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The star ditched her love for black and stunned us in a vintage creation by John Galliano for Christian Dior. Her lovely pearl white gown had a mermaid silhouette and featured a tie detail at her waist. The figure-hugging bodice and draped neckline suited Jen’s physique and she looked picture perfect in white! She kept the style minimal with a pretty set of chandelier earrings and a sleek hairdo.
Jennifer Aniston proved that she is a true diva in a white strapless gown by Versace for the 87th Annual Academy Awards and looked drop-dead gorgeous. The luxury of the look is a simple blow, so Jen kept it elegant with her hair down, nude stilettos and a statement ring. Defying any sign of ageing, the star rocked the Versace number that came with sheer panels on one side, a high slit and skin tonal shade. We totally loved her red carpet look.
Another breathtaking look of Jennifer in white is her Burberry gown that featured a thigh-high slit and form-fitted bodice. With the middle-parted classic Jennifer Aniston updo, the star looked ethereal in her angelic dress. The actress teamed her pristine white dress with a structured clutch and snakeskin printed heels. She rounded off her smouldering summer look with simple makeup and glossy lips. This style of Jen is perfect for a date night but we do doubt if anyone could look as stunning as Jen in it!
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For over 20 years of my life in the US, always answering “Ukraine” when asked where I came from, I’d heard, “Aah, Russia!” The home to 45.4 million people, Ukraine was little known—until bloodshed on the Maidan Square in Kyiv and continuing mayhem provoked by expert Putin-esque instigators brought it into headlines. The media opinions, however, often understate the situation, thus hurting all-American understanding—and standing—in this strategically important European country.
Critically, the second-largest (after Russia) military state in Europe, Ukraine surrendered its nuclear warheads in 1994, after the USA, Britain, and Russia had guaranteed the safety of its borders. Now, when Ukraine sees “Putin at the gate” and is torn apart by pro-Russian separatists, Ukrainians feel betrayed by the former guarantors. Senator McCain’s speaking on Seth Meyers’ show talked down Russia referring to it as “gas station run by a mafia masquerading as a country.” Take a closer look, Senator: this is mafia but it’s running the warheads! Their warheads can annihilate the world three times over, and this mafia stops at nothing—as the track-record from Chechnya and Georgia had proved. This is not to be downplayed! Unfortunately, our politicians appear unaware of President Putin’ strategy that was applauded at the Russian Duma 2 years ago: to reconstruct the USSR, in a smaller but stronger version—including Ukraine. This kind of the past conditions and predicts the future.
The history-and-culture prophesy
Despite their territories changing hands and enjoying only short-lived independence, 77.8% of population identifies themselves as Ukrainians – whether or not their mother-tongue is Ukrainian or Russian (which is often the case in Eastern Ukraine). Language issues notwithstanding, the growth of national consciousness began with the struggle for independent Ukrainian People’s Republic from 1917 to 1921. Stalin drowned it in blood, adding the man-made Famine-Genocide of 1932–3, the deportations of the so-called kulaks, the physical annihilation of the nationally conscious intelligentsia, plus general terror – and subdued the nation. The condescending “big brothers” habitually ridiculed Ukrainian nationalism (equated to narrow-mindedness) and even their love of borsch, a traditional food; everything Ukrainian was regarded as second-best, in comparison to Russian. Ukrainians kept a low profile. Not any more: multiple sources inside the country report the sharp rise of Ukrainian national consciousness—and even people who used to be indifferent to the issue favor Ukrainian unity over Russian re-colonization. This chronicle makes Putin’s takeover of Ukraine problematical and the chaos and civil war – never-ending.
Look at Ukrainian-Americans for heads-up
A believer in culture conditioning/predicting our success, I think that to grow US influence in this strategic geo-political region, we need to better understand the mindset of its people—because the culture prophesy is as steady as it gets in our ever-changing world. Look at 2 successful Ukrainian-Americans for head-ups on the Ukrainian character, culture, and contributions.
Oksana Baiul, from Ukraine – Queen of the Ice
Oksana Baiul, a retired Ukrainian figure skater, immigrated to America after becoming 1993 World Championship Gold Medalist, and 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist in Ladies Figure Skating. Orphaned early, Oksana lived with the wife of her coach, in Odessa, demonstrating talent and true grit on her way to becoming the Queen of the Ice. Her re-launched career in America went well; for example, she collaborated with renowned ballet dancer Saule Rachmedova to bring together Ice Theatre of New York and had many public appearances, including MTV‘s Total Request Live.
A passionate person, Oksana never forgot her roots: she supports the Tikva Children’s Home Charity, which aids the Jewish children of Odessa. It was natural for her to issue statement of support for protesters in the Kiev’s Maidan, “The people of the Ukraine are fighting a vicious battle against organized crime, corruption and the forces of evil,” she wrote. “While we shook the Soviet yoke in 1991, many of the corrupt, communist apparatchiks unfortunately managed to hold onto their positions. The crime and corruption continued but the Ukrainian people have finally had enough and are bravely making their stand.” Oksana’s been living in the US for years – but her national consciousness is strong and prompts her to voice her support for the better good of her former compatriots: she feels their pain.
Helen Schneider, Ph. D., from Ukraine – Happy Health Economist
Helen came to study Economics in America that gave the world most Nobel Prize economists. She proved to be flexible embracing American culture at the diverse culture spots where studies and career brought her: from Kent, OH to Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA; to Cornell University in Ithaca, NY; to post-doctorate at the UC at Berkeley, CA; to the Los Alamos Lab, NM; to the University of Texas in Austin—she absorbed the gamut of American regional cultures, thus becoming an all-American girl. Helen’s integration at each place was heart-felt: her family still remembers how her immersion in the Southern-US culture displayed: “Yankees are no good!” Today Helen is an all-inclusive patriot of Texas—because everything is “bigger-and-better” there. A passionate health economist, some of her articles made headlines in top professional journals and brought awards. Her cultural sensitivity helps in teaching diverse student population, and – she’s happy to do what she loves.
Helen stays in touch with her old friends in Ukraine and Russia, poised, graceful, and never taking sides when Russia-vs.-Ukraine opinions become polarized or even hostile—but she believes Ukraine deserves to be independent—not subservient to Russia—because of the specific culture.
Democracy is Difficult to Dose
Flexibility, survivability, talent, passion, and national consciousness of these—and many other—Ukrainian-Americans reflect the history-and-culture prophesies of their country of origin. Today the Ukrainians are a struggling nation. But God forbid America jumps the gun: we can extend support differently, while never underplaying Putin’s Russia track-record and warheads. Besides, in any country, democracy and fairness are difficult to judge, dose or dispense from the outside, especially when one knows as little of the country’s history and culture as our typical politicians.

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Since I was spending Memorial Day weekend at my
uncle's house in Fairfield, and had the Soldier Mountains
at the doorstep, it only made since to find
a peak in that range to ascend. Having already climbed
Smoky Dome and knowing that Iron Mountain was a 20
mile hike, I discovered Peak 9467, which fit into my
time allotment and seemed to be in a scenic area. Locals call this peak Boardman Peak, which I will use going forth.
From the maps, I ascertained that Boardman Peak was
accessible, a real peak (more than 300 foot of prominence), and should provide a
challenge. The peak sits just west of Boardman Pass,
on the high divide that contains Iron Mountain and
Smoky Dome. Two trails get near the peak, the Bremner
Trail passes the southern base of the peak and the Sheep Trail passes its east flanks. I was able to find the trailhead for the
Sheep Trail (which goes to Boardman Pass from near the
Ear Creek Corrals) and it turned out to be a well
built, well treaded, and well maintained trail. I got the name Sheep Trail from signs along the trail, but my uncle referred to the trail as the Coyote Trail.
Boardman Peak turned out to be very worthwhile. It
commanded great views of Iron Mountain, Smoky Dome,
and much of the alpine-like north side of the Soldier
range. The summit ridge was a mess of rock fins,
towering snow drifts, and twisted pine trees. Both
sides dropped off quickly, with the southside a grass
and brush covered slope down to forests and the north
a talus and snow covered dropoff down to a alpine
basin. In view were Trinity Mountain, Steel Mountain,
Castle Peak dozens of miles north, and even
Quicksilver Mountain in the Owyhees a hundred miles to
the southwest. The Pioneers to the east were seeing
snow at the time and not visible.
Doing this hike reminded me of two things... The
Soldier Mountains are an incredible wonderland that
are mostly ignored by hikers for whatever
reason. The road access on this hike is superb , the
views incredible, and the trail a highway by Idaho
trail standards. If this trail was in the Sawtooths,
it would see hundreds of hikers each weekend.
Time: 5 hours (2:45 up, 45 min. on top, 1:30 down)
Length: 9.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 4000 feet (3400 feet gain with 600 feet of gain on return)
Class (difficulty): 2
From Highway 20, turn north (left if coming from Boise, right if coming
from Fairfield) at virtual mile marker 144.2 on 800 W.
Follow 800 W for 1.9 miles to 200 N. Turn left. Follow
200 N for 2.7 miles and turn right onto 1800 W. Drive
1 mile and pass a large parking lot. Just past the
parking lot, turn left onto the road signed "Chimney
Creek/Ear Creek Corrals". This road is dirt, but free
of rock, so accessible by cars. Follow the road for about 8.5
miles to the Ear Creek Corrals. Just past the Ear Creek Corrals, the road banks
left. At 9.5 miles you reach the trailhead, which consists a registration box (empty) and message board (nothing posted on it). The Sheep
Trail is the right fork heading north, not the road continuing west.
From the trailhead, follow the Sheep Trail heading
north and immediately ford a creek. You will see a
small corral on your left. Just after the creek and
corral, the trail forks, take the left fork. The
trail heads northwest, then descends down to the South Fork of Lime Creek, which it crosses at 1.4 miles. After crossing the creek the trail heads north onto the a beautiful ridge with small granite
towers. On this ridge, the views start opening up
around you. Eventually the trail side cuts this ridge
as it angles toward Boardman Pass. Gain the ridge above you at some point before Point 8492 and make your way to the saddle just north of that point. From that saddle, either follow the ridge to Point 9231 or angle across to the saddle between Boardman Peak and 9231. From the saddle, follow the
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The stock subtracted in the prior trading session by -0.97%, closing at the stock price of $45.04.
The number of shares traded in the last trading session was 15.91 Million. (NYSE:VZ) news were published by: Fool.com which released: "Better Buy: Frontier Communications Corporation vs. Verizon Communications Inc." on May 11, 2017, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: "Verizon Communications: Cheap For A Reason" published on April 24, 2017, Livetradingnews.com published: "Verizon Communications Inc". It has underperformed by 25.18% the S&P500.
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Pioneers of African-American Cinema: BODY AND SOUL
Saturday, February 04, 2017
(US/1925—directed by Oscar Micheaux)
In Micheaux’s landmark drama, the great Paul Robeson portrays twin brothers: one who’s an ordinary working man, the other who’s a cynical, hard-drinking, sexually predatory minister. Both brothers are vying for the affections of the same young woman, who’s trying desperately to abide by the wishes of her devout but misguided mother. This new restoration features original tinting, as well as a newly recorded musical score by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky. Plus: a recently discovered, one-minute film clip featuring Oscar Micheaux on the set of one of his films in the early 1920s. (93 minutes)
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He might have been running scared in 2011 but Azerbaijan’s Eurovision winning star Eldar Gasimov is back with a brand new song! “Until the End” is in collaboration with Swedish-Greek EDM/Electronic Pop project VoColor who also have significant Eurovision experience under their belts.
Meeting the collaborators
“Until the End” was produced by Sebastian Ekstrand and Georgios Kalpakidis with Kalpakidis and Nikos Sofis taking care of the lyrics. As Sofis tells us, it was only recently that he got in contact with the Eurovision 2011 winner in order to suggest a collaboration. One thing led to another and when Gasimov heard the demo for “Until the End” he instantly fell in love with the project.
Eldar rose to fame as joint-winner of Milli Seçim Turu 2011, alongside Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijan’s selection process for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Singing “Running Scared” at the Eurovision 2011 grand final in the German city of Düsseldorf, Azerbaijan took their first Eurovision victory scoring 221 points in the process. Since his Eurovision victory, Eldar has continued to release numerous singles including a collaboration with Ukrainian Eurovision star Zlata Ognevich.
VoColor is a new project that began in late 2019 by Sebastian Ekstrand, vocalist of Metalcore band Escape the Day, and Nikos Sofis, a regular collaborator with various artists from the Eurovision family including former Eurovision artists Omar Naber, Samra, Litesound and Richard Edwards. The two musicians have collaborated many times since first meeting in 2016, finally coming together as VoColor with their first single “Savior” in December 2019.
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You can listen to “Until the End” on both Spotify and Apple Music by using the links below. In addition, you can find the track on all your favourite digital platforms. It’s an up-tempo and anthemic track that is a wonderful mix of pop melodies and EDM beats and the build-up in the middle 8 is not to be missed!
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An unsettling number of incoming freshmen at American public universities - 50 percent or more at schools ranging from California's state university system to the City University of New York - need immediate remedial help in English and math. What to do?
One response is to attack lax admission standards and try to get rid of remedial courses. That approach, urged most prominently by New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, makes an unequivocal statement. Students are served notice - as are the schools and parents who helped shape their academic abilities.
That kind of wake-up call may have some value. But it won't answer the question of what to do with large numbers of young people already at, or near, the college doors. Some 70 percent of today's high school students aspire to college. Those aspirations are nurtured in most homes.
But the amount of remediation at the college level suggests a gap between people's hopes for education and their appreciation of the work required to get a sound education.
Education officials and teachers shoulder much of that work, and they're being held to tougher standards of accountability. Virginia, for example, is weighing a voluntary plan to guarantee high school diplomas. School districts would reimburse colleges or employers who have to give remedial help to recent graduates.
But the responsibility for acquiring an education also falls on students and parents. It's worrisome to read, as in a recent Boston Globe report, about high school students who take a lackadaisical attitude toward homework - doing it only when they feel like it. That's a sure route toward remedial work. Ditto the home environment that allows young minds to glom onto TV and computer games - as reading and writing withers.
There's also a social and political component to the question of preparing kids for college. Many of the entering freshmen in need of remedial courses in the basics come from communities where public schools are substandard, economic opportunity is sparse, and standard English is rarely heard. Government has a responsibility to direct educational resources, and innovation, toward such communities - for society's good, as well as the individual's.
Meanwhile, remedial instruction will continue to be a necessary - and affordable - investment for the country. A study by the Washington-based Institute for Higher Education Policy points out that such programs account for only $1 billion of the $115 billion being spent on public higher education yearly.
Simply shutting the doors on those who need this help would be counterproductive. But so would simply accepting the current level of remedial course work as inevitable.
Ideally, the catching up ought to start at a lower, more appropriate level. Universities that work with middle schools and high schools to make clear what they expect of students are on the right track.

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On Oct. 29 multi-platinum Christian artist Chris Tomlin released his first live DVD project. The two-disc Burning Lights Deluxe Tour Edition, includes a previously released studio album plus a DVD of his show performed at the famed Red Rocks, the open-air amphitheater, just 10 miles west of Denver, Colorado .
We have teamed up with Capitol Christian Music Group to give away three copies of Burning Lights: Deluxe Edition CD/DVD. [Continue Reading...]

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In a damning report following recent discussions on supermarket prices, the Competition Commission has highlighted that South African food prices continue to be exorbitant, even as retailers enjoy surging profits. Despite a drop in inflation and producer costs, consumers are not seeing a corresponding decrease in food prices at the checkout.
The report identifies a concerning ‘rocket and feather’ effect in South African food pricing, where prices spike rapidly but take much longer to decrease if they do so at all. Essential items like maize meal, cooking oil, and bread have been particularly impacted by this phenomenon.
According to the Competition Commission’s Essential Food Pricing Monitoring (EFPM) Report, food inflation remains twice as high as that of goods and services, signaling the persistent issue of high food prices in the country.
Load-shedding, a regular occurrence in South Africa, is suggested as one possible reason for the enduring high prices. Retailers have had to invest significant sums to mitigate the effects of load-shedding on their supply chains and store operations.
The report also reveals that revenue in South Africa’s grocery sector has surged by 38% since 2019. Major supermarket chains in the country collectively recorded a 26% increase in profits, totaling R16.6 billion in 2023.
The hope remains that South African food prices may eventually align with reduced inflation rates from three months ago, but the report underscores the pressing issue of high food costs.
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For too long, we’ve put health and the environment in different boxes. The work of our one world is to bridge the two, to understand that, in fact, they belong in the same box. The truth is, human health and the health of our environment are inextricably linked, and as we improve one, we will improve the other as well.
In the midst of a pandemic, a polluted planet, and increasing incidence of diseases like cancer, asthma, and heart disease, we’re in transformative times. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes. This includes the climate crisis, which is the single biggest health threat facing humanity.
As we mark World Health Day 2022 with the theme “Our planet, our health,” let’s create a future system that supports both healthy people and a healthy planet. This means taking steps to act now and reshape our economy to be more restorative, low-carbon, circular, and inclusive.
Our collective resilience is fully connected to the health of our planet. Imagine a world where clean air, water, and food are available to all, where economies are focused on planetary and human health and well-being, and where healthy, people-centered cities, villages, and communities create conditions for people to lead better lives. The health of the climate, and that of our populations, requires global collaboration, increased finance, and the equitable sharing of solutions.
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Former fire chief turns over money to South Thomaston
South Thomaston — A 10-year-old dispute over who controls money from a disbanded firefighters' association has ended.
Attorney James Strong said Monday that he received four checks Friday, April 7, for the town from the attorney for former Fire Chief Wayne Brown and former firefighter Colin Grierson. The checks totaled $14,915, Strong said, and end the legal fight.
Strong said the town decided not to demand reimbursement for court costs or interest to avoid an appeal and further legal action.
The checks came nearly two months after Justice William Stokes ruled Feb. 14 in favor of South Thomaston in its efforts to gain possession of money formerly held by the the South Thomaston Firemen’s Association. The association's account had nearly $15,000 in it when the organization disbanded in 2007.
Firefighters raised funds for the association in a variety of ways. Some of the money was used for coffee and doughnuts for firefighters when they fought fires, but the overwhelming bulk was set aside to buy fire equipment.
Brown and Grierson had maintained that the town never did what it said it would do -- buy a Class A pumper truck.They argued the truck bought by the town was not the type specified in order to get the money.
Testimony at the October 2016 trial before Stokes was not clear as to what constituted a Class A pumper.
Town officials made numerous unsuccessful attempts to get the money and eventually bought a firetruck in 2014 without those funds. The town then filed the lawsuit in February 2015 to get the money.
Brown acknowledged during the one-day trial in in Knox County Unified Court that he closed the association’s account at Camden National Bank in 2010 and opened up a new account for the association at TD Bank, but said he did so because he did not like the paperwork at Camden National.
Under questioning by Strong, Brown acknowledged he then closed the new firefighters' association account at TD Bank in 2014 and transferred the money to a new account at the same bank under the name Weskeag Retired Firefighters Benefit Fund.
Brown spent about $1,900 of the money seeking legal advice from two different attorneys, neither of whom was attorney Walter McKee, who ended up representing Brown and Grierson.
Brown served on the town’s volunteer fire department for 42 years and was its chief for 16 years until he resigned in April 2006. He also was a member of the firemen’s association until it disbanded.
The Maine Attorney General’s Office intervened in the case, arguing that one of its responsibilities is to ensure that money given to charities is properly used and that the firemen’s association was a charitable organization. In July 2015, the Attorney General’s Office told the town it would not conduct a criminal investigation into the disappearance of the money.
Stokes pointed out in his ruling the animosity that Brown and Grierson have for the town.
"It is obvious to the court, based on the evidence presented at the trial, that the defendants have strong and bitter feelings toward the town of South Thomaston and its municipal officers, and it was that bitter resentment that motivated both defendants to evade and avoid turning over the Association's funds to the town, and even misrepresent their knowledge as to the whereabouts of the funds," the judge concluded.
Brown settled a civil rights lawsuit against the town in May 2010 in which the town did not admit to any wrongdoing in exchange for paying $95,000. Of that amount, $80,000 went to Brown's attorney and he received the remaining $15,000.
Brown had resigned as fire chief in May 2006, claiming he was forced out by selectmen.The Maine Human Rights Commission dismissed in December 2007 a complaint Brown had filed after a state investigator found there were no reasonable grounds to conclude Brown was the victim of illegal discrimination.

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New York – In light of startling miscounts and vote losses in recent primaries in Florida, Ohio and Washington, D.C., today the Brennan Center for Justice, joined by Verified Voting and Common Cause, urged election officials across the country to practice smart, transparent ballot accounting in order to tally votes accurately and maintain public confidence in the 2008 election results. With the contributions of election officials, election administration experts and computer scientists, the Brennan Center also disseminated a “Checklist for Best Ballot Accounting Practices” that precincts and counties can follow both before polls open and after they close.
“In light of recent and highly publicized miscounts around the country, we urge election officials to check the math and take some basic steps to make sure all ballots are counted and accounted for,” said Lawrence Norden, director of voting technology at the Brennan Center for Justice.
“All of the systems we use today have what are called redundancies—backup measures in the form of tapes printed from machines, poll books that record the number of people who signed in, and so on. We should be using these redundancies to make sure that mistakes or foul play do not result in wrong vote tallies on November 4th,” Norden stated.
Three significant voting counting problems have emerged in primaries in recent weeks and are causes for serious concern about the integrity of vote counting on November 4th—particularly in the case of a close election:
- First, on August 19th, Premier voting systems, formerly known as Diebold, acknowledged that the voting system used during the recent Ohio primary contained a critical programming error which led to the loss of votes as they were being totaled. When multiple memory cards containing votes from individual machines were uploaded at the same time to a central location, not all votes had been uploaded. Fortunately, critical post-election canvass and reconciliation processes discovered the problem before the vote was certified and all the votes were ultimately counted. Unfortunately, however, many states use this system.
- Second, in the September 9th primary in Washington D.C., there were three different counts of the votes—and each time they came out differently, as reported by the Washington Post.
- Third, in the August 26th Palm Beach County primary, several votes disappeared during a recount, and then reappeared in different measures upon a second and third recount.
“Many states and counties have already instituted the right procedures. But the recent meltdowns in these three primaries suggest that not every jurisdiction is using the built-in redundancies on Election Day to avoid problems that could undermine confidence in electoral outcomes,” said Pam Smith, President of Verified Voting.
“These recommendations represent a minimum of what elections officials should do to account for all ballots and votes cast on Election Day. Election officials should also establish similar procedures for early and absentee ballots,” Smith added.
The “Ballot Accounting Checklist” includes the following action items:
- Compare the total number of votes cast to the total number of voters who signed in at the polling place. For both regular and emergency paper ballots, compare the number of voted, spoiled, and unused paper ballots with the number of ballots sent to the polling place.
- Compare digital vote tallies from voting machines to vote total tapes.
- Compare electronic tally server totals to vote total tapes generated from each voting machine.
- Publish results of ballot, machine total, and memory card reconciliations.
- 24 Checklist Items total
“We realize that with Election Day just one month away, and early voting having already started in several states, this is an extremely busy time for election officials. But good post-election ballot accounting and reconciliation procedures will be critical to ensuring that every vote is counted, and counted only once,” said Susannah Goodman, Director of the Election Reform Program at Common Cause.
“Administrators and officials from around the country have agreed that these practices will help pave the way to a smooth election. We hope county election officials will institute these steps, as a bare minimum,” Norden concluded.
To view the Brennan Center’s complete Best Ballot Accounting Practices Checklist, click here.
For the Brennan Center’s letter to election officials on ballot accounting practices, click here.


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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are counted among the power couples of Hollywood. The couple, who got engaged twenty-one years ago, had a second marriage in August 2022. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s love story has been nothing less than a rollercoaster ride. The couple got engaged in 2002, but soon after, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez parted ways. Both then married different partners and then had children. But Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are finally back together. The love story of these two is quite filmy. Today we are going to tell you such an anecdote related to the life of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, which was very much discussed. This is the story of the honeymoon. Something happened at that time, due to which Ben Affleck was trolled badly.
Actually, when Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez went on their honeymoon, they took a cruise ride there. The pictures of their honeymoon were covered on social media. But in some pictures, Ben Affleck was seen sleeping, due to which he came under target. Seeing the sleeping and tired pictures of Ben Affleck on honeymoon, users made a lot of memes. Users started trolling the actor without knowing the reason behind the pictures.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, Photo: ETimes
Migraine pain was the reason for sleeping
But it was later revealed that Ben Affleck was suffering from migraines, which made him very tired and sleepy. According to reports, due to migraine, Ben Affleck had to stop shooting in between several times. For this reason, he was often seen tired and sleepy. After the real reason behind Ben Affleck sleeping on his honeymoon was revealed, the fans sympathized with the actor.
Ben Affleck sleeping on honeymoon, Photo: Twitter
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Love Story
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met in 2002 during the shooting of the film Gigli. At that time Jennifer was already married. But when Ben Affleck expressed his love for Jennifer Lopez in an interview, the actress divorced her husband Chris. She and Ben Affleck are later seen hanging out together.


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The UK has halted aid funding for Oxfam following allegations of sexual misconduct made against staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The charity confirmed last week that two members of staff in the DRC were suspended as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of abuses of power, including bullying and sexual misconduct.
In a statement on Wednesday night, the Foreign Office (FCDO) said: “All organisations bidding for UK aid must meet the high standards of safeguarding required to keep the people they work with safe.
“Given the most recent reports, which call into question Oxfam’s ability to meet those standards, we will not consider any new funding to Oxfam until the issues have been resolved.”
An Oxfam spokesperson said the charity was aware of the statement and was seeking further information, adding: “The Charity Commission and FCDO have been notified appropriately and we will continue to keep them informed as the investigation concludes its work.”
Oxfam has been active in the DRC since 1961, with its work focused primarily on humanitarian projects such as providing long-term access to clean drinking water.
The charity has been under the spotlight in recent years after the Charity Commission determined in 2019 it had not fully disclosed allegations that staff working in disaster zones had sexually abused children.
In February, strict supervision of Oxfam by the Charity Commission had been lifted after it implemented “significant” reforms prompted by a 2019 report into conduct by its staff after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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Owning dogs, especially taking care of the small munsterlander, is old hat for people across the globe. Some experts postulate dogs were domesticated sometime between 12,000 and 25,000 years ago—and that all dogs evolved from the wolf. Since those days, we have selectively bred more than four hundred different breeds, varying in size from four-pound teacup poodles all the way up to Irish wolfhounds, whose three-ft stature has earned them the distinction of tallest dog. But the most widespread canines are non-pedigree dogs—the one-of-a-kind dogs known as mixed-breeds. The small munsterlander is another favorite choice among dog owners. Some owners are unaware, however, of many important small munsterlander care tips.
Typical cost of care for the small munsterlander
The yearly budget for taking care of your small munsterlander—including everything from food and treats, veterinary care, toys and license—can vary between four hundred twenty and $780. This is not even including capital expenses for spay/neuter surgery, dog collar and leash, dog carrier and a crate. Note: Be positive you have all the required supplies before bringing your small munsterlander home for the 1st time.
Typical small munsterlander Care
Feeding your small munsterlander
- small munsterlander pups between 8 and twelve weeks old need 4 bowls of food per day.
- Feed small munsterlander puppies 3 to 6 months old 3 meals a day.
- Feed pups six months old to 1 year old 2 meals in a day.
- When your small munsterlander hits her 1st birthday, one bowl in a day is typically sufficient.
- Sometimes small munsterlanders, however, prefer 2 lighter bowls. It’s your duty to learn your small munsterlander’s eating tendencies.
High-quality dry dog food ensures balanced nutrition to grown small munsterlanders and can mix with broth, water, or canned food. Your small munsterlander may enjoy cottage cheese, fruits and vegetables, and cooked eggs, but these foods shouldn’t result in more than ten pct of his daily food intake. small munsterlander puppies ought to be fed excellent-quality, name brand puppy food. Please limit “people food”, though, since it can result in mineral and vitamin imbalances, bone and teeth problems, and might result in some very picky food choices and obesity. Clean, fresh water should be made exclusively, and be sure to clean food and water bowls very often.
small munsterlander Care Tips: Make sure your small munsterlander does plenty of daily exercise
small munsterlanders must get some daily exercise to stay in shape, stimulate their minds, and stay healthy. Daily activity also really helps small munsterlanders fight boredom, which would often lead to difficult behavior. A little fun and games will appease most of your small munsterlander’s instinctual urges to herd, dig, chase, retrieve and chew. Individual exercise needs can depend on your small munsterlander’s age and his level of health—but 10 minutes in the backyard and a couple of walks down the street every day probably won’t be sufficient. If your small munsterlander is a 6 to eighteen month adolescent, her requirements will be more.
small munsterlander Grooming Tips
You can help keep your small munsterlander clean and reduce shedding with brushing. Inspect for fleas and ticks every day during warm weather. Many small munsterlanders don’t need a bath more than a few times a year. Before bathing, comb or cut out any mats from the small munsterlander’s hair. Carefully rinse all soap from the coat, or the dirt will stick to the soap residue.
small munsterlander Handling
Puppies, as opposed to adults, are clearly easier to manage. When carrying the small munsterlander pup, put one of your hands under the dog’s chest, either with your forearm or your other hand supporting her hind legs and rear. Never attempt to grab or lift your pup by her forelegs, tail or back of the neck. When you have to lift a larger, adult small munsterlander, lift from the underside, supporting her chest with one of your arms and rear end with the other.
How to House the small munsterlander
Your small munsterlander needs a warm quiet place to rest apart from all the breezes and off the ground or floor. You may want to think about purchasing a dog bed, or feel like making one out of a wood box. Put a clean sheet, blanket, comforter, or pillow inside the bed as cushion. Wash your small munsterlander’s bed covering often. If your small munsterlander will be spending a lot of time outdoors, be sure he has access to plenty of cool water and covering in the summer, and a dry, covered, warm area when it’s cold.
small munsterlander Licensing
Your community has licensing regulations to heed. Be sure to affix the license to your small munsterlander’s collar. This, together with an identification tag or tattoo, could help you recover your small munsterlander should he become lost.
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small munsterlander Training
Well-behaved, companion small munsterlanders are truly a blessing to raise. But left untrained, your small munsterlander can be a headache. Teaching your small munsterlander the minimums—”Stay”, “Come”, “Down”, “Heel”, “Off”, “Sit”, and “Leave it”—bolsters your relationship both with your pooch and your company. If you’re the owner of a puppy, start teaching her the appropriate responses quickly! Snacks can be used as incentive and recognition. Puppies should start obedience courses when they have been adequately vaccinated. Contact the local humane society or SPCA for information about obedience courses. It is best to keep your small munsterlander leashed while in public, even as a puppy. Be sure your doggie will come back to you when you tell her to. An aggressive or disobedient small munsterlander should not play with other people.
Your small munsterlander’s Health
small munsterlanders should see the veterinarian for a thorough screening, vaccinations and a heartworm examination each year, and immediately if he is ill or hurt.
About your small munsterlander’s Dental Health
Although we may simply dislike our small munsterlander’s bad breath, it’s important to be aware of what it might be a sign of. Foul-smelling breath is most commonly an indication that your small munsterlander should get an oral exam. Dental plaque caused by germs results in a bad stench that can only be freshened with the help of a professional. After you give your small munsterlander a professional cleaning, her teeth and gums can be maintained by eliminating table food, feeding a special diet focused on maintaining dental health, and brushing regularly. The vet can supply you with other info for minimizing periodontal problems and halitosis. You can clean your small munsterlander’s teeth using a doggie paste or a paste made of baking soda and water a few times a week. Use a child’s soft toothbrush, a gauze pad or a piece of nylon pantyhose stretched over your finger. Periodontal disease,which is an infection between the tooth and the gum, sometimes affects small munsterlanders. Frequently, tooth loss happens because of periodontal infection. Disease will sometimes also propagate to the rest of your small munsterlander’s body. Your vet will sometimes brush your small munsterlander’s teeth while performing her regular health exam.
Halitosis in small munsterlanders
Even though dental disease alone is not that serious if it is detected early, the foul odors may also indicate more serious, chronic causes for concern. Intestinal or liver diseases sometimes also cause halitosis, and a sweet, even pleasant smell can often be indicative of diabetes. Kidney disease is a possible reason if your small munsterlander’s breath smells like urine or ammonia. Set an appointment with a veterinarian whenever your small munsterlander has halitosis along with other signs of disease like excessive urinating or drinking, depression or lethargy, weight loss, nausea, or decreased appetite.
Dealing with Fleas and Ticks in small munsterlanders
Daily, regular inspections of your small munsterlander for fleas and ticks throughout the summer are vital. Use a flea comb to remove fleas. There are many new techniques of tick mitigation. Visit your veterinarian about these and other options.
Heartworms in small munsterlanders
This parasite lives in the heart and passes from a contaminated dog to your small munsterlander by mosquitoes. Heartworm infestations are known to be fatal. Your small munsterlander should have a blood test for heartworms each and every spring—this is required to stop infestations from the past year. A once-a-month tablet given throughout the course of the warm, wet time of the year can protect your small munsterlander. Your small munsterlander should be on heartworm medication throughout a winter trip to a warmer climate. In some warmer regions, veterinarians recommend preemptive parasite medication year round.
Poisions and Medicines
If you’re pondering giving your small munsterlander medication that was not prescribed for him by his vet, forget about it. Just one ibuprofen tablet is known to cause stomach ulcers in small munsterlanders. Keep rat poison and other rodenticides away from your small munsterlander. Be sure you call your dog’s doctor if you believe your small munsterlander has ingested poison. You can also immediately call the ASPCA Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 for 24 hour help.
small munsterlanders: Neutering and Spaying
Female small munsterlanders should be spayed—the extraction of the uterus and ovaries—and males neutered—removal of the testes—by 6 months of age. You usually will greatly reduce your female’s chance of breast cancer by spaying before maturity. Spaying also eliminates the possibility of a diseased uterus, a traumatic condition in more mature females that can only be treated with surgery and intensive medical care. Prostate diseases, testicular cancer, certain aggressive behavior and some hernias are preventable by neutering male small munsterlanders.
Vaccinating your small munsterlander
- Your small munsterlander pup should be vaccinated with a combination shot (called the “five-in-one”) at 2, three and 4 months of age, and then once every year. This vaccine immunizes your pup from hepatitis, leptospirosis, parvovirus, parainfluenza, and distemper. Your small munsterlander puppy’s vaccination regimen cannot be completed prior to four months old.
- If you have an uninnoculated small munsterlander older than 4 or five months, he will need a set of two vaccinations given 2 or three weeks apart, followed by a yearly immunization.
- Your small munsterlander puppy’s socialization should coincide with his innoculation program. Many doctors advise that new owners bring their small munsterlander pups to socialization classes, beginning at 8 or 9 weeks old. At this age, they should have already received at least their first series of vaccines.
Because regulations are so different around the country, contact your neighborhood veterinarian for information about rabies innoculation. For instance, New York City laws declare that pets older than three months be vaccinated for rabies. After the original shot, you must get a second innoculation the next year, and then every three years after that. There are many innoculations, many of which are appropriate for your small munsterlander. There are others that are not, however. Ask your small munsterlander’s vet for her recommendation. By the way, if your small munsterlander gets sick because she is not properly vaccinated, do not administer the innoculation until the dog has made a full recovery.
Roundworms in small munsterlanders
small munsterlanders are often exposed to worms—especially in rural areas. Eggs that carry intestinal worms are transmitted through a dog’s feces. Most pups, even from healthy mothers in good homes, carry intestinal worms. The key to effective treatment is early detection. This will make certain that the medication is effective against the worms your small munsterlander has. A dewormer that eliminates roundworms, for example, can’t kill tapeworms. Your small munsterlander’s doctor can best define the culprit—and prescribe the best medication.
small munsterlander: Miscellaneous Care Tips
small munsterlander Supply Checklist
- Top-quality dog food and snacks specifically for small munsterlanders and similarly-sized dogs
- Food bowl
- Water bowl
- Toys, toys and more toys, including safe chew toys
- Comb and brush for grooming, including flea comb
- Collar with identification tag and license
- Quality leash
- Carrier (for puppies)
- Training crate
- Box or dog bed with quilt or towel
- Doggie toothbrush
Warnings to be Heeded
The following items should never be fed to small munsterlanders:
- Alcohol, beer, wine or liquor
- Caffeinated foods, like coffee, tea or chocolate
- Raisins & grapes
- Spoiled or moldy food
- Onions, chives & garlic
- Bones of chicken, turkey, or any other animal (choking hazard)
- Salt & salty foods
- Tomato leaves, stems or unripe fruit
Unless you are at home, or in a fenced-in, secured place, keep your small munsterlander on a leash at all times. And please, when your small munsterlander defecates on your neighbor’s lawn, remove it! Don’t forget to check out these other articles about small munsterlanders
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Providence to Cape Cod
Can anyone tell me a good route from Providence to the CC rail trail?
hmmm. I'm from New Bedford and I'm yet to find a safe route to the Cape. Route 6 seems like the only viable way to get there and its not really that safe. Maybe route 105 through Rochester and Marion...
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Send me a P.M. if you want details. I do that all the time.
Last year I did it once a week, to the Canal and back to East Providence.
Forget route 6. I've done it on route 6 too. That is the worst possible bike road in the area.
Up above New Bedford airport that road, can take you out to the cape very nicely. I do go through Rochester. I don't use 105 but I do cross it. From East Providence I use three nice routes or a variation of them.
The Rubels bike map of that area is something you must have !! It can be ordered on line. With that you can make your own route in ten minutes. You really need a map even if I give you detailed instructions.
To try it without a map is silly. Road signs can be stolen, road work can have detours etc.
2manybikes knows these roads better than anybody, but if you are a NBW member you can download the Plymouth Centry ride map.
That ride starts on Rte 44 on the RI/MA border and goes to Plymouth rock and then down to Myles Standish State Forest, a short detour there could get you to Wareham? While not the quickest way to go from point A to point B, it might at least you give you ideas of suitable roads and the route might still have arrows painted.
The Plymouth Century is one of my favorite NBW rides.
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2manybikes has talked cdale56 into taking a wrong turn ! He was right I was wrong.
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But it was scenic !
If you're new to the area NBW= Narragansett Bay Wheelmen. Rides all over every week.

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- Thursday, 24 June 2021 at 12:00 am
Thursday 24 June
The Local Government Inspectorate’s comprehensive report into the 2020 council elections details the numbers and trends of complaints we received before, during and after the election period.
Complaints to the Local Government Inspectorate about council elections in 2020 more than doubled compared to the previous general elections, with 848 formal complaints in 2020 compared to 409 in 2016.
The Inspectorate averages 500 formal complaints a year but this rises to about 36 a day during the election period, about which we issued 139 warnings and provided advice or achieved voluntary compliance in 23 cases.
Chief Municipal Inspector Michael Stefanovic AM said: “The council election period is generally a vibrant time for local government in Victoria but the pandemic and the resulting restrictions on movement created unprecedented conditions that impacted candidates, election officials and the Inspectorate staff.”
A third of all complaints were related to social media usage by candidates, community members and ratepayer groups. Social media complaints tripled, rising from 78 complaints in 2016 to 266 last year.
A total of 639 of complaints were from candidates lodging complaints against other candidates, while 67 complaints were about organised groups, such as ratepayer associations and community groups.
Mr Stefanovic said: “Our report makes eight recommendations to improve the transparency, accountability and integrity of council election process. This includes the recommendation to amend the Local Government Act 2020 to encompass social media or online activity in relation to electoral material and campaigning.”
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The Pennsylvania Fish Commission has announced that 80,000 trout will be stocked in Schuylkill County this spring.
Gary L. Slutter, waterways conservation officer for the county, said about 38,200 trout will be stocked during March in 19 county lakes and streams, in addition to 42,000 more trout during he fish season, which opens April 13.
The stocking program began on Tuesday in Lizzard Creek, where 1,500 trout, including trophy palomino trout were stocked. The Mahoning Creek was stocked with 600 trout yesterday and the Neifert Creek Dam, Rabbit Run Reservoir and Bear Creek, were to be stocked today.
The remainder of the stocking schedule with the water body to be stocked, date, arrival time and location and the fish to be stocked is, Lower and Upper Little Swatara Creek, tomorrow, 10:45 a.m., Pine Grove Post Office, 3,200, trout, including some palomino for Lower Little Swatara, and 2,000 for Upper Little Swatara, and Deep Creek, Monday, 10:45 a.m., old Hegins Post Office, 3,200 trout, including trophy and smaller palomino trout.
Also, Pine Creek in Barnesville, Locust Creek and Beaver Creek, Tuesday, noon, Barnesville Post Office, 500 trout for Pine, 1,950 for Locust and 1,000 for Beaver; Whippoorwill Dam, Little Mahanoy Creek and Pine Creek in Orwigsburg, March 14, 11:30 a.m., Frackville Post Office, 1,500 trout, including trophy and smaller palomino for Whippoorwill, 500 for Little Mahanoy and 1,00 for Pine, and Pumping Station Dam and Little Catawissa Creek, March 18, 11 a.m., Frackville Post Office, 2,000 trout, including trophy and smaller palomino for Pumping Station.


text: WHA 68: Experts Discuss Delinking R&D Costs From Pricing To Make Medicines Affordable 25/05/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)The problem of drug prices eating up national health budgets has been coming up at the annual World Health Assembly. Last week, a panel of experts discussed the merits of lowering those prices by delinking research and development costs from pricing. The World Health Assembly is taking place from18-26 May. A 20 May event held at UNAIDS looked at the model used by the research-based pharmaceutical industry to recover R&D costs by charging high prices for the resulting medicines by utilising patents on them. But in recent months and years, prices have hit a point where there is more pushback from consumers and policymakers. Some are looking into ways to delink the R&D investment from pricing by finding other ways to finance the R&D in a way that does not make the drugs inaccessible to so many people. On the panel, James Love, president of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), said there are different types of delinkage models, and there is interest in feasibility studies on the issue. He suggested studies should ask how much is spent under current system, and how much of the revenue will be reinvested in R&D (for instance, if consumers spend $1000 per pill for a hepatitis C medicine, which is currently the price in the United States, how much will they getting back). The studies also should ask how much money is needed to bring about the desired level of R&D spending, how access and health outcomes would compare under delinkage and the current system, how innovation outcomes would be different, how much the delinkage system would cost, and where the money will come from, he said. It would be best if the government does the studies so they will be taken most seriously. Their prediction is that a comparison will show delinkage is a better approach. New Diagnostics Platform Francis Moussy of the World Health Organization Essential Medicines and Health Products Department, Health Systems and Innovation Cluster, said “the good news” is that there are many new diagnostics being developed. But, he said, LMICs (lower middle income countries) will further struggle to procure and maintain all the different diagnostic tools needed. He gave two examples of practical steps for facilitating development of needed point-of-care diagnostics. The first is diagnostic interoperability standards and new business models for multipurpose diagnostic platforms for LMICs. The second is a £10 million Longitude Prize for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) diagnostics. We propose a new approach for diagnostics in local healthcare centres in LMICs, which need to be able to obtain new diagnostics being developed to overcome problems in the field such as no electricity, refrigeration or trained medical staff. WHO has proposed a “low-cost, robust and open” point-of-care diagnostics platform, he said. It will combine all the various diagnostics that are potentially available to health centres wirelessly on a reader/transmitter with cartridges for multiple diseases and health conditions. WHO organising a global consultation on diagnostic interoperability standards on 11-12 June in Geneva, as the first step toward the development of the new platform, Moussy said. He said proposed further work is, in July, to create a working group to identify each interoperability standard needed, create a working group to consider new business models for developing and implementing the new diagnostic platforms, and create a consortium including diagnostic companies and other stakeholders to develop the new diagnostic platforms. On the Longitude Prize, he said in 1714 a successful contest was held to measure longitude at sea. In 2014, the public voted for resistance to antibiotics as a new prize challenge. To win you must develop a point-of-care diagnostic test that identifies whether antibiotics needed, and which ones if so. It must be needed, accurate, affordable, rapid, easy to use, scalable and other criteria. The prize has a 5-year timeline. The winner will be awarded £8million, with £2million to help with development of the diagnostics. The winner can be declared any time up to 2019. Entries are assessed every 4 months. So far there are 60 competing teams, from every continent, for the first entry deadline of 31 May. Alexandra Heumber, head of policy affairs at Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), said the group has developed several new treatments but faces a number of challenges for providing sustainable R&D. These include: intellectual property and open innovation platforms, overcoming regulatory barriers, sustainable financing and new incentives for R&D. She said DNDi tries to delinking the costs of R&D from price of products by setting a maximum price based on what patients can afford through contractual commitments. DNDi is not financed by intellectual property revenue, and enters into no partnerships without overcoming IP barriers. And example is ASAQ, which was not patented. TDR’s Pooled Fund Another speaker was Robert Terry, manager for knowledge management at TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, a collaboration hosted by WHO, which it sponsors it along with UNICEF, the UN Development Programme, and the World Bank. Terry gave some history of TDR’s involvement in delinkage and pooled funds for neglected disease research. He discussed areas of work now, such as the Global R&D Observatory established last year by WHO member states. For that, he said, “We still need to understand who’s funding what where and how.” TDR also is looking at financing R&D in different ways. TDR was given the task of developing a pooled fund, which it is now working on. Terry said he thinks prizes are an excellent approach, but may have some difficulties. The group is looking at the business plan for implementing the pooled fund, considering options with different amounts, such as $10 million, $50 million, or $100 million. They are looking back at old papers previously developed, he said. The group also has been commissioned to do a study on new ideas for putting forward products, managing conflict of interest. He said there is no one place to see everything that’s out there. They will map where the priorities are to be worked on. He noted that he spoke at an event organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization. Terry also made the remark that “We hear about market failure but don’t hear about public sector failure.” He highlighted new funds coming in from countries like Brazil, India, South Africa, and possibly China. MSF 3P Project for TB Katy Athersuch of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors without Borders), talked about the public health group’s 3P Project against tuberculosis. The 3P (Pull Pool Push) Project aims at developing “affordable, effective new drug regimens to treat tuberculosis, an ancient disease that still kills 1.5 million people a year,” according to MSF’s 3P Project website. New treatments are urgently needed, particularly for drug-resistant forms of the disease, MSF says. Current drug regimens are “lengthy, toxic, expensive and only about 50% effective.” The 3P Project “uses an open collaborative approach to conduct drug research and development (R&D), and uses novel approaches to finance and coordinate the process,” it says. Athersuch said “Pull Pool Push” works like this: They pull in new developer, stock up the pipeline, then pool compounds so anyone in the pool can use them. Then they have to wait for each drug to work its way through the pipeline. And then they push through the most promising, test combinations. Under this approach, sales price is delinked from cost of developing the drug, she said, adding that this “will transform way we develop drugs.” Annual global research funding for TB is not meeting goals, Athersuch said. What the health community is “would really love to see” is a combination treatment that would work for everyone, without the severe side effects. For tuberculosis, there needs to be new R&D, and new ways to re-engage with investors, she said. Wouter Deelder, a consultant with Dalberg in Geneva, said there is a “very sparse pipeline”, with severe gaps, and that companies lack incentives. The TB market might be a good way to look at some of these other diseases, he said. A plan might accommodate new actors, design a pool, offer a prize relatively early in the pipeline, hand off those compounds where available for developers, then finance it by push funding, he said. MSF is trying to build coalition to move this forward, make it a test case, he added. In questions and answers, health foundation PATH raised a question of how to deal with regulatory barriers. Peter Beyer of the WHO said the MSF TB model is interesting, and noted that at this World Health Assembly there is an antimicrobial resistance action plan. He asked who would own the molecules. He also said he would be interested to work on WHO side on this. An MSF representative in the audience said the group does not equate this effort with deregulation. The question, he said, is more how do we strengthen regulation at country level. Event moderator Martin Khor of the intergovernmental South Centre said there might be a need for a global fund for R&D. He closed with a challenge to WHO: “You are the leader of the global health community, whether we like it or not, so please come up with solutions.” Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related William New may be reached at email@example.com."WHA 68: Experts Discuss Delinking R&D Costs From Pricing To Make Medicines Affordable" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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I would like to rent a car in Florence and drive and see Chianti for half a day as that's all I can squeeze in my schedule. Maybe leave Florence around noon and come back late evening. Is that possible?
I'd suggest heading south out of Florence on the SS222 or Chiantigiana road toward Greve in Chianti, there are several wineries right before Greve that you can visit without advance bookings and do wine tastings. You'll enjoy the views and landscape - keep heading to Panzano for more great views, then on to Castellina in Chianti. From Castellina there are two fabulous roads you can take with more views - the one toward Staggia or the one toward Poggibonsi, you won't regret taking either... you'll eventually end up at the Firenze-Siena roadway, that is the fastest road to take back up to Florence at the end of your evening. But if you have time, and are near Staggia, you could also get to Monteriggioni, maybe have your dinner there before heading back to Florence.
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The runabout category has struggled to bounce back post-recession, but the ski and high-performance market has performed well for the last couple of years. That’s according to Jack Ellis of Florida-based Info-Link, who says the segment has exceeded growth in 2003 in several markets. “Ski boats used to be about a 12,000-unit market at one…more
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Will Edwards and his family have been farming at New Farm in the fertile Lincolnshire Fens since the 1700`s. Originally, conventional methods were used to produce the extensive range of crops grown here. However, when Will’s father began experiencing health problems after the annual crop spraying, such as headaches and other debilitating side effects, it prompted Will`s mother to investigate alternative, less chemically based ways of growing food.
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A good friend is like a good teammate. They celebrate with you, they have your back, and they know what makes you special. In the game of life, we all need teammates, but not everyone has them. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are among the most at-risk groups to experience loneliness, isolation, and bullying. Best Buddies directly addresses this need through their friendship programs, and I am committed to joining them in the fight.
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: Joe has been really sensitive to sounds this week. I took him to the doctor to have his ears rechecked because he had infection a couple of weeks ago. He keeps holding his hands over his ears and yesterday he plugged his ears because the sound of his brothers footsteps was bothering him. His ears aren't infected.
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|Journal:||Advanced Materials||Abstract:||The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) through the two-electron oxygen reduction reaction is a promising alternative to the industrial anthraquinone oxidation process. Selectivity to H2 O2 is however limited by the four-electron pathway during oxygen reduction. Herein, it is reported that aminoanthraquinone confined isolated metal sites on carbon supports selectively steer oxygen reduction to H2 O2 through the two-electron pathway. Confining isolated NiNx sites under aminoanthraquinone increases the selectivity to H2 O2 from below 55% to above 80% over a wide potential range. Spectroscopy characterization and density functional theory calculations indicate that isolated NiNx sites are confined within a nanochannel formed between the molecule and the carbon support. The confinement reduces the thermodynamic barrier for OOH* desorption versus further dissociation, thus increasing the selectivity to H2 O2 . It is revealed how tailoring noncovalent interactions beyond the binding site can empower electrocatalysts for the direct synthesis of H2 O2 through oxygen reduction.||URI:||https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160708||ISSN:||0935-9648||DOI:||10.1002/adma.202104891||Schools:||School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
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