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Toronto based, emcee and vocalist Frankie Payne of the Freedom Writers collective is set to release his new album titled “Message In A Bottle”. Back once again Frankie delivers his unique blend of Revolutionary Soul and Street Wise Poetry backed by music from Big Tweeze and Freedom Writers in-house producer Big Sproxx. The 13 song album “Message In A Bottle” touches on a wide range of topics and messages while exploring a fresh musical blend of hard hitting beats, smoothed out soul and laid back grooves. Check out the visuals for “Justice & Half A Quarter”.
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State Election Forum: Mental Health
Make mental health the #1 issue this election!
Come and hear from the major parties about their mental health election commitments ahead of the 2021 state election.
Featuring special guests:
Roger Cook, Minister for Mental Health, Deputy Premier (Labor)
Liza Harvey, Shadow Minister for Mental Health (Liberal)
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Join us in our call to increase funding into prevention and community mental health services.
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Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) may be age-dependent, showing a higher efficacy in children age 5 to 15 than in adults or children age <5, according to a study published in BMC Infectious Diseases.
Roughly 100,000 cholera cases of the 3 million that occur each year are fatal. Clean water and sanitation facilities can help disease prevention, but is not feasible in the near future for cholera-endemic regions. The use of OCV is a short-term solution that can provide protection.
Conducted in the urban slum wards of Kolkata, India, a previous trial (ClinicalTrails.gov identifier: NCT00289224) evaluated OCV efficacy in 66,000 people either receiving 2 doses of OCV (n=31,619) or 2 doses of placebo (n=34,596).
Participants age ≥1, and not pregnant, were included in the study. The first vaccine was administered between July 27 and August 13, 2006; the second between August 27 and September 20, 2006. At the 2-year interim analysis, OCV was found to be safe and effective. The final 5-year analysis confirmed that OCV provided protection over 5 years, at least in older children and adults.
Unfortunately, important questions remained unanswered, including vaccine efficacy (VE) by age or whether protective efficacy waned over time. In cholera-endemic regions, young children have the highest risk for illness, but this risk should decline with age, possibly affecting cholera risk by age and VE estimates. In addition, during the fourth year of the trial, a large outbreak occurred which accounted for approximately 25% of cholera cases reported in the trial. This outbreak could affect analyses since all geographical regions and age groups were not affected equally.
Therefore, this study re-analyzed the trial results to determine OCV efficacy in different age groups and find evidence of waning efficacy over time. The study also compared results, including and excluding events related to the large cholera outbreak. To compare different mechanisms that could indicate age-dependent OCV efficacy, 4 Cox models with different assumptions about a vaccinated or unvaccinated individual’s risk for cholera as s/he ages were used. The 4 models only differed in how the age groups were defined for the vaccine effect and natural risk.
Results found definitive evidence supporting age group-dependent VE. VE was found to be higher in children between age 5 and 15(85%), than in younger children (38%; P =.002) or adults (69%; P =.106), with an overall significance of .007. These results were similar to the original 2-year interim follow-up results. In addition, VE in older children was higher when the outbreak data was excluded. This study also found no evidence of waning VE in adults who were vaccinated over the 5 years of follow-up.
Overall, study results may be relevant for future OCV deployment plans in cholera-endemic regions. The study investigators concluded that “OCV could provide 5 years of high-quality protection for those over 5 years old with no evidence of waning among adults, suggesting that they might not need to be re-vaccinated frequently to maintain protection, making mass vaccination more cost-effective in cholera-endemic regions.”
Fong Y, Halloran ME, Park JK, Marks F, Clemens JD, Chao DL. Efficacy of a bivalent killed whole-cell cholera vaccine over five years: a re-analysis of a cluster-randomized trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2018;18:84.

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Trainer Ciaron Maher is hoping Name The Day’s victory on Geelong Cup day is an omen of better things to come at Flemington in November.
Name The Day (4g Host – Thorpedo by Thunder Gulch) profited from a perfect front-running ride by Craig Williams in the Roderick Insurance Brokers Hcp (1500m) on Wednesday. “He’s a nice horse – I like him,” Williams said. “He’s versatile and I think he will probably be better suited chasing instead of leading.”
Maher prepares Host gelding for a syndicate managed by Warrnambool businessman Colin McKenna. He races in the same colours as Moudre who is trying to force his way into the final field for the Melbourne Cup.
Name The Day began his career winning at Murray Bridge and Morphettville earlier this year. His previous owners had received an offer from Hong Kong before the move to Warrnambool.
“Craig controlled the race and got an easy gallop in the lead,” Maher said. “He really stretched out in the straight and will keep improving over more ground.”
The gelding is a direct descendant of Mapperley Heights (Sir Tristram) who carried Swettenham’s colours to a G1 victory in the 1984 South Australian Derby.
Host (Hussonet) stands at Swettenham Stud for a $9,900 (inc gst) fee. For further information, broodmare owners should contact Adam Sangster (0418 543 633) or Chris Belli (0417 514 552).

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Working with Wieden and Kennedy Portland, we helped Old Spice stage an Internetervention comprised of nine websites and films for nine absolutely fake products.See the project
Do you like spray tans? Elaborate headset devices? Illegal workout machines? You, my friend, are a douchebag on the internet.
Working with Wieden + Kennedy out of Portland and Old Spice, we created a series of banner ads for horrendous products that hopefully ensnared the worst of the worst to click through. Then, when a user lands on one of our intentionally horrible product websites, the HTML elements quickly fall away to reveal a full-browser video featuring none other than the original "Old Spice Guy" Isaiah Mustafa, who implores us to do better with our lives. The result is over twenty minutes of straight-up hilarious content.
With films directed by longtime W+K creative Craig Allen and produced by our sister company Skunk in Los Angeles, this was one of the funnest and most counter-intuitive projects we've done in a while. Believe it!
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A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Choice Hotels (CHH - Free Report) . Shares have lost about 3.6% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500.
Will the recent negative trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Choice Hotels due for a breakout? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at the most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important catalysts.
Choice Hotels Q3 Earnings Beat, Revenues Lag Estimates
Choice Hotels reported mixed results in third-quarter 2018, wherein earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate but revenues lagged the same.
Adjusted earnings of $1.24 outpaced the consensus mark of $1.15 by 7.8% and increased 31% from the year-ago quarter. With this, the company has topped earnings estimates for the third straight quarter. Notably, the bottom line was aided by the company’s core franchising operations and an effective tax rate.
Total revenues came in at $291.5 million, which fell short of the consensus mark of $324 million but increased 8% from the year-ago. The top line lagged the estimate for the third consecutive quarter.
Increased demand for lodging along with Choice Hotel’s continual expansion strategies through acquisitions and franchise agreements has led to the company’s top- and bottom-line growth on a year-over year basis.
Franchising & Royalties Details
Hotel franchising revenues improved 9% in the third quarter. Adjusted EBITDA from hotel franchising activities increased 11% from the prior-year quarter to $135.4 million. However, adjusted hotel franchising margins contracted 30 basis points (bps) year over year to 74.6%.
Domestic royalty fees amounted to $105 million, marking an 8% increase year over year. Meanwhile, domestic system-wide RevPAR declined 1.4% year over year. While average daily rates (ADR) moved up 0.9%, occupancy decreased 160 bps from the prior-year quarter. Weather, hotel renovations and the timing of holidays impacted the company’s RevPAR in the third quarter.
As of Sep 30, 2018, the number of domestic franchised hotels and rooms increased 6.8% and 9.6%, respectively.
In the reported quarter, total operating expenses summed $180.3 million, up 2% from the third quarter of 2017. Operating income increased 19% to $111.2 million. Net income totaled $80 million, up 40% year over year.
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the third quarter were $30.9 million compared with $235.3 million as of Dec 31, 2017.
Long-term debt as of Sep 30, 2018, was $781.4 million, up from $725.3 million as of Dec 31, 2018. Goodwill, as a percentage of total assets, at the end of the third quarter was 15%, up from 8.1% at the end of 2017.
By the end of the third quarter of 2018, Choice Hotels paid cash dividends of nearly $37 million. Based on the current quarterly dividend rate of 21.5 cents per share of common stock, the company expects to pay dividends worth approximately $49 million in 2018. Meanwhile, management repurchased roughly $109 million shares of common stock under its share repurchase program during the first nine months of 2018.
For the fourth quarter, earnings per share (EPS) are anticipated to be 78-85 cents. Domestic RevPAR is expected to increase in the range of 1-3%.
Raises 2018 EPS Outlook
For 2018, Choice Hotels expects EPS to be $3.79-$3.86, up from the earlier guidance of $3.71-$3.77. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be between $335 million and $340 million.
Net domestic unit growth is expected to be in the 7-8% band. Domestic RevPAR is expected to grow between 1% and 2%.
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?
In the past month, investors have witnessed an upward trend in fresh estimates.
At this time, Choice Hotels has a great Growth Score of A, a grade with the same score on the momentum front. However, the stock was allocated a grade of D on the value side, putting it in the bottom 40% for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of B. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
Estimates have been trending upward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions looks promising. Notably, Choice Hotels has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.

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text: Your gal will have a ball dressing her doll in this super-fun Our Generation Retro, Deluxe Outfit, Two-riffic Twin Set. The adorable outfit has a vintage flair and fits Our Generation Dolls (sold separately) to a tee.The Our Generation Deluxe Retro Outfit Two-riffic Twin Set is designed for 18-inch Our Generation dolls. (But is compatible with most 18-inch dolls.) Fresh and feminine, this set features a cute diamond-patterned skirt and a white and purple twinset. A matching hair bow and black patent shoes are the perfect accessories for these 1950s-inspired Our Generation doll clothes.


Social media privacy case study
On the daily operations, the same individual can use the smartphone to watch YouTube videos when free or even go online to chat with some friends on Facebook. Life is now quite different compared to some few generations ago. At the start of the 20th century, there existed no internet or television (Liu, 2005). Either there was no commercial radios or even smartphone or in that case, people depended majorly or magazines and newspapers. The case study discloses changes in social media, differences of the media from traditional media and concerns of privacy of social media. With the huge number of members, it only takes one member to make a major damage. The most popular sites are likely to suffer from matters of confidentiality when it comes to safety issues.
An issue of security occurs once a hacker has or advances an unsanctioned access to a location of printed language or protected coding. Privacy issues, individuals that are involving in an unjustified access to private information and don’t primarily involve the security breaches. Somebody can gain an access to one’s privacy information by simply watching the password of the site (Moran, 2011). Social media, on the other hand, is described by use of internet services and websites such as YouTube and many more. For privacy issues, each and every individual is supposed to watch and mind what the messages he or she shares or writes and the information that is given. References Al-Kuwari, A. (2018, March). Privacy Concerns in Social Media.
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All throughout high school and college I made ends meet by dog sitting and dog walking! I love dogs and have two pups of my own, Sophie, a Great Dane puppy, and Baxter, a labrador! They are both very happy and friendly dogs and I am so happy to have them both. I would have more if I could afford it! But i like to spoil the dogs I have :) I just moved to LA ...

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Surely the Twitch platform sounds familiar to you, but you may still not know how to watch several twitch streams at the same time. Today we are going to discover you in this publication, one of the largest platforms in recent years, and the place where the largest number of lovers of the video game world are concentrated.
The virtual entertainment sector has been evolving over time and has managed to grow in a brutal way. They are the content creators, who seek to innovate in the way of communicating and they do it through streaming platforms. Without a doubt, the one that stands out above the rest is the world-renowned Twitch.
Many celebrities, influencers, gamers, journalists, chefs, etc. have joined the Twitch community and use it as a way of communication with different users to show new content on various topics.
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What is Twitch?
We are going to start by explaining what Twitch is, for those audiences who still do not know what this platform consists of.
As we just said, Twitch is a digital platform in which certain content is broadcast directly and the public has the possibility to see it wherever they are. Today, it is considered the best streaming platform in the world and of course the most popular.
In its beginnings, the platform was specialized in showing virtual content about videogames, but currently there are different themes that we can find in its various channels. You can find streams about cooking, makeup, music, etc.
Not only can you watch a FIFA game, but you can interact with the content creator and the different followers thanks to a chat available on the channels.
It is not enough to have a computer, microphone, camera and internet, there are many users who open a channel and Thanks to their constant work, they manage to obtain remuneration on the virtual platform.
As a viewer, Twitch offers you the possibility of providing financial support to a certain channel. These subscriptions offer certain benefits, for example when it comes to being able to communicate with the streamer.
How to watch multiple streams on Twitch
Once we know what this live content platform consists of, we are going to explain how you are going to be able to enjoy several streams at the same time on Twitch.
As we all know to watch multiple streams at the same time, you only need a single tab in your browser. When watching more than one live, what happens is that the different sounds are coupled, so it is recommended to leave only one audio activated.
There are different websites and tools, created in a specific way that allow you as a viewer to see several channels at the same time. Next, we leave you a list so that you know them and you can make use of them.
First of all, we talk about MultiTwitch.tv, one of the best tools to open different live broadcasts of the virtual content platform. On this platform, it will be up to you personally to decide which live streams you want to watch simultaneously.
Once you have the page open, a window will appear with a message about the use, to be able to access it, you just have to put the address multitwitch.tv followed by the name of the channel what you want to see For example, multitwitch.tv/ibai
A positive point of this website is that it optimizes the design of live broadcasts to offer you the maximum size in each of the direct ones, maintaining the aspect ratio. You can open as many pages as there are channels you want to see, but always bearing in mind that the more tabs you open, the worse your connection will be and the slower your computer will go.
In this case, it is another website where you can navigate very easily, as in the first case we have seen. When you start the web, a box appears where you must add the link of the streams you want to see at the same time.
As you add channels, the page shows you three different configuration variants to be able to see the direct ones. On the left side of the screen you will find a menu for display settings, where you can choose how to view the chosen streams.
Multistream.am, allows you to open as many streams as you want, we recommend that you choose between three or four different ones, since if you overload the page, the playback screens will not load.
We are talking about another of the pages, where you can watch various streams in a very simple way and in a multi-window. When accessing the page on the right side of the screen you will see a menu where you must copy the links of the different channels you want to see.
When entering them, three buttons appear on the right side of each stream, with three different options, show or hide live streaming, delete without chat or delete with chat. As well as audio-only options, showing chat, and being able to move that screen to another position.
Below the list of channels you want to watch, a section with the name of talks appears. In this section it is allowed select the chat of the channel you want to read and participate, you can change it as you want between one stream and another.
Fourth, we bring you this tool that is somewhat different from the rest, we talk about Squad Stream, which allows up to four different content creators to connect to the same direct and the retransmission is made from the same sale.
This option is not like the previous ones where you decide which channels to watch and play them in a multi-window., but it is the creators themselves who join forces to transmit their work in the best possible way and thus approach and grow their community.
In order to start a group stream you must search your control panel the stream manager shortcuts option. The next step is for you to submit a invite three of your friends, to do this you will click on the option to add a channel and write the name or copy the name of the guest channel.
Once you have everything complete, remember that there are only 3 friends you can invite, you just have to click on the start group stream button and enjoy.
You always have the option that we discussed at the beginning of this publication, that of opening different streams in your browser's tabs, a method that we do not recommend here. It is much more comfortable from our perspective, to be able to watch several streams from a single screen to having to jump from one tab to another.
We hope that these tips will help you to consume virtual content. As you already know, we have a comment box where you can write us if you know of a new website where you can watch several streams on Twitch at the same time.


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Lead them not into temptation
SYDNEY -- The battle now is not so much with their remaining opponents as it is with themselves.
A perfect 3-0 and certain to get through to the quarter-finals -- possibly even the medal round -- the Canadian men's basketball team now must guard against being seduced by its own success.
If the past few days have been any indication, it is a siren's call to which they will shut their eyes and ignore.
"This is going to be a real test of our mental toughness, whether we can avoid getting caught up in being 3-0," head coach Jay Triano said shortly after pounding Spain for a third consecutive victory at the Olympic tournament.
There is a natural temptation, particularly for a team that has not been at an event like this one in 12 years, to let giddiness take over in the rarefied air of sudden success.
Euphoria can kill a team's hopes.
That given, what was nearly as impressive as the victory against Spain was the utter absence afterward of any over-confidence. There was no swagger.
You couldn't have helped, for instance, but be struck by the calm, controlled way Niagara Falls centre Peter Guarasci talked after the game against Spain. He had scored 17 points, led his team in rebounding and shut down Spain's dangerous power forward, Alphonso Reyes. But nothing he said would have given you any indication that he was overly impressed with the vital role he had played.
It's a credit to Triano, but every player on his team maintains a similar, almost eerie, aura of quiet aplomb. All are conscious of what's going on -- they're human, too -- but to a man they seem resolved that the job is by no means finished.
"Everyone has their role," Toronto's Rowan Barrett said. "You focus and you re-focus.
"Of course we're happy, but now we're thinking of working (next opponent) Russia."
Too often, Canadians have been content to compete on a world stage, rather than win. This team was not even supposed to qualify for the Olympics; it would have been too easy for all involved to be content with simply playing in Sydney. But this collection of players and the coaches appears to have a far bigger game in mind.
"Every single day, this is what we've prepared for," Barrett said.
"This is what we do. We work and we work and then we put what we've worked on into practice."
The additional danger is becoming distracted by the bandwagon that will shortly hitch itself to the basketball team's story. The nation, if it has not done so already, shortly will fall in love with the possibilities that lie ahead. Try to fit the team with Cinderella's slipper, particularly so given Canada's overall Olympic struggles in recent days.
But if you recall, the team made a vow a few weeks ago in Hawaii to stay as far away from distractions as possible. It was an attempt to re-create the sense of isolation and togetherness that led to success in Puerto Rico last summer.
"(The players) haven't seen other events," Triano said. They haven't seen their families or girlfriends. They're just totally focused on the next step."
As a result, even uncanny shooting performances like the ones turned in by Brampton forward Mike Meeks, or the fact Canada easily leads the tourney in points scored, are greeted with a sense of it being "nice, but so what."
Triano knows what tournaments like this are like. Strange, unpredictable, things can happen. Injuries, bad officiating and upsets are part of the experience. The team must try to control what it can control, and make certain no one gets carried away with the success.
Then, when things go wrong, you're in a position to deal.
Russia, like Canada, is not a particularly big team. It relies on a pestering defence and has a knack for coolly weathering any storm an opponent whips up. It is capable of quick counterattacks, led by wily 35-year-old guard Serguei Bazarevitch.
The story the Russia game (tonight, 11:30 EDT) will tell is how well Canada is blocking out its own accomplishments.
If indications are correct, Russia will face a confident, not cocky, Canadian team, one determined to accomplish a good deal more -- dare we say it -- one game at a time.


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Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain - for LifeApr 28 2015by David Perlmutter and Kristin Loberg
The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic UnhappinessJun 2 2007by J. Mark G. Williams and John D. Teasdale
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality DisorderDec 15 2009by Paul Mason and Randi Kreger
Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQSep 27 2005by Daniel Goleman
Getting the Love You Want, 20th Anniversary Edition: A Guide for CouplesDec 26 2007by Harville Hendrix
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores GoodnessSep 28 2010by Peter A. Levine Ph.D. and Gabor Mate M.D.
Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for RelationshipSep 25 2012by Laurence Heller Ph.D. and Aline Lapierre Psy.D.
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your LifeDec 23 2003by Byron Katie and Stephen Mitchell

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The Most Magnificent Macaroni And Cheese Is Hiding In Scranton, Pennsylvania
Comfort food gives us that pick-me-up we need on a gloomy day, on a snowy afternoon when we’re stuck indoors, and in the middle of the night when we’re just craving something quick but delicious to eat. We can all probably agree that one of the most popular comfort foods is, hands down, mac and cheese. Whether we get it from a box or make it from scratch, we can fill up quickly while savoring every bite. Next time you’ve got a hankering for this cheesy dish, make your way to this Pennsylvania restaurant. It dishes up some of the best mac and cheese in Pennsylvania.
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The skin signs of rosacea vary by the particular type, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. Erythematotelangiectatic rosacea is characterized by the tendency to flush or blush more than other people and spider veins and blood vessels that can be seen under the skin.
In papulopustular rosacea, the skin is swollen, red and suffers break-outs that resemble acne, claims the American Academy of Dermatology. Phymatous rosacea causes the skin to thicken and have a bumpy feel to it. Some people have more than one type of rosacea at the same time. Others who have had rosacea for a while have a permanent red area in the middle of their face. Other symptoms include skin that is sensitive and feels like it's burning or stinging. The skin may also be rough, dry or scaly.
No one knows the cause of rosacea, but it is more prevalent among middle-aged, fair-skinned women, says Mayo Clinic. It can also be triggered by certain foods and stressors such as extreme heat and cold, emotional upsets, sunlight, too much exercise and corticosteroids. Drugs that cause the blood vessels to open up may also contribute to flare-ups of rosacea. Though rosacea can't be cured, the flare-ups can be controlled. Doctors prescribe antibiotics, which also reduce the condition's inflammation, and acne medications to ease rosacea symptoms.

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Skull Hunter - Ricochet free Flash Game
This free flash game can be found in these categories:
Shoot Em Up
Fire a limited amount of arrows at the skeletons as you try to crumble each one. Physics come later.
Use your mouse to play this game.
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Where is the journey of your life taking you? Are you steering its ship toward where you’d like to go? What if you could? In The Relationship Code for Everything, author Leena Chandan shows you how you can take the wheel of your life, and then point your ship straight up to the stars! You’ll learn that the secret to living the life of your dreams begins with the most important relationship you’ll ever have – the one you have with yourself. The guidance offered here will stay with you long after you finish reading, with inspiring and effective steps you can take, beginning today, to change how you view and pursue a meaningful and fulfilling life. First, you will learn how you can deeply nourish your whole being by becoming GIVERS to Self. Then you will discover how to transform every facet of your life while mindfully pointing it in the direction YOU want it to go by following the wisdom outlined in the 22 Golden Nuggets. These will help you build and sustain positive momentum as you reinvent yourself and create new opportunities in your life for happiness and success. It’s often said that life is a journey, not a destination, so let’s enjoy the journey! When you make daily effort toward creating your own happiness, your reward will be the joy of a collection of bright moments strung together like pearls, far beyond a mindless, mundane life. This joy will become the precious gift you give to yourself, and get to lovingly receive, as you daily pave and walk the path of your new life.

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Violent activities by Bangladesh Chhatra League and the graft allegation in the Padma bridge project have put the government in an embarrassing situation, Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu said yesterday.
â€œActivities of some unruly criminals of Chhatra League in different educational institutions have undoubtedly undermined democracy and we are embarrassed about the corruption allegations in the Padma bridge project,â€ he told a press conference at his ministry.
Inu claimed the government has taken action against all the misdeeds.
He pointed out different successes of the government in the last four years and compared those with the works of the past BNP-Jamaat government.
On Monday's violent acts by Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, he said it is difficult to thwart a sudden attack, but investigation is still continuing to determine if there was any negligence by the intelligence agencies, police administration or the on-duty law enforces.
The Jamaat-Shibir's attacks, he mentioned, are not only to save the war criminals, but also to destroy democracy.
Regarding his ministry's recent circular to the government organisations to buy five newspapers -- Daily Janakantha, Daily Sangbad, Daily Ittefaq, Daily Sun and The Independent -- the minister said, â€œIt was not an order, but rather a request.â€
Asked on what basis the newspapers were picked, the minister without citing any reasons said as there is no effectiveness of the request, the matter should end here.
About the opposition, the information minister said although the main opposition BNP boycotts the parliament mostly, its lawmaker however played effective role in the parliamentary standing committees in formulating laws, the prime task of the lawmakers.


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Audrey Dwyer: Gaining perspective
September 1, 2017
Whatever thoughts or preconceived notions that might have been going through my head, they were instantly silenced as swiftly as the parachute synced and the five-point seatbelt locked.
On Friday afternoon, thousands of feet off the ground, I gained a bit of perspective.
A few perspectives, actually, thanks to my pilot for the afternoon, Barry Hancock, who took me up in his North American T-6, World War II-era trainer.
Up there, any preconceived notions, worries or fears of possibly losing my lunch deteriorated with the surrounding clouds. The vastness of the valley below left me speechless, and all I could do was grin from ear to ear.
He conducted the wingovers, rolls and overhead breaks with ease. The ground and the sky flip-flopped, and it was then I realized why he loves this job.
"I still learn something new every time I fly," Hancock said.
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If you were looking up at the sky about 1 p.m. Friday, you may have seen his yellow BH-388 T-6; I happened to be flying it – briefly, of course.
Hancock’s mission for this weekend’s Wild West Air Fest and Air Show — and a major piece of why he flies at all — is to “honor the past and inspire the future” as a tribute to military veterans. He grew up watching jet fighters zoom across the sky from his backyard, dreaming of becoming a pilot himself.
You can catch the show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Bob Adams Airport.
Putting my trust in Hancock was not difficult, given his background in warbirds and aviation and nearly 3,500 hours of flight experience. Not only that, he is an active aerobatic competitor in the Pitts S2C and a formation instructor pilot who opened his own flight training school in Utah.
Hancock said this model boasts the single longest military service history of any plane in aviation history but, it can be a bit of a handful, because it's challenging to maneuver.
"I love keeping that history alive," he said. "Flying aerobatics is a free form expression, on the one hand, but a very strict discipline on the other. This is serious stuff, and you have to do it right, because it is dangerous, but there's an incredible sense of accomplishment."


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Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts is used to propagate new plants from cuttings. Hortus IBA uses 20% IBA water salts and contains no alcohol. It is EPA registered for spray drip down or over the top safe application to plants in plant propagation beds. Eliminating a need to dip each individual plant, the use of Hortus IBA results in time and labor savings.
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HUD Coronavirus Forbearance Agency Guidelines On FHA Loans
This Article Is About The UPDATED HUD Coronavirus Forbearance Agency Guidelines On FHA Loans
Michelle McCue, our senior associate at Gustan Cho Associates likes to share her recently updated UPDATED HUD Coronavirus Forbearance Agency Guidelines On FHA Loans. Michelle is sharing a helpful email response and correspondence from the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) the parent of FHA on FHA Covid-19 coronavirus forbearance agency mortgage guidelines on FHA loans.
HUD is the parent of FHA and is the federal agency that sets all lending agency guidelines on FHA loans. This is a very confusing area where many lenders do not know the exact answer on when borrowers can qualify for FHA loans after forbearance. Many of our viewers have heard conflicting reports as to the mandatory waiting period requirements after the CARES ACT mortgage forbearance program. The bottom line is borrowers can move forward with obtaining an FHA home purchase and/or refinance mortgage loans if the home was sold and/or made whole by the sale of the home. The mandatory three payments borrowers need to make after the forbearance period is over is not a HUD agency guideline but rather a lender overlay by the individual lenders.
In this article, we will discuss and cover the updated HUD coronavirus forbearance agency guidelines on FHA loans.
HUD Coronavirus Forbearance Agency Guidelines With Regards To The Mandatory Waiting Period After The CARES ACT Forbearance
The CARES ACT mortgage forbearance was created and launched to help Americans who are in distress due to unemployment from the coronavirus outbreak that hit the United States in February 2020. Many companies have furloughed and/or laid off employees due to the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak that came from Wuhan China and spread to the United States as well as the world. To avoid another potential housing meltdown and credit collapse similar to the 2008 financial crisis, President Trump and Congress acted quickly in creating and launching the CARES ACT as well as the CARES ACT mortgage forbearance program.
The forbearance loan program is by no means loan forgiveness or a loan modification program. It is deferring mortgage payments for up to six months with an option to extend it for another six month months. All payments missed from the CARES ACT mortgage forbearance need to get repaid through a payment plan and/or a lump sum. It is now clear that HUD and other mortgage agencies including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do not mandate a waiting period if the homeowner has come current with all of their missed payment during the CARES ACT mortgage forbearance loan program. The three-month waiting period and/or seasoning requirement is a lender overlay by the individual lender.
What Are Wholesale Lending Partners Saying
One of our top wholesale mortgage lenders at Gustan Cho Associates has confirmed with Gustan Cho Associates their organization will allow a purchase mortgage loan to move forward after the CARES ACT forbearance has been paid in full. The borrower will be downgraded to a manual underwrite on an FHA and/or VA loan. The missed payments during the CARES ACT mortgage forbearance are not considered derogatory late payments. Lenders cannot use the missed forbearance payments against the homeowner and/or borrower. FHA and VA loans are the only two loan programs that allow manual underwriting on an FHA and/or VA loan. FHA and VA mortgages are the only two loan programs that allow manual underwriting during the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy repayment plan. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy does not have to be discharged. There is no waiting period after the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy discharged date on FHA and/or VA loans. We have a confirmed email from our wholesale rep informing us the wholesale lender will accept the scenario and write to the updated guidelines (06/21 4001, pages 195-198).
As loan officers will encounter, every wholesale lender will have different lender overlays as of the HUD forbearance agency guidelines on FHA loans. Other correspondent and wholesale lenders instituted an overlay on 10/13 that makes all transactions that have not exited the forbearance and made three consecutive months of payments ineligible. This includes files in processing prior to 10/13. Another very aggressive wholesale lender used by Gustan Cho Associates is still requiring the 3 payments to be made post forbearance. This includes FHA & USDA. VA still allows purchase immediately after forbearance.
Trying To Get To The Bottom Line With HUD Forbearance Agency Guidelines On FHA Loans
A borrower who was granted forbearance due to COVID-19 may be eligible for a new FHA insured mortgage provided the borrower has completed the Forbearance Plan, prior to the sale or with the payoff at the consummation of the sale. If the borrower has made less than 3 consecutive monthly housing payments post forbearance, the new FHA- insured loan must be downgraded to a Refer and manually underwritten following Manual Guidelines in Handbook 4000.1 Section II.A.5.
For additional information, see:
- Handbook 4000.1, Section II.A.5.a.iii(C): https://www.
hud.gov/program_offices/ administration/hudclips/ handbooks/hsgh
What are the general requirements for determining housing payment history delinquencies for the purpose of loan underwriting, when a mortgage is under a Forbearance Plan due to COVID-19?
For additional information, see: Handbook 4000.1 II.A.4.b.iii(K), II.A.5.a.iii(C) available at: https://www.hud.gov/

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There are four changes on domicile:
1) The limit on earnings to be ignored is now £2,000 rather than £1,000
2) Income from offshore trusts will only be taxed when remitted to the UK even if the assets are in the UK
3) Children are exempted (amazing, rich kids are the real winners in this budget)
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Lunchable Brunchable Breakfast Packs Are Coming To Add Nostalgia To Your Weekends
Whenever I think about Lunchables, I think about the simpler times when I was a kid watching cartoons and eating lunch in my living room. TBH, I'm getting nostalgic just thinking about it. Unfortunately, it's been a while since I've opened a pack of Lunchables, but it looks like that's going to change soon. However, I won't be eating them for lunch. This time, I'll be unwrapping 'em in the morning, because Lunchable Brunchable breakfast packs are coming. If you're anything like me, they're going to add major nostalgia to your weekends.
I know you probably have one very important question, and I'm going to answer it right now: No, they don't come with bottled mimosas. If you're over 21 years old, you'll can always pour yourself a cocktail while you're eating your Brunchables — but I digress. Even though Luchables' newest (and most genius) creation yet isn't bottomless, it still seems delicious.
Brunchables were officially announced via Twitter on Tuesday, April 2, after the company tricked its customers into thinking that they were just an April Fools' Day joke (thank goodness they aren't). When the company announced its *real* product, Twitter went wild with excitement. Once you find out about the three upcoming Brunchable flavors, you'll be just as stoked. Each one of them comes with a flatbread sandwich and a blueberry muffin, so all you'll have to add is your go-to breakfast cocktail (again, if you're 21 years old).
Bacon & Cheese
If you're privy to the classic bacon and cheese breakfast option, then you'd probably enjoy the new Bacon & Cheese Brunchable. As you can see, the brunch staple comes with fully-cooked Oscar Mayer Bacon and Kraft Cheddar Cheese. It's both simple and savory, so get your tastebuds ready.
Breakfast Ham & Cheese
If you'd rather add ham to your weekend brunch session, then opt for the Breakfast Ham & Cheese Brunchable. The flatbread included in this package features Oscar Mayer Lean Ham and Kraft Cheddar Cheese. I'll take one, please.
Breakfast Sausage & Cheese
The third Brunchable in the group is the Breakfast Sausage & Cheese option. Like the others, the flatbread inside this selection features Kraft Chedder Cheese — but instead of bacon and ham, it includes and Oscar Mayer Breakfast Sausage. Yum.
I don't know about you, but I'm going to have a hard time deciding which Brunchable to try first. Let's face it, though: I'll probably end up trying all of them. If you agree, you're probably wondering when you'll be able to try the nostalgia-inducing brunch delicacy. According to Lunchables, Brunchable packs will be available nationwide "later this spring."
So, how will you know when Brunchables hit the shelves? Thankfully, the company set up a "waiting list" (aka mailing list) that'll keep you updated. In order to sign up, click here and enter your information. Once you register, you'll have the chance to win a pack of Brunchables before they become available (that's a huge deal, guys). FYI, you only have until April 4 to sign up, so enter your email address ASAP.
Whether or not you win an exclusive taste of the Brunchables, you'll get to try them all when they become available this spring. When they're for sale, grab a few packs, restock your mimosa supplies, call your friends, and get ready for a nostalgic brunch.


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Posted on Thursday, June 16th, 2016 by Angie Han
Hamilton is the rare cultural phenomenon that’s largely enjoyed by people who haven’t actually seen it. Not for lack of interest, mind you, but because Hamilton tickets are basically impossible to get at this point. And creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda broke a lot of hearts last month when he set a July exit date and predicted a Hamilton movie wouldn’t happen “for, like, 20 years.” But finally, we’ve got a tiny bit of good news for those who won’t get to the Richard Rodgers Theatre in time.
Miranda has confirmed that the Hamilton Broadway show will be filmed with the entire original cast before Miranda’s exit. And though Miranda’s understudy Javier Muñoz will step into the role starting next month, Miranda says he could still come back eventually. Read More »
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Posted on Friday, June 10th, 2016 by Angie Han
Lin-Manuel Miranda recently predicted wouldn’t get a Hamilton movie “for, like, 20 years,” but his other signature work is coming to screens a lot sooner. Earlier this month we heard The Weinstein Co. had scooped up the movie rights to In the Heights, Miranda’s Tony-winning musical. Now they may have found a director in Jon M. Chu, fresh off of Now You See Me 2. Read More »
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a genius and this is a case where that word deserves to be taken very literally. In fact, the writer and star of Broadway’s Hamilton may very well be the entertainer of 2016. If you look beyond his brilliant hip-hop musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton that has been nominated for 16 Tony Awards and has already won a Grammy and the Pulitzer Prize, you’ll note that he also contributed songs and music to Disney’s upcoming animated film Moana and was recently cast as the male lead alongside Emily Blunt in the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns. Yeah, he’s having a good year.
And that year is already getting busier. Miranda’s first Broadway musical, In the Heights, is finally getting ready to go before cameras. But don’t get you hopes up for a Hamilton movie anytime soon.
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Posted on Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 by Angie Han
Earlier this year Disney staked out three more release dates for its live-action fairy tale series, and now we know what one of them will be. The studio has announced that Mary Poppins Returns, the sequel to its 1964 classic Mary Poppins, will arrive December 25, 2018. As previously reported, Emily Blunt takes over the role of the practically perfect British nanny, while Hamilton superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda stars as a new character named Jack.
Along with that release date comes many new details about the story, so keep reading for all the latest on Mary Poppins Returns. Read More »
When the Star Wars: The Force Awakens soundtrack was released, many fans were angry that it didn’t include the song from Maz’s castle. The soundtrack only collected John Williams‘ score and not that awesome new cantina song which was created by Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda in collaboration with filmmaker JJ Abrams.
And now that its Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You), they have finally decided to release the song, titled “Jabba Flow”, on iTunes. JJ Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda made the announcement today, and even performed the single live. Hit the jump to find out how you can download the new single “Jabba Flow,” watch Abrams and Miranda perform the song live and also learn a bit about what the song means.
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And yet, I’m kind of bowled over by this new video that mashes up Star Trek with Hamilton, two things that seemingly have no right to go together at all. Maybe it’s because it plays directly to my very specific tastes, or maybe it’s because there’s a certain amount of impressive effort on display, but here’s a goofy combination of two things that earns a thumbs up from yours truly.
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Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel seems like kind of a tough sell. How many people have really been clamoring for a new take on that childhood classic? But its cast, at least, is unimpeachable. Emily Blunt is in the title role, and now Hamilton mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda is looking to star alongside her as the Bert equivalent. Read More »
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is stuffed full of so many easter eggs and hidden in-jokes that you could write an entire article trying to track down as many as humanly possible. And just when you think you’ve got to the bottom of them all – A cameo from Daniel Craig! A Stormtrooper voiced by Kevin Smith – another little piece piece of trivia rears its head. Well, here’s the latest piece of information you can use to inform you friends and frighten strangers at bars: the Force Awakens cantina scene features the vocal stylings of director J.J. Abrams.
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The week has finally come, a new Star Wars film will hit movie theaters in just a few days. The world premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes place tonight in Hollywood, and the first reactions are probably coming shortly after that. I’m extremely fortunate to be attending the premiere tonight and am so excited. I will give you my reaction afterwards on twitter (non-spoiler of course, followed by more in-depth review on the site later in the week). Okay, lets take a look at the latest Star Wars: The Force Awakens news and tidbits:
- Steven Spielberg recommended that Disney hire J.J. Abrams for Force Awakens.
- Adam Driver’s response to the question of if Force Awakens will be better than the prequels.
- See new behind the scenes photos featuring Daisy Ridley and John Boyega.
- Find out how Jakku market merchant Bobbajo was created
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- J.J. Abrams designed Rey’s outfit so that it would be simple enough that kids could doodle it in class
- Preview some of the limited edition “Galaxy Premiere” merchandise which will be sold in select theaters
- John Boyega talks Force Awakens deleted scenes
- Watch BB-8 explore London.
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Expert Hired by Newspaper Says Cry on 911 Tape Is Trayvon Martin Pleading for His Life
Posted May 21, 2012 8:07 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A taped 911 call placed to police the night that Trayvon Martin was killed indicate the youth was pleading for his life, according to a former professor who has worked as an expert in hundreds of court cases.
The Washington Post hired expert Alan Reich, a former University of Washington professor, to examine a 45-second recording using software and visual depictions. An FBI analysis has been unable to conclude whether the person calling for help is Martin or the man who shot him, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. But Reich says the person crying for help is the younger man in the confrontation—17-year-old Martin.
Zimmerman, who called police to report Martin looked suspicious, has claimed he shot Martin in self defense after the youth attacked him.
According to Reich, Martin says the words “I’m begging you” and later “help me.” Before the shot is fired, Martin yells “stop,” Reich concludes.
A retired FBI expert, James Ryan, questions whether such certainty is possible, though he was speaking in general rather than analyzing Reich's work. Ryan said he doesn't know of any studies indicating it's possible to make conclusions about age from vocal pitch. In emotional situations, the range of the human voice is too varied to make any conclusions about age, he said. Nor is it always possible to positively identify words being said, even with the help of technology, he added.
“I think it’s hard to scientifically say anything definitive with audio like this,” Ryan told the newspaper. “One person will come up with one scenario, one speech, one sentence, and some other well-meaning person, trying hard, unbiased in a controlled environment with headphones, will come up with another one.”


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[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] [Photo: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] Yes, I know I’m very late with this, but just got access to a computer again. How frustrating it’s been! But the good news is that I think the most … More
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[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] On Thursday night, we saw Debbie eliminated from the tribe on Survivor: Tocantins. She has a lot to say about her time in the tribe and this clip lets her tell us a lot about … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] Jeff Probst gives us his preview for thi week’s new episode of Survivor: Tocantins in this clip. He said that he was sorry to see Sierra go, because he really liked her. She certainly did … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] This season has been a bit of a disappointment for in regards to Survivor. For some reason, the cast just isn’t all that compelling this time around. However, on this week’s episode of Survivor: Tocantins, … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] Now that Tyson was blindsided on Survivor: Tocantins, the remaining members of the Timbira tribe know that their numbers may have been punched. The desperate measures are starting to emerge and…could it be…? Did the … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] Here’s a great clip for Survivor fans. In this video, Tyson does a voice-over style of commentary of the entire tribal counsel session that we saw aired on Thursday. He tells us what he was … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] Now that Brendan is gone from Survivor: Tocantins, Sierra is feeling very vulnerable. And if you check out this week’s preview clip, you’ll see that Tyson isn’t very nice to her when he talks to … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] On this Thursday night’s episode of Survivor: Tocantins, the Exile Alliance will finally start to make a move. They look like they will go after Coach. But, of course, Coach has different ideas on the … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] On Thursday night’s Survivor: Tocantins, the challenge was a grueling task of holding on to a pole for the longest. We all know that Joe had to leave the competition because of a very serious … More
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[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] I’ve got a batch of behind-the-scenes and not-aired clips from last week at the Survivor: Tocantins camps. As you know, there’s never enough space in a one-hour show to give us all the good stuff. … More
[Photos: © 2009 CBS Broadcasting] Tonight, on Survivor: Tocantins, the tribes will merge. And it looks like they will begin by enjoying a reward together so they can get acquainted. And for those of you who have been eagerly awaiting … More
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Former citizens of Georgia can now have citizenship restored
Ammendments to the law ‘On citizenship’ have entered into force today.
Now, former citizens of Georgia can appeal to the Public Service Development Agency with the request to have Georgian citizenship restored if they lost it as a result of receiving the citizenship of another country.
The ammendments were added in connection with changes made to the Georgian constitution which allows Georgian citizens to have dual citizenship, Novosti Gruzia reports.
In order to have Georgian citizenship restored, former citizens must appeal to the agency before 31 December 2020.
The law states that citizenship vcan be restored if the former Georgian citizen meets several critera, including: mastery of the state language of Georgia, is not wanted by law enforcement agencies and is not currently wanted for extradition or deportation.
Moreover, should an individual receive citizenship, their underage children will automatically be given Georgian citizenship.

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Rob Bradshaw at biblicalstudies.org.uk announced today that the Scottish Evangelical Theological Society has agreed to his site to host the on-line archive of the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology (SBET).
It looks like the first 8 volumes are posted (1983-1990), each article is a separate PDF file. Rob says that “A new volume will be uploaded each week until volume 20 is reached.”
Of interest to biblical studies are articles by Derek Kidner in the first volume ” “Retribution and punishment in the Old Testament, in the light of the New Testament,” and Geoffrey W. Grogan and “The New Testament and the Messianism of the book of Isaiah” in 3.2 (1985). Robert P. Gordon, “Simplicity of the highest cunning: narrative art in the Old Testament,” in 6.2 (1988) looks intriguing too. There are many articles which will appeal to Theology students as well.
Why is this important? These articles are not available as full-text in the ATLA database. Unless your library is blessed with physical copies of this journal, your only opportunity to read these articles is biblicalstudies.org.uk. Rob Bradshaw is to be commended for his work in bringing these important articles to the internet.


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The industry standard cable-actuated disc brake since its introduction is still popular due to smooth ball bearing operation and ease of installation and maintenance. - All calipers have 74mm mounting bolt spacing - For use with short cable-pull levers - Pad retraction and spring tension are adjustable - Includes steel-backed sintered pads - Brake Caliper Type: Post Mount - Brake Lever Actuation: Short Pull - Hub/Disc Compatibility: 6-Bolt - Rotor Included: No - Weight: 204 g
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For the stop/start world of cyclocross, Avid makes the inimitable Shorty Ultimate Rim Brake. The ideal balance of power, control and weight, the Ultimates are the choice of pro crossers across the globe. They offer an open design that clears mud quickly while also dishing out serious stopping power and modulation. Just a twist of the in-line cable adjustment knob lets you dial in cable tension, and you can choose between a wide or narrow stance for increased mud clearance or power. And, the Shorty uses standard road cartridge pads for easy maintenance.
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Stiff, light and beautiful, Avid's FR-5 Brake Levers deliver excellent speed control and a great feel. They're compatible with linear-pull and mechanical-disc brakes. And, they also feature adjustable reach and are made to bend not break in the event of a crash.
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As a front lever for your Rival 1 set-up, or paired for single speed adventures, the new Rival brake lever features the same ErgoFit ergonomic design introduced on SRAM RED but delivered in a sleek, forged aluminum offer. SRAM Reach Adjust feature brings near universal fit for riders. - Weight: 260 grams per lever (no cables) - Lever Material: Aluminum - Finish: Black - Adjustment: Reach Adjust
SRAM's Force 1 Hydraulic Brake and Brake Lever is descended from their top-end RED road group, representing SRAM's attempt at perfecting the interface between rider and bike and maximizing braking performance. Designed for a 1 x 11-speed setup, this left-side rear hydraulic-brake carbon lever has the same shape and feel as the Force 1 right lever, but has no shift paddle. The ErgoFit textured body improves grip and finger wrap with reduced diameter, providing better control and a better transition to the bar. For optimal feel, you can also set your lever reach to fit your hands thanks to Reach Adjust. The brakes themselves provide incredible modulation and stopping power. You'll never go back to rim brakes again! - The moto-style set up allows you to hook up your left brake lever to your rear wheel. - Carbon fiber lever blade - Bleed port is easily accessed
Serfas' BP-300UL Shimano Compatible MTB V-Style Pads offer reliable braking. Plus, the triple compound eliminates squeaks. These replacement pads install easily into Serfas' BPS-300UL brake cartridges.
Serfas' DBPA4 MTB Avid Compatible Disc Brake Pads offer long-lasting, reliable braking. They're semi-metallic for durability and made for Avid Elixir hydraulic brakes.
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Shimano's Deore XT Ice-Tech rotors utilize the industry standard 6-bolt mounting system for secure mounting. These rotors use an aluminum core with steel outer plates to better control the temperature of the braking surface. This means quieter braking and, more importantly, less fade on long downhills and improved pad life. The various sizes give you total freedom of choice over the delicate balance of power versus weight.
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To keep your Avid brakes functioning properly, check your pads for wear and replace them when necessary. Organic compound pads are softer for quieter braking and increased modulation, while metallic pads dissipate heat better and last a bit longer. Two pads, one retraction spring and a mounting bolt are included (enough for one brake) in each pad set. And, choose an aluminum backing plate if you're really counting the grams.
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There are no new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. That leaves the number of cases to date in the province at 1,067; 63 have died. The last new infection was identified on Wednesday. There are two active cases of the virus. There are no licensed long-term care homes in Nova Scotia with active cases of COVID-19, and no one is in hospital as a result of the virus.
The QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab completed 543 Nova Scotia tests on Saturday.
So far, there have been 59,789 negative test results in the province.


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NHS data is a public asset. Why does Matt Hancock want to give it away?
Relying on private tech firms to innovate is a mistake - and the dependencies it creates are a key part of the NHS privatisation process.
This week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock launched a report with the Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA), calling for increased automation of NHS services through partnerships with private sector technology companies. The pairing is highly questionable in itself – the (misnamed) Taxpayers’ Alliance is a right-wing lobby group backed by big business, which seeks to drastically reduce the role of the state and has previously called for replacing the NHS with an “insurance-based model” of healthcare.
But that’s not all that should concern us. The report is just the latest in a string of moves by the Health Secretary to open up hugely valuable, publicly-held NHS datasets to the private sector. Vast amounts of private NHS data have been transferred to private firms, under the auspices of recent public-private partnerships to develop artificial intelligence and other data-driven technologies for the NHS. Some of them are highlighted in the TPA report itself. One such example is the partnership between the Royal Free NHS Trust in London and DeepMind, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Announced in 2016, the agreement provided DeepMind with access to 1.6 million patients’ medical records, which it would use to develop and launch its new healthcare app, Streams. Although the way DeepMind handles NHS data has changed since the Information Commissioner’s Office deemed the agreement to have breached the Data Protection Act, the company has continued to develop and scale the app at further NHS Trusts across the country.
In the case of DeepMind, the company has stated that the app could help save lives lost each year by enabling doctors to identify life-threatening illnesses like sepsis more quickly. These sorts of big claims made at a relatively early stage in product development are fairly common in the private medtech sector, partly due to its reliance on venture capital and the associated demands for promises of high returns on investment.
While occasionally these technologies do yield good results in the end, the sector has largely not been held to the same regulatory or clinical standards that we have for the biopharma or biotech industry, for example. There have been damaging consequences for individuals, investors, and public infrastructure, several of which emerged last year. Users of the app Natural Cycles were misled by adverts claiming it was a “highly accurate” method of birth control, the Advertising Standards Agency ruled. The founder of Silicon Valley-based bloodtesting technology company Theranos was charged with criminal fraud for making false claims about the technology’s effectiveness. And a public-private partnership between a Danish public healthcare provider and IBM folded at the end of last year, with a former official involved in the negotiation saying: “It was very oversold, what IBM Watson could do. There is something of the emperor’s new clothes about it.”
It’s a complaint echoed by Martin Kohn, IBM Research’s former chief medical scientist, quoted in a recent article in engineering magazine IEEE entitled “How IBM Watson overpromised and underdelivered on AI health care”. “Merely proving that you have powerful technology is not sufficient,” Kohn commented. “Prove to me that it will actually do something useful—that it will make my life better, and my patients’ lives better.” In terms of peer-reviewed papers in the medical journals demonstrating the benefits of AI to patient outcomes and public health systems, Kohn added “to date there’s very little in the way of such publications, and none of consequence for Watson.”
The political economy of privatisation
The idea that the merely rolling out new technologies in the NHS will save public money is misguided. In fact, a key driver of healthcare cost growth in publicly-funded health systems is the procurement of new technologies. This is partly because they require new or adapted skills from the healthcare workforce, partly because so many of them fail to ever improve patient outcomes.
It’s just one of a number of misguided ideas at the heart of the market approach that has dominated health policy for decades. An approach that sees patients as primarily economic units to be managed more “efficiently”, that sees privatisation and outsourcing as the solutions, and that wrongly assumes it’s the private sector that generates innovation. This political economy of healthcare is crucial for understanding public-private partnerships that involve the transfer of publicly-held datasets to private hands.
Creating public value
Perhaps most damningly, the public sector has not even succeeded in recouping a fair share of the immediate financial value of the data that is being used to develop new healthcare technologies. Providing access to data is seen as a secondary element of such partnerships, rather than recognised as what enables private profit and company growth. There is no doubt that this access is contributing to the bloated capitalisations of the companies producing the technologies and the bank balances of their investors. Google’s parent company Alphabet earned $39.27bn in revenue in the final quarter of 2018 alone.
The data held by public sector bodies is so valuable because it is unlike anything the private sector can collect by itself. Patient data held within NHS trusts and other public bodies may be decentralised and messy in parts, but it is often far more structured and comprehensive than health data the private sector can collect by itself. The failure of Google Flu Trends proves just how difficult it is to make worthwhile use of the unstructured, non-probabilistic big data captured by digital platforms. Ultimately, we have to assume that if Google could develop these technologies without accessing NHS data through a public-private partnership, it would. Google markets many other services and products to public sector organisations around the world.
Beyond its transaction value, a further risk of assuming the private sector will develop groundbreaking innovations in healthcare is that public sector research and development will remain underfunded, despite evidence that this is where many of the lifesaving technologies that we take for granted today were first developed. Research has also shown that far from driving innovation in healthcare, the majority of new medicines patented by the pharmaceutical industry in recent years in fact offer little therapeutic advantage over existing treatments.
New asymmetries and dependencies
Perhaps the most significant danger of not only providing private actors like Google with access to these valuable datasets, but also investing in them to develop new technologies instead of our existing public sector research institutions, is that we are creating today new institutional dependencies on these companies to deliver services in the future. Once the partnership with a technology company ends, and its technologies have become established infrastructure or tools in the NHS, what political leverage will we have to negotiate new agreements that are beneficial to the public purse?
Ultimately, by relying on these unaccountable, shareholder-driven private actors to develop these technologies, deliver innovation and thus also build new knowledge bases and expertise, we are fostering new knowledge asymmetries. Public-private partnerships that involve big data transfer will not only weaken the power of the public sector in the future, but also potentially risk more instances where public actors are simply unable to assess the claims made by tech companies about what their products can do.
We should be optimistic about the potential for new technologies driven by big data to enable us to live happier, healthier and more equitable lives. But the advent of artificial intelligence is no panacea. And we should also be concerned about how private tech companies business models often rely on the exploitation of so many workers, including at the level of the extraction of raw materials relied on to build them.
Once we understand how valuable NHS and other publicly-held datasets are, we can only see them for what they are: public assets. And like all public assets – whether council housing or hospitals – the use and misuse of our data deserves scrutiny. In the short-term, we need our politicians to put a stop to Matt Hancock’s ambitions to open up our healthcare data to private interests and see it for what it really is: the latest stage in the privatisation of the NHS. If we want to ensure the rewards of innovation are not only properly assessed but also accessible to everyone, we must likewise strengthen the knowledge and innovation base of the public sector through investing in its research institutions and universities.
Which brings us to the issue at the heart of all of this: that the only real way we can capture the opportunities these new technologies present is by truly democratising their development. That doesn’t mean we never work with the private sector, though it does mean rethinking what the private sector should look like in a democracy, what kind of ownership models work for all of us, and how our accountable public sector can drive this change. Above all, it means bringing discussions about value in healthcare – and elsewhere in society – back into politics.
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A hormone education expert says Ireland could introduce monthly menstrual believe.
Rebekah Hall, the CEO of a menstrual care company says that the leave would help people become more open when it comes to talking about periods.
Spain is set to become the first European country to offer menstrual leave for workers with painful periods.
Read more: Spain to offer time off every month to workers with painful periods
Up to three days off a month will be on offer, with studies showing that up to 75% of women suffer from severe period pain.
Rebekah told Dublin Live that Ireland could be likely to follow on from their example.
She said: ""There is a strong and determined movement in Ireland to progress and modernise the women's health agenda, which was demonstrated back in 2018 when abortion was legalised after many years of diligent campaigning.
"Assuming that progressing education, understanding and empathy in regards to women's rights and women's health in Ireland continues, I'd like to think that the progressive people of Ireland would be in favour of this menstrual leave movement."
Rebekah said that people still feel uncomfortable when it comes to talking about periods in the workplace with the new legislation likely to open up the conversation.
She said:“According to a study by Maria Caulfield, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care, over half of those who have a menstrual cycle (58%) say that they feel uncomfortable talking about their personal health in the workplace.
"If we were to have systems in place, such as menstrual leave in the workplace, it's likely that employees would feel much more comfortable discussing their health issues, and potentially seeking help when it is needed.
"It's so important that we continue to open the conversation up when it comes to menstrual wellbeing.
"Whilst we historically may have put up with the challenges and pain experienced for fear of being seen as 'weak', why is that to say we have to continue to do so? It certainly doesn’t mean that it’s been the right approach both from a health perspective but also a productivity perspective."
"Obviously like everything, a balanced approach is necessary to ensure leave is being used effectively and appropriately."
Read more: Dublin GP reveals lesser-known signs of perimenopause women often miss
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