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The budget committee of the Bundestag adjusts the budget for 2023. The debt curb must be respected again, even though an additional loan of 46 billion euros is planned.
The federal budget for 2023 is in effect. The Bundestag’s budget committee sat together for more than 18 hours without interruption for the final consultation and early Friday morning finally managed to mark the budget. Plans predict spending of almost 480 billion euros for the next year. The federal government is taking on new loans on a large scale, but officially it is once again in compliance with the rules of debt restraint. A mirror.
What did the owners of the house decide? In the final “adjustment session”, the Bundestag’s budget experts went over the government’s draft budget and made various changes. For the next year, expenses of 476.3 billion euros are planned. This is 31 billion more than Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) initially proposed. 13 billion euros more are available for investment than originally planned. Given the sharp increase in energy and food costs as a result of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the federal government is cutting taxes on a large scale, disbursing aid and increasing social benefits to ease the financial burden of citizens. More money is also available for foreign policy and development. All this is reflected in the budget. “This budget stands for social justice, climate protection and freedom at the turn of the century,” said a joint statement on Friday by traffic light owners Dennis Rohde (SPD), Sven-Christian Kindler (Greens) and Otto Fricke (FDP). . . The 2023 budget will be voted on in the plenary session of the Bundestag on November 25.
How much new debt will the federal government take on in the next year? Additional loans of around 46 billion euros are planned as part of the budget. Finance Minister Lindner had originally planned only new debts of about 17 billion euros. However, the debt curb rules will be respected again for the first time since 2019. This is particularly important for the FDP and its finance minister, the other two coalition parties are much less strict on this matter. The debt brake provided for in the Basic Law limits new state borrowing in normal economic times. However, in exceptional situations, deviations can be made – which the federal government has regularly done on a large scale since 2020 due to the corona pandemic. In the coming year, the debt curb should officially come into effect again. However, the budget legislator – ie. The Bundestag – is making full use of the space allowed. Because of the gloomy economic outlook, he can get more money in the capital markets than in times when the economy is running smoothly.
Why is the debt brake applied only “formally”? At the end of 2022, the federal government created two extensive, debt-financed shadow budgets: the special fund for the Bundeswehr in the amount of 100 billion euros and the shield against high energy prices (double boom) in the amount of 200 billion. euros. Both are a reaction to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and are temporary. And significant funding will flow from both in 2023. But that happens outside of the federal budget. Among other things, the planned gas price curb will be paid for by the protective shield.
What are the biggest items in the budget? Traditionally, the federal government spends most of its money on labor and social issues. 166 billion euros are calculated for this. The regular budget of the Ministry of Defense is said to be around 50 billion euros. The Ministry for Digital and Transport will receive almost 36 billion euros.
What does the opposition say? The Union, AfD and Linke strongly criticized the decisions of the coalition budget holders on Friday. The budget spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Christian Haase (CDU), criticized the fact that the traffic light wants to make full use of the space for new borrowing. “Nothing illegal is happening. But being able to take on debt doesn’t mean you have to take it on.” AfD House Clerk Peter Boehringer said there were “too many accounting tricks and too many side budgets” in the budget. Left-wing MP Gesine Lötzsch criticized the budget as socially unbalanced and called for a tax reform aimed mainly at the wealthy.

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Legal luminaries campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty for criminals across Africa have urged the continent’s capital defense lawyers to do everything they can to eliminate the possibility of their clients receiving the death penalty. I appealed to them to do so.
Experts gathered in Abuja for a three-day workshop to train criminal defense lawyers in Nigeria and Ghana to provide quality legal services to individuals facing the most serious challenges. We spoke with a diverse group of legal professionals who are committed to providing lawyers with the skills and knowledge they need. result.
The workshop, organized by Hope Behind Bars Africa, Legal Aid and Prisoner Rehabilitation Center, and Inclusion Project, was themed ‘Defending those facing the death penalty’.
According to organizers, the workshop, funded in part by the Makwanyane Institute Stewardship Grant, will not only strengthen the expertise and dedication of legal professionals, but will also enable participants to It also aims to encourage the extension of expertise to the poor in need.
Mr. Oluwafunke Adeoye, Founder of Hope Behind Bars Africa, who noted that the death penalty is an absolute punishment, said that if people accused of these crimes cannot afford an adequate legal defense, it is He regretted that this would become a big problem.
According to Adeoye, it was for this reason that the appropriate group of organizations decided to form a partnership to train lawyers to effectively represent their clients in court.
Mohamed Munir Kassim, senior partner at Obour Minta & Co. in Accra, acknowledged that representing death row inmates may not be a pleasant experience, but said the process was a very noble aspect of the legal profession. He pointed out that.
Mr Kassim stressed the need for capital defense lawyers to be trained, encouraged and supported in Africa.
Mr. Aladesanmi Joke Olamiposi, Founder and Executive Director of CELSIR, during a training on ‘Cross-Examination Techniques’, said that despite many adversarial relationships, it is possible to extract testimony from witnesses in proving a case. He appealed to all participants about the need to consider all possible ethical measures. Please refer.
“As a human rights lawyer, it is incumbent upon you to remain calm, calm, professional and respectful even when faced with hostile or uncooperative witnesses. Avoid argument and confrontation.” she advised them.
Pamela Okoroigwe, co-founder of the Inclusion Project, who trained participants on plea bargaining, said: “The myth of the capital trial lawyer does not exist. A good capital defense lawyer will do everything possible to eliminate the possibility that their client will receive a death sentence. Negotiating a plea is an important part of this It is an important part of our advocacy efforts.”
Workshop participants also received a film screening of “Just Mercy,” the story of a defender of America’s capital who overcame all odds to represent a death row inmate. The training utilized role plays, group discussions, and in-depth interactive sessions.

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Memorial Day Weekend Montgomery Gentry’s Eddie Montgomery will host “The Gift,” a two-hour radio special presented by Fisher House in recognition of those who have given so much for our freedom. Listeners can tune in to country radio stations across the country in such markets as Chicago, Houston, San Jose, Louisville, Lexington, Boston, Orlando, Poughkeepsie, Sacramento, Nashville and more.
Along with hits from country’s biggest stars, “The Gift” features some very special military guests who share their inspiring stories with the audience.
“I’m truly honored to host this radio special and help shine a light on how the folks at Fisher House help military families and veterans,” said Eddie Montgomery. “The need is great, and what they provide is immeasurable.”
About Montgomery Gentry
Average Joes Entertainment’s acclaimed Montgomery Gentry released their long-awaited studio album, “Here’s To You,” on February 2, 2018. With 20 plus charted singles, the Kentucky-born duo has earned CMA, ACM, and GRAMMY awards and nominations with undeniable blue collar anthems like “Hell Yeah,” “My Town,” and “Hillbilly Shoes.” They’ve notched five No. 1 singles, “If You Ever Stop Loving Me,” “Something To Be Proud Of,” “Lucky Man,” “Back When I Knew It All” and “Roll With Me.” They were inducted as Grand Ole Opry members in 2009 and were inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
For more about Montgomery Gentry, visit www.montgomerygentry.com, engage with the band on Facebook, @mgunderground on twitter, @montgomerygentry on instagram and on YouTube.
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Fisher House Foundation also operates the Hero Miles Program, using donated frequent flyer miles to bring family members to the bedside of injured service members as well as the Hotels for Heroes program using donated hotel points to allow family members to stay at hotels near medical centers without charge. The Foundation also manages a grant program that supports other military charities and scholarship funds for military children, spouses and children of fallen and disabled veterans.


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No matter what shape the American healthcare system might take in the coming years, it will certainly involve the expanded use of electronic health records (EHR).
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) lists health information technology and the meaningful, secure exchange and use of electronic information at the top of its management and performance challenges for 2017 and beyond.
Specific health IT challenges for the near future include:
- Ensuring privacy and security of information
- Improving the flow of complete, accurate, timely information
- Guarding against fraud
- Encouraging the electronic exchange of data.
Practitioners in the field of health informatics can help meet those challenges. In fact, as more hospitals and insurance companies move to an EHR model, health informatics could become more important than ever as lawmakers grapple with how best to meet the increasingly complex healthcare demands of the American people.
Health informatics is the implementation of digital technology for gathering, storing and sharing medical data. The field got a legislative boost when the federal government incentivized the use of EHR for hospitals and other healthcare organizations as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009.
Because of those federal incentives, 2017 marks a milestone for health informatics in the U.S. By the end of the year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are mandated to have electronic health records ready to go or risk losing their EHR incentive risk losing their EHR incentives in 2018.
To that end, one anticipated trend for 2017 is for organizations in the beginning or middle stages of EHR implementation to ramp up their efforts to maintain their eligibility for federal funding.
Here are a few other health informatics trends to watch for in the coming year:
More sophisticated verification of the efficacy of health apps. With more than 165,000 health and fitness apps available for digital purchase from Google and Apple, the use of smartphones and other mobile devices for health purposes already is well-established.
A 2016 study out of Australia’s Deakin University investigated the current body of knowledge about health apps. It concluded that in order to understand how effective apps are at improving health, betters methods of evaluation are necessary.
As app developers seek an edge in the increasingly competitive mobile health app field, look for them to continue to seek more accurate, reliable means to verify the efficacy of their products. As the industry matures, a richer data set should help consumers understand exactly what they’re getting for their money.
Greater focus on cybersecurity. The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee focused strongly in 2016 on perceived security and privacy vulnerabilities of EHR. Specifically, hearings were held to examine the security of the “internet of things,” or wirelessly connected devices – including medical devices.
A statement issued to committee members by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) warned that without increased sharing of information and best practices, “tens of thousands” of interconnected medical devices would become increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
Look for chief security officers from medical device manufacturers to work more closer with government agencies to improve methods of data exchange and communication among healthcare providers. The U.S. congress will continue to explore ways to implement protective regulation while supporting rigorous innovation in the face of ransomware and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Services) attacks.
Expanded and more-detailed record sharing (interoperability). The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (OCN) submitted a report to Congress in 2016 emphasizing the importance of interoperability in the healthcare field.
Interoperability involves the seamless flow of electronic health information among public and private stakeholders through simple-to-use systems made possible by recent technological advances. Having already established interoperability standards, the OCN’s new report emphasized several goals for the coming cycle:
- Support patient rights to access and control their personal health data
- Expose and eliminate the the practice of information blocking by public and private healthcare providers
- Promote transparency and technological innovation
- Improve the security, reliability and accountability of health IT entities.
Look for the emphasis on interoperability to accelerate in 2017 as public and private agencies seek to streamline their record-sharing procedures.


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Dillon Gee of the Mets has embraced a new training regimen. And you can read all about it over at NJ.com. His trenchant analysis of it:
“Pilates is awesome,” Gee said. “You think it’s for chicks, and it should be easy — and it’s hard.”
I guess Pilates is not one of those things like yoga that improves both the body and the mind. Oh well.


AES SX303 Sampler Kit
A modification that turns your digital delay into a sampler.
Those of you who cannot afford an Akai sampler but are bitten by the sampling bug may be interested in a digital delay modification marketed by an Essex company, Audio Engineering Services, that transforms your delay into a sampler.
The SX303, once fitted, consists of a small controller unit which connects to a multipin connector on the back of the DDL. The electronics are on a small board that fits inside the delay line. The SX303 can be fitted to most delays except Eventides.
The control unit consists of two rotary knobs and two push buttons. The first will select the mode in which the DDL will act. In normal mode the sampling circuitry will be bypassed and the delay will behave in its unmodified form. One turn to the left switches in the 303's sampling circuitry. Set in Sample mode the samples can be triggered from a signal sent to the units input or by a control voltage from a keyboard. The samples will then sound for the full duration of the sample time.
The other setting is Hold which is identical to sampling mode except that the duration of the playback of a sample is dependent on how long the note on the keyboard is held.
Of the other controls one is used for adjusting the pitch of the sample, one is for manual triggering (Play) and one for the recording of the samples (Record).
A sample is made by sending a sound to the DDL's input: When the input level has been adjusted for optimum quality, the 303 is set to sample by pressing the Record button which then samples automatically. The quality of the samples is dependent on the delay being used. For example, a delay that has a maximum delay time of 480ms and a bandwidth of 8kHz can be used to get a sample of 480ms duration with 8kHz bandwidth.
Samples can be overdubbed by sampling the first sound in the normal way and then turning the DDL s feedback control on full and resampling another sound. This second sample will be sampled on top of the first sample (entered into the memory by being re-recorded via the feedback circuitry). Quality deteriorates as more layers are added.
Audio Engineering Services also offer a cheaper model for £89 but samples cannot be sampled from the keyboard's CV output. The company will fit the kit for £35 (London area only) DDLs can also be sent to a branch of Future Music, or: AES, at (Contact Details). Fitting takes approximately two weeks and is free of charge.
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The president of the United States, always accompanied by a military aide carrying a satchel containing nuclear launch codes, has sole authority to order nuclear warfare or respond in kind to such an enemy attack.
Now, lawmakers of the current president’s own party are asking President Joe Biden to surrender that unilateral power.
Giving one person such authority “entails real risks,” according to a letter endorsed by 31 Democratic members of the House. “Past presidents have threatened to attack other countries with nuclear weapons or exhibited behavior that causes other officials to express concerns about the president's judgment.”
The letter, led by Representatives Jimmy Panetta and Ted Lieu, both from California, calls for officials, such as the vice president and speaker of the House, to concur with a launch order before it can be issued.
“My colleagues and I are requesting a straightforward review of our nation’s nuclear command-and-control structure to determine how we can have a safer nuclear weapons launch authority, not to jeopardize but to enhance and bolster our national security,” said Panetta in a statement to VOA on Thursday.
“Based on our president’s distinguished record and leadership on nuclear arms control, for our country’s nuclear forces, we’re recommending that he continue his thoughtful and professional analysis of ways for additional checks and balances within the nuclear command-and-control structure.”
The letter, which was sent to the White House on Monday, “proposes several alternatives to investing the president with the sole, unchecked and final authority to order the use of nuclear weapons,” Jeffrey Lewis, a professor and a director at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California, told VOA. “Any of the alternatives would be better than the current arrangement.”
On January 8, two days after a mob supporting then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her fellow Democrats she had spoken with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “about preventing an unstable president” from ordering a launch of nuclear weapons.
"The situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy," Pelosi said in a letter.
The letter to Biden from the Democratic lawmakers, including two members of the House Armed Services Committee, mentions Trump by name only in the footnotes, as well as referring to concerns about the mental stability of President Richard Nixon shortly before he resigned in August 1974.
“Since there are inherent risks in the present system, as was made apparent by our ex-president, it’s our responsibility in Congress to ensure that the administration conducts this type of review in order to have a safer, more secure nuclear weapons launch authority,” Panetta told VOA.
“The old argument was that it was safe to give the president this power because the election was the ultimate safeguard,” Lewis said. “Trump’s election shows that an unfit, amoral and dangerous person can, in fact, gain power in the United States.”
Trump, during a period of feuding with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, boasted that his nuclear button was “much bigger” and “more powerful” than the one possessed by Kim.
The proposed change is being criticized by three prominent Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee.
In their statement, Liz Cheney, Mike Rogers and Mike Turner contend “the president of the United States must have the exclusive ability to command and control our nuclear deterrent. Democrats’ dangerous efforts suggesting a restructuring of our nuclear command-and-control process will undermine American security, as well as the security of our allies.”
The Democrats’ recommendations, “if enacted, would leave Americans vulnerable, destabilize the nuclear balance and shake our allies’ confidence in the nuclear umbrella,” according to the three Republicans. “Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping would cheer if the United States adopted such a unilateral restriction.”
John Maurer, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is also concerned about altering how a president can respond.
“More important than speed is predictability,” Maurer told VOA. “Deterring adversaries requires that adversaries know that American warheads will fly under certain circumstances. Perhaps more importantly, reassuring American allies requires that American warheads fly under certain circumstances in their defense.”
American law already contains provisions that can check presidential launch authority, according to Maurer, who is also a professor of strategy and security studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at Air University, headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base.
“The vice president and Cabinet can suspend a president's powers under the 25th Amendment if they are really concerned about his mental state, which effectively suspends his ability to launch nuclear attacks,” Maurer said. “American military officers can also refuse to carry out unlawful orders. A blanket check on presidential authority is unlikely to accomplish much more than these existing provisions already do.”
Maurer added, “It’s not clear to me that a check on the president's nuclear authority by Congress would be constitutional. The Constitution establishes that the president is the commander in chief of the U.S. military, so Congress' ability to tell him what to do with nuclear weapons under military control may be limited.”
Ankit Panda, a nuclear policy senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, argued that while sole authority made sense during the Cold War, times and circumstances have changed.
“In the post-Cold War environment — and in particular, after President Trump — sole authority is seen as a liability,” Panda told VOA. “First-strike concerns are less acute. Command and control is robust and still modernizing. So, the U.S. can and should explore alternative postures.”
No choice, when it comes to the authority for launching nuclear weapons, will be entirely risk-free, Panda acknowledged, “but we need to think about what kinds of risk we’re willing to live with when it comes to our own nuclear posture.”
“I would certainly have to look at the letter and talk to our national security team,” replied White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki when asked on Friday aboard Air Force One about the Democrats’ letter. “I have not seen the letter. I can talk to them and see if we can get you a response.”
VOA White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara contributed to this report.


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NO MERCI: Little Simz has been on a merciless run since her 2021 album “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert,” and this month, she’ll be performing tunes from her latest project, “No Thank You,” at the Masquerade.
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The Arizona Wildcats advanced to their 18th Sweet 16 appearance with the 69-60 victory over Saint Mary’s on Saturday night in an NCAA Tournament West Regional second-round game in Salt Lake City.
It is the fifth time in Sean Miller’s eight seasons at Arizona that the Wildcats have gone to the Sweet 16. In three of the four previous times, Arizona advanced to the Elite Eight. The lone loss was Ohio State’s last-second 73-70 win in 2013.
Arizona, the No. 2 seed, advances to play No. 11 seed Xavier — Miller’s former school — on Thursday night in San Jose. No. 1 Gonzaga faces No. 4 West Virginia in the other Sweet 16 game. Times and television stations are yet to be announced.
The following are notes and numbers pertaining to the Arizona Wildcats after their grind-it-out win over the Gaels:
— Arizona’s best interior defender is evolving into Lauri Markkanen, who posted up strong against dominant Saint Mary’s post player Jock Landale. Markkanen had two blocked shots against Landale, who had 19 points and 11 rebounds but had to work hard for those numbers. Markkanen nearly matched Landale with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Markkanen’s two blocked shots gives him seven in the last six games after he achieved only 12 in the previous 29 games.
“Got a little bit more comfortable as the game went on,” Markkanen said of his matchup against Landale. “I just tried to be as physical as I can and don’t let him get the ball. But of course, he can get it sometimes. He’s a good player.”
Arizona coach Sean Miller adds $50,000 bonus as Wildcats beat Saint Mary's to reach NCAA men's Sweet 16. He's at $265,000 in bonuses so far
— Markkanen leads the Wildcats with six double-doubles. His teammates combine for six. Dusan Ristic, as a 7-foot starting center in the Pac-12, has only two. Watching the game it’s obvious that Sean Miller and assistant Joe Pasternack get frustrated when Ristick is not active with his feet. As he has all season, Ristic held his own offensively making 6 of 9 shots from the field.
— Markkanen’s seven defensive rebounds tie for third-most in Arizona’s NCAA tournament history. Aaron Gordon holds the record of 12 against Wisconsin in the 2014 Elite Eight game that went into overtime. It’s interesting to note that Miller-coached players are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 (Kaleb Tarczewski with eight against Harvard in 2013), and are four of the seven tied for third, including Markkanen now.
— Arizona won despite manufacturing only four assists, a season low. The previous low was seven against Gonzaga and Michigan State. Kadeem Allen did not record an assist and Parker Jackson-Cartwright had only one in a combined 58 minutes of playing time. That’s a credit to the stringent man-to-man defense Saint Mary’s plays with constant movement and switches.
The four assists was one shy of tying the dubious Arizona NCAA tournament record of three when the Wildcats beat Ole Miss in a 2001 Sweet 16 game.
— One of the keys was Arizona limiting the 3-point shooting of Saint Mary’s to only 23.8 percent (5 of 21). Entering the game, Arizona ranked No. 21 nationally allowing opponents to shoot only 31.1 percent from beyond the arc.
“North Dakota really prepared us for tonight,” Miller said. “They made ten 3’s. They were a very difficult team to defend. They have a number of players like Saint Mary’s that can shoot the three. I think our players learned a team like that who moves the ball and has such great movement, your margin for error is razor thin.”
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— Remember how woeful Arizona’s free throw shooting was in Las Vegas last week? What happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas with that. The Wildcats made crucial free throws in the second half to ward off Saint Mary’s. They made 11 of 13 in the half and 19 of 23 in the game. They made eight straight free throws in the second half until Allonzo Trier made one of two with 57 seconds left and Allen made one of two with 46 seconds remaining. At that point, however, Arizona was up by eight and not in immediate danger.
The most important stat: Arizona outscored Saint Mary’s 19-5 at the free throw line. The Gaels finished 5 of 8 from the stripe.
“Our advantage was driving,” Miller said. “Our advantage, I think eventually was to be able to get the ball inside. And I think getting the ball to the basket, whether it be on drive or post catch, we delivered. We scored. We got fouled.
“And I think that was the big difference. In the first half we weren’t nearly as good in getting the ball on drives and into the post. In the second half we were. These guys were both a big part of that.”
— Xavier’s strength is rebounding. The Musketeers (24-13) entered Saturday’s game against Florida State ranked No. 17 nationally in rebounding margin (6.7 a game). Forward Rashid Gaston leads Xavier with 6.1 rebounds a game and guard Trevon Bluiett is next at 5.7 a game. This will be yet another challenge for Arizona, which must limit the Musketeers’ second chances. Arizona out-rebounded Saint Mary’s and kept the second-chance points to a minimum, with the Gaels winning that category barely at 11-9.
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Gas Can Exchange
NIRPC offers an annual gas can exchange program in cooperation with the Household Hazard Waste Collection Program. While the Household Hazardous Waste Program collects antifreeze, oils, and other hazardous waste, NIRPC provides the opportunity to bring in an old gas can for a new own.
Why does NIRPC want your old gas cans?
Old leaky gas cans are a major contributor to air pollution, particularly ozone formation. By bringing in your old gas can you are helping the environment and the air quality in your area.
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The gas can that NIRPC exchanges your old gas can for is a 2.5 gallon CARB gas can. These gas cans are leak-proof and no-spill. They are also made of a thicker plastic that prevent harmful gases from leaking through the plastic, which is a major problem with other older gas cans. In addition to preventing ozone formation, the leak-proof design helps prevent stormwater run-off.
What does the Household Hazardous Waste Collection collect?
The Household Hazardous Waste Collections collect the following: Aerosols, Automotive Supplies, Batteries, Corrosive, Mercury Containing Products, Paint and Related Products, Pesticides, and Waste Fuels. They will not take Ammunition and Explosive or Commercial Hazardous Waste (such as latex paint). Call 1-800-946-4449 or 1-219-326-1425 for more information on this programs.

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Art of Greek Cookery St Paul's Greek Church Hempstead
Art of Greek Cookery Cookbook - St-Paul's Greek Orthodox Church Hempstead NY is a vintage church cookbook loaded with Greek recipes. It was a success in the 60's and remains a great Greek recipe book for today. This cookbook made a great splash when initially privately published by the Church Recipe Committee as The Grecian Gourmet. Later this enlarged edition was published under the name Art of Greek Cookery.
Format: Hardcover, 234 pages
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Author: The Women of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church of Hempstead, New York
Description: The Greek's zest for good living, good food, and good wine has given his country a culinary art of great distinction. It is an infinitely interesting cuisine, yet little has been written of its intricacies and characteristic flavors. Recipes for the most part have been handed down from mother to daughter, without being formally recorded in a cookbook for modern Greek homemakers or for anyone else wishing to duplicate the dishes in his own kitchen. Today, more than ever, people are visiting Greece and the Greek Islands, returning with haunting memories of delicate pastries, skewered lamb flavored with oregano and garlic, tantalizing casseroles, and delicious vegetables bathed in rich golden sauces.
They, as well as many American homemakers with an inquisitive palate and a desire to increase their repertoire of cooking, will find infinite pleasure between the pages of this book.
The Art of Greek Cookery is composed of family recipes, tested and perfected in American kitchens for American cooks. Many dishes nearly forgotten through the years have been included.
Some of the mouth-watering recipes are the famous Greek dessert baklava, made with phyllo pastry, nuts, and honey; dolmadakia, stuffed grape vine leaves; moussaka, the popular eggplant and meat dish; and pastichio, made with macaroni, meat, and a rich cream sauce. Also included are special menus; a shopper's guide; an authoritative explanation of Greek feast days, customs, and traditions; and a calendar of major Greek feast days and holidays. The book is delightfully illustrated by Art Seiden.
Here is a wholly authentic book on Greek cuisine -- another outstanding addition to the highly popular Art of. . . Series of specialty cookbooks.
Condition: No dust jacket. Back cover dented along top area. Inside opening blank spread has very faint stain. Further good condition.
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OUR FOUNDATION NEWS. Harvests Helping Ecolodges Indonesia Survive. The bountiful rain has given a good harvest of rice at the KELIMUTU CRATER LAKES ECOLODGE Farmes and his family worked hard at keeping the Ecolodge rice terraces clean and in good repair, giving a good harvest to be divided between the family and the Lodge, helping augment wages. In addition there have been good harvests of green beans, on the land so carefully prepared by our […]
OUR FOUNDATION NEWS – Update on Agricultural programs. The Ecolodges in Flores and Sumatra end the year on a happy note.
OUR FOUNDATION NEWS – Update on Agricultural programs. The Ecolodges in Flores and Sumatra end the year on a happy note. The rice harvest is golden in the sun, ready for harvesting before Christmas. This gives the family who work the land an income, and a percentage goes to The Kelimutu Crater Lakes Ecolodge, assisting with wages. Frenki, our hardworking security man has grown a magnificent crop of green beans on lodge land, selling 10 […]
OUR FOUNDATION NEWS HOW TO PLANT A TREE- The culmination of the Forest Management Training Course, Rimba, Kalimantan.
OUR FOUNDATION NEWS HOW TO PLANT A TREE- The culmination of the Forest Management Training Course, Rimba, Kalimantan. The course has been very enthusiastically supported not only by our own Eco Lodges staff, but village participants. As proof of their learning each has planted a tree from the seedlings grown by Harapan village, some quite tall as they have been growing for over a year. The seedlings Covid and then governmental problems with illegal Carbon […]
UPDATE ON THE FOREST MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTRE, RIMBA. If you want to plant a forest, where do you start? First you need an area to plant. This is in Kalimantan, (Borneo) in the 130,000 hectares burned in the massive fires of 2015. Then you need money for wages of staff, equipment oats for transport, a camp for workers…. Some money is coming in from special people, our donors to the Indonesia Conservation Foundation–Our World, to […]
A SPECIAL FEATURE – THE FOREST MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTRE. The Forest Management Training Centre courses started small in August 2021, with our own local leaders taking a two-day course. Then, thanks to the efforts of Ibu Emi in the office in Bali and the interest and support of Ibu Birute Galdikas’ son Fred, channeled through Pak Fajar we have taken off! Bapak Fajar has run his own eco-project in the past and is now helping […]
BUTTERFLIES FROM THE CANOPY TO FOREST EDGE Instead of projects or Covid, let’s have a look at why we are immersed in projects in the first place! ‘The Forest’ covers so much more than trees and orangutans, sheltering literally billions of species of birds, bats, animals, reptiles, snails, insects, orchids, and ferns, fungi, micro- organisms and lichens and mycellia and more. Here we show just five of the butterflies needed to pollinate the blossoms of […]

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Valeriy Khoroshkovsky: Ukraine's Strategic Goal Is EU Membership
OREANDA-NEWS. June 05, 2012. Ukraine's strategic goal is membership in the European Union. Our country is ready to use all tools including the Eastern Partnership program to achieve this goal. This was announced by First vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Valeriy Khoroshkovsky during an informal meeting of high level within the framework of EU Eastern Partnership program which took place in Chisinau on June 5, 2012.
The EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule emphasized the event is the beginning of a new format of relations between the EU and Member States of the Eastern Partnership program. He also noted the progress made by Ukraine towards the EU.
First Vice Prime Minister stressed the importance of such meetings for the development of multilateral cooperation. "Our informal dialogue can be regarded as an analogue of the international think tank at the highest level. We will be able jointly work out the answers to the most pressing challenges," V. Khoroshkovsky declared.
Assessing the Eastern Partnership achievements over 3 years of existence, the First vice Prime Minister noted the program potential isn't settled yet. "Informal dialogue on specific sectoral interaction and discussion of the Roadmap is a promising step towards evolution of the Eastern Partnership," V. Khoroshkovsky noted.
First Vice Prime Minister emphasized Ukraine is an active member of the Eastern Partnership and regards it as an effective tool towards integration into the EU. In particular, the task of the Eastern Partnership Roadmap regarding a free movement of people means for Ukraine the need implementation of all points of the Action Plan on Visa Liberalization between Ukraine and the EU already in 2013.
"The most effective path to the Eastern Partnership program development - is speed up of the Association Agreement signing between Ukraine and the EU. This step will show everyone that Eastern Partnership really works," First vice Prime Minister summed up.


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University of Akron Forum Focuses on Immigration Challenges
An open forum on immigration drew an audience of about 200 Friday at the University of Akron.
University President Matt Wilson says he put the forum together to give people with questions about President Donald Trump’s immigration policy a way to get accurate answers.
The university’s law school includes the Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic, and its head, Dr. Elizabeth Knowles was on hand. Ben Clark, a UA grad student in engineering, called that ‘a good thing.’ “The fact that there was an expert on the immigration stuff is a main reason I came here: to hear what the expert says. I have some Iranian lab mates, there are a lot of Iranian students here. So I was actually looking to see how it affects them.”
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Who experiences pain in the back?
Pain in the back consists of reduced pain in the back, center pain in the back, top neck and back pain or reduced pain in the back with sciatica. Nerve and muscle problems, disease, What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back, and arthritis can result in back discomfort. Back pain signs might be experienced again with pain medication or pain killers.
Lower pain in the back, additionally called lumbago, is not a disorder. It’s a symptom of numerous various kinds of clinical issues.
It generally results from a problem with one or more parts of the lower back, such as:
- muscle mass
the bony frameworks that comprise the spinal column, called vertebral bodies or vertebrae It can likewise be due to a trouble with nearby organs, such as the kidneys According to the American Association of Neurological Doctors, 75 to 85 percent of Americans will experience pain in the back in their life time. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. Of those, half will certainly have more than one episode within a year.
In 90 percent of all cases, the discomfort improves without surgical treatment. Speak to your doctor if you’re experiencing neck and back pain.
Can neck and back pain be stopped?
Reoccuring back pain arising from incorrect body technicians may be protected against by staying clear of activities that jolt or stress the back, maintaining right pose, and raising items correctly. Many job-related injuries are caused or exacerbated by stressors such as hefty lifting, get in touch with tension (repeated or consistent get in touch with between soft body tissue and a hard or sharp item), resonance, repeated movement, and uncomfortable position.
Recommendations for maintaining one’s back healthy
Exercise regularly to maintain muscle mass solid and versatile. Consult a physician for a list of low-impact, age-appropriate workouts that are particularly targeted to reinforcing lower back and stomach muscles.
Keep a healthy and balanced weight and eat a nourishing diet regimen with adequate day-to-day intake of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D to advertise brand-new bone development.
Usage ergonomically designed furniture and equipment in your home and at the office. Make certain work surfaces go to a comfy elevation.
Switch resting positions often and periodically walk around the office or carefully stretch muscle mass to alleviate tension. A pillow or rolled-up towel positioned behind the little of the back can provide some lumbar assistance. Put your feet on a low stool or a pile of publications when resting for a long period of time. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back
Reduced Back Pain Signs, Diagnosis, and Therapy
The back spinal column, or reduced back, is an extremely well-engineered framework of adjoining bones, joints, nerves, tendons, and muscles all functioning with each other to give assistance, toughness, and adaptability. Nonetheless, this intricate framework also leaves the low back at risk to injury and discomfort.
The reduced back supports the weight of the upper body and offers wheelchair for everyday activities such as flexing and twisting. Muscles in the reduced back are liable for bending and turning the hips while strolling, as well as supporting the spine. Nerves in the low back supply experience and power the muscle mass in the pelvis, legs, and feet.
See Back Muscles and Low Back Pain A lot of severe low pain in the back arises from injury to the muscle mass, tendons, joints, or discs. The body additionally reacts to injury by mobilizing an inflammatory recovery response. While swelling sounds minor, it can cause serious discomfort.
There is a significant overlap of nerve supply to numerous of the discs, muscles, tendons, and other back structures, and it can be challenging for the brain to accurately sense which is the root cause of the discomfort. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. As an example, a deteriorated or torn lumbar disc can really feel the like a drawn muscle mass– both developing inflammation and unpleasant muscle mass convulsion in the very same area. Muscle mass and tendons recover swiftly, while a torn disc may or may not. The time course of discomfort assists identify the reason.
Pinched (Pressed) Nerve
Nerves extend from your mind and spine, sending out important messages throughout your body. If you have actually a squeezed nerve (nerve compression) your body might send you alerting signals such as pain. Don’t neglect these warning signals.
Damages from a squeezed nerve may be small or extreme. It might trigger momentary or lasting problems. The earlier you get a diagnosis and therapy for nerve compression, the quicker you’ll find relief.
Sometimes, you can’t turn around the damage from a squeezed nerve. Treatment typically eliminates discomfort and other symptoms.
Therapy for Pinched Nerves
The length of time it takes for signs to end can vary from one person to another. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. Therapy varies, relying on the intensity and reason for the nerve compression.
You may find that you profit significantly from just resting the damaged location and by avoiding any kind of activities that have a tendency to aggravate your signs and symptoms. In most cases, that’s all you need to do.
If signs persist or pain is serious, see your doctor. You may need several types of treatment to diminish swollen tissue around the nerve.
Osteoarthritis of the Spinal column
Joint inflammation is the most usual reason for reduced neck and back pain, particularly in individuals over age 50. The reduced back contains five sets of aspect joints, one on the left and one on the appropriate side of each spine bone. Like joints in any type of other component of the body the reduced back element joints can be hurt, or become irritated.
Causes of Arthritis in the Lower Back
Arthritis of the spine typically occurs as a result of internal damages to the element joints. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. The surface areas of the aspect joints are lined with smooth cartilage material to enable motion as the two sides of the joint rub against each other. Nevertheless, the joint can become agonizing through the following procedure:
The cartilage material on one side of the aspect joint gets damaged. Every time the back moves the damaged cartilage material scrubs versus its neighbor, triggering rubbing and further injury to both sides.
See Facet Joint Disorders and Neck And Back Pain The joint damage and friction brings about swelling.
See Signs And Symptoms and Diagnosis of Element Joint Disorders The puffy aspect joints transfer this discomfort signal with a single nerve (the medial branch) that travels through the element joint.
See Composition Of Nerve Discomfort This signal after that triggers the back muscle mass to go right into convulsion.
Just how Is Osteoarthritis of the Back Dealt with?
In most cases, treatment of spinal osteoarthritis is tailored toward easing the symptoms of pain and enhancing a person’s ability to function. The objective is to have a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
Preliminary treatment may consist of dropping weight if required and afterwards, for everyone, maintaining a healthy and balanced weight. It might additionally consist of workout. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. Assisting with weight management workout can additionally assist:
enhance mindset and mood
make it much easier to do day-to-day tasks
A few of the workouts connected with osteoarthritis therapy include swimming, walking, and water aerobics. Workout might be damaged down into the following categories:
These workouts look for to make muscles that support the joints more powerful. They function through resistance with the usage of weights or rubber bands.
Muscle mass Strain/Sprain
Muscle pressures and strains are perhaps one of the most usual causes of neck and back pain, specifically in the reduced back. A pressure describes tearing of a muscle mass or a ligament (a fibrous cells that links muscular tissue to bone), while a strain describes tearing of a ligament (a coarse tissue that connects 2 bones with each other).
With these splits which arise from an injury like lifting a couch or steady overuse) swelling takes place, creating pain and, in many cases, muscle spasms. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back.
The discomfort of a muscle mass strain or sprain in the back can range from moderate to crippling and is commonly called an “throughout discomfort” that relocates right into the buttocks and is even worse with motion and soothed with remainder. Along with discomfort, muscle tightness and a restricted series of activity are typically reported with muscular tissue stress and strains of the back.
Bulging and Burst Disc. Your back discs are located in between adjacent vertebrae and function as shock-absorbing pillows. For a combination of factors including the all-natural process of aging, injury to the spine, weight gain, smoking cigarettes, and recurring tension to the spinal column (for instance, sitting for prolonged amount of times or training hefty things) the discs start to weaken in time, making them a lot more susceptible to bulging or extending outward (called a protruding or slid disc).
With time, the protruding disc (without therapy) can eventually tear. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. When a disc splits, its internal material (nucleus pulposus) is launched, which compresses close-by nerve origins or the spinal cable itself. A ripped disc is called a burst disc or a herniated disc A burst disc in the lower back causes sharp back pain that might move down into the butts, groin, and/ or down one leg. A burst disc in the neck might trigger pain that moves down an arm. Besides discomfort, a herniated disc may create neurological symptoms like muscular tissue weak point, feeling numb, and prickling.
Sciatica refers to compression or pinching of the sciatic nerve, commonly triggered by a herniated disc or bone spur. An injury or injury to the hips, butts, or upper leg, diabetes, long term sitting, and piriformis syndrome when a little muscle mass in the buttocks convulsions and irritates the sciatic nerve may additionally cause sciatica.
Due to the fact that your sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body (running from the base of the spine down both legs), compression of it may result in reduce back pain that spreads right into the butts, and down the legs right into the soles of the feet (usually on one side). What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. In addition to burning and/or cramping pain, people may experience tingling, tingling, and muscle weak point.
Back stenosis causes pain in the back in the aging population. As you age, the spine canal slowly ends up being constricted or tightened, due partially to osteo arthritis and the enlarging of cells in your spine. If the back canal ends up being too tight, nerve origins may become pressed, causing neurological signs and symptoms like weakness, numbness, and tingling.
Besides age and joint inflammation, various other conditions that can bring about the advancement of back stenosis consist of scoliosis and Paget’s condition a problem in which there is a problem in how bones grow and damage down. A traumatic injury, like from a car accident, might likewise bring about spinal stenosis (because of the unexpected swelling and swelling within the spine canal).
Where can I get more details?
If you have had lower neck and back pain, you are not alone. Neck and back pain is among a lot of usual factors people see a medical professional or What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back,miss out on days at the office. Even school-age children can have neck and back pain.
Pain in the back can vary in intensity from a dull, constant ache to an abrupt, sharp or shooting pain. It can begin instantly as a result of a crash or by lifting something heavy, or it can create over time as we age. Getting inadequate exercise adhered to by an arduous workout also can trigger neck and back pain.
There are 2 kinds of neck and back pain:.
Severe, or short-term back pain lasts a couple of days to a couple of weeks. A lot of reduced back pain is intense.
Persistent neck and back pain is specified as pain that proceeds for 12 weeks or longer, also after a preliminary injury or underlying reason for acute reduced neck and back pain has been dealt with. What Causes A Burning Sensation In My Lower Back. Around 20 percent of people influenced by severe low pain in the back develop chronic reduced back pain with persistent symptoms at one year. Even if pain continues, it does not constantly mean there is a clinically severe underlying reason or one that can be conveniently identified and dealt with. In some situations, treatment effectively alleviates persistent low pain in the back, yet in various other instances discomfort proceeds despite clinical and surgical treatment.
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Students will learn how to make a simple basket using recycled materials.
Students will become aware how other cultures have used Twisteez Wire to make baskets.
To begin with you just make a little circle over your finger, then a slipknot to tighten that circle.
Loop wire up and through loop making a stitch or knot - pull snug. Go all around the original circle. The type of knot is called a half hitch.
One just keeps on going to make it larger, one doubles how often you stitch in the row done before. It very easily falls into place when you start it, increasing by going double into a loop, decreasing by skipping a loop. It's done very intuitively...
Add stitches/loops to make the basket go outward. Reduce the number of stitches to make the basket turn inward. Finishing off a wire -- one just tucks the wire under some previous loops and cuts it, same when starting a new wire.
Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets - The manufacture and decorative use of wire in Southern Africa traditional arts dates back to the first millennium AD. Today telephone wire baskets are at the heart of growing markets for South African products and sustainable cultural industry in Zululand.
Telephone Wire and Tin Cans - This is an eBook and can be downloaded to your computer for printing. This digital document is an article from African Arts, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2006.
Submitted by: Randy Menninghaus Project:Grapefruit Basket Materials: Basket making reed - large grapefruit (or other fruit)
Earlier this summer I had my Art teacher friends over for an end of the year celebration. I had heard of the "grapefruit" basket and asked a friend to demonstrate. I had a variety of basket making bits that some one had donated. This was an amazing little craft experience. The success level was very high. Large grapefruits work best, and I suspect watermelons, cantaloupes and other fruits and veggies, large rocks etc. that have an interesting shape. You wet the reed. We used a lot of fairly thin round reed cut in about 2 yard lengths. One begins by looping around the center of the grape fruit (I would pull and go in opposite direction) There is no traditional weaving but following the form and just trying to get enough tension on the reed. You can go under and over certain intersections I found I use a half hitch to gain tension.
When you run out of reed tuck it in and start again. After a while you begin to leave about 1/3 unwoven. That's where you pop the grapefruit out. You can take it out as soon as you have enough structure that there seems to be a form started. We used a variety of other materials yarns, ribbons, dried plant materials feathers. We used really large rocks as well, but you had to really flex to get the rock out. Once the basket is free from the grapefruit... you go in and weave as much as you like I picked intersections and did spider webby things. I would recommend getting two or three people together and experimenting.


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Yesterday I decided to tear into my stamp room to rearrange and weed out. What was I thinking?! Today I can't see the top of my desk, so I grabbed a few things and headed to the kitchen table. I'd just colored this image a few days ago and decided it was perfect for the challenge!
Image colored with Copics. Used Waterfall Stickles for the bubbles and Black Diamond for the fish's eye.
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|Elizabeth L. Silver, photo by David Zaugh|
Elizabeth L. Silver is the author of the new book The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of ((Medical) Uncertainty. It focuses on the events surrounding her infant daughter's recovery from a medical emergency. Silver also has written the novel The Execution of Noa P. Singleton, and her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including McSweeney's and The Washington Post. She lives in Los Angeles.
Q: You've said that you wrote this book "to live consciously through the immediate years following Abby's stroke." What impact did writing the book have on you during those years?
A: Initially I started out reading memoirs and quickly realized I had to start looking into history and scientific innovation to understand what I was experiencing, and in turn be present and aware for every element of it. I think it is important to remember all aspects of our lives – the good and the bad – for they make us who we are.
With respect to the research element, I’ve also always been drawn to medicine and history, and putting them together was a task I reveled in. In many ways, writing the book helped me intellectualize some of the trauma. Offsetting the personal narrative with so much of literature and history also helped me navigate the emotional elements of the book when it became difficult to relive.
Q: The book's subtitle focuses on "medical uncertainty." How do you feel you managed the uncertainty surrounding Abby's recovery?
A: Acute, Sub-acute and Chronic are the three stages of disease used by physicians around the world with respect to managing and treating illness and injury.
Shortly after I began writing about uncertainty, I realized that it can also be applied to the subject matter, no matter the severity and no matter the type of illness—be it as large as degenerative neurological disease, cancer diagnosis, or brain injury, or as small as a routine tonsillectomy, appendectomy, or even the flu.
Uncertainty is so nebulous, so difficult to comprehend, that having even a loose semblance of a structured approach was helpful to me.
As a result, writing the book within that paradigm made perfect sense for my own story and also for stories of those I interviewed and researched. By looking at her recovery in this approach, it gave me something to hold onto, a structural guide that didn’t exist.
Q: What do you hope readers take away from your book?
A: I hope that readers will feel a little less alone when dealing with medical situations that may (or may not) encompass uncertainty in medicine. I relied on memoirs so heavily when my daughter was ill and they helped heal me and accompany me through what seemed like a terrifying and isolating time.
If it helps, I hope they also take away the paradigm of the three stages of uncertainty in medicine, if it aids them in navigating their own experiences.
Q: You write, "The Tincture of Time is a mantra for anything that poses the proverbial question, 'What if?'" How did you end up choosing that as the book's title, and what else does it signify for you?
A: The title came from a conversation I had with my husband while we were in the NICCU with our daughter. A physician himself, he mentioned that he sometimes writes, “the tincture of time” at the bottom of some patient notes. I stared at him in shock. Sometimes time is the only cure, the only medicine or treatment to a medical ailment, he continued.
We had a long conversation about this topic. It’s not the cliché that time will heal all wounds, because it may for some and may not for others, but rather time as the only answer for your questions. I realized how specifically that applied to us and then took a step back and saw it as a metaphor for life.
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I had been working on a historical novel for quite some time, spending over a year researching and finding my way into the story.
However in the last few months, a new story settled into my mind and I can’t shake it. As of a few weeks ago, I put down the historical novel (temporarily) and have been finding my way into this new novel and love the process so far.
I’m also working on a few film and TV projects.
Q: Anything else we should know?
A: It’s been an honor chatting with you. Thank you for your interest in this book.
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Bioinformatics firm Congenica said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement under which its Sapientia clinical genome analysis software platform will be used by Beijing-based UniteGen as part of a large-scale genomics project in China.
Sapientia is a modular and scalable data analytics tool for annotating and clinically interpreting genomic sequence data. Under the terms of the deal, UniteGen will use the platform to carry out whole-genome sequencing processing and analysis for the 100K Wellness Pioneer Project — a recently launched initiative to analyze the genomes, metabolomes, proteomes, and clinical symptoms of 100,000 Chinese individuals in order to build a database for disease prevention and health management.
Additional terms were not disclosed.
"Sapientia incorporates all the features needed by Chinese healthcare practitioners to integrate genetic testing into clinical decisions," UniteGen Founder and CEO Weike Mo said in a statement. "The automated reporting software solves a critical bottleneck for the genetic testing industry in China."
In mid-2015, Congenica was selected by Genomics England as one of four informatic companies to provide genomic interpretation services for the UK's 100,000 Genomes Project.

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Flooding isn't just a threat to people living near water. Flooding in Columbia County is usually a result of intense rainfall in a brief period, which leaves more water than the ground can absorb. This type of flooding is known as flash flooding. Flash floods occur with little or no warning, move at very fast speeds, and can reach a peak in a few minutes. They can roll rocks, tear out trees, and destroy buildings and bridges.
Nature is not the only cause of flooding. New construction and paving alter land's ability to drain properly. As a result, runoff is increased two to six times over what would occur on natural terrain. Areas that were initially zoned as low-risk can quickly become high-risk as urban development alters typography.
In Columbia County, the most densely developed area is in the vicinity of Reed Creek, Betty's Branch and Jones Creek. Localized flooding may occur around these creeks after heavy storms.


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J Integr Plant Biol. ›› 2003, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 995-1002.
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JIN Yan, ZHANG Wen-Ju, FU Da-Xu, LU Bao-Rong*
In order to determine an appropriate sampling strategy for the effective conservation of wild soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc.) in China, a natural population from Jiangwan Airport in Shanghai was studied for its genetic diversity through the inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) marker analysis of a sample set consisting of 100 randomly collected individuals. A relatively large genetic diversity was de-tected among the samples based on estimation of DNA products amplified from 15 selected ISSR primers, with the similarity coefficient varying from 0.17 to 0.89. The mean expected heterozygosity (He) was 0.171 4 per locus, and Shannon index (I ) was 0.271 4. The Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCA) further indicated that genetic diversity of the Jiangwan wild soybean population was not evenly distributed, instead, was presented by a mosaic or clustered distribution pattern. Correlation study between genetic diversity and number of samples demonstrated that genetic diversity increased dramatically with the increase of number of samples within 40 individuals, but the increase became slow and rapidly reached a plateau when more than 40 individuals were included in the analysis. It is concluded that (i) a sample set of approximately 35-45 individuals should be included to represent possibly high genetic diversity when conservation of a wild soybean population ex situ is undertaken; and (ii) collection of wild soybean samples should be spread out as wide as possible within a population, and a certain distance should be kept as intervals among individuals for sampling.
利用 ISSR 标记研究野大豆居群内遗传变异及其取样策略
金燕 张文驹 傅大煦 卢宝荣
摘 要：为了有效地保护野大豆(Glycine soja Sieb.et Zucc.)并制定合理的居群取样策略,对上海江湾机场的一个人然野大豆居群进行了 100个单株(个体)的随机取样,并用ISSR分子标记对其进行了遗传多样性分析.利用筛选出的15条ISSR引物在这个居群中检测到较高的遗传变异,样本内个体间的相似系数变化在0.17～0.89之间.居群内平均每个位点的平均预期杂合度(He)为0.171 4,香农指数(I)为0.271 4.PCA分析显示,江湾野大豆居群内的遗传变异不是呈均匀分布,而是呈从状分布.该野大豆居群遗传多样性和样本内个体数量间的相关性分析显示:在个体数少于40的情况下,遗传多样性随个体数的增加而迅速增加;当样本中的个体数大于40时,遗传多样性的增加减慢并很快趋于饱和.研究表明:对野大豆居群进行异地保护时,对各居群的采样植株数不应当低于35～45;在居群内采样时,所采集的个体之间最好相隔一定的空间距离.
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JIN Yan, ZHANG Wen-Ju, FU Da-Xu, LU Bao-Rong. Sampling Strategy Within a Wild Soybean Population Based on Its Genetic Variation Detected by ISSR Markers[J]. J Integr Plant Biol., 2003, 45(8): 995-1002.
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