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The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games provided a unique opportunity to showcase London's unrivaled arts and culture to the world. The Mayor of London presented and supported the most exciting, ambitious cultural festival the city has ever seen.
Culture and 2012 legacy
Alongside the London 2012 Festival, we signalled to the world that London is a cultural powerhouse with over 5,000 free cultural events stretching across all parts of London (all 33 boroughs) and across all genres – Music, Dance, Visual Arts, Theatre and Fashion for both Londoners and visitors alike to enjoy including:
- 31% of Londoners said that they attended more cultural events in summer 2012 than summer 2011.
- over 80,000 people bounced on Jeremy Deller’s inflatable Stonehenge - Sacrilege
- Elizabeth Streb's daredevil dancers attracted international media value of over £1 million.
- over 400 Showtime performers reached over half a million Londoners
- Big Dance is the world’s largest and most influential dance initiative reaching 1.8 million people in the capital
- over 20,000 Londoners and visitors got 'Shakespeared' by Olivier Award winning actor, Mark Rylance's troupe
- 500 x 11–25 year olds performing 2,000 hours of live music around London in the Mayor's annual busking competition - Gigs
- around 30,000 experienced a Secrets event including ex-Monty Python Terry Jones operatic spectacle The Owl and the Pussycat along London’s canals
- aerial performances and 1.5 tons of feathers were released during a day of circus at Piccadilly Circus

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- “Essentially nothing” can stop the US long bond from hitting zero, he said
- The digitalization of money and finance is happening organically from the bottom up, McGlone said
Mike McGlone, a senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, joined Blockworks for an interview at the Bretton Woods: The Realignment conference after he spoke during the “Crypto Market Structures: Venues, Flows and Liquidity” panel.
In the interview, McGlone discussed themes from the conference, and also talked about:
- Ethereum as a building block for DeFi
- “Number go up” technology
- Trends of yields and bonds
- China and the US
- Digitalization of money and finance
Watch the full interview with McGlone below.

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Kanye West repeats claim that Kim Kardashian nearly aborted their 7 year old daughter North
Talking on comic Nick Cannon’s podcast, Cannon’s Class,the renowned rapper discussed the couple’s decision not to abort their daughter.
It comes after Kanye made the disclosure about the couple’s private life during a touchy presidential mission rally in South Carolina in July.
‘Due to South Carolina, there are individuals that have chosen to have a child, they have associated,’ Kanye said on the podcast.
‘They never observed anybody in my position take that position [against abortion], and state “take a gander at this, this is a seven-year-old right here, and she may have never made it here.”‘
He proceeded: ‘It was my better half who said “this is a spirit”, and the most alarming thing is she had the pills – you take the pills and the following morning the child is gone – she had them in her grasp.’
Kanye’s union with unscripted television star Kim Kardashian was supposed to be at emergency point following the hazardous meeting in South Carolina.
During the occasion, the rapper sincerely uncovered that he and Kim needed to have a fetus removal when she was pregnant with girl North, yet that God came to him and disclosed to him it was wrong.
In a rambling, unscripted speech to supporters, he concentrated every now and again on the subject of premature birth, saying that in 2013 Kim ‘had the pills in her grasp’ to have a fetus removal before he was motivated by God to have the child.
The meeting with Nick Cannon was recorded at the West Mountain Ranch in Cody, Wyoming, and delivered in full today.
The rapper likewise talked about his improbable presidential offer and denied theory he is running for president with an end goal to help Donald Trump gain re-appointment.
West raised gossipy tidbits that he is in ‘cahoots’ with Republicans.
‘They’re stating that they’re paying you to do what you’re doing to be a distraction,’ Cannon said in answer.
Kanye immediately suppressed that recommendation, saying: ‘Brother, can’t no one compensate me! I got more cash than Trump!’
The pair shared a generous giggle before Cannon stated: ‘Yet individuals are stating that you’re a distraction, and on the grounds that they don’t need four additional long stretches of Trump, possibly you may.
‘You need an option of four years of Ye. Is that sensible right now in 2020?’
‘I’m not running for president – I’m walking,’ West answered.
West’s claim that he’s richer than Trump appears to be untrue, as Forbes records the previous’ total assets at $1.3 billion and the last’s at $2.1 billion.
However, the rapper questioned Forbes’ gauge when it returned out in April, saying that his actual worth surpasses $3 billion.
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> The analogy to gay marriage laws is not on-point. No one is asserting any
> claim that Utah must recognize polygamous marriages under Utah law.
> Instead, Utah is criminalizing *religious* marriages. The analogy, then,
> would be the prosecution of two men who marry one another under the auspices
> of their church, without receiving a civil marriage license. Unthinkable,
> right? and a clear Free Exercise violation.
> Marci, you say that "polygamy laws have been enforced against non-religious
> polygamy." That would be very important, obviously, if it were the case in
> Utah, because in that case perhaps this is closer to *Smith* than to *
> Lukumi*. But what is "non-religious polygamy," and can you please
> identify cases in Utah where it has been prosecuted? Thanks.
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:56 AM, <hamilton02@aol....> wrote:
>> ** The major point is this: should the legislature or the courts
>> determine the marriage construct? I think it is clear this is best left to
>> the legislature absent a constitutional restraint. And the practice of
>> polygamy has enough negative social consequences to satisfy even strict
>> scrutiny in my view. if you have not read God's Brothel, I highly recommend
>> it as a quick way to learn about actual practices in a dozen or so Christian
>> religious groups. She does not address Islamic polygamy, which is no
>> prettier for women and children.
>> Gay marriage advocates have had to persuade state legis that same-sex
>> marriage (and all of the rights and privileges flowing from marriage) is not
>> inconsistent w sound public policy in states like NY. Polygamists should
>> have to do the same thing. Women who care about equal rights and child
>> advocates will fight them. That is where the fight should be.
>> Just so my position is clear-- as public policy, I believe polygamy is as
>> violative of equal rights for women whether the female spouses are 40 or 12.
>> The principle itself violates women's equal standing in society. The
>> opposite practice is so rare in history as to be irrelevant to these
>> If we have a plague that kills most men so we need a different marriage
>> structure to build the society, let's talk. China --through base misogyny
>> that led to killing female fetuses and newborns--has brought on itself the
>> need to figure something out on that score. Not an issue here. But it
>> reinforces my point above-- it is a matter for legislative deliberation.
>> Paul--my point was that Congress imposed the polygamy laws on the
>> territories after all states firmly banned the practice. The LDS were not
>> subject to a made-up law that was a gerrymander to their practices a la
>> Lukumi. I talk about this in my Wm and Mary Bill of Rts article on
>> Licentiousness and the Constitution
>> Despite our focus on this list, polygamy laws have been enforced against
>> non-religious polygamy. Those cases don't get the same headlines unless a
>> guy is deceiving his 2 spouses. There is the classic hell hath no fury...
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>> *From: * Marty Lederman <lederman.marty@gmai...>
>> *Date: *Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:24:06 -0400
>> *To: *<hamilton02@aol....>
>> *Cc: *<rs@robe...>; <Eric.M.Freedman@hofs...>; <
>> conlawprof-bounces@list...>; <conlawprof@list...>
>> *Subject: *Re: Challenge to Utah polygamy law
>> Marci, on this one I tend to agree with you (although I haven't studied it
>> sufficiently) that from a public policy standpoint, polygamy -- or at least
>> the common variant we're familiar with, in which several young women are
>> manifestly subservient to a single man in a family --
>> is something we ought to be working to strongly discourage.
>> Nevertheless, from a Free Exercise perspective, I remain unpersuaded by
>> the argument on behalf of the State. Like all other states, Utah does not
>> proscribe voluntary subservience as such -- it's the religious component of
>> the relationship that brings the criminal sanction.
>> I haven't seen Sister Wives, but in what way does the family there "put
>> its illegal practices on public display for money." Which depicted
>> practices are illegal? Mere cohabitation in an intimate relationship
>> between more than two adults, at least one of whom is married under civil
>> law? That does appear to violate the face of the "cohabitation" prong of
>> the Utah bigamy statute, but as I noted earlier, Utah apparently does not
>> actively enforce that prong -- because if it did, it would proscribe many
>> relationships apart from the polygamist ones that concern us, and that prong
>> of the law would be subject to a substantial due process challenge.
>> So, if my recollection of *Holm* is correct, the "illegal practices" of
>> Kody Brown were *the religious weddings in which he engaged*. (I don't
>> know if those are depicted on the show.) That's the actus reus that
>> establishes criminal culpability, and without it there'd be no prospect of
>> prosecution. (If I have this wrong, and it's the cohabitation as such that
>> would be the basis of prosecution, then the principal objection would be
>> *Lawrence/Moore*, and the only Free Exercise claim would likely be a *
>> Lukumi*-like argument about singling out religious cohabitationists for
>> disparate treatment. If the show were instead about a "nontraditional"
>> family in which a married couple had invited another adult into their home
>> and their bed, or about a married man who was living with his mistress, I
>> assume Utah authorities would be uninterested.)
>> Marci adds an important point: "Polygamy *binds* a disproportionate
>> number of women to a single man at the same moment." It is this sense of
>> "bindingness," I suspect, that is at the heart of most of what troubles us
>> about these cases. But as far as I know, the women are not "bound" to the
>> men in any legal sense under Utah law -- a woman could leave the
>> relationship tomorrow, and there could be no breach of contract claim, or
>> any divorce consequences. (RIght?) What binds the women with any real
>> force is the fact that there will be consequences *within the church *if one
>> of the wives were to abandon the relationship. That's hardly trivial --
>> such religious consequences obviously have a profound effect on behavior, as
>> they do for many of us when we make decisions about marriage, childrearing,
>> etc. Nevertheless, for the state to attach criminal culpability to the fact
>> of such religious consequences is certainly singling out religion for
>> specific sanction, which should thereby trigger the sort of heightened
>> scrutiny we see in* Lukumi. *Perhaps this is the rare sanction against
>> religion that should survive such scrutiny -- perhaps Utah, for example,
>> should be able to forbid the church itself from attaching any religious
>> consequences to the fact of the multiple religious marriages. (Would such a
>> law be materially different from this one?) But it appears to me that that
>> is where our legal attention should be -- on the question of what special
>> showing a state must make in order to take the extraordinary step of
>> singling out the conferral of a religious status for condemnation and
>> criminal penalty.

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Travis Scott is still in court dealing with civil lawsuits to the tragedy that unfolded at his Astroworld concert back in 2021. But it seems like a key piece of evidence that prosecutors want is MIA, and there’s a wild explanation behind it.
Consequence Sound is reporting that Scott’s lawyer, Steve Brody, told the judge that the rapper’s phone (which holds text messages prosecutors would like to comb through) was lost. They claim the “Highest In The Room” artist dropped his phone in the Gulf of Mexico back in 2022. Though that does seem fishy on the surface, it can happen, right?
News of the phone being lost at sea came after lawyers for the plaintiff filed an emergency motion to get “Documents and electronic devices such as phones and text messages from Scott, his entity XX Global Inc., and employees including Cactus Jack general manager David Stromberg.”
Consequence Sound reports:
When pressured by Judge Kristen Hawkins as to why the contents on Scott’s phone weren’t imaged sooner, Brody acknowledged the delay, but offered no real explanation. “Now, looking back, yeah, in an ideal world his phone would have been imaged on November 6th or November 7th or November 8th,” he said, referring to the days immediately after the Astroworld tragedy, which left 10 dead. “In an ideal situation that would have happened. It did not. And that’s the situation we’re facing right now.”
Judge Hawkins also asked why there was seemingly no attempt made by Scott or his legal team to “recover text messages from alternate sources.” In response, Brody explained that Scott’s iPhone was not backed-up to iCloud, and that neither Apple nor the cell phone carrier could assist in recovering data from it.
Attempting to still be compliant, though, Brody did state that information from Stromberg’s phone would become available to the court by September 27th. According to Brody, the newly-obtained info would “show the vast majority, if not all, relevant texts with Mr. Scott related to this event.” Though it’s unclear if any data will be missing from Stromberg’s phone, Brody hopes that “Mr. Stromberg’s agreement is going to remedy the situation.”
This isn’t a good look for Scott, who’s been maintaining his innocence in the tragedy since day one. Don’t be surprised if those conspiracy theories that this was somehow a satanic ritual make a roaring comeback now with people claiming Lucifer was part of the group chat or something.
To make matters worse for Scott, lawyers for the plaintiff say that Scott’s legal team have been difficult to deal with throughout the process. “As frustrating as the conduct of many of the defendants have been, they have at least produced some documents comprising text messages, photos, and videos retrieved from images of their clients’, employees’, and agents’ phones,” the attorneys wrote. “Travis Scott and his team stand apart as having not produced a single text, WeChat communication, video, or photo from their phones — not because they don’t exist — but because his attorneys chose not to image or search their phones the order to do so by the court.”
Should be interesting to see what course of action is taken next now that we know Travis Scott’s phone won’t be found and his team continues to give the plaintiffs in the case the runaround.
What do y’all think of this latest twist in the Travis Scott court case? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The Indian Dalit writing is not a new genre. It is a crusade against the discrimination in name of caste. Today, Dalits are both asserting their identity and challenging a society that had earlier excluded them, by writing about their lives themselves. Joseph Macwan comes forward as a prophet of Dalits’ welfare in Gujarat. In 1986, he wrote The Angaliyat which was later translated into English as The Stepchild by Rita Kothari and published by the Oxford University Press. The novel criticizes systems of internal colonization that exist within the Hindu caste system, which is far more difficult to fight than the British colonization of the land. The Stepchild represents the recently emerged genre of the Dalit novel. The Stepchild, with its true sense, demystifies the dalitness. The text challenges the otherness in one’s own country.
Key Words: Dalit Literature, Marginalization, Discrimination, Joseph Macwan
Since ages, human has been experiencing various strata based on gender, race, colour of skin, religion, class and so on. None wants to be identified as a part of marginalized group. Rangrao Bhongle defines marginality as follows,
The term applies to those areas of human interactions and activities which had only peripheral values, which were relegated to and looked upon as irrelevant and insignificant to the mainstream interest, and which appeared occasionally either to entertain or as an object of pity and sympathy in the so-called mainstream literature. (25)
These marginalised people are frequently treated inhumanly. They are by definition kept on the periphery. They are rather outside. Dalits have forcibly been put into ‘margins’ since the ancient India. The Indian Dalit writing is a revolt against ages-old discrimination. It is a crusade against the marginality in the name of caste and social class. Today, Dalits are both asserting their identity and challenging a society that had earlier excluded them, by writing about their lives themselves. Joseph Macwan comes forward as a front-runner for Dalits’ welfare in Gujarat.
During his early years, Macwan had to suffer from many family disputes along with economic and social upheavals. As a chamar by birth, Joseph Macwan has himself experienced distress and anguish of life lived by any down trodden. He was deeply rooted in his culture of oppression which resulted into his conversion to Christianity.
He wrote his first story in 1952 which was published under a pen name. Later, in 1964, his short story, “Ghar no Divo” was rejected for the publication which made Macwan abandon the writing hopelessly till 1979. Under the influence of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, he again took up the pen as a weapon and began writing seriously, this time with much vigour and spirit. His Vyatha Na Vitako gained him fame, name, a lot awards and established him as a very mature writer. His maturity as a writer was reflected in his best novel Angaliyat in 1986.
In Maharahstra, Dalit writers have mostly written poems, dramas and essays but have not attempted to write a novel till date. Angaliyat is considered to be the first Dalit novel written in any language in India. This novel firmly puts Macwan on the national literary field. In 1989, this novel received the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Award. In 2004, it was skilfully translated by Rita Kothari from Gujarati into English as The Stepchild and published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It has the honour of being the first Gujarati novel translated into English and published by OUP.
It works on many levels. It is an interwoven tale of love, heroism, humiliation, revenge and death. It is a vividly coloured picture of the lives of two neighbouring villages in the Charotar district of central Gujarat. It is a document of the politics of the pre- and post-Independence years, as seen from the perspective of the downtrodden; and finally, it is an account of the struggle of one Dalit community against its upper-caste oppressors. Umashankar Joshi, a well-known Gujarati writer, told Joseph Macwan that, “You haven’t popularized Angaliyat but Angaliyat has popularized you” (Joshi 205). Bhagwatikumar Sharma, a renowned author says in this regard,
Joseph Macwan who has experienced the harsh reality of life and described it exactly without any bitterness doesn’t have only documentary strategy but also fragrance of creativity. … He describes fire but doesn’t harm. He wants to extinguish the fire. (15)
Joseph Macwan has Teehabhai Parmar alias Teeha as the protagonist who is like a tragic hero, a larger than life character, uncommon among the commonest Dalits and stronger among the weakest Dalits. His motive of life is very clear: not to accept marginality advocated by the Patels, the upper castes. He sacrifices his life for the same motto. Teeha is a man with distinct qualities. He lives for his identity and dies defending it.
The structure of the society in Gujarat is depicted in the text very minutely. It is the set up of the categorized society through which the Dalits are pushed into the margins by the upper castes. Restrictions on their freedom were basically conceptualized and later exercised through their religious dogmas. This is one of the worst forms of oppression. In the name of religion, the element of untouchability has been practiced in the society since ages. Politics has joined hands with religion as an ill-attempt to keep the Dalits more oppressed. Macwan has personally witnessed the deadly combination of political power and upper caste control. And this is aptly manifested in the character of Dehlavala Sheth, a representation of the upper castes. Besides political suppression, social exploitation is also one of the striking themes found in the text.
In the text, one can witness the element of exploitation and, due to it; the presence of existentialism. These Dalits have been facing aloofness, detachment, isolation and what not. Teeha, Bhavaankaka and other characters experience their isolation from the main stream society. They are confined in a very restrained group. These Dalits are groping in the darkness for their self-recognition. They are constantly searching for the stability and acceptance of their humanness.
Their existence is no existence at all in the society. They fear the high castes. Though their identity is openly stolen from them, they are strong enough to protest. Their protest against the ages old suffering is a result of their intense desire to have a respectful existence. The upper caste leader Dehlavala Sheth, the antagonist, defines them as:
It’s a good-for-nothing caste. Among themselves they display power, but never unite to think of their own welfare. We get away with what we do because of their failures! The day they achieve self-recognition, the sun will set on us. (Macwan 100)
Macwan convincingly expressed their disgust at the hypocrisy of the oppressors. Dehlavala’s hypocrisy is revealed after he becomes a prominent political leader. He tries to prove himself as a true Gandhian and proclaims, “‘I follow the footsteps of Baapu. My driver is a Harijan!’ He would announce proudly, impressing his listeners” (Macwan 120). His false idealism is sharply contrasted with his lust for his driver’s wife and her body. He wants to show the world that he follows the principles of Gandhiji but in reality he is a big hypocrite. The end of the novel establishes him a hard core hypocrite when he prevents anyone from helping Teeha who needs medical treatment. Thus he takes his revenge and reveals his true colours.
The Stepchild is remarkable for its triple conflicts: the internal conflict, the Dalits-Upper Castes conflict and finally the conflict amongst the Dalits. Teeha passes through all these three conflicts. His mental restlessness is due to all these dilemmas. Valji and his wife, Kanku try to convince him for the marriage, but any how he is not ready. When he is ready to marry Methi, circumstances are against their will. Even till the end Teeha and Methi are unable to unite in marriage. With much persuasion from Methi, Teeha agrees to marry Vali. This marriage too proves to be a reason of his suffering. Teeha’s life is nothing but a long struggle. He tries to find support in his various conflicts. Even when the Dalits support, they have to suffer a backlash from the upper castes. In fact, many Dalits try to discourage him by becoming obstacles in his struggle. The conflict between human being and the Destiny is also present in the novel. Man proposes and God disposes.
Joseph Macwan, having experienced marginally and suffering - psychologically, socially, politically - has drawn the sketches of his own experiences with the use of words. Marginality and suffering are proved as universal traits. Out of this traumatic life, he creates his own space. His writings have become extremely focused. Rangrao Bhongle holds the view that Dalit is not ‘marginal’ (11) but ‘mainstream’ (11) literature by virtue of their focus on the fundamental questions of human life, which embraces every cross-section of civilized society. Joseph Macwan also confesses for the element of realism in his novel, “Angaliyat is a tale of a culture that is extinct and pushed into oblivion on purpose. It is not an attempt to re-establish its prestige but to acknowledge and sing of its strength and character” (Macwan vii).
One should not curse darkness but the real solution is to lighten a candle to spread light. Macwan depicts the disease and proposes its solution : moving on into the future with the past firmly in its place. In The Stepchild, Macwan’s vision of the united society is seen when at the end of the novel, Dehlavala Sheth proposes to make a high school in the village, the ‘angaliyat’ Gokul gives donation of rupees seven thousand and one in the name of Teehabhai Parmar. Dhirendra Mehta notes, “It introduces the creator’s vision by imagining the victory of the Dalits in such a way and by elaborating their feelings and sentiments” (Mehta 230). It is also envisioned that in his work, like other Dalit writers, their voices of suppression and oppression and later aggression change into voices of assertion. Dalitness, with the touch of reality, is artistically de-mystified in his literary work.
1. Bhongle, Rangrao. “Dalit Literature and African-American Literature: A Comparative Study.” Literature of Marginality: Dalit Literature and Aftican-American Literature, ed. N M Aston. Prestige Books, 2001, pp. 25-36.
2. Joshi, Umashanker. “Gujarati Katha Sahitya Pravah ma ek Vishisth Rachana: Angaliyat.”
3. Angaliyat. Joseph Macwan. Divine Publications, 2009, pp. 205-207.
4. Macwan, Joseph. The Stepchild. Rita Kothari, tran. OUP, 2004.
5. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 8th edition, Modern Language Association of America, 2017.
6. Salve, J. “The Theme of Marginality in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” Literature of Marginality: Dalit Literature and Aftican-American Literature, ed. N M Aston. Prestige Books, 2001, pp. 137-143.
7. Sharma, Bhagwatikumar. “Joseph Macwan: Gujarati Bhasha Sahitya ni ek Dhanyata.”
Angaliyat. Joseph Macwan. Divine Publications, 2009, pp. 13-15.

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My apologies for not being as active recently angels. I recently broke the bottom of my fibula (in my ankle) and the 5th metatarsal in my foot, while trying to get away from a wasp lol.
Ridiculous I know!
While trying to escape the wasp (I’m allergic to them), I turned quickly and while my body moved one way, my foot stayed still. I knew I’d broken something because I heard and felt it.
Hence, I’ve been on very strong painkillers and I’m now in a wheelchair while it all heals. It’s been nearly 4 weeks now and my next set of x-rays will be taken in the first week of November.
The silver lining, is that I’m hoping to finish book three of the Earth’s Angels Trilogy before Christmas.
A huge thank you to all my social media angels for your messages and beautiful get well wishes. xx

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I had a viewer inquire about rolling that encompasses more than the distance of an adjacent string, so I though it would be a good idea to talk about this a little bit.
The technique of rolling across 3 or more strings is quite similar to the one we used when learning to roll across just 2 strings. However, there is a slight difference to the approach and it requires a little more movement in the hand.
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Plastic waste makes up one-quarter of polar bears’ diet as climate change pushes them closer to human settlements, Russian scientists have said while warning that the plastic risks killing the animals.
Polar bears have been forced to scavenge for food on land as climate change damages their sea-ice habitats. The animals have increasingly come into contact with people, and images of them wandering into cities in Siberia and rummaging through garbage in the Russian Arctic made international headlines this year.
This increasing contact allowed scientists to examine the gut and excrement contents of polar bears that eat out of garbage dumps, Ivan Mizin, deputy director of the Russian Arctic national park, told Interfax on Tuesday.
“When polar bears visit landfills, up to 25% of their stomach and excrement contents is [made up of] various plastic waste: bags, wrappers, etc.,” Interfax quoted Mizin as saying Tuesday.
“Exceeding a certain percentage threshold means that the animals will begin to die,” Mizin warned on the sidelines of a forum on Arctic tourism and marine debris in the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk.
Arctic birds and marine mammals were also found to have plastic in their organs, Interfax cited Mizin as saying.
Marine debris including plastics — though not as widespread as in the tropics and mid-latitudes — is also a cause of death for marine mammals, he added. He cited an unprecedented 2015 case in which a bowhead whale beached in the Arctic after getting tangled in fishing nets.
“This was the first such finding, there’s no documented data of that happening before,” Mizin was quoted as saying.
Scientists in Far East Russia warned last month that discarded fishing nets were trapping spotted seals and other marine wildlife in the Sea of Japan.


More than 100 music lovers brought their lawn chairs and blankets to the west lawn of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library on Thursday night, to enjoy another free concert in the town’s Music in the Park series.
They came out to hear Big Shiny 90s, a Newmarket-based band that plays the rock and alternative hits of the 1990s.
From Stone Temple Pilots to Rage Against the Machine and Tragically Hip, the band – lead singer Craig Burnatowski, Mike Diluccio on guitar, Scott Everatt on bass and vocals, Neil Lukewich on drums – did justice to the music, and had the all-ages crowd singing along.
There were lawn games provided by Leisure Services, Pierre’s BBQ food truck selling steak or sausage on a bun and poutine, and Emily Dahlgren’s Baseball Concession Stand, with snacks and fresh-baked goodies from Sweet B’s confectionery.
As the park filled will people, Burnatowski took a break from the music to admit, “We had no idea what to expect… This is pretty fun!”
Music in the Park wraps up on Aug. 16. The final concert in the series sponsored by Vaughan Chrysler will be The Argues, playing Indie country and rock. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, and come out for the free event. Concert starts at 7 p.m.
On alternate Thursdays, the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury and sponsor Summerlyn Dental present Open Air Movies – Coco, on August 9, with BWG Fire & Emergency Services as special guests; and Wrinkle in Time on Aug. 23. Activities start at 8 p.m., movies screen at dusk.
Note: In case of inclement weather, movies will be screened inside the library. Concerts will be cancelled.


Huang, Kuo Cheng (2011) Traffic Simulation Model for Urban Networks: CTM-URBAN. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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Congestion on urban transportation networks around the world is frequently encountered and its economic and environmental footprint cannot be ignored. One of the solutions used to alleviate this problem is deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The effectiveness of ITS solutions to manage traffic demand more efficiently relies heavily on accurate travel time prediction, which is a difficult task to achieve using currently available simulation methods. This study proposes an urban network simulation model named CTM-URBAN, a modified version of the Cell Transmission Method (CTM) which was originally developed to simulate highway traffic. CTM-URBAN is a simple and versatile simulation framework designed to simulate more realistically traffic flows in an urban network with various traffic control devices. CTM-URBAN allows building, calibrating, and maintaining a large simulation network with a minimum of effort. A case study is presented to demonstrate that CTM-URBAN is able to predict travel time through signal-controlled intersections more accurately than the original CTM based on comparison with results from a microscopic simulator.
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|Authors:||Huang, Kuo Cheng|
|Degree Name:||M.A. Sc.|
|Date:||15 January 2011|
|Thesis Supervisor(s):||Alecsandru, Ciprian|
|Deposited By:||KUO CHENG HUANG|
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As Elizabeth Wettlaufer was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of eight seniors, the loved ones of her victims had their chance to voice the stress, guilt, and pain the former nurse’s actions have caused.
“Finding out (my mother) was killed by a huge injection of medication she did not need broke my heart,” said Sandy Millard, whose 87-year-old mother Gladys Millard died in 2011.
“I hardly sleep at night and feel exhausted.”
Wettlaufer has admitted to injecting patients with insulin with the intent to kill them, in 14 cases that stretched from 2007 to 2016. Wettlaufer was eventually charged with eight counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault. On June 1, she pleaded guilty to all charges.
David AJ Silcox, whose father James Silcox was murdered by Wettlaufer in August 2007, said the former nurse’s actions have taken a serious toll on him.
“Psychologically I feel a great deal of pain and guilt,” he told the court. “I simply feel guilty for not being able to protect my father as he had protected me.”
The victim’s granddaughter, Jane Silcox, said the case has driven a wedge between family members.
“It has torn us apart.”
“This murder, this break in trust this terrible event has turned siblings against each other, broken up our family and caused extreme stress and heart break (sic) in all of us.”
Laura Jackson, friend of victim Maurice Granat, 84, said she lost a “much-needed father figure,” when “Moe” passed away.
“Moe’s passing left a void in my life … It started with a depression for me that was so overwhelming it caused physical sickness that eventually led to the loss of my job,” Jackson wrote.
“There will always be [an] empty place that Moe’s loss has caused.”
Colin Matheson described the guilt of knowing that the life of his “sweet, kind and gentle spirited” 95-year-old grandmother, Heather Matheson, had been taken by Wettlaufer.
“Why didn’t I save her?” he wrote in his victim impact statement.
The family of Mary Zurawinski said they had to “begin the grieving process all over again” after learning their young-at-heart loved one had been deliberately killed.
“A lady, who at 96 years of age, still enjoyed looking her best; complete with lipstick, jewellery and nail polish,” the family’s joint statement said.
“We, the entire family, have all suffered emotionally, mentally, socially and physically as a result of this crime.”
WATCH: Ex-nurse pleads guilty to 8 counts of first-degree murder
Deanna and Donald Tuck wrote of their friend, victim Maureen Pickering, 79, who they call “a very intelligent and elegant lady.” They detail their difficult decision to place their good friend, who was struggling with Alzheimer’s disease, “in a good care home.”
“We feel terrible guilt. We put our friend in a place where her life was taken,” they wrote.
They hope the case will prompt systemic change.
“While we pray for justice we also pray for better health care of our elderly population in the future.”
You can read all the victim impact statements in their entirety in the document below.
— With files from the Canadian Press


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Donald Trump Jr. was on Capitol Hill after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s witch hunt compelled him to testify behind closed doors. President Donald Trump’s eldest son showed up with a massive truth bomb just for that crook Mueller, and it’s rocking him to the very core. When Mueller announced that he is laser focused on Don Jr.’s testimony, it was the biggest mistake of his life. You’re going to love this.
As the Mueller witch hunt into the bogus Russia-Trump connection to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race drags on, shocking developments are happening behind closed doors. Former FBI Director James Comey’s best buddy, Robert Mueller, made special arrangements to take on Donald Trump Jr., head to head behind closed doors.
With that last minute development, Mueller made sure Don Jr. was fully aware that he plans to scrutinize every word the president’s son gives to the Senate Intel Committee. In fact, Mueller is so obsessed with Don Jr. that he is probably feeding questions to the Democratic senators during the closed door hearing.
BuzzFeed reported, “Federal prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller are focusing keenly on the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. and are trying to determine his intent when he attended a controversial June 9, 2016, meeting with a Russian lawyer, according to a source familiar with the investigation.”
Fox Contributor and Attorney Gregg Jarrett has been following the Mueller investigation closely, and he said on the Hannity show, “Mueller has an agenda, he’s in bed with James Comey, for an act of retribution for the firing of Comey, to go after the President of the United States and bring him down, with the complicit mainstream media helping him along.” Simply said, Mueller couldn’t care less about the truth.
Mueller is Comey’s lap dog, doing his bidding, and since he can’t directly get at President Trump, he’s gunning for his son, but that is a big fat mistake. As any parent will tell you, “You can mess with me, but don’t you mess with my kids.” President Trump has fully armed Don Jr. with the best legal minds, and now, we know what truth bombs about Mueller that Don Jr. is dropping behind closed doors.
Donald Trump Jr.’s testimony dates were known weeks ago, and together with his team of lawyers, they set a trap for Mueller. First, on August 29th, Don Jr. re-tweets an article titled, “EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Brass Says Comey Struck Insider Immunity Deal With Mueller To Avoid Criminal Charges.” It’s bombshell information, which we’ll get to, but secondly, just last night, GOP Congressman Dana Rohrabacher told Sean Hannity, “[T]he Russian collusion scandal is the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.”
We broke story about Mueller granting Comey immunity 11 weeks ago … Others just catching up now. We move fast here https://t.co/XuT7zk5h8m
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) August 30, 2017
Now, it’s no coincidence these two truth bombs were dropped right before Don Jr. was put in the hot seat. This gives him the ammunition he needs to devastate Mueller behind closed doors. Don Jr. will slap Mueller hard with the shocking immunity deal that he “allegedly” gave Comey. As True Pundit reports, “A high-ranking Justice Department official believes Special Counsel Robert Mueller has granted a complete get-out-of-jail-free-card deal for disgraced FBI Director James Comey: A coveted immunity deal in exchange for cooperating as a key witness.”
“The immunity is a done deal,” a Justice Department source said. “Mueller can do whatever he wants. We (Justice Department) have no say, but after many years working criminal cases, I know Comey has been given immunity. You can tell by the way he is acting now and the fact that Mueller has kept us in the dark about his investigation.”
If you’re asking whether Mueller has the power to grant immunity, the quick answer is yes. The long version is that he needs to run it by the Attorney General. Now, remember, AG Jeff Sessions has recused himself from this investigation, so it falls on the Barack Obama appointee, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Rosenstein himself picked Mueller as Special Counsel, so it’s a no brainer that he’d sanction immunity. Mueller gave his best buddy Comey immunity, and all Don Jr. needs to do is get it on the record when he testifies, and that’s clearly what he is doing. That’s all it will take to open an investigation into Mueller and Comey’s cozy relationship. Those two rats will go down the drain when it’s proven their real intent, which is to destroy President Trump. Mueller and Comey really thought they could take on Donald Trump, go after his son, and bring him down. Poor Mueller and Comey are finding out the hard way, the Trump family never loses — they only play to win.


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Letter to the Editor
Resveratrol Increases Intracellular NAD+ Levels Through Up regulation of
The NAD+Synthetic Enzyme Nicotinamide Mononucleotide
Nady Braidy 1; Gilles J. Guillemin 1,2; Ross Grant *1
1University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney, Australia
2St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
Resveratrol is a polyphenol with major health benefits1 that is thought to operate
through direct activation of the ‘anti-aging’ enzyme SIRT12. However recent reports
have challenged this ‘direct-activation’ hypothesis3-4, suggesting the mechanism by
which resveratrol increases SIRT1 function is still unknown. We report for the first
time that resveratrol induces a dose dependent increase in activity of the NAD+
synthetic enzyme nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyl transferase (NMNAT1).
Activation of NMNAT1 by resveratrol in cultured primary human astrocytes and
neurons increased NAD+ levels by up to 5 fold. As SIRT1 requires NAD+ as a substrate
to perform its gene silencing function5, higher NAD+ levels will enhance SIRT1 activity6.
This finding suggests that resveratrol may promote SIRT1 function by enhancing NAD+
synthesis in whole cell systems without requiring direct activation.
Resveratrol is a non-vitamin antioxidant common in the diet and particularly abundant in
teas, juices, and red wines that is thought to harbour major health benefits1. Experiments in
single and multicellular organisms and human tissue cultures suggest that resveratrol can
extend the lifespan in diverse organisms by activating the NAD+ dependent, enzyme, SIRT17.
The neuroprotective ability of SIRT1 induced by resveratrol has been demonstrated in vitro6.
While resveratrol has been claimed to be a direct SIRT1 activator using the Fluor de Lys-
SIRT1 peptide substrate, recent reports indicate that this finding may represent an
experimental artefact3-4. Our study indicates resveratrol directly activates the enzyme
NMNAT1 which likely influences downstream SIRT1 activity.
We demonstrate for the first time that resveratrol significantly increases intracellular
NAD+ levels in primary human astrocytes and neurons (Fig 1). We have shown that
resveratrol can induce a dose dependent increase in NAD+ of 3-5 fold in human astrocytes
(Fig 1A) and neurons (Fig 1B) after 24-hour treatment. It has been known for some time that
resveratrol can influence NAD+ responsive enzymes, such as the energy-sensing AMP-
activated kinase (AMPK)8 and SIRT22 and its mammalian homologue, SIRT12, 9. However to
date no study has reported a link between resveratrol and changes in NAD+ concentration.
Elevated cellular levels of NAD+, the required substrate for SIRT1, will increase its activity.
Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT) is an NAD+ synthetic
enzyme which catalyses the conversion of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to NAD+.
NMNAT1 is the predominant human isoform of NMNAT and is located in the nucleus6.
Increased NMNAT1 expression has been reported to protect against axonal degradation via
increased NAD+ production in mouse neurons6. In the same study, neurons treated with
resveratrol prior to axotomy showed a decrease in axonal degeneration that was comparable
to that obtained with NAD+ 6. It has also been previously demonstrated that increased SIRT1
deacetylase activity can protect against axonal degradation in models of AD, although the
exact mechanism is still unknown10. As NAD+ is an essential substrate for SIRT1, the effect
of resveratrol on SIRT1 proteins may be due, at least in part, to an NMNAT mediated
increase in NAD+.
We tested the effect of resveratrol on NMNAT activity in cell homogenates of human foetal
astrocytes and human recombinant-NMNAT1. We found that resveratrol (200 µM) increased
NMNAT1 activity in crude astrocytic homogenates by 70% within 24 hours (Fig 1C). Using
human recombinant NMNAT1, we observed that resveratrol lowered the Km for the substrate
NMN by up to 3-fold, and increased Vmax for the recombinant NMNAT1 by up to 5 fold in a
dose dependent manner (Table 1). Our results are consistent with resveratrol acting as a
heterotropic allosteric modulator of NMNAT1 at an as yet unidentified site. Further work is
required to characterise this novel resveratrol-NMNAT1 interaction.
Our observation that resveratrol increases NAD+ levels in primary human brain cells by
acting on NMNAT supports the view that this polyphenol has considerable therapeutic
potential; particularly for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. As NMNAT can
accelerate NAD+ synthesis from all three substrates, quinolinic acid, nicotinic acid and
nicotinamide11, NMNAT activation by resveratrol represents an ideal natural therapeutic to
replenish NAD+ levels. Maintenance of higher cellular NAD+ will enhance SIRT1 activity,
and other NAD+ dependent pathways impacting positively on cell viability and longevity.
This work has therefore formed the basis of relevant patent applications.
1. Youdim KA, Spencer JPE, Schroeter H, Rice-Evans C (2002). Biol. Chem. 383, 503-
2. Howitz KT, Bitterman KJ, Cohen HY, Lamming DW, Lavu S, Wood JG, Zipkin RE,
Chung P, Kisielewski A, Zhang LL, Scherer B, Sinclair DA (2003). Nature. 425, 191-
3. Beher D, Wu J, Cumine S, Kim KW, Lu SC, Atangan L, Wang M (2009).. Chem Biol
Drug Des. 74(6):619-24.
4. Pacholec M, Bleasdale JE,Chrunyk B, Cunningham D, Flynn D, Garofalo RS,
Griffith D, Griffor M, Loulakis P, Pabst B, Qiu X, Stockman B, Thanabal V,
Varghese A, Ward J, Withka J, Ahn K. (2010) J. Biol Chem. 285, 8340–8351.
5. Min J, Landry J, Sternglanz R, Xu RM. (2001) Cell. 105(2):269-79.
6. Araki T, Sasaki Y, Milbrandt J (2004). Science. 305, 1010-1013.
7. Sauve AA, Wolberger C, Schramm VL, Boeke JD (2006). Annu. Rev. Biochem. 75,
8. Rafaeloff-Phail R, Ding L, Conner L, Yeh WK, McClure D, Guo H, Emerson K,
Brooks H. (2004). J. Biol. Chem. 279, 52934-52939.
9. Yang T, Sauve AA (2005). AAPS J. 8, E632-E643.
10. Kim D, Nguyen MD, Dobbin MM, Fischer A, Sananbenesi F, Rodgers JT, Dealle I,
Baur JA, SuiG, Armour SM, Puigserver P, Sinclair DA, Tsai LH (2007). EMBO J. 26,
11. Emanuelli M, Amici A, Carnevali F, Pierella F, Raffaeli N, Magni G (2003). Protein
Exper. Urif. 27, 357-364.
Figure 1. Resveratrol increases intracellular NAD+ levels in (a) human foetal astrocytes
and (b) human foetal neurons, after 24-hour treatment. (c) Effect of resveratrol (200
µM) on NMNAT-1 activity in astrocytic nuclear homogenates. P<0.05 compared to
control, (n=4 at each drug concentration)
Table 1. Resveratrol increases human recombinant NMNAT1 activity
(A separate kinetic experiment was carried out for each substrate and resveratrol
Figure 1 (Grant)
Control 24 48 72
Table 1 (Grant)
Vmax (nM/min) KmTreatment


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Since last summer, there has been increased interest and determination to work to overcome homelessness in our community. The Social Justice Coordinating Committee and Rev. Rachel believe that partnership with Open Doors is our best way to help our friends, neighbors and fellow congregants who experience homelessness. Open Doors has suggested ways we can help them to help more people. Come to this short information session to learn more. There are ways for people with all kinds of skills and interests, including education, home repair, technology, and people skills, to get involved in this important work. A light lunch will be served and childcare will be available upon request.
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Bah, and curses. After a computer restore on Belkov’s end led to a re-install of the OP2013b mod, we found it not working on his box. The workaround that was successful last time, sending the shiplist via email rather than thru ftp did not help us this time. The OP2011 batch and file still worked, so we had one game just to blow off steam. A Fed DNH & DWA vs a FHKD and 2 SaberHawks, I was sure I was toast, especially after the DNH failed to launch a WW in time to prevent a plasma barrage, but the DWA made short work of the SBH’s fightes, and despite the punishment it had received, once the FHK got too close to the DNH the tide was turned. Still, a overall disappointment – the latest OP2013 list is vastly improved, and getting closer to being “official”. I look forward to sending the files manually so that we might get it working soon.
first real attempt at running OP2013
– uploaded folders “Models 2 & 3” shiplist 13A. Game would crash to desktop on Slave. Orig shiplist & OP2011 shiplist worked.
13A had been sent via ftp and seemed altered in the process. Sending the 4 txt files (shiplist, ftrlist, shipnames, strings) via email solved it.
A) Using Orig
F-DNH & DER cs FHK, SPA, SPM
victory = M
B) Using OP2011
K- 2xD7W vs K C7
victory = M
C) Using OP13B
F-CM BFF NCF cs R-KHK, SED, SEA(?)
victory = M
Model sizes waayy off. Col models much too big
D) Using OP13B
F-MB, 2xPF-N vs R-FHKD
victory = B
In other dimensional fronts, Belkov & Montel ran a test on comm links to see which supported the new webcam best.
Free4All, 350L, F-NPFT & Pol+ versus FH-Tug-Combat pod – Belkov wins
- Free4All, 400L, F-NCLM & DWV (F14 & F111) versus Megahawk – Montel wins
In the last battle, the Megahawk’s fighters did not show up in game. That plus a lack of point defense on the Megahawk wore it down in the end.
Some research later showed that this is a design flaw in the ship going back to the SFB data. I’ve since proposed a refit that would replace the almost useless P-3s with 2 plasma D racks.
4 Battles, all won by Montel
Free4All – F-MONV w/ f14s, F-18s, & F-111 versus a KHK
Free4All – Hy LBCC & DWH versus a K7CN & 2 PFs
Free4All – Andro Intruder & 2 Vipers versus a SU-B & SKA
- Battlefest Lite (F-FFV/NCM/SCS) versus (R-SEG/KREB/CON)
Overall, I believe Belkov felt out-matched by the fighters, Andros and poor options fduring the Fest, not that he complained as such. I should take more care when selecting battles, making sure to choose the upgraded versions of the Fests that provide a better selection of random ships. I should also maybe pick more medium size maps, although I like the restrictions the map edge gives us sometimes.

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IBM Corp. said Monday that it is buying AT&T Inc.'s Sterling Commerce unit, which makes software that helps businesses buy and sell to each other, for $1.4 billion.
The deal would be IBM Corp.'s largest acquisition since it bought business software maker Cognos in 2008.
Sterling runs "collaboration networks" where companies can interact with vendors. It has 18,000 clients worldwide and enables more than 1 billion deals per year, IBM and AT&T said. Customers include H.J. Heinz Co., Motorola Inc., Boise Cascade LLC and Boston Market Corp. The parties would not provide a figure for the unit's annual revenue.
AT&T Inc., then known as SBC Communications, paid $3.9 billion for Sterling in 2000, near the peak of the Internet bubble. The price tag was driven by forecasts that all "business to business" commerce would soon be conducted through online marketplaces not unlike a stock exchange, with demand dictating prices more efficiently.
The unit, which is based in Dublin, Ohio, has little connection to AT&T's main telecommunications business and has maintained its own brand.
AT&T spokeswoman McCall Butler said AT&T's business has changed since 2000, and Sterling is "no longer core to the company's long-term strategic objectives."
Ms. Butler said with the help of IBM's purchase price, operating contributions and tax benefits, AT&T will have recouped most of its investment in Sterling. AT&T expects the deal to result in a one-time pretax gain of approximately $750 million when it closes sometime in the second half of the year.
IBM said the deal complements its portfolio of business process integration and transaction software portfolio, which grew more than 20% in the first quarter of 2010.
IBM shares fell 2 cents to $125.48 on Monday morning, while AT&T shares fell 43 cents to $24.42.
IBM is based in Armonk, N.Y, while AT&T is based in Dallas.

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Anushka Sharma is celebrating her 34th birthday on Sunday. Her husband Virat Kohli shared a picture with her while actors Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor also wished her on social media.
Anushka Sharma is celebrating her 34th birthday on Sunday. Several of his friends, including colleagues from the entertainment industry, took to social media to wish him on the occasion. Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor among others shared pictures of Anushka to wish them. Her family members also shared pictures with her as they wished her happiness on her special day, while her husband Virat Kohli also shared pictures of himself and Anushka on the occasion. Read also| When Anushka Sharma Recalls Her Conversation With Father While Fighting Kargil War: ‘I’ll Go To School, Boyfriend’
Virat Kohli on Sunday shared a picture of himself and Anushka and another group picture on his Instagram account, which showed the couple posing with Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Sanjay Bangar, RCB player Harshal Patel. Virat revealed that the team spent a wonderful afternoon together. He wrote, “Thank god you were born (red heart emoji). I don’t know what I would do without you. You are really beautiful inside. Had a wonderful afternoon with the cutest people around.”


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ISO 22854:2014 specifies the gas chromatographic (GC) method for the determination of saturated, olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons in automotive motor gasoline and automotive ethanol fuel (E85). Additionally, the benzene content, oxygenate compounds and the total oxygen content can be determined.
This International Standard defines two procedures, A and B.
Procedure A is applicable to automotive motor gasoline with a total volume fraction of aromatics of up to 50 %; a total volume fraction of olefins from about 1,5 % up to 30 %; a volume fraction of oxygenates, from 0,8 % up to 15 %; a total mass fraction of oxygen from about 1,5 % to about 3,7 %; and a volume fraction of benzene of up to 2 %. The system may be used for a volume fraction of ethers with 5 or more C atoms up to 22 % but the precision has not been established up to this level
Although this test method may be used to determine higher-olefin contents of up to 50 % (V/V), the precision for olefins was tested only in the range from about 1,5 % (V/V) to about 30 % (V/V).
Although specifically developed for the analysis of automotive motor gasoline that contains oxygenates, this test method may also be applied to other hydrocarbon streams having similar boiling ranges, such as naphthas and reformates.
Procedure B describes the procedure for the analysis of oxygenated groups (ethanol, methanol, ethers, C3 ? C5 alcohols) in (automotive) ethanol fuels containing an ethanol volume fraction between 50 % and 85 %. The gasoline is diluted with an oxygenate-free component to lower the ethanol content to a value below 20 % (V/V) before the analysis by GC. If the ethanol content is known, the dilution factor can be established accordingly. If it is unknown, it is advised to use a dilution of 4:1 when analysing the sample.
The sample may be fully analysed including hydrocarbons. Precision data for the diluted sample is only available for the oxygenated groups.
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NEW YORK — Toyota is recalling 670,000 of its 2004-2009 Prius hybrids in the United States to fix problems involving the loss of steering and the hybrid powertrain shutting down, the automaker has told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The move is part of a worldwide recall of almost 2.78 million vehicles, according to the Associated Press, which quoted Toyota officials in Japan. Only the Prius is affected in the United States. Outside the United States, the recall covers the Corolla and the Wish, a small van.
The cars are being recalled because the metal used for a steering component is not hard enough, according to a report the automaker filed Wednesday with the safety agency. The part could wear out ‘‘if the steering wheel is frequently and forcefully turned to the full left or full right position while driving at low speeds,’’ and that ‘‘could result in the loss of steering ability,’’ according to the report.
Toyota said it got its first notice of such a failure in February 2010 in Japan and began an investigation that was inconclusive. In February 2012, Toyota got its first report of steering loss in the United States. This month, the company said that it finally knew the cause and decided a recall was needed.
A second recall covers 350,000 of those same vehicles and involves replacing an electric water pump that could fail and shut down the hybrid powertrain system. But the gas engine would continue to move the vehicle, a Toyota spokesman said.
Toyota told the agency it got its first report of a water pump problem in 2009 in Japan, which resulted in changes to the pump in 2010. But pump failures continued, and it was not until this month that Toyota determined the cause of the problem: a coil wire that could be scratched, leading to corrosion.
This is the second time the automaker has experienced a cooling problem on the Prius hybrid system.
In 2010, the company conducted what it called a customer satisfaction campaign that covered 2004-2007 Priuses in North America. Toyota said it would replace the coolant pump because it could malfunction.


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What, if anything, can help my son sleep better? He hears the clicking of his valve.
My son is 44 years old now. He was diagnosed with congenital aortic stenosis at TCH at age 5. Followed every year there until he graduated college. At age 25, he had his aortic valve replaced at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is being followed every 6 to 12 mos. at Hershey, PA Heart Center. His clicking noise has disturbed him so much during the night that it has become very difficult for him to get a good night’s sleep. Do you have any suggestions to help him not hear the clicking noise so he can sleep peacefully? Can he take sleeping pills? Please let me know what he needs to do to improve his sleep. Thank you very much.
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Device company Allurion recently went public through a SPAC co-led by the former CEO and executive chair of Medtronic, to increase market penetration of its intragastric balloon and expand its weight-loss care suite for patients and providers.
In August, Allurion Technologies went public via a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) transaction, raising $100 million, $30 million more than it originally set out to raise when it first announced the deal in February 2023. The complex deal involved a merger with Compute Health, which, chaired by Omar Ishrak, PhD, the former CEO and executive chairman of Medtronic, went public in 2021 with the sole purpose of accomplishing such a business combination.
Allurion is thus prepared to float on the rising tide created by the introduction of the effective GLP-1 class of weight-loss drugs, heavily promoted by billions of dollars in direct-to-consumer advertising by their pharmaceutical developers. According to Allurion CEO Shantanu Gaur, MD, “That has created a tremendous amount of awareness around obesity as a disease and of weight loss as something that should be administered by a physician in a medical practice. Millions of people are now coming into this ecosystem of medical weight loss.”


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Clinton proposes troop luggage break
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is plunging back into Senate business with a measure focused on her membership on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the large number of military installations in her state.
Clinton plans to call Friday for the airlines to waive any of the new per-bag luggage fees for members of the military.
In a letter to the major airlines, the Air Transport Association of America and the Pentagon, she asks the Defense Department to work with the carrier to establish direct billing of any excess-baggage fees to the government — so troops don’t have to shell out any money, even prior to reimbursement.
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August 15, 2008
Mr. Richard H. Anderson
Chief Executive Officer, Delta Air Lines
Mr. Gerard J. Arpey
Chairman, President and CEO, AMR Corp. and American Airlines
Mr. Larry Kellner
Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines, Inc.
Mr. Doug Parker
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, US Airways
Mr. Douglas M. Steenland
President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Airlines
Mr. Glenn F. Tilton
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Airlines
Dear Mssrs. Anderson, Arpey, Kellner, Parker, Steenland, and Tilton:
I am writing to express my serious concern that in efforts to offset costs, major air carriers are subjecting our brave men and women in uniform to exorbitant fees for extra and overweight baggage as they are deploying to or returning from a combat zone.
According to a recent news report, one air carrier recently charged two soldiers traveling by commercial air $100 and $300, respectively, for extra duffel bags. Policies on the part of air carriers that force our men and women in uniform to pay for additional luggage – luggage that may include body armor and other critical equipment – as they travel to serve our nation in war are unconscionable, and I urge you to reverse any such policies immediately. Members of our Armed Forces traveling on official orders should not have to bear any cost whatsoever associated with that official travel.
While reports have indicated that individual servicemembers can seek compensation for these excess fees by filling out a reimbursement form, filing this type of paperwork should be the last thing that our troops have to worry about as they head into or out of a war zone.
I understand the financial pressures currently facing the airline industry due to rising fuel costs, and I recognize the desire on the part of airlines to offset cost increases as much as possible. However, actions on the part of air carriers that shift those costs to our men and women in uniform - even temporarily - must come to an end immediately.
Any compensation air carriers wish to receive for costs associated with transporting extra baggage should be sought directly from the Department of Defense (DoD) - not our servicemembers traveling to a combat zone. I am also writing today to Defense Secretary Gates to urge him to have the Pentagon immediately engage the airline industry to facilitate the direct billing by the airlines to DoD.
With American servicemen and women serving bravely in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world, now is the time to respect and honor their service. No efforts by air carriers to offset costs should come by subjecting our troops to onerous fees and cumbersome paperwork. Our men and women in uniform deserve our utmost respect and gratitude, not additional, unnecessary paperwork. I look forward to hearing what your companies are doing to rectify this situation.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Cc: The Honorable Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
Mr. James C. May, President and CEO, Air Transport Association of America


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Court upholds murder conviction but trims sentence
Published 6:57 pm, Tuesday, September 10, 2013
A state appeals court on Tuesday reduced but upheld a San Francisco man's conviction for fatally shooting a friend in 2007, a case based on testimony by a woman who saw the defendant on a reality TV show several months later.
The sole eyewitness was Kuka's neighbor, who said she saw Kuka knock down Trulove while chasing after Trulove's brother after a late-night argument at the Sunnydale public housing complex in July 2007. The witness said Trulove got up, ran after Kuka and repeatedly shot him in the back.
The woman's identification of Trulove to police was tentative, but she affirmed it after seeing him three months later as a guest on "I Love New York 2," a VH1 show.
Trulove's lawyer presented testimony by an expert in perception and an investigator who said the eyewitness could not have identified the shooter after a brief observation in the dark. Another defense witness came forward after the trial and said someone else had shot Kuka.
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The First District Court of Appeal rejected most of the defense challenges, saying the jury was entitled to believe the eyewitness.
The court, though, reduced Trulove's conviction from first-degree to second-degree murder, finding no evidence the killing was premeditated. "A few seconds, at most, elapsed" from the time Trulove was knocked down to the time of the fatal shots, Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline said in the 3-0 ruling.
Trulove would still face up to 40 years to life in prison for second-degree murder with use of a gun. His appellate lawyer, Marc Zilversmit, was dismayed by the ruling.
"He's an innocent man," Zilversmit said, adding that other witnesses have spoken up since the trial to back up Trulove. "This was a one-witness ID case, the most common cause of wrongful convictions."


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the Kansas pension system for teachers and government workers has stalled in the state Senate, and one advocate said Wednesday that the bill is “dead in the water.”
Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson said he doesn’t want to issue the bonds without creating a 401(k)-style pension plan for new public employees. The Andover Republican said the state shouldn’t be “taking on one debt to cover another” unless it reforms its retirement system.
The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System operates traditional pension plans guaranteeing benefits upfront, based on an employee’s salary and years of service. KPERS projects a $9.3 billion gap between anticipated revenues and promised benefits through 2033.
Under a 401(k)-style plan, workers’ benefits would depend on investment earnings and would fluctuate when financial markets are volatile. Public employee and retiree groups strongly oppose moving to such plans.
Bonds would give KPERS a quick infusion of cash, so that the percentage of its obligations covered by its assets, now 53 percent, would jump to 61 percent in 2015 and grow more quickly than it would under current law. Also, the state wouldn’t have to boost its annual contributions to KPERS as aggressively as it does now.
The House approved the bill last month, but Masterson’s committee hasn’t taken a vote. Senators and House members drafting the final version of other pension legislation and reconciling differences between the two chambers could slip in authorization for the bonds, but Masterson is the Senate’s lead negotiator.
“We need to see a transition” to a 401(k)-style plan for new public employees, Masterson said.


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As you may know Rob Kardashian has suffered with his weight over the last year or so.
Well now it’s been reported on multiple sources that he is about to sing up for the show Biggest Loser!
According tot he reports Rob is about to sing a deal to star on the show that is massively popular in the US.
It’s also been said that his mother Kris Jenner is really keen on getting him on the show so he can lose as much weight as possible.
A source has told HollywoodLife:
“Kris has been in meetings to see if it would work to have Rob on Season 16 this fall.”
But sadly Rob really doesn’t want to go on the show as the source continues:
“Everyone is on board for this to happen except Rob, he still needs convincing, but most people involved in the talks think Kris will get her way and have him join the show.”
What do you think will we be seeing him on the show any time soon or not?
Over the last couple of years Rob Kardashian has put so much weight on after he spit from Rita Ora.
Well not it’s been reported that Rob left Florence early because he didn’t want to be in the family photos because he’s so self-conscious about his weight.
Rob’s family are really supportive but he just didn’t want to be in the photos because of his size.
Rob then rushed to fly back to LA.
We feel sorry for him because he will be the only one not in the photos.
Rob Kardashain’s weight has been the talk of the headlines since he put a large amount of weight on since splitting from Rita Ora.
But now Rob is said to be “really depressed” and has deleted all his Instagram photo apart from two.
The two photos he kept was one of his Keek profile and another of him as a child with his sister Khloe Kardashian.
A source has reported the US Weekly:
‘Rob is really depressed,’
He’s not as close with his family right now, and he won’t answer a lot of texts and calls from friends.
‘Rob has a trainer he’s supposedly working out with,’ another insider said. ‘But Rob rarely shows up for their sessions. He’s not losing any weight. The family is very concerned about him.’
Rob has also admitted in Keeping Up With The Kardashians shows that he is the most ‘unhappiest he’s eve been’.
Maybe he needs to weak medical advice.
Since his split from Rita Ora in 2012 Rob Kardashian has put more and more weight on and now his mum, Kris Jenner has not been the nicest person in the world about him putting weight on.
The momanger has reportedly hit out at Rob saying that him putting weight on made him miss ‘out on business opportunities’.
A source has told Star Magazine:
‘Rob is fatter than ever, and Kris finally flat out told him he’s an embarrassment to the family.
‘She called him a fat slob and said he’s losing out on business opportunities because no one wants someone as huge as him representing their products.’
And according to the report his sisters are agreeing with their mum and are embarrassed to be spotted out with him as the source continued:
‘They’re embarrassed to be photographed with him and bully him for being fat.’
They also tease him by leaving cakes and cookies around to tempt him.’
Kris apparently told Rob to go to fat camp to lose the pounds:
‘She’s told him that if he wants to continue to be an active part of their family, he’s going to attend a camp and lose the weight once and for all.’
Rob has been to fat camps before but failed to lose the weight:
‘When he came back,’
‘He didn’t look very different from when he left and Kris was not happy.’
Remember this is only what a source has said but if Kris really said this she’s completely out of order.
Just because all the other family members are skinny minis doesn’t mean to say Rob has to be.
You should help your kids though everything in lived.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart loved each other very much and now Rob has said that he has ‘no regrets’ about their relationship.
The pair where together for five years but split at the start of this year and both went their separate ways and even Rob found someone else but we could see them getting back together one day.
“The thing that Rob loved and admired so much about Kristen is her ability to be absolutely herself and not care what others think. She is fearless, and this is what has always captivated Rob. She always encouraged him to be fearless. To follow his own path. To believe in himself. To take risks. To do something every day that scared him.”
“Rob blamed himself for the demise of their relationship. But what he has learned is priceless and he is grateful for this. He has no regrets. And yes he has forgiven Kristen, but more importantly he has forgiven himself.”
They have been though so much together and when Kristen cheated on Rob he even forgave her and took her back.
It is still looking like Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are still going out as they have been spotted holding hands but what about Katy Perry??
You may know that over the last week or so Robert has been rumoured to be dating Katy Perry so it’s looking like these rumours are fake!
Rob and Kristen where spotted at Echo Park holding hands and new sources have said that they looked really happy and where making each other laugh.
We know that Twilight worldwide are going to love this news.