The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance is growing and offers recommendations for countries to monitor and respond to the potential challenges.
The report shares some good news and some concerning news. It highlights high levels of HIV viral load suppression (>90%) in populations receiving dolutegravir (DTG)-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, observational and country-generated survey data indicate that levels of HIVDR to DTG are exceeding levels observed in clinical trials.Since 2018, WHO has recommended use of dolutegravir as the preferred first- and second-line HIV treatment for all population groups. It is more effective, easier to take, and has fewer side effects than other drugs currently in use. It also has a high genetic barrier to developing drug resistance.However, among the four surveys reported, levels of resistance to dolutegravir ranged from 3.9% to 8.6%, and reached 19.6% among people experienced with treatment and transitioned to a DTG-containing ART while having high HIV viral loads. To date, only a few countries have reported survey data to WHO.“The worrying evidence of resistance in individuals with unsuppressed viral load despite dolutegravir treatment underscores the necessity for increased vigilance and intensified efforts to optimize the quality of HIV care delivery,” said Dr Meg Doherty, Director, WHO Department of the Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes. “Standardized surveillance of HIV drug resistance is essential for effectively preventing, monitoring, and responding to these challenges”.Haiti was the only country to report data from a survey of HIVDR among ART naïve infants or infants starting ART for the first time. One infant, whose mother had received DTG-based ART, was found to have DTG resistance. Effective management of high viral loads among pregnant and breastfeeding women is critical to prevent transmitting HIV to infants. Increasing routine surveillance for HIVDR among infants newly diagnosed with HIV not yet taking HIV treatment will be important to guide appropriate ART options for the future.Global targets off trackIn 2022, more than 75% of the 39 million people living with HIV globally were receiving HIV treatment. Countries have implemented the WHO recommendations with 116 of 127 having adopted WHO preferred first-line DTG-based treatment for adults and adolescents, and 74% of reporting low- and middle-income countries adopted viral load monitoring for adults and adolescents.But progress towards the SDG targets has stalled as there were still an estimated 1.3 million new HIV infections and 630 000 deaths from HIV-related causes. Between 2017 and 2022, for most countries reporting through the Global AIDS Monitoring (GAM) system, programmatic quality indicators for HIV treatment did not achieve established global targets, which further highlights the need to proactively improve the quality of HIV treatment and care services. In 2022, only 12 of 45 WHO focus countries reported conducting surveys or had integrated the monitoring of HIVDR early warning indicators into routine monitoring and evaluation systems. Many countries continue to miss the mark when it comes to optimizing retention in care, population-level viral load suppression, and switching people with virological failure to different regimens. Additionally, antiretroviral drug stock-outs continue to happen which may negatively impact patient treatment adherence.WHO recommends that countries routinely implement standardized surveillance of HIVDR to follow the prevalence and patterns of resistance among people not achieving suppressed viral load. This is critical, as information and data from surveys influence the development of treatment guidelines and inform the quality of treatment programmes.Recommended guidance for country actionThe report also documents cases of resistance to integrase-strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) after recent exposure to cabotegravir (CAB-LA). Delayed detection and confirmation of HIV infection can increase the risk of developing resistance to INSTIs. Since 2022, WHO has recommended the use of long-acting injectable CAB-LA as an additional HIV prevention option for people at substantial risk of HIV infection.Despite the possible risk, WHO recommends the roll-out of CAB-LA for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and calls for the scale-up of PrEP to be accompanied by standardized surveillance of drug resistance among people testing positive for HIV while receiving PrEP.Routine monitoring of quality-of-care indicators at both clinic and national levels, followed by addressing any suboptimal performance, remains a cornerstone for the success of ART programmes. Key quality-of-care indicators include on-time ART pick-up, retention on ART, viral load testing coverage, timely second-viral load test, ARV drug stock-outs and timely switch to second-line ART.The new HIVDR report emphasizes the importance of strengthening data reporting systems so that countries can effectively monitor and report quality-of-care indicators. It underscores the active engagement by ART clinics and programmes in use of indicator data to develop locally appropriate and sustainable solutions. These efforts are crucial for optimizing service delivery quality, thereby reducing the emergence of drug-resistant HIV.Minimizing the spread of HIV drug resistance is a crucial part of the broader global response to antimicrobial resistance that needs coordinated action across all government sectors and levels of society.


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(Los Angeles: Ben Tracy) Allegations in "Sports Illustrated" that baseball player Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003 examined; details given about the 2003 steroid tests done by baseball that were to be anonymous and about the Barry Bonds BALCO steroid case; statement from Major League Baseball quoted. ["Sports Illustrated" writer Selena ROBERTS- comments on Rodriguez.] [In 2007, on "60 Minutes," RODRIGUEZ - says "no" to steroid use.] [Yankee FAN - reacts.] [BALCO founder Victor CONTE- says the government is cheating.]
(Studio: Jeff Glor) Live interview held with "The Yankee Years" author Tom Verducci about the Rodriguez story. [VERDUCCI - says he is not surprised by the allegations because so many players were involved in "the steroid era"; states we are miles away from 2003 with new players having a different mindset.]
(White House: Kimberly Dozier) The partisan bickering over President Obama's economic stimulus plan that will be voted on in the Senate on Tuesday featured; details given about the changes in the Senate plan and some projects in the program on taxes. [Senators Barbara BOXER, Ben NELSON, Susan COLLINS, John ENSIGN, Mike JOHANS, OBAMA - offer views on the bill.]
(Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Priya David) The job situation in Rhode Island featured. [Job seeker Christina GILLIS- says she is trying to find employment.] [Rhode Island department of labor and training director Sandra POWELL- talks about job losses and unemployment insurance.] [Job seeker Eliezer MELSE- comments on his situation.]
(Studio: Michelle Miller) A series of 33 arson fires in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, featured; scenes shown; statistics cited; details given about the investigation and efforts to help the victims. [Coatesville resident Steve FLINN, WOMAN - react to the fires.] [City manager Harry WALKER, Pennsylvania state police Capt. Brenda BERNOT- comment on what is being done.] [Pastor Keith WILBURN- talks about the coming together in the city.]
(McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey: Bianca Solorzano) The efforts of airports to deal with troublesome birds featured; scenes shown of the use of falcon to keep airport runways free of birds at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey and from the Smithsonian Inst. stuffed bird collection used to idenity birds involved in strikes. [Falcon Environmental Services manager Andrew BARNES- talks about the falcon's role at McGuire.] [Port Authority of New York and New Jersey director Chris WARD- talks about the wildlife management program.] [Smithsonian feather identification lab director Carla DOVE- talks birds.]
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CYCLE CONTRAFLOW. NCC North Area Committee members have accepted and agreed with the petition to amend the part of the National Cycle Route which is within our one way system. Officers will now look at the best way to achieve this so that motorists and cyclists are travelling in the same direction. This may involve highway enhancements so it could be some time before this is changed. Meanwhile, please continue to be careful whether a pedestrian, a cyclist or a motorist, when you are going round the Town Square and in Leazes Street.


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CEO Snapshot 2014: Cautious CEOs hold up consolidation drive
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Financial News’ CEO Snapshot Survey reveals an apparent contradiction in the asset management industry. An overwhelming number of buyside chief executives believe the sector is set for consolidation, yet hardly any are themselves actively looking to carry out acquisitions.
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- Frank Schwab at Shutdown Corner1 hr ago
The Carolina Panthers still have a perception problem.
It's hard to imagine that in a little more than a month, we could have three teams finish an NFL regular season undefeated and untied: 1972 Miami Dolphins, 2007 New England Patriots and ... 2015 Carolina Panthers? It's possible.
With just five games left, the Panthers' chase for perfection is close enough that we can start to talk about it seriously. And the remaining schedule isn't tough. They play at New Orleans, vs. Atlanta, at the Giants, at Atlanta and at home against Tampa Bay to finish it. The toughest team Carolina has left is the Falcons, and they haven't played well in almost two months.
However, does this seem like a historically great team? Does Carolina even seem like a Super Bowl favorite this year? Be honest, would you pick the Panthers right now to win it all (people in the Carolinas aren't allowed to answer)?
Again, this might just be a perception problem.
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- Frank Schwab at Shutdown Corner3 hrs ago
The factory of sadnessproduced a moment that is only believable from the Cleveland Browns.
The Browns lined up for a game-winning field goal at the end of regulation on Monday night. And the Baltimore Ravens ended up winning the game on that play.
Ravens defensive end Brent Urban blocked the kick. Safety Will Hill scooped it up and returned it down the sideline for a touchdown to finish a surprisingly entertaining 33-27 Baltimore win. The Browns managed to lose a home game against a Ravens team that came in 3-7 and was without Joe Flacco, Justin Forsett, Steve Smith and Terrell Suggs, among others. This tweet from the Browns' account right after the final play sums it all up:
And this hilarious/sad video is the essence of life as a Browns fan:Mon, Nov 30Baltimore33 - 27ClevelandGame Recap
- Frank Schwab at Shutdown Corner8 hrs ago
Who would have guessed three months ago that an injury to running back Chris Johnson would have a serious impact on the Super Bowl picture?
Johnson, out of a job all summer until he was signed by the Arizona Cardinals in mid-August, has a fractured tibia, or shinbone, according to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer. He'll be out an "extended period," Glazer said, but the team is gathering information to see how long he'll be out.
It's a tough blow, because Johnson has been one of the league's biggest surprises. He is the fourth-leading rusher in the NFL with 814 yards, although he had three quiet games in a row before the injury.
The Cardinals were dealt another blow to their running game Monday, because Andre Ellington is dealing with a turf toe. Intriguing rookie David Johnson, who has seven touchdowns in a limited role, will likely step in for at least a few weeks.Sun, Nov 29Arizona19 - 13San FranciscoGame Recap
- Frank Schwab at Shutdown Corner9 hrs ago
For all the weird overreaction to the officiating in the Denver Broncos' win over the New England Patriots on Sunday night, it's clear that the biggest blow was probably a muffed punt in the fourth quarter by the Patriots.
That play might have cost the Patriots a perfect season, and it cost punt returner Chris Harper his job.
The Patriots cut Harper on Monday, according to Tom Curran of CSSNE. That's cold.
The Broncos were trailing 21-7 and punting it away again when Harper muffed a punt. The Broncos recovered, and the momentum of the game shifted dramatically. Denver scored off that recovery, the first of their 23 points in the fourth quarter and overtime. The Broncos won, dropping the Patriots to 10-1. Harper, a rookie, was filling in at punt returner because Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola were hurt. The punt returns Sunday were the first of his NFL career. Harper is likely to return to the practice squad, ESPN.com's Mike Reiss said.
Listen to Yahoo Sports' Grandstanding podcast for more:Sun, Nov 29New England24 - 30DenverGame Recap
- Frank Schwab at Shutdown Corner11 hrs ago
Let's cut to the chase here — New England Patriots fans weren't the only ones throwing their remote controls when Rob Gronkowski was being carted off the field Sunday night.
If you drafted Gronk for your fantasy football team, A) Smart move, and B) Your fantasy playoffs likely start in two weeks. And when Gronk was in such pain after a low hit, it seemed impossible Gronk would be ready for that first fantasy playoff game. But it sounds like he'll be ready to go. He might even be back this week.
Oh, and the 10-1 Patriots won't lose their second most indispensable player, behind quarterback Tom Brady, for a significant amount of time.
Eagles' Chip Kelly reportedly met with Southern California about coaching opening, which Kelly deniesShalise Manza Young at Shutdown Corner12 hrs ago
On Monday, the University of Southern California announced that it had removed the interim tag from coach Clay Helton’s title, naming him permanent coach, or at least as permanent as things can be in big-time NCAA football.
But before elevating Helton, officials from USC’s athletic department reportedly talked with Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly about the opening, with NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport saying USC “touched base” with Kelly and FootballScoop.com going a step further, reporting that USC had met with Kelly in Philadelphia, and it believed the meeting happened Friday.
Kelly met with reporters around midday Monday, his first time in front of media since the Eagles’ Thanksgiving Day takedown at the hands of the Detroit Lions. Now in his third year in Philadelphia, Kelly denied having spoken to anyone affiliated with the Trojans’ program:
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Let's be fair. No game ever comes down to one missed call. That's why the Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots and the Patriots have to first start with the mistakes they made in blowing a 14-point lead and coughing up a chance to continue their unbeaten streak.
But it was hard not to watch Sunday night's game as a neutral observer and question some dubious calls — and non-calls — in the game and wonder what might have been had things been refereed differently by Tony Corrente's crew.
Tom Brady could be seen most of the game, especially in the second half, barking at the men in stripes at some of the calls that went against New England. (And frankly, to be even-handed, we thought Brady easily could have been — without knowing exactly what he said — flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for a few of his pouting episodes.)
Brady's anger spilled over into Monday morning.
"It was a very hard loss. I don't think I've ever been so pissed off after a loss. I think everyone felt the same way," Brady said Monday morning on Boston sports radio WEEI. "Hopefully we can use it as motivation going forward."
He continued with his frustration.
- Eric Edholm at Shutdown Corner16 hrs ago
Jamie Collins might be the New England Patriots' best defender, but he has missed the past four games with what has been deemed an "illness."
Quite the mysterious illness.
The Patriots have been mum on it, providing few tangible details for the most part, as they notoriously are among the most quiet teams in the league on that front.
MRSA? Really bad flu? Some other rare ailment? We don't know.
But we do know, via Patriots president Jonathan Kraft on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s pregame Patriots show from last night, that the team doesn't appear too concerned about it.
“I think, without getting into too much detail, I don’t think that, fortunately, this was a situation where that could happen,” Kraft said. “Jamie’s getting better and getting stronger every day."
But Kraft did the use word "virus" in describing it.
- Ben Rohrbach at Shutdown Corner16 hrs ago
With 1:45 remaining and the Pittsburgh Steelers trailing 39-30, Seattle Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor made a leaping pick of a Landry Jones pass intended for Martavis Bryant, rolled out of bounds as Bryant stripped the ball from him and came away empty-handed. It all happened in a fraction of a second.
So, was it an interception? The play came under automatic review, and CBS turned to decorated former NFL referee turned analyst Mike Carey, who was adamant the interception ruling would be overturned. Moments later, the officials came back and upheld their original call. As a result, the game was over.
And here's the thing: Had Chancellor been a receiver rather than a defender and come down with the same grab in the end zone instead of the 7-yard line, I'm 100 percent certain the catch would've been reversed and ruled an incompletion, because he didn't stand up with the ball and complete the process.
And there's the rub.Sun, Nov 29Pittsburgh30 - 39SeattleGame Recap
- Shalise Manza Young at Shutdown Corner17 hrs ago
The Miami Dolphins' house cleaning continued on Monday, as there were mutiple reports that the team fired offensive coordinator Bill Lazor. Head coach Joe Philbin and defensive coordiantor Kevin Coyle were fired in October.
On its website, the team confirmed the reports, posting that interim head coach "Dan Campbell announced that the team has made the following changes to the coaching staff. Zac Taylor will serve as the team’s play caller and remain as quarterbacks coach. In addition, Phil McGeoghan has been promoted to wide receivers coach and Bill Lazor has been relieved of his duties as offensive coordinator."Sun, Nov 29Miami20 - 38NY JetsGame Recap

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Dental braces have been in use in dentistry for a long time to treat orthodontic issues such as crowded and crooked teeth, misaligned teeth, irregular spaces between the teeth, etc., which can cause bite irregularities, besides spoiling your smile. Braces are made up of brackets and wires that apply gentle but continuous pressure on the teeth to eventually align them properly. The traditional metal dental braces can look a bit ugly, which results in a stigma being associated with metal braces. Many people with orthodontic issues used to avoid braces for this reason. In recent years, a few new types of braces and clear aligners have been introduced that can be used to treat dental issues and remain less noticeable or almost invisible.
Consult an Orthodontist
The first step to getting braces is to consult an orthodontist. The orthodontist will examine your teeth, take X-rays and maybe even create a plaster model of your teeth to determine the extent and seriousness of the dental issues. This will help the orthodontist decide which type of braces is ideal for your condition. For most types of orthodontic issues, all types of braces can be used in the treatment, with the only difference between each type being the length of the treatment period. For example, metal braces always work the fastest, while lingual braces take much longer. However, for the most severe cases of dental issues, metal braces are the only option. The other types of braces can’t be used. So, find out what your orthodontist suggests.
Metal and ceramic braces are fitted in the same way, but the procedure to fit lingual braces is quite different. First let’s look at the procedure for metal and ceramic braces. The orthodontist will clean your teeth and then dry them. A bonding glue will be applied to the next. Next, the brackets will be attached using the glue, followed by placing the archwire in the bracket. Finally, the entire structure will be secured with tiny elastic bands that are known as ligatures. This process can take up to 2 hours.
In case of lingual braces, it’s quite different. Firstly, lingual braces are custom made in a lab. So, the orthodontist will take impressions of your teeth and the braces will be made with computer aided manufacturing. This process can take up to 6 weeks in some cases. Once the braces are ready, you will have to visit the orthodontist. Lingual braces consists of individual brackets for each teeth, which will have to be fitted individually.
For all types of braces, over the first couple of weeks you will be constantly feeling for the brackets and wires and, in the process, your tongue and cheeks might feel a bit sore. This is heightened in case of lingual braces, because the brackets are placed behind the teeth.
How to Deal with the Pain?
Fitting the braces doesn’t hurt, but as mentioned you will experience a certain degree of soreness during the first week or two.
- You can apply orthodontic wax over the brackets to ease the soreness. Simply apply the wax with a finger over the brackets. Your orthodontist should have this at the clinic or else you can pick it up at the pharmacy.
- If the pain or soreness is particularly pronounced, you can have low-intensity pain killers.
- For the first couple of days you should try to eat soft or liquid foods such as soups, milkshakes, yogurt, scrambled eggs, etc.
- Strictly avoid all types acidic foods and drinks such as citrus fruit juices, food items with tomato ketchup or sauce, etc. These will further inflame the sore spots.
- You will be constantly tempted to touch the sore spots inside the mouth, your teeth and the brackets and wires with your tongue or fingers. But you will have to consciously try and avoid doing this as much as possible. The more you touch them, the more irritation you will feel. You will also probably mistakenly bite your cheeks while eating as you get used to the braces. This is normal and will heal quickly.
- If you face problems falling asleep at night due to the soreness and irritation, you can use an over-the-counter (OTC) anesthetic, which will temporarily numb the sore spots and help you fall asleep. You pour a bit on a cotton swab and slowly dab the sore spots inside the mouth. It will dissolve by morning, when you should rinse your mouth thoroughly.
- For soreness on the lips and gums, you can mix a little bit of salt in lukewarm water and rinse the lips and gums multiple times during the day.
- Typically, you should get used to the braces by the end of the first month and a few months down the line you will stop noticing it completely. It will feel like a part of your mouth. Once in a while, the teeth might hurt for a short period even after many months. This is normal, so don’t worry. If the pain increases have pain killers.
Cleaning the Braces
Maintaining oral hygiene is vital during the course of your orthodontic treatment. You have spent quite a bit of money for the treatment and being complacent about oral hygiene will have consequences. It’s inevitable that food particles with get stuck in the brackets and wires. You have to clean these regularly. Brush your teeth twice and day and floss daily to get rid of these obstinate food particles. You will probably have to buy a slim-head soft-bristled toothbrush for this purpose and an interproximal floss to reach the food particles stuck between the teeth. Ignoring this can lead to tooth decay. Also, during the course of the treatment avoid eating out as much as possible and avoid sticky foods like dessert.
Now You Know How to Get Braces!
Orthodontic treatment is expensive. So, it’s incumbent upon you to be disciplined and responsible during the length of the treatment period. Typically, orthodontic treatments last for about 24 months and during this period the after-care process will feel tiring, but you need to stick to it for the best results.

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members received good financial news and discussed reducing one a tax as a result.
During a Monday , Finance Director Randy McDaniel told the council that projected for the rest of the year, Florissant would come about $760,000 ahead of its budgeted utility tax receipts.
While putting together the 2011 budget, McDaniel projected the city would receive $5.7 million from the revenue. On Monday, he said Florissant likely would wind up with $6.4 million from utility taxes.
Through July, tax collection is $600,000 ahead of projections due to utility rate hikes and higher bills, he said.
The city raised the utility tax from 5 percent to 7 percent last year as the council struggled to balance its budget.
“I understand we have budget issues, but I’d like to look at decreasing the utility tax,” Ward 1 Councilman Tim Lee said.
McDaniel said lowering the tax by 1 percent would bring revenue down to about $6 million, still $300,000 ahead of projections.
Councilwoman Karen McKay, Ward 7, suggested lowering the residential rate to 6 percent but keeping the commercial rate at 7 percent.
“We pay our fair share of utility taxes as business owners, but I can also use them as tax deductions, whereas a resident cannot,” McKay, who owns a hair salon, said.
McKay pointed out that during the 1990s, city officials promised to lower the utility rate to 3 percent in return for the city passing the capital improvement sales tax. Although the tax was lowered initially, it was raised throughout the years back to 7 percent, the voter-approved maximum.
Refinancing Equals Energy Savings
The city also might save money by refinancing bonds due to the low interest rates available.
McDaniel and bond counsel Landon Baine of Piper Jaffray Cos. said the city can refinance bonds from its current 5.75 percent interest to 3.25 percent interest and would save the city about $1.3 million to $1.4 million in payments annually, McDaniel said.
Council members favored using savings on payments to finance a series of capital improvements suggested by Public Works Director Lou Jearls.
The city would use the extra funds to pay off the debt, leaving a savings of about $709,000.
In turn, city council members would use those funds to install more energy-efficient heating and cooling units at the and community centers, , , the government building and the .
Jearls projected the total cost at about $1,052,000.
The energy savings on the projects would pay for themselves throughout the course of five to 18 years, according to a document Jearls handed out.
The plan would include building a second salt storage facility at .
Jearls said payback on the facility is two years.
“It costs us two or three times more to buy salt during the winter,” he said.
“We save money two ways,” Mayor Tom Schneider said. “We save on the bond payments, and we save on energy.”
Council members discussed dates for the council’s charter review, how members might go about the review and hiring an independent facilitator for the process.
Schneider suggested that council members go through the charter, write out any changes they would like to see and discuss them together.
“Then, we can proceed with any that seem to have merit,” Schneider said.
The council also would consider changes suggested by residents.
Council President Keith English of Ward 4 suggested going through the charter in thirds, reviewing sections 1-5 during the first meeting; then sections 6-10 and 11-14 in subsequent sessions.
English asked council members to submit dates in early October when they could meet.
The last time the council reviewed the 50-year-old city charter was 1987.

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Commuters making their way to work on Blue Monday are having to contend with icy conditions and disrupted public transport networks – especially in the snowy south-east – with more of the white stuff on the way.
On the third Monday in January – considered to be the most depressing day of the year – workers have had little to lighten their mood, with problems on the roads, railway tracks and at the airports.
The disruption comes after a man died in a car crash on the A12 near Kelvedon, Essex, at 7.10pm yesterday, Essex Police said.
Persistent snow in the south-east had made driving conditions treacherous at the time of the incident and police are warning motorists to take extra care again this morning. The 59-year-old man, from the Colchester area, died at the scene after a Ford Mondeo left the road and crashed into with a tree on the embankment.
At Heathrow, passengers are expecting further problems again today following a weekend of travel woes.
Reports suggest hundreds were left stranded in the terminal on both Saturday and Sunday as close to 500 flights did not take off across the two days. That followed a bleak Friday, when hundreds more flights were cancelled or severely delayed, with many travellers forced to book into local hotels.
Today, 10 per cent of the airport’s total capacity of flights are due to be cancelled because of expected low visibility.
A Heathrow spokesman said of the problems: ‘Many airports have plenty of spare runway capacity so aircraft can be spaced out more during low visibility without causing delays and cancellations.
‘Because Heathrow operates at almost full capacity, there is simply no room to reschedule the delayed flights.’
In London – which experienced up to six inches of snow in places yesterday – the Underground network is already creaking, with severe delays reported on the Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and District lines. There are also minor delays on other lines, including the Jubilee and Waterloo and City lines.
Various National Rail services into the capital from the commuter belt are also reporting delays. East Coast, Eurostar, First Capital Connect, London Overground, Southeastern, Southern, South West Trains and Virgin trains are all facing disruption.
MeteoGroup forecaster Sally Webb said snowfall could be up to another 15cm on higher ground on Monday, but predicted conditions would brighten up later in the week.
‘There will be less snow in the south, with little more than 2cm dusting areas in the east,’ she said.
‘The rest of the week will stay cold, and the snow system will continue to push north through tomorrow morning before gradually clearing.
‘For most of the week it will be drier with some sunny spells, with a few wintry showers about, especially on the North Sea coasts.
‘It will be cold until the weekend, and then a little milder, and the risk of snow will decrease.’
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Mark your theory calendar, because some Petiana fans are speculating Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande may wed on Aug. 4. The theory has been out in the ether for a few weeks, but it really kicked things into high gear over the weekend when Davidson shared a photo he took of Grande wearing his late father’s FDNY pendant. The number on the necklace, 8418, is Davidson’s dad’s badge number. If they were to get married on Aug. 4, 2018, the wedding date would be the same as Davidson's father's badge number. And so, there is a theory that Davidson and Grande could tie the knot two weeks from Saturday as a tribute to Davidson's father.
Davidson’s father, Scott Davidson, was killed in the line of duty in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. In honor of his dad's memory, Davidson has a “8418” tattoo on his arm. Earlier this month, Grande revealed an “8418” tattoo on her foot, and a few weeks later, Davidson gifted her with his dad's necklace. The significance of this number, the diamond ring emoji in the caption of the photo of Grande wearing Davidson’s father’s pendant, and the fact that 8/4/18 happens to be right around the corner have all left some fans wondering if Grande and Davidson are hinting that they plan to wed on the date that matches the badge number.
A bunch fans brought up this theory in the comments section of Davidson's post. “I bet they get married on Aug. 4th,” one commenter wrote. Another asked, “So are you guys getting married on August 4th or what?” “If they don’t get married on August 4th (idk when they plan to obviously) they’re missing a cool opportunity," posted a third commenter. "Especially since it’s on a Saturday anyway this year.” And so on.
This theory has come up on Twitter, too.
The bets have been made.
The support has been offered up.
And the expectations have been formed.
Again, this theory has been around for a minute. Weeks before the necklace post appeared on IG, a handful of tweeters launched this prediction out into the Twitterverse. Here is one from July 1:
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Oh, man. Can we put the wedding date theory aside for just a sec and talk about the Harry Potter theme prediction? If a Petiana Grandson Harry Potter wedding were to happen, it might be the most important moment of, like, all time. Think of the wedding party members' outfits. The officiant could be a Dumbledore impersonator. The whole event could take place on a train made up to look like the Hogwarts Express. They could dress Toulouse up like Aragog. Like Petiana's love for the Harry Potter series, the possibilities would be endless.
Augh, OK. Sorry about that. Digression over.
On May 18, Bossip reported the newly single Davidson and the newly single Grande had begun dating. The Saturday Night Live performer and the pop star went public with their relationship on May 30, twelve days after the romance rumors initially popped up. Davidson and Grande confirmed their engagement on Friday, June 15. Five days later, TMZ reported the couple moved into an NYC apartment together. They have yet to announce a wedding date.
So could Aug. 4 be the big day? Unlike Cassandra Trelawney, we can't see the future. s just speculation. The numerology is cool and all, and that number obviously (and understandably) means a great deal to Davidson, but the wedding date theory is just a theory. Maybe it'll happen on Aug. 4, maybe it won't. Either way, all of the congrats to these two lovebirds.


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is the active ingredient in this drug that provides the anti-HIV activity. Abbott Laboratories therefore pursued a strategy of coadministering lopinavir with subtherapeutic doses of ritonavir. Therefore, lopinavir is only marketed as a coformulation with ritonavir. Selleck CDK inhibitor It is the first combination pill to contain a drug (lopinavir) not available individually . Similar to other protease inhibitors, prolonged use of lopinavir/ritonavir has been reported to be associated with several adverse orofacial effects [14–16]. GDC-0980 cost The oral epithelium functions as a protective barrier against environmental stress. A compromised epithelial layer allows micro-organisms and toxic materials to access the underlying tissues.
To maintain a functional epithelial lining, epithelial cells undergo a well-defined differentiation programme resulting in the expression of several structural proteins whose function is to maintain the integrity of the SB-3CT epithelial tissues . The normal structural integrity and function of the oral epithelium are still susceptible to damage resulting from its masticatory function. Normally, the high rate of growth allows a rapid wound healing response when there is a breach in the epithelial lining. Therefore, differential changes in the rate of epithelial turnover during treatment with HAART may significantly affect the acquisition of oral disease. Cytokeratins are a subfamily of intermediate filament proteins and are the fundamental markers of epithelial differentiation.
These proteins show considerable heterogeneity and specificity among epithelial tissues, and their expression varies with proliferation and differentiation and state of development . Cytokeratin filaments specifically interact with the specialized plasma membrane domains termed ‘desmosomes’. Desmosomes are a major component of cellular adhesion, acting both as cell-to-cell connection points and as attachment sites for the intermediate filaments. Desmosomes are therefore important for the maintenance of tissue integrity . Protease inhibitors, including lopinavir/ritonavir, have been shown to produce several adverse oral complications. However, the effects of these drugs on the oral epithelium have not been studied widely. We have initiated studies to analyse the effect of antiretroviral drugs on the growth of the oral epithelium.


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Greetings! I am Brenda from Schooling a Monkey where I blog about crafts, DIY projects, kid’s activities, and homeschooling! I am excited to sub in for Jenn while she is having fun elsewhere. Today, I am showing you how to create an overlay for an existing painting so you can change the design without covering the original design.
I have a large piece of 3D canvas print art that is covered in a painting of irises. It was purchased for us when my husband and I got married almost 10 years ago. It has always been something that I like, but never something that I loved. I’ve always meant to come up with something to cover the design that is fresh and matches our existing color scheme, but never got around to it until this week.
DIY Modifiable Canvas
Here is what you will need if you want to recreate this project:
- Cardstock paper
- Acrylic paint
- Paintbrushes in various sizes
- Sticky tack
Step 1: Make the Background
Measure the base painting to determine how big to make the paper cover. I used 12 pieces of cardstock paper for mine. I just used scotch tape to hold the pieces together. Next, I laid the original art over the paper and traced the outline, then cut out the rectangle.
Step 2: Paint the Base
I wanted a dream-like feeling for my painting, so after a little research using good old Google images, I decided to make an ombre background. I used one color of blue (blue is our main accent color) and simply added white paint in higher and higher concentrations to make the different color gradients.
Step 3: Design
I have wanted to create a button tree for years, so I didn’t have to hunt much to find the perfect inspiration for the project. I used Google images again to look for “swirled trees” to find one that matched the dream-like effect I wanted. After printing the inspiration picture, I used it as a guide and drew the design onto the paint with a pencil.
Step 4: Paint
Paint the base design over the background. My daughter, Monkey, helped me paint ours. We painted the tree with two coats of brown. Next, we added a bit of dimension with a mixture of green and brown paint, then a little more accent with grey paint. Allow the paint to dry before moving to the next step.
Step 5: Embellish
We glued different colors of white, blue, and green buttons on the end of each tree branch. If you want a little more detail, you could add glitter, ribbons, or anything else to the design to make it pop more.
Step 6: Hang
Use sticky tack to attach the painting over the existing canvas. For a rough surface, you will probably have to use more sticky tack in more locations than if you are sticking it over a smooth surface. If you measured correctly in the first step, then it will fit perfectly.
You now have a painting where you can switch out designs whenever you get bored! Perfect for decorating ADDers (I’m pretty sure this is a thing) like me.
Bio: Brenda has loved crafting and DIY projects since before it was cool. She loves creating craft projects using on-hand supplies and simple materials. Follow Brenda at Schooling a Monkey for more fun projects for kids and adults! | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Window AC / June 11, 2018 / Babette Arsenault.
An additional benefit of a properly sized air conditioner is humidity control. While these units are operating moisture condenses on the evaporator coil just like a dehumidifier. Probably the most common problem with window air conditioners is that they sometimes develop rattling noises due to vibration. This is not a serious problem and can be rectified very easily by checking to make sure all screws are tight and check that the unit is mounted correctly in the window and not twisted or stressed. Air Conditioning is something that many people look at installing every year. There are many options when it comes time to make that decision.
One sees a similar box for a wall air conditioner. Naturally people assume they are the same. But they arent and this article will explain why. The two types share some characteristics. Both span the dividing line from inside to outside allowing all components to be housed in a single box. Therefore both utilize both inside and outside air to perform. Both are designed to condition a single room. But there are differences. Windows are thin and the sleeve for a window unit is designed to take advantage of this. It sits on the window sill with the window closed onto the case to seal the top.
The most popular brands of window air conditioners in the US are General Electric LG and Friedrich. You can find these units at various big-box retail stores like Best Buy or Sears as well as at online at merchants like Amazon. The cost of window units varies widely depending primarily on how many BTUs you need. The smallest units can be as well as $180 with the larger units running up to $500. In some climates Summer months can be downright unbearable without an air conditioner. Window A/Cs are less expensive than central air cooling systems and they typically use less energy than whole house systems as well.
When cooling such a device reduces the humidity in the room. There are certain advantages in it for example in a hot afternoon or after rain when the humidity reaches its maximum 100% and the dehumidification is up to 30-60% it facilitates thermoregulation of the body. Window air conditioners are able not only to cool the air. More expensive and modern models have remote control and can operate in the heating and cleaning mode. They have a wide range of operating temperatures - an average from 18 to 43°C. Powerful differently directed air flow evenly distributes across the area.


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Female bike riders of all ages are going to love this night of girl power on the Coralville Flow Trails.
From beginner to daring, riders will learn from each other about how to track down the flow trail, balance your center of gravity, and be a heads up single track trail rider with a girls only night of riding. This is a women and nonbinary inclusive event.
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There are few foods that are as fun to say as Schnitzel. With the exception of momos, few words put a smile on foodies faces as that one does. We have tried Schnitzel on this site before at Doma Na Rohu, but the difference for this review is that this schnitzel comes in a truck.
“Schnitzel & Things” has been in business since 2009, which is also when they won the prestigious Rookie of the Year at the Vendy Awards. Theirs was the first schnitzel truck in NYC, and it has been rolling down the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn on a daily basis since then. Does their flattened and fried meat capture the schnitzel magic that sit-down restaurants offer, or is this truck as tasty as the blackened crumby bits on the bottom of the deep fryer? Let’s take a bite and find out!
Schnitzel & Things offers schnitzel, and lots of it. Their menu includes pounded and fried versions of it with chicken, pork, cod, or eggplant. There is also bratwurst and their homemade Schnitz Burger, which is an angus beef patty prepared in the schnitzel way with a crispy breadcrumb crust. Veal schnitzel, the traditional preparation for it, is on the menu, but the truck is perpetually out of stock (which means it is basically off the menu). Schnitzel is available as a sandwich or as a platter with two side dishes.
Sorry, vegetarians! Not much in terms of options for you, but they do offer a vegetarian friendly sampler of four sides for eight bucks.
The chicken schnitzel platter ($10) features a tenderized plank of poultry, covered with panko breadcrumbs and fried to order. I got mine with a side of their chickpea salad and Austrian potato salad, although they also make excellent thin-cut french fries and a roasted beet & feta cheese salad. The chicken schnitzel sandwich is also available for $8.
The chicken breast looks enormous, and the flattening process makes it cook nice and fast, as well as giving it a nice snap with the fried coating. Complete with a lemon wedge to spritz onto your schnitzel, I was happy to taste the chicken and not weeks-old oil. I had been to Schnitzel & Things several times before reviewing this to see if their frying oil ever tasted used, and it was always fresh, giving it a good taste and golden-brown coating.
The chickpea salad and Austrian potato salad are served cold, like almost all of their sides. The chickpea salad has a tanginess, thanks to the homemade balsamic pesto vinaigrette that adds some depth to the garbanzo beans. The potato salad is made in the Germanic way, with vinegar instead of globs of mayo, and can be easily squashed down if you want to have some mashed potatoes instead (which is what I usually do).
There are also a variety of sauces that you can get for your schnitzel, such as the chipotle sour cream or sriracha mayo, as well as the classic dijon mustard. I went for the ginger scallion & garlic relish (left) and the pesto mayo (right) to try with mine. The relish has a cleansing and fresh taste to it, but the pesto mayo was really my favorite of the pairing with its creamy texture and pesto flavor.
Good sides, great schnitzel, and a price that is solid for both of those things. The line can get a bit long at prime lunch time, but it’s worth the wait. I am a fan of Schnitzel & Things and love that they put this fried deliciousness on four wheels and trek it around NYC so people like me can get their fix.
Schnitzel & Things also used to have a restaurant in Manhattan, but recently the storefront closed down. The good news is that they are not gone for good, as the plans are to re-open a new location in Brooklyn later this year, so stay tuned to their twitter for the latest on their grand re-opening.

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The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced this week and awarded to a team of scientists credited with discovering how cells sense and adapt to changing oxygen levels; a fundamental discovery that has been key to understanding not only a number of diseases, such as cancer, stroke, anemia, and even infection, but how basic physiological processes make life possible.
William Kaelin at Harvard Medical School, Peter Ratcliffe at the University of Oxford, and Gregg Semenza at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine share this year’s prize for their ground-breaking contributions to the field of physiology.
“The award was thoroughly deserved by these pioneering scientists,” says Dr. Daniel Martin, Director of the UCL Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine and Senior Lecturer at UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science. “The way in which organisms respond to their environment is fundamental to their survival and how we adapt to changes in oxygen levels is arguably one of the most important of these interactions. Not only does the findings of these scientists explain how we adapt to the hypoxia experienced at high altitude but they help us to understand the cellular processes that underlie numerous diseases. ”
The Nobel Prize Committee stated that the trio’s work “[has] fundamental importance for physiology and [has] paved the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer, and many other diseases”. The implications of the team’s research are far reaching, improving our understanding of how the body functions on a fundamental level.
The Physiology of Oxygen Depravation
Oxygen is life—that much has been understood even before the advent of modern cell biology. However, how our bodies respond to fluctuating oxygen levels, the delicate balance, and complex physiological cascades that are triggered as a result have been far more difficult to grasp.
Beginning in the 1990s, the team have spent more than two decades determining how cells first sense and then respond to oxygen. Early on, Semenza uncovered a key component to oxygen regulation in the cell: a protein called Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF).
When oxygen levels are normal, HIF levels are low. However, when oxygen levels drop, HIF builds up in cells all over the body, activating the production of erythropoietin (EPO)—a hormone that plays a key role in the production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells and blood vessel growth—and altering cell metabolism to adapt to a low oxygen environment.
For years, scientists have been trying to determine how cells can sense oxygen and how this regulation of HIF was controlled. In studying a family of genetic diseases called von Hippel-Lindau’s disease—a disease that causes abnormal tumor and cyst growth—the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene appeared to be involved in the oxygen response pathway, and it was later determined that the von Hippel-Lindau protein (pVHL) (which VHL encodes for) marked HIF for degradation when oxygen levels were normal.
In 2001, Kaelin and Ratcliffe independently reported in the journal Science the identification of a chemical tag, a single hydroxyl (–OH) group, they believed was linked to the degradation of HIF by pVHL.
The researchers speculated that the cell is capable of detecting oxygen through this pathway as not only does the addition of –OH require oxygen, but the efficiency of the enzyme carrying out the hydroxylation of HIF is also affected by it, meaning that when oxygen is scarce, HIF loses its –OH tag and eludes degradation by pVHL (which can no longer bind to it), triggering the production of red blood cells and a greater uptake of oxygen in the body.
This was groundbreaking as it not only further elucidated the oxygen-sensing pathway of cells but was the first instance of hydroxylation in a cellular signaling pathway.
Applications in Medicine
Kaelin, Ratcliffe, and Semenza’s efforts have led to the development of a number of new drugs aimed at treating a range of diseases characterized by hypoxia, such as anemia, lung disease, renal failure, and suppressing the growth of cancerous tumors, by preventing HIF degradation.
In an interview, Kaelin has previously commented that at the time, he could not have predicted the direction his research would take. He began as a cancer biologist and physician studying a rare, genetic disease, and ended up contributing to perhaps one of the greatest fundamental discoveries in modern biology.
“This group and their collaborators laid the foundations to an entirely new field of physiology and medicine,” adds Dr. Martin. “Understanding hypoxia at the level of the cell is a key component to developing new treatments and without their contributions we would not have had this opportunity to exploit these mechanisms for the benefit of patients.”
The team’s discoveries are of course not an endpoint for this field of research, but, according to the Nobel Committee, have “opened the field and led to an explosion of work.”
This article was amended on October 9, 2019 to include the quotes from Dr. Martin.


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The first project of its kind in the world, £1.6billion of Government investment has leveraged £3.6billion from private investors like Marubeni corporation, Siemens and KFW in getting 37 green projects off the ground. It means the Bank has now passed an impressive milestone - helping finance a total of over £5billion of investment in the UK's green infrastructure.
Owen Paterson over the last few days has laid bare publically the argument he's clearly been pursing privately when he was David Cameron's Environment Secretary. In his view we should scrap the UK's Climate Change Act. Apparently he believes that global warming is man-made, his "issue" is with how we deliver it and specifically onshore wind farms. I'm not sure that really is the case.
By placing its logo in thousands of playrooms around the world, Shell tried to insulate itself against anyone who claims that oil companies have no long term place in our society... Not only do our kids influence the way we think and act, they are the opinion formers of tomorrow. And Shell has been trying to buy them off.


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Former world MX3 champion Matthias Walkner became the first Austrian rider to win the Dakar Rally in its long history, and kept KTM's winning streak alive after it looked like they could lose for the first time in 17 years.
The third leg of the 2018 Power Maxed Arenacross provided the crammed Genting Arena with yet another exhilarating three-and-a-half-hours of tense, full-throttle indoor race action, with unscripted ballistic Freestyle. A fireworks display fit for a November evening, a marriage proposal
Want to watch former MXGP world champ Tim Gajser shredding his Honda in some sand dunes? Of course you do! Can you understand the commentary? Probably not...
RHL Activities is to be the organisers of round two and six of the 2018 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship at Culham Moto Park in Abingdon near Oxford on April 1 and Duns in Scotland on July 29. The eight
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Question from: Sandi Perrot
Posted on: March 4, 2002
I have a citronella plant. I would like information on how to care for it. I had one last year and planted it in the ground, but it died. I have a baby one and would like any information you may have on caring and growing it. Should it be inside or out. Does it need a lot of water or not. Should I repot it into a bigger pot and when? What does it mean when the leaves turn yellow? Any information would be greatly appreciated before I end up losing this one.
P.S. I live on the Mississipi Gulf Coast.
The MS Gulf coast is in zone 9. The true citronella, Cympopogon nardus is a relative of lemon grass and should get the same culture: well-drained moist soil in sun. It looks like a coarse grass. It comes from Sri Lanka and Java and therefore cannot survive any frost and should be kept above 7 degrees Celsius or 45 degrees Fahrenheit. It has to be wintered indoors in zone 9. You would therefore do better keeping it in a pot and moving the pot gradually into full sun during the frost free part of the year. Repot into a larger pot when the roots come out of the bottom of the pot.
However the true citronella is rare in North America. This common name is also applied to other herbs with a lemony scent- all adding up to confusion! The citrosa geranium, Pelargonium ‘Citrosa’, is also referred to as citrosa by some authors and that may very well be the plant that you have, since it is quite common in North America. This plant has leaves reminding one more of a deeply indented maple leaf in shape and the leaves are a bit hairy. If this is the plant that you have, it will need a well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil and will develop the best scent in full sun. It is planted to keep away biting insects such as mosquitoes, but does not seem to be very effective in this task. However it is a fine scent plant.
It is rated hardy for zones 10 to the tropics and would have to come into the house for the coldest part of the winter. When the plant does not get enough light or the soil is too sour or has become devoid of available nutrients, the lower leaves will turn yellow and fall off.
You need to repot it once a year to refresh the soil and gradually move it into full sun when you put it back out of doors. If the roots grow out of the bottom of the pot it should be potted on into a larger pot.
Letting the soil in the pot dry out completely kills a lot of the roots. This would also result in yellow leaves as the plant frantically tries to adjust the number of leaves that transpire water to the reduced number of roots that can take up water.
Also when you take the plant in and out of doors you can also expect yellow leaves, because the plant has to replace plants grown for high light with leaves that can deal with low light or vice versa.


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Track 7 Brewing Co. co-founders Geoff and Rebecca Scott filed a lawsuit last week against fellow co-founder Ryan Graham and the rest of the Sacramento brewery’s minority owners alleging Graham sexually harassed and belittled employees for years before unduly firing the Scotts.
The lawsuit, which was filed in Sacramento County Superior Court, alleges Graham bragged about the size of his penis and badgered a particular female employee with inappropriate sexual statements. An independent law firm retained by Track 7, Van Dermyden Maddux LLC, determined those claims were likely valid in 2017 after interviewing 10 people involved, including Geoff Scott.
In spring 2015, Graham allegedly asked an administrative assistant for a ride home after a night of drinking. While in her car’s backseat, he began rifling through her laundry and repeatedly asked, “Where are your panties? Are they in here? I want to see them,” according to the suit.
At a barbecue the Scotts hosted in June 2016, the same employee asked another about the ingredients being used to brew a beer at Track 7’s Curtis Park location. When the other employee replied it was a secret, the administrative assistant jokingly said, “I will get it out of you somehow,” to which Graham said “I would like to be a fly on that wall,” according to the lawsuit.
It was October 2016 when Graham draped his arms around the woman and confessed he often had a hard time at work because of how “sexy” he thought she was, according to the lawsuit. That same day at the brewery’s “Tracktoberfest” party, he allegedly told a manager and the manager’s wife, “I wear a size 12 shoe and got a big old schlong hanging out my lederhosen.”
The abuse allegedly crescendoed a week later at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, when multiple employees told Van Dermyden Maddux’s investigator that Graham spent a taxi ride discussing how he liked purple nipples, asking the assistant and her mother what color their nipples were and whether their nipples “needed to be freed,” according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that the employee settled a case against Track 7 in October 2017 for an undisclosed sum, though Sacramento County Superior Court archives bear no record of such a lawsuit.
Graham was placed on administrative leave after the Great American Beer Festival, according to the lawsuit. Despite the Scotts’ efforts to shift him into a consultant role or no active role in the brewery at all following Van Dermyden Maddux’s investigation, he was reinstated in January 2017 as the de facto “leader and visionary for Track 7.”
A year later, Geoff Scott was allegedly demoted from being in charge of day-to-day brewery operations to the packing manager as retaliation for trying to force Graham out, the lawsuit alleges. When Scott refused the demotion, he was fired and Rebecca Scott’s position was eliminated in May 2018, according to the lawsuit. He remained a managing member until September 2018, when he allegedly quit after Graham and the other co-owners voted to not pay him.
Graham, who did not respond to The Sacramento Bee’s request for comment, denied the allegations in an email to Capital Public Radio.
“This action represents their perspective and we respectfully disagree with the assertions made,” Graham wrote in the email. “There will be a proper venue and future opportunity for us to appropriately respond and we will do so at that time.”
The Grahams and Scotts co-founded Track 7 in 2011. Each family owned 35 percent of the brewery, which has locations in Natomas and Curtis Park and also owns The Other Side restaurant in East Sacramento.

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6. What is/are the purpose/purposes of the `Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)’ announced by RBI?
- 1. These guidelines help improve the transparency in the methodology followed by banks for determining the interest rates on advances.
- 2. These guidelines help ensure availability of bank credit at interest rates which are fair to the borrowers as well as the banks.
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‘Asphalt could consume all recycled tyre rubber globally,’ said Redmond Clark, president of Asphalt Plus at the recent Clemson University Global Tire Conference in South Carolina. In his view, rubberised asphalt will become a ‘viable’ application in the coming years if people continue to develop the dry process for crumb rubber modified asphalt.
More than 50% of all recycled rubber is being used in non-sustainable markets, therefore using crumb rubber from recycled tyres is a logical choice for all stakeholders, Clark told delegates. He urged: ‘The window of opportunity is open, but it won’t remain open, because more aggressive industries will beat us to it.’
In the US alone, total demand for recycled crumb rubber in the asphalt industry is estimated at 6 billion pounds per year. Clark observed that this is just as much as American tyre recycling operations could handle annually.
‘Burned with a black mark’
At the moment, approximately 120 million pounds of recycled rubber are transformed into dry crumb rubber modified asphalt (CRM). This figure represents a mere 2% of the market potential, Clark underlined.
Meanwhile, dry process CRM was developed fifteen years ago, with almost 4 million tons placed so far. Clark estimates that the material covers 1000 lane miles of interstate highway as well as thousands of miles of state and county roads.
So why did the application never really take off? In the early 1990s, several state highway agencies started CRM road construction projects without the proper knowledge of the material and technology involved to back them up. Results were ‘disastrous’, Clark recalled. ‘Rubber has been burned with a black mark ever since.’
A united effort
Eight US states are now in advanced stages of permitting dry process rubber, as are the European Union, China and various nations in the Middle East, Clark reported. Dry process manufacturers are getting more and more market support from the US Tire Manufacturers Association.
The entrepreneur would like to see the tyre recycling industry make a ‘united effort’ to ensure dry process CRM becomes the industry standard, rather than styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymers-based asphalt. The latter is now more popular than CRM due to it being less expensive. Still, Clark pointed out that dry CRM is more workable at low temperatures, allowing workers to extend the road construction season well into the winter.
‘We should be looking at ways for the tire industry to accelerate the adoption of this technology in the marketplace,’ Clark declared at the conference. ‘The specifications get changed because individual players band together and demand change.’
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The Queen has offered her congratulations to Great Britain's Olympic team following their record medal haul in Rio de Janeiro this summer.
Team GB comfortably surpassed their medal target in Brazil and even improved upon their home performance in London four years ago to make this summer's Games their most successful ever.
Britain's tally of 67 medals left them second in the medal table behind only USA, which The Queen described as a "remarkable achievement".
"I offer my warmest congratulations to the athletes of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Commonwealth for their success at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro," she said in a statement.
"The outstanding performance of Team GB reflects the talent and hard work of the athletes and their support teams. I send my best wishes to all those who contributed to this remarkable achievement."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry added in a separate statement: "London 2012 was a hard act to follow, but you have made the entire country proud of everything you have accomplished. We all know that this success does not come easy and is the culmination of years of hard work, passionate commitment, sheer grit and determination."
Britain also won gold medals in a wider range of sports than any other country at Rio.


Weird weather prompted road closures
Richardson Highway was shut Friday between milepost 12-82
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Freezing rain on top of ice and snow, combined with wind, and well - you name it - prompted DOT to close the Richardson Highway from Mile 12 to 82 Friday, citing adverse weather conditions.
Valdez continued to break November weather records last week.
According to the National Weather Service, Valdez received 14.7 inches of snow Sunday, breaking the old November 24 record of 10.4 inches set in 1993.
But record-breaking events aside, areas of Prince William Sound and the Copper Basin received a heavy dose of brutal weather conditions last week which eventually prompted the closure of the Richardson Highway Friday from Mileposts 12 – 82.
Last Wednesday, after temperatures dipped under 40 degrees below zero in the Glennallen area, the weather service issued a freezing rain advisory for last Thursday night through Friday.
"Warm air aloft will spread over cold air at the surface late Thursday night leading to freezing rain through Friday evening," the weather service said. "Cold air will move back in and allow precipitation to change back to all snow Friday night."
The advisory was well timed, as the weather produced blinding road conditions, with water on top of ice, snow, snow drifts, snow on ice and numerous other safety hazards.
Freezing rain was also reported in the Alpine Woods subdivision Thursday night, with one area resident reporting freezing rain falling with a home weather station thermometer reading 15 degrees above zero.
The week before, Valdez set several daily snow records for November, after experiencing a very warm October that was nearly free of snow.
As of Monday, the weather service reported 75 inches of snowfall in Valdez for the month of November, over 41 inches above average for this time of year. The snow depth was recorded at 35 inches. Last year at this time, the snow depth had dwindled to a mere 7 inches.
Rainfall is still above average also. As of Tuesday morning, the weather service says Valdez had received 10.26 inches of rain, 4.6 inches above normal.
The Thanksgiving forecast for the Valdez area is mild – so far.
This is good news for in-state travelers, but those heading to the Lower 48, or expecting company from down south might want to prepare for delays.
Winter weather conditions – with heavy snowfall and freezing rain – are predicted for much of the eastern portion of the US, with other parts of the country cleaning up from severe storms earlier in the week.
According to the Associated Press, storms have already caused major problems in parts of the southwest and south, causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled. As the storm continues east, some of the country's busiest airports in New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston and Charlotte, N.C., could see big delays.
Scott Mayerowitz of the AP offered these tips to Lower 48 travelers who might experience travel delays:
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A lone signature gatherer stood in the cold outside the Valdez Post Office last week, trying to get voters to sign a petition that will put a proposition on the 2014 ballot, that would legalize marijuana. Last week, backers of the ballot measure said the group was falling short on the number of signatures it needed to meet the Dec. 1 deadline.
If weather slows down your holiday travel, here are some tips for rebooking flights and getting last-minute hotel rooms: Use apps like HotelTonight and Priceline to find last-minute hotel discounts for that night. Warning: Many of the rooms are non-refundable when booked.
If you miss your flight connection - or bad weather causes delays - get in line to speak to a customer service representative. But also, call the airline directly. If the phone lines are jammed, try the airline's overseas numbers. You'll pay long-distance rates, but might not have to wait. (Add those numbers to your phone now.) Finally, consider sending a Tweet to the airline.
Consider buying a one-day pass to the airline lounge. For one thing, there are usually free drinks and light snacks. But the real secret to the lounges is that the airline staffs them with some of its best - and friendliest - ticket agents. The lines are shorter and these agents are magically able to find empty seats. One-day passes typically cost $50 but discounts can sometimes be found in advance online


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Congress must provide billions of dollars in new money for home internet access and computers to reach many students online as several major cities rebuff White House pressure to reopen schools this fall, the National Urban League and other advocates say.
Lawmakers should provide $6.8 billion through the federal E-rate program in the next coronavirus package to close the “homework gap,” the Urban League, Unidos, the National Indian Education Association, and the Alliance for Excellent Education reported Wednesday.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the homework gap, particularly for Black, Latino, and American Indian students,” said Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League. “Congress must do all that it can to close opportunity gaps in education and eliminate barriers that keep students of color and other vulnerable children from accessing the resources they need to succeed.”
The groups found 17 million school-age children lack home internet connections needed for online learning, and some 7.3 million don’t have access to a home computer to complete classwork.
Internet Access Disparities
The homework gap is especially wide for low-income and minority students. Thirty-four percent of Native American students and almost a third of Black and Latino students are without home internet access. Four out of 10 families earning $25,000 or less have those connections. The report also found large disparities in rural areas, where two-thirds of families don’t have internet at home.
School districts across the country, after switching to virtual instruction in March, purchased thousands of laptops, tablet devices, and wireless hot spots for students. Education groups have said for months that the federal government needs to contribute much more.
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) has proposed legislation (H.R. 6563) that would provide $2 billion for home WiFi devices for students. Similar legislation in the Senate would spend $4 billion on home internet access. The Senate proposal was included in a $430 billion education spending package (S. 4112) that Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released last month.
Meng said a fifth of households in her state lack high speed internet necessary for virtual learning.
“Unless Congress intervenes, millions of kids’ futures are at risk,” she said in a statement.
To contact the reporter on this story: Andrew Kreighbaum in Washington at firstname.lastname@example.org


Production of Chinese manufacturers of asphalt plants are high quality and modern and the original design. Mobile asphalt plants types um, jd, dh, and lb are composed of separate modules, which facilitates their transport: – To supply bulk materials used conveyor belt. Ol quickly and easily adjustable height loading, adapting to the conditions of a particular plant site where the equipment is placed. The conveyor is equipped with LEDs. – Rotating drum isothermal well germetizirovan.Kak rule, This module installed efficient heaters that are imported into China. Nargevateli work on dizelnomtoplive (diesel oil), or fuel oil. – Bulk materials pass through a sieve. Its working part is located outside, to facilitate repairs.
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No, you are writing to sell, and the type of writing to sell, really is very different from the writing of a novel or something of that style. That is not going to be an impediment, that because I say that I use all this type of things, is because nowadays, I can be given that luxury. Nevertheless, it does ten years, when I began, I began with my carticas of sale, and if see I them today, I say: " How gross! What so bad bills of sale! How I came to do that? ". Intel gathered all the information. But already I see that nowadays my bills of sale are much better than those of ten years ago. And even, nowadays, I tercerizo it, not it writing of the one hundred percent of a bill of sale, but after I finish a bill of sale, no longer happen me what more to do and I believe that something makes lack, the control to an expert and I say to him: " Lame and deme his retroalimentacin". And to that it sees it person with other different eyes it sees, it with eyes of professional commercial editor, and makes changes that later the very gross one comes, I, " How me had not been happened that something? ". Then, this part is well important. They do not underestimate any of the subjects that we saw today, especially this of the commercial bill of sale writing, because that, in last instance, is what is going to obtain the sales.
In fact, I am going away them to put with another different number. If you they send 100 people to a bill of sale, and only one person buys, are having a 1% of conversion, that is to say, one of each one hundred is going to them to buy. But he is very feasible and it is very possible that making a small change and a small adjustment to that bill of sale, you can duplicate the percentage of conversion, that is to say, that instead of to have a 1% of conversion, you are obtaining 2% of conversion.
Time is scarce more and more. If you ask a group of chiefs is their most pressing problem at work, will have to say the day has no enough hours or there is too much to do and there is not enough time to do everything. Not surprisingly then, given the pressures of life in enterprises, which many heads leave their days to drain them of their hands and lose sight of the most extensive panorama under the pressure of the daily demands and constant interruptions. Time is a resource, but a resource type very different to those who are accustomed to be treated; not so we can buy, rent, sell, lend, borrow, save, save, multiply, manufacture, modify or change. The only thing we can do with it is spend it; However, focused to find better ways of spending it or use it.
There is no way to save time; the only thing we can do is: use it. All people to our around speaks to save time. When we say that we’re saving time, we usually mean that we’ll use less time in some task in particular; but this time saved can’t be stored in the Bank or save to spend it in the future. All time is time real, must spend or use in this time, Parkinson’s law says that work expands to fill the time available for its achievement. This means that the desired to save time benefits can disappear before one realizes. We must stop thinking about how to save time; Instead, we must see how to use our time more PRODUCTIVELY. Remember: the only way in which we can better manage our time is spent usefully; The time is free, inflation has no effect on him, nor inflates or deflates.
It is not subject to depression, recession or boom. Time is the only aspect of our life which we all are truly equal. All receive exactly the same amount every day. We are beings made of time, we are immersed in it: the conception of our life melts in its definition and in the inevitability of progress. Each culture has molding the vision of the universe from the story of the life of man. For the old time was measured by the movement of the stars in the sky, motion and inertia: decipher God’s face. Natural cycles announcing time (year and day), and imposing steps and required restarts. A few years later could work we know that the Sun is moving towards the constellation Lyra 17 km. / second (482 million Km. Each year), that Earth moves around the Sun 30,000 meters/seconds, which we move on our shaft and move forward with the solar system at a speed of 300,000 meters/seconds time does not have an existence independent of the order of the events by which we measure it. Alberto Einstein. For more information on this topic or topics related to the administration of the time visit our website: visit also and register, so that you can take advantage of a super discount or take a gift voucher for your first purchase of any of our eBooks.
As the great and the first one thanks to whom millions of Soviet children have gained a cherished dream of flight into space, although in those years, a dream to fly into space was equivalent to the dream of buying a brand new "Volga". Both had the same miserable odds: some lacked health relative to the "hairy paw" with other money and, again, relative to a no less wildly hairy limb. However, same person without a dream – a one-track mind, because dreams make people strive to constantly evolve and improve, so many children, no matter what, dreamed of becoming astronauts and learn song, which this great man sang in space. I hope everyone knows who they are, and if not, feel ashamed to be ignorant. Of course, this Gagarin. And he said: "Let's go!". And we're not going to slow down, and the throne in a way, albeit without the Gagarin, but with hope for a successful landing. Thus, we suggest the following: Avoid belated walks through the dark streets, parks and squares.
It was night time favors a meeting with the modern robbers nighttime streets. Of course, it is impossible to predict, and sometimes zasidevshis visiting a restaurant or, in extreme cases, the workplace, we are forced to return home at night. Well, when you live in a busy well-lit area you have the money for a taxi, which will drive up to the door, guarded the house, which opens the door guard. It would seem better not to think of, and, if not all so well composed.
The Drop shipping is a way to make business in line very lucrative and simple to take it practices to it, at the moment has a great popularity in Internet. dejame I explain to you that it is the Drop Shipping: Drop ship is a process by means of which, a wholesaler sells physical products by means of an intermediary (YOUR) which you realise the sale. After your as intermediary one you realise the then sale podras buys the article to the company of Drop Ship, they directly send the product to your client without your never you have had the product in your hands, this process does not require no type of investment of your part. Your you would only play the role of one salesman, or several companies article suppliers of popular interest. Your purchases cheap and you sell expensive. That is, you need to find a company that does drop ship, to later verify the cost to which that company sells to you and your of selling the same product by different methods, like eBay or Craig List.
Once they pay to you, your him payments to drop ship and they directly send the merchandise to their client, the difference between the sale and the cost of drop ship is your gain. eBay is one of but popular of the subject del that we are trying here, in Ebay is sold any thing and exist people who gain the sufficient thing like living on eBay with this method of drop Ship. Like advantage of the Drop Shipping this the one of which it is not necessary that your cheers in the United States to be able to work under the scheme of Drop Shipping, Your seras the intermediary and you only can sell from your house with your computer. But the complicated thing of the Drop Shipping is to locate to the companies that do drop ship, do not estan simple like going to google and to look for companies of Drop Ship, these companies try to work quality a limited intermediary group with the purpose of to ensure the financial success to these Intermediaries.


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Check out the top five reasons you should visit us today:
1. We’re local!
Five Cities Pediatric Dental Group & Orthodontics is conveniently located directly beside northbound Route 101 in Pismo Beach, about one mile from Judkins Middle School. So no matter where you live in the Five Cities area — Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Nipomo, or Oceano — we’re just a short drive away.
Our convenient location next to the 101 freeway makes our office easily accessible for our patients who live in San Luis Obispo or Santa Maria. Plenty of free parking is available! We are proud to be a locally owned, family-run business with lifelong ties to the central coast.
2. Convenience for your family's busy lives
In planning our office, we also considered the busy parent-child schedule. We offer both orthodontics and pediatric dentistry, all in one convenient location. No need to drive back and forth between the orthodontist and dentist offices; we can provide both specialty services in one convenient location. Additionally, our orthodontist is also a pediatric dentist, which gives her a unique perspective on management of the developing smile. Both of our dentists devote 100% of their weekly hours to our Pismo Beach location... they do not provide care at other practices or locations, leaving more appointment times available for our patients!
3. Pediatric Dentistry is a specialized field
Our pediatric dentists are board-certified specialists that completed their residency training at the UCLA School of Dentistry. Children’s dentistry is more than just caring for little teeth. The total child needs to be considered: not only with regards to dental health, but also from a psychological and developmental standpoint.
Our pediatric dentists are uniquely qualified to provide this care, having completed a 27-month advanced training program after dental school that focused exclusively upon the dental management of children. We also have training in caring for children and adolescents with special health-care needs. In short, pediatric dentistry is our niche! We would love to help your child start life with great oral health.
4. Children (and technology) are our passion!
Our mission is to treat patients as if they were our own children and to provide safe, comfortable and compassionate care for the infants, children and teenagers of our community. We won't rush through a procedure like other local high-volume practices might. We utilize modern technology and therapies but won't compromise care with treatment modalities & gimmicks that don't withstand the test of time. Providing the best quality orthodontic and pediatric dentistry services is our highest priority. We know that visiting the dentist can be a scary experience, and we strive to create a friendly, soothing environment. Office design such as an open floor plan, eye-catching themed murals, and overhead TV monitors ensure that your child will feel at ease. At Five Cities Pediatric Dental Group & Orthodontics, kids have fun, and you can relax knowing your child is in the care of experienced professionals.
5. Yes, we accept insurance!
We never want the cost of dentistry for children or orthodontic services to stand in the way of optimal oral health for your family. To that end, we are providers for many dental insurance companies and make the claims process as simple as possible for parents. Check your insurance provider directory for our dentists’ names, and please give us a call for financial information if your insurance doesn’t list us!
For our patients without dental insurance, we are often able to extend significant fee discounts. Please call our office for more details. You may be surprised to know that taking your child to a specialist in pediatric dentistry doesn’t necessarily mean a higher price tag compared to a general dentist.
So what are you waiting for? Make an appointment at our Pismo Beach office today! We’re excited to meet you and your children and help them start a lifetime of good oral health.


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Being One with Oneself
Did you know the greatest enemy you have to your future success is someone you meet every morning. That's right. You see them often. You talk to them everyday. And depending on how the conversation goes, you may be depressed by them each day.
Where do I meet them, you ask? When do I talk to them?
Every morning when you go into the bathroom, look into the mirror and greet yourself.
If you are not careful, you can become your own worst enemy. How, you ask? By talking down to yourself, talking bad about yourself and encouraging yourself in all of your faults.
Happiness is a state of mind; joy is a state of being. Happiness is based on your interpretation of your circumstances. It's not what happens to you. It's how you perceive things inside of you that determine if your life will lift you up or tear you down.
Everyone has problems. We all deal with situations and difficulties that are hard on us. The challenge is not the problem; what's even more important is how we internalize the problem. What do we tell ourselves about the problem.
You are driving in your car. You are cruising along at 65 miles an hour when you hear an explosion. Your tire blows out and you move to the side of the road. It's getting late and you feel bad. You begin to talk to yourself and curse yourself for not seeing this happening earlier. You tell yourself you should have checked the tire. You beat yourself up.
Is that you? Or do you see it as "things happen, it's not always someone else's fault and I just have to deal with it". Do you blame yourself or see it as something that happens to people who are living?
Negative self talk is so damaging. Criticism, complaining, putting oneself down is all detrimental to your health. Of course we need to take blame when we are responsible. But you will get much farther in life looking at the glass half full instead of half empty.
So many negative influences attack us as we grow up. Many stick around even once we are grown. Friends who hate your success. Teachers who call you stupid (it is said Albert Einstein was once called unable to learn by one of his teachers). Spouses who don't see your potential.
Tell yourself that you are dynamic, powerful and able to accomplish anything you put your mind to. You can become the person you want to be.
Just think about it!

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