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- Hillary Clinton campaign got illicit funds from D.C. scandal figure
- Obama administration backs off plan to cut prescription-drug program
- Tickets linked to stolen passports purchased by Iranian middleman
- More than 3,500 police planned for Boston Marathon
- Ottawa day care suspends 2-year-old for ‘outside’ cheese sandwich
- Liam Neeson tells NYC mayor to ‘man up’ in horse carriage fight
- Real-life Dr. Doolittle to reveal how to talk to animals
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Virginia transportation plans expected to survive veto session
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's major amendments to bills passed by the General Assembly this year are likely to survive a one-day veto session Wednesday in which lawmakers reconvene in Richmond to consider the governor's legislative changes, political analysts say.
Mr. McDonnell's main accomplishment this session — an $880 million transportation package that raises taxes for roads funding — appears safe from, if still not popular with, many fiscal conservatives.
The Republican governor made a handful of tweaks to tax rates and fees and most significantly addressed constitutionality concerns from Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the Republican candidate to succeed Mr. McDonnell as governor, about a regional tax increase.
Quentin Kidd, director of the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University, said Democrats completely back the transportation proposal and most of the GOP "grudgingly" supports it as well, though far-right Republicans remain opposed.
"My sense is that the General Assembly is not going to overturn any of those changes," Mr. Kidd said. "There hasn't been enough noise."
Lawmakers will consider 80 bills amended by the governor and six bills he vetoed. Amendments may be rejected by a simple majority vote of at least 51 of the 100 House members and 21 of the 40 senators against the amendment. Overriding a veto requires two-thirds majorities in the House and the Senate.
Mr. McDonnell also amended a bill to establish minimum standards to move forward with Medicaid expansion in Virginia, but Mr. Cuccinelli declared that legislation unconstitutional because it allows expansion to be decided upon by a committee of General Assembly members instead of the entire legislature.
The governor did not address the constitutionality of the measure in his amendments, according to the attorney general, but University of Richmond School of Law professor Carl Tobias said the bill is still likely to survive.
Mr. Tobias said many Democrats see the two measures as a "package deal."
"It brings some Democrats along to have Medicaid expansion and a transportation tax," he said.
The most surprising decision was Mr. McDonnell's amendment to health legislation to prohibit abortion coverage through insurance plans purchased from the federally run health care exchange.
Under the amendment, insurers who are part of the federal exchange cannot offer plans covering abortions or write separate, optional riders covering them. The only coverage exceptions would be for rape, incest or to protect the life of a pregnant woman.
Mr. Tobias noted that the amendment was on a topic not debated by the General Assembly nor had Mr. McDonnell previously mentioned the chance of inserting such a change. He said the situation was "very unusual," though not unprecedented and could not recall it occurring with such a controversial subject.Mr. Tobias said that he expects a very close vote in the Senate, in which Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling holds tie-breaking authority over a chamber split between 20 Republicans and 20 Democrats, but that the amendment likely will pass without much opposition in the Republican-controlled House.
Mr. Kidd said that the governor likely avoided discussing abortion and insurance to focus on transportation, and that the abortion amendment likely will be a prominent issues in the governor's race."I don't think there will be any big surprises," Mr. Kidd said. "It will probably be a very short day."
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Heavy rains and subsequent flooding in late April and early May led Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to issue disaster declarations for three dozen counties, and a preliminary estimate released by the University of Arkansas

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Was just following the instructions and when I put the table object in Gazebo and planning a home position (from the start position), The robot arm just crashes to the table without stopping…, which was supposed to avoid that from its pointcloud feed in from the camera into MoveIt planner, it should avoid crashing the arm to the table, please advice on this issue I’m having?
Are you seeing the octomap points in your MoveIt screen (like it’s shown in the notebook image)? If you are not, you should try to spawn the object with a little bit more separation to the robot. You can tune this in the x parameter of the command:
also, I’m near to completion on ROS Manipulation in 5 days , do you reckon I need to complete ROS for Industrial Robots 101? this course seems quite similar to the 5 days Manipulation one?
also, I see notification popping up asking me to migrate to Noetic…, Im confused in what to do? I thought these environment for the courses are updated by you or theconstruct itself? shouldnt that be…, please advice
also, how can I save the notebooks inside each unit/chapters ? Coz I have to look back and forth looking for answers and commands and concepts to complete projects…, it is very time consuming
No, you don’t need to do the ROS Industrial course since the contents are already covered in the ROS Manipulation course.
Yes, the migration is done by us. You are already working on ROS Noetic for this course so don’t worry about that message.
It’s not possible to save the notebooks of the courses since they could be used for the wrong purposes. You can though review any notebook at any point by clicking on this blue book icon in the top-left corner of the notebook:
We are working on modifying some things in this project in order to make it more accessible to students. I suggest you move on to other courses in the meantime. I’ll let you know once we have updated it.
@albertoezquerro , ok I see, yea it would be great if the gripper works as well,
Now that I have gone through this course of Robot Manipulation, I would want to apply it to my robot which is based on arduino connecting to several servo motors, do you have any suggestions and advice on where to find an arduino sketch generator on ROS for my robot? thks

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The stop in Lamar is a platform situated next to the local Chamber of Commerce building and Colorado Visitors Center; this building is the restored 1907 railroad depot.
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In 1866, Mr. Black was approached about donating some of his land adjacent to his depot as a town site. Although he was offered profits from the sale of town lots -- to which he would retain ownership -- Black refused. The town developers threatened to remove his depot; and before Black could obtain an injunction from Denver, the Blackwell depot was demolished and the depot moved three miles west. The demolition crew threw aside the Blackwell sign and put up the Lamar sign, thereby establishing the town.
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ELYRIA -- Federal Magistrate Judge Greg White said his studies at Lorain County Community College in the late 1960s gave him a strong foundation that led to professional success.
It has been 50 years since LCCC, Ohio's first community college, received its charter in 1963, but the college's goal of providing an affordable and quality education has not faltered, school officials said.
White, a former Lorain County prosecutor, looked back fondly on his time at LCCC as the school celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
White said the institution gave him an advantage over his fellow students when he ultimately transferred to Kent State University.
"We had small classes and quality professors," White said. "It gave me a better foundation, I think, than I would have got at a larger institution."
LCCC allowed him to work and attend college at a reasonable cost, he said.
"It serves the same purpose today, but it does so much more," he said. "I'm very grateful for the experience."
White said while community colleges sometimes get looked down upon, LCCC fills an even more relevant need as students can no longer easily find work straight out of high school.
"I think it is a jewel for sure; I'm proud to have it in Lorain County," White said. "I'm looking forward to seeing what they do in the next 50 years."
LCCC has served more than 300,000 students since its inception in 1963.
LCCC President Roy Church says it was the League of Women Voters that, after learning of the concept of a community college, sparked the idea locally. The group funded a study to see if a community college could succeed in Lorain County.
Max Lerner, LCCC's first president, worked with local officials to make the college possible, said Tracy Green, vice president for Strategic and Institutional Development. A 1.25 mill levy was approved in 1963 to fund the college and 1,006 students took classes in the first years, she said.
The college incorporated the Lorain School of Technology into its curriculum in the first year.
Classes at the time were highly specialized toward industrial jobs. The Lorain School of Technology's course catalog in 1964 included a letter letting students known they would be part of LCCC's Technical Division.
"As such, upon completion of selected program, they will receive an associate degree," the letter stated. Course titles at the time included metallurgy, civil engineering, hydraulics, field and office practice and electricity.
In those first years, the college operated out of rented facilities.
The college became the first community college in Ohio with a permanent campus in 1966 when officials opened an $11 million facility on Abbe Road. Approximately 2,750 students registered for fall courses that year.
The campus was built on three purchased farm plots, with one of the largest being the Moon farm, owned by Howard Moon.
Hope Moon, LCCC's dean of the Allied Health and Nursing division, said her grandparents were close to retirement and very supportive of education. Her grandmother was a teacher, she said.
"The majority of where LCCC sits now was my grandparents' farm. I think they knew what would be here would be long-lasting."
Moon attended LCCC in 1975 during her summer off from Kent State University. She was eventually tapped by the previous dean to come work at the college.
"It was probably only three or four buildings here," she said. "The campus has probably doubled in size in just the 20 years I've been here."
The college was much quieter then and you could easily find a parking space, Moon said with a laugh.
Although LCCC has grown significantly over the years, its goal of providing a quality, affordable education has not shifted, said Church.
Church has led the college for 26 years, a term few other leaders in higher education can match.
"I've seen a lot of change in Lorain County," Church said. "Fortunately, the college has been a constructive part of that change."
When Church took the reins of the college in 1987, it had about 5,000 students. The current enrollment is roughly 16,000.
At that time, the county had hit a recession and more than 20 percent of the workforce was unemployed. More than 43 percent of workers were on assembly lines. Today, only about 13 percent work those jobs, he said.
"The college has worked hard to try to get people the skills and abilities that they need to function properly in this rapidly changing economy," Church said. "We're in a position today where 60 percent of the new jobs require education beyond high school."
The college has not just helped create job-qualified students, it also has pushed to grow more jobs.
"As the economy transformed, the college had to transform as well, and in doing that the college helped to lead the transformation," Church said.
LCCC's Innovation Fund promotes economic development by providing start-up money for technology-based businesses opening their doors in or relocating to Northeast Ohio.
The Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise (GLIDE) helps innovators bring their business ideas to fruition.
"We're working with others to help create companies and jobs that people can be employed through right here in our community," Church said.
The college has marked many milestones over the years, but one of the most significant was the creation of its University Partnership program in 1998.
Church said the partnership works with 12 colleges and universities to offer more than 40 bachelor's and master's degree programs to students on the LCCC campus. More than 3,000 students are enrolled in the program currently.
"It is a very cost-effective way to get that further education they need to move up the career ladder to better employment and promotions and jobs," he said.
The college has recently released its Vision 2.0, after a year-long planning process designed to guide the college through the next three to five years, Church said. The process listened to the community, the faculty, staff and students to shape the plan, he said.
President Barack Obama said the United States needs 8 million more degree holders by the year 2020 for the nation to stay competitive, Church said. Roughly 5 million of those workers will need at least an associate's degree.
"There has been a mushrooming of jobs that require education beyond the high school level, but not to the baccalaureate level," he said.
Vision 2.0 sets six priorities for the college's future: to drive student completion and academic success; to meet industry-identified talent needs; to foster entrepreneurship and business innovation; to accelerate commercialization to enhance regional competitiveness; to stimulate a vibrant connected community; and to expand the college's resource capacity.
Each of the priorities outlines numerous ways the college can accomplish those goals.
For example, the college aims to reduce the time and cost of degree completion to increase the number of students that finish their programs. Other plans include expanding the University Partnership and broadening its Innovation Fund to promote more businesses in Northeast Ohio.
"You can't grow jobs unless you grow companies," Church said. "We have a whole set of initiatives that try to tap in the resources of the county to grow jobs."
Church said LCCC is working with OneCommunity to push for a high speed fiber optics network across the county.
"The successful communities of the future are going to be those that are the most digitally connected," Church said.
The entire outline of the Vision 2.0 plan is available under the About Us section of LCCC's website, www.lorainccc.edu.
While most college leaders tend to last 5 or 6 years, Church said he has stayed at LCCC for 26 years because he has found the work extremely gratifying.
"One of the reasons that it has been a very gratifying professional role for me is because the county, the community and the college have been in this major transformative process," Church said. "There has been a lot of challenge here. This has been a community that has been in deep change.
"That gratification and fulfillment is a major motivation to keeping me here and enjoying the good work in the community," Church added.
It has been the community's support of LCCC -- starting with voting for that first levy in 1963 -- that has enabled the school to have 50 years of success, Church noted.
"The kind of leadership offered by this community is just extraordinary," Church said. "Hopefully this county and this community will maintain that kind of leadership in higher education for the next 50 years."

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David Olmsted was born in Fairfax, Franklin County, Vt., May 5, 1822. His father, Timothy Olmsted, was born in Ridgefield, Conn., where his ancestors settled about the year 1740, and where he resided until about 1810, when he removed to Franklin County, Vt., where he settled on a farm in Fairfax. In 1827 David removed with his parents to Fairfield, in the same county, where he resided until he was sixteen years old, when, with the consent of his parents, he started to search for a home in the Great West. His opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited, his being less than the average New England boys on account of severe inflammation of his eyes having prevented his attending the district school for two years, when ten and eleven years old; but by perseverance and the aid of his mother, who was a woman of unusal intelligence and discretion, he succeeded in securing a fair knowledge of the common English branches, which, with his stern integrity and native ability, in great measure compensated for the meager advantages for obtaining an education at school. About the first of May, 1838, he started, with only about $20 in money and a change of clothing, to find a home in the West. He crossed Lake Champlain in a steamer to Port Kent; from thence he traved on foot to Ogdensburg, thence deck passage to Toledo, mostly by steamer; from Toledo to Mineral Point, Wis., on foot, where he arrived on June 15, 1838, where he found employment with J. T. Lathrop, who kept a hotel, where he remained until September, when the hotel was destroyed by fire in the night; he, with several others, narrowly escaped being consumed with it by jumping from an upper story window without any clothing except his night clothes. The following month he went to Grant County, Wis., where he purchased forty acres of land near Burt's Mill, on Grant River, where he resided until November, 1839, and where his brother Page visited him when very sick with fever. After his recovery he and his brother went to Prairie du Chien, where they found work the following winter, and in July, 1840, they fitted themselves with a light tent and as much provisions as they could carry on foot, with a blanket for each, and started on an exploring tramp through the then unsettled portion of Iowa, on the waters of Turkey and Yellow Rivers. After spending about two weeks in looking over the country as far west as Fort Atkinson (which the United States Govermenert had commenced to build), they selected a claim at what has since been called Cold Spring, in section 13, township 95, range 5, now Monona Township, and immediately commenced the erection of a cabin, which they soon completed, and which was the first building erected in Monona Township. At that time there were no white settlers less than six miles east, and none west nearer than California, and none north nearer than Pembina, except some military or trading stations. About a year after making their settlement they sold their claim to John Rowe, and took up separate claims where the village of Monona has since been built. David worked at improving his claim for about three years. In 1844 he was elected to the first Constitutional Convention. In 1846, he, with E. H. Williams and others, raised a company of volunteers and tendered their services for the Mexican War; were mustered into service and sent to Fort Atkinson, to relieve the regular troops, under Captain Sumner, who were ordered to Mexico. David, who had been commissioned Lieutenant, remained at Fort Atkinson with his company in charge of the Winnebago Indians about two years, and in June, 1848, removed the Indians to Long Prairie, Minnesota. After his company was discharged, he remained at Long Prairie, and engaged in trade with the Indians. In August, 1849, he was elected a member of the council, and at the organization of the first Legislature of the Territory of Minnesota, in September, 1849, was elected President of the council. In 1850 he was nominated for a delegate to Congress, but withdrew his name before election day. In 1851 he was married to a daughter of Orlando Stevens, a prominent lawyer of St. Albans, Vt. In 1852 he quit the Indian trade at Long Prairie, and removed with his wife to St. Paul. In June, 1853, he commenced editing the Minnesota Democrat, at St. Paul, but about one year later he removed to Winona, where he had purchased a large interest in the town-site, which proved a very profitable investment. In 1855 he was again nominated as delegate to Congress, and accepted the nomination, but was defeated by H. M. Rice. In the summer of 1856 he was attacked with consumption, from which he never recovered. He spent the winter of 1856-'7 in Cuba, the summer of 1857 in Winona and St. Paul, visited his mother and other relatives in Vermont, became so feeble that he was unable to travel, was confined to his bed for about three years, and died at Fairfax, Vt., Feb. 2, 1861. He left two children, one son and one daughter.
source: History of Clayton
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Today, December 5, is International Volunteer Day.
This is an international observance, designated by the United Nations since 1985, as a way of thanking volunteers for their efforts and increase public awareness on their contribution to society.
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Coinbase Global shares crashed during pre-trading today. The company received a Wells Notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In it, the agency expressed its intention to sue in connection with Coinbase’s plans to introduce the “Lend” program. This program is designed to help customers earn interest by borrowing their digital assets. The SEC regards the crypto yield program as a security.
According to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase contacted the securities regulator earlier this year to discuss the Lend program. As part of this program, holders of the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) receive an annual return of 4%. The Commission responded by stating that the program was a security. There was no further explanation. But the agency threatened Coinbase with legal action if the program is rolled out.
They don’t want to tell us why they think it is a security. Instead, they ask for a bunch of papers from us (we will comply), demand a statement from our staff (we will comply) and at the end tell us that if we proceed with the launch they will sue us. Without an explanation as to why.
Armstrong asked the SEC to issue a statement. He pointed out that other crypto exchanges are currently offering similar services to their users. The SEC’s approach also threatens Coinbase competitors such as BlockFi and Celsius. They introduced similar offers. BlockFi, which offers some of the highest yielding products, is under investigation in several US states.
Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal wrote in a blog post published today:
Customers will not ‘invest’ in the program. They will lend their USDC on Coinbase’s platform. And although Lend customers will earn interest by participating in the program, we are required to pay that interest independently of Coinbase’s further business activities.
According to Grewal, the SEC’s only statement was to evaluate the loan program based on the Howey and Reves case. The case is decades old. The SEC did not disclose the result of the assessment.
SEC chief Gary Gensler is in favor of collaboration between digital asset companies and the SEC. This is to ensure smooth operation under public framework conditions. According to Grewal, that’s a pretty contradicting statement considering how the regulator operates. Coinbase is postponing the start of the program pending further feedback.
SEC is investigating Uniswap Labs
According to reports, the SEC is investigating the startup behind Uniswap, the largest decentralized cryptocurrency exchange in the world. The Wall Street Journal reported that the regulator is investigating the investor and marketing services of Uniswap Labs, the main developer of the exchange.


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Sale prices for at least one type of New York City co-op -- ultra-luxury, high-end properties -- have finally climbed back to, and in some cases now exceed, the peak of the market in the late 80's, according to Lawrence Sicular & Associates, an appraiser and researcher in Manhattan that surveyed 41 apartments that sold for at least $3 million in 1994 through mid-May.
"It's a fairly small universe," Mr. Sicular said, noting that because of the low number of apartments in the study he was not able to calculate a median sales price for this rarefied niche or an overall percentage increase over the last five or six years.
He said that co-ops in this price range -- most of which are on Fifth and Park Avenues on the Upper East Side -- appreciated the most if they had been renovated and were in excellent condition.
"Increases in sale prices in excess of $1 million are typical of highly renovated apartments, and the increases have been as much as $3.75 million," Mr. Sicular said.
Some of the apartments were also on Sutton Place and Beekman Place and on East End Avenue on the Upper East Side, as well as on Central Park West on the Upper West Side. "Central Park West is a significant factor in this market, but less than might have been initially supposed," Mr. Sicular said.
He added that of the 41 apartments in the study, only one was in a building built after World War II and only two in buildings built prior to World War I.Continue reading the main story

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October 7, 2010
Hillary for Biden: A Done Deal
So they’ve talked out the Hillary-for-Biden 2010 swap and Joe’s fine with it.
Actually, though, it’s hard to completely dismiss the idea if the move, in energizing the women’s vote, also “protected the public’s taste” for Obama.
(caption 1: President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, walk from the West Wing to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Dec. 1, 2009. caption 2: Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outside the Oval Office, June 10, 2009. White House Photos by Pete Souza)


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My Side of Quezon City
This map is special to me because it is a map of my part of Quezon City. This is my first attempt, and I showcased some of the spots to visit in this side of "Kyusi". I opted to draw my city (lived here since birth!), because, while it isn't as tourist-popular as Manila, Bonifacio Global City, or Makati City, it also has a lot to offer! This is just a tiny part of Quezon City, but I hope it would be helpful for those who'd want to visit Quezon City. Of course, I had to include a few places to get good, wallet-friendly noms, too! The Quezon City sign on the left is inspired by the small placards placed on jeepney dashboards, indicating the jeepney's routes. The compass rose, meanwhile, was inspired by the sun on our flag.

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You’ll make it today! Keep believing, keep going. Don’t let the obstacles make you think you are inadequate or not skilled enough. You have something in you which makes you stand out. Something special.
You are a gift to this world, a gift given by God to your family, your friends, your neighbours, your city, your country, your generation.
You might not feel you are gifted enough but let me tell you that your creator did not make a mistake. He is perfect in all His ways and everything he does is amazing. That’s why you are amazing.
It’s not about appearance, it’s about identity and you are a child of God whether you are aware of it or not.
Never give up on yourself, keep trusting because you are trusted.
Keep going even it’s hard! You will reap the benefits one day. Yes! one day, you will sit down, you will ponder then you will rejoice.
Keep going even you feel you don’t fit. You do fit! You are a blessing for humanity, a wonder.
Keep going today!

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Kansas Senate leader calls cop "donut boy" in angry outburst after being caught drunk driving
Topeka, Kansas - One of Kansas most influential lawmakers, who was charged last month with driving under the influence and speeding the wrong way, called a police officer who tried to test his blood alcohol levels "donut boy."
Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop was chased by the police past midnight March 16 after he drove his white SUV in the wrong direction on Interstate 70 in Topeka.
Police officers were only able to stop him with stop sticks that deflate a vehicle's tires.
The 69-year-old has since been charged on five counts, including a felony fleeing to avoid arrest and driving under the influence, The Associated Press reported.
When an officer walked up to Suellentrop's car and ordered him to step out of the vehicle, he did not respond to the commands immediately, appearing confused with a "blank stare," according to the affidavit.
"While reaching into the vehicle I could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from inside the vehicle," Shepley wrote.
Gene Suellentop’s demeanor became "slightly aggressive" towards the officers
After Suellentrop refused to take a breathalyzer test, the officers submitted a search warrant to obtain a blood sample, which was approved.
"While the phlebotomist was administering the blood kit, Gene Suellentrop’s demeanor becoming slightly aggressive in his tone, he made reference to physically going up against me," Shepley continued.
"He looked me up and down, stating he played state sports competitively in high school. He stated he could 'take me.'"
The Kansas senator's blood alcohol level was 0.17 grams per 100 milliliters of blood, far over the legal limit for driving a car. "All for going the wrong way. Donut boy," he is alleged to have quipped, while waiting for the results.
He was arrested on March 26, but on the same day released without bond because a court found the arrest report was missing critical information.
Suellentrop who holds the state Senate’s second-highest leadership job has stepped away from most of his duties until investigations are over. He was also absent from the Kansas Statehouse on Thursday after Shepley’s affidavit did the rounds.
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Everyone knows that all of the bodies, the biggest load amenable to the liver. Its purpose excrete all the toxins.
But there is quite a logical question – how do you help the very liver to recover? Do not think about the medicines, it makes more sense to start eating foods that are beneficial for the liver.
1. Pumpkin. Everyone knows that the pumpkin is ideal not only for the prevention of liver diseases and treatments. Pumpkin can be cooked a lot of healthy meals: cereal, pudding.
2. Laminaria. With the help of algae can cleanse the body of toxins and impurities.
3. Olive oil. In the olive oil contains vitamin E, which is also great displays radicals.
4. Protein. Do not be excluded from the diet of lean meat or fish. The human body needs protein. Vegetarians need to think about this fact.
6. Fruits. Fruits can and should eat in unlimited quantities.
7. Herbs. To benefit the liver following herbs: thistle, mint, dandelion.

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Always have to cook, so I decided to get brave and try something new. I thought about cooking this dish in the days before I was diagnosed with allergies and finally went for it now. Lasagna with rice noodles was my first the other day. It turned out great. The only that I would have changed was adding spices between the layers but then again the canned tomatoes were great. I bought a prepackaged sauce that I thought would have flavor but sadly no. But the thing that surprised me was the canned diced tomatoes that have basil, garlic and oregano. That stuff smelled so good in the can and it really made the flavors on the lasagna.
Oh yes, I used ground chicken with only sage and garlic as a spice while I was browning it. The no bake rice lasagna noodles and ricotta cheese with mozzarrella on top.
On a side note, I went to my endo doctor and was talking with her staff and found out that she had run a wheat allergy test on me again. It showed that I wasn’t allergic to wheat, but how can I be allergic anymore when I haven’t had wheat products for years now. Good question eh? Plus, I had been taking my allergy medications as well.

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A Rs 500 crore wedding? Demonetise that!
As you scramble to get change for that old Rs 500 note or lay your hands on the new Rs 500 note, mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy is prepping for his daughter's extravagant wedding.
Some reports peg the approximate cost of the wedding at Rs 500 crore with palatial sets, bollywood actors' performances, extravagant decorations etc. After the LCD invite for the wedding grabbed eyeballs, the event itself was naturally expected to be a costly affair, but Janardhan Reddy has gone one step further in splurging.
Mere Bengaluru Palace is too passé for the Reddys who are now converting it into the ancient city of Vijayanagara for Brahmini Reddy's wedding. Round the clock work is underway to make the wedding venue look like one from the Golden Era of Vijayanagara. Even as the wedding is slated to take place inside the palace, sets are being constructed around it to add more glitz. Over 2 dozen security personnel are keeping a strict vigil making the venue out of bounds for public. Well known faces from the Hindi, Kannada and Telugu film industries are expected to perform at the mega event of a wedding.
Despite spending close to 4 years in jail and despite authorites freezing his bank accounts and attaching properties disproportionate to his known sources of income, Janardhan Reddy is ensuring that his Daughter's wedding is nothing short of a magnum opus.


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The writer of the New Testament letter to the Hebrews exhorts Christians to ‘remember those in prison’ (13:3). But how easy is it for UK Christians to do this?
How can we possibly understand the suffering that so many of our fellow-Christians are experiencing?
I believe it means firstly understanding what the ‘church’ is. We must grasp the church’s uniqueness. It is the body of Christ, a community of God’s blood-bought people, a gathering of saved sinners. It is a group of people who have this in common, that they are united in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We should also grasp that, though our nation is an island, this does not mean Britain is to be cut off from other nations. We may moan that so many ‘immigrants’ are coming into our ‘little Britain’, and all the consequences of that, but we must realize where they are coming from.
Many are coming from war-torn countries where life has become unbearable. Many too, are coming from countries ruled by corrupt governments. Indeed, for not a few, to stay in their country of birth would result in imprisonment or death.
And some are Christians, who are being hounded for their new-found faith in Christ. Would we turn them away? What if the tables were turned?
How do we know if God is not bringing these people into our nation in order that the evangelical church here will get down to some serious witnessing?
Our prayer must surely be that many non-Christians from other countries will be brought to faith in Jesus Christ and one day return to their homelands carrying the gospel message.
Maybe God is bringing them here to benefit and teach us? We have become so shallow spiritually, and now these will remind us what real faith is like and leave us longing for more of our Saviour. We need to go back to the school of faith and get down to some serious study and learning!
Maybe God is even bringing them here to bring about a long overdue spiritual revival? This nation is in a mess on many levels. We are so far removed from God’s standards.
The desecration of the sabbath has been to our downfall. How true are these words, which I came across a good few years ago when reading about the life of A. W. Pink, ‘A sabbath well spent brings a week of content, and strength for the toil of the morrow, but a sabbath profaned, whate’er be gained, is a certain forerunner of sorrow’. I do not think Pink wrote these words, but he certainly lived by them.
But, here is an actual quote from Pink: ‘In how many ways have we been unfaithful to Christ, and to the light and privileges which God has entrusted to us! How refreshing, then, how unspeakably blessed, to lift our eyes above this scene of ruin, and behold One who is faithful — faithful in all things, faithful at all times’.
UK Christians are only holding our heads above water due to the faithfulness of our merciful and gracious God. He may even, as a result of upheaval among the nations, be enhancing his church in the UK and moulding it into the church it is supposed to be.
‘Remember the prisoners’ is a Bible text that shows us the ‘three r’s’ of Christian compassion (in this case, not reading, writing and arithmetic!).
‘Out of sight; out of mind’ is a well known expression, but one that should never be the case for Christian thinking. Brother Andrew, founder of Open Doors, wrote, ‘Every persecuted Christian should be remembered by their fellow Christians, because in Christ, we are all part of one body’.
This really says it all. We should all be remembering ‘every persecuted Christian … because in Christ, we are all part of one body’.
There are so many needy causes in this world, and I am particularly thinking of Christian causes. We should be taking them regularly to the ‘throne of grace’ and pleading our brothers’ and sisters’ needs in prayer before the Lord.
When all is well with us, remember those who are struggling on a daily basis. When things are seemingly tough for us, for a season, remember those who are undergoing beatings and torture.
When we are worshipping God in our relatively ‘grand’ buildings, remember those who are worshipping in stinking and squalid prison cells. When we are enjoying the blessings of family life, remember those whose families have been ripped apart or divided by persecution.
It seems too, that there is a ‘relational’ point in our text. The writer says, ‘Remember those in prison, as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those mistreated, as if you yourselves were suffering’.
We are to empathise with our fellow, suffering Christian brothers and sisters. We are, as it were, to draw alongside them. We are related to them, even though we will never meet them all this side of eternity.
We should start by enjoying closer ties with those in our own ‘local’ church and, from that base, relating to the wider church. This is not just about discussing and deliberating, but empathising and sympathising. It is not just about ‘another persecuted country’, but ‘coming alongside’ fellow-believers. It is about entering their situation with heart and mind engaged.
It is reading about their situation with feeling, and maybe praying for them with tears in our eyes. How much would we sacrifice for our own blood-family? How much would we be prepared to do for our own spouse and children, for our earthly family members? These prisoners for the Lord are surely also very dear to us.
In the book of James we read, ‘Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed”, but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?’
The whole point here is that we are to be practical. The faith we possess in Christ is to be followed by deeds in Christ. The parent grace of faith gives birth to the children of deeds. We are not to be so taken up with achieving all our goals and ambitions that we neglect our family in Christ.
We often fail to remember the widow’s mite. She gave her all: nothing was too small. That which no man sees is that which is most used by God.
We have so much in our nation, that is flowing, materially, with ‘milk and honey’. Many of us have comfortable homes and a steady income, pension pot, and many other blessings besides. Does it not break our hearts to see sad images on the media of poor people with hardly any worldly belongings?
Where is our evangelical compassion? Where is our Christian love? And may we all indeed ‘remember the prisoners’!
Barry Loeber serves on the world mission committee at Gateway Baptist Church, Burgess Hill


by Bill McBride on 2/26/2010 11:11:00 PM
Friday, February 26, 2010
This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources. Changes and comments from surferdude808:
The Unofficial Problem Bank List underwent major changes during the week as aggregate assets for all institutions were updated to 2009q4 from 2009q3 and the FDIC finally released its enforcement actions issued during January 2010.The list is compiled from regulator press releases or from public news sources (see Enforcement Action Type link for source). The FDIC data is released monthly with a delay, and the Fed and OTC data is more timely. The OCC data is a little lagged. Credit: surferdude808.
The list now includes 644 institutions, up from 617 last week, as 33 institutions with assets of $12 billion were added while 6 with assets of $1.3 billion were deleted. Despite the additions, aggregate assets fell from $329 billion to $326 billion. For the 616 institutions that stayed on the list from last week, their aggregate assets dropped $13.8 billion during the fourth quarter.
Only 154 institutions increased their assets during the quarter with the largest balance sheet increase at West Coast Bank ($80 million). Balance sheet downsizing happened at 462 institutions with the largest decrease at Westernbank Puerto Rico ($1.5 billion) and Sterling Savings Bank ($1 billion).
Deletions include action terminations at The Bank of Harlan ($132 million) and Nevada Bank and Trust Company ($95 million) and the failed Rainier Pacific Bank ($718 million) and Carson River Community Bank ($51 million).
Other removals include the unassisted mergers of Mesa Bank ($206 million) and Arrowhead Community Bank ($77 million) into an affiliate, Sunrise Bank of Arizona ($504 million). However, Sunrise Bank of Arizona was added to the list this week as it was among the January actions released by the FDIC. These entities are controlled by Capitol Bancorp (Ticker: CBC), which has 7 subsidiary institutions on the Unofficial Problem Bank List.
Notable among the 33 institutions added are Macatawa Bank, Holland, MI ($1.8 billion, Ticker: MCBC); Heritage Bank of Commerce, San Jose, CA ($1.36 billion, Ticker: HTBK); and Fidelity Bank, Dearborn, MI ($994 million, Ticker: DEAR). Seven banks headquartered in Georgia were added this week and there are 58 Georgia-based institutions on the list, which equals 9 percent of the 644 total.
Other changes for institutions previously on the list include Prompt Corrective Action Orders issued to Key West Bank ($88 million) and Tamalpais Bank ($629 million).
See description below table for Class and Cert (and a link to FDIC ID system).
For a full screen version of the table click here.
The table is wide - use scroll bars to see all information!
NOTE: Columns are sortable - click on column header (Assets, State, Bank Name, Date, etc.)
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The FDIC assigns classification codes indicating an institution's charter type (commercial bank, savings bank, or savings association), its chartering agent (state or federal government), its Federal Reserve membership status (member or nonmember), and its primary federal regulator (state-chartered institutions are subject to both federal and state supervision). These codes are:Cert: This is the certificate number assigned by the FDIC used to identify institutions and for the issuance of insurance certificates. Click on the number and the Institution Directory (ID) system "will provide the last demographic and financial data filed by the selected institution".
N National chartered commercial bank supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency SM State charter Fed member commercial bank supervised by the Federal Reserve NM State charter Fed nonmember commercial bank supervised by the FDIC SA State or federal charter savings association supervised by the Office of Thrift Supervision SB State charter savings bank supervised by the FDIC
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- Pharmacy Customers
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- GPs and Private Consultants
Phone : + 353 1 463 3098
- Our Email
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The National Healthlink Project provides a web-based messaging service which allows the secure transmission of clinical patient information between Hospitals, Health Care Agencies and General Practitioners.
Healthlink's core remit is to provide a messaging service that allows patient information to be securely transferred between Hospitals and General Practitioners. Over the years we have expanded the range of messages sent to GPs though Laboratory and Radiology results remain the most popular.
Healthlink in conjunction with the National Cancer Control Program (NCCP) and the GPIT Group have developed electronic referrals from accredited GP practice software systems to the eight specialist cancer centres.
- Breast, Prostate and Lung referrals are available for use.
- Forms are based on the NCCP hardcopy form and have been formally approved by the ICGP Quality and Standards Committee.
- Referrals are generated from within the patient file and are delivered to the cancer team who will respond within five working days.
- Acknowledgments are available immediately indicating if the referral has been successfully delivered.
- Responses from the cancer team are integrated with the patient file providing a complete record of the referral/response process.
Although many GPs will have been using Healthlink for years to download labs, the cancer e-referrals are slightly different in that Healthlink need to install a digital certificate on each machine that referrals will be issued from.

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Tilting to move a character through environments while avoiding enemies and picking up points and power-ups is not a new concept in iOS gaming. Games like this are a dime a dozen (not literally) in the iTunes App Store. That makes it very difficult for the developers of such a game to make their work stand out in the crowd. Many of these games end up being not much more than simple asset swaps of one another. Fortunately there are a few games here and there that buck the trend and offer something charming, entertaining, and challenging while moving the genre in a new direction.
Electro Chuck does a great job at taking a genre that some more jaded gamers might write off as irrelevant or trite and giving it a bit of new life. While the game's mechanics differ very little from other "tilt to dodge" titles, its unique main character, Chuck, is a bizarre and intriguing vehicle through which to experience the genre. This living winged hula-hoop or ring-like creature automatically flies along an electrified wire and it is the player's job to keep him from touching the wire too many times and electrocuting himself. This is done by tilting the device and using the accelerometer to keep Chuck as centered as possible over the wire as it twists and turns through the level. For the especially steady of hand, there are score bonuses awarded for keeping Chuck perfectly centered for long periods.
If keeping Chuck away from the electrified wire wasn't already hard enough, there are also enemies to avoid, and power-ups and score multipliers to grab that increase the final score of each level. Collecting all the stars in every section of the game will open a special arcade mode for that section. To make this all possible, Chuck has the ability to stretch himself out. When the player touches the screen he opens himself up and makes the hole in the middle of his body bigger, allowing him to reach stars amd power ups or to avoid enemies. Levels are made even more challenging by the inclusion of sections of wire where Chuck will move faster or slower than usual.
Tilting, stretching, dodging, collecting, and avoiding must all be done in tandem. This is not an easy task; and yet, it is so much fun! This is a great looking game as well and it is very well animated. Players will enjoy this game's challenge and charm, and they may be shocked by how much fun they have with it.


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As many as 1,700 bodies are believed to be in mass graves that have been unearthed near the site of a massacre of Iraqi soldiers manning a former U.S. military base. The killings took place last summer, when fighters from the self-proclaimed Islamic State seized Tikrit.
Soldiers and forensic teams are sifting through the graves; so far, they have found more than 10 different burial sites that hold what are believed to be the bodies of soldiers and recruits who had been captured at Camp Speicher. The men were then machine-gunned in front of mass graves.
From Baghdad, NPR's Alice Fordham reports:
"The graves are in different areas close to the city of Tikrit, retaken from ISIS last week."Iraqi state television is broadcasting scenes of officials uncovering bodies buried since the recruits were rounded up and killed in June last year. Many relatives of the soldiers are also looking on."A survivor of the attack told NPR that ISIS were supported by Sunni local people in their attack on the mostly Shiite soldiers. The area remains fraught, with many Sunni residents afraid of revenge attacks by Shiite-dominated forces who now have the upper hand again."
Several sites are reportedly in what had been the presidential compound of Iraq's former leader, Saddam Hussein, in his hometown of Tikrit.
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Cauliflower is a cool season vegetable and problems with cauliflower arise when they are grown under warm conditions. Learn about the proper way to grow cauliflower plants and how to care for them throughout the season in the articles that follow.
Growing cauliflower is not for the faint of heart. The plant is testy and sensitive to heat, frost, and pests. If you want to grow it, protecting cauliflower plants is essential to your success. This article will help with tips on cauliflower plant protection.
Knowing what type of cauliflower diseases may afflict the veggie and troubleshooting these cauliflower problems will aid in the healthy production and yield of the plant. Click this article to learn more about treating these issues.
If you?re looking for a little bit of a challenge in your garden this year, why not try growing cauliflower from seeds? This article provides information on planting cauliflower seeds. Click here for a cauliflower seed planting guide.
Why are my cauliflowers wilting? What can I do about wilting cauliflower? This is a discouraging development for home gardeners, and troubleshooting cauliflower problems isn?t always easy. For helpful tips, click this article.
Cauliflower bugs can decimate the crop and make the flower head unfit to eat. Treating bugs on cauliflower starts with correct identification of the pest and a targeted control plan that is non-toxic and safe for food plants. This article will help.
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I love cauliflower and usually grow some in the garden. I generally buy bedding plants, although cauliflower can be started from seed. That fact gave me a thought. Where do cauliflower seeds come from? This article will help answer that.
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Cauliflower is a cool season vegetable that is more difficult to grow than its Brassicacea brethren. As such, it is susceptible to a number of cauliflower curd problems, one of which is loose heads on cauliflower. Read this article to learn more.
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What is considered cryogenic conditions?
The Tier II Hazardous Chemical Inventory form, used to meet annual EPCRA §312 reporting requirements, requires facility owners or operators to note whether reported hazardous chemicals are present at, above, or below ambient temperature. For temperatures below ambient, the form distinguishes between “less than ambient temperature but not cryogenic” and “cryogenic conditions.” What is considered cryogenic conditions?
Some gases are stored under “cryogenic conditions,” which means that they are stored at very low temperatures (-130 degrees Fahrenheit or less). Examples of gases that may be stored this way include air, argon, carbon monoxide, ethylene, fluorine, helium, hydrogen, methane, nitrogen, and oxygen.


Surrendering to blogworld, The Washington Post faces the brave new world:
The Post just wrapped up its annual self-evaluation meeting, an offsite event that includes top editors and executives from the paper's business side. This year's meeting focused on the paper's declining circulation -- now at 709,500 daily copies, down 10 percent over the past two years -- and the results of an extensive readership survey taken last summer.
In an effort to win new readers, [Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard] Downie said Post reporters will be required to write shorter stories. The paper's design and copy editors will be given more authority to make room for more photographs and graphics.
The paper will undergo a redesign to make it easier for readers to find stories. It is considering filling the left-hand column of the front page with keys to stories elsewhere in the paper and other information readers say they want from the paper, which they often consider "too often too dull," Downie said.
"Newspapers should be fun and it should be fun to work at one," [the Post's #3 editor Phillip] Bennett said.


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The most notable headlines to emerge from Asia this week include Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) deciding not to renew its coveted qualifying foreign law practice (QFLP) licence in Singapore, while EY has announced plans to expand throughout the region.
Meanwhile, Clifford Chance‘s private equity practice has demonstrated its ties to key client Carlyle, despite high-profile exits in London, with a sizeable deal in South Korea.
For HSF, the decision not to renew its QFLP came after a series of recent departures from the Singapore office, set against the prescriptive growth targets set by the Singapore ministry of the law that underpin the granting of the QFLP to foreign firms.
HSF has a long history in Singapore, going back 25 years. According to Singapore managing partner Michael Walter, the firm remains committed to the city but he added: ‘To renew our licence we would have had to sign up to specific growth plans. We weren’t prepared to do that so we chose not to pursue the renewal.’
Departures include the head of south-east Asia disputes, Maurice Burke, who left in February for Hogan Lovells. The firm also lost energy lawyer Charles Ball to Reed Smith’s Singapore office last year.
Other departures include Freehills former Singapore managing partner John Dick, who left for EY in November 2013.
With HSF unable to offer domestic law services in the city state, it will now pursue a local alliance. ‘The options we’re looking at include joint law ventures and formal law alliances with domestic Singapore firms,’ said Walter.
‘The Singapore ministry of law has granted us a six month extension to the end of October, after which the firm will have new arrangements in place to support our ambitions and those of our clients in Singapore and the wider region,’ he added.
‘An expiry date of the 31 October gives us a bit more time to get an alternative in place. I’m pretty comfortable with that.’
Firms that have been successful in getting their QFLPs renewed for another five years include Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins and Norton Rose Fulbright. White & Case only secured a one year extension to its licence, which will be extended by another four years if the firm is able to meet targets set by the Singapore ministry of law.
‘Over the last few months we have been actively engaged with the ministry of law, the attorney general’s chambers and the economic development board on matching our business plan with Singapore’s focus on ensuring that Singapore is a centre for international transactional and arbitration work,’ said Stephen McWilliams, managing partner of Lathams’ Singapore office.
Meanwhile, the hire of John Dick by EY last year was clearly the precursor to larger expansion plans, with the Big Four accountancy giant announcing plans last week to expand its legal services business throughout Asia over the coming year. EY has said it is looking to expand its offering across Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia, subject to regulatory requirements.
Earlier this year the firm entered the Chinese market via the acquisition of Shanghai-based law firm Chen & Co. So far the only other major accountancy firm that has a legal presence in Asia is Deloitte, through its tie-up with Chinese law firm Qin Li law firm.
In a statement, EY said: ‘EY Law operates in 40 countries around the world, with more than 1,000 lawyers…and is continuing to grow globally. From 15 January, our Greater China practice has had 50 lawyers operating out of Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong (and growing) as part of our multidisciplinary service offering.’
Finally, while Clifford Chance’s global private equity practice has suffered of late after losing its principal Carlyle Group relationship partner David Walker to Latham & Watkins last year, followed by Kem Ihenacho in February, the firm ran a major deal for this key client out of Korea this week. Corporate partner Simon Cooke led, alongside Seoul managing partner Hyun Kim, on a deal that saw Carlyle buy fire protection and security company ADT Korea from Tyco for $1.93bn.
The deal is the largest private equity buyout in Korea since 2008 and although subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the second quarter of this year.