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Latest California Healthline Stories
Self-management classes can help the tens of millions of Americans now diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. But the education can come with a high price tag.
The ‘scary’ findings show a discouraging lack of progress in cleaning the devices, despite more vigorous efforts in the wake of deadly superbug outbreaks, experts say.
The decision by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra signals his agreement with health consumer advocates, who argue that patients are still struggling to pay their medical bills, even when they have insurance.
California and federal officials have cracked down on a major compounding pharmacy they say posed a threat to public safety, but their actions are worsening shortages of medications that doctors rely on to keep their patients out of pain.
Proponents of the bill say high costs of care are gobbling paychecks and worsening income inequality. Doctors and hospitals say it will drive providers out of state.
Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in an hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found antibiotic-resistant bacteria whose spread has “outpaced” efforts to contain them.
Yamanda Edwards is the only psychiatrist at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, caring for residents in South Los Angeles, a community with a shortage of mental health care.
In a bold move, the state has sued Sutter Health, Northern California’s dominant hospital chain, whose prices have drawn complaints for years. The company says “healthy competition and choice exists across Northern California” for consumers seeking medical care.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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CHP: Drunk driver's passenger killed in Los Gatos
Updated 8:14 am, Tuesday, August 26, 2014
(08-25) 22:34 PDT LOS GATOS -- An alleged drunken driver was arrested after he lost control of his pickup truck and crashed early Monday in Los Gatos, killing his passenger, authorities said.
Forest Lambert, 20, of Santa Clara is being held on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving causing injury in connection with a crash that killed 20-year-old Dakota Toy of Santa Clara.
Lambert was driving a 1998 GMC Sonoma south on Alma Bridge Road at about 40 mph when he lost control north of Aldercroft Heights Road in the hills above Los Gatos at 3:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
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The pickup truck veered right, hit a small dirt berm and went down an embankment, ejecting Toy, who was not wearing a seat belt, through the open passenger-side window, the CHP said. Dakota died at the scene.
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Grad Student - Katie Putney
PBIO grad student Katie Putney and former Chang lab technician Grant Lor set up a field experiment for former PBIO grad student Bryan Quigly (May 2013)
Research - Sweet Potato
Plants used in a study aimed at reconstructing evolutionary relationships in the sweet potato species complex.
Sunflower and Plant Physiology
Sunflower and plant physiology boat selfie
Alumnus - Marziyeh Haghighat
Principles of Plant Biology lab course taught by former graduate student Marziyeh Haghighat (2014)
Faculty Retreat at the State Botanical Garden (2014).
A network model of cellular aging and its applications. (Dr. Hong Qin)

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I tried to mimic Jambalaya from my favorite restaurant and it turned out so well my daughter and husband now prefer my recipe and won't order it when we go to the restaurant! —Alexis Van Vulpen, St. Albert, Alberta
This is a fun and interesting dish to serve when entertaining. For some, it's an introduction to crawfish and Cajun food. Our favorite seafood restaurant features this dish on their menu and it's fabulous! —Tamra Duncan
"I got the idea for this recipe from my brother-in-law, Brett, a fabulous 'experimental' cook," says Katherine Nelson of Palmdale, California. "Even the pickiest of eaters will crave more of this dish, so you might want to double the recipe!"
These cakes are crispy on the outside and moist and flavorful on the inside—a real treat! I like to serve them with hush puppies and coleslaw. I developed the recipe to put to good use all the catfish we catch at our lake cabin. —Jan Campbell, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
"While it's in the oven, I prepare Crab Cake Sandwiches." Yvonne continues. She originally created the golden cakes to use up some leftover crab, but you can make them anytime by simply using convenient canned crab.
"Alan loves them," she notes. "I've served them to family and friends, and they always ask for the recipe.
"I've also used the crab mixture to stuff mushroom caps and bake them as an appetizer."
These seafood sammies are a tasty way to get heated up. Simply adjust the seasoning and hot sauce to put some pop in a yummy pita. I even use more hot sauce for dipping. —Kent Whitaker, Rossville, Georgia
I adapted this recipe from a seasoning I saw for blackened catfish. Because these steaks have a lot of kick, I make a more mellow side dish, like buttered potatoes or grilled fresh vegetables. —Vera Kobiako, Jupiter, Florida

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In an interview with Forbes on his 20-year-long career, Giuseppe Zanotti revealed that he is collaborating with Beyonce on a shoe. Yes, you read that right, a shoe, meaning one shoe. Apparently, it will be an “ultra thick platform stiletto,” which is set for release in one to two weeks. “I’m working on finalizing the shoe with her stylist right now. And Beyoncé will then say what she likes and what she doesn’t like,” he tells the Forbes writer. Beyhive, get ready for the most flawless shoe of all shoes to grace your life any day now.
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My first full 24 hours with the puppies and I must say that they all have such unique personalities. They are all SO tiny – Uber tiny! And so playful with each other. This is going to be so much fun.
The short amount of time I was able to spend with Alabama I could see even though he was the smallest of the four – he is the spitfire of the bunch.
Bacardi appears to be the ideal lap dog. He isn’t the first to come running for play time but works hard to be the first to play with people. He loves the caress of our hands and to cuddle for hours on end. Other dogs are not his favorite playmates – people are.
Calypso is the calmest of the bunch. She truly is a follower and will make the perfect second dog for her new forever family. Playful enough to make a great playmate for Jake but cuddly enough to make her new mommy happier than ever!
Decadence is the most playful in the litter but not overly playful. She is the first to come running to our voices and LOVES to play with people. A very loyal little girl that will be the perfect buddy for Coconut. She will keep him company yet be able to hold her own too! The biggest kisser and cuddler too! I think she has my favorite temperament!!!!

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At GudShiz we like to shine our spotlight on sales that we think you’ll enjoy and that’s what this is!
RDTechy has been a gamer since he could manage to get in front of a computer, which was roughly around the time he was 10. Now, he’s a gaming, tech (i mean duh, its in the name!) and wrestling aficionado!. He started GudShiz to have fun and put his own quirky spin on what’s happening. He loves indie games and complaining about stuff that makes no difference and is an absolute cynical bugger. He also hates typing out bios in the third person because it feels pretty douchey to do it.

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When you start the car, there is a mileage countdown to the next service. Oil Service or Inspection. Most people here seem to change their oil about mid-run on the countdown.
There are brake pads sensors that tell you that the pads are getting thin, and need replacing, but it is reactive (light comes on when the pads get thin).
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After passing a new vaccination threshold Monterey County will soon move to the red tier
If the current COVID-19 projections hold steady, Monterey County could move from the restrictive purple tier into the red tier on Tuesday.
In the red tier, outdoor playgrounds, recreational facilities, hair salons, barbershops, and all retail can open for indoor service, with modification. Secondary schools can also offer in-person learning.
"Our ability to safely reopen will depend on every one of us to keep wearing our masks, keep getting tested, and get vaccinated when it's your turn," Monterey County Supervisor Wendy Root Askew stated. "It's been a long, hard year and this is just the first step on a long path to recovery."
The adjustment in tiers happened after California hit the 2 million benchmark of vaccine doses for people in the Healthy Places Index Quartile One — those who tend to have poorer health conditions due to their circumstances. Vaccinating this demographic helps increase immunity where transmission rates have been highest throughout this pandemic.
Previously, the adjusted case rate to enter the red tier had to be fewer than 7 daily new cases per 100,000 residents. The newly adjusted case rate can be fewer than 10 cases, putting Monterey County within that range. As of Tuesday, Monterey County was at a case rate of 7.2.
Several other counties moved to the red tier, including Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino.
“California is doubling down on its mission to keep equity a top priority as we continue to get COVID-19 doses into the arms of all Californians as safely and quickly as possible,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, Secretary of California’s Health and Human Services Agency. “Focusing on the individuals who have been hardest hit by this pandemic is the right thing to do.
Monterey County is steadily moving ahead with vaccine distribution.
As of last Monday, the county received 92,460 doses of the vaccine from the state. Roughly 79,957 of those doses were administered. And 18% of the county's population 18 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to Monterey County Vaccine Data.
This week, the county will start vaccinating people ages 16 to 64 who have an underlying health condition or disability that increases their risk for severe COVID-19. This includes those with cancer, heart conditions, kidney disease, and those with a body mass index of 40 or greater. Here is a full list of the eligible conditions.
Angelica Cabral is a journalist and podcaster for The Californian covering a wide variety of topics from movies filmed in Monterey County to how much political candidates have fundraised. Have a tip for an interesting story? Email her at email@example.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @avcabral97

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More information on Delahaye 235 on this Blog.
After stopping its activity during world war II, Delahaye resumed its production in a battered but recovering French economy. With punitive tax measures aimed at luxurious non essential goods and increasing competition, Delahaye saw its premium sports cars construction drop to unsustainable levels. The Type 135M was in essence the same as the pre-war model - with the classic 3.6 liter tri carburetor setup boosted up to 160 horsepower in its liveliest version. The partnership with the great Coachbuilders also resumed, lead by Chapron, Figoni, Saoucthik, Letourneur & marchand and other Iconic artworkers.
In 1946, the Type 175 was introduced in Paris Auto salon. A new monocoque chassis powered by a significantly larger inline overhead cam 4.5 liters engine garnered significant attention, but failed to inverse the Delahaye trend - with some citing conception issues and unfavorable context. An estimated total of 52 were produced until 1951 - when Delahaye introduced the Type 235 in Paris Auto Salon.
The Type 235 is seen by many as Delahaye last attempt to revamp to renowned Type 135 for the 50’s. With the modern ponton-style bodywork created by the designer Philippe Charbonneaux, an improved version of the 3.6 liter six inline engine from the 135MS was retained. The chassis was also similar to its predecessor, along with new hydraulic brakes and suspension.
The last of the 85 Type 235 built appeared at the Paris salon in 1954 and another Grande Marque met its end, leaving us its heritage for when the automobile was also a piece of art.


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On July 18, 2017, becoming or staying an employee (particularly a government employee) became more attractive. That is the date the Trudeau government released the consultation paper that was promised in the 2017 Federal Budget regarding “the use of tax planning strategies involving private corporations that inappropriately reduce personal taxes of high-income earners.” Draft legislation and explanatory notes for many of the proposals were also released with the consultation paper. The public has until October 2, 2017 to make submissions.
The most significant of the proposals are summarized below. In general, the proposals are to become effective after this year, with the exception of (i) the surplus stripping rules, which are proposed to come into effect immediately, (ii) a transitional rule allowing certain taxpayers to benefit in certain circumstances from the current lifetime capital gains exemption (“LCGE“) rules until 2019, and (iii) the proposals pertaining to the taxation of passive investment income in a corporation, for which no effective date has been proposed.
Removing Benefit of Dividend Sprinkling
“Dividend sprinkling” refers to the practice of lowering a family’s aggregate income tax liability through a corporation paying dividends on a class or classes of shares held by family members who are in a lower tax bracket (as compared to the owner-manager).
The proposed measures would tax sprinkled dividends at the highest marginal tax rate by extending the “kiddie tax” to dividends received by any individual (regardless of age) derived from a business of a related individual (including through a corporation of which the related individual can exert influence) where the dividend is unreasonable having regard to such circumstances as the dividend recipients labour and capital contributions to the business.
Broadening Split Income Tax on Capital Gains
Significantly, the proposals would also extend the tax on split income to capital gains from the disposition of property if the income on the disposed property would have been subject to the tax on split income.
Restrictions on Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption
Under these proposals:
- individuals would no longer qualify for the LCGE in respect of capital gains that are realized, or that accrue, before the taxation year in which the individual attains the age of 18 years;
- the LCGE would generally not apply to the extent that a taxable capital gain from the disposition of property is included in an individual’s split income (see above); and
- subject to very limited exceptions, gains that accrued during the time that property was held by a trust would no longer be eligible for the LCGE.
A transitional rule would allow certain affected individuals to elect to realize, on a day in 2018, a capital gain in respect of eligible property by way of a deemed disposition for proceeds up to the fair market value of the property. However, in certain circumstances, minors cannot benefit from this transitional rule.
Removal of the Deferral Advantage of Corporations using Business Income to Fund Passive Investments
The consultation paper reflects an intention to introduce rules to remove the deferral advantage associated with a corporation using active business income to make passive investments. While the form of these proposals is less advanced than the other proposals in the consultation paper, it appears that the current preferred approach of the government would include taxing – on a non-refundable basis – passive income earned in a corporation at top personal tax rates to the extent that earnings used to fund passive investments held by the corporation were derived from business income of the corporation (which would have only been taxed at low corporate tax rates).
These rules are intended to apply on a going forward basis (i.e., they are not intended to impact, as much as possible, existing passive investments).
Preventing surplus stripping
The government proposes to expand an anti-avoidance rule that prevents individuals from transferring shares to non-arm’s length parties in order to realize a capital gain rather than extracting cash through a dividend (to which a higher tax rate applies). More significantly, the proposed measures include a new anti-stripping rule that would apply to a non-arm’s length transaction where it is reasonable to consider that ‘one of the purposes’ of a transaction or series of transactions is to pay an individual shareholder/vendor non-share consideration (e.g., cash) that is otherwise treated as a capital gain out of a private corporation’s surplus in a manner that involves a significant disappearance of the corporation’s assets. In such a case, the non-share consideration would be treated as a taxable dividend.
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The proposed changes will have a significant impact on how private corporations and their shareholders (including family trusts and the beneficiaries thereof) will be taxed. It may also impact (i) the decision whether to (A) incorporate (particularly for professional corporations), or (B) wind-up or otherwise reorganize an existing corporate structure (including whether to rollout shares from a family trust this year or next), and (ii) the available post-mortem tax planning options for private company shares to avoid double (or triple) tax. Please call your WeirFoulds lawyer or the author below to confidentially discuss how you might be impacted.
The information and comments herein are for the general information of the reader and are not intended as advice or opinion to be relied upon in relation to any particular circumstances. For particular application of the law to specific situations, the reader should seek professional advice.

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NMA Says JOHESU Is Illegal, Faults Negotiation With FG
The Kaduna state branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has asked the Federal Government not to enter any negotiation with the Joint Health Sector Workers Union (JOHESU) over the ongoing strike embarked upon by the union.
The Kaduna NMA described the group as an illegal and non-professional body which should therefore not be recognized by the government.
Chairman of the association Dr Abdulrahaman Shehu, made this known on Thursday at a news conference in Kaduna.
According to him, the purpose of the strike is to sabotage the genuine effort of the government towards ensuring a lasting industrial harmony and development of the country’s health sector.
Speaking further, he described the agitation by the health workers for equal salary and rank with medical doctors as laughable and unrealistic.
Shehu, therefore, stated that any attempt by the Federal Government to distort the existing agreement it entered with the medical doctors in 2014 will be resisted by the association.
He also appealed to other healthcare workers in the country to stay within their roles as team players in the nation’s health sector, noting that their quest for headship in any aspect of clinical practice is uncalled for and has only brought untold hardship to patients and their relatives.
His comments come after the health workers had a meeting with the Federal Government on Wednesday night, to bring an end to the strike which has last for about a month.
The meeting which was chaired by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and Prof Issac Adewole, Minister of Health, was said to have ended abruptly after some aggrieved members stormed out of the conference room.
The session is however expected to continue today (May, 17, 2018).
Meanwhile, some groups have faulted the government for what they described as its failure to act fast and resolve the lingering strike.
One of such is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who on Tuesday said “the refusal by President Muhammadu Buhari to address the devastating strike action by health workers across the country, is a clear manifestation of insensitivity to the plight and suffering of Nigerians.”
The Party, however, pleaded with the health workers to be more open to ways to solve the problem, so as to “forestall an outbreak of epidemic and health crisis”.


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Dowell, B., 2022: Using Field Scale Electrical Data to Understand Real-Time Agricultural Water Delivery. M.S. thesis, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, 94 pp.
Areas across the High Plains (Ogallala) Aquifer region are experiencing unsustainable groundwater level declines and impacts to streamflow due to increasing human influence, posing challenges for sustaining future agricultural economies and groundwater resources. State and local agencies manage water using groundwater models, which are not at the same temporal and spatial scale as water management on farms. Well-informed agricultural water usage cannot be achieved without reliable and cost-effective water use at farm scale. Water meters are expensive and rarely installed unless required by the state or other regulatory agency; however, most center pivots have their own power supply, which reports real-time electricity consumption. Thus, finding novel ways of measuring real-time water usage from center pivot irrigation provides essential information to farmers and watershed managers balancing economic, sustainability, and governance decisions. This study leverages data gathered across the food-energy-water nexus by translating electrical measurements gathered in 15-minute time intervals on 10 center pivot agricultural production wells in western Nebraska into estimates of water delivery. Water delivery estimated using an electrical run-time algorithm and ultrasonic flow tests is found to be within 6.60% when compared to water delivery measured taken independently with calibrated flow meters. Translating electrical measurements from wells is an accurate way to estimate water withdrawals relative to the costs, but faces uncertainty arising from ultrasonic flow tests, field topography, and variable water delivery. Hydrologic modeling runs using the COHYST regulatory model for the Platte Basin demonstrated that errors in pumping on the scale of field-level estimated uncertainties can have a meaningful effect on estimated streamflow in the Platte River during peak pumping months, but that the model is constructed in a way that prevents assessment of the effects of the spatial distribution of pumping error. This novel data approach takes advantage of reliable and cost-effective data gathering across the rural electric smart grid to provide cost-effective food-energy-water solutions—supporting well-informed and economic use of water resources and models.
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About this Event
There are several UCSF teams participating in AIDS Walk San Francisco for this year's virtual event on Sunday, July 19. AIDS Walk: Live at Home will feature Better Midler, Gloria Estefan, Vanessa Williams, Laura Linney, Matt Bomer, Alex Newell, Alan Cumming, stars from Queer Eye and RuPaul's Drag Race. It will be broadcast locally on KGO, and also the AIDS Walk Facebook page.
You can go to the AIDS Walk site (https://sf.aidswalk.net/) to sign up and become a virtual walker on one of our virtual UCSF teams, or just donate to one of the hard-working fundraisers who are already signed up. Simply sort on UCSF.
It is very difficult times, but the agencies who benefit need our help now more than ever. Examples of former AIDS Walk supported projects are the needle exchange program, seed funding for the Ward 86 Golden Campass program to care for aging HIV community, and money for the Ward 86 POP-UP, helping homeless and unstably housed people with HIV.
Please join us in our efforts!

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British Battles of the Crimean Wars 1854-1856
Pen & Sword | 2014 | 304 pages | ISBN: 1781593302 | ePub (e-book) | 16 MB
The Crimean War was the most destructive armed conflict of the Victorian era. It is remembered for the unreasoning courage of the Charge of the Light Brigade, for the precise volleys of the Thin Red Line and the impossible assaults upon Sevastopols Redan. It also demonstrated the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the British military system based on privilege and purchase.

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Lohan and Ronson have another public fight
London, Mar 11 (ANI): American actress Lindsay Lohan and her partner Samantha Ronson have had another public showdown, which ended after the DJ stormed off.
Lohan, 22, had paid Ronson a surprise visit at her DJ gig at exclusive Las Vegas club Prive on March 9 at around 1am, making the 30-year-old furious.Lindsay decided she was going to surprise Sam at the club and showed up around 1am," the Sun quoted an onlooker at the club as saying.
"Sam appeared to be furious and the two started to argue in the DJ booth, before Lindsay began dancing wildly.
"Sam left on her own at 3am, looking grim faced, and then a panicked-looking Lindsay raced out to her car with a drink in her hand, which she handed it to a security guard," the onlooker stated.
From a video clipping, an agitated Lohan was heard shouting: "Did she leave in my car? Did she f***ing leave? Did she f***ing leave?"
Lohan's spokeswoman was not available for comment. (ANI)


Voters urged to vote, encouraged to pass Measures G, H
We celebrate many national holidays but Election Day is not one of them. It should be. In fact, if you’re an American citizen, it’s your most important day of the year. Too bad not all recognize this and an alarming number of them will choose to remain home today instead of making the short walk to their neighborhood polling place.
Those who have filed vote-by-mail ballots can be excused but for the rest, there’s simply no excuse. Today is the day we get to tell the various levels of government how we wish to be governed – and by whom.
Anyone who chooses not to cast a ballot leaves those decisions to someone else. So, to repeat one mantra of Democracy: “If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain.”
Here in Salinas and Monterey County, many key positions and propositions will be decided at the polls today.
The Salinas Californian already has endorsed a number of them:
• Joe Gunter for Salinas mayor;
• Tony Barrera for Salinas City Council District 2;
• Steve McShane for Salinas City Council District 3;
• Kimbley Craig for Salinas City Council District 5;
• Ed Mitchell for Monterey County Board of Supervisors District 2;
• Scott Miller for Monterey County Sheriff;
• Carmen Gil for Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System Board Zone 5;
• Sam Farr for U.S. Congressional District 20;
• Anthony Cannella for state Senate District 12; and
• Luis Alejo for Assembly District 30.
The one outstanding race this newspaper hasn’t chosen sides on is the 1 percent increase in the Salinas sales tax.
On the ballot today is Measure G, proposed by Salinas City Council, a general sales tax increase that can be spent however council deems necessary, though with built-in citizen oversight. It will generate $20 million per year until it sunsets after 15 years unless it is renewed before then.
There is a special sales tax measure working its way through the Elections Department that was not submitted early enough to be including on this year’s ballot. It proposes that all revenues it generates be restricted to public safety costs – police, fire, public works and code enforcement.
Because it is a special tax, it requires a supermajority – 66.7 percent of the vote or better – to pass, whereas the general sales tax requires just 50 percent plus one.
It is so incredibly more difficult to achieve a supermajority. That, and its absence on the current ballot, makes it easy for The Californian to offer its endorsement.
Police, fire, public works and code enforcement all stand to benefit from Measure G, too, though realistically not to the same degree.
Still, Salinas needs more revenue and Measure G is the only sales tax increase measure currently available to voters that can generate such necessary revenue.
Based on the time-honored a-bird-in-a-the-hand axiom, The Californian encourages voters to pass Measure G now.
So, too, we endorse Measure H, which lowers the actual tax rate on the city’s utility use but widens the net to include taxing 6 percent of payments made to use wireless devices such as smartphones and tablets. It’s not a per-use tax, it’s simply a portion your bill and, again, overall it’s 1 percent less than you’re currently paying for your phone, cable and internet bills.
The Californian urges voters to pass Measures G and H.


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13.7 million days are lost due to work-related mental health such as stress, depression and anxiety, with an estimated cost of £28.3 billion a year to UK employers.
“ The event helped in identifying mental health as an important aspect to consider in a business. Management of this is important to protect business continuity. ”
By following recommendations in NICE Guidance (2009) on average organisation of 1,000 employees can save an estimated £250,000 a year in sickness absenteeism, and increase performance.
NICE highlights how employers and employees can work in partnership to improve mental health and wellbeing, including prevention and early identification of problems.
At the event, presentations were given by Jo Dray, Mental Health First Aid Practitioner, who talked about the cost of mental ill-health in the workplace and the impact conditions such as stress can have on productivity in workplaces.
Jo outlined the free Mental Health training on offer to Hertfordshire workplaces, giving examples of how breaking down the stigma and recognising early signs and symptoms of mental ill health in employees can help reduce sickness levels in workplaces.
Dr Leanne Morrison, Health Psychologist from the University of Southampton gave delegates an insight into the ‘Healthy Mind’ tool to reduce stress in the workplace. Delegates were given a flavour of the IT platform and an understanding of its support by Public Health. This toolkit is available at no charge to employers – contact email@example.com for more information.
Andy Reeve, of AMR Consulting led the final session, sharing his experience of an individual suffering from mental ill-health and how they managed this with support from their employer. Employers were given some top tips for dealing with mental ill-health in the workplace.
Breakout sessions allowed delegates to share the challenges they face with mental health issues in their own workplaces and to look at potential solutions with expertise from the events presenters. BITC’s Debbie Longhurst closed the session reminding employers about the new tools available from BITC:
and the free training available to Hertfordshire workplaces:
- December 4th 2014 : Mental Health First Aid Lite training - 9.30 - 13.00
- December 11th 2014 : Workplace Health Champions training - 9.30 - 16.00
- February 2015 : Two day Mental Health First Aid training
Please contact Debbie for more information firstname.lastname@example.org

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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 02, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wright Medical Group N.V. (NASDAQ:WMGI) today announced that it will highlight recent innovations at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2016 Annual Meeting taking place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida from March 1-5, 2016.
Wright will feature its full range of upper extremities, lower extremities and biologic solutions at exhibit booth #945, including the following recent new product launches:
- SIMPLICITI® Shoulder System – The recently launched SIMPLICITI® shoulder system features an ultra-short stem design to uniquely deliver anatomic results without the procedural complexity of traditional stemmed components. Designed to minimize bone removal and soft tissue disruption, the SIMPLICITI® Shoulder System also provides surgeons with an earlier intervention option for treatment of younger patients with shoulder osteoarthritis.
- INFINITY® Total Ankle Replacement (TAR) System – The lower profile design and straightforward surgical approach of the INFINITY® TAR system can expand access to less complicated primary cases and is an important addition to the continuum of care for end-stage ankle arthritis patients.
- AUGMENT® Bone Graft – AUGMENT® Bone Graft is the first clinically proven protein therapeutic to come to the U.S. orthopaedic market in over a decade, offering an alternative to autograft in ankle and/or hindfoot fusion procedures. Comprehensive clinical data demonstrates that AUGMENT® Bone Graft offers clinical outcomes equivalent to autogenous bone graft, while simultaneously avoiding the additional surgery required to harvest autograft bone graft tissue that can result in site-specific complications and/or prolonged harvest site pain in some patients.
- SALVATION® Limb Salvage Portfolio – The SALVATION® Limb Salvage Portfolio is a comprehensive portfolio of products that is designed to address fractures, nonunion and complex foot and ankle deformities and is the first complete portfolio of products to be specifically indicated for use to treat neuropathic osteoarthropathy (commonly referred to as Charcot foot), a deformity that results from nerve damage in the foot or ankle.
Robert Palmisano, president and chief executive officer, commented, “We have continued to expand our broad product portfolio to further extend our leadership position in three of the fastest growth areas in orthopaedics: upper extremities, lower extremities and biologics. The specific features of our SIMPLICITI shoulder system enable physicians to minimize bone disruption thereby reducing procedure times, minimizing blood loss and exposure to anesthesia. These benefits appeal not only to the surgeon, but to hospital administrators looking to improve patient satisfaction while managing procedure costs. In our lower extremities business, the INFINITY ankle’s lower profile design and straightforward surgical approach is an important addition to the continuum of care for end-stage ankle arthritis patients, and our AUGMENT Bone Graft provides a breakthrough therapeutic option as an alternative to autograft in ankle and hindfoot fusion procedures. In addition, we have a unique opportunity to address advanced reconstructive, limb salvage, and Charcot cases with the launch of our SALVATION product portfolio.”
Internet Posting of Information
Wright routinely posts information that may be important to investors in the “Investor Relations” section of its website at www.wright.com. The company encourages investors and potential investors to consult the Wright website regularly for important information about Wright.
Wright Medical Group N.V. is a global medical device company focused on extremities and biologics. The company is committed to delivering innovative, value-added solutions improving quality of life for patients worldwide and is a recognized leader of surgical solutions for the upper extremities (shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand), lower extremities (foot and ankle) and biologics markets, three of the fastest growing segments in orthopaedics. For more information about Wright, visit www.wright.com.
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Sprinklr - an enterprise social technology company - has raised US$105 million in Series F funding at a US$1.8 billion valuation.
The round, which brings the company's total funding to US$239 million, was led by Singapore investment firm Temasek. Wellington Management Company LLP and EDBI - the corporate investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board - has also participated in the funding together with existing investors of Sprinklr.
Sprinklr enables employees across the front office to collaborate on the same social platform with integrated data and workflows. Some of their customers include Nike, Microsoft, McDonald's, P&G, and Samsung.
"Modern businesses are expected to have millions of conversations, simultaneously and at the speed of social, as they flow across dozens of different channels and in and out of traditionally disconnected departments. This complex new reality requires a new class of enterprise software that goes far beyond the customer relationship management systems and legacy enterprise technologies that were designed for a siloed, structured world," said Ragy Thomas, CEO & Founder of Sprinklr, in a press release.
"With departments like marketing and customer care migrating to social and working together on the same platform for the first time, Sprinklr is quickly becoming the underlying infrastructure for the world's largest brands to unify their front office and create real, human relationships with each one of their customers," Thomas continued.
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The CJI had on July 2 requisitioned a meeting of the Collegium comprising himself and justices P Sathasivam, GS Singhvi, RM Lodha and HL Dattu.
had on July 2 requisitioned a meeting of the collegium comprising himself and Justices P Sathasivam, GS Singhvi, and HL Dattu. Once they assembled, the collegium members were told by the CJI about the proposal.
But, the CJI was told that the President has signed the warrant of appointment designating justice Sathasivam as the next CJI and fixed July 19 for administering oath to him.
Since, the warrant of appointment had come, it would be against precedents and tradition for to push for appointment of Judges to the high courts or the Supreme Court.
Not convinced, Justice Kabir sought individual opinions of each member of the collegium on the tradition and precedent thrown at him to stall his last proposal as the head of the judiciary. All four senior-most judges concurred that it would not be proper for the outgoing CJI to push for an appointment to the Supreme Court especially when his successor had been issued warrant of appointment.
He was told that in the past had in fact requisitioned the meeting of collegium but it was only to address an emergency situation, like an ad-hoc Judge's tenure in a high court coming to an end prior to the new CJI taking oath warranting extension or denial thereof.
Unconvinced by the logic presented to scuttle his proposal, the CJI, it is learnt, flared up accusing the collegium members of "ganging up" against him. With the overwhelming majority in the collegium not favouring breaching the tradition and precedent, the CJI had no option but to drop his proposal. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Collegium-stalls-outgoing-CJIs-attempt-to-push-judges-appointment-to-SC/articleshow/21154547.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=timesofindia


Mueller Gang Targeted Manafort, General Flynn and Papadopoulos for a Reason – And NOT the Podesta Brothers
Guest post by Joe Hoft
The Mueller gang of conflicted and corrupt former DOJ and FBI operatives is working diligently to destroy their targets.
General Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos and Paul Manafort were targets of the Deep State coup. There is a reason for this.
Patriot Magarex on Twitter tweeted a string of tweets yesterday that makes a whole lot of sense. The Mueller team is a bunch of far left deep state crooks but they are also desperate. They are doing all they can to protect former President Obama and his former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton:
No surprise @GeorgePapa19 failed in his bid to delay his 14 day incarceration. And no surprise much of our corrupted media and Congress ignore strong evidence that he was set up as part of illicit Obama administration effort to spy on and destroy @realDonaldTrump. Shut it down.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) November 25, 2018
The reason the Mueller gang went after General Flynn, Paul Manafort and George Papadopoulos is because the Obama gang obtained warrants to spy on these individuals by lying to the FISA court:
Mueller wants to discredit these men in hopes that when it comes out that they illegally spied on then, the far left can claim that they were criminals and ignore the fact that Obama committed crimes by spying on them with illegal FISA warrants.
President Trump no doubt knows this and knows what’s in the FISA documents and other information that Congress has asked him to release. The only recourse that the Mueller team can take is to keep the scam alive. However, in order to do this they must continue to commit crimes –


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I hesitated for a long time before buying a pair of air-cushioned kyBoot shoes. I usually wear elegant leather shoes. The gentle way you walk in the kyBoot is amazing. I even take three and four-hour hikes and don’t feel any pain in my back, hips, knees or feet. They are fantastic shoes. Congratulations.
"I am 74 years old and a passionate pilgrim. I first wore the kyBoot on my last 250-mile walk along the French Way. Walking was very pleasant and my knee pain was a thing of the past. I was especially surprised at how cushioned and agreeable it feels to walk on asphalt. I could feel the kyBoot strengthening the muscles in my legs and feet. I now only ever wear my sandals or my kyBoot."


Crypto exchange Binance has allocated another $1 billion for its crypto recovery fund, increasing the size of the fund to over $2 billion. Aptos Labs, Jump Crypto and other prominent crypto companies joined the exchange’s initiative and will contribute $50 million to it. The increase comes a day after Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao announced the fund.
Crypto lending firm Matrixport is looking to raise $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. The Singapore-based firm led by Jihan Wu already has commitments for $50 million from lead investors at the sky-high valuation, but is still looking for investors for the rest. The firm has $5 billion in trading volume every month, along with $10 billion in assets under management and custody.
Ethereum developers have agreed on what could be included in the network’s next upgrade. The developers have decided to consider eight Ethereum Improvement Proposals for its upcoming hard fork, called “Shanghai.” The upgrade will unlock Beacon Chain staked ether (ETH) withdrawals. However, there is no consensus on when the upgrade will happen.
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- Wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), an ERC-20 token meant to trade in line with bitcoin's price, has lost its BTC peg since Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11.
- The prolonged de-pegging has raised alarm bells in the investor community, with some associating the spread with a substantial lag on redemptions at BitGo, a custodian for the Wrapped Bitcoin protocol.
- "Maybe the smart move really is to just nuke all wBTC exposure for the time being unless it is paramount to your operations on chain, better safe than sorry with all the recent shenanigans," pseudonymous market expert @0xMerp said in a Twitter thread.
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Mr. Ulysses seemed an ordinary man pushing the far end of his fifties. He waved to his neighbours on his way to the grocer’s, read his newspaper on the porch in the mornings, and fished in the afternoons.
You could almost overlook the bullet holes in the door of the seaplane if you didn’t know they were there. The guns in the library and the cultural artifacts–Egyptian, Mayan, Mesopotamian–lining the halls seemed the harmless trinkets of a collector.
But on dark autumn nights, when he told his stories, everyone remembered that Mr. Ulysses was far from ordinary.
This is for Friday Fictioneers. Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for running the challenge and Ted Strutz for providing the prompt photo!
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Throughout the Word of God, the Apostle Paul exhorts the Churches to listen to the Spirit, live and walk in the Spirit, and obey the Spirit. As it was a problem in Paul's day, so it is a problem in our day. One of the most difficult things that we have to do, as people who profess to love the Lord, is to let the will of God have the right of way over our will. Wherever we find Christians, there will always be a need to remind, exhort, and admonish them to a more intimate walk in the Spirit.
The reason for the urgency of such exhoratations and admonition is, if we're not careful, we can very easily be kept from being what God wants us to be. We'll never achieve what God wants us to achieve, and we'll just dangle as loose ends with no purpose of mind. It's time well spent that we take another look at our spirituality and at our walk. Am I living in the Spirit? Am I walking in the flesh? Am I walking in the flesh and trying to live in the Spirit?
Paul said in Galatians 6:1, "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness..." In 1 Corinthians 3:1, he says, "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual..." He implies that there are Christians who live on a higher plane than others, and we know this is true. There are Christians who just don't walk in the Spirit as well as other Christians. Yet, it is the desire and the will of God that every Christian, everywhere, walk in the Spirit and on as high a level as he possibly can with the understanding in which God has given him.
Are We Grateful?
A little boy said, "Salt's what spoils potatoes when it's left out." Using the same kind of negative definition, we can say, "Gratitude is what spoils life when it's left out."
A disposition of continual thankfulness comes from an unshakable confidence in God's wisdom, power, and goodness no matter what our circumstances may be. People who possess the quality of gratitude may be poor in this world's goods, but they're truly rich spiritually.
Some of the most grateful people I know, have few material possessions and little money in their bank accounts. A character in one of Charles Dickens' stories remarks, "My not knowing at one meal where I shall get the next is a great help to thankfulness."
Riches, on the other hand, may be a handicap. A wealthy woman told her doctor that she was frustrated by a restless desire to accumulate more and more things. He replied, "These are the usual symptoms of too much ease in the home and too little gratitude in the heart."
No matter what our circumstances, let's count our blessings. Psalm 105 reminds us, "Give thanks to the Lord!...Remember His marvelous works" (vv.1,5).
The salt of gratitude helps to make all of life taste better.
The Part of Me I Like Most
I’ll not forget the picture I once saw of Jesus. He was standing, dressed in a rust-colored robe, open in the front, revealing a white garment underneath. A halo circled his head. His brownish hair had a tint of red. His face was not the golden-brown you see in most portraits, but a whiter skin. Then I saw it. The skin. The hair. The structure of the face. The shape of the eyes.
He looks like me!
Not exactly like me, but remove the halo, cut the hair, shave the beard, put on some bifocals, add twenty years, and there was a definite resemblance.
We're told that one day “we will be like Him.” It seems a destiny too incredible to imagine, let along believe. However rough the sketch appears, we are works in progress on our way to becoming masterpieces.
It's difficult, perhaps impossible, to be objective when we talk about ourselves. At least it is for me. But I do know that I have a great tenderness in my heart for the missing (the people Jesus misses), as well as the underdog—those people who don’t fit in, who have been left on the outside.
I gravitate to such people. I don’t think about it beforehand, nor do I pat myself on the back afterward, but these are the people I find the most comfortable to be around. It is their eyes I want to make contact with. It is their heart I want to touch. I want to listen to them the way Jesus would listen to them, communicate to them by listening in a way that their stories matter, their pain matters, they matter.
I think of Jesus and the people he gravitated toward. It wasn’t the rich, the religious, the intellectuals, or the powerful. By and large, it was just the opposite. This is the part of me that is most like Jesus. And the part of me I most like. But I never really thought about it until I saw that picture of Jesus. In it I saw something of myself. Through it I saw something of His delight .


Not content with just launching a range of electric SUVs, Vietnam’s VinFast might also enter the electric pickup segment, and Stellantis has been forced to halt production at one of its Italian factories yet again. All that and more in The Morning Shift for June 24, 2022.
1st: VinFast Might Enter the Pickup Game
Vietnamese car maker VinFast has had a pretty rapid launch onto the U.S. car scene. The firm has plans to open a production facility in North Carolina, has a handful of showrooms opening across the country, and will begin deliveries of its first electric crossover later this year. All this in the three years since it began making its first car.
Not content with resting on its laurels, the firm now says that it could one day add an electric pickup truck to its lineup here in America. The potential pickup would join the brand’s VF8 and VF9 all-electric SUVs.
According to Reuters, chief service officer for VinFast U.S., Craig Westbrook, told an Automotive Press Association event in Detroit that a pickup truck could be on the cards for the firm in the future. As per the report:
“‘We want to serve the needs of the market,’ he said in response to whether VinFast would ever look to sell an electric pickup. ‘If we decide that’s what the market needs and that fits our brand especially, and I think it absolutely could, yeah. It’s something we should consider’.”
The electric truck from VinFast would join the likes of the Ford F-150 Lightning, GM’s Hummer EV and the Rivian R1T. And, given VinFast’s (so far reasonable) track record on delivering on its promises, might there be yet another electric pickup we see on the road before the Cybertruck?
2nd: Einride will Test Self-Driving Trucks on U.S. Roads
Another week, another company promising to bring self-driving trucks to the U.S. This time it’s Swedish firm Einride, which has just been granted a license from the NHTSA to begin testing its autonomous trucks stateside.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Einride will partner with GE Appliances o begin testing its fleet of self-driving trucks here in America. The first test truck will operate between two of GE’s Tennessee warehouses after federal regulators approved the program.
Einride will run its test vehicle between the two sites for two weeks in the third quarter of 2022. It will see one of Einride’s ‘Pods’ run on public roads alongside regular trucks and cars. According to the WSJ:
“Einride calls its stubby, snub-nosed vehicles Pods. They have room for about 10 pallets of freight, or about 57,000 pounds. There is no onboard driver and they are managed by remote operators, who may monitor several vehicles at a time, according to Einride. Those remote operators take actions drivers would typically make, such as calling someone when a vehicle gets stuck at a gate.”
3rd: Mercedes Maybe Isn’t Selling its Van Arm
In recent months, Mercedes-Benz has been attempting to refocus itself on high-end, premium vehicles. Things like the G-Wagen, S Class and its bougie SUVs. But that high-end focus doesn’t really align itself with the firm’s van business, which is the vehicle of choice for delivery drivers and vanlifers alike.
But after a German media report claimed that the firm was considering selling off the business, Mercedes has reaffirmed its commitment to continue making excellent panel vans. According to Reuters:
“The weekly Manager Magazin on Thursday said a possible sale of the vans business - previously seen as sacrosanct - was being discussed as a measure of last resort, citing supervisory board sources.
“’This is pure speculation which we expressly deny,’ a company spokesperson said when asked to respond to the report.”
The company’s defense of its van-making business came just a month after the firm said it was “trimming the tree at the bottom” to try and improve its profits. This is businessman-speak for cutting down its offering of cheaper cars and focusing on the higher-end, more profitable sections of the car market.
4th: Stellantis Halts Italy Production Again
The shortage of computer chips is continuing to wreak havoc on the car world. While GM has cut features from some cars to reduce the demand for chips, Stellantis has instead cut production.
Reuters reports that the Jeep and Fiat owner will once again shutter its factory in Melfi, Italy, this month due to a shortage of semiconductors essential to its output. The stoppage follows a similar closure at the site last week. As per Reuters:
“The new stoppage –which will follow a production freeze between Friday last week and Saturday this week – means the Melfi plant will have only been operating for seven days in June, UILM metalworkers union said in a statement.”
Stellantis added that production issues were also affecting its sites in France. A spokesperson for the firm told Reuters that it didn’t expect to “see a stabilization until the end of 2022.”
Stellantis isn’t the only firm to be facing supply chain issues right now, of course. Polestar was forced to curb its production estimates for the year as a result of setbacks, and firms such as BMW have also trimmed out some features that were reliant on semiconductors.
5th: GM Starts Charging for Cruise Rides
If you like getting taxis, but don’t like making small talk with the driver I’ve got good news for you. General Motors is now allowed to start charging customers for rides in its self-driving Cruise cars on the streets of San Francisco.
According to Reuters, Cruise will start charging passengers in San Francisco for rides in its driverless cars, which have become a common site in the city both with and without an additional safety driver. As per Automotive News:
“The fared driverless rides are currently taking place in the northwest third of the city, the self-driving tech firm said on Thursday, adding that it would expand the service.”
The firm has been offering free rides to passengers in the city since February. There, they are able to take a daytime ride in an autonomous car with a safety drivers, or evening trips in fully autonomous vehicles.
The Verge reports that Cruise will charge a $5 base rate, plus an additional fee for each mile covered. According to the site:
“The cost for riding in one of Cruise’s driverless vehicles will vary depending on the length of the trip and the time of day. According to an example provided by the company, a customer taking a 1.3-mile trip would pay $0.90 per mile and $0.40 per minute, in addition to a $5 base fee and 1.5 percent city tax, for a total of $8.72.”
Reverse: Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentine Formula 1 driver Juan Manuel Fangio was born on June 24th 1911. Fangio was one of the sport’s pioneers, winning three out of seven races in the inaugural 1950 World Championship.
While driving for Alfa Romeo, he went on to win the world title in 1951 and won a further four championships between 1954 and 1957 while driving for the Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari and Maserati teams.
Neutral: Difficult decisions
I’ve had a pretty good run with my bike since I got it, managing to only ride in the nice, sunny New York weather. But I got stuck in the rain last night and my brakes DID NOT work, so I feel like it’s in need of some work. It’s an old frame, so I can’t really fit disc brakes, so I think some updated rim brakes might be on the cards. Deep down I know I’m fighting a losing battle with trying to make this bike great again, so a bit of me thinks I might have to make the difficult decision to sell it and buy something that works.


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Different online bingo sites are powered by different software providers.
So who are the main online bingo software providers?
We will list all the top bingo software providers voted by our bingo players in 2023.
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Best Bingo Software Providers
From our research and surveys here are the best bingo software providers:
- Cozy Games Bingo Sites
- Daub Alderney Bingo Sites
- Dragonfish Bingo Sites
- Gamesys Bingo Sites
- IGT Bingo Sites
- Jumpman Gaming Bingo Sites
- Merkur Gaming Bingo Sites
- Microgaming Bingo Sites
- NetEnt Bingo Sites
- Playtech Bingo Sites
- Pragmatic Play Bingo Sites
- Red Tiger Gaming Bingo Sites
- Relax Gaming Bingo Sites
- Virtue Fusion Bingo Sites
Bingo Software Overview
The bingo gaming software is what powers online bingo games, slots side games and even the chatrooms.
When a bingo brand is sharing the same software provider they will share similar features, like the design, promotional offers and even jackpot games to play.
Bingo Software companies offer different features to the brands that use them. Some popular bingo games a brand might also offer are:
Although these main bingo games can differ then the same selection of slots and side games on offer will be the same.
In recent years the slot side games like rainbow riches, fluffy favourites and cleopatra have become very popular side games to play on bingo sites online.
Software Advancement in Online Bingo
Online Bingo has been around for so long that the associated technology is so slick, you will be hard-pressed to find a site that doesn’t have streamlined gameplay and an intuitive interface.
Most of the leading bingo sites now use the most advanced software making the sites aesthetically pleasing and technically accomplished in order to keep new players on the site for as long as possible.
One example of this is the existence of a chat box within the same window as your game, so you can interact with other players as well as having a game of online bingo or slots.
This maintains the social interaction at the heart of bingo and is what a lot of players enjoy about this game, particularly if they began playing in the traditional setting of physical bingo halls.
How to Compare Bingo Software
Many of the leading bingo software providers also provide software for other types of online gaming like casino and slots software.
So, how do you compare Cozy Games to Jumpman Gaming or Dragonfish to 888 Holdings?
When reviewing a bingo software company here are the main features to review:
- Mobile Compatibility – Can the bingo games be played on mobile phone, iPad and desktop
- Chat Function / Community Features – The heart of the game of bingo is the ability to chat with other online bingo players
- Selection Of Games – A wide array of bingo rooms and slot games also on offer to play is a given for bingo brands in 2023
- Visual Appeal and Quality Of Graphics – The design and feel of the bingo sites are huge to attract new players to register and play online
- Performance – Powered by higher-performing bingo and casino software platforms
- Speed – Your wifi can affect the speed but the bigger bingo software provider have a large number of bingo sites without sacrificing speed
- Security – We only recommend and review software companies who are all regulated and licensed by official gambling bodies, so your money and your details are completely safe and secure.
The comparison between the bingo software companies is important to check because you want to make sure you have a positive enjoyable game to play.
One of the main reasons bingo is so popular is the social element of the game that you would typically get in a bingo hall on Saturday night.
Leading bingo operators use a software provider with an advanced chat feature to replicate this social bingo experience online.
Depending on which software is used there are also a variety of other tools and features which encourage community building.
Over at Playtech (previously known as Virtue Fusion), there is good vibe and a friendly atmosphere brought on by the celebrity news updates and horoscope sections.
And Dragonfish software which is run on 888Ladies offers it’s players some amusement with their guide to ‘bingo lingo’.
There are plenty more software providers too, including Jumpman Gaming and Cozy Games.
Bonuses and Promotions
As Bingo has been online for the longest time of any online gambling there is now a fierce amount of competition. This is great for players as the brands compete for business offering generous free bingo promotions and sign up incentives.
Keep your eyes open when joining a new bingo site, as new bingo players are usually offered the best deposit bonus deals involving free bingo tickets, free spins (FS), bonus money to play with and a large bingo bonus on first deposits.
Whether you’re an age-old expert or new to the game of bingo, it is always advised to try multiple games in different formats to determine which you like best and has the features you’re looking for.
Each online bingo platform has transformed significantly in the last five years. It’s not just a standard 90 ball game. You can now play live 90 ball bingo and other exciting games.
There is so much choice and something for everyone out there, it’s just about finding the bingo site and associated software provider with the best selection of games, competitive sign-up bingo bonus and fun chat features.
There are different factors that affect which software you should opt for. In bingo, you often have the opportunity to win big prizes. If you play a standalone game then it will give you more chance of winning, but the winnings will be smaller.
If you choose a software that has a bingo network, then the same bingo game could be simultaneously running on other bingo sites. The prize will be significantly bigger, but many other players will be trying to win the very same reward.
Our favourite software providers for bingo are compatible with both desktop and mobile. It’s fast and ensures quality gaming on whatever device you use.
Plus, they all provide HTML5, meaning that you can access the bingo game from your web browser. This makes it mobile-compatible and easy to use.
Without these online bingo software providers, you wouldn’t even be able to play on your favourite bingo sites.
Understanding the various software companies now you can make a decision on which bingo brands you prefer to play on.
You might find the best bingo sites for yourself are all powered by some of the larger companies like Playtech (Virtue Fusion), Cozy Games, Microgaming or Dragonfish.
It all boils down to personal preference and we make sure to review all the bingo sites online so you have plenty of option.
If you want to know any more on casinos and slots software companies. Check out our guide on software providers powering casinos and slots online.


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Aluminium maker Talum wins EU funds for digitalisation
Kidričevo, 21 December - The aluminium producer Talum, which has been undergoing intensive restructuring and adopting digitalisation in the past decade, has joined forces with the companies Inova IT and Comland in a project that continues the company's digital transformation. The project has won EUR 2.2 million in EU funds.
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Exec Chat: Signifier Medical Investing In ‘Daytime-Only Treatments’ And Diagnostics For Sleep Apnea
The UK-based company is seeking to raise a further $100m in 2021 following the recent US clearance of its first product, a daytime-use neurostimulation device for snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnea.
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art's Parade the Circle event. Since 1990, the Cleveland Museum of Art has been bringing this FREE signature summer event to Greater Cleveland. University Circle comes alive with color, music, and art for all ages. Leading up to the June 14, 2014 event, we feature some of the stories that make up the last 25 years of Parade the Circle.
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When I found these hand-lettered silhouettes the other day on betype by Hannah at Pommel Lane, I nearly fell off my chair. So original, clever and gorgeous. I’d love to frame one for my wall. Silhouettes is a blog series where Hannah takes Creative Commons photography by other artists and applies her own hand-lettering to create one-of-a-kind portrait images. Check out these beauties…
“Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset” – Joss Whedon.
Make sure you don’t start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who don’t value you. Know your worth even if they don’t.
Sometimes you just have to let go and see what happens.
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
I either eat too much or starve myself. Sleep for 14 hours or have insomniac nights. Fall in love very hard or hate passionately. I don’t know what grey is. I never did.
Aren’t these all just so amazing?
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I learned something today, that artist’s have something like what a business has, a mission statement or more appropriately, an artist’s statement. I didn’t know that and I’ve been working with art and artists for over ten years now. I’ll get more into what these statements are in a moment but first, I want to talk about an Australian artist, Belinda Marshall, whom I found over the summer and quickly fell in love with. In fact, I’ve added some of her paintings and prints to my online shop (here) and I stock her 2015 wall calendar too. My very favorite piece is this first painting shown below called crystal, a print of an original painting of hers, that I think is absolutely delicious. I just adore the almost acid yellow in this size. Yum. I dream of this print at night, that’s how much I love it. It makes me crazy happy.
I also really like her work shown on these pieces of fabric, hung as banners. What a gorgeous piece this is.
I love Belinda’s artist statement, “My work is an exploration of emotional reactions to the beauty within my immediate environment. A connection to my experience of an idyllic country landscape during childhood drives the need to portray the beauty found in domestic settings and urban landscapes in my work. My works depict my vision of a perfect world – a calm, meditative space – communicated through layers of colour blocks and sections of representative imagery and repeat pattern. I focus only on what resonates and draws me in. By expressing observations of beautiful objects and moments in my work, I aim to create a space for the viewer to form a deeper connection to his or her surroundings and to access the contentment that can be experienced from this process.”
And a big by the way, do you know what an artist statement is? According to wikipedia, “An artist’s statement (or artist statement) is an artist’s written description of their work. The brief verbal representation is about and in support of, his or her own work to give the viewer understanding. As such it aims to inform, connect with an art context, and present the basis for the work; it is therefore didactic, descriptive, or reflective in nature.”.
I think we all need a statement, artist or not, in any field we’re in. What would yours be?
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I’m having so much fun working with makers in my decor8 shop! It’s been really easy to manage and a lot of fun to curate. I’ve pulled together a fun Hollyday Shopping collection with a festive happy theme (not your traditional evergreens and reds, so be warned!) if you want to check it out. And below, I have a few of my favorite things in my home that I plan to use and enjoy for this season and beyond like the gorgeous handmade ceramic bottle by Texan ceramicist Keith Kreeger, hand thrown in Austin who happens to be a Martha Stewart American Made Finalist this year. Nice!
It’s always such a pleasure to have things that were handmade with love and care, crafted by those who also designed them vs. the design process being done in-house and the manufacturing in mass production plants abroad. Though truth be told, I am not a snob about it – I do shop both local and small as well as factory-produced (in fair conditions of course), because who can afford to always shop handmade and it’s also not so practical as many things that you need aren’t even produced by hand these days. But, when I’m giving gifts or need something extra special for my home, I definitely look at the small guys first to see what makers are offering on sites like Great.ly and my local craft and art fairs. If you’re like me and are looking for something lovely to give, a truly cherished piece, please do check out my shop and support those who are working mostly from home-based studios and small shops this season.
Shop these above: CERAMIC BOTTLE by Keith Kreeger $190 //2. LINEN NAPKINS set of 4 by Celina Mancurti $62// SERVING BOARD in maple with black handle by Araya Jensen $62 // PRINT 8×10 “I’m Sorry For What I Said When I Was Hungry” by Colour Moon $25.
I can’t wait to put a few sprigs of fresh eucalyptus in the ceramic bottle and serve an assortment of dessert cheeses on the maple serving board with, of course, those gorgeous tactile linen napkins. The print is so funny, I’m sometimes a little bratty when I’m hungry (so is my husband), so this print needed to be in our home so it’s going in our kitchen. Do you become a crabby when you need food too??!?
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Last we, I gave you a little decorating 101 with 8 Easy Steps For Planning A Gallery Style Art Wall, part of a series of three posts that I’m working on in collaboration with Minted to inspire all of you to be fearless with art and support independent artists through the purchasing of affordable prints – something I’ve been promoting on this blog for eons. This is part two and it’s all about choosing art for a gallery style arrangement.
Decide on a theme – pick art that works together.
What do you want to say? Think of a vibe, a mood, a style, a theme… For instance, you want this wall to showcase your love of travel. Or maybe it’s to display your son’s grade school art mixed in with modern art. Perhaps it’s black and white photography you’ve been collecting. Your love of abstract shapes and vibrant color. Whatever it is, try to find something, a red thread, that goes through each piece connecting them in some way. Even if only YOU see the connection, that’s okay, but there needs to be some meaning to you on an emotional level because that is why we display things on our wall in the first place right? Because we’ve emotionally made some connection to it – we like it – whether that be the color, mood, subject matter, whatever… It evokes emotion and that’s good. And in addition to emotion, the work as a whole should connect somehow. Like sure, you could display WWII photography alongside your daughter’s finger-paints, a standard issue Le Chat poster from your Paris vacay, a snapshot of your poodle, a Monet reproduction and nudes of gorgeous men all together on a dining room wall. I mean, it’s your home, your decision (no judgement!).
Does this stuff really work in context, you know? Does it make some sense or tell a story or is everything its own focal point and together, the story becomes terribly muddy or chaotic even (and not in a good way)? Work that doesn’t fit together shouldn’t be displayed together.
Mix and match.
Art prints, paintings, kids’ artwork, Polaroids, photographs, drawings, sketches, personal photos of a family trip. Mix it up and include what fits the story behind this wall of art your are creating. You can even frame precious mementos and include dimensional objects too – like a ceramic tile, a porcelain head, an old mirror.
Decide on frames and mattes.
I’m not that bold with mixing frame styles, but perhaps you are. I like to stick to a few colors (white and natural wood) then through in a few color frames or black or something with a clean slim gold frame, for instance. Also decide on mattes. I think all mattes should be the same color on gallery style walls but then you’ll sometimes see a wall that breaks every design rule and it works beautifully. If you have that knack, by all means mix and match. I honestly don’t have that knack of mixing matte colors and frame styles and colors with amazing results. So I have a formula I work with and that usually is the one I work with successfully time and time again.
Lose the obsession with frame size.
If it fits on your wall, it can fit the arrangement. Salon style, or gallery style, is generally a really loose casual arrangement of art that grows over time. It begins with some work and spreads over time. That’s the beauty of it. If you are obsessed with frames all being the same size and installed in a grid, you’re not really a gallery style wall person so steer away from this and try the grid arrangements because they’ll ultimately fit your style and make you happier.
Over the weekend I plan to install my art sponsored by Minted, all work that I selected, along with some original paintings I’ve collected over the years and add a few special bits here and there unframed. Then next week, for the third installment from this series, I’ll show you the big reveal on how it all looks on my wall with a shopping list for everything.
A big thanks to Minted for sponsoring my salon style art wall project – I love all of the work that I was able to choose from your shop! Thank you again.
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1: Benjamin Franklin was a leader and created inventions. Ben was born in Boston January 17, 1706. Benjamin hated the home of soap making. He had little schooling,and he went to HS in Louisiana. He had 15 brothers and sisters. His father was a candle and soap maker.
2: Ben Franklin disliked Great Britain because of taxes and reprosionce.. For example, he didn't like that Great Britain threw out tea.In Ben's life, American Contributions were important to him. Ben's hero's personal arguments for freedom were conserve and apprehend.
3: Benjamin Franklin fought in The French and Indian War. Before the war, he made appointed publishes. During the war, there were American colonists. Important things done during the war was that he recorded misadventures in his confection.His friends and companions were British.
4: Benjamin Franklin believed in silence, oder, resolution, justice,etc. he was a risk taker. Ben was very responsible with his work, and everything! His leadership experiences were a founding father. He had an illness: Plenunisy and kidney stones.
5: Ben died in 1790. He was 86 years old when he died. The cause for his death is because he had plenunisy and old age.


text: DIY cloth diapers- very quick and easy pattern. One tip would be to add all the snaps but the 4 along the edge, wait till after you serge to do them. I made one today having the snaps before serging and my serger foot would have none of it, so I have a weird looking (usable, but very weird looking) diaper. All in all very easy to sew up. Would be a nice way to create a quick stash.

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JAZZ IT UP Jazz, the great musical art form invented in the U.S., became a part of world culture, fusing different rhythms along the way. This month sample the new sounds beginning October 6, when Calle 54, a musical performance based on the film of the same name about Afro-Cuban Latin jazz, takes the stage at Bass Concert Hall in Austin. But this is just a warm-up. Brownsville hosts its Latin Jazz Festival, which features an eight-piece ensemble with Chuchito Valdés, Jr., the son of Chucho Valdés (of the film Calle 54), October 17-19. In Corpus Christi the Texas Jazz Festival takes over three stages at Heritage Park Multicultural Center October 18-20 and features a performance by the Tom Braxton Jazz Quartet. Also on the eighteenth, legendary drummer Roy Haynes and friends pay tribute to Charlie Parker at Houston’s Wortham Center. Whether your taste tends toward New York cool or Havana hot, you’ll find it close to home in October. (See Austin: Music/Dance; Houston: Music/Dance; and Elsewhere: Other Events.)


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I have commissioned a lot of art. Like, a lot of art. Like, a LOT of art.
And I’ve been commissioned a couple of times myself. I’ve been on both sides of the equation, as both commissioner and commissioned, and while my experiences have mostly been great, there have been times – on both sides of the coin – where things went…less than smoothly. So I figured I’d make some points that will make commissioning easier for everyone. Here’s my not-so-definitive guide on commissioning.
So you’ve decided to ask someone for some art! Great! This is gonna be fun. Or at least, it will be, as long as you follow these steps:
- Be clear in what you want. Artists will have a commission sheet of what they have available for their art at the time. Read this carefully. If they don’t do mecha, don’t ask for Gundam art.
- Going off of 1, have references ready! If it’s not something you already have
artof, pull samples of clothing or facial types, and use those as examples instead. If you don’t have that, at the very least give a thorough written description of what you’re looking for – though some artists might not take written references, so keep that in mind!
- After a commission has been accepted, don’t message them every single day asking where your art is. I’ve had this happen to me. It sucks. Wait at least a week before you start questioning where your art is. Life happens, and there might be a bit of a delay.
- Related to 3, if there’s a deadline for the piece, make that clear! The sooner you make that clear, the better. If you wait too long, you might get charged extra – I know I would.
- If you feel like the art you’re paying for is too cheap for the quality you’re getting, then add a tip! Paypal makes this extremely easy to do. Art is difficult to make a living off of, and artists are forced to price themselves low because capitalism sucks. Do your part to make things easier on them!
- Don’t complain if an artist has a high price attached to their art. If the quote you get is too high, politely tell them it’s outside of your budget range and move on. Do not try and haggle. Seriously, just don’t do this.
- If there’s something in the rough sketch of your art that you don’t like, let it be known! You’re getting the draft so that changes can be caught and fixed early. I once had someone with resentment for a logo I made for them 2 years earlier email me their dissatisfaction on a random Tuesday. All it did was tick me off.
- If you post your commission somewhere, please still source the artist. Yes, it’s your art you bought, but it’s courteous to tell people where you got that cute icon from!
- Don’t steal art. Can’t believe I have to say that, but yeah, don’t steal art.
Holy crap! Someone likes your art enough to want to pay for it. Go you! Let’s try and make this as painless as possible.
- Make a clear list of what you will and won’t do for commissions. This will be extremely helpful unless you like explaining yourself over and over again.
- Make a solid payment system. If you ask for payment upfront, make sure to be on the ball with communication and work. If you don’t ask for payment until after you give a rough sketch, you have a bit more leeway, but don’t send anything too high quality either – you don’t want your art to get stolen!
- Don’t bite off more than you can chew. I only ever take two commisions at a time, because more than that leaves me overwhelmed. A long list and no progress can feel insurmountable, so make sure to stay balanced!
- I want to reiterate. Communicate!!! You have an obligation to give a product to your customer. If you’re overwhelmed, say so. If you’re going to be delayed, say so! Cry-typing about being stressed on Twitter just makes you look bad, and I promise that if you’re upfront, your customer won’t scold you – and if they did, they weren’t worth making art for anyways, to be honest. But! You still owe them a product, and if you can’t supply it, it’s up to you to come up with some kind of compromise.
- Stay organized. I use Trello to keep track of projects. There are a whole bunch of ways to organize your boards, but I personally have “Paid -> WIP -> WIP Confirmed -> Finished” as my workflow.
That’s every tip I can think of at the moment, but let me know if you have more. In the end, it really does just come down to communication, on both the artist and the customer’s part. But when it all works out, it leads to a thing of beauty, in my opinion: an original piece of art made specifically for a customer that they’ll always love – and money for me. I love money.
Mint is a writer and designer living in Denver(ish) Colorado. He likes Philly Cheesesteaks, eclectic music genres, awful Horror Movies, and sleeping because he is always tired. He doesn’t know why this is in 3rd person, but he’s heard it makes you sound more sophisticated, so he’s sticking with it.
He is currently writing “The Freelancers,” a novel about gay kids with psychic powers.


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Diablo Ballet Awarded $25K California Arts Council “JUMP StArts” Grant
(June 15, 2018) Walnut Creek, CA - The California Arts Council has announced it will award $24,608 to Diablo Ballet as part of its JUMP StArts program to serve 45 incarcerated girls of ages 15 to 18. The JUMP StArts program supports high-quality arts education and artists-in-residence programs for youth in the juvenile justice system.
The grant will enable Diablo Ballet to implement the PEEK Extension curriculum at Mt. McKinley Court School for weekly sessions, from July 2018 to May 2019, and to hire a VAPA Curriculum Specialist, who will further refine the curriculum.
Diablo Ballet's Artistic Director Lauren Jonas stated, "We have seen such wonderful results with this program, which has proven to make a difference in the recidivism rate among this demographic."
Through its through its PEEK Outreach Program, Diablo Ballet has reached over 68,000 underserved school children in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties since 1995 and served incarcerated
teenage girls since 2015.
Diablo Ballet is one of 46 grantees chosen for this program. The award was featured as part of a larger announcement from the California Arts Council. Nashormeh Lindo, Chair of the California Arts Council, said, "The California Arts Council believes in the potential of the arts to enrich the lives of all our state's residents, especially our young people. That belief does not change with our system-engaged youth; it grows stronger. The world we create for our young people today determines our world tomorrow. We are proud to support the work of Diablo Ballet."


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Icons of the Realms: Storm King’s Thunder Booster
The Giants have returned to the Forgotten Realms in force as they clash with dragons and one another in epic battles for glory and territory, while humans and other small folk caught in the middle try to find a way to survive amid the upheaval.
D&D Icons of the Realms: Storm King’s Thunder includes 11 unique Giants plus 4 with alternate weapons measuring from approximately 4” to over 5 ½” in height!
Welcome to Ibuywargames – Your New Hobby HQ.
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