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Tony Biddle is a rarity. He is still alive seven years after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Just 6 per cent of people with the aggressive cancer survive past five years.
The 68-year-old has had radical surgery to remove his right lung and diaphragm, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
“They wanted to kill every skerrick of cancer they could find because the thing with mesothelioma is it always comes back,” the retired Mosman resident said.
But the thought of the treatment was so daunting he almost didn't have it, walking out of hospital the morning he was scheduled for surgery.
“I left a very upset surgeon all scrubbed up in his greens [scrubs] and ready to operate,” Mr Biddle said.
“It turns out it was the only thing they could offer for someone like me other than going home and getting my affairs in order.”
The knowledge that this cancer, synonymous with exposure to asbestos, could return at any time is a constant companion.
“When you’re diagnosed with a cancer like this, you’re in a state of shock. You don’t know what to do or where to turn. It’s a dreadful situation,” he said.
Now, a world-first immunotherapy trial is giving hope to patients with mesothelioma and advanced pancreatic cancer by reprogramming immune cells to hunt down and destroy deadly tumours.
The experimental therapy has the potential to treat dozens of cancers - including lung, ovarian, and some breast cancers - by targeting a specific protein on the surface of tumour cells.
The project is spearheaded by gene therapy expert and clinical haematologist Professor John Rasko at the University of Sydney’s newly established Li Ka Shing Cell and Gene Therapy Initiative.
The Li Ka Shing Foundation - the philanthropic organisation of Hong-Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing - has donated $4.5 million to the university to expand the trial beyond pancreatic cancer to include patients with other cancers that have the mesothelin marker, predominantly mesothelioma.
Mr Li is the former head of Hong Kong's largest infrastructure company Cheung Kong Industries (CKI) - now led by his son. Earlier this month the Morrison government blocked CKI's $13 billion takeover bid for Australian gas pipeline operator APA Group.
The foundation’s donation will also enable the creation of a gene therapy workforce and the infrastructure to propel the development and manufacturing of immunotherapies in Australia.
“There’s only one word for it,” Mr Biddle said. “Hope.”
“If there is hope for a treatment that will possibly cure these kinds of cancers it would be an unbelievable result,” he said.
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all major cancers, with 8.7 per cent of patients surviving five years after they are diagnosed. Almost 3000 Australians die of pancreatic cancer every year. It is notoriously hard to detect and is usually only diagnosed once it has spread.
In 2016, 672 Australians died of mesothelioma.
Early immunotherapy drugs aim to “take the brakes off” the body’s immune response to cancers by re-energising white blood cells called T-cells. But many patients don’t respond to the treatments.
The new trial takes a different tack, focusing on patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and mesothelioma that have a specific marker - a protein on the surface of their cancer cells called mesothelin.
The researchers will extract the T-cells from these patients and genetically reprogram these immune cells to create chimeric antigen receptors on their surface (CAR T-cells) that are attracted to mesothelin.
These reprogrammed immune cells will be injected back into the patients where they multiply, hunt down and destroy the cancer cells, the researchers hypothesise.
“We only have to inject a small amount of [CAR-T] cells; the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen - but those cells are capable of proliferating and growing in the body - like normal immune cells - and are capable of killing tens of thousands of cancer cells sequentially,” Professor Rasko said.
“It’s terribly, terribly exciting,” Professor Rasko said. “It’s cutting edge, make no mistake.”
CAR-T immunotherapy has been approved as a treatment in Europe for specific types of leukaemia and lymphoma, but this is the first in Australia to target solid tumours.
Mesothelin is found on the surface of up to 85 per cent of pancreatic cancers and up to 90 per cent of mesothelioma.
The protein is also detectable in roughly a dozen other cancers, including lung, ovarian and connective tissue cancers as well as an estimated 10-15 per cent of breast cancers, Professor Rasko said.
“This technique is cancer agnostic,” Professor Rasko said.
“The thing that links all these cancers together is they express a particular protein on the tumour surface that we can target with the reprogrammed immune cells.”
The Australian researchers will collaborate with investigators in the US, Canada and Sweden.
“We are in a thrilling situation to be able to offer this to patients in the coming year,” Professor Rasko said, stressing it was still experimental treatment.

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Netflix's Sword Gai Season 2 is already in hot demand now that the first 12 episodes have been dropped online by the streaming giant. The anime Sword Gai: The Animation was one of 30 new Netflix Original anime series that Netflix has planned for the future. The good news is that the first season is clearly implying that Episode 12's ending is only Part 1 in the Netflix menu, so when will Sword Gai Part 2 come out? News reports teased an announcement for AnimeJapan 2018 and the voice actors did speak out, but anime fans may have to wait a while to watch more of the story.
The story is based on the Sword Gai manga by author Toshiki Inoue and illustrator Wosamu Kine. The manga's run in Monthly Hero's Magazine ended in 2015 with Sword Gai Volume 6, but a sequel manga series called Sword Gai Evolve continued the story in 2016 and it's currently up to volume 4 as of March 5, 2018. Unfortunately, no company has licensed the English translation of the manga and there are no fan translation projects available at this time.
The anime adaptation was originally being developed by Flash anime studio DLE and entertainment company Fields for release in 2016, but that version of the anime was delayed indefinitely until Netflix picked up the series. A collaboration between Production IG, LandQ Studios, and DLE ended up creating Sword Gai: The Animation.
The Sword Gai Anime Is Different From The MangaMultiple producers and directors sat down with Gigazine for an interview. They revealed that mangaka Inoue was directly involved in writing the anime series composition. Apparently, the plot in the scripts written by Inoue was "different from the manga" from the beginning of the project.
Inoue's direct involvement in the anime project streamlined the writing process. Normally, it takes several hours to read through the script and discuss it, "but in the case of Sword Gai it was 30 minutes." The anime production did add on to Inoue's script and shift things around, but mostly in areas where more details were necessary for the animation work.
"We also supplemented the battle scene. On the screenplay, the battle scenes are written simply as 'fighting armed demons' and 'fierce fistfight,'" explained animation producer Kenji Watanabe. "But in order to visualize, it is necessary to explain to the people who do the story work. Then, it will increase further from the original 27 pages."
Watanabe also revealed that he had originally planned on going full 3D animation for the battle scenes, but as he read the script he realized, "This is not the case."
The anime adaptation's story was notably different from the manga, especially at the beginning the story. When director Tomohito Naka was asked what he felt about the anime, this is what he said.
"Why are humans drawn to weapons... This anime describes legendary cursed weapons and those who are possessed by it. The first episode is more of a prequel, focusing on how the legendary demon sword Shiryu and Gai were brought together. Their epic past is a must-see," he explained. "Besides Shiryu, there are anime original weapons such as Zsoltgewinn and Flamberge that turn into dark-heroic Busomas. I especially concentrated on creating the battle scenes between Busomas and their modeling, so I hope you watch them carefully. The story following episode 2 focuses on Gai and other original characters who are driven by weapons and fight their cruel fate."
The Biggest Problem With How The Release Was HandledPart 1 finished with a cliffhanger ending that provides no resolution to the main conflict and leaves the main character, Gai, in quite the bind. Sword Gai Season 2 is almost a necessity or Netflix risks upsetting anime fans further since they already dislike how the streaming giant will delay the international release of popular anime like Violet Evergarden, which has already announced that a new project is in progress ahead of the U.S. release.
Some anime fans on Reddit have already declared the anime Sword Gai: The Animation the "worst of [the] OG batch from Netflix so far" based on the ending of Part 1. Fans compared the Sword Gai anime to Netflix's A.I.C.O. Incarnation anime, which contained a completely self-contained story that probably won't receive a second season by studio Bones.
Sword Gai: The Animation Season 2 Release Date To Be Announced Soon?As of this article's publishing, animation companies LandQ, Production IG, and DLE have not announced anything official about the Sword Gai Season 2 release date, although this article will be updated as soon as the anime sequel's premiere is confirmed. However, there can be reasonable speculation about when, or if, the Sword Gai: The Animation Season 2 premiere date may occur.
The good news is that the anime studios want to do sequels to their Netflix Original series. For example, Production IG's CEO and director have already started talking about B: The Beginning Season 2.
The day that the anime aired on Netflix, Anime News Network reported that the "Netflix Anime Matsuri! Space Stage" event at the AnimeJapan 2018 convention would "announce new information about the [Sword Gai] anime on Saturday." There was also a special talk show event about Sword Gai: The Animation on Sunday. While it sounded like the perfect opportunity to announce Sword Gai Season 2 to the world, so far news reports out of Japan have not revealed anything about the second season.
— Netflix Japan Anime (@NetflixJP_Anime) March 25, 2018
Sword Gai cast members Yuto Uemura (voice of Gai Ogata) and Yuichiro Umehara (voice of Seiya Ichijo) answered fans' questions at the event. Umehara joked, "A Japanese sword has become popular among women, recently."
Surprisingly, the lead voice actor did not watch anime when he was younger. Fans asked what their favorite scene was and what they liked about their character.
"Since the lead character is a very strong character, the scene of the battle was basically less ad-lib," Umehara said, according to Sakigake. "As the anime supplemented the manga, the power of the manga is amazing."
Umehara also spoke in the voice of his character and said, "I feel like I can already watch 12 [more] episodes!"
Hopefully, more information about Sword Gai Season 2 will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
[Update March 26, 2018] Added interviews with the anime's producers and reports from AnimeJapan 2018.

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It's an unexpected phenomenon that public health experts are still trying to decode.
While federal officials were hoping that the flu season had already reached its peak, Anne Schuchat, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), had some unfortunate news that she shared with the Washington Post. It also reported the highest rate of flu-like illnesses since the flu pandemic of 2009.
Swine flu, which swept the globe in 2009 and 2010, sickened 60.8 million Americans, hospitalised 274,304 and killed 12,469, according to CDC data. That was a slight increase from 10 outbreaks a week earlier, and brought the state total to 137 so far this season.
"I don't know if we've hit peak yet", Schuchat said.
Schuchat said that while this year's virus "isn't new in terms of antigenic drift", virologists are studying it to see if there are "other explanations for the more severe disease we're seeing". Vaccination of children against the flu is a relatively new phenomenon that may help limit the pediatric toll, she said.
United States researchers have not yet projected vaccine effectiveness for this season, but Canadian researchers estimate the vaccine is about 55% effective against influenza B, a vast improvement over the 17% effectiveness estimated for influenza A, a finding that wasn't even statistically significant.
"This season is a wake-up call about how severe influenza can be and how we can never let our guard down", she said.
The organization does not keep a correct tally of grown-up deaths, but rather almost tracks youngster deaths as one measure of a flu season's seriousness.
There were 40,414 deaths in the U.S. during the third week of 2018, the most recent data available, and 4064 were from pneumonia or influenza, according to the CDC data.
Schuchat said the country is now in the eleventh week of the 2017-2018 flu season. Among them were for six flu-related child deaths in New York City. The CDC said this is the highest rate in recent years and a level not seen since the swine flu pandemic nine years ago. These numbers do not include all the people who have had the flu, as many do not see a doctor when sick. "People can also become infected by touching surfaces or objects contaminated with influenza viruses and then touching their eyes, mouth or nose", according to the ISDH. Half had no other medical conditions that would place them in the high-risk category, and only about 20 per cent were vaccinated.
The current hospitalization rate is approaching the final rate seen at the end of the severe 2014-15 season. This week's data showed outpatient visits for influenza-like illness comprised 7.7% of all visits - up from 7.1% in last week's data.


Tim Janus is a 37-year-old from New York City’s East Village who works professionally as a pizza chef. However, when he bellies up to the competitive eating table, piled high, Janus becomes Eater X, a painted-faced trencherman who can take down more food than your family serves at Thanksgiving.
Eater X was named IFOCE’s 2004 Rookie of the Year a decade ago, and his career hasn’t slowed down. Currently ranked the third best competitive eater in the world, Eater X is a force to be reckoned with, especially if you stand between him and glory. In 2009, in the qualifying match for the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, he became the third person on record to break the 50-hot dog barrier. Last year, Janus attempted to get legally drunk (.08 blood alcohol level) on non-alcoholic beer. He would’ve been the first, had he succeeded. In 2012, the World Burping Federation crowned Janus the reigning king of burping for his 18.1-second belch. Eater X competes in an average of 15 different eating competitions each year.
His most recent accomplishments include a third-place finish at the RP Funding World Chili Eating Challenge in Orlando, Florida a couple months ago and a second-place finish at the Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, Texas last September. His world records run the culinary gamut from fried pork rinds to tiramisu.
In recent years, competitive eating has turned its focus to how much someone can consume in a short amount of time rather than the total mass consumed. This bothers Janus who has said, “I consider myself to be a massive eater, a capacity eater, and I wish we had more contests that measured that.”
He’s been featured on MTV’s reality series True Life and in National Geographic’s documentary “The Science of Speed Eating.” He’s also competed on game shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Cash Cab. Video gamers might have seen Eater X as a character option in Major League Eating: the Game.
Interestingly enough, Janus lives with fellow competitive eater Jason “Crazy Legs” Conti, who he originally met at a corned beef and cabbage competition. The two call their apartment Coleman’s Bar & Grill.
To truly understand this competitor, one must only read this quote that Eater X shared in an interview, “I’d eat anything. One of my goals is to eat everything in the world. I’d eat a roll of pennies. I hope we make contact with beings from other planets. I’d eat an alien. If we could raise dinosaurs, I’d sign up to eat those.”


The votes have been tallied for this year's Westword Music Awards, and the trophies are almost ready. We won't blow the surprise, but suffice it to say they will not bludgeon as effectively as last year's. Find out what they look like tonight: Thursday, June 26 at Cassleman's. An Awards' ceremony open only to the nominated artists will take place prior to an open party for the public -- you're welcome any time after 8:30 p.m.
We have not chosen to lead this announcement with a photo from last weekend's Westword Music Showcase just because it looks cool. The Showcase and Awards are parallel projects: All of the more than 150 Denver bands that played this year's festival are nominees for an award. So are some 150 more -- in total, there are forty categories in this year's Westword Music Awards. Bands made their way onto the ballot via a nominating committee of local experts, and winners were chosen by a public vote.
All of which is to say that this awards ceremony is much less about who actually won than a chance for Westword to thank Denver musicians -- those who played last weekend and those who didn't -- for the incredible amount of work and creativity they apply to their projects. If you were one of the more than 11,000 people who attended this year's Showcase, you know their efforts have been exceedingly fruitful.
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Ilhan Omar And Her Democratic Supporters
In defending Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic tropes, which suggested that pro-Israel interests pushed allegiance to a “foreign country” and that pro-Israel politicians are motivated by financial support, some progressive Democrats seem to be arguing against the State Department’s very definition of anti-Semitism.
Prominent among Omar defenders are Senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, each of whom are 2020 presidential contenders.
“Like some of my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus, I am concerned that the spotlight being put on Congresswoman Omar may put her at risk,” Harris told reporters.
She continued: “We should be having a sound, respectful discussion about policy. You can both support Israel and be loyal to our country. I also believe there is a difference between criticism of policy or political leaders, and anti-Semitism.”
Sanders weighed in on the debate, arguing that criticism of Omar and campaigns seeking to have her removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee are really intended to stifle debate about Israel.
Warren came out in support for Omar, saying: “In a democracy, we can and should have an open, respectful debate about the Middle East that focuses on policy. Branding criticism of Israel as automatically anti-Semitic has a chilling effect on our public discourse and makes it harder to achieve a peaceful solution between Israelis and Palestinians. Threats of violence – like those made against Rep. Omar – are never acceptable.”
Omar’s charge about loyalty and her allegation that money is behind support for Israel both fall under the State Department’s public examples of anti-Semitism.
Drawing on its own previous definition, the State Department in 2016 adopted the “working definition” of anti-Semitism established by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the State Department is a member.
The following non-legally binding working definition of anti-Semitism was adopted: “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”
Consistent with that definition, the State Department offers official “contemporary examples of anti-Semitism.”
Among those examples are these two, which Omar’s comments clearly exemplify:
*Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interest of their own nations.
*Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions.
Bibi Should Nix China’s Footprint In Haifa
In light of serious U.S. national security concerns, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should strongly consider nixing Israel’s shortsighted agreement with a Chinese government-controlled company to operate a new seaport in the Israeli coastal city of Haifa.
Haifa is home to Israel’s largest international seaport and has long been a safe docking hub for American warships from the Sixth Fleet. The Haifa port has routinely hosted joint U.S.-Israeli naval drills.
In 2015, the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), which is 44%-owned by the Chinese government, won a tender to operate the Haifa seaport for 25 years starting in two years. The deal faces renewed scrutiny from the Trump administration, which has been confronting China on trade and has expressed deep concern about the possibility of Beijing using its infrastructure and high-tech projects for espionage or expansionism.
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton reportedly told Israeli leaders that China could utilize its newfound foothold in Haifa to potentially spy on U.S. interests or strengthen its strategic position in the Middle East.
The close proximity of Chinese port workers to U.S. naval ships carries an obvious potential risk of espionage. According to multiple reports, the U.S. is so worried about the Chinese oversight deal that the U.S. Navy is considering making changes to its traditional operations at the Haifa port.
Additionally, the Haifa port deal and larger Chinese investment in Israeli infrastructure and high-tech have raised questions about whether U.S. intelligence shared with Israel could become vulnerable to Chinese spying.
Besides the Haifa port deal, a second Chinese firm won a 2014 tender to construct the South Port in Ashdod. A subsidiary of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is helping Israel build the Tel Aviv Light Rail line, while another Chinese company will construct a hydroelectric power station in the Jordan Valley.
If it is not going to nix the Haifa port deal, meanwhile, Israel should at a minimum strongly consider founding a governmental agency similar to CFIUS, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a coalition of agencies that together review national security implications of foreign investments in U.S. companies and operations. According to local reports today, Netanyahu is already leaning in that direction.

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Jide Technology, a company founded by three ex-Googlers, will be introducing a tablet that appears to merge the best parts of Microsoft and Android; into a form that mimics the Surface Pro. Called the Jide Remix, it also runs a customised version of Android 4.4.2 that resembles Windows 8.
Jide is calling this product an “ultra tablet”, which is possibly a play on Intel’s Ultrabook brand. Because why not bring Intel into the picture as well? The form is an 11.6-inch tablet, with a 1920 x 1080 touch display. Inside is a 1.8GHz Tegra 4+1 A15 processor, 2GB RAM, 64GB storage, 5MP front and back cameras, and a 8100 mAh battery. Impressive specifications for a tablet, especially that massive battery that promises a very long hours.
It also has a variable angle kickstand, although it doesn’t have the range found on the Surface Pro 3, and a magnetically attached keyboard cover. As expected, the keyboard cover also includes a touchpad for some reason.
The operating system, known as Remix OS introduces both a Windows-like taskbar and windowed apps. A quick glance might fool users into thinking that they are looking at a weird version of Microsoft’s operating system. Especially if looking at the email app that is practically a clone from the one on Windows 8.
The Jide Remix will be going on sale in China first, and then start appearing in the US and Europe later in the year. It is expected to cost US$449, with a cheaper US$349 model (with only 16GB storage) appearing at the same time.
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While the Mouse House passed on Cherry's soapy mystery series, they did pick up the music industry-themed sudser Nashville, starring daytime soap alums Hayden Panettiere (One Life to Live, Guiding Light) and General Hospital's Jonathan Jackson. From creator Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise), Nashville centers on a fading, female country crooner (Friday Night Lights' Connie Britton) dealing with a rising, young honky tonk starlet (Panettiere). Jackson is set to play a sexy, songwriter in the vehicle.
ABC also ordered the mob soap Red Widow to series. From Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, Red Widow is the saga of a woman (Radha Mitchell) who must take her slain husband's place in a crime syndicate, to both avenge his death and maintain her family's lavish lifestyle. Somewhere Bob Guza is calling his agent to pitch himself for the Red Widow writing staff.
Are you bummed that La Lucci's show didn't make the cut? Excited to see JJ and Hayden in prmetime again? Sound off in the comments!


A replacement to your office computer's graphic card, the Nvidia GTX 260 boosts your presentations' colors and speeds up the load time for graphics and images. The graphics card only works in a desktop computer containing a PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard. Your motherboard also needs one dual-width x16 graphics slot and two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors to provide electricity to the Nvidia GTX 260.
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Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the author Chapter 1-Introduction Part 1 Basic geodatabase design concepts Chapter 2-Data modeling Chapter 3-Geodatabases Chapter 4-Best practices in transportation database design Chapter 5-Geometric networks Part 2 Understanding transportation geodatabase design issues Chapter 6-Data editing Chapter 7-Linear referencing methods Chapter 8-Advanced dynamic segmentation functions Chapter 9-Traffic monitoring systems Chapter 10-Classic transportation data models Chapter 11-The original UNETRANS data model Part 3 Enterprise-level solutions and modal data models Chapter 12-Improving the UNETRANS data model Chapter 13-The revised UNETRANS network data model Chapter 14 _State DOT highway inventory: Editing Chapter 15-State DOT highway inventory: Publishing Chapter 16-A complete transit geodatabase design Chapter 17-Navigable waterways Chapter 18-Railroads Final thoughts Index
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Bigg Boss 14 contestant Pavitra Punia rushes to Delhi after father gets hospitalised
Ex-Bigg Boss 14 contestant Pavitra Punia had to rush to Delhi after her father got injured and had to be hospitalised. The actress was shooting for her show Balveer Returns.
Former Bigg Boss 14 contestant Pavitra Punia flew down to Delhi after she got to know that her father got injured after having a fall and was rushed to a hospital. The actress had recently resumed the shoot of Balveer Returns where she plays Bhayrani Timnasa. The accident has left Pavitra's father with serious injuries and he has been under strict medical supervision.
PAVITRA PUNIA RUSHES TO DELHI
Pavitra Punia's publicist confirmed the news and said, "Pavitra flew down to Delhi soon upon hearing the news and is very worried about her father. He has been rushed to the hospital and further clarity will only come in once she reaches there and meets the doctors. I urge everyone to please send her your good wishes and pray for her father's early recovery."
Pavitra also shared a post on Instagram wishing her father a speedy recovery.
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PAVITRA PUNIA RESUMED SHOOTING FOR BALVEER RETURNS
After getting out of Bigg Boss 14, Pavitra Punia had resumed the shoot of Balveer Returns. She plays the role of Timnasa, the evil queen who is the arch-enemy of Baalveers. She was earlier called Bhay Rani (Queen of Fear).
PAVITRA PUNIA IN BIGG BOSS 14
Pavitra Punia was Bigg Boss 14 contestant. She was fiery and feisty on the show and was often seen getting into arguments with other housemates. She also expressed her fondness for co-contestant Eijaz Khan. However, when Eijaz got serious about the relationship, she backed out.

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Ramseys' former housekeeper sues DA
By Christopher Anderson
Camera Staff Writer
The former housekeeper for John and Patsy Ramsey filed suit Thursday against Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter, seeking to lift the secrecy rules involving her testimony to a grand jury.
In her lawsuit filed in Denver U.S. District Court, Linda Hoffmann-Pugh states that she intends to write a book about the Ramseys and the unsolved 1996 beating and strangulation death of the couple's daughter, JonBenét.
Hoffmann-Pugh, represented by New York attorney Darnay Hoffman, said she plans to include in the book her testimony before a Boulder County grand jury that investigated the case.
Hoffmann-Pugh was sworn to secrecy before she gave her testimony and was told not to discuss it "until and unless an indictment is issued." The grand jury ended in October 1999 without an indictment or a report.
Hoffmann-Pugh said in her lawsuit that she fears if she publishes questions addressed to her for the grand jury, Hunter will prosecute her.
She is asking the court to:
Declare that the secrecy law violates her First Amendment rights to free speech;
Prevent Hunter from attempting to enforce penalties for publishing the material;
Order the district attorney to turn over a transcript of her testimony before the grand jury;
Award her attorneys' fees and other relief as deemed by the court.
Boulder First Assistant District Attorney Bill Wise said Hunter has yet to be officially served notice of the lawsuit. The case will be handled by Assistant County Attorney Andrew Macdonald, who declined to comment because he has not yet seen the suit.
Adams County District Attorney Bob Grant, who has served as an advisor to Hunter, said, "There are valid legal historical and practical purposes for the grand jury secrecy rule, and I would hope that a civil court would not undermine those valid purposes."
Jefferson County Deputy District Attorney Dennis Hall, who regularly works with grand juries, said Colorado law is clear about grand jury secrecy.
Hall said witnesses are free to tell anyone about anything they observed about "A, B and C." But the fine line is the witness cannot say they told the grand jury "A, B and C," Hall said.
The witnesses also are not allowed to say what questions were asked of them during the grand jury proceedings, Hall said.
"That is not a matter of great controversy," he said. "This suit doesn't seem to be very well conceived."
Pugh worked for the Ramseys for 14 months. She was questioned about JonBenét's death and gave police blood, hair and handwriting samples. No suspects have ever been named in the case, although authorities say the parents remain under suspicion. The Ramseys have denied any involvement in the killing and say they believe an intruder was responsible.
Their attorney Lin Wood said it is likely Pugh's book about the family would be "less than flattering."
"But there's nothing that Linda Hoffman-Pugh can say about this family that's going to hurt them much more than anything anyone else has said," Wood said. He said he believes that the grand jury, which heard testimony over 13 months, should be allowed to weigh in.
"The whole truth should be disclosed to the public, and John and Patsy Ramsey feel the same way," Wood said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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DUBAI: American singer and actress Sofia Carson paid tribute to her new film ‘Purple Hearts’ on the red carpet by sporting a dark purple dress by Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab at the film’s premiere.
The actress, who stars in the Netflix film, attended the premiere at the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades, Calif., wearing a dress from Saab’s Fall 2022 collection.
The dress featured a tight pleated purple skirt, as well as a flower embellished bodice with a high collar in black.
The 68-look ready-to-wear collection from which the dress originated was unveiled in Paris in March and was about “strong women, strong characters, a bit of rock ‘n’ roll,” the designer told Vogue US at the time.
So it’s only fitting that the dress was shown off by singer and actress Carson, who is signed to Hollywood Records and has a number of singles under her belt.
The multi-hyphen recently starred in Netflix’s “Purple Hearts,” which tells the story of an aspiring singer-songwriter and soldier who falls in love against all odds.
Despite their many differences, protagonist Cassie, a struggling singer-songwriter, and Luke, a struggling Marine, agree to marry solely for military benefits in the film – but when tragedy strikes, the line between the real and the fake begins to fade.
“My purple heart is full. To infinity and beyond,” Carson posted on Instagram on Saturday, adding a heartfelt note to director Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum that read, “Five years ago we started this journey together. Five years of dreaming, believing, fighting for and creating our world of “Purple Hearts”, hand in hand every step of the way. My heart thanks you forever. We’ve dreamed of this night for five years… My Liz, we made it. And I can’t wait for the world to see the magic you’ve captured.
As well as dressing Hollywood stars on the red carpet, Saab has had a stellar month and recently unveiled its first-ever menswear collection at Paris Haute Couture Week in early July.
The men’s collection was stately and featured royal velvet capes and suits that paired perfectly with the women’s line. The designer stayed true to his style and ensured that the menswear offering was equally opulent with his luxurious embroideries and embellishments.
Inspired by the pearlescent glow of dusk, the designer’s new couture collection was marked by shades of vermilion, rose, metallic gold and deep blue, reflecting the sky as the sun makes its hazy descent for the day. . Shown at the Carreau du Temple in Paris, the dresses rivaled the dramatic surroundings and stood out with their geometric embellishments, feathers, shimmering beads, crystals, gemstones and sequins.


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I’ve previously discussed the role of dietary lignans in the reduction of breast cancer risk and improvement in breast cancer survival, based on studies that showed that women with breast cancer who ate the most lignans appeared to live longer. However lignans are found throughout the plant kingdom—in seeds, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, berries—so how do we know lignans aren’t merely a marker for the intake of unrefined plant foods?
Dena Schmidt, April 22, 2016
Ginger is a wonderfully flavored spice that is prevalent in Asian and Indian cooking. It is also used in sweets as well as brewed in teas and other beverages.
Dena Schmidt, May 8, 2016
Evidence of how harmful certain carbohydrates (‘bad carbs’) can be to our health keeps mounting, and a recent study adds even more motivation to cut out those sugars that trigger the growth of cancer cells.

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Premier League & La Liga 4/1/2021. Just the one game in the Premier League tonight. At 20:00, Southampton v Liverpool kick-off and you can watch the action on Sky Sports Main Event. Also at 20:00 in La Liga, Valencia v Cadiz. You can watch this fixture on La Liga TV (Premier Sports).
Premier League & La Liga 4/1/2021 – Detailed Channel Information
Premier League & La Liga 4/1/2021 – Selected Team News
Southampton v Liverpool
- Danny Ings returned from injury for Southampton’s 0-0 draw with West Ham and will be keen to start against old club Liverpool on Monday.
- Ralph Hasenhuttl suggested in midweek Che Adams needs a break but Southampton have a decent break between games here and he may be fine to lead the line once again.
- Nathan Redmond and Jannik Vestergaard, who Liverpool may have an eye on in the January window, are both expected to miss out in Southampton’s first game of 2021.
- Look for Stuart Armstrong to come into the side after dropping to the bench last time out.
- Alex McCarthy has tested positive for COVID-19, which should pave the way for Fraser Forster to start.
- Thiago made his long awaited return from injury in Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with Newcastle and could start here in a massive boost for Liverpool. Diogo Jota is not too far away either.
- Joel Matip is out for three weeks. Rhys Williams should start here after Nat Phillips got a run out against Newcastle before New Year.
- Georginio Wijnaldum should return to the starting XI after being given a rest against old club Newcastle last time out.
Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy will miss Monday’s Premier League home game against Liverpool after testing positive for coronavirus.
McCarthy, 31, who has kept seven clean sheets in 16 league games, is now self-isolating at home.
Ralph Hasenhuttl says McCarthy may also miss Saturday’s FA Cup third round tie against League One Shrewsbury Town.
The Saints manager will himself be back in the dugout on Monday after a recent period of self-isolation.
“After the last round of tests, we have one positive case now with McCarthy, so he’s out for the game on Monday and maybe also the Shrewsbury game, as he has to self-isolate for a period,” said Hasenhuttl.
Meanwhile, Jannik Vestergaard and Nathan Redmond remain absent due to injury.
Liverpool defender Joel Matip is out for around three weeks with the groin injury sustained against West Brom on 27 December.
Thiago Alcantara could feature from the start, having impressed as a substitute on his return from injury against Newcastle on Wednesday.
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A minor Dalit girl has been sexually exploited and left in the lurch in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. According to the victim, the police, instead of helping her get justice, are harassing her in connivance with the accused.
Pittla Aurna, the minor Dalit girl of Ananthnagar in Siricilla town of Karimnagar district fell in love with one Srinivas, a lab technician working in the same area. Aruna, who used to go to school along the way where Srinivas worked, met Srinivas often and fell in love with him. In course of time, Srinivas forced her to have sex with him, which was secretly recorded in a video. Later when Srinivas came to know that Aruna belongs to the Dalit community, he decided to leave her. Srinivas slowly began to blackmail her to have sex with his friends who are already married. After a few weeks Srinivas got married to another girl. On hearing the news, Aruna went and lodged a complaint against Srinivas at Siricilla Police Station on 15 June 2009.
Instead of helping the girl, the police are allegedly harassing the victim in connivance with the accused. Instead of providing security and justice to the oppressed Dalit girl, the police are blaming the victim and her family for the entire incident.
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ABSTRACT: Volcanic explosive eruptions release magmatic CO2in the atmosphere. These eruptions also blanket the landscape with tephra, sometimes across vast areas. The soils that are buried by tephra may become isolated from surface processes. As a result, the microbial decomposition of organic matter is impeded, leading to the storage of soil organic carbon. The question we ask here is whether explosive eruptions sequestrate more carbon in soils than what they emit in the atmosphere. We first test our hypothesis based on a field study at Atacazo volcano, Ecuador. The results of this work are then used to formulate a model that predicts the storage of soil carbon resulting from explosive activity in the Ecuadorian volcanic arc during the Holocene. We conclude that, through time, volcanic eruptions have resulted in a net storage of carbon; the stock being at least two to three times larger than the total magmatic carbon emissions.

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Accedo raised $17M in growth equity from SEB Private Equity.
Accedo, a Stockholm, Sweden-based provider of OTT video experience solutions, announced that it secured a $17M capital investment round.
The money was provided by existing investor SEB Private Equity and will be used to further drive the growth ambitions over the coming years.
Accedo, founded in 2014 by Michael Lantz (CEO) and Fredrik Andersson, has developed Accedo One, a cloud platform helping operators, broadcasters and brands build, manage and deploy high-quality, engaging video experiences the way they want to. The video solutions enable customers to monetize video and transform video services - Accedo customers include video service providers such as Astro, Deutsche Telekom, Disney, Fox, HBO, NBC Universal, Netflix, and Telefonica.


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This rice, it loves gumbo,” says Rollen Chalmers as he waves his hand over a marshy field near Hardeeville, South Carolina. Gumbo stew goes well over rice, sure, but the gumbo he means is soil—a mix of mud and clay where rice plants thrive. Chalmers steps down a bank toward yellow stalks of Carolina Gold rice. “Downwind, you can smell these fields, a nice nutty smell,” he says. Soon, he’ll plant a newly conceived descendant of this heirloom rice, one inspired by a variety not harvested in these parts since 1862.
In the early 1800s, near South Carolina’s Santee River, the planter Joshua John Ward found a lone panicle of strikingly long rice and developed it into a version of Carolina Gold soon grown all over the region, largely by enslaved laborers. “With grains measuring up to half an inch in length, Long Gold rice became the most highly and widely esteemed American rice,” says David Shields, a culinary historian at the University of South Carolina. “But the Civil War disrupted the complicated seed management that kept the variety viable,” and Long Gold disappeared.
That is, until Anna McClung, who directs the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas, began reintroducing historic Lowcountry grains bred to be stronger than their ancestors. To create a new rendition of Long Gold—one with the vanilla and hazelnut notes that have made chefs love Carolina Gold—McClung’s team crossed the latter with even longer rice, and bred it for disease resistance and shorter stalks to withstand wind. “Rice moved away from the East Coast, not only because of the war,” McClung says, “but because of competition in the Mid-South, as well as the hurricanes that went through.” Irony has a way: As McClung and her team prepared to harvest their years-long experiment last summer, the remnants of Hurricane Laura passed through. “But our rice stood beautifully,” McClung says.
This spring, farmers including Chalmers will trial the new hybrid seeds. With harvest success, the heirloom grain purveyor Anson Mills plans to bag up the longer rice for mail order in late summer and donate profits to its project supporting Sea Island agricultural development. Written on each sack will be McClung’s name for her creation, a nod to the river on whose banks the story of American rice began: Santee Gold.

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Sacred Chants by Sri Vidyabhushana
Malola Music 2006
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Songs from the Holy Saints of South India: Keshava-Keshava; Palayachuytha; Smara Krishnam; Sugandhasya; Prostisa Vigraha; Avanah sripathi; Vande Vandyam.
The songs number 1, 6, and 7 are part of the Dvadasa Stotra by Sri Madhvacarya, who composed 12 prayers to Lord Hari. They are played in special raga music given by the saint.
Songs number 2, 3, 4 and 5 were composed by Sri Vadiraja Thirtha (1480 - 1600 A.D.), an outstanding poet, musician and a most ardent devotee of Lord Hayagriva.

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Mower County logged 4,537 confirmed and 120 probable COVID-19 cases Monday for a cumulative total of 4,477 since the onset of the pandemic, up 12 from Sunday, according to statistics released Monday by the Minnesota Department of Health. Health officials stated that 40,001 healthcare workers in the state have now tested positive for the virus, and over 518,600 people have been reported as no longer needing isolation.
Olmsted County recorded 12,604 cumulative cases Monday, up 17 from Sunday, Steele County recorded 3,497 cumulative cases Monday, a rise of eight from Sunday, Freeborn County now has 3,217 cumulative COVID-19 cases, up 16 from Sunday, Dodge County logged 1,683 cumulative cases Monday, up one from Sunday and Fillmore County recorded 1,508 cumulative COVID-19 cases Monday, up two from Sunday.
The Minnesota Department of Health reported 1,994 positive COVID-19 tests in the state Monday for a cumulative total of 544,046, and they added that Minnesota’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by two from Sunday to 6,959 since the onset of the pandemic. A total of 28,255 COVID-19 patients in Minnesota have required hospitalization since the pandemic started, and 5,781 of those patients have required treatment in intensive care units.


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Bob Rae calls 'BS' on young Liberals' feud
A public schoolyard scrap between two prominent young Liberals in Toronto has left Liberal Leader Bob Rae literally cursing in public.
In a blog post published earlier this week, Liberal party member Max Naylor unleashed an avalanche of criticism at his "exceptionally close friend," Zach Paikin, the 20-year-old son of TVO host Steve Paikin.
Paikin is running for national policy chair of the federal Liberals at the upcoming convention in January and has secured the endorsement of Liberal MP and House Leader Marc Garneau, Liberal MPs Rodger Cuzner and Irwin Cotler and former Ontario health minister George Smitherman.
Naylor, the son of University of Toronto president David Naylor, says Paikin is actually far to the right of the Liberals on issues such as Israel and corporate tax cuts.
"If Zach Paikin is a progressive, then Rick Perry is an atheist," Naylor wrote on his blog, which features only the one post.
"Mr. Paikin represents a far right ideological position in this party. He has shown persistent ambition and a habit for policy crusades that would hurt a party in recovery."
Paikin called the post "childish" and full of "baseless allegations."
"If Max thinks he has nothing better to do in rebuilding the party right now than in engaging in this attack on my public image, my character and my integrity . . . then I think we've got a cultural problem in the party," he said in a telephone interview. "We've got to stop the political infighting in our party. What I want is for Liberals to come together to a build a brighter future."
Paikin said he was once "good friends" with Naylor, who he met in high school, but said they were never the "exceptionally close friends" that Naylor said they were.
Now Rae, whose frenemy relationship with Michael Ignatieff is well-storied, seemed less than impressed by the public infighting.
Rae curtly responded Wednesday morning to a Twitter user who said, "Young Liberals attacking each other in the press. Chrétien warning about hidden agendas. Rae, Gingrich, Kyoto... Um, what decade is this?"
"What bullshit is this?" Rae tweeted at Adam Goldenberg, perhaps hoping to gain some of that Pat Martin street-tweet cred.
Now that is not even the oddest part of this story.
A person claiming to be Zach Paikin's mother came to his defence in the blog post comment section.
A person claiming to be Zach Paikin's mother came to his defence in the blog post comment section, saying she was "deeply disappointed" in Naylor. But a spokesperson for Paikin later told CTVNews.ca that Paikin's mother never wrote the comment -- it was submitted by someone assuming her identity.


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At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk.
The Quileute tribal school is within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and traveled in oceangoing canoes from Alaska to California for trade.
But the ocean is increasingly becoming a threat.
“To be standing in the schoolyard when there’s a high tide is intimidating,” says Susan Devine, project manager of the Quileute Tribe’s Move to Higher Ground/Tribal School Project.
“A tsunami would be catastrophic. People say that happens only once every 300 years on average. We’re well beyond the 300 years. Even bigger than that are the severe winter storms that happen several times a year—every year—which cause flooding and bring heavy debris into the schoolyard and impact the bulkhead in the marina.
“A tsunami is a big catastrophic event, but it’s all the other 100-year storms that are happening at a pace that’s never been experienced.”
Such stories are familiar throughout Indian Country, where cultures are tied to land and water. The Quileute Tribe plans to relocate the school and the rest of the tribal government to higher ground about 2.5 miles away, and construction of the new school has already begun.
Forty miles south along the Washington coast, the Quinault Nation is making similar plans. Ongoing risks of landslides in the capital of Taholah threaten to cut off reliable road access to police, fire, medical and other public services.
In Alaska, the Native communities of Akiak, Kivalina, and Shishmaref are relocating homes away from eroding coastlines and riverbanks.
Read the full article about Indigenous communities and climate change by Richard Arlin Walker at YES! Magazine.


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Design and Construction. Architecture and Environment.
About Drew Rose, Architect AIBC
The design and construction of waterfront homes requires an understanding of the balance between architecture and the environment, between built form and given context, Drew Rose, Architect AIBC, of Still Point Architecture brings that to all his projects.
Drew had the good fortune to spend his childhood summers at the family cottage on beautiful Savary Island. These early times spent on Savary led to a life-long connection to the British Columbia coast and its many communities - both on the mainland and on the islands.
Between his two university degrees, Drew spent a number of years as a carpenter and contractor working primarily in remote areas of the coast. He has a keen awareness of the challenges of remote construction and of the special needs that arise with living ‘off the grid’.
With Still Point Architecture, Drew has drawn from his coastal roots to design numerous homes, vacation retreats, commercial buildings and larger projects throughout the region. Sustainability and sensitivity to the environment of the sites are always forefront in the design process.
Drew is currently enjoying the Coastal lifestyle and lives on Bowen Island with his wife and young daughter, and recently has been working from the Bowen Island home-office as well.
Drew uses his knowledge and experience to work on large and small design projects around the province - on the coast or inland - and particularly enjoys design and construction projects with challenging sites and environmental issues that need to be addressed.
Use the contact us form to talk to Drew about your project.


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Welcome to The Joint - Eagan! As your local chiropractor in Eagan, MN, we invite you to join the millions of Americans who have not only found relief from back pain, but also a pathway to wellness with chiropractic’s natural, drug-free approach to healthcare.
How We Can Help
Whether you are familiar with chiropractic care or this is your first time, you can expect your visit to The Joint to be new and different from any healthcare experience you’ve had before. Perhaps even life-changing.
Here is a quick and easy way to see what makes The Joint …the chiropractic place the perfect chiropractic destination:
- Conveniently Located
- Open Nights & Weekends
- No Appointment required
- No Insurance Hassles / Requirements
- Affordable Personalized Care Plans
- Licensed Chiropractors & Chiropractic Physicians
Our chiropractic services offer you and your family a quality, affordable, convenient and accessible healthcare solution. Chiropractic assists in eliminating and relieving the days of shoulder, neck and back pain as well as many other “symptoms” you may be experiencing. So whatever your ailments may be, visit our Eagan chiropractic office, because your overall health is our business. And remember, you never need an appointment to visit The Joint so stop in when it is convenient for you. See you soon!
Dr. James Eschiti, D.C.
Dr. James Eschiti received his undergraduate degree in Education from the University of Central Oklahoma. He completed his Doctorate of Chiropractic in 2002 at Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Bloomington, MN. Dr. Eschiti specializes in Sports Medicine. As an undergraduate student, he worked in rehab with the ATC for the University football and softball teams. Dr. Eschiti was also a letterman in undergraduate school. After Chiropractic school, he completed the post graduate program for CCSP and became a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician. Dr Eschiti is also a certified personal trainer through the National Council of Strength and Fitness.
Dr. John McKeague, D.C.
Dr. John McKeague was born and raised in White Bear Lake. Through his early years he was actively involved in athletics, and helping out in the community. Following his graduation from High School he chose to attend Northwestern College in Roseville, MN and received a degree in Biology. While completing his undergraduate studies, Dr. John played football for the Eagles and was heavily involved in research as well as helping other students through tutoring programs. Once his undergraduate degree was finished Dr. John went to Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN to pursue his dream of being a chiropractor. While at Northwestern he was elected as the Vice President of the student senate and put in charge of acting as a liaison between the Chiropractic students and administration.
The best way to contact us is via phone, then email.
Did You Know?
Routine chiropractic care can provide management and relief for the following:
- Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Migraine and Tension Headaches
- Shoulder and Elbow Pain
- Knee, Foot and Ankle Pain
- Leg Pain (Sciatica)
- Chronic Injuries
- And More!
Chiropractic may also help:
- Improve Nervous System Function
- Relieve Prenatal Discomfort
- Increase Vitality and Improve Quality of Life
- Provide Preventative Care
- Improve Overall Health and Wellness for both Children and Adults
Friendly Tips for Your Chiropractic Visit
How to get the most out of your Eagan chiropractic visit:
- Wear loose fitting and comfortable clothes.
- Write down a list of your problem areas (lower back pain, any sports injury, stiffness, etc.)
- Include any accidents that you may have been in (car accidents, falls, sports accidents, etc.)
- Include any persistent problems (sleep difficulty, headaches, neck pain, soreness, etc.)
- Include any health conditions and any surgeries you have had.
- In other words, tell your chiropractor about all of your health conditions so that he can help you best.
In other words, tell your chiropractor all about your lifestyle and health conditions so that they can tailor your chiropractic care to maximize your health goals.
- June 25, 2015RachelleKnown as “the other white meat,” pork is often looked to as an alternative to beef or chicken. While beef is linked to poor cardiovascular health, and there are concerns regarding chicken and the way that chicken is processed, many people turn to pork. Pork comes in the form of ham, bacon, pork loin, and ...
- June 19, 2015RachelleThe common recommendation for adults in terms of a regular night’s sleep is between seven and nine hours. The recommendations for sleep are constantly changing, but the most scientifically accepted amount for some time has been this seven to nine hour time period. Even if we slip up and end up getting a drop under ...
- June 12, 2015RachelleAs indicated by an investigation of more than 700 individuals recently published in the journal Psychiatry Research, fermented foods that contain probiotics or can possibly contain probiotics and bioactive peptides, may decrease side effects of social anxiety. For the study, scientists gave undergrads a survey that deliberates social anxiety and neuroticism, among different attributes, and got ...
- June 5, 2015RachelleAs we become more aware of workplace wellness’s importance in all professional sectors, there is an increased effort to bring about positive health outcomes in workers and promote well-being in many different professional environments. We are now even seeing companies that are specializing in the wellness space, which are developing new methods or workplace wellness ...
- June 1, 2015RachelleThe cutting of the umbilical cord is an important and symbolic part of child-birth. The cord, which connects the unborn fetus to its placenta home inside the mother, is usually disconnected as soon as the child born. However, there have been studies that show waiting a few moments to clamp the cord can increase iron ...
- May 22, 2015RachelleSo many different health conditions, both physical and mental, are linked to nutritional habits and certain dietary behaviors. Whether it is improvements in a condition like arthritis with the increased incorporation of Omega-3 fatty acids into our diet, the deterioration of our cardiovascular health in the use of too much dairy and saturated fats, or ...
- May 15, 2015RachelleNumerous individuals will let you know that breakfast is the most vital meal of the day – that it can set you up to take off like a bird, or fail spectacularly. Breakfast truly means breaking the fast, otherwise called the time you were resting. Anyhow, Americans skip breakfast through and through because of occupied ...
- May 8, 2015RachelleWith a growing level of attention paid to wellness and improving our overall health status, many different sectors of business are finding ways to incorporate wellness into their business models. Not only do certain sectors of business see an increased need to provide opportunities for customer wellness, but many companies see dollar signs in wellness, ...
- April 29, 2015RachelleMany athletes know how important health and wellness is to their performance, and to their lives overall. Maintaining positive health outcomes, both physically and mentally, puts us in an excellent position to succeed and move through confidently. Those involved in sports are somewhat privy to this concept, as individuals who are not involved in athletics sometimes ...


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AXA Insurance can help keep you covered with commercial van insurance for vehicles with a capacity of up to 2 tonnes. We are here to ensure you have complete peace of mind without breaking the bank, with a range of offers on our van insurance such as a 30% discount if your car is already insured with us, our dedicated van customer support team and a 24-hour claims helpline. Our commercial van insurance is designed to keep you and your van on the road so you can get on with business as usual.
Why do I need Van Insurance?
Similar to how car insurance is legally required, van insurance is also required for all van drivers who are currently on the road. If you use your van primarily for work each day, you should be looking for commercial van insurance to help protect against any risks such as an accident or theft. Although the different types of van insurance cover may seem confusing, we are here to help break it down for you.
What are the different levels of Van Insurance cover?
There are three main levels of cover to choose from with van insurance:
- Third Party Only: This will cover your legal liability for injury or damage you may cause to a third party. This is the minimum level of van insurance which is legally required.
- Third Party Fire & Theft: This will cover your legal liability for any third-party injury or property damage which you may cause, while also additionally covering protection for your van in the case of theft or fire damage.
- Comprehensive: This is our highest level of van insurance. This means you’re covered for third party claims plus damage caused to your vehicle after an accident.
What type of van insurance policy do I need?
Here are AXA we have two different types of policies for van users to choose between, ensuring that you get the cover which best suits you.
Standard Van Insurance
Our basic standard van insurance includes cover for injury to a third party, including pedestrians and other drivers. You will also be protected against damage to other people’s property. Provided you hold the correct driving license, you can also be covered for third party trailer cover.
Premier Van Insurance
Premier van insurance includes everything which you would get with our standard van insurance, plus a range of additional extras. Our extras include protection for your no claims bonus in the case of a Fire & Theft claim. Under premier insurance, you can also be provided with a replacement van if your van is less than 1 year old and repairs will cost more than 60% of the vehicle value.

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At Ocala Infectious Disease and Wound Care Center, our focus is not only on the wound treatment itself, but the patient who has the chronic wound. Treating acute and chronic wounds is a medical specialty that often requires knowledge and expertise not only in wound care, but ability to identify and treat underlying causes of impaired wound healing. Our highly skilled team of physicians, nurse practitioners, and wound care specialists provide an individualized plan of care based on each patient’s needs.
With ten years of experience, we have a high rate of success related to wound healing and limb salvage. We not only work in acute care settings like the hospital, but our main practice has been in the community with numerous primary wound care and specialty practice. We take pride in excellent communication skills with your referring provider.
Who’s a Candidate?
For most uncomplicated acute wounds, your primary care provider will typically be able to treat you. Once a wound becomes infected, slow to heal, or with other disease complications, you may require a wound care specialist like ourselves. We offer treatment for individuals with acute or chronic wounds of many different types, including:
- Non-healing post-surgical wounds
- Limb salvage
- Diabetic ulcers
- Pressure ulcers
- Traumatic wounds
- Venous ulcers
- Peripheral vascular disease ulcers
- Wounds associated with infections
- Threatened skin flaps
What do we offer different than my primary care doctor?
Since we specialize in the treatment of wounds, Ocala Wound Care Center is equipped to use some of the most up to date technology and evidenced based practice techniques available today. Combined with extensive knowledge on pathophysiology of chronic wound treatment and the many disease processes which impede wound healing, we are able to provide a total care package to optimize chronic wound treatment for each patient.
What works for one patient does not work for all. Depending on a patient’s medical needs, a combination of wound treatments may be included in their chronic wound management. Some of these treatment and assessment techniques may include:
- Advanced dressings and wraps
- Antibiotic therapy
- Application of specialty dressings
- Bio-engineered tissue substitutes
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – largest, most comfortable chambers in Marion County!
(to help raise oxygen levels at the wound site)
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Total contact casting (for pressure related foot wounds)
- Off-loading with crutches, wheelchairs and other devices
- Surgical debridement to remove infected tissue and bone
- Compression Therapy
- Arterial Brachial Indexes (evaluate blood flow in extremities)
- Nutritional screening
- Patient, Family/Caregiver education
- Skin Care
- IV antibiotics
- Home Health
- Referral for: Vascular, Orthopedic, Surgical, Plastics, Endocrine, and Podiatry consultation, X-ray, MRI, Bone Scans
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Oxygen is one of the most basic and essential elements required to sustain human life. It is also one of the most powerful and useful agent available to modern medicine toady. Your body’s tissues need an adequate supply of oxygen to function. When tissue is traumatized by injury, infection, or blockage in blood supply, tissue death can occur. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy works by increasing the amount of oxygen inhaled in an environment under increased pressure resulting in high concentrations of oxygen being forced deep into the tissues.
What to Expect from your visits
The individualized treatment plan may include regular visits to our center to directly provide wound treatment and allow for close monitoring for any changes in your progress. You also may be given information on how to care for your wound at home and shown how to do so. Sometimes, home health is required for those whom are home bound. We will also help to provide you with any necessary supplies needed at the lowest cost possible to you.
We will also collaboratively work with your referring physician throughout your treatment. Our team of doctors and nurse practitioners will provide progress reports to your physician and directly contact them for management of any possible complications.
Why Wound Care Shouldn’t Stop Once the Wound Is Healed
At most wound care centers, once the chronic wound is healed, the patient no longer comes for follow up visit. At Ocala Infectious Disease and Wound Center, we have a well known reputation of building long term relationships with many of our clients. Some wounds like surgical or trauma related wounds do not reoccur once the initial wound is healed. But for a large number of our patients, these wounds are caused by chronic illnesses like Diabetes, Neuropathy, or Venous Insufficiency.
Although these types of chronic wounds many times cannot be completely prevented, they can be properly managed to where they do not impede on a patient’s lifestyle and can be treated early to prevent any major complications. This is a huge asset for many, especially for those who typically would require hospitalization once or twice a year for their wounds. Many times (unfortunately not always based on the patient needs), we are able to prevent any hospitalization for wound related issues once you are an established patient and have been treated for your initial wound.
How Do I Get an Appointment?
There are two ways to access the specialists at the Ocala Infectious Disease and Wound Center:
1. Ask your physician to refer you to our Wound Care Center.
2. Contact the Wound Care Center yourself.
Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00am – 5:00pm. For more information please call Ocala Infectious Disease and Wound Center at (352) 401-7552.
I still don’t understand why wounds fail to heal. It doesn’t seem that complicated?
Under normal circumstances in otherwise healthy individuals, wounds such as cuts, burns, and ulcers should heal at an expected rate on their own. However, many factors like diabetes, obesity, poor nutrition, decreased circulation, and even infection can slow the normal course of wound healing.
Wounds that have failed to proceed in an orderly set of stages and a predictable amount of time are considered chronic wounds and need proper evaluation to determine the causes behind the wound failing to heal. Left untreated, chronic wounds can slowly continue to worsen, lead to systemic infection, hospitalization, require longer treatment times to heal, and even decrease quality of life. To learn more about wound cases and systemic causes click here.


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We need to divorce the discussion of fat positivity in terms of body positivity and self-love in our bodies no matter their size, shape or color (and recognizing the problematic aspects of loving our bodies when we have disabilities and/or illnesses or dysphoric issues) and the political issues of food, food policy, food access and the like. They’re only tangentially related.
And in fact, when we conflate the politics of food and food access with fatness, we’re walking right into the trap of problematizing fat bodies. When we join up a discussion of fat with “food deserts, poverty, shitty public school lunches, unhealthy fast food,” all unquestionable negatives, we’re falling right into the mainstream narrative of “oh, if only those poor fats (and poor fats especially) had access to healthy food, they wouldn’t be so fat.”
There’s nothing fat accepting or body positive about perpetuating notions that give food choices and/or access primacy in the issue of fatness or suggest that fat folk are fat because of the symptoms and manifestations of systemic oppression, that variance in body size is something solvable or even addressable if only there was more fruit and less fries.
When we take it the step further and bring in a discussion of “rampant rates of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease” we are stock centered in the muck of the “fat is unhealthy!” tropes that fat acceptance, especially the HAES-focused model, rejects entirely.
I’m not willing to grant that ground. I’m not willing to have to fight the causation ≠ correlation battle yet again. I’m not willing to fight the fat = unhealthy vs. unhealthy = unhealthy battle again.
Not for my working class community of color, not for any community.
The only way that food access, policy and politics issues interplay with fat issues is if you accept an incrementalist perspective on fat that says “well, fat is okay on a personal level but…”
There are no acceptable “buts” here, though. It is or it isn’t. Which is it?
Fat acceptance says that there is, on this one fundamental issue, one answer to that question. Hint: it’s right there in the name of the ideal.
Mind, I’m not saying that we don’t need to talk about food politics and policy. I’m not saying that by any means. I’m especially not saying that we don’t need to talk about how our national food policy that gives preference to the issues of rural communities, is overly influenced by mega agribiz multinationals like Monsanto and is designed from the top down in order to enrich the rich while spending as little as possible on its actual goals is killing people (and not just in America) in a number of ways.
I’m just saying that fatness isn’t one of those ways.
And I’m saying fat acceptance cannot have this discussion on the terms of the fat hating mainstream which is exactly what this kind of conflation is. I’m saying that fat acceptance and body positivity recognizes that as soon as you start merging a discussion about fatness, especially fatness in communities (which is already a very fraught area to get into) with negative issues of politics and policy, the discussion is already lost.
You want to discuss what it means when a whole community has no easy access to fresh food? So do I. As soon as you say “and that’s why people there are fat” and make it an issue of blame, there’s nothing left to talk about from a fat acceptance perspective.
If you want to talk about how food policy and politics, from federal farm bills down to local zoning laws impact how entire groups of people are able to safely feed themselves and their families, I’m in.
You want to talk about how that is one of many systemic issues that has a negative impact upon health metrics like blood pressure and heart disease, yes, let’s do that.
When you bring body size into it? You’re not only completely disregarding fat acceptance, you’re betraying it.
And none of that has anything to do with whether or not a fat person takes a picture with a piece of pie on their tits. We have to break these issues down, put them in their proper places and recognize when seemingly like topics? Actually aren’t.
And above all else, we must stop problematizing fat bodies (especially poor and/or brown fat bodies) and sacrificing them on the altar of food justice.
Fat acceptance is for every fat body.
Food justice is for every person who eats.
The two are not at odds. The two should be allied causes. But they are not one in the same, and neither can be subsumed or co-opted in the battle for the other.”


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Dairy Science Alums Lloyd and Daphne Holterman, current student Jordan Ebert (pictured), and stake holder Allan Koepke are part of an effort to highlight UW-Madison’s connections with the people and communities of Wisconsin will reach every corner of the state through Project 72. The campaign (which received no taxpayer or tuition funding) has placed billboards or other advertising in each of the state’s 72 counties featuring a local person whose UW ties have benefited society. Their full stories along with FISC alums Jeff Merritt and Craig Dueholm are featured on a website that vividly documents our partnerships across America’s Dairyland.
Click on the pictures to learn more about their stories.
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