text: The popularity of vaping has soared in recent years, with the number of e-cigarette users growing from 700,000 in 2012 to 3.6 million in 2021. While vapes are 95% less harmful than their tobacco counterparts, there have been some concerns about their effects on the skin, particularly in relation to acne. So, can vaping cause acne? This article will delve into the relationship between vaping and acne and provide insights on how to combat the skin condition. What is Acne? Acne is a common skin condition that affects 34% of UK adults at some point in their lives. It occurs when hair follicles become clogged with oil and dead skin cells, forming pimples, blackheads and whiteheads. Despite its prevalence, acne continues to carry a social stigma. To mitigate this stigma and reduce acne’s physical and psychological impacts, NHS England spent £22.7 million between February 2021 and January 2022 on topical acne treatments. While this investment helped to alleviate acne cases, it did not eradicate the condition altogether. Therefore, acne sufferers have started to investigate potential lifestyle factors that could be contributing to their skin condition. What Causes Acne? Although the exact cause of acne remains unclear, a variety of factors likely contribute to the skin condition, including hormonal changes, genetics, environmental factors and lifestyle choices. Hormonal Changes: Fluctuations in hormone levels, particularly during puberty, can cause excess oil production, which can clog pores, resulting in acne. Genetics: Genetic factors can predispose certain individuals to develop acne due to their DNA makeup. Environmental Factors: Elements such as pollution, stress, and specific medications can potentially influence acne development. Lifestyle Choices: Various lifestyle factors such as diet, sleep patterns and poor hygiene can heighten the risk of acne. For example: consuming a diet rich in processed foods and sugar can increase insulin levels, triggering oil production, which can contribute to acne. In addition, inadequate sleep can raise stress levels and therefore enhance the body’s production of oil. Finally, poor hygiene can lead to the build-up of oil, dead skin cells and bacteria, resulting in clogged pores. Can Vaping Cause Acne? It’s important to note that there is no definite answer to the common question: “can vaping cause acne?”. However, several factors associated with vaping could contribute to the development of acne, particularly dehydration. E-liquids often contain propylene glycol (PG) and vegetable glycerin (VG), both of which can negatively impact the skin. PG is recognised as a drying agent, exacerbating dry skin issues for vapers predisposed to this condition. On the other hand, VG acts as a humectant, drawing moisture from the air to keep the skin hydrated. However, in dry environments, VG may extract moisture from the skin, which can contribute to the development of acne. Vaping nicotine e-cigarettes can also increase the risk of acne. Nicotine constricts blood vessels in the skin, reducing blood flow and oxygen supply to skin cells. Reduced circulation can inhibit collagen production, a crucial component for maintaining healthy and youthful skin. Moreover, nicotine has been known to stimulate sebum production, an oily substance that can clog pores. Preventing Acne So, can vaping cause acne? While there is no direct evidence to suggest that vaping causes acne, the factors mentioned above can contribute to the development of the skin condition. Fortunately, you can incorporate a few simple steps into your daily routine to promote healthy skin while minimising the risk of acne. Skin Care Routine One of the best ways to combat acne is to maintain a good skincare routine. 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Australian shares have risen for the third straight day, boosted by technology stocks and a positive lead from Wall Street.
- The Australian dollar peaked at 73.43 US cents overnight, before it slipped
- Wall Street was driven higher by a rebound in technology stocks
- The WTO says the US failed to explain why its tariffs on Chinese goods were "justified"
The benchmark ASX 200 index closed up 1 per cent to 5,956 points.
The broader All Ordinaries index did slightly better, gaining 1.1 per cent to 6,147.
The Australian dollar rose slightly (+0.2pc) to 73.17 US cents during the day, but was down on its overnight peak of 73.43 US cents.
Investors are hopeful that the Federal Reserve will stick with its 'ultra-easy' monetary policy, to stimulate the United States out of recession, at its two-day meeting this week.
On Wall Street, the tech-heavy Nasdaq outperformed the other two major indices, jumping 1.2 per cent to 11,190 points.
It was boosted by heavyweight tech-related stocks like Facebook (+2.4pc), Amazon (+1.7pc), Google's parent company Alphabet (+1.7pc) and Microsoft (+1.6pc).
The S&P 500 lifted 0.5 per cent to 3,401, while the Dow Jones was flat at 27,996 points.
European markets also closed higher, including Britain's FTSE (+1.3pc) and Germany's DAX (+0.2pc).
Technology leads the gains
Every ASX sector was trading higher, led by technology (+2pc) and industrials (+2.5pc).
The best performing stock on the ASX 200 was online job advertiser Seek, which surged 9.4 per cent to $21.03.
Its shares lifted on reports that Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba was considering an investment worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Seek's online job ads business in China, called Zhaopin.
Kogan.com jumped 6.1 per cent after the company provided a strong trading update to the ASX.
The online retailer said its number of active customers grew by 152,000 last month to around 2.5 million, its largest ever monthly increase.
It also said gross profit in August jumped 165 per cent, compared to the same period last year.
Some of today's other strongest performers were Nearmap (+5.1pc), Breville Group (+4.3pc) and Eagers Automotive (+7.9pc).
On the flip side, Whitehaven Coal (-5.2pc), Ooh!Media (-2.9pc) and New Hope Corporation (-2.7pc) were the weakest performers.
It was a mixed performance across Australia's major banks and miners, with gains for the Commonwealth Bank (+1pc), Westpac (+0.2pc), BHP (+1.4pc) and Rio Tinto (+0.6pc).
But there were losses for Fortescue Metals (-2pc), ANZ (-0.3pc) and NAB (-0.1pc).
US broke trade rules by starting trade war
The United States had breached global trading rules by imposing multi-billion-dollar tariffs in President Donald Trump's trade war with China, according to findings by the World Trade Organization overnight.
Unsurprisingly, its ruling drew anger from Washington.
"This panel report confirms what the Trump administration has been saying for four years: the WTO is completely inadequate to stop China's harmful technology practices," US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement.
The Trump administration had previously said the tariffs it threatened on $US500 billion worth of Chinese goods were justified because China was forcing companies to transfer technology and intellectual property.
But the WTO's three-person panel said the US duties broke trading rules because they applied only to China and were above maximum rates agreed by the United States.
It also found that Washington had not adequately explained why its measures were a justified exception.
The panel recommended the United States bring its measures "into conformity with its obligations", but also encouraged the two sides to work to resolve the overall dispute.
"Time is available for the parties to take stock as proceedings evolve and further consider opportunities for mutually agreed and satisfactory solutions," it said.
China's commerce ministry said Beijing supported the multilateral trading system and respected WTO rules and rulings, and hoped Washington would do the same.
WTO crippled from taking further steps
The United States could appeal against Tuesday's ruling.
However, that would put the case into a legal void, because Washington has already blocked the appointment of judges to the WTO's appellate body, preventing it from convening the minimum number of judges required to hear cases.
The WTO panel was aware it was stepping into hot waters. It noted that it had looked only into the US measures and not China's retaliation, which Washington has not challenged at the WTO.
As he left the White House for a campaign rally, Mr Trump said he would, "have to do something about the WTO because they've let China get away with murder".
Mr Trump said he needed to take a closer look at the ruling.
The decision could help fuel a Trump decision to leave the WTO or underpin US arguments for reforming the 25-year-old trade body.
"It gives the administration ammo to say the WTO is out of date," said Margaret Cekuta, a former USTR official who helped write a crucial report on China's intellectual property abuses that preceded Mr Trump's tariffs.
"If they can't rule on intellectual property rights, then what is their position in the broader economy going forward?"
Mr Trump has previously described the WTO as "horrible" and biased towards China, threatening to quit.
The President, critical of multilateral institutions, has already pulled the United States out of the UN cultural organisation, UNESCO, and plans to leave the World Health Organization (WHO).
The US and China de-escalated their trade war by signing a 'Phase 1' trade deal in January, which rolled back some of the existing tariffs.
Extra tariffs are still in place on some $US370 billion worth of Chinese goods.
US economic recovery slowing down
"While the economy is slowing, the upcoming macro news should be friendly, which should indicate the Fed will have no change in terms of policy," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.
US factory production increased (+1pc) for a fourth straight month in August, despite signs of the recovery slowing down. It jumped 3.9 per cent in the previous month, July.
Also, US import prices increased more than expected (+0.9pc) last month, supporting the view that inflation pressures were building up.
Oil prices rose, supported by hurricane supply disruptions in the United States, but forecasts of a slower-than-expected recovery in global demand from the pandemic weighed.
Brent crude futures rose jumped 2.6 per cent to $US40.63 per barrel.
Gold slipped (-0.1pc) to $US1,953.71 as the US greenback rose, although hopes for a dovish monetary policy stance from the Fed limited the safe-haven metal's losses.


In her memoir "My Unforgettable Memories", Mamata Banerjee mentioned that during a Congress rally at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata in 1992, she sounded the "death knell" of those in power- Left Front government
It is no surprise that President-elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to deport two to three million undocumented immigrants immediately and that he will be building his wall along the US-Mexico border.
In a decision that will come as a relief for people across the country, the government has decided to increase the daily withdrawal limit on ATMs to Rs 2,500 and has removed the Rs 10,000 withdrawal limit from banks.
Cyrus Mistry, the former Chairman of Tata Sons today in a letter said that six out of nine directors of The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) and TATA Chemicals were appointed during Rata Tata's Tenure out of which two serve as tr
In his address to the media Chief Minister (CM) of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal ridiculed the central government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes and the crisis arising thereof. Addressing the press the Del
The soft side of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on full display on Sunday afternoon in Goa as he broke down while speaking about the black money and issue of demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.
Reserve Bank of India has assured the country that there is enough cash in small denominations available at the central bank and other banks even as there was no respite for cash-starved people queuing up outside banks and AT
Just days after Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung ordered a ban on firecrackers from the national capital , except during religious functions, the city police arrested a man for allegedly bursting crackers at his niece’s wedd


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The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 1.010 billion shares valued at N7.992 billion traded in 12,208 deals.The weekly report of transactions released on Friday in Lagos by the Nigerian Exchange showed that the Conglomerates Industry followed with 94.729 million shares worth N207.829 million in 878 deals while the third place was Consumer Goods Industry, with a turnover of 62.779 million shares worth N1.326 billion in 3,814 deals.
It added that a total turnover of 1.428 billion shares worth N12.373 billion in 23,987 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 3.001 billion shares valued at N34.547 billion that exchanged hands last week in 25,932 deals.
According to the report, trading in the top three equities namely FBN Holdings Plc, Sterling Bank Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc accounted for 402.924 million shares worth N3.063 billion in 3,208 deals, contributing 28.22% and 24.76% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
A total of 252,857 units valued at N3.830 million were traded this week in 31 deals compared with a total of 186,360 units valued at N3.251 million transacted last week in 16 deals.
In the Bonds section, a total of 32,626 units valued at N33.332 million were traded this week in 16 deals compared with a total of 47,577 units valued at N50.350 million transacted last week in 32 deals.
The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.06% to close the week at 42,014.50 and N21.926 trillion respectively.
All other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX Insurance, NGX MERI Growth, NGX Lotus II and NGX Industrial Goods indices which appreciated by 0.32%, 0.99%, 0.09%, 0.15% and 0.88% respectively, while the NGX ASeM Index closed flat. ($1=N410)

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Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia. Told entirely from Elena's perspective over a five-year period and cowritten with her mother, award-winning author Clare B. Dunkle, Elena's memoir is a fascinating and intimate look at a deadly disease, and a must read for anyone who knows someone suffering from an eating disorder.
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In racing, there isn't an event, race, or single lap without a story to tell. Here is a collection of our trackside stories.
After 14 cars to look after at Lime Rock ‘s Historic Festival over Labor Day Weekend, The VRS crew and crew chief Tim Ritchie needed a break! SVRA’s Watkins Glen only allowed a days down time between unload and reload but proved just the ticket. Late cancellations, rain and a low track time event schedule made it happen!Read More
Each year, Lime Rock Park hosts one of the most exciting weekends for automotive enthusiasts in the North East: The Lime Rock Historic Festival and Sunday In The Park. The festival fills Labor Day weekend with events and consists of a short vintage race car parade, 3 days of vintage racing…Read More
Vintage Racing Group always provides lots of track time in a well tuned competitive Vintage Racing environment. Their July 27th – 29th event on the New Jersey Motorsports Thunderbolt circuit motivated a hard driving group of VRS racers to sign on….ah if we’d only known how accurate the track moniker would become!!!Read More

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PLC and HMI 'password cracker' delivers malware
A threat actor is targeting industrial engineers and operators with trojanized password-cracking software for programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and human-machine interfaces (HMIs). PLCs are machines that set the rules for industrial machinery such as conveyor belts and can be programmed to follow specific logic rules. On the other hand, HMI includes all consoles that allow people to interact with devices.
According to Dragos research, it seems that the attacker is not interested in disrupting industrial processes, but in making money. The threat actors know that industrial engineers frequently search for password crackers, as PLC and HMI maintenance often results in forgotten passwords. Therefore, it makes sense to include malware into software posing as password cracker.
The password-cracking software contains a dropper that infects a machine with the Sality malware, which detects and breaks firewalls and other security tools, abuses Windows' auto-start function to spread its own copies via USBs, network shares and external drives, and can turn on devices and add into a botnet, meaning they can then be accessed by unauthorized users to help carry out tasks that require a distributed network of computers (such as cryptomining).
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CAPE TOWN - The Presidency is calling on communities to reject individuals and political parties who threaten election violence, saying they are demonstrating a bankruptcy of ideas.
Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said on Friday such formations had no place in a democratic South Africa.
It follows a series of threats made by members of Jacob Zuma’s Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party if it did not get its way at the ballot box.
- MK Party not confirming if rape-accused pastor Zondo is on its candidate list
- How the ANC, DA, MK and the EFF would fare if elections were held now
Magwenya said law enforcement agencies were hard at work to secure the May polls, with the state’s security cluster seized with preparations for the country’s seventh election, and to ensure there is no violence.
"That preparation includes preparing for all possible scenarios that could arise in any part of the country. That includes KZN [KwaZulu-Natal]."
Meanwhile, Magwenya labelled the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) request to the US, Canada, and several European nations to increase their monitoring of these elections a clumsy PR stunt.
“We have a wonderful history of holding free and fair elections, and in some cases better than some of the countries the DA has approached.”
He said President Cyril Ramaphosa viewed last week’s leak of African National Congress (ANC) candidate lists from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) as an isolated incident, with no bearing on the overall integrity of the electoral system.

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The opioid epidemic has taken the nation by storm the past several years, as mortality rates due to overdose continue to skyrocket. On August 10th, President Donald Trump officially declared the opioid crisis a national emergency, hopefully signaling his commitment to combating the growing problem.
“The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I am saying, officially, right now, it is an emergency. It’s a national emergency.” Trump announced Thursday in New Jersey. “We’re going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis. It is a serious problem the likes of which we have never had.”
This surprise announcement by Trump, the first national emergency declaration of his presidency, was prompted by the alarming increase in drug-related deaths in the United States. Opioid-related deaths have quadrupled since 1999, claiming the lives of 35,000 Americans in 2015 alone. Each day, addiction to heroin and prescription opioids claims the lives of more and more Americans, with seemingly no end in sight.
Declaring the opioid epidemic a national emergency is a promising step in the right direction, as the declaration should allow for a significant allotment of federal dollars to go towards combating the crisis. More funds can be directed towards the expansion of treatment facilities, increasing capacity for the many people who seek treatment for substance abuse. Better funding and access to these treatment programs, as well as waiving federal rules that puts restrictions on certain health care providers, can also be addressed by the administration.
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The Crimson Spoon
From Chef Jamie Callison's persepctive, the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest is a chef's playground. The Crimson Spoon features more than 100 of Chef Callison's recipes-from company-worthy Pear and Mascarpone Ravioli and Rainer Cherry Clafoutis. Many celebrate local ingredients like WSU Wagyu beef, garbanzo beans and lentils, soft durum wheat flour, world-famous Cougar Gold Cheese, organic vegetables, and heirloom fruit. Others highlight coastal treasures such as salmon and scallops. Lush color photographs showcase his dishes, and articles tucked throughout the pages highlight the region's resources and Chef Callison's life story and cooking philosophy.

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Xeris Pharmaceuticals Presents New Clinical and Economic Impact Data on Its Developmental Ready-to-Use Glucagon
Data from a Phase 2 study in congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) shared
“Our R&D efforts continue to provide support for the value of our novel
formulation technology platform for not only patients and providers, but
for payers and healthcare systems as well,” said
Xeris will present the first data from its Phase 2 study of RTU,
room-temperature stable liquid glucagon for congenital hyperinsulinemia
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AMCP: “A Ready-To-Use Liquid Glucagon Rescue Pen for Severe Hypoglycemia Demonstrates Reduced Healthcare Payer Costs in a Budget Impact Model.” (Abstract E11, Published in JMCP Supplement)
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stable liquid glucagon will be presented in a poster during the Academy
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A New Drug Application (NDA) for Xeris’ lead product candidate, Gvoke
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About Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI)
CHI is a very rare genetic disorder that affects 1 in 25,000 to 50,000 babies. It causes insulin cells of the pancreas, called beta cells, to secrete too much insulin. Excess insulin causes low plasma sugar (hypoglycemia). Common symptoms include irritability, sleepiness, lethargy, excessive hunger, and rapid heart rate. CHI can cause persistent hypoglycemia in newborn babies and children. Hypoglycemia can be very dangerous because the brain needs a constant source of sugar. If the brain doesn't get the sugar it needs, prolonged and extremely low blood sugar (severe hypoglycemia) can lead to seizures, coma, brain damage, and possibly death.
Glucagon is a metabolic hormone secreted by the pancreas that raises blood glucose levels by causing the liver to rapidly convert glycogen (the stored form of glucose) into glucose, which is then released into the bloodstream. Glucagon and insulin are two critical hormones in a glycemic control system that keep blood glucose at the right level in healthy individuals. In people with diabetes who are dependent on insulin, this control system is disrupted, and insulin must be injected to avoid high levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia). The opposite effect, or low blood glucose (hypoglycemia), is also prevalent in this population due to dysregulated glucagon secretion. Severe hypoglycemia is a serious condition and can lead to seizures, coma, potential brain injury and, if untreated, death.
Glucagon is the standard of care for treating severe hypoglycemia.
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Americans Willing to Use Nuclear Weapons
Dropping the bomb isn’t so bad after all, in the minds of many Americans.
A group of academics from Dartmouth and Stanford conducted a study (pdf) to see how serious a geopolitical situation would have to be in order for Americans to get behind a first strike involving nuclear weapons. The researchers went in thinking there would be a strong aversion to using nuclear weapons.
They were wrong.
“We found you barely have to put a finger on the scale,” Daryl Press, an associate professor at the Dartmouth College Department of Government, told Salon.
Participants in the study were presented with three different scenarios for addressing the problem of terrorists possessing nuclear weapons. Each scenario offered a solution involving conventional arms or nuclear weapons, with varying degrees of success for each choice.
“What we found is that, if we told the respondents that a conventional and a nuclear strike would be equally effective—you’d have the same chance of destroying the target—people preferred the conventional option by roughly 4 to 1,” Press said.
“But if we provided even a slight advantage to the nuclear option, the numbers flipped. At least half of the American public would support the use of nuclear weapons.”
When nukes provided a relatively slight advantage, 51.4% said they favored using them. When nukes provided a big advantage, the level of support jumped to 68.6%.
In one hypothetical scenario, the U.S. mission is to destroy a terrorist laboratory in the Middle East. Respondents were told that a nuclear attack on the lab would be twice as likely to succeed as a conventional attack. However, while 100 innocent bystanders would be killed in the non-nuclear assault, 25,000 people would die in the nuclear strike. In spite of the huge loss of life, 39% of the respondents chose the nuclear option. And 52% said they would approve of it as well if they learned about it after the fact.
To Learn More:
America Has Stopped Worrying, Loves the Bomb (by Tom Jacobs, Salon)
Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Taboos, Traditions, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons (by Daryl G. Press, Scott D. Sagan, and Benjamin A. Valentino; American Political Science Review ) (pdf)
Rethinking the Unthinkable (by Bill Keller, New York Times)
Is Money Wasted on Nuclear Weapons being Driven by Lobbyists? (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
Solution to Global Warming…A Small Nuclear War (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama Increases Spending for Nuclear Weapons (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
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A preliminary DTI study showing no brain structural change associated with adolescent cannabis use
Delisi LE., Bertisch HC., Szulc KU., Majcher M., Brown K., Bappal A., Ardekani BA.
Analyses were performed on brain MRI scans from individuals who were frequent cannabis users (N = 10; 9 males, 1 female, mean age 21.1 ± 2.9, range: 18-27) in adolescence and similar age and sex matched young adults who never used cannabis (N = 10; 9 males, 1 female, mean age of 23.0 ± 4.4, range: 17-30). Cerebral atrophy and white matter integrity were determined using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to quantify the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and the fractional anisotropy (FA). Whole brain volumes, lateral ventricular volumes, and gray matter volumes of the amygdala-hippocampal complex, superior temporal gyrus, and entire temporal lobes (excluding the amygdala-hippocampal complex) were also measured. While differences existed between groups, no pattern consistent with evidence of cerebral atrophy or loss of white matter integrity was detected. It is concluded that frequent cannabis use is unlikely to be neurotoxic to the normal developing adolescent brain. © 2006 DeLisi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.


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Greek bonds declined, pushing 10-year yields to the highest in seven weeks, as opinion polls before next weekend’s European Parliament elections suggest Greece’s governing coalition is losing support.
Italian bonds fell, with yields rising the most in two months having earlier dropped to a record. Irish and Spanish securities also reversed gains that had pushed yields to the least since Bloomberg began collecting the data.
“Risks in Greece are still largely underestimated” so the selloff in bonds could continue, said Gianluca Ziglio, executive director of fixed-income research at Sunrise Brokers LLP in London. If the outcome of the European Parliament elections “has an impact on the next steps for debt sustainability then it could also spill over to other markets in the periphery.”
Greek 10-year yields rose 47 basis points, or 0.47 percentage point, to 6.77 percent at 1:55 p.m. London time after climbing to 6.85 percent, the highest level since March 28. The 2 percent bond maturing in February 2024 dropped 2.835, or 28.35 euros per 1,000-euro ($1,367) face amount, to 75.56. [Bloomberg]


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Two cars collided in Pan-Island Expressway before the Stevens Road exit on Thursday morning, June 28. The accident caused damages on both involved cars.
A video of the accident that took place at around 9 am on Thursday was circulated on social media platform, Facebook. Two Singapore residents, Lim Tian Fu and âKelvin Wuâ shared those videos with two different Facebook pages called, Beh Chia Lor - Singapore Road and ROADS.sg.
A silver Toyota car, with a Singapore registration number SJL8769G, could be seen in the video that was coming from behind and collided with a black Honda, which has a registration plate that showed SLK1267R. In the footage, it was almost clear that the sudden change of direction by the driver of the black vehicle caused the accident.
The video also included that after the contact, a part of the rear section of the black car fell on the ground. Due to the impact the silver car sked through a little before stopping on the middle of the road. Another car driver also pressed the break to stop on the road.
Other vehicles could be seen while making their way very carefully after the accident. IBTimes Singapore believes that the collision cause huge damages on both the cars, as debris can be seen while falling on the road after the accident.
The video posted in Beh Chia Lor - Singapore Road with a note that stated "Video posted to assist in insurance claims. Was BMW wrong to not giving way?" As of now, the footage has received 22000 views. But, the same video with a different angle that was posted on ROADS.sg page, has attracted 54000 views.
In addition, ROADS.sg has put some advice for the residents to avoid such situation and these are, "While changing lanes, follow these steps: 1) Turn on your signal, show intention. 2) Check your mirrors, side and rear view. 3) Check your blind spot by looking over your shoulder. 4) If it is safe, with big enough gap then change lanes. 5) Turn off your signal after completing the lane change.


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The development of neural circuits in youth, at a particularly important time in their lives, can be heavily influenced by external factors -- specifically the frequent and regular use of cannabis. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that alterations in cognitive control--an ensemble of processes by which the mind governs, regulates and guides behaviors, impulses, and decision-making based on goals are directly affected.
New study found that individuals who were inattentive at age 6 had lower earnings in their 30s after taking into consideration their IQ and family adversity. For males only, individuals who were physically aggressive or oppositional (e.g., who refused to share materials or blamed others) had lower annual earnings in their 30s. And males who were prosocial (e.g., who shared or helped) had higher later earnings.
Prejudice among white people can lessen over time, according to new research from Rice University.
There are two competing ideas of how platinum deposits formed: the first involves gravity-induced settling of crystals on the chamber floor, while the second idea implies that the crystals grow in situ, directly on the floor of the magmatic chamber. Researchers have established that the crystals grow in situ, with its high platinum status being attained while all its minerals were crystallising along the cooling margins of the magma chamber.
Government policy and infrastructure have a substantial impact on hospitalization of older adults, according to a University of Waterloo study. The study examined the experiences of 254,664 patients in home-care programs and 162,045 residents in long-term care in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.
College affirmative action bans may adversely affect the health of underrepresented minority high school students, according to the results of a new study from researchers at Penn Medicine. Between 1996 and 2013, nine US states banned consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions. A new study in PLOS Medicine shows that the action bans had unanticipated effects, specifically resulting in increased rates of smoking among minority high school students.
While serious economic and societal issues continue to swirl around the gender pay gap, new research published in the INFORMS journal Organization Science shows one area where this inequality is starting to disappear -- higher education. Researchers have found that the gender pay gap disappears at more prestigious universities.
Discipline and how it is administered in schools across the US continues to be a hotly debated topic. Now a University of Kentucky doctoral graduate's expansive research on the subject has been published in the Journal of School Psychology and is gaining widespread attention from teachers, administrators, and researchers.
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Seven bands at Fortify Music Fest at Fort DuPont August 10
If you like the music of Little Feat, Steely Dan and sounds of Southern Rock, then you are going to love the 2019 Fortify Music Fest.
Little Feat, on their national tour celebrating their 50th anniversary sometimes break to play at smaller venues, have fun and jam. They will be coming to Fort DuPont in Delaware City. The last time Little Feat played in Delaware was 1990. Four of the original members of the legendary band Little Feat, will be preforming as Funky Feat.
The music starts at 1 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m.
The 2019 Fortify Music Fest features two of the best up and coming local artists, The Susquehanna Floods and Lovebettie.
There will be some great southern rock classics by High Noon and in the late afternoon you can enjoy the extraordinary and iconic sounds of Steely Dan, played by Countdown to Ecstasy.
Tickets $35, children under the age of 12 are free. Tickets are available at www.fortifyfest.com. Gates open at noon.
The Susquehanna Floods 1 to 2 p.m.
LoveBettie 2:30 to 3:30
High Noon 4 to 5:30
Count Down to Ecstasy 6 to 7
Funky Feat 7:30 to 9
Community stage featuring The Quixote Project (2 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.) and Lights of the North (3 p.m.) and special 5 p.m. performance by Willow Hill.
Regional food trucks including Mojo Loco, Deerhead Hotdogs, Swamptown, Waffle Mamas and more. The Fortify Beer Garden will be back featuring some great local craft beers from Big Oyster and Blue Earl.
The Beer Garden will provide the opportunity to sample some great summer beverages with representative from the Guinness Open Gate Brewery from Baltimore on hand to provide samples of Guinness Blonde. Fortify fans can also “Live Like the Captain” and sample Captain Morgan Rum and other great spirits, including Bulleit bourbon, and Ketel One vodka, provided by British-based Diageo PLC.
Fort DuPont provides a wonderful waterfront venue right on the Delaware River. With over 18 acres of free parking it is a short tree-lined walk to the Fortify concert site, next to walking/hiking trails, a boat ramp and the entrance to the Mike Castle Trail, that runs along the C&D Canal.
The Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation is creating a mixed use community on the 400 acre former Army base, that was also used by the State as the Governor Bacon Health Center for many years. The Fortify Music Fest is an innovative way to showcase all the new projects and amazing recreational opportunities.
Follow us on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/FortifyFest Twitter: www.twitter.com/FortifyFest
ABOUT THE BANDS
Countdown to Ecstasy
For Countdown to Ecstasy it’s all about respect. Respect for Steely Dan. Fagen, Becker and their world-class studio and touring musicians over the decades. Their jazz-infused meticulously-crafted, studio-perfected and tour-tested hits and deep cut gems. Everything you expect from rock ‘n roll and a whole lot more.
This group of talented and eclectic musicians came together to bring their respect for this music and their love of performing to the stage. A highly sought after band throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, Countdown to Ecstasy brings spirit and musical integrity beyond the expectations for a typical tribute band. Named for Steely Dan’s 1973 sophomore album, Countdown to Ecstasy has dedicated themselves to this music and to their audience of hipsters, old-heads and youthful seekers of truth. For more go to: countdowntoecstasy.com
The East Coast’s premier southern rock band, High Noon, pays tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd and other classic Southern Rock, performing exclusively the 70’s classic hits of Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, Molly Hatchet, The Outlaws, 38 Special and The Marshall Tucker Band. With a deep dedication to the legacy of this timeless music, High Noon brings an authenticity like no other.
Join us on a journey back to a golden age of live music, and experience once again the raw power of all of your favorite anthems from the founding fathers of Southern rock right here at Fort DuPont. For more go to: highnoonrocks.com
A long time Delaware favorite playing at the beach and in the Wilmington area, LoveBettie, has been named as a “Band to Watch” by Rolling Stone. Over the last few years, they have toured both internationally and nationally up to 200 dates per year and have been a regular name at major festivals like Sturgis, Rocklahoma, Warped Tour, and Summerfest – where they supported the legendary Pat Benatar and won the Emerging Artist Series.
They relocated to Nashville and to pursue opportunities with more of a country music flair and renamed themselves Willow Hill. They have quickly become one of the hottest groups on the rise. They will be making a special last appearance as LoveBettie at the Fortify Music Fest before hitting the road for a national tour as Willow Hill.
In the first year as Willow Hill, the group toured the United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, and the United States, sharing bills with national acts including Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown, Aaron Lewis, and many more in support of their debut album, Highway One. Recorded at Nashville’s historic Benchmark Studios, Highway One was produced by Zach Abend and Jeff Cohen, whose credits include Sugarland, Big & Rich, and The Band Perry. For more go to: willowhillmusic.com
Susquehanna Floods are a popular 6 piece band playing the songs you know and love from classic rock and southern rock bands. They feature guitar driven music with lots of harmony and catchy melodies for some of their original tunes. They know how to hit all the right notes to get the early Fortify fans rocking.
For more, go to their Facebook page: thesusquehannafloods

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"A Starting Point for Health Care Cost Increases" by Nonnie Burns
One of the major issues that all of the players in the roll out of the Massachusetts health care reform need to address is the rising cost of health care. I thought that the Division of Insurance could further this conversation by providing a base line of what the cost increases had been before reform. To assist in that discussion, the Division engaged a consulting actuarial firm to perform two studies, one to look at the trends in health claims and the other to look at the other to look at how much our HMOs spent on administration per premium dollar when compared to HMOs in other states..
The Division has just issued those two studies (“Trends in Health Claims for Fully-Insured, Health Maintenance Organization in Massachusetts, 2002-2006” and “Analysis of Administrative Expenses for Health Insurance Companies in Massachusetts”). I urge everyone interested in these topics to review the entire reports. On the assumption that not everyone will have time to do that review, I have summarized below the major findings of the claims report.
· Between 2002 and 2006, the total cost for medical services per insured member per month increased by 55%, from $154 to $239.
· Over the study period, total medical claim costs per insured HMO member increased at an average annual rate of 11.6%.
· The cost of inpatient hospital services per member increased by an average annual rate of 9.2% (which is below the trend in overall medical service costs in this study) between 2002 and 2006. The utilization of inpatient hospital services remained essentially flat over the study period, and hospital inpatient cost increases accounted for the majority of the overall change in cost per member.
· The average cost of outpatient hospital services increased by 15.9% per year during the study period. The average annual trends for radiology and laboratory services provided in an outpatient hospital setting, and the cost per member increased at average annual rates of 18.4% and 19.6%, respectively.
· The cost of physician services increased by an average rate of approximately 10% per year. Part of this increase is due to a movement to higher level, more complex office visits being provided to the covered population.
· During the study period, the cost of pharmacy services and supplies per insured HMO member increased at an average annual rate of 10.4%.
We at the Division of Insurance have not studied why these costs are increasing where they are. We do believe, however, that this information, along with information being gathered through the Health Care Quality and Cost Council and the HealthyMass Compact will further discussions on Massachusetts health care costs. We look forward to participating in those discussions.
Nonnie Burnes, Commissioner
Massachusetts Division of Insurance
This program aired on September 27, 2008. The audio for this program is not available.

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- Methodologies, models, and materials for predictable
removal of pathogens from stormwater during distributed
This project aims to design a bioinfiltration system for removal of
pathogens from stormwater.
To achieve this objective, experiments are conducted in laboratory and
field (1) to identify the key processes that remove or remobilize
bioinfiltration system during stormwater infiltration, (2) to test the
pathogen removal capacity of geomedia such as biochar and iron filings
environmentally relevant conditions,
and (3) to develop model that predict the removal pathogens under intermittent infiltration of stormwater.
- Factors affecting bacterial persistence in water exposed
The project aims to determine the effects of water and bacterial
characteristics on the persistence of bacteria in sunlit ocean waters.
This knowledge is being used to create models of bacterial
Current work uses Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis as
Past work has focused on all types of enteric bacteria. We are using
transcriptomics to better
understand bacterial stress response to photo-stress.
- Through-beach transport of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB). This project focuses on understanding a process by which FIB attached to beach sands can be washed from the sands and potentially enter the coastal ocean via through-beach transport. The project employs a combination of field studies at a beach in Monterey, CA and laboratory based column experiments coupled with computer modeling to understand the detachment and transport kinetics of FIB during this process. This project exclusively used beach sands naturally contaminated with FIB and focused on the mobilization and transport of those FIB under transient saturated-unsaturated conditions typically observed in sands at the land-sea interface.
- Predictive models of beach water quality for the California coast.
This project uses statistical and data-driven models to predict beach
water quality along the California coastline. The study aims at
developing an early warning system of beach pollution to assist
beach management and protect public health. The work is in
Heal the Bay and produces daily Nowcasts for 5
beaches in southern California. The Nowcast system is being
expanded to 20 beaches over the next 3 years.
- Using next-generation sequencing to investigate factors
influencing changes in microbial communities along the
We are working with colleagues to explore how sea spray interacts with
sand to transport microorganisms between the sand and the sea.
- Monitoring the marine environment with environmental DNA
(eDNA) - Obtaining a census of marine life is important to
understand changes in marine ecosystems that result from stressors
such as overfishing, ocean acidification, hypoxia, pollution, and
biological invasions. Traditional monitoring of marine fish and
invertebrate biodiversity and resources is largely dependent on
capture or observational methods, which are often destructive,
invasive, expensive and time-consuming. Marine organisms are
constantly shedding tissue cells and waste into water; these contain
the organisms’ unique DNA signatures. By sequencing environmental
DNA (eDNA) or by detecting species-specific eDNA sequences through
quantitative PCR in marine waters, we believe that we can obtain a
census of marine life present in the water mass. The goal of the
proposed work is to explore the feasibility of using the sequences
of eDNA in marine waters to characterize the distribution,
diversity, and abundance of the organisms present.
- Environmental detection and health risks of enteric pathogens in low-income communities
We are continually undertaking work to investigate the occurrence of
pathogens in water, in the environment, and on hands of individuals in
developing countries. We are interested in their sources, fate, and
transport, and the implications of their presence on health
risk. Current projects are focused on Bangladesh. Previous work was
carried out in Kenya and in Tanzania, as well as Papua New Guinea.
- Quantitative microbial risk assessment
We use QMRA to investigate various microbial pollution scenarios to
better understand how hazards might give rise to illness. We are
particularly interested in using QMRA to set health-based risk thresholds
for microbial source tracking molecular markers.
- Citizen science and coastal water quality
We are collaborating with a social scientist to better understand the attributes of good citizen scientists. This project involves human subjects and field work along the California coast.
- Environmental detection of soil-transmitted helminths in rural Kenya
We have developed a new method to detect soil-transmitted helminth eggs in soil. We are currently using this method to assess the impact of a sanitation intervention on contamination of household soil with soil-transmitted helminth eggs. We are also interested in exploring soil consumption (or geophagy) as a transmission pathway for soil-transmitted helminth infection in young children.


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In this article, you will get all information regarding Senior officials insist cannabis won’t be recriminalized | Coconuts
The Thai government has no plans to re-criminalize cannabis, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday.
Wissanu said the Narcotics Control Board has no authority to reverse the ministerial order that removed cannabis from the Category 5 narcotics list.
His statements came in response to a meeting held yesterday by the board to discuss the current legal framework around cannabis, as some reports had suggested the board might decide to overrule the Ministry of Health’s decree.
Concurring with Wissanu, Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insisted that cannabis will “never go back” to being an illicit drug again.
Anutin, who was the primary proponent of decriminalizing cannabis, noted that there are both supporters and opponents of the issue but said the latter group’s arguments do not deter his stance.
“I listen to both sides and consider what’s best for the society,” Anutin said, citing the benefits that cannabis would bring to the country, from people’s health to the nation’s economy.
There is an urgent need for a legal mechanism to regulate cannabis as soon as possible, Anutin said.
A proposed Cannabis Act is anticipated to enter the parliament tomorrow. A deliberation by votes, however, may take several weeks.
Earlier this week, the Administrative Court accepted a lawsuit by the Medical Council and MPs from opposition political parties who want to revoke an order by the Public Health Ministry that effectively removed cannabis from Thailand’s Category 5 narcotics list on June 9.
Thai court accepts lawsuit aiming to revoke cannabis decriminalization
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As we celebrate Freedom Day this month, we are reminded that the fight to end Apartheid was all about creating equal rights for every citizen of this country. My thoughts turned to rights and how subtly we can be deprived of them and when coming across another excellent Skift insight into how European politicians are debating the negative side of remote work, I realised that the right to simply switch off and take one’s proper rest is commonly abused.
This has been greatly exacerbated of course, in the past 2 years, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lock-downs that have forced so many of us to begin work remotely. Bosses began, in many cases, to at least take advantage of their staff being available for communication and at worst to expect them to put in some extended hours. Some felt that if staff were taking less time to get to work that this time could be filled with additional remote work and although that is a reasonable request, many expectations have been far beyond the norm of being reasonable.
Client expectations have grown too
Of course, this is an issue that extends beyond the inside workings of businesses to clients that now also expect service providers to be almost permanently available to help them even if they are doing so way out of what are considered to be “normal working hours”. In the travel industry, this is nothing new. We have always had to provide overtime staff to deal with after-hour services because of differing time zones and unexpected mishaps but we have always considered these requests to be “emergency services”. It’s clear though that this is now often abused due to extended remote work expectations.
Europe makes a stand
What is encouraging to see is that the European parliament are taking a definite stand against unnecessary remote work according to the Skift article as they see it as having a very negative side with “psychological and social risks, gender inequality, and falling salaries. The hunt for the middle ground has begun”. One prominent European politician added that “muscle strain, as well as cognitive and emotional overload, are also part of excess remote work. It has a negative impact on fundamental rights and working conditions, including remuneration and safety at work.”
The feeling amongst the European parliament, particularly Portugal which has already adopted the “right to switch off” policy, is that it is up to employers not to contact employees after hours unless in the case of an extreme emergency, but laws that set this in stone are still being debated and yet to be executed. The feeling is that those working remotely need to be afforded a “work/life balance”. Even Zoom, a platform that has gained massively from the huge shift to remote work are not ignoring this and a Zoom spokesman says it has created tools to ensure that parameters and notifications are automatically shut off, taking a positive step towards empowering employees to be in control of their accessibility.
Are common workspaces the answer?
Apparently, 63% of the top 100 Fortune companies are now working towards a hybrid working scenario combining virtual and office work – and a significant trend towards communal workspaces, where common areas in buildings are occupied by individuals all over the globe, is developing. I too believe that both in-person and online workplaces, services and meetings will go a long way to combining the advantages of the technology that we enjoy and the need to work and meet with people face to face.
We are indeed fortunate that we have our freedom now to enjoy equal rights in every sphere of our lives and we should diligently protect these rights We are also fortunate to have access to the technology that enabled most of us to continue to work through the pandemic and in the travel industry, in particular, the technology that keeps us connected with the rest of the world and able to operate so efficiently. Let’s just ensure that we all respect the parameters of the benefits of this technology and never use it to rob us of one of our most basic human rights – the right to switch off and relax!LIDIA FOLLI
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On our way home from a shopping trip to Bellingham, we stopped along Chuckanut Drive to enjoy the evening sun. A boulder at the edge of the cliff was adorned with flowers. Oh, no! What happened here? Did someone fall over? You see something unordinary like this and your mind spins a mile a minute trying to make sense of it. It just takes seconds to picture a heart broken young man plunging to his death … no, a couple on their honeymoon stop to take a selfie, slip, and tragically plunge to their doom … no, a young girl can’t stop texting to her boyfriend while her parents take pictures of the view and she stumbles over the boulder … no, and your mind goes on and on. In a few minutes you’ve written an entire novel in your mind.
Just as I calmed my mind and walked back to the pickup to leave, there it was … a single shoe next to the curb. Not an old shoe someone would have thrown away, but a perfectly good shoe. No doubt it was the shoe of the heartbroken young man who leapt to his death. Why else would someone leave a perfectly good shoe twenty feet from the boulder on the edge of the cliff? Or is that a woman’s shoe? No, the shoe of a … you tell me. Your explanation is as good as mine.


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Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano. Don’t miss this moving, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime) about an android running a coffee shop in a slowly dying Japan–published in English for the first time in oversized omnibus editions!
Set in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches.
Winner of the Seiun science fiction award for Best Manga, this beloved series launched in the mid 1990s and ran for 14 volumes, inspiring anime and garnering critical acclaim. Seven Seas is proud to present this series in English for the first time, with the entire story combined into an oversized five-volume set.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Omnibus Collection 1 will be released for the first time in North America in August 2022 for $24.99 USA / $32.99 CAN, available in print and on digital platforms in five large-trim omnibus editions.


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The Bandar Utama MRT station is an elevated MRT station serving the suburb of Bandar Utama in Petaling Jaya, Selangor as well as parts of Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur which lie across the Damansara Puchong Expressway (LDP) from the station.
This MRT station is one of the stations of the MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line.
It was opened on 16 December 2016 as part of phase one operations of the line.
This station is located next to the 1 Utama Shopping Centre, one of the biggest shopping malls in the Klang Valley.
|L2: Platform Level||Platform 1: Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line towards Kajang|
|Platform 2: Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line towards Sungai Buloh|
|L1: Concourse||Faregates to paid area, escalators to platforms, ticketing machines, customer service office, station control, shops, Entrance A to pedestrian link bridge to 1 Powerhouse building, Entrance B to link bridge to One World Hotel/1 Utama Shopping Centre, emergency staircase to ground level from back-of-house|
|G: Ground Level||Emergency services parking bays|
Unlike the other elevated stations, there are no escalators, lifts or staircases linking the station directly with the ground level. Neither are there any lay-bys for buses, taxis and cars at the ground level directly below the station.
Access to the station is via link bridges from the 1Powerhouse Building, where the feeder bus stop and park and ride facilities are located, and from One World Hotel and 1 Utama Shopping Centre.
Location of station
The station is located beside the Damansara-Puchong Expressway directly behind the Sri Pentas Building in Bandar Utama.
This station is located next to the 1 Utama Shopping Centre, one of the biggest shopping malls in the Klang Valley. Other well-known landmarks near the station are Sri Pentas (TV3 headquarters), One World Hotel, Plaza IBM and KPMG Tower.
Facilities & services
The following facilities and services are available for your convenience.
- Ramp access
- Tactile tiles
- Disabled-friendly toilets
- Low lift buttons for wheel chair users
- Braille for the lift buttons
- Staff at stations to provide assistance
- Low counters for wheel chair users
Feeder bus services
With the opening of the MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line, feeder buses also began operating linking the residential areas in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Bandar Utama and Kampung Sungai Penchala.
The feeder buses operate from the station’s feeder bus stop at the adjacent 1 Powerhouse building accessed via Entrance A of the station. These buses do not stop at the Bandar Utama bus hub.
|T811||Bandar Utama station to/from Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara Bandar Utama BU12||Persiaran Bandar Utama, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Persiaran Tropicana, Jalan Tropicana Selatan, Jalan Masjid, Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara|
|T812||Bandar Utama station to/from Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kampung Sungai Penchala||Persiaran Bandar Utama, Dataran Bandar Utama, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, Jalan Datuk Sulaiman, Jalan Sungai Penchala, Damansara-Puchong Expressway|
Park and ride facility
The 1Powerhouse Building houses the feeder bus stop at the ground level, and the park and ride facility for the station which takes up two basement levels. Parking is available with payment. There are 500 total parking bays and 245 motorcycle bays.
Taxi and private vehicle drop-off areas are also located at the ground floor of the building.
Connection to 1Powerhouse
A pedestrian link bridge is built to connect the Bandar Utama station’s Entrance A to the neighbouring 1Powerhouse building.
Connection to 1 Utama shopping mall
A pedestrian link bridge is built to connect the Bandar Utama station’s Entrance B to the neighbouring One World Hotel and the 1 Utama Shopping Centre.
Check LRT, MRT & Monorail Fare
The following is a simple fare calculator that helps you to check the train ticket fare if you are using the Kelana Jaya Line LRT (KJL-LRT), the Ampang Line LRT (AGL-LRT), the Sri Petaling Line LRT (SPL-LRT), the KL Monorail (MRL), and the MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line (MRT-SBK).
|Bandar Utama (SBK09) MRT station statistics|
|Location||Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia|
|Lines||MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line|
|Platforms||2 side platforms|
|Parking||Available with payment. 500 total parking bays, 245 motorcycle bays|
|Opened||16 December 2016|
|Owned by||Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd|
|Reference||Bandar Utama station on wikipedia|
The following is a simplified table showing the integrations and connections of MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang line with other rail systems to complete the Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Valley Integrated Transit System.
|MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line|
The MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang line comprises 31 stations, with 7 stations located along a 9.5 kilometre underground railway system.
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At least one Carolina Panthers coordinator will be interviewing for other job opportunities, even if it may not be the one Panthers fans hope would be on the move.
Defensive coordinator Steve Wilks has three head coaching interviews scheduled for this week, according to a source close to the situation. Wilks will travel to New Jersey to interview for the New York Giants opening on Tuesday, then to Arizona on Wednesday for the Cardinals, and finish off Thursday in Indianapolis with the Colts. Meanwhile offensive coordinator Mike Shula, who at times has been criticized for his play-calling, has no interviews scheduled.
Panthers coach Ron Rivera said he does not anticipate any coaching changes unless someone leaves to take a new job elsewhere, which would seem to indicate Shula will return.
This was Wilks’ first season as the Panthers’ defensive coordinator, where he took over for first-year Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott.
Now Rivera may be looking at a third defensive coordinator in as many seasons.
“We’ve got a couple of great candidates as far as that’s concerned,” Rivera said Monday. “And if it does come to fruition, I’ll have to go through that process again. And if I lose guys to Steve going on, then I’ll have to look at those guys as well.
“But I feel really good about the guys that we have in place in terms of being able to replace Steve.”
If Wilks does leave, then some potential internal candidates to replace him are defensive line coach Eric Washington and linebackers coach Al Holcomb.
As far as Panthers players are concerned, there was a feeling of resignation in the locker room Monday that Wilks will leave to become a head coach somewhere.
“Coach Wilks has earned that right,” linebacker Thomas Davis said Monday. “He’s done a tremendous job with coming in and taking over this defense, and really giving us a chance to be successful.
“It was tough for us to replace McDermott, but Coach Wilks came in and he did a great job. I’m sure that next guy – if coach Wilks is given that opportunity – will do the same.”

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Prior to joining the foundation, Marina was the program director at the Rainforest Foundation US. There, she worked in partnership with indigenous groups in Central and South America to secure rights to their lands and influence policies to protect their resources. Marina also served as coordinator on climate change for the state of Amazonas in Brazil, where she oversaw the design and implementation of state climate change legislation including the first Brazilian payment-for-environmental-services program.
As a lecturer at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Marina coordinated the Strategies for Tropical Conservation seminar. Born and raised in Brazil, she received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in biology from University of São Paulo and a Ph.D. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
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Indiana Lawyer Podcast — April 20, 2022
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Some sad news for idol anime fans out there, as the official website for the Wake Up, Girls! anime has announced that its seiyuu group, the Wake Up, Girls!, will be disbanding. However, they will be officially disbanding in March 2019, after a final tour.
The website also announced that fans need not worry, as all seven member seiyuu will be continuing their voice acting activities. It revealed that they’re disbanding to pursue their individual careers.
The seven seiyuu, Airi Eino, Kaya Okuno, Mayu Yoshioka, Minami Tanaka, Miyu Takagi, Nanami Yamashita, and Yoshino Aoyama, all voiced characters with the same first name in the anime. They’ve been together since 2013, through many concerts, the TV anime, the anime movies, and even their own variety show. They even starred together for that Wake Up, Girls! Zoo chibi spin-off anime.
Alas, it looks like their run is about to end. However, it was a fun five years, as fans even considered it as one of the “Big 3” in idol anime. Of course, that “Big 3” also includes Love Live and The [email protected]
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs suggests to fix all contacts of militiamen to citizensthe Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation considers possibility of video fixing of all contacts of militiamen with citizens, Sergey Bulavin has declared the deputy minister of internal affairs.
as he said, additional financing which now does not provide expenses on installation of additional chambers of video observation in streets of cities for this purpose is necessary. S.Bulavin has noticed that the given norm can contain in the preparing bill on militia, which till December, 1st 2010ã. Should be brought in the State Duma.
the general has added that in the document also is planned to expand essentially chapter regulating control and supervision of activity of militia. So, along with existing forms of control it is planned to fix additional possibilities of public control. In particular, it is planned to give to public opinion a role of one of the basic criteria in system of estimations of overall performance of militia.
the Important factor, considers S.Bulavin, there should be a corruption counteraction, in struggle with which high degree of legal security and stability of legal status of the militiaman that will allow to provide confidence of the militiaman at execution of the duties by it can render the help.


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Celebrity Twitter Chatter: JWoww, Adele, Harry Styles and More
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Coco Gets Devilish in Teeny Tiny Halloween Costume
Coco Austin is letting her inner demon loose, and damn it looks good on her! The 35-year-old model is getting in the spooky spirit of Halloween and trying on some costumes for the upcoming holiday, giving us a sneak peek at one very revealing outfit.
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Glee star, Kevin McHale, is the leading force of a new food revolution. The 25-year old actor is bringing back America's love for burgers. With all the health-conscious diets in Hollywood, it is rare to find a celeb who adamantly promotes a juicy quarter-pounder. But, Kevin McHale does just…
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Finish the meal with a traditional green tea or cup of sake — the perfect dinner for two!
Thai: Thai food is the ideal choice if you want something exotic but with the option of less spice and more fragrance.
With simple dishes like summer salads, pick a simple, easy-going wine like an Italian Pinot Grigio.
Red wine: When it comes to picking a red wine to compliment your food, things become a little more difficult and a lot more exciting.
Green curry with rice, pad thai with noodles and sliced papaya salad, Thai cuisine offers the option to go as mild or as spicy as you, or your dinner date likes!
Dinner ideas for two means pulling out all the stops, and choosing a good bottle of wine will elevate your meal to a more memorable and refined place.We all love going out to dinner, but there are few gestures more romantic and fool-proof than preparing and cooking a meal for that special someone.The effort involved in pulling off a romantic three-course meal might be difficult, but it's sure to impress, and with just the two of you involved, it's a much more intimate occasion — so get lighting those candles.Open a bottle of Rioja and let the food transport you to the hot streets of Spain.Japanese: There is something incredibly refined about Japanese food and this cuisine should definitely find itself at the top of any list of adventurous dinner ideas for two.


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This week a work colleague brought us a device that he found inside the packaging of a TV he bought. It seemed to be a tracker of some sort due to the presence of a SIM card, a GSM module and a 18650. Considering that I
was procrastinating a lot had nothing better to do, I decided to try to mess a bit with it.
The 18650 had nothing special on it other than it being rated at 2600mAh. The GSM module was actually a BGS2-W from Cinterion, a 2G module that lacked any form of GNSS, which makes me wonder if they solely relied on the nearest GSM cell towers for triangulation and how efficient this actually is.
After removing the 18650 cell for safety reasons and seeing that the board had a Mini B USB port, I tried to hook it up to my PC whilst running
watch lsusb to see if anything would happen, and… nothing happened, which was kinda disappointing but not surprising, that port was probably meant only for charging.
Since those modules are usually controlled through AT commands sent by serial from another device, I paid a little bit more attention and noticed that the board also had a PIC18F46K20, meaning that I could try to sniff the communication between them.
|The poor board after a half-assed soldering job|
Having soldered some jumper cables into the PIC’s RX and TX pins, I connected them into my trusty FT232 USB to serial converter, plugged it to my PC with a baud rate of 9600 and powered the board through its USB port, but the only thing I got were some overvoltage messages that made no sense to me, what could be causing those? I read the PIC’s datasheet again just to make sure that it was actually 3.3v tolerant, as that’s the operating voltage of the FT232; however, it shouldn’t matter since I’m only reading data, not sending anything back to the PIC.
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Measuring the points where the battery used to me showed that the supply was fluctuating between 4.1v and 4.7v, whereas it should me at most 4.2v — the charging voltage of a lithium battery. It seems like that charging port isn’t meant to receive 5v, even though it’s a regular USB port. Weird, but what can I do? Lucky thing that I removed the battery beforehand or there would be some magic smoke escaping from it.
Knowing that, I grabbed a proper power supply and fed 3.7v to the board through the joints where the battery used to be, and finally managed to make the board talk to me.
|It lives! Kinda…|
The sad part is that I couldn’t get a proper, readable output from it no matter what baud rate I set (I tried everything from 1200bps to 921600bps). As I ran out of ideas and got tired, I simply thew the board aside and gave up on it. Maybe I actually killed it when supplying the wrong voltage. But hey, at least I managed to kill off some hours of my morning.


Cain Velasquez: Daniel Cormier Beats Jon Jones Anywhere
By Dana Becker | October 25, 2012
Source: MMAFightingFormer UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has plans on winning back the belt later this year when he meets Junior dos Santos and UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II. In doing so, that could force training partner and friend Daniel Cormier to drop down to 205 pounds.
Cormier, currently a heavyweight, has said in the past he would move to light heavyweight if Velasquez is the UFC champion. "DC," a former Olympian, has talked quite a bit lately about a potential match with Jon Jones, the current UFC 205 champion.
Velasquez was asked if Cormier would be able to get down to the weight limit and how he would fare against "Bones" in a recent interview with MMAFighting.com.
"He's heavy right now. He's like 204, but you know, we'll clean up his diet really good because the way his diet is, it isn't the cleanest," Velasquez said. "He's going to have to work a little bit at it. He just has to do it smart."
As for meeting Jones inside the Octagon, Velasquez said, "He's beat him. He's fast. He's powerful. He has the best wrestling out there. I think he beats him wherever they're at."
Velasquez and Jones were once teammates, as the two both attended Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The two each won a national title at the NJCAA school.
For now, Cormier is still expected to compete one final time in Strikeforce, while Jones is locked in to a coaching spot on The Ultimate Fighter. He will meet Chael Sonnen in April.
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One of New York City's most iconic locales is now the site of a respiratory care unit, providing dozens of additional hospital beds to the city as it battles the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Crews began construction of a field hospital over the weekend on Central Park's East Meadow lawn.
The facility will provide 68 beds as city hospitals near capacity due to a flood of patients suffering symptoms of the virus.
By Monday afternoon, over 8,500 people in New York State were hospitalized with COVID-19, including more than 2,000 patients who were in intensive care.
Additional doctors, nurses and lab techs will be dispatched to run the facility.
Last week, FEMA retrofitted the Javits convention center into a field hospital with an additional 2,000 beds.
The USNS Comfort hospital ship arrived in New York harbor Monday morning, bringing with it an additional 1,000 hospital beds intended to serve non-coronavirus patients who also need hospital care.
New York State counted at least 965 coronavirus deaths and 60,000 confirmed cases statewide as of Monday morning. Over 33,000 of those cases were located in NYC's five boroughs.
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A couple of years ago, after a particularly grueling day at work, I met up with A, one of my dearest friends in London, at (one of) our local(s). Over a pint of what was likely either Strongbow or Leffe, I disclosed one of my far-away dreams: to become a writer. “God – picture it!” I told him. “Wake up at 8 or 9 – none of this 6:30 business anymore. Do some yoga, have a shower, take your laptop to your favorite caf’ where you people-watch until the inspiration takes you…what a life.”
“Yeah, but,” he replied, most likely exhaling from his cigarette, “you’re supposed to become a writer because you’re passionate – not because you’re lazy.”
I am now fully committed to making mine the life of a writer, and A’s remark sits with me quite a lot of the time. All kidding aside, the fantasy was wrapped up in my dissatisfaction with the way life manifested for me in London…I was desperate to feel a bit more in-control of my livelihood and personal growth within my career, and I was far too drained to even look after myself properly, let alone pursue any creative endeavors. Deciding to pick up writing again happened quite by accident: I’d just started this blog with Chris when one of the organizations I volunteered with in the Philippines asked if I could help with some writing, which I was happy to do. Later, when Chris and I were looking for a way to extend our finances a bit so we could stay a full year in the Philippines, writing was really my only option.
Initially, I was so excited by even the prospect, it kept me awake with glee at night. As I continued to work on this blog and to take odd jobs on Elance, that excitement didn’t lessen; it felt so natural to be writing…reaching into the dankest pits of my memory searching for the right word, staying awake into the weest hours to meet a deadline, re-reading with pride a piece I’d finished and formatted before sending it off to the client. It felt right…it feels right.
But it isn’t romantic. I’ve just finished writing a 2,250 word critique of an English learner’s text using Systemic-Functional Linguistics. Since I knew nothing about SFL before agreeing to take this piece, I spent nearly 20 hours producing it…and it didn’t pay all that great. When I take into consideration the time I put into developing pitches and queries, researching magazines, and keeping up my admin costs, my hourly rate is – like most new freelancers – too pathetic to calculate. And poverty isn’t romantic. But I’m in love.
I’m in love with my work in a way I’ve never been before. I’m in love in the way young people fall in love with being in love…I’m filled with anticipation, ideas, and hope. I think constantly about it – even when I’m not thinking about writing, it’s all around me. Everything is a potential article. And I’m in love with it in the way that old couples love one another. I know this…I get this. I might not always be good at it, but the keys feel familiar to my fingers. Searching for the right word or the best way to form a thesis is like driving down the streets I grew up on, looking for the house of an old friend.
But it is only just the beginning…and a modest beginning at that. Writing has again become a part of me, but I haven’t yet figured out how to make it a lucrative part. Thankfully life has given me the right circumstances to really try this on for size. If I was sat there with A this moment, I’d laugh out loud at his remark just like I did that day. That was, indeed, a fantasy. But the reality is so much better.