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Singapore’s economy contracted during the second quarter, and the government is calling for a fall in exports for the first time since 2001. The economy contracted at a general rate of 6% during the second quarter, giving the year-on-year economy a growth rate of a mere 2.1%, reports Reuters.
It is evident that the sluggish U.S. economy has hurt the Asian economies, such as Singapore. Non-oil exports to the U.S. fell 21% in the second quarter and dropped 12% to the E.U. Weakened demand in the major economies, has added to inflationary pressures. A turn around for the country could be dependent upon the U.S.’ economic health
ETFs associated with Singapore include:
- iShares MSCI Singapore (EWS), A heavy lean toward the financial sector at 51.43% followed by telecommunications at 14.3%; down 14.4% year-to-date
- NETS FTSE Singapore Straits Times Index (SGT), 48% in financials, 12.43% in telecommunications; down 13.4% for past three months
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Note to Reporters: This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will include events throughout the week of Jan. 17. New event details will be listed at www.mlkfortcollins.org as they become available.
The Colorado State University, Fort Collins and Loveland communities will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with several events on Monday, Jan. 17. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Educating the Heart and Mind.”
The route for the traditional one-mile community march, which starts at 11 a.m., will begin in Old Town Square, Fort Collins, and continue down College Avenue to Laurel Street. The march will proceed through the center of the Oval on Colorado State’s campus, then continue west on Isotope Drive to end at CSU’s Lory Student Center. Participants will be encouraged to sing as they march.
Traffic will be restricted during the march. Those restrictions will include delays along portions of College Avenue and Mountain, Oak, Olive, Magnolia, Mulberry, Myrtle, Laurel, Mason and Howes streets. Parking in city garages – located at Remington and Mountain and at Mason and Laporte – will be free on Jan. 17. Two-hour parking restrictions in Old Town will not apply.
The march will conclude with an address by guest speaker Irene Vernon, department chair of Ethnic Studies, at 11:45 a.m. in the Main Ballroom of the Lory Student Center.
Vernon specializes in Native American studies, multicultural studies, and theories of ethnicity. Her intellectual interests and research include Native American health disparities, particularly HIV/AIDS. Vernon is the author of “Killing Us Quietly: Native Americans and HIV/AIDS.” She is a tireless advocate for healthier Native communities and also authored the National Congress of American Indians resolution to recognize the first National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, held March 21, 2007. Vernon is of Mescalero-Apache, Yaqui, and Mexicana descent
Before the march, the community is invited to a 9:30 a.m. poetry and essay reading at the CSU Bookstore in the Lory Student Center on campus. Readers will include Poudre School District students whose winning poems and essays were selected through the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. essay and poetry contest.
Immediately following the celebration, the Volunteer Fair will be held in the Lory Student Center Food Court. Several local agencies will be on hand to offer the opportunity to learn how to get involved in the community and bring Dr. King’s dream to reality.
Loveland’s 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at Thompson Valley High School, 1669 Eagle Drive. For more information, contact email@example.com.


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- “The Witches (1990)”
I pressed play thinking I was watching the “Hocus Pocus” film, but was surprised to find it was a different retro witch film. Never had heard of it, but it was great. One of those “practical effect” movies from the 80’s / 90’s like the early Peter Jackson films. Creative camera angles and cuts combined with art pieces make it a lot more fun to watch.
Nothin’ to analyze really besides the fact that it reminds me of pedogate stuff and the German accent of the antagonist reminds me of an old Jewish one. So before things totally derail into a film about mice, it could be a good analogy for blood libel (((elites))) tryin’ to diddle and sacrifice your kids.
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How Do I Select the Right Breast Implants?
Choosing the right breast implants for each woman is a detailed and meticulous process. When I first meet a patient in consultation for breast augmentation, we discuss her goals and wishes for surgery, because those goals become MY goals. “We can do almost anything,” is what I tell patients.
After getting to know a patient well, we have a detailed conversation about what approximate size she thinks she wants her breasts to be. We discuss the overall style and look she is going for (i.e. natural, fuller, voluptuous, modest, sporty, perky, etc.).
I explain to my patients that there is NOT a “one-size-fits-all” approach. There are so many options for breast implants—sizes, shapes, profiles, silicone or saline, smooth or textured, round or shaped—so we need to accurately determine each patient’s goals on an individual basis before we can best plan her surgery.
So, how do we precisely determine how a woman wants to look after her breast augmentation? I ask her to find “Wish Pictures” to show me the look and style she is going for, as well as “Don’t Pictures” to show me what she doesn’t like. Wish Pictures and Don’t Pictures can be found by searching on the Internet, looking through magazines, or by visiting my practice’s breast augmentation before-and-after photo gallery.
With these Wish Pictures and Don’t Pictures in hand, I can further discuss each patient’s goals with her and obtain a more accurate idea of the look she wishes to achieve. Not only does this allow me to properly determine an effective surgical plan, it also helps my patients better express the vision they have in their head and more fully appreciate the intricacies of the outcome they seek.
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Dr. Randy McCormick is a Doctor of Dental Surgery with over 17 years of experience. He received his Doctorate in 1999 from the University of Oklahoma. Dr. McCormick and staff attend a myriad of advanced education classes yearly. Dr. McCormick’s emphasis is patient care. Proficient in LANAP periodontal procedures which actually builds bone to save teeth. Using bioactive modifiers to assist in bone growth, Dentistry has evolved to a much higher level of care in preserving natural teeth. Dr. McCormick is continually working to stay ahead of the technology. The use of lasers is a more conservative way to heal inflammation and sensitivity of teeth and gums. He is currently studying how to advance the undiscovered area of laser healing in Dentistry. Biostim is a laser stimulation to reduce inflammation and promote ADP to ATP, which shortens and improves healing time. By using this technology patients experience less discomfort and interruption to daily life. The LANAP procedure rehabilitates to enable further cosmetic and full mouth reconstruction.
His published clinical trial on major depressive disorder (MDD) showed that a highly potent curcumin extract equaled the effects of the prescription drug fluoxetine (Prozac) without the adverse effects. And his studies on rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis showed potent botanicals to be better for relieving pain and lowering joint line tenderness than the commonly prescribed prescription medications.
Dr. Goel is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Gastroenterology Association and is on the international editorial boards of World Journal of Gastroenterology and World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. He also performs peer-reviewing activities for almost 50 scientific journals, as well serves on various grant funding committees of the National Institutes of Health.
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I am sorry that your roommate has such recurrent and chronic pain in his back. However, you are correct that taking ibuprofen every day is not recommended. He should follow up with his primary care physician
to discuss his back pain, evaluate for other worrisome symptoms and discuss other pain control methods.
Ibuprofen is often considered a fairly benign over the counter pain control medication. However when taken regularly or in excess, it can cause various side effects. The most common side effects are nausea, vomiting, and headache
. Other possible adverse effects include rash, heartburn, dermatitis, decreased white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets, and acute renal failure
. While ibuprofen does not itself affect the liver, it can have very significant effects on the kidney. Even just a few consecutive doses of ibuprofen can begin to affect the kidney and there is a cumulative effect with repeated doses. If enough ibuprofen is consumed, there can be remarkable kidney failure requiring aggressive treatment. If your roommate is taking other medications that affect the kidney or has other predisposing medical problems such as dehydration, then the renal effects of ibuprofen can be amplified.
Your roommate should follow up with his primary care physician to discuss his back pain, possible etiologies for his pain, and to evaluate for side effects from ibuprofen.


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“The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits.” (Og Mandino)
This beautiful season of Thanksgiving and Christmas, which is a powerful time for spiritual focus and attention on Jesus, often gets crowded with the excessive shopping and busy-ness. The added stress of the holidays may contribute to distract us from focusing on the true purpose of the season. We try to do and accomplish so much, spread ourselves thin, yet really do not feel a sense of satisfaction in the end. And in the meanwhile, we lose our focus.
Sometimes we are anxious and troubled about many things. Let us focus our attention and do one thing Intentionally!
Intentionality is the driving force in an area of our life that allows us to succeed and thrive. This is the main difference between winners and losers. If your intention is to lose 10 pounds, you will need to create a plan of action and be determined to intentionally get to your goal. Successful people are Intentionaland not merely well-intentioned. We need to rediscover and recognize that driving force within us, which is the power of Intentionality.
It is a matter of focus; you get what you focus on! You create what you focus on! Focus is defined as the concentration of attention on something. How to stay focused and not be distracted is the biggest challenge. Procrastination, avoidance and discouragement strike us in one way or another and work to draw our focus away from our Intention. We are then left with good intentions followed by faulty excuses. Being Intentional requires making an effort and giving up excuses to reach our determined goal.
We need to call our attention to focus on one thing- slowing down, in order to bring about balance and be energized. Instead of doing too much and accomplishing little (multi-tasking without focus), we can do one thing well, become Intentional in taking time of silence to listen and contemplate. When we focus everywhere, we scatter our energy and miss the opportunities of the moment. When we focus on one thing, we create energy and direction. In the words of Confucius “If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.” When we concentrate our energy in the right place, we balance the doing and the being, creating the results we desire.
In this time of shopping and busy-ness, take a pause to reevaluate what is most important. Try to do something different this year and become Intentional about slowing down and savoring life. Chose to change your focus from the many things you have to do to focusing on one thing- your connection with God/Universe/Nature/Family/Friends. Attention to your Intention will help you improve your wellbeing and your well-doing!
“If you focus on what you have, you will end up having more. If you focus on what you lack, you’ll never have enough.” (Oprah Winfrey)
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When the meets on Thursday evening, board members spend the bulk of the lengthy agenda discussing how to distribute their limited budget.
The HHPNC--which has approximately $40,000 to spend in their 2011/2012 budget--will be considering $13,500 in requests during Thursday evening's meeting.
Nearly $8,000 of those requests would be distributed in the form of neighborhood purposes grants. The requests include:
- $1,500 to support a community garden at
- $1,500 for a trip to the State House in Sacramento for students
- $1,500 to support the annual Lummis Day celebration.
- $1,500 to help cover the cost of the Memorial Day celebration.
- $300 to help pay for food for the Hathaway-Sycamores youth leadership camping trip and another $300 to pay for food for a leadership seminar.
- $300 to help pay for the 2011 Hathaway-Scyamores Veterans Day Parade
- $500 for a tutoring program at Luther Burbank Middle School
- $500 to support the Luther Burbank Middle School drill team
- $250 to support Luther Burbank Middle School's drum line
The HHPNC will also be considering $5,350 in outreach expenses, $4,000 of which would go toward buying eco-friendly promotional tote-bags and $1,000 that would help pay for the annual holiday party.
A full agenda can be downloaded from the box on the right.
Readers who can't attend Thursday's meeting can follow the discussions through our live chat, which we'll launch at 7 p.m. Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch will be providing live updates throughout the event. You can also submit your questions, which we'll be happy to answer, through our chat module.


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“Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds have proven to be difficult and expensive. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts.”Iris Bohnet, Harvard University
Unconscious gender bias remains a significant barrier to women’s career advancement. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias often makes it difficult for women to move ahead.
It can be as small as making a woman explain more about why or how they are approaching a problem versus their male counterpart, where there is a level of trust already embedded.
Knowing that bias exists isn’t enough. There is a lot we can do to combat gender bias in the workplace, and we need to take action to level the playing field.
The first step is to strive toward more female representation in your workplace. At Ocrolus, we are working towards our mission of having a workforce made up of 35% women.
Recently, Ocrolus appointed Head of Operations, Christina Favilla, to be its first female board member.
Another critical step is to partner with organizations committed to women’s empowerment. Through its partnership with Kiva, in 2021 alone, Ocrolus supported 553 entrepreneurs (493 of which were female) across 41 countries. Ocrolus is also a sponsor of NYC Fintech Women, an organization of 10,000+ members that connects, promotes, and empowers women in fintech.
This women’s history month, we spotlight the remarkable women of Ocrolus as they provide insights around how to #BreaktheBias and offer wise words on confidence and creating an inclusive workplace.
Watch the video below to hear directly from Ocrolus women:
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The full string of infamous Channel One speakers are being set up in Junk for tonights performance
Channel One Soundsystem are back! The renowned reggage heavyweights founded in London vibes and are in Southampton tonight. They come with the support of Hip Hop selector Disorda and local reggae enthusiasts Headsessions. You can expect a heavy night of bass weight on London Road’s own Junk Nightclub.
Reggae has been pioneered by the likes of the Channel One legacy. It initially started as a record label in Jamaica, revived by Mikey Dread and Jah T over three decades ago. Now, they DJ at blues parties which display the boundary breaking modern reggae scene that has developed and expanded, inspiring a vast free party sound system culture. Their gorgeous soundsystem has toured the world and been inspired by Jamaican early soul and blues music.
For those of you who appreciate multiculturalism, diversity and freedom song then this is your kind of night out. Channel One do not disappoint and play a mixture of current and classic music that is chosen on the spot.
You never know what to expect.
Channel One are such a cornerstone to the alternative music scene they are the first ever reggae sound system to have set up inside Wembely Football Stadium. In 2010, they claimed the Red Bull Culture Clash title, beating Annie Mac, Major Lazer and Boy Better Know.
Channel One predominantly inspire the youth to think actively, be healthy, love one another and take no nonsense. The reggae movement is in motion with a lot of active fans, you can be assured that this will be one sweaty, stomped up evening full of sweaty happy faces.
So if you are into crisp reggae dub cuts and the latest UK Hip Hop sounds (Disorda will provide) then there is no better place for you this Friday evening, than Junk (55 London Road, SO15 2AD)
Tickets are still available from: http://www.junkclub.com/events/junk-channelone/ )


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Part 1 of 3: Disease
Your hormones are the keys to vibrant health, and you can find any number of sources that will tell you that you need to fix or balance them. Whenever we set out to fix something, whether it is your body or your car, the first thing is to figure out what needs fixing.
The three things that wreck your hormones are disease, age and stress. Understanding which you're dealing with is critical because they all need to be treated differently. In this series, I'll help you understand which of these categories may be affecting you and what you can do about it, so you can be thriving with happy hormones and vibrant health.
The first culprit I would like to discuss is disease. Even if you eat gluten-free, organic food, exercise and think nice thoughts, there are times when your body may not work right. It is never fair and not always predictable, but disease happens. Through no fault of your own, there are times when your body just does not work right. When it comes to your hormones, there are many ways diseases can screw things up. By far, the most common is when the immune system attacks your hormone-producing glands. This is called autoimmune disease.
To understand autoimmune disease, think of your immune system like a personal, security guard who lives in your home. If a burglar tries to break into your home, the guard grabs him and pins him down. Now, let's say the guard jumped on your mail carrier. The mail carrier is harmless, but the guard attacked anyway. That is like an allergy. It's what happens when your immune system attacks something harmless from outside of you, like pollen. Now, imagine that the guard jumped on one of your children. That would be an autoimmune response. Your children are not only harmless (hopefully), but they belong in your home.
Of all of your glands, your thyroid is most susceptible to autoimmune disease. The most common type is called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and may affect as much as 25 percent of the population. Although no one is immune, Hashimoto's is more prevalent among women than men and among the elderly than the young.
Autoimmune thyroid disease is rough because your thyroid glands make hormones that are essential for your body to be able to burn energy. This is necessary so you can lose weight and feel energized. With Hashimoto's disease, the thyroid may get so damaged, it has too little tissue left to build these essential hormones for you. When this happens, part of the way to regain your health is to get an additional source for these vital thyroid hormones. Some people with Hashimoto's disease resist the idea of taking thyroid hormones. A common fear is that doing so will leave the person less able to make their own hormones and, therefore, unable to stop taking the pills. This isn't true. Let me illustrate:
Imagine you have a beautiful, fenced garden where you get your vegetables. One day, the neighbor's cows trample down the fence around your garden and ruin your vegetables. Of course, you would want to mend the fence and replant for the next season. In the meantime, since your supply is gone, you'll need to get your veggies from the store. Buying veggies doesn't mean you can't replant your garden. The reality is quite the opposite. You need thyroid hormones to be healthy, and you need to be healthy to have a chance at fixing your thyroid.
There is an important distinction between taking thyroid hormones with Hashimoto's disease and taking them when hormones are lacking due to age and stress. In these latter cases, getting more hormones from another source may not be the main solution.
Autoimmune diseases that attack the adrenal glands are primarily Addison's and Cushing's disease. These are not common, affecting only a few people out of every million. There are also many other diseases that affect hormone-producing glands, but they're also quite rare.
In the next installment, we'll look at how stress can wreck your hormones and how taking more stress hormones is the last thing you want to do.


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A business relationship is different from any other kind of relationship, being a personal or a social relationship. However, to understand what a business relationship means, it is necessary to identify what a relationship is.
A relationship is according to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary “a connection between things”. A different definition is that it “is a memory of past interactions”. Both definitions say something about a relationship even though that they do not say exactly the same. However, the definitions do not differ between business relationships and personal relationships, which is important because there is a different objective between the two kinds of relationships. Therefore, a business relationship can be defined as:
“A bond based on a rational objective, which is to do business with each other”.
However, as the interaction between the two actors increases, a certain relationship evolves and the knowledge about the other part is increased. Together they create a combined understanding and view of reality. The more common output of the relationship is a decrease in transaction costs, as transactions becomes routinely and the bond between the two companies is strengthening.
When talking about a business relationship, trust comes to mind, because relationships build on trust. However, can a relationship survive without trust? It is possible for a professional relationship to exist without trust, though in most cases trust is a part of the professional relationship. Various authors, such as Paul Greenberg in CRM at the speed of light, 2000, has argued that relationships build on memories of past interactions, because on the first encounter you do not know each other, however, on the second encounter you build the relationship on the previous encounter. He believes that it is the previous encounter that counts in the eyes of the customer. It is true that a need can create a genuine relationship, however, a long-term relationship needs trusts to be able to survive. Furthermore, the better one get to know the other, the better conditions the relationship has to succeed, if there is a honest approach to build the relationship. To some degree the two approaches towards creating a business relationship agree, however, if the objective is to create loyalty both the successful encounter and trust must be accomplished in order to create a successful long-term business relationship.


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The deal will provide subscribers with access to the peer-deployed Helium 5G network, as well as T-Mobile US’ 5G network
Amid preparations for the launch of Helium Mobile, a mobile service that will enable subscribers to earn crypto rewards for using the network, Nova Labs has announced a five-year agreement with T-Mobile US. According to the company, this will allow Helium Mobile uses to access both the local, peer-deployed Helium 5G network and the T-Mobile US 5G network in an arrangement that it said was the first MVNO of its kind.
Dan Thygesen, senior vice president of T-Mobile Wholesale, said in a press statement that the carrier was drawn to Helium Mobile because it felt it is “pursuing a very nascent and exciting market segment.”
In June, Nova Labs revealed the new mobile crypto token, which will reward
those who operate a 5G node and contribute coverage to Helium’s network. The
network runs on the company’s CBRS network and operates a bring your own device (BYOD) model; however, Nova Labs is partnering with select cell phone manufacturers on “specialized, crypto-friendly cell phone devices.” These, said the company, will be more efficient at validating network coverage, and therefore, at earning more mobile tokens. Users can also earn additional cryptocurrency by agreeing to share their network usage information with Nova Labs, which will enable Nova Labs to conduct coverage checks and determine ideal locations for future CBRS sites.
Commercial mobile service is expected to kick into its beta phase in early 2023 and will provide U.S. nationwide 5G coverage.
“Nova Labs is committed to building out a decentralized network. Our new agreement with T-Mobile gives our subscribers nationwide 5G coverage and enables us to offer mobile products and services that use both networks” said Amir Haleem, CEO of Nova Labs and founder of Helium. “5G infrastructure can be accessible to anyone at a much faster pace by enabling the community to help build and use the Helium network, especially in hard-to-reach places.”
According to the Helium hotspot tracker, there are approximately 4,600 5G/LTE radios active and registered on the Helium Network, and as Nova Labs’ COO Frank Mong and FreedomFi’s co-founder and CEO Boris Rens told RCR Wireless News, FreedomFi has shipped out between 10,000 and 12,000 gateways. These numbers, the pair said, suggest that the network is growing at an impressive rate.


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Launching a new way of learning: Drones at PWMS
The Prairie Wind Middle School cafeteria was buzzing with the sound of 68 tiny propellers all whirling at once last Wednesday, as eighth grade...
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May 12, 2017
'A school of color'
Perham-Dent School District administrators say there are more nonnative speakers of English in the district today than ever before. The district currently has 51 students enrolled in its ESL program (English as a Second Language), a number that has grown substantially in recent years,...
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May 4, 2017
Perham public schools earn state awards for innovation
Perham High School and Prairie Wind Middle School have received state recognition for two separate, innovative educational programs. The schools have been named 2016-2017 Star of Innovation Award recipients by the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP). The high...
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February 24, 2017
Perham sends one to international science fair, team to state science contest
Perham High School and Prairie Wind Middle School students competed in the Western Regional Science Fair in Crookston Feb. 11, which earned one...
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February 23, 2017
Trout in the Classroom: Perham 7th-graders get hands-on lesson on fish life cycle
Perham's seventh-grade science students are charting new waters with a project that's never been done before at Prairie Wind Middle School. The...
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February 11, 2017
Prairie Wind's Lorenson advances to Regional Spelling Bee
Lily Lorenson was the top speller in the Prairie Wind Middle School spelling bee on Monday, Jan. 20. Based on a preliminary test, 27 students...
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January 19, 2017
Perham's Sauer wins Geo Bee
Aurora Sauer, an eighth-grade student at Prairie Wind Middle School, won the school competition of the National Geographic Bee held Monday, Jan....
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September 7, 2016
Construction moves along at Perham schools
Construction projects at Perham's public schools are continuing to move along, with the district doing what it can to save money and hassle along the way. At a work session of the Perham-Dent School Board on Aug. 30, the board discussed progress on projects at the high school, middle...
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Perham grad comes home to embark on new career
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December 26, 2015
Writers’ conference em-phasizes styles
Last Tuesday, Prairie Wind Middle School students got a break from their daily routine for an afternoon, instead participating in a writers’...
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June 25, 2015
Bjerke wins state award
Scott Bjerke, principal of Perham’s Prairie Wind Middle School, has been recognized by a state association for his work at the school. Bjerke was one of eight named as a 2015 regional Middle Level Principal of the Year by the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals....
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November 8, 2013
Perham students pick some heroic pen pals
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This time, drug makers' group spending money to fight smurfing, not proposed legislation
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LEXINGTON — This time last year, the group that represents over-the-counter drug makers was gearing up to spend its money on ads criticizing a proposed anti-meth bill that called for limiting the purchase of pseudoephedrine.
On Monday, the group — the Consumer Healthcare Products Association — teamed up with one of the major proponents of that bill in announcing a public-private sponsorship aimed at curtailing the “smurfing” of pseudoephedrine. The education campaign will feature posters and cards on display at Kentucky pharmacy counters.
Consumer Healthcare Products Association representatives joined the press conference at Wheeler’s Pharmacy in Lexington with Gov. Steve Beshear and Sen. Robert Stivers, the Manchester Republican who sponsored the legislation that passed during this year’s General Assembly session.
Smurfers buy as much cold and allergy medicine containing pseudoephedrine as they can and then sell it to methamphetamine makers. Officials want individuals to know that can lead to prison time.
“This educational effort that we’re going to put on across the state of what smurfing is all about and sort of warning people that are coming in with that idea, look this is what can happen to you and these are the consequences of this, I think will be a good deterrent in this situation,” Beshear said.
Stivers said he was pleased that drug-makers’ group has launched the program.
“They were the ones that initiated this public awareness program because of their learning and knowing of what happens if ephedrine or pseudoephedrine products are diverted,” he said.
Consumer Healthcare Products Association officials said that their research showed the posters strike the appropriate balance of educating potential smurfers about the consequence of what they are about to do without alarming law-abiding people who just want to get their cold and allergy medicine.
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association spent more on lobbying than any other group during the 2012 General Assembly, mostly against the proposed legislation that lowered the limit of how much cold and allergy medicine with pseudoephedrine could be bought per month and within a year. The group’s ads and testimony in legislative hearings focused on concerns that the limits would harm law-abiding citizens’ ability to get cold and allergy medicines.
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By Christina Lee, Ryan Horlick, and Britney Cheng (University of Michigan), Nihat Anwar, Hannah Ohlsson, and Wilma Tillqvist (Stockholm School of Economics)
Photo: Tyler Prahm (Unsplash)
Overview of the deal
Acquirer: S&P Global
Target: IHS Markit
Implied Equity Value: $44 billion
Total Transaction Size: $39.2 (-$4.8 billion net debt)
Closed date: Expected: Second half of 2021
Transaction advisor(s): Goldman, Sachs & Co. LLC (lead), Citi, Credit Suisse to S&P Global
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead), Barclays, Jefferies LLC, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to IHS Markit
On November 29th, S&P Global and IHS Markit announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement unanimously approved by both boards of directors. At $44 billion, this landmark deal would be the largest all-stock deal of 2020, combining two of the largest providers of data to Wall Street. Under the terms of the merger agreement, IHS Markit shareholders will receive a fixed ratio of .2838 shares of S&P Global stock for each IHS share, while S&P Global shareholders will own approximately 67.75% of the combined company.
The merger is highly complementary, as it is in line with S&P’s goal of building out its data and subscription services. For example, IHS Markit’s tracking of transportation and energy data can be paired with S&P Global’s commodities business, Platts, helping to expand service mix and market intelligence to a wide range outside of just financial services. If approved, this combination of one of the oldest names in the financial market with a relative newcomer will point to the new wave of market intelligence and the immense growth and demand for market data.
"This announcement is an important milestone in bringing together our two world-class organizations to power the markets of the future. As a combined company, we will provide customers the intelligence they need to make decisions with conviction while providing growth and development opportunities for our people." Douglas Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global.
“We believe this combined leadership team reflects the strengths of both organizations and brings the right skills, expertise and experience as we work to drive long-term growth and shareholder value while continuing to deliver for our customers." Lance Uggla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IHS Markit
Company Details: Acquirer - S&P Global
S&P Global Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation in New York City that primarily works in financial information and analytics. S&P puts emphasis on delivering data, research, credit ratings, benchmarks and ESG solutions that governments, companies, and individuals utilize to make daily decisions.
Founded in 1917, headquartered in New York, USA
CEO: Douglas L. Peterson
Number of employees: 23,000 (2019)
Market Cap: $77.88bn as of 17/12/2020
EV: $79.4bn as of 17/12/2020
LTM Revenue: $7.31bn
LTM EBITDA: $4.05bn
LTM EV/Revenue: 10.86x
LTM EV/EBITDA: 21.31x
Company Details: Target - IHS Markit
IHS Markit Ltd is an American-British information provider that has been headquartered in London since the 2016 merger of IHS Inc. and Markit Ltd. IHS Markit prides itself on its analysts, data scientists, financial experts and industry specialists who make use of global information to aid numerous industries, primarily including finance, energy, and transportation.
Founded in 1959, headquartered in London, England
CEO: Lance Uggla
Number of employees: 15,500
Market Cap: $37.53bn as of 17/12/2020
EV: $42.71bn as of 17/12/2020
LTM Revenue: $4.3bn
LTM EBITDA: $1.41bn
LTM EV/Revenue: 9.93x
LTM EV/EBITDA: 24.05x
Projections and Assumptions
This combination of two world-class and powerful organizations with unique market-leading technology and cutting-edge innovation is expected to augment growth and further boost value creation in the near future. The deal will create favourable synergies and a robust data and information juggernaut, and S&P Global hopes to utilize the partnership to cement its position as a leading global market data provider. Following the announcement of this major transaction, the market reacted favourably – IHS Markit’s stock rose 7% to $99.40, while shares in S&P Global jumped 2.2% to slightly over $349.
The combined company is expected to maintain a strong balance sheet and have an extraordinary financial outlook with attractive profitability and immediate high growth. In total, the combination of the two companies will generate a pro forma annual revenue of more than $11.6bn. S&P Global also expects annual cost savings of $480m in addition to $350m of cross-selling opportunities. Of the annual cost savings, $390m are expected to be realized by the end of the second year post closing. According to IHS Markit CEO, Lance Uggla, the pro forma company is expected to achieve 6.5% to 8% in organic revenue growth in 2022 and 2023, and the synergies will promptly lead to accelerated growth and generate 76 % recurring revenue balanced across crucial industry segments.
The appetite for financial data is growing, as the use of data-intensive products is becoming more popular in search of better returns. The strategic rationale for the merger includes increased scale and complementary product portfolios. The transaction would provide a broader spread of products in other sectors where the companies’ data and analytics could be brought together. The combined entity would provide differentiated solutions important to the workflows of many of the world’s leading companies, as well as reach an expanded customer base. This could be achieved by the combined entity’s enhanced customer value proposition. Moreover, the combined entity will become a significant player in financial information, an increasingly competitive market, and be better positioned to compete with Bloomberg for a larger share of financial data services.
The combined company could create strong offerings in high-growth adjacencies including ESG, climate and energy transition. The transportation segment is another interesting segment for the future as the industry is expected to depend upon much data and data analytics going forward, where the combined entity might have a crucial role.
Through this acquisition, S&P Global will add more analytical services to data access packages. Furthermore, analysts believe that the deal will impact EBITDA by $680 million in synergies by the fifth year after closing and both companies forecast increasing EBITDA margins by 2 % annually.
Risks and Uncertainties
As the largest corporate acquisition of 2020 so far, this mega-deal carries risks related to its size. The deal represents over half of S&P Global’s market capitalization and includes $4.8 billion of net debt, which the pro forma company will have to carry on its balance sheet for the foreseeable future.
Additionally, the deal still has yet to be approved by antitrust regulators and both companies’ shareholders. This complex deal will create a powerhouse company in the competitive and shrinking financial information industry. As a result, the companies may face trouble when attempting to gain regulatory approval from both the US and EU, which is expected to take over six months. Similarly, LSE’s deal with Refinitiv in August of 2019 has continued to face regulatory scrutiny and S&P’s deal may experience the same. S&P’s and IHS Markit’s products are highly complementary and this acquisition should be beneficial to the customers and shareholders of both companies. Therefore, the deal should easily gain approval from a shareholder standpoint.
Another risk is the response from competitors, such as Refinitiv, Bloomberg, and FactSet. In the financial information space, the amount of data that companies have is a large determinant of success. S&P and IHS Markit’s competitors may also feel inclined to pursue industry-consolidating acquisitions, creating an even more competitive landscape in the near future.
“Our highly complementary products will deliver a broader set of offerings across multiple verticals for the benefit of our customers, employees and shareholders” - Lance Uggla, chairman and chief executive of IHS Markit


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It's true what they say about letting sleeping dogs lie. LOL! In this case, nothing seems to bother this very tired pup!
It's nap time for him and he doesn't care where he is because it's time to sleep! You won't believe where this sleepy pooch decides to rest his head after a long day of doing pup things.
Does he get in the way? Yes, he sure does, but he's not about to let that stop him from dozing off. LOL!
Watch this ridiculous pooch catches some zzz's at the supermarket. You can practically hear him snoring!
Watch what happens when one tired pup decides to doze off in the middle of a supermarket entrance on the next page! This is hilarious!

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Cleopas Chidodo, the security manager of the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe, is now retracting his previous claims that former first lady Grace Mugabe engaged in smuggling diamonds and ivory for personal gain, worth millions of dollars. In an undercover documentary by Al Jazeera, Chidodo had alleged that Grace used her influence to smuggle these precious items out of the country without the knowledge of the late former president Robert Mugabe.
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During the Gold Mafia documentary, Chidodo stated, “She wanted to take things out, and Mugabe did not know. They would go out there and kill elephants and stuff like that. Poachers would then prepare the ivory. It would come to the airport as cargo in big containers, and if the ivory arrives and the supervisor asks, they will just say it is for the first family, and no further questions will be asked.”
He further explained, “The plane goes to diamond mines, and they select some nice diamonds to put in the plane. The plane will come from the diamond mine and go straight to Dubai, without any documentation or scrutiny. They were making money, they made a lot of money.”
However, Chidodo is now retracting these claims, suggesting a change in his position on the matter


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How to connect an external mic/synth/guitar to the Android/iOS device?
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There are several ways.
- For high quality sound - use some external USB audio interface.
- Use headphone jack of your device (3.5mm TRRS, 4pin) with adapter (there are many different ones; just search: headset mic splitter adapter).
- Build your own adapter for headphone jack (3.5mm TRRS, 4pin). The circuit diagram is below.
Note that the GND and the MIC pins may be swapped on some non-iOS devices with OMTP standard!

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The Disney Pixar presentation of Brave reviewed the process of creating the movie from the original art to the CG. The film took 6 years to make and started with the artists taking advantage of the internet to do some
initial research. Later, select members of the crew made two trips to Scotland for reference; this trip armed them with approximately 10,000 reference photos that allowed them to build a richer and more exciting world.
Next, the talk delved into character development. The appearance of the characters was used to help articulate their personality and the talk focused on Merida and the Queen (also known as Mumbear). Merida in particular was designed to maintain a youthful appearance and to be very expressive. Kelly MacDonald, the voice of Merida, was studied carefully as reference because of the differences in her mouth movements due to her Scottish accent. In contrast to Merida’s free-spirited personality, the Queen’s appearance was dictated by her control. Her mannerisms are very contained and her long hair is tightly bond. These same characteristics were carried over into her behavior has a bear.
The remainder of the time was dedicated to the clothing and hair simulations, sets, and lighting the world of Brave.

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Science-Metrix and Dr. Diana Hicks have partnered to launch a new blog. ScienceMetrics.org is focused on the nitty gritty of bibliometric indicator development and methodology, as well as issues surrounding the science–policy interface, open access publication and the use of metrics for research evaluation.
Dr. Hicks is a Professor at the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, and in 2015 was first author on the benchmark set of research metrics principles known as The Leiden Manifesto. As editor of the ScienceMetrics blog, Dr. Hicks is looking forward to analyzing our bibliometrics team’s groundbreaking indicator developments and presenting them in an approachable format. She notes, “In this blog, Science-Metrix and I are collaborating to highlight tidbits of interesting new analyses in a much shorter and, I hope, more accessible way. Having said that, we are data geeks and this blog is aimed at fellow data geeks.”
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Lead - information sheet
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Lead is a toxic substance under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999), and has been subject to numerous federal risk management activities since the 1970's. In 2013, the Federal Government published the Risk Management Strategy for Lead which outlined its preventive actions toward the reduction of risks posed by lead. Afterwards, the Government conducted an assessment of whether the risk management actions were effective in meeting the objective to reduce exposures to lead, and in 2020, summarized the results in a publication of the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Risk Management Measures for Lead. This information sheet provides background information associated with lead, and communicates progress outlined in the performance evaluation.
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- About this substance
- Human and ecological exposures
- Key health and ecological effects (hazard)
- Preventive actions and reducing risk
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- Health Canada conducted an assessment of the most current science on lead and consolidated the Final Human Health State of the Science Report on Lead which was published in 2013, along with the federal Risk Management Strategy for Lead.
About this substance
- Lead was one of the first substances added to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1988, based on the acknowledgement that there was sufficient international evidence of harm to human health and the environment to warrant action to reduce risks associated with this substance.
- Lead is found naturally in rock and soil. It can also be released into the environment through human (anthropogenic) activities such as mining, smelting and refining of base metals and steel manufacturing. Because of these natural and human-made sources, lead can be found throughout the environment in Canada, in air, bodies of water, and soil, as well as in food and drinking water.
Human and ecological exposures
- Humans are most often exposed to lead through food and drinking water. This can be augmented by living near an industrial source or contaminated area, the use of products containing lead such as lead crystalware (glassware that contains lead), costume jewellery and art supplies, and exposure to lead in plumbing or house paint.
- For infants and children, because of hand-to-mouth behaviours, ingestion of non-food items contaminated with lead such as household dust, lead-based paint, soil, and consumer products, along with dietary intake through food and water, are the greatest sources of environmental exposure to lead.
- Canada's human biomonitoring programs and environmental monitoring and surveillance activities provide essential information to determine trends in the exposure of Canadians' and their environment to lead.
- Specific to the environment, lead is monitored in environmental media in Canada, and also in fish and wildlife which are exposed to lead through these media.
Key health and ecological effects (hazard)
- Lead still poses some risks to human health in Canada and Canada's environment.
- In humans, exposure to lead is associated with harmful effects on the brain, heart, and kidneys, and to reproduction. While lead can be harmful to people of all ages, infants and children, and pregnant women and the fetus, are especially susceptible to lead exposure. Infants and children are most at risk because of their developing brains.
- Lead has also been shown to be toxic to birds, fish and aquatic life, invertebrates, plants, and animals that live in soil.
Preventive actions and reducing risk
- Over many years, the Government of Canada has worked to protect Canadians and the Canadian environment from the harmful effects of lead. In 2013, the Federal Government published the Risk Management Strategy for Lead which outlined its preventive actions to reduce risks posed by lead, followed by the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Risk Management Measures for Lead, in 2020. This performance evaluation evaluates the overall performance of risk management instruments for lead and whether progress has been made in achieving the main objective of protecting Canadians and their environment.
- Specific risk management undertaken by the Government of Canada has involved regulatory and other measures focusing on mining, smelting and refining of base metals, steel manufacturing, consumer products, drinking water, food, natural health products, therapeutic products, tobacco, and various environmental media, including household dust, soil and air.
- The performance evaluation concludes that these risk management measures have greatly contributed to the overall objectives of protecting Canadians and their environment from lead. Specifically:
- Progress has been made in reducing releases of lead to the environment from human activities. Over the past decade-or-so, Canadian releases of lead to air decreased by 30%, to water by 44%, and to land by 56%. These substantial reductions in releases of lead have been achieved through numerous federal risk management measures focused on various industrial and other sectors.
- Lead concentrations in the environment have declined over time. Monitoring data show that, overall, the amount of lead in air has declined since 2009, and that lead concentrations are not a concern in the water at any of the long-term monitoring sites. Regarding wildlife, some species show decreased exposure to lead, while others show higher exposure, some of this possibly due to the continued use of lead sinkers and jigs for fishing and lead shot for hunting.
- Canadians' exposure to lead has been reduced. Considerable progress has been made in minimizing human exposure to lead through federal risk management measures focused on consumer products, foods, and other sources. Canadians' dietary exposure to lead from foods sold in Canada decreased by approximately 8 fold between 1981 and 2000 and has remained at low, stable levels since that time. Human biomonitoring studies continue to show a downward trend for blood lead levels in the general Canadian population, confirming that exposures are steadily decreasing. Between the 1970s and 2007, blood lead levels in the general Canadian population declined by over 70%. Similarly, from 2007 to 2017, there was a statistically significant decline in general population lead levels. In addition, exposure to lead in northern Canadian communities is also decreasing.
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Entropy-driven cell decision-making predicts ‘fluid-to-solid’ transition in multicellular systemsBarua, Arnab; Syga, Simon; Mascheroni, Pietro; Kavallaris, Nikos; Meyer-Hermann, Michael; Deutsch, Andreas; Hatzikirou, Haralampos; BRICS, Braunschweiger Zentrum für Systembiologie, Rebenring 56,38106 Braunschweig, Germany. (Institute of Physics, 2020-12-01)Cellular decision making allows cells to assume functionally different phenotypes in response to microenvironmental cues, with or without genetic change. It is an open question, how individual cell decisions influence the dynamics at the tissue level. Here, we study spatio-temporal pattern formation in a population of cells exhibiting phenotypic plasticity, which is a paradigm of cell decision making. We focus on the migration/resting and the migration/proliferation plasticity which underly the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the go or grow dichotomy. We assume that cells change their phenotype in order to minimize their microenvironmental entropy following the LEUP (Least microEnvironmental Uncertainty Principle) hypothesis. In turn, we study the impact of the LEUP-driven migration/resting and migration/proliferation plasticity on the corresponding multicellular spatio-temporal dynamics with a stochastic cell-based mathematical model for the spatio-temporal dynamics of the cell phenotypes. In the case of the go or rest plasticity, a corresponding mean-field approximation allows to identify a bistable switching mechanism between a diffusive (fluid) and an epithelial (solid) tissue phase which depends on the sensitivity of the phenotypes to the environment. For the go or grow plasticity, we show the possibility of Turing pattern formation for the ‘solid’ tissue phase and its relation with the parameters of the LEUP-driven cell decisions.
A least microenvironmental uncertainty principle (LEUP) as a generative model of collective cell migration mechanisms.Barua, Arnab; Nava-Sedeño, Josue M; Meyer-Hermann, Michael; Hatzikirou, Haralampos; BRICS, Braunschweiger Zentrum für Systembiologie, Rebenring 56,38106 Braunschweig, Germany. (Nature research, 2020-12-22)Collective migration is commonly observed in groups of migrating cells, in the form of swarms or aggregates. Mechanistic models have proven very useful in understanding collective cell migration. Such models, either explicitly consider the forces involved in the interaction and movement of individuals or phenomenologically define rules which mimic the observed behavior of cells. However, mechanisms leading to collective migration are varied and specific to the type of cells involved. Additionally, the precise and complete dynamics of many important chemomechanical factors influencing cell movement, from signalling pathways to substrate sensing, are typically either too complex or largely unknown. The question is how to make quantitative/qualitative predictions of collective behavior without exact mechanistic knowledge. Here we propose the least microenvironmental uncertainty principle (LEUP) that may serve as a generative model of collective migration without precise incorporation of full mechanistic details. Using statistical physics tools, we show that the famous Vicsek model is a special case of LEUP. Finally, to test the biological applicability of our theory, we apply LEUP to construct a model of the collective behavior of spherical Serratia marcescens bacteria, where the underlying migration mechanisms remain elusive.
Postprandial Metabolic Effects of Fiber Mixes Revealed by in vivo Stable Isotope Labeling in Humans.Schlicker, Lisa; Boers, Hanny M; Dudek, Christian-Alexander; Zhao, Gang; Barua, Arnab; Trezzi, Jean-Pierre; Meyer-Hermann, Michael; Jacobs, Doris M; Hiller, Karsten; BRICS, Braunschweiger Zentrum für Systembiologie, Rebenring 56,38106 Braunschweig, Germany. (MPDI, 2019-05-07)Food supplementation with a fiber mix of guar gum and chickpea flour represents a promising approach to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by attenuating postprandial glycemia. To investigate the effects on postprandial metabolic fluxes of glucose-derived metabolites in response to this fiber mix, a randomized, cross-over study was designed. Twelve healthy, male subjects consumed three different flatbreads either supplemented with 2% guar gum or 4% guar gum and 15% chickpea flour or without supplementation (control). The flatbreads were enriched with ~2% of 13C-labeled wheat flour. Blood was collected at 16 intervals over a period of 360 min after bread intake and plasma samples were analyzed by GC-MS based metabolite profiling combined with stable isotope-assisted metabolomics. Although metabolite levels of the downstream metabolites of glucose, specifically lactate and alanine, were not altered in response to the fiber mix, supplementation of 4% guar gum was shown to significantly delay and reduce the exogenous formation of these metabolites. Metabolic modeling and computation of appearance rates revealed that the effects induced by the fiber mix were strongest for glucose and attenuated downstream of glucose. Further investigations to explore the potential of fiber mix supplementation to counteract the development of metabolic diseases are warranted.


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A cell phone video captured the horrifying last seconds aboard Germanwings Flight 9525, a chaotic scene filled with screams that grew louder and louder — and then fell dead silent.
The incredible video clip survived the plane’s deliberate wreck in the French Alps, where the suicidal pilot and 149 others died and their Airbus A320 was pulverized on impact.
It was shot by someone inside the craft before the deadly wreck that killed the video shooter and everyone else aboard.
The short clip was obtained by the French magazine Paris Match and theGerman newspaper Bild after its improbable discovery among the wreckage of the devastating March 24 crash.
“My God!” passengers are heard screaming in several different languages. The desperate howling increases as the passengers become increasingly aware of the lethal situation.
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, was by then inside the cockpit by himself, slowly descending from a height of 35,000 feet to slam into the remote mountains some 30,000 feet below.
The sound of loud, metallic banging is also audible — perhaps the efforts of the pilot to re-enter the cockpit after Lubitz locked him outside in the minutes before the crash.
Bild reported that the captain used a fire extinguisher or an oxygen tank in his fruitless efforts to bash his way through a locked steel door and into the cockpit.
“It’s me!” the captain screamed at one point. “For the love of God, open this door!”
Officials said the captain apparently left the cockpit to use the bathroom as the plane reached its cruising height, leaving the demented Lubitz to launch his deadly plan.
A full week after the crash, more red flags about Lubitz’s mental state continued to emerge.
Lufthansa officials confirmed Tuesday that Lubitz, while attending flight school six years ago, told officials that he suffered “a serious depressive episode.”
One day earlier, German prosecutors said Lubitz received treatment for “suicidal tendencies” several years before earning his pilot’s license.
Lubitz had a doctor’s note declaring him “unfit to work” on the day of the crash. The note, shredded and left in his German apartment, was discovered after the co-pilot’s fatal final trip from Barcelona.
The plane never reached its destination in Dusseldorf.
The dead included a pair of infants, along with 16 German high school students coming home from a class trip, officials said.


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SANTO DOMINGO – Religious groups said they are outraged by the nomination of a gay diplomat, James “Wally” Brewster” as U.S. ambassador and are calling on the administration of President Danilo Medina to reject him.
“It’s an insult to good Dominican customs,” said the Rev. Cristobal Cardozo, leader of the Dominican Evangelical Fraternity. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez, president of the Conference of the Dominican Episcopate, echoed similar sentiments. “You can expect anything from the U.S.,” said Lopez, who is also the archbishop of Santo Domingo. Local gay and lesbian activists condemned the outrage, saying the words of religious officials were filled with hate.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Daniel Foote said in a brief statement to reporters that Brewster was nominated because of his skills as an international businessman and his ideas on democracy and human rights. “Brewster arrives as an ambassador, he’s not coming here as an activist for the gay community,” Foote said. Nominating a gay man as ambassador should be viewed as normal, according to a statement by the umbrella nonprofit LGBT Collective.
ST. GEORGE’S – Legislators approved a bill making it a crime to offend people through websites such as Facebook and Twitter. The measure was passed as part of an electronic crimes bill which also imposes penalties on other online activities including electronic stalking and identity theft. According to the bill, which is the first of its kind in the Caribbean, complaints about offensive comments would be filed with police. A judge would decide if the message was offensive. Those found guilty could be fined up to $37,000 or face three years in prison. The measure also makes it a crime to distribute child pornography, imposing fines of up to $111,000 and a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
PORT-AU-PRINCE – The Inter-American Development Bank is providing $35.5 million to improve drinking water services in the capital Port-au-Prince. The money will support a program created in 2010 with the help of the bank and the Spanish Cooperation Fund in Water and Sanitation in Latin American and the Caribbean. The program seeks to cut losses from leaks, clandestine connections and unpaid bills and to improve revenue to cover operational expenses. The country’s tattered water supply infrastructure has helped spread the waterborne disease cholera which, officials say, has killed thousands.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
PORT-OF-SPAIN – Former world football powerbroker Jack Warner will not represent Trinidad’s United National Congress party in a by-election this month. He resigned as security minister in April and as a parliamentarian shortly after a regional football group’s ethics panel accused him of enriching himself through alleged fraud. His parliamentary seat was declared vacant and a by-election was set for July 29. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has named Khadijah Ameen as her party’s candidate for the by-election.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Senator Shawn-Michael Malone has said the full salaries of government employees will be reinstated following an eight percent reduction approved two years ago. He said legislators were able to balance the budget through other measures, including a three percent cut to all government agencies. Public workers filed a lawsuit to block the salary cut but a U.S. federal judge dismissed the case last year, saying the reductions were necessary and unavoidable. The U.S. territory is facing a nearly $24 million budget shortfall.

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