What upsets me most about this era dominated by the Trump Administration?
I’m trying to prioritize my angst and outrage to stave off the hopelessness and despair that have settled in. To use an unfortunate phrase that Trump successfully weaponized in 2016 (despite saying so many, many worse things), I’m thinking I need to examine the whole basket of deplorables as discrete issues, to consider each separate element of what I now experience as a crisis and to think about what I can or can’t, might or might not, do about it. As it happens, just when I sit down to sort this out, there’s another development in what I see as the dismantling of the democracy — this week the Attorney General’s interference in the Roger Stone trial. Is this just another distraction, or a core concern? It feels pretty awful. Read on.
First, the basics: I am a registered voter and I vote in every election. I make financial contributions to specific candidates and to nonprofit groups advocating for women’s rights, civil rights, voting rights, and economic justice. I try to stay informed, subscribing to three daily newspapers including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, an assortment of newsfeeds and The Atlantic, the New Yorker, and The Economist. I watch hours of network, cable and other political news shows, and follow, occasionally, a couple of podcasts, e.g., On the Media, Can he do that?, The Daily, and the New Yorker’s Politics and more. For respite, I read advice columns — Dear Prudence, Dear Abby, Carolyn Hax —and obituaries, saying to myself as I do, “And you think you’ve got problems?” Perspective, perspective.
But these days, this feels like such an exercise in futility, as if I am merely a good little girl doing all my homework while the teacher pays more attention to the rowdy boys. As a result, I have a short fuse and an increasingly bad attitude, directed particularly harshly toward those who don’t play by the rules — even on the road and/or in the grocery store aisles. This is the very definition of impotence: while Rome burns, I’m seething “Excuse me” to someone whose grocery cart is thoughtlessly parked in the way of the cherry-tomatoes-on-the-vine that I want.
Meanwhile, back to where I started: my analysis of the “real world issues” (not those of my own little world), leads me to acknowledge two existential crises.
The first is the climate crisis and our failure to harness science and industry to address it. Actually, it’s worse than that: the Trump administration has doubled-down on destroying the very earth that gives us life and any future we might hope for.
The second is more personal. It concerns the abandonment, actually the Trump Administration’s repudiation of truth and reason and the concomitant divorce of meaning from words and moral, democratic (small d) values. All that we once learned — and believed — was “self-evident,” has been sullied beyond recognition, used in the service of an autocrat’s agenda. Disinformation (Do read The 2020 Election will be a War of Disinformation by McKay Coppins) has hijacked the media and rendered obsolete the “informed electorate" responsible journalism strives to serve. It’s as if nothing I say or do, nothing I have known or believed over six-plus decades, matters anymore. And as I watch those few brave souls in positions of more power than I stand up for these values and beliefs, only to be struck down, dismissed, mocked, slandered and worse, I realize this nihilism is pervasive and, perhaps, the scariest thing of all.
By virtue of age alone, it is common for women in the third third of their lives to be made to feel as if we are invisible and irrelevant. I think it’s important to remind ourselves that our votes count just as much as anyone else’s (well, except for that whole electoral college thing) and our dollars spend just as well as anyone else’s and that the stakes are too high for us to go "gentle" into that dark night. “Rage, rage,” the poet Dylan Thomas advises, telling me what I need to know about the function of my despair.
As for what to do, vis-á-vis the climate crisis, we’re taking an environmental accounting of our household and pledging to do better — investing responsibly, moving toward electric cars, reducing water and electricity use, researching carbon offsets when we travel — and we’re prodding elected officials and political candidates at every level to do more, too.
On the issue of truth, I will continue to research, study and write. And to speak my truth to power and to my friends. I’m also inclined to redirect some of my energy to learning something new, to feeding my soul and psyche with poetry or history or music or the Spanish language and spend a little less time, as my sister suggested after my most recent rant, obsessing about the politics playing out on TV.
Please share how you’re coping.
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Construction of new homes rose in October to 1.314 million on an annualized rate. Permits for new homes rose sharply to 1.461 million, the highest rate since 2007 before the housing bubble crashed. Permits increased across every region with the Northeast posting the largest monthly increase of 19.5%.
Home builder’s sentiment appears to be improving as the index released by the National Association of Home Builders hit a 20-month high. Mortgage rates falling certainly has some impact and it appears there is less concern about the overall economy.
Housing is a very important part of our economy, and if new homes are being constructed then that bodes well for an improving economy within the next few months.


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The quote is from the Dickensian sounding Sebastian Smee on Banksy’s remote controlled, self-destruction of the just auctioned $1.4 million work Girl With Balloon. The artwork has now doubled in value. The quote is from The Washington Post, October 5.
Smee is the art critic of The Boston Globe, and a fine arts writer for WaPo. He has been the art critic at the Boston Globe since 2008. He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2011, with the judges praising his “vivid and exuberant writing about art, often bringing great works to life with love and appreciation“.
He has worked for newspapers and magazines worldwide, including The Spectator, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Atlantic Monthly, and the failing New York Times. He is the author of The Art Of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs In Modern Art (2016), the fascinating story of four pairs of artists Claude Manet and Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock and William de Kooning, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon; as well as five other books on the British artist Freud and a new one about the gay African-American artist Mark Bradford.
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Hebrews 11: 32-38. And what more shall I say? I don't have time to tell about . . .
. . . about every other Old Testament giant of faith, people who put the rest of us wimpy American cultural Christians to shame.
. . . who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised . . . whose weakness was turned to strength, and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies . . .
. . . who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword . . . Women received back their dead, raised to life again . . .
But some not only were empowered to accomplish the everyday tasks of their lives in a great way (and that would be awesome enough for me), but were the recipients of miraculous intervention in their lives. Miracles. Beyond any natural explanation. I suspect there are miracles happening around us all the time; we just don't have the eyes of faith to see them. But I also suspect that most of us never have the opportunity to experience a miracle because we never step out to do bold things that can only succeed if God is behind them.
There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. . . destitute, persecuted and mistreated . . .
And then there are those who submitted themselves to unjust persecution because they were sure of what they hoped for, certain of what they could not yet see. There are still these giants of faith in our world right now. Some days, it grieves me so much how we go to great extremes to avoid offending anyone of any other faith in our own or any country of the world -- and yet there are young people being killed by their parents, students being murdered on the road to school, fathers being imprisoned and tortured, only because they proclaim Jesus Christ as their Lord. And where is the outcry?
And where is my shame that I am silenced merely by the fear of a disparaging look from my neighbor who suspects I'm a Jesus freak?
The world was not worthy of them.
Indeed. Not worthy to touch the hem of their garments.

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By the time Hurricane Sandy had made her presence truly felt in Towson on Monday, Oct. 29, Chuck Linzey, 66, had already spent hours digging ditches along the sides of Round Oak Road in an effort to direct water to small off-road storm drains.
"I started planning on this three days ago," Linzey said. He pointed to inches of standing water that had gathered in his neighbors' yards as a harbinger of what would come.
"The ground, as you can see, is very saturated," Linzey said. "There's nowhere else for the water to go."
County residents largely conceded the early part of this week to the storm. For days, Sandy gained strength off the Atlantic, and on Monday turned west on a line for the Mid-Atlantic region.
But by the time the hurricane hit Baltimore County, the Towson area had followed much of the state's lead, and shut down in advance of the worst Sandy could offer.
Early Monday evening, nearly all businesses on York Road, save for the Giant Food just north of the city line, had sent its employees home for the night, joining the masses of county government and private sector employees in the relative safety and comfort of home.
At a press briefing Monday late afternoon, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz commended residents for their handling of the storm — namely getting out of the way.
At that time, Kamenetz, Police Chief Jim Johnson and Fire Chief Fred Hohman reported no road closures and very few fallen trees in the county. And County Councilman David Marks, who represents Towson, praised the county government's communication in advance of the storm for ensuring residents were prepared.
But as Kamenetz, Johnson, and Hohman spoke at the press conference in Middle River, winds picked up and a driving rain reminded them that there was no cause for joy yet.
"What we've seen now is nothing compared to what we're going to see in the next 24 hours," Kamenetz said.
Indeed, officials were not downplaying the storm in any way. Kamenetz declared a state of emergency, and said he was in regular contact with Gov. Martin O'Malley and emergency responders.
O'Malley ran operations from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown, and the Baltimore Sun quoted him warning of the dangers of the storm Monday in plain language.
"There will be people who will die and are killed in this storm," he said.
Johnson urged people to stay off the county roads during the storm's strongest period, and reminded that a new state law requires drivers to treat intersections without working traffic signals as four-way stops.
Additional police patrols were scheduled to assist residents during the storm. The county asked for high-water vehicles from the Maryland National Guard to assist its efforts to rescue residents who are stranded out of reach.
"The contact with county executive's office was very good, but quite frankly, many residents were very prepared for this storm," said Marks. "The power outages really got bad after 5 p.m."
Baltimore County Public Schools were closed for both Monday and Tuesday.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. was reporting Monday evening that the county had 51,657 customers without power — though 12,941 earlier outages had already been fixed.
BGE was slated to use the State Fairgrounds in Timonium as one of several staging areas for crews to address outages.
The utility said it was deploying more than 4,100 employees, contractors and out-of-state linemen, tree personnel and support staff, including about 1,700 from Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
BGE was reminding residents that to report power outages and downed wires through 1-877-778-2222. In the wake of the storm, customers are urged stay away from downed power lines and never to assume they are de-energized, even if the power to the area appears to be out.
Meanwhile, the county opened a "pet friendly" shelter at Eastern Technical High School, in Essex, and state was also operating two shelters on the west side of the county — at the Retriever Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Road, Catonsville; and at the Jewish Community Center, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills.
All Baltimore County senior centers were closed, and CountyRide and trash and recycling pick-ups were suspended.
Residents had begun preparing for Sandy on Friday, Oct. 26 and for many, the storm's approach gave a ominous reminder of the derecho storm in late June that left some areas of Towson without power for more than a week.
Laura Bonnichsen, 36, of Stoneleigh, picked up one of the last generators at Ayd Hardware on Friday.
"We were out for seven days in July," Bonnichsen said. In both derecho storm and last summer's visit from Hurricane Irene, Bonnichsen's home lost power. Without the sump pump her basement, which she said sits on an underground stream, flooded each time.
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Local residents and foreigners walk in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, after the end of soldiers' march commemorating the 35th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war (AP).
(L to R) Vietnam War photographer Hoang Van Cuong, left, a former UPI photographer, Pete Arnett, a former AP war correspondent, and Nick Ut, an AP Pulitzer-winning photographer, have a light moment in a reunion at Majestic hotel, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. They met as part of a reunion of journalists and photographers who worked in Vietnam during the Vietnam War (AP).
In Friday's re-enactment of the war's end, everyone in the former Saigon greeted the Communist troops with jubilation. A tank replica rolled by and soldiers in white uniforms goose-stepped their way down the former Reunification Boulevard, later renamed Le Duan Street after a former Communist Party chief (Reuters).
Battalions of soldiers marched by carrying rifles and wearing the black-and-white checkered scarves made famous by the former Viet Cong guerrillas. Patriotic songs blared, some to a pulsing disco beat (AP).
In a reminder of how the Communist Party retains a strong grip on the flow of information despite the opening of the economy, foreign journalists were forbidden from conducting interviews along the parade route. The area was sealed off from ordinary citizens, apparently due to security concerns (AP).
President Nguyen Minh Triet was joined at the parade by leaders and dignitaries from Cuba, Russia and neighboring Cambodia and Laos. Most of those in the crowd were war veterans, party cadres and others selected by local communist organizations (AP).
Vietnamese students hold signs forming Communist Party flag in Ho Chi Minh City (AP).
Soldiers are seen marching in line as Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the Communist victory in the Vietnam War with a grand military parade (AP).
Thousands of local residents and foreign travelers stand along the boulevards to see the Vietnamese soldiers' parade in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (AP).
Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the Communist victory in the Vietnam War with a grand military parade through the former Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh city, with the government basking more in its economic achievements than its historic military defeat of the United States.

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It’s one among football’s biggest clashes and the Merseyside derby will likely be back on Saturday with Liverpool welcoming Everton to their home ground.
For the reason that mid Eighties, it’s change into one of the crucial intensified rivalries within the Premier League and is understood for its significant amount of red carding. Throughout the 2021/2022 Premier League season, Liverpool bagged the three points with a 4-1 win over Everton and goals scored by Diogo Joto, Mo Saleh and Jordan Henderson. And early in April, Liverpool won again with a two nil win, so Saturday’s match could see Juergen Klopp’s team at their best form.
Liverpool are hotly tipped to be those to win this derby as they proceed to indicate improvements with wins of their last two games. Darwin Nunzez will likely be returning to Saturday’s lineup having finished his suspension ban following a red card against Crystal Palace. As well as, Juergen Klopp confirmed in a press conference that Diogo Joto is back in training so there’s a possibility fans will see him within the match. Meanwhile Jordan Henderson might be out of Saturday’s match attributable to a hamstring injury he picked up against Newcastle. Predicted on the lineup is Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil Van Dijk, Jordan Henderson, Mo Saleh, Joe Gomez and more.
Nevertheless, Frank Lampard will certainly be wanting to return out on top of this one as pressure is constructing on Everton to secure a win. They haven’t brought a victory yet and drew against Leeds in a 1-1 tie. Injuries have been a problem on Everton’s side and Yerry Mina, Andros Townsend, Ben Godfrey, Mason Holgate, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dominic Calvert-Lewin will all be off attributable to problems. Expected to play is Jordan Pickford, Vitaliy Mykolenko, James Tarkowski, Conor Coady, Michael Keane and more.

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A recent survey has shown that manufacturing in China, the world's second largest economy, expanded for the first time in 13 months. HSBC's Purchasing Managers' Index last week rose to 50.4 for November, any reading above 50 signals expansion. China's leaders have slashed interest rates twice since June and have announced $150 billion in infrastructure projects in attempts to boost its slowing economy.
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I filled up my Soak basin with cold water and added the sudsy Soak Wash in the Sola scent, squished the sweater around a bit and let it sit for almost 30 minutes. I gently squeezed out the excess water and rolled it in a towel to get as much water out of the wool as possible.
I now have it drying flat on my blocking boards, no pins. I'll get a photo later to share. I need to get a fan blowing on it to speed up the drying a bit.
I dug out these tiny blue buttons that I am going to sew to only one owl, off-center and on the front. I bought these buttons a long time ago at Purlsoho. I'll see how it looks once the sweater is dry before I decide for certain. I have some clearer blue buttons that I may consider, too.
I'll keep you posted on the Owls progress as I finish up these final steps. I'm off to a busy week with lots of work knitting and deadlines looming. I have to put down the personal fun knitting for a short bit and focus on work knitting, which is also fun but different.
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Fred was born in Newdale, Manitoba on October 8, 1895. His father, recently a widower, brought his young family to the Manola district of Alberta in the mid 1890s. Fred enlisted in the Canadian army in May of 1916. In 1920, he and his brother Albert came to the South Peace. Fred’s homestead was located at 33-73-25-W5. He died on February 28, 1958 and was buried at Gibbons, Alberta.
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What can’t Claire Foy do? She’s the Queen of England (on Netflix’s “The Crown”), Mrs. Neil Armstrong (in “First Man”) and for her next trick, she has slipped into the cyber-goth trappings and jet-black bowl cut of the girl with the dragon tattoo, Lisbeth Salander, in “The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story.”
Her Lisbeth doesn’t have the fierce fragility of Rooney Mara in David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” or the Nordic flintiness of Noomi Rapace, who played the character in the Swedish film trilogy. Foy’s Lisbeth is passionate and compassionate, despite her severe styling and frosty demeanor. Early on, her famed dragon tattoo is sliced open in an attack, and for the rest of the film, despite superglue and staples, it seeps blood. It’s the perfect encapsulation of this Lisbeth Salander, a bleeding heart whose wounds have never closed.
“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” is the fourth book in the series of Swedish crime novels created by Stieg Larsson and the first not written by Larsson, who died in 2004. David Lagercrantz wrote the new installment, which has been adapted by director and co-writer Fede Alvarez, Steven Knight and Jay Basu. Alvarez made a splash a couple of years ago with his high-concept horror flick “Don’t Breathe,” wherein a blind man stalks a trio of teens who have broken into his house.
The plot is the kind of story that bedevils the “Bond” franchise, the “Mission: Impossible” films and most superhero movies. Lisbeth has to keep a (insert world-ending device here) out of the hands of (insert nefarious criminal organization here). It’s a tale as old as cinematic time, edged up with facial piercings, unfortunate bangs and light lesbian action.
The twist is that the nefarious criminal organization has a deeply personal connection to Lisbeth’s past, and her quest rips open old emotional wounds. Lisbeth’s status as a survivor of sexual assault has always been a huge part of her story, and “Spider’s Web” asserts that rape is what makes women bitter and violent. The film wants to deal with old trauma, but the way it’s deployed here is reductive, particularly with regard to Lisbeth and her sister, Camilla (Sylvia Hoeks), who is only defined by her past pain.
The film has lots of shortcomings, including an overly complicated and uninteresting plot, baffling fight scenes shot from completely insane angles and the complete waste of actors Vicky Krieps and Claes Bang. Foy, however, puts in the work. She is both meticulous and earnest as Lisbeth, giving the character a big, beating heart underneath her black hood and creative eye makeup.
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Salman Khan feels shy when people touch him
He might be Bollywood's macho man, but actor Salman Khan is a shy guy! And choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant, who's the mind behind Salman and Katrina's sizzling chemistry in ‘Mashallah’ song from Ek Tha Tiger has let out in the open, Salman's biggest secret- the fact that the actor feels shy when someone touches him.
"You have to pamper him a lot. If he likes you, he will do anything," Vaibhavi told a leading tabloid. She also claimed the fact that she had to multi-task for the film, thanks to Salman. "Salman has a certain aura. People don't go too close. So, whenever, we had to change his dupatta or his look, my team would refuse to go to his van. I became his makeup artist and costume designer. But I realized that he feels very shy when people touch him," revealed Vaibhavi.
Well, now that's quite a cracker of a surprise. We wonder how much effort Katrina had to put in to woo Salman on-screen as well as off-screen!...being a human...


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Hopi Ear Candles (also known as Thermal Auricular Therapy) is a pleasant and non-invasive treatment of the ears, used to treat a variety of conditions. The ear candles induce a revitalising heat upon the head and ears, which soothes, relieves and relaxes. Hopi Ear Candles are hollow tubes made of cotton, soaked in beeswax, honey and herbs. When lit, the candle acts like a chimney, causing the warm air inside it to rise and creating a vacuum at the bottom. This vacuum gently stimulates the ear, facilitating removal of excess wax and impurities.
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- Guests think Best Little Guest House is in a very good location
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Oudtshoorn is the principal town of the Little Karoo, founded in the late 1850s. It is situated between the majestic Outeniqua and Swartberg mountains of the Southern Cape. Oudtshoorn achieved its fame as the Ostrich Feather Capital of the world in the late 1800s, when ostrich feathers became the height of fashion in Europe. Even though the industry suffered a major decline after the First World War, due to the changes in fashion, the industry is at present going through a major revival with a renewed demand for feathers, meat and leather. The area also boasts the natural beauty of the Cango Caves. Best Little Guest House is an ideal base for exploring the many interesting and varied attractions within the immediate and surrounding areas.
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An NHS trust in Hertfordshire has been found to have mis-diagnosed a patient with schizophrenia and gave her medication she didn't need for many years.
The side effects from that were so bad the patient couldn't work.
The female patient was eventually taken off the drugs more than a decade later and the Health Service Watchdog found no basis for her diagnosis and the trust has paid her more than £7,000 compensation.
The patient complained she was incorrectly diagnosed with schizophrenia and given medication unnecessarily for many years. She felt that side effects from the medication meant she was unable to work.
Her GP referred her to the Trust having suffered symptoms of depression. The GP noted in the referral that he felt (patient) as becoming increasingly agitated and detached from reality.
A psychiatrist at the Trust saw (patient) and found that she met the criteria of a major depressive episode. He noted that she had recently given in her notice at work. The plan was for her to continue with antidepressant medication, and see her community psychiatric nurse (CPN) once a week.
The psychiatrist at the Trust also saw (patient) a number of times on an emergency basis. He recorded she was suffering from delusional thoughts. In addition to her antidepressant medication, he prescribed her an antipsychotic drug. Between spring and summer 2000, (patient) was admitted to hospital twice after taking an overdose. She was noted as having a diagnosis of major depression with psychotic symptoms. Her discharge letter stated paranoid schizophrenia.
On the second occasion (patient) was given depot, an antipsychotic medication. The Trust carried out a review in mid-summer 2000 and noted that she had no evidence of psychotic symptoms. Another review also found that she was doing well and had no significant symptoms of a psychotic disorder.
Over the following years, she continued with antipsychotic depot and oral medications and was seen regularly by her
CPN. She was also regularly reviewed by junior psychiatrists at the Trust. She remained well and was eventually taken off all medication in 2011.
The patient complained to the Trust in 2012 about a number of issues. However, she felt that the Trust did not deal with her complaint appropriately and so she brought it to us.
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman found:
"We thoroughly examined the medical records and could find no basis for the diagnosis she was given. We felt that she should have had a different, slightly less serious diagnosis. We did not believe that the medication she was given was inappropriate and neither could we conclude that the side effects from this caused her inability to work. However, we found that she suffered an injustice from the impact the incorrect diagnosis had on her. Such a diagnosis may have led (patient) to perceive herself as more unwell than she actually was, which could have disempowered her, leading her to live a more restricted life than she otherwise might."
In a statement to Heart the Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust says:
"We acknowledged the error in the incorrect diagnoses and contributed fully to the investigation, accepting all the findings and unreservedly apologised again to (the patient).
Since (the patient's) original diagnosis in 2000 the Trust has introduced among other things, an electronic patient record, better review processes and improved the information provided to service users and their relatives about how to request a second opinion should they wish one.
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Aven Marzal : the cave
A truly memorable experience.. wher you can discover different things ! Her, on this one site, unique in Europe, you will find caves to explore, a museum about the amazing subterranean world and a zoo called "The Dino Forest". Come and visit us for a day full of rich...
The ‘alternative tour’ is a new concept for a tour that is completely safe and suitable for anyone aged 0 to 108 who wishes to don a powerful head torch (provided) and explore a genuine but secured cave.
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Madeleine Cave is one of the most amazing formations created by underground water. The sound-and-light show reveals another awe-inspiring side to it. The Madeleine belvedere has some of the best views of the Ardèche Gorges.
Aven d'Orgnac – The Cave
In lush green surroundings, the majestic Cave and the modern Prehistoric Museum offer a participative tour that’ll have you dreaming, exploring and learning as you share this let-go experience.
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In the very heart of the Ardèche Gorges, you will be amazed by the immensity of this cave’s galleries, the wealth of its concretions including the bewitching limestone basin (gour) waterfall which is unique in Europe. One-hour visit. 2 sound and light shows.
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In this week’s installment of the Everthenomad guest post series, Liz Ledden of A Girl in Asia takes us for an exciting tour of Saigon, Vietnam’s largest city. Liz currently calls Saigon her home so you’re in expert hands of a local guide. Enjoy the article!
THE NEW FACE OF SAIGON
Saigon is not all bowls of pho, conical hats and roaring motorbikes. Sure, you’ll eat, see and hear each of these things in droves, but Saigon is a city shaking off the shackles of the past at a breakneck pace. It is now home to cool cafes, funky nightspots, sleek wine bars, international fine dining and amazing shopping spots that belie the Saigon of old. The city is forging ahead with relentless construction, and new places to eat and drink are constantly opening.
Saigon still manages to retain pockets of charm, though, in the form of French colonial buildings, quaint coffee shops and hidden alleys that are home to amazing food finds. You might spot a vintage Vespa or two amongst the shiny new Hondas cruising the streets – it’s this mix of old and new that gives Saigon its spirit. Some of my favourite places in Saigon sum up the city’s forging-forward mentality and ingenuity.
The city’s cafe scene is home to some Euro-style gems, with deli counters, freshly baked cakes and Lavazza and Illy coffees. Au Parc Cafe is set in a beautiful, high-ceilinged building with gorgeous tiles, wrought iron chairs and mosaic tiles, and a blackboard displaying the daily specials. The desserts are a definite highlight here, with their must-try item the insanely decadent ‘chocolate nemesis cake’. La Fenetre Soleil is another of Saigon’s standout cafes, with its French/vintage feel interior and extensive snack and drink menu. It also seamlessly combines a Japanese influence (try a bowl of edamame with your Vietnamese iced coffee!). It’s the kind of place you can lounge around all day.
There are also Vietnamese-style cafes at every turn, and these range from huge, multi-storied contemporary coffeehouses to tiny, family-run neighbourhood cafes with simple interiors and super-strong local coffee. The monolith-type cafes can be found in abundance near a roundabout named Ho Con Rua at the intersection of Pham Ngoc Thach and Tran Cao Vanh streets. The roundabout is a fascinating sight in itself with its towering concrete lily pad and pathways over a pond (very Asian kitsch!). As for the tiny, neighbourhood-style cafes, a centrally located favourite is a no-name, old-school Vietnamese coffee shop just around the corner from Dong Khoi Street at 24 Ho Huan Nghiep. Tiny in scale but big on retro sensibility, this cafe is the last of a dying breed along a rapidly gentrifying strip (it’s in the shadows of a Versace store and across from a construction site of a new 5-star hotel).
Saigon is definitely a city for food-lovers as well as caffeine fiends – there are great meals to be had from the variations of Vietnamese cuisine through to Middle Eastern, French, Spanish, Japanese and more. Banh mi (a Vietnamese baguette filled with meat, salad, fresh herbs and chilli) is a delicious snack or lunch food to try; some of my favourite places for a quick fix include Banh Mi Bistro on Vo Thi Sau and King Baguetteria on Tran Quang Khai (where the banh mi sells for less than US$1!). The shredded chicken is always a winner in my humble opinion, but most banh mi places will also feature options like tuna, pork and sometimes scary-looking pâté. Across the road from King Baguetteria, a street vendor can often be found selling banh mi from a cart at half that price again, specialising in a tasty grilled pork filling.
To sample an assortment of Vietnamese rolls like pork and prawn wrapped in fresh rice paper, or others wrapped in mustard leaves, I love TIB Express, located across the road from Ben Thanh Market. For something a little more upmarket and for a wider range of Vietnamese dishes, Hoa Tuc in the Refinery grounds is a favourite. The setting is stylish with its wall decals and elegant decor, and the food all beautifully presented and flavourful. Their fresh salads (like banana flower and lotus seed) are outstanding.
When craving a Japanese food fix, I head to K Cafe on Hai Ba Trung for the freshest sashimi. Despite its decidedly non-Japanese sounding name, K Cafe is a stalwart amongst the city’s Japanese expat dining scene. I also head to Ty Coz for hearty French cuisine at almost too cheap to be true prices, Byblos for tasty Lebanese and the Mosque on Dong Du Street for delicious curries and Malaysian-style fried chicken.
Drinking options in Saigon range from the humble bia hoi (read: home brewed beer joint) to backpacker joints and the flashiest of cocktail bars. My taste in Saigon bars is skewed towards the latter, so when the mood for a ginger mojito or lychee martini strikes, I head to Q Bar, Amber Room or Cepage. Cute wine bar Qing is another favourite, along with QD Bar & Lounge (see photo) – a brand-new stylish wine bar with a sophisticated atmosphere.
Shopping is a favourite pastime of Saigonese and Saigon visitors alike – and the city definitely caters to those with a wide range of tastes and budgets. While chain stores and high end designer brands are readily available in Saigon these days, it’s the more unique offerings I’m drawn to. One is a handbag emporium, Ipa-Nima, featuring bags, purses and wallets designed by a chic ex-lawyer. New collections come out each season, and the bags are stunningly unique creations featuring leather, embroidery, ribbon, sequins and more in a rainbow of colours. There are boutiques in both Saigon and Hanoi, and now in various locations around the world, such is the label’s success.
For contemporary Vietnamese designed fashion, Valenciani is a stylish boutique with a focus on glam cocktail frocks, while for gorgeous baby and kids wear featuring Vietnam’s famous embroidery, Ninh Khuong (with various branches including Le Loi and Dong Khoi) is simply gorgeous.
One of the best bits about Saigon is that there’s always something new happening – a bar opening here, a new shop there, yet along with all the changes the city manages to retain its Vietnamese flavour. And did I mention the amazing food?!


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To that end, McCall said the vast majority of people who join AOK are coming from a religious background of some kind, and whatever their former denomination, most are used to having a network of people to turn to for support. And that network may or may not disappear depending on each family, community, and individual. But whatever the situation, finding other non-believers helps to alleviate some of the stress by providing a safe place to vent frustrations, worries, and more.
“When someone new joins, of course we want to know where their coming from and we want to know their background.” said McCall, “Everybody has a different coming out story and so that’s always great to hear how they overcame that, and if they’re still having problems with family, coworkers, or friends. We try to share stories to deal with that so they don’t have to feel so mean and militant, which is how most people perceive Atheists to be. We give them different ways to cope. And after awhile people stop talking about the whole religion thing, and it becomes more like, ‘Hey, I’m meeting a group of friends here.’”
‘Support’ really is the key word I would use to describe OKC Atheists.
If you want to know how to create a *fantastic* atheist group– not how to talk about a ‘safe place’ on the internet, but how to actually create a supportive environment in the real world, you should be talking to folks like Red and the OKC Atheist leadership board.


1 – You were named co-head of 3i’s North America team last year with Richard Relyea. Why the interest in our region from a U.K. firm with offices worldwide?
We’ve had good returns here. We have good deal flow in the U.S. market. It’s becoming a larger and larger market for 3i. North America represents at least a fifth of 3i’s total deal flow from the past five years. I lead the investment activity for business services, one of three sectors at the firm along with industrial and consumer. We continue to build the team here. We’re expecting to add a vice president and an associate in the next several months.
2 – What’s the culture that 3i offers to prospective talent?
Our exit of Element Materials Technology to Bridgepoint [in late 2015] is a good example. … We’re trying to help businesses internationalize. We’re an international team that works together. We bought Element, a lab testing company, in 2010 in a joint effort between our Dutch, U.K. and U.S. offices. Eighty percent of Element’s revenue is in the U.S. We launched an active acquisition strategy including 10 add-ons, seven of which were in the U.S. and three in Europe. We supported the business from both continents. Overall, the deal shows how we bring together our sector and international knowledge. We made 4.5x our money on it. It was a successful deal.
3 – So what’s your own focus on business services?
We decided to focus on a couple of areas where we’ve been very successful. Businesses that help other businesses cope with regulation and risk are a key area for us. … Another thematic area is in education and training. Given that we’re in a knowledge economy, companies are looking for businesses to build their skill set. We’ve been spending time looking at scalable businesses with an education component – also the testing and certification sector.
4 – Another key platform for 3i is Dynatect Manufacturing Inc, which makes industrial protection components via seven manufacturing plants and two distribution locations in North America, Europe and Asia. How’s that investment coming along?
The thesis there is to continue to expand internationally and to build our presence in Germany and Asia. We’re working on that and hoping to make overseas acquisitions to service those customers in those geographies. We’ll build local manufacturing capability to improve their speed to market. International expansion is a way to increase the potential market size of a company. It’s easier to do that with a firm with that international footprint.
5 – How about sourcing acquisitions nowadays? Is it tougher than ever to find deals?
We’re trying to create our own deals rather than waiting for intermediaries to come to us. We work with a lot of operating executives, many of whom are willing to help us get introduced to sellers ahead of a process. If we get a book from an investment banker and we’ve never heard of the company, we don’t spend any time on it. We spend time where we like the team, we know the business and can get ahead of the process. The market is competitive and valuations are high. We have to have fairly high conviction on a deal to spend any time on it.
Photo of Andrew Olinick courtesy of 3i.


In this article, we'll examine the security of a typical manually-operated garage-door and a typical electrically-operated garage-door. I will demonstrate major vulnerabilities in each of these systems and show how those vulnerabilities can be easily exploited to unlock the doors. Then we'll discuss how the security of these doors can be improved by a professional installer.
Manually Operated Door
Figure 1 shows a typical manually-operated garage-door in the process of being broken into. The door has a locking T-handle in its horizontal center. At the back of the handle is a cam. Inside the door, a spring-loaded latch is mounted on the left side and another on the right, each locking to its respective rail. (See the right latch in figure 2.) A single cable attaches the two latches and runs through the handle-cam. When the handle is unlocked with a key and rotated counter-clockwise, it rotates the cam to pull the two latches, releasing the door so it can be lifted.
The biggest problem with this design is that the latch-cable is completely exposed on the inside of the door. This makes it very easy to unlock the door with nothing more than a simple tool fashioned from a metal coat-hanger. That's what was being done in figure 1.
For a demonstration of the tool in action, see figure 3. The door was lifted slightly to insert the tool under the left side. The hooked inside end of the tool was then lifted and hooked over the top of the cable. As pictured, the tool was then used to pull the cable downward. Since both latches are operated by the same cable, this action retracted both latches, unlocking the door very easily.
The lock-cylinder within the T-handle uses a single-sided key with five cuts. The cylinder contains five simple wafer-tumblers. This is a rather low-security lock-cylinder that can be picked easily by raking. It's the same with every garage-door handle I've seen, whether T-shaped or L-shaped.
Rather than cable-operated spring-latches, I suggest a sliding bolt that securely locks the door to the rail. One such lock is shown in figure 4. Mounted to the door, it does a nice job of securing the hot-rod car in figure 5. If the ability to lock or unlock the door from the outside is not required, this lock is a great choice. There's no lock-cylinder to pick, and the lock-bolt sticks through the rail about an inch. The bolt is pretty difficult to grab and retract with a coat-hanger, but it has a padlock-shackle hole in the end just in case you're paranoid.
If it is a requirement that the lock be operable from the outside of the door, then there are similar locks available that can be operated by the tail-piece of a rim-cylinder. I suggest a cylinder with good pick-resistance features, as any lock-cylinder that can be picked by raking should not be considered a high-security lock and is hardly worth installing.
Figure 6 shows typical electrically-operated garage-door on a two-car garage. The door is operated simply by pushing a button mounted on a wall inside the garage, or on a remote inside a car. A motor turns a sprocket that pulls a chain. The chain moves a trolley along a rail. The trolley is connected to the door by a steel arm. It pulls the arm to pull the door open and pushes it to lower the door back down.
The door ordinarily can't be moved manually, but there is an emergency release-lever in case of power failure. A short red rope is attached to the lever so that people don't have to reach so high to pull the lever. When the lever is pulled down, either directly or by the rope, the door-arm disengages from the chain-driven trolley. The door can then be lifted manually.
Modern electric garage-door openers can be operated by wireless remotes and are equipped with technology designed to prevent the door from being opened by unauthorized remotes. I presume that the latest garage-door openers effectively mitigate this threat, but the extent to which they do so is a subject of debate. I have not conducted an analysis of the security of radio communications in wireless garage-door systems, so any associated vulnerabilities will not be addressed in this article.
The electric opener on this door came with a remote designed to be mounted on the visor of a car. And that's usually where remotes like this are stored, as they're too large to carry conveniently in a pocket. But the problem is that anyone who breaks into the car can get the remote and use it to get into the garage. Cars are pretty easy to get into, so this certainly undermines a garage's security.
This door is just as vulnerable as the manually-operated door examined earlier. The emergency release-lever can be pulled using the coat-hanger tool like the one shown earlier. In fact, it's even easier on this door because the tool's path is more direct. Insert the tool over the door near its horizontal center, as in figure 6. Slide it toward the center until it stops alongside the door-arm. Then pull the tool back, along the trolley-rail, until it hooks the release-lever. (On this particular door, it helps that the door has windows. But, with a little practice, this can be done on any electric garage-door.) With only a slight tug, it will cause the release-lever to pivot downward, releasing the door-arm from the trolley. (See figure 7.) Now the door can be lifted freely by hand.
Alternatively, the release-lever can be retracted from a few feet to either side of the door's center with a flat metal rod. It has to be a lot stiffer than a hanger though. The rods used to fasten chain-link fencing to fence-post work well for this purpose.
As for preventing unauthorized access to an authorized remote (vulnerability #1), this can be achieved by having key-chain remotes instead of visor-mounted remotes. If you wouldn't leave keys lying around visible inside your car, then you shouldn't leave a plainly-visible garage-door remote on your car's visor either. You can easily carry a key-chain remote with you and keep it in your pocket, greatly increasing your awareness of exactly where that remote is. So that's what I recommend doing.
I spoke to a professional garage-door installer about vulnerability #2, regarding pulling the release-lever from outside of the door. He knew of no way to address this vulnerability. I searched for products that prevent tools from being used to operate the release lever, but I found none. So I developed my own solution.
On another two-car garage, I rendered this attach unsuccessful by mounting barriers along the top of the door. The purpose of the barriers is to prevent the insertion of tools that can be used to pull the release-lever. For maximum effectiveness, I chose to fasten an 8-foot barrier on the wall over the doorway and an additional, overlapping barrier on the door itself, the full width of the 16-foot door.
For the wall I used a single 8-foot piece of 3/4” angle-aluminum, which is being fastened to the wall in figure 8. For the door I used two 8-foot lengths of 1” angle-aluminum. In figure 9, one of these has been installed but the other side of the door is still bare. Note that the washers were placed between this barrier and the door to align it properly with the wall-mounted barrier. Also note that, in the testing phase, the pan-head screws on the wall-mounted barrier snagged the door-mounted barrier. So the holes were counter-sunk and the screws were replaced with flush-head screws. Then the second door-mounted barrier was installed as seen in figure 10.
The coat-hanger only works well when the attacker has relatively unobstructed access at or near the horizontal center of the door. With these barriers installed, I was unable to insert the hanger within four feet of the center. I was barely able to insert it from five and a half feet away! As for the flat bar, it has worked well when the attacker had unobstructed direct access from four feet away or so. But with these barriers, I was unable to insert the bar anywhere along the entire width of the door.
Voila! Security! I'm sure there are other vulnerabilities that have not been addressed in this article, but we've found a few gaping security holes and found easy ways to close them. With thirty dollars' worth of aluminum, a garage that could previously be opened in seconds by an amateur without special tools has been converted into an automobile fortress.


By Corey Hinderstein, August 31, 2018
Monitoring options for dismantled nuclear warheads
Through the IPNDV, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the US State Department are engaging with more than 25 countries to build global verification expertise.
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Issue: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 74 Issue 5 Keywords: International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification, Nuclear Threat Initiative; nuclear weapons, US State Department; warhead dismantlement, arms control Topics: Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons
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Coca serves Thai- Chinese cuisine, located in SM Aura Premier Taguig. It is known for their Suki Signature Hotpot. The place has dim lighting with wide and spacious interiors perfect for big groups.
We are here to try their Thai-style hotpot, but we ordered some dishes to start our dining experience.
STIR FRIED NOODLES
Serving size is a bit small but the taste is delicious. It combines two kinds of noodles with fresh vegetables and seafood.
CHICKEN EN PAPILLOTE
This chicken is wrapped in a special paper which locks in the moisture while it’s cooking. And it’s amazing how tender and juicy it tastes! It feels so healthy since it’s not fried and doesn’t have skin. Yet, it’s perfectly delicious.
And here’s what we are waiting for: Thai Signature Hotpot has 3 soups to choose from. Yen Ta Fo, Chicken and Tom Yum Soup.
They have 4 platters to choose from:
Emperor’s Platter: Assorted Meat, Seafood, Vegetables and Glass Noodles
Green Earth Platter: Assorted Vegetables, Mushrooms and Glass Noodles in Vegetables Stock
Red Fire Platter: Assorted Meat, Vegetables and Glass Noodles
Blue Ocean Platter: Assorted Seafood, Vegetables and Glass Noodles
RED FIRE PLATTER
Large amount of serving for the hotpot:
We choose the Chicken soup, which is mild and plain and Tom Yum Soup, a little spicy.
Coca recommends us to end the hotpot with Ojiya. Ojiya is a delicious combination of rice slowly cooked in our hotpot broth with sesame oil, egg, spring onion and fried garlic.
Each Ojiya experienced will never be alike because it depends on your personalized hotpot. We are asked if which soup base we prefer. We chose our tom yum broth.
Forgive the unappetizing picture. It looks similar to congee. It’s a good way to end our hotpot with this warm and comforting treat.
Overall, I like my hotpot experience here in Coca. The few ala carte dishes we order is delicious as well.
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Fifth Floor, SM Aura Premier, C5 Road Corner 26th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
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A sudden protest is due to take place in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon after the injury of well-known street character Danny Lim “touched a nerve” in the community and led politicians to complain that excessive police force was damaging the Sydney reputation.
Green senator David Shoebridge told federal parliament that Lim, 78, had a fractured skull and bleeding on his brain and remained at St Vincent’s Hospital after his attempted arrest at the Queen Victoria Building on Tuesday. in the morning.
Police began arresting Lim after he allegedly refused to comply with a transfer order, but “discontinued” the arrest when he sustained a cheekbone injury. Footage posted on social media showed two officers wrestling with Lim and pushing him onto the hard stone floor of the QVB.
The police confirmed that the “independent review” it promised would be carried out internally by an officer from another command within the police’s Central Metropolitan Region. The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission would oversee the investigation, NSW Police said.
A rally against police brutality will take place Wednesday at 5:30 pm outside the Surry Hills police station, organizers said.
“Danny has always been peaceful and can in no way be considered a threat to the public.”
Part of a letter to NSW Police Minister Paul Toole from Sydney MP Alex Greenwich and Mayor Clover Moore
Sydney Independent State MP Alex Greenwich and Sydney Mayor Clover Moore wrote a joint letter to Police Minister Paul Toole on Wednesday calling for “urgent action” to prevent excessive and unnecessary policing of root of the incident.
“Danny has always been peaceful and can in no way be considered a threat to the public,” they wrote.
“We recognize that policing can be challenging and we support the work police do to protect the community, but we share the community’s concern that there is no public benefit in arresting or using police force against people exercising their right to protest peacefully, or to harass or insolent.


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Nielsen is reporting that in the top 56 local markets, the combined overall household rating for last night's final presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain was 38.3. That's down 8.8% from last Tuesday's 42 household rating. Baltimore had the most household viewing as a percentage with 49.3% of the households watching the debate, followed by the Washington, D.C market with 48.4%. You can download the household ratings detail for all of the top 56 markets [PDF].
Final Debate Viewing Down around 9% Versus Last Week's Debate in Top Local Markets


The Prime Minister has awarded valuable gifts to the volunteers. "I would like to thank everyone involved in organizing the entertainment of foreign guests. I would like to emphasize that our guests' mood depended on your unselfish work for many hours a day," the PM said.
"You have made a very important thing: you have created the reputation of our country. Your courtesy, attentiveness, intelligence, tact, ability to find a common ground influenced on the tourist impression of our country. They say they have seen a completely different country," Azarov added.
The Prime Minister expressed confidence that despite the criticism and negative on the eve of the championship in Ukraine, our country has been able to organize and host the Euro 2012 at the highest level. In addition, according to Azarov, the championship in Ukraine allowed the volunteers to find new friends and gain experience.
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WASHINGTON -- News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch threw his weight behind Congress' attempt to restrict the Internet, personally lobbying leaders on Capitol Hill Wednesday for two measures that purport to combat piracy.
Murdoch's media empire is among some 350 large corporations that have come out in favor of the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, as well as the Protect IP Act in the Senate.
Both measures would require Internet operators to police activity online, and would mandate Internet giants like Google and AOL (the parent company of The Huffington Post and an opponent of the bills) and credit card companies to take down sites that have content deemed to be in violation of copyright rules.
The battle has pitted huge content generators like Disney and the motion picture industry against their online competitors, with each side reportedly spending some $90 million on lobbying efforts.
Supporters say the measures will help curb theft and preserve the integrity of the Internet. Opponents charge that the measures amount to censorship that will stifle innovation and impose higher costs on consumers.
News Corp. owns 20th Century Fox films and many television franchises such as "The Simpsons." The firm has long lobbied on the issue, donating to members on both sides of the aisle.
The personal intervention of Murdoch shows how high the stakes are. Sources confirmed to HuffPost that the media magnate was pushing for the two bills, and that he met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Murdoch's presence comes as high-profile opponents, such as Google's Eric Schmidt, have been ramping up their public efforts to kill the bills.
Additional reporting by Zach Carter

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James M. Scheiman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Michigan, School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Darrell T. Hulisz, RPh, PharmD
Department of Family Medicine
Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
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Constipation negatively impacts patients’ health-related quality of life, and causes psychological stress and anxiety. Among those who seek treatment for constipation, particularly in the managed care setting, many are not effectively treated and are dissatisfied with treatment outcomes. The etiology of chronic constipation varies tremendously, ranging from metabolic disorders to side effects of common drugs.
The disorder is so common that the American Gastroenterological Association issued official management guidelines in 2000. However, several new pharmacologic agents have been introduced since these guidelines were published. More recently, the AMDA published an algorithm for managing common GI disorders in the long-term care setting.
This program is designed to update healthcare providers and decision makers in the managed care setting in options for developing treatment plans that are successful and cost-effective. The social and economic impact and healthcare costs attributable to constipation are significant, but with education, management of this common condition can be improved.
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James M. Scheiman, MD, has served as a consultant for AstraZeneca, Bayer Corporation Pharmaceutical Division, GlaxoSmithKlein, Horizon Therapeutics, Merck and Co., Inc., NiCox, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Pfizer Inc, PLx Pharma, Pozen, and TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. He has also served as a speaker for AstraZeneca, Santarus, Inc., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
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New York-based Wilshire Phoenix has replied to the U.S. market regulator’s rejection of its proposed Bitcoin exchange-traded fund.
The asset management firm stated that this decision taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is disappointing, stressing that it exerted efforts to comply with the market watchdog’s rules:
“We made every effort to get the SEC’s attention on this important issue, including undertaking extensive analysis that was made available to the SEC staff, submitting key data, and offering to provide additional information to facilitate the listing of a much needed regulated bitcoin-related ETP in the United States.”
“Unfortunately, the Order shows that all of these efforts did not receive the SEC’s full attention,” the company confirmed.
In January 2019, Wilshire had filed its ‘US Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust’ to the market regulator. The firm stated: “The fund provides investors with exposure to Bitcoin in a manner that is more efficient, convenient and less volatile than purchasing stand-alone Bitcoin.”
The asset management firm has made six changes to its proposal in 13 months. However, the SEC dismissed this proposal on 26 February, citing market manipulation.
William Herrmann, managing director of Wilshire, replied to this proposal rejection, noting that Bitcoin ETF will provide institutional investors with a safer way for Bitcoin exposure.
“Many retail investors are already investing in this commodity and investor demand continues to grow each day. Our ETP was created to provide investors with exposure to bitcoin through a regulated and transparent vehicle that also mitigates volatility.”
“In my opinion, the Commission has done a great disservice to the public by rejecting this application,” he added.
SEC unwilling to approve any product providing access to BTC
In a related context, SEC commission Hester Peirce said the regulator does not intend to give the green light for any product providing exposure to Bitcoin:
“This line of disapprovals leads me to conclude that this Commission is unwilling to approve the listing of any product that would provide access to the market for bitcoin and that no filing will meet the ever-shifting standards that this Commission insists on applying to bitcoin-related products—and only to bitcoin-related products.”
Earlier, Cryptolydian reported that Wilshire Phoenix has submitted an ETF application in mid-2019, but SEC has postponed its decision.
A Bitcoin ETF is an instrument that helps monitor the performance of underlying assets. Thus, investors can easily invest in the ETF without really knowing the technical difficulties of the asset class.

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text: A significant challenge will be the deepening crisis in local government. Last year, councils invested more than £2 billion in culture and library services in England alone – that’s more than twice as much as Arts Council England. But because of austerity and inflation, it’s 40% less per person than in 2010. As pressures mount on the services councils have legal duties to provide – especially social care – there are growing risks to everything else. Some councils, such as Birmingham and Nottingham, have effectively declared bankruptcy. Now, more than ever, we need to speak up for councils’ vital role in local cultural access and funding.


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“Dammit,” I yelled. “Not again! I am a fricking idiot,” I said to anyone within earshot. Profanity? Shouting? Disconsolate behavior?
After all, I was a surgeon. A doctor who has held the very soul of a person in my hands and remained calm and positive no matter the
circumstances. Yet here I was frustrated, negative, belittling, and embarrassing myself. Shot after shot, hole after hole, my impatience grew. I had shot a 78 only six days before! Who cared if it was only the second time in seven months I had played? Certainly not my friendly opponents who
were benefiting from my meltdown on the first sixteen holes.
Acting like a twelve-year-old, I buried my 9-iron in the turf and threatened to quit, “I am out of here. Can’t stand this any longer.” But I didn’t. Instead, I grabbed my golf clubs and headed to the next shot. Golf is a game that demands patience, but I had none. Where could I find it? Isn’t that the same question we all ask ourselves when we are frustrated with work, relationships, life’s setbacks, and challenges? We live in an “instant gratification” world with short attention spans.
We have “Instagram” and news 24/7. We have no patience when we want to get our food, a movie ticket, a text from a friend, or through a red light. Loose
weight? Forget “lifestyle medicine”, give me that new pill right now. We have no time for the spiritual.
So where is our patience? It is in the pre-frontal cortex of our brain in the form of the neurotransmitter, serotonin. Yes, it is there, but we must let
it do its job. We can help put serotonin to work by closing our eyes and envisioning success accompanied by the monks’ hum. We can take some deep breaths, maybe even some 4/7/8 exercises. Above all, we must remind ourselves that life is a journey, not a quick trip to the drive-through window at McDonald’s. There will be ups and downs, success and failure, happiness and anger, health and sickness, and births and deaths.
Today is just a tiny part of your journey, just like one hole is just a small part of a golf round. Patience comes from not overreacting to a small piece of
that exciting adventure we call life. We may impatiently struggle, but let’s try to struggle well, knowing that our journey is ahead. Take that deep breath, focus on a positive, and let your serotonin work.
Patience is on the way!
The golf? I birdied holes 17 and 18 to halve the match. Patience had arrived in the nick of time. The endorphins kicked in and life was good!

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Police Disrupt Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli’s New Year’s Eve Party Due to Terror Threat
Guests invited to an exclusive New Year’s Eve party hosted by Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, found themselves denied access by police due to a terror threat, Israel’s Channel 2 reported.
The prestigious party, which Refaeli hosts annually together with her friend, nightlife personality Nadav Shatzar, took place at Tel Aviv’s Otto bar. But as guests began to arrive at 10:30 pm Israeli police identified a suspicious package near the entrance to the bar and within moments police sappers arrived and cordoned off the area.
Refaeli herself quickly entered the bar together with her brother and was unable to exit as her high profile guests that began to arrive were turned away. Police dispersed all those that had gathered including a number of photographers out of fear for their lives, Israel’s Walla reported.
The evening ended happily however when after an hour the area was deemed safe and the guests were allowed to return to enter the party. The bash went on until the wee hours of the morning.
Surely this is a party that she will not forget for a long time, Channel 2 said.


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Yoon stressed that aside from three countries, no other country can fully protect itself on its own.
The EPA has launched the Office of Environmental Justice and Civil Rights aimed at helping minorities disproportionately affected by water and air pollution.
Washington is reportedly in discussions with Australia over the building the latter's first nuclear-powered submarines, according to Western officials familiar with the matter.
The Malaysian Prime Minister also expressed disappointment over the lack of progress on the ASEAN five-point peace plan.
The EU's executive said the members states must have a common policy on requests by Russians to enter the EU.
Iran summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors to explain the "hostile" and "interventionist" stances of the media's coverage of Mahsa Amini's death
The Moldovan government is considering revoking citizenship for Moldovans who hold dual citizenship that are joining Russian forces.
Harris and Kishida stressed the importance of peace and stability in the contested waterway that China claims sovereignty over.
Latvia's foreign minister said the country would not issue visas to Russians looking to flee from mobilization.
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said decisive action must be taken on the protests as Tehran blames the US for the unrest.
us Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the additional aid would boost humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan and in neighboring countries.
Two government websites, as well as state-affiliated media sites, were hacked by a group claiming to be linked to "Anonymous."
Truss reportedly informed Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid about her review of relocating the British embassy to the contested city.
Afghanistan: UN envoy says international community must find a way to provide financial support
The withdrawal of the US and other military forces in Afghanistan, along with the immediate takeover of the Taliban, has resulted in the international community considering how they should approach the new government. A special envoy of the UN to Afghanistan recently warned of the country’s worsening situation, urging the international community to find a way to provide financial support.
At a press conference this week at the United Nations, the organization’s special representative to Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, warned about the worsening situation in Afghanistan. Lyons said that Afghanistan is on the verge of suffering a humanitarian crisis that would worsen over time. Lyons added that the international community must look for a way to provide financial support to Afghanistan, especially for Afghans who were unable to flee the country during the evacuation efforts.
“Now is not the time to turn away from the Afghan people,” said Lyons during the press conference.
“To abandon the Afghan people now would be a historic mistake -- a mistake that has been made before with tragic consequences,” said Lyons to the UN Security Council.
Lyons said that the humanitarian “catastrophe” in Afghanistan could be avoided as the main cause of the crisis is the financial sanctions imposed on the insurgent group. Lyons pledged that the UN would take the steps needed to avoid the money getting into the hands of the Taliban.
The International Monetary Fund blocked the release of $45 million in Afghanistan over a week since the insurgent group took control of the country. The $9 billion in reserve funds of the Afghan Central Bank in the US were also frozen.
In other related news, the students, faculty, and staff of the sole music school in Afghanistan have completed their exit from the country as of Thursday, according to the institution’s founder. This comes as the last two from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music were able to safely depart from the country, no longer fearing a crackdown at the hands of the insurgent group.
The 272 evacuees of the institution, among them the all-female Zohra orchestra, will continue to Portugal, where they have been granted asylum.
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