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Serum AMH level to predict the hyper response in women with PCOS and non-PCOS undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation in art
Radha Vembu MBBS,DGO,DNB,FICOG, PhD , Nellepalli Sanjeeva Reddy
Department of Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
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Associate Professor, Department of Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai 600116, Tamilnadu
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
| Abstract|| |
Background: It is essential to determine the cut-off value of serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) to predict the hyper response in assisted reproductive technology (ART). There are few studies mentioning the cut-off value for the hyper response in infertile women but not specifically for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and non-PCOS groups. With this in background, this study was conducted. Aim: To determine the cut-off value of serum AMH to predict the hyper response in women with PCOS and non-PCOS undergoing a controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in ART. Objective: To compare the outcome of stimulation in PCOS and non-PCOS groups. Materials and Methods: All 246 women enrolled for Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) fulfilling the selection criteria were recruited. On the day 3 of the cycle, the serum AMH, Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Luteinizing Hormone (LH), estradiol and antral follicle count (AFC) were measured. They underwent COS as per the unit protocol. They were divided into PCOS and non-PCOS groups as per the Rotterdam’s criteria. The mean age, duration of infertility, Body Mass Index (BMI), Ovarian reserve markers and outcome of stimulation were compared. Using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16.0 software, the significant difference was measured by multivariate analysis, as well as a one-way analysis of variance with Tukey’s post-hoc test was used. Results: Among 246 women, 31.3% were in PCOS group, and 68.7% were in non-PCOS group. Comparison of PCOS and non-PCOS groups showed a significant difference in the age with the mean age being 29.2 and 31.5 years, respectively. The mean AMH and AFC were 2-fold higher in PCOS group. The mean number of follicles, oocytes retrieved, MII and oocytes fertilised were significantly higher in PCOS group. The pregnancy rate was 52.6% in PCOS and 30.9% in non-PCOS group. In the PCOS group, 22.1% had ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (OHSS), and only 4.7% had OHSS in non-PCOS group (P = 0.0005). Receiving Operator Curve (ROC) curve was plotted to predict the hyper response, which showed a cut-off value of 6.85 ng/ml with a sensitivity of 66.7% and a specificity of 68.7% for PCOS group and 4.85 ng/ml with a sensitivity of 85.7% and a specificity of 89.7% in non-PCOS group. Conclusion: The cut-off value of serum AMH to predict the hyper response in PCOS group is 6.85 ng/ml and in non-PCOS group is 4.85 ng/ml.
Keywords: Anti-Mullerian hormone, controlled ovarian stimulation, hyper response, non-PCOS, PCOS
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Vembu R, Reddy NS. Serum AMH level to predict the hyper response in women with PCOS and non-PCOS undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation in art. J Hum Reprod Sci 2017;10:91-4
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Vembu R, Reddy NS. Serum AMH level to predict the hyper response in women with PCOS and non-PCOS undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation in art. J Hum Reprod Sci [serial online] 2017 [cited 2023 Jan 30];10:91-4. Available from: https://www.jhrsonline.org/text.asp?2017/10/2/91/212776
| Introduction|| |
The ovarian response to gonadotropins in a controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) is associated with an inter individual variability. To improve the safety and efficacy of COS, it is better to individualise the initial dose of gonadotropins based on the ovarian reserve markers. Among all the markers, anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and antral follicle count (AFC) are showing promising results., By definition, the hyper response includes a number of oocytes retrieved above a certain threshold, the development of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (OHSS) or cycle cancellation due to the hyper response or a combination of these three entities. There are studies to predict the cut-off value of AMH to predict the hyper response but not specifically in the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and non-PCOS groups. Hence, a study was conducted to determine the cut-off value of serum AMH to predict the hyper response in women with PCOS and non-PCOS and to compare the outcome of COS among the women with PCOS and non-PCOS.
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This was a prospective cohort study conducted in the Department of Reproductive Medicine at a tertiary care centre from January 2011 to August 2013. A total of 246 women enrolled for Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) were included in the study. Women in the age group of 20–45 years with bilateral ovaries were included in the study. Women who were <20 years and more than 45 years, with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism were excluded. Informed consent was taken from all the participants, and Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) approval (IEC − NI/10/June/17/17) was obtained to conduct the study.
A detailed history and a physical examination were performed on all the participants. On day 3 of the cycle, serum Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Estradiol were assayed by Chemi Luminescent Immuno Assay (CLIA), and on the same day with the same sample, serum sample for AMH assay was separated within one hour of venipuncture and was stored at −20°C. The samples were later assayed by using AMH gen II method, the analytical sensitivity was 0.14 ng/ml, intra-assay and inter-assay CVS were <12.3 and <14.2% respectively. These patients underwent COS within three months as per the unit protocol. The dose of gonadotropins was individualised based on the age and ovarian reserve markers, and the starting dose did not exceed 225 IU in the hyper responders. On the basis of the Rotterdam’s criteria, they were divided into PCOS and non-PCOS groups, and on the basis of the number of oocytes retrieved, response was considered as poor if ≤3 oocytes were retrieved, normal if 4–19 oocytes were retrieved and hyper if ≥20 oocytes were retrieved.
The data obtained were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, United States). To describe the data, descriptive analysis, mean and standard deviation were used. To find the significant difference in the multi-variate analysis, one-way analysis of variance with Tukey’s post-hoc test was used.
| Results|| |
All the 246 women enrolled were analysed. Among them, 77 (31.3%) were in the PCOS group, and the remaining 169 (68.7%) were in the non-PCOS group. [Table 1] depicts the baseline characteristics of the study population, and [Table 2] depicts the mean ovarian reserve markers in both the groups.
In our study, 67.5% had an agonist protocol, and the remaining 22.5% had an antagonist protocol with no significant difference in the protocol among the PCOS and non-PCOS groups (P = 0.549). Among the PCOS group, 32.5% and in non-PCOS group, 28.5% had agonist protocol, and there was no significant difference in the protocol in both the groups. The protocol was decided based on age, Body Mass Index (BMI) and ovarian reserve markers as per the institutional protocol. The dose of gonadotropins required was significantly more in the non-PCOS group, (mean value being 2700 IU versus 3300 IU) (P = 0.0005) with no significant difference in the number of days of stimulation (P = 0.406) and with the mean number of days being 12 days. The outcome of stimulation is shown in [Table 3].
In PCOS group, there were no patients with poor response; in that, 41.6% had normal response, and 58.4% had hyper response, whereas in non-PCOS group, 20.1% had poor response, 71.6% had normal response and 8.3% had hyper response.
The pregnancy rate was 52.6% in PCOS group and 30.9% in non-PCOS group, which was statistically significant (P = 0.0005).
Among the complications, 5.3% of the cycles were cancelled in the non-PCOS group due to poor follicular growth. According to Schenker and Weinstein classification, OHSS was observed in 22.1% of PCOS group, and in 4.7% of non-PCOS group, this was statistically significant (P = 0.0005) with mild OHSS being common.
To determine the cut-off value of AMH to predict the hyper response in both the groups, Receiving Operator Curve (ROC) curve was plotted, and the Area under the curve (AUC) was recorded as shown in [Table 4]
| Discussion|| |
PCOS is a common endocrine disorder affecting 10% of the women of reproductive age group. To our knowledge, our study is the first of its kind to predict the cut-off value of AMH to predict the hyper response in both PCOS and non-PCOS groups. In an assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle, excessive response to gonadotropins introduces the risk of OHSS and can decrease the chances of pregnancy. In the view of these drawbacks, prediction of the hyper response is very essential to improve the success rate and to avoid complications.
In a meta-analysis, both AMH and AFC were found to be the accurate predictors of the hyper response, and both have a clinical value. However, AFC has to be measured in the early follicular phase, requires high-end machine, trained personal and shows inter-observer variability. The advantage of measuring AMH is that it can be assayed on any day of the menstrual cycle with negligible inter-cycle variability.
In our study, even though age distribution was found significant among the PCOS and non-PCOS groups, we did not observe any significant difference in the subgroups of poor, normal and hyper response in each group. We observed a significantly high AMH and AFC in PCOS group when compared to non-PCOS group. This correlates with the respective studies of Broekmans et al. and La Marca et al. This might be due to the more number of small antral follicles producing more AMH.
Even though the follicles recruited are more in the PCOS group, the number of oocytes retrieved and fertilised is comparatively less. This might be due to the detrimental effects of supra-physiological hormone levels on oocytes and embryo quality,, and affects the orderly proliferation and subsequent luteinization of the endometrium and its receptivity. However, the pregnancy rate was more in the PCOS group in our study, probably due to the decreased dose of gonadotropins requirement in the PCOS group, due to individualisation of the initial dose and availability of more better quality embryos to choose.
In our study, we did not observe any significant difference in the type of stimulation protocol used (P = 0.549) either between the two groups or within the groups.
In our study, to predict the hyper response, we observed a cut-off value of AMH of 6.85 ng/ml in PCOS group, which had a sensitivity and specificity of 66.7 and 68.7%, respectively. In non-PCOS group, a value of 4.85 ng/ml had a sensitivity and specificity of 85.7 and 89.7%, respectively. These values are high as the AMH assay is by Gen II assay unlike older assays being used in other studies. There are not many studies to describe the cut-off value of AMH to predict the hyper response in PCOS. Dewailly et al. have observed a threshold value of serum AMH >35 pmol/L or >5 ng/ml for the diagnosis of PCOS, but they have not identified the cut-off value for predicting the hyper response in PCOS. Nardo et al. observed a cut-off value of AMH of 3.5 ng/ml with a sensitivity and specificity of 88 and 70%, respectively. They included both PCOS and non-PCOS together unlike our study, where we determined separately in both the groups, and they assayed serum AMH by the older assay methods, which was 40% lower than the generation II assay. Aflatoonian et al. observed a cut-off value of 4.83 ng/ml with a sensitivity and specificity of 93 and 78%, respectively to predict the hyper response. They had included both PCOS and non-PCOS patients together and their cut-off for the hyper response was ≥15 oocytes retrieved unlike our study, even though the AMH assay method remains the same.The main strength of our study is the prospective study design with no dropout of the subjects during the study. However, multicentric trials may be essential to confirm the AMH cut-off values in different ethnic groups.
For the women undergoing COS in ART, the cut-off value of AMH to predict the hyper response in PCOS group is 6.85 ng/ml, and for non-PCOS group, it is 4.85 ng/ml.
We thank the Chancellor for GATE project funding, the SRL Laboratories for serum AMH assay and the faculty and post-graduates of the Department of Reproductive Medicine.
Financial support and sponsorship
This study was supported by the GATE project for grants.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
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It’s worth staying here just for its glorious name – if you love pigs! The Curious Pig in the Parlour, has opened its luxurious stys, sorry boutique-style rooms, and has a special offer until July 31. You can get £25 off any room, starting from £79 a night for a double with en-suite.
The hotel in Copthorne, West Sussex has a refurbished pub and dining area. Just seven miles from Gatwick airport, The Curious Pig in the Parlour is the perfect place for a pre-flight stay or as a base for exploring the surrounding countryside and historical attractions in West Sussex.
All the rooms boast luxury cotton bed linen, flat screen TVs, complimentary Wi-Fi, spacious bathrooms with walk-in showers, fluffy bathrobes, luxury toiletries and a homemade welcome hamper packed with coffee, tea, bottled water and chef’s treats.
The menu boasts dishes such as salmon and smoked haddock fishcakes, lamb and coriander burgers and Signature Black Angus steaks and homemade pizzas cooked in a wood-fired Italian pizza oven and topped with interesting ingredients such as the Curious Pig Special – roasted bacon, pulled pork shoulder, truffle oil, artichoke hearts, mozzarella, tomato sauce, aged balsamic and rocket.
Book at www.curiouspigintheparlour.com and quote ‘OPENING25’ for the offer of £25 off any room.

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Southeast Europe to Open Up 100 000 New Migrant Spaces
European leaders agreed at an emergency summit that 100 000 more spaces will be created in refugee reception centers along the so-called "migrant route" in Southeast Europe.
Greece will have to receive some 30 000 migrants by end-2015, and Western Balkan states will contribute by opening 50 000 more, whereas the UN's refugee agency will provide another 20 000 spaces, according to the 17-point "plant of action" agreed by leaders of Southeastern European nations, Austria, Germany, and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
A 400-strong police team will be sent to Slovenia to help it tackle the number of arrivals.
Western and Central European members hope restricting movement along the "Balkan route" by helping Southeast Europe to take in some more of the people who arrive will curb the influx further into the continent.
Exchange of information among different states will be a key point in joint effort.
"Challenges currently faced along the Western Balkans migration route will not be solved through national actions. Only a collective, cross-border approach based on cooperation can succeed," reads the press statement released after the meeting.
"Countries affected should not only talk about and at each other but also with each other. Neighbours should work together not against each other," Juncker is quoted as saying, also adding "refugees need to be treated in a humane manner along the length of the Western Balkans route to avoid a humanitarian tragedy in Europe."
His comments follow the death of a migrant in Bulgaria, 30 km from the Bulgaria-Turkey border, earlier in October, after a border police officer supposedly produced shots to warn a group of Afghan people who had crossed into the country and who were hiding under a bridge. That was the first similar incident in Europe since the migrant crisis began.
Measures adopted are divided into several groups such as permanent exchange of information and coordination among states, measures to limit movement of refugees and migrants to the border of another country, steps to provide shalter and rest, joint management of migration flows, border management, anti-smuggling and trafficking action, monitoring, and a commitment to informing refugees and migrants about their rights and obligations.
The summit also came at a time when Greece was struggling with another peak of migrant arrivals to its islands, numbering 157 000 people since October 1 alone.
Earlier, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania's leaders had met to jointly declare they would not allow their three respective countries and Greece to turn into a buffer zone between the EU and Turkey and would act reciprocally if Western and Central European states close their borders for migrants.
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The day before they came
Last day of gardening before the "Open Gardens".
The moles have created havoc in the 'lawn' and the wildlife garden is mostly grass. The shade garden was at it's best in spring and some of the pots have mysteriously died (Weevils?)
Escape to the lanes I say and have a conversation with the ladies...

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|Knights Inn Anaheim - Anaheim|
414 West Ball Rd., Anaheim, CA 92805 US
With a stay at Americas Best Inn Anaheim, you'll be centrally located in Anaheim, convenient to Anaheim Indoor Marketplace and Disney California Adventure-« Park.
- Typically sells for 89.00 - 109.00 USD
~18.85 Miles from Pomona center
|Knights Inn Highland Casino - 26667 East Highland Ave.|
26667 East Highland Ave., Highland, CA 92346 US
Located in Highland, Knights Inn Highland Casino is convenient to San Bernardino Soccer Complex and San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino.
- Check-in time: 2 PM
- Rates are normally from 74.99 to 79.99 USD
~30.78 Miles from Pomona center
|Knights Inn Los Angeles Ca|
1255 West Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026 US
A stay at Knights Inn Los Angeles Ca places you in the heart of Los Angeles, convenient to Los Angeles Music Center and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
- Rates typically range from 89.00 to 119.00 USD
~28.79 Miles from Pomona center
|Knights Inn Norco / Miraloma / Eastvale in Norco|
3131 Hamner Ave., Norco, CA 92860 US
When you stay at Knights Inn Norco / Miraloma / Eastvale in Norco, you'll be close to Fender Museum.
~14.16 Miles from Pomona center
|Knights Inn Pico Rivera in Pico Rivera|
6540 Rosemead Blvd., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 US
With a stay at Knights Inn Pico Rivera in Pico Rivera, you'll be within the vicinity of Citadel Outlets and The Bicycle Casino.
- Pet friendly hotel
- Check-in time: noon
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|Knights Inn Westminster / Huntington Beach - Westminster|
6601 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683 US
With a stay at Knights Inn Westminster/Huntington Beach in Westminster (Disneyland - Anaheim), you'll be convenient to Westminster Mall and Kindred Hospital Westminster.
- Check in time: 3 PM
- Rates are normally from 89.00 to 99.00 USD
~25.43 Miles from Pomona center
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Confused by the number of holiday rental apartments available in Edinburgh? Why not try a self-catering holiday rental cottage in Edinburgh City Centre with private parking space, ideally situated near the Royal Mile, The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Scottish Parliament, Dynamic Earth and Holyrood Park. Perfect for holidays, short breaks and vacation rentals in Scotland's Capital City. Within easy walking distance of many Festival Venues, Edinburgh's Waverley Station and the City Centre shops, OMNI Centre, Playhouse Theatre, restaurants, theatres and cafes. Close to Family History centre for family history researchers.
Welcome to Craigwell Cottage
features of Craigwell Cottage
- cottage in converted historic brewery
- parking in private courtyard beside cottage
- private entrance and your own front door
- sleeping up to 4 - one double room, one twin
- suitable for families - cot, booster chair available
- private shared garden with fantastic views
- near Royal Mile
- good transport links - 35 bus route to airport
- good base for touring Scotland
- quality and good value alternative to hotel accommodation
- VisitScotland 4-star grading (Self-Catering) - inspected annually
- Wi-Fi Network for your laptop or iPhone
- No pets, no smoking
on-line booking available
We accept major credit and debit cards and you can make a provisional booking on-line - book now!
location, location, location
You can see a map of Edinburgh with Craigwell Cottage, Edinburgh Castle, Waverley Station and Holyrood Palace marked on it by following this link: Craigwell Cottage, Edinburgh. Lots more directions and maps on our Location page.
Or take a look at us in close up on Google Earth - the 'approximate' address Google Maps is using is 24 Calton Road, but Craigwell Cottage is situated just off Calton Road - our street address is Nether Craigwell.


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Louis XV chest of drawers with two drawers in Coromandel lacquer veneer. Palace scene decor and black lacquer. Two drawers without crossbars and placed on curved legs. Beautiful ornamentation of chiseled and gilded bronzes in the rococo style. Aleppo breccia marble top. Good high quality work. The dresser was sold by Gouffe 46-50 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine. 2nd part of the 19th century
The Maison Gouffé, located at 46-48 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris, was a famous cabinetmaker in the 1930s and its contemporary furniture department was headed by Jean Royère (from 1934 to 1942) who s came to prominence after receiving his first major commission, the design of a new layout for the Brasserie Carlton on the Champs Elysées in 1934. Royère, often seen as standing outside the modernist trajectory attributed to twentieth-century design, was nonetheless informed by his peers and wielded considerable influence over them. Taking up the torch of the great decorators of France in the 1940s, Royère's success continued with great vitality in the second half of the 20th century. His luxurious style quickly caught the attention of the global elite and he began designing furniture and couture spaces for the likes of King Hussein of Jordan and the Shah of Iran. Royère was one of the first to promote a new way of life through interior design and his playful approach cemented his career with an international audience. The house was not only known for its production of contemporary furniture, but also for its trade in quality 19th century objects.
Created from the 17th century onwards in China, the name "Coromandel" lacquerware was given by the English after the name of the eastern coast of India where lacquerware was loaded onto the ships of the East India Company for export to Europe. These lacquers were very successful in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly in the form of cabinets or large screens that could reach impressive dimensions. Once in Europe, some of these pieces were dismantled to decorate chests of drawers and other furniture.
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Ahmad Jamal – The Ahmad Jamal sheet music Collection Artist Piano Transcriptions
For My Daughter
Night Mist Blues
But Not For Me
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Best Sheet Music download from our Library.
Ahmad Jamal (short bio)
Ahmad Jamal (July 2, 1930, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States – April 16, 2023, Sheffield, Massachusetts, United States), adopted his Muslim name when, at the age of twenty-one, he converted to Islam. Born Frederick Russell Jones, in a city – Pittsburgh – birthplace of great jazz pianists. From Pittsburgh, they were Erroll Garner, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Earl Hines and Dodo Marmarosa. Before becoming seriously interested in jazz, he had begun studying classical piano at Westinghouse High School and made his debut in George Hudson’s orchestra in 1947.
At nineteen years old, he was a member of the group “The Four String” and the following year he formed his first jazz trio, which he called “Three String” with Ray Crawford, on guitar, and Eddie Calhoun on double bass. With them, he began his career as a leader and worked in Chicago and New York and immediately signed a contract with the Epic label and began recording in 1951, the year he changed his name. From his first album, two songs were going to launch him to stardom, “Ahmad’s Blues”, to which the magazine “Down Beat” in 1952 gave five stars when the LP was published in 1952 – the maximum score – and “Billy Boy ».
In 1956, Ahmad replaced his guitarist with a drummer, who was originally Walter Perkins and who in 1958 was replaced by the excellent Vernell Fournier. Israel Crosby joins the double bass, a musician who will be decisive in the configuration of what from now on will begin to be known and acclaimed as the “Ahmad Jamal trio”, one of the most original combos in the history of jazz.
Their first album with that format is the one published as “But Not For Me” recorded live at the “Pershing Lounge” in Chicago. In 1959, she traveled to Africa in search of religious faith, and upon his return in 1960 she resumed her activity. He set up a club in Chicago that he called “Alhambra” and on the occasion of its inauguration in June 1961, he would record another historic live album “Ahmad Jamal’s Alhambra.”
For family reasons – his marriage dissolved – he closed the club in 1962 and his two companions in the trio left that same year to join George Shearing’s trio. Ahmad Jamal never recovered from that strong emotional blow – his trio with other musicians would never be the same – and he spent the seventies recording albums less frequently in what was the decline of his stardom. he.
Ahmad Jamal was active practically until the end of his days, passing away in April 2023, at the age of 92.
Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana – Olympia Paris – LIVE
Ahmad JAMAL, piano Yusef LATEEF, flute, saxophone, clarinet Reginald VEAL, bass Herlin RILEY, drums Manolo BADRENA, percussions
Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana – Olympia アーマッドジャマル Produced by Zycopolis Productions Directed by : Patrick Savey


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Everyone Loves A Good Wing Joint
By Greg Grogan
This new restaurant is located at 688 Whitlock Avenue beside the BP station and across the street from Bennett Chiropractic. The restaurant features wings, sandwiches and salads. I asked what was the speciality, and it came as no surprise that it was the wings. They had plenty of flavors to choose from, but I stuck with hot. I am weak when it comes to enduring spicy pain, but these wings were reasonably hot without killing my taste buds. They were served with a generous portion of french fried potatoes and blue cheese dressing.
The restaurant has plenty of space despite it’s location. There were ten booths and six tables spread around the room, and I sat at the bar where there was room for at least five other patrons. The inside was clean and neat, with a large television centered for everyone’s enjoyment. The restaurant is only three weeks old so word is just getting out. They offer delivery, take out and dine in. They also have a special lunch menu, family menu and then the regular offerings. They are open all seven days of the week.West Cobb Wings & More 688 Whitlock Avenue Marietta, Ga 770-590-7770 www.mariettawings.com


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The shots nicely composed. Not a huge fan of inner monologue... it's way overdone in student films. (I've seen a TON of them) Try and find other ways to tell the story without it with visual imagery, looks and eyelines, on camera lines, etc in the future.
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About Public Law
This section provides an overview of public law issues. The Public Law project has published a number of short guides to public law - you can find them in our Resource Library here.
What is public law?
Public law is the set of legal principles which govern the exercise of power by public bodies.
What are public bodies?
There are many public bodies of various kinds who take decisions every day which affect the lives of thousands of individuals. They include government ministers and departments, local authorities, the prison service, NHS Trusts, coroners' courts and many more.
What are public law remedies?
There are many procedures by which individuals can challenge the legality of decisions made by public bodies. They include:
Judicial review: court proceedings in which a judge is asked to review the lawfulness of the decision which is being challenged;
Complaints procedures such as the social service complaints procedure; and
Ombudsman schemes such as the Local Government Ombudsman, and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
Lord Reed, Judgement Walton (Appellant) v The Scottish Ministers (Respondent) (Scotland) UKSC 2012
...there may also be cases in which any individual, simply as a citizen, will have sufficient interest to bring a public authority’s violation of the law to the attention of the court, without having to demonstrate any greater impact upon himself than upon other members of the public. The rule of law would not be maintained if, because everyone was equally affected by an unlawful act, no-one was able to bring proceedings to challenge it.

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The blows — from a Trump Administration eager to divert attention from its scandals — just keep coming.
Last week, Attorney General William Barr took a break from redacting the Mueller report to order Federal judges to halt the bail release of asylum seekers awaiting hearings. The Administration also floated a plan to evict immigrants from public housing nationwide. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, right-wing paramilitaries make news by illegally apprehending immigrants at gunpoint.
Tune in Thursday, April 25, to hear from courageous immigrant rights advocates who are strategizing to fight back:
Gretchen Kuhner, director of IMUMI (Institute for Women in Migration) from Mexico City will update us from Mexico. Gretchen is one of of Mexico’s leading defenders of immigrant women and families.
Katie Sharar, Education and Social Media Coordinator of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI) will report from the US-Mexico border. Katie coordinates the education programs of KBI and develops curricula attentive to both the Catholic social tradition and the contemporary realities of border and migration policies.
Marco Castillo who directs the transnational platform of Global Exchange will lead a discussion on how people in many different places are coordinating to fight back. Marco is a cross border community organizer and will join us from NYC.


[Updated] Today’s Vancouver Sun carries an interesting column by Don Cayo, titled “Should the role of city planners be sharply reduced?” (Click here for article.) In it he interviews former mayor Sam Sullivan, and refers to the St John’s Church demolition at 1401 Comox as well as West End Neighbours. Here are a few comments from our side.
- Mr. Cayo quotes our website, referring to 1401 Comox: “This site is symbolic of many of the rezoning issues in the West End.” Then he goes on to quote his recent conversation with former mayor Sam Sullivan who appears to agree: “The West End is the product of market decisions… Now you find students who walk through the West End as if they’re in a cathedral. They look. They gasp. They can’t believe the diversity, the variety, the grittiness, the varied and interesting forms of housing you can find there. And it was all determined without any planning help at all.”
- Actually, we’re not sure we agree with Mr. Sullivan’s statement. It is WEN’s understanding that the current character and design of the West End is the result of healthy interaction between the community and City planners back in the mid-1970s and again in the late 1980s, the latter including a comprehensive consultation process that many current residents still remember, under former city planner Ray Spaxman. Despite controls placed on development in the West End since that time, our research indicates that over 5,000 dwelling units in over 100 buildings have been built within the boundaries of the West End, largely without controversy, much within current zoning. The development guidelines implemented in the late 1980s have helped this development enhance the quality of life in the West End.
- We believe that a good public discussion of various views and ideas, based on actual facts, is a healthy thing for Vancouver and for the West End.
- City planners certainly have an important role to play and can sometimes produce excellent results. But the public entrusts them with great responsibility to balance many competing demands, and they need to do their work with the public interest first and foremost.


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Beer City or Lit City, USA?
I recently returned from Asheville, North Carolina, a quiet urban landscape nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains and home to some of the nation’s best breweries. I visited nearly all of them, and also flipped through the first issue of Black Mountain Review (1954-57) at the Black Mountain College Museum. That’s an Instagram of it above.
It seems Catherine Campbell just returned from Asheville, too, with a new post at the Ploughshares blog about the city for the journal’s “Literary Boroughs” series:
Thomas Wolfe, author of Look Homeward, Angel, is Asheville’s literary hero. The writer’s childhood home, the Old Kentucky Home boarding house, still stands downtown and the Wolfe Memorial Visitor Center is located behind it at 52 North Market Street.
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald vacationed here. Zelda frequently visited the area over twelve years until her tragic death in the Highland Hospital fire in 1948.
The city and outlying area have been home and inspiration to numerous authors, including: the Fitzgeralds, Charles Frazier, Wilma Dykeman, Carl Sandburg, Ron Rash, Sarah Addison Allen, Fred Chappell, Elizabeth Kostova, Robert Creely, Russell Edson, Stephanie Perkins, Cynn Chadwick, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Keith Flynn, Wiley Cash, Gail Godwin, Wayne Caldwell, Mark de Castrique, and Robert Morgan. O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) is buried at Riverside Cemetery.
Wolfe’s Old Kentucky Home—renamed Dixieland in the novel—is downtown, a plaster cast of his shoes outside. And a plaque about O’Henry is laid into the sidewalk just a few blocks away, down the street from The Thirsty Monk, one of the best beer bars in the country.
Read Campbell’s own non-alcoholic literary overview of Asheville over at the Ploughares Blog.


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The Central Bureau of Statistics published today (Tuesday) a collection of data from the annual social survey on the use of the Internet. The data show that 90% of Israelis use the Internet.
The data also show that those with an academic education use the Internet more than those without an academic education. 86% use the Internet via mobile phone, 90% aged 44-20 compared to 48% aged 75 and over.
The most common uses are for social networking and discussion groups (including WhatsApp), information retrieval and e-mail. Jews use more Arabs for e-mail, shopping, phone or video calls, and to obtain government services. The rate of Internet users among Jews varies according to the level of religiosity: 96% of the secular, 91% of the religious and traditional, compared with 64% of the ultra-Orthodox.
An unsurprising statistic that emerges from the survey is that Internet use increases over time: a decade ago (2010) 68% used the Internet, in 2015 – 77%, in 2019 – 87% and in 2020 – 90%.


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Much of what infectious-disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm has to say about the COVID-19 pandemic is not what U.S. citizens want to hear — cases and deaths are climbing; people don’t understand the dangers (or worse, don’t care); federal leadership is a joke; a vaccine may or may not work; herd immunity is unrealistic; and the worst is yet to come.
Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease & Policy at the University of Minnesota, and for decades has been regarded as one of the world’s leading public-health experts. He jokingly refers to himself as “Bad News Mike,” because he has spent most of his professional career warning governments and the public about the dangers of a runaway pandemic.
True to his nickname, during a recent Thomson Reuters AI Invited Speakers Series event, The Covid-19 Pandemic: The Evolving Reality, Osterholm reiterated his much-publicized assertion that the next six to twelve weeks are going to be the “darkest” days of the pandemic. If current trends continue, he says, “the U.S. could see as many as 500,000 to 800,000 deaths by spring.”
Again, not exactly what people want to hear.
A battle plan for survival
Despite the gloom and doom, however, Osterholm also insists it is important for Americans to understand that all is not lost, and that another narrative — what he calls “finding hope in the middle of the tunnel” — needs to penetrate the fog of coronavirus confusion and fatigue. After all, vaccines are being developed, therapeutics are improving, scientists have more virus data and medical technology at their fingertips than ever before, and people can do plenty to protect themselves and their loved ones (masks, social distancing, etc.).
More importantly, Osterholm and other public-health experts already know how to control the virus and open up the economy, even without a vaccine. In fact, the last chapter of Osterholm’s 2017 book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, contains a detailed “Battle Plan for Survival,” in which he lays out a coordinated science and policy approach for fighting global pandemics that he has been warning for years are “inevitable.”
“You can do both — health and the economy — at the same time. It’s not magic or pixie dust,” Osterholm insists. “If you bring the virus under control, it will also have major implications for the economy.”
He cites Melbourne, Australia as an example of a city that saw cases spike in July, then implemented tight restrictions and contract tracing that reduced new cases to zero by late October, laying the groundwork there for an economic recovery. Many other Asian-Pacific countries — such as New Zealand, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea — have had success with similar protocols, Osterholm observes, and none of them resorted to the sort of authoritarian tactics used in China.
Restoring public trust
When it comes to fighting the virus, however, the big difference between other relatively successful democratic countries and the U.S. is the level of trust people have in their government and its leadership, says Osterholm. “You have to have a government whose leadership is such that the population will follow that leadership,” he says, because without public trust and cooperation, you basically end up where the U.S. is now — divided and confused.
In the U.S., “half of the population doesn’t want to take a vaccine” because of safety concerns and fears that the scientific process is being politicized, he says. “In communities of color and among indigenous populations, the distrust of vaccines is incredible,” he notes. “In some inner-city populations, 70% to 80% of the people are unwilling to take a vaccine right now out of fear of being used as guinea pigs.”
To combat this growing skepticism and rebuild trust in government, the U.S. needs to start telling itself a different story, Osterholm says — one that’s based on honesty, science, and leadership. “What we need right now is an FDR, someone to provide us with a vision of what is coming, not sugarcoat it, and at the same time give hope” by articulating a plan and telling people what they can actually do, he explains. “Right now, we don’t have that, and we’re not really understanding what the challenges are.”
The challenges ahead
One of the biggest challenges in America, of course, is convincing a large swath of the population to take the coronavirus more seriously. Osterholm laments the politicization of the virus, and says there will always be skeptics, but insists it’s essential for Americans to find a way to unify themselves in the fight against COVID-19, or suffer the consequences.
“Part of the challenge is helping everyone realize that it’s us vs. the virus, not us vs. them,” Osterholm says. “Right now, we’re telling a story about how angry we are at each other, and how the virus is a hoax. These are key messages we need to deal with.”
According to Osterholm, another major problem is that science can tell societies a great deal about the virus and how to eradicate it, but science doesn’t help much if it doesn’t inform intelligent public policy or change the public’s attitude toward the dangers of COVID-19. “We far too often take all these statistics and all this information and put it together to write wonderful reports with lots of color, but it doesn’t make a damn bit of difference if it doesn’t change people’s behavior,” he says.
Likewise, if and when a vaccine is approved, data science and artificial intelligence will be essential tools for tracking the efficacy of the vaccine as it is administered to the public, Osterholm agrees. But what if the data doesn’t tell us what we want it to? What if it turns out to be impossible to go back to the degree of safety to which we’ve become accustomed?
“I can’t tell you what’s going to happen in the spring and summer, but if this vaccine only has a limited impact on our society, we really are going to have to re-evaluate how we live life every day in public places,” Osterholm says. That means re-thinking the need for offices and buildings, how people work, the role of essential workers, policy approaches to public safety, and how societies support their citizenry’s emotional and economic well-being, he says. And for professionals, it means a prolonged period of uncertainty and, possibly, opportunity.
“I think this is going to be one of the most tumultuous periods of time for how we do business in the world,” Osterholm says. “How do we redefine that?”
Simple, ruthless little viruses
Whatever happens in the coming year, Osterholm says he hopes the world’s experience with COVID-19 will result in some “humility” about the power of microbes to disrupt human life.
“These are simple little viruses. They’re not bullets. They’re not bombs. They’re not computer viruses. They’re just plain viruses, and look at what they do to us,” Osterholm says. “I think we can all agree that we don’t want to have these pandemics overlayed on our society, because they are ruthless, they are economically painful, and they challenge the very nature of who we are as humans.”
And by the way, this won’t be the last coronavirus we have to deal with, Osterholm reminds us. Simply raising billions of chickens and pigs to meet the protein needs of the planet’s eight billion inhabitants is enough to keep the pandemic cycle going, he says. “These are rich conditions for the spread of viruses, so we’re going to see more of these events, not less.”
If and when the COVID-19 crisis is contained, Osterholm says the bigger question will be, “How are we going to prepare for what’s coming next?”


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Perfect location for a small farm, and a horse or two. If privacy is what you are looking for, look no further. Owner is ready to negotiate and says to make an offer.
You need to see this property. The price is right. What are you waiting for? Paved road. 2nd parcel in Clay County on left on Immokalee if you turn off 100W. Plus 1/5 interest in deeded access lot to Bedford Lake.
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Reduced!! Looking to get a way from the city life? This Beautiful 5 acre parcel is located in quaint Keystone Heights! Country Living located close to Middleburg, Starke, Palatka, Gainesville and Historic Melrose. Build your dream home, bring your mobile home or RV and just use for hunting....
MLS ID 418988
Courtesy of: Helen Hersey Realty
Office Phone: 352-473-8882
Listing Agent: Helen Hersey
Updated: 19th August, 2019 1:53 AM.
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Scenic Seward, flanked by rugged mountains to one side and sparkling Resurrection Bay on the other, has a way of luring visitors. There is fantastic hiking nearby, a quaint downtown, the amazing Alaska SeaLife Center and excellent in-town camping where you can park your vehicle and walk to most attractions.
Located at the terminus of both the Alaska Railroad and the Seward Highway, and an embarkation/disembarkation port for many cruises, this town of 2,619 residents is easily accessible from Anchorage yet can serve as a base for anybody who likes to kayak, hike, fish, whale-watch and glacier-view.
Overshadowing Seward is Mount Marathon, the scene of one of Alaska’s most famous and challenging foot races. A friendly wager in 1909 resulted in this annual 3.1-mile run to the top of the 3,022-foot peak. The race attracts advanced runners from all over the world and is a highlight of Seward’s lively Fourth of July celebration, one of the best in Alaska.
The city also serves as the gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park. Created in 1980, Kenai Fjords spreads over 587,000 acres and is crowned by the massive Harding Ice Field from which countless tidewater glaciers pour down into coastal fjords. The impressive landscape and an abundance of marine wildlife make the park a major tourist attraction. Many visitors take a day cruise along the coast south of Seward to watch glaciers calve into the sea and spot seals, sea lions and whales. Another popular attraction in Kenai Fjords National Park is Exit Glacier, which lies just north of town. This road-accessible glacier offers an impressive up-close view of the glacier along with information and hiking trails.
Seward has a large charter fishing fleet that is well developed to take visitors out into Resurrection Bay and further for some of the best angling of any Kenai Peninsula port. The main catch is silver salmon that start to appear in July in large schools to feed on candlefish in preparation for the spawning runs at the end of August. Other species of interesting to anglers are king salmon and halibut.
The more adventurous can rent a kayak and arrange a drop off deep in the park to spend their afternoons paddling among sea otters and their nights gazing at glaciers. There is also a series of public-use cabins that can be rented in advance. For more information on activities in the park contact Kenai Fjords National Park.
Seward was founded in 1903, when settlers arrived to plot construction of a northbound rail line. By the time the Alaska Railroad was completed in 1923, this ice-free port became the most important shipping terminal on the Kenai Peninsula. The city also served as the southern terminus of the 1,200-mile Iditarod National Historic Trail to Nome, long a major dogsled thoroughfare via the Interior and Bush. Like many towns in Southcentral Alaska, Seward began a new era of history in 1964 after the Good Friday Earthquake caused fires and tidal waves that destroyed 90 percent of the town. One of the only reminders of the natural disaster is in the public library where the slide show covering the earthquake, “Waves Over Seward,” is shown.


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NBA Roundup: Nets lose to hot Blazers
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points, Wesley Matthews added 24 and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the host Brooklyn Nets 108-98 Monday night for their seventh straight victory.
Damian Lillard finished with 19 points and nine assists as the Trail Blazers withstood the Nets’ blistering start to win seven in a row in the same season for the first time since a 13-game run in December 2007.
Portland (9-2) is just a half-game behind San Antonio and Indiana for the NBA’s best record. The Blazers will try to complete a perfect 4-0 road trip Wednesday at Milwaukee.
Shaun Livingston scored 23 points for the Nets, who stormed out to their best first quarter of the season and then seemed to run out of gas against the younger Trail Blazers. Kevin Garnett made all six shots in the 40-point first quarter, then went 2 for 13 from there to finish with a season-high 16 points.
Garnett and Paul Pierce were back in the starting lineup after missing Saturday’s loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles with injuries, though Brook Lopez and Deron Williams continued to rest sprained left ankles.
Bulls 86, Bobcats 81: At Chicago, Luol Deng scored 21 points and Chicago overcame a rough shooting night to beat Charlotte for its fifth straight win.
Carlos Boozer had 12 points and 17 rebounds for Chicago, which is on its longest winning streak since taking eight in a row from Feb. 20-March 7, 2012. Jimmy Butler had 14 points and Derrick Rose finished with 12.
Deng’s 3-pointer with 27.1 seconds remaining gave the Bulls an 85-81 lead. Gerald Henderson then missed for the Bobcats, and Rose had a free throw to help Chicago wrap it up.
Thunder 115, Nuggets 113: At Oklahoma City, Kevin Durant scored 38 points, Russell Westbrook had 30 points and 12 rebounds and Oklahoma City rallied to beat Denver.
Westbrook also had seven assists in a terrific all-around game that helped Oklahoma City erase a 14-point deficit in the second half. Reggie Jackson added 14 points.
With the score tied at 105-105, Serge Ibaka pulled down an offensive rebound and found Durant for a 3-pointer that put Oklahoma City (7-3) ahead to stay. Jeremy Lamb and Derek Fisher each hit a pair of free throws in the final 14 seconds to help the Thunder hold on.
Knicks: The Knicks have sent Chris Smith, whose place on the team has been a source of controversy, to the NBA Development League.
Smith was sent to the Erie BayHawks, the Knicks’ affiliate. He hasn’t appeared in an NBA game this season.
Coach Mike Woodson said Smith, the younger brother of Knicks guard J.R. Smith, would be considered in October before making his final cuts.
J.R. Smith was fined $25,000 by the NBA last week after firing back on Twitter at Detroit’s Brandon Jennings, who had posted a critical tweet about Chris Smith being in the league while other players he thought were better aren’t.
Cavaliers: Cleveland starting guard Dion Waiters returned to practice and denied reports he was involved in a fight during a players’ meeting.
Waiters, who missed the past two games with flulike symptoms, said Monday that he did not get into a physical confrontation with anyone last week when the Cavaliers had a meeting following a 29-point road loss in Minnesota.
Reports of a possible altercation surfaced over the weekend. They were fueled by Waiters’ absence from games against Charlotte and Washington as well as All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving’s black eye and broken nose.
Waiters said the Cavs “got everything off our chests” during the meeting. He said he’d rather “fight somebody else on the other team than one of my teammates.”
Cavs coach Mike Brown expects Waiters to play in Wednesday’s home game against Washington.
Warriors: Golden State says an MRI exam shows backup center Jermaine O’Neal has a bruised right knee and a strained right groin. O’Neal didn’t travel with the team for the game at Utah and is considered day-to-day. He was injured early in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s 102-88 victory over the Jazz on Saturday night in Oakland when he slipped along the baseline.
O’Neal is in his 18th season in the NBA. He has battled numerous knee injuries throughout his career, though the most serious have been to his left knee.
Reserve center Ognjen Kuzmic will likely be counted on more in O’Neal’s absence. The Warriors also could play power forwards David Lee and Marreese Speights at center.


Apple have announced the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus along, which will be available for pre-order as of tomorrow.
The new phones come in two sizes, the standard 4.7-inch screen model and the 5.5-inch screen ‘Plus’ model and will feature several changes from their predecessors.
The new phones will be water and dust resistant (although not ‘proof’, just less susceptible to damage) and will also feature a redesigned pressure-sensitive home button.
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will both feature a major camera upgrade, with the 7 plus having even more capabilities than the standard 7 due to a dual lense camera. Both new models will have optical image stabilisation and a 6 element lens with f/1.8 aperture, with the camera also functioning 60% faster than previous iPhones. The dual camera on the 7 Plus means the camera has both wide angle and telephoto lenses; the new ‘portrait’ effect feature will also add depth of field to photos.
As rumoured, Apple have removed the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 phones, in favour of ear buds that connect through the phone’s charging port. The tech giant have also unveiled a set of wireless headphones called AirPods that can be purchased separately at extra cost. The AirPods work through inbuilt infrared sensors that detect when they’re in the wearers ear, so they know when to play sounds. The inbuilt W1 chip also enables the wireless headphones to connect to your other Apple devices.
Other changes to be expected with the latest iPhones are a longer battery life, with the iPhone 7 lasting two hours longer than the 6, and the 7 Plus lasting one hour longer than the 6 Plus.
The phones will come in several colour options; jet black, black, gold, silver, rose gold. Unlike previous iPhone models, the lowest memory capacity available will no longer be 16GB: the new iPhone memory starts at 32GB, and also comes in 128GB and 256GB options.
The phones start from £599, and those ordered tomorrow will be shipped on September 16th.Follow us for more updates


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To reflect some of the changes in the new Swords & Wizardry Core Rules I've updated my S&W character sheets for you to download. Using the sheets for the past year and a half or so I felt there were some things missing that would help at the table. These have been added as well.
There are two versions of the character sheet. The only changes being one having a space for spells (good for Clerics or Druids) and the other having more room for Equipment and Special Abilities.
I've also added a special sheet just for Magic-Users to keep track of their found spells, known spells and memorized spells. This should help Magic-User player keep all his spell notes organized.

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If life was fair, perhaps the only legacy of Air Force Lieutenant Kelly Flinn's saga last year would be her appallingly bad book. Unfortunately, the entire episode has come back to haunt the military with the recent recommendations of a DoD panel on "reshaping" the services' legal treatment of adultery and other commonly accepted societal trespasses
Undoubtedly, the debate will feature a rehash of arguments about adultery as a crime or the Uniformed Code of Military Justice as an instrument of law. Those arguments miss the forest for the tree. The adultery debate is merely symptomatic of the continuing discussion over the so-called gap between American society and its military, whether it should be closed, and how to do it. For my money, the "gap" has been misidentified and highly oversold. In addition, the inexorable drive by many elites to close this gap completely is reactionary and unfounded.
If you believe, as I do, that the gap must be kept but managed, how does one go about it? In the event that a widening or narrowing of the gap is needed, somebody has to move their culture—and that somebody most likely is going to be the military.


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South Korea August exports rebound on extra working days after 19 months of falls
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's exports rebounded in August after falling for 19 straight months, government data showed on Thursday, but analysts stopped short of calling it a firm recovery as the gain was due mainly to two extra working days.
Exports in August rose 2.6 percent on-year to $40.13 billion while imports edged up 0.1 percent to $34.82 billion to result in a trade surplus of $5.30 billion.
This was the first positive growth for exports since December 2015 and for imports since September 2014 and beat poll forecasts for a 0.6 percent rise for exports and a 3.3 percent fall for imports.
In July, exports and imports dropped 10.3 percent and 13.6 percent, respectively.
A majority of South Korea's 13 key export products showed positive growth, including computers, semiconductors and petrochemicals.
"When you exclude the effect of the two working days, trade probably moved at a similar pace as it did in July," said Stephen Lee, senior economist at Samsung Securities in Seoul.
August this year had 24 working days, versus 22 days last year.
"We still have to see whether this gain will be maintained through year-end. Prospects for IT products are positive while global oil prices will have a much smaller effect on trade," Lee added.
The Nikkei/Markit South Korea purchasing managers' index (PMI) showed South Korea's manufacturing activity contracted at its fastest pace in a year in August as production and export orders declined sharply.
A sub-index showed that new export orders declined the most this year amid stubbornly weak global demand, falling to 48.6 in August from 51.4 in July. A reduction in the volume of trade with China, Germany and Iraq contributed to the decline, according to the survey. (A number below 50 shows a contraction.)
The trade ministry said exports to China fell 5.3 percent on-year in August, the slowest decline since Sept. 2015. Further breakdowns will be released later in the day.
Meanwhile, South Korea's annual inflation eased to its lowest for more than a year in August following a temporary cut in electricity tariffs. The finance ministry said inflation was expected to return to previous levels after October.
The consumer price index rose 0.4 percent in August from a year earlier, Statistics Korea said, down from 0.7 percent in July. This was the smallest gain seen since April last year.
The result was well below a median 0.8 percent rise tipped in a Reuters survey.
"If you look at inflation alone, the central bank might look like it has room to cut interest rates, but you have to take other countries' policies into consideration as well as the continued surge in household debt," said Kim Yu-kyum, economist, LIG Investment & Securities.
"Right now export data is more important."
Inflation fell 0.1 percent from July.
South Korea last month took 420 billion Korean won ($377 million) off residential electricity bills for the July to September period due to unusually hot weather.
As a result, annual inflation for electricity, gas and water dropped 12.6 percent in August, compared to a 3.9 percent fall in July.
Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and fuel prices eased to 1.1 percent in August, down from 1.6 percent in July, all compared to a year earlier.
($1 = 1,114.5900 won)
(Reporting by Christine Kim and Cynthia Kim; Additional reporting by Dahee Kim; Editing by Eric Meijer)
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Box Office Recap – 11/15/2021
Eternals Stays #1 At The Movies!
Even though critical reviews of Disney and Marvel’s Eternals have been mixed, the movie continues to win at the box office.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe epic finished first for the second week in a row with weekend receipts totaling $27.5 million.
In its first week, Clifford The Big Red Dog came in second, making $16.4 million.
Dune came in third with $5.5 million , No Time To Die was fourth with $4.6 million, and Venom: Let There Be Carnage finishes out the top five films of the week with another $4 million made.
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?Enemy AFC North coaches who would like to dislodge Pittsburgh after the Steelers ran away with the division title at 15-1 last season, would like nothing better than for Ben Roethlisberger to experience a sophomore jinx. Or, perhaps, play the way he did in the post-season, when he threw five interceptions and three touchdown passes on way to a 61.3 passer rating.
"I would hope to try to make him play like the quarterback who played in the AFC championship game," said Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis.
All three division rivals ? the Bengals, Browns and Ravens ? would like to find a way to turn Big Ben into Little Benny this season. Only one NFL team beat him, and the man who helped accomplish that was Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, now Cleveland's head coach.
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I think Ben will be fine this year. He is a strong quarterback and I do think he will remain humble. I can't wait to see this guy in his second NFL season.