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The Baltimore Orioles will look run their win streak to three games on Tuesday when they play host to a Texas Rangers bunch that will land a once promising prospect another chance.
Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles (-110, 9.5)
Spencer Howard gets his fourth start of the season but his first since April, as he got demoted to the minor leagues after posting a 12.15 ERA across 6 2/3 innings. He’s also gone four innings or fewer in each of his last 18 starts.
The Orioles are also unlikely to get a lot of length from Austin Voth. He’s making his fourth start since being acquired from the Washington Nationals.
Voth had a 10.13 ERA in 19 appearances for the Nationals and has turned it around in Baltimore with two earned runs allowed over 8 2/3 innings in his three starts.
The Orioles back up Voth with a bullpen that ranks fourth in the league in ERA at 3.23, while the Rangers bullpen is sixth with a 3.30 ERA.
With the lack of success Howard has had at the big league level, the Orioles will get their win streak to three on Tuesday.
The Play: Orioles -110
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Chicken Fried Steak near Agoura Hills
Any rec's for chicken fried steak near Agoura Hills?
In the grand scheme of the chicken fried steak spectrum I really haven't found anything really great near Agoura Hills, but oddly enough I recently had the chicken fried steak at the Chili's in Westlake Village and it wasn't horrible.
With that said, as long time Chowhound I feel compelled to also state that I despise Chili's and all similar franchises as a matter of principal, and would never willingly eat there unless no other alternative was available. Sorry, I'd have to return my Chowhound decoder ring if I didn't say that.

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On Thursday, 29 June 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new framework (Framework) that will impact manufacturers across the country. The Framework lays out a new process for reviewing and assessing the potential environmental risks posed by new and new uses of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This PFAS Framework establishes more stringent pre-market screening procedures for certain PFAS chemicals that may be harmful to human health or the environment. Under the Framework, the EPA will review and take appropriate action for new PFAS or significant new uses of existing PFAS through pre-manufacture notices (PMNs) and significant new use notices (SNUNs) through the EPA’s authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
PFAS are a class of fluorinated chemicals used in various consumer products and are commonly known as “forever chemicals” due to their high resistance to degradation. There are thousands of different PFAS, and only a small fraction of them have been well studied. In October 2021, the EPA announced a broad “PFAS Strategic Roadmap” aimed at researching and regulating the presence of PFAS in the environment. According to the EPA, this new PFAS Framework advances the EPA’s Roadmap through the “New Chemicals Program” mandated by TSCA Section 5.
The New Chemicals Program regulates “new chemicals” by requiring anyone who plans to manufacture them to provide the EPA with a PMN at least 90 days prior to manufacture, subject to certain exemptions. Under TSCA, a “new chemical” is any chemical that is not currently on the TSCA inventory, which is a list of chemicals that are already deemed “existing” in US commerce. Therefore, when new chemicals are created, the EPA reviews them under the New Chemicals Program to ensure their entrance into the market will not pose significant health concerns or dangerous environmental releases. Manufacturers are also subject to a 90-day notice requirement if they wish to engage in the use of a chemical that the EPA has deemed a “significant new use” from what had previously been approved by the agency under a prior PMN submission, by way of a SNUN submission.
The new PFAS Framework follows the typical structure of a Section 5 TSCA review for other new chemicals. However, the PFAS Framework provides more transparency on exactly what the EPA is doing in their review of these particular chemicals. Further, it provides PFAS-specific guidance on how some types of PFAS will likely be subject to more comprehensive testing than other chemicals, although other new chemicals are similarly subject to additional testing requirements if the EPA deems it necessary. Therefore, this Framework has the potential to make it even more difficult to get approval of a new PFAS chemical.
Two Steps of the PFAS Framework
The PFAS Framework consists of two steps to review and regulate a PFAS chemical that is reported through a PMN or SNUN.1 The first step involves identifying and evaluating the substance and its associated risks. The second step uses that information to determine how the chemical should be properly managed to minimize the risk of exposure.
Step One: Identifying and Evaluating PBT PFAS
In the first step of the PFAS Framework, the substance under review must fall into a defined chemical definition of PFAS. If so, the EPA will then review reasonably available data to evaluate the level of risk associated with exposure of the chemical. In this process, the EPA will consider if the PFAS is a persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemical. The EPA defines PBT chemicals as those of particular concern because they accumulate in the environment and humans over extended periods of time, leading to greater exposure and toxic risks. The EPA generally expects most PFAS will be a PBT; however, if a PFAS chemical is not considered a PBT chemical, it will be assessed under the typical review process and not likely to be subject to the additional testing requirements laid out in the PFAS Framework.
Step Two: EPA’s Risk Management Decision for PBT PFAS Substances
In the second step of the Framework, the EPA must make a risk management decision for the PBT PFAS. The Framework provides for various actions the EPA must take based on the level of risk associated with the PBT PFAS and its proposed use.
EPA Action for PBT PFAS Not Likely to Present Unreasonable Risk
First, if the PFAS or its significant new use is not likely to present unreasonable risk, the EPA will publish a Section 5(g) statement of findings in the Federal Register and is not required to take any further action. The EPA believes that PBT PFAS are unlikely to receive a determination of “not likely” to present an unreasonable risk.
EPA Action for PBT PFAS that Present Unreasonable Risk
Second, if the EPA determines that a substance or a significant new use presents unreasonable risk, the EPA must issue an order under Section 5(f) or a proposed rule under Section 6(a). A Section 5(f) order would limit or prohibit the manufacture of the chemical as it applies to an individual PMN or SNUN submitter. A Section 6(a) rule would involve restrictions applicable to all manufacturers.
EPA Action for PBT PFAS that May Present Unreasonable Risk
Third, the EPA must issue an order under Section 5(e) of TSCA in situations when there is insufficient information to fully evaluate the risk or there may be unreasonable risk. These consent orders will subject the PMN or SNUN submitter to requirements such as additional testing or safety procedures. The new PFAS Framework lays out three scenarios that illustrate the PBT PFAS risk management approach for submitters subject to Section 5(e) orders: (i) a negligible exposure and environmental release scenario; (ii) a low exposure and environmental release scenario; and (iii) an expected exposure and environmental release scenario.
Negligible Exposure and Environmental Release Scenario
First, in the negligible exposure scenario, the EPA determines that worker exposures will be significantly mitigated, that PBT PFAS will be fully captured and properly disposed of, and that the substance will not be used in consumer products. In this scenario, complete physical-chemical property testing of the PFAS must be completed if the data is not otherwise already available. In this situation, the EPA generally expects to allow the PFAS or the new use of a PFAS to enter commerce after receiving this basic information about the substance. Products in this category will likely include semiconductors and other electronic components that use PFAS in closed systems with occupational protections.
Low Exposure and Environmental Release Scenario
Second, in the low exposure and environmental risk scenario, the EPA determines that worker exposure cannot be sufficiently mitigated and/or environmental releases of the PBT PFAS remain at a level of concern despite the fact that the substance is largely captured. In this scenario, the EPA will likely require both physical-chemical property testing and other testing (e.g., toxicokinetic testing) be completed and submitted to the EPA prior to manufacture before allowing manufacturing to commence.
Expected Exposure and Environmental Release Scenario
Finally, in the expected exposure and environmental release scenario, the EPA determines that release of the PBT PFAS to the environment or exposure of it to consumers is expected based on the substance’s intended use. In this scenario, the EPA likely would require a full suite of testing be completed and submitted to the EPA for review prior to manufacture. The extensive suite of required testing may include physical-chemical property testing, other testing such as toxicokinetic, and human health, and environmental toxicity testing. The EPA generally expects that these substances would not be allowed to enter commerce before extensive testing is conducted.
Manufacturers who use or plan to use PFAS in production should be familiar with the Framework, as a finding of unreasonable risk by the EPA could subject the PFAS to comprehensive testing requirements. While the Framework describes how the EPA intends to consider the assessment and management of PFAS, it does not impose legally binding requirements on the regulated community as a whole, as each PFAS PMN or SNUN will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. However, a PNM or SNUN substance subject to assessment under this Framework could ultimately result in a Section 5(e) order that prevents production. Therefore, this Framework could have significant implications for manufacturers using PBT PFAS.
The EPA will host a public webinar about the new PFAS Framework later this summer. K&L Gates’ leading Environment, Land and Natural Resources and Policy practice groups are well versed in PFAS regulations and ready to help clients navigate these issues.
We acknowledge the contributions to this publication from our summer associate Patrick Maley


Two of the leading voice communications suppliers, Avaya and Skype, have teamed up to offer small and medium businesses more calling options. The partnership has potential but may not be a panacea for companies searching for more effective voice communications systems.
Two of the leading voice communications suppliers, Avaya and Skype, have teamed up to offer small and medium businesses more calling options. The partnership has potential but may not be a panacea for companies searching for more effective voice communications systems.The duo announced a two phase agreement where they will jointly market their Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions and design tighter connections between their systems. Skype, which claims that 124 million individuals use its services each month, has emerged as leading supplier of VoIP wide area network services. The vendor's software lets users place calls over the Internet via PCs, laptops, and smartphones. Its lure has been low pricing, with international calls priced at a few cents a minute. Avaya has been a prime supplier of local VoIP services. Its VoIP PBXs enable companies to offer employees sophisticated calling features, such as Find Me, Follow Services, so they can become more productive.
While Skype has been popular, the vendor has struggled to turn a profit with its services. Consequently, the company has been focusing more on the business market, increasingly trying to deliver services to SMBs. After its purchase of Nortel, Avaya emerged as the industry's top IP PBX supplier, and small and medium businesses have always been a focal point for the company. The agreement enables Skype to tie its WAN services more tightly to Avaya's premises based solutions and enable customers to use Skype services to place international calls.
It will be interesting to see how the relationship evolves long term. Skype has worked with other vendors, such as Cisco and Shoretel, to connect their IP PBXs to its services. The notion now is that Avaya will offer its users more features than those available other vendors' systems, but the validity of that point will become clearer only when such connections make their way out of the lab and into production systems. It would seem that Skype's best option is to be Switzerland and provide all IP PBXs with access to its service. The vendor plans to hold an IPO in the coming months, but questions remain about its long term viability as an autonomous entity.
Consequently, it has been linked to Cisco, which has made more than 125 acquisitions throughout its history. If Cisco were to buy Skype, then it would probably loosen its ties to other vendors' IP PBXs, starting with Avaya. In sum, Avaya customers will benefit from the agreement in the short term but could face problems further down the line.
5 Top Federal Initiatives For 2015As InformationWeek Government readers were busy firming up their fiscal year 2015 budgets, we asked them to rate more than 30 IT initiatives in terms of importance and current leadership focus. No surprise, among more than 30 options, security is No. 1. After that, things get less predictable.
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Lyle Barns was a farmer who died in August 1998. He had a Will executed in May 1996 appointing his son Malcolm executor and left the whole of his estate to his wife Alice, making no provision for Malcolm, their adopted daughter Kathryn and her two children.
Malcolm had worked on the family farm his whole life. Kathryn was divorced and had been bankrupted. At some stage her parents made some financial provision for her. In their wills they Lyle & Alice wanted to ensure that the farm went to Malcolm and to preserve their estates from a family provision claim by Kathryn.
The day that he executed the Will, Lyle, Alice and Malcolm entered into a deed formalising an agreement whereby Lyle and Alice would make mutual wills— Alice leaving her whole estate to her husband if he survived her — with the additional gift to Malcolm and that the wills would not be changed unless the other parties consented in writing. They all agreed they would act to ensure that their estates would devolve in accordance with the agreed wills.
Probate of the Will was granted to Malcolm in January 1999. The estate had a net value of $A1.8 million. In March 1999 Kathryn made a family provision claim and sought a declaration that the deed was void the Supreme Court of South Australia dismissed Kathryn’s claim.
The issues that concerned the Court were what amounted to ‘the estate’ of a deceased person available to meet an order for family provision in the legislation; and the effect of mutual wills in the context of family provision legislation.
On Appeal the High Court held that the definition of ‘estate’ in the South Australian legislation included the property that was affected by the mutual wills contract.
“[T]here is no justification for a conclusion that the deceased left no estate out of which provision could be made for the appellant if a court saw fit.”
The Court considered that where there is a contract to leave particular property to a person in a will, that does not have the effect of removing the property from the Estate that may be the subject of a claim under the South Australian family provision legislation.
If Lyle, Alice & Malcolm had wished to keep Kathryn from making a family provision claim on the estate they could have avoided the effect of the legislation by making a gift during their lifetime so that the deceased died with no estate (this is not possible in all jurisdictions); However a person who has entered into a contract with the deceased to have the deceased leave property to the person by will is a beneficiary under the will rather than a creditor of the estate.

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What Is Manufacturing Process of Coated Aluminum Strip Roll
The roll coating process is an effective method of applying organic protective coatings on the aluminum strip roll. It is a continuous, highly automated process that produces a consistent product compared to post-coating methods.
Raw material input
The raw aluminum coil is sent to the production line, and is smoothed by the smoothing machine. This step ensures the smoothness of the product. The aluminum coil enters the stocker. There are two scrolls here, to ensure that one of them is always in a standby state.
Cleaning and pretreatment
The pretreatment of the aluminum coil is repeated by water spraying. This method is more effective than the traditional method. The water can also be reused, reducing energy consumption.
Pretreatment can improve the corrosion resistance of the product and improve the adhesion of the coating. At this stage, the conversion coating is chemically formed on the aluminum surface.
The coating process is mainly divided into two stages, namely base coating and top coating. In the first stage, the aluminum coil is passed through a roll coater and is primed on one or both sides. After drying, the aluminum coil passes through a second roller coater, at which time one or both sides of the aluminum coil are coated with topcoat.
A typical coating system requires the product to have formability, scratch resistance, attractive appearance, good weather resistance, paintability, etc. To achieve these different effect properties, coatings include: acrylic resin primers, polyester, polyurethane or fluorocarbon.
The color coated aluminum strip passes through the curing oven, and the temperature is set at a temperature adjusted to ensure that the volatiles on the aluminum strip are removed and the coating is cured. According to the needs of the coating system, the curing temperature is set between 200 and 300 degrees Celsius, which is the key technical point to ensure the quality of our products.
In addition, in order to protect the environment and control costs, the mist of the solvent is evaporated at high temperature to heat the curing oven.
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Thanatos and Therese's love story continues in the second book of this epic young adult series by USA Today bestselling author Eva Pohler.
Ten agonizing months have gone by since Therese faced off against her parents’ murderer at Mount Olympus, and she suspects Thanatos’s absence is meant to send her a message: go on with your life. She tries to return Pete’s affections even though her heart aches for the god of death. Then she becomes infuriated with Than when he says that he’s “been busy.”
In cahoots with her new friend, who's gotten in with the Demon Druggies at school, Therese takes a drug that simulates a near-death experience, planning to tell Than off so she can have closure and move on, but things go very, very wrong.
Eventually she learns that Than has been busy searching for a way to make her a god, and he’s found it, but it requires her to complete a set of impossible challenges designed by Hades, who hopes to see her fail.
*Formerly The Gatekeeper's Challenge
Praise for Challenge of Hades:
"Another wonderful combination of Greek Mythology meets modern day! I just love this series."
"My 17 year old daughter convinced me to start reading the series with book 1 a couple of weeks ago. I have to say I have really enjoyed it. . . .It is well written and obvious that the author has researched the characters to make them accurate with history and myth."
--Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★
"Eva did it again! This book was even better than the first. Oh, Therese. This girl is so awesome. . . .I love how she would do anything for her love. . . .I couldn't put it down. Everyone I know will be told to read this."
--Southernmermaid85, Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★
"I loved this whole series so much that as soon as I finished the first book, I bought this one. . . .If you like pure escapism with a bit of greek mythology thrown in then this is the series for you."
--Miss C. ★★★★★
"I am not sure how its possible but these keep getting better. I'm hooked......I had to read 2 after 1 and now I HAVE to read 3! This series is so enthralling, entertaining, and compelling that you just can't put them down. . . .I like anyone don't like crying however if a book is so well written it can make me smile, laugh out loud, cry, and hug the book then it is an exceptional read!"
--Kristidabookbabe, Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★
"Beautiful story and a very moving saga. The Greek gods stories are all accurate making it more realistic then any fantasy novel series i have ever read! will definitely be reading the rest of them!"
"Quick, fun, thrilling and exciting read. I laughed out loud in a few places. I giggled and blushed in others. It was a superb read!"
--Princess Julie ★★★★★
"This is a different story line then I've read before, but I love the story. It is very non stop action twists and turns. It will keep you on the edge of your seat, just when you relax boom the plot twistens!!"
--Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★
"Loved this entire series! The things this couple go through is amazing!! Very well written, a lot of action and both female and male characters are strong."
--Rebecca Perkinson ★★★★★
"Totally amazing! Love love loved this book! I've always been into Greek mythology and this book brings it to life for me! Can't wait to start the next book!"
--Andie, Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★
"This second book in the series is also fantastic. It keeps you wanting more. Very very hard to put down. Cant wait for book 3."
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Grab your copy to begin the exciting adventure today.

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Beacon Theater, NYCone of or favorite song writers played a new favorite venue of ours, now another favorite song writer plays an old favorite venue of ours with Jason Isbell putting on a stellar show at the Beacon Theater.
Isbell is riding a high after winning two Grammy's, having his albums praised and clearly madly in love with his wife, violinist Amanda Shires, and his newborn baby. The glowing Isbell played songs from all aspects of his career and each one shows pieces of what makes him a great songwriter/singer/player and most songs are the complete package, dropping jaws with their nuance power and style.
His transformation into a Southern Springsteen took another step as he was clad in all black and looked in top shape as he and the backing 400 Unit took the stage to the closing strains of "Promised Land" a fantastic omen. The band tour into "Palmetto Rose" and the night never looked back, great tune after great tune followed.
Some highlights to point out were the huge tom drums that put a cap on emotional "Cover Me", the Rolling Stones licks/vibes that were injected into "We Ain't Ever Gonna Change" and the twangy pop of "Takes A Lifetime" which received a huge cheer and showed up around the same time on Late Night TV having been recorded earlier in the day.
The solo "Dress Blues" was spine tingling in its cinematic scope, as was the film titled "24 Frames". "Something More Than Free" was the only tune that didn't seem to soar as high (or higher) then the original while the solo to close out the set during "Children of Children" prove that Isbell is as good a lead guitarist as he is songwriter.
The band plays with plate glass shaped lighting fixtures turning the Beacon into a beautiful church. This whole environment captures things perfectly as Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit is a religious experience, one RtBE wants to return to again and again for musical inspiration and salvation.
Amazing show from an amazing artist who is better than he ever has been with a band who is lock and step with him. Quick apology to Shovels and Rope who we missed unfortunately. Support him, see him live and peep some video from the show and the full setlist below:
"Cover Me Up" (The toms come in so loud they distort the recording...it sounded great from the loge)
The Life You Chose
Never Gonna Change
Something More Than Free
Cover Me Up
Flying Over Water
Speed Trap Town
If It Takes a Lifetime
Children of Children

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Dr. Len Jennings, L.P., Graduate School of Professional Psychology, and GSPP doctoral students Ashley Gulden and Michael Oien, presented their research, “Reflexive Journaling as a Validity Check for Consensual Qualitative Research Methodology,” at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in August in Washington, D.C.
Dr. William Ojala, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, presented a poster, “C-H vs. N-H as H-Bond Donors in Cyano-Substituted Phenylhydrazones,” at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, held May 28 to June 2 in New Orleans. The presentation focused on intermolecular interactions significant in the design and preparation of new solid materials. Co-authors of the presentation were UST chemistry students Shakeyla Barber and Emily Rohkohl as well as Ojala’s brother, Charles Ojala, a member of the chemistry faculty at Normandale Community College.
Dr. Peter Parilla, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, presented a paper, “Distracted Driving: The New DWI?” Aug. 19 at the meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Las Vegas. Parilla welcomes questions about his paper. Call him at (651) 962-5631.
Dr. Mary Reichardt, Catholic Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the editor of the literature section of the recently published New Catholic Encyclopedia − 2011 Supplement (Gale/Catholic University of America Press). The two volumes focus on Catholic literature, music and art. They include more than 350 new or revised signed entries on a global range of artists, works, and art periods and movements, as well as comprehensive essays on Architecture and Catholicism, Film and Catholicism, History of Liturgical Music, Television and Catholicism, Popular Culture and Catholicism, Women Artists and the Church, Performance Art and Catholicism and many other topics. Besides editing the literature section, Reichardt wrote the essay on Literature and Catholicism. UST contributors of entries include Drs. Ray MacKenzie (English Department, College of Arts and Sciences), Rev. Martin Warren (English Department), David Foote (History Department, College of Arts and Sciences), Jane Tar (Classical and Modern Languages Department, College of Arts and Sciences) and Rev. Michael Keating (Catholic Studies Department), as well as James Rogers (Center for Irish Studies), David Deavel (Catholic Studies Department) and Andrew Leet (English Department). Access to an e-copy of the volumes is available at the UST Libraries; noncirculating hard copies also are available in the Sitzmann Hall student library. More information about the volumes can be found on the Gale website.
Faculty and students of the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, participated in the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, held in August in Las Vegas. Senior sociology major Mathew Vicknair was among 34 undergraduates (from an applicant pool of more than 100) selected to participate in the ASA Honors Program. Vicknair presented his paper, "Effect of Parents and the Environment on Children’s Socialization and Future Life Achievements." His faculty sponsor was Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker. Dr. Tanya Gladney participated in "The Best Teacher We Can Be." Gladney was the recipient of a Sage Professional Development Travel Grant Award. Karraker, past president of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society, participated in AKD's annual council meeting. She serves as a member of the Honors Program's advisory board and was a discussant for the program's student paper roundtables. She presented "Networks, Capital, and Organizational Growth: A Pilot Study of an Organization Providing Educational Resources for African Girls,” with co-author Sarah Zimmerman ’11. Karraker, a member of the ASA's Department Resources Group, presented "DRG's Mentoring Program" at that group's annual workshop. Finally. Vicknair and Karraker were joined for the annual UST breakfast at the ASA meetings by sociology alumna Dr. Jynette Larshus (assistant professor of sociology, Minot State University).
Students from the Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, presented posters describing their research on Aug. 11 at the Summer Undergraduate Research Expo held at the McNamara Alumni Center of the University of Minnesota and sponsored by the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. The participating students, the titles of their posters and their advisers were: Beth Annoni, “Improving Detection Limits (Extractions in the Gas Phase Using Microdialysis Probes),” Zach Henseler, “Microdialysis for Analysis of Nitric Oxide,” and Daphne Welter, “Optimization of Microdialysis Extractions Using Novel Mass Spectrometry Techniques," students of Dr. Tony Borgerding; Rob White, “Characterizing Triclosan Resistance Genes Through Metagenomics,” student of Dr. Justin Donato; Charles Kieffer, “Exploring a New Synthesis of BN-Pyrene,” and Logan McDermott, “Synthesis and Study of 10a-aza-10b-borapyrene,” students of Dr. Eric Fort; Kayla Ryan, “Synthesis of Novel Alkaline-Earth Metal Organic Frameworks,” and Michael Slitts, “A Novel Synthesis of Triazole-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursors,” students of Dr. Marites Guino-o; Thomas Gentle, “Synthesis of a Novel Polymerizable Isoluminol Derivative,” Gabriella Perell, “Mild Synthetic Reduction of an Amide to an Amine,” and Mark Schwerkoske, “Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Anti-Malarial Agents,” students of Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti; Cole Johnson, “The Stabilization of Urease for Use in Analytical Devices (Without the Need of Refrigeration),” student of Dr. Gary Mabbott; Mikhail Klimstra, “A Comprehensive Study of the General Parameters for G-Wire Self-Assembly,” student of Dr. Thomas Marsh; Amy Howard, “Solid-State Studies of Some Strictly Isosteric Organic Molecules,” and Emily Rohkohl, “Weak Intermolecular Interactions in the Crystal Structures of Fluorine-Substituted Glycosylamines,” students of Dr. William Ojala; Kyle Chamberlain and Westley Bauer, “The Effect of Polyethylene Glycol Conjugation on the Binding Affinity of DNA With Polyethylenimine,” Amber Schoenecker, “Interaction of Tat Peptide and Cell Surface Glycosaminoglycans to Aid Understanding of Drug Delivery,” and Jenny Sisombath and Kristen Braden, “Preparation of Model Membranes to Study the Interaction Between Cell-Penetrating Compounds and Proteoglycans,” students of Dr. Lisa Prevette; and James Byrnes, “Assessment of the Viability of Ozonation as a Water Treatment Method for the Elimination of the Antibiotic Roxithromycin,” Wendy Consoer and Samuel Jensen, “Determining Current Sulfamethoxazole and Streptomycin Resistance Levels in the Minnesota River,” Samuel Jensen (with Dr. Dalma Martinovic, Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, “Estrogenic Activity of UV Filter Photoproducts,” and Maia Moffatt and James Byrnes, “Significance of Antibacterial Resistance to Tetracycline and Tylosin in the Minnesota River,” students of Dr. Kris Wammer.


BANGKOK, June 3 – Ninety percent of factories in industrial estates hit by devastating floods last year are expected to resume output in the fourth quarter of this year, said Pongsvas Svasti, Industry Minister.
The production sector has almost returned completely to normal with plants and factories in seven industrial estates in Pathum Thani and Ayutthaya exhibiting positive signs after the post-flood rehabilitation, the minister said.
Currently, about 75 percent of all factories, or about 626 from all 839 entrepreneurs, have resumed business. Meanwhile, 97 percent, or 7,669 plants out of all 7,893 plants located outside industrial estates, have resumed output.
The ministry will seek approval from the Cabinet on June 5 to support two-thirds of a 3.2 billion baht budget for construction of permanent flood prevention walls at industrial estates.
Meanwhile, Witoon Simachokedee, permanent secretary for industry remarked about assistance given to the industrial sector affected by floods that the measures have satisfied investors.
So far, import duties for the purchase of new machinery to replace ones damaged by floods have been exempted in 410 investment projects worth more than 94 billion baht. Visas and work permits were issued to 823 foreign officials of 218 companies to repair machinery.


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PROPERTY development industry group, Urban Taskforce, this week said the Australian Government should not be advancing plans to recognise local councils in the Australian Constitution while councils "are busily contributing to the nation's housing undersupply."
The call follows the government's announcement this week that it has appointed members of an independent expert panel established to progress the recognition of local government in the Australian Constitution.
The government has committed to a referendum on the matter at, or before, the next election.
The Urban Taskforce's chief executive, Aaron Gadiel, said the government should address the problems created by local government before it commences an "arcane discussion" about their recognition in the Constitution.
Mr Gadiel said that local councils have played a major role in blocking new housing supply and making housing less accessible to a wide range of ordinary Australians.
"Local councils in Australia deliver less services, are smaller, and more parochial than local government authorities in other parts of the developed world," Mr Gadiel said.
He added that many councils have been captured by 'not-in-my-backyard' groups and are acting against the interests of the wider community.
With Australia's housing shortfall at 200,000 homes – projected to increase to 308,000 by 2014 – Mr Gadiel said entrenching the existing system of local government by constitutional amendment will permanently lock-in the nation's current housing supply problems.
"The Federal Government should focus on resolving the more substantial issues, before local government is rewarded in this way."
"This issue shouldn't be a priority right now," Mr Gadiel said.


While Bradley Cooper's comedy film "The Hangover Part III" came out strong, "Fast & Furious 6" reigned supreme at the weekend box office.
The action and car-packed film, which was released on Friday, May 24, earned an estimated $98 million for the three-day weekend, according to Entertainment Weekly. The highly-anticipated film beat the opening of its predecessors -- "Fast 5" and "Fast & Furious."
Elisabeth Moss didn't "plead the fifth" on "Watch What Happens Live" -- instead, she opted for being brutally honest.
The "Mad Men" actress, 30, appeared on the late night Bravo show that's hosted by Andy Cohen earlier this week. While the casual conversation drifted from topics of "BADvertising" to "Real Housewives," the real dishing began when Moss played "Plead the Fifth."
Amanda Bynes talked more about her arrest in another Tweet on Saturday, May 25, and she claimed that one of the officers who arrested her had sexually harassed prior to the arrest.
Bynes was arrested at her New York City apartment on Thursday, May 23, after police received a call from an employee at the building who reported that the 27-year-old actress was rolling and lighting a joint in the lobby.
Will Smith out did himself during his appearance on "The Graham Norton Show" with his son Jaden Smith on Friday, May 24.
First a little back story. When Smith appeared on "The Graham Norton Show" in May 2012, he led the audience in a sing-along of the theme song from his sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
Writer, director and actor Tyler Perry surprised some Finland Middle School students in Columbus, Ohio with a visit to their musical concert, on Friday, May 24. He also donated $100,000 to help the student the athletes in the city's South-Western schools.
Perry said he learned about Finland Middle School after seeing an episode of "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" on HBO that featured one of the school's teachers, Mary Mulvany, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Video of Perry's visit to the school can be viewed below.
Blake Shelton's benefit concert for the victims affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma has a date set for May 29 and will include performances by high-profile country music stars.
Shelton initially announced that he was planning a concert for Oklahoma earlier this week. Shelton grew up in Ada, Okla.
"Arrested Development" is set to return with new episodes on May 26, to the delight of many die-hard fans who have missed the show since it went off the air after three seasons in 2006. When the show returns, it will launch with 15 episodes all debuting at one time on Netflix.
OTRC.com correspondent Jonathan Novack was at the premiere of the show's fourth season earlier this week where he caught up with the cast, a few guest stars and learned a few things about the new episodes.
How much would you pay for a trip to space with Leonardo DiCaprio?
One person reportedly bid $1.5 million at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS XX gala at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for the chance to go with "The Great Gatsby" star on a Virgin Galactic space flight, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Amanda Bynes says she does not do drugs and "never had a bong" before, a day after she was arrested on a pot charge and accused of throwing such paraphernalia out of her New York City apartment window in front of cops.
The 27-year-old former child star and actress, known for films such as "Hairspray" and "Easy A," was arraigned in court on Friday, May 24. Her mug shot was obtained by the paparazzi and posted on several websites, including ABC News. The actress, who has in recent months worn a long, bleached blonde wig in public, sports a buzzed haircut.


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Ridiculously crunchy & addictive Cheese & Onion Roasted Chickpeas. The perfect savoury snack and totally dairy, gluten & oil-free!
Chickpeas. I love them. ♡ Seriously I do. They are just perfect and so versatile. Have you tried them in my Brownie Batter Dessert Hummus? Yes, you aren’t mistaken, I said dessert hummus. What other recipe shows their versatility more than that?
I think I love them even more now that I have created these deliciously crunchy Cheese & Onion Roasted Chickpeas! Boy they’re good. Crunchy, savoury. slightly salty, cheesy, oniony and addictive. Once you start you can’t stop. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Yes, they taste like cheese & onion. Kind of like cheese & onion chips (or crisps if you are in the UK) Seriously they do! And yet they have no cheese in them. Heck yeah!
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Many of you may have memories of homemade rugelach, that cookie with cream cheese dough wrapped around an oh-so-sweet center of fruit jams, poppy seed dough, or nuts. . The origins of pastry go back generations, mostly to European cousins such as the Hungarian kifle, Austrian kipfel, and Polish rogal.
But, hidden away in a locally written cookbook, we discovered a new version of rugelach, one from the pastry chef of the legendary Tony’s restaurant in St. Louis.
For more than 30 years, Helen Fletcher has been a professional baker and pastry chef. His new book, Craving Cookies: The Ultimate American Cookie Book may not be where you think you’ll find a recipe for the famous Jewish dessert.
“The book originally included European cookies as well as American cookies. However, due to its size, this book contains only US cookies,” Fletcher said. “But, because of my love for Rugelach, I decided to make it a bar for ‘Craving Cookies’ while keeping the original version for the European cookie book.
A Rugelach bar, instead of a cookie? According to Fletcher, it’s not a big jump and maybe even easier for many to do, because since it’s a bar there’s no rolling like in the original version.
“I turned it into a very modern bar that was much easier and quicker to make,” Fletcher said.
The origins of this rugelach recipe
Fletcher’s parents were from the former Yugoslavia and his mother made kifle, which is a close cousin of rugelach. The dough for both was originally a yeast dough, but at some point cream cheese or sour cream replaced the yeast version, making rugelach easier and faster. Both are exceptional pastries, according to Fletcher.
“When the Jews migrated to different countries, they took their cooking and their pastries with them, which is why you can find this pastry in all parts of the world, including America,” Fletcher said. “Heavy with nuts and jam, but not particularly sugar, this pastry can be eaten at any time of the day and be part of celebrations. I think if there’s one pastry that’s known as Jewish to pastry lovers everywhere, it’s rugelach, whether people who eat it know it’s a quintessential Jewish pastry or not.
The rugelach pastry
The batter used for Rugelach Bars is easy to make and just as easy to spread without the need to chill the batter first if made in a food processor. Two pieces of dough sandwiched with a filling of jam, nuts, cinnamon and sugar. Any jam or any nut can be used. If the jam or preserves contain pieces of fruit, they should be processed or blended to make them smooth.
“Always looking for a new flavor, I recently discovered this Red Plum jam. It worked well with nuts. However, as I said before, any flavor jam and any nut can be used for the filling,” Fletcher said.
“I hand cut my walnuts into medium chunks. They shouldn’t be too nice,” Fletcher said.
Cutting the top of the dough before baking makes it easier to cut after baking.
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour (315 grams or about 11 ounces)
½ teaspoon of salt
1 cup unsalted butter, cold (225 grams, 8 ounces or 2 sticks)
8 ounces cream cheese, cold (225 grams or 1 package)
¼ cup sour cream (56 grams, about 2 ounces)
Put the flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse several times to mix.
Cut the butter and cream cheese into small pieces and place them on the flour. Drizzle with sour cream.
Pulse until the dough looks crumbly but sticks together when pressed. It should not form a ball.
For this method, arrange the butter and the barely softened cream cheese. Place them, along with the sour cream, in the bowl of a mixer and beat until fully combined. Whisk together flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture and beat over low heat until crumbly.
Yield: About 820 grams
RUGELACH BAR ASSEMBLY
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Spray a 9×13-inch pan or quarter pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
1 ¼ cup walnuts (140 grams or 5 ounces)
Pastry from above
1 cup red plum jam or any other jam flavor*
1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar
1 ½ teaspoons of cinnamon
1 egg white, beaten
Grind the sugar as needed
* Anything you want can be used. If using canned, puree them first in a processor or blender.
Toast the walnuts (or any other nuts used) for 7-10 minutes depending on the size of the nuts. Cool completely. Roughly chop them.
Pour the dough onto the work surface. Push it together and knead it several times to bring it together.
If it’s too soft to roll easily, refrigerate it to firm it up. Divide the dough in half approximately 410 grams or 14 ⅓ ounces. Roll one piece into a 9 ½ x 13 inch rectangle. Roll the second piece into a 9 x 12 ½ inch piece. Refrigerate this piece.
Place the largest piece of dough in the bottom of the sprayed pan. Press the edges about ¼ inch down the sides of the pan.
Bake for 25 minutes until lightly browned and cooked through. It may look cracked but that’s fine. Cool the crust.
I did not press my dough into the sides of the mold. It has shrunk slightly. Pressing lightly on the sides of the pan should take care of the shrinkage.
Spread the jam over the crust.
Garnish with the toasted nuts.
Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the nuts
Place the chilled piece of dough on top. Let it heat up slightly. Gently press the nuts down and make sure it sticks to the sides of the pan.
Whisk the egg white and brush the dough lightly with the egg white. Dust well with icing sugar.
Cut the top piece of dough only 6 or 7 wide and 4 down or whatever size you want.
Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool for about 10 minutes then go around the edges with a metal spatula to loosen them. Cut the bars following the marks on the top. Clean the knife between cuts. Cool completely.
Yield: 24 to 28 bars.
Storage room: Store at room temperature for up to one week in a covered box.
You can also find more on Helen’s blog, Pastries Like a Pro.


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The deal amounted to €148M (£117M) with a further commitment of €64m (£50m) to support the company in scaling internationally, accelerating its expansion across new key urban markets, providing it with its distribution capacity, customer base, synergies and its know-how as a world-leading hotelier. As a result, onefinestay aims to expand to 40 new cities around the world over the next five years growing revenues tenfold.
Launched in 2010 in London by Greg Marsh (CEO and co-founder), Demetrios Zoppos, Tim Davey and Evan Frank (co-founders), onefinestay is a brand in the luxury segment of the Serviced Homes market, combining highend homes and fine service with leisure and business guests staying in hand-picked distinctive private homes with customized service from a personal welcome on arrival to a team on call 24/7. For homeowners, onefinestay takes care of everything from marketing, distribution and insurance to screening each guest, to professional cleaning, management and maintenance.
The company today operates a portfolio of 2,600 properties under exclusive management with strategic locations in London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles and Rome (representing an estimated asset value of more than £4bn).
Following the deal, onefinestay will remain an independent business unit within the AccorHotels Group and will continue to be led by Greg Marsh and the key management team.


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MTA hands out free pink masks to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
MTA officials reminding commuters to mask up were also out showing support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month at the same time.
Across the system, MTA officials, volunteers and elected officials handed out free pink masks.
Since the start of the pandemic, the MTA has distributed millions of masks to both its employees and customers on trains, busses and subways. "Our ridership is now back to roughly 50% of what it was before the pandemic, which is a big, big improvement from where we were even a few months ago,” says Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi.
They have vending machines with masks, and an MTA mask force sends volunteers out at least once a month to give masks to riders for free.
Last month, the MTA stepped up enforcement of its mask mandate. All riders throughout the system must wear a mask or face a $50 fine.
MTA officials say mask compliance across the network is very high at more than 95%. "I do appreciate that everyone is still masking up on the trains; I think that is extremely important," says Patricia McColgan, of Tuckahoe.
People who spoke with News 12 say this is also good opportunity to remind folks about the importance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. "Breast cancer affects millions of people, it's always on the radio, I always hear about it, so this is a good way to keep people aware," says Gregory Johnson, of Yonkers.

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GST (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX)
GST is abbreviated as Goods and Services Tax. GST is all set to be implemented from July 1st of 2017 in world’s largest democratic country India. Narendra Modi led BJP Government is all set to launch GST to change the tax structure of the India and all the states in the country accepted with the central government to implement GST. In GST regime, the Tax stops only after the product reached the customer. It can be called as a “DESTINATION BASED CONSUMPTION TAX”.
CHARACTERISTICS OF GST
- GST is considered as large, historic and path-breaking reform in Indirect Taxes in India.
- GST is made eliminating the disadvantages of indirect taxes to people, businesses, and government.
- The main aim of the GST is to eliminate the cascading effect of taxes.
- GST is perceived as a way to eliminate tax evasion.
- GST is more relied on Information Technology(IT) for the implementation.
- Input Tax Credit plays an important role in the GST.
RATES OF GST
GST rates are fixed to stop inflation and to reduce the burden on Consumer Price Index (CPI).The following are the various rates given by GST Council for different types of items.
GST COUNCIL is the directing authority of the GST. The decisions regarding GST should be passed in GST Council with a 3/4th voting majority. Union Finance (Central Government) has 1/3rd weightage and all the states together have 2/3rd weightage in decision making regarding the passing of resolutions. It is defined as “Cooperative Counsellism”. CGST Law is passed by the Central Government and all states have passed the SGST laws in their respected states.
TYPES OF GST
The GST in total comprised of three types, they are
- SGST– STATE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
- CGST– CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
- IGST– INTEGRATED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
TYPES OF DEALERS AS PER GST
There are two types of dealers according to GST Law, they are
1. COMPOSITION DEALERS
- Below 75 lakhs of turnover.
- No Input Tax Credit is given to composition dealers.
- Only one return should be filed every quarter.
2. NON-COMPOSITION DEALERS
- Input Tax Credit is given to Non-Composition dealers.
- All tax rates apply as per tax slabs given by GST law.
- Should file returns every month up to 4 returns.
- Reverse Charge is the concept of tax collection where the recipients of the goods will pay tax, unlike the seller.
- The Reverse Charge traders should be registered with GOVT.
- The Reverse Charge paid can be earned back in the form of Input Credit.
- Another important thing in Reverse Charge is if the registered dealer is purchasing from the unregistered dealer, the registered dealer should pay GST if the amount exceeds 5000 rupees per day.
- If transport is used for doing business, the businessman has to pay the reverse charge, the transport owner doesn’t need to pay tax.
- Example: In case of Tobacco Leaves, the tax rate is 5%. Here farmer doesn’t pay tax, the buyer will pay tax to the government.
GST NETWORK (GSTN)
The GST registration is done through GSTN (GST NETWORK). It is a private company which is controlled by the government. It provides most of the IT services for GST.GST payments and return filings are handled only through GSTN.The tax payments are made generating the challan in GSTN. The tax less than 10,000 rupees can be paid in cash and online and the tax more than 10,000 must be paid through online only.
- The registration for GST is done by integrating the PAN number.
- The GSTIN (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) is allocated to every dealer.
- The GST registration is completed within 3 days and if not completed and no queries raised from the GST authority, we have to consider it as a Deemed Registration.
- For one business one GSTIN (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) is enough and the owner can take as many as GSTIN numbers as per the verticals of business if wanted.
- The businesses of GST exempted goods and services don’t need to register.
- The Individuals having more than 20 lakhs turnover should register for GST and NO fee is collected for registration.
- The E-Commerce businesses should be registered compulsorily irrespective of the turnover limit and must pay tax in advance.
TAXES LIKELY TO BE SUBSUMED AFTER GST
The following taxes are removed and in the place of them GST is implemented.
- Value Added Tax (VAT)
- Purchase Tax
- Entry Tax, Octroi, Local body tax.
- Entertainment Tax
- Luxury Tax
- Sales Tax (partially)
- Betting, gambling and lottery taxes
- Central Excise Tax
- Additional Duties of Excise
- Additional Customs Duty
- Central Sales Tax (CST)
- Excise on medicinal and toiletries preparation.
TAXES NOT LIKELY TO BE SUBSUMED AFTER GST
The taxes which are given below are going to be collected even after the GST is implemented.
- State Excise Duty
- Stamp Duty
- Profession Tax
- Customs Duty
- Electricity Duty
- Sales Tax on 5 petroleum products
- Motor vehicle tax
- Research and Development Cess.
BENEFITS OF GST
- Helps in eliminating Tax Evasion.
- Results in decreased human interaction between people and tax authority.
- Helps in attracting more investments.
- Results in more competency in the business sector.
- Results in uniform tax rates across the country.
EXEMPTED PRODUCTS OF GST
Wheat, Rice, Maida, Atta, Dals, Poultry Feed, Aquatic Feed, Books, Milk, Vegetables, Salt, Jaggery, Fish, Meat, etc are exempted from GST but If sold in branded, packed and frozen state, GST have to be paid.

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There’s always a trick up ASUS sleeves every time they make their debut in the market or even a surprise. In the past years, we have seen the Zenbook Duo from the ASUS side whereas the ROG division has received some edgy devices like the Mothership and Zephyrus Duo. This year, it’s a thin and light gaming laptop that also comes in a 2-in-1 form factor – meet the ROG FLOW X13.
ASUS ROG FLOW X13
The ROG Flow X13 is as thin as 15.8mm and as light at 1.3kg – making it one of the thin and light gaming laptops to be ever made available to the consumer market. It does follow a slight similarity with the Zephyrus G14 in the body but houses a 13.6” display, interestingly in a 16:10 aspect ratio, which is new in a gaming laptop and a choice of FHD 120Hz or 4K60 Panel.
One thing not to forget about the display is that it’s a touch screen and has support for MPP – Microsoft Pen Protocol and ASUS Pen to take complete advantage of the display.
The moment you look at the power button on the side, it doubles as a Fingerprint sensor for quick login and easier way to turn it on. ASUS does claim that the laptop offers battery life up to 10 hours with video playback and up to 18 hours of maximum running time too. Since it’s a 2-in-1, you can use the FLOW X13 whichever way you want – be it in a Laptop mode, Tent, Tablet or Stand Mode. It makes sense to have the power button on the side now.
In terms of specification – ASUS chose to go with AMD’s latest generation of processors for the ROG Flow and coupled with a rather discrete NVIDIA GeForce 1650 Max-Q under the hood. Now the GPU in the laptop does sound inferior because generally in a gaming machine, its bound to have a better GPU and the 1650 is a good GPU but doesn’t do enough justice. So, ASUS decided to go to the drawing board to make an eGPU exclusively for the ROG FLOW X13 with a PCIe Gen 3×8 connector to bring down the bottlenecking and increase the speed – so in comparison with a Thunderbolt 4 which offers 40Gb/s, the PCIe Gen 3×8 offers a whopping 63Gb/s. Did they make it? Yes, they did, in fact, they made it portable.
It’s called the ROG XG Mobile – it is only 29mm thick, weighs in at 1kg, has a built in 280W Power Adapter that connects with PCIe Gen3x8 and has expandability for IO on the very thing, making it the most portable and powerful eGPU ever. It will be made available as a bundle or consumers can just buy the Flow X13 without it. The laptop is now capable of outputting to up to 4 displays – 2 from the XG Mobile and 2 from the laptop itself.


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Today, Students for Life of America’s Expose Plan B campaign has launched a tweetfest initiative to raise awareness through social media about the dangers associated with the so-called “morning after” pill. The pill is a mega-dosage of the hormones found in the birth control pill, which can be obtained only via a prescription after a woman has consulted in person with her doctor.
Despite the fact that smaller doses of the drug cannot be purchased without a prescription, a federal ruling in 2009 made Plan B available over the counter to all women 17 and older. But then, in April of this year, a subsequent ruling struck the age limit of 17 and made Plan B available over-the-counter to anyone. This ruling opened the floodgates to problems that should concern pro-life advocates everywhere.
In the last few weeks, Students for Life has released two undercover video investigations revealing just a few of the abuses associated with the widespread availability of Plan B, including its role in covering up statutory rape and the possibility of constant misuse of the drug, especially by minor girls. Just yesterday, new research was released which showed that the Plan B available to all women over the counter may not be effective for women who weigh more than about 165 pounds.
Other studies show that Plan B exponentially increases a woman’s risk of developing an ectopic pregnancy, and basic biology demonstrates how Plan B can be an abortifacient if taken after fertilization has occurred but before the newly created human implants in her mother’s uterus. There is no easy way to know whether or not fertilization has occurred in the first few days after sexual intercourse, so Plan B is a game of Russian roulette. Furthermore, thanks to unrestricted over-the-counter access to Plan B, uninformed women of any age may be taking the drug without guidance or knowledge of the medical dangers associated with it.
Students for Life is encouraging pro-life people to tweet today using the hashtag #PlanBPill to raise awareness of the many insidious problems associated with its use. Visit the #ExposePlanB Facebook page for more information. You can sign a petition asking pharmacies to stop selling the drug here. Here are a few tweet templates suggested by Students for Life:
“….just put it in her orange juice tomorrow morning.” www.ExposePlanB.com#planbpill
“I’m going to slip this Plan B in her drink.” www.ExposePlanB.com #planbpill
Plan B allows for statutory rapists to hide their crimes www.ExposePlanB.com#planbpill
So, I can’t buy Sudafed but I can buy #planbpill? www.ExposePlanB.com
So, that’s why statutory rapists like #planbpill…. http://youtu.be/sLHEWawsqPw
Hey @Walgreens, here’s why you need to stop selling Plan B: http://youtu.be/sLHEWawsqPw #planbpill
@Hey @CVS_Extra, here’s why you need to stop selling Plan B: http://youtu.be/sLHEWawsqPw #planbpill
Hey @RiteAid, you may want to stop stocking Plan B: http://youtu.be/sLHEWawsqPw#planbpill
“Do you know if that dissolves in a drink?” http://youtu.be/sLHEWawsqPw #planbpill
#PlanBpill: a statutory rapist’s best friend http://youtu.be/sLHEWawsqPw

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Iron deficiency is a common concern that can lead to fatigue, weakness, and compromised immunity. Fortunately, nature provides a delicious solution in the form of beets. At Nutribella Juicery, we recognize the importance of incorporating iron-rich foods into your diet, and our beet-infused creations are perfect for those looking to boost their iron intake naturally.
Beets: A Natural Source of Iron
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Low testosterone is a common problem in both men and women.
In this episode we talk about the symptoms of low testosterone and why it’s important to have normal levels.
We talk about the reasons why so many men and women have low testosterone such as high circulating insulin, xenoestrogens and not eating enough saturated fat.
We also talk about ways to naturally raise testosterone levels.
TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S EPISODE
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Hello, my name is Dr. Martin, Jr.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: I’m Dr. Martin, Sr.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: This is the Doctor’s In Podcast and this is Episode 127. Today, [00:00:30] we’re going to talk about a very common issue that we see in men but also very common in women as well and it’s not often talked about, which is testosterone, which is … There’s really an epidemic of low testosterone in both men and women today and there’s a lot of reasons for that and we’ll get into those reasons.
We’ll talk about some of the symptoms that you would see clinically in somebody that has low testosterone [00:01:00] and some of the effects that that has. We’ll talk about some of the causes as well and then we’ll end off by talking about some of the things that you can do to help increase your testosterone levels. By the end of this podcast you’ll see why you’re going to want to do that and why that’s important to have normal testosterone levels.
Well, first of all, we already know the value of testosterone because it’s one of those drugs that they test for at every sporting event. Specially, every [00:01:30] professional gets tests for this.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: The Olympics.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: The Winter Olympics just finished and it’s funny because curling …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Yeah, what were they thinking?
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Some Russian curling dude got caught taking testosterone, which he’s taking a performance enhancing drug to help them with curling. Again, we already have an idea of the benefits of testosterone simply because a way to cheat is to elevate [00:02:00] your levels higher than normal and bring up those levels to a point where it gives you an athletic advantage over the person you’re competing against.
The world kind of knows about testosterone when it comes to that. They think testosterone the first thing they think of is steroids and that’s unfortunate because every one of us makes testosterone and most people are not making enough of it naturally anymore. That’s causing a lot of symptoms and that’s what we want to talk about.
[00:02:30] We want you to move beyond thinking of testosterone in terms of an athletic performance but if you have low testosterone, on the other hand, it’s pretty hard to have normal athletic performance or even the energy or the desire or the strength to go do that.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Yeah.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Right? Let’s talk about some of the causes of low testosterone.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Well, we always start by talking about what’s going on in the world today. Why would there be so much [00:03:00] of an epidemic of low testosterone. Well, think of our diet, let’s start with the diet. The diet today … We’ve been on a failed experiment for the last 50 years and that is a high carbohydrate, low fat diet, right? And you know what, low protein, so guess what? This has had an enormous dent in testosterone levels because you cannot make good levels of testosterone unless you have a diet that is very high in protein, [00:03:30] and very high especially in saturated fat, like butter and eggs, the real good fats that give people … Your body doesn’t make testosterone and ladies you need testosterone too. You don’t need as much as men of course but you need to have good levels of testosterone for muscle, for stamina.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Listen, let’s talk about [00:04:00] that. Before we talk about some of the causes let’s talk about some of the symptoms that you would see even in women. Let’s talk about women for some of the symptoms that are associated with low testosterone. This is going to surprise a lot of people … Depression. Depression, for a lot of women they have very low levels of testosterone. The brain and testosterone are connected in a lot of ways. You need healthy testosterone levels to have a healthy brain, so men and women, depression, that’s a big aspect of testosterone deficiency as well.
Memory is another big aspect. Heart [00:04:30] disease, huge. A lot of heart disease issues are caused by low testosterone or it’s an accelerant …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Muscle, the hearts a muscle, right?
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Yeah, and that brings us to that, lack of muscle tissue. Low testosterone levels …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Sarcopenia.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Exactly. Sarcopenia and osteoporosis. You have chronically low levels of testosterone as a woman you’re going to end up with sarcopenia which is muscle wasting and osteoporosis. Basically, you’re not going to age well. You need healthy levels of testosterone to [00:05:00] age well as a woman. As a man the same thing. We generally have more lean muscle tissue, you lose a percentage of it every year, 8% a decade, after the age of 40. You need testosterone to maintain muscle mass.
Our testosterone levels decrease naturally as it is after the age, I think, 30.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Oh yeah.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: We hit a peak …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Yeah, then go downhill.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Then it’s downhill. Our testosterone levels are naturally falling and we’ll talk about some of the reasons why they fall faster. [00:05:30] For women an obviously lack of muscle tissue and then you have a tendency to gain fat easier. Then also, another big aspect of low testosterone in men and women is low libido, they’ve got a very low libido after. Testosterone has its fingers ion all that stuff.
It’s very important that you have, even as a woman, normal testosterone levels. As you mentioned, the typical [00:06:00] diet that the average female eats, which is low fat, low saturated fats, they don’t get enough protein. We talked about this before, a majority of people over the age of nine, women over the age of nine, don’t even meet the RDA for protein, which is really low. The RDA is too low, so a majority of people … I think it’s 60% of women over the age of nine don’t get enough protein. They don’t get enough fat, the right kind of fat. They don’t get enough saturated [00:06:30] fat.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: They’re scared of it.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: They’re scared of saturated fat. All those things are massively important when it comes to testosterone. There’s also another really big reason why men and women are low in testosterone and that has to do with estrogen dominance.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Estrogen goes right up and men, men with their prostate, for a healthy prostate you need good levels of testosterone. What happens when the [00:07:00] prostate starts to become inflamed and grows, frequent urination and all that? Well, your testosterone is going down directly proportional to the increase in estrogen.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Estrogen and insulin will grow your prostate. Yeah, they’re going to grow your prostate. For women, so you look at … First of all, every chemical is a xenoestrogen, almost. There’s so many xenoestrogens, meaning they look [00:07:30] and they act on your body like an estrogen does. A lot of chemicals mimic estrogen, they copycat estrogen, your body thinks it’s estrogen so we’re loaded with it, men and women. We talked about this a couple episodes ago, that study that showed that 86% of teenagers, and these are boys, are loaded with BPA which are ….
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Xenoestrogens.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Kills testosterone so you have a bunch of teenagers, even at a young age, boys and girls that have low testosterone [00:08:00] because we live in a plastic world and these chemicals mimic estrogen and it’s killing their testosterone levels. It’s affecting their testosterone levels which, again, can affect depression, a lot of teenage depression. We’re not saying that’s the only cause but that can be a contributing factor there’s no question.
You have these estrogen dominance. Now … And it’s funny, men … As our testosterone decreases and as we become estrogen [00:08:30] dominant it actually further compounds the problem. The more estrogen you have the more fat you store, the more fat you store the more estrogen you make, the lower your testosterone levels go. It’s kind of like a …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Yeah, vicious cycle.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: It’s a vicious cycle. Men, when their testosterone levels get low, they end up with, like you said, enlarged prostate, low energy, muscle mass decreases, they start to put on fat.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Low libido, [00:09:00] erectile dysfunction.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Yeah. There is a … They get this … Like you mentioned, erectile dysfunction they get BPH, their prostate grows, it’s kind of like a trifecta. Then they get that male pattern baldness, there’s a whole bunch of things that can affect a man because his testosterone levels are too low. Estrogen is a big aspect of why there’s such a mount of low testosterone today. As you mentioned, low fat, high processed [00:09:30] foods.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Yeah, and let me just say this because we think outside the box, we’re not conventional but I tell my patients, I say “You want me to give you politics or do you want me to give you science? If you want politics I will tell you that, yeah, maybe you should cut back on eating eggs, meat, and cheese but when you think of testosterone I just want to give you the science behind it.”
I’m not going to be political, I’m going to be scientific. [00:10:00] Do you know that you do not make proper levels of testosterone without zinc? Zinc is found in eggs, meat, and cheese. A lot of people, they’re vegetarians or they’re vegans. You wouldn’t believe how often I see that in the office. I say, “Okay, you have made a decision, it’s actually a political decision you’ve made, it’s not scientific but [00:10:30] anyway I’ll work with you. Understand this, you are missing zinc. You are missing the saturated fat that comes in animal protein and animal fats.”
People say, “Well, that can’t be good for you.” I’ll tell you, you don’t make testosterone properly without that. There’s a hormone you absolutely need.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: If they’re vegan they would have to eat a lot of the saturated fat type of … Like a lot of avocados and a lot of nuts and stuff like that. They’d have to go out of their way [00:11:00] to make sure they’re getting enough saturated fat in their diet for sure. What people don’t even realize, especially for women, one of the causes … What happens is they end up with estrogen dominance, which is so common in women and it negatively affects their testosterone level and both estrogen dominance and low testosterone both can affect the health of their hair.
A lot of times it’s attributed to the thyroid, which yes, for sure.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: They’re connected.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: [00:11:30] They’re connected. Now you have … We get this a lot of times, a lot of women they’re complaining about their hair quality, it’s falling out, it’s thinning, it’s not as healthy anymore. Well, that’s a combination of estrogen dominance, it’s a combination of low testosterone, there’s a lot of aspects to that, which again, one of our staff members … This is funny, it’s kind of an aside, was telling us how her hairdresser has been telling her how much more hair she has to cut every time because she’s been taking [inaudible 00:11:59] protein [00:12:00] because it’s loaded with collagen, her hair has been a lot healthier, but that’s just a …
Our staff take our stuff and they follow the same thinking that we do but it’s always funny, every one in a while they come up to us all amazed that what they’re taking is helping them with something and it’s just one of those things. Hair is a big aspect as well of testosterone. You need a healthy level of testosterone to have healthy hair.
That’s why we don’t talk a lot about testosterone, we talk about estrogen dominance, but it’s kind of implied. [00:12:30] When we say you have estrogen dominance we’re also saying you’ve got low testosterone levels. As you mentioned, zinc is a big aspect of that. What other [inaudible 00:12:38]?
Dr. Martin, Sr.: You’ll often grow with this, I kind of just say … It’s sort of funny because women will talk to me about … Yeah, if they’re growing hair it’s in the wrong places. They’ll see it on their chin or they’re getting a little bit of a mustache or whatever. I say, “Well yeah, but that’s an imbalance of your hormones.”
Dr. Martin, Jr.: That’s right, [00:13:00] those are the side effects of hormones that are not balanced properly. Then, there’s actually a third aspect of why we’re seeing an increase in low testosterone because you kind of talked about the way they were eating. We talked about the chemicals and the estrogen dominance that’s out there. Before I move onto this third one, there was actually a study that showed that even men who use, for example, a shampoo and a body wash that’s really flowery scented, full of chemicals, they had lower testosterone levels after.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: There’s your [00:13:30] estrogen again.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: It’s interesting.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: There’s xenoestrogens.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: That’s the xenoestrogens. The third aspect of why it’s such a chronic issue now is elevated insulin. The higher somebody’s insulin levels are chronically. I’m talking about chronically elevated insulin because insulin’s a tremendous growth hormone. Body builders use insulin to their advantage to grow their muscles, there’s a little bit of manipulation of insulin hormone in body building so insulin is a very anabolic.
When I say insulin, [00:14:00] I’m talking about chronically elevated insulin levels. I’m not talking about insulin in terms of the goal …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: [inaudible 00:14:07] coined it, right? High circulating insulin.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: High circulating insulin. Somebody who has high circulating insulin is typically storing fat at a much higher rate, and the more fat they’re storing the more estrogen they’re creating, and the more estrogen the lower the testosterone. A big reason why, and in fact, I remember reading this. One of the major causes of high insulin in women is the PCOS, polycystic [00:14:30] ovarian syndrome is so much more common today and that’s a trifecta of symptoms that goes along with that.
We’re seeing the same thing in men now. We kind of talked about it, which is that male pattern baldness, erectile dysfunction, and BPH. There was a great article written online by someone on that, I can’t remember exactly who it was but it was fantastic. Talking about how that’s a collection of symptoms as well for men when it comes to insulin.
Again, it’s kind of intertwined with testosterone. [00:15:00] It’s intertwined with testosterone when it comes to that. Those are the big three causes of low testosterone. You mentioned zinc as a helper, zinc is tremendous for that. What else do you recommend to help …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Well, high amino acids so I like the branch chain amino acid, I love … Bone broth protein’s one of the most complete proteins and the proper minerals. There’s zinc in there, there’s everything in there. When you’re leaching, [00:15:30] when you’re making bone broth you think about it, it coming right out of the bone and so very, very good. I like … You know what, here’s another co-factor in testosterone is vitamin D. Here you go again.
I highly recommend about 8000 IU to get your vitamin D levels up. It’s amazing how vitamin D is a co-factor in the production of healthy testosterone. Look, [00:16:00] I don’t like to give synthetic testosterone. There’s testosterone available out there, lots of side effects, got to be very, very careful of that. It’s better if you do it naturally.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Yeah. There’s a lot of debate on testosterone in terms of steroids, there’s definitely an abuse of testosterone when it comes … A lot of the bodybuilders are abusing it, in a sense. It’s really high doses and they’re on a [00:16:30] cocktail of steroids as well so there’s a whole bunch of other things that they’re taking as well. Yeah, there’s no question that people benefit from keeping their testosterone levels normal as they age.
In fact, a big part of anti-aging has to be making sure that you have normal testosterone levels because you won’t feel good without normal testosterone. Just like without normal estrogen you won’t feel good, you need normal testosterone to feel good [00:17:00] and you need it to build muscle. It’s hard to build muscle without the testosterone.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: The other thing that we always talk about, because it’s involved in all of this, is cortisol, that stress hormone. That’ll knock the testosterone down in your body too. Cortisol, [inaudible 00:17:15] have a legion of different things that it affects. That stress hormone it can really play with your endocrine system so remember that.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Again, if you have any of those [00:17:30] symptoms of low testosterone then we would strongly encourage you to look in at some of the deficiencies that you most likely have. Start eating more saturated fat. I wish they’d give it a different name, it just sounds, it sounds bad. It’s been vilified so long it sounds bad, saturated fat. It’s good for you. There’s crappy fats, vegetable oils are crappy fats. Processed fats are crappy fats.
Dr. Martin, Sr.: High industrialized. [00:18:00] You can run your car with those oils.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: There’s a big difference by saying a high fat diet can mean a lot of different things. You can be eating a high fat diet and it’s all … Doughnuts is a high, it’s just crappy oils. Then there’s the good … I hate using the word good fats because it’s implying that most fat is bad and some of it’s good, but not, that’s not the case at all. Real fat is good for you, fake fat isn’t.
Real foods that have fat in them are good [00:18:30] for you, it’s how it’s supposed to be. We would encourage you again to look at your testosterone levels and also very good aspect of testosterone is resistance training. Important for your bones, important for your muscles. Again, we say this … I don’t care who you are, you should be doing some form of resistance exercise.
Well listen, if you don’t want to age well don’t do it. If you don’t care about being able to have a healthy brain or move around well, not [00:19:00] break bones, not have muscle wasting, lose your balance, then don’t work, don’t lift weights or don’t do resistive exercise, don’t do those things. If you want …
Dr. Martin, Sr.: Incredible.
Dr. Martin, Jr.: Then we strongly encourage you to do that as well.
We want to thank you for listening to this little shorter episode on … Someone was asking us about testosterone so we figured we talk about it for a few minutes. If you have any questions you can email us at email@example.com or you can join … You, every Thursday morning you do a live Facebook feed and it’s fantastic, [00:19:30] you can join in Thursdays for that or head over to our website at martinclinic.com and you can sign up for our newsletters. We talk about a lot of these things in there. Again, thank you for listening and have a great day.


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The police have detained two people over a string of violent rallies in the French island of Corsica, which had seen rioters deface a Muslim prayer hall. The anti-Arab unrest was sparked by an attack on the police.
Some 400 people marched peacefully in the Corsica capital Ajaccio on Sunday, following days of rioting on the French island.
The violence started after a group of hooded youths attacked police and firefighters in the underpriviliged estate of Jardins de l'Empereur on Christmas Eve. The estate is home to some 1,700 people, half of them of non-French origin.
A firefighter told French television that "about 20 people armed with iron bars (and) baseball bats" attacked the fire engine on Thursday but were unable to break the windows of the vehicle.
The attack set off anti-Arab rallies in several working-class districts of Ajaccio, with protesters vandalizing a Muslim prayer hall and burning religious books, including copies of the Koran.
On Sunday, the authorities declared a ban on public gatherings in Jardins de l'Empereur, and deployed police to block off the low-income area.
The protesters, however, dodged the ban by marching through other parts of Ajaccio and finishing the event at a street leading to Jardins de l'Empereur.
"We fight against scum, not against Arabs!" chanted the protesters on their way towards the area.
"We aren't thugs, we aren't racists," the crowd shouted as they passed by a police station.
One men in his 20s was arrested on Sunday, while the other showed up at the police station and was taken to custody as part of the probe over the unrest.
dj/rg (AFP, Reuters)

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PASADENA, CA. – Former governor Howard Dean (D-VT) was on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this morning as news of a terrorist led massacre broke in France. Twelve employees of Charlie Hedbo, a notoriously controversial Parisian newspaper, were murdered in their office building as they gathered for a staff meeting. The paper is most well known for publishing cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed, a practice strictly forbidden in Muslim culture.
When the camera turned to Dean, he said that he “stopped calling terrorists Muslims a long time ago”. Viewers who were only half paying attention to Dean’s comments, a common occurrence, might assume that Dean was making the very pedestrian point that terrorists don’t accurately represent Islam. Those who didn’t tune out after he said that were greeted with the second part which made it very clear that he was not simply saying not all Muslims are bad.
Dean went on to say that the terrorists are “about as Muslim as I am”.
Rather than strongly defend free speech or speak about the brutal murder of these innocent victims, Dean decided to immediately take the focus off of Islam. Why? For starters, it doesn’t fit with the media narrative that Middle East intervention is a critical aspect of American foreign policy. It wasn’t long ago that President Obama was declaring that Al Qaeda was “on the run”. The recent beheading in Oklahoma, Parliament attack in Ottawa, Boston bombing attack, and the rapid growth of ISIS says otherwise.
Don’t forget, Obama also failed to refer to the murder of Libyan Ambassador Christopher Stevens as a terrorist attack when it clearly was. That refusal earned him a four Pinocchio rating from the Washington Post fact checkers.
These statements represent a growing trend among liberals to frantically blame everyone else except Muslims for atrocities carried out by Muslims. No rational person believes that all 1.6 billion Muslims are terrorists or even that all Muslims support terrorism but the Left has hijacked the conversation about terrorism to the point where any criticism of Islam is an example of bigotry. Case in point, the recent exchange between Bill Maher and Ben Affleck where the popular movie star came unglued at the mere suggestion that Islam is not a peaceful religion.
It is a shame that the left wing media has polarized the Islamic extremism issue to this degree. This is the new norm and the engrained talking points are that terrorists have little to nothing to do with Muslims and Islam is a peaceful religion no matter how many thousands of people are brutally murdered by those who claim to represent it.
There is a very vocal effort by Democrats to shift the blame away from Islam and place it on military intervention in the Middle East (Republicans). It can be found everywhere you look. Obama’s foreign policy “apology” tour in 2009, blaming the Benghazi attack on a YouTube video, the liberal implication that CIA “torture” practices were partially to blame for terrorism, the list of examples goes on and on.
Islam is never the problem as far as the media is concerned. The problem is always America and the people who “provoke” the terrorists. Look no further than a Time article immediately following the 2011 fire bombing of the same newspaper that was attacked today. The article essentially blamed the magazine for antagonizing the terrorists. That same stance was echoed by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney who “questioned the judgement” of publishing the cartoon which was used as justification for the attack.
Current Press Secretary Josh Earnest essentially made the same comment this morning. Why in the world would those words ever be spoken? Questioning the decision to express freedom of speech can only be interpreted as a rationalization for murderers taking innocent lives over a cartoon. Period.
The North Korean hacking situation surrounding Sony reminds us that we have set a very dangerous precedent on many occasions that free speech is not as important as yielding to the radical views of terrorists. Liberals are responsible for spreading a doctrine of blaming western values when these horrific attacks take place instead of rallying around those who are being attacked. Of course not all Democrats are guilty of this, but the list of guilty parties grows every time an attack takes place.
Howard Dean is misguided if he thinks that critics of radical Islam think that all Muslims are terrorists. He is also incorrect if he thinks he is just as much of a Muslim as those who murder innocent people. Furthermore, he is contributing to a very problematic world view that downplays the relationship between Islam and terrorism. Immediately blaming the victim in situations like this is not only intellectually dishonest, it’s dangerous.


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The Blue – Nothing Really Changed [Mixtape]
Calgary, AB – The Blue just released the ultimate ode to the Champagne Papi, in the form of a new mixtape entitled Nothing Really Changed. The six-track tape features The Blue’s own take on several of Drizzy’s NWTS gems including “Tuscan Leather”(which was cheekily changed to “Tuscan Pleather”) and “Too Much.”
It also includes a rendition of Hoodie Allen’s “No Interruption,” as well as a sweet take on Shad’s “Y’all Know Me.” The Blue is still only 17 years young, so he had to miss Shad’s show in Calgary last week. He was pretty devastated about having to forego it. But he made the most of everything by paying his respects via mixtape. The tape includes featured performances from Stankowski, C4, Dozie Do and more. Give Nothing Really Changed a listen below and head over to Bandcamp to cop a free download.
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Here is a test performed by Cummins on that boat with the twin 540s: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../Cummins1.html
Scroll down until you find the 43/45 numbers.
As you can see, fuel economy improves as rpm and speed drop, all the way to idle. So you have to be more specific. I don't think you want to run at 5 kts at idle even though you are getting 5 NM/gal..
Also you probably don't want to run lower than 1,200 rpm for any length of time to keep the engine loaded decently. See the tedious/nauseous thread "Under loading" for enlightenment on this issue.
Finally, those tests are somewhat optimistic as they are done with limited fluids, people and gear. You can make an approximate adjustment by taking your actual wot speed, ratio that to the Cummins wot speed and apply that factor to all of the data.