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Here’s why you should plan now to come see this powerful story presented by the Parkrose High School Thespians, starting February 26 …
The Parkrose High School actors practice a scene from their new play. A slave girl who did a little more than just dabble in the occult, Tituba (Kylie Simmons), professes her faith in God – and accuses other village women of witchcraft – to Reverend John Hale (Jason Newman), an expert in occultist phenomena.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
For their winter season production, Parkrose High School Thespian Troupe 1783 is taking on the challenge of presenting The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
This dramatic classic is based on historical events that led to the Salem Witch Trials. Playwright Miller wrote it during the early 1950s as a response to US Government “blacklisting” people like himself, who were accused of being (or associating with) communists by Senator Joseph McCarthy’s House of Representatives’ Committee on Un-American Activities, in 1956.
“The Crucible is a timeless play,” Ms. Zena, theater instructor and director, said as we watched the cast work on their parts this week. “Miller’s demons were wrapped up in the McCarthy era. This story still resonates today; we still face prejudices based on a lack of knowledge – and sometimes on selfish actions based on a desire to make ourselves feel better or safer.”
The show features a cast of 30 students, as well as a production crew of 20 more. From what we saw, this should be a great evening of theater. However, due to the adult themes (but not the content), it might be uncomfortable for very small children.
Giles Corey (Sterling Arkills) looks on as Betty Parris (Shannon Webb), daughter of a not-well-respected reverend, lies lifeless. Reverend Hale and the greedy Thomas Putnam (Derek Rathke) wonder if witchcraft had anything to do with the girl’s condition.
Show opens February 26
Opening night for this dramatic presentation of The Crucible is February 26. It also plays on the evenings of February 27 and 28 – then again on March 6 and 7. Curtain time is 7 pm for all shows.
Tickets are available at the door, and are only $8 for adults, $5 for students 18 and under, and $5 for honored citizens 65+. Come early to assure yourself a good seat.
The shows are on the stage of the Parkrose High School Theatre, 12003 NE Shaver Street, just west of NE 122nd Avenue.
© 2009 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News


When Toyota showed the FT-1 concept at the North American International Auto Show, it was an instant media frenzy. Easily the most beautiful and compelling showcase sports car concept at NAIAS, it grabbed the imagination and pegged the wish list of many a sports car lover.
Now, Toyota has released a walk-through video of the concept itself to show an overview of the car’s design and ideas. This video is basically 2.5 minutes of auto lust.
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One of my favorite holidays is coming up next week. The 4th of July! I am so excited. I love watching fireworks and enjoying food and laughs with family and friends. There is no way I was going to let 4th of July slip by without a recipe to help put us in the spirit for celebrating the good old US of A.
I had a bunch of egg yolks hanging out in my refrigerator because I’ve been making tons of broccoli and cheddar-bacon-quinoa bites lately. Every time I would poke my head into the refrigerator, those egg yolks would stare at me. They were begging to be used. I hate wasting food. So, I thought of a nice beautiful tart lemon curd. Yum. But yellow is not the festive color we want for the 4th of July.
Then I thought, why not make the curd red by using berries. Genius, right?
As you can see the curd turned out to be more of a berry purple color rather than a blue or a red. It is in the same color family as red and blue, right? The most important thing is that it tastes divine, so I am embracing it and still calling it a 4th of July color. It’s better than yellow at least.
If you want your curd to be more of a true red, I suggest you use raspberries and strawberries. Or for more of a blue, you can use blueberries and blackberries. I used a mix of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries because that’s what I had on hand. Any kind of berries would be wonderful.
This mixed berry curd is quick and simple to make. Thick and creamy, fruity, and just the right amount of sweetness with a hint of tartness. If you are bringing your curd to a potluck I suggest serving it with your favorite sugar cookies, shortbread cookies, scones, or muffins.
If you are enjoying the mixed berry curd by yourself, it is great mixed into yogurt, on toast, in oatmeal, over ice cream, or just licked right off of the spoon.
Let’s whip up some mixed berry curd and get ready to sit back and watch the fireworks next week.
- For Berry Sauce:
- 4 ½ cups frozen mixed berries (I used blueberries, raspberries, blackberries)*
- 3 ½ cups frozen strawberries
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons raw sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- For the Curd:
- 6 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into chunks, brought to room temperature
- For Berry Sauce:
- Place the frozen berries in a small sauce pot. Cook for 3 minutes on medium-low heat. Add the sugar, lemon juice, salt, and vanilla extract. Allow to cook until the sugar is dissolved and all of the berries are unthawed, about 8 minutes.
- Transfer the berries and their liquid to a blender or food processor. Process until thoroughly blended, about 3 minutes.
- Place a fine mesh strainer over a bowl and pour the berry sauce into the strainer to strain out the seeds. Use a spoon to help push the liquid through; discard the seeds. The berry sauce should yield about 3 cups. Set the berry sauce aside.
- For the Curd:
- Add 2 inches of water to a small sauce pan and set on high to boil and reduce to a simmer. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Place the bowl of egg yolks on top of the pot of simmering water. Make sure the water is not touching the bowl; it’s the steam that will cook the eggs.
- Stir the eggs with a wooden spoon constantly, for about 5 to 7 minutes, or until the eggs have thickened and stick to the spoon. It is very important that you stir constantly so that the eggs don’t get too warm and begin to scramble. Remove the bowl from the heat immediately.
- If there are bits of cooked egg in your curd, then strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove.
- Stir in the chunks of butter one by one until they are each melted. Add 2 ½ cups of the berry sauce to the curd**. Mix thoroughly. You can reserve the ½ cup of berry sauce to use in yogurt, on top of ice cream or for a curd in the future. Store in an airtight container for 2 weeks or in the freezer for several months.
- Transfer the berry curd to an airtight container. Place plastic wrap just touching the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Place in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours to chill before serving.
- Serve with sugar cookies, shortbread cookies, scones, muffins, toast, or stir into yogurt or oatmeal. It would even be delicious with some vanilla ice cream. Store in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.
** You may add all 3 cups of berry sauce to the curd for a stronger flavor and deeper color, but it will thin out the consistency a little. I found the 2 ½ cups of berry sauce to be perfect, and I was happy to save some leftover berry sauce for another use.
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Data provided by the government to Parliament indicates that the consumption of chemical pesticides has not decreased in the country with an average consumption of around 60,000 MT over the past nine years. On the other hand, the consumption of bio-pesticides increased by more than 40% between 2015-16 and 2021-22 while their total consumption is less than 1/6e consumption of chemical pesticides.
To ensure that agricultural production meets growing food demand, pesticides are widely used to protect crops from pests. While the availability of safe and effective pesticides and their judicious use by the farming community is critical to the long-term sustainability of agriculture, pesticides have also been identified as a major threat to the Sustainable Development Goals due to their potential to harm non-target species and environment. Exposure to pesticides is associated with cancers and neurological, immunological and reproductive effects, among other health impacts in humans. Excessive and inefficient use of these chemicals has also led to nutrient losses, contamination of drinking water, and eutrophication of freshwater systems and coastal areas.
In addition to the direct consequences for humans and the environment, accidents are another consequence due to toxicity. In 2021 alone, the NCRB reported almost 8000 incidents of accidental ingestion of insecticides/pesticides which resulted in the death of 7800 people in India. Farmer suicides and corporate monopoly are some of the other problems with pesticides.
The consumption of pesticides is also a topic of discussion in various global conferences related to sustainability and the environment. At COP 15 of the Biodiversity Convention, the Indian government said a global numerical target for pesticide reduction is unnecessary and should be left to countries to decide since food security is important in the states. in developing countries where agriculture is the main economic driver for rural areas. communities.
The consumption of chemical pesticides in India has increased over the decades
India being an agrarian economy, more than 40% of the workforce is employed in the sector, thus emphasizing agricultural development in the planning and policy of the country. India is one of the major producers and consumers of pesticides in Asia and in the world. Pesticide consumption in India increased hundreds of times from 154 MT in 1953-54 to 80,000 MT in 1994-95, with the Green Revolution being a major contributor. However, since then consumption has steadily dropped to 54,135 MT in 1999-2000 due to the banning and restriction of the use of organochlorine pesticides and the introduction of the Integrated Pest Management program.
Over the past decade, from 2012-13 to 2021-22, the consumption of chemical pesticides in India averaged 58,429.7 MT. Excluding 2012-13 when consumption was less than 50,000 MT, the average consumption was 59,853.1 MT in nine years. Consumption was lowest in 2012-13 with 45,619 MT and highest in 2017-18 with 63,406 MT consumed. Overall, consumption was higher in the second half of the decade with an average of 61,138 MT against 55,721 MT in the first half.
Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh account for 40% of chemical pesticides consumed in the country
Among the states, Maharashtra is the biggest consumer of chemical pesticides, followed by Uttar Pradesh. With over 10,000 MT consumed by each of these states each year, the two states alone have contributed 38% to 42.4% of the total chemical pesticides consumed in the country each year since 2015-16. Punjab is the third highest consumer with an average of over 5525 MT consumed from 2015-16 to 2020-21. Punjab data for 2021-22 is not yet available. The three states together contributed between 48% and 51% of total consumption over the six years from 2015-16 to 2020-21.
Although Telangana and Haryana had an average consumption of over 4000 MT over the seven years, consumption in Telangana increased until 2017-18 and then stabilized while in Haryana consumption was order from 4000 to 4100 MT during the same period. . The states of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand and Odisha & Jammu & Kashmir saw a gradual increase in consumption during the said period, while states like Kerala and Andhra Pradesh reported a drop in consumption.
The northeastern states of Meghalaya and Sikkim were marked as “organic states” in the response provided to parliament. Among other northeastern states, consumption is mainly in Assam and Tripura.
The consumption of bio-pesticides is increasing
In recent years, the government has encouraged the use of bio-pesticides through various programs. The consumption of bio-pesticides at the national level was 6,148 MT in 2015-16 which increased to 8,898.92 MT in 2021-22. That is to say, over the past seven years, the use of bio-pesticides has increased by almost 45%. Although there has been a continuous increase in the consumption of biopesticides, the quantity is still very less compared to conventional chemical pesticides. The percentage of bio-pesticide consumption compared to chemical pesticide consumption was 15% in 2021-22, compared to 10.8% in 2015-16.
Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal account for a third of India’s bio-pesticide consumption
Maharashtra was the top consumer of biopesticides till 2019-2020. However, state consumption has been declining since 2016-17. From 1,454 MT in 2016-17 representing one-fifth of national consumption, state consumption has fallen to less than 1,000 MT over the past two years. Its share in consumption also fell to 10.5% in 2021-22. As of 2020-2021, Rajasthan is the biggest consumer of bio-pesticides, surpassing Maharashtra. West Bengal has also consumed over 1000 MT in the last 3 years. The three states continue to account for almost a third of the nation’s biopesticide consumption.
Rajasthan has reported an almost 100-fold increase in biopesticide consumption over the past seven years. Annual consumption was less than 15 MT between 2015-16 and 2018-19 and jumped to 1268 MT in 2021-22, contributing 14.2% of national consumption.
A significant increase was also seen in the states of Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. Meanwhile, the states of Kerala and Odisha have seen a decline in consumption over the past 3-4 years. Although it is one of the biggest consumers of chemical pesticides, the consumption of bio-pesticides in Uttar Pradesh has been very low. The state reported consuming less than 50 MT through 2020-21 and 50.88 MT through 2021-22. Although the state has seen an increase in usage, Andhra Pradesh also reported 45 MT in 2021-22. Consumption in these two states is among the lowest among major states.
The government’s push towards sustainable agriculture
According to responses provided to the parliament, the central government promotes sustainable agriculture and encourages the use of biopesticides through the organic farming programs of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER). Educational programs are organized for farmers to switch to environmentally friendly products. ICAR and state agricultural universities are also working on the development of biopesticides. To promote the judicious use of pesticides, the central and state governments, through their field agencies, ensure that farmers are provided with appropriate knowledge/information on the recommended use of pesticides. The Union Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare also disseminates the IPM approach through its 36 Central IPM Centers located in 28 states and 2 UTs. However, as previously observed, the high use of chemical pesticides continues in many states.
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Grandma would have a fit if she knew that I was featuring drawings from no-good creeps like Facechild.
FlyinOverTrout just broke into the Pixar studios and grabbed this prototype for next summer's animated blockbuster.
Celebrate diversity and inclusiveness at your next protest by not calling Donald Trump a nasty little-hands pisspig bitch.
A true patriot has exactly seven t-shirts, with seven slight variations on a single phrase that tell one powerful story. This is that tale.
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‘iCarly’ Season 2: Paramount+ Sets a Premiere & Unveils First Trailer (VIDEO)
Two all-new episodes will drop on premiere day with new installments following each Friday. Picking up where Season 1 left off, the iCarly revival continues to follow the trials and tribulations of the original influencer, Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), as she and her friends navigate work, love, and family in their twenties.
The 10-episode season sees Carly refocusing her attention on her friends and family in particular following some romantic complications last season. Along with her relationships, Carly’s also continuing to boost her revived web channel by creating new content.
As for Carly’s brother Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and best friend Harper (Laci Mosley), they’re navigating new personal and career developments. Meanwhile, Freddie (Nathan Kress) must balance raising Millicent (Jaidyn Triplett) as well as a new app and a new girlfriend.
Along with teasing all of these characters’ returns, the trailer, below, also unveils a special guest star in Josh Peck, who previously starred with Miranda Cosgrove in Nickelodeon’s other former hit series Drake and Josh. And if their interaction in the trailer is any indication, they’re not playing buddy-buddy in front of the camera.
Produced by Nickelodeon Studios, iCarly is based on the original series of the same name which ran from 2007 to 2012. The revival is executive produced by Cosgrove with showrunners Ali Schouten and Jonathan Fener. Meanwhile, Jerry Trainor, Nathan Kress, and Alissa Vradenburg serve as producers.
Catch the first look at Season 2, below, and don’t miss the premiere later this spring on Paramount+.
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I've always praised butternut squash for its mild sweetness and versatility — but I was surprised when so many of you said you'd never prepared one before or find it hard to work with. Since it'd be a bummer to miss out on this Fall vegetable at home (unless you're willing to pony up $400 for an automated butternut squash peeler!), I thought I'd help you out with instructions on how to prep it yourself. Here's a step-by-step lesson.
Despite its intricate hills and valleys, a crimped bakery-style pie crust only looks tricky to re-create at home. If you have two hands and a few minutes to spare, you're well on your way to accomplishing this impressive feat. If you're not yet convinced, click through for the detailed step-by-step guide.
PS While you're at it, skip the store-bought crusts and make and roll out a flaky all-butter pie crust at home.
For many years I avoided buying whole pomegranates for fear of juice splatter reminiscent of a crime scene, instead turning to overpriced, often bland and mushy prepackaged seeds. Since then I've rectified my ways, and realized that a few simple steps are all that separate me from the delicate juicy arils within, hold the mess. Keep reading to learn the tricks to this task.
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- Choose a safe skillet. Since you're using a good amount of oil and plan to cook at high heats, you want your pan to be deep and sturdy. If you're not sure which skillet to try, there's another, beginner-friendly option: an electric deep fryer. With the electric version, you can control temperature settings and use an automatic timer.
- Pick the appropriate cooking oil. Selections will vary from recipe to recipe, but be sure to choose an oil with a high smoke point — an oil that won't break down at high temperatures. Canola oil, peanut oil, and sunflower oil are all great options.
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- Safely pour and heat the oil. To avoid splatters, add the oil to the skillet while the pan is cool. You should also make sure to leave plenty of room for the oil to rise and bubble without spilling over. A good rule of thumb: keep the oil below the half-filled mark.
- Slowly add the food. Stay safe and burn-free by carefully lowering each piece of food into the oil. Don't crowd the pieces together or the food may not cook through evenly.
- Monitor the temperature. One of the most important aspects of deep-frying is to ensure a consistent cooking temperature. Heat the oil over medium-high heat and keep the temperature in the range of 350 to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. If the temperature dips too low, you'll risk greasy food, and if it gets too high, the oil can smoke or catch fire. Using a deep-fry thermometer can help you keep it steady.
- Watch the food's color. Your goal is to remove the food when it's turned a golden-brown shade. Do so cautiously, piece by piece, then turn off the heat and let the pan cool before taking it off the stove.
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A TEENAGE girl was harassed by a stranger as she walked along a road in Leamington.
The 17-year-old was on Chesterton Drive near the Grist Mill pub around 3pm on Friday (October 9) when a man pulled up alongside her in a black BMW.
He made lewd comments and asked her to get in his car but she refused.
Another car then pulled up behind and distracted him while the victim crossed the street and walked down another road.
She then cut through a park but when she reached the other side the driver was waiting for her and began harassing her again.
Although she was not hurt, the teenager was left shaken by the incident.
The man is described as in his late 40s, with black hair, of slim build and a slight Birmingham accent.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call police on 101.


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Fruits are an important part of a balanced diet. Despite this, 60% of Americans do not consume enough fruits. Many people claim that fitting them in and doing so is difficult. It takes 2 to 3 cups of fruit to complete your daily requirements. For many, this is a difficult task.It takes 2 to 3 cups of fruit to complete your daily requirements. For many, this is a difficult task.
Beware of food manufacturers who place small amounts of “real fruits” in foods and include them as “real fruits” on their food label. These claims do not translate as whole fruit or as a piece of fruit. Take a look at the Nutrition Label ingredients. Ask yourself, is this fruit listed as “whole fruit” or “fruit flavored?” If it is “fruit flavored” it is not counted as whole fruit.
Food makers should be wary of adding little amounts of “real fruits” to dishes and labelling them as “genuine fruits.” These claims don’t apply to whole or cut fruit. Examine the ingredients listed on the Nutrition Label. Is this fruit “whole fruit” or “fruit flavoured”? It’s not considered entire fruit if it’s “fruit flavoured.”
Dried fruits, such as raisins, cranberries, and prunes, are pure fruits, but they should be consumed in moderation because drying concentrates their flavour and increases their calorie content. Consider the calories in a cup of fresh grapes versus half a cup of raisins: a cup of fresh grapes contains around 104 calories, while half a cup of raisins contains 216 calories. Another options is freeze drying fruits, eating that type of fruit does not contribute high calories, has good flavor and retain most of their nutrients. However, they are expensive.
100% Fruit Juice
One hundred percent fruit juices count as a serving of fruit. However, the whole fruit of an orange provides 62 calories, 3-g of fiber. One serving of juice, a ½ cup serving with pulp, has the same calories as whole orange, but the difference is the lack of fiber.
Yogurt with Fruit at the Bottom
Fruit is usually included in yogurt. The amount of fruit it contains does not supply much nutrients and the sugar added increases the caloric levels. It is better to buy plain low-fat yogurt and add your own serving of fruit.
The Science behind Fruits
Fruits are friends to having a healthy heart. In a study conducted by the Finns’ women added ½-cup (4 ounces) of mixed berries and about 2 ounces of pureed berries to their daily diets. Their good cholesterol (HDL) was improved by 5.2 percent after 8 weeks. Fruits are associated in lowering the risk of Cancer. A Japanese study of over 42,000 adults showed that citrus consumption reduced the risk of all types of cancer. Many factors may attribute to the findings. One idea suggests that the flavonoids of lemon may inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Fruits are a great helper in losing weight. Researchers in Brazil asked women to add 3 apples, pears or equal amount of fiber containing oat cookies.
Various Global Trends of Fruits
Make fruits a mainstay of your meal preparation. Choose a vibrant fruit that is both pleasant and nutrient-dense. Fruits such as blueberries, strawberries, oranges, apricots, kiwifruit, cantaloupe, watermelon, apples, pomegranate, mangoes, cherries, peaches, and nectarines are delicious and high in antioxidants. They can be eaten raw, cooked, as a cereal or salad topper, or as a chutney for grilled roasted meats, fowl, or fish. Take a look at the exotic fruits that are grown and shipped from all over the world and delivered to us across national and geographical boundaries through a variety of channels the next time you go to the grocery store.


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Acute paediatric services at Tallaght University Hospital are to temporarily relocate from midnight tomorrow night, in order to support the adult hospital system during the covid-19 pandemic.
Children's Health Ireland says it plans to temporarily relocate the services to its other two children’s hospitals at Crumlin and Temple Street and to its paediatric outpatient and urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown.
This means inpatients, day cases, out-patients and the Paediatric Emergency Department based in Tallaght will stop from midnight Friday 27th March 2020.
In a statement, CHI said;
"This decision has been taken to protect our patients, their families and our staff. In doing this, CHI is supporting Tallaght University Hospital with additional staff, emergency facilities and bed capacity for sick adults."
It went on to say; "Our decision is in line with other acute paediatric healthcare providers globally who have made similar decisions to support their acute adult hospital systems."
Children's Health Ireland says it wants to reassure patients and families that its two other Dublin hospitals, Crumlin and Temple Street are open, including their 24 hour Emergency Departments.
The Urgent Care Centre at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown is also available for minor injuries or minor illnesses between 10.00 – 17.00 Monday to Friday.


Different Ebola Quarantine Policies Send A Confusing Message
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
At the White House this afternoon press secretary Josh Earnest reached into American history when he was asked about conflicts between state and federal policies on Ebola.
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JOSH EARNEST: In some ways you can sort of take this up with James Madison, right? We have a federal system in this country in which states are given significant authority for governing their constituents. That is certainly true when it comes to public safety and public health.
SIEGEL: The confusion that Earnest attributed in part to founding father James Madison arose last Friday. That's when New York and New Jersey got out ahead of federal policy and required a 21-day quarantine for health workers returning from West Africa. Now the Centers for Disease Control has issued new guidelines and for more on those and this question of who has authority to do what, NPR's Tamara Keith joins us from the White House.
TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Hi, Robert.
SIEGEL: First - the new CDC guidelines. What are they and how do they compare with what states have done on their own?
KEITH: They set up different levels of risk and different responses to those levels of risk. So for someone who's at high risk, they would be asked to voluntarily limit their movement - stay public transportation, don't go back to work. High risk is a pretty limited window though. It's a health worker, for example, who had been stuck by a needle while treating someone with Ebola - very high risk. The next level would be some risk and hat would be health workers returning from West Africa who haven't had a risk like that and have had protective gear worn properly. They would have a local public health official check with them twice a day, take their temperature, talk about their symptoms if they have any. And this is less stringent than what some governors have put into place and CDC director Thomas Frieden says states generally follow CDC guidelines, but he can't stop them from going further.
SIEGEL: Word was over the weekend that the White House put pressure on these governors to back away from their quarantine policies. Is that true?
KEITH: There certainly were conversations happening behind the scenes. The press secretary, Josh Earnest, wouldn't get into the details about those conversations, but he did say the nurse who had been quarantined in a tent at a hospital in New Jersey was being allowed to go to her home in Maine and self-quarantine there and he pointed to that as a sign of states and the federal government and the CDC all working together. New Jersey governor Chris Christie insists that this does not signal a policy change or bowing to pressure in any way.
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GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE: Illinois has since adopted this policy so has now the state of Maryland. So I'm telling you guys, this is going to become a national policy eventually, eventually the CDC will come around. And remember - they were late to the game in Texas and we had people infected because of it.
KEITH: Maryland's policy is actually somewhat more nuanced than that and all of this just illustrates that there is now this patchwork of overlapping state, federal and local jurisdictions with different policies.
SIEGEL: Tamara, at the risk of sounding terribly cynical, I'll observe that we are just a week away from a big election. New York governor Andrew Cuomo is up for re-election. Chris Christie is often talked about as a presidential candidate in two years. How much does politics play in this?
KEITH: Yes, there are elections and politics could certainly be part of it, but at the more basic level I think we can chalk this up to populism and governors wanting to be seen as protecting citizens of their states. There's this guy who's come outside the White House a couple of times with big signs and a hazmat suit. The first sign said Stop The Flights. The second one said Quarantines Now. These messages fit easily on a sign. At the briefing today Josh Earnest said more than a dozen times that Ebola should be - Ebola policy should be driven by science. That doesn't fit on a sign.
SIEGEL: Thank you, Tam.
SIEGEL: That's NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Unlocking Europe’s digital potential: priorities for the next commission
20 February 2024, 4:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Think tank: Centre for European Reform
This event hosted by UK think tank the Centre for European Reform will explore what the next European Commission can do to foster Europe’s digital economy.
The EU has huge potential for innovation – with a growing number of start-ups, and European firms increasingly adopting new technologies. Yet innovative firms still struggle to implement, commercialise and scale up their ideas while remaining in Europe, and the EU’s tech regulations have not yet delivered a European tech sector to rival the US.
This event will explore what the next European Commission can do to foster the digital economy in Europe. Is the recent flurry of digital rules sufficiently clear and coherent? Could more risk-based and future-proofed digital regulation help deliver the promise of more innovation and take-up of new technologies? Is the focus on ‘technological sovereignty’ a help or a hindrance? And how can the EU boost investment in infrastructure to accelerate the digital transition?
Milena Jabůrková – Vice President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
Zach Meyers – Assistant Director, Centre for European Reform
Axel Voss – Member, European Parliament
Paul Adamson – Chairman of Forum Europe & Founder of Encompass (Chair)
Renate Nikolay – Deputy Director-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission

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By Joseph Lord
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) on Tuesday decried President Joe Biden’s recently-unveiled proposal to increase taxation on billionaires, saying that the plan would tax assets that billionaires don’t have.
Biden’s proposal, called the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax, would place a minimum tax rate of 20 percent on America’s wealthiest households. The plan would go a step farther than many other plans, however, and would also impose taxes on unrealized gains from stocks, bonds, and similar assets.
In short, the plan would tax the total net worth of billionaires even while their assets remain tied up in assets rather than in liquid cash.
The plan, Manchin said, would put taxes on”things you don’t have.”
“You might have it on paper,” Manchin added. “There are other ways for people to pay their fair share, and I think everyone should pay.”
In the past, Manchin has staked out a middle position toward tax policy, opposing efforts that he thinks unfairly benefit the rich and efforts that he thinks unfairly target the rich.
Manchin was against President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reconciliation bill, which he said weighted the tax system too heavily in favor of the wealthy.
On the other hand, Manchin opposed his party’s efforts to radically change the tax code in the now-defunct Build Back Better Act (BBB), which would have greatly increased the size and enforcement capacity of the IRS.
One plan in the bill would have let the IRS seize information from banks on all Americans’ accounts with more than $600 in activity annually, potentially allowing the IRS to seize the bank information of almost all American adults. Manchin openly criticized this proposal in October, and indicated that he would not support it as part of the BBB.
Still, Manchin has indicated in the past that he would be in favor of a more scaled-down draft of the BBB, with a few key climate and social policies and a reworking of the tax code to return it to its pre-2017 norms.
But the West Virginia Democrat’s opposition to the White House proposal makes it unlikely to get off the ground in the evenly-divided Senate, where all 50 Democrats must stand behind a bill for it to pass to the president’s desk under the reconciliation process.
“You can’t tax something that’s not earned—earned income is what we’re based on,” Manchin told reporters. “Unrealized gains is not the way to do it.”
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) rejected Manchin’s criticism in a statement to another outlet.
“There is no question that in any way this topic comes up, the billionaires have something of immense value,” Wyden said.
Prior to the White House proposed plan, Wyden released his own plan to tax unrealized assets. Under the Wyden plan, the tax rate would sit at a substantially higher 23.8 percent tax rate. The White House’s slightly scaled-down plan would bring in less revenue, but may have been more likely to win the support of swing voters like Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).
Since Manchin effectively killed the BBB in December, Democrats have worked behind the scenes to revive its key policy goals in a less wide-reaching reconciliation bill to win Manchin and Sinema’s support, but Manchin has made clear that he has not been involved in these talks.
“No, no, no, no,” Manchin responded when asked if he had participated in these discussions. “It’s dead.”
Later, Manchin clarified his earlier statements, saying “If we’re talking about the whole big package, that’s gone.”
However, Manchin’s support is a must-have for any reconciliation package, and his opposition to Biden’s proposal effectively leaves it dead on arrival unless Democrats can win GOP support for the proposal.


President-elect Donald Trump has proposed cutting the top marginal income tax rate to 33% as well as eliminating the 3.8% net investment income tax.
Mr. Trump has also proposed an overall cap on total itemized deductions ($200,000 for married individuals filing joint tax returns). As a result of these proposals, high income taxpayers may benefit by deferring gains that would be subject to net investment income tax until 2017. Additionally, high income taxpayers should consider paying expenses eligible to be taken as itemized deductions now, rather than waiting until 2017 when the tax benefit of these deductions may be reduced, or capped.
This post was written by Nicholas Holland.


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It’s a lot easier to get a driver’s license in 42 Iowa counties in this new year. Those counties joined six others Monday with driver’s license stations opening at their county courthouses. A computer glitch kept half of the stations from actually working Monday. Appanoose County Treasurer Mary Kay Williams was on the committee which helped expand the program. She says one of the biggest concerns was getting all the computers hooked up to share information with the state. Williams says her county is a good example of how the expansion helps residents.Appanoose County used to have driver’s license service one day a week, now it has service five days a week along with driving tests. She says the experiment with the service in the six original counties was an overwhelming success.Williams says more of the counties not served by a regional D-O-T center may eventually get the driver’s license service.Williams says the counties will get three-dollars and seventy-five cents from each license fee to cover the extra cost of issuing licenses. She says putting the stations in the counties is expected to save the state 149-thousand dollars. The counties that added driver’s license stations Monday are: Adair, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cedar, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Mitchell, Monroe, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Tama, Taylor, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Winneshiek, Worth and Wright.
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Michael Ray's bid for a double-double proved to be double trouble.
After extending his Beat the Streak run to 43 on Wednesday night courtesy of sluggers Joey Votto and Alex Gordon, the 28-year-old Astros fan from Brenham, Texas, is utilizing the "Double Down" feature again Thursday afternoon, selecting Cardinals sluggers Carlos Beltran and Allen Craig.
Ray got halfway to achieving his goal after Beltran doubled off former teammate Jon Niese in the first inning, but Craig was hitless on the day and Ray's streak was stopped at 43.
Ray has used the "Double Down" feature more than 10 times this season. In doing so, he had been able to move ahead in an expedient fashion.
The owner of the 2013 season's longest streak to date, Ray enjoyed unprecedented personal BTS success. In fact, he had never previously compiled a double-digit streak. So how did he do it?
"I'm not using any strategies, really," said Ray, before his streak was snapped. "[I am] just trying to pick the studs off of each team and exploit the good pitching matchups."
The object of MLB.com's Beat the Streak game is to establish a virtual "hitting streak" and keep it going for as long as possible. Fans can do this by selecting one or two big leaguers on any game day. If those player(s) record at least one hit in the game for which they were selected, the streak continues. Fans do not have to make 57 consecutive correct picks to claim a prize -- awards are given to those who achieve 45-, 35- and 30-game streaks.
An MRI/CT/X-Ray technologist by trade and an ardent fan of Astros legend Craig Biggio, Ray put together a momentous streak.
Mike Karatzia set the game's all-time mark in 2007, with a streak of 49.
What advice does Ray give others chasing 56?
"I like to try to stick with the studs of the team, like [Miguel] Cabrera, [Adam] Jones, [Robinson] Cano, [Mike] Trout, etc," he said. "Those are the type of players that hit for higher average and are more consistent. I personally don't like picking rookies, or older players like Paul Konerko or Michael Young, as they tend to be inconsistent. I also like to stay away from the all-or-nothing hitters -- it's usually a home run or a strikeout -- like Adam Dunn or Ryan Howard. Also, I like to pick players at the top of the lineup, just to maximize the number of possible at-bats.
"With all that being said, I would also like to say sometimes it comes down to just being lucky."
Zachary Finkelstein is a fantasy editor for MLB.com.

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There are few titles that stand out when I think back on truly memorable games. One of those titles is Homeworld and its sequel. First released way back in 1999, Homeworld featured true 3D navigation (X, Y and Z axis), detailed animations, unique ship types, an emotionally engaging epic story and a kick ass soundtrack. […]
When Contra first came out, it was clear to those old enough to realize that it was a sort of play on beloved action movies such as Predator and Rambo. You playfully named the “blue guy” and “red guy” after the famed heroes with little to no regard as to what their names actually were. […]
In case you missed it, I was actually a part of the NAVGTR Nominations: Whip Caucus panel during Pax South. It was an interactive panel where I announced nominees alongside other National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers members and then joined the audience as they participated in a caucus vote. For some categories there were […]
In a world where it seems like there is a subscription box for everything, during Pax South we were introduced to the IndieBox. IndieBox is a subscription service that delivers collector’s edition versions of indie games to your door every month. Each IndieBox contains a high-quality indie game, retro-style box art, USB game cartridge, color […]
As you can tell, Pax South was filled with Indie darlings. Today, let us introduce you to a game we actually loved during Pax Prime but totally dropped the ball on sharing: it’s Adventures of Pip. You play as Pip, an unlikely 1-pixel hero in a 32-bit world. Given the unique ability to absorb the pixels […]
Continuing our tour around the Pax South Expo Hall, we find ourselves playing the devil trying to get out of hell in a game called Raising Hell. Hell is freezing over and you need to get out. You play as Damian. Teleport, slice angels and demons, shoot bazookas, and generally raise hell!† In this flagship game […]
It was only natural that we found our way to the poker table during Pax South. Texas Twist™ Poker will change the way you typically think about playing poker. It’s not played with chips and cards on a traditional poker table. Instead, Texas Twist Poker is a mobile puzzle game where players try to get the […]
Wandering through the Expo Hall of Pax South, we came across the 2D platformer/puzzle game called Klaus currently being developed by the folks at La Cosa. We got a chance to sit down and play with this unique platformer that is coming soon to the PS4 and Playstation Vita.
Pax South invaded San Antonio, Texas this past weekend. Every Pax is a unique opportunity for gaming fans to interact directly with developers, Twitch streamers and even podcasters. Pax South brought on a strong roster of indie games that caught our attention. Today, we are trying something new and sharing our Instagram feed which featured lots of video game related cosplay as well as some things we have seen around the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center during Pax South 2015.

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Replacement interior doors are an easy, chic way to redefine your rooms. You may think that interior doors are purely functional that you need for privacy. Interior doors are actually much more, adding design accents to your room’s decor.
Interior doors are also a budget-friendly way to redefine any room. In this post, we’re sharing some interior door design ideas to inspire you.
What’s Behind the Door?
The average home has 10 interior doors. Depending on what’s behind the door, your interior doors could have different purposes. Bathroom doors are for privacy and should have a solid core to reduce sound transmission. Interior doors that divide two rooms have the ability to be more creative, including the use of barn doors or pocket doors.
With a few purposeful lines, interior doors can capture a simple, unique look. Add some color to these doors for a more dramatic appearance. The smallest accents add just enough style, creating a signature aesthetic.
Another contemporary idea is the use of panels, which can be glass. Clear or translucent glass inserts protect privacy and allow light into the space. With multiple panel options, you can use the same door design throughout with a few configuration differences for a consistent look. Not every door has to be the same with replacement interior doors. Let your imagination take off.
Replacement Interior Doors—Artistic Expressions
Why not add some color to your interior doors? Break out of the box of thinking they can only be white. Other artistic touches you could add are a door with an etched or carved appearance for a very ornate look.
Prefinished Woodgrain Interior Doors
If you love the look of rich wood but don’t want the maintenance or costs, choose a prefinished woodgrain look. Prefinished woodgrain interior doors employee a distinct finishing technique. They are also molded doors with no gapping or stile/rail separation.
Change Your Space with New Interior Doors
At The Window and Door Shop, we have years of experience helping homeowners and professionals choose the right interior doors. No matter the design of the home or the functionality required, there’s a perfect interior door for any application. Contact us today to learn more about our interior door offerings.


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Overview: Tracheostomy is a safe, effective procedure that can be performed via an open or percutaneous technique. Indications include relief of airway obstruction, secretion management, and secure access for prolonged mechanical ventilation. Indications for elective tracheostomy include: Prolonged ventilator dependence Prophylactic tracheostomy prior to head and neck cancer treatment Obstructive sleep apnea refractory to other treatments Chronic aspiration Neuromuscular disease Subglottic stenosis Brief of the case study: A critical patient underwent a stormy course in the intensive care unit. There were three failures of the Spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) in him. Treatment given: On day 11, the patient was tracheotomized as prolonged ventilator support was required. Discussion: Many times, there is an increase in the work of breathing due to edema around the vocal cords and edema in the airway. This can increase the resistance and thus the increase in the work of breathing after a tracheostomy. When flow through a tube is laminar as per Poisueilles equation, resistance is directly proportional to the length of the tube and inversely proportional to radius raised to the 4th power.1 When the flow is turbulent, the resistance becomes inversely proportional to the radius raised to the power of 5th power. The flow becomes turbulent when the inner diameter of the tube is <10 mm. Due to the high flow through the ET tube, curvature, and the presence of secretions, the flow is generally turbulent. Tracheostomy tubes are smaller, more rigid, easier to be kept clean. This reduces expiratory flow limitation, dynamic hyperinflation, auto-PEEP, and the work of breathing. Reference: Raimonde AJ, Westhoven N, Winters R. Tracheostomy. [Updated 2021 Jul 31]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559124/ 603
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Head, Department of Intensive Care Unit, S.L. Raheja Hospital (A Fortis Associate), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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Students To Rally Against Gun Violence At University of Dayton
Students at the University of Dayton plan to rally Friday, Oct. 4 in favor of gun reform. Organizers say they coordinated the campus protest to mark the two-month anniversary of Dayton’s deadly August mass shooting that killed nine people and injured another three dozen others.
Student organizer Cierra Stewart says she wants lawmakers to strengthen background checks and tighten firearm-sales regulations.
“People shouldn't be able to buy assault weapons legally, with the potential for just what happened in the Oregon District on that day," she says, "so, I don't think regular civilians or just anyone in America should have access to those guns.”
The rally is scheduled for the University of Dayton Kennedy Union patio from 3-5 p.m. For more information, visit Students Demand Action’s website at everytown.org/studentsdemand/
On Monday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says he’ll unveil the language of a proposal to address gun violence.


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nssm is a service helper which doesn’t suck. srvany and other service helper programs suck because they don’t handle failure of the application running as a service. If you use such a program you may see a service listed as started when in fact the application has died. nssm monitors the running service and will restart it if it dies. With nssm you know that if a service says it’s running, it really is. Alternatively, if your application is well-behaved you can configure nssm to absolve all responsibility for restarting it and let Windows take care of recovery actions.
nssm logs its progress to the system Event Log so you can get some idea of why an application isn’t behaving as it should.
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All Coming Films
First run films that are “coming soon” may not have a set release date. Tickets may not be available for “coming soon” films.
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past.
A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.
Sixteen years after the release of the groundbreaking film RIVERS AND TIDES - ANDY GOLDSWORTHY WORKING WITH TIME, director Thomas Riedelsheimer has returned to work with the artist.
A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living in an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever. Directed by Debra Granik (WINTER'S BONE).
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives?
At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans – until now.
Welcome to Grey Gardens… as you’ve never seen it before. Three years before the Maysles’ landmark documentary introduced the world to Edith and Edie Beale, renowned photographer Peter Beard chronicled life at their crumbling estate during one summer in 1972.
In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
One summer at a lakeside Russian estate, friends and family gather for a weekend in the countryside. While everyone is caught up in passionately loving someone who loves somebody else, a tragicomedy unfolds about art, fame, human folly, and the eternal desire to live a purposeful life.
New York, 1980: three complete strangers accidentally discover that they are identical triplets, separated at birth.
An intimate, unflinching portrait of Whitney Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston’s life.
An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers.


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Dose-dependence of protection from systemic reactions to venom immunotherapy by omalizumab
Clinical and Molecular Allergy volume 14, Article number: 14 (2016)
Systemic reactions (SR) to venom immunotherapy (VIT) are rare but may occur, with a rate significantly higher for honeybee than for vespid VIT. In patients with repeated SRs to VIT it is difficult to reach the maintenance dose of venom and pre-treatment with omalizumab is indicated, as shown by some studies reporting its preventative capacity, when antihistamines and corticosteroids are ineffective.
We present the case of a 47 years old woman allergic to bee venom who experienced two severe SRs after bee stings and several SRs to VIT with bee venom. Pre-treatment with antihistamines and corticosteroids as well as omalizumab at doses up to 300 mg was unsuccessful, while an omalizumab dose of 450 mg finally achieved in our patient the protection from SRs to VIT with 200 mcg of bee venom.
The search of the dose of omalizumab able to protect a patient with repeated SRs to VIT may be demanding, but this search is warranted by the need to provide to this kind of patient, by an adequate VIT, the protection from potentially life-threatening reactions.
Venom immunotherapy (VIT) is generally safe and, differently from injective immunotherapy with inhalant allergens, no fatal reaction to treatment has been reported . Still, systemic reactions (SR) may occur, with a rate significantly higher for honeybee than for vespid VIT. In fact, a systematic review defined a rate of SRs of 25.1 % for honeybee VIT and 5.8 % for vespid VIT . In patients with repeated SRs it is difficult to reach the maintenance dose of venom, usually corresponding to 100 mcg . Mild to moderate SRs may be averted by pre-treatment with antihistamines , while for severe SRs pre-treatment with omalizumab is indicated, as shown by some studies reporting its preventative capacity [4–6]. However, a negative study was published . We describe the case of a patient with repeated SRs to honeybee VIT who initially was apparently not responsive to the omalizumab treatment but achieved the complete prevention of SRs by dose increase.
The patient is a woman exposed to honeybee stings because her father is a beekeeper. At the age of 22 years she experienced a SR of grade 4 severity according to Mueller  after a single bee sting. Honeybee venom hypersensitivity was then diagnosed by skin tests and VIT for bee venom was started. However, the treatment was withdrawn early, due to repeated SRs to VIT. No other stings until the age of 47 years when the patient had a further SR (again grade 4 according to Mueller) after a bee sting. Patient’s clinical features are reported in Table 1. According to clinical history, no additional allergy neither other medical conditions were present. In 2013, VIT for bee venom was then scheduled by honeybee venom from Stallergenes (Antony, France) but already during the build-up phase, at the dose of 10 mcg of venom, a SR with angioedema of the glottis, cough, itching of hands and feet occurred, requiring epinephrine administration for resolution of the symptoms (Table 2). Premedication with terfenadine 180 mg twice a day in the three days before VIT was attempted but anaphylaxis occurred again at the dose of 10 mcg and administration of epinephrine was again necessary. Therefore, VIT for bee was once more planned using premedication with terfenadine and anti-IgE for preventing SRs. Omalizumab 300 mg was administered twice with a 14 day interval during the build-up phase of VIT with a modified rush schedule at weekly interval (Table 3). However, when reaching the dose of 10 mcg the patient had cough and dysphagia. Changing the premedication to omalizumab plus intravenous hydrocortisone 500 mg, intravenous ranitidine 50 mg and cetirizine 10 mg/os, a maintenance dose of 200 mcg of bee venom was reached in 11 weeks and well tolerated in the following months. This suggested to step down omalizumab to 150 mg every 2 weeks and using oral premedication with prednisone 25 mg, rupatadine 10 mg and ranitidine 150 mg. VIT and omalizumab administrations were set on different days. However, when omalizumab was reduced to 150 mg once a month a SR requiring epinephrine occurred. Therefore, the dose of omalizumab was doubled to 300 mg once a month along with the oral premedication with the usual drugs letting the patient tolerating the monthly dose of 200 mcg of bee venom. However, seven months later, the same premedication regimen was not able to prevent a new SR to VIT. Finally, when increasing the dose of omalizumab to 450 mg monthly, 2 days before VIT, preceded by oral premedication with prednisone, rupatadine and ranitidine 12 and 2 h before VIT, the patient no longer suffered from SRs over the last 14 months and is still under regular treatment.
VIT is a highly effective treatment but not all patients are protected from SRs by the usual maintenance dose of 100 mcg. Rueff et al. demonstrated that in all patients not completely protected from stings a protective dose may be individuated, that in rare cases may be as high as 400 mcg .
The case we report shows that also the search of the dose of omalizumab able to protect a patient with repeated SRs to VIT may be demanding, but this pursuit is warranted by the need to provide to this kind of patient, by an adequate VIT, the protection from potentially life-threatening reactions. In previous reports, the minimal effective dose of omalizumab to protect from systemic reactions to VIT was 150 mg , thus the search of the protective dose should start from 150 mg, with increase to 300 mg and, possibly, to 450 mg in case of incomplete protection. The most appropriate combination therapy including also corticosteroids and antihistamines is not yet established and needs be investigated.
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All authors contributed in collection of data and in the writing of the manuscript.
E.B. has received a grant from Allergy Therapeutics for a scientific consultancy; C.I. is a scientific consultant for Stallergenes Italy; M.M. has received a grant from ALK for the project “ALK Venom Expert”.
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Boni, E., Incorvaia, C. & Mauro, M. Dose-dependence of protection from systemic reactions to venom immunotherapy by omalizumab. Clin Mol Allergy 14, 14 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12948-016-0051-2
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On Thursday, New York Post columnist Salena Zito said that Facebook, the social media giant once dubbed the “world’s most dangerous censor,” removed an article she published, allegedly calling it “spam.” The article magically reappeared after some time, she said, but Facebook never explained what happened.
The article, she said, was about “how people who voted for President Trump were feeling after both former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his lawyer Michael Cohen found themselves on the wrong side of the law.”
A couple hours after posting the article on Facebook, Zito said, she began hearing from friends that the post had been removed from her personal timeline.
According to Zito:
Sometimes the removal was accompanied by a message from Facebook. “Spam” was the most common reason given, but a couple of people were told Facebook removed the post because “it did not follow our Community Standards.”
Immediately I went to my original post, which led to the link with this graph: “Right now the value of Trump to the Trump voter is he is all that stands between them and handing the keys to Washington back over to the people inside Washington. That’s it. He’s their only option. You’ve got to pick the insiders or him.”
The post was gone.
Facebook, she said, gave her no reason and worse yet, asking for an explanation “wasn’t easy.”
She tried reaching out to Facebook on Twitter, but received no response.
“…I turned to their own page and asked through a series of confusing messaging options that appear to require a Ph.D. to access let alone find, still no answer,” she said.
Less than two hours later, the article reappeared. Still with no explanation.
Facebook offers no transparency for its methods or decisions.
The article was based on my conversations with Trump voters. It had no expletives, conspiracy theories, hate speech or sexual language. What sort of algorithm would find it, much less censor it?
Perhaps someone doesn’t like my stories and complained about it. But then, who is that person and why does Facebook give them that sort of power?
A very good question. But then again, why does Facebook do half of what it does? Why does Facebook disable accounts of real people who have done nothing wrong whatsoever and refuse to restore them?
As a result of Facebook’s actions, one South Carolina legislator decided to introduce a measure targeting social media censorship.
“Facebook has become the world’s biggest publisher, reaching many more people than daily newspapers. Bad enough that they arbitrarily decide what people can and cannot read. Worse is that they won’t tell anyone why,” Zito said in conclusion.
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The U.S. stock market’s recent zigs and zags have provoked much squawking and screeching. Wall Street pros, private money managers, and Millennial index fund enthusiasts all find themselves on the wrong side of the market’s swift movements. Even the best and brightest can’t escape President Trump’s tweet precipitated short squeezes.
The short-term significance of the DJIA’s 8 percent decline since early-October is uncertain. For all we know, stocks could run up through the end of the year. Stranger things have happened.
What’s also uncertain is the nature of this purge: Is this another soft decline like that of mid-2015 to early-2016, where the DJIA fell 12 percent before quickly resuming its uptrend? Or is this the start of a brutal bear market – the kind that wipes out portfolios and blows up investment funds?
The stars in the night’s sky tell us this is the latter. For example, when peering out into the night’s sky even the most untrained eye can identify the three ominous stars that are lining up with mechanical precision. These stars include a stock market top, followed by a monster corporate debt buildup, and a fading economy. In short, the stock market’s latest break is presaging a corporate credit crisis and global recession.
The last time these three stars aligned in this sequence was roughly a decade ago. If you recall, that was when the DJIA crashed 50 percent while coinciding with a mega credit crisis and recession. We suspect that the disaster that’s approaching will be much larger, and much more destructive than the disaster of a decade ago.
Astute readers will be quick to point out that government debt was not identified as one of the three ominous stars lining up in the night sky. This is not an oversight. Rather, it’s an insight.
Without question, government debt has burgeoned way beyond what even the most doom and gloom pessimist could have envisioned just a decade ago. In fact, November marked the widest one month budget deficit in U.S. history.
Over a one month period – a month with just 30 days, not 31 – the U.S. government spent $411 billion while they only received $206 billion. By our rough back of the napkin calculation, the U.S. government spent nearly double what it took in. That difference, of course, was made up with debt. Roughly, $6.83 billion of new debt was added each and every day.
At best, spending more than one makes, like smoking or swearing, is a bad habit. However, spending more than one makes with no intention to pay it back is a moral failing. What’s more, running up untenable levels of government debt with the implied intent of inflating it away at the expense of the citizenry is downright evil.
Day after day, month after month, year after year, decade after decade, the U.S. government has racked up close to $22 trillion in debt. Throw in unfunded liabilities of social security, Medicare (Parts A, B, and D), federal debt held by the public, and federal employee and veteran benefits, and the U.S. government’s on the hook for over $115.8 trillion in debt – or nearly $1 million per taxpayer. How about that?
Of course, as the population ages, and the ratio of workers to retirees balances, these debt figures will go vertical. As you can see, government debt is more than just an ominous star. It’s the essential star. Moreover, it’s a dying star that’s on the verge of collapse. Quite frankly, it may not have enough energy to backstop the financial system during the next downturn. Here’s why…
How Faux Capitalism Works in America
Our guess is that the real squawking from investors won’t begin until mid-2019. That’s about the time corporate America becomes acutely aware that pumping gobs of borrowed money into grossly overvalued equity shares was an act of financial suicide.
Just look to General Electric, IBM, and Citigroup for an early indication of the forthcoming catastrophe. For instance, over the last decade GE spent $46 billion buying back its shares. In 2016 and 2017 alone, at a time of mushrooming debt, GE pumped $24 billion into share buybacks. Over this time, the price of these shares dropped from about $30 to $16. And even with Thursday’s 7.3 percent boost, on word of a surprise JPMorgan upgrade, GE shares trade at $7.20. In other words, shares GE bought back during the early part of 2016 have lost 75 percent of their value. What to make of it…
The 2008 financial crisis helped clarify how faux capitalism works in America. That when the big corporations and the big banks get in trouble, the people on top quickly absolve culpability while appropriating public funds from their friends at the Treasury for the purpose of private bailouts. This, in effect, socializes the losses across bottom rungs of society and concentrates profits across the top.
No doubt, the aftermath of the great corporate stock buyback craze of 2009 to 2017 will be a text book example of faux capitalism in action. First, massive financial bailouts will be disseminated to crony banks and corporations with purpose and intent. Then, a colossal river of monetary liquidity from the Fed will be diverted into credit markets, and into direct stock purchases of government preferred corporations.
The size and scope of these fiscal and monetary bailouts will utterly dwarf the TARP, ZIRP, and QE policies of the last crisis. Assuming this doesn’t blow up the Treasury’s balance sheet, or vaporize what’s left of the dollar’s value, a certain end effect will take shape. The middle class will be reduced to a notch or two above poverty, and wealth will be further concentrated into fewer and fewer hands.
We don’t like it. We don’t agree with it. But we can’t stop it. This is the world we live in. A world where justice has been debased and rectitude has been sullied.
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One of the best-known umpires in the world has commented on the controversial 6-run overthrow that happened during the World Cup final between England and New Zealand.
The incident had occurred on the third-last ball of England's innings, with the side then requiring nine runs to win from three balls. Stokes heaved a grounded shot and aimed to run for two. As the ball came in towards the end at which he was running, he dived to make it into the crease, and as he did so, the ball his bat, cannoning off to head to the boundary for four. The umpire signalled that it had been six runs. England eventually tied New Zealand's score, at which point the final went into a super over.
Australian Simon Taufel who is also a member of the MCC laws sub-committee has said that the umpires made a serious mistake by awarding England six runs instead of five when the throw hit Stokes' bat. Taufel who is a five-time awardee of the ICC’s Umpire of the Year title said that the umpires made an 'error of judgment' while applying MCC laws by allowing England an extra run and keeping Stokes on strike.
Speaking to the media he said England should have been awarded five runs and not six. He said the umpires made a "clear mistake" and theirs was "an error of judgment". But he also defended the umpires saying that "in the heat of the moment", they thought there was a good chance the batsmen had crossed at the instant of throw but added that the TV replays showed otherwise.
He also said that the batsman should have swapped sides for the next ball, meaning they should have gone back to the side of their last completed run at the moment of the throw. This would have meant that England would have needed four runs from the last two balls than three runs.
Taufel also praised the umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus. He said that the umpires faced the difficulty of having to watch the batsmen completing the runs, shift focus and watch the ball being picked up and released.
He acknowledged that the decision by the empires "influenced the game" but also said that it did not cost the match to New Zealand.
Rule 19.8: Overthrow or willful act of fielder
If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the willful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be
— any runs for penalties awarded to either side
— and the allowance for the boundary
— and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.


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Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Wednesday criticised BJP chief Amit Shah over vandalising the statue of Iswarchandra Vidyasagar. The incident took place on Tuesday when clashes erupted between TMC supporters and BJP workers at the latter’s roadshow.
While reacting over the Amit Shah, Derek said that the videos released by the BJP where they claimed that TMC was behind the violence, he said that Amit Shah is a liar who is justifying what he had done.
Amit Shah had claimed that it was TMC workers who broke the statue and pinned it on the BJP to sully the party’s image. The BJP officials have also asked the Election Commission to ban Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee from campaigning for the last phase of the LOk Sabha elections 2019.
#WATCH Derek O Brien,TMC: Anybody can come and do a procession, but what were the outsiders…..Who is this fellow Tejinder Bagga? Who is he? He was arrested, is he not the same guy who slapped somebody in Delhi? You have taken in your outsider goons pic.twitter.com/0JDca4y6G1
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TMC leaders have changed their profile pictures on social media to condemn the vandalisation of Vidyasagar’s statue. Derek O’Brien also said that Amit Shah was seeking votes from Bengal but did not know the history of the state. He asserted that the TMC was collecting proof that the violence was planned by the BJP. He said the party will present the evidence to the Election Commission.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is slated to hold a rally in Kolkata on Wednesday to protest against the violence and the destruction of the statue. The TMC has also sought a meeting with the Election Commission over the destruction of the statue.