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Do you want to learn how to make lemon curd from scratch? You will want to put it on everything from biscuits, muffins and scones (it is a tremendous cake filling).
I am also offering a tasty lemon cream recipe below.
How to make Lemon Curd
These recipes and tips are from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook: Baking – From My Home To Yours. She is a genius.
Homemade Lemon Curd from Scratch
This classic lemon curd is smooth, creamy and quick to make.
Once cooled, the curd is great as a spread for biscuits, scones and muffins or as a filling for cakes or tarts.
For something with slightly more tang and less buttery, opt to the Lemon Cream Recipe below.
1-1/4 cup white sugar
6 TBS homemade unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 large egg
6 large egg yolks
freshly squeezed juice of 4 lemons
Place all of the ingredients in a heavy bottomed saucepan and stir with a spatula to moisten the sugar. Cook on medium-low heat and stir without stopping until the butter melts and the mixture thickens like custard; approximately 4 to 6 minutes.
It is ready when you can run your finger along the spatula and the curd doesn’t run into the track you just created with your finger. Don’t worry if it looks thin, it will thicken as it cools.
Wrap tightly and cool to room temperature before storing in the refrigerator. Learning how to make lemon curd really is fun. Try the lemon cream recipe below; it’s delicious.


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A lot has changed in the world of Drake since ‘Take Care’. So much so, people mistake drake for being part of the machine. Whilst it is very much the contrary, Drake is the machine. “Give these niggas the look, the verse, and even the hook, That's why every song sound like Drake featuring Drake.” Drake has such an eventful two years it could be argued that it has cemented himself as the most powerful figure in hip hop today- he is, without doubt the most powerful figure in hip hop’s ever growing commercial realm. On this LP he still isn’t comfortable with himself but it’s also very clear that he’s discovered he doesn’t need anyone to like him.
On the opening track ‘Tuscan Leather’ Drake lays out the groundwork; “This is nothin' for the radio, but they'll still play it though, Cause it's that new Drizzy Drake, that's just the way it go.” A six minute track with no chorus or hook, a trait Drake is now extremely accustomed to. Yet for the whole song Drake doesn’t even come close to running out of steam, he only excels, almost boasting. ”Prince Akeem, they throw flowers at my feet, nigga, I could go a hour on this beat, nigga.” Along with the content of the song and the statement that comes with it, its obvious from the get go Drake is dealing with things how he feels fit.
And accordingly we are reintroduced to the side of Drake we have heard before, the sensitive side. A side which he is often criticized for, but never one to shy away from. Its a reminder however big of a force he becomes he will always draw inspiration from his troubles that have followed and haunted him. Whilst this theme is an integral part of Drake and is prominent throughout the whole album, certain tracks such as ‘Furthest Thing’ maybe rely on this too much. After being introduced to a fierce, self assured Drake- that Drake becomes more appealing than this Drake.
On ‘Worst Behavior’ we get to hear angry Drake. The DJ Dahi produced track sees Drake rapping with a harsher tone then usual, asserting himself whilst taking shots at those who doubted him. "Always hated the boy but now the boy is the man, mother fucker I'd grown up.” As the record continues Drake doesn’t shy away from anyone. On ‘Too Much’ he airs out his family troubles, particularly his mother. Accompanied by the sleek vocals of Sampha, its a hard hitting and painfully personal track- nothing short of a triumph.
We are also introduced to the second blockbuster single on the record after the meme-friendly radio smash ‘Started From The Bottom’. ‘Hold on, We’re Going Home’ is a beautiful feel good track, which breaks the mould of the record, but is still very welcome. What would a Drake record be without an anthem or two? Much like the record opener, the ending track is a statement before even giving it a listen. This is down the notable feature of Jay Z. Although ridiculed by some of late, there is no denying Jay is the quintessential kingpin of the hip hop world. And Drake goes toe to toe with him on ‘Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2.’ Whilst Drake breaks down his rise, Jay reminds us he’s still sat on the throne.
‘Nothing Was The Same.’ This title could be interpreted with the context of what has happened to Drake in the last two years, and the heights he has soared to. Or it easily been seen as him cutting ties and starting a new era. Either way, he’s moved on but cemented what a Drake record should sound like. He’s gone from twisting the status-quo to totally redefining it. This album isn’t void of filler and it’s the more generic moments that obstruct it from perfection but it is a fitting showcase for only hip hop artist in the post-Yeezus age that as critics and fans rightfully in the palm of his hand.
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Dr Malcolm Mifsud is partner, Mifsud & Mifsud Advocates
If one can present proof of an official change in their surname abroad, its registration and proof that the changes were effected according to a foreign law, then Maltese law will recognise the change in surname.
This was held by Hon. Judge Lorraine Schembri Orland during the proceedings concerning the parties Dr David Zahra (on behalf of Lidija Cvijetic) vs Director of the Public Registry.
On the 27th of February, the Court heard the pleas by the plaintiff who complained that she could not receive a Maltese passport because the name that she used to register her Certificate of Marriage in Malta did not match the name on her official documents in Serbia, the country where she got married. It was explained to the Court that the plaintiff had married her husband, a Maltese citizen, in Serbia and had retained her maiden surname because she had to travel not long after and did not make the effective changes to her name.
After registering her marriage in Malta, she returned to Serbia and added her husband’s surname to her official registered name. Issues arose when she was informed that although she has acquired Maltese citizenship, she could not obtain her passport. She therefore pleaded with the court to effect the changes to her name, adding her husband’s surname after her maiden one, under a procedure in Article 253 of the Civil Code where the Court may effect necessary changes to a name.
The Court then heard the counterclaim by the defendant who explained to the Court that such changes could only be made effective to names that one uses in everyday life and could not apply to surnames. It was furthermore claimed that authorised changes abroad in the form of Deeds of Change of Name (more commonly known as ‘deed polls’) are not recognised in Malta.
The Court made reference to previous judgements concerning ‘deed polls’ where it was explained that insufficient proof of a registered change in name abroad will lead to a refusal in the official recognition of such changes by Maltese authorities.
Once the defendant received the original marriage certificate and registered the plaintiff under that name, it would not be legally possible for Maltese law to allow the abandoning of a surname in exchange for another. The Court affirmed that the claim that foreign law is to be applied, in this case that the changes should be made effective in Malta in recognition of the Serbian legal changes, must be proven as a fact. It was held that the plaintiff managed to prove, to the satisfaction of the Court, that all of her official documents were changed in Serbia and that she obtained official authorisation from Serbian authorities.
She was therefore granted an official recognition of her change in surname. The Court did, however, hold that expenses were not to be paid by the defendant since there were no mistakes made in the official marriage registration document and therefore all expenses were to be paid by the applicant.

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A westerner's appreciation for Indian film - stories, songs, stars. If you're new to Bollywood, this is a great place to start. No spoilers.


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The Sittin' Up
By Shelia P Moses
(G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, 9780399257230, 208pp.)
Publication Date: January 9, 2014
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When Mr. Bro. Wiley, Bean's adopted grandfather and the last slave man around, dies in the summer of 1940, Bean and his very best friend Pole are some kind of hurt. Everyone in the Low Meadows is. Despite their grief, they are proud and excited to be included in their very first Sittin' Up--a wake for the dead. Bean and Pole know this special week will be one to remember, especially if the coming storm has its way and riles up Ole River enough to flood the Low Meadows right in the middle of Mr. Bro. Wiley's Sittin' Up.
Shelia P. Moses tells her most charming story yet. Laced with humor and a lot of heart, this is an affecting, fun tale from a storytelling master.
Shelia P. Moses is the award-winning author of several books for young readers, including National Book Award Finalist, The Legend of Buddy Bush and I, Dred Scott. She's also the co-author of New York Times bestselling Callus on My Soul, comedian and activist, Dick Gregory's memoir. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
"A rich tapestry . . . the reader always feels wrapped up in the warm arms of this loving cvommunity."--The Horn Book
"A tale of sorrow and hope that recalls the simple pageant of live in a close-knit community."--Kirkus Reviews
"The real value here is fom the evocation of the community and the carefully detailed description of funeral rites and customs from the time period."--BCCB
"A story of a close-knit community on the verge of major changes."--School Library Journal

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Tulcán is the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador. The population of Tulcán is approximately 60,400. Tulcán is known for its hot springs, deep wells, and a 3-acre topiary garden cemetery, the most elaborate topiary in the New World, created in Cupressus sempervirens by José Maria Azael Franco in 1936. The city is the highest in Ecuador, at 2,950 m above sea level.
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From Macaroni Cheese to Mince and Tatties, Strathmore Foods’ NPD manager Manuel Cifredo has a lot on his plate
Where do you work and how long have you worked there?
I am NPD manager for Strathmore Foods, I started here in April 2018. I am responsible for managing the company NPD and innovation agenda, covering both existing products from our core range and new product launches.
This involves dealing with customer requests and collaborating closely with our sales, buying and technical teams to make sure that we get whole ingredients and stay true to the Scottishness of our brand whilst developing innovative concepts.
What does a typical day look like for you?
No two days are the same in our NPD department. The role involves a wide variety of activities such as developing new product concepts, researching new ingredients, testing recipes in our development kitchen or reformulating existing products to comply with upcoming legislation.
We work closely with our production team to ensure a smooth transition from kitchen concepts to factory production. We also hold weekly taste panels and monitor the quality of new launches as well as our current range to ensure that we always deliver great quality.
What excites you at work?
Broadly speaking, a good challenge with whole food at its core.
More specifically, I do enjoy the concept development stage of NPD. Working to a customer brief, coming up with new ideas and finding different ways of using the greatest Scottish ingredients in new recipes that we can add to our core range are just a few examples.
It is also hugely rewarding to see some of those concepts ending up on the shelves of the most important retailers in the UK.
I also greatly enjoy working on reformulation for health projects, where you need to research alternative ingredients and put to work a combination of creativity and technical expertise to ensure that the reformulation does not affect quality or cost.
Strathmore Foods is strongly committed to meet UK-wide health targets and guidelines, and we are now looking to reduce salt and calorie content of some of our meals ahead of the voluntary calorie and salt reduction programme established by the FSA for 2024.
Why do you think customers choose Strathmore Foods products?
We offer consistent high quality and affordable meals using the greatest whole ingredients with a focus on Scottish provenance where possible.
Our McIntosh range is made of long-lasting recipes consumers can trust to taste great and I think this is the reason why customers pick up McIntosh products; we pride ourselves on having a loyal customer base.
What’s your favourite McIntosh variant?
Spicy Macaroni is my favourite one from the classic range, the creaminess of that cheese sauce with a hot and peppery touch is unbeatable.
From the new additions, I really like the Steak & Black Pudding casserole, black pudding is one of my favourite Scottish ingredients and it complements very well the steak and root vegetables from that casserole.
Do you have any exciting developments you can share with us?
This year we have launched four new products so far. We recently launched two new ready meals as part of our McIntosh core range; a hearty Steak & Black Pudding Casserole and a new vegetarian Macaroni Cheese with Leek & Broccoli. We also added a delicious Cheesy Tomato Pasta to our Kidz range and a Steak & Black Pudding pie to our pie range.
We’ve also been working for the past year on an exciting project to stretch the brand into a new category which will hit selves this year in late autumn.
How important is the convenience channel to Strathmore?
Our meals and pies are the perfect convenience products and consequently sell very well in convenience stores across Scotland. I think our brand is so well known, reliable and tasty so consumers choose it instantly when they see it in the chillers.

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My plan started in 1996 as I walked through
On a crisp winter day I was walking again in the area and climbed to a dizzying viewpoint on a hogsback ridge some miles to the north. Stretching to the south before me was a wide valley between two ranges of rocky hills; Caer Caraodoc to the West and Cardington Moor to the East. Only a bridlepath ran through it. I longed to explore. The valley was even called “the wilderness”. Was it really impossible to bring my horse with me some time to this wild and lovely area ?
The first obstacle was transport for Nick. I had a small car and the occasional loan of an elderly Landrover and trailer for local shows but this was only available for a day at a time. Several of my friends were willing to come along on an expedition, sharing the cost of hired transport but a succession of babies (human) and lameness (equine) meant no one else could come for the foreseeable future. However my husband bravely volunteered to be the backup team if I wanted to go it alone. Plucking up courage I spent the carefully saved “horse fund” on a small, elderly horsebox. Luckily, when I had it checked over it turned out that I’d managed to buy something in excellent condition for its age and price.
Over the years I’d spent hours mapping out routes using the pathfinder range of Ordnance Survey maps and collected details of stabling from adverts in the horsey press and the BHS “Bed and breakfast for horses”. I wrote to several in the area to check arrangements and their assessment of the routes I’d planned. These formed a circular route covering 20 miles a day travelling from base to base.
However a 20 mile pleasure ride near home convinced me that my ideas were too ambitious. Twenty miles in driving rain aren’t too bad when you can go home to a hot bath and dry clothes, when the horse can have his rugs and a good feed to warm him. What if we lost our way on unfamiliar ground and the 20 miles became 30? What if we wanted to stop at a pub or to look at the scenery? After all that is what I wanted to see!
Reluctantly the Grand Tour was drastically pruned.
I finally settled for a single base for a four day period at Church Stretton in
The base proved ideal. Nick arrived beside himself with excitement but he relaxed visibly when he saw I’d remembered to bring his tea! The next morning was a different story as horses were brought in from the fields. Nick ate his breakfast in snatched mouthfuls in case he missed anything that was going on.
I was staying at a trail riding centre and was invited out with them over the Long Mynd which proved very helpful as the tracks were steep and narrow and at the top there were a maze of paths made by the sheep and mountain ponies. I had tacked up with all the extra brakes I had. The precaution proved necessary as, after showing that that he could walk up a thousand foot mountain faster than the local horses (who knew better) he then set out to prove that he could gallop across heather faster too. Bless him, he’s Irish Draught and can’t go fast enough to catch a cold, but he certainly tried that day! The trail riding visitors dubbed him “Fiery Nick”! The hilltop gave opportunities for some exhilarating gallops once we’d both learned that there weren’t any rabbit holes lurking under the heather. Mind you there are other hazards and we both jumped a mile when we flushed a red grouse, fortunately in the same direction! An hour at the appropriately named “Horseshoe” pub made a welcome break which would have been difficult to manage alone. A wooded bank across the stream provided a sheltered spot for the horses where we could watch them from the comfort of a bench outside the attractive old pub. The excellent food and drink went down all the better for the exertions of the morning while the horses had shade from the sun. As we climbed back over the hill a buzzard soared overhead, so different from my home near
Riding out in a group was great fun, but on the third and final riding day of our holiday I went out solo in case Nick was more tired than he was prepared to admit in company. I checked a route with my host (also the
Without the company of other horses the pace was far slower. Although we had gained experience of steep rough tracks it was quite different tackling them alone. One precipitous slope brought Nick out in an anxious sweat. He tackled it with care after vocal encouragement and a lot of praise afterward.
Before setting off for home Nick was turned out for a roll while I had yet another pub lunch. Despite all his efforts he was bright and sound the next day.
Yes, we had a wonderful time and I’ve already booked to go again. I’d recommend it as a holiday for any horse owner with a basically sensible horse who does some careful preparation beforehand.

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A Gary, Indiana man is in police custody after shooting a 13-year-old neighbor nine times, killing him on the spot.
The incident occurred on Friday, October, 24, 2014. The suspect, whose name is not being released, came home around 2:30 p.m. to see that his house had been burglarized. In a fit of anger, he began storming throughout the neighborhood, knocking on doors demanding to know who broke into his home.
Around 5 p.m., 13-year-old Kobe Jones was sitting on his porch, laughing at the suspect. It was then that the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him nine times.
He then got into a vehicle with his girlfriend, also unidentified, and left the scene. Two hours later, after police were through processing the scene in front of 13-year-old Jones’ home, he returned.
It was then he and his girlfriend were arrested. Unfortunately, it is possible that he will walk, as none of the neighbors want to come forward as witnesses.
In the meantime, both are being held at Gary City Jail awaiting charges.
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Rupandeep Kaur, 20 weeks pregnant, arrived at a medical clinic looking fatigued and ready to collapse. After being asked her name and address, she was taken to see a physician who reviewed her medical history, asked several questions, and ordered a series of tests including blood and urine. These tests revealed that her fetus was healthy but Kaur had dangerously low hemoglobin and blood pressure levels. The physician, Alka Choudhry, ordered an ambulance to take her to a nearby hospital.
All of this, including the medical tests, happened in 15 minutes at the Peeragarhi Relief Camp in New Delhi, India. The entire process was automated — from check-in, to retrieval of medical records, to testing and analysis and ambulance dispatch. The hospital also received Kaur’s medical records electronically. There was no paperwork filled out, no bills sent to the patient or insurance company, no delay of any kind. Yes, it was all free.
The hospital treated Kaur for mineral and protein deficiencies and released her the same day. Had she not received timely treatment, she may have had a miscarriage or lost her life.
This was more efficient and advanced than any clinic I have seen in the West. And Kaur wasn’t the only patient, there were at least a dozen other people who received free medical care and prescriptions in the one hour that I spent at Peeragrahi in early March.
The facility, called the “mohalla” (or people’s) clinic, was opened in July 2015 by Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal. This is the first of 1,000 clinics that he announced would be opened in India’s capital for the millions of people in need. Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain, who came up with the idea for the clinics, told me he believes that not only will they reduce suffering, but also overall costs — because people will get timely care and not be a burden on hospital emergency rooms.
The technology that made the instant diagnosis possible at Peeragarhi was medical device called the Swasthya Slate . This $600 device, the size of a cake tin, performs 33 common medical tests including blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate, blood haemoglobin, urine protein and glucose. And it tests for diseases such as malaria, dengue, hepatitis, HIV, and typhoid. Each test only takes a minute or two and the device uploads its data to a cloud-based medical-record management system that can be accessed by the patient.
The Swasthya Slate was developed by Kanav Kahol, who was a biomedical engineer and researcher at Arizona State University’s department of biomedical informatics until he became frustrated at the lack of interest by the medical establishment in reducing the cost of diagnostic testing. He worried that billions of people were getting no medical care or substandard care because of the medical industry’s motivation in keeping prices high. In 2011, he returned home to New Delhi to develop a solution.
Kahol had noted that despite the similarities between medical devices in their computer displays and circuits, their packaging made them unduly complex and difficult for anyone but highly skilled practitioners to use. They were also incredibly expensive — usually costing tens of thousands of dollars each. He believed he could take the same sensors and microfluidics technologies that the expensive medical devices used and integrate them into an open medical platform. And with off-the-shelf computer tablets, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence software, he could simplify the data analysis in a way that minimally-trained front-line workers could understand.
By Jan. 2013, Kahol had built the Swasthya Slate and persuaded the state of Jammu and Kashmir, in Northern India, to allow its use in six underserved districts with a population of 2.1 million people. The device is now in use at 498 clinics there. Focusing on reproductive maternal and child health, the system has been used to provide antenatal care to more than 22,000 mothers. Of these, 277 mothers were diagnosed as high risk and provided timely care. Mothers are getting care in their villages now instead of having to travel to clinics in cities.
It may well be time for America to build mohalla clinics in its cities.
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National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden's 2013 mass surveillance revelations caused a drop in website browsing, particularly in internet searches for terms associated with extremism, an example of the most direct evidence yet that the spying operations exposed in the leak had a "chilling effect" on the lawful pursuit of information, an impending report has found.
The paper, due to be published in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, argues that the curtailing of browsing for words like "al-Qaeda," "jihad," "Iraq," and "nuclear enrichment" shows that people have become scared to learn about "important policy matters" due to the fear of government surveillance.
Researchers found "compelling evidence for chilling effects associated with online surveillance," as well as "important insights about how we should understand such chilling effects and their scope, including how they interact with other dramatic or significant events (like war and conflict) and their broader implications for privacy, U.S. constitutional litigation, and the health of democratic society," the paper states.
Lead author Jonathan Penney, a PhD candidate at Oxford, analyzed Wikipedia traffic in the months before and after Snowden's 2013 revelations. He found a 20 percent drop in page views of Wikipedia articles on terrorism, particularly those that mentioned car bombs, the Taliban, or al-Qaeda.
"You want to have informed citizens," Penney told the Washington Post. "If people are spooked or deterred from learning about important policy matters like terrorism and national security, this is a real threat to proper democratic debate."
In the 16 months prior to the first major Snowden stories in June 2013, the articles drew a variable but an increasing audience, with a low point of about 2.2 million per month rising to 3.0 million just before disclosures of the NSA's Internet spying programs. Views of the sensitive pages rapidly fell back to 2.2 million a month in the next two months and later dipped under 2.0 million before stabilizing below 2.5 million 14 months later, Penney found.
The research comes as public opinion increasingly turns against government surveillance. In May 2015, a poll commissioned by the ACLU found that a majority of Americans oppose NSA spying, while a Pew survey found that 87 percent of adults in the U.S. knew of Snowden's revelations.
"I expected to find an immediate drop-off in June, and then people would slowly realize that nobody is going to jail for viewing Wikipedia articles, and the traffic would go back up," Penney continued. "I was surprised to see what looks to be a longer-term impact from the revelations."
In March 2015, the ACLU also filed a lawsuit against the NSA and the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Wikipedia's parent organization and other groups, which argues that mass surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches.
"By tapping the backbone of the Internet, the NSA is straining the backbone of democracy," Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said at the time. "Wikipedia is founded on the freedoms of expression, inquiry, and information. By violating our users' privacy, the NSA is threatening the intellectual freedom that is a central to people's ability to create and understand knowledge."
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I was chatting with the taxi driver, who was eager to point out his city's misgivings and negative aspects. Smog, for example, was hanging above us. It was probably faster to have taken the metro, but then again, the metro is typically packed with people like sardines, and I didn't think that was a good idea especially I had a large backpack with me.
After half an hour, I almost reached the Zocalo. I got off a few blocks south of it, as it became clear that it was faster if I were to just walk from there to where I wanted to go. So I left the taxi.
I was staying for 3 nights in Mexico City. It's time to turn my street smarts.


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Currently Mangosteen is much over supply in Talad-Thai market, Jaruni Booncheun of “JePui 459” store a large Mangosteen wholesaler in Talad-Thai, ASEAN largest farm product wholesale market located at Khlong Luang, district, Pathum Thani unveiled that the price of Mangosteen this year is the lowest price compare with is price in the year 2006 was down to 2.3-3.00 baht/Kg, the price turned better in the following year, until this year it is again facing another huge over supply situation.
The current price of Mangosteen is start from 8 baht/Kg to the highest price at 18-20 baht, even with nice Mangosteen meat quality.The situation turn tougher since Mangosteen’s from Southern 14 provinces distributed to the market since the mid of last month (July).
“Mangosteen price this year is very low, since it given too much irregular yield or could be double compare with the ordinary volume in the past year, that cause over supply and aggravated by the lower purchasing power of people, while some trader who facing difficulty in retailing sale decided to buy directly from farm to get cheaper price, some turned to be wholesaler in state, that made the overall wholesaling of Mangosteen is very bad this year, while the wholesale price make Mangosteen farmer losing by the higher cost of plantation factors”
Mr.Adit Patraprasit Trading Director of Thai Agro Exchange Limited, Talad-Thai’s executive unveiled that Talad-Tai has 95 Mangosteen traders. There are 500-700 tons of Mangosteen/day enter to Talad-Thai market.
“By the huge volume of Mangosteen enter to Talad-Thai each day Talad-Thai decided to open more selling opportunities to the traders by promoting to sell Mangosteen to the pickup car hawker and to the large trader through the transport trucks to the region, including increasing marketing communication for trader to be able to sell more Mangosteen.”
Some non-profit club and organization is also help promoting Mangosteen for donation to support Mangosteen farmers, especially in The South of Thailand that now is the time that plenty of ripe Mangosteen must be sold unless the farmer will lose by the record low price.Energy College Club is a sample group that help promote Mangosteen from Langsuan District, Chumporn province, a South province of Thailand. Members of the Club is helping raising money to buy Mangosteen to donate to many disadvantage homes for Children and Eleders.
Tomorroe (8 August) There are 13 tons of Mangosteen from JingJo Gas Station Langsuan, Chumporn will reach ENCO building where offices of several major energy companies including Energy Ministry and will be available for sales and donation at the price 35 Baht/ Kg or 100 Kg for 3 Kg to support Mangosteen farmers and the under privilege.

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Remote Patient Monitoring
- By Renee Dustman
- In Billing
- December 6, 2018
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What Does it Take to Get Paid?
AMA Morning Rounds (Dec. 5, Henry) discusses remote patient monitoring (RPM) and the “pitfalls you will want to avoid” as your practice implements this latest telehealth service.
The article discusses three “pitfalls” to watch out for:
Key requirements of implementing RPM include the coding and billing aspects, “including knowing codes available for remote patient monitoring and integrating CPT codes into your EHR.”
Coding Remote Patient Monitoring
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized separate payment for CPT code 99091 Collection and interpretation of physiologic data (e.g., ECG, blood pressure, glucose monitory) digitally stored and/or transmitted by the patient and/or caregiver to the physician or other qualified health care professional, qualified by education, training, licensure/regulation (when applicable) requiring a minimum of 30 minutes of time for calendar year 2018.
Per MLN Matters article MM10393, this code is to be billed once per patient during the same service period as chronic care management codes 99487, 99489, and 99490, transitional care management codes 99495 and 99496, and behavioral health integration service codes 99492, 99493, 99494, and 99484.
For new patients or patients not seen by the billing practitioner for a year or more, the practitioner must initiate the RPM service during a face-to-face visit. The practitioner also must obtain advance patient consent for RPM and document consent in the patient’s medical record.
CMS Extends Payment
The code is payable in both non-facility and facility settings. In the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule final rule, CMS extended payment allowance to home health agencies:
CMS is promoting innovation and modernization of home health care by allowing the cost of remote patient monitoring to be reported by home health agencies as allowable costs on the Medicare cost report form. – CMS.gov Newsroom, Oct. 31, 2018
3 New CPT Codes for Remote Monitoring
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NEW DELHI, Aug 10:
A Parliamentary Committee has recommended that senior citizen concessions be reviewed and restored “urgently” at least for sleeper class and AC 3-tier train travel.
In its report submitted on August 4, the Standing Committee on Railways said senior citizens were earlier granted a concession amounting to 40-50 per cent of their railway fares, but the practice was stopped during the COVID-19 crisis.
It also urged the Ministry to give wide publicity to the “give up” scheme, which encourages senior citizens to give up their concessions voluntarily.
The Ministry of Railways in its action-taken report has stated that in view of the pandemic, concession to all categories of passengers (except the four categories of Divyangjan, and 11 categories of patients and students) have been withdrawn.
“Given the reply of the Government, the committee note that as of now, the concession to senior citizens has been withdrawn in view of the pandemic and Covid protocol.
The Committee are of the view that since the Railways are heading towards normalcy, they should consider the concessions granted to different categories of passengers judiciously.
“The Committee desire that concession to senior citizens which was available in pre-COVID times may be reviewed and considered at least in Sleeper Class and III AC urgently, so that the vulnerable and the genuinely needy senior citizens could avail the facility in these classes,” the committee headed by BJP leader Radha Mohan Singh said.
The Railways spends around Rs 2,000 crore on senior citizen concessions annually. (PTI)

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Interview with S+T+ARTS artists-in-residency DECA Architecture for STARTS4Water challenge “Cisterns Know”- Learning from Poulati
Architects Carlos Loperena and Alexandros Vaitsos are two members of DECA Architecture collective that is stationed in Greece. They are the S+T+ARTS artists-in-residency for the Cisterns Know residency hosted by Ohi Pezoume/ UrbanDig Project. They welcome me warmly with a rich introduction of how the two met and reunited years after college. Back in 2001, Carlos was living in New York and Alexandros was in Athens, with plans on going to Japan. “We both, simultaneously, wanted a radical change. And a few weeks later, I was in Greece,” tells Carlos. And so the duo was formed.
“Ever since we met, we have been working together quite a bit: from creating installations to developing joysticks and from focusing on buildings to zooming in on landscapes. Things that really preoccupy us, are dealing with capacity and how to understand it,” says Alexandros. “How changes, like for example the seasons of the year, impact resources and infrastructure required to fulfill your needs. These matters have one common denominator: water.”
They stumbled upon the area of Poulati on the island Sifnos in Greece, which intrigued them for multiple reasons.
“One of the reasons was the enormous infrastructure that has been created throughout thousands of years, due to the hilly environment of the island. The farmers of Poulati created the steep slopes into flat plateaus, to be able to harvest and sustain themselves since the island had no connection to the mainland. Infrastructures like these are found on many islands in Greece. What made Poulati special is the existence of water springs. The infrastructure the stakeholders created also included a system of water management with open air cisterns and small aqueducts. These open air tanks gave the people of Poulati the advantage of transparency. With one glance they would know the capacity and volume of their water stock,” says Carlos.
Another reason why Carlos and Alexandros are so passionate about Poulati, besides the fascinating crafted adaptations to the landscape, is the imminent disappearance of this heritage. “There are only three farmers left. The oldest is 90 and the youngest 70.”
This project will focus on three components: first, the narrative of Poulati, where DECA will engage with the few stakeholders that are left. They will produce a short film to share this narrative and use a 3D printed model of the area of Poulati as their cinema screen.
Second is ‘the apparatus’, a model that allows other people to engage with the narrative. It enables you to observe the quantity and capacity of the tanks from a distance.
And thirdly, the interface: a programmed system to gather and exchange data about the cisterns on the island of Sifnos . On this simple website, visitors can find a map of Sifnos, and see where the registered cisterns are located and their capacity and current volume. Every visitor can add data, a cistern, to the map. This means everybody engages with the community, which at the end of the day makes the map more complete. And this, of course, benefits all parties.
In the near future, the collective will collaborate with water management experts, environmental engineers and topographers. When I asked when their research phase will end, Carlos answered: “it will never end. Why cut off your source of information when it’s that rich and abundant?”
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Toys R Us is revamping its brand positioning to tout the importance of playtime.
The Wayne, New Jersey-based chain filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, but that’s not the reason behind the rebrand, according to chief marketing officer Carla Hassan.
“I believe that we have a beautiful brand that is in need of reinvention,” said Hassan. “We’re in need of driving a little bit more relevancy with our consumer today. … The rebrand was happening way before the news of the restructuring came out. I think the timing is coincidentally symbolic. The fact that we have a tagline that encapsulates our vision, that says ‘Today We Play,’ which is a call to action for people to get up and do something, I feel like that puts us on a bright path for our future to be able to reinvest in our business and improve the customer experience and improve the engagement with our consumers.”
The new positioning, from creative agency BBDO, was born out of insights the brand found that children’s free play has declined in recent years. Toys R Us looked at data that found children’s free time has dropped by 25 percent since 1981 and that kids today spend 5o percent less time in unstructured outdoor activities than children in the 1970s. That’s a problem because when young children play, it helps progress child development.
“When you look at all of that you realize their is an epidemic in this world where kids are not having the time they need to play freely,” said Hassan. “What better way for us as a leader in this industry [than to become] champions of play?”
To roll out the new positioning, the brand has a new 30-second spot directed by Shawn Levy that showcases the joy of playtime. The effort will also include experiential elements, partnerships, technology initiatives and digital ads.
One of the brand’s partnerships includes a curated content strategy with a partner, Playworks, that will include blog posts, checklists, play recipes and family games. “In…


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From the News Service of Florida:
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has decided against challenging Gov. Rick Scott in the 2014 elections, he announced Wednesday.
"So, after careful consideration, I've decided that I will not run for governor," Dyer said to applause at the end of his annual "State of the City" address. "I believe that I have a responsibility to the people of Orlando to finish what we started."
Dyer said at the Democratic National Convention last year that he was considering a gubernatorial bid. He said Wednesday that he had come to a decision after thinking about whether his time would be better spent on the campaign trial or working at City Hall.
"When you boil it down to that question, the decision was remarkably easy," he said.
Dyer is the latest Democratic hopeful to pour cold water on the idea of a run in 2014; former state Chief Financial Officer and 2010 gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink said last week that she was far less likely to run after the death of her husband, Bill McBride. Former Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat, is considered likely to be the party's frontrunner, particularly if Sink decides not to run.


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Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced the arrest of a man who illegally trafficked untraceable firearms known as “ghost guns” in the area of Paterson. Ghost guns, which are outlawed in New Jersey, are assembled from kits that can be purchased online.
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs (the “Division”) today announced that they have reached settlements with two car dealerships resolving alleged violations of the Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”), the Used Car Lemon Law, and other regulations governing the sale and advertising of motor vehicles.
NEWARK - Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“the Board”) has temporarily suspended the license of a Bergen County doctor following his arrest on charges of sexually assaulting two female patients during office visits.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of Mr. Norman Dobres 55, of Hasbrouck Heights, on charges of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault By Sexual Contact, and Endangering The Welfare Of A Minor.


Youth Orchestra Spring Concert Program Notes
Clara Griffin: Russian Overture
I was inspired to write this piece while I was listening to Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture. I love the majestic feeling of the piece, and how he uses different timbres to create interesting effects, so I stylistically modeled my overture after his. However, I also drew influence from other Russian composers such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky. In addition, I took elements from some more contemporary composers, such as Dmitry Kabalevsky and Sergei Prokofiev. The combination of all these Russian styles, from the sweeping melodies of Tchaikovsky to the brash dissonance of Prokofiev, gave me vision to compose Russian Overture.
~ Russian Overture notes by Clara Griffin
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881): “Andante” (first movement) from Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31
A child prodigy, Vieuxtemps made his debut as a violinist at age six. From then on, his life was one of constant travel, first to Liege and Brussels, then Paris and on to Germany and Austria.
Vieuxtemps made three triumphant tours of the United States, even composing a set of Variations on Yankee Doodle. He was soloist to the Czar of Russia and professor at the Brussels Conservatory. He died in Algiers in 1881.
Vieuxtemps’ countless performances as a virtuoso violinist created a tremendous demand for music, most of which he wrote himself. Of his seven violin concertos, the fourth was his personal favorite. He wrote it in St. Petersburg in 1849 and dedicated it “To His Majesty Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia.”
Vieuxtemps introduced the concerto in December, 1851 in Paris. Berlioz noted that the soloist “showed himself no less remarkable as a composer than he was incomparable as a virtuoso.” He called he work “a magnificent symphony for orchestra with principal violin.”
The concerto is in four movements. After an orchestral introduction, the solo violin enters with an extended recitative, followed by an accompanied song and a brilliant cadenza.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Early in 1880 Tchaikovsky was in Rome, writing music and letters. To his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck, he mentioned “a rough sketch of an Italian Caprice based on popular tunes. Some I found in published collections, some I picked up with my own ears in the streets; the whole thing should sound effective, and I think ought to be successful.”
Tchaikovsky was staying at the Hotel Constanti, which overlooked the barracks of the Royal Italian Cuirassiers, whose bugle calls inspired the opening fanfare of Capriccio Italien. Begun on January 16, 1880, the work was sketched in a single week, but not completely finished until May 27, after his return to Russia.
Capriccio Italien was first played by the Russian Musical Society, under Nikolai Rubinstein’s direction, on December 18, 1880 in Moscow. “Its success was incontestable,” Tchaikovsky wrote to von Meck, “although criticism varied greatly as to its merits, and the least favorable described it as being marred by `coarse and cheap’ effects. In St. Petersburg, where it was given a few weeks later, it met with scant appreciation.”
After the St. Petersburg performance, composer César Cui wrote: “The Capriccio is certainly no work of art, but it is a valuable gift to the programs of open-air concerts.” Tchaikovsky reciprocated with his own left-handed compliment: “Cui is a gifted amateur. His music is not original, but it is graceful and elegant. We cannot deny that he is talented.”
Biographer Edwin Evans writes: “The Capriccio Italien is a bundle of Italian folk-tunes…a piece of music which relies entirely on its orchestration for its effects; its musical value is comparatively slight, but the colouring is so vivid and so fascinating, and the movement throughout so animated, that one does not realize this when listening to the work. It is only afterwards that one experiences certain pangs of regret that such a rich garment should bedeck so thin a figure.”
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904): Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
In August of 1889, Dvořák remarked that his “head was so full of ideas” for a new symphony that he could hardly write them down fast enough. By the following November, his Eighth Symphony was finished. The first performance was given in Prague, under the composer’s direction, on February 2, 1890.
The work is sometimes called the “English” Symphony, for a number of reasons. First, during his sixth visit to London, Dvořák conducted it on April 24, 1890. A year later, Dvořák conducted the Eighth Symphony when Cambridge University gave him an honorary Doctor of Music degree. “I do not like these celebrations,” he later recalled, “and when I have to be in one of them, I am on pins and needles…. Nothing but ceremony, and nothing but doctors. All faces were serious, and it seemed to me as if no one knew any other language than Latin.”
Despite its English connections, biographer John Clapham notes that “there is nothing in the music itself that by any stretch of the imagination can be described as English. Its spirit and thematic basis are thoroughly Czech…. Starting with an expressive funereal melody in G minor, the sunshine suddenly breaks through when the flute plays a light-hearted theme in the major key…. In the next movement, it is the Adagio’s quiet initial phrase which for a while shatters the idyllic peace. A gracious waltz with a rustic trio takes the place of a scherzo; and the work is rounded off with a somewhat freely organized set of variations.”
~ Program Notes by Charley Samson, copyright 2016.


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Coronavirus drives essential federal employees to sue government for hazard pay
WASHINGTON - There is an increasing number of calls from essential workers for higher pay as they are exposed to coronavirus-related risks in the course of performing their daily tasks.
The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of all its members who were exposed to coronavirus – a “virulent biological” – while performing their jobs. The plaintiffs worked for the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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“Each day front-line federal employees willingly risk their health and their families’ health to provide critical services to the American people,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in a statement. “It is our hope that the government does right by these employees and pays them the hazardous duty pay they’ve earned.”
Hazard pay is a form of additional compensation given to employees who are asked to remain at work despite dangerous conditions.
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According to the Commerce Department, hazard pay cannot exceed 25 percent of the employee’s rate of basic pay for the day.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are seeking the 25 percent pay differential.
According to the group, there are likely thousands who would qualify for the pay.
On Monday, President Trump mentioned potentially giving health care workers hazard pay as they help Americans fight against the virus.
Truck drivers have raised the prospect of hazard pay as they continue to haul freight to destinations ranging from hospitals to residences, ss have workers in the waste management industry, who deal directly with waste thrown out by infected people, and regulated medical waste.
Last week, waste management workers in Pittsburgh refused to work, asking the city for more protection and hazard pay.
A number of companies have already begun offering employees increased pay. Retailers Costco and Target, for example, have said they will pay employees an extra $2 per hour until April 5 and May 2, respectively. Walmart will give $300 bonuses to full-time workers and $150 to part-time employees.