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Misfortune + Time = Comedy, and Boy Toy replacement is no Charlie Sheen.
Original Story: Reuters
In the big scheme of things, Two And A Half Men will never offer the world much beyond the glance given a turd before its flushed. I mean, do you care if a few super-rich TV producers fail in repeating their precious formula? I don’t. Yet the replacement of Charlie Sheen with Ashton Kutcher bears examination, if for no other reason than it’s a symptom of something bigger than the show itself.
Casting Kutcher in place of Sheen is a great example of the axiom – made ultra-popular by several recent US politicians – the more you say it, the more it becomes the truth. It’s the lazy way out, a lowering of the bar that allows producer Chuck Lorre to turn his own admission that Kutcher is actually “joyful” into a public posture that Kutcher is somehow perfect for the part of a washed-up, burned-out rebel. No need to find a real rebel: Kutcher can simply be made into one by the power of positive reinforcement + he has 6.8 million Twitter followers.
In fact, Ashton Kutcher is a can of hairspray, a pampered stand-in who’ll be packaged ‘n promoted in a way that Sheen never needed to be: as subversive. It’s a transparent grab for the demographic to which the Kutcher brand is marketed – never mind the letdown when fans are pulled from the story and reminded of Kutcher’s hard knowledge-gap with every line of dialog. The show’s writers are superb, but they can only do so much.
“Charlie Harper” is an elderly adolescent, a self-deluding, womanizing, smart-ass. He swims in alcohol and struggles with deceit, integrity, and reliability. What Sheen brings to the table (aside from a sharp tongue and smoker’s face) is his own human duration, his hard-won knowledge of loss and difficult lessons learned. When Sheen-as-Harper is remorseful or fleetingly reflective, the audience isn’t in doubt, it’s engaged. When the character faces the consequences of his self-seeking actions, it’s the actor who supplies the humanity and humor.
Even if we remove from the picture Sheen’s sensationalized personal background, at least the guy is age-appropriate to play a character with foreseeable liver cancer and smokestacks of guilt. Yes-yes, it’s silly for audiences to believe that what they’re seeing is actually plausible: it’s a sitcom, for cryin’ out loud. But it’s not silly to give an audience a reason to play along – at least don’t rob them of the chance with poor casting.
The point is, audiences still need to relate to an actor’s interpretation. So let’s look at a sizeable subsection of Two And A Half Men’s audience, guys for whom the show has had real value as a provider of relatable laughter. Prison inmates. As I’ve said elsewhere, in an interview for FoxNews.com, the appeal of the show is it’s:
…fast-paced, snappy dialogue, which is often crude, insult-heavy, and almost always focused on another character’s shortcomings. Such banter is the envy of those who carry internal “wish-lists” of things they could’ve, would’ve, and should’ve said throughout their own trials and tribulations. What three-term parolee hasn’t been similarly dismissed? What convict hasn’t been verbally lashed this way by family members or other casualties of his or her bad behavior?
…while Sheen’s character Charlie is, in many ways, the pinnacle of the selfish, self-centered, narcissistic ass, he nevertheless takes care of his brother, loves his nephew, even loves his mom – just like every inmate in the audience wishes he could, would, or claims he does. There’s redemption in that, and along with a strong, collective opposition to child-abuse, it’s a fundamental value that brings all inmates together.
In the civilian world, even if Charlie Sheen 2011 were as fruitfully reeducated and well dressed as Robert Downey, Jr., like Downey he’d still have uncertainties, regrets, and substance struggles to pull from and transfer to his Two And A Half Men character – or any other. What self-inflicted degradation has Kutcher withstood (save for his marriage to modern-day Norma Desmond)? What has he deciphered about life beyond a Hollywood hustle? What stretches of career stagnation has he endured? How friggen’ despondent do you think Wonder Boy has ever been?
We’re increasingly expected to be okay with buying what we’re told to buy and believing what is repeated often enough. The entertainment industry feeds us crappy remakes and serial sequels and leaves us to assume that inventiveness is something to celebrate in other eras of movie and TV history. Two And A Half Men’s producers are banking on this, trusting that audiences will grumble a little and keep right on watching. And why not? It’s what we do with our careers, our diets, our government, and with America’s ever-lowing standards and principles. So while it’s a tiny crumb on the food for thought scale, the producers’ choice to replace Sheen with Kutcher just might symbolize a larger picture of what’s happening in our culture every day: the acceptance of default.


Reader David Brauer responds to Payments on Minneapolis' spending bender are coming due, and it's not pretty:
I'm glad Cory wrote this piece — the dumb spending of the recent past deserves to be called out, and Rybak owns a lot of that — but there are some counter-arguments I'd make.
First, Rybak did pay down a ton of debt from the previous administrations. Google "Minneapolis" & "Internal Services Fund deficit" to get a flavor of that. It was one reason parks and public works got shafted. The mayor prioritized police, fire, and debt repayment. These were tough choices, not venal ones.
Second, Target Center was the folly of the previous Sayles Belton/Cherryhomes era. Rybak (and all of us) inherited that flaming bag of shit, so again, the city had to make a very tough choice about how to fund it. I'd love to rip the place down, but honestly, it's probably costlier to do that now.
The part of the Vikings deal I like the best (and I hate the deal) was getting Target Center repayment off property taxes and onto the sales tax (where out-of-towners pay a higher percentage, justified for a regional asset).
Third, I think the piece errs in conflating the Neighborhood Revitalization Program with crumbling infrastructure. I was a neighborhood board president, and we did a lot of great stuff with the dough, but it wasn't super-efficient, neighborhoods sat on the money, and a good chunk went to preserving neighborhood staff.
I favored cutting the program specifically because, after 20 years, it was taking money away from basics like infrastructure that are better handled citywide. In a sense, cutting neighborhood revitalization freed up dough to be spent on parks and public works.
These aspects of the piece sound like the usual re-litigation of the Rybak haters and NRP loyalists, many of whom have ties to the Sayles Belton era. Doesn't make them invalid, but there's a consistent ax ground here that omits stuff.
Rybak screwed the pooch at the end with some bad spending decisions, i.e. Vikings. He argues that building the stadium allowed the city to leverage a state-subsidized parking ramp (across from the stadium) that resulted in an expanded Wells Fargo presence downtown, jobs that legitimately might've left the city. It also, in his view, locked in the Convention Center sales tax (the chief city subsidy here) into the 2040s; the legislature was threatening to kill it after the Convention Center was paid off around 2020.
As a stadium hater, I acknowledge that the legislature turning off a major tax source for the city WAS a risk; I just don't think Governor Dayton would've allowed that particular trigger to be pulled. You never know.
Sadly, HAD the Convention Center been paid off AND the legislature not knifed the tax, it would've freed up a ton of money for streets and parks WITHOUT the need for more property taxes and reserve-account draining done this week.
Thanks for the chance to vent.


Data Analytics in a Time of Crisis
Analytics have been front and center of the COVID-19 outbreak. A majority of the public policy decisions have been based on models developed by epidemiologists to forecast the spread of viral infections amongst populations. Donnie Hale, a lecturer in Poole College of Management’s department of business management, shares the critical role analytics has played in this pandemic – and will play in the coming months.
One of the unfortunate realities we are seeing in the Coronavirus projections is that viral spread tends to follow an exponential growth function early on, but its long-term growth is limited by population size and any immunities developed within the population. That means that seemingly low levels of infection will quickly grow to impact large percentages of the population.
The disconnect between current reality and looming catastrophe has made it difficult to navigate public policy and perception. It is hard to get people to act now based on what models predict may happen in the future. However, social distancing has become the norm and it appears to be winning, as recent evidence suggests that the growth curve is, indeed, “flattening.”
So what’s next for the pandemic – and for our economy – and how can analytics help businesses navigate the coming months?
Data Analytics and the Pandemic
Epidemiological models will continue to be updated with new information, as it is collected. The dynamics of viral spread are well understood, but the particular parameters – such as the rate of infection or immunity – and impact of public policy for any viral outbreak have to be refined as the outbreak is happening.
Over time, as more data is collected, the uncertainty associated with these parameters and policy impacts will continue to decrease – meaning predictions will get better and better over time. However, business leaders and policymakers will still need to navigate the tension between current reality ( infection rates decreasing) and short-term consequences (removing social distancing too early will only cause infections to spike again).
Data Analytics and the Economy
This is an unprecedented scenario for our country and our world. According to Forbes, the previous high for weekly unemployment claims in the United States was 695,000 in 1982. Over the last two weeks, we have seen unemployment claims of more than 3 million and 6 million respectively. That makes it hard to extrapolate from past experiences to forecast what is likely to happen over the coming months.
In addition, it is hard to forecast what the outbreak will do to consumer tastes and preferences. For example, will consumers shy away from public experiences, or will there be renewed demand for in-person gatherings and meetings? Will the move to service delivery stick, or will consumers return to their previous buying patterns? There are very few analogs to draw from in our collective history.
Does the lack of historic data mean that business analytics is useless? Quite the contrary; it means that business leaders need to leverage analytics to develop solutions and think creatively about the path forward.
I would suggest the following for business leaders:
- Use analytics to fully understand the drivers of demand, profitability and performance across the entirety of their organizations.
- Pay close attention to the epidemiological models with their timing and consequences to develop “what if” scenarios.
- Integrate an analytically rigorous understanding of their business dynamics with the “what if” scenarios to game the potential consequences of the remaining outbreak.
- Leverage the gamed scenarios to mitigate short-term risks and think creatively about the best way to position their organization for a post-COVID-19 world.


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Redesign debuts tomorrow
Published 12:00 am Saturday, June 4, 2005
Staff reportsThe Selma Times-Journal
Monday morning readers of The Selma Times-Journal will finally get to see the results of months of planning and work.
The redesigned Times-Journal will make its first appearance tomorrow.
“It’s almost like being a kid on Christmas morning,” Publisher Jesse Lindsey said. “We first began discussing a redesign nearly a year ago.
We had preliminary meetings back in November and since then we’ve been preparing for tomorrow.”
Working with professional design consultant, Ed Henninger, Director of OMNIA Consulting, various members of The Times-Journal staff worked together in groups focusing on such things as typography, content and organization.
“Every meeting and every discussion we had, it all came back to one simple thing,” Managing Editor
said. “‘What is the best choice for our readers.'”
Henninger returned once a month with redesigned pages, carefully rebuilding The Times-Journal piece-by-piece.
“When you’re discussing design and possibilities, sometimes it’s hard to really visualize the whole picture and how all the elements will work together,” Gullion said. “Then Ed would come back with these pages and sometimes it was just like ‘wow, that’s what we were talking about?’ It really was an exciting
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As the groups worked through a reorganizing process to make sure that regular elements like the comics, the police reports and TV grid will be in a consistent and easy to find place.
Committees also came up with new pages and reoccurring features like the NASCAR and Health Page and the daily Notables.
“The Notables are personally one of my favorite parts of the new design,” Lindsey said. “We’re a community newspaper and the daily Notables will allow us to recognize more of the great people of our community doing great things. Whether it’s on the baseball diamond, in the board room or just doing a good deed, the Notables will give us a chance to celebrate our readers.”
Gullion, however, said some of the new weekly special pages are his favorite.
“Well, I’m an old sports guy so when Ed showed us those NASCAR and Football pages, it got my heart racing a little bit,” he said.
The redesign will affect every aspect of the daily paper, including content, but the most noticeable changes will de the design.
“Changing the body type to an easier to read font will be a big asset for our readers,” Lindsay said. “The new type will be cleaner and more legible.
Combined with the new headline fonts and improved spacing, this redesign is going to make The Times-Journal a more modern and reader-friendly newspaper.”
Finally, Lindsey encouraged every reader that can to stop by Bienville Park, just down from The Times-Journal, Monday during their lunch hour to help celebrate the new design and talk with the newspaper staff that helped make it happen.
“We’re going to be giving away T-shirts, hats, cups and other goodies,” he said. “We’ll have food and drinks available, plus we’ll be giving cash prizes of $500, $300 and $200 away to three lucky winners. It’s going to be a great time.”
We welcome all comments or questions about our redesign, email us at
or call 875-2110.

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Kam Lee, former vocalist of Mantas/Massacre and former editor of Comatose Zine, has contributed art for the official Glorious Times tshirts printed for fans of the book and the time period. The shirts are white print on black and feature the Glorious Times stencil logo and art on the front.
We have covered Glorious Times in the past, but for the newcomer, it is a book of retrospectives by people who were active in the death metal underground from 1984 to 1991, which were the formative years of the genre and its earliest internal differentiation. Featuring many rare photos and perspectives, Glorious Times helped kick off the current retrospective view of the old school death metal scene that has brought many bands out of hiding and seen many classic recordings and publications re-issued.
For a sample of Glorious Times, download the Nuclear Death profile and read our update on version 2.0 of the book as well as our original article calling attention to the great work that Alan Moses and Brian Pattison are doing with Glorious Times and their help for the underground metal scene. Then consider buying a tshirt to support!
- Glorious Times t-shirt $10.00 + shipping

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DC Universe’s Protector of the Green returns to live-action.
Mirage Pet Products 83-96 CP10 Silver Bone Widget Dragon Skin Genuine Leather Dog Collar, Size 10, CopperMirage Pet Products Skull Crossbone Bow Screen Print Shirt, Medium, Black by Mirage Pet Products
(upsettingly long belch goes here)
Mirage Pet Products 8-Inch Cookie Taster Screen Print Shirts for Pets, X-Small, Red by Mirage Pet Products
The director of HEART OF A LION and TOM OF FINLAND opens up about finding family, portraying creativity and good old English mud in his new biopic.
We'll see you at our next Crisis event.
Mirage Pet Products Soft Mesh Dog Harnesses, Large, orange
The darkest anthology series on television returns this June.
- Hot Dog and Bun Couples Halloween Costumes
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- Perri's American Made Leather Bridle, Black, Draft
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- Better Cat Tree, Large Rattan Board Cat Climbing Frame with Cat Basket and Pipeline Cat Tower Sisal Pillar Cat Activity Center SL039 (Size 34cm40cm115cm)
- Cetacea Chain Martingale Dog Pet Collar with Quick Release, Medium, Red
- Dog Bowls Non Slip Stainless Steel Ceramic Raised Bamboo Stand Set of Double Bowls Best for Small Dogs and Cats
- Forever Speed Garden Lawn Edge Fence PE 2mm Thick Brown 50mx10cm (LxH)
- HUNTER Dog Toy Windhuk Squirrel 21 cm (pk3)
- Kess InHouse Robin Dickinson Ferris Wheel Green Yellow Feeding Mat for Pet Bowl, 24 by 15Inch
- Mirage Pet Products Anchors Nylon Ribbon Collar for Pets, Small, bluee
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- PlexiDor Performance Pet Doors Universal Pet Door Awning, White
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Shaun Hutson's killer slug opus was faithfully adapted - no need to scream at its filmmakers!
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Perfect timing on this one.
Of Theremins and Novachords.
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The assassins’ hotel is not merely neutral ground in a violent world. It’s a place where killers can be human.
Well, it's...I mean...
Getting into the creative process in conversation with the cast of the new biopic.

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this love, this hate is burning me away...
After making a few different faux tattoo necklaces based off of this project:
I found a pair of love/hate designs on a tattoo flash art website that I wanted to make into earrings. So, here they are. It's pretty self-explanatory, I think. =] If you don't know how to work with shrink plastic, check the link above for Aurore's tutorial, it's very good!
ErsatzEpiphany posted this project as a creation without steps
Here are some similar tutorials to help you make this one!

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The i-MiEV was delivered June 28. Quite exciting. New technology with which I will live for three months. I canceled all my other cars and will try to drive just this until September 30. That includes my regular 22-mile commute to work, 22 miles back home, and whatever else I need to do to get around. Longer trips will fall to the family minivan.
What is an i-MiEV? It is the electric version of the i, i being the name of the gasoline-powered mini car of the same body but different powertrain that is sold in Japan. It is in the kei class of vehicle, the smallest they have over there. We here in America have been introduced to B-Class cars like the Nissan Versa, Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris. The kei class is one smaller than those.
The gas i in the Japan market has a rear-mid-mounted 660-cc internal combustion engine. This electric i-MiEV I am driving has a 47-kw permanent magnet electric motor driving the rear wheels powered by a 16-kWh lithium ion battery pack.
The rest of the name, after the lower-case i, stands for Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle. It's pronounced “eye meev,” which means “stinky egg” in German, by the way. Tell a German person you drive an i-MiEV and they'll be aghast. Or maybe they'll laugh, assuming you can find a German with a sense of humor.
The i-MiEV goes on sale here in fall 2011, also known as the 2012 model year. Price will be less than $30,000. Approximately $15,000 of that price is for the batteries. Batteries for this car are astronomically expensive because they're all made by hand right now. Mitsubishi says once a battery factory is built and some automation comes into the process the price will come down.
I would buy one of these if I needed a commuter car. It fits my needs exactly with plenty of excess capability. It can seat four real adults. There is plenty of head and elbow room. The only thing lacking is rear seat legroom but it is not cramped back there by any means. The U.S. spec car will be four inches wider, not because there's any lack of room inside but because it'll have to meet side impact standards and will need that room to do so. To get the four inches Mitsubishi will split it lengthwise down the middle and widen it. There is all the room you need inside this thing right now. I fit no problem and I have trouble sitting upright in many a fine normal car of much larger size, especially if that fine normal car has a sunroof.
The i-MiEV arrived on a flatbed truck, with a full charge. I immediately drove it gingerly 23 miles to Pomona to test it. By the time it got there I had used up almost half the charge. There was one bar above half.
I assumed that a facility like the LA County Fairplex would have a 240-volt outlet so I could plug it in, top it off and then test it with a full charge (it turns out the state of charge, full or half, had no effect on how quickly the car accelerates, so I needn't have been concerned). I summoned the electrician. He brought me to a 220--or was it 240-volt--outlet that was used for “motor homes.” That was where I learned that the i-MiEV uses a 20-amp connector and the Fairplex is wired for 30-amp connectors. The actual plug on a 20-amp connector plug is smaller than that of a 30-amp plug. So no dice. I plugged it into a 120-volt outlet, but who were we kidding? That would have taken about 4 or 5 hours to get back up to full charge. I tried it for an hour at 120 volts and the gauge didn't budge. Like I said, the motor goes just as fast and powerfully with a half charge as with a full, I later found out from Mitsubishi. So I went out and tested on the electric equivalent of half a tank.
I did the whole phalanx of AutoWeek AutoFile long-term-car tests and got the following:
0-60 mph: 11.9 seconds
Quarter-mile: 18.7 seconds @ 72.6 mph
60-0 mph: 159.6 feet
Slalom: 38.3 mph
Skidpad: 0.62 g
Those numbers are nothing to write home about. It's possible to set up an EV for performance, so they're not inherently wimpy. You can also design them for efficiency, as was this one. Even with the old Corbin Sparrow, the Corbin technician told me, you could crank up the amps and go fast, but that the motor on that one-seater was set for more range. Everything is a compromise. Go quicker and you eat range. Slower and you can drive all day. More or less.
The acceleration numbers are way better than a gasoline-powered, 660-cc, three-cylinder Smart ForTwo, though, which went from 0-60 in 14 something. But the i-MiEV is far slower than a Tesla roadster, which is more than twice as quick if I remember.
I must've put about three or four miles on during testing at the Fairplex, including maximum acceleration runs and all that, which was a big drain on the battery I'm sure. It ate up about three or four bars so I was down to about 1/3 charge when I left. I crept along in the slow lane at 90 km/hr or 55 mph for 23 miles to get from the Fairplex to my house. At about 19 or 20 miles into my drive home the gauge was at one bar and flashing at me, but I made it home.
My first recharge! Recharging was about a million times simpler than I'd thought. You don't need a 240-volt Level II or 480-volt Level III “fast charger.” Your car is parked all night, right? So just use 120 volts and charge away at a reduced rate. I plugged it in at 5:30 p.m. that first night. By 10:00 p.m., 4.5 hours later, I checked on it and it was almost half charged. By the next morning it was fully charged, of course.


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This is just plain funny…
JEDDAH, no rx 20 August 2006 Ã¢?? Relatives of an 80-year-old granddad, there who is in intensive care at a hospital in Jeddah, were shocked to find the old-manÃ¢??s long beard had been shaved off by the hospital barber, the Al-Madinah newspaper reported yesterday.
The Saudi son of the man said his father is suffering from a serious illness and was in the intensive care unit at the hospital when his beard was shaved off. The man said that he came to visit his father and was shocked to see that the hospital barber had given the 80-year-old Ã¢??the Gillette look.Ã¢?Â
The hospital issued a written apology to the family and said that the barber misunderstood instructions to trim the beard. The son, who has threatened to sue the hospital, said, Ã¢??My father has never shaved his beard since he was born. This is so tragic, I canÃ¢??t believe they could be so careless.Ã¢?Â [source]
I think that being in the ICU is much more serious (and tragic) than losing a beard. What’s wrong with these people?
No comment! naah, i have to comment: Lol!
Wow! I really want to be at the court hearings for this! 🙂
HUH , ya man e7na tool nharhom be7koolna el doctor – releationship , o el privacy o el medical ethics ……….. and if someone was to die and refuses your treatment then it is – SOMEHOW – up to him , it is not our right as doctors to do any non-medical interventions for patients even medical interventions should be after their consent !
They have the right to sue the hospital !
hahahhahahaaaaaaaaa so funny, actually i think its about jeddah, my mum gave me birth there and soon came the hair dresser and wanter 2 start doing mums hair n make up right away since she was expecting relatives to visit!!! mum twas like: 7elli 3anni!! hahahhahahh
and no i dont remember that in person, but so i’ve been told 😉
Though Saudis are known for pardoing those who killed someone dear to them or something.
Such as in car accidents…heck even crimes….
Well, like anything else goes in KSA: Qada’ o Qadr
No beard? Guess he’s going to hell now? Can we say drama-queens

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1934 Metro Goldwyn Mayer releases their first animated short, The Discontented Canary. It wasn't Oscar nominated but they soon begin to crash Walt Disney's stranglehold on that particular category back then, with nearly annual nominations (for a time) beginning in 1939 (Peace on Earth) and regular wins in the 1940s thanks largely to the Tom & Jerry series.
1952 Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea is first published. It wins the Pulitzer and gets adapted to the movies twice, the first time as a feature in 1958 with Spencer Tracy and the second time as an Oscar winning Russian animated short in 1999 which was painted on glass.
1977 Blondie signed their first major record company contract. Whatever happened to that Debbie Harry biopic we were supposed to get? Wasn't it going to star Kiki Dunst or was that just our Tfe fantasy?
2004 Mike Leigh's


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Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Remarks to the 2010 National Tribal Operations Committee Meeting07/14/2010
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It is my honor to be back with the National Tribal Operations Committee to speak with you today. Last year at this gathering I had the privilege of reaffirming EPA’s Indian Policy. It was the beginning of a discussion about how EPA and tribes could make 2009 a year of renewed partnership. And I believe we succeeded.
In November President Obama hosted a Tribal Nations Conference at the White House. There, he announced that all Federal agencies must develop a plan of action to implement an Executive Order on “Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments.” Starting in January of this year, EPA began soliciting input from tribes in the process of developing a new and improved consultation policy, and we will continue to seek comments through the summer.
Last year we took steps through the Recovery Act to begin work on some of the long-standing environmental and economic challenges facing tribal communities. The tribes have done an extraordinary job putting Recovery Act funding into motion. Fully 100 percent of the money has been obligated to job-creating projects that will also improve the environment.
I was in Arizona earlier this year, where I saw projects in the works that will provide drinking water access for more than 6,700 tribal homes, and wastewater access to more than 5,600 tribal homes in the state of Arizona alone. These are just a few examples of how $90 million in Recovery Act funds for drinking water and wastewater services are being put to work in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Overall we’ve identified 95 wastewater and 64 drinking water priority projects that will serve more than 30,000 Native American homes. That funding came in addition to $68 million the IHS received in Recovery funds for sanitation facilities in Indian homes and communities. It also came in addition to the annual federal budget for drinking water and wastewater treatment.
Based on your suggestions, we have relocated the American Indian Environmental Office and created the Office of International and Tribal Affairs. That was a product of many discussions and a decision that will help us navigate the unique relationship we have with your sovereign tribal governments.
And last but certainly not least, the President’s proposed 2011 budget includes the most significant increase in 10 years to the Indian General Assistance Program. I suspect a few of my colleagues might have mentioned that already. Well, it bears repeating. At a time of deep economic challenges, that increase demonstrates the commitment we have to this partnership.
Of course, we are very happy about that. But I want to make clear that our success is about much more than just funding. It’s about building a partnership that makes the most of those resources.
That is something I learned even before coming to EPA, from my friends in the Ramapough Mountain Community in New Jersey. The Ramapough community is situated on top of the Ringwood Superfund site, an area that had been used for the disposal of lead-based paint sludge.
Over the years, runoff and leaky storage cases had contributed to pollution in the ground and illnesses for the people who called the area home. Many of the residents battled asthma, cancer, and other diseases, even though they had been assured that the area was clean. In 1994, after years of cleanup efforts, Ringwood was removed from the Superfund site list. But the problems there persisted. After continued work, and the tremendous engagement of the Ramapough community, it was re-designated a Superfund site in 2006.
The cleanup is moving forward today. But not in time to prevent the harm that had been done. Not before children had gotten sick. Not before parklands and drinking water had been polluted. Not before the people came to feel that the EPA had let them down. The story of that site and the story of those people are vivid reminders to me of how this agency can be a force for good if it does its job well and what can go wrong if we fall short.
I also learned about building this partnership when I visited the Salt River Pima--Maricopa Tribe in Arizona. They showed me a completed Brownfields cleanup where a landfill has been restored for new development. They showed me an innovative landfill energy facility that is capturing methane energy from solid waste. They even took me to see a rare bald eagle’s nest. But on that same tour they also showed me an area where more than 2,000 tribal members have water that doesn’t meet EPA standards for arsenic. We passed illegal dump sites that exposed the people to dangerous toxins and stood square in the way of economic growth.
This partnership is about the Alaskan natives and tribes, for whom climate change is not a far-away problem. The tribes that today are dealing with the loss of fish habitats in rivers and streams, or eroding shorelines. It’s about the tribes near where I come from in Louisiana, where almost 40 miles of wetlands along the coast disappear every year. Even before the BP oil spill, those families were finding it harder to catch the fish, shrimp and shellfish that fortify their economy. The young people of the tribes are moving away and the entire community is talking about relocating from the place they’ve called home for centuries. These and other tribal communities along the Gulf Coast are now facing the worst environmental disaster in our country’s history. This partnership is about helping them as well. We want to work together not just through the Recovery Act and the budgeting process, but in the times like these, when we are needed the most. We are going to need strong ties for the ongoing response effort that is happening right now, and for the long-term rebuilding process that we will be a part of for years to come.
I have, of course, been thinking quite a bit about my old hometown New Orleans. As I was preparing to come here I began thinking about the Mardi Gras Indians. Now – let me be clear that I realize this is not authentic Native American culture. The Mardi Gras Indians are typically African-Americans. They often come from the poorest parts of the community, and they create elaborate, ornate and truly beautiful costumes based on Indian dress. The good ones make them by hand. I can remember seeing them when I was young and thinking how incredible it was. I bring it up today because the history is intriguing.
The tradition of paying tribute to Native Americans originates from the days when the Indian communities in and around New Orleans sheltered escaped black slaves. Hundreds of years later, out of that shared struggle and that coming together in community, there grew this ceremony of appreciation and beauty.
Today, of course, the scope and depth of our challenges is different. And the people we share those challenges with are the neighbors on our streets and the people from nations halfway around the planet. But the goals are the same: Partnership. Community. And a legacy that teaches us to share and celebrate beautiful things.
We have to give our partnership shape through the channels of our governments. And that is the hard part. That is why we are meeting with you today, and why we will stay engaged throughout our time here. I look forward to working with you. Thank you very much.


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The Cost of A New Fur Coat: Interactions between Molt and Reproduction in Weddell Seals
Marine mammals that inhabit high latitude environments have evolved unique mechanisms to execute a suite of energetically-costly life history events (CLHEs) within a relatively short timeframe when conditions are most favorable. Understanding the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that regulate CLHEs is particularly important in species such as Weddell seals, as both reproduction and molt are associated with large reductions in foraging effort, and the timing and outcome of each appears linked with the other. The long-term mark recapture program on Erebus Bay's Weddell seals provides a unique opportunity to examine CLHEs in a known-history population. The proposed work will monitor physiological condition, pregnancy status, and behavior at various times throughout the year to determine if molt timing is influenced by prior reproductive outcome, and if it, in turn, influences future reproductive success. These data will then be used to address the demographic consequences of trade-offs between CLHEs in Weddell seals. The impact of environmental conditions and CLHE timing on population health will also be modeled so that results can be extended to other climates and species.
An improved understanding of the interactions between CLHEs and the environment is important in predicting the response of organisms from higher trophic levels to climate change. Results will be widely disseminated through publications as well as through presentations at national and international meetings. In addition, raw data will be made available through open-access databases. This project will support the research and training of graduate students and a post-doctoral researcher and will further foster an extensive public outreach collaboration.
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The Women of Note award is given to one member of each chorus in Region 3, chosen by chorus leadership, who rises above and beyond at the chorus level.
Crosstown Harmony’s Woman of Note is Jeanette Schupp! A woman who maintains a full time job, is a primary caregiver at home and holds many roles at Crosstown. She performs regularly in our outside performances, emcees these performances, assists with costumes, she is our treasurer and was chairperson for our fantastic fall cabaret. She became a member of Crosstown in 1982, left Crosstown in 1990 and came back to us in 2013. Since her return, she has been a huge contributor to anyone or team that needs a hand.


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KAWARTHAS: The Lindsay Muskies failed in their bid to make it two wins in a row, as they fell to the division leading Aurora Tigers, by a score of 3-0 Saturday night.
The Tigers picked up a goal in each period, en route to the win.
In the first, it was Anthony Romano scoring at 2:53, from Christopher Giroday and Tyler Davis.
In the second frame, it was the same line 12:47, when Giroday scored, from Davis and Romano, then at 10:41, of the third it was Jason Stachelbeck, from Bryce Martin and Eli Gordon.
Jack Irvine made 31 saves for the shutout, while Tyler Richardson made 45 saves in the Lindsay goal.
The Muskies next action is Thursday night, when they head to Newmarket.
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text: The most important thing for our wedding was a great band! Jason and The Hiding blew our expectations out of the water. We had a very specific sound and mood we were going for and they nailed it. We also wanted our first dance to be Hey Ho by The Lumineers live and Jason assured me they knew it well. Jason was a pleasure to work with and plan our day of events/songs. The Hiding was setup on time and professional for our wedding day. Once they started playing and it was a total hit! Our guests LOVED them, especially as Jason came into the crowd to sing with our friends and family (even allowing my uncle to play the drums for one song - so cool) We highly recommend!!!


When I read it at the beginning of the year on a particularly moody day, I copied part of a poem to use for Poetry Friday (today at Wild Rose Reader). I haven’t felt like posting this cynical, hopeless poem until this week, when the Republican convention and Sarah Palin have me feeling rather cynical and hopeless.
Otho The Miller’s Son
Father is the millerOf course, there’s more to the poem about how everyone from field to mill to bakery cheats and nothing ever changes. And there’s more to my thoughts on the RNC and Palin, about how everyone lies and nothing ever changes.
As his father was of old,
And I shall be the miller,
When my father’s flesh is cold.
I know the family business
It’s been drummed into my head:
How to cheat the hungry customer
And earn my daily bread.
Oh, God makes the water, and the water makes the river,
And the river turns the mill wheel
and the wheel goes on forever.
Every man’s a cheater, and so every man is fed,
For we feed upon each other,
when we seek our daily bread.
I have to say that this week I feel like I’m in a bad dream or Bizarro World or even 1984 (“We’ve always been at war with Eastasia”). The candidate touting experience as the most important qualification for president picks an inexperienced running mate. Long-time Washington insiders are talking about shaking up Washington. The party in charge is running as the party of change. Palin tells us that she respects her daughter’s “decision,” but doesn’t see the connection to choice. She asks us to leave her family out of the discussion, but she uses them as her main talking point. The Republican party says they represent real Americans, but the convention was one big hall of white people in a country that is nearing a majority of minority populations. And perhaps most disturbing for me, I’m agreeing with most of a Krauthammer column. Up is down! Hello is goodbye! Prada is Payless! This perpetual state of cognitive dissonance is making my head hurt!
(Deep breath. Watch Change video. It’s going to be okay. I hope.)


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Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 18:26 by Denis Chabrol
Guyana wants a bilateral agreement with Belize for the supply of rice to that Central American nation should there be a shortfall in domestic production there, the Ministry of Agriculture said Wednesday.
The Agriculture Minister of Guyana, Noel Holder floated the idea of a rice accord as part of a Joint Commission approach in talks with Belize’s Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega who was visiting this South American nation.
“The Deputy Prime Minister also stated that the current domestic production level which is averaged to be just below 10,000 tonnes, is matched with that of the current domestic consumption level. In the instance where there is a shortage Belize will be importing rice from Guyana,” the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement.
The idea of a bilateral accord came little more than one week after Belize’s High Court ruled that a shipment of Guyanese rice could not be allowed on the market because the importer had not first sought approval from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA).
Additionally, Belizean rice producers had expressed concern that the cheaper high quality Guyanese rice would have eventually put them out of business.
Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture said that in the past if there were rice shortages in Belize, Guyana would be the only sought market for the grain as Guyana has proven to produce high quality rice.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Belize is expected to hold follow-up talks with Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge with the aim of Guyana securing another rice market in the event there is a shortage.
Guyana’s rice production has been soaring in recent years, but since Venezuela stopped buying paddy and rice from Guyana, farmers and millers are hoping that another lucrative market could be found for the grain.

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President Barack Obama: “Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting in Colorado ... my administration will do everything that we can to support the people of Aurora in this extraordinarily difficult time.
“We are committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice. As we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come together as one American family.”
Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate: “We are praying for the families and loved ones of the victims during this time of deep shock and immense grief. We expect that the person responsible for this terrible crime will be quickly brought to justice.”
Warner Brothers: “Warner Brothers is deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. We extend…

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With continuing violence in Libya, Martha Raddatz (ABC News) reports on President Obama's response toward an unstable Moammar Gadhafi. Also, Major Garrett (National Journal) & Karen Tumulty (Washington Post) analyze polarization in Washington and state capitols during dramatic budget showdowns. And, Pete Williams (NBC News) on the administration's new stance toward the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Spine patient visits expected to increase 7% in 2022
Becker's Spine Review
January 6, 2022
Joint pain medical encounters are projected to increase 22 percent in 2022, with spine-related visits expected to rise 7 percent, according to a Jan. 5 report by predictive analytics company Prealize Health.
- Exercise keeps musculoskeletal systems healthy, but the stress and isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to people exercising less and an increase in sedentary lifestyle, with average daily sitting time for Americans increasing by about 28 percent, a Frontiers in Psychology study found.
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Insurers can expect a rise in claims for these 7 conditions & 5 more study insights
Becker's ASC Review
January 7, 2022
Six studies to know from the last two weeks:
- Payers should brace for an increase in claims related to joint pain, cardiomyopathy and diabetes, among others, this year, according to a report from health insights company Prealize. Here are the seven medical conditions insurers can expect to see a rise in claims for.
- Nurse employment remained low while wages increased during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting a tightening labor market, according to a study published Jan. 4 in Health Affairs.
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Housecat Housecall (10:30am, Animal Planet) - The episode we wrote about a couple weeks ago with Carrie Ann Inaba from "Dancing with the Stars" airs this morning. Here's our interview with Carrie Ann, in which she talks about her five cats and how Dr. Katrina Warren helped her and her boyfriend solve some of their cat issues.
US Open (4:30pm, NBC) - The third round of play in this major from Pebble Beach starts at 4:30 and goes on about all night. Snooze.
Three Rivers (8pm, CBS) - A female firefighter must decide if she wants to donate part of her lung to her captain, who mistreats her.
Dad's Home (9pm, Hallmark) - David James Elliot plays a single ad exec who loses his job and becomes a stay-at-home dad.
Man vs. Wild (9pm, Discovery) - Bear Grylls (left) recounts his top 25 moments from the show. I hope one his top moments is that time he ate a piece of apple he found in some bear poop.


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Driven by the need for lower emissions, better fuel economy and higher efficiency, hybrid vehicles are appearing in many different configurations on today's roadways. While the powertrain components such as the drive motor, motor controller and cooling system are somewhat familiar to the automotive industry, the battery systems are a relatively unfamiliar aspect. This seminar will introduce participants to the concepts of hybrid vehicles, their missions and the role of batteries in fulfilling those requirements.
AS 13003:2015 stipulates requirements to establish an acceptable measurement system (for variable and attribute features) for use on aerospace engines parts and assemblies. Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) is used to evaluate and improve measurement systems in the workplace because it evaluates the test method, measuring instruments, and the process of acquiring measurements. The Aerospace Engine Supplier Quality (AESQ) Strategy Group published AS13003 to define the minimum requirements for conducting MSA for variable attribute assessment on characteristics as defined on the drawing specification.


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No. 1 Tennessee (47-7, 23-5 SEC) defeated Mississippi State (26-28, 9-19 SEC), 27-2, Thursday.
The Vols and Bulldogs will play game No. 2 Friday at 7 p.m. EDT (SEC Network+).
The three-game series will conclude regular season play ahead of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
The SEC Tournament will take place May 24-29 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The top 12 teams in the conference standings will make the field in Hoover.
NCAA regionals are scheduled to begin June 2. NCAA super regionals will begin June 9.
The College World Series will take place June 16-27 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
Tennessee-Mississippi State game No. 2 score predictions
- Dan Harralson (Vols Wire): Tennessee 10, Mississippi State 3
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GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved Incruse Ellipta (umeclidinium), which is used for the treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.
LeapFrog Enterprises, which specializes in educational entertainment for children, on Thursday announced the introduction of LeapBand, the first wearable activity tracker designed for kids that encourages active play and healthy habits.
Purdue Pharma on Wednesday announced that it filed a new drug application with the Food and Drug Administration to market a hydrocodone bitartrate tablet, which is formulated to incorporate abuse-deterrent technology.
Canadian pharmacy retailer Jean Coutu Group posted a lift in fourth-quarter revenues and net profits, demonstrating a “solid performance” in a highly competitive retail environment, the company stated on Wednesday.
With Mother's Day just around the corner, online shopping site and e-commerce platform PriceGrabber released results of its 2014 Mother's Day Shopping Survey. The survey, conducted from April 3 to April 17, includes responses from more than 3,000 online shoppers.


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While the first album "Seidgaldr" represents a journey to the underworld and to the subconscious to wander through the shadows, embrace and heal the darkness within, "Seidrúnar" is about coming to the inner source connecting us to everything that is in the universe. After a long journey through the mist and shadows, Seidrúnar is about coming to the inner well at the very depth of our being and looking into the deep silent water to see the reflection of the stars and the whole universe.
We are like individualized personification of the universe, everything that is is within us and we are within everything that is. All is energy and all energy is woven together in this eternal web that we call universe.
I decided to not include any of the words I sing in the booklet this time. Some of the concept behind this project is to focus less on words and more on energy. Everybody has their own personal journey and their own personal way to experience their spirituality and connection to nature and to the universe. Words can be very limiting and binding as they only represent our own expression based from our own perspective. Sometimes reading about an other person's way to live their spirituality may make other feel like they have no ability on their own because they have never been experiencing what this other person describes, while they may oversee what they themselves have actually experienced. We can all experience magic and spirituality as long as we free ourselves from what is being defined as such by the outside world and rather seek what does it mean into our own inner self. So, if the music I write speaks to you, just let it take you wherever it shall, let it make you feel the emotion that it may summon in you independently from what emotions have been summoned in me while composing it. Experience it as your own journey!
Listen to "Seidrúnar" and "Stjernerfrø":


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1883 - 1971
The actor Anton Edthofer belonged to the great actors of the Viennese theater who played successfully in modern as well as classic plays.
He made his theaterdebut in 1904 at the Intimes Theater in Munich, only
two years later he gained a foothold in his hometown Vienna.
His first film appearance was in 1911 in "Der Unbekannte" (11), it followed
the movies "Das Opfer" (18) and "Der Eid des Stephan Huller" (19).
Anton Edthofer was normally engaged in bigger support roles in the talkies of the 30's, to these movies belong "Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus" (31), "Moral und Liebe" (33), "Pygmalion" (35), "Die Leuchter des Kaisers" (36) and "Die unentschuldigte Stunde" (37).
After the war however, he only appeared in few more movies, among them "Der Engel mit der Posaune" (48) and "Wiener Mädeln" (49), but his theater career lasted till brief to his death.
To his numerous awards belong the Max Reinhardt-Ring which he got as the first actor at all as well as the Josef Kainz medal in 1960.
Anton Edthofer was married with the actress Helene
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Over the next five weeks the City of Evanston will be contracting pedestrian safety improvements at the intersection of Emerson Street and Green Bay Road. The purpose of the project is to enhance pedestrian safety at the intersection. This project is funded by GO Bond Fund and there will be no direct charge to the abutting property owners.
The scope of work will include tightening the turning radius at the intersection, move the pedestrian crossing on Green Bay Road Close to the intersection of Green Bay and Emerson. Also, the lanes on Green Bay will be realigned and the pedestrian signal post
will be relocated closer to the intersection of Green Bay and Emerson Street.
Construction will begin the week of August 22nd with the entire project expected to be fully completed by third week of September. During construction the traffic will be maintained on Emerson Street and on Green Bay Road. The actual date when construction is planned will be noted on the temporary “NO PARKING” signs posted 48 hours prior to the start of work. The construction activities will create some inconvenience for abutting residents, but workers will attempt to minimize these problems. The work is not anticipated to impact any of the the existing on-street parking in the area.
The contractor for this street improvement is Schroeder & Schroeder Inc., located at 7306 Central Park Avenue, Skokie, Illinois 60076. The project is under the supervision of the City of Evanston’s Division of Transportation and the Resident Engineer in the field will be Pankaj Chokshi who will be directly responsible for all aspects of the construction. If residents have any questions or concerns, please contact the Resident Engineer at 3-1-1 or 847/448- 4311. Questions about the street projects in general should be directed to Sat Nagar, P.E., Senior Engineer at 3-1-1.
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Bangladesh Security Council
All Rohingyas will have to get back
Myanmar will have to retuen the Rohingyas who came to Bangladesh last one month and took shelter in the past. The ambassador of Bangladesh, Masud Bin Momen, demanded the debate in the Security Council.
He added,although the Myanmar government claimed, violence did not stop yet. Everyday people are running away. On the basis of religion and ethnic identity, the massacre is going on.
The Bangladesh delegation also called for the formation of a Security Council committee to investigate the incident of Rakhine. He wants to intervene in the returning of Rohingya to the international commumity.
All the new Rohingyas have come and those who were earlier, all will be able to return home safely.
We look forward to the presence of international observers during the scrutiny.
Myanmar envoy's said, foreign diplomates will visit Rakhaine on Monday. He also invites UN Secretary General to visit Myanmar.

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Oct 11, 2011, 6:14 PM EDT
The Montreal Canadiens stomped all over the Winnipeg Jets’ party on Sunday, but it came at the cost of Michael Cammalleri and Jaroslav Spacek‘s health. It’s now becoming clearer how long the Habs will be without Cammalleri and Spacek.
Considering how scary an unlucky skate blade injury can be, Cammalleri’s situation is surprisingly tolerable. The Canadian Press reports that he’ll only miss 10-14 days from a cut that thankfully didn’t damage any muscle or tendons. Cammalleri will check in with doctors on the weekend to make sure everything’s going as planned, though.
The news is slightly worse for Montreal defenseman Spacek, though. He could miss up to three weeks from what many believe is a rib injury but the Habs will only call “an upper body injury.”
Losing an electric scorer like Cammalleri hurts, but he’s had enough struggles with health problems that it isn’t exactly out of the ordinary. Besides, the Habs’ biggest issues are on an injury-ravaged blueline. Spacek joins the injured defensive ranks of Andrei Markov and Chris Campoli.
This tough situation will test the limits of Jacques Martin’s system and put the onus on players like P.K. Subban and Carey Price to shoulder more and more of the burden. The one bright side is that six of their next seven games take place in Montreal, although the possibility for blown opportunities could make those injuries sting that much more.
- WATCH LIVE: Rangers at Lightning, Game 4 of Eastern Conference Final 2
- Fetisov wants to restrict young Russians from playing in the NHL 25
- All eyes on Lundqvist 10
- Quenneville opted for ‘fresh legs’ by inserting Nordstrom, Versteeg into lineup 10
- Video: Ducks hold off Blackhawks in Game 3 to take series lead 30
- (Video) PHT Extra: On Babcock, sticking to the process and housebuilding analogies 3
- Babcock predicts ‘pain’ for Leafs, who are a ‘massive, massive challenge’ 38
- Babcock wants to ‘put Canada’s team back on the map’ 47
- Flyers won’t trade Del Zotto, but ‘something will have to give’ on crowded blue line 21
- What’s wrong with Lundqvist? 70
- Reports: Sabres thought they had a deal with Babcock, aren’t happy (172)
- Leafs land Babcock with reported 8-year deal, estimated at $50 million (130)
- Russia to be punished for ‘completely out of order’ actions after Worlds final loss to Canada (91)
- Report: Sabres negotiating with Babcock (82)
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According to reports, a surge in patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic has recently overwhelmed telehealth platforms.
In many ways health startups are better-equipped to address these challenges, however new questions have arisen for these companies to navigate during the pandemic.
For example, will patients, many of whom have had their routine care changed during the coronavirus, see a relapse once the crisis subsides?
To address these challenges tech companies across the globe have been introducing new solutions. Comcast health startup Quil recently unveiled a tool that helps elective surgery patients stay on track until their operations are rescheduled. Additionally, Virta and another diabetes-focused digital health company, Omada, have begun creating special patient groups to keep people informed about how the pandemic might impact their illness.
Even more health startups are set to soon launch in the market, including highly touted wellness program Levels, founded by Sam Corcos, Josh Clemente and Casey Means, MD. The startup looks to pay closer attention to metabolic fitness data as one way to better support individuals who come down with COVID-19.
In the health industry, despite the surge in demand for startups, challenges still persist. For individuals with multiple chronic conditions, or those who’ve had past issues managing aspects of their conditions, hospital closures may be particularly problematic.
Startups are pushing to educate people with chronic conditions about the coronavirus, in particular given that people with certain conditions are at higher risk of developing illness complications.
One example of a company doing this is Clover, which is using an algorithm to pinpoint patients most at risk of infection. The app provide basic information and suggests that patients avoid places where they’d be likely to be exposed.
Quil, which is focused on helping people prepare for elective surgeries like hip replacements, is also working to keep patients on track for when procedures are eventually rescheduled.
This includes having patients continue with the same at-home exercises they’d been doing before their original surgery date, which may provide more time to get ready for the operation.
“We’re keeping them engaged,” said the startup’s CEO Carina Edwards.
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In the first half of the 2018 financial year, the rental income of Immofinanz in Romania reached 23.6 million euros, representing 19.8% of the total rental income of the group. What results does the Austrian group have in the seven markets to which it operates?
IMMOFINANZ's assets in Romania amount to 807.7 million euros and represent 19% of the company's total portfolio. The investment portfolio worth 625.2 million euros in Romania is represented by nine office buildings (13.8% of the entire office portfolio) and six retail properties (22.4% of the total
Immofinanz, & # 39; An Austrian property group whose main markets are Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland entered Group-level in the first half of the 2018 financial year. Total rental income of 119 million euros, & # 39; a 19% increase over the same period last year. Operating results increased more than triple and reached 114.8 million euros, compared to 33.8 million euros in the first two quarters of last year.
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I am actively involved in teaching and curriculum design in the schools of dentistry, medicine and pharmacy.
- Yeh, B.M., Coakley, F.V., Gotway, M.B., Sanchez, H.C., Wilson, M., and Reddy G.P. Prevalence and Importance of Azygos Arch Valves on Intravenous Contrast-Enhanced CT. Radiology, in press (September 2003)
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Congratulations to Professor Kathryn Whitehead at CMU!
We were delighted to hear that Kathryn Whitehead at Carnegie Mellon University was selected as one of this year’s “Brilliant Ten” by Popular Science. She was chosen for her exciting research on nanoparticle drug delivery vehicles involving short (also known as small) interfering ribonucleic acids (siRNAs).
Cellular uptake of these delivery agents is affected by their size: in one of Prof. Whitehead’s recent publications ‘Lipidoid Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery to the Intestinal Epithelium: In Vitro Investigations in a Caco-2 Model‘, nanoparticles with diameters of 110 nm -140 nm were investigated for trans-epithelial delivery. Positive charge interactions with the cell membrane can be harmful, thus a slight negative charge at neutral pH is a design parameter of the lipidoid nanoparticle selection. Both size and charge were measured with the Zetasizer Nano-ZS.
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While air travel is incredibly safe, certain unavoidable circumstances arise that lead to problems causing the planes to crash. This particular article concerns top aviation disasters 2014. While a majority of these plane crashed can be attributed to technical problems or otherwise bad weather, there are certain flights that were actually shot down in horribly committed war crimes. One of these flights is perhaps the most mysterious disappearances of an aircraft ever recorded.
Read on after the jump to find out all about 10 Air Disasters 2014. God speed, and as always, your comments are welcome.
10. Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules
The first on our list of aviation disasters 2014 is the Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules. This particular airplane crashed in Ain Kercha killing 76 people onboard. Algerian Air Force was the operator of this flight and it was a military plane. The plane crashed on 11th February of 2014 in Ain Kercha, Oum el-Bouaghi. Of the 73 people onboard (excluding the crew), 72 people died. All 4 crew members were killed by the crash. It crashed because of poor visibility. Only one passenger survived.
9. Nepal Airlines Flight 183
Nepal Airlines Flight 183 was a domestic flight operated by Nepal Airlines. It crashed near Dhikura, south-west of Pokhara Nepal on the 16th February of 2014. The aircraft crashed into a hill killing all 18 people onboard of which 3 were crew members. The flight was headed for Jumla Airport in Nepal. Everybody onboard the plane was a Nepalese national except for one person who was Danish. The investigations were carried on by a four-man team appointed by the Nepalese government which submitted the findings some 2 months after the crash.
8. Antonov AN-26
This particular plane crash happened on the 21st February of 2014. The plane was an Antonov AN-26, operated by the Libyan Air Cargo. It crashed while landing leaving absolutely no survivors. The plane was manufactured in the year 1981 and it crashed in Grombalia, Nabeul Governate in Tunisia. There were a total of 11 people onboard the plane that were killed. The flight was supposed to reach the destination airport at night. The aircraft was completing an ambulance flight with a total of three doctors and two patients onboard the plane.
7. Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370
This particular flight on our list of aviation disasters 2014 is a complete mystery to date. The flight, a Boeing 777 was en route from Kuala Lampur carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, a total of 239 passengers. It was headed from Beijing to the capital of Malaysia when it disappeared, in all its entirety, from the radar while passing over the Gulf of Thailand. After much investigations, no parts were found in the nearing waters or land and therefore it was concluded that the plane had crashed into the Indian Ocean right off the Western Coast of Australia. The plane crashed on the 8th March of 2014.
6. Comp Air CA-8
Comp Air CA-8 was a plane that was operated by the Suomen Urheiluilmailijat. It was a training flight and it went down during the flight. It was flying around the airport the flight originated from in Jamijarvi, Satakunta, Finland. There were a total of 11 people onboard the flight of which 8 people died. One crew member was also present who survived the crash. The plane was carrying skydivers and after reaching an altitude of around 4,000m the pilot encountered technical problems. These problems led the plane into spinning which eventually resulted in the plane crashing in the woods.
5. Antonov AN-74TK-300D
This particular airplane crashed on the 17th May of 2014 in Xiang Khouang. It is the second Antonov plane in our list of aviation disasters of 2014. It was operated by the Laotian Government and it crashed while landing. It was a governmental flight. It was less than 10km from the airport when it crashed in the Xiang Khouang Province. This particular plane, Antonov AN-74 was manufactured in 2007. Of the total 17 people onboard, of which 6 were crew members, 16 people died. The aircraft was very low towards the approach, and it hit the tree tops after which it crashed in flames.
4. Ilyushin IL-76MD
This particular flight crashed on the 14th June of 2014 near Luhansk. The flight was operated by the Ukranian Air Force and the aircraft was an Iiyushin IL-76. It crashed while landing as well and there were no survivors. It was supposed to fly from Melitopol to Luhansk. At around 0110 Local Time, the plane crashed in Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, killing all 49 people onboard of which 9 were a part of the crew. This particular aircraft was shot down by pro-Russian rebels with an anti-aircraft weapon Igla SAM.
3. Piper PA-31P
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain was an aircraft manufactured in 1976. It was operated by PrivatePrive and it went crashing down during takeoff. It was a training flight. The plane crashed on the 5th July of 2014 in Czestochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. There were a total of 12 people onboard including one crew member. Of these 12, 11 people were killed instantaneously. The pilot, shortly after taking off, was unable to maintain a proper rate of climb due to problems he encountered. All 11 members on board were skydivers. One of these skydivers survived.
2. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Buk surface to air missile. At least that is the conclusion that has been drawn. It was shot down near Hrabove, Donetsk, Oblast, Ukraine. The flight was carrying 283 passengers onboard of which 15 were crew members. There were no survivors after the plane was shot. It is reported that Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine shot down the plane. It was supposed to be headed for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the plane was operated by Malaysia Airlines. This incident happened on the 17th July of 2014.
1. TransAsia Airways Flight 222
Finally on our list of aviation disasters 2014, we have the TransAsia Airways Flight 222. This was a scheduled domestic passenger flight. It tried to land at the Magong, Penghu Island in Taiwan. At first try it was unsuccessful, so it went around to take another shot. Due to the Typhoon Matmo, the region was experiencing strong winds and rain. The plane was carrying a total of 54 passengers of which 47 died after the crash. The plane crashed on the 23rth July of 2014.
The list of aviation disasters 2014 is already too long since there have been unfortunate and numerous air incidents around the world. This particular list represents the most significant ones. May God rest the souls of the departed.


In response to comments posted by fans, I want to rectify a statement made from the stage Saturday night at our Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY concert in Pittsburgh.
Following conversations with composer Hitoshi Sakimoto regarding new concert arrangements of music from FINAL FANTASY XII, regrettably, the term ‘remake’ was used in error during one of the announcements that took place from the stage during the concert.
We sincerely regret any confusion this has caused.
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Distant Worlds: Rochester, NY
October 29, 2015 7:30pm
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Arnie Roth, conductor
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY makes its debut on THIS side of Lake Ontario, in the world-renowned Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes for the first time the global multimedia concert phenomenon featuring the beloved music of FINAL FANTASY with exclusive HD video content from legendary game developers SQUARE ENIX. Directed by the Grammy Award winning conductor Arnie Roth and supporting the acclaimed new album release Distant Worlds III: more music from FINAL FANTASY, don’t miss this Autumn’s big event in the Empire State.


Top gymnasts frequently dealt with harassment and abuse
Two-thirds of gymnasts who took part in the highest level of competitions were victims of various types of abuse, according to a report compiled by the gymnastics association KNGU. The athletes commonly faced "transgressive behavior" including "threats of humiliation, insults, giving negative criticism, making a fool of someone in front of a group, yelling, manipulation, intimidation, isolation, scolding, force, blackmail, control, threatening, continuing to practice with injuries, inciting – unhealthy – loss of weight," according to the KNGU.
Seven percent of adults and two percent of minors reported sexually transgressive behavior, mostly unwanted touching. Two respondents in the research also stated that they were raped. There were significantly more reports among active and retired athletes than among recreational athletes. Some 85 percent of the professional athletes who completed the survey stated that they had experienced inappropriate behavior, compared to 35 percent of the recreational athletes.
"The prevalence of transgressive behavior is the highest among those gymnasts who perform at an international level," the report noted.
After the former top Dutch gymnastics coach Gerrit Beltman admitted in an interview last July he routinely chastised and physically abused young gymnasts whom he was tasked with developing, research was launched by the KNGU. Previously, the KNGU focused mainly on sexual intimidation, but not other forms of transgressive behavior, the association said. It commissioned the report to address the issue and bring cultural changes to the sport.
The researchers also came up with several recommendations to improve the sports climate. In the relationship between clubs, trainers, young athletes and their parents, more space must be created to address unacceptable behavior. The researchers also advocated better aftercare and financial compensation for victims of abuse. According to one of the researchers, the minimum age of gymnasts entering professional sport should be reconsidered.
The researchers also found that the gymnasts association KNGU has not tackled the issue enough in the past. Many reports of undesirable behaviors that reached the union up to 2019 were not seriously investigated, the report states.
The KNGU said it was interested in seeing how an institution can help pay damages to gymnasts who are victimized. It also wants to form support groups for victims, and see how mediation may be used in the future to resolve issues before they develop into serious problems.


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text: Move over, Christian Bale: Ben Affleck is about to slip on the batsuit! Ben Affleck will reportedly play Batman in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel where Superman will face off against the Dark Knight. The project was first announced by director Zack Snyder at Comic-Con back in July, leaving fanboys and fangirls everywhere wondering who would play opposite Henry Cavill, and now we have our answer. This isn't the first time Ben has tried his hand at the superhero thing, though Daredevil wasn't exactly a box office hit. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until July 2015 to actually see Ben in action, but how do you feel about this casting?