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I just came across some of Stuart McMillen’s doodle-style cartoons recently. I can’t remember the exact reason, but I was Googling something a few weeks ago that had to do with Dinosaur Jr. and Sun Ra. Why? Who knows. I am definitely glad I did though, because it eventually dropped me off at Stuart’s virtual-yet-cozy home, where I found some cool stuff by the Ozzie cartoonist.
Say what you will, but I like his minimalist approach to both the artwork and the captions.
The first one up is Noise And Melody, which features the legendary shoegazers, My Bloody Valentine and the indie rock veterans, Yo La Tengo.
I will definitely be posting more of his stuff in the future, but until my next installment check out some of Stuart’s other cartoons here.

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About two months ago, our lead social media strategist started noticing interesting changes involving the Twitter accounts we manage for clients.
Tools she and our team routinely used were suddenly disabled. Twitter’s technical support, which hadn’t been good, improved.
So, when news broke on Tuesday that Twitter had formally taken steps toward going public back in mid-July, Jeni Hinojosa wasn’t surprised. That was two months ago.
“The changes are all obviously designed to make Twitter more appealing to investors when the initial public offering is finally made – probably by Thanksgiving,” Jeni says.
“In some ways, they’re also improving the experience for users. But in other ways, some users will be disappointed.”
Overall, Jeni says, Twitter will likely remain one of the most effective social media platforms for connecting with both individuals and large corporations. That’s because it’s less personal than, say, Facebook, and – this is the biggie – it’s quick and easy to have a conversation with posts of 140 characters or less.
What are some of the changes Jeni has seen on Twitter and how might they affect you? She shares three:
- No more “automatic follow-backs” means the size of your following will grow more slowly. Some applications, such as Hoot Suite and Manage Flitter, allowed Twitter users to set up their accounts to automatically become a follower of anyone who first followed them. That allowed audiences to quickly swell – but it also removed human oversight. The result: Some of your followers, and some accounts you followed, would be fake, inactive or otherwise non-genuine connections. “I believe Twitter’s shutting down the ways huge audiences of fakes can grow so that they can be properly valued for the IPO,” Jeni says. While that’s generally good for users, one group who may be disappointed is authors trying to get literary agents or book deals with traditional publishers. “Agents and publishers want authors who have a strong base of potential fans, and one way to demonstrate that is to get big followings on social media,” Jeni says. “Authors may be unhappy that their following grows more slowly, but it will be better for them in the long run – it’s not hard to tell when someone has a mostly fake following.”
- Improved technical support – in some ways. Before the recent changes, if you ran into a problem with your Twitter account, you went to a “help” web page, filled out a form describing the problem, and submitted it. Then you had to closely watch your email for a confirmation and reply to the confirmation within 48 hours of receiving it in order for your “case” to move forward. “While that pesky process of watching for their email still exists, the ‘help’ page now offers troubleshooting steps so that you can try to fix the problem on your own,” Jeni says. “So certain problems are easier to correct.” The downside of the new troubleshooting measures? You’re forced to click through multiple steps and take certain actions, which can be tedious, before Twitter agrees that you have a problem and allows you to send a request for support. The help page is support.twitter.com.
- More advertisements. As Facebook did when it went public, Twitter is now offering users the option to pay for their posts to achieve more visibility. So now, you may find a post from an account that you don’t follow appearing at the top of your news feed. “Most recently, I’ve been getting posts about McDonald’s new Mighty Wings,” Jeni says. “It’s mildly annoying if it’s something you have no interest in, but it can also get confusing. You may see it and think, ‘Did I follow McDonald’s? I don’t remember doing that,’ and then you’ve got to check to see whether you did or not, since there are limits on the numbers of accounts you can follow,”
The changes to Twitter mean we’ll all have to adjust how we use the network but, as Jeni notes, we should be getting used to that by now with all the social media platforms.
“The more we can all share information about what works and what doesn’t work, the easier it will be,” she says.
“The good news is, this is the last of the major social media platforms to go public, so – for a little while anyway – we shouldn’t see too many more drastic changes.”


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Assembly Bill No. 1559
Chapter 712 (Berryhill)
Approved October 14, 2007
Public postsecondary education: community colleges registered nursing programs
This new law requires a community college registered nursing program that elects to use a multicriteria screening process on or after January 1, 2008, to evaluate applicants for admission to a nursing program, to include specified criteria relating to the academic performance, work or volunteer experiences, foreign language skills, life experiences, and special circumstances of the applicant. The new law authorizes a community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process to use an approved diagnostic assessment tool before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process. The law also requires a district that uses multicriteria screening measures to report its nursing program admissions policies to the Chancellor annually, in writing.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 78261.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: 78261.5.
(a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with the following procedure:
(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner that is consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b).
(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:
(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.
(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.
(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.
(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:
(ii) Low family income.
(iii) First generation of family to attend college.
(iv) Need to work.
(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.
(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.
(vii) Refugee or veteran status.
(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not necessarily limited to, any of the following:
(i) American Sign Language.
(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.
(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.
(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.

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Mechanical behavior of soft materials presents a unique set of engineering challenges and opportunities. These materials can demonstrate large nonlinear deformations, surface effects, and viscous energy dissipation; phenomena which are typically negligible in traditional engineering materials like metals and composites. One soft system that is of particular interest to me is thin membranes. They play a pivotal role in a diverse range of engineering applications such as coatings and adhesives, MEMS and NEMS design, and biomedical devices among many others. In the first part of the presentation, I will talk about my Ph.D. work which focused on modeling the contact mechanics of nonlinear membranes and its applications to biology. In the second part, I will talk about how we leverage Solid Modeling and Simulation at 3M to develop new products and technologies. I will finish with some personal thoughts on transitioning from an academic setting to Industrial R&D.
Dr. Abhishek Srivastava is a Senior Research Engineer in the Advanced Modeling and Simulation Group at 3M R&D in St. Paul. Abhishek received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Cornell University where he worked on Contact Mechanics of Membranes. At 3M, he is responsible for implementing structural modeling and analysis on cross-functional product and technology development teams. In his spare time, Abhishek enjoys hiking and photographing nature.


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Matthew Wegner of Fun-Motion brings word of a great new Russian physics game called Hammerfall. This one’s all about floating machines with giant weapons hanging from them. Incredible artwork and what seems so far to be a really awesome steampunk-ish fantasy world.
It’s only at version 0.2, but it’s already very playable. This one’s a little tough on the wrists for me, though, because of all the circular mouse movements. But it’s still fun! Feels good to get a solid hit with the ball and chain.
Apparently there’s a certain point where you must fight as a slave, and there’s a bug in the English language mode that prevents you from moving forward at that point. Simply change the language setting back to Russian to get past. But honestly, the translation is a little rough, so you might as well play the whole thing in Russian.

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Democracy is a model of government in which decision-making power in economic, political and social matters rests with the population. They use this power to elect their representatives and form institutions.
Right here it is worth asking how democracy is organized in the United Kingdom?
We know that this country has a particular political and governmental system, since they have a Constitutional Monarchy. This means that the monarch acquires the figure of Head of State, but at the same time they have a parliament constituted by the House of Lords, where are located those figures with honorary titles, among which are those that are inherited and those that have been granted by the monarch; then there is the House of Commons, its members are equivalent to the figure of deputies, these deputies will be chosen by the people through voting and will be the members of the House of Commons who exercise the functions of government.
The exercise of democracy will be centered on the election of representatives to the House of Commons in Parliament; for, as is well known, there are no elections where one can vote for a new monarch or perhaps elections to distribute titles of nobility. Both the monarchy and the noble titles will be mostly conditions and titles inherited from generation to generation except for those noble titles that will be granted by the monarch to those citizens who by their actions have earned them.
Having made this quick summary of the British Model Political System and System of Government, let’s move on to other considerations on how democracy is conducted in the United Kingdom.
Parliament exercises the supreme legislative power. Its three elements, which are the Queen, the House of Lords and the elective House of Commons, are apparently separate and House of Lords and the House of Commons, the latter elective, are apparently separate and constituted on different principles.
The English Parliament acquires its modern context from the XIX century as a consequence of several laws that since 1832 democratize the institutions and impose the absolute predominance of the House of Commons over the House of Lords.
The Parliament exercises the supreme legislative power. Its three elements, which are the Queen, the House of Lords and the House of Commons, the latter elective, are apparently separate and constituted according to different principles. Only on occasions of symbolic significance, such as the official opening of Parliament, when the Queen summons the Commons to appear before the House of Lords, do the three come together. However, as a lawmaking body, Parliament normally requires the agreement of each of its constituent parts. Parliament may legislate for the whole of the United Kingdom, for any of the constituent parts of the country separately, or for any combination of them. It may also legislate for the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, which are Crown dependencies and not part of the United Kingdom and have subordinate legislatures that enact laws on island affairs.
Since there are no legal constraints imposed by a written constitution, Parliament can legislate as it pleases. It can do away with entrenched conventions or make a convention into law. It can also extend its normal period of existence without consulting the electorate.
In practice, however, Parliament does not impose its supremacy in this way.
Elections: Suffrage as an exercise of democracy
For electoral purposes, the United Kingdom is divided into constituencies, each of which has one seat in the House of Commons.
To ensure fair representation, four standing constituency committees for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland conduct periodic reviews of the constituencies and recommend the apportionment of seats in the House of Commons. and recommend any redistribution of seats they deem necessary due to demographic or other changes. demographic or other causes.
- Elections are held by secret ballot.
- Each voter is entitled to cast one vote, usually in person, in a ballot box. Anyone entitled to vote by absentee ballot may cast a postal or proxy vote, but no ballot papers may be sent to addresses outside the United Kingdom.
- voting is not mandatory
- the simple majority voting system is used.
who can vote?
British subjects, as well as those of other Commonwealth countries and citizens of the republic, are eligible to vote.
Commonwealth countries and citizens of the Republic of Ireland resident in the United Kingdom are entitled to vote in elections provided they have reached the age of 18.
elections provided that they have attained the age of 18 years and are registered on the annual register of electors for the constituency and are not
and are not legally disqualified from voting in the elections.
Persons ineligible to vote in elections include members of the House of Lords, patients hospitalized under Mental Health legislation, prisoners serving sentences and all those who, within the preceding five years, have been found guilty of corrupt or illegal practices in connection with elections, the latter being a ground for nullity of an election.
Who can run for office in the house of commons?
British and other Commonwealth nationals, as well as citizens of the Republic of Ireland, may stand as candidates and be elected as Members of Parliament provided they have attained the age of 21 and are not subject to any disqualification. Among those disqualified are those who are bankrupt, bankrupt
The disqualified persons include those who are bankrupt, those sentenced to more than one year’s imprisonment, clergy of the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, peers and subjects holding certain offices listed in the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.
The political model and the system of government of the United Kingdom is quite complex, however in this opportunity we try to explain it in the simplest possible way, so that you could observe the way in which democracy is exercised through the vote even though its political system is based on a monarchy.
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Copper Earrings, Hammered Hearts, Copper Wire - These earrings were made from recycled copper wire that I hand formed into heart shapes, then I hammered to give a textured look. A patina was added to give an antique copper finish. They are hung on sterling silver ear wires and measure about 2" long from top of ear wire. Hearts are a symbol of love, and is one of my favorite shapes to make. These earrings are gorgeous and you will love them! They will wow your friends. Item comes gift boxed and ships within 2 business days. Check out more items: http://www.etsy.com/shop/kellymaekreations **Interested in a custom order? Please contact me. Thank you for shopping with Kelly Mae Kreations!

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Members from the two slates outline their goals for the Student Association’s board of directors
Two slates, V3: Values, Voices, Virtue and Act Now, have put their best foot forward campaigning to win the Student Association (SA) elections for 2017-18.
V3 are the challengers to the governing Act Now slate who won 15 out of 21 seats in 2016.
Students will cast their ballots in the SA elections starting Friday, March 31 and voting will end on Thursday, April 6. The SA funds The Dialog.
10 positions have been acclaimed for candidates who ran unopposed, four for V3, three independent candidates and three for Act Now, including Gemeda Beker who was acclaimed the director of operations on the SA’s executive.
The Waterfront campus director, construction and engineering representative, health sciences representative and the student representative seat on George Brown College’s board of governors remain vacant and will be decided in a byelection in the fall.
V3: Values, Voices, Virtue
V3: Values, Voices, Virtue is a new slate with a mission to give students a louder voice to express their needs to the SA.
Mercedes Burrowes is V3’s candidate for director of campus life and was an SA event squad staff this year.
“Word of mouth may not be the only way to advertise our events,” explained Burrowes who said that the SA needs to promote events like GBC theatre productions and sports more.
Burrowes plans to engage students by creating an all-in-one calendar on the GBC mobile app that sends out notifications for upcoming events such as sports. She proposed renting bleachers, doing pep rallies and setting up cotton candy machines at tournaments.
“We sold out on a paintball event this year and students didn’t know we did so quickly,” said Burrowes. “I want something out there that says, ‘hey, come get your tickets, only 30 remaining.’”
Burrowes also wants to unify main and satellite campuses with joint events connected with shuttle bus services and hosting an end-of-the-year banquet at Waterfront to celebrate the achievements of students there.
Sheldon Mortimore, currently the SA’s LGBTQ representative who ran on the Act Now ticket in 2016, is running this year with V3 for director of equity. Mortimore wants to create a needs assessment for marginalized students and open an LGBTQ-focused space at Waterfront campus.
Mitchell Toye is V3’s candidate for director of education. He wants to implement voluntary inclusion of fees allowing OSAP students to add textbook fees into their tuition.
This may not be possible due to government regulations that govern tuition and other fees at colleges in Ontario.
Toye is also pushing for fair pricing on school supplies to encourage students to support GBC based on equity rather than a profit.
As opposed to the current end-of-semester survey, Toye also wants the college to add an instant feedback system that allows students to express complaints about their faculty in real time, so that concerns may be resolved during the term.
“A major complaint I hear from students are that professors read off their PowerPoints,” said Toye who adds that faculty could use a system to coach each other, especially if they have been criticized by students.
The Act Now slate name stands for “accountability, transparency and change now.” Act Now have won the SA elections for the past two years and had a majority on the board.
Of Act Now’s 11 candidates, six were on the board this year, including four executives who are running for re-election.
Tiffany White from Act Now is running for re-election as the director of education. She wants to extend SA office hours for students, improve the SA’s presence across all campuses and hold town hall meetings monthly.
One of her campaign points for the 2016-17 academic year involved opening the Library Learning Commons for 24-hours. She said she learned that due to issues with staffing and funding, the 24-hour option wasn’t feasible.
This year, the SA negotiated with the library staff who introduced 24-hour printing stations, that White said has helped alleviate traffic at the library.
“I was trying to understand the job in the first six months,” said White. “I didn’t understand how much power I had before, but now I’d like to continue that momentum.”
Jasmyn St. Hilaire, the acclaimed Casa Loma campus director for Act. Now, wants to create mural designs in SA spaces like the games room, create more safe and accessible student spaces and plan more events that provide monthly shuttle bus services for pub nights.
St. Hilaire said she wants to use her positive space training, from working with the SA’s event squad, to create a space for all students
Francis Torres, running for re-election as St. James campus director, said he wants to bring student politics to the forefront of student conversations, to promote town hall meetings more and to encourage students to participate in monthly board meetings.
Like White, Torres wants to continue the momentum he has set up from his first year on the board by creating an inclusive environment and raising more awareness of the SA’s services and operations among students.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly identified Jasmyn St. Hilaire, who is the acclaimed Casa Loma campus director. The caption also originally reversed the two slates. The Dialog regrets the errors.


SES distributes sandbags after flash-flood warning in Tasmania's northThursday November 21, 2013 - 15:03 EDT
The State Emergency Service is warning about possible flash flooding in Tasmania's north.
Sandbags have been delivered to residents and businesses and crews are on standby in Launceston, St Mary's and St Helens.
Flooding forced the temporary closure of the Commonwealth Bank in Mowbray but it has since reopened.
Mhairi Revie from the State Emergency Service says people need to be vigilant.
"Obviously we had a lot of rain overnight, 30 millimetres in Launceston alone and as you know only a week or so ago we had 230 millimetres in Gray," she said.
"So the catchments are really wet and that's going to possibly cause us more risk of flash flooding."
She says it has been the busiest year for flash flooding in a decade.
© ABC 2013
More breaking news
Victorians who experience breathing difficulties or asthma have been advised to take extra care this evening, with a cool change and thunderstorms predicted for the state.
A teenager has been struck by lightning during dangerous thunderstorms in Queensland's south-east that caused structural damage and left thousands without power.
Following a run of cooler than average temperatures during the first half of next week, southwestern parts of Western Australia will see a return of hot conditions.


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By Barbara Brooks Tomblin
This is a featured title in our Ironclad Magazine!
Drawing heavily on the diaries and letters of officers and common sailors, Tomblin explores the Union navy’s fight to win control of the Mississippi. She provides fresh insight into major battles, such as Memphis and Vicksburg, and offers fascinating perspectives from ordinary sailors engaged in brown-water warfare.
Paperback: 388 Pages
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, April 2022
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Flowing from its source in northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River borders or passes through ten different states and serves as one of the most important transportation systems in the country. During the Civil War, both sides believed that whoever controlled the river would ultimately be victorious. Cotton exports generated much-needed revenue for the Confederacy, and the Mississippi was also the main conduit for the delivery of materials and food. Similarly, the Union sought to maintain safe passage from St. Louis, Missouri, to Cairo, Illinois, but also worked to bisect the South by seizing the river as part of the Anaconda Plan.
Drawing heavily on the diaries and letters of officers and common sailors, Barbara Brooks Tomblin explores the years during which the Union navy fought to win control of the Mississippi. Her approach provides fresh insight into major battles such as Memphis and Vicksburg, but also offers fascinating perspectives on lesser-known aspects of the conflict from ordinary sailors engaged in brown-water warfare. These men speak of going ashore in foraging parties, assisting the surgeon in the amputation of a fellow crewman’s arm, and liberating supplies of whiskey from captured enemy vessels. They also offer candid assessments of their commanding officers, observations of the local people living along the river, and their views on the war.
The Civil War on the Mississippi not only provides readers with a comprehensive and vivid account of the action on the western rivers; it also offers an incredible synthesis of first-person accounts from the front lines.
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After almost a year of absence, Manual Jakarta finally resurrects the much-anticipated print issue. People is a single word to describe the issue. The Print Issue No. 2/ June 2018 is filled with various young individuals from different backgrounds. Through a rubric titled ‘Youth Session’, they shared their personal stories of the complexity of life.
There’s Go-Jek driver, brand manager, barista, student, and suddenly there is youth pastor, lead UX researcher, wedding photographer, and even Pakistani refugee. The stories are brief, but the depth of the angles truly create an impression of every single person. Their distinctive characters are able to stand out when you read the narrations.
On June 7th, Manual officially released the print edition at arguably one of the most acclaimed museums in Jakarta to date, Museum MACAN. The release party wasn’t necessarily grandeur. Nonetheless, there were a lot of members of the Manual Team, particularly the editorial team.
There were Manual Jakarta’s Director Hadi Ismanto, along with Editor-in-Chief Julius Kensan and Managing Editor Pingkan Palilingan. They warmly welcomed the invitees, mingling with them, and explaining the creative processes behind the issue.
We had the pleasant chance to talk with Julius and discussed a few bearing questions on our mind. The size of the print edition somehow exceeded our expectation. We expected it to be smaller, but actually, the tabloid-sized magazine was meant to display larger and vivider images, taken by Chris Bunjamin and Jordan Marzuki of The Balletcats.
Then, the magazine isn’t binded for one simple reason. Readers can easily separate it and be creative. Cut it to be a poster, placed in a moodboard, or essentially anything they want. The features articles are also intriguing, especially the article about Bobo Magazine, a legendary children print publication who’s trying to survive in the digital age.
All in all, the magazine acts as a supplement to Manual’s digital contents. The exclusive print contents wouldn’t be posted on their website and it is kind of refreshing to hold a print publication in the midst of rapid digital environment. That indescribable feeling when you turn a page, hold the book with both hands, and actually sense the physical form of what you read. Probably a rare experience for current digital savvies.
Manual Jakarta Print Issue No.2/ June 2018 can be purchased at MINIMALTKET starting from June 8th onwards. There is also a special edition version with addition of a booklet close-up portraits of the young individuals, Jordan Marzuki’s latest children book cover illustration, ‘Into The Unknown’, and four postcards from this issue’s photo essay, ‘Under Construction’.

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Informal settlements feature increasingly in twenty-first-century urban development. Participatory planning is frequently adopted as a way to manage this informality, however, itrisks reproducing the very exclusions and divisions it is attempting to deconstruct. Recognising how power dynamics unfold in these participatory processes is critical for better understanding the political life of marginalised groups, such as informal settlers: the conflicts experienced in participatory planning are indicative of a broader struggle for equality and political rights for marginalised groups.
The authors examined how informal settlers shape and are shaped by participatory planning processes through two case studies: the Kirtipur housing project in Kathmandu, Nepal, and the Baan Mankong housing project in Khon Kaen, Thailand. To do this, they asked two key questions:
In answering these questions, the authors used theoretical lenses of political capability, post-foundational politics, and knowledge infrastructures.
The authors found that participatory planning can serve to mobilise marginalised groups and empower them, but marginalised groups gain more political capability through these participatory processes when the state and its institutions are distanced from them.
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In a slow cooker combine tomato paste, vinegar, water, Worcestershire, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, molasses, and brown sugar and whisk to combine.
Add chicken and cook on low for about 4 hours or until chicken is very tender, if need be add a tablespoon or two of water if sauce is too thick.
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Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:INVZ – Get Rating) – Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their FY2023 earnings estimates for shares of Innoviz Technologies in a report released on Thursday, May 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst A. Sheppard now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.98) per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of ($0.97). The consensus estimate for Innoviz Technologies’ current full-year earnings is ($0.91) per share.
Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on INVZ. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on shares of Innoviz Technologies from $7.00 to $4.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 12th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $5.00 price objective on shares of Innoviz Technologies in a research note on Thursday, April 6th.
Innoviz Technologies Stock Performance
Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ:INVZ – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 1st. The company reported ($0.25) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.23) by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $1.58 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.20 million. Innoviz Technologies had a negative return on equity of 63.69% and a negative net margin of 2,497.99%.
Institutional Trading of Innoviz Technologies
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of INVZ. Squarepoint Ops LLC raised its position in shares of Innoviz Technologies by 29.9% in the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 15,587 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 3,587 shares in the last quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Innoviz Technologies by 19.8% in the 3rd quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC now owns 27,356 shares of the company’s stock valued at $142,000 after buying an additional 4,525 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Innoviz Technologies by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 218,628 shares of the company’s stock valued at $765,000 after buying an additional 5,507 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its position in shares of Innoviz Technologies by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 185,772 shares of the company’s stock valued at $650,000 after buying an additional 5,605 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. acquired a new position in shares of Innoviz Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 51.74% of the company’s stock.
Innoviz Technologies Company Profile
Innoviz Technologies Ltd. designs and manufactures solid-state LiDAR sensors and develops perception software that enables the mass production of autonomous vehicles. The company manufactures InnovizOne, a solid-state LiDAR sensor designed for automakers and robotaxi, shuttle, trucking, and delivery companies requiring an automotive-grade and mass-producible solution to achieve autonomy.
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Two leaders agree to remain in touch and to work toward a resolution
China is firmly committed to achieving denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and upholding the international nuclear nonproliferation mechanism, President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
In a phone conversation, the two leaders exchanged views on the current peninsula situation.
Xi said China has always upheld the idea of securing peace and stability on the peninsula, as well as resolving the issue through dialogue and consultations.
Efforts should focus on diplomacy, a comprehensive use of policies and proactive exploring for solutions of long-term effect to move toward a peaceful settlement and resolution regarding the peninsula nuclear issue, Xi said.
Trump said the United States has great concerns about the current situation and it attaches great importance to the significant role of China in helping resolve the peninsula nuclear issue.
Washington would like to strengthen contacts with Beijing to find a solution that could resolve the peninsula nuclear issue at an early date, Trump said.
Speaking on China-US ties, Xi noted that the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields are progressing.
The two countries" teams, working on diplomacy and security, as well as their teams on the economy, maintain close contacts. The two countries are preparing for the first round of dialogue on social and cultural issues as well as the dialogue on law-enforcement and cyber security, Xi noted.
The Chinese side attaches great importance to the state visit to be paid by Trump before this year ends, and it is hoped that the teams of both sides make joint efforts and ensure the visit is a success, Xi said.
Trump said it is very important for him and President Xi to maintain close contacts and to strengthen coordination on major international and regional issues.
Trump said he looked forward to paying a state visit to China within this year and to meet with President Xi again.
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Whole-genome resequencing for comprehensive SNP detection
Ossowski et al.  reported that 87% of the total Arabidopsis reference genome was covered by Solexa reads. However, no similar study of rice had been reported. We found that 80.1% of the rice reference genome (Nipponbare) was covered by Solexa reads derived from a closely related cultivar, Koshihikari (Table 1). Our preliminary in silico mapping indicated that 79.9% of the 35-bp split-genome sequence of Nipponbare chromosome 1 was uniquely mapped to the corresponding region of the Nipponbare genome (data not shown), showing good agreement with the genome coverage. Despite the high level of genome coverage, 372 435 contigs (56.9%) were less than 100 bp long (Figure 1); this is unavoidable because of the short reads generated by the high-throughput sequencer. The lack of coverage of some regions was caused by large changes in chromosomal structure and therefore loss of contiguousness, but most omissions were due to unmapped reads with multiple SNPs, conserved domains, repeat sequences, or small InDels, which must be filled in after future advances in sequencing technology.
Though we mapped the Solexa reads at an average sequencing depth of 15.7×, the depth varied among genomic regions. Small chromosomal regions that were not covered well by the Koshihikari reads were found on all chromosomes (additional file 1). A region with lower depth that measured 6.8 to 7.1 Mb on chromosome 8 was consistent with a cluster of retrotransposons (data not shown). However, we could not fully explain the lower depth of the small chromosomal regions. Some cases might be explained by heterochromatic and repetitive regions  or by chromosome segment duplication . The relationship between sequencing depth and efficacy in the comprehensive detection of SNPs is a key concern from the perspective of cost-effectiveness. Although the optimal sequencing depth depends on the study objectives, our data suggest that a sequencing depth of at least 10× would be necessary to discover genome-wide SNPs for use in haplotype analysis (additional file 2). Smith et al.  reported that the redundancy resulting from increasing the sequencing depth from 10× to 15× permits accurate and cost-effective detection of polymorphisms using the Solexa analyzer. Our results clearly support their conclusion.
Distributions of the detected SNPs between closely related rice cultivars
We detected 67 051 SNPs between Koshihikari and Nipponbare (Table 1), with an average density of 5.7 kb/SNP. In previous comparisons between indica and japonica, the densities were 0.27 kb/SNP in a 2.4-Mb region on chromosome 4 between GLA4 and Nipponbare , and 0.93 kb/SNP across the whole genome between 93-11 and Nipponbare . The density of SNPs between the Japanese cultivars in the present study was 1/6th to 1/21st those in the previous reports, which may reflect sequence divergence among the varietal combinations used in the analysis. Recently, a genome-wide resequencing analysis of 20 diverse indica and japonica cultivars  demonstrated that the average SNP density between two temperate japonica cultivars, Nipponbare and M202, was 25.1 kb/SNP (about 117 Mb/4662 SNPs). Monna et al.  reported a diversity analysis among nine rice accessions, including Koshihikari and Nipponbare, by means of Sanger sequencing of 1117 intergenic regions. Of these, 78 sites showed polymorphism between the two cultivars, and were distributed unevenly throughout the genome. We detected a large number of SNPs in regions that did not show any polymorphism, indicating the potential power of the present approach for SNP discovery even among closely related rice cultivars. However, we still identified extremely low numbers of SNPs in several chromosomal regions, such as in 6.5 to 9.5 Mb on chromosome 1, in 12 to 14 Mb on chromosome 2, and in 2.5 to 3 Mb on chromosome 8 (Figure 2). It is very likely that these chromosomal regions are conserved between Koshihikari and Nipponbare, because they share a common ancestral cultivar (Norin22), and thus probably share a common chromosomal segment. This would make these regions unsuitable sources of SNPs for use as DNA markers. To overcome the uneven distribution of SNPs, we are collecting additional SNP sets to fill the gaps by whole-genome sequencing of Japanese cultivars distantly related to Koshihikari and Nipponbare. On the other hand, Wang et al.  defined numerous genomic regions with low frequency of SNPs among rice cultivars as "SNP deserts", and suggested that they might be a result of rice domestication. Some of the regions with low frequencies of SNPs, such as on the distal end of the long arm of chromosome 1, at 10-12 Mb on chromosome 2 and at 10-15 Mb on chromosome 5 (Figure 2), overlap with these deserts, and may be legacies of domestication.
Definition of the pedigree haplotype
Genome-wide SNP typing has been a powerful method for revealing the genomic constitutions of closely related lines or cultivars . Huang et al.  proposed a new method of high-throughput genotyping and estimation of recombination points based on whole-genome resequencing of recombinant inbred lines. Even though the coverage of sequence reads throughout the genome was not enough (only 0.02× coverage per line), their method provided useful results. However, this method can only be applied with cultivars whose genome sequences have been decoded, and that makes it difficult to apply their approach with a large set of independent lines or cultivars. To overcome this limitation, we performed a two-step analysis, with genome-wide SNP detection followed by array-based genome-wide SNP typing. Based on the relatively high sequencing depth, we detected a large number of SNPs between two cultivars (Nipponbare and Koshihikari) that are representative of the population being analyzed. We then developed a typing array consisting of 1917 SNP sites, and applied it to 151 representative cultivars from Japanese rice breeding history over the past 150 years (additional file 5). Even though the SNP density was insufficient in some regions of the chromosomes, we successfully defined distinct haplotypes.
Definition of the pedigree haplotypes enabled us to discriminate between almost all of the 151 cultivars, and to thereby gain insights into the changes in genome composition that have occurred during the history of modern rice breeding. Our analysis revealed that these breeding practices have clearly simplified the genome composition. Furthermore, we clearly demonstrated that the Koshihikari genome is dominant in certain regions of the chromosomes in the most recently bred cultivars. This dominance by the Koshihikari genome is not surprising, because Koshihikari has frequently been used as a parental line during cultivar development (additional file 5, Figure 3B). This information will be useful to guide future cross-breeding using recent Japanese cultivars, since it will allow breeders to avoid redundant haplotypes in crossing designs and will facilitate the selection of genotypes in the progeny of each cross combination.
We successfully identified 18 consensus haplotype blocks longer than 1 Mb in Koshihikari, Hitomebore, Akitakomachi, and Hinohikari (Figure 3C), which together account for about 65% of the total area of rice cultivation in Japan . Furthermore, these haplotype blocks could be assigned to genomic regions of the ancestral landraces. These highly conserved regions are the consequence of selection during modern rice breeding, and may be an essential identifying characteristic of recent Japanese rice cultivars. Currently, we have not yet developed any annotations for these haplotype blocks. From a biological point of view, it will be necessary to clarify the relationship between haplotype conservation and recombination frequency or physical structure of chromosomes. From a rice breeding point of view, it will be necessary to clarify the association between particular haplotypes and phenotypic differences. We have recently developed reciprocal chromosomal-segment-substitution lines between Nipponbare and Koshihikari . These plant materials will be invaluable for the genetic analysis of phenotypic traits that are of economic interest.
Changes in haplotype diversity during modern rice breeding
It has been reported that genetic diversity, based on the estimated genetic distances among several rice ecotypes, is decreasing in modern rice cultivars . We clearly demonstrated that the haplotype number has been decreased by breeding practices (Figure 4), supporting this idea. In barley, Rostoks et al.  analyzed chromosomal haplotype diversity using 1524 SNPs based on genome-wide expressed sequence tag information. They suggested that chromosome 6H is highly diverse throughout the cultivar group. In rice, chromosome 2 showed a higher level of diversity than the other chromosomes (Figure 4 and additional file 9). Interestingly, rice chromosome 2 has a syntenic relationship with barley chromosome 6H. There is limited information on the association between genes located in those genomic regions and phenotypic variation in traits of agronomic or economic interest. Thus, it is difficult to speculate about the source of this high level of diversity. This observation may nonetheless provide a new opportunity to investigate whether the same form of selective sweep during breeding has occurred in two or more related crop species such as rice and barley.
Genetic diversity was relatively low (haplotype number <0.1) in several chromosomal regions in all three groups, such as in 2.6 Mb on chromosome 1, in 4.2 Mb on chromosome 4, in 23.5 Mb on chromosome 7, in 15.2 Mb on chromosome 8, in 6.9 Mb on chromosome 11, and in 6.8 Mb on chromosome 12 (Figure 4). This suggests that there may have been genetic bottlenecks during differentiation of the Japanese landraces. It will be interesting to learn whether this low level of genetic diversity is present in those genomic regions in other japonica rice accessions. It would also be interesting to perform new introgression in these regions from the genomes of distantly related cultivars during breeding. In contrast, relatively highly variable regions (haplotype number > 0.4) were identified in 19.5 Mb on chromosome 10 and in 2.2 Mb on chromosome 11. Because of their high variability, these regions are not likely to have been adversely affected by selection pressure during breeding. We therefore hypothesize that there are no genes of economic value in these chromosomal regions. Alternatively, intense recombination might have occurred in these chromosomal regions during breeding.
The number of haplotypes may have decreased from Group 2 (older) to Group 3 (more recent) in chromosomal regions such as those measuring 0.9 to 1.9 Mb on chromosome 6 and 7.6 to 12.5 Mb on chromosome 12. This may be an example of decreasing genetic diversity in a particular chromosomal region as a result of breeding. This decrease might be due to the change in breeding strategy from a focus on high yield to a focus on grain and cooking quality. In fact, the short arm of chromosome 6 contains major QTLs related to flowering time  and the waxy gene, which may contribute to grain quality [37–39], and several QTLs that control grain quality are located in the middle of chromosome 12 (Gramene QTL Database, http://www.gramene.org/qtl/).
We detected regions in which the number of haplotypes increased from Group 1 to Group 3, such as in 29.8 to 33.8 Mb on chromosome 1, in 0.7 to 2.2 Mb on chromosome 3, and in 19.4 to 22.7 Mb on chromosome 12, suggesting that a new haplotype block might have been created by selection during breeding. One possible explanation is that this occurred by strong selection of two loci that become tightly linked during the repulsion phase. For example, major QTLs for eating quality (stickiness, hardness, and the appearance of cooked rice) have been mapped in a region of 0.7 to 2.2 Mb on chromosome 3 [40–42]. In addition, a major QTL related to germination ability at low temperature (qLTG-3-1) was identified in this region . It therefore seems reasonable to hypothesize that the new haplotype was created as a result of selection for a combination of eating quality and germination ability. Further analysis will be required to prove that this type of strong selection pressure occurred during rice breeding.
Toward next-generation breeding based on haplotype selection
The haplotypes of modern rice cultivars are the results of combinations of haplotypes inherited from ancestral landraces. Therefore, some of the haplotype blocks that remain in Group 3 might have been selected by breeders, either consciously or unconsciously. Once we reveal the relationships between the haplotype blocks and phenotypic changes in future research, it should become possible to develop ideal combinations of haplotype blocks (ideotypes). Based on the densely mapped SNP information from the present study, it will be possible to design disruption and reconstruction of existing consensus haplotype blocks  to generate novel haplotype blocks with new variations (i.e., to perform haplotype shuffling). On the other hand, excessive inbreeding has generally resulted in homogenization of the genome, thereby decreasing genetic diversity and creating a more uniform genome pattern in autogamous crop plants such as rice and wheat. To enhance the potential utility of the haplotype information revealed in this study, genome or haplotype shuffling should be carefully considered in future rice breeding.
To facilitate this process, the introduction of new approaches in breeding, such as recurrent selection to generate dynamic whole-genome recombination  and genomic selection [46, 47] will be needed. In these new approaches, genome-wide SNP discovery and whole-genome SNP typing will be indispensable tools. Our results in the present study will therefore open the door for next-generation breeding in rice.

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Renzo Montagnini plays an unsuccessful small-town architect who lives with his sister and unemployed, would-be communist brother-in-law. He is mostly famous, however, as the town lothario, bedding numerous wives and fiancées, and adult daughters of other local men (with or without their knowledge). He is first seen in the movie in the town bell tower when he pops up from beneath a shapely, gyrating female derrière, and this is only the first of MANY sex scenes. He keeps a secret diary of his exploits which would certainly scandalize the entire town if discovered. After he rescues the daughter (Sherry Buchanon) of a wealthy American industrialist (John Ireland) from a suicidal drowning, the troubled young virgin naturally falls for him–and he for her–but when he realizes the entire town is encouraging the relationship for their own purposes, he decides to get back at them all. . .
Montagnini was certainly a good comedy actor, but he was not particularly believable as the sought-after stud (even though he played this role several times in Italian movies). Italian comedies of this era tended to be divided into two categories–the more silly ones and the more satirical ones. Montagnini was mostly known for the former, but this one veers toward the latter (especially at the end), but there are still many scenes of silly bedroom farce such as one where Montagnini’s “scoring” with the sexy baker’s daughter is intercut with her father and fiancée who are off watching a different kind of scoring at a soccer match.
The female cast includes Roseanne Podesta as the town prostitute, who ironically is the only woman with whom the hero has a platonic relationship. The lovely and mysterious (American?) actress Sherry Buchanon is good as always, but she could have used more screen time. The rest of the actresses are purely functional (i.e. they’re basically there to get naked). Anna Zinneman was especially memorable as “Stella Shining” in the giallo/softcore porn flick “The Sister of Ursila”, but I’m not exactly sure who she was here (maybe the girl in the bell tower?). The VERY voluptuous Patrizia Webley appeared in any number of Italian movies during this era, always in minor roles that involved her spending way more time with her clothes off than on. She actually has one of her best roles here as the pharmacist’s wife whose husband spies on her through a two-way mirror while she’s with the protagonist.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing gender inequalities as public health guidelines and lockdown measures lead to higher rates of gender-based violence and less access to sexual and reproductive information and health services including gender-affirming care. School and daycare closures and restrictions have substantially added to the unpaid care work disproportionately carried out by women. In a few short months, we have gone back to 1980s levels of women’s labour force participation, with fears the situation will become ever more dire as the pandemic wears on.
Not all women, girls, and gender diverse people are experiencing the pandemic in the same way. Women, girls, and gender diverse people who are Black, Indigenous, and other people of colour; people with disabilities, LBTI folks, sex workers, refugees and migrants, and people living in poverty already faced heighted risks of violence, discrimination, and other human rights violations, and the pandemic has further heightened these risks.


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If you didn’t already know that gum disease is the #1 cause of tooth loss – that’s not the only problem that it causes. Gum disease is actually linked with many different health conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, infertility, obesity, diabetes, and erectile dysfunction…just to name a few!
How is that something in your mouth impacts the other parts of your body? It’s simple: bacteria and inflammation. When bacterial plaque is present under your gumlines, it creates swelling and infection that can spread directly into the bloodstream. The bloodstream then carries the bacteria throughout the rest of the body, sometimes lodging it within the heart and blood vessels. Victims of heart attacks and strokes have been found to have oral bacterial deposits build up within their circulatory system when gum disease was present inside of their mouths.
When the immune system is bogged down with managing inflammation in areas of gum disease, it makes it more difficult to ward off other types of infections. For instance, diabetics often have a difficult (if not impossible) time managing their blood sugar levels when periodontal disease isn’t controlled. This is just one example of many when it comes to being unable to control systemic health problems if you have uncontrolled gum disease.
The first step toward better health is to eliminate your oral infection. See a dentist for a thorough cleaning (or periodontal treatment) to eliminate all bacteria from your mouth. Then, start an efficient oral hygiene program at home and stick to it. It may take up to two weeks before you see improvement in bleeding or tenderness.
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Lingual frenectomy and lingual frenuloplasty are both dental procedures used to correct a condition called ankyloglossia. Ankylogloassia, more commonly known as ‘tied tongue’, is an abnormality of the lingual frenulum….
Sedation dentistry is a wonderful option for many people who would not or cannot tolerate dentistry in a traditional dental setting. Many people have a fear of visiting the dentist,…

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It’s Rabbie Burns Day (and Night), the traditional celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, who was born on this day in 1759.
Radon gas is prevalent across the prairies and a Calgary scientist is trying to determine how widespread the risk is in that city. The preliminary data is concerning. “One in five (homes) are over the maximum acceptable limit,” said the U of C professor.
The NDP government’s long-awaited review of Alberta’s energy royalties will be released this week but Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd is keeping a tight wrap on details.
As the ranks of the unemployed in the province grow, calls are mounting for Ottawa to enhance federal employment insurance benefits for laid-off workers in Alberta. Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the NDP government is looking for assistance from Ottawa as the province is battered by a plunge in crude oil prices that have triggered thousands of layoffs.
The jobs of 1,200 skilled medical laboratory professionals are still up in the air, and nobody – the city, the province, the unions, the medical community – seems to care, according to an Edmonton Sun columnist.
Due to an issue with the water system in the Village of Carmangay, Alberta Health Services has issued a boil water advisory for the Village of Carmangay, as a precautionary measure.
A member of the public with a bright idea for Alberta Health Services that may or may not have been a very good one got brushed off, brusquely by the sound of it. This was apparently good enough for the Calgary Herald to write a column knocking the health agency.
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Nolan Ryan is out.
Texas Rangers CEO and former big league great Nolan Ryan announced he will retire, effective the end of this month. He was the tenth president in club history, and became CEO in March 2011.
“This is the right time for me to step down from my role of overseeing the Rangers organization. I am extremely proud of what this organization has accomplished. On the field, we have enjoyed great success at the major league level. The fans have supported us in record numbers the last two years and we have been able to upgrade the ballpark and enhance the in-game experience to reward that loyalty.”
According to various reports throughout the season, Ryan was rumored to be in a major power struggle with GM Jon Daniels. The two disagreed over staffing and player personnel choices. Ryan seemed to have a noticeably smaller role with the team in 2013 than in years’ past.
Ryan was an eight-time All Star during his 27-year playing career, tossing seven no-hitters and striking out 5,714 batters – the most all-time. He went 324-292 with a 3.19 earned run average in 773 starts, en route to a Hall of Fame plaque on his first go-round, earning 98.79 percent of the vote on the 1999 ballot.
No word on whether or not a replacement will be named immediately.
“We have a group of talented and passionate employees who have helped make this success possible. This organization is in good hands. I am leaving with a lot of great memories from my tenure here and I know the organization will continue to thrive in the years to come.”


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Inverse, or flexural, skin psoriasis forms within the body’s skin folds, like the armpits.
Inverse skin psoriasis is really a painful and hard kind of skin psoriasis that forms within the body’s skin folds, like the armpits, genital area, and underneath the breasts or bottom. Since these skin folds are known as flexures, it’s also referred to as flexural skin psoriasis.
This kind of skin psoriasis may be the inverse – or opposite – from the more prevalent plaque skin psoriasis, which occurs around the outer, extensor surfaces from the body, like the knees and elbows.
Skin psoriasis, generally, is really a genetic condition passed lower through families. “The chances are multiple genes have to be affected to permit skin psoriasis to happen, which it’s frequently triggered by an exterior event, just like an infection,” states James W. Swan, MD, professor of skin care in the Loyola College Stritch Med school in Maywood, Illinois. Within the situation of inverse skin psoriasis, the triggers also involve friction and dampness, and therefore are connected with sweating.
Inverse skin psoriasis happens in 2 to six percent of individuals with skin psoriasis and many frequently alongside another type of the problem, for example plaque skin psoriasis. It’s more prevalent in those who are obese or overweight and have deep skin folds. Those who are middle-aged or seniors are more inclined to develop flexural skin psoriasis than more youthful people.
Onset and Signs and symptoms
The very first indications of inverse skin psoriasis are vibrant, red patches of skin in body folds. These lesions are usually shiny and smooth – the moistness from the affected region prevents the introduction of the dried-out skin scales that is included with other kinds of skin psoriasis.
Inverse skin psoriasis may be one of probably the most painful and worsening types of the condition, because of the position of the lesions round the genital area and armpits and beneath the breasts and bottom. The affected skin becomes very tender, and it is further inflammed by sweating and skin rubbing against itself. A crease in the heart of an inverse skin psoriasis lesion will crack open, creating the potential of bleeding or infection.
Management of inverse skin psoriasis is tough because of the position of the lesions. Skin folds frequently end up being probably the most sensitive skin on our bodies, which increases the chance of reply to most of the topical drugs readily available for skin psoriasis treatment. Doctors frequently must treat not just the skin psoriasis, but additionally associated infections brought on by yeast or fungus.
Inverse or flexural skin psoriasis treatments include:
Corticosteroids These topical medications suppress the defense mechanisms and lower inflammation, but additionally may cause thinning of your skin and can be used carefully around the already-thin skin situated in skin folds. When the patient has tested positive for infection, doctors will sometimes use diluted topical steroids combined with other medication – for instance, a one or two percent hydrocortisone cream combined with anti-yeast or anti-yeast medicine.
Calcipotriene This cream or cream includes a synthetic type of vitamin D3 that may slow skin cell turnover. It may irritate your skin, too, so it should be used carefully for flexural skin psoriasis. It is not suggested to be used around the genital area.
Coal Tar This soothing agent is available in gels or ointments that may be put on lesions. It’s also like a liquid that may be put into bath water to relieve signs and symptoms.
Castellani’s Paint The product, using the active component phenol, could be prescribed or bought over-the-counter underneath the brand Castederm. It is a liquid that’s colored on and may help dry lesions in skin folds that are presently moist.
Light Box Therapy Also referred to as phototherapy, this requires exposing lesions to ultraviolet light, through either natural sunlight or by spending some time within sun lamp. You might be prescribed a medicine to accompany the sunshine therapy, to boost your body’s response.
Systemic Medication Individuals with severe inverse skin psoriasis might need to take pills or receive injections to assist in treating their signs and symptoms. Options include immunosuppressive medicines, like Trexall (methotrexate) and Restasis (cyclosporine), or biologic drugs that concentrate on specific immune reactions.
While inverse skin psoriasis is extremely painful, there are many methods to treating it. Engage with your physician or skin doctor about the easiest method to ease your signs and symptoms and discover relief.


Whether you hate 'em or love 'em, get ready to see a few more electric scooters around town, as Lyft has just announced that they will release their own line in D.C.
Lyft Scooters previously launched in Denver and Santa Monica, but D.C. will mark the first East Coast launch, and they expect to be in 10 additional cities by the end of the year.
According to Lyft, 33 percent of Lyft passengers in D.C. say “owning a personal vehicle is less important to them now.” Nationally, last year, it says 250,000 Lyft passengers gave up their cars.
Bird, Skip, Spin and Lime already have electric scooters in D.C., and dockless bikes launched in D.C. last September. Lyft competitor Uber invested in scooter company Lime earlier this year, and Uber also owns dockless bike company Jump, which launched scooters in Santa Monica earlier this month.
Several area doctors have expressed concerns regarding electric scooters. Dr. Sarah Combs with Children’s National Health System has "seen more than 50 patients come in over the past year with injuries from non-motorized scooters." Sadly, D.C. recorded its first scooter-related death last month when a man was fatally hit by an SUV in Dupont Circle.
Riders who wish to use Lyft Scooters can use the app to locate and reserve nearby scooters. It costs $1 to unlock a scooter and 15 cents for each minute you ride, which includes reservation time and hold time.


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Other extra costs included more time spent by staff on the road, visiting different sites, or patients in the community, meaning less “productive” hours.
And it said previous research had found that those in rural areas tended to be sicker by the time they used health care services, perhaps because access was more difficult.
As a result, diseases such as cancer were diagnosed later, when treatment is more expensive, and less likely to be successful, such studies found.
Rural populations are older, with 24 per cent of the population being over 65, compared with 16 per cent in urban areas, data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs shows.
The factors used to decide how funding is allocated take at least £1.3 billion a year away from rural areas, the study found.
Professor John Appleby, the Nuffield Trust’s chief economist and director of research, said: “The evidence is mounting that small and remote hospitals face higher costs that they cannot avoid, with comparatively poor performance against key NHS measures and dire financial positions.
“It is certainly worrying that the methods used to allocate funding to these hospitals are inconsistent, obscure and depend so heavily on judgment. We recommend that the true scale of costs is examined again, and that national bodies are much clearer about how they make their funding decisions.”
Jan Sobieraj, chief executive of the National Centre for Rural Health and Care, said: “This report is showing us that there is growing evidence that rural healthcare is not properly funded.”
“The choice that trusts in these areas have is to either have a deficit, or find themselves in danger of not having enough resources to cover the service.”
The report said efforts to adjust funding to recognise unavoidable differences in the cost of land, buildings and labour have been in place since the early 1980’s but tended to work to the advantage of urban areas.
And it said attempts to give small uplifts to some remote areas had been allocated in an “arbitrary manner” leaving some with nothing extra.
Analyists said changes in the funding formulas would leave rural areas disproportionally worse off from April, with hopes that some improvements could be seen from 2020.
An NHS England spokesman said: “People in every part of the country will benefit from NHS funding rising by at least 17 per cent over the next five years, as part of investment worth £570 billion to support the long term plan for the health service.
“The NHS funding formula is overseen by an independent panel, and already accounts for unavoidable costs related to providing services in rural areas, and we will continue to work with local hospitals and health groups to ensure that the formula is based on the best possible evidence of the needs of different communities.”


Amid a digital transition in Africa, key publishing players at London Book Fair say they see more content coming from the continent.
Publishers, journalists, business leaders, and policy makers are part of the first group of speakers announced for the IPA’s world congress in Norway.
At the International Publishers Association’s Africa Seminar in Nairobi, the IPA’s lead on inclusivity and literacy looks at issues and trends.
By Hannah Johnson Brian Wafawarowa, Executive Director of Publishers’ Association of South Africa, told Publishing Perspectives: I do not think that the e-book shift is being proactively driven by publishers, but by consumer demand. The shift to or inclusion of e-books is still something publishers begrudge. Publishers are comfortable with the analog book and would like to continue that way. …


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After the visit of Vice Governor of West Java, Dede Yusuf, was the level of tourist visits to Curug Malela continue to rise. Residing in the village of Curug Cibodas, Kec. Cavity, Kab. West Bandung, is now the new prima donna."We admit that the increasing tourist visits to Curug Malela after a visit with the promise of the Vice Governor of West Java provincial government will improve infrastructure and facilities and infrastructure at the tourist spot." Dadan said Suardana Mover Group Chairman of Tourism (Kompepar) Malela.
Because every week, not less 300 to 500 tourists came to Curug Malela, especially Saturday and Sunday.
Most tourists come from Bandung Raya and the surrounding area. There are also originating from Jakarta, Palembang, Yogyakarta and other areas in Indonesia.Namun, Dadan said, the tourists are complaining about the condition of the road to Curug still rocky. He hopes the government may soon realize its promise to build infrastructure and facilities and infrastructure in the region Curug Malela.
"I am optimistic that, if the infrastructure and facilities and infrastructure already built, tourists who come will be much improved. As such, the wheels of the economy of local communities was also increased," he explained.
Meanwhile, the Head of Department of Tourism and Culture Priwisata Jabar, Drs. Dani Herdiana say, West Java provincial government this year has allocated funds for developing tourist destinations object (destination) Curug Malela Rp 625 million. The funds are shaped indirect expenditures (BTL), the Governor of West Java.
Dani admits, Curug Malela potential is great for a destination. Constraints on this tourist attraction, the access road is very narrow and badly damaged and much of the central city of Bandung.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Forum Kompepar West Bandung, H. Kosasih invite all elements of the village of Cicadas, Kec. Cavity to be involved preformance Curug Malela ODTW development. "Attention West Java provincial government for tourism development in the district. West Bandung already very high. "She said.
Kosasih sure, Curug Malela could become a new icon in West Bandung, even in West Java. Curug Malela which has a height 40 meters and 40 meters wide is the widest Curug in West Java. In addition, this Curug has seven children, of whom Curug Katumbiri, Sumpel, and Curug Ngebul. "I have not found that has a broad Curug like Jabar Curug Malela in other regions," said Kosasih.
Malela Curug tourist attraction which borders the northwest Cianjur Regency Bandung. GPS coordinates showing the position of S07 * 00'38 .1 "E107 * 12'22 .0" above the rock where it looked Curug beauty. As written in a lot of personal blog sites, tourism sites, or state forestry official site, nor the West Bandung regency, this waterfall is mengagumkan.Berdasarkan topographic map, a river which falls as high as Curug Malela approximately 50 m and 70 m wide, is Cicurug .
Toponymy river which according to the nature of this river has many waterfalls. Upstream the river from the north slope of Mount Kendeng with former giant caldera almost 15 km in diameter. From the volcano, located on the west Ciwidey who died this Cidadap River flowing network. Cidadap flows northwestward through the District Gununghalu hard rock grinding circuit which is generally characterized by old volcanic eruption products.
Cidadap flow north after Bunijaya, then flows with rectangular pattern, ie a flow pattern of the twisting river sharply, even perpendicular. Westward flow which was then named Cicurug started into relief in a very steep uplands used named Plateau cavity.
A necessity for the river that flows on the plateau and then the flow pattern disturbed by waterfalls, terraced. That's what happened on Cicurug flow. In addition to the largest Malela Curug, downstream there are several levels of a waterfall called Curug Katumiri and Curug Ngebul, before the river empties into page Next page.
Relief Plateau steep rugged terrain with the cavity gives the valleys to form a V which berkemiringan more than 100% or more of the 45-degree angle. That's why pengistilahan "plateau" become less accurate because if we go to these areas, we will face down the road winding up. On top of this plateau when local rivers mengerosi vertically, the slopes of the valley than to create a limited field to be explored, but from the other side to create a stunning landscape of the eye.
Some of the peaks above the plateau reaches a height of 1000 m above sea level on average to make the air in the cavity Plateau is generally cool. Land use is forest and plantations. Since the Dutch era, the area was reserved for tea plantation which is now managed by PTP Nusantara VIII Montaya.
Rocks that make the steep and rugged relief are breccia and conglomerate stone top Miocene, approximately deposited in transitional environments on land and sea some 10 to 5 million years ago.
umbernya estimated at several ancient volcano in the south of West Java which is active at that time. This rock type is in Curug Malela itself appeared in layers, are very hard. The impression that arises from the hard rock can be seen from the morphology of rock walls that show up the slick. That is what appears on the wall Curug Malela looks so strong and graceful.
Elegance of a waterfall that in low-speed photographs give the impression like fine silk threads, not denied has captured the hearts and eyes who came to visit him. If the trigger is not dark days, we will sit all day without get enough of watching the natural phenomenon of this extraordinary.

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Airwheel S6 mini electric scooter is the new arrival of S-series. On the basis of inheriting the virtues of former scooters, Airwheel S6 mini electric scooter also has its own outstanding technological breakthroughs. According to its name, it is small in figure and light in weight. The adopted exquisite 8-inch Cheng Shin tyres come very first. However, don’t look down upon them! They have much stronger braking force and acceleration capability because of upgraded CPU.
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The August 2020 coup in Mali has once again demonstrated the instability of the Sahel. The region is affected by climate change and rapid population growth. Rivalries over access to livelihoods exacerbate grievances against states. Struggling to provide basic services throughout their territory and security at their borders, governments are competing with armed groups that have emerged from the failed regimes of Central Africa, North Africa and the Middle East. The instability in this region has direct consequences for the security of the European Union’s neighbours and for the EU itself.
In 2011, to respond to the multiple factors of this instability, the EU adopted the Sahel security and development strategy: the first comprehensive approach aimed at ensuring various external policy programmes and instruments converge towards common objectives. Despite the revamping of the strategy in 2015 based on the lessons learnt, its implementation, which involves the coordination of multiple stakeholders, has been difficult. While it has contributed to notable progress towards integration and regionalisation, security challenges have impeded tangible achievements in preventing radicalisation and fostering inclusive development. The Sahel action plan, adopted in 2015 to provide an overall framework for the implementation of the strategy, comes to an end in 2020; its revision (or replacement) will need to take the EU’s and Africa’s new geopolitical interests on board. As the EU endeavours to reconnect with Africa in a regional and full-fledged partnership, the successes and failures of the EU Strategy for the Sahel could inspire the whole EU development and security policy on the continent.
This briefing is a translated and revised version of Le Sahel: un enjeu stratégique pour l’Union européenne, of November 2017.
Read the complete briefing on ‘Understanding the EU Strategy for the Sahel‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
Listen to policy podcast ‘Understanding the EU Strategy for the Sahel’ on YouTube.

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Jason Vargas’ first appearance in the All-Star Game will be a memorable one. The Kansas City left-hander pitched a scoreless inning for the American League against the National League in Tuesday’s All-Star Game at Marlins Park.
The AL won 2-1 in 10 innings as Seattle’s Robinson Cano hit a leadoff game-winning home run off former Royals and current Chicago Cubs closer Wade Davis.
Vargas came on in the fourth inning and gave up a leadoff single to Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado. But Vargas got a fly ball, and Arenado was retired at second. Vargas then got out of the inning by retiring Miami’s Marcell Ozuna on a grounder to short.
Kansas City’s Salvador Perez played in his fifth straight All-Star Game and made his fourth consecutive start. At the plate, Perez went 0 for 2 as he lined out in the second inning and popped out in the fifth.
Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas came on as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the seventh and had two plate appearances. In the eighth, he flew out against former Royals closer Greg Holland, who is now with the Rockies. Moustakas struck out in the 10th while facing Davis.
Cano was named the game’s MVP.
Chris Sale started for the AL and pitched two scoreless innings as he worked around three hits. Max Scherzer started for the NL and pitched a scoreless inning.
Former Royal Zack Greinke, now with the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitched a scoreless sixth inning for the NL.
Boston’s Craig Kimbrel got the win for the AL and Cleveland reliever Andrew Miller got the save.


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