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Lad Khan Temple, Bagalakot District, Karnataka
Lad Khan Temple is situated at Aihole in Bagalkot District of Karnataka. It is the oldest temple as it belongs to the 5th century.
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Lad Khan Temple was initially a royal assembly hall and marriage hall. A Muslim official called Lad Khan used it as his residence and thereafter it came to be known by its present name. The main temple has a shrine-like vimana on its roof.
Lad Khan temple was built around 450 AD. Its striking features are its massive pillars with bracket capitals and flat roofs. It has no shikhara. It starts with a rectangular structure and ends with a square. It is based on a wooden construction design, the square and rectangular plan has a steep roof. It has a porch with twelve square pillars. There are windows to the north, south and east. This temple was actually dedicated to Lord Vishnu however now it houses a Shiva Linga
. The roof possesses a rectangular shrine on and three sides have idols of Lord Vishnu, Lord Surya
The structural design of the temple starts with the Gowdaru temple style and continues on to the Rashtrakuta temple style. Nandi has been placed in the middle of the shrine and in the far corner the Linga has been deified. This reflects the trial and error mode of building in the experimental days of architecture.
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- Published online May 27, 2014.
- ∗Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- †Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- ‡Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Supply/demand (type 2) myocardial infarction is a commonly encountered clinical challenge. It is anticipated that it will be detected more frequently once high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays are approved for clinical use in the United States. We provide a perspective that is based on available data regarding the definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, prognosis, management, and controversies regarding type 2 myocardial infarction. Understanding these basic concepts will facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of these patients as well as ongoing research efforts.
In 2007, the second Universal Definition of myocardial infarction (MI) introduced and defined five different MI subtypes that were endorsed by the major cardiology societies (1). Type 1 MI (T1MI) corresponds to a spontaneous MI secondary to atherosclerotic plaque rupture, ulceration, fissuring, erosion, or dissection with resulting intraluminal thrombus leading to decreased myocardial blood flow or distal platelet emboli with consequent myocyte necrosis (acute coronary syndrome, [ACS]), whereas type 2 MI (T2MI) was defined as MI due to supply/demand mismatch, without plaque rupture, but also with myocardial necrosis evidenced by a rise and/or fall of cardiac biomarkers above the 99th percentile reference value of a normal population, in addition to at least one of the other criteria for MI (2).
For numerous reasons, there is controversy and reluctance to use the term “T2MI” in clinical practice. Foremost, although the ACS classification of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and unstable angina is widely adopted to guide revascularization and pharmacological treatment, not all have embraced the 5-MI subtype classification (1–6). Notably, recognizing limited availability of some cardiac biomarkers in many settings, the World Health Organization definition of MI limits its discussion on supply/demand MI (4). Another motive for the reluctance relies on the basis that the International Classification of Diseases coding system does not recognize T2MI, and often MI quality review programs (e.g., Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services) rigorously evaluate for certain measures for anyone with a diagnosis of acute MI, which may be appropriate for ACS (T1MI), but may not be appropriate for an MI (T2MI) not caused by ACS (7).
Distinguishing different etiologies of ischemic myocardial necrosis is essential for clinical purposes, mainly because management differs when cardiac troponin (cTn) is elevated as the result of T1MI, as opposed to T2MI (5,6). The purpose of this article is to provide an evidence-based perspective on supply/demand T2MI.
The Third Universal Definition of MI consensus document defines MI by the evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with acute myocardial ischemia, in which there is a rise and/or fall of cTn with at least one value above the 99th percentile of a normal reference population; and the presence of at least one of the following: a) ischemic symptoms; b) new or presumed new significant ST-segment or T-wave changes or new left bundle-branch block; c) development of pathological Q waves in the electrocardiogram; d) imaging evidence of new loss of viable myocardium such as a new regional wall motion abnormality; or e) identification of an intracoronary thrombus by means of angiography or autopsy (2).
On the basis of the above criteria, T2MI is diagnosed in instances in which a supply/demand imbalance leads to myocardial injury with necrosis that is not caused by ACS, including arrhythmias, aortic dissection, severe aortic valve disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, shock, respiratory failure, severe anemia, hypertension with or without left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary spasm, coronary embolism or vasculitis, and coronary endothelial dysfunction without significant coronary artery disease (CAD) (2,8).
It should be noted that in contrast with the 2007 Universal Definition of MI, the 2012 recommendations incorporated coronary endothelial dysfunction as one of the variables to consider when encountering supply/demand ischemia (1,2). Coronary endothelial dysfunction has been associated with myocardial ischemia and increased cardiac events, and certainly these patients may have cTn increases and meet the definition for MI (9–11). However, it is unclear if endothelial-dependent coronary flow reserve assessment with acetylcholine infusion is warranted in the acute MI setting.
From an electrocardiographic perspective, the use of the terms NSTEMI and STEMI has been applied to T2MI. Saaby et al. (12) recently reported 144 T2MI, of which 3.4% were categorized as STEMI and 96.6% as NSTEMI (12). The significance of applying these electrocardiographic classifications to T2MI is unclear, as they are clinically intended to guide reperfusion therapy in T1MI (ACS) (5,6).
The interpretation of cTn increases in conditions in which supply/demand is being considered can be challenging, largely due to the paucity of specific criteria for what exactly constitutes a T2MI. Several major expert opinion documents have provided some guidance in regard to what should be considered a T2MI, but none of these documents have defined specific criteria for T2MI (2,8,13).
Saaby et al. (12) have proposed certain novel, specific criteria for T2MI, in order to avoid the implicit subjectivity in the clinical diagnosis (criteria detailed in Table 1). However, the development of strict criteria for the diagnosis of T2MI is complicated by the multifactorial nature of supply/demand ischemia, as patients may have any number of factors leading to increased demand or decreased supply, which in addition may or may not be in the setting of distinct pre-existing conditions such as flow-limiting CAD. Thus, advocating for any strict criteria and cutoffs of variables such as heart rate or blood pressure may have its own limitations. Most studies have used adjudicators who can assess all contributing variables and give a subjective diagnosis of T2MI without applying strict parameters.
Among patients with no pre-existing conditions such as underlying CAD, a clearly recognizable acute and/or sustained supply/demand mismatch should be present to consider T2MI. Conversely, in patients with underlying comorbidities such as significant CAD and/or the presence of several supply/demand imbalances, lower thresholds of supply/demand mismatches may be required to elicit ischemia. In these patients, an individualized diagnostic approach should be favored.
The current “gold-standard” definition for T2MI remains undetermined, and any future MI consensus document should ideally provide further clarification in this challenging area to guide both clinicians and researchers and bring homogeneity to this field. Details including definitions used across selected heterogeneous studies, which have reported T2MI, are summarized in Table 1.
With the use of current contemporary cTn assays, T2MI is frequently encountered in clinical practice (Table 1). It is expected that after the anticipated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance (likely 2014) of high-sensitivity cTn assays, these assays will be as commonly used in clinical practice in the United States, as they currently are in the rest of the world. This use will likely lead to an increased incidence of cTn elevations above the 99th percentile in clinical settings consistent with T2MI (14). However, little epidemiologic data is available on T2MI, possibly due to the relatively recent introduction of this term, suspected underreporting, and confusion as to what specifically constitutes a T2MI given lack of specific criteria.
There are a limited number of studies addressing the frequency of T2MI. Morrow et al. (15) described the value of the Universal Definition of MI in the context of a clinical trial. In follow-up of 1,218 MIs, T2MI was infrequent and consisted of 3.5% (n = 43) of all MIs, in contrast to 32.6% T1MI and 49.5% (n = 603) peri-percutaneous coronary intervention (type 4A) MI. This study was limited because it was an ACS trial, which included a pre-selected population, and therefore was not reflective of the true epidemiology of T2MI. Javed et al. (16) performed a prospective study to identify the percentage of hospitalized patients with a positive cTn who fulfilled the criteria for MI and classified them according to the Universal Definition using a contemporary, sensitive cTn assay (ADVIA TnI-Ultra, 99th percentile: 40 ng/l) over a 3-month period. In this large, prospective study, cTnI was obtained in 2,979 patients, with 701 having at least one increased cTnI: 216 had MI according to the Universal Definition of MI, of which 143 (66.2%) had a T1MI and 64 (29.6%) had T2MI (the remaining 4.2% [n = 9] were type 3 and 4 MI). Melberg et al. (17) studied the implications of the Universal Definition of MI by retrospectively studying all patients hospitalized in 2004 with suspected MI using the 4th generation Roche cTnT assay. Their cohort of 1,093 patients with MI consisted of 967 (88.5%) with T1MI and 17 (1.6%) with T2MI (the remaining 9.9% [n = 109] were classified as type 3 to 5 MI).
Smith et al. (18), in a retrospective study of 662 consecutive patients with ischemic symptoms presenting to the emergency department (ED) in which cTnI was obtained with the use of the Siemens Stratus CS (Tarrytown, New York) (99th percentile: 99 ng/l), found that of 139 who had MI, 40 (28.8%) had T1MI and 99 (71.2%) had T2MI. In a subsequent study at the same institution, among 1,119 consecutive patients presenting to the ED who had serial cTnI measured (Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics cTnI contemporary assay; 99th percentile, 34 ng/l), T1MI occurred in 106 patients (9.5% of the total population, 37.9% of total MIs; STEMI [n = 29], NSTEMI [n =77]) and T2MI in 174 patients (15.5% of the total population, 62.1% of total MIs); cTnI concentrations were higher in NSTEMI (T1MI) versus T2MI at both 0 and 6 hours (p = 0.01), with a trend at 3 h (p = 0.08) (19).
Saaby et al. (12) assessed the frequency of T2MI, defining it by non-guideline clinical standards using a contemporary cTnI assay (Architect, 99th percentile 28 ng/l). Using their distinct approach in which specific criteria were delineated to qualify as a T2MI, 553 patients had an MI, of which 397 (71.8%) had T1MI and 144 (26%) had T2MI. The remaining 2.2% (n = 12) were type 4 and 5 MIs. For cTnI concentrations, T2MI had significantly lower peak cTnI values in comparison to T1MI (1.09 μg/l vs. 2.96 μg/l, p < 0.001).
Remarkably, several studies report very low T2MI frequencies. These studies are limited by selection bias, as the selected study population (e.g., retrospective or prospective analyses on patients with an ACS diagnosis) favors T1MI (ACS) frequency (15,20,21). Conversely, studies using a less selected approach reported much higher T2MI frequencies (12,16,19).
Frequencies and cTn assays that were used across studies focusing on T2MI are shown in Table 1. Review of these studies demonstrates that despite a proposed definition of T2MI by the Universal Definition consensus, there is no validated reproducible definition by which to make a consistent diagnosis. It remains challenging to adjudicate T1MI versus T2MI for research, clinical, and regulatory purposes because there are no consistently accurate and reliable criteria for the diagnosis (22).
The disparity in diagnosis definitions, variations in adjudication processes, along with differences in cTn assays and cutoff values used, as well as the studied population (e.g., patients with chest pain in the ED vs. unselected hospitalized patients, etc.) complicates the epidemiological evaluation of T2MI and is reflected in the heterogeneous prevalence of T2MI shown in Table 1.
We opine that the included study population, as well as the specific patients in which cTn is being measured also plays a significant role in the heterogeneous T2MI prevalence. Despite recommendations suggesting that cTn evaluation should be performed only if clinically indicated for suspected MI, in clinical practice many cTn measurements are obtained in a wide variety of clinical situations, many of which have a very low pretest probability of T1MI (8). This may be explained by the “fear” of missing T1MI presenting with atypical symptoms, as over 25% of patients with ACS complain of a symptom other than chest pain, such as abdominal pain or dyspnea (23). The serious liabilities related to failure to diagnose and treat ACS may tempt physicians to obtain cTn in several “atypical” situations with low pretest probability for ACS. The variability in cTn measurement patterns across medical centers likely contributes to the heterogeneous T2MI prevalence. Additionally, clinicians may obtain cTn, even in the absence of ACS, because of its prognostic value in other non-ACS conditions (e.g., pulmonary embolism) (14). The consequences of testing a broader unselected population may have resource utilization, therapeutic, and financial implications, which are not well understood.
Etiology and Pathophysiology of Type 2 MI
Numerous pathologies can cause disequilibrium in the balance between oxygen supply and demand. This balance is a critical determinant of the normal cardiac function, and understanding the variables involved is fundamental to understand the ischemic response in T2MI (24). Myocardial oxygen demand relies on three major determinants: systolic wall tension, contractility, and heart rate, whereas myocardial oxygen supply relies on the coronary blood flow and oxygen-carrying capacity (24–26). Disequilibrium in the myocardial supply and demand caused by alteration of the factors involved in these complex hemodynamic interactions may lead to myocardial ischemia. For example, both hypoxia and anemia can decrease oxygen carrying capacity, leading to an imbalance secondary to supply mismatch. This may result in ischemia, which, if severe enough, may lead to myocardial cell death with symptoms and/or ECG changes and release of cTn. If cTn exceeds the 99th percentile and there is a rising and/or falling pattern in conjunction with any other MI criteria in the absence of plaque rupture, this would then be, by definition, a T2MI. It is also important to note that stable CAD, with significant stenosis, may limit coronary blood flow, leading to ischemia under conditions of increased oxygen demand or decreased supply.
Based on these concepts, any mismatch may be explained by a similar pathophysiologic approach. Overall, in a clinical setting consistent with myocardial ischemia coincident with a rise and/or fall in cTn, if a clinician cannot readily identify any clear “alternate” factor that would alter this supply/demand balance, one must be cautious before labeling an MI as T2MI. Moreover, to further complicate matters, patients may manifest more than one type of MI simultaneously or sequentially (1).
Without any systematic data, an accurate estimate of the various etiologies that can lead to T2MI is limited and subject to misinterpretation. An analysis assessing the frequency of T2MI showed that anemia, tachyarrhythmias, and respiratory failure were the most common conditions predisposing to T2MI (12).
There are certain scenarios in which distinguishing T1MI from T2MI might be particularly challenging, such as the post-operative setting, heart failure, end-stage renal disease, sepsis, and the critically ill (2,13,27–33). In patients with heart failure, cTn is often increased and occurs either in a non-MI setting or may be related to either a T1MI or T2MI. It has been described that T2MI in the setting of heart failure may be caused by small-vessel coronary obstruction, increased transmural pressure, endothelial dysfunction, and/or supply/demand mismatch related to subendocardial ischemia alone (2,28).
In the post-operative setting, myocardial oxygen supply/demand balance can be easily altered and lead to a perioperative MI. Post-operative oxygen supply/demand imbalance is most commonly caused by tachycardia, although many other scenarios can lead to a mismatch, including hemorrhage-related hypotension, hypertension in the setting of elevated stress hormones, anemia, and hypoxemia, among other conditions (27).
Among critically ill patients in the intensive care unit and individuals with sepsis, the etiologic assessment of cTn increases is remarkably difficult. Many patients are sedated and intubated, which impedes any direct ischemic symptom evaluation, which is an essential MI criterion. Additionally, cTn elevations may not only be due to T1MI or T2MI but also mediated by circulating substances (sepsis-induced), vasopressors, and catecholamine toxicity (2,32,33).
There is limited data regarding outcomes of patients with T2MI. The most robust analysis comes from the TIMI group and the TRITON–TIMI 38 trial in which, even after adjusting for clinical covariates, all subtypes of MI were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular death (34). T2MI had a 3-fold increased risk (adjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 2.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.9 to 8.8; p = 0.085). The cumulative incidence of cardiovascular death at 180 days was comparable between T1MI and T2MI (8.3% vs. 7.3%). T2MI had significantly worse mortality rates when compared with no MI (7.3% vs. 1.3%, p < 0.001).
Our group recently showed that 180-day mortality rates were similar among NSTEMI (T1MI) (17%) and T2MI (24%), but mortality rates for both were increased (each p < 0.001) compared with patients having no MI and normal cTnI at baseline (4.9%) (19).
Further research is required to validate these findings and confirm if T2MI has worse outcomes independent of other comorbidities, such as renal and heart failure, and independent of the severity of the underlying illness that resulted in T2MI.
There are no formal guidelines available regarding the management of T2MI. Despite its incidence and association with worse outcomes (12,34), there are no guidelines addressing the acute or long-term management of this entity. This absence of guidance is likely to result in variable clinical decision-making when dealing with T2MI, which could lead to wide variations in cost-effectiveness and resource utilization. It has been proposed that aspirin and beta-blockers may have a role in T2MI (35). There is an urgent need for evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, primarily randomized, controlled clinical trials. Until data from appropriate clinical trials are available, there will continue to be wide variability in the management of these patients.
Furthermore, T1MI and T2MI may not be easily distinguished, which may lead to erroneous initiation of T1MI (ACS) guideline-driven therapies in patients with T2MI (5,6,14). At present, most clinicians would agree that for T2MI, one must treat the underlying etiology and correct the altered variable within the myocardial oxygen supply/demand balance.
Among patients with cTn increases in the intensive care unit, it has been proposed that if the event appeared to be related to underlying CAD, further evaluation for CAD (invasive or noninvasive) or structural heart disease should be considered (2,36). This is a reasonable approach in similar clinical situations, even outside the intensive care unit setting.
Current Controversies and Future Steps
Supply/demand MI is a matter of discussion and controversy in both clinical practice and research trials for several reasons (Table 2). First, it is unclear if most clinicians have embraced the Universal Definition of MI. Second, despite recognition of T2MI by the cardiology societies, there is no clear consensus regarding the exact definition of T2MI. The current definition is vague, leading to subjectivity in the diagnosis. Clinicians and researchers may need to develop a standardized, detailed definition to facilitate the consistent analysis of clinical findings.
Third, in the United States, where Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services and National Center for Health Statistics uses the International Classification of Diseases codes, it must be emphasized that despite the recognition of this disease by the major societies, the Universal Definition of MI subtypes remain ignored. This is of great concern because clinicians are unable to diagnose a patient with T2MI without being penalized by International Classification of Diseases coders for deviating from the accepted guideline-driven ACS therapies that are required by Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (e.g., aspirin on arrival and discharge, beta-blocker, statin prescribed on discharge, and so on), even though these therapies might not be appropriate for T2MI.
Finally, there are several circumstances in which the distinction between T1MI and T2MI might be uncertain, and consequently both clinical decision-making and event adjudication may be difficult. In this context, it is controversial about whether to default to T1MI until proven otherwise, or vice versa. This clinical distinction is usually done by coronary angiography; however, up to 15% of patients undergoing catheterization for suspected CAD have angiographically “normal” coronaries, and intravascular ultrasound may often detect occult disease in these patients (37–39). Thus, although visualization of a culprit lesion on angiography is often required to define a T1MI by clinicians and/or researchers, it may result in misclassification.
Research data over the next several years will demonstrate the growing occurrence of T2MI. Anticipating future guidelines addressing in detail the complexity behind T2MI to guide clinicians and researchers, we propose our insights in Table 3 as a starting point for discussion.
Supply/demand T2MI is a commonly encountered clinical challenge, and it is anticipated that it will be detected even more once high-sensitivity cTn assays are approved for clinical use in the United States. Understanding the basic concepts involved in myocardial oxygen supply and demand will facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of patients with increased cTn values. Future efforts are required to consolidate the definition of T2MI to bring consistency to this diagnosis in clinical practice, adjudicated research studies, and clinical trials, as well as for regulatory compliance. Studies are urgently required to produce evidence-driven classification, which will assist in management guidelines.
Dr. Apple is a consultant to T2 Biosystems and Instrumentation Laboratory; has received honoraria from Abbott Laboratories; and has received research funding, without salary, from the majority of manufacturers marketing cardiac troponin assays. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- acute coronary syndrome(s)
- coronary artery disease
- cardiac troponin
- emergency department
- myocardial infarction
- non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- type 1 myocardial infarction
- type 2 myocardial infarction
- Received December 9, 2013.
- Revision received January 24, 2014.
- Accepted February 11, 2014.
- 2014 American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Walt Whitman Poems
O Captain! My Captain!
Read the full of O Captain! My Captain!
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ...
Camps Of Green
NOT alone those camps of white, O soldiers,
When, as order'd forward, after a long march,
Footsore and weary, soon as the light lessen'd, we halted for the
Some of us so fatigued, carrying the gun and knapsack, dropping
asleep in our tracks;
Others pitching the little tents, and the fires lit up began to


While original lyrics and organic cuts are a joy to behold, nothing quite beats the genre-blurring energy and endless sonic possibilities synonymous with a cover. And, seasoned DJ and producer David Morales is here to remind us of this as he drops the track “I Feel Love”.
Breathing life into a timeless classic, the multi-facet has joined forces with Elle Cato in a bid to re-work Donna Summer’s masterpiece, resulting in a party-ready track. Surging with the infectious rattle of maracas and ethereal synths, the retro tune is instantly transported into the modern-day as vocals akin to the original lay over club-ready beats.
And, while his latest cover is one sure to have you headed straight towards the dancefloor this weekend, this is not where the excitement ends when it comes to David. With his newest album, Life Is A Song, set for release in early 2022, it is clear that the infamous artist is not planning on slowing down anytime soon.
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The goal of the Internship Program is to provide training and experience in the field of law enforcement to qualified college students who have a desire to pursue such a career.
The program is designed to provide the foundation a person will need to keep them on the right ethical and professional path to transition into a law enforcement career. Volunteers must understand that they are not sworn officers and will not be compensated. The program operates under the authority of the Services Division. The deadline for submitting an internship application for spring/summer is April 15th of each year. Applications received after April 15th will kept on file and reviewed the following year.
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A Las Vegas man has been charged in Maryland with molesting multiple boys in the 1980s while assisting with youth ministries at a church targeted in a child sex abuse lawsuit.
Nathaniel Morales, who had been working as a pastor in Nevada, is accused in an indictment of sexually abusing the boys when he worked with Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Md. That church until December was associated with Sovereign Grace Ministries, a Kentucky-based evangelical church group accused in a lawsuit in Maryland last fall of covering up allegations of child sex abuse by its members. The lawsuit was amended last month to name Covenant Life Church as among the new defendants.
An indictment returned in December charged Morales, 55, with ten counts of either sex abuse or sex offense. The indictment says the sex acts involved four boys and occurred between 1985 and 1990, when police say Morales was helping the church with youth ministries, conducted Bible studies, teaching at a Christian school and hosting sleepovers.
Morales, who was arrested in southern Nevada and extradited to Maryland, is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on Friday in Montgomery County Circuit Court, online court records show. His lawyer did not return calls seeking comment and a telephone listing for Morales could not be found.
The criminal investigation began in 2009 when a man reported to police that he was sexually abused by Morales when he was between the ages of 12 and 20. The man told police that his parents had spoken to the church pastor but that no police report was made. Several other men interviewed by police said they had been sexually abused by Morales as boys — sometimes in their own bedrooms or inside his apartment or his office at the school where he taught. The Associated Press generally does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault.
Police interviewed a co-pastor at the church who recalled having confronted Morales about the allegations. The pastor told police that "normally the church would appeal to the person to stop his criminal behavior and then, should it not stop, they would alert people that the person is not acting in a Christian manner. The person would need to show contrition," according to a police report filed in the case. The pastor said that going to the police was in the "realm of possibilities," but that he took his cues from the families, the police report says.
Another pastor, Grant Layman, said he had communicated with Morales several years ago and that Morales had admitted to "alcohol abuse and homosexuality," the police report says. He said that Morales told him that he remembered having committed abuses and having confessed his past to an older pastor, but that Morales now said he was very ill and could not recall the specifics of anything that occurred.
Don Nalle, the communications director of Covenant Life Church, would not discuss the specifics of Morales's criminal case, deferring to a statement posted last month on the church's website. That statement says the church is investigating the allegations.
"We are sickened by the thought of such abuse —sexual abuse in any form is evil and unconscionable. We are grieved by these allegations. We also recognize that we don't have all the facts. We would encourage everyone to withhold judgment until an appropriate legal process can be completed," the statement reads in part.
A lawsuit filed last October accuses leaders at Sovereign Grace Ministries, a three-decade-old family of churches, of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse to the police and of shielding known sexual predators of children. Sovereign Grace Ministries moved its headquarters to Louisville last year after three decades in Maryland and has struggled in recent years with fractured leadership and criticism over its discipline methods, especially the church's emphasis on sins, discipline and repentance.
Susan Burke, the lawyer who brought the case, said in a written statement that the "indictment supports our lawsuit's allegations of extensive wrongdoing by Sovereign Grace Ministries and its pastors. We look forward to our day in court."
Sovereign Grace Ministries has said the suit contains "a number of misleading allegations, as well as considerable mischaracterizations of intent."
Police say they're tracking the civil lawsuit and will conduct additional investigations if new information emerges from that.
Associated Press writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas contributed to this report.


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Heat Transfer Characteristics of Aluminum Sputtered Fabrics
- Heat Transfer Characteristics of Aluminum Sputtered Fabrics
- Han, Hye Ree; Park, Yaewon; Yun, Changsang; Park, Chung Hee
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- JOURNAL OF ENGINEERED FIBERS AND FABRICS
- JOURNAL OF ENGINEERED FIBERS AND FABRICS vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 37 - 44
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- Al was sputtered onto four substrates: nylon, polyester, cotton/polyester, and shape memory polyurethane nanoweb, and the heat-transfer characteristics of the resultant materials were investigated by surface temperature measurements. The thickness of the Al layer increased linearly with sputtering time. The heat-transfer mechanisms of the multilayer systems in terms of conduction, convection, and radiation were investigated under steady-state conditions using a hot plate as a heat source in contact with Al-sputtered fabrics. The Al-sputtered fabric was placed on the hot plate, which was maintained at 35 degrees C, and exposed to open air, which was maintained at 15 degrees C. The temperatures of the air-facing surfaces of hot plate-Al-fabric-air (i.e., Al-phase-down) and hot plate-fabric-Al-air (i.e., Alphase-up) systems were used to investigate the heat-transfer mechanism. It was found that heat dissipation to ambient air was much higher for the Al-phase-up system than for the Al-phase-down system. Heat-transfer coefficients of the Al surfaces were calculated and found to increase with the thickness of the Al layer. Furthermore, different conductive thermal resistances were observed for different fabrics prepared with the same Al-sputtering time. Consequently, differences in their thicknesses pore sizes, and thermal conductivities were suggested to have significant effects on their heat-transfer properties.
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Click Here For Freddy Krueger Dog Costume Chewy
The 18 Best Chew Toys for Pets That Are Vet-Approved
Canines love chewing. They simply truly, really like it. Chewing on things makes teething easier for young puppies and keeps jaws strong for aging dogs. Canines likewise explore the world through sniffs, licks and nibbles, chewing their way to a much better understanding of their surroundings. Opportunities are the very first toy you purchased Olly was a chew toy! News flash: Some are more secure than others.
Toxic substances common in dog toys
Unfortunately, many pet dog toys contain nasty toxins like arsenic, phthalates, lead, formaldehyde and more that can cause illness (womp womp). Preventive Vet says at this time, there’s no overarching committee tracking family pet product producers, so there’s no one guaranteeing these contaminants stay out of chew toys. The only way to understand precisely what you’re tossing into your dog’s mouth is by examining the materials on the manufacturer’s website of each toy you purchase.
A Michigan-based organization called Ecology Center understands how hard this is. The org works hard to not only identify products containing hazardous chemicals, but to let people understand which chemicals could be concealing in plain sight. In one research study, Ecology Center reported 48 percent of tennis balls checked “included detectable levels of lead.” On top of that, tennis balls developed for pets were more likely to have lead in them than those found on the court at Wimbledon.
Other chemicals, like phthalates, are even sneakier. They pop up in tons of various types of plastics for their ability to add some resilience to items. Given that it’s so tough to identify exactly what is in all your canine’s toys, you best option is choosing brand names that are transparent about their product materials or asking your veterinarian for specific recommendations.
Pet size and chew style
Another thing to consider when purchasing chew toys for your dog is your pet dog’s size and chew style. Any toy that can fit entirely inside your pet’s mouth is off-limits (big choking risk). Never provide a pup chew toys made for adult pet dogs!
To get you started, here is a list of products Olly will enjoy– mostly due to the fact that they are formulated by animal specialists or have gotten the OK from vets.
This toy is made from strong rubber and comes in numerous sizes, depending on your pet dog’s needs. The wacky snowman shape makes playtime fun and chewing on it can ease stress.
Freddy Krueger Dog Costume Chewy
StarMark Training and Habits Solutions establishes canine products based on the preferences of the thousands of dogs its professionals observe and train every year. This Bob-a-Lot treat dispenser is perfect for amusing Olly and rewarding him with a treat. It’s made to be played with and chewed on while providing some psychological stimulation. Another reason canines love this toy? It promotes their natural searching and foraging instincts. You might even begin mealtime with some dry food in this thing!
For rough chewers in need of a reward dispenser that’s a little much heavier responsibility, go for the StarMark Chew Ball. Readily available in 3 different sizes, this toy is dishwasher-safe and boasts its indestructibility right on the packaging. Utilize it in the house, in the backyard and even at the lake (it drifts!). Plus, this treat dispenser is devoid of latex, vinyl and phthalates.
Presenting the Zogoflex Quizl, Best New Item winner at the 2017 Worldwide Pet Expo! This toy is produced tough chewers and comes in numerous sizes and three wild colors. The manufacturer, West Paw, makes environmentally friendly pet toys (which is great, because pet dogs can go through them rapidly) and is among the founders of the Pet Sustainability Union, a company dedicated to making the pet market much better for the world, people and pets.
In the market for something more … intense? The Kong Extreme Bone is made for difficult core chewing– and lots of it. Part of the brand’s extreme line, this bone is super long lasting and cleans teeth while your dog plays. You can add treats to many Kong products, and this is no exception. Stuff treats in each end to extend – and benefit – playtime.
While this dino won’t dispense deals with, it does taste like chicken. It also massages gums and cleans up teeth as your pet chews (two things that are exceptionally essential to doggie health). Nylabone’s items are vet-recommended, so any chew toy from this brand will be a strong bet. They likewise have a puppy version of this dino, if you’re in the marketplace.
According to Dr. Whitney Miller, director of veterinary medication at Petco, this spiny ring supports healthy gums and is a fantastic option for dogs continuously on the prowl for a video game of tug-of-war. (Whether you wish to grab onto the opposite of a spiky ring or not is completely approximately you.) Due to its size, this toy is probably best served to smaller sized breeds.
This bone activates your pet dog’s sense of odor as he chews. It’s meant to be dealt with roughly by canine jaws and is produced with animal-friendly products.
You can easily sneak treats into its center so your puppy can earn little benefits, keeping him entertained and satisfied. This rate point is also hard to beat for an environmentally friendly dog toy. Beco Pets likewise makes compostable poop bags and luxurious toys manufactured from recycled plastic.
It floats (hello, dog beach), is light enough to throw however heavy enough to simulate a genuine stick, does not splinter, is washable and is soft on teeth. Let your pet sit and chew or toss for interactive fun!
Rope toys can be tricky. Some pet dogs– particularly chew maniacs– can rip them apart and consume the fibers, triggering indigestions and digestive issues. Avoid rope toys if Olly falls into this classification. If ropes are good to go, Dr. Miller at Petco recommends this knotted toy due to its extraordinary sturdiness. Once you discover fraying, it’s time to change the rope toy.
Luxurious toys and chewing typically end in some poor packed animal’s innards drifting around your living room. One alternative is this Outside Hound Fire Biterz squeak toy. Made with the material utilized to make fire tubes (aka, durable stuff), this toy does not even have stuffing. Even if your canine bites through the fabric, the lizard will keep squeaking. They also wash quickly in case your puppy drags it through some mud.
Banfield Family pet Medical facility states you should buy top quality rawhide and monitor your canine while he’s chewing it. If you want to try some for your puppy, try Tartar Shield’s chews (be sure to buy the right size for your pet!).
Goughnuts styles pet chew toys with the same rubber used by astronauts, so you know your pup is getting a lifelong item. The company states although no chew toy is totally indestructible, they think this’ll be the last one you’ll need. Their largest size is advertised as “too huge for the majority of dogs.” Not to stress, they make sizes for all types of chewers, all made with natural rubber. The smaller alternatives likewise have red cores, so you can tell if your puppy is getting near chomping it in half.
Instead of utilizing tennis balls when you play fetch, try this indestructible ball from Bully Max. It is non-toxic and commercial strength, so chewing post bring will not result in pieces of tennis ball getting stuck in your dog’s throat. Bully Max utilizes eco-friendly natural rubber in their products and this ball is safe to toss in the dishwasher (so no concerns if your puppy is a heavy drooler).
If your canine likes to eat after chewing, it’s smart to give them something incredibly strong or totally edible. These bully sticks are made from free-range, grass-fed beef with no artificial preservatives or ingredients, which implies lots of protein and easy on the stomach. Plus, chewing them deals with your puppy’s gums and gets rid of plaque.
Again, pups need specialized toys created for their fragile pup teeth. Not just can you modify this toy by smearing peanut butter inside its crevices, you can toss it in the freezer to cool it down before providing to your puppy (the cold soothes gums while teething). Chew toys early on teach good routines; this tire is durable and will probably last into adulthood.
Freddy Krueger Dog Costume Chewy
Got a chewer so very they go through chew toys on the reg? The company’s Super Chewer strategy delivers a box each month that is complete of toys and treats developed specifically for dogs who continuously chomp. Strong rubber and nylon go into these toys and security is always Bark Box’s leading priority.

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Every Bedroom in Georgia 1986
In 1982, Michael Hardwick was arrested for violating Georgia’s anti-sodomy law. When the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Hardwick’s lawyer argued that Georgia does not have the power to determine “how every adult, married or unmarried, in every bedroom in Georgia will behave.” Georgia’s lawyer, Michael Hobbs, declared that the right to privacy did not extend beyond marriage and childrearing. He claimed the state was “adhering to centuries-old tradition and the conventional morality of its people.”
In Bowers v. Hardwick, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld anti-sodomy laws in a 5–4 decision. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote a dissent arguing that “depriving individuals of the right to choose for themselves how to conduct their intimate relationships” threatens our nation’s values.


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A computer virus is behind a shortage of brews seen at some Manitoba beer stores.
Signs posted at vendors across the province warn customers about limited stock after the province’s largest supplier of beer was hit with a computer virus late last month.
Brewers Distributor Ltd. (BDL), which supplies popular beer brands across western Canada, was the victim of a cyberattack March 25, and it’s impacting the company’s ability to process orders from liquor stores.
Bill Walker, a spokesperson for BDL, told Global News deliveries are still happening, but not the way they normally would.
“We must do everything manually – including taking orders manually, writing down the orders and picking them and delivering them,” Walker said.
The problems mean local vendors are running low on some beer brands with deliveries behind schedule.
“The major distributor of beer in Manitoba has got the virus, and that makes it difficult for us to get product,” Scott Jocelyn from the Manitoba Hotel Association said Monday.
“It’s limiting what we can offer for our customers.”
A spokesperson for Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries said they’re working with BDL to manually process orders to help make sure beer vendors, licensees, and Liquor Marts receive shipments.
The MLL says the supply chain problems are primarily impacting larger domestic brands.
Jocelyn said the timing of the cyberattack couldn’t be worse for hotel owners already facing financial strains amid COVID-19.
“One of our last components of our business that’s still operating is our retail beer network,” he said. “We’d love to see them get it back to normal.”
In an email, Walker said BDL is “making progress on the cyber issue“ but could not provide a timeline.
A boon for craft brewers
While it’s not good for vendor owners, local craft brewers — who handle their own distribution — are benefiting from BDL’s woes, says John Heim, president of Winnipeg’s Torque Brewing.
“We are doing a lot of home deliveries now and taking advantage of some of these supply chain issues that Canada’s running into,” Heim said Monday.
“Liquor stores and the better cold-beer stores are offering local options that might ease you into sort of being able to try something that’s local that might be comparable at a similar price.”
Heim says that because they’re smaller, local breweries like his have been able to pivot more easily than the big beer companies during the changes brought on by the pandemic.
When keg sales dried up as restaurants and bars closed, for instance, Heim said Torque simply started canning more of its beer.
And with home delivery now an option, sales are good, he says.
“It may actually become a division of our long-term business plan,” he said of home delivery.
“We’ve found that instead of going to their favourite watering holes, people are having a couple on their deck instead.”
–With files from Sarah Ryan

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Kicking off International Week at Bowdoin, professor Laura Henry gave a talk Monday evening about what to expect now that British Prime Minister Theresa May has officially began the process of splitting the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Henry is Bowdoin’s John F. and Dorothy H. Magee Associate Professor of Government and an expert on Russian politics and the European Union, among other subjects.
After laying out a foundation of the United Kingdom’s long and vexed relationship to Europe and to the European Union, Henry turned her attention to what happens after Brexit.
On March 29, 2017, May invoked Article 50 of the 2009 Treaty of Lisbon to trigger an exit from the EU. The article had never been invoked before, and the process of leaving the EU is complicated and unpredictable. From this day forward, the UK has two years to negotiate its separation. Article 50 lays out a minimal mechanism by which a country can leave the EU, leaving it up to current officials to figure out the details of this complex process. The deadline can only be extended beyond two years if all EU nations agree.
While May’s initiative has made things official, and set a deadline, it has not been followed by a rush of activity. “The clock is going tick, tick, tick. The days are going by,” Henry said, adding that nothing of substance will likely happen until after the German elections occur next fall, further reducing the short period for the disentanglement.
What will the future relationship relationship between the UK and EU look like?
If no deal is reached — perhaps because the exit terms aren’t favorable enough for the UK — May has threatened to default to World Trade Organization rules, Henry said. But this would be economically traumatic, worse than most of the deals that have been envisioned. “People who voted to leave the EU didn’t vote to be poor,” Henry said.
Although May has said she wants to engage in respectful and cooperative talks and to put citizens first, the UK will likely play hardball during the negotiations— at least at first. As will the European Union.
“Theresa May is choosing a path that people call hard Brexit, and on the other side, the EU has to in some way disincentivize the exit path,” Henry said, so that other EU nations are not tempted to follow Britain’s example.
A hard Brexit would put an end to the free movement of labor and the UK’s contributions to the EU budget. It would also disrupt Britain’s access to the EU single market. A soft Brexit, on the other hand, would prioritize the UK’s continuing access to the single market with the concession that it allow the free movement of laborers (unpopular with many British voters) and continue to pay into the EU budget.
Taking a tough line, President of the European Council Donald Tusk has informed Britain that it cannot simultaneously leave the EU and negotiate a new trade deal at the same time, which May had requested. “Tusk said, absolutely not, that it wouldn’t fit into two years,” Henry explained. “The EU has to make this Brexit a painful lesson for other states, for what if Britain ends up being better off outside the EU? That would be terrible for the EU.”
The EU also will likely demand an exit fee of 20 billion to 70 billion euros for financial commitments it made before its people voted to leave. In addition, it will ask the country to continue paying into the pension endowment since the EU civil service — which include some British workers — are “multinational.”
Other difficult areas to negotiate will be determining the status of British nationals living in the continent (about one million people) and EU nationals living in Britain (roughly 3.2 million). Britain has promised some of the foreigners within its border that if they can prove they had been living in the UK for five years before the Brexit vote, they can stay.
Another problem will be negotiating the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which has been open since the 1998 peace accord. People travel easily from country to country for work or to shop, and to disrupt that would be “terribly damaging economically,” Henry said, and could also erode the good will between the historically antagonistic countries.
Furthermore, it’s likely that Scotland — which voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU — will hold another referendum on whether to leave the United Kingdom. Times have changed since Scotland last voted on the question in 2014. “When they had a referendum last time, the price of oil was around $100 a barrel and now it is in the low $50s, and they had a budget surplus of 6 percent to 7 percent,” Henry said, referring to Scotland’s lucrative oil resources in the North Sea. “Now they are barely breaking even on their budget. It’s a much less favorable time to leave.”
How will the EU survive in this age of populism?
“People are concerned about this of course,” Henry said. To try to counter populist European agendas that promote nationalist, isolationist tendencies, EU members are toying with the idea of creating a “multi-tier” Europe,” with inner and outer corps.
“Is it really possible for 27 states to march in lockstep together when they are so different in scale of economy, in wealth and in poverty?” Henry questioned. “Maybe if there had been an outer corps, Britain would have remained.”
Another idea is to establish a “variable geometry” to allow nations to come together on select issues, essentially allowing member states to opt in or out on certain policies. “People call this Europe à la carte, rather than prix fixe. It was the prix fixe that the British couldn’t abide,” Henry explained.
In these scenarios, which favor the wealthier countries, it’s even possible the UK might try to reenter the EU, Henry suggested. “One economist did an analysis and said 2032 could be the year Britain applies to renter,” she said.


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Community Tries to Protect Martin's Island Fernandina: State Asked to Buy Property
Byline: Allison Schaefers, Nassau Neighbors staff writer
Fernandina Beach city commissioners are getting involved in efforts to conserve Martin's Island so the land can be turned into a state park.
Mayor Kim Page has written a letter to U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Florida, asking him to support a $2.75 million appropriation to help communities protect coastal lands under threat of development. If the money came from the Coastal Zone Management Program, the property could become a Florida state park, she said.
If the state doesn't purchase the 105-acre island and make it into a state-owned ecotourism attraction overseen by Fort Clinch State Park, a development corporation plans to transform the island into 56 single-family lots, she said.
Clinch Kavanaugh, attorney for First Coast Group and Four Seasons Homebuilders, said the company could sell the island to the state if the price was right, but time is becoming a factor.
"We have to proceed on the development track. We can't sit on a property worth millions of dollars while the state decides what to do," he said.
Cliff Maxwell, manager of Fort Clinch State Park, said the park is interested in acquiring Martin's Island as well as neighboring Big Tiger and Little Tiger islands. If the state purchases Martin's Island, Maxwell said it is likely to remain undeveloped.
The island, located between Jolly River and Bells River northeast of the Blackrock community, is home to armadillos, raccoons, squirrels, wild boar, rattlesnakes and deer, he said. …


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The Foxconn deal is an escalation of Wisconsin’s race to the bottom.
It sets a dangerous precedent in multiple ways. Firstly, the corporate subsidies Foxconn will be receiving will be record amounts. Never before has a company received such lavish appropriations. Secondly, the environmental waivers Foxconn will be granted are vast in scope. Never before have these waivers been so permissive. Lastly, Foxconn’s abysmal treatment of workers stands out, even in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin. Never before have we accepted a company with this atrocious of a labor record. If we are giving record amounts of money and waivers to a foreign company, what is to stop any other company, domestic or foreign, from demanding the same appeasements.
Wisconsin is poised to give out $3 billion to Foxconn. In the best case scenario it would take Wisconsin taxpayers approximately 25 years to break even on this contorted “investment.” The costs to Wisconsin and its families do not end there. Massive costs to build infrastructure projects, including roads, utilities and public buildings will also be incurred -- much of which will be for Foxconn’s sole usage. Other economic impacts include relocation of habitats and communities, pollution cleanup and the care for health issues incurred because of this increased pollution.
The damage to our great state does not end with the financial burdens. The proposal has Wisconsin waiving the need for Foxconn to complete an environmental impact statement. This statement’s purpose is to promote informed decision-making by providing information concerning significant environmental impacts to both agency leaders and the public. Removing this requirement not only removes public insight into the impact the company will have on the area, but also removes any ability for the public to express concerns. Considering Foxconn’s record of irresponsibility with the repercussions their facilities have on their surrounding environment, a statement on how it will affect our lands, our water, our state, and our lives is more important than ever. This negligence is amplified since it is paired with the removal of other environmental protections.
Specifically, this deal purges limitations on filling in wetlands. Wetlands act as nature’s sponge soaking up and cleansing our water. With the number of floods Southeastern Wisconsin has received this summer, destroying wetlands is counterproductive to the needs of the area.
Yet another environmental concern is the water consumption of this facility. There are estimates of up to 15 million gallons of water used per a day to operate this. That is twice the amount of water the entire city of Waukesha asked for. And when this facility is built within the basin of Lake Michigan, its approval for this water will be fast tracked by the state, as it does not need the approval of the other Great Lake states.
A company that puts up suicide nets in response to employees killing themselves probably shouldn’t be trusted in the issue of labor rights. Foxconn’s abuses include wage theft, intimidation, long hours, and insufficient break times. These jobs that are being held up as beacons of hope to the community, are likely going to be filled with similar drawbacks. Exploitation of a community that is desperate for jobs is not an ethical business practice.
The Wisconsin State Assembly has just approved Foxconn legislation, but the politicians continue to squabble about specifics. It must be stated that no amount of tweaking will make this giveaway palatable. The Wisconsin Green Party stands against the Foxconn deal and sees no acceptable option other than outright rejection.
To contrast this negative deal, a Green vision for job creation in the state would include green energy projects, marijuana legalization, public transportation improvements and co-op creation. Jobs we would invest in would have guarantees for workers such as lifetime health care and card check union recognition. The jobs we would foster would actually add revenue to our public coffers and be a less costly initial investment. They would also be environmentally sustainable with limits on fuel usage and minimal pollution to our waterways. We should be investing in our people, not multinational corporations. Green jobs are the way of the future, and our only chance at a future.

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FBR, NADRA to carry out ‘360-degree’ analysis of non-filers
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) Monday agreed to carry out a ‘360-degree’ analysis of the non-filers for bringing them into the tax net.
Sources told Business Recorder here on Monday that the senior NADRA officials Monday visited FBR House to hold a meeting with FBR Chairman Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan and his team of members including FBR Member Inland Revenue Policy and FBR Member Inland Revenue Operations.
Both the sides discussed in detail the measures to broaden the tax base by sharing taxpayer’s data available with the NADRA. It has been agreed to start the exercise of searching for new taxpayers with the help of NADRA database.
According to the sources, the actionable data of NADRA would be used to carry out a ‘360-degree’ analysis of the non-filers for bringing them into the tax net. The FBR is in the process of acquiring data of up to 400,000 non-filers from NADRA for taking necessary action against them. Now, the FBR has already acquired overwhelming data which would be used for broadening the tax base. A 360-degree view would be taken of non-filers including their lifestyle, expenditures, foreign travels, purchase of properties and other data. By the end of this month, the FBR will roll out this exercise.
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Meet your guide and small group of up to 30 people in central Mdina in time for a 3pm departure. After learning a little bit about the city, which has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and was the island capital up until the 16th-century, set out on a walking tour of the city’s highlights.
Follow your guide around Mdina’s top attractions, including the magnificent Cathedral of Saint Paul, the grand 13th-century Palazzo Falzon, and the elegant Baroque Carmelite Priory. Along the way, stop to admire the elaborate façade of Palazzo Santa Sofia, one of Mdina’s oldest buildings; pass Vilhena Palace, which now houses the Natural History Museum; and peek into the Chapel of Saint Agatha. Finally, hear more about Mdina’s fascinating history as you explore the city’s medieval fortifications, including the imposing Greeks Gate.
Your tour ends in central Mdina.

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This report of Saïd Arjomand`s work on progress followed a new theoretical approach to the sociology of revolution offered in Revolution: Structure and Meaning in History to appear next month with regard to the motivation to revolutionary action. This approach shifts the focus of analysis from the putatively general causes of revolutions to the specific motivation and consequences of revolutionary social action in historical and comparative perspective. Within this framework, major instances of Islamicate revolutionary transformation beginning with Muhammad’s constitutive revolution and the rise of Islam in seventh-century Arabia, followed by four cases of medieval and early modern Mahdist revolutions are examined in the companion volume he is working on. The persistence as well as radical transformation of the millennial motivation in revolutionary movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be treated in the concluding chapters. The presentation briefly outlined the conclusions regarding the Fatimid revolution in North Africa at the beginning of the tenth century and the Berber revolution of Mahdi Ibn Tumart in Southwestern Maghreb in the mid-twelfth century but mostly focus in the Shi`ite Messianism in occupied Iraq and the Sunni reaction to it in the form of DA`ESH/ISIS in the concluding chapter.
Saïd Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. In March 2019, he is a Guest at the IWM.
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(IWM Permanent Fellow; Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna)

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Summaries of Covid-19-related information and resources for the Tompkins County community.
A collection of images depicting the Rochester Dental Dispensary and School for Dental Hygienists in the early and mid-20th century.
This collection contains several artifacts from the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection, University at Buffalo, that highlight the life of Dr. Austin Flint. A renowned physician, Flint was one of the founding members of the University at Buffalo Medical School.
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was the first woman in the world to graduate from medical school and become a physician. The collection includes images of Dr. Blackwell and her writings dating to the late 19th century
Elon Howard Eaton (1866-1935) was a noted ornithologist and author of Birds of New York. This collection includes papers related to his research, correspondence, and genealogical materials, as well as photographs of Eaton.
Items from the papers of historian Elsie Gutchess, including primary and secondary materials relating to the history of women in the United States.
Wide-ranging collection of General Electric-related audio recordings.
Geneva Medical College, a mid-19th century medical college, was the predecessor SUNY Upstate Medical University. The collection contains photographs and documents relating to Geneva Medical College and its alumni.
Photographs and documents relating to Good Shepherd Hospital in Syracuse, New York, throughout its existence from the late-19th century to mid-20th century.
Photographs, books, articles, papers, World War II items and poetry from Jane Secor’s personal collection.
Mid-century photographs and documents relating to SUNY Upstate Medical University’s School of Nursing.
Photographs and documents relating to the Syracuse Free Dispensary which operated from 1888-1964.

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Villa di Piazzano, Umbría
|Località Piazzano, 7, 06069, Tuoro sul Trasimeno, Perugia, Umbría, ITALIA.|
Descripción: Villa di PiazzanoUniquely situated on the border between Tuscany and Umbria, the closest town is Cortona (Tuscany). Built in the early 1500s, the Villa di Piazzano was commissioned by Cardinal Silvio Passerini as a hunting manor. The Villa is situated in a beautiful private park of ancient Italian oak and linden trees and is surrounded by lush green hills where the Cardinal and his entourage hunted pheasants and wild boar.
Today the Villa has been transformed into an elegant country residence and special attention has been dedicated to preserving the beauty and authenticity of the original building. It is a family run business and is furnished with antiques belonging to the family. The rooms offer modern comfort and facilities, and its owners take special pride in providing a personalised service to a high standard.
It is an ideal base for planning day trips to Florence, Siena, the Chianti region, Orvieto, Perugia, Assisi and many other interesting sites, as well as to wineries and olive oil mills.
Descripción de habitaciones: Villa di Piazzano9 Doubles, 3 Junior Suites, 4 Deluxe rooms, 1 Suites.
Each room at the Villa di Piazzano is unique and has a name distinguishing it from the others. All rooms have different but equally beautiful views of the garden, the surrounding hills, the fields and the nearby town of Cortona. They are all very spacious and equipped with modern comforts.
Aclaraciones e información adicional: Villa di Piazzano
There is no restaurant but they serve full continental breakfast and dinner by prior arrangement.
Small, well behaved and toilet trained pets admitted.
It is a perfect place for relaxing in the garden, taking walks or bike riding through the country. Good golfing possibilities!. The Villa di Piazzano is willing to customise excursions and activities according to the needs of the single customers or small groups.
Tuscany is one of the most elegant regions of Central Italy whose medieval towns are famous for their history, art and folklore. The closest town is Cortona (2.5 miles), a medieval town mentioned in Frances Mayes' bestseller "Under The Tuscan Sun".
Número de habitaciones: 17
Categoría oficial: Residenza d'Epoca (Historical Estate).
Fecha de creación o última remodelación: 1500's/2001.
Período de cierre del hotel: From Dec.01 to Feb.28.
Idiomas: Italian, English, French.Régimen de fumadores: Non-smoking property. Smoking is only permitted in the bar and the outside terrace.
Tarjetas de crédito aceptadas: America Express, Diners, Mastercard, Visa.
Coordenadas GPS: 43° 14' 33.26'' N 12° 2' 26.30'' E
Aeropuerto más cercano: Florence - 90 km.
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Day 3. 18 May (Friday)
On our third day in Korea we took the tube for a 1 hour ride to the city of Suwon, on a mission to conquer the HwaSeong Fortress.
First impression, the long winding stairs with no end in sight suggested that the fortress might have the last laugh and conquered us in the end.
This is the view from nearly the top of the fortress, with the sprawling city of Suwon below. The miniscule size of the buildings should had been a good indication on how high we had climbed.
Wondered how they moved this 1200 ton bell to the top of the mountain fortress.
After spending a whole day ‘hiking’ in Suwon, we went back to our apartment for a rest before embarking on the other event of the day: a cable car trip to N-Seoul tower.
N-Seoul tower is the home to a famous and oft-visited attraction in Korea: the teddy bear museum.
The teddy bear museum was indeed a highlight, as it narrate the history of Korea via a series of cute and animated teddy bears scenes.
They even have flashy Korean K-pop on show.

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Authorities rounded up around 30 homeless people in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district late last week and sent most of them for detention in the notorious Prey Speu detention centre, despite mounting criticism regarding the human rights violations in the government facility.
According to a report from Daun Penh authorities issued yesterday, police imprisoned a total of 31 people in Prey Speu – or Por Sen Chey Vocational Training Centre – between Thursday and Saturday for living on the streets.
Seventeen people were arrested on Thursday at the park in front of the Royal Palace, Wat Phnom and Freedom Park, while another 14 were detained on Saturday from Wat Ounalom pagoda and from behind Norodom Elementary School.
“They have been sent by the Social Affairs Department for training to Prey Speu because they are not allowed to sleep on the streets to maintain public order,” the report said.
Most of the detainees are currently in the centre, while others have been taken in by local NGOs.
Lok Roth, who is currently homeless, said he was one of many who were almost included in the street sweep at Norodom Elementary School.
“I saw them coming and I ran,” Roth said.
“We have no place to stay because we are poor. How can we find a home to live in?”
Prey Speu has been plagued by allegations of abuse, rape and even murder since its opening in 2004.
It also recently came under fire after opposition lawmaker Ke Sovannaroth’s July 7 visit and repeated complaints from NGOs, which highlighted the beating of prisoners and the centre’s lack of food and proper sanitation.
Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong, however, said during a visit on July 17 that the government plans to improve conditions in the prison.
“We need to clean the city so there will be public order, but the authorities are developing this centre to improve it,” Socheatvong said.
He added that 10 more security guards will be hired to prevent break-outs, and a new park will be built to help detainees develop farming skills.
Vibol La, director of Pour Sourire d’Enfant, one of the two local NGOs working with the government on the street sweeps, said he was sceptical of the planned improvements.
“There needs to be more information on what exactly these improvements are,” La said.
“But we’re hoping that what they have planned will allow prisoners to easily integrate back to society after detention and that they will better observe the human rights of the people living there.”
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Finger painting or finger painting, as it is popularly known, is one of the favorite crafts of the smallest of the house. Besides having fun, it has many other benefits. It fosters their imagination, stimulates their motor coordination and psychomotor skills, develops their tactile sensitivity and boosts their self-esteem, among many others. If you want your children to have fun doing an activity different from what they are used to do, buy them some finger paints! They have intense and bright colors, they can mix them to generate new colors and have fun playing with their own hands. Let them use them on paper, cardboard, wood, ceramic or plaster, finger paints are the perfect choice for their wide versatility!
Finger paints are completely safe for children to use, as they are specifically designed to be used with the hands and present no risk to the skin. They are non-toxic and, most of them, are free of major allergens. They are 100% washable and are easily removed from virtually any fabric and surface, including your own skin, with a little warm water. Of course, we recommend using the finger paint on children from 3 years old, before that age they will not know how to use them properly.
As usual in our online stationery catalog, MILAN is one of the most important brands in the finger paint section. At Webcartridge we give you the possibility to buy several colors together in pack or box format so that you have them all together in the same case. Either way, explore our selection of finger paints and get your favorites.

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