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Mumbai: The Aam Aadmi Party said here on Sunday that it would contest elections from all 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra next year.
This was announced by AAP leader Manish Sisodia during a press conference held here.
Stating that the AAP would also contest the Delhi assembly elections, Sisodia said that a government headed by "crony capitalists" should not be formed.
"The AAP will press for decentralisation of powers and participation of the people in policy making at the Central level," AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said.
He also said fundamental changes should be made in the police and bureaucratic system, so that they could be held accountable to the people.

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Johnson is a fan of the Lakers' newest addition.
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The Mets' rookie's power was on display all night as he became the third rookie to win the Home Run Derby.
The Brazil superstar did not report for preseason training Monday and Leonardo says Paris Saint-Germain are willing to sell Neymar.
Find out who will appear on 'Ex on the Beach' season 3, premiering on July 16!
Cori Gauff's extraordinary run at Wimbledon came to an end in round four Monday, as she was defeated in straight sets by Simona Halep.
"I think I’m going to take my game to the next level and it’s going to put us in the playoffs,” Smith said, via the NY Daily News.
Some NWSL players are paid just $16,538 a season, with World Cup winners Anson Dorrance and Shannon Higgins-Cirovski calling for change.
The 2019 third-overall pick had 25 goals and 73 points in 62 games with the Saskatoon Blades last season.
The national team won in a thrilling final to defended its title and earn a record fourth cup victory with a 2-0 win over the Netherlands.
The deal is for two years and worth $13 million, with a player option on the second year.


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The precipitate from chemical phosphorus removal systems typically becomes a component of the total biosolids produced by a wastewater facility. Biosolids containing ferric and alum sludge are often used as a soil amendment to add phosphorus as well as other nutrients.
But if your plant is considering switching to rare earth coagulant to achieve an ultra-low phosphorus target or other operational benefits, how effective will the biosolids be as a soil amendment and how will the rare earth metals impact the plants that will grow in that soil?
To find out, a study was conducted in Wisconsin to compare the availability of phosphorus to corn crops from rare earth biosolids, ferric biosolids and commercial fertilizer. Small plot studies were conducted at four different locations in the state and each one included plots with an untreated control and those that were treated with a commercial P fertilizer, ferric biosolids and rare earth biosolids.
The results showed that the commercial fertilizer increased phosphorus in the soil the most, followed by rare earth biosolids, then ferric biosolids, suggesting that rare earth biosolids provide more available phosphorus than ferric biosolids.
Measurements of corn whole-plant dry matter showed that the yield either increased or was unaffected by the rare earth biosolids. This indicates that soil amendment with rare earth biosolids is not expected to negatively impact the growth and yield of corn.
Since rare earth metals were also found in plants from the untreated control plots, researchers concluded that the application of rare earth biosolids is not adding foreign metals to the soil. The study also suggests that since rare earth concentration in the plant material is not significantly higher than the control, the rare earths are not bioavailable. As a result, the application of rare earth biosolids is not expected to increase the concentration of rare earths in corn beyond what would be found naturally.
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Thin-film transistor LCD panels are currently the mainstream planar display technology, and metal sputtering targets are one of the most critical materials in the manufacturing process.At present, the metal sputtering targets used in the domestic mainstream LCD panel production line has the greatest demand for four kinds of targets such as aluminum, copper, molybdenum and molybdenum niobium alloy.Next,Let the editor of Beijing Rich company introduce the market demand for metal sputtering targets in the flat display industry.
At present, aluminum targets for the domestic LCD industry are mainly dominated by Japanese-funded enterprises. In terms of foreign companies: Aifaco Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. occupies about 50% of the domestic market share.Secondly, Sumitomo Chemical also has a part of the market share. In terms of Domestic: Jiangfeng Electronics began to intervene in aluminum targets around 2013, and has been supplied in large quantities, and is a leading enterprise of domestic aluminum targets.In addition, Nanshan Aluminum, Xinjiang Zhonghe and other enterprises also have the capacity of high-purity aluminum production .
From the development trend of sputtering process, the proportion of demand for copper targets has been gradually increasing, with the fact that the market scale of the domestic LCD industry has been expanding in recent years, therefore, the demand for copper targets in the flat panel display industry will continue to show an upward trend:
三、Wide-band molybdenum targets
In terms of foreign enterprises: foreign enterprises such as Panshi and Shitaike basically monopolize the domestic wide-format molybdenum target market. Domestic: By the end of 2018, the localization of wide-format molybdenum targets has been practically applied in the production of liquid crystal display panels.
四、Molybdenum – columbium-10 alloy targets
Molybdenum-niobium-10 alloy is an important alternative material for the diffusion barrier layer of thin-film transistors, and its market demand prospects are better.However, due to the great difference in the mutual diffusion coefficients of molybdenum atoms and niobium atoms, the position of niobium particles after high temperature sintering will produce large holes, and the sintering density is difficult to increase.In addition, the full diffusion of molybdenum atoms and niobium atoms will form a strong solid solution strengthening, resulting in deterioration of their calendering performance. However, Xi’an Ruiflair Tungsten Molybdenum Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Western Metal Materials Co., Ltd., cooperates with AIFACO Electronic Materials (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. After many tests, the oxygen content of less than 1000 ×101 has been successfully rolled out in 2017, and the density has reached 99. 3% Mo-Nb alloy blank.
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Caburn Telecom is pleased to announce Global Survey Equipment as a new customer project which includes the supply of IoT data connectivity for Global Survey Equipment’s range of sophisticated surveying solutions. Global Survey Equipment provide state of the art surveying solutions for sale or hire as well as training, repairs and calibration services. Caburn Telecom is a leading supplier of IoT technology and connectivity enabling customers from multiple sectors to operate and manage their connected devices.
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A new study has found that it may be possible, and not too difficult, to help low-income children significantly speed up their vocabulary acquisition in kindergarten. This is important because of the oft-cited 1995 study which found that low-income children know about 5,000 words before entering kindergarten, compared to 20,000 words for high-income children. This difference is one of the main roots of the achievement gap.
The Mississippi study may offer schools and teachers some guidance in how to improve early education outcomes, which are varied. The study found that the boost in vocabulary among children in the Mississippi program was equal to a month of extra time in school. Here’s what one of the researchers told Ed Week:
Pam Finney, the research management leader for the study, said the program was purposely “not a very complicated intervention,” and it helps teachers engage in the same complex conversations that the Kansas study showed professional parents have with their children, “introducing 50 cent words as opposed to 25 cent words,” as Ms. Finney put it.
The Ed Week author asks whether “a one-month edge be enough to boost these students reading development, get them moved to more advanced groups, and so on? ” I have a similar question. Is a month enough to help these children catch up to their high income peers? If not, what else needs to be done to close that gap?


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Greetings readers and welcome back to Day 3 of Linda Blair Week. I cannot get over how many horror flicks Linda Blair has actually done. Looks like actor Joe Tornatore is directing this film time around. A jaunt out to a vacation cabin turns into a bloodbath. This is Grotesque.
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Lisa's (Linda Blair of Savage Streets, Red Heat, Savage Island, Nightforce, Silent Assassins, Witchery, Bad Blood, The Chilling, Zapped Again and Fatal Bond) family is loaded thanks to Dad's occupation being an FX artist, designer and sculpter. Orville Kruger's (Guy Stockwell of Adventures in Paradise, Tobruk, Return to Peyton's Place, It's Alive and Santa Sangre) work is in high demand and word sneaks around the snowy town that there are riches in that house.
Lisa's friend Kathy (Donna Wilkes of Days of Our Lives, Jaws 2, Almost Summer, Fyre, Hard Knocks, Hello, Larry, Blood Song, Angel, My Stepbrother Is A Vampire!?! and 90210 Shark Attack) is joining Lisa for a relaxing time into the woods and get over getting dumped...or so they thought. Now while it was a running gag in 80s to have roving gangs of punks I did start laughing when they appeared in VW vans lead by their gregarious leader Scratch (Brad Wilson of Scorpion, Under the Boardwalk, Angel Fire, Art Deco Detective, Dominion and Theodore Rex) and his giggly, loopy right hand man, Gibbs (Nel Van Patten of Young Warriors, Summer School, Ghost Writer, Face the Edge, Camp Fear, Mirror Images and Live Wire) are convinced mad treasure is in the house. Weird, third Linda Blair flick I am reviewing and another Van Patten arises.
|Leatherface's cousin: Pork Scratchings Face.|
The gangers start gacking the family and trashing the house in search for the illusive funds, they kick open a door to a hidden room. Aha! The jewels and gold would be anyone's take, right? The deranged and deformed hunchback Patrick (Bob Apisa of The Last Boy Scout, Nowhere to Run, Marked for Murder, Point of No Return, The Sandlot, Hard Target and The Glimmer Man)leaps out and starts making mincemeat out of them. What the hell is going on in this house!?!
Our punkers are a mixed bag. From the foxy Donna (Sharon Hughes of The Last Horror Film, Chained Heat, The Man Who Loved Women, Hard to Hold, Jackals and Mission: Killfast), the bulging eyed Eric (horror/sci-fi B movie legend, the late Robert Z'Dar of Maniac Cop, Samurai Cop, The Legend of Wolf Mountain, Frogtown II, Soultaker, Silent Fury and Red Line) running for their lives as Patrick bounds after them. Lisa half frozen outside is found by the authorities.
Will Patrick cease his murderous rage? Can the cops clear up this whole mess?
This film take the typical tropes of the eighties and turns it on its ear. The twists and turns from the traditional demented creature film it bring some fair FX, decent graphic death scenes and an impressive story. I have seen countless remarks, insults and negative reviews without any objectivity on it. This was an impressive cast really just getting their feet wet with Blair leading the film as well as being a producer on the film. Folks deem this "The worst thing ever filmed," clearly they haven't sat through Jesus Franco's Zombie Lake. Now that's a complete turd waffle.
|I wonder what Father Murphy would say.|

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Improving nutritional well-being of the low-income population is 1 of the primary objectives of 15 U.S. food assistance programs. The third largest of these in terms of total expenditure is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which targets low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5. The WIC program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and referrals to health and social services for its participants. To expand the selection of foods the program offered, as well as to help combat the problem of obesity, WIC food packages were revised in 2009. The revised food packages were designed to contribute to an overall dietary pattern that is consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans as well as to insure that foods are readily acceptable, widely available, and commonly consumed by the target population.
One of the main changes in the revised WIC food packages was the reduction in the total amount of milk and the removal of whole milk from food packages offered to WIC participants. In addition, 100 percent juice continued to be included in the food packages but offered in a somewhat reduced amount. Although it is well known that some of the most commonly consumed beverages have a high caloric content and may contribute to the current obesity epidemic, relatively few studies have examined dietary patterns of children in regard to beverage consumption. It is critical to understand the descriptive patterns of beverage consumption in children in order to help design intervention strategies to promote healthier beverage consumption in specific higher risk subgroups.
The objective of this paper is to better understand the food preferences and consumption behaviors of children residing in low-income households. The study centers attention on whole, 2 percent, 1 percent, and skim milk; 100 percent juices; and artificially and sugar-sweetened beverages consumed by Texas WIC participating children aged 2-5. This study contributes to the existing literature by conducting the analysis of pre- and post-implementation of revised WIC food packages and exploring the differences across rural and urban areas. Specifically, using data from the Texas Food and Nutrition Survey for WIC (TEXFAN), the study analyzes the effect of the removal of whole milk and reduction in the total amount of milk provided by WIC on the type and amount of milk consumed by WIC children. The study also checks if the changes in WIC food packages affected the consumption frequency of 100 percent juices, and artificially and sugar-sweetened beverages consumed by WIC children.
The study makes use of two cross-sectional datasets of Texas WIC participating children aged 2-5. The first dataset provides information on WIC participating children before the changes in food packages, the 2008-09 Texas Food and Nutrition (TEXFAN) survey, and the second dataset more than 6 months after the changes, the 2010-11 Texas Food and Nutrition survey. The TEXFAN data were collected under the auspices of the Institute for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation at Texas A&M University in collaboration with Texas WIC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The State administered surveys using samples of WIC participants who attended WIC clinics during the data collection periods. The data provide detailed information on the amount and type of milk most often consumed and the frequency that children participating in the WIC program consumed 100 percent juices and sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages. Detailed sociodemographic information on ethnicity/race, gender, age of a child, language spoken at home, age, employment status and education level of caregivers and the ZIP Code of residence were available from the data.
With respect to WIC households in the sample, roughly 50 percent of the respondents reported having one infant/child currently receiving WIC benefits and 40 percent reported having two infants/children receiving WIC benefits. Of all the households which have a child over 1 year on WIC, 75 percent reported having an infant who received WIC foods in the past 30 days. Almost 100 percent of respondents in the sample were primary caregivers of WIC children and about 85 percent of caregivers reported receiving WIC foods themselves in the past 30 days. In addition, 60 percent reported receiving food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These findings are consistent with current statistics of Texas. In 2010, Texas had the highest birth rate in the country behind Utah and Alaska. Texas children account for 1 of every 11 U.S. children. However, over 27 percent of Texas children were food insecure and food assistance programs were, and still are, primary ways many Texas families access food.
After the implementation of the new food packages, there was a significant shift away from whole milk and toward reduced fat milk. The percentage of children consuming whole milk decreased from 61.4 percent to 8.7 percent whereas the percentage of children consuming reduced fat milk increased from 32.6 percent to 81.5 percent. There was a significant increase in the percentage of children consuming low fat/skim milk (5.6 to 9.8 percent). The amount of milk consumed per day slightly decreased from 2.63 to 2.33 cups, suggesting that the decrease in the amount of whole milk in the pre-survey was replaced by the increase in the amount of lower fat milk in the post-survey. No significant differences were found for rural and urban areas and in border and nonborder regions with respect to amount of milk consumed per day, except a slightly higher percentage of children consumed whole milk in rural areas compared to urban areas after WIC revisions. As expected, some amount of whole milk consumed was reported for the post-WIC changes period since variables in the data measured total milk consumption provided by WIC and purchased by households. Significantly more children consumed 100 percent juices two or more times per day compared with artificially and sugar-sweetened beverages both before and after WIC revisions. Although there was a reduction in the total amount of juices offered by WIC, significantly more children consumed 100 percent juices two or more times/day after the revisions in both rural and urban areas.


New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs have filed a complaint against luxury used-car dealership 21st Century Auto Group, Inc. and its owner, Dmitry Zeldin, accusing the dealership of violations of state consumer protection laws. According to the Office of the Attorney General, 21st Century fails to disclose to consumers that certain vehicles have incurred prior damage and also advertises vehicles after they are sold in a “bait and switch” operation.
The A.G.’s Office prosecuted 21st Century and Zeldin five years ago on allegations of the same practices. In 2014, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, with the dealership agreeing to pay a penalty of $130,000 and make widespread changes to its business practices. The agreement also prohibited the dealership from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the future. However, the Division of Consumer Affairs reported that it continued to receive complaints about 21st Century following the settlement agreement.
“Businesses can’t just sign a settlement agreement and then go right back to the same dishonest practices that got them into trouble in the first place,” Grewal said in a statement. “They must abide by the reforms set forth in the agreement, especially those requiring them to stop deceiving customers.”
The complaint features new allegations against 21st Century, including the assertion that the dealership sold “gray market cars” – vehicles that are intended for distribution outside of the United States and do not necessarily meet safety and emissions standards required under federal law. The complaint alleges other violations, including:
- conducting credit checks without a consumer’s knowledge or authorization;
- failing to conspicuously post the total selling price of used motor vehicles;
- submitting false financial information to a lending institution;
- misrepresenting that certain used motor vehicles advertised and/or offered for sale were covered by a warranty;
- failing to refund monies paid by consumers after they cancelled the sales transaction;
- advertising used motor vehicles on the 21st Century Auto Group website at a price much lower than the price posted on the vehicle at the dealership location;
- failing to disclose to a consumer prior to purchase that a used motor vehicle had sustained major flood damage; and
- representing that, as part of a negotiated deal, they will make certain repairs to a used motor vehicle and then, after the sale is consummated, failing to do so.
The case is Gurbir S. Grewal, et al. v. 21st Century Auto Group, Inc., et al., pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Union County.


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Hundreds Of Dogs Rescued From Dog Meat Farm In South Korea
An animal rights charity has rescued hundreds of dogs and puppies from a meat farm in South Korea.
The farm in Hongseong, western South Korea, had been active for the past eight years breeding dogs to be sold for meat, as well as dogs sold as pets. All the animals, both adult dogs and puppies, were kept in small, rusty cages.
Activists from the Humane Society International (HSI) have today, February 13, removed around 200 chihuahuas, corgis, huskies, poodles, Pomeranians, Yorkshire terriers, Shih Tzus and French bulldogs from the site.
According to reports from the farm, puppies were living in cages with no proper flooring, a few heat lamps plus disused car tyres for warmth. While dogs that were going to be sold to restaurants for meat were kept outside in the cold.
Many of the dogs had untreated injuries, or even deformities to their paws and legs, as a result of the cramped, squalid conditions they were living in. Other dogs were emaciated and starving, many with matted fur, and some were left without water.
As the farm bred dogs for meat and dogs to sell as pets, any puppies that didn’t get sold as pets would be taken to the slaughterhouse and sold as meat.
Nara Kim, of HSI South Korea, said via MailOnline:
The lines between puppy mills and dog meat farms are routinely blurred throughout South Korea, and with our latest dog farm closure we are exposing the shocking reality of that.
These dogs are suffering at the hands of two abusive industries, their ultimate fate depending on whether they will sell for more money as a pet or for meat.
They all start life in this depressing, squalid place, with the lucky few ending up being a loved companion whilst their cage mates are served at a restaurant, or enter a chain of auctions where they are sold on to the next farmer to produce litter after litter of puppies.
After weeks of negotiations with the farmer, HSI activists were able to close the farm, with a contract being agreed that the farmer cannot return to the dog meat trade for the next 20 years.
The farmer, Lee Sang-gu, had been keen to close the farm as the dog trade had become increasingly unprofitable, while his family were also ashamed of his profession.
The dogs rescued from the site in Hongseong will now be taken to the US and Canada, where they will be put up for adoption by HSI.
To support the work of HSI, you can find out more here.
If you have a story you want to tell send it to UNILAD via [email protected]

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Erin Tokarz grew up in a big family in a small house in the suburbs of Columbus Ohio. With her camera, she ventured out into the world, living and traveling throughout the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile. She has been making friends, and capturing moments ever since.
Erin approaches photography with grace and compassion. She makes you feel special and at ease. Erin's careful attention to composition and light lend a certain calm to even the most chaotic scene and her fine art prints respect and honor your memories.
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Doctors asked to drop the C-word
DOCTORS need to drop the word cancer when talking to some patients and use phrases such as lesions and abnormal cells instead because the c-word sparks harm from over treatment and high anxiety.
Queenslanders are among medical researchers making this appeal in today's British Medical Journal as evidence grows that the use of the word cancer can scare patients into choosing invasive treatments.
The paper was authored by researchers from the University of Sydney, who worked with researchers from Bond University on the Gold Coast and the Mayo Clinic in the US.
"The evidence suggests to us that it's time to stop telling people with a very low risk condition that they have 'cancer' if they're very unlikely to be harmed by it," Bond University senior research fellow Dr Ray Moynihan said.
Cancer Council Australia chief executive Sanchia Aranda yesterday said it was time for a global roundtable on whether the word cancer should be used when communicating with low-risk patients.
"The potential upside is helping to avoid overdiagnosis and treatment, and helping reduce anxiety for some of those diagnosed with low-risk conditions. However, the difficulty is that it's hard to predict which pre-malignancies will progress into invasive disease," she said.
"Not using the word 'cancer' when describing these conditions may offer false reassurance to those diagnosed, which could lead to complacency and, ultimately, later diagnosis.
"Understanding these types of conditions is more complex than just the word cancer, and we encourage anyone who receives a diagnosis to ask their doctor lots of questions about monitoring their condition, different treatment options, likely outcomes and risks"
A prime example is low risk papillary thyroid cancer, according to Brooke Nickel of the University of Sydney.
"Studies show that progression to clinical disease and tumour growth in patients with small papillary thyroid cancer who choose surgery are comparable to those who monitor their condition," she said.
Another example is in localised prostate cancer, where "active surveillance" is a recommended management option, despite studies showing men still prefer radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy.
Active surveillance involves closely watching a patient's condition but avoiding treatment unless there are changes in test results that show the condition is getting worse.
The authors said cancer types that could be considered for renaming include intrathyroidal papillary thyroid cancer (tumour less than 1cm in size), low and intermediate grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also often known as stage 0 breast cancer, and localised prostate cancer.


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Wherever you are in this beautiful national park, the epic peaks and endless green hills will make you want to be outdoors all the time. Snowdonia is without doubt one of the best places in the UK for outdoor entertaining for any occasion, and if you have chosen a venue in the area for your event but you haven’t got the catering sorted yet, the Hog Roast Snowdonia team would like to take this opportunity to tell you a bit more about what we can offer you and why we should be your number one choice for any outdoor event in this part of North Wales!
We are the leading providers of artisan hog roasts in Snowdonia and our food is simply perfect for any type of outdoor feast. Whether you want some hot and hearty food for your guests after a hard day of climbing, a vibrant party platter for a special occasion, a hog roast buffet for a corporate team building day or a sophisticated meal for your wedding reception, we will have the menu you have been looking for!
Memorable Outdoor Catering For Any Occasion in Snowdonia
There is no better way of celebrating a special event with your family, friends or colleagues than by enjoying some great food and lovely views in the great outdoors in Snowdonia. Here at Hog roast Snowdonia, our food can enhance any occasion, and your guests can enjoy watching us prepare everything in front of them and appreciate the quality of our locally sourced Welsh ingredients, and our passion for what we do.
As well as being able to offer you the best hog roast catering in Snowdonia, we are also equipped to provide a range of other dishes to suit all tastes and accommodate different dietary needs. This can include a second meat option, vegetarian dishes, vegan-friendly food or gluten-free products. Whatever your guests need, we will provide it for them and we will design and deliver a catering package that is completely tailored to your specifications.
If you want the finest hog roasts in Snowdonia and an exciting outdoor dining experience for any occasion, the Hog Roast Snowdonia team are the local catering company who can give you everything you want when it comes to the catering for your big day!


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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Community activists may have crossed a line trying to stop David Beckham's from building a soccer stadium in Overtown.
Earlier this week they even posted fake eviction notices in the neighborhood.
It certainly got everyone's attention including the county's public housing director, who's furious over it.
The fake eviction notices were placed on the doors of Culmer place.
If you look closely you can see it's really an ad for Thursday's community meeting.
Organizers are saying there are plans to wipe out public housing around the stadium.
The county is firing back saying that just isn't so.
"I was outraged," said Miami-Dade Public Housing Director Michael Liu. "I was disappointed that somebody, some group, would misinform our residents."
Liu added that the folks at Culmer Place should not be concerned.
"No, they don't have anything to worry about," he said.
The notices came from a group headed up by Bishop James Adams.
"Listen we say we are sorry but there was a greater good that was at foot," James said to the crowd at the meeting. "It was no to alarm you, scare you but it was to get your attention."
Adams has discovered two year old plans submitted to the federal government to renovate Culmer.
He believes today it's the stadium, tomorrow it could be 250 residents evicted.
"We just can't continue to lay down and allow things to happen," Adams said. "Someone has to speak. I believe it's my call and my job to speak for those that do not have a voice."
Liu says the renovation plans are just that; a plan. One required by the federal government should money suddenly become available.
"There are no plans to evict," Liu explained. "We would certainly like to get all the money in the world so we can rehabilitate and make our units A1. But we don't have that. We would like to."
Even if they do get funded one day, Liu says he would do his best to keep every resident in their home.
"I would challenge anyone to go to Culmer Place and say you know what I think some improvement would be good," he said. "We want to have the best possible housing for people in public housing."
Liu went on to say that any demolition or building would start with community input.
Some residents are quite skeptical though.
"I think in the long run they are going to skittle and scattle and all of this is going to be a parking lot," Saunders said.
Liu has sent two of his staff members to tonight's meeting. He hopes they will be able to thwart any misinformation.
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BOARDWALK ROBBER, Trevor Anthony Agard, donned a black T-shirt bearing the word “respect” emblazoned with a figure of a man bowing in respect, but a magistrate yesterday found his actions last Monday night were quite to the contrary.
Now the “regular visitor to the courts” has the next 36 months to reflect on his law-breaking conduct and clean up a drug problem which, he said, contributed to his decision to attack two tourists.
The 53-year-old, of no fixed place of abode, appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court No. 1 and did not hesitate when he pleaded guilty to unlawfully and maliciously wounding British visitors Jena Elhusainie and assaulting her daughter, Dana Chowdhry, causing her actual bodily harm on January 11.
He also admitted to robbing Elhusainie of a handbag worth $124.77, a camera valued at $750, $480 in local currency and £350 on the same day.
Please read the full story in today’s Daily Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

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The Weed War
by Duke Kell
The Weed War, is the second book in the "Freedom Files" series, a collection of novelettes about ongoing civil liberty issues. It is a philosophical story about the prohibition of marijuana and its ties to social and economic manipulation. Set 150 years in the future, a teacher uses the power of the written word and the Socratic Method to introduce freedom to his students.

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Arsene Wenger has angrily denied he is set to sign a new deal at Arsenal and insisted he will make no decision on his future until the end of next season.
The Frenchman, 66, will enter the final 12 months of a three-year contract next season. A report today claimed the club want him to sign a new two-year deal in October.
But before the final game of the season against Aston Villa on Sunday, Wenger said: “It is completely wrong.
"I don’t know where this comes from. You can treat that as an invention.
In pictures: Arsenal Foundation Ball
"It is absolutely false. They could have checked with the club and it would have been denied.
"I think about the next game. I have full commitment for as long as I am under contract.”
Asked if next season will determine whether he will extend his 20-year stay in North London, Wenger said: “Of course.
"What I focus on is to respect my contract and envisage what I will do after. I understand people are interested in that but it's not important?
"I will see where the club stands at the end of my contract.”
Wenger also admitted it was a missed opportunity for his side to have not won the title this season - but insisted they are determined to finish in second.
"It was a strange season and we finish disappointed," he said.
"We had a chance to win the title and we are frustrated. It is a missed opportunity.
"Leicester had consistent results and everybody else had ups and downs.
"We want to finish as high as possible and in front of Spurs.
"Ideally, we want to get in front of them."

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Washington (CNN) The US State Department has created a special task force to deal with the crisis in Sudan, a spokesman told CNN on Tuesday.
“The State Department has established a military conflict task force in Sudan to oversee the department’s planning, management and logistics related to events in Sudan,” the spokesman said.
Notice of the task force was sent to staff on Monday, sources said.
In recent days, intense fighting between the rival Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) has erupted in Khartoum and spread further into the country, leaving hundreds dead and wounded.
The State Department urged American citizens to shelter in place, and American diplomats in Khartoum also sheltered in place. The U.S. Embassy said Tuesday that “due to the uncertain security situation in Khartoum and the closure of the airport, there are no plans for a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation.”
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told a news conference on Tuesday that “yesterday we had an American diplomatic convoy that was fired upon”.
“All our people are safe and unharmed. But this action was reckless, irresponsible and, of course, dangerous – a diplomatic convoy with diplomatic signs, an American flag, was fired upon,” he said at a press conference in Japan.
Both the SAF and the RSF have said they are committed to a 24-hour ceasefire starting Tuesday evening local time, although there have been reports of gunfire since the supposed start of the truce.
“We continue to press the RSF and SAF to establish a 24-hour ceasefire and call on both to ensure that all forces respect it,” the State Department spokesman said.
Before the ceasefire was announced, Blinken called the leaders of each of the rival factions to urge them to stop fighting.
E.J. Hogendorn, who previously served at the State Department as a senior adviser to the US special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, told CNN he understood that the US ambassador to Sudan, John Godfrey, was also heavily involved in talks with the countries, even as shelters on site in Khartoum.
“We have all kinds of systems in place for him to be able to do that,” he said.
“In addition to trying to get them to de-escalate, I guess they also have to think about possible evacuation of personnel and certainly the safety of their personnel, trying to coordinate with other embassies,” Hogendorn said.
Hogendoorn noted that the embassy compounds “are pretty self-sufficient for fairly long periods of time.”
“Unless there is a full frontal assault on the US Embassy compound, people are safe.” I imagine they would want to be present as long as warranted in an effort to try to help and try to resolve the fighting,” he said.
The “biggest challenge” for the U.S. and its partners is that the conflict in Sudan “seems existential for both sides,” so “it’s going to be very difficult to convince them that they have to stop,” Hogendoorn told CNN.
“There are indications that command and control is starting to deteriorate, particularly for the RSF, so even if the United States can put pressure on these people, they may not be able to actually stop the fighting quickly,” he added.
And with the fighting spreading to other parts of the country, “there will be even less command and control over these forces,” he said.
Asked what leverage the U.S. has to pressure countries to end the fighting, Hogendoorn said the U.S. can freeze bank accounts and revenue streams, and “that will very quickly make it difficult for countries to continue to pursue the fighting in a serious way,” but determining which accounts to pursue can quickly become complicated.
“The State Department needs to think seriously about what they need to do to end the fighting and not be delusional about who started the conflict, whether one side is the good guy and the other is the bad guy.” I think the goal should be to stop the hostilities as quickly as possible and then ensure that whatever happens, it also positively affects the negotiations that will undoubtedly happen,” he said.
Blinken said on Tuesday that the US was “in very close coordination with other countries that have influence in Sudan”.
“I’ve been on the phone with colleagues in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom to make sure we’re coordinating carefully,” he said. “Our team has also been in very close contact with the African Union, with other international organizations – again to make sure that everyone is coordinated and that we are channeling the shared determination among the international community to get to a ceasefire as quickly as possible and get Sudan back on the road to talks, negotiations, again, to restore a civilian-led government in Sudan.”
Hogendoorn told CNN that “unless there is more decisive intervention from international partners,” he is concerned that a “Syria-like scenario” could develop in Sudan, “where different armed factions take control of different parts On the side”.
“And it becomes very, very challenging to bring the country back together or even to provide sustained aid to people who are just pawns in this struggle between these two generals,” he said.


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Import prices in February 2008
March 14, 2008
The U.S. Import Price Index ticked up 0.2 percent in February following a 1.6-percent increase in January.
The index advanced 13.6 percent over the past year.
Petroleum prices fell for the second time in three months in February 2008, declining 1.5 percent after rising 4.8 percent in January. The price index for petroleum increased 60.9 percent for the year ended in February.
Nonpetroleum prices advanced 0.6 percent in February 2008 after a 0.7-percent increase the previous month. The price index for nonpetroleum prices was up 4.5 percent over the past 12 months.
A 2.5-percent increase in nonpetroleum industrial supplies and materials prices was the largest contributor to the overall February rise in nonpetroleum prices. That advance was led by higher prices for natural gas, metals, and fertilizers. Prices for nonpetroleum industrial supplies and materials rose 12.5 percent over the past year.
These data are from the BLS International Price program. Import price data are subject to revision. Learn more in "U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes -- February 2008" (PDF) (HTML), news release USDL 08-0333.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Import prices in February 2008 on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/mar/wk2/art05.htm (visited January 23, 2018).
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Renewal and extension of Piraeus Bank's Contract Farming Deal on Canned Peachwith "Venus Growers A.C." Venus Growers
Piraeus Bank, in collaboration with the "Venus Growers A.C.", proceeded to a renewal and extension of the Contract Farming program for clingstone peach producers in the prefecture of Imathia, following last year's highly successful program. It was the first Contract Farming program of Piraeus Bank that was successfully concluded and gave new perspectives on stable and sustainable of the primary sector.
The funding proposal for canned peaches contract farming is essentially intended to help rationalise production organisation and financially support the entire production process, from the producer to product processing and selling by the said company.
The "Venus Growers Agricultural Cooperative" has facilities in Veria and Alexandria, in the Prefecture of Imathia, and operates in the fruit processing and standardisation sector for the Greek and international markets.
The Venus Growers A.C." is the first agricultural cooperative export business in Greece. Exports account for 97% of its turnover and destined to 45 countries and mainly to the most demanding markets of Japan and the UK. The Venus Growers A.C." is among the leading global players of the canned fruit market in terms of product quality and quantity.
The mission of "Venus Growers A.C." is to:
- Produce consistently high quality products.
- Establish fully controlled health and safety conditions in production.
- Deliver excellent services.
- Maintain high efficiency.
To achieve this mission, "Venus Growers A.C." employs highly qualified people, has optimal organisation and high tech equipment.
Through the specific Piraeus Bank Contract Farming programme, the producer is provided with the required liquidity at highly competitive terms, exactly when he needs such liquidity, while payment of the production agreed to be delivered to the Cooperative is guaranteed.
The Program covers the entire crops production, supply and manufacturing chain by supporting, in an organised manner, the mutually beneficial collaboration between producers and the Cooperative.
This renewed collaboration attests to the firm will of Piraeus Bank to support and encourage any sound productive effort in this economy sector.


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Written by Shalini Saxena on 26 April 2019
Walking down the crowded streets of Thanjavur today, one can still find a measure of peace at the Bangaru Kamakshi temple, home to Goddess Kamakshi. Along with being a place of worship to the throngs of devotees and visitors, the Kamakshi temple is also home to one of the Trinities of Carnatic Music (Sangita Trimurti) - the musical genius and composer Shyama Shastri.
Born to Visvanatha Iyer and Vengalakshmi in a Tamil Brahmin family at Tiruvarur on April 26, 1762, Venkata Subrahmanya popularly known as Shyama Shastri was the eldest of the three jewels of Carnatic music - the distinguished trio of composer-musicians of Carnatic music including Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, and Shyama Shastri himself.
Shyama Shastri came from a family of priests, worshipers of the Goddess Kamakshi. Following political turmoil and fearing the threat of destruction of the temples and idols, Shayma Shastri’s ancestors travelled along with the Kamakshi idol from place to place until they finally settled in the temple town of Thiruvarur.
Here, Shyama Shastri was born in the month of “Chaitra” on “Krithika Nakshatra” in 1763 as predicted by a wise man. Born in a family of scholars and priests, he received thorough education in Sanskrit and Telugu.
At a very young age, Shyama Shastri showed great musical ability. Discovering his interest in music, his mother requested her brother to initiate his music education and teach him the fundamentals of music. Shyama Shastri’s earliest gurus were his father who taught him devotional songs and his uncle who taught him the basics of music. However, his was a well-to-do family of priests and felt that Shyama would not be able to earn a living as a musician.
During an evening of worship at the temple, Shyama once sang beautiful songs in praise of the Goddess Kamakshi. His listeners were enthralled and as a token of their appreciation, gifted the boy with a beautiful shawl. Shyama went home and showed it to his uncle, who, angered by his musical pursuits, ended up shredding his music book to pieces. This was hardly a deterrent for the little boy, who believed that the Goddess Kamakshi would continue to inspire and guide his music.
Shyama Shastri’s family moved on to settle in Thanjavur (then Tanjore). A chance encounter with Sanyasi Sangita Swami, a mendicant and musical exponent from Kasi who was passing through Thanjavur, breathed new life into Shayma Shastri’s music education.
During Sangita Swami’s short stay of four months at Thanjavur, he taught Shyama Shastri all the intricate details of Raga, Tala and Swara Prastharas (improvisation with musical notes). Impressed by his melodious voice, keen intellect and grasping power, the Sanyasi directed his student to approach Paccimiriyam Adiyappayya, a prominent court musician in Tanjore. The influence of Adiyappayya can be seen in the ‘Svarajati - Kamakshi' in Bhairavi raga that Shyama Shastri would go on to compose and popularise.
Shyama Shastri was a Devi Bhakt (devotee of the Goddess) and Archak (priest) at the temple of Goddess Bangaru Kamakshi, where his forefathers were priests for several years. Most of his compositions are paeans of Devi Kamakshi.
Shyama Shastri was not interested in worldly pursuits. During his lifetime, the arts were flourishing due to the patronization of the kings, but Shastri would not show any interest in being a court musician. Over his lifetime, Shyama Shastri would go on to compose nearly 300 krithis in praise of the Goddess. He also created Navaratnamalika which is a set of nine compositions praising the Goddess Meenakshi of the famed Meenakshi Temple in Madurai. He would go on pilgrimage tours and create compositions on deities of the temples he visited. He wrote compositions praising Tiruvaiyaru Dharmasamvardini, Nagapattinam Neelayadakshi, Thiruvanaikaval Akhilandeswari, one Tana Varnam on Kanchi Varadaraja and one krithi on Vaidheeswarankovil Muthukkumaraswamy.
Shyama Shastri adopted common as well as rare ragas for his compositions. Though his compositions were in three languages -Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit - he preferred Telugu as the medium of expression. He is the only one among the ‘Trinity’ to have composed in Tamil. "Ratnatrayam" is the name given to his popular set of three Swarajati(s) - Kamakṣhi Anudinamu in Raga Bhairavi, Kamakṣhi Padayugame in Yadukula Kambhoji, and Rave Himagiri Kumari in Raga Todi. Shyama Shastri has composed masterpieces in Ragas like Anandhabhairavi (said to be one of his favorites) and Saveri.
Shastri lived in Thanjavur at a time when the music and arts were flourishing due to the patronization of many kings. He was a contemporary of Saint Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshithar. Tyagaraja and Shastri would spend a lot of time discussing music together. A lot of musicians of his time would go around holding musical “challenges” where they would challenge another singer to a competition. The stakes of such contests was usually the musician’s renown, though in some cases, the party suffering defeat would be asked to leave the lands or accept the superiority of the other musician.
In one such contest, Shyama Shastri won against Bobbili Kesavayya, a prominent musician, who had defeated all the musicians in the court of the king Sarabhoji of Thanjavur. The king then requested Shyama Shastri to represent Thanjavur. Shastri won the challenge by performing a composition in the Sarabhananda Tala for the first time ever in recorded history of music.
Another legendary contest was with Appukutti Nattuvanar, who challenged Shyama Shastri to leave Thanjavur if defeated. Shyama Shastri not only defeated Appukutti but also turned him into an admirer. Appukutti went on to popularise Shastri’s compositions in Mysore.
Shyama Shastri signed his compositions - Kritis, Varṇam(s) and Swarajati(s) with his Mudra (Signature) ‘Shyama Krishna’.
Most of his compositions were scholarly in nature. Unlike his contemporaries, he did not have many disciples and yet his compositions have been propagated, popularized and admired over the centuries.
On February 6, 1827, he at the age of 65, this great Kamakshi devotee breathed his last.

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There's a critical hole in the application for the now-abandoned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project in Nevada.
There's no applicant.
So says Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Allison Macfarlane. She told reporters yesterday that the NRC is obeying court orders to use its remaining application funds, about $7.5 million, to continue its review of the project. That could lead to the release of critical safety studies as early as January.
But when the money runs out, there's still work to be done, such as holding hearings on 300 or so "contentions" raised about the project. In light of the Obama administration's dropping of support for the project, Macfarlane said, the Energy Department's seat at those hearings might be empty, a no-no under NRC rules.
"To work through any of these contentions, you need an applicant. That's how our licensing process works," Macfarlane said at an IHS Energy Daily round table in Washington, D.C.
"In this case, there is no applicant. The applicant has pulled back," she said. "Until there is an applicant that actually has resources to go forward, there's actually nothing for us to do."
At issue is President Obama's decision to kill the repository program in 2010, saying the project was not an attractive solution for storing U.S. nuclear waste. At that point, DOE had been pursuing a licensing for Yucca Mountain for at least two years. The administration proceeded to zero out funding, slash jobs and contractor activities, and dispose of Las Vegas properties associated with the project.
Macfarlane's comments surprised project backers who disagreed with the NRC chief.
"The DOE still is an applicant," said Jay Silberg of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a lawyer for the Nuclear Energy Institute.
Silberg pointed to DOE's failed attempts to pull its NRC application for the project. In 2010, the NRC's Atomic Safety Licensing Board ruled that DOE couldn't yank the application without congressional consent.
DOE appealed the board's decision to the full NRC panel, but the five-member commission split 2-2, with former Commissioner George Apostolakis recusing himself from the vote because he had done work on the site. A federal appeals court last year ordered the NRC to use what funds it has available to continue the review (Greenwire, Aug. 13, 2013).
Silberg acknowledged that the agencies are working with limited funds but said a missing applicant is not an obstacle for the project.
"As a matter of law, they still have a pending application," he said. "To say there is no applicant is factually and legally incorrect."
The NRC has been under pressure from the courts and on Capitol Hill to reveal the fate of the Yucca Mountain project, but the agency has repeatedly maintained that its hands are tied as long as Congress doesn't fund the review.
Republicans -- notably, Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois -- have pressed the NRC in hearings to request funding for the project -- a proxy fight between Republicans who support Yucca Mountain and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), a strident foe of the project.
'Purview of Congress'
Despite the ongoing debate over the Nevada site, Macfarlane made clear that the United States needs to find a waste solution.
But that, she stressed, is not the NRC's job.
"The NRC is not charged with finding a final solution [for] this material; that is the purview of Congress and the administration," she said. "We have basically backed off of predicting when a repository will be available."
Macfarlane pointed to the agency's recent approval of a new "continued storage" rule dealing with the environmental effects of storing hot, radioactive waste at reactors.
The rule accepts the premise that radioactive waste generated by reactors producing electricity can be stored safely for up to 60 years after a plant is closed -- or indefinitely if a permanent repository isn't built. That finding will be used in subsequent licensing decisions (Greenwire, Aug. 26).
In casting her vote for the rule, Macfarlane took issue with the staff's conclusion in the general environmental impact statement that adverse effects of storing waste for any period of time are "small," adding that such an assertion would indicate that a deep geological repository is not necessary -- when in fact it is.
"I didn't want this rule to be an excuse not to actually find a final solution for this material, so that was the source of my concern," Macfarlane said yesterday. "I still strongly believe that the nation needs to grapple with the issue of developing a repository or some kind of geologic storage for this material."
Also in her vote, Macfarlane called on the agency's staff to take a deeper look at the possibility for nuclear waste to be stored at reactors across the country indefinitely -- a nod to the politically divisive and stalled process on Capitol Hill surrounding the Yucca Mountain site. She also said such an environmental analysis should be reviewed every decade.
Macfarlane also called on NRC staff to include a "worst case" scenario should no repository be found and all legal and administrative controls fall by the wayside. Without speculating about future institutions or societies, the NRC can hypothesize on the failure of casks -- large concrete and metal containers -- holding the waste, she said.
But Macfarlane confirmed yesterday that her recommendations, which were not the majority vote, will not move forward.
The chairwoman in recent weeks has called for a new rule specifically for closing plants, a critical step as many of the country's 100 nuclear plants reach -- and surpass -- four decades of operation and begin to close.
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Ukrainian Navy Commander Admiral Viktor Maksimov Visits Croatia
Official visit of Ukrainian Navy’s delegation headed by its commander Admiral Viktor Maksimov to Split, Croatia has been finished.
Meeting with Croatian counterparts, Ukrainian naval servicemen discussed strengthening of friendly relations, mutual interaction, prospective lines of further cooperation including joint activities in the Black and the Mediterranean seas, and visit historical sites of Split.
It is noteworthy that Croatian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ante Urlic paid similar visit to Sevastopol last year. Ukrainian command ship Slavutich once called at a Croatian port with friendly visit. Besides, Croatian naval officers earlier took part in US-Ukrainian exercise Sea Breeze.
The visit of Ukrainian Navy’s delegation was held on invitation of Croatian Navy Commander in accordance with Ukrainian defense ministry’s international cooperation event list. The visit finished on Oct 13.
Source: rusnavy, October 14, 2011; Image: ukrainiannavy


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Calling scale sum: 2
Living calling scale sum: Does not apply in this case
You are someone who doesn’t sense a calling right now. Around 17% of working adults feel this way and around 8% of college students feel this way. Sometimes the motivation to discern a calling is simply low or nonexistent, as is the case for people who simply don’t find the concept of calling relevant to how they think about work. Other people do feel a strong motivation to find a calling and identify an opportunity in which they can live it out, but don’t know where to start. How do you take the first step toward understanding your calling? In MYJAC, we answer this question by describing a number of strategies in which people can engage. For example, take an active approach, and start by assessing your skills, interests, personality, and values, and using this understanding of yourself to explore and identify occupations that would provide an excellent fit for your personal attributes. This process can be aided by the help of trusted friends or family, or a trained career counselor.
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Walter John Lacey, 85, formerly of Downers Grove, died Monday, March 12, in Fountains, a nursing home in Crystal Lake. Born in Chicago, Mr. Lacey served in the Navy in World War II and was a retired claims prevention specialist in the trucking industry. Survivors include his wife, Margaret, and a stepdaughter, Carol Hauge. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Toon Funeral Home, 4920 Main St., Downers Grove, where services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday.
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How Jen Giattino saved the Southwest Park
There’s misinformation going around in Hoboken’s political universe and that’s nothing new. The depths however taken by some have delved to new lows in the mayoral race.
One of the recent whoppers attempts to dismiss the pivotal fifth vote by City Council President Jen Giattino leading to passage of the Southwest Park back in September 2013. Without Jen Giattino’s vote, there’s no Southwest Park, end of story.
Now her “leadership” is being questioned by the concerted efforts of those on the Bhalla campaign and close to the mayor’s office as part of a smear campaign.
Except the claim is not true.
In May of 2012, the initial vote passed easily with Jen Giattino in support 7-1. But the binding narrow 5-4 vote in June of 2012 preceded the final critical September vote the following year and decided the matter once and for all. Once again, Jen Giattino lent her vote in support of Mayor Zimmer’s effort seeking a Southwest Park.
|Site of the Southwest Park in Hoboken where before it’s open, an effort at historical
revisionism seeks to undermine Jen Giattino’s critical vote approving it.
Talking Ed Note: Mayor Zimmer urged the City Council to support the effort and use eminent domain to purchase nearly one acre of a surface parking lot. Jen Giattino, initially voted against eminent domain but may have preferred the City of Hoboken purchase five acres uptown later approved (at the BASF site) as a priority serving more residents. It didn’t stop her from casting the decisive vote backing the Southwest Park’s approval in the Hoboken City Council.
So there’s the conclusive record on the Southwest Park’s legislative approval and how City Council President Jen Giattino played a pivotal role in saving it.
Reform sources intimate to the years long SW Park efforts stating Dawn Zimmer would later offer her support to the idea and adopted it as an issue in her 2007 council race.
The Southwest Park is set this fall for completion.
Correction: The narrow 5-4 vote to keep the SW Park alive in June 2012 is available here:
“For the record” is a new MSV investigative column adding sunlight to the darkness on Hoboken politics.


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bean burrito (homemade)
Deborah Sentney- Hughes
Very easy and inexpensive and will feed 4 with one can. With tortillia's left over.
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1Place torillia on flat surface. Spread refried beans onto it. Put a handful of cheese over it. Fold like a burrito and place on paper plate. Microwave for 2-3 minutes just until hot and cheese is slightly melted. You can use salsa, and sour cream over the top if you like. but is just as good alone.


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POLICE swooped on suspected housebreakers in early morning raids across north Edinburgh.
Three teens, aged 15, 18 and 19 were arrested yesterday in connection with crimes over the past week in Kirkliston, Pathhead, Penicuik and Musselburgh.
Our communities have told us that anti-social behaviour and youth disorder is a priorityJIMMY JONES
Jewellery and electrical goods were recovered from properties in Clermiston Park, Colonsay View and Granton Mill March.
“Our communities have told us that anti-social behaviour and youth disorder is a priority and we have renewed our commitment to tackling it in North West Edinburgh,” said Chief Inspector Jimmy Jones, North West Area Commander.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the public for their assistance so far. Support from our communities is vital in tackling such offences and I can assure them we will act on the information we receive.”
The arrests were part of Operation Soteria and the Stronger North 2017 initiative to gather intelligence and tackle housebreaking, vehicle theft and related disorder.
Police relaunched Operation Soteria last month with the fire service, city council and others to target motorbike thefts and joyriding.
Local senior officer, Kenneth Rogers, of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, said at the launch: “The emotional distress caused by road collisions cannot be underestimated.
“They can devastate entire families as well as impact on our personnel who stand on the frontline and witness the consequences.
“We don’t want anyone to be involved in such incidents and do everything in our power to stop them from happening in the first place.
“Motorcyclists are particularly vulnerable road users who require a great deal of awareness and training in order to control their vehicle in a safe and responsible manner.
“It is always a concern for us that these often powerful machines are being driven at speed in built-up areas by inexperienced or even illegal riders – the consequences can be fatal.
“But we’re never complacent and by standing alongside our partners and working closely with our communities we aim to improve driver behaviour.”
Becky Cropper, family and household support manager from the City of Edinburgh Council, said: “The theft of motorbikes and related offences has become a real problem in parts of Edinburgh and one that I know is a matter of great concern to the local community.
“We are very happy to be members of the Soteria Partnership as the work being done by our partners will be a great step forward in tackling crimes like these. Vehicle theft has a huge impact on victims and can have tragic consequences too.
“We are committed to doing everything in our power to help prevent these crimes and to keep people and property safe.”
Anyone wishing to report motorcycle crime can contact at Drylaw Police Station on 101, or Crimestoppers confidentially on 0800 555 111.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Town of Tonawanda dentist has received jail time for attempted forcible touching of a patient.
The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced that 75-year-old Tiberiu V. Sfintescu, also known as Vali Sfintescu, of Williamsville, was sentenced in Town of Tonawanda Court to a determinate sentence of 45 days in jail. He is required to report to the Erie County Holding Center on Monday.
The district attorney’s office said on May 27, 2020 Sfintescu attempted to forcibly touch the intimate parts of a female patient during an appointment at his dental office Greenhaven Terrace in the Town of Tonawanda.
He pleaded guilty to one count of attempted forcible touching in May and as part of his plea, he sold his dental practice and voluntarily surrendered his license to practice dentistry in New York.
On Monday, the judge issued a final order of protection on behalf of the victim.


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My most recent finish: the purple Ombre Gingham Quilt.
When I was pregnant with my daughter, I made her a purple gingham quilt. Her nursery theme was owls. I used the perfect purple fabric that had lighter purple owls outlined on it for the darker purple and backed it with a gray flannel with purple/pink owls. That quilt could not have turned out any better.
I should also mention that I am a firm believer in quilts being used. I had no worries about taking the quilt out and about. Well, maybe I should have been a little more concerned because some time in January of this year, the quilt disappeared.
If I had to guess, my daughter kicked it out of her stroller on a run, or I left it at the park after a Stroller Mom workout. There is no telling where it is, but I can tell you where it’s not: in my house. I tore my house and my car apart looking for it. I called the park. I called my husband who had just left on a 9 month deployment (maybe he packed it? I was desperate). I put a call out on my neighborhood facebook group. Nothing. The quilt never turned up.
Still though, I held out hope that I would randomly come across it somewhere in the house. Well. Seven months later, and that quilt still hasn’t turned up. I know my daughter will never remember that first quilt, but it still hurt my heart to know it was gone.
I vaguely thought I would make her a new one at some point. Maybe when she was old enough to tell me what colors she wanted. But, I wasn’t too concerned about it, or in a rush to get one made for her.
GINGHAM QUILT 2.0
Then, as I was putting away the excess backing fabric from my Sienna Burst, the image of the ombre gingham quilt popped into my head – with the backing fabric as the lighter/blender color. I had previously purchased a Kona Cottons purple FQ bundle for a different project that never got made, so I already had everything I needed. I sketched out the idea in Illustrator, auditioned fabrics, and got started. While I couldn’t find more of the original purple owl fabric I used, I was able to get more of the flannel I used for the backing.
A month or so ago, I had been laughing with a friend about how I am going “full Georgia” with my daughters wardrobe. I put her in pretty smocked dresses and bows any chance I get. Anyway, I was telling this friend about the matching seersucker backpack and lunchbox I bought my daughter for preschool, and how I was getting it monogramed with her initials. She joked that she drew the line at putting a monogram on a quilt. So what did I do? I added my daughters monogram to the quilt.
OMBRE GINGHAM QUILT STATS
- Finished Size: 44″ x 52″
- Blocks: 4″ finished squares
- Fabrics used:
- Batting: Warm n Plush by Warm n Natural
- Thread: 50wt Aurifil in white for both piecing and quilting
- Quilted: 1/4″ straight lines from each seam horizontal and vertical
I love this new quilt so much. Its Gingham Quilt 2.0. While I will always have a soft spot for that original quilt, seeing how great this one turned out is so pleasing. It’s a little bigger, a little brighter, and little better. I couldn’t be happier with it. I’m still a firm believer in quilts being used, but this one will only be used in the house for now.
My mom (a photographer) was here last week so we tried to get some pictures of my daughter with the quilt. She wasn’t having it, but it was fun to make her try. Enjoy the pictures! Some were taken with my iPhone and some with her nice camera. Can you tell which is which?
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Carbamazepine treatment has been in the a striking, and you can significant, losing the severity of episodic dyscontrol in the a study of a small selection of better-identified female clients that have DSM-III borderline character diseases ( fourteen ). Inside attempt, episodic dyscontrol (we.elizabeth., bad occurrence) are ranked since the modest otherwise really serious in only ten% out of cases, while placebo therapy are of episodic dyscontrol from reasonable or big strength inside 60% away from circumstances. In addition to carbamazepine, diphenylhydantoin could have been said to reduce “anger,” “discomfort,” “impatience,” and “anxiety” inside neurotic (DSM-II identified) psychological outpatients ( sixty ). While it’s unidentified exactly how many of them patients do meet DSM-III criteria to possess an identification disorder, it is distinguished that clients entered towards the which trial was basically characterized by common histories out-of violence and you may/or anxiety. Brand new mechanism from step into the anti-competitive aftereffect of these types of anticonvulsive agencies is 100% kostenlose muslimische Dating-Seiten not familiar, though it can get encompass stabilizing of limbic neuronal discharges. Abnormal EEG designs, like people noticed in people having limited complex seizures, were stated to possess a little ratio away from borderline identification-disordered clients in certain, although not all of the ( 13 ), knowledge. It will be possible these particular anticonvulsive representatives works partly compliment of the main 5-HT program.
Enhancement of the prolactin responses to intravenous tryptophan difficulty through the carbamazepine procedures has been stated, suggesting one to carbamazepine get increase 5-HT passion inside the individuals ( 15 )
The efficacy of neuroleptics from the remedy for natural aggressive conclusion can be of this the effect on dopamine receptors. Low-amount large-strength neuroleptic agents have been shown to has actually modest efficacy from inside the numerous placebo-regulated studies ( 17 , 57 ) between the accessibility neuroleptics on remedy for patients with personality disease. About newest examination of clients having borderline and you may/or schizotypal identification illness, haloperidol’s fundamental consequences was indeed with the observed methods away from “hostile belligerence” and you can impulsive aggressive behavior ( 56 ). Inside the an excellent placebo-managed trial, treatment on the neuroleptic flupenthixol are from the a significant protection from inside the self-destructive conclusion during the identification-disordered clients that have histories from recurrent suicidal choices ( 37 ). When you are this type of patients weren’t officially diagnosed because personality-disordered, all of these clients could have satisfied DSM-III standards to have borderline identity disorder.
You’ll be able to you to definitely limbic excitability could possibly get underlie both etiology and you may treatment responsiveness of a few borderline identification-disordered customers to help you anticonvulsants
Eventually, you will find several minimal, but significant, research regarding the effectation of stimulants and you will opiate antagonists on the impulsivity and violence. Within the an excellent placebo-regulated study of adult people having interest shortage disease (ADD), the fresh new stimulant pemoline is actually demonstrated to rather disappear feedback out-of one another “impulsivity” and “hot otherwise volatile spirits” ( 70 ). Decreases during these periods took place the brand new perspective regarding equivalent update within the recommendations out-of “desire problems” and you may “hyperactivity,” but not of “affective liability.” When you find yourself patients which have “borderline” or schizotypal identification conditions have been omitted out of study, at the very least twenty seven% satisfied Look Symptomatic Standards having antisocial identification infection (specified otherwise possible). While doing so, all clients had at the very least several of one’s pursuing the six attacks (i.elizabeth., as well as sometimes engine hyperactivity or attentional deficits persisting regarding childhood): impulsivity, sexy or explosive vibe, affective responsibility, dysfunctional social relationships, be concerned intolerance, and you may failure to complete employment. It’s distinguished that basic four ones requirements is found in the DSM-III requirements to possess borderline character infection. Just like the patients which have borderline identity infection were omitted, this indicates that “impulsivity” and/otherwise “sexy otherwise volatile mood” could possibly get address stimulant medication from the absence of an entire personality-problems analysis. These conclusions was basically essentially duplicated an additional attempt towards the stimulant methylphenidate ( 71 ). And this, you are able that catalyst therapy is a good idea in treating impulsivity and you can soreness/frustration when it happens in this new perspective from adult Incorporate. Education having opiate antagonists about treatment of worry about-harmful behavior in a variety of psychiatric patients, generally with intellectual retardation, have exposed to blended triumph ( 27 ) but could render various other opportunity getting search to have pharmacologic input during the very difficult customers with borderline character sickness who slash or otherwise mutilate themselves.


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Confessions of a nervous flier originally appeared on CNN March 19, 2014
Tell the crew you’re scared, suggests flight attendant Heather Poole, author of “Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpad, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet.”
“If we know you’re scared, we’ll go out of our way to be reassuring if the airplane does encounter a few bumps,” says Poole, via e-mail. “We’ll update you on whatever information the captain passes along to us regarding delays, mechanicals, weather or turbulence. I’ve gone as far as to sit in an empty seat beside someone and hold their hand.”
Poole, who’s been a flight attendant for 18 years, suggests passengers who hate turbulence sit close to the cockpit — the front of the plane isn’t as bumpy as the rear. Passengers can also download the MyRadar app to track the bumpy weather.


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The new law prohibiting parking on the north side of Boulevard Avenue from Dunham Avenue to Edgewater Street in Celoron is now in effect. The law was passed by the village board last month. John Keeney, Celoron mayor, said because Boulevard Avenue is a county road, it has to be able to handle all-size vehicles from small compact cars to large tractor-trailers. "So when cars are parked on both sides of the road, it is almost impossible for a truck and a car to pass each other where two cars are parked," Keeney said in July. The mayor also said people who parked on Boulevard Avenue prior to the no parking law had to be cautious of when they decided to open their door so as not to be hit by passing automobiles. Keeney said the wider traffic pattern will also create a safer crosswalk, with room for a sign indicating vehicles should yield to pedestrians.


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The RICARDO Hand blender features a stainless steel blender shaft that is perfect for making purées, sauces and soups directly in the cooking pot. Highly efficient and ergonomic, the mini chopper is ideal for chopping nuts, herbs and vegetables.
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…As Donald Trump readies to deport 7,000 Ghanaians
It has been barely three months since the Minister for Foreign Affairs told the Appointments Committee of Parliament that she would pursue a policy of negotiations with foreign governments which are hosts to Ghanaians living illegally in their countries to send them back home.
Indeed, at her vetting in January, this year, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, had fancifully claimed that, “things are not bad” in Ghana and therefore urged the many Ghanaians who are illegal immigrants in foreign countries to return home.
Well that statement was like a wish upon a star and it has come true for some 7,000 Ghanaians living in the United States.
A news item by Nairobi-based CGTN on the issue of President Donald Trump’s fervent preparation to throw back the 7,000 Ghanaians is already trending on Social Media, and from all indications, the forced exodus of Ghanaians ‘back to Bataan’ will surely come to pass.
What is not immediately clear is whether these 7,000 Ghanaians will also be brought back in chains, as had been the case of some 100 Ghanaian deportees from the US in November, last year.
Already, anger has been kindled against the Foreign Affairs Minister in some sections of Social Media in the wake of the news about the impending deportations, with some livid Ghanaians urging the would-be deportees to go straight and camp in the minister’s house when they touch down on terra firma.
The general sentiment is that when the Foreign Affairs Minister shot off her mouth the way she did about Ghanaian immigrants at her vetting, she had inspired US President Donald Trump to seek out Ghanaians.
Her reference of them as illegal immigrants had been derogatory, as it was a diplomatic blunder, in that it meant that the government was admitting to the fact that most Ghanaian emigrants in foreign countries were crooks.
CTRGN’s Washington correspondent, Daniel Ryntjes, is heard reporting in the news clip that has gone viral that President Trump is deploying a very pedantic tactic to fish out Ghanaian illegal immigrants to the US, so that even arrests for drunk-driving, for instance, will be opportune for checking out the background and immigration status of the arrested.
The 7,000 Ghanaians likely to be deported, he said, are mostly people who have overstayed their visa permits without renewal.
Mr. Ryntjes points out that forced deportations are disheartening because they wrench families and loved ones apart.
Interestingly, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister did not consider this when she announced at her vetting that she will negotiate with foreign countries to send back illegal Ghanaian immigrants to Ghana.
According to her, “Ghana is not bad.” The truth however is that, Ghana is a place of serious unemployment with university graduates constrained to form an association called, “Unemployed Graduates Association.”
It is not clear how the minister and her government plan to create opportunities for the would-be deportees to serve in a country where even legislators indulge in visa fraud to help their friends and family members escape the country.
Indeed, the CTRGN report references the fact that the US deportations are coming at a time that the UK has blacklisted three serving MPs for visa fraud. A fourth is a former MP.
According to the same report, there are about 2.2 million Africans living in the US, 235,000 of who are Ghanaians.
The story reported that many of these Ghanaians live as illegal immigrants, not because they enter the US illegally, but that they fail to renew their papers after their visas have been exhausted.
Meanwhile, the story about the US intent to deport 7,000 Ghanaians has sparked a call for Ghana to return two former Guantanamo Bay detainees that the US had brought to Ghana for rehabilitation in January 2016.
Angry Ghanaians believe such a return would be proper because it would convey the unhappy sentiments of the people in the face of what they believe to be poor treatment of Ghanaians by the US.
In September 2016, 100 Ghanaian deportees from the US had arrived at the Kotoka International Airport on a chartered flight in chains. Some of them had refused to disembark, citing maltreatment at the hands of US security agents.
Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih al-Dhuby, the two ex Gitmo detainees are, however, not US citizens.
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Aroclor 1254 as a 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin antagonist in mice
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Both Aroclor 1254, a commercial polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) elicit common aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor-mediated effects including the induction of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH), a cytochrome P-450-dependent monooxygenase, the inhibition of the T-cell dependent plaque forming cells in response to sheep red blood cells (in C57BL/6 mice) and cleft palate in C57BL/6 mice. However based on ED 50 values from dose-response studies with Aroclor 1254 and 2,3,7,8-TCDD, it was apparent that the latter compound is at least 10 5 times more potent. Cotreatment of rat hepatoma H-4-II E cells or C57BL/6 mice with an ED 80-100 dose of 2,3,7,8-TCDD plus various sub-toxic (or effective) doses of Aroclor 1254 clearly shows that the commercial PCB can significantly antagonize 2,3,7,8-TCDD-mediated AHH induction (in vivo and in vitro), immunotoxicity and teratogenicity. In vitro Ah receptor binding studies suggests that Aroclor 1254 competitively inhibits the Ah receptor binding of 2,3,7,8-TCDD and this may account for the antagonist activity of the commercial PCB. 1989.
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Printing of 3D objects is available to University of Utah students, staff, and faculty at the Student Computing Services (SCS) desk on Level 2 of the Marriott Library. Printing is done on a ProJet 160 monochrome, powder-based printer.
$5 per cubic inch (minimum of $1 per object)
Hardening with Epsom salt solution included in base price
Using the Printer
- Bring a complete, fully enclosed model in STL format to the SCS desk on a flash drive. The model should not be thinner than 1/8" in any place, as this increases the risk of the printed object being damaged.
- Staff will ask what units your STL file uses: inches, millimeters, centimeters, or meters. They will verify how many cubic inches your model is and fill out a cost slip with this information.
- The base printing charge includes hardening the printed object using an Epsom salt solution. If desired, you can request your object be hardened with ColorBond instead, at an additional charge. This will create a much stronger product.
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