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Appellants—each of whom was convicted of a felony but is now living in the community while on probation or supervised release—filed an action for declaratory relief and injunctive relief against respondent Secretary of State. Appellants sought a declaration “that individuals are restored to civil rights and possess the fundamental right to vote guaranteed by Article VII of the Minnesota Constitution by virtue of being released or excused from incarceration following a felony.” Appellants also claimed that Minn. Stat. § 609.165 violated the fundamental right to vote and the guarantee of equal protection embedded in the Minnesota Constitution. The District Court granted the Secretary of State’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the lawsuit. The Court of Appeals affirmed.
The Supreme Court held that (1) under Article VII, Section 1, of the Minnesota Constitution, a person convicted of a felony cannot vote in Minnesota unless the person’s right to vote is restored by some affirmative act of the government including a law passed by the Legislature; Article VII, Section 1, does not provide that a person deprived of the right to vote due to a felony conviction is automatically restored to that right upon release from incarceration; (2) Minn. Stat. § 609.165 does not violate the fundamental right to vote; and (3) plaintiffs have not offered sufficient evidence to prove that Minn. Stat. § 609.165 violates the equal protection principle contained in the Minnesota Constitution. Affirmed.
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Measuring Barriers To Incontinence Care Seeking
M. Heit, L. Blackwell, S. Kelly
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The objective of this study was to establish the factor validity of a modified Melnyck's Barrier Scale and estimate its reliability in an ethnically heterogeneous incontinent female population.
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Asked when Western weapons would start to make a difference on the ground against Russian forces that invaded the country on Feb. 24, he said: “It is already happening … and we will have (more) success.”
“We are talking about artillery,” he said. “It is already working in our region.” He declined to say what specific Western artillery systems were working there.
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In recent times, German legislation has given terminally ill patients the right to receive SAPV, a multi-professional palliative care model which is aimed at prevention of hospital admission and enabling patients to die at home despite severe symptoms and a high need for palliative care. This new type of care raises the question about the best implementation and impact of SAPV. HC provides SAPV to 560.000 inhabitants of the city of Mönchengladbach and the district of Viersen.
Data collected during daily care from 2012 to 2016 are summarized and analysed in order to describe the implementation and results of SAPV.
1798 patients were treated in 5 years. The first contact with SAPV was initiated by a GP in 30% of patients and by a specialist in 4.5%; in 26% through a hospital, in 6% by a palliative care unit and in at least 30% by non-medical participants, such as relatives, nursing services, counseling centers etc. 20% of all patients were treated only temporarily by SAPV. 6% were admitted to a hospice, 14% were transferred to regular care after counseling or crisis intervention. Of the remaining patients, only 3.3% had to be hospitalized at the end and 96.7% were able to remain in their chosen home environment. That was at home for 80%, at a relative’s home for 3%, in a nursing home for 14%, and miscellaneous for the remaining 3% of patients. Sonography, thoracic and abdominal paracentesis, patient-controlled analgesia etc. were performed in the patient's home by the SAPV team. Of all 1798 patients, 112 had to be hospitalized; 64 were subsequently retreated with SAPV and 48 were not. The main reasons for hospitalization were palliative interventions due to ileus and urinary retention in the upper tract, radiation of a fracture, psychosocial decompensation of the supporting relatives and confirmation of the palliative concept. The average treatment duration was 19 days, the median was under 10 days. In detail, 112 patients were treated for less than 24 hours, 271 patients for less than 48 hours, 57 patients were treated for more than 90 days and 4 patients for over 200 days.
The wish of patients to die at home and to avoid unnecessary hospitalization can be achieved with this model of specialized care. Further comparative investigations are necessary to identify the optimal implementation and impact of SAPV.
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Healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth in the UK showed no significant change between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020.
In Scotland, there was a statistically significant decrease of more than a year in male HLE at birth between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020; other constituent countries of the UK saw no significant change.
For females at age 65 years, HLE in the UK and England increased significantly by 4.8 months between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020.
Disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) at birth in the UK decreased significantly for both males and females between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020; this change was driven by decreases in England and Scotland.
DFLE at age 65 years showed no significant change in the UK and its constituent countries between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020.
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Across the UK, Scotland saw the most notable change in healthy life expectancy (HLE) (Figure 1).
This is the first time that we have seen a significant decrease in HLE for males in Scotland since 2011 to 2013. There was an increase in HLE for males in Northern Ireland (0.3 years) between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020, but it was not statistically significant. Increases in female HLE at birth in Wales (0.3 years) and England (0.1 years) were also not statistically significant.
Changes in healthy life expectancy (HLE) at all ages in relation to life expectancy
Looking at HLE over the whole age range, it is possible to show how changes in life expectancy and HLE affect the years lived in different health states at different ages. It is informative to assess whether the years lived in good health and poorer states of health are reducing or increasing at different ages since our time series began in 2011 to 2013.
Between 2011 to 2013 and 2018 to 2020, HLE in the UK showed small decreases for males aged 4 years and under, although these were not statistically significant. At all other ages, HLE either increased or did not change for males (Figure 2), with the increases being statistically significant from the age of 35 years to 84 years.
HLE decreased for females aged 4 years and under; this was not statistically significant. Female HLE increased for those aged 10 years and over between 2011 to 2013 and 2018 to 2020, with the increases being statistically significant in those aged 20 years and over (Figure 2).
Improvements in HLE at older ages were occurring at a time when life expectancy was stalling or even reducing in some of the oldest age groups. This caused the years lived in poorer states of health to reduce in these age groups. In contrast, because of decreases in HLE at the youngest ages, the time spent in poorer states of health has increased in these populations because of small improvements in life expectancy (Figure 3).
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Among the constituent countries of the UK, there were notable reductions in DFLE at birth for both sexes in England and Scotland (Figure 5).
The reductions in DFLE for each sex in Northern Ireland and Wales were not statistically significant (Figure 5).
Changes in DFLE at all ages in relation to life expectancy
The years lived with a disability is the difference between life expectancy and DFLE. It is used to assess whether improvements in length of life are comparable to improvements in years lived without a long-term illness that limits daily activities.
Between 2014 to 2016 and 2018 to 2020, female and male DFLE in the UK decreased among those aged 35 to 39 years and under, and falls were substantially greater among females. However, for those aged 55 to 59 years and over, there were small improvements for both sexes, although these were not statistically significant (Figure 6).
The changes in Figure 6 occurred at a time when life expectancy at most ages was also falling. Changes in both life expectancy and DFLE have an impact on the number of years people can expect to live with a disability (Figure 7).
Females in the UK aged under 55 years were expected to live more years with a disability, as the reduction in DFLE at these ages far exceeded life expectancy falls. In contrast, at older ages, DFLE improved while life expectancy reduced, causing the years lived with a disability to decrease.
Males observed a different pattern, with those aged 30 and over seeing a reduction in the years lived with a disability, with the largest fall occurring for those aged 50 to 54 years.Nôl i'r tabl cynnwys
Figure 8: Healthy life expectancy at birth and at aged 65 years by sex, local areas of the UK, 2011 to 2013 and 2018 to 2020
Healthy life expectancy figures are not available for Isles of Scilly and City of London because of insufficient population size.
If you wish to more objectively compare the improvement in healthy life expectancy across the time series between areas, you need to take into account the confidence intervals provided in the pivot table.
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Figure 9: Disability-free life expectancy at birth and at aged 65 years by sex, local areas of the UK, 2011 to 2013 and 2018 to 2020
Disability-free life expectancy figures are not available for Isles of Scilly and City of London because of insufficient population size.
If you wish to more objectively compare the improvement in disability-free life expectancy across the time series between areas, you need to take into account the confidence intervals provided in the pivot table.
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The accompanying data tables provide a time series, which contains estimates of healthy life expectancy (HLE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) at local area level across the UK.Nôl i'r tabl cynnwys
Health and disability-free adjustment factor
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The proportions used while estimating the good health and disability-free prevalence rates for health state life expectancies in the UK.
Health and disability-free census prevalence
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The census prevalence used while estimating the good health and disability-free prevalence rates for health state life expectancies in the UK.
Health state life expectancy, all ages, UK
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Pivot tables for health state life expectancy by sex and area type, divided by three-year intervals starting from 2009 to 2011.
Health state life expectancy estimates template
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Template for creating life expectancy and health expectancies estimates.
Period life expectancy
Life expectancy estimates reported in this bulletin are period-based. Period life expectancy (LE) at a given age for an area is the average number of years a person would live, if he or she experienced the particular area's age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life.
Health state life expectancy
A generic term for summary measures of health that add a quality dimension to estimates of life expectancy by dividing expected lifespan into time spent in different states of health. In this release, health state life expectancy encompasses measures based on health-related wellbeing (healthy life expectancy) and functional health status (disability-free life expectancy).
Healthy life expectancy
An estimate of lifetime spent in "very good" or "good" health, based on how individuals perceive their general health.
Disability-free life expectancy
An estimate of lifetime free from a limiting persistent illness that limits day-to-day activities; it is based upon a self-rated assessment of how health conditions and illnesses reduce an individual's ability to carry out day-to-day activities. Day-to-day activities include:
washing and dressing
shopping for essentials
using public or private transport
walking a defined distance and climbing stairs
remembering to pay bills
lifting objects from the ground or a work surface in a kitchen
other moderate manual tasks such as gardening, and gripping objects such as cutlery
95% confidence intervals
A measure of the uncertainty around a specific estimate. It is expected that the interval will contain the true value on 95 occasions if repeated 100 times. As intervals around estimates widen, the level of uncertainty about where the true value lies increases. At a national level, the overall level of error will be small compared with the error associated with a local area.
The term "significant" refers to statistically significant changes or differences. Significance has been determined using the 95% confidence intervals, where instances of non-overlapping confidence intervals between estimates indicate the difference is unlikely to have arisen from random fluctuation. In some circumstances, significance has also been tested using z scores.Nôl i'r tabl cynnwys
This statistical bulletin presents estimates of life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy for the UK, constituent countries, regions, local government administrations including combined authorities and Welsh health boards.
Life expectancy uses death registrations data held by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Mid-year population estimates by age, sex and geographical area are used in combination with death registrations to calculate age-specific mortality rates used in life tables.
In addition, health state life expectancies use data collected as part of the Annual Population Survey (APS) (PDF, 689KB) and data from the 2011 Census.
Health state prevalence rates are obtained from the three-year reweighted APS dataset used in healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy calculations.
As the method requires imputation and modelling, data from the 2011 Census are used to produce imputation adjustment factors and census-based health state prevalence. These figures are made available with the datasets accompanying the release.
There were boundary changes in this release that had differential impacts for life expectancy and health state life expectancy.
Northamptonshire county has been abolished and, in its place, two new unitary authorities have been created, which are North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire.
The estimates for the new boundaries have been made available back to the period from 2011 to 2013.
The boundary changes are shown in Table 4.
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Download this table Table 3: Boundary changes in England affecting this release.xls .csv
Method for estimating life expectancy
The health state life expectancy estimates reported in this bulletin are period-based and estimated using a Sullivan life table. A Health state life expectancy estimates template is available, which shows how the Sullivan life table is deployed to derive these estimates.
Abridged life tables are used in preference to complete life tables for smaller populations because death counts can be too sparse for examining mortality for single years of age. These tables are also used because mid-year population estimates are not available or sufficiently reliable to produce these by single year of age.
Subnational life expectancy estimates for Scotland's council areas and Northern Ireland's local government districts have been calculated using the same method as for England and Wales. Responsibility for the production of other statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland is with the National Records of Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), respectively. Estimates contained in this report may differ from estimates produced separately by constituent countries because of survey source and methodological differences.
Early access for quality assurance purposes
We provide early access for quality assurance purposes to a small number of external bodies including Public Health England, the Department of Health and Social Care, Welsh Government, National Records of Scotland, the Northern Ireland Research and Development Agency, and Public Health Wales. The recipients are not permitted to share the findings or the report wider within their organisations or to external organisations.
More quality and methodology information (QMI) is available in the Health State Life Expectancies QMI.Nôl i'r tabl cynnwys
The strengths of the health state life expectancies release are that:
it covers all UK local areas, and estimates are comparable with countries and regions
the estimates using abridged life tables align closely with those based on complete life tables
the mortality data used have complete population coverage; estimates have high precision and are representative of the underlying population at risk
it provides a quality-of-life dimension to length of life, which is useful for assessing health and social care needs and fitness for work to changing state pension ages
The limitations of the health state life expectancies release are that:
the APS sample sizes for some local authority populations are small, leading to volatility in estimates and wide confidence intervals
survey data are not routinely collected for those aged under 16 years, and only sparsely for those aged 85 years and over, requiring imputation of prevalence from census data for these age groups
the measures of health status are subjective self-reports
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Ways To Cope With Hair Thinning
A lot of people are afflicted by hair thinning problems throughout their lives, and struggling with hair loss – particularly in an earlier age – can be very demanding and traumatic. We frequently affiliate hair thinning with senior years, however there are many reasons for this issue also it can affect anybody and also at all ages. From small bald spots to higher level hair loss, differing people could be affected diversely, frequently with respect to the reason for the issue. Thankfully, there are a variety of solutions available nowadays that will help with promoting regrowth from the hair. Frequently the answer that is ideal is determined by numerous factors, like the reason for the issue, the amount of loss, as well as your financial allowance. However, different treatments suit differing people, and you’ll discover that an answer which has labored on the friend may do nothing at all for the problem.
Taking advantage of hair thinning solutions
Medications, vitamins, and herbal treatments Products to treat this issue have been in existence for several years, but previously happen to be given some doubt and scepticism. However, through the years, these products available when it comes to strategy to hair loss or hair loss have vastly improved and lots of individuals have found success through the plethora of over-the-counter solutions and medicines made to assist with the development of recent hair and follicle improvement. There is also medication on prescription with this problem, for example regaine, as well as for many it has proven what you want, even though you should make sure that you look into the negative effects with prescription and over-the-counter solutions. Vitamins and herbal treatments can also be found and may assist with this issue, however the reason for balding – that could vary from illness and medicine negative effects to worry and poor diet – will frequently figure out how effective each strategy to hair loss is going to be.
Transplants can be what you want Although more costly than traditional solutions to treat hair loss, transplants have become more and more common as an answer due to the fact this type of treatment methods are both permanent and efficient. By grafting from the healthy part of the scalp, choices may then transplant hair and healthy follicles towards the affected region, thus eliminating the hair loss problem and promoting regrowth later on. For a lot of, this is actually the most basic and efficient strategy to their problem.
Because the reason for hair loss can differ so broadly, you should try to determine the reason for the problem before trying to address it. If you see that you’re losing hair through anything apart from aging you should seek medical health advice before treatment. After that you can pick which type of treatment might best meet your requirements.


The Bridge Engineering Section of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) previously developed a structural health monitoring program to facilitate the maintenance and performance monitoring of selected highway bridges. This case study highlights three of those bridge projects in which ODOT contracted with Engineered Monitoring Solutions (EMS) to design and install the monitoring systems.
Interstate 5 Bridge
ODOT wanted to improve its monitoring of the Interstate 5 Bridge, near Portland, during the operation of its lift span. The southbound portion of the bridge conducts traffic from Washington into Oregon over the Columbia River. The steel bridge is approximately 3,500 feet long with 16 spans.
A counterweight at each end of the southbound lift span helps raise the span for ships passing underneath. When the lift span is raised, the counterweights move vertically along guide rails. ODOT’s goal was to improve its ability to monitor the lifting system’s structural performance.
EMS designed and installed a monitoring system that includes a network of CR1000 dataloggers, tiltmeters, and laser position sensors to monitor the lift span and the counterweights’ positions relative to the guide rails. The dataloggers are positioned on the counterweight blocks, on the lift span, and in the operator’s control house. Because ac power is not available when the blocks are lowered during a lift event, the dataloggers on the blocks are solar powered.
The dataloggers collect sensor data once every five seconds during a bridge opening event, as well as once every four hours to identify any historical movement trends. The networked Campbell Scientific dataloggers communicate across the system using RF401 spread-spectrum radios. The dataloggers calculate and transmit data to a server on the ODOT computer network running LoggerNet software. Bridge engineers access and evaluate lift event data related to the lift span and counterweights, enabling them to make quick decisions regarding the need for maintenance.
With this project, ODOT wanted to improve their understanding of the fatigue cracking of the Fremont Bridge in Portland, evidenced by the thermal strain on the tie girders. This steel-tied arch bridge spans approximately 2,150 feet and has the longest main span (1,255 feet) of any bridge in Oregon.
EMS designed and installed a monitoring system of eight CR800 dataloggers and a variety of sensors (including 64 sensors measuring strain and surface temperature) along the tie girders on both sides of the bridge. This system monitors the stress cycles in the tie girders due to thermal loading.
The networked Campbell Scientific dataloggers performed calculations on the collected data and communicated with the system via an RF450 radio network. Using an onsite CR1000 datalogger as a gateway, the tie girder data was relayed hourly to ODOT’s computer network for review by bridge engineering personnel, who could then prioritize their retrofitting efforts.
Kamal’s Bridge in Tualatin is a steel box-girder bridge with four spans crossing Interstate 5. ODOT sought to improve the monitoring of the bridge’s structural response to changes in temperature and traffic load. This was needed because fatigue cracking appeared between the transverse cross beams and the longitudinal box girders on either side of the bridge deck.
The monitoring system designed and installed by EMS collected data regarding the strain in the box-girder and cross-beam diaphragms, as well as the rotation between them. In addition, the surface temperature of the box girders and the air temperature were monitored.
Campbell Scientific’s CR9000X datalogger collected sensor data at two frequencies. Lower-frequency data was used to record the effect of temperature changes on the bridge’s performance. The datalogger recorded higher-frequency data (100 times per second) in response to short-term, live-load effects based on predetermined event criteria, whereby a larger traffic load caused one or more of the strain gages to exceed its strain threshold.
The bridge’s temperature and traffic load data was uploaded hourly from the datalogger to ODOT’s computer network to help bridge engineers assess the effectiveness of structural retrofits.


Atlanta rapper Trouble was laid to rest on Monday (June 13) after he was tragically shot to death on June 5.
According to WAGA-TV, the funeral, which took place at House of Hope Atlanta in Decatur, Georgia, honored the rising talent born Mariel Semonte Orr.
In case you missed it, Trouble was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Rockdale County. The suspect, Jamichael Jones, 33, was the ex-boyfriend of the woman who lived in the apartment, and surrendered himself to county deputies and is currently in custody.
Investigators say that Trouble was visiting the woman when Jones forced his way into the apartment, opened fire and shot the rapper once in the chest. He was 34.
Jones is being held without bond in the Rockdale County Jail and is scheduled for his next hearing on Wednesday (June 15).
In 2018, Trouble signed with Mike WiLL Made-It’s Ear Drummer Records imprint and released his critically-acclaimed LP Edgewood, which featured Drake, Boosie Badazz, and more.
Most recently, he was signed to Duct Tape Entertainment label. His last studio album was 2020’s Thug Luv.
Watch the Celebration of Life for Mariel “Trouble” Orr below:


BIPD launches electoral training programme
As part of the ongoing preparations for the upcoming legislative and municipal elections, Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD) has launched a training programme for the elections 2018. The programme will be held from July 29 to September 23 and comprises a line-up of training activities for candidates, directors of electoral campaigns and their work teams. BIPD calls for free registration in the programme through its website www.bipd.org.
BIPD Acting Executive Director Anwar Ahmed described the elections as a national milestone in practising political work in Bahrain. He added that they are the essence of the democratic process as it draws the map of political work to serve the development efforts and boost stability in the community. He also underlined the constant democratic development in Bahrain in the prosperous era of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa by fostering political participation and boosting awareness of the importance of exercising the constitutional rights to run and vote in elections.
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An update for you all: Touch Hak, the only-very-technically Cambodian citizen who wants to give his brother a kidney, has received a one-year stay, according to his lawyer, Jacqueline Dan, but that's still two years short of the three he'd need to participate in a program that'd find his brother a kidney.
Touch's advocates over at Asian Americans Advancing Justice weren't notified directly, but multiple congressional staffers received this message from ICE when inquiring about the case, according to his lawyer:
"On July 30, 2015, Mr. Hak submitted an Application for a Stay of Deportation or Removal (Form I-246) to the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Los Angeles, California, field office. While the application was originally denied on August 24, 2015, after further review of all additional information available, ERO Los Angeles granted Mr. Hak a one year stay of removal, provided he remains in the organ donor program and is not involved in any further criminal activity."
Hak is currently in Washington D.C. meeting with more congressional staffers to advocate for two additional years of stay.

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ALGIERS- President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, said Tuesday in Algiers where he is on a working and friendship visit, that the final reopening of borders with Algeria will allow a “quite natural”
promotion of trade between the two countries.
Following discussions with President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the Presidency of the Republic, President of the Republic of Niger expressed his wish to see the borders with Algeria “permanently” reopened.
According to President Bazoum, this reopening will allow promotion of bilateral trade between the two countries.
He also said he told President Tebboune of the “great” program in the region of Diffa, located in the far east of Niger, and which consists of bringing all the populations displaced since 2015 because of insecurity in their villages.
This operation should involve more than 100,000 people, he said.
While describing as “fruitful” the exchanges he had with President Tebboune, Niger’s president said he is convinced that this operation will give e “fresh impetus” to cooperation between Algeria and Niger.
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Hitting a high note! Singer Tina Arena's lavish Melbourne home sells for more than $1.6 million – a month after it was passed over at auction
- Tina Arena has sold her lavish three-bedroom home in Fitzroy, Melbourne
- The property failed to sell at auction last month with a single bid of $1.75 million
- The terrace abode then went to private sale and sold for more than $1.6 million
- A young woman is believed to have been the buyer, with the location a drawcard
Tina Arena's Melbourne home has sold for a song, fetching the singer more than $1.6 million just a month after it was passed over at auction.
Property agent Rob Elsom revealed Saturday that the double-storey terrace house had been snapped up by a young woman, according to Realestate.com.au.
Mr Elsom said the Victorian home had gone for an undisclosed figure in excess of $1.6 million, with the three-bedroom abode originally priced around $1.8 million when listed in August.
Singer Tina Arena's (pictured) lavish three-bedroom, one-bathroom Melbourne terrace home has sold just a month after being passed over at auction
The trendy abode, with the kitchen pictured, was snapped up by a young woman for an undisclosed amount in excess of $1.6 million
The 180sqm property in Fitzroy attracted a single bid of $1.75 million at the September auction, but was passed in on.
The trendy home was then put to private sale after a price reduction, going for well above the $1.38 million the singer is believed to have paid for it.
Mr Elsom said the new owner 'loved everything about' the property and that the location had been a drawcard for her to buy.
'She’ll end up doing a bit of work to it, but she’s pretty comfortable with it how it is,' he said.
The 180sqm property in Fitzroy attracted a single bid of $1.75 million at the September auction, but was passed in on
The trendy home was then put to private sale after a price reduction, going for well above the $1.38 million the singer is believed to have paid for it
The home includes double glazed windows, wooden floorboards, as well as reverse cycle heating and cooling.
It also includes a large living area complete with fireplace and French doors and a rustic bluestone dining room.
Outside a secluded courtyard opens into a north-facing hidden garden, complete with a bench to sit back and relax on.
The musician said that the property was believed to be between 120 and 130 years old, during a segment on Better Homes and Gardens.
Among the house's features are a large living area complete with fireplace and French doors, which leads through to a rustic bluestone dining room (pictured)
The dining area opens out into a paved courtyard (pictured), with a north-facing garden accessible down a windy path
The 47-year-old moved back to Melbourne in 2015 after decades spent overseas in London and France.
'I’ve been away 20-odd years, worked internationally and done some great things, (but) I just felt it was time to come home,' she told News.com.au.
Tina first shot to fame as a child star on 1980s TV show Young Talent Time, alongside friend Dannii Minogue.
The acclaimed soprano, who has sold more than 10 million records, recently embarked on her Innocence to Understanding tour, where she played 14 dates across six states.
The singer said that the property was believed to be between 120 and 130 years old, during a segment on Better Homes and Gardens
It includes a main bedroom upstairs, as well as two other bedrooms (one pictured here) that feature modern and rustic finishes
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“Gas is the feedstock for the fertiliser industry and the short supply of gas is the biggest challenge before us at present,” Fertiliser Association of India Girector-General Satish Chander told Business Standard.
He said the fertiliser industry was the only industry that made optimum usage of gas without leaving any effluent or carbon footprint.
Last year, the fertiliser industry had been supplied roughly 31.50 million standard cubic metres (mscm) and the government has capped the supply at this level, Chander said.
“Although, the fertiliser industry has been accorded priority in gas supply followed by power sector, we are getting only about 62 per cent of our total gas requirement through such allocation,” he said. The rest of the requirement is being met through long-term contracts.
Further, he said 18 of the 31 indigenous fertiliser plants were incurring cash losses due to the pricing policy of the Centre that dictates retail prices and salary structures followed by them.
A majority of industrial input used by fertiliser companies, including gas, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), rock phosphate, ammonia, sulphur, and phosphorus are imported.
Fertiliser is a highly subsidised commodity and the Centre runs a subsidy bill of over Rs 75,000 crore for ensuring cheaper supply to farmers. The government provides 75 per cent subsidy on fertiliser.

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Glatfelter Insurance Group Retains CastleBay Consulting to Lead Search for Correspondence SystemGlatfelter and CastleBay Project to Acquire Third-Party Software to Replace In-House Legacy Correspondence System (July 10, 2012)
PARK CITY, UT -- (Marketwire) -- 07/10/12 -- CastleBay Consulting Corporation (CastleBay), a consulting firm specializing in providing high-impact advisory services to the insurance market, today announced that Glatfelter Insurance Group (Glatfelter) has retained CastleBay to lead the search for a new correspondence system.
During the search process, CastleBay will direct the requirements gathering, request for information (RFI) development and vendor engagement on behalf of Glatfelter. CastleBay will use elements of the company's proven Software Selection RoadMap and associated Intellectual Property to kick-start the project and achieve Glatfelter's goals in the shortest time possible with the desired results.
"I have known George Grieve and his team at CastleBay for some time and have heard nothing but good things about their work," said Wayne Umland, CIO for Glatfelter. "We are looking to CastleBay to help us with this important software selection project because they offer a proven and methodical approach which will help formalize our needs and thoroughly assess the available options in order to make the most informed decision."
The new software will be heavily used for generating claims correspondence across Glatfelter's diverse lines of business, and will also be used for the creation of complex proposal letters. A key requirement will be enabling business users to create, store and manage their own correspondence templates and libraries rather than having to rely on help from Glatfelter's IT department.
"Our existing system has performed well, but the older technology is now proving to be a constraint," said Umland. "Both the business users and our IT staff feel the maintenance and management of correspondence libraries should reside with the operations departments, not with IT. We look forward to delivering independence to our business clients and freeing up scarce IT resources to perform more value-added tasks. Our business requires us to be very agile and entrepreneurial to take advantage of market, product, and carrier opportunities. With CastleBay's assistance, I am confident we will find a new correspondence system that will serve us well into the future."
"I appreciate that Glatfelter has selected us for this project," said George Grieve, CEO of CastleBay. "Understanding the requirements for core insurance processing systems and assisting in the evaluation and selection of these mission-critical systems is central to what we do. We look forward to working with the Glatfelter team and helping them to replace this core legacy asset."
About CastleBay Consulting Corporation (CastleBay)
Park City, Utah-based CastleBay Consulting Corporation was founded in 1998 to provide high-impact consulting services to the insurance market. Services include strategic systems planning and acquisition; quality management; program and project set up, management and assessment; business process and requirements analysis; and related software implementation services. CastleBay's consultants average more than 25 years of insurance industry experience and represent a wealth of experience as executives and officers from world-class vendor and insurance carrier companies. To learn more about CastleBay's services, contact Don MacFarland at 513-218-2473 or [email protected], or visit the CastleBay website, www.castlebayconsulting.com.
About Glatfelter Insurance Group (Glatfelter)
Glatfelter Insurance Group, headquartered in York, PA, is one of the largest privately owned insurance brokers in the United States. Glatfelter's has 500 associates and 4,500 independent brokers serving 25,000 clients. Through its various divisions, Glatfelter Insurance Group offers a wide array of commercial and personal insurance products and financial services, as well as specialty property, casualty, life, accident and health insurance programs. For more information about Glatfelter, please visit the company's website, www.glatfelters.com.
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Joyce Mitchell pleads guilty to helping N.Y. inmates escape
NEW YORK — With a barely audible whisper of “guilty,” the prison tailor charged with helping two murderers stage a dramatic escape from an upstate New York prison last month pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that could bring her up to seven years behind bars.
Joyce Mitchell, 51, was charged with promoting prison contraband, a felony, and criminal facilitation, a misdemeanor.
Mitchell faces a prison sentence ranging from 2⅓ years to seven years.
Mitchell wore a black-and-white jumpsuit to court, where her husband Lyle — who had allegedly been the target of a murder plot as part of escape — attended the hearing. Her handcuffs were removed so she could sign a form to waive a grand jury hearing on her charges.
At various points during the hearing, Mitchell dabbed tears from behind her eyeglasses.
Asked why Mitchell was not charged with conspiracy to murder her husband, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie told reporters Tuesday that he couldn’t use her word alone to convict her on such a charge.
The inmate who was recaptured, David Sweat, did not corroborate such a conspiracy, Wylie said. “Because of the facts that we had before us, to prove such a charge beyond a reasonable doubt would have been extremely difficult,” the prosecutor said.
Sentencing will take place in September.
Authorities said Mitchell, a tailor at the Clinton Correctional Facility, provided inmates Richard Matt and Sweat with tools they used to cut through cell walls for their escape from the prison in Dannemora, New York.
Mitchell admitted that with the help of another prison employee she smuggled hacksaw blades by hiding them in frozen hamburger meat, a law enforcement official told CNN last month.
The escape was discovered on June 6. A massive manhunt ended in late June after law enforcement officers fatally shot Matt and recaptured Sweat.
She faced up to eight years behind bars if tried and convicted, authorities said.
Officials said Matt and Sweat had originally planned to come out of a manhole and meet Mitchell, who would drive them away. But Mitchell didn’t show up, officials said.
Despite their botched getaway plan, Sweat and Matt managed to elude authorities for about three weeks. They fled through the woods of upstate New York, breaking into a cabin and collecting supplies.
Thought Mitchell was said to have had a relationship with the inmates, Sweat did not confirm that he had sex with her, according to Wylie.
“He did not confirm that whatsoever,” Wylie said.
Mitchell potentially faced additional charges — including allegations of sexual conduct with one of the inmates, and allegations that there was a conspiracy to have her husband killed — but Tuesday’s plea deal precludes that, Wylie said.
“I made a determination it was in the interest of justice” to proceed with the plea on the two counts, Wylie said.
Mitchell, however, could still be charged with other counts if an inspector general’s investigation turns up any new crimes, the prosecutor said.
New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott said in a statement that Mitchell’s guilty plea made “clear her culpability in the systemic breakdown that led to the escape of two cold-blooded killers.”
The plea deal includes Mitchell’s continued cooperation in the broader investigation of the prison
“Nothing short of her full cooperation will be tolerated, and I am confident that when she fulfills this obligation, I will provide a thorough and complete accounting of all the factors contributing to this elaborate breakout, with an eye toward ensuring this never happens again,” the statement said.
Plea negotiations with the lawyer for another prison employee, Gene Palmer, have failed and his case will be presented to a grand jury, Wylie said. Palmer is accused of taking meat that concealed the hacksaw blades to Sweat and Matt who subsequently escaped.


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Tottenham Hotspur star excited for reunion with Leeds United man on the international stage
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Rodon joined the Whites on a season-long loan from Spurs in August and has been included in Rob Page’s latest Wales squad for Thursday’s friendly with South Korea at the Cardiff City Stadium and Monday’s Euro 2024 qualifier in Latvia.
Ahead of the game, Son - who was appointed Tottenham captain following Harry Kane’s summer move to Bayern Munich - was reminded he would come up against current teammates Ben Davies and Brennan Johnson but was quick to point out: “Don’t forget Joe Rodon as well - my closest friend.”
Rodon joined Spurs in 2020 and made friends with Welsh teammates Davies and Gareth Bale. However, speaking in 2021, the Leeds loanee revealed his close relationship with Son.
“I’ve got close with Sonny, he’s a great guy,” he told the Tottenham website in April 2021.
“It’s a special thing [how football brings people together]. You get all these players coming in from different cultures and it’s a great mix in the changing room. It’s a great group and I’m proud to be part of it.
“The lads have been brilliant with me from the moment I walked through the doors. They’ve been a very welcoming group, and I had Gareth (Bale) and Ben (Davies) here as well to help me settle in. Gareth’s been like a big brother to me.
“I’m laughing now just thinking about him [Son]. I can’t describe him. He’s a great guy and a great character to have in the dressing room. Of course, he’s a great player as well, the stats don’t lie, we all know what he’s producing and he’s getting better and better, a top, top player.”
Both players look likely to start for their international sides and will come face to face in tonight’s friendly as Rodon aims to put friendships aside and quiet any threat from Son. The South Korean forward netted a hat-trick at Burnley ahead of the international break while Rodon played the full game as Leeds kept a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.

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Epsom salt decongestant
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OASKIN BEAUTY Epsom salt decongestantEpsom salt is recognized for its effective anti-inflammatory, decongestant and relaxing properties. It helps relieve muscle and articular pain. Ideal for baths or in the bathtub. The mixture of essential oils in this formula warms and promotes the decongestion of the respiratory tract while having a sweet and pleasant eucalyptus and vanilla scent.
Use:For a full bath:Dissolve 1 to 2 cups of Epsom salt in a hot bath. For a foot bath:dissolve 1/2 cup in 4 liters of water.
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Pa. detective: Prankster registered as 'Obama'January 16, 2013 @ 7:23 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how a prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama."
Butler County Detective Scott Roskovski says nobody voted using the bogus voter registration card, though filling it out falsely could be a felony.
Elections officials in the county north of Pittsburgh had processed the card, and it went into the state's computerized database with the last name "Obana" _ that is, with an "n" in place of the "m." But Roskovski says that whoever did it was clearly trying to register using President Barack Obama's name.
The card was discovered last week when a jury commissioner was compiling a list of potential jurors which can be drawn from voter-registration lists.
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Merge Healthcare Set to Acquire Confirma
Acquisition will open computer aided detection (CAD) imaging technology for the global healthcare market
MILWAUKEE & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In order to combine forces on expanding CAD technology, Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading health IT solutions provider, and Confirma, Inc., the largest privately-held developer of computer assisted detection (CAD) software for medical imaging, announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Merge to acquire Confirma in an all-stock transaction. This acquisition brings Confirma’s patented and proven technologies to Merge’s multiple market channels and international markets, and provides a mechanism to expand adoption of this important technology.
According to Michael Middleton, Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, “The long-term opportunity for CAD in diagnostic imaging is to contribute significantly to the reduction of health care cost, while increasing access to patient care and life saving modalities. As imaging studies grow in size and complexity, measured deployment of CAD and workflow enhancing algorithms for radiology show great promise to accomplish these goals.”
“CAD technology is still at an early adoption phase in the market for most indications, but it has significant opportunity as a tool for reducing imaging costs in today’s healthcare reform environment,” states Justin Dearborn, Merge Healthcare CEO. “Together with Confirma, we believe we can now better realize the long term global potential for this technology.”
Confirma has spent years developing the extensive CAD algorithms, intellectual property and validation required of these highly technical clinical tools. The flagship product, CADstream™, has over 1,200 systems implemented for breast and prostate MRI, and several additional solutions are in development. “Our customers understand the core benefits of CAD as a clinical workflow tool,” says Wayne Wager, CEO of Confirma. “By combining our patented CAD applications with Merge’s broader health IT solutions and global presence, we can better take advantage of current and future growth opportunities and, thus, extend our solutions to more clinicians.”
The all-stock transaction will be based on a ten-day volume weighted average price (VWAP) of Merge Healthcare’s Common Stock, as of the third trading day prior to the closing date and is subject to certain adjustments. The total value of the transaction is estimated to be $22 million or approximately 5.6 million shares of Merge Healthcare Common Stock using a ten-day VWAP as of the close of market on August 6, 2009 of $3.897. Based on these amounts, it is estimated that Confirma investors will own approximately 8.5% of MRGE post-acquisition. Merge expects the transaction to be completed in September.
“We believe this merger will provide many benefits for our stakeholders,” adds Dearborn. “Short term synergies include bringing Confirma technologies to our international and OEM distribution channels, as well as integrating the Confirma and Merge breast imaging solutions to create additional differentiation with these already successful products. Midterm, we believe CAD has opportunities in clinical trials, as well as other areas of diagnostic health IT. As I stated above, there is long term vision to expand the use of CAD in humanitarian markets and to bring additional efficiency to established markets where imaging costs are under fire.”
Merge Healthcare develops solutions that automate healthcare data and diagnostic workflow to enable a better electronic record of the patient experience, and to enhance product development for health IT, device and pharmaceutical companies. Merge products, ranging from standards-based development toolkits to sophisticated clinical applications, have been used by healthcare providers, vendors and researchers worldwide for over 20 years. Additional information can be found at www.merge.com.
Confirma provides peace of mind through leadership in innovative technology, customer support and resources for building and expanding an MRI practice. Confirma develops and markets CADstream, an MRI-CAD system that revolutionizes MRI study analysis and reporting. CADstream automates the analysis and interventional guidance of MRI studies, providing higher quality imaging studies, lower costs for radiology practices and improved communication tools for physicians and patients. Thousands of physicians at more than 1,200 facilities partner with Confirma each day to provide premium patient care.


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Every other month our pet expert and Canine Coaches dog trainer Jill Bailey will answer your pet questions. Email her at email@example.com. For more info on Canine Coaches visit caninecoaches.com.
I’ve had numerous questions about taking your dog on errands and whether or not leaving them in the car is safe. It is not!
Please, do not take your dog with you on errands in the summertime. It is TOO HOT for them in the car. Remember that the temperature in the car will be much hotter than it is outside, and it won’t make any difference if you are parked in the shade or leave the windows cracked because cars retain heat. Animals can get heatstroke and suffer from dehydration; also, they don’t “sweat” like we do which makes it harder for them to keep their bodies cooled down. It is the best and safest choice to leave them home when you are out and about.
That being said, there are obviously going to be exceptions. For example, if you are working on training with your dog or if you are taking them into a store with you and then taking them right back home, then it is O.K. to take your dog with you. Changing up their environment is one of the best ways to socialize your dog, just remember to be safe when doing it.
Question: My dog is so excitable when we get to dog class, what are some techniques for helping my dog calm down?
Answer: At Canine Coaches, we like to start off each class with some relaxation techniques to help all of the dogs and humans calm down before class begins. Start by sitting on the floor with your dog. Try massaging behind the ears, at the base of the tail and giving them a few belly rubs. Be sure to watch for what your dog likes and doesn’t like. This is a great way to build your relationship with your dog as you will learn to watch them and see what they do and don’t like during this time. You’ll begin to notice that the more you do this, the more their attention will start to focus on you during this time, no matter how many distractions there are. Don’t forget, dogs pick up on our emotional states, so try and stay as relaxed as possible during this time and they will too.

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Almost a half century after Helen Gurley Brown arrived at Cosmo, 40 years after Our Bodies, Ourselves was published, two decades after Salt n’ Pepa catchily urged women to talk about sex (and my grade-school friends vacillated between snickers and pretending to be sophisticated about the lyrics), and 15 years after Sex and the City became a hit, public conversations about women and sex remain rare—particularly those that stray from hetero, male-centered visions. Taboo and silence linger around narratives about female sexuality, except when they are sandwiched into conventional story lines. You know what those lines are: sassy starlets gone bad on one hand, and on the other, concern-trolling journalists, reporting on promiscuous teenage girls or sex workers in the developing world (paging Nick Kristof). And oh, yeah, if women do speak out—even politically—on matters of sexuality or even just gender, they’re pilloried immediately. Look at what happened to Sandra Fluke and even poor Katherine Fenton, who dared ask a question about pay equity at the recent presidential debate.


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The uphill path to Ling Kok Shan starts at the stairs next to Mo Tat public toilet. With limited shades along the path, this trail is recommended for experienced hikers. Climb up over 1000 steps of well-pave stairs to the hill, you can find various shapes of rocks masterfully sculpted by nature and incredibly rewarding view of Shek Pai Wan and Sham Wan.
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Improved Quality and Satisfaction: Implementation of a Diaphragmatic Breathing and Adverse Childhood Experiences Education Group
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|Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been shown to be contributive factors for poor mental and physical health outcomes for adults who have experienced them. Being subjected to ACEs can alter the sympathetic nervous system response and lead to hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA axis) dysfunction. Diaphragmatic breathing (DB) is a way to counter the negative impact of ACEs on the nervous system. This was an implementation of a pilot DB exercise group along with ACEs education for participants on a Midwestern rural inpatient psychiatric unit in which a group does not currently exist dedicated to these topics. Patient surveys revealed that 90% of participant responses indicated the group improved patient satisfaction and 100% of participants reported experiencing some level of benefit from the group.
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FutureScot’s Health & Care Conference: a case study
Patients Know Best (PKB) is the UK’s largest patient portal and the world’s first patient-controlled health records system.
This award-winning system is empowering more than 4,000 patients across Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust to play an active role in managing their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as well as offering them greater access to clinical expertise and innovative treatments.
Supported by the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN), PKB is being used by patients to record their symptoms and communicate with their clinical team remotely, accelerating timely access to advice, clinical reviews for flare-ups and escalation to disease-modifying therapy where appropriate. It also offers reassurance to those patients who are stable without the need for a face-to-face review.
Talk to the Patients Know Best team at FutureScot’s Digital Health & Care Conference in Glasgow on 25 April.
The benefits of this patient-centred approach have been significant:
-The number of inpatient admissions and outpatient attendances has reduced.
-The time to access specialist care at the onset of a flare-up has reduced from 6 weeks to 1 week.
-60% of respondents reported that their IBD had been well controlled within approximately 2 weeks, with this figure rising to 71% after 4 months of usage.
-68% said the service had a positive impact on their IBD and 77% said it helped them feel more confident in managing their own health.
-An estimated £4million has been saved by prescribing more cost-effective medicines that can be remotely managed.
–Patients Know Best (PKB) is the UK’s largest patient portal and the world’s first patient-controlled health records system.
-The Care Information Exchange, covering 2.3m citizens in North West London (and powered by Patients Know Best), is the largest patient-held record in the UK.
-The system is a multi-award winning tool to help patients manage their care better.
-PKB integrates fully into England’s NHS HSCN N3 secure network and the NHS Wales Informatics Service.
-PKB is available on any internet-enabled device. It can be used by patients and clinicians anywhere in the world.
-PKB is now used by over 60 hospitals across seven countries and in 19 different languages.
By choosing who they want to share their information with, patients can work more closely and effectively with their clinical teams. For example, healthcare professionals can create care plans digitally with input from patients whilst data from personal wearable devices can also be uploaded to enhance the monitoring of complex conditions. Videos and other media content can additionally be made available to help educate and activate patients to further improve care.
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In the latest change in what has been a sometimes confusing year of pricing changes for streaming music, Spotify on Monday introduced a discount program for families.
According to the new plan, Spotify — which sells online access to 20 million songs — will let its subscribers add up to four accounts at half the usual price, which is $10 a month. So a subscriber adding, for example, one account for his or her spouse, and another for a child, would pay a total of $20 a month: $10 for the primary account, and $5 for each additional one.
Of course, those people can listen to Spotify free, if they are willing to hear advertising. Paid subscriptions are ad-free and bring other perks like higher audio quality and full access on mobile devices.
Spotify’s family discount is the newest development in the streaming-music pricing wars, as online music services try to compete with low prices and record companies — which issue the licenses that most such companies need to operate — try to keep the revenue from streaming music high as sales of both CDs and downloads plunge.
This year, Spotify introduced a half-price discount for college students, which is still available. And in April the company also announced a deal through Sprint’s “framily” program — networks of friends and family — that let people get Spotify for as little as $5 a month for 18 months. That program was dropped over the summer, although Spotify still has discounts through Sprint that give people up to six months of the service free, and then a discounted rate of $8 a month for 18 months.
Other streaming services, like Rdio, have student and family discounts as well, but keeping track of them can be difficult.
When Beats Music was introduced in January, for example, a partnership with AT&T let people get up to five Beats accounts for $15 a month. But in the wake of Apple’s $3 billion takeover of Beats, that appears to have changed. AT&T recently stopped selling Beats subscriptions, and family plans are no longer available. In the meantime, there have been reports that Apple is trying to negotiate with record labels for new licensing terms that will allow it to sell Beats subscriptions at much lower prices.


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Nuts and Bolts. Little things. Small shards of metal in an otherwise grander machine. And yet, without them, the car would fall apart, the building would collapse, the wharf would crumble. Two years ago I discovered a most amazing book. Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, PhD promised me a fool-proof system for writing a novel in 30 days. Sure, said I, the skeptic. But I bought it. It seemed the most legitimate book claiming such impossibilities. I already had an outline, already had characters in place. I was working on a sequel for crying out loud but I needed some structure, some oomph to get it out of the cracks in my mind and onto the page. And you know what? It worked. I wrote an entire novel (ahem...300+ pages) in the span of one month.
I'm doing it again.
This time, there is no outline, no plot in progress. In fact, there's barely a skeleton to hang clothes on. But I'm giving it a go. Today is day four (I'm skipping weekends because, let's face it, we all need some time off) and so far, I have ten scenes outlined, a one sentence summary AND a general outline for what she calls Acts I, II (part 1), II (part II) and III. I'm still not quite sure what's going to happen. I have ideas; they flit in and out from between my ears as I rattle out the bolts. Slowly but surely, however, I'm tightening and hammering and I'm seeing something that vaguely resembles a plot.
A daring undertaking? Perhaps. But I've done it before so I know it can be done. If you're in the mood for some no holds barred writing, or if you just need some help getting started, this book may be the key to unlock the stories hidden in your mind. It's helped me. And after this book, I intend to use it for the next, the next, the next...you get the picture!


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While Bangladesh has made notable progress in addressing maternal nutrition over the past decade, nearly cutting the number of undernourished women in half, this did not stop the 2022 Global Nutrition Report from laying out a dire warning for the country:
“Bangladesh is ‘off course’ to meet all targets for maternal, infant and young child nutrition.”
Perhaps the warning is not unwarranted. One in five women in Bangladesh are still undernourished, while nearly a quarter now suffer from obesity. Further, more than a third of children under five are malnourished.
The question is, if Bangladesh is ‘off course,’ then how can it get back on course?
Why are efforts to address maternal malnutrition not more effective?
That Bangladesh is ‘off course’ in addressing maternal nutrition is not a problem of one weak link in the chain, but rather a series of weaknesses throughout the process.
First, the data which backs the creation, implementation, and monitoring of initiatives is often inadequate, leading to policies and programs which are fragmented and inefficient. Collaboration between official bodies is also often lacking, as is communication with affected stakeholders, leading to more fragmentation and inefficiency. Further, knowledge related to initiatives is often lacking in local communities, leading to lowered adherence to various programs.
A new approach to maternal nutrition in Bangladesh
The key to the future of maternal nutrition in Bangladesh is the adoption of an integrated, multisectoral approach to the issue. This approach should include:
- Collaborative knowledge building: Studies have shown that even when maternal nutrition initiatives reach pregnant women, they are often not utilized due to a lack of knowledge on the part of both women and their communities. The way to ensure that initiatives are adopted in communities is by building the knowledge of both women and their healthcare providers, as well as family members, community leaders, and local officials. UNICEF recommends counselling local women when maternal nutrition initiatives are enacted, while others prefer the more comprehensive Social Behavior Change Communication approach to build collaborative solutions.
- Local Resilience: Consider, more women in Bangladesh now suffer from obesity than undernourishment. What this means is that maternal malnutrition is becoming as much about low-quality food as not enough of it. For this reason, initiatives should include efforts to increase diverse local food production and build resilience in local food systems to ensure access to high-quality diets.
- Gender Equality: Gender equality and maternal nutrition are “mutually reinforcing.” Promoting one promotes the other. Initiatives which provide education and training for women are inherently maternal nutrition initiatives.
- Better Data: Initiatives backed by inadequate or inaccurate data are doomed from the start. Digital innovationshould be exploited to create and utilize better data on initiatives, and inform better decisions.
It is clear that despite how far the country has come, there is still much work to do on maternal nutrition in Bangladesh. By focusing on an integrated, multisectoral approach to the issue, initiatives can be made more effective, and maternal malnutrition can be solved in the country once and for all.