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Biomechanical comparison of hamstring tendon fixation devices for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Part 2. Four tibial devices
We conducted a study to biomechanically compare 4 tibial hamstring tendon fixation devices commonly used in anterior cruciate ligamentreconstruction. Quadrupled human semitendinosus-gracilis tendon grafts were fixed into porcine tibias using 4 separate fixation devices. For each device, 10 specimens were tested (1500-cycle loading test at 50-200 N). Specimens surviving the cyclic loading then underwent a single load-to-failure test. Failure mode, stiffness, ultimate load, and residual displacement were recorded. Eight of 10 Delta screw (Arthrex), 2 of 10 Retroscrew (Arthrex), 10 of 10 WasherLoc (Arthrotek), and 10 of 10 Intrafix (Depuy Mitek) devices completed the 1500-cycle loading test. Residual displacement was significantly (P < .001) lower for Intrafix (2.9 mm), WasherLoc (5.6 mm), and Delta (6.4 mm) than for Retroscrew (25.5 mm). Mean stiffness was significantly (P < .05) higher for Intrafix (129 N/mm) than for the other devices. Mean load to failure was highest for Intrafix (656 N), then WasherLoc (630 N), Delta (430 N), and Retroscrew (285 N). The Intrafix device demonstrated superior strength in the fixation of hamstring grafts in the tibia. WasherLoc was close behind.


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Favourite Books for Summer
Here are some of the Honey's Willow team's favourite books for summer.
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson - Hannah's pick
This is such a relaxing and comforting read. Sophia and her grandmother have such wonderful adventures - needing only the nature around them on their little island in Finland. Both characters made me cry with laughter at points too.
The Power by Naomi Alderman - Beth's pick
This dystopian book challenges your mind about gender, and is being adapted for the screen. It was only afterwards that I realised the author is now a lecturer at Bath Spa University.
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden - Honey's pick
This coming of age story takes place over a long summer in the Champagne region of France. A thirteen year old girl tries to make sense of the adult world. Her surroundings are so beautifully observed you can almost smell the ripe greengages.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carolina's pick
A very easy and gripping read about a fictional Old Hollywood actress that - surprise - has had seven husbands and the story behind all of them and her life. One of those books you can't seem to put down.
Taste: My life through food by Stanley Tucci - Robyn's pick
A great mix of his life with some classic Italian recipes throughout, just some really lovely and heart warming stories.
Foreign Bodies by Amanda Craig - Rhiannon's pick
A headstrong young woman flees England, where her life has been mapped out for her and heads for Tuscany, where she gets to know the locals - many of whom have skeletons rattling around in their closets. She also gets to know herself a lot better and takes charge of her own future.
The Lido by Libby Page - Tamzin's pick
Easy, uplifting summer reading about the significance of a community's lido. Makes us look forward to the reopening of Bath's lido.

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|The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare:
I am very sorry that my haste is such.
Lord Marquess Dorset being sick to death,
I must receive of him the privy seal.
At Lambeth, soon, my Lord, we'll talk our fill.
[Exit the train.]
How smooth and easy is the way to death!
[Enter a servant.]
My Lord, the dukes of Norfolk and of Suffolk,
Accompanied with the Bishop of Winchester,
|The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Kelmar's fancy. He first proposed that we should "camp
someveres around, ain't it?" waving his hand cheerily as
though to weave a spell; and when that was firmly rejected,
he decided that we must take up house with the Hansons. Mrs.
Hanson had been, from the first, flustered, subdued, and a
little pale; but from this proposition she recoiled with
haggard indignation. So did we, who would have preferred, in
a manner of speaking, death. But Kelmar was not to be put
by. He edged Mrs. Hanson into a corner, where for a long
time he threatened her with his forefinger, like a character
in Dickens; and the poor woman, driven to her entrenchments,
|The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Of The Nature of Things by Lucretius:
Than that dispersed clamour of the cranes
Among the southwind's aery clouds. Do thou
Give me sharp ears and a sagacious mind,-
That thou mayst not deny the things to be
Whereof I'm speaking, nor depart away
With bosom scorning these the spoken truths,
Thyself at fault unable to perceive.
Sleep chiefly comes when energy of soul
Hath now been scattered through the frame, and part
Expelled abroad and gone away, and part
Crammed back and settling deep within the frame-
Of The Nature of Things
|The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman:
had, her freedom and her love, and they would
The next morning Silas Hempstead, urged by his
daughters, walked solemnly over to the next house,
but he derived little satisfaction. Annie did not
absolutely refuse to speak. She had begun to realize
that carrying out her resolution to the extreme letter
was impossible. But she said as little as she could.
"I have come over here to live for the present.
I am of age, and have a right to consult my own
wishes. My decision is unalterable." Having said

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17 Imo Oil Well Recovery: Ohanaeze Youth Council Extols Gov. Uzodimma
…Urges Rivers Govt to sidestep
The recent Oli well recovery battle at the Supreme high court between Imo State and Rivers state by Sen. Hope Uzodimma’s administration has be described by Ohanaeze Youth Council, as one bold step and sincere gesture by Sen. Hope Uzodinma government.
The apex youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide- Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), through her National President, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka made this statement in Abuja, November 6 2021 during an interface with Media publishers.
Comrade Igboayaka recounted that “such oil politics scenario as was played between Beyelsa and Rivers, and Beyelsa took back their oil well, it has also happened between Cross River and Akwa-Ibom, and Akwaibom took back the oil, the boundary adjustment reports is very clear.
He described as insanity the attempt by River state government to struggle over an oil well duly situated at Mgbede and Akri, in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government of Imo State, stressing that the National Boundary Commission, (NBC) adjustment report is empirically clear that Mgbede and Akri are in Imo State.
The council advised the River state government to voluntarily withdraw the case or Imo state government will also file another suit for the refund all the fund accumulated from the oil well since over 30 years they have been illegally taking from the said 17 oil well.
Comrade Igboayaka also advised Justice Mary Odili to show integrity in the case, adding, otherwise “be ready to be expose in anyway she engages to thwart justice against Imo State in the matter.”
Speaking further, he implored all hands to be ‘on deck’ in quest for the recovering of outstanding 17, calling for the unalloyed support of all well-meaning Imolites to the APC led government of Uzodima.
Hear him: “The case of recovering 17 remaining oil well is a collective responsibility of all the critical Imo stakeholders, elders, religion leaders and youths to throw their unalloyed support to Hope Uzodimma’s administration for this courageous step he has taken which other precedessor could not do.
Speaking further, he said: “It is applaudable that what other past Imo governors couldn’t garner political will and social-morality to fight for Ndi-Imo and Ndi-Igbo at large is what Sen. Hope Uzodimma has painstakingly denied his selfish gain, and he believes in ” Aku Zuo Oha” of Igbo philosophy, to get the remaining 17 oil well for wellbeing of Ndi-Imo”, Igboayaka reminded.
Meanwhile, he expressed confidence in supreme court and urged the court to look at National boundary Commission adjustment report and give appropriate verdict.

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The world came crashing around M. Gopi, a cab driver from Royapuram, when his one-year-old boy Kishore was diagnosed with brain tumour four years ago.
Kishore has since undergone surgery to remove the tumour, and chemotherapy. For his parents, it was sheer joy to see their little one chasing balloons on Wednesday during a function to honour cancer survivors and their families at Sri Ramachandra Hospital.
Money is often the biggest concern for families battling cancer. Anita Ramesh, head of oncology at the hospital, said, “Though the cost of paediatric dosage is low, the treatment is still expensive.”
Gopi spent Rs. 6 lakh on Kishore’s treatment. “I took loans from friends and family. I am repaying it now and have a long way to go,” said Gopi.
Aarthi’s father, A. Ramasubramanian, an accountant in a private firm, borrowed from friends and family. “By the time we learnt there was a possibility to apply for a loan, it was too late. It would have covered at least part of the treatment cost but by then, the surgery had been completed,” he said.
“The rule is we must apply for financial assistance before surgery. We did not have that much time. The surgery was finalised within 15 days of her being diagnosed with tumour,” he said.
Though funds come to the hospital from the Prime Minister’s Relief Yojana and the Chief Minister’s Relief Scheme, the best thing to have happened to such patients is the CM’s health insurance scheme, said doctors.
“For the past three years, it has been easier to treat indigent patients as a good portion of their treatment is covered under the scheme,” Dr. Ramesh said.


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Journalist defended to the CoP the use of the term "settler" to describe Dafna Meir, the mother of six who was murdered by an Arab terrorist.
Kerry's performance panned by Israeli public, media, and even the PA. Why fury directed only at the Israeli government?
Despite Nusseibeh's claim and a Ma'an report, 40 Arab Palestinians were not shot by Israelis, there were no tear gas canisters thrown nor were any sound bombs used.
Two days after severing its connections with Al-Quds University following its president's "unacceptable and inflammatory" verbal attack, Brandeis University also removed the Al-Quds President from the Advisory Board of a Brandeis Center for Ethics and Justice


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Alarm over new Covid-19 strain in UK: France, Germany, Italy, India & others announce travel restrictions
22 December, 2020 | Priyanka Sharma
More than 40 countries have announced travel restrictions to UK, including India, amid growing concern over new Covid-19 strain. India suspended all flights to and from the United Kingdom till Dece...
In what seemed like the last leg of the pandemic with enormous progress in vaccine development, it seems like the last month of 2020 has given its final blow with alarm over new Covid-19 strain in UK, which is spreading across the world. With uncertainty over the nature of the new Covid-19 strain and whether the existing vaccines will work against it as well, more than 40 countries have announced travel restrictions to UK, including India.
On Monday, India suspended all flights to and from the United Kingdom till December 31 amid concern over the new Covid-19 strain. Along with India, countries like France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands and Ireland have also restricted travel to UK for the time-being. While US is yet to follow the suit, countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman have temporarily halted travel completely as reports of the detection of the new virus strain emerges from other countries.
In response to the new development, WHO emergency chief Mike Ryan has said that new strains are a normal part of the evolution of a pandemic and that it is not out of control. Speaking along the same lines, India’s Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday assured everyone that the government is alert and there is no need to panic.
He said that the government is fully aware of everything and one shouldn’t involve in all these imaginary situations, imaginary talks and imaginary panic. Further on vaccine development, he has said that the government is hopeful of a potential Covid-19 vaccine by any week of January next year.

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After a pair of podium results at the Watkins Glen International Raceway a few weeks ago, Georgia resident Tyler Maxson took over the TC America series point lead. Fast forward to this coming weekend, the Copeland Motorsports driver enters Road America with the same mindset that he has had in the past as he looks to extend the point gap to his rivals as well as take a stranglehold on the Rookie of the Year title chase.
“Our last event provided us the opportunity to claim two podium results,” explained Maxson. “We were fast at Road America a few months ago in the Global MX-5 Cup program but had some bad luck in the races. Knowing what it takes to run up front here, I feel that I am more prepared entering this weekend than I was in the past and the goal of winning is priority.”
Taking on the 4.014-mile Kettle Moraine facility in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Maxon will once again pilot his familiar Mazda MX-5 ND2 #74 machine. Entering the event atop the championship standings by 12 markers, the up-and-coming talent is riding a wave of momentum claiming eight straight podium results and nine podiums in the last ten races.
Maxson added, “I really would like to continue my podium streak as consistency like this is what wins championships. We will be aiming for the win, but if that is not in the cards this weekend, we will just look to claim as many points towards the end of the year total as possible. Also, I will have a teammate in the TCA division this weekend so that will be an added benefit.”
With the penultimate round set to hit the track this Friday, Tyler Maxson will take part in the two allotted TCA practice sessions before qualifying and race one take place on Saturday. Sunday will once again be home for race two on the weekend. Stay tuned to the Tyler Maxson Racing social media pages for up to date news, information, photos and results from Road America.
For more information on Tyler Maxson, please contact RTD Media and Management at firstname.lastname@example.org or visit him online at www.TylerMaxsonRacing.com.
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By: Jarret Romanello, The St. Lucie Post
July 23, 2021
PORT ST. LUCIE – Bryan Willis celebrated three birthdays at the Father and Daughter Gala Dance: Shine Like the Stars at Truth Church in Port St. Lucie on July 10th. His daughters, Braniya, Zamiyah, and Mariyah, were all born in July, and he wanted to celebrate with them while supporting a great cause.
Truth Church Pastor JT Baumgardner and his wife Kim organized the charity event and opened their doors to support 4Kids of the Treasure Coast. The organization recruits and trains foster families to provide hope, home, love, and stability to kids in crisis. The Baumgardner’s children Michael and Jessie are both adopted.
4Kids Community Relations Coordinator Kenya Reinhardt is thankful for the Baumgardner’s support. “I love that kids get to have an experience like this – it’s a reminder that kids in group homes don’t get this opportunity, so it’s a chance to spread awareness about the need for foster parents.”
More than a dozen dads and daughters came dressed up and danced the night away while giving back to the community and learning lessons about parenting.
In between the waltz and macarena, fathers broke out into a discussion on parenting by Pastor Baumgardner and Port St. Lucie Assistant Chief of Police Richard Del Toro. “A young lady learns what a man should be like from her father, and her expectations going into adulthood are taught by the relationship she has with her dad,” Pastor Baumgardner told the crowd of fathers.
Del Toro is President of Treasure Coast Hope for the Homeless, a non-profit organization his daughters Karina and Alexandria started with friends Kayliegh and Mallory Cunnigham. Del Toro believes in demonstrating three principles to his daughters, attitude, sacrifice, and selfless service. “We are built in the image of Christ – Jesus Christ is the ultimate servant leader,” Chief Del Toro told the dads.
Brian Baley brought his daughter – Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County Youth of the Year Elyse Baley, to the dance. Baley and his wife have fostered kids for thirty years and believe in nurturing loving relationships to build trust. Del Toro, who is the immediate Past President of the Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County, was happy to see Elyse and offered her dad advice, “Face your challenges and overcome them with a positive attitude – attitude is everything.”
Dads and daughter shined like starts at the Gala but all left understanding one thing – the real stars are kids waiting for placement with a selfless serving foster parents.
For more information on becoming a foster parent, visit: http://www.4kids.us/4KIDSTreasureCoast.com

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Fifty Hats That Changed the World
Pub. price: $20.00
Near New: $9.99
ISBN10: 1840915692 ISBN13: 9781840915693 Publisher: Conran Octopus Published: Apr 5 2011 Pages: 106 Weight: 0.85lbs. Height: 8.25" Width: 6.00" Depth: 0.75" Language: English
Fifty Hats That Changed the World lists the top 50 hats and headwear that have made a substantial impact in the world of fashion and design today. From Monomakh's Cap, an early fifteenth century Russian crown to Franc Fernandez's modern-day 2010 Helmet Headpiece, the book explores the designs that have turned heads over the years and the impact they've had on the fashion and design world.

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After a great slate of games this past weekend, in which the 49ers shocked the Saints in an instant classic, and the Broncos' Tebowmania train was finally derailed by the New England Patriots, we look ahead to the NFC and AFC Championship games.
In the first game of the day, the Patriots and Tom Brady are matched up against Ray Lewis and the Ravens. In the late game, the 49ers and Alex Smith will take on the New York Giants and Eli Manning. It should be another awesome day of NFL playoff action.
So, here are my AFC/NFC playoff picks against the spread.
The Ravens were able to get it done against the Houston Texans this past weekend, and the defense looked great. Having said that, the offense was about as anemic as we've seen all year. Were it not for all of the turnovers that the defense forced, Joe Flacco and the gang might be sitting and watching form home this weekend instead of playing.
Brady and the New England offense looked absolutely fantastic against the staunch defensive unit of the Denver Broncos that came in ranked as one of the top defenses in the NFL. Brady threw for six touchdown passes and honestly probably could've thrown for 10 if they didn't gear down in the second half. On the other side of the ball, the "horrible" Pats defense looked very good, and seems to be hitting its stride at the right time.
In this game I think that the Patriots will simply overwhelm the Ravens, and the Ravens' offense won't be able to keep pace. If Brady plays at even 80 percent of the level that he did against the Broncos, the Patriots should roll in this game and win by at least two touchdowns. Roll with the Patriots all day against the spread; they'll be playing in the Super Bowl February 5th.
This game is being handicapped as a virtual coinflip. I agree with this, I think it's incredibly tight and the difference could be that San Francisco is playing at home with the Giants having to make the cross country trip and play on the road in San Fran.
The 49ers were very impressive against New Orleans. Alex Smith finally gave a clutch performance and pulled through for the 49ers, while the defense stepped up when they had to and showed why they're rated so highly. The Giants played perhaps their best game of the season when they outclassed the Packers and won by 17 on the road at Lambeau Field.
I think that Alex Smith will play another great game and will lead the 49ers to a victory, possibly on a last second David Akers field goal. I think the Giants' magic will run out, as it will be really difficult against the defense of the 49ers. Look for a San Francisco vs. New England showdown to determine the Super Bowl champion in a few weeks.


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For Immediate Release
Charleston, SC–For South Carolinians who love biscuits and early childhood reading, September is a great month. Now in its fourth year, South Carolina Future Minds (SCFM) and Bojangles’ bring you the My First Library program, which provides Bojangles’ customers with the opportunity to help purchase summer reading books, honor their favorite teachers, and receive a coupon for a free BoBerry biscuit.
Studies show that summer learning loss accounts for about two-thirds of the ninth grade achievement gap in reading. Meanwhile, the positive effects of summer learning programs like My First Library endure for years. SCFM created My First Library to reach more kindergarten students and improve their chances of succeeding in school.
Through the support of Bojangles’ and its generous customers, SCFM has provided nearly 11,000 books to over 1000 students in nine high-need schools around the state. The partnership also supported Camp AIR (Adventures in Reading) at Gravatt to serve 4th and 5th graders who have been identified by their schools as children who would benefit from additional reinforcement.
“To build a child’s first library is to give a lifelong gift of the love of reading—and all the academic success that comes with it,” says Caroline Mauldin, Executive Director of SCFM. “We are grateful to Bojangles’ and their customers for making hundreds of ‘first libraries’ possible for children who need them most.”
For the first time this year, the generous contributions of Bojangles’ customers towards the My First Library program will be supplemented by funding by the Dollar General Foundation and the Longleaf Fund, hosted by the Foundation for the Carolinas.
To support this important program, visit your local Bojangles before September 24th. When customers purchase a $1 teacher tribute card in any one of Bojangles’ 100+ locations across the state, they will help provide new reading books of a child’s choice to kindergarten students in South Carolina’s high-need schools. Participating customers will also receive a coupon for a free BoBerry Biscuit for use on their next visit. My First Library donations can also be made all year long at www.scfutureminds.org.


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What is the exchange rate between the US dollar and the British pound today, 28/09?
The British economy is taking a beating, leaving many residents worried about what winter will bring. How far could the value of the pound fall?
The exchange rate between the US dollar and the British pound has hit a thirty-year low, with $1 equalling £0.94. This latest wave of devaluation after Liz Truss’ new government announced its fresh approach to monetary policy. The financial troubles have also been spurred by Brexit, corporate greed, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of this year, the pound has lost twenty percent of its value against the dollar, and as it continues in free fall, the situation could worsen.
The British economy could fall into a “death loop”
Most central banks, including the Bank of England, have increased interest rates dramatically over the last few weeks. However, in the British context, some economists, like, Julian Jessop, warn of a “death loop.” Jessop, a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a think tank that advocates free market strategies, believes that raising rates so quickly could be a mistake, given the current financial climate. The “death loop” is an economic phenomenon caused by increased interest rates that lead to slower growth throughout the economy.
However, Jessop does not think reversing the planned increases would restore the confidence of investors and the public. The economist does not put the majority of blame at the feet of the British government; instead, he pointed his finger at the US Federal Reserve.
In an interview with Radio 4, he said, “The fall in the pound is still primarily more of a dollar story… But the rise in long-term interest rates, if sustained, and I hope and expect it won’t be, that could be far more damaging for the economy because that’s not just the government’s cost of borrowing, it also affects mortgages and corporate debt and everything else as well.”
The Fed’s decision to increase rates is undoubtably having some impact on most currencies, but the background economic conditions of the United Kingdom have placed the country’s economy in a much more precarious situation.
IMF slams UK government for plans to proceed with tax cuts
The Truss government announced tax cuts on Friday that some economists believe could worsen the economic outlook over the coming months and years. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come out against this move, calling on leaders to reevaluate their decision.
“Given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the UK, we do not recommend large and untargeted fiscal packages at this juncture, as it is important that fiscal policy does not work at cross purposes to monetary policy.” Additionally, the IMF added that tax cuts would likely increase inequality, which given the high energy costs facing residents, could pour fuel on the fire.
The IMF has urged caution and sees the November budget as an opportunity to “provide support that is more targeted and reevaluate the tax measures, especially those that benefit high income earners.”
At this point, it does not seem that the Truss government is willing to budge, a decision that could cost her.
The future of Liz Truss as Prime Minister
An unnamed MP who served in the Johnson government told Sky News that the letters of no confidence are already flowing in, which could mean that Prime Minister Truss could be out of 10 Downing Street by the end o the year.
The justification for a vote of no confidence stems from how the government is fighting against the monetary policy of the Bank of England.
The Chancellor of the howExchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, has tried out a new financial policy that calls for high levels of spending coupled with tax cuts that critics argue will add to the national debt and further inflation. This has placed the treasury in direct opposition to the Bank of England.
“What Kwasi gives, the Bank takes away ... You cannot have monetary policy and fiscal policy at loggerheads,” said the anonymous MP.


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By Kamal Chomani: KURDISTAN TRIBUNE – 14.11.2012 – Dijla Operations Command is nothing but a step by quasi-Ba’athist Premier Nouri Al-Maliki’s to totally control Kirkuk and the other Kurdish areas which have not yet been incorporated into Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) territory, following the former dictatorship’s atrocities designed to change the demography of these areas.
It is time to tell Maliki: Stop!
We, as critical Kurdish journalists, never stop criticizing the current situation in Kurdistan but, when a danger knocks on the door of our national interests, we are all unanimous to face it at any cost.
When the conflicts started between PM Maliki and KRG President Masoud Barzani, few people were on Barzani’s side inside Kurdistan because those conflicts were not in Kurdistan’s national interests. They were more or less provoked by Turkey and Sunni factions in Iraq. And Barzani did not have the support of Kurdish people, the media and opposition parties – which was the reason that he couldn’t defeat Al-Maliki. Not to mention that even Talabani wasn’t happy with that initiative. In the last three weeks there have been some new developments. Nawsherwan Mustafa, the Change Movement leader visited Kirkuk and announced his Movement’s support for Najmaldin Karim, Kirkuk’s Governor. This visit was in the midst of the recent developments. Nawsherwan Mustafa realized how much Kirkuk is in danger if the Dijla Command succeeds whereas he didn’t support Barzani in withdrawing confidence from Maliki. President Jalal Talabani – after he was betrayed by Maliki since he couldn’t commit to his promises to Talabani to dissolve the Dijla Operations Command – is now back in Slemanni. According to Daily Hawlati, he may not go back to Baghdad unless the Dijla dispute is resolved. Azad Jundiyani, the PUK’s spokesperson, expressed his party’s anger towards Maliki. The Islamic Group and Islamic Union, the other two opposition parties, have already shown their opposition to Maliki’s Dijla intentions. Following these positive reactions, President Masoud Barzani declared his anxiety with the Dijla Command Operations. In a statement yesterday Barzani said that the formation of the Dijla Operations Command “will lead to more instability,” and “The intentions, the aims, the formation, and the actions of this Command are against the Kurdish people, the political process, co-existence and the process of normalizing the situation in the disputed areas.”
At the end of the statement, he underscored that “after consultation with the Iraqi President and other concerned parties, we will make our position clear and take appropriate steps against this unconstitutional action.”
It is not yet clear which parties – apart from the PUK and Jalal Talabani – Barzani meant, but he is moving in the right direction. If Barzani has already consulted with the Kurdish parliament and the opposition parties, then it is time to altogether put an end to Al-Maliki’s dictatorial ambitions which he has not concealed since he came to power for a second term.
Interestingly, Weekly Awene reported that Kurdistan Peshmarga forces have already started forming a special force, “Hamreen Operations Command”, in response to the “Dijla Operations Command”. Here Maliki is leading Iraq to an ethnic escalation between Kurds and Arabs. If he wants to invigorate his clout within Arab nationalist entities by collaborating with former Ba’athist military generals like Dijla chief Abu Zaydi, Kurds will also announce a nationalistic force under the name of a mountain which is the border between Arab and Kurd areas in Iraq. Certainly, if we are united, Dijla will never climb on Hamreen!
Democrat Arabs in Iraq should speak out against Al-Maliki. Iraqi people need stability and peace. They are immensely in need of coexistence. It is absurd that there are still some Arabs who do not accept a Kurdish status within a Federal Iraq. We never want violence. All the people of Iraq – Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens, Christians etc. – have been victim of the consequences of wars sparked by Iraq’s political leaders. But Kurds have sacrificed thousands of people for their land, and they can never accept living in Iraq without Kirkuk.
It is time for Kurds to wake up to be united in Iraq. Maliki has exploited the differences between Talabani and Barzani on the one hand, and the public’s disagreement with the ruling KDP and PUK on the other. We should open our eyes and see the situation. Still our Peshmerge forces are not united. It’s a big shame on the ruling Kurdish parties that the KRG still doesn’t have a Peshmerge force and instead there are separate KDP and PUK security and Peshmerge forces. All in all, we all should be united to put an end to Maliki’s dictatorial ambitions. Meantime, we should not forget to make radical reforms. I am afraid that the two ruling parties may use Maliki’s dictatorial initiatives as a kind of excuse to delay these reforms. The Kurdish leadership should know that delaying reforms is our crucial point of weakness.


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According to the MINSAP website, all molecular biology laboratories in Cuba made 22,567 PCR tests in real time on Friday to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, totaling 10,646,528 samples so far.
Dr. Francisco Duran, national director of Epidemiology at MINSAP, stated that there are 2,767 active cases in Cuba, and 2,694 are clinically stable.
In his regular press briefing on television, Dr. Duran noted that 73 patients are being treated in intensive care units, 19 are in critical condition and 54 are seriously ill.
The expert said that four people died due to complications related the disease in the last 24 hours.
With these statistics, the country has accumulated 955,498 contagions, 8,261 deaths and 944,413 recovered patients since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020.


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This is my story of sexism in mental health treatment.
I am a man, and I have suffered my entire adult life with a number of health issues, mental and otherwise. After university, I started work and took on a regular physician. I kept having different health issues, which he would treat separately.
When I was 25, I had become suicidal. My physician diagnosed me with clinical depression and prescribed anti-depressants in combination with psychiatric therapy. I seemed to pull back from the worst of it. The therapy seemed rather useless, except for a couple of nuggets of wisdom. I had none of the standard issues which seemed to preoccupy psychoanalysis. I just got tired of the therapy, especially its cost.
As the years passed, more health issues cropped up and were treated individually. The depression was never completely gone, only managed.
When I turned 28, I met and fell in love with a wonderful woman, and we were married a little over a year later. We had decided even before our wedding to stop using birth control. After two more years of unsuccessfully trying to have a baby, we had ourselves checked. There was nothing wrong with my wife. My health was a different matter.
A simple hormonal blood test revealed that I had five times the prolactin of a nursing mother. With a follow-up MRI, a non-cancerous tumour was discovered on my pituitary gland, and a month later I was in for brain surgery to have it removed. The cells of that gland are so tightly packed, however, that they could not safely remove the entire tumour. I will be on medication for the rest of my life.
In a follow-up appointment with my physician, my wife pressed him for an explanation. He actually apologized for not catching it sooner. He admitted to us that had I been a woman, his diagnosis of clinical depression (six years earlier) would have been followed up with that same simple blood test of my hormone levels.

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Have you documented and communicated your medical and personal wishes to your family should you be unable to make those decisions for yourself in the case of a health crisis or end of life? Do they know what treatments you want and do not want? Have you even had this discussion with your family or others who are close to you? Why not? When you are in a medical crisis and you are not able to make a decision for yourself, that right is taken away and given to the person you designate as your health care agent. Do you have one? What now, your care and inner most needs to the last of your moments will be decided by someone else and potentially in total contrast to what you would want.
My guest today is Paul Malley, CEO of Aging with Dignity that is primarily known for being the creator and distributor of the health care directive called Five Wishes. It is a booklet that discusses: the person I want to make decisions, the kind of treatment wanted or not, how comfortable I want to be, how I want people to treat me and what I want my loved ones to know. These are the Five Wishes.
This show is not just for elderly, it is for everyone over the age of 18. The website is here and booklets can be ordered on the website. There is also information to get a copy in an emergency.
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The Metropolitan Transit Committee (MTC) just voted this week 8-1 to continue with the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) North Commuter Line Study.
The MTC is the CATS policy board responsible for reviewing and recommending all long-range public transportation plans.
Voting members include the Mayors of Charlotte, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville, the Chairman of the Board of Mecklenburg County Commissioners and the regional representative from the North Carolina Board of Transportation.
Earlier last year, the MTC recommended that CATS hire consulting firm WSP to study the best way to build at least 3 more commuter rail lines in Charlotte.
One of their major objectives will be collaborating with Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, and Mooresville to evaluate current transit modes, land-use, and light rail cost vs. values and to gather public feedback.
The $3.2 million study is examining possible routes for the Lynx Gold Line west to the airport, and the Silver Line southeast to Matthews. It’s now expected to be completed in December.
WSP is currently about one-third of the way through their study, which should be finished at the end of 2018.
The next MTC meeting will be held next month, on April 25th. A major second round of Red Line public input hearings will take place early spring or summer of 2019.


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For these reasons Harrison, who is currently completing his degree in business at UNC, has partnered with The Boys and Girls Club of Oakland and Ames, Iowa to initiate programs that encourage youth to stay engaged at school and beyond. His Reading Academy in Ames, aims to increase childhood literacy, while his program in Oakland encourages under served youth to improve their academic performance. Since 2014, he has served as a Board Member for The Boys and Girls Club of Oakland. “It means so much to me to have a major part in this amazing organization. Growing up in Ames and in a single-parent home, I was at the Boys and Girls Club every day after school, doing homework, playing ball and making friends. It was huge for me,” Harrison said.
Harrison has also partnered with the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford in various events to bring awareness and support to extremely important services they offer families of children stricken by life-threatening disease. “I have been privileged to have the opportunity to really connect and get to know some of these young people. They may think I’m there to show or teach them something, but working with them has actually taught me a lot about the resilience of these under served communities,” Harrison said.


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Reading Claudia's terrific piece on Nikki Haley (first woman president?) makes you speculate on what really should be done about the crazy NORKS. Austin Bay's proposal about shooting down their missile tests makes sense, but I wonder if it would finally work. I assume we can hit the missiles. The question is does that completely matter in the long run? They can still get more accurate and will. Warmonger that I am I suspect it is time to scare the bejesus out of Mr. Kim. Maybe something like dropping some bunker busters on the newly-discovered mountain site from which he is shooting off his long-range missiles. Might even have some (gasp!) collateral damage incinerating a few of his rocket scientists. That would be a great human tragedy, no?


The latest Grand Sport combines the Corvette’s LS3-based powertrain with single, wide-body styling and racing-bred suspension. The model swap the Z51 package from earlier model years.
Although the 430-hp LS3 V8 stays unchanged, wider front and rear fenders let for 18-inch (front) and 19-inch (rear) wheels that are as well wider than previous to. Bigger brakes are built-in and the special suspension tuning is currently even nearer to that of the Z06. You’ll as well notice other Z06 elements like the front splitter, rear spoiler and functional brake ducts behind the doors. Unlike the Z06, you can order a Grand Sport with a manual transmission or the Vette’s six-speed automatic with paddle shifters.
All of Corvette’s outside colors are accessible on the Grand Sport, and an offered Heritage package adds front fender hash marks accessible in four colors, also like two-tone seats with Grand Sport embroidery. The Grand Sport can be ordered with 1LT, 2LT, 3LT and 4LT trim packages.


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As part of a worldwide celebration of renowned composer Leondard Bernstein (1918–90), the College of Music's CU Bernstein at 100 comprised nearly 20 events on campus over the course of the fall 2018 semester.
The Eklund Opera Program’s moving production of West Side Story brought to a close the university’s celebration of the iconic musical figure. Every major ensemble of the college; the departments of Music Education, Musicology and Music Theory; the Entrepreneurship Center for Music; the American Music Research Center; and the Music Library, along with the Program in Jewish Studies and the Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts, paid tribute to the multifaceted Bernstein.
Famed conductor of the New York Philharmonic, composer of renowned symphonic and stage works, concert pianist, author, educator, television personality, recording artist and humanitarian, Bernstein was passionate about creating, presenting and teaching music. He also realized the impact that the arts can have on society, and he did not shy away from transmitting messages, overt or subtle, about peace and compassion. Indeed, West Side Story’s themes of acceptance and love are just as timely today as when the show opened on Broadway in 1957.
Highlights of CU’s Bernstein at 100 festival included a recreation of a Young People’s Concert in Macky Auditorium with the composer’s daughter Jamie taking on the role of her father and teaching nearly 1,000 local third-graders about the fun in “Overture to Candide,” the epic story of the On the Waterfront symphonic suite, and the beauty of “Barber’s Violin Concerto,” performed splendidly by legendary former New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow. Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts, broadcast from Carnegie Hall on CBS from 1958 to 1972, instilled a love for music in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of children across the country.
Bernstein scholar and William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard, Carol Oja, gave a fascinating and meaningful keynote speech “Leonard Bernstein and the Performance of Social Justice” and participated on an Entrepreneurship Center for Music panel focusing on Bernstein’s role as artist-citizen.
As a nod to Bernstein’s Jewish side, the college’s combined choirs sang Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with Hebrew texts, and the Program in Jewish Studies screened Michał Waszyński’s 1937 fantasy film The Dybbuk, which served as inspiration for Bernstein’s ballet of the same name, choreographed by West Side Story collaborator Jerome Robbins. Another film screening featured the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story, introduced by expert Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.
The CU Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and Marching Band all programmed Bernstein works. Students from the Roser Piano and Keyboard Department, along with a few guests, performed all 29 “Anniversaries,” short piano pieces dedicated to the composer’s friends and family. Two Faculty Tuesdays featured jazz arrangements and chamber music of Bernstein. The college’s Music Theory department, sponsored by CU’s Office of Outreach and Engagement, opened the festival with a CU on the Weekend presentation, “Bernstein as Teacher: Exploring the Language of Music.”
The College of Music is proud that its Bernstein at 100 festival has provided a special opportunity for the CU Boulder campus and surrounding community to come together in celebration of the arts, and it looks forward to celebrating its own centennial in 2020!


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Haryana RERA sets up mediation forum to settle homebuyers dispute with developers
“It is prudent that such mechanisms are incorporated in the myriad field of laws, particularly laws dealing with real-estate sector, which has a huge pendency of cases due to informed homebuyers approaching the real estate regulatory authorities for grievance redressal,” said a spokesperson for HARERA.
Banks cannot auction project without the approval of buyers, authority: Haryana RERA
Gurgaon bench of Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authorit...
Haryana RERA issues show cause to developer for advertising without RERA details
“It has come to the notice of this authority that an adverti...
Appellate Tribunal sets aside order for criminal case against financiers of Gurugram Realty Project
In its judgment the Appellate Tribunal observed that the initial order was passed without following the principles of natural justice.
New Rera certificate in Haryana to check duplication and tampering
The certificate will be valid for five years, after which the property owner will have to get it renewed online.
Haryana RERA issues showcause notice to Gurgaon builder, threatens to impose Rs 28 crore fine
KK Khandelwal, Chairman, HARERA, said that in the notice builder has been told that registration of the projects will be cancelled in case builder fails to complete it. HARERA has also alleged that there could be diversion of funds of the project which was meant for construction.
Property brokers in Gurgaon to move court against capping on brokerage
Association of Property Professionals (APP), the NCR chapter of National Association of Realtors(NAR), said it is preparing a legal reply and will challenge the Haryana RERA order in court.
Gurugram developers may face penalty upto Rs 300 crore
As of now around 400 projects have been registered with the authority with total area of nearly one lakh acre. Around 2, 50,000 units are under monitoring of this authority, of which 60000 units are in the affordable housing segment.
Start work or pay Rs 1 crore fine a day, H-Rera tells Greenopolis builders
The Haryana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal had earlier rejected developers’ plea to stay the order passed by H-Rera in January last year, where H-Rera imposed a penalty on the developers and attached 10 acres of their land for not completing the project on time.
Haryana RERA strips 2 builders of their rights over prime land
With a large number of stuck projects, especially in the National Capital Region, this order is expected to revive hope for helpless buyers and set a benchmark for RERA intervention.
Withdraw OCs or CCs given to incomplete projects: Haryana RERA
Haryana RERA has asked the DTCP, Haryana, to withdraw the CC, or Occupation Certificate OC, issued to projects that are yet to complete the development.
Haryana real estate regulator serves notice on Supertech for cheating homebuyers
The authorities approved neither a project nor any plan, but the real estate developer allegedly sold dwellings units.
Haryana RERA orders Supertech to refund buyers' money for not giving possession
Gurgaon bench of Haryana RERA observed that Supertech Ltd cheated homebuyers by accepting pre-launch booking before obtaining licence to develop the project.
Don’t use 70% of home buyers’ funds to repay loans
In the normal course, lending banks and institutions get repayment of their loans from the escrow accounts opened by developers where all the receivables get deposited.
Home buyers beware of ‘Assured Returns’ schemes
Such advertisements lure the gullible public to invest their money in under construction projects. Different names are also being used to push such schemes in the market.

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Orleans County Grammar School History
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Among the many amusing pranks of the pupils… one was of the bell being rung by someone when the lyceum was in session. Someone had tied a string to the tongue of the bell, which connected with some secret place where the rogue could ring at his leisure and watch the effect upon the audience inside. This, of course, much disturbed the exercises.
John Stearns brought a cannon ball into the stone boarding house and rolled it through the upper hall “to get up a frolic.” Mr. Twilight appeared to investigate, but Stearns got into bed with his roommate and they hid the ball between them.
….A respected citizen of the village had one or two cows, some sheep and a flock of geese. The sheep would sometimes stray into people’s yards, or get upon the academy campus, in short they were often found where the neighbors did not like to have them. One morning the early risers near the academy discovered some sheep at the top of the belfry, and opened their eyes in wonder as to how they got way up there… It soon became noised about that some of the mischievous academy boys had during the night elevated them to their lofty abode. The owner soon came for the sheep and thereafter they were not allowed to stray far from their home.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite stated public policy goals meant to help low-income and first-generation college students go to college, certain policies hurt the very students they were meant to help because of the way they are implemented.
That was one of the key points made Thursday at the New America Foundation during a panel discussion titled “Funding Public Higher Education Post-Stimulus.”
The criticism wasn’t an indictment of the Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provided some $8.3 billion over three years to higher education institutions throughout the country.
Rather, the criticism was more directed at the flexibility the federal government granted to states under the Recovery Act that was used in ways that had side effects, which adversely impacted those who need help the most.
As a case in point, panelist Dr. Stephen Jordan, president of Metropolitan State College of Denver, told of how the state of Colorado—upon receiving Recovery Act funds—dropped down funding to institutions of higher learning to 2005-2006 levels as federally allowed without regard to enrollment levels at various institutions.
Jordan said that decision hurt institutions such as Metropolitan State College of Denver, which had higher levels of enrollment at the time, due almost, if not entirely, to greater enrollment among low-income students of color, while other institutions had lower enrollment and thus ended up with more money per student.
“The very institutions where we ought to be making investments to achieve our stated public goals, we’re actually disadvantaging them compared to research universities,” Jordan said.
He noted that, as a regional comprehensive university, Metropolitan State College of Denver attracts one out of four Latino college students in Colorado and one out of every three African-American college students in the state. Roughly 70 percent of State College’s students are low-income students, and two-thirds of those students are Pell Grant eligible, he said.
“It’s not like we can raise tuition,” Jordan said of his college, which he said remains in the bottom quartile throughout the nation in tuition charged at $2,416.86 per semester, according to the college’s website.
“For us, the tuition strategy is not a viable long-term strategy,” Jordan said. “It is a short-term strategy to try and make up for the reductions that we’ve had.”
Jordan said he wishes the federal government should have required that that funding be required to maintain certain levels of support per student instead of allowing states to fund institutions at 2005-2006 levels and then use Recovery Act funds to fill the gaps without regard to student enrollment.
As his institution continues to struggle with issues of finance, Jordan said he has been charged with the duty of “right-sizing” the institution and finding ways to streamline services and cut costs. In one case, it involved digitizing student records—a process that cut the per-person staff time required to retrieve a student transcript from one day to three minutes since the records were previously stored off-campus.
He also has hired junior faculty to replace outgoing faculty who agree to give up tenure and leave within two years as they spend time creating “legacy” or “capstone” projects that leave a lasting impact on the university.
Still, he said, the university is staring at more reductions in the coming fiscal year.
Such is the case at institutions throughout the nation as the Recovery Act funding meant for education has been exhausted.
“This funding was viable for several years, and the states that availed themselves of it are now facing a funding cliff,” observed Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation.
Jennifer Cohen, senior policy analyst with the Education Policy Program at the foundation, said that an “unprecedented” $100 billion went to education through the Recovery Act and that, of that amount, some $39 billion went to State Fiscal Stabilization Funds in the area of education.
Of that $39 million, 78.9 percent went to K-12 education, and the remaining 21.2 percent—or $8.3 billion—was spent on higher education. The pattern pretty much mirrors how states divvy up funds between K-12 and higher education, she said.
“This is a huge investment,” Cohen said of the $8.3 billion that went to higher education. “So it makes you wonder what happened with those dollars.”
However, there is variability among states, and trying to get a grasp on what exactly happened with the $8.3 billion in Recovery Act funds that went to higher education is a huge and complex undertaking, complicated even more by the fact that state budgets vary based on state law.
Some states spent all their Recovery Act money on higher education. They include Colorado, Cohen said, because the state’s K-12 funds are legally protected and cannot be cut. Other states, she said, put all their Recovery Act money in K-12 as per state legislative action.
Cohen has authored a series of papers on State Fiscal Stabilization Funds. Among other things, her papers found that many states “did not protect higher education from budget cuts during the economic downturn” and that is still clear that the stabilization funds helped keep higher education budgets afloat in many states.
Other panelists included Dr. Paul Lingenfelter, president of the State Higher Education Executive Officers, or SHEEO, who joined Jordan in saying that the nation has “misguided public policies” that hurt the socially and economically disadvantaged.
“We are not putting resources behind our top priorities,” Lingenfelter said. Among other things, he criticized the shift toward merit aid for students, which he said “does not have very much educational return.”
He also criticized the delivery system of higher education, particularly in community colleges, that he said emphasizes “episodic, part-time enrollment” and in which students end up using Pell Grants to pay living expenses and don’t make educational progress.
Lingenfelter predicted continual increases in tuition and stressed the need for higher education leaders to ask what does the public need, where can investments be made to help meet those needs, and what can they do better with the money they have now.
Panelist Nick Johnson, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said questions remain about whether the nation will see economic restoration or retrenchment in the coming years—a question all the more relevant in a presidential election year that follows a particularly contentious partisanship that has permeated the latest Congress.
“The economy is looking up,” Johnson said. “But I think we face some political threats that will really shape higher education into the future.”


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This week, we hosted our 13th annual Folk Dancing Performance. Our long-standing folk dancing program positively influences student development and the desire to learn, and nurture their love for the school and sense of community. Students dance weekly, building stamina and learning new dances as the year progresses. Every April, the students in our Young Kindergarten and Elementary Programs are ready to perform for thirty minutes non-stop; parents and grand-parents join to dance afterwards. The performance makes them feel capable, confident, accomplished and most importantly, very happy. This is an experience that they will always remember.
We believe that physical arts are an essential aspect of education for the development of the whole child and for a healthy society. By incorporating folk dances in our programs, the students not only exercise, improve rhythm, coordination and balance, but they are also learning about traditional music and dances from around the world.
This year, students in our Young K, Kindergarten and Elementary Programs performed the following International Folk Dances.
- Kadril – Russia
- Deer – France
- Camels – Israel
- 7 Jumps – United States of America
- Hey Yanana – North American Indians
- Horses – Russia
- Koryak – North Russia
- Bamboo – International
They danced the following with parents and grandparents:
- Irish Jig Medley
- Nafarroa – Spain/Basque
- Sri ram Jai ram – India
You can watch the performance below.


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Alexandre Cazes, the suspected co-founder of the infamous dark web marketplace known as AlphaBay, has been found dead in his cell in a Thai jail. He had been arrested on a US request on July 5.
AlphaBay was shut down without warning or explanation on the same day. It’s since emerged that a law enforcement operation involving three countries was behind the shut-down.
US authorities were seeking Cazes’ extradition from Thailand, but according to local media, the 26-year-old Canadian was found hanging from a towel in his cell toilet just an hour before he was supposed to meet with prosecutors. Local police are treating his death as a suicide.
Cazes, known online as DeSnake, had been living in Thailand for seven or eight years, where he owned four Lamborghinis and several properties in Bangkok. His LinkedIn profile lists him as a computer programmer.
AlphaBay is conservatively estimated to have made $766,000 in revenue every day through the sale of narcotics, weapons, stolen credit cards, counterfeit documents and pornography. It was considered to be the largest contraband marketplace on the dark web, with over 300,000 product listings.
The site’s shutdown has reportedly thrown the international online drug trade into chaos, but experts say it’s unlikely to have a long-lasting effect on the supply and demand of narcotics via the dark web.
Source: SMH / Bangkok Post / Wired.
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Over time, there have been numerous advances made in the field of laser spinal surgeries. Because the techniques are so cutting edge, many spine surgeons have differing opinions and experiences with laser spinal surgery. However, given the right surgeon with the right experience, laser spine surgery can be a great way to treat minor spine issues, including spinal stenosis and herniated discs that don't require major traditional surgery techniques. If you’re experiencing symptoms of a minor spinal issue and find yourself wondering, “Does laser spine surgery work?” keep reading to find out if this treatment option is right for you.
What is the Success Rate of Laser Spine Surgery?
There is confusion about where and when laser spine procedures can be used. While laser surgeries don't currently posit a 1:1 replacement with traditional surgeries, there are increasing situations in which they can be equally effective. When applicable, the use of laser spinal surgeries can reduce the number of complications, as well as the recovery time. This makes laser spine surgeries a desirable alternative to traditional treatment methods.
While more and more people are becoming curious about laser spine surgery because of its benefits, it's important to educate prospective patients on the pros and cons of this alternative to traditional surgery. As with other minimally invasive procedures, it can only be used effectively in specific situations, in which numerous pros and cons are applicable.
Understanding Your Treatment Options
Considering back surgery can be a pretty heavy issue—one which the patient will certainly want to have been advised of any available alternatives beforehand. While laser surgery isn't always appropriate as an alternative to traditional surgery, there are situations in which it can be just as effective while providing fewer risks and a faster recovery.
One common question patients have is whether or not laser spinal surgeries truly work. Of course, laser surgeries haven’t completely replaced traditional surgeries yet, but they are coming to equal terms in many applications.
Laser spine surgery certainly isn't for every patient, but it provides a beneficial alternative for many. If you're suffering from a herniated disc or damaged nerves on the spinal cord, laser surgery may be able to get the job done to an equally effective degree as traditional methods, with minimal pain, time, and costs involved.
When Is Performing Laser Surgery a Good Alternative?
The most important part of understanding whether or not laser spine surgery will work for you is understanding your own specific needs. This is something the internet can't answer for you. Laser spine surgery won't fix everything immediately, and there are still many situations where traditional methods, or other forms of minimally invasive spine surgery, may be preferable to the newer laser methods. Of course, when considering a procedure of this nature, asking your doctor is always the best way to go!
Does Laser Spine Surgery Work for a Herniated Disc?
While there are plenty of spinal issues for which laser spine surgery might not work, such as degenerative spine diseases, a herniated disc is a problem that laser spine surgery can easily solve. There is no need to undergo intensive traditional spine surgery if you are suffering from a herniated disc, as laser surgery can get the job done equally well with minimal amounts of pain involved.
Is Laser Surgery Painful?
Laser spinal surgery is a process that allows the surgeon to take advantage of cutting-edge medical laser technology to perform the surgery. The surgeon will remove portions of the soft tissue that is compressing the nerves around the spine—an issue that can also be the result of ligament enlargement or a herniated disc. This type of procedure would normally be performed invasively, using intensive procedures to remove an otherwise small amount of disc tissue. The benefits that using the minimally invasive techniques of laser surgery pose are numerous, including smaller incisions, reduced blood loss, and faster recovery time. Of course, this can also result in greatly reducing the pain post-op.
When Is Laser Spine Surgery Better Than Traditional Methods?
As we've discussed, there are currently many situations, such as degenerative spine diseases, in which traditional spinal surgeries are preferable to laser spine surgery alternatives. However, in situations for which laser surgeries are applicable, they can be greatly beneficial. Here's a look at some of the pros and cons involved in laser spinal surgeries:
- Faster recovery time
- Reduced blood loss
- Reduced cost
- Longer recovery time
- Increased risk of inadequate operation
- May not be applicable in all situations
- More expensive
Although laser surgery can be easier to perform overall than traditional techniques, that also means it can be more apt to misuse. Increased availability means that more people are able to have the surgery, which could mean that not everyone who's doing it is as qualified as you would like your spine surgeon to be. While working with a trained laser surgeon can be even more safe than going under the knife for a traditional procedure, working with an unpracticed technician could result in increased nerve damage when compared to traditional surgery techniques.
It's important to remember that all you need to perform spinal surgery is a medical license, which means that you don't necessarily need to be a trained surgeon. This makes the importance of tracking down someone who is experienced with laser spinal surgical techniques an absolute must. In the right hands, laser spine surgery can be a great alternative.
How Long Is the Recovery Time for Laser Spine Surgery Techniques?
The recovery time for laser spine surgery is generally less than 6 weeks, whereas the recovery time for traditional spinal surgeries is around 3-6 months. So while laser alternatives aren't always appropriate, spinal issues where they are applicable can be much more easily treated with this procedure. Although they won't always be the best choice for your symptoms, laser surgical techniques will generally allow patients a much faster recovery time with fewer complications.
Texas Spine Center - Your Houston Laser Spine Surgeon
Although laser spine surgery may not be a suitable treatment for everyone, it does present a much more accessible option for individuals with spinal disorders who don't want to face the risks associated with traditional spine surgeries. Though the outcomes of these different surgical methods can be equal in success-level, the risk is typically reduced by a wide margin in patients for whom the laser procedure is a viable option.
At Texas Spine Center, we offer minimally invasive spinal surgical procedures performed by an award-winning surgical team to help you find relief from your back pain now. If you’re experiencing symptoms of a herniated disc or another spinal injury and still wondering, “Does laser spine surgery work?” contact us today to talk to our team about which procedure is the best option for your symptoms!


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The President of the High Court has approved arrangements governing access to documents to be used for an application by the State’s corporate watchdog for appointment of inspectors to Independent News and Media plc.
Tue, 24 Apr, 2018
A legal action against four former directors of Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) over alleged “wholly unlawful” delegation of powers of the board of the INBS, to its former CEO Michael Fingleton, has settled, the Commercial Court heard yesterday. No terms of settlement were disclosed.
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I am planning at staying at Park city with a bunch of my buddies at a condo because it seems to be the cheapest way. But I don't plan on skiing much of park city because i am more intrested in skiing over at alta, snowbird, and solitude. How would i be able to get over there without renting a car. Or is it smarter to get a place over in that area even though it costs alot of money?
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How many bullets does it take to bring down an unsuspecting man as he is reaching for his wallet? According to former South Carolina State Trooper Sean Groubert, the answer is four. That’s how many times he shot at Lavar Edward Jones after he asked him for his license.
Maybe Groubert was nervous. But given the fact Groubert has since been arrested and charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, his superiors are not accepting that as an excuse.
While stopped at a gas station, the trooper asked to see Jones’ driver’s license as he stepped out of his car. Jones complied, and as he turned around to grab his wallet out of his car, Groubert drew his weapon and fired four shots at Jones, who staggered backward and threw his hands in the air. Jones survived.
The scene was captured by the dashboard camera in Groubert’s cruiser. After the South Carolina Department of Public Safety released the video last week, the not-so-routine traffic stop grabbed the attention of a nation still reeling from the violence that spilled out of Ferguson, Missouri after a police officer killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
These two instances of police officers shooting unarmed citizens were part of Saturday’s panel discussion “Know Your Rights” hosted by the Magic City Bar Association at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex’s Medical Forum Auditorium.
“There is a tension in Birmingham,” attorney Tanita Cain said as she sat alongside the other panelists. “What happened in Ferguson or South Carolina could’ve happened anywhere. There is tension between the police officers in Birmingham and the surrounding communities.”
Another member of the panel was Charles “Todd” Henderson, who ran for Jefferson County Sheriff this past election. Henderson recalled an incident that occurred when he was a young officer that changed the way routine traffic stops would be handled by law enforcement. After a police officer in Texas was killed during a routine stop, law enforcement agencies around the country shifted gears and began training their officers for these situations based solely around “keeping the officers safe,” Henderson explained.
“Here is the problem, I think, from a law enforcement standpoint: the greatest majority of deaths of police officers occur during traffic stops,” Henderson said. As for the incident in South Carolina, Henderson said, “In that video, he completely went against his training. There is no excuse for what happened. One of the common things in each one of these incidents is the age of the officer. Most of them are very young.”
From a police officer’s standpoint, Henderson explained, if people were more aware of their rights and how to interact with the police, it could drastically cut down on the number of instances—like in Ferguson or South Carolina—where officers feel obligated to draw their weapon and fire. He was quick to add, however, that this does not excuse these instances that have occurred.
Henderson, whose father was a sheriff, says that he “grew up in a sheriff’s home. We need to return to the idea of community policing.” He believes this tactic would go a long way to ease the tension between the police and those in the community who feel as though they could become the next victim of unnecessary force. It’s a concept his father used to practice, and how police in general used to handle their business, Henderson explained.
“Just like in the Ferguson incident, that was horrible. I think there are so many things that could’ve been done differently to avoid these incidents. Here’s the problem with law enforcement nowadays, in my opinion: We used to have this concept of community policing. I remember when I grew up that I was taught not to look at law enforcement as an adversary, but an advocate. We have got to get back to the business of service,” Henderson said. “Protection has to be a result of service.”
Henderson noted how members in the community should know their beat officer. “They should have their cell phone number. I’ve been to several neighborhood association meetings around here where people have a relationship with the officer on their beat. They don’t call dispatch or 911, they call their officer. I think if we can grow those type of relationships we can avoid these situations like we’ve seen in Ferguson and South Carolina.”
In Birmingham, race plays a large role in the relationship between members of the community and the police, Tamika Wren, an attorney who spoke at Saturday’s discussion, explained.
She referenced the media’s coverage of violent crime and how that can skew the public’s “perception of black men.”
Wren said that, “For me, being a black female, I have to know how to operate in two cultures. I have to know how to operate in my African-American community, but I also need to know how to operate in a majority community. So when we place police officers that have never had a personal relationship with someone of color and the only thing that they see is how the media characterizes black men — as hostile, overly aggressive — then that is the reason why a young white man may not know how to react in certain situations.”
Wren agreed with Henderson’s notion about returning to a community-based police force. But she thinks that the screening process for police officers should focus more on mental dexterity and whether or not an individual will be able to react appropriately in dangerous situations.
“Talking to police officers, there needs to be more of a mental screening. Will this person properly respond under stress? Because it is a minute-by-minute decision. So some of these instances of overreacting, maybe could be avoided by the selection process, or even taking a black officer and placing them with the white officer in the black communities,” Wren said.
“Let me jump in right here,” Cain interjected. “Where I differ with that, if we’re talking about brutality and untrained officers, I don’t think that is an issue of color. I’ve seen black officers beat the ham sandwich out of black people. When we’re talking about untrained officers, that could occur anywhere. I’ve seen it across the board.”
Something that all the panelists agreed on, however, is that everyone should know their rights and how to properly interact with police.
“We have got to get back into the business of serving,” Henderson said. “The LAPD has one of the greatest slogans ever: Serve and Protect. It seems like lately we have got these things backwards. It shouldn’t be protect first, serve later.”

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Farwell, Texas, cotton producer Ryan Williams harvests his 2022 crop. He's stripping cotton on a farm that's been in his family for almost 100 years. Shelley E. Huguley
Cotton harvest is underway. Farwell, Texas, cotton producer Ryan Williams admits it's been one of the most challenging years since his first crop in 1998. As he strips his irrigated cotton, he's thankful they persevered.
"It's been really dry. You couldn't hardly get a crop up and going. It took all we had just to meet moisture with irrigation," he says. "We just never got rain."
Williams Farms is a family operation including Ryan's father Mark and his brother Russell and their families. Many of their farms, from Farwell to Dalhart, went a year -- August to August -- without rainfall. "We got rain in late August," Ryan says. "It helped some of the other crops, but it didn't help the cotton a whole lot. So, it was very challenging."
Yields will be "all over the board." The season began with 8,200 planted acres but Ryan says, they "officially lost" their 4,200 dryland acres a couple of weeks ago.
Of the 4,000 irrigated acres remaining, Ryan expects yields to be off by a third. "I would say average of what we call irrigated, will make a bale-and-a-half to two bales. We have a few good fields, but overall, we're significantly down from normal."
Their irrigation, like many drawing from the Ogallala Aquifer, is supplemental. Robbie Lamb has farmed for the Williamses for 12 years. He says even farms with "a little more water," had to be replanted.
"Whenever we were planting, it was so hot and dry, we couldn't get the sprinklers around fast enough. By the time we got around, the cotton had already sprouted and died. So, we had to replant quite a bit this year."
One field planted twice was the Williamses' homeplace, a farm that's been in their family for nearly 100 years. "That field actually turned out pretty nice," Ryan says, adding that it is typically one of their best-yielding farms. "It made 4.2 bales to the acre last year, and 4.4 the year before. This year, I think it will make maybe 3 bales."
On some fields, Ryan concentrated the irrigation on only half the circle. Standing in one of those fields, he says that the half that received limited irrigation will yield 600 to 700 pounds. "That's still a yield and that's better than a zero on your insurance.
"We go down swinging," he adds. "We try to produce all we can. We have some really good cotton because we worked at it, and we got it in the ground. It's hard for us to just quit. I'm glad we kept pressing on."
Whether contracted with Allenberg Cotton or sold on the open market, Ryan is pleased with the price. "I think that's one reason I was committed to keep pushing is because I have some of it priced high."
Marketing cotton is complicated, he admits. "It's just a tough crop to market because we don't know how much we're going to have or the quality. It's a challenge."
Weathering drought is nothing new to Ryan. He says the first year he returned to the farm, it was the driest year on record.
"That was 25 years ago. I don't know how much I learned but I do remember that summer being dry," he recalls. "We had a lot of corn during those times, and we couldn't keep up."
This summer, although similar, was more challenging, "because we have less water. Our irrigation capacity is less and that made it harder to keep up and when you can't even get a crop up, it's very frustrating."
But Ryan doesn't give up easily. You could say he interprets frustrations as challenges. "A lot of people threw their hands up and said, 'We're not even going to try. It's too dry.' But I'm stubborn and an eternal optimist, so I push through. It pays off, for the most part. Sometimes, I should have probably quit those certain circles, but I just don't have that in me."
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