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February 3, 2010
Notable student note on loss calculations under the federal guidelinesAnyone working on white-collar sentencing issues in the federal system will want to check out this new student note in the Duke Law Review, which is titled "Losing the Loss Calculation: Toward a More Just Sentencing Regime in White-Collar Criminal Cases." Here is the Note's abstract:
The sentencing regime that governs white-collar criminal cases requires reform. The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines recommend sentences that are generally too high and place a grossly disproportionate emphasis on the concept of “loss” — the dollar value of the harm that a court finds a white-collar criminal to have caused. This concept of loss is ill defined, and often artificial to the point of being arbitrary. Moreover, the loss calculation fails to adequately approximate a defendant’s culpability, dwarfing traditionally relevant considerations such as the manner in which the defendant committed the crime and the defendant’s motive for doing so.
Fortunately, the Supreme Court has recently opened the door to systemic reform. In Kimbrough v. United States, the Supreme Court held that — at least in certain circumstances — a sentencing judge may deviate from a Guidelines recommendation based purely on policy disagreement with that guideline. This Note argues that sentencing judges should adopt an aggressive interpretation of the Supreme Court’s Kimbrough opinion and exercise their newly rediscovered discretion to deemphasize the loss calculation and restore rationality to the sentencing of white-collar criminals.
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"deemphasize the loss calculation and restore rationality to the sentencing of white-collar criminals."
And why is it that when this note appears in the Duke Law Review my instincts are that this is a special plea by a student who has lost their trust fund. Oh, I know why.
Posted by: Daniel | Feb 3, 2010 10:34:38 PM
Most government prosecutions are of sharp business practices. These are enabled by the failures of contract law, a worthless, idiotic, toothless law subject. These false prosecutions force plea deals, and are revenue generators. Revenue generation without formal passage of taxes violates the procedural due process rights of the defendant. In most cases, the federal prosecutor has the moral and intellectual standing of Mafia extortionists of local stores. Morally, the law of necessity permits self-defense in self-help against these cult criminals. What should be done with a Mafia thug demanding protection money from a local business? Negotiate? No. The same has justification with the federal thug. These are not even human beings.
Sometimes, the government finds the rare real theft by fraud. Any amount of loss attributable to the defendant over an established value of life, such as $6 million, should result in a summary execution. That amount represents the murder of a lifetime of value of a constructive economic person. The theft eradicated the economic value of a life. The death penalty is justified.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Feb 4, 2010 12:50:59 AM
Warning. The Supremacy is not that bright. She is only 2 years ahead of the times, and her points will come to pass sooner than the lawyer cares to believe. You federal thugs and appellate judges start running. It is not too early. Federal marshals will be hunting you down with dogs and to shoot you on sight for your betrayal of the Constitution.
Example said only a short time ago. "All lawyers are mental cripples after 1L criminal cult indoctrination. They have to be to accept the dumbass, pure, worthless garbage, supernatural doctrines of the law from 1270 AD."
DOJ finally recognizes this devastating condition in an official announcement.
For those lawyers too retarded to find the relevant passage:
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I encourage all you dumbass lawyers to apply. "Dumbass" is a lawyer term of art, meant only in the nicest way, here.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Feb 4, 2010 1:44:13 AM
I have to admire the cleverness of the DOJ lawyer. When the hunt starts, I am sure it will be very hard for Federal marshals to drop a traitor with twisted limbs, walking about, with a Goofy expression.
They forgot, "cross dressing, transgender, pedophilic, and gay, not to mention, victims of lawyer training in a Top Tier law school resulting in the nose going into the air, and the butt sticking out, and the inability to speak like a human being."
"Remember, you are trying to save our country," the added marshal training will emphasize.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Feb 4, 2010 2:00:18 AM
While this young fellow has clearly spent some time here, this is ultimately a rather light review of a complex area of the law. It starts with a fairly brusque legislative history that misses a lot of the nuance of the original genesis of the guidelines by relying too heavily on Breyer's general tutorial and other secondary sources. The commentary completely ignores the statutory imperative that the Commission must revise the guidelines from time to time - especially when confronted with new legislation and directives. A reading of the SRA reveals that. And while the imposition of some magical trope regarding "past practice of sentencing judges" that never really existed and has no basis in law, including the vaunted Kimbrough, is a rhetorical flourish we can forgive a thoughtful new legal scholar - people who have studied the guidelines longer would have to smirk at the premise that 2B1.1, or any guideline provision for that matter, must forever be based on what is little more than the mean national sentence for an entire group of various and sundry offenses.
When speaking of the lack of "real guidance" when calculating loss he fails to note that the sentencing courts have plenty of guidance with regard to calculating loss from the Circuit courts. As far as the USSC's role: compare the depth of the loss application notes in 2B1.1 to the application notes for any other guideline. And search of the USSC's website for "loss" and "2B1.1" reveals at least two papers on loss as well as several other resources under the aptly named "education and training" section. This argument, that it's just too much for courts to basically do what they want when calculating loss is especially humorous given that the overall premise of this article is that courts should do what they want.
In the following sections of his paper, we jump to broad statements like "the guidelines for white collar fraud are deeply flawed." His single poster boy for this effect is not compelling if you remove the sympathetic adjectives. Add a Texas accent and you've got Mr. Skilling.
He also suggests that things like relevant conduct, abuse of trust, and role aren't sufficiently considered by the guidelines. That's simply not the case and I don't think you'd find many people advocating for their expansion. His notion that loss has a "weak correlation" to culpability fails to appropriately consider that culpability includes measuring relative harm, not just between the two examples of 2B1.1 offenses he mentions (an "innocent" Skilling type, and a "bad" ponzi schemer), but ALL offenses. These simplistic examples in the face of thousands of actual cases that can easily be examined is really a fatal flaw.
Like I said, it's clear a lot of work went into this but these, frankly, sophomoric examples do his argument harm. Even his two examples, in real practice, would be treated as differently as a billion dollar fraud is from a comparable 2D1.1 offense. His innocent executive could easily be responsible for thousands of 401K's losing value and thousands of people canceling vacations and college for their kids. Their victimhood in this sense is no different than a Madoff victim. What is in the defendant's mind is not nearly as important as measuring the harm his conduct has caused. Here he draws a distinction that has no basis in accessing total harm caused by an offense. Basing culpability on the judge's perception of the defendant's motivation will make a loss calculation in a stock fraud look like figuring a dinner tip compared to an attempted Vulcan mind meld.
In his analysis of Kimbrough he strikes a hopeful tone, but he fails to boldly note that the subject of the Kimbrough case, the crack guidelines, were systematically disavowed by the USSC in umpteen reports to Congress which is a more than subtle difference between crack and loss when arguing the applicability of Kimbrough to the traditional role of the USSC. Further he glosses over the notion that every year Congress approves the actions of the USSC - except the one time they didn't - on crack. While Kimbrough rejected this adoption argument in the case of crack, it isn't entirely clear that the Court would do the same thing for loss or any other factor.
As he concludes he suggests that the USSC screwed up, and he does this by quoting Breyer's article again rather than the legislative history at the time of the first guidelines nor some the longer treatises out there that detail the rather lengthy explorations that the USSC went through. Suggestions that the USSC didn't study loss before implementing it initially, or changing it subsequently, are simply incorrect on the face of available materials that show multiple iterations and discussions, comment from a slew of experts and professionals, public hearings, ad hoc committees, and plenty of study by the USSC staff. Perception that the USSC was unprofessional in 1987 and along the way is more important than relating what actually happened.
Loss is a tricky subject and skimming the surface while suggesting radical change isn't very contemplative. The idea that the best practice is to simply base sentences on the mean not only ignores all of Booker, the SRA, and common sense, it's also a recipe for disparity since, as the author notes, most courts still comply with the guidelines.
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Frank Campion of the Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Athenry, Co. Galway reports on grass growth and lamb performance on the BETTER sheep farms.
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Lambs were treated for nematodirus in April in line with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine forecast using a white drench (benzimidazole; 1-BZ). Some of the flocks may need to dose a second time, where some of the lambs were still quite young at the first dose. Faecal sampling of lambs will begin this month to allow for FECPAK analysis to establish when further anthelmintic treatments are required.
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“No one got everything they wanted, including me,” Biden said. “But that’s what compromise is. That’s consensus, and that’s what I ran on.”
Negotiations within the Democratic Party have escalated in recent weeks, as the White House has gotten more involved in an effort to bring two centrist Senate Democrats on board without alienating the party’s progressive wing. Those senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, have succeeded in stripping major progressive priorities from the bill, but Democratic leaders emphasized Thursday that it would still have broad impacts on Americans’ lives.
“Democrats are putting money back into peoples’ pockets, and we are sending a message to workers and families across the country–you’re not on your own, we’re in this together,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a statement. “I look forward to getting this historic legislation to President Biden’s desk as soon as possible.”
Democratic aides are now scrambling to craft legislation based on Biden’s framework, which would expand access to free preschool for some 6 million toddlers and use subsidies to ensure most families spend no more than 7% of their income on child care. It would also extend the new child tax credit – which since July has sent monthly payments of $250 to $300 per child to all but the wealthiest families – for one more year.
The bill would also extend tax credits to reduce health insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act through 2025, make housing more affordable in cities and rural areas, improve home-based care for older Americans and people with disabilities and increase funding for higher education.
In addition to the social programs, Biden’s proposal includes investments and tax credits to speed the adoption of clean energy and efforts to make the nation more resilient to wildfires and extreme weather. Those provisions are key as Biden heads to a global climate summit in Scotland on Sunday.
Yet the framework does not include tougher climate provisions favored by progressives, which Manchin opposed. Rep. Raul Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee, said in a statement the bill would be “the start of a longer effort” to reduce carbon emissions and meet global climate commitments.
Other priorities for Northwest Democrats were also dropped from the framework as the White House cut its total cost by roughly half. One major loss for progressives was a paid family and medical leave program Murray has sought.
“Make no mistake, this framework does not solve every problem we face–far from it,” Murray said in a statement. “It is downright shameful that America is the only developed nation where working people are not guaranteed paid leave if they have a child, get seriously ill, or need to take care of a loved one.”
Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington urged her fellow Democrats to add a tax credit that encourages the construction of affordable housing back into the package after it, too, was left out of Biden’s framework.
“This tax credit is bipartisan,” Cantwell said. “It’s worked successfully. I would say it’s one of the most successful programs that we’ve had in the United States for getting affordable housing. Let’s not leave it off the table, let’s put it in this legislation and make sure it gets to the goal line of the President’s desk and is signed into law.”
But with limited money – and Republicans united in their opposition to the bill – Democrats have largely prioritized their own priorities over bipartisan measures.
The framework proposes paying for the $1.75 trillion in spending by raising revenue over 10 years through a range of tax hikes on large companies and the wealthiest individuals, including a 15% minimum corporate tax rate, a 1% surcharge when companies buy back their own stock and an extra tax on multimillionaires and billionaires. It would also increase funding to the Internal Revenue Service to help the agency crack down on tax evasion.
After Sinema objected to proposed increases to capital gains and income tax rates for large corporations and the highest-earning Americans, Democrats have scrambled to come up with other revenue-raising measures that don’t violate Biden’s pledge not to raise taxes on anyone who makes less than $400,000 a year.
Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, warned in a statement that any tax hikes could hurt the U.S. economy.
“From the proposals we’ve seen – which have not and likely will not be publicly and thoroughly vetted – I am extremely concerned about the long-term damage that another outsized round of reckless spending will do to our economy,” Crapo said, calling the framework “a blueprint to recklessly tax and spend our country into fiscal ruin.”
Rep. Russ Fulcher, who represents North Idaho, said in an interview the Democrats’ proposal would give the federal government too much power in people’s lives.
“It’s a disaster. It’s the socialization of America,” Fulcher said. “It has very little to do with traditional infrastructure and everything to do with government control.”
According to the White House’s estimates, the framework would generate more revenue than it spends, undermining a common GOP criticism that Democrats are widening the budget deficit. But the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan watchdog group focused on the growing federal debt, has pointed out that while the plan would raise money through tax increases over a decade, much of the spending is set to run out much earlier. Extending programs after they “sunset” would increase the total cost later.
“We’re very encouraged that the Administration would more than pay for its proposed spending and tax breaks,” CRFB President Maya MacGuineas said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the framework relies heavily on the massive gimmick of arbitrary sunsets to make the numbers work.”
Democrats are betting those programs will be popular enough that Congress will be pressured to extend them, even if Republicans take control of the House or Senate in next year’s elections, and Fulcher said he worries that plan may succeed.
“How often do you see a government program that gets put into place that actually goes away?” he said. “If there are things offered to people, people will take them. … And it’s difficult to blame people for taking so-called ‘free stuff.’ The problem is it’s not free, No. 1. No. 2, it’s an addiction.”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Seattle Democrat who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has been a lead negotiator, said Thursday her caucus supports the framework but needed to see actual legislation, not just Biden’s outline, before they would vote for the separate bipartisan infrastructure bill the Senate passed in August.
“We are with the president in principle, and I think that’s the most important thing,” Jayapal said on MSNBC, adding that “the majority of the Progressive Caucus priorities are in there.”
Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Democrat whose district stretches from the Seattle suburbs to the Canadian border, chairs the moderate New Democrat Coalition and signaled that her group is ready to vote for the bipartisan bill, which would authorize about $550 billion in new spending on roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
“New Dems stand firm behind President Biden & the Build Back Better agenda,” DelBene wrote on Twitter. “It’s time to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill & show governance can work again.”
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Betting is associated with the need to choose Fortnite bookmakers. This is an important moment because the choice of suitable Fortnite gambling sites determines the safety of the game but also the amount of winnings. Due to the great popularity of esports, there is an extensive range of Fortnite betting operators to choose from. However, only the licensed ones deserve attention. On the bookmaker’s website, there should be information about the license. If there is no such information, there is a high chance that the site is not licensed, which means that betting on it is associated with increased risk. However, it may happen that Fortnite betting operators have a license, but they have not posted information about it on their sites. Whenever in doubt, just write to them with your query.
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Fortnite bookmakers and their courses
The odds look different in different countries. This is evident on Fortnite gambling sites. In order to bet well, you should therefore get to know them better:
American odds (moneyline): these are simple numbers with + and – signs. Minus is given to those teams that have a better chance of winning, which can be a bit confusing.
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The following is an excerpt from the Women Leading Boards April 2022 Special Report – In Partnership With 50/50 Women On Boards™. Click here to view and download the full report.
Using the Russell 3000 Public Company data provided by Equilar, 50/50 Women on Boards™ examined the trends for women appointed to the Russell 3000 Company Boards in 2021, and as of December 31, 2021, observed four key themes:
1. Women are gaining seats, but at the current rate of change, women in the U.S. will not hold 50% of corporate board seats until 2030.
As of December 31, 2021, women hold 26.7% of the Russell 3000 company board seats, a 10.7% increase over the last five years. While progress has been made, at the current rate of change, women are not expected to hold 50% of corporate board seats until 2030. To cut the estimated timeline in half, and reach the goal by 2026, the percentage of women needs to increase by 5.8% year-over-year, almost doubling the percentage increase from 2020 to 2021.
2. Women of color are still missing in the boardroom, impacting the future pipeline of women.
While the pandemic and the death of George Floyd charged companies to re-evaluate their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and initiatives, the success and advancement of women, especially women of color, continue to be challenged by workplace bias including pay equity, recognition, family leave, well-being, and flexibility.
Why is this relevant to boards? It challenges women, especially women of color in the pipeline to advance to the highest levels of leadership.
Based on those who self-identify, as of Q4 2021, women of color only hold 6% of company board seats, while men of color hold 9%—a slight increase from the previous quarter. Of those who self-identify and hold seats on public boards, currently, Blacks / African Americans hold the highest percentage of seats, 6.4% total and 2.7% of those are women; Asians / Pacific Islanders hold 5% total, with women accounting for 1.8%; and Hispanics / Latinos only hold 2.7% total, with women holding less than 1% of the public board seats. Additionally, Indigenous Peoples, Middle Eastern / North Africans, Multi-Racial, and those who self-identify as Other collectively hold just 242 of the 27,050 director seats on boards.
The positive change from the previous quarter is more directors, especially newly appointed directors, are self-identifying. Of the total new directors in Q4 2021 who self-reported, 30.2% are people of color, with women of color accounting for 15.5% of the board appointments and men of color representing 14.6%.
However, underrepresented groups continue to be overlooked for promotions and were not as frequently provided the opportunity to upskill, according to a recent article published by Society for Human Resource Management. The employer and employee relationship requires a shift in balance, so the future pipeline of women and men of color are provided the same opportunities to advance and to serve on boards.
3. The sectors more inclined to reach 50% women on boards by or before 2030 are not sectors with the largest market capitalization.
By the end of 2021, all sectors surpassed 20% women on boards. Sectors with more than 25% women on boards include all but two, Financial Services and Energy.
Utilities, Consumer Defensive, and Consumer Cyclical have nearly 30% or more women on boards and more than 10% of companies are gender-balanced, with Real Estate closely trailing behind. The companies with the largest market capitalizations, including Technology, Financial Services and Healthcare, added more women to boards than other sectors, but overall, the percentage of women on boards continued to lag.


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ACLU Sues for Trump Administration Killing Rules
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
Hawkish generals run Trump's geopolitical agenda. He was co-opted to go along, aware only about what he's told – likely not fully informed on the extent of America's drone strikes and other killing policies.
Under Bush/Cheney, Obama and now Trump, America largely kills civilians in all its war theaters, few so-called "high-value" individuals by drones.
Unknown numbers have been mercilessly slaughtered by drone wars alone, including women and children.
The Trump administration escalated what his predecessors began, changing the rules of engagement, loosening them, permitting anything goes, suggested by an unrevealed document called "Principles, Standards, and Procedures" – replacing Obama administration policies.
On December 21, the ACLU filed an FOIA lawsuit, "demanding that the government releas
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On March 7, 2022, Analysys released the "White Paper on the Development of Hyaluronic Acid in 2022" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper"). The white paper provides insight into the main development of China's hyaluronic acid raw material market in 2021-2022 from four aspects: "hyaluronic acid market environment, hyaluronic acid raw materials and application development status, hyaluronic acid market practice, and hyaluronic acid market development trends" Changes, analyze the competitive advantages of manufacturers, and make predictions about future development trends.
The white paper believes that China is the main producer of hyaluronic acid raw materials, and the domestic market demand has also shown a rapid growth trend in recent years.
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As we all know, Freda is the first enterprise in China to master the technology of animal tissue preparation and biological fermentation of hyaluronic acid and realize mass production. Taking this as the starting point, it has been deeply researched and made, and it is the earliest domestic application of hyaluronic acid in ophthalmic medical devices, In ophthalmology, orthopedic drugs, health food and skin care products, many technologies and products are pioneering, breakthrough and unique, and have achieved several domestic and international firsts. The creator and leader of the acid industry. Focus Freda, as a well-known manufacturer of hyaluronic acid skin care raw materials in the world, can trace its history back to the establishment of "Official Announcement" in 2012. Since then, it has been making continuous efforts to promote the development of the hyaluronic acid industry and has achieved a series of technological breakthroughs. Under the accelerated empowerment of Freda's brand, talents, technology, channels and resources, Focus Freda has been deeply engaged in the field of hyaluronic acid skin care raw materials, and has now become the world's largest production base of hyaluronic acid raw materials, and its products are exported to more than 70 countries and regions around the world. According to data from Analysys, Focus Freda will have the largest global sales of raw materials in 2020.
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On January 7, 2021, the National Health and Health Commission issued an announcement to release the range of food-grade hyaluronic acid that can be added, and China's food-grade hyaluronic acid raw material market has been further opened.
As early as 2018, Focus Freda established a food production workshop and obtained a food production license in May 2019, which includes beverages, tablet candies, gel candies, tablets, granules, capsules and other dosage forms , passed ISO22000, ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, NSF, HACCP, FDA registration, BRC and other system certifications. After investing 500 million yuan in the construction of a sodium hyaluronate production project with an annual output of 520 tons, Focus Freda will become the first batch of domestic enterprises to obtain food production license qualifications in 2021, facing the favorable policy of "allowing food" for hyaluronic acid. Tianziyuzhuo and hyaluronic acid series of sodium hyaluronate drinks, as the first edible hyaluronic acid in China, came into the world quickly with the concept of "internal nourishment and external". So far, Focus Freda sodium hyaluronate officially launched Enter the "oral era".
Focus Freda's annual output of 520 tons of sodium hyaluronate project
Studies have shown that hyaluronic acid is of human origin, and oral hyaluronic acid is safe and has no side effects, and can be effectively absorbed by the human body. Oral hyaluronic acid provides scientific evidence.
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After Focus Freda's edible hyaluronic acid was launched, among the feedback from users, "from the inside out", "hydration" and "easy absorption" were the most frequently mentioned high-frequency words. The characteristics of Ruida oral hyaluronic acid are inseparable - small molecules of hyaluronic acid are absorbed into the blood through the gastrointestinal tract and sent to the dermis of the skin to promote the production of hyaluronic acid by human fibroblasts and supplement the missing hyaluronic acid in the human body. Focus Freda takes hyaluronic acid as the core and proposes the concept of "hyaluronic acid+", which combines hyaluronic acid with other ingredients to achieve the effect of 1+1>2. With the scientific and technological power of "hyaluronic acid+", it provides users with diversified, Targeted product experience. The emergence of oral hyaluronic acid has innovated the use scenarios of externally applied hyaluronic acid and satisfied the consumer groups that cannot be covered by injectable hyaluronic acid, thus opening up a new track for moisturizing and skin care.
Focus Freda Oral Hyaluronic Acid - Hyaluronic Acid
Cosmetic-grade hyaluronic acid, second only to food-grade sodium hyaluronate, has gradually become one of the main additives in skin care products on the market. Focus Freda has been developing for 10 years, and has successfully developed products such as ultra-low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, cationic hyaluronic acid, Tremella polysaccharide, low molecular weight hyaluronic acid by enzymatic digestion, and acetylated hyaluronic acid. In 2021, Focus Freda released " "Fullerene Hyaluronic Acid", the top hyaluronic acid products on the market that can be developed by high-tech scientific research technology, further expand and expand the hyaluronic acid market.
Focus Freda Fullerene Conference
Focus Freda, as a leading exporter of raw materials, has always insisted on producing R&D products according to the standards of pharmaceutical manufacturing. The production capacity of the raw material factory of sodium hyaluronate can reach 420 tons per year. It is equipped with advanced hyaluronic acid fermentation tanks and has professional hyaluronic acid The R&D and production equipment and testing equipment for sodium and nutritional food are kept sterile throughout the process. Since the research and development of sodium hyaluronate, Focus Freda has divided hyaluronic acid into three grades: cosmetic grade, food grade and pharmaceutical grade, and has a whole industry chain from research and development to raw materials to end products.
Focus Freda production equipment
In 2020, Focus Freda and Freda Pharmaceutical Group completed the merger, inheriting 30 years of research experience of Freda, and building an all-round advantage barrier. Focus Freda launched a new raw material brand "Baifu" on the occasion of the 10th anniversary celebration. Its three products of cosmetic grade sodium hyaluronate, revitalizing small molecules and ergothioneine were released at the same time, promoting the sustainable development of the company with innovative research and development, Cooperate with the group to create a differentiated competitive advantage and develop the domestic and foreign hyaluronic acid market.
Freda Pharmaceutical Group's new raw material brand "Baifu" was released
As the world's largest manufacturer of sodium hyaluronate, Focus Freda will also continue to develop the core technical component hyaluronic acid and its application in the fields of medical beauty and health in the stage of gradually releasing the dividends of the hyaluronic acid industry, so as to provide consumers with innovative products. responsive and competitive products and services to meet larger-scale growth.


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Illinois Constitution Article VII, Section 4(c)
Each county shall elect a sheriff, county clerk and treasurer…
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… In all counties there shall be an elected treasurer who shall hold office until his successor shall be qualified… He shall receive and safely keep the revenues and other public moneys of the county, and all money and funds authorized by law to be paid to him, and disburse the same pursuant to law.
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Two bills by state Rep. Joe Harrison would resurrect the notion, which would make Louisiana the only state in the union to have both an elected top education official and state school board with elected members. The Constitution actually provides for an elective superintendent, but in the Legislature’s wisdom in 1986 it took advantage of the provision to make the office appointive by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education staring in 1988. Harrison’s bills would amend away that possibility or reverse the previous statute.
While the movement for states to fragment executive power swept the country in the latter part of the nineteenth century, in Louisiana it went into overdrive, especially as inculcated into the 1921 Constitution, which the 1974 version was supposed to correct. Even the 1921 version had an appointive superintendent by a board constituted just like today’s BESE, but in short order that was amended to accommodate the political popularity of long-time existing superintendent T.H. Harris, and the office remained elective until the idea was transferred to the 1974 version, a period which featured plenty of pro-segregation sentiment, after Harris failed reelection in the reform 1940 election use often as a stepping stone for (failed) attempts at higher office, and oversight of a school system that developed into one of the, if not the, worst in the country.

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During the current epidemic, diabetology care will be available in the form of online consultations. We are able to discuss test results, write e-prescriptions, discuss medical matters and offer advice online.
There are two basic forms of diabetes. In type 1, also called juvenile diabetes, the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, so it starts to use the glucose needed for the system to operate. Type 2 diabetes is the illness of overweight adults, which usually develops insidiously, without symptoms, while the vital organs are damaged by constantly high levels of blood sugar.
When should you visit a diabetologist?
- Suspicion of diabetes: fatigue, visual disturbances, abnormal thirst, weight loss, frequent urination, recurrent yeast infections
- Existing diabetes
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- for everyone over the age of 45
- under the age of 45 for those:
- whose BMI is above 25 (weight (kg)/height (meter)2, e.g. a 165 cm tall person weighing 60 kg: 60/1,652=22,04)
- and also has one of the risk factors (e.g. high blood pressure or cholesterol etc.)
- and for women who have delivered a baby with a birth weight over 4,1 kg
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Message from the BCRCC Executive Committee
Dear BCRCC Members:
September 30 is now a federal statutory holiday, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The day is meant to recognize the legacy of residential schools in Canada and honour the Indigenous survivors, their families, and their communities. It also demonstrates a commitment to reconciliation and affirms that ‘Every Child Matters.’
As such, BCRCC members will be entitled to a day off from work on September 30. If you work on that day, you will be entitled to overtime as per the collective agreement.
We encourage every member to participate in a ceremony or gathering to commemorate this important day, or at least take a few moments to reflect or learn about what you may do to help bring about meaningful reconciliation. You can start by simply wearing an orange shirt on September 30.
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Automatica, the renowned conference on smart robotics and automation, is set to captivate technology enthusiasts and industry professionals in Munich this week. This year, the event promises to showcase cutting-edge innovations in various sub-sectors of robotics and automation.
In this article, we’ve highlighted some of the most exciting tech and companies we’ll be looking out for when attending. To make this easier, we’ve split it into sections of software, machine vision, motion control, sensors, and collaborative robots. If you know of anyone else who should be included but isn’t, please get in touch and let us know!
Empowering Automation with Intelligent Programming.
ArtiMinds Robotic, have recently introduced ArtiMinds RPS. This revolutionary software generates secure and verified source code in the robot manufacturer's specific language, ensuring maximum process reliability and robustness. By utilizing the manufacturer's communication paths, ArtiMinds RPS optimizes code generation, minimizing errors and enhancing overall efficiency.
NEXUSTEC’s Trimiti is a worker assistance and quality control system powered by AI. Described as the “missing link to Industry 4.0”, Trimiti makes manual production look easy! Be sure to attend CTO of NEXUSTEC, Sourabh Bodas’ talk at the Vision Expert Huddle on 28th June at 10:30AM for more insights.
Fruitcore Robotics offers user-friendly horstFX software, designed with a graphical interface to streamline programming for touchscreens and operating panels.
Micropsi Industries presents the MIRAI Robot Control System, which employs artificial intelligence to handle variances in position, shape, or movement in real-time, allowing for flexible retraining and improved adaptability.
MOV.AI provides ROS-based software development tools that expedite robot development while ensuring security, safety, and compliance.
Enhancing Perception and Precision.
MVTec Software is blazing a trail with its flagship software, Halcon. Halcon, a comprehensive standard software with an integrated development environment (HDevelop), enables rapid development of various machine vision applications. With continuous access to the latest technologies, users can leverage Halcon's cutting-edge capabilities to solve complex vision tasks.
Mech-Mind Robotics, a prominent player in 3D vision and AI technologies, empowers industrial robots with their Mech-Eye 3D camera, Mech-Vision machine vision software, Mech-DLK deep learning software, and Mech-Viz robot programming software. With their affordable and user-friendly products, Mech-Mind helps system integrators deliver robust and intelligent robotic systems for diverse applications, from bin picking to palletizing.
Powering Precision and Performance.
Synapticon excels in motion control with their range of servo drives, integrated motion devices, and motion software. Their SOMANET servo drives offer unparalleled performance, efficiency, and protection, while the SOMANET integrated motion devices combine multiple functionalities into a single unit. Synapticon's OBLAC commissioning and tuning tools simplify motion axis engineering, and the MOTORCORTEX motion suite facilitates high-performance multi-axis motion controller setups, leveraging modern software architecture and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
Pioneering Safety and Reliability.
Inxpect, the visionary sensor technology company, introduces radar-based smart sensors that revolutionize industrial automation and robotics. Their LBK System, the world's first safety-rated radar for industrial use, ensures robust safety standards while enhancing efficiency and accuracy. Inxpect's certified radar sensors provide reliable and precise data, opening new possibilities for automation in various industries, including security and building automation.
Redefining Human-Robot Interaction.
Universal Robots are one of the biggest names in the cobot space and are continuing to impress with their next-generation UR20 cobot. Delivering exceptional performance, versatility, and ease of use, the UR20 exemplifies the evolution of collaborative robots.
Doosan Robotics, on the other hand, presents the DR.PRESSO, a coffee barista robot that operates autonomously and provides premium coffee around the clock.
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Use Airbnb, Uber or Lyft? Beware. There can be a dark side to sharing with strangers
Earlier this year, RJ Walker, 28, lived through what he calls a "sharing economy nightmare.”
The part-time Lyft driver arrived home after work to discover strange cars blocking his driveway.
He cautiously approached the three-bedroom house he called home for nine years to discover a group of strangers lounging around.
“Five random people were basically living in my house,” Walker said. “They had a key. They were eating my food and using my dishes. They used my soap, shampoo. They did laundry using my detergent. They were hoteling in my house, and I was expected to be the maid.”
After some back-and-forth with the surprise guests, he discovered that his landlord rented out the spare bedroom on Airbnb. Walker's property was listed as amenities.
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His story is reflective of others out there, where an economy built on side-hustles and providing convenience for strangers can become sketchy, seedy and sometimes even dangerous.
Just days after the short-term rental company Airbnb promised to ban "party houses," in November, an 18-year-old girl was reportedly beaten and threatened with a gun at a mansion dubbed "Airbnb house."
Experts say the sharing economy horror stories have emerged due to a primary friction point in the market: Trust.
We trust strangers to walk our dogs, assemble our furniture and help us do basically everything in our lives, but humans are inherently flawed. We trust that companies will have our best interest in heart and give refunds if things go awry. That doesn't always happen.
"We're imperfect. Yet we need to trust the other people and the platform in order for the sharing economy to successful," said April Rinne, a sharing economy adviser. "Trust can and has broken down on both of those levels."
It's not that the sharing economy is any more dangerous than life before Uber and Airbnb. It's that several of the companies that built fortunes on people sharing have grown rapidly. So growing with more users has led to more high-profile slip-ups.
Walker said he contacted local Salt Lake City news because Airbnb couldn't do anything to help his situation. He was evicted after the story ran on TV.
"It's always been the Wild West out there," said Charles Green, who has advised companies on the role of trust for over 20 years. "It all started off as very much person-to-person, and that's what was very cool about it. You heard more success stories. Now, it's on a bigger scale, and you see all the scams and negative parts that were there since the beginning."
Also, as sharing economy startups have grown, the sector that was built on intimacy has become more transactional.
"The interpersonal component no longer plays a distinguishable role," Green said. And "you have people pushing the boundaries of whatever the law will allow."
Sharing has a history
Sharing is not a new concept. Humans have shared food, roadways and library books for centuries.
But instant access to the internet has enabled the peer-to-peer market to thrive, and widespread adoption of smartphones was a game-changer.
Sharing began upending the traditional ways of the retail market with Napster in the early 2000s. The service allowed people to share MP3 files with one another for free before being hit with a mountain of copyright infringement lawsuits.
Sharing has evolved to encompass access to Netflix passwords, money with peer networks and clothes with strangers. Each exchange is slightly more invasive than the latter, and each involves a great deal of trust.
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But where does it end?
"Years ago, people didn't get it. They'd ask, 'What can be shared?'" Rinne said. Nowadays, the conversation has shifted as startups have created innovative business models to lending goods and services.
"I used to draw the line at toothbrushes and children. Those can't be shared," Rinne said. "But a lot lies within the scope of sharing."
While sharing clothes and cars have become more common, it's harder to convince people to lease their most prized possessions or tools they use every day. It's also hard to persuade people to return goods that they see as disposable.
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"Things that are low-cost are the worst candidates," she said, referencing the Chinese-based umbrella-sharing company E Umbrella, which folded after people stole the $3 umbrellas. A startup named BrellaBox pitched a similar idea on "Shark Tank" in 2016. Panelists called it “the worst idea ever heard."
Still, the company said in a blog post that "the Sharks were wrong." BrellaBox's social media accounts haven't been updated since 2017.
"The asset wasn't expensive enough for the penalty to hurt or for people to find a place to place it back," Rinne said.
Where the sharing economy is going
Despite all the sharing disasters and hazards, the business sector is growing.
The professional services firm PwC projects the sharing economy to grow from $15 billion in 2014 to $335 billion in 2025. Cars, consumer goods, hospitality and entertainment are key drivers.
And resourceful millennials and Generation Z, who don't mind sharing assets to save money and the planet, are expected to keep the trend going, experts said.
At some point, the sharing economy becomes an even more integral part of the overall economic pie, Rinne said. "Ownership doesn't disappear. There is just more sharing, access and lending on the menu."
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Traditional tea of China and Japan, bursting with health-giving antioxidants and flavonoids.
This super tea is thought to enhance mental alertness, with both a stimulating and calming effect and has been said to lower cognitive impairment.
Packed with potent antioxidants, it boosts your metabolism, helping to burn fat when combined with exercise and can help to lower total cholesterol and raise 'good' cholesterol.
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Jackie Robinson Day is the annual celebration by Major League Baseball of the first African-American player to play in the majors. It began in 2004 and occurs every year on April 15, which is the day Jackie made his major league debut in 1947.
For the 2011 Jackie Robinson Day, Major League Baseball launched a website called I Am 42 (42 was the number Robinson wore with the Brooklyn Dodgers). On the website, current players, past players, managers, owners, broadcasters, etc, photos are montaged into the number 42 and if you click on each person, you can see a video of each person talking about what Jackie Robinson means to him or her.
In baseball Friday, the teams will all be wearing numbers 42 to honor Jackie as well. There are a full 15 games today, so no team has to postpone the wearing of their no. 42 jerseys. The official celebration is before the 7:05 PM game at Yankee Stadium and will feature
members of Robinson’s family. That site is chosen as the official celebration every year because that is the site (or now with the new Yankee Stadium, right next door) where Jackie played against the Yankees in seven World Series.


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Mammootty’s Uncle opens to highly positive reviews!
Mammootty starrer Uncle has hit screens today (April 27) amidst high expectations courtesy the impressive promo videos. Early reports after the first show suggest that the movie has lived up to the hype. Mammootty’s splendid performance has already become a talking point in social medias. General opinion is that Uncle is a very relevant film that mirrors at the socio-political issues prevalent in the society today.
Uncle tells the story of a teenage girl and her father’s friend. ‘CIA’ fame Karthika Muraleedharan and Mammootty play these two lead roles in the movie. Gireesh Damodar, a former associate of Ranjith and Padmakumar, is making his directorial debut with Uncle. The movie is scripted by actor Joy Mathew; it is his second outing as a scriptwriter after the critically acclaimed ‘Shutter’.
Uncle’s core plot is set in the journey of Mammootty’s character Krishnakumar aka KK from Ooty to Kozhikode. KK, a Mumbai based businessman, is accompanied by his friend’s daughter in this trip. It is about an unusual situation a middle class family is made to face. The social and political setting of Kerala is of much prominence in the movie.
Uncle is expected to be the much needed break for Mammootty whose last few outings have failed to impress the critics. The actor has not played such a performance-oriented character in recent times. Uncle also stars Joy Mathew Ganapathi, Suresh Krishna, KPAC Lalitha and Muthumani in supporting roles.
Joy Mathew and Sajai Sebastian are jointly funding the movie under their banners of Abra Films International and SJ Films.


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Cadbury Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut containing large bars of milk chocolate filled with bits of fruit and nut.
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|Fibre||1.3 g||0.4 g|
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|Salt||0.2 g||0.06 g|
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Tickets on sale for MP vs. Harlan
Tickets for the Mt. Pleasant vs. Harlan boys basketball game on Dec. 12, 2016 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines are on sale now in the High School Activities office. This game will be played prior to the Iowa Energy basketball game. Tickets to the game will get you admission to both games. Shottenkirk and Hy-Vee will also have tickets available.