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When the Jefferson County district attorney's office went after a dozen bookies from a Golden boiler-room sports-betting operation last year, the defendants contended they weren't doing anything different from those who operate supposedly legal offshore sports-betting lines advertised on Denver radio and in newspapers.
Deputy District Attorney Dennis Hall, who prosecuted the bookies, actually thinks they may have a point. But, he notes, it's a lot harder to make a case against offshore gambling connections than it is against someone who set up his telephones on Lookout Mountain.
For one thing, Hall says, offshore betting lines are usually established in countries that don't have extradition treaties with the United States. For another, the 800-number or 888-number bookies, who claim in their ads to be both "safe" and "legal," seem to fall into a gray area of the law.
And then there's the question of whether gambling is a "victimless crime," not worth the time and money it would take to prosecute--at least not when the culprits are some guys warming their toes on the beaches of Antigua or Costa Rica in between calls from schmoes who want Denver and thirteen points.
Super Bowl Sunday is the single biggest betting day of the year. Last year, Las Vegas, with the only legal sports books in the United States, took in $81 million in Super Bowl bets. Experts estimate that ten times that much is bet illegally.
Richard Hancock, the "financier" and boss of the Jefferson County sports bookmaking operation, won't be taking any bets this year. He's in a California jail on a bookmaking charge after fleeing this state to avoid a racketeering charge. He can't be brought back to Colorado until he is sentenced in California.
But the last of the other local bookies was sentenced last week. He and his cohorts had been charged with racketeering; all pleaded guilty to a lesser crime of professional gambling and received probation and community-service hours. "And a lecture from the judge never to do it again," Hall says with tongue firmly in cheek.
It wasn't the bookmaking operation itself that piqued Hall's interest. It was the defendants' claims that a double standard exists.
Hall agrees with those claims. "The way I read the law," he says, "if it's illegal to place a bet in the state on either end of the telephone line, it's illegal."
Meanwhile, the offshore operators aren't the only bookies trying to lure Coloradans. Almost every sports talk show carries ads for sports betting lines, often promoted by famous sports personalities. Similar ads crop up in the sports pages of the local dailies.
Some bookmakers operate out of Nevada and require that a bettor first appear in person to open an account with a credit card. Subsequently, a call from anywhere places a bet. The Nevada legislature voted in 1996 to allow licensed bookies in the state to accept wagers from around the country.
Most of the other bookies, like the Club Colonial Casino in San Jose, Costa Rica, are overseas and require a minimum deposit. "After that you can bet as much as you want," says a woman at the casino, speaking with a Spanish accent.
Asked if she thinks placing a bet from Colorado is legal, she replies, "I guess so." Then she fetches George, who also speaks with a thick accent--only his sounds like it's from New Jersey.
George says the difference between the Club Colonial Casino and other offshore bookmakers is that the casino has been in business for 24 years. "You know when it's time to collect that we're going to be here," he says. "Some of these other guys, they get an office somewhere, run a few ads, take deposits, then disappear on Super Bowl Monday."
Offshore betting lines have been around a half-dozen years, says George, though they've proliferated in the past couple of years. "It's big business," he says. "There's hundreds."
Asked the same question about legality, George responds, "It is for us. It's legal down here.
"But," he adds before hanging up, "I don't give legal opinions."
Those who say that interstate or overseas bookmaking isn't illegal usually make the argument that the actual wager occurs in the state or country where the gambling is legal. However, the federal Interstate Wire Act makes it a crime to use a telephone line that crosses a state or national boundary to transmit information for the purpose of placing bets.
Hall says he's waiting to hear the results of a couple of test cases now in Wisconsin courts. One contends that overseas telephone bookmaking violates the Interstate Wire Act. The other is a consumer-advocate case that contends the bookmakers are lying when they say their operations are legal.
But most gamblers want to know: Will these overseas bookies pay off? Echoing George in Costa Rica, Hall says the same things that would make prosecution difficult--the overseas location--could make it difficult for a bettor to collect. "The days of loan sharks and bookies being connected and running around breaking people's knee caps if they didn't pay up may be a thing of the past," says Hall. "But what do you do if some guy in Antigua has your money and then won't pay up?"
Arnie Wexler, who together with his wife runs a counseling service out of New Jersey for compulsive gamblers, believes that the overseas bookmaking operations are illegal. He also thinks they're making it a lot easier for gambling addicts to get in over their heads.
"The easier it is to bet, the more people who get in trouble," says Wexler, who is testifying this week before the National Gambling Commission on this very subject.
Wexler contends that state-sponsored lotteries are responsible for hooking people who may never have visited a casino or placed a bet in their lives. And he adds that picking up the telephone in the confines of a living room is even easier.
Asked how the state can prosecute gambling when it sponsors lotteries, Hall says it's not his decision to make. "That's like the argument that because the state allows alcohol, it should allow marijuana," he says. "It's a policy decision, determined by the legislature. There's not some absolute moral code."
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When he began looking at the telephone bookmaking operations, Hall says, he was surprised at the number of gambling opportunities being offered in the privacy of a bettor's home.
"There's sports books on the Internet," Hall says. "You give them a credit card number and you're set to go. And I understand 'virtual casinos,' where you can spin the roulette wheel or play craps--all the things you can do in a real casino--will soon be online if they aren't already.
"It's the cutting edge of white-collar prosecution right now. But it's unclear on how it's going to go."
And by the way, Hall says, it's illegal to phone in a bet from Colorado. However, he notes, traditionally the cops go after the bookie, not the person making the bet.


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The Pittsburgh Steelers will have a new head offensive line coach for their final two games of the regular season as assistant offensive line coach Chris Morgan has been given the reigns to the position group on the hells of Adrian Klemm leaving this week to take a job at Oregon. Understandably Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada was asked about Moore now taking over for Klemm for at least these next two games when he met the media on Thursday.
“I’m really happy for [Adrian] Klemm,” Canada said on Thursday. “I think, you know, it’s a tremendous opportunity for him and something he wanted to do. So, you know, I’m happy for his opportunity and obviously Coach [Mike Tomlin] made the decision to, you know, to kind of move on. But you know, Klemm and C-Mo [Chris Morgan] we’re very much seamless in there. They worked very well together. C-Mo’s just stepping in and doing that. [I] feel really good about where we are with that.”
While Morgan was hired by the Steelers during the offseason to be the team’s new assistant offensive line coach behind Klemm, it’s not like he is new to the NFL or being a head offensive line coach. After all, Morgan, who has coached in two Super Bowls so far in his career, is now in his 13th season as an NFL offensive line coach. Prior to be hired by the Steelers, he spent six years with the Atlanta Falcons. Morgan was also an assistant offensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Football Team and Oakland Raiders prior to being with the Falcons. Canada spoke on Thursday about Morgan’s experience to date.
“Obviously, he’s got great experience,” Canada said of Morgan. “He’s got great knowledge. I think we’ve got a really good staff and good guys who work really hard. I think the players respond well to him as well. So, that’s why I feel really good about – you know, again, I wish Klemm the best and I’m so happy for him and it’s not like anything that way. It’s just, I feel like we’re in a good position, where in some cases it might be a real question. Like what are you going to do? How are you going do this? We don’t feel that way right now because of C-Mo’s experience. You know, what he’s done, how he came in here, how well he knows what we’re trying to do. And we feel like it’ll be very well received by our guys. It already has been.”
The Steelers offensive line is easily regarded as one of the worst in the NFL this season. That unit includes two rookies in center Kendrick Green and tackle Dan Moore Jr., and both have been starters all season and have logged a huge percentage of offensive snaps.
As the Steelers ready themselves for their final two regular season games, it will be interesting to see if Morgan can somehow impact the overall play of the offensive line. The team hopes to get left guard Kevin Dotson back this coming Monday night so maybe him returning will help some. It will also be interesting to see if Green starts on Monday night after another poor showing last Sunday. Green, who is currently working through a minor calf injury, might could be replaced by center/guard J.C. Hassenauer on Monday night.

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Family Holiday Movie Marathon (Locust Grove Family Event)
December 19 @ 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Locust Grove is ready for the holidays. Celebrate with them during their all-ages Holiday Movie Marathon and Activity. “Drop in for one movie, or stay for all four. For the final movie we will have hot chocolate and an activity available while you watch the movie.”
This event is intended for children, young adults/teens, and adults!
12pm Showing Synopsis:
A decent small-town banker who learns what life would have been like if he’d never been born after he unwittingly becomes involved in a mistaken case of bank fraud, which threatens his spirit and tests his will to live until a wise angel compels him to see how his presence has made an incredible impact on the people in the area. (1946, PG)
2:15pm Showing Synopsis:
Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Pumpkin King longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere. (1993, PG)
3:30pm Showing Synopsis:
A puppet version of the Dickens holiday classic about a miser who’s visited by three ghosts features puppet frog as the penny-pincher’s hardworking and loyal employee. (1992, G)
5:00pm Showing Synopsis:
An inspiring adventure based on the beloved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. (2004, G)
Due to licensing, we cannot list the name of the movie – if you would like to verify a title, please contact Locust Grove Library.

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Congress' health agenda barrels toward 2020 buzz saw
Efforts to deliver on high-profile issues are colliding with the broader partisan battle over health care.
Republicans and Democrats have a narrow opening to cut big deals on drug pricing and surprise medical bills and address two key concerns of voters — just in time for 2020 electoral politics to drive them apart.
Congressional leaders are feeling renewed urgency to do something about the high-profile issues, but they fear impeachment and escalating tensions with Iran could swamp the legislative agenda. And on drug pricing, both sides are reluctant to let the other claim victory on a pocketbook issue that recent polling shows ranks high among voter concerns.
The efforts to deliver on these priorities are also colliding with the broader partisan battle over health care that could hold the key to the presidency.
“If we couldn’t come to a consensus in 2019, it’s hard to imagine for 2020,” said Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), a freshman who flipped her district blue for the first time in nearly two decades.
The first test is likely to come within weeks, when a bipartisan group of House members will meet to try to break a lengthy impasse and finalize plans for protecting patients from being charged thousands of dollars if they get out-of-network care. The effort enjoys widespread support but stalled last year amid fierce battles between insurers, employers and well-funded providers over who would pay for a fix.
“The agreement is that something should be done about each of those issues, but there is great debate about what it is,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Texas Democrat who chairs the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. “ is probably more campaign speeches than serious bipartisan policymaking.”
That would be fine with some well-financed interest groups still eager to influence the debate. Doctor Patient Unity — a dark money group largely funded by two private equity-backed physician staffing companies — was the most prominent of the outside groups to spend heavily to influence the surprise billing debate, dropping more than $53 million on ads over the last half of 2019 to attack a leading surprise billing fix, according to Advertising Analytics.
Congressional leaders blocked an effort to revive the legislation as part of a year-end spending package, instead setting a May deadline for lawmakers to work out an agreement.
“A lot of concerns were expressed” by health care interests since the Senate HELP Committee approved a surprise billing fix in June, said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). “You hold the patient harmless, but then you allocate the responsibility to providers and insurers. And maybe the allocation was a little more okay with the insurers than the providers. Now we’re back to work to see if we can calibrate it to hit the right balance in the allocation of responsibility.”
The new May deadline — tied to the expiration of funding for several health programs — should give House and Senate negotiators time to iron out the details of legislation that can speed through Congress and retain White House support, lawmakers involved said.
Yet it will also invite a fresh round of high-pressure lobbying that could test vulnerable lawmakers in the House, and give skeptics nearly five months to build a case against a compromise.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her end-of-year open letter to the House Democratic Caucus said a top 2020 priority is “ending the financial unfairness of surprise billing.” A senior House Democratic aide told POLITICO the letter was a message to the Energy and Commerce and the Ways and Means committees — whose jurisdictional battle over the issue helped derail any potential action in 2019 — to “figure it out and get this done.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, has not yet said whether he’d bring surprise billing legislation up for a vote, even if House and Senate negotiators reach a deal. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York remains hesitant as well, amid intense pressure from his powerful home state hospital lobby.
“I’m going to do everything I can to keep surprise medical billing on the front burner between now and May,” said Senate HELP Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who has made resolving the issue a top goal before he retires this year. “It’s a bill almost everyone wants passed, except a handful of people and the private equity firms that benefit from it.”
Congress faces an even bigger partisan gulf on drug pricing as Democrats and Republicans feature the issue prominently in their 2020 health care agendas. A bipartisan proposal negotiated between Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the chairman and ranking member of the Finance Committee, has gained little traction despite backing from Trump administration officials, with party leaders more intent on accusing each other of inaction as they fight for control of the Senate in 2021.
Senate Republicans led by McConnell balk at a provision in Grassley and Wyden’s bill that would fine drugmakers that hike prices beyond the rate of inflation, deriding it as a path to price controls.
Leadership’s opposition to holding a vote has turned up the acrimony, with Grassley frequently taking to Twitter to try to enlist President Donald Trump’s help and Wyden repeatedly accusing McConnell of shielding the pharmaceutical industry.
Pelosi and top House Democrats, meanwhile, are insisting that any major drug price deal authorize the government to directly negotiate drug prices — a longtime liberal priority that’s a nonstarter with Republicans.
“My view is that if we don’t have negotiated prices, we’re not accomplishing much,” said House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.).
Though some centrist lawmakers have sought to pass narrower bipartisan measures addressing drug pricing that could boost their own congressional campaigns, House Democratic leaders are signaling they’ll spend much of the year touting their ambitious drug pricing overhaul passed last year — and pressuring Senate Republicans to get on board.
Aside from action on those issues, lawmakers say a pile of unfinished health care business and a slew of investigations several committees launched last year will fill out the health care agenda.
Democratic aides expect the results of an inquiry into whether companies are deceptively marketing short-term health insurance policies promoted by the Trump administration — which critics deride as “junk plans” because of the skimpy coverage — to be released within weeks, including data from the open enrollment period that recently ended. Lawmakers also plan to keep investigating CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s use of private contractors, how states are spending the billions of dollars of funding Congress gave them to address the opioid epidemic, and the Trump administration’s treatment of thousands of separated migrant children.
“We want to know what HHS knew and when they knew it,” a senior Democratic staffer told POLITICO.
Trump’s health department has maintained that all of its decisions were proper and in line with long-standing practices.
House committees are also waiting on responses from pharmaceutical companies about why they raised their prices so much over the last few years, from e-cigarette manufacturers about their marketing practices and internal research on the public health impact of vaping, and from private equity firms about their involvement in the campaign to squash surprise billing reforms.
The Trump administration’s recent walkback of past promises to ban all favored e-cigarettes also has Democratic lawmakers in both chambers seeking further legislative action.
But there’s little confidence much will make it through the GOP-controlled Senate, especially as the presidential campaign heats up.
Trump has already made health care a key element of his rallies, boasting about gutting parts of Obamacare while deriding the “socialist” push for a single-payer system. At the same time, Democrats are confident that a combination of touting their policies to expand coverage and lower drug prices with sustained attacks on Republicans’ moves in court and Congress to roll back the Affordable Care Act will yield the kind of results that flipped control of the House in 2018.
“It’s so polarizing,” said Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). “I think people, because it’s so polarizing, are scared to do anything. And they don’t have to right now. There’s no pressure up here.”
Rachel Roubein and Sarah Owermohle contributed to this report.


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Indirubin-3'-monoxime rescues spatial memory deficits and attenuates beta-amyloid-associated neuropathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.Neurobiol Dis. 2010 Aug; 39(2):156-68.ND
Indirubin and its derivatives have been shown to possess potent inhibitory effects on cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 and glycogen synthase kinase 3beta, two protein kinases involved in abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau and amyloid precursor protein processing/beta-amyloid (Abeta) production. Here, we showed that systemic treatment of APP and presenilin 1 (PS1) transgenic mice, a robust Alzheimer's disease (AD) mouse model, with indirubin-3'-monoxime (IMX; 20mg/kg; 3 times weekly), for as little as 2months, significantly attenuated spatial memory deficits. This was accompanied by a marked decrease in several AD-like phenotypes, including Abeta deposition, tau hyperphosphorylation, accumulation of activated microglia and astrocytes around Abeta plaques, and loss of synaptophysin immunoreactivity. These findings suggest that IMX is a potential therapeutic agent to combat AD.

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A court case has forced the FBI to withdraw its gag order against the Internet Archive, brought down after the Archive was served with a Patriot Act "National Security Letter" warrant that asked for personal information about one of the Archive's users. The Archive, as a library, was reluctant to give out information on its patrons, so they contacted the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU, and eventually won the right to discuss the case:
The NSL included a gag order, prohibiting Kahle from discussing the letter and the legal issues it presented with the rest of the Archive's Board of Directors or anyone else except his attorneys, who were also gagged. The gag also prevented the ACLU and EFF from discussing the NSL with members of Congress, even though an ACLU lawyer who represents the Archive recently testified at a congressional hearing about the FBI's misuse of NSLs.
"This is a great victory for the Archive and also the Constitution," said Melissa Goodman, staff attorney with the ACLU. "It appears that every time a national security letter recipient has challenged an NSL in court and forced the government to justify it, the government has ultimately withdrawn its demand for records. In the absence of much needed judicial oversight – and with recipients silenced and the public in the dark – there is nothing to stop the FBI from abusing its NSL power."
"A miscarriage of justice was prevented here because the Archive decided to fight the unlawful demand for information and unconstitutional gag," said EFF Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann. "The big question is, how many other improper NSLs have been issued by the FBI and never challenged?"
ORG -- the UK Open Rights Group (disclosure: I am a co-founder and volunteers on its advisory board) is hiring a Data and Democracy Project Officer: "responsible for delivering our work on preserving democratic integrity in the digital age. This role has two main areas of focus: 1) electronic voting and 2) the use of […]
The Democrats' newly unveiled "Internet Bill of Rights" enumerates ten rights that the party says it will enshrine in law, ranging from Net Neutrality to data portability to timely notification of breaches to opt-in for data collection, the right to see the data held on you by surveillance capitalists, rights to privacy and to be […]
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard the re-argument of Sessions v. Dimaya, a case that asks whether the administration can treat lawful immigrants to the USA (including Green Card holders like me) as though we have no Constitutional rights.
Looking for a new tablet? If you haven’t upgraded in a while, it might be time to check out the latest iPad Pro for two very good reasons. First, the 2018 model is a real workhorse. The 12X Bionic chip processor means it can handle any task you set out for it, and still have […]
You want wireless earbuds to make an impact on your mood and workout, not the environment. If that’s the case, we’ve got a new contender for AirPod market share: Brio Phantom X7 True Wireless Earbuds. The features on these tiny, comfortable buds are impressive even without the environmental angle. Their Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity is good […]
We don’t ask for much out of our charging cables: Juice up our phone, do it fast and don’t break. It’s supposed to be simple, but keeping your phone plugged in for the night – as most of us do – can actually degrade the life of your battery by overheating it. That’s why one […]


Community Meal celebrates its 35th anniversary Tuesday, and longtime volunteer Pat Lucas, left, and co-founder Jerry Tanquist will be on hand for the event. Both Lucas and Tanquist still help out with the program, which provides free meals every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening at the St. Vincent de Paul building at 315 W. Third St. in downtown The Dalles. Pat Lucas began taking more pictures of volunteers and meal participants in recent years, like the top photo where two people pose during a Community Meal in 2017.
Susan Huntington, pictured here, conceived of the idea of Community Meal because of her work with the poor in The Dalles through the Community Action Program office.
Running strong as it marks its 35th anniversary, Community Meal has served hundreds of thousands of meals over the decades, all through volunteer efforts...
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From the end of July there will be changes to the Q3 service to reduce journey times and provide a more direct link to and from NGP.
There will still be 4 journeys per hour serving Great Park, but these will alternate the direction of travel; so 2 will go clockwise round NGP, and two anti-clockwise. If you live in Elmwood Park (off Sir Bobby Robson Way), you’ll be able to get a service into the city centre that heads straight down Brunton Lane and over the A1 and if you are on Brunton Grange (along Roseden Way), on the way back from the city centre you’ll be able to get a service that goes direct to the Community Centre and Town Centre stops.
We hope you agree that this will be a positive change and is all part of the ongoing commitment to enhancing public transport provision across the Park.
In the longer term, there are plans to extend the service into Brunton Meadows (once the link to the Spine Road is in place) and further down the line to service Kingston Park too. Timescales for these enhancements will be linked to the recovery of passenger numbers (they’ve been really hard hit by the COVID pandemic) and the delivery of the infrastructure on the Spine Road…. So watch this space for further updates!
We’ll be back in touch asap with final details of the timings of the service, and you’ll be able to download a public transport guide, before the changes take place.
Moving forwards, we will continue to work with the GPNA to gather feedback on bus services from residents.


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Come and see 3 of the UK's leading dj's in the Caribbean dj scene. CMF brings to you it's 2019 Summer Showcase with good music, food, drinks and more entertaiment on a summer day.
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The Haryana government has taken back the Police Medal for Meritorious Service from former Director General of Haryana Police S.P.S. Rathore, who was convicted in the Ruchika molestation case.
The Union Home Ministry had issued directions to DGP R.S. Dalal three weeks ago to withdraw the medal from Rathore.
“The medal has been cancelled and forfeited,” a police spokesman said here on Friday.
He said the state sovernment had received a written communication from the Home Ministry, forwarding a President’s secretariat notification regarding cancellation and forfeiture of the medal, which was awarded to him in 1985.
Rathore was convicted for molesting 14-year-old tennis player Ruchika, who later committed suicide.


Christmas at Duquesne
- 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Charles J. Dougherty Ballroom, Power Center
The annual Christmas at Duquesne concert showcases several of the Mary Pappert School of Music's ensembles. This year, the Pappert Chorale, University Singers, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Vocal Ensemble will perform to kick off the Christmas season.


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The field is set for the $1 million Haskell, where Nyquist will be trying to re-stake his claim as the top three-year-old in the country.
Wake Forest (GER) Tops Chad Brown Trio for $300,000 United Nations StakesRead this article
On Saturday at Fair Grounds, the stakes action will continue with the $50,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes. Restricted to fillies and mares, the mile and seventy yard contest has drawn a field of ten.
Cash Control, one of two fillies in the race for trainer Brad Cox, tops the field as the favorite at odds of 3-1 on the morning line. A four-year-old daughter of Pioneerof the Nile, the bay filly has been on the board in seven of her nine starts and is a five-time winner. She is trying to earn her first black type victory and is coming into this race off of back to back wins against optional claiming competition at Churchill Downs. Shaun Bridgmohan will be aboard and they will break from post position nine.
Second choice at morning line odds of 9-2 is Please Explain for trainer Tom Proctor. A four-year-old daughter of Curlin, the dark bay filly has been on the board in ten of her sixteen outings and has four victories, including a stakes win as a three-year-old. She was last seen finishing third behind Cash Control at in an optional claiming race. Florent Geroux will be aboard and they will break from post position four.
Also in the field at morning line odds of 6-1 is Sweet Basil for trainer Edward Johnston. A four-year-old daughter of Pulpit, she has hit the board in six of her eleven starts and is a minor stakes winner. She is trying to rebound off of a pair of poor performances and was sixth in her most recent start against optional claiming company. Robby Albarado will be aboard and they will break from post position eight.
On Sunday at Monmouth Park, the featured race is the $300,000 United Nations Stakes. Scheduled to be run at a mile and three-eighths on the turf, the Grade 1 event has drawn a field of ten colts and geldings.
On Sunday at Monmouth Park, the featured race is the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes, a key prep race for the Haskell Invitational (G1). The Grade 3 event will be contested at a mile and a sixteenth and has drawn a field of seven three-year-olds.

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Fiancé Visas are used by immigrants who want to visit the U.S. and marry an U.S. citizen of Lawrence IN.
Federal laws require proof of an engagement or contract to be married between the immigrant and the U.S. resident or sponsoring citizen, and generally the parties must have met at least once within the last two years.
Obtaining a Fiancé Visa in Lawrence Indiana
If you need to file a fiancé petition; then you will need to file in the United States. Even if you plan on living in Lawrence all of your immigration paperwork must be filed with the correct regional USCIS office. You can find the location of these regional offices by looking at your current immigration forms or consulting with an immigration attorney.
Since the fiancé is also an immigrant, the fiancé must meet some of the requirements of a normal immigrant visa.
After Completing the Fiancé Visa Application
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You are having a business plan but how to start it is the problem. you also need money to pay for your child’s school fees, money to build a house, and everything that is meaningful to you and it requires money, then, a Ghana Commercial Bank loan is here for you.
Many people find it difficult to take loans from banks because of high-interest rates and other problems with bank loans. This article is not to recommend Ghana Commercial Bank loan to you, but to let you know about their loan, concerning their interest rate as well as the consequences associated with it.
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What is Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB)?
The largest bank in Ghana in terms of overall operational assets and industry deposit share is GCB Bank Limited, also known as Ghana Commercial Bank, which accounts for 14.2% of all industry deposits. The transfer of all deposits and certain assets from UT Bank and Capital Bank to GCB Bank Ltd. was authorized in a purchase and assumption transaction between the two banks, according to an announcement made by the Bank of Ghana, the nation’s central bank, in August 2017.
Ghana Commercial Bank Loan
Let’s get to know all information concerning GCB loans including the benefit and features of their loan.
To address a variety of personal, family, and home needs, this credit facility is provided to salaried employees (GCB account holders) within 24 hours. For a predetermined amount of time, the loan is paid back in regular monthly payments.
Features of their loan
- Automated loan processing
- Salaries must pass through customers account with the Bank
- Less than 24 hours to receive facility with all required documentation provided
- 6 to 36 months repayment tenure
- Interest rate is calculated using the reducing balancing method
- Loan can be applied for at any branch
Benefit of their loan
- Quick access to credit
- Customers receive a lump sum of money up front, allowing them to pay it back over a fixed term
- Interest rate and principal repayments are always fixed which helps in budgeting
- Top-up of facility is available
Ghana Commercial Bank is one of the trusted banks in Ghana, you can open account and save money with them. As I earlier stated, this article is not recommending GCB loan to you but giving you every info about their loan.
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What Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Really Thought of the PS5 Reveal
"This was a good day for Xbox."
Leaked emails have revealed Xbox boss Phil Spencer’s thoughts about PlayStation 5 back in early 2020.
Sony revealed a deep dive into PS5 in March 2020 with a broadcast in which PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny confirmed its hardware specifications.
The announcement revealed PS5 includes a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GH and a custom GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture hardware that promised 10.28 teraflops and 36 compute units clocked at 2.23GHz, as well as 16GB of GDDR6 RAM and a custom 825GB SSD.
We have a better product than Sony has, not just on hardware but equally important on the software platform and services on top of the hardware.
Spencer wrote the email to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and chief financial officer Amy Hood “after almost 12 hours of soaking in their unveil, taking apart their specs and looking at the community responses”. He clearly sounds enthusiastic about Microsoft’s console prospects, knowing full well what the Xbox Series X and S would offer when it went on sale alongside the PS5 later that year (who remembers the teraflops war?). Coming off the back of the last generation and the Xbox One, which was significantly underpowered compared to the PlayStation 4, Microsoft set out to ensure it had the most powerful console on the market with the Xbox Series X, and the PS5 specs reveal in March 2020 confirmed that position.
“We have a better product than Sony has, not just on hardware but equally important on the software platform and services on top of the hardware,” Spencer wrote. “We have the ingredients of a winning plan. I felt the feedback from the BoD discussion on being too confident and maybe this will just reinforce that perception, I get the need to be humbly confident but today was a good day for us.
“We haven’t won anything. And I know we have hard discussions about pricing, P&L, investments etc. This mail isn’t trying to scoop any of that, those discussions really matter. But we can take confidence in our product truth here and I do believe any conversation needs to start with believing in that. This was a good day for Xbox.”
Of course, this email was sent three-and-a-half years ago, and a lot has happened since the current generation kicked off. While the PS5 has proved an enormous sales success, sales of the Xbox Series consoles have struggled in recent times, with tough year-on-year comparisons and a light release slate of exclusives.
In fact, during the Federal Trade Commission versus Microsoft trial in June, Microsoft admitted Xbox had officially "lost the console wars".
A section of a document submitted by Microsoft described its entry into the gaming industry in 2001, when its original Xbox console was outsold by both Sony and Nintendo by a "significant margin". And, per Xbox, it hasn't stopped "losing" the "console wars" ever since.
"Xbox’s console has consistently ranked third (of three) behind PlayStation and Nintendo in sales. In 2021, Xbox had a share of 16% while Nintendo and PlayStation had shares of [redacted] and [redacted], respectively. Likewise for console revenues and share of consoles currently in use by gamers ('installed base'), Xbox trails with 21% while PlayStation and Nintendo have shares of [redacted] and [redacted], respectively."
Microsoft is currently embroiled in perhaps the biggest, most devastating leak in Xbox history, with FTC trial documents revealing its plans for a mid-gen Xbox refresh in 2024, a next-gen hybrid Xbox in 2028, and Bethesda’s release schedule. A leaked email revealed Phil Spencer really wants to buy Nintendo. There’s also word of a potential one-hand Xbox controller.
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- 1/2 cup shredded Italian cheese blend
- 8 slices pepperoni
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, crumble sausage into a large skillet. Cook over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce and mushrooms. Drain pasta; add to sausage mixture.
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Cost Savings Help MSMEs Move Toward Rooftop Solar
Sterlite awarded ISTS project for evacuation of 20 GW of renewables in Rajasthan
March 20, 2023
Small businesses are open to adopting rooftop solar if loan repayment is not an additional burden and is equal to their savings on electricity bills. Entities in the commercial and industrial segment are increasingly moving towards renewable energy options, including rooftop solar, given the immense benefits they bring in terms of cost savings and reputation as sustainable companies. Vikas Agarwal, the co-founder of non-banking financial company Credit Fair, said in an interview with Mercom India that there is an uptick in rooftop installations in the residential segment after the Union government launched a national portal for rooftop solar to submit applications.
Sterlite Power has bagged an interstate transmission system project for the evacuation of 20 GW of power from renewable energy zones in Rajasthan under Phase III, Part-G. The company participated in tariff-based competitive bidding and was awarded the letter of intent by PFC Consulting, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation, to build the project on a build, own, operate, and transfer basis for 35 years. The project comprises the construction of a 765 kV transmission corridor which will be laid across a 350 km stretch from Fatehgarh III to Beawar in the Ajmer district.
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) has invited bids to procure power from 500 MW of grid-connected wind projects (Phase V) with a greenshoe option of an additional capacity of up to 500 MW. The last day to submit the bids online is April 11, 2023. Bids will be opened on April 17. GUVNL will enter into a PPA with successful bidders for 25 years from the scheduled commercial operation date of the project or the date of full commissioning of the project, whichever is earlier.
Union Minister of Renewable Energy and Power R. K. Singh informed the Rajya Sabha that the government aims to reduce a total of ₹1 trillion (~$12 billion) worth of fossil fuel imports by 2030, following the targets set under the National Green Hydrogen mission. The minister said nearly 50 million metric tons of carbon emissions are likely to be mitigated through the production and use of green hydrogen.
The European Union has unveiled two key initiatives to make the transition to clean energy and ensure it has access to critical raw materials to make the switch. The measures are expected to enable the bloc to counter the competition from the United States and China on the clean energy front. The first of these initiatives announced by European Commission President von der Leyen as part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan is the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act that promotes the scaling up of clean technology manufacturing.
Italy-based renewable energy company Enel Green Power, researchers at the National Solar Energy Institute, and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission claimed to have achieved a power conversion efficiency of 26.5% for a 2-terminal tandem perovskite solar cell. The improved efficiency in the collaborative research was obtained for a PIN architecture cell in the device with an active area of 9 cm² and an open-circuit voltage of over 1,880 Mv, with shading correction.
Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have found that solar cells made of metal halide perovskites achieve high efficiencies and can be produced from liquid inks with little energy input. Metal halide perovskites are a particularly inexpensive and promising material class for next-generation solar modules. Perovskite solar cells can be fabricated using coating processes that use liquid inks made from precursor materials and various solvents. After the coating, the solvents evaporate, and the perovskites crystallize into a homogeneous layer.


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Ready when you are!
Well… we can probably all agree it’s been a mother of a year so far, but for all the testing times of travel restrictions, social distancing, toilet paper rationing and home schooling - here in Port Stephens one mother has taken full advantage of the situation and is… well, quite frankly, showing off! Mother nature that is. The weather has been glorious with the golden autumn sun spotlighting our beaches, bays and bushland with mother nature taking centre stage. Somehow the blue’s look bluer, the greens greener, the water seems to sparkle more and the sand feels softer. Our little pandemic pause has rejuvenated and refreshed this place and we have all replenished, repainted, repotted and revived so… we’re ready when you are (well... as soon as restrictions have lifted that is!)
The beds are made, the gardens are manicured, the cruise boats are shining, the sand dunes are pristine, the water is sparkling, the kitchens are spotless, the produce is bountiful, the air is clean and crisp and our smiles are even bigger! It's in our nature to make the most of every situation and that we have! The place we love has never looked better and we've never been readier to welcome visitors back to our little piece of paradise.
It won’t be long now before regional travel restrictions are lifted and long awaited getaways, breaks, day trips and holidays are back on the agenda. So, now's the time to take a look at your accommodation, tours and attractions and plan that well deserved escape form lockdown in advance. You can even buy vouchers for a future break for someone special or, just for yourself and help support our industry. Check out Destination Port Stephens vouchers here to spend on whatever you like...accommodation, tours, attractions, dining.
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Ben Affleck was interviewed by The New York Times tonight for their TimesTalks series, and he was asked about The Batman, which he’s writing, directing, and starring in. Affleck explained why he’s not in any hurry to make the movie.
“We still have to get a screenplay and get it together,” Affleck explained. “I’m a real believer in not reverse engineering projects to meet a window or a date, but rather when you get the right story, the right idea, the right thing, then you make the movie. That’s what we’re doing, and I’m hoping to get that done. I’m spending a lot of time working on that, but also working on other stuff.”
“If I could, there’s nothing I’d love more than to direct a stand-alone iconic, great Batman movie. But it’s been done. Chris Nolan did three really great movies. I’m really mindful of that. I’m not in any hurry to jam the mediocre movie down the pipe. I really want to make sure, if we do it, we get the great version and one that’s worthy of tradition of guys like Tim Burton, Chris Nolan, and Christian Bale.”
The Batman is expected to start shooting in just a few months, but once again, Affleck really doesn’t seem like he’s ready to fully commit to the dates that Warner Bros. have reserved from him. Hopefully they give him the time that he needs to make that great Batman movie that he’s trying to make.

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Sketches from an Uncommon Life
Illustrated with a large number of photos, some remarkable survivals, this collection of autobiographical essays tells of Dr. Bard's childhood in Eastern Siberia, with a fascinating detour to Moscow and the Crimea while Russia was still in post-revolutionary turmoil.
Native American Literary Responses to the Landscape
Taken together, the time periods covered in Listening to the Land span more than a hundred years, from Luther Standing Bear's description of his late-nineteenth-century life on the prairie to Linda Hogan's account of a 1999 Makah hunt of a gray whale. Two-thirds of the writers Schweninger considers, however, are well-known voices from the second half of the twentieth century, including N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Vine Deloria Jr., Gerald Vizenor, and Louis Owens.
Few ecocritical studies have focused on indigenous environmental attitudes, in comparison to related work done by historians and anthropologists. Listening to the Land will narrow this gap in the scholarship; moreover, it will add individual Native American perspectives to an understanding of what, to these writers, is a genuine Native American philosophy regarding the land.
Until recently, most scholarly work on Chinese music in both Chinese and Western languages has focused on genres, musical structure, and general history and concepts, rather than on the musicians themselves. This volume breaks new ground by focusing on individual musicians active in different amateur and professional music scenes in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Chinese communities in Europe. Using biography to deepen understanding of Chinese music, contributors present contextualized portraits of rural folk singers, urban opera singers, literati, and musicians on both geographic and cultural frontiers._x000B__x000B_Contributors are Nimrod Baranovitch, Rachel Harris, Frank Kouwenhoven, Tong Soon Lee, Peter Micic, Helen Rees, Antoinet Schimmelpenninck, Shao Binsun, Jonathan P. J. Stock, and Bell Yung._x000B_
The Rustication of China’s Educated Youth (1968–1980)
The Lost Generation is a vital component to understanding Maoism. The book provides a comprehensive account of the critical movement during which seventeen million young "educated" city-dwellers were supposed to transform themselves into peasants, potentially for life. Bonnin closely examines the Chinese leadership's motivations and the methods that they used over time to implement their objectives, as well as the day-to-day lives of those young people in the countryside, their difficulties, their doubts, their resistance and, ultimately, their revolt. The author draws on a rich and diverse array of sources, concluding with a comprehensive assessment of the movement that shaped an entire generation, including a majority of today’s cultural, economic, and political elite.
This companion volume to Jiang Yonglin's translation of The Great Ming Code (2005) analyzes the thought underlying the imperial legal code. Was the concept of the Mandate of Heaven merely a tool manipulated by the ruling elite to justify state power, or was it essential to their belief system and to the intellectual foundation of legal culture? What role did law play in the imperial effort to carry out the social reform programs?
Riot and Emergency in 1967
This collection of essays and testimonies explores various facets of the anti-colonial riots which erupted in Hong Kong in May 1967, their causes, their impact on colonial policy, and Sino-British relations, and their legacy for Hong Kong society and governance, and the people of the territory.
Learning and Relearning 1916-1982
Jin Luxian is considered by many to be one of China’s most controversial religious figures. Educated by the Jesuits, he joined the Society of Jesus and was ordained priest in 1945 before continuing his studies in Europe. In 1951 he made the dangerous decision to return to the newly established People’s Republic of China. He became one of the many thousands of Roman Catholics who suffered persecution. Convicted of counter-revolutionary activities and treason, he was imprisoned for 27 years and only released in 1982. His subsequent decision to accept the government’s invitation to resume his prior role as head of the Shanghai Seminary and then assume the title of Bishop of Shanghai without Vatican approval shocked many Catholics. Now, some thirty years later, still serving as Bishop and regarded as one of the leading figures in the Chinese Catholic Church, Jin recounts formative experiences that provide essential insight into the faith and morality that sustained him through the turbulent years of the late 20th Century. In this volume of memoirs Jin recalls his childhood and education, his entry into the Society of Jesus and formation as a priest, his return to China and imprisonment and, finally, his release and return to Shanghai.
Politics and Strategies in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade
Paul Van Dyke works in many languages and archives to uncover the history of Peark River trade. This two-volume work is likely to be the most definitive reference work on the major trading families of Guangzhou. Organized as a series of family studies, this first volume includes exhaustive profiles of nine of the dominant hongs and their founding patriarchs for which good information survives: Tan Suqua, Tan Hunqua, Cai and Qiu, Beaukeequa, Yan, Mandarin Quiqua, Ye and Tacqua Amoy, Zhang, and Liang.
Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imperial dynasties were established as the result of battle, from the chariot warfare of ancient times to the battles of the Guomindang (KMT) and Communist regimes of the twentieth century. China's ability to sustain complex warfare on a very large scale was not emulated in other parts of the world until the Industrial Age, despite the fact that the country is only now rising to economic dominance.
In A Military History of China, Updated Edition, David A. Graff and Robin Higham bring together leading scholars to offer a basic introduction to the military history of China from the first millennium B.C.E. to the present. Focusing on recurring patterns of conflict rather than traditional campaign narratives, this volume reaches farther back into China's military history than similar studies. It also offers insightful comparisons between Chinese and Western approaches to war. This edition brings the volume up to date, including discussions of the Chinese military's latest developments and the country's most recent foreign conflicts.


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Is your family prepared for a future that could include senior living?
A new survey conducted by OnePoll for Brookdale Senior Living found that most Americans aren’t planning for the future. As the video above explains, about 58% of adult children polled worry that their aging parents will need senior living assistance and the same percentage of people said talking about senior living was uncomfortable and stressful. It doesn’t have to be.
“The survey confirms what we see when families walk into our communities every day,” said Mary Sue Patchett, Brookdale’s executive vice president of community operations. “Many people wait to talk about senior living until there’s a traumatic event or they need to make a fast decision. Many seniors know they need help, but they don’t want to ask for it because they’re afraid of losing their independence or becoming a burden to their children. Instead, they suffer silently and often in isolation. My advice is to have the conversation sooner rather than later.”
Discussions about the future and the need for senior living can create apprehension and lead to emotional conversations. The data shows that many families avoid the conversation altogether. Brookdale’s caring professionals and online resources help make the conversation go as smoothly as possible.
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On Wednesday, the City announced the launch of SwimTO – a quick-start program that will expedite the opening of the City’s beaches, outdoor pools, wading pools and splash pads. City staff are preparing now so that outdoor aquatic amenities can be opened when Toronto enters Stage 2, to help people cool down during hot summer temperatures. Six swimming beaches, including Sunnyside Beach, will reopen on June 22. Lifeguards will supervise each location daily from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The City will provide lifeguard supervision on swimming beaches coupled with comprehensive crowd management.
For more information on this, visit: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-launches-swimto-plan-to-help-torontonians-cool-down-this-summer/
Starting July 13, the City of Toronto will begin to offer summer camps across as part of its CampTO initiative. There will be more than 32,000 registered camp spaces for children between the ages of 6 and 12, over eight weeks of camps at approximately 150 locations across the city.
CampTO will offer traditional day camp experiences, including dance, drama, music, arts and crafts and active games. To help reduce the spread of COVID-19, CampTO programs will meet health guidelines designed in consultation with Toronto Public Health and in alignment with provincial health guidelines for day camps. Guidelines include lower ratios and capacity, physical distancing, mandatory health screening and enhanced facility cleaning.
Programs will be available for viewing on Saturday, June 13 at http://www.toronto.ca/camps.
Registration for CampTO will take place beginning at 7 a.m. on:
- Wednesday, June 24 for Etobicoke/York and Scarborough districts
- Thursday, June 25 for Toronto/East York, West Toronto/York and North York districts
The quickest and easiest way to register is online at efun.toronto.ca. Phone registration will also be available at 416-396-7378. As Civic Centres and community recreation facilities remain closed, in-person registration will not be available. Residents can call 416-396-7378 Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for help preparing for registration. Extended hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 7p.m. will be offered on June 22 and 23.
Information on free programs and subsidies for recreation programs is available at http://www.toronto.ca/lowcostrecreation


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The music world is in mourning today. We learn indeed this Wednesday, may 24, 2023, the death of the american singer Tina Turner at the age of 83 years. As his spokesperson announced in a press release strongly relayed by the American press, the rock’n’roll star known for his powerful voice died peacefully at his home in Küsnacht, Switzerland.
For several years, the singer who has sold more than 180 million records around the world, led a fight against the disease which ended up winning. After being the victim of a stroke, the interpreter of the tube “What’s Love Got to Do With It” was indeed fighting against intestinal cancer and kidney failure.
Death of Tina Turner: look back at the career of the iconic American singer
Born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939 in rural Tennessee, Tina Turner began her career as a blues singer in nightclubs at the age of 16. She then met Kings of Rhythm member Ike Turner and joined the band in the late 1950s.
Detecting the potential of the woman who would become his wife, Ike Turner transformed her into a sensual singer with a gravelly voice and advised her on a style that denoted: short skirts, stiletto heels and a biker jacket… His solo career was launched in 1960 with the song ” A Fool In Love”, which became a hit single. Very quickly, she found fame thanks to her velvet voice and her strong personality. Over the course of her six-decade career, Tina Turner has won 12 Grammy Awards, sold over 200 million albums, starred in several films, and written three bestselling memoirs.
Married to Ike Turner in 1962, Tina Turner had a son named Ronnie who is none other than the husband… of Afida Turner. The singer also adopted two of Ike’s children, Ike Jr. and Michael, not to mention Craig, another son born from a previous relationship and who died in 2018 of an overdose.
Since 2013, Tina Turner was married to German producer Erwin Bach, with whom she had been in a relationship for… 27 years. The singer moved to Switzerland to live in a castle with her husband who saved her life by giving her a kidney when she needed a transplant in 2016.


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Target switching how individuals respond to their PTSD signs or symptoms. By way of example, therapy will help individuals experience reminders in the trauma.
You may as well Examine NIMH's Help for Mental Illnesses website page or look for on the internet for “psychological health vendors,” “social expert services,” “hotlines,” or “physicians” for cellular phone figures and addresses. An emergency area physician also can present short-term help and will show you where and how to get even further aid.
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It's organic to get A few of these indications following a dangerous occasion. At times people have extremely serious signs that go away following a couple of months. This is known as acute stress ailment, or ASD. If the symptoms very last more than a month, seriously affect one’s capability to operate, and are not on account of material use, professional medical disease, or something except the occasion alone, they might be PTSD.
Generalized anxiety problem (GAD) is really an anxiety disorder which is characterised by extreme problems that interfere with the individual's life in a way.
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If a health and fitness treatment Skilled suspects that you have GAD, you'll probably bear an extensive medical job interview and Actual physical evaluation. As portion of the evaluation, you may well be asked a series of questions from the standardized questionnaire or self-test to help you assess your danger of anxiety. The solutions to those concerns should help evaluate whether you satisfy the diagnostic requirements for GAD (as described higher than).
There are plenty of feasible complications connected to anxiety. Mothers who wrestle with anxiety for the duration of pregnancy usually tend to have infants who are of minimal delivery bodyweight. Little ones with anxiety normally also suffer from depression, behavioral problems like notice deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or oppositional defiant ailment (ODD), Read it together with material abuse.
Posttraumatic stress reactions haven't been examined at the same time in young children and adolescents as Older people. The rate of PTSD may be decrease in children than adults, but while in the absence of therapy, symptoms may perhaps keep on for decades. One estimate suggests the proportion of youngsters and adolescents acquiring PTSD in the non-wartorn populace inside of a produced place might be 1% when compared to 1.
Panic attacks will also be due to clinical problems together with other Bodily brings about. Should you’re struggling from symptoms of panic, it’s important to see a physician to rule out the subsequent choices: Mitral valve prolapse, a minimal cardiac difficulty that occurs when among the heart’s valves won't near appropriately
Follow peace procedures. When practiced consistently, routines like yoga, meditation, and progressive muscle mass rest bolster the body’s leisure response—the opposite of your stress response associated with anxiety and panic.
The psychotherapy part of therapy for anxiety Conditions is not less than as critical as being the medication treatment. Actually, investigate shows that counseling on your own or The mixture of medication and psychotherapy procedure are more practical than medication by itself in overcoming anxiety for the two Grown ups and youngsters. It has also been observed to be possibly powerful for individuals with autism Along with anxiety. The most common sort of therapy utilised to deal with anxiety is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
The similarities and dissimilarities in signs and symptoms of anxiety in adults compared to young children and adolescents rely on the precise situation that is definitely creating the anxiety. Such as, signs and symptoms of social phobia or precise phobia are very equivalent in children and teens when compared with read more Grown ups other than that youngsters and youths are not as likely to acknowledge that their thoughts or behaviors are irrational. Signs of anxiety in young children and teens are generally according to how they Convey thoughts generally speaking.
Based on the Nationwide Middle for PTSD, about 7 or eight out of each 100 individuals will practical experience PTSD at some point inside their lives. Ladies usually tend to create PTSD than Males, and genes may well make lots of people much more prone to develop PTSD than others.


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FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) -- Prosecutors seeking the death penalty for a man convicted of killing two girlfriends with hammers can't bring up the first manslaughter conviction in court, a Broward County judge ruled.
Judge Alfred J. Horowitz said the 1978 conviction in Germany against William Coday can't be used because German courts no longer recognize the case.
Coday was convicted last month of killing his girlfriend, Gloria Gomez, with a hammer and knife in 1997. In Germany, Coday had been convicted of fatally beating another girlfriend, Lisa Hullinger, with a hammer.
"Mr. Coday now has a very good chance of obtaining a life sentence, which is what we've wanted all along," said Sandra Perlman, Coday's defense attorney.
Prosecutor Chuck Morton said he plans to appeal the judge's decision. He said the German case points to an aggravating circumstance warranting the death penalty.
The jury will return to court June 3 to hear the penalty phase and make a recommendation on Coday's fate.
Coday's attorneys said he killed Gomez in a crime of passion. He has a history of psychiatric and emotional problems and killed Gomez during a spontaneous fit of rage after Gomez told him she had never loved him, his attorney's said.
An autopsy report showed Gomez, of Colombia, suffered 144 blunt and sharp force wounds.
After killing Gomez, Coday fled to Europe and North Africa, where he used his own name while traveling and writing a 200-plus page manuscript that was styled as a letter to Gomez.
In Germany, Coday's attorney mounted an insanity defense and Coday was sentenced to three years in prison.
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The research report includes specific segments by region (country), by company, by Type, and by Application. This study provides information about the sales and revenue during the historic and forecasted period of 2015 to 2026. Understanding the segments helps in identifying the importance of different factors that aid market growth.
Since the COVID-19 virus outbreak in December 2019, the disease has spread to almost 200 countries around the globe with the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency. The global impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are already starting to be felt, and will significantly affect the D-Glucuronic Acid market in 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought effects on many aspects, like flight cancellations; travel bans and quarantines; restaurants closed; all indoor events restricted; over forty countries state of emergency declared; massive slowing of the supply chain; stock market volatility; falling business confidence, growing panic among the population, and uncertainty about future.
This report also analyzes the impact of Coronavirus COVID-19 on the D-Glucuronic Acid industry.
Segment by Type, the D-Glucuronic Acid market is segmented into:
- Pharma Grade
- Food Grade
- Reagent Grade
Also, Segment by Application:
- Food Additives
- Scientific Research
The table of content shows the content in the whole report which includes:
1 D-Glucuronic Acid Market Overview
2 Covid-19 Impact on Global D-Glucuronic Acid Market Competition by Manufacturers
3 Covid-19 Impact on D-Glucuronic Acid Retrospective Market Scenario by Region
4 Covid-19 Impact on Global D-Glucuronic Acid Historic Market Analysis by Type
5 Covid-19 Impact on Global D-Glucuronic Acid Historic Market Analysis by Application


Where Donovan McNabb will play next year in unknown. Though he is under contract with the Washington Redskins, no one in the league believes for a minute he will suit up for another game with them. McNabb has not been at any informal workouts.
But he did show up today in New Jersey to work out with some members of the Philadelphia Eagles.
McNabb seems to have regained some real affection for his time in Philadelphia in the recent weeks. First, he sent out invitations to a charity party event in which he described himself as “Philadelphia Eagles all-time leading passer and future Hall of Famer”.
Now McNabb is working out with Eagle players instead of his own current (for now) team mates. Although players from different teams have been working out together all off season, there is something odd about McNabb deciding to join his former team for a workout.
There is no question that after how bad it has gone for McNabb since he left the safe nest that was the NovaCare Complex, he would welcome a return to the Eagles. While that will never happen, it seems McNabb is confident that he will “prove everyone wrong” next season.
Check out the video below. Notice anything about the uniform he is wearing in the poster in the background?


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PERCHLORATE PHYTOREMEDIATION USING HARDWOOD TREES AND VASCULAR PLANTS
Lewis Hutchinson, S, S. Susarla, N L. Wolfe, AND S C. McCutcheon. PERCHLORATE PHYTOREMEDIATION USING HARDWOOD TREES AND VASCULAR PLANTS. Presented at Second International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, CA, May 22-25, 2000.
Perchlorate has contaminated water and soils at several locations in the United States. Perchlorate is
water soluble, exceedingly mobile in aqueous systems, and can persist for many decades under typical ground and surface water conditions. Perchlorate is of concern because of uncertainties about toxicity and health effects from low levels in drinking water, the impact on ecosystems, and possible indirect exposure pathways for humans from agricultural and other activities. Currently, ion exchange is the most conunon perchlorate remediation technology. However, this technology is very expensive and results in a concentrated waste product. Initial studies at the US EPA Ecosystems Research Division show that several vascular plant species are capable of transforming perchlorate to nontoxic compounds. Studies
are currently underway to assess the phytoremediation potential of several fast growing hardwood trees. Plants are grown hydroponically in 1-2 L reactors containing varying concentrations of perchlorate contaminated water. The reactor weight is monitored to assess plant transpiration and water samples are analyzed daily for perchlorate. After 2 weeks, plants tissues are separated into roots, stems, and leaves, and analyzed for perchlorate and its transformation products.

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During the British pop invasion on Yank shores, Dusty Springfield kept Swinging London alive with the sounds of American Soul and Vocal Pop. Like a tea-sipping combination of Peggy Lee and Dionne Warwick, she brought some much needed class to the pimply pop masses. Her voice, a husky but subdued instrument, purred rather than roared -- her love of R&B filtered through her British reserve like light going through a diamond. This approach worked perfectly on material written by her favorite teen drama tunesmith teams, Goffin/King and Bacharach/David. Going stateside, she recorded the sublime Dusty in Memphis with Aretha Franklin's production team. Instead of being a down-home gritfest, it contains her most glistening, uptown material. The perfect summation of a career.
Dusty Springfield Concert Films
Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1979
Runtime: 57 minDusty Springfield is Britains greatest ever pop diva and the possessor of one of the finest and most soulful voices of all time. She dominated both the UK and US charts throughout the sixties with a string of hit singles that have stood the test of time as true classics. Originally a member of the folk trio The Springfields, from whom she took her stage name, she became a solo artist in 1963 after being exposed to the magic of Motown whilst playing in America and became probably the finest ever white soul singer. Diagnosed with breast cancer in the mid-nineties she died in 1999 at the age of just 59.
This concert, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in 1979 in the presence of HRH Princess Margaret, captures Dusty at the height of her career. The show is packed with hits (including 9 UK top 10 singles), which are delivered with all the glitz and panache that were Dustys trademark and have made her a major gay icon as well as beloved of music fans everywhere.
Dusty Springfield Top Tracks
Live In Hollywood
Runtime: 56 minMARIANNE FAITHFULL, one of the iconic figures of 1960s music, has sustained a successful and highly acclaimed career for 40 years. Her distinctive voice and passionate songwriting have ensured that her fan base has remained intensely loyal and that she has continued to attract new devotees. This concert was recorded in Hollywood in Spring 2005. It features tracks from her most recent album, 2004's Before The Poison, along with hits such as Ballad Of Lucy Jordan and As Tears Go By, and classic tracks like Sister Morphine and Broken English.
Legends in Concert
Runtime: 59 minFor more than forty years the temptations have been wooing audiences around the globe and selling millions of records in the process
A collection of 16 classic songs by the soul band that has been going strong for over forty years. Includes hits such as 'My Girl', 'The Way You Do The Things You Do' and 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone'.
Legends in Concert
The Righteous Brothers
Runtime: 58 minIn this thrilling program, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield - those seminal figures known to the world as the Righteous Brothers - have reunited to bring back "blue-eyed soul" music. Filmed live at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, this show includes all of their greatest hits: Old Time Rock & Roll, (You're My) Soul and Inspiration, Young Blood, Ebb Tide, Georgia On My Mind, Let It Be Me, Guess Who, Just Once in My Life, Rock & Roll Heaven, Brown Eyed Woman, Hold On! I'm Coming, Soul Man, Unchained Melody, Justine, Ko Ko Joe, Little Latin Lupe Lu, My Babe, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
Live at Montreux 1993
Runtime: 1 hr 4 minIn the words of Ben Fong-Torres:
Etta James, who passed away in 2012, was such a magnetic singer and presence that she was a semi-regular at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, which is pretty selective about its bills. After her crack band opens with a couple, including “Hold On, I’m Coming,” James kills on “I’d Rather Go Blind,” “I Just Wanna Make Love to You,” and several more. “Come to Mama,” indeed!
Etta James made many appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival across her long and distinguished career from her first concert in 1975 through to her last in 2008. This film focuses on the concert from 1993 when she was at her absolute peak and complements it with selected tracks from many other Montreux appearances. It features many of her best loved tracks and songs that she is particularly associated with. Etta James was one of the most respected performers of her generation. In a career stretching over 60 years she was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame and the Blues Hall Of Fame, won 3 Grammys and received many more nominations and was named Female Blues Artist Of The Year on no less than 14 occasions. Sadly, Etta James passed away after a long illness in January 2012 and this film is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest female vocalists of the 20th century.
Look Through Any Window (Part 2)
Runtime: 41 minThe Hollies were one of the most successful British groups of the sixties and early seventies and have continued to perform up to the present day. Look Through Any Window tells the story of their peak years from 1963 to 1975 when the band clocked up 27 UK Top 40 singles, 17 of which were Top 10s. They were also part of the British Invasion led by the Beatles that stormed the US charts in the sixties and scored hit singles in many other countries around the world.
Queens of Pop
Runtime: 28 minIn January 2011, ARTE viewers voted for the ‘Queens of Pop’. 8 pop queens were chosen from 50 proposals and these are presented in a 26-minute documentary: From the 1960s: Diana Ross. From the 1970s: Donna Summer and Debbie Harry. From the 1980s: Madonna. From the 1990s: Britney Spears and Mariah Carey. From 2000-2009: Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. The title of the programme, ‘Queens of Pop’, in itself shows where the emphasis lies – none of those simplistic chart rankings, but instead a documentary series that looks at our cultural history, dealing with the women who shaped popular music over the past fifty years.
Legends in Concert
Runtime: 46 min"Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health. Having been in a partnership with songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era (1955--2012), based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. Warwick ranks second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist with 56 singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998.
Enjoy her sing some of her greatest hits live with a full band."


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Upon learning of the death of Catalan author Carlos Ruiz Zafón on June 19, 2020, I began to reread his “Cemetery of Forgotten Books” series. Set in Barcelona, Spain, amid Francisco Franco’s terrifying regime and the echoes of the Spanish Civil War, it’s part gothic family saga, part poetic travelogue, part romance, part police procedural and (big) part mystery. And somehow the plots and characters all intertwine—with enough wry humor to lighten dark moments.
But it’s also an homage to books, reading and libraries. When Daniel Sempere’s father takes him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books—a secret library where books and their stories are faithfully protected—to choose a book to guard, Daniel thinks: “Perhaps the bewitching atmosphere of the place had got the better of me, but I felt sure that that book had been waiting for me there for years, probably before I was born.”
Though checking out a book from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh probably (hopefully!) won’t lead to murder and intrigue, it can certainly offer the experience of finding a book that feels like it was written just for you. Maybe this series will fit the bill.
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A fast and economical way of heating up your home is possible through the Monterey Home Furnaces. These furnaces also work great in apartments, schools, cabins and shops. These easy to install furnaces are money savers in more ways than one: they do not require electricity to operate; heat rooms individually allowing you to save money on fuel costs; they minimize heat loss and come with optional blowers to further boost efficiency.
- Design Features
- No electricity required.
- “Matchless” pilot igniters.
- Easy installation.
- Patented, side-relief opening draft hood design reduces flue gas temperature to minimize normal heat loss.
- Natural and propane gas models (Conversion kits available).
- Automatic temperature and safety control.
- Resettable vent-limit safety switch.
- Thermostat included, may be wall-mounted or cabinet-mounted.
Monterey Home Furnaces come in chic designs and are either wall-mounted or cabinet-mounted. They produce 25,000 and 35,000 Btu models. The Dual Wall Top Vent model, meanwhile, produces 50,000 Btu/hr and can be installed in the wall to heat two adjacent rooms at 25,000 Btu/hr on each side. This is made possible through its patented side-relief draft hood openings. Another model, the Fireplace-in-a-Furnace, combines the elegance of a traditional fireplace with the comfort of a modern gas heater that emits 32,000 Btu/hr. Both can be used as a natural or propane gas furnace. Conversion kits are available for all models. To ensure your safety, these models have automatic temperature and safety controls. And for added comfort and convenience these furnaces also offer optional remote controls, wireless thermostats and digital thermostats.