assistance to those with disabilities in the last ten years.
Desiree Clarke, executive secretary of NCPD said: “The government has made progress, but there is always room for improvement for the entire country to be aware of persons with disabilities, because it’s not only for the government but it’s for all of us.”
“Be mindful that legislation isn’t the only challenge. Our greatest challenge is not the legislation, but the greatest challenge is changing a mindset. Getting people to understand why legislation is needed and why it is important,” Roberts added.
Clarke wants Bahamians to understand a disability is not just being a wheelchair user.
“It’s being deaf or hard of hearing, it’s being totally blind or having a visual impairment, it’s being on the autism spectrum, it’s having Down’s Syndrome”, she told The Tribune.
“What we are asking for is to be a part of everything in this country. To be able to express our needs, our feelings and to contribute. Legislation just speaks to do just that and what we are just asking for is a level playing field - our disability doesn’t define us,” Roberts said. “Also, our various challenges don’t make us disabled, it’s the challenges in front of us what disables us.”
NCPD urges disabled members of the public to register so that the government can plan and create policies as one of the commissions major responsibilities is creating policies for persons with disabilities.
NPCD partners with the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA)to help the disabled during the hurricane season stay protected.
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The Ministry of Health has announced three new confirmed cases of coronavirus in British Columbia, bringing the province’s total to 12.
All three individuals reside in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and have recently returned from travelling in Iran.
“Case 10 is a man in his 60s and case 11 is a woman. They have no connection to previous confirmed cases. Case 12 is a woman in her 30s and a close contact of the eighth case, previously reported on Feb. 29,” reads the statement from the Ministry of Health.
Earlier today, the Ministry reported the province’s 9th positive case, involving a man in his 50s who had returned to Fraser Valley Health Region after travelling to Iran.
Four of the 12 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in B.C. have recovered, while the remaining eight are in self isolation and being monitored by public health officials.
Public health authorities are reiterating the fact that the risk of spread of COVID-19 remains low in B.C. at this time. Nevertheless officials are preparing for all contingencies, including the possibility of a pandemic.
A ‘pandemic’ is defined by Merriam-Webster as ‘an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population’.
“Starting today, Canada Border Services Agency officers are taking contact information from all travellers arriving from Iran, requiring them to self-isolate for 14 days and to contact public health officials. This process is already in place for people arriving from Hubei, China,” says the Ministry.
As of March 3rd, there are now 33 cases of novel coronavirus in Canada.
Meanwhile neighbouring Washington state announced that nine people have died of COVID-19 in the past few days. The state now has a total of 27 confirmed cases.
“We are asking all travellers returning from Iran and China to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return home to Canada,” says the Ministry of Health in a statement.
“All other travellers who are returning to, or visiting, B.C. from outside Canada should monitor themselves and their children closely for symptoms and if any arise, limit their contact with others and call 811.”
As of the time of publication, the total number of COVID-19 patients worldwide has risen to 93,153.
Nearly 3,202 people have died from the illness and 50,934 have made a fully recovery.


After nearly two years of delay, Tesla Motors' chief executive Elon Musk handed the first of the electric car company's new Model X crossovers to customers Tuesday night at a ceremony near the company's Fremont, Calif., factory.
The sales mark the first time the Palo Alto, Calif., car company will have two models on the market at the same time. The company already sells the Model S electric sports sedan. Additionally, Tesla is developing the Model 3, a compact electric car.
Tesla has not released many details or even the final pricing of the Model X, but that hasn't stopped the automaker's passionate followers from putting deposits on the car. According to the Tesla Motors Club blog, the company already has nearly 32,000 orders for the vehicle. Each reservation requires a $5,000 deposit.
Musk has said that with the same options, the Model X would cost about $5,000 more than the S because of its larger size and body complexity. The rear-wheel-drive base model of the S with a 70-kilowatt-hour battery and 230-mile range starts at $70,000 before any federal and state incentives for electric cars.
The electric car company plans to offer a fully loaded Signature Series version of the Model X for $132,000.
Tesla originally said it would start manufacturing the Model X at the end of 2013, with sales to start in 2014, but the program is behind schedule. The delay occurred, in part, because Tesla could not use many of the same parts for both the X and the S, Musk said.
The Model X, designed at Tesla's studio in the Los Angeles area, will fit seven adults in three rows of seats, the automaker said. It will use Tesla's flat battery pack, positioned on the underside of the vehicle. That clears space in the cabin and also allows for a second trunk under the hood. It will be the only fully electric crossover on the market.
"It is a beautiful car. I am a big fan of the design they have chosen. It doesn't look like anything else in the market," said Anton Wahlman, an independent analyst and investor in Palo Alto, who has seen the Model X as the automaker tested the crossover on local roads.
The crossover is noteworthy for its distinctive "falcon wing" doors that fold up rather than swing out, a tricky design Wahlman said will make the vehicle stand out in the crowded luxury crossover market as long as they work correctly.
"They are in uncharted territory," he said.


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Depression and Anxiety Outcomes Associated with Failed Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
AuthorMilazzo, A; Mnatzaganian, G; Elshaug, AG; Hemphill, SA; Hiller, JE
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PublisherPUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Document TypeJournal Article
CitationsMilazzo, A., Mnatzaganian, G., Elshaug, A. G., Hemphill, S. A. & Hiller, J. E. (2016). Depression and Anxiety Outcomes Associated with Failed Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLOS ONE, 11 (11), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165805.
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OBJECTIVE: Our study examined the psychological outcomes associated with failed ART treatment outcomes in men and women. SEARCH STRATEGY: A systematic search for studies published between January 1980 and August 2015 was performed across seven electronic databases. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Studies were included if they contained data on psychosocial outcomes taken pre and post ART treatment. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: A standardised form was used to extract data and was verified by two independent reviewers. Studies were meta-analysed to determine the association of depression and anxiety with ART treatment outcomes. Narrative synthesis identified factors to explain variations in the size and directions of effects and relationships explored within and between the studies. MAIN RESULTS: Both depression and anxiety increased after a ART treatment failure with an overall pooled standardised mean difference (SMD) of 0.41 (95% CI: 0.27, 0.55) for depression and 0.21 (95% CI: 0.13, 0.29) for anxiety. In contrast, depression decreased after a successful treatment, SMD of -0.24 (95% CI: -0.37,-0.11). Both depression and anxiety decreased as time passed from ART procedure. Nonetheless, these remained higher than baseline measures in the group with the failed outcome even six months after the procedure. Studies included in the narrative synthesis also confirmed an association with negative psychological outcomes in relation to marital satisfaction and general well-being following treatment failure. CONCLUSION: Linking ART failure and psychosocial outcomes may elucidate the experience of treatment subgroups, influence deliberations around recommendations for resource allocation and health policy and guide patient and clinician decision making.
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Francisco Goldman is the author of the novels: Say Her Name; The Long Night of White Chickens, winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction; The Ordinary Seaman, a finalist for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; and The Divine Husband. His last book of non-fiction, The Art of Political Murder, was awarded the Index on Censorship's TR Fyvel Freedom of Expression Book Award.


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(149a) Innovative Feedstock Design through Repartition of Photosynthetic Carbon to Terpene Production
Photosynthetic terpene production efficiently transforms sunlight energy for reducing inorganic carbon and represents one of the most carbon efficient route for hydrocarbon production from CO2. Despite the advantages, enhancing photosynthetic terpene production has been highly challenging. We have systemically designed alternative pathways to repartition photosynthetic carbon into terpene biosynthesis to enhance productivity. First, we have identified the key metabolic bottleneck for limonene production in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongates and achieved >100 fold increase in limonene productivity. The engineered strains allowed us to discover sucrose accumulation at low limonene productivity stage. Further engineering of sugar metabolisms have enabled the repartition of carbon from sugar metabolism to terpene metabolism to enhance limonene production to a higher level. Second, we have designed C2 redirection pathway to channel photorespiratory glycolate to pyruvate and subsequently terpene biosynthesis in tobacco using squalene as a model terpene. The study suggested that a functional C2 redirection could increase terpene yield without significantly impacting photosynthetic carbon fixation. Metabolomics analysis revealed a significant carbon repartition, as a decrease in the intermediates of sucrose and starch biosynthesis correlated with an increase in malate and pyruvate in the C2 redirection lines. Third, we have developed a C5 redirection pathway to channel carbon directly from Calvin Benson cycle to terpene biosynthesis and by-pass the speed-limiting step. The strategy has successfully achieved increased terpene productivity and carbon repartition. Overall, we have established repartition of photosynthetic carbon from sugar metabolism to terpene metabolism as an efficient approach for enhancing hydrocarbon yield in plants and cyanobacteria.

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Grilled Hanger Steak
I like to marinate hanger steak in a potent soy-and–sesame oil marinade that works in just fifteen minutes. The steak goes great with Kimchi-apple Slaw. This is a relatively inexpensive cut of beef, but it has a rich flavour.
- 6 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil, plus more for grill
- 2 Tbsp. toasted sesame oil
- 1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger
- 3 garlic cloves, grated or finely chopped
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 2 lbs. hanger steak
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
- 2 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
- Preheat grill to medium-high (400° to 450°). Stir together soy sauce, sugar, vegetable oil, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, shallot, salt and pepper in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved. Add steak, and massage marinade into meat. Let steak stand at room temperature 15 minutes to marinate.
- Lightly brush hot grill grate with vegetable oil. Place steak on oiled grate, and grill 6 to 8 minutes per side for medium-rare or to desired degree of doneness.
- Transfer steak to a cutting board, and let rest 5 minutes. Thinly slice steak against the grain. Sprinkle with sliced scallions and sesame seeds before serving.
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The month saw conflict continue to rage in Turkey’s south east between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), looking likely to further escalate in March. Afghanistan and Somalia both saw armed insurgencies capture new territories. In Africa, political tensions rose in Chad, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, while in Venezuela, deadlock between the opposition-held parliament and government has brought the country closer to political and economic implosion.
Part I: Operational Requirements and Shortfalls
Overview of the 2007 Programme of Work
As the end of 2007 nears, the number of people the World Food Programme is seeking to support has risen to 83 million. The amount of food assistance required to assist these people is valued at US$3.4 billion. Considering resources mobilized thus far in 2007, the current level of funding falls short by some US$653 million.
Additional resources amounting to approximately US$800 million are required before the end of 2007 to ensure uninterrupted food aid deliveries for ongoing activities.
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Sectors: Agriculture, Coordination and Support Services, Education, Food, Health, Infrastructure and Rehabilitation, Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation
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(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan (2) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (3) Pakistan (4) Russian Federation (Caucasus) (5) Tajikistan
(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Eritrea (4) Ethiopia (5) …
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(B) East and Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Lesotho, (3) Malawi, (4) Mozambique, (5) Zambia, (6) Zimbabwe, (7) Swaziland, (8) Ethiopia, (9) Sudan, (10) Uganda, (11) Burundi
(C) West Africa Region: (1) Sierra Leone (2) Guinea (3) Mauritania
(D) Central Africa Region: (1) Angola
(E) West and Central Asia Region: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Iran

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23 August 2017
Visiongain’s new industry analysis the Automotive Tire Market Report 2017-2027: Forecasts By Vehicle Type (Passenger Car, LCV, HCV, Two Wheeler) by Product Type, (Radial, Bias) by Type of Sale (Replacement, OEM), by Tire Aspect Ratio (<60, 60-70, >70) and By Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, LAMEA) Plus Analysis of Top Companies indicates that the global automotive tire market will see revenues oi $219bn in 2017.
The lead analyst of the report said “The global automotive tire market is of course strongly correlated with the production and sales of vehicles including two wheeler, passenger car, heavy vehicle and other commercial vehicles.
However total mileage per vehicle, especially amongst transport & logistics companies is increasing, thus increasing the attractiveness of tire retreading, which impacts upon the sale of new replacement tires. Furthermore, the raw materials required for automotive tire manufacturing are crude derivatives therefore linked to crude oil prices. Crude oil prices have fallen in recent years worldwide. Therefore, prices of synthetic rubber and other crude derivatives used in the manufacturing of tires are expected to rise in the coming years, which could impact the global tire market.”
The 165 page report contains 155 tables, charts and graphs that add visual analysis in order to explain developing trends within the automotive tire market. Visiongain provides forecasts for the period 2017-2027 for the leading submarkets by vehicle type (Passenger Car, LCV, HCV, Two Wheeler) by product type, (Radial, Bias) by Type of Sale (Replacement, OEM), by tire aspect Ratio (<60, 60-70, >70).
The 165 page study offers market forecasts and analysis for 4 regions and 19 leading national markets and the rest of the world market. In addition, the report contains a dedicated leading companies’ chapter covering 10 companies leading the field in automotive tires including Bridgestone Corporation, Continental AG, Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, Hankook Tire, Michelin, Pirelli & C.S.p.A, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Toyo Tire and Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
The Automotive Tire Market Report 2017-2027: Forecasts By Vehicle Type (Passenger Car, LCV, HCV, Two Wheeler) by Product Type, (Radial, Bias) by Type of Sale (Replacement, OEM), by Tire Aspect Ratio (<60, 60-70, >70) and By Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, LAMEA) Plus Analysis of Top Companies report will be of value to anyone who wants to better understand the automotive tire market and its various segments. It will be useful for businesses who wish to better comprehend the part of the market they are already involved in, or those wishing to enter or expand into a different regional or technical part of the automotive industry.
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The US is ahead of the global automotive chips adoption and application in terms of automakers and vehicle owners approaching the chip manufacturing companies for different components. Many US companies, semiconductor suppliers are concentrated in North America which allows for low shipping costs and thus lower unit prices and also ensures a high level of awareness among vehicle owners.
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The global automotive plastics market is driven by factors such as increasing demand of automotive vehicles across the globe, growing demand of lightweight materials to reduce the overall weight of the vehicles to obtain better fuel efficiency, strict government regulations to lower the emission and increase fuel efficiency, excellent properties of plastics as compared to the conventional metals.
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COMMENTARY: Pension problem goes beyond benefits
It’s been a long recovery for U.S. states and cities, thanks in no small part to the trillions in retirement-benefit debt weighing down their balance sheets. As the Obama administration has noted in each of the last three editions of its “Economic Report of the President,” public pension obligations relative to revenue are at a 50-year high. Costs have been rising more rapidly than revenues, crowding out space in government budgets that should be going to services.
But the problem is not simply overly generous benefits. Pension-cost volatility is also a function of governments’ heavy reliance on the stock market to fund long-term benefit promises. To stabilize budgets, debate over pension reform will have to focus on how benefits are financed, as well as how much is promised in the first place.
Pension-funding policy is a child of the bull market. Over the last 30 years, the amount of government pension-fund assets held in cash and (conservative) fixed-income investments has dropped, from around 80 percent to 25 percent.
Government portfolios pushed into riskier, higher-yield investments, such as stocks and hedge funds, as a way to keep benefits robust while minimizing the cost to employees and taxpayers. For a while, the strategy worked. At the peak of the dot-com bubble, many state and local pension funds were overfunded: assets on hand exceeded the amount of benefits promised, according to official government accounting standards.
But reliance on risky investments is not cost-free. Overfunding led many governments, most notoriously California, to increase benefits under the mistaken assumption that the good times would last forever. And, as a result of America’s two recent stock market collapses, states’ and cities’ pension expenditures rose from 2.3 percent to 4 percent of general revenues during 2002-13. That gap represents nearly $50 billion in annual revenues that, instead of bolstering public safety, education and infrastructure, must go to backfilling pension obligations.
In a recent paper, I calculate that state and local workforces — which, in contrast to private workforces, have yet to return to their pre-recession peak — would now be about 200,000 larger had pension spending not risen relative to revenues since 2008, and would be 500,000 larger if they had not risen relative to revenues since 2002.
Many states and cities have learned to make do with fewer employees; but this is not a victory for efficiency. Taxpayers’ burdens are still high and, because of pension debt, the costs are largely for past services rendered: today, we are paying more and getting proportionately less in terms of services.
Pension expenditures have kept escalating during recent years of growth, too. Though 2015 was a decent year by most economic indicators, such as job growth, public pension-plan investments must return 7 percent to 8 percent to merely keep pace with funding schedules. In 2015, they didn’t — returns were mediocre — so, in 2016, budgetary appropriations are going up. In other words, public pension-funding policy needs the economy to have a great year, not simply a good one.
Unions and other defenders of the status quo correctly point out that, since the subprime-mortgage crisis, virtually every state has reduced benefits. One of the more curious features of public-pension management is that taxpayers’ bills have kept going up even while pensions have become less generous. This is because the recent wave of reforms mostly addressed benefits not yet earned and, in many cases, for employees not yet hired. Yet states’ and cities’ most immediate challenge is how to fund promises already made, not determining benefits for teachers who will retire in 40 years.
That localities like Atlantic City and departments such as the Chicago Public Schools are on the verge of insolvency at a time of economic expansion suggests that Detroit will not be the last American city to go bankrupt. When the next downturn hits, solvent governments will also see their pension costs spike to recoup investment losses.
No one likes volatility: not households, corporations or governments. But it is especially vexing for states and cities — which we rely on to provide services in bad times as well as good — to see pension spending balloon as revenues contract; indeed, demand for some services, such as the public safety net, rises when the stock market falls.
To minimize volatility to government budgets, minimize their exposure to the stock market. This is one reason why conservatives warn against relying on the income tax. It is also why the public is poorly served by current state and local governments’ pension-funding policy.
Stephen Eide is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of the new report “Guaranteed Volatility: Pension Costs and State and Local Staffing Levels.” He wrote this for InsideSources.com.


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LLOYD: High school sports fans, please don’t drive away those who make the games possible
A referee shows players from Skyridge a red card after a foul occurred during a semifinal game against Brighton at Juan Diego Catholic High School Monday, May 21, 2019 in Draper. Brighton won the game, 3-2. (Photo by Natalie Behring, special to the Daily Herald)
Lone Peak fans cheer before the game between the Knights and Corner Canyon in the 6A semifinals at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.
“Time to retire, old man!”
“Open your eyes, blue!”
“Get a new prescription!”
“You don’t know anything about this game!”
“Sir! … Sir! … SIR! … Come on, sir!”
“How much did they pay you!?”
“Call it both ways!”
All of these phrases sound pretty familiar, don’t they?
I’ve heard them or ones like them a million times as I’ve covered Utah Valley high school sports for nearly two decades. I can clearly remember hearing just about all of them in the last week or two.
As I stood on the sidelines, part of me understands the competitive nature of events and how when the decisions of officials or umpires aren’t what we want. It’s natural when you are keyed up and wanting victory desperately that some reactions are hard to control.
But I wish players, coaches and fans tried harder to treat officials with more respect.
I wonder how many people stop to think about what high school sports would be like without officials.
Anyone who has played pickup games knows it would be a complete mess.
I love the all of the sports too much to see them deteriorate because of not having people trained to enforce the rules and regulations.
Someone has to be in charge of enforcement and guess what?
They are going to make mistakes.
As one of my friends who officiates told an athlete, “I’ll call a perfect game when you play a perfect game.”
So give them a break.
Recognize that a ref can only call what he can see and as he/she interprets the rules. Sometimes you will see it from a different angle or video recording will show that a mistake was made.
Deal with it and move on.
I can’t begin to count the times I’ve seen teams in all sports lose their focus because they or their coaches or their fans get so distracted by what a referee or an umpire is calling. Sometimes it has resulted in a squad losing a game they could’ve won.
Do you want to be that team?
Success on the field and the court and the diamond often hinges on discipline: The discipline to lay off a high fast ball or make the extra pass or to not stab when someone is dribbling a soccer ball at you.
I would love to see more athletes (and coaches and supporters in the crowd) develop the same discipline when it comes to how a game is being called.
This doesn’t mean you need to agree with the calls.
It just means your mentality should be that you are going to be the best player or team in the competition despite what any referee or umpire does.
That mentality, in my opinion, makes it easier to acknowledge that even with their faults, the officials are just people trying to do a job as well as they can.
I applaud their efforts and their fortitude. I appreciate their willingness to go to work knowing what is in store.
I hope we have dozens or hundreds of new referees who are brave enough and passionate enough about their sports to be in charge of enforcing the rules for years to come.
As everyone heads to their respective state playoff competitions in the next few weeks, I invite you to thank the officials for their efforts and give them the benefit of the doubt as much as possible.
It’ll make the events better for everyone.