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Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport and after clearing with Immigration and Customs formalities, proceed to the International arrivals area where you will be warmly met by a representative of Berleen Safaris and you will be transferred to your town Hotel.
Lake Duluti Serena Hotel Arusha stands on the shores of Lake Duluti on a coffee plantation 20 kilometers from Arusha, Tanzania. Designed to echo the traditional style of the colonial coffee farm, which originally stood on this site, Mountain Village offers a range of tastefully presented cottage-styled rooms set amid extensive landscaped grounds.
Spend the rest of the evening at leisure at your hotel. Dinner will be served at the Hotel.
Lake Duluti Serena Hotel DBB
After breakfast depart to the Ngorongoro Conservation area. Proceed towards the rim of the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater stopping occasionally to admire the breath-taking vista unfolding before you. Arrive for check in, thereafter lunch. This afternoon just relax and enjoy the panoramic views of the crater, the largest unbroken caldera in the world. It has been described as one of the great natural wonders of the world. Eight million years ago, the Ngorongoro Crater was an active volcano but its cone collapsed, forming the crater that is 610 meters deep, 20 kilometres in diameter, and covers an area of 311 sq. km. Spectacular as it is, the crater accounts for just a tenth of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The crater is home to many species of wild game and birds. With the exception of impala and topi (due to fierce competition with the wildebeest) and the giraffe (because there is not much to eat at tree level), almost every species of African plains mammal lives in the crater, including the endangered black rhino, and the densest population of predators in Africa. A strange thing is that the crater elephants are mainly bulls! The birdlife, which includes the flamingo, is mainly seasonal, and is also affected by the ratio of soda to fresh water in Lake Magadi on the crater floor.
Ngorongoro Sopa is perched on the Eastern rim of the crater and has spectacular and uninterrupted views of the crater below. The lodge has 97 rooms which are spacious and each room has two queen sized beds, a bathroom and a small glass front balcony to enjoy the magnificent view of the crater while relaxing in comfortable chairs.
Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
NOTE: Warm jacket/cardigan is highly recommended.
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge LDBB
After breakfast we descend some 610 metres into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of game-viewing drive with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Prides of lions, herds of Cape buffalo, rhino, giraffes, golden & black-backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard and the spotted hyena freely roam on the crater floor plains. Unmatched for its natural variety & breath-taking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exist inside a region this size. Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also of great archaeological importance, with the remains of some of mankind’s earliest ancestors discovered in the area, also a home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor. Return late afternoon to your lodge.
Enjoy dinner and overnight.
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge LDBB
Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast then depart for serengeti via Oldupai Gorge where hominid footprints believed to be 3.6million years old were found. We will enjoy an on-site talk on the interpretation of the gorge by the resident guide. Arrive at your lodge for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive. Covering an area of 14,763 square kilometres, the world famous Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s oldest park, and one of the world’s last great wildlife refuges. It stretches as far as Lake Victoria to the West. Its name comes from the Maasai word Siringet, meaning ‘endless plains’. The park’s vegetation ranges from the short and long grass plains in the south, to the acacia savannah in the centre and wooded grasslands concentrated around the tributaries of the Grumenti and the Mara rivers in the park. The western corridor is a region of wooded highland and extensive plains reaching the edge of Lake Victoria. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. It is the sanctuary of an estimated four million different animals and birds. Wildlife that roam the vast park include lions (the adult males of Serengeti have characteristic black manes), cheetahs, hunting dogs, Savannah elephant, Cape buffalo, topis, warthogs, hunting dogs and spotted hyena among others.
Serengeti Sopa Lodge is located on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the plains of the south-western Serengeti National Park. They have fully en suite guestrooms and suites. All with 2 queen size beds, carpeted, and tastefully furnished with local fabrics and pictures. One entering the room is a lounge with a mini bar. In the front is a veranda with 2 comfortable chairs and coffee table, with glass windows facing the vast Serengeti Plains. The interior of the suites are painted with the same colours as the main building, terracotta, mustard and blue, which is incorporated in the fabrics. A veranda extends from the room facing the plains, ideal for relaxing and watching the spectacular Serengeti sunset
Dinner and overnight at lodge.
Serengeti Sopa Lodge LDBB
Breakfast at your camp and proceed on a full day game viewing drive with a picnic lunch. Return to your camp late afternoon. Relax, refresh, write your day’s journal or simply until it is time for dinner.
The name ‘Serengeti’ comes from the Maasai language and means ‘endless place’ The vast open savannahs and wooded grasslands are home to large predators like lion, leopard, cheetah, herds of buffalo, elephant, giraffe and also to a host of plains game and a wide variety of birdlife. The Serengeti / Ngorongoro Conservation area plays host to the Great Wildebeest Migration which is one of the natural wonders of the animal world – millions of wildebeest and zebra migrate in a year round pattern through Tanzania and Kenya and in the early months of each year the short grass plains in this area provide the perfect setting for the calving season where hundreds of calves are born.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Dawn Balloon Safari over the Serengeti Plains ending with a champagne breakfast
Serengeti Sopa Lodge LDBB
Breakfast at the camp and transfer to Seronera airstrip for your scheduled flight (0830 hrs /1025 hrs approx.) to Tarime airstrip. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to the Kenya /Tanzania border point of Isebania where you will be assisted with Immigrations and Customs formalities then drive to Migori airstrip for your scheduled flight (1205 hrs /1225 hrs approx.) to the world famous Masai Mara National Reserve. On arrival at Olkiombo Airstrip, you will be met by our safari guide who will be waiting for you at the Airstrip and you will be transferred to the Camp with a short game drive enroute.
Tipilikwani Mara Camp lies on the banks of River Talek overlooking the vast plains of the Masai Mara. The camp is decorated in the rich colors of Africa and original oil paintings and soft intimate lighting create a warm atmosphere in the lounge and dining areas. All tents are en-suite with views over the river.
Lunch and dinner will be served at the Camp.
Afternoon game drive in Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Tipilikwani Luxury Mara Camp LDBB
Spend two more days’ game viewing in this wildlife haven.
Your driver guide will plan your day with you, which can be as active or as leisurely as you wish. You may decide to spend the whole day in the reserve with picnic lunch or enjoy a morning game drive and return to the camp for a leisurely lunch and time to relax before going out game viewing again in the cooler hours of the afternoon.
Masai Mara is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife reserves. Acacia dotted plains, tree-lined rivers and woodlands are abundant with wildlife and an array of birdlife. Game viewing is spectacular year round; you may see a pride of lions stalking their prey, observe a herd of elephant and their fascinating social structure, or see pods of hippo wallowing in the rivers.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Balloon Safari over the Mara plains followed by a champagne breakfast or visit a traditional Masai Manyatta (off the beaten track) and experience the culture of this world famous community. The Masai still live as they did for centuries -interact with these nomadic people and experience their way of life as you learn about their customs and traditions.
All meals will be served at the Camp.
Tipilikwani Luxury Mara Camp LDBB
After a hearty breakfast, depart for Lake Nakuru National Park, famous as the home to thousands of lesser and greater flamingo that form a pink hue over the 62km shallow alkaline Lake. This park also provides sanctuary for the endangered Rothschild giraffe, abyssinian black and white colobus monkey, black and white rhino and the elusive leopard. Over 50 other animal species freely roam the park including waterbucks, impalas, Cape buffalo, warthogs among many others. The scenery is breath-taking; a haven, rejuvinating the soul with the largest Euphorbia forest in Africa, great observation points including the lion hill, the honeymoon ranges and the Bahati hills. Other places of interest include the Baboon Cliff, the Mau Escarpment and the Eburu Erater. Arrive in time for lunch.
Afternoon enjoy game drive, returning back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Sarova Lion Hill Lodge LDBB
Early morning game drive. After breakfast you will check out from your room and you will drive back to Nairobi arrival in time for lunch. Lunch is recommended in a nearby town Hotel (payable directly)
After lunch our guide will go with you for an excursion in Nairobi at Giraffe Centre which offers the unique experience of hand-feeding these gentle giants at eye level from a raised platform, while watching the warthogs below snuffle around looking for titbits.
Time permitting you may visit Kazuri bead factory or Utamaduni Craft Center and buy some souvenirs.
Crowne Plaza Nairobi Airport is conveniently located a few minutes’ drive from the terminals at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi and caters to transiting passengers and to travelers who want to relax and rejuvenate before they depart on a long international flight. The hotel offers 144 contemporarily designed rooms and suites that offer a warm and homely feel. Facilities at the hotel include restaurants, bars, a Spa, a roof top deck with an infinity pool, gym, café with a round the clock menu and a shop. There is also a conference center with 3 meeting rooms and a state of the art business center and a shop stocked with essential items and Kenyan artefacts.
Our guide will afterwards take you to your Town hotel for overnight. Dinner on this day will be payable direct too.
Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel BB
After breakfast you will check out from your rooms and you will be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight back home.
Berleen Safaris look forward to hosting you!!!
Arrival / departure transfers in Nairobi
All transfers as per the itinerary
Full board Accommodation while on safari.
Half board accommodation at Lake Duluti Serena
Bed & breakfast accommodation in Nairobi
One way flight from Serengeti National Park – Masai Mara Game Reserve –quoted separately
Services of a professional English Speaking guide-driver
Giraffe centre visit
Transportation, airstrip transfers and game drives in our 4X4 safari minivan on exclusive use while on safari
Unlimited supply of drinking water in the safari vehicle only
Complimentary Flying Doctors evacuation cover for the duration of your safari within East Africa
International flight, domestic flight ( if quoted separately above), passport & visa fees
Comprehensive travel insurance cover.
All personal expenses – laundry, telephones, soft & alcoholic drinks, tips to Camp Staff and gratuity to Guide/Driver
Any expenses not expressly specified in the above itinerary
It is recommended that you subscribe to Adequate Travel Insurance for the entire duration of your safari time.
We can base the quote in a Safari Equipped Land Cruiser upon request at an extra supplement.


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Metabolome Classification of Brassica napus L. Organs via UPLC–QTOF–PDA–MS and Their Anti-oxidant Potential
Correspondence to: Mohamed A. Farag, Kasr el Aini st., P. B. 11562, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
Brassica napus L. is a crop widely grown for its oil production and other nutritional components in the seed. In addition to the seed, other organs contain a wide range of phenolic metabolites although they have not been investigated to the same extent as in seeds.
To define and compare the phytochemical composition of B. napus L. organs, namely the root, stem, leaf, inflorescence and seeds.
Non-targeted metabolomic analysis via UPLC–QTOF–MS was utilised in order to localise compounds belonging to various chemical classes (i.e. oxygenated fatty acids, flavonols, phenolic acids and sinapoyl choline derivatives).
The vast majority of identified metabolites were flavonol glycosides that accumulated in most of the plant organs. Whereas other classes were detected predominantly in specific organs, i.e. sinapoyl cholines were present uniquely in seeds. Furthermore, variation in the accumulation pattern of metabolites from the same class was observed, particularly in the case of quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin flavonols. Anti-oxidant activity, based on 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhdrazyl analysis was observed for all extracts, and correlated to some extent with total flavonoid content.
This study provides the most complete map for polyphenol composition in B. napus L. organs. By describing the metabolites profile in B. napus L., this study provides the basis for future investigations of seeds for potential health and/or medicinal use. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The big coins in the crypto market are worth investing in and have been the preferred choice for many for some time now. There’s no doubt that’s the right move to do, as the top coins such Bitcoin never fails investors. However the other altcoins are worth considering to and if any of them is doing well, it will only be right to bring in to light.
Stellar (XLM) is a relatively small digital coin when matched up with the top guns, but it is currently showings signs that it shouldn’t be brushed aside. The coin which was created from the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization, was initially based on the system behind Ripple and was aimed at changing the economy globally. Stellar has some close similarities with ripple and that’s because both were created by the same individual.
The coin hit rock bottom on June 29th, falling to $0.17, its lowest and had investors sweating but within a couple of days, it rose back up and is now trading at $0.3, at the time of this piece, an all-time high in 2 months. This rise meant the digital coin amassed more than 60% against the USD in not more than 2 weeks, since July 12.
If there’s anything to this, it is that the coin’s resilience is top notch and investors should pay more attention to that. The coin is also the right option for investors stressing on impressive performance which equips them with the ability to adapt to the ever-changing crypto market. The digital coin allows people to exchange money directly with each other via Lumens (XLM) which serves as a medium to handle the fiat money aspects.
Adding to the already exceptional package, is the fresh announcement that Stellar would be laying hands on its very own USD trading pair, an additional factor which pushed the price higher within a couple of days, although it could also be linked to the IBM announcement that it would also be adding a crypto on the Stellar blockchain. Stronghold, a financial institution based in San Francisco broke the news and now users can buy as well as sell XLM for US dollars.
This announcement, coupled with Stellar’s remarkably low transactions fees could mean that cross-border or bank-to-bank transactions are in line for a big upgrade in affordability as well as speed.
Investors looking to convert their cryptocurrencies from the various altcoins into dollars would now rely on XLM to do so. Taking a sneak-peak at the price which is very low and affordable too would sweeten the whole package for investors.

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SPORTMAX ROADSMART IV GT range designed for heavyweight touring motorcycles.
SPORTS TOURING RADIAL
The all-new RoadSmart IV is the latest addition to the Sportmax family, giving you continued performance and comfort wherever you ride.
Designed to offer optimised handling and enhanced wet grip and mileage to provide you with more miles under all weather types.
Outstanding shock absorption to give you comfort that puts fatigue away from your touring. It has enhanced durability against uneven wear of the front tyre. PCL progressive construction adopted to rear for enhanced longevity of performance.
Two compounds in the same tread give riders great mileage without sacrificing handling.
Because bikes are meant to lean over.
Because sometimes weather is unpredictable.
ADDITIONAL TYRE FEATURES
- Compared to the Roadsmart III, the RSIV increases mileage by 23 percent in the front and 26 percent in the rear.**
- New tread patterns, construction, compounds, and profiles increase ride comfort, grip and mileage.
- New technology allows the RSIV to maintain its high-performance throughout its lifespan.
- MT Multi-Tread™ technology in the rear tyre uses a long-wearing compound in the center, and special lateral compounds on the shoulders for outstanding grip.
- New sidewall construction improves wet and dry handling and comfort.
- **Testing performed by Dunlop in Japan on a 2018 Honda CB1300 SB with tire sizes 120/70ZR17 front and 180/55ZR17 rear on 40% public roads and 60% highways. Mileage results may vary.


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Our family-owned winery is located in the rolling fields made of dreams - Dyersville, IA. We believe Iowa is the wine capital of the United States, contrary to popular belief. Our philosophy is to explore the best of the best throughout the country, and bring a little bit of everything back home to the Midwest.
Our juices and grapes come from the outer reaches of the continental United States (and the world!) to ensure the highest quality of flavors you'll find anywhere. From California to New York - Australia to Earlville, IA - our wines will remind you of something familiar, yet take you places you've never been before.
Hi! My name is Karie, and with husband Lee, we own and operate O So Good Winery out of our home in the heart of Dyersville, IA. We began visiting wineries in the area about 10 years ago and fell in love with the unique atmosphere and friendly hospitality of each individual business. After a few years, we decided to try it ourselves! It's been a fun journey so far - we can't wait to see how our wine-loving community grows in the years to come.
Great for Any Occasion!
Whether you're looking for a wine to include at your next big gathering or just girls' night out, O So Good Wines are perfect for any occasion on your calendar! We are featured at a variety of local stores and businesses around Dyersville, but we would also love to see you stop in for a tasting sometime! Please check out our Visit Us page for more information about our locations, and make sure to sign up for our email list to stay in the loop!

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When should you worry about a baby’s fever?
Call Your Doctor If:
Any serious symptoms occur such as trouble breathing. Fever goes above 104° F (40° C) Any fever occurs if less than 12 weeks old. Fever without other symptoms lasts more than 24 hours.
What is a dangerously high temperature for a baby?
Information: A normal temperature in babies and children is about 36.4C, but this can vary slightly from child to child. A high temperature is 38C or more. A high temperature is the body’s natural response to fighting infections like coughs and colds.
What happens if baby temperature is too high?
Fever is one way your baby’s body works to fight off colds. Even so, a fever of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher in a baby who’s under 2 or 3 months old warrants a call to the doctor. You should also call your doctor if your older baby, between 3 and 6 months, has a fever of 101°F (39°C) or higher.
How high is too high for a baby’s temperature?
If his or her temperature is above 100.4 degrees, it is time to call us. For children ages three months to three years, call us if there is a fever of 102 degrees or higher. For all kids three years and older, a fever of 103 degrees or higher means it is time to call Pediatrics East.
What temp should I take child to hospital?
If your child is 3 or older, visit the pediatric ER if the child’s temperature is over 102 degrees for two or more days. You should also seek emergency care if the fever is accompanied by any of these symptoms: Abdominal pain. Difficulty breathing or swallowing.
How can I reduce my baby’s fever at home?
You may be able to treat the fever at home with the following methods:
- Acetaminophen. If your child is over 3 months, you can offer them a safe amount of children’s acetaminophen (Tylenol). …
- Adjust their clothing. …
- Turn down the temperature. …
- Give them a lukewarm bath. …
- Offer fluids.
Why does fever increase at night?
At night, there is less cortisol in your blood. As a result, your white blood cells readily detect and fight infections in your body at this time, provoking the symptoms of the infection to surface, such as fever, congestion, chills, or sweating. Therefore, you feel sicker during the night.
How should I dress my baby with a fever at night?
Dress your child lightly.
While your first instinct may be to bundle your child up when sick, it may only add to his discomfort. If the room temperature is comfortable (between 70 and 74 degrees F), it is better to dress the child lightly. Forcing a sweat is not a good way to treat a fever.
How high is too high for a fever?
Adults typically have a fever if their body temperature increases to 100.4°F (38°C). This is called a low grade fever. A high grade fever happens when your body temperature is 103°F (39.4°C) or above.
Is 102 fever high for a baby?
Fever. If your baby is younger than 3 months old, contact the doctor for any fever. If your baby is 3 to 6 months old and has a temperature up to 102 F (38.9 C) and seems sick or has a temperature higher than 102 F (38.9 C), contact the doctor.
Why is baby’s head hot?
A baby’s body is less able to regulate temperature than an adult’s, meaning it can be more difficult for them to cool down during a fever. Their bodies are naturally warmer than an adult’s body because they are more metabolically active, which generates heat.
Can teething cause high fever?
Teething can raise your baby’s body temperature, but only slightly. Any fever over 100.4 F is a sign that your child is probably sick.

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BOISE — Almost all Idahoans with federal student loans will be eligible for some student loan forgiveness under a Biden administration program rolling out this fall, according to data released Tuesday by the White House.
An Idaho Capital Sun analysis of federal loan data shows the forgiveness program would also wipe out federal student debt for more than 73,000 Idahoans — about one in three Idahoans who have federal loans — because they owe less than $10,000. $.
“College is supposed to help people climb the economic ladder, but for far too many borrowers — and especially borrowers of color — student debt becomes an anchor that weighs them down,” the deputy said. U.S. Department of Education Secretary James Kvaal during a press briefing on the newly released data.
There were about 217,000 student borrowers in Idaho in March, according to federal student loan data. The White House estimates that 201,400 people in Idaho will be eligible to have at least some of their federal loan debt forgiven.
This does not include private student loans or government guaranteed loans held by commercial lenders.
Idaho Governor Brad Little co-signed a letter to President Joe Biden this month opposing the program. The letter raised concerns that debt cancellation would encourage more borrowing and worsen tuition fee increases and headline inflation.
“For those who are not struggling with student loan debt right now, it can be hard to see just how crushing that debt can be,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, said during the briefing. “People are afraid of what it means for their future and ashamed of what it says about their past. Student debt is a burden they carry every day.
The program includes an additional layer of forgiveness for borrowers from low-income households. Those who received need-based federal Pell grants can have an additional $10,000 forgiven of their federal loans. The White House estimated that 144,900 Idahoans would be eligible for this.
More than 90% of student debt forgiveness will go to people earning less than $75,000 a year, Kvaal said.
Responding to criticism that the program is forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for people who have made poor financial decisions, Deputy Director of Economic Mobility Carmel Martin argued that reducing debt would strengthen the economy.
“They will be able to think about buying houses, starting businesses, being in a better financial position for retirement, which, you know, will benefit the economy as a whole,” she said. “…many Republicans and conservatives arguing (against student debt relief) oversaw the rise in deficits each year of the previous administration, adding $8 trillion in arrears for tax cuts and expenses during periods.”
Half of Idahoans with outstanding federal loans are under age 35, according to federal loan data. Tens of thousands of Idahoans have student debt in their 40s and beyond.
Idaho students who graduated in 2020 had an average of $24,983 in student loan debt, according to the Institute for College Access and Success. About 58% of all Idaho graduates that year took out loans to pay for their education, the higher education research and advocacy organization said.
However, this was not all federal student loan debt that could qualify for the forgiveness program.
The organization’s latest Student Debt Report indicates that 7% of Idaho college graduates in 2020 took out private loans to pay for their education. Their private student debt averaged $21,544, according to the report.
Idaho graduates had one of the lowest average student loans in the United States that year, according to the report.
The report recommended policy changes that could help ease the financial burden for students pursuing education beyond high school.
“Continued state investment and strong oversight, particularly to address education quality and persistent equity gaps, are key to making college more affordable and helping more students to graduate,” the report said.
Among the recommendations was a recommendation that state policymakers exempt canceled federal student loan debt from state income tax, something Idaho already does.


We are all dealing with the test of modern electronics all the time, from prototype work in the lab through to production.
Modern PCBs provide more and more functionality on less and less space. Your PCBs are equipped with a lot of components whose pins are increasingly non-accessible by In-Circuit Tester nails.
Access to the Unit Under Test (UUT) to execute a required application is the central problem for all test processes.
Utilising Embedded System Access technologies (ESA) provides the opportunity to use standardised instrumentation platforms based on JTAG/Boundary Scan throughout the entire product life cycle, reusing existing applications and increasing the fault coverage in the production test.


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14 Exeter employees earned $90K-plus in 2017
Dean, Perry, Comeau top earners in town
EXETER — The town of Exeter's payroll, excluding SAU 16, totaled $9.7 million in 2017, with 14 municipal employees earning more than $90,000, and nine earning more than $100,000.
Town Manager Russ Dean was the highest earner, followed by Public Works Director Jennifer Perry and Exeter Fire Chief Brian Comeau tied for second.
The employee salaries are included as part of the 2017 Town Report, a more than 200-page document that compiles important information from all town departments for a particular year. Dean made $111,458 in total wages, with Perry, the highest paid female town employee, and Comeau following, both making $110,369.
Seven Exeter Fire Department personnel made more than $85,000, while six Exeter Police personnel met the same threshold.
In a year where the Exeter Fire Department emphasized the consequences of understaffing and maxed out firefighters/EMTs, $277,292 went to paying for overtime for fire personnel. The operating budget passed at last week's Town Meeting included the funding for two new firefighter positions, an effort to alleviate some overtime issues. Fire Lt. Donald Matheson, a 27-year department member, ranked third on the town's payroll, making $108,684, including $27,810 worth of overtime, the most by any member of the department last year.
"I think the biggest issue last year was it was the perfect storm of circumstances that led to us having to make some real hard choices on overtime," Comeau said. "Not only are we busier than normal, run volume keeps going up, but last year we had a number of long-term injuries, so we were required to put firefighters on overtime just to meet minimum staffing levels."
In addition, beginning in July 2017, firefighter Matthew Slattery was deployed overseas to Qatar with the New Hampshire Air National Guard, leaving one shift operating down a staffer.
"We started off behind the eight ball all year," Comeau said. "We curtailed a lot of training because we knew financially we would run our overtime into a deficit before the year was out."
However, Comeau noted the overtime costs last year are not the worst the department has seen. Prior to adding additional staff in 2007, the department was approaching between $400,000 and $500,000 in overtime.
Public Works was the only town department to top Exeter Fire in the overtime category, paying employees a total of $237,843 worth of overtime. Perry said the majority of overtime costs are associated with snow and ice control operations, including plowing, salting/sanding and snow removal, which typically occur after regular business hours. Specifically in 2017, she said, the High Street sewer collapse required 24-hour bypass pumping and on-site personnel.
Exeter Police Chief Bill Shupe ranked seventh on the top earners list, making $103,515 including $7,308 worth of details. A detail is when a requested police presence is compensated by an outside vendor but paid through the town of Exeter by rates set by the Exeter Police Association. Capt. Michael Munck's base salary was $75,200, but he also earned $12,075 for details and $10,928 in other earnings, totaling $98,203 for 2017. Sgt. Jeffrey Butts, patrol officer Joseph Byron, Patrol Capt. Stephan Poulin and patrol officer Mathew Oppenlaender also made the list of top 20 earners.
Police were paid $142,985 worth of overtime, and $159,259 in details.
Also earning more than $100,000 are Library Director Hope Godino, Town Engineer Paul Vlasich, Finance Director Doreen Chester and Fire Lt. Jason Greene.
In the SAU 16, former Superintendent Michael Morgan died in May, making $70,067 up to that point, according to the district using the 2017 W-2 forms. Associate Superintendent Paul Flynn died in December, making $152,720. Interim Superintendent Christine Rath was hired in July, and earned $37,275 in 2017. Assistant Superintendents Esther Asbell and Bill Furbush each earned $119,550 and $111,048.
Earning more than $100,000
Town Manager Russ Dean — $111,458
Fire Chief Brian Comeau — $110,369
DPW Director Jennifer Perry — $110,369
Fire Lt. Donald Matheson — $108,684
Library Director Hope Godino — $108,670
Town Engineer Paul Vlasich — $106,513
Police Chief Bill Shupe — $103,515
Finance Director Doreen Chester — $102,279
Fire Lt. Jason Greene — $100,342
Earning more than $90,000
Police Capt. Mike Munck — $98,203
Fire Lt. Paul Morin — $97,792
Fire Lt. Jeffrey Liporto — $95,340
Police Sgt. Jeffrey Butts — $92,299
Fire Lt. Mark Bradford — $91,202
Earning more than $85,000
Town Planner Dave Sharples — $89,443
Patrol Officer Joseph Byron — $88,156
IT Coordinator Andrew Swanson — $87,753
Patrol Capt. Stephan Poulin — $87,347
Patrol Officer Matthew Oppenlaender — $86,100
Asst. Fire Chief Eric Wilking — $85,839
*Total earnings include salary, overtime and other wages.
The complete list of wage earners is below.
Exeter Earning Report 2017 on Scribd


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Volume 13, Number 3—March 2007
Depression after Infection with West Nile Virus1
Previous reports have noted depression after West Nile virus (WNV) infection. We further measured this outcome and found that 31% of patients reported new-onset depression and 75% of these had Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scores indicative of mild-to-severe depression. Physicians should be aware of neuropsychiatric consequences of WNV in patients.
West Nile virus (WNV) was identified for the first time in the Western Hemisphere in New York City in 1999; since then, a dramatic westward and southward spread of WNV activity has occurred in the United States (1,2). In 2002, WNV was identified in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area, resulting in 105 human cases (3).
Long-term clinical sequelae after infection are still being defined. A year after the outbreak of WNV in New York City, 38% of patients subjectively reported depression (4). Another 1-year follow-up in Colorado noted that 23% of patients reported anxiety and depression (5). In Houston, we have been conducting a prospective study that involves both subjective and objective measurements of physical, neurologic, and cognitive functioning of patients identified with symptomatic WNV infections. We describe the subjective and objective evaluations of depression in these patients.
Clinical WNV patients, confirmed by immunoglobulin M ELISA and identified through local surveillance in the Houston metropolitan area from 2002 through 2004, were invited to participate in a study to determine long-term clinical sequelae. Those consenting to participate were interviewed. No patient was denied participation on the basis of age, sex, race, or ethnicity. Excluded patients included those who were residing outside of the Houston area, deceased, or lost to follow-up. This study was reviewed and approved by the University of Texas Health Science Center Institutional Review Board (HSC-SPH-03–039).
Initial interviews were conducted after hospitalization, and follow-up interviews were conducted every 6 months until the patient reported being back to pre-WNV infection functioning. For the 1-year follow-up, interviews were conducted during each December at the end of transmission season. Interviews were mainly conducted over the telephone, but a small proportion were conducted in person. In all of these interviews, a higher than expected proportion of patients reported depression immediately after their illness. To better assess this quantitatively, we incorporated the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale (6) into both initial and follow-up interviews. This scale is a commonly used method for objective measurement of clinical depression. The tool is composed of 20 questions focused on self-report of depressive moods and behavioral changes experienced by the patient during 1 week. The resulting scores were interpreted as follows: 1) <15, the patient is not experiencing depression; 2) 15–21, the patient may be experiencing mild-to-moderate depression; 3) >22–60, the patient may be experiencing major depression. In addition to the objective measurement using the CES-D scale, we also asked patients if they were experiencing depression since their illness and if they had a previous history of depression, with yes/no responses elicited. Barthel Index scores were used to quantitatively evaluate level of physical functioning and disability in patients; a score of 100 points indicated no physical disability. Because patients also commonly reported a change in personality immediately after WNV infection, we assessed this finding subjectively and asked those reporting a change to describe what they were experiencing.
Data were analyzed by using NCSS statistical software (Kaysville, UT, USA). With the Kruskal-Wallis 1-way analysis of variance on ranks, we analyzed CES-D scores and WNV outcome; CES-D scores and sex, age, and depression (CES-D score of >15); and physical functioning (Barthel Index) and depression.
A total of 65 patients were interviewed; 38 (58%) cases had encephalitis when initially evaluated, 19 (29%) had meningitis, and 8 (12%) had fever. The mean age of patients was 55 years (range 12–86 years). Most patients were white, non-Hispanic (80%), followed by black (11%) and white, Hispanic (9%).
One year after infection with WNV, 26 patients reported experiencing depression. Of these, 6 reported a history of depression before infection. Of the 20 patients considered to have new-onset depression, 13 (65%) had a clinical diagnosis of WNV encephalitis (Table), and 10 (50%) were male. The mean CES-D scores for those who reported no depression was 5.5 (range 0–19) compared with a mean score of 22 (range 0–44) for those who reported depression. There was no statistical difference in CES-D scores between those who had encephalitis and those who had meningitis or fever (p = 0.19) or between those with West Nile neuroinvasive disease (encephalitis or meningitis) compared with those with fever (p = 0.55). On the basis of CES-D scores for those self-reporting depression since their illness with WNV, 5 (25%) patients were classified by CES-D as not depressed, 6 (30%) were classified as having mild-to-moderate depression, and 9 (45%) were classified as having major depression. Of the 39 patients who self-reported that they had not had depression since their WNV illness, 4 had a CES-D score of >15. No statistically significant associations were found between loss of physical functioning (Barthel index scores <100; p = 0.39), sex (p = 0.89), or age (p = 0.47) and depression (CES-D scores of >15).
Seven (35%) patients reported taking antidepressants for their symptoms; 4 of these patients reported at least some improvement. CES-D scores of 6 of these 7 patients were >15; 4 showed evidence of major depression. Two patients reported seeing a counselor for depression, including 1 who was also taking antidepressants. Both patients reported that the counseling was helpful; however, based on their CES-D scores, both were classified as having major depression at the time of the interview.
Personality changes were reported subjectively among 29 (45%) of the 65 patients (Table); 18 (62%) of these were in patients who had encephalitis, and 16 (55%) of these patients were male. When asked to describe their personality change, 19 patients (66%) reported an increase in anger (being short-tempered and irritable); 8 patients (28%) reported being less social; 3 patients (10%) reported increased sensitivity; and 1 patient (3%) reported feelings of hopelessness.
Depression and personality changes after WNV infection have been briefly observed in previous studies (4,5); however, this study is the first known to objectively evaluate this outcome. As evidenced by subjective and objective measurements, depression is an important outcome in patients with a clinical diagnosis of WNV infection: indeed, 75% of those reporting no previous history of depression had high CES-D scores. Understanding the pathology of this outcome and determining whether the depression is situational (a result of prolonged recovery) or caused by chemical changes in the brain related to inflammation are critical. Depression was not associated with loss of physical functioning, sex, or age.
Depression after encephalitis, regardless of etiology, is not uncommon. Depression and personality changes in humans have been previously reported as a neuropsychiatric consequence of Lyme disease, Nipah virus, tickborne encephalitis virus, and Saint Louis encephalitis virus infections (7–10). After the encephalitis lethargica pandemic from 1917 to 1926, depression, mania, and obsessive-compulsive disorder were observed in postencephalitis patients (11). These observations led to the understanding of the role of the basal ganglia in mood, personality, and obsessional syndromes. In a mouse model experiment, infection of the brain with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus resulted in a serotonin presynaptic deficit and postsynaptic hyperreactivity of the serotonin system (12).
Inflammation of the brain can result in an alteration in the neurotransmitter serotonin, which may lead to the development of mood disorders (13). Capuron et al. identified a significant proportion of patients in whom depression developed after cytokine therapy for cancer. The neurotoxic inflammation induced by cytokines resulted in decreased levels of tryptophan, the amino acid precursor for serotonin. This decrease was positively correlated with the development and severity of depressive symptoms in patients.
The long-term clinical sequelae of WNV neuroinvasive disease need to be further defined. By understanding potential outcomes and determining whether certain interventions such as physical therapy, counseling, and antidepressant drug therapy can improve recovery, we can better understand prognosis and potential treatment interventions. Physicians should note that depression and personality changes could be important neuropsychiatric consequences in patients with clinical WNV infection.
Dr Murray is an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases. She assisted in the investigation of the WNV outbreak in New York City in 1999. Her current research is focused on the clinical investigation of WNV in Houston, including long-term clinical sequelae in patients who had neuroinvasive disease.
We thank the patients for their willingness to participate in this study and collaborators at the City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services and Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services.
This study was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K23 AI057341).
- Nash D, Mostashari F, Fine A Miller J, O’Leary D, Murray K, et al. The outbreak of West Nile virus infection in the New York City area in 1999. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:1807–14.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Assessing the capacity for surveillance, prevention, and control of West Nile virus infection—United States, 1999 and 2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;55:150–3.
- Lillibridge KM, Parsons R, Randle Y, Travassos da Rosa APA, Guzman H, Siirin M, The 2002 introduction of West Nile virus into Harris County, Texas, an area historically endemic for St. Louis encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004;70:676–81.
- Klee AL, Maldin B, Edwin B, Poshni I, Mostashari F, Fine A, Long-term prognosis for clinical West Nile virus infection. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004;10:1405–11.
- Sejvar JJ, Bode AV, Marfin AA, Campbell GL, Pape J, Biggerstaff BJ, West Nile virus–associated flaccid paralysis outcome. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12:514–6.
- Radloff LS. The CES-D Scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psychol Meas. 1977;1:385–401.
- Fallon BA, Nields JA. Lyme disease: a neuropsychiatric illness. Am J Psychiatry. 1994;151:1571–83.
- Ng BY, Lim CC, Yeoh A, Lee WL. Neuropsychiatric sequlae of Nipah virus encephalitis. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2004;16:500–4.
- Schmolck H, Maritz E, Kletzin I, Korinthenburg R. Neurologic, neuropsychologic, and electroencephalographic findings after European tick-borne encephalitis in children. J Child Neurol. 2005;20:500–8.
- Greve KW, Houston RJ, Adams D, Stanford MS, Bianchini KJ, Clancy A, et al. The neurobehavioural consequences of St. Louis encephalitis infection. Brain Inj. 2002;16:917–27.
- Cheyette SR, Cummings JL. Encephalitis lethargica: lessons for contemporary neuropsychiatry. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1995;7:125–34.
- Lima L, Drujan B, Walder R. Cerebral serotonin in viral encephalitis. J Neural Transm Suppl. 1990;29:141–51.
- Capuron L, Ravaud A, Neveu PJ, Miller AH, Maes M, Dantzer R. Association between decreased serum tryptophan concentrations and depressive symptoms in cancer patients undergoing cytokine therapy. Mol Psychiatry. 2002;7:468–73.
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1A portion of this study was presented by K. Murray at the 2006 National West Nile Virus Conference in San Francisco, California.


Ghanaian media personality, who presented the news and hosted top shows including The Divas Show and now the General Manager of GHOne TV and Starr 103.3 FM, Nana Aba Anamoah has replied to Blakk Rasta over comments he made about Sarkodie and Bob Marley’s feature.
Blakk Rasta has taken the opportunity of this collaboration to show his háte for Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie. Those who know how important what t Sarkodie did to the Ghana music industry always support and défend him no matter who attàcks him.
Okyeame Kwame and gospel singer Sonnie Badu showed their love and support for Sarkodie for doing such an honorable thing in the industry.
Now, Nana Aba Anamoah has also thrown her support for Sarkodie by slàmmíng Blakk Rasta over comments he has been making.
“You’re not the only human being on this planet who adores Bob Marley, You’re not wiser than the managers of his estate. This desecràtion placàrd you’re wielding makes you look rather inebriàted than concerned. Sark was featured because he’s superb. DEAL WITH It!”
“…and oh @Blakkrasta stop hiding behind your so-called claim of ‘desecration’ because it’s hogwash. Be bold enough to express your ire at the decision to feature Sark. You wanted it eh?” she added.


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The Cobalt silver rush was a silver rush in Ontario, Canada that began in 1903 when huge veins of silver were discovered by workers on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) near the Mile 103 post. By 1905 a full-scale silver rush was underway, and the town of Cobalt, Ontario sprang up to serve as its hub. By 1908 Cobalt produced 9% of the world's silver, and in 1911 produced 31,507,791 ounces of silver. However, the good ore ran out fairly rapidly, and most of the mines were closed by the 1930s. There were several small revivals over the years, notably in World War II and again in the 1950s, but both petered out and today there is no active mining in the area. In total, the Cobalt area mines produced 460 million ounces of silver.
The Cobalt Rush was instrumental in opening northern Ontario for mineral exploration. Prospectors fanned out from Cobalt, and soon caused the nearby Porcupine Gold Rush in 1909, and the Kirkland Lake Gold Rush of 1912. Much of the settlement in northern Ontario outside the Clay Belt owes its existence indirectly to the Cobalt Rush.
Before the rush
In the late 19th century the Ontario government started a program to establish settlements in the Clay Belt, a band of rich soil running north of Lake Temiskaming. The government wanted to open what was then known as "New Ontario", after it had been merged into the province from formerly Northwest Territories land. At the time, direct settlement to farms was still fairly widespread, and the towns of New Liskeard and Haileybury formed in the 1890s as the hubs of this activity.
The settlements generated some commercial interest in building a railway from North Bay to New Liskeard, but these plans ended when the rate of settlement dwindled at the turn of the 20th century. In 1902 the government decided to take over the project and started development of the T&NO, contracting out construction to a wide array of companies. By the summer of 1903 the line was about 100 miles (160 km) long and was approaching Haileybury.
James J. McKinley and Ernest Darragh were contractors supplying ties to the T&NO along Mile 103 from North Bay. On the banks of Long Lake (now called Cobalt Lake), south of Haileybury, they noticed metal in a road cut. On August 30, 1903 they staked a claim on a timber limit owned by John Rudolphus Booth, and sent several samples to an assayer in Montreal. These proved to have 4,000 ounces of silver per ton. According to Barnes, "this was one of the richest properties in the area." A mine followed three years later.
Fred La Rose, a blacksmith also working as a contractor on the railway near the Mile 103. About two weeks after McKinley and Darragh, LaRose noticed erythrite along the tracks. LaRose noted "One evening I found a float, a piece as big as my hand, with little sharp points all over it. I say nothing but come back and the next night I take pick and look for the vein. The second evening I found it." He and his boss, Duncan McMartin staked claims on September 3, 1903.: 16
LaRose and the McMartin brothers were not sure what the metal was though. LaRose started on his way back to his home in Hull, Quebec and stopped on the way in Mattawa. There, he visited a store owned by locals Noah Timmins and his brother Henry. Larose showed the samples to Noah before moving on to Hull. Henry was in Montreal at the time, so Noah cabled him, telling him about LaRose's find. Henry immediately set out for Hull, meeting LaRose and offering him $3,500 for half of the claim. Some time later a story developed that he found a vein when he threw a hammer at a pesky fox.: 16
In October 1903, a timber cruiser called Tom Herbert, staked the east side of Long Lake, 104 miles north of North Bay. He showed samples to Arthur Ferland in Haileybury, the brother-in-law of the Timmins brothers. Ferland formed a syndicate with the railway engineers T. Chambers and R. Gilbraith, and acquired 846 acres (3.42 km2) of claims, including Herbert's. The syndicate promptly sold 843 acreas for $1 million to Ellis P. Earle, which developed into the Nipissing Mine. Earle's claim included the Little Vein and "silver nuggets the size of acorns." The remaining 3 acres became the Chambers-Ferland Mine.: 17, 23
Larose's samples were sent to Thomas W. Gibson, the Director of the Ontario Dept. of Mines. Gibson identified the mineral in the samples as niccolite. Gibson sent the samples to Willet G. Miller, a professor of geology at Queen's University. With the samples Gibson included a note which stated that "If the deposit is of any considerable size it will be a valuable one on account of the high percentage of nickel which this mineral contains. I think it will be almost worth your while to pay a visit to the locality before navigation closes." Miller visited the area in Oct. and discovered a number of veins, reporting "pieces of native silver as big as stove lids and cannon balls." He noted the silver was located within veins cutting through the Nipissing sills of the Huronian Supergroup.: 17, 23
The O'Brien Mine started operations in 1903. William Trethewey and Alex Longwell arrived in May 1904 and set out prospecting the area of Sasaginiga Lake. Trethewey staked two claims on some veins, one of which became the Coniagas Mine since it showed signs of copper, nickel, silver and arsenic. Longwell staked a claim which became the Buffalo Mine. In 1905, William Henry Drummond staked claims at the east end of Kerr Lake, which became the Drummond Mine. Henry Pellatt's Cobalt Lake Mining Company developed the vein system under Cobalt Lake, in between the Larose Mine and the McKinley-Darragh Mine. These veins were up to ten feet wide and produced silver at 4,206 ounces per ton.: 21–22, 30, 35
In 1904, 57 miners were able to ship 58 tons of high-grade ore. When travel re-opened in the spring of 1905 word was out that there was silver at Cobalt Station. Prospectors and developers started pouring into the campsite, and by the end of the year 16 operating mines, employing 438 men, shipped $1,366,000 worth of ore. The next year another $2,000,000 worth of ore was shipped.: 2529, 33
The top producing mines in 1907, included Coniagas, Nipissing, O'Brien, Buffalo, Trethewey, Larose, Silver Queen, Kerr Lake Foster, Temiskaming and Hudson Bay, Green-Meehan, McKinley-Darragh, Nova Scotia, Townsite and Right-of-Way. The Nipissing Mine was the top producer. Additionally, 9 stamp mills were in operation.: 36
Although one of the richest veins was known as early as 1904, development was slowed by disagreements among the shareholders. These were finally worked out and mining the "Lawson Vein" started in 1908. Once mining was underway it became clear that the vein was incredibly large, as much as 10,000 tons of processed silver, making it the largest single find in the world to this day. It is better known today as the "Silver Sidewalk".
The rush reached its peak in 1911, producing 30 million ounces of silver. The town had grown considerably by 1912, and had a population of between 10,000 and 15,000, with 3500 working the mines.: 63 By 1913, the deepest silver mine was operated by Beaver Consolidated Mines Ltd.: 44 : 66
Decline and possible resurgence
By 1932 only one mine remained open. The Larose and Nipissing had closed in 1930. In the World War II era and immediately thereafter, cobalt became a valuable mineral in its own right, and a number of operations opened to process the tailings again, this time for the cobalt. Ten mines were in operation after the war.: 70
Increasing silver values and better mining processes started to make the area profitable, and the 1950s saw a brief resurgence of mining. Most of these closed by the 1970s, and the few remaining ones by the early 1980s.
By 2017 however, several cobalt exploration companies were focusing on the area around Cobalt, as one alternative to cobalt mining in the politically-unstable Democratic Republic of Congo. Major companies that require this mineral for their batteries were searching for ethically-sourced product. Silver was selling for US$17 per ounce in late October 2017, down significantly from its peak of US$50 in 2012, but cobalt was at about US$30 per pound, up significantly from the US$10 price in late 2015. The prices will increase according to Gino Chitaroni, the president of the Northern Prospectors' Association. He also predicted that the area around Cobalt would be a primary source of both silver and cobalt. "It's spectacular ... We have the infrastructure. We have a historic mining area. It puts us a step up on anywhere [else] in the world."
- Pain, S.A. (1960). Three Miles of Gold. Toronto: The Ryerson Press. pp. 2–3.
- Davis, Harold Palmer (1910). "Cobalt, 1903". The Davis Handbook of The Cobalt Silver District. Toronto: Canadian Mining Journal. pp. 8–9.
- Barnes, Michael (1986). Fortunes in the Ground. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press. p. 15,21. ISBN 091978352X.
- "First Cobalt starts exploration work at Cobalt property". Northern Ontario Business. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- "Boom times ahead in the Cobalt camp". Northern Ontario Business. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- Dizard, John (2017-08-10). "Lack of ethical cobalt undermines Tesla debt issue". Financial Times. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- Price, Gold. "Silver Price History". Silver Price. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- "Electric cars yet to turn cobalt market into gold mine – Nornickel". Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- "ACCENT: Cobalt could take centre stage again | Sudbury Star". www.thesudburystar.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- Charles Dumaresq, "The Rise and Fall of a Mining Camp", Cobalt Mining History, 2006
- Andrew Hind, Maria da Silva, "Visit to Cobalt has a silver lining", Toronto Star, Travel Section, 15 May 2008
- "History", Agnico-Eagle Mines, 2008
- Arsenide ore from Silver Centre, Ontario, shows a sample of typical ore, containing a huge amount of silver

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It was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who once said ‘With great power comes great responsibility.’ Unfortunately, there are many people in our society that neglect their responsibility and abuse their power. Those who commit fraud against people who are disabled are especially heinous. Recently, the state of Florida has had to deal with an overwhelming amount of Medicare fraud. The estimated cost of the most recently interrupted scheme of illegal billings is around $200 million dollars, and it was perpetrated by at least ten different offenders. So far, they have all either pled guilty or been convicted of crimes ranging from money laundering to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. There were several different companies involved in the scheme, which involved falsifying records and intentional misreporting of facts to Medicare.
Essentially what these criminals were doing was incorrectly reporting that some patients qualified for home health care when, in fact, they did not. Once these falsified certifications were sent to Medicare, the defendants would then bill Medicare for services that were not only unnecessary, but we usually not even provided. The scheme went even further into the health care industry when perpetrators began contacting legitimate medical facilities and providers and offered them compensation for help in falsifying documents. These providers, which even included some doctors, would receive kick-backs for giving personal information to the defendants. So far, ten people have been convicted of Medicare fraud as a result of this scheme in the last year. Those convicted of money laundering crimes have been sentenced or will be given sentences of at least three years in prison. Those convicted of more serious crimes will receive stiffer sentences. All of those sentenced and facing sentencing will be responsible for repaying the money that they essentially stole from the state. Any personnel working as care givers will also have their state certifications revoked and will no longer be allowed to practice once they have served their sentences. Florida has vowed to arrest and punish all of those responsible for defrauding the state of its tax dollars. With every state in the union in a financial crunch, those dollars are needed now more than ever. Florida has made press statements recently that it has recovered over $125 million in fraudulent Medicare claims in the last year, and is making promises to recover as much as it possibly can in the next.

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The Transylvania University esports team on Tuesday notched a victory over Mount St. Joseph in the program’s first competitive match ever.
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Their fellow students gathered in the Campus Center Game Room to watch the match, which took place in our new esports arena. Also, the Twitch livestream had a peak of almost 80 viewers. “There was definitely a lot of support from the community,” coach Dylan Osborne said.
The program recently had an open house to recruit gamers for the multiplayer, team-based Overwatch, League of Legends and Valorant.
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Revolut has added dogecoin to its offering to meet booming customer demand for the meme cryptocurrency, the fintech bank said on Tuesday.
“There just aren’t enough dogs in the Revolut app…but we’re about to change that. Much Dogecoin. Such wow. How Revolut? We’re letting the DOGEs out!” the fintech bank tweeted alongside a dogecoin-inspired video on Tuesday.
Dogecoin is the 30th coin to be added to Revolut’s crypto investment offering and was released as part of the firm’s ‘New Tokens Tuesday campaign’, during which it adds a new token to its platform each Tuesday. The campaign began last week with the addition of eight Oracle and Network tokens including Polygon.
“One of the most popular user requests over the past couple of months has been to add Dogecoin and we have answered the call! We have just launched Dogecoin in-app. So now keen crypto customers and those new to the game can buy and sell this popular token.” Edward Cooper, Revolut’s head of crypto said in a statement.
The Revolut app offers banking and investing capabilities for individual and business clients. Its crypto services allow customers to buy, sell or send major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, ether and litecoin. People can use their cash balance on the app directly to buy crypto without having to use an exchange and new funds become available immediately.
Meme-cryptocurrency dogecoin has soared in value and investor recognition this year, as it has become increasingly popular on social media. Crypto investors have started to see it as a legitimate asset that has real-life applications rather than as the joke it started as.
Dogecoin is currently the sixth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, according to Coingecko data. It reached an all-time high of $0.731578 after a social media fueled rally in early May, but has since lost around 55% since hitting that point. Over the past week, dogecoin has lost over 11% as cryptocurrencies across the board have struggled, but it inched higher on Wednesday and was last up 0.4% in the 24 hours to 8:12 am E.T., trading at $0.331914.
Ever since dogecoin’s rally this year, news outlets (including Insider) and investors have been pondering who could be behind the $12 billion dogecoin address DH5yaieqoZN36fDVciNyRueRGvGLR3mr7L. It’s accumulated 36.7 billion dogecoins since 2019 and holds about 28% of overall dogecoin supply.
While it’s fun to speculate that the address belongs to a single individual who has been surreptitiously accumulating billions of dollars of the meme currency, it’s more likely that the address is associated with a cryptocurrency exchange, said Patrick Lodder, a dogecoin core developer.
Lodder, who has worked on doge since 2014, clarified that anyone can send doge to a publicly listed address, so money coming into an address is never really a “clue” into the address’ identity unless it’s a very large increase.
“These are all jokers, that probably has nothing to do with the operator of the wallet, that’s just people having fun,” he said of the 420.69 addition, and of the additions of 28.061971 dogecoins three separate times, which reference Elon Musk’s birthday on June 28, 1971.
The whale address has accumulated over $12 billion of doge and very infrequently sells. The last time any doge left the wallet was a sale of 100 million coins in April 2021, the only such transaction of 2021.
CoinDesk’s head of research told Insider this dormant activity could mean the whale is not, in fact, an exchange, and simply an individual. But Lodder said it’s possible this type of activity means the address is a cold storage wallet for an exchange. An exchange that custodies a lot of doge likely won’t keep it on the server, but will offload its holdings into a safer offline storage like a cold wallet. That could also help explain why there’s been plenty of additions to the address but not a lot of selling.
“This looks like somebody getting a lot of money into custody and putting that into a cold storage wallet so that it’s more secure,” Lodder told Insider.
He later said in a follow-up email: “While it is fun to speculate about the ownership of wallets, the only way to be 100% sure of who owns what is when the owner comes forward with (cryptographic) proof. Even if you know everything there is to know about blockchain, there’s always a chance that you come to a wrong conclusion without this proof, so I’d warn everyone to be careful when publishing assumptions.”
People have published plenty of assumptions in online forums about who the address could belong to. One account on Reddit hypothesizes that this whale address could be one of Robinhood’s many dogecoin addresses. The user traces on-chain data and hypothesizes that the address is one of Robinhood’s cold storage wallets.
Despite the Reddit post receiving 4,000 upvotes, there’s still a swath of people who speculate the wallet could belong to the “dogefather” himself, Elon Musk.
Lodder said that it’s highly unlikely the account is a single person, but the best way to clear the air would be for the owner to step forward and claim the address. However, this would be risky considering how much money is in the account.
Like many cryptocurrencies, dogecoin is decentralized. The absence of a central authority is at the heart of crypto’s mission. It makes the asset more secure and less vulnerable to the whims of a single entity, but it also allows for rumours and speculation about the coin to sometimes go unchecked.
Those rumors can be potentially dangerous to a cryptocurrency like doge and it’s loyal investors, said Lodder. Speculation that there’s a whale could cause people to panic-sell in expectation that the whale is going to dump all of their doge, he added.
He said ultimately if the address did belong to an exchange, it would be beneficial to the dogecoin community if the exchange came forward. Most cryptocurrency exchanges don’t disclose their addresses for dogecoin or any other various cryptos.
“It would be helpful for the dogecoin community, not even just doge but all crypto, if there was a good way to either independently verify that the books of a custodial exchange are in order, or to have an audit report from a professional firm that does the audit and certifies that everything is fine,” said Lodder.
He concluded: “That’s a part of compliance that we’re not truly seeing in crypto too often.”
One millennial investor vowed to “never again” miss out on gains from hyped-up cryptocurrencies. One $500 investment later, he’s now the proud owner of 20 billion units of Australian Safe Shepherd, also known as ASS coin, Bloomberg reported.
The article described him as a “thrill-seeking amateur, goaded on by social media.” Social media platforms have become a key part of the boom in retail trading, as a recent survey showed one in five investors has used Reddit to help them make an investment decision.
Hackney, a former bar tender from Tampa, Florida, said he was part of the GameStop craze earlier this year in which an army of Reddit retail traders caused the stock to skyrocket, squeezing short sellers. As for his investment in the stock, he told Bloomberg he “was up and then, in a blink, he wasn’t.”
He invested in dogecoin, at one point, too. Dogecoin, which twisted and turned this past week amid broader market volatility, started as a social media joke about a popular meme and has since turned into a well-known altcoin.
In January, Hackney bought dogecoin at 4 cents, and the currency immediately doubled. But he couldn’t stand the wild price swings and sold his position, only to see it rocket to 70 cents earlier this month.
At that point, he vowed to never let that happen to him again, Bloomberg wrote. That’s when he put $500 into ASS coin.
Altcoins have taken hold of retail investors recently. Instead of the well-known bitcoin, many are investing in alternatives like dogecoin, litecoin, and safemoon, among others.
Earlier this week, Barstool sports founder Dave Portnoy, calling the alternatives “sh*tcoins,” invested $40,000 in Safemoon, which launched in March.
Cryptocurrency linked-stocks plummeted this week amid massive sell-offs in bitcoin and ethereum. Analysts have warned against investing in alternative cryptocurrencies, though, saying the social-media driven coins are unregulated and highly volatile.
Billionaire Mark Cuban said in a virtual appearance on “The Ellen Show” that dogecoin’s surging popularity is bizarre given its origins, but it’s a great way to understand cryptocurrencies.
He suggested host Ellen DeGeneres should use the meme currency as payment for her show’s merchandise.
“At the Mavs (Dallas Mavericks), we sell a lot of merchandise for dogecoin and you should look at it for the Ellen shop – you guys could sell a whole lot of stuff for dogecoin,” he said.
DeGeneres said she was interested in and wanted to know more about dogecoin. After the show, she tweeted that she still wasn’t sure she understood it.
“Overall, when someone brings up dogecoin to you and asks you if it’s a good investment, I would say it’s not the world’s best investment, but it’s a whole lot better than a lottery ticket, and it’s a great way to learn and start understanding cryptocurrencies,” Cuban said on the show. “And you know what? It could go up. And the second part about it is if it doesn’t go up and you want to spend it, you can buy merchandise on the Mavericks store.”
The legendary ‘Shark Tank’ investor reiterated that the meme currency is better than owning a lottery ticket. He recently said his NBA basketball team, which also accepts other cryptocurrencies, is the largest dogecoin merchant in the world – showing that it can be a viable currency.
“Bitcoin is like a digital version of gold, Ethereum is a digital version of a currency and then you got dogecoin, which is just fun,” Cuban said when asked for his views on crypto.
Dogecoin, which has limited practical utility, has seen its market cap rise to $36 billion in a blockbuster rally this year, boosted by personalities like Elon Musk. The digital asset was last trading 5% higher on the day at $0.28. It has risen by almost 12,000% in the last 12 months.
Ben Weiss, CEO of bitcoin ATM operator CoinFlip, told Insider one should never invest in anything if they aren’t willing to lose. “If you like dogecoin and think it could be a viable currency in the future, or are fans of the idea and the movement, go ahead and invest in it. If you don’t like it or think it’s a fad, don’t invest in it,” he said.


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