Has Liars, Leakers, and Liberals by Judge Jeanine Pirro been sitting on your reading list? Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary.If your main source of information is the fake-news mainstream media, then you’re probably convinced that President Trump is the worst thing that’s ever happened and that his presidency is a disaster. According to the author, however, this couldn’t be further from the truth. She argues that President Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to keep his promise and to make America great again.And the most impressive thing is that he is able to do his job despite having to face a liberal conspiracy against him. The author Judge Jeanine Pirro claims that the liberal parties, the intelligence establishment, and law-enforcement are working against President Trump. According to her, their main goal is to undermine his presidency and care nothing for the votes of the Americans who believe Trump’s promises and who support him with dignity and pride.From the following book summary, you will learn how Donald Trump has been consistently and unfairly criticized by the lying liberal media. We will also discuss how, according to Judge Jeanine Pirro, the deep state of the law enforcement and intelligence community is now conducting a relentless witch hunt against Donald Trump and his administration. And you’ll see that the forty-fifth president of the United States is a fundamentally decent and determined individual.Here are some of the most important things that we’ll discuss in this summary of Liars, Leakers, and Liberals, a book written by Judge Jeanine Pirro in 2018:
the Hollywood stars that are vocal against Donald Trump were silent in the face of Obama’s atrocities;
how Trump was brave enough to stand up against the liberals who are doing everything they can to protect criminal illegal immigrants; and
why instead of investigating Donald Trump for collusion with Putin’s Russia, the authorities should actually investigate Hillary Clinton.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #1: in an attempt to damage Trump’s presidency, the media has been lying without shame.
Although it might seem incredible today but a while back, Donald Trump was beloved by the media.Back in the 1980s and 1990s, every time you strolled past a newsstand, you would see Donald Trump’s face smiling on the cover of magazines and newspapers. From his charitable donations to his business deals, the media couldn’t get enough of Donald Trump. But this coverage wasn’t always positive. In the 1990s, when Trump’s wealth fell and his casinos had problems, the media did not hold back. But, the coverage was at least fair, as the media would mostly run stories that were well-sourced and even included Donald Trump’s version of events.Today, things are much different. The liberal news media is so aggressive and hateful towards the current president that they lie about him ad nauseam.Let’s take a moment to look at some of the most resourceful liars who oppose Trump and who won the Trump’s Fake News Awards. Brian Ross of ABC won this award after he ran a story alleging that the president’s national security advisor, Michael Flynn, was planning to testify against him. Ross also claimed that Donald Trump had ordered Flynn to contact Russia before the election. This, according to Judge Jeanine Pirro, was a blatant lie. The story was poorly sourced and entirely false, which made it more akin to cheap tabloid gossip than to legitimate investigative journalism.Brian Ross is not a stupid man, nor a bad journalist. But, according to Pirro, he, like so many others, was guided by his liberal hatred toward Donald Trump.If you still have doubts that the media has a vendetta against Trump, take a look at the statistics. A study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that more than 60 percent of all stories about Trump were negative, compared to 28 percent about Bush and just 20 percent about Obama.The author believes that this is owed to the fact that newspaper bosses and T.V. and radio station chiefs realized that anti-Trump lies sell.For the first time in history, the New York Times hit a 1 million online readership. This happened during Trump’s election campaign. Throughout Trump’s first month in office, the New York Times signed up more than 132,000 new subscribers and just two months, the Washington Post had to recruit recruited 60 new newsrooms to accommodate staff. Popular magazines like the Atlantic and the New Yorker also set new subscription records. All of these liberal news organizations even have a name for this phenomenon - they call it the “Trump Bump”. They are fully aware that anti-Trump lies sell more and they are taking advantage of it.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #2: Hollywood is filled with liberals who are hypocritical and who think that they are better than everyone.
The liberal media execs and the journalists aren’t the only ones who hate Donald Trump, his presidency, and everything he stands for. Hollywood’s smug millionaires are also fervent opponents who can’t stop criticizing him.But shouldn’t be more self-aware and realize just how hypocritical and blinded it has become as a result of his liberal indignation?TV personalities like Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman have said that, since Trump has become president, they decided to focus on activism full time and to take a break from showbiz. But these efforts should be fair. Instead, all Hollywood personalities focus their outrage on president Trump alone.There were many celebrities who fervently spoke against the injustices of President George W. Bush’s foreign policy. The same celebrities fight against Trump today but were happy to fundraise for Barack Obama. Why were they not equally outraged when Obama ordered drone strikes that claimed the lives of American citizens? Why weren’t they outraged when Obama aided the Palestinian Liberal Organization, a group that supported honor killings, by giving them $221.No, Hollywood is happy to turn a blind eye to the atrocities that are committed by Democratic presidents.Maybe, says the author, this attitude is owed to the fact that Hollywood has a strong connection with the Democratic establishment.This was easily observed when the Harvey Weinstein scandal took place. Harvey Weinstein, who was a well-known moviemaking tycoon and a major Democratic supporter, was accused of sexual assault on multiple counts and of and several rapes. Don’t you find it odd that the Democratic elite was reluctant towards speaking out against Harvey Weinstein?Barack Obama received a whopping $700,000 in donations from Harvey Weinstein. As a result, condemning the mogul after the allegations were made public took days. Additionally, Hillary Clinton hid for five days, before she eventually gave an official statement on the issue. Could Weinstein’s huge donations towards Clinton foundation be the cause of her silence?Perhaps this shouldn’t surprise us. Let’s remember that decades earlier Bill Clinton was also accused of abuse and even rape by several women. As the author points out, liberals kept quiet back then as well. Furthermore, Hillary Clinton even went as far as to threaten the victims and the Hollywood elite was somehow convinced to keep silent and to continue hosting the Clintons’ fundraisers.Although Hollywood liberals are convinced that they are smarter and better than the rest of us, they shouldn’t forget that movie theater attendances are extremely low. So maybe they aren’t that great, after all.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #3: Rather than standing squarely behind it, many Republicans are getting in the way of Donald Trump’s agenda.
At least in Hollywood, people are fair and square about their political standing. They firmly admit that they are liberals and don’t pretend to be something else. Unfortunately, says Judge Jeanine Pirro, a lot of Republicans in Washington are dishonest. In 2016, the Democrats lost the Senate, the Oval Office, and the House, but sometimes it feels as though that didn’t happen because Washington is full of Republicans by name only, or RINOs.Trump has made his intentions of building a wall on the Mexican border very clear. And, in 2017, Paul Ryan, the Republican Speaker of the House, and Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate Majority Leader, promised to fund Trump’s wall and to allocate over $12 billion to the construction. So far, so good.But when push came to shove, instead of allocating the $12 billion that they had promised, the two Republican leaders only gave $1.6 billion. To make matters even worse, despite their promises to back-up Trump’s plan, the leaders announced that the $1.6 billion could not be spent on the type of wall the President was considering. Their failure to get behind the President’s agenda is something that Ryan and McConnell should be ashamed of, says the author.But the controversial wall isn’t the only example. When Trump was making substantial efforts towards meeting his campaign promises such as stopping the radical Islamists from reaching the United States and implementing a travel ban, McConnel had a different agenda. Instead of supporting the President, the Republican Senate Majority Leader chose to line up with the liberals who were opposing Trump, saying that he hoped that the courts would make the right decision on whether or not things went too far. But a year back, when Obama changed the visa requirements for the same countries, McConnell did absolutely nothing. He only started to defend religious liberties when Trump was making these decisions.The author believes that there are too many Republicans on the Hill who stand for everything that Trump opposes. She adds that they are parasites who act as modest men when they first come to Washington but leave as millionaires. Only five of the four hundred bills that the House has sent to the Senate were accepted, which makes it clear that someone is refusing to make legitimate efforts towards passing the legislation needed to support Trump’s agenda. But the RINOs prefer to waste the electorate’s money wining and dining in fancy restaurants instead of doing what they were elected to do.According to the author, Republicans vs Democrats isn’t the real divide in Washington. The divide is between Donald Trump and the parasites who care more about their personal interests than those of the American people and the self-serving politicians who couldn’t care less that the country is suffering.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #4: While liberals are busy protecting illegal immigrants, President Trump is the only one who tells the truth about them.
Liberals love to claim that President Trump is fighting against immigrants. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. The President is married to an immigrant and his businesses have hundreds of immigrant employees who always say that he is a good boss.But Trump is also aware that the American people are struggling and that they have a lot of problems because of illegal immigration.In 2015, when he first announced his candidacy, Trump was brave enough to answer all questions related to illegal immigrants. In a statement that was, according to the author, tough but balanced, he said, “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime; they’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” When he made this statement, the liberal media was outraged and everyone believed that his statement would ruin his chances before his presidential run had even begun.They were in for a big surprise. Despite what the editorial boards of our “great” newspapers thought, the American people are much less liberal. When people heard Trump’s speech, they felt that someone was finally saying what everyone was thinking. Trump’s speeches and his honest answers helped him grow in the eyes of the electorate, who decided that he was worthy of becoming the President of the United States.According to the author, there is no better way to understand the divide between the establishment liberals and Trump than to look at sanctuary cities. There are more than 300 sanctuary cities in the United States today, in which law-enforcers and government personnel are prevented from sharing information on illegal immigrants. This means that whenever an illegal immigrant commits a crime in a sanctuary city, ICE (the Immigration and Customs Enforcement) will not be alerted.In 2015, an attractive young woman named Kathryn Katie Steinle was walking with her dad on the streets of San Francisco. The two were very happy and they were discussing the fact that Kathryn had just met the love of her life. She had her whole life ahead of her, but José Ines Garcia Zarate took everything away from her by shooting her to death.The criminal, Garcia Zarate, had multiple felony convictions and was an illegal immigrant. Having served his prison sentence, Zarate was supposed to be deported by ICE. Unfortunately, ICE couldn’t collect him for deportation because Ros Mirkarimi, the city sheriff, had ignored their request. If he had done the right thing, Garcia Zarate would have been sent back to Mexico and Ka If he hadn’t, Zarate would have been on his way back to Mexico, and Kathryn Katie Steinle would still be alive.But because San Francisco is a sanctuary city, Ros Mirkarimi simply let a criminal walk free.The city was a sanctuary for a criminal, but not for an innocent young woman.As President Trump has said, the Democrats always prioritize protecting the criminals, instead of doing what’s right for the American people. There is a clear contrast between Trump’s agenda and theirs, says the author.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #5: The deep state tried to sabotage Trump’s presidency and spied on his campaign.
Trump has shown time and again that he is determined to put America and the American people first. But the powerful deep state has always opposed him. Intelligence and defense communities, long-term government employees of the law enforcement, corporations, lobbyists, the global elite and the fake news media were all doing efforts towards shattering Trump’s campaign.According to the author, Trump has been dealing with sabotage from the very beginning when Special Counsel Robert Mueller started a “witch hunt”.It all began with the dossier of Christopher Steele, which, according to the author, was nothing more than a collection of gossip. The slander that was masquerading as intelligence was supposed to show that Trump had links to Russia. The author argues that the dossier was so ridiculous that the only media outlets who would publish it were CNN and Buzzfeed. The author adds that the dossier was produced by Christopher Steele, a British deep-state former spy, who spent most of his career building a relationship with Kremlin officials.But this questionable dossier was used as evidence by the FBI and enabled them to spy on Trump’s campaign by securing wiretaps. Later on, in 2016, the FBI used the dossier as evidence again. This time it was to apply for a wiretap on Trump’s campaign official, Carter Page. An interesting detail that was intentionally upheld was that this dossier was, in fact, paid for by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign. The author believes that this information was essential and if the court had had it, the dossier would have lost all credibility. She says that because they were determined to ruin Trump’s campaign, the FBI deliberately withheld this piece information.Let’s take a moment and think about that. Hillary Clinton and the Democrats paid a foreign agent to put together a dossier based on gossip. The FBI used the dossier to obtain a warrant from a secret court. This enabled them to spy on a private US citizen.But things can always get worse. As such, the author learned from her own sources that electronic surveillance wasn’t the only thing that Trump campaign was subject to. It appears that there was an actual FBI informant taking part in his campaign. In order to get an informant inside the campaign, the FBI had to get approval from the attorney general. Taking this into account, the author concludes that there are two different possibilities. We are either talking about the FBI going rogue and spying on a US citizen who is a legitimate presidential candidate, or about Loretta Lynch, Obama’s attorney general, being directly involved. Either way, the world has never seen such a blatant abuse of power.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #6: Although it turned up nothing, the witch hunt against Donald Trump continues.
In the seventeenth century, innocent people used to be burned at the stake whenever someone cried witch. By using this false excuse, people would hunt and burn their competitors and their enemies. people who were Hundreds of years ago, people used to hunt and burn witches. Unfortunately, once someone started to spread rumors about a potential victim, nothing could be done to prove their innocence. The mind of the mob was set and regardless of the victim’s plea, blood had to be shed. Does that sound familiar?Let’s take a closer look at a phenomenon the author refers to as Mueller’s “witch hunt”.According to her, the hunt has made Michael Flynn, a former military hero, the fall guy. Flynn risked his life for the American people when he served in the military. However, he learns that he has somehow become a convicted felon. Why? Flynn was the victim of wild accusations of treason. He was also subject to accusation for having inappropriate conversations with Sergey Kislyak, a Russian Ambassador, on behalf of Donald Trump, before his presidential inauguration.But that was not what Flynn ended up being prosecuted for. In fact, Flynn was only prosecuted for lying to the FBI about the supposed conversations. But according to the author, it was never clear what Flynn actually lied about. Being a lifelong government employee, Michael Flynn couldn’t afford to hire an expensive attorney for a long trial. As a result, it is extremely likely that his legal representation advised him to plead guilty for lying to the FBI just to put an end to the process.But what happened to Michael Flynn is not a singular case. Something similar happened to Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman. Manafort has been investigated by Mueller in relation to Trump’s campaign but for reasons unrelated to collusion with Russia, says the author. Instead, the allegations that the former campaign chairman is under have to do with his consulting work for foreign governments. Obviously enough, this has nothing to do with Trump. However, the judge couldn’t have said it better when he told the following thing to the prosecutor: “You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort’s bank fraud. You really care about what information Mr. Manafort can give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump or lead to his prosecution or impeachment or whatever.”All the key players from Trump’s 2017 presidential campaign were interviewed during the Mueller investigations. This was possible because the investigations were backed by the federal government. And still, to this day, nothing has been found, because, as the author puts it, there is nothing to find.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #7: The messed-up priorities of the FBI are reflected by the uranium one story.
Are you still under the impression that the FBI is an unbiased organization that is simply pursuing justice and the truth? If you are, then you should ask yourself why did the FBI ignore the story of the Uranium One deal, the Clinton Foundation, and “crooked” Hillary?According to the author, the Clintons and Obama sold the country’s security when they sold its uranium. These are not just rumors and there are plenty of facts that can back up these claims.In 2010, ARMZ Uranium, a Russian state-owned company, purchased a 51-percent share of Uranium One, a Canadian company. This is an important detail because the Canadian company has the rights over 20 percent of uranium mining in the United States. ARMZ needed approval from the United States Committee on Foreign Investment in order to secure the deal. The deal was approved by the secretary of the state, who, at that time, was one of Hillary Clinton’s representatives.But there’s more. While Uranium One was being acquired by the Russians, the Clinton Foundation received no fewer than four substantial donations, amounting to $2.35 million. As you might expect, Secretary Clinton did not inform Obama about this. Furthermore, after the ARMZ investments were announced, Bill Clinton received $500,000 from a Russian bank that was connected to the Kremlin.Doesn’t this sound extremely underhanded? According to the author, it all becomes even more suspicious because the FBI was fully aware that the Russians were using bribes and extortion to ensure that Vladimir Putin has control of the US uranium deposits. Victoria Toensing, a US defense attorney, told the author that an American informant spoke to the United States Government of hearing Russians boast about their connections with the Clintons.Now, think of how much time, money, and effort the Department of Justice and the FBI are spending on investigating the supposed connections between Trump and Russia. You would expect them to find something after all this time. But when the aforementioned informant tried to reveal the information that he had, he was threatened by the Obama administration for breaching a confidentiality agreement.So ask yourself – if what we discussed so far is not enough evidence for the FBI to investigate the connections between the Clintons and Russia, how can they justify the witch hunt against Donald Trump? To the author’s mind, the only logical explanation is that the DOJ and the FBI are dead-set on opposing Trump and everything he stands for.LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #8: If we look past the liberal propaganda, fake news, and lies, we realize that Donald Trump is the best option for the presidency.If you only hear what the liberal media have to say about Donald Trump, you’d think that he is an insensitive, woman-hating man who doesn’t care about anyone but himself. But, according to the author, this couldn’t be further from the truth.In fact, she says, Trump is obviously a devoted family man.The author knows this for a fact as she has been a personal friend of the Trump family for many years. She recalls one particular incident that took place when she was flying on Trump’s private jet to New York after having spent the weekend in Mar-a-Lago. That weekend, the New York Times magazine had launched a particularly nasty attack at Donald Trump. And as it happened, the author witnessed Trump reading it and she noticed that he had no reaction. He wasn’t angry or frustrated about the article and he forgot about it really fast. In fact, right after reading it, he called his kids and he told them to write a list of everything that they needed for school, as they were going to Kmart later on. This goes to show that Trump is nothing but a down-to-earth guy who is more invested in spending time with his family than worrying about being attacked in the media.The author adds that from her personal experience she knows Trump to be a respectful and sensitive man. General John Kelly, the president’s current chief of staff, told Jeanine Pirroabout Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in 2017. He recalled that the cemetery was filled with people who mourned the fallen heroes. People were holding photos of their lost husbands, brothers, and friends and some of them approached Trump and wanted to talk to him. They just wanted to share their experience and grief with someone and Trump listened to every single one of them.John Kelly also told the author that he is the one who has to inform the president whenever a service member dies on the job. Whenever he does this, he says, the president falls quiet. He often asks the following question: Why do they do this? Now, the first thing that hateful liberals will do is to twist his question in a bad way. But if we stop and think for a moment, we realize that Trump asks the question because he finds it hard to understand that someone would do such a huge sacrifice.According to the author, the media will stop at nothing in their attempts to discredit Trump and his family. But in reality, Trump is a man who loves his family and who does everything he can to help the American people.
LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS CHAPTER #9: By achieving foreign-policy miracles and by boosting the economy, President Trump is making America great again.
Whenever you watch NBC or CNN or read about the Trump administration in newspapers and magazines, ask yourself the following question. How often do they talk about the terrible things that Trump is doing or about the Mueller investigation? And how often do they talk about the good things that he did and about his economic accomplishments?The media will more often than not fixate on gossip and lies because that’s what sells. But, in fact, ever since Trump has won the elections, the economy has been doing great. More than three million jobs were created and we can even say that there are more jobs available in the States than unemployed people. If we look at the past two decades, today, the unemployment rates are at an all-time low.She adds that although the Federal Reserve has made efforts to raise the interest rates ever since Donald Trump was elected, the stock market still rose 25 percent under his administration.It is safe to say that Trump’s economic policies have created a lot of wealth and they have also been helpful to the working man. Just think of the tax cuts that were repeatedly criticized. Despite the fact that the media referred to these cuts as being “cuts for the rich”, the reforms will actually save a typical American family more than $2,000 a year.Now, there is no doubt that Donald Trump is an extremely successful businessman, so his economic success as a president comes as no surprise. But he has also achieved something that the author refers to as a foreign policy “miracle”.Do you even remember the terrorist group ISIS? According to the author, we barely even hear about them nowadays. This is due to the fact that the Trump administration has achieved in just a few months, something that the Obama administration couldn’t do in years. The Trump administration lifted a series of pointless restrictions on the US military and by working with its allies, managed to decimate ISIS. As the representatives of the Trump administration have said, almost 100 percent of the territory that was controlled by the terrorist group has been reclaimed since he took office. But how often did you hear about this in the newspapers or on CNN?Or take a look at the differences between the US policy on North Korea under Trump and what it was under Obama. Under the Obama administration, Otto Warmbier, an American student, was held hostage and tortured beyond recovery. When Warmbier was finally released under the Trump administration, his body was too weak and he passed away. Under President Trump’s high-pressure campaign, North Korea has released three other American hostages. Additionally, he was able to start peace talks with North Korea and made substantial progress towards suspending their weapons testing.The media often describes Trump as being dangerous and reckless. But ask yourself what other president has achieved these results as of late? According to the author, Trump has done more than all of the other presidents combined.
IN REVIEW: LIARS, LEAKERS, AND LIBERALS BOOK SUMMARY
What is the key message of Jeanine Pirro’s 2018 book Liars, Leakers, and Liberals?In an ideal world, the United States would be a country with enough jobs for everyone, where families would live in safe communities, and where businesses can grow. Additionally, the country would trade fairly across the world and would have strong military power. According to the author, this is precisely what Donald Trump is trying to achieve. But, the deep state, the lying media, the liberals, the week Republicans are what prevents the president from making America great again. There are many things at stake and, according to the author, the efforts to discredit the Trump administration must stop.


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On my recent visit in with my gastric bypass surgeon, they were kind enough to present me with a lovely bag of samples and goodies that they had saved for me from Christmas. Most of it was junk and I threw it away, my kids took off with the water bottle and the bag itself, and I was left with a bottle of protein powder from Health Wise. Unlike many of the other protein drinks I’ve had, this one is not vanilla or chocolate or milky or creamy in any way. The sample I have is for the Pineapple Orange High Protein Fruit Drink – with the very catchy caption “Fill it*Shake it*Drink it.
When you pull the plastic ring off the bottle and open it up, you definitely can smell that there’s something more than pineapples and oranges in this stuff, but I’m willing to try it anyway. You fill the bottle with water – I used 8 ounces and then threw in a few ice cubes – and shake it (after replacing the lid). The drink contains 60 calories and 15 grams of protein, but not much of anything else. There’s no sugar, a little potassium, no fat, no carbs. The protein comes from Whey protein concentrate, so you protein purists who don’t believe all protein is created – or absorbed – equally can feel fairly comfortable with the protein in here.
Now, I’m not a big fan of orange juice or pineapple juice, or any fruit juice for that matter, so it was a little dumb for me to go out on a limb and try to review this beverage. However, after getting past the initial OH MY GOD THIS IS SO SWEET feeling, and once the ice kicked in and cooled it down, it really was a pretty refreshing drink. You definitely know it’s a protein drink, but the orange and pineapple do a fairly good job at hiding it. It definitely needs ice. Definitely.
You can buy these delicious drinks on line for about $2 per bottle. I found a sale on them – if you buy 3, they are $5 from this place:
This is a good alternative to the more milk shakey kind of protein shakes. I think over the summer, these will work out just great.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising the Industry Space Days 2020 (#ISD2020) at ESTEC (Noordwijk, The Netherlands) on 16 – 17 September 2020.
All members of the space community is invited to attend it.
The eighth edition of the ISD is organised by the ESA SME Office (also in collaboration with SME4SPACE) to foster cooperation between different actors in the entire space sector.
Companies and organisations can attend:
➔ pre-scheduled business-to-business meetings (B2B), a timesaving and efficient way to establish new contacts
➔ an industry exhibition with 150 booths, allowing industry to showcase products, services and expertise
➔ a wide range of conference presentations and workshops, featuring speakers from ESA, industry and Large System Integrators who share their views on business opportunities and market trends
Registration and more information are available at Industry Space Days 2020 website.

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Hyderabad: About 1.25 lakh students from private schools in Telangana have shifted to the state’s government schools for the 2021-22 academic year — a 40 per cent jump compared to the previous academic year ending 2021.
The rise in such admissions, which the state education department has dubbed ‘reverse migration’, is mostly being attributed to parents being unable to pay private school fees owing to job losses and financial hurdles.
“This has to be by far the highest number — 1.25 lakh students from across all the classes (Class 1 to Class 12) have taken admissions in government schools. They shifted from private schools,” a senior Education Department official told ThePrint on condition of anonymity.
“While we cannot say there is only one reason, in most cases, we saw parents saying that they were unable to afford the school fees anymore due to their depreciating financial condition,” the official added.
“This does not include the residential, social welfare schools. This count is purely from the government day schools in the state.”
According to the official, around 85,000 private school students moved to government schools in 2020, which was at least a 40 per cent rise from the previous 2019-2020 academic year. The official added that in the pre-pandemic era, the jump was not so high every year.
“If we look at 2018 and years preceding it, the number of such students taking admissions was very low, maybe 50 per cent lower. Even the jump every year was not so high, barely 10-15 per cent,” he said.
ThePrint reached Telangana Director of School Education, Devasena, via calls and texts but there was no response till the time of publishing this report.
High number of admissions affecting schools
The Telangana government, in line with the Centre’s guidelines, had issued orders for schools to reopen, with appropriate Covid precautions, from 1 September. The High Court, in response to a petition, then ruled that no school must ‘force’ parents to send students to schools, if a majority of them want online classes, the schools must oblige.
The resumption meant that the schools reopened after being shut for almost a year-and-a-half. An attempt to reopen them in March turned futile after more than 100 children, across the state, tested positive.
But the surge in admissions is already affecting state-owned schools.
The Government Girls High School Mahboobia, one of the oldest in Hyderabad, had 110 new admissions for the academic year for Classes 6 to 10.
According to the school in-charge, G. Neeraja, around 70 per cent of them are students from private schools. The new admissions have pushed the school’s strength to 410 with just about 17 teachers to handle them.
“We usually get about 20 new admissions from private schools every year, but this year it was too high,” Neeraja told ThePrint.
“We asked almost every parent why they are moving their children to the government schools from well-set private institutions. Their reply was that they were not able to afford the fees.”
When ThePrint visited the school, there was Mahesh. S, a private school teacher who lost his job early January and had shifted both his children (Class 6 and Class 8) to the Government Girls High School.
“It has been more than six months since I last had a job; we are managing with my wife’s savings,” he said. “To continue their education in the private school, I have to pay at least first term fees and clear last year’s dues. This is coming up to Rs 1.2 lakh for both my kids; I cannot afford it. So, I moved them here.
“With great difficulty, I brought them a laptop last year,” Mahesh, who is now working as a driver, told ThePrint. “The school where I used to teach did not pay my salary for three months last year and asked me to leave one day.”
It is a similar situation at district government schools in the state.
In Medchal-Malkajgiri district, one of the closest to Hyderabad, the situation is such that there is no vacancy in a few government schools in the district.
“Not all private schools have also reopened, so that uncertainty had also pushed parents to move children. Around 6,000 private school students moved to government schools this year. The position is such that in a few schools we are putting up a ‘no vacancy’ board,” District Education Officer NSS Prasad told ThePrint.
Another reason why students, especially in rural areas, have moved to government schools is lack of transport to private schools, said Venkat Reddy, convenor of M.V. Foundation, an independent organisation working for children rights to education.
“Private schools have stopped running their buses, and that became an issue for rural students. So, they moved to nearby government schools. Not everyone has their own transport in villages,” Reddy said.
Of the 41,000 schools in the state, 26,800 are government schools in which about 23 lakh students study. In the 11,000 odd private schools, over 32 lakh students are admitted. About 600 schools are aided.
Although the Telangana government issued orders in 2020 and 2021 to not increase school fees and only collect tuition fees on a monthly basis until further orders, many parents allege that the schools have been collecting full fees or at least term fees.
Another reason why the ‘reverse migration’ figure shot up this year was students were asked to clear last year’s dues before they could continue with the current academic year.
Hyderabad Schools Parents Association, an independent body with parents of mostly private school students, for long has been complaining to the state government over private schools forcing parents to pay fees.
‘Shift not due to trust in govt schools, but helplessness’
Although the high number of students jumping to government schools sets a positive tone for the state-run institutions, the shift is not because the government schools have improved or set a benchmark but because of the helplessness of the parents, said Chava Ravi, general secretary of Telangana State United Teachers Federation.
He added that it would be difficult to expect the number of students who moved to sustain in the government schools, owing to the poor infrastructure and lack of faculty.
“To sustain those students, government institutions have to build confidence in parents. But are they in a position to do that? There are about 20,000 teacher posts vacant in government schools in the state,” Ravi claimed.
“The usual teacher to student ratio as per the Right to Education Act (RTE) should be 1:30 but that is not the situation in Telangana.”
Reddy from MV Foundation said that in several rural areas, government school teachers going door to door asking parents to send children to their schools, including those studying in private, might have also had an impact.
“Now the challenge is to build that confidence that government schools are decent. It will be hard for the students to adjust; teachers will have a great role to play now,” Reddy said.
Meanwhile, in just two weeks of schools reopening, which again is not to full capacity, at least 20 students reportedly tested positive in just the first week. At least five teachers also tested positive across the state.
(Edited by Arun Prashanth)

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Herpetological Collecting Techniques
Herpetologists use a wide variety of techniques to collect reptiles and amphibians. Some. such as large turtle traps and drift fences with pitfalls, are used by professionals and are typically expensive and labor intensive. However, some trapping techniques are available to anyone at minimal cost, making them ideal for the citizen scientist. The following have been used at Salleyland:
Incidental, opportunistic encounters
Reptile and amphibian encounters are often serendipitous without the aid of special techniques. Lizards are sometimes seen during a walk in the woods. Turtles may be seen basking on logs along a stream. Salamanders are more likely to found under natural cover of logs, leaves, sphagnum mats, or rocks. Each discovery is an outdoor adventure of something to observe and appreciate.
Wood duck, bluebird, and other bird boxes are designed to attract nesting birds but are used by many other forms of wildlife. Flying squirrels, gray squirrels, ratsnakes, and lizards all are known to enter them for nesting or in search of prey.
Dipnets can be found at general sporting goods stores and are effective for sampling in vegetation in aquatic areas and beneath banks. A variety of surprises can turn up in a dipnet.
Coverboards are one of the simplest and most effective means of finding certain reptiles and amphibians, especially secretive salamanders that seldom venture above ground. Any kind of ground cover, including old carpeting, roofing tin, plywood, and sheets of tarpaper can be ideal coverboards that are effective for finding salamanders, frogs, lizards, and snakes.
Minnow Traps and Trashcan traps
Plastic or metal minnow traps can be purchased online or at general sporting goods stores. The cylinders have funnels at each end and often yield not only minnows and other fish but also aquatic salamanders, small turtles, and snakes. Trashcan traps are a simple design of large, plastic trashcans in which hardware cloth funnels are placed on the sides and through which animals enter.
Litter traps are small (one or two feet on a side) open mesh containers made from chicken wire or plastic milk bottle containers that are filled with sticks and leaves and then placed in a lake or stream. These can be periodically checked for larval salamanders and small turtles that seek out the container for refuge.

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Dedicated to the science of stem cell therapy, the leading biotechnology group, Unistem has successfully created a niche segment for itself in the Indian market. Since its establishment in India, with a motive to provide a full spectrum of umbilical banking services, Unistem has been offering path breaking solutions at substantially lower costs.
All this at Unistem is being done by a team of stem cell experts, clinical research scientists and experienced doctors. At present Unistem has its Stem cell facility located in the NCR region of Delhi, Gurgaon. Affiliated as Mayom hospital, it caters to a number of patients from India as well as foreign descent.
Mission & Vision
The sole mission of Unistem in India is to make comprehensive Regenerative medicine accessible to each and everyone in need. This would be achieved by following a stringent criteria to harness the regenerative power of stem cells in a cost effective way.
At Unistem, patients are offered technical expertise in a fully state of the art facility. Facilitated with cutting edge equipments, the quality control laboratory and stem cell processing follow strict guidelines of GMP and GTP. Besides, the state of the art infrastructure at Unistem also adheres to the guidelines of DBT, US FDA, FACT-NETCORD, ISO-9001, DCGI, ICSCR and AABB.
Patients at Unistem Biosciences undergo stringent quality control evaluation before getting stem cells transplant. During the process, the stem cells are properly checked for viability, purity and sterility. Depending upon the condition and requirement, patients are treated under different procedures. There are various treatment procedures under the unique stem cell therapy. Some of such procedures include Intravenous (IV) Injection, CT-Guided Intraspinal Cord Injection, Intra-Articular Injection, Intravascular Interventional Injection and more.
List of ailments which may be considered at Unistem
Rehabilitation assistance in recovery process
In some cases like celebral palsy, spinal cord injuries and brain injuries, just medical therapy is not enough and physical stimulation is extremely important as well as useful for quick recovery. At Unistem Biosciences, the treatment program of a patient also includes a complete rehabilitation in their recovery process, which also constitutes administering injections from time to time, massage, acupuncture and physiotherapy. The therapies are customized as the special needs of the patients.
Disclaimer: Stem cell therapy using mesenchymal stem cells does not fall under the realm of accepted modalities of treatment. The results reaped from this therapy may differ from person to person.
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With coastlines on major bodies of water, recreation in Maryland often means time spent swimming, boating, fishing, and enjoying access to the natural resources of the Chesapeake and Maryland’s coastal waters. These activities offer significant pastimes for many citizens and shape Bay culture.
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Like most liberal commentators, David Olive has misread the American voters coming up to the November election. Despite deliberate attempts by the U.S. left to distort and mislead Americans, the people won’t be fooled a second time.
Canada, rather than planning for an Obama win, will watch the American people celebrating a Romney/Ryan victory — a victory that will end the nightmare of Obamacare, the so called “green economy” and the debt and deficits that have strangled the U.S. economy and the hopes of the American people.
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Noxious DJ – House Of Quality Vol.4 (Guest Mix)
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1. How has Victorian Age Architecture influenced today's? 2. The architecture used in Victorian England have influenced many structures in today's society. 3. Most of the bridges that have been built and are currently under construction are suspension bridges, like the Albert Bridge. 4. Instead of iron poles, today's bridges use steel cables. 5. Though this bridges was built in the 19th century, it is still used today as much as any other bridge around the world.


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Ridgeview is one of the neighborhoods of City Heights and is made up of Ridgeview Drive, Baily Avenue and all of the streets that come from those main roads. It sits on a Mesa surrounded by the Chollas Creek and its Auburn Branch. It is a group of single-family homes, mostly owner-occupied, mostly built around 1960. It's residents are a diverse group, encompassing all types of peoples - and the unique character of the homes are a representation of that diversity
The Ridgeview Neighborhood Association?s mission is to have a neighborhood that is safe, aware, clean and respectful. They believe that communities grow stronger and improve their quality of life when the people in them work together. It is minutes from downtown, freeways and shopping centers. Ridgeview is a great place to live, with a good quality of life.
The northern portion of Ridgeview is predominantly single-family residential, with the southern section dedicated to industrial use. Chollas Creek runs through it in a southwesterly direction.
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Eight members of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) received five Stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the highest score awarded to health plans participating in the Medicare program. Only 11 plans (contracts) in the country received this rating for their combined Medicare Advantage and Part D offerings. Overall, 30 Medicare plans (contracts) operated by ACHP members received five, four-and-a-half and four Stars in the combined 2013 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Star Ratings released today by CMS. These high-rated plans are available in 18 states and DC. The ACHP member plans that received five Stars are:
- Group Health Cooperative
- HealthPartners – Group Health Plan
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of California
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Hawaii
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest
“The star ratings are an important tool for consumers looking for the best health care for their money. The superior performance of ACHP plans is a direct reflection of our long-standing commitment to delivering affordable, high-quality coverage to our members and our communities,” said Patricia Smith, ACHP president and CEO. “By providing high-quality care and service to millions of Medicare beneficiaries, ACHP members are also making sure the federal government – and American taxpayers – are getting the value they demand from Medicare Advantage plans.”
“CMS rewards health plans for a high level of consistent performance, and ACHP’s deep commitment to continuous improvement has paid off as we achieve scores that recognize year after year high performance across all measures,” said Scott Armstrong, chair of the board of ACHP and president and CEO of Group Health Cooperative.
Congress has demanded greater value by creating quality incentive payments in Medicare Advantage to promote health plan efforts to achieve high clinical quality and consumer satisfaction, as well as improved patient outcomes. CMS’ star rating system considers over 50 quality measures, such as lowering hospital readmissions, diabetes management and ensuring that members receive recommended cancer screenings.
Quality incentive payments are improving quality across the board, with overall scores increasing in all plans. Seven ACHP members increased their quality score from the 2012 ratings. ACHP member organizations promote evidence-based practice, engage patients in their care and align incentives with providers to ensure that Medicare patients get the right care when and where they need it.
Visit ACHP.org for more information, including a table of ACHP member plans’ rankings, further analysis of the ratings and rankings, and member stories.
Plan performance star ratings are assessed each year and may change from one year to the next.
The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) is a national leadership organization bringing together innovative health plans and provider groups that are among America’s best at delivering affordable, high-quality coverage and care. The community based and regional health plans and provider organizations from across the country that make up ACHP’s membership provide coverage and care for approximately 16 million Americans. These 22 organizations focus on improving the health of the communities they serve and are on the leading edge of innovations in affordability and the quality of care, including patient-centered medical homes, accountable health care delivery and use of information technology. To learn more about ACHP, visit www.achp.org.


[Flac-dev] Re: process for petitioning for more flac hardware support
armcc at lycos.com
Tue Jun 25 18:56:05 PDT 2002
> i was wondering how one would go about approaching hardware
> manufacturers to support flac.
One thing to do first might be to make sure that flac is suitable to
run on lost cost hardware. For example the amount of buffering required
in the decoder.
If I understand the flac format correctly, all decoders must support
block sizes upto 65535 samples (ie 256k of decoded stereo data).
For comparison, a SW MP3 decoder running on an embedded cpu can be run
in as little as 32k bytes of RAM (which includes 9k required to double
buffer _two_ frames (1152 samples each) of decoded audio).
Maybe it is always possible to play audio from a flac block without
buffering and decoding the whole block first (I don't know - I haven't
studied the source) but some information covering this type of issue on
the flac website might be a good starting point for persuading HW
Just my 2 cents.... :-)
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Come bury your toes in the sand and join us in West Palm Beach! West Palm Beach is a hub of nightlife, entertainment, cultural attractions, and recreation. Soak up the sun and waterfront views while you experience some of the best live music, food, and hospitality in The Palm Beaches.
Whether you are walking down the lively and dazzling Clemantis Street, petting giraffes at the Palm Beach Zoo, or browsing the art and antiques on Antique Row - there is something for everyone in West Palm Beach!


'Next Day Air' leaves Par, lands at Summit
Mos Def action comedy set for release in MaySummit is coming up for some Air.
The studio has acquired worldwide rights to "Next Day Air," an action comedy that had been at Paramount, and will release it domestically in May.
Scott Aronson's Melee Entertainment produced the film and co-financed it with Par, which, when it was nearly complete, opted not to release it as part of a larger decision to orient its slate toward bigger tentpole pictures.
"It's the kind of movie that I think if done right can be really profitable," Aronson said. "Paramount decided it didn't want to be in the business of smaller films, but we think Summit is the perfect fit for it."
Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Wood Harris and Mos Def star in the picture, which centers on an illicit package that ends up at the wrong apartment, setting off a set of comedic chain reactions. Music video director Benny Boom helmed and Blair Cobbs wrote the movie. In addition to Aronson, Inny Clemons also produced.
Summit hit "Twilight" was also in development at Paramount before it ended up with the upstart studio.


Darren FreezorHead of Motor Insurance, Safer Vehicles and Speed Department for Transport
Darren Freezor is a history graduate, law graduate and an MBA. He leads a team in the Department for Transport covering a number of policy areas for the Government, including speed policy. He has been in this role since March 2020.
Prior to this he has over 10 years’ experience in Government, having held a variety of roles. These have included working in the Government Whips Office from 2009 - 2012, the Department for Energy and Climate Change on international climate change from 2011 - 2014, and the Department for Transport in the Dangerous Goods Division from 2014 - 2019.
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Panel Discussion: Speed management to optimise safety, the environment and public health
- Applicability of learnings from Wales on their journey to 20mph across other nations and a review of Scottish trials and welsh plans for a 50mph national speed limit
- Review of Scottish Borders Council default 20mph trial speed limit
- Balancing broad considerations, including environmental, safety and public health e.g. Speed vs pollution including time in traffic at slower speeds
- Using tech to enhance planning and enforcement
Suzy Charman Executive Director Road Safety Foundation (RSF)
Darren Freezor Head of Motor Insurance, Safer Vehicles and Speed Department for Transport
Phil Jones (Chair) Chairman, PJA and Chair Welsh 20mph Taskforce
Sarah Jones Consultant in Environmental Public Health Public Health Wales
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Ferrari 330 GTC
Allen’s Ferrari 330 GTC is a true masterpiece of automotive engineering. This stunning car features an aerodynamic design that turns heads. Under the hood, there’s a powerful V12 engine that produces 300 horsepower. During the early sports car days, the 330 GTC offered something different. This was before Ferrari was the flashy automaker it is today (via Peterson Automotive Museum).
The car also features custom leather upholstery and a sophisticated suspension system that ensures a smooth ride. Whether you’re looking for a car that’s stylish or just plain fun, this Ferrari is sure to deliver. Allen doesn’t have a lot of Ferraris but the ones he does owns are unique. Instead of going for the quintessential 1990s models that everyone else does, Allen went a more unique route.


*Hours before he was to be sentenced Thursday for failing to file income taxes, Wesley Snipes cut the federal government three checks for $5 million and delivered them in court, according to reports.See Also:
The actor and the IRS still must determine how much he owes - plus interest and penalties – after he was found guilty on three counts of willfully failing to file tax returns. He was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.
Snipes' $15 million payment took prosecutors by surprise. They initially declined to accept the cash, then had changed their mind by day's end.
Reading from a prepared apology, Snipes told the court that he made "costly mistakes" and was the victim of crooked advisers, a liability of wealth and celebrity that attracts "wolves and jackals like flies are attracted to meat."
"I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance," Snipes said.
He remains free for the time being and will be notified when it's time to surrender to authorities. Defense attorney Carmen Hernandez signaled in court that Snipes would pursue an appeal.
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"You guys are in for some dope new blink-182 music in hopefully the nearish future"
blink-182's Mark Hoppus has been chatting about their upcoming new EP, which they previously said would be released by the end of summer.
During a Q&A on his Instagram he had this to say:
"We’re working on it today. Matt is going back into the studio with John to work on more songs. I think we have a tracklisting. We still need to finish these songs, get them mixed. We are a ways away still, but we are working on it.
These songs are dope. You guys are in for some dope new blink-182 music in hopefully the nearish future."
he also revealed that because of the way that the songs they are writing sound, they will no longer be releasing a deluxe version of their 2019 album 'Nine':
"There is no NINE deluxe at this point. The songs that we are going to release on this EP are not…When I think of a deluxe album, I think of the additional songs sometimes as songs that were thrown away or weren’t good enough to make the real album and so they are put on as bonus songs. We wrote new songs for the ‘California’ deluxe and I think that that stands on its own. But this one we are writing all new material and it didn’t feel like it was part of the NINE writing sessions. It felt like its own entity."

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Ray Suarez speaks with authors Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin about how "shadows of colonialism" hang over the spread of HIV from Africa. The topic is explored in their book "Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome it."

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Xiaomi, in a rather surprising move, has launched the 'Mi Recycle' feature in MIUI security app which will let users sell their old phones with ease. While it is another value-added service that Xiaomi will now be offering its users, 'Mi Recycle’ option is also expected to improve the overall experience of the Mi community.
For the 'Mi Recycle' feature, Xiaomi has extended its partnership with Cashify and this feature will let Xiaomi smartphone users check the condition or health of their device and get a quote for its resale value directly from Cashify. For the unknown, Cashify is a popular re-commerce platform based in India. It should be noted that Xiaomi announced its tie-up with Cashify in November 2017 to launch its Mi Exchange programme.
Xiaomi’s 'Mi Recycle' feature will evaluate the device on three key factors including hardware quality, physical condition and the current market value of the model. Here we take a look at how the Xiaomi’s 'Mi Recycle' feature works and how your Xiaomi phone will be evaluated.
Xiaomi’s 'Mi Recycle' feature launched in MIUI security app for selling your old phones: Here’s how it works
Users will need to go to the 'Mi Recycle' feature in the MIUI Security app and initiate the hardware tests by heading to Diagnose your phone > Sell your phone via MIUI Security app. The app will then ask for location permission in order to start all the needed performance tests. Once all the tests are completed, you will get a price quote after the estimation of the exchange price of your Xiaomi phone. Then there will be an option to initiate payments
You can accept the payment through any of the given modes which include Paytm cash, bank transfer and vouchers. Once the payment is accepted, your device will be picked by a Cashify representative. You will also get an option to select the date and time of the pickup.


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You may have read recently about the US extending daylight savings time by a few weeks, which to most of us seems like a good idea (more light = good thing). Airlines, however, complained (understandably) that throwing us off-kilter from the rest of the world would mess up international schedules. Valid enough. However, I still find it kind of amusing that American Airlines’ CEO came out yesterday and complained about daylight savings time. If you think all of the issues plaguing airlines, doesn’t it seem like this would be toward the bottom of the ol’ list? Again, I’m not saying it’s not a valid issue; but when most airlines are losing hundreds of millions of dollars, doesn’t this seem a tad funny?
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Alteration of mTOR signaling occurs early in the progression of Alzheimer disease (AD): analysis of brain from subjects with pre-clinical AD, amnestic mild cognitive impairment and late-stage AD.
Tramutola, Antonella 1; Triplett, Judy C. 2; Di Domenico, Fabio 1; Niedowicz, Dana M. 3; Murphy, Michael P. 3; Coccia, Raffaella 1; Perluigi, Marzia 1; Butterfield, Allan D. 2,3
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In the Ferrara district, an area south of the Po delta, four different variants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD;E.C.1.1.49) have been described as a result of biochemical characterization of the enzyme protein: one was G6PD Mediterranean (G6PD Med) and three were local variants named Ferrara I, II, and III. The Ferrara I variant was recently analysed at the DNA level and shown to correspond to G6PD A376G/202A, while the mutations causing the variants II and III, still remain unknown. We analysed the G6PD coding region of 18 apparently unrelated G6PD deficient subjects, whose families have lived in the Ferrara district for at least three generations: 12 subjects had G6PD Med563T/1311T, 3, G6PD Santamaria376G/542T and 2, G6PD A-376G/202A. In one subject we found a new mutation, a G→A transition at nucleotide 242 causing an Arg→His amino acid replacement at position 81. We named this new variant G6PD Lagosanto242 A. Phenotypically the enzyme has nearly normal kinetic properties and appears different from the variants Ferrara II and III.
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How to Get Rid of Fungus on Yucca Plants
Fungal growth on house plants is caused by improper watering methods, and promoted by inadequate lighting conditions. Powdery mildew is one of the most common fungi known to strike indoor specimens such as your yucca plant. You can effectively treat fungus with good common sense, and some simple everyday products that you already have around the house.
Repot the infected yucca plant. Either sterilize the current container, or buy a new one. Pour about ½ inch of gravel or small pebbles into the bottom of the pot to improve drainage. Use a new package of sterile potting soil.
- Fungal growth on house plants is caused by improper watering methods, and promoted by inadequate lighting conditions.
- You can effectively treat fungus with good common sense, and some simple everyday products that you already have around the house.
Place the yucca in a well-ventilated spot with plenty of indirect light. Move it closer to the window for as much direct sun as it can tolerate. Improve air circulation by adding a fan to the sick yucca’s room.
Water your yucca just enough to evenly moisten the surface soil. Don’t water it again until the surface feels completely dry.
Remove the source of the infection by cutting off the affected leaf as well as all those near or below it. Trim dying leaves from the yucca as soon as you notice them. Always dispose of infected plant material -- don’t add it to your compost heap.
- Place the yucca in a well-ventilated spot with plenty of indirect light.
- Trim dying leaves from the yucca as soon as you notice them.
Combine equal parts milk and water. Wipe the affected plant’s leaves with the solution, which will clean them of dirt, debris and fungus.
Mix a 1/10 solution of mild hand dishwashing soap with water. Wipe the milk residue from the yucca plant’s leaves with it. Follow with a clear water wipe, and then gently pat the leaves dry with a soft towel. Repeat steps 5 and 6 every two or three days for a week.
Red Bugs On A Yucca Plant
The yucca plant is a member of the Agavaceae family and is a flowering plant found in many yards and home gardens. While this plant is generally healthy, it is susceptible to infestations of a red and black insect known as the yucca plant bug, which damages yucca plants by feeding on foliage. The yucca plant bug is also known by its scientific name of Halticotoma valida. Both adult yucca plant bugs and nymphs cause damage to yucca by sucking plant sap from the leaves with piercing mouth parts. Insecticidal soaps are often effective in controlling the yucca plant bug on infested plants. Spraying your plant with insecticidal soaps and washing the soap from the plant is one way to eliminate this pest. Horticultural oils work by covering up the air holes of the yucca plant bug, causing it to suffocate. Both of these control methods rely on contact with the insect to kill it, making it necessary to completely cover the plant when applying them. Cover the entire plant thoroughly for best results. Repeat application of chemical control products periodically to prevent re-infestation.
- Combine equal parts milk and water.
- Insecticidal soaps are often effective in controlling the yucca plant bug on infested plants.
A full-time writer since 2007, Axl J. Amistaadt is a DMS 2013 Outstanding Contributor Award recipient. He publishes online articles with major focus on pets, wildlife, gardening and fitness. He also covers parenting, juvenile science experiments, cooking and alternative/home remedies. Amistaadt has written book reviews for Work At Home Truth.

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Weighing only a pound, the inferno sword is easy to carry. The handy nylon carrying sheath, which has a shoulder strap and zipper, protects the hook full tang sword from the elements and allows you to carry your weapon without being overencumbered.
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ISLAMABAD -UNS- The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed asking the court to disqualify Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution by declaring the liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts reached under his watch illegal and unlawful.
After hearing the arguments presented by Rashid’s counsel, senior lawyer Latif Khosa, a three-member SC bench ruled that the petition did not fall within the ambit of Article 184(3) of the Constitution, which empowers the court to enforce citizens’ fundamental rights.
The court directed the petitioner to approach the National Accountability Bureau over his complaint instead.
The petition had accused Abbasi and other respondents of committing corruption by hiding facts and plundering money through illegal LNG contacts.
At the outset of the hearing on Monday, Khosa claimed that the government is abusing its powers and committing serious violations of court orders.
Asked by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar to inform the court about facts of the case, Khosa said there are vast reserves of natural gas within Pakistan.
An interesting scenario then occurred. Khosa, who paused his arguments due to the sound of thunder, said the thunderclap was the result of “misdeeds like LNG [illegal contracts]”.
“Rain is a blessing from Allah, you continue your arguments,” the chief justice quipped while addressing Khosa, before adding: “Thundering clouds seldom rain.”
After hearing Khosa’s arguments, the court rejected the application with the observation that the petitioner was not an aggrieved party in the case, and directed him to approach NAB in light of previous court verdicts with his complaint.
NAB can check the entire record for investigation into alleged corruption in LNG contracts, Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan remarked.
“We don’t want to hear cases of political nature,” the CJP commented, observing that the NAB of today is independent enough to tackle such matters.
He said if the court decided to take up the case, it would restart the flow of political cases coming to SC’s door.
“Such [political] cases caused us a lot of embarrassment on global level,” Justice Nisar observed, referring to the Steel Mills and Reko Diq cases.

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TerriAnne Benedetto is a highly accomplished class action and complex litigation attorney. She has 30 years of experience representing clients in jury and non-jury trials and on appeals in state and federal courts.
Ms. Benedetto has been involved in numerous prominent cases wherein she represented those who alleged corporate negligence or outright deliberate wrongdoing, including fraud. Many of these have resulted in multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements.
Of particular note, Ms. Benedetto participated on the negotiating team on behalf of retired professional football players who developed serious cognitive impairment and other life-altering conditions, like ALS and Parkinson’s Disease, or became at risk for contracting such conditions, as a result of years of concussive and sub-concussive blows to the head in In re National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litig., MDL No. 2323 (E.D. Pa.). She took the lead role on drafting briefs in federal district and circuit courts on a variety of issues related to court approval and affirmance of the uncapped class action settlement, valued at over $1 billion. She also spearheaded the efforts to protect class members from deceptive practices by certain lenders and others.
In U.S. ex rel. Miller v. CareCore National LLC et al, 1:13-cv-01177-RJS (S.D.N.Y.), Ms. Benedetto represented a qui tam relator, a licensed practical nurse in Colorado, in a whistleblower action against his former employer, alleging that this provider of utilization review services directed its nursing staff to “rubber-stamp” pre-authorization requests for diagnostic testing, rather than performing the contracted-for analyses, thus defrauding federal and state governments of tens of millions of Medicare and Medicaid dollars. A $54 million settlement was jointly announced by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and several states’ Attorneys’ General Medicaid Fraud Units, out of which $10.5 million plus interest (20% of the governments’ combined federal and state recoveries) were awarded to the relator.
Representing numerous plaintiffs involved in a multi-fatality bus accident in an action against an international bus company and a corporate trucking defendant, in Edwards v. Erie Coach Lines Co., 17 N.Y.3d 306 (2011), Ms. Benedetto handled all of the briefing and oral arguments in the appellate courts on an international choice of law issue. Ultimately, the favorable opinion she obtained from New York’s highest appellate court paved the way to the $36 million global settlement for all of the victims, including those whose claims would otherwise have been severely limited by a Canadian cap on non-economic damages.
Other matters in which Ms. Benedetto was involved, include the following:
In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices and Prods. Liab. Litig., MDL No. 2672 (N.D. Ca.) (Hon. Charles R. Breyer).
In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 2196 (N.D. Oh.) (Hon. Jack Zouhary).
In re Lupron Marketing and Sales Practices Litig., MDL No. 1430 (D. Mass.) (Hon. Richard R. Stearns).
In re Pharma. Industry Average Wholesale Price Litig., MDL No. 1456 (D. Mass.) (Hon. Patti R. Saris).
In re Bridgeport Fire Litig. (Mont. Co., Pa.) (Hon. Joseph O’Neill)
Levine v. Ha Ra Corporation, 1997-cv-1639 (M.D. Pa.) (Hon. Thomas Vanaskie)
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of New Jersey
New York Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Courts of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, District of New Jersey, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and Western District of Wisconsin
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B.A. (Mathematics), Franklin & Marshall College, 1986
Villanova University, Villanova Law Review, Staff Member
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Philadelphia Bar Association
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
The Justinian Society of Philadelphia, Board Member 2016-2019
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(NaturalNews) It may seem like another pattern to break or drop while pregnant: first, smoking; then, wine sipping; and now – cosmetics? According to the evidence from independent researchers and lab analysts, the price of enhancing beauty with most commercial cosmetics goes beyond dollars and cents. The cosmetic pay-later plan involves risking one’s health and the health of one’s unborn baby.
Toxic chemical and heavy metal content exists in almost all commercial cosmetic products. You’d have to go to a health food store and purchase the good, clean stuff at a higher price maybe. Still, even there, reading the labels and knowing what to avoid is worth it if you use underarm deodorants, cosmetic potions and lotions, as well as scalp and skin care products.
Consumer activism and awareness raising
Aileen Lucero, Acting National Coordinator of the EcoWaste Coalition in Manila, the Philippines, has raised concerns that cosmetic chemical toxins and heavy metals affect both mother and baby. She thinks this may be part of the reason why umbilical cord blood from birthing mothers contains up to 300 contaminants.
To prover her point, EcoWaste had some members scatter into outer Manila, buying up cosmetic samples from different manufacturers and bringing them in for heavy metal analysis. EcoWaste discovered that all of them contained traces of heavy metals, but some even exceeded the limits on heavy metals in cosmetics set by ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations).
Many had levels of mercury, lead, and arsenic too high for ASEAN’s Cosmetic Directive limits. Other heavy metals discovered in many cosmetics gathered in EcoWaste’s dragnet were chromium, barium and cadmium. Lucero warned, “Pregnant or lactating women may expose developing foetuses and infants to the risk of toxic metals poisoning when they use these tainted products.”
Here in mainland USA, another group has adopted the mission of policing cosmetic products for chemical toxins and heavy metals and gathering that data for consumer protection. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has a complete database for rating cosmetic products here (http://www.ewg.org). Below are summaries of their lists.
EWG scientists recommend avoiding products with these ingredients:
* Fragrance and dyes
* DMDM hydantoin and imidazolidinyl urea
* Methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone
* Parabens or “-paraben”
* Chemicals ending in “-eth”
* Sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate
* Triclosan and triclocarban
* Triethanolamine (TEA)
EWG’s list of products to avoid:
* Anti-aging creams with lactic, glycolic, AHA and BHA acids
* Hair dyes containing ammonia, peroxide, p-phenylenediamine, diaminobenzene and all dark, permanent hair dyes.
* Liquid hand soaps with triclosan
* Nail polish and removers with formaldehyde
Formaldehyde may not be listed as an ingredient, because many cosmetic manufacturers are switching to formaldehyde-releasing chemicals that break down slowly under solution to produce formaldehyde. This is a sneaky method of adding the preservative formaldehyde without saying it’s there, because it’s not added initially, but the listed chemical ingredients’ releasing activity brew formaldehyde on and on.
If you don’t want a product that contains a formaldehyde-releasing chemical, you have to play detective and scrutinize the product label.
Chemicals in this category include:
* DMDM hydantoin
* Imidazolidinyl urea
* Diazolidinyl urea
* Bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol)
Actually, abstaining from cosmetics during pregnancy may be easier for many than giving up smoking or alcohol completely. Of course, all manner of avoiding heavy metals and chemical toxins should be part of the lifestyle of expectant mothers.
Finding up to 300 contaminants in umbilical cord blood indicates that the mother inadvertently passes on these toxins to the fetus. Avoiding as much heavy metal and additive chemical toxins as possible can reward you a safe birth with a healthy baby whose growth continues in health.
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The chemical 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MeI, is often used in sodas, where it appears on ingredients labels as “caramel coloring.” But studies have shown that this chemical used in many dark-colored beverages can cause cancer, leading the state of California to limit manufacturers to 29 micrograms of exposure to the compound per day for the average consumer. Companies that fail to comply with this rule will have to label their products, “WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.” In response, soda manufacturers, such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have reformulated their products sold in California to reduce the amount of the chemical used.
However, as Consumer Reports recently found, still not all sodas comply with the California regulation. Researchers for the magazine tested 29 beverages in California and New York that had exceeded 29 mcg of 4-MeI in prior tests performed earlier in 2013. They found that most of the drinks had their amounts of caramel color significantly reduced, but Pepsi One and Malta Goya still exceeded the limit, and neither of them carried the required warning labels.
Consumer Reports additionally found that Pepsi One purchased in New York had four times as much 4-MeI as Pepsi One purchased in California. The tested beverages in New York did have reduced amounts of the chemical though, indicating a positive step for the soda industry.
When Consumer Reports asked PepsiCo to comment on their findings, the company defended their formula, saying that, because the average person consumes less than one-third of a can of diet soda per day, their product meets California’s standard. Based on this fundamentally flawed reasoning, their product can have nearly 90 mcg of 4-MeI per serving. The only way that this justification would make sense is if the majority of Pepsi One drinkers literally open the can, drink a third of it and then save the rest for the next two days, which obviously is not the case.
Consumer Reports said that their policy and action arm, Consumers Union, will alert the California Attorney General’s office and will petition the FDA to set a federal standard on 4-MeI and require companies to be more specific about the type of caramel coloring they use. The FDA does not recognize that 4-MeI used in foods at current levels poses a risk to human health; they are however reviewing safety data and testing foods and sodas for the chemical.
Japanese fishermen completed their annual dolphin slaughter in the Taiji cove on Tuesday.
“According to The History of Taiji, edited and published by Taiji town in 1979, the first recorded dolphin drive was in 1933, with subsequent hunts occurring in 1936 and 1944. It was not until 1969 that dolphin drives have been conducted on a large scale,” Sakae Hemmi of the Elsa Nature Conservancy of Japan wrote.
Despite this, Japanese fishermen and their government justify dolphin drive hunts by saying they are a centuries-old cultural tradition. During these “hunts,” dolphins are rounded up and driven into the cove, where they are surrounded by nets and trapped. The way the dolphins are slaughtered has been noted for its brutality.
“A metal rod was stabbed into their spinal cord, where they were left to bleed out, suffocate and die. After a traumatic four days held captive in the killing cove, they experienced violent captive selection, being separated from their family, and then eventually were killed today,” Sea Shepherd Conservation Society activist Melissa Sehgal told Reuters.
“The hunting of whales and dolphins has been carried out since long ago and is performed on scientific grounds,” Kazutaka Sangen, the mayor of Taiji, told reporters. He did not explain how slaughtering thousands of dolphins over a period of decades contributes to science.
In reality, these killings have much more to do with money than “cultural tradition” or “scientific grounds.” According to the UK’s Independent, dolphin meat can sell for anywhere from $9.00 to $17.00 per pound (around 6-10 British pounds sterling). And National Geographic reports live Taiji dolphins being sold abroad for as much as $150,000 each, and the price range paid by Japan’s many aquariums is closer to between $40,000 and $80,000.
The annual hunt has been a source of controversy and criticism against Japan, especially since the release of the 2009 documentary The Cove, which thrust the event into the world’s spotlight. Dolphins are extremely intelligent creatures, and in 2013 the government of India recognized their status as “non-human persons” who “should have their own specific rights.”


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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Dame Maggie makes a date with Bennett's History Boys
The original cast of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys has reunited to give Maggie Smith some ‘male crumpet’ in her latest film.
Maggie, currently on ITV’s still delicious Downton Abbey, is starring in a film adaptation of Bennett’s play The Lady In The Van.
She plays Miss Shepherd (the role she created on stage), an eccentric who moved her death-trap of a vehicle on to the driveway of Bennett’s home in Camden Town, North London, and stayed for nearly two decades.
'Luminous': Dame Maggie Smith (left on location in North London) is starring as Miss Shepherd - the role she created on stage (right) - in a movie adaptation of Bennett’s play The Lady In The Van
History Boys: From left to right, Russell Tovey, Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Andrew Knott, Dominic Cooper, Samuel Barnett, Jamie Parker and Sacha Dhawan. Most of the cast will appear in The Lady In The Van
Vintage: The Lady In The Van being filmed on location in North London earlier this week
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Alex Jennings has two roles, which are two distinct parts of Bennett’s character. One is Bennett the playwright; the other, Bennett the disgruntled landlord.
The film’s being made by Nicholas Hytner, who directed The History Boys and The Lady In The Van on stage, and he hit on the idea of featuring as many of the History Boys as possible.
Dominic Cooper was filming his scene yesterday, playing an actor in one of Bennett’s plays who pays the playwright a visit, and views Miss Shepherd through a window.
Samuel Anderson, another History Boy, filmed a sequence in which he plays a Jehovah’s Witness who rings Bennett’s doorbell. James Corden is due to travel from Los Angeles to play a fruit and veg market stallholder.
Kevin Loader — who’s producing the film with Hytner, Damian Jones and BBC Films — laughed when told that one member of the creative team had joked the History lads had been contracted so Maggie could enjoy ‘some male crumpet’.
Loader noted, however, that only a handful of the ‘boys’ are in scenes with Maggie. Though he did allow that the handsome Cooper was ‘definitely playing crumpet’.
He said the boys were doing ‘a day’s work for old times’ sake’. Samuel Barnett, Jamie Parker and Russell Tovey are all being lined up for roles.
Hytner has also drawn in another member of the History Boys team: Frances de la Tour.
A long-time collaborator of both Bennett and Hytner, who ‘taught’ The History Boys on stage at the National Theatre and after that in New York (where the show enjoyed a rapturous run on Broadway), she will portray Ursula Vaughan Williams — poet, author, librettist and widow of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams — who, until her death in 2007, aged 96, was a neighbour of Bennett’s.
Jim Broadbent will play a (fictional) sinister policeman, while Gwen Taylor is Bennett’s ‘Mam’.
Miss Shepherd’s a great role for Maggie, and I’m told she was ‘luminous’ during a read-through of Bennett’s screenplay last week.
She doesn’t want to be remembered just for her role as the Dowager Countess in Downton. Not surprising, given that she has won two Oscars, a handful of Baftas, and Evening Standard Drama honours.
I saw Cooper on the set of Miss You Already, a movie being directed by Catherine Hardwicke, in which he appears with Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette and Paddy Considine.
Cooper told me he saw Corden in the U.S. a few days ago.
‘He’s coming back for The Lady In The Van. All the History Boys are doing it,’ he told me.
Get ready for Meryl Screech!
Meryl Streep is in negotiations to star in a film about an opera singer who couldn’t hit a note.
American-born Florence Foster Jenkins had legions of fans who filled her concerts, but it was never clear whether they genuinely enjoyed her piercing screeches — or were just going along for a laugh.
Streep, who can carry a tune, has been talking to director Stephen Frears about making the movie about the lady with the variable tempo and less than perfect pitch.
Maureen Lipman appeared in a play several years ago about Jenkins called Glorious, and there was a line in it about what the great Caruso said when he heard her sing.
Operatic: Meryl Streep, pictured right, is in negotiations to star in a film about Florence Foster Jenkins - an opera singer who couldn’t hit a note. Hugh Grant, pictured left, is also in talks to play Jenkins’s manager
‘I’ve never heard anything like it!’ he apparently told her, though she took it as a compliment.
Hugh Grant is also in talks to play Jenkins’s manager, who may well have been more to her than that.
Frears works well with women. Look at The Queen with Helen Mirren, or the movies he’s made with Judi Dench (the recent Philomena is a particular stand-out). His work is being celebrated during the BFI London Film Festival, when he will be awarded a BFI Fellowship.
At least Meryl won’t need any singing lessons for this latest role.
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Ms Kurup played the sister in The Bodyguard musical when it was at the Adelphi Theatre.
She will be joined by Matt Rawle, Zoe Rainey, Stephen Matthews, Simon Rouse and Hugh Sachs at the Crucible.
Evans, who is artistic director at Sheffield, will be joined by his usual creative team, including choreographer Alistair David, designer Richard Kent and music supervisor Nigel Lilley.
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It’s the second of Lloyd’s Bard prison dramas at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, following on from her scorching Julius Caesar of two years ago. It’s great to view Shakespeare through a radically different lens.
It makes an audience think about the characters, and the drama, in a fresh and exciting new way. The sad thing is that it shouldn’t be an event to see women playing male roles.
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