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Introduction: Hypertension is the most common diagnosis given by primary care physicians in the United States. Reductions in blood pressure can be achieved through lifestyle modifications, such as dietary sodium reduction. Previous studies indicate most adults in the United States who receive advice from their physician or health care provider to reduce their sodium take action, but only 13%-25% of all adults and 30%-60% of hypertensive adults report receiving advice.
Hypothesis: We hypothesized the majority of providers would report advising patients with hypertension to reduce their sodium intake and agree that most of their patients should reduce their sodium intake.
Methods: DocStyles is a national web-based survey of health care providers. In 2015, 465 family/general practitioners, 535 internists, and 251 nurse practitioners were asked questions about their practices related to sodium intake.
Results: A majority of providers agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, most of my patients should reduce their sodium intake (78%) and reported advising hypertensive patients (84%), pre-hypertensive patients (69%), and chronic kidney disease patients (71%) to “consume less salt.” Overall fewer providers reported advising diabetic patients (48%) and African-American patients (43%) to consume less salt. However, responses varied significantly by provider type. More than 50% of internists and nurse practitioners reported advising diabetic patients and 51% of nurse practitioners reported advising African-American patients to consume less salt. In addition, 41% of nurse practitioners reported advising all adults to consume less salt compared with 31% of family and general practitioners and 27% of internists. The most commonly reported advice given to patients to consume less salt was to eat less processed food (78%) and to read nutrition labels for sodium content (75%). A majority of providers reported their biggest barrier to reducing dietary sodium intake with hypertensive and pre-hypertensive patients was that “patients are unlikely to comply” (62%). The next most commonly reported barriers were “patients have more immediate health issues” (21%) and “lack of resources for patient education” (19%). Eighteen percent reported “no major barriers”, 14% reported lack of time, and 8% reported “not enough scientific evidence.”
Conclusion: Most providers agree their patients should reduce their sodium intake and advise patients with hypertension, pre-hypertension, and chronic kidney disease to reduce their intake. Advice was less likely to be reported for African-American and diabetic patients, who also are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. In conclusion, further effort and educational resources may be required to enable providers to effectively counsel their patients about salt reduction.

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I am loving the London Olympics!! This weekend I watched archery, synchronised diving and gymnastics; I can't wait for the synchromised swimming. And it was so great to wake up to the news that Cameron won gold last night for South Africa.
"London - Cameron van der Burgh was the king of the pool on Sunday night, bagging South Africa's first medal of the London Olympics when he won gold in the men's 100m breaststroke in a world record time of 58.46 seconds. The South African led from start to finish as he annihilated the rest of the field" (news24.com)
The rest of my weekend was spent pottering around at home, tidying up a bit, playing with some art supplies, going for a walk, and reading. Lovely - I need many more weekends like this.
I did all the work - tidying up and uncluttering, and guess who passed out exhausted on Sunday afternoon?? Not me. Miss Ruby was sooo tired, so she had to have her beauty sleep. She's such a sweetie!

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The papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is native to Mexico and/or Central America (Miller et al. 1999) and was first described in 1992. This species was recorded for the first time in Tamil Nadu, during July, 2008 in Coimbatore district ( which is considered to be invasive) on papaya and also on many ornamental plants in the household and up to December,2008 it was restricted to Coimbatore district and subsequently spread to neighbouring districts. Survey was conducted immediately throughout the state of Tamil Nadu to study the extent of damage and spread of the invasive mealybug, P. marginatus. Severe infestation (80 to 90 %) was observed on the crops viz., papaya, mulberry, tapioca, brinjal, tomato, bhendi and flower crops.
|Reasons faster spread of Mealybug
A white wax and flour-like substance around the body of the pest is the reason for not able to control this pest easily. This pest spread rapidly due to lack of natural enemies of these pests and it is a foreign originated insect. Also, Reproduction of this mealybug is 15 times a year. It is also more capable of laying. An insect lays between 500 and 600 eggs a year. The population is growing at a higher level, thus causing great damage.
Symptoms of Mealybug infestation
- White mealybugs present as a patch like appearance in the base of the leaf stem, branches and stem.
- Presence of red and black ants movement.
- Adhesive glossy honey- waste like growth and dark fungal growth found on it and at high intensities, plants showed like burnt withered leaves.
- Integrated Pest Management system to be followed for controlling this pest.
- Keep the fields clean from weed free.
- Uproot and destroy infested plants and weeds to control spread of insects than pests.

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Trends in the Number and Percentage of the Population with Any Dental or Medical Visits
In 2000, the first-ever Surgeon General's Report on oral health was released. Oral Health in America provided numerous examples of the connection between oral health and overall health, concluding that "oral health means much more than healthy teeth" and "is essential to the general health and well-being of all Americans." Full integration is multidirectional, incorporating oral health into different aspects of overall health (medical care, behavioral health, pharmacy care, etc.) and incorporating overall health concepts into dental practices.
Trends in the Number and Percentage of the Population with Any Dental or Medical Visits, a statistical brief from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Household Component presented the number and percentages of persons with any dental and medical visits. A dental visit included any reported visit in the year to any type of dental provider, including general dentists, specialists, hygienists, and technicians. A medical visit included any reported visit in the year to any type of physician or nonphysician provider in an office-based, inpatient, outpatient, emergency room, or home health setting.
- About 37 percent of Americans (121.2 million in 2018) visited a dentist and a physician at least once a year, and another 9 percent (28.2 million in 2018) visited only a dentist.
- The percentage visiting both a physician and a dentist in 2018 was higher among persons who are non-Hispanic White (43.7 percent) compared to those who are Hispanic (26.2 percent) or non-Hispanic Black (25.8 percent).
- Persons who are non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic other, male, aged 6 to 64, and living in the West and Midwest are more likely to visit a dentist only.

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Rep. Drew Springer Says TTU Needs To Move Forward With Vet School [INTERVIEW]
Wednesday on The Chad Hasty Show, Texas House member Drew Springer, representing District 68 joined the show to discuss state and district issues, including the controversy over the Texas Tech regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan's resignation, the always hot topics of public school security and arming teachers, the next Speaker of the Texas House, and more.
While speaking about the Texas Tech regents and a possible TTU veterinary school, Springer said,
We're hearing conversations more and more now [with] the regents saying, 'Hey no, we're for the vet school.' So that means we need to drive forward and now make sure that that thing happens.
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Modern day medicine can be a swift shifting market as exploration is regularly creating new medications and treatments with the world’s issues metiska farma. Pharmaceutical education is necessary so that standards proceed remaining remarkable as being the self-control of solutions expands in conjunction with the really need to have for qualified consultants raises. It is possible to locate 3 core reasons why pros desire to continue with pharmaceutical schooling despite the fact that practising even though within the wellbeing sector: To help sustain up to now with the new prescription drugs routinely produced through scientific investigation. To regulate to nationwide and intercontinental guidelines all around the introduction of hottest prescribed drugs onto the market. To improve their employability by specialising and updating their info base.
Between plenty of time that a university student completes their college diploma in pharmacy and enters a health-related heart or local people pharmacy on their own pre-registration yr, countless new medicines could have entered the market which they’ve never ever at any time occur across just before. As professionals are continuously conducting investigation to discover cures and coverings for any couple in the ailments impacting the all over the world inhabitants, new treatment are produced that have particular attributes and working-processes and it’s critical that overall health care pros are seasoned. There isn’t a use in releasing an entire new drug onto the industry and nobody recognizing ways to prescribe it! Drug enhancement will likely be a blanket phrase used to explain various processes like merchandise improvement, healthcare research performed on animals or micro-organisms and also latter phases of scientific trials on individuals.
The drug improvement course of action capabilities out the dosage of drugs that ought to be readily available following the drug reaches the market and doable side effects. It definitely is significant this details is taught to health professionals and pharmacists to have the ability to secure victims from avoidable hurt. The prescription of medication is closely regulated for patient’s safety in addition to to make sure that individual different types of treatment are inexpensive. Pharmaceutical Teaching is essential to help keep up regulatory requirements and comply with national and around the globe pharmaceutical laws.
Though the discovery of newest prescription drugs and coverings benefits the globally inhabitants like a full, it can offer the disadvantage that know-how could come to be diluted. As pros are vital to understand about much more and much more products and solutions, the quantity of expertise one particular particular has which has a particular drug suffers. By reinforcing the attention that experienced industry authorities have received all by means of their studies and after in the place of work with accredited and structured schooling, the general Pharmaceutical Council is ensuring persons exceptional benchmarks of wellbeing and conditioning remedy and setting up the proficiency of its personnel. The sphere of drugs handles sectors as many as clinical processes to holistic treatment. Pros are progressively buying to concentrate on 1 individual spot manufacturing them notably wanted. Hospitals contend for his / her options which influences the instruction of much more people today in specialised spots. Specialisation ensures that clients are getting at any time additional much improved treatment method technique and experts are more protected within their professions.
It is possible to look for a myriad of coaching applications out there to qualified market authorities looking to be able to incorporate an additional string for his or her bow. Several hospitals give their employees users the prospect to accomplish post-graduate packages around a part-time foundation regardless that remaining inside their put. Should they generally don’t, pro-active gurus can typically persuade their employer to aid state-of-the-art education by detailing the benefits that these training will have. Certified packages are presented by many firms masking the whole scope of pharmaceutical tactics from tips on how to raise a drug’s performance to reducing the chance of human error.


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Kebbros Brings European Style Organic Rotisserie Kebobs to Hollywood
Kebbros, a new craft casual donor concept, has opened in Hollywood. Featuring bowls, salads and wraps filled with organic beef, chicken and vegan seitan.
Guests can choose a base including a flatbread wrap, pita pocket, black rice bowl, salad and French fries; add beef, chicken or vegan seitan, include choices from a wide range of vegetables and cheeses and add a dressing or sauce. There are also dry toppings available such as toasted garlic, fried onion and sunflower seeds.
Kebbros also has gravy and vegan fries, hummus plates and desserts. Located on busy Cahuenga Boulevard, the 2,100 square foot Hollywood eatery features large exposed brick walls, an open beam ceiling, wood floors and tables and an open concept design with an enclosed patio.
Part of the open kitchen includes an automatic robotic machine to carve meat off of the rotating spits. Located at 1542 North Cahuenga Boulevard.


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Variations in Small-Volume Doses of a Liquid Antibiotic Using Two Paediatric Administration Devices
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Children can be a difficult population in which to administer medicines and many parents or caregivers may be inexperienced in the administration of paediatric medicines. The aim of this study was to determine the variations in volumes of doses of reconstituted antibiotic suspension using two calibrated administrative devices.
Measurements were conducted in a Dispensing Laboratory in New Zealand, using locally available commercial, standardized measuring devices.
A medicine dropper and a spill-proof measuring spoon were selected and a dose of 3 ml, to be given three times daily for five days (45 ml) was used for the purposes of this study. Doses were weighed and corresponding volumes were calculated using the average weight per ml.
The doses measured using the medicine dropper were consistently smaller than the doses measured using the spill-proof measuring spoon.
The current method of financial subsidy for the provision of liquid antibiotics in New Zealand should be investigated. Pharmacists must ensure that an appropriate measure and sufficient quantity is provided for optimal duration of treatment. This study contributes to the relatively sparse information available on the administration of children’s medicines. It will have relevance for countries where pharmacy practice is determined largely by administrative departments.
KeywordsAntibiotics Children Dose Volume Liquid Medicines Peadiatric Dosing
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Ultra rare match worn home shirt of Oman's most-capped player #12 Ahmed Mubarak (Obaid al-Mahaijri) from the friendly against the Republic of Ireland played on September 11th, 2012 at Fulham F.C.'s Craven Cottage ground in London. The shirt comes directly from the collection of a former senior official of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) who had received the shirt as a gift after the match. In 2012 the Oman Football Association (OFA) underwent a major revamp by introducing both a new bespoke national team kit and a new OFA crest to replace the outdated old one. The new kit was designed and tailored by Taj, a newly-founded Omani-based sportswear brand, and saw its debut in a friendly against Lebanon in Muscat on May 27th, 2012.


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Ernest Doe are expanding their successful hire fleet to introduce a whole range of specialist turf machinery for groundsmen and greenkeepers. Whilst the company covers the whole country, over six hundred golf clubs in their immediate territory put aerators and sandfillers high on their list of priorities for equipment. A visit to the new, state-of-the-art GKB factory in Holland was the ideal opportunity to assess the performance of the latest GKB Sandfiller, and the demonstration quickly confirmed this was the right choice for the fleet. Designed to offer a fast solution to tackling areas on the golf course, especially the greens, and all types of sports pitches, the GKB Sandfiller provides an all-in-one combination of aeration and sand filling.
“This is an exciting new venture for us,” says Ernest Doe’s Andy Turbin, “and any kit we introduce has to stand the rigours of the hire market. The GKB Sandfiller not only does a good job it’s also quality, solidly built machinery. We had a lot of recommendations from customers who had bought them and our staff were impressed with the demos. Tom Shinkins from GKB is great to work with and we think we have the perfect choice for the fleet with their machine. We’ll be adding more as we build the new venture.”
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As Delhi and other parts of the country continued to see massive protests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a mega rally in the heart of the city on Sunday and attempted to quell the anger over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In what looked like an effort to backtrack from BJP and Amit Shah's key promise of bringing a pan-India NRC, PM Modi said his government never discussed the idea.
Speaking at a huge rally at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, PM Modi said, "Since my government first came to power in 2014, I want to tell 130 crore countrymen, there has never been a discussion on this NRC."
At the same time, Delhi saw multiple protests against the amended citizenship law at different parts of the state. Protest marches were seen in Chennai, Jaipur and other parts of the country as well.
MODI RALLY IN DELHI
Accusing the opposition of pursuing "divide and rule politics" and stoking violence over the amended citizenship law, Prime Minister Modi asserted on Sunday that CAA and NRC have nothing to do with Indian Muslims as he sought to assuage their concerns amid widespread protests.
Strongly defending the contentious law, PM Modi said at the rally that it is about giving rights to persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries and does not snatch anybody's rights, as he made an appeal for peace.
On the National Register of Citizens, Modi sought to allay apprehensions, especially among Muslims, saying his government has never discussed it since coming to power for the first time in 2014. It has been discussed neither in Parliament nor in the Cabinet, Modi added.
This appears to be in sharp contrast of what Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, other BJP leaders and the party manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections promised.
DEATH TOLL RISES IN UP
Death toll in the violent protests in Uttar Pradesh rose further on Sunday and touched 17. The toll in Kanpur rose to three on Sunday with the death of a 30-year-old man who was injured in Friday's anti-CAA protests.
The UP Police in a statement on Sunday said that 879 people have been arrested and 5,312 taken into custody as a preventive measure. In Saturday's violence, a police post was torched in Kanpur.
UP Police has arrested 48 people in Muzaffarnagar and sealed 67 shops in connection with violent protests. Twenty-four more cases have been filed by the police but these have been registered against unnamed people, invoking IPC sections related to arson, rioting and attempt to murder.
PRIYANKA GANDHI VISITS BIJNOR FAMILY
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday demanded judicial probe into deaths of two youths, killed during violent protests early this week here against amendments in the Citizenship Act.
Priyanka Gandhi raised the demand after meeting family members of the two youths during an unscheduled visit to Bijnor. "The Congress will fight for the families and ensure that justice is done to them. The party will also raise this issue in Lok Sabha," she said, while rasing the demand of judicial probe.
Bijnor was one of the districts in Uttar Pradesh affected by violence by anti-CAA protesters who hurled stones and brickbats at policemen and torched some vehicles.
On Sunday, peaceful protests were held in several parts of Delhi, including Jantar Mantar, Jamia Millia Islamia, Nizammudin, Alaknanda and Connaught Place.
A large number of people hit the streets and took out a 'solidarity march' in South Delhi in support of Jamia students and those facing police action during protests against the contentious law.
Holding placards, people shouted 'Inquilab Zindabad' and demanded scrapping of the law during the march in Alaknanda area. A group of Jamia students also participated in the protest.
In Seelampur, which was rocked by violent protests against the new legislation, the Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel again carried out flag march.
This was on a day PM Modi addressed his mega rally in the city.
NO MAJOR VIOLENCE
Demonstrations against the amended Citizenship Act continued on Sunday in various parts of the country though no major incident of violence was reported anywhere. It all started last Sunday when clashes broke out at the Jamia Millia University in Delhi and police personnel broke into the university.
However, a week later, both Delhi and rest of the country saw peaceful protests as citizens took to streets to raise slogans against the contentious Citizenship Act.
Around 500 members of Islamic outfits and scores of CPI(M) activists staged demonstrations in Chennai on Sunday as protests continued against the Citizenship Amendment Act in parts of Tamil Nadu. While members of the Islamic outfits, including women, staged a protest holding placards in Chepauk, CPI(M) cadres distributed pamphlets in Thousand Lights area.
Curfew clamped in Mangaluru in Karnataka in the aftermath of the violent protests on December 19 was lifted on Sunday for 12 hours from 6 am, as no untoward incident was reported from the city.
3 LAKH MARCH IN JAIPUR
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday led a massive peaceful march called the 'Samvidhan Bacho rally' against the amended citizenship law and demanded that the centre repeal the act, saying it is against the constitution and an attempt to divide people in the name of religion.
Jaipur Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava said nearly 3 lakh people attended the march, which took place peacefully.
Members of different political parties including CPI, CPI(M), AAP, SP, RLD and JD(S), a large number of people from the minority communities and civil society, as well as intellectuals and youths participated in the 'silent march' which started here from the iconic Albert hall and culminated at Gandhi circle, covering nearly 3 kms on JLN road.
TRINAMOOL DELEGATION DETAINED
A delegation of Trinamool Congress workers led by Dinesh Trivedi, which was visiting Uttar Pradesh to take stock of the violent protests against CAA, was detained at the Lucknow airport, said TMC MP Derek O'Brien.
The Trinamool delegation was to meet the grieving families of those killed in Uttar Pradesh during protests over the new citizenship law. TMC Rajya Sabha MP Md Nadimul Haque, who was part of the delegation, said he and other party members were staging a sit-in near a hanger at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow.
MAMATA ATTACKS MODI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Modi has publicly contradicted the home minister's stand on the proposed nationwide implementation of NRC.
Mamata Banerjee said that comments made by her and Modi on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the NRC are in public domain, and people will decide who is right or wrong.
"Whatever I said is there in public forum, whatever you (PM) said is there for people to judge. With PM contradicting Home Minister (Amit Shah) publicly on Nationwide NRC, who is dividing fundamental idea of India? People will definitely decide who is right & who is wrong," Mamata tweeted.

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is also expected to take up legislation authorizing a government reorganization next week.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says the agency’s Senior Executive Service (SES) members will be the “architects” of his vision to create 12 new unified regions.
OMB’s Margaret Weichert said the administration will provide a few million dollars in seed money to get the Government Effectiveness Advanced Research Center off the ground.
Many feds have been watching the progress of “retirement reform” bills each year and making plans to retire, if they could, before their effective date, if that was possible.
This week on Your Turn, Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko will discuss the past, present and future of the federal civil service, and Federal News Radio Senior Digital Editor Michael O’Connell will explain how podcasts could help you get ahead in your federal career. August 22, 2018
Forty years after the civil service was officially “reformed” by the Carter administration, a new team with very different ideas about the role of government and regulations is looking to do some reforming of its own.
Beth Killoran becomes the fourth agency CIO to be reassigned under the Trump administration. Ed Simcox, the HHS chief technology officer, is taking over as acting CIO until a permanent one was named.
In today’s Federal Newscast, the Government Publishing Offices takes another stab at finding a vendor to print and mail 2020 census forms.
USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky answered questions and tried to alleviate concerns at an Aug. 14 town hall meeting of Economic Research Service (ERS) employees about the impending bureau’s move.
GSA released a request for information seeking help from contractors to support union of OPM’s HR Solutions office into the Federal Acquisition Service.

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State health officials reported Friday an additional 7,686 COVID-19 diagnoses as hopeful trends continue for the state.
At the peak of the pandemic’s resurgence in July, sometimes more than 10,000 people tested positive daily. But while recent positive confirmations may be artificially depressed because testing sites closed as Hurricane Isaias loomed over the state, the percent positivity rate has trended down.
Daily fatalities, while still high, have started turning down, too. Since Thursday’s report, officials confirmed the deaths of 180 Floridians.
Last week, officials confirmed 1,245 deaths, the most of any week since outbreaks were confirmed in Florida in March. And a week ago, the state tallied a record 257 deaths in 24 hours. But this week, deaths appeared to slow down.
Overall, 7,927 Floridians and 124 non-residents have died in the state.
However, confirmed hospitalizations are trending upward, with another 599 residents hospitalized as of Friday. In total, 29,730 Floridians have been hospitalized with COVID-19 throughout the pandemic.
The Agency for Health Care Administration reports that 7,182 individuals are currently hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, 167 fewer than about 24 hours earlier.
Emergency department visits, which Gov. Ron DeSantis now says is his preferred metric for tracking the pandemic, are also showing positive signs. Visits for cough and fever have been in decline since early July, and visits for shortness of breath have been in decline since mid-July.
The new diagnoses reported Friday comprised residents and non-residents whose diagnoses DOH confirmed between Thursday morning and Friday morning. For all day Thursday, the state confirmed cases in 7,719 residents.
For Thursday, the percent positivity rate was back in the double digits at 10.1%. But for the first time since June, the seven-day average for the daily positivity rate barely fell to single digits at 9.95%.
On Thursday, Florida received test results from 87,725 individuals. The state has tested more than 3.9 million people for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
In total, 518,075 people, including 5,654 non-Floridians, have tested positive in the state.
Twenty-four of Florida’s 67 counties were included on the federal government’s list of hot spots.
In nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, officials counted 77 resident and staff deaths for a total of 3,378.
For months, DeSantis has said he hopes to allow visitation again in long-term care facilities. He announced a task force Thursday evening to find a way to reopen those facilities to family members.
“The last four and a half months have been difficult for all Floridians, especially our residents in long-term care facilities and their families,” he said in a statement.
Nearly 70% of the state’s nursing homes will receive rapid test kits from the federal government in the coming weeks after being identified by regulators as having increased risks for COVID-19 infections.
Editor’s note on methodology: The Florida Department of Health releases new data every morning around 10:45 a.m. The total number reported in those daily reports include the previous day’s totals as well as the most up to date data as of about 9:30 a.m.
Florida Politics uses the report-over-report increase to document the number of new cases each day because it represents the most up-to-date data available. Some of the more specific data, including positivity rates and demographics, considers a different data set that includes only cases reported the previous day.
This is important to note because the DOH report lists different daily totals than our methodology to show day-over-day trends. Their numbers do not include non-residents who tested positive in the state and they only include single-day data, therefore some data in the DOH report may appear lower than what we report.
Our methodology was established based on careful consideration among our editorial staff to capture both the most recent and accurate trends.
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Photo Gallery: Boys Soccer Beats Up Braintree
The Rockets earned their fifth win of the season, as Will Corkery, Harry Swartz and Jason Miller each registered goals against the Wamps.
Mother Nature's unseasonably warm weather didn't impact the Needham Rockets boys varsity soccer team, who earned their fifth win of the season on Monday against the Braintree Wamps.
Sophomore Harry Swartz helped Needham get on the board early, before he, as well as junior Will Corkery and freshman Jason Miller, combined for three second half strikes.
Needham will return to the pitch on Wednesday when they travel to Newton North for a 3:45 p.m. kick-off, while Braintree will look to rebound against Weymouth.


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This was recorded in July 2009.
(I’m trying to decide what to do with over 100 episodes of my old radio show. I uploaded most of them to this blog, years ago, but the podcasting app doesn’t work anymore. So, most of the episodes are not available to listen to. Finding the audio on my computer and uploading all of that content again for a radio show that is more than 10 years old sounds a bit nuts. I need to think about this some more.)
I interviewed Mike Finnigan from Crooks and Liars about six months ago. Mike is a great piano/Hammond B-3 organ player, and we talked about Miles Davis and the 50th anniversary of Kind Of Blue. After that interview, I asked Mike if we could chat about some other aspects of music. He was very agreeable. Unfortunately, when I decided to do a show on the origins of Funk, Mike was busy. He told me he was touring with Joe Cocker!!! He said that he had a friend in Texas, a bass player who would be perfect. Mike was right. Larry Fulcher was/is perfect. Larry has recorded with Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, and the Crusaders, just to name a few. He has won two Grammys playing with Taj Mahal.
We begin the show by talking about the death of Michael Jackson and how very important he was to the music business. Michael was truly loved worldwide.
We then begin talking about Funk. Funk is all about the bass and the drums. Everything started with James Brown. I play “Livin’ in America,” “Sex Machine” and “Cold Sweat” as examples of James’ music. Sly and the Family Stone is next up. Sly’s bassist was a man named Larry Graham. Graham, like many of the bassists whom we talk about, came out of gospel music. Wanting more of a percussive sound, he began playing the bass with his thumb since there was no drummer. Larry did form his own group called Graham Central Station. I play a tune called “Hair” that has one of the best bass lines I have ever heard. We then go back to James Brown and talk about Bootsy Collins who started playing with James Brown when he was just a teenager. Bootsy Collins became the sound that was Parliament, the group that is most associated with Funk. (!) Part one ends with the Ohio Players and their tune “Skin Tight.”
This is a great interview. This is part one, and part 2 is here.

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A scene on a Southwest Airlines flight Wednesday was recorded by passengers who say a man and his daughter were kicked off a plane because of a frightened toddler.
According to reports, a 2-year-old girl was scared as the plane began taxiing and the father was trying to convince her to settle in her designated seat. The flight attendants intervened and, despite the protests of fellow passengers, made the father and toddler disembark.
The airline said the kicked the family off the plane because of the conversation between the father and the flight crew escalated.
The Washington Examiner details the recording: A video posted by a fellow passenger shows flight attendants insisting the travelers deplane even after the young girl’s father had calmed his daughter down and placed her in her assigned seat.
The video of Flight 1683, which was headed to Atlanta from Chicago, also shows surrounding customers defending the pair and their toddler as they leave the aircraft.
At one point, the flight attendant tells a passenger to stay out of it, because the situation “has nothing to do with you.”
The family was reportedly booked on the next available flight to Atlanta, and a Southwest representative said in a statement to the Examiner:
“Our initial reports indicate a conversation escalated onboard between the crew and a customer traveling with a small child. We always aim for a welcoming and hospitable experience and regret the inconvenience to all involved. The traveling party was booked on the next flight to Atlanta after the original flight continued as planned.”
The video was posted to Facebook by Alexis Armstrong, who wrote the following description: #southwest #shame #on #you #southwest #airlines kicked a man off the plane with his two year old daughter because she was afraid and not sitting in her own seat.. he asked the lady for a minute to calm her down she walked away and called people to remove him. The baby was already calm by now and sitting in her own seat. Captain then came over intercom to say we will be going back to the gate to handle a customer service issue. They then told me stop filming and this issue did not involve me, and that me and another woman who spoke up will be the next off he plane. The flight attendant then came to tell me be quiet stop talking ( to the person next to me ) no one around me wants to hear about the situation. #Flight1683 #MDW to #ATL ABC 7 Chicago NBC Chicago Southwest Airlines#Michelle was the flight attendant.


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Whole Foods Market says closing two UK stores and DC paves the way for growth
Whole Foods Market is closing two stores and its distribution centre. Having suffered a 3% drop in sales in its last published accounts (for 2022) and a 4% fall the year before, as well as ballooning operating losses, it doesn’t look rosy for the Amazon-owned supermarket.
But the closures of its Richmond and Fulham stores and Dartford DC are “paving the way for our growth and expansion in the UK” a spokeswoman said last week. A new store in King’s Road, Chelsea, is due to open next year.
So what can we expect from its expansion plan? And where do Amazon’s priorities lie?
Whole Foods says the coming Chelsea store is one of 75 in the pipeline across the UK, US and Canada. The company has a heftier medium-term plan to develop 100 stores at a rate of “30 or more” a year.
But it is almost certain most will be in the US. Finding suitable locations in the UK will be difficult, says PwC senior retail advisor Kien Tan. “Of all the places you can imagine putting one – you’ve already got a H&B and M&S and a Waitrose. So what are you going to do different?” he says. “At least Amazon Fresh has got a gimmick.”
Whole Foods entered the UK market in 2004 by acquiring seven Fresh & Wild stores, with executives hinting at plans to open as many as 40 locations. It has launched only a handful of stores since, with its only sites outside London – in Bristol, Cheltenham and Glasgow – long since shuttered. And it has made heavy losses every year. Amazon, which bought it in 2017 in a £13bn deal, has also struggled to make it a success.
“Whole Foods is a pretty mediocre grocer,” says Neil Saunders, MD and retail analyst at GlobalData Retail. “In the US this is kind of fine because, being blunt, most other grocery stores are even more mediocre. So Whole Foods wins – especially in areas like freshness and having food that’s healthy. But in the UK, Whole Foods is up against players like Waitrose, which despite its recent issues, remains a quality supermarket. And then there’s M&S, which is one of the best food retailers in the world.”
“Whole Foods is looking to open some more UK stores, so it’s still playing in the market; but it’s hard to see how they will generate significant traction other than among a fairly niche audience.”
Organic differentiation isn’t working
In the UK Whole Foods is struggling to maintain a USP.
“When it first arrived, the healthier, Planet Organic-style, organic stuff was more of a novelty,” he says. “Now everybody does it. All the big supermarkets have a range now. They’re no longer as much unique as there was.Arguably they’re being nipped at the heels too by Holland & Barrett – which provides much of the same in more convenient locations.”
Whole Foods is also doing its own work to erode any USP. Earlier this month, in a bid to win back customers, it started stocking 141 “staple” major UK brands – though each had passed strict quality standards, it said.
The format of any new UK stores is as yet unknown. This month Whole Foods unveiled a new smaller store format called Whole Foods Market Daily Shop (pictured), a “quick-shop store format” designed to give “customers in urban neighbourhoods a quick, convenient shopping experience”, it said.
But creating a retail destination is even harder in a smaller space in an urban neighbourhood, says Tan. “You can do more in the King’s Road than in a random market town,” he says. “Planet Organic’s present struggle should serve as a warning.
And the format is close to that currently being pursued by Amazon Fresh, which continues to launch stores, albeit slowly. It is unlikely Amazon would want to compete with itself in the same street.
“The problem with Amazon is that they’re trying to do too much,” argues former Amazon executive Brittain Ladd, and they should “stop confusing customers”.
“I strongly advise Amazon to close all Whole Foods stores and drop the brand entirely in Europe. Whole Foods will never be competitive in the UK.”
Saunders says that “it is almost as if Amazon is afraid to disrupt the legacy of Whole Foods”, but “it should not be”.
Is that likely? Ultimately, Tan says, Amazon is “still in experimentation mode”.
But he cautions: “At least they’re trying,” Tan says. “And they’re taking tough decisions”.
“The closures tell me they’re willing to make decisions that in the old days Amazon may not have done. They’re being more like hard-nosed retailers.”


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Figure 1 shows the influence of water on temperature dependence of logarithm of relative permittivity, ε′, and dielectric loss, ε″, of the nail plate at the selected frequency of 5 kHz. The release of about 9% of the water from the wet nail is manifested by ε′ and ε″ maxima near 100 °C. The curves for dry nail do not contain these peaks due to the lack of loosely bound water in this sample. Our previous dielectric studies of the human nail with about 11% water [4,5,6,7] also revealed the process of removing water, but at a lower temperature of 80 °C. Release of water in other α-keratin fibers using the DSC method [14,15,16,17] was also observed in a similar temperature range. In addition, plots for wet nail show that during the aging test for 1 h at 150 °C, the values of ε′ and ε″ are in the ranges 7.30–5.71 and 0.99–0.24, respectively. In the case of dry nail at 150 °C, the values of ε′ (5.64) and ε″ (0.22) are close to the values corresponding to the wet sample, indicating that this temperature is sufficient to release water from the nail plate. As in our previous dielectric studies on the animal horn  and nail , the results in Fig. 1 for wet samples are related to the interaction between water and polar surface groups such as OH, CO and NH keratin molecules, whereas these data for dry samples are attributed to the intermolecular interaction of the keratin inside the nail.
Figure 2 shows the frequency dependency ε′ and ε″ for wet and dry nails at 26, 36 and 45 °C referring, respectively, to the temperature before, during and above the physiological conditions. All these graphs in the full frequency range show that the dielectric parameters for wet samples are higher compared to dry samples. In other studies performed with the use of capacitive contact imaging  and electrical impedance spectroscopy , an increase in the dielectric properties of the nail was also observed along with the increase in the water content in this tissue. As a result of the presence of loosely bound water in a wet nail, two relaxation frequencies fc around 2 and 25 kHz (Fig. 2b), which are clearly visible in the case of dry nails, are masked due to joint movements between water molecules and polar active sites of keratin molecules. This overlapping effect of higher water content in the nail than in the presented paper on these two fc under physiological conditions also appeared in our earlier study . In contrast, for samples without water, the relaxation processes associated with the mobility of these polar active sites of keratin molecules and surrounding protons at 2 and 25 kHz occur on the surface and inside the nail tissue, respectively. In addition, in the range of 26–45 °C, for each frequency the values of ε′ and ε″ for wet nails increase, as compared to dry samples, for which both parameters are substantially unchanged. This indicates that the process of heating wet samples breaks hydrogen bonds formed by water on the surface of keratin molecules, which leads to a higher density of relaxing free polar groups and surrounding protons in comparison to dry samples. In the spectra shown in Fig. 2, the influence of water on dielectric behavior of nails is particularly visible below 2 kHz, where there is a low-frequency dispersion (LFD) in the form ε′ ~ f−n and ε″ ~ f−k with n and k in the range of 0.03–0.06 and 0.21–0.40, respectively. Dielectric studies of other authors regarding different biopolymers [19, 20] also showed the behavior of LFD in the α-dispersion region of the electric field used for these materials. To examine the differences between wet and dry nails, dielectric data from Fig. 2 are shown in Fig. 3 as a Cole–Cole representation. For the dry nail (Fig. 3a), two relaxation processes were obtained, from the semicircle fitting, one near 2 kHz, and the other near 25 kHz. In the case of wet nails (Fig. 3b), the semicircles reflect only one frequency of relaxation near 25 kHz, and then there is a continuous monotonic increase in both ε′ and ε″ with decreasing frequency, indicating that the Cole–Cole representation is inadequate.
As shown in Fig. 4, to characterize the dielectric properties of wet and dry nails above 2 kHz, data in Fig. 2 are expressed in the form of frequency dependencies of real and imaginary parts of the complex conductivity σ* (σ* = σ′ + jσ″), where σ′ and σ″ are given by σ′ = ωεoε″ and σ″ = ωεo(ε′ − εh), respectively, εo is the permittivity of a vacuum, ω is the angular frequency (ω = 2πf), and εh is the high-frequency limit of relative permittivity at 85 kHz. These results are an extension of the previous analysis of the complex permittivity ε* (ε* = ε′ −j ε″) for the nail using the Cole–Cole function , as well as the data shown in Fig. 3, to demonstrate that dielectric relaxation focused around 25 kHz really exists (Fig. 4b). Conductivity plots σ′ for wet nail at temperatures of 26, 36 and 45 °C in Fig. 4a are above the respective spectra for a dry nail. This behavior is confirmed by a higher conductivity increment Δσ′ on the order of 14–18 nS cm−1 for a wet sample in the range 2–85 kHz than Δσ′ of 6 nS cm−1 for a dry sample with a small change value of this parameter with increasing temperature. Because all these plots (Fig. 4a) are expressed by σ′ ~ fp with an exponent p between 0.8 and 1, in the range of 26–45 °C, the conduction of the proton jump is the dominant mechanism of the charge carrier flow. In addition, the fact that the relaxation time τ of protons for wet and dry nails depends on temperature up to 150 °C is confirmed in Arrhenius diagrams for τ, as shown in Fig. 5. The Arrhenius equation is an empirical equation that can provide information about energy consumed in a thermally activated process. Electrical conductivity is such a process. Because the conductivity in the nail refers to the charge, the equation Arrhenius with the Boltzmann constant (k) is used as τ = το exp (ΔH/kT), where το is the pre-exponential factor and ΔH is the activation energy. Fig 5 shows the plots as the natural logarithm of the relaxation time (ln τ) relative to the inverse of the temperature (T−1). The values of τ are calculated from the equation τ = εoε∞/σ , where ε∞ is the high-frequency limit of α-dispersion and σ is the steady-state conductivity. In our measurements from 22 to 150 °C, we have assumed the values of σ and ε∞ at 2 kHz and 85 kHz, respectively. The activation energy ΔH of the proton conduction obtained from the slope of the plots τ to ~ 100 °C for wet nails is in the range of 0.155–0.339 eV, and above this temperature for the dry nail, the value of ΔH is 0.182 eV. Correspondingly, values of τ decrease in the range 1.30–0.16 ms for a wet sample to ~ 100 °C and 3.20–1.65 ms for a dry sample above this temperature. On the other hand, the τ values increase in the range of 2.65–3.20 ms for a dry sample up to ~ 100 °C and 0.16–0.32 ms for a wet sample above this temperature. For comparison, in the range of 22–150 °C, the maximum and minimum τ values for a dry nail are 2.5 and 10 times longer, respectively, than the corresponding values τ for a wet nail. In addition, the obtained size Δσ′ (Fig. 4a) for both nail conditions is correlated with a relaxation process of approximately 25 kHz in the dielectric σ″ spectra for wet and dry materials in Fig. 4b, as a result of simultaneous occurrence of the conduction and polarization mechanism in this tissue. This behavior is confirmed in Fig. 6 as the variation of σ″ versus σ′ for wet and dry nails with clearly visible maximum values of σ″ for fc around 25 kHz. Thus, inside the wet and dry nails, the polarization mechanism originates from the orientational relaxation of the polar intermolecular groups with a relaxation time of τc = 0.006 ms (τc = 1/2πfc, fc = 25 kHz). This value τc is shorter compared to the relaxation time τ of the proton (Fig. 5), which changes with temperature. For example, at 22 °C, τc is about 217 and 442 times shorter than the corresponding τ for wet and dry nails. These results in Fig. 6 also show that the water content in the nail influences the maximum σ″ values at any temperature while maintaining a similar relaxation frequency fc. Therefore, such a stable fc value may facilitate the assessment of physiological changes in the affected nail plate, thus indicating potentially useful dielectric spectroscopy, as well as other techniques [22,23,24,25] in medical diagnosis or therapy.


Oil companies have been buying up the drilling rights to properties all over the country. What could be better than waking up to a big check (offer) in your mailbox? It’s like you got rich for just being lucky enough to be on a natural gas deposit.
Or, to quote a common meme these days, “What could possibly go wrong?”
This is the question asked by Josh Fox, after the Fox family manse receives such an offer.
You already know this isn’t going to turn out well, right?
Josh decides to investigate, grabs a video camera, and an enlists the help of a pal (?) with a camera and they run around the country investigating “fracking”, the process of—well, hell, you can read about it on Wiki, if you want, but suffice to say, it’s a practice of extracting natural gas (something America has in abundance).
Now, a simple truth is this: Just like oil wells, mines, or any other excavation activity, bad things are going to happen. A cold analysis of the situation would be to examine the amount of gas extracted relative to the damage caused in the process, thus allowing us to decide for ourselves whether the risk was worth the cost.
But I suppose that’d make a dull movie.
Fox runs around to farmhouse after farmhouse where the fracking seems to have caused serious problems. A propos of the situation in the Gulf, natural gas seems to also be capable of gushing out of control.
The effect of this is to make the air smell bad, causing rivers to bubble with toxicity, and (as Fox demonstrates repeatedly), makes tap water flammable.
Yes, apparently, on a farm, when your water turns bad, your first instinct is to try to light it on fire. They do this so many times in so many places in this movie, you worry about someone actually blowing up their whole damn farm.
It’s a pretty decent (if one-sided) trip over all, with Fox ultimately drawing pictures of the entire northeastern area of the country being poisoned, the entire west being wrecked with wells, and stretches like someone’s dad being exposed to the toxic water and being dead inside of 2 years from pancreatic cancer. (Patrick Swayze didn’t even make it two years, I don’t think. Pancreatic cancer is a bitch.)
About a third of the movie is borderline unwatchable in the literal sense because the hand-held cam is so shaky as to deliver no meaningful picture. The music is, well, homemade. The maker, hopelessly naive about the topic of energy. At one point, Halliburton’s name shows up, as if that explains something. At one point, Fox plays the banjo in front of a plant while wearing a gas mask.
Powerful? Or just silly?
Whichever, it all ends up being sort of endearing. This is something we should know about. One would think that the drilling companies would plan for these contingencies and have settlements ready for the landowners, though I suspect the landowners sign those away with the mineral rights. I also suspect that, soon, every problem people have becomes associated with these wells.
Nonetheless, it’s just as certain that the various corporations involved stonewall at least some of the time and have a lot of political clout.
Overall, then, this is one of those awareness raising deals. I’d recommend it even if you have to squint through parts and cover your ears through others.
The Boy and the Old Man both enjoyed it as well.


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Alternating spirals of antique cooper and rose gold wires are molded into circular patterns revolving around recycled brown glass create these dangle earrings. The recycled glass is from a beer bottle that has undergone tumbling as not to produce sharp edges.
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RUB·A535TM Natural Source Arnica products are ideal for the whole family to use because they are indicated for adults and children over the age of two. RUB·A535TM Arnica relieves inflammation, muscle or joint pain as well as treats bumps and bruises. In particular, there is evidence to suggest that topical Arnica is a safe and effective treatment for the inflammation and subsequent pain caused by Osteoarthritis1, 2, 3.
1 Knuesel, O. & Weber, M. (2002). Arnica montana gel in osteoarthritis of the knee: An open, multicenter clinical trial. Advances in Therapy, 19(5): 209-218.
2 Widrig, R., Sutur, A., Saller, R., &Melzer, J. (2007). Choosing between NSAID and Arnica for topical treatment of hand osteoarthritis in a randomized, double-blind study. Rheumatology International, 27: 585-591. DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0304-y
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The European Commission has today put forward new rules to clamp down on the illegal import and trafficking of cultural goods from outside the EU, often linked to terrorist financing and other criminal activity. Today's proposal marks one of the final steps set out in the Commission's action plan to strengthen the fight against terrorism financing. It will stop this traffic in its tracks by banning the import into the EU of cultural goods exported illegally from their home countries. It comes just days after the Hamburg G20 called on countries to tackle terrorist finance, including the looting and smuggling of antiquities.
Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans said: "Money is oxygen to terrorist organisations such as Daesh. We are taking action to cut off each of their sources of financing. This includes the trade of cultural goods, as terrorists derive funding from the looting of archaeological sites and the illegal sale of cultural objects. By preventing them from entering the EU, we can help dry up this source of income."
Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, said: "The illegal trafficking of cultural goods is an issue of grave concern. Such activity can wreak serious damage on the cultural heritage of those countries that can least afford to protect their interests. Today's proposal equips customs authorities with the right tools to ensure the EU market is closed for such goods."
Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, said: “The looting and illicit trafficking of cultural goods deprives citizens of affected countries of a part of their cultural identity and destroys the cultural heritage of humankind. Today we are demonstrating the Commission's commitment to protecting this global heritage, which we will showcase during the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage."
At the moment, the EU applies prohibitions on goods from Iraq and Syria but there is no general EU framework for the import of cultural goods. Current rules can be exploited by unscrupulous exporters and importers who can use the profits to fund illegal activities such as terrorism. Diverging and ineffective existing national legislation in this area means that EU action is necessary to ensure consistent treatment of imports of cultural goods all along the EU's external borders. This will help prevent illicit cultural goods being brought into the EU, directly weakening the cultural, historical and archaeological life of the country of origin.
Plans for the new measures were first set out as part of the Commission's European Agenda on Security and its 2016 action plan to strengthen the fight against the financing of terrorism. In February 2016, EU Member States recalled the importance of urgently enhancing the fight against the illicit trade in cultural goods and asked the Commission to propose legislative measures on this matter as soon as possible.
The new rules foresee a number of actions which should ensure that the importation of illicit cultural goods becomes much more difficult in the future:
-A new common EU definition for 'cultural goods' at importation which covers a broad range of objects including archaeological finds, ancient scrolls, the remains of historical monuments, artwork, collections and antiques. The new rules will apply only to cultural goods that have been shown to be most at risk, i.e. those at least 250 years old at the moment of importation;
-The introduction of a new licensing system for the import of archaeological objects, parts of monuments and ancient manuscripts and books. Importers will have to obtain import licences from the competent authorities in the EU before bringing such goods into the EU;
-For other categories of cultural goods, importers will now have to go through a more rigorous certification system by submitting a signed statement or affidavit as proof that the goods have been exported legally from the third country.
-Customs authorities will also have the power to seize and retain goods when it cannot be demonstrated that the cultural goods in question have been legally exported.
Awareness campaigns targeting buyers of cultural goods, such as professional art market importers but also buyers of cultural goods in Europe are envisaged. In parallel, training sessions for customs officers and other law enforcement services will be organised by Member States in order to improve their ability to recognise suspicious shipments and to co-operate more efficiently in preventing illicit trade.
EU Member States will be obliged to ensure that effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties are in place for those who do not follow the rules, in particular for anyone who makes false statements or submits false information.
A string of crimes against our common cultural heritage have been perpetrated by warring factions and terrorist entities all over the world. Recent reports have also shown that valuable artworks, sculptures and archaeological artefacts are being sold and imported into the EU from certain non-EU countries, with those profits potentially used to finance terrorist activities.
When it comes to the importation and movement of art and antiques, EU Member States currently apply the general customs legislation or Union Customs Code. Specific legislation also applies to cultural goods arriving from Iraq and Syria. In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that these rules are not sufficient in fighting illicit trafficking of cultural goods.
In July 2017, the G20 called for countries to 'address all alternative sources of financing of terrorism, including… looting and smuggling of antiquities'. Similarly, the G7 has called for action on these activities in third countries.
The importance of protecting cultural heritage will be highlighted in 2018, the European Year of Cultural Heritage, with a series of activities taking place at all levels: European, national, regional and local. The aim is also to showcase the importance of cultural heritage and to promote innovative and engaging ways to preserve it for future generations.
The authentic global art and antiques market is estimated at €56 billion of sales in 2016, of which the total value of the European market is around €19 billion.
The proposal for a Regulation will now be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. The Commission hopes that this will be swiftly adopted in the co-decision process.
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Q&A on new proposal to fight illicit trade in cultural goods
DG TAXUD webpage on the new proposal to fight illicit trade in cultural goods
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Prince William is bеing called out by journalists and activists alike after he rеportedly claimed that war taking place in Europe is a fоreign concept.
The royal and his wifе Kate Middleton visited the Ukrainian Cultural Cеntre in London on Wednesday to learn more about hоw those in the UK and throughout Europe can help Ukrainians аmid the ongoing Russian invаsion.
During the еducational trip, the Duke of Cambridge said that “it’s vеry alien to see this in Europe,” accоrding to The Independent. William also expressed his unwаvering support for the Ukrainian people, аdding, “We are all behind you.”
His cоmment sparked some outrage on social media, based in part on whаt appear to be statements that were inaccurately attributеd to the Prince comparing the Ukraine crisis to viоlence in Africa and Asia.
CNN anchоr Jake Tapper tweeted succinctly in response to the rоyal, “Read a book about your own family, dude,” аdding a 1937 photo of Edward, the Duke of Windsor, and his wifе, Wallis Simpson, shaking hands with Adolf Hitler in Germany.
In a tweet that has sincе been deleted, Bernice King, the daughter of thе Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., also called the commеnt “horrific,” adding, “European people ran roughshоd over the continent of Africa, pillaging communities, rаping women, enslaving human beings, colonizing for prоfit and power, stealing resources, causing genеrational devastation, and European nations continue to hаrm Africa.”
However, Evening Standard‘s rоyal editor Robert Jobson told The Washington Post that he is pоsitive William’s comment “has bеen taken out of context” as he is “an educated mаn.” He added, “I am sure he didn’t mean it to be racist” and thаt “to have a war in Europe to most Europeans is unfamiliаr and deeply troubling. Perhaps he wаs simply trying to say, albeit clumsily, that this war in Ukraine feеls very close to home, as he was only a smаll child when the Bosnia conflict started and this is perhаps his first experience of such terrible conflict happеning in Europe during his adulthood.”


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A 22-year-old man convicted of cyberstalking and carrying out numerous bomb threats and swatting attacks — including a 2013 swatting incident at my home — was arrested Sunday morning in the Philippines after allegedly helping his best friend dump the body of a housemate into a local river.
Police in Manila say 22-year-old U.S citizens Mir Islam and Troy Woody Jr., 21, booked an Uber to pick them up at Woody’s condominium in Mandaluyong City, and when the driver arrived the two men stuffed a large box into the trunk of the vehicle.
According to the driver, Islam and Woody asked to be driven to a nearby shopping mall, but told the driver along the way to stop at a compound near the Pasig River in Manila, where the two men allegedly dumped the box before getting back in the Uber.
The Inquirier reports that authorities recovered the box and identified the victim as Tomi Michelle Masters, 23, also a U.S. citizen from Indiana who was reportedly dating Woody and living in the same condo. Masters’ Instagram profile states that she was in a relationship with Woody.
Brooklyn, NY native Islam, a.k.a. “Josh the God,” has a long rap sheet for computer-related crimes. He briefly rose to Internet infamy as one of the core members of UGNazi, an online mischief-making group that claimed credit for hacking and attacking a number of high-profile Web sites.
On June 25, 2012, Islam and nearly two-dozen others were caught up in an FBI dragnet dubbed Operation Card Shop. The government accused Islam of being a founding member of carders[dot]org — a credit card fraud forum — trafficking in stolen credit card information, and possessing information for more than 50,000 credit cards.
In June 2016, Islam was sentenced to a year in prison for an impressive array of crimes, including stalking people online and posting their personal data on the Internet. Islam also pleaded guilty to reporting phony bomb threats and fake hostage situations at the homes of celebrities and public officials (as well as this author).
At that 2016 sentencing, Islam’s lawyer argued that his client suffered from multiple psychological disorders, and that he and his co-conspirators orchestrated the swattings of a sense of “anarchic libertarianism.”
Islam was let out of prison under supervised release before serving the whole sentence, but soon was back inside after violating the terms of his release. Earlier this year, Islam filed a typosquatting lawsuit from prison that named Woody Jr. In that bizarre handwritten complaint (PDF), Islam refers to Woody variously as “TJ” and “Josh,” and says the two men were best friends and have known each other for eight years.
Troy Woody Jr. describes himself as an “early crypto investor,” but sources say Woody — like Islam — was a core member of the UGNazi group who went by the nicknames “MrOsama,” and “Everlife.” His Instagram profile suggests he was in a relationship with Ms. Masters. Both are pictured in the first of the three large photos below, taken from Woody’s Instagram account.
People are innocent in proven guilty in a court of law, at least in the United States. But I can’t say any of this surprises me. Most I’ve encountered who were involved serial swatting and stalking attacks definitely had a few screws loose and were fairly scary individuals. Case in point: Tyler Barriss, the 25-year-old admitted serial swatter and stalker who pleaded guilty to a swatting attack last year that ended with police shooting and killing an innocent, unarmed man.


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NASA announced that strong evidences of briny water have been found on mars. Thus, may be life can be possible on Mars.
The water flowing on the planet is surely a step towards possible human life on Mars.
Astrobiologists have always suspected that Mars was partially covered by water. Not just this, the scientists also believed (billion years ago) that the planet had a primitive ocean.
The formations on the surface of Mars suggested the flow of water on the planet was for a significant period of time.
It became pretty clear in the recent years that water was present on Mars in one or the other form. It existed in the form of massive glaciers near the poles, large sheets in gullies and craters and surface deposits of ice.
In 2013, some scientists recognized geographic features suggesting the briny water near the equator of Mars.
According to the director of planetary science at NASA, Mars was thought as a dry, arid planet in the past, but it is certainly not the dry planet.
Another exciting finding is the presence of briny water, i.e. the water is a bit salty. This promotes the life on Mars even more.
It is reported that the planet also had clouds, deep ocean, fresh lakes and snowy mountain tops. All that water got dissipated. The scientists still have not found the reason that why that happened.
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Building a Nest
The male great blue heron proudly presents the female with a twig for the nest, Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
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Such hypocrisy, I watched a news clip of this ship's commissioning, days after I read a story in my local paper about homeless veterans homes closing or cutting back in my state because of Trump and the GOP. These people claim to support veterans while they're cutting veterans services here. I'm pissed off.
Federal Cuts Lead Wisconsin Veterans Agency To Close Homeless Housing Programs
"WDVA Secretary Daniel Zimmerman sent a letter to veteran advocacy groups on July 14 saying federal funding for the Veteran Housing and Recovery Programs at King and Union Grove will end in September. The state will continue to fund the programs through December if needed but it's not feasible to continue them beyond that."
But our government can pay for a huge ship costing many billions of dollars. Damned hypocrites.


WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Donald Trump’ daughter, Ivanka, will lead the U.S. delegation to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (PYUHNG’-chahng), South Korea.
Ivanka Trump serves in the White House as an unpaid adviser to her father.
Vice President Mike Pence is leading a delegation to the opening ceremony for the games. He arrived late Tuesday in Japan.
The Winter Olympics are being held Feb. 9-25.
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The Bears are looking for a general manager with an eye for talent evaluation and the four candidates they have scheduled for interviews all have a background in college scouting.
Eight days after general manager Jerry Angelo was fired, the club announced Chiefs college scouting director Phil Emery, Patriots director of pro personnel Jason Licht, Chargers director of player personnel Jimmy Raye III and Giants college scouting director Marc Ross will interview for the position.
It is possible more candidates will emerge as the process moves along, and Tim Ruskell, who is running the front office in the interim, also could be considered.
Specific dates for the interviews are not known, but all four candidates have received permission from their clubs. Licht and Ross work for teams currently in the divisional round of the playoffs. Ross interviewed for the Colts' general manager job that Ryan Grigson filled Wednesday. Grigson also was believed to be on the Bears' list.
Emery is a known commodity at Halas Hall. He joined the team as an area scout when Mark Hatley was in charge of personnel and covered the Southeast from 1998-2004. He was the scout who endorsed Rex Grossman as a first-round draft pick in 2003. Emery spent six seasons with the Falcons, five as their director of college scouting, and has been with the Chiefs for three years under general manager Scott Pioli.
Licht, an all-conference defensive tackle at Nebraska Wesleyan, has worked for five organizations, serving as a vice president of player personnel for the Eagles and as a personnel executive for the Cardinals when they reached the Super Bowl in the 2008 season. He's in his second stint with the Patriots and can be credited with key moves such as the addition of guard Brian Waters and running back Danny Woodhead. He started as a college scout.
Raye, who played wide receiver briefly for the Rams, oversees the college and pro scouting departments for the Chargers and was the team's director of college scouting from 2000-2007. He gets a lot of credit for drafts that included center Nick Hardwick, linebacker Shaun Phillips and running back Michael Turner in Rounds 3 through 5 in 2004 and in subsequent years Shawne Merriman, Luis Castillo, Vincent Jackson, Darren Sproles, Marcus McNeill and Eric Weddle. Raye's father, Jimmy Raye II, was a longtime NFL assistant.
Ross, an All-Ivy receiver for Princeton, has been Giants director of college scouting for five seasons. Like Licht, he came up through the Eagles, for whom he was a regional scout before becoming the NFL's youngest college scouting director at 27 in 2000. The Eagles drafted longtime standouts Brian Westbrook, Lito Sheppard and Derrick Burgess and he has continued to acquire top talent during his run in New York, including Jason Pierre-Paul, Hakeem Nicks, Kenny Phillips and Terrell Thomas.


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Good golf course but for a place that says it's for family fun. The dude in the cart is harassing my group. It's steady business here, where are we to to go when he says speed it up? When a group ahead of us isn't getting any faster nor the group ahead of them. No fun at this place today sadly. Post completion; dude in cart started to approach us with a better attitude. Left us alone for holes 13-18 and was more enjoyable. Bothered the groups ahead of us.
Awful, get-less-than-you-pay-for chip and putt course. It will take you as long to play here as a full length golf course, so save your time and money. The crowd they draw here is deplorable; think homeless drunk meets golfer. I've seen people play without clubs, without shoes and even witnessed drug use on the course, honestly.
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RPL in Australia
Cameron, R 2010, 'RPL in Australia', PLIRC Monograph, J Harris & M Breir (eds), Thompsons River University, Kamloops, BC.
Australia introduced recognition of prior learning (RPL) as part of a larger national training reform agenda that included the introduction of a competency-based vocational education and training system. RPL is a standard and requirement of any offering of accredited training that is embedded in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), initially introduced under the national framework for the recognition of training (NFROT) in 1992. Since then RPL has slowly become a central activity within post compulsory education and training. Several definitions of RPL exist across educational sectors and different funding frameworks, policies, governance, accreditation and missions has lead to conceptual confusion relating to RPL policy and practice. As time has progressed and RPL policy and practice has evolved it has become more central to the VET sector than any of the other post compulsory educational sectors. This can be partially explained by the fact that RPL is mandatory in the VET sector, unlike the HE sector which is self-accrediting and has a certain amount of autonomy in deciding whether or not to have a RPL policy. RPL is also a significant activity outside the education sector and impacts on broader human capital and workforce development policy and initiatives. The Australian government’s current policies related to reforms in higher education and social inclusion (specifically social inclusion in education), may see even greater RPL activity across the other educational sectors. In terms of RPL research and literature in Australia there is a relatively small body of literature focussed upon reporting case studies, barriers and drivers of RPL practice, with an even smaller sub-set of literature related to specific disadvantaged groups and very little literature which engages critically with the theoretical underpinnings of RPL. This chapter attempts to chart the course of RPL in Australia since its inception with specific reference to the different contexts in which it is operationalised: post compulsory educational sectors; within industry; in relation to human capital policy and labour market interventions; the professionalization of specific industries (eg aged care services); professional and occupational recognition and innovative uses of electronic and digital technologies in RPL. A review of Australian RPL research and literature and contemporary policy and practice follows. The chapter concludes with a summary of the gaps within the literature, future areas of research and the policy and practice implications these future directions may have.


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