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Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, located in Woodstock, NY
Donated CD and DVD discs, Monofilament, Cable ties, Aluminum, Stainless steel cable, and hardware.
Dimensions: 7ft x 21ft
Suspended by cable, this installation hovers above the stone wall as if a ceiling to a room in the woods. The colors of CDs and DVDs curve and spiral above head, but the mosaic ceiling almost disappears when viewed from the side.
This project was supported by a grant from the Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Division of Research and Innovation.
Pop Goes the Weasel, 2017
Installed at the Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota
Chain-link fencing, chain, steel, hardware, and paint.
Dimensions: 6ft 6in H x 12ft W x 12 ft D
A brief statement about the work:
In my artwork, I utilize recognizable and seemingly neutral commonplace objects that invite audiences to name, compare, and participate in theatrical re-arbitrations of value. Reminiscent of a Jack-in-the-box toy, the turnstile in the center appears to be winding up the chains and thus adding tension to the fence. The fence, in turn, attempts to fulfill its role in maintaining boundaries and restricting movement; but the impasse between fence and turnstile results in a distorted stasis that suggests the unsustainability of the tense situation.
By using chain-link fencing, the audience is placed outside this small yard and can witness the effect of the turnstile on the fence. Can a Jack-in-the-box go backwards? Can the box be removed? How can this tug-of-war be resolved?
Crank, crank, crank
Turn, turn, turn
Just a little more
Watch and discern.
This sculpture is a gazebo in a gazebo in a gazebo. Each gazebo form is shaped like a gem and painted a saturated pink. The roof is made of pink resin panels that become a rose colored lens. When underneath, one is then bathed in pink light.The interior of the sculpture and surrounding ground is covered in thick artificial grass, which is always the perfect green and never needs to be mowed.
Canopies: Groin Vaults and Chain-link Fencing, 2011
Installed at YouthBuild in Louisville, Kentucky
Galvanized steel, chain-link fencing, concrete, and hardware
Commissioned by the Louisville Visual Arts Association (LVAA) for the site of the YouthBuild program in Louisville, a new outdoor sculpture was created and installed in 2011. This project was jointly funded by the Norton Foundation, LVAA, YouthBuild, and Hanover College.
YouthBuild is a national community development and education program that addresses issues facing low-income communities. This permanent addition to the Louisville YouthBuild program utilizes a material known for dividing and separating: chain-link fencing. By incorporating the chain-link into the ceilings of groin vaults, the fencing gains a new purpose by providing the structure for vertical raised gardens and shady canopies during the summer.
Bottle Shock, 2010
Installed at the Forecastle music festival, Louisville, Kentucky
Community collected plastic bottles, Monofilament, Cable ties, Wire fencing, Steel, and Artificial grass
Forecastle organizers have commissioned three artists to create pieces for Waterfront Park in Louisville, Kentucky. “The goal of Forecastle is to establish a cultural entertainment medium ~ Music.Art.Activism® ~ equally showcased in a scenic, outdoor environment. Merging entertainment with education, Forecastle unites the creative and activism communities of the Midwest, while building a new festival model in the United States.”
For Forecastle, plastic bottles from individuals, local corporations, University of Louisville, and Hanover College were collectedto create a large-scale sculpture. The piece arched over viewers as they walked along one of the main sidewalks on the Great Lawn of Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville. Entitled Bottle Shock, the sculpture engaged festival goers in a conversation about plastic and consumption.
Elizabeth Kramer, Forecastle Fest Announces Artists to Create New Works, National Public Radio WFPL, Louisville, Kentucky, February 18, 2010, 4:00 pm.
Brew History: All Bottled Up, 2010
installed for the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project, New Albany, Indiana
Community collected beer bottles, labels, steel, wood, Plexiglas, fiberglass, Styrofoam, paint, motion sensors, solar powered lights, and hardware
The New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project was a multi-year outdoor exhibition of outdoor sculptures that will interpret New Albany’s rich history and heritage. This originated from a partnership between the Carnegie Center for Art and History and the New Albany Urban Enterprise Association. Beginning in the spring of 2010, five temporary sculptures were installed in highly visible locations in the downtown historic district. Each subsequent year, new sculptures were selected and unveiled, culminating in 2013 with New Albany’s Bicentennial Commemoration.
My sculpture for the Bicentennial Public Art Project, Brew History: All Bottled Up, focused on the history of taverns and breweries in New Albany dates back to 1830 with stories of homespun attitudes and community support. In recognition of this beer chronicle, the primary material in this sculpture is locally collected, used beer bottles. Furthermore, influenced by several sources such as the Lite-Brite toy, the song “99 Bottles of Beer,” and Tom Marioni’s social sculpture from 1970 titled The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art, in Brew History: All Bottled Up, I combined dissimilar, pop-culture materials and forms while playfully linking past and present.
Brew History: All Bottled Up, was included in a book titled Sculpture and Design with Recycled Glass, by Cindy Ann Coldiron, Schiffer Publishing, October 2011.
Migration Station, 2010
Installed at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY
PVC pipe, artificial flowers, wood, plexiglass, steel, concrete, and hardware
Model Homes and Habitats, a contemporary art exhibit focused on wildlife welfare, featuring regional and national contemporary artist designed birdhouses. A White Noise Project, this group exhibition of Model Homes and Habitats provided a genuine look at how we might better integrate and coexist with animals in the community around us.
For Migration Station, I combined artificial roses, leaves, and grass with sewer pipes to make a luxury high-rise that points to nature like a road sign while only offering potential tenets an isolated, plastic habitat.
Forces of Nature: Hurricanes and Slinkys, 2007
Installed at Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky
Steel, irrigation tubing, cable ties, paint, and artificial grass
This outdoor version of forces of nature: hurricanes and slinkys, was designed for in the Live, Learn, Believe outdoor exhibition, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky. Inspired by diagrams of hurricane development and the “wonderful toy” the slinky, the inexpensive Slinky seems so simple, but the physics of the spring and theories of Hooke’s law visualize the limits of stress that can be endured before it cannot be corrected when the stress is removed. This outdoor sculpture combines these two visuals with a peaceful, but artificial, grassy eye of the storm.
Islands, Yards, Worlds, 2004
Installed at the Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
Wood, concrete, paint, plastic, and audio
Designed in response to the game of tennis and the beginning of the war in Iraq, this sculpture focuses on the boundaries and divisions between two identical sides. Each fence in this sculpture was sixty-feet long. Starting at six-feet high, the top level of the fence remained horizontal while bottom was cut to fit the hill. The result was a bridge that as one ascended the fence shortened allowing one to see the other sides of the fence. At the center was a concrete table with a game of checkers in play; however, this checkers game has all grey game pieces making it difficult to know who is winning. Lastly, while at the table, an audio can be heard from the fences playing the sound of a tennis match as the ball bounces back and forth over the net.

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I can’t believe we are here! The last installment of 2015’s “Sugar Cookie of the Month.” I kind of went the easy way out here since I just had a baby and all (I’ll probably be using this excuse for awhile) but these cookies are still festive and delicious!
Once again we are using the chocolate sugar cookie base I used for my Halloween cookies and for May’s cream cheese frosted cookies. Then we are adding some crushed candy canes and calling it good! Continue reading

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Hey, I'm Nate with CNet and today we're talking about the T-Mobile 768.
It's a $72 flip phone that's gonna be best for folks on a tight budget.
We'll start with the good things.
It's pretty good actually.
And now, I tried the phone out in San Francisco and then parts of Oakland and the call quality was always pretty good.
You could always, you know, hear people clearly and people, whether I was talking to people, you know, in the Bay Area or in the East Coast, they said you know, they could hear me clearly.
And that's pretty much kind of review, at least, there was a time when there was a primary purpose for a smart phone, but we'll get to that in a minute.
The phone also has a FM radio which I thought was a pretty cool addition.
And it supports up to 32 gigs of microSD storage in an expandable slot right underneath the battery.
So that's also really great if you wanna carry your own music around.
Unfortunately, that's pretty much all that's great about the phone.
The keypad, for example, uses old-school T9 texting, which makes certain things like sending text messages or emails kind of a miserable experience.
Which is not that great because the phone does offer 3G connectivity.
And there is a web browser, it runs the Opera Mini web browser.
So while you can technically get online and check your e-mail and things like that with the phone.
Because of the keypad, you aren't really ever gonna want to.
There's a 2 megapixel camera, but it's a pretty terrible camera and the video camera is also pretty terrible.
But, here's the thing, it's a $72 phone.
On one of T-Mobile's cheapest plans, you get unlimited talk and text and no data caps and no contract to sign for 40 bucks a month.
That means over the course of two years you're spending about 43 bucks a month for unlimited talking and unlimited texting I guess.
I wouldn't recommend texting on this phone.
But if you're looking to spend relatively little on a phone just so you can keep in touch with family and your friends, you just want to make voice calls and you don't really care about apps or browsing the internet or sending lots of emails and things like that, the T-Mobile 768 actually isn't a terrible deal.
I'm Nate Ralph, thanks for watching.
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Passed Arkansas Firearm Legislation HB1367
Title: Concerning An Auxiliary Law Enforcement Or A Retired Law Enforcement Officer Carrying A Concealed Handgun; And Concerning Retired Law Enforcement Officers.
Description: Concerning An Auxiliary Law Enforcement Or A Retired Law Enforcement Officer Carrying A Concealed Handgun; And Concerning Retired Law Enforcement Officers.
Session: 91st General Assembly
Last Action: Notification that HB1367 is now Act 957
Last Action Date: April 6, 2017
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (3 of 100)
|House||Apr 6, 2017||Notification that HB1367 is now Act 957|
|House||Mar 30, 2017||Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.|
|House||Mar 29, 2017||TO BE ENROLLED|
|House||Mar 29, 2017||Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.|
|House||Mar 28, 2017||Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1|
|Senate||Mar 20, 2017||Returned To the House as passed as amended.|
|House||Mar 20, 2017||Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE|
|House||Mar 20, 2017||Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1|
|Senate||Mar 20, 2017||Read the third time and passed.|
|Senate||Mar 16, 2017||Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.|
|Senate||Mar 16, 2017||Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.|
|Senate||Mar 16, 2017||REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED|
|Senate||Mar 15, 2017||Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1|
|Senate||Feb 15, 2017||Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary|
|Senate||Feb 15, 2017||Received from the House.|
|House||Feb 15, 2017||Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.|
|House||Feb 14, 2017||Returned by the Committee Do Pass|
|House||Feb 2, 2017||Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.|
|House||Feb 2, 2017||REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED|
|House||Feb 2, 2017||Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.|
|House||Jan 26, 2017||Filed|
|House||Jan 26, 2017||Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE|
|Chaptered||Apr 10, 2017||state link||bill text|
|Draft||Mar 16, 2017||state link||bill text|
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Read the third time and passed.
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
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Ghislaine Maxwell trial verdict live updates
Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of five federal sex trafficking charges after six days of deliberation.
Jurors considered six charges against Ms Maxwell, who is accused of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for convicted paedophile ジェフリーエプスタイン to abuse.
She pleaded not guilty to all charges and said she is being made a scapegoat for Epstein’s acts after he died in 2019 while awaiting his own trial.
After about 40 hours of deliberation, the jury found her guilty of five charges:
- カウント 1: Conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts – maximum sentence of five years
- カウント 3: Conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity – maximum sentence of five years
- カウント 4: Transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity – maximum sentence of 10 年
- カウント 5: Conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors – maximum sentence of five years
- カウント 6: Sex trafficking of minors – maximum sentence of 40 年
She was found not guilty of the sixth, for enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.
If ordered to serve all five sentences consecutively, Ms Maxwell could spend the next 65 バーの後ろの年.
Donald Trump mum on Ghislaine Maxwell guilty verdict
ドナルド・トランプ, who was previously seen with sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, has so far not reacted to the British socialite’s conviction on Wednesday.
The former US president has been criticised in the past for his personal ties with the duo, and had issued multiple comments last year.
While these seem to be bubbling back up on social media in the last 24 時間, Mr Trump has maintained an eerie silence and refrained from saying anything now.
7月に 2020, Mr Trump — then the US president — had shared warm words for Maxwell and expressed concern.
“I’ve met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach, and I guess they lived in Palm Beach,” he had said. “But I wish her well, それが何であれ。」
Pictures from the late 1990s and early 2000s show that Mr Trump shared social spaces with the high-profile community in New York and Florida. This was also the period when Epstein and Maxwell indulged in wide-ranging sexual abuse of teenage girls.
Mr Trump’s affiliation with the duo also came under public scrutiny after charges of sexual exploitation by Epstein and Maxwell were filed.
The Independent’s Josh Marcus curates details on this ここに
Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction: Reactions pour in, verdict lauded
Reactions from the accusers of Ghislaine Maxwell trickled in moments after the verdict pronouncing her guilty was announced on Wednesday.
One of the first reactions came from バージニア・ジュフレ, who has publicly accused Maxwell and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein of abusing her. She said her heart went out to the other accusers.
“My soul yearned for justice for years and today the jury gave me just that. I will remember this day always. Having lived with the horrors of Maxwell’s abuse, my heart goes out to the many other girls and young women who suffered at her hands and whose lives she destroyed,” she said in a tweet.
US attorney for the southern district of New York Damian Williams said justice has been done. The trial was held in Mr Williams’s district.
“A unanimous jury has found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable – facilitating and participating in the sexual abuse of children,” the attorney said after the verdict was announced.
彼が追加した: “Crimes that she committed with her long-time partner and co-conspirator, ジェフリーエプスタイン. The road to justice has been far too long. だが, 今日, justice has been done.”
You can read more reactions in Nathan Place’s report ここに
How Ghislaine Maxwell reacted to the jail sentence in the court
In what could lead to imprisonment for the rest of her life, the verdict pronouncing Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of sex trafficking and abuse charges, was read out in the court on Wednesday.
Hundreds had teemed up outside the court in New York as the lengthy proceedings of the trial came to a conclusion after weeks of hearings and five days of deliberations.
While the verdict was being read out, Maxwell appeared stoic while wearing a black mask.
She was seen pouring herself some water as one of her attorneys patted her back afterwards.
As she was led out from the courtroom, she glanced at her siblings, who appeared throughout the court proceedings and were seen outside court every day.
Maxwell was also seen with her hands folded as the jury filed out.
In a departure from the past, Maxwell did not hug her lawyers or say anything to them on her way out. に
the last few weeks during the trial, she was seen displaying physical affection with her team.
Her lawyers had countered the charges against her by saying she was being scapegoated for the alleged doings of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as he was no longer around.
Former Palm Beach police chief reacts to Ghislaine Maxwell guilty sentence
Former Palm Beach police department chief Michael Reiter said the facts behind the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell on charges on sex trafficking ‘tell a tale of national disgrace’.
Mr Reiter congratulated the officials involved in pursuing this case.
“The US attorney’s office in the southern district of New York should be congratulated for having the courage to bring Epstein and now Ghislaine Maxwell to justice, something that should have been done in the Florida case fifteen years ago,” the former police chief said.
彼が追加した: “The importance of the failure of the Florida case cannot be overstated. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit began its opinion concerning the rights of Epstein’s victims by stating ‘The facts underlying this case, as we understand them, are beyond scandalous — they tell a tale of national disgrace’.”
Ghislaine Maxwell’s family launch appeal: ‘Firmly believe in our sister’s innocence’
The family of convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell said they have initiated an appeal process after the British socialite was found guilty of luring and grooming young girls into having sex with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell’s family, on Twitter on Thursday morning, said they were “very disappointed” with the verdict and had already begun the appeal process.
“We believe firmly in our sister’s innocence – we are very disappointed with the verdict. We have already started the appeal tonight and we believe that she will ultimately be vindicated,」ステートメントは読んだ.
Josh Payne has the full report ここに
What were Prince Andrew’s ties to Maxwell?
Prince Andrew’s presence in the Maxwell trial was most keenly felt in a photograph he didn’t actually appear in.
Government exhibit GX-347 showed a picture of Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein cozying up together on a porch bench on the grounds of the Queen’s Balmoral estate in the Scottish Highlands.
The photo was taken on a trip the pair took to the royal manor in 1999 as the guest of Andrew, the Duke of York.
It was among 19 images released to the jury of Epstein and Maxwell in exotic locations appearing to be very much in love that were found on CDs taken from a 2019 FBI raid on Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse.
インデペンデント Bevan Hurley explains the link between Prince Andrew and Maxwell:
Prince Andrew may have hoped to avoid further embarrassment during Maxwell’s trial, but a single image reminded the world of his intimate ties to the socialite and Epstein
How Maxwell met Epstein
マクスウェル, the daughter of the late media mogul Robert Maxwell, told a 2016 deposition that she met Jeffrey Epstein, then a wealthy financier, に 1991 through a mutual friend.
During the 1990s the couple socialised with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well as Prince Andrew, with Maxwell flying on Epstein’s private jets and staying at his homes, before settling in a $5m New York townhouse.
インデペンデント Graeme Massie explains how she came to know the convicted paedophile:
How Ghislaine Maxwell met Jeffrey Epstein
How the spectre of Robert Maxwell hung over his daughter’s trial
それはありました 30 years since the death of Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell, who was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gran Canaria.
ここ数週間, both the fearsome personality of the larger-than life press baron and the nature of his demise, have been an attendant narrative to the courtroom drama that has gripped the Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse in New York where his favourite daughter Ghislaine stood trial.
インデペンデント Andrew Buncombe explains how Robert Maxwell’s spectre hung over the case:
Larger-than-life businessman died 30 years ago but his story continues to reverberate, AndrewBuncombeが書いています
ICYMI: Most explosive revelations from the trial
The federal government’s case against Maxwell centred around her decades-long relationship with Epstein. It alleged she operated as his enabler in luring vulnerable teenage girls with promises of scholarships, attention and financial assistance for their families, and coerced them into becoming objects for his sexual gratification.
This later expanded to a “pyramid scheme of abuse”, 検察官によると, in which young girls already in Epstein’s orbit would offer to recruit classmates and friends with the promise of easy money.
インデペンデント Bevan Hurley recaps the most explosive revelations across three weeks of testimony in Manhattan’s federal court:
Bombshell revelations of Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein’s inner world, a vociferous defence of the maligned socialite have consumed the trial so far, Bevan Hurley writes
Here’s what Donald Trump said about Ghislaine Maxwell in 2020
After Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in July 2020, then-president Donald Trump was asked about the jailed socialite at a press conference.
“I wish her well,” Mr Trump replied.


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The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed five new cases of the deadly Coronavirus infection also known as COVID-19 in Nigeria, which originated in Wuhan, China, and has claimed many lives around the world.
This was revealed in a Twitter post on Wednesday by the Minister of Health, Prof. E. Osagie Ehanire who noted that intensified efforts are in place to begin contact tracing for the cases to control the risk of spreading the virus.
“I regret to announce the confirmation of 5 new #COVID19 cases in #Nigeria bringing the total no. of confirmed cases to 8.
“We have intensified contact tracing for these cases to control the risk of spread and @NCDCGov is already supporting the response efforts,” the minister wrote on Twitter.
Later in the day, the minister, while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said three of the cases came from the United States of America including a mother and child while two others came from the UK.
He also disclosed that one of the cases is a Nigerian that entered the country through the land borders, adding that the cases are in Lagos and while one is from Ekiti.
The announcement by the minister comes after the Lagos State government on Tuesday night spoke about the condition of an Indian who was quarantined on suspicion of having contacted the coronavirus disease.
Although details were not given, the Indian man is suspected to be a contract staff of the Dangote group who had earlier shown symptoms of the disease, and was isolated before he was later transferred to the Mainland hospital, Yaba, Lagos.

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So every winter working in the dry cold, my skin, on my hands and feet, cracks. Particularly between my fingers and toes. What can I do to prevent this?
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The decision was arrived at to prevent unrest or destruction of school property.
Five secondary schools in Lamu County have sent some of their students home after they refused to sit for their mock examinations.
The county’s Director of Education, Mr Mwanyoha Ndegwa, said the management of Kizingitini, Siyu, Wiyoni, Witu and Kiongwe secondary schools have been forced to send their Form Three and Four students home.
The decision was arrived at to prevent unrest or destruction of school property. The students refused to sit the exams on the grounds that they were not well prepared to tackle the questions.
Some claimed that the exams had been set on topics that they were yet to cover while others claimed that their teachers had not notified them on when the exams were to begin.
Some of the students who spoke to the Nation and requested anonymity, also said they were not willing to sit the exams because they feared that the results would be used to determine their final score in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam.
However, Mr Ndegwa said the students were simply not prepared and were therefore scared of failing.
“We shall soon summon back the students and their parents and chart a way forward. I expect the Lamu education board to meet this week over the same,” Mr Ndegwa said in a telephone interview.
In a related development, Coast regional coordinator Nelson Marwa on Monday said all public boarding secondary schools at the Coast will be manned by security officers to avert arson attacks.
At the same time, owners of petrol stations in the region have been warned against selling petrol to underage buyers and other suspicious characters.
“Don’t sell petrol to students, probe and confirm what it will be used for. Mere interrogations and amount of petrol bought can reveal their intentions. Report underage buyers to relevant authorities,” said Mr Marwa.
Speaking at his office, Mr Marwa said so far eight students — three from Shimo la Tewa High School, two from Malindi High and two from Lamu — have been arrested as part of the investigations into a fire incident at Kwale High School last Friday.
“The students from Lamu and Malindi have been arraigned in court. Anyone involved will be arrested regardless of their age,” said Mr Marwa.
Meanwhile, police officers in Mombasa County are investigating the circumstances that led to the burning of a dormitory at St Augustine Preparatory School in Tudor, Mombasa on Sunday night.
Police blamed the fire on an electric fault. The same building had also caught fire in 2013.
At least eight pupils were taken to hospital and treated for shock and minor injuries after the 11pm incident.
The fire was quickly contained by the Mombasa County and Kenya Ports Authority fire brigades.
The headteacher, Ms Serah Kessi, said the fire started shortly after the girls were cleared to go to bed.
“The girls had not slept as they had just got to the dormitory shortly after their revision ahead of the exams,” Ms Kessi said.
She said that the school had already made arrangements to accommodate the students until Friday when they will finish their end-of-term examinations.
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The ideal PCT Cycle and Steroids
After completing a steroid cycle, users need to engage in post-cycle therapy (PCT) to allow the body sufficient time to process and eliminate the steroids. Therefore, users need to use a post-cycle treatment according to their cycle. They may also need to undertake a PCT consisting of Nolvadex or Clomid if they want to use injectable testosterone as part of their steroid cycle to prevent gynecomastia.
What is a PCT?
Post-cycle treatment is used to decrease the negative effects of the drugs after anabolic steroid cycles. Saying the word out loud ensures that everyone understands it, even if it should go without saying. Post-cycle treatment, or PCT, basically fixes any harm the body may have sustained during a steroid cycle. During the steroid cycle, these drugs inject the body with hormones, which might damage certain cells and organs.
Some of these side effects include altered blood plasma lipid levels, elevated oestrogen levels, decreased or stopped natural testosterone synthesis, and other unfavourable outcomes. Restoring hormones that damage cells and organs to normal levels is the aim of post-cycle therapy. Some users of anabolic steroids may encounter several health problems if proper PCT is not performed after steroid cycles. It is recommended that advanced steroid users receive post-cycle treatment after high-dose steroid cycles to aid in their bodies’ recovery.
Expert users employ post-cycle therapy, which has fewer adverse effects than PCT alone. For experienced users, PCT might not be as important as it is for novices, but it is still a useful method to lessen the effects of a shutdown.
Armistice is a 7-Keto DHEA metabolite that does not convert to estrogen or testosterone. Like the medication Aromasin, an armistice is a suicide aromatase inhibitor (AI), meaning it will bind to the aromatase enzyme permanently and stop any oestrogen from being released again. It has also reportedly been shown to lower cortisol, enhance luteinizing hormone (LH), and raise testosterone. Arimistane also works to lower the body’s circulating oestrogen levels. It functions as a suicide inhibitor by reducing the number of androgens in the body that can be transformed into oestrogen. further details on PCT management.
PCT for Nolvadex
The active ingredient in Nolvadex and its generic name is tamoxifen citrate. It is available in tablet form in dosages of 10 mg and 20 mg. This medication cannot be obtained without a prescription. As expected, nolvadex significantly reduces oestrogen levels and slows the progression of cancer. It was first created as a drug to treat breast cancer.
It does this by attaching itself to oestrogen receptors in that area of the body, preventing oestrogen from binding and minimizing or completely removing the effects of estrogen on breast tissue. For unknown reasons, males who use anabolic steroids desire to inhibit the growth of breast tissue that results from increased oestrogen activity.
When to Start PCT After a Cycle
Every steroid user is different, and thus, every anabolic steroid cycle is different. This suggests that there’s no set time for a PCT to start. PCT is frequently started close to the end of a cycle to ensure the body has had adequate time to remove any waste products created during steroid administration. As it will help restore hormone levels in both men and women who have been taking steroids or other hormonal therapy, starting your PCT right after the cycle is an excellent option.
In conclusion, post-cycle treatment may be quite helpful for those who have recently completed a steroid cycle. A PCT has many wonderful benefits, such as raising testosterone levels and reducing water retention. If you want to get rid of the side effects of steroids without losing your gains, a PCT is a wise course of action.


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At the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, an intense blaster training summit is being hosted by Orica Mining Services, the largest explosives manufacturer in the world. This summit is being organized in conjunction with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission.
Orica is a provider of explosives all over the world with headquarters in Australia. Orica has about 15,000 people located all over the world and generates over $5 billion in yearly sales. The blasting “Innovation Summit 2023” was organized with the participation of a high-level 11-member team comprising of experienced mining engineers and senior management employees. These individuals traveled from Chile, Colombia, and Panama in order to participate. The summit showcased contemporary blasting techniques and technology.
Over 125 individuals were present, including representatives and owners of all active quarries, representatives of several gold mines, members of the gold and diamond miners organization, as well as blasters and field staff from throughout Guyana.
The Guyana Mining School, the Guyana General Mining Corporation (GGMC), the Guyana Police Force, and the Guyana Army all participated in the summit and sent officials from their respective areas. Officials such as the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, the Commissioner of the GGMC, Mr. Newell Dennison, and Mr. Vaughn Felix, administrator of the Mining School, were present at the event.
Orica’s Group Executive and President of Latin America, Mr. Brian Gillespie, expressed Orica’s gratitude for its partnership with Guyana and its representative, Mr. Devindra Kissoon, and announced that Orica intends to immediately expand its operations in Guyana with a managed explosives warehouse facility. Mr. Gillespie also stated that Orica intends to immediately expand its operations in Guyana with a managed explosives warehouse facility.
He added that Orica now supplies explosives to Guyana through a complex supply chain that originates from Orica’s plants in the United States of America, Peru, Columbia, Mexico, and Brazil. This is done to ensure that all end users get their product regardless of the conditions of the international market. He stated that even when the supply of raw materials was hampered by Russian sanctions, Orica guaranteed that none of its customer’s mining operations were damaged by immediately leveraging its enormous resources to procure raw materials internationally. This enabled Orica to ensure that none of its customers’ mining operations were disrupted.
He said that Orica is actively contemplating the impending building of an explosives factory in Guyana, which, if constructed, would serve not only Guyana but also nearby Caribbean nations. If this facility were to be installed, it would serve not only Guyana but also adjacent Caribbean countries.
Mr. Mark De Castro, General Manager of Orica Colombia and the Caribbean, explained that the summit was a part of Orica’s aggressive initiative to provide all existing operations and quarry startups with continuous technical support and training necessary to optimize production and reduce costs in order to supply aggregate to the construction sector. This was described as part of Orica’s aggressive initiative to provide all existing operations and quarry startups with continuous technical support and training.
Orica was given a warm welcome by prominent attorney Devindra Kissoon, who emphasized that in over 40 years of service to Guyana, there has not been a single explosion safety event involving explosives.
The Honorable Minister of Vickram Bharrat delivered the keynote presentation. In it, he thanked Orica for its investment in the quarrying and gold mining industries in Guyana and expressed his gratitude for the company’s efforts. He went on to explain that the initiative taken by Orica was crucial to the success of the government’s infrastructure projects and was evidence of the government’s commitment to ensure that oil and gas were not the only area of concentration in Guyana but that other facets of the country’s economy were advanced.
He said that the mining industry offered substantial employment opportunities to thousands of Guyanese and that this was something the government was interested in developing further. Separately, Minister Bharrat pointed out that the partnership that has existed between the Kissoon family and Orica over the past four decades is an excellent example of how local content should function.
Participants exhibited a widespread sense of enthusiasm, complimented the parties that were organizing the event, and indicated that they had a strong interest in the topic at hand. Since the 1990s, Orica has been providing services in Guyana, initially to Guymine and later to Omai Gold Mines. Additionally, Orica has consistently supplied explosives to assist Guyana’s mining sector, and the company has had a close association with Guyana over the course of the previous half century. The class will be finished today.


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Yesterday, Nintendo announced a Nintendo Direct ahead of the Tokyo Game Show (TGS), Asia’s largest gaming showcase.
Nintendo will not broadcast the event live in the UK following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
However, British fans can still follow the event. Here’s everything we know about the September 13, 2022 Nintendo Direct.
Where can I watch Nintendo Direct in September?
Nintendo will upload Nintendo Direct after it’s live streamed in other regions.
It will be available as a video on the Nintendo Official YouTube Channel today (13.09.).
However, if you are in the UK and want to watch the event live, you can watch it on a different channel.
For a live English version of the event, you can watch the American Nintendo YouTube channel.
It will be live here an hour earlier than the UK video.
When is today’s Nintendo Direct?
The video will be available in the UK from 4 p.m local time.
However, the event will be livestreamed sooner for attendees in other regions.
Here are the times when Nintendo Direct goes live in your time zone.
- 7 a.m. Western US (PST)
- 10:00 am Eastern US (EST)
- 3pm UK Time (BST)
- 11pm Japan (JST)
- 00:00 Eastern Australia (AET)
- 02:00 New Zealand (NZT)
What can we expect from September’s Nintendo Direct?
With TGS around the corner, we mainly expect Japanese games to be showcased at the event.
There will likely be plenty of updates to existing games like Mario Kart 8 and perhaps cover the launch of Splatoon 3.
A number of games announced for Switch and coming out this year are also likely to appear.
Bayonetta 3, Mario + Rabbids, Sonic Frontiers and the upcoming Square Enix games Diofield Chronicles and Harvestella could be shown.
People are hoping to see more of Nintendo’s flagship series, The Legend of Zelda.
The Breath of the Wild sequel is in development and fans are excited for more.
Following the success of Skyward Sword and Link’s Awakening, there has also been talk of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remasters for Nintendo’s latest console.
However, it’s unclear if these will be shown at the event or if they’re even in development.
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The Pacific Standard staff highlights the stories published elsewhere that moved us, made us think, and left us a little envious.
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The next PS5 showcase will take place next week on September 16, Sony has officially announced.
The event, which will kick off at 1:00 PM PDT, was announced on the official PlayStation blog just now.
“Before PlayStation 5 launches this holiday, we wanted to give you one more look at some of the great games coming to PS5 at launch (and beyond!)”, Sony writes.
“Our next digital showcase will weigh in at around 40 minutes, and feature updates on the latest titles from Worldwide Studios and our world-class development partners.”
Aside from mentioning new titles coming to the console, Sony hasn't provided additional details about the contents of the showcase. With Microsoft now having announced the release date and pricing of its next-gen consoles last week, however, it's highly likely that Sony will finally announce the price and release date of the PS5. Especially with pre-orders on both Xbox consoles kicking off on September 22.
As covered earlier, Sony will reportedly be slashing the pricing on its upcoming next-gen console to match up with Microsoft's Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, which will retail for $299 and $499, respectively.
Sony has announced that it will be launching two PlayStation 5 models - a model with Blu-Ray drive and a digital-only model. Both models will come with Sony's custom ultra-fast 825GB SSD. We've included the PS5 hardware reveal trailer down below alongside some key features of the console.
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PS5™ consoles support 8K Output, so you can play games on your 4320p resolution display.
As always, we will keep you updated as soon as more info on the PS5 comes in.


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Kate Garraway confirms plans for Finding Derek sequel after emotional NTAs win
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Kate Garraway has revealed that she is set to make a sequel to the award-winning documentary about her husband Derek Draper and his ongoing recovery after being hospitalised with Coronavirus in 2020.
On Thursday night, Kate picked up the National Television Award for Authored Documentary for her moving documentary Finding Derek.
Kate and Finding Derek was up against documentaries like Katie Price: Harvey And Me, and Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children.
But the documentary that moved the nation won the gong, which led to Kate revealing there will be a follow up to the raw and emotional programme.
Talking to The Sun after the ceremony, she said: "We are going to make another documentary, there are plans for more.
"Derek has a very short window of energy, but we are trying.
"He has been home for four months now and it was enough for him being home."
Hinting at a steady recovery, Kate then said, "now we are really hoping we can have more and more people in to see him."
After win winning the award, Kate shared a rare snap of her husband.
Taking to Instagram, the GMB presenter shared a snap of their FaceTime call after she collected the award.
Derek's eyes lit up as he appeared to look overjoyed as he saw Kate holding the coveted award.
Sharing the screenshot of their call, Kate penned: "Wow. Thank you so so much. Have been in such an emotional daze all night I failed to get a single photo of me or the brilliant @flickerproductions team who made #findingderek @theofficalntas,"
The caption then went onto say: "But maybe this is the photo you most wanted to see anyway – Me FaceTiming derek (via Darcey’s phone!) to tell him we had won! From him and from the bottom of our family’s hearts THANKYOU."
She concluded: "For all who are struggling on and holding on to hope – this is for you."
Fans, friends and followers flocked to the comments, overjoyed that Derek had made a social media appearance.
Amanda Holden commented: "So thrilled you won," complete with a big red heart emoji.
Colleague and GMB co-host Alex Beresford said: "His eyes say it all! So happy for you."
YouTuber Louise Pentland wrote a sweet tribute: "Congratulations Kate, so very well deserved and such love, healing and success to you and your family xxxx"
While a fan penned: "This was the most important award at the NTAs. Well done on your amazing and so insightful documentary Kate that touch my heart so deeply. The same goes to all the nominees. All amazing people with amazing stories to share."
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For years, Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves didn't see the point in getting married. The couple, who met at a bar in 2006, shared homes and had two children together (Levi, 3, and Vida, 2) and had, as Alves explained, "been living a married life this whole time."
But all that changed when McConaughey proposed to the Brazilian beauty on Christmas Day of 2011 and the couple tied the knot last weekend in a three-day wedding extravaganza.
The festivities kicked off with a casual rehearsal dinner on Friday night at the couple's home in Austin, Texas. They wanted to stay close to home for their nuptials, so they created a luxury campground, complete with air-conditioned tents, for guests to spend the weekend on their Texas property.
John Cougar Mellencamp was among the celebrity guests (Woody Harrleson, Reese Witherspoon and Meg Ryan also attended) and during the ceremony he adapted a bible verse into a song and sang for the couple.
McConaughey and Alves exchanged vows in an intimate and unique way: rather than reading aloud to each other, they whispered their vows into each other's ears.
"No one ones what they said, but you could tell it was emotional because was teary-eyed," a guest told Us. "Matthew loves her, there's no doubt about that."
After the ceremony, guests flocked to an enormous party tent for the reception, where they dined on Brazilian rotisserie-style meats and danced the night away to a live band that played Brazillian and pop music.
"You can definitely tell [Matthew] was in love," a source says. The party lasted well until the next day and, according to an insider, some guests hadn't even gone to bed by Sunday afternoon.
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Shehnaaz Gill’s Punjabi film Honsla Rakh co-starring Diljit Dosanjh and Sonam Bajwa is all set to hit the theatres worldwide on October 15. On Saturday evening, the makers dropped a new poster and revealed the trailer date.
In the poster, Shehnaaz and Sonam are seen in matching outfits. They are seen wearing a pair of green polka dot sweatpants and a matching sweatshirt. While Shehnaaz is seen holding soft toys and towels, Sonam has a box of baby food and soft toy in her arm.
Diljit, who is seen standing in the center is holding a baby while drinking milk from a baby bottle. Sharing the poster, Diljit announced that the trailer will be unveiled on Monday at 1 pm.
Meanwhile, Shehnaaz has stayed away from the limelight ever since her close friend Sidharth Shukla passed away earlier this month. The makers of Honsla Rakh are yet to shoot a song for the film. They were supposed to shoot it earlier this month but have postponed it so that Shehnaaz gets the time to heal and recover from her loss.
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Diamond fizz is a cocktail that was first introduced to the public in the early 20th century. It is a mixture of seltzer, gin and grapefruit juice and it is also known as Bombay Fizz. After World War II, the drink was reintroduced into the market by one of its creators, Harry McElhone. He renamed it to Harry’s New York Bar Cocktail, but later modified the name to Diamond Fizz.
The recipe for this cocktail has been changed over time based on what ingredients were available at that specific moment in time. The most common ingredients are gin or vodka and club soda or seltzer water.
2 Ounce Gin
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1. Shake first three ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled highball glass.
2. Fill with Champagne and stir.
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An abbreviation for Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile number. The government is pinning its hopes on these three modes of identification to deliver direct benefits to India’s poor.
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The Semi-Annual Congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation allocated the men’s 2013 IIHF World Championship to Sweden. The championship sites will be the capital Stockholm (Globe Arena, 13.850) and the southern city of Malmö, where a 12.500-seat arena is currently being built.
After applying for the rights to hold the 2010, 2011 and 2012 World Championship, and losing on each occasion, Sweden finally succeeded. And it was a landslide victory. The Swedish bid received 70 out of the 96 votes. Belarus received 15 votes, Hungary 8 and Czech Republic got three votes. Prior to the voting Latvia withdrew from the race and endorsed the Swedish bid.
Sweden has been the host of the IIHF’s flagship event on nine previous occasions, last time in 2002. See IIHF.COM for more information.
In other major news from the congress:
++ The IIHF is looking into the possibility of altering the 16-team format that has been in place since the 1998 championship, when the tournament expanded from 12 teams in 1997.
"We are looking at the possibility of going to 14 teams, divided into two groups of seven," Sports Committee Chairman and IIHF Vice President Kalervo Kummola confirmed. No timeline for the potential change was specified. But if the next congress approves the Sports Committee proposal, the new format could be in place possibly for 2010 (Germany), 2011 (Slovakia) or 2012 (Finland).
"But nothing is written in stone, said Kummola. We may be looking at other options as well."
In order for the change to happen, a committee proposal must first be approved by the IIHF Council (Board) and finally the congress.
++ Hockey Canada announced that Calgary will be the host city for the inaugural World Women’s U18 championship, with the USA, Canada, and six European nations participating on January 7-12, 2008. Introducing the women’s U18 category was one of the IIHF’s ambitions for the 100th Anniversary year in 2008.
Upcoming IIHF World Championships:
2008 CANADA, Halifax & Quebec City 02-18.05.08
2009 SWITZERLAND, Bern & Zürich – Kloten 24.04-10.05.09
2010 GERMANY, Cologne & Mannheim 07-23.05.10
2011 SLOVAKIA, Bratislava & Kosice 30.04-15.05.11
2012 FINLAND, Helsinki & Turku 28.04-13.05.12
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SP Group has announced that electricity tariffs will be raised to an average of 6.1 percent from 1 April to 30 June or 1.20 cents per kWh compared to the previous quarter.
For households, the electricity tariff will increase from 20.20 to 21.39 cents per kWh for 1 April to 30 June which means that the average monthly electricity bill for families living in four-room HDB flats will increase by S$4.21.
SP Group noted that the increase is largely due to the cost of natural gas for electricity generation, which increased by 12 per cent compared to the previous quarter.
SP Group reviews the electricity tariffs quarterly based on guidelines set by the Energy Market Authority (EMA), the electricity industry regulator.
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Pexeva® (paroxetine mesylate) is indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder, OCD, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. It is an orally administered psychotropic drug with a chemical structure related to paroxetine hydrochloride (Paxil).
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Antidepressants increased the risk compared to placebo of suicidal thinking and behavior (suicidality) in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-term studies of major depressive disorder (MDD) and other psychiatric disorders. Anyone considering the use of PEXEVA ® (paroxetine mesylate) or any other antidepressant in a child, adolescent, or young adult must balance this risk with the clinical need. Short-term studies did not show an increase in the risk of suicidality with antidepressants compared to placebo in adults beyond age 24; there was a reduction in risk with antidepressants compared to placebo in adults aged 65 and older. Depression and certain other psychiatric disorders are themselves associated with increases in the risk of suicide. Patients of all ages who are started on antidepressant therapy should be monitored appropriately and observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, or unusual changes in behavior. Families and caregivers should be advised of the need for close observation and communication with the prescriber. PEXEVA ® (paroxetine mesylate) is not approved for use in pediatric patients. (See Warnings: Clinical Worsening and Suicide Risk, Precautions: Information for Patients, and Precautions: Pediatric Use)
PEXEVA® (paroxetine mesylate) is an orally administered psychotropic drug with a chemical structure related to paroxetine hydrochloride (Paxil®). It is the mesylate salt of a phenylpiperidine compound identified chemically as (-)- trans -4R- (4′-fluorophenyl) — 3S — [(3′, 4′-methylenedioxyphenoxy) methyl] piperidine mesylate and has the empirical formula of C19H20FNO3•CH3SO3H. The molecular weight is 425.5 (329.4 as free base). The structural formula is:
Paroxetine mesylate is an odorless, off-white powder, having a melting point range of 147° to 150°C and a solubility of more than 1 g/ml in water.
Each oval, film-coated tablet contains paroxetine mesylate equivalent to paroxetine as follows: 10 mg (white); 20 mg (scored, dark orange); 30 mg (yellow); 40 mg (rose). Inactive ingredients consist of dibasic calcium phosphate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, magnesium stearate, sodium starch glycolate, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide red (C.I. 77491) (20 mg and 40 mg only) and ferric oxide yellow (C.I. 77492) (20 mg, 30 mg, and 40 mg only).
The efficacy of paroxetine in the treatment of MDD, OCD, panic disorder (PD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is presumed to be linked to potentiation of serotonergic activity in the central nervous system resulting from inhibition of neuronal reuptake of serotonin (5-hydroxy-tryptamine, 5-HT). Studies at clinically relevant doses in humans have demonstrated that paroxetine blocks the uptake of serotonin into human platelets. In vitro studies in animals also suggest that paroxetine is a potent and highly selective inhibitor of neuronal serotonin reuptake and has only very weak effects on norepinephrine and dopamine neuronal reuptake. In vitro radioligand binding studies indicate that paroxetine has little affinity for muscarinic alpha1-, alpha2-, beta-adrenergic-, dopamine (D2)-, 5-HT1-, 5-HT2-, and histamine (H1)-receptors; antagonism of muscarinic, histaminergic, and alpha1-adrenergic receptors has been associated with various anticholinergic, sedative, and cardiovascular effects for other psychotropic drugs.
Because the relative potencies of paroxetine’s major metabolites are at most 1/50 of the parent compound, they are essentially inactive.
Paroxetine mesylate is completely absorbed after oral dosing of the mesylate salt. In a study in which normal male subjects (n=25) received paroxetine 30 mg tablets daily for 24 days, steady-state paroxetine concentrations were achieved by approximately 13 days for most subjects, although it may take substantially longer in an occasional patient. At steady state, mean values of C max , T max , C min , and T1/2 were 81.3 ng/ml (CV 41%), 8.1 hr. (CV 56%), 43.2 ng/ml (CV 52%), and 33.2 hr. (CV 52%), respectively. The steady-state C max and C min values were about 7 and 10 times what would be predicted from single dose studies. Steady-state drug exposure based on AUC0-24 was about 10 times greater than would have been predicted from single-dose data in these subjects. The excess accumulation is a consequence of the fact that one of the enzymes that metabolizes paroxetine is readily saturable.
In steady-state dose proportionality studies involving elderly and nonelderly patients, at doses of 20 to 40 mg daily for the elderly and 20 to 50 mg daily for the nonelderly, some nonlinearity was observed in both populations, again reflecting a saturable metabolic pathway. In comparison to C min values after 20 mg daily, values after 40 mg were only about 2 to 3 times greater than doubled.
The effects of food on the bioavailability of paroxetine were studied in subjects administered a single dose with and without food. AUC was only slightly increased (6%) when drug was administered with food but the C max was 29% greater, while the time to reach peak plasma concentration decreased from 6.4 hours post-dosing to 4.9 hours.
In a meta analysis of paroxetine from 4 studies done in healthy volunteers following multiple dosing of 20 mg/day to 40 mg/day, males did not exhibit a significantly lower Cmax or AUC than females.
Paroxetine is extensively metabolized after oral administration. The principal metabolites are polar and conjugated products of oxidation and methylation, which are readily cleared. Conjugates with glucuronic acid and sulfate predominate, and major metabolites have been isolated and identified. Data indicate that the metabolites have no more than 1/50 the potency of the parent compound at inhibiting serotonin uptake. The metabolism of paroxetine is accomplished in part by cytochrome CYP2D6. Saturation of this enzyme at clinical doses appears to account for the nonlinearity of paroxetine kinetics with increasing dose and increasing duration of treatment. The role of this enzyme in paroxetine metabolism also suggests potential drug-drug interactions (see PRECAUTIONS).
Approximately 64% of a 30 mg oral solution dose of paroxetine was excreted in the urine with 2% as the parent compound and 62% as metabolites over a 10-day post-dosing period. About 36% was excreted in the feces (probably via the bile), mostly as metabolites and less than 1% as the parent compound over the 10-day post-dosing period.
Distribution: Paroxetine distributes throughout the body, including the CNS, with only 1% remaining in the plasma.
Protein Binding: Approximately 95% and 93% of paroxetine is bound to plasma protein at 100 ng/ml and 400 ng/ml, respectively. Under clinical conditions, paroxetine concentrations would normally be less than 400 ng/ml. Paroxetine does not alter the in vitro protein binding of phenytoin or warfarin.
Renal and Liver Disease: Increased plasma concentrations of paroxetine occur in subjects with renal and hepatic impairment. The mean plasma concentrations in patients with creatinine clearance below 30 ml/min was approximately 4 times greater than seen in normal volunteers. Patients with creatinine clearance of 30 to 60 ml/min and patients with hepatic functional impairment had about a 2-fold increase in plasma concentrations (AUC, C max).
The initial dosage should therefore be reduced in patients with severe renal or hepatic impairment, and upward titration, if necessary, should be at increased intervals (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION).
Elderly Patients: In a multiple-dose study in the elderly at daily paroxetine doses of 20, 30, and 40 mg, C min concentrations were about 70% to 80% greater than the respective C min concentrations in nonelderly subjects. Therefore the initial dosage in the elderly should be reduced (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION).
Drug-Drug Interactions:In vitro drug interaction studies reveal that paroxetine inhibits CYP2D6. Clinical drug interaction studies have been performed with substrates of CYP2D6 and show that paroxetine can inhibit the metabolism of drugs metabolized by CYP2D6 including desipramine, risperidone, and atomoxetine (see PRECAUTIONS—Drug Interactions).
The efficacy of paroxetine as a treatment for MDD has been established in 6 placebo-controlled studies of patients with MDD (ages 18 to 73). In these studies paroxetine was shown to be significantly more effective than placebo in treating MDD by at least 2 of the following measures: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), the Hamilton depressed mood item, and the Clinical Global Impression (CGI)-Severity of Illness. Paroxetine was significantly better than placebo in improvement of the HDRS sub-factor scores, including the depressed mood item, sleep disturbance factor, and anxiety factor.
A study of outpatients with MDD who had responded to paroxetine (HDRS total score <8) during an initial 8-week open treatment phase and were then randomized to continuation on paroxetine or placebo for 1 year demonstrated a significantly lower relapse rate for patients taking paroxetine (15%) compared to those on placebo (39%). Effectiveness was similar for male and female patients.
The effectiveness of paroxetine in the treatment OCD was demonstrated in two 12-week multicenter placebo-controlled studies of adult outpatients (Studies 1 and 2). Patients in all studies had moderate to severe OCD (DSM-IIIR) with mean baseline ratings on the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) total score ranging from 23 to 26. Study 1, a dose-range finding study where patients were treated with fixed doses of 20, 40, or 60 mg of paroxetine/day demonstrated that daily doses of paroxetine 40 and 60 mg are effective in the treatment of OCD. Patients receiving doses of 40 and 60 mg paroxetine experienced a mean reduction of approximately 6 and 7 points, respectively, on the YBOCS total score which was significantly greater than the approximate 4-point reduction at 20 mg and a 3-point reduction in the placebo-treated patients. Study 2 was a flexible dose study comparing paroxetine (20 to 60 mg daily) with clomipramine (25 to 250 mg daily). In this study, patients receiving paroxetine experienced a mean reduction of approximately 7 points on the YBOCS total score, which was significantly greater than the mean reduction of approximately 4 points in the placebo-treated patients.
The following table provides the outcome classification by treatment group on Global Improvement items of the Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) scale for Study 1.
| Outcome |
|Very Much Improved||7%||7%||20%||20%|
Subgroup analyses did not indicate that there were any differences in treatment outcomes as a function of age or gender.
The long-term maintenance effects of paroxetine in OCD were demonstrated in a long-term extension to Study 1. Patients who were responders on paroxetine during the 3-month double-blind phase and a 6-month extension on open-label paroxetine (20 to 60 mg/day) were randomized to either paroxetine or placebo in a 6-month double-blind relapse prevention phase. Patients randomized to paroxetine were significantly less likely to relapse than comparably treated patients who were randomized to placebo.
The effectiveness of paroxetine in the treatment of PD was demonstrated in three 10- to 12-week multicenter, placebo-controlled studies of adult outpatients (Studies 1-3). Patients in all studies had PD (DSM-IIIR), with or without agoraphobia. In these studies, paroxetine was shown to be significantly more effective than placebo in treating PD by at least 2 out of 3 measures of panic attack frequency and on the Clinical Global Impression Severity of Illness score.
Study 1 was a 10-week dose-range finding study: patients were treated with fixed paroxetine doses of 10, 20, or 40 mg/day or placebo. A significant difference from placebo was observed only for the 40 mg/day group. At endpoint, 76% of patients receiving paroxetine 40 mg/day were free of panic attacks, compared to 44% of placebo-treated patients.
Study 2 was a 12-week flexible-dose study comparing paroxetine (10 to 60 mg daily) and placebo. At endpoint, 51% of paroxetine patients were free of panic attacks compared to 32% of placebo-treated patients.
Study 3 was a 12-week flexible-dose study comparing paroxetine (10 to 60 mg daily) to placebo in patients concurrently receiving standardized cognitive behavioral therapy. At endpoint, 33% of the paroxetine-treated patients showed a reduction to 0 or 1 panic attacks compared to 14% of placebo patients.
In both Studies 2 and 3, the mean paroxetine dose for completers at endpoint was approximately 40 mg/day of paroxetine.
Long-term maintenance effects of paroxetine in PD were demonstrated in an extension to Study 1. Patients who were responders during the 10-week double-blind phase and during a 3-month double-blind extension phase were randomized to either paroxetine (10, 20, or 40 mg/day) or placebo in a 3-month double-blind relapse prevention phase. Patients randomized to paroxetine were significantly less likely to relapse than comparably treated patients who were randomized to placebo.
Subgroup analyses did not indicate that there were any differences in treatment outcomes as a function of age or gender.
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The NBA free agent pool continues to shrink as more and more players find their teams, sign their contracts and dutifully leak the details. Technically, signings won’t be announced until Saturday, but everyone gets the news as soon as the players and teams reach an agreement in principle and blab the news to Adrian Wojnarowski, Shams Charania and the rest of the NBA media cognoscenti.
One free agent whose name has been curiously absent from the sieve so far? Kawhi Leonard, NBA Finals MVP, who has hardly breathed a word about his intentions so far.
This hasn’t stopped the sports pundits from reporting what, it should be strongly emphasized, is just speculation about the Toronto Raptors star.
That disclaimer out of the way, Cris Carter, the NFL Hall of Famer and Fox Sports host, used to employ the services of Leonard’s agent during his playing days and tweeted Tuesday that Leonard’s shortlist is only three teams long — two in Los Angeles and one whose uniform he wore while winning that Finals trophy.
Kawhi update: I’ve just been informed Kawhi has not made a decision. To think the Lakers are ahead of the Clippers or the Raptors would be wrong #KawhiUpdate
— Cris Carter (@criscarter80) July 2, 2019
Carter did, however, report on FS1 that Leonard has only begun the process of meeting with teams Monday and seems to be in no hurry to make a decision on any contract he has been or will be offered.
Early reports connected Leonard to the Clippers, but the Lakers — and their power duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis — have been ardent suitors.
Kendrick Perkins, formerly a player for the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder, seems to believe Leonard will end up in the purple and gold of the City of Angels’ marquee franchise:
Just heard that Kawhi is meeting with the Clippers tonight but the Lakers hold the upper hand, unless Doc work his Magic tonight it’s looking very strong that Kawhi will be in Purple and Gold!!!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 2, 2019
Of course, if Leonard cares most about winning, his best bet would be to stay in Toronto.
The Lakers traded away their entire roster and have an aging James who played only 55 games in 2018-19 for a team that didn’t even make the playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Clippers appear to have bowed out in the first round and don’t have the marquee star power to try and pair with Leonard for a title run.
What we do know, at least according to reports, is that Leonard is set to meet with both Tinseltown squads before the incumbent Toronto gets the last chance to make a pitch to persuade one of only three men in NBA history to win Finals MVP with two different teams — James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the other two — not to try and win that honor with a third franchise.
The Raptors do hold an ace in the hole insofar as under the collective bargaining agreement, since Leonard is their own player, they can offer him five years and $190 million, while the Lakers and Clippers would be limited to four years and $141 million.
That five-year “supermax” deal is how the Golden State Warriors reportedly retained Klay Thompson’s services rather than let anyone else bid for him.
Leonard is going to have to weigh his decision carefully, since all three teams offer him an attractive option professionally and personally.
Playing in LA means playing in America’s second-largest media market either for a marquee franchise with two of the best players in the league already on the roster or for the city’s underdog squad, where Leonard would be the undisputed star and face of the franchise.
In addition, Leonard was born in Riverside, California, and played his college ball at San Diego State. He has ties to Southern California that put both Los Angeles teams in the role of hometown team, allowing him to spend the bulk of the regular season closer to his family and friends.
But staying in Toronto means getting more money — almost $50 million more — and showing not just the Raptors but the entire NBA that playing for a winner is his top priority.
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Edited by Inga Zerr .494 pages .
This book spans a variety of approaches to address the complex problem of Alzheimer´s disease - what is the cause, is there a single pathogenetic pathways or are there many of them, how can we address the whole clinical spectrum of the disease, how can the disease be diagnosed early and reliable and which perspectives we have for prevention and treatment.
The collection covers actual topics of interest for basic researcher, clinicians, epidemiologists and provides insight to various aspects of the disease.
Inga Zerr, MD
Department of Neurology
Cliical Dementia Center
Georg August University Göttingen
Section 1 of the textbook : Pathogenesis .
1 Structure and Function of the APP Intracellular Domain in Health and Disease 3
Ulrike Müller and Klemens Wild
2 Mechanism of Alzheimer Amyloid β-Protein Precursor Localization to Membrane Lipid Rafts 23
Yuhki Saito, Takahide Matsushima and Toshiharu Suzuki
3 The Amyloidogenic Pathway Meets the Reelin Signaling Cascade: A Cytoskeleton Bridge Between Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration 39
Daniel A. Bórquez, Ismael Palacios and Christian González-Billault
4 γ-Secretase — Regulated Signaling and Alzheimer's Disease 61
Kohzo Nakayama, Hisashi Nagase, Chang-Sung Koh and Takeshi Ohkawara
5 Phosphorylation of Tau Protein Associated as a Protective Mechanism in the Presence of Toxic, C-Terminally Truncated Tau in Alzheimer's Disease 89
José Luna-Muñoz, Charles R. Harrington, Claude M. Wischik, Paola Flores-Rodríguez, Jesús Avila, Sergio R. Zamudio, Fidel De la Cruz, Raúl Mena, Marco A. Meraz-Ríos and Benjamin Floran-Garduño
6 Pin1 Protects Against Alzheimer's Disease: One Goal, Multiple Mechanisms 109
Lucia Pastorino, Asami Kondo, Xiao Zhen Zhou and Kun Ping Lu
7 Alzheimer Disease and Metabolism: Role of Cholesterol and Membrane Fluidity 145
Genaro G. Ortiz, Fermín P. Pacheco-Moisés, Luis J. Flores-Alvarado, Miguel A. Macías-Islas, Irma E. Velázquez-Brizuela, Ana C. Ramírez- Anguiano, Erandis D. Tórres-Sánchez, Eddic W. Moráles-Sánchez, José A. Cruz-Ramos, Genaro E Ortiz-Velázquez and Fernando
Section 2 of the textbook : Diagnosis .
8 Pre-Analytical and Analytical Critical Factors Influencing the High Variability of the Concentrations Levels of Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers in Cerebral Spinal Fluid 177
Armand Perret-Liaudet, Aline Dorey, Yannick Tholance, Benoit Dumont and Isabelle Quadrio
9 Candidate Bio-Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease 193B.K. Binukumar and Harish C. Pant
10 Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease 225
Emily J. Mason, Manus J. Donahue and Brandon A. Ally
Section 3 of the textbook : Therapy .
11 Potential Therapeutic Strategies to Prevent the Progression of Alzheimer to Disease States 251
Ester Aso and Isidre Ferrer
12 Animal Assisted Therapy and Activities in Alzheimer's Disease 303
Sibel Cevizci, Halil Murat Sen, Fahri Güneş and Elif Karaahmet .
Section 4 of the textbook : Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation and Prevention .
13 Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s Disease 329Weili Xu, Camilla Ferrari and Hui-Xin Wang
14 Apathy as a Key Symptom in Behavior Disorders: Difference Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Subcortical Vascular Dementia 359
Rita Moretti, Paola Torre, Francesca Esposito, Enrica Barro, Paola Tomietto and Rodolfo M. Antonello
15 Predicting Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD): The Role of Clinical, Cognitive Characteristics and Biomarkers 375
Mei Sian Chong and Tih-Shih Lee
16 Alzheimer’s Disease and Diabetes 409Brent D. Aulston, Gary L. Odero, Zaid Aboud and Gordon W. Glazner
17 Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease: Intervention Studies 451
Francesca Mangialasche, Weili Xu and Miia Kivipelto .
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If you have a toddler who just won't sleep well - who's popping in and out of bed like a jack-in-the-box at bedtime, for instance, or who still wakes frequently at night, or who just won't take long, restorative, consistent naps, despite your best efforts - then odds are you're feeling at your wit's end, and are looking for any (ANY) ideas that'll help you get your toddler sleeping better. Well, look no further! Today, Renee Frances, author of the adorable Good Night Fairy book series, is
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If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’re likely no stranger to the concept of sleep regressions. You've probably experienced them first-hand, right? ;) If you’re new here, however, let us fill you in. A sleep regression refers to a period of time when a baby or toddler who’s been sleeping well suddenly begins waking at night and during naptime or even refusing to go to sleep at all. There are several distinct regression phases that most babies and toddlers experience: one at 4
Your sweet girl, who’s been sleeping peacefully at night for months, is suddenly waking multiple times each night and wailing loudly. Your little man, who’s been taking two nice long naps each day for ages, suddenly begins resisting nap time, refusing to lie down and go to sleep. Sound familiar? You may be experiencing the 18 month sleep regression. If you’re the parent of a toddler, then a sleep regression is something you’re probably familiar with. After all, you've no doubt experienced

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100 Years Ago
April 10, 1919
Three brothers die within one week. A very sad incident occurred last week when three brothers, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wilcox, died on the A. N. Drake farm east of Villard. All three died from influenza and pneumonia. Mr. Wilcox had just purchased the farm and had moved in on March 3. Glenn Wilcox, 26, Roy Wilcox, 24, and Leo Wilcox, 22, all contracted colds while on the train, which then developed into influenza and pneumonia. Doctors did all they could to help the lads, but each succumbed to their illness.
Lovers of music pleased with performance. A music program given by Mr. Edwin Harris Bergh, the violinist at the High School auditorium on Tuesday evening brought enjoyment to all who attended. Mr. Harris performed a varied and pleasing repertoire and the program was well attended by local community members.
Weather a mixed bag. With cyclones in Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska, and snow, sleet and rain pelting North Dakota and Upper Minnesota, weather conditions here this week are about as mixed as political conditions in Europe.
50 Years Ago
April 10, 1969
Remodeling to begin soon at liquor store. At a special meeting of the Osakis village council on Tuesday of this week, it was decided to go ahead with the project of remodeling the Municipal Liquor Store. The bid of Benedict Plumbing and Heating for the entire job was accepted by the council.
Local man injured in two-car crash. An Osakis man ended up in the hospital on Monday afternoon of this week and his car nearly demolished as a result of a two-car accident three miles northwest of Osakis. Ray LaFrenz is expected to make a full recovery. The other driver, Jim Hinnenkamp was uninjured.
Mantoux tests to be given at public school. Mantoux tests will be given Tuesday April 15 at the public school to all elementary students who have returned signed consents. Others wishing to find out if they have been exposed to tuberculosis at some time may also attend. There is no charge.
25 Years Ago
April 12, 1994
"There's no fat left." After approving a tentative budget of more than $2.7 million for the 1995-95 school year, the Osakis School Board shifted gears and began to discuss which programs might have to be changed or cut to meet the budget balance.
Osakis denied Small Cities grant. After more than five months of waiting, city officials recently learned that Osakis did not receive a Small Cities grant. The much-hoped for grant would have aided the city in building a new water tower and in the rehabilitation of homes.
OHS senior selected to American Bowl. Mike Collins, senior at Osakis High School, is one of 32 students in Minnesota who has been invited to play in the American Bowl, a football game with Team Minnesota playing Team Maine in Ireland in June.
10 Years Ago
April 14, 2009
Council considers new water plant. The Osakis City Council members found themselves with a "gift" of economic stimulus grant money of $20,000 to use toward a new water plant. Brian Hiles from Landteam, the city's engineering firm, presented opportunities available for Osakis at the regular city council meeting April 6. The federal economic stimulus has made about $25 million available to Minnesota for water treatment projects.
Osakis man dies in crash. A 32-year-old Osakis man died in a one-vehicle rollover northeast of Osakis on Saturday morning. Jeremy Baker was driving north on Todd County Road 37 in his 2000 Ford pickup when he lost control of the vehicle and it rolled. Baker died as a result of his injuries.
Alexandria chapter to help Osakis Let's Go Fishing. Thanks to a merger of sorts, the Osakis group will continue to operate the Let's Go Fishing organization in Osakis. This merger with Alexandria's group will continue to allow more seniors, who might not otherwise get the opportunity, a chance to get out on the lake for fishing or boating expeditions.


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African American seniors are the least likely to be diagnosed with depression, and if diagnosed, the least likely to receive treatment, researchers report.
The disparities remain despite improvements to diagnostic tools and therapies in the two last decades, according to a study published online in American Journal of Public Health.
Depression is a significant public health problem for older Americans—about 6.6 percent of elderly Americans experience an episode of major depression each year and can complicate medical conditions commonly found in the elderly, including heart failure, diabetes, and arthritis.
“If untreated or undertreated, depression can significantly diminish quality of life,” says Ayse Akincigil, assistant professor of social work at Rutgers. “Vigorous clinical and public health initiatives are needed to address this persisting disparity in care.”
For the study, researchers culled data from the U.S. Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2001-2005 to get information on health care use and costs, health status, medical and prescription drug insurance coverage, access to care, and use of services.
Based on a national survey of 33,708 Medicare beneficiaries, depression diagnosis rates were 6.4 percent for non-Hispanic whites, 4.2 percent for African Americans, 7.2 percent for Hispanics and 3.8 percent for others. The heterogeneity of Hispanics makes it difficult to determine why they are undertreated and their treatment preferences, Akincigil says.
“Are there cultural differences or systemic differences regarding health care quality and access for treatment of depression?” Akincigil asks. “If African Americans prefer psychotherapy over drugs, then accessing therapists for treatment in poorer neighborhoods is a lot more difficult than it is for whites, who generally have higher incomes and live in neighborhoods more likely for therapists and doctors to be located.
“Whites use more antidepressants than African Americans. We presume they have better access to doctors and pharmacies, and more money to spend on drugs.”
The investigation focused on whether there are racial/ethnic differences in the rate of diagnosis of depression among the elderly, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and depression symptoms (depressed mood, anhedonia) reported on a two-item screener, and also in treatment provided to those diagnosed with depression by a health care provider.
There is evidence that help-seeking patterns differ by race/ethnicity, contributing to the gap in depression diagnosis rates. Stigma, patient attitudes, and knowledge also may vary by race and ethnicity.
“African Americans might turn to their pastors or lay counselors in the absence of psychotherapists,” she said. “Low-income African Americans who were engaged in psychotherapy reported that stigma, dysfunctional coping behavior, shame, and denial could be reasons some African Americans do not seek professional help.”
Mistrust The nature of the patient-physician relationship also might contribute to disparities in depression diagnosis rates.
“African Americans reported greater distrust of physicians and poorer patient-physician communication than do White patients. Communication difficulties may contribute to lower rates of clinical detection of depression because the diagnosis of depression depends to a considerable degree on communication of subjective distress,” Akincigil explains.
Racial and ethnic differences in the clinical presentation of depression may further explain the lower rates of depression detection among African American patients.
Financial factors may also play a role in the detection rates. Among Medicare beneficiaries, African Americans are substantially less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to have private supplemental insurance that covers charges larger than standard Medicare-approved amounts.
“Differences in provider reimbursement may favor increased clinical detection of depression in white patient groups if higher payment rates result in longer visits,” Akincigil says.
The study concludes that “efforts are needed to reduce the burden of undetected and untreated depression and to identify the barriers that generate disparities in detection and treatment.
“Promising approaches include providing universal depression screening and ensuring access to care in low-income and minority neighborhoods. An increase in the reimbursement of case management services for the treatment of depression also may be effective.”