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Human testing has begun of ISIS-SOD1-Rx, a compound designed to block production of a toxic protein in people with the SOD1-related form of familial (inherited) ALS
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It's that time of spring when the sky is still the most colorful of our outdoor palette. Nature is just at the cusp of blooming, with tree buds and flowers almost ready to awake from their winter slumber. The birds are singing their songs, and the pussy willows are sporting their soft fur-like buds. It won't be long before tulips pop from the ground!
Some of you will recognize these images. I created them a few years ago, but they remain some of my favorite early springtime images.
Do you think we love our colorful spring and summer more than the folks who enjoy greenery year 'round?
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U.K. Warship Transits Taiwan Strait for First Time Since 2019
A U.K. frigate sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the first such passage by a British naval vessel since late 2019.
A U.K. frigate sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the first such passage by a British naval vessel since late 2019, as a group of nations led by Washington pushes back at Beijing’s military assertiveness.
The HMS Richmond transited the narrow body of water separating China from Taiwan on Monday on its way to Vietnam, according to the vessel’s Twitter account. Taiwan’s military is monitoring the area and is on top of the situation there, according to the island’s Ministry of National Defense.
When asked about the frigate at a regular press briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that “relevant countries should do things to build mutual trust and uphold regional peace and stability.”
The move by London comes as China has been ratcheting up military, economic and diplomatic pressure on Taipei and President Tsai Ing-wen, who refuses to endorse the claim that democratically run Taiwan is part of China. The Chinese air force has made more than 500 incursions into Taiwan’s air-defense identification zone so far in 2021, Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng told lawmakers on Monday, compared with more than 300 a year in the past.
Earlier this month, Tony Radakin, an admiral in Britain’s navy, told Nikkei Asia that it was “very clear that the Taiwan Strait is international waters.” “It is a waterway that can be used by different nations,” he added.
The Richmond is part of a strike group led by the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, which is making a maiden operational mission to the Pacific region. The last British ship to transit the Taiwan Strait in 2019 was a survey vessel.
The U.S. routinely sends warships through the Taiwan Strait, with nine passages so far this year, according to Bloomberg-compiled data, roughly on pace to match last year’s 13. The U.S Navy last transited on Sept. 17, a move it said illustrated “the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Australia, France and Canada have also sent naval vessels through the strait since late 2018.
On Friday, President Joe Biden met the leaders of Australia, India and Japan at the White House in their first-ever summit to discuss initiatives to counter Beijing’s influence in the Indo-Pacific. A joint statement mentioned the creation of a “Quad infrastructure partnership,” and that the four nations would meet regularly.
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has repeatedly threatened to take control of the island by military force if necessary to prevent Taipei from making a move toward formal independence.
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Arkansans are going to the polls (again), this time to decide on whether the state should do a $575 million bond issue that would repair 400 miles of interstates.
They should say yes, even though it means adding to Arkansas’ state debt, which the nonpartisan State Budget Solutions totals $25 billion counting pension liabilities.
That’s because when it comes to roads, the state is going into debt whether we realize it or not. Every day, the interstates deteriorate. We can pay a lot to fix the cracks now, or we can pay a whole lot more to totally rebuild them, after they have torn up our cars and caused accidents.
Bottom line: If we are going to have interstates, we have to maintain them.
I publish a magazine for the state’s two engineer associations, the Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers and the American Council of Engineering Companies of Arkansas.
These are good folks, they work hard, they are mathematically inclined, and sometimes they are a little nerdy. I wish they would run for Congress.
You won’t see a road-building project stalled because engineers refuse to budge on some side issue. You won’t see a project fail because one faction of engineers wanted to embarrass the other.
Engineers build bridges and roads; our current congressmen can’t even agree how to fund them. In fact, Congress is two years late passing its latest highway bill.
It’s time to replace these rigid ideologues and political game-players with practical problem-solvers who know how to get the job done. That’s why I’m endorsing Arkansas’ engineers for Congress.
When only a small percentage of voters goes to the polls and those that do vote tend to be the most partisan parts of the electorate, guess what happens? Partisan elected officials get elected.
Here’s what turnout has looked like in the past few Arkansas elections:
2010 midterms – 48 percent
2010 primaries – 29 percent
2008 presidential – 65 percent
2008 presidential primary – 35 percent
2008 general primary – 18 percent
That means lots of people are voting in the general election for candidates that were chosen by the most partisan voters on the left and the right in the primaries. The result is a partisan Congress – and the mess we saw on the debt ceiling deal.
Voters can’t complain about their choices if they sit out the primaries. A more diverse Congress would be less partisan. And for that to happen, more people must vote in primaries and midterm elections.
The writer Rita Mae Brown once shared a piece of wisdom that has been used so many times that it’s become a cliche: “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
If that’s so, then if Americans keep electing officials like they have been, then the country truly has gone nuts.
In 2012, there will be a new way. Americans Elect is creating an online nominating process where voters can register as delegates at the effort’s website and then eventually select a nominee. The group is collecting signatures – including 1.6 million already collected in California – to get on the ballot in all 50 states.
Americans Elect is a nominating process, not a political party. Delegates who register at the website are asked a series of questions to determine their political views and will be connected to like-minded voters. Six candidates will emerge from that process to compete for the group’s nomination in June. Each must name a vice presidential running mate who is a member of a different party or is an independent. At that point, Americans Elect’s job is finished and the nominee will run his or her own campaign.
The effort has strong backing so far. It says it has raised $20 million, including $1.55 million from investment executive Peter Ackerman, who’s son, Elliott, is the chief operating officer. Its chief executive officer, Khalil Byrd, is a Republican strategist. Its board of advisors includes former CIA chief William Webster. Its chief technology officer, Joshua Levine, did that same job at E-Trade.
More in my column this week for the Arkansas News Bureau.
Here’s a very informative story in the Los Angeles Times.
And, once more, here is the Americans Elect website, www.americanselect.org.
D’James Rogers, who placed second in the July 12 District 54 special election to represent Crittenden County, said today that he would have joined the Democratic caucus if elected.
Rogers ran as an independent because he wanted an African-American to represent the majority-minority district rather than the eventual winner, newly sworn in Rep. Hudson Hallum (D-Marion). Hallum, who is caucasian, had defeated two African-Americans in the Democratic primary.
Hallum won the July 12 special election held after Rep. Fred Smith (D-Crawfordsville) resigned following a felony conviction.
According to unofficial returns, Hallum received 987 votes, while Rogers received 437. Republican John Greelan received 415 votes.
Rogers said that, if he had won, he would have governed as a Democrat. He has been actively working with Democrats since 2000 and was the regional field director for last year’s coordinated campaign.
Rogers said that running as an independent was difficult in a district dominated by Democrats. Naturally, he received no help from the Democratic Party and struggled to raise money. “I didn’t get any support from them,” he said. “It was like, ‘We’ll talk to you once the election is over with.’”
He campaigned with the help of family and friends and used social media to communicate his message. He said African-American leaders in the district did support him.
He said he would run again some time in the future and would do so as a Democrat.
“I am not a member of any organized political party,” American humorist Will Rogers once said. “I am a Democrat.”
That’s one of Rogers’ most famous quotations, and it is as true now as it was when he said it. It’s one of the reasons Democrats have had such trouble creating a coherent message to counteract the “less government” message Republicans have been preaching so successfully since the Reagan years.
Republicans have a different problem – they are too organized, as Rogers pointed out. He also once said, “Democrats never agree on anything. That’s why they’re Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.”
Now more than ever in my lifetime, Republicans demand almost lockstep conformity on just about every issue – as Newt Gingrich is finding out.
Gingrich, the party’s leader during the mid-90s, is trying to revive his political career with a presidential bid that is going nowhere. On Sunday, he criticized Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan as “radical” and “right-wing social engineering.”
I don’t know about “right-wing social engineering,” but Ryan’s plan is pretty radical. He wants to replace Medicare as it now exists with a voucher program that gives senior citizens $15,000 a year to buy their own health insurance. It certainly deserves a healthy debate – both within the Republican Party and outside it. In fact, a healthy debate would actually help its cause. A new poll shows most voters oppose any cuts at all to Medicare, which shows how little they understand the budget realities the country faces. A healthy debate might educate them on those realities.
But Republicans are cutting Gingrich off at the knees, and, regrettably, he has already backtracked.
Republicans have always talked about being a “big tent party.” If Newt Gingrich isn’t welcome inside, that’s a pretty small tent.
Here’s the poll I mentioned.
A core belief of independentarkansas is that the political system is broken and unable to reform itself.
That’s why the news that the Libertarian Party of Arkansas seemingly has gathered more than enough signatures to qualify for the ballot is welcome. The party announced that it has gathered 16,139 signatures, far more than the 10,000 required. No Libertarian has ever run for elected office in Arkansas except for president of the United States.
Libertarians fill a niche neither of the two parties currently fill – they are economic conservatives (like Republicans) and social liberals (like Democrats). Its candidates will be for lower taxes and pro-choice on abortion. Having never had power, they tend to be consistent in their views – and occasionally extreme, to their detriment. They’ll have to decide to moderate their views, or at least their rhetoric, if they want start winning elections.
Regardless, they are welcome on my ballot and might get a few of my votes if they run the right candidates. The best way to reform the two major parties is to make them afraid candidates who are not a part of their duopoly might actually win an election.


South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed to strengthen cooperation in policy setting to better deter North Korean aggression, Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday.
The ministry said the understanding was reached during a meeting of senior defense ministers at the two-day-long 11th Asia Security Summit under way in Singapore.
South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Japan's Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe attended the talks.
"The three officials concurred that North Korea's provocations pose a threat to all countries and there is a need to further enhance ties to jointly cope with the challenges," an official in Seoul said.
He said Seoul, Washington and Tokyo viewed such provocations as the 2010 sinking of a South Korean corvette in the East Sea and the shelling of South Korean island later that year and the more recent launch of a long-range rocket as grave threats to the peace and stability of Northeast Asia and the world at large.
"The three country's stressed that despite provocative actions taken by the North, they will receive no compensation and only find themselves becoming more isolated from the international community," the official said.
The ministry official said the three allies called on Pyongyang to respect United Nations resolutions 1718 and 1874 to give up and dismantle all of its nuclear weapons programs, and warned of serious repercussions if the communist country conducts another rocket test or detonates another nuclear device. The North tested nuclear devices in both 2006 and 2009.
The summits are arranged by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) with the first meeting taking place in 2002. The gathering is attended by senior defense ministry officials and security specialists from 27 countries in Asia, North America and Europe. (Yonhap)
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한국, 미국 그리고 일본은 북한의 도발을 억제하기 위해 더욱더 도합할 것을 약속했다.
국방부에 따르면 이와 같은 합의는 싱가폴에서 이틀간 열린 제 11차 아시아 국방 회담에서 도출 된 거으로 한국의 김관진 장관, 미국의 레온 파테나 그리고 일본의 슈 와타나베가 이끌어냈다.
"3자는 북한의 도발이 모든 국가들에게 위협이 되기 때문에 결속력을 다지는 것이 필요하다고 결론냈습니다," 국방부 관료가 말했다. 여기서 도발은 2010년 서해안에서의 군함 격침이나 연평도 포격과 같은 일을 의미하며, 이러한 상황들이 세계 안위에 커다란 위협이 된다고 했다.


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Deviation during a follicular wave in mares begins when the largest follicle (F1) reaches a mean diameter of 22.5 mm and is characterized by continued growth of F1 to become the dominant follicle and regression of F2 to become the largest subordinate follicle. In the present study, F1 was ablated at the expected beginning of deviation (Hour 0) to provide a reference point for characterizing the intrafollicular changes preceding experimental deviation between F2 and F3. Diameters and concentrations of follicular fluid factors in F2 and F3 were determined in F1-ablated mares at Hours 0, 12, 24, 48, or 72 (n = 8 mares/group). Circulating FSH concentrations were greater (P < 0.05) in the Hour 72 ablation group than in controls 12 h after ablation and then progressively decreased. The diameters of F2 and F3 increased (P < 0.05) during Hours 0 to 24. Thereafter, F2 continued to increase but F3 did not, indicating that experimental deviation began at Hour 24. The diameter of F2 and circulating FSH concentration at Hour 24 were similar (P > 0.1) to the diameter of F1 and FSH concentration at Hour 0, respectively. A differential change between F2 and F3 was not detected in follicular fluid concentrations of estradiol, inhibin-A, and activin-A by the beginning of experimental deviation. However, estradiol was higher in F2 at Hours 0 and 12 and inhibin-A was higher in F2 throughout the experiment, and both factors could have been involved in experimental deviation. Free insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) increased (P < 0.05) in F2 beginning at Hour 12 and was higher (P < 0.05) in F2 than in F3 by the beginning of experimental deviation. Temporally, this result indicated that intrafollicular IGF-1 was involved in conversion of F2 from a destined subordinate follicle to a dominant follicle.
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BBC Worldwide has awarded the UK master toy license for In The Night Garden to Golden Bear. Golden Bear will develop a range of In The Night Garden products to launch in fall/winter 2013. The master toy and nursery license will include all plush and plastic toys, playsets, figures, developmental toys, vehicles and role play products.
In The Night Garden is the BAFTA award-winning pre-school show produced by Ragdoll Productions and created by Andrew Davenport. It is about a magical picture-book place that exists between waking and sleeping in a child’s imagination. Words, rhymes and music carry young viewers through a world of loveable characters and nursery rhymes.

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Toward the start of the thirteenth century a dry spell more noteworthy than any amid the written history of the region went to the Great Plains. As the downpours fizzled quite a long time and the harvests shriveled in the fields, hunters and horticulturalists who lived along the streams of current western Nebraska and Kansas surrendered their little earthlodges on the focal fields and moved east. Behind them incessant winds covered the abandoned towns with 10 to 20 crawls of fine loess, a quiet declaration to the seriousness of the climatic change that required the tenants to move away (Baerreis, and Bryson).
The dry season was an ecological fiasco. It sent various peoples out of their land, revamped the social and political topography of the fields, and incidentally expanded fighting among bunches vying for the now rare resources of available land. As already isolated societies met up, they shared and fought; archeologists have shown that individuals traded different material systems, objects, and presumably convictions. However, what is astonishing is how little these societies reacted particularly to the dry season. Any power that provoked largescale movements and social contacts may have been required to create generally similar changes that the dry spell did. Roughly expressed, the general population’s areas changed, not their tendencies.
The Pawnees started from the earthlodge villagers of the focal plains. Horticulturalists had restored themselves along the Loup River by the fifteenth century when the atmosphere of the fields enhanced. Archeologists, by following the development of artistic plans and by other social correlations, have built up that these returning ranchers, the general population of the Loup Focus, were predecessors of the Pawnees. The exact descent of the Pawnees from these individuals isn’t clear (Weltfish 8). The essential division of the country into the Skidis from one viewpoint and the South Bands (the Grands [Tsawi or Chaui], the Republicans [Kitkehaxhi], and the Tapages [Pitahawirats]) on the other is an antiquated one. The Pawnees guaranteed that this division preceded the country itself. The Skidis attested unique family relationship with the Arikaras, who lived more distant north on the Missouri River, while the South Bands asserted that they were at one time the Kawarahkis, a solitary gathering who had relocated north with the Wichita’s (Dunbar 261).
By the mid sixteenth century the underlying developments into the Loup valley had finished, and the constituent components of the Pawnees had built up themselves near the river. The Skidis possessed a progression of towns close to Beaver Creek, while the Kawarahkis, settled close Shell Creek (James 141). By the mid seventeenth century the Kawarahkis had extended southwest and fabricated their towns on the south bank of the Platte, while the Skidis stayed on the Loup. Every one of these towns, particularly those on Beaver Creek, secured substantial zones, taking in anywhere from 10-100 acers of land. Their developers found them on ridges with an eye for resistance and in a couple of cases strengthened the towns with dividers and trenches. Edwin James, who went by the territory with the Long endeavor of 1820, even composed of antiquated stays of extensive fortresses in the region of Beaver Creek close to the focal point of the Skidis’ towns (141).
Regardless of indications of war, the two centuries that took after Pawnee settlement on the Loup and Platte seem to have been, in general, prosperous and productive. The Lower Loup Focus sites are recognized by their vast zones as well as by the number and size of their stockpiling, or store, pits (Strong 273). The town economy appears to have delivered substantial, storable surpluses, and in the round earthlodges the intricate culture of the Pawnees bloomed. The Skidis and Kawarahkis manufactured their towns as indicated by custom necessities regularly dismissed by the notable Pawnees. In Lower Loup towns, for example, the earthlodges had just four focus posts, and the doorways to the cabins perpetually confronted east—prerequisites recollected yet frequently not practiced in the nineteenth century (Wedel 123).
At the point when the first Europeans touched base in central plains within the sixteenth century, the Pawnees appear to have been amid an incredible inventive burst of social and tribal association. This had nothing to do with European impacts. The contact was brief and immaterial. After Coronado (the first European to have contact with a Native), Europeans went by the fields irregularly for over a century, and the social development of the Pawnees proceeded to be unaffected by the European nearness somewhere else on the planet. They focused their villages on the Loup and Platte, generally along the rivers themselves as opposed to on their tributary streams, with each summer and winter they moved west to begin hunting buffalo. In the end they asserted a hunting area that extended from their towns to the locale between the forks of the Platte and after that south to the Kansas River and, less solidly, to the Arkansas.
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Source: New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Ron Mark has released the Desktop Review of the official reports into the Anzac Day 2010 helicopter crash, in which three of the crew were killed and the fourth critically injured.
The Minister called for the review to provide assurance that the reports, taken together, comprise a full picture of the accident and that the issues of the cause, fault and responsibility were properly examined in the aftermath. The review was conducted by former Solicitor-General Michael Heron QC.
“First, let me again express my deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased airmen, and to the survivor, Stevin Creeggan. Nothing can change what they have suffered,” said Ron Mark.
“Mr Heron’s report is a thorough assessment by a highly skilled independent reviewer.
“He has found that the care and attention given to the crash through the Court of Inquiry (COI) process compares well to civilian equivalents, stating that it was meticulous, thorough and professional. The work of the other authorities involved appears to have given the accident full and proper consideration.
“The review was not intended or designed as a new inquiry into the crash, but the report shows that the families and others impacted by this tragic accident can rest assured that the accident was carefully and thoroughly reviewed.
“On other matters, the report recommends that I seek reassurance as to the timeliness of the process followed in reaching the decisions about prosecutions relating to command responsibility, and seek advice as to the completion of the recommendations made in the State Services Commission review of the role of the Civil Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in respect to responsibility for health and safety investigations.
“I agree with these conclusions, and have directed the Defence Force to respond to these matters urgently and report back to me on completion.
“However, it is clear that the completion of this report can be seen as the last chapter in the necessary formal processes after such a horrific event,” said Ron Mark.
The report the Minister is releasing today (attached) has been redacted to protect legal privilege by its author, Michael Heron QC.


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The grandparents are taking things from the house and they say the house is theirs just because they have the deed (that isn't in their name). My boyfriend just turned 18 and has no idea what to do or who to talk to. Also the property value is under 50,000
If mom died single (unmarried), the grandparents most likely have no right to the property they are taking. Your boyfriend and his siblings, if any, would be the mom's heirs but the grandparents would not. Taking possession of a deed that has been recorded in the land records would not...View More
My grandmother passed away last year. Grandpa already passed years ago. They had 4 children, my mother being the third child. In my grandma’s will, she had stipulated that each of her kids receive 25% of the money she had left behind. However, before she had passed, she had opened a joint account... View More
Unfortunately, the money in the joint account likely ceased to belong to your grandmother when she died leaving a surviving joint owner on the account. However, if your grandmother lacked the mental capacity to understand what she was doing in setting up that account or in transferring funds into...View More
other family members agreed to have sister executor. But brother a issue in Indiana ,lake county. Can we get estate probated how to proceed without copy of the will .all we know that a copy needed to file for administrator so what do we do .
You or other family may be able to begin a probate proceeding and get a court order to require your brother to produce the original will. You need to talk to an experienced probate lawyer for specific advice about your situation. Justia.com can help you find one near you and many attorneys offer...View More
Sister with POA handled everything and ended up with everything, claiming there was nothing left. With help from lawyer, discovered bonds ( interest was redeemed 6 days after step-fathers death for $26,000), life insurance, a vehicle and likely checking and savings accounts. Most everything else... View More
You should talk to an experienced probate lawyer in the state where your step-father received Medicaid and presumably where his property was located. Medicaid has a right under federal law to recover from your step-father's estate (with a few exceptions) the cost of his care that it paid for....View More
I agree with attorney Garrett that the onset of dementia does not mean that the person suffering from it is instantly or automatically incompetent. The incompetency clause may or may not be appropriately invoked depending on the trustor's actual mental condition (assuming your father is the...View More
If my husband dies before me, will the judgement become due after the transfer of assets to me? Also, will a irrevocable trust be advisable to keep all creditors and judgement at bay? I am the one with a judgement. My husband would do the trust by himself with me as beneficiary, hopefully to avoid... View More
The judgment is due now. The judgment may grow dormant or become unenforceable over time if the judgment creditor does not keep it alive by taking certain steps, such as, for example, issuing an execution or garnishment every so often. Joint bank accounts with your husband may be vulnerable now...View More
You need to talk to an experienced probate lawyer in your state. In many states, the surviving spouse may have a "forced share" of the decedent's estate even if the decedent tried to disown or limit the spouse's share. Also, you may have a homestead interest in the marital...View More
Unfortunately, the answer is probably no. The insurance money is paid by contract with the insurance company and is not property of your father's probate estate. The Will therefore does not act upon those funds. Unless there are some unmentioned circumstances, your brother does not have to...View More
Insurance Company recently discovered a small policy of Mother who passed in 2001. Father (husband) passed a few years after Mom. Five siblings survive. There's no will, no estate and we gave the insurance company the death certificates. What is needed to get this small amount to the siblings?
Most states have what are called "small estate affidavits" or "affidavits of heirship", which allow the heirs to swear under penalties of perjury to certain facts, such as: that your mom has died; that she left no will; that no probate proceeding has been started for her...View More
The home is in my mother's name, but I and my family live in it. Current tax appraisal of home is $49k, and Alabama Medicaid advised me to list it for $50 -55k, but $60k is still owed on the mortgage. Will they force us to continue to try and sell, even though they would get nothing, or is... View More
The guardianship over your uncle ceased when he died. The guardian at that point should have filed a Final Account and request to formally terminate the guardianship. If the guardian did not do so, they may be held to account and possibly to pay damages for any property that has have not been...View More
Maybe. In order to obtain land by adverse possession there are several things you have to be able to prove. That you possessed the property, that you exercised control that was exclusive (nobody else controlling it), open (not hidden), notorious (well known or easy to see), and hostile to ownership...View More
The property was to b inherited by my aunt . She died b4 probate was completed leaving her kids as inheritors. They evicted me from property I had lived on 10+yrs. Over a year later we were notified the probate was done incorrectly therefore invalid. Was my eviction legal
More information is needed in order to answer your question. It depends on the terms of his Will and how it was written. It may also depend on who else of your grandfather's heirs were alive when he died. Your rights, if any, may also be cut off by appeals deadlines or statutes of...View More
My fathers mother passed away a few months ago. There are six siblings in all. They do not all agree on how the land with the home is to be divided. The will states that all assets are to be divided equally (only asset is the land and family home). One of the brothers had the land surveyed and... View More
The short answer is maybe. There are generally two options when co-owners are partitioning or being subjected to partition of land: (a) in kind (what has been proposed by the surveying sibling); or (b) by sale and dividing the proceeds. If one of the siblings files a suit or demand for...View More
house collecting $1,200 a month from renters in the duplex. What can I do in NYC to get this house sold. The market is good and the house is at $700,000. Two years ago it was appraised for $580,000. Can I resubmit a new appraisal to probate court as an heir
If you are an heir to your father's estate, you can probably force a sale of the property or for your brother to buy you out. It's a remedy called "partition", which is the right of a co-owner to get the value of his interest and get separated from his co-owners. You can...View More
A woman owned a home which was in her name only. In her will, she left the will to her husband for the rest of his life then to their children (she had children from a 1st husband, and he had children from a 1st wife). How can all of the children secure their interests? If the home is put into the... View More
You need to take a copy of her Will to an experience probate lawyer. If the property was her separate property at the time she married her new spouse, she kept it separate, and she left him a life estate in it by her Will, then he most likely received from her only a life estate in the property...View More
My ex husband died in 2016 with no will, leaving a home that I believed to be titled as joint tenancy, but which I've learned is worded as tenancy in common. I've lived in, paid all taxes on, maintained and improved the home by myself for the last 28 years since we divorced, and wish to... View More
You might start by reviewing your divorce decree. If the property division gave you sole ownership of the house (subject to any mortgages, etc.) but the decree wasn’t recorded in the land records, all you may need to do is record it to be the sole owner (or you may have to sue to quiet title)....View More
Probably yes but you should obtain court approval to protect yourself and the estate. You have a fiduciary duty to the heirs/beneficiaries and self-dealing in such a situation should be fully disclosed and approved by the court. Even if the listing agreement predated the probate filing. Your...View More
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For configuration of integrated circuits single-board computers (e.g., Raspberry Pi) or simple FPGAs (e.g., Xilinx Spartan 3) are commonly used.
As an alternative to traditional metrology devices, FPGA development boards (eg, Xilinx Virtex-7, Virtex-6, and Virtex-4) are available with high-speed serial interfaces up to 28 Gbps per channel for both transmit and receive of data can be used. These channels can be grouped into multiple parallel interfaces.
Instead of the packaging on printed circuit boards, integrated circuits with only a few connection pads can be connected directly to the measurement environment by means of a wafer prober. The contacting of the IC is done via measuring tips, which are aligned by means of micrometer manipulators under a microscope. The advantages are that the parasitic influences of the measuring tips and cables are generally much lower than those of the bonding wires and printed circuit board. Thus, this technique is suitable to characterize circuits with highest bandwidths. Hybrid setups are also possible. In this case, the power supply connections and low frequency configuration signals are supplied via a printed circuit board, while high-frequency signals are tapped via measuring tips.
The INT has a specially shielded measuring cabin. Here, measurements can be done without external interference from microwave radiation (e.g., cellular, WLAN, etc.). The measuring cabine booth also shields to the outside so that internally generated microwave radiation e.g. has no influence on existing mobile networks.


Croton Petra plants are beautiful and colorful, but they can attract fruit flies. These tiny pests can quickly become a nuisance and can even harm your plant. If you are dealing with fruit flies on your croton petra plant, there are several steps you can take to eliminate them.
Step 1: Identify the Problem
Before you can start getting rid of fruit flies, you need to make sure that fruit flies are the problem. Fruit flies are small, flying insects that are attracted to ripe or rotting fruit. They have red eyes and a tan or brown body. You may also see them hovering around your plant or crawling on the soil.
If you are unsure if you have fruit flies, try setting up a trap to catch them. You can make a simple trap by filling a jar with apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish soap. The vinegar will attract the fruit flies, and the dish soap will trap them.
Step 2: Remove Any Rotting Fruit
Fruit flies are attracted to ripe or rotting fruit, so it is essential to remove any fruit from your croton petra plant that is starting to rot. This includes any fallen leaves or flowers that may be attracting the fruit flies.
Step 3: Clean Your Plant
Once you have removed any rotting fruit, it is time to clean your croton petra plant. Use a damp cloth to wipe down the leaves and stems of your plant. This will help remove any residue that may be attracting the fruit flies.
Step 4: Set Up Traps
Setting up traps is an effective way to get rid of fruit flies on your croton petra plant. You can purchase traps at your local garden center or make your own using apple cider vinegar and dish soap.
Apple Cider Vinegar Trap
To make an apple cider vinegar trap, you will need:
- Apple cider vinegar
- Dish soap
- A jar or bowl
Fill the jar or bowl with apple cider vinegar.
- Add a drop of dish soap to the apple cider vinegar.
- Cover the jar or bowl with plastic wrap.
- Poke several small holes in the plastic wrap.
- Place the trap near your croton petra plant.
The fruit flies will be attracted to the apple cider vinegar and will crawl through the holes in the plastic wrap. Once they make contact with the dish soap, they will become trapped.
Another type of trap that you can use is a sticky trap. These traps are available at most garden centers and are easy to use. They work by attracting fruit flies to a sticky surface that they cannot escape from.
Step 5: Use Insecticides
If you have tried all of the above steps and are still struggling with fruit flies on your croton petra plant, you may need to use an insecticide. There are many different types of insecticides available, so it is essential to choose one that is safe for indoor plants and effective against fruit flies.
Can fruit flies harm my croton petra plant?
Fruit flies themselves do not harm plants, but they can lay eggs in the soil that will hatch into larvae that can damage the roots of your plant.
How long does it take to get rid of fruit flies?
Getting rid of fruit flies can take anywhere from a few days to several weeks, depending on how severe the infestation is and how effective your chosen method is.
What can I do to prevent fruit flies from coming back?
To prevent fruit flies from coming back, make sure to remove any rotting fruit from your croton petra plant and keep your plant clean. You can also set up traps as a preventative measure.
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ESPN the Magazine tabs Maple Leafs as worst team in major sports
They’re ranked 122 out of 122 teams in the four “major” professional sports - edging the woeful Sacramento Kings - so they’re not just last among NHL teams.
The Columbus Blue Jackets were the second lowest ranked NHL team while - wait for it - the Phoenix Coyotes were the No.1 pro hockey team.
How did ESPN come to such conclusions?
The quirky poll ranks teams in such categories as “bang for the buck” and “affordability,” so it makes some sense that a team that struggles in the standings but lights up the box office would perform so poorly.
The Leafs have finished no better than 120th since 2008, but they’ve never been last before. In 2008, they were edged out by the New York Knicks. In 2009, it was the Knicks and the L.A. Clippers. In 2010, only the Clippers remained, and in 2011, the Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Redskins beat them out.
Note: the table in the link seems a little funky, so Mooney’s account of the magazine itself should be more reliable read on the study’s specifics.


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A favourite Catherine Murphy blouse shape, the Lottie top is cut in our signature viscose georgette cloth, printed in France. Peppered with a floral paisley design coloured in rich jewel tones, this blouse features a yoke at front and back, decorated with pin-tucks and bordered with tonal floral motif printed inserts. Soft tucks fall from the base of the yoke, utilising the fluidity of this gorgeous fabric to full effect. An opening at the left shoulder is secured closed with natural shell buttons.
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- Works well tucked into a high waisted pant or jean as photographed and also left out
- This blouse is slipped on over the head
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A schoolboy has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg after being hit by a bus in south west London.
The boy, who police said was aged about 14, was knocked down on Cross Deep in Twickenham just before 2pm this afternoon.
Scotland Yard said the victim broke his leg in the crash close to the junction with King Street.
A spokeswoman for the London Ambulance Service could not immediately confirm his injuries.
She said: “We were called at 1:55pm to reports of a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian and a bus at Cross Deep, Twickenham
“We sent two ambulance crews to the scene. We treated a boy reported to be fourteen. He was taken to West Middlesex Hospital.”
The road was closed at the junction with King Street while police investigated.
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Now on to the real reason I'm posting. My cousin told me on Friday that it was her boyfriends birthday on Sat. WHAT~! Why didn't she say something sooner. I hate to be late on cards... (even though I usually am.. lol) So to my desk to make a B-lated birthday card and of course, make it so that it matches some challenges.
One of my favorite challenges, Oh La La Creations- Challenge #50 said to use a button, bow & Bling.. Now this card was for a big burly guy and for some reason buttons and bows don't come to mind.. I got the bow slipped in but buttons.. it just didn't seem right so here is what I did. The middle of my flower is a button and then I put part of the sentiment on it and popped it up. They didn't say how to use the button.. Hope it's not cheating.. heheh.
Part of my new stash of stamps I got this week was a set from Craft Lounge - Lil Pea-Nut. The elephant is one stamp and the bubble blower and bubbles is another so I did some masking and made him hold the blower in his trunk. You can't see it but the bubbles have Crystal Effects so they have some dimension on them. The grass and the flowers are also little stamps that came with the set and I did masking for that also. The sentiments "I Blew It.." & "Sorry I Forgot" are also from set.
The flower is a punch I just bought at a garage sale for $3.00. It's a Marvy punch. I also bought a set of stamps (never opened or used) for $3.00 (it had the original price of $24.99 on them) which are Doodlebug Design - Tags. That is the scroll around the "Sorry I forgot", I stamped it and then cut it out. What finds !!!
Here are the other Challenges:
Artful Inkables #16 - Birthday
Sew Many Challenge #9 - Punch it.
Cute Card Thrusday #105 - Dimensions
Dancing in PJ #23 - Color Challenge
Peachy Keen #25 - Sketch
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My article Foundation watts explained triggered some discussion on the thorny issue of compliance with power limits of the LCD.
One correspondent was confident that the Foundation candidates are properly trained, which leads to examining the training materials.
Above is an extract of the WIA's “Your entry into amateur radio”, the training manual for the Australian Foundation licence. Click on it for a larger view.
Dealing with the text…
Some SWR meters also have a power meter calibrated in watts.
That is true, and modern instruments fall into two main styles:
- those that use an RF voltmeter to drive the meter calibrated in watts; and
- those that provide switch selectable calibration of the directional couplers to read forward and reflected power directly.
The one that is pictured is neither type, it is a very poor design that provides a calibration chart to ‘calibrate' the forward meter in watts over the meter's frequency range by adjustment of the sensitivity control according to the chart. The system is quite inaccurate because of difficulty in setting the sensitivity knob accurately, and in any event, only one coupler is calibrated meaning it must use a 50Ω resistive load for measurement.
This measurement is only accurate when the SWR is exactly 1:1, and the load impedance is exactly 50 ohms.
That statement, whilst true of type 1 meters mentioned above, and the example shown, is not true in the general case, not true of the type 2 instruments which are very common these days. It is a classic ham myth that has worked its way into the training manual for the next generation of hams. In fact, if a directional wattmeter is calibrated for any real impedance (which is the usual case, eg 50+j0Ω , 75+j0Ω), power is given by Pfwd-Pref (irrespective of whether the instrument is used in a line of nominal characteristic impedance equal to its chalibration impedance). I gave the mathematical proof of this in articles on VK1OD.net (Duffy 2007), (Duffy 2012), (Duffy 2013).
To comply with the conditions of the licence, the power meter must be set to peak power.
The term is Peak Envelope Power (PEP) or pX in ITU terms, the LCD uses pX.
Unfortunately, many directional wattmeters in the ham market pretend to indicate Peak Envelope Power on SSB telephony, but they can be proven abject failures by putting them in tandem with a reputable instrument (eg Bird 43 with PEP). As a broad guideline, if the meter does not use an active amplifier, does not require a battery or external power to make the PEP function work, it probably doesn't accurately indicate PEP on SSB telephony. There are plenty of meters that do work properly, and plenty that don't. Meters that do not work properly, invariably underestimate the true PEP and so encourage breach of the applicable power limit.
Of course, you will note that the example meter shown does not have a “peak power” switch, it cannot properly indicate PEP on SSB telephony and the use of it as discussed at Foundation watts explained can lead to gross breaches of the power limit, even if unintended.
You must adjust your transmitter's power to no more than 10 watts peak power to conform to the conditions of the Foundation Licence.
This whole section has not given technically sound guidance on instrumentation appropriate to the task, or technically sound method of measuring PEP and adjustment of the transmitter (eg controls to be used) for compliance.
In that environment, it is likely that there will be significant non-compliance.
It is my experience that most hams do not understand the concepts of peak envelope power, nor its measurement in a practical setting so it is even more challenging for entry level licencees. It is not that measuring PEP is so difficult given good advice and appropriate test equipment, it is getting good advice that is the problem.
- Duffy, O. 2007. VSWR measurement. VK1OD.net (offline).
- ———. 2012. Power in a mismatched transmission line. VK1OD.net (offline).
- ———. 2013. Getting more out of your directional wattmeter. VK1OD.net (offline).


Damien Ike is an east London singer-songwriter, based in Shoreditch “via Hackney,” according to his soundcloud page. Even though he’s only released two tracks, the first of which was released in March 2015, he’s already already creating a sound that is truly his own. Debut track “Kingdom Come” has a big chorus – the type typically found in pop songs, but the percussive nature of the production gives it an indie feel. Hearing the song for the first time you’ll be surprised that the song wasn’t bigger than it is, radio stations would be queuing up to playlist something like this.
According to his Facebook page, Damien is influenced by, “the feeling of being overwhelmed.” So fame and celebrity should be something the singer takes in his stride and we should expect some of his best work when he becomes a household name. Musically speaking though, he is inspired by Adele and Amy Winehouse for the honesty in their music and the truth in their lyrics and he is a big fan of Tears for fears and is inspired by the epicness of their sound.
Damien has already worked with an esteemed musicians such as Sacha Skarbek (Adele, Lana Del Rey & Miley Cyrus), Rich Cooper (Josef Salvat) and David Kosten (Bat for Lashes, Everything Everything,Marina & The Diamonds). He has also seen support from the likes of SBTV, BBC 1Xtra, Complex, BBC Introducing, XFM, KCRW, Hype Machine and Amazing Radio in recent months. Damien is clearly on the rise and hearing his music, it’s easy to see why.
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A game's theme is an important draw. If a game is about something, it needs me to feel like I'm doing that something. That's why I never got into Magic - I never felt like a wizard in a duel.
Vengeance has theme oozing out of every corner of the box. I love how it handles the roaring rampage of revenge genre, so I wrote it up.


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Our November Special Collection netted $1,170 for Planned Parenthood. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
The January 2021 Special Collection will be held on January 10th to benefit Open Doors. Open Doors is a home base for success! Through programs, partnerships and advocacy, Open Doors has been helping families achieve housing success since 1970. Open Doors’ programs provide a solution to the housing crisis for low-wage working families. A home is a haven from the storms of life; the place where we bond, recharge, and renew. Imagine how life would be turned upside down if you no longer had a home. Imagine the endless cycle of imposing on family and friends because you couldn’t afford a place of your own. Imagine what it would do to your marriage, your children, your job, and your outlook on life. As families are strengthened, so is our community. For additional information about Open Doors visit their website
Kalamazoo Community in Schools is looking for interested tutors to tutor children online. If you think you would be interested and able to assist students at Lincoln, please contact Jeme Baker via email: email@example.com
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Rick Johnson reports that mentors and mentees (parolees) are getting into the habit of meeting more and more online. Once a month they are viewing a different documentary on racism and then discussing the documentary.
You may have seen the story in the Gazette recently, describing new ways that local law enforcement is seeking to resolve the rising incidence of violence – rather than simply making arrests. The origin story of this work dates to the ISAAC Banquet in 2012, where you may have heard the speaker, David M. Kennedy, author of the book Don’t Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship and the End of Violence in Inner-City America based on Boston’s implementation of this approach as “Operation Ceasefire”, deliver his compelling remarks. Since then, ISAAC’s Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) Task Force has continued advocating for this effort and nurturing its development with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety and other partners, to bring this approach into practice here. This is what the program looks like now in Kalamazoo.
GVI (Group Violence Intervention) has now been implemented in Kalamazoo as a community-driven strategy, with a Coordinator as the nucleus, that includes community, law enforcement, and social services working together to reduce violence, address societal barriers, and collectively support impacted community members. This year, GVI implemented community-led Individual Interventions and Home Visits where holistic, collective and sustaining support, relationships and resources were offered to our community members impacted by gun violence. GVI community members include representatives from ISAAC, NMA, and NAACP, street outreach workers, community members/leaders, Pastors on Patrol, Clergy, as well as Mothers, Fathers and Leaders who have been impacted. ISAAC also is part of the newly formed Kalamazoo Black and Brown Therapy Collective’s Advisory Board, offering connections to Therapists of Color to community members experiencing racial trauma.
GVI’s goal is for all our community members to be safe, alive, out of prison…and to have the opportunity to live their best purpose-filled life. Applying a culturally competent and anti-racism lens within this work is essential. When applied correctly, outcomes and communication are improved, trust is strengthened, and institutional policies and practices can be transformed. Evaluation and open communication are used to ensure that our work has no unintended consequences and that our institutions and practices are progressing and rooted in equity, and to help this strategy continually improve.
It is deeply encouraging to see what can be grown from the seeds we plant, support, and continue to cultivate together through ISAAC.
Learn more about GVI:
GVI History: https://isaackalamazoo.org/history-of-isaacs-key-role-in-group-violence-intervention/
GVI Myths at the 2019 Issues Convention: https://isaackalamazoo.org/group-violence-intervention-gvi-presentation/

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Measurements and analysis on three-phase power systems are inherently more complex than on single-phase systems. Although oscilloscopes can capture voltage and current waveforms with high sample rates, further calculations are required to produce key power measurements from the data.
Learn how Inverter Motor and Drive Analysis (IMDA) software from Tektronix makes it easier than ever to perform three-phase analysis and correlation of control timing and power output characteristics on devices such as AC induction motors, permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), and brushless DC (BLDC) motors.
As Regional Application Engineer, Carl is responsible for a wide range of oscilloscope applications from power conversions to serial bus communications and component test.
Carl was previously a Component Materials Engineer in Keysight Technologies where he worked in the supply chain organization dealing with Keysight's strategic suppliers to ensure the quality and assurance of supply of wide range of RF components.
He graduated from University of Nottingham with First Class Honors in Master’s Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.


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Subject: Warcraft III Beta released
Well, I've seen this about 14 million other places, so I thought I might as well say something here. Blizzard has released their Warcraft III beta CDs. It is scheduled for release this summer. I found some screenshots of the game on GameSpot, so take a look. The graphics look really good, and the storyline (as taken from Blizzard's site) seemed fairly easy to follow and almost even interesting. They also have some screenshots, and they look jsut as good as any others.
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The supposed catalyst for the collapse: antitrust star Sean Boland, who had been leading the talks on the Howrey side, pulling out of the deal. It has been rumored that he might take his team not to Winston but to Baker Botts (which has already absorbed other Howrey talent).
What we do know for certain is that the partner exodus from Howrey continues. Here is the latest confirmed news.
UPDATE: Various updates have been (and are still being) appended — after the jump….
The ABA Journal reports:
Add another four partners to the ever-lengthening line exiting Howrey in advance of a possible dissolution vote there this week. Four patent litigators are joining the Palo Alto office of Perkins Coie, their new firm announced today in a press release.
They are: James Valentine, a member of Howrey’s management team in Northern California, Christopher Kelley, James Pistorino and Daniel Shvodian.
UPDATE (5:10 PM): A spokesperson for Howrey declined to comment.
UPDATE (8:10 PM): Remember the rumor that some Howrey construction partners were in talks to join Seyfarth Shaw? It turned out to be true. Now on the Seyfarth website are former Howrey construction partners David Mancini and James R. Newland Jr.
UPDATE (11:00 PM): From Am Law Daily:
In Houston, partners Henry Petri and Janelle Waack have joined intellectual property firm Novak Druce + Quigg, a firm founded in 2004 by former Howrey partners. In a phone interview with The Am Law Daily, Petri describes himself and Waack as the “outliers” of Howrey’s 19-partner Houston office, which has not seen the raft of defections plaguing other parts of the firm. Petri had an offer from Novak in January but, he says, he stuck around “to wrap up things there.”
Waack’s decision to move was more recent, and came about as a result of the talks between Howrey and Winston. “When the situation came up with Howrey and the potential integration with Winston & Strawn, it just became apparent there were some conflict issues I’d have to deal with,” she says.
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4 Howrey Patent Litigation Partners Join Perkins Coie [ABA Journal]
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The Duchess of Cambridge has been hailed as the ultimate beauty icon for British women.
Kate, 35, beat former X-Factor judge and new mum Cheryl Cole, 33, to claim top spot.
Six out of ten women said they regularly copied Kate’s look, choice of makeup or hairstyle.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, who recently posted a picture on Instagram of her bathroom cabinet, crammed full of around 70 beauty products, was third.
This Morning host Holly Willoughby was fourth and Angelina Jolie was fifth.
Others legendary beauties to make the list include late Breakfast At Tiffany’s actress Audrey Hepburn and Hollywood stunner Michelle Pfeiffer.
Richard Mears of Instant Effects, which carried out the poll, said: "Kate is an iconic natural beauty who is confident in her look and her style.
"She is still young, so she is able to influence women of all ages."
Britons did well in the study, claiming eight of the top ten, spots while US-based beauties dominated the list between numbers 11 and 20.
Former Corrie actress Michelle Keegan, 29, was sixth and model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 30, was seventh.
Audrey Hepburn, who died at the age of 64 in 1993, was eighth and Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke, 29, was ninth.
Pirates of The Caribbean actress Keira Knightley, 32, completed the top ten.
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- Kate Middleton (Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge)
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- Who should not take astragalus?
- Is Lemon an antiviral?
- What herbs is good for lungs?
- Does Astragalus cause hair loss?
- What is the best natural immune booster?
- Is Astragalus an antioxidant?
- Is Astragalus good for diabetes?
- Is Astragalus an antiviral?
- Is it safe to take astragalus everyday?
- How can I clear my lungs naturally?
- Does Astragalus raise blood pressure?
- What is the most powerful immune booster?
- Is turmeric an immune booster?
- Is Astragalus a stimulant?
- What herb is good for immune system?
- Does Astragalus interact with any medications?
- What is a natural antiviral?
- How long does it take for Astragalus to work?
- Is Astragalus good for lungs?
- What foods kill viruses?
- What is the best brand of Astragalus?
Who should not take astragalus?
If you have an immune system disease such as multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or another autoimmune disease, you should not use astragalus root.
As with any herbal supplement, always check with your health care provider before taking astragalus root..
Is Lemon an antiviral?
There are many health benefits of lemons that have been known for centuries. The two biggest are lemons’ strong antibacterial, antiviral, and immune-boosting powers and their use as a weight loss aid because lemon juice is a digestive aid and liver cleanser.
What herbs is good for lungs?
Five Herbs to Grow for Lung & Respiratory HealthMullein Leaf (Verbascum thapsus) Photo © Stacey Cramp, excerpted from Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies. … Horehound Leaf (Marrubium vulgare) … Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serontina) and Chokecherry (P. … Marshmallow Leaf and Root (Althaea officinalis) and other Mallow Leaves (Malva spp.) … Plantain Leaf (Plantago spp.)
Does Astragalus cause hair loss?
Astragalus membranaceus has been reported to inhibit immune responses, but its effect on hair loss is not clear.
What is the best natural immune booster?
15 Foods That Boost the Immune SystemCitrus fruits.Red bell peppers.Broccoli.Garlic.Ginger.Spinach.Yogurt.Almonds.More items…
Is Astragalus an antioxidant?
Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus) Astragalus also acts as an antioxidant, increasing superoxide dismutase and decreasing lipid peroxide activity. Astragalus is reported to have protective effects against toxins in animal models.
Is Astragalus good for diabetes?
Astragalus membranaceus, a key component of most Chinese herbal anti-diabetic formulas, has been an important prospect for lead anti-diabetic compounds. It has been progressively studied for its anti-diabetic properties. Ethnopharmacological studies have established its potential to alleviate diabetes mellitus.
Is Astragalus an antiviral?
Astragalus has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. People sometimes use it on the skin for wound care. In addition, studies have shown that astragalus has antiviral properties and stimulates the immune system, suggesting that it may help prevent colds.
Is it safe to take astragalus everyday?
Astragalus may improve your immune system and symptoms of chronic fatigue and seasonal allergies. It may also aid people with certain heart conditions, kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. Though no dosage recommendation exists, up to 60 grams daily for up to four months appears to be safe for most people.
How can I clear my lungs naturally?
Ways to clear the lungsSteam therapy. Steam therapy, or steam inhalation, involves inhaling water vapor to open the airways and help the lungs drain mucus. … Controlled coughing. … Drain mucus from the lungs. … Exercise. … Green tea. … Anti-inflammatory foods. … Chest percussion.
Does Astragalus raise blood pressure?
High blood pressure medication — Astragalus may lower blood pressure, making the effects of these drugs stronger. Diuretics (water pills) — Astragalus is a diuretic and may make the effects of other diuretics stronger.
What is the most powerful immune booster?
Vitamin C is one of the biggest immune system boosters of all. In fact, a lack of vitamin C can even make you more prone to getting sick. Foods rich in vitamin C include oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, strawberries, bell peppers, spinach, kale and broccoli.
Is turmeric an immune booster?
Turmeric Boosts the Immune System Turmeric is a natural way to help bolster the immune system by increasing the immunomodulating capacity of the body. Try adding extra turmeric into your diet during periods of stress or during flu season to help give your immune system a little boost.
Is Astragalus a stimulant?
In the United States, astragalus, an immune stimulant, is taken to prevent the common cold and upper respiratory infections. Typically, roots of astragalus are used for preparing extract or brewing tea. Astragalus is also used in combination with other herbs, such as licorice, ginseng, and angelica roots.
What herb is good for immune system?
5 Herbs to Boost Your Immune SystemEchinacea. Echinacea, commonly known as purple coneflower, is used to make tea. … Astragalus. Astragalus is a herb that has been prescribed for centuries to treat chronic illness and to increase vitality. … Medicinal Mushrooms. … Elderberry. … Garlic.Jul 29, 2020
Does Astragalus interact with any medications?
Astragalus has no known severe or serious interactions with other drugs.
What is a natural antiviral?
Herbs have been used as natural remedies since ancient times. Common kitchen herbs, such as basil, sage, and oregano, as well as lesser-known herbs like astragalus and sambucus, have powerful antiviral effects against numerous viruses that cause infections in humans.
How long does it take for Astragalus to work?
Early research shows that administering a specific astragalus extract intravenously (by IV) three times weekly for 4 weeks during chemotherapy improves fatigue scores after one week but not after two and four weeks. Long-term kidney disease (chronic kidney disease or CKD).
Is Astragalus good for lungs?
As the main pharmacological property of the Lung Support Formula capsules Astragalus membranaceus is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has been asserted to be a tonic that can improve lung functions, promote healing, and reduce fatigue .
What foods kill viruses?
2) Sweet potatoes, winter squash, dark green veggies, and carrots- these foods have a ton of vitamin A which in combination with Zinc can be a flu killer. Vitamin A is an integral part of “Natural Killer” cells and other immune chemicals which are part of the response to fighting an infection.
What is the best brand of Astragalus?
Nature’s Way Astragalus Root Capsules, 1,410 mg per serving, TRU-ID Certified, Non-GMO Project, Vege… Astragalus 3000 mg Per Caps 200 Veggie Capsules (Vegetarian, Non-GMO & Gluten-Free) Max Strength – S… Gaia Herbs Astragalus Supreme, Vegan Liquid Capsules, 60 Count – Deep Immune Support and Stress Resi…

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Cost of seniors fitness tax credit revealed thanks to Tory MP
Canadian taxpayers now know what it would cost the Harper government to extend a fitness tax credit to seniors, should it heed a recommendation from one of its backbench MPs.
Conservative MP Royal Galipeau asked the Parliamentary Budget Officer to analyze how much it would cost the federal government to extend the current Children’s Fitness Tax Credit to seniors.
On Wednesday, the office of the parliamentary budget officer released its findings following Galipeau's request.
The PBO found that a $75 tax credit to seniors for fitness programs would cost the government between $15 million and $47 million a year, up to a maximum cost of $268 million over five years, depending on whether the tax credit kicked in at 55, 60 or 65 years of age.
During the 2011 federal election campaign the Harper government promised to introduce a handful of tax goodies once it balanced the books in 2014-15, including a fitness tax credit for adults who enrol in eligible fitness programs.
Harper promised all Canadian adults a 15 per cent tax credit on up to $500 in registration fees for fitness activities, bringing a maximum tax credit of $75 per year.
The Conservatives put the cost of the adult fitness tax credit at $275 million per year once it was fully implemented after 2015-16.
Galipeau requested that the PBO look at what it would cost to narrow Harper's campaign pledge to adults over age 55.
Asked why he submitted the request, Galipeau said he was considering making a proposal to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty ahead of the next federal budget for a "fitness tax credit for seniors" and was looking for information that would bolster his recommendation.
He said seniors in his riding of Ottawa-Orleans have approached him about such a fitness tax credit, after seeing the federal government introduce the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit and the Children's Arts Tax Credit.
MP surprised request was public
Reached Wednesday at his office on Parliament Hill, Galipeau — who answered his own phone — said he was surprised to learn the PBO report had been made public.
The Conservative MP said he would not have made that request with the PBO had he known his request was not confidential.
"I would have found another way to get at the information," Galipeau said.
While the Library of Parliament can provide customized research and analysis to parliamentarians and their staff on a confidential basis, requests for independent analysis by the PBO are made public.
And the terms of reference for Galipeau's request, including the fact that it would be made public, are stated in the report.
"The final report would be presented and reviewed with the member and subsequently be posted on the PBO website," the PBO said in the terms of reference.
The PBO went on to say that "publication of the final report on the PBO’s web site would be performed with the concurrence of the Member."
Tax credit's effectiveness
The report found that 41.8 per cent of adults over 55 years of age eligible to claim such a credit would actually do so.
It also found that if a seniors fitness tax credit were implemented today, between $2.2 and $5.6 million of the total cost would go towards older adults who are not already doing some sort of fitness activity.
In other words, only 12 to 15 per cent of the total cost of implementing the tax credit would go to adults engaging in some fitness activity for the first time, or in increasing their current level of activity.
The rest of the total cost of implementing the tax credit would benefit taxpayers that are already currently engaged in some form of fitness program.
The report noted that the cost estimate doesn't include any incremental costs related to administering the programs.
Initial request withdrawn
Galipeau said this was not the first time he had asked the PBO to give him a cost estimate for introducing a fitness tax credit for seniors.
The Conservative MP said he made the same request in 2010 but said his request was denied by then parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page because it was not within his mandate.
But in an email to CBC News, Page said "with great respect to Mr. Galipeau, PBO did not turn down his request to cost an adult fitness tax credit."
Rather, Page said, Galipeau withdrew his request after the PBO told him how long it would take to complete the analysis.
"Mr. Galipeau did not like the timeline so he instructed PBO not to do this analysis. This is also okay, because PBO has limited resources. All the electronic exchanges to this effect are available at PBO," Page told CBC News.
Page's five-year mandate ended in March. Galipeau said he waited until Page left to resubmitted his request, resulting in Wednesday's report by the new budget watchdog, Jean-Denis Frechette.
Frechette was not available for comment.
- This story has been edited from a previous version to clarify that the MP's request revealed the cost of a seniors-only tax credit. The Conservative Party provided the cost of an adult tax credit in its 2011 election platform.Sep 26, 2013 12:19 PM ET
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