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BUCKHANNON, WV – St. Joseph’s Hospital is recognizing the work of its physical therapy staff this October in observance of Physical Therapy Month. Physical therapists are movement experts who improve quality of life through hands-on care, patient education, and prescribed movement.
Physical therapists create personalized treatment plans that help their patients improve mobility, manage pain and other chronic conditions, recover from injury, and prevent future injury and chronic diseases.
Physical therapists and physical therapy assistants teach patients how to exercise for mobility, strength, and coordination, train for activities such as walking with crutches, canes, or walkers, and treat injuries through massage and the use of physical agents such as ultrasound and electrical stimulation.
They empower people to actively participate in their own treatment and work collaboratively with other health professionals to ensure the best possible patient care.

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Queensland Food Act moves in the wrong direction: What happened to simplification and national uniformity?
by Joe Lederman © Lawmedia Pty Ltd, October 2007
Australian Food Lawyers and Consultants
The Food Act 2006 (Qld) came into operation 1 July 2007. It is a peculiar mix of some very retrograde and prescriptive legislation. This article identifies some very disconcerting provisions of the Food Act 2006 (Qld) and discusses how they could fail if the objective was to have been a better food safety outcome.
The Food Act of each Australian State or Territory is supposedly meant to be based based on the Model Food Act, which was developed by the Ministerial Council and the predecessor food standards agency of Food Standards Australia and New Zealand. The idea was that a nationally consistent framework to food regulation would be adopted by all Australian State and Territories. The new Queensland Food Act 2006 however has adopted a much more prescriptive approach than found in other jurisdictions.
Food Safety Audits
One example of where Queensland has digressed is in its approach to the regulation of food safety audits.
Food Safety Audits were introduced by the Model Food Act requiring a proprietor of a food business to prepare, implement, maintain or monitor a Food Safety Program. The Food Safety Program was to identify the hazards to food safety and provide for appropriate corrective action. The Food Safety Program was then to be audited by an authorised food safety auditor at regular intervals.
This fairly simple set of requirements was intended to have an outcomes focus. Instead good food safety management has been made into a heavy-handed bureaucratic task for proprietors under the new Queensland Food Act 2006. The Act creates huge administrative provisions with substantial penalties attached for relatively small administrative offences such as a failure to notify of the cessation of an individual from the position of food safety supervisor within 14 days.
Amending the accredited Food Safety Program - an example of bureaucratic complexity
Sections 112-115, Food Act 2006, provide a complicated set of procedures for approving any amendment to Food Safety Programs in Queensland and whether initiated by the holder of a Food Safety Program or the local government.
Before changing the way food is handled in the food business the business proprietor, as the holder of the accredited Food Safety Program, must amend the Food Safety Program by applying for approval of the amendment. Further information may then be sought by the local government, and then a formal determination is to be made in relation to the application (see section 112).
Under section 114, the local governments may direct the holder of an accredited Food Safety Program to amend the program if the local government considers it necessary or desirable. The holder must comply with the direction “unless the holder has a reasonable excuse”. The holder of the Food Safety Program has “30 days to make the amendment after notice has been given” by the local government of the need to amend. If it is not done, without a reasonable excuse, the food business as holder of the Food Safety Program can be fined up to $15,000.00 (maximum penalty for failure to comply is 200 penalty units; note a “penalty unit” for the purposes of the Food Act 2006 is $75.00 in Queensland).
Non-compliance with section 114 includes large monetary penalties for failing to state in their Food Safety Program that records for the food business must be kept, or failing to amend the program within 30 days of the notice to amend.
Queensland Act obsessed with penalties
The Queensland Act imposes penalties of up to 1000 penalty units ($75,000) for failing to possess a Food Safety Program when one is required under section 99 of the Food Act 2006. In addition to this and the penalty for failing to amend a Food Safety Program under section 114 noted above, Sections 123 to 126 of the Food Act 2006 set out an array penalties which can be imposed on the actual licensee, such as:
The situation in Queensland can be contrasted to that in Victoria, where section 19W of the Victorian Food Act 1984 states (in relation to the Part IIIB of the Act which regulates Food Safety Plans):
No penalties other than those expressly provided for in this Part apply to any failure to comply with this Part.The only penalty provisions in Part IIIB of the Victorian Act relate to the auditors of a food safety plan and not the actual business itself. Unlike the Queensland Act, the Victorian Act does not impose a specific penalty for the failure to comply with a food safety plan (which is the same thing as a 'food safety program'). However, instead, any non-compliance in relation to a food safety plan in Victoria is dealt with by the Food Act as a breach of the Food Standards Code. Clause (3)(d) of Standard 3.2.1 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code requires that a business must comply with its Food Safety Program, and therefore any failure to comply would would breach section 16 of the Victorian Food Act that imposes a penalty of up to $40,000 for individuals and a $200,000 penalty for corporations for breaches of the Food Standards Code. However, the law is relatively straight-forward and does not require the Queensland approach of prescriptive technical rules buried in reams of paper and procedure which create separate legal offences for technical breaches that might not have a direct relationship with the state of food safety at the premises.
It should also be noted that by incorporating penalties directly into each of the separate requirements governing aspects of the Food Safety Program provisions in the Food Act 2006, the Queensland Act imposes penalties for situations which do not exist in Standard 3.2.1 of the Food Standards Code, such as the requirement to make the Food Safety Program available for inspection to employees, and there is also a separate extra penalty in the Queensland Food Act for advertising the existence of an accredited Food Safety Program when one does not exist.
Government legislation ought to be outcomes-focused. The fact that there are hefty monetary penalties does not necessarily mean there will be increased food safety. Penalties for minor paperwork non-compliance simply creates the opportunity for bureaucratic nastiness and potentially may lead to corruption of the food safety enforcement system. Legislators need to retain an appreciation of the purpose for which the law is being created.
Commencing proceedings in court against infringers for minor paperwork omissions can potentially undermine the effectiveness of legislation. It is possibly time to review the way in which food law offences are prosecuted in all states and territories around Australia (refer to our previous FoodLegal bulletin article on one possible avenue to explore concerning this subject "Why not a Road Traffic style Demerit Points scheme for enforcing food law?"). There are other possibly better solutions and systems for food law enforcement (with a view to better food safety outcomes) that still require further work to be developed but a strictly technical code of hefty penalties, such as in the Queensland legislation, seems to be a case of laws that go against the flow.
The potential hardship that might be caused to any food business in Queensland caused by overlooking some minor technical compliance requirements, combined with the cost of defending a business against any charge brought on such technical grounds, creates a potential handicap for a food business operating in Queensland. The Queensland law seems to be out-of-kilter with the simpler framework that was planned for during the past decade of discussions at Ministerial Council level in relation to a uniform national approach to food law.
This is general information rather than legal advice and is current as of 12 Dec 2015. We therefore recommend you seek legal advice for your particular circumstances if you want to rely on advice or information to be a basis for any commercial decision-making by you or your business.

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He said in Dar es Salaam at a meeting called by Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) for 130 media stakeholders from across the country. The meeting constituted of the MCT Constitutional Council, which brought feedback from six zones on the Katiba draft.
Speaking at the event, retired Judge Warioba, at length, noted that there was still a vacuum in the ongoing public and media discourse with reports on the constitution draft currently more significantly focusing on the country’s administrative structure, powers and other political matters.
He said the discussions exuded silence on issues that touch the larger section of the public. “Many more issues that touch the people were raised, you should go beyond the power structure, go to the fundamentals -- the basic needs of a common Tanzanian. Power is nothing, he said, adding that in the countrywide meetings, which were carried out ahead of the draft, people touched, with passion, issues like land, education, health, economy and nation’s vision.
According to him, when his commission was going round the country gathering public views, the larger section of people raised many issues, including ownership and valuation of land, social security for the elderly people, relations between communities and investors, national parks, access to quality education and social services.
He also said that agriculture, which is the backbone of the country’s economy, including employing the majority population, was given special emphasis by the people. “People also spoke so much about land and we realised how important land is to the ordinary person,” he said.
He said people spoke about health and felt the health system is two sides, with the rich having access to top healthcare while the poor only access lowly funded public health centres. ‘‘These are the issues we should raise,” he said, adding, “This is because if the people would feel the Katiba does not represent their views, then its implementation would be difficult,’’ he said.
He also asked the constitutional councils to discuss issues within boundary of the draft constitution. “We should not go in the reverse by introducing fresh ideas away from the current draft. If one thinks that a fresh idea should be introduced, he or she should justify and would be hard,” he said.
On his view regarding input from the media, he said: “We expect journalists to give their opinions with regard to freedom of expression but also give their feelings as common citizens.’’ He said media has been central in giving the public the platform to exchange varying views on the constitution and in the process communicating.
He asked media to continue its role so that the final product of the constitution is good and implementable. He however said media and the public are giving so much weight on power structure but muting many other things that are central and were raised by ordinary people like land issues.
He asked media to write about everything so that the public can use the platform to communicate and exchange debate on their varying views.
Presenting proposals from the media fraternity, MCT’s Regulation and Standards manager Ms Pili Mtambalike noted that a clause in article 30 of the proposed draft constitution, which provides for freedom of expression and the right to information, was criticised as an impediment to the very rights it is supposed to facilitate.
In their proposals, media practitioners, trainers and stakeholders singled out clause 4 of the article which subjects it’s utilization to a legislation to be enacted with the objective of protecting national security, peace, national values, rights, privacy and the freedom of other people as a claw-back clause.
Some participants suggested the clause should either be removed altogether or amended by improving the wording to be positive.

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Dragon, Crab and Turtle is a new and innovative American gallery located in the Midtown Design District, St. Louis, Missouri. The gallery opened during Covid and has been open by appointment only. The gallery envisions a diverse program dealing in many forms of art. Our first show, Tiny and Small Paintings from Brazil (November—December 2020), featured small paintings collected in Salvador, Bahia, mostly created by anonymous artists. Our second exhibit, Traders (December 2020-February 2021), showcased paintings that had been traded by Katherine Bernhardt over many years.
How did the gallery begin? Bernhardt painted a site-specific 60-foot mural for a show at CAM (January-April, 2017) featuring a colossal-sized and vibrantly coloured toucan, watermelon, Kartell ceiling light, toilet paper, batteries and a philodendron leaf. After the show ended, the mural needed to be stored somewhere so Katherine bought an abandoned warehouse building nearby on a street where cars and car parts were once manufactured.
One of the artisan-crafted terracotta motifs glazed in beige and repeated across the building’s 1910 façade features wheels spinning on the power of long feathery wings that vaguely recalls Leon Battista Alberti’s winged racing eye motif—as well as racing wheels and racing cars. The façade also features elongated versions of dragons (or ancient-looking plestiodons), crabs and turtles—classic exotic animals found in medieval and early modern European architecture as well as in American architecture seeking to recall that time and place.
Katherine’s exciting debut show was a long time in the making as renovation work on the building literally took years to complete. Rotten old ceiling insulation, wet walls and floors caused by a leaking roof, an office-type layout made into tiny carpeted cubicles, and junk and filth once filled the space. Now the space has been emptied, cleared, cleaned and thoroughly, innovatively and colorfully renovated! It features a Donald Judd-style bookcase in its upstairs “Soho Loft” area, four wall-to- wall and ceiling-to-floor tiled bathrooms with different coloured grouts and Italian light fixtures, a kitchen area with painted cabinets in seven different colours, and a second loft space for Khalifa and his piñata collection. The building also includes storage spaces atop different colored carpets as Katherine emptied her storage units in the NYC area and brought her work home. Finally, the space includes a large rectangular gallery exhibit space featuring a hand-painted floor made at Ceramica Suro in Guadalajara with multiple images of Scotch Tape, Sharpies and other pop culture items. The ceiling is lit by long fluorescent bulbs arranged like constellations against a dark sky.

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Thank you for your interest in our local artists! The Oltrarno is a small district of Florence known for its rich history in creating fine art. If you’ve ever been to Florence it is the Quartiere Artigiano adjacent to the Pitti Palace on the south side of the Arno River.
Come and experience "Andar per Botteghe", the classic artisan walk-around to meet with them, their passion, creations and beautiful workshops.
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The FFRF Action Fund condemns the Iowa Legislature’s passage last night of a six-week abortion ban during a special session called for this purpose by Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Christian nationalist.
Reynolds and Iowa legislators took up this special session to reinstate a bill that would “protect unborn babies from abortion once a heartbeat was detectable.” The false belief that a heartbeat is present in an embryo at six weeks has been roundly debunked by many experts. Iowans do not support this dangerous and unscientific bill, and the Legislature knows it. Just as they passed an unpopular private school voucher bill earlier this year, Iowa legislators are dodging public accountability. This is fundamentally undemocratic.
Here’s how Iowa got here: Back in 2018, before the U.S. Supreme Court tragically overturned Roe v. Wade, Reynolds signed into law what was known as the “Fetal Heartbeat Bill” that restricted abortion access after six weeks of pregnancy. A lower court in Iowa issued an injunction, citing Roe v. Wade (which, at the time of the ruling, was still good law). Citing proper precedent at the time, and a refreshingly noble attempt to avoid legislating from the bench, the Iowa Supreme Court in June deadlocked on the ban, blocking its enforcement. However, three of the judges made it clear that if the Legislature were to bring up the law again, the court would not be a barrier to enacting the law.
Iowa legislators, a supermajority of whom are Republicans, saw an opportunity and pounced. They immediately revitalized the six-week abortion ban, and despite public opinion and their duty to their constituents, passed it late into the night yesterday, July 11. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is: States across the country have gone to great lengths to push their religiously motivated, anti-abortion agenda on constituents who simply do not support such measures. North Carolina forced an unwanted abortion bill on its constituents despite major opposition to the legislation. The same is true in Nebraska. Now Iowa has followed suit. Reynolds and her puppets in the Legislature have just inflicted great harm on Iowans statewide. This is truly a tragic outcome for those who never wanted the ban, who never asked for it, and in a state where abortion was already illegal after 20 weeks.
“Americans do not support these theocratic restrictions on reproductive rights, and will not tolerate them,” says FFRF Action Fund President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Support of abortion rights is going to be a key issue in 2024 elections.This ban is dangerous, unscientific and undemocratic.”
The FFRF Action Fund will continue to sound the alarm on authoritarian edicts issued by Christian nationalist legislators in Iowa and elsewhere. Nonreligious Americans, who as a group are the most supportive of abortion rights, must stand up and make our voices heard.
FFRF Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization that develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church. It also advocates for the rights and views of nonbelievers, endorses candidates for political office, and publicizes the views of elected officials concerning religious liberty issues. FFRF Action Fund serves as the advocacy arm of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has more than 40,000 members and works to keep religion out of government and educate the public about nontheism.


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The use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer screening remains the subject of scientific debate. Experts are unable to agree on how to balance the benefit of such testing regarding mortality rates with the potential harm caused by overdiagnosis.
The screening guidelines for prostate cancer are intrinsically challenging because of the naturally long, and often slow-growing, course of this disease. Screening performed too early or with a PSA threshold that is too low increases overdiagnosis, while screening too late or with a PSA range that is too high may not detect potentially treatable cases, which could end up being fatal. The risks and benefits of screening may also vary depending on age, race, and ethnicity.
Physicians must be made aware of the fact that, despite their best intentions, the guidelines may yield negative outcomes for patients with the disease. For example, following the 2012 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement against PSA-based screening for men of any age, there was a decrease in favorable pathology, an increase in unfavorable pathology, and negative outcomes post prostatectomy, particularly with respect to specific mortality.
Given that the route to a prostate cancer diagnosis often starts with the primary care provider choosing to conduct PSA-based screening, a question concerns whether recent and past evidence informs physicians on how to make the best decision for the patient.
The evidence for PSA-based screening derives mainly from the (contested) results of two major randomized trials: the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening trial, which after 13 years showed no reduction in mortality in the screening group, and the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC), which, for the same follow-up time, showed a significant relative reduction of prostate cancer mortality in comparison with the screening and the control group of 21% and 27%, respectively.
The 2012 USPSTF recommended against PSA-based screening of men in the general US population, regardless of age. This was because, although available data showed that screening saves lives, the number of lives saved was limited, and the proven harms of screening and treatment outweighed any potential benefits. In the years following the 2012 guidelines, this recommendation in the United States led to a reduction in PSA-based screening and, subsequently, a reduction in the number of people diagnosed with prostate cancer. A study conducted in nine referral centers for the management and treatment of prostate cancer in the United States documented that the proportion of low-grade Gleason score (GS) 3 + 3 cancers decreased significantly (30.2% to 17.1%), whereas high-grade GS 8 + cancers increased (8.4% to 13.5%). There was a 24% increase in absolute numbers of GS 8+ cancers. The task force subsequently reviewed its statement and promoted a decision-making process in which the decision is shared between the patient and the physician.
Scientific debate is focused on the critical interpretation of the results from the PLCO trial and on the high percentage of contamination of tests performed outside the study. It was clear that 44% of study participants had undergone PSA testing before randomization, and in the two arms of the trial, around 85% of participants had undergone PSA screening at least once. In a further review of the PLCO data that was published in The New England Journal of Medicine, this estimate was revised to 90%, which confirmed the limits and problems regarding the interpretability of the results of this trial.
The results from the ERSPC showed that one prostate cancer death could be averted per 781 men invited for screening, a better figure in comparison with that which led to the breast cancer screening recommendations: screening 10,000 women aged 50 to 59 years will result in eight (CI, 2 to 17) fewer breast cancer deaths. On the basis of evidence in favor of PSA-based screening for the prevention of prostate cancer deaths, this benefit is consistent with epidemiologic data, which, in the United States, showed a slight drop in specific mortality after PSA-based screening was introduced. Observational data showed that the advent of PSA-based screening also coincided with a smaller number of metastases, thus probably reducing morbidity and the costs associated with metastatic and locally advanced tumors.
Following the 2012 guidelines, various studies have shown a substantial reduction in the incidence of nonmetastatic prostate cancer that was associated with a reduction in PSA-based screening rates. However, since 2013, the reduction in the rate of nonmetastatic cases has been accompanied by a significant increase in the incidence of metastatic prostate cancer.
To determine whether the reduction in PSA-based screening rates in the 2005–2014 period was associated with a subsequent increase in the rate of metastatic prostate cancer, researchers conducted a cohort study of 4,678,412 men in 2005 and 5,371,701 men in 2019. All participants were patients in the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The study analyzed the change in PSA screening rates in 128 facilities and included the rates of prostate biopsy and the rates of nonmetastatic and metastatic prostate cancer cases occurring in the period 2005–2019. There was a 10% to 15% absolute decrease in PSA screening rates among veterans around the time of the introduction of the 2008 and 2012 USPSTF guidelines. Prostate biopsy rates and nonmetastatic prostate cancer incidence rates showed modest decreases that coincided with these changes in PSA screening and long-term nonscreening rates. The results suggested an association between lower facility-level PSA screening rates and higher metastatic prostate cancer incidence rates, which is consistent with findings from the ERSPC trial. That trial demonstrated a decrease in the incidence of metastatic prostate cancer in the PSA screening arm, compared with the usual-care arm.
Guidelines and Practice
In recent years, the process for expert review of guidelines has been diverted toward recommendations that account for individual risk for personalized PSA-based screening. The American Urological Association recommends PSA testing for men aged 55 to 69 years. For men aged 40 to 55 years, it recommends that decisions be individualized at an interval of ≥2 years. The American Cancer Society recommends screening from the age of 50 years for patients at medium risk and from around 40 years for Black American patients and those with a positive family history. It advises that PSA levels be used to determine the frequency of subsequent follow-ups. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the European Association of Urology recommend baseline PSA testing at age 40 years and that PSA levels be used to determine how often patients should be subsequently screened.
Today, there is a general feeling that the discussion of the benefit of screening has moved on somewhat. The current objective is to find a balance between the risks arising from overdiagnosis and the clear survival benefit achievable with PSA-based screening. From this point of view, the results emerging from the VHA study, in line with the ERSPC evidence, together inform physicians about making a joint decision on the potential benefits of PSA screening for men who wish to reduce their risk of metastatic prostate cancer.
This article was translated from Univadis Italy.
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My brother's best friend
"And suddenly you fall in love with who you least love"
What happens when you fall in love with your brother's hateful best friend?
And without imagining it we find ourselves, without imagining we live a reality
This is my story, my reality.
I appreciate the good times you gave me, I forgot to say that the baby I was expecting is not yours, also do not comment that I lost it a few months ago, I had not told you because I thought you were going to leave, I hope you forgive me for everything I did, I'm going to think better things, I'm going to continue with my treatmen……
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Some reservations welcome visitors; some don’t. Keep in mind that reservations are not tourist attractions, but rather places where people live and work. Some Native American reservations you can visit include: … See Navajo songs and dances, an Indian rodeo and wild horse race, and more.
Can non-Natives live on a reservation?
Non-Natives can live in reservations as long as they work for an agency that provides housing or lives with a Native family who lives in the reservation. Non-Natives are not permitted to buy any property or rent any property as long as it is on native lands.
Can anyone live on an Indian reservation?
Must all American Indians and Alaska Natives live on reservations? No. American Indians and Alaska Natives live and work anywhere in the United States (and the world) just as other citizens do. … American Indian and Alaska Native population now live away from their tribal lands.
Are Indian reservations dangerous?
On a number of Native American reservations Native Women are murdered at a rate representing ten times the national average. Violent crime rates over all on Native American reservations are 2.5 times the national average while some individual reservations reach 20 times the national average of violent crime.
How do I join a Native American reservation?
According to the federal government, in order to be a Native American, one must enroll in one of the 573 federally recognized tribes, etc. An individual must connect their name to the enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe.
Which Indian tribe is the richest?
Shakopee Mdewakanton – Annual Revenue of $1 Billion
The Shakopee Mdewakanton are the wealthiest Native American tribe, going by the individual personal wealth. They are 480 members, and each member gets around $84,000 per month, as disclosed by a tribe member going through a divorce.
Can cops go on Indian reservations?
The BIA has nationwide jurisdiction over crimes committed within or involving Indian Country, and its officers are usually based near Indian reservations.
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How much money do natives get when they turn 18?
In 2016, every tribal member received roughly $12,000. McCoy’s kids, and all children in the community, have been accruing payments since the day they were born. The tribe sets the money aside and invests it, so the children cash out a substantial nest egg when they’re 18.
How much do Native American get paid a month?
Members of some Native American tribes receive cash payouts from gaming revenue. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, for example, has paid its members $30,000 per month from casino earnings. Other tribes send out more modest annual checks of $1,000 or less.
Do you need permission to enter an Indian reservation?
When conversing with people on the reservation, you should listen more than you talk, especially when an elder is speaking. Remember that you’re a guest. You’re not entitled to visit the reservation. You’re there because you have permission by its owners.
What is the poorest Indian reservation in the United States?
Poorest Indian Reservations in the United States. Buffalo County, South Dakota has the distinction of being the poorest county in the United States. The Crow Creek Indian Reservation inhabited by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe makes up the majority of Buffalo County.
Do Indian reservations pay taxes?
All Indians are subject to federal income taxes. … However, whenever a member of an Indian tribe conducts business off the reservation, that person, like everyone else, pays both state and local taxes. State income taxes are not paid on reservation or trust lands.
What is the most violent Indian reservation?
Brutal Crimes Grip an Indian Reservation
- WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. …
- Nicknamed “the surge,” it was modeled after the military’s Iraq war strategy, circa 2007, which helped change the course of the conflict. …
- The reservation’s high school dropout rate of 40 percent is more than twice the state average.

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Dry ice cleaning technology is a new decontamination technology, and the raw material is solid carbon dioxide. A key issue of whether dry ice cleaning can replace traditional cleaning is the cost issue, which is bound to be related to the consumption of raw materials, the price of dry ice cleaning machines and other cost issues. In addition, the process cost of any cleaning process is related to many factors, such as different cleaning precision requirements, different cleaning conditions, etc. Let’s take a look today at what costing dry ice blasting needs to consider.
Dry ice blasting machine cost
First of all, dry ice cleaning machines are essential, so first of all, consider the cost of investing in a machine. If you don’t use it much or clean few objects, choosing a rental cleaning service is a good choice. If you decide to buy the machine, it is recommended that you consult a few more, and it is best if you can go to the factory to test the machine and choose one with good quality. This will also reduce maintenance costs and management costs later, so do not figure cheap, good quality machine is the most important.
Difficulty of cleaning
The difficulty of cleaning will also influence the cost of dry ice blasting. The cost of any cleaning method is related to the cleanliness of the object being cleaned and the accuracy of the cleaning.
Moreover, the consumption of dry ice and cleaning precision is closely related. For example, especially thick and strong adhesion of oil, scale, paint, etc., cleaning them requires deep freezing and effective impact, so that the dirt gradually disappears, which will increase the amount of dry ice use, air pressure will also increase, requiring high-powered dry ice cleaning machine. But for the case of not much dirt can use low pressure cleaning, the amount of ice will also be much less.
Dry ice specifications
The cost of dry ice powder is very low but the cleaning effect is not good. Nowadays, people use dry ice pellets to clean objects, the technology of producing dry ice pellets is very mature. Shuliy dry ice pellet making machine can meet all the requirements of dry ice pellet. High-density dry ice pellets are very durable and use very few dry ice pellets to achieve the same effect as dry ice powder.
How much does dry ice blasting cost? The related factors include the dry ice blasting machine cost, dry ice specifications, state to be reached and so on. Take these factors into consideration to determine whether dry ice blasting is expensive. In addition, an experienced operator will save the cost of dry ice blasting.


2020 candidate Eric Swalwell calls for "immediately impeaching" AG Bill Barr and Treasury Sec. Mnuchin. "They're front-door obstructors, and they're holding, burying the evidence that we need," he tells @TheView .
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If Trump , per Pompeo's claim, was really interested in fighting corruption in Ukraine or U.S.-Ukraine relations, he would have enlisted the DOJ & FBI to act & have used our MLAT treaty with Ukraine to do so. If there any evidence that these channels were used? I've seen none.
After nearly 14 years in power, Bolivia's President Evo Morales has announced his resignation, but it is not yet clear who will succeed him. Morales' announcement was followed by violent clashes with buildings set on fire in La Paz.


President Donald Trump is planning to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday in Washington, an encounter that is sure to draw significant scrutiny amid several ongoing controversies involving Trump and Russia.
Trump will meet with Lavrov alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss the state of their bilateral relationship, a senior administration official told CNN. The State Department had previously announced that Lavrov would travel to Washington this week for meetings with Pompeo to “discuss a broad range of regional and bilateral issues.”
CNN reported earlier Monday that Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Lavrov and Trump would meet.
Lavrov’s last official visit to Washington in May 2017 was notable because Trump reportedly shared highly classified information in the Oval Office with the foreign minister and then-Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak.
This week’s meeting will take place amid the backdrop of Democrats’ ongoing impeachment inquiry, which centers on whether Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine – at a time when it has been fighting Russian aggression – in exchange for political dirt to aid his reelection bid. And on Monday, a highly anticipated report into the early days of the Russia investigation is set to be released.
Trump has striven to improve relations between Washington and Moscow during his time in office, but he’s often been pushed to punish the Russian government for conducting destabilizing actions around the world. In August, Trump imposed long-overdue, legally mandated sanctions on Russia for its poisoning of an ex-spy in the United Kingdom.
Lavrov, in turn, also has accused the US of destabilizing the world, airing a list of grievances during a press conference last year over the Trump administration’s foreign policy, particularly in regard to Iran and North Korea.
CNN’s Zachary Cohen, Emma Burrows, Angela Dewan and Lindsay Isaac contributed to this report.


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The atmosphere in the Upper Room turned dark and troubling. The twelve disciples (quickly reduced to eleven) had joined their Lord for what turned out to be His last meal before He died. Their dreams were dashed at the incomprehensible teachings as He spoke of His betrayal, death and departure. They could not understand that He was preparing them for life without His physical presence.
Yet for those who know the end of the story, the truths Jesus taught them are powerful and profound. The inspired author, John, in the Gospel account by his name (chapters 13–17), writes with simple words using elementary grammar and sentence structure. But God sovereignly appointed him to set us not only soaring, but also diving to profound depths. What he records almost exceeds human language to convey. No superficial reading will suffice to gain the heart of God as revealed in that dinner conversation. May your daily reading in this book help you go where you may not have gone before, as you listen in and contemplate the Upper Room experience.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
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-Upper Room Outline
-Initial Preparation (13:1-38)
-Introduction to the Upper Room Discourse (13:1-4)
-Washing the Disciples’ Feet (13:5-20)
-Prediction of Betrayal & Denial (13:21-38)
-New Relationships (14:1–16:4)
-With the Father (14:1-15)
-With the Holy Spirit (14:16-31)
-With Jesus the Vine (15:1-11)
-With Each Other—Love (15:12-17)
-With the World—Rejection (15:18–16:4)
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-Certainty of Jesus’ Departure (16:16-22)
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Author info: Chuck Gianotti, Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary, has served in full-time ministry for over 40 years as an elder, speaker, teacher, and author. He has served in both the US and Canada and is the former director of Biblical Eldership Resources (BiblicalEldership.com). Chuck is the author of numerous books and articles and is vitally interested in discipling men. He speaks at camps, conferences, and other churches on a regular basis. He is married to his wife Mary and together they have two adult children and three grandchildren.

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Biographical material, correspondence, writings, teaching material, subject files, financial information, photographs, printed material and audio visual material documenting the career of Robert Rosemblum as an art historian and professor.
Robert Rosenblum papers, circa 1934-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Robert Rosenblum (1927- 2006) was an art historian and professor in New York, N.Y. Rosenblum received his B. A. from Queens College, his M.A. Yale University, and his Ph.D. from New York University, Institute of Fine Arts. He also taught at the Institute of Fine Arts.
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IBA: Qualifying expenditure: Expenditure on the construction of a building
You should give IBA on capital expenditure incurred on the construction of a building or the capital cost of buying an unused building.
Expenditure incurred on the construction of a building includes:
- capital expenditure on repairs, that is expenditure on repairs for which a Case 1 deduction could not be made CA31450;
- the costs of demolishing an existing building in order to erect a new building provided that those costs are not taken into account in calculating a balancing adjustment on the old building;
- professional fees relating to the design and construction of a building provided that the building is actually constructed;
and so you should give IBA on those costs.
Expenditure on the construction of a building does not include:
- the cost of obtaining planning permission. If, however, a builder’s quotation includes the cost of obtaining planning permission do not try to disallow that part of the quotation;
- capitalised interest;
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September 11, 2018
It was the book birthday for The Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older, and the author chose to spend part of the day with our 6th and 7th graders. Older spent time explaining why he chose to write an historical fiction, fantasy mash up for his first middle grade novel and how that mash up manifested in the story. As a kid, Older was fascinated with monsters and drew them all the time. He was also intrigued by the history of a real orphans' home that existed in New York during the mid-1800s. Many of the events in the book actually happened like the New York City draft riots that caused many buildings to go up in flames. Most of the characters that appear in his book are fictional, but he does include a few historical figures. Having his characters interact with dinosaurs just seemed right to him. His book is an action-packed adventure story, and the dinosaurs help to save the day because Magdalys, the heroine, is able to communicate telepathically with them. Read more about this visit on the librarian's blog.


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The USDA discontinued SuperTracker on June 30, 2018. Begun in 2011, SuperTracker had 27 million users including registered dietitian nutritionists, students and others. Functionalities included tracking daily food and physical activity as well as analyzing recipes or menus. Why was the tool discontinued? USDA recognized that currently there are many available tools. More @ https://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertracker-discontinuation-faqs.
The July/August issue of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition magazine includes an article, ‘So Long, SuperTracker’ by Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN, LD @ https://foodandnutrition.org/from-the-magazine/so-long-supertracker/ which provides alternatives to SuperTracker. The links below reflect additional online information about some of the alternatives. For more mobile app reviews go to Food and Nutrition magazine @ https://foodandnutrition.org/tag/apps/. Marisa Moore’s bio is @ http://marisamoore.com/about-marisa/. As noted in the article, be sure to identify the databases used by any platform and their accuracy – some use member-provided data.
One last point…feel free to search online for user reviews of trackers and recipe analysis tools as they may provide helpful insight. I provided one such review below.
Created by Dietitians of Canada, based on Canadian nutrition and activity guidelines. Functionalities include logging/tracking food and activity, planning meals and analyzing recipes. There are several YouTube videos that provide tutorials – this one is 12 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1L3fB-pJeU – others are shorter.
>>>Detailed overview of eaTracker
>>>A retrospective analysis of the real-world use of eaTracker
The focus of this study is to determine who used eaTracker during 2012 – 2014 in specific geographic areas of Canada and the use of the goals functionality added in 2011. There was high interest in goal-setting among users although user-written goals were of poor quality and rarely tracked.
>>>Gastrointestinal Society of Canada review of eaTracker
Brief description/review along with reviews of 2 American tools
Recipe nutrition calculator creates Nutrition Facts panels that can be saved. The calculator uses the USDA National Nutrient Database and other databases.
>>>Verywell Fit recipe nutrition calculator
Step-by-step user directions.
A recipe analyzer and tracker @ https://happyforks.com/, it uses data from U.S. and Canadian sources.
>>>Brief user review
Track food and activity, analyze recipes and generate food labels @ https://www.sparkpeople.com/. Uses the USDA database and member data.
A popular tool for consumers identified by registered dietitian nutritionists @ https://www.health.com/nutrition/best-nutrition-apps and health organizations such as Kaiser Permanente @ https://wa-health.kaiserpermanente.org/best-diet-apps/. Here is one of many MyFitness Pal tutorials @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu9RKqlmD1Q (about 5 minutes).
>>>Registered dietitian review from Women’s Health
This review uses MyFitness Pal to illustrate how to best log food intake and possible pitfalls.
>>>PC magazine review
Detailed review from a functional perspective.
>>>Which calorie-tracking app should you count on?
Detailed functional analysis of MyFitness Pal compared to other apps.
SELF Nutrition Data
Another popular consumer tool. A short (3 1/2 minutes) video @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9t1AKVZvcE shows how to generate a Nutrition Facts label.
>>>7 websites that give you nutritional information to eat smarter
Review of several platforms including SELF Nutrition Data w/ screenshots
More comprehensive databases for professionals
The Food and Nutrition magazine article identifies dietary analysis, menu planning and other options for professionals. In addition, here are 2 detailed lists: https://www.consultant360.com/n411/articles/nutrition-assessment-and-recipe-analysis-applications-0 and http://www.todaysdietitian.com/news/enews_0909_03.shtml.


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Best places to travel in the US can be found some on Miami. Every people know that Miami is one place in US where you can see the best beaches. Some things that you really have to do in Miami are going to the Everglades National Park, Miami Seaquarium, and of course the beach. Everglades National Park is one of the vastest national parks in the US. Many people are spending days just to see all of the animals in Everglades National Park. If you want the new species, then you can go to Miami Seaquarium. The dolphins are the main attraction here, but you can also find many other fishes here. The last, Miami Beach can be the best closing of the day of the best places to travel in the US.
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“Fourth, Europe should make full use of the fossil fuels available, including coal and shale gas. In the EU’s eastern states, Poland among them, coal is synonymous with energy security. No nation should be forced to extract minerals but none should be prevented from doing so – as long as it is done in a sustainable way. We need to fight for a cleaner planet but we must have safe access to energy resources and jobs to finance it.”
“Fifth, we should reach out to our partners outside Europe. The global gas market is a recent creation. In the years of the Coal and Steel Community, gas could not be transported by ship; today, thanks to technological progress, we have the tools necessary to create a single European market. Signing agreements with emerging suppliers could transform the situation on the European energy market. One possibility is the US, where shale production has taken off in recent years. Another is Australia, a rising star of liquefied natural gas exports.”
Tusk ends his piece with the statement that “The seed of the EU was planted by a simple vision: common control over – and a common stake in – steel production and coal mining. It is time to strengthen the community in the field of energy. Now that new technologies allow it, and old challenges demand it, we can hardly afford not to.”
Let’s start with Tusk’s first and most important point, the idea that we should counter Russia’s dominance with a Super-Monopoly based in Brussels which would take care of all of the EU’s gas business. Where has Mr Tusk been for the past 15 years? Is he not aware that the EU has been countering the “dominance” of Russia and other suppliers by attempting to create a liberalised gas (energy) market?
Is he not aware that, in Western Europe anyway, where competition and markets are taken seriously, energy trading and “distribution” is engaged in by private businesses, which have certain legal protections? His suggestion that we should break up “bilateral agreements” and “strip” them of “any secret and market-distorting clauses” flies in the face of the rule of law that I believe the EU is supposed to stand for – not some kind of “solidarity” to be decided on and doled out by politicians.
“Solidarity” is a solidly one-way street in Mr Tusk’s world
Who does Mr Tusk suggest anyway would run his “Energy Union”? Mr Oettinger? Bureaucrats in Brussels would “ensure” our gas supply from now on, set the prices, decide which member state gets how much, where the gas should be bought and at what price? Fortunately, most policymakers in Brussels are far too wise to be even tempted by such a far-fetched notion.
However, Mr Tusk’s “Energy Union” only goes so far. When it comes to coal and shale gas, he states that “No nation should be forced to extract minerals but none should be prevented from doing so”. In other words, Poland has coal and will keep using it, no matter what the rest of the EU wants. “Solidarity” is a solidly one-way street in Mr Tusk’s world. I must practise solidarity towards him, but he will not let himself be bothered by my concerns.
Many of Mr Tusk’s other “recommendations” are simply standard EU policy and practice. “No nation should be forced to extract minerals but none should be prevented from doing so” – that right is laid down in the EU treaty. “The EU should support the building of adequate energy infrastructure” – the EU has been doing this for years, with some success. We “should reach out to our partners outside of Europe”, “signing agreements with emerging suppliers” – that’s what has been going on for some time, Mr Tusk – but not controlled by some kind of bureaucratic monstrosity in Brussels that you seem to envision.
Note, incidentally, that Poland is not very dependent on imported (Russian) gas at all – gas supplies just 13% of Poland’s energy mix, of which 60% comes from Russia. Mr Tusk’s proposal, therefore, does not solve any problem – it merely tries to seize an opportunity presented by the sad developments in Ukraine. He apparently sees a chance in the Ukraine crisis to increase his powers. To “fight” Russia by adopting the mirror image of the Russian system – which would then be controlled by European politicians and bureaucrats.
I think the 20th Century has shown us what “common control” over resources and technologies really entails. Certainly the Polish people have experienced this kind of economic system first-hand. The idea of the EU, in my view anyway, is not based on common control but on economic freedom. And that includes the energy business.


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Pressure? What pressure?
Swift Current Broncos head coach Manny Viveiros doesn’t buy the theory that his team is feeling the squeeze as it tries to put away the Regina Pats in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final.
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Swift Current dropped a 3-2 decision Friday but still leads the series 3-2 heading into Game 6 on Saturday night at the Credit Union iplex.
“We’re in a situation where there is no pressure for us,” Viveiros said after Friday’s loss. “We’re not even supposed to be here. We’re not even supposed to have Regina — the No. 1-ranked team in Canada — on the verge of elimination. That’s not pressure for us. It’s more pressure for them.”
The Pats responded with a fiery effort in Game 5, staving off elimination for at least one night
Another win on Saturday would force Game 7 back in Regina on Monday.
“Obviously it feels good,” said Pats defenceman Connor Hobbs. “Our plan was to win (Friday). We just have to do it again (Saturday), it’s that simple. The same effort (will be required), maybe even more so in their rink. Just come out guns blazin’.”
The Broncos expect nothing less.
“They’re a good hockey team,” said Viveiros, whose club finished 24 points behind Regina in the regular season. “We knew they would come back and battle hard. There’s no time to feel pressure. We have to play loose and enjoy the moment and go out and play. This team is pretty resilient and what we do is live in the moment. What happened (Friday) is done and over with. We’ll move on to (Game 6).”
The same goes for the Pats, who lost Games 3 and 4 in Swift Current — 2-1 in overtime on Monday and 5-4 in triple-OT on Tuesday.
Both games featured sellout crowds of 2,890.
“They have a good home crowd and they use it to their advantage,” said Pats centre Sam Steel. “We have to go in there and try to quiet them early but it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to be a good challenge.”
The Pats are ready to face the challenge head on — just as they did in Game 6.
“Nothing changes,” said head coach/GM John Paddock. “We haven’t lost in regulation there. Four times we’ve won (in the regular season) and two (losses) in overtime (during the playoffs). It’s a loud building. I think that’s great. People in some ways are sort of on top of you. I think it’s a great place to play.”
So do the Broncos.
“We’re glad to go back home in front of the home crowd,” said Viveiros. “It’s going to be loud like it is (in Regina). We feel it gives us a bit of an advantage but at the end of the day it’s about two teams on the ice battling it out.”
With the exception of Regina’s 6-2 victory in Game 2, the series couldn’t get much tighter. All four of the other contests have been decided by one goal — three of them in overtime.
“Guys are just gassed, giving it 100 per cent,” added Hobbs. “It’s kind of cliché but guys are diving in front of pucks on both sides. It’s a war out there. That’s what we need again (Saturday). Hopefully we can force a (Game) 7.”


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Tripwire’s contributing writer Tim Hayes casts his eye over Rebellion’s Slaughter Bowl out now…
Writer: John Smith
Artist: Paul Peart
Rebellion’s digital-only reprints from past eras of 2000AD brings another of writer John Smith’s stories back into view, this one from the 1993 Summer Offensive period of stories overseen by Smith, Grant Morrison and Mark Millar. The Offensive threw out some deliberate provocations designed to raise a mild ruckus – anything like Big Dave and its Viz-style venom seems unlikely to reappear in the current all-ages era of 2000AD Regened progs – but Slaughter Bowl is more restrained by Offensive standards, notwithstanding a note in the small print about stereotypes that might offend. It’s pretty restrained by John Smith standards too: just a comedy sci-fi horror story with death row convicts riding dinosaurs in a multimedia game show of violence, a plot which pulls together so many bits and pieces from fantasies either around at the time or still to come that it’s more or less The Running Death Race Gamer Park.
In the Tunbridge Wells of 2029, middle-aged put-upon sad-sack Stanley Modest loses his job shortly before finding his entire family murdered and ending up on death row in (for some reason) Montana USA convicted of the crime, a chain of ludicrous black comedy circumstances only there to get him conscripted into the annual Slaughterbowl contest alongside 74 other ultra-violent convicts. Sponsored for very little money by Kidderminster’s BBQ Relish, Stanley and an imp co-pilot supplied by the organisers (since no one else wants to work with him) ride a dinosaur through a series of lethal death traps against other far more skilful riders on far more lethal dinosaurs. Much slaughter ensues, before Stanley learns answers to a few questions about himself that he might wish he hadn’t asked.
Paul Peart draws the strip with the right kind of brawny comedy for the story, a mildly underground vibe added to some very 1990s exaggerated violence and the kind of evolution of its original classic British comics styles that 2000AD was after at the time, although Smith works the climax up to such a frantic pace that the art has to fight for space. No Smith story is ever just what’s happening on the surface; Slaughter Bowl arrived when fictional serial killers were becoming a fixation in the cultural scene and Smith is too tuned in not to have something to say about that. But compared to the earnest mind-expanding Ditko-style psychic voyages of Smith and Simon Harrison’s Revere, which Rebellion republished in this format in January, Slaughter Bowl is a quick splatter satire about a stereotypical English weakling releasing the angry bastard within and revenging on some Americans while he’s at it, which ticks several 2000AD boxes at once.
Time To Get Slaughtered Tripwire’s contributing writer Tim Hayes casts his eye over Rebellion’s Slaughter Bowl out now… Slaughter Bowl Writer: John Smith Artist: Paul Peart Rebellion Rebellion’s digital-only reprints from past eras of 2000AD brings another of writer John Smith’s stories back into view, this one from the 1993 Summer Offensive period of stories
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
On August 28, 1963 a quarter million people came to the nation’s capital to petition their duly elected government in a demonstration known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Frustrated by the inaction of a gridlocked Congress, the marchers called for Congress to pass the Civil Rights bill.
The size of the event and the potential for violence caused some congressional opponents of the March to try different legislative tactics to block the demonstration. Representative Albert Watson (D-SC) proposed House Concurrent Resolution 186, which called for a cessation of all mass protests while the Civil Rights bill was being considered. Representative William Tuck (D-VA) introduced H.R. 7329, a bill to amend “the criminal laws of the United States” to prohibit interstate movement “with the intent to incite or to commit any act or engage in any conduct which would tend to incite to riot.” As some already predicted that March would end with rioting, this law could have been used to stop the March and other demonstrations. Both bills were referred to committees, but Congress took no further action.
Although President John F. Kennedy strongly supported the Civil Rights bill, he hesitated to support the demonstration. He knew that a turbulent March would undermine support for the bill and cast doubt on the nation’s commitment to justice and liberty. In his June 19 message to Congress, he declared that racial strife was “weakening the respect with which the rest of the world regards us.” Kennedy was aware that nations around the world looked to the United States to address its racial problems peacefully and justly.
In newspapers and congressional debate leading up to the March, opponents in Congress denounced the demonstrators as “unwitting followers” of their “communist” leaders. They argued that the March should be prohibited as an “illegal assembly” and they predicted violence in the streets. Their fears proved to be unfounded, and the March proceeded calmly and peacefully. Many of the addresses were memorable—especially Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech—but the truly historic and most emotionally powerful aspect of the March was the demonstrators’ peaceful assembly.
While the March did not immediately change the balance of power in Congress in support of civil rights, it did accomplish two very important things. First, it prompted many Americans to reconsider their perspective on the Civil Rights Movement. Second, it reaffirmed the strength of American liberal institutions. For many Americans, the confirmation that our nation and government institutions were resilient enough to withstand a non–violent mass protest on a deeply divisive issue was reason enough to hope for democracy to prevail.
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But a large, new, worldwide study finds that, even at low doses, long-term use of aspirin may be harmful - without providing benefit - for older people who have not already had a heart attack or stroke.
"Despite the fact that aspirin has been around for more than 100 years, we have not known whether healthy older people should take it as a preventive measure to keep them healthy for longer", said John McNeil, who led the trial at Monash University in Melbourne.
In the UK, GPs generally do not advise aspirin for pensioners who have not previously suffered cardiovascular problems, such as a heart attack or stroke.
When the participants were followed up almost five years later, doctors found that compared with the placebo, a daily aspirin had not reduced the risk of heart attack or stroke, or prolonged the number of years people lived without dementia or physical disabilities.
It was called the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial. That compares with 90.5 percent of those taking a placebo. In the August study and the new one, researchers found a significant risk of internal gastric bleeding caused by the medication, which thins the blood. No, says a large scale study that was actually meant to study how aspirin could help!
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Participants took either aspirin or a placebo daily over a four-and-a-half year period.
Using the help of Global Positioning System, researchers recruited 16,703 older people in Australian and 2411 in the United States, with approximately 9500 people in both the aspirin and the placebo group.
This latest study has indicated just how bad the side-effects can be with a clear increase in the number of cases of serious bleeding among aspirin takers at 3.8 per cent compared to the placebo group at 2.8 per cent. It is used for a variety of ailments ranging from one-off pain relief from a headache to the prevention of blood clots in those at risk of heart attack and stroke.
'This study shows why it is so important to conduct this type of research, so that we can gain a fuller picture of aspirin's benefits and risks among healthy older persons'. Previous studies found aspirin may be protective against certain kinds of cancer.
"The concern has been uncertainty about whether aspirin is beneficial for otherwise healthy older people without those conditions". Patients who were black or Hispanic and living in the United States - two groups that face a higher risk of heart disease or dementia - could be age 65 or older.
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One of those sections appears to relate to the time period that Page worked on Trump's campaign as a foreign policy adviser. The FBI had previously released a heavily redacted version of the Page FISA application back in July.
The data also revealed essentially no difference between the two groups in their rates of developing disability and dementia.
The study found the higher death rate in the aspirin-treated group was due primarily to a higher rate of cancer deaths.
"There was more bleeding, particularly from the stomach and upper gastrointestinal tract", Prof McNeil told AAP.
"After a median of 4.7 years of follow-up, the rate of cardiovascular disease was 10.7 events per 1000 person years in the aspirin group and 11.3 events per 1000 person years in the placebo group".
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In the bowl of a stand mixer combine everything but the strawberry pure. Beat on medium-high speed until smooth and creamy.
Puree strawberries in a blender and mash through a sieve, discard seeds and solids.
Measure ½ cup of the strawberry puree and beat it into the frosting over medium-high speed, scraping sides as needed. (If you have leftover strawberry puree it is delicious stirred into milk with a bit of sugar if you like.)
Use the frosting right away or refrigerate until ready to use. If the frosting is refrigerated before using it will need to come to room temperature and then be whipped again.
This frosting should be stored in a refrigerator even after it has been used for cupcakes or cake. It is ok to leave it unrefrigerated for several hours for serving – just don’t leave it on the counter on a cake for three days. Mmmmk?
Using ½ cup of strawberry puree in this recipe makes a good stiff buttercream for decorating. The flavor is bursting with fresh strawberry. If you want to use a bit more ¾ cup of puree will make a looser frosting with a slightly stronger flavor.


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Fort Wayne, Ind.-based steel company Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD) - Get Report rose Tuesday after it reported earnings that were ahead of Wall Street expectations but fourth-quarter revenue that fell just short.
The company reported net income of $1.31 per share, topping analysts' expectations of $1.25. Revenue for the period came in at $2.9 billion, short of analysts' predictions of $2.92 billion for the period.
"The performance of the entire Steel Dynamics team was exceptional this year. We performed at the top of our industry, both operationally and financially," said Mark D. Millett, president and chief executive officer. "In 2018, the domestic steel industry benefited from a steady improvement in underlying steel consumption, based on strength from the automotive, construction and energy sectors."
The company's shares have jumped 14% year to date, though the stock has declined 26% over the past 12 months.
Steel Dynamics shares rose 1.8% to $34.91 by the close of trading Tuesday.


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Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
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Enjoy a convenient connection with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s international terminal when you stay at the Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol hotel. The airport railway station makes it easy to travel into the city centre in just 15 minutes, and offers connectivity to many European destinations. The hotel is just moments from international stores, boutiques and restaurants in Schiphol Plaza.
Settle into a comfortable guest room at this Schiphol Airport hotel, featuring lozenge-shaped windows and modern amenities, including Wi-Fi and an ergonomic desk. Choose a stylish executive room or suite for extra benefits, such as access to the Executive Lounge with complimentary breakfast and refreshments.
Work out in the 24-hour fitness centre, or enjoy a massage in the eforea spa, or unwind with a bespoke cocktail and a Dutch snack in Axis Lobby & Cocktail Bar. Bowery Restaurant boasts three open kitchens and innovative fusion cuisine prepared with seasonal ingredients.
Hotel Facilities & Services
- Total Rooms Number: 277
- 24 hour front desk
- Lift to all Floors
- Air Conditioned Public Areas
- Multilingual Staff
- Concierge Desk
- Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
- Internet Access
- Air Conditioning
- Mini bar
- Room Service 24hr: Yes
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- Pay Movies
- Direct Dial Telephone
- Complimentary Newspaper
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Trouser Press
- Laundry/Dry Cleaning Services
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Cable/Satellite TV channels
- Sauna Free: No
- Name: Schiphol
- Distance: 600 metres
- Name: SCHIPHOL
- Distance: 600 metres
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- Restaurant in hotel
- Children's Menu available
- Nearest Rail Name: Schiphol Distance: 600 metres
- Nearest Airport Name: Schiphol Distance: 600 metres
To view our full selection of accommodation in Amsterdam Airport, view our hotels in Amsterdam Airport page.
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- Overall: based on 958 reviews
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Best Airport Hotel at Schiphol
Stay Date: 04/2017, Stefan H wrote this review.
The new Hilton Amsterdam Airport hotel is my first choice when staying at Amsterdam Airport. The hotel is connected directly to the terminal by an indoor walking route with travelators. The hotel is spacious, modern and quiet. Efficient check in/out.… See more
The new Hilton Amsterdam Airport hotel is my first choice when staying at Amsterdam Airport. The hotel is connected directly to the terminal by an indoor walking route with travelators. The hotel is spacious, modern and quiet. Efficient check in/out. I stayed in one of the Corner rooms with airport view. The room was very spacious, clean, appropriately furnished and decorated, well equipped with amenities and the climate control worked exactly as it should. Absolutely no noise edible (externally and internally). Very good internet connection. I had both dinner and breakfast in the hotel and both were a very pleasant experience. A very special mention to the Housekeeping manager Mrs. Boelhouwer who exceeded my expectations with her personal approach and service. I will definitely stay in this hotel again. Collapse
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Stay Date: 04/2017, jeffreydS2689AZ wrote this review.
We arrived on Tuesday 18April17 late afternoon. We had no issues getting our rooms at check-in. The process was very quick and efficient. The room was lovely and very well appointed and maintained. Service was great. I definitely will stay at this ho… See more
We arrived on Tuesday 18April17 late afternoon. We had no issues getting our rooms at check-in. The process was very quick and efficient. The room was lovely and very well appointed and maintained. Service was great. I definitely will stay at this hotel again. Collapse
Stay Date: 04/2017, GermanoF wrote this review.
Difficult to give 3/5 to the perfect business hotel, but in this case the quality of the rooms and of the service is definitely overpriced... Probably the bee-hive structure does not providing very warm welcomes either.
Difficult to give 3/5 to the perfect business hotel, but in this case the quality of the rooms and of the service is definitely overpriced... Probably the bee-hive structure does not providing very warm welcomes either. Collapse
Hotel room good/ Restaurant staff insensitive
Stay Date: 04/2017, TRAVELSHOT wrote this review.
We stayed in this hotel with our family having booked 3 rooms. 2 doubles and 1 triple. To start with: 1. Lobby was a posh and you would not even realize you are at the airport since it was at the very end and also very quite. Relaxing. 2. Check in w… See more
We stayed in this hotel with our family having booked 3 rooms. 2 doubles and 1 triple. To start with: 1. Lobby was a posh and you would not even realize you are at the airport since it was at the very end and also very quite. Relaxing. 2. Check in was good. Staff very friendly and actively listening to customer. 3. Room was good. Enough space and the bathroom was very clean. Amenities was there including hair dryer extra packed in a cloth. 4. In room TV was also good and the wifi in the room is free and it was working. Spa 1. We had tried to use the very tiny pool and the receptionist was friendly to remind us that she was closing in a certain hour. Respectful and friendly also 2. Towels and detox water was there as well as bathroom amenities like shampoo and shower gel and of course towels. Good to use just to relax and soothe your muscles to relax. Restaurant Bowery 1. Breakfast variety was good for an airport hotel. Smoothies as well as juices. There was a coffee maker machine which makes life easier since you just have to decide what coffee you wanted like the industrial coffee machines nowadays. But you can also have a fresh brewed coffee in a pot if you want it on your table 2. There was a cook for the self made omelette, waffle and pancakes which was yummy. And he was also friendly. 3. Bread and pastries as well as cold cuts and cheeses and fruits was also good and their granolas and cereals also . There were enough choices. The only thing that really got me a bit disappointed is the way the staff treat their customers. Since it is very busy at the breakfast room they tend to be very hectic at times and very loud about explaining if you have some questions about your bill. That the other people beside you and around you can really hear how much or what you have to pay. I think they should just train their staff to be a bit sensitive to this kind of things specially in the morning where you want to just have a hassle free breakfast and ending up so stressed out because their staff are just so stress out that they pass it on to you. And loud at times in a shouting manner. Hello we paid here to stay in your hotel? Thank God we had some patience since it was our holiday and not a business trip. The dinner was the same. It was so full that you have to reserve a day before if you want to dine there. Which we did not knew. And for 7 people we just had to grab a 22.00 reservations. And because we were just too late for dinner then we also finish late. But the one who served us had forgotten some side dishes and they had the attitude of telling us that the one who took the order made the mistake. Come on guys, we are customers and we do not want to know what went wrong or right between you from the service personnel to the kitchen. And then next day when we just dropped by to reserve for a breakfast the one who served us the night before remembered that we were again the 7 people and without asking us he said sorry we are already closed. It was only 22.30. Told him do not worry we will not have a dinner we will only reserve for breakfast for tomorrow. Very disappointing about Hilton service which i would say it is not this way. But I think maybe the staff is just so stressed out and have a lots of work that is why they do not even realize they already disservice their own customer to go and patronize the restaurant. And would just go out dine outside rather than having a service like what we had. That is why I am writing this review to warn customers about the restaurant. And lastly since we wanted to have a stress free check out we already settled the bill the night before and next day before giving back the room cards at the reception said we still have an outbalance to settle. So it took time again to settle out which at the end was they wanted to charge us an extra night which was their mistake since it was only a total of 3 nights that we stayed. And also mistake about he charges of mini bar. Instead of checking out earlier we had the same problems to leave later since we need to sort out again the check out bills. So please Hilton management. This is only a review and I hope you can maybe give your staff some more trainings how to be a bit sensitive to their guests after all Hilton is a good name brand. Collapse
Stay Date: 02/2017, Fionn Y wrote this review.
We have our pleasant stay in this hotel. The staffs are Super friendly and helpful. The room was spacious, nice decoration and well maintained. Only abit far from the train station but still easily to access.
We have our pleasant stay in this hotel. The staffs are Super friendly and helpful. The room was spacious, nice decoration and well maintained. Only abit far from the train station but still easily to access. Collapse
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This is an absolute beginner level course, we will start from familiarizing with the basic materials to holding a brush before learning how to write with a brush in a nice traditional way. If you have experience with the seal script writing, please feel free to check out our advanced level course!
- Estimated Time: 6-month access, 20 lessons * +/-80 minutes/lesson
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Categories: Calligraphy, Recorded Courses, Seal Script
- Complimentary: 3 one-on-one sessions * 60 minutes/session (on appointment, during course duration)
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- Familiarize with the materials and brush movements specific to the seal script
- Learn how to write stokes in the seal script
- Compose characters and write idiom, poems in seal script
- Learn the meanings of these idioms, poems and related cultural aspects
- Learn and write around 150 characters, imbedded in traditional idioms or poems
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Side projects/short-term bands, recording sessions, guest appearances, miscellaneous freelance, fill-ins, etc:
The Dead Cells
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Trevor Hahn & The Old Blood Band
…and many more.
Experimental & Avant Garde music presented by Small Socialisms Booking (featuring Jacko Monahan; ex-Fatal Rage & Dirge on vocals.)
The Identity Debt
The Ides of August
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Chelsea have reportedly shifted their focus back to Dries Mertens, who will become a free agent this summer if he refuses to extend his Napoli contract.
According to a report by The Sun, Chelsea have made contact with Dries Mertens, whose contract with Napoli expires this June. The Blues are believed to be in the market for an attacking reinforcement ahead of the summer transfer window.
Chelsea tried to land the Belgian in January, to plug holes in their frontline. However, the move was rejected by Napoli, and the Blues ended up signing no one in the winter.
Since signing with the Naples-based club in 2013, Mertens has been absolutely integral to the team, and is the Partenopei‘s all-time top scorer, level with former captain Marek Hamsik. He has achieved this feat in nearly 200 fewer appearances than the Slovakian.
The 32-year-old hasn’t been faring well this season, however, and has had to contest for his position with the likes of Hirving Lozano and Arkadiusz Milik. Mertens has 6 goals and 4 assists in 21 appearances this term. However, he still remains a popular figure in the transfer market, with Chelsea keen on signing him.
The Napoli ace will be one of the most sought after free agents in the coming transfer window, because he has shown little signs of slowing down despite his age. Chelsea will face attacking woes this summer as Willian is almost definitely going to move as a free agent, with local rivals Arsenal ready to secure his services.
Pedro, too, is on his way out of Chelsea in search for more playing time while he can. Oliver Giroud is the third attacker Chelsea may lose on a free transfer, with Inter Milan eyeing a move for the Frenchman; and. it is hard to expect Michy Batshuayi to stay for another term.
Mertens can play anywhere across the frontline, including attacking midfield, and is potentially the perfect short-term solution for Frank Lampard. Chelsea could lose three players for free and there is no better way to stabilise the finances of the club by bringing in a free agent.
Mertens’ attacking portfolio should make him a popular player for several clubs, who might be looking for a temporary change before a overhaul. What now remains to be seen is if Chelsea can finally manage to secure the services of the veteran forward.


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Last week my Indian friend Nisha Sharma – very khaata peeta with flat in Bombay, house in Goya and apartment in New York — called to say she’s coming next month and I must take her shopping. I said acchha I’ll take you to Bareeze (Indians are luttoo on Bareeze na) and she said no she wanted to buy some Art. And I said: ‘What art?’ And she said, ‘Bhai the super stars: Rashid Rana, Imran Qureshi, Ali Kazim, Bani Abidi, Talpur, Jokhio and all’. She said these artists sell in action houses in London — Somebody’s and Christy’s. So I said, ‘Haan of course, I’ll take you. I know them all’. Then I thought before she comes I’ll go and buy all their stuff and put it up in my house and she’ll be so impress and I’ll say ‘Hai, I’ve tau had these from before Kulchoo was born.’
Tau bus yesterday I got into my car and went off to become an art collector. All day I spent going from one studio to another. I saw so many pictures, so many pictures kay don’t even ask. To the artists tau I kept saying ‘haan, haan lovely, lovely’ but between you and me – I didn’t like one thing even. I mean na koi land escapes, na koi dhung kay portraits, na koi moody sa sun sets. Imran Qureshi showed me three paintings which looked as if someone had a nose bleed all over them and no offence but Ali Kazim tau is a bit of a kaam chor. He showed me a watery colour of a boy. Big picture but just one small boy standing in a corner. The rest all empty. Just plain white paper. Bhai if you’re going to charge so much then at least paint the whole paper, no? Now look at Michael Angelino, when Pope asked him to paint Christine Chapel, did he leave half of it empty? Honestly! And Bani Abidi she tau doesn’t even draw. I don’t think so she can be bothered. Just computer type prints. And when Ayaz Jokhio said, ‘I’ve got some dust paintings’, I said, ‘thanks but I’ve got enough dust in my house already.’ And Rashid Rana, his work’s all photos really, which I can take myself with my own Eye Phone, thank you very much. Tau bus, I’ve decided that I’m tau sticking with meray apnay prints of the Depressionists, Maanay, Monay vaghera. You know, proper paintings. Still lives. Sun sets. Lilies. Aur Nisha? I’m sorry but she’s tau total crack.