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Aetna has announced that it will delay a proposed policy that would stop covering the costs of using anesthesiologists during colonoscopies. A group of New Jersey doctors led the effort to prevent the policy from becoming enforced. John D. Fanburg, the Health Law Practice Group Chair at WolfBlock in Roseland, represented the physicians that led this effort, specifically the New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists and the New Jersey Gastroenterology Society.
WolfBlock has announced that Gerard S. Cantalanello has joined the firm as partner in the Financial Services Practice Group and a leader of the firm's bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice. He represents debtors, creditors, creditors' committees, financial institutions, liquidation trusts, equity holders, trustees and acquirers of assets of troubled companies in formal bankruptcy proceedings, as well as in out-of-court workouts. Prior to joining WolfBlock, Mr. Caralanello was a partner in Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP.
Renee C. Mattei Myers, a partner in WolfBlock's Employment Services Practice Group, was recently elected president of the Dauphin County Bar Association. She will officially assume the presidency in January 2009. Currently serving as the Harrisburg representative for the firm's equal employment opportunities committee, Ms. Mattei Myers concentrates her practice on employment litigation and training.

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Prep 20 mins
Cook 35 mins
So very delicious.
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
- 4 slices cooked crisp bacon, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 lb tomatoes, wedges drained
- 1⁄2 cup grated cheese
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 lbs ground beef or 2 lbs beef chuck or 2 lbs beef round steak
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 dash Tabasco sauce
- 12 stuffed olives, sliced
- 1 green pepper, seeded & cut into rings
- Thoroughly mix chopped (not the sliced one) onion, beef, bacon, egg, & seasonings.
- Line a shallow baking pan with foil, grease.
- Shape meat mixture on foil int o a 2-inch thick oval.
- Top with drained tomatoes, olives, & cheese.
- Arrange green peppers & onion rings over all.
- Bake at 400F for 35-40 minute.

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Apex Legends Season 12 has launched worldwide and with Apex just hitting its most active players on Steam ever, its safe to say the games in a good spot as of now.
With players going back to Olympus the Legends players are choosing this season aren't too surprising to most players, but there are some shifts in th meta we're going to talk about.
Who Are The Most Picked Legends In Apex Legends Season 12
With the Crypto improvements and Caustic nerfs that came with the release of Season 12, many players thought we'd see the rise of new Legends atop the meta.
With Olympus being larger in scale compared to World's Edge with a lot of open area's, there's no surprise Octane is number one among players most picked characters this season.
As for others, below is a rundown of the pickrate for all Legends in Season 12 of Apex!

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The Straits of Tiran is located at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba, bordered to the west by the coast of the Sinai and east of the island of Tiran. It is only 5 kilometers wide. In the middle of this channel we can find four beautiful coral reefs highly appreciated by divers who take the north diving route of the Red Sea. These reefs have been named after British cartographers from the nineteenth century that drew the first nautical map of this region: Jackson Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Thomas Reef and Gordon Reef.
The strong currents that run through the strait are loaded with plankton and other nutrients that feed corals that growth very healthy. In this strait we can find some of the most beautiful coral gardens, healthy and shining in the entire Red Sea.
The healthy coral reefs have created an ideal habitat for many small and medium fish of all colors which also attracts large pelagic fish such as barracuda, jacks, eagle rays, tunas, whales, sea turtles and sharks.
The Straits of Tiran has everything a recreational diver is searching for: healthy and colorful corals, beautiful and varied reef life and some adrenaline diving with large predators and strong currents.
Tiran Straits Reefs
Jackson Reef is surrounded by steep walls full of the best coral in the Sinai region and possibly in the entire Red Sea. Soft and hard corals, gorgonians, anemones, sea whips, black coral … Apart from the huge variety of reef fish, the main attraction to this point is the concentration of sharks, from hammerhead sharks to guitar sharks, tiger sharks, or leopard sharks, especially during summer.
Woodhouse Reef is a long, narrow reef with stunning coral formations, including black corals from 22 meters deep. Extraordinary reef species such as surgeon fish, triggerfish, butterfly fish or angelfish share space with pelagic species such as tunas, sea turtles or mackerel.
The top of Thomas Reef is an explosion of color with a some of the finest soft coral of the the entire Sinai region and where you can find large gorgonian fans and excellent coral gardens with table and elkhorn coral. A must dive are the sand plateaus where you can find several whitetip sharks and leopard sharks.
The topography of Gordon Reef and the diving is quite diverse, with irregular sections, sandy plateaus and beautiful coral garden. In the middle of the slope there is a particularly interesting area with a sandy bottom appreciated by divers because of the great variety of shark species that can be seen there.

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CONCRETE MATERIALS Technology of Material II TKS 4012 Prepared by email@example.com
Overview What is concrete made of? Why do we use concrete? How do we use concrete? Where is concrete used? Why is concrete often reinforced? Why do we use solid waste as an aggregate in concrete?
Constituent Materials Cement Water Coarse aggregate Fine aggregate Admixtures
Cement Cement is a building material made by grinding calcined limestone and clay into a fine powder. When mixed with water, it will harden as it undergoes chemical changes.
Cement (cont’d) Portland Cement: limestone, shale, and clay. Chemical Composition: CaO (lime) Al 2 O 3 (Alumina) SO 3 (Sulfite)
Water We all know what water is …! In general, consumable water can be used in concrete making.
Coarse aggregate This is an aggregate that is usually close to ¼ inch (5 mm) in diameter or larger.
Fine aggregate This is an aggregate that is usually very small/fine, such as sand (< 5 mm).
Admixtures ASTM C 494 Descriptions of Admixtures Types: A : water reducing admixtures B : retarding admixtures C : accelerating admixtures D : water reducing & retarding admixtures E : water reducing & accelerating admixtures F : water reducing, high range & accelerating admixtures G : water reducing, high range & retarding admixtures
Concrete A mixture of two components: Paste (25-40%) Aggregates (60-75%) and Air
Paste Comprises of: a binder (cement) Water Entrapped air or purposely entrained air
Mortar Comprises of: a binder (cement) Fine aggregate Water
The chemical reaction of paste: 2(3CaO.SiO 2 ) + 6H 2 O 3CaO.2SiO 2.3H 2 O + 3Ca(OH) 2 2(3CaO.SiO 2 ) + 6H 2 O 3CaO.2SiO 2.3H 2 O + 3Ca(OH) 2 Where: CaO.SiO 2 : calsium silicate H 2 0: water CaO.SiO 2.H 2 O: tobermorite (hard) Ca(OH) 2 : calsium hydroxide (free) Chemical reaction
Aggregates Comprises of : Sand (fine aggregates) Gravel or crushed stone (coarse aggregates)
Volume distribution Percentage volume distribution of materials in concrete:
Mixing The main concern is characteristic compressive strength based on specific design codes. Manual or Machine?
Placing Considering about the height of fall to avoid segregation (pumping and vertical bucket). Compacting by using a vibrator or manual? Internal or external?
Curing Over time concrete will cure, which is a hardening process. Concrete has a 28 day curing time, this is the amount of time it takes to be considered completely cured.
Forms A form is the mold for setting concrete into a desired shape.
Why is concrete used? Economics Inexpensive, readily available Material Properties Long Lasting Molded into a desired shape Great insulator Hard Great Compressive Strength
Waste aggregates Why is it important to use solid waste as an aggregate in concrete?
Environmental Preservation New Material Properties Recycled tires (crumb rubber) Insensitive to water Broken Bricks Fire resistant Plastic Greater resistance to freeze-thaw cycles Glass, PVC, Wood Chips and several others Waste aggregates (cont’d)
Fresh Concrete Properties of Fresh Concrete: Workability Hydration Setting time Hardening Segregation Bleeding
Hardened Concrete Properties of hardened concrete: Strength (compressive & tensile) Unit Weight Resistance to freezing and thawing Permeability and water tightness Abrasion Resistance Volume Stability (creep & shrinkage) Control of cracking
Influence factors Influence factors on compressive strength of concrete: Age Density w/c ratio Amount of cement Type of cement Type of aggregate
Types of concrete Based on its compressive strength: Plain Concrete (< 10MPa) Ordinary/Normal Concrete (10 – 30MPa) Prestressed Concrete(30 – 40MPa) High Performance Concrete/HPC(40 – 80MPa) Ultra High Performance Concrete/UHPC (> 80MPa)
Types of Concrete (cont’d) Based on its unit weight: 1. Ultra Lightweight Concrete(< 1.000 kg/m 3 ) for non structural 2. Lightweight Concrete(1.000 – 2.000 kg/m 3 ) for lightweight structure 3. Normal Concrete(2.000 – 3.000 kg/m 3 ) for structural 4.Heavyweight Concrete(> 3.000 kg/m 3 ) for radiation shield structure


Stolen car ends up in Clay County lake
HITTERDAL, Minn. - Two vehicle thefts overnight Saturday in Clay County ended with one car submerged in a lake near here.
The first car, stolen from Hawley, was found in a lake by Clay County sheriff's deputies, said Sheriff Bill Berquist.
Deputies found the second car, stolen later from Hitterdal, on Sunday morning on a nearby gravel road, Berquist said.
There were no suspects as of Sunday afternoon, he said.
Hitterdal is about 30 miles northeast of Fargo.
Clay deputies are busy fighting the flood, but that doesn't seem to matter to the thieves, Berquist said.
"Criminals are criminals," he said.


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American author Frederick Buechner says your vocation ought to be the place “where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” His words seem to have taken root in the millennial generation, for whom mission matters as much as compensation, title and lifestyle. Of course those other things are important too, but studies and experience have shown an undeniable insistence on social principle coming from the millennial talent entering the workforce. More than 50% of millennials report that the charitable companies supported by organizations influence their decisions on where to work, and a recent study by Futurestep found that when weighing job options, 38% of millennials say that aligning with the vision of the organization is what matters. Only 18% of those surveyed identified job title and pay as deciding factors.
What you stand for should be substantive.
While your organization shouldn’t claim (or attempt!) to address all of society’s challenges, employees want to believe that they are a part of work that matters. This goes deeper than donning matching t-shirts and gardening for one weekend a year. In his article for Forbes on the subject, CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, Barry Salzberg warns, “Did I mention that this media-savvy generation is also jaded and suspicious? Unimpressed by title, well traveled and immune to P.R. in the old sense? To anyone who imagines their heartstrings can be nimbly plucked, good luck.” A survey conducted by Salzberg’s company identified areas of most concern to millennials to be resource scarcity, climate change and income equality.
Business is part of the solution.
It is encouraging to note, especially in the wake of the Occupy movement and other demonstrations that might suggest otherwise, that millennials are putting their trust back in business. Another Deloitte survey found 86% of respondents believe business will have at least as much potential as government to meet society’s challenges, and more than half believe business will have a greater impact than anything else. Young talent doesn’t necessarily feel the need to break the mold to affect change, they believe it can happen through structures that are already in place.
Mission is something you do.
It isn’t enough to give lip service to causes and concerns. Millennials are already highly active, with many in this demographic giving to charities, volunteering and signing petitions in the last year. They are eager to volunteer through their workplace and many organizations are making this possible. Does your company partner with any nonprofits that are aligned with your platform? Are you open to creative volunteer experiences that might utilize the skills of your employees in an ongoing way? Does your senior leadership engage with and promote these programs? See here for more great ideas on how to build effective partnerships with nonprofits.
By 2025, millennials will represent 75% of the global workforce, so it’s important to understand how to attract, retain and motivate this demographic. And if you fall into this age group, I would urge you to articulate your personal mission. There is a lot to care about and change can happen when organizations and individuals strategically align around the same “deep hunger.”
Chaloner, founded in 1979 as Chaloner Associates, is a national executive search firm that focuses on recruiting mid- to senior-level communications, public relations, marketing and investor relations professionals.

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"A freak accident catapults an unknown actor into stardom. But how long will his lies keep everyone at bay?"08 June 200685 mins
Farce about the casting of a gay actor in a gay role on a television series which had previously been played by a straight man. When the original star of a fictional gay-themed action series called "Espionage" unexpectedly dies, network executives go looking for a new actor. They cast Kerry Mitchell (Scott Victor Nelson), unknown, but also openly gay. They spin the idea of an openly gay actor playing a gay role is something new and refreshing. As Kerry gets prepared for the media onslaught, he is also hiding something which could ruin everything! Also starring Matthew Jett Schaefer and Gabrielle Docktor in this independent "mocumentary" style film co-written and co-directed by Mike Heim and Christopher Long.
Four Weddings And A Funeral is a British comedy about a British Man named Charles and an American Woman named Carrie who go through numerous weddings before they determine if they are right for one another.
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny.
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events.
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.


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Toronto-area transit agencies are experiencing an increase in reports of homeless people frequenting vehicles and stations during the COVID-19 pandemic as regular supports for the region’s vulnerable shut down.
TTC spokesperson Stuart Green said that despite ridership on the city’s network plunging by 80 per cent since the start of the outbreak, the agency has experienced a higher number of service calls for “vulnerable individuals,” a group he said includes people who are experiencing homelessness or are in mental distress.
Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins said the provincial organization, which operates GO Transit, has also noticed “an increase in people seeking shelter in our stations.” GO has seen ridership fall 90 per cent.
Green said homeless people may be using the TTC more frequently, but the increase in calls from customers could also be related to the fact that homeless people are more visible now because there are fewer people using the system.
Gregory Cook, an outreach worker at Sanctuary, a downtown Toronto charity that provides services to the homeless, said vulnerable people seek refuge on the TTC during normal times, but he believes they’re turning to the transit system in larger numbers during the crisis because they have few other options.
As of this week, only about a dozen of the city’s 60 drop-in centres were open, and many of them were operating at reduced capacity. Shelters are still open, and the city says it has implemented measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the facilities, but Cook said some people are avoiding shelters out of concern that crowded conditions will expose them to the virus.
In addition to facilities designed for the homeless, other places where people are normally able to seek respite like coffee shops and libraries have also shuttered.
“People just have no options,” Cook said, adding that lower ridership has likely made transit seem a safer space for homeless people who want to avoid crowds.
While some transit riders have complained on social media about encountering marginalized people, Green said the TTC doesn’t consider homeless people using the network an inherent threat to public health.
He said the TTC recognizes the transit network is public property and the agency is “compassionate to those with nowhere else to go.” Starting this week the TTC is partnering with the city-funded Streets To Homes program to perform “pro-active outreach to assist those in need,” he said.
Green said agency employees are “are exercising discretion” in cases where people are engaged in harmless behaviour like loitering on trains or sleeping on benches, but “should a risk to public safety arise, we have staff and protocols in place to handle it.”
Aikins said most homeless people using GO Transit facilities “do not pose any risk.” But she said “a transit agency is not a social service” and isn’t equipped to provide supports that vulnerable populations need. She said transit officers on the GO system “will treat anyone in need compassionately” and “provide referrals to local municipal service providers.”
According to Aikins, earlier this month Metrolinx had to shut down the Oshawa GO station for six hours to disinfect it after a homeless person sheltering there claimed to have COVID-19. It was the third such closure since the outbreak began.
Yogi Acharya, an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, said anyone concerned about homeless people using transit during the outbreak should push “to get people into hotel rooms or housing,” a measure he said advocates have been pushing for since early in the crisis.
Acharya said the city hasn’t found places for vulnerable people “on the scale or at the pace that the current situation demands ... And so people who are homeless are doing their best to try do survive in the times of a pandemic.”
On Monday, more than 300 health workers signed a letter calling for more and better supports in Toronto for people experiencing homelessness and precarious housing during the crisis. Among their demands was for the city to quickly open more than 7,000 hotel rooms that are sitting empty.
At a media briefing Tuesday on what the city is doing to protect the homeless, Toronto’s medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa said many people who use the shelter system “have chronic health issues” and are among the most susceptible to experiencing severe illness as a result of the virus.
“I am very concerned about the devastating impact of COVID-19 on our city’s most vulnerable community,” she said.
According to the city, 30 shelter clients at seven facilities have tested positive for COVID-19 to date.
The city says that since the start of the crisis it has moved 1,000 clients of the shelter system into programs to meet their needs, including spaces in community centres, hotel rooms and permanent housing, and is on track to move 1,000 more by April 30.
It has also increased health screening and social-distancing protocols for shelter system clients, and invested $1.2 million at shelters, respite centres, and drop-ins for cleaning supplies, personal protective equipment, and wage increases for frontline staff.

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Lifesavers, charity fundraisers and litter pickers were celebrated as a Lancashire town recognised the children making it a better place.
In the second edition of the Skem First Youth Awards, children from Skelmersdale were praised for impressive achievements over the past 12 months.
Among those to be recognised was teenager Bradley Jaco, who stepped into call 999 and administer CPR when he saw a homeless man having a fit in Liverpool City Centre.
A youngster who helps care for his partially paralysed mum, fundraisers who took on worthy challenges, a girl who cut off her hair to made into a wig for a poorly child, and children who gave up their free time to clear litter in areas across the town also received accolades.
All those named as winners were given a certificate and prize hampers, made possible through sponsorship from local businesses and residents.
The awards were organised by Skem First co-founders Cllr James Upjohn and Dave Beeston and presented by Cllr Gordon Johnson, Mayor of West Lancashire Borough Council.
Cllr Upjohn said: “We created the Skem First Youth Awards last year to recognise the incredible efforts that our young people had made during 2020.
"The stories were so incredible that we decided to make it an annual event. It’s so important that we show our kids that we appreciate the fantastic things they are doing to make our borough better.
“We want to say a huge thank you to all the families raising such incredible kids too. 28 youth awards were awarded this year. That’s a four-fold increase on the seven we presented last year.
“Reading all the nominations this year made me feel so proud to live in this town. I really do think we’ve got a great future ahead.
“Thank you so much to all the residents and businesses that sponsored Cadbury’s Hamper for each winner and also to the Mayor of West Lancashire for presenting the awards and providing each winner with a signed certificate on behalf of West Lancashire Borough Council.”
Speaking after the ceremony, Cllr Johnson said: “It was a privilege to meet some fantastic young people nominated for awards.
“The young people I met had been nominated for their hard work and dedication in making our borough a better place and it was an honour to be asked to present them with certificates in recognition of their achievements.”
Here are the worthy winners of the Skem First Youth Awards 2021.
Aged 16, Bradley was walking along Church Street in Liverpool City Centre in May when he noticed a homeless man having a fit. He dialled 999 when the homeless man stopped breathing and the operator talked him through giving the man CPR.
Despite never having done this before, he managed to assist while being given instructions over the phone and helped the man until paramedics arrived and took the man to hospital. The man was saved thanks to the incredible actions of Bradley.
In the days after the incident, a spokesperson for North West Ambulance Service said: “We commend Bradley’s actions in calling 999 and providing immediate care for the man prior to paramedics arriving.
“We also would encourage everyone to learn CPR and other first-aid skills, as you never know if you might need to provide life-saving treatment to a family member, friend or even a stranger in an emergency.”
Alongside his dad Mike, Logan regularly spends time litter picking in Skelmersdale, clearing away large amounts of dumped rubbish on a regular basis.
Cllr Upjohn said: “Logan is out around the Tawd and amphitheatre collecting bags and bags of rubbish every month.
“We really appreciate the effort he puts in.”
A year seven pupil at Our Ladies Queen of Peace, Sophie was nominated for donating her hair to The Princes Trust. She wanted the hair to be turned into a wig for a child who had lost their own hair and made the incredible donation for the second time in her life.
Adam’s mum Clare Woolley was partially paralysed in April and Adam has been on hand every night to make sure she has everything she needs.
Cllr Upjohn said: “We think he’s absolutely amazing and very worthy of winning a Skem First Youth Award too.”
Kayden and Jacob Ingram
Kayden and Jacob walked up the 912ft Moel Famau in Wales dressed as astronauts on the hottest day of the year. They raised money for baby loss charities Elsie’s Moon and Beyond Bea after their baby cousin was born sleeping.
Scarlet and Ruby Glover
Alonside their two-year-old brother Zach, Year 7 Lathom High School pupils Scarlet and Ruby are regularly out litter picking with their mum Emma Shuttleworth.
Cllr Upjohn said: “It’s really amazing to see so many families have taken to cleaning up our town and we couldn’t be more proud of them all.
“These kids are absolutely fantastic and a real credit to their schools, parents and community.”
In February, athletic Charlie completed the extraordinary feat of running the equivalent of two full marathons to raise money for the food bank at Woodlands Primary School.
Now in Year 4, the eight-year-old took on the challenge to help families who were struggling during the pandemic and raised more than £1,000.
Cornelius is both a determined campaigner for environmental change and a volunteer with the Friends of Tawd Valley group. He also played a big role in last weekend’s Christmas event in the town.
Cllr Upjohn said: “I first met him at a Friends of Tawd Valley meeting a couple of years ago and was amazed at a then 12-year-old boy holding his own with everything that was on the agenda.
“Cornelius is now 14 and I am so incredibly thankful for everything he does for Skelmersdale.”
Kenzie Willoughby, Seany Cullum and Ryan Burgess
Helping one of Skelmersdale’s busiest litter pickers Debbie Bond, the three boys go above and beyond in helping cleaning up their town.
Cllr Upjohn said: “These three lads are absolutely amazing with how much they do for their local community.
“All three are very worthy of Skem First Youth Awards.”
Isaac and Ameerah
Among the younger recipients of the awards, six-year-old Isaac and Ameerah, three, were recognised for helping to clean up around the Old Skem area with their mum Tracey Louise Freeman.
Ruby Daly and Willow Kilpatrick.
Cllr Upjohn said: ”These two incredible girls walked 17 miles to raise £500 for Macmillan. We think that’s such an amazing thing to do and believe the girls are very worthy winners too.”
Logan, 15, made Christmas Eve boxes to sell to family and friends and managed to raise an astonishing £1,300.
That money was then donated to Lancashire Police Dog Unit and used to fund a new police dog called Arti.
Holly, Amelie, Saoirse and Joseph
Holly, Amelie, Saoirse and Joseph are the grandchildren of Tommy Doyle, another resident who gives up his free time to improving the town.
The grandchildren don’t live in Skelmersdale but every time they visit they ask to go out litter picking with their granddad.
Cllr Upjohn said: “They are always out cleaning our town and we think they’re absolutely amazing for doing so. A real credit to their grandparents and worthy winners of Skem First Youth Awards.”
Jess and Bella
Cllr Upjohn said: “Jess & Bella are out litter picking with their mum Michelle a LOT.
“We are so appreciative of our young people out keeping our communities clean. We were absolutely thrilled that these two were nominated and were so happy to drop off their Youth Awards and certificates.”
Kaci-Rae and Carla
Kaci-Rae & Carla climbed Mount Snowden to raise money for a local child that needed specialist medical equipment, raising more than £2,000 in the process.
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A gang of drugs traffickers has been arrested after a dramatic speedboat chase across over 100 miles of the Mediterranean during which they tried to dump bags of hashish, police said on Saturday.
A video taken by a police helicopter during the five hour pursuit last week showed masked smugglers taking photographs and waving to the officers.
The five members of the gang were later arrested after their speedboat was intercepted by a customs patrol boat off the coast of Cartagena, in southeastern Spain.
Police seized two tonnes of hashish hidden in 66 packages which the gang intended to smuggle from Morocco to Valencia in Spain.
The chase started when the police helicopter spotted the 14-metre speedboat, which had two 300 horsepower engines, off the coast of Cartagena loaded with bales of drugs.
“Agents of the police and the customs, in a combined operation, detained five members who were in a drugs boat after a chase at high sea in which they tried to throw the drugs overboard,” police said in a statement.


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Radiology/Frontal Lobe Atrophy?
QUESTION: Dear Dr. Mickael K.,
I am 38 years old, and am struggling with severe and debilitating treatment resistant depression for about 3 years.
My main physical symptom since this started has been a constant and unrelenting acid burning/numbing on my left frontal lobe.
This sensation is so debilitating that has me bed-bound 90%+ of the time as gives me some degree of movement and balance difficulties, partial numbness on the left side of my face and memory and cognitive confusion.
I have done a MRI scan on 2014, about 8 months after the onset of the symptoms, and the report came normal at the time.
Considering the severity of the physical symptoms in my brain, I am wondering if I have any form of frontal lobe atrophy or degenerative condition: http://www.alzheimers.net/frontal-lobe-dementia/
My layman interpretation of the exam shows the existence of a noticeable "gap" between the frontal lobes and the skull bone,
specially visible in the sagital and axial MRI cuts, suggesting that an atrophy has been taking place:
Do you think, that attending to my executive functioning impairment this is likely to be a case of frontal lobe atrophy?
Thank you for your help,
ANSWER: Dear Joao
This space is absolutely normal. It does not indicate any atrophy.
Hope this is satisfactory of an answer.
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QUESTION: Hello Dr. Michael.
Thank you for your prompt answer,
It certainly brings me some relief, but..
Still, as I couldn't find any examples online of MRIs with this spacing, and not wanting to take much of your time, I have to ask :
1) In Image 1, sagital cut, shouldn't the brain countour be like the yellow curve instead of the abrupt angle made by the 2 red straight lines?
2) In image 1, coronal cut, doesn't the "hill" in the midline suggest that some atrophy occurred on the sides?
3) In image 2, axial cut, aren't the "venous lakes" the result of incomplete gaps created during atrophy of the underlying brain mass?
Or putting it another way: Wasn't the healthy brain supposed to fill the skull without "empty volumes" inside?
How frequent would you say these spaces are, in non-elderly, mental healthy subjects?
Apologies for insisting with these questions,
These spaces are normal and can vary is size between different people greatly. The brain is surrounded by fluid so it doesn't hit the skull and get bruised. The space is not really a space but rather fluid around the brain. These are all normal.
Hope this helps.


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Sony announced the Xperia Z Ultra back in June of 2013. The phone was introduced as a larger version of the water-resistant Xperia Z smartphone. Now, the company is hoping to sell the 6.4-inch device as a standalone tablet, too.
Sony Japan this week confirmed that it will be selling a WiFi-only version of the Xperia Z Ultra. Engadget reports that the device will launch later this week and will be priced at roughly $500.
Specswise, you're looking at a 6.44-inch full-HD Triluminos display, a 2.2 GHz quad-core CPU, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of on board storage, microSD card support for expansion of storage, an 8-megapixel camera, support for 4G LTE, and a huge 3,000 mAh battery. Of course, it's also water-resistant up to 1.5 meters for up to 30 minutes, and dust resistant, too.
In terms of hardware, the Xperia Z Ultra doesn't make for a bad tablet. Unfortunately, that price is a little hard to swallow. Sony hasn't said anything about US availability, so we don't know if this device will make it stateside. We can't help but think Sony would be better off making a dedicated Xperia Z-branded tablet as opposed to just cutting the radio from one of its phones.


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May 11, 1923 - Jul 29, 2017
On July 29, 2017, Beth Chimenti took the hand of her husband and they walked through the gates of heaven to be together for eternity.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at the Lady of the Woods Catholic Church in Dubois.
Beth Carson was born May 11, 1923 to David Carson and Jenny Rutledge in Casper Wyoming. She grew up in Casper with her brother, Hal and sisters, Doris and Dava. She graduated from Natrona County High School. After graduation the Carson family loaded up and was on their way to Alaska for a life in the new frontier, but due to WWII, civilian travel to Alaska was stopped. So Dubois became their new frontier, homesteading in the Dunoir Valley, what is now the Ramshorn guest ranch.
The isolation of ranch life for a young woman of Beth’s age, was not very appealing, so after a couple of years she chose to move back to Casper where she worked at the Casper Hospital as a nurse’s aide. Beth later took a job at the Casper Air Base as a secretary. It wasn’t long before the blonde secretary caught the eye of air force gunner, Pete Chimenti, from Brooklyn, New York. They began dating and joined the crowd “sneekin to the Beacon“ the local hot spot in Casper.
When Pete was transferred to the Air Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado Beth transferred to Denver and worked as a secretary at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. After Pete proposed on the dance floor, they married October 8, 1945 in Raton, New Mexico and lived in Colorado Springs until Pete’s tour of duty with the Air Force ended. They then moved to Brooklyn, New York and lived in the apartment on the third floor of Pete’s parents’ home, in true Italian style. New York and Pete’s large family was a new adventure for Beth. She became a mother the following year with the birth of daughter Dava and again in 1949 when Patricia arrived. Pete surprised Beth in 1950 when he told her he believed she should be closer to her family so they would be moving their family to Dubois, Wyoming. Beth took over her folk’s motel business the Carson Cabins and helped her husband Pete at his gas station along with being a full time Mother. Son Michael arrived in 1953 and son Peter, Jr in 1957. Jerry Burmiester joined the family a couple of years later and became the older brother to all of Beth’s children.
As the years passed the Carson Cabins were moved and the motel was converted into apartments which Beth managed. Beth and Pete began driving the US mail route west of town as well. When retirement came, Pete built Beth her dream home on the golf course. They spent winter months in Mesa, Arizona where Beth enjoyed playing golf and going to baseball games of the Cubs and the Braves.
After 50 years of living in Dubois, Beth and Pete moved to Riverton In 2001. When Pete passed in 2005 they were just a few months away from celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. In 2014 Beth was able to move back home to Dubois where she resided at the Warm Valley Lodge assisted living. She enjoyed seeing all her friends, living near the river and watching the wild life. Her last year was spent in Riverton.
Beth was a member of Our Lady of the Woods Catholic Church and Altar and Rosary. Over the years she provided housing and meals for the priest and nuns while they were in Dubois. She planted and cared for the church lawn, flowers, and was very proud of the large lilac bush on the front lawn that she planted. When the church had their bake sales Beth always baked her famous Maple Chiffon Cake, which was most always purchased by her husband Pete.
Beth cared for everyone and everything. She was a loving, devoted wife, mother and grandmother and loved unconditionally. She had amazing inner strength and Pete was the love of her life.
Beth was preceded in death by her husband Pete, daughter Dava (Charlie) Day, daughter-in-law Jerri Burmiester, parents David and Jenny Carson, sister Doris Carson and brother Hal Carson.
She is survived by her son Jerry Burmiester of Albuquerque, New Mexico, daughter, Patricia Buoy, of Riverton, sons, Mike (Jan) Chimenti of Thermopolis, Peter (Sheryl) Chimenti, Jr., of Dubois and Son-in-law Rodger (Karen) Day of Dubois. Grandchildren Travis (Crystal) Day, Jeffery (Jeana) Day, Angela (Rod) Wallace, Kasey (Flora) Buoy, Bria (Matt) Eisen, Carmalen (Brian) Grutsch, Brandon (Kayla) Chimenti, Cameron (Sabrina) Chimenti and Marie Roberts. Great Grandchildren Cody Day, Kyle Day, Kenzie Day, Justine Day, Jaryd Wells, Ryan Wells, Tanner Frymire, Savanna Frymire, Olivia Buoy, Abigail Buoy, Simon Buoy, Jackson Eisen, and Logan Grutsch.
Memorials may be made to Help for Health Hospice in care of Davis Funeral Home, 2203 West Main Street, Riverton, WY 82501.
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Contemporary Architecture in the Historic Environment: Recent International Perspectives | Sara Lardinois
The Getty Conservation Institute’s Contemporary Architecture in the Historic Environment (CAHE) project is developing methodologies and criteria for designing new buildings that are respectful of their historic contexts and assessing their impacts. As a first step in the project, in 2015 the Getty Conservation Institute published Contemporary Architecture in the Historic Environment: An Annotated Bibliography, which identifies a wide range of views within the international conservation, architecture planning, and development communities on what constitutes appropriate new development within an historic area and the existing methodologies and tools already in use to guide and assess such developments. This paper summarizes the results of that bibliographic research, identifying the key texts and tools, common themes in those texts, issues and questions that have seemingly been resolved, and other issues that require further attention. In doing so, this paper provides an overview of how the compatibility of contemporary buildings in historic environments has been addressed in both the United States and abroad in the recent past and identifies future trends and work in this area.

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Glitter fabric is springing up all over the place , creating a sparkling sensation wherever it goes. The trend in using glitter for visual merchandising and design has been snowballing fast the past few years. And quite right, too. OK so glitter isn’t going to suit every project, but an awful lot of people now use the fabric when it hadn’t even occurred to them to use it a few years ago.
This could be down to reasons that go hand in hand. Popularity and awareness. You cannot deny the popularity of glitter fabric in the current visual merchandising and creative scene. In turn, the fabric itself has been seen by more and more members of the public and business owners. People who may have never seen such a fabric before, now have to have it for their homes, their business and events.Continue reading “Glitter Fabric For Visual Merchandising and Display.”


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New Edition has announced their residency at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The legendary R&B group — Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, and Ralph Tresvant — will begin their residency on Feb. 28, 2024. Their six-show experience will conclude March 9, 2024.
Artist presale begins Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 10 a.m. and ends Thursday, Nov. 9 at 10 p.m. PT. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. PT.
New Edition first teased a Las Vegas residency in 2021 after signing with the talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
In 2022, they launched their headlining Culture Tour with special guests Charlie Wilson and Jodeci.
Earlier this spring, New Edition traveled across the U.S. on their headlining Legacy Tour. Keith Sweat, Guy, and Tank joined them on the road as special guests.
New Edition recently paid tribute to The Spinners at the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, held on Friday (Nov. 3).
They performed three of the soul group’s classics: “I’ll Be Around,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” and “The Rubberband Man.”
Their performance also honored Soul Train host Don Cornelius, who was also part of the 2023 inductees, along with Chaka Khan, The Spinners, Missy Elliott and more.
In June, New Edition gained three new certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Their single “Can You Stand the Rain,” from their 1988 album Heart Break, was certified 2x platinum for selling over two million equivalent units. It’s their most certified song to date.
The song peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and spent two weeks atop the list.
Additionally, they collected a platinum award for “If It Isn’t Love,” which also appears on Heart Break. The Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis-produced track peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
They also scored a gold award for “Mr. Telephone Man,” lifted from their self-titled sophomore album. The single has sold over 500,000 equivalent units to date.
Earlier this year, New Edition celebrated the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Candy Girl. Released in March 1983, the album was produced by Maurice Starr and Arthur Baker. It included the singles “Candy Girl,” “Is This the End” and “Popcorn Love.”
The album’s lead single and title track reached No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, while “Is This the End” peaked at No. 85.
They also celebrated the 35th anniversary of Heart Break, released in June 1988. It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Top R&B Albums charts.
In 2024, New Edition’s self-titled second album will turn 40, while their seventh album, One Love, will celebrate its 20th anniversary.
New Edition’s Las Vegas Residency 2024 Dates
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Why Iconix Brand Group Inc Stock Tumbled Today
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Shares ofIconix Brand Group(NASDAQ: ICON) were taking a spill on Tuesday after the fashion-brand holding company lowered its revenue guidance in its third-quarter earnings report. As of 11:00 a.m. EST, the stock was down 9.5%.
The parent of brands including Ed Hardy, Candies, and Umbro actually beat analyst estimates for the quarter. Adjusted earnings per share improved from $0.11 a year ago to $0.19, ahead of expectations of $0.17, while revenue slipped 0.4% to $90.9 million, though that also topped estimates of $88.9 million.
CEO John Haugh said the company delivered another "solid quarter," adding that "performance across brands was mixed" but the company was able to increase profits and cash flow and maintain stable revenue.
Despite beating estimates, Iconix said it expected full-year revenue to be $3 million to $5 million less than its previous guidance at the low end of its $370 million to $390 million range. That reduction was due to delayed timing in "some new men's programs, macro conditions in Europe, and some retail assets." That compares to the analyst consensus of $371.1 million.
The company maintained its full-year adjusted EPS guidance of $1.06 to $1.21, but lowered GAAP EPS guidance by $0.04, to $0.93 to $1.08, due to higher-than-expected fees from a previously disclosed SEC investigation. Analysts have projected adjusted EPS at $1.17.
Despite the guidance cut, Iconix's steps toward profitability look promising as sellling, general, and administrative expenses have fallen sharply. At a price-to-earnings ratio of less than 7, the stock could jump if the company delivers steady profit growth.
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UPDATE! DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF SAO BEING ABLE TO HOLD THE EVENT ON 4/25/20 DUE TO STATE/FEDERAL REGULATIONS REGARDING COVID-19 VIRUS OR COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE EVEN BEING OPEN WE ARE MOVING THE EVENT TO 7/18/20. TIMES REMAIN THE SAME. ALREADY REGISTERED RUNNERS, EMAIL WILL BE SENT 3/17/20 TO EXPLAIN WHAT TO DO IF DATE DOESN’T WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO HOLD THIS EVENT. SAO RACING TEAM
We are back for year 4!!! Chip Timed for 2020! Kids Heat w/ Parent new 2020! This 5k-ish is not like any other you have done (Unless you ran in a previous years race) Focus is on TEAM WORK . So recruit a teammate, or we will find one for you, and come out to a challenging 5K-ish Trail Run with a mix of dirt, grass, limestone, hills, and of course some mud . Your team can be all male, female, or coed. Your team will select the weight of the Wreck Bag to be used, 25lb or 40lb. Teams make it through the course alternating carrying the Wreck Bag however needed until the Team gets to the Finish Line. All finishers will receive a Finishers Medal and a T-shirt (register by 4/1/20 to guarantee size). Timing chip, race insurance and processing fee included. There will be Male, Female and Coed Team Awards for Competitive Heat. Or you can run for fun and choose any weight and as many team mates in the Open Heat. And for the first time we will award a Plaque to the one Masters Team that finishes first for each category in Competitive Heat (Masters= 45+ years old)
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The right selection for any automation tool is an art; that requires detailed analysis and search. It requires a lot of effort and planning to select a tool by performing detailed analysis across various tools. The effort and time invested for tool evaluation will eventually help in ensuring the success of test automation.
Many organizations get deceived by the sales executives of tool vendors, giving demo on how easy it is to create test scripts using the record/playback functionality. In many cases, organizations do not investigate how the tool is capturing the application and automating the functionalities and they buy the licenses after being inspired by the flowery words of the marketing personnel.
Eventually, they find out that the tool captures by identifying the application and its controls using coordinate positions, which is not a reliable method, and the tool gets shelved. Hence a systematic approach must be taken to evaluate tools. I recommend that the selection of automation tool be divided in to three phases:
- Requirements Gathering
- Tool selection
- Proof of Concept (POC)
We have to gather all the requirements or the expectations from the tool under evaluation respective to your environment of application. Some of the features that should be checked during requirements phase are:
- The testing tool must be compatible with operating systems that your product supports.
- The tool must be compatible with third party software that your product is integrated with.
- The tool must be version control respective to build so as to update scripts with lesser man effort.
- The organization must have the skill set for operating the respective tool.
- Management must be ready to invest on licenses or training the resources for tool.
- The extent of test coverage that can be done using the tool.
- Degree to which regression tests are possible with this tool.
- Test data setup should be supported with the tool in different formats.
- The testing tool should increase the efficiency of the testing process.
There could be more points that will help in order to map your requirements during the selection process as per company processes and requirements. These all points will set the evaluation criteria for the tool.
The second main step requires the selection of the tool as per the revelations from our evaluation criteria made in the requirements phase. One thing that must be must be known is that no tool will ever support your environment completely. So, you have to prioritize your requirements in a way that clearly identifies the most valuable features to you and the tool that best supports them.
Categorize the features for tools under consideration on following basis:
Compulsory Features: These are the features that are mandatory in order to accomplish the automation goals as per your requirements within all constraints.
Unique Features: These will be all those features that will show value/difference/uniqueness of one tool compared to the other one.
There will be some features within the tool that you do not require or that are of no use so just ignore all of them. Hence, rate all features for the tools and prioritize them as per your requirements. Shortlist the most feasible tools and perform a POC on it.
Proof of Concept
The POC is always performed on the tool(s) that you have short listed to map all of your requirements for automation testing. In order to perform the POC you have to identify some core features of the application under test along with technical constraints. Select any one scenario from a sample of common features that will be a part of POC too. Once the POC has been performed; document all the analysis, failures and success that will lead to choose the tool for automation testing. The same process will be applied on all the tools in the list.
Selecting the automation tool for testing requires intensive focused research following the process described above. This effort will cut down the time and cost risks that have the probability to appear without proper analysis of the tool.


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Censor.NET correspondent reports from the scene.
According to the protesters who chained themselves to the fence outside the Bankivska they will not remove the handcuffs and will not leave until their demands on ending torture and the release of Yulia Tymoshenko are met. One of the protesters took off his coat remaining in an embroidery shirt. They also holding a portrait of Tymoshenko.
According to the reporter, people who can be seen in Party of Regions meetings started gathering at the place where the opposition rally is happening. They stated that they have come to demand announcing today the Day of Embracing and declaring it a day off. After that, a fight erupted between them and Tymoshenko supporters. Berkut put a cordon between the two groups of protesters and blocked the driveway
Participants of the rally chanted "Freedom to political prisoners!" and holding posters with the slogans: "No to Torture", "Cannibals". Also, protesters unfurled a large banner "Freedom to Yulia and Ukraine." In addition, the protesters are collecting signatures for an open letter to the President of the Ukrainian from Ukrainian youth.
On Monday youth organizations are holding a rally "Stop political perversion" near the Presidential Administration. The youth who are not willing to tolerate immorality and outrage of the authoritarian regime set out their demands on the fulfillment of the conditions declared by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, civil disobedience, the immediate cessation of political repression, torture, falsification of absurd new criminal charges, as well as the unconditional release of Yulia Tymoshenko , Yurii Lutsenko and other political prisoners.


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If Hunter Biden, the son of leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, used his father's connections to get rich without working that hard, he has also almost certainly benefited from his dad's status to escape exactly the sort of punishments the former vice president has long advocated for illegal drug users. Critics will use new revelations about Hunter's drug past to mock the candidate as a hypocrite, but they also present a teachable moment in the war on drugs: All nonviolent users should be accorded the leniency normally reserved for the children of senators and vice presidents.
The Washington Examiner reports that as an 18-year-old, Biden "was arrested on Jersey Shore drug charges in 1988 and had his record expunged." In 2013, Biden received a special waiver about his drug past to join the U.S. Navy Reserve. (He was ultimately mustered out after testing positive for cocaine.) And in 2016, he returned a rental car in which police found his credit cards, ID, and a crack pipe; authorities declined to bring charges. In divorce papers, his ex-wife testified that he spent "extravagantly" on illegal drugs. He has been in and out of rehab and has publicly admitted that he has substance-abuse issues.
The Examiner notes, correctly, that Joe Biden is one of the chief architects of the war on drugs. The elder Biden once said that the feds should "hold every drug user accountable" because "if there were no drug users, there would be no appetite for drugs, there would be no market for them."
Between 1984 and 1990, Biden introduced dozens of pieces of legislation related to drug enforcement.
In 1984, he helped usher in the Comprehensive Control Act, which allowed law enforcement officials to seize property suspected of being used to carry out drug-related crimes. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 imposed a 100-to-1 sentencing disparity for possession of crack cocaine as opposed to powder cocaine.
In 1987, he introduced the National Narcotics Leadership Act to establish "a Cabinet-level Office of the Director of National Drug Control Policy to coordinate Federal operations and policy on drug control and abuse." In 1989, Biden sponsored legislation to ban the sale of firearms to individuals with "serious misdemeanor drug or narcotic offenses."
In 1990, Biden introduced a bill to make prior drug convictions "grounds for denying employment or for dismissal of an employee engaged in specified child care services" and for federal jobs. The bill also restricted bail for convicted drug offenders awaiting sentencing if their crime carried a maximum of a 10-year prison sentence. It required individuals to pass a mandatory drug test before being sentenced to parole, probation, or supervised release, and it established federal "military-style boot camp-style prisons" for prisoners under 25 years old who were found guilty of possession of controlled substances.
During the early 1990s, Biden spoke out publicly in support of the drug crackdown led by President George H.W. Bush.
Biden remains such a drug warrior that he opposes an end to federal prohibition of marijuana until he is convinced that it's not "a gateway drug." As Jacob Sullum writes, "that means Biden…will never support marijuana legalization."
The Examiner doesn't demonstrate that Joe Biden directly intervened to keep his son out of serious legal problems, but it doesn't have to. Everyone knows that when it comes to drug-related offenses, there is a two-tier system of justice, one for the powerful and wealthy and one for everyone else. Throwing Hunter Biden, who publicly struggles with substance-abuse problems, into prison wouldn't have accomplished anything other than wasting more tax dollars on the carceral state. Yet not everyone enjoys such freedom in a country where "1 in 5 incarcerated people is locked up for a drug offense" and more than a million arrests for drug possession are made every year.
Over the course of Joe Biden's political career—he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972—the country has undergone a sea change in its attitudes toward illegal drugs, especially marijuana. In the early 1970s, says Gallup, less than 15 percent of Americans favored legalizing weed. That figure is now 66 percent and still climbing. State and federal criminal-justice reforms show that we are rethinking the war on drugs and how best to help people with abuse problems.
The scandal isn't that Hunter Biden escaped the prison time his father sought for other drug users. It's that it has taken us so long to start reversing the damage that Joe Biden has inflicted on America.
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Acquisition of PODRAVKA Inc. shares – Notice
Pursuant to the Article 19 of the Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation, PODRAVKA Inc. (hereinafter: Issuer) hereby notifies that on 30th August 2018 ERSTE d.o.o. Mandatory and Voluntary Pension Funds management company informed the Issuer that on 28.08.2018 it has acquired the shares of the Issuer, on behalf of Erste Closed-end Voluntary Pension Fund, Nestlé Closed-end Voluntary Pension Fund and Closed-end Voluntary Road Workers Pension Fund. This Notice is provided due to the fact that Mr. Petar Vlaić, an insider on the Insider List of the Issuer – is the Member of the Supervisory Board of the Issuer – who also holds the position of the President of the Management Board of ERSTE d.o.o. Mandatory and Voluntary Pension Funds management company. Information about the transactions are stated in accordance with the Template for the Notifications Nr. 2016/523 on the transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them, and for the disclosure of those transactions, and which Template is enclosed to this Notice.


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- What Relief for Tinnitus Can You Try?
- Preventing Hearing Loss – Six Things to Look For in a Pair of Headphones
- Hearing Hero – Understanding and Coping With Sudden Hearing Loss
- Devices That Help Eliminate Tinnitus
- Hearing Hero – What a Hearing Aid Could Change in Your Life
Tinnitus may be noticeable in people with symptoms, especially tinnitus most often. Symptoms may vary depending on the severity of the condition. Ringing in the ears is usually a cardinal sign that causes the patient to feel unusual noise in the ears. Hearing Hero Many people with this condition are still aware of normal sounds but are sensitive to sounds that do not come from the area or surrounding area.
Tinnitus categories have been identified, but they all show one common symptom: tinnitus. This is not anyone who sees it, but the person who has experienced the problem. In some cases, tinnitus may be due to vascular or muscular disorders, but this is rare. However, tinnitus can be described as pulsating or synchronously suppressed by a human heartbeat.
You may also come across subjective forms of tinnitus not mentioned. Hearing Hero Review This tinnitus is the most common. In many cases, ringing in the ears is registered and treated by doctors from various institutions. It began with the sounds we hear and becomes more and more serious as the disease progresses.
What Relief for Tinnitus Can You Try?
Almost all our lives have had tinnitus symptoms, but our experience would not help to find relief from tinnitus. If you were sitting in a chair near large speakers or were too close to an explosive sound during a concert, you may hear a whistle, whistle or bell. Is Hearing Hero Legitimate For many people, the effect of this condition is short-lived, but some people call and to suffer from pain and frustration of tinnitus, this condition cannot be permanently cured. However, this is not a good cause for concern because there are ways to reduce tinnitus.
As mentioned earlier, there are ways to reduce tinnitus. What Is Hearing Hero? The main reason for this is that this disease is not treated as a disease in itself, but as a symptom of an unrecognized underlying problem that damaged some of the cells of the inner ear. Tinnitus can be caused by ear trauma, prolonged direct exposure to loud sounds, diseases, age-related hearing loss, adverse drug side effects, and many other factors. However, for victims, knowing the cause is the second most important factor in reducing tinnitus.
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- Avoid All Ear Plugs: Sucking loud noises directly into the ear canal is a reliable way to lose hearing early. Because the headphones do not have noise-suppressing properties and only bring the volume closer to sensitive areas of the ear, they cause the greatest damage. It is important to avoid such problems.
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Clockwise from top: rose, cinnamon, pistachio and coffee.  Chocolate chile halva.  Lavender halva.  From the front: chocolate orange, date, lemongrass and marble.  Caffeinated, with ground coffee beans.  Vanilla topped with Pop Rocks.  A halva dessert plate: mixed flavors and fruits.  Dessert plate of halva with dried fruit.  For a special occasion cake, just add a candle. All photos courtesy Seed + Mill.
Halva versus halvah? Who cares how to spell it*, when it tastes this good.
The sweet confection’s name derives from the Arabic word halwa, which means…sweet confection.
The best halva we can imagine comes from a relatively new company, Seed + Mill, founded by three friends in New York City, one of whom grew up in Israel.
The company was born when the latter friend couldn’t find quality tahini in the U.S., and decided to grind her own. Fresh tahini is ground on-site at their store in Chelsea Market, New York City, and sold along with other sesame-based products.
The company says that theirs is the only store in the U.S. that solely purveys sesame seed products (although we noted a frozen yogurt machine with goat’s milk yogurt).
While all products are excellent, our food-life-changing experience was engendered by the sesame-based confection, halva(h). Seed + Mill makes the most ethereal, exquisite halva we can imagine—and we have been halva-deprived, for reasons we’ll explain in a bit.
Seed + Mill distinguishes its products using white sesame seeds from Ethiopia, considered the world’s best. Known for their richness of flavor, they are grown in the area of Humera, a city in the northwest corner of Ethiopia, at the borders of Sudan and Eritrea.
Most of the sesame used for halva and tahini sold in the U.S. is made from seeds from India and Mexico, and are not as flavorful. Hence, our disappointment with the halva available to us.
Seed + Mill’s sesame seeds are shipped from Humera to Israel, where they are roasted. Some stay in for a bit in Israel, to be ground in small batches and turned into halva. Whole roasted seeds are shipped to New York, to be ground into tahini.
The halva is made by small Israeli producers to the company’s specifications. The producers use ancient artisan technique—no machines, but caldrons, paddles and troughs. The sugar is boiled and whipped into a foam that produces the melting lightness of the confection. Vigorous hand-kneading produces the finest, fluffiest halvah.
Although halva is approximately half sesame paste and half sugar, you can assuage some of the guilt with sesame’s enviable nutrition† and heart healthy fats.
The confection is only mildly sweet, the opposite of fudge and American candy bars.
And let us add: Seed + Mill has as much in common with halva brands like Joyva as McDonald’s has with Per Se.
Even the large halva cakes sold at Zabar’s and shops on the Lower East Side have become so mediocre through the use of cheaper ingredients, that we gave up eating halvah several years ago.
Some scholars suggest that an early form of halva originated before the 12th century in Byzantium, the ancient Greek colony that later became Constantinople, and now Istanbul.
Evidence exists that the original was a somewhat gelatinous, grain-based dessert made with oil, flour and sugar.
The first written halvah recipe appeared in the early 13th century, and included seven variations.
In the same period, a cookbook from Moorish Spain describes rolling out a sheet of candy made of boiled sugar, honey, sesame oil and flour; sprinkling it with rose water, sugar and ground pistachios; and covering it with a second layer of candy before cutting it into triangles.
Halva spread across the Middle East to the Mediterranean, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. In each locale, its name and ingredients changed slightly to include regional products.
Depending on local preferences, different recipes ground different seeds or nuts to make the halva. For example, Egyptians added pistachios, almonds or pine nuts. Indians flavored their halva with ghee, coconuts and dates.
Flour and oil disappeared from the recipe.
One recipe, made with sesame tahini, was favored by the Ottoman-ruled Romanians. Their Jewish population passed it on to Ashkenazi Jews throughout Europe. It was this sesame halva recipe that was brought to the U.S. in the early 20th century by Jewish immigrants.
THE HISTORY OF HALVA
Here’s more halvah history.
SEED & MILL’S MOST HEAVENLY HALVA
Halva is made when tahini (ground sesame paste) is blended with sugar at a high temperature, and then hand-stirred.
The company boasts 27 flavors, including two sugar-free varieties. They’re all available online, and the retail shop in Chelsea carries about ten them at a time. Some are seasonal; for example, expect cranberry in the fall and lavender in the summer.
Wile many Seed + Mill flavors are vegan, about half of the flavors do include a bit of butter, which makes the halvah even lighter and melt-in-your-mouth. These are noted on the website.
The non-butter flavors meet dietary preferences including dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo and vegan.
If this seems like a lot of flavors, note that Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566), the Ottoman Empire’s longest-reigning sultan, had a special kitchen built next to his palace that was dubbed the helvahane, house of halva. It produced some 30 varieties of the confection.
At Seed + Mill, you’ll find traditional and modern flavors:
Chili Chocolate Halva
Chocolate & Orange Halva
Chocolate Pistachio Halva
Coconut Dark Chocolate Halva
Crunchy Peanut Butter Halva
Dulce de Leche Halva
Goji Berry Halva
Mixed Chocolate Halva (dark, milk and white chocolate)
Nutella & Hazelnuts Halva
Rose Oil Halva
Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Halva
Sweet Pecans Halva
White Chocolate & Lemon Halva
White Chocolate Raspberry Halva
Yummy Flaky Halva (for garnish)
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The 2-floor villa is within2 minutes of walk from the traditional village of Old Chersonissos, 2 km from the glamorous city of Chersonissos , 2km from the beach and 30 km from the international airport of Heraklion Crete.
It features a fully equipped air conditioned unit with free Wi-Fi and Satellite TV, fitted with stoned fireplace in the main living room, tiled floors and an old traditional stove with BBQ at the terrace.
The whole unit is consisted of 3 bedrooms en-suite and 2 bathrooms(1 in each floor) all made by marbles.
The mood of the rooms refers to the local surroundings, the blue of the sea, the olive grove and the Cretan landscape.
The entrance is located on the 1st floor of the Villa to a welcoming comfortable living room, a stylish dinning seating area with kitchen facilities as well as the main bedroom with a beautiful white iron double bed that the owner has named “Cyclamen”.
A staircase leads to the ground floor where the main living room and the 2 other bedrooms are located ( Archipelagos, Olive grove).
In” Archipelagos” the white blue stripped twin beds are inspired by the colors of Cretan sea, in” Olive grove” the 3 twin beds inspired by the colors of the olive tree.
At the backside of the Villa is situated the2- level terrace. The 1st floor terrace overlooking to the picturesque village of Old Chersonissos with a glance of the sea and the mountains around,in the ground level terrace is fitted the pool, the BBQ and the lounge area.

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In keeping with the philosophy “Modern Always,” Knoll presents new developments alongside modern classics by exceptional architects and designers like Florence Knoll, Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen and Harry Bertoia, in a display space honed down to the smallest details in impeccable style.
Beyond the entrance, featuring the dynamic 04 Counter work table from the Tools for Life collection designed by OMA in 2013, the focus shifts to the new developments for 2019.
The new products are the central focus of the narration, creating relations with all that surrounds them, while triggering situations of change and innovation.
A new way of living in a context of personality and creativity, conceived for the places of dwelling and working, the most intimate rooms and most public space
The installation created by OMA, the firm co-founded by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, is an example of the rigorous minimalism that Marcel Breuer applied in the original design of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The booth focuses on the concepts of modular design, prefabrication and geometry, to create an adaptable and practical display setting.
On one side a dining area is furnished with the new Smalto tables designed by Barber & Osgerby, leading to two different living spaces organized with the collections designed by Piero Lissoni, with the Avio Sofa System and the KN Collection, together with the Red Baron bookcase.
Ample space has been set aside for the new Gould sofas in all their sizes, perfectly matched with classics from the collection created by Florence Knoll and Mies van der Rohe, like the Barcelona Bauhaus 100th Anniversary Limited Edition.
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Due to its narrative and symbolic impact, the Whitney Museum of American Art (now the MET Breuer) has been chosen as the model for the installation layout, as a tribute to the architecture of Marcel Breuer in the moment of its maximum expression.
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Knoll is a constellation of design-driven brands and people, working together with our clients to create inspired modern interiors.
Knoll has an internationally recognized portfolio including furniture, textiles, leathers, accessories, and architectural and acoustical elements brands.
These brands — Knoll Office, Knoll Studio, Knoll Textiles, Knoll Extra, Spinneybeck | FilzFelt, Edelman Leather, Muuto, Holly Hunt, and DatesWeiser — reflect Knoll’s commitment to modern design that meets the diverse requirements of high performance workplaces and luxury interiors.
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This week Tom, AJ, and Dane are in Denver attending FOSS4G, the annual open source mapping conference held by OSGeo. We’re excited to learn from the other folks attending the conference, and we’ll also be talking about the open source mapping tools we’re working on with our mapping projects and MapBox’s suite of mapping tools.
Today Tom will lead a session on Turning Data into Beautiful Maps, where he’ll talk about the current ecosystem of open source mapping technologies and then dive into detail on the stack that we use — Mapnik for rendering, TileMill for designing, Wax as a mapping API gateway, and TileStream for map hosting. Tom will talk briefly about what each of these tools can do on their own, and then walk through how we use them together to create fast, beautiful custom maps. You can get a sneak peek of his presentation here. This session is at 11:00 am today (Wednesday, September 14) in the Silver room.
On Friday, AJ will present on Advanced Cartography for the Web where he’ll introduce strategies to design beautiful, effective, and interactive maps with open source mapping tools that are accessible for designers — and not just developers. Specifically on the tool side he’ll talk about how he designs maps using the CSS-like Carto styling language, TileMill, and data from OpenStreetMap. He’ll also walk through the design decisions behind some maps he’s recently made, including Open Streets, World Bright, and one of our headquarters here in DC. This session is on Friday, September 16 at 10:30 am in the Silver room.
Also yesterday Dane led an advanced workshop on leveraging Mapnik and TileMill for custom mapping. If you missed it, he’ll post a tutorial and other materials from that online later this week.

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First Aid Kit & Tips
If you share your home with a pet, it’s smart to have a basic pet first-aid kit at the ready. Here’s a list of the supplies we recommend you have on hand to keep your pet safe and healthy. Be sure to take the kit with you when you and your pet leave home, too!
A First Aid Kit for Your Pet: Are You Prepared?
To flush out a wound when it has dirt or debris in it (saline is sold over the counter)
- Triple antibiotic ointment
To treat minor scrapes and cuts and help prevent infection. Bacitracin and Neosporin are common antibiotic ointments available over the counter. Important: Don’t allow your pet to lick the ointment off the injury!
- Gauze and wrap
If your pet gets a cut that’s bleeding, it’s important to control it until you see your veterinarian. Place gauze over the wound, then apply a wrap to hold it in place. Vet wrap is a type of soft, stretchy wrap that sticks to itself but not to your pet’s fur. When wrapping, place a finger underneath the wrap to ensure you’re not wrapping too tightly.
- Fresh hydrogen peroxide
This liquid is to be used to induce vomiting if your pet ingests something toxic (not for cleaning a wound). However, ALWAYS consult with your veterinarian or poison control center before giving your pet peroxide. In some cases, vomiting should NOT be induced (such as when a pet has ingested kerosene or certain other chemicals).
- Styptic powder
This product helps blood to clot at the site of a small wound, such as when a toenail is torn, stopping the bleeding. Styptic powder is available at most pet stores.
- Disposable latex gloves
Important to wear in order to reduce the risk of infection when treating a pet’s wound, and to keep blood off your hands.
- Tick removal tool
Vermont’s forests and fields are full of ticks eager to feed on our furry friends and transmit such potentially life-threatening diseases as Lyme, ehrlichia, and anaplasma. Tools such as tick spoons help you easily remove a tick that’s attached to your pet. The tick should then be killed so that it can’t re-attach to a pet or human.
When pets injure themselves, they’re in pain, which may cause them to snap at or bite anyone who comes near. A muzzle will help prevent you or any other helper from being bitten.
- Water-based lubricant
This is helpful to apply around a wound to keep fur out of it and prevent more contamination.
- Phone numbers
Place the phone numbers of your pet’s primary care veterinarian, the emergency veterinarian, and Poison Control inside your first aid kit. Being able to provide minor first aid is great, but your veterinarian should always be called for advice or further treatment. Poison Control is an excellent resource to help you know what to do if your pet ingests a toxic substance.

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DEER LODGE — The Deer Lodge Historic Preservation Commission will host The Mullan Road Conference on May 19 through 21 at the Rialto Theatre and Masonic Temple.
To attend, register online at historicdeerlodgemt.com/2017-mullan-road-conference or by contacting Shana at the Old Prison Museum, 406-846-3111. Cost of the conference is $95; single-day admission is available. Registration deadline for the Saturday night dinner is May 15, and the bus for the field trip is limited to the first 40 people.
Saturday’s program will include a number of subjects related to the Mullan Road survey and construction, labor force, mapping of historic routes, statues and their repair, and information about the Yellowstone Trail and a talk by noted Montana adventure and exploration author Peter Stark.
Tara Foote, a graduate student from Eastern Washington University, will speak about her work on the procedures needed to achieve National Trail designation for the Mullan Road.
A presentation about the American Fork along the Mullan Road will be part of the Saturday evening reception and dinner.
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A field trip on Sunday will take participants to American Fork (Gold Creek) and Drummond. Lunch will be served.
The Mullan Road was the first wagon road to cross the Rocky Mountains to the Inland Northwest and was built to meet the need of moving military personnel and supplies.
On March 15, 1858, the War Department issued orders for construction of a road, and Army Lt. John Mullan, 2d Artillery, was given the order to explore, locate, and construct the military road from Fort Walla-Walla on the Columbia River in Washington Territory to Fort Benton on the upper Missouri river in Dakota Territory — a task that took from March 1858 to September 1862.
Local points along the Mullan Road in Powell County include Elliston, Deer Lodge, and Gold Creek (American Fork). A monument commemorating the Mullan Road and Lt. John Mullan is located on the courthouse lawn at the corner of Missouri and Fourth St. in Deer Lodge.
Portions of the Mullan Road, which approximately follows modern-day Interstate 15 and Interstate 90 through Montana, Idaho, and Washington, can still be traveled.


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