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Flashcards in Endocrine I Deck (54):
What does the anterior pituitary derive from?
Rathke's pouch (ectodermal diverticulum)
What does the posterior pituitary derive from?
Invagination of the hypothalamus (neuroectoderm)
What gets secreted from the supraoptic nuclei?
ADH (AKA vasopressin)
What increases ADH secretion?
What decreases ADH secretion?
Decreased serum osmolarity
What does ADH do?
ADH binds to V2 → increased cAMP → increased aquaporin 2 to lumenal side
Which 4 hormones have the same alpha subunit?
LH, FSH, hCG, and TSH
ACTH and MSH (melanin stimulating hormone) are both originally part of what protein?
Sheehan syndrome happens when there is hypo perfusion to the pituitary after labor/delivery. What symptoms would be expected with this condition?
Agalactorrhea (no oxytocin)
Amenorrhea (no FSH/LH)
Secondary hypothyroidism (no TSH)
Why are the fetal adrenals so important?
Cortisol is needed for type II pneumocytes to produce surfactant
What are the symptoms of 21a-hydroxylase deficiency?
Increased ACTH (d/t inability to produce cortisol)
Hypotension and salt wasting ( d/t inability to produce mineralocorticoids)
Masculinization (d/t increased production of sex hormones)
What is seen with 17a-hydroxylase deficiency?
Phenotypic female who is unable to mature (d/t inability to produce sex hormones and cortisol)
HTN (d/t increased production of mineralocorticoids)
What is seen with 11b-hydroxylase deficiency?
HTN (d/t increased production of deoxycorticosterone)
Masculinization (d/t increased production of sex hormones)
How does deoxycorticosterone cause HTN?
Deoxycorticosterone is a weak mineralocorticoid
What is an easy way to remember the symptoms with steroid synthesis enzyme deficiencies?
1X → HTN
X1 → masculinization
When is cortisol (a glucocorticoid) released?
In response to stress:
Up-regulates apha1 arteriole receptors
Increases gluconeogenesis (and similar)
Suppresses immune system and inflammation
Decreases bone formation
How does cortisol suppress the immune system/inflammation?
Inhibits COX and PLA2
What is the most common cause of Cushing syndrome?
Exogenous steroid use
Besides exogenous steroid use, what are some other causes of Cushing syndrome?
Cortisol-producing adrenal adenoma
What is Cushing disease?
An ACTH producing pituitary adenoma
What kind of cancer produces ectopic ACTH?
Small cell lung cancer
What CAN'T you confuse small cell lung cancer's production of ACTH with?
Squamous cell lung cancer's production of PTH-like protein
What should be seen in a normal person with low-dose and high-dose dexamethasone tests?
Cortisol normally decreases with dexamethasone administration
Dexamethasone tests are done, and cortisol remains high after both tests. What is the cause of the Cushing syndrome?
Either ectopic ACTH or a cortisol-producing adrenal adenoma
No matter how much synthetic glucocorticoid is given, there will not be a negative-feedback inhibition
Dexamethasone tests are done, and cortisol remains high after the low-dose but lowers after the high-dose. What is the cause of the Cushing syndrome?
At a high enough dose there will be negative-feedback inhibition
What is the mnemonic for the symptoms of Cushing syndrome?
What symptoms does the 'BAM' in "BAM, CUSHINGOID" represent?
What symptoms does the 'CUSH' in "BAM, CUSHINGOID" represent?
What symptoms does the 'ING' in "BAM, CUSHINGOID" represent?
Necrosis of femoral head
Glaucoma (and cataracts)
What symptoms does the 'OID' in "BAM, CUSHINGOID" represent?
What is the effect of aldosterone (mineralocorticoid)?
Activates ENaC and ROMK
What increases the secretion of aldosterone?
High K+ (ROMK secretes K+)
Low Na+ (ENaC reabsorbs Na+)
ATII (reabsorption of water)
What decreases the secretion of aldosterone?
A patient comes in with HTN, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis. What is the likely diagnosis?
What is it called when there is an aldosterone secreting tumor?
Why does metabolic alkalosis occur with hyperaldosteronism?
H+/K+ ATPase tries to correct the hypokalemia...which then decreases serum H+ (which is the same thing as saying increasing the pH)
What is a secondary cause of hyperaldosteronism?
Excess renal renin production d/t perceived low volume...like with stenotic renal arteries
A patient presents with hypotension, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, and skin hyperpigmentation. What is the likely diagnosis?
Addison's disease (primary adrenal insufficiency)
What is the likely cause of Addison's disease?
Addison's is usually autoimmune
What are some situations in which the there can be a hemorrhage in the adrenals?
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome can be occur with severe meningococcal sepsis or DIC
What is seen with secondary adrenal insufficiency?
What causes tertiary adrenal insufficiency?
Sudden withdrawal of corticosteroids
A patient comes in concerned about periodic headaches, sweats, and rapid heart rate. What is the likely diagnosis? What else is likely seen during these episodes?
This patient likely has a pheochromocytoma
There would also be HTN during these episodes
What is seen on UA with a pheochromocytoma?
Catecholamine breakdown products (metanephrine, normetanephrine, vanillylmandelic acid [VMA])
What are the rules of 10 for pheochromocytoma?
10% extra adrenal
What are some associations of pheochromocytoma?
MEN2A and MEN2B
Besides catecholamines, what else can be secreted by a pheochromocytoma? What other cancers can secrete this?
A pheochromocytoma can secrete EPO
Renal cell carcinoma, Hemangioblastoma, and Hepatocellular carcinoma can also secrete EPO
What drug is used to treat HTN with a pheochromocytoma?
(A beta-blocker would cause unopposed alpha-receptor activity...like with cocaine addicts)
What is a tumor of sympathetic ganglion cells typically seen in children?
What is the primary symptom of an adrenal neuroblastoma?
What are some associations of adrenal neuroblastoma?
Bombesin tumor marker
What is seen with MEN1? What is the mutation?
Menin has a loss-of-function
What is seen with MEN2A? What is the mutation?
Medullary thyroid cancer
Ret has a gain-of-function


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Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo state governor, has stated that there is no place in the constitution that prohibits the establishment of a regional security outfit.
Governor Akeredolu vowed that the region will go ahead with the initiative but maintained that the south-west governors will not adopt confrontation while resolving issues with the federal government.
He noted that the onus is on governors to protect their people.
He further challenged the AGF to go to court if he has a problem with the outfit.
“If the Attorney General made a statement, we will not go and say we want to be confrontational but after our meeting, we will take decisions as to what we will do. We don’t want any confrontation as such but we know that it is not in the place of the AGF to interpret laws. It is for the court,” he said.
“We are elected as governors to protect our people and that’s why we are the chief security officers in the state”.
Akeredolu said it is their duty to determine what to do to ensure that their people is safe, adding that that is why the decision was taken
He said, “Amotekun is going to go ahead, but like I said, we will meet and get back to you.”
Meanwhile, Femi Falana, human rights lawyer has advised the governors to ignore Malami, stating that the federal government is hypocritical and discriminatory.

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One Stage Versus Two-Stage Microsurgical Arteriovenous Loop Reconstructions - A 10-Year Experience On 103 Cases from a Single Center
Dominic Henn, M.D.1, Matthias S. T. Waehmann, M.D.1, Miriam Horsch, B.S.1, Svetlana Hetjens, PhD2, Christoph Hirche, M.D.1, Volker J. Schmidt, M.D.1, Ulrich Kneser, M.D.1.
1Dept. of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Heidelberg University, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 2Dept. of Medical Statistics, University Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
A paucity of healthy recipient vessels in microsurgical reconstructions may be managed by the placement of arteriovenous (AV) loops, which enable microvascular anastomoses of free flaps. The optimal time for flap anastomosis to an AV loop still remains a topic of controversy in the literature. A recently published meta-analysis yielded a higher rate of major complications and flap failures in two-stage compared to one-stage AV loop reconstructions (Knackstedt et al. 2017). These data, however, were derived from heterogeneous case series with low sample sizes, the largest of which included 52 patients (Cavadas et al. 2008). Evidence is also lacking on whether perforator flaps are suitable for AV loop based reconstructions and lead to outcomes comparable with large-pedicle muscle or fasciocutaneous flaps. Here, we present the largest cohort of AV loop reconstructions in the literature performed at a single microsurgical center.
Medical records from 103 patients undergoing AV loop reconstructions (76 one-stage, 27 two-stage) at our institution between 2007 and 2017 were reviewed. One-stage and two-stage reconstructions as well as different types of free flap reconstructions were compared with respect to postoperative complications and outcomes.
Rates of flap thrombosis did not show significant differences between one- and two-stage reconstructions (14.47% vs. 11.11%, p=1.00). Also, no significant differences between one- and two-stage reconstructions were found for major wound complications (30.26% vs. 25.93%, p=0.67) and flap failure (10.53% vs. 7.41%), p=1.00). For two-stage reconstructions, the length of the time interval between AV loop placement and flap anastomosis was identified as a predictor for thrombotic events by logistic regression analysis (Odds Ratio: 1.31; p<0.05), yielding high thrombosis rates for intervals of > 10 days. Anterolateral thigh perforator (ALT) flaps in conjunction with AV loops (n=12) showed higher rates of flap failure compared to latissimus dorsi (LD, n=35) (33.33% vs. 8.57%, p=0.059) and combined LD and parascapular flaps (LD/PSC, n=15) (33.33% vs. 0%, p<0.05). Thrombosis rates were higher in ALT flaps compared to LD (33.33% vs. 17.14%, p=0.25), LD/PSC (33.33% vs. 0%, p<0.05), and tensor fasciae latae flaps (TFL, n=12)(33.33% vs. 0%, p=0.09).
Our data indicate that two-stage AV loop reconstructions do not lead to increased postoperative complications compared to one-stage reconstructions and may be favorable in selected complicated cases due to an increased safety of the staged procedure and shorter operative times. To avoid increased thrombosis rates, flap anastomosis should not be delayed beyond 10 days in two-stage reconstructions. ALT flaps are not suitable for AV loop reconstructions since they have a significantly higher resistance and therefore cause a reduced flow rate in the vein graft. This may explain higher flap thrombosis and failure rates.
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Bemis to Expand Plant in Mexico
Bemis Manufacturing Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, plans to expand the footprint of its Monterrey, Mexico, plant and add presses to support growth in the region.
The 50,000 sq. ft. addition will house three new presses in the 1,000- to 1,500-ton range, including at least one multi-barrel machine. The building infrastructure will be able to support future presses as large as 4,400 tons. The Monterrey operation currently employs about 160 people on three shifts six days a week, and the company expects to add to the workforce once the expansion is complete in late 2016.
For more information, visit www.bemismfg.com.


Conor Ryan covers the Bruins for Boston Sports Journal. Twitter: @ConorRyan_93
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Much like us, photographer Stephanie Yonce has just a little addiction to Pinterest. Letting the site fuel her creative spirit, Stephanie along with Honey of Honeydew Events decided to take the inspiration of ombre design and let it translate into a seriously stunning styled wedding shoot with lots of fun handmade projects and a sweet surprise for the bride! From watercolor to a gorgeous ring, begin feasting your eyes now:
The original inspiration for this shoot came from Stephanie Yonce Photography‘s not-so-secret addiction to Pinterest. As ombre details began popping up all over her boards, she came to the realization that it was time to bring this trend to life with the help of Event Planner & Stylist Honeylyn, as well as a team of Virginia wedding professionals. The hope was for a bright, spring time feel with a color palette that pays homage in part to the Pantone colors for 2012.
DIY details included the retro straw and ruffle wreaths, hand painted chargers, the peach yarn covered letters and the wood shim mirror. The White Pedestals were a combination of chunky candle sticks and miniature plates discovered at a local Goodwill while the Ombre socks (based on a tutorial from SheBlogs.com) proved to be a fun challenge for Honey and Stephanie. Stephanie and Honey were both also excited to join forces with local upcycled furniture store Thrill of the Hunt, which provided the table, upholstered chairs and white dresser. The winner for “best find” for the shoot was the Purple Ombre glasses, which were discovered at a local thrift store.
Within the shoot came a fun love story between the models- Russ and Jenny, who married at this location more than five years ago. Due to unforeseen complications with their own wedding photography, they were left with almost no images of their Big Day. With that, they decided to take this opportunity to stage a “First Look” for the fun of it. Russ approached Stephanie prior to the shoot and asked if he could surprise Jenny during the First Look with her Christmas present- a new, sparkly anniversary band. The sweet moment was captured by Stephanie and the couple lived happily ever after… again!
Wedding Vendors (Hanover, VA):
Photographer: Stephanie Yonce Photography / Event Planner: Honeydew Events / Floral Designer: Honeydew Events, Vogue Flowers / Reception Venue: Hanover Arts & Activities Center, Virginia / Invitation Designer: Paper Freckles / Cake Designer: A Cake To Remember LLC / Linens and Coverings: Classic Party Rentals of VA / Equipment Rentals: Party Perfect / Makeup Artist: Faces by Joy / PR Rep: OFD Consulting LLC / Other: Thrill of the Hunt

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The Devolo 1200+ is accessible in two forms: the dLAN 1200+ Starter Unit (£119.99) and the dLAN 1200+ WiFi ac Starter Pack (£159.99).
As the name recommends the 1200+ WiFi ac Starter Pack incorporates Wi-Fi usefulness that rapidly and effortlessly makes another, dlan adapter quick Wi-Fi hotspot in the second room, far from your switch. It additionally highlights two as opposed to one Gigabit Ethernet port on the second unit; see underneath.
Devolo Powerline 1200+ WiFi Gigabit adapters
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The more essential, yet same-speed, 1200+ Starter Pack lacks the Wi-Fi and has quite recently the one Gigabit Ethernet port on the second unit; see underneath.
Devolo 1200+ 1.2Gps Powerline Gigabit adapters
Many homes now require more than the one Ethernet port on the second Powerline connector, with brilliant TVs, recreations supports, Sky+, Tivo, and other home-stimulation boxes asking for quicker systems administration by means of wired Ethernet. In case you’re one of those individuals who require more than one port, at that point the best end 1200+ may suit you superior to the essential unit.
Obviously, you can simply include a Gigabit Ethernet Switch (from around £20) to the connector and hang more Ethernet links off it. In the event that you have need of more than two then you may require the additional switch even on the best model. Devolo makes a few adapters with three Ethernet ports (the £99.99 Devolo dLAN 650 triple+, and £129.99 Devolo dLAN 500AV Wireless+) and we were a little baffled that its new lead demonstrate has quite recently the two. In any case, that is our exclusive genuine protestation.


New Bill Proposed After Boeing Investigation
Boeing’s 737 Max airplanes endangered all pilots. These aircraft models did not all come with essential safety features, which were instead sold separately. As a result, two major crashes occurred due to preventable angle-of-attack errors that caused the nose of 737 Max airplanes to point downward.
As a result of these preventable accidents, an investigation was launched in the Senate. As a result of the analysis from the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, the Committee introduced a bill that is designed to expand safety regulations and prevent similar 737 Max crashes from occurring in the future.
Aircraft Safety Improvement Act of 2020
The Senate Committee determined that Boeing’s malfeasance was made possible due to the Organization Designation Authorisation, or ODA, certification.
Th ODA process permits potential conflict of interest situations due to how the safety checks are conducted. The current situation allows the FAA to delegate responsibility to individual parties to perform these safety checks, but there is a chilling effect on anyone who would come forward about a potential safety issue. Whistleblowers are disincentivized to mention any safety problems as there is no protection for them, regarding job security or other punitive measure.
To encourage delegates and engineers to step forward in the future, the new bill states that “at a minimum, the best practices shall address preventing and deterring instances of undue pressure” on these employees. In accordance with the bill, those responsible for ensuring safety may not be bullied or rushed into making a decision that could cause dangerous oversights.
Other important aspects of the bill are listed below.
FAA to establish ODA methodology to promote data generation transparency.
Develop a Safety Management System similar to what airlines use when determining if an aircraft is safe to fly.
Require “a documented surveillance process by defining and planning inspections, audits, and monitoring activities on a continuous basis”.
Flight testing process must have “a representative sample of international and domestic airline pilots” to generate diverse feedback about a new airplane and reduce the risk of oversight.
Ensure all pilots have adequate training to operate an airplane by requiring the “FAA to conduct more research into human factors with respect to the design and certification of aircraft”.
The Senate Committee’s investigation is ongoing. On June 17th, Steven Dickson, administrator of the FAA, will testify before the Senate. Pending on Dickson’s testimony, more stringent regulations may be added. And the House of Representatives is also creating its own bill for airline safety.
In addition to new safety protocols in the manufacture of aircraft, the Senate Committee also determined that the pilots were not adequately trained on the equipment. In the future, the additional expenses needed to adhere to the regulations outlined in the bill will fall on Boeing and other airframers.
According to Richard Aboulafia, Teal Group Aerospace Analyst, “Max sales contracts would transfer the costs of additional pilot training back to Boeing”. Aboulafia went on to says “From an airline standpoint, I don’t think it will change much.”


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Context: I spent a (too short) three days in the enchanting and devastating city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 2014. This is what I learned:
To visit Sarajevo is to witness the aftermath of a devastating miracle. For three years, from 1992-1995, a near-constant barrage of bombs fell and bullets sped and bled through Sarajevo while the city was surrounded almost entirely by the Serbians during the Bosnian War following the breakup of Yugoslavia. The tragedy is famously known as the Siege of Sarajevo.
Surrounded almost entirely by Serbian forces perched in the encompassing mountains, Bosnians were, for the most part, trapped and unable to move in and out of the city. Going out on the streets to fetch water meant dodging a barrage of sniper bullets tfrom the surrounding mountains. The people built underground networks of tunnels to safely navigate the roads. Gas stations were empty and cars, therefore, inoperable.The only way to safely enter or exit the city was through a secret underground tunnel, or by sprinting through the night by the UN-occupied airport, more than hoping to go unnoticed. Today, cemeteries fill every spare nook and cranny of open space in the city, mostly from deaths between 1992-1995, when the siege happened. Buildings still show signs of heavy destruction.
(side note: I know there have been no bicycles in this story yet, but I promise we’ll get there!)
To a traveler visiting for a few days, every experience is painted with the ramifications of the siege and the war. The siege ended less than 10 years ago with Bill Clinton and other international parties convincing former Yugoslavian leaders to meet in Ohio to sign the Dayton Agreement to end the Bosnian War. Former chaos is preserved in architectural open wounds from the bullets and bombs of the 1990s.
It’s incredible that the Sarajevans were able to maintain any semblance of normalcy while under siege. They played music, put on plays, brewed their own beer. A quote from Alija Izetbegovic is displayed at the exit to the tunnel that served as the esophagus in and out of the city: “Once the analysis is made, and when the miracle of the Bosnian resistance is solved from an historic distance, it will be found – and I am sure of that – that the secret was somewhere in the souls or character of the people.”
The only ‘safe’ way in or out of the city during that time was through a secret tunnel that traveled under the UN-occupied airport. Sarajevans also had the option to sprint for their lives through the narrow corridor that led to the small section of the surrounding mountains that the Bosnians didn’t control, but the UN had a habit, as the story goes, of shining a spot light on people who fled, thus making them easy targets for sniper fire.
And then, of course, I notice the bicycle.
Visiting the Sarajevo History Museum is a really heavy experience, but so is almost any city tour you take of the place. This exhibit, Sarajevo Under Siege, brims with stories and artifacts of really gruesome and tragic events. A single bicycle sits in the middle of the room, accompanied by photos and this description:
“Mr. Irfan Selman from Sarajevo donated this bike used during the war (1992-1995) to History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as evidenced by his photo taken in April 1995 in Kralja Tomislava street. Along with this bike that was the only safe way of transportation during the war, Mr. Irfan brought cigarettes packaged in paper from biology books and in muffin wrapper, which has enriched the permanent exhibition Sarajevo Under Siege.”
Intrigued by the description of the bicycle as a useful tool for safe transportation, I brought it up to our Balkan Han hostel-owner, Unka. He had remained in Sarajevo for the first three years of the siege, and told me that the first year or so during the siege was actually a rather good time because he got to know his neighbors better than ever before and because they, being the crazy guys they were, made a good time of it despite the chaos – music and theater and moonshine abounded! After three years, too much was too much, so he finally decided in 1995 to risk the sprint past the sniper fire and UN-controlled airport. He survived the flight and moved to Russia just a few months before the siege would end (who could have known!).
The siege ended shortly after Unka escaped, but he stayed in Russia for 10 years before moving back here to his old place and turning it into a hostel/guesthouse. Being the bicycle fanatic I am (and because I believe that looking at the bicycle can be a starting point leading to/tied to conversations about other truths and realities- transportation touches everything, after all!), I asked Unka about the role of the bicycle during the siege:
Comment #1: Surviving Sniper Fire
“If you had a bicycle during that time, it was like having a Ferrari.” Having a car during the siege meant you had nothing because there was no gas in the city. With a bicycle, you were faster than a person walking or running, which is good for dodging bullets and fetching water. On the other hand, a person on a bicycle is also a smaller target than a car.
Comment #2: Electric Power
“We didn’t have electricity much of the time, so we would power our radios with electricity generated by pedal-powered bicycles. It’s how we got news of the outside world, and word of what might have happened to someone we knew. We spend a lot of time gathered around that radio.”
Although the bicycle is spoken about in these stories as the safest mode of getting around the city during the siege, it certainly wasn’t safe. Renowned photographer, Annie Lebowitz, took the last photo posted below that is singed with tragedy, apparent innocence, and human presence.
And on a final note, it really would be quite interesting to visit Serbia and see how they speak about and present the Siege of Sarajevo, and the larger Bosnian War, in the 1990s.

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LiFePO4 26650 3.2V 3200mAh Cell
LiFePO4 18650 3.2v 1500mAh Cell Data Sheet
0.5C,( current value of 1500mA at 1C）
Alternating Internal Resistance
constant-current charge to 3.65V at 0.5C,constant voltage charge to stop until 0.01C mA
Max. Charging Current
Discharge Cut-off Voltage
Standard Discharge Current
Fast Discharge Current
Max. Continuous Discharge Current
Pulse Discharge Current
the residual capacity is no less than 80% of rated capacity at 1C rate.
-20°C ~ 45°C
Short-term storage (< 3 months)
86 g (Approx.)
What we usually call "lithium batteries", in a strict sense, should be called lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Lithium (Li) batteries and lithium ion (Liion) batteries are two different batteries. The earliest lithium batteries are dangerous when used, and there are often cases of burning and bursting during charging. This is because lithium is a relatively active metal element and is not safe to use. Lithium-ion battery (Li-ion) is a substitute for lithium, which is a substitute for lithium batteries. Its anode is composed of lithium active compound, usually lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2), and the negative electrode is sucked. A special molecular structure of lithium that holds lithium ions.
Battery memory effect
The battery memory effect is the automatic tendency of the battery to automatically maintain this particular duty cycle. This phenomenon first appeared in nickel-cadmium batteries. If the battery is not exhausted, the battery will show less and less power as the number of uses increases, so it is necessary to recharge the battery each time. Later nickel-metal hydride batteries have no obvious memory effect, but they still need to be fully charged and discharged frequently to maintain their normal storage capacity. Therefore, some nickel-hydrogen battery chargers provide the function of charging after discharge. Lithium batteries basically have no memory effect of nickel-cadmium batteries, and the principle of memory effect is crystallization, which is hardly produced in lithium batteries. However, the capacity of lithium-ion batteries will still decrease after repeated charge and discharge, which is complicated and diverse. Mainly the change of the positive and negative materials themselves. From the molecular point of view, the hole structure containing lithium ions on the positive and negative electrodes will gradually collapse and block; from the chemical point of view, the positive and negative materials are reactively passivated, and the side reaction is stable. Other compounds. Physically, the positive electrode material gradually peels off, and finally, the number of lithium ions in the battery that can freely move during charge and discharge is finally reduced.

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I'm so pleased to have these little knit and felt kits ready at last. They are my latest project, I've been working on them for the last 3 months.
At last I can offer complete taster kits for folk to try their hand at knit and felt. I wanted to offer people small projects which can be finished in a day.
It's been a challenge converting my "knitters shorthand" into instructions for the booklets, but now I'm hooked and already have another pattern made ready to convert into a kit
This cute little lidded pot is ready now I just need to write up the pattern and take lots more photos for another booklet.

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COSBABY HARLEY QUINN MALLET VERSION - COSB736
With gifted intelligence, charisma, charm and personal manners, Harley Quinn has captured fansÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ hearts as surely as the Joker has captured hers. Today, Hot Toys is excited to extend the Suicide Squad Cosbaby series with a new Version of Harley Quinn wielding the mallet!
Inspired by one of her signature looks in Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn (Mallet Version) Cosbaby has Harley wearing the pink and blue curly pigtails with shirt that reads "Daddy's Little Monster", gripping the iconic mallet, giving a wink at fans. Measures approximately 11cm tall with rotatable head function; only available in selected markets.
Join the Clown Queen of Crime to make insane now!
PRODUCT NAMEHARLEY QUINN (MALLET VERSION)
HEIGHTMEASURES APPROXIMATELY 11CM TALL
POINTS OF ARTICULATIONS0
SPECIAL FEATURESSUICIDE SQUAD CHARACTER IN STYLIZED COSBABY FORM FEATURES ROTATABLE HEAD FUNCTION
ARTISTSHEAD SCULPTED BY N/A.
HEAD PAINTED BY N/A.
HEAD ART DIRECTED BY N/A.
Suicide Squad - Harley Quinn (Mallet Version) Cosbaby (S) special features:
- Suicide Squad character in stylized Cosbaby form features rotatable head function
- Measures approximately 11cm tall
- Includes specially designed base with character name
- Non-articulated figure

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06-08-2012, 05:31 PM
I like pie.
Location: Lexington, VA, USA
Join Date: Mar 2009
Mein Auto: 96 318ti, 93 BMW 325IS
97 318IS part out, Lexington, VA.
Hi, I'm selling parts off of a 97 318IS with 184k miles on it. Many more parts are available so ask for what ever you need, odds are decent I have it and I'll send you pictures and a price. (540) 319-8529
Manual transmission swap package, includes transmission, shift linkages, hard lines, soft lines, pedal assembly, and drive shaft, basically every thing you need to get ride of your GM slush box except for the bits that wear out. $500
Differential, 3.45 open slip. $120
Axles. $25 each.
Rear hubs with bearings. $40 each
Front hubs with bearings $40 each.
Rear brake calipers (painted red) $30 each
Front brake calipers (painted red) $40 each
Front windows. $50 each
Back windows $35 each
Back windshield $85
Sun roof assembly (will need to be painted) $85
Entire exhaust (no leaks, includes O2 sensors) $85
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How do you outcrazy a dude that lifts his engines without a hoist?
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Sadly, it would most likely only be sold in foreign markets
Back in August, Hyundai confirmed plans to bring its upcoming pickup truck to the ‘States. With the new product expected to look similar to the crossover-based Santa Cruz pickup truck concept we first saw back in 2015, it was exciting news. But while we may get the truck, it sounds like other markets may get a high-end performance alternative that would be even cooler.
Speaking with Australia’s Motoring, Andrew Tuitahi, Hyundai Australia’s head of product planning, said his company is evaluating the possibility of building a more utilitarian truck that would get a premium cabin and a more powerful engine. “When we feed back [to Seoul] with key criteria, one of the elements is cabin appointments, another is engine performance,” he said. “What we’ve seen typically is a four-cylinder diesel workhorse, but we’re watching Amarok come with a V-6, the Ranger Raptor with a 2.7-litre V-6 turbo maybe.”
If Hyundai executives are going to greenlight the project, though, those other top-trim trucks are going to have to succeed first. “We’ll watch that space and see what customer acceptance is,” Tuitahi said. “They’ll be quite pricey, and we’ll need to see if people are willing to pay for those performance trucks.”
But before Hyundai can take on high-end versions of the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux, it needs to find a place to build the truck, potentially in Thailand.
“There’s a few things that need to take place before we can really be confident in a product coming to market in the next two or three years. So I think first we need to identify a factory before we go through more milestones, before we build the pickup. As it stands right now we don’t really see a suitable location. Once that’s been finalized then we’ll get through the gates pretty quickly,” said Tuitahi.
Assuming Hyundai finds a place for a new factory and actually does decide to build a utilitarian alternative to the Santa Cruz, don’t expect to see it sold in the U.S. The “chicken tax” all but guarantees that any truck built overseas won’t make it here.


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All the tropic vacation spots are loaded with palm trees, some indigenous and some trucked in for the design. One constant for many high-end spots is illuminating the trees at night. Well, there’s more than one way to light a row of palm trees … as shown here in these two examples.
This next image was created last year in Scottsdale, AZ.
Both images were created with long exposures which ruled out hand holding the camera. For the Florida image, the camera was on the ground and I used my wallet to raise the lens up for the perspective. The camera was on a tripod at eye level for the Arizona shot. Post production for both images did not involve enhancing or creating supplemental light. I guess the Arizona property gets the prize between these two for the most balanced and artistic lighting.


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Halloween fancy dress parties were hosted last week by Team Revolution dance group and the Greasley Miners’ Welfare.
Dance principal Nichola Buckley organised a party for dancers at the Awsworth Parish Hall to reward them for all their hard work this year. Emily Johnson and Shannon Parkin were joint winners for best fancy dress.
At the Greasley Miners’ Welfare the social committee staged its third Halloween party and more than 40 kids took part in a fancy dress competition judged by Don Rowley, town councillor and president of Eastwood Probus Club, and his wife Marjorie.
Lexie Jae Wilkinson, Katie Wood and Jasmine Cooper were the chosen winners.


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The Cameo luminaire makes its debut at the christening of a cruise ship
The spectacular christening ceremony show for AIDA Cruises’ second ship, AIDAcosma, used 136 Cameo OTOS H5 lights and was accompanied by 250 drones.
The event – themed ‘the world is getting more colorful’ – took place in Hamburg, Germany on April 9 before the ship set sail on its maiden voyage to Mallorca.
Flo Erdmann was the first lighting designer in the world to use Cameo’s new point-scan hybrid moving head for a large-scale event. He placed the OTOS H5 lights, arranged in fan-shaped clusters in groups of six, on various decks and along the ship’s railings. During a performance by DJ Alle Farben, 16 additional lights were deployed on the Ocean Deck at the rear of the ship.
“We were looking for a projector that would allow us to make a high number of units – within the budget – that could cope with the dimensions of a baptism of ship.”
He added that he was impressed with the combination of IP65 certification and lighting performance of the OTOS H5. “The OTOS H5 is really light, which helped the crew a lot in this context,” Erdmann said. “It’s also fully outdoor capable and extremely bright. For me, there’s nothing like it in this performance and budget class.
Erdmann worked together with Sven Sören Beyer from the Berlin artist collective Phase 7. The project was coordinated by JP SPACES, a Hamburg-based planning office for event architecture. AMBION GmbH acted as the central technical service provider for the event, which was broadcast live.
The OTOS H5s were supplied by NicLen GmbH, which was one of the first dry-hire providers in the world to invest in the Cameo series. “With the OTOS H5, we have deliberately invested in a hybrid moving head that can be used flexibly in the outdoor sector and thus meets the growing demands of the market”, says Managing Director Jörg Stöppler.
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The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has on Wednesday presented N3million each to Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar, who were recently released from Saudi Prison for mistaken case of drug trafficking.
Zainab and Ibrahim were led to the governor by the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Honourable Abike Dabiri.
Governor Ganduje who received Zainab, Abubakar and Abike Dibiri at the Council Chambers while at the peak of the state Executive Council meeting thanked all those who played vital roles in the release of the dou especially President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ganduje noted that the released of the two Nigerians mistakenly arrested for Drug trafficking shows that Nigeria is truly working and cares for it’s citizenry.
He said he was making the donation of N3 million to each one of them to enable them start a fresh life and allow Zainab particularly to continue with her studies at the Maitama Sule University unhindred being a final year Student in the College.
The duo were arrested and detained for four months by the Saudi Arabian anti-Drug Trafficking Agency over alleged drug trafficking, but were released after the Nigerian and Saudi authorities concurred on their innocence.


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HEPPNER, Ore. (AP) — One person has been killed and another walked away from the crash of a small plane in Eastern Oregon, the Morrow County sheriff's department said
The East Oregonian reports the injured person sought help at a nearby farmhouse and was later airlifted to the hospital.
Sheriff Ken Matlack told the paper the plane was on its final approach late Wednesday to a small airport near Lexington, north of the county seat at Heppner.
The county operates an airstrip there for crop dusters and private aircraft. Matlack said family members were waiting at the airport.
Federal investigators were expected at the scene Thursday.
Information from: East Oregonian, http://www.eastoregonian.info
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.


Target archers across the globe continue to make the switch to Victory Archery® thanks to unmatched performance and engineering innovation. With the world leader in carbon fiber manufacturing and innovation behind them, Victory Archery has consistently proven itself as a true innovator and industry leader. It was in that unrelenting pursuit of arrow perfection that the team developed the V-TAC™ series of target arrows. The V-TAC™ 23, 25, & 27 diameter arrows meld the latest in carbon fiber weave technology from Victory’s parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical America®, with insight from Olympic gold medal archers and industry top professionals to create the most accurate, consistent, and forgiving arrows on the market. A proprietary 90° weave allows for faster arrow recovery in flight and yields supreme spine uniformity, ±0.001” straightness and ±0.5 grain batch weights.
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(#) XxlovefrankieroxX 2008-05-31 05:49:33 AM
Well, wiL being wiL, is generally adorable but is even more adorable when he is being a jealous freak. x]
Yeah, Frank is completly oblivious to wiL's jealousy, seeing as he's done nothing wrong.
But wiL is so in love with Gerard, not forgetting all his insecurities about himself, that he see's Frank as a threat. For the possibility of him and Gerard getting together and also a threat to wiL himself.
Which, of course, results in out of control jealousy. :)
God, sorry for the essay! xD
Next chapter should be fun to write :)
I may aswell get writing..
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It happens to the best of us. Time gets away from you, and suddenly you’ve got an overcooked piece of beef. Learning to cook specific cuts of meat, like steaks or brisket, can take a lot of practice. And along the way, you’re bound to overcook, but worry not!
Overcooking beef isn’t the end of the world; you don’t have to turn your hard work into expensive dog food. There are ways to fix dry beef using a bit of ingenuity and patience (same with dry chicken). Below, we’ll show you four simple techniques that will turn your dry beef into a delicious meal.
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Delicious Solutions for Saving Dried Out Beef
Below are four simple solutions to save your dinner when the beef is overcooked.
Solution 1: Simmer and serve
One of the easiest ways to still serve overcooked beef is by slowly reheating it in liquids. However, remember that this doesn’t necessarily restore the meat to pre-overcooked status.
You see, meat combines protein, fat, and liquid. When you overcook beef, you cook out most of the fat and fluid, which leaves protein in the form of tough muscle fibers.
By reintroducing fat and liquid into the meat via a simmering process, you’re masking the fact the meat has been overcooked. However, this isn’t a magic fix. It won’t taste as juicy or tender as perfectly cooked beef, but it won’t taste like shoe leather.
The trick is to use sauces, broth, oils, and even wine to cook the meat. Just remember that spices can burn in the bottom of your pan, which is why many will mix them with liquids such as bone, beef broth, or even wine to prevent burning.
You can even use simmering on burnt beef. For this, it’s usually best to use water or broth. The idea is to allow the liquid to penetrate the meat without further overcooking. Adding a few tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar can also help bring burned beef back to life.
Slow cookers are ideal for simmering overcooked beef. Broiling is also a suitable method.
Solution 2: Marinate and reuse
However, you want to be careful using acid-based citrus marinades. While they can make your beef more tender, they can also make it mushy if you leave the meat in too long. Broth mixed with a bit of wine or sauce is a safe bet for overnight marinades, but you can find many great recipes or use store-bought marinades.
And once your meat’s a bit more tender, you can reuse it in savory soup and stew recipes that will further tenderize and flavor your meat.
Solution 3: Make Meat Filling
Another great solution is to turn your dried-out beef into a delicious filling for meat pies, dumplings, and other tasty dishes.
All you need is a handy dandy food processor and a bit of oil (like olive oil) to accomplish this. You can add more seasoning and other ingredients if you’d like, depending on what kind of filling you’re trying to make.
Some cooks slowly simmer their beef and pour the contents into their food processor. For example, you can repurpose overcooked beef by puréeing in its cooking liquid and adding a bit of sherry wine to create a fabulous tortellini filling.
Pasta is an excellent dish for this method, since you’re trying to achieve a beef flavor without worrying about the texture and moisture of the meat. In this case, the consistency that counts more is that of your pasta.
You can use your processed meat filling to create chili or meat sauce.
Solution 4: Deep Fry It
If your beef is already overcooked, you might wish to go all the way by throwing it in a deep fryer. This method works well for dishes like overcooked brisket, as it’s usually dry-rubbed with spices and salt before cooking.
This technique creates a beef jerky effect that has a bacon-like texture and makes for a delicious meat snack, perfect for a protein snack before and after workouts.
FAQs about Ways To Fix Dry Beef
What can I do with dry overcooked beef?
You can rehydrate the beef to a certain degree by simmering or marinating it in liquid. You can throw it in a food processor with oil to create a meat filling or deep fry it.
How do you soften overcooked meat?
The best way is to either marinate it overnight or slow cook it in broth, water, sauce, or a combination of all three. Citrus juice such as lemon can also help soften the meat.
How do you revive a dry roast?
Put the roast in a slow cooker or pot.
Add about 2-3 cups of liquid of your choosing, ensuring you use enough to cover the roast halfway but not completely. You’ll want to use liquid that brings out the flavors of any seasonings you’ve already used to flavor your roast, such as red wine. Be careful using sauces as the starch or flour can burn while slowly cooking.
Simmer the beef until you determine it’s tender enough using your fork. You can cook it for 6-8 hours in a slow cooker or set it in a pan in the oven for two hours at 350 degrees.
When can overcooked beef be a good thing?
There is at least one occasion, aside from making beef jerky, where overcooked beef is a good thing. When making ground beef for soups or tacos, a little burnt meat can add a lot of savory flavors.
Don’t throw away that seasoned burnt meat stuck to the bottom of your skillet. Instead, scrape it off and mix it into the rest of the beef. Those deliciously crispy, burnt little pieces are like tiny land mines of flavor that enhance your dish.

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Requirements: The Food Processing Manager will be responsible for the daily operations of the Food Processing department, staff management and ensure the department is practicing safe food policies and procedures in order to be HACCP compliant.
- Follows, Trains and implements company’s Food safety, GMP and HACCP Plans
- Monitors and Screens employees for proper procedures as per basic food safety programs and monitors CCP for the operation
- As a member of the food safety, HACCP teams plays an important role in implementing new programs and polices
- Inspect raw product quality and maintain processing equipment in working condition
- Over sees production room sanitation and equipment needs as necessary
- Documents processing inventory and responsible inspect raw product and finished product to meet customer specification
- Maintains food safety documentation on a day to day basis.
- Records any deviation procedures and follows procedure for disposal of non- conforming product.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs. or more
- Work in a refrigerated environment
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred. Have a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record. May need to take run-outs or step in when needed.
- Must have minimum three or more years of experience managing staff and proven leadership skills in a food production environment.
- Strong analytical and management skills
- Must be open to working a flexible schedule
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to talk or hear. The incumbent is frequently required to stoop, kneel and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
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The Persian Leaps’ new EP Drive Drive Delay makes a big impression in a short amount of time. In five tracks lasting a square 15 minutes, this EP is brimming with guitar fuzz and power-pop melodies. If brevity is the key to wit, it also seems to be the key to pop melodies as well.
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19:24 Then the Lord rained down 1 sulfur and fire 2 on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord. 3 19:25 So he overthrew those cities and all that region, 4 including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew 5 from the ground.
19:28 He looked out toward 6 Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. 7 As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace. 8
1 tn The disjunctive clause signals the beginning of the next scene and highlights God’s action.
2 tn Or “burning sulfur” (the traditional “fire and brimstone”).
3 tn Heb “from the
sn The text explicitly states that the sulfur and fire that fell on Sodom and Gomorrah was sent down from the sky by the
4 tn Or “and all the plain”; Heb “and all the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.
5 tn Heb “and the vegetation of the ground.”
6 tn Heb “upon the face of.”
7 tn Or “all the land of the plain”; Heb “and all the face of the land of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.
8 tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”
sn It is hard to imagine what was going on in Abraham’s mind, but this brief section in the narrative enables the reader to think about the human response to the judgment. Abraham had family in that area. He had rescued those people from the invasion. That was why he interceded. Yet he surely knew how wicked they were. That was why he got the number down to ten when he negotiated with God to save the city. But now he must have wondered, “What was the point?”


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PANDEMIC vs PLANDEMIC
COVID19 – DO YOU FIND IT STRANGE?
Don’t you find it strange that in 2010 the Rockefeller Foundation released a plan using the term “Lock Step” that outlined the release of a virus in 2020 to take away the rights of the world, crush the middle class and gain total control over everyone’s movement?
Do you find it strange that that Bill Gates ran Event 201 in NYC in October 2019, just before the Covid outbreak, which simulated the exact outbreak and response that is happening now?
Do you find it strange that Bill gates produced a Netflix movie, that aired right before this pandemic, called “Pandemic” – about a Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan China that started in a wet market?
Do you find it strange that in video interviews 5 years apart Bill Gates has a common book on his desk titled “How To Lie With Statistics”?
Do you find it strange that Dr Fauci wrote in a medical journal that the Corona virus would be no worse than the yearly influenza but a week later in a television interview he said it would be a pandemic?
Do you find it strange that the reported Covid deaths per capita in Democratic states are 15 times higher than in Republican states?
Do you find it strange that between January and May the number of deaths caused by heart attack and stroke have almost zeroed out?
Do you find it strange that many hospitals that are usually at 110% of capacity are now at 70% while the news media is claiming those same hospitals are overrun with Covid19 patients?
Do you find it strange that hospitals get paid $13,000 for diagnosing someone with Covid19 and $39,000 for putting them on a ventilator?
Do you find it strange that the CDC says that if you get coronavirus and fully recover you may NOT have the immunity needed to protect yourself but if you allow them to inject you with a vaccine that has the same virus, you will have immunity from the virus they admit they don’t understand?
Do you find it strange that Beijing and Sweden had no lock downs but had less total deaths than last year’s flu season?
Do you find it strange that some states are counting the number of positive tests (1 person may be tested multiple times) and not the number of people that test positive?
Do you find it strange that when official test kits were used on samples of goat, pawpaw fruit, Kware bird and jackfruit they all came back from the laboratory as Covid19 positive?
Do you find it strange that not a single airport in any country closed during this entire pandemic?
Do you find it strange that there are experienced doctors being jailed for prescribing effective natural cures while Bill Gates, who doesn’t have any medical qualification, is dictating to the entire world the necessity for a toxic vaccine?
Do you find it strange that the vast majority of new cases are coming from people that have not left their homes?
Do you find it strange that the new USA quarter has bats on it?
You are being lied to on a level that most are unable to see!
Leonardo Davinci said, “There are three classes of people. Those that see. Those that see when shown. Those who do not see.


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My daughter, Dena, is the real cook in our family, and she's always trying new recipes and encouraging me to fix things, too. She insisted I make these crepes, and I'm glad she did—now they are my husband Jake's favorite dessert!
- 1/2 cup biscuit/baking mix
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 egg
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1-1/2 cups half-and-half cream
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant lemon pudding mix
- 1 cup blueberry pie filling
- In a large bowl, combine the biscuit mix, milk and egg. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Heat a lightly greased 8-in. nonstick skillet over medium heat; pour 2 tablespoons batter into the center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack.
- Repeat with remaining batter, greasing skillet as needed. When cool, stack crepes with waxed paper or paper towels in between. (Crepes may be made in advance and refrigerated, tightly covered, until needed.)
- For filling, in a large bowl, beat the cheese, cream, lemon juice and pudding mix until well-blended. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
- Spoon about 2 tablespoons of pudding mixture onto each crepe; roll up. Top with remaining pudding mixture; garnish with blueberry pie filling. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Blueberry Lemon Crepes in Country Woman July/August 1987, p29
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…Women & Girls building momentum too!
Today marks the beginning of the last 1000 days of the Millennium Development Goals. These final days represent a very significant period in the implementation of the MDGs, as the world builds momentum to focus on priority actions that can help us finish strong.
As we identify priority areas and actions its important for us to appreciate the importance of targeting young women’s empowerment as one of such priorities. We must generate dialogue and identify suitable recommended actions and ideas that will enable the transformation of the development status of young women.
It is with this in mind that the ‘1000 Voices – 1000 Women’ campaign has been launched as an effort to generate 100 conversations worldwide on how best to secure the development of women and girls. The campaign will serve as a journey into the hearts and minds of young women as the world is brought to an…
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2" Narrowed Link Pin Beam Leaf Pack, Set of 8 Springs
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Bank security innovation groups have actually grown more concerned about the danger of information leak as they react to progressively advanced cyberattacks versus their remote workers, and they’re stepping up their reactions to these hazards.
In a current study carried out by the CyberDanger Alliance, more than a 3rd of the 1,100 cybersecurity and IT expert participants stated “attack through remote worker connections” was the cyber danger they were most worried about for the next 12 months. This was preceded just by information leak (49%) and ransomware (39%).
More than half (53%) of the participants stated they experienced a minimum of 5 IT security events in 2021. Hackers broke in frequently through Wi-Fi gain access to points, employee-owned remote endpoints and cloud facilities. Respondents likewise stated their leading difficulty in safeguarding their networks versus attacks is keeping an eye on remote employee gain access to. Their 2nd and 3rd greatest obstacles are absence of budget plan and lack of IT security abilities.
The study likewise discovered that, in redressing each of those vulnerabilities, companies are progressively utilizing Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) items and no trust structures. More than half (54%) of the study participants have currently partly or totally executed SASE and another 28% strategy to do so.
SASE, a term very first created by Gartner expert Andrew Lerner in December 2019, is both a cloud-based take on protecting network traffic of remote workers and a plan of network security functions. It integrates the abilities of virtual personal networks (VPNs) and software-defined large location networks (SD-WANs).
Unlike a VPN, SASE does not tunnel traffic through business servers separated from the remainder of the web. Rather, as the name recommends, SASE runs mostly at the network edge, closer to remote workers who are not all working near a business information center.
According to Avishai Avivi, primary details gatekeeper of cyberattack workouts firm SafeBreach, the weak point of business VPNs is that they focus all internal staff member traffic into a handful of business information centers.
“This is highly inefficient, can exhaust constrained resources, and lead to connectivity issues,” Avivi stated. “The correct method to address this is to split the traffic at the endpoint. This does also mean that to secure this traffic properly, the security controls need to shift to the endpoint,” thus the requirement for SASE.
SD-WANs set and implement the guidelines of web connection on company servers and staff member endpoints by, for instance, securing traffic to specific locations and obstructing traffic to others.
One advantage of moving the focus of identity and security from information centers to network edges is scalability — an essential advantage of cloud tech in basic — according to SASE suppliers, that include Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare, Cisco, and Fortinet.
Scalability is one reason that, at the start of the pandemic, interest in SASE offerings flourished and why, as some business now downsize remote work to hybrid or in-person work, interest continues. That’s according to Bill Brenner, vice president of customized material for CyberDanger Alliance.
“Go back to March 2020. Everybody’s locking down, everybody is sending everybody home, and a lot of companies are moving faster than they had intended to put a lot of what they do in the cloud,” Brenner stated. “The interest in SASE was piqued because, when used properly, it can help enable remote workers to do these things securely.”
In regards to details security for banks, “the biggest change of all in the pandemic has been the way remote work has mushroomed,” Brenner stated. Financial services has actually been among the very best sectors in regards to managing these brand-new security obstacles of remote work, he stated, by virtue of years of experience adhering to details security-focused policies.
The shift of focus towards SASE has actually included a more comprehensive motion towards an absolutely no trust structure for security, according to Brenner. “When I talk to people about SASE, zero trust often comes up in the same breath,” he stated.
Zero trust is a security state of mind instead of an item — a method that requires authentication and recognition every action of the method a workplace. It is an “identity-centric” architecture for internal and customer-facing operations, according to Michael Sentonas, primary innovation officer at cybersecurity business Crowdstrike.
“The key to holistic zero trust architecture is requiring all users, whether in or outside the organization’s network, to be authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated for security configuration and posture before being granted or keeping access to applications and data,” Sentonas stated.
Like SASE, no trust all of a sudden got a good deal of traction with the dispersal of employees to remote settings in March 2020 since the network boundary — the safe zone in an office complex from which workers might link to the web in a protected and monitored method — all of a sudden disappeared.
As workers started attempting to link to on-premises and cloud-based systems, banks dealt with the difficulty of confirming a lot more of those connections, guaranteeing they were not pirated, and monitoring them for uncharacteristic habits.
Zero trust has to do with balancing tradition procedures and systems that have actually been “wedged together” for many years, according to Nick Puetz, a handling director for speaking with company Protiviti’s security practice. He explained executing no rely on these tradition environments as “undoing balls of yarn” and re-bundling them to develop a more protected structure.
Undoing those balls of yarn will need cash and focus. Indeed, business throughout sectors — and banks in specific — are preparing for higher costs on cybersecurity over the coming years and months. CyberDanger Alliance’s study discovered that 78% of U.S. companies anticipate their cyber budget plans to increase in the coming year.
But just purchasing and executing items will not be adequate, according to Paul Innella, CEO of cybersecurity company Tetrad Digital Integrity. “How many zero trust tools you have deployed on your network is irrelevant if your users only have 30% enrollment in multi-factor authentication,” Innella stated. Rather, cyber needs to be a concern inside board spaces.
“Cyber is as critical and interrelated to the success of an organization as any other resource or component,” Innella stated. “Cyber must then be elevated to the highest level of an organization so its impact is known, understood, measured and visually reported and managed.”


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- Sarah Ferguson said her happiest life moment was marrying ex-husband Prince Andrew in 1986.
- Talking about their relationship on an Italian talk show, she said he's "the best man in the world."
- She said she stands by him "100%" amid a court case alleging he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old.
Sarah Ferguson told an Italian talk show host the happiest time in her life was when she married her ex-husband Prince Andrew in 1986, and called him "the best man in the world," Mail Online reported.
Ferguson appeared on "Porta a Porta" on Tuesday to promote her new historical fiction book, "Her Heart for a Compass," and discussed her relationship with the Duke of York.
Doubling down on previous comments she made to French magazine Madame Figaro on December 5, the Duchess of York said her "fairy tale" life with her ex-husband Andrew isn't over, according to Mail Online.
"He is such a kind, great man, he is a brilliant father and now a fantastic grandfather," Ferguson, 62, said during the interview, according to Mail Online. "I believe that the love I have for him and he has for me is just very different from what normal people have. We have great respect and love for each other."
"It really is our own fairy tale and it's our own lives, how we like to be, with total respect and honor to each other," she added.
According to Mail Online, the talk show's host Bruno Vespa asked her at one point about the happiest moment in her life. Her response was "3rd July 1986, when I married the best man in the world."
Ferguson and Andrew were married in 1986 for 10 years, and continue to live together at the Royal Lodge in Windsor. They share two children, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and were divorced in 1996, The Independent reported.
"I was the luckiest girl in the world," she said on the talk show. "It was truly a fairy tale because I was marrying a prince."
"First of all, I was marrying a man, then I was marrying a naval officer, and then I was marrying a prince and he was very good looking, a handsome prince from all the fairy tales, he even had the sword," Ferguson added.
Ferguson said she stands by Andrew '100%'
Ferguson said she's standing by Andrew after reports of his alleged involvement with the sex trafficking prosecutors say was carried out by the deceased convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. "I completely stand by Andrew 100%," she said on the Italian talk show.
"I feel very strongly that in this day and age that we must stand by our hearts, what we think is right with integrity and honor and loyalty," the duchess added.
38-year-old Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an alleged victim, filed a lawsuit in August 2021 claiming Andrew sexually assaulted her in Epstein's home when she was 17. The prince denied the allegation and in September, his lawyer Anthony Brettler told presiding Judge Lewis A. Kaplan at a virtual hearing that the lawsuit "baseless, non-viable, and possibly unlawful."
On Monday, Andrew's legal team took another step by filing a legal memo on Monday to the Southern District of New York asking Giuffre's complaint to be dismissed for several reasons, including that she was at the state's age of consent when the alleged incident occurred, USA Today reported.
According to the publication, Andrew's lawyers also argue in the motion that her claims are "highly subjective determinations" that are "most likely to be hampered by the passage of time, as memories fade, false memories are created, and witnesses die or otherwise become unavailable."
Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of York and lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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Jupiter Hospital Thane — huge bill amount for medical expenses without producing any proper medical receiptsReport
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported .
My mother is admitted in jupiter hospital for surgery from 27.08.2018 to till date for further recovery
In within 10 days medical expenses are shows 80000 which are more than expections
When we demanding following details to ur customer care personnel…
1) medical bill receipt with taxes etc
2) doctor prescription details for those medicines and consumables.
Customer care personal just refused to give details… And only demanding to pay outstanding daily.
Customercare person gives the provisional bill details without any medicines receipt and invoice.
Even there is no authorised signature on any paper by jupiter hospital staff..
But daily demanding for outstanding without proper authenticate bill.
Its very serious issue… Which i already forwarded to concent consumer court and our local political leaders .Kindly arrange to provide details of bills with its receipt for payment of outstanding bills
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Even now as I lay in my bed I can see his face. A pale angelic face flushed with rage. Deep brown soulful eyes narrowed with anger. His chest heaving with anger. A sad almost disappointed look on his face that cut to my soul before he turned on his heel and left. His rumpled blue shirt still clinging to his chest from being wet in the rain. The flash of his golden hair in the lighting of the Café. The look on his face when I called him back and realized that I didn't even know his name. I open my eyes to see the dark room and yet even now can see him. I roll on my side and look up at the window of the hotel room I'm renting. A full moon sends light streaming into the room. I roll onto my back and sit. I couldn't believe I had acted like an ass. He had dealt with everything so well. I should have realized what a shock it would be. only I've never known the universe to be otherwise than the multilevel place that I grew up in. I never had to deal with finding out that my small world was so much larger. I always knew this to be true. I remember the way he looked in the rain. His clothes sticking to him. His blonde bangs wet and straggling across his face. His pale skin glowing from the combination of rain and the running he must have done to catch up to us. The cute smattering of freckles across his nose and high cheekbones. He lopsided handsome mischievous grin he wore.
I fall back onto the bed. My eyes tightly closing. Why didn't I ask him his name? Aithne looked guilty for a minute before glaring at me. Saying I should have been friendlier. I know that but he makes me feel. awkward. I never feel awkward. Aithne when trying to convince me to let him come said, that taking him with us would give me more time with him. I wonder if that's why I agreed. I had to blow it.. I know his name now. Conner. A waitress, a friend of his, evidently he goes there often, came up to me afterward saying that I should treat Conner better that he wouldn't stay my boyfriend for long if I didn't. I blinked and flushed. I tried to talk to her but she wouldn't say anything else to me. When I tried to ask her more about him she just kept saying that I should be nicer and fairer to my partner. And maybe shouldn't hang around with such pretty girls. She gave Aithne a strange look as she said this as though Aithne were a . a ... what is the term. home-wrecker. I explained that Aithne was my half sister and Carol relaxed and asked sternly if Conner knew that. I shook my head and she sighed, muttered the word men and left.
I want to see Conner again. I feel as though I have known him a lifetime even though I only met him this afternoon. A lifetime. I sit up suddenly. If I feel that close to him. maybe I can find him. I shake my head. the prophecy can't be true. He can't be my soul mate. but the link is there. and I can find him. I shall look for him tomorrow.. If the temper I saw today was a sign. he will not be pleased if I wake him tonight babbling what must seem like nonsense..


Highest Resolution Electrical Measurements
Defining a systems sensitivity and noise floor are essential parameters for the research community. One measure of our sensitivity to capacitance utilizes a NIST developed capacitance standard manufactured by MC2 Technologies1. The measurements and analysis follow a a method published in the literature2, and as such, validate the ScanWave sensitivity on a known commercially available Standard using an objective procedure. The results are an order of magnitude more sensitive than those presented in the publication.
The capacitance standard contains 4 SiO2 steps, each 50nm thick, and patterned Au dots having 4 different diameters: 1 um, 2um, 3um and 4um (Figure 1). The 4 different dot sizes deposited on each of the 4 steps results in 16 different capacitor values. Figure 1 a) shows the side view of the sample structure. When the AFM probe is in contact with the sample, the electrical equivalent model is deLined by two capacitors in series: the Lirst is deLined by the Au pad and oxide step and the second is the contribution from the Si substrate. The sensitivity of the system is deLined by the ability to measure (sense) the variation from one step to another and one Au dot size to another. The smallest measurable change in capacitance on the standard sample is from the smallest Au dot on the thickest step.
Figure 2 a) shows a sMIM-C image of the sample imaged simultaneously with the topography; b) shows a line proLile through the smallest Au dot structure on the thickest oxide step. This measurement is the smallest incremental capacitance of the Standard sample to measure. By measuring at this location we can determine ScanWave’s sensitivity and noise Lloor on the smallest capacitor of the reference standard. Figure 2 b) shows a red circle where we measure the noise Lloor of the system in mV: 2mV.
The sensitivity of the measurement is calculated by converting the sMIM signal in mV to Farads following a calibration procedure described in the paper that uses measurements from the 16 gold dots. The sensitivity is calculated in this case to be 0.15aF/mV. Once we have determined the sensitivity, we can then calculate the noise Lloor in Farads. We use the 2mV value measured from the proLile in Figure 2 b) and apply our sensitivity conversion to calculate the Linal noise Lloor in capacitive units, 0.3aF. This value is almost 10x less than the value reported in the journal article.
Figure 2 a) shows an sMIM-C image of MC2 capacitance standard; b) shows the line profile extracted across the two smallest Au dots on the thickest oxide step. The profile has been converted to units of femto-Farads using the procedure from reference 2. The red circle shows the extremely small noise floor relative to the Au dot capacitance measurement.
Figure 1. A top view and side view schematic of the MC2 Technologies Capacitance Standard showing the 4 different size Au dots patterned on each of the 4 step thicknesses.
ScanWave is shown to have the highest sensitivity on a NIST traceable capacitance standard. The standard is available in the public market and using methods developed by third parties we have demonstrated an order of magnitude improved sensitivity and noise floor over the published results. ScanWave utilizes shielded probes and optimized electronics to maximize the sensitivity to minute changes in impedance, such as capacitance, encountered in Atomic Force Microscopy experiments.
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