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In his career, he served as Counselor of the Board of Trade of the Federal District; Federal Attorney of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE); Titular Member of the Special Bidding Commission of Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF) for the purpose of selling functional properties of the Federal Union; Representative of the OAB/DF in the Distribution of Original Jurisdiction and Appeals of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF/1st); National Environmental Director of the Brazilian Lawyer's Association (ABA); Member of the Commission of Notables, appointed by the OAB/DF, to monitor the work of drafting the Organic Law of the Federal District, in 1992.
At OAB / DF, he was a member of the Board of Directors from 2004 to 2006; Board member for several terms; and President of the Environment Commission.
Honorary Citizen of Brasilia;
Commendation of Honor to Judicial Merit granted by the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories (TJDFT);
Medal of Electoral Merit of the Federal District;
Title of Collaborator of the Highway Police Cause.
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Introduction of new technologies and treatments
: Scientists and researchers have done a commendable job of introducing several new technologies for the treatment of diseases and critical surgeries. However, progress comes at a price. The cost of these new treatments and technologies is often higher. This forces health insurance providers to shell out a higher amount when a claim is made. The insurers then pass on this cost to customers in the form of higher health insurance premiums.
: To provide relief to senior citizens, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has introduced new regulations whereby insurers have to provide lifetime renewability for all their health policies. This has been a major reason for the drastic rise in mediclaim premiums. Previously a typical health plan would end at the age of 70 and thus save the insurer from paying any claims. However, now the number of claims payable is bound to increase.
Discontinuance of claim-based loadings: According to the new regulations, now the insurer cannot increase your premiums on renewal, based on claims made in the previous year. Even if you have made any claims in the previous year, the insurer can now only reduce the cumulative bonus in the exact proportion of the increase in the previous year. In short, now premiums will change based only on age and not on claim history. This has forced insurers to switch to pricing their products based on the overall experience of all the policies.
Increase in number of senior citizens
: An increase in the number of senior citizens in the insurance pool has also led to rising premium costs. Senior citizens face several serious health problems and require extra care and treatment, which are costly. The frequent occurrence of illness leads to more claims. This makes health insurance for senior citizens costlier.
Lifestyle-related diseases and critical illnesses at younger age:
Due to the fast-paced life people live nowadays, more and more cases of heart diseases, diabetes, stroke, cancer and other diseases occur. These claims are also forcing insurers to hike the premiums they charge.
Understanding how insurance premiums are calculated will tell you more about the reasons for the rising cost of mediclaim. Below are some of the key factors that determine your health insurance premium:
Age, the most crucial factor
: As one gets older, the chances of health-related problems also increase, which in turn raises the probability of a person making a claim. Insurers develop profiles to determine the insurance premium cost, based on age and other factors. For instance, for the profile of children aged two to six years, the insurer tries to calculate the average number of doctor visits along with vaccination costs. In another profile of adults aged between 45 and 55 years, insurers look for frequency of check-ups, certain surgeries, medical tests, accidents, and other medical needs to arrive at the premium amount. This makes age the most significant factor for determining the cost of mediclaim (See table: Premium Watch).
However, apart from age, there are also some other important factors like body mass index, medical history, geographical location, and pre-existing medical conditions which play a major part in calculating the premium.
Let’s turn to steps you can take to reduce cost of mediclaim premium.
Go for a family floater plan
: The premium of a family floater tends to be lower than that of an individual mediclaim plan while providing health coverage to your entire family. Family floater plans generally provide a restoration benefit, so that if one of your family members exhausts the entire sum assured, the restoration feature gives back the entire sum assured if another member needs it.
Use the portability feature
: This feature is available from all insurers and one can use it when necessary to switch to a more pocket-friendly plan. This way you can carry the accumulated benefits from your previous insurer to the new insurer while saving a good amount of money on premium cost. As seen in the table, the cost of mediclaim for senior citizens is considerably higher, the reason being their higher age and higher claim ratio. They should prefer an insurer that does not change its premium rates frequently.
Buy a top-up
: To rein in the impact of inflation on your health cover, add a top-up or even a super top-up. Use the sum assured of your base plan as a high deductible for your top-up plan. At the same time, you will be able to get a higher cover to beat inflation while keeping the premium lower than if you were to raise your basic sum assured. This strategy can also be used by senior citizens to bring their premiums down considerably and get a higher cover.
Avail of lifestyle-based incentives
: In recent times, insurers have also started offering discounts and incentives at the time of renewal to customers, who maintain a healthy lifestyle. For instance, if the insured achieves the targeted step count on the insurer’s mobile application in the given time interval, he gets a discount on his renewal premium.
Staying healthy by changing your lifestyle is the guaranteed way of beating the rising inflation cost. However, we know that medical emergencies can come knocking on your doorstep unannounced and wipe off your savings. So, it must be your top priority to get yourself and your family covered with a health insurance plan at the earliest. A delay can prove costly since rising age and increasing medical costs will ultimately lead to higher premiums. Staying well-informed about how the policy premium is going to vary across your lifespan will help you save every rupee you can.
The writer is director-health, life and strategic initiatives, Coverfox.com

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Juninho： We will have players leaving the team,But I am not worried about it at all
Juninho: We will have players leaving the team,But I am not worried about it at all
August 20th, Lyon Sports Director,Juninho, a famous Lyon star, was interviewed by the French media RMC after the game.
“We are very sad,This is not an easy thing to turn over,But we all look up,I am proud of my players and staff.We can accept this result,And we did follow our game plan.If you want to beat a team of this level,Then we need a lot of luck and extremely high efficiency.Thinking if we can score 1-2 goals at the beginning of the game,Unfortunately there is no if.I am proud of the team,I also thank the fans,Their support for us is very important,It makes us feel very strong.I wish Paris good luck,But we and Paris have proved that Ligue 1 is not what everyone thinks.We started well,There are many opportunities,Carl hit the beam,In fact, we should have scored at least 1 goal.The hardest thing is to play the ball from the backcourt,We have also seen this in Leipzig.”
“The current goal is to continue working,Because Ligue 1 is about to begin.There is nothing joking about,We must continue to work.If we can maintain this performance,Then we will definitely return to the Champions League.When you get a good pay,You have to stay motivated every day,We need to focus on the Ligue 1 league,This is the most basic thing.”
“There will be players leaving the team,But I am not worried about this at all.When you have players who perform well in the Champions League level,Like Little Dembele, Awar…We have to show the same strength to prove that we can return to the Champions League next season.”

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The year was 2004, and Guillermo Vilas, the finest Argentine tennis player in history, was convinced that his talented band of successors and disciples would succeed where he had failed.
“For sure they will win the Davis Cup,” Vilas said. “I don’t see how they can’t, because there are so many of them and they are so young.”
But Argentina’s great tennis generation is no longer so young or so numerous. David Nalbandian and Juan Ignacio Chela soldier on. But Gastón Gaudio and Guillermo Coria, who dueled in the 2004 French Open final that ended up becoming a burden for both men, are retired now. So are Agustín Calleri, Mariano Zabaleta and Guillermo Cañas. Mariano Puerta, who reached the 2005 French Open final, never returned to tennis prominence after being suspended for testing positive for a banned stimulant.
Meanwhile, Vilas and Argentina have continued to wait for an end to the frustration, an end to the 88-year quest for La Copa Davis. Starting Friday, Argentina will have another shot at it, facing Spain in the final in Seville.
No other nation with as much tennis talent and history has failed to join the Davis Cup club.
“It’s clear that it’s a surprise that a country like Argentina has never won it,” said Albert Costa, Spain’s Davis Cup captain. “But I think it’s very complicated, more complicated than people might realize. You have to have lots of things go your way. Lots of things can keep you from winning.”Continue reading the main story
One of those things, certainly, is playing Spain in Spain on red clay, with Rafael Nadal whipping forehands and shouting “vamos” after “vamos.” The Argentines are, without question, underdogs this week in Seville, but at least they are back in the final, back in the round where the huge Cup is close enough to touch and where a long weekend of transcendence from Juan Martín Del Potro, Juan Monaco or Nalbandian just might be enough to tip the historical scales.
“The odds are definitely against us, but we hope to break the statistics,” said Tito Vázquez, Argentina’s Davis Cup captain. “That’s the name of the game, and we’ve been doing quite well the last two or three years playing away from home.”
Spain has not always been a road game for Argentina. In 1926, in its second appearance in Davis Cup, Argentina — then competing in the event’s European Zone — actually hosted Hungary in Barcelona. Nor is Spain entirely a road game for Vázquez, a philosophical 62-year-old who, during a long, peripatetic career, has helped coach everyone from the Paraguayan swashbuckler Victor Pecci to Coria to promising British juniors. Vázquez was born in Spain — in a small Galician village called Armada — before his parents joined the wave of emigration to Argentina after the Spanish Civil War.
“I celebrated my third birthday on the ship,” Vázquez said. His parents are now buried in the Galician town of Rabal, and Vázquez makes frequent pilgrimages and will make another when this final is over.
“I still do have a strong connection to Spain,” he said. “I have Spanish first cousins and aunts who will be at the final in Sevilla.”
The United States, which has won the Davis Cup a record 32 times, pays comparatively scant attention to the competition in this era. But in places like Spain, France and Serbia, which won it for the first time last year, the drumbeat is loud and insistent. It may be loudest of all in Argentina.
“We’ve never won it, and tennis really is the No. 1 individual sport in Argentina,” Vázquez said last month from the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. “Everybody is very concerned about this tie. Everybody in the streets at home or in the newspapers are already into it, much more than in different countries, obviously.”
This will be the fourth final for Argentina, which lost in 1981, 2006 and 2008.
In 1981, the first year of the 16-team World Group in Davis Cup, Vilas and his teammate José Luis Clerc played in the final against the United States, on a quick indoor carpet at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati. Clerc, no friend of Vilas, was the stronger Argentine that year.
“Vilas and Clerc did not talk, they were totally opposed,” said Guillermo Salatino, a former Argentine player who is one of his country’s leading tennis journalists. “And the Argentine captain basically did not exist. He was put there by Vilas to hand the towels and open the Coca-Colas.”
Whatever the management methods, there was no solving the riddle of John McEnroe, who accounted for all three points for the Americans. He overwhelmed Vilas in straight sets in the opening match, then teamed with his longtime doubles partner, Peter Fleming, to hold off Vilas and Clerc in a marathon match that stretched to 11-9 in the fifth set. McEnroe then closed out the 3-1 victory on Sunday with a five-set singles victory over Clerc.
The Argentines made it back to the semifinals in 1983 but then spent most of the next 20 years ceding ground. They were stuck in Davis Cup’s second division from 1993 until 2001. But then — with Argentina’s once-booming economy foundering — came the next tennis boom, spearheaded by the versatile Nalbandian and by Coria, the world’s best clay-court player until Nadal took charge.
With the former player Alberto Mancini as captain, Argentina made it back to the final in 2006, but again had to play on the road indoors on a relatively quick court against inspired opposition. This time it was Russia and Marat Safin who did the damage, with Safin defeating José Acasuso in four sets in the decisive fifth rubber in Moscow, with the Argentine soccer icon Diego Maradona among those feeling deflated in the stands.
Acasuso ended up in tears in his courtside chair while Safin ended up claiming inspiration from Maradona, who had shaken his hand earlier in the weekend. “Maradona passed on that Hand of God to me,” Safin said.
So it went (again) for Argentina. But no final was quite as hard to swallow as the last one, in 2008 in Mar del Plata, when Argentina at last got to play a final at home and made the unprecedented decision to play indoors on a hard court in an attempt to negate Nadal.
He ended up not making the journey at all, but even with Nadal missing and even with Spain’s No. 2 player, David Ferrer, in a funk, Argentina still could not manage to break the spell. It succumbed to infighting, injuries and an inspired effort from the Spanish captain, Emilio Sánchez Vicario, and the secondary threats Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco, who each won a singles match and combined forces to win the doubles.
In retrospect, perhaps it was a bad omen when Argentina decided to stage its first home Davis Cup final in an arena named for the Falkland Islands. Once again, Acasuso was slumped in his chair courtside after losing a decisive singles match, and there were shouts, murmurs and tears (from inquisitors and players alike) in the news conference that followed.
“We’ve got to learn a lot from all this — not just the players and the federation but the journalists, too,” said Mancini, who was soon to relinquish the captaincy. “Things that are published end up affecting the minds of the players.”
Vázquez, soon to be named the new captain, was among those in Mar del Plata taking it all in.
“Personally, I try to put away all these things about Mar del Plata, about the chances in the past for Argentina,” he said. “This will be my first final. I know it’s a really difficult one, but the boys are really eager to make this happen for the country.”Continue reading the main story


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As was widely expected RBA remained on hold, keeping interest rates at +1.50%. The accompanying statement had a neutral to dovish tone, keeping the same arguments more or less as in the previous decision. Dovish comments included that wages growth remains low and that headline CPI rate to be lower than earlier expected in 2018, however on the bright side, inflation is forecasted to accelerate more in 2019/20 than what was previously expected. AUD/USD treated the decision as a non-event, as volatility remained low and the pair kept its sideways movement.
AUD/USD continued its sideways movement yesterday, between the 0.7410 resistance level and the 0.7370 support line. As volatility seems to remain low, we maintain our sideways bias for today and the pair could be more USD led. Technically, it would be evident that the RSI indicator in the 4 hour chart remains near the reading of 50, implying a rather indecisive market. Should traders favor AUD long positions, we could see the pair breaking the 0.7410 resistance line and aim for the 0.7440 resistance level. On the flip side, should traders favor AUD short positions we could see the pair breaking the 0.7370 support line and aim for the 0.7345 support area.

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Hope graduated summa cum laude from Tulane University with a B.A. in English (Creative Writing) & Theatre (Performance). Her work in New Orleans included writing features for Tulane University's official news publication New Wave and editing tech startup Tenbo Air's marketing blog. As a student, she won the 2012 Janice Torre Perky Award for Original Writing from Tulane for her first play, Monopolis.
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Tenbo was created in 2014 by the three founders of successful solar power installation startup, Joule. Since our inception, we have been committed to researching and developing the equipment necessary to enter the commercial drone industry.
Kicking off with 'Les Miserables,' its 47th season will be Summer Lyric's most ambitious yet.
Acclaimed novelist Susan Choi brings her talents to Tulane University next week as the 2014 Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence. Choi will give a reading and be interviewed by Tulane English professor Zachary Lazar on Monday (March 17) at 7 p.m. in the Freeman Auditorium of Woldenberg Art Center, sponsored by the Newcomb College Institute.
Sixty days. 25 states. 39 productions. 10,000 miles. A team of international Shakespeare scholars and connoisseurs from the University of Warwick, Misfit Inc., and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust visited Tulane University on Thursday (July 10) as the second stop on an epic road trip to visit and document 14 Shakespeare Festivals across North America.
"On Nightingales: Voice, Pain and Literature" will be the theme for a talk by author and professor David Lawton for the Josephine Gessner Ferguson Lecture in English Literature on Thursday (April 3) at 6 p.m. in Freeman Auditorium of the Woldenberg Art Center on the Tulane University uptown campus.
The Tulane University Department of English brings novelist Christopher Tilghman to the uptown campus to give a reading on Thursday (March 27).
New Orleans is known for many things, but not its comedy scene. That may soon change, thanks to a cultural renaissance that has made the city a magnet for young artistic talent. "You Don't Know the Half of It," a bimonthly show that pairs improvisers with actors, utilizing local playwrights and musicians, epitomizes this movement.
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A Reading by the Tulane Creative Writing Faculty. I designed the poster and wrote the marketing materials for this event, including this post for the official university calendar.
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I just finished filling up the A4 size Master Dots notebook from Leuchtturm1917. It’s a nice book, and I’m tempted to start another one. Instead, I found myself writing in a new poor man’s midori I made.
Why? The smell. I’m addicted to the smell of the book, and that is one of the biggest reasons.
It’s gotten me thinking about how so many of the things we use to record our thoughts have a distinct smell.
Pencils. Both the cedar wood in finer pencils and the graphite, not to mention the erasers.
Leather accessories. Always a pleasure whether it is a briefcase or a notebook or a pen case. Leather is such a wonderful smell – on par with coffee and chocolate.
Inks. Fountain pen inks range from nearly odorless to quite stinky depending on the brand, but all are distinctive. Ballpoint ink can also be pretty strong, especially when a broad point is used. A freshly-filled page of writing with almost any instrument has it’s own smell. My kid’s crayons come to mind.
I’ve noticed that sometimes this smell triggers thoughts. When I rediscovered pencils a while back the smell of sharpening brought back an avalanche of memories from my grammar school days. The smell of fountain pen ink reminds me of several things. Grad school, journaling, certain trips I’ve gone on.
What about you? What do smells trigger for you?
Inkophile wants to know if we agree with the commenter who doesn’t see any advantage to fountain pens.
I can see the commenter’s point of view. I like fountain pens, and a properly tuned pen on the right paper is a joy to use. Lots of cool inks to choose from, dynamic line width, and really nice pens to have and hold. The problem is that most of what I have to write on isn’t that right paper.
So I end up with ballpoint myself. A good ballpoint that is fresh and used regularly will write well. A brand-new BIC crystal stic in broad is really nice. However, ballpoints don’t really have much line quality. Ballpoint looks like ballpoint, and they don’t really come in wide line widths.
For line quality nothing beats a fountain pen.
I agree that rollerballs combine the worst of both worlds. For me they don’t add enough advantage over a ballpoint to make them very useful. The really fine gel pens are fun to play with, and are a little less hassle than a fountain pen.
For now, for me, it’s ballpoint. Now please stand by for my semi-annual “switching back to fountain pens” post 8-).
Drag. There. I said it.
While I was thinking about the crimes that pens commit, and the Easyflow, I was trying to figure out why I keep coming back to the Fisher cartridge when I realized that it had to do with the way the pen feels on the paper. Really, it’s drag.
Now lots of folks work really hard to find the right nib and paper combination to get the ultra dragless feeling of a ballpoint writing on glass, and sometimes I get that bug was well, but nowadays I like some drag.
It’s why I like pencils as well. The way a writing instrument drags is like the bokeh on a photograph. It’s background, but also part of the picture. It’s the foundation of the experience and frames subject. Like bokeh, it has a subtle but strong influence.

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I’m A Celebrity – 5 things we FOUND OUT from Malique Thompson-Dwyer’s Instagram!
How to watch The Real Housewives of Melbourne series 4 episode 1!
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CCMTR Research Discovers Compound That May Inhibit Tumor Growth
By Jason deBruyn
Triangle Business Journal
While studying the origins of intestinal birth defects, researchers at North Carolina State University believe they might have found a way to stop the growth and spread of cancerous tumors.
Nanette Nascone-Yoder, an assistant professor of molecular biomedical sciences, typically researches birth defects, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract. During a screening of chemical compounds of one such study that used frog embryos, she and associate chemistry professor Alex Deiters discovered a compound that induced heterotaxia, a disordering or mirror-image "flipping" of internal organs, according to a report published in the Feb. 24 issue of Chemistry & Biology.
The researchers dubbed the compound "heterotaxin" and found that it has other effects, particularly as it might relate to tumors in humans. They determined that the pathway most likely to be affected by heterotaxin was the TGF-beta pathway, which is known to play a role in the progression of cancerous tumors.
"This was exciting because tumors have to have cells that can migrate and form a blood supply in order for the cancer to spread," Nascone-Yoder said. "Heterotaxin inhibits those processes, which may make it a good 'lead' candidate for the development of an anti-tumor drug."
The researchers made clear that they are only in the beginning stages of determining the compound's efficacy and have tested it only in petri dishes. They do not know what specific effect it could have on humans at this point.
"Could they have a big impact? It's possible," N.C State associate professor of oncology Marlene Hauck says. On the other hand, there could be downside to the way the compound is currently structured. For example, it could be too toxic to benefit humans, Hauck notes. "They may be able to devise a drug that has the impact we want without the toxicity," she says.
"I want to emphasize that this is in the very early stages," Nascone- Yoder said.
Still, at least in a petri dish, experiments with Hauck and cell biologist Philip Sannes showed that heterotaxin quenches the growth of canine tumor cells, and inhibits some of the changes required for human tumor cells to become migratory and invasive, according to the published report.
Deiters developed new chemistry in his N.C. State lab to synthesize the chemical structures used in the biological experiments. He says the compound itself or a derivative of it could become a new drug, or it could be used as a tool, in conjunction with other components, to discover new anticancer drugs.
On a more personal level, the researchers say they enjoyed working together partly because their fields of research are typically separate.
"Our worlds don't overlap that much," Hauck said. "This was a fun project, honestly."
For Nascone-Yoder, the collaboration helped lead to the new discovery.
"The little, tiny eureka moments always lead to more questions," she says. "You call up your colleagues, and do experiments, then you finally get it together."
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Drs. Nascone-Yoder, Sannes, and Hauck are members of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Deiters is a member of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The research team is part of the NC State Center for Comparison Medicine and Translational Research. The CCMTR is a community of more than 100 scientists from five NC State colleges. These investigators are involved in collaborative ”One Health” studies with government, private, and other academic researchers to advance knowledge and practical applications that improve the health of animals and humans.


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Manchester City Bernardo Silva continued his feud with Liverpool supporters with his confident message after Monday’s 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace. Bernardo missed a glorious chance as Man City dropped two points in the Premier League title race at Selhurst Park.Uefa has opened an investigation into YettaButc ac milan trøje JermaineM alleged racist behaviour of Juventus fans during Tuesday’s Champions League game at Paris Saint-Germain.
Ferdinand has conceded that winning every ball against the Norwegian isn’t possible, but he is dismayed that defenders appear to be scared of even putting Haaland under pressure.
With some supporters tipping the north London side to challenge for the title this season, Seaman admits that he’s not letting himself get carried away and predicts that Man City and Liverpool will eventually come good.
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Cain said recovering from back-to-back injuries has given her a “carefree” attitude towards playing football.


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8 Dinners so easy you'll never have to look at the recipe again
As a busy mom, you know what it takes to put together a healthy, delicious dinner every night.
But between after-school obligations, dance class, returning books to the library, and getting the grocery shopping done, let's face it: most days dinner time rolls around and you're beat.
The last thing you want to do is dig through cookbooks or Pinterest boards for hours, follow some complicated recipe, and make a huge mess in the kitchen (which you have to clean up later).
Instead, try one of these 8 recipes so easy to follow that you'll never have to look at them again.
1. Garlic Parmesan Tilapia
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"With just 5 minutes of prep and 5 simple ingredients, this Garlic Parmesan Tilapia is an easy and healthy dinner for busy weeknights!"
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Leflunomide: An Immune Modulating Drug That May Have a Role in Controlling Secondary Infections With Review of Its Mechanisms of Action
March 2015 | Volume 14 | Issue 3 | Original Article | 230 | Copyright © March 2015
Kathleen J. Smith MDa and Marguerite Germain MDb
aDermpathology and Dermatology Consultants, Atlanta, GA
bGermain Dermatology, Mt Pleasant, SC
BACKGROUND: Leflunomide (LEF) is an immune modulator used most commonly for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The mechanisms of action of LEF also include anti-microbial effects, particularly anti-viral effects.
OBSERVATIONS: We present three patients with atopic dermatitis on azathioprine therapy who had multiple verrucae and in two molluscum contagiosum (MC) that were resistant to repeated conventional therapies.
These patients were switched to LEF, and all the patients showed complete resolution of their verrucae and MC within 2 months of starting therapy. In addition, all three patients showed equivalent to better control of their atopic dermatitis with LEF.
CONCLUSIONS: LEF has previously been reported to be a useful immune modulator for the treatment of severe atopic dermatitis. The spectrum of anti-viral effects previously seen with leflunomide did appear beneficial in these patients in clearing verrucae and MC, which had been resistant to conventional therapies while the patients were on azathioprine. J Drugs Dermatol
LEF (5-methyl-N-[4-Triflueromethylphenyl]-5-methylisoxazole- 4-carboxamide) is an immuno-modulatory agent which belongs to the DMARD (Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drug) class of drugs.1-4 LEF is converted to its primary metabolite “teriflunomide”, which inhibits dihydro-orotate dehydrogenase (DHODH).1 DHODH is an essential mitochondrial enzyme in the de- novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway.1,5,6 With DHODH inhibition there is accumulation of pyrimidine precursors inhibiting T and B cell proliferation with induction of apoptosis.1,3,5 The DHODH inhibitory effects of teriflunomide are completely rescued by supplementation with exogenous uridine leading to generation of uridine monophosphate (UMP) by uridine kinase.4
The oral bioavailability of LEF is 80-90% and is highly protein bound.1,5 Teriflunomide undergoes enterohepatic circulation and biliary recycling, which contributes to its long half-life of greater than two weeks with predominantly renal excretion.1,5 Although hepatoxicity is rare, LEF does have a black box warning for potential hepatotoxicity.6
LEF is a teratogen, and contraception for both men and women is recommended.1,4-8 The inhibition of DHODH is felt to be responsible for the teratogenicity of LEF, and in animal models supplementation with exogenous uridine is protective.6 In women considering pregnancy, rapid elimination of LEF with cholestryramine 8 grams three times daily or 50 grams of activated charcoal for 11 days can be done.5 This is followed by two separate measurements showing plasma concentrations below 0.02 μg/ml.5 There has not been shown to be a substantial increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes due to LEF exposure among women who undergo cholestyramine elimination procedure early in pregnancy.5
In addition to its inhibition of DHODH, additional molecular targets of teriflunomide include a number tyrosine kinases, and this effect is not rescued by uridine.1-4 LEF is currently administered orally with a loading dose of 100 mg tablets X 3 day for rheumatoid arthritis, usually followed by 20 mg daily.1-4 The main toxicity of LEF below 25mg daily are diarrhea, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea, and oral ulcerations.1-4 Weight loss is also report, as well as reversible alopecia and hypetension.4 In approximately 2-4% patients with initially normal liver functions, an increase transaminase is seen within 6 months, but with discontinuation of LEF this normalizes.9 Significant liver necrosis in individuals with evidence of liver compromise prior to therapy has been reported, and LEF is contraindicated in patients with abnormal liver functions, hepatitis, and/or heavy alcohol intake.4,6,8,9 Rarely interstitial and hypersensitivity pneumonitis, neuropathy, and delayed wound healing have been reported.8-12 Increased infections usually occur only when this LEF is used in combination with other immunosuppressive medications.1,3,8,9
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Mac Miller’s longtime manager and close friend, Quentin Cuff, posted the snippet of the song on Twitter while noting that the rapper did not get to hear the full song before his death. Cuff added that there is another song with Gunna on it. “There’s one with Mac Thug and Gunna too,” he tweeted.
“Crazy that Mac was waiting to even hear these songs in full,” Cuff added in another retweet. “He was so excited for these to come out. I love you bro.”
The big question now is whether or not Mac Miller’s fans will get to hear these unreleased music in a posthumous album or mixtape similar to XXXTentacion’s “SAD!” Friends and family of the late rapper paid tribute to him last month at a tribute concert at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Bishop Robert Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, began the Easter Triduum, the holiest of days on the Christian calendar, tonight with Holy Thursday, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
In his homily, Bishop Brennan said, “Talk about a dying man’s last wish. What did Jesus want more than anything else in the world the night before he died? He wanted to be with His friends. He would love them to the end and show them the depth of His Love.”
During the Mass, Bishop Brennan washed the feet of twelve faithful in attendance at the Mass to represent Jesus’ Washing of the Feet of His disciples.
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper and the Washing of the Feet took place at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James, 250 Cathedral Place in Downtown Brooklyn.
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Acarospora intermedia is a wide-spread species in Europe extending through eastern Europe to Asia (Siberia), occurring in full sun on sandstone, granite, basalt, and Ca-enriched siliceous rock at elevations usually below 500 m. It was recently reported new for the Czech Republic from several localities in Bohemia and Moravia (Knudsen & Kocourková 2020).
It has small brown areoles, usually less than 1 mm wide, with solitary apothecia usually 0.2–0.5 mm wide in an elevated thalline margin, the subtending areoles sometimes a different brown color from the thalline margin. The thallus is usually contiguous. It differs from A. veronensis especially in having elevated apothecia and is indistinguishable when immature apothecia are immersed.
Literature: Knudsen K. & Kocourková J. (2020): Acarosporaceae of Belarus. – Herzogia 33: 394–406.taxonomic classification:
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Why do Dogs Eat Grass in Bowling Green, KY?
Everyone who owns a dog has probably noticed that once in a while, they will eat grass. This might seem really odd to you since you know that dogs are not supposed to eat grass, and they largely eat meat. Many people are really worried when they notice their dog doing this and wonder if something is wrong with their dog’s health. To learn more about why dogs eat grass in Bowling Green, KY, keep reading.
Is Eating Grass Sometimes a Sign of Illness?
In some cases, dogs will eat grass because they are not feeling very well and think that this will help them to feel better. Dogs with irritated stomachs or with digestive issues might try to eat grass to make themselves feel better. You should be attentive to other symptoms like a lack of appetite, diarrhea, or blood in vomit or stools.
While grass eating is not actually a sign that anything is wrong with your dog, if they are not feeling well, they might show this behavior in an effort to help solve their underlying problem. Dogs that are always eating grass and vomiting might also have other digestive issues or problems with their diet that are causing this behavior.
You can always reach out to your veterinarian if you think that your dog is not acting like they feel well. Even if the grass eating is something that seems to be going on more frequently than usual without other symptoms, it might be wise to take your dog to see the veterinarian just to be safe.
Can Dogs Eat Grass Due to Anxiety?
Some dogs will chew on anything at all that they can put in their mouth if they are not feeling safe or secure. Chewing can be a comfort activity, and it can help your dog to cope with feelings of worry or fear. Some dogs will also eat grass due to boredom.
Eating grass can become a behavioral issue if your dog is hungry all the time as well. Make sure that you are feeding enough to your dog, especially if it is a puppy and is growing. Also, be sure that you are attentive to your dog’s need to have toys to play with and enough exercise.
If you have provided all of the right care for your dog’s nutritional needs and have made sure that they are not bored, you might want to take your dog to the veterinarian to have blood tests. Some kinds of more serious health issues could lead to this kind of behavior because your dog might feel like it is not getting enough nutrients. Anxiety can also require that your dog be put on medications to help them to feel less stressed on a daily basis.
Is Eating Grass an Instinct?
Dogs that are wild and your dog’s ancestors did not eat dog kibble. They hunted for food, and they had to get fiber from natural sources like grass. This is why dogs will still eat grass today, even though they are likely getting more than enough fiber from the kibble that you feed them. Eating grass is the only way that wild animal populations can get fiber in their diet.
Wild dogs and wolves show signs of grass in their stools, which means that wild animal populations are still engaging in this behavior. This means that your dog’s instinct to take this action might be stronger than other dogs. Some dogs will just eat grass out of a compulsion to do so, even if they do not need to ingest it for any reason. This is often why dogs who have eaten grass will throw it back up.
If your dog is eating grass and you do not want them to do so, make sure that you discourage the behavior with a firm command. Redirect your dog to other activities when they are trying to eat grass. You can also make sure that there is no grass for your dog to get into when you are not at home, and they are outside.
Most dogs will not eat so much grass that they get sick over and over, but there is no reason that you cannot discourage the behavior if you know that your dog is healthy and is just doing this out of habit. You do need to be sure that you are not overlooking health issues when you are discouraging this action, but if you are sure that your dog is healthy, you can stop them from eating grass if you wish.
Dogs Eat Grass to Aid in Digestion and Fiber in Their Diet
While your dog who is eating kibble probably does not need any extra help getting fiber into their diet, they might not know this. Many dogs will eat grass from time to time out of instinct or to try and resolve an upset tummy. Your dog might eat grass and throw it up, and usually, this is not anything to worry about.
If your dog is eating grass all the time or seems not to feel well at the same time, you should take your dog to the veterinarian for some tests and an exam. Some health issues can lead to your dog eating grass, and you will want to address these problems before they become serious. Your veterinarian can also advise you about ways to stop the behavior if your dog seems to eat grass more than you think they should. Eating grass is a natural process for wild dogs, and your dog might engage in this behavior from time to time as well out of instinct.
For more information, or if you would like to schedule an appointment, contact Southcentral Veterinary Services by calling (270) 282-2564. Our veterinary team in Bowling Green, KY will be here for you and your pet and are happy to answer any questions that you may have.
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The Brewers were in an early 5-1 hole when starter Barrett Astin couldn’t record an out in the second inning and while the bullpen held the Great Falls Voyagers at bay, the Helena bats began to chip their way back.
Trailing 5-3 in the top of the fifth, Ratterree fielded a single to right field by Christian Stringer and came up firing, nailing Corey Thompson trying to score from second and keeping the Great Falls lead right where it was.
In the bottom of the fifth, Dustin Houle drove in a run with a single and Taylor Brennan cracked a two-run double to give the Brewers their first lead of the night.
Chris Razo allowed just one hit while walking four in four scoreless innings for Helena to pick up the victory in relief of Astin, who was roughed up for five runs on five hits with four walks. He was yanked after facing three batters in the second.
Sean Albury worked a scoreless inning, Tanner Poppe allowed a run on two hits and two walks in 1.1 innings and Tyler Alexander got the final five outs in order for the save, including striking out the side in the top of the ninth.
Trailing 5-1 in the third, Jose Pena had an RBI single and Jalen Harris scored on a wild pitch after leading off the bottom of the fourth with a triple to pull the Brewers to within 5-3.
Helena added an insurance run in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk to Pena and after Great Falls made it 7-6 in the top of the eighth, the Brewers put it away with a run in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Pena.
Giacalone was 3-for-4 and scored a run while Pena was 2-for-2 with three RBI and Ratterree was 2-for-2 with three walks and scored four times.
The win propels Helena back to the PLCS for the first time since the Brewers won the league title in 2010. They will host the winner of the Idaho Falls-Grand Junction series in Game 1 of the championship series on Saturday. Idaho Falls leads the series 1-0 after a 7-1 win at home on Monday, but Tuesday’s Game 2 was postponed due to weather.
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- Finely grated zest of 1 orange
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Virat Kohli’s mystery extends beyond the mere quantity of runs he has amassed. It also has to do with the intensity displayed on the field by the former captain of India’s cricket team. In addition to possessing a keen eye for predictable spaces between fielders, Kohli’s rapid singles highlight his game.
Kohli’s pace between wickets is among the finest in the globe, thanks to his exceptional fitness. He was, recently, posed a challenging question in a conversation that also included his former Bangalore teammate AB de Villiers in an interview streamed on Youtube.
During an interview, on the ThreeSixty Youtube channel, AB De Villiers asked the former Indian captain Virat Kohli on who is the worst runner in the Indian team. Kohli replied with a big smile and the answer that he gave certainly made the former South African burst into laughter.
“That’s a controversial one. Cheteshwar Pujara. I’ll tell you a story on it.”, Kohli said.
Why did Kohli claim Pujara to be the worst runner in the Indian team?
Kohli then narrated an entire incident involving Cheteshwar Pujara from Centurion Test on the tour of 2018 in South Africa.
“It was the Centurion Test match on the Tour of 2018, and I remember first innings, I walked into the dugout because the stairs are never-ending. As soon as I sat on the seat, I heard celebration. I saw replays on the big screen, Pujara plays first ball to wide mid-on and he runs, I think it was Lungi (Ngidi), picks up the ball and runs him out. First innings, no worries.”
He continued the story and told the viewers and AB De Villiers as to what happened during the second innings as well.
“The second innings Parthiv Patel plays a ball, wide of gully. AB is running behind the ball. After AB has picked up the ball, Pujara has called for the third run. On his call, running to the danger end, when they showed the replays ther was no one on the screen. Quinie just taking the bails off, there was no one there. I was like, ‘You were run out in the first innings. How can you be so brave to take on the quickest man on the field and then not be seen on the screen while being run out. That’s the worst call I have seen in my life.”
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Virat Kohli said – "Cheteshwar Pujara is the worst runner I have run with in between the wickets".
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) March 21, 2023
Puji bhag bc yaad aagaya😅🤭
— Girish Reddy (@girishreddyt12) March 21, 2023
Pujara be like 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/bszCsr19hx
— CriC Talk(COMMUNITY FOR CRICKET LOVERS) (@INDFAM_BBS) March 21, 2023
He also mentioned the reason , the story about 1st test in South Africa 2018
— Vimlesh Maheshwari (@VimleshMaheshw3) March 21, 2023
Pujji was never this bad until his knee injury made him really slow between the wickets. He wasnt the quickest but wasnt the worst one too. Kohli must thank his stars that he didnt play with Azhar, Ajay Jadeja, Mongia, Prabhakar etc. They were a horrible lot.
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— Long Live Test Cricket (@LongLiveTest) March 21, 2023
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inspiration for new video ideas.
Additionally, YouTube will make it possible for creators to broadcast live together this year, enhancing interaction and resolving the issue of running out of
topics to discuss with viewers.
Mohan says the YouTube Partner Program has paid out tens of billions of dollars to creators, artists, and media companies over the last three years.
“In order to support creators and their next-generation media companies, over a decade ago we introduced the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), the first-of-its kind. Over the last three years, we’ve paid more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and media companies.”
There are currently around ten different ways for YouTubers to make money from their content, which range from running ads to selling merchandise.
Not keen to rest on its laurels, YouTube promises to find even more ways for creators to earn revenue.
On the user side, YouTube also plans to more widely introduce a popular Twitch feature: gifted memberships. YouTube has already started testing the previously announced feature, but Mohan writes that YouTube expects to expand the capability in the coming months.
In addition, YouTube will soon roll out an integration that’ll allow you to interact on your phone with the video you’re watching on TV. This will work when you’re logged into the same account on both devices and will allow viewers to read or write a comment and share videos from their mobile device, among other things.
Lastly, YouTube TV is getting a redesign this year that Mohan writes will “improve the look and feel, and let you organize your favorites more easily.” It’s a big year of change for YouTube — don’t miss our discussion with Mohan about all these and other changes coming to YouTube and YouTube TV on a new episode of Vergecast today.


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With the long six-week summer holiday in full swing, it’s the ideal time to make the most of the good weather, get a breath of fresh air and head to the coast. Sand between your toes, sun on your back and a cone of fish and chips… count us in!
When you’ve got kids in tow, heading to the beach takes a little more organising, and you may need a few toys and games to keep them entertained. Here’s our handy guide on how to have a great seaside adventure…
Where’s good to go?
Here in the UK we’re blessed with some of the very best beaches which are simply glorious… well, when the sun shines! It’s always handy to go to your nearest beach to cut down on travel time, but if you’re up for an adventure, we’d recommend the following:
Holkham Beach, Norfolk
Holkham Bay is a stunning multi-award winning beach that you may recognise from the closing scenes of Shakespeare in Love. With four miles of white-golden sand set against a backdrop of woodlands, there’s plenty of space for picnics and outdoor games. For those who like a nice stroll, the coastal walk to Wells is not to be missed.
Recently voted one of the top 5 beach destinations in the UK, Tenby has three stunning beaches to explore. As well as the usual beach activities, there’s loads for kids to do. The lifeboat station is open to the public in the summer, and for a few quid you can catch a boat to Caldey – an island run by monks with great walks and views.
Fistral Beach, Cornwall
Newquay has a reputation for being the best beach for surfing in the UK, so if you’ve got active kids, Fistral Beach is the place to be! You’ll find seafront facilities (always handy) and equipment hire – there’s even surfing lessons for both kids and adults.
St Mary’s Bay, Broadstairs
A gorgeous sandy beach with plenty of rock pools to explore!
The seas at Weymouth are great for swimming in and the soft, golden sand is perfect for building sandcastles! There’s also plenty of entertainment for the kids including pedalos, trampolines and mini golf.
Stokes Bay, Hampshire
Enjoy views of the Isle of Wight from this shingle beach. There’s a grassy area which is perfect for barbecues too.
Seaburn, Tyne and Wear
Stroll along wide, sandy beaches at Seaburn where you’ll also find plenty of child-friendly facilities including play areas and pedestrian only promenades.
Bognor Regis (East), West Sussex
This sand and shingle beach has won a Seaside Award this year. There’s plenty of entertainment and attractions including a promenade train, mini golf and even fitness trails for the more active families!
If you’ve got a long drive to your beach adventure, make sure you check out our tips for surviving long car journeys.
Pack up the perfect picnic
Avoid the long queues and high food prices by packing a delicious picnic. Tick these bits off your list and you’re halfway there…
Coolers and bags – probably one of the most important items on your checklist to keep your food and drinks cool and fresh.
Cups – go for good old fashioned tumblers and wine glasses for the adults!
Plates & bowls, and cutlery
Ice packs – to keep all your nibbles and drinks chilled for longer
Laundry basket – A beach must-have! Go for one with holes and use it to transport all your bits and bobs across the beach. The sand and water will drain through the holes so you don’t have to worry about taking half the beach back home with you!
Head over to our planning the perfect picnic blog for more top tips.
Top 5 seaside games
We always recommend packing a couple of games before hitting the beach. This’ll ensure the kids are kept entertained, and having so much fun they won’t want to leave! Here are our top picks:
1. Wilko Bucket with Spade £1.50
A bucket and spade is one of those summer essentials you won’t want to go without. Let their imagination run wild making sand castles and digging holes.
2. Pop-Up Football Goal £8
Our pop up goal folds away in a carry bag and pops up when you need it, making it great for taking to the beach. And don’t forget to check out our range of footballs – the goal will be disappointing without one!
3. Shaded Play Pool £6
Ideal for kids over two years old, little ones will love splashing around in this small pool. The arched ladybird and frog designs will help keep them shaded from the sun.
4. Catch Them Out Game £2
Another iconic summer essential! There’s loads of fun to be had throwing the sticky ball around, and it’s a game that’ll be even more fun when jumping around in the sea.
5. Baseball Set £4
Our foam baseball set is great fun for the whole family. It’s one for when you’ve got plenty of space – set a few markers out, and try and hit a home run!
Stay safe in the sun
Our kids’ suncare products are extra water resistant and dermatologically tested – so your children can play for longer in the water while you have the reassurance that they’re still protected. Our Kids Sensitive Sun Lotion SPF50+ provides a very high level of protection, as well as being fragrance, preservative and colour-free. It’s even suitable for babies!
Our fantastic Wilko suncare range features a variety of sun protection products to suit you and your family, providing effective UVB and five-star UVA protection… so don’t forget to pack some in your bag before you hit the road.
Get everything you need for your trip to the beach at wilko.com


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Allianz Says Pimco Beyond Gross Will See Fund Inflows Returningby
Allianz SE said its Pacific Investment Management Co.unit, which has struggled to contain outflows since the departure of money manager Bill Gross in 2014, will see a return to inflows by the end of the year.
Third-party assets under management at Pimco fell to 987 billion euros ($1.1 trillion) by the end of last year from 1.05 trillion euros a year earlier, Munich-based Allianz said in a presentation Friday. Net outflows almost halved to 125 billion euros last year compared with 2014, it said.
“We expect outflows to switch to inflows toward the end of the year,” said Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete. “In the current capital market environment, I’m cautious to make a more precise announcement regarding the exact month or quarter, but the major Gross-related outflows are a topic of the past.”
Pimco’s flagship fund, the $89.3 billion Pimco Total Return Fund, ended a 31-month streak of net redemptions in December, although outflows resumed in January when about $1.1 billion was withdrawn. Customers have pulled more than $200 billion since the fund’s peak in April 2013. Allianz Global Investors, the insurer’s second asset manager, saw record third-party net inflows of 17.5 billion euros last year.
Pimco will focus on reducing expenses this year after the business has stabilized, Baete said. The firm’s cost-income ratio, which has been a benchmark for the industry, worsened to 61.3 percent last year from 54.5 percent in 2014, partly because of a bonus program introduced to retain talent in November 2014. The impact of the program will decline by about two thirds in 2016, Allianz said in the presentation.
Allianz, Europe’s biggest insurer, today said it missed analyst estimates for fourth-quarter profit because of claims from natural catastrophes. Net income increased to 1.42 billion euros from 1.22 billion euros a year earlier.


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A regular reader of this blog sent me an email with this invitation: “John, You need to write about this f****ing corporate First Amendment bull**** on your blog.” I assume he’s talking about the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United on Wednesday, which removes all meaningful federal and state regulation of what corporations can spend on elections. OK, motion granted.
The case is, strictly speaking, endless, running to almost 200 pages including concurrences and dissents. Speaking specifically of the 5-4 majority’s several opinions, it’s not surprising that the thing is so long. It takes a lot of ink to (1) try to justify the overruling of two recent Supreme Court decisions (Kennedy majority opinion); (2) attempt to square this act of breathtaking judicial overreaching with a stated judicial modesty (Roberts concurrence); and (3) strain to construe the holding as consistent with “original intent,” as though the founders of the Constitution would have seen the modern corporation as a full person entitled to the unfettered protection of the First Amendment (Scalia concurrence).
For all of Kennedy’s bloated rhetoric and tedious justifications, the syllogism it relied on is, at root, this: Corporations are groups of people. People have First Amendment rights, so corporations do, too. And the media — not all bloggers, though, thanks — arecorporations, too. If they have full First Amendment rights, why not all corporations?
There are so many criticisms one might level at this decision. Most centrally, it overlooks the agency and accountability problems that insulate corporations from their shareholders. In an age of the vast and diversified portfolio, many investors — including this one — don’t even know where all of their money is invested. Whatever corporations my modest loot happens to be invested in right now don’t speak for me. Will this decision force me to do something different? Maybe, but I doubt it. It’s just not reasonable to expect people to keep track of all of the messages their corporations are spreading around, many of which are done in subterfuge.
As to the point about media corporations having a voice that legislation doesn’t allow other corporate actors, it must be said there’s something to it, as “the press” is a far cry from what the Founders knew. For a typically first-rate account of the evolution of the press and its effect on democracy, I recommend Paul Starr’s piece in the current Atlantic. Starr’s account lays out the fuzzy line running from MSM to partisan cable outlets, to blogs and other web presses. But investing, say, major pharmaceutical companies, houses of finance, and major labor unions (yes, the ruling applies to them too, but they have much less power these days than the corporations they battle), with the full panoply of First Amendment rights afforded citizens or the press that has historically informed them is the action of a Court more interested in Republican party dominance than with something as quaint as “legal principle.”
But Chief Justice Roberts is just “calling balls and strikes.” No one should be under any illusions about the current Court’s agenda. But what can be done?
How about public financing of campaigns? Maybe it takes something this awful to get us to reform our terrible, bloated, and downright wasteful system for electing our politicians. If something isn’t done, and soon, the corporate influence may swamp everything. I have a fantasy about a Pushcart War style of insurgency by the blogosphere, but our pea shooters might not be enough against trucks of this size. If you’ve never read this children’s book, do it now. Simple, but kind of chilling.

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His Social Media Profiles
Height, Weight & Physical Stats
|Height||5 feet 8 inches (1.75 m)|
|Weight||72 kg (158 lbs)|
|Age||39 years old (in 2023)|
|Date of Birth||August 4, 1984|
|Full Name||Vandit Bhatt|
Vandit Bhatt is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Kevin in the sitcom television series The Michael J. Fox Show (2013) and as Jagdeep Patel in the third season of the thriller television series Quantico (2015).
Vandit Bhatt was born in Hyderabad, India, but later moved to Fort Myers, Florida, when he was young. During his impressionable years, he studied at Fort Myers Senior High School. After graduation, he attended the University of Central Florida. Later, he got an undergraduate degree and started touring with various theatre companies.
In 2010, Bhatt made his acting debut in the drama series Mercy (2009-10). Following on from his first role, he received other roles on a variety of TV shows, including Madam Secretary, Younger, and The Michael J. Fox Show. He starred as Young Harris in the comedy-drama film Ripped (2017).
From 2018 to 2019, Vandit starred as Rohan Kapoor in the medical drama New Amsterdam. He starred as Ben in the romantic-drama film 42 Seconds of Happiness (2016) alongside Lauren Sowa, John J. Concado, and Robert Z. Grant.
Vandit Bhatt also had a recurring role in the short film The Perfect Fix and the web series Token, where he played Raj with Sarah Ellen Stephens and Reynaldo Piniella. In 2020, he appeared as Jai Patel in the comedy-drama television series God Friended Me. He then appeared as Atul in the crime drama television series FBI: Most Wanted in the episode Ironbound.
Vandit Bhatt Education
School: Myers Senior High School
Vandit Bhatt Career
Known For: The Michael J. Fox Show (2013 – 2014)
Net Worth: USD $1 Million approx
Family & Relatives
Father: Not Known
Mother: Not Known
Marital Status: Single
Who is Vandit Bhatt?
Vandit Bhatt is an Indian actor, born on 04 August, 1984 in Hyderabad, India.
How old is Vandit Bhatt?
Vandit Bhatt is 39 years old as of December 2023.
How tall is Vandit Bhatt?
Vandit Bhatt is 5 feet 8 inches (1.75 m).


Queens Gazette wrote about Senator Gianaris' attendance at the Court Square Station Complex ribbon-cutting ceremony.
MTA officials were joined by community leaders on June 3 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the expansion of Long Island City’s new Court Square Subway Station Complex. The completion of this project links the G line station at Long Island City-Court Square with the Court Square Station on the 7 line and the Court Square-23rd Street Station on the E and M lines.
This transfer is projected to benefit approximately 20,000 customers each weekday significantly impacting a growing residential area. A major part of the project was Citigroup’s construction of a direct enclosed free transfer between the Court Square 7 and Long Island City- Court Square Stations on the E, G and M. Customers no longer need to leave the system and re-enter with their MetroCards to make this transfer.
The event was attended by state Senator Michael Gianaris, Assemblymember Catherine Nolan, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, Community Board No. 2 Chairperson Joseph Conley and Citigroup’s Long Island City Site President, Maria Veltre.
“This new transfer station will help commuters travel more conveniently in and out of Long Island City,” state Senator Michael Gianaris said. “The public-private partnership between the MTA and Citi should serve as a model for future projects during these difficult budget times. I am thankful to everyone who played a part in making this announcement a reality.”
Read the full article here.


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In his Histories, Herodotus has a Persian named Otanes urge that his country adopt democracy (dęmos = "people" and kratos = "power") (3.80):
Otanes' analysis of democracy is obviously drawn from the model of the Athenian democracy, which Herodotus had
visited in his travels. This small passage beautifully sums up the essence of the Athenian democracy.
The Athenians were especially worried about the power of magistrates becoming a threat to the democracy. This was
especially true of the archonship, which was one of the most distinguished offices in Athens. There were
nine2 archons: the eponymous
archon,3 the archon king,4 the
polemarch,5 and the six
thesmothetai.6 In order to restrict their power, the
archons, like almost all other Athenian officials, were chosen by lot from citizens who put themselves forward, rather
than elected. The use of the lot cut down on political rivalry, which always threatened to turn into civil strife in the
super-competitive Athenian society, and also eliminated the possibility of corruption (bribery of voters). Magistrates
were also held accountable to all citizens for their acts in office. Abuses of power were sure to bring prosecution when
the official underwent his examination (euthyna) after he left office.7 Since magistracies at Athens were annual, with very
few exceptions, punishment for the guilty was not far off.
The Assembly was the supreme decision-making body in Athens, which met in an open area on a hill called the
Technically every male citizen over the age of 18 could attend every meeting of the Assembly with the right to speak and
vote on all matters of domestic and foreign policy. Space and other practical considerations, however, would not allow
every citizen to attend every meeting. For example, it is estimated that by the end of the Peloponnesian War the male
citizen population numbered around 30,000. The area on the Pnyx at most could hold a little over 6,000
(the quorum for a meeting). Moreover, not all citizens wanted to attend. In the fifth century, to get a quorum, public slaves would
proceed through the Agora carrying a long rope coated with fresh red paint. Any citizen who was marked with this paint
and was caught not attending the Assembly was subject to a penalty of some kind. It should be noted that when pay was
instituted for attendance at the Assembly in the late fifth century, there was no longer need to force citizens to attend.
Note that the meeting is scheduled to begin just after dawn and that it is only delayed by the irresponsibility of the citizens and the 'presiding officials of the Council' (prytaneis). A citizen did not have to hold any office to speak at a meeting of the Assembly, but, as one might expect, the great majority of attendees had no desire to speak. There were men like Pericles and Cleon, who were influential and willing to advise citizens on matters before the Assembly. The rest of the citizens, however, were not required to be passive; they could either show their support or displeasure during and after a speech. No doubt, a meeting of the Assembly could be a fairly rowdy affair. After the speeches were done, the final decision was made by the whole Assembly, when they voted with a show of hands.
The Council consisted of 500 members selected annually by lot, 50 from each of the ten Athenian tribes.9 All male citizens over the age of 30 were eligible to serve in the Council, but service in this body was not compulsory. In the various demes (local municipalities) that make up each tribe, citizens volunteered and were selected by lot for service on the Council. Larger demes were represented by more councilors than smaller ones. The minimum age was 30 years. In contrast with the magistracies, a citizen could serve twice as a councilor in his lifetime.
The Council met everyday, except for festival days and certain other forbidden days, in the Bouleuterion in the Agora. When the Assembly met, the Council would meet in the afternoon since most Assembly meetings lasted only till noon. The primary responsibilities of this body were the preparation of an agenda for the Assembly and the supervision of the magistrates, especially in their scrutiny (dokimasia) and the examination (euthyna). The Council itself had to answer to the Assembly at end of its year of service.10
Just as the Assembly required a smaller body (the Council) to prepare business for it, the Council needed a group much smaller than 500 to supervise its activities. This supervision was performed by each contingent of 50 Council members from one tribe, serving in turn (decided by lot) as prytaneis or "presiding officers" for 1/10 of the year (called a "prytany"). Every day one of the prytaneis was selected by lot to serve for a night and a day as chairman (epistatęs), who was entrusted with the keys to the temples where the state funds and records were stored, and the state seal. Thus the reins of Athenian government were in the hands of a different Athenian citizen every day of the year. No doubt some of these citizens had more political expertise than others, but there must have been many citizens like Socrates who were politically inept (Plato, Gorgias 473 e 6):
The chairman was also required to be on duty for twenty-four hours with 1/3 of his prytaneis in a building adjacent to the Bouleuterion, called the Tholos or "Round House," where they slept and took their meals. The purpose of this requirement was to be sure that some part of the government always be available to deal with emergencies. During the fifth century, the chairman (epistatęs) of the prytaneis also presided over meetings of the Assembly.
The courts were another crucial part of the Athenian democracy. No citizen was above the law, so as in America everyone, both rich and poor, had to submit to the judgment of their fellow citizens, who made up the juries. Every year from citizens, who had voluntarily put themselves forward,11 6000 jurors were selected by lot and were sworn in. Every day the courts were in session, a varying portion of this panel of 6000 would show up early in the morning, attracted by the prospect of getting paid for their jury duty. The juries needed for that day were selected by a very complicated procedure involving an ingenious allotment machine. There were two steps in this procedure of allotment: the first to select all the jurors needed that day and the second to assign them to a specific court room. No juror could know ahead of time whether he was going to serve that day and, if selected, which case he would be involved in. The reason for the complex process was to prevent bribery. The size of jury panels varied from 201 to 401 in private lawsuits and from 501 (as in Socrates' trial) to as high as 2501 in more important cases).12 The large size of these panels also militated against the possibility of bribery. A secret ballot also protected the jurors from improper outside influence.
Just as with the magistracies, the court system was run by non-professionals. There were no professionally trained judges and lawyers. A law attributed to the sixth century BC lawgiver, Solon, stipulated that a prosecution could be undertaken by "anyone who wanted to."13 For public prosecutions, the state had no district attorney to serve as prosecutor and no lawyer acted on behalf of the defendant. In private cases, both parties represented themselves. When a citizen observed or learned of some action by another citizen against the interests of the state, along with one or two witnesses he found the offender and, after stating the charge, summoned him to appear before the appropriate magistrate14 on a specific day. At the hearing the accuser made a formal charge before the magistrate, which was written on a whitened board attached to the Monument of the Eponymous Heroes in the Agora.
At the trial the presiding magistrate merely kept order in the courtroom, but did not act as a modern judge might. He did not rule on points of procedure and gave no instructions to the jury. Although the defendant was required defend himself, he could hire a professional speechwriter to write a speech for him and also could bring along a friend to help him. A public prosecution took about 9 1/2 hours while private suits lasted about one to two hours, depending on the amount of money involved. Both the prosecutor and defendant had the same amount of time to speak, measured by a water clock.15 When the speeches were over, the jury voted without discussing the case. In a public prosecution, if the jury decided against the defendant, both the prosecutor and the defendant proposed a penalty. The jury then voted again, again without discussion, to choose one or the other.16
The Athenians saw the jury courts, working hand-in-hand with the law and the concerned citizen prosecuting wrongdoers, as essential to the workings of democracy and the welfare of the city (Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 3.7-5.1):
On the whole the democracy served the Athenians well for over one hundred and eighty years (with two brief interruptions). Of course, one could complain that the democracy excluded the majority of the population of Athens. Indeed women, resident aliens,17 and slaves could not participate in the democratic process, but one must remember that the United States only abolished slavery during its Civil War and women only got the right to vote early in the 20th century. On the other hand, Athenian democracy allowed and fostered a degree of direct participation in the democratic process unknown in modern democracies. In modern America, involvement in the political process is quite limited. An American citizen may or may not vote once a year and occasionally does jury duty. A very small percentage of the American population gets more politically involved than that. In comparison, an estimated 39 to 40% of Athenian male citizen population was directly involved on a more or less regular basis in Athenian government (as a magistrate or a member of the Council of 500 or of the Assembly18 or of the jury panel of 6000 selected annually). Moreover, the system of pay19 for service as magistrates,20 Councilors, for attendance at Assembly meetings,21 and for jury service allowed the poor to participate in the political process and their exercise of real political power in these various capacities was a great source of annoyance to richer, more conservative Athenians.
The individual citizen, willing to throw himself into the political
fray22 had an impressive array of powers. He could
propose a law, which, if it found enough support, could be formulated by the Council of 500, put on the agenda of a later
Assembly meeting, discussed and voted upon at that meeting. He could act as a defender of the Constitution (like our
Supreme Court) by bringing a graphę paranomôn, a prosecution for proposal of a law that was either illegal or not in the
best interests of the state. Citizens who initiated this process sought to repeal the law and punish the
he could bring a public prosecution against any other citizen whether a private person or a magistrate (in the process of
examination). Not even the most influential politician could escape the power of the Athenian citizenry, if he had lost
their support. In the fifth century, the process of ostracism through secret ballot23 was available to the citizens. When
citizens in the Assembly had decided that they wanted an ostracism, voting took place two months later, not on the
Pnyx (the regular meeting place of the Assembly), but in the Agora. Citizens voted by tribes in an enclosure. If 6000
citizens (the quorum of the Assembly) voted, then the person with the most votes was sent into exile for a ten year
1. For example, the laws of Solon were displayed in the
Royal Stoa (Stoa Basileios).
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8. No doubt public slaves who worked as clerks in various offices advised newly appointed magistrates and helped them
perform their duties correctly. Return to text.
14. When Meletus accused Socrates of impiety (asebeia), the defendant had to appear before the king archon, who was in
charge of religious affairs. The headquarters of this official was in the Royal Stoa (Stoa Basileios) (Plato,
Euthyphro 2 a-b). Return to text.

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Twenty gritty stories by the Academy Award–winning writer of On the Waterfront and A Face in the Crowd.
Despite growing up among Hollywood’s most powerful producers and movie stars in the 1920s and ’30s, Budd Schulberg was always a populist at heart. In this collection of his best short fiction, Schulberg takes readers from the halls of privilege in Los Angeles to smoky dives and dockyard slums in New York. His eye for detail and nose for trouble render characters as vividly as a Weegee photograph. These stories also represent the great clash of people and ideas in mid-century America. The collection includes “The Arkansas Traveler,” the story Schulberg adapted into the influential, prescient film A Face in the Crowd starring Andy Griffith. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Budd Schulberg including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.