Smart Communications has previously announced that it has gained exclusivity on Sony’s newest flagship, the Xperia Z2 LTE, which catapults its LTE service to a full coverage and usage at the same time.
Sony Xperia Z2 LTE definitely has the raw power with a 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, an Adreno 330 graphic processor and a 3GB RAM on board. It has great multimedia coverage as well with its 20.7 megapixel camera sensor capable of capturing 4K Ultra HD videos. Not to mention that it’s rendered on a stunning 5.2-inch full HD TRILUMINOUS screen display.
Experience is also heightened with the KitKat version on its Android OS coming pre-installed. Data connectivity utilizes its LTE facility, alongside with Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and navigation for getting online services support.
Sony Xperia Z2 LTE comes free with Smart Postpaid PLAN 2000, which includes Unli Surf LTE, 200 All-Net text messaging, and 150 minutes of All-Net calls. Take note though, that the plan’s locked-in for 30 months. For more info, just head right on any Smart Shops near you.


Japan’s military said Monday it was searching for a fighter jet that disappeared from radar shortly after taking off, with media reporting a “red glow” was seen and debris had been found.
“The track of an F15 jet disappeared from the data of the Komatsu control tower after take-off,” a spokesman for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) told AFP.
The plane disappeared about five kilometres (three miles) from the Komatsu airbase in central Ishikawa region, off the Sea of Japan, he added.
Kyodo news agency reported the fighter was conducting training with a crew of two on board when radar contact was lost at about 5:30 pm.
The ASDF said it found some floating objects in the area where the plane went off radar during its search and rescue operation, according to Kyodo.
A local coast guard told Kyodo it had received a call reporting a “red glow” near the base at about the same time.
Japan has occasionally seen accidents involving its air force, including in 2019 when an F-35A stealth jet crashed into the sea after the pilot suffered spatial disorientation.
The crash sparked a scramble to recover the pilot and secrets onboard the plane.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)


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The new NiMCO CAP-PAC spout applicator system, with its compact size, can be installed into most NiMCO and competitive gable-top packaging machinery systems, and many flexible packaging systems. This system will automatically feed, apply and weld plastic spouts to gable-top cartons. The unique design is electronically synchronized with the machine index. The system is designed for the in-line feeding, inserting and welding of plastic spouts to paperboard gable-top cartons.


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Production Dates: September 16-October 16, 2016
Performs in: Hawks Mainstage Theatre
Director: Kimberly Faith Hickman
Synopsis: Broadway’s smash musical comedy Sister Act will make you jump for joy! Based on the 1992 blockbuster movie and featuring original music by eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken (Beauty and The Beast, The Little Mermaid, Newsies), this uplifting musical is filled with toe-tapping songs, show-stopping dance numbers and a truly touching story. After witnessing her mafia boyfriend commit a crime, night club singer Deloris Van Cartier seeks help from the local police. She is placed in the witness protection program in the last spot her boyfriend would think to find her—a convent! Struggling to fit in with a group of nuns, Deloris finds her calling working with the convent choir. As she helps her fellow sisters find their voices, she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. Nominated for five Tony Awards, Sister Act is a reason to rejoice!
Audition Dates: Monday, June 13 at 7:00 PM and Tuesday, June 14 at 7:00 PM
Seeking an ethnically diverse cast of men and women high school age and up!
Deloris Van Cartier - Philadelphia showgirl hiding as a nun after witnessing a murder. Confident, sexy, fantastic singer. Determined, doesn’t take no for an answer, likes to make mischief and have a good time. She’s got the personality of Diana Ross, Tina Turner and Beyonce all rolled into one. (AfricanAmerican)
Eddie - A good guy and cop (who doesn’t carry a gun) in charge of putting Deloris in witness protection. Has had a crush on Deloris since they were in high school which made him sweat a lot. As a result, she nicknamed him “Sweaty Eddie”. Tries really hard to be smooth and macho. He usually fails but there is a knight in shining armor hiding inside.
Curtis - Deloris’s criminal boyfriend, also a club owner. Violent, slimy, sleazy and controlling but with a sense of humor. The kind of guy that gives his girlfriend his wife’s coat as a gift.
Joey - one of Curtis’s henchmen. Loves his boss. Thinks he’s a ladies man.
TJ - one of Curtis’s henchmen and his nephew. “Smart”. Really thinks he’s a ladies man.
Pablo - one of Curtis’s henchmen. Speaks Spanish. Is the best at being a ladies man.
Ernie - one of Curtis’s henchmen. He’s also an informant to the cops.
Monsignor O’Hara - Older, mature, traditional but finds secular music appealing. Is doing his best to keep his church from closing.
Mother Superior - Head nun. Older, mature, loves tradition, solid as a rock. Unwavering in her beliefs but has a huge heart. Is doing her best to keep her church from closing.
Sister Mary Robert - The youngest of the nuns. Sweet, innocent, not used to standing up for herself. Buried within a mountain of shyness and insecurities is a confident young woman.
Sister Mary Patrick - Also one of the youngest. She’s very cheerful! All of the time! A little adventurous, loves music.
Sister Mary Lazarus - The current choir director. Queen of sarcasm. Has hidden rap skills.
Sister Mary Martin-Of-Tours - Older, mature, doesn’t always know what’s going on. Off in her own little world. Has a secret skill of being able to interpret Spanish.
Sister Mary Theresa The oldest nun, but always knows what’s going on and has excellent
Michelle - Deloris’s back up singer and close friend. Confident, sassy, great singer and dancer. If Deloris is Diana Ross, Michelle is one of the Supremes.
Tina - Deloris’s back up singer and close friend. Confident, sassy, follows the rules, great singer and dancer. If Deloris is Diana Ross, Tina is one of the Supremes.
Ensemble: Nuns, Cops, Hookers, Bar Patrons, Waitresses, Pool Player, Drag Queen, Homeless People, Cab Driver, Newscaster, Fantasy Dancers, etc.
What to Bring:
• Please come prepared with 16 bars of music prepared to sing. An accompanist will be provided.
• There will be a dance audition, pleased come dressed ready to move or bring a change of clothes with you. Boots, sandals, flip-flips, slick shoes, etc. should not be worn during the dance audition.
• You will be asked to fill out an audition form, please have all necessary contact information and personal schedules handy in order to complete the form.
• A recent photo if you have one available. Please note, photos will not be returned.

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It gets pretty darn annoying having to constantly update the iOS on our phones, but a lot of the time we get gifted with something that makes our life easer…
Except this time.
It turns out that one of the functions on the iOS 11 update is basically, well, useless… and doesn’t do what we think it will.
The Bluetooth and Wi-Fi buttons on iOS 11 (when you swipe up on your iPhone and proceed to turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi via those icons), don’t actually turn off those functions.
Instead, they will only disconnect you from any devices you have been connected to, but the radios in the device will still remain on and active.
This change has been made so that functions connected to your Apple Watch or AirDrop still remain active.
This may be a convenience for some, but for others it could pose a security risk as it’s always good practice to disconnect these radios.
However, you still can turn off these radios, you just have to take the time to go into Settings for each of these functions and turn them OFF.
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Have you seen the news? A Muse has a SWEET new release! The new images are perfect for Valentine's Day but so versatile that you can use them all year long. They also have a new Design Studio and Lounge for us addicts to hang out in, share resources/ideas and get inspiration. The best part is that you can access it all right from the A Muse Artstamps Website (SWEET!) Don't forget to bookmark that site so you can get to everything fast and easy.
Be sure to check out the winter class schedule at the A Muse Retail Shop too because, guess who's teaching some classes? ME! (along with some other FABULOUS and TALENTED instructors). There are links on my sidebar to register or you can call the shop for more details.
I had to share this funny card with you. I have made the bra version of this template from Stamp Owl but never the panties until I saw this sentiment from the new A Muse release and knew I had to do it! I hand drew the heart and colored it in with a red Spica pen.


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Follow up on proposed Pinehurst Wine Shoppe expansion
Thanks to everyone for coming out to Tuesday night’s discussion with Pinehurst Wine Shoppe. It was great seeing so many members show up to have their voices heard. As a reminder, please send any feedback to the Community Association.
Our plan is to gather all the comments (both for and against the expansion). The BGCA Board will meet with the owners to review community suggestions. It is incredibly important to give a voice to ALL members of the community, not just those who are vocally against or for the expansion. Feedback shared will include the public feedback given Tuesday night as well as feedback the Board has already received from the neighborhood. The meeting will will also give the PWS team the opportunity to provide some additional details requested from community members on specifics of their business plan.
We hope that coming out of this meeting, PWS will leave with enough succinct input to be able to present a proposal (based upon the community input provided) in the near future. The Board will work with PWS to get that meeting scheduled and all Bellona-Gittings neighborhood residents invited. After that presentation, BGCA members will have a separate meeting where they can vote on how they want the board to respond–either in support or opposition. At that community association meeting the Board will also provide a general update for happenings since our last community association meeting held on 10/24/2022. There are significant MDOT and development plans along the York Road corridor that could impact the community and we want to ensure the community stays informed.
President, Bellona-Gittings Community Association

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Arne Astrup, MD, DMSc – Professor, Head of the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, and senior consultant at Clinical Research Unit, Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg University Hospital, Denmark. He is currently Associate Editor of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Professor Astrup’s principal research is on the physiology and pathophysiology of energy and substrate metabolism and appetite regulation, with special emphasis on the etiology and treatment of obesity treatment by methods that have included the role of diet composition and of specific nutrients, lifestyle modification, very-low-calorie diets, exercise, and medication. He led research that showed that GLP-1 is a satiety hormone in humans, and was instrumental for Denmark being the first country to ban industrial trans-fat in 2014. His current focus is personalized dietary management of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and the role of the food matrix versus single nutrients.
Arne Astrup has published more than 700 scientific papers (Web-of-Science H-index 90). He is one of the most cited scientists at University of Copenhagen (number 5 out of 5,000 scientists, Google Scholar), and during his leadership the department has increased to number one ranking in 2018 according to the Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments.

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Behn Gillece @ Time, Wednesday, Nov. 20th 9:00pm to 1:00am
I'll be playing in Philly tomorrow night at Time with Ensemble Novo. As always, I invite any vibes player to sit in at some point during the evening. There were a lot of vibes players last month as you can see in the picture! Come out again and hang!


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Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop
July 5 – July 9, 2016
Any new registrations for Young Musicians Chamber Camp for July 2016 will be waitlisted. If you would like to be considered for the waiting list, please contact our Registrar directly at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Midwest Young Artists’ Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop is designed to be a one week, intensive experience for the advanced young chamber musician. Enrollment for the workshop is limited, allowing for in-depth and direct instruction from dedicated faculty.
The Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop is held at the historic MYAC Center in Fort Sheridan at 878 Lyster Road, Highwood, IL. In this setting, young chamber musicians will develop and grow musically and technically.
The summer of 2016 is full of new and exciting opportunities for young string players, as the workshop will run concurrently with the first week of the Chicago Chamber Music Workshop! Students will receive daily chamber group coachings and immerse themselves in independent practice while also attending orchestra and performance classes. The workshop will conclude with a final recital in the evening on the last day of the session.
Sample Daily Schedule
Specific schedule, TBA
The Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop meets from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 5 through Saturday, July 9. A typical day will consist of 2 hours of chamber music coaching, orchestra rehearsal, performance class, one hour of supervised practice, and 1 hour for lunch. Lunch is not provided by MYAC.
Important 2016 Dates
Saturday, July 9, Time TBA, MYAC Center: Final Recital
Rhona Reagen, Director
Rhona Reagen has been on faculty at MYAC since its inception in 1992. Rhona earned a B.M. summa cum laude and an M.S. with distinction from DePaul University. She is a former director of the Elmhurst College Suzuki Program and the Elmhurst College Music Therapy Clinic. Rhona is also a former faculty member of National Louis University. In 2008, Rhona was chosen as the ASTA studio teacher of the year by her colleagues and was in the first class of teachers certified in the O’Connor String Method. Currently, she maintains an active private Suzuki studio in Skokie and serves as workshop clinician and adjudicator throughout the state of Illinois. Rhona is also a part time instructor and sectional coach at Highland Park High School and coaches chamber music at several local high schools. In 2014 Rhona was appointed to the Illinois ASTA Board of Directors as State Chairperson for the ASTACAP National Exam. Rhona has been a member of the MYA Board of Directors since its inception and is currently serving on the Executive Board. Rhona has been fortunate to have had several excellent mentors including Dr. Allan Dennis, Dr. Milton Goldberg, Betty Haag, Dr. Thomas Brown, Thaddeus Kozuch, Terry Spina, Julian Leviton, Rebecca Sandrok, and Gwen Furbee Ying.
MYAC’s Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop is open to violinists, violists, and cellists entering the 8th grade or lower as of Fall 2016*. Prior chamber music experience is not necessary, though it is expected that students be at a minimum level of experience (listed below) in order to benefit from the workshop.
Minimum Level of Experience
Violin: Suzuki Book 4 or equivalent
Viola: Suzuki Book 3 or equivalent
Cello: Suzuki Book 2 or equivalent
*Students must be taking private lessons.
Young Musician’s Chamber Music Workshop: $625
Financial Aid is available to those who qualify. Click here to apply for Financial Aid for the Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop. We ask that the Financial Aid Application be received at the same time as the Secure Online Application.
Tuition is due in full by June 15, 2016. Tuition payments can be made here.
All summer deposits are non-refundable. Tuition payments are non-refundable unless a detailed medical Doctor’s note is submitted at least two weeks before the beginning of the workshop or camp; absolutely no refunds are issued after two weeks before the beginning of the camp.
Students wishing to participate in the Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop must:
- Complete and submit the Secure Online Application found here.
- Submit the $50 non-refundable application fee here (applicable to tuition upon enrollment)
- Submit an Audition Video*
Applications are only reviewed when all materials are received. The Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop is limited to 4 to 5 ensembles, and admission is conducted on a rolling basis. The suggested deadline for all materials is May 1, 2016.
*MYAC Orchestra students do not need to submit an audition video.
Audition Video Requirements
All applicants not in MYAC’s Orchestra Program must submit an audition video.
All audition videos must be clearly labeled with the student’s name, the title “2016 Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop,” and must include:
- One solo piece, preferably the most advanced the student has learned
Audition videos can be mailed as a DVD to 878 Lyster Road, Highwood, IL 60040 Att. Elizabeth Choi, or submitted as a link from a video sharing site (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) on the Secure Online Application (Titled: Student Name 2016 Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop.) Including a link in the Secure Online Application is preferred.
If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Elizabeth Choi at (847) 926-9898 or email@example.com.
We hope to see you at the 2016 Young Musicians Chamber Music Workshop!


W Cedar St to 600’ South
Starts: June 24, 2023
Ends: June 24, 2023
On Saturday, June 24, The Ruhlin Co. and Cleveland Clinic Akron General plan to close the southbound lane of Akron General Ave. from W. Cedar St. to approximately 600’ south as they set up a crane and hoist materials up to the roof of the Heart & Vascular Center.
Traffic will continue to be maintained in both directions but shifted around the work zone. Drivers are urged to use caution while proceeding through this area.
This work is expected to be completed by the end of the day.


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application installs without problems begin scanning for compatible devices Once you run it, and it gives you the opportunity to create different profiles for your devices, depending on the game you want to implement them. Logitech Gaming software automatically detects a variety of games, but if one is not required to properly profile manually can be created easily.
when it comes to your gaming keyboard, you can search for the desired commands within the Logitech Gaming Software, and then drag them keys programmable G-keys that you’re interested in associating with them.
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Retreat trying to battle mental illness stigma
BRATTLEBORO -- The Brattleboro Retreat has been dealing with the stigma associated with mental illness since 1834, when the hospital became the first in Vermont to treat the mentally ill.
Treating psychiatric disease has come a long way since then, and in many ways so has society's acceptance and understanding of mental illness, but leaders at the hospital say there is still a long way to go.
"We've been here 180 years. If we're not giving a voice to it there's something wrong," Retreat President and CEO Rob Simpson said. "We need to be talking about this."
The Retreat announced Thursday that it was starting a media campaign -- Stand Up to Stigma -- to raise the public awareness of mental illness in our society, and to encourage families, individuals, doctors and public health officials to talk about mental illness and addiction.
Simpson said it was important for patients and their families and friends, as well as for employers to better understand how far the medical community has come in finding treatments for mental illness. As more people are comfortable talking about it, he said, it will lead to more timely and appropriate treatment. Someone, for instance, who has to leave work to receive medical help will easily tell an employer, but for those who are receiving mental illness treatment, it is usually harder to make that information public.
"People will get treatment quicker if stigma is reduced. There's no question about it," Simpson said. "People will feel more comfortable making the call getting their loved one into care and bringing themselves into services. Right now stigma keeps people away from getting care."
The Retreat received an anonymous $50,000 donation to fund the campaign, which will be focused within Vermont, said Retreat Vice President of Strategy and Development Konstantin von Krusenstiern.
The campaign will include traditional media outlets as well as social media, and von Krusenstiern said the Retreat hopes to spur additional conversations throughout the community on how mental illness touches everyone.
"Stand Up to Stigma takes a pretty unfiltered look at many of the common myths people associate with mental illness," he said. "We spell out these stigmas very clearly. They are rarely said aloud, but they serve as a damaging undercurrent in many conversations and interactions. By stating them clearly, we hope to lessen their power and highlight their faulty logic. Then we provide fact-based statements in order to both educate and prompt further discussion."
According to von Krusenstiern, the campaign is being started to both dispel myths about mental illness, as well as to help people feel more comfortable talking about it.
He said the mentally ill, and their family members have to feel safe within their communities and work places, and trying to bring the issue further into the public light is one way to do that.
"One of goals is to help these conversations happen," von Krusenstiern said. "And whether they happen around a conference table at an insurance company or around a breakfast with a family talking to their kids about it. We hope to spark those conversations and as a result change attitudes and make a difference."
While he admitted $50,000 will only go so far, they hope to find more support for the media campaign and they want keep the conversation alive beyond their commercials, ads and social media posts.
Peter Albert, Retreat director of external affairs, said opening a dialogue about mental illness and addiction has to extend beyond only the families and the mental health community. Primary doctors typically consider every part of the human body, except the brain, and Albert said it is important for patients and their doctors to find ways to talk about mental health during routine exams.
"One of the goals of this is to just normalize it, and have all caregivers be aware of it, and make it part of the conversation," said Albert. "Right now it's not part of it because in many instances the trainings that we give medical people in school doesn't focus in on normalizing it. We don't have clean communication between mental health providers and medical providers. We need to normalize that."
At a press conference at the Retreat Thursday, Whitney Nichols talked about his struggle with mental illness.
Nichols is on the Brattleboro Retreat's Consumer Advisory Council, which helped develop Stand Up to Stigma, and he works at the Retreat as the Wellness Recovery Action Plan Facilitator.
Nichols said while treatment options and medicine have come so far over the last few decades, many of the prejudices and misunderstanding around mental illness persist.
His own struggles have led to periods of homelessness, self medication and unemployment, and if more of that can be avoided by addressing mental illness in the early stages it would benefit everyone.
"This is an important period in history. There is a civil rights peer movement," Nichols said. "The Retreat should be commended for taking this initiative with stigma reduction."
More information on the media campaign can be found at www.brattlebororetreat.org/standup.
Howard Weiss-Tisman can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or 802-254-2311, ext. 279.
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Invasive Species Week in New York state runs from July 12 to 18 this year. The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP), in collaboration with DEC, will again be hosting events across the Park to raise awareness of invasive species and to assist landowners with control, management and eradication efforts.
CAP-21 and the Old Forge Farmers’ Market will host an Ask-An-Expert booth during the Market on Friday, July 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. Continue reading
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) approved two general permits to advance New York State’s goal to combat invasive species in the Adirondack Park, according to APA Chairwoman Lani Ulrich.
The general permits are intended to assure that qualified invasive species management organizations have the ability to respond quickly to invasive species infestations.
General Permits 2015G-1 and 2014G-1A authorize a rapid response to both aquatic and terrestrial invasive species. Continue reading
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police will conduct boat inspections in the Adirondacks on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17 to ensure boaters are aware of new state regulations, adopted in 2014, to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.
The regulation requires boaters to remove all visible plant and animal materials from boats, trailers and associated equipment, and to drain boats prior to launching at or departing from DEC lands. Continue reading
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is seeking public comment on two general permits to advance New York State’s goal to combat invasive species in the Adirondack Park.
The general permits will streamline and expedite the Park Agency’s review process.
This will ensure qualified invasive species management organizations have the ability to quickly respond to invasive species infestations, according to APA Chairwoman Lani Ulrich. Continue reading
By Jay Lawson
CAP-21 is participating in an unprecedented agreement among 53 New York State agencies, municipal governments, property owners, lake associations, conservation groups, sporting groups and businesses that aims to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species in the Adirondack region.
The agreement will help preserve clean water, increase recreation opportunities and promote tourism in Upstate New York, according to Nick Rose, CAP-21’s Executive Director. Continue reading
New York State Invasive Species Awareness Week is July 6 through 12th. Our Adirondack waterways and forests are under relentless attack from aquatic and terrestrial invasives.
Each year New York undertakes a statewide effort to inform citizens about the threat of invasive species and opportunities for action. Continue reading
CAP-21 will join forces with the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) to fight the spread of Garlic Mustard within the Town of Webb by gathering a team of volunteers on the morning of Wednesday, July 10 to help pick the land-based invasives.
Volunteers are asked to take several actions prior to the initiative including researching YouTube videos on the plants and the damage they cause, take notice of patches of Garlic Mustard and notify CAP-21 with the location, or log the location directly into www.imapinvasives.org with your smart phone.
APIPP will then be able to take these locations and incorporate them into the volunteer schedule. Property owners are also encouraged to contact CAP-21 if they have any Garlic Mustard patches they want removed. Continue reading

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A weekend writers’ retreat in the pines at Idyllwild, California.
Daily life has an insidious way of disconnecting us from our creative impulses. This intensive retreat is intended to reconnect you with your creative sources, and explore aspects of fiction writing through discussions and generative exercises. We’ll see what comes up—nuts and bolts issues such as style, writing from the senses, structuring scene and story, the dialogue scene, and more intimate topics such as time management, fortitude, keeping inspiration alive and other issues. So step aside from the daily grind and feed the writer within. To register, contact idyllwildarts.org/register
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- Polygon launches “Type 1 Prover”, enabling seamless integration of EVM networks with Ethereum, opening direct access to its liquidity.
- “Type 1 Prover” reduces transaction costs to $0.002-$0.003, facilitating cheap and fast transactions on the Ethereum blockchain.
Polygon has just launched the “Type 1 Prover,” a technology tool that promises to transform the way secondary networks interact with Ethereum. Have you ever wondered how technological innovations in the cryptocurrency world might affect your investment or interest in this sector? Well, this development from Polygon offers a window into a future where transactions are faster, cheaper and more secure.
First, let’s talk about what this release really means. Imagine being able to connect any Ethereum-compatible network without having to do any technical juggling. The “Type 1 Prover” does exactly that, enabling seamless integration. Previously, with the “Type 2” prover, there were certain limitations that restricted this seamlessness. But now, the barriers have vanished.
Polygon hasn’t just launched a tool; it has opened a direct bridge to the liquidity and value that Ethereum offers. What does this mean for you? Simplified access to a sea of opportunity without having to deal with technical complexities. It’s like having a VIP pass to one of the most sought-after concerts of the year.
The Polygon Labs team held nothing back with this release
Even Vitalik Buterin, a key figure in the Ethereum blockchain, has mentioned the relevance of these kinds of developments. We’re talking about a level of integration and compatibility that we could only imagine before.
Now, let’s dig into the roast: the “Type 1 Prover” is not only a technical marvel for its functionality, but also for its accessibility. Released as open source on GitHub, this prover is available to everyone. Worried about the cost? Polygon brings us good news: transactions could cost as little as $0.002 to $0.003. In the world of cryptocurrencies, where every penny counts, this is a huge advantage.
Let’s take a step back and think about what this means for the bigger picture. With this launch, Polygon is not only betting on zero-knowledge technology, it is redefining the rules of the game. Secondary networks can now play in the big leagues, almost on par with Ethereum.
But how does this affect the average user or cryptocurrency enthusiast?
Imagine transacting with reduced efficiency and costs, without sacrificing security or compatibility. This is the kind of innovation that not only captures the attention of developers and technologists but should also resonate strongly with investors and end users.
Finally, let’s think about the future. This launch lays the groundwork for deeper integration between blockchain platforms, which could mean a world where transactions between different networks are as easy as sending a text message. We are on the threshold of a new era in crypto, thanks to developments like Polygon’s Type 1 Prover.


Advances on the Development of a Robotic Hand with Movable Palm
This paper presents the development of a robotic hand with a movable palm configuration. The proposed design was developed as based on requirements that are obtained by some experiences with LARM hand and experiments with human hand. The conceptual design of the robotic hand is composed by a movable palm and one finger and its performance is based on underactuated mechanisms in order to only use one actuator for the palm and finger movements. This novel design pretends to improve the grasping performance of the LARM hand avoiding to increase the number of actuators. An experimental prototype was built in order to validate the robotic hand design and the obtained results show the viability of the underactuated mechanism to exert the grasping forces on different objects.
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Tesco Bank Fined £16m After 2016 Cyber Heist
Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4m by the UK’s financial regulator for deficiencies which allowed hackers to steal millions from its customers in 2016.
Online attackers bagged £2.24m in the November raid two years ago, in what the lender described as “sophisticated criminal fraud.”
Although the actual MO of the attackers is still unknown, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has seen the details and decided to slap a major fine on Tesco Bank for “failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders against a cyber-attack.”
Specifically, the bank failed the regulator’s Principle 2, due to deficiencies in the “design of its debit card,” and its configuration of fraud detection and authentication rules.
The bank was also criticized for failing to respond to the incident with “sufficient rigor, skill and urgency.”
“The fine the FCA imposed on Tesco Bank today reflects the fact that the FCA has no tolerance for banks that fail to protect customers from foreseeable risks. In this case, the attack was the subject of a very specific warning that Tesco Bank did not properly address until after the attack started. This was too little, too late. Customers should not have been exposed to the risk at all,” explained FCA executive director of enforcement and market oversight, Mark Steward.
“Banks must ensure that their financial crime systems and the individuals who design and operate them work to substantially reduce the risk of such attacks occurring in the first place. The standard is one of resilience, reducing the risk of a successful cyber-attack occurring in the first place, not only reacting to an attack. Subsequently, Tesco Bank has strengthened its controls with the object of preventing this type of incident from being repeated.”
The fine would have been an even bigger £33.5m had Tesco Bank not provided high-level co-operation which helped to protect more customers and quickly compensate those affected. It also received a 30% discount for early settlement, the FCA said.
Source: Information Security Magazine


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The Border House Game Jam
Hey gang! We just found out about an awesome event, and you will want to get in on it, trust me. One of our favorite blogs, the Border House, is hosting a game jam all this week! What’s a game jam, you ask? Simply put, it’s a crunch to make a game. You are given a small amount of time to crank out a game, in this case a week, and then everyone involved shares what they came up with.
The Border House Game Jam is giving participants one week to use the free and easy program Twine to create a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style text game.

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Episode 5 of Wiz Khalifa’s DayToday Europe Part III series.
The video below was shot years ago and features the King & the Prince aka Wiz Khalifa & S. Money performing a couple of classic cuts. It appears that Wiz is on a make shift stage and performing for a very small crowd – he has a few more fans these days.
It’s always cool to see throwback videos like this one! My personal favorite part is the two guys in front dancing hard as hell!
-Came across this on Facebook earlier and I forget who posted it (so sorry for not giving props)
SKEE Live Ep. 17: DJ SKEE brings out a special guest to smoke with Wiz khalifa, Leonardo the head Ninja Turtle!
Earlier tonight, Wiz Khalifa sat down for an interview & also performed on SkeeLive. As part of the sit down, Wiz talked about his upcoming album, ‘Blacc Hollywood’, working with Adele and how his life has changed since becoming a father.
Look for a video of his performance coming soon. You’ll want to see it, Wiz performed his classic cut, “Up.” Additionally, Wiz dropped “Remember You” and “Look What I Got On.”
A couple weeks ago, Wiz Khalifa made a surprise appearance at the Smoker’s Club tour in LA during Chevy Woods set. Wiz performed a never before heard track that is presumably off his upcoming album, ‘Blacc Hollywood’.
-shouts to LongVeezy for the heads up
Wiz Khalifa drops a trailer for Episode #4 of the Europe Pt 3 DayToday series. In the video, Wiz announces that new episodes are dropping every Wednesday at 8 pm! Hey Diddy, when you going to put these on Revolt TV?
Machine Gun Kelly and Wiz Khalifa drop off behind the scenes footage from the ‘Mind Of A Stoner’ shot directed by Charlie Zwick.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Teamsters union that represents U.S. workers at United Parcel Service on Thursday said it would respond to the firing of about 35 newly organized workers at the delivery company by filing unfair labor practice charges and potentially striking.
The roughly three dozen affected specialist and administrative workers at UPS's Centennial hub in Louisville, Kentucky, organized with Teamsters Local 89 this autumn, the union said.
UPS in a statement said that a small number of employees are being laid off at its Louisville Centennial Hub as it matches staffing with business needs.
"UPS respects our employees' rights to organize and we have not committed any unfair labor practices," the company said.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien in a statement said that UPS laid off those workers despite the ruling of an independent arbitrator and falsely claimed that their work should be performed by management.
"If UPS doesn't get its act together, they'll be on strike next. Our union will not hesitate to act, and we will not back down," said O'Brien, who represented some 340,000 UPS workers in a contract deal reached earlier this year.
UPS said its ratified contract covering Teamsters-represented workers remains intact.
"We are committed to working with the Teamsters to resolve this separate matter with a small number of employees at Centennial," UPS said, adding that it does not expect disruptions to its Louisville operations.
(Reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; Editing by Bill Berkrot and Jamie Freed)

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G693 NHH leaving the rescue base. It is a 1990 blue Land Rover 110 V8 also with Cockermouth and is equipped in the same way as the 2002 example above. Notice the bulky winch fitted to the front and the orange paintwork around the grille to increase its road presence.
The rear view of the same Land Rover. It can carry eight people to an incident on the fells using its 182 bhp V8 engine. This Land Rover (G693 NHH) was made famous by being featured in a two-page spread in the “Big Book of Rescue Vehicles”.


TEMECULA, Calif. – (February 5, 2020) – After notching 10 #1 singles, 13 GRAMMY® Award nominations, a New York Times best-selling memoir and ongoing sold-out, coast-to-coast arena tours, Charlie Wilson has proven he isn’t planning to slow down anytime soon. Charlie Wilson will perform live in the Pechanga Theater on Sunday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m. Now on sale, tickets start at $69 and can be purchased at the Pechanga Box Office, by calling (888) 810-8871 or online at Pechanga.com.
Wilson hit the ground in 2020 with the release of his new single, “Forever Valentine,” produced by Bruno Mars which he performed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on January 28, 2020. “Forever Valentine” is currently Top 15 at R&B radio and has continued as the #1 airplay gainer for two weeks. At this year’s GRAMMY® Awards he performed platinum record “Earfquake” with GRAMMY® Award winner for Best Rap Album for “Igor”, Tyler, The Creator, and Boyz II Men.
Before launching his solo career in 2000, Wilson racked up a string of hits in the late ‘70s and ‘80s as front man with the Gap Band. The pioneering R&B/funk group charted such frequently sampled classics as “Outstanding,” “Yearning for Your Love,” “Burn Rubber on Me,” “You Dropped a Bomb on Me,” and “Early in the Morning.”
Wilson signed to Jive (now RCA) in 2004 after landing his first No. 1 Billboard Adult R&B hit in 2000, “Without You.” Since then, he’s released six solo albums and became a consistent chart presence. His tally of 19 hits boasts seven more Adult R&B #1s. Among them: “My Love Is All I Have,” “You Are” and “There Goes My Baby.” While garnering 13 GRAMMY® nominations and other industry accolades, including BET’s 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wilson’s latest album, “In It to Win It” (2017) includes a 2019 GRAMMY® nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the track “Made For Love,” his enchanting duet with Lalah Hathaway. In 2018 Charlie was also nominated for three 2018 NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration and Outstanding Album. In May, 2018, The National Museum of African American Music honored Wilson with their Rhapsody & Rhythm Award at their Legends Celebration.
Wilson continues his reign as “Uncle Charlie,” the lovable nickname originally given to him by Snoop Dogg, by being one of the most highly sought-after entertainers for today’s top hip-hop and pop artists.
In the years between the Gap Band’s heyday and his solo success, Wilson survived drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness and prostate cancer. He chronicled his odds-defying life and career in his 2015 New York Time and Washington Post best-selling memoir, I Am Charlie Wilson. As a tribute to his 25 years of sobriety, helping homeless addicts and educating the African American community about prostate cancer, Wilson was honored at the 2018 NAACP Image Awards with the first ever Music Makes A Difference Award.


MEXICO.- Lisa, Member of the K-Po groupp black pink, He has Covid-19, as confirmed by his agency YG Entertainment, which revealed details about his health.
Read: From Farrokh Bulsara to Freddie Mercury, the origin of Queen and a legend
The youngest of the group did some activities to promote her solo release. South Korean media reported that she had already met with her classmates to begin preparations for the “comeback”.
Lisa had a great year since releasing their singles “Lalisa” and “Money”. Also an approach to Latin American music with his collaboration with Ozuna on the song “Sexy Girl”.
Lisa confirms Blackpink’s “comeback”
This week, Lisa appeared on the Zach Sang Show, confirming that she had reunited with Rosé, Jennie and Jisoo in order to plan her return to the stage. Black pink.
Do the other Blackpink members have Covid?
On November 24th, YG Entertainment released a statement reporting that Lisa was diagnosed with Covid. Rosé, Jennie and Jisoo have also been tested for coronavirus and are waiting for the results.
What happens to the events?
Rosé said her appearances at Hyundai Seoul Mall and Tiffany & Co.
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What is the first thing that comes from your mouth as you welcome a guest into your house? “Make Yourself at Home”, of course. Now, there is one thing that can certainly give off the same message while providing immediate warmth and comfort to the words, and room that it’s being said in. What is that, you ask? Well, by taking advantage of this exquisitely soothing wall decal. Of course, this wall quote certainly doesn’t have to be placed in your home’s front entrance. In fact, it is pure and decorous enough to give the gift of compassion and coziness no matter where it is placed, whether it be placed as a headboard, or placed as a front door greeting, these “Make Yourself at Home” wall letters are certainly the exact feeling you want to be portrayed throughout your home.
The elegant wall lettering set has a variety of colour choices allowing it to fit the mood and theme of whatever room you plan on placing it in, within your home. It also helps achieve the look that you want from the wall quote whether you are eager to have it be the standing point of the room, shouting at everyone who enters, or being a subtle hint of sweetness that is only seen with rarity. The wall letters also portray a pleasant garden feel wrapped around each letter of the word, “Home” and if I must say so myself, this is what makes this homey wall decal the ultimate decoration for anyone room, within any home that is trying to achieve an easy interior decorating design, while looking like a professional.


A public hearing will take place next week to decide if three new restaurants should be built on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
CAF Properties has asked Aberdeen City Council for permission to build three food and drink units on land near Ardene House Veterinary Hospital at Kingswells.
Two of these units include plans for a drive-thru lane – but no indication has been given as to which businesses may occupy the site.
The first restaurant would have 154 seats and 49 parking spots, the second would have 66 seats and 18 parking spots, and the third would have 48 seats and 20 parking spots.
In September, the council’s planning committee unanimously agreed a public hearing should be held into the plans – and that will take place at the Town House in Aberdeen at 9.30am on Wednesday.
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A new council report, which will be presented to the meeting, said 237 people have written to the council formally objecting to the proposal, while 251 have written formally supporting it.
Objectors include Aberdeen Civic Society and West Aberdeen Environmental Protection Association – the charity formed to oppose the construction of a 20,000- capacity football stadium at Kingsford for Aberdeen FC.
Bon Accord and St Nicholas Shopping Centres also objected.
In a report, CAF Properties said: “The sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises would serve Prime Four workers, Kingswells residents and people working at and visiting the new Aberdeen FC stadium.”


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Frozen cherries are one of my favourite fruits to put in smoothies, so I tend to weight the balance of berries heavily in their favour. Creaming the frozen fruit up in a blender makes it almost like a sorbet, but without adding anything except fruit, nut butter, and a little liquid.
You can use cows milk, almond milk or coconut water instead of rice milk if you prefer. The ingredients listed here are really just a guideline, so feel free to adapt them to suit what you have in the house that day.
Top with a light sprinkling of raw cacao nibs, or instead use roughly chopped almonds, seeds, goji berries, fresh fruit, granola, or whatever tickles your fancy. For an after-dinner snack, you can add a couple of teaspoons of good quality hot chocolate or a teaspoon of raw cacao powder to the mix, for a delicious chocolate and cherry combination.
If you’ve got a big day ahead of you, bulk it up with a handful of oats to make it a more filling breakfast.
Makes one breakfast bowl – multiply ingredients as required.
Place all your smoothie ingredients in a blender, and blitz until you have a smooth consistency, similar to a slightly liquid sorbet. If it’s too thick, add a dash more of the rice milk.
Pour it into a bowl, and sprinkle your toppings of choice over it. Serve immediately, before it melts.

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CNI Project Summary
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
Revitalizing Washington Village & South Norwalk
The Norwalk Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk & the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency
The Norwalk Housing Authority and the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency were awarded a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant (CNI) from HUD for South Norwalk in 2014. This undertaking will be based on the community-driven Transformation Plan created through a $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant awarded in 2010. The effort will lead to the re-development of the Washington Village public housing development, recovering brownfields and improving public amenities in this high opportunity area. The CNI designated target area is approximately 100 acres.
Trinity Financial, Housing Opportunities Unlimited, Norwalk Community College, Family & Children's Agency, Bridgeport Rescue Mission, Riverbrook Regional YMCA, CT Association for Human Services, Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, Person-to-Person.
U.S Department of Housing & Urban Development, the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the Connecticut Department of Housing, City of Norwalk, TD Bank, Goldman Sachs, Red Stone Equity Partners, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.
- CNI Housing Committed: $21.4 million
- Additional Housing Investment: $137 million
- CNI People Committed: $5.4 million
- Additional People Investment: $18.8 million
- CNI Neighborhood Committed: $3.2 million
- Additional Neighborhood Investment: $15.5 million
Neighborhood Background & Vision
Norwalk's Choice Neighborhood, South Norwalk, is ready for significant change. South Norwalk is considered the City's only truly walkable area, and "SoNo,", the area around Washington St., is a regional dining and entertainment destination. Despite these successes, the community struggles with commercial vacancies, poverty, unemployment, the obsolete Washington Village public housing project, and a perception of crime that deters investment. The neighborhood also lies in a 100-year flood plain and experiences persistent, property-damaging flooding. The area was hit particularly hard by 2012's Superstorm Sandy, which caused severe damage to the Washington Village property and the displacement of residents.
Sandy's damage was a wake-up call for immediate action that includes new storm-resilient infrastructure and housing. This fact, coupled with growing demand for private development along the river, has rallied the entire Norwalk community around revitalizing this key neighborhood. The resulting vision for South Norwalk is one of opportunity for all current and future residents of all incomes who want high quality housing in a safe and welcoming neighborhood, for businesses along Washington and South Main Streets that want to be part of a thriving commercial district, and for children and parents who want high-quality education and economic opportunities.
The Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan calls for rebuilding the 136 Washington Village public housing units into a new 273-unit mixed-income development on three parcels - the current Washington Village site and two City-owned vacant properties immediately to the north. To address State and FEMA floodplain regulations, the new housing units will be raised 2 feet above the 500-year floodplain, with on-grade parking under the residential structures. New street
infrastructure will mitigate the recurring flooding with funded from the City and federal Storm Sandy Disaster Recovery funds allocated by the Connecticut Department of Housing.
Ryan Park, a beloved community park adjacent to Washington Village, will be redesigned to be storm-resilient and more responsive to community needs. Additionally, a homeowner rehabilitation program, employment, health, and education outcomes will be improved through case management, wrap-around services, and the enhancement of cradle to career educational opportunities.


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I mean, who wouldn't want to connect with Gwen Stefani?
A rapper we know and love has reached out via Twitter to ask fans to link him with Stefani, and we hope it's for a collab! (Since she's already married to Blake Shelton and whatnot...)
The Chicago emcee didn't have to wait long before Gwen reached out on her own.
So, what does this mean?
Probs that a Gwen/Chance collab may be on the way. Chance has said recently that he's in a "collaborative state of mind", having already worked on joint projects with Young Thug and Childish Gambino.
We hope it's real!
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Although now retired from business life, James Donaly has borne an
important part in the development of the resources of Southern Illinois,
and his name is well known in the mining world of this section. He spent
nearly forty years as an operator and miner at Carterville, where he
retired to private life in August, 1911. Mr. Donaly's childhood was
spent in Carterville, he having been eight years of age when his father
brought the family from Murphysboro to Carterville. He was born in
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1865, where his father was a
miner, and four years later the latter came to Illinois and established
himself temporarily at the county seat of Jackson county. He is of
Scotch-Irish blood, his father being a native of Beath, Scotland, and
his mother of county Roscommon, Ireland.
William Donaly, the father of James of this review, was born January 3, 1839, and gave his whole active life to the occupation of a miner. He is now living a retired life, having witnessed an advance in the business of coal mining, the history of which, were it written, would furnish an interesting chapter among the great industries of the country. Mr. Donaly married Mary Ganley, who was born March 17, 1836, and they have had the following children: Ellen, the wife of Henry Phillips, of Carterville; Mary, the wife of Fred H. Koennecke, of this city; Kate, now Mrs. George Phillips, of Carterville; Mrs. Edward Myers, wife of a well-known merchant, of St. Louis; and James.
Beginning work as a child of seven years, James Donaly could not have profited much as a pupil in school. He got merely the rudiments of a few common branches and acquired the remainder of his education from actual experience. He began as a” trapper,’’ in the Bryden mine, the first one opened at Carterville. After nearly ten years of application to his vocation, and having acquired complete knowledge of it, he relaxed his efforts and spent several -months touring the West and South, working in mines at Trinidad, Colorado; Cothridge, New Mexico; Gordon, Texas; and Atoka, Oklahoma. He went on a prospecting tour of New Mexico for the Santa Fe Coal Company, extending his trip to points in California and returning home after an absence of nearly two years. Soon after resuming work in the coal field Mr. Donaly entered the service of Sam. T. Brush to do some development work, completed that and was made a mine manager by Mr. Brush. He became superintendent of the Brush property later on and in 1898 he began the coal business independently. He joined Mr. Fred H. Koennecke under the firm name of the Donaly -Koennecke Company, opened a property near the Brush mine and subsequently sold it. He then transferred his interests in mining to a lease some two and one-half miles north of Carterville, where the Donaly Koennecke Company opened another mine, and after nine years with it Mr. Donaly sold out to Mr. Koennecke and withdrew from the field. He has farming and financial interests, owning a number of business houses in Carterville and being a stockholder in the Carterville State and Savings Bank. His modern home on Main street was erected by Mr. Donaly and there he and his family maintain their residence.
On October 1, 1896, Mr. Donaly was married to Miss Dell Kirk, who died in 1900, leaving one daughter, Ruby. Mr. Donaly’s second marriage was to Miss Margaret Jeffrey, a daughter of Peter Jeffrey, a coal man of Murphysboro and a native of Ayrshire, Scotland. Mrs. Donaly was born in 1871, in Murphysboro, and grew up there. In 1908 Mr. Donaly and the members of his family took a trip to the old Jeffrey home in Scotland, and there the death of his mother-in-law occurred. Mr. Donaly has studied Free Masonry deeply, and has taken the thirty-second degree along the Scottish route. He is a member of Oriental Consistory and of Medina Temple. His political inclinations lead him to support the principles of the Democratic party.
Extracted from 1912 A History of Southern Illinois, by George W. Smith, volume 2, page 1002.
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The Nationwide Music Publishers’ Affiliation (NMPA) is suing Twitter on behalf of 17 music publishers representing the most important artists within the enterprise. The lawsuit, filed in federal court docket in Tennessee, claims the corporate “fuels its enterprise with numerous infringing copies of musical compositions, violating Publishers’ and others’ unique rights underneath copyright legislation.”
It additionally has a list of 1,700 or so songs (included beneath) that the publishers say have been included in a number of copyright notices to Twitter with out the corporate doing something about it, asking the court docket to tremendous Twitter as much as $150,000 for every violation.
The problem predates Musk’s $44 billion buy of Twitter final yr. The New York Times cites unnamed workers saying Twitter had lower a music licensing deal due to how a lot it could value, which it mentioned might quantity to over $100 million per yr — the Times also reported in March that licensing offers between three main labels and Twitter stalled after Musk’s takeover final fall.
After all, Musk’s tweets — and his enhanced Twitter Blue package deal with the flexibility to add longer movies — got here up within the lawsuit too. It would not point out the flood of flicks uploaded to Twitter in the previous few months, like copies of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Avatar: The Way of Water that lasted hours earlier than being taken down. As a substitute, it cites a few of Musk’s tweets as examples.
A consumer complained that their account might be suspended after 5 copyright notices, which Musk mentioned he was “wanting into,” and advised they need to “think about turning on subscriptions,” which the go well with says inspired them to pay Twitter to cover the infringing materials so it could not be flagged. In another tweet, Elon Musk mentioned the “overzealous DMCA is a plague on humanity.” It wasn’t included within the lawsuit, however in March, Musk additionally tweeted that “Accounts partaking in repeated, egregious weaponization of DMCA on Twitter or encouraging weaponization of DMCA will obtain non permanent suspensions” whereas claiming that “cheap media takedown requests are, in fact, acceptable and can all the time be supported.”
Many of the alleged infringement Twitter has been notified about is because of music movies, movies of stay music performances, or different movies synchronized to copyrighted music, and it accuses Twitter of utilizing these movies to boost its worth by growing the period of time folks spend on its web site. The NMPA claims that Twitter has did not take away infringing content material as soon as notified and has “continued to help recognized repeat infringers with their infringement” with out threat of them dropping their accounts.
After Musk introduced a brand new Twitter CEO can be chosen quickly, NMPA president David Israelite tweeted at Musk that their first order of enterprise needs to be to “deal with the huge quantity of unlicensed music on the platform,” following a similar tweet final spring.
Twitter has not responded to requests for touch upon the lawsuit, and because it was filed, Musk has been tweeting about Tucker Carlson and crime in San Francisco, whereas new CEO Linda Yaccarino has not tweeted since posting the content material of her first letter to the corporate’s workers.


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The Entertainment Lions for Music didn't leave many in Asia singing a happy tune, as only two pieces of work from the region were feted Tuesday night at Cannes Lions 2019.
The APAC winners were:
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|THE BARBERSHOP GIRLS: SHAVING STEREOTYPES||P&G||GILLETTE||GREY INDIA, Mumbai||INDIA||Silver Lion|
|SOUND-FREE CONCERT||JAPAN PHILHARMONIC||CLASSIC MUSIC||HAKUHODO INC., Tokyo / TBWA\HAKUHODO INC., Tokyo||JAPAN||Bronze Lion|
The category yielded a total of 14 awards globally, with a Grand Prix going—deservedly so—to Doomsday Entertainment for Childish Gambino's incendiary and inspired music video, 'This is America'.


SNL has one heck of a Season 42 finish ahead, to follow Louis C.K. with Jimmy Fallon, Chris Pine, Melissa McCarthy and The Rock, and live on every coast at that. Of all those names, however, McCarthy might build the most anticipation, as the Sean Spicer impressionist says she’s already squirreling away notes for the next appearance.
If perhaps SNL seemed to be sleeping on the job with its two-hosts-per-month in 2017, they had good reason. Not only have the final four hosts been announced, including Jimmy Fallon, Melissa McCarthy and The Rock, but shows will air live across the country for the first time in history.
SNL is no stranger to the current White House’s disdain for Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression (probably why we’re seeing it more and more), though the series trotted out another unexpected addition over the weekend with Melissa McCarthy’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Thankfully, the real Spicer is a much better sport about it than his boss.
It’s been years in the making, but we’re ready to spend A Year in the Life with the Gilmore Girls, even if it takes the span of a single evening to binge through it all. Return to Stars Hollow, as our first official trailer for November’s Netflix revival comes with all the coffee you can drink!
Take a moment, and think of all the coffee you’ve consumed in the last decade. Now double it, triple that, and you might be somewhere in the neighborhood of Rory and Lorelai since Gilmore Girls first premiered 16 years ago. Don’t take our word for it though, see for yourself in a new retrospective before Netflix’s A Year in the Life.
With Paul Feig at the helm and a quartet of hilarious women who are great at improvising, it’s not surprising that the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of the Ghostbusters reboot is packed with additional scenes, outtakes, deleted scenes, gag reels and — as many fans hoped — an extended cut of the film. We won’t have a chance to see any of these bonus materials until October, but it should be interesting for those who felt as though Feig’s theatrical version may have been a little too safe.
For the second year in a row, Jennifer Lawrence tops the list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, while the impressively prolific Dwayne Johnson has unseated Robert Downey Jr. as the highest-paid actor. Unfortunately, the highest-paid actors still earn millions more than their female counterparts, proving that Hollywood’s gender disparity problem still needs some fixing.
This past weekend saw Netflix breaking with its traditional release strategy, to debut Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down in the first of multiple installments. That owed to chaotic production, but where Gilmore Girls bosses hoped to release the four Year in the Life revival specials in equal installments, Netflix believes fans “would’ve killed us” to break with tradition.
When Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters hit theaters over the weekend, a couple of things happened: It did fairly well at the box office — landing in second place just below The Secret Life of Pets — and no one’s childhood was destroyed. A $46 million opening isn’t mind-blowing, but it looks like it will be enough to justify a sequel to the reboot. The big question now is whether or not Feig and the whole cast will return for it.
Dear Ghostbusters haters, are you still angry about Paul Feig‘s female reboot? Are your hands tired from typing one vile, misogynistic comment after the next on YouTube? Are you praying the new movie will bomb at the box office so your precious childhood will never be threatened again? Well, too bad.


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Louisville Pet Care
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Louisvillle Pet Care located in Colorado provides individualized pet care services for you in Louisville, Lafayette, Superior and Boulder, including walking your dog and caring for your pets in your home!
Thank you for visiting Louisville Pet Care's website in Louisville, Colorado. Louisville Pet Care is owned and operated by Ellen O'Callaghan. I am a responsible, dependable, detail oriented pet care professional with a love for animals, nature and my work! When I care for your pets you can relax in knowing that they are in competent, caring hands. I will take care of your pets according to your instructions and with the same attention I would give to my own pets.
Louisville Pet Care is a pet sitter and dog walker in Louisville, Colorado.

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Here’s a study that will let those living with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) — an inflammatory arthritis that affects the spine (with pain prominently in the lower back), but can also strike in other large joints like the shoulders, hips, ribs, and heels — breathe a sigh of relief.
Canadian researchers set out to assess the risk of infection among AS patients who take both disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs like methotrexate) and/or tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi drugs like etanercept and adalimumab). They found “no clear evidence that the risk of hospitalized infection was linked to DMARD and/or anti-TNF drug use,” according to the study, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology.
Using a group of 747 AS patients who started taking DMARDs and/or TNFi drugs for treatment between 2001 and 2011, researchers examined the patients’ hospital records for infection data and discharge diagnosis information. In two years of follow up, they found that only 57 participants were hospitalized for infections (a rate of 2.9 out of 100 people per year). And the type of treatment the patient was receiving (either a combination of DMARDs and TNF inhibitors, or either drug alone) had no impact on the infection rate either.
Why Infection Rates Are a Big Concern for Patients
Both DMARDs and TNFi treatments work to make the immune system less active (so it doesn’t attack the body’s joints). As a side effect, this can increase a patient’s risk of infection, including rare but serious ones such as tuberculosis and fungal infections. Over time there’s the possibility that these drugs may also increase the risk of certain types of cancer. This can make patients nervous to take the drugs to solve one problem, only to possibly develop another (and potentially worse) condition down the line.
What This Study Means for AS Patients
Potential medication side effects can be understandably nerve-wracking, but it’s important to remember that the consequences of living with untreated inflammatory arthritis can be devastating.
AS usually presents in adolescence and early adulthood, and the disease is progressive, which means it can lead to significant spinal deformities later in life if left untreated, says Jahangir “John” Asghar, MD, of the Cantor Spine Institute in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Treating AS with DMARDs, which can actually help halt disease progression, will reduce the likelihood of experiencing an advanced case.
This research should help provide some peace of mind about a side effect you might hear about for those who have AS and are discussing a treatment plan of DMARDs and/or TNF inhibitors with their doctor.


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It’s no surprise that Maggie Rogers has had a busy year after the release of her debut album Heard It In A Past Life, and yet she’s still out here giving us a new bop that will be in your head all day long.
The Best New Artist Grammy nominee released a brand new song called “Love You For A Long Time,” and it’s filled with “love in all its forms.” Take a listen below.
Maggie Rogers – Love You For A Long Time (Audio)
The singer-songwriter almost finalized “Love You For A Long Time” the day before she wrote her hit “Light On.” In a press release sent out to fans, Rogers expressed that those last few days of completing her first album “were such vivid and vital creative moments for [her].” The song remained unfinished and wasn’t even recorded. But the melody stayed with her for the “last year and a half.”
Rogers faced many life changes after that. With her music career soaring and endless nights on the road, a long tour meant finding that piece of home with those around her. Sharing the stage with her band for almost three years now, Rogers’ bandmates soon became her “real adopted family.” The artist wanted to create something new for them to perform together, and that’s where “Love You For A Long Time” came into the picture.
“It’s a song about love in all its forms – romantic love, the love I feel for my friends, the love I feel for my band, and the love I’ve shared with all of you. I wanted it to sound like the last days of summer. I wanted it to sound as wild and alive as new love feels,” said Rogers.
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Maggie Rogers hung out with us in the Dell Music Lounge last year for an intimate performance and interview. “Fallingwater” is featured in ACL Radio’s Broadcasts Vol. 27, check out where you can get your copy of the CD or vinyl. Watch the breathtaking performance below:


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Date: 30th August 2015
David Hart’s Library Inspector is ahymn in praise of libraries and to the power of books, with imaginative origins in the new Library of Birmingham, and realisation here in coastal Mid-Wales. As the Library Inspector struggles to keep up with disappearing librarians, tiny libraries in boats and sheds with perplexing opening hours and a prized stock of just a few books, the landscape is altering; memories and books alike are carried off on the breeze and swallowed by the sea.
Dreamlike and darkly-humoured, the Library Inspector’s journey reveals a vanishing world with long shadows on the horizon. The narrator might be decidedly unreliable, and the fables fabulous, but at this poem’s heart is a solemn melancholy in the face of a reality of library closures and fleeting time, for memory, for love and for the sake of words.
‘Read David Hart for the clarity of his enraptured voice, for his sombre playfulness, for his protean range (from nursery rhyme to mantra, from conversation piece to song), and for his passionate, weighty and essential celebration of the universe of books.’ – Jim Crace
‘David Hart is an inspirational poet and a wise and wistful curator of hill walks, tea and sandwiches, old saints and handwritten notes attached to small libraries fighting closure. Witty and moving, this poetic meditation is an invaluable pocket guide to what matters most. Buy it and keep it close.’ – Chris Meade
Responses to David Hart’s previous books include:
‘Crag Inspector is a new hymn of the universe which contains all the urgency, richness and expressive unity of island experience. David Hart’s language, capricious and suggestive, is driven by the underlying force of an older tongue. It is a poem I would love to translate into Welsh, if only I could be put on the island for a month to do it.’ – Menna Elfyn (on Crag Inspector: A poem of Bardsey Island)
‘David Hart has a strongly-developed faculty for recognising what doesn’t matter.’ – Roy Fisher (on Setting the Poem to Words)
David Hart has undertaken poetry residences in hospitals, a cathedral and a couple of poetry festivals, has taught part-time for Warwick and Birmingham universities, he was the first selected Birmingham Poet Laureate. He has published widely in magazines, he was won first, second and runner-up prizes in the National Poetry Competition. His books include Running Out and Crag Inspector (a book-length poem of Bardsey Island) (Five Seasons Press), his pamphlets include The Titanic cafe closes its doors... (Nine Arches) and Misky (Flarestack Poets). Library Inspector, a book-length poem on the trials of a library inspector in wild Wales, is out now from Nine Arches Press.

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"Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People: Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery" was published in 1992 and is the first comprehensive chronicle of the Bahamian people in the Bahamas, and it is the first work of its kind in the Caribbean region. It was written by Canadian author Michael Craton and Bahamian Historian and Author Gail Saunders. A part two of this work was also published in 2000.
"The Migration of Peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas" was written by Bahamian Historian and Author Keith L. Tinker and Published in 2011. It focuses on Immigration to the Bahamas by people from other Caribbean countries throughout history.
Afro-Bahamian Folk literature since the late 18th century were based heavily on the trickster tales that featured many characters, most common was B'Rabby, B'Bouki, B'Spider, B'Elephant, etc. These Folk tales were largely oral until the late 19th century when American researchers started writing them down. These tales are also featured in Bahamian author Patricia Glinton-Meicholas's "An Evening In Guanima: A Treasury of Folktales from the Bahamas".


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A Colorado developer said it has acquired two Newport Beach parcels, including the former site of Fletcher Jones Mercedes-Benz, and plans to start building a hotel by year's end. E.J. Holtze Corp., based in Englewood, bought 3.7 acres and expects to construct a $21-million extended-stay hotel on Quail Street that will cater to business travelers. The company sold the remainder to Lennar Properties, which plans to build a 100,000-square-foot office building, Holtze said.


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Originally published in the print edition of the Yellowstone County News.
BILLINGS — One of the most significant differences in positions between the two candidates running for mayor of Billings is their support for a proposed local option tax. A local option tax is essentially a limited sales tax, restricted to a specific city or county and assessed on some goods and services, for the purpose of increasing revenue for local government.
Candidate Bill Cole is an enthusiastic supporter, and in fact, in his previous role as president of the Billings Chamber of Commerce, he helped lead the charge in support of a bill in the last state Legislature that would have permitted a community to ask voters if they want to adopt a local option tax.“
Reasonable minds can differ whether a local option tax is good, but I think it is a pretty clear case that communities should be able to decide for themselves,” he said in an interview with the Yellowstone County News.
The concept of a local option tax has been introduced in several past legislative sessions, led primarily by the Billings Chamber of Commerce.
Supporters, like Cole, see the tax as a means to help finance projects that they believe would improve the quality of life in Billings and attract young people to work here.
Candidate Jeff Essmann, who has dealt with the issue many times as a state legislator, concedes to having mixed views about a local option tax. Essmann said, “I know that I have constituents – especially senior citizens – who are interested in reducing property taxes and supported the concept of a local option tax to spread that burden to others.” Because of that, Essmann said he “took a number of runs at it,” beginning in 2006. “But the purpose was to reduce the property tax burden.”
“I have a real problem with the local option sales tax that the chamber and my opponent pushed because the purpose is different,” he continued. “Their purpose is generating new revenue for the government… that’s where I draw a line.”
Cole is supportive of a local option tax as a means to replace revenue that communities used to get from the federal government. “Those days are over,” said Cole. “If we want to solve local problems, we are going to have to look more and more to local solutions.”
A reoccurring thought for many is that other than levying more property taxes, there is a group of people who use the amenities of the community but do not pay for them – tourists. They spend $400 million in Billings every year, according to Cole.
Those local projects that Cole sees as necessary have to do with building “a community that can compete, not just regionally, but nationally with other cities, to attract young people to grow Billings in the future,” he explained.
Cole cites projections that estimate that Billings is going to need to fill 32,500 job openings in the next 10 years.
“Most will be filled with people 25 to 40 years old,” he said, and they will be hard to draw when most areas of the country have 3 to 4 percent unemployment.

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The human body contains more calcium than any other mineral, and around 99 per cent of it is stored in our teeth and bones. As we know, calcium is critical for maintaining strong bones and teeth, however, what many may not know is that it also plays a vital role in regulating muscle contractions and facilitating the conduction of messages from the brain to the rest of the body via the nerves.
Having low levels of calcium in the body can cause a wide range of symptoms and health problems, so we spoke to Dr Rasha Mukhtar, a top consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at Frimley Park Hospital, to understand more.
Why does the body need calcium?
Calcium is a mineral found in food that is needed to build strong bones and to carry out other important bodily functions. It is stored in bones and teeth and supports their development, structure and strength.
Calcium is also one of the body’s electrolytes - a mineral that carries an electric charge. The mineral is needed to help the transmission of nerves signals between the brain and the body and facilitates the contraction and movement of muscles – including the heart to maintain the heartbeat.
Additionally, calcium is required in the blood to help with normal blood clotting and by most cells to facilitate the release of important hormones and other chemicals, which impact many functions in our body.
What are the signs and symptoms of low calcium?
Calcium deficiency symptoms can vary from mild to severe.
Early signs of a calcium deficiency include:
- muscle cramps or spasms
- numbness or tingling, particularly in the fingertips and jawline
- muscle spasms mainly in the hands
- weak or brittle fingernails
- difficulty swallowing
- occasionally vomiting
If a calcium deficiency is left untreated and progresses, it can cause severe symptoms, such as:
- confusion and irritability
- anxiety and depression
- tooth erosion
- growth and development problems, especially in children
- bone fractures
- heart problems
What causes a calcium deficiency?
A true calcium deficiency usually has little to do with your diet and more to do with underlying health conditions, such as a problem with your kidneys or parathyroid glands, which can affect the levels of calcium in the blood.
Calcium is usually well maintained in the body, especially if you have a diet rich in calcium foods. When it comes to maintaining healthy bones and teeth, calcium is regulated by a hormone known as parathyroid hormone (PTH) and vitamin D to maintain blood calcium levels within narrow margins. Disturbances in PTH or vitamin D can affect calcium levels with a deficiency of either resulting in low blood calcium levels. Vitamin D helps the body absorb adequate levels of calcium from the intestines, so having a deficiency in this vital vitamin could be a cause for low calcium.
In addition, certain medications can interfere with the mechanisms that absorb or excrete calcium from the body, which over time can lead to further problems if they aren’t well managed.
What happens when the body doesn’t get enough calcium?
In the long term, if you don’t get enough calcium, it can cause the body to start taking the calcium that’s stored in the bones. Over time, this results in a loss of bone mass, making them weak and porous and can lead to a condition known as osteoporosis with a high risk for fractures.
In children and young people, a condition called rickets can form if the body isn’t getting enough vitamin D and calcium. Likewise, in older people, osteomalacia can develop.
If a person is experiencing a severe calcium deficiency, they may also experience heart problems, as the heart muscle becomes less efficient at contracting and pumping blood around the body.
What are the tests and medical treatments available?
The initial tests would involve checking your calcium level using a blood test. We also look at other minerals, vitamins and hormones to help us understand what is causing the calcium deficiency. We may need to need to carry out a urine test to see if your body is losing calcium through the kidneys.
If your doctor suspects you may be suffering from osteoporosis, they will carry out a bone density test. This uses X-rays to assess the density and strength of certain bones, hip and spine mainly, which is a sign of long term calcium deficiency.
Treatments for a calcium deficiency depend on the underlying cause, but may include:
- Vitamin D replacement therapy
- Calcium replacement tablets
- Hormone replacement therapy, if the parathyroid hormones need replacement due to underactive glands
- Reducing or stopping the medication that is the principal cause
How can I raise my calcium levels at home?
The safest way to increase your calcium intake is to add more calcium to your diet. Adults aged 19 to 64 need at least 700mg of calcium a day. Calcium-rich foods include:
- dairy products, such as milk, cheese and yoghurt
- leafy greens such as spinach, broccoli and kale
- oat and soy milk, with added calcium
- nuts and seeds
You may also want to consider taking calcium supplements, however, you should be able to get enough calcium from a normal diet. Consult a pharmacist or your doctor before taking these.
To book an appointment with Dr Rasha Mukhtar, visit her Top Doctors profile and check her availability.


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Retailer Solutions is an initiative driven by Enterprise Ireland. We work with retailers to understand their strategic and operational needs, in order to introduce value-adding, multi-channel suppliers to them that are capable of increasing efficiency, enhancing customer experience, or raising the level of innovation. This post originally featured on www.retailer-solutions.com.
Enterprise Ireland welcomed members of the retail community to the Irish Embassy, London on Thursday, 14thJune 2012 to celebrate the range of exciting technologies coming out of Ireland. Enterprise Ireland is a champion of innovation, and can provide retailers with access to emerging technologies from Irish companies with world class solutions for retail. We call this group of leading suppliers ‘Retailer Solutions’.
The event included the launch of the new short video which gives a flavour of some of the Irish companies that Enterprise Ireland works with.
As the UK isEurope’s leading eTail economy, the focus of the day was on this growing area of retail. At £68.2bn in 2011, eTail now accounts for 17% of all UKretail sales. According to IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group), eTail is forecast to grow by 13% in 2012.
The first part of the day kicked off with Michael Ross of eCommera who shared his ‘Manifesto for a ‘metailer’’ with the audience. Michael spoke about recent changes in consumer behaviour, and how this impacts on retailing business decisions. This has moved from the store to the individual: location, location, location is giving way to customer, customer, customer.
The afternoon’s speed-meeting session composed of 90 quick fire meetings between selected Irish eTail suppliers, including Actus Mobile Solutions, Realex Payments and Louder Voice) and retailers such as Tesco.com, John Lewis and TK Maxx.
Von Bismark was there on the day to showcase its wardrobe platform, which allows customers to physically try on digital clothing, and share their experiences via social networks. Check out our Pinterest account for images of this.
Matt Rhodes, Fresh Networks opened the evening reception with his talk on Social Media. The talk was decsribed by Victoria Thompson of Retail Week as a ‘fascinating story about social media which struck me as being particularly relevant to retailers’.


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Ljubljana, 10 July (STA) - Industrial output in Slovenia in May was up by 6% compared to the same period last year, while it was up by 0.7% on the monthly basis. It was also up by 22.3% compared to the average for 2015, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday.
On the annual basis, industrial output was up in May the most in mining and quarrying (+8.1%), followed by manufacturing (+6.5%), and electricity, gas and steam supply (+0.7%).
Compared to April, industrial output increased only in manufacturing (+0.9%), while it was down in electricity, gas and steam supply (-1.8%) and in mining and quarrying (-1.5%).
Sale revenue in the Slovenian industry was up in May by 7.5% year-on-year, and by 1% compared to April.
The biggest annual increase in sale revenue was recorded in the production of investment products (by 15.2%).
The value of inventories and unfinished production was up by 8.1% year-on-year (increasing by 8.2% in manufacturing).
On the monthly basis, the value of inventories was up in May by 0.5%, and by 21.2% compared to the 2015 average.
In the first five months of 2018, industrial output was up by 7.4% compared to the same period last year.
It was up the most in manufacturing (+8%), followed by electricity, gas and steam supply (+3.1%), while it was down in mining and quarrying (-5.5%).« Back

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In the chapter, “How Community-Based Organizations Are Addressing Nursing’s Role in Transforming Health Care,” the authors describe the community as the focus of advocacy action for change. They list a series of questions that help community teams develop organizing principles to guide their interventions, and the aim is to attack social determinants of health to make community change.
Suppose a community team identifies lack of access to exercise modalities as a public health issue. If the team were to determine that pedestrian walkways need to be constructed, discuss at least two factors that would facilitate the development of the walkways and two that would hinder the development. For the hindrances, discuss ways that the team might work to overcome those hindrances.
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The U.S. health system that cares for the nation's veterans increased services to screen for and treat breast cancer over the past five years, but at one hospital the time it took women with the disease to be treated also increased, says a new study.
Researchers from the Baltimore Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center found the facility performed many more mammograms after 2007, when breast cancer screening and treatment was made a top priority for the agency. However, it took women - on average - an extra 18 days to get treatment once they were diagnosed.
"The population of female veterans is increasing rapidly and the VA has prioritized implementation of screening services - especially for breast cancer… and has been very successful in doing so," Dr. Ajay Jain, the study's lead author, said.
Between 2003 and 2009, the number of women using outpatient services at VA medical centers increased by 47 percent, Jain and his colleagues wrote in JAMA Surgery.
During that time, the VA prioritized mammogram screenings and breast cancer services to accommodate the growing number of female veterans turning to it for healthcare.
The researchers' goal was to see whether increasing the number of women receiving those services affected the average lengths of time between being screened for cancer and getting a positive diagnosis, and between diagnosis and treatment.
Between 2000 and 2012, the Baltimore VA Medical Center performed 7,355 mammograms. Over 90 percent of those were done after the breast cancer initiative was put in place in 2007.
The average time between an irregular mammogram and a diagnosis of breast cancer held steady during the study period, at 34 days.
Before the initiative, however, the average length of time between diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer - typically surgery - was about 33 days. After the initiative, that increased to 51 days.
The researchers wrote that the difference may be due to more VA patients needing a second mammogram or undergoing diagnostic tests at non-VA hospitals. The delays could also reflect higher numbers of women being screened overall, including those referred to the Baltimore VA from rural medical centers, they added.
They also said that although no clear guidelines exist, the increased time to treatment still falls below a 90-day threshold, after which treatment delays have been associated with cancer progression and worse outcomes.
To try to decrease the length of time between diagnosis of breast cancer and treatment, Jain said the Baltimore VA Medical Center is acquiring more resources to care for women so they don't have to go to another non-VA center.
"The take home message in my opinion is the recognition of the fact that a significant demographic shift is occurring in the military," Jain said. "As these females return from Afghanistan and Iraq from deployment, we're seeing an increase in enrollment."
He added that it's also important for female veterans to know these resources are available at the VA.
"I think that women should realize the VA is doing this and the VA has prioritized this," he said.