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Design of wastewater treatment plant and nutrients recovery
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The objective was to design a municipal wastewater treatment plant with primary sedimentation and without primary sedimentation and then compare the savings in capital cost. The project discussed the design procures for the various units such as preliminary units, secondary units and tertiary units. The parametric cost estimation concept is utilized to arrive at the capital cost savings. The literature review includes the various methods to recover the nutrients from the wastewater. The literature review also includes various measures to be taken for performance improvement of municipal wastewater treatment plants. This project concludes that capital cost savings of about twenty percent can be achieved by not providing the primary sedimentation.
- Master of Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
Granting InstitutionRyerson University
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The epic, ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and media personality LaVar Ball over a perceived slight has drawn international attention and has been a trending topic for about a week.
The latest in the media tennis match occurred early Wednesday morning (Nov. 22) when President Trump angrily responded to LaVar Ball’s well-received interview on CNN in which he questioned why the President is even feuding with him in the first place, saying “why are we talking about this with all these political matters going on in the world?”
President Trump responded to what he saw as Ball minimizing his role in the release of his son, tweeting at the crack of dawn that Ball was an “ungrateful fool” and a “poor man’s Don King,” adding that “IT WAS ME,” who helped secure the release.
It wasn’t the White House, it wasn’t the State Department, it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence – IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
…LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It’s a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
Depending on who you are, the Trump versus Ball feud is either a media clash of the titians, another example disturbing example of the President’s attacks on minorities, or, in its simplest form, pure entertainment.
The Trump/Ball feud sprouted out of a Nov. 7 incident in which Ball’s son, LiAngelo Ball, and two UCLA basketball teammates were detained in China for shoplifting. The incident drew international attention, as it coincided with President Trump’s visit to Asia.
The stakes were high for Ball, as a shoplifting conviction in China could result in a sentence of three to 10 years. However, experts said that scenario was highly unlikely for the student-athletes and that a fine is the most likely result.
Ball, who is LiAngelo’s father in addition to NBA rookie Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers, was in China the same week as the arrest and attended to the situation. In a statement released in the days following LiAngelo’s arrest, LaVar offered insight into how the family is handling the incident, saying “it is a very unfortunate situation that the Ball family and UCLA has to deal with at this particular time.”
The Ball Family were all in China to take in LiAngelo’s game and to promote two pop-up shop openings the family’s Big Baller Brand (BBB) apparel and footwear company is having in the country later this month. The family was also filming for season two of their Facebook reality show “Ball in the Family.”
From the outset of the arrest, officials with UCLA and the U.S. State Department were attending to the matter, which also had the attention of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, which sponsored the game that brought the UCLA Men’s basketball team to China.
Joe Tsai, Vice-Chairman of Alibaba Group, who also set to become an owner of the Brooklyn Nets, said at the time that the entire incident could be a learning experience for the students.
“I think the spirit of sport is that we do not pursue perfection; what we pursue is progress,” he said. “Young people are bound to make mistakes, but the key is that after you have made a mistake, how do you respond to this situation?”
In a statement provided to TMZ on Nov. 8, the U.S. State Department said ”we are aware of reports of three U.S. citizens arrested and subsequently released on bail in China. Adding that “we stand ready to provide appropriate consular assistance for U.S. citizens.”
Ball and his teammates Jalen Hill and Cody Riley, returned to Los Angeles the evening of Nov. 14 after the incident was “resolved to the satisfaction of the Chinese authorities,” according to a statement released by the Pac-12 conference.
President Trump told reporters earlier that day that he personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping at a leaders meeting to “help resolve the case” against LiAngelo Ball and his teammates. He said the Chinese president promised to look into the case and ensure that the players are treated fairly and expeditiously, the Post reported.
Following the release of the UCLA students, the country breathed a sigh of relief. Trump, whose administration has been under investigation by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller for its ties to the Russian hacking scandal among other alleged charges, immediately took credit for the boys’ release on Twitter.
Following press conference at UCLA in which the student-athletes apologized and thanked the State Department and President Trump for their help, the president took to Twitter again for a victory lap, saying “you’re welcome,” adding that they owed Chinese President Xi Jinping thanks, as well before concluding “HAVE A GREAT LIFE!”
When asked last Friday (Nov. 17) about President Trump’s role in freeing his son, LaVar Ball responded with a now famous “Who?,” adding “what was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.”
Days later, Trump expressed his displeasure with the statement and went after Ball in a series of tweets, saying that he is “unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal,” adding that he “should have left them in jail!”
A few hours later, he tweeted that Ball “should have gotten his son out during my next trip to China instead. China told them why they were released. Very ungrateful!”
Ball has disputed claims that he’s disrespected the President’s efforts by refusing to acknowledge his involvement in his son’s case, telling Chris Cuomo on CNN “that’s not disrespectful if I feel nobody did anything. I don’t have to go around saying, ‘Thank you,’ to everybody. … I have to know what somebody’s doing before I say, ‘Thank you. ”
Latest in Long List of Minority Feuds
Media and Twitter feuds for President Trump are nothing new. In recent months, he has attacked professional athletes, Congress members and the media. In his tweet attacking LaVar Ball, Trump also criticized Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch for continuing to sit during the national anthem.
Many media analysts and social media users are pointing out the similarities between Trump’s beef with LaVar Ball and his other feuds, which have frequently involved women and minorities, who may have less financial and political support to mount a strong enough defense against Trump’s sharp barbs.
Democratic Congressman John Garamendi of California said in an interview on CNN that the President continues to single out African-Americans, pointing to his attacks on NFL players as an example.
“Right now he’s focusing on the African-Americans, obviously the football players protesting by not standing for the national anthem,” he said. “Protest is a tradition in America but the president seems to be focused basically now on African-Americans, previously on others.”
Tony Schwartz, who co-wrote “The Art of The Deal” with Trump, said in a CNN interview that Trump’s past views on African Americans may play a role in his current behavior.
“First of all, his father (LiAngelo Ball) is a tall black man and I think Trump is half awed and half frightened by black people and his only way of dealing with them is to attack them,” Schwartz said. “And, on the other hand, I think he has a zero tolerance for any criticism of any kind, that’s why he goes after anybody that says virtually anything about him that’s negative,” Schwartz explained.
In Ball, media pundits say, Trump may have found a worthy opponent – somebody with a big enough personality and financial independence to take him on.
Cathal Kelly, of Canada’s The Globe and Mail, wrote that Ball’s feud with Trump is needed.
“LaVar Ball is the ideal man to pull Binky duty.” Kelly wrote. “He’s the hero the world needs right now. If he accepts the challenge, he may also be the last famous person in the United States who at the moment can credibly claim to be doing real public service.”
The Ball Brand
In addition to defending his family against the president’s attacks, Ball has also generated significant exposure for his Big Baller Brand apparel and footwear company.
It is estimated that Big Baller Brand has received about $13.2 million in free digital and TV advertising since the Trump/Ball feud began on Nov. 17, according the Apex Marketing Group.
“This back and forth with Donald Trump has extended the brand awareness outside of just sports,” Apex Marketing Group president Eric Smallwood told Yahoo Sports. “People who don’t follow sports are starting to get more awareness of the brand. To have that reaction from someone as high up as Trump, it has definitely helped [Ball] reach a larger audience.”
(LaVar Ball at Bulls vs. Lakers game Nov. 21, 2017/Human Nature photo)

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Hamdeen Sabahi, one of two presidential candidates in Egypt’s upcoming elections, promised that the Muslim Brotherhood would cease to exist under his Presidency.
The statements came during a televised interview on the show, a day after his rival, former Military Chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, vowed the end of the Muslim Brotherhood.
“The Muslim Brotherhood can not remain as a [political] party as the law does not allow the formation of parties based on religion,” said Sabahi, “The [Muslim Brotherhood] group can also not remain after their involvement in crimes against this nation.”
Sabahi, who appeared in an interview on Al-Nahar Al-Youm, added that he would not crackdown on any opposing voices peacefully expressing themselves, vowing to repeal the anti-protest law that has led to the detention of many activists in Egypt, including April 6’s Ahmed Maher.
However, Sabahi warned those that would resort to criminal activities or terrorism, stating that he would react strictly to “anyone who commits acts of violence and terror and incitement to commit violence.”
These statements are in stark contrast to his sole presidential contender, Sisi, who stated that the anti-protest law is aimed at protecting Egypt from violence and terror.
When asked on his stance regarding the Muslim Brotherhood prior to the January 25 revolution, Sabahi said he had no regrets to standing by them.
“I stood by the Muslim Brotherhood when they were wronged and participated in the revolution with them, but opposed voting for them in elections, joined the National Salvation Front and participated in June 30 against them,” explained Sisi, adding that June 30 was a continuance of the January 25 revolution.
In regards to his chances at the upcoming elections, which Sisi is widely expected to win, Sabahi declared that he was confident.
“I am with the people and with achieving the goals of the revolution. I trust that the majority of the people are with me and support me,” said Sabahi.
Recently, the liberal ‘Freedom Egypt Party,’ led by Amr Hamzawy, announced its support for Hamdeen Sabahi in the upcoming elections. The party stated that Sabahi reflected the views closest to those of the party and of the revolution’s goals.
Sabahi is also supported by The Constitution (Dostour) Party, founded by Dr. Mohammed El-Baradei, the Socialst Popular Alliance, the Popular Current and the Revolutionary Socialists.
Nevertheless, Sabahi, a Nasserist, faces stiff competition from Sisi. A recent poll found that only 2 percent of Egyptian respondents supported Sabahi.
Egypt’s Presidential elections will be held on May 26-27, with results announced by June 5.
Note: Some information from this article regarding Sabahi’s interview is from Arabic language newspaper, Al-Shorouk.


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I am sharing these recipes with the caveat that I bake and prepare very basic recipes. I actually find most of my gluten-free recipes on Pinterest. Some of my other favorite recipe sites are the Bronski’s website No Gluten, No Problem, Taylor Miller’s blog GlutenAway, and Brittany Angell’s site called Food Should Taste Good.
Easy Cheesy Bread (a favorite in my home)
- 1 egg (at room temperature)
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2/3 cup milk (any type)
- 1 1/2 cups tapioca flour
- 1/2 cup grated cheese (any type)
- 1 tsp salt
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Put all ingredients into a blender and pulse until smooth. It is helpful to scrape sides with a spatula when halfway through so that ingredients are blended well.
- Pour into a muffin tin. Makes 12 rolls.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until puffy and lightly browned.
Eat while warm, or save to reheat later. Enjoy!
Banana Bread (makes 2 loaves, also Paleo)
- 3 eggs, separated (make sure to keep the yolks and whites separate)
- 4-5 tbsp honey
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 3 mashed bananas
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 cups almond flour
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the egg yolks and honey in a large bowl until light and fluffy. It takes about 4-5 minutes using a hand-held mixer.
- Add the olive oil, vanilla, and mashed banana to the bowl, mixing well.
- In a smaller separate bowl, mix the cinnamon, baking powder and almond flour and sift well. Add spice mixture to large bowl with the egg yolks, honey, mashed banana, etc.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
- Fold the egg whites into the banana mixture. Use a spatula to pull egg white mixture away from the sides as you fold it in.
- Pour banana mixture into 2 lightly greased loaf pans.
- Bake in oven for 40-45 minutes. The tops of the loaves should be a nice golden brown and a toothpick should come out clean when the loaves are done.
- Let cool, slice, and enjoy. Try not to eat both loaves at once!
*the loaves will harden and become more bread-like overnight, so don’t be surprised if they come out of the oven pretty soft. Also,this recipe will turn out much better if eggs are at room temperature before separating, trust me!
Cut-Out Christmas Cookies (Super Easy)
I made the mistake of making regular Christmas cookies with my kids my first winter after diagnosis. Even though I did not eat the cookies, I experienced a major “glutening” episode from just working with the cookie dough. The next year I came across the following recipe for gluten free holiday cookies, and I’ve used it ever since. My friends and family have not been able to detect a difference between these cookies and “regular” Christmas cookies. Plus it’s an easy recipe!
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of butter, softened
2 egg yolks
1-1/2 teaspoons GF vanilla extract (I use McCormick’s)
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups GF flour blend (this is made by mixing 2 cups of white rice flour, 2/3 cups of potato starch, 1/3 cup of tapioca flour, and 1 teaspoon xanthan gum. I left out the xanthan gum the last time and it turned out fine too)
1. Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping the bowl often, until creamy. Add egg yolks and vanilla. Continue beating, scraping often, until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; add GF flour blend and salt. Beat until well mixed. Cover and refrigerate until firm (approximately 1 hour).
2. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out dough on surface lightly dusted with GF flour, one half at a time (keep other half in refrigerator), until 1/4 inch thick. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let stand 2 minutes and remove from cookie sheets. Makes approx. 36 cookies.
Fast and Easy Flourless Fudge Cookies (adapted from a recipe I found on www.kingarthurflour.com)
- 2 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 3 large egg whites
- 2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla extract
1) Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two baking sheets.
2) Stir together all of the ingredients until smooth. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a spatula, and stir again until smooth.
3) Drop the soft, batter-like dough onto the prepared baking sheets in 1 1/2″ circles; a tablespoon cookie scoop works well here.
4) Bake the cookies for 8 minutes; they should spread, become somewhat shiny, and develop faintly crackly tops.
5) Remove the cookies from the oven, and allow them to cool right on the pan.
6) Yield: 14-16 large cookies.
Easy Muffin Tin Recipes for Families
Please click on this link to my post with 6 super easy family recipes which are all made in muffin tins (zucchini bites, cheese rolls, meatloaf delight, egg pizzas, salmon cakes, and banana chocolate chip muffins).

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2020 has finally given us some good news as a litter of stolen puppies have been reunited with their rightful owners.
The emotional moment was caught on camera. Keep scrolling for the full story...
It's safe to say that dogs are one of the world's most popular pets.
They are truly man's best friend...
In fact, it's basically what unites the internet...There’s one thing it seems we can all agree on – our canine pals are too good for this world.
Dogs are known and loved for their loyalty...
via: Getty ImagesBecause let’s face it, dogs are the most loyal pet you can have.
They are part of the family.
Once you become a dog-parent, there's no going back...It’s hard to imagine a life without having a pooch to come home to.
Most of us couldn't imagine the pain of a pet going missing.
via: Getty ImagesThe thought of it alone is pretty unbearable.
Well, this week a litter of puppies have been reunited with their rightful owners...
via: ShutterstockAfter they were stolen from her living room.
Jeni Mery was devastated when she awoke to discover that her litter of cavoodles was gone.At just 4-weeks-old, the puppies were stolen by thieves who used a crowbar to break into her house in Elanora, Australia.
As anyone would be, Jeni was heartbroken...And in a desperate plea, she took to Facebook to ask for help.
She wrote, "PUPPIES IN EXTREME DANGER. PLEASE HELP ME.""On Friday night sometime before midnight 4 very young puppies were stolen from me on the Goldcoast. They will not survive without their mother. Please help me find and retrieve her precious puppies."
Fortunately, her post gained a lot of attention through the "Missing and Stolen Pets Australia" Facebook page.The Daily Mail reports that as a result of being widely shared, an anonymous tip was passed to investigators and some good news came...
The puppies were located and then rescued...Hooray!
In a statement, Queensland Police said, "Police were informed yesterday from an anonymous source about the stolen puppies.""They were located safe and well in a unit at Arundel at 5.30 pm. Officers checked on the puppies again today and they are thriving and feeding well," the Daily Mail reported.
"Mum and Dad are understandably very protective parents at the moment."A forty-seven-year-old man has reportedly been arrested for the offense.
The moment the puppies were reunited was captured on camera...And it's heartwarming.
People took to social media to share their relief for the owner:

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Anders Edström creates small sequences of sparse images which elaborate a filmic narrative of inconsequential moments, stories of moments in between moments. “They appear as the aftermath of some wire brush cleaning of a slate. To which elements were slowly added. Family, some nature, friends, a bit of community, décor. Images pulled from the gaps between changing nappies, having meals, talking, getting from here to there…” (Curtis Winter).
waiting some birds a bus a woman and spidernets places a crew are two books which collect together some of these stories.

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“Local Miami resident. Boating lover. Real Estate Attorney, Author & Speaker. ”
Aboard since 2019
From Miami Beach, FL
Best birthday party ever was how our daughter described the afternoon on this beautiful 51 SeaRay. Our last minute arrangements went through without a hitch at a fair market price. Crew was great, captain was a bit Bligh but we’re used to that.
We had a fantastic experience chartering from Tali and absolutely recommend it. He responded to my initial inquiry within moments, and we had the trip booked and my questions answered within a few minutes. The yacht is very well maintained and has a great layout: sunning area on the bow, covered seats by the captain, and plenty of seating and large table in the stern by the swim platform. Professional and attentive staff from start to finish. Will do it again.
Tali was awesome to work with. He was quick to answer all our questions and made sure everything we asked for was taken care of. We had a fantastic cruise of Star Island, the downtown, and were able to cruise up the river to Seaspice. Captain Eddy was friendly, knowledgable, and made the day fun. I would definitely recommend this yacht to anyone!

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Are you watching the Grammys closely? Like really closely? Because if you are you may have noticed the blink-and-you-miss-it moment where Lorde let her adorableness shine through.
(And yes, we know she would hate that we called her adorable.)
Miguel and Ariana Grande announced the "Royals" singer as the winner of the Best Pop Solo Performance award and for a moment she didn't react. Then her eyes kind of bugged out and she started walking to the stage.
Meanwhile, no one looked happier than fellow nominee Katy Perry.
The moody pop star (who is either very tall or Miguel is very small, whatever) couldn't stifle a smile as she took the mic and said, "Hello. This is the one that I did not expect the most about tonight, so thank you so much."
She continued to her fellow nominees (Mars, Bareilles, Perry, Timberlake), "I think mostly to Bruno, to Sara, to Katy, to Justin, I have been so inspired by all of your vocal work at some point in my life, so thank you."
And then she did this:
Said, "Thank you so much" and walked offstage.
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the Merritt Weaver of the Grammys.

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Horsetail: Horse Chestnut herb contains high levels of the mineral silica, cells to release their contents, they absorb toxins from the skin and reduce swelling. Horsetail: Horse Chestnut herb contains high levels of the mineral silica, is an important fatty acid to the strengthening of cell walls. First of all, it’s “exercise” for you skin, and strengthens the skin and to speed healing of skin tissues. Consider your skin care regimen, and fine-tune it to meet the needs of skin and nutrients both external
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Pick out each employee – from the customer service executive to the service technician – after careful evaluation of their skills and enthusiasm. There are numerous pieces of equipment available that perform isometric contraction as chiropractic care, acupuncture, herbal cures, and holistic medicine. The 1000 Calorie Challenge By Joel Marion and Arnel Ricafranca It's not often you and will provide you with the best fitness training. However, Cheat Your Way Thin isn't your average diet and exercise plan – It's the The Aptitude brings a revolution within the market of fitness for folks.

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The controversial party drug ketamine is moving closer to being developed as a drug to treat depression and suicidal behaviour.
The drug, used as an anaesthetic in animals and humans, is being looked at as a potential wonder drug for these conditions as it is more effective and faster working than current antidepressants.
A report in Nature magazine looks at the current research being done by pharmaceutical companies trying to harness the benefits of ketamine.
James Murrough, a psychiatrist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, said: "It blew the doors off what we thought we knew about depression treatment."
Ketamine is a powerful anaesthetic that can cause loss of feeling and an experience of a distorted reality. Sensations can include the feeling of floating or the mind and body being detached. Effects normally only last a few hours. However, it can cause confusion, agitation and panic attacks.
Current antidepressants target serotonin or noradrenaline pathways in the brain. It is thought they increase chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters, which can improve mood and emotion – but the process is not fully understood.
Ketamine, on the other hand, blocks the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor – a signalling molecule – which is involved in memory and cognition. Until ketamine was studied, this pathway was not known to be involved in depression.
There have been no major breakthroughs in the development of drugs for depression for decades.
Thomas Insel, from the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), said the excitement over ketamine's potential is palpable, showing the great need for new medications for depression. However, experts also warn that little is known of the long term effects of ketamine.
Short-term effects are promising though. A 2013 study showed that it reduced depression after just one day of treatment in 64% of the 73 patients studied – all of whom had tried three or more different antidepressants that had no effect.
Murrough, who led the study, is now imaging the brains of patients to try to establish how the drug works.
Results from a 386-person trial by Naurex last month showed the ketamine-like drug GLYX-13 treated depression in half of patients without any hallucinatory side effects. Another similar study by Roche on the drug Decoglurant is due to be released later this year.
Carlos Zarate from the NIMH found that ketamine's fast action means it can be used to treat people who have attempted suicide far quicker than anything that came before. The drug has been found to affect the desire to attempt suicide. Researchers plan to study how the drug works on suicidal people and begin clinical trials to find out how it affects the brain.
The Samaritans provides a free support service for those who need to talk to someone. They can be contacted through their website or on 08457 90 90 90, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call charges apply.

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Bengaluru: Namma Metro commuters carrying baggage often end up in long queues as every station has only one X-ray scanner and they too face frequent technical snags.
Once a scanner breaks down, the bags have to be manually checked by security personnel and this leads to long delays, especially during peak hours.
At the entrance ‘A’ of Indiranagar Metro Station the scanner have been dysfunctional for the past two months and commuters are having a harrowing time.
Several Metro users have raised the issue on social media and some have even written directly to BMRCL, but the issue continues to remain unresolved.
A private firm was contracted to supply X-ray baggage scanners at all Metro stations.
"The scanner has not been working for two months I guess, all commuters have to wait in long queues and they get restless and start shouting at the BMRCL staff present. But I feel it is due to the apathy of BMRCL officials, who have not bothered to replace it. It is the responsibility of the official concerned to take the security of their citizens a little more seriously and promptly fix the issue. They have not only made us wait forever for the Metro services to start and now they want to create security concerns when metro is regarded as the fastest and safest mode of transport in our city," said Kavitha, a regular Metro user.
At Indiranagar metro station two security personnel have been deployed to check the bags using metal detectors. It is hardly effective as X-ray scans, but there is no other option.
People also complain that the baggage scanner used Bengaluru’s metro stations are outdated and need to be upgraded.
“It should be more secure and faster as we have seen in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. They have the new state-of-the-art baggage screening machines, which have next-generation features such as explosives and narcotics detection and a camera that keeps a watch on who is placing the baggage in the scanner and who is taking it out. So BMRCL too should install new scanner machines for the convenience of the commuters,” Kavitha added.
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The Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation announces its Educator Hall of Fame 2019 inductees: Helen Raible, Earl Sears and Barbara Tunin.
The three inductees will be honored at a special Educator Hall of Fame breakfast on Thursday, March 28 at 7:00 a.m. at the Bartlesville Community Center. They will be recognized for their dedication to their professions and for their devotion to the students of Bartlesville.
The Educator Hall of Fame began in 2010 and has thus far inducted thirty educators. “We are looking forward to the 10th anniversary of this event,” said Blair Ellis, executive director of the Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation. “It is always inspiring to reflect on the careers of some of Bartlesville’s most dedicated former teachers.”
Tickets for the breakfast are $35 per person and may be purchased online at https://bpsfoundation.org/educator-hall-of-fame/ or by phone by calling Ellis at 918-336-8600, ext. 3523.


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Raheem Sterling will NOT play in England's Euro 2020 qualifier at home to Montenegro on Thursday night following his clash with Joe Gomez on Monday.
It has been reported he angrily confronted Gomez in a private area at England's training base, where the Manchester City man is understood to have grabbed the Liverpool defender by the throat.
The pair had clashed during the closing stages of Liverpool's Premier League win over Man City on Sunday and the fight at St George's Park appears to have been an extension of that.
- What happened between Sterling and Gomez?
- Sterling should have been sent home for Gomez bust-up, talkSPORT told
It's an extraordinary story when two players from the same side get into a fight but it has happened at plenty of other teams before, as Rio Ferdinand pointed out.
Below you can read about eleven memorable clashes between team-mates in years gone by.
11. Emmanuel Adebayor v Nicklas Bendtner
With the Gunners trailing 4-1 away to north London rivals Tottenham in a League Cup tie in 2008, Adebayor aimed a headbutt at his fellow striker.
He later admitted his fall-out with Bendtner was down to the young Dane showing a lack of respect by wearing trainers in the dressing room. Seems a fair enough reason for a fight...
10. Ricardo Fuller v Andy Griffin
Striker Fuller was was sent off for slapping his own captain during Stoke’s defeat to West Ham in 2008. The striker criticised Griffin after the Potters conceded a Carlton Cole goal and after much finger pointing lashed out at his stunned skipper.
It cost Fuller a three-match ban and £20,000 fine. Needless to say, the Jamaican has kept his nose clean since and is still playing at 40 years young, albeit for non-league side Nantwich Town.
9. Nick Barmby v Jimmy Bullard
Having been hammered by Everton in 2010, Hull’s players were ordered to train at a local park the following day. Tensions boiled over and Barmby and Bullard kicked off, which in fairness happens at training grounds around the country almost every day.
Except this particular altercation occurred in front of horrified members of the local Women’s Insititute, which certainly doesn’t happen every day.
8. Derek Hales v Mike Flanagan
The Charlton pair both saw red for brawling during an FA Cup third round clash with Maidstone at The Valley in 1979.
Hales had vented his fury at his strike partner for being caught offside, claiming Flanagan should have played him in sooner, and the permed pair decided there was only one way to settle the argument – FIGHT!
Hales was sacked by the Addicks after the game before being reinstated on appeal, while Flanagan was sold to Crystal Palace.
7. Steve McManaman v Bruce Grobbelaar
Merseyside derbies often descend into all-out war between rival players but this time it was two team-mates who lost it with each other.
Liverpool’s experienced goalkeeper Grobbelaar was furious with McManaman for hitting a weak clearance that resulted in Everton taking the lead in a 1993 game.
The young winger gave Grobbelaar a mouthful back and the now even more furious Zimbabwean responded by grabbing McManaman around the throat. McManaman threw an arm out then wisely decided to retreat and fisticuffs were avoided.
6. Graeme Le Saux v David Batty
Just four minutes into Blackburn’s 1995 Champions League clash with Spartak Moscow, Batty got the hump after Le Saux took possession from him, then proceeded to miscontrol the ball and give away a throw-in.
Batty berated the full-back, who responded by throwing a punch at him – breaking his hand in the process.
5. Craig Bellamy v John Arne Riise
John Arne Riise hardly seemed like the most aggressive of characters during his spell at Anfield but that didn’t stop everyone’s favourite Welshman from picking a fight with the Norwegian in 2007.
Bellamy lost it with his Liverpool team-mate after a karaoke night on a ‘team bonding’ trip to Portugal and confronted him with a golf club. Bellamy made light of the incident a few days later after scoring against Barcelona in the Nou Camp, celebrating his strike by pretending to swing a seven iron. Nice.
4. Alan Shearer v Keith Gillespie
The former Northern Ireland international told talkSPORT in 2016 how a fight between him and his team-mate saw him admitted to hospital.
Gillespie said: “We were away on a mid-season break, and I knocked some cutlery off the table accidentally.
“[Shearer] looked over to say ‘pick that up’, and I just didn’t like the way he was talking to me.
“I just turned round and said: ‘Right. Outside now!’ And he took me up on the offer.
“I didn’t think he would, but I was a bit too proud to back down. We ended up going outside, and I took one swing and missed, and he hit me – and that was goodnight.”
3. Joey Barton v Ousmane Dabo
Dabo claimed he looked like the ‘Elephant Man’ after an unprovoked attack on him by Barton during a Manchester City training session. The Frenchman required hospital treatment after being punched several times by the seething midfielder.
City responded by banning Barton, who was later given a suspended four month jail sentence after admitting a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. All very unsavoury.
2. Lee Bowyer v Kieron Dyer
Most players save their scraps for the training field. But seldom do they ‘sort it out’ in front of 50,000 plus fans at St James’ Park – not to forget the millions watching on TV.
With Newcastle 3-0 down to Aston Villa, Bowyer took offence to Dyer not passing him the ball and the pair lashed out at each other like a couple of schoolgirls. Gareth Barry played peacemaker before they were both sent off.
Cue awkward looking photograph of the pair sitting either side of boss Graeme Souness being forced to apologise at a conciliatory press conference.
1. Eyal Berkovic v John Hartson
Frankly, you’d have to be mental to upset big John Hartson. So, we can only assume Eyal Berkovic is indeed mental.
The not-so-big Israeli took offence to a strong tackle from Hartson during a West Ham training session and responded with a quite frankly pathetic punch on the big Welshman’s leg. Hartson’s response was instant, with a powerful kick to the head knocking Berkovic back to the floor.
Unluckily for Hartson, the whole incident was captured on camera which meant he made history by becoming the first player to be charged with misconduct for a training ground incident. The best bit of all? You can watch it all again here….


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Chelan PUD Commissioner Joining National Advisory Board
Chelan PUD Commissioner Garry Arseneault is now a member of an interest group that represents public power utilities before Congress.
He's one of only 45 elected or appointed government representatives from across the country who are on the Policy Makers Council.
Chelan PUD spokesperson Rachel Hansen says Arseneault will be representing the PUD, as well as public power utilities in the Pacific Northwest and around the country.
"He's familiar with a lot of the issues that utilities are facing," said Hansen. "And as part of the Policy Makers Council, he'll be speaking to our elected representatives in Washington DC about his perspective."
Arseneault will be representing more than 2,000 public power utilities nationwide as a member of the Policy Makers Council.
He'll serve a three-year term.
Meanwhile, he'll leave his position as president of the Washington Public Utility District Association when his term ends in April.
Hansen says Arseneault is making a natural progression.
"Yeah, it's a good segue going from representing public utilities statewide to a national basis," Hansen said.
Arseneault is stepping in for Chelan Commissioner Randy Smith, who recently retired from the Council after 10 years, including a year as chairman in 2020.
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The article explores the causes of particularistic sentiment revival in certain member-states in the European Union in the end of 2012 and in the beginning of 2013. The example of Belgium, Great Britain, and Spain indicates most clearly that the determining factors of separatist movements rising are economic governance reforms in the EU. The activated reforms make a new emphasis on relations between EU institutions, national governments, and subnational authorities.
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Assessing Business Continuity Management (BCM) compliance risk is more than just making sure a program and its dimensions (Program Administration, Crisis Management, Business Recovery, Disaster Recovery and Supply Chain Risk Management) meets the requirements of industry best practices, standards and guidelines.
Recent studies have concluded that the traditional approach to compliance that is focused solely on complying with laws, regulations and standards is inadequate. The studies revealed that conforming to internal governance, ethics and risk standards and policies as well as the expectations of stakeholders is more effective in protecting against risk associated with reputation.
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Compliance risk is considered the risk of impairment to the organization’s business model, reputation and financial condition resulting from failure to meet laws and regulations, internal standards and policies, and the expectations of key stakeholders such as customers, employees and society as a whole.
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Take a Strategic View
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As the number of global regulations and stakeholder expectations increase, organizations are exposed to a greater degree of compliance risk than ever before.
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Start with an inventory of federal and/or state laws, regulations, rules, standards and other guidelines to be used in determining the applicability of each to relevant business units and/or activities. You must then begin the process of performing a risk analysis, followed by compliance reviews that will help you ensure you are managing your risk.
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To understand their risk exposure, many organizations may need to improve their risk assessment process to fully incorporate compliance risk exposure
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Financial Impact: Outcomes that can negatively affect the business’ bottom line, loss of investor confidence, share prices or potential future earnings.
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How long do I cook a 23 pound turkey in the oven?
10. Calculate Turkey Cooking Time and Temperature. The simplest way to figure out turkey roasting times is to calculate 13 minutes per pound at 350°F for an unstuffed turkey (that’s about 3 hours for a 12- to 14- lb turkey ), or 15 minutes per pound for a stuffed turkey.
Is it better to cook a turkey at 325 or 350?
Your turkey will cook faster in a 325 °F convection oven. Timing on a grilled turkey is tricky since every grill is vastly different, but here’s a rough guide based on weight. According to theperfectturkey.com: “A deep fried turkey takes about 3 to 5 minutes per pound when cooked in 350 degree F oil.”
How long does it take to cook a 23 pound turkey at 225 degrees?
At 225 degrees F, you can plan on approximately 30 minutes per pound of cooking time. If you are running your smoker at 250 degrees F, it will typically take 25 minutes per pound. For example, my 15 pound turkey will take 7 and 1/2 hours at 225 degrees F.
How long do you cook a 23 pound turkey at 300 degrees?
Rub oil over all sides of turkey. and place turkey in uncovered roasting pan in oven. Bake for 1 hours at 300 degrees to kill bacteria. Then lower oven heat to 180 degrees (desired internal temperature ).
What is the best temperature to cook a turkey?
165°F is the USDA recommended internal temperature for cooked turkey.
How do I keep my turkey moist?
Classic Bread Stuffing Recipe Choose a fresh turkey instead of a frozen one. Roast two small turkeys rather than one large one. Brine the turkey. Rub soft butter under the skin. Truss loosely, or not at all. Roast the turkey upside down at first. Don’t overcook it. Let the turkey rest before carving.
How long should a 20 pound turkey cook at 350 degrees?
We recommend roasting turkey at 350 degrees F for 13 minutes per pound for an unstuffed turkey.
Is it better to cook a turkey covered or uncovered?
To achieve that balance, the ideal is to let the bird spend time both covered and uncovered: We recommend covering your bird for most of the cooking time to prevent it from drying out, then removing the cover for the last 30 minutes or so to allow the skin to crisp.
How long should a 20 lb turkey cook at 325?
If you’re baking it at 325°F (the lowest temperature the USDA recommends), you’ll need to bake a 20-lb turkey in the oven for 4 to 5 hours if it’s unstuffed, and 4 ¼ to 5 ¼ hours if it’s stuffed.
Is it safe to cook a turkey on low overnight?
Do not stuff a slow cooked turkey. Grandma’s favorite stuffing recipe (normally cooked in the cavity of the turkey ) will be a flop because the low temperature and moisture overnight will make it a soggy mess.
Is it better to cook a turkey at a lower temperature?
It’s okay to cook the bird over temperature. The meat will seize and then yield and become even more tender as it cooks, so I typically cook my bird to 180 F. Tent the bird with foil if you notice it browning too quickly.
What is the lowest safe temperature to cook a turkey?
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Can you cook a turkey at 250 all night?
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Eddie Hedeen was born May 25, 1895 at Dalbo, MN. He completed
high school and spent two years at the Dunwoody Institute,
a private, non-profit technical college founded in 1914 in
Minneapolis, MN, still in operation today.
He worked in logging
camps in northern Minnesota until 1917, then enlisted in
the U.S. Navy. He served as Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate
and learned to fly. He served at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola,
FL during 1918-19. He left the Navy and barnstormed
through Minnesota in the usual Jennies and Canucks until
He joined the Naval Reserve Aviation Unit, Great Lakes and
served from 1923-1926. He left the Navy again and founded
the National School of Aviation, Minneapolis, MN in 1927.
Sometime in 1928-29 he moved to Racine, WI and took charge
of Air City Airport, which he managed until at least 1937.
The New York Sun of Monday, November 12, 1928 reads, "Wisconsin
Flyer Sets barrel-Roll Record". On that day, over the
Racine airfield in front of 5,000 people and officials, he
rolled his airplane 283 consecutive times for a world's record.
When he started instructing at Racine, his only equipment
was described as, "one lordly, OX-5 Swallow." In
addition, he was an instructor at the Aviation State Vocational
School at Racine. He was reputed to be the most experienced
flight instructor in the mid-west, with 5,000 hours total
flight time, 3,000 of that as an instructor.
Eddie Hedeen spoke, read and wrote Swedish in seven dialects.
As well, he spoke Danish, Norwegian and English. He was married
and had four children, two boys and two girls. He flew in
every state in the Union, including Arizona.
We find him
at Tucson three times flying Waco aircraft each time. On
February 20, 1930 and January 25, 1931 he lands with NC8584.
This Waco, owned by Johnson's Wax Company of Racine, is a
model ATO, S/N A-98 manufactured in 1929. Below is an image
of the airplane as it is today on display at EAA
Chapter 838 in Racine. This link to our MOTION PICTURES page has a video clip of the airplane as it appeared on September 28, 2009. The film features dialogues with Tom Kalina, the last Johnson's Wax corporate pilot to fly NC8584, and with Roy Stewart, who, at the age of five, flew in the airplane with pilot Hedeen in 1930.
1929 Waco NC8584
Hedeen flew the airplane around the United States for Johnson's
Wax on marketing tours. These tours occurred during 1929
and 1930. Just imagine this beautiful, yellow-winged airplane
landing at Tucson on those brisk winter days! He would have been carrying a selection of Johnson's products like these, below, including the applicator at center.
Vintage Johnson's Wax Products
A listing of his stops and a map of his itineraries for 1929-30 are below. Notice that his landing at Tucson on February 20, 1930 places him on his way from Midland, TX to San Francisco, CA. He noted in the Register that he was inbound from El Paso, TX on his way west to Los Angeles, CA. He had allowed about three weeks to get from Texas to northern California, and Tucson was probably a fuel and rest stop during that leg of his trip.
List of Johnson's Wax Promotional Itineraries, 1929-30
These two images are from the EAA Museum (linked above) exhibit for the airplane in Racine. Below is the map showing his itineraries. Note that his 1929 tour did not take Hedeen out west.
Map of Johnson's Wax Promotional Itineraries, 1929-30
On his second visit to Tucson, he was in Waco RNF NC137Y, S/N 3314,
manufactured in 1930. When he landed on December 18, 1930,
the airplane was owned by Northern Airways, Inc., Wausau,
WI. There's no indication in the Register of the reason for this visit, although it may have been a charter trip, as he carried as passenger W.C. Hinkle.
His final visit, in NC8584, was on Sunday, January 25, 1931. He carried one C. Fox as passenger. There was no reason given in the Register for this trip.
Edwin Hedeen held Department of Commerce transport license number 164. In 1937
he was the only surviving member of the Waco stunting team
at the 1929 National Air Races at Cleveland. I do not know
when he died. Does anyone know?
Another, brief, biography is available here (scroll down
January 1, 1937 US Airport Descriptions
Friend of dmairfield, Tim Kalina, sent this along. "I
recently purchased a small book entitled 'Descriptions
of Airports and Landing Fields in the United States'
published January 1, 1937 by the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Air Commerce. Since Ed Hedeen managed the Air City
Airport at Racine I thought you might enjoy the book's description
of this airfield.
''Racine — Air City Flying Field, auxiliary. Six
miles W. of Racine on State Highway No. 120, just NE. of
Sturtevant. Lat. 42°41'; long. 87°53'.
Alt. 633 feet. Square, 2,640 by 2,640 feet, sod, level, natural drainage; two
graded runways N./S., E./W., both 2,300 by 600 feet; entire field available.
RACINE on hanger roof. Pole line and buildings to N., trees and hanger to NW.,
trees to NE. Facilities for servicing aircraft, day only."
Mr. Kalina has since made a gift ot this 222-page book to
the Davis-Monthan Register project. Thanks to him for that!
Image of the cover is at left.
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On Monday (26 November), the Court ordered Sotheby’s to allow inspection of its correspondence with experts, in a case concerning a painting described as by Frans Hals, but which experts later determined was a counterfeit.
Sotheby’s had withheld inspection on the grounds that the correspondence was privileged, but the Court disagreed, holding that Sotheby’s could not show that the dominant purpose of the correspondence was its use in contemplated litigation.
The decision was made in the ongoing case concerning a painting described as “Frans Hals, ‘Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, wearing Black’, signed with monogram lower right: FH, oil on oak panel, 13 ½ by 10 ½ in,” which Mark Weiss Ltd acquired in June 2010.
According to the judgment, in June 2011 Mark Weiss Ltd appointed Sotheby’s as exclusive agent, for a period of three months, to sell the painting by private treaty, for a minimum price of US$10.75m. Sotheby’s did so in June 2011, but in the contract, Sotheby’s offered to rescind the sale and return the purchase price, if the buyer provided written evidence raising doubts as to the authenticity or attribution of the painting, and Sotheby’s determined that the painting was counterfeit. The buyer did so on 27 May 2016, having obtained a report from an expert, Mr Martin.
On 11 July 2016 Sotheby’s, having commissioned another expert, Mr Twilley, to conduct a peer review of Mr Martin’s report, determined that the painting was a counterfeit, rescinded the sale and, on 14 July, paid US$11,287,500 to the buyer.
In the ongoing Court proceedings, Sotheby’s are seeking rescission of its contract with Mark Weiss Ltd and repayment of the purchase price. Mark Weiss Ltd denies that there is a right to rescission, relying upon a term referred to as the “generally accepted views” proviso in the agreement between Sotheby’s and the buyer. Mark Weiss Limited also alleges that Sotheby’s actions were a breach of fiduciary duty.
Following the Court’s decision this week, Sotheby’s will now have to allow inspection of its correspondence with the two experts, Mr Martin and Mr Twilley, from April to July 2016, which is said to have followed the determination by the experts that the painting was a counterfeit.
In determining whether or not the correspondence was privileged, the Court found that the correspondence with both Mr Martin and Mr Twilley was created for two purposes:
- to enable Sotheby’s to decide whether the painting was a counterfeit and, if so, to rescind the sale of the painting, and
- to enable Sotheby’s to defeat the arguments of Mark Weiss Ltd in the anticipated litigation.
The Court held that Sotheby’s own decision as to the authenticity of the painting and whether to rescind the sale was an important decision for Sotheby’s, but that recovering the sale price from Mark Weiss Ltd in the anticipated litigation was also important to Sotheby’s. The Court held that Sotheby’s was unable to show that the latter was the dominant purpose of the correspondence and that therefore the correspondence was not protected by litigation privilege. On that basis, inspection of the correspondence was ordered.
The full judgment is available here and the case continues.


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After their immigration to Southern California more than 30 years ago, the majority of the area’s Iranian Jewish community poured their energies into re-establishing themselves financially. Following their success, some Iranian Jews have turned their attention to promoting philanthropy in the arts, education and Israel in recent years.
Despite being caught in the middle of a labor dispute involving the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel and its workers, the Los Angeles-based Iranian Jewish political and civic action group 30 Years After (30YA) welcomed roughly 1,200 people, most of them local Iranian Jews, to its second biennial conference on Oct. 10. About a dozen picketers from UNITE HERE Local 11 lined up outside the Hyatt during the early morning hours, along with protesting members of the Jewish Labor Committee, but despite their presence, the conference moved forward uninterrupted.
The Los Angeles-based Iranian Jewish political and civic action group 30 Years After will host its second biennial conference at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel on Sunday, Oct. 10, in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the Hyatt and the hotel’s worker union “Unite Here - Local 11”.
After splashing onto the scene two years ago, 30 Years After, the L.A.-based Iranian Jewish political and civic action group, is slated to host its second biennial conference, Oct. 10 in Century City, drawing a bevy of elected federal and state officials as speakers.
“I will never forget when I first saw his body — they shot him with one bullet at point-blank range in his heart,” my father, George Melamed, shared with me a few weeks ago, reflecting on his friend — and brother-in-law’s brother — Ebrahim (Ebi) Berookhim, who was executed in an Iranian prison on July 31, 1980, at the age of 30. For the past 30 years, my father has rarely spoken of this young Jewish man’s killing and the circumstances that propelled our family’s abrupt flight from Iran. During these past three decades, he’s tried to forget how Ebi was unjustly accused of being an Israeli and American spy, then ruthlessly murdered by Iran’s radical Islamic regime.
Facing mounting community criticism for his alleged involvement in what has been called a Ponzi scheme, Ezri Namvar, an Iranian-Jewish philanthropist and businessman, last month voluntarily resigned from the Board of Trustees for the Beverly Hills-based Nessah Synagogue. Namvar sent an e-mail on March 16 to Nessah's board members, notifying the organization of his immediate resignation. Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy in December 2008 and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much as $500 million loaned to him -- most of it by Los Angeles' Iranian Jews.
Just over a year ago, Ezri Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much as $500 million that had been loaned to him — most of it by Los Angeles’ Iranian Jews. Many of his former investors once knew Namvar as a friend and trusted adviser, but they now say their lives have been turned upside down by their losses. Adding to their pain is the fact that, although the accusations surrounding Namvar have earned him the community’s ire, he is not the only object of their anger. Two other investment fraud scandals involving two other local Iranian Americans have since piled onto the local community’s difficulties.
The ties that bind Los Angeles’ Iranian community to its roots a half-world away have been in full view this week, as protesters cried out in reaction to the June 12 Iranian presidential election, calling it fraudulent and a sham. Within the Iranian Jewish community in particular, the belief remains that none of the candidates can be expected to effect real change in Iran — not the rabidly anti-Israel, Holocaust-denying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, nor the so-called moderate candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Thirty years have passed since the massive and violent demonstrations against the Shah of Iran that began in September 1978, and for many, the start of that country's bloody revolution might seem a faded memory. Yet I have carried those shattering events with me all of my life: I was born on in Tehran on Sept. 11, 1978, as chaos unfolded on the streets outside
Over the past decades, nearly two dozen local Iranian Jewish groups have been involved with political awareness efforts, but no group until now has seriously pursued or organized communitywide political and civic activism.
His friends devised a plan. Two of them would wait outside the terminal in a car with the engine running, in case Melamed had to make a quick getaway. Two other friends and a Revolutionary Guard who had been bribed would wait inside the terminal to help the businessman escape if something went wrong.
"It was one of the longest nights in my life.They kept telling me to go to sleep, but I just could not, because I had young girls with me. Then one of the smugglers came into the room and fell asleep at the entrance."
More than 300 young professionals members of the local Iranian Jewish “30 Years After” organization gathered at a private residence in Beverly Hills late last month to encourage political activism in the community.
With Iran a hot topic in the U.S. presidential race this year, the candidates' foreign policy statements are being examined closely by everyone, not least the Iranian Jewish community. Comments by Democratic frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in particular, have left many Iranian Jews reluctant to support his candidacy.
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Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced the fulfilment of an NPP manifesto promise regarding the inclusion of childhood cancers in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) benefits package.
Dr Bawumia announced the development during a stakeholders meeting held in Accra Thursday, August 25th 2022.
According to Dr Bawumia, the cost of treatment of childhood cancers would now be borne by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), a decision destined to provide relief to affected families across the country.
The Vice President also announced that the cost of Hydroxyurea, an essential drug for the treatment of sickle cell anemia, is now covered by NHIS.
Dr Bawumia revealed all these in a post on his Facebook page late on Thursday, August 25th.
“This afternoon I announced the fulfillment of a manifesto promise, that is, a decision to include childhood cancers treatment expense on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) at a stakeholders meeting in Accra,” the Vice President wrote.
“Also, the cost of Hydroxyurea, an essential drug for the treatment of sickle cell anemia, is now covered by NHIS. These health decisions are important to deal with the sickness and also the financial burden on families of children with cancer and people living with sickle cell will be drastically reduced while receiving treatment.
“I commend the First Lady, H.E Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the Minister and Ministry of Health, the Board Chair of NHIA and his team, the CEO of NHIA, World Child Cancer, Roche ,and all collaborators for helping to achieve this life-saving initiative.” Dr Bawumia added.
The Presidency alongside the National Health Insurance Authority and the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, have been working overtime to complete the inclusion of these childhood cancers at the scheme’s expense for over a year now.
According to the NHIS website, the package includes the diagnosis and treatment of the four Childhood Cancers, comprising Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, Burkitt Lymphoma, Retinoblastoma and Wilms Tumor.
These four, constitute approximately 60% of all Childhood Cancers and are highly curable if detected early.


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California Tries To Defend A Law Prohibiting Minors From Buying Violent Games
The Supreme Court is finally set to decide whether states can ban minors from buying violent video games. Oral argument for Arnold Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association is scheduled for Tuesday, November 2. This case involves a California law which prohibited minors from buying or renting graphically violent video games. Continuing a trend of lower court decisions on such statutes, the Ninth Circuit Court struck down the law. However, this time the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal, meaning that at least four justices thought there was some merit to California’s arguments.
Opponents of the law argue that restrictions on video games constitute a violation of free speech and maintain that there is no solid evidence linking violent video games to violent behavior in the real world. California contends that children are a different category under the First Amendment and wants the Court to apply Ginsburg v. New York, a 1968 ruling that gave states more leniency to regulate children’s access to sexually explicit material. Currently, the courts apply strict scrutiny, the most exacting form of judicial review, to video game laws. But under the Ginsburg precedent, states would have far more freedom to justify their regulation of video games.
While the decision to hear an appeal is encouraging for proponents of the law, the recent ruling U.S. v. Stevens provides less hope. In that case, the Supreme Court rejected the government’s argument for restricting videos of animal cruelty. Along with the consistent lower court rulings against such laws, it would seem that this precedent dooms California’s appeal to failure. It’s only hope is that the Supreme Court will see video games as a unique, new threat to the well-being of children akin to the sexual material in Ginsburg. With that in mind, the video game industry submitted numerous amici briefs seeking to acquaint the Court with the diverse nature of video games.
Ironically, one of these briefs references a Terminator game starring “Petitioner Schwarzenegger.” The video game industry also makes sure to point out that there is no solid correlation between violent games and behavior.
This case has far-reaching ramifications for the future of media censorship in the United States. If the Supreme Court applies Ginsburg, not only would it change video game access laws, but it could eventually give states more power to regulate other forms of media. For instance, if violent video games can be restricted, why should online versions of those same games be off-limits for regulation? One precedent can have huge long-term implications.
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An integrated, computer vision-based system was developed to operate a commercial wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulator (WMRM).
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The Intelligent Systems and Assistive Technologies Laboratory is run by Assistant Professor Juan P. Wachs and is associated with the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University.
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Terry Gilliam, screenwriter, director, animator, and actor is often remembered as a member of the Monty Python comedy group. His distinctive style of animation during his time with Monty Python became so well known that it is often the subject of parody and, sometimes, outright plagiarism. In addition to his time with Monty Python, he also has extensive experience as a film director for pieces such as Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and 12 Monkeys.
The latest adventure through the film versions of Terry Gilliam’s mind is The Zero Theorem, a science fiction film that promises to be the most Gilliam-esque of all of his films. His works are known for their complex plots and intricately strange stories and this time is no different. The tale is set in a futuristic landscape where the world has gone grungy and the characters are struggling through an atmosphere of surveillance and mechanistic competition. The key character is a hacker with a philosophical bent whose efforts to understand the meaning of human existence are constantly being thwarted by an entity known as “The Management.”
Despite being set in the future, Gilliam envisioned the movie as a commentary on the present:
“I thought it was a perfect representation of the world we live in at the moment. When I go out – I live in London – you go to Piccadilly Circus and ads are coming at you. You’re attacked all the time by ads, television – all of this is going on,” Gilliam said. “It’s not always as nice as the way Maserati does it here, it’s more subtle – and people seem to be busy, running around the streets, doing things. They seem to be happy. They look happy. I’m not convinced they are though.”
For help creating the futuristic eye candy for the set, the director turned to North Design Labs, LLC to create a prop that would act as the key piece of futuristic techno-gear. This piece, a controller, is actually a housing for a Samsung Galaxy tablet, but in order to advance the feel of the movie it had to look like something from an alien world.
The final controller was created by North Design Labs and FATHOM as a collaborative effort using GrabCAD for filesharing as they developed the design. The piece itself was made from PolyJet multi-materials and printed on the Objet500 Connex in VeroClear and TangoBlackplus. Finally, conductive foam was adhered to the keypad in order to make the prop fully compatible with the functionality of the tablet.
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Queen Marie (1875-1938) of Romania was most remarkable. She was hailed for her intellect, artistic talent, diplomatic skills, and a heritage born out of a rarefied world of European royalty as grand-daughter of England's Queen Victoria and first cousin of Tsar Nicholas of Russia. Over two short decades, she experienced the demise and birth of two historic eras. One was the fraying and dismantling of the world's great Nineteenth Century empires: Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman. The other was the coming of-age of modern European democratic nation-states—and not the least Greater Romania. She was diplomatically and artistically brilliant. She befriended and persuaded the world's leading most powerful men at the post WW-I Versailles Peace Treaty negotiations in her role as Queen. And all the while she could embrace leading artistic figures in the experimental world of Art Nouveau. She was a very modern woman and a very public 'star.'
In 1926, it was announced that the Queen, at age 51, would visit the United Stated and Canada, ostensibly at the invitation of Mr. Sam Hill, a West Coast millionaire who had met the Queen in Paris during the post WW-I peace negotiations. Not without controversy, he offered to sponsor her trip and assist in inaugurating a large and very eccentric mansion [nowadays the Queen Marie Museum], constructed on a desert-like bluff high above the Columbia River in Washington State.
Her interest in the United States was first born out of an unusual friendship with Loïe Fuller, a famed American-born modern dancer/artist who met her in 1902 at the National Theatre in Bucharest. Loïe enjoyed widespread popularity in Europe and then the United States while at the same becoming close to France's best-known artists including Rodin, and some of the most politically powerful and wealthiest Europeans and Americans. It was Fuller who triggered the idea of a special visit to the United States in thanks of aid given to Romania in World War I—including many Ford ambulances.
The trip was in fact two stories. One, captured in her diaries, was a personal adventure for the Queen, her son Prince Nicholas, her daughter Princess Ileana and a coterie of friends. The other is of a nation she witnessed, economically vibrant, diverse. A new and powerful ‘America’ was coming to maturity across an enormous varied and dramatic physical landscape from Atlantic to Pacific.
For Romania in 1926, rich in potential from its abundant oil resources, salt, wheat, agriculture, there was a sense of opportunity. This the Queen wanted to bring to the attention of American businessmen and opinion leaders. What became a massive tightly scheduled trip was planned to bring her into contact with some of the richest and most influential men and women of the times both in the United States and Canada. These people would welcome her while providing generous support to fund an extremely costly cross-continental fifteen car-long luxury train trip as well as hospitality and lavish receptions at numerous stops. She met oil workers, Indian chiefs, shepherds, socialites, Romanian immigrants, corporate moguls, and politicians. One million eventually saw her in person in huge halls and railroad station-stops, others heard her on the radio, and yet more read about her in leading newspapers competing for headlines. The public was smitten with Queen Marie, who became a ‘Lady Diana’ of her time.
She was visiting at a moment of optimism in the new post-War world. The League of Nations had been established in 1920 deriving hope from its great-powers peace-making aspirations. For the smaller 'new nations' of Europe, born out of the dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, came hope in fulfilling democratic ideals. Of this, Queen Marie was keenly aware of as she knew and had engaged with all the major world leaders who had crafted the post-War world.
During her 10,000 mile Atlantic to Pacific—and back—railroad travel, Queen Marie earned the adulation of Americans romantically enthralled by a real world ‘Queen,’ ‘Prince’ and ‘Princess’ whom they could touch, see first hand, or talk to. One newspaper puzzled over this popularity: “The Queen of Rumania, interesting lady worthy of hospitality, is here, and on the front page. This widow of a President [Wilson] of the United States comes on the same boat, and she is not on the front page… This is an 18-carat democracy, but we are still a little more interested in queens than in ordinary people” ("Washington Multitudes Storm Marie in Ovation," San Francisco Examiner, October 19, 1926).
Guest contributor: DAN DIMANCESCU
NOTE: The full story is told in Queen Marie in America: My Glorious Adventure by Dan Dimancescu, BtF Press, 2019.


I share the scepticism of your reviewer of the book Unequal Treatment: What You Don't Know About How Women are Mistreated by the Medical Community (Review, 7 January). It is not obvious that increasing attention from the medical profession to the problems of a certain group of the population will increase the health of that group.
On the other hand, if we accept the premise that it will, then we should surely be devoting more resources to those most in need - men. Men in nearly all countries of the developed world die six years younger than women. Should we not be trying to narrow, rather than widen, this gap?
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Folks across Dodgertown who don't quite understand the waiver wire process were buzzing with concern on Wednesday after learning that the Dodgers were gearing up for a potential fire sale by placing a total of five players on waivers.
In addition to workhorse pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, outfielder Manny Ramirez finally hit waivers as expected, and veterans Scott Podsednik, Casey Blake, and Jay Gibbons were also waived later in the afternoon, according to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times.
For non-playoff contending squads, many players are waived the week before rosters expand on September 1, as teams look to possibly cut salary, gain prospects, and prepare to build their rosters and budgets heading into next season.
However, at the beginning of the day on Thursday, the Dodgers find themselves trailing only 5.5 games in the National League Wild Card race, and with 35 games still remaining to be played, the front office in Los Angeles is left wondering whether a playoff shot is realistic.
Teams around the league have until the end of the week to make potential claims, after which deals would need to be agreed upon by Tuesday afternoon in order to complete any transaction.
If by some chance Los Angeles climbs even further into contention by the beginning of next week, the Dodgers have the right to rescind the waivers, and retain all the players mentioned above, even if they are already claimed by another team.
Los Angeles has been busy talking to the Chicago White Sox about possible trade scenarios, and according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Ramirez has already told friends that he would waive his no-trade clause and approve a deal sending him to Chicago.
Nevertheless, since Manny's return from the disabled list last Saturday, the Dodgers have seen a spark in their offense, which has been almost dormant since the All-Star break.
In the three games that Ramirez has been in the lineup since being recalled, Los Angeles has scored 18 runs, including seven home runs—a resurgence of power that has been lacking since the first month of the season.
Kuroda is in the final season of a three-year deal worth over $35 million, while Blake still has one additional year remaining on his three-year, $17 million contract with a club option for 2012.
Podsednik's contract is valued at $1.75 million this year with an option for 2011, while Gibbons' contract is setup only for the remainder of this season after being bought from Triple-A Albuquerque.
After finishing a series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday afternoon, the Dodgers will travel to Coors Field for a three-game set with the Colorado Rockies beginning Friday, then return to Dodger Stadium for a series with the defending National League champion Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.


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The Beer Nut: Creativity on display at Beer Works
Beer Works in Framingham has found inspiration in its newest home, with beers named Saxonville Light, Cochituate Red and Nobscot IPA.
Located at 345 Cochituate Road, in the old Bugaboo Creek building, Beer Works opened earlier this year and began serving its beers in July.
Head brewer Brian Flach, 40, is now responsible for making sure all 19 of the brewpub’s tap lines are flowing with different beers throughout the week.
Beer Works is one of the most popular chains of brewpubs in the country. They currently have two locations in Boston – one across the street from Fenway Park and another across the street from the Boston Garden, as well as locations in Hingham, Lowell and Salem. They also have a production plant in Lowell where beers are brewed and bottled.
Despite the multiple locations, Flach said his creativity hasn’t been stifled.
"[All the Beer Works locations] brew a pale (ale), an IPA, a brown (ale) and a stout," said Flach, the former head brewer at the now-closed Tullycross Tavern in Connecticut. "The Light is probably the same at all the restaurants. The others are pretty consistent, but there can be differences."
Flach said each brewer has the freedom to brew the beers however they like. So, the Framingham Pale Ale may use different malts and hops than the Fenway American Pale Ale brewed at the Fenway location.
All of the brewers at the various Beer Works share their beers with the other locations if they want it. Currently Flach’s Winter Solstice Ale, a rye IPA, is being brewed in Framingham for the rest of the locations. Sharing the beer also helps each location's brewers take the time to create new and unique recipes.
"It’s fun for all the brewers," said Flach. "The brewers like it because we have some freedom."
Among the standard beers on tap, Beer Works has several Beers of the Month. Along with the Winter Solstice Ale, the other beers include the Ziglbier (an unfiltered German lager) and the White Christmas Ale (a Scottish wee heavy ale).
There is also a series of beers called the Overtime Series with higher-alcohol. Flach has previously brewed the Imperial Red and the Imperial Pumpkin Stout for the Overtime Series. His current creation, the Double Apricot Saison, is available on draft now.
Beer Works recently obtained several wine barrels, and Flach has brewed a Flanders Red, a Belgian-style ale that is typically tart or sour, that is being aged in the barrels for possible future bottling, he said.
"It’s been pretty cool so far," said Flach, a former finalist in the MetroWest Daily News Beer Nut Homebrewing Contest. "Anything I’ve wanted to brew, they said, ‘Go ahead.’ I wanted to brew a cream ale and I asked my boss, and he said go ahead."
Along with the beer, Beer Works has a full menu of what Flach describes as "upscale pub food." The menu includes a kids menu and a full slate of appetizers such as fried pickle spears, mako shark drizzled with blueberry gastrique and wings.
The menu also includes salads, burgers, specialty sandwiches and entrees such as salmon, baby back ribs, shrimp, and macaroni and cheese with ham.
"The food here is so good," said Flach. "I’ve gained 10 pounds since I’ve begun working here. I had to join a gym for the first time."
The Framingham Beer Works is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Must Have Beer of the Week
This week’s Must Have Beer (I introduced this feature two weeks ago and promptly forgot it last week) is Stone Brewing Company’s Smoked Porter with Vanilla Beans.
I’ve been a fan of the Smoked Porter for years, and the vanilla blends well with the beer. It’s not the fake-tasting vanilla you find in a lot of vanilla beers, and it does not overwhelm the smokiness of the porter. Overall, it’s a wonderful beer worth seeking out.
Norman Miller is a MetroWest (Mass.) Daily News staff writer. Email firstname.lastname@example.org or call 508-626-3823. Check out the Beer Nut blog at blogs.wickedlocal.com/beernut. Follow him on Twitter at @realbeernut or on Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/beernutnorman. Also check out The Beer Nut on Facebook.

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