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Around 15 per cent of flights at Eurowings needed to be cancelled, a Lufthansa spokeswoman said on Monday.
Around 180 flights in Germany were cancelled on Monday due to cabin crew strikes at Lufthansa's budget airline Germanwings, in a bid to put pressure on management in wage talks.
The Ufo labour union on Friday announced strikes from Monday to Wednesday this week at Germanwings, which operates on behalf of Lufthansa's Eurowings brand, saying little progress has been achieved in talks with Lufthansa management.
Around 15% of flights at Eurowings needed to be cancelled, a Lufthansa spokeswoman said on Monday.
"First 35 flights were cancelled, then 54, now 170, meaning that Germanwings will only manage 7 per cent of its original flight operations today," a spokesman for Ufo said, speaking at the Cologne-Bonn airport.
"That should be a sign for Lufthansa group. Your employees are really angry. You finally have to change something," he added.
The majority of the cancelled flights were domestic, according to the Eurowings website. Stranded passengers were offered train tickets to their destinations or given a seat on flights operated by other Lufthansa airlines.
Some passengers said that while they understood cabin crew's grievances, the timing, in the middle of the holiday season, was problematic.
"I am from France and it is worse there. I am in favour of workers expressing themselves, but I am not sure if the time is right," said Celine Guiakam, a passenger at Cologne-Bonn airport.
"There is no good time for strikes. Every strike and every delay is one too many and in so far we regret that it has to happen at all," a spokesman for Eurowings said.
The deadlocked collective bargaining dispute for the 22,000 cabin employees concerns pay and working conditions among other issues
Ufo held a strike for two days in November, resulting in the cancellation of one in five flights, affecting around 180,000 passengers and costing the airline 10-20 million euros ($22.39 million).Reuters
Tens of thousands of Lufthansa passengers faced disruptions on Thursday as cabin crew in Germany kicked off a “massive” 48-hour walkout in the biggest escalation yet of a bitter row over pay and conditions.
The UK flag carrier and its 4,300 pilots have been locked in a nine-month pay dispute that could disrupt the travel plans of nearly 300,000 people.
Reports suggested at least 18,000 passengers were grounded after the services in and out of Gatwick and Heathrow — Britain's busiest airports – were cancelled.
The Roads and Transport Authority said on Twitter, “RTA announced the timings of its services during the holiday marking Commemoration Day and the UAE 51st National Day.
He also affirmed that the gesture also reflects one of the UAE’s key national values of tolerance.
His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has pardoned 333 prisoners from Punitive and Correctional Institution in Sharjah ahead of 51st UAE National Day.


text: Changcha Kagadi Ghoda by Eleanor Coerr is a children’s book. This is an interesting book that contains a Chinese boy named Chang, who came to California from China to have his own horse. And with the gold dust, his wish might come true. This book was originally published in English, and Ashwini Phale translates this Marathi version of the story. Deborah Kogan Ray beautifully illustrates the pictures. If you want to read the book, download the PDF file from our website and read the book more comfortably on your device offline.

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Some years ago my husband and I enjoyed a holiday in Wales. After long walks, we would sit down in the evening on a stone jetty overlooking the Afon Mawddach, which looks like a loch, but opens up to the Irish sea. Two swans and one goose would come up to us for some bread. As we built up this routine, we started to question this odd trio. Luckily we found a British RSPB officer to enlighten us on the unusual swan couple with its tag-on goose. Why weren’t the swans breeding and why had they adopted this goose? Why did they stay together, goose and swans?
The RSPB officer told us that local conservationists had the same questions and that, while the goose and swans were ringed, blood was drawn and sent to a lab. Reported back was that both swans were male. This, as we had expected, was a homosexual swan couple that had kindly adopted a lonely goose. We laughed out loud, because somehow we had known this, but how could we know for sure? We continued feeding the swans and goose till the end of our holiday.
Did you know that close to 10% of all species (not only humans and birds) is homosexual? And that we often fail to see that with birds. This is because not all bird species show visible differences between male and female birds- many male and female birds have the same plumage and only behaviour (or a blood draw) will help to notice gender differences.
Recently I thought about my bird drawings and that my Etsy shop is full with heterosexual bird couples. I reflected; ‘I’m missing out on the 10% of birds that is homosexual, and that isn’t kind’. My thoughts went back to Wales, to the swans of Afon Mawddach and I decided to draw a gay and lesbian bird couple.
It was easy to find bird models for a gay couple. All I needed were two males that are known for their competitive display of their handsome plumage during the mating season so that even those with little bird knowledge would get a sense of two males. I chose to draw two male Black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, not in the least because they are so pretty indigo blue.
Every bird watcher knows that male Black grouse aren’t friendly to other males during the mating season. They put up a big show, a macho display and often fight with each-other. Showing them in a non-competitive way, confirms their bond. My Black grouse couple sits closely together on the same stone. They eye each-other tenderly.

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FECL 27 (September 1994):
On 21 August, a report on the Swedish public TV's channel 1 showed insufficiently documen-ted Kurdish refugees from Iraq who had been stopped by the Estonian police on their way to Scandinavia.
Estonian legislation makes no difference between illegal immigrants and those stranded transiting migrants.
Thus, women and children are brought to a large detention camp for illegal immigrants in the town of Harku. The camp is fenced in with barbed wire. Men are separated from their families and detained in a regular prison near Tallin.
The detainees find themselves in a catch 22 situation. Forcible return of the refugees to their countries of origin is difficult to implement for the Estonian authorities who seem to be overstrained by the problem, and Sweden denies entry visas.
The growing number of detained refugees is believed to be a direct consequence of tougher action of the Estonian police and Customs against smuggling of undocumented migrants following complaints from Germany and Sweden.
Sweden is concerned about crime and illegal immigration from the Baltic states. In an effort to improve border controls the Swedish government has, among other things, donated coast-guard boats to the Baltic states.
Yet, in recent months the smuggling of refugees over the Baltic Sea has increased. In one case, a group of refugees almost suffocated in a locked container loaded on a ferry, and in recent months, several groups of up to 40 refugees were dropped by smuggler vessels on islands near Sweden's eastern coast.
Source: "Aktuell", Swedish Public TV Channel 1, 21.8.94; other Swedish press reports.

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Just the other day I was sitting on the couch with my roommates listening to all of the new hip hop that’s dropped over the past week or two. From Travis Scott to Mac Miller, we covered it all including smaller releases like Mick Jenkins’s recent diss track. After listening to “Vice City” off Jay Rock’s 90059 for the hundredth time (shit’s a banger), it dawned on me that we hadn’t even mentioned “Fade,” a new track that Kanye West surprised the crowd with during the debut of his Yeezy Season 2 fashion line. How could a new track from the all-powerful Kanye just slip through the cracks like that? Even something as minor as Ian Connor sparking up during the fashion show out-shined “Fade.” Unsettled, I thought to myself, is Kanye West’s music becoming irrelevant?
Let me preface this piece by saying that I am a huge Kanye stan. You can throw on any Ye track and I will start bobbing my head without fail. I know songs like “Gone” by heart and can spew out a plethora of fun Yeezy facts. For these reasons and many more I am shocked at the lack of hype behind “Fade.” When’s the last time Kanye dropped a track, good or bad, and it didn’t get put on repeat? I still bump “Wolves” despite the lack of a CDQ version, and while “Fade” has an arguably better quality version out there I haven’t thought twice about replaying it. Hell, even Post Malone and Ty Dolla Sign helped lay down some backing vocals for the track. Unfortunately, their efforts fell short leaving the song lack luster.
Perhaps it’s the strange echoing sample that the song opens with or the lack of lyrical depth from Kanye. The short verse that Kanye spits is too deficient in substance and doesn’t do enough to fill out the song. The beat is kind of catchy, but it’s really nothing more than a heavy bass line with a steady backing drum. This song reminds me of “Who Will Survive in America” in that it seems like it will most likely be some sort of interlude. Hell, it may not even be on SWISH at all, it may have just been something produced solely for the fashion show. Whatever the case, that’s something that we may not find out for quite a while.
However, it is not the quality of the song that has me questioning my sanity, it’s the fact that this track was mentioned the day it was released and I haven’t heard anything about it since. People haven’t been bumping it, no info has shown up on the hiphopheads subreddit, media itself just isn’t as interested in his music as they used to be. Instead, Kanye’s name has been more associated with fashion and politics than it has been with music. Ever since Yeezus’ insane declaration of his intentions to run for president of the United States in 2020 at the VMAs, it seems like the media and even Ye himself have put more attention on these topics rather than that of music. Just like Tidal has become the first subject to be associated with Jay Z these days, could the titles fashion stylist and politician come to replace rapper and producer?
Even West’s performance of 808’s and Heartbreaks is getting less attention than his interviews in which he confirms his candidacy in 2020. There’s no way to tell what’s going on in that chasm of egotism and brilliance that is Kanye’s head, but to think that music is starting to come second is mind boggling. I will always respect the crazy shit Kanye is doing, like calling himself a god or ranting about this or that, but a world where music comes second to Kanye is not one that I want to live in. You can say it’s selfish, but it’s true nonetheless. Although that’s not to say that Kanye music isn’t irrelevant in the sense that it no longer has any meaning in hip-hop. His direct influence that his work has had on hip-hop as a whole is clearly demonstrated through his instrumentation on Late Registration. Auto-tune wouldn’t even be a thing if it weren’t for 808’s and Heartbreaks. His best stuff may very well be behind him as classics; his influence becoming less of a rap staple.
It’s not entirely Kanye’s fault though for the lack of an impact he’s been having in rap. Like any artistic medium, trends change, and hip hop is constantly changing with the additions of new sounds and ideas. Take Goldlink for example. Goldlink’s unique rising and ebbing synths paired with his stop-go flow is a new type of trip hop that’s taking traction in certain circles. Even Mac Miller has begun to incorporate more electronic elements into his music, some of which can be heard throughout GO:OD AM. However, you can’t mention new rap trends without mentioning one specific genre: trap. Trap influences are being found everywhere now, and even artists like Drake, someone known for his ability to flow seamlessly between singing and rapping (a softer style) has dabbled in trap with his release of What a Time to be Alive. Yeezy himself has helped contribute to this sect of rap culture with his upbringing of Travis Scott, one of traps biggest stars at the moment. Now it’s artists like Future and Migos that have an impact on the hip hop world, not Kanye or Jay Z.
When you reach icon status it’s important to remember your roots and where it all began. Even Dr. Dre focused all of his business ventures around music with Beats, and he’s better off for it. I’m not going to say that I hope Kanye’s political aspirations don’t come to fruition or that his clothing line is unsuccessful, but I will say that I hope I can forget all about them once SWISH finally graces our ears. So here’s to you and yours Kanye, a toast to your family (good luck with the second kid on the way), your fashion, your candidacy, and most important of all, your music. Whether SWISH is your last album or far from it, make it great and make it count, because after this “Fade” nonsense I’m starting to lose hope. Restore it.

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Dosage Calculation Practice (OB)
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mg/kg Dosage Calculation:
For a child who weighs 50 pounds,
the doctor has ordered Gentamicin 60mg to be given I.M. every 8 hours. The drug
guide states that a child should have I.V./I.M. 6-7.5 mg/kg/day in 3 divided
doses. Is the dose that the doctor has ordered safe or not safe for this child?
- The doctor has ordered Gentamicin 60 mg to be given I.M.
- every 8 hours (60 x 3 = 180 mg per day).
- 50 pounds ÷ 2.2
- pounds = 22.727272 kg (Do not round calculator)
- 6 mg X 22.727272 kg = 136.36363 mg per day or 136 mg per
- 7.5 mg X 22.727272 kg = 170.45454 mg per day or 170 mg
- per day
- The safe range for this drug is 136 – 170 mg per day
- The dose ordered for this child is not a safe dose.
The physician has ordered an IV of Lactated Ringers to infuse at 65 mL/hr. The calibration on the IV tubing is 15 drops/mL. The IV will infuse at how many drops per
16.25 or 16 drops per minute
The Primary Care Provider (PCP) has ordered an IV of D5NS to infuse at 42
mL/hr. The calibration on the IV tubing
is 10 drops/mL. The IV will infuse at
how many drops per minute?
7 drops per minute
A 12-year-old child is admitted to the Pediatric Unit for an acute asthmatic
attack. He weighs 37.2 kg. The physician
orders Theophylline 5 mg/ kg (orally) as a loading dose. How many mg would the
loading dose be?
5mg x 37.2 kg = 186 mg loading dose
A 4-year-old girl is brought to the Emergency Department with fever and ear
pain. She is diagnosed with otitis
media. She weighs 33 lbs. The physician orders Amoxicillin 15 mg/kg
every 8 hrs. One dose is how many
15mg x 15 kg = 225 mg single dose
The client in labor has oxytocin (Pitocin) infusing at 15 mu/minute. She has 20 units of Pitocin in 1000 mL of Normal
Saline I.V. solution. If this client is
receiving 15 mu/min, then how many mL/hr would her IV infusion pump be set at?
- 15mu/min. x 3 = 45 mL/hr. on the IV
- infusion pump
The nurse enters the client’s room who is receiving oxytocin (Pitocin) through the I.V. pump. The IV bag contains 20 units of Pitocin in 1000 mL Normal Saline. The I.V. pump is currently displaying 30 mL/hr. How many mu/minute is the client receiving?
30mL/hr ÷ 3mL/hr. = 10 mu/min
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Both the kind of black tea base, such as Assam or Ceylon, and the processing method will have an effect on the amount of caffeine in the beverage. In most cases, you can anticipate that a cup of Earl Grey will contain between 30 and 40 milligrams of caffeine, which is slightly less than what you’ll find in the majority of English morning mixes.
Does Earl Grey tea have caffeine?
Because of this, the ″genuine″ form of Earl Grey, which is made with a black tea basis, has the greatest average level of caffeine content, whilst the one made with a white tea base has the lowest amount of caffeine. Based on the majority of variables around caffeine levels in Rooibos tea, Earl Grey that is made using Rooibos tea has no caffeine at all.
What is the difference between black tea and Earl Grey?
- Both traditional black tea and Earl Grey tea are variations of black tea blended with other black teas and manufactured from the Camellia Sinensis plant.
- Bergamot peel essential oil is what gives Earl Grey its distinctive taste.
- Black tea has 47.4 milligrams of caffeine, but one cup of Earl Grey only has 30 milligrams.
- containing a comparable amount of polyphenols.
- Nowadays, green, oolong, white, and pu’er tea are used in the production of earl grey.
How much caffeine is in a cup of black tea?
It is common knowledge that one cup of black tea has around 50 mg of caffeine, and the same is true for one cup of Earl Grey tea. However, the amount of caffeine that may be found in a cup of black tea can vary anywhere from 25 to 75 milligrams depending on the various elements that influence it.
How many cups of coffee in a packet of Earl Grey?
According to reports, this is equivalent to four to five cups of regular coffee or eight to twenty cups of Earl Grey tea. Check the label on your Earl Grey tea packet for more specific information; this may sound like something that should go without saying. (I understand it; it’s far more convenient to conduct a search on Google than to walk to the kitchen cabinet.)
How much caffeine is in a cup of Earl Grey black tea?
Caffeine levels ranging from 40 to 120 mg can be found in a single cup of earl grey tea. Additionally, the following vitamins and minerals are only present in extremely trace amounts: Iron. Potassium.
Does Earl GREY tea have a lot of caffeine?
In general, you may anticipate that each cup of Earl Grey will have 30 mg of caffeine, however certain blends may possibly include double that amount.
Does Earl Grey or black tea have more caffeine?
There is between 60 and 120 milligrams of caffeine in an 8-ounce cup of chai. Roughly 80 milligrams per cup of Assam black tea. Earl Grey: About 50 mg.
How much caffeine is in Earl GREY Tea vs coffee?
- The amount of caffeine in a cup of Earl Grey can range anywhere from 24 milligrams for a steep period of one minute to 47 milligrams for a steep time of five minutes.
- A cup of coffee of the same volume will typically have 96mg of caffeine, which is almost double the amount of caffeine that is found in a cup of Earl Grey that has been vigorously brewed.
- Coffee often contains more caffeine than tea.
Does Earl Grey tea keep you awake?
- It’s been suggested that the bergamot in Earl Grey tea might help you relax and unwind when you drink it.
- Any nerves that are frazzled can be calmed with the help of a warm cup of tea, but Earl Grey tea is especially effective in this regard.
- The tea has a trace quantity of caffeine in addition to the bergamot oil that is traditionally used to flavor it.
- However, this will not be sufficient to cause a crash from the caffeine later in the day.
Which black tea has the most caffeine?
We have an answer for you, no matter what predicament you find yourself in, so rejoice and count your blessings. The highest levels of caffeine may be found in Earl Grey tea and English morning tea, both of which are types of black tea. When measured in a cup of tea that is 8 ounces in volume, they have roughly 60–90 mg of caffeine.
Is it OK to drink Earl Grey tea at night?
Stress Relief and Sleep While drinking coffee or tea late at night keeps you awake, drinking one cup of earl grey tea before bedtime will help you fall asleep more easily. The essential oil of bergamot, which is used to make earl grey tea, has natural aromatherapy effects that can reduce feelings of anxiety and relax the brain.
Is it okay to drink Earl Grey tea everyday?
The body may experience both beneficial and harmful consequences as a result of regularly consuming Earl Grey tea. Although each cup of tea contains between 40 and 120 mg of caffeine, the tea offers virtually little in the way of nutritional value (via WebMD).
Is Earl Grey decaf?
Black tea that’s been decaffeinated and flavored with bergamot and lemon, but doesn’t contain any caffeine. In 1831, at the Prime Minister’s urging, our shop on the Strand was the location where Earl Grey tea was first developed. Because he like it so much, he decided to give it his name.
What tea has no caffeine?
Teas made from herbs, such as chamomile, ginger, and peppermint, do not contain any trace of caffeine. This is due to the fact that, unlike the vast majority of teas, these varieties of tea are not prepared using the camellia sinensis plant. Instead of using fresh flowers, they use dried flowers, leaves, seeds, or roots, all of which are naturally devoid of caffeine.
Which teas have the least caffeine?
The ‘camelia’ kind of Chinese tea leaves is often lower in caffeine than other types. Because it is prepared from lower and older tea leaves, Lapsang Souchong has a caffeine concentration that is among the lowest of any of the teas available.
Is Earl GREY tea healthy?
Antioxidants included in Earl Grey tea have been shown to improve heart health and to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and high blood pressure. Antioxidants like these are effective at preventing the formation of plaque in the heart and blood vessels. They also act to prevent the damage caused by oxidative stress to cells in the body.
Does steeping tea longer increase the caffeine?
Therefore, it is true that the longer you allow your tea to steep, the more caffeine will be extracted from the tea leaves and transferred to your cup. Because the quantity of caffeine that is included in each kind of tea varies, you should also give some thought to picking a tea that has a high level of caffeine if you are seeking for a pick-me-up in the morning.
Does Earl Grey have more caffeine than English breakfast?
- It is probable that English Breakfast has a greater amount of caffeine than Earl Grey.
- There is a good chance that the caffeine content of Earl Grey tea that also contains other components, such as flowers, will be lower.
- There is a decaf version of both English Breakfast and Earl Grey available to purchase.
- Choose a tea made from Assam tea leaves if you are looking for one that contains the highest amount of caffeine.
Which black tea is the strongest?
Which type of black tea is said to be the most robust? Assam black teas are typically considered to be the strongest of all black teas due to their high caffeine level as well as their robust flavor. On the other hand, chai black tea fusions and Earl Greys are both at the top of the list in terms of flavor alone.

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Starkillers shares 12 unreleased Avicii coproductions
Gonna miss @Avicii here’s the album we did in 2009 #ripavicii so many memorable times with you in Vegas this was the world we got to create together I hope u find peace brother https://t.co/UHBDsu7CwW
— This is, The GoaT… For Real. (@Starkillers) April 21, 2018
The album was never released due to contract issues.
Undoubtedly, the tracks will be welcomed as bittersweet, though ultimately, many will appreciate the additions to Avicii’s legendary catalog — especially from such an early point in his career.


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Jen over at THE Motivation Station has challenged us to make $200 last the rest of the summer. Can you do it? I’m sure going to try. That means $40 a week to feed 3 adults, 2 dogs, 2 cats and a family of 4 1/2 + 3 for 3 days next week when my cousins visit.
Almost all of my cooking is done from scratch so this will be a big challenge for me. Fortunately I am well stocked on dairy, meat and produce to get started.
Menu Plan Monday hosted by Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie
|Wine & Vinegar Chicken
|Vegetable Pork Stir Fry
|CHEESE & FRUIT
|Chicken Apple Puff Bundles
|ORANGE HONEY CHICKEN
|Toasted French Toast


The Queen of Rap is definitely extending her reign in the makeup world with a second collaboration with M·A·C. Following her first collection for M·A·C. ’s Viva Glam Series, which was all about pink shades, this collection is taking a more neutral route, with two new nude lipstick shades in line. The custom shades, called “Nude” and “The Pinkprint,” are set to be released worldwide on the first week of October.
To make things more exciting, Nicki Minaj teased a “big surprise announcement with MAC” for the incoming year. She adds, “Cant wait to reveal this exciting news I’m working on for 2018!!! It’s a first of its kind partnership for me and the OG M·A·C.”
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Whos brilliant idea was it to make evermarks non transferable? Non purchasable?
And so difficult to accumulate?
So now once every 23 hours I travel from NS to Jita to get enough points to get a mark for a rookie ship? And its a specific rookie ship at that?? Why not have it so it works on every rookie ship? At this rate to acquire enough evermarks for the 10-15 ships I fly on a regular basis its going to take years. Whats the point? We thought you were going to make these easily attainable - instead I’m already giving up.
The amount of points is senseless as well.
I trade an incursus hull worth <1m isk and get 2500
Next day I trade a covetor hull worth 65m isk and get 4000??? WTF
This will give high and low sec producers an opportunity to sell their ships at Paragon stations and give them a reason to build them in the first place. All I’m seeing are nullkrabs crying that they actually have to travel outside of their blue donut for once…

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Importing medical products
In these uncertain times, when we need to import medical products, supply chains are more important than ever, which is why our team has been designated essential workers, especially when it comes to protecting NHS and care workers risking their health, in the fight against this disease.
PSP Worldwide Logistics has been sourcing and shipping a wide range of essential medical, breathing and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the public and private sector, from manufacturers across China and the United States.
PSP managing director, Colin Redman. “The procurement and importing of medical products was already incredibly challenging due to massive global demand, complicated by lockdowns in India, a major production hub and the strict new quality control measures implemented by China at the beginning of the month, to end the exporting of sub-standard medical equipment.
Working closely with our partners in China, we liaise directly with the primary factories in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing to obtain the required quality control assurances, to comply with the new export controls and arrange key customs clearances, to keep these critical supply chains running.
Currently there is a temporary suspension on both Duty and VAT on these goods, which can be up to 12% on the price of these goods and we ensure every shipper benefits from, particularly those that have previously relied on domestic suppliers and not imported before.
The severe shortages of direct air freight capacity from the US and China continues to be a significant challenge that often requires imagination to overcome, with some shipments flying on alternative routes for transhipment or, if there is sufficient lead time, moving via express sea freight services.
We are currently investigating options to charter A330 aircraft from Shenzen for importing UK bound medical equipment and products.”


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Those cook these dishes can minimize their time in the kitchen so that they can be with the family for more time. These home cooked dinner dishes are actually the favorite to many people. The various chicken varieties that are among the hundreds of quick and easy dinner recipes are now very popular. They are all simple satisfying dinner. There are different varieties of chicken dishes such as chicken soup, fried chicken, chicken casseroles, etc. These are all in fact plain chicken cooked in different methods so as to make different dishes. Families and friends at the dinner table can enjoy these simple dishes. Most of the chicken dishes have been the favorites of many generations.
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The easy recipes for dinner are in fact easy 30 minutes dinner. Even those who are new to cooking can also follow these recipes and prepare wonderful dishes quickly as well as comfortably. Those who follow these recipes ae able to prepare delicious dinners with the taste of the old-fashioned supper. Since it takes hardly 30 minutes to get the dishes ready at the dining table these recipes are suitable even for the busiest days. Hence, everyone in the family has assured of a tasty and satisfying dinner daily thanks to the easy recipes for dinner. These recipes enable everyone to find out the quick answer to the question “what should be today’s dinner”? Preparation of home cooked delicious dinner is no more a difficult or time-consuming task to anyone. Even the busiest women can prepare and serve tasty and satisfying dinner to their husbands, kids, and other relatives without running helter-skelter for various ingredients. Most of the ingredients in these recipes are readily available in the kitchen cupboards.
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The hundreds of easy recipe ideas for dinner provide numerous quick and easy dinner ideas. Those who plan to make a quick last minute dinner for the family can go for a squash risotto. The ingredients required to prepare this dish are risotto, butternut squash, walnuts and sage leaves. The creamy risotto and the cubes of butternut squash are cooked together. The dish is made colorful by adding toasted walnuts and fried sage leaves. This is an ideal choice for quick dinner for the family. Chicken Gorgonzola is another easy as well as the quick dinner dish. The cooked chicken breasts are topped with creamy spinach gorgonzola sauce. Grated Mozzarella and parmesan cheese are also added. This is a perfect dinner that can be prepared within 45 minutes to 1 hour.


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Cincinnati airport adds nonstop service to Florida
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will start nonstop service from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to two Florida locations in February.
Officials with the leisure-focused passenger airline made the announcement today at the airport in Hebron, Ky., across the river from Cincinnati.
Officials say nonstop service to Orlando Sanford Airport will begin Feb. 12. Nonstop service to Ft. Myers/Punta Gorda Airport will begin Feb. 14.
The carrier says it will provide service on a 166-seat jet two days a week from the Cincinnati airport to Orlando, on Wednesday and Saturday. It will offer two-day-a-week service to Ft. Myers/Punta Gorda on Monday and Friday.
The Cincinnati airport’s chief executive officer says Orlando and southwest Florida have been popular destinations for area passengers.
The airline is a unit of Allegiant Travel Co.


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The Federal and South Australian Governments are set to invest more than $1.36 million to strengthen South Australian communities against bushfires, floods and other extreme weather events, the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience announced today.
Senator Bridget McKenzie said the joint Commonwealth and State grants would fund practical initiatives.
“The Australian Government is committed to investing heavily in ways to help communities be better prepared for the risks and impacts of natural hazards. Reducing our disaster risk means that we minimise the loss and suffering caused by disasters in Australia,” Senator McKenzie said.
“These grants will mean a lot for communities and organisations that are working to build resilience and preparedness for natural disasters.
“For example, $318,300 will go to the Australian Red Cross and the SA Council of Social Service to help those who are particularly at risk during emergencies while the City of Onkaparinga will receive $165,252 to engage a Disaster Risk Reduction Community Development Officer to build community resilience to disasters.”
Grants for the nine disaster risk reduction initiatives are funded through the Disaster Risk Reduction Grants Program, with co-contributions from grant recipients boosting the total pool to more than $2 million, she said.
“All sectors of the community have a role to play in reducing disaster risk, strengthening our resilience and enabling communities to adapt and thrive in a changing environment.”
South Australian Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Vincent Tarzia congratulated the successful recipients.
“Thank you for all the work you do helping to reduce the risk and potentially devastating impacts of natural disasters on our communities,” Minister Tarzia said.
“A community that is well prepared is a resilient community, and that means better outcomes for everyone when a disaster strikes.”
The South Australian Country Fire Service will receive a total of $225,000 for a virtual bushfire risk information management system, and to work with the Regional Anangu Services Aboriginal Corporation to implement fire breaks around communities in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
“The Department of Environment and Water will receive $120,000 to manage levee bank data and develop a database for the Gawler River Catchment,” Minister Tarzia said.
A full list of grant recipients in South Australia under the Disaster Risk Reduction Grants Program can be found at: Disaster Risk Reduction Grants – SAFECOM


Talk about comfort food and the sinful Mac and Cheese comes to mind. Easy to make and delicious till the last bite, it has been a favourite dish across the globe. There are even readymade Mac and Cheese packs available in the stores to make life easier. But along with your spoonful of macaroni, have you been also taking in a sprinkling of chemicals? In a recent study, experts at the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute joined hands to examine over 1000 male participants who were consuming such cheese products as part of their diet. Traces of phthalates, a harmful chemical commonly used in plastic products, adhesives, soaps, etc, were found in close to 99.6% of the participants.
The prevalence of lifestyle and metabolic ailments like type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and high blood pressure was found to have increased in participants with high phthalate levels. The presence of such chemicals in the body was attributed to consuming food items packed in plastic.
As per a recent study conducted by the Coalition for Safer Food Processing & Packaging, 29 out of 30 cheese products were found to have traces of phthalates with natural cheese products recording the least and processed cheese items containing highest amount of phthalates. “Phthalates can migrate into food products during processing, packaging, and preparation. Phthalates tend to be found at higher levels in highly processed or fatty foods.” noted the report as stated on Kleanupkraft’s webpage.
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Though the group of chemicals is never intentionally added to food products, they travel easily from food containers or bottles to the actual food items. These are easily absorbed by body cells and get absorbed into the system.
Phthalates are also capable of disrupting the hormonal balance and cause fertility issues in both men and women. Cheese products were tested for phthalate content as dairy products have been tied to being one of the greatest sources of direct exposure to phthalates (DEHP) in young children and women. The report called for further research to measure phthalate content in various food items and formulation of relevant policies to regulate and monitor the same in food products.


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Walk in the Park
Author: Jay Gill
Series: DCI James Hardy, (Short Thriller) Book 2
Genre: Crime, Thriller & Mystery
When a close friend of Hardy’s is murdered the detective questions whether taking the law into his own hands could ever be justified.
Detective James Hardy is enjoying a rare day out with his two young daughters when he makes the mistake of answering his phone — it’s his boss.
A young mother, out walking her baby, has been murdered in broad daylight. Followed quickly, by a second terrifying, vicious attack on a young woman who’s a family friend of Hardy and his daughters.
Shaken and heartbroken, Hardy assists the team leading the investigation into a killer dubbed, the Regent's Park Ripper.
Knowing that in all likelihood the killer will soon strike again, the investigating team must put aside their differences, and work day and night to prevent more loss of life.
In a nail-biting, fast-paced investigation, Hardy will challenge his own, very personal need for revenge, when he finds himself face-to-face with the suspect in a deadly confrontation.
What choices will the heartbroken detective make, when he finds himself alone with the man who so savagely ended the young life of a family friend?
Discover whether Hardy takes justice into his own hands.

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Three Syracuse students who share a holiday story will join Mayor Miner on stage to light the Clinton Square tree Friday, Nov. 25, at 6:30 p.m., city officials said. This will mark the sixth year of the contest.
“Each year, I am pleased to be joined by young people from the city of Syracuse for this holiday tradition,” Miner stated. “I am glad to once again sponsor this fun competition that brings out the creativity of Syracuse students.”
The city has asked students to name their favorite holiday story or book, and share their personal connection to it through their writing, or drawing, of a favorite scene in the tale. Applicants may submit their entries electronically to firstname.lastname@example.org, or mail to:
Mayor Stephanie Miner
Office of the Mayor-Suite 203
233 East Washington St.
Syracuse, New York 13202
The city must receive all entries by 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18; winners will be notified Tuesday, Nov. 22, by 5 p.m.
Students must also be Syracuse residents, and all entries should include the student’s name, grade, name of the student’s school, name of their parent/guardian, and their telephone number, the city said.


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The Flute Lichen is easy to recognise with its hollow or inflated thallus perforated with holes (like a flute). The other two species with a hollow thallus are Hypogymnia tubulosa and H physodes. They have larger lobes than the Flute Lichen and do not have holes. They are both much commoner than the Flute Lichen and one or other of them will often occur with it.
The Flute Lichen normally occurs in damp shady woods on acid-barked trees such as Birch, Alder and young to middle-aged Oak (older Oaks are more alkaline). It is important to record it where it occurs as it’s an indicator of ancient woodland. We are all familiar with the many ancient woodland indicators that occur in our area on Hazels and other alkaline-barked trees, but in birchwoods there are not so many and this perhaps the easiest one to look out for.
Apothecia or “fruits” are very rare on this lichen and I have never seen them. It normally reproduces by means of soralia, rounded heaps of powder on the ends of the lobes or on the lobe surface, sometimes on short stalks, as seen in the pictures above.
The lichen is a pale bluish grey when dry and greener when wet. The underside is black, and does not have any rhizines, the root-like underside growths that occur on the common non-inflated blue-grey lichens such as Parmelia, Hypotrachyna and Parmotrema species. The lobe tips are often dark brown where they begin to turn under, as in this photo.
M terebrata is a hyperoceanic species virtually unknown in Britain away from the west coast. It has a similar distribution to Hypotrachyna laevigata, which is the dominant lichen on birches in our area but absent further east where it can’t cope with the drier conditions. M terebrata is even less tolerant of any reduction in rainfall than H laevigata. You’ll see an awful lot of H laevigata while looking for M terebrata. It’s quite easy to pick out the hollow-looking lichens from the flat Hypotrachyna and Parmelia around them, but the first hollow ones you find will probably be Hypogymnia species. Then it’s down to finding one with holes, and you’ll know you have a genuine Flute!
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Flash Flood Watches are posted through Monday morning for all of Texoma. The most concentrated rainfall is expected Saturday night into Sunday. Please be alert to floodwaters, washed out roads and rising creeks.
DENISON, TX-City officials also decided to table the proposed new sign ordinance Monday.
Chief Building Official, Dale Jackson, said the proposed ordinance would differ from the current ordinance in that it would not allow electronic signs to move, flash or scroll. Home improvement signs would be allowed, along with temporary religious signs.
If approved, the Building Appeals Board would enforce the ordinance instead of the Zoning Board. The council will take it up again, in January.
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New Acer Aspire 1551 Features AMD's Turion II
The new Acer Aspire 1551 is a case in point. It features AMD's Turion II K625 processor (1.5GHz, dual-core, 45nm SOI), a Mobility Radeon 4225 GPU, 4GB of RAM, and a 320GB HDD for $550. Like many of the other AMD multimedia systems we've seen recently, this system straddles the line between netbook and notebook—its general specs are more notebook-class, but the 11.6" LCD is verging on netbook territory. The display (1366x768) is LED backlit and the resolution is decent for a notebook with a panel this size. (The prevalence of 15.6" and even some 17" laptops with displays that top out at 1366x768 makes us angry, Precious).
The only thing we don't like about the Aspire 1551 is its GPU, and that's AMD's fault, not Acer's. The Mobility Radeon 4225 that powers the 1551 is identical to the Mobility Radeon 4200 in every way save its core clock. The Radeon 4200 is clocked at 500MHz, a full 31.5 percent faster than the 4225's 380 MHz. AMD, in other words, lowered the 4200's performance and respun it into the 4225 without changing even a single feature.
This is the sort of spin NVIDIA is known for, and it's something that enthusiasts hate. At a guess, this is less about GPU performance and more about battery life. AMD continues to come up short compared to Intel on battery life; downclocking the GPU by 120MHz probably saves a few watts here and there. We like the Aspire 1551, at least on paper, but we'd be happier if AMD didn't resort to using this sort of tactic. At best, it makes a company look sly and underhanded.


Roborock, developers of ultra-intelligent home robotics engineered to simplify life, has launched its newest intelligent robot vacuum cleaner in New Zealand, the Roborock S7.
The Roborock S7 is an award-winning hybrid robot vacuum and mop featuring a fast sonic mop that tackles dried-on stains. The intelligent mop lifts the mop when carpets are detected and combined with an all-rubber main brush and Roborock’s powerful HyperForce suction, delivers a deeper clean with more convenience.
Powered by an on-board ultrasonic sensor, Roborock S7 knows when it is on a carpet and automatically lifts its mop to avoid wetting carpeted surfaces. This allows you to mop hard floors and vacuum carpets in one single cleaning session, without interruption. Carpets are automatically marked in cleaning maps on the Roborock app, allowing you to select to either lift, avoid, or even wet mop them.
The Roborock S7 a 300 ml water tank that can clean up to 200 square metres in one session. It is powered by a 520 mAh battery that lasts for up to three hours on a single charge.
Compatible with Roborock auto-empty dock, the Roborock S7 automatically empties the robot's 470 ml dustbin when required and can hold up to eight weeks of dust. To make emptying as undisruptive as possible, emptying can be controlled from anywhere in the app, with intelligent dust collection algorithms adjusting the emptying mode based on use. A multi-stage filtration system captures up to 99.99% of particles as small as 0.3 microns keeping the air in your home fresh and clean.
Joan Hu, Roborock’s Director of Sales for Asia Pacific says “The Roborock S7 that we're launching in New Zealand is all-encompassing of total convenience – designed to work so effectively, it will empower Kiwis to spend more time on the things they love and less time on chores.”
The Roborock S7 Robot Vacuum and Mop is now available exclusively at all PB Tech stores nationwide in white for $1,099.00 RRP.


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Amid the rumour, myth and claims that surround the murder of two policemen in South Yarra in 1988 is one certainty: the killers used the same pump-action shotgun fired in a bank robbery seven months earlier.
The shotgun blast that cut down Steven Tynan and maimed Damian Eyre - before he was shot twice in the head with his own revolver - came from the same weapon used in an attempt to blast open a door at the State Bank in Oak Park.
It was the single forensic link in a case that relied on dubious confessions and tainted witnesses, plus a strong belief among investigators that they were on the right track.
To understand the Walsh Street killings is to understand the late 1980s, when bank robberies were rampant and police earned a reputation of shooting criminals dead.
One robbery gang was dubbed the Flemington crew, and its members - according to Victor Peirce's wife Wendy - were her husband, Graeme Jensen, Jedd Houghton and Peter McEvoy.
In a series of video interviews in 1989 that detailed a decade of crime, including several murders by her brother-in-law Dennis Allen, Wendy Peirce examined bank security pictures and identified those in them, saying she recognised her husband, Jensen, Houghton and McEvoy by their clothes, shoes, features (they wore balaclavas or stocking masks) and stance.
She said she had seen her husband and Jensen wearing balaclavas at home as a joke, so she knew what they looked like wearing them. She informed police that her husband told her when he was planning a robbery; she knew when he was conducting surveillance on targets; and she knew when he completed a job because he came home with money.
The gang robbed at least four banks. At Oak Park, the robbery went wrong from the start when security screens were activated, separating the robbers from the money. Several shotgun blasts failed to open a security door and the robbers fled, leaving three shells.
Armed robbery squad detectives failed to get any leads. They filed details of the robberies in a box marked "The Flemington crew", as raids by other gangs drew their focus.
Four months after the Oak Park incident, a security guard at a Coles supermarket in Brunswick was killed in an exchange of fire. The wounded bandit escaped with $33,000.
A source told the armed robbery squad that Victor Peirce was involved and another tip-off hinted at Graeme Jensen. (DNA tests later proved that career criminal Santo Mercuri was the wounded bandit. Another known criminal drove the getaway car. Mercuri was convicted and died in jail two years ago.)
Acting on the tip-off, detectives discovered that another armed robbery squad crew was investigating Peirce, Jensen and Houghton. According to an informant, they were planning a big robbery. When the informant said the job had been called off, detectives decided to arrest Peirce and Jensen - to ask Peirce about the Coles job and other raids, and to determine if Jensen might have been the wounded bandit.
The first arrest, by any assessment, went badly wrong. Detectives tried to grab Jensen at a Narre Warren hardware store but by the time they moved he was in his car. Jensen was shot dead as he drove off. Police said Jensen had a gun, which turned out to be a non-functioning sawn-off rifle, an odd weapon for an experienced criminal.
Thirteen hours later, a police divisional van from Prahran was called to its ninth job of the evening, a car abandoned with a broken window and its lights on in Walsh Street, South Yarra. As the constables, aged 20 and 22, inspected the car, they were ambushed and killed with the Flemington crew's shotgun.
In the weeks that followed, police conducted numerous and sometimes brutal raids. Victor Peirce was arrested and his Richmond home was literally demolished in the search for clues. Jedd Houghton, on the run in Bendigo, was shot dead by police. Gary Abdallah, a friend of Houghton, was shot dead by police after the murder taskforce had cleared him.
Victor Peirce's sister, Vicki Brooks, turned against him and joined the witness protection program. So did her son Jason Ryan, whose various stories about the police killings sapped the credibility of his evidence.
And then Wendy Peirce herself turned Crown witness, and gave evidence against her husband at the committal hearing. Days before the 1991 trial of four men, Wendy decided not to testify against Peirce, blowing a substantial hole in the prosecution case.
The prosecution believed six people were involved in the ambush (including Jason Ryan and Jedd Houghton). But only two were needed to complete the killings and only two people were seen. Perhaps only two killers were there.
Yet while the shotgun's link to the Flemington crew remains the only certainty in the case, circumstantial evidence and testimony suggest that one of the killers that night was Jedd Houghton, and most likely Victor Peirce was there, too.
Tom Noble is a senior Age journalist and the author of Untold Violence - Walsh Street.


The 60 Starlink satellites deployed Monday by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket have traced paths across twilight skies around the world this week, but their brightness is expected to dim as the spacecraft — designed to beam broadband signals down to Earth — spread out and climb to higher altitudes.
Using satellite tracking apps and websites, skywatchers anticipated the train of Starlink spacecraft following Monday’s launch from Cape Canaveral. An earlier set of 60 Starlink satellites launched in May were more reflective than expected, sometimes flaring to become as luminous as the brightest stars in the sky.
The 60 satellites orbited on SpaceX’s second dedicated Starlink launch were similarly bright this week. SpaceX plans to launch thousands of Starlink satellites in the coming years, including hundreds more in 2020.
SpaceX deployed the second batch of 60 Starlink satellites into a 174-mile-high (280-kilometer) orbit, around 100 miles (160 kilometers) below the initial deployment orbit of the first 60 Starlink craft in May.
The company said the lower orbit will allow non-functioning satellites to more quickly re-enter the atmosphere and burn up. The satellites launched Monday are “100% demisable,” meaning they are designed to completely burn up during re-entry.
The satellites will use ion thrusters fueled by krypton to maneuver into a 217-mile-high (350-kilometer) orbit for testing. The Starlink craft are expected to eventually climb to an altitude of 341 miles (550 kilometers), where SpaceX is building out the Starlink network with an initial block of roughly 1,500 satellites.
Designed to provide global Internet service, the Starlink network is one of several “mega-constellations” of broadband satellites. SpaceX is in competition with OneWeb, Amazon and Telesat, which are also developing fleets of hundreds to thousands of small Internet relay satellites in low Earth orbit.
SpaceX says its network will provide coverage over Canada, the northern United States and regions at similar latitudes next year, followed by the launch of global service.
The Starlink satellites launched Monday include several upgrades, such as Ka-band antennas and an increase in data throughput.
Some astronomers raised concerns that the launch of thousands of Starlink satellites — along with thousands more planned spacecraft from SpaceX’s competitors — could impact science observations from ground-based optical and radio telescopes.
SpaceX says it is working with the astronomy community to mitigate the impacts. A company spokesperson said the base of future Starlink satellites will be black, reducing their reflectivity.
The satellites are only visible near dawn and dusk, when the Earth’s surface is in darkness, but when the spacecraft are in sunlight.
Estimates in the days after each Starlink launch put the satellites as bright as +1 magnitude. But the Starlink satellites sent to space in May have dimmed to about +4 to +7 magnitude, near the limit of naked eye visibility for most ground-based observers, according to Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and respected tracker of global space activity.
Additional photos of the Starlink satellites this week are posted below.
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In 2013 I saw the film adaptation Michael Kohlhaas at the French Film Festival in Hong Kong and was very impressed with the powerful theme of one man’s obsessive quest for justice and the intensely haunting cinematography and acoustics.
Recently I saw a GR friend’s review of the novella and was lured to read it. Styled in a chronicle format, the novella is written with impassive detachment, which actually adds to the poignancy of the story that is based on a true event in 16th century Germany (the real person was named Hans Kohlhaas).
Michael Kohlhaas is a horse dealer leading a peaceful life on the border between Saxony and Brandenburg. One day when he takes his horses to a fair as usual, passing through territories that belong to a nobleman von Tronka, he is demanded for the first time to pay tolls and to show his pass. When he fails to produce a pass, his two black horses are forcibly detained as collateral. He leaves his servant behind to tend to the horses while he returns home to see about the issuance of a pass. In his absence, the two horses are made to work the fields and reduced to pitiable state, and his servant savagely beaten up. He tries to seek redress in a Saxony court but his charge is dismissed. His wife decides to help him take the petition to the ruler of Saxony, but is brutally wounded by the ruler’s guards and dies a little later.
Blinding rage spurs Kohlhaas to take revenge against von Tronka, which act balloons into insurgence against the state. The aristocrats decide that Kohlhaas must be punished for his outrageous actions, despite the attempt by Martin Luther and the ruler of Brandenburg to save him.
The climax comes at the very end, which involves a piece of secret paper that Kohlhaas holds, that concerns the fate of the ruler of Saxony.
The novella begs the question: what do you do when you find that the written law doesn’t protect your rights and interests?
I found this novella to be a compelling read and am giving it 4 stars, although I would say that the 2013 movie starring Mads Mikkelsen is even better.


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Staff Review: "Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe"
Shoe lovers, this is the book for you! Based on the information gathered for an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, this beautiful book is a photographic and short essay history of the high heel. From its fascinating origins to its present day art form, the high heel has been a status symbol for men and women, functional footwear, and a highly controversial fashion accessory. The deep meaning behind something as simple as a shoe can be astounding. The pieces chosen range from simplistic to elegant to out of this world. The photographs are beautiful and thought provoking. I found myself contemplating what the designer was trying to say when they designed each shoe. As a diehard wearer of flats, I have a new appreciation for all that the high heel stands for.check it out more reviews


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CD23 (low affinity IgE receptor, Leu-20, FceRII) is a type II integral membrane glycoprotein, 45-60 kDa, and a member of an immunoglobulin supergene family. CD23 is a B-cell-specific antigen and it has essential roles in the regulation of IgE production and in the differentiation of B-cells. It also exists as a soluble excreted form that display autocrine promoting activity. In humans, main cellular expression of CD23 is found in B-lymphocytes (strong expression in activated germinal center B-cells, weaker staining of resting mantle zone B-cells), monocytes, follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) predominately in the apical light zone of the germinal center, but also on activated CD4+ T lymphocyte subset, platelets, eosinophils, neutrophils, and Langerhans cells. CD23 is upregulated in Eppstein-Barr infection. CD23 is constitutively expressed by intestinal epithelial cells and its expression is enhanced in enteropathies.
CD23 is typically expressed in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), sometimes in follicular lymphoma, rarely in marginal zone and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, but not in mantle cell lymphoma. In CLL, the strongest expression is characteristically present in proliferation centers. It was recently demonstrated that patients with CD23-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma have good prognosis. CD23 is also frequently used to demonstrate benign follicular dendritic cells in the background of follicular lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma, (intra)follicular T-cell lymphoma and other lymphomas. Together with CD21, CD23 is a marker of rare follicular dendritic cell tumors Some authors demonstrated CD23 expression in epithelial cells of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
In diagnostic pathology CD23 is primarily used in the panel for small B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders.
Tonsil is recommended as positive and negative tissue control for CD23. The follicular dendritic cells of the germinal centres must be stained as strongly as possible without any staining reaction of squamous epithelial cells and T-cells in the interfollicular T-zones. In the mantle zone of the follicles, the majority of activated B-cells must show an at least weak to moderate and distinct continuous membranous staining reaction.
Bagdi E, Krenacs L, Krenacs T, Miller K, Isaacson PG. ollicular dendritic cells in reactive and neoplastic lymphoid tissues: a reevaluation of staining patterns of CD21, CD23, and CD35 antibodies in paraffin sections after wet heat-induced epitope retrieval. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2001 Jun;9(2):117-24. Chen CC, Raikow RB, Sonmez-Alpan E, Swerdlow SH. Classification of small B-cell lymphoid neoplasms using a paraffin section immunohistochemical panel. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2000 Mar;8(1):1-11. Fratazzi C, Carini C. Interleukin-7 modulates CD23 and HLA-DR expression on CD4+ T cells and promotes a Th-2 type citokine profile. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 1997 Jul-Aug;25(4):189-98. Kaiserlian D, Lachaux A, Grosjean I, Graber P, Bonnefoy JY. Intestinal epithelial cells express the CD23/Fc epsilon RII molecule: enhanced expression in enteropathies. Immunology. 1993 Sep;80(1):90-5. Lampert IA, Wotherspoon A, Van Noorden S, Hasserjian RP. High expression of CD23 in the proliferation centers of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in lymph nodes and spleen. Hum Pathol. 1999 Jun;30(6):648-54. Linderoth J, Jerkeman M, Cavallin-Stahl E, Kvaloy S, Torlakovic E. Immunohistochemical expression of CD23 and CD40 may identify prognostically favorable subgroups of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a Nordic Lymphoma Group Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Feb;9(2):722-8. Rousselet G, Busson P, Billaud M, Guillon JM, Scamps C, Wakasugi H, Lenoir G, Tursz T. Structure and regulation of the blast-2/CD23 antigen in epithelial cells from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int Immunol. 1990;2(12):1159-66. Watson P, Wood KM, Lodge A, McIntosh GG, Milton I, Piggott NH, Proctor SJ, Taylor PR, Smith S, Jack F, Bell H, Steward M, Anderson JJ, Horne CH, Angus B. Monoclonal antibodies recognizing CD5, CD10 and CD23 in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue: production and assessment of their value in the diagnosis of small B-cell lymphoma. Histopathology. 2000 Feb;36(2):145-50. Xu Y, McKenna RW, Asplund SL, Kroft SH. Comparison of immunophenotypes of small B-cell neoplasms in primary lymph node and concurrent blood or marrow samples. Am J Clin Pathol. 2002 Nov;118(5):758-64. Zong YS, Lin H, Choy DT, Sham JS, Wei W, Chan KH, Ng MH. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphoinfiltration. Oncology. 1991;48(4):290-6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PROW/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Protein&cmd=Search&term=P06734&doptcmdl=GenPept


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Evidence for cortisol-cortisone metabolism by marine mammal blubber
Thomas M. Galligan, Lori Schwacke, Wayne E. McFee, Ashley Russell
Blubber, a specialized form of adipose tissue in marine mammals, has been identified as a useful matrix for the assessment of steroid hormone homeostasis in cetaceans. However, blubber cortisol measurements are not quantitatively predictive of circulating cortisol concentrations in bottlenose dolphins. In other mammals, adipose tissue metabolizes steroid hormones. Thus, we propose that the disagreement between blubber and blood cortisol in bottlenose dolphins could be due in part to metabolism of corticosteroids in blubber. The purpose of this study is to characterize the ability of blubber to interconvert cortisol and cortisone using an in vitro design. We demonstrate that bottlenose dolphin blubber microsomes interconvert cortisol and cortisone, an effect that is knocked down by denaturing the microsomes, indicating this is an enzymatic process. Therefore, we conclude that blubber is likely a site of active steroid metabolism, which should be considered in future studies utilizing blubber as a matrix for endocrine assessment.
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Evidence for cortisol-cortisone metabolism by marine mammal blubber, Marine Biology, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=925046
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Crimes against humanity get their own diagnosis in Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and The Psychiatrist, a unique tour through both WWII and the history of mental health.
Page by Page: Book Reviews
In The Smartest Kids In The World: And How They Got That Way, Amanda Ripley is that rare scribe deft enough to move from personal anecdote, to policy, case study, and back again.
Rose George drenches the reader in her ocean-wide chronicle of sea-faring commerce, past and present, but her book’s meandering passages warn you in advance to don a lifejacket.
Adilifu Nama’s book exploration of race among superheroes leaps over the comic history of how black characters entered the genre, but it can’t quite hold its own as a thorough study of the genre.
Its professional definition of design may be outdated, but “GO: A Kidd’s Guide” succeeds in demonstrating a visual sensibility, while supplying basic vocabulary for novices.
How Raymond Edward Maritz harkened back to English country houses and French chateaux to create an architectural style unique to St. Louis, and one that would spread across North America.
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan chart the wonderful, inventive life and career of George Ohr, the Mississippi man who made the world his pot.


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Percy started writing over ten years ago, initially finding a creative seam through expansive complaint letters. He has since had travel articles published, worked as a music journalist, a commercial copywriter and as editor of a guide to Manchester – a job that largely involved going to parties for a living. He has always written fiction and now concentrates all of his energies on that. He is working on his first novel, the beginning of which you can find in the anthology. It’s a story about a boy called Theo. It’s about curiosity and death, oddity and life.
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Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs will appear on the 2022 MTV VMA stage.
Eminem and Snoop Dogg, rap legends that started their music careers in 1988 and 1992, respectively, are set to occupy MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) stage with metaverse-inspired performances.
According to the tweet shared by the official MTV Twitter page, the duet will perform their single “From the D 2 The LBC” on August 28th.
The performance will be greatly influenced by the Otherside metaverse and Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs. Some announcements claim that Eminem and Snoop Dogg will perform from inside of “Yuga Labs’ upcoming metaverse game “Otherside.”
Both artists are big NFT advocates, holding Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, which were included in the song’s music video. Eminem bought his NFT at the end of December, paying 123.45 ETH (around $450,000). The rapper uses his BAYC NFT as a profile picture for his Twitter account. According to sources, Eminem has collected around 28 other NFTs under the name Shady_Holdings.
Snoop Dogg bought his BAYC NFTs on December 22. Moreover, Snoop Dogg recently collaborated with SandBox and launched “The Doggies” NFT collection.
The music video, which includes BAYC NFTs, has been a great hit with almost 47 million views. Moreover, the song has been nominated for “Best Hip-Hop” in 2022 VMA’s.
It is also worth noting that MTV has added a “Best Metaverse Performance” category to this year’s VMAs. Including nominees like Ariana Grande, BTS, BLACKPINK, Charlie XCX, Justin Bieber, and Twenty-One Pilots.
Moreover, there were several collaborations and music-related NFT launches. NFT marketplace OneOf has collaborated with The Christopher Wallace Estate to create the Biggie Smalls NFT collection, which has sold out in less than a day.
On top of that, English rock band Muse has released their album “Will of the People” as an NFT. Whereas R3HAB and Laidback Luke released a single “Weekend on a Tuesday” together with the NFTs collection, which allows NFT owners to receive a part of the song’s streaming revenues.
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Anyone who has been to Monterey Car Week in general and The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, specifically, know that the whole affair creates a special kind of congestion caused by automotive exotica of all sorts. You might see a string of Rolls-Royces, or vintage Ferraris, or Koenigseggs, or VW Microbuses, or any a mix of exotics and classics. It's confusing to be annoyed by not moving but thrilled by just about every car you see.
Toward the end of this year's event at The Quail, I was scheduled to drive the 2017 Lamborghini Aventador S from Lambo's outpost at the event. The time slot didn't bode well for traffic, but I thought I had a plan to combat it and find some open road.
A better Aventador
The Aventador S is the next evolution of the Aventador, which made its debut as a 2012 model. The 6.5-liter V-12 gets changes to valve timing and an exhaust system that is 20 percent lighter. Output increases from 691 to 730 horsepower, while torque stays the same at 509 pound-feet with a flatter torque curve. Redline also increases from 8,350 to 8,500 rpm. The Independent Shifting Rod (ISR) transmission, a 7-speed single-clutch automated manual, also gets different programming that promises to smooth out some of its problematic shifts.
From a handling standpoint, the most important addition is rear-wheel steering. The system can turn the wheels 3 degrees opposite of the fronts at low speeds to effectively shorten the wheelbase by as much as 19.7 inches or 1.5 degrees in tune with the fronts at higher speeds to lengthen the virtual wheelbase by 28.6 inches and therefore improve stability.
The chassis also gets magnetic dampers and a tailored set of Pirelli P Zero tires that Lamborghini says have been designed for higher lateral acceleration and reduced understeer.
The car's aerodynamics have also been updated. The front splitter is revised to improve airflow around the sides of the car and underneath it, and the active rear wing now has three positions. Lamborghini says front downforce has been improved by more than 130 percent over the standard Aventador. That adjustable rear wing improves rear downforce 50 percent in its up position and reduces drag by 400 percent in its down position. That'll let the car go faster around corners and in a straight line. With my street drive, I would not be testing the car's aerodynamic performance.
Lamborghini made a final change that is oh so Italian. In addition to the Strada, Sport, and Corsa modes that adjust the engine, transmission, all-wheel-drive system, steering, and suspension, Lambo added a new mode that allows the driver to choose individual settings for each system. Instead of calling it Individual like most automakers, Lambo calls it Ego in the U.S. or Egoist in Italy.
45 minutes in the Aventador S
My time in the Aventador S was limited to 45 minutes, so I was hoping to make the most of it. I met with Lamborghini representatives at their booth at The Quail, spoke for a few minutes with R&D director Maurizio Reggiani, then headed over to get the keys to the car that would be mine for the next few precious minutes. A scan of the sticker showed that the base price was a mere $424,835 (including the $3,700 gas guzzler tax and $3,495 delivery fee), but this car had nearly $100,000 in options, bringing the total to $522,115. Among the highlights of those extras were $5,300 for the Blu Nila paint, $19,200 for the lower carbon fiber package, $12,820 for a full interior carbon fiber package, $6,700 for more exterior details in carbon fiber, $4,900 for the 20- and 21-inch Dianthus forged aluminum wheels, and $4,200 for the Lamborghini sound system. You could buy a Porsche 911 Carrera with the price of the options.


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Political analyst, Deji Adeyanju, has said no one with ideas will win an election in the African continent.
According to Adeyanju, only candidates with strong political structures can win election in Africa.
Adeyanju’s comment is a cryptic message to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
Adeyanju had on different occasion accused Obi and his followers of moving about without building structures that could help him win the 2023 elections, saying Obi was visiting churches as though he would be elected by Christians only.
Earlier on Sunday, Adeyanju said “WhatsApp group admin and 500 man march (a.k.a 1-million man march) is not structure.”
He also said it was better to spend two weeks in Kogi, building structure across the 21 local government areas than to be collecting toll at meetings in Washington DC.
He said in a post on Facebook: “Big ideas don’t win elections in Africa, structures do. 100 days after party primaries, a serious new party should have built structures in over 90 LGAs by now out of the 774, but they are not interested in anything serious but just noise making in the name of 1-million man march.”
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Long lines were reported Monday at the state’s COVID-19 testing site at the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville, the Florida Association of Public Information Officers said.
The association said Monday afternoon that people should be prepared to stand in line for up to two hours -- even if they have an appointment.
Lines have been really long today at the Nomi Health run, State of Florida @FLSERT Regency Mall #COVID19 Test Site in Jacksonville, Florida.— Florida Association of Public Information Officers (@FloridaPIOs) October 26, 2020
Please be prepared to stand in line for up to two hours. That includes if you have an appointment. pic.twitter.com/nCPDpbSZ7I
Earlier this month, the Regency site added free COVID-19 antigen rapid testing. The association said Nomi Health, which started running the site on Oct. 13, sends a text and an email with the results, which have been taking 20 minutes to two hours to be received.
Anyone who tests negative using this BinaxNOWTM COVID-19 antigen test but is symptomatic can receive a PCR COVID-19 test using a nasal swab. Those results typically take 24-48 hours.
The availability of rapid testing prompted a surge of people coming in that the Regency testing site had not seen for weeks. Nomi Health said it added more tent staff and stations.
The walk-up site at 9501 Arlington Expressway is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. Online registration and appointments are available at https://testing.nomihealth.com/signup/fl.
Here’s what else you need to know about the site:
- No symptoms are required.
- There is no cost to be tested.
- Waiting takes place in your vehicle.
- Bring photo identification.
- Testing is available for children and adults.
- Testing is available to anyone regardless of where you live.
- No restrooms are available for public use.
Four weeks after Florida entered Phase 3 -- removing capacity limits for businesses, including restaurants and bars -- the number of positive COVID-19 tests is ticking up. On Monday, the Florida Department of Health confirmed 3,377 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 782,013 since the pandemic reached the state.
A local doctor told News4JAx that he’s seeing more patients with COVID-19, including children.
“It’s definitely not close to being over,” said Dr. Saman Soleymani, Avecina Medical president. “Now that school is back, kids are not as strict with PPE and masks and not hanging out too much.”
Duval County schools data shows an increase in COVID-19 from September to October. Soleymani said he’s not surprised. He said he has tested students at public and private schools and, in some cases, the children giving COVID-19 to their parents.
“The problem is when they pass it on to their parents or their grandparents -- someone unsuspecting that has a compromised situation -- that is where it is dangerous,” Soleymani said. “We have had cases where the children have done fine, but the parents and the grandparents have gotten quite sick.”
Now, with the holidays approaching, Soleymani has some recommendations.
“I think you want to still practice caution and have your mask and wash your hands,” Soleymani said. “If you have elderly parents, you probably will want to stay away.”
Though many have grown tired of COVID-19 and even taking precautions, according to health officials like Soleymani, the pandemic is far from over.
For students or teachers who want to get tested for COVID19, there are four designated locations around the city. They’re at senior centers – Oceanway, Leroy Clemons, Lane Wiley and Mandarin.


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Osteopetrotic (op/op) mice are characterized by an autosomal recessive inactivating mutation resulting in the absence of biologically active colony- stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1). Consequently, young op/op mice have a severe deficiency of macrophages and osteoclasts resulting in excessive bone formation, occlusion of the marrow cavity, and reduced marrow hematopoietic activity. Recently, we showed that the osteopetrosis and hematopoietic deficiencies evident in young op/op mice are not permanent but are progressively corrected with age. There are increases in osteoclast activity; bone resorption; femoral marrow space; and marrow hematopoietic activity, cellularity, and macrophage content. In the present study we show that CSF- 1(-/-) granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)(-/-)- deficient mice also undergo the same pattern of hematopoietic correction as the op/op mouse. Also, like the op/op mouse, the peritoneal cellularity and macrophage content of CSF-1/GM-CSF-deficient mice remains severely reduced. Our data show that the 'knockout' of GM-CSF does not change the op/op phenotype, and that GM-CSF is not essential for the correction of the hematopoietic deficiencies in the op/op mouse. Importantly, the data also show that neither GM-CSF nor CSF-1 is an absolute requirement for the commitment of primitive hematopoietic stem cells to the macrophage lineage or for the differentiation of at least some classes of macrophages. This finding suggests that an alternate regulatory factor can be involved in macrophage and osteoclast commitment, differentiation, and function in vivo.
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The EPF Board shall with the approval of the Minister of Finance declare a rate of dividend after the financial year, 31st December of each year.
For 2016 the gross investment income was RM 46.56 billion compared to RM 44.23 billion in the previous year.
Evidently, there was an increase of 5.25% of investment income in 2016 compared to 2015.
It was also commended by the CEO of EPF that the 2016 investment income is the biggest ever since the establishment of EPF in 1951.
Unfortunately, the contributors received only 5.7% dividend compared to 6.4% in the previous year with a short fall of .7% despite a better investment income compared to previous year.
Rightfully, EPF should payout a higher dividend compared to the previous year. But surprisingly, EPF neither paid a higher dividend nor did it pay the same as previous year. Instead it reduced a substantial portion of .7% and 5.7% is the lowest in 6 years.
This is totally unacceptable and we urge the Minister of Finance to reconsider to at least maintain the previous year’s rate of 6.4%, so that it would benefit the workers who depend on this savings for their retirement.

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Tiruvallur police on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old woman and two men for sexually abusing a 3-year-old, who was her daughter, under the Pocso Act.
The woman and the child, native of Andhra Pradesh, went missing on 14th of March. Two days later woman’s husband filed a missing complaint and during the investigation. The police contacted the woman’s parents and came to know that the woman did not reach her parent’s house.
“On Thursday, the child fell ill and was admitted to a hospital in the city. The doctor after examination found that the girl was sexually abused and informed the police,” said the police officer.
While interrogation, the women confessed that she had gone to meet her lover, Siva, along with a relative in Andhra Pradesh. The two men sexually abused the girl for 10 days.


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Участок Finca с 21.000 м² земли и великолепным видом на сельскую местность в тихом месте у подножия горы Ранда в Llucmajor. Цена: 235.000 €
This beautiful finca plot is located in a quiet location at the foot of Mount Randa in the municipality of Llucmajor in the south of Mallorca. The property with slightly wavy topography and beautiful landscape views consists of 2 plots with a total of 21.613 m² of land. Half of the property is farmland and not fenced, on the other half are cultivated numerous fruit trees. This part of the property is completely fenced. In accordance with the currently valid building standards of the municipality of Llucmajor, permission to build a house with a surface area of up to 320 m² can be requested on this property. The property cannot be connected to the public power supply. This property is supplied with fresh water by a natural spring.
The municipality of Llucmajor is geographically the largest in Mallorca. The town Llucmajor is about 20 minutes away from Palma de Mallorca and the airport. The golf course Son Antem, the marina S'Estanyol and many beaches are reachable within a few minutes. In Llucmajor is on three weekdays Market: Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. The square in front of the town hall was completed in 2010 and is car-free zone. The square is now increasingly chosen by cyclists as a target, especially as the region around Llucmajor has a well-developed bike trails network.
Price: 235.000 €

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Still can’t believe it tbh. Even at 2-1, 2-2, 3-2 was waiting for the inevitable…
Such a relief that Sunday is now completely irrelevant as we don’t have to be part of the whole Sky relegation thing. Christ, it doesn’t bear thinking about.
…..we were dead on our feet by half time.
Just one of those games that’s inexplicable but maybe we’d earned a bit of fortune. I don’t think we played that well but never ever gave up. And special mention to Alex Iwobi who is transformed and completely drove us on second half when pushed forward into midfield.
I’m knackered. I can only imagine how knackered players, staff and fans who were there are!